T"E LCDBERJ
rgcsLow s. carter,
EDITDtt AND MA NAG Kit .
CB8UED WRRNKSDAY AND SATURDAY
BUBS(; KIPTION *i ftO PIvW V K A K
t
Lancaster S.( July "Jh, l'J05.
Which f
Prohibition stands preeminently
for piety, purity, probity, peace,
plenty, prosperity.
Dispensary stands decidedly
for deviltry, debauchery ,dissipa
tion, degradation, drunkenness,
damnnth m
Which do you stand for?
Let conscience an-wer. ? Kdj?olield
adverlis?u.
Drinking; Men Not Wanted.
Stiong drink steals away a person's
health, steals away his money,
steals away his friends, steals
away his home. It murders his
body. It murders his mind. It
murders his ehatacter. It murders
his morals, and it murders
his soul. Nobody now wants a
man that drink a. lie is not
wanted as ;< Lwyer, as a doctoi,
as a merchant, as a drummer, as
a clerk, as i laborer of any kind,
as a teacher, and certainly not as
p preacher. The railroads will
not haw him. Many of the lending
railroads have announced that
they will not ct.ooloy a man in
any position who dunks, either
on or oil duty, (iov Hnuiey, of
Indiana, recently announced that
b? would not appoint to office any
man who drinks. The Brewers'
Association of Chicago announced
that it would not employ as a
chivei of a beer wagon any one
who drinks. The Bartenders
Association of New York City
put in its constitution a plank to
the thefleet that man to be
a member of that association must
bo u sober man. Temperance
sentiment must be getting pretty
strong when it extends to drivers
of beer wagons and bartenders.?
Dr E E Folk, in Christian Advantage.
The bulls aro doing the it utmost
to send cotton up to the 12
cuni marie ana wuue mey will
put money into tbo pockctH of the
farmers it will not help much in
the long run. In an interview
the other day former Senator McLaurin
said: 4'When cotton gets
much over 12 cents other articles
come into competition, and experience
has shown that in propor
tion as it advances above that
price there is a steady decrease
in the consumption. Mills close
down, labor i? thrown out of employment,
and with the slackening
of the damand for goods comes a
surplus of raw cotton to be carried
over as a club to break prices
the next year." That is good
sense. When wc know the cost
of production, wo likewise knowthat
cotton is not worth twelve'
cents, and the South would be
richer if the price remained stable
around the ten cent mark. Harvie
Jordan told the farmers not to
wait for the fancy figures, but
the farmers have nothing to do
with this advance. It is a gamble,
pure and simple. Still, the
South as a whole has little to gain
if cotton sells above twelve cents
and mills arc forced to closa down
for the farmer cannot feed the
idle operative,- Greenville News.
Hon Ben K Til! man, who established
tlx dispensary in South
Carolina, i- cut In a letter in
which he says: 'if the dispensary
cannot be , .nfiud, I'll help
kill it. Ge' your pitchfork
ready, Ben, yt i run't purify a
liquor den.?Had we ll ( Ga.) Sun.
M
] he Dispensary Situation
in Lancaster County.
Lancaster cor. The News and
Courier : Unlike many counties
in tho State, Lancaster has been,
up'tlie present time, comparatively
free from anything like a
geueral agitation of the dispensary
question, though the matter
has been more or loss quietly
talced about for several
months.
Tho county is now, however,
on the eve of a lively dispensary
fight. Petitions askiug for au
election under the Brice law
were prepared this week and
will be put in circulation at.
once, if, in fact, tho work of
canvassing for signatures lias
not already begun, as is reported
to he the caso in tho Fork Hill
section. No time ha3 been fixed
for ihe election, but it is thought
that it will be held in August,
an idle month with the farmers.
The parties in charge of the
petitions will have no trouble in
securing the requisite number
of signatures, for the sentiment
in tho county at present is overwhelmingly
against the dispensary.
In the towns opiuion is
divided, with probably a preference
in favor of the dispensary.
Were the election to bo held
now the county would vote out
its dispensaries by a very large
majority, and there is probably
no doubt when the election i?
held later on the same result
will be achieved, but not by sc
large a vote, for man7 who are
now eager to vote agiinst the
dispensary are expected to vote
for it when financial part ol
of the business is brought home
to them, so to speak, by the
dispensary advocates. But little
or no stress has as yet been laic
upon that feature of tho system
^KulVwa^-birtf of the revenuei
of the towns of Lancaster anc
Korsliaw, the only towns ii
the county in which dispensariei
are located, are derived fron
the dispensary, and at least one
third of the money received bj
the schools in the countrv i
J
"dispensary money." Thesi
facts will naturally have thei
weight with the taxpayers whoi
the carapaigu fairly opens.
The strong sentiment in th<
county against the dispensary 11
largely due to the conviction ii
the minds of the people tha
there is corruption and graft ir
the management of th9 State
institution and they do not see
how the situation can be im
proved except by abolishing the
entire system.
The quality of the liquor sole
is also coraplaijiod of, and there
are many who think that the
expenses of the local di9pensar
ies nro larger thau necessary. Ii
is on these grounds that a good
ly number who have heretofore
supported the dispensary are
now opposed to it.
On the other hand, there are
not a few who originally foughl
the establishment of the dispen
sary system that will vote foi
its retention now rather} that
see Lancaster experiment again
with prohibition, having distinct
recollections of what a
failure it was when tried here
in the past.
As to the enforcement of the
dispensary law, there is prob
a hi tr nA ( nnnlo in ?!>/? Q A- ? A ~ 1 - -
I?v? 7 UV V/WUI1Vjr 11J VIID klLULt; bUH!
como9 nearer carrying out it<
provisions than does Lancaster
Tho dispensers at Lancaster anc
Kershaw are good, capable offi
cers and havo been repeatedly
elected to their present positions
Barring tho written request fea
ture, which doos not seem to hi
observed anywhere, the dispeu
aers in this county are faithfully
currying out both the letter and
the spirit of tho law, so far as
your correspondent has ttfeu
able to learu. ^
There are at least two portions
of the county, Heath Springs
and Vanwyck, where blind tigers
are Raid to exist. There is
also some suspicion that such
an animal may bo doiug busi- f
nose in the town of Lancaster, n
but if so his sales are inconse- (
quential. So far as your cor- o
respondent has been able to as- c
certaiu there is no State con- c
stable at work in this county, ^
though the services of such an t
ofhcer are evidently needed in l
the 3ommunities mentioned-- n
Heath Springs and Van Wyck-- I
from what has been told the (
writer. j
Dispensary Conditions. ,
The News and Courier,through
correspondents in the scvoral
counties of the state, today publishes
a summary of dispensary j
conditions in the state as com- *
piled from their statements, the
review is of considerable interest
and has its value in showing to
what extent themovemeut aganist
the dispensary has taken. :
In eighteen counties it is stated
there is an active agitation
against the dispensary, these be- *
ing Marion, Saluda, Newberry, i
Edgefield, Union, Colleton, |
York, Lancaster, Williamsburg, ,
Oconee, Spartanburg, Florence,
Darlington and Lexington. It is 1
hardly correct to say that there f
is an "active" campaign in all
1 of these counties. In some there i
is, while in others the agiation
i has lust begun, and to what pro
portions it will reach cannot he
foretold. Our contemporary con- '
chides, in its summary, that
in the first fourteen named the
' chances are distinctly with the
i prohibitionists. Nothing is cerf
tain, however, until the votes are
, counted, and the repotts as to
5 some of these counties show that J
the outcome is very doubtful.
5 It is so in Newberry, for in- ]
I stance, where the dispensary advo
. catcs are gaining ground, and it
3 is so in Edgefield, it is reported,
j In fourteen counties there is no
agitation whatever to vote away ,
1 the dispensaries.' These include:
b GooegctowD> Sumtar, Beaufort
i Richland, Charleston, Bamburg,
i. Orangeburg, Abbeville, Kery
shaw, Lee, Barnwell, Clarendon,
B Dorchester and Fairfield. In
practically all of these the reports
9 show that the people are in favor
p -/ ii ? * * "
1 oi tnc dispensary system. Aiken,
i Greenville and Hampton are
placed as probably in the dispen0
sary column, should the agitation
reach the point of an elec3
tion, while Greenwood and Marl1
boro, already being prohibi'lon
t counties arc not considered.
i Our contcmpoary finds that the
3 enforcement of the law general'y
is rigid in the towns except n
Charleston and Columbia, and t
is surprising in now ot the cur'
rent belief that dispensers generally
fail to ebservc the law as
| required. The request book fea,
ture of law is not very generally
enforced according to observation
of the correspondents.?Col'
umbia Record.
. SICKENING SHIVEIUNGFir 8
> of Augue and Malaria, can he rej
lieved and cured with Electric
Hitters, l'bis is a pure, tonic
medicine; of especial benefit in
malaria, for it exerts a true cura^
tive influence on the disease, driv
ing it entirely out of the ays-em.
It is much to be preferred to Quin,
ine, having none of this drug'*
bad after-effects. E. S Munday,
of Henrietta, Tex., writes: 4,My
brother wnw vert* lnro with mulnil.
1 al fevar and jaundice, till he took
i Electric Bitters, which saved his
life. At Crawford Bros , J. F.
j Mackey & Co. and Funderburk
Pharmacy drug stores; price 50c,
' guaranteed.
Few men are satisfied when
' hey get what tli iy deserve.
Cinders and pretty girls are
hard to remove from a man's
r
eyos.
Even when a blind man enjoys
good health ho doesn't look
well.
r Foley's Money and Tar
I (or children.safe,sure. No opiate*.1
N?w York Cotton Morkek ,,
ItTect of t l?f? Now Acreage Uo
port Sends the Price Up tc
11*17, but it Falls Again fa
to 11.02. it
t?!
Now York, July 20.? Prices 0
or cotlc?n hounded upward nl> fa
lost instantly today when the j,
Government report of a decrease (ll
f 14.0 in tlio acreage planted, as s,
ompared with lust year, was re j(
eived on the Kxchange. The p
jains ranged from twelve to font* fa
cen points, October retching 11 e,
7. Tremendous selling, presum*
ihlo tiy large long interests, fol- ti
owed, and prices went tumbling. sj
October was beaten down fifteen p
mints from the highest to 11.o2 p
lie market was excited and it- fl
egular. c
m ; v
Two More Convictions.
t.-: i i . . i i ?f.
my nriiB jcfso nna L<eonarii
Raw lings Guilty of Murder ( f ^
Cutter Children. n
u
Vuldostu Ga.. July 20.?The s
ury in the case against Jesse and ?
Leonard Rawlings, charged with ^
he murder of the Carter children 0
eturned the folio wi tg verdict o
ate today: "We the jury, find I
lie defendants, Jesse Rawling* '
md Leonard Rawlings huth ^
jui'ty and rec iminend that Lee j.
inrd Rawlings be sentenced to t
lieoenitonti art for life
I ho jury had boon out nearly
four hours. The court wascrowled
when the verdict was rend, t
the mother and two sisters of the
young men being I?y the r side.
lesseRaw'ings is said to ho 17
years old and Leonard 18, though c
both look oh m\ This makes *
ilirro convictions for this crime. 1
rhe father of the young men will ^
likely be triod to-morrow. (
Yellow Fever Spreads.
Twenty-Nine Deaths So Far Re- j
ported and one Hundred and
Forty-one Cases. I
1
1
New Orleans, July 20. ? All 1
over the city today and up and
down the rivor for a stretch of
five miles physicians and employ
era of the board of health aro
busily engaged striving to stamp
out yellow fever, which has cans*
ed twenty-nine deaths and cases
of which has numbered a hundred
and forty-one sini * july 15th 1
Thia activity is due to the adop {
tion of the mosquito theory of the
disease, and every possible effort
is being made to avoid
n.'ection through that source.
Violated Election Laws? 1
i
Richmond, Va.. July 26.?
The grand jury today brought in
indictments against five men, including
Alfred B. Williams, editor
of an afternoon piper, for
illeged violation ' . election laws
in the recent Democratic pri
mary here. The indictment al
leges Mr. Williams agreed to pay
$25 to one of the others indicted
for influencing votes in hchalf of
a candidate .for common wealth
attorney. All except one, who is
out of town, gave $50o ho id,
each. Tii? cases will bo tried in
September.
CASTOR! A
For Infants and Children.
Ths Kind Yon Have Always Bougnt
Eoars the V/ tf/T.
Bignaturo of
lie who lives on his pnst reputation
has a half-starved look.
A man seldom mukes his money
last if his father made it liisi.
The pain of a lost love story is
what many a woman has paid
for a homo.
[ l or The Ledger. \],lo
O ?ts Turn to Cheat u ' 6 ictc
to o.it. ?
J
Mr. KditoK:?I was at the tl;'
wil
inner*' institute .it 1*11in Tu s- **??'
ay, and haying iic.ml so much
ilk of cheat beinj a plant of its
vvn I asked tin quest'on why it
mce there whs so much ch-at
i oats mil at other times none,
ad what canned cheat. I hey
denied to think the need had got- ^ju
;n in with the oats somehow or ^ j
irobabl> Iiad been lying in the j^r
ic ground for years and happen- fm
d to come up in the oats. niu
Now, I have en watching up <w"
ic matter of cheat in oats for 1
mi
ixteen vears and 1 find that oats
asturod late in thi Spring ami
ramped down will turn to cheat , 0
ml also that thoy will turn to
heat in wet spioutv place- if 'he Lt I
.inter is much cold
There is a lot of client this
<?nr and I iv/-?nld 1 i : -?? f. ?i- ...ir
armors t * experiment with :t by
owing to itself, .\ > ! > et< it it *)U
oesn't come up and make as-_'<>od
Mts ?s any from tli" oat seed,
nlcss pastured down. I lvtve ?
owed the pure client and niadi ?Sf*
;ood oat- every time and n?
lie "t, and I say cheat is not .
Iiing of itself. It comes from
its and goes back t> oats. It [{,
nit stubble is plowed uildei 'lo*
"all what seed ale on the. ground 0
rill come up and bu oats, and
eft out next year without being
urned under it will come up, and t t
icing on top not c vcied, "ill he
nostly cheat .las \" ( >'
Osceola, July Co*
?-? ?f -sr llcwlio
praises met rid fiat
era women has many friend*.
TWO BO 1 1 LE ; CURED U\ M
"1 was troubled with kldnei mi
louiplaint for about two yearii," |
vrites A. II. Davis, of M r. Sterl
ng. In., '-but two bottles of .
Foley's Kidney Cure -. fiecle t a
imminent euro." Sold hy Fun* ft'
lerhurU Fiintniiicv.
Ill
General Repair Shop
Cil
I Inve npi't ed opposite the Poau A: \-\
H'?rp?r ginnery, ? hbwCrni h and v
?eneial iepnir slu-p with Riwy M Pherson
to do ih<* btHcUs'iiitbini; and ...
Iron w. rk. All work dniin at y,,
ttbtepri. es A share of your patron- "j,'(
aire is earnestly solicited Give ine u r t]
trial. J.Q.ADAMS
July 24, 1 - In). n*
(
FOR. COT TOM WEIGHER. of
1 hereby announce myself a can
didate for reelection to the office *
of public cotton weigher at Lancaster,
S 0. 1 F NisbcV.
' J i)i
1 hereby announce my solf a CI
C indidatc for the office of Public
I jf?
Cotton weigher at Lane-.' ter C II. ' v
A J Baily j(,
FOli COTTON VY FIG I IKK A) d
HEATH SPRINGS bl
h
I hereby imnounee tn\self n p,
candidate for the office ot' Bub'ic m
Cotton Weighei at Heath Springy ni
S. 0. A L Mobloy. eo
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Oeckm
| Different Medicine
I $1.00 everywhere. Call on your dragI
gist for free sample bottle, or write ud. I 00
1 Checkers Modi?*inoOr>.Winston-Satom, N C. i '
i*r<
RO
Po
rasas* massr?;
Wo arc expert ice u (;al 1 ;
from you. \Ye now h ive
a coinpieto line of fan
and White t'anv is Ribbon
Ties, just the thir.j
for summer any price
froai ^ 1.00 op Wo cal.
special attention t > oi
lligli Prude line or
PBICSSY low cuts. I'M
win (.'lap;; for men I;
France for women
i i,\
jaw? z*
CHERRY & CO.
4k# '
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fief to Ds'1 -rs a ?' Creditors
of ft. P. li or. Deceased.
vi! pi-rus ; ii - cla inn n/.iiiiHl
. i -it of il F. .x 1111 I (lei'ubul,
il ?i-?. "? !>!' 1I "iji piojipnv proven to
1 iiim'.- I.- ic e?l lor pa.vin i t; Mini all
-Ol .- |.? Hlli'l "X'lMUtH Will
y i1 iinmediHle pay m? til o' ttie name
" F <' I?i.z -nliy,
lv (??S\v Ailininistr.itoi
wr.'. ;rrr sr rv vj^r,.rr:.,-*si3.ra*'; san
fiaiios of D'lCbar^.
Notice is acicby "itcu tout on
> 2<itii clay of August, i'.M)5.
i under *i^oed a-; A?lministr?x
of the estate of J giro M.
uifht deceased, >vil! make her
ul retul'i .inil net1 lemnii*, unit
ike application to l io IVobatc
'tirt of l/mcaster county, S. C.,
r a final discharge n* such Adni*t
i uti ix.
[ ir.r.i J. Kniolit,
Vlniinistrntrix
itod Joiy 20'. i, 1905.
iTkTT' WELSH,
I > IaIiV'81lSrii.\
L<iinoaster, "* I'?
Osliec in roar of Fnnderrk
Pharmacy.
July 1, 1905.
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If KORfi: GAiiGLiKA
i 7 ^>-is)or?.
ae of Sl.iI"'-1 I'M in at ional S> Klein,
1> N P A It T M E N T S.
!<'gi ?t<\ Euginecring,
< i i,t I uh e, Law,
1 i : i i s * Pharmacy.
brary mini- ? 4.1 ()(?-? Volume*.
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y in nasiu in t
^ . building,
fiti !> * '. nL'CrOKS .
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' , I. iS.ir.tt Adoivsa
J. P.? \ M : 'ilr, l't o-i Joiit,
CnAPKf. 1 j i I T., N. C.
State of otttfi Carolina.
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tO IDC, to tl'lilW ill III r?l l?'i - of rnj
iMSt of tl odp. ?f Mi,l ,.f
t- of Jim 111 A M i lor,
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Mil t lit i't? M' i, I i:?? ii it p
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II . I'' ' ' ' I I O . d ill J ; I. i 1 . . I I* 4 ' * Oil
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hi ion iher ?>r. !t( 11 , t.c
I'C'liooii, to ulinv i) .-r vlht-v
ive, wliy . nil iitlminisi i iiil'iii ~ 11 < Hal
i bo granted,
liven limb i n;- 1 i ,[ tJ,... ,irtV
July Anno I), m;* i. p.m>
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HOARD <>! V I s 1 I'tlK-,
:i AittiK -TON. K U, J I l.Yii. Pit Pi
Otic vacancy in a ?S'?iib' It' ll'MciniA
lit?l trsbi to bf lilltd by o m ,i) !v..
atttiii .! inn t x'tl.i hi J aut;.is oj*
ill'i * \ .
y I I' a I I w 11 }{ < !, lii.IV )>.' : bt.liliS
at t lit < IV' ,. < f r,.| CSC'I DsDEN
lairtii-ii, Cii r imioii, s t?. or from
Conn y Supcri'ittsi.tlcii of Edu a>11.
TiiftM- J?|i, i.ms, fully Ji | ,;j
list lit; in i he bauds of dm Clnbrlili
oil J '! y . > I, in o* i!;? to tec* y,.
- aitlcra'ioii
io: si (} ? 1)4 DEN,
Ciudrnt. : 1 nun' of Vub.ois
ily in ?;iw
*t "? 1 . \ .tanm-%- fYTTTr-^jnpC.mL^wr
Notice of Election.
I'urKii.uit to nit i''l of tli l.t iMsl.itiiri. an
lotion ?.ii i Mt p.. foiUwing
' 'f *'z ' ' ! ' I.. IT itli Sjirin^h
it iv* . Ii v. i'. iii*' e' (*''ri I I iiH*tay in
Ignsl, I*,, f.if tUo purpose of elni'tin^ n l
tloi. weiglii'i lor riicli <?f the nWv loiniOil
icot I'oJIm upon at H o'clock a m. and >H0
ill t o'clock 1>. in. All qualified vol era
entitle 1 to vote. The following iiianitrs
are appointed.
1-mcrt Icr. r. If J UCuns.r, li JUir
r, \V P Cautben.
b iin-.;s I) \V Hoiidru, .M I.
'ckb.iiii ! it C,r igliton
Pel Ii ! J1 i 1 ton , V. T T'L.ckmon,
uiry M'u loxi.
fly or<l->r of 15 trl of County CommieM.
< . AKDNI'.U,
< o. Sui orvinor
lit I JiA
LANCASTER MARBLE
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