TMF LEDGER.' - IRBRLOW S. CARTER. - ' A OK AND MANAGER. , ?v it ??on??? OiSirEU \VKI)XK>1?AV AN 1> SATI'KDAY tvATt'HlUY IANUAKV 14, 11?05. SUBS(MU!?riON $idOPEn YEAB 111 Chupin Dispensary Suspends. A1 p< f opocuii to i ho Mate. ^ W hite Unci, .hm 11.?Cbapin ni is ut last mi of "the great moral ra instituti >11 '' Last Saturday was. M i>- last da\. I hereto hangs a talc, re IVo vi a: - a^<>, it is understood, p< i'v, i \ person in the place signed he a petition for its removal. For T lea >n> knowi., possibly only by at th> board, the request of the pe- T tition-'i> wus ignored and the ilia- ar pen uy continued business. Ue- t) ceutly the building in which it \vu- conducted changed hands, ni Other vacant buildings were (h promptly rented by the citi/.ons in w view of this, and the dispensary hi su.-pended for-want of qunitors. te An Appeal Denied McCue, the is Wife-Murderer. n r< Richmond, Ya., ,Ian. 12.?'l'lie t( Supreme court of appeals to-day n refil.-eil a writ of en or in 1 hn ensn il of ox-Mayor McCue, of Char- si loltesviilo, ( ictcd of wifeonur- gi dor and sentenced lo hang the h ifolh of this month. a A Chut lottevillo special savs 1" that when the news of the action 11 of tli- .-tiprome court in denyirgn ti writ ot error was conveyed to Mc- t Cue lie lost his nerve and fainted, n Cotton Gambler Does Great > Harm. * ? t Congressman Johnson Hits a t tj Speculators in J louse.?As- f, snils New York People n Who Attempt to Die- tl tain the Price. n n Washington, Jan. 11.?Under f( the license of debate, Mr. John p son, of South Carolina, devoted p himself to a discussion of the cot- a ton question, in iho douse today. H( He called attention to what be tt said wis a .systematic effort uufor- p tunatoly successful, to hear down 5 the price of cotton, and asserted tbat there was no justification for ^ such a brutui campaign of deception and misrepresentation. "I r( know," he said, "there uro tome ,r kid glove gentry in New York ^ who would not kuow a cotton ^ patch from a pea patch: who are u 11 undertaking to tell the world that p lieSouthern larmel' can make cot- r ton at four and n half cents." If he had the power, he said, ho 'p would have every man who gam- jy bled in cotton on tho New lork n cotton exchange, and who said t( cotton can be produced at four jc and a half cents, "go down and ^ withh his own naked hands, pull w tho bell cord over a mule and ra make cotton at their price. n. Mr. Douglas, of New York interjcctcd the remark that most of the men speculating on the New pi York exchange wore Southern w men, which caused Mr. Johnson di to declare that whether thoy were T Southern men or not thoy were se enemies of the Southern people, th and of peopl of good morals to everywhere. The people of the th South, he said, were holding cot- e< ton which they hud no more idea m nf i.iirting with at the present th /iCkm the owners of United w ' ^ s S: tes bonds had of selling them re nt 25 cents on tho dollar. ui He predicted that before Sen* isi tombcr 1, 1905,' thousands of di spindles in the United States and an abroad w stetfice department by padding ;raccojnt of cancelled stamps, ho case was given to the jury six o'clock yesterday evening, he jury remained out 10 minutes id returned a verdict of not guil r The case excited much interest id the court room was filled all ly with interested listeners. It ill be of peculiar interest to the imdreds of fourth class postmasirs over the country, and will be lore so when it is stated that it perhaps tho only case reported i which tho postmaster made sgular canvassing trips in the invests of the letter muiling busiess and wus so successful iu solicing business that she had porous living miles away who would end hor letters to be mailed at er otlico instead of muiling them t the office in their own towns, 'or the benefit of those who do ot know why it would be for inancial benefit to Mrs. Miller o have her friends do this, it mist be statod that Unci.* Sam bos not pay any salary to his four u class postmasters. In lieu of alary they are given a certuin lercentugo of the stamps which hoy cancel at their respective ofices. It is true that they have to uy these stamps from tho department and pay their face value for belli, but after they are resold to lie patrons of tho office tho postmaster is allowed as compensation or his or her services a certain er cent. On the first f50, 100 or cent., or tho entire amount is 11 o wed the nnKlmoKfni" nn (Vin -WfcV? J VM l-UW econcl (50, 60 per cept of the mount cancolled is allowed the ostmaster; and on the third (50, 0 per cent. The offence, therefore, with 'hich Mrs Miller was charged was aat she claimed in her quarterly stums to the poctoftice departlent to have cunceled more tamps at her office than she real/ did occording to a check which ad been placed upon the office by 'ostoffice Inspector Pulsipher, t was alleged that this was done 1 the month of Septembor, 1902. "he amount claimed by Mrs. Iillor in her returns for the lonth was (90.98. The amount ) which she was entitled is al>ged by the government to have een only (37. 32. This amount as arrived at in the following lanner: The railway postal clerks assing Heath Sprnig were mructed by Inspector Pulsioher to . K " ~ oop tab on all the letters and icknges mailed at Heath Springs hich passed through their hands iring the month of September, here was another outlet for mail nt out from fteath Springs and at was through a star mail rout Magill. The postmaster at lis little oflice was also instructl to keop tab on all Heath Spring atters. The amount reported to 10 inspector from these outlets asonly$37.32,not counting seven gistered letters which are mailed ider scaled cover, but as the regtry fee is only eight cents, in adtion to regular postage this nount was not much. The only her sources to Mrs. Miller was nni 1 1 1 uiu|< iuuoi? uuu pacKagesI id whatever amount she wan on-| titled to from postage due stamps. ! As this would loave over$60 to be | cancelled in that way, the govern* ment contended that her account ' I was beyond all reason and that -* tbereforo the account was not a true but padded one. To strengthen this contention, Postmaster Mackey, who succeeded Mrs Miller, was put on the stand, and he testified to the amounts cancelled 1 monthly by him since be had been , in charge of the office. In no | case did the amount go higher than "" $50 and in most of the months it was arouud $40. To offset the government's con tontion tho defense put up several traveling men who testified, that ^ they had made it a point to mail M letters through the Heath Springs office while Mrs. Miller had charge ? of it and that they did this because Mrs. Miller, as the keener of the i hotel there, had been kind to them and they wanted to help her in every way possible. One witness testified that he and others had frequently passed by other offices, knowing they were going to Heath Springs in order to mall ? the letters from Mrs. Miller's of tice. Prominent business and pro 1 * fessional men testified to similar \ action on their part, and farther i that they had not done so since * Mrs. Miller gave up the office. { The star witness of the trial was i Miss Miller, eldest daughter of the ' defendant, and during the month j of September assistant postmistress. Many who have had long I experience in studying witnesses | declared that sho was the most composed female witness they had ever seen. Nothing ruffled hor and if ^ she was in the least excited she controlled herself soperftctly that no one cauld detect even a tremor in her voice. Argument for the defense was made by Attorney Blakeney of Kershaw. Assistant District Attorney Cochran made the arga- ? ment for the prosecution. Judge Brawley charged the jury ( in succinct statements, explaining the case and informing them that the crime charged was a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine j and imprisonment, or by a fins only, a matter left to the discre t lion of the presiding ijudge who g would be governed by the nature of their verdict. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Suicide of a Student of Bingham Military Academy. Ashville, N. C., Jan 11.?Tho body cf O A Whittaker, of Para- J goD, Ind, a student of Bingham ^ Military Aeademy, was found today banging to a tree in Victoria I woods. The coroner's jury re- g turned a verdict that the deceased came to bis death by suicidal banging. Whittaker, who was 22 years old, tame to the Bingham " Military Aademy ten days ago. Since bis arrival here the school ' | authorities state Whittaker suffer* I ed from homesickness, and it is thought that he committed the deed while under its influence. The hard yarn spinners sympathize with the cotton producefs, in the present condition of the mark- g et. They would tnuoh prefer that the farmers receive fair prices. At 1 their recent meeting in Charlotte g they adopted the following: * ' Fullv realizing that th* nr mtk I I J 0 ? r. I of cotton is abnormally low, even admitting that a 13,000,000 bale crop has been made, which no one living in the south and familiar with the conditions believes, we desire to go on record as in sympathy with the cotton growers in their movement to hold the balance of their crop until they can get a price commensurate with the cost of production.n Pawner salve Ttsewoei fcs?llm ealve In tKvwortd* ft ATTEN BAR< rH E HEAT X Successors to HE riLE CO., which ettle Avith the ei leased. >c; We are here .1 i 1 >ur snare 01 me 1 ngs will induce ng renoyated til fc Mercantile Co. >ur place more c lave devided our es first, on the c< nent second;dry lie fourth room. We would call sve have many gi For The is we want to na 3hasing* our Spri In moving onr Shoes, lecided to place them on a b hese shoes are not old good is DREW-SELBY,GODMAN am CLOTHING And if prices w kou to take advan feu can have an; [nent for actual < lelay but come a We would like tiave In the najf < prevents our doi tion and you will IN 8HAP *nd can make yo feet satisfactian, >us New Year an *onage, we are, Lm( 4 HON GAIN SE JtlULIl. C KXKKKKK IATH BANKIN1 . has been liquidi state of J AS. M XXXXXXX for business and i traae it low price the public to stic e stores of the 1 ,, gives us more r onvenieiit for 1 stock into depar orner; gent's tun goods third, ai your attention t< eat inducements Next Thirty lake a clean sw< ng Goods. a great many of the boxes ? argain counter, and let them s but right new and some ol i other makes. WE HAVE IN Afi ill move tho goo< itage of this greai y suit of clothes j cost for the spot nd let us dress y < to tell you more of bargains but b ng so. *?11 we a readily see we a E FOR BU u prices that will Wishing every id hoping for moi ^ ' > W y* r * - ? . > , "ASTER S. v* ' r ekersI*" 0 M P a N Y. 3 & MERC AN itedin order to . HEATH, deintend getting s and fair deal k to us. Hav loath Banking oom ancl makes business. We tment, groeernishidg departld millinery in j the fact that to offer Days Bep before purerc broken, and we have go at first cost. Now i the best we have, such HJNDANCE. Is, it is up to t reduction sale n our establishcash, so do"'t 3Ik HO. about what we eing so rushed sk is an inspecre SINESS, 9 I give you per* one a prosper*re of your pat mmi - c.