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Tfcr J.iSftiGfcis,
TBCRLOW S. CAR1LH,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
ISM'ED WKDNKiDAY AN 1. SA1I1U>A>
SATURDAY NOVEMliKli 2Ci!l, l'.'iM.
SVBSURIPTIOX Sm -iOpr.P YK \ li
Amount ot Cotton Ginned.
tVuuh in r?l nn Ynv O 'i A
bulletin issued today by the een
bus bureau shows that in 475
counties in the United States
tho cotton ginned to November!
14, as reported, amounted to 5,
803,830 running bales, against
4,160, 105 for last year. Tho
number of ginneries in operation
in the territory covered was 1n,C65,
against 18,019 for 1903.
These figures include 141,311
round bales, against 307,044, and
refer solely to 395 counties in the
cotton belt.
Tho report shows that in 32
counties in South Carolina 720,468
hulas were ginnned. Thirteen
Florida counties show 28,334.
The highest number ginned
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was from 71 Texas counties, the
total there being 1,260,413; the
next highest is Georgia; 105 conties
showing a total of 1,246,970
bales ginned to date.
Greenwood Excited Over Report
of Ugly Crime.
Greenwood, Nov 22. ? Rill
Brown , a negro, has been jailed
here for attemped rape on the
person ot Miss Ludie Smith,
daugther of Milledgo Smith, near
Ninefy-Six Monday afternoon.
The girl was alono in front of the
house sweeping leaves, and the
negro cane up behiud. She ran
and he ordered her to stop and tiled
twice at her with a pistol. She
ran to where her two brothers'
were picking collon in a lield u
hundred yards from the hou*e.
The brothers cauio to the house
but the negro had lied. The negro
never got nearer than about
20 feet to her.
Blood hounds were sent from
Greenwood, but failed to do anything.
Arown was arrested by
Magistrate Fouche of Ninety-Six
and brought here laat night. Miss
Smith thought ho was the right
one but was not certain. She
said the rarn that lired At her
woieadovo colored hat. Brown
wore a black hat when found and
had no pistol. lie had changed
thoos however, as was proven.
He is believed to be the right
man. The situation is quiet.
Mr. Ashley in Trouble.
Special to the News and Courier.
Anderson, November 23.?Mr.
J. VV. Ashley has been convicted
before the intendant of Ilonea
Path of disorderly conduct, loud
takingt and swearing. The offence
wes eommited several weeks
H(/n A (ililnt- nine MniAoAnlAH
C.C I (y,#| UOVI1 VV I '7
Gen M. L. Bonhatn and B. F. Alartin,
of this city. \V. O. Graydon,
of Abbeville, appeared for the
prosecution. The defence appealed
and the appeal will be heard
at the February ten* of the Court
of Sessions.
Ashley was fined $30. "Josh"
Ashley, who has been a member
of the House before, wan elected
to the Legislature in the recent
election and in tho primary he
headed the ticket. G. P. B.
Gov. Hugh S. Thompson was
buried in Columbia Wednesday
Among tho tributes received was a
floral offering from Mrs. Roosevelt
and a few words from the President,
who stated that he had known
Gov. Thompson well anil had
"never met ft braver, gentler, or
more upright man."
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Happenings m the State.
A- Chronicled by ibe Alert Correspondents
?>f Tbo Columbia
Stale.
sr.uuo men i:u Mii-inm muuii-m's
liulM.
lirunvillc, November. 21
J iliua I>iiI, a negro driver for .1.
Th >mps<?n wis found (lead this
morning just in front of what
i- known us the Keck House,
live milts from tin- city on the
Buncombe road. An examination
| roved that he had been shut
through tho heart. Dill was sent
with a loaded wagon to ligersville
Sunday at noon. lb1 delivered
hi* load and was returning
home w.icn he met his death
1' li e coroners investigation
is now bring held* Thero
is no clue t ) the murderer
but it is sunnisso 1 th it I tic motive
was robheiy.
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.VI 1.1,1 dlunUISUKU AND
UOIIUKI) N KAlt CHESTER.
Chester, Nov. '24. - -The mutilated
body of Muck Anderson, colored,
was found yestord ly morning
lit it fur from his homo nine
miles .northeast of ( h ester. The
coroner's investigation shows
that ho hud been taken from his
house Tuesday night soma 140
yards, foully murdered and robbed
of ?00. A loody axe and
other evidence prove I lie murdca
very atrocious 0:10. lie wiii known
to have some money which fact I10
bad unfortunately communicated
to other negroes of the neighbor hood.
Arthur Williams and dim
Sanders both colored wore arrested
on su-picion and lodged in jail
yesterday.
Jii the Railroad World.
A dispatch from Ashevillc says
it is reported that the .Jefferson
county grand jury lias decided to
take action against Conductor \V.
Caldwell, whoso alleged carelessness
was the cause of the bouthern
railway collision near Newmarket,
Teun., Sept 24, in which 02 persons
lost their lives and more
than a hundred injured. Conductor
Caldwell says that ho thinks
that he has suffered sufficiently.
He says:
"My agony has been almost un
oearaoie at timtB,but 1 have borne
it. The dead do not suffer like
the living. I was conductor on
tho Southern for 10 years and
that was my first mistake.
<l The mistake was made because
1 am human. 1 think tho indictment
was procured by some one
not knowing me. The pcrton
perhaps holds to the opinion that
1 am inhuman and therefore came
to the conclusion that tho mistake
made at Newmarket resulted from
criminal negligence.''
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Conductor Caldwell has been
prostrated by grief ever since the
accident occurred and has l>3en
under medical care. It was J
thought for some timo that ho
would become a raving maniac.
He was one of tho most trustworthy
conductors in the employ of (
the Southern railway.
?Broke
Neck Wiih His Fist.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 22.?
Frederick Sunders, a dairyman,
was killed to- lay by William II.
Slaughter, Jr., a coal merchant
and one of the best known men in
Louisville. The men had an argument
over a dept and Slaughter
struck Sanders with such force as
to dislocate the man's neck,
dealh resulting instantly. Slaughtcr
surrendered. Sunders was
j 55 years of age. The trouble
rose over an amount of ?15 which
Sanders owed Mi . Slaughter.
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A ;Sig Battle On Ice.
\i:i\ ii appeo Any Day At v.\luk-.
de i-Lai d Ami Rivers Frozen.
St Petersburg, November 25 ?
2.25 A. M .--Appearance* aguin
point to the possibility of u bi?r
battle south of Mukden. The
.1 apanose, s;otJbid:ng to an official
icport have i -ceivcd a severe set
back in the vicinity of Sitsintin
in which direction they were tip
pareutly attempting to execute a
wide turning'movement. Military
opinion here scarcely believes it
possible that the two great armies
can winter lc.-s than a rifle shot
distance from each other, though
tlit- heavy defences on each side
make it ex W endy difficult for
either to assume tho otl'ensivo.
It is believed, however,that if the
deadlock is to he broken Gen
Kuropatkin will let Field Mar
shal Oyunri take tho initiative, as
the Russians have the hotter of
the pr sent position namely, a
strong line or defense and Mukden
behind them, making satisfactory
winter quarters, where
the Russian reinforcements are
now accumulating for an udvanco
next spring. The Japanoso also
are heiug strongly reinforced.
The livers aro already frozen
snllicenlly t ? permit of the movement
of uitillory and commisi
sari it trains so that the counrty
! actually is better adapted to the
j Japanese ad *unoo thin during the
! summer
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1>lonnial Sessions Won.
Columlua, Nov. 23.?The total
i vote of the State in tho general
election became known today when
all of the returns were brought in
and the total tubulated by the
' State board of canvassers. While
the vote is -in increase over previous
years it is still light and the
members , ' liio b aid were rather
surprised at the totals. The vote
for the various offices was as follows:
1) C Hey ward 51,070. J 'J
Sloan 52,<H3, J TGantt 51,822,
U X G enter, Jr, 51,801, 11 11
Jennings 51,831, A \Y Jones 51,j
833, O B Martin 51.832, J D
Fro .si 51.,835, J ii Mario 51,808.
For the Presidential electors
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the nine Democrats received 52,'
S63, 'i' W Vaughn, the Socialist
candidate l'retn Kichlund iccoived
22 and Tom Watson received one
in Spartanburg. The biennial
sessions vote was yes 25,305: nc
14,401. Total 30,856. Amine
section 7, articles, yes 21,682:
no 11,016. Total 32,60>. Amend
road law yes 26,452; no 11,242.
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; Subdivision 2 and of section 31
lyes 20,086; no 12,024. Total 32,i
110.
For solicitor First circuit, P T
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! Hilderbrand 5,523. Second, J K
, Davis, 0,500: third .J S Wilson
! 6,619; fourth, .) M J.Jineon 5,514;
fifth, (J HTitnntei ri'.'iti 0,084;
sixth .J K llonry 5,001; seventh,
T S Seasc 8.250, eigiit, .J K Hoggs
7, 102.
The vote for eongrcs* wu- us
follow-: First district, (jigaroO,00s,
lVioleui; 254, N I ...?1 340;
total 6,608. Second. l'utters< n
0.126, Myers 410; tota', 7,984
1'hird, Aiken 7,059, Ir'am,)- 1 *?>j e
1, Scott 143; total, TjSoj. Fourth
Johnson 8,517, Adams 219; total
8,622. l'ifth, Finiey 7,928,
vv line l (J; total 8,U'J'..?. Sixth,
Lllerbu 8,353, Dens 376, total,
8,727. Seventh, Lever 8726,
Jacobs 536, .Johnson 0; total, 'J,305.
Will Culbreth, colored, was
killed near Saluda Tuesday afternoon
by Mit Morse, S. D. Lillian,
and others. Culbreth wus with VV.
M. M orse when the latter was
killed by W. L. Henderson and
was an important witness. It is
supposed thu1 the parties that
killed Culbreth were attempting
to arrtbt him and th ?t bo ottered
resistance.
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Our Mr. Ilea
North, where h
in dress goods ;
morons to rncnl
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Being the prey
in those two sli
ed Cheviots an
shades. Our n
ri(>ht uj) to the
wish in. that iii:
Ja kets and Ct<
think the prett
this market, j.
pri dated and >
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We are still 1
dMfeiugi an
more. Also A
[ Jenburg & Co..
terns in brown
! call tor. All i
we do not. (ires
isfied for any <:
We are still hi
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Shoes, which a
. lisies that are si
ry over, have <!
our Lawns, Pi<
and make a pia
some price
, Furs, which ai
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nor tne r ass jjh
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'in October, 5i
dial!!}' invited,
that will satisfy
r
past ?>atroi?agc
we are
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th has just retui
lo scooped I si some:
and lots of other b
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OWNS km ORE
ailing eolors, wo
Lades in Mohair, (
il Whipcords. Br<
otioi " (.t epartmcnt
notch, and any 11
le we have it. Tail
ipes. A treniendo
iest and cheapest
Vn inspection ol' s<
vill insure us a sal
CLOTHING
landiing' the eel el
faotuned ar
. B. Kirsehbaum <!
, and other lines,
s, grays and any <
,vc ask is to give u
s you up, we will 1
d'our coin pet iters 1
nulling the
GODMAN, and I)
re *hree of ?he bei
a a 5811 fact 58 red. X OS
lecided to sacritict
:joes and Veils. so
echase for surely
Just received a
re very cheap. IS
Slitsery isjjj, ih
th day. .4? I J See
Groceries of alS 1
' 5lie inner man. '1
and hoping for m<;
Youth
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: public. netl
from the
startling values
argains too 1111ESS
bought heavily
Jravinetts, Mixaadcloths
ill all
is complete and
[ling- you may
or made Skirts,
its line, and we
ever shown on
ime will be aple.
)rated high art
? ( "<)., nnd SnelBeautiful
pat!olor
you may
s a look, and if
be perfectly sat=
to have the sale.
REW SELBY
ami strongest.
wishing to carthe
price on all
come at once
the} wiil go at
beautiful line of
>e suie to watch
i*st Wednesday
Sadies are corLinds
and such
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