The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 11, 1905, Image 2
T.HF LEDGER.
V? .
TBDRLOW S. CARTER,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
WHET) WEDNESDAY AND SAII'llDAY
BWBSCJKI I'TION JiWl'EH YKAlt
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1905.
A Charlotte dispatch says that
several prominent cotton dealers
have, within the past few days,
received telegrams from Theodore
H Price asking for quotations on
cotton for immediate delivery in
Near York. Tho dispatch goes
on to say that it is understood
that Mr Price has sent inquiries of
a similar nature to all of the large
cotton markets throughout the
south and tho answer everywhere
ha* been tho samo. But fewdealers
have catton on hand, and
all agree that tho farmers refuse
to even consider present prices.
Mr Price gives as a reason for hi*
inquiry, the desire to secure
enough cotton to supply tho urgent
demands that are being mad?
on Now* York cotton merchant!
by tha mills of New England, and
his reasoning maj also bo vcr}
well based on his own personal
interests. It is generally under
stood that he is many thousand)
of bales short of the market, ant
unless the farmers begin to le
loose their holdings within tlu
next six weeks or such a matter
he stands to lose most of tlx
enormous profits ho has beer
counting as made.?Yorkvillo Enquirer.
Grorr Scuppemong Grapes
For some timo Commissioner ol
Immigration Watson has been in
correspondence with a big w ine
firm in Missouri in roferonco to
the possibility of a market for
acuapernotig grapes from this
etute. The company says it will
talfn oil tllQH nun ---J Hi
VMUV i?*k UIUJ V/AU UUU iU 1
YVateon 8ftys ho has succeeded in
making arrangements whereby a
profitable market can bo found
for such grapos. Tbi9 being so
there will likely be a revived intent
in grape wine growing
which has not flonrished in tbii
State owing to tho dispensary
iuw. ?Columbia Record.
Three Men Arrested.
Gteenrille, Mareh 8. ? Charlii
Crane Tom Rigdon and a mac
named Duncan, mill operatives,
were arrested yesterday morning
by Sheriff Gilreath an* placed in
the COIintv iail. Phftrnr#?r1 with hnp.
j t , h""" " "" "" '
ing broken into the cloth room at
Monaghan MilIh, in tho suburbs
of this place, and destroying nearly
f 1,000 worth of cloth, stealing
a pistol and also several pieces ol
cloth. The prisoners affirm their
innocence.
Terrific ltnin in Texas.
Houston, Texas, March t. ?A
terrific rain fell over Northeast
and EastTexas today and considerable
damage was done in the
washing away of bridges und fences.
Farmers will lose time,
but crops are not injared. Trains
are badly delayed, as slow orders
have been issued on all roads.
Fve inches of rain foil in loss than
three haurs.
The cotton mills of the Sta'e
will pay about $18,000 on account
of the new franchise tax. Tho
amount that will bo paid by tha
railroads will be about throe
times ah inuoh ah that paid by tho
cotton mills.
37 prominent farmers :n u
ingle community in Anderson
county, who plant about 100 acres
each in cotton, hare agreed to a
reduction aggregating more than
1,000 acres in thoir cotton crops
of 1905.
japs Reach Hon River
No New* Allowed to Pass the K
Censor and Infoi uiation Con- e
cerning Yesterday's Opcrtions
is Lncking.
O
1
SUMMARY OFTIIKWAK.
Mukden at noon yesterday was ^>l
still occupied l?y the Russians. Fu *'H
pass, 12 ?)iles to the eastw ml and ^i
on the Hun river, a vital point wl
for Kuropatkin in the retreat of W1
his eastern wing, was bombarded
by the Japanese for an hour early e<^
in the day. Russian urtillerv re
plying vigorously. The outcome
at this point seems to be in doubt. eM
A wind storm of hu rncane fury
was in progress during the dav.
1 No reports from the commander.
1 io-cbicf later than Wednesday Pfl
( have been given oat at St Peters- wl
burg. ^
Associated Press dispatches 00
1 from Mukden indicate that con
sideruble Japanese forces uro well
1 noith of tho city of Mukden, and
5 that the railroad upon which de'
ponds so much for the Russian
* army is seriously threatened, if
* j indeed is has not already been cut.
1 _
' St Petersburg, March 10, 3.05 at
' a. m. ? St Petersburg this morn H
" ing knows little tnoro of the out- h<
* come of the battle at Mukden at
* than it know Wednesday night, m
1 and little more of the fate of Gen cc
3 Kuropatkin's beaten army. It is ti
? not even known whether the rail- ji
J road has been cut and communi1
cations destroyed, though it is tie- p
lieved that the reported destine- ic
tion of the line by Gen Oku's y
army refers to the damage inflict a|
ed on Wednesday, which was not yi
^ serious, though traffic was twice
interrupted. It is evident, how- pi
ever, that the Japanese are press- le
1 ing closer this indispensable line ti
1 of retreat. Their shells occasion- ti
ally cut tho wires of the telegraph 1
lines paralleling the railroad, and $
civilian linemen are displaying ns y<
less bravery than their soldier as- 1;
sociates by climbing the poles and
replacing tho wires under fire. ?
The most important news received
from Russian sources is
the Associated Press information
Ci
| that the Japanese already have
reached the Hun river. Fu pais **
is only 12 milts of Mukden and ?
well westward of Gea Linevitch's ^
line of retreat. Whether the ex- P1
G
( treme Russian left has already
( succeeded in retiring behind the ^
Hun river and moving down the ^
, north hank of the stream to join at
| hands with Gen Kuropatkin's t(1
main force is not stated; but it is
extremely probable that unless ^
. the Russians are able to defend \r
the crossing at Fu Pass, Gen (j|
Rennenkampff's corps and pe**,
haps additional forces will be cut
off and haye to shift for themsel- p
ves in the mountainous region
north of Fushun, against expe ditionary
forces of Japanese
winch are reported from Chinese fr
sources to he racing toward the
Tie pass. The censor allows no
word to puss, but it was stated fr
here >esterday that (ion Kuropat- w
kin had boon for some time as- ]y
sembling a force of reserves at ta
Tie puss and Harbin with this a|
in view, to defend the pass and
positions until he cun make or
fight his way back. XI
South Carolina Negro Kills Pail a- l?
ma Officer.
tn
Colon, March 9.?An American
negro named John Well* from si|
South Carolina on being refuted ly
admitance to a dance here last on
nighi erew a revolver and shot lit
and killed a policeman and wound- St
cd Lwo other persons. Tho murderer
was arrested and probably co
wiil bo sentonced to a term of im> be
prisonment in Chiriqui jail as )n,
there is ne capital punishment in th,
I Panama. on
Must Surrender,
uropatkin Suid to he Surround*
d by Japanese Seizure of Tie
Puss.
Newchwung, Murch 0, via
ontnin.?It i? reported that Tie
ihs has been invented by tho
panose and tlmt Gen. Kuropat^
n, having no other alternative
11 probably forced to surrender
thin a week.
Gen. Nogi's army made n forcmarch
of twenty five miiou
ily and, in conjunction with
an. Oko's army, surrounded j]
*hty thousand Russians in the
rcction of Tie Pass, cutting off
eir supplies. q
The hurrying Japanese armies
ssed a divisiou of Russians fri
miwui ni*,l,g Bl,y iiuenuon limn ~M~
e enveloping movement was Q
rapleted, when they cruehingly ^
lacked the Russians on all aides.
Over a Billion More. . |
jst of Last Cleveland Administration
and That Just Closed.
Washington, March 8.?A
utement was issued today by Mr 1
emenway, the chairman of the ""
juso committee on appporiutions, ^
nl by Mr Levingaton, ranking
inority member ef the same
immittee, relating to appropriaons
by the session of Congress
ist closed. ^
Statements as to the total appro- ^
nations for the session agree be>g
$818,474,914 for the fiscal 8
ear ending June 30, 1906, as
gainst $781,172,375 fer lhe preious
year. cl
Mr-Levingston makes a com- -jarison
of the four years of the ^
i6t Cleveland administration and 1]
ie tour vears of the administra f1
on just closed, showing that in 1
893-1896 appropriations were P
2,016,343,758 and during the
Bars 1903-1906, they were $3,53,834,292.
t<
enator Bates Dies in Washington
CM,. C
Washington, March 9. ? United 0
tates Senator William Bremago ^
ate of Tennessee, twice governor
f his State, a veteran of the War t;<
etween the Sections, rising from
rivate to major general in the ?r
onfederate hi my and fsr 18 "
sars a conspicious membsr of
ie upper house of congress, died ^
his hotel apartments in this city
day, aged 78 years. Death was
ie to pneumonia and defective ^
iart. Senator Bate attended the
lauguration ceremonies on March
, and his death is believed to be
tie primarily to exposure on vu
mt occasion. a ?
earful Death Kate From Dreadful
Plague.
i
Calcutta, March 9 ?The deaths ?.
oin the plague, Inst v?eck nun." I
ered 14,000. -1Statistics
show tOat the deatha ^
om bubonic plague in India
ithin a few years roached near- lea
'3,000,000. In 1903 the mollify
in India from the plague
one was 850. The number ??f XI
tatbs recorded Inst week while
.traordinary is not unprecedented
lie infection recently upload
Buamiah where it is making
pid strides. Thu season of
o yoar always favors its spread. ^
Governor Vardniniin. nf Miuuiu. ...
1 ?- ? .vw.w- f If
;>pi, has prevented so muny
nchings tbat oven bis critic#
ight to be willing to givo bim a
tie more ropo. ? Wilmington
ar' sll
The United States senate is
mposed of three classes of memrs?those
who have not t>een
dieted, tho e who I a- e and
ose who may he indicted later
i.?Birmingham News.
Eyes <)
A great redi
For 1
l all Winter
ordingly. E
f these slang
HE HEl
!
We will offe
lie following
clean eleara
lake room foi
nd inspect 01
uv. for it is a
%) ' " ~"
rhat startling
All Winter
nd Overcoats
ts,Fars and 1
orts and Lap
ortment of K
We have 15
nd which art
ured. But, <
ng from one i
lace them on
fo at a great s
rill be knifed
oo many.
Remember,
3ASH, and i
!ome everybo
rill gixc yon
aht has EYE
v C n."
e have just received z
Gingl
e have the largest ant
pretty line of Mohair
Also a large a<
e have the swellest an
so come at or
.aces and En
:tensively the best and
in please the most fasi
te most up^to dato li
string ties. Inte
to be had. <
veral dozen HATS to
e price and let your
We have several rolls
?ck of Furniture that
' ^ a /
pen, tiverj
uction iii prices
Vd RT i '"zM o j
lie Next uirty
weights, so govern y
yeryoue eome and tal
hteriiig oriees.
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nr- w "Bttb awnum~wnsr??rrrw-urTruna ansr
iTHJONES CJ
BUB tt_P?^ lOgPL-KL-TI .B.BLJg_ja_tl-r?W g. 1
sr to the trade tor the
goods at cost, as we 1
nee of Winter weai
r Spring goods. So c
11* stock, even if you <
. pleasure to show 01
? values we have in s
weights in 0 loth in g.,
at actual eost. Als<
Vluifs accordingly. Ill
Robes, the same way
nit Skirts at your pri
0 pairs of Slioesto off
1 of the very best tlia1
ifter breaking the bo
store to the other, ha
the Bargain Coimtei
sacrifice. Ouu entire
to tlte core, as we i
these Prices are ft
no charging* will be
dy and bring your p
the cheapest and best
R been offered YOU.
i pretty lot of Spring Goods such as
lams, Nainsooks, Swisses, Piques, a
I best selectwd stock of Ladies'
Collars (hat has ever been sin
tailor made'Skirts in all the leading
ssortment of black mercerized Si teen
id nobbiest line of Spring Silks in ai
ice and take a look and you will be
prices, pattern, and quality.
? H ? fi
iDroiaeriesi sttrt
cheapest that money could buy, and
tidious.
ne of CRAVATS, in all colors. As
irnationa! and United Shirts and Coll
im! also our fifty cent line cant be
v*. S* ST *+. S7 ^/r
js- jsi* J* ^
be turned loose, name _? Doze
craninm be covered. ?~? the1
, r? i nnrT h.-j ?? <
' <h lAivrci uiai we will close out;
we will sell at cost.
*
'body!
Days
ourselves acce
advantage
bbwibi awa'all
.. ?? - J.
! next 111 oiltli
want to make
in order to
jome at once
don't wish to
nr customers
tore for them
?Suits, Pants
> Capes, Jackkinkets,
Com.
A big asice.
er very cheap
t is manufac>xes
in removve
tSeeided to
and let them
line of Shoes
have entirely
>r the SPOT
i listened to.
iiirse, and we
t merchandise
iid lots of other styles. )wn
on this market.
; shades.
i Petticoats very cheap.
1 the up-to-date shades,
pleased with
it ladies have a peifect
such, we have bought
feel assured that we
cot's Four-in-hand and
ars, the very best
duplicated.
iii Soiled Linen Collars,
very best, 5 cents each.
U cost. Also a small
A
sin mi
il lill. "