TH L5DGER.
THURLOW S. CARTER, j
KDITOK AXI> MANACKU .
?8SUKI? \VKI>NKS|?.\ Y A N l? S ATU K 1) A V
* HITKSOKirTION Mt I'KI' YKAK ;
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Lancaster S. C. August 1213, 1U05. <
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Attention, Grand Jurors ! I
Notion is horob/ given that a
special meeting of the (Jrand (
Jury of Lancaster county will
ho held the first Monday in So itemhor,
at tho court house, for (
tin* purpose of considering tho
road question and other matters
of vital interest to the public ?
It is highly important that every
grand juror he present.
E. B. LiNui.ii,
Fore tu an.
Experts Tell of Silt >uil Around
Lancaster.
Spicial to Greenville News.
Washington, Aug It). - Departincut
of Agriculture Icih just issued
an inteiesting bulletin concerning
cccilsilt loam found in Lancaster
county, 'l'his cccil silt loam is said
to he the second soil of imfwrtnnce
found it) the Piedmont section
and embraces an area acres
or approximately 1 17 squat e miles
The soil vane- m color from
a yellowish brown, and contains
u high percentage of -i11. Tins
land is sometimes known us white
land, on account of it- color, or
sometimes a- black jnck hind because,
of the characteristic forest
growth. The soil vanes from 6 to
15 inch 's in depth, and i- usually
underlain by a stiff yellow or red
clay thai continues to a considerable
depth.
On this sill loam land cotton is
the chief crop, -and on the aver
age, yields about ono-lhird of a
bale per acre. It may reach one
on newly cleared lands, but falls
below ono third 011 those portions
worked on shares by tenants.
Corn is not grown extensively on
the upland hut stands next in im
portance to cotton and yields from
10 to 30 bushels per {acre. Some
oats, sorghum and peas are grown
hut do not receive the attention
they should.
W. A'. Price
The Dispensary in Chcraw.
Editor John T. Meehan, of the
Cheraw Carolina Citizen, believes
in tho Dispensary, but he believes
it should be administered according
to law.?In the last issue of
his paper he printed much inter,
csting testimony, which goes to
show that the Dispensary has been
flagrantly mismanaged in Cheraw,
and ho not unreasonably argues
that the abuses ho complained of
are Jnot local, but State-wide in
operation. "It (the Dispensary)
is rotten right herein Cheraw,1'
he says; and ho adds that. "Tho
conditions existing in Cheraw and
in Chesterfield County with regard
to tho Dispensary may be
taken as a fair sample of the conditions
prevailing in a majority of ,
the counties of South Carolina."
Of this we do not think there enn
l?e one iota of doubt in the mind ,
of any intelligent man in tho State. (
? News and Courier. j
A (HUM 'IKAUEDY 1
is daily enacted, in thousands o 1
homes, as Death claims, in each '
one, another victim of Consutnp- 1
tion or Pneumonia. J>ut when <
Coughs and Colds tire prop j
oily treated, the tragedy is avert- (
cd. F. (i. 1 luntley, of Oaklandon, (
Ind,. writes: ".My wife had the
consumption, and three doctor, '
gave her up. Finally she tookDr, 1
King's New Discovery for Con- f
sumption, Coughs and Coldse t
urhmJi on ? /*/! "^<1 *'? *' " ** "
ff iiiv.ii vui v.<i uvi, aim m-uuy MHI ^
is wo] 1 and strong." It kills tho
germs of all diseases. One dos.
relieves Guaranteed at 50c and '
$1.00 by Crawford Bros., #1. F- t
Mackoy A: Co. Funderburk Phar. c
niary, druggists. Trial bottlo free. (]
{.ar?e Increase In Crime. 1
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higurcs I'ur I'rt.st IS Years.-- .
Fads Compiled From the Ueporta
of South Carolina
Attorney General.
Special to Charlotte Obsorvor.
Columbia, S C., Aug. 17.- A
comparative study of the criminal ,
statistics ? f the State may not 1
prove uninteresting or unprofitable
just at this time, while all this
liaponsnry agitation is going on, 1
as the tig ores may throw a side- 1
light on the questions as to whether
the dispensary haa witnessed an
increase or a decrease of crime.
The figures \our correspondent
hero sets forth wore gathered, it
may he well to explain in the
outset from the annual reports of
the attorney general which are
. i l ji . *
compiicci ic mi) me itmi)luii reports
of the circuit si licitors of the
State. The oinllossnnss of giving
the figures for every olTenee handled
in the circuit courts for any
appreciable minther of years pre
coding and succeeding the period
at which the dispensary law went
into effect would overburden the
article and defeat its object, which
is to give a clear view of the situation.
For tl?i^ rear-on only seven
of t lie principal o Ileuses handled
in the circuit courts have
been chosen fot the purpose of
comparison. These crimes and
offenses are assault and battery,
n.order, rape, larceny, perjury,
forgery and burglary.
Kor further convenience I have
compared threo periods of six
years each, the six years next preceding
the operation of the law,
the s'x years following that period
and tho last six years, which includes
lOol. The first period
includes the years 188S to 1803,
inclusive, the law having gono into
effect in July, 1803, those
licilore making their report that
year ending November 30, and in
cluditte possibly no cases affected
by tho change of the law. What
a comparison for other periods,
or a comparison regarding othor
offences will show I do not know.
llore are (tie figures for the
iuri*e poriou-> treated, and tney
open a wide field for speculation:
Period of 1S88 to 1803, assault
and battery, 2,506; burglary, 514;
larceny, 1,400; rape, 123; perjury,
01; forgery, 128; murder, 717.
Totals, 5,G3S. Period 1804 to
1800, assault'and battery, 5,55S;
burglary, 8C5; larceny, 1, G17;
rape, 143; perjury, 87; forgery,
184: murder, 1,138. Totals,
7,G02* Period 1800 to 1002, assault
and battery, 3,377; burglary,
534; larceny, 2,093; rapo, 100;
perjury, 154; forgery, 157; murder,
1,214. Totals, 7,498.
This does not show that the dis.
pensary has decreased crime, and
though perhaps allowance should
he made for the fact that the population
of tho State lias steadily
increased since 1888, still the increase
in crime is more marked
for the first period following tho
enactment and operation of the
law than for the period ended tho
31st of last December. Hoth pe- 1
riods following the enactment of 1
the dispensary law sh ?w a decided 1
increase in the number of murder, '
issuult and battery, burglary, lar- ^
jeny and forgery cases. The first (
period following the enactment of c
. t
Lho dispensary law shows an increase
marked and striking in all
particulars over the period pre- 1
ceding the enactment of the law, j
\nd strange to say it shows an in- 1
crease over the last period in all 1
turns except as to murder, rape *
md perjury. There arc almost
wice as many murder eases in
cither of the two last periods, and
he fact tluU there were 27 less 1
u
nurder cases m the six years up I
o 1005 than in the six years pre- !,
cding is perhaps explained by the r
lecided falling oil in tho number
)1 mimic? reported in 1004;
in 1 y 175 113 ngainst 802 the prercding
yoar; which falling off is
relieved to ho due to hotter work
>n tho purl of junoti throughout
ho State. In 1801) tho ratio of
yordicts of "not guilty" to "guilly"
was S3 to 06; in 1000 it was
110 to 70; in 1001 it was S7 to 77;
in 1002 it was 103 to 101; in 1003
it was 100 to 102, and in 1004 it
was 120 to 55.
Hither period shows an increase
in the total offenses of over 30 percent
over tho period preceding
the operation of the law, which is
hard! an eloquent showing for
tho groat moral institution.
in addition to those and other
offenses, touud enumerated on the
circuit dockets, the year following
the enactment of the dispensary
law witnessed the inauguration of
iil> cutirvijr uu>v i i 11iiu| nun in vmluting
the dispensary hiw. In the
six years immediately following
tho oponition of tho ''system"
there wore 2,011 of those cases
treated in the circ'.it courts, and
though the next period shows a
falling of, there l>? in*; only 1,524
in this, many of these minor violations
have for the past few years
hoon triable in the magistrates'
courts.
High-water mark in the State's
murder record was reached in
Ib'JX, when they were 247 eases.
Finley Predicted It.
What the l'resont Congressman
and Ex-State Senator Said
Ahont the Dispensary.
(From the Yorkville Enquirer,)
We reproduce clsowhero Senator
Tillman's plan for purifying
tho administration of the dispensary
law, and have no hesitation
n saying that if it were not for
tho years of exp rioneo behind us
wo would feel inclined to give it
our endorsement.
The plan proposed by Senator
Tillman is practically tho same as
the original, and theoretically it
seems well mgh perfect, hut practically
:: has proven a failure once,
and if we arc foolish onough to
try tho experiment it will do so
again.
It was Mr. Kinley, the Senator
from York County, now representing
the 5th Congressional district
in Congress, who said during the
debate on the original dispensary
law that in practical operation it
would corrupt any government
under the sun, and how correct
was his prediction is now known
of all men.
We note with much intorest
what Senator Tillman says of the
incomprehensibility of the pooplo's
choice for Governor sinking
so low as to steak It is'pretty
hard to conceive of such n thing
maybe, but even if Senator Tillman
be so honest as all that it is
just as well not to forget that there
is good reason to believe that
.11 I l i
uuiui'M uuvo proven weaver.
The whiskey business, from its
very nature, is a terribly demoralizing
one, and to separate it entirely
from corruption and graft
seems well nigh impossible. Kveo
should the dispensary system be
re-organized along the lines now
laid down by Senator Tillman
[hero is no guarantee that it would
continue clean through more than
3no or two successive administraions.
The best tiling the Sale can do
s to "rot nut nf tho wIiImI.-av hm i_
loss entirely', and then it will he
n a botter position to deal with
hose who persist in engaging in
bis trnflic.
General Repair Shop.
I have opened opposite the Pong <fc
larper ginnery, a blacksmith and
oneral repair shop with Bossy Mc'lierson
to do the blacksmithing and
ron work. All work done at reasonhle
prices. A share of your patrongo
is earnestly solicited. (Jive me a
rial. J. Q, ADAMH,
July 24, 190f> ?1m.
PklV'TtSALK, i
OR AUCTION.
Wo huVo arranged willi one of
tlio best Auctioneers in the Land, I
and are prepared to render ellici* !
out service* buying, soiling, or ex- !
clumping. Thia office needs PHOL'- '
KK1T AND L'KOI'OSI HONS at '<
business limits Lit us help you }'
to help yourself and the county. 1
Remember this is no selfish or individual
shop, but the public's office
where clients and customers
place their property and proposi
tions for you and others to mako |
your selections from. Remember ,
clients receive benefits before I here (
are any profits coming to us, ,
therofoio call or send and got your
share of the good things going. ]
We are establishing local Agents (
at various places of the most r< - (
liable men wo cuti have rcconiim n- ,
ded so as to be utile to give correct .
date in regard to biddings in different
locahtios All propositions
li"* Ko rnfori'dil I?? t l?io "HJi... ...?
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pioviil uof<?re considered finally
closed. This is done to avoid (lis- ,
I putCH mid confusion that tint*lit '
otherwise arise. At Camden we
have V\ U Hough; ut GalTee-v
11 Gooding; at Hlackshnrg W ?J
Moorhead; at Sulloys \V M Snioak;
at Hickory T M Whisonant, our
I traveling Agent; at Marion, N. C.
1) ft Iludgins; at Shelby J A Anthony;
at Gastonia ft ft Groves; at
ftincolnton Hurry ft. lleid; at
ltuthcrfordton Kohl. S ftavos.
Our Itusincss is only in its infancy.
Some folks arc slow about catch
ing 011 to a good thing hut thi- is
no fault of our olBco and the public
is to lie commended for being
cautious, from the fact there arc a
great many humbugs wearing
pants over the land' as well as a
frock now and then. You hold
your titlo, we don't ask you to
deliver until you aicsatisfied vour
money is safe. We transfer
through Hanks.
. LAND nTHE SAFEST INVESTMENT
IH THE WORLD;
Therefore boy land and buy it
quick. See how the clouds nre
rising. A blind man should see
there is going to he ay licav show.
er of prosperity and money in our i
t long-neglected and abused land of
Paradise. Then we hope to see
' more honor andconlidcnce restoi'
cd. On : citi/.ons are getting so
they don't care much what tlie\
i do or say, just so thev imagine
, they see a dollar coining their
way. Such a state of affairs will
never produce confidence or happiness.
Tell the truth, act lion
orahle and frown on all those who
, net otherwise. And lot us see if
, wo can't do something for the
welfare of our country and fellow
mau. You need net bo afraid of
this olKce. Wo can do you no
harm but arc striving to do clients
urid criiintrv nrftul .?<?../I
hers compliment and commend
our efforts and methods. It is a
sorry individual who will not chip
in and help push business for >ho
mutual good of the eounlry, let
him be lawyer; Doctor, Treacher,
Farmer, Banker, Mechanic, tra
der, Dude or Loafer. You don't
need to see us do business. We
read, write, cipher, wire, and
occasionally make signs. Any
Innnuincrn vou use noils nu iiwi
r> r>~ j ? - J
you say something because we
know how to call for interpreter
But remember wo don't claim to
be raird readers, therefore place
your wants and offerings on our
list properly described with reasonable
limits. The long list of
property wc have to offer you to
select from would surprise you.
Plenty of it a money making prices.
You can buy it and loava it
to be re-sold, if yon de-he. The
presentjo wners desire to realize for
reasons best known to them. We
j need your frendshtp and assistance,
I are glad to receipt for information
and pay for same, it it ro'
suits in transactions:
.1. Kdgar Pong, Broker,
Rock Mill. S (J
1 "CUTS THK BAR I'll TO SUIT
YOUR TASTK "
( GREATLY IN DECANI)
' Nothing is inoro in demand than
a medicine which meets modern
; requirements for a blood and
' system cleanser, such as Or.
King's New Life Pills. They are
just what you need to euro stomach
and liver troubles. Try them
At Crawford tiros', J E Maekoy
& Co'h and Fundorburk Pharmacy, (
drug storo, 25c,guaranteed.
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Wii .V fc'eVCi SittHltoM ti*ol!t:'J
t>\ i'r? f. i?i M ilu.iSrt
N: ??' Os It an.-, Aug. Jltl 1' I
lowing is t 1m- n||i ;ial yellow fevot
h*|mu I I > (? j> in , Siiiidn\ :
Niiinlui new otiM'.x, 4;>; total
raises to (In o, I 1N5 I) aUts, 1;
total deaths. 11)15. No a- foci, 11;
total 110(5. Kctiiuiniao under treat
im-iit, :jsi.
- ? .4 'OP."
NO FALSK < I.A i Us
Tito proprietors of F.?loy'^
llonoy Htttl Tar do not advertise
llus as a "sure euro for consumption."
They do not claim it will
Mire this dread complaint in advanced
eras, Imt do positively
issort t'uit it will euro in the ear
licr slajes and never fails to give
infort and relief in the wor.?t
iascs. Folov's II >nev and Tar is
without douni the ..:\.t!est throat
in I lung r< ni'si\. li lusn substitutes.
S I l hy FuuderhurU
I'narunu-y.
CLERK'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OK L \ NC A STICK.
In tlit* ! i u t i f Common Pleas,
Iila S. !(. a h
agai: h '
J a I ill's M i l:i: 11. W sdiaiino : Heath
A Huini'l Hcdh, John P Heath am!
Mi' ri'-lta K H < it n. Jh/riMtiinf*.
1)1'' . I V V i' I > ' dei'l ? ( i! I ill' :ll III Vl
S. lite ! 1* l?l-l' lliv'l' It, J Wig:* *
W (Jag . ilainl Augu-I 1 i, il;9">, ( Wil
w* 11 at |?n i> i i<* anct .mi ai Lnivish i i otiil
liiiu-e on tin*
FXItKT MONDAY IN Slil'TI^IUDli
N UXT,
within tii" legal limits of -.lie, 'he fol
lowing described lots of laud, to wit;
All that piece, parcel or lot "f lam
fronting f?evtnl>-nine (79) feet on (i.i\
Street ami s'xtj-two ami one hai
(02 \) fret on Arch street lying in tin
town of 1, ncaster, in the. county o
I laiienster ami State of Son t h < 'uroiina
and hotitiiied its fol'ows: On the Nortl
west hy i >'av ;tre *t, on tlie East for tlx
entire teag'h of I he lot by No I of tlx
Chafer Block, now or 1 rn.er'.v plop
erty of Leroy Springs, on the t-onltieast
ti\ Arch Street, on t lie West ami
Snuthwtst by lot No 5 of same tiloek
known as the E 1". Cio <d lot, for I Si
feet in inches of the depth of.Haiti lot
No. 2, mid Lot No ;{ ot tame block
now or f.nmrly pioprrty of I.er \
Springs, 215 feet 2 incurs, making tjr;
wiiltli.of !?* No 2, herein described
79 feet in uidih from Day street foi
216 fe t. 2 itu lies and the itiiiaindcr o;
the lot for 189 feet lUinches, terminal'
iin* ut Ach street; bring 92 i fort ii
will tii, and containing 05199 acre:
uccoriliii*: to a plat of survey made by
1\ M. Belk, Surveyor, on Koptcmbei
II h, i992, A s i one-ball (.1) internal
in a 9 tfiot alley-way between lot No. I
now or forinety of Leroy Springs, ami
lot No 2, herein desciilied, ruDiiiug
through from (la to A reh street, sam?
to be in dntuim d and to tie kept open
as an alley-way fir t lie joint useofbotl
proper! it s
Aiso, all Mi?t piece, parcel or lot o
land in the .orporate limits of ilu
Townof Lancaster, containing three(a
ncies more or less, and hound, da
follow.*., viz: On the Norlii l>y lotso
Lida B ,/onea (being the same whicli
she del iv d under Hie will If her moth
er Mis. Amanda Brown, deceased) ant!
Eli/ci J. VVylie and It K' VVylie; <?i
Mie Uaat l?v < atawn-i .Strata; o:, ti t
South by M'lmtisct mmonly cut e?i Kin
pM'eel; aint on lh?* West ly Frene!
street
C<&" ' I'ennsof s?I>* 'i. Punrhnsei
to jii?v for j?jp? r.->,
.1. V. G ItEGOliY.
o. c. o. r. L. c.
<r>??a??i?tfu> ?auMWKHwa-><?*&*?? ?
Notice to Koail Ovoiscitm,
To nil the Overseers <>t the
Public Highways in Lu.icastci
countv: Please warn out yom
bunds and put each section of
road in good condition during the
month of August as it is an idle
time with the most of the farmeic
Take due notice theroof and nov
ern > ourselves according!) .
yours Respectfully,
M 0 Gardner,
Co Super.
Ctec&Mb
jtl.Oi) at all <l??nlftrs. Sam pi" free.
n.ockorn Modltiuo Go.) WlDiton-Uftleiii| N.
-"shoes atuLi
-^.^aZTTTSaKMffaTSFSJ
W r will ho 11 any si I p.
por in <?ur Iumiso a! lirpt
cost in i in lor to ninKo
room f o r <i n*r Kail
ShoijK. Wo Imve a fo?v
pair ('iinv-iH |..*\ c'lls lat't
in small nnmla r?? {rung
at a low prioo
? i.car -n -gBuogaowwon^a ^-rcr-x^i
CHERRY & CO.
Foley FidICy and ill/
'or children,suit .sure. No opiate>
p*s i i-janc+WM
I Aw old bachelor says that all
per fort wmvc'i nr?? ?l??tifi dutttb and
blind
oacx. <i*tr j-v-Mf >! Mwnaf?
N otice or Discharge
I , N? tno is lidehv given tlml on
I tie 23il dny or September, 11)05,
tlin iin<i(M'?ignt'il us Adininistrut or
. of thy osluie of Win N Me Murray
deceased will make his linul return
mill settlement, and iiiukc applied turn
tn the lVobule Court of Lancaster
county, S. (J., for u timil
disyfiurge us such Administrator.
.1. M. McMurray,
Admihistratoi.
I>nted August 23<1, 1005.
ra-fruin an Tapi?temr immm
The Lancaster Graded
Schools.
Thn annual sossiun of the
I, i nc>ist?r Graded Schools will
begin m ltiday, Sapt. 4, 11)05.
All pupils already assigned to
grades, and those to he examined
for assignment, will Assemble
1 at the school building promptly
f at S :30 a. m.
Pupils residing within tho
limits of tins School District will
bo rtquired, ns heretofore, to
pay a monthly incidental foe of
twenty-five cents, each, the same
to ho paid strictly in advance, at
, the beginning of oach school
' month.
Pupils entering tho school from
boyoiui tho school district limits
i will ho required to pay tuitiou
on the follow ing scale : (trades
I, II, III, one dollar per month ;
(Trades, IV, Y, VI, one dollar
, and fifty cents per month ;
Grades VII, VIII, IX, X, two
. dollars per month. This inf
eludes the incidental foe.
1 Cheap rates of board can be
. secured in private families by
" pupils coming from a distance.
I Pupils from the country will bo
permitted to take studies in different
grades, provided the
hours of recitation do not con5
flict.
i* Special arrangements aro to
[ bo made for the preparation of
1 pupils desiring to enter college .
Tho Factory school, under
[ the supervision of miss Grace
[ Whisonant, will also begin its
session Monday, Sept. 4th.
No child under six years of
i age will ho admitted in either
t tho town or factory school.
A. R. BANKS,
) '
, Superintendent.
J Lancaster, S. O., Aug. 15, 1005.
I Subscribo for The Ledger.
; Notice of Discharge.
1
Notice is hereby given that on
the 2(?tb day of August, 1905,
the undersigned as Administratrix
of the estate of Jarre M.
Knight deceased, will make her
final rotutn ami settlement, and
make application to tho Probate
, r', .. * .. r r - --
' v^min ui ijuncasicr county, 5S. U.,
for a final discharge uh such Ad'
" ininisti fttrix.
Laura J. Knight,
i Administratrix.
> Dated duly 26th, 1905.
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PROFESSIONAL CARD.
Dk M 1' t'KAWPoKI) DR R (5 liKoWN
CRAWFORD A BROWN.
Physicians and Surgeons.
I ancntder, S. C.
Treatinert of the **y??, nom* and
ttiroa a specialty.
i j?iih promptly answered ilny or
niifht. Offl- over Crawford Bros
Drill? S!ot<>,
Phones: OlHce, No 170; It idenceft
Noh. 11 and 36.
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sorm c \ bolt y\ mir,it a by
ADA DEM Y,
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
board ok visitors.
charleston. s c, july 6, 1906.
()in? vacancy in u .S'lato Beneficiary
scholarship to bo tilled i>y competitive
examination exists in Lancaster
County.
^Application Blanks may lie obtain4*
ed at tlie oflice of C<>1 C S (> A DSDEN
Chairman, Char oston, S C. or from
tlie County Huporlntondont of RddM*
tion. Tlicce application*!, fully filled
oiiiHt be in ilie hands of the Chairman
on July ;tl, in order to rece-ve
rounhleration.
(Sillied) (.' SOvDHDEN,
Chatrman Jloard of Vialtors.
July 10?:iw