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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-06-15

On last Saturday the following ladies
were elected teachers in the High School
for the next session: Miss Lou Coulling,
first assistant; Miss Ella Bowen, third as
sistant; Mrs. Reba Ball, teacher of pri-
mary department; Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Kelly, art department; and Miss Alice
Alexander, music department. The Sec
ond assistants place, held last year by
Miss Mamie Francis, is still to be supplied.
Mr.. Byron had last year been elected
principal of the school for term of five
wears.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-06-15
TOWN and COUNTY NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Thompson, of Lib
erty Hill, were in town Tuesday.
Felix OKeede is up to spend week at
Tazewell recuperating and mingling with
his friends.
Messrs. Ira h. Alley and L. K. Giles
pie, of Pounding Mill, were in town Tues
day on business.
All kinds paints and oils kept by Peey
& st. Clair.
Miss Sallie Miller, daughter of the late
Judge D. c. Miller, of Marion, Va, is
paying a visit to Miss Joie Britain at
Tazewell.
Mr.. George w. st. Clair went to Wythe-
vile Tuesday to attend the Supreme Court
of Appeals, which is now in session at
that place.
The District Conference of Big Stone
Gap District will meet at Lebanon today
Rev. ], S. French has gone to attend the
meeting.
Farm implements, harness and saddlery
goods at, Peery 4 st. Clair's
Mr. Joseph Moss, Jr., of Burke's Gar
den, who had been attending Roanoke
College as student the past session, has
gotten back TO his home.
Misses Eliza and Elma Greever and Mis-
Vicie Graham, of Graham, Va, who came
to Tazewell last Wednesday to attend thu
marriage of Miss Title Witten, are visiting
| Mise Gillette Hartman this week.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Thankful words written by
Mrs. Ada <. Hart, of Gronton,
>. ID. "Was taken with bad
cold which settled on my lungs;
cough set in and finally terminal :
cd in Consumption Four Doctors
gave m up, saying ! could live
but she rt time. l gave myself
up to my Savior, determined if l
could not stay with my friends on
earth, | would meet my absent
ones above. My husband was
advised to get DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. l gave it a trial, took
in all eight bottles. 1t has cured
me, and thank God, am saved
and now a we'll and healthy wo-
man. Trial bottles free at Craw
ford Bros Drug Store. Regular
size soc. and $1.OO. Guaranteed
or price refunded.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
NO NEGROES THERE.
A Denial of a Telegraph Story
From New York.

New York, April 21.-In the
account of the jefferson dinner
by the Chicago platform Demo
Gratis in this city ON the night of
April 18th, the statement wa,
made and telegraphed that colored
men were present. This, it is
stated, is entirely incorrect, and
that no colored man was seated at
the dinner table. When the
speaking commenced colored
man and his son appeared on the
platform, and upon this fact was
based the statement that colored
people were present and guests
of the dinner, which the managing
committee of the banquet state is
not the fact.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26

OF an aggravated nature. Look
at the records of our criminal
courts now. Forty years ago,
lynching was a thing unheard,
that a mob would undertake the
redress of grievances by putting
men to death without trial was
not dreamed Of. Look at our
record now and see how dark and
bloody it is.
"Go to your homes, better
men, and impress it upon veur
people that mob law means an
archy; that it means the disin>
tegration of society; that it means
the crumbling of the fair ediGce
of State hood that our fathers left
us and that so long as we tolerate
it, we can not hope to make real
progress in all that makes for
civilization. The restoration of
our pristine virtues is the real.
white mans burden"
The prisoners were required to
give new bonds before leaving the
court and the case against them
was re. entered upon the docket
to be tried over again at another
term.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
SAN HOSE DIES AT THE
STAKE.
Georgia Vengeance as Horri-
Bile as That at Paris, Tex.
tearfully Tortured-The Wretcb's
Body Mutilated Before the,Fag-
gots we're Set on Fire.

Newman, Ga, April 23.-In
the presence of nearly 2,COO peo.
pie who sent aloft yells of defiance
and shouts of joy, Sam Hose, a
negro who committed two of the
basest acts known to rrime, was
burned at the stake in public
road one and one half miles from
here this afternoon. Before the
torch was applied to the pyre, the
negro was deprived of his ears,
fingers and other portions of his
anatomy. The negro pleaded pit
lfully for his life while the muti-
lation was going on, but stood the
ordeal OF fire With surprising for>
tltude. Before the body was cool
1t was cut to pieces, the bones
were crushed into small bits and
even the tree upon which the
wretch met his fate, was torn up
and disposed of as souvenirs.
The negro's heart was cut in sew
eral pieces, as was also his liver.
Those unable to obtain these
ghastly relics direct, paid their
more fortunate possessors extrav-
agant sums for them. Small
pieces of bone went for 25 cents,
and a bit of the liver, crlsply
cooked, sold for 10 cents. One
of the men who lifted the can of
kerosene to the negro's head is
said to be a native of the common
wealth of Pennsylvania. His
name is known to those who were
with him, but they refuse to di.
yulge it. The mob was compos.
ed of citizens of Newman, Griffin,
Palmetto and other little towns in
the country round about Newman,
and of all the farmers who had re-
ceived word that the burning was
to take place.
Hose confessed to killing Gran
ford, but denied that he had out
ragged Mrs. Crawford. Before
being put to death the negro stat
ed that he had been paid $13 by
"Lige' Strickland negro
preacher at Palmetto, to kill
Crawford. Tonight a mob of cit
liens is securing the country for
Strickland, who has left his home
and will be lynched if caught.
Sam Hose killed Alfred Gran,
ford, a white farmer near Palmet
to and outrag' his wife, ten days
ago. Since that time business in
that part of the state has been
suspended, the entire population
turning out in an effort to capture
Hose.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Attorneys Costs.

d. 5. Brice, Esq, holds firmly
to his original conviction as to at
torneys' costs, and although for
personal reasons would prefer to
be turned down, has no idea of
giving up until the supreme court
says he is wrong. In conversa-
tlon with the reporter, he put 1t
this way:
"The act of 1892 repealed all
costs with certain exceptions, did
it not2
elf those exceptions had been re
pealed afterward, then the result
would have been the wiping out
of all costs, would it notl
"Well, the act of 1897 repealed
everything that had been enacted
in 1892, and that included tn. ex-
ceptlons. In other words, the
act of 1892 left a part of the act
of 1882, and the act of 1897
wiped out that part, leaving moth,
ing OF the original act or any
other relating to costs.
And so the vexed question
stands unsettled. Most of the
members of the local bar are on
the side of Messrs. Spencer and
Hart. Any of them can easily
convince laymsn of the correct
ness of their position. The opin-
ion of the subreme court. there.
fore, will be Of especial interest.
-Yorkville ENQUIRER.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
LANCASTER. S. c.. APRIL 26 1899
Negro Preacher Hanged.
lie Protested His Innocsncs
Indignant Citizens After An.
other Fiend Who Will
Meet the Same
Fate.

Palmetto, Ga, April 24.-Rev.
Llge Strickland, who paid Sam
Hose twenty dollars to kill Alfred
Crawford, was hanged by the same
mob last night that burned Hose
here yesterday.
The mob is still after Hewitt.
All night the lyncbsrs sat at court
on the first public square here,
and then at one o'clock this morn.
ing tidiugs of possible interfer>
ence by state troops having
reached here, they adjourned to
the wildwood.
The preacher was taken out of
town deep among pines where
hugo bonfires furnished light and
warmth. The white haired min
lister, weeping with an appeal to
the throne of grace, was tied to a
tree, while his counsel proceeded
to defend him before the mob
court. The negro bears an un-
savory reputation. He protested
constantly that he WAS not guilty,
calling on God to witness his in
nocence and pleading for mercy.
lie was picture of abject terror.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
THE JUDGE FORCED TO
SHED SOME TEARS.
When Referring to the Horror
of the Lake City Crime.

Charleston, April 21.-The
Lake City lynching case was
given to the jury in Judge Braw.
ley's court this afternoon.
Judge Brawley in delivering
charge to the jury shed tears
when referring to the horror of
the crime and the outrage Of the
law and shame incurred by the
people of Lake City.
Among other things Judge
Brawley said: eff it be true
this postmaster was an incompe-
tent negro, a stranger and resi-
dent of another county, the COM
munity that he was appointed to
serve had grave and just grounds
for complaint and those RESPONSE
bic for his appointment cannot es-
cape condemnation of fair minded
men of the wrong done. But this
is not the issue in this case. "
At midnight the Jury was still
out and is said to stand seven for
conviction.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26

Let us here in South Carolina
rejoice over Senator Quay's ac>
quittal. If the Philadelphia jury
had established the precedent of
sending a United States senator
to the penitentiary for using
State property without lawful
authority there might have been
serious mental suffering and per-
sonal peril in the ranks of South
Carolina craftsmanship. Our no
BILE leader Benjamin Ryan Till
man has himself used State cons
victs, commissary stores and
bricks, while Quay was accused
of using State money on deposit
to speculate with. If we recol-
lect correctly, the difference is
that Quay returned the money
promptly, whereas Our Noble
Leader has been restrained by cir
cumstances from gratifying his
contir nally burning and ardent
desire to pay the State for what
he got belonging to her.
For the sake of the several
noble leaders who are unpleasant
ly involved in the South Carolina
penitentiary scandals, we are
glad Quay escapes. incidentally,
we feel impelled to warn esteemed
reform contemporaries not to be
too fierce in their denunciations
of Quay, lest they perchance steo
rudely upon some distinguished
toes near home.-Greenville News
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
QUAY COMES CLEAR.
Forthwith Appointed United
States Senator to Succeed
Himself.

Philadelphia, Pa, April 21.-
Matthew Stanley Quay was today
declared by jury of his peers to
be not guilty of the charge of
conspiring to use for his own
unlawful gain and profit the funds
of the State of Pennsylvania de-
posted in the Peoples bank of
this city.
Immediately upon hearing the
news at Harrisburg, Governor
Stone appointed Mr.. Quay United
States senator to serve until the
next legislature.
Great crowds of Quay's friends
broke through the court guards
to grasp the ex-senator's hand
and on the streets the news was
caught up and flashed over the
city amid wild cheers and shouts.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
SPANS GREATEST
NEED

MIR. X. p. Olivia, of Barcelona,
Spain, spends his winters at
Aiken, S. g. Weak nerves had
caused severe pains in the back of
his head. On using Electric Bit
ters, Americas greatest Blood
and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon
left him. He says this grand medi-
cine is what his country needs.
All America knows that it cures
liver and kidney trouble, puriies
the blood, tones up the stomach,
strengthens the nerves, puts vim,
vigor and new life into every
muscle, nerve and organ of the
body. If weak, tired or ailing
you need it. Every bottle guaran-
teed, only 50 cents. Sold by
Crawford Bros Druggist.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
THAT THROBBINa
HE EADACHE

Would quickly leave you, if
you used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. Thousands of sufferers
have proved their matchless merit
for Sick and Nervous Headaches.
They make pure blood and strong
nerves and build up your health.
Easy to take. Try them. Only 25
cents. Money back if not cured.
Sold by Crawford Bros Druggist.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
A NegrO'S Horrible Crime.
A Farmers Wife the Victim of q
Uniformed Black Fiend.
No Mercy to be
Shown.
Special to The State.


Greenville, April 22.-Green-
vile has unusual excitement to-
night, with fair prospects of a
lynching. Not far from the city
the wife of Silas Williams, an in
dustrious white farmer living on
the White Horse road. was bru-
tally assaulted between 5 and 6
o. 'c"l' .thls afternoon by a negro
dressed in uniforp, who suddenly
appeared in the house where Mrs.
Williams was engaged in ironing.
The negro seized her and in COM
mitting the assault he choked her
severely and bruised her right
arm.
The negro vanished al once, and
was afterwards seen on the road
to Piedmont before the alarm was
given in the Delghborhood. Will
liams had started to town, and
was only a short distance from
home when the assault on his wife
WAS made. He was quickly in
formed, and, after returning
home, he came galloping to town
for physician and for assistance
to catch the wretch who had in =.
vaded his home.
In few minutes men were
mounted, and it was not long un-
til the road to Williams home
was thronged with riders, the
number from the city alone being
estimated at 200, while the neigh
hors for miles around Joined in
t1e search.
The capture of the negro will
end beyond question in a lynch
ing. His blue uniform and pc.
culiar hat will easily identify him.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Less Time Lost Than
81 With A Lynching.
husband Overtakes and Stays His
Wife's lnsulter. Broke
His Skull With
A A Stick.
Special 10 The State.

Special 10 The State.
Piedmont, April 22.-.'Bob"
Bridges, formerly section hand
in the weave room at the mills
here died this morning at 4
o'clock from the effect of a blow
or blows of a stick in the hands of
Dick Howard late yesterday af,
ternoon.
1t is reported that he went to
the home of Dick Howard, a
small farmer who lives about a
mile from Piedmont, in Anderson
County, finding Howard's wife
alone IN the house he made i'm,
proper proposals to her. She ran
to the field where her husband
was at work and gave the alarm.
Howard at once started for the
house to find Bridges, and meet
ing him in the yard crushed in
the left side of his head with q
pine. stick.
Howard was placed under arrest
by. Magistrate Mitchell pending
the investigation of the coroner's s
jury.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
----
Beauty In blood Deep.

Clean blood means q clean skin. No
,eauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
ic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all inn
,anish pimples, boils, blotches, blackhesds,
and that siekly bilious complexion by taking
Caocarsts,-bsaaty for ten cents. All drug.
sistss satisfsetion guaranteed. l0c. 26c. S0c.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
The Lake City Case Ends.
BraWley'S Splendid Talk.
Mob Law Anarchy Means Diain
tegratlon of Society-The Selec-
ton of the Postmaster was
Wrong, but This Does not
Excuse the Murderers.
Special to Greenville News.

Charleston, April 22.- When
the Lake City jury was brought
INTO court at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, Foreman Mccullough an
nounced, in response to the usual
question from the clerk, that the
Jurors had been unable to agree
upon verdict.
Judge Brawley made a most
impressive address to the jury be-
fore ordering that mistrial be
placed on the record.
He said, in part; "The persons
who selected the postmaster and
placed him la 20 yer can not escape
some measure of responsibility.
This, of course, does not excuse
the murder nor does it absolve
the people of the town from some
measure of responsibility.
~ am one of those who be-
lieve that the world is grow
ing better and look on the bright
side of things; but there is much
in the condition of affairs in
South Carolina calculated to raise
doubt as to whether we are
really improving in those things
that make for civilization. We
are spending more money upon
our public schools and institutions
of learning, but are we getting
satisfactory resultsa
"Tbere has been a great de-
velopment of cotton manufactures,
but has there been real improve
ment in agriculture, the predomi-
mating interests and occupation of
our people! There has been great
increase in facilities of communi
cation, but swift railways, whirl-
ing machinery and crowded
factories, desirable as they may
be in themselves. are Infinitely
inadequate to the true glory of a
people.
care our morals standing
higher' Are our representative
men more refined and enlightened
and of type for the emulation of
our children? Is there a higher
respect for law and greater
reverence for sacred thlngsl Are
our manners and morals improv-
ingl
"Ihese are questions of great
concern. Those of us who have
passed the meridian of life are
perhaps moro concerned for our
children than for ourselves; but
we ought at least to leave the
State 70 them in as good condi,
tiop as we found it; and it be.
hooyes us to take heed lest we
fail. 1t is not pleasant thing tc
say, and much may be said in ex
tenuation; but is it not fact that
respect for the law has diminished
among usl That human life il
less sacred, that those restraint,
which, among all truly civilized
people, curb the rude passions by
fear of punishment are growing
fainter and fainter, and has no
brought about weakening O.
the neral fibrel
81 fear, sometimes, that this il
so and that 1t may be true of al
races. Among the blacks, ther,
Is notable increase of crimes o.
violence. A few years ago, i,
was q very rare thing to fine {
Negro accused of murder of arsor
or rape or burglary or any crime
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
An Old Ida.

Ev@y day strengthens the belief Of emf.
hens physicians thai impure blood Ii the
seoee Of the majority Of oar dissases.
lNenty-evs years ago this theory was used
~. oens tor the formula Of Browns Iroa
plt.ssy. The many remarkable cures sffsc&sd
~ tsh h1nous old hsasshold remedy are
sDamcasnt 70 prove that the thsory u eoeresS.
nfo~nS Lroa Bftasrs II sola bx al deAlevN
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pay your subscription to Ledger
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
Ia lph Sutherland.

MIR. John Ralph, hcad clork in the
White House store, has taken unto
himself n life partner His many
trirnds tender hearty congratulations,
and welcome the bride to eur city.
The Weekly Republican, JJoliet, lll,,
Of Oct, -, contains the following par
ttenlars of the happy event
AT the homo Of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Sutherland, Wcdues-
day, October 2ath, Miss Christina j.
Sutherland became tho wife Of John
IL, Ralph, ot Mineral Point, Wis.
Tho ceremony, which was witnessed
by only the Immediate friends and
relatives, was performed hy Rev. G..
q. Reynolds, of the FIRST rrcshy-
torian church, Tho ceremony was
delightfully."- simple and uuostenta-
tious, the beautiful ring service be-
ing used. While the magic words
wcro said DE NoVous "Nh, Promise
Me- was eNQusitely rendered on
tine piano, After tho Wedding sup
per and the extending of woll wishes
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph left ON the 7:l5
train for a short wedding Journey,
after which they win take up their
Residence IN Mineral Point
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
Death of Thomas &. WRIGHT.

Mr.. Thomas c. Wright died sud,
denly, ON Sunday, oI. ~, a $40
y. IA, Of heart failure, N the residence
of his son Horatjo.
MIR. Wright was born in England,
and At the time OF his death was 81
years and seven months old, II he
had lived another year he and his
good wife would have celebrated their
golden wedding. He has long been
resident of this state and some
years ago, on account OF advancing
age, retired from the milling business;
since which time he and his wife have
made their home with their children,
and the greater portion OF The time in
this city,
MIR. Wright was n we'll informed
man, and appreciated the value of 4
good education, which he determined
his children should have, and which
he carried into effect He was kindly
disposed and cujoNed the respect Of
his fellow men. He was a constant
attendant At the I, Nj. church, and cs-
pccially loved the class meetings,
only rcgrctting that his age intericrcd
with more frequent attendance and
enjoyment OF lis privileges, He was
numbered among the old men of the
congregation, fourteen Of whom dur
ing Rry. I. kcnt's present pastoratc,
have passed TO the Great Beyond.
They With brother Wright faithful
souls rest in peace, and their good
works follow them. The widow, four
sons and one daughter surNivc, and
deeply mourn their loss.
The funeral was held on Wedurs-
day, and was conducted 10y Rrv 7,
Kent, assisted hy Ecv. NJ. Chase
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02

the size OF our friend Samuel Draper,
but whose proportions when COM
pared with those of the General or
Commodore were rather gigantic. In
the evening they gave an exhibition
in the Leuahan hall Those who saw
the tiny people al that time will find
the November number of ST. Nicholas
4 pleasant reminder of those early
days. In ii will be found very in
teresting article under the title Gen
eral Tom Thumb" which is finely
illustrated with portraits of the fa-
coach and ponies.
Mrs. T. y. Hutchison went To Chi
cago on Saturday last.
Alderman Gorgcn and wife visited
friends in Platteville over Sunday.
Miss NJ. V. Leuahan went to Chi
cago on Monday to make purchases
to replenish her millinery stock.
Mrs. II. Wcise entertained a number
of her friends Saturday evening. The
occasion was the fifteenth anniversary
of the marriage of MIR. and Mrs.
Weise. All present report a pleasant
time.
Last Saturday Tom Whitford, Jr.,
received a telegram calling him to
Bcloit, whcrc he has secured a good
position in the machine shops. He
left for that place ON Monday.
Quite number from this city drove
to Dodgcville Saturday to see the
game Of foot BAH between the team Of
that place and one from Lancastcr
fIhh +h,, .,lh.,,. ,,f
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
For Rent.

Foundry, including machine shop,
Tor rent luQujrr ot Mrs luhu
Wrarnr.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
PROSPERITY
Doesn't Rest Entirely
U pom Earnings,
SAVING

Plays an important part,
and saving is made easier by care
full buying spending the money
earned where it will go furthest in
buying reliable merchandise. No
local store offers greater inducement
to its customers along this line than
this store. Every need in general
merchandise can be supplied here,
and we guarantee that quality and
price will prove satisfactory.
Special Clearing,
Remember our FAN Clearing
Sale in Remnants, Underwear,
Dress Goods, Cloaks, Jackets,
Collarettcs, Capcs, Shoes, etc,
From Oct rs to Nov. 4.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
lrOIM &lN.1N ln.

Bishop sells sewing machines from
Sl6,ao up. Nou can yet any machine
yuu want from him,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-11-02
New Shoes.

A 5oo .aa 4, Gmdry & Cray s,