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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-25
SPECIAL NOTICE !

\ LII PERSONS INDEBTED TO
~ Us, either by note or account,
fnust come forward aud settle prompt,
iy We have sold out our mercantile
business to the Lancaster Mercantile
Co and it will be impos ssib!e for us to
carry our customers anv long As
you well know. we have always tried
to be very indulgent and accommo>
dating to our cus.omers and have
never pressed them unnecessarily, so
we hope they will appreciate the fact
now that we are going out of business
and will come forward promptly and
make settlement. All notes and &C
counts will be due by the tirst of No
vember and We will expect settlement
in full by that time.
Thanking our friends and the public
generally for their liberal patronage IN
the past, we are,
Very respectfully.
HEATH, SPRINGS Il co.
Oct. 3. 1899 i'm.
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ONE MORE LYNCuED.


Memphis, Oct 21-A special to
The Commercial. Appeal from
Carthage, Miss, says: For the
tiendish murder of the five mem
bers of the Gambrcl family at
st Anne's, in this (Leake) county,
two men have paid the death
penalty-one by burning at the
stake, the other by hanging. Two
negroes are under arrest beyond
the confines of this county and a
posse is said to be in pursuit of
two white men. This last states
menN, however, is coutradicted
from another point, and develop
nenrs must be awaited.
Last night John Oliver GRAY, a
negro, was captured after being
chased for miles in the swamps.
He confessed that he was one of
the party that did the murierous
work, and the posse made short
work Of him. He was hanged
and his swaying body riddIed with
bullets. Gray in his confession
implicated two white men, and
these men, according to report,
are being pursued, having, it Is
said, left the neighborhood.
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early in the action, and the com
mand then devolved on Gen YuIe.
1t is feared Gen Svmons is fatally
hurt.
The enemy as they fled were
followed 10y the cavalry, mounted
infantry and artillery. The di
rectiOn taken was to the eastward.
At the latest reports the cavalry
had not returned.
Some say that four and some
say five guns were captured. The
Boer artillery firing was weak. A
lot Of plugged shells were used.
Although the enemy's position
was carried soon otter l o'clock,
scattered firing went on almost all
the afternoon.
The British losses are very
severe, but those Of the Beers are
much heavier.
The final rush was made with a
triumphant yell, and as the Brit q,
lsh troops charged to close quar-
ters the enemy turned and fled,
leaving all their impediments and
guns behind them.
While this was going on, one
battery of artillery, the Eigh-
teenth Hussars, and the mounted
infantry, with a part of the Lei >
cester regiment, got on the
enemy's flank and as the Beers
streamed wildly down the hills,
making for the main road, they
found their retreat had been cut
off, hut they rallied for while
and there was severe firing, with
considerable loss to each side.
Many of the enemy surrendered.
A rough estimate places the
British loss at $50 killed or
wounded, and that of the Beers at
500.
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BLACK ON OUTZS.
Language Which Seems to Invite
an Immediate Fight.
Special to Greenville News.

Special to Greenville News.
Columbia, S G, Oct 21.-Ship
ping Clerk John Black today gave
out card replying to Ouzts's s
charges. In brief, he SAYS that
he hos been connected with the
dlspenssry since May 1898, and
that no one ever found fault with
him except QUITS, who has always
disliked him.
When Douthit WAS elected com.
missioner, QUITS, Mr. Black says,
was as near heaven as he wanted
to be as he then thought that he
would have a say. He at once
started to run the whole thing.
81 found that he was going
through my desk" Mr. Black says,
"and told him if | ever caught
him stealing from me again that |
would blow his head off"
Mr. Black admits that he made
mistakes and shows that QUITS
made mistakes also by several af,
fidavits from Webb and Others.
There is now locked up in Ouzts's,
desk at the diSpensary," he says,
Twenty one bottles of whiSkey."
he says that QUITS visited north
crn whiskey men last winter and
insinuates that they paid his ex.
penses.
He says that young is an or
phan boy working hard to sup>
port his mother and aunt" and in
conclusion declares that QUITS
was turned out for dishonesty and
violating orders "and my opinion
of him is that he is a thief, scoun.
drel and liar" He is severe in
his language against QUITS and
says he did not want to let 90 the
job of shipping clerk, insinuating
he made money out of it.
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FIGHTING CONTINUES NEAR
GLENCOE CAMP.
Meagre Dispatches Tell of En-
gagements Around Dundee.

Glencoe Camp, Natal Oct 22.-
Heavy firing is now in progress
to the northwest of this camp.
London, Oct 22.-According
to n special dispatch from Glen.
coe camp the British cavalry while
pursuing the defeated Beers, were
engaged by a strong force of the
enemy on the north road. Firing
Is now IN progress.
Cape Town, Oct 21, 10 a NJ
1t is reported here from Glencoe
that the Boer force under the
commandant, Gen Joubert, has
attacked, or is about to attack
the British entrenched position at
Glencoe.
; . MT is now definitely
known that Glencoe was attacked
yesterday by the Boer main north
ern column. Our forces are en-
trenched in a good position. The
situation there is not yet fully
cleared up.
Cape Town, Oct %, 2 p NJ
A dispatch has just arrived an.
nouncing that the Beers are shell
ing Dundee, east of Glencoe, al
long range, but that their fire i:
ineffective.
Lourenzo Marques, Oct p
delayed in transmission)-Tht
town is fairly run over with re.
fugees, among whom are thou
sand persons released from Trans
vaal jsils. Thousands of natives
mon aud women, are huddled to
gether, and there 10 a large rep
resentstion of johannesburg
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NOTICE TO DEBTORS.

On ACCOUNT OF WRETCHED
" health for the past few months
am compelled to be absent from Lam
caster for treatment for some weeks
/ leave my books and accounts with
Mr. John Crawford at Elliott & Craw>
70 DIS stables He is duly authorized
to collect for me, and | will be glad
for Ill my friends who are indebted to
me TO call on him and settle Mt their
earliest convenience I will necessari-
Iy need money in undergoing treats
ment and | will appreciate your
prompt settlement.
Very Respectfully,
w. NJ. CRAWFORD, NJ. d.
Sept 90. 1899 -6w.
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BIG TRESTLE BURNED.
Over Broad River on Air Line
Road. Take Week to Rebuild.
Special to The State.

cPSSioi w hS oluIS'
Blacksburg, Oct 31.-The
bridge of the Southern railway
across Broad river, tbree miles
south of this place, was burned
last night The entire trestlc
work Of the east end and all of
the wood work on the bridge was
entirely consumed, but the bridge
itself, which is of iron, is left in
tact. The bridge proper, besides
the trestles, was four spans, or
592 feet long, The trestle will
soon be rebuilt, and it is thought
that trains will he running over it
in one week. In the meantime
Southern trains will pass over the
South Carolina and Georgia Ex-
tension road from this place to
Gaffney.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.

WILL BE IN LANCA TER for
Il short time tn settle up the az
counts due T. NJ. Fitzpatrick & Bro,
Ali parties owing the above firm must
settle up at once When leave all ac>
counts unpaid. Will be placed in an
officers hand for collection. Don't
fail 10 heed this notice as it will be
positively the last time I VIII he here.
J. II FITZP ATRIGK
Oct 8, '99
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Funston Offered Commission as
General.

Kansas City, Oct pa Star
special from San Francisco says:
Gen Fred Funston today received
a telegram from the war depart
ment offering him brigadier'S
command if he would return to
the Philippine islands after his
former regiment, the Twentieth
Kansas, is mustered out. Gen
Funston accepted the offer.
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NOTICE..

A Ii PERSONS HOLDING claims
IA against the estate of IL Jackson
Gregory, deceased, are hereby otlfied
to present the same duly verified and
those indebt' q to SAID estate must come
forward at once aud settle with the
undersigned.
W II Gregory. Admr.
Green & Hines Attys for A 1mT.
Sept. 80, '99-3 weeks.
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Tho British Casualties.

London, Oct 21-The war Of
fee announces that IN the fighting
yesterday between Glencoe and
Dundee, in Natal, 81 nonocom-
missioned officers and men were
killed and ISL wounded.
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roughs, MaIays and Indians, who
speaking ditfercn, languages,
create Il perfect pandcmonIum.
A transport has been ordered
to take the British destitute away
Immediately.
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Dewey Cannot Fill His Engage
mentS.

Washington, Oct 21-Admiral
Dewey, on the advice OF his
physician, has cancelled the dates
for his visits to Philadelphia and
Atlanta and will accept no moro
invitations OF this sort before
next spring.
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A FlENDlSH NEGRO BURNED
AT THE STAKE.
His Crime Unparalleled for Its
MerCileSS Barbarity.
lied Mrs. Gambre and Four
Children to Floor, Saturated
House With Oil, and APP
piled Fire.

special to The Scimetar from Can
ton, Miss, says:
The little town of Saint Anne
20 miles east of Canton, in Leake
county, WAS last night the scene
of tragedy-a sequel to the burn
ing of the Gambrel family the
night before. Joe Leflore, a ne
gro, who was captured bya posse,
confessed that he, in company
with other negroes, had tied Mrs
Gambrel and her four children to
the floor of the house, saturated
the surroundings with kerosene
and burned the people alive. The
negro, after a confession of the
crime, was promptly roped to
stake and burned to a crisp while
the citizens looked on in silence.
Another negro, Bob Smith, was
saved in the nick of time, as there
was doubt as to his guilt.
The Gambrel tragedy occurred
Thursday morning, and it was
first thought that the fire WAS the
result of an accident. A casual
investigation revealed circum-
stances so suspicious that a more
searching investigation was made,
and it was soon established beyond
doubt that the family had been
murdered and the house fred.
Posses were Immediately form
ed to scour the country and fol-
lowed every possible clue. Be.
fore the posses left St. Anne it
was discovered that Joe Leflore, n
negro who lived in the neighbol
hood and who had heretofore
borne good reputation, had dis
appeared. Early last evening
Lehore was captured several miles
from the scene of murder. At
first the murderer denied any
knowledge of the crime, but final
ly broke down and confessed that
he and Bob and Andrew Smith,
two other negroes, were guilty.
He hoped for no mercy and told
with a brutal frankness all the
details of the crime. In the yard
where the Gambrel residence had
stood Leflore was tied to a stake
and burned aliye. No one sent n
merciful bullet into his body to
kill him. Andrew Smith escaped
from the mob while LeflOre was
being burned and has not been
captured. Bob Smith was tied to
another stake and fire started,
though he was finally released as
there was possibility of his prov
ing his innocence.
Andrew Smith will be recap
tured, and if 1t is proven that he
and his brother Bob are guilty, it
is thought no power can save them
from a similar fate meted out to
Leflore.
The sheriff of Leake county
went to the scene of the tragedy
this afternoon and took the negro
Robert Smith and three negro
women who were implicated by
Lehore and started to Carthage,
the county seat. 1t is not thought
the sheriff will reach Carthage
with his prisoners, as there are
about 500 men gathered about the
scene of the crime, and they seem
determined to let no guilty one
escape their vengeance. Tele-
phone communication is very
limited, the nearest connection
being st Anne's, about four miles
distant from the Gam5rel place.
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The New York Presbyterian
synod officially endorses Bishop
Potter's stand on the divorce
question, refusing to recognize di-
vorcc except on the New Testn-
ment ground.
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British Arms Win After Fine
Fight.

Glenco, Camps, S. A, Oct 23--
An attack made by the Beers on
the British position Saturday en-
abIed the British to secure sic
nal success. The Boer column
was driven pelI nell over the
plains, losing 800 in killed and
wounded. In addition the British
ctptured several hundred horses,
and made many prisoners.
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BOERS BEATEN BY THE
BRITISH.
First Serious Battle of Cam.
paiol Fought at Glencoe.
Sight Described as Grand Exhi
bition of Courage-Boers Fled
British Loss 25O; Beers,
500.

Glencoe Camp, Oct 20, $3.50 p
m.-After eight hours of contin.
uous heavy fighting, TaIana hill
was carried by the Dublin Fusi
leers and the Kings Rifles under
cover of a we'll served artillery bv
the Thirteenth and Sixty >ninth
batteries.
The Beers, who threatened the
British rear, have retired. The
fight was almost an exact counter
part of that at Ma Hill, ex-
cept that the positions of the Boer
and British forces wore reversed.
Gen Symons was severely but
not dangerously wounded.
Afternoon-The battle today
has been brilliant success. The
Beers got reverse which may
possibly, for time at any rate,
check all aggressive action.
The British artillery practice in
the early part Of the day decided
the battle. The seizure OF Dun-
dee Hill by the Beers was sur.
prise, for although the pickets had
been exchanging shots all night, it
was not until a shell doomed over
the town into the camp that their
presence was discovered. TheL
the shells came fast. The hill
was positively alive with the
swarming Beers, s,Otill the British
artillery got to work with mag
nlhcent energy and precision.
The batteries from the camp
took up positions to the south Of
the town and after quarter Of
an hours magnificent firing, si-
fenced the guns on the hills.
The correspondent could see
shells dropping among the Boer
pieces with remarkable accuracy
and doing tremendous execution,
for the enemy were present in
very large numbers and in places
considerably exposed.
BY this time the army held the
whole of the hill behind Smith 5
Farms and the Dundee KOpie,
right away to the south, in which
direction the British infantry and
cavalry moved at once.
The fighting ragged particularly
hot at the valley outside the town.
Directly the Boer guns ceased fir
ing Gen Symons ordered the in
fantry to move on the position.
The infantry charge was magnifi-
cent.
The storming of the position by
the Kings Royal Rifles and the
Dublin Fusileers was one of the
most magnificent sights ever wit
messed. The firing of the Beers
was not so deadly as might have
been expected from troops occu
pying such an excellent position
but the infantry lost heavily go,
ing up the hill, and Orly the con.
summately brilliant way in which
Gen Symons had trained them tc
fighting of this kind saved them
being swept away. Indeed the
hill was almost inaccessible to the
storming party, and any hesita
tion would have lost the day. The
enemy's guns, 80 far as the cor
respondent could see, were al
abandoned, for the Beers had nc
Etiue to remove them. A stream
OF fugitives poured down the hill
side into the valley, where tn,
hattie went on with no abatement
! Gen Symons wax wounded
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To Cure Constipation Forevos. AL,
Take Cssosrets Candy Cathartic- 100 or no.
If c. @. @. fstl 70 ssrs. druggists refued monss-
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THE BOER CASUALTIES.

London, Oct 23-An official
dispatch from Ladysmith, gives
the list of casualties among the
Beers at the battle of Glands
Lasgte, among whom are, Gen
ViIIjoen, killed; Gen Kock,
wounded and captured, since died;
Gen Kock's son, killed; Colonel
Schiel, a German officer COM
handing the artillery, wounded
and prisoner. Several Boer
standards were ptIred.
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THE BRITISH LOSSES.

The official list of the British
casualties at the same battle shows:
Colonel Scott Chisholm, killed,
and ono colonel, one ma ior, eight
captains and eleven lieutenants,
wounded; thirty seven mono COM
missioned Offices and privates kill
cd and 130 wounded.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-12
s,y FRlyCISCO MINING STOCKS.
CATARRn or STOMACH.


A PLEASANT SIMPLE. BIT SAFE AND EFFEcrrAL
CURE FOR Ir.
Catarrh ~ the stomach has long been con-
sidored the next thing 90 incurabie The ushal
s,.,,p,on,s are a full or nloating sensation after
eating. accompanied sometimes Win sour ~
va,erv risings. formation - gases. causing
pressure on the heart and LUNGS ana dHhcut
breathing: headaches. Gckle appetite. eFfous-
ness and A general played out, hngDh ttfHNb'
There is often a foul taste in the mouth. cost-
ed tongue and n the interior '. lu' s,.n.' . a
could he seen u Wonic 500" sunny '''
The cure of this common and obstinate 'ron-
bic H. found In a treatment Mh'h ,'"'.S '..
food 10 be- readily. thoroughly d.g'slti '. gre II
has Time o. ferfnont and irritate the dri'die
mucous surfaces of the stomach TO secure
prompt and healthy digestion ls tn' one he.'s-
sarv ming 10 DO. and when normal digestion 10
secured the catarrhal condition VIII have disap-
peared. 49,. .,,., an,
best treatment IL 20 us" after "a y Hsa' ,tI 49,
let composed of Diatase. Asepuc fepr,h, us r
Nux Golden Seal and fruit acios. ihcre tsp-
i,ts can now be found al All dfus stores uhu'.
- - -, s,u,rt.s pvapepsa Tablets. and not
being A patent medicine can %. ur'l WIN ~ -, -,
feet safety and assurance that hra,hy apl'H'.-
and thorough digestion VIII i"''"" '"'" 's
use after meals. o.. -,
MIR y J Booher. ~ > 10 Dearborn ST. chl-
cago H.. writes "catarrh - a lv."' ,ontso1 te.1
resulting from neglected cold IN 'he N'an'
,,herebv the lining membrane oi ihf nose ne
comes innamed and the poisonous dlschaifr
,ber.sroun passing backward into the thinai
r"arhes the stomach. thus producing oaiarrh ~
The stomach Medical authorities prescribed for
me for three years for cafarrh ~ s'piha'.
t,,'nt ,ure hut to-day | am the happlest =
mon after using only one box n Stuarts hfs-
nepaia Tablets cannot find appropriate words
L. express my good feeling have found h"sh.
a,,,ttt. and sound rest from their use
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is the safest prepa-
ration as well as the simplest ana most con-
venieni remedy FOR any form ot lndlsesuon'
r,f,rrh ~ stomach hillousncss sour stomach.
heartburn and bloating after meals
send for little book mailed free. on stomach
troubles boy addressing stuart Co. Marshall.
Mich The tablets can be found AZ al drug
stores.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-12
DENNIS M'NAMARA.

Dennis Mcnamara. who was for a great many
wears a prominent member Of the Democratic party
of Kings County. died yesterday afternoon at his
home No 1856 Princc-st Brooklyn. He had been
III for about a month with complication II dis
eases.
Mr. Mcnamara was born in 1929. and was odu-
Gated al St Patr.ck's Cathedral School and ST
Johns College. Fordham. When a young man he
was a clerk i'm a coal yard and an active memper
OF the Volunteer Fire Department lie was at one
time n foreman Of one Of the companies. His po-
uical career began as a clerk under oX-IegisleT
McI.aughlin. He later became clerk In the Olty
clerks office was made Deputy city clerk. and
then chosen city Clerk for fun term After he LETT
the office Of city clerk ne was appointed cerE In
the CIV Court under Justice Clement When the
court became part Of the supreme Court he re-
tanned his place as clerk. For some years ne hal
been the Democratic leader Of the Nlth Assenp!
District, Brooklyn g, , -
Mr. Mcnamara was member Of the "eil-kno%n
Three club OF which the other two m'nln'I % %,lr
ex-Judge Kcnna and Deputy Nomulis .oner w Na.l"h
OF the Department Of Buildings. Lighting ana SUP
plies He for 4 long tine a mennttr 3i @ IiIg
General and Executive committees OF the Kings
County Democracy. ,.- ,rs.
Mr. Mcnamara leaves son and dauEhter. Inc
funeral arrangements have not been made
New-York tribune., 1899-02-12
tha ,nnnest Cornish nade .tntements right here

the inquest Cornish made statements rlght mere
which he utterly failed TO make good as WI IT.
ness. True. he was not under oa.h VIZ. VIZ. ~ ~
talked with me. but had no DOUBT that ne
would unboscm himself as freely when placed
on the stand.
But the inquest is only just begun. and no
man can foretell its results There Will be an
accounting if human ingenuity can brlng II
about"
The programme for the reopening OF the m
quest on Tuesday Is to recall both cornish ana
Roland B. MolineuX, ana theh loloN tne'" ""'''
other witnesses
The general plan is to put out big draSnet
and draw in every person VINO may know any
other person mentioned in the case, ana put al
on the stand where the privilege Of the Coro-
ners Court will be exercised and all sorts of
questions as TO their private affairs VIII be
asked them.
obtain the evidence which he said he already
possessed.
The detectives are apparently actively engaged
in working up their theory. ana are paying niue
attention to the Coroner's inquest.
Albert J. Morgan. whose name was brought
irto the case by several newspapers, issued
statement yesterday in which he expressed his
indignation at the way his name had been used
He said that he had retained the law hrm OF
Hatch & WiCkes. OF No. 100 Broadway. ana had
instructed them to bring actions for libel against
any newspapers in which articles had appeared
which would form legal basis for such actlohs'
Continuing, the statement says that ne knew
absolutely nothing concerning any one OF tne
crimes which il was alleged had been commit
ted. and that the attempt 10 represent nm pe-
fore the public as being practically an acces-
sorry to the alleged poisoning Of Mrs. Adams or
OF Henry G. Barnet or OF Walter :. Baldwin
was a thing that he proposed TO rebuke to the
utmost extent OF the law.
The insinuation." he said. that the Viator
was the place where the alleged crimes were
planned was absolutely groundless. and the fur
ther suggestions that the Niator was the resort
Of persons alleged TO be poisoners and murder
ers, and that he had information about the mat
ter which he could disclose II he chose TO, were
perfectly preposterous."