The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 14, 1905, Image 2
TMF LEDGER.'
- IRBRLOW S. CARTER.
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OK AND MANAGER. ,
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OiSirEU \VKI)XK>1?AV AN 1> SATI'KDAY
tvATt'HlUY IANUAKV 14, 11?05.
SUBS(MU!?riON $idOPEn YEAB
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Chupin Dispensary Suspends. A1
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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 <uld bo idle because of ot
their inability to get cotton to fr
spin. I an
Irs. Miller Acquitted in
Federal Court ^
('use of Interest to Fourth Class
['ost nut store. ? Question of Can*
celled Stamps.
ho State 12th Inst.
Tho federal couit was occupied
i day yesterday with the t.ial of
Irs. Frances Miller, formrely
jstnaistresa at Heath Springs, in
ancastor county, about six miles
irth of Kershaw on the Southern
ilway. The indictment charged
rs. Miller wish making false
iturns to the auditor of the
>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*
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Successors to HE
riLE CO., which
ettle Avith the ei
leased.
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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,
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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
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"ASTER S.
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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.