T^EL^PfiEB.
i ill)WS. ClOTER,
EDI TDK AND MAN'AG Eli.
mj ; ) w : > (4. > w f an.) sai itkday
HVlMUIlIPlION *. oil I'KW YE \U
^ ^ 11 | ? _ . - i.
Jiinc.ixtor S. (\, MiySlth, 11*05.1
A Sml AlTnir in Ch'-slor.
Special ( > Noa > an 1 C>ur'.or
Che-ter, May 31 A doplorat>lo
uceiihnt occurred tliis afternoon,
resulting in the death of
Johnson Wooils, tin? lwo-\eui-o!d
hi?i? of Mr an.I Mrs A"ill 'I* \\ ?i<>ds
A Uiltlent |inis<>ikmis nwdicino
had born left on the m.uitlopieec
and tho 111111? fellow, 1?y meui-s of
a chair, climbed up to it hik!
drank Ihc contents. \Vhen lb
mother entered the room a few
minute- later ho was lying on tin
floor in a deep stup-r. M.die<!
aid was promptly Miiuimim d hut
after six hours < f intense sufft r
\ng the eliilil died. J. T 1*.
Cotton Lacks Cultivation.
Weekly Crop Report Indicates
Many abandoned Fields Varying
Conditions in
Different Localities
Washington, May 31 ?The
week Is nop report of the Weather
Bureau says:
"Throughout nearly the whole
of the cotton belt cotton is much
in need of cultivation, and reports
of abandoned fields are received
from Carolina", Georgia
Alabama, and Louisiana. Good
stand< arc generally repotted, but
much planting remains to he
done in northern Texas, and
planting is unfiihsed in Arkansas
In southern Texas and in portions
of the central and eastern districts
tho situation is improved,
and crop is doing well in localities.
Squares are nenv forming
in tho southern portion of the
central and eastern di-triets.
Boll weevils are increasing in Texas."
Cotton is Not in verv Promising
Shape.
Columbia, May 30. The
following report of crop conditions
for the past week tors been
issued bv section Director Bauer.
"While a few reports indicate
that cotton is doing well on uplands
more especially on red and
clay lands that ha' e been cultivated,
the majority of the reports
indicate the crop to be in an unpromising
condition with the
plants small and red or yellow and
tne growth checked by the cool
nights. Many lield are grassy
and the probability is that some
will he uhandnond in all purls of
the State owing to their condition
ard the impracticability of
cleaning them. l*lants continue
on sand land. Lice have appeared
in u number of counties, chopping
made fair progress hut lni->
not been finished in the western
counties. Sea island cotton L in
a poor condition."
? It is reported that petitions
will be circulated asking for the
holding of an election on the question
of voting the dispensary out
of Charleston county. 1,300 signatures
will he necessary. The
dispensary profits in Chaiic-t<m
arc *50,0oo a year.
^ a ^ !
lYe-ident'w 1'iip South.
NVa hington, June L. ? It is of-!
liciully nnt? utnccd today thut the!
president's S uthcrn trip will Ingin
October 17, and will occupy
twelve days. The session of congress
will, therefore, not be called
for October 16, as was expected.'
jata-i Lost Three boats '(
Onl \ I' mii nt the Ships of it-?jo*t
vi iiBii v'h Khm I Aro Known j
to I lave Ueachtd Vladivosti
ck.
Little hope for t ho Russians ^
can lie found in the latest dispatch
regard ng Ike navel battle oil' Ten r
Inland Oaly four of the vc>
m U of li .jetven-dc^ 's tlvt arc 1
known la linvo readied Vludivo- '
slock, Lho cruiser Alma/, and the (
torpedo boat dest > >\ers Grozny, i
l>iav", in d Terosi ?lliy. The foil t
( xtonl oi lie Kn.-sian casualties ^
in men and < Hi -era drowned, \
w Mindnl or captured, is not yet
known. The Japanese losses as s
iepoi i d from Tokio, are only i
dir. e t? rped i l?oatt? sunk, three i
olliecr-s killed or disabled. Not t
one of lie o'o lijh'.inp ships of I
I he Japumse l avy was lost. It is t
n \v <!c linitel. I:n? e. n that N ice
Admit ul lb jes!vi tn-ky is sen- <
oti.-lv wonnde 1, but it is stated i
from Tokio he wi.l ucover. Ad- '
tiiiral Veolkersani it tuirmosml to l
II * ~
have peri?hed. i
WOI NDKI) WII.L UECOVKtt 1
ToUi >. Mat 31, 5 p. in ?It is 1
n?>\v curtain that Admiral Rojest- '
vensky is a prisoner of tho da- '
pain-bo. IIu is wounded in the
f?.rehoi;d, K'ijs and b ?ck, hnt will '*
recover. Vice Admiral Voclker- '
sam is siippo.-cd to have perished
ltd I KSTV'KNSIiV IN .1 Al'ANK.SK llOSI'ITATJ.
V
ToUio, May 31, Noon.--Ad'
miral K< jestveiisU v has arrived ,
at tl e i-'ii-eho n-.Val hospital.
! K I'.'i iii IX ad Around 7,000.
Tohio, June 1.?Rough esti- 1
matt s inude of tho Russian losses
in the haltiu fought in the Sea of
Japan, exclusive of nearly 4,000 ;
prisoners, vurv from seven to
nine thousand. Many bodies i
have been washed ashore on the j.
inlands and on the shores of e
neighboring coasts uear the scene v
of the battle. f
125 COnvicts POisOned In The ?
Penitentiary ^
Columbia, May 31?About a
one hundred and twenty live con- t]
victs were poisoned at the penitcntiary
yesterday aflcnoon. e
Immediately aftei dinner they n
were taken desperately sick an the Q
whole crowd had to be laid up in a
Ihe hospital. Nearly all were f,
nble to got back to work today,
though some fifteen arc yet too
sick to be nbmil
; JU
An investigation into the muter
cnused Supt. Griffith at tho ?j
^inclusion that poison (Paris sf
?reon) was put in tho cabbages ?f
looked for tho convicts dinner,
[t was dono too with malice and
h<? party guilty of the crime has ^
)ecn spotted.
.
Qt
Tho Greenville Herald is right
vhen it says: "The drinking man,
ike tho cigarette fiend, is pat to
lis trumps to find a job today."
Vnd the job he gels is the Icav- til
ngs of fietter men. There is no c;i
?ood place in the business world pi
or the man who "soaks" or who pi
rets on "periodicals." Heliahil- m
ty is in growing demand.?The i!i
state. ci
? Mr Vj. O. Tho npson, wan tli
ins been attending wake Forest m
'JoI lege the past year, passed ^
brough wax haw Satiindav ?** n;
4 |,^
way to hin home in Lancaster
Ootinty.?Wuxhaw Enterprise.
Foley's ii>ney and Ttir e jnluins hi
no opiates, and will not consti- hi
pat e like nearly all other cough c(
medicines. liefuso Substitutes D
Sold by Fundcrbui k Pharmacy. to
- The Ledger, The Atlanta y<
Journal, Senr weekly, and The n<
Southern Cultivator, ill tbre.: C
one year for ?2., but must b> C
paid for inadvance.
iid NOt Haul The Oats And
Employer ShOt Him
IK
enihlo iragedy Near Olur in
Which Well to do Man
Kills Respectable Negro.
ipecinl to I bo Mtate.
01 ir, J tint? I. ? Monday merlin*/
about 9 (?'?lock F. ,1. Ourlels,
a white man, drove trom ,
i * > i
us homo at tr tv.m to Ins farm
J ?( 1
ieiu this place Here he found
a luster Dan iels, ?i negro, who
ias always b >rn: a good rcputaion,
Daniels got near to him he
. . , an
shot the negro in the left side
,\ith n double barrel shot gut'. ^
Pile wour.ded man ran iir fright .
. I M ih
md terror, about a halt a mile,
ind then fell to the ground, his '
\il'e folio,-ving. She and another
. . .... l?n
legro ciini'<i n:ill to u friend's
ltiiin', ?vhero h i died 1'iios lay
i t.i
noruing about auwn.
, ,, tie
1 lie tragedy is generally re~
1 f]
;rettcd hero us Daniels has been
i voty r* spoctablu chaiuctcr.
iYhy Gunnels shot him is not J'
tnown. The slayer has been in v"
isylmn onco or twice, it is suit I
uoni the ottoeD of whiskey. but (?
| U
vhen sober is rational. 11c lias
i largo family connec'.o i an u man
if considerible means.
The cause of the shooting is ,lr
said to be Unit Daniels did not 'IC'
iring in some oats on S itu d iy
ifternoon, after being told t i do l"
io'by Gnnnols. i'he whilo man '''
venI to the negroe's home on '1
bunday mnrming, it is said, and
old Daniels' wife that ho would s 1
till her husband, but the negiv-s u,!
lid not believe that he would car- (11
'V out Ins throat. *0]
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ah
vi 1 led By Liignlning On 11 is 21st tin
Birthday. co
til!
jpo.'ial to i'he State.
Marion, .Juno 1 ?Mr. Boyd is
dcilae was struck and instantly an
; i I led by lightning during the cos
leclrio storm yesterday aft?r- in
iood, while un-'cr a shelter on his
allier's plantation in Brittons
Icck. lie, with his brother nod
do,
nothcr young man, had been at |IU
fork in the field, and when the
itorni nroso took refuge in a lennt
house, the others going inside
io house and the deceased day.,
nr under the shelter with tlifci \V
oises. lie was a bright young die
inn and Ins tragic death, which re;
ecu red on his 2 1st birthday, was ho
great shock to his relatives and ins
tends hero. 1 le was a son of gn
Ir. Richard Mellio and a noph Mi
iv of Nardcn K L. Race of his
Ion in-ill. to
'i'he Heavy storm, which visited fio
lorrison yesterday afternoon, Uej
nuns to have boon pretty gnno- for
il all over the county, as n. ws t,in
>mes in from tho various see- to
ons, tolling of damage done to vva
iecrops l>y the rain and vviu l, utx
id in some sections accompanied J
y hail, which desroyed cot- mil
n and tobacco. ed
?Tho people having charge of u'\
c Spartanburg county petitions nt 1
tiling for an election on the (lis- ^
- I
msury question believe that their cu
ititions have been signed by UM
ore than one-fourth of the qual- ^1
ed voters and the commission- lKt
s will soon be asked to call the "cl
ection. The probability is that e<^'
ic people who oppose the reoval
of the dispensaries will ^10
ght the calling of the elccti ?n < n
chical grounds,
PI ANS TO QEi KICU
eof'.cn fiustratcd by sudden
leakdown, due to dyspepsia oi
uistipalion Praia* up and take
'r King's Now Life Pills. rhe\
ike out the materials which are
egging y? ur energies, and give
on a new start. Cures beadles
and dizziness too. At
rawford Pros', J F Mackey &
o'a and Funderhbrk Pharmacy.
5c, guaranteed.
Cotton Acreage Report. J
:rrm?et'oi" 1 ? > ? ?. V ?-e rle I ?<? ,
i.c io. .J IV f CoUt. in Ac
rcHge Under 1004, and
10. 05 iti cummer I
ciul Feriil izors.
, I
Now Orleans, May Hi ?.The 1
uthern Cotton Association to- f
V issued its e ?lt ?n acreage re- '
rt. Tito rop-u-r snvt-:
' The estimated acreage for '
>.;4, :is indicated by the report
ttic United States government
inuntcd to 31.730,000 acres. '
''The decrease in the acreage 1
r 1005, a* shown t?v our tabu- '
led statement,which vvn : com- (
led from 17,754 indivi.l<i:il
port* from farmer.-, merchants,
inkers and others, throughout
c cotton nelt, hxrs the acreage
is year ut 25,980,951 acres, a
crease of 18.48 per cent and
!,05 per cent in fertilizers.
'tThe condition* of crops,us rented
for Louisiana, Texas, Ar.nsus,
the Territories (iiid po; ill-of
Mississippi, iiro unprodentcdly
hud, iitftch of tho acrto
reported in tin States
d Territories being yd 1
t
planted, und large trucks either
ider water or hadlv washed by
avy rums.
"In the eastern portion of the
tton bolt the fields aro grassy,
e cotton still nnchoppod, and
bur seurce throughout the en o
hoit. The oISc ir.s of the a-- .
( iation express the highest couimda'ion
of ihe invulty of farm
sthroughout the cotton terrify
iu so fully 1 ivinir up to their
onuses mid pledges in bringing j
out so materiul a i eduction in ?
n. cotton acreage and the use of ^
mmereiul fertilizers under colli
for 1905.
(
" The present demand for cltou
unj rccident'(1, s?nc'> with a firm
d determined stand, higher pri
( for the staple wiil b? scoured
the near future."
Foley's Kidney Curo makes ^
ir.o\*ai:d bladder righi Don't s
lay taking. Sold by Fonder- ?.
rk Plmrmticv. \
(
Cloudburst In Lee.
ii
t
IVtsbopville, May 29.? Mr. J.
. llieks, a prominent farmer of ^
1 Una section of Lee County, (
)' i Is a cloud buret in his neigh0
rhocd,on the night of the* 20th
t. The wafer covered the*
v
mud fo the depth of his knees ( .
Iliol.s savs that lie went to .
hog pen to .-are his stock, and
pull iliem out to keep them
m drowning. His father hud (
>t his hogs on tlic ?nmo snot
^ 1 ii
over 25 years, without any .
i ii
lilar mishap Ho was forced
ride his horse, a- the water was I j
1st deep in .ill the low pi ices |.
>ut his yard and lot.
Marco'e, Howell's and Andrew's
e
lis, on tlie gully, where all washaway.
rho damage to Uoth corn and
ton is simply immense in the
gbborho.Kl. 1
Petition.i have been pot in viration
in various purls of York ,
inty asking lor an election on
s disponentv question. '1 hose
itions, so far as heard from are \
ng generally und eagerly signarid
there seems bo but
le reason to doubt that an eloe- :
n will bo called at an early day. t v
iot Uville Enquirer. ,'J
MURRHAY'S IRON t
MIX 1'U IE
)e
No Is ttic time t?? lake a spring { ''
tonic. By fat 'be best thiim
to lake is Murray's Iron M xline.
It makes pure b ood ami \ '
gels rid of tti t tire I feeling. I i *(
all diugstore- j r
/>Oe A HOTTLI'j
. ii
Or Direct From
Th? Murray Drug C;o,
Colombia, 8 t; iv
i:
A Pcnib In Briwkland. [
\ i i? s!r<l h i I'liuid- in
To vii lC'o to.
1
^peoiul to N v. oil tJmiio".
CdIiIimM m v 31. 'Mm* ;]
Drunklnu ! tut! i! e 11- ion
niii! !:* ?; s-4 ; ?<f? i t : ? v?*r ? ? n '
vitio isi! 'iMjii'iv, \ > ; r ! 1
:erno<nj! hive l?l ill i: y n! elo 'i i >n,
M.I. Kox. ' i. > r Itit-bi'U a I'd
T. A. Arms'i ii_r, mm l J*. I).
Mitchell, v c? u ;co I c?inr?*ed
with f?a-i-t n x < n-r i!i -\ c i j>, cLion
law s sim I with c sj.icmy, on
the L'l'oii'i I i'int lImv in nlo fd ?
returns in tho recent < ! < i >:i hold
Ilune f'?r !hn cl;.iic of ?n ii t?ndi?nt
l.udvo h-iM Iurne.I St.tie's ovilence.
I lit i'h too sick to tie locked
nji The others ic under nfrost
iwrtit n^ n pveli'iin trv. tri il.
Candidate (.tunni lis, whochmna
that lie vas counted ,ni? ;?v I luce
voles, nl'eoes th it he Ii .! 1 > niiid
vita from 11S out m t!n 151, who
participated in i!ih eh-c'.ioti, <!?Lrlarinir
11? .t tins- vote 1 f i him ^
Mr. Kox is a ici'oeo*ym Mr.
Bushre i> si ? >:.t >) mil! op u\?' ivu,
Mr Ai iihlr 'in: is n mill operative
and elerk, < vi Mr M'tohell e < t (
r>f p-'l c . tut to-t'jpied tH '!' r ,
[I iv. I
The S r -:, | i l.ai It'll .1 :?l>oUt l'
the C'i- ' *\ i- i l! i i 1 iidant
(r B. Mc('on:t?H to e.-cnpe. t
Ho lie it<l of the confession of one [
>f tlio managers, ? i- siid, aiv! a
immo'iiatclv decided t o leave 11
Bronklund I'm' oliiee: s, In i ?ir
. e
if hi-departure, cone upon rim
it On in. Hi ami Fox, wh ? wont t
ivith him, were arrested by a put i
Ly of sp fill deputies (ic.Ogo 1,1. \
irutul,Kley Myors and .l??ck Sea v. 1
They showed liMit when nppieloaded.
It is -aid ill it NhConi -s (
cache I for Ins pistol, hut M \ era
*ot the diMp on him F x then k
*nw?bed Mycin, an I i.i the m he,
McConibs escaped. Tltu other
lopiities v iiniii:; up bout this .
into, F.-x was taken, hut u diii
?ent sou ell failed lolled Me- 1
1
JoinliH. Deputy Myers tired three .
'ml- at MetVinhs, Wuiv I . was ?i
teltino uwnyj hut the builds went t!
vide of the mark. While the ?
it he i s an cat td were taken in the 1
iftin noon, it was about 2 o'clock |
his morning when the doputio- ij
iiuno upon MeC'oinl's and Ik x at
Jtiyn I Itev < vidcntly wen1, tieie "
o Cllteh a If.?lii, hilt tlmdvpu Us 11
aino upon ihwm too s am. !'
... '1
If toe inh ibit int.- Brook laud ...
rote ex- iled os?: tin clonic i f ri
rr.nd in the ef?u Moo, i ean he
inagwieil how tin. let at d v lopnoilts
have stirred t! . oi.
Nothing ehn i\ 'nik d in tlm ^
own to-dav, and i-ecaiiso of il
tdiody pml mueb attention to
iU8inos&.
The arrested men were taken! j
*eix in ton this month' / ami pine 1 ?>
11 jail. It is |e t known ivhctl p
hey wid ilcnunid n pr<liui;na; y *'
Elimination. (
1
CASTOR!A I
For } a raits and Children.
flie Kind is; iiave Always Bougiit (J
Signature of
^ BI ? WII C
Vintlirap College Scholarship
and Entrance Examination.
ti
T-<e fXMiiiiu >ion i?>r iIt aw,ml
jicmil ?arho arships In Wialhinp' .1
f?ue and f"r th"'eimisslo!' d m-.. n
eiiis will ?>e h Id i?t t li?*<:n!!!i \ mni I)
lotif-e f?n F |.h?y, July 7tti at it h. in.
t** 'U t *!"t i> lea* than ti eeit
\c?r? nf n.'.t'. When sehohi;ship-> k
re vso tied af'iT July 7ih. they wi-l **
H awur inJ t t o.i" nivking the high /
d average 1.1 ilrs i\mm n'ion pro - \
ml tloy meet the < >nd Mont g >vo:i ?
iig t lie uWiiril. Aj-piie mis for
iMiiioH hIioii d writo to l're.- hi i 1.1
ohllKOi) liefo e I:t e xuminultoo f r
lihola whip . xanii a on hinnks
Seh'ilar.Hiii a re wo > h S t n a <1
i e tuition '111 i?x >e.-ni -n wi i
i i'ii H?*pt? in'.er 20 IhOi Foi f n i. .
lfo> million a i i ali 11 addris* K
Pre I> U JohnHOu, f
Ko k Hi'!, S 15, 'I
it A ? ". t'a3 L: ft /' i. V Vmam
??Wn?n ? I r*
Ui* most treaiing anlvo in t< ?worM
Notice fo Djb-ors and
Creditors of;! ! l/'tliaii
All persons having claims
gainst the estate of Charles
I.uve)' Latlian, deceased, will
jresent them properly proven to
he undersigns, tl for payment, and
ill persons indebted to said estate
i"!! make immediate pvanicnt to
ho same. J ho i' Green,
day t^, IQOo- f in. K\rcut<?i\
v.- - -- - ^ ~-ivyisXxiJ&
SHOES!4
? ? - - ? ? -t - 35i?e'?Z t4! ..'l ?J
We uro ex Jjeei ihtr a call
from yon. We no*v ! are
a eompie!') line l: Tan
and W l.ite * nvi s |{tb~
lioti 1 ies, jir-1 t ho thioi;
fur snmmi r any price
ft om *1.00 op We c?!.
rpei ial iMtention to our
11 ij'n <11 ado lino of
I)!UC sSY low en's. ICJ
win ( Map;: for men La
1 s p
r ranee for women.
-11 a,r.-s^Mi.iin'wuy.^nnT
CHERRY & CO.
Mice o? Election for an
Alderman.
Wluercas, John A Miller, lately
me of the Aldermen of the town
if Lancaster, has departed this
ife leaving a vacancy in said ofice,
Resolved by the Mayor and
Vldernien of the Town of Lanc.iser
in council assembled and by
he authority of the same, that
n election is hereby ordered to
ill said vacancy, said election to
>e held, on Monday the 5th day
if Iunc, 1905, the polls to be
ipened from 8 o'clock a. m., unit
4 o'clock [>. tn., and that J C
'oster, Amos McManus and J M
Varwick he appointed managers
o hold s lid election.
Ratified this 6th day of May,
905.
Signed) R. E. WYLIE,
Attested by: Mayor.
U. Jonks,
C.'K rk and Treas.
Bridges to Let.
i will let out a contract to build
no v In : be nver Twelve Milo
reel; *.n I nu Steele C'reoU road,
ear t'-e la, to tlu> l-uv-t r;[><
-' I ? Mti ; ron I'uvM.iv, t }>o
ill bus o , .' line, 11)00,' at 1 )>
clock a in Also one (o build ti
e v or lepuir tin* .rid one over
ix Mile creek, nearby, Lie same,
ty, p..si after 1 get through wi?h
:l * * uhovo one
Abo o ? ovm Hvar (/reek on
iv Rotter lull I, near Mr l\ isvel
>ai toil's on h i in\ the t):h follow
15 at J) > clock a m. i lr* spc-cie.tions
of nl! t.i he made known
I ti 111 o ot letting, lc-erving the
Ight lo rejje' nny and nil (>i L.
M (' (inrdt-er,
C'? " 'iij.eri isor.
I iv 15. lhOO.
' "notice]
Tin* of (knit.'nl for I..anii
ft or (lonnlv will iiKot nt Lan
sler H , S. C , on Tuesday,
line thh, lh<)5, for the. purpose
f electing dispensers for the disn
"Irv <11 i .aura- 'or (' I I .... 1
. , Hill
jo (ii-j'C'ii^sit y ;0 ICoj^Ijuw for the
\ ojir in'iituuuju .luly 1-o
905. Applications for lliono
ositi<>n;i- Juliet Ijm filviil with hu-j
onr<l i'.t least twenty tl *3 hofor.j
ni.l Glh of June 1005.
.! \i W UmIh.
!hr l-mnl of (%o (\?ntn 1 L (\
l?y 5, 1905 ? 1111.
i ^oT^ (7~\17^"aT<T7"
>It M 1' (JKAWKOUI) Dll It < HkiiWN'
Clt.WVFOHI) .V I'5-OWN.
PhyatclaitH aiiii S'lu'ct n >.
1 auciu-tor, S
Treatuifcj t of the t;. < < k 10 <1
j'oa a ?)>cri?-II v.
<":0! ! , lop mi.- werol ?t>iy or
i/!il < > 1 ii - v ; raw -oil I? *
ni : Wlort*.
Phone*: O H ? , N' 17 i; i i U'moch
oh. 11 nail 'US.
1 nmcM'aiii-** .a
jS'O tO l;IlC
I A Nf H0TT?D m s nn 1 n
lmuimoittft HJfiriDLifi
:>? 2 >
GRAKITE WORKS,
or Good Work and Low Prices
I. j. iicNinch.
LANCASTER, S. C 1