The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 09, 1905, Image 2
TIE LEDGER.
'"v J-. a TBDRLOW
S. CARTER.
EDll'J:( AXl) MAXAUKK.
?t?SUKl> \V KI> N K U> A V AN I* SVTI'KOAY
HUBSUKII* I'lON Ti PK* YK.\U
Lancaster S. C. August 11)05.
To Senator Tillman?Questions.
Senator Tillman's contention
that the former Conservatives
have-conspired to bring about the
destruction of the dispensary system
suggests two or three inquiries.
How (iocs he reconciles it with
the fact th it the five ' Conservative"
counties, and the only five
counties?Sumtct. Ilea u f o r t,
Georgetown, Kichland and Charleston?that
alwavsjand ever have
voted against him, are now the
strongholds of the Dispensary?
How does he reconcile it with
the fact that the greater part of
the popularity that the dispensary
has remaining is to be found in
the towns, which in the days of
factionalism furnished most cf
the Anti Tillman votes?
How does he reconcile it with
the fact that such former Conservatives
as Thomas G. Kaysor and
Richard I. Manning were the uncompromising
defenders of the
Dispensary principle at the essions
of the General Assembly of
1905.
If former Conservatives who
nave oeen in control ot the ucnerul
Assembly for six years liavc
been secretly contriving to kill
the Dispensary, why has the Brice
law in its original form twice failed
of passage ? Why were amendments
attached penalizing
counties wisbihg to vote out dispensaries?
-Senator Tillman objects
to^thc counties voting out
the liquor .-hops. Were not
these amendments in the line with
his views?
Senator Tillman remarks upon
the change ot tone in the newspapers?which
no longer describe
constables as "spies?" Is it not
fair to presume that this change is
merely indicative of the change of
sentiment in the communities in
which they are published?
Jn all frankness, Senatoj Till
man, answer?do you not in your
heart know that the country people
are at the back of this fight on
the Dispensary? Dare you, as
an honest man, deny that they
mean to vote for Prohibition now
from the same motive tnat governed
them at the primary election
of1892 ?
Search your own conscience,
Senator Tillman, and deny if you
will, vhat the rural people, the
intensely religious people, who go
to the little pine churches in the
forest on Sundays, arc simply returning
to the fervid devotion to
Prohibition from which for a
time they were swept away by a
' almost idolatrous devotion to
you.? News and Courier.
Maj. ?J. (\ Hemphill, editor of
the Charleston News and Courier,
accompanied by Mrs. Hemphill,
sailed from New York Sunday for
Europe. Editor Hemphill was
presented with a chectc covering
the cost of the trio hv thn
1 J
torB of his paper as a recognition
of the 25th anniversary of hie connection
with the News und Courier.
SPOILED HER BEAUTYJ
Iarriet 1 Inward, of 200 VV. 34th
St,. New York, at ono time had
her beauty spoiled with skin
trouble. She writes; "I had Salt
lihonm or Eczema for years, but
nothing would cure it, until 1 used
Bucklen's Arnica Salve." A quick
and sure healer for cuts, burns
and sores. 25c at Crawford Bros .
J. F, Mackoy ?te Co'h, and
Funderburk Pharmacy, drug
store.
News Of The Slate.
Specials to The State.
l\?>to!lice Robber Captured Next
Day.
Shunter. August 4.?The postoffice
at l)a!/.cll, this county, was
robbed during last night.
Alon/.o McKenzie, colored, secieted
himself in the store where
th c postoflice is situated and when 1
nil were gone helped himself to
stamps and money.
Postmaster Rcmhert and Magistrate
Williamson captured him
today and found $29 on him. lie
was lodged in the Sumter jail.
He 1ms confessed.
The Season's h irst Hale
Charleston, Aug. 5?The first
bale of new cotton arrived today,
consigned to F. \V. Wagener &
Company from 11. C. Folk of
.'Mit.wvi u IIW IIUJ oui|^;gu I1IC
first bale to Charleston for several
years. The bale was classed as
good middling, weighed 425
pounds and was sold to the Goldsmith
Mercantile compiny for 13
cents. The first bale came in
'ast year on August 13. The
earliest receipt of new cotton in
Charleston was on July 29, IcSqO.
Young Cloumbiun Met Death at
Chester.
Chester, Aug. 6. ? A terrible ac
cident took place hero Friday
night brief mention of which has
already been made in The State.
Shortly after nine o'clock three
young men were standing near an
electric light post, when one of
their number, Mr. John S. Weir,
took hold of, it is supposed unthinkingly,
the wire ussd for lowering
and hoisting the electric
lamp. lie instuntly fell back unconscious,
and in a few minutes life
was extinct.
Two Negroes bight over Sixty
Cents and One is Killed.
Helton, Aug. 7.?Joe Washington
shot and killed Walter Lark
at the Helton Power company
dam last Saturday night while
gambling. Both parties are negroes.
t he amount of money up
was Co cents, over which a dispute
arose as to the winner, resulting
in the death of Walter
Lark.
Greenville's Liquor Sales.
Greenville, Aug. 4.?The figures
showing the amount of whiskey
purchased during the month of
July at the three Greenville dispensaries
can scarcely be believed,
nevertheless they arc taken from
the records. During July $13,"*
026.09 was spent in Greenville
for whiskey and alcohol at the
dispensaries. These figures do
not include blind tiger sales, of
which there is no way to secure
even an estimate. According to
tne figures given, there was more
money spent in this county for
liquor during the month of July
than there was for flour during
the same period. Thirteen car
loads of flour would easily supply
inhabitants of this county for 3?
days.
Eats Poisoned Egg and Dies.
Mr. Joseph M. Ward of Ward's
station has written the governor
asking that an investigation be
made into the suspicions death of
a negro child at that place recently.
It seems that the child died
suddenly from the effects of eating
an egg that hud been poisoned
with strychnine and placed in a
turkey nest on an adjoining farm
The matter will probably be referred
to the solicitor for an investigation.?The
State.
JOHN E. WELSH,
DENTIST,
I jancantor, SC.
J3*/" Office in rear of Fundorhurk
Pharmacy.
July 1, 1005.
The War.
The news from the field during
llie past woek has been of no importance.
Apparently there is
no fighting, save the occasional
clashes on the Island of Sakhalin,
and these soon resolve themselves
into toot races. A dispatch from
a Russian army point in Manchu
ria says the Japanese are bombarding
the Russians with circulars,
telling them that owing to
the likelihood that peace will soon
be declared it would tie well for
them tojjcoase their reconnoissances,
which will only result in useless
loss of life
The expected big engagement
that was said to be scheduled for a
dnto preceding the meeting of
the peace envoys by the .Japanese
has so far fuiled to materialize,
and it seems likely that the Japs
will await the actual meeting of
the envoys The latter are now
at Portsmouth, N. H., and the
session will begin at once.
There is apparently a growing
belief that the conference will not
result in neaco This is occasion
e<l by the assertions of the Japanese
representatives that tbey will
domand heuvy indemnity and tho
cession of certain territory, while
the Russians claim that thuy will
give up no territory nor puy out
any money indemnity to secure
peace. It would not be surprising
if it should develop that Russia
has gone into the peace conference
merely with a view to gaining
time, or for some other purpose
not yet apparent. Her reputation
for deception makes suoh a thing
ousi 1 y possible. It does, however,
seem improbable that this could
be. In a few days at most, perhaps,
we will know whether there
is anything in Ibis belief.--Charlotte
Observer
Capt Evan 1\ Howell Dead.
Atlanta, Ga, August 6.?Capt.
Evan P. IIowcll, prominently id
entitled with Southern Journalism
died at noon to-day after an illness
of three weeks, brought on
by a carbuncle complicated with
diabetes.
Capt IIowcll was born December
io, I829, 'n Milton County,
Ga. lie was a gallant confederatejsoidlcr,
entering the service as
a member of the first Georgia
regiment, later commanding Howell's
battery of artillery during
practically the whole of the war.
After the surrender ho settled
in Atlanta, taking up the practice
of the law. He was one of the
most potent factors in rebuilding
this city, and in the development
of the State following the devastution
of the war. As a young
lawyer he served as solicitor general
during llie stormy days of
the reconstruction period, when
to his services was largely due
the suppression of the lawlessness
then so rife. In 1876 he bought
a controlling interest in the Atlanta
Constitution with Henry W.
Grady and William A. Hemphill.
He retained control of this newspaper
until 1897 when he retired
and sinco then has not been in active
business.
8IOKENING SHIVE RJNGF1T8
of Augue and Malaria, can be relieved
and cured with Electric
Bitters. This is a pure, tonic
medicine; of especial benefit in
malaria, for it exerts a true curative
influence on the disease, driving
it entirely out of the system.
It is much to bo preferred to Quinine,
having none of this drug's
bad after-effects. E. S Munday,
of Henrietta, Tex., writes: "My
brother was very low with malarial
fever and jaundice, till be took
Electric Bitters, which saved his
lifo. At Crawford Bros., J. F.
Mackey & Co. and Fundorburk
Pharmacy drug stores; price 50c,
guaranteed.
Foley's Honey and Tar
'or children,safe,sure. No opiate*.
Subscribe for The Ledger.
HHHiiMHaMBMnaNanHBBMMMBHi '
"No, 2 Thousand Times J
No!"
r
Saluda BaptisbAssociation Adopts [
a Keaolution in Which the ?
Dispensury iH Strongly \
Condemned. t
I
Special W> The Sta'o n
Anderson, Aug. 4.?The Saluda 0
Baptist association, which baa been *
in session du ing the week in the ^
lower part of tho county, adjourned
yesterday afternoon. On Wed- a
nesdup the repoit on temper- a
aaco cauaed a discussion of the 11
dispensary question, which waa ^
participated in by several of the ^
delegates. The report on tem- a
perunce, presented l?y Key. W. |
T. Tate of Bolton, and adopted by ^
tho association, contains the fol- 1
lowing arraignment of tho dispensary:
v
"Our own beloved Stale is en- ^
gaged in tho high crime of making ^
drunkards, criminals, widows, or- ^
phans, idiots and lunatics. We
have mado every citizen a party l>
to the crime and drugged the pub- '
lie conscience with tho fslso claim
that we arc making tho liquor f
h.isinoss contribute to tho educe- ^
tion and material advancement of
the State. l'ho average amount
per child to the school fund annu- *
ally from dispensary profits has '
been less than 65 cents. And yet
we arc unwilling to give up tho 1
pitiful sum of blood money. We j
decrease our wealth by sending j
out of the State annually $2,000,000,
for which we get no return j
but mean liquor with which to <
impoverish and destroy our peo- ,
pie. The State puts into the li- ,
quor business $3,500,000 and gets
back into tho school fund less
than 1-2 per cent, of it, Shall we
continue in this ruinous business?
No, a thousand times no! Let us <
cleanse our hands and purify our '
conscience of this evil." :
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Farmer Loses Barn. i
Special to News and Courier.
Jonesville, Aug. 3.?There was <
a small tire in .Jonesville at 2
o'clock this morning. A barn
and stable, with farming tools, (
corn, fodder, oats and other stock
feed' a fine surry and about twenty
aords of wood, all went up in
smoke. A good horse and a fine <
bog that wen in the lot were barely
saved. It is another one of
those unaccountable fires at the
dead hours of the night. Mr.
Wb'tlock put his loss '?t about
$1,000, with no insurance.
What Marlboro Says.
(From the Bennet'sville Advo- j
cute.)
The liquor people have invented j
a new argument against prohibition.
They say that tbo school ,
teachers are leaving Pickens County
since the dispensary has been i
vottd out because they fear that
thero will he no money to pay
tbem. We have not heard of any t
scarcity of teachers in Marlboro
/ J 1 J ik... U
hull urccinvtumi, ttuu lucy uhvu
about ob good schools as can be 1
found in tl?e neighboring counties
where whiskey is sold.
GREATLY IN DEMAND
Nothing is more in demand than
a medicine which meets modern
requirements for a blood and
system cleanser, such as Dr.
King's New Life Pills. Tbey are
just what you need to cure stomach
and liver troubles. Try them.
At Crawford Bros', J F Mackoy
& Co's and Funderburk Pharmacy,
drug store, 25c,guaranteed.
Go to the
LANCASTER MARBLE
AND
GRANITE WORKS,
For Good Work and Low Prices
A. J. McNinch,
LANCASTER, S. C '
Stockholders' Meetings.
Tho stocKholders of three Isrge !
orporations held 'their annual j
Heelings in Lancaster Monday,
u the office of Col. Leroy
jpriugs, the Lancaster Cotton
fills, the Eutpkh mill, of Cheser,
and the Bhiik of Lancaster,
mmediately a L*r the adjourn*
nent of the stockholders meetings
f the several'corporations the
everal boards ofjdireclors met and
lected officers for the ensuing
'ear.
Tho Lancaster Cotton Mills mado
very gratifying statement to its
tockholders and was shown to be
11 a very prosperous condition,
t hud paid its usual per emit,
emi-annual dividend on both
(referred and common stock, and
i nic sum whs passed to its sur<lns
account t he old loud of
lirectors were reelected as f?l
ows:
Lancaster Cotton Mills?Leroy
Springs, W. T. Gregory, W. 0.
rhomson, T. S Carter, T. Y.
iVillitras, Stephen A. Jenks, of
^awtucket, R. I , Arthur S.
Yattles, of Canton Junction,
lass. Offi '-rn re-?looted by the
)oanl :
At Ihs meeting <>t the board of
lirectors officer* for the ensuing
,ear were elected n* follows:
Lerov Spring?, President ; W.
T. Gregory, vice-president ; W.
J. Thomson, secretary and treasurer.
The u7uirt of the Eureka Cot
Ion Mill were also reported in very
mtiafactory condition, and its old
board of directors re-clectcd as
Follows:
Eureka Cotton Mill?Loroy
Springs, W. C. Thomson, C. B.
Skipper, Chas. J. Webb, of Philadelphia
; John McGill, of Phil.
Officers re elected by board : ?
Leroy Springs, president; Chas.
J. Webb, vice presideut; W. C.
Tborasou, sec. and treas.
The afTairs of the Bank or Lancaster
were found in excellent
condition, very gratifying to the
stockholders, as it showed excellent
management 011 the part of its
officers. Directors were elected
as follows.
Bank of Lancaster?Leroy
Springs, D A. Williams, W. C.
Tborasou, m. P. Crawford, W.
J. Cunningham, W. T. Gregory,
L. C. Payeeur. Officers reelected
by board : LeroyiSprizigs,
president; I). A. Williams and
W. 0. Thomson, vice presidents ;
L C . Harrison, cashier ; W. R.
Thomson, teller.
OABTORIA.
Bo?r? tli* /? 'to K'nd You N"3 Always Bwgt
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OK LANCASTER,
UY J E Stewnian. Esq, Probate
I ml o M
WHEREAS, lb ('um.ii.gham and
J. M. Yoder ha\?- made suit to me. to
?-r-?111 them letters of administration
nt the estate of and effects of J.
V\ ren Ti I in m i . Willi the whl am exeil
THESE ARE THERE- OR. to
ciifc and noinoiiish all and singular (he
kindred and creditors of tlie said J
Wren Tillman, dee'd, that they be and
appear before ine, in the Court of Pro
bate, to be held at Lancaster. H (! on
Friday, August 18th, next after publication
thereof, at 11 o'clock in tlie
forenoon, to show cause,-it any they
have, why said administration should
uor be granted,
(liven under my Hand this 5th day
of August Anno Domini, 1905
J E Htewma i,
Probate Judge
Notice of Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 2Gth day of August, 1005,
the undersigned as Administratrix
of the estate of Jerre M.
Knight deceased, will make her
final retuln and settlement, and
make application to the L'robate
Court, of IjHncaslpr?conntv. S .
for u final discharge as such Administratrix.
,
Laura J. Knight,
Administratrix.
Dut? d July 26lb, 1905.
Notice to the Public.
1 will hold nil inquests in the
county. Phone to ray residence
at Pleasant Hill for me when
needed.
J. Montgomery Caskey,
opt. 2H?If
A Better Fever Outlook.
New Orleans, \ugu?t 6.?
Fever report to 6 P. M.:
New cases, 28.
Total eases to date, 533.
Deaths, 8.
Total deaths to date, 105.
New sub foci, 2.
Total sub-foci to date, 93.
The fever report today is a
great improvement over fliosc
during the middle of tho week
and the fact that there were only
two new sub-foci, one up-town
and one down-town, is a source
of special encouragement. An
effort is being made to determine
the number of eases of fever under
treatment and allowing ten
days, which is a liberal estimate
lor a patient to either recover or
die, it is figured that there are now
233 cuses under treatment.
BRONCHIT7S FOR TWENTY
YEARS.
Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville,
111., writes: "I had bionchitis
for twenty yours and never
got relief until I used Foley's
Honey and Tar which is a sure
euro ' Sold h y Funderbnrk
Pharmacy. Also C O Floyd, Kershaw.
General Repair Shop.
I have opened opposite the Poag A
Harper ginnery, a blackstui h ami
general lepair siiop with Bossy McPlierson
to do the blacksmithing aud
iron Work. All work done at le.tsonuble
prices. A share of your natronate
is earnestly solicited Give me a
trial. J. (J,, A I)A MS
July 21 1005 -Im.
PROFESSION AL CARD
Dk M PCrawkokd Dh It C Brown
CRAWFORD A BROWN,
Physicians and Surgeons,
I a 1 leaster, H. C,
Treatment of (lie eye, nose and
llirou a specialty.
Calls promptly answered day or
night- OfTIce over Crawford Bros.
Drug Store,
Phonos: Office, No 17(1; K idences
Nos. 11 and 36.
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY
ACADEMY,
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
BOARD OF VISITORS.
CHARLESTON. S C, JU LY 6, 190o.
One vacancy in a ?S\ate Beneficiary
scholarship to be tilled by competitive
examination exists in Lancaster
c-'oumy.
Application Blank* may be obtains
ed at the office of Ad C H OaDSDEN
Chairman, Char oaton, H C. or from
the (Jouuty Superintendent of KJuca*
tiou. Thete applications, fully fi led
must he in the hand* of the ( hairman
on July 31, in older to reco ve
consideration.
(Signed) ' (1 XDfjDEN,
Chairman Board of Visitors*.
July 10?3 w
- SHOES &sss*saasBZJBas
We are exporting ti call
fn>tn \ on. Wo mm have
a complete line of 'l'an
ttutl While (Jan vis ltibhon
lice, j us I the thing
for summer any price
from if 1.00 up Wo cal.
special attention to our
High Grade lino of
DBE3SY low cuts. Edwin
(Jlapp for men LaT.^
*
r ranco lor women.
~ CHERRY & CO.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
ot J. A. Killer, Dec'd.
All persons having claims against
the estate of John A Miller, <lecea?e?l,
will present Ihein properly proven to
the undersigned for ray mill; and all
p? rwi H indebted to said estate will
make immediate pHyment of the same
to L. U. nazenby,
July (1-8\v Administrator,
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
of B. F. Miller. Deceased.
All DiTHOliK llftVlni* clnliiij < <?! ??
the estate of B. F, Miller. deceased,
will present iheua properly proven to
die undersigned for pay inert; and all
persons indebted to said estate will
mate immediate payment of the same ?
10 li. <J. Lazenby,
July fl-3w Administrate!. s
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