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TUCL506ES. rHC?I.OW S. CARTE#, ED1TJK AND MAN AG Kit. ?ni?ii r~ ?? ? nJSl'lM) \v.-:ns ksu.vy and Saturday aur.H<JKipnoN ^ PE?' YK\K Lancaster, S C\, April 10, 10U5. [ Dor the Ledger. The l'rice of Cotton. Cotton futures went down near ly every day last week, and are still going lower this week. Brokers and speculators say it is because they are beginning to find out that the farmers are not keeping their pledge to reduce the acreage. On June 3 they will find out exactly how much the acreage has been reduced, if any, and if it is none or but little, down will go the price to five cents. And it will stay down. And it ought. Sensible men have reduced their acreage. But the trouble is that all men arc not sensible. The biggest part of them arc not sensible. The f.ict is, that many of them deserve a worse name. They thought others were cutting down, and so they plant the same as usual or increase. But the other fellow was doing the same thing. And all arc playing t/^rr/d llor Mon wbw.?v.,. ? ..vy travel around aud see say that there is m?rc cotton being planted this year than they ever knew before. All right; let them plant it and burst. The whole Southern business world sympathized with the farmers in their fight and joined hands with them, giving time, money and moral support to them and now the farmers are refusing to stick. It looks almost like a betrayal of one's friends. And ruining themselves at the same time. Well, they deserve it. Men who do not grasp an opportunity when it is placed into their hands do not deserve it. If they prefer to continue to be slaves to the rest of the world, it is their own lookout. It is a free country and they can do as they please. If a man prefers a yoke around his neck to being free and independent its nobody's business. Let > i-- -1-? - - nun linen iij) juu uc unveil on. Give up and quit, Mr Editor. You have done everything you could to give aid and encouragement to this movement but it was labor wasted. We did not appreciate it. Look at the guano used and cotton planted and see. So give it up and tell us again about killings and robberies. Maybe we will appreciate that. A Reducer. A * 1 . r? . 1 ivpru i mil, I 900. Items from Kershaw Kra Supt K A Thies, of Haile Gold Mino, returned yesterday from u visit to Charlotte and other point*. ? Hie town authorities have purchased a street s irinUh r which will be use 1 for settling the dust along tho business portion of the town. ? Mr A 1* Brown has sold his mercantile business at Heath Spriugto Mr .1 E Creed and has gone to Sonoca to engage in business there. His family will go as soon as Mr Brown can get his dwelling ready. ? Misses Florenco Brown and Mat tie Leach spent from Friday night to yesterday morning in Lancaster with relatives of the former. ?SherilF and Mrs .1 1* Hunter, and the former's daughter, Mr* G U Barron, all of Lancaster, spent Sunday in Kershaw. Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. Don't delay taking. Sold by Funderburk Pharmacy. Sent to Penitentiary For Postofflce Robbery. Sentence Imposed on Three Men Convicted in the Latta Case ? Rabens Will Appeal. Special to the State. Charleston, April 15.?In the United States court today Judge Brawlcy refused the motion for a new trial in the case of Rudolph Rabens, James Johnson and John King, convicted of blowing and robbing the postofticc safe at Latta, and passed the sentence of seven years on Johnson, five on King and three on Rabens. The serving of the sentence in the case of the Charleston man, will, however, be suspended on account of an appeal which has been taken by Attorney Hughes to the Circuit court of appeals. Rabens was released later in the day 011 a bond of $5,000, his brothers, II. H. Rabensand Chris. Rabens, going on the bond. Johnson was given seven years for his plea of guilty in the Enorcc robbery case for which McKinley, Noland, Dugan and Howard.who were convicted here two years ago, are now doing time in the Atlanta prison. The other members of the gang were given five years, but the district attorney'? office was willing to accept twe years for Johnson and the sentence was accordingly passed, making seven years in all foi Johnson. Will Place Menioiinl Window. Mrs. B. I). Heath and childrei will place a beautiful stainedglass window in tho nu%? Brevani Street Methodist church, as f memorial to tho gentle life til Mis. Mary Morrow Heath. The order has been given to one o the laigo producers of such work and the window will be in placi within four weeks. It wi'l occupj a prominent place in tho Brevarc street front, with a measuremcn of 100 square feet.?Charlotti Observer. Paid I)<arly ibr His V Istol Master Claude Bowlin. a lad o perhaps 14 years, with anotlie boy about the same age, left hi home at Lando Tuesday aftcrnooi and came to this city to find worl at the cotton mills here. Claude it seems, had a watch which In traded for a pistol The pisto was not loaded but in passing i around to some other boys, on< of them, so he says, put in a car ridge unknown to him and whei it was given back to him In snapped the trigger and it wen off. The ball went through hi left hand shattering some of th bones and through his left lej above the knee, inflicting a pain ful wound. Dr. J. M. Brice wa called in to dress his wounds tha night and he was sent back to Lan do Wednesday morning on the L & C. train.?Chester Lantern. Lettor to R. R. Riddle. Lancaster, S. C. Dear Sir : You want a chea| job of paint for a cheap hou3e don't you ? It's Devoe. It's the regula thing itiDevoe ; there's nothing in all paint, ho cheap as Devoe Oh, yes, vou can paint wit! mud ; but that isn't paint; yoi want it to look about right for i montu or two. Paint Devoe; can't doit fo less ; there's nothing so cheap say nothing of wear, there' ' nothing so cheap as Devoe. i It goes so far; save gallons no matter about the price, sav gallons. A gallon of paint, put on. cost $ I or $5 ; save gallons i Devoe is your paint; save gal Ions ; I)evo?? is your paint. Yourstruly, 56 F. VV. I)kvok & Co. Lancaster Mercantile Co sel our paint. Foley's Honey and Tat (or c hlldrcn, saft .sure. No opiate? i Happenings in the State. \s Chronicled by the Alert Cor! respondents of I'lie Columbia Shite and the Charleston News and Courier. (^peelats to The State > Heavy Cotton Sales. , Greenwood, April 14.?There have been unusually heavy sales of cotton here this week and these sales reached high water mark today in the sale of 600 bales. One hundred and forty nine bales 1 r of these were sold by G H Taylor, who was the delegate front ^ this county to the New Orleans convention. i , Five Stores Burned in Town of Cheraw. Chcraw, April 16.?At 12.35 o'clock this morning fire broke out in th the general merchandising establishment of T J Ballard on Market street. This store together with that of Myers Brothers and three other smaller stores were completely destroyed. For a time the Cheraw Live 1 Stock company's large plant was threatened with destruction, but by hard work the flames were stopped with the burning of the company's office. ( The Alleged Yeggmen Acquitted by Order of the Court. Charleston, April 14.?In the r United States circuit court today, on instructions of the court, Rudolph Rabens, Chris Rabens, James Johnson, Frank Williams and Robert Stainback, the de' fondants in the Kingstree postof" ficc robbery case, were found not ' guilty. 1 Judge Brawlcy said that the f government had established a > strong suspicion of the guilt of f the defendants, but still the facts > had not been proven and the court 3 was in duty bound to instruct ffct f the defendants. Judge Brawley 1 made it very clear in his charge t that strong suspicion rested on a the defendants, and he assumed that the jury viewed the case in the same light but the evidence did not warrant the case being f given to the jury, in the opinion r of the court, for notwithstanding s the hard work of the district at1 torney's office and the postoffice < inspectors, and with no intended ? reflection upon these offices, e Judge Brawley ruled in favor of 1 the defendants, and a verdict of t not guilty was accordingly render - ed upon the instructions of the t court, a e Orangeburg Farmer Suffers t Heavily From the Flames. s Orangeburg, April 16.? Mr. C Ctias. W. Culler, who lives aboul y ? i at. / /\ ? aix nines norm 01 wrangeourg, lost till of his lot buildings, togetb? or with 6ix horses and mules, by hie last night. The tire whs discovered about 12 o'clock t nd its origin is a mystery. In additior to the loss of the buildings and live stock, Mr. Culler lost all oi his provisions, buggie?, wagons, p harness, funning implements an< ? some guano. Mr. Culler carried r only $450 in-urance on the propel ty destroyed, and estimates hii loss at between $3,000 and $4,000 j In a case from New York, tin i Supreme Court of the Unitet States yesterday handed down ; r j decision holding that a law limit ^ ing the hours of labor is unconsti J tutional. This is as it should be j for every man should have tin e privilege of working as man) hours a day as lie pleases, just a: he should be allowed to eat a: many meals a day as he wishes.? Charlotte Observer. 1 Foley's Honey and Turcontaim II no opiates, and will not constipate like nearly all other cougl . medicines. Refuse Substitutes Sold by Funderbnrk Pharmacy. " 1 ' 1 1 11 Att THE HJJ Feel sati decidedl; tiest line 04 81 Ever off All the Ladi selves openly CAEAPEST J Knowing- thes just enough to DEEPER, so We set out for fair and sqi are strict!" honest deali in all the lead I n wnir uicu luuiitiir, ges?-just up-t skirts. Also ribolines, Soic vass weave, 11 and voiles. rJ right thing fo < "to beat the 1 for we have ii : tempt yon. I i MT ' Our MISS ( 1 the North wit for the eomin ; r ' All are ; attend t] ; nesday, $ ami} i - nil I ,/V sa. ,.T **4. /T ^ /"^ ^r- ^ ^ ^ ^ A- "*"* Ji* V> t.- "*y ^r- ^ i T H-J 0 N E S ( islied that tj y the best i 5 Of PRING G001 "ere d to the es arc pleased, and that we have the LINEofNONELTI so facts makes us ? make us cut price that 110 competitor business, and on business princ ware dealings will bold trade, km in it. We have always advocat ings to all. )RESS Goo ing shades, LiiOlimic mixed ehevoits, sui ;o-date tiling Tor la a beautiful line oft jsette, white and co nereeeised oxford. ( fhese goods in ail e< ?r shirt-waist suits. >and," and anythin; 1 this line, and pi II I \ M . M JL J. 1 UJJ tAUHISON lias jus h the Latest Novel g season. 3ms^r . irrsr,. ,v. -?-? he OPENIM April 5th, 1 ' I 1 r I0UP1NY hey have Mid pret38 i>o 5 TRADE expressed tlieni ! BEST AND ES ever shewn, feel good, and ss A LITTLE can touch ns. spies, and if ?w that we ed square and OS -M 2, plain and tigtiims and ser dies suits and ail eta suitings, Sored Sines, caniottoii eoiliime dors. Jlist the Wnite goods g you may call iees that will R V .A- J- 1 / it returned irom ties and Styles avited to fG, WedL905o 4|