The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, November 21, 1903, Image 2
THE LEDGER.
Thurlow 3. Garter,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
8ATURDAT, NOVEMBER 21, 1903*
Wild Cat Insarance.
Comptroller General After Companies
Again?Letter Written
to North Carolina Company
By Mr. Jones.
Columbia Record.
Comptroller General Jones is
after the wild cat insurance companies
again as the following lot-*
ter will show:
Mr. E. A. Taylor, Kaloigh,N.C.
Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the
9th inst., in which you state "that
you and the attorney general of
the state are advising the farmers
not to pay their premiums to us,
duo upon insurance policies which
we issued to them in the past sea^
son, etc." Your company, "The
Tobacco Planters Mutual Hail and
Fire Insurance company," have
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laws of this stato and any business
done in this stato has boon done
in violation of our statute law.
You cannot, therefore, expect
our officers or courts to acquiesce
in contracts made in violation of
law. Yours truly,
A. f\\ Jones, i
Comptroller General.
The State's Claim.
South Carolina's claim against
the United States governmant in
regard to the taxing of the dis j
pensarios by the revenue depait- {
meut was argued in the court of j
claims in Washington, but no de (
cision has been rendered vet The
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case in u most interesting one and ^
involves about $28,000 already fl
paid over and the future payment
ot about $3,000 a year. The
question of law is whether the
dispensary law exempts a payment
of an internal revenue tax
of $25 for each retail dispensary (
to the government. The matter
was first taken up by Mr. Franklin
H. Mackey, a South Carolina
lawyer now in Washington and
the agreement was made that
should he be successful in the case
one half of the amount recovered
should be given him as a fee and
that he was to receive nothing
should the case be decided against
the state. Mr. Mackey keeps the
attorney general fully posted on
the case and a favorab'o decision
is oxpected. The government i
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was represented at the hearing j
yesterday by Assistant Attorney ,
General Walker.?Columbia Re- c
oord.
Ask your grocer about "Fewer gal* g
Ions; wears longer."
Two Kill at a Negro Frolic. v
e
At a negro frolic on Mr. Bish- p
op Moore's plantation in Bethesda f
township Monday night, the usual
row and goneral shooting scrape ii
figured as a principle feature of h
the occasion. Alex Garvin was G
shot and instantly killed, Boliver w
Neely got four bullets stuck in-his 2
body and died two days later, h
John Guthrie and Sam Parlor or a !
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charged with the shooting and it
both of them have boen arrested jS
and lodged in the Yorkville .jail. t<
?Rock llill* Journal. S
A POLICEMAN'S TESTIMONY, n
J. N. Patterson, night police- p
man of Nashua, la., writes, "Last b
winter I had a bad cold on my o
lungs and tried at least a half 2
dozen advertised cough medicines ii
and had treatment from two phy- tl
sicians without getting any bene- tl
fit. A friend recommended h
Foley's Honey and Tar and two IS
thirds of a bottle cured me. J d
Consider it the greatest cough and *
lung medicine in the world." g<
Sold by T. Eugene Fuuderburk. ti
. Happenings In The State.
As Chronicled by the Alert Cor- VVI
respondent of The Columbia
State.
A NEGRO CONVICTED OF MURDER. tor
Yorkville, Nov. 18.?The case
of Will Hampton, colored, was 1?!'
commenced yesterday and finish- die
ed this morning, the charge being toci
murder. A verdict of guilty, agl
with a recommendation to the the
mercy of the court was rendered, to
Notice was given of a motion for fi<*
a new trial. ov<
? for
TWO MURDER CA8ES REPORTED. (Jer
Dillon, Nov. 18.?At an early cal
hour this morning the dead body doc
or Berry Carmichael, a negro 20 no
yea s of age, iu the employ of tho lts
Dillon Oil company, was found
upon me sidewalk of the street *'h
leading out towaids Little Kock, wh
with an ugly knife stab over the for
heart. Upon investigation^ was cae
brought to light that an alterca- the
tiou ensued between three negroes diti
and a negro woman, the result bo- dol
ing that Carmiehael had been stab bee
bed by the negro woman. Capt. Ha
A. T. Harllee reports a brutal moi
murderjust across the North Car - grc
olina line, four miles from his of I
home. A negro well known in tral
that neighborhood, and until this pro
year living on this side of the line, will
brained his wife, using his rifle as biai
a club, horribly mutilating the ball
body. The
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ROOSEVELT P?.APPr?INTS WTT.SON. . x i
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THE NEGRO POSTilASTEU AT j
FLORENCE. me|
Washington, Nov. 19.?In deXKE
lance of public sentiment at Florinco
the president has decided to
eappoint Joshua E Wilson, the ^
iolored postmaster. Senator Till- tar3
uau on arriving here will proba ^ur
>ly oppose the confirmation of the at ?
ippoiniment. the
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CLOSE CALL FOR IIAMP. JAMES. the
Marion, Nov. 19.?Hamp
'anies, the negro under sentence ^eci
o be hanged tomorrow, will not
lie on the gallows. Sheriff Mulins
has at last been officially noifiod
of the fact that Gov. Hey- Thi
vard has commuted the sentence t<
o life imprisonment.
There seems to have been a
nisunderstanding in the matter ^
vhich might have resulted fatally ono
or the negro, for no official no- '
ice of the commutation was re- bet1
ieived here until this morning, w?l
ind this came in response to a roa'
elegram of inquiry sent by mot
Sheriff Mullins to Gov. Heyward. ^6 <
^ast Sunday's State contained a ^r01
ocal notice saying that Gov. Hey- ^eet
vard had ooinmuted the sentence kod
if ''Hamp Jones" and it was
jenerally understood here to have *wl1
neant Hamp James. The date 8*0<
et by Judge Gary for the exeeu- ^
lon was the third Friday of No- *rac
ember, tomorrow, but the gov- cut>
roor's office was under the im- ^or
ression that it was the fourth ^av'
Friday. *ng
Sheriff Mullins had heard nothig
from the executive office, so awa
ite yesterday ho telegraphed amc
rov. Hey ward stating that James real
ras sentenced to be hanged Nov. ^
Oth and asking if the sentence lnJu
ad been commuted. In reply to wor
iiis telegram he today received a on?]
>tter from Private Secretary
forment telling him that the sen* 0(* 1
Mice had teen commuted last ^ a
aturday and an order to that ef- 1D8
set had been sent to Mr. Man* untl
ing, who presented the petition ot^e
rayiog for executive clemency,
ut that in the petition the date ^er
f execution was given as Nov.
7th, which was no doubt the date tliat
1 Mr. Mr. Manning's mind, and mile
aat probably that gentleman t^e
aought there was no necessary .
urry about the matter. Mr. exP
[orruent, however, enclosed a an(*
uplicate of the official order,
rhioh is the sheriff \ authority for ^
jndiug James to tho peuiten- P?P'
iary. Tar
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Terms of Canal Treat;
hat Unitod States Will Do for
Republic of Panama.
Washington, Nov. 17.?The
ms of the canal treaty "with
nama and the situation on the
hrnus were the only subjects
cussed at the cabinet meeting
lay. The Colombian protest
linst the position assumed by.
i United States, which was sent
Senator Frye, the presidihjg'of '
>r of the senate, who turned ) it
sr to Secretary Hay, was jnmally
submitted to tbe preeiit
who discussed it with the
?inet. No answer to it was
;idcd on and it is possible that
attention will be paid to it or
receipt formally acknowledged.
The canal treaty with Panama
icli is now beinrr onri
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ich has beenlpractically finished
several days, provides for the
h payment of $10,250,000 to
young republic,which is an adiou
of a quarter of a million
lars to tho amount that has
m paid Colombia under the
y-Herran treaty. This paynt
alone will give Panama
ator wealth per capita than any
Lhe other and much older Cenl
American republics. It ia
hablo that part of the money ,
1 find its way into the Colom* (
a treasury in tho guise of slight
tn of the loss of the isthmus, i
) United States is urging tho
ng republic to assume a part
he Colombia a debt and apply
proportion from tho cash payo
it for the canal.
ATY WIT1I PANAMA IS RI38HED
AND SIGNED.
Vashington, Nov. 18.?Soerer
Hay and M. Philippe 3uuuu>
ilia, minister from Panama,
.40 o'clock this evening, signed
Hay^Bunau-V&rilla treaty
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viuiug iui iuo con air action of
Panama canal by the Unitgd
tea. The ceremony occured in
retary Hay'a study.
Ful Collision On the Big Fonr
rty-Ono Men Killed and Fif-',
aen Badly Injured.?Wreck- j
age Piled up Thirty Feet.
t ,
'eoria, 111., Nov. 19.?Thirtymen
were killed and at least <
injured in a head-on collision ,
ween a freight train and a
k train on the Big Four raild
between Mackinaw and Treit
this afternoon. Bodies of
of the victims have been taken
11 the wreck which is piled 30
, high on the tracks. ' Five
ics yet remain buried -utider
huge pile of broken timber,
,i?.i -i j? * *
sioii auu uisioriea iron and
>1.
)n a bank at tho side of the
;k lie the bodies of the victims,
bruised and mangled in a
rible manner. So far 12 only
e been identified, the remain*
being unrecognizable, even by
ie who knew them and are
re of the fact that they are
>ng the dead. The victims are
dents of neighboring towns.
.11 tho dead and most of the
red were members of thei
k train, (he crews on both
ines jumping in time to savto
r lives The collision occur
a .deep cut at the beginning,
sharp curve, neither train by- <
visible to the crew of theothdr
1 they were in 50 feet of eaojbjf
>r. The engineers set the
ces, sounded thy whistles and
i leaped from their cabs, the
trains striking with such force
tho sound was heard for
is. A second after the collision
boi'er of the work train engine
oded, throwing heavy iron i
splinters of wood 200 feet. J
here is no coujjh medicine so
alar as Foley's Honey and
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Crouch Kills His Snake.
He Finds Scriptural Warrant for
Decapitating the Reptile That
Bit Him.
Still wearing on his fingers the
bandages that concealed wounds
made by rattlesnake bites, L. C.
Crouch, of Winston, walked into
The Observer office last night and
dropped on the city editor's desk
a package, saying:
'There it is. Them's the tnor
tal remains of the varmint." The
package, opened, disclosed the
head of a large rattlesnake, still
bloody and dangerous-looking.
Close to the head was a four-inhand
cravat that had been made
from the skin of the snake.
Crouch picked up the cravat and
fitted it around his neck. In
future he will wear the tie as a
companion piece to the snake skin
that he uses as a hat band.
"I killed him this afternoon,"
said Crouch. "He is the devil
that bit mo. He had been a friond
to me and my family and 1 looked
on him almost as a brother till he
bit and nearly killod me. Although
1 knew I could never be
entirely well until th9 snake was
dead, still I hesitated about killing
him. He had worked so hard for
mo and had helped to support my
wife and seven children. 1 seemed
to be looking for a warrant to
kill the snake, but I never got it
i.. 11 il
uii iq'8 morning, wbon, in reading
my Bible, 1 found this passage:
(< iWhat is man that Thou art
mindful of him: for Thou hast
made him a little lower than the
angels, and hast crowned him
with glory and honor. Thou
mad'st him to have dominion over
the works of Tby hand; Thou
hast put ail things under his feet.'
4'And just as soon as I saw that
passage," continued Crouch, 4'I
knew it was right to kill the snake.
X waited till 20 minutes past 4
o'clock-?the very minute that the
snake hit me?and then I chopped
his blessed head off with a hatchet.
Bat I shall never see such a snake
again," said Crouch, holding
the bloody head in his hand, while
his eyes filled with tears. 4'Such
a friend he was to me and mine?
such a dear, good friend he was."
?Charlotte Observer.
Ask youT rtootor about "Few.er gallons;
wears longer "
SHERIFF'S SAU
STATE Of SOUTH CAROLINA
County of Lancaster,
Court of Common Pleas.
m* -
innry jane .ustrldge, ,/acob Faile,
Alice Blackmon, Fannie Hunter
and Sarah Faile, PlaintifTt,
aoainst
Martha Faile, Aizenia New and Jerome
Catoe, Defendant*.
PURSUANT to an Order made by
Judge James Aidrich, in the
above stated case October 25th, 19!)2, I
will'ell at Lancaster O. H., on the
first Monday in December, within
the legal hours of sine, the following
tracts of land, to wit;
First, One Tract of Seven (7) uteres,
more or lees, in Lancaster County In
said State on the waters of Flat Creek
and b uuded North by the estate lands
of John C. Catoe; East by land o
Amos Mungo; South by lands of said
Amos J/ungo and West by lands of
.Rich flinson
Second, one tract of Twenty* three
(23) Acres, more or lees, and bounded
North by estate lands of John C. Catoe;
East by lands of Mary J Estrldge;
South and West by lands of Elizabeth
Hinson The same being in Lancaster
County in said Ktate
mkd iwrmH 01 raie CASH. Pur
chaser to pay for papers.
J. P. hunter,
Kherltl' L. C.
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Atty. for Plaintiffs 1
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We mean shoes. We ?are selling
more shoes this season by
double than we did lust. Why ?
Because tho people are fust find- <
ing ont where to get a good shoe
it a reasonable price.
Oocae and see for yourself.
Respectfully,
fill H~r
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Heath Banking &
LANCASTE
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| Octob<
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I lectin g our stock
I styles of this se
1 will be shown
I Beavers and Fe
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I in all colors.
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The latest wea
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