The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 17, 1905, Image 2

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JTMfcLAPSES. TM'RLOW S. CARTER, BDLTOtt A NO M VNA(iEK ifst'rn v/h?m:sii \v wm'k.iav rtU IJ.-a, K11' I K)\ <>w i , l-:.\K liHiinisU't* S. J'lm' 17li, l\ Forward Step Toward Peace. Washington S<*lrcto?l as ri.ic o! riMCv .Makers. l > Meet hi September Washington, J11 lie 15 ?Am erica's national capital has b 'on . lee ted as the scat ?'f nog >ti ti ns between the plenipotentiaries of Kus.-i.1 and Japan for a treaty of peace. The choic of Washington as the location of the peace conference marks another forward step in the negotiations toward ultimate peace in the far cast instituted by President Roosevelt. Official announcement of the selection of Washington was made at the W hite House .is follow-. "When the two governments were unable to agree upon either ("ncfoooi Paris, the president suggested The Hague but both governments have now requested that Washington be olio-en as the placo of meetingand the president has accordingly notified both government-* tli.d Wa-hiiv t> n will be selected, As the Ruiso-Japanese war is drawiivr to < rl. ??:.? interest to review the losses of the two armies in the field, (hitside of a few engagements prioi to Li i-yang. the losses in the five great actions in the Manchuri in campaign have been .is follows; RUSSIANS. Engaged. Losses. 1'. C. Liao-yang 160,000 8,6 j.i 5.4 Sha river i?So,ooo -9,25o 16.25 Sandapu 65,000 14,95? 23. l'ort Arthur 45,000 15,44s 34.33 Mukden 400,000 100,000 25 jAVANr.sr.. Engaged. Losses. P C Liao-yang 170,006 21,033 6.49 Sha river 175,000 10,150 5.S Sandapu 65,000 14,950 23 Port Arthur 106,OoO 45,156 42.6 Mukden 500,000 60,000 12 The Japanese losses at Port Arthur arc seen to be far less than is generally supposed. Taking the five battles, the percentage of loss for the Russians is about 20 per cent, and for the Japanese less than 14 per cent. As the Japanese everywhere attacked strongly fortified positions, this smaller proportion of loss is one of the most remarkable features : of the war. Up to the present it is estimated that the Russians 1 have lost a total of iS 1,000 and the Japanese 154,000 men, or a grand total of 335,000.?The State. The Model Town. Fort Mill, S. C., is a town that is best known abroad as the home of Captain S. E. White, but is deserving of fame in other wayr. It is in all respects a model town. Its people take a pride in keeping it in order and permit nothing that would offend the eyes of the visitor. It has the handsomest group of monuments of any to .vn in the south. Its streets are now lighted by electricity and the latest move is the organization of a "Village Improvement S <ciety," which starts out with a membership of eighteen, all women. The object is to improve the health* fulness and beauty of the town by keeping the streets and ditches clean and otherwise improving general conditions. 1'he good that can be done by such a so ciety js hard to realize. Kvery town needs such an organization. AM praise to the women < f Fort ( Mill. ?Charlotte Observer. m w,i, ^" ^ * J ' , ??. Hew Orleans is Chosen For The Next Reunion. !< p?ij I n. nu?l Oibw OM He elected L t K ?., .! uno 1. - Tin* I (\> . t> 't . itt \ I'liM uns 11><l.y it flci'tcd llu'it > !: ullicotu. f< ili?\v \ i-i : - is chi. f, L i o M 1 . (i<;? StopUeu 1> Lei'i Mississippi ('ommander 'rms Mis*i -ipj?i tl"j)ii niont, Got I. W ('itl)ill, r. \ .s ('. ntiutiotlor Army of Tuniu8>f0 tlfj1'! in'til, Lien). (i'ir Clt tiic't.l A I\\ 11 s, (Ji <> <> :u (Vnimiimlvr Army t Nutllitrn Yi> 'r i is t'.tji! i t men t, (\ 11 vii? \Y;iIU'.t, Sowt'i Ui'folinu. N* .v v>tic:iits li.ul little difficulty m scviu i.yj iho co von'.ion for 1! Hi N o.'ivilli' m >t d o * lijTt w ic'i sorjni el dm convention, !mi? i n sentiment w ;i> sin nglv in t*:t\ or " f til" ; t : it \ Frs.ioriial grt-lin.-s wuv re .<1 m .! tSla'r encampment < f (i. A. K el 11*?1 i m ? in session at M vdlson. i*In r|if :.umi ' fea'uro of the l?. :i)iim tin.? parade of tin* iviul) 'its i f ilie once great iirnn will lake >]?.co tomorrow in'I i> isixtoekd that tlu? nun l>' o; Mir:, i i line \ i I i exceed ihat of aji\ itfi iii I' linimi. The line ! in ii "ill i;! love1, n distance of tin Iy three mil ?. Hie icport ui t!i history coin in "ic whs then submitted l>v H r. 10 v. ns i f (joorgia, its chairmen The ol j ei of the committee is ' (cinf accurate history which l '< : c incorporated in the text hicks in southern schools. 1 he i eporl mij s i :i part. iiisiOKi (oMMirna'/s ukcout. "During t! e first two decades 1'ut tli > surrender an effort was ividi-ntIy in <ie \ ) cast the general record of th s milium States into anoppi obrious shadow and also to infect the mind- of the youths of tin country with the opinion thai there was nothing good in the Cm federate cause. The attempted p? i versions of history were icscntod, hut the south was withon facilities for reaching, by any kind of literature, the masses of their countrymen of the northern States ro coriec* the err- rs into which tliev were led. ? /IM r * .? * jl 111 1' itin- uiu;ur mspiry unci o 1 h c r pernicious publications* joined entrance into the school* and homes of nearly every section, nortli and south, and a di-astions inflammation o f th e sectional spirit was the rcull Tiio protest of Confederate associations cmisi d investigations which resulted in tho discovery that the south was pe: mitt ing its sons and daughlors to he taught that the gross charges against the southern people, of !ehclli(?n, treason and war atrocities and the like were historical facts This discovery was followed by appeals to boards of education and other civil authorities, t.> southern *olf-ro.$poct and to honorable publishers with a re ult thai the ino-t offensive of the fa!*" historic* have been driven from southern schools. 'Since coopornlinu nun n * those v. ho de-ire impartial hi-ton which will mspirn all citizens of our country with similar patriotic spirit is a conMinmml ion nmoi earnestly .sought for i>y litis association, especially is this de>irnItlo hi -.ll histories of I hat si l ife which was l!:c greatest American war. M iv n >1 the story ??f that struggle l'< K M with fairness to both .-r< !i.?iiSi? O i the part f)f the m i tli ih ? nothing to fear from tinliii'ul history. ^'o ask for hisloncii ?;ni?To-i y and will givo as much \ i h ?.: * ft el.1' The lopori i '*e?) in unite Ih thai j Bach State c$taelish a d< partmentj of archives ur.d history. Thuj 0 *' * moling ot' tlii' report caused gfcut ^ otill w>iasiu An amendment by Diivengnrt of Americutu, Ga.; a member i.f the committee, that 1 the fill ore histonen show that Jeffct on. Ittv11 wn? ct'ttellv treated in-l nnnrcortat iiv shackled win uc 'i; !e<l ami tho report adopted* Si AI MiltNoON SESSION* , ill At the opening of the afternoon th session Gen Lee introduced Capt. m X. K Harris of Macon. Ga? who ni delivered the annual address to the veterans, ('apt Harris spoke i?t for more than two hours and held en j the attention of his audience pi throughout. th Maj L \V Anderson, first lieutenant commander of Charles () Hroadway Roups camp, No 1191, of Washington, 1). C., offered the p< following resolution and the committee incorporated it in its report, to ("AUK OF Till; GRAVES C "Whereas, the hill heforo con ot gross f"i- the rare of tho graves of qn Confederate soldiers buried near ac j hospitals and prisons in tho north m has so far failed < f passage by er that hud} ; nc "He it resolved,That this as- R' ioeiation of I'nited Confederate <M Vet< i u.s in convention assembled, urge- the passage of this hill, as a natter of right and dulv. not on. " , , y,, ly (Mi tlic pin*t of the senators and us repicsoiiiatives in congiess from co southern St?it< s lint al-o on the 11,1 * i\!l part of ihoso from nil other States ! T . in i f tin* I nitod Slates, in that the jn government is charged with the :n sepulchre of those who died pri- (M) somas in its hands, according to the usages of civiliz ti ill,of which (^ the United States forms a large t.. J"1 component part- j Tiiii section of the report cuts- c(v ed considerable discussion hut it was finally adopted. ha The report recommended the fo creation of office of vice com man-' dcr-iii-chief hut after much discussion, this feature was defeated [n j The remainder of the report was f(> j adoped. j ] j Tlio election of officers was Hr then taken up an the present ofli- or: cers were quickly reelected. chit was just 0.30 when (ten do Leo declared the union of 1305 wl adjourned sine die. tfi( Killed Himseif as Uusult of Nervous Attack tin Ashoviile, N. C ,.Iune 15.-?W. II. Vomer of Columhla, S O, committed suicido at Morganton, N. C., about 40 miles cast of he hero, at half past six o'clock this an evening. A hullet hole in the ('r' head caused instart death. lie stl was found 111 a lumber yard. From ,lt tho meagre details that can he 1?1 obtained ho is thought to have rtn come to Moronnton on the South- ')e ern railway train No. 11 today to l'ri enter tho hospital there for treat- lH> ment for a nervous disease. A 'n< letter was found in one of his Va pockets addressed to his father in Ki-S Col lmlna. Young Vomer wa; the ok winner of ? ("Toil lMm/lou A no - " H.K'UV.I t \ I I I V I I- w" can scholarship nt Oxford univer- ln wit y, England m< . .. . th A Lawyer's Scheme, of mi Atrentleman once a?ked a law- qr ycr what lie woulddo provided lie a> had loaned a man $500 ?nd Ihe pn man hud loft the country with- th out sending any acknowledge? *c mcnts. j?r "Why, tha'.'s simple. .Inst tr? write hi in lo send un acknowledge of moid for tho $5,o00 yon lent bim, go and ho will doubtless reply slating th it was only $500 'hat will Mif tri lice f? r a receipt, and you can nc proc cd against him if necessary." A North Carolina editor declarcsth.it the man who will ie id tt*' a newspaper three or four years without paying for it will pasture ^ his goat on the grave of his grand de father.?Fort Mill Times, bn 'ail's Fanners to Celebrate. rc-i'cnt 'lutvie Jordan IbMUsu Cuil Asking rhem to Hold OnthcriMga on July 4tb. i'roilcul Hnrvitt Jorduh t?f ihc lulhcrn th Pun asMiciUtioh 11h? ?cided ilia* 11:< > funnel a l'i nil (iJ u coli* 111 grow ing counticM sluinl?I cvt in their respective c muiumt lea on if ill v 41 h. have barb"eu< s, leaking ami make the clny on" ot metal r joiei ii* ilua yew on ac out < f the splendid work ucc<>niished l?y tho farmers in ro hieing e cotton acreage in i905. President .ford.m's cull follows: llieo South"!' i (Jiit'on Association, Athintn, (? ',, Jut o 9 i9:>5. 3 Southern Cotton (trowcis; Every report isuied on tin* ootn acreage i f 19o5, including tin nited Statos government rcporl Joae 2d, ltidicitos b?yond all los t in of doubt that the cotton rouge for this year has hoen a'eria'ly reduced by the farms, lhereby making .mother ahirmally large crop with extrcnily a- prices ao imposMhilit v . South n cotton growers arc to be highcommended for thus slnnding loyally by their pledges nod onuses, which will save the nth from tiuum i d luin and < 1 i- tor. The farmers also hold ti o r tton from the markets during a ua' d-pressing period in January d Kobruary, thereby omphimizg their ability to protect their icrosts from the devastating nflucnccs of spoenlition. The tton holding movement has ved the south ?50,000,000 In o value of the cotton unsold on miuiy 20'h. and the reduction co'ton acreage will insme 10 nts per pound for the staple xt fall We should therefore vea day of general rejoicing r the great work acjmnpli-hed. FOURTH OF JULY SELECTED. The Declaration of American dependence from the yoke of reign domination was signed on ly 4,, 1770. 1 think that, a litig day for southern cotton grows t assemble together an I deire their free loin an! indepnnnc:i from foreign combinations ueli in tin? past have die ated e price of the great money staple r?p of the south. I therefore ,ue iliis call, eaines'ly n-king i?t the cotton growers .ill over c south meet on Tuesday, duly 1005, either in their 1 >C;d boats, ivnsbips, niiliiin districts or at oir count) s-cits, and have bar cues or basket dinners, speeches d make of the day one of genii rejoicing. 1 trust alio that ong resolutions will he passed these meetings emphasizing i alty and pntrotism to each other d agreeing that no cotton shall 8'?ld during the balance of the esent year for l?\s-< than 10 cents r noiinil 1 cull n.???n K..? _ ( .. _ % !# ?? n'v. wua2sh and professional men in the riom. towns of the south to us t and take active part in these ?eting??. It is tha duty of every utherncr to assist the fanners tlii^ patriotic duty and to com ml them for the great victory oy have won. 1 a*d< that copies all rcsoluti >ns passed at these ceting.?? be mailed t ? the head* larteis of tho Southern Cotton social inn for compilation and iblication. Such a meeting ot e cotton growers and their dermination to demand better ices for cotton would have a cmeritlons eff*et on the spinners the world who have sold their lods ahead and have yet to secure e raw cotton to fill their con rets. Let every community t and act with determination. Yours truly, Iisrvie Jordan, Press Southern Cotton Associ ion. Foley's Kidney Cure makes dnoys and bladder riirh?. Don't lay taking Sold by Fundorrk Pharmacy. Kov. Mr, Uttlo Sued For Dnin* | ??2c* i'> Chhrecter, it UtoV. J. W. Unwell cif ilucksot) township tin* Mied Kcv J. W. Little for diinnigp* for defitmat ion of j! -:!bl! :?cu r, 11)1* 1m Ul?f piT?-t?l ('ill ' Oiilintinll i f M lint dispute till ! j . hit* bin ti goitJir i'ii Fur ?m.\ ulioit! I ill t!??? in ighhorhoid :.r W"??X' ' Hnpti.il chUnili, iitid \V11ic!? 11Us : badly split iij> tho Heighten hood and ihe church. Rev Mr. Little nowl ive-* near S'inford hut is pastor of ihe VVuxhnw church. IIo preached lliero Sund.-t\, and at the close of liis s M'til m in id ( 1 reinarUs that ran o 1 a sceno and resulted in t n<? t: i|> of Mr Uowll to town yesterday and the imlitulion of the dam 130 suit. The controversy is u most won lerful ( one and seems to he about as follows: Some time ago Rev. Mr. Little circulated the statement th it while on a trip in the \V ixhaw neighborhood in February,he was ? waylaid by two men who pulled t him oil' his vehicle ahd hit him a siuiiuing diow in the Bide, Unock- I ing him down On recovering J? lie roso with a stick and knocked hoth the men down. When they in turn recovered they b gged the preacher's pardon ai d a-ked him to say nothing about i ho af- r fair. This was agreed to, they all made friends, had a love feast C] and entered a solcmcn compact to drop the matter and tell no one what had occurred. It seems that Mj\ Little regarded the compact jas binding only as regards the oamcs^ofthc party, for he went to tellingitabout.but always refused to give any names. It seems that for some reason of past differences the community began to point, to two or three men as the ones who n had been the fighters. So about l three weeks ago -the following circular was distributed: ' 'To Whom It May Concern: i "Rev. J W. Little, the Gatlin c gun evangelist, hits very strongly intimated and left the impression on a few prejudiced people, that wc were the ones engaged in the notorious light he has published in this community. We take this method of informing all who i arc not acquainted with the cir- < cu instances that we arc not JWc know nothing at all about it and are in no way connected 1. with the evangelist, his illogical J lights, nor his manner and method > of abusing people. Therefore wc , challangc him in all his notoriety, f any of his zealous f> lowers, or i any human being to provo to the contrary. ' "J. 11. Godfrey, "John D. Godfrey, "J. W. Rowcll. * "Wc, the undersigned, know these men and do not believe they arc guilty, and ean conscientiously say they have been treat- 1 cd with great injustice. We sayfurther, in behalf of the parties accused and our community generally, we do not believe the Rev. J. W. Little has had any fight whatever." The latter statement was signed by forty-eight names. Sun- j day was Mr. Little's regular ap- r Ipointmcnt as pastor of church. | After the sermon he referred to a the mattsr and said things about ' Rev. Mr. Rowell that caused the J hitter's wife to riso up in the aisle j ami deny them and caused the snit to be begun. - Monroe Journal. | j - The Ledger, The Atlanta ' Journal, Send weekly, and Tlio Southern Cultivator, .11 throe j one year for $2., but must he n paid for in advance . 1 Foley's Ilonoy and Tar contains n ? opiates, and will not constipate like nearly all other cough medicines. Refuse Substitutes' t Sold by Funderhnrk. Pharmacy. ^ Foley's Money and Tar t for children,naff .sure. No opiate* \ PlwjhMttt Vallt-v LA ??l M ii > itn Our farmers, lifter u valiant tru^glo with that *v?rv old chief* rtl?f, "G; ll, Orcnr," hi.v? at ln*t i'/VOO: llt'H j<? 'iVPl pt:\Vi 5'illg lliill. I'M ilrtMiiU: tin Al :y 3') lode*' :^?i* i? I" '' cr lite I'liaomt Vul lev MM'- -ill ! slrndd h-.v?* a ~pe inl three mill lux, l eu died in :nl ilinost linnn:nunis Vol. in fnv t of ih?? tax. Mes-' h O Hat nor and * *. II. Kill have pti elin>e I Iho p'anta(ion <d* Mr. .1. S. .Miller, \? ho iii"V' (I to L'inuvillo last your. Mr (i eon (i-trr ;<>!>, ?on of iho to iMoir on (in* !Hf?n, wis innr* i?-i 1 mi> lit'* 1 l in?t, to M ss ICtlnd fl uini 11 oti, i>f Mint Mill, N. C. l ite niarrinpro look place at Iho mini <d 'he I i ido's parents. Mrs J. Z liailir; his been suforin^ from an ntlnelc of bronchi* i.*. but is now convalesce lit. Misses An.iin Alderson and Kva Jnlpnic attending Iho summer chord at Voi Uvillo . r * Quick ikdiverv. / 7 Low i'rieas, und extra (Quality >f (in >!s :.ro winning ih I rude. Look Here ! Hi v! 5 e mis par q \ iff. 1> >{ (ir.umliiie I Sugtr 15 lbs. 'or ? 1 Coll'ec, 15, tie and L'5 conls. Cut) tied lVitelies -Lost quality !5 cotjl; good tpnili'y 15 icn'.s. Fruneh Sardine- Yawl Club, !0 cents; Milan (Mo, 15 cents. I~v7' Tobaccos and Cigars -a nil line. ( 'oiiio to 11s for a good bow or smoke. )o Yoa Eat Meat ? ^Sliced 1 lam, Nice i>ccf?Roast >r Steak, Hreakf ist Strips, Pork uusage in pickled vinegar. We ire headquarters for everything in lie meat line. VECETAIiLKS. Vegetables for dinner. Our's s the place to get them fresh :very day. SLLIOTT, HEATH k WA'llNr State of South Carolina. IOUN1Y <)! I,\NO\SMOtf, '.5* .f It St w ii i i. K <j I'ro'i i'ft titL \\ HEIUOA.S, .i \ HUTOURS mini" nit to me, to i rant him let ters <.f ad niuutratioti *?f t??e o ta'e oi mid t f eet. of Robin ft it,. ?,n 'I II I<>IS lit-: I'HKhR to ii't- Hl)d a<t::.olli>ll oil Did Hll^'lItll' I iie timlred mid creditors of suld li t in >uno.oi d'.e -80.1, that limy b? me I ii|> )i?a before me, in the ourt of Pro lute, to b.> held at. I,um a-.- r S <J on I'uoad'y, Jane 27th i,< xt after j?u'? teat ion tlier of, tit.ll o'.: hbI? i i ibo drenoott, t > s'-iow rvnnt, it aiytixy uivc, why ss d mlmhn.vrii'i >u -dicu.d lot Ii; granted. ( i t*o it'l l r my Maud this 1 It i day #* I . - ? ... .1 u i H't ' I' IU 1 I, I !<(? > J K Sto\vrua i lh'o' > ?U' J udg j vioi;cr? Colored Teachers A t. .vo I' f'oktt' summer s diool Of color <! teach* rs will be lodd 11 the Ij'inO'tstar Norm il and '.nI*.i :*;1 1 ustiiute t r this place, >r?ginning on .Inly 20 h 190."). W. M. Moore, Co. Supt. I'M'. Examination for Scholarships Notice is hereby given tint on Friday, July 7th, 1905, ex unilations will bo held at tbo Court douse in Lancaster, S. ()., for ic.holarships in Winthrop Colego and in the nonn?! departnout of the South Carolina Colego, and in theColleg-- of Chares ton. VV. M. Moore, rto I.VJ ~?KV. Ajyj. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of C H Mthan All persons having claims igainst the estate of Charles Iarvey Lathan, deceased, will >rc ent them properly proven to he undersigned for payment, and ill persons indebted to said estate vill make immediate pyament to he same. John T Green, day 12, iQOo-im. Executor. j h m ra e r s a r. v tc, win i in rr 1 1 \hf mott Holing s*Ua In w jrlH