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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-05-03

Michael o'Hara, bar tender at the
st. Charles saloon, assaulted Writ
Stuck, the hotel clerk, Wednesday
forenoon, without provocation or
warning and dis6gured Stuck's nose
and face somewhat.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-05-03
Commencement at Salem College.

Commencement proper at Salem Col.
lege will take place June 10. The
graduating class consists of MeSSrs.
James A. Cardel, S. o. Bond and o.
w. Frum and Misses Mabel Lowther
and Cora Bond. The baccalaureate
sermonizer has not been selected.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
Weston Bill.
Richland Representative Intro-
duces Redistricting Bill.

Special to Greenville News.
Columbia, S. c., Jan 16.-Rep.
resentative Weston or Richland
today introduced the following
redistricting bill:
Pee Dee district-MarIbero,
Chesterfield, Darlington, Marion,
Florence, Horny and Clarendon.
Santse Neutrality-suspicious.,
Williamsburg, Charleston, Berke.
ley and Dorchester.
Wateree district-Richland.
Fairfield, Kershaw, Sumter, Lam
easier and Lexington
Edisto district-Orangeburg,
Barnwell, Bamberg, Hampton
Beaufort and Colleton.
SaIuda district-Edgefeld, AK
en-. Saluda, Newberry, Greenwood
and Lsursns.
keowee distrlct-Abbevills.
Anderson, Oconee, Pickens and
Greenville.
Catawba district-Spartan burg,
Union, Cherokee, York, and
. Chester.
! Under this arrangement Of coun
ties the population of the several
congressional districts would be as
follows: Pee Dee 105, ,631; Ssntse
1S9, 3S5; Watsree 2O2, 522; EdistC
205, 14S, Saluda 179, 1888; Keo wee
1S5, 629; Catawba 2O2,72O.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
Commits NuiCide
\ Sick Woman Kills Herself With
Her Doctors Pistol.

OpeIiHs, Ala Jan 16.-A few
LAYS ago Mrs j F Williams of
heuIah, in this county, committed
suicide by shooting herself.
She had been sick and a doctor
was attending her. He went to her
residence to make a professional
call, and, as was his custom travel
ing through the country, carried a
small pistol with him. When he
went in the room he LAID the pistol
on the table. After making an ex-
animation as to her condition, she
asked all persons who were present
t. retire from the room q short
time. and as soon rs they did SO
she got up and shot herself with
the pistol and died almost instantly.
1t is supposed that she was suffer
ing from temporary alteration of
of the mind.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
New Bills.
They are Pouring in Rapidly Now.

Special to Greenville News.
Columbia, S. e.. Jan. 14.-The
Househad perfect food of new
bills today among them
Dorrah to reduce the time for
the recording instruments to IS
days
Dsan to exempt Spartanhurg
from The provisions of the act as to
distilIing grain.
Rucker to amend the law as to
chattel mortgages.
A Joint committee was appointed
to condsnSe and frame one general
road and bridge law. One memb her
for each county to he on the com.
mittee.
Columbis, Jan. 15.-Ths SON
ate adopted Representative Josh
Ashley's resolution looking to
tax extension until March 1st.
Mr.. McMastsr of Charleston in
troduced a bill which makes it un-
lawful and punishable for any
manufacturing company or other
corporation to discharge any en-
ploye without first giving two
weeks notice in writing, except
for cause, and the empIoye is to
give two weeks notice before quit
ting, also in writing.
Mr.. McAIister of Charleston
also offered a bill which provides
that any manufacturing or other
corporation employing one hum
dred people must support, main
tain and equip a school at its own
expense, which is to run for nine
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19

road from Chesterfield courthouse
will open up valuable lands.
The people of Lancaster of
Chester, of Ksrshaw and of Fair
field all have = patronizing aspect
toward tho great Catswbs fall,
located near the corner of contact
Of these four counties. And from
recent real estate transfers in that
neighborhood aggregating about
$15, 900, it is believed that tho
tins is near at hand when this
tremendous fall of water will be
used to direct spindles and looms,
to light the streets and to furnish
electric car transportation in lear
by towns. Catawba Falls IS such
an immense cataract that nothing
can be undertaken on minor
scale, and for this reason the people
of that section are willing to
wait.
Lancaster county is enjoying
prosperity, and expects to he al
ways in the forefront.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19

months, and which 10 to ho kept
open for all children betvssu the
agea ot six and twelve. Such
schools are only provided for in
uniacorporatsd towns.
Mr.. McGowsn's bill to change
tho law as to lsborsr's contracts.
by making punishment more
severe, was killed. Represents
tive Ashley and others insisted
that the farmers did not want ta
90 to the big court with such
cases. Mr.. Morgan of GresnvilIo
was among those who defended
the bill.
The house has killed the rr>n
luton which was thought to look
to additional circuits and an in.
crease in the number of Judge
Columbia, S. c., Jan II. 7.-Gov-
ernor McSwesney and Lieutenant
Governor TilIman we're inaugural,
cd today. A large crowd attended
tho ceremony. Lieutenant Gover-
nor Tillman made his address in
the senate chamber.
Representative Alps bill fixing
the hours that schools must lie
kept open was killed on motion Of
Representative Prince of Andcr
son.
Col. Jon w Ferguson of Lau
rens has withdrawn from the cons
test for Judge of the 7th circuit,
leaving the field to Hvdrick of
Spartanburg and Townsend Of
Union.
Both houses will adjourn over
Saturday on account of Con. Lees
birthday.
A couple moro child labor bills
were introduced today-aII on the
same limo
A bill was passed making 1t
crimc to drive recklessly on the
public roads or streets. 1t caused
much discussion.
Representative Sanders of
Spartanburg has intr oduced tho
old Archer bill, giving an opinion
hstween prohibition dispensary to
the several counties.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19

EDITOR TIE LEDGER: Please
publish tho following from The
Columbia State:
Here is a bit of news from the
Pee Dee Advocate, of BepnettsviIle,
which might be taken into accouat
by the general assembly in copsld>
sring the tax question. Even
January 1st," says The Advocate,
"is too late to close tho books
Many people, especially negroes
who own no real estate, move out
OF the county about Jan 1t and
their taxes cannot he collected. 1t
is surprising to see how many tax
executions are returned by the
sheriff marked 'nulla bona" be.
cause the persons cannot be found.
A man can live in this county all
this year, move across tho line to
Marion or North Carolina next
january, and then move back to
this county the year after, and
never pay taxes anywhere. If tho
books wore closed on November
1st, or December 1at, most OF
these trsnsisnts could be reach
ed"
There are other rsas MS and
better ones why tho tax books
should close before the end of the
year; but that is one of them. OF
the 250 or 275 tax executions is
sued in tins county last years about
200 came back uncoIIected: and
OF that number at least half, and
probably three fourths, were
against persons, generally negroes,
who have moved out of the county
to North Carolina or elsewhere.
The only remedy ] can see for
this is to have the books closed
earlier. This would be no hard
ship to anyone, but rather bsne-
tit, for then the poorer people, the
ones some legislators pretend to
be so solicitouS about, would bo
forced to pay their taxes at time
when they have something to pay
with. TO 60 to the truth of the
matter, however, there is but
little use to have any time set at
all; the Josh Ashley "statesn en-"
would extend it even if it weer
June 1st. = . =
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
Agent Wanted.

We want n reliable hustlinc
agent in the city of Lancaster, S.
g., to represent us in the Laun-
dry business. The work we do
will compare with any in the South
and furthermore we give enploys
ment exclusively to white people,
and we do not take negro laundry.
Write for terms,
Leon Steam Laundry Co.
Charlotte, N. G..
Dee II, 190O-tf.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19

\ good cure Tor the grippe:
Phenacetine, two scruples; salol,
two srruples: qninino salcylate,
one scruple. Mix into twenty pills.
Take one pill every hour for four
hours, and then ono every two
hours for three or four doses.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
CLERKS SALE.
STATE OF SOUIH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LANCASTER,
Court of Common Pleas.

Court OF Common Pleas.
Harriet Klmbrell. ct al. Plaintiffs,
AGAINST
Sargent Jasper Kimbrell, Defendant.
DURSUANT to q decretal order
made in the above stated case by
Judge Geo. w. Gage. January 8, 1901,
l will sell in front Of the Court House,
within the legal hours ofsaIe, on Mon
day the fourth day OF February, 1901,
to the highest bidder. the following
described property: all that tract of
land lying and situated in Indian
Land township, Lancaster county,
State Of south Carolina, bounded by
the lands of John and James Harris
on the north; by the lands of o. w.
Potts OIL the east; by the lands Of the
estate of Daniel Wolfe and others on
the south; and by tho lands OF w. p.
Norman and Jas. p. Bales on the
west, containing one hundred and
nfty acres more or less, and being the
lands upon which Mary Gibbon lived
at the time OF her death.
Terms of sale: One half cash, and
the remainder on credit OF twelve
months with interest from date of sale,
secured by purchaser bond and .
mortgage On the premises sold Pur-
chaser TO have the privilege OF paying
his entire bid in cash.
w. S. l.. Porter,
&. &. G.. l.. &.
Green & Hines, Plaintiffs Attys.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
Macarthur Repn,tS Anni her Sur
tender

Washington, Jan 12.-Gen
Macarthur reports the surrender
Dslgadc, Commander-in chief of
1loilo Province.
Baney also reports that other
important sUrrenders are expected
during the neXt few days.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
Green & Hines, Plain ntiffs Attys.
Complaint not served
STATE OF SOUTH Ga ROLINA,
LANCASTER COUNTY.

Complaint not !>.rvsd.J
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
LANCASTER COUNTY.
Court OF Common Pleas.
Eliza J WyIie. PiaintiG
AGAINST
Mamie l.. Williams, r. Simeon
Crockett, Rufus 4. Z rocket, Hattie
Crockett, w. - l.. Porter, as ad.
ministratOr Of the estate, Of David
M Crockett and Louisa r. Crockett,
deceased and John T. Foster. De-
PENDANTS.
10 the Defendants above named:
YCu are hereby summoned and re-
CURED 10 answer the comp aint in this
action, which IL filed in the office OF
the Clerh OF Common Pleas for the
SAID county, and 10 serve n copy OF
your answer To the said COM plainI on
the subscriber at his nffics q Lancas-
ter tourt House south ca, Ina, with
III twenty days after the service here
Of, exclusive Of the day ofsuch service;
ana ~ you faIi 10 answer the con, laiuS
within he time aforesaid, the Pam
III III this action will apply to the
tnurI Tor the relief demanded in the
complaint
Dated December 18Th, a. d., 1900.
| l. -. w. 5 l.. Potter, I. [. G.. L.C.
R. r.. W YLIE,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
TO Mamie J.. Williams. II. simeon
Crockett and Hattie { rocket. mons
resident Defendants:
TAKE NOTICE that the complaint
III above stated case WAS flied la tue
ONCE OF the Jerk Of che ircuit Cour1
Tor said County Hnd state AT Lancas.
Ter 1. ii >. &, on the l9th day of
December 1900 IL r. Wyne,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
Lancaster County
Is Keeping Pace IN the Race of
Pro- ress.
The state

L IL 'Nltlt
In he State of Tuesday was
rec od chrprrr of Chestertield's s
pr" reS~ rhiS spirit Of push has
ditfI> ei Itself over that entire
Ssclirn, aud Lancaster cOuntv, ad-
Joining the~terteId, is also COM
ing 20 the front
nnrnSter county has produced
men whp have added lustre to the
na,i,n : history rhornwell, tho
prer'H'r; Marion Sims, the ply
Sic-tl; Anirns Jackson, the fight
er; S.,Ir. i Statesman almost for
gotten: uII these are names that
sh'I, stand nut bright in history.
Ani with al eCcrntricities rh, mas
d NNc.ev the ex Judge and geni
us ~ marita affairs, ~ one of the
mrn If intellect to whom Lancas>
ter ms given birth
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19


us IL murita affairs, IL one of the
men IF intellect To whom Lancas>
ter ms given birth
LIKE A ROMANCE
Vn- story of D.. Marion Sims
reads like II romsnce A poor lad,
struggling Young physician with
failure stamping his entrance into
tha profession with all these dis
advantages he became the foremost
physician Of The world IN his dav.
and was the tried and trusted sur
genn who operated IN royal homes
In Europe. He was self exilsd
from this country during the War
bet~e~n the States, and surrender-
ed a hne prsctice in New York
city on account of his love for the
south During his snJourn in
Europe he became so eminent and
So much sought after that he
very nearly became lost to America
entirely. He finally returned to
this country and established . fs>
nous hospital in New York.
DR.. Thornuell, the master mind
of tho Southern PRESBYTERIAN
church, the distinguished educator
ana The eloquent preacher, was
himself a very poor boy.
Andrew Jackson was of = lowlv
station III his childhood. He was
bonn on old Twelve Mile creek
just 10 miles away, on Sugar
creek in Macklebnrg county,
James * Polk was born. No other
two presidents were born SO near
to each other.
But Lancaster is not content to
thus close hsr charpter of his
tory. The people of this county
are restlessly energetic, and are
building up many other entsre
priseS.
The railroad which the people Of
Chesterfield county are building
will be taken up by tho people of
Lancaster and will be built from
the line divlling the counties to
the town Of Lancaster. Further
more the narrow gauge road from
Lancaster to Chester is to be re
built and to be made standard
gauge. Crossties are now being put
N the ground for this parposo.
\ WONDERFUL ROAD.
This is one of the best paving
roads on record. 1t 10 about 25
miles long, and yet whom put up
at auction a few years ago was
bought by Col. Leroy Springs and
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
-CLYBURN-HEATH MULE co..
6EADQURf2G5 FOR MULES HOR BUG @ WAGONS HARNESS ETC.

W-WE HAVE the finest
lot of mules ever offered on
this market, and we will sell
them at reasonable prices, for
cash or good paper.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
\ WONDERFUL ROAD.

This is one of the best paying
roads on record. 1t is about 25
miles long, and yet whom put up
ut auction few years ago was
bought by Col. Leroy Springs and
other Lanca5trians for $25, 900,
rolling stock and all. Since that
time the road has been put into
better shape, better rolling stock
purchased and yet, rumor has it,
the dividends and profits have more
than reimbursed the owners for
purchase price and for added OK
penditure for improvements.
In the town of Lancaster, Col.
Leroy Springs and his associates
are building a cotton mill to cost
81, 600, 600. Other improvements
are on foot, and the building of a
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19
TAKE YOUR CHOICE,
The celebrated Onesboro,
Kentucky, Wagon, is the best
and cheapest on the market.

F"Come one, come ell.
We will make you the best
satisfied and the best pleased
You ever were.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-19

Prices low. Terms reason
hle.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-11-14

DR.. Frank j.. Toussaint has returned
from a six months exploring trip
through the mining and agricultural
districts of northwestern Mexico. He
also made a visit to the City of Mexico
and conferred with President Diaz in
relation to mineral rights on a govern
ment grant in Yaqui valley.
THE shooting of President McKin-
ley" said DR.. Toussaint, would not
have beer possible in Mexico, a coun-
try where attempted assassination is
one of the expected incidents of gov
eminent. President Diaz never takes
a walk on the street or in any public
place without secret service men watch
ing over him. Nobody with his hand
wrapped up or with his hand in his
pocket could approach him without be-
ing stopped. One morning a lame man,
carrying a heavy cane, was passing
him on the street. A detective brushed
against the man as by accident, and
knocked the cane out of his hand. He
picked it up and returned it to the
man with profuse apologies, but while
he had the cane in his hanus he gave
the head a turn and pull to satisfy
himself that it was not a sword cane.
Another time, an old woman carrying
a basket on her arm, was stopped be-
cause her hand was concealed in the
basket. The detective lifted her hand
out of the basket. and seeing that it
held no weapon, a%pologized for the lib
erty.
Attempts on the life of Diaz have
been made, and no |precaution has been
spared to prevent a REPETITION of them.
If a man clasps his hands behind him
while he is talking with a public man,
a detective will suggest that he allow
his hands to hang naturally at his
side. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-11-14

Communism under white direction
having failed whenever attempted, It
Is proposed to undertake 1t under an
exclusively colored control.
A band Of Afro-American clergymen
will solicit funds to establish on Long
island a negro colony where all the
colored people of the country are to
be invited to make their homes free,
where money will be loaned without
interest from the general treasury and
where an insurance policy on the Dor
rower's life will be the only security
required. Manufacturing plants will
be established within the colony and
the white population now on the island
will be invited to seek homes else
where. An option has been taken on
land at So per acre.
Any practical solution of one Of the
most vexatious problems of the coun-
try and the century ought to be
heartily welcomed by whites and col
ored. Unfortunately this is not a
practical solution. Americans cannot
be compelled to live in any particular
part OF the country so long as they
respect the laws.
One of the conditions to be attached
to acquisition Of land in the projected
black commune is that title is never
to pass to any white. This condition
would probably be declared unconsti-
tutional. A form of Independent sub
government exclusively black would
also come into certain conflict with
the laws of the United States and OF
the state Of New York.
A totally different reason, however,
will defeat the visionary project apart
from its inherent %absurdity. Long
island has passed practically into the
hands of a great railroad corporation
which is going to make 1t the western
terminus of a shortened route between
America and Europe.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-11-14

NO life had more in it of terror than
Napoleon's, yet he said, on his dying
bed: There is nothing terrible in
death; he has been my pillow for the
last three weeks, and now he is about
to take me away forever" Louis XIV
was happy in his death. why weep
your" he asked his friends. Did you
think 1 should live forever? I thought
dying had been harder?" Sir Philip
Sidney would not change the joy of
his last hour for "the empire of the
world" Let me fall asleep to the
sound of delicious music" said Mira
beau; and Humboldt, the naturalist,
exclaimed in his dying peace: How
grand these rays! They seem to beck
on earth to heaven" Sir William
Hunter wanted a pen ito write down
how easy and pleasant a thing it is
to die" But surely the most beautiful
farewell ever addressed to the world
was that of Keats. Il feel the flowers
growing over me" he said in a phrase
which, as a thing of beauty, is a Joy
for ever.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-11-14
INC ConneotIout EleotIon.

The result of the vote in the consti-
tutional amendment election In Con-
necticut last Monday is the adoption
Of two amendments, which are now a
part of the organic law-namely: the
election Of state officers by a plurality
vote and the enlargement Of the state
sennte. The first Of these reforms was
carried by a majority Of over 10000
and the second by over $4,000.
The main feature Of interest, how
ever. was the vote upon the PROPOSE
ton to call a constitutional convention
for the purpose Of securing reform in
representation and doing away with
the anomaly OF a little town or village
having the same power in the legisla-
ture as a city. The sectional character
OF constitutional reform is illustrated
in the returns Of the election. OF the
city registered vote only SO per cent
was polled and In the country towns
SO per cent, but the urban vote was
substantially solid for the convention,
as we'll as the vote Of the larger fac
tory towns. The seventeen cities OF
The state gave 3O,O24 majority for the
convention and the rest OF the state
1857 against II. OF the 1853 towns for
ty voted TOR 1t
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-11-14
Is suicide Our NatIonal sIng

In a rmo delivered in Chicago re-
Gently the Rev. r. Keene Ryan said:
"As decline of home life and mother
hood has become the national sin of
France, as intemperance has become
the national sin of England and Ger
many, so suicide is likely to become
the national sin of America if the
alarming increase of this unhappy vice
continues in our midst"
1t might be possible to give this
prophecy the appearance OF plausible
ity by arguing over the condition at
the close, but the intimation that we
are fast reaching a bad pre-eminence
as the country of suicides has no war
rant in facts. In one recent summary
of suicidal statistics by nations the
United States stands very near the foot
Of the list, with more than a score Of
nations above her, and only Russia,
Ireland and Spain below. To show
where the pre-eminence is we will
quote a part Of the table which gives
the number of suicides annually per
100, 900 of the population in the coun-
tries named as follows: Saxony, Bill;
Denmark, 25.8; schleswig-Holstein "a;
Austria, 21.2; Switzerland, 2O.2;
France, 1871; German Empire, 14.3.
Those countries which escape with a
rate lower than 4 per 100, 900 are; Italy,
81; Netherlands, $40; United States,
So; Russia, 20; Ireland, II; Spain,
IA
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-11-14

A niece of the pope was about TO
be married recently and her distin-
guished relative took so great an inter-
est in her trousseau as to stipulate
that the young lady should on'y have
white. blue or black gowns, adding
that these were the three colors most
becoming to young girls. Gray and
brown" remarked his holiness. ARE
only suitable for old women, and I
do not like any other colors." Posi-
bly, the pope prescribed white because
it is the symbol of purity, blue be-
cause 1t Is the color dedicated 70 the
Virgin Mary. and black because 1t is
the time-honored hue Of dress for out
door wear In Spain and Italy.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-11-14

During the last year 1,42O persons
were treated at the Pasteur institute
in Paris. Eleven died Of h~ydrophobia
and seven Of these received treatment
too late. OF the lab patients who
were treated in time four died-the
percentage being tw%enty-eight one
hundredths of o1e per cent. in 1881,
when the institute began operations,
the percentage was n%inety-four one
hundredths; by 1888 it had fallen to
fifty-flve one %hundredths and since
1893 it has been less than thirty one
hundredths Of 4 per cent.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-11-14
Lnbnr chler Is a PREACHER.

Hev. Sheldon a. Harris, the Dwight
minister who was elected as vico-presi-
dent of the Illinois Federation Of La.
Dor at the recent convention in Joliet,