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THE LEDGER. TITORLOW S. CARTER, EDITOR AND MANAGER. ISSUED WEDNESDAY AN D SATDKDAY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1904 SUBSCRIPTION $? 60 PEP YEAR Gon. .Jesso S. Finley Dead. Lake City, Fla., Nov. 6. ? Gen. Jesse J Fmloy, ono of the few surviving brigadier generals of tno Confederate array, died here today. Gen. Finloy was 92 years old. lie was a Tonnosscean by birth, coming to Florida in 1848. Hesters Weekly Statement. Now Orleans, Nov. 4.?Secretary Hesters weekly cotton statement issued today shows for the four days of November an increase over last year of 37,000 bales and an increase over the same period year before last of G3,000 bales. For tho 05 days of the reason that have elapsed tho aggregato is ahead of the same da> s of last year 1.037,000. Tho amount brought into sight during the past week has been 500,450 bales against 563,705 for the same seven days last year and 5S2,163 year before last. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and tho number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop, tho supply to date is 4,277,556 agaiust 3,105,911 for the same period last-year. Letter to W. C. Thomson. Lancaster, 8. C. Dear Sir : Three gallons saved is $12 to $15 earned. Mr. Hanford Piatt of Bride port, Conn., ordered 15 gallons Devoe to paint his iioure, and returned 3 gallons. His painter said it would take 15; a leadand-oil painter. Hubbell <fe Wade Co., sold it. They say everybody has the experience there. The reason is, of course : they are used to poor paint. What is poor paint ? Anything not Devoe: some worse than others. Besides, paints wear about as they cover. Double the $12 to i r: fXUi Yours truly, 23 P. W. DevokA Co. Lancaster Mercantile Co. sells our paint. The dispansary should be abolished and licenses issued to citizens under heavy bonds to sell whiskey in the manner that the dispensary now sells it, that is: in sealed vessels of no less than half a pint, only between sunrise and sunset and not to be drunk on tho premises. This wonld preserve all the good features of the dispensary and eliminate the bad features. And it would yiold more prom man tne present law. me only people who would suffer by the change aro the members of the purchasing board.?Spartanburg Journal. This suggoition is good. If there in any merit in tbe sealed package idea there is undoubted merit in the proposition to put the sale of whiskey in hands of privato indi* viduals. Tho traffic must betaken out of the hands of the stato. There is no other possiblo way to rid it of the suspicion to which Sonator Tillman recently referied* But will the Journal ploase explain ex. actly what it means when it says At- - A i a a i mar, uemners or mo purcnasing board will suffer by the change it roposes.?Yorkrille Enquiror. Foley's Honey and Tar always stops the cough and heals the lungs. Refuse substitute*. Sold by Fundeiburk Pharmacy. Happenings in The State. As Chronicled by the Alert Correspondents of The Columbia State. HOLDING THEIR COTTON. Ruby, Nov. 6. ?Tho farmer* of this county are still holding the bulk of their cotton for higher" prices Tho crop is about an average one. FRANK CARTER CAPTURED. Hock Hill, Nov 7. ? Frank Carter, who shot aud not vory seriously injured his father-in ?law S. C. Hollins, during an alterca* tion near Highland Park mills several weeks ago and then fled, was captured at Fort Mill by Sheriff Wiugate and brought here last night. He was taken before Magistrate Beckham this morning and sent on to Yorkvill? tor trial next week. KILLED WHILE 1 POSSUM HUNTING. Batesburg, Nov. 4.?Capers Etheredge, the 14-year-old son of Mr. Uriah Etheredge, of this place, mot with a tragic death last night while out 'possum hunting. With an elder brother he had gone out into the country about ten miles to the home of his uncle Mr. Capers Etheredge, for the purpose of taking a hunt. Sometime after starting, the dogs treed something up a vory large tree. Those in the party set to work to cut down the tree and the nuiurluuaie boy iay down not far otf to rest, and it is supposed that ho went to sleep. At any rate, just before the tree fell his older brother called out to him to move further out of the way and at the same time indicating the direction for him to take, but he being dazed or confused by his nap jumped up and ran in the way of the falling tree. Ho was horribly crushed and died almost in. s tacitly. DROWNED IN CHESTERFIELD. Ruby, Nov. 6.?The people of Ruby were very much shocked and saddened last night about 7 o'clock when it was reported that Mr. T. E. Mulloy, bookkeeper for McGregor & Huntley, had received a message from Chesterfield informing him that his brother, Ros was drowned while duck hunting on Grant's pond about nine miles below Chesterfield. It seems from what can be learned over the telephone that a party from Chesterfield were on a camp hunt and using separate boats and that he was drowned while trying to swim ashore. He wm nhnnf 9.9. years old, well known and well liked. SHERIFF'S SALE. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF LANCASTER. In the CommonfPleas. Emma O. Hinson. Mary Abbe Crawford, O. Trenholm Hasseliine, and J A. Hasseltlne, Mayo Hasseltlne, Lida Hasseltlne by ttielr Guardian ad lilem J. Foster Moore, Plaintitts, against Fannie W, Lanier, Defendant Pursuant to a decree in the above stated cause made by Judge R, C. Waitt, dated Oct. 26th, 1904, I will sell at public auction at Lancaster court house on (lie FIRST MONDAY IN DECEM-* BEK.NEXT, 'il l.. At ? ? - " " wimiu me legal mouth or Hale, tlie following described lot of land, to wit: All that piece* parcel or' lot of land lying, being and situate in the Town of Lancaster. County of Lancaster and Htate < f Bouth Carolina, bounded on the North by landH belonging to the estate of I. C Clinton, on the West by lot of J Harry Foster, on the Bouth by Harr Htreet, on the Fast by alley way and lot of J F Hunter, said lot containing two aores, more on less. Located on the said premises is a two Htory ten-room dwelling, also a servant house. Terms of sale CAHH; purchaser to pay for papers. J P HUNTEK, J H Foster, 8 L C. Plaintiffs Atty. BANNER &ALVE thn most tlnnllna Mlv? In tit, wortf War News-Port Arthur's Doom is Near. Cheefuo, November 4.?9.30 p? m.?Chinese who left Dalney yesterday evening report that batches of wounded were pats* ing through Dalney. They report also that during the recent battle fresh troops were constantly going to the front. It is reported that the Japan-'' ese killed or wounded in front of Port Arthur during the last three moath9 approximate 40*,000. ^ There are persistent rumote that the Japauese have occupied the forts of Rihlung Mountain p.nptain fnrta of TvankWAn Mountain group, but welMoformed Japanese her? consider these rumors premature. These Japanese,{however, arec(&fident that the end of the Russian occupation of Port Arthur is fast approaching. WAR SHIPS WILL TRY TO ESCAPE. Shanghai, Nov. 4.?Advices reaching Shanghai to-day say that the Japanese assault on Port Arthur continues with unabated vigor and that the Russian defence is dogged ana determined. A belief prevails that the Russian war ships will make another effort to escape. READY FOR ANOTHER BATTLE. Mukden, Nov. 5.?Via Pekin. ?The Russian and Japanese armies are now so close together that manoeuvring is almost impossible. The Japanese are cuuiiuing the in seizes co occasional night attacks, during whicu they shell the villages occupied by the Russians. In these attacks they wounded several Russian officers. In return parties of Russians have penetrated the Japanese villages at night, causing temporary panics. On one occasion the Russians succeeded in throwing two bon&s inf a a T a r\A n aqa | auvv/ vuu u npouoou v/iiituio UOOU" quarters. STRONG PORTS BUILDING. Mukden, Nov. 5.?Quiet con, tinues here. The Japanese are still working hard entrenching their front, which begins to look like a continuous fort. It is believed they are preparing seriously to advance , making their front strong, possibly so that it may be held by a comparatively small force while the heavier force engages in flanking movements. There is considerable evidence to indicate that the Japanesh 'J H will make every effort to for^ the Russians out of Mukden, not only for the moral effect on Eu* rope, but upon China as welL Mukden is extremely importApt to them as winter quarters. JArS CONTINUE TO ADVACE ON FORT. I London, Nov. 7.?Special dispatches from Chefoo and Tientsin report that the defenders.of Port Arthur havo retired to the Idatti fort, where they are holding out desperately, entrenched with ten gun9 of large caliber. Many Russians, the correspondents assert, are deserting and surrendering. The Japanese, it is added, are advancing with.irresistible energy. ; Japs Make Decided Gains in Assaulting Port Arthur.""'1 HV i.' I Tokio, Nov. 5.--A sends' of reports were published here tonight of the beseiging forced at | lJort Arthur, covering operations from October 13 to November 3. The reports show that the Japanese continue to press the attack vigorously and thut tbey are ucing heavy artillery to batter down the Russian defences. They aie following the artillery with valorous infantry rushes. Five days' fighting gave the Japanese several distinct gains, materially shortening the defensive power of the garrison. IK! 110.11 LINE OF ( noonsj ! iRED TO THE PUBI V?v?. has just returned fr i / ? /\ v wv /> d -a n ? /\ rki r-1 4- n -?? m iv ? >; * ' JTDR] ? j 4 1 ! EVER OFF* ,. . * '* '<1 ; - Our Mr. Heath * I * North, where he s in dreSs goods an< merous to mentioi BR0\ i i I j j Being the preyail in those two shad ed Cheviots and \ shades. Our noti right up to the nc wish in that line 1 Jackets and Cape think the pretties this market. An predated and wil C 1 .T* ;* . . ? no We are still hai 'clothing mahufac wi rv j A 1 c* A TJ UiUIC. /11?U /i. JJ lenburg & Co., ai "terns in browns, g call lor. All we ! we do not dress y isfied for any of o We are still hand i : DOUGLAS, G( i Shoes, which are ; lines that are mai < ry over, have dec our Lawns, Piqu< and make a pure! some price. Ju: Furs, which are for the Fall Millii in October, 5th dially invited. G that will satisfy tl past patronage an w'e are, ?**- J. . .. -Willi Lanc juuu[it:u in ouinu oturtuii 1 lots of other bargains a. m ANB GREENS ing colors, we bought es in Mohair, Cravinef Vliipeords. Broadclot] on department is comp )tch, and anything y< we have it. Tailor mad s. A tremendous line, t and cheapest ever si inspection of same wi 1 insure us a sale. LOTHING idling the. celebrated iiiTPil Kv Sf;Tr?ni*flD Mr Tim ?. MX v/vt. T Ky VX \7 WkJV/ JLFM. \ i. Kirschbaum & Co., a ad other lines. Beaut *rays and any color y ash is to give us a loo] ou up, we will be perfie ur competitors to have Lling the )DMAN, and DREW fc three of the best and s aufactured. IVof ytishin ided to sacrifice the pri ?s and Voils. m> come base for surely they v st received a beautifi very cheap. Be sure ik. ' o > w ? r iiery upeMng, nrst w < day. All the ladies ; roceries of all kinds a le inner man. Thankic id hoping for more in th Youp" to serve, >. J P.-- ' +f;.'rT IP f .f ' k Mile IflSTER S. C. it V? S tmf + r vwv \t LiIG. om the g values } too nu. heavily ;ts, Mix- -t lis in all lete and ou may e Skirts, , and we liown on 11 be ap- ' high art ? )., Baltind Suel- . iful pat- : ou may k, and if jctly sat- ; the sale. : */ SELBY itrongest g to caret ott ail ' at once y fill go at . ill line of to watch ?dnesday are cornd such lg all for ie iuture, . '' * \ . * V ' ' ' }, ? ,-rfV . Il* ' f . . V vV \ ! mlKS