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THE LEDGER. Thurlow 3. Garter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1903. Items From Waxbaw Enterprise. Mr. K. P. Starnes and Miss Lillio Moser were married last Sunday evening by R. H. Sapp, Esq., of Lancaster county. I ?A colored candidate for the ministry preached his trial sermon ? 4 T> i ttniM I la o fntir i 1 u t> u QfVA lin/1 ni jg. liiu t 11IV) n iv n ua y m ^ announced his text from uM?;es 1st chapter nud 13th verse." ?At Pleasant Valley Buptist ( church on last Monday evening . at seven o'clock Mr. Goorgo 11. Justice, of Charlotte, and Miss Ethel Ross, of the Pleasant Val ley neighborhood wero united in the bonds of holy matrimony, Rev. A. L. Stough, of Pinevillo, performing the ceremony in the presence of a largo number of relatives and friends. The cou pic will tuako their home in Char lotte. ?Mrs. Tumor Roger* died at Charlotte Tuesday morning. She had been sick for quite a while. Her remains were buried at Charlotte. For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Rogers had 'ived at Van Wyck, but quite recently moved to Charlotte. She was fifty-six years old and leaves a husband acd several children. Mrs. Rogers was a member of Van Wyck Methodist church and was a good woman. [For The Ledger. The Halloween party, given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. i D. Jones's, Oct. 31K 1903, toas j quite a success. Sixteen guests i were present. As the clock tolled the hour of nine the guests were invited into the dining room where they found a table beauti fully decorated with ferns and flowers, and confectionaries of all kind, last but not least, a huge fruit-cake, with the ring,thimble, key, button and penny. The ring is for wealth wilhin the year, the button for a sweet-heart, the thimble for an old maid or bachelor and key for a journey. Absolute silence was obtained while Mrs. John M. Perry cut the first slice of cake. Then every one took a slice dreading that their >. fate would be to get the thimble, yet hoping that it would be their luck to get the ring, but of course some one had to get the thimble a9 all five articles were cooked in the cake. The lucky ones were: Mr. Jim Williams, he got the "thimble", Miss Janie Hicklin the key, Miss Louise flowze the penny, Miss Lillie Adams the button, and Mrs. F.1U tilnrt/lon , ? I the ring. After all of this was ( over with, they had the apple ( hunt, then tried their fortuneB ( with the three saucers of water, i The amusing part was the burning { of . the nuts. The music was simply grand, overy one enjoyed it to the fullest extent, also the games of flinch, croconole, etc. ?Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer. ?Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer. ?Fewer Gallons; Wears .Longer. ?Fewer Gallons; Wears Loogtr. The highest duty of a juror is \ to convict any man who may be shown to be guilty under the law ' and the evidence, and the highest test of manhood is ability to leave out all other considerations. The juror who would render an unjust verdict because of sympathy, friendship ?r personal interest ought not to be tolerated by decent men.?Yorkville Enquirer. The Best Prescription for Malar a Chills and Fever is a bottle of ' Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It 1 la simply Iron and Quinine and 1 tasteless, No Cure No Pay. | < ?. # # y # Negro Lynched By Negroes For Killing Three Negroes. An Affair in Louisiana Entirely Out of the Usual Hun? Slaughtered 4'Just For Fun." Shreveport, La., Nov. 2.? Joseph Craddock, a negro, was lynched by an .nfuriated mob, composed of blacks, at Taylorstown, about 17 miles from Shreveport, last night. Craddock killed two inoffensive colored men and fatally injured another. He approached the home of Wesley Chambers, a negro cotton picker, and called him out. After Jwhisporing to him and as Chambers turned to leave, Craddock split bis head with an axe. Then Craddock mutilated the body of the dying man frightfully. Then observing Dan Washington, another negro, ho crept up on him and struck him in the head with the edge of the axe. Not satisfied with this, he wont to the door of the cabin and called Chambers' brother, Mercer, to the dcor. Mercer unsuspectingly came and was at once beaten down and frightfully injured. Wesley Chambers died almost instantly; Mercer died this evening and Washington cannot live. After committing the triple murder Craddock walked to Tayiorstown and mingled wilu the negroes there, boasting of his crime. He appeared perfectly unconcerned and said he killed the men "just for fun." Craddock was captured by a small posse eft white men, but a crowd of about 300, mostly negroes, took possession of him and at once hanged him to a tree and burned his body beneath it. ^ ^ Stipe the Cough and Wortce off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab ets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. What is the matter in Saluda? A call has been issued for a mass meeting of citizens to protest against lawlessness in that county and to take some steps wherebv I J law shall be more strictly enforced in that county. We recall that the attorneys of James H. Tillman asked that his case he transferred to that oounty because its citizens were law abiding, patriotic, honorable and fair. What can be the trouble when prominent citizens call for a meeting to take steps to see that law is enforced? We have seen nothing in the newspapers to indicate that there is a reign of terror in that county, and we would like to see some specifications. It is a terrible reflection on the state if such conditions exist in any county, and such charges ought not to be made unless there is something definite and positive to back them.?ColnmKIn iuui uia ivo^/Ui ?Fewer Gallon*; We?ra Louder. ?Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer. ?Fewer Gallon*; Wears Longer. "Look Out, I'll Shoot Baby." Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 2.?"Lookout, I'll shoot baby," cried Mrs. Thomas Zant, in frolic, with her year-old child on Saturday, at the same time poiatiag at the baby an old parlor rifle that had been laid around the since Christmas. The child laughed in glee, but in an instant there was ?d ezm. piosion and a'scream or pais from tho bady and another scraam of horror from the mother. The child lingered in agony until this morning, when it died. Mrs. Zant is frantic with grief and denounces herself as a murderess, though that the shooting was accidental is conceded. Bold Pack Robber Is Brought To Bay. Two North Carolina Police Officers Trail Him Down?Showing Fight He Is Shot. Iialeich. N. C.. Nov. 2 Tt i? O f 9 ' ' * "" believed ibat Russell and Hoard of the Kings Mountain police have captured the burglar who robbed the bank at Forest City, securing $2,000 live days ago. Following up a clue, they met him in the road noar Wiight's ferry, S. C. < Russell ordered him to throw up his hands, when the burglar roached for his gun and began firing. Bjth men returning the fire, the burglar fell, his legs and sides pierced with shot. Oa his person were found several explosives. The man's injuries are probably fatal. _ _ i The Morrow Suit Compromised. Rutherfordton letter in Charlotte News. Attorney D. F. Morrow has returned from Washington, D. Ic., whore he went to endeavor to bring about a compromise in the case against the Southern Railroad Co., in the suit his son was to have brought for a broken leg and other injuries received in the Fishing Creek wreck, near Yorkville, S. C., some weeks ago. After some davs dehatinc with / *_? Southern attorneys and officials in Washington Attorney Morrow succeeded in securing a compromise of $6,000 together with other considerations for his son, Mr. Marvin Morrow, who is cashier of the Bank of Blacksburg, S. C. The compromise is considered a good one by other attorneys, from the fact that if it' had gone to trial the ease would not have been settled for many years and then, it is not likely that a verdict of this amount would have been given. The Work Of Daring Robbers. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 2.? Two heavily armed men held up Melville Wheeler, assistant cashier in the office of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company, at 5 o'clock this morning and secured $3,000 in money. Mr. Whflolor rnonlinrl tli/> ~ .. ?? ? 4 VHUUVU iuu U1IIUC about 1.30 for the purpose of working on his monthly payroll and was in the act of getting the currency out of the office safe when a man behind him commanded him to keep quiet and presented a pistol. Wheeler sought to release himself, but was struck over the head with a billy and momentarily stunned. A second man put in his appeirance at this time and rifled the safe while his companion kept guard over the assistant cashier. Both men escaped, holding the cashier off with revolvers. Several operators, the engineer and the night watchman were in the building at the time but none of them knew of the robbery until Wheeler raised the alarm. Important Notice to Voters of the Town of Lancaster. Notice is hereby given that the books for the registration of the qualified voters of the town of Lancaster will be open at the office of the Auditor of the County, in the Court House in the Town of Lancaster, on Monday, the 26 of October instant, and on each Monday thereafter, during the month of November 1903. Those voters who have not registered during the year are requested to I do so. A. McManus, .Supr. Reg. Town of Lancaster. Oct. 19, 1903. PA-KTOITIA. Bun th? /i Kind You Han Always Bash / % . Train Rons Into A Fnneral Party. Four Persons Killed Near Concord?Corpse Thrown Out of Casket. j Charlotte, Nov. 1.?Four people were instantly killed and a corpse was torn from its coffin by the locomotive of No. 39, the fast southbound passenger train on the Southern railway at a point four miles out from Concord at 9.30 o'clock this morning. The killed are: ? _u_ v? n ? s- ? uuuu ivoj, oeujumiu JLnppil, Daniel Weaver and Mi6s Lula Townsond, all white and all of whom lived in the vicinity of the tragedy. The people who were killed were in a wagon with the corpse of Mrs. Kate Lewis and were on the way to a neighborhood burial ground. At the point where the accident occurrred the county road run alongside the railroad for a considerable distance, the track being level and straight and the view unobstructed. The engineer of No. 39 saw the funeral party driving along the road, but there was no cause for him to anticipate a tragedy. Jjast before the engine was abreast of the wagon, the mules that were hitched to the latter suddenly bed&me unmanageable and swerved to one Ridn. carrying the wagon and its occupauts directly across the railI i?nnr\ i in I ft uuu vi uv.Q III 11 UUl U1 IUO HTIlUt The wagon was struck with ter] rific force. The casket contain^ ing the corpse was broken to pieces and the corpse was buried through the air along with the four victims. The bodies were ( badly mangled and the coi pse itself was mutilated. ' ? j you Know Wkat You are Taking i When you take Grove's Taste , leas Chill Tonic because the form j ula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iror and Quinine in a tasteless form No Cure. No Pay. 50c. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine . Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. , Grove's signature is on each box 25c. " Notice. | The Town taxes have been due t and owing at the office of the I Town Treasurer since October 1st ' inst., and all tax payers are urged 1 to come forward and pay without I further delav. Aft?r th? m?k day of November, next, the books will be closed and executions issued against delinquents for the taxes, costs and penalties. R. E. WYLIE, Oct. 27th 1903. Mayor. Executor's Sale! Under the will of Joseph Clark, dec'd , ,1 will sell at bis late residence in Lancaster, at public auction, at 11 o'clock, a. m. Saturday, Nov. 21. 1903, personal property consisting of Hoda Fountain, Fire proof safe, buggy, two shotguns. 1 tire shrinker, blacksmith and carpenter tools, some household furniture, law and other bjoks, and other articles of personal property. Terms of sale, CAHH. Jane M. Clark. Executrix, Oct. 81, 1903.?td. ?WANTED, ? Persimmon, Dogwood, Hickory and Holly Log*. Freight paid on carfbads. JAME4 COrKRHOOT, 10-17-4tn, Charleston, 8, C, H M People say OUR SHOES are the CHEAPEST and BEST. We have the strongest line of coarse shoes on the market. \ Closing out 2,000 yards Calico at 8? and 4 cents the yard. Come to day. Respectfully, Cherry & Co. <& ?*hla dinitgra la on avery box of (bo genuine Laxative Bremo-Quinine Jmnbt1; (hot wnw a eoM to (m toy Heath Bankings LANCAST [ OUR SF DISPLi FULL HHP MILLIl O O THURSI Octc FRIDAY I Octol ? O OOur Milliiu Simpson spent in the Norther Ilecting our stoc styles of this i will be showi Beavers and 1 line of the nev in all colors. The latest w? for Shirt Wais Skirts will be c i a uici pnui " nbLUUIYIC EXTEND A & vv Heath Bankings LANCAST \ % ; Mercantile Co. ER, S. C. v 'ECIAL ?, ' U OF WINTER \ FRY, ' ? o I JAY, I \ kl\AVI ,WVA 9 J-?"> m 9 ber, 2nd. O ? Miss Julia I three weeks 11 markets sell*, and correct season's Hats . 1 in "V nlirnf o D >* AU T viy Felts. A full rest Suit Hats * y saves in goods its, Suits and i > ? nspiayed. MS ED TO ALL r J V Q ; Mercantile Co. ER, S. C. . /