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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24
Has Made a Good Governor.
not "Popular" With
the Politicians, but Strong
With the People.
I Iorkville Enquirer.

o'hNiiIe Enquirer.
NJ. b. McSwceney has made
good Governor. He has not been
popular with the politicians since
he succeeded to the Gubernatorial
chair on the death of Governor
Ellerbe. How he has been able
to make the political progress he
has since made, in spite of them,
is proposition we are unable to
eluc!date. 1t is fact, however,
that he owes more to the good
sense of the people than to any
other consideration. He was a
good man for the place, the sound
sense and judgment Of the voters
were too much for the politicians,
and this accounts for his elevation.
All Of his State papers have been
able and unequivocal, and for
wisdom, fairness and conservatism
his administration will compare
favorably with that of the best
Governor the State has had since
the war. 1t is to bo hoped that
the State will not he permanently
deprived of the services of so
valuable q citizen.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24
Bankers Missing.

jacksonville, Tex, Jan. 2O.-
The bank of G. N. Flaeger & Co.
has failed to open its doors. The
three members of the firm are
said to have left the city. At q
meeting Of the depositors, mostly
farmers, committee was appoint.
ed to begin bankruptcy proceed
lngs. Until this action is taken,
the assets and liabilities will not
be known.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24
HEADS SHOULD NEVER
ACEE,

Never endure this trouble.
Use at once the remedy thatstop-
ped it for Mrs. N. A. Webster,
of Winnie, Va, she writes CDR.
Kings New Life Pills wholly
cured me of sick headaches | had
suffered from for two years {"
Cure Headache, Constipation,
Biliousness. 25c at Crawford
Bros, and j. +. Mackey & Co. ,
drug store.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24
State Fair Society
Loses Two officers.
Col. Thomas w. Hollowa,
and Maj. A. H. White
Both Die very Unexpect-
edly at Their Re,
spective Homes.
The State, 21st inst.

ne Otate, ZlSt inst.
At 2 o'clock this moning the
news reaches The State upon
the arrival of the train from
Greenville of the unexpected
death Of one of South Carolina's
finest, best men-Col. Thomas
w. Holloway, of Pomaria, New.
berry county. 1t is sad CO.
incidence that the announcement
of the death of the distinguished
president of the South Carolina
Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety had just been written, when
the news came of the death of the
popular and efficient secretary of
the same organization.
Col. Holloway has been suffer
ing more or less with rheuma~
tism since last fall, having had
severe attack last fair week. Up
to a few days ago he was confn-
ed to his room, but was up on
Monday. Last night at II o'clock
he died very Unexpectedly. No
further details have been received,
and the arrangements for the fun-
eral have not been made.
Col. Tom Holloway was one of
natures noblemen; no finer South
Carolinian ever lived. His friend
ship was uudying. His devotion
to his State was part OF mis- cxis-
tence. He stood for all that was
high and elevating. For several
years conditions were such that
but for Col. Thomas. w. uollo-
way the State fair would never
have been in existence today;
there were times when the Fair
society was Thomas w. Hollo-
way.
MAI. A. II. WHITE DEAD.
News was received in the city
yesterday Of the sudden death in
Rock Hill of Major A. II. White,
the president of the Sta!e Agri-
cultural and Mechanical society
of South Carolina, and a leading
citizen of the Palmetto State.
Major White had scores of
friends in Columbia who will
sincerely regret to hear of his
death.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24

for the afternoon, that full honor
might be done the martyr editor
and appreciation of his work be
shown.
The funeral services were be
gun at Trinity at 4 o'clock and
were concluded at Elmwood Gem
etery as night was falling. At
the church, preceding the casket,
were two of the pallbearers, bear
ing the magnificent tribute that
had been sent by his fellow work
ers on the State. The background
of the offering was field of white
chrysanthemums, the size of a
sheet of the State. The headline,
"The State" with the palmetto
tree, an emblem dear to the heart
of the dead editor, was worded
out in black lmmortelles. The
date line and inverted column
rules were also of black. The
three middle columns were not
marked with the column rules,
and in this space was the state
ment, simple indeed, but bearing
a-uorld of sorrow to those who
gave this last tribute to their dead
chief: IN. g. Gonzales. Born
1858, died 1908. The State
founded 1891"
The casket was borne by the
active pallbearers, all of whom
were associated with Mr.. Gonza-
les in the work on the State and
represented the different depart
ments of the paper. They were:
Active-James A. Hoyt, Jr. :,
Robert Latham, e. j. Watson,
William Banks, f. G. Withers,
M. @. Wallace, q. j. Carmack,
Il. l.. Cureton, E. A. Holler, A.
p. Browne.
Following came the honorary
pallbearers, who were:
Judge "A. @. Haskell, DR. b w
Taylor, DR.. j. w. Babcock, Mr..
John A. Crawford, Mr.. Charles
Ellis, Prof. r. Means Davis, w.
H. Lyles, j. Q. Marshall, John
p. Thomas, Jr:, G. Fitzsimmons,
w. H. Gibbes, Jr., j. H. Wal,
kor.
Even at the cemetery, which is
some distance from Trinity, there
was large gathering. The fina
services were conducted by Bishop
Capers, and while the last rites
were going on the choir of Trini,
ty sang, "Jesus, Lover of My
Soul" and other hymus.
When the mound was rounded
off it was completely covered with
the floral offerings that had beer
sent.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24
Guilty OF Murder
In Second Degree.
Wilcox Sentenced to Penitentiary
for Thirty Years-The Full
Limit of The Law.

After being out for "a hours, the
jury in the Wilcox murder case at
Hertford, n. c., at 9 O'Clock this
evening returned verdict of
murder in the second degree, and
the defendant was sentenced to
the penitentiary for 80 years, the
full limit of the law. Wilcox's
attorneys gave notice that an ap-
peal will be taken to the supreme
court. The prisoner will be re-
turned to Jail at Elizabeth City,
where his alleged crime was COM
mitted, to await the orders of the
court.
THE SENTENCE.
In sentencing the prisoner
Judge w. b. Councill said in
part:
"The jury have seen fit to re,
turn a rerdict of Murder in the
second degree. They have found
that the defendant took the life of
Miss Cropsey through malice but
without premeditation and delib.
GRAFTON. BY what process of rea-
soning they arrived at this con
clusion it Is not for me to say.
regard their action, however, in
the light that they have been as
charitable to the defendant as
possible in tho light of the cvi-
denco in the case as they viewed
1t, and resolved oil doubt upon
the question of generalization and
deliberation in favor Of the de-
fendant, if guilty, thing he de-
serves the full limit of the law"
The prisoner was called upon at
the Jail after the verdict. He
was very pleasant to tbs reporter,
but did not care to talk of his
case.
THE ALLEGED CRIME.
The crlme of which James E.
! Wilcox was found guilty is alleg-
ed to have been committed at
Elizabeth City, N. g., on Dec.
90. 1901. He had called at the
home of Miss Nell Croosey, and
when leaving at II o'clock at
night called the girl out into the
hall. This was the last seen of
her alive. Her body was found
in the river 800 yards from her
home 81 days later, and a slight
bruise was tsuLd on her head,
(which led to the theory advanced
by the State that she had been
hit with blunt instrument and
thrown into the stream. The evil
dence against Wilcox was Cir
cumstantial. He was convicted
of murder in the first degree at
the first hearing last March, in
Elizabeth City, but on account OF
a demonstration in the court dur
ing the trial new trial was
granted and the case moved to an
adjoining county. The jury which
tried the case the second time was
composed Of II white men anj
one negro. Five of the former
are Quakers.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24

Gold In abundance is to reported
to have been discovered near Daw-
son, Washington, and there is a
regular stampede of prospecto7s
to the gold fields.
Seventeen lynchers have fled
from Mississippi to avoid ar
rest.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24
Senator Tillman to Speak In Char
lesion.

Senator Tillman to Speak In Char
lesion.
The announcement is made by
the dean and faculty of the South
Carolina Medical College that the
invitation to the Hon. b. II. Till
man to deliver the annual com
IhGncetnent address to the gradua-
ting class of 1908 has been &C
cepted. Mr.. Ti!Iman's address
will be made to the class in medi-
cine and pharmacy at the annual
commencement exercises to be
held at the Academy of Music
April 2, 19O3.-Ncws and Cou-
rier.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24
IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES.
Columbia MournS Her
Brave And Brilliant Son.
An Outpouriug of The people of
the Capital of South Carroll
ma at the Funeral of N.
@. Gonzales.
Special to News and Courier.

Columbia, January 90. ALL
Columbia attended the funeral of
N. G.. Gonzales this afternoon. 1t
was a bitter cold and miserable
day, but that did not prevent the
church from being crowded with
the throngs who admired and
loved the distinguished editor for
the great work he lad done for
his State and city.
Columbia has been deeply
shocked and affected by the TRACE
dy, and it is only now that the
fulness of the loss and the char
acter of the tragedy is being real
lied. There has been general
and widespread sorrow, regret
and sympathy, and all Of these
converged into one saddened con-
gregation in old Trinity Church
to-day. Bishop capers paid the
last tribu,e from the living to the
dead. Here were bowed heads
aud sorrowing hearts. Here were
woros of solace and comfort, holy
words of prayer and suppIication.
1t was a gathering that was deep
ly moved by the thought of what
the bearing of that casket meant
to at least two families, to CONS
munity, to whole State. The
congregation waited in silence for
the funeral cortege to arrive, and
then the stiffness was broken by
the faltering voice of Bishop
Capers, as he preceded the flower
covered bier, speaking of the
Resurrection and the Life. Again
the quietude of the affected audi
tors was broken by the solemn
words Of the lessoa read IN tho
service by DR.. Samuel M. Smith.
Then there came tremulously
forth the notes of sLead Kindly
Light"
Hardly had the thrill of the
hymn passed away when that
soul-reaching hymn, "Nearer,
NY God, to Thee" made all real
izo by how slender a cord life
hangs.
The Rev. Mr.. SatterIee read
the responsive funeral service, and
then that soldierly servant of
God, Bishop Capers, with feel
ing that was restrained with an
effort, read the beautiful funeral
service OF the Episcopal Church.
Word by word the, service was
followed and then the body was
taken out to its last resting place,
a silent sadness pervading the
congregation while the choir
chanted "Abide With Me-"
PLACES OF BUSINESS CLOSED.
There were no words of eulogy
from the pulpit. They were
needless, for there was that throng
in the church that had gone there
in the bitter cold and rain, and
there was the added fact that
every place of business on Main
street had closed for the funeral,
and what was indeed most note.
worthy was that every cotton mil
In Columbia closed down at 3.3C
O'Clock as a mark>of respect. The
great wheels at Olympia, at the
Columbia Mills, at CRANKY anc
Richland, at the Capital City ant
Palmetto were all quiet, and near.
ly thirty thousand operatives were
told that they need not work fol
the rest of the day. Business
industry and all were suspended
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24
You Kno,o What You are Taking

When you take Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic because the form
ula is plainly printed on every bot
Ne showing that it is simply lror
and Quinine in q tasteless form
No Cure. No Pay. soc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24
FINDS WAY TO LIVE
LONG,

The startling announcement of
a Discovery that will surely leng-
then life is made by editor 0. H.
Downey, of Churubusco, Ind. 81
wish to state," he writes, "that
DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption is the most infalli
BILE remedy that have ever
known for Coughs, Colds and
Grip. It's invaluable to people
with weak lungs. Having this
wonderful medicine no one need
dread Pneumonia or Consump-
ton. Its relief is instant and
cure certain" AT j. T. Mackey's
& Go. and Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-01-24

The bubonic plague is increas-
ing in Mexico; the death rate is
extraordinarily heavy.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29
POSTAL FRAUDS.
Postoffice Inspector stlrs Up Bad
rless In Indian Territory,

A Muskegee special to the Kansas
City Journal today has the following:
There is now being unearthed in In
dian Territory one Of the biggest star
route postal frauds that has been exposed
IN long time. c. E. McGinnis, assis-
tant to the second assistant postmaster
general, has been in the territory Tor
several weeks and left for Washington
last night.
II has since been learned from the
very best authorities that he will cause
stir in postal circles when he makes his
report. 1t will involve two or three COM
panies in Missouri and two national
banks in the same state and more than
100 postal routes here,
There has been a company there which
hes taken over 100 mail contracts in In
dian Territory, all of which have been
sublet contrary to law, the Missouri COM
pany getting g per cent of the profits
and the parties with whom they deal
were getting IS. It is believed that war
rants will be issued for more than twenty
persons in Indian Territory within ten
days and there will be several for persons
in Missouri, some of whom have been
mixed up in similar affair before.
Copies of the contracts between the
Missouri firm and the subcontractors
have been found and are in the posses
sion of the inspectors. The direct re-
suit of the discovery of fraud will be the
canceling of the old contracts Covering
the routes from Muskogee to Lee; Mus
kogee to Ball Hill; Lee to Stone Bluff;
Wagner to Choska; Nowata to Choska;
thirteen routes running out Of Checotah
and thirty FIVE routes in the Chickasaw
nation.
McGinnis says there are more than
100 Of these contracts and in some OF
them the persons interested have made a
profit OF 1920 per month. New contracts
are to be advertised Cor at once.
Ii took the inspector thirteen weeks
to locate the man who was supposed to
have the contracts running out of Ada
in the Chickasaw nation and when he
found him he found l4-year.old boy
This boy is said to have been recon-
mended by national bank in Missouri,
and was supposed to live in Missouri He
had never been out of the Indian Terri
tory.
McGinris caused 4 big stir here He
did not give up the names Of any Of the
persons connected with the frauds, but
It has since been learned that his reports
will recommend the removal of seyeral
postmasters in the smaller Offices and
one in one of the largest Offices in the
territory There will also be involved
some OF the most prominent citizens IN
INDIAN Territory and the national hanks
which cashed the warrants for the sub
contractors
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29
very largely for the National
ticket. A combination Of cir
cumstances have made it 50.

If the Downing party is de-
feated in the coming election,
which now seems highly prooa-
bic, it will be simply a rebuke
administered, not to Mr.. Rogers
personally, but to the group Of
scoundrels who are behind him.
The way the convention was
conducted, the outrageous me
thods adopted to defeat I. NJ.
Burlington were simply dis
graceful. The Cherokee people
will administer a stinging blow
to the gang Of bloodsuckers'
who have lived off the nation
for a generation,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29
For the Senate
JOHN FRANKLIN.
GEO. W. MAYES.
For the Council
w. l.. TROTT,
TEECE CHAMBERS,
JOHN McGHEE,
GEO. PUMPKIN,
HENRY CLARK,
JOHN r. MCINTOSH,
JOHN SANDERS
No Cherokee voter Should be

No Cherokee voter should be
misled by wild and extravagant
reports that may be circulated
on the eve of election. The
facts at the present time indi-
cate beyond doubt the ell
ection of Cookson by a ma
iority Of from fiye-hundred to
eight-hundred. There is no
even betting on Rogers. Those
who are rash enough to gamble
on Rogers want odds two to
one and more. The Rogers
forces have spent a good deal
Of money and wind, but the
best informed among them
have already thrown up their
hands and quit the fight. Both
Vinita precincts will be carried
by Cookson. The report S
from all over the Cherokee ma
ton are encouraging, and the
National party people are sim
ply iubilant.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29

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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29
TOLETSiIONEYAS6LAR

WNI9N NN'1l~9 :
For sale at Peoples drug store.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29

The present Cherokee cam
paign is strenuous enough for
the most fastidious. It is get
ting fast and furious and some
folks are going up salt river
next week.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29

The reception given (. u.
Cookson Yesterday by citizens
of fVinita was but the expression
Of popular public sentiment un
trammeled by partisan feeling.
Mr.. Cookson's open frankness
and superb independence cap
tivates the better element oi
the Cherokee people.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29

The Dawes Commission clerks
at the Tahlequah land Office
have organized themselves in
to the Benevolent Order of
Grafters. Bixby is away on a
vacation and may take it SER
iously unless it is labeled "ioke'
when the pews reaches him.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29

The Chieftain states as us
deliberate judgement tnat Do'h
nreeincts in vinita will give
good maiorities for cookson
next Monday. If the sentiment
Of this city is UNDERSTOOD -
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29

Clarence Douglas has decid-
ed to let Hitchcock off for the
present, and has therefore post
poned his contemplated trip to
Oyster bay.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29

The aggregation Of philan-
thropic moralists who are sup
porting w. G. Rogers in this
city are loking for soft place
to fall.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29

Let us not forget to urge
waterworks and sewerage, in
season and out of season.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-07-29

The scent packet is enough for usual
accasious. The family b lttle (60ceuts)
contains supply for a srar. All
druggists sell them. Nv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
Negroes on the War Path.

Deputy Sheriff J B. Stephens
brought in five negroes from the
Ike community this morning all Of
whom were charged with fighting.
Yesterday afternoon d negro man
from that community went to the
county clerks Office and procured a
marriage license for Haywood King
and Emeline Sampson. He claimed
that he was well acquainted with
the parties and made AFFIDAVIT to
the fact that the man was twenty
two years Of age and the woman
twenty-three years old. The bride
to be, however, was a girl Of fifteen
years, and II is claimed that the
trouble came up over this matter.
The grand jury is investigating the
matter today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23

Capt. G. NJ. Sammons has just
completed q new sidewalk in front
of the Deehman property on College
street, occupied r. Boehle, the
baker. The walk is made of Ken
nedale pressed brick, which is very
durable material for sidewalks and
street paving. This paper is glad to
note this stroke of enterprise, as
the work was not done before it was
needed. The new passenger station
of the Central is to be opened to the
public soon and when that is done
nearly all the travel will be on Col
lege street. The old wooden walks
in front of the other buildings on
this street are very unsightly and
should be taken away and replaced
with brick. The walk in front of
the Dechman building is so con-
structed that it can be continued in
front of the other buildings without
a break in it's surface. Improve
ments of this kind not only add to
the appearance of the property, but
its value as well.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
Collar Bone Broken

Master Auson Cole, the l-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cole
had his collar bone broken Tuesday
afternoon during the field day exer,
cises on the campus of the Park
High School. A wire had been
stretched around the grounds where
the field exercises were taking place
To keep the crowds back In run.
ming race Master Anson ran against
the wire, being struck with it just
under the chin. He was thrown
down, his head striking against the
roots of a small tree, resulting In
breaking his collar bone. lie was
taken home and physician sum
moned to attend to his injury. The
hurt is causing him quite a gooc
deal of suffering, but he is reported
to be doing very nicely.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
THE FIRST MEETING HELD
Trustees Discuss Site for the
Sims Library Building.

The first meeting of the trustees
of the Sims library fund was held in
Waxahacbie yesterday afternoon.
The trustees are Judge o. f. Dun
lap, $. NJ. Dunlap and Geo II. Gun
ningham, and all were present.
This meeting was devoted chiefly to
a discu ssion OF a probable site on
which to erect the library building,
and this matter will be settled before
the plans for building are eonsid-
cred. Judge Dunlap, in speaking of
the meeting, said 1t was the desire
of the trustees to acquire possession
of the city park for a building site
provided perfect title to the prop
erty can be obtained. Whether the
city council will transfer this prop
erty to the trustees is matter of
conjecture, but it Is believed a salts
factory deal can be made.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-23
The Baylor. Trinity Game.

In speaking of the game of base
ball played Tuesday afternoon be-
tween the Baylor University and
Trinity University teams the Waco
Times-H Herald says:
Baylor University went down
before the Trinity University in
vincibles yesterday afternoon, the
score being II to in favor OF the
visitors. The game was one of the
best college games that has been
played in Wcco this season and
while Baylor went down in defeat
she did not do so without giving
Trinity all she wanted and really
more than her moneys worth.
There was good crowd present
and while the roofing was for the
most part for the home team the
visitors were given credit for every
good play they made.
This makes the series "A tie for the
two teams as far as games are con
cerned and now the tie must be
broken. 1t is not known just when
this will take place, but some time
in the near future and in the mean
time both teams are going to be in
fine condition for the next game, for
this will settle which OF the two is
the champion