JM-*-*" ?m ? *o- .r uiMn 11 .
- THE LEDGER.
TRERLOW S. URTER,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
SSUIil) WK1?N KSI?A Y A Nl? SA'I IIK l?A Y
HUU8UKII'TION $? 60 I'E" YEA K
Lancaster S.C. August 1G, li?05.
The War.
All intercut in the difference between
Russia and.Japan have hcen
transferred from the plains of Man
cl)nrin and the shores of Siberia to
the niivy yard at Portsmouth, N .
H., whoretho envoys of the two
warring countries have been holding
their sessions in tin etlort to
reach sn agreement I hut will bring
about peace. .Japan has submitted
to the Russian plenipotentiaries
her terms, the principal items of
which included reimbursement of
war expenses; and the cession of
the Island of Sakhalin. In reply
Russia stated that no territory
would be ceded and no indemnity
paid, and the situation seems gloomy
so far as peace is concerned.
There is a somewhat prevalent be
lief, however, ti nt Russia's defiance
tviiM in reality ablutl'and that
she will come down, nil her "high
horse'' and consider Japan's lorms.
Thorn is.ou the other hand, reason
to believe that the whole
"peace conference'' iilea was
worked out t?y Russia in order to
gum tin.e and reinforce her a'ltiy
in Manchuria. If this turns out
to he the case, the wisdom of the
Japanese in not agreeing to a protocol
will he vindicated.
There is nothing to show that
any backward step is being taken
in the prosecution of the war, and
so far as the outside world is informed,
both sides are keeping
soldiers on the move to the front.
It is said that if the peace c*>n
ference is broken oil", Oyaina will
immediately give buttle to Linevitch,
in ?vhich event perhups, the
greatest contiict of the war will
result. ?Charlotte Observer.
Challenges Senator Tillman.
Special to The Observer.
Spartanburg, S. C., Aug. 13.
?C. P. Situs, a lawyer of this
city and a staunch prohibitionist,
is willing to aceopt.the challenge
made a few days ugo to meet
Senator Till man in joint debate
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mi uiu wmstiuy ipiesi1(J11 nun uus
sent liim a letter in which lie says
<lI heg to challenge you to discuss
the dispensary law with mc in
Columbia, at tho earliest date
that will suit your convenience.'
Mr. Sims is an antiwhiskey man,
both^in theory and practice, and
has made the dispensary law a
special study, lie thinks tho
great moral institution shouid go.
Mr. Sims is considering the matter
of making the lace for the
I'nitcd States Senate next year,
and says he will assuredly lie in
the ticld if S.nutor Tillman iH
without other opposition.
A Disastrous Landslide.
Winnipeg, Mm. August 13.?
An Ashcroft dispatch reports a
disastrous landslide on Thompson
Kiver this afternoon. An Indian
villago was embedded with its
population, and the river lied was
blocked.
Ashcroft is an Indian village
with a population of 60u situated
in the northwestern portion of the
Valo district, British Columbia.
? One second hand 60 saw
Winship Gin, Feeder and Condenser,
in good condition, for
sale cheap. Apply to
4t W. T. Gregory.
?Two second hand sewing machines
and a oncshorsc buggy for
sale cheap. Come early.
.), S. Wilson.
Fu. 4 m Ledger. t
lo the Litizensof Ltinca-^ter County.
Gentlemen: It will ho your (
privilege uiul your great respunsi- .
bility iu the near futme to decide
upon ono of the greatest issues 1
th it can lie placed before any poo '
pie of today. An issue which j
outweighs that pertaining to poll- ,
tics, war of linanco. An issuo
of lifo or death?an issue which
will decide the destiny of some of
your own sons for heaven or hell. '
The question of Dispensary or \
no Dispensary is before you and i
you must decido the question. <), (
that 1 were endowed with the
power to say something which
would arouse men ami women from
lethargy into which they have fallen
in regard to this withering, <
blighting a n d damnable bu:,i- 1
tiess!
When you vote tor the Disoen- ,
sary you vote to perpetuate and
Diako respectable in your midst a
business which will take the innocent
little children, which today I
play atiout your door and ox whom
the Master has said ''Of such is the
Kingdom of heaven," and make
them lurid and opaque and lit
only to ho hurled into the realms
of Plutonian night and eternal
sorrow! A business which will
take that noble son of yours which
is now the pride of your lift! and
the light of your home, and whom
you hope to he the solace of your ,
old age, Might all his prospects
in life and change him into a
Moated, loathsome creature accursed
of (iod and man, send him
down to a drunkard's grave and a
drunkard's hell. You vote for a
business which will take the husband
of of your fair young daughter
and convert him into a demon
whoso cruel utilise will wreck her
life and bring her down to ft premature
grave. Can you, will you i
vote to keep this stream of limning
lava overflowing and devasta- ,
ting all that is fairest and best in
your homes? When you meet at
tho judgment bar of God the poor
souls who havo gone to their
eternal destruction through this
avenue to perdition what then
will ho your excuse for voting to
keep them open? Every man who
votes for tho Dispensary shares in '
all the crime, sliauie, death and
destruction which is caused by tho
same, and as sure as God's laws
aro inevitable ho must answer at
the last Great Day for the way he
casts liis vote on this question.
And let no man think he shirks
this terrible responsibility by
staying away from the polls and
not voting by so doing you cast
half a vote for whiskoy and take
upon your own soul half of the
guilt for the evils thut follow in
its train.
J Jet not sumo covetous and miserly
soul alarm you with the false
cry that you will not have money
to run the graded schools, etc.,
without the revenue derived from
the liquor trathc. O, when will
civilized and christianized men
realize that this is simply selling ,
one p art of thoir children, soul and
body,to tho devil in order to educate
the remainder of them! When
Judas Jscariot sold Christ and in
a tit of remorse pitched tho ratling
silver on tho ground and went and
hanged himself, tho question arose
what to do with the money. They
said, "It is not lawful to put it
into the treasury because it is the
price of blood." Not more truly
was this tho "price of blood"
than that for which you sell your
son* when you barter them away
for llie rovenuo derived from the
damnable liquor traffic. And God
will withhold Hie blessings from
any government, town or institution
which is run with this bluod
money. May God enable each
citizen ?to so cast his vote that ere
long the white banner of Prohibition
may wave over this fair land
and peace and plenty reign in
every home!
Mrs. .1. E M. Davenport,
Now Cut, S C., Aug. 14, 1905.
SPOILED HER BEAIMYI
larriet I toward, of 209 VV. 34th
St.. New York. one limn Imd
her I )fu illy spoiled with skin
trouble. She writes: <4I had Salt
Khcmu or Kczema for years, but
nothing would cure it, until I used
Bucklon's ArnicuSulve." A quick
and sure healer for cuts, burns
and sores 25c at Crawford Bros ,
.1. K. Mackey ite Co's, and 1
Kunderhurk Pharmacy, drug
store. I:
^)api White's Expcnahoe (
With Yellow Eever. ;
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Lancaster cor. The News abd
Jourier : The theory that yel- *
ow fever is communicated by
mosquitoes that have bitten yel- 1
!ow fever patients seems to be
accepted by scientists generally as
the real cause of the trans- 1
mission of the disease. I
Capt. Samuel E. White, how- , ^
nvor, formerly of Fort Mill, but 1
now residing in Lancaster, is of ,(
tho opinion, based on his own
axperience, that yellow fover(f
may bo caused by agonciee other (
than tho mosquito. x
In 1S59 Capt. White and five
nthor gentlemen made a tour of '
Texas and Moxico. After spend- , '
itig teu days on the plains of | *
Texas they crossed over into!1
Mexico, whore live of tho party I
wero stricken dowr. with yellow fever,
Capt. White beiug the t
first to take to disease. Two (
out of the five victims died, '
Capt. White says that at that '
time there was no yellow fever f
in either Texas or Mexico, and i
he attributes the conduction of
I I
the disease by himself and |
friends to their drinking foul '
water out of basins, where cat- '
tie also drank, on the plains of
Texas.
A Former Lancastrian to
Move from Camden to ,
Greenville- I
It is with much regret that |
we learn that Mr. I). R. Hinson
has decided to make his home in (
Greenville. For a number of ,
years Mr. Hinson has done a ,
successful mercantile business ,
in Camden, and he and his in- (
terestitig family will be very |
much missed hero and it is with ,
reluctauco that wo seo them go. ,
?Camden Chrouicle. - !
Dead Man Identified. (
Spocial to Mows and Courier. ,
ltock llill, August 12.?The ;
body of the man found dead yes- ,
torday morning on the Southern
track, two miles north of ltock j
Hill, and which has been I ying in ,
the undertaker's room, was today
identified as that of George ltaley, j
of Chester. The identification j
was made by a son in-law of the j
deceased, who lives here. The j
body was taken to Chester this j
aftornoon for lntermont. The (
old mam, who was a Confedei ate j
veteran, wandored in his mind |
somewhat and he seomed weak in ,
recognizing locations. He had on .
more than one occasion left the
homo of some one of his children
saying ho was going to a certain ,
point, and would wander off in an
opposite direcMon. It is supposed <
that ho was endeavoring to find ]
the home of his daughter., who j
lives in an ontiroly different direc- ,
tion from that which he took. Ho j
was well cared for, having sevoral j
children to look after him. I
A Convict Whipped to Death. ]
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Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 12.?The
death of a convict named Liddell,
who was being worked at Sugar
Hill camp, in Bartow county,
which is operated by .Joel Hurt of
Atlantu, has caused tho suspension
of ,J. \V. Tioice, the deputy
warden at that place, and a hurried ,
trip to the camp by Stato Warden I
.Jako Moore. '
Information was received at the .
prison commission's oflico today j
that at tho terpiest of the county <
commissioners of Bartow county
the coroner investigated the death
of Liddell and rendored a vterdict
that he had been whipped todoath.
I'pon tho receipt of this informal <
lion lion. Goodloc Yancey, secre- '
tary of tho prison commission, ^
issued an order suspending Tierce j
und ordering u full investigation. (
If the facts warrant it, there will i
no doubt he a prosecution.
.Iierav, ijxjMisures Pro>dis=
ed.
editor Meehan, of the Carolina
Citizen,Says he will show them
Up this Week.
special to News and Cornier.
Cheraw, August 12.?Apropos
of the diupcusaay, Editor
Meehan, of the Caroliha Citi:en,
publishes the following tolay:
Next week we will publish
iome facts about the management
>1 the Cheraw dispensary, which
von't appear very brilliant in print
md our comment is not likely to
jc very elegant. We refrain
from going into the matter this
veek in detail, for the reason
hat we still have the lid off. Wo
uoposc to show that Mr. W. }II.
Manning, the dispenser, violates
:hc State law every day; that he
;loes not observe a single prohijitory
clause of the dispensary
aw: that he has received "cvtms
"rom the manufacturers of certain
prauds of whiskey; that until re-*
:cntly it has been practically impossible
to obtain any but stale
Atlanta or Macon beer?and a
few other idcidental irregularities
We will show, too, that Mr.
S. S. Ingram, chairman of the
;ounty boaru of the control, has
pot complied with the law, and
an ther, that he was himself a vioator
of the law.
As to the motives of those genlemcn,
we will not say. It is
lot for us to judge of the inner
workings of their hearts. They
nay have had what appears to
them legitimate excuse or reason
for their acts. We will givcracts
that will be proved. The people
r>f the county arc entitled to
them. The dispensary is theirs
and they ought to know how it is
conducted. Mismanagement and
gr^ft will mean the doom of the
eiitire system, if it is not cleansed. J
It will be wiped from the State,
county by county. i
If it is wrong in Chesterfield,
let us get it right. We have always
considered the dispensary
law the best solution of the liquor
problem, if it is honestly administered.
We believe it can be
properly enforced and made free
from the taint of graft Our
first suggestion would be for
every person connected with it,
from Hub Evans down, (or up,)
be asked to resign. Put new
men in, and give us a governor
who will stand for a rigid enenforcement
of the law. Cut every
whiskey house that has tendered
bribes to dispensers and
others. Require the local and
State dispensers to publish monthly
reports. Pay the members of
the State board of control a living
salary, abolish the "social club"
privileges, sell nothing but good
grades of liquors, enforce every
prohibitionary feature of the law
and the dispensary will bo worth
holding to for a long time to
come.
For Fever Refugees.
Arranging (Damp Sites in Western
North Carolina.
Knoxville, Tonnq Aug. 12 ?
A special from Ashovillo, N. C.
jays ten official representatives <?f
the municipality Now Orleans
ire in western North Carolina for
the purpose of locating campsites
for yellow fevcrr refugees. Tents
for these camps are to be furnish
3(1 hy the federal government.
Time I ndet <i!
(From the Slimier Herald)
Now that llioinMi aan< ecompani3s
have paid the policies which |
hey earlier! ??n the life of Robert
Keith Da!*i*Mi?, it won] ' seem to ho
line f<>r alI t lie foolish stories tli it
ihvo boon circulated about his
loath to cease.
1'ay your subscription.
v.- ... .
12 Killed On fast Train. ,
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Cleveland, O., Aug. 13. ? A
fust caslboulul passenger train on
the Xickle Plate road collided with
a westbound freight early to*day
at Kishmun, O , near Virmillion,
resulting in the dea'h ot 12 per- j
sous, while al least 25 others
were injured, eight of whom will ,
ptobub'y die. The wreck, uc- 1
cording to the officials of the com- I
pany, was caused by a misunderstanding
of orders or neglect to
obey them on the part of the
crew of the freight train.
I
The Fquitable Pays R. K. Dar- I
gan's Policy. i
Darlington, Aug. 12.?It is J
now authentically stated that .
Robt. Keith Dargan, deceased, ,
carried only $40,000 insurance at
tlio time of his death. The entire
amount was held in two companies,
$15,000 and $25,000, in the
liquitable of New York and the
Fidelity Mutual cf Philadeldhia,
respectively.
Messrs. A. R. Bruce & Dunn,
representing the Kquitable, have
been here this week looking into
the matter and have paid the policy
held against their company.
The local agent, Mr. Byrd, aided
these gentlemen in their investigations
and he stated that the policy
of $15,000 was promptly paid.
CLERK'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OK LANCASTER.
In Hit* ( ouvt of Common Plea*,
Ida S. Heath PUuntiff,
again at
James M Heath. \V f-hannon Heath.
A Hurnet lledh, John P I-foj?i11 ami
Henrietta S Heath. Jicfcnriruiis.
PIT ItHrJ A NT to a decree in the above
stated cause made by Judge Hen
W Huge, dated August 11. 19Uo, 1 will
sell at public auction at Lucasler court
house on he
PXItST MONDAY IN SEPTUM11
Kit. NI5XT,
within tiie legal hours of a ile, die following
described iots of land, to wit.*
All I hit |d. ee, parcel or lot < f land
fronting seve nty-nine (7!)) I'eet on Gay
Street and s'xt?-Lwo and one half
(02 J) feet on Arch street. I^ing in the
town of B: ucaster, in the county of
I4aneust.tr and State of South ' 'aroliiia,
mill noumteil us lol ows: on tliu North
wesi l>y i?av Sire ;t, oil Hie liusl lor the
entire lei g'h of tlie lot by No 1 ? f the
Chafee Block, now or foro erly pioperty
of Leroy Springs, on the South*
east bj' Arch Street, on the West ami
South west by lot No. 5 of sumo bloek,
known as the E K. Cloud lot, for 280
feet 10 inches of the depth of suid lot
No. 12, and Lot No 8 of name block,
now or f -rmorly property of I.er-y
Spiings, 216 feet 2 inches, inakiog thy
width of UP No. 2, herein described,
79 feet in width from Oay street for
215 fe t 2 inches and the remainder of
lbo lot for ISO feet 10 inches, tenniuutlot*
at Ar?h Mreet; t?. ing 02 .J fottiu
width, ami contaii.it!); 05 100 acres
according tow plat of -urvey made by
T. M. Bflk, Surveyor, on Heptembe.r
11th, 1002, A's ? o. e-half (A) interest
in a 9 loot alley-way between lot No. I
now or formeiy of Leroy Spri gs, and
lot No- 2. herein described, running
through from (hi to Arch St net, same
to be maiotailltd and (o be kept open
as an alley-way for the joint use of both
properth s.
Also, all 'hut piece, parcel or lot of
land in the .orporate limits of (he
i ww ii ui l^ancasu r, roiuainiug mree pi)
acres more or less, and bound* da*
follows, viz: On the North by lots of
liicla H ,/oues (being the same whi. h
she deriv: d under the will If her mother
Mis. Amanda Brown, deceased) and
Eliza J. Wylie and R. E* Wylie; on
the East bv I'ntuwht Street; ou (lie
South by what is commonly cat ed Kim
Stieet; and on the We9l by Krench
Street
Terms o? sale cash. Purchaser
to pay f. r p-?pt rs.
,J. F. GREGORY.
<J. C. C. P. L. C.
General Repair Shop.
I have opened opposite the Poag &
Harper ginnery, a blacksmith and
general repair shop with Bossy Mc?
Pherson to do the blaoksmitliing and
iron w rk. Ail work done at loasonublepiices.
A share of your patronage
Is earnestly solicited Give me a
(rial. J. Q. A l>AM8
July ill, l!?05 ? lui.
Jb L*hh
Ul0^Tm
Cute all Known
Female Complaints
It searches the human lxxly and finds
the diseased 8]>ot. Price $1.00 at yenr
druggists, or write for sample bottle.
Checkers Medicine Co. Wlnston-Halom. N. C.
Fo! Sale' i u o L'ir.v seCouM
toed Fins, Feeder1.' and Con
Itii .crs, in ftood condition. Also
i lio-s press. Apply to
J. A . 1 lyutt,
[ to . Van Wyck, S. C.
V
- l?'or rent or exchange! 1 will
ii'l) on easy terms ot exchange
for good farm m ar town of Fan
>st?-r iinii two-story six-room
Swelling, situated in good cominonity
on Mufn street, two Mocks
front centre of town. Apply to ?l
) Blacknion. lm
Notice to Itoiul Ovoisoers.
I'o all tho Ovorsoora of tho
Public Highways in LaioftHtci
county: Please warn out your
lmnds ami put oach section of
road in good condition during tho
month of August u? it is an idle
Litno with tho most of tho fnrmors
I'aUo duo notice thoroof and govern
youraelvoa accordingly,
yours Respectfully,
M 0 Gardner,
Co Supor.
Boarf tho _/) Kind Vou Have Always RoupH
T* G&ASffl&sZ
Notice of Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 2(>th day of August, 1905,
tho undersigned as Administratrix
of tho estate of Jerro M.
Knight deceased, will make hor
final retttIn <uul settlement, and
make application to the Probate
Court of Lancaster county, S.
for a final discharge as such Administ
tutrix.
Laura J Knight,
Administratrix.
Dated duly '2bl\ 1905.
State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF LANCASTKtt,
V.V J K St? wniau. IC-?| Probate
j ii?I *
VVHKRHAS, B. Ctuti.ioghum ami
.1 M. Yoder luivo made suit to me, to
urant them letters of administration
of tlie estate of and effects of J.
Wren Ti huan. with die will annexed
THEiSE ABE THEHEsOrtn. to
e.iifc and uunionish ail and singular tho
kindred and creditors of the said J.
Wren Tillman, dee'd, that they be and
appea~ before me, in thel'ourt of Pro
bale, to be hold at Lnticasu r. rt O on
Friday, August lKtli. uext after pub
lication titer of, at 11 o'o'ock in the
forenoon, t?? atiow euust, it any they
have, why said administration should
not bo granted.
Given umler my Hand this 5th day
of August Anno Domini, 1W0>
J K rttewiua i.
Probate Judge
H ?? I?WW, I??W ?I
PROFESSION AL CARD.
Dk M P Ukawkokd I)r R C Rkown
CRAWFORD A BROWN,
Physicians and Surgeons.
I ancaster, S. C,
Treatmei t ??f the eye, nose and
tin oa a specialty.
Calls promptly answered day or
night. Oflice over Crawford Bros
Drug Store,
Phones: OIHoe, N> 17<?; R idences
Nos. 11 and 8H.
SOUTH C.Ml'B.LVA MIT.TTARY
At AD KM Y.
UHKICK OK THK ('HAIUMaN
1 OA ItlJ OK VISITORS.
CHARLESTON. 8 C, JULY (>, 1005.
One vacancy in h .S'tato Bent-lieiary
scholarship to he tilled hy competitive
examinatKMi exists in Lancaster
County.
Application* Blanks may he < Mains
ed at the office of C\>1 C 8 OA DSDKN
Chairman. Char.cston, S C, or from
Hie County Superintendent of Education.
These applications, fully 11.led
must be in (lie hands of the Chairman
on July 81, in o'der to reco'vo
consideration.
(Signed) C 8 : ? 0 N,
Chatrman Board of VisitorH.
July 10?3w
- SHOES We
are expecting u call
from you. Wo now have
a complete line of Tan
and White Canvis Ktb bon
Ties, just the thing
for summer any price
from $1.00 up Wo cal
Mimciul ii toilt iiiri l.i
l'~ "hi
Hi_'li Grade line of
DliKSSY low colh ICdwin
Clap;; for men LaKitinci'
for women.
l *< .m mrm hnunhm
CHERRY & CO.
Foley s Money and Tar
'or children,saft .sure. No opiate%,
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