Tue LEDGER. TMIBUIW S. CARTER, EDIT Jit AND MAN AG Eli. ruSVKD \VKI)M KUl\y AN!) SATURDAY WBrtC. Kl I'TION $i60l?KI' YEAK ATl'KDAY, M Altl'lf '25, 1905. The Yorkvillo Enquirer, u mont intelligent and sensible newspaper, nays that the farmers of the south should insist on iho cbango from jute to cotton bagging for their grout money crop. " There is no reason,it says, "why wo should send money to India for burlap at whatever price If we make nothing out of (ho uiator except to keep at home tho money that would otherwise go away for jute, the uso of cotton bagging would bo profitable. There would be more in it than this, however. Bagging suilicient to cover the Southern cotton crop would necessarily consume enough cotton to have some effect on the price." The Cotton Association might find it advivablc to" change. It is practical, it is cheaper, and as the Enquirer well says, the consumption of such largo quantities of tho raw product for bagging will naturally stimulate the market. ? Greenville Mows. Young Lady lias Miraculous Escape fion Death. Miss Eliza Mabry, a student at tho College, underwent a very thrilling experience Monday afternoon. She fell down the elevator shaft in tho roar of the dormitory, and, surprising to relate, she was uninjured, wtyh the exception of a few bruises.and a general shaking up. She was leaning over the rail which surrounded the shaft when her support gave way, and sho plunged downward a distance of three stories. Sho struck an iron bar in tho course of her descent, und this undoubtedly broke tho force of her flight and swed her life.?lieck 11 ill Record. Mothers can safely give Foley's Honey andTar to their children for coughs and colds, for it contains no opiates or other poisons. Sold y Funderburrt Pharmacy. Aged Lawyer Convicted and Civen Life Sentence. Fayotteville, Ga., March 2^.? Col. Stephen D. Renfrco, a lawyer about 77 years aid, was con victed this afternoon of tho mur der of bis dunghter-in-law. The jury recommended him to the mercy of tho court. Ho was sentenced to serve tho remainder r\f liiu lifn in llio Stnln nnnlrnnliii - Ken free quarreled with his daughter-in-law over a cabbage pnteh, tho quarrel ending in his shooting her to death with a shotgun. He claimed self-defense, lien free is quite feeble, and during the greater paj*t of the trial reclined on on improvised couch in tho court room. The case will probably go to the supremo court. Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates, and will not constipate like nearly all other cough medicines. Refuse Substitutes. Sold by Funderburk Pharmacy. A cyclone swept across the south em portion of lianilo'ph count), A In., last Wednesday, leaving deatli and destruction in its path. Nino lives were lost, a number o* houses demolished and much other property damaged. Notice to the Public. 1 will hold all inquests in the county. l'hono to my residence at Pleasant tiill for me when needed. J. Montgomery Caskey, ?pt. 20?tf Coroner L. C. i Can Hardly Hold Harbin Ua net Gen JJnevitoh Muy ho Compelled to Fall Back in Ihu Heart of U? Siberia and Leave Everyis u tbinu in Keacb to the ? nie Japanese. Y|, Si I'oleiBhurg, March 24, 1:45 i n ni,- The possibility that if the Uushian army should be unable to hold the lower lino of the Sungat i liver at Chuiinchtat.su, it may be rc compelled to retreat not only to llarhin, but also further westward along the railroad, abandoning to the ifapaneue northern Manchuria and llio Kossicn Maritime Amur Siberian province?, as well as the vast territory already lout, is the ni? latent startling news from the front. RD( The Btrategic weuknesB of c^e General Linevitch's position as he aD( falls back north ward is made clear wn . .... by u Guoshu dispatch, iu which it UIt po in ted out that unless Chunchia- tae tsu and the Sangaii linen, a scant wa 100 mile* below Harbin, can be held,it will bo difficult to maintain position further buck before Har- ^-*0 bin, where, with the front of the 11111 army paralleling the railroad, the 8*a practicability a turning movement to comploty sever communications Wft and isolate the army 0,000 miles from home is too serious for Kussian consideration. That such a dispatch should have been permit- Hi; ed to pass the censor at the front, H is significant ;and, if General Line- ed vtieh has communicated a simi- pa lar estimate of the sitnatiou di res rect to emperor Nicbolus, it may in account for his majestys increased Co disposition to listen to peace coun sels and open negotiations befere Mi the .lapanese establish themselves ha on Russian soil. It cun now tie definitely stated tin that tlio decision to appoint Grand wh Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch to ha tho supreme command in tho far oh East was re-considered, because hu of the opinion that tho outlook at ?oi the front does not warrant the qu risk of compromising tho prestige bo of a member of the imperial family. up At the general staff, the view thst General Linevitch may be compelled to abandon Harbin aad retire towards Lake Brikal, leav- W8 ing Vladivostock to its fate, ib re- 0f rvn ro/l nu olmncf nn ?*rn U _ . v\i mo uiuiv/ob uuvyttiiouicU uy anything that is officially known Qf there, it is being pointed out that a| Field Marshal Oyama may bare th< a long and luborious task to bring Ba] up an army of 300,000 or 400,000 mt men. of Meanwhile, Russian re-enforce- cjv ments are arriving at Harbin at 0f the rate of 1,200 men per day. DU Nevertheless, it is tigmficant that fe( there is now a wellmarked peaca ,tc party at the War Offiice. ,ln T ROOl'S SHOOT DOWN TEAS ANTS. tr< Kutno, Russia, March 23 ? Hn Ton pensints were killed and fif- no ty were wounded at Lamenta, un March 21. as the result of shoot- i?g ing of infantry sent to quell dis- ?tl turbanoo. A crowd of peasants W1 from Benignowa proceeded to i)a Lamenta to induce the farm la^ alt borers to strike, and rioting oc- rei cured. The chief of poliee, with wj a company of soldiers, went to th< the scene and the troopj fired two volleys at the (peasants killing &yi two on ihe spot and wounding fifty. The latter were brought in carts to the hospital here, where Bi< seven men and one woman sub. ^ sequent ly died. Eleven others ore 'lying. I'EACK PROPOSAL ABOUT TO BE MADE. St. Petersburg, March 23,7:05 ^ p. in.?The Ministers of the court HA1 who advanco l tho submission of picitic proposals to Japan, as ^ previously set forth in these dis cn patches, so us to ascertain whether an honorable bonis of peace is ' possible, believe they have carried the day, and it is \ rtoed oti high authority that an ual step In imminent, if u LEAVE VLADIVOSTOK St. Petersburg, March 23- -It innounced here that ail the vyqu have been ordered to l? aye idavoatopk. Happenings in the State. Chronicled by the Alert Corispondentg of The Columbia Stale and the Charleston News ami Courier. (Specials to The State ) A Barn Burned. Union, March 23.?Tuesday 1 ;ht tire broke out in the barn of . W. D. Mollis near Crosskeys i destroyed about 2.000 bun* s of fodder, 185 bushles of corn 1 25 sacks of acid. The stock s saved but the barn and stu8 were completely destroyed, i roof almost failing in. The fire s discovered at 9 o'clock. ,d it not been for the timely aid Messis Oric Hoils and Caesar re, the loss would ha^e been ich greater, as they entered the lis and with sticks drovo out ) mules and cows when tho roof s falling in. Killing in Hurnwell County. Hum well, March 23.?Near inbarlon this morning MrJas Skinner shot and instantly kill* Mr Miller Anderson. Both rties aro well known and are iidentK of Dunbarton, a station this county on the Atlantic iast Line railway. Mr Anderson was a planter, r Skinner a merchant, and both ve a family. About a month ago, it ;eems, 3 men had a difficulty, since deli time their personal relations vo not been pleasant. This >ming Mr Skinner was bird nting when he met MY Andera. Words were passed, the arrel was renewed, and then the raicide. Mr Skinner has given himself to the sheriff. ( )<>nnp.o'm Snl?ri?o Walhallu, March 23?-There l* no little surprise among some our county officers today when vance sheets containing the acts the tecent session of the generaesembly were rend. it was a act hearing upon the officers' aries wherein no allowance was ide for wood and postage in any the offices. The only material ange made was in that of clerk court, v> ho is to be paid - an an* al salary of $1,300 in lieu of all 38 It requires the clerk keep an tmiztd statement of alHhe work d to turn over to the county insurer at the end of each month | moneys collected by him, that ! work is to be done for any one j less the required fee accorapan. i the deed, mortgage or any I ior document. It is not known iut the clerk's salary heretofore s been, but the impression ha9 vays been that it wa9 the mo3t n.unerative of all the offices, end I th this salary remains so, alough it may not reach the j lount that it did under the fee ! stem. j OASVORZA. ar, th? s* Tka Kind Yon Han Always Bongtit rrtZv&SE.7 BO) YOUR SIDES Cherry & Co'a. They can sel u anything from the $6 Edwin app down to a if 1 Brogan, and ve yon from 25c to 50c a pair, toy h.indle the heat in the citv. ive u full line of of the Ash* ifl & Elkinhome made brogaoa. irry and get your numbers. CHERRY & CO. 1 r THE HE feels satislu best and ?r SPK 11 ^11 the express tt have the EST LI ever shov makes us to make r DEEPE] can ton eh We set oil principles, i will li?lub? - >4, iikS if fail- as&?8 ?(le, know SSiiii have always* i< dealing lo all. GrC I shades, Eolinne, pla suitings and serges-ji nd skirts. Also a be :s, Soiesette, white ar ceeized oxford, cottc ill the prevailing colo: aits. White goods " ay call for we have ii you. MILLINERY. SON has just returned from the ig season. ted to attend the opeuing, whict D-JIK vc teledlj the DODS * THE TRADE pleased, and enlv that, we 13 CHJEAJPOYELTIES ng these facts d just enough A. LITTLE lo competitor atsuti ?sa bu^iaieM# ?agaaare alcs&I&Big** we are ^Sr icily ulvoc.aical ftquare jOUS .in and figured Mohair, List the up-to-date thing :autiful line of taffeta id colored linens, canin eoilinne and voiles, rs. Just the right thing to beat the band," and a this line, and prices North with the latest novelties i will be announced later.