, * . j 1 " jrfcL,,1 . 1 r^xrurz......,:?--? n'm^r=r:nrrz^rrrr^rr-: -~~~rrz^r- ~ ? , , -t, " 1 v-.r l CSS ' 1 rr. vr . . .JL^Z'TSPTPP* * T!k^} AJ&zcgOx Nxvrpapar: Phr&s Rrcrras&aa cfGte PoKC&xil, ?bntai JSgffe^tBmwSmaSftJtmmmmHatAtnwtO^ | *22iHi2i?i^5k '^W.ii-WEEKLY L A N <"> A S T E It. S. (J.. .1 U N E 7, 1005 ~ "=^?8TabH^EI?R!2>D*P* ThrflO Dliocion Qhinn in I 11 ??-!- - ' * - rk - iiiivu uuooiuu oui(Jd 111 Manilla Harbor. Vessels are Damaged und Have Many Wounded Aboard. ? Admiral ICnquist in Command. Manilla, .Iun? 4. ? Hear Admiral ICnquist, who was commander of the heavv cruiser squadron ofilvj Russian Heat, arrived in I lie bay at 1) o'clock Ibis evening on boaid his flagship, the protected cruiser Aurora, accompanied by the protected cruisers Oleg and Jemtchug. All the vessels were more or loss damaged and there wore many wounded men on board. Rear Admiral Train on board his flagship, tho battleship Ohio, with thn Wisconsin, Orenon, Kaioigh and Cincinnatti was outside \ J.irregidor island,niunoeuvor. ing when tho Aurora saluted with 12 guns and tho Ohio answered. Admiral Train and his squadron accompanied the Russian vessels to Manilla. In an interview, Rear Admiral Euquist's executive otlicer said: "When the battle began the admiral was aboard the cruiser Oleg i- - - uiiiuii www mi a iiuin our ni uuitiM l?y largo shi.t. There was an incessant rain of shot from quick firing guns, and the ship was soon badly dutnugod. "The admiral transferred his flag to the Aurora, which then drew the combined hre of many torpedo boat destroyers at close range and the at lac'.c of submarine. \Va ware overwhelm 3d l>y the latter. -A mist arising, we ma le a dash for the open sea and wore followed by the Oleg and the 'Jemtchug '' Rear Admiral Kaquist is uninjured. (Jupt FngoriotF of the Aurora was killed by a shell which Htruek tho conning lower V and he was buried at sou the day before reaching Manilla. On tho Aurora three ollicers were wotiudod, 20 of the crew were killed and 83 wounded. The losses on the Oleg were 13 of the crew ware killed and 18 wounded. On the Jemtchug tho casualties vofe '21 junior officers killed and one wounded, 12 of the crew killed and 30 wounded From thei,r appearance the Russian vessels ure not damaged below tho wter line. Their fun-* nels, however, are riddled bv large and small shot. Several large shells pierced the cr> isers amidship, and a number of guns were dismounted. All of the Russians officers tc terviewed ass3rt that a large number of submarines caused confusion and de? 4 IJ ? .. A 1 * ** ... ivui. ttuii -ivuiuirai rmquisi Im.s cabled his arrival to tho emperor of Russia FULL OF TRAGIC \IE\NING rro those lines from .J. H. Simmons, of Cusey, la. Think what might have resulted from bis ternb'e cough if he had not taken tv?e medicine about which ho writes ilI had a fearful cough, thai disturbed my night's rest. 1 tried everything, but nothing would relieve it, until I took Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which comItlfltnlv cni-oil imq " -- , j v. ma. i.iioiiiiii i y relieves and permanently curee all throat and lung disease.*; prevents crip and pneumonia. At Crawford Bros., J. F. Mackey & Co., and Fnnderburk Pharmacy, druggest; guaranteed; 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. i \ nqjnevtjU 10 Uie at toother's Home. I Convict Whoso I)?iys nro Drawing to u Close ?Will go Hack if j Ho Clots Well?Hut it islYoh ahlo That Within u Week ho will ho Demi. Tho Statu, 4th hot. , Miles IT Smith, who has hoon , critically ill at 1h > State |Oiiilcn- | tiary, has been grunteil a, reprieve by Gov 1 ley ward. Smith is scrv- j , ina sentence of lb yours foi F housebreaking and attempt to' ( murder. Two yours of his sentence ho has served already. Smith is 2S years old und wus convicted of breaking into a ear und shooting at those who tried to arrest him. Gov Hey ward's action in the case is stated in the following endorsement on the petition: "1 have thought lit to reprieve, and by these presents do reprieve, the , sentence of the said miles F Smith for a period of six months, at the ( expiration of which the sontenee as herein imposed to be of full force and effect.'' This is an unprecedented action. Smith is dying of valvular trouble , of the heart. It is possible that ] he cunimt live u week. The mother of the dying convict culled, on the governor yesterday and went away with the paper in her possession. Subsequently she presented the reprieve at 'lie penitentiary and was given possession of her son, whom sho will try t ) nurse back to life and strength. Smith has the dropsy and his limbs are swollen so bully that he cannot lie down or sit without groat pain, and is kept in a reclining position. 'The vehicle which his mother had sent to the prison to remove the invalid was not suitable for his comfort and f Superintendent Griffith ha 1 the prisonor removed in a wagon which was tnoeecomfortable. t" The mother lives in the Rich- 1 J land mill village, and if it be pos- ^ siblo for her son to recover lie c will bo returned to tho pcuitcn * tiary at tho expiration of six li months. 1 lint it is believed that ere that time elapses tho prisoner will i>o given his long reprieve and his ^ sentonca will have baon commuted in full. Dr S E Ilirmond made the following statement: "1 ' have completely examined Miles t Smith and tied that he has a heait a trouble that will never lie cured, 0 and he is in very bad condition J an I i don't think he can live long a and he may die at any time.'' d Gov. Hoy ward did not take any t C it ion on tho facts iu tho cast*, ^ but acted from a standpoint of *' humanity. IIe does not think th? o case dcseiving of h pardon if the v convict were in full strength Hut H us ho is an invalid, is useless to tho '' State and his mother wants him, the governor took such action us n seemed to liini right and proper. ^ PLANS TO OE i RICH f( are often frustrated by sudden ' breakdown, due to dyspepsia or VN constipation. Rrace up and take Dr King's Now Life Pills. They take out the materials which are clogging your energies, and give you a now start. Curos head- l aches and dizziness too. At c Crawford Pros', J F JVluckey & n Co's and Funderburk Pharmacy, b 25c, guaranteed. Pay your Subscription. f cotton Picker. I'a'cn'.s 11 ivo I5eon Secured aud u Working Model M ado Which Certainly Docs All I lint is Claimed for It. Alto; eighteen months' of exporinii t tution, alteration and investigation. Messrs.I. C. dawdon md S. Itond of Charleston, have perfected and patented a cotton picker which, they believe will make the picking <,f cotton hy h a it d, a thing of iht? past. The muchiuo has just recently boon completed, and utter securing the patent papers from the Government officers, the picker has been exhibited to u number ot ft i aids, must^of whom * Cl believe that Messrs Jundon and Bond have a good thing. n n t he machine is a one man affair. One laborer, not necessarily a very intelligent laborer either can operate the machine. There are 110 complicated cogs, delicate mechanism or tiny bolts and win els to snap at the first heavy st rain - in fact, the remarkable simpleity of const ruction and east! of operation are two of the most striking features of the picker. -News and Courier. OVI33, v.) i c ) KIDNEYS .l/urriay's buehu. (Jin and J tin ipvr Is prescribed and endorsed bv eminent pbysi. inns. It cures when a.I els 'ails Prevents Kidney disi uses. Dropsy.brights <1 iv?aso. el f.l all ilrugvtsle $1 <><> A ISOTTLK 9 Or Direct Krom Murray Drug Co, Columbia, s (; Carriages for Veterans. Greenviil ?, June 51. ? Tho (blowing has b >en bhtiod: Grcenvill , .June 1, 11)05 To the Con fx) I 'rate Veterans of vmthjOarolinn: The following etler was received by Gen films >Y Carwile, whoso headquarters ? ?? luring me IV Minion III Louisville vill beat, Wdlard's Hotel. Tho teadquarturs it'tho S >itli Caroina Veterans will uu hel l at tho 'onrt Mouse, opposite tho hotel. .1 M Jordan, ljutant General and Chipf of Stuff Lo.iisville, Ivy., May 20, 1003, Dear General: Wo have aranged c oiveyances for such of he Confederates as may not feel hie to walk during the parade f the Reunion on the 10th of one. I will ho glad if you will naounee this by appropriate orot, mi 1 give ino such informaion as to tho number as you can. Ve will provide nice conveyance j 3r the n and the persons f oich State will ridb with tho di ision of that Stito. 1 have had omo suggestions that some would ike this thing to he done. I, lierefore, write to ask you to lake it public. I am authorized y tin Reunion com mil tec to any hat amplo provisions will be made )r all Confederates who prefer to itlo in conveyances rather than ralk in the lino of march. Dennett II Young, Kentucky Division. Mothers can safely give Foley's Ioncy and l'ar to their children for oughs and colds, for it contains! o opiates or other poisons. Sold y Fnndcrbur* Pharmacy. -o ley's Money and Tar or children,safe,sure. No opiate*. Czar Not Weakened By La- C test Disaster. An Appirent Determination t <> Continue th e Wnr. ? New I'owers For (Jen. TrepotF. c St. L'etorahurg, June C, 1.10 a in.?The Russian government has shown that it lias not weakened in 0 this hour of disaster. Instead of yielding to the strong (toinuiiils which the radicals hoped Admiral ^ Rnjeatvcnsky's defeat would force ^ the government to grant, the emporor issued a ukasoSunday confer ring greatly increased powers on Gov Gen. Trepotf, making him assistant minister of tho interior c iii placo of Maj. Gen. Kydzefsky, who is made a sen itor; also chief o of the department of polico and _ commander of the corps of the gen- ^ darmeric Gen. TrepotT is given the right by the ukase to close all as- ^ somblies and congresses; to suspond indefinitely all societies, lea- ^ goes and other bodies manifesting pernicious activity, and to take all ^ other steps necessary to preserve s older so as to prevent intorfer , enco with the established regime . i< and to suppress the revolutionary ^ propaganda. This ukase which entrusts al- . most dictatorial powers to the j head of tho imperial police to control the agitation now almost peremptorily demanding a constitution, representative government and tho surrender of the vital principles of the autocracy, and to put down tho disorders with ^ m Q which tho revolutionaries are threatening the country, v makes him responsible to tho emp peror. t The document is of tho greatost importance in tho present state of ^ Russia and indicates that the government, while steadily p"oceed?* 1 " C] ing in its plans for tho fulfilment . . . 11 of tho imperial promises contain- . J | ed in the rescript, of March 3, is determined not to tie swerved C( from its purpose by tho pressure of military und naval disasters P hut in its own time und as speedtc ily as possible to give the nation tho legislative body on which the ^ Bouligin commission has heeD working. In it may perhaps also bo road tho intimation that the war will continue and that the question of peace will not bo sub- 1 mi*ted to a zemsky sober. bivo Negroes Blown to Piecos. Biscay no, Fla., June 3.?Five negro convicts at tho county camp at Ojus were blown to atoms by dynamite on Thursday ^ night. They were serving short ? "" St sentences on the county roads, whore dynamite in large quunti- ^ ties is used in road building, and 0 they had becomo careless in handling it. One body was blown 300 feet into the bannches of a tree, 0 D where it was subsequently lound. Pneumonia is llot>hor the corresponding date of 1903 nd a ten-year a* erago of 85 3. The percentage of decrease in create in different States, the ompnison being with the total rea planted last season, is Yiriniu, 13; North Carolina, 10; iouth Carolina, 11; Georgia, 11; 'loridft, 10: Alabama, 8; Missisippi, 12; Louisiana, 14: Texas, 2; Arkansas, 15; Tennessee, 10: lissouri, 14; Oklahoma, 11; lnian Territory, 10. The condition of tho crops by itates on MaV 25 WnS! Virrrinia J * " ** 7; North Carolina, S3; South Carolina, 78, Georgia, 84; Fl?rla, S8; Alabama, 87; Mississippi, 3; Louisiana, 73; Texas, 09; irkinsas, 73; I'ennesseo, 86; iisaouri, 84; Oklahoma, 8S; Inian Territory, S1. ndia's Cotton Yield Increasing Every Year. .Washington, June i.?(Special ?There were 10,000,000 acres of otton cultivated in India last year /hich is 5 per cent greater than lie year before. The total outut was 3,494,104 bales, avcraglg 400 pounds each, which is 10 cr cent, better that the crop of 903-4. Want of rain is reported 3 have seriously damaged the rops in many places, especially 1 Madrid, where, in spite of an lcrcasc of 9 per cent, in the area ic expected output is 22 per ent less. During the year 1903-4 India roduccd 3,1 5 1,610 bales of cotin of which 2,220,701 were exorted and only 942.698 bales ere kept for home use. castori a For Infants and Children. he Kind You Have Always Bought Togo Gives Name to Battle. Tokio, May 30, 1.30 p. 111.? 3olay in transmission).?AdmirI Togo, tolegraphing to-day, vys: 4'The naval battle fought from le afternoon of May 27 to May 8, in the vicinity of Okino] lsLnd'and extending to the vicinity f Orlung Island, is culled the aval battle of tho Sea of Juan.' " Admiral Togo also reports that ice Admiral Enqeist was cap ired with Admiral ltopstvensky. ho Russian prisoners, Admiral 'ogo says, will exceed 3,000 NEW CURE FOR CANCER All surfaco cancors are now nown to bo curable by Buckm'fl Arnica Salve. Jas Walters f Duflield, Vs., writes: "I had cancer on my lip for years, that scmed incurable, till Bucklen's .rnica Salvo healed it, and now i is perfectly well." Guaranteed ire for cuts and burns. 25c at rawford Bros', J F Mackoy & o's, and Funderburk Pharmacy. Shot Through The Hearth Uocky For J, Ga., June 4.? Last night Joseph Doughtry, prominnnt young farmer, was shot througn the heart while in his buggy and killed instantly. A negro woman, who is alleged to have fired tne shot, escaped. This morning Paul Jones, a nogro, was arrested as accesary to the mur? der. While Jones was being tak en to rue jail atStatesboro he made an attempt to brain the she rift with a brick. The sheriff was partly ^stunned but succeeded in drawing his pistol and firing. The bullet went through Jones' temple and he was killed instantly. Sentiment Growing Against Dispensary. Newberry, June2.?VVbilo no formal call fas been made, it is generally understood that a mass meeting of the citizens of the county is to be held in the Court Ilouso on Saturday, June 10, for the purpose of considering the 'question of getting up petitions I asking an election on the dispensa ry question. The sentiment in the county in favor of having an election is growing very fast and so is the sentiment to vote out the dispensary. Prof J. H, Means Beaty, of Clemson College Accepts An other Position. Prof J II M Beaty, who has had charge of the textile department of Clemson College, South Carolina, since the establishment of such a department in the collige, has resigned his position to accept a more lucrative one of assistant manager for a number of mills in Soutn Carolina, which are controlled by Mr C \V Parker. Bridges to Let. I will let out a contract to build a now bridge over Twelve Mile creek on the Steele Creek road, near Csceola, to the lowest responsible bidder on Tuesday, the 6th day of June, 1905, at 10 o'clock a m. Also one to build a new or repair the old nn? nv?r Six Mile creek, nearby, the same (lay, just after 1 get through with the above one. Also, one over Bear Creek on the Potter road, near Mr Russel Barton's on Friday the 9th follow ing at 9 o'clock a in. The specifications of all to be made known at time of letting, reserving the right to reject any and all bids. M C Gardner, Co Supervisor. May 15, 1905. NOTICE! The Board of Control for Lancaster County will meet at Lancaster C. H., S. C., on Tuesday, Juno Gth, 1905, for the purpose of electing dispensers for the dispensary at Lancaster C. H., and the dispensary at Kershaw for the ensuing year beginning July 1st 1905. Applications for these positions must be filed with saie board at least twenty days before said Gth of Juno 1905. J E W Haile. (Jhr Board of Co Control L C. May 5, 1905?lm. PROFESSIONAL CARD. I)k M P Crawford Dr R C Brown CRAWFORD A BROWN, Physicians and Surgeons, Lancaster, H. C, Treatment of the eye, nose and throat a specialty. Calls promptly answered day or night. Office over Crawford Bros. Drug Store, Phones: Office, No 176; R tdences No?. 11 and 36.