The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 22, 1903, Image 2
T ii s ledger.
Thar low Garter,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
WKDNKSDAY, Al'KlI., 22, 190.?..
[ For The Ledger.
The Veterans' Unity Suturdny ?
The Dinner hy the
1
i'uu^uici
Pursuant to tho call of the commander,
tho Dixio Camp of Con.
federate Veterans met at the
courthouse Saturday, April 18th.
It was one of tlie largest and most
enthusiastic meetings within the
Camp's history. Fifty-six Veterans
enlisted at tho meeting under
Dixio banner. Ninety one
applications for crosses of honot,
which are to ho presented by tho
Daughters of the Confederacy,
wore made out and signed. And
about fifty blanks wore supplied
to other veterans. In addition to
the members of tins camp, n num
bor of other veterans were present
as visitors. Altogether,
there were about ono hundred and
fifty old soldiers on hand.
The following delegates were
n o
elected to the State reunion to be
held in Columbia next month:!
W. G. A. Porter, J. N. Kstridgo, i
\V. B. Bruce; alternates: \V. A. !
Marshall, W. Q. Caskey, <). K. I
Howell.
The following delegates were
elected to the reunion of United i
Confederate Veterans to be held
in New Orleans: \V. Li. Bruce,
J. N. Estridgc, S. C. Gardner.
i lie lollowing veterans expressed
tlioir intention to attend the
State re-union: J. McGuirt, F. '
M. Ellis, .J. J. Reeves, A. Adams, ;
Charlie Wilson, \V. M. Knight,
AI. N. Johnson, J. W. A. Porter, 1
B. A. Gainer, W. T. Vanlanding-,
ham, W. B. Steele, L. S. Caskey, ;
E. K. Plyler, C. S. Starnos, J. !
H. Caskey, J. L. Barton, L. II.
Bowell, Jos. M. Caskcv, W. R.
Robinson, W. J. Hunter, B. F.
Haile, W. T. Sistare and J. Mur?
/ 1 1
i V M VUU111V1U.
A leading and attractive feature
of the day was a magnificent
and bountiful picnic dinner served
to the Veterans on tho courthouse
square by the ironerous. patriotic
Daughters of the Confederacy of
Lancaster. It was indeed a su- .
perb treat to the old soldiers, and \
their gratitude to the Daughters ,
know no bounds. Resolution's
were unanimously adopted by the '
Veterans expressing their most
profound thanks and heartfelt up-;
preciation of their royal enter-,
tainment by the Daughters.
At the request of the Daugh.!
ters, the Veterans formed in
ranks, marched a r o u n d the
grounds and gave the famous
"Rebel Yell."
W. (i. A. Port Kit,
Commander, i
GKO. W. Jonks,
Adjutant.
To Cure A Cchl In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
money if it fails to cure. E. W. (
virove' ssignature is on each box
25c.
CERES BLOOb POISON.-TREATh I
MhNT FREE.
(
Rlood Poison is the worst disease on
earth yet the easiest to cure when B.
R. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is used. !
Many have pimples. spots on the
akin, ulcers, mucous patches, falling
hair, itching skin, hone pains, rheumatism,
catarrh, eating, bleer.ing,
festering sores, scrofula, scabs and
seal- s, cancer, and don't know it is
blood poison. Oet Botanic Blood
Ralm (B. R. B ) 51. A few Bottles
guarantted to cure he worst Cases.
Hold at drug stores. Treatment of B.
R. B. sent free and prepaid by writing
to Jtlood Ralm Co., Atlanta (hi. I)es?.
cnnc iroume anu rree medical advice
given until cured. It. It It. thorough*
ly tested for 30 year*. Cures when all
else fails. It. It.lt. makes the Mood
pureandri-h heals every sore, and
stops all aches and pains. It- it. li.
Improves the digestion.
Who Murdered Mrs. Matthews? j
Negro Was Lynched For The i
Brutal Crime, yet Another is
Accused.
New Oi lcans, April 15 ?It has
developed that those poisons at
Shreveport who sought to wreak
revenge for the brutal murder of
Mrs. Matthews and tho mortal
wounding cf her little daughter '
have shot und burned tho wrong
in in in slaying El waul Porter.
Tho real name of tho negro is
Albert Washington, and lie lived
at tho plantation of Vance and
Stinson, near Vaneevillo, an 1 was
innocent. He lef4; there at nine
o'clock Saturday morning (after
toe murder was committed) on a
freight train for Shreveport, for
the purpose of looking for his wife
with whom ho bad a disagreement,
causing separation. The blood
stains on his clothing aro explained
by the fact that he carried freshly
slaughtered beef for a butcher in
the suhuibs of Shreveport.
WHITE MAN TI1K MUKDHttKU.
Another sensation quickly foU
lowed the contirmation of having
burned the wrong man, when Mrs.
Philips, a while woman of high
stundiug, who boarded in the rear
of the Matthews residence, stated
to the police that about three o'clock
on tho morning of Saturday,
which was about the hour Mrs.
Matthews was judge to have been
killed, she was up on account of
illuess.
She heard groans in tho direction
of the Matthews house; went
In 11 vvin/l.itw o??/l l?... .. .......
? .. ........ ? o?>* II Willie III 1111
come out of the rear of Matthew's
house, button his coat, turn up
his collar and then runout of the
hack way of the alley.
She said she thought she recognized
in the llluii Porter Mai thews,
Mrs. Matthew's brother-in-law.
MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP
There's nothing like doing u
thing thoroughly. Of all the
Salves you ever heard of, Bucklen's
Arnica Salve is the best. It
oV? CCpo uVi uj' uuvi Cui Co iitll uSj
Sores, Bruises, Cuts, Boils,
Ulcers, Skin Hi options and Piles.
It's only 25c, and guaranted to
give satisfaction by Crawford
Bros'., and .J. F. Mackey & Co.,
Druggists.
The Constable (lot Drunk.
1.111st Monday a negro with hand
culTs on his wrists walked lip to the
county chain gang camp and asked
if that was the chain gang. On
P J?
being answered in the ufiirtnativo
he said that ll<? h-i.l nnmo
..w V/V/I?iv> X. \J >V ui IV
and explained that a white man had
.started to hiing him in a buggy,
but got drunk on the way, upset
the buggy and was unable to go
any further, "and 1 jis lit out and
walked the bal nice of tho way,1'
said the negro. The negro turned
r">
out to be I'lliI 15ailoy,who was arrested
in Kbenezcr township by
State Constable Thomason some
time ago for transporting contraband
liquor, but escaped just after
he was arrested and was rccapturby
Chief .lenkens in Kock Hill
Saturday night and taken before
Magistrate Anderson, who gave
him a job on the gang and started
him r-ll t<? that institution in charge
of hi * constable, who took on too
much tea with the result stated
above. ? Rock Hill Herald.
PWEU?JL 0n I A. 13 ROBBED I
OF ITS TERRORS |
by Foley's Honey and Tar. It
stops the racking cough and heals
and strengthens the lungs. If
taken in time it will prevent an
attack of pneumonia. Refuse
substitutes. T. Eugene Fonderburk,
druggist.
^ <V? //
V5V /V X^v\,
.'his signature is on every '-o of tho genuine
Laxative Bromo-Qiiinine Tablet* I
he ramr'y that rurew it eolil In oi?? ?l?y
Happenings In ""he State.
As Chronicled hy thu Alert Cor<?
resp indents of The Columbia
State.
OFF TO THE l'RISON.
Charleston, April IS. - United
States marshals left hero this
morning for Atlanta with Willium
McKinley, Edward Dngau,
Charles Howard and Thomas NoIan,
who were convicted of rob
lung the postotlices at several
towns up the Stute and sentenced
to serve five years in prison and
pay a line of $500 each.
Four men were also taken to
Greenville?.1 tunes Long, Chas.
i llodgors, II. B. NViison and Walter
Wood?charged with robbing
the postollice at Greers and being
members of the same gang. They
will bo tried on April 2S before
Judge Bruwley, as circuit judge.
The Greenville term of the circuit
and district court will open
on Tuesday.
A CAlti'KNTElt KII.I.F.D.
Charleston, April 18.? William
C. Mosiman, a carpenter, was
killed this morning by being
crushed under a heavy brick pillar
at the old Washington race
track. Mosunan was superintend
ing tbe removal of the gate posts
which did service at the famous
ante-bellum track to Belmont's
new truck at SStuten Island, when
the pillar, which weighed eight
tons, foil and crushed him. The
gale posts arc to servo as relics at
the track which the wealthy New
Yorker is building at a cost of several
million dollars.
SHOT I>oWN 11V HIS OWN BOY.
Branch ville, April 10. ? L. \V.
Kinscy, a fanner living six miles
from hero in Bamberg county,
was shot am! painfully if not soriously
wounded this afternoon.
It appears that a dispute arose between
Kinsey and one of his sons.
The former started for his gun;
the latter drew his pistol; there
was a genoral mix up. The pis
tol went oil with the above result.
HARDY DIES OF HIS INJURIES.
Spartanburg, April 19.?Martin
Hardy, the colored blacksmith
J f
who was stabbed in tho head by
George Blanchard, white, of this
city on tho afternoon of April 9,
in front of the former's blackunith
shop, died this morning
from the effects of his wounds.
l'LAYED WITH A CAliTKIIX!E.
Spartanburg, April 18.?Y'es- ]
terday afternoon three negro chil- (
dren iu tho West End section of
the city picked up a pistol car- 1
tridge in their home and began <
playing with the explosive. They \
throw it in the tire, but the cur- t
tridge did not explode. One of i
tho children then raked it from I
tho ashes, and the explosion fol- u
lowed. As a result, a portion of I
the shell flew into one of ?ho eyes c
of Hoi ace James, one i t the chil- ti
1
men. ino others escaped uninjured.
This morning Drs. Black
and Sexton, assisted t?y Dr.
ithodos, removed the injured e\ e |
of James h
? \
TIIK Si; It' 11 > 10 or MKS. JUtKAZKAI-K. (
Anderson, A|?r11 17.?News *
reached here today of the suicide "
of Mrs. Martha Bronzualc, wife v
of Prof. W. K. Bronzcalo of Hot- '
gets e<dlcge, N. .1. She jumped jv
overl>oard from a steamer in Long |1
Island sound last Monday night j s
while en route from her home in 1 v
Brunswick, N. ?!., to Now York j1
city. Iler hody has not heen!u
round.
Prof. Breuzculo is a native ??f,
Anderson county and was for *ev j1
eral years professor of matheina- j ^
tics in Wintbrop college. :c
No cause is known for Mrs.' <
wgrai
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Wednesd
Our deser
MILLINER, M
turned from the
lected with grea
COMPLETE up
Milli
Ever brought to
busily engaged,
tants, in prepari
WEDNESDAY
Wednesd
The public
visit us 011 that i
will find OUR
a creation of An
NESS. The lad
j, 1 ? l i
uieir neaagear 11
matchless Bonne
Heath B
Hreazealo's suicide, except luelan- 1
;holy following ill health.
She attempted suicide while the
'umily liyed ut VVinthrop by sovuing
an artery in her wrist, hut
,vas discovered by her husband in
ime to save her life. Before do !
ng so she left u note for her busHind
declaring her love for him
ind saying that she would take
ior life bccanso she feared she '
I
:ould not live to rem her children
is she would like.
i
WOULD KK KKSCUKR DHOWNKD. I
Beaufort Ap il 15.? A negro j
lelongiug to the levcnue cutter j
tationed in the Savannah, river i
'i si ted friends on the steamer
Jlifton, which was a'oout to re j
urn hero Monday evening with
: .
Ill l-AUIIIHIIIII [Iliri.J. >\ 11110 110
v.is busy till k iii<^ the Cli ft* ?n
uoved out from the dock. Not
vishing to conic here ho insisted
ipon jumping overboard and
iwunniing ashoro One of tlio
Jlifton'8 deck huuds ondeuvoro I
0 dissuade him from this d?*sper?.
itc. attempt. This resulted in a
on file between the two men near
1 gangway and both fell into tho
iver. A small boat noarhy res.
:ued the revenue eutter man, but
he deck hand sunk and was
Irowned before he could bo roachid.
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ND MiLLIM
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April ]
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vedly popular a
ISS JULIA SL>
Northern marke
t care the LAKG
-to-date STOCK
nery G
this market. A
aided by an able
ng for our forma
. Don't forget t
ay, April ]
' is CORD] ALL
day. We guara
MILLINERY I
tistie BEAUTY
ies are cautione
intil they see MI
its and Hats.
ANKING &
I
THE SIGN OF B V
. GOOD TAILORING M
| Here is the great Oak- ^
Easel now on display at
our store. It contains the <
line of beautiful new spring *
) tailoring samples sent us by i
, STRAUSS BROS., Chicago ]
| Good Tailors for 2b Years
The Oak-Easel is the ( I
connecting link between the
' tailor and the faultlessly fini
ished garments which give
you so much pleasure to '
If wear. It's really a lesson J
jj in good clothes buying t o
^ see this great collection '
5 of tailoring novelties. ' !
V Prices low and sevtHfsc- 1 j
s, (ton ivbsolutely fvi?r. '
> a i\ t ood. C o. 11 soon. .
ihihdkhhiihk iiml
I
?Our Air. J. M. Hood is til-!
ways in th<j market to purchnso
mules and cuttle. Ai.d don't you
forgot it.
udiiwiiatui moruHUiue ;
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Gr I
Lst, 1903.
nd exoerienoed
1PSON, has rets,
where she serEST
and most
of
oods
nd she is now
corps of assisil
opening next
he day,
Lst, 1903.
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>EPARTMENT
and LOVELId
not to select
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People arc learning that consumption
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It is neglected consumption
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.At the faintest suspicion of
consumption get a bottle (f
Scott's Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use of Scott's Emulsion
at once, has, in thousands of
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Neglected consumption does
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checks the disease while it
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409-413 Pearl Street, New York.
$*. and fi .no; all druggist*.
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Attorney ftI Lair,
LANCASTER, S. C.
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