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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-04-23
A Red Hot Fight In GroomstOVn
Brothers in Law With Shot Guns
Empty Their Cartridge Belts.
A Ditch the Difficulty.
Special to The State.

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Gr,o,. and ii. hrotbor IN
Tam Conneu DouhIo borro,,od
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ch,nood Roth n,rt;cs were b;t
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,,,rr r,r,o,rd h,rd ,bot uaro ,s.a
n.itber w.. ,er;ous,v ;ninrod C,r
uelI w,s shot :, tbo leus ,r,, ora
bcdv. Grooms wos shot ntbe fooo
chest arms and car Each took ont
u warrant for the other and both
were arrested SATURDAY. afternoon
Roth g,ve bond Tho f;obt woo
tbe result of - family feud that bo,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-04-23

Special TO The State
Anderson, April 81. The train
leaving this city for Belton at
8 O'Clock this afternoon colIided
with shifting engine in the rail
road cut just east of the McDutiie
street crossing. The shifting en-
gine was loaded with workmen b ).
ing brought into the city from the
scene of the wreck at Broadway
trestIe Friday night, which was
just cleard. W. Fl Foster, a
white maa, had Il leg and hip
broken and will probably die.
Fielding Harris, negro, was lu-
jured internally, but to what ex-
tent cannot he told yet. Several
other negroes were slightly lnjur
ed. Engineer Joe Hughes of the
shifting engine was painfully
hurt, but his injuries are not seri :
Gus. Both engines were disabled
and there was no train to and
from Bolton tonight.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-04-23
OBITUARY..

MIR. Chapman Estridge, the SUBJ
ject of this obituary, was born
Jan. 2Sth, 1925, and died March
23d, 1902, being II years, 1
month and % days old. He was
twice married. His first wife was
Miss Lizzie Outen, to whom he
was married Dec. "a, 1S4S. -Four
children were born to them vii
liam, James, and Thomas Estridye
and Mrs. Mary Funderburk. He
served four years on the battle
field, and made a brave and gal
liant soldier, being IN Mai. Mel
Hilton's command, 22d 5. y.
Regiment. In the Petersburg
blow up he came near losing his
life. He WAS married the second
time in August 1866 to Mrs. Re-
becca Belk, who with one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sallie Moss, survives
him.
Several years ago he gave his
heart to, God and united with
Hopewell Methodist Church, re-
naming faithful member until
the summons came to depart. He
was good man, faithful chris
tian, always ready to do what he
could for the Masters cause. Oh,
how we miss his face from our
services, how we miss the words
of counsel and encouragement but
we will not murmur for we know
that on: loss is his gain, that God
has taken him from Il cold and
sterile earth to dwell forever in
the garden of bliss. He was a
loving father, a faithful! husband
and kind and generous friend,
and was always ready to do some
thing for those who could no t help
themselves. During the last ff-
teen months he was mostly confip-
ed to his bed, having received a
partial stroke of paralysis, but he
endured his suffering with chris.
tian fortitude and magnifed The
name of his redeemer by mani.
Testing meek and submissive
spirit. The voice of father is
hushed and we can hear his com
fortlng words no more but his life
was SO pure and unselfsh and his
last hours so serene, he was so
nnafraid at the approach of death
that his departure seemed hut the
happy leave of a father going on
a delightful journey. May the
God he loved comfort and sustain
the bereaved ones and enable them
to emulate his life and character
and walk in his footsteps as he
followed his Master.
Daughters.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-04-23
Ride And Tie.

In De. Eggleston's "History of
the United States andlts People. "
written for the school and, by
the way, most excellent and in
teresting bOekthe author, de.
scribing the conditions that pre-
vailed in Washlngton's time says:
"Probably the most comforta
ble of all modes of travel at the
tine was that of riding on horse.
bnck. Two people often Travelled
with one horse. The first rode
ahead and tied the horse 10y the
road: the second, when he came
up, rode on past his companion and
in turn tied the horse and. left him
for the other. This was called
'traveling by ride and tie ~
We would respectfully COM
mend this mode to some of the
officers in South Carolina. There
are not enough offices to 90 round.
and if the same set continue to
hold these from year TO year there
is no chance for the others. HAY
ing ridden reasonable distance
ahead of their fellow. citizen, il
would be graceful act to uet
down and cite and walk on. lcav,
ng the office for some tired and
worm private citizen who has been
walking many Il weary day and
waiting for lift, but failing to
get it because of the greed of the
fellows who insist ON riding all
the time.
Except in cas- cs of offices requir-
ing special training and skill. there
should be frequent rotation: and
thC loLutioli Suiulu not nc llaI
kind which rotates man from
one office into another, but the
kind that rotates one out and am
other in. Wien the state has
been so fortunate as to get good
superintendent of the insane asv-
lum or of the pententlary or of
the public schools he should be
retained in office: hat for other
offices, like that of governor or
comptroller or secretary of state,
and nearly all the rest. where any
man of ordinary ability can dis.
charge the duties, there is no
reason for Keeping the same set
in from year to year. 1t is really
better for the state to have the
frequent infusion of new blood
than to have an Office holding class.
Those who are in are going to
stay as long AZ they can, and it
will therefore be left to the peo-
pie to tell them when to get out.
And this they will do in the course
of time. The ''revolution" of
1890 had its basic strength in
the fact that the same men had
been holding on to the offices so
long and showed no signs of CIV
lngsup. Then the people took
hand made and change.
Many of the men now in office
have been riding long enough. 1t
is time for them to get down and
walk awhile and let others ride. -
News and Observer.
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Colored Citizens Will Contribute.
Special to Greenville News.

Special to Greenville News.
Columbia, April 10. The col
ored citizens of this city have in =.
augurated movement to contrib
ute to the Hampton monument
fund. The General was great
friend of the colored man and thew
propose to show their appreciation
of that fact in apractical manner.
Chris Haynesworth has the SUBJ
scription list.
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7RA1bs 81 = !, !HA !}A|, ;, ,1,,,,, -. , :.
~ CHARLESTON EXPOSITION

The south CaIoiina u Gecrgi, Ex-
tension Railroad announces the fol,
lowing low round trip rates tn Char
ieston. >. g., account o. tbs South
aio'lna Inter state and West Indian
Exposition Tickets OH sale at ali
coupon stations. Excellent passeI.
ger service performed. See that your
tickets T., ad via the =. G.. & g. E., X II.
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physicians.
a band of armed citizens was
immeditely organized and the
sheriff promptly informed,
hut 4 yc; nc clue to the murder
cr b as been discovered
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-04-23

CoLUMN a: Tict-.s to lie sold ,ailv
com hencing New. 3uih, 1901. until
n"d including May 81. 1902; final
limit June 3r.i. 1902
COLUMN u: ickets to b.. sort taiIy
mme"cing Nov. 3Oth 1901. until
n"' '"c "ding May 3Is 1902: finaI
'ih'L ie'' DAYS IA addition TO uate of
sat; *" 'hn liza, ,imif should
III IL" ""se exceed June 3iI. 1902
onU"N tickrs "a &c s.ld an
tuesdays, ana Tnur-days of each
we.k; commenting Dec 3id, 1891.
nmu 200 sn'h a"d i"c!uding Msy 20tl, ;,
d'nou To dat" OF sale: except th.t
hnai omit shouid u, H.. case rxce,d
Jure3 1907
e II Nd aAW,
Gene'al "sssonser Agent.
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Total 9,G74,412 9,952,762
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-04-23
5000 YARDS Wash DRESS GOODS,

of
Bargains and housing stock of noerie
Linens Victoria Organdie
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-04-23
An Official Estimate of the Cot
ton Crop and tho Actual Figures.

-.
Table showing the estimate of
the cotton crop of the present
season made 10y the Statistician
OF the department of agriculture
on December 3 1901, aud the
report. based on returns from gin.
ners, issued by the census office,
April II, 1902, both being in
commercial bales:
Dept. of Census
Agriculture. Office.
NorthCaro!lna 45l,%)3 454,35
SonthCarolinn III, 333 73O, sos
Georgia 1,4J5,7 1877 1,4O1, SIS
Alabama LOSE, los 1,162, 739
Mississippi 1926, SCI 1919, 2S6
Louisiana I59.497 S5S. .66l
Arn ansas 731,SO7 1876. 74O
Texas 2,4S4, OIL $500, 7O4
All Others GAS, 173 1871, $50
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-04-23
Respectfully,
WLLlAMS-HUCHES co.

Train And Engine
In Fata! Collision.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
Irish Emigration.

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the
Maynooth Union. held at May
nooth college. Ireland, was this
time rendered memorable by the pres
ence of His Eminence, Cardinal Mo-
ran, Archbishop Of Sydney, Australia,
who presided at its first sectional meet
ing on Thursday, July 8. The ques-
ton under debate at this sectional
meeting was one very interesting to
the Irish people at home and abroad,
and to none more so than the Cardinal
historian of Ireland-one of vital i'm
portance to the future well-being of
Ireland, and one which has been har-
assingf her religious as we'll as her po-
litical leaders for the last decade Of
years-"Irish Emigration" The prin-
cipal feature of the meeting was a
learned paper prepared and read by
DR. Mcdonald, the gifted Prefect of
that department of the Maynooth in
stitution known as the Dunboyne,
which on the whole was suggestive of
the needs and qualifications of the emil
grants rather than of the means of
stemming the great evil which threat
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
Tracy, the Outlaw.

THE escapades of Don Quixoto, the
Marvellous adventures of Franey,
the robber; the most thrilling tales
in the Arabian Knights pale into in
significance when compared with Ira
cy's daring deeds during the past
month. Surrounded by a Gordon of the
state militia, shot and wounded by
dozens of deputy sheriffs, pursued by
blood hounds, alone and singlehanded
he still survives. There is some magic
in his daring deeds, and if the truth
were known, his pursuers are mortally
afraid of him. He is cool, bold and cal
culating, and if his marshal spirit was
directed in the proper channel he would
win more fame for himself and his
country than a small army of our most
reckless rough riders. Had he been in
the Philippines when Aguinaldo was
secretly plotting against the govern
ment, without donning a rebels uni
form he would enter his secret cham
Der, hold him and his body guard up
and demand unconditional surrender
His grit and physical endurance sur
pass the most lurid description given
to characters IN the dime novel He is
an outlaw, and his actions excite a
morbid curiosity which elicits for him
a certain sympathy from the depraved
element who are opposed to moral re-
straint. Just now Tracy is hero, and
his life, when written, will contain
many thrilling stories and adventures
Its effects upon the morals of many
who win envy his daring deeds will not
be salutary. Our government, which
has already tasted the evils of an
archy, should, for its own protection
and to safe guard the morals of the
rising generation, set its seal of dis
approval on any work that purposes to
give a sketch of the outlaws life and
numberless crimes. Herr Most was i'm
prisoned for his sanguinary writings.
Their evil effect would be less injuri-
GUS on the minds of the young, than
graphic description of Tracy's life. 1t
could do no good, it may do immense
harm. Before it is even attempted, the
public press should show it's disap-
prevail. "a stitch in time saves nine"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

efforts are in vain against such odds.
But cease not to hope and labor, for
just retribution Will come some day.
Teach your children, as you have
taught them in the past to seek first
the kingdom of God and His justice,
and these other things shall be added
unto them" The day will come, and
that ere long, when it shall be shown
that might is not right-always. The
cry of the martyrs blood, the wall of
the widow and the orphan. the groan
of the hunger-stricken, and the means
and signs of the emigrans' aching
hearts upon your wharfs will not as
cend in vain. They will be heard in
heaven. Not nations any more than
individuals can always go on SHINING
with impunity. They must at length
fill W the measure of their iniquity,
and when they have done it, vengeance
is sure to overtake them, and they fall,
to rise no more. forever.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

presence. Without the least disturb
ance he answered, with smile, wen
see" The politician was showed under
on election day and Mackay moved
along quietly, attending to his bust
ness.
The death of his favorite chold
threw dark cloud over the last years
of his life. TO him he looked for the
perpetuation of his name and the pre-
servation of his immense wealth. Two
years ago last Christmas he wrote to a
friend in this city. 1t was an acknowl-
edgment of Christmas greetings. In
the letter he said: christmas, which
brings happiness to so many, is not for
me day of joy. 1t recalls many sad
events which 1 cannot forget" No
doubt reference was made to his child,
whose remains rested in Greenwood
cemetery, New York
On Sunday death opened for him the
gate through which the beloved son
passed. His soul has crossed its por-
tails. Whilst numberless friends pay
tribute to his memory and his remains
are decked with garlands of flowers,
the great question is are the souls of
the father and child united in heaven?
Has he tasted Of that real happiness
which Christian hope points out? To
this inquiry there is no answer This
supreme happiness. which is mans last
hope, and for which the Christian soul
yearns, we wish to be his, and that his
soul may rest in peace is our ardent
prayer
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

So John w. Mckay and Marcus DAILY
sleep peacefully in death in mauso-
leunl that cost Mackay 100000! Only
for a time, however, will the ghosts
of these erstwhile fast friends in life
commune together when all is dark in
their palace tombs and ghosts begin
to walk. The DAILY family are build
ing mausoleum in Montana, we be-
lieve and when it is completed, the
body of the Irish sire will be taken to
the state that grew prosperous as it
also grew corrupt while breath re-
manned in the body of this great po-
litical chieftain. Mackay was another
great character that attracted the
worlds attention, but a different man
from DAILY.
Why should not these great men
have palace tombs. especially when in
life they could draw checks for any
amount and watch the building os
them in complacent admiration? Why
not. indeed? Yet forty years ago,
when John Mackay and Marcus Daily
were working for wages, six loot of
earth beside a placer stream in a
mountain canyon would have satisfied
them, if chey thought that in death
they could here the whirr of the ma
chinery in Nevada's mines.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
THE uNTERMouNTAIN COLORADO

became apparent that the strike was
NOT so much one for increased wages
or the abatement of specified grieV-
ances as for full recognition of the
miners union and the adoption in the
anthracite regions of the wage-scale
system. The principal operators, as
represented by the heads of the coal
carrying railroads, stuck steadily 10
their doctrine that it is not feasible 10
regularize labor conditions in the
hard coal regions. "A easy reply, of
course, is that in spite of the dltferent
conditions prevailing in different parts
of the anthracite field, the capitalists
themselves have succeeded in forming
combination by which they have
completely eliminated competition,
with the result of regulating the total
output and controlling the market
price.
In refusing SO persistently to deal
with the miners, the operators would
seem to be challenging public opinion
rather boldly. For these operators are,
in effect, the railroads themselves.
Contrary to established principles and
to the laws Of most states and coun-
tries, the roads have gone beyond their
legitimate functions as common car
riers and have assumed monopolistic
control of a necessary article of traf-
fic and ordinary use. This relation of
the railroads to the mining, shipping
and marketing of coal is at the basis
of the whole anthracite trouble.
of general industry.
Meantime the immense strike is on,
but no breaches of the peace are yet
recorded. The convention recently held
in Indianapolis to consider the advisa-
bility of a sympathetic strike in the
bituminous mines resulted in a plan to
assess all workers in bituminous mines
to sustain the strikers in the anthra-
cite region.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT.

Editor inJermountain Catholic:
My Dear Sir:-Replying to your favor
O king my approval OF The Intermountatn
Catholic since its establishment in this
diocese, l WITH state that a consider the
founding of a Catholic paper in Salt Lake
not the least OF the many blessings, be
slowed by Providence on the Church mere
during the past two years. It's plrrh oc-
CURED a. an opportune time. Its zeal, IN
propagating Catholic truth. has had.
s.nce its inception, my nearly. though
silent approval 1 believe with Our HOLY
Father that "a good Catholic journal IS a
perpetual mission in a parish, and tnaE
u will serve as a question box, at az
tunes, for anxious inqui~ers. In my vlsi-
tations 1 shall hope to ind The inter-
mountain Catholic in the homes of every
Catholic family. It's mission is to es-
pouse truth Justice and morality, and all
devoted priests will lind n IL an able CO.
operator in their missionary work 1t ls
my wish that all my priests and the laity
entrusted TO my charge should encourage
your noble effort and that Of the gen
eTous founder of The Intermountain
Catholic. Yours sincerely
L SCANLAN,
Bishop OF salt Lake.
Sat- Lake CITY. Oct . 1900
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

Those who remember the Salt Lake
Tribune when it was a mighty power
in this western country for Ameri-
canism and the rights of the common
people cannot read its insipid para
graphs now without feeling of lone
someness and, perhaps, resentment.
What a grand champion of the white
metal was the Tribune in the haleyon
days OF Goodwin. How logically was
the financial subject treated and made
as easy of comprehension as A : c.
What a staunch supporter of Bryan
was this greatest paper in the inter
mountain basin Now mark the change
since it fell into earpet-bag manage
ment Here is little paragraph in
tended to be funny:
Missouri Democrats declare again
for is to ], the desira bility Of abandon
ing it not having been sufficiently ex-
bibited to them"
The position Of the Missouri Demo-
Gratis today is exactly the same as that
upheld by the Utah Republicans in
1896 who Joined the silver forces. per-
suaded principally by the unanswer-
able logic OF the Salt Lake Tribune. In
round numbers, out of $1,000 votes cast
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
FHF PoPBs ADMoNITIoN.

\ Catholic newspaper in a parish is
perpetual mission. Let ali who truly and
from their souls desire that Religion and
society defended by human intellect and
literature should flourish. strive by their
liserality to guard and protect the
O. tholic press. and let every one in pro-
his money and influence. for 10 those
who devote themselves to the Catholic
press we ought by all means to bring
helps of this kind. without which their
industry viii either have no results or
uncertain and miserable ones
POPE LEO XIII.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

The interview with Archbishop Ire
land which the Associated Press puts
out may be taken as an accurate state
ment of what has already taken place
and viii further on be accomplished by
ing the settlement of the Spanish friar
question. No Catholic prelate has been
closer to the administrations of Repub-
lican presidents since the civil war
Than John Ireland, chaplain in the
United States army and archbishop of
ST Paul.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

/ feel it my duty to protect Catholics
and the public generally from fraud and
imposition by notifying them from time
10 time that no person bearing the name
and garb Of priest or sister or anyone
else IS authorized or permitted to solicit
or collect in this diocese for any purpose
wilG ever connected with the Catholic
Church without having from me permis--
sion in writing bearing my seal and
signature. Should any one be found en-
gaged in doing this unlawful work of
collecting without such a document. he
or she. a the case may be, should be re-
gsrded by all as a fraud and an imposter
L. SCANLAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
Mo- % 1890
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

Some time ago we remember reading
Of a girl who attended a country sho~.
and something in the performance
amused her so heartily that she
laughed herself to death. 1t happened
in Kansas. where all funny freaks of
prising. Now comes a story from
Iowa. giving an account of the effects
OF a hand-sbake upon politician. The
grip his friend gave him resulted in
such injury that the arm had TO be
smputated Pulling a candidates leg
IS not so dangerous and oftentimes is
profitable TO the puller.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

Having ended the Boer war by Civ
ing the burghers everything they
asked. what's the matter with Kitch-
ener coming over here and settling the
war between the sheepmen and cattle
men of Wyoming? But perhaps Tracy,
the outlaw. could do it quicker
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

-Four hundred carloads of prunes
were shipped from California to Eu-
rope the other day. Now if a Hoosier
II oonshiner were aboard the ship that
acIrried those prunes across the ocean.
the Europeans would soor learn what
a lot OF fun there is in the American
prune
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

Oh what is fame Now. if the splrit
OF John W. Maclay and the spirit of
Robert Emmett would meet. how easily
We could imagine the Irish millionaire
offering to exchange his palace tomb
FOR the little grave in Ireland without
stone or inscription to tell who
slept beneath, This is, indeed. fame.
more enduring than the wealth of the
Indies.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26

Looking around the world the Amer
lean soldier is the only person we see
with a gun to his shoulder leveled at
arother fighting for liberty with only a
lelQ