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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-23
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
Complaint not S,rv-d,

Complaint not S.rved.)
STATE OF SOUTH ROLINA.
LANCASTER COUNTY.
Court of Common Pleas.
Eliza Wyiie. Plaintiff
AGAINST
Mamie IL. Williams. II. Simeon
crockett, Rufus 1. rocket. Hattie
Crockett, w. - L.. Porter, az ads
ministratOr If the estate, of David
Nj. Crockett and Louisa r.. Crockett.
deceased and John T. Foster. De-
PENDANTS.
To the Defendants above named:
fCu are hereby summoned and re>
CURED To answer the com pi aint in this
actIot, which IL fired ia the office of
The Clerk OF Common Pleas for thu
sald county, and to serve copy of
your answer To he said complaint on
the subscriber at his uffice al Lancas-
Ter Ouri House ~Outh CaTOlina. win.
III twenty days after tue service here
OF, exclusive OF the day of such service.
ahu " You faii oHnswer the com plaint
Wllhin he time aforesaid, the PiaIn-
III III thIs action viii apply To the
'ourt for the relief demanded i'm the
complaint
Dated December 18th, A. D., 1900.
!" -. w. 5 j.. Porter, {. e.. &. L.C.
II. r.. WYLIE,
>, PlainlnT's ATTORNEY,
10 Mamie j.. Williams, II. simeon
Crockett and Hattie L Jrocket.. non,
resident Defendants:
IA IKE NOTICE that the complaint
In above stated case was filed i'm the
orice OF Tie Jerk Of the ircuit CourL
ior said I ounty anu state AT Lancas.
Ter I. II =. c., on the 10Th day OF
December 1900. Il. r.. WyIie,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
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For ale

A good farm on Catawba River
in Indian Land township, contains
ing | IA acres, more or less, con-
venient to school and churches
about 60 acres in cultivation ln-
cluding 20 acres of ine River bot
toms. Also a i've room house and
lot at Oscsola. For terms, etc.
apply to j. Il. Eason,
Oscsola, 5 &.
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Some of the mill owners Of this
State imagine that if South Caro-
lima passes law prohibiting tho
employment of children under no
age Of twelve in cotton mills. that
it will cause many heads Of fami-
lies to leave this State for Gsoi =
gia and North Carolina. The
question of Compulsory education
need not frighten these people.
When the reaper and the mower
were brought into use, laborsrs
on the farm imagined that
their occupation would bc serious
ly crippled and it has been the
same way with every class of
artisans since. The printers once
objected to typssetting machines
but all of those matters have ad-
jnsted themselves and so would
compulsory education in South
Carolina. The Legislature now in
session in Columbia ought to be
guided by conscientious regard
for right. They are supposed to
make laws for South Carolina and
if it is right, to force children of
tender age to attend school, the
law ought to pass regardless Of
what North Carolina or Georgia
has to say on the subject. We bo.
lisve in compulsory education
without the consent of other
States.-Spartanburg Herald.
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WO1Ord's Alumni Hall Burned.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Spartanburg, Jan. 1S.-This
morning about 2 o'clock fire was
discovered in tho alumni hall, a
large four story brick building on
the Wofford campus. This build,
ing, which WAS erected at cost
of $4,000 tan wears ago. was
totally destroy ed. Fortunately not
one of the 20 udents Of the Wof
ford College Fitting school who
occupied the hall, was injured,
and some OF the property in the
rooms OF tho building was saved; :;
but tbs most of it WAS destroyed
The insurance on the building was
5000.
The fitting school will be rebuilt
at once. and msanw hile the studsnt
body will not disband. Tho home.
less, or rather roOmless students
ara being quartsrsi in residences
on and near tho college campus
While the burning OF the hall is q
serious loss To tho great old col
lege, larger and more commo-
dious building will be erected
whore the rum. now smoulder.
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New Bills.
Senator D-sn's Bin As,rut Insur
anCe ComI,aul>S Boa a uf Par.
dous Proposed
Special to Grusnvilir News

Special to GrUsnviiir News
Columbia, = Jna Is -rh,
legislature has an .uYnsl u~til
Monday might \. : - clock 20
morrow /. Il lsEat . 'ldav hainr
the birthday Of Gen. r f. Lss.
Tho house VA, II session to-day
for two hours and the senate about
one
Among tho naw biii, trIl, va,
one introduced hv senator Dean
of GrrenviIlc nnh reference tn
domestic insurance. cnmpunin,
The present law provides that such
companies must deposit SlO.OOp
of securities to that AN wat wnn
the comptroller general T'a h,II
proposes that the csrtitirat-. ~ tho
auditor OF the county in "hich the
stockholders reside that tho con
pany is worth S25, 900 over Az!
above its indebtedness shnuld Q
sufficient surety for = hcsu>rt, hr
paid.
Senator ierrdon Of O"unre
introduced a bill to provide for a
board Of psrdnus which i t. rnn
"st OF the governor, at t'rnc, zen
era superintendent uf the )nn,.-"
tlarv, chairman IF the buard of
health and superintendent of tho
hospital for the insane
The county reapportlcumen, hiIl
passed today without objection.
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The argument uf those who SUP
port the proposition that the nench
of South 'arulina, as now constitu.
tod, should net be altered in anv
particular because judges, 40 m.t-
ter Whist their deticisncies, should
hold their seats during good he
havior, would have greater potencv
If most of the present occupants
had not been elected in disreuard
of this very doctrius. We had a
Judiciary surpassed in ability and
character by none in this union,
and there was no question of be-
hsvior raised asains' thsm; vet
nearly all Of those Judges went to
tho block. Tho rule that South
Carolina judges should retain office
during good behavior was unhap-
PLY destroyed between 1890 and
1898. That Is a fact, let tho conse
quences 30 what they may.-The
State.
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Smallpox in Rock Hill.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Rock Hill, Jan 19-Mr. Albert
Harrison has case of smallpox.
During the holidays he visited
several other towns in this State,
fortnight since. For a week he
has been slightly indispossd and
upon calling in = physician he
pronounced it smallpox. His dag.
nosis has been confirmed by an
other physician The board of
health took charge at once and
quarantlned the residencs and
premises. The pest house built
two years ago is bong renovated
today and tho patient will be re-
moved there tomorrow. The town
iSpretty thoroughly vaccinated and
there seems to bo little alarm felt
as to q spread.
|" Subscribe ts THH LBpGpR
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[For The Ledger
One Mans Opinions.

| have seen the day, and it has
not been long, when l thought
maybe the State had made a mis-
take in pensioning the old soldiers;
but that day has passed. After
seeing and coming in contact, as |
saw and came in contact Monday.
with the applicants for pensions in
this connty-widovs aged, poor,
and some OF them palsied and on
the verge Of the grave: men old.
crippled, and bearing every evil
dence of poverty and hardship
after this don't care how much
the State may give them.
There are several thousand dol
lars IN the treasury belonging to
tho county sinking fund for re-
firing Cherav & Chester r K.
bonds which it seems to me should
be loaned either to the Bank OF
Lancaster, or to the county itself
instead of the county borrowing
from the State sinking fund. This
for the consideration of our nsm
bers Of the Legislature.
The pross dispatches say that
NCLsurin (snd three other Demo-
erats) voted with the Republicans
on the army reorganization bill.
L am glad of this. Not that the
Republicans were rIght-sot that
the bill ought to have passed; the
Republicans were wrong-ths bill
ought to have been killed: but
| am glad to see McLaurin piline
his sins up for the day that is to
come.
x y
If one may Judge the sentiment
of tho people of the State from
the expressions Of the aewspapors,
Some candidate for Governor next
time could add to his strength by
putting a plank in his platform
against the extension of the time
for the payment of taxes. Even
the negro paper at Rock Hill com
mentod unfsvorabIy upon this bad
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and unhusiuessliks practice.

That WAS a good suggestion of
the Comptroller Generals that
the supervisors be required to
publish monthly statements of the
warrants issusd by them. 1t
would cost something, but it would
more than pay for itsslfr
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-23
CLERKS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
COurt of Common pIa,.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LANCASTER,
Court of Common Pleas.
Harriet Kimbrell, 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 s. 1901.
L Will sell in front OF the Court House,
within the legal hours ofsaIe, on Mon
day the fourth day OF Ft bruary, 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 0. w.
Potts on the east; By the lands OF the
estate or Daniel Wolfe and others on
the south; and 10y the lands o! w. p.
Norman and Jas. p. Bales on the
west, containing one hundred and
lltty acres more or less, and being the
lands upon which Mary Gibbon lived
at the time OF her death
Terms of sale: Onr half cash, and
the remainder on credit OF twelve
months with interest from date ofsale,
secured by PurchaseI's bond and
mortgage or the premises sold Pur-
chaser TO have the privilege Of paying
his entire bId in cash.
w. S. l.. Porter,
&. &. G.. l.. G..
Green Il Hines, Plaindns Attys.
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A pessimist is man who pre-
fors artificial light to genuine sun.
shine.
Some fools put on more airs
than wise man could grind out of
a hand organ.
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@ Have you paid your sub.
ripti o nj
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Queen Victoria Desperately Ill
Great Britain's Sovereign is Lying
at Point of Death.

~ OlnI OF DeSlD.
Covss, Isle of Wight, Jan 10,
midnight.- The queen of England
lies at deaths door. She was
stricken with paralysis tonight.
Reuters Telegraph company un~
derstands that tho Prince of Wales
has received authority to act in her
msjesty's stead and thus,has been
created practical though not
constitutional regency.
COues, Jan %, l a. m.-An
other day in the Victorian era, now
so rapidly drawing to close, pass
ed without any great change in
the condition of Queen Victoria.
Despite the favorable afternoon
the doctors dreaded greatly the
period between o'clock and mid
night. When that was safe y pass
cd they seemed hopeful of Her
Majesty's living through another
day, although the memory of the
previous nights relapse kept their
anxiety at high en'ion.
5a. m.-The Queen is sxpested
to live until Thursday m, rnIng
unless unexpected complications
occur,
ALL THE WORLD IN SYMPATHY.
London, Jan. %. The dis
patches received here from nearly
every capital in Europe, from
India, Australia, Jamaica and all
the British colonies, show the press
and people to be sympathetic in
their comment on the Queen S
illness. The one exception seems
to be Belgium. A majority Of the
Brussels comment is in good taste :;
but, one pro Boer paper there
takes the occasion to make q DO
litical attack on Great Britain $
South African policy.
A dispatch from Pretoria says
the Queens illness has caused a
profond sensation there.
Special prayers we're offered in
all the churches of the garrison
towns yesterday evening.
Many functions in Great Britain
and on the continent have been
abandoned owing to the Queen
condition Emperor Franci,
Joseph has countermanded the
court fall, at Vienna, fixed for
this evening
The Daily Telegraph says: 81,
seems but q brief interval since
England was the center of almost
universal hostility. Today all in
ternutional hostiIities are husheC
and stilled as they never were
before by any single event in the
annals of the world
The Daily Chronicle observes;
"ln the united States the nation
and the government display once
again the .irrepressible sentiment
of cognato people. Tbs strain OF
common blood which fl ws in
British and American veIns has
been rarely more manifest OF
more warmly recognized.
This evidence Of universal sym
pathy extended toward England
in her hour of trouble Is i'm fact
the leading theme, and The Stand
ard remarks: "Thero is no enemy
OfEngIand too bitter and no pro-
Tossing Contemner of crowns and
throne too fanstical 10 admit the
virtues and service to mankind of
Queen Victoria" "
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-23

The Rev Nj W Gordon has re-.
colved = call to AhbevilIc.
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The LEDGER.
>~-~~~~~~
Thurlow s. Carter

EDITOR AND MANAGER
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY %, 1901.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-23

~ Come one, come oil.
We will make you the best
satisfied and the hest pleased
YOU ever were.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-01-23

Prices low. Terms reason
bile.
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-CLYBURN-HEATH MULE co..
HEADQUARTERS FOR MULES HORS-S BUGIES WAGONS HARNESS ETC.

~WE HAVE the finest
lot of mules over 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, 1901-01-23

The celebrated Onesboro,
Kentucky, Wagon, is the best
and cheapest on the market.
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TAKE YGUB Ck0sCt.

The Anchor Buggy, A Wren
Buggy and the renowned Ty-
son q Jones Buggies always
in stock. Yes, and at prices
that will please you
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
The Tanele in Venezuela.

The navy department has ordered
the gunboat Scorpion from La Guayra
to Guanaco. the nearest port in Vene-
zuela to the pits of the asphalt com
pany. The cause for the ordering of
the Scorpion to Venezuela was the re
ceipt of a despatch stating that the
Venezuelan government had attempted
to seize the arms of the New York and
Bermuda company. The orders to
the commander of the Scorpion are to
avoid bloodshed if possible, and the
destruction of property, and he is also
advised to use no more force than is
necessary to avoid any force which
way be sent against him. In other
words, he is to hold his own, but not
to try to provoke a quarrel. 1t is not
unlikely that he will land both men
and guns.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
Windham Comfy Court,
March Term,
WILLIAM j COY
VS.
FLORA b COY }

Whereas. william j. Gov of Town
shend in said Windham County, on the
9qth dav of December, A. D., 1893, filed
in the office of the Clerk of this Court,
his petition praying that the bonds Of
rnatrimOny between himself and the said
Flora b. Coy be dissolved, setting forth
the marriage ceremony between them
and ms residence within this state and
Also. that while he has faithfully kept
the marriage covenant, the said Flora
b. Coy has violated the same for that
said county on the Both day of October,
a. D. 1891 did, without just cause will
fully desert the petitioner and has con-
tinued such wilfull desertion since.
And praying that the bonds of matri-
mony between the said parties be dis
solved for the cause aforesaid.
And it appearing that the said Flora
B. Coy now resides without the State Of
Vermont, to wit, a Springfield in the
State of Massachusetts,, as the petitioner
understands.
3. Coy be required to appear before said
Court on the first Wednesday after the
nrst Tuesday of March, a. D., 1901, at
Newfane, in said county, and make an
swer to said petition; that the petitioner
shall cause this order. with the substance
of said petition as above set forth, to be
newspaper published at Bratteboro, in
said County of Windham, three weeks
successfully, the last publication to be
at least six weeks previous to said term
Of said court
day of December. a. D. 1900
J. II. MERRIFIELD, Clerk.
CLARK c. Fits
Attorney for Petitioner.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
SPORTING.

Walter L. Stannard of Springfield,
Mass, who closed a year of effort to
break the lOng-distance bicycle record
Dec. 81, has received word that he has
been successful in breaking all Ameri-
can long-distance records, except those
for 80 and 60 days. He has also cap
tured the 30 and 60 days long-distance
state and New England records and
the New England mileage record.
Mr.. Stannard did not know when he
ended his year of riding whether he
had been successful in outrding A. l..
Matlack of Camden. N. j., who was
making a big push for the records,
but has now learned that Matlack is
about 600 miles behind. Mr.. Stan
nard has prepared affidavits as to his
riding, and it is expected his records
will be recognized. He rode 38887
miles during the year, or an average
of over LOG miles a day for the entire
year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
The Rich Man of the House.
IL. A. Coolidge in Ainslee's. |

l.. y. Coolidge in Ainslee'S.
The richest man in the house is
Cornell of Pennsylvania, who has ac-
cumulated over S10,000,000, and who
has single item of income of over
$500 a day. Cornell is a coal opera
tor-one of the largest in the United
states. Fifty vars ago he was working
in the mines as a driver-boy at 70
cents day. Closely approaching
him are Levy. of New York, the owner
of Monticello, who inherited his
wealth. and Sprague of Massachu-
sets, who acquired his by marriage
Other rich men in the House, some of
whom are in the millionaire class. are
Sibley. of Pennsylvania; Stewart of
Wisconsin,; Hit, of Illinois; Cannon.
of Illinois. Dalzcll and Adams of
Pennsylvania; Rupert, Mcclellan
and William Aston Chanler. of New
York; Babcock, of Wisconsin: Low
ering. of Massachusetts; Wadsworth.
of New York. and Burleigh of Maine.
1t is safe to say that a great majority
of the members of the House have lit
tie besides their salaries, although
there are few of them who could
not earn more than their salaries if
they were to retire from Congress and
devote themselves to their profession.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
Centre Church Annual MEETING.

The Centre Congregational church
held its annual meeting and roll call
Friday evening in the vestry. The
pastor sent each member during the
week an invitation to be present. and
the vestry was filled. The heads of
each organization connected with the
church gave reports of the work of
their departments during the year,
which were accepted and adopted.
These officers were then elected:
Clerk, S. w. Kimball treasurer, II. H.
Thompson; treasurer of beneVolenCe,
G. f. Thompson; church committee.
e. G. Crosby, G. c. Averill, S. b. Elmer
son, l.. A. Gregg and c. II. Thompson;
Sunday school committee, f. c..
Crosby, Mrs. Fanny c. Rice, Miss
Helen Fletcher, Mrs. II. II. Thompson,
Ernest r. Bemis and w. A. Gilbert;
missionary reporters-India and Cey-
Ion, S. W. Kimball; China, Miss Mi
nerva Tyler; Turkey. G. II. Clapp;
papal lands, Miss Helen Fletcher;
home missions, G. c. Averill; woman S
board, Miss Genevieve Slate; Africa.
E. c. Crosby; Japan, c. f. Thomp-
son; American Missionary association,
J.. f. Adams; American Education So
ciety, c. H. Thompson; Sunday
ocuoOl ana fuDllShlhS society, l.. A.
Gregg; the ladies society, Mrs. A. r.
Park; Congregational Church Build
ing society. s. b. Emerson
A board of deacons were elected for
five years, consisting of c. F. Thomp-
son, G. II. Clapp, Or. a. /. Miller and
H. II. Thompson.
1t was voted to pursue the same
course as last year in regard to church
benevolences. Rev. II. II. Miles was
elected chairman of a committee to
arrange for the publication of a new
church manual. Following the bust
ness session the roll was called by
the pastor Many who could not be
present at the meeting sent responses
by letter At the conclusion of the
roll call the parlor doors were thrown
open and refreshments were served.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18
DRILLS IN SUICIDE.
Horrible Experience of the Women in
the Legations at Pekin.

lUc LSgdtlOVS DIT Fekln'
Miss Condit-Smith. who was one of
the women imprisoned in the British
legation in Pekin during the terrible
days of last summer, is to publish an
account of the siege. The New York
Journal prints a synopsis of the thrill
ling story a part of which is as fol-
lows:
I'VE grew to be horribly expert in
pistol practice Every woman i'm the
legation was provided with a pistol
and the vital spots where we'll di-
reCtod bullet would kill instantly were
pointed out to her. For hours every
day We practicd targt shooting and
most horrible of all. firing blank cart
ridges at ourselves in order to steady
our nerves and aCcuStom us to the use
and sound of a pistol in such near
proximity. for our instructions were
most rigid.
AT sight of the first Boxer sealing
the wall or forcing the gates of the
legation we We're to place the muzzle
of the pistol in the mouth and blow of
the head Should any woman's cour-
age fail her the men of the legation
down to the loWliest were solemnly
pledged to instantly shoot the women
until not one should be left alive
when the Boxers took possession of
the place.
For days and nights together not
a soul in the legation dared to sleep
but stood ready at any moment to use
the pistols in their hands, which, tired
as they were, never once relaxed their
hold upon the weapon of death On
one never to be forgotten occasion we
were lined up with the men in a solid
line in front of us. for it was moment
arily expected that the Boxers would
gain possession"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

James A. Mount, 81, who retired
Monday from the governorship of In
diana, died suddenly from heart dis
ease at Indianapolis Wednesday
night His term of governor covered
three years and he had previously
had four years as state senator. He
was a veteran of the civil war and a
wealthy farmer.
The grip is raging in New York city
and in many other parts of the coun-
try. 1t is estimated that 100000 peo-
pie are suffering from it in the metro
polls alone. DR.. Cyrus Edison, the
noted physician of New York, says: IT
believe the epidemic is now at it's
height 1t has been more severe and
the cases have been more numerous
than in any previous epidemic. There
are many cases of grip-pneumonia
which is the grip affecting the lungs.
This is very dangerous"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

The governor of New Hampshire
made a practical point in his message
when he pointed out that the state
could not afford to allow the White
mountains to be denuded, of forests,
because the money of the summer Wis
itors is of more Importance than the
lumber industry. "Woodman. spare
that tree is being heard from all
sides. People are learning a great
many things about the preservation of
forests. The New York state college
of forestry is doing noble work in the
Adirondack region, and expects to re-
plant 500 acres a year with white pine
and other conifers. and from the West
there are signs that the American peo.
pie are waking to the value of their
trees Springfield Republican.