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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-02-04
After The Usurers.

MIR. Huger Sinkler, Charleston
has presented in the house of re
presentatives u bill which pro
vides in Section l .'that it shal
be unlawful for the lender OF
money on mortgage or bill &
sale OF chattels as security of &
loan, his agent, employees, or any
persons in his behalf, where the
sum loaned is under twenty five
dollars, to charge the borrower
with any sum or sums of money
for drawing the mortgage, bill of
sale or any papers connected with
such loan, unless the said papers
be drawn up and prepared by a
duly licensed and practicing at
torney at law, who shall receive
the whole amount SO paid by the
borrower for the services so rem
dered and no part of said fee shall
be given by the said attorney at
law to the lender, his agents,
employees or any person in their
behalf.
"Sec. 2. That it shall be un-
lawful for any lender, his agents,
employees or any person in his
behalf, as set forth in section 1
hereof, to charge any sum or
sums for the examination of any
property proposed to be given as
security for said loan or for any
services whatsoever rendered in
the negotiation, making or effect.
ing Of said loan under whatsoever
name the same may be denomin-
ated.
"Sec. 3. That it shall be un-
lawful for the lender of money as
aforesaid, his agents, employees,
or any person liz his behalf, to
have inserted in his mortgage or
bill OF sale as representing the in
debtedness of the mortgagor or
vendor an amount in excess of
the actual amount of money re-
ceived by the borrower.
Sec. 4. All mortgages or bills
OF sale hereafter gwen as securi-
ty for loans in or on which charges
have been made, or which on its
face shall show an Indebtedness
greater than the amount actually
received by the borrower, in viola
tion of the preceding sections,
shall be and are hereby declared
null and void and of no eff
feet"
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EARLY FORFEITS HIS
LEE.

a runaway almost ending ia.
tally, started a horrible ulcer on
the log of j. b. Orner, Franklin
Grove, III. For four years it de-
fed al doctors and all remedies.
But Bucklen's Arnicl Salve had
no trouble to cure him. Equally
COED for Burns, Bruises, Skin
Eruptions and Piles. 25c at Craw-
ford Bros, j. f. Mackey & CO. s
Drug Store.
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4 Desperate Zen Captured
Monroe Policemen After Hard
Days Work With Guns
and Dogs Secure Four
Men Whom They Be-
lieve Cracked Safes
at Mathews and
Charlotte.
Special to Tie Observer.

"ouioO, ISO. o. MOuTOe OH
GERS, have bagged the men who,
it is charged, blew open the two
safes in the Heath, Rled & Bar,
rett store at Matthews Saturday
night, and the ones, presumably,
who robbed the Shoemakers store
in Charlotte Friday night. There
are four of them and they wers
captured only after days work
of great vigor and excitement
Two were taken about l O'Clock
and the other two at p. IN.
4 BLOODLESS BATTLE WITH OFFS
GERS.
This morning just before day.
light as the early trains got in,
two men got off the train from
Atlanta and Immediately attract
ed the attention of Policemen
Williams and Laney, who were at
the station. The men called for
tickets to Hamlet, having to
change cars here. The policemen
followed them from the ticket
office. The two strangers, see
ing that they had attracted the
attention of the officers, started
up town, instead of going into
the car. The policemen followed
ten or fifteen feet behind them.
Suddenly, and together, the men
wheeled about and opened fire
with pistols. The officers quick
ly returned the fire, and it is a
marvellous fact that the four men
thus stood face to face and fred
point blank at each other until all
their pistol were empty without
any one being hit.
DOGS PUT ON THE TRAIL.
Tne battle ended, the men
plunged INTO the darkness and
crossed the town in an easterly
direction When daylight came
the policemen secured help, sent
for the two dogs at the chain gang
stockade, and took up the trail.
1t was fallowed until the men
were caught Ave miles above town,
after they had secured breakfast
ut a fal m house through threats.
They offered no resistance, and
indeed had thrown away their
arms. Only u small amount of
money and professional burg
lars mask was found upon them.
THE SECOND CHASE.
They were brought to jail, aud
had hardly been securely locked
before runner brought the news
that two more men of like ap-
pearance and suspicious demeanor
had just been seen in the same
vicinity where these had been
captured. Quickly Chief Howie,
Sheriff Horn, Constable Bivens
and other officers and men armed
with Winchesters, shot guns and
pistols, went back 10 the place
taking the degs with them. The
hounds quickly took the trail and
led the men in a furious chase af-
ter the fleeing culprits,
ONE oFTHE BLOOD HOUNDS WOUND
After long race, the officers
came in sight of the men, who
had already SHOT and wounded one
of the close pursuing dogs. Only
after continued firing had been
poured upon them and they re-
turned it as best they could and
they saw the uselc>sncss of fur
thcr resistance did the two men
s surreD er. They were also |,
brought to town and lodged in
jail, reaching here after nightfall.
The men refused to give their
One of thom had round !
trip ticket from Asheville 10 New
York.
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hv the senate.

hv the senate.
Tie 'hn>y ,rsS Dip sd to
make no chans es IN the dispsnsary
law. The mnst marked change
proposed i. the Till OF Mr.. Pol
lock to regulate the purchase .of
liquor from distillets in South
Ca.olina
The honse has passed road
law, Il flexible kind of measure
which will fit all counties and will
he satisfactory if the county com
mlssiuners will fix the commuln
ton tax ut what it should be But
"every man in politics has due re-
gard to his political head as
u member from Greenvii!e says,
and the county commissioners
will have many appeals made to
leave tho communication tawut one
dollar in their respective coun
ties.
The appropriation blll may be
introduced the batter part of this
week or the iiyst of next week.
Consequently this vii! lie a week
a
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-02-04

The Gonzales monument fund
is rapidly swelling. Considerably
ever 81, 900 has been subscribed
in the city and the subscriptions
have just began to come in. There
is some question as to whether q
statue shall be erected nr hos
pital founded in the honor of the
memory of the deceased. Sub
scriptions are being given all over
the STATE Columbia Record.
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predict much c.

f'fO10Sore PTeuICC HUCIl ca
lamity for 1903. There will be
diasters and troubles for the
United States with foreign pow.
ers, which may result in war.
The superstitlous also make the
year an unlucky 13 affair, because
the first and last figures make 13.
and the figures 100 3 added to-
gether make 13.
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AN ORDINANCE

PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL
LAX ON ALL DOGS FOUND
WITHIN THE LIMITS Or
The TOWN OF LANcaS
TER.
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Notice of DISCHARGE,

Notice is hereby given that on
the 1th day of FEBRUARY, A. d.
1903, the undersigned as admin
lstrator of the estate of III. A. M
Steele, deceased, will file his final
return and settlement and make
application to the Probate Court
for the County of Lancaster. S.
u, tor final discharge as such
administrator.
JOHN II. STEELE,
Administrator.
Lancaster, S. c., Jan. 6, 1908.
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MAKING OF MORAL
STANDARDS OF SOUTH.
Come From Public Senti-
nlent Not Presidential DiCtum.
Rev. w. b. Capers Criticises
Roosevelt for His Course To-
ward the South on the
Negro Question.

The Columbia, Temp, Daily
Herald contains the following
which will be of special interest
to the people of South Carols
ma:
President Roosevelt's appoint
ment of negroes to Office in the
south, and his attempt to place
them upon an equality socially
with the southern people, was the
subject of strong criticism by
Rev. w. b. Capers yesterday
morning during his sermon at the
Episcopal church. -
Mr.. Capers took for bis text
Matthew, 26-52: 'sPut up thy
sword again into its place, for all
they who live by the sword shall
perish by the sword.' The trend
cf the minister's remarks was
that might does not make right.
Reforms (vainly soocalled), he
said, conceived in the ambitious
designs of bad men, born at the
inception of strife, and nurtured
upon the spoils and plunder of
people, are but short lived in
their triumphs and are most per-
niciOus in their influence, and
stand In sickening contrast 10 the
reforms for which Christ strove.
which were permanent in their
nature and universally beneficial
in their influence. In other words,
Christ sought to reform the
world, to reform the individual
by conviction, and not by physi
cal and external force.
Charles the Great drove thous
ands of barbarians into the bap
tlsmal waters at the point of the
sword, but that did not make them
Christians.
The Speaker then turned his
attention to the arbitrary course
President Roosevelt is pursuing
in his attempt to enforce negro
officials on the south and have the
negro recognized socially, which
he is doing, said-thc munster, not
only in violation of that princi-
pie of diplomacy which causes the
withdrawal of representative
one country to another, when that
is distasteful to tho
people among whom he is sent,
but is persisting in it over the
protests of the citizens, the legis-
latures, the national representa-
tives and the best element of his
own party in the States where be
is making his appointments.
"We may be coerced into ac-
cepting the negro officials" said
MIR. Capers, "but by thus allying
himself with the most vicious ele-
.ents of his party, he wilLsimply
realize the force of another Scri,.-
tural maxim, handmaiden to our
text: with what measure you
meet it out, 1T shall be measured
to you again The principle IN
the life of the municipality and in
the life of the individual is the
same; the moral .tandards of our
community are going to be, not
what we make them by the enact
ing of law, but what the public
sentiment Of this community says
hey shall lie If you want a
community which practices tenn
perance, soberness and chastity,
public sentiment must create n
Standard: and if laws are framed
and enacted TO minimize moral
corruption public sentiment mast
De back of hose laws, or else the
avs and officers of the law are
alike powerless to achieve the
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-02-04

"A bill has been reported fav-
orably in the North Carolina
House of Representatives forbid
ding the marriage of first cousins.
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LAX ON ALL DOGS FOUND
WITHIN THE LIMITS or
THE TOWN OF LANCAS.
TER.
BE it ordained by the Mayor
ana Aldermen of the Town of
Lancaster,in council assembled and
by the authority of same.
SEC. That an annual tax If
One Dollar is hereby assessed and
levied against the owner of each
dog or bitch kept within the cor
porate limits of said town to be
PAID on or before Jany. LIST 1909
and on or before January LIST Of
each t,, and every year thereafter
That upon payment of said tax.
the theH owner S of any dog or bitch
Saa!l be furnished by the Chief of
io'ce with tag which shall he
immediately placed upon said doc
OF pitch by being attached to .
COlldr.
SEC. 2. That any dog or hitch
found running at large without
tne Tag prescribed III Section I ~
this ordinance, shall. be seizod ond
impounded by the off ears of tha
town and unless the soid tox 80
Dne Dollar, together with nm od
oiIionai amount of twenty Gu,
cents for the taking upnf said do~ @
or bitch, is paid within ,b;rtvs
nous from time of seizure. ,bon
sala dog or bitch shall forth w,,h
be killed. '"with
hatlfied by the Mayor and Al.
.oe oermen in council assembled III.
zo'h day of July, 1902.
,. Il. E. WYLrE.
Mayor.
IL. S. G. D. JONES,
Clerk.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-02-04

pOH Kn0tO UHdt YOU are Taki,,0
When you take Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic because the form
ula is plainly printed on every bot
Me showing that it is simply Iror
and Quinine in tasteless form
No Cure. No Pay. soc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-02-04
What The Senate
May Do This Week,
Some of the Measures That Have
Already Passed Bill, Now
On The Calendar.
The State, 2d inst.

be regarded as the most IMPORT
ant of the session. From the
beginning monday night there has
been a manifest disposition to get
down to earnest work and many
important matters have Leen care
fully considered and intclIigontly
voted upon.
The surprise Of the session is
the passage of the child labor
measure by large majorities on
both the second and third read-
lngs without debate. This is
matter in which the entire State
has been deeply interested, and
for several sessions has been de-
feated III the general assembly by
decreasing majorities. The dis
cusslon extended to the meetings
Eeld previous to the primary cleo
tlons thus taking the matter, IN
large measure, out of the hands of
the general assembly. Every
senator had fully made up bis
mind on the question before COM
ing 10 the capital. The matter is
now ln the housc of Representa-.
tives and the outcome is watched
with interest throughout the
State.
The biennial sessions measure,
which also passed the senate is
not SO much II matter of surprise.
! 1T Is necessary that the bill shall
receive two thirds majority of
10th houses before it can go be-
fore the people in the shape of an
amendment to the constitution 10
be voted on in the general cleo
ton. 1t is the people, therefore,
and not the general assembly who
must say whether there shall be
biennial sessions or not, and on
them the members seem willing to
shift the responsibility.
A compulsory education meas,
ure also passed the senate but in
its present shape it is like castoria
harmless. The Imprisonment
clause beng stricken out and only
the penalty Of fine being attach
ed it cannot be considered a very
stringent or radical measure.
1t is hard to foretell what dis
position the house will make of
the measure when 1t comes befo: c
it this week.
CONTESTED MEASURES
The senate has on its calendar
several measures which are cal.
culated to provoke discussion.
viz: Mr.. Hydrlck's Joint resolu
ton to extend the time for the
payment or taxes without penalty
until March 81, 1908; the bill to
regulate and fix the liabilities of
railroad companies having a re-
lief department to its employees:
a bill to regulate the traffic in
seed cotton and uupacked lint cot
ton; bill to provide scholarships
Tor post graduate study in South
Carolina college; a bill to require
State and not the railroad com.
panles to pay salaries of the rail
road commissioners and their
clerk and few others, TO say
nothing of the house bill 10 pro
hibit cock fighting in the State.
The latter has already been touch
ed on and promises much amuse-
ment when 1t comes squarely be-
fore the senate.
Thus far no bills looking to the
repeal OF the lien law nor the an
nihilaticn of the dog have been
Introduced.
The calendar is in fine shape, hut
20 far only few measures have
come from the house
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-13

Mr. Darrow proceeded at some length to
verify his assertion and quoted from the
testimony of the late Arie Pardee, a coal
operator. before congressional investi-
cation 20 years ago, showing the alleged
blind spirit" of the operators a score OF
years back when they refused TO treat
with the organization OF the men.
BoERs SLIDING SCALE.
The same spirit, he said. exists today.
lie briefly referred 10 the spirit shown by
John Markle IN evicting 10 persons for al
legged criminal acts and then took up Mr.
Baer's sliding scale proposition made yes
terday. He said that IL Mr. Baer believed
that he made a nice, fair proposition he
proposed to show that II was not With
the assistance OF the miners expert sta
tistician. Mr.. Darrow showed the one
per cent raise on five cents suggested by
Mr.. Baer would give the operator an in
crease Of Sis per cent in profits and the
Miners only lis per cent on the 81 80 basis.
Mr.. Darrows remarks on the proposition
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-13
HUNT SEEKS
A new
TRIAL
Claims His Conviction on Charge
Of Assault and EmbezzIement
Was Wrongful.

The petitions for new trials filed by
James L. Hunt, who was indicted on a
charge OF assault and for embezzlement,
were heard today in the supreme court.
Briefs filed ask for a new trial In the
assault case on the ground that he was
charged with assaulting Herbert w.
Root. and he alleges error in the name,
the man being Hubert W. Root. as he
testified when recalled at the trial OF the
case before Judge Wilbur.
In the case of embeZzlement he affirmed
that the verdict was against the evidence.
Attorney General Stearns, representing
the state. submitted a brief in the assault
case and stated that the witness, Root
was very accommodating and would
testify differently regarding his name
when the two counsel questioned him.
The witness. Root. was an unwilling wit
ness for the state, as appears from the
record and was friendly to the defend
ant. Hunt.
'"rhe similarity OF the names Hubert
and Herbert made IL a case of idem So
mans. and the most that the defendant
could ask for Is that the question of
idem sonans be left to the jury
The attorney general submitted that the
counsel for the defence took no excep-
tlon whatever TO the charge OF Judge
Wilbur To the jury at the time.
Regarding the other petition he stated
that the defendant had n fair trial and
that in that case the Judge acceeded TO
the request OF the counsel for the de-
fence I'm charging the jury.
The matter is pending.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-13
TRYING To
TO COLLECT
$4,000
Mechanics Savings Bank Of
Westerly Loaned That Sum TO
Indian Territory Oil Co.

despatch from Guthrie. Okla. says:
In the case OF the Mechanics Savings
Bank. Westerly, Il. L.. and others against
the Indian Territory Illuminating oil
company. wherein receiver ia asked for.
the latter company a New Jersey corpor-
alton. tn" attorneys agreed upon 10
davs truce pending the settlement 81
matters iu dispute
The plaintiffs asked a receiver FOR tho
settlement of an alleged debt Of $4,000.
The ease was called before chief Justice
Burfo-d of oklahoma, bat action was
postponed
The Mechanics Savings bank OF Wes-
terly which made au assignment two
years ago. took the initiative In tho suit
commenced Ht Guthrie. okla. against the
Indian Territory Illuminating oil COM
panNs for au accounting Tho bank had
at various times advanced money To- the
oil company until N0.WO had been paid
out.
The trustees who are at work settling
M the afairs of the crippled bank hope
by this action 10 learn the exact state
Of affairs. with the object OF realizing on
their Investment The bank has already
paid one dividend OF = per cent on
81 $1,000 OF deposits.
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ANTITRUST LAWS.
Passed al This Time They VIII Work
Harmful Results, Sage Says,

New York, Feb. 13-1n conversation
OH the subject of anti trust legislation,
Russell Sage is quoted as saying:
"The trust proposition has not reached
a stage where the evils have presented
themselves plainly and Ia definite form.
Legislation at this time will only work
harmful results. for no one can put his
finger on the danger spots.
THE situation. M Il appears 10 me, rs
similar to n case or Illness. with the
trust as the patient The doctors are
called I'm. They simply watch develop
ments. and time speedily develops what
IL the matter Then the curatiyes are
applied.
at ls the same with the trust question
In this country. II will not be too late
10 await developments and closely watch
these big combinations Of capital Prac-
iicallv 50 per cent Of them are young and
bad tcnInc.es can he readily cured when
these make themselves felt. I'm I'm ia
V0r ~ allowing time and the American
people to introduce proper legislation at
the proper moment"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-13

FIRED A.
PISTOL
He Is a Strike Breaking Shoe
Gutter, and Claims He Was
Attacked by a Mob.

Lynn, Mass, Feb: .1s.-When Fred lie
champ. the b. & s. w. L. strike breaker
from Cincinnati who was arrested last
night for firing a revolver at men al
the corner of Liberty and Market streets
was put in the police court today the
complaint against him had been changed
from assault on James Shelley and Fran
els Richards In violation OF the city ord-
nances in discharging a revolver on the
public streets.
Lechamp pleaded guilty, but the case
was continued TO Monday. that the po-
lice may investigate Lechamp's story
that stones were thrown at him. There
is much comment in Lynn over this ac-
ton. the general sentiment being that
aiming a revolver at men on the street
and firing should be considered as assault
and the prisoner permitted to plead self
defence. If he chooses.
Iechamp claims that he was followed
by Is or % men, and that on Liberty
street as he was about TO enter his lodg-
ing house he was hit by an egg and also
hit by piece OF ice on the shoulder tnat
the crowd called, XIII the scab, ana
that fearing bodily harm he hred In the
air.
The police have been unable to find
that more than six men were there at
the time and claim that Lechamp was
talking with them.
George Brown. arrested during the
evening I'm crowd that followed strike
breaking cutters. was held for the 1uve-
nile court today on charge OF disorderly
conduct. Frank Herlarty charged with
failure To move when ordered by police
man. was fined S..
During the early morning the front or
the Connolly block. where many or the
strike breakers are boarding, was bonn
n Ia 4. ls.ast 70 "
thrown against the windows and store
front
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-13

There was no objection and the resolution
was passed
Mr.. Mcdonald presented, by request, a
bill to regulate the time OF the opening
and closing of the polls In the town OF
Cranston. providing for the opening Of
the polls in that town at a. m. and clos
Ing at p. m.
Mr.. M'DONALD HITS BACK
In presenting the bill Mr.. Mcdonald
asked IL he was acting within his rights
and said that when a sneer was directed
at him yesterday he was tempted to re-
ply, but he was reminded of the old
Spanish proverb which was 1T was a
waste OF lather to shave an ass"
Mr.. Palmer arose and said that because
OF the blower working he did not hear the
bray. '....'.t..
Mr.. Rathbun presented the petition by
request OF the members OF the Sixth
Ward Republican club that the general
assembly pass the bill providing for the
regulation OF the nomination of candi-
dates for office end delegates to party
convention in the city of Providence.
which provides that all candidates 20 be
supported at the respective party eau
cuses shall be nominated by legal voters
Of the ward and published at least one
week before a caucus. The petition was
signed by George r. McAuslan and four
others. Committee on the judiciary.
Judge Johnson presented by request.
the petition of Frank 3. Reynolds, A. +.
Vaughan and % others. taxpayers OF the
city of Providence, that the general as
sembly pass the caucus bill referred to in
the petition presented by Mr. Rathbun.
Committee on the judiciary.
Also a joint resolution providing for a
joint meeting of the house and senate on
Tuesday next at convenient hour, 10
listen TO addresses by the commissioners
OF the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
who will visit this state I'm the interest OF
the exposition. Read, passed and or
dereed communicated to the senate.
At 1923 the house adjourned on motion
of Mr.. Cranston.