The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, November 26, 1904, Image 2

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TMif P 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 O 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." / 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. wr.lb i WMM t v .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.'' r? n 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. . *. A -.? // ' . 4 . ,i?i am,m 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 . ? ?IBB ?? 1 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 I 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. | ; Subdivision 2 and of section 31 lyes 20,086; no 12,024. Total 32,i 110. For solicitor First circuit, P T I ' . ! 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. | / i,jh bk sr*?r g * 11 ever of: Our Mr. Ilea North, where h in dress goods ; morons to rncnl * BR 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 > i i ! 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 I ; DOUG LAS, Shoes, which a . lisies that are si ry over, have <! our Lawns, Pi< and make a pia some price , Furs, which ai r . B H * W nor tne r ass jjh i 'in October, 5i dial!!}' invited, that will satisfy r past ?>atroi?agc we are I ' ' J I f I I ^ . "Il'sllil I Lat I h* ^' H| a IY 0001) EERED TO THE th has just retui lo scooped I si some: and lots of other b rioii. 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 CASTER S. Bin mmjmm' * m / # ^ 'S ?>$? : 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 ^ isiaamifiS^' HBI I03* m the iuttiie, > ?err?\ < ' ' f < ' | . L. - . : .... i * *. r #