The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 30, 1905, Image 2
TME LEDGER.
TIMJKLOW S. CARTER.
ED1TOU AND MAN AG KK .
\VKl>NK-?l> IY \NI> 8.VTITKD.VY
HUBSOIIIt'TION JiftOl'KP YEAR
Ln muster S.C. August i>U. 1 !?(? ?.
The State of The l'cacc Conference.
Charlotte Observer, Monday.
As one of the Japanese peace
envoys says to the newspaper coricspondcnts
"It is cloudy today;
it may be clear to-morrow."
Though when the peace conference
met Saturday and adjourned
things looked very gloomy, until
Tuesday's meeting is over no man
can tell whether it will be peace
or war between Japan and Russia.
The idea cf reaching an agreement
seems to have been abandoned
at both the Japanese and Rusrian
capitals unless within those
inner portals which the general
public knows nothing about. 1 lope
of peace, likewise, has been abandoned
throughout Kuronr and the
world is looking for this meeting
Tuesday to be no more than a formal
and final calling off. Hul
while there is life there is hope
and the conference is not yet dead
One might force in the negotia
tions, the one through whose in
strumcntality the peace conference
was called, and who has been tin
friend and counsellor of both side;
is I'rcsinent Roosevelt; and In
seems to be the only one tha
clings to hope. It was througl
his influence that the confcrenc
was not finally adjourned Satur
day. Out of respect for him am
for the American people whon
he represents the commissioner
consented to take a recess till Mon
duy to sec if either of their gov
ernmcnts would make further con
cessions. A dispatch last nighl
published this morning, tells the
a further postponement has bee
made till Tuesday afternoon.
The point of different remain
t A/loir liflv o t ?f f utA
hiku it was ivv u wttiv^
when the conference first met
Whatever words are used, the sur
and substance of them is thh
Japan wants Russia to pay her
war indemnity and Russia will nc
do it. They havc~shiftcd aroun
and changed names, talked, blus
tered, bluffed, and done every
thing else a diplomatic cor.ferenc
docs and is expected to do. Japa
started out by calling this not a
indemnity" but a "rc-imburse
mcnt" for its war expenses. Tha
to Russia was no more palatabl
than indemnity. In factM. Wittc
the principal Rassian envoy, dc
clarcd from the very beginnin
that it was not a matter of name
at all: he did not care what it wa
called or in what form it cam
Russia would not pay Japan on
cent?he called "Kopeck"?ex
ccpt for keeping the Russfcm prisoi
crs, which he consented to do. 1
was President Roosevelt's suggcsl
ion that Japan modify its demand
and instead of asking a " rc-imbui
scmcnt" consent to Russia's purch;
sing from Japan one-half of th
Island of Sakhalin for $600,000,
ooo. This proposal M. Witt
promptly rejected, and scornful!
?to Japan: he was respectful t
the president?declaring that i
was only a ruse, a mere change o
names. He cared not for a chang
in facts; and the new proposal stil
called foi a payment of $600,000,
000 to Japan, which was an effee
an indemnity. For, it must b<
remembered, while Japan is ii
present possesion of Sakhalin, tin
war is not closed oncl Russia stil
claims to own that island, hoping
to re-capture it.
Japan, on the other hand?bu
to the same effect, the failure of;
treaty 01 peace?is as firm as Rus
sia. From tliej very beginning |
she has said Russia must pay a
war indemnity. And here, likewise,
the Mikado, he dosen't care
for names, lie is willing that it 1
come under any name, or under
any form, direct, indirect, straight
through, roundabout, sugar coated,
in capsules, anyway?it makes
no difference to him; all he wants
is the stuff. KJe's willing to grant
the Czar "peace with honor,"
provided it can be fixed up so Japan
gets the money.
And|therc they stand. There 1
they have stood since the very first 1
day of the conference. Many details t
have been agreed upon, were |
agreed upon week before last, all ]
matters of lesser moment. Unless
one of*the belligerent nations j
backs down upon this the main ,
chance, wncn they meet Tuesday, i
the Portsmouth peace conference ]
will go down into history as a fail- 1
ure. That is, it will not go down |
into history at all. The war will i
continue, though there must be a ]
reckoning soma day.
1
According to yesterday's dispatches
the responsibility of re- <
fusing to make peace will now i
rest upon Russia. It was stated
: that at the meeting yesterday i
Japan would offer Envoy WiUc a ]
waiver of the claim to"reimburse- <
t nient for the cost of the war" and
, would propose to refer to arbitration
the amount to be paid Japan
- for evacuating the Northern half
- of Sakhalin. A successful coni
elusion of negotiations is now
- confidently expected.
; Traxler, of Timmonsvillc, Buys
t Home in Greenville.
i
e 1). II. Taxler of Timmonsvillc,
- the first commissioner the dispen!
cnr\r It n/l tuIt n eni'oorl
- ~.v,. ....v., ....v -V..VN.V. ?ny
i back in the old days when the
s business was administered in strict
- accordance with the consitution
- and statutes, has purchased the
- residence of J A. Hull on North
, Main street in thia city, purchase
t price being $4,500.?Greenville
n News.
1S The Latest Ultimatum From Em*
0 peror Nicholas.
n St. Petersburg, Aug. 2(5 ?The
.. Emperor's ultimatum is that Kusa
sia will agree to a division of the
>t Islaud of Sakhalin and liberal payd
ment will be made to Japan for
the care of Russian prisoners, but
- no indemnity shall bo paid,
e ? m ~~~ ?
n Senator Tillman's announcen
ment that if the dispensary is voted
out he will work for prohibiit
tion has caused a cold chill in
c some quarters.?Anderson DailyMail.
J- rhere is no chill over this way.
g We arc only hopeful that Senator
s Tillman means wliat lie says, for
s we are confident that if he will
c work as earnestly on the right side
c of this question as lie has worked
> on the wrong side of it, it can be
i- demonstrated that prohibition will
t prohibit.?Yorkville Enquirer.
's Killed Brother-In-Law.
l" Special to The Observer.
c Wilmington, Aug. 27.?Wade
~ Robinson, 13 year old, a son of
e Engineer J. J. Robinson, of the
y Seaboard Air Line, died thismorn0
ing at 8.30 o'clock at Belton, bet
i. llf!1 ! ? ?4. 1 T?l
- uvccii vvnmingion anu norence,
as? a result of being accidentally
c shot about I o,clock this morning
1 by his|brother-in-law, Frank Has*
ty, who mistook the boy for a
1 burglar. The boy was sleeping
- in an adjoining* room to that oc1
cupied by Hasty and had occasion
2 to get up during the night. Hasty
' heard the noise, got up and fired.
i The boy cried out and Hasty was
shocked 'o find that he had shot
t his young relative.
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totten State in Spartan
burg.
.andrum Says County Boar
Won't Punish Grafters.?
Appeals to Hcyward?Says
Others Block Him and Refuse
to Take Action
Against Crooked
Dispensers.
special to Newsaud Courier.
Spartanburg, ^ug. 2f>.?Fo
owing is a copy of a letter writte
>y B. G. Landrum, chairman t
he Spartanburg County Board (
Diapensary Control, to Governc
! Icy ward:
"By recommendation of tli
present delegation to the Gcner,
Assembly, I was commissioned
member of the County Board <
Dispensary Control, for Spartai
anry county on the 29th of Apr
mis year. At the first meetin
.vhich 1 attended after that dat<
[ was made chairman of the boarr
At the taking of stock in the di:
pensaiics in Spartanburg in Jui>
[ refused to sign the blanks pr<
scnted by the other members <
the board, taking the position th;
I could not certify to the correc
ncss^ ot a blank statement an
leave the statement to be filled h
some one else. This was the fir
difference 1 had with the otlv
members of the board, W. ?
Avant, and Z. H. Lanford.
"Since that time I have bet
entirely ignored by the oth
members of the board. Alter tl
investigating committee of t!
General Assembly met at S$a
tanburg, it appeared to me th
there was sufficient charges
malfeasance in office against cc
tain county dispensary officers ai
employes to warrant the conn
board's taking notice of ai
straightening them out. l)esi
ing to do what is right and
have these matters investigat<
by the proper authorities, 1 call*
a meeting of the county board f
the purpose of considering t]
testimony we had, as taken 1
the legislative committee. Tl
call wascn irely ignored and it
the evident purpose of the majo
ty to prevent any consideration
these things by the board. I as
ed Mr. Avant why he did r
come and his reply was that
was busy and that he had read t
testimony and he did not fi
anything crooked about it.
" So von spe mv hnnrU nrr? ti#>
I do not wish to punish anyboi
who is not guilty, but there h
been so much said publicly a
otherwise about how the dispc
saries are run in Spartanburg,
do believe it is the duty of t
county board to take some offic
actioa. What is the board lor?
am told that the delegation 1
no power to remove auybody.
find in the law that the cour
board has power to remove, b
it requires a majority to act, b
it is the evident purpose of tl
majority to prevent any action
any kind. I accepted a place
this board, hoping to be of soi
service in making and keeping t
thing clean.
" I now appeal to you as t
chief executive of the State
suggest some way out of the d
ficnltV If I ran not Kf> rif o
service, if I am to be ignored I
two men who have evidently ma
up their minds to thwart me
whatever effort I make to clean i
things, and if there is no rcme
for nic, I will at once send in r
resignation. I will not be a figui
head.
" B. G. Landrum."
Dispensary or no Whiskey*
Yorkville, August 26.?Conn
Supervisot Boyd to-day order
that an election on tho question
dispensary or no dtspensaiy
held on Tuesday, September 2
11)05.
jt
a The Veterans' Reunioh a
Dix:a last Thursday.
I M r Kditor : Pie ?*o ; ivo roon
d in your valuable pauer for tliisJ
|Tl,? reunion at Dixie, Any. 21
] was attended by something ove
two thousand people. The
came from every part of th
county to show to the old sol
diurs that they honored them
At 10 o'clock the Junior Orde
assembled in their new hall, t
I- arrange to make it a pleasan
n day for the Vets. The old ho
>f diers were tunned in line b
if Adj't. (1 W. Jones, and the Ji
>r niors were formed in line wit
their regalia on. Thecomman
ic was then given to Capt. J. (
al Foster, and marched in ir-nit *
a the lemonade stand and treat.*
if by the Junior Order. What
1- contrast, to sen one hundnd ol
il men, all past the sixtieth mill
g post, aud just behind them i
2, ranks abcut the same number c
1. young men from 1(5 to 40. A
5- the head of the column th
chaplain marched, carrying th
2- Bible. The command ''.shot,
of face" was given, ?ud the
at matched hack to the Juuic
t- Hall. Then hand shaking wt
d in order. At eleven o'cloo
iy Commander W. O. A. Port!
st called the meeting to orde
er Song by the Junior Order firs
J Pi'n fur ninu 1) VI
& III ? VI ** i?o V1IUI C V4 UJ 1VV3 v i'l
DulFy, who had been a si Idle
in The address of welcome wi
er made by Coiumaiider Porter. /
ic he looked in the faces of sorr
ic of the men that defended Cha
r- leston for four long years, ar
at some that followed Johnson i
of the west and climbed the heigh
r- o( Lookout mountain, and son
id of the men that stood side 1
ty side and had followc-d Goner
id Jacksou on so many hard fougl
r- battle fields,and reminded the
to men that so many of them lit
id lost a dear brother, for the in
cd ment all that was joy turued
or tirrow.
he Judge Jones was then ion
by duced as the first speaker. I
lis spoke for over on* hour at
is be held that large audience i
ri- gether as bnt few men could,
of was a masterful speech, one th
>k- all enjoyed. At the close of tl
>ot speech a song was sung bj t
he young ladit'H, ail daughu is
he Confederate soldiers. The niei
od ing tlieu adjourned for dinut
which was spread under i
d. shady oaks at different plact
dy aDd everybody was invite
ias There was plenty for all.
nd two o'clock the meeting w
n- called to order. Then music <
I the organ and violin by I.
he Bishop and his wife. N xt, llo
in.1 D. E. Fin ley was introduce*
I His address wus entirely on ^
ias ucatiou, and it was a splend
I speech. After his speech '
dy had more music. And wli
)Ut the playing of Dixie began
>ut could see one old veteran in t
iat crowd dancing with as mu
?f grace as if he were in a ret
on W ell, I did not blame him, for
uc Wft8 acting under the instri
he tions of the good hook, where
says there is a time for i
he V? . u:~_,
i cs, iiiisi n.iiijr vcirr
t? wna ot one timo a prisoner ne
l?* the place where he whs thntd
"Y a free man, surround' d !>y thoi
by ande of friends. Arlj'c. G. \
de Jones, of Camp Dixie, made
,n short apeoch showing what t
UP Junior stood for ; aft. r which i
dy wont home.
ny Now to the 1 idin* Mini t?ent
moil , }uu wuii t>iiHMirii oi i
the Ve ts tlimt riav. If I ev
disown, repudiate or apuiogi
for the cause for whijh L
fought and Jac'<*on di <!, let t
lightning of heaven rend r
^ and the scorn of all good m
0(l and true woin-n ho mv poitio
?f W. G. A. r. rter.
h? Dixie, 8. 0., Aug. '28, 1005
, r.iy your suhscriplion.
> -V? I I Ill .
X ! :?Engineer G. W. Syfan of Abbeville
was pinned down under
: hU "engine for foui hours in a
1 '' , .
11 wreck on the Seabord at Calhoun
j Falls Saturday night. His light
leg was crushed from knee to anv
kle. Six 01 seven cars were burned
Y in the wreck in one of which a ne?
' gro cook perish? d
i. Massacre of Faithful.
r
o Special to News and Courier,
it Rock Hill, August 25.?Some
l- miscreant put out poison last night
y and the result is thirty dogs of the
j. city lie cold in death. Some were
h of high degree, others were nicrc(1
ly dogs, but all were more or less
\ dear to their masters.
j Marriage Causes Trouble,
a
^ A spcchd to The Charlotte Obp
server from Columbia says* Magn
istratc J. II. Keels, whose bailiwick
is in Clarendon county, is in
t trouble as a result of his marrying
a girl who is said to be only 1 5
years old, which is a year under
the age of consent in this State.
I ho affair was brought to the attciltion
of the G ivernur bv Tnhn
,r "J J~~
W. Hilton, who complains that
Keels married his daughter to J.
r F. Broadway,gof Paxville, in Clarcndon
county, July 23, and that
f Broadway is a kinsman of Keels.
The Governor will investigate the
affair, through the members of
the Clarendon legislative dclegation.
The papers in the case assert
that Keels knew the girljtobe unp
der age, in which case he is in sc,
rious trouble,
id
i n
Negro Lynched Near Newborn.
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10
Newbern, N. C., August 27.?
^ John Moore, a negro 20 years of
age, was taken from Craven County
jail in this city early today and
lynched by a mob of 100 masked
men armed with rifles and revolo
^ vers.
; Moore entered ihe country store
of George Kubanks, at Clarks,
seven miles from Newbern, last
|l?
^ Friday, when the proprietor's
wife was the only one in. The
'j negro attempted robbery and
struck Mrs. Kubanks on the head
with a meat axe, fracturing bones
ns , . . ... , . , ..
and inflicting injuries, which il
^ they do not prove fatal, will at
^ least cause not only disfigurement
but life-long suffering.
' me
Columbia, Aug 25. ? Adjutant
5P> General John Frost announced to
day that he would not be a Cftndidate
for re-election. Ho will 1 eae
tire frovi politics,
on _ ^
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Ae jnst what you need to cure atom*
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1 At Crawford Bros', J F Mackey
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all We will sell any ail p.
?n I'O' in our house at lirst
ar cost in order , to inaKe
room for o u r Fall
Shoes. We have a few
,8' pair Canvas low cuts left
N in small numbers going
a at a low price.
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors ,
of J. WreD Tillman.
A I pprw>i " tin \ inn claims e^hinst
the slate J Wioii Till'i an, jwuhh*
t'?t, will |iri'Hi-nt litem property proven \
to ill" hi (IithIciihiI To pa> in< m; utnl [
all prrvonH iiuleli e?l to the ?.si I estate
will mike ini in liiate p is merit \o the
prune.
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J. M. Ytnler
Ailuiiuiatralois.
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Notice of Discharge.
Notice in hereby given Unit on
the 30th day of September, 1905,
the undersigned as Administrator
of I lie estate of Nannie C. ViuiIhihIinghnnr
deceased will make his tirinI
return and sell lament, and
make application to the Probate
Court of Lancaster county, S. 0.,
for a fund discharge as such Adminis!
tutor.
VV. Cunningham, Admr.
Dated August 30th, 1905.
Notice of Discharge
Notic e is hereby given that on
the 23d day or September, 1905,
the undersigned as Administrator
of the estate of VVm N MnMnmur
deceased will make bis final return
m il siUlcmeut, and ranae application
1d tl.o L'loh&tc Court of Lancaster
county, S. C., for a final
discharge ??s Mich Administrator.
,1. M. McMurray,
Administrate!.
Dated August 23d, 1905.
Notice of Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 2(>ili day of Sept. 1905,
the undersigned as Guardian of
Essie I. Stover now Mrs. Essie
Morlov, will make h i s final
return a n <1 settlement, an <1
make application to. the Probate
Court of Lancaster county, S. C.,
for a final discharge as such Guardian.
W. I\ Stover,
Guardian.
I):.l(d Aug 20th, 1905.
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CLERK'S SALE
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
In ttie Court of Common Pleas,
Ida 8. Heath, IHamtiff,
against
James M Heatli. W Shunnon Heath.
A Bui net tie ?l l?, John P Heath and
Henrietta S Heatli, Df/endants.
OURSCJANT t<? a decree in the Hhove
I s'ated cause made hy Judge Ceo
VV Gage, dated August 11, 1995, I will
I sell at public auction at Lncaster coiot
r lion e on tie
FIliST MONDAY IN SEl'TEMliElt
NEXT,
within the legal hours of sale, fhe following
described lots of land, to wi!.*
All that phee, parcel or lot of land
fronting seventy-nine (79) feet on Guy
Street and s'xtv-two and one liaif
(62 1) feet on Are.ti street, lying in the
town of Lancaster, in the county of
Lancaster and Stale of Soul li t amlina,
and hounded as fol'ows: On the Nortti
. .vest hy Gay Stre it, on ilie East for the
entire lei gh of I lie lot hy No 1 of the
i'hufee Block, now or foru erlv ptoperty
of I.eroy Springs, on the t-oulheast
bv Aieli Street, on the West and
South wt st hy lot No 5 of sail e block,
( known as the E E Clo- d lot, for ".HO
feet 10 inches of the depth of said lot
i No 2, and Lot No 3 of tame block,
| now or f run rly property of l.er y
Spiitigs. 215 feet 2 inches, making th-j
widtli of to' No. 2, herein described,
5 79 feet in wi(hh from Gay rtreet for
215 fe- t 2 in< lies and the r< maitnler of
lie lot for 189 feet 10inches, terminating
at ArGi t-treet; b? ing 02 4 fort in
' widtii, and contaii ing 65 100 acreaccoruim.
to a plat of survey made hy
1 P.M. Bt Ik, Surveyor,, oil Se| temh( r
llih, 1902, A s ? one-hulf (J) interest
ill 54 nllii\t.U7uu Lot XT ^ 1
, ... M ? .WW MIIVJ -?f MJ Uti *T CCII llll 11U. 1
now or formely of 7/eroy Springs, and
lot No 2. herein described, miming
, through from (las to Arch Str. et,,same
to lie niaintHim d and to tie kept opt o
as an alley-w ay for the joint uae of both
I propertii a.
Also, ail Miat piece, parcel or lot of
<and in the orpmite limits of the
Tow nof i anca-t r,containing three(8)
acres more or leas, and houndidns
follows, viz: On the North by Iota of
I.Ida B Jones (being the same wliieli
site derlv d under tlie wl.l If her moth"
er Mis. Amanda Brown, deceased) and
Elizi J. Wylie and It E Wylie; on
lie East by t'atawb* Street; oa tlie
**outh by what is commonly called Elm
Stieei; and on tlie Went by French
' "?t rei I.
Pate 1 'ernrsof sale cash. Purchaser
to pay for papers,
F. GREGORY.
C. C. C. P. L. C.
I Coughs and Colds
I One feels the effect of this Magic
I Remedy after the first (lose. $1.00 at
' I the drug stores?or sample bottle free.
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