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Wat** " * ...?z'^jcisz 1 * ? E-'mL SB - n?^? . 't teora/ywa o*-BTm. j - - g - Wra.i>,.ilii,.^./ini<rt*im,?< Iin I . J^ncmtmUtmAamm. t - ' .. 1 , l AWW! -K 11. WKsKLY LANUA8TKB, S. O..I J A N U A R Y 20, 1904 ??' ' " j? a^assarj' % ?; ~~ Auditor's Notice. Notl :r >t hereb\ given that,', this office will be open from the 1st day of January to the 20th day of February, j 1904, for tho purp ae of receiving the returns of tlie taxpayers of Lancaster r County. Ail perHona having Z property in c their p<vs-f8siou or control, as man- fc agers, holders or as husband, parent, guardian, trustee, executor, adminls r trator, receiver, accounting offl er, ? agent, attorney, or factor, on the First day of January 1904, are required t o lint the sume for ..taxation within t lie time r?q .ired by law or incur the penalty or Fifty per cent, which at- tJ taches i?? case of failure to do so. The full tax of One Dollar is laid t upon all male persons between tlie ages of 21 ami 60 years, except persons who are maimed and unable to euru a |j sup| ort, and Confederate soldi* rs. , For tne convenience of the nubile ' lUu Auditor or rin assistant will Httend # the following places iti the County o<i the days named. h Osceola, Tues Jan 5th, 12 to 3 o'clock. , Pleasant Va ley, Wednesday Jan 6. * Belalr,Thursday Jan 7 1 Van Wyck, Friday Jau*.8th, 9 to 12 9 o'clo :K. * Dixt-, a. m , Uwiglit, p. m,,'|Monday / Jan 11 ;li. _ Tradeaville, Tuesday Jan 12th. 2 Taxuhaw, Wednesday Jac 13th. *. Fla? Creek church, Thursday Jan 14, Dr. <5, C Welsh's, Friday Jan 15th. 1 Primus. Saturday January 10th to 12 o'clock. 0 Halle Gold JTine. Monday Jan 18th. ? Kershaw. Thursday and Wednesday Jan 19lli and 20th. C Heath Springs, Tuesday Jan 21st. < Plea?sut Hiil.iFriday Jan 22 to 2>p. m D Dry Creek. Monday Jan 25th. Jl TTliflAP on o/if "C *' 1 11 * w.... ??i viie ifKiHiuiure. ail person* haying a gross iuuoiuc or $2,- 1 600 or more, are lequired to make a return of the name to the Auditor at the timeof making their other returns. (J It will be to the interest of every taxpayer to make his return promptly 81 of ail persona! ptoperty; a!?o of afl r. transfers or improvements on r^al estate, and save the penalty of 50 per 1 cent, which attaches aft r the 20tli . of February 1904. *Respectfully, ii J NO. A. COOK, County Auditor. u ??sg? ?i wood, Hickory and (Holly Logs at Freight paid on carloads. JAMES COCKS HOOT, ? 10-17 4m Charleston, 8,C. a LANCASTER AND CHESTER " RAILW AV. ~ A . dekedule In effect Nov 29, 1902. * (Daily exoept Sunday) g WESTBOUND. A l>an?aater, 7 15 a m 5 00 p m Lv Fort Lawn, "34am 5 30 p in Lv Basconville, 7 44 a m 5 4-5 p in 6 Lv Rlchhurcr- ' M ? m n ,,n * Ar Chester, 8 15 a m 6 30 p in Ar Charlotte, So R 9 65 am 9 00ptn Ar Columbia, So R11 00 a m 115am A r Atlanta, a a 1, r 4 50 pm b Ar Ynrkv'.CAN W 9 36 a m (l Ar Gastonla.CN w 10 80 a m , Ar Lenoir, o A n, r 2 05 p m 6 00 a m D< EA8TBt?UNL. Lv Len ir, cAn.r 2 30 pm w Lv Gaston ia ' 5 30 pro Lv York ville '* 6 23 pm . Lv Atlanta, s a 1, r 100pm lc Lv Columbia, So R 6 10 a m 6 85 p m c( Lv Charlotte, So R 8 40 am 6 25 n in Lv Chestei, 10 00 a m 8 25 p m Lv Jtlchburg, 10 45 a m 8 49 p m " Lv Bascotnvllle, 11 00 a m 8 65 p m ct Lv Fort Lawn 1116am 906 pm o Ar Lancaster, 11 45 a m 9 25 p m . CONNECTIONS. 113 Chester?Southern, Seaboard and ' arcllna & Northwestern railways. B Lancaster?Soul hern Railway. t] A P I/cLURK, Supeiintendeul, j LEROY SPRINGS. President.. a THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, (11 EVERY DAY THE YEAR. CALDWELL & TOMPKINS. - PUBXX3HBB.S. J. P. CALDWELL,-Editor, $8.00 PER ?YEAR. 1 OBSERVER j Receives the largest Tele 2 graphic News Service deliver 3 ed to any paper between ! Washington and Atlanta, and 1 its special service is the great- J est ever handled by a North I Carolina paper. 9 THE SUNDAY OBSERVER I Consists of 16 or more pages, | and is to a large extent made | up of original matter. | THE SEMI-WEEKLY OB8ERVER. fl n..!. * * m rriQiea ruesaay aud Friday, | f 1.00 per year. The largest m paper in North Carolina. | Sample copies sent on application. Address * THE OBSERVER, J Charlotte, N. 0. j <?> \ fbll signature is on every box of (.he gonuloc J Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablet, w Mmr'T tuat ci*roN n eoti In one dav ff Laxative Brorao Quinine Tab ^ ts cure a cold in one day. No ^ Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. The Confederate Generals. The late Lieut. Gen. Jamei .jongstroet was the highest in ank of all the lieutenant gonerah n the Southern side in the war >etween the States, the date of hit ank being October 9, 1862, while he last nppointment of the twentymo soldiers holding that rank was he late Johh 15. Gordon, the date f his rank being 1865, and near he close of the war. There are till liring four of the twenty one ieutenant generals of the Conederacy; Stephen D. Lee of Misissippi, the thirteenth on the list, is rank datirur frm? .Inn? iocj. - r-> ? " "uvl xwwx, L P. Stowart, Tennessee, now of lississippi, 'ranking from June 3, 1864; Josopk Wheeler of Llabama, ranking from February 8, 1865, and S. B. Buckner of Kentucky, also ranking from 865. Gnn. Stewart was sixteenth n the list in point of rank, and rus appointed in placa of Lieut, ion. Leonidas Polk, killed in attle June 14, 18G4, on Pine iountain, near Marietta, Ga. he late Gen. Forrest was made lieutenant general on the same ate with Gnn. Wheeler, but was avonteentb on the list, while tec. Wheeler was twentieth, 'here we.e eight generals in the lonfoderale service all out rankig lieutenant generals, viz: Samel Cooper, Albert S. Johnston, bonert Hi. Lee, Joseph E. Johnton, P. G. T. Beauregard, Braxjd Bragg, Edmund Kirby Smith nd John B. Hood, they ranking i accordance with the list given. l!! of the fcnsrals are dead, ?? re seventeen of the lieutenant enerals.?Menpliis Commercial*ppeal. A.VED FROM IERRIBLE DEA.T H. The family of Mrs. M L. Bobitt of Bargerton, Tenn., saw her ying and wore powerless to save or. The most skillful physicians nd every remedy used, failed, bile consumption was slowly hut irely taking her life. In this srrible hour Dr.King's New DisDvery for Consumption turned espair into joy. Tbe first bottle rought immediate relief and its intinued use completely cured or. It's the most certain cure i the world for all throat and ing troubles. Guaranteed otlle 50c and $1.00. Trial Botes Free at Crawford Bros' and . F. Mackey & Co., and T. Euone Funderburk Drug store. ?All persons indebted to me -a requested to call at once and >ttle. J. E. Rutledge, Dentist. i Why Use Many Woi jj The I FERTII t On E i t ARE MA { TKe Virsrtni CKemii They have the Best Facilities, t and maintain the hi| evenness f5hQ Virginia-Carol CHARLES! J* Happenings In The State. 1 As Chronicled by the Alert Correspondents of The Columbia ' State. 1 darlinoton's c^ntrirution. Darlington, Jan. 16.?It will be remembered in reference to the Hampton monument fund that the sum of $1,000 was raised in ^ Darlington county about a year ago. i ? ANDERSON CANTRIBUTES OVER $500. Anderson, Jan. 16.?Anderson ! county's contribution to the Hami ' ton monument fund will amount I to something over $500. Besides this contribution one ! of the local chapters of Daughters of the Confederacy erected a memorial tablet to Wade Hampton in the corridor of the county court house over a year ago? soon after his death. A NEGRO KILLED. i Beaufort, Jan. 15, ? While working at a sugar cane mill Tuesday afternoon near Kean's Neck, Ebeneaer Hamilton, a neg?o boy aged 15, was stiuck in the head by a revolving pole at- J lacnea 10 tne mill, and instantly killed, bis skull being broken. THE DEAD HODY OF A WOMAN. Greenwood, Jan. 16.?The dead body of a negro woman was ^ found on the edge of town yesterday afternoon Investigation 1 rnvoaled" tbe'fact that the wbmaa, I 1 Ella Cuaningbam, had been sick, and it cvus supposed that she went | out of the house and falling into a HwooB or fit of some kind froze to death. She lived alone with one little child. CHARGED WITH PEONAGE. Spartanburg, S. C., Jan. 15. ?A true bill was found in the United States court against E. C. 1 Daniel, a farmer living near this . city, charged with peonage. This is the first case on this charge ever taken up in South Carolina. Daniel held one Leonard Brown, | a colored youth, in involuntary servitude, and when arrested on , the charge of peonage, his de- , fense was that the boy was bound to bis (Daniel's) brother, Dr. S. 1 S. Daniel, of this city, and that 1 Dr. Daniel "loaned" the boy to i him. The case will come up at \ the next session of the United { States Court, in Columhia. I " ( rds to Tell You That' $ ' j# ' Best ^ .IZERS t \ jk tl ,artH H> ? t DE BY J# a-Carolina J o, sal Co. ij ? * M li m W a ise the Best Materials, j? * jhest reputation for the ft tn and value of their Fertilizers* 9 ,u 2 ri J Hi Una Chemical Co. j ul row, 8. C. ^ ? El ce Hob's Victim Found Fed At ReeYesville. V Horribly Mutilated Body Found H?| Lash<?d to Treo?Apparently kt no Provocation. The State, 16th inst. At a late hour laat night The State'* correspondent at Georges ^ telephoned an account of a lynching near Keevesvillo in Dorches- lnS ter county. '1(lu Tbo same of the victim is Gen. t#ro Lee, a negro of bad reputation, who had a foot of the same meas- UP? nrement of a track found in the yard of Mrs. A. P. Wimberly. |de*ii Mis. Wimberly is a widow lir- *ra(^ ing alone with several small chil- ln*e dreo in a little house with a store 1*B in the front at Roovesville. ^on Bstwoen 7 and 8 o'clock Tuesday night in response to repeated Inen loud knocking and other noises catn she opened the side door and saw P()11 some one running away, appar- *or ( ently a negro. A pair of brass f Jl knucks was found on the porch. *^or Wednesday a delegation from ln ^ Reevesville went to Georges, fivs miles away, and swore out a warrant heforo Magistrate T. II. 'l4W< Abhott for General Lee a negro about 30 years old, who had sxte been living,several years at Reeves ^101 ills. The magistrate's constable, a(* R. E. Mims, who is also chief of police of Georgo*, left for Reeves- cxet vills at 6 o'clock Wednesday ^uc< night and put Lee under arrest. 01 CoOfitahlo Mima _tiU ' ? -??- *-? vvai tUU TT 111 his orisoner for Georges at midnfclit. He says that when he had en^' -1- . 1 gone about a mile from JRetveiville a mob of fully 50 men sur- tran rounded hit buggy and overpower- l*"e ed him and took the prisoner. OI '' I he last he saw of the mob it had 'awa left the road and was making for re*e iome woods nearby. ^ Thursday a search was made in (*est the woods by citizens of both not Gsorges and Reeyesyille, but no trace of the negro could be found. ^tat< Yesterday Lee's mutilated body ot^e was found lashed to a tree about ^ 100 yards from the poiat in the road where Constable Minis says tomI tl>r* he was overpowered. It was reported to the corre- ^ ipondent that the condition of the Pet" body indicated that the mob, af- Por^ for 'L l?? imiu" luo ticiibq. retreated k R mme distance before tiring, thus v sprinkling the body with small ^10 1 ihotf the mob, it appears, then 8am( idvanced to within a few feet and ^ liacharged their shotguns into the 1 lying man's face and body. tlor) The usual inquest was held last u light, and the usual yerdict renlered?that General Lee came to lis death from gunshot wounds 8ary ntlicted by persons unknown. open Mrs. Wimberly not only did medi ot see the man who was at rested, State ui never intimated that she inter bought the man she saw running now ut ef her yard was Lee. She tjon new Lee. SI'i A VERY CLO^E CALL. Sp 4*1 stuck tomy engine, although Whit ?ery joint ached and every nerve bis a] as racked with pain," writes C. of Sp f. Bellamy, a locomotive tire an, of Burlington, Iowa. "I !V" , as weak and pale, without any 11 ipetite and all run down. As I bond as about to give up, I got a hot- and h a of Electric Bitters, and after office king it, 1 felt as well as I ever nho k d in my life. Weak, sickly, gince in down people always gain new Fe, strength and vigor from their p> te. Try thera. Satisfaction laranteed by Crawford Bros' id J. F. Mackey & Co., and T. Cot ngene Funderburk. Price 50 Hone nts. tutes. leral Lav to Aid Dispensary. >bum-Dollivor Act Would kell's op Imports of Liquor.?Removes Liquor Trade from e> Interstate Commerce death Law Provisions. 1 marri Washington, Jan 15.?The ra,88(1 )burn*-Dolliver bill now peml ',CUU( in Congress relative to the ',UN 111 or trade is of particular in- ^ei1 st to South Carolina in the 11 '?n^ it its enactment would have ^l>u^ a the restrictions of the ?U 0 ensary law. The measure is gned to remove the liquor e frtm the privileges of the R tln,< retate commerce laws and 'put control entirely within the privd* er of the individual States. fund 1 he bill provides thai all fei- Port 0 ted, distilled or other intoxi- forth ig liquors or liquids trans* finall) ed into any State orTeriitory sidera lelivery, or remaining therein *'1( use, consumption, salo or ro*d < ago, shall, upon arrival with* ^ ho boundaries of such State |in l^e after delivery, be subject to i,)o1^ ^ operation and effect of the dibits i enacted in the exerciao of the cmp'? e'a police powers to the same hours nt and in the same manner as ttny v igh the liquids or liquors ^rbeen produced inside the trodin e, and that they shall not he teleph npt by reason of being intro- jurisd jd therein in original packages therwiae. power be bill provides, further, Pe* c all corporations or persons points aged in instoretate commerce uti\ i, as to any shipment or distun \ 1 I BjiuriKiion or ierinented, dis* ] d, or other intoxicuting liquids (j0p quors, be subject to all the wtu]ed i and police regulations with receiv< rence to liquor or shipment an(\ ve le btato in which the place of I1JOet e ination is situalod, and shall unt1i \ he exempt by reason of the a^0 (]K ir being introduced in the The e in original packages or wj|| n( rwise. ter the is understood that there will tjon8 > an organized campaign by {jfty? lerance and religious societies which ughout the country in favor le bill. Alreadj a number of introdi ious to (Congress in its sup- railr0n have been received. The ors jn was introduced in the House ? I XII I duced Senate by Mr. Dolliver of the vote 3 State. has be the bill is passed and stands -pho :est of the courts theimporta hrougl of liquor into South Caroli- defeatt i original packages, even for day, tl ridu&l use, will cbe unlawful, heing i le provisions of the nispen- p10i law of the State will become qqie ative upon the imports im- inCrofts aiely upon their crossing the j8 evld ) line, irrespective of the defeat state commerce act which Qf the protects them from contisca- ^ ? ?? of Hor ^RT AN burg's NEW SHERIFF. thut of artanburg, Jan. 14.?James commi o, deputy Sheriff, received are car ppointment today as sheriff but tin artanburg county to fill tho electioi pired terra of 12 months of tte John E. Vernon. His of $150,000 was arranged, W< te has assumed charge of the l8 di , relieving Coroner Foster, endurii ias Ween acting as sheriff Wound Mr. Vernon's death. Sore f m t .m there s JEUMONIA AND LA Arnica GRIPPE ftml cm best Sa ugh cured quickly by Foley's 25c at y and Tar. Rofuse substi- Mackej T. E. Funderburk. Fundor no i n UljlOri Cj U 1 The Legislature. IIURSDAY'S PROCEEDINGS, umbia, Jan. 14. ? Mr. Hasbill providing for a record rery birth, marriage and in the State, was killed. It no bearing on the present ago law, but objection was becauso it was claimed to opening wedge to the divorce id it died accordingly, irly an hour was waited by wrangling debate on Mr. 's bill to prohibit treating ection day. The debate d strong prohibition ten, and the bill finally went to I reading. > question of reducing the sge tux on fertilizer, the from which goes to the sup>f Clemson College, brought much discussion, but was ' passed over for future con,tion. ) twelve-hour bill for railamployes was introduced in ouse by Mr. lllackwood and i Senate by Mr. 11 yd rick, from Spurtanburg. It |proa railroad from kooping an yee on duty more than 12 and provides a penalty for iolation. Morgan of Greenville in:ed a bill today to place all one companies under tho iction of the railroad com u. mis uody will have to regulate rates, to comonnection8 at intermediate i, and the fixing of rates ro to local as well as to long n ce servico. Friday's proceedings. umliia, Jan.<15?The House through the calendar today, ed a nil in bet of now bills solutions, and decided to ip.rly tomorrow and adjourn Yodnesday noon. The Son-. 1 nothing. real work of the session >t begin in earnest until af) dispensary and other elecvliieh will take place ThursTuesday is a legal holiday, accounts for the recess. Whaley, of Charleston, need the bill te giro the ,d commission greater powtixing freight rates, ho Senate Mr Bryco introa bill which permits towns . '-i i win u iun[iuiirui j III It" 1' 11 en established. Senate baggage bill was it in and although it was id yesterday it passed tole weight for free baggage made 200 pounds instead as tent. tight for dispensary honors led in fury today. There ently a determined effort to H. II. E vans, for chairman board. Evans is opposed inty Treasurer McDnrmot, ry, who is willing to quit lice for tho small salary as ssioncr. Black and Tatum ididates for commissioners, 3 chances seem to favor the i of both Evans and Tatum. R. VV. S. 3NDERFUL NERVE. splayod by many a man lg pains of accidental Cuts, Is, Utilises, Burns, Scalds, eet or stitF joints. But need for it. Bucklen's Salvo will kill the pain o the trouble. It's the lve on onrth for Piles, too. Crawford Bros' and J. F. r & Co's., and T. Eugene burk's, Druggist.