The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 07, 1905, Image 2
T?? LEDGER.
THCKLOW * S. CARTER,
editor; and manager.
?bck7ription $i60pep tear
Theodore II. Price ie out in another
statement in which be aaya
that the cotten croo will umount
to 13,500,000 bules. His object
in spreading this aort of talk
is plain. Naturally, it may lead
the fariuesrs to sell, and imy
rush to market will force the price
lown to a lower Jiguro. Being on
the bear, or selling aide, Mr
Priio would stand to win a few
million dollars extra, and aa the
price falls hisprotita will increase.
Sui \ has j uned him for the time
being, and the farmers havo no
hope of driving the market up to
a point where the product can he
raised at a narrow margin of profi
t. T ii u government estimate
plated the total crop at 12,162,
Ui'U bales. The farmers said it was
too high, but certainly thoy should
not accept the advice of a speculator
who u talking that way to
increuso his fortune. ? Greenville
News.
The quarterly report of Chief
Constable Humet for the quarter
ending Nov ."0, shows $1,038,738
spent by the people in the local
dispensaries during tho months
of Sept. Oct. and Nov., an increase
iu salts over the same
mouths last year of $172,002.79.
I
NUMMARY FOR THE YEAR.
Total cost of constabulary
for year $ G4,3S8 26
Total value of seizures
foryoar 31,07191
Total salts of State
dispensaries 2,990,918 30
'Total sales of local
dispensaries 3,374,780 43
-?.?.?
Crime in the State.
Decrease in Number of Murders,
Bui au Jucrease in Percentage
of Acquittals.
The attorney general bus received
all of the reports from the J
olicitors and has completed a
table, showing the totals as to the
convictioes and acquittals in tuis
state during the year.
For the year 1904 there were
presented 1,S91 cases, of which
909 were dismissed or there were 1
no bills brought in bv the grand
jury. Of the remainder 950 were
found not guilty and 924 guilty.
The year 1993 there was a similar
I
number of cases, the total number (
being 1,515.
Of the murder cases in 1904
there were 202 for murder and ^
manslaughter presented during
the >ear and of those 2G no bills
* (
were returned, 99 were acquitted,
79 found guilty of either manslaughter
or murder and the other ^
two appealed to the supreme court.
The dispensary cases presented
in 1904 were 150, of which 26 no
bills were returned, 27 not guilty '
and 77 guilty. .
?
For 1903 there were 222 mur.
der trials, of which 20 no bills
were found, TOO acquitted and 102
convicted.
For 1903 there were 109 dis- ?
pensary eases, of which 65 were .
dismissed, 2,*> were acquitted and /
89 convicted.
iucute the youth at all haz- |
is our advice. If parents t
will not send their children to (
school let a Inw bo enacted to make
thorn do it, and every child will
in the coming years sing the i
piaise nnd proclaim the blessings <
of their benefactors."?Jackson- (
ville Metropolis. 1
Happenings in the State. R<
Ah Chronicle*! by the Alert Cor- Aj
respondents of The Columbia
Stat*.
FATAL N*OKO FESTIVAL. Th
Winnsboro, Jan. 5.?Atanegro no
festival at Monticello, in thiacoun- co
ty, Sam Hell killed Ben Perry and
broke Dave l'eay's jawbone. Of
VVylie Suba was shot in the baok W
by parties unknown. Dr. Scott co
does not think be will die. Anoth- th'
er negro whose name Is unknown yo
had his skull cracked. ba
? tei
WILL OF THE LATE COL. Jd'CALL. 8e
Bennettsville, jan.4.?The will **
of the 'ate Senator C S MoCall was C01
probated here today. Senator ('?
McCall left most of his estate to m<
his three sisters and two biothers
and to bis nephews. Two of his ^
beqaests are notable. He left the ta*
Thornwell orphanage the sum of
f5,000. Another noble bequest
was that to Mr William Boyer of
this county. Mr Boyer's house
and farm was mortgaged to Sena- rei
tor McCall but the will when c?'
opened showed tliat the mortgage
had been canceled. Mr Boyer co(
Inst hntk nf llin ?rm? I
- IU? VTOIBI J C?1
ago in the premature explosion of ftBa
a cannon during a political celebration
in Bennettaville. * '
, . ^ , nu
As Viewed in Tokio. ph0'
vie
Japanese Officials Do KotLook /or ftni
Early Conclusion of Peace. 0i0
to
Tokio, Jan. -A, Evening.,?The qU,
weight of opiniou in Japanese th<
official circles seems to be against pn
a belief in the early conclusion of wj|
peace, nnd doubt is expressed that
the fall of Port Arthur will mater- t,a^
lally affect the situation. thi
Cne of several officials who dis- paj
cussed the question with the cor- 28
respondent of the Associated Press all
today voiced the sentiment of the 8jg
majority when ho said:
"We are confronting a situation
which continues to be purely mil- y0
itary. The present problem is
created b y Gen. Kuropatkm's
army and by the Russian second ,
Pacific squadron. We are devet- ^
ing all attention to them. (^u
"We anticipate that the Rue ho.
sians will renew more determined- las
ly than ever their effort to drive Ev
Field Marshal Oyama back and ho<
that they will strive to gain su- ho
premaco at sea. We are preparing hei
to defeat these objects. Ca
"The situation makea talk of 8h
peace futile." lioi
Japanese Count of Prisoners. trB
mi
Tokio Jan. 4.?The prisoners
captured at Port Arthur numbered
25,000. Tho total of inhabitants
of the stronghold is 35,t06. The
lick and wounded numbered twen:y
thousand. j
Col. Uadke, war correspondent
Oi0
)f The Tageblatt, who has return)d
from Mukden, says Port Arhur's
defense practieallv sared. ^
ien. Kuropatkin's army and that ^
he Japanese hare lost in the attack
nore men than the whole Russian .
drc
garrison numbered.
ion of Prof. Baios, of Columbia Poc
Accidentally Killed. ?a
wh:
Columbia Jan. 3.?Tree limbs * 0
iwept by high winds brushed a *ou
irick from the top of Prof. C W. 01
dain's residence at tho South
Carolina College this afternoon *
ind tho tiii?ui I
kinifoiiv Vkl u?n U1V OIA"
fears old boy, tienry, playing in *
be flowor garden, on the bead ?'c'
ind crushed hie skull The boy ?'
lied that night. ers
? Mrs Lily Richards, ^formerly Wi
issislant, has been elected matron par
>f Winthrop College vice Mrs wo
Jochran, resigned. Mr? Shumate Est
las been elected assistant matron. co\
*?
:duc9 the Cotton Acreage.
jpeal of the National Cotton V
Aaaociation. "
Fort Worth, Texan, Jan 5.?
e following self explanatory
tice ban boon mailed to every
unty Judge in the boutb:
National Cotton Association,
fice of the Secretary, Fort
orth, Texan, January 3.~~In
mpliance with the resolution of
e national executive oommittee.
J
u are requested to call farmers,
nkers, merchants and others inested
in the cotton industry to.
ther on Wednesday, January
, 1904, at 10 a. m., at the *W*
unty seat, to aleot rice presi- JC
uts, who will hold precinct
setings at each school house in
ni county, on Saturday, Jan. ?3
, at 2 p m., for the purpose of
:ing definite action on reducing ti
3 cotton acreage this year. At
3ae meetings, hare all farmer*
to will sign this agreement:
44 We, the undersigned farmers,
lidiag in votiog precinct No ?,
inty ?, hereby pledge ourves
to reduce the acreage of
tton to be planted by me in
Of 2f per cent below the
lount that we planted in 1004." .
These who will not eign, take lS
sir naases, addresses and the qw
mber of acres they will plant &
s year. Have a committee ap- St
in ed at the precinct meeting to
it every farmer, landlord, ten.
t, white or black, in their pre (*T
ct, who aro not at the meeting, r
secure their acreage. This re- 1
est is sent to every county in
3 cotton States and nnlese
)inpt action is taken the acteage
II not be reduced.
Teens has begun, but it will
;e your support to avail any
ng. Qive notice to all newspers.
Mail written report Jan.
, giving name and aereage of
who sign and those who do not
n. Oswald Wilson,
tional Secretary, Forth Worth.
>ung Man Killed in Door of
Disreputable Houee.
Shot through the heart, Osoar
reton, aeon of Police Offieer
ireton.fell dead within the three
Id of a yile aen en Ceurt street
t night at 8:20 o'eloek. Leila
ans, in? woman wno keeps tbe
use, says that Otto lummy, a
rse trader, said to bare oome
re seme time ago from North ml
relina, committed the deed, and 111
eriff Gilreath and Chief of Fos
Becknell began a sesrsh for
? man immediately after the
gedy. They captured him abeet
dnight.?Greenville News, 4th
it.
The Grasp of a Terrible
Storm.
few York, Jan 4.?Not in ser?
.1 years has New York been visi
by a storm of such proportions
that which commenced jester*
Y and continued until early this
irning. 9 inches of soow fell,
-alyzing traffic, and the marked
>p in the temperature brought JT ?
;old suffering to the city's
>r. The blizzard caused seven A
iths in New York and vicinity,
ile many persons, overoome by
.11 -J * A -S
com, aroppeu to toe street,
ae of th?m receiving fracttrred
>ee.
Cotton Fire in Georgetown.
Georgetown, January 4.--At 4
l<ck this morning, on the wharf
the Waccamaw Line of steamfire
dectroyed 200 bales ef cot,
consigned to Bprunt A Bon,
Imiogton, N. C* The fire detment
responded promply and
rked haad to save the building.
;imated loss $7,000, said to be
rered by insurance,
J 111 M W HI r
VATCI
BAR'
$100 IN Gl
'or the n(
;oing to
tight and
Jlothing,
X,
Our object in c
to benefit the 1
>ods for the les
ock as much as
e are going to :
ranges in stock
irt of building
e at present.
This will be ar
: : SUCH
as we have a
to make such
in order to n
7e mean busine
we ask is for
our stock an
convinced th
) Cut it (1
r
before the st
get the best
one moi
THANK]
ARONAGE A]
RE,
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III^IIIU Mill
Lan(
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-TOUT
GAIN SEE]
ILP TO BE GIVEN i
XKKXKKK
5xt 30 days 1
slaughter
L Left on dry
Shoes, etc.
utting prices for the
trade by giving thei
ist money. Also to
. jiossible by the 1st
repair our building
by moving dry goo
and groceries where
i immense job to ha1
I A LARGE STOCf
t present and think
t inducements to the
lake the goods walk
ss in what we say
you to come and
d cut prices and you
Lat what we say is tr
iff ml
Ue tar
ock is greatly redtic
: advantage, for rem
nth is a very short til
[NGr EVERY ONE
SD HOPING FOR
' i
Youri? to wei
iLinir It Miwiinl
imii^ vv iiiuituill
jflSTER S. C
4 \
KER!?Pf
WAY.
we are
Brices
goods,
next month
ii the best
reduce our
of Jan., as
and make
ds in lower
>dry goods
re to move
( ' *
1
it best
; public
abou.
and all
inspect
l will be
ue.
m9
I1,rttos
;ed and
teinber
me.
FOR PAST
MORE, WE
rre, I
ile Co.- ]
r -'iDO
! ofe/Tr)y cabbie,
tdeiaofa's hucccmIou. the
I \ iwid cur? hoatler, Augusta
? / '.-^un "ijq type of |m(9