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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-05-27
Twelve Inches Of Hail.

Reidsville, Ga, May 23.-The
most destructive tornado that has
swept Tattnall county for years
occurred this afternoon, lasting
ten minutes. During this brief
period section between Reds
vile and Collins was practically
cleared Of all crops and only the
strongest trees remained standing.
Houses were leveled am it IS re
markablc that thus far report OF
but one life having been lost has
been received The victim was a
negro employee at the saw mill OF
A c Parker & Son; falling
smokcstack struck him.
At Collins family Of five was
struck by lightning. They were
stunned, but were revived. Their
home was destroyed. SO heavy
was the accompanying hail that
the stones lay or the ground to a
depth Of twelve inches.
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Light Distress.
EXchang..

Exchange.
81 heard new term the other
day, said w B Snow, Jr., to the
Charlotte Observer. 1T was ar
Winston. An old lady ana her
two daughters came into a mil
llnery store, The young women
wore mourning hats. The old
woman said to the clerks: IL
want a mourning lat fo am in
mourning. But my datter here,
indicating, is a widder Of two
years standing and she is in light
distress. Give her a hat with
b,pe feathers on it."
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-05-27
Goes TO Get Immigrants For
South Caroline.


New York; May 24.-N. i. G.
WynGaardcn, commissioner
sent nhrnal hy tho governor md
other prominent c,Iizens of South
C8ruliru, tu secure IMMIGRANT :
to people proposed new ,citlc-
ment for which large trnct has
been set apart in the State, sailed
for Europe today in the steamer
Petsdpm He will visit Germgny
Holland and Belgium and will
distribute liiarture explaining the
enterprise Mr.. Wyngnnrdo II
said before sti!ing before snlliug
that the Land had been purchased
by the governor and his assnciu
teS, that 1t WAS very fertile and
that good cotton and other crops
could be raised upon it. 1t was
pr"pnsed also, he said, to eStub
lish factories there. Ncgroca, he
added, seemed unable to achieve
satisfactory results as agriuultu-
ra lists "nd this had prompted The
lnvita;i II 10 the foreigners IN
LII 4 I
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-05-27
winthrop College Scholarship
and Entrance Examination.

Tne eXsmiu :ii0n for The ownd ne
vacant scho aiships IA Winthrop i'ol
'ege aud for the admission of new SIN
tents VIII lie ld ut the county Court
;lon%e "n bFiGay, July 7lh al %. M
Applicants inust not he less tuan nj.
'een years Of age, When schoiagships
n'e vacated af,or July 7lh, &! ey viii
he AWARDED t" those making tie bip,
est average It THIS eXamination pro, j.
Heo thry meet lie conditions govern
'hg me award. Applicants :ol scho;-
arshipa shunid write to Pra.i,i..n,
Johnson brio the examination r
scho,a ship examination blanks.
Schoiarshl2s are worth 500 and
.ree tuition ThG next session will
open September 20 1905. For fursne,
aud ca a!ogne address
Pre- ID. Is JohnsQn,
hork Hill, > &,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-05-27
Lancaster 5 c., May 27th, 1905.

Mr. + ID Blakeney, in a letter to
The State, declares that the pco-
pie of Lancaster were not indig
nant over the arrests made in con-
neCtion with the kershaw lynch
ing, but were inccnsed over the
manner of obtaining the alleged
evidence. A detective often re-
sorts to the lowest and dirticst
tricl;cry to obtain evidence, but
according TO Mr. Blakency lIowie,
the detective employed by Soil
citor Henry, went to the limit in
such tactics. Mr. Blakcncy's
statement being correct, is is not
surprising that the people were
more or less cnragcd and that the
evidence obtained by the detec
tivc's method was largely value
lcss.-Columbia Record.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-05-27
NotiCe to Debtors and
Creditors OfC II Latham

All persons having claims
against the estate of Charles
Harvey Latham, deceased, will
present them properly proven to
the undersigned for payment, and
all persons indebted to said estate
wili make immediate pyament to
the same. John + Green,
May IL, IQO5-Im Executor.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-05-27
DON'T BORROW TROUBLE

1t is . bal hahit to borrow any
thing, but ;hc worst thing ,ou
can possibly borrow, is trouble.
" hen sick, sore, hoavy, weary
and worn out by the pains and
po,sqrs Of dyspepsia, billousnes<,
@right's disease, any similar in-
ternal disorders, don't sit down
and brood oyer your symptoms,
but fly for relief to EIcc,
trio Bitters. Here You will find
sure and permanent forgc,fulncss
OF all your troubles, and your
body will not he bHrdened by n
load of debt disease. At Crnw-
ford Bros j. f. Mackey & Co.,
Funderburk Pharmacy. Drug
stores Prices soc. Guaranteed
----~--~~~s',< ,&S,s---
& = & Y EzR :, &. {. y G.
tf1 u nnoEt Il Ii,.. ~,
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State of South Carolina.
DOUNTY OF LANCASTER

"I j E SreWmap, ESQ. Probate
Judge N
u WHERENS rs 7. C Lrz ,nby made
nit TO ne, to Srant him letters Of nd
of the estate of and es
icct' OF John \ KiiiCr
Til k3E IRE THERE Or to
c!e and aimo"i.h ail and Singular the
) lnduren aud creditors Uf 'aid John A
Mi'ieF' Geee sGi, thut they he and an
ia ne uf" '"e. ia tho Cuurt OF PRO
Uat'.. 10 b! teid at iaucas ,r - a nm
W edbesdry May 9th next after pnb
: icaIion ther Of, at II O'Clock in tie
,orehoin, to show caus,, il any they
nave, why sad 1dmiuisira,i1u shouid
u be granted.
Given under NY HAND this ON da,
o May, Anpo Domlni, 1905 -
II Stawma
Probate Judge
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81 bp thk AHNt'm
Fertilizer Mills Assessed.

The state board Of equalization
Yesterday adopted the following
as the valuation for taxation of all
the fertilizer plants in the State:
Anderson 500, 700. o O
hshcpoo $4,000.
ttiwan, bO4, 500. 90
Read, $45, ,ooo 90
i ) Royestcr Co $45,ISo.oo
Spagtanburg, So 200. 90
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-05-27

Moi crs can safely give Foiey's
HoneI IlndTar To their children for
cough land colds, for it contains
no opil lessor other poisons. Sold
by Fniderburd Pharmacy.
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to have confined in prison, and
whom you would not allow the
of bail exceyt the usual
legal notice be given you!
We have stated that movie v.oy
lated tn. laws Of South Carolina.
We reiterate this statement and
are prepared to prove that he
kidnapped young Crovton; that he
secured pistol from u party in
kershaw by paying another par
ty IS for stealing this pistol.
This Is usually looked uuor and
denominated by the laws of this
State ms larceny. (Does Mr..
Hnwie demand proof of thisl If
so, it will he forthcoming.)
Again, referring to Solicitor
henry, we call attention to the fact
that he denies any knowledge of
the means used by Howie, 10
above stated. Docs the Solicitor
mean bv this that he was not
keeping up with the detail work
of the man he employed and
who received pay from the COVER
nor, upon the endorsement Of the
Soliciiori Ii So he confesses de-
reelection to his duty, for was it
not his duty to keep posted as to
the progress of this work. If he
was coSnlzant Of what was goiug
on, then his position Is even mJre
reprehensiblo, for while he did
not himself actually participate in
this pernicious 'strategy, yet
he had knowledge of the facts and
his failure to interfere and put a
stop this character of work makes
him particeps crimlnis, both in
law and morals, with those who
actually committed tne offense.
An explanation from the solicitor
on this point would be, it seems
to us, quite appropriate. Solci>
tor Henry in his report says, 81
know that detectives have to re-
sort to strategy. This Ia escorted
to in diplomacy, love, war and
peace, Surely the fowler will
not Set the snare IN the sight of
the bird" The word strategy is
susceptible of a sinister coustruc-
tion in his mind when he penned
the above sentence. If he means
that the methods resorted to in
this case deserved to be classed as
strategy, then, indeed, has he ex-
tended the definition of that word
to an extent that would call for
severe condemnation from the
men of the world who have made
history by strategy. Mr.. Hen
ry takes very much to heart and
bemoans the fact that the prose
cutlon by him, in the discharged
OF his sworn duty, of the Morri-
son lynchers has caused the cs-
trangement of his frisnds. Per
nit mo to say that no one Of his
friends would have become es.
tranged had he contented himself
with the performance of bis duty;
had he confined himself, he whom
accident placed in authority, to
legitimate, honest and conscientious
endeavors, but when he permit
ted his detectives to 60 beyond
the pale of legitimate strategy,
and when he consented, though
only by acquiescence to unciesn
methods mentioned, Their it i'll
becomes him to lift his hands in
holy horror and raise the ery
that he is being prosecuted for
the perfol nance of his duty.
That he owes duty to his State
as one of Its prosecuting officers,
cannot and is not questioned. that
that duty required him to use nil
honorable means to apprehend
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warrants were out for these men
yet ~ u matter of fact be wired
ag:s,rate Caskey on tho 31st of
March. asking him to come to
Chester, which the magistrate
d'd OH tue lst day of April, ana
tho record shows that the war
rant for the men named was is
sued on that date. Here we
might ask why it was that these
warrants were not placed in the
hands Of he Sheriff of L1ncaster
county for executionl Which
was not done until Saturday, the
.hc 22nd day of April, 81 days af-
ter the date of same. The tone
of Solicitor Honry's utterance
in reference TO this affair, from
first to last, indicate that he is
smarting under some imaginary
wrong. This is evidenced by
his un warranted reference to the
ministers of Kershaw; again, be
manlfests vindic,iveness by con-
temptuOus reference to one of the
defendants, Of whom he sees fit to
speak of as "une-eyed" Belk.
Let me say to the Solicitor right
hero that this Mr.. Belk is Gone
eyed;" that he Is an humble and
respected citizen Of Kershaw
county; that he lost his eye while
engaged in the honorable dis
charge of his dutyIes Il confeder-
ate soldier, and thnt the wound
which caused The lyss of this eve
was received while this old veter-
an was fighting on the field Of
Getty sburg for principal, and
with n motive as high, rs honor>
able, and, | might say, more laud-
able than the motive which
prompted the honorable solicitor
to deride him because of the fact
that he only possessed one eye.
In the hual judgment of men we
may safely say thai this'one eyed'
Belk will measure up to the equal
of the prosecuting officer of the
sAsh judicial district of South
lCaroina
/ In conclusion wish to say
Ithat the question under cnnsideru-
;tion is not the guilt or innocence
ofMorrison,no not whether Morrison
WAS guilty of murder; not whethe,
the men who it is claimed lynch
ed him are guilty of murder, aud
we all know and admit that it i.
proper and right, and that it Is
the duty of The officers of the law
to use ail Legitimate means 10 np.
prehend and bring to trial the
parties who killed Morrison, and
wish to emphasize the fact that
The complaint now m"de Is no,
| due tn the fact that efforts are
beng made 10 ENFORCE the laws
Of South Carolina, but we do
complain, and we do charge,
that Solicitor Henry is RESPONSE
BILE for the methods u.ed and that
these methods were unworlhy The
couHtenance of any man, and es-
pecially one who occupies the Of
iciai position he does This in
dignat ion Is not local, bui exists
even at the solicitors own door,
and IS prevalent wherever the
facts ate known. Every asser-
tion thi IT is contained in this artir
Gle is capable of being proved,
and if ihere are any who feel that
injustice has been done theta, and
that thd truth has not heen spoken
of thea and their competition with
this cn4, | assure them thut a d j.
mand f their part for such proof
will bd forthcoming when they
see fit T. ask for it, or deny the
chargoi herein contained.
| r. n Rlakouay
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The Lancaster View
Of Mr.. Heury'S Course.
Concluded from Page 1.


mako an accurate statement To the
governor, and one the truth of
which he could establish, why did
he not interview the ministers of
Kcrshuw, or ut least one OF them,
and thus ascertain their position
in the premises.
Again, Solicitor Henry stated
to Magistrate Caskcy during tho
preliminary that he refused TO
wave time and thereby permit
tho parties who were arrested ut
Chester to appear before Judge
Gage, give bond and be released,
because Gov. Heywnrd was inter-
ested, or behind the case. This
same resaon was given bySolicitor
Henry t. the Hon. j l. Glenn of
Chester on the night of the ar
rest, yet in his report of May 81,
as his reason for the refusal, he
SAYS, first, 81 was not fully adj
vised ~ second. 81 DID not think
it proper IN II case like this -
Which Of th> TWO reasons is cor
rect we cannot say, nor are we in
a position to admit that either
was tho real motive. Mr.. Henry
In his report to the Governor
claims that Messrs. HDath, Ste
vens and Welsh were arrested at
Chester because they were at
tempting to get possession of u
States witness, and yet he does
not say what witness, nor does he
give any reason for presuming
this to be the business Of these
gentlemen, and as a matter of fact,
these gentlemen were not seeking
to get possession of any State s
witness, and If Solicitor Henry
had, or knew that the State had,
why did he refuse to put up such
witness at ihs time of the pre!imi-
nary hearing if the witness whom
he thought these gentlemen were
pursuing was FRANK Hough2 He
could have used Hough at the pre-,
liminary hearing for he was pres
ent III the court room as a defend
ant and not as witness on that
occasion. If he referred to young
Croxton he was also prevent IN
the court room at Lancaster dur
ing the entire time. 1t may be
we'll ut this time to state, on the
authority of the elder Croxton,
that when the father of young
Croxton appealed to Solicitor
HoAry ut Chester to aid him in
the finding of his son, that Solici-
tor Henry dlsclaimed any knowl.
edge OF the whereabouts of young
Croxton and led this father to be
lieve that he knew nothing of his
sons connection with the matter,
AID wont so far rs to say to him
that he (Henry) would help the
old gentleman to find his boy if
he knex " anything of him. There
are so many glarlng inconsistent
cies in Mr. Henry's various state
ments concerning this entire affair
that 1t is impossible to point out
each and every one Of them, but
enough has been said to warrant
the inevitable conclusion that he
was not acting in nm open, frank
and conscientious manner. The
Solicitor assumes the responsible
lty for the employment Of HOWE
and Newbold; he admits having
various conferences with these
men concerning the testimony
they were working on, yet he at
tempts to avoid any knowledge of,
or completely in, the dirty work
resorted to by the men with whom
he was working in conjunction.
In all candor, Mr.. Henry, l ask
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-05-27
Sudden Death In Camden.

Camden, May "a. The Rev.
w. w. Mills, d. ID. died sudden
ly about l o'clock today. He
was walking across Monument
Square, near DR.. l II. Alexan-
der's residence, when he fell and
expired at once. Prof. II. M.
Kennedy, noticing him, hurried
to his assistance, but life was ex.
tinct Before he could reach him.
DR.. Mills was a high type of the
Christian gentleman, and h
death will cause profound sorrow
in this community.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
Information About Land Laws,

WASHINGTON, Feb. l6.-Represent-
alive Grosvenor. Of Ohio, has intro
duced a resolution requesting informa.
tlon from the secretary of the interior
as to the violation of certain laws re-
garding the taking up of public LANDS.
The resolution asks the secretary
whether there Is any found alton for
the preamble and resolutions recently
passed by the national business league
of Chicago, reciting that under certain
pre-existing laws, namely, the deser:
land law, the timber and stone law
and the communication clause of the
homestead law, certain persons have
been, and are surreptitiously obtain
ing possession of large tracts of the
public domain which we're set apart to
promote the irrigation of arid lands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
To Disfrauchise Deserters.

HELENA, Feb. 15.-Representative
Hillman OF Flathead county has a bill
before the Legislature relating to
qualifications and disabilities of cleo.
tors which amends the present law by
the addition of the following section:
"Section 1889. Every deserter from
the militia service of the United
States, or from the militia of this
state, when called forth by the gov.
ernor, or, in times of invasion, in.
sarrecti IN or rebellion, by the presi.
dent of the United States shall be
deemed to have voluntarily relin.
pushed his right to vote at all cleo
tions, and shall not be entitled to par.
ticipate in elections in this state until
he shall have returned to the com.
mand from which he deserted, made
go cd the time he lost in desertion,
and served out the term of his origi.
nal enlistment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
May Cali Extra Session.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.--Represen-
tative Townsend Mich. J, one of tie
authors of the Esch-Townsend freight
rate bill, had a talk with President
Roosevelt today, regarding the pros
poets for the enactment of the measure
into a law.
Mr.. Townsend, who has canvassed
the situation pretty thoroughly, has
expressed the opinion that there was
a chance for the passage of the bill by
the senate at the present session. Al
ter the talk with the president, MIR.
Townsend said that in the event no
legislation on the rate question was
enacted at this session, au extra ses-
sion of congress would be called by
President Roosevelt for next autumn,
perhaps in October.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
Kansas Trust busters Arc Busy.

TOPEKA, kas., Feb. l6.-To success
fully fight the trust within its borders,
u constitutional convention may be
held to broaden the powers of the
Kansas legislature. The bills strik-
ing at trusts, particularly those deal
ing with oil, having met with SO many
objections on constitutional grounds,
a sentiment in favor of u new copsti.
tuition, meeting the situation, has
sprung up. TO this end a resolution
submitting the question of calling a
constitutional convention to a vote of
the people in 1906 has been proposed
aud will, it is stated, be presented in
the senate shortly.
Governor Hoch declines to saw
whether or not he will sign the bill
passed by the legislature providing
for the erection by the state of an oil
refinery. The governor aud his
friends hoped, it is said, to defeat the
measure, but the fact that the house
passed it by such an overwhelming
majority will, it is believed. deter him
from ve:Oing it..
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
Will Buy 100. 900 Horses.

SEATTLE, Feb. l6.-John B. Guy.
ton, of Kansas City. Mo-. has signed
a contract with the officials or the
japanese government, whereby he
agrees to deliver in Seattle, for ship.
ment to the Orient, 100000 head of
horses to be used in the army of the
mikado. Mr.. Guyton was in Seattle
last week making final arrangements
with the Northern Pacific railroad
for the handling OF the stock while en-
route to Seattle, and for their care
while in the city. Mr.. Guyton hopes
to obtain the majority of the horses
required in the Missouri river valley.
although he will draw heavily from
the ranges Of both Washington and
Oregon,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
Officers DO Not Enforce Law,

HELENA, Feb. l5.--The retirement
Of the ''tiyer' from active operations
in Helena appears to have been short
lived, lasting only II few days while
the agitation overO 'Connor's licensed
gambling bill vas in evidence. Coun.
ty Attorney LacrOiX's orders to the
sheriff to close the gambling games
appears to be ignored, as it is COM
mon knowledge among the knights of
the green cloth that Helena is again
wide open, with faro, roulette, poker,
slot machines, craps and other games
in full blast.
There Is not a little discussion as to
the fate OF the bin introduced by Rep
resentative O'Connor to compel OIL
GERS to perform their sworn duty as
regards the enforcement of the gam
bling law. 1t is admitted on all sides
that if it becomes u law 1t would have
the effect Of ~etfectually combating the
gamblers, who, under the present con.
ditions. as may be seen in almost
every other city aud hamlet in the
state, are immune from the operations
of the law.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
" i'll Manufacture Paper.

HELENA, Feb. 14.--Articles of in.
corporation of the King & Largely Pa
per Mills. a Montana corporation,
have been filed with Secretary of State
a. n. Ioder. The purpose of the
company is to own and operate paper
mills and other manufacturing plants,
and to manufacture paper and all
kinds OF paper products in the state of
Montana and elsewhere. The place
where the principal business of the
corporation Is to be acted j.
Butte, and a plant viii he operated at
NJ anhatten.
The directors are T.. w. King. of
Bozeman, NJ. S. Largely, of Butte. and
John Nj. Howard. of Butte. The capt.
tai stock of the company is placed at
$50, 600, in shares of the par value of
$50 each, of which three have been
subscribed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate
At Public Auction,

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of an
order of the District Court of the Twelfth j judicial
District of the state of Montana, in and for the
county of Chouteau, made on the 4th day of
February, 1905, in the matter of the estate of
William McMaster,. deceased, the undersigned,
the administrator of the said estate, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, and subject
to confirmation by said District Court, on Satur.
day, the nth cay of March 1905, at 10 o'clock a..
m. at the front door of said district court house,
in Fort Benton, Chouteau county, Montana, all
the right, title, interest and estate of the said
william McMaster at the time of his death, and
all the right, title and interest that the said es.
tate has by operation of law OF otherwise, &C.
said william McMaster at the time of his death
in and to all those certain lots, pieces or parcels
of land lying, and being in the county If Chou
teau, state of Montana, and bounded and described
as follows, to. wit:
The east half of the southeast quarter of Sec
ton twenty'seven, and the north half of the
northeast quarter of section thirty-four, in
twOnship twenty.six north, of range sixteen
east OF the Montana meridian. Lots numbered
one, two and three of section four. in township
the southeast quarter of section thirty three, in
township twenty-six north, of range sixteen
east. The north half of the southwest quarter
and the southwest quarter of the northeast
twenty-six north. of range sixteen east. The
south half of the northwest quarter of section
four, In township twenty-five north, of range
sixteen east. containing in all five hundred and
twenty-five acres more or less, and is known as
the William McMaster ranch.
Terms and conditions of eale: Ten per cent
cash on the day of the sale, forty per cent when
said sale is confirmed by said District court, and
tttty per cent In one year from day Oft he sale
annum. JOHN MCMASTER.
administrator of the Estate of William Nc.
Master, deceased.