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* * k > s BEA3W ^.jOAyj 4 Jtasrf^r JfevqMgw : #%* <* fliwrOtti ^fJUiWIiiw^ AeMt 40rtvttvrt?tfQMMntfaUhtaAk | oil ^?~w' ' - ' ' -' "' ' -., ... ??1 11 III " ;g?Bf ? I " .! a r? .1 .ff TTiruWEtiKLY L A N 0 A ? T E K. tf. 0.. MARC li, 11, 1905 KHTABL18HED1552 ! I 1 1 HaDDenin^ in thft Ktfltfi empunelled ft ]nr> < f inuucst nnilil/i??Ann<i?? n i " 1 i u- -.-.v. A* Chronicled by the Alert Correspondent a of The Columbia State and the Charleston Novts and Courier. (Specials to The State ) $2,500 Reward for Murderer of J . T. Smith. Williaton, March 6.?At the coroner's inquest which met today nothing new was developed in the killing of Mr. J. T. Smith, .Jr. Solicitor Davis, owing to some rumors of lynching which had circulated, thought it advisable to postpone the cace till such time as the ends of justice mightjbe promo ted and that owing to those rumnru if tuna * ? - 4 ?* iv i?.i inuii^iii uusi io Hittn no investigation which might oxcite passions which are already much aroused. Upon motion of Dr. YV. (J. Smith, more than 100 men who were at the investigation pled gel their co-operation with the solicitor to prevent any violence to any suspects wh<? might he approhonded. The Smith family have put tip a reward of $2,500 and the governor will be asked to supplement this amount for tho apprehension of the assassin. Prisoner Shot in Darlington. Darlington, March G.? While Policeman Fields was taking a negro, Ed wilson, from the niav ot'b court to the guard house today the prisoner, who hud been sontonced to 80 days on the chaingang for carrying concealed wonpon, broke away and ran. Tbo negro was getting the beat of the race when he had gone about 100 yards and the officer shot at him, the bull entering the hack and penetrating the abdomen, making u seriohs wound. Penitentiary Recruits From Charleston County. Charleston, March 7.?The business of the court of general sessions was practically completed today with the sentencing of 15 prisoners to terms in the penitentiary. Thera were 50 cases on the docket, and 20 of tbo number have been carried over to the next term to be handled by toe solicitor of the newly created ninth circuit. Among the number which u/onf niror \rrm o ' liM 2 U ? ?> <. Vivi una lUdt Uk Ciimil HU) I| who was to have been tried today for murder. Judge Gage refused a new trial for Dan Hedd'eson, convicted of manslaughter, and notice was served by Attorney W T Logan that he would carry the case to the supreme court. Monazite Discovered in Greenville County. Greenville, March 7.?Mod. nzite in large quantities has been discovered in the creeks and branches around Lennermnn in Grove township, and tons of the minerul is being taken out and tested. The analyses by reliable mineralogists show a very large per cent, nuro mnnn'/itfi in (K j oomnUo ? ? ?? ?"UT"" sent for analytical purposes, and a trace of gold la found in every sample (Srecials to News and Court- r ) White Man's Body Found. St Stephen's, March 7.?The dead body ofjja white man was discovered lying in the ditch near the railroad, about one and a half miles south of this place, yester. day morning. Magistrate Wilder . examined the body', and found! out from letters in lm pocket that' his name was .lohu F] MeCrucken ; and hi? [ eoplc live at Conway, S. C. ! There wus no evidence as to the j manner iD which ho met his death 1 but the marks on the ground in! dicated that he either fell or was | thrown from a southhoud train. I His head was under water in the Hitch | Not a Bale Sold. I .Jonesville, Union County, March 7.?Special: The good weather for the hist few day* has put new life in everything. Farmers have started their ploughs and they seem lively. They nro so far standing to their pledge to reduco thoir cotton acreage and the use of commercial fertilizers. Not a bale of cott >n has been sold in this mmkot since Christmas A number of bales of cotton have been ginned at this place in the last few days. ARE YOU ENGAGED . Engaged people should remember, that, alter marriage, many quarrels can be avoided, by keeping their digestions in condition with Electric Bitters. S. A. Brown, of Beunettsvilo, S. C , says: 4'For years, my wife suffered intensely from dyspepsia, o implicated with a torpid livor, lllltil klhrt lllfil ot|.?n?lU .....I w??w l\/uv UV1 C L I ^ 1 I I 11 (411(1 vigor, jirst! became n mero wreck of her former self. Then she tried Electric Bitters, which helped her at once, and finally made her entirely well. She is now strong and healthy." Crawford Bros. J. F. Mackoy & Co., and Funderburk Pharmacy druggist, sells and guarentees them, at 50c a bottle. Liquor Constables Lose Point in Supremo Court. Special t3 Greenville News. Columbia, March 6.?The Supreme Court today rendered a veiy important decision as to the liability of bondsmen of dispensaty constables. The cn*e arose from that of Wieters a blind tiger daider in Charleston, who alleged that constables in muking a search of his place useanl ed Lim Ho sued thom tor damages in the sum of $10,000 each and when the case was called the State, through the attcr.ieygeneral, demurred. Tho case was taken to Supreme Court and the effect of the decision is to bold the bondsmen liable in such cases The practical outcome will he that the case will go hack to the lower court for trial and for tho assessment of damages if any be allowed. GOT OFF CHEAP Ho may well think, he has got off cheap, who, after having contracted constipation or indigestion. Is still able to perfectly restore his health. Nothing will do this but Dr. King's New Life Pills. A quick,pleasant, and cortain cuie for headache, constipation, etc. 25c at Crawford Bros, J. F.Mackey A Go's and Fnnderburk Phar-. macy. ? Reward will be paid for information which will lead to the recovery of a black Berkshire sow and pig^six months old, which lef mv hnnm Int.! Hnnrtau ?- 1 Duvo McKinney. ? For letterheads, noteheads, billheads, circulars and (ill kinds of printing neatly and quickly printed, send your work to this office. Roy S Strait. lYuiupdiiuii CiUiirciy OUITUUHUcd. ' m Oyuina Lost 40,000 Men, ilulf That number of Dead Russians Being on the Frozen Ground. Newehwang, March 8 ?It is reported here that scouisof General Nogi's and General Kuroki's armies aro already in touch be. hind Tie Pats. If tho report is true this means that Gen. Kuropatkin is entirely surrounded by the ,Japanese. Kuropatkin's loss in killed and wounded up to last night is placed at 23,500. Oyaraa is believed to have already lost fully 40,000 men. The Japaneso army, according to prisoners, is greatly exhausted. The\ repeat the statement that some of Gen. Nogis men have not hud any food for two days. Headquarter18 General Ren? nokamptT near Ohepusa, March 9. ?The road northwest is covered so far us tho eye can reach by a continuous tile of two wheeled Chiuese carts full ot wounded Each cart hearing from three to five wounded men whose exhaus lion is almost too utter for them to feel pain. Scarcely a groan or a cry is heard, not even the mouns of tho dying,only the dismal creak of the road wheels and tho thud of the hoofs. Most of the wound od have their beads covered with Chinese blankets rr dirty coats, stiff with coagulated- blood, hid ing wan and dirty faces, distorted with pains, sunken eyes and dis?tended nostrils. Horo and there is seen a cart with two woucded men, betwoen whom is a corpse, which with every jolt pounds against tho helpless living comrades of a man on whose face death had sculed its unbearable agony. The valley in front of the Russian positions has become a valley of death. Coipsos strew the debatable ground from which neither side can remove its dead. In many places two foes lie side by sido with bayonets sheathed in each other's breasts. Everywhere corpses, corpses, corpses! Noar the 44Hill with tho tower" the Japanoso wore discov erod 3'esterday heaping up corpses as defonses. The Russian field batteries immediately opened fire 1 ? - mm luiuen cessation or tne work. In Foil Retreat Northward. Russians Have Evacuated the Whole Line Along the Shakhe Rivea, and the Fall of Muckden Appears Imminent. General Kuroki's Headquarters in the Field, via Fusan, March 8, Morning.?The Russians last night, under cover of darkness, evacuated the whole line along the Shakhe liver, and aro now in full rotreat northward. The Japanese infantry i? pressing them closely. Before retreating, the Russians set tiro to great heaps of supplies^ which burned throughout the night. Tho fall of Muck den nppoars imminent. Tho .Japuneso are pushing the Kussian8 hard on tho east. Notice to tho Public. 1 will hold all inquests in the county. Phone to my residence at Plea-ant Hill for mo when needed. J. Montgomery Cafkey, ept. 20?tf Coroner L C. MileHace for the Pass. Wearied Japs May Lag Behind No Other Hope Lett Russians General Kuropatkin's Condition Recognized in St Petersburg a* Worse Than at LiaoYang. St Petersburg, March 9, 3 a m ?The battle of Mukden has resulted in a Russian defeat. Fiold Marshal Oyama has once more proved himself one of tho greatest tnnsters of offensive strategy ?sinco Napoleon, while General Kuropatkin is now ongaged m endeavoring to defend his titlo as a master of successful rcireais anil bno); otf bis army, with its immense train, safely to Tie Pass, where a position was long ago prepared with this contingency in view. The problem before the Russian commander inchief is more difficult than the |ono he met successfully at Liac lYnng, since now he is threafened on both flanks, hie left wing being entangled in a mouctainnus region from the railroad. BASK IIOl'E ON JAr's FATIGUE. Nevertheless, Russian militaay men hero express a fair degree of confidence in GencralKuropatkin's ability once more to extricate his army and avoid a Russian Sedan. Besides his skill in rear-guard action, they l#se their hopes on the physical condition of the Japanese soldiers, who, although they are the greatest marchers in the world, are well nigh exhausted by their strcunons endeavors of the last fortnight. Only to the initiated is the now* of the reverse positively known at this time. Emperor Nicholas and high military officers, of course, were informed by Generul Kuropatkin's telegram of Tuesday, stating tersely that Mukden must be aban doned, and they received details of the withdrawdal as they appeared in excised portions of the official dispatches giyen out yes. terday. Last evening a newspaper contained u vague report of doubtful origin, credited to Chinese sources, but the first positive statement was derived from the dispatch from General Kuroki's headquarter, the contents of which wero quickly telegraphed to many liberals from friend* abroad. The report probably will not bs printed in (bis morning's papers, the government, true to its policy of breaking bad news gently, only p-eparing the way by authorizing the publication of a number of premonitory telograma. The news, however, is only what wa* expected, ultimate retirement having been discounted from the moment the battle began. RACK FOR THE TASS. From good information, it is known that genoral Kuropatkin comtemplated retirement before the beginning of the battle, and that he bad hoped to accomplish it without a serious combat. The Japanese, however, forced him tc accept battle. The double turniug movement compelled him tc end the major part of hi* reserve! to the fighting line, and rendered aa offectivo counter*stroke out ol the question, and the decision to retire was immediately taken on March 0, and was stated in th? dispatches of that day. Withdrawal was Actually begun daring the ni<iht. The great question ' now and over which tho general staff burned its lights late Into the night, is whether Field Marshal Oyamu has entangled the Russians in the strategic net sufficiently to prevent a successful retreat to Tie Pass. General Renuenkaupff's forces, to the eastward, admittedly is in great danger of being cut off, and a considerable forco of Japaneso appear to bo operating on the Russians right well toward Tie pass. If tho Japanese succeed in reaching tho railroad and interrupting trallic, if only for a , few hours, it may have tho groat" , est consequences for General Kuropatkin, who is now encaged in a race with the .Japanese to reach the naturally defensible position, 40 milas northward. , Thus far, ho has stood off all nti tacks directly against the 11 inks of his army, and holds the way of i retreat open. Tho Russians on Tuesday cap tured 500 prisoners, who appear i to he almost oxhausted. I The losses on both sides have ; been enormous. Tho casualties on tho Russians left flank on Tuesday exceed 7,000. The burning of commissariat warehouses and tho destruction of supplies south of Mukden, which has hron in progress several days, is said by Russian officero to be complete. Everything that could not be carried away was destroyed. To-day the situatiou is most tense. A terrific cannonading is in progress and tho streets of Muk den rumble as with 10,000 drums. CASUALTIES OF BATTLE IIUNDRBD THOUSAND. Tokio, March 9, (5, a m ?Tho great battle in Manchuria raged all day yesterday along the ontire enormous front. Tho Japanese wore victorious, and they drove theRjssians from a series of important positions. Bj nightfall it seemed imperative that Gen. Kuropatkin would nave to withdraw his shattered legions and avoid a complete disaster. Indeed, it appeared impossible for him to effect a retreat without heavy loss of prisoners, guns and storns. Tho continuous battle is already the bloodiest of tho war. Upon the ground thst Gen. Oku alone gained lie 8,000 Russian dead. The reports from other armies are expected, to triple this figure. it is estimated that the Jananese have lost 50,000, making tho joint slaughter far exceed 100,000 ; men. Details of the combat are ! lacking, but it is believed that tho 1 Japanese cut the railway north ' of Mukden, leaving only > the roadways and a light railway from Fushun to Tie pass as avenues for the retreat of the Russians, but army headquarti era refrain from affirming or ileny! ing a report to that effect. , It is thought that Mukden is I still in the hauds of the Russians. , ATTACKED BY A MOB i and beaten, in a labor riot, until , covered with scares, a Chicago ( streot car conductor applied Buck len's Arnica Sab e, and was soon 1 sound and well. 44l uso it in my ' family," writes G. J. Welch of 1 Tekonsha, Mich., <4and find it i perfect." Simply great for cuts , and burns Only 25c at Crawford ( Bros'., J. F. Mackey A Co's and j Fuudorburk Pharmacy. [ ?Subscribe to The Ledger. O Judge John H Reagan Dies at Texas Home. Was Solo Surviving mombor of Confederate Cabinet, l'neuinonin Caused his Death. Houston, Texas, March 0.? Judge John 11 iteugan, solo surviving member of the Confederate cabinet, died today at Palestine, Texas, of pneumonia. .Judge lieagan, who was 80 years old, had been failing for a year or more. .Jndgo Rengan was postmaster general in the Confederate cabinet. Before the War Between tho Sections he was elected district judge in Texas. tie went to the United States senate injl8S6. After retiring from tho senate Judge Reagan was appointed chairman of the -State railroad commission, tint from this he resigned a few years ago. At tho time of his death ho was engaged in wr iting his autobiography. For Coughs-atyour drug gists or direct from Murray Drug Co., Cot unit) iu, S. C.~ 'Murray's llorchoundMu I lein. and Tar. ?dc for large si size bottle. In tho fftco of a big crop and in spite of enormous receipts, the cotton market is holding its own with remarkable steadiness at the advance recorned aowo time ago. Tho organization in ilie south to make and market cotton on business principles is responsible for tho advance and for tho steadiness, but is responsible for much more. Tho farmers and merchants must give it credit for maintaining the prico of cotton above f> cents a pound. Without tho counter movement made by tho Southern Cotton association tho bears, with the ttemendous leverage given by tho size of tho crop and the receipts, would have long since succeeded in doing what Theodore Price predicted?driving cotton to uV6 cents a pound. Receipts are too heavy, but they are coming chiefly from Texas where moro organization is needed. The control of the crop before warehouses are provided for storing and before provision is made for advancing money is not to be expected, but tho need of such control i9 made more manifest daily. The farmers must unite in this movement and holo themselves: ft they will receive all needed assistance. They aro backed by the business interests of the south.? 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