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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-14
SENTENCE COMMITTED.
Man Who Slew His Wife's In
suitur III lie Freed.
The State, 10th inst.

The State, 10th inst.
Gov McSweeney yesterday com,
muted to two years the life sen.
tence of William Franks, a young
white man convicted of man
slaughter in Laurens county near
ly two years ago. This means
that Franks vii! he discharged in
February.
From all the evidence, the state
ments of the Judge and the jury
and all those familiar with the
case, it seems strange that the
man was ever convicted. The
victim, Mason CLARK, grossly in
suited the young wife Of Franks,
making an improper proposal to
her. When she went T. Franks
and told him of it he wished to
kill Clark forthwith, but was dis
suaded by the appeals of his wife.
Franks and his wife had been liv-
ing at Clark's house; they were
about to leave and the matter vas
being discussed between the two
men, when an alteration occurred
and Mason was killed.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-14
J.J. TINSLEY ARRESTED.
Prominent Spartanburg Man Un>
der Serious Charge.
Special Cor. Greenville Times.

Special Cor. Greenville Times.
Spartanburg, S &, Oct 9-Thc
grand jury has employed Captain
Edmund Bacon to make thorough
examination of the county com~
missioners' office. For the past
eight months there have been
ordinations and recriminations
without end. The grand jury will
find where there has been Juggling
with county money, if any, and
the guilty will have to suffer.
Captain Bacon is an expert &C
countant and is conversant with
county affairs, being an ex x,auGitor.
His report will be awaited with
interest.
The order of the gland jury
that the county affairs be investi.
Saled, IS already bearing fruit.
j j Tinsley was clerk of the
county commissioners under the
last administration. He was ar
rested Saturday for raising the
account of a prominent merchant,
which had been left with him for
collection. The merchant got the
money due him and the clerk,
Judging from the arrest, must
have gotten large commission
for collecting, and thought the
county better able to pay it than
the merchant.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-14

Of the latest dispensnry scandal,
the Clinton News says: "Our
public institutions should be freed
from those who will put them in
bad repute." ." That is very true,
but it would be better to free the
State of n public i, stitution which
is constantly putting it in bad re-
put. You cannot touch pitch and
not he defiled. The State.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-14
Bridal Couple, Attendants, Preach
er, Guests, All Blind.

Cleveland, o., Oct 11.-Prob.
ably one of the most remarkable
weddings ever known will take
place next Wednesday at the home
of Mr. George w Deweese, No 90
Vine street, this city. Dewecse
is the secr etary Of the Blind Peo-
pies Association. He is sightless.
Dewsese has thrown open his
house for the wedding festivities.
The groom is w II Moore, 33
years of age, and 'is blind. The
bride is Miss Lizzie Brown. She
blind. The knot will be tied
by Justice of the Peace Dwight
Palmer. He is blind. The bsst
man will be VIM Vandcrwyst. He
is blind. Fifty guests have been
invited. All are blind. An or
chestra composed of blind men
will play the wedding march.
After the ceremony literary and
musical programme will be car
ried out by blind people,
W- -SUBCSRIBE
TC THE
EnELID
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-14
THE APPETITE OLA
GOAT

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose Stomach and Liver are out
of order. All such should know
that DR. Kings New Life Pills,
the wonderful Stomach and Liver
Remedy, gives Il splendid appe-
tlte, sound digestion and a regular
bodily habit tha. insures perfect
health and great energy. Only
25c. ut Crawford Bros Drug
store.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-14

Look out, bird hunters, Do
you know what the law isl Ten
dollars for each bird killed before
the first day Of November, and
one-half of the fine given to the
informer. The law makes it the
duty of Magistrates and Consta-
bles to see that this law is en-
forced.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-14

Some South Carolina cotton
mills, we have railroad authority
for saying, are already importing
cotton from Alabama and Missis.
sippi, and even from Texas. They
are taking no chances but laying
IN every bale they can get. The
State.
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to Debtors and Creditors
of NJ. PIylcr, Deceased.

A LII Persons indebted to the estate
"A of p. NJ. Ply Ter, deceased will
come forward at once and make settle.
ment with the undersigned. Persons
having claims against said estate will
present them, duly verified, to the
undersigned.
w. Il. PLYLER,
Geo. w PLYLER.
Executors.
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NOTICE 4.

We have moved our books to
the Office of Heath, Springs & Co,
and all parties indebted to us will
please come forward and settle at
once. We guarantee as much for
cotton as any other market.
FARMERS BANKING AND
MERCANTILE COMPANY.
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z z T w e z N
GAFFNEY DIVISION.

GAFFNEY DIVISION.
Daily, Except Sunday
West. lst class, passenger. East.
10 l3 II Is
p IN. m. Leave Arrive a IN. u m
5 30 800 Blacksburg 7 10 6 35
5 As 6 20 Cherokee Falls 80 q 20
90 40 Gaffney 10 sos
Il NJ A N AN PM
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-14
An Ola Idea.

Every day strengthens tho belief Of crni.
nent physicians that impure blood 10 the
cause Of the majority Of our Diseases.
twenty-five yesrs ago this theory Wa used
ss basis FOR the formula Of Browns Iron
Bitters. The many remar h able sures sfFec.sd
by this famous old household remedy Are
sufhoient TO prove that the theory IL corress.
browns' Iron Bitters " sold bur al de>lesr.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-14

Trains Nos. 80 and 33 connect at
Blacksburg with trains on the GaffS
ney Division.
Train No 80 connects at Camden
with the Charleston Division OF the
Southern Railway for all points south.
Train No. 33 leaving Camden at H. .
40 p' M. going West, makes cJnnec.
tion at Lancaster, Is. c., with the l.
& G Il r, at Cstawba Junction with
the 3 A l., going North; at Rock Hill
with the Southern Railway going
North.
Train No IL connects at Biacksburg
with the Southern Railway from the
South. At Marion, N G, with the
Southern Railway going West.
Samuel Hunt, A. Tripp,
President. Supt.
8. B. Lumpkin. Gen. Pass. Agt.
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LANCASTER AND CHESTE
RAILWAY.
BETWEEN CHESTER AND LANCASTER.
Schedule in effect Daily except Sunday
on aud after Sept IL, 1898.

on aud after Sept IL, 1898.
. WESTBOUND EASTBOUND.a
Nos. IA and l6. Nos. ~ and l5'
A NJ. p NJ. A M. y NJ
955 55 Ar Chester Ly IL 90 200
907 507 Rlchburg IL 3S 745
s. 55 455 Bascombville IL 81 755
8 33 433 Fort Lawn 1912 815
500 400 Ly Lancaster Arl25O 55
Connects at Chester with Southern
Roilway, Seaooard Air Line and Car
elina and North Western Railway.
Connects at Lancaster with the Ohio
River & Charleston.
Leroy Springs, Pres, Lancaster, 8. @.
] M Heath. q. p. A., -
w II Hardin. " p and Aud, Chester
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18
A NOTED CONNECTICUT MAN.

The instance of Elias C. Benedict of Greenwich, native of and former resi- dent of Westport, celebrating the fifti- eth anniversary of his entrance upon business in Wall street, New York is one suggesting the thought, especially to those of his associates at William H. Richards select school during the for ties that none can tell what will be the future of a boy who is bright in his studies and sharp in play at marbles was. He went from school right into a brokers office and stayed there rising round after round on the ladder of suc- cess, gaining the respect and confidence of a president of the United States, making himself almost indispensable to that officials pleasure and we'll be- ing by frequently going fishing with him, imparting to him a knowledge gained with hooks and lines as a boy here to enhance his distinguished friends delight, and prolong his life tenure. Some of the scholars remain ing who thought they knew how to play the toy marble game feel they made sort of error staying in old Con- necticut, instead of going forth to activity, getting on the right side of a national executive, and having a nice time right along like Benedict. Bridge port Standard.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18

many years and under different admins | trations the city has been borrowing money for the payment of it's pay rolls | for the fire, police and other depart ments and merchandise accounts, it Is fact that for the past two years the rate of interest has been the lowest in the history of the city and has saved it thousands of dollars.
 This office has been criticised for the necessary expenses of performing it's | work, contrasting the present time with twenty years ago when the population was less than Go,oOO while to-day | it is 110,000 where the details of ] the six (6) departments were contained , in two (2) casshcations books, and l now the seventeen CID departments re- | quire nine 60 classification books; when the detailed expenses contained l in said classification books amounted in | 1878 to four hundred and thirty-siX thousand, five hundred and eighty-five dollars and eighty-eight cents S4S6,5S5.- SS)-See City Year Book for 1878, page 66 and in 1898, since the consolidation of the city with the town and school gov ernments, thereby throwing large amount of their work upon this office, were fourteen hundred and ninety-siX thousand, four hundred and seven dol lars and eighty-two cents ($1, 496, ,4O7S2) as per my report, just issued page s. In 1878 the auditors salary was $1,SOO,- % per annum and took but a few hours of his time to perform the daily work of the office. The salary of the city audi tor was increased by former adminis- tration to $2,50000, at which figure it still remains though the title of city auditor has been changed to controller and all of his time is required by the in- creased duties, and in addition this de- partment has aided all the others in im- proving their work and reports.
 The entire tax rate-city, town and school-for the last twenty years, up to last year, has been from 19 to 22 mills each fiscal year Last year, owing to the consolidation the rate was 2l mills for period of thirteen months for the city and town, twelve months for the school district to July 1, 1898, and an extra school tax of 3 mills voted at a special school meeting for the necessary expenses from July 1 to December 31, 1898, which made a total tax rate of "A mills. This brought the three govern ments to one common date, and for the twelve months of 1899 it has been only necessary to lay a total tax of IS mills to meet all the expenses of the current year and give the taxpayers the lowest rate for great many years.
 BENJAMIN F. BROWN,
 Controller.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18
VARIOUS ITEMS.

l Miss Carrie Jordan has returned to her | home in Willmantic after a pleasant three weeks visit in this city. l The Rev. H. w. Pope of this city, agent of the Connecticut Home Mission ary society, preached at the Congrega- tional church, Newington, on Sunday morning, in behalf of the centennial fund of the society.
 George Y. Young of Wilimantic, who is now employed in this city, will move his family this week. MT. Young has resided in Willimantic for the past eleven years, and was for many years engaged in the dry goods business in the Fitch block, Willmantic.
 Ephraim Wood of this city has taken position as door-keerer for the Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe company.
 Miss Ruth Hurlburt of Thomaston yesterday came to this city. She has secured a position as stenographer for the Ivory Starch company of this city.
 Miss Fredericka Hummell of this city was the guest of MT. and Mrs. George Bronson in Beacon Falls over Sunday
 Nathan P. Burr died at his home on the Kensington road Sunday afternoon. He was justice of the peace and con- stable of Kensington, and kept a general store.
 The Rev. O. o. Fletcher, the new pas tor of the Second Baptist church in Suf- field, began his passionate on Sunday. He is Canadian by birth, but has passed most of his life on this side of the line, and was graduated from the Theologi- cal school at Chicago. For several years past he has been district secretary of the missionary union for the New York district.
 An Arabian Catholic priest from Mount Lebanon, Asia, is in Waterbury to instruct local Arabians as to their religious duties. He has already been in communication with many of the Arabians of the city, hearing their confessions and in other ways prepar- ing them for their duties. At the church of the Immaculate Conception, he cele- brated mass according to the Syrio- Maronite rite. Many Arabians were present at the service, which was the first of its kind ever celebrated in Wa terbury. The reverend father says that there are between sixty and seventy Arabans In Waterbury. There are but four Roman Catholic Arabian priests in the United States. The churches num- Der but two, one of which is in New York and the other in Boston.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18
TITO PETITIONS DISC UssED.
Hearings Before state Railroad Conn mtssiOMerk YeatnrdnY.

I
 | The state railroad commissioners met
 yesterday forenoon in city hall and held 1 hearings on the petition for the placing l of flagmen at the railroad crossing in | the Ninth ward and on the petition for an order to have vestibules on the cars
 of the Winchester avenue railroad Sev-
 eral Ninth ward citizens appeared in favor of the petition for fagmen. The
 three commissioners, o. R. Fyler, w. F. l Wilcox and w. H. Seymour, were
 present. Aldermen Henry Donovan and
 Charles G. Unger appeared for the peti- 1 tioners. In the absence of the corpora tion counsel Alderman Donovan con-
 ducted the case for the petitioners, | questioning witnesses. The witnesses | described the exposed position of the
 several thoroughfares crossing the | Canal road up to Shelton avenue, and
 the alleged danger to every one cross
 ing the tracks on any of the above nam ! ed streets. Bassett street was described
 as the most dangerous crossing, and
 several of the witnesses said that an
 accident was likely to happen there at
 any time. Several of the witnesses de-
 scribed accidents which they said they 1 had seen there, and several more de- | scrlbed some they had heard about. Vice President John M Hall, General Manager Charles H. Platt and Superin- l tendent R. G. Curtis of the Northamp- | ton division appeared for the Consoli | dated road to oppose the petition. Superintendent Fancher appeared for the fire department and said that he | thought the commissioners ought to | order the railroad to put up gates or
 station lagmen at the crossings in ques- tion. as they were extremely dangerous, He said that at Division street, where
 No 6's engine crossed eight out of ten times on fire call, it was particularly bad for the firemen.
 Others who appeared in favor of the petition were A. F. Wells, John Flana- gan and James Henry
 In favor of the petition for vestibules on the Winchester avenue ears the fol-
 lowing appeared: Attorney Bernard E. Lynch, Representative Thomas of Or ange, J. Gardner Clark Others called as witnesses to show reasons why the cars should be vestibuled were: Rev. R. H. Gessner, rector of the Episcopal church in West Haven; H. E. Chandler cashier of the National Tradesmen's bank; James Gardner Clark Albert H. Young, Judge Cleaveland and John H. Low.
 Israel A. Kelsey, vice president of the road, was then called to the stand. He said that he had had considerable ex- perience in this matter, having made it special study and he thought that for the safety of the public the cars should not be vestibuled. New Haven had had remarkable freedom from trolley car ac- cidents and he believed it was mainly owing to the fact that the cars were not vestibuled In all his experience he had never known any notorman to quit because of the cold and exposure to which he was exposed.
 The committee will consider the peti- tions further before deciding what &C., tion to take in regard to them,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18
.4LLING-GOODWIN,
Wedding of Well Known Young People
 This Noon.

At 12 o'clock this noon the wedding of Miss Sarah Goodwin and Willis H. Alling, both well known young people of this city, will take place at St. John s Episcopal church. The Rev. Lewis F. Parsons, son of Professor Parsons of Yal1, will perform the ceremony. Dur iri, the assembling of the guests and ceremony Professor F. A, Fowler ', i'll preside at the organ. An innova- tion will be the rendition of Barnby's S % Perfect Love" during the ceremony. The ushers will be Alexander Sinclair and William E. Morgan, jr
 The groom, as Is well known. has re- gently resigned as organist at Dwight Place church to accept similar posi- tion in St. Marks churoh, corner of Tenth street and Second avenue, New York city MT. and Mrs. Alling will makes heir residence in New York city. MT. Alling assumes the duties of his new position on the first Sunday in May.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18
----------- MOTHERS AID SOCIETY.
Complete List of Patronesses for the
 Benefit Entertainment

Complete List of Patronesses for the
 Benefit Entertainment.
 The complete list of patronesses for the Mothers Aid benefit at the Hyperion Saturday afternoon and evening, April g, is aa follows
 Mrs. H. Grant Thompson, Mrs. Henry l.. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Justus s. Hotchkiss, Mrs. F. Hayes Trowbridge, Mrs. D.. Cady Eaton, Mrs Max Adler, Mrs. God frey Dunscomb, Mrs. H. F.. Sheath, Mrs. H. H. Benedict, Mrs, Clarence Damn, Mrs F. E. Bradley, Mrs. Phelps Mont- gomery, Mrs, Frank H. Whittemore, Mrs. Winston J. Trowbrdge, Mrs George A. Mayccck. Mrs F. G. Stod- dard, Mrs. Arthur T. Hadley, Mrs. Wal ter C.. Camp, Mrs. Charles $. DeForest, Mrs. s. A. York, jr., Mrs. Pierce N. Welch, Mrs $. F. Merwin, Mrs. Thomas G. Bennett. Mrs. A Heaton Roberts 1n, Mrs E. E. Hall and Mrs. Reed.
 Tickets are selling well, for both the children's vaudeville matinee and the evening entertainment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18
EinamciaI.
The Stock Market.


 New York, April 17.-A rise in call money and a recurrence of discrimina tion in loans against the industrials caused prices to reach below Saturday 2 in the afternoon trading to-day. The market, as usual on Monday after a strong Saturday closing. opened active and strong on an accumulation of out side orders. Except for a spurt of strength in the grangers, with Burling- ton leading, although they subsequent- ly lost about all of their earlier gains, the dealings were much confined to the industrials and specialtes Prominent in the early strength were the Tobacco. Iron and Steel shares, Anaconda Min ing, Cotton oil and General Electric. The latter was influenced by gossip rel ative to dividend prospects. Manhat- tan, Sugar and Brooklyn Transit were consistently weak, although Brooklyn Transit recovered somewhat from the lowest
 Many of the specialties which had ad- vanced most readily early were equally conspicuous in the afternoon decline. especially Continental Tobacco, Federal Steel, Colorado Fuel and Iron and American Steel and Wire. An advance in wheat gave encouragement to the bears, who construed it as confrmatory of crop damage gossip. The strength in the call money market, which ranged from Az to 6, was in measure due to the financing of another crop of indus trial combinations, including the pay ments incidental to the organization of the American Hook company. There was some selling for western account in the afternoon trading, which gave encouragement to large interest which operated apparently on the short side. London was a purchaser of a number of dividend paying internationals and a seller of speculative low grade shares. Expectation that the decision of the Rapid Transit commission would be rendered this afternoon was a source of strength to Metropolitan and weak ness to Manhattan on the possibility that it might favor the former The general market left off rather weak.
 Business in railway mortgages was we'll distributed to-day and generally higher range of prices was established Total sales $3,065,OO
 United States new fours registered. the old fours registered and the threes registered advanced Ii and the new fours coupon E in the bid price.
 NED fOKh SToCt n iGhEr Opening, Highest, Lowest Quotations On the New York Stock Exchange, reported by Prince X Whitely, Brokers, 15 Center street. New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18

Benny, the four-year-old member of the family, had been trained to believe in the deep-water form of baptism. This is believed to be the reason why he was trying to plunge the household cat into bucket of water The animal resisted. It howled and scratched and clawed and used violent language. Fiji nally Benny, with his hands covered with scratches and with tears in his eyes, gave it up. Darn you," he said "Go an be Methodis' if you want to!" Chicago Tribune
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18
s1,el9, 1oS. 20 s1,577,211.55 s41, ,Sse .e5

It is within the discretion of the de- partments to expend all money appro- priations to their uses, and why they did not pay it out is question that the departments themselves can best an- swer
 The uneXpended balances of forty-one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty-five cents ($41 S96 65) means further that the city had to bor- row so much less money and saved the interest thereon. Inasmuch as for
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18
YALE INSTR UcroR RESIGNED.
Prof Allen Beebe White Goes to Unt- versity of Mtnnesotn.

Albert Beebe White of the Yale fac- ulty has accepted full instructorship in the University of Minnesota. He will leave Yale at the close of the present school year, and at the beginning of the next school year in September, will en- ter upon his duties in the University of Minnesota.
 MT. White was graduated from Yale in the class of '73 and has been teach ing in the academic department for two years. He is also an instructor in the Hillhouse High school. His subject is history, and his work at the Univer- sity of Minnesota will be in medieval history.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18
YALE GRADUATE OF FAMOUS
 CLASS OF '53

William L. Hinman of Cheshie died at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. C.. Abbot. Sunday afternoon, He had been on a few days visit to his sister and was taken i'll with pneumonia, which, added to chronic troubles resulted in his death, which was very sudden. MT. Hinman was q son of Chief Justice Joel Hinman of the state of Connecti- cut and was born in Waterbury March 12, 1891 He was graduated at Yale in the class of '53, and afterwards studied law and was admitted to the bar. He did not practice law a great deal but bought a farm and settled in Cheshire, where he lived quietly. He was never married. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Abb9t. Two sisters of MT. Hinman died some years ago, Mrs. Henry W. Goodwin of Hartford and Miss Mary IIinman. The funeral will probably be held Wednesday and the burial will be in Cheshire.