The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, September 06, 1899, Image 2
rHE LEDGER.
Thnrlow S. Ca.rter$
EDITOR AM) MANAGER.
"WKDNKSDAY, SEPTEMBER ti, 1899.
COTTON CROP OF '98 99.
Totul Yield ror the Year Over
Eleven and a Quarter Million
Hales.
New Orleans, Sept 1?The total
crop of cotton of this country for
the vear beginning September 1st,
1 Mi*'-, and ending yesterday is
officially declared to he 11,274,?
N4U.
The announcement will settle
mau\ licts in every part of the
country, will determine the award
of premiums for the closest guesses
and will confirm or refute
thousands of predictions pencilled
on office and " nrehouse walls.
Mr Hester puts tlie averagt
commercial value of the crop at
OS per hale against $28.62
last year: $36. 76 the year before,
ami Si I. Op in 1895-96, and th<
total value of the crop at $282,
77'?,000, against $320,553,00C
hmt year, and $320,925,000 tin
year before. Ho calls attcntior
to the fact that the money valu<
of the cotton crop just niarketei
is slightly under that of the 1893
94 crop, which was 3,725,02."
bales leas. The value of the 1893
94 crop had beeu $283,118,000
He puts the total spindles it
the south at 4,952,092, an in
crease over last year of 894,848
These include 823.354 now no
complete. The net gain in tlx
number of southern mills ovei
last year has been 59, making the
total now 550 and the consumption
has been divided as follows
Alabama 132,763 bales, an in
crease of 31,601; Arkansas 3,185
bales, an increase of 1,288; Georgia
271,807 bales, an increase o1
13,190; Kentucky 26,842 bales,
an increase of 686; Louisiana 18,OOR
on ..t 1 c\m>. u:?
mi UK I tiiM* ui J, ???<>, iTlI.^JB
sippi 11#,Si?4 Iit decrease o1
1*?>: Missouri 3,068, an increase
of 233; North Carolina 382,477,
an increase of 40,676; South Car
olina 443,078, an increase of 65,'
824. Tennessee 34,316, a decrease
of 2,335; Texas 16,059,
an increase of 1,365; Virginii
46,088, an increase of 4,240
Total consumption of cotton it
tin1 south, 1,300,300 hales, an inert
ase of 170,070.
We regret to note the retire
ment of William Ganson, Can
carter's well known merchant,
v from husiness, on the account ol
failing health. lie went to .Lancaster
with nothing a few years
ago and has retired with a comfortable
fortune, all gathered in a
clean and honorable way, for
there is no one to charge him
with dishonesty and immoral business
practices. Ganson is a
Scotchman by birth, and when he
went to Lancaster \*as quick to
see the advantage of the right
c5 O
kind of newspaper advertising, a
thing that in iliis section of the
wl country cannot he seen through
hy many of the small business
men, and is neglected hy others.
Unseized the opportunity, and
combining it with his good bn?i
o o
noss judgment and tact, without
which the advertising would havo
hcon of little value, reaped his
reward. He did some of the best
advertising we have ever seen in
country towns, and kept it up
with method and j>ersi?tence that
brought him profit and made his
name widely known in thie section
as that of a man who had made
a success of life. ? YorkvilleTeOr
man. . ,
OA ??k C9VLX m
NKAL'S BOKDSMEN N
FIED TO PAY.
Attorney General is Still
ing on the Case?After Of
Accounts Also.
The State, 5th inst.
Attorney General Helling
not resting in the Nenl peniti
ry shortage matter. The 11
does not stop even tempoi
with the arrest of Col. Ner
tlie three charges preferred h
attorney general. Yesterday
Bellinger was busy dictating
I ters to each of Col. Meal's b
men <\ otifying them that
would bo 'expected to appei
Colu.nbia at once and make
' <l.? ... /v. vi. -i i
I me uiumnii v^oi. ixeai n:is
(found by the investigating
: mittee to be short in his ncc
I with the State.
In onse these bondsmen d<
heed the notice sent them th
torne/general will doubtless
' ; prompt legal steps to enforc
payment of the amount.
Attorney General He
' went further in the matter y
5 I day and notified the hookk
, of the penitentiary to furnis
) i . ,
j forthwith with itemized
? l nients of tho accounts of si
1 ; persons found by the conn
to be indebted to tho insti'
* for various articles. This
cov?rs Senator Tillman's I
, ex-Gov. Evans1 account, etc
" ; soon as the accounts have
" | received the attorney g<
1 ! will take the projier steps t<
lect the money due.
t TRIIIUTK OF RK8PKC
f Resolutions of Respect, an
P fection on the death of Mrs
5 Miller passed by the Wo
. Missionary Society of the
. caster M. E. Church, South
.J Whereas, it has please<
} Father in Heaven to remove
? earth one of its loveliest am
f blest Christian characters,
from our Society a con set
. member, therefore, be it
Resot.vkd, 1st. In the dei
f M rs. Miller our Society h?
one whom we mourn, and 1
' we loved ; and with whoi
i sympathized in the long yea
sickness and declining I
, through which her God saw
er to bring her ere she pi I
her head for rest on tho
couch of a quiet grave. \V
1 lieve that tho gentle, uncom
. ing fortitude and resignation
j which she bore her sutFering*
intended to bless and purify
who knew her best, and wh
pei haps in years to come, in
hour of affliction, look back
think of her, and of the
smile that illumined her
through life, and lingered
her even after her spirit had
ed into the company of tho
ed. It is an honor when
i makes one of llis children ar
ample to a sorrowing world.
"Sister ! Friend ! by Jesus ft
Heath to thee, to us, is ga
Thou art entered into joy."
2d. That these resolution
inscribed on a page of our K
1 Hook, and a copy sent to eat
the town papers, and to
i -TMHiinern unrisuan Advoci
and to hoi grief stricken fail
Mrs. .!. P. Hunter,
Mrs. \V D Lemmond
Mrs. .J. M. Piddle,
Com mitt
Notice to I>cl>tors of W. Gail
Notes, accounts and othei
debtedness to me were not ir
ed in the sole of my mere
business to Heath Springs &
And all parties indebted to
cither by noie, account or c
wise, must come forward an<
tie at once. Mr. 11. T. Ilea
myself will be found at all
in the office of my former <
lishment where purtie.s can
witn either of us.
Respectfully,
W. GANSC
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^rSUBCSRlBE
TO THE
LEW
., If *1 'd 11 I.: ? >ft
/ v * * *
OUI? Items From Korslmw Kra. ^
Horn in Kershaw, August 30,
1899, to Mr and Mrs J M Demp
fork ster, u daughter.
>en Or M P Crawford of Lancaster
was in Kershaw lust Saturday on ,
professional consultation with Lb
J E W Hailo.
/
Wo learn that cattle arc dying
er is .
.. of murrain in tho vicinity of Ker
;ntiashaw.
Messrs Wesley Mc and K|
latter 7
arilv ^ Horton both having lost some.
^ ^ A buzzard captured the chicky
^|1(> on wo were going to have for din-Mr
ner 'ft8* Eriday. The chicken's t
, | . head had been cut ofT and it was |
onds- our l<ttlc nephew who
^j1Py killed it going in the house f< r a
ar in ^',w MU)l,ient?. On his return he j
?rood i ^?UIUI the chicken in possession of j
V>een u l>uzzur^? which had already sue* I
ceeded in devouring about twocorn
"
ounU thir<l" "f U'
, not I r?r Tho Ledger,
o at- Dwight News Items.
?take
. ll _ M Tlin ..I It.. I
v 12215 i i iiu it i pi n 11 i iii! ii \
hot jiikI dry weather has been brolinger
k?n hy several cool, drizzly days:
estor- l',e heaviest rain falling Friday
eeper afternoon. This pleasant drizzling
h him weather, after so much hot sun-'
state- shine and dust, has been refreshBveral
'n? invigorating: to man and
nittoe crops alike.
tution Although crops have been connotice
siderably cut short by the long
brick, drouth there is some tine corn and
As cotton in Dwight.
been The oldest inhabitants of this
imeral community say the rainfall this
> col- Summer has l?een the lightest they
ever knew. In fact the water has
T scarcely moved in the furrows
since people liegan to plant in the
d B F 8pri?K"
The health of our people is good
man s tt|t|lolJg|, our physician, Dr. K G
Eliiott, gets sufficient practice to
give him all necessary exercise.
J our | Oni- school, Buford, is still in a
I flourishing condition, ninety-eight
^ no pupils lieing enrolled this session.
rated Th? PrinciPR,> Prof- T K Thompson,
has been very efficiently as
^ ^ i sisted the past month by Mr. T O
s |()st I Steele, one of Dwight's promising
whom ' anc* exemplary young men.
m we j The patrons of our school are
rs of making arrangements to build a
wealth (now scb00i house. They have
lowed ' four more acres of land
dust- ! fro,n ^r* P* Witmore, thus
e he ' making 5 acres for school grounds,
plain* The new building will be erected
i with I on the present site of the old ono.
^ wci e The main building will be 25x50
those . , . ...
..... feet and will be two stones high.
0 will "
some Anonymous.
1 and - m ? ? sweet
Residence Burned in Rock Hill.
face
* I Special to The State,
pass- 1
bless- Hock Hill, Sept 1?The resiCiod
.deuce of Maj T C Beckham, withi
cx- in two filocks of the business
portion of the city was horned to
/(the ground this afternoon at 5
in : n
; o'clock. The building was valued
I I at $1,100; insurance, (750. The
reord | contents were valued at $750 suid
h of insured for $500. A defective
i the | kitchen Hue was the cause.
Death of K .1 Hagins.
Special to The State.
Hock Hill, Sept 4?After a
ison somewhat extended illness Mr R
i. Jr.- Jeff Damns. of this ritw <l...*l
' ... I - c , - ?
iclud* yesterday morning at his residence
nntilc 'n H,lst Main street.
; Co., Hagins whs about ot> years
me, ^or many years he has retther
in Hock Hill and has been
[| set* engAnc*l> during most of the time,
ty or in the, drug business. He was a
times member with two brothers of the
jstab- company which went from here
settle t? the war, and his comrades say
that there was no better, soldier
thaij 44Jeff!' Hagins.
The oldf soldiers of Catawba
capip, Unite*} Confederate Veterans
conducted the funeral this
morning. The interment was in
3KH Uaurel wood cemetery,
'it. . b.kH ' *** ? * -? * ??.? .< ?*
'ttpULM ^>4,.^
A'' ^ ^ ^ . mS ^ ir'' ^ j
5 BUT THEY i
A
A
y
i Think of ft!
A
'? 50 cents ?Je
i\ Stave one hun*
Y\ pants, v
iX #i r><>^tt*
z% > ^
y pams, n
iy $1. About til
Sold 47 pairs
y $1 50 panb
^ at 75 cents.
V
v Come "a rum
I f \
V i
a I
y
SHIRTS AT BARGAINS
y Good Choviotte work Shirts,
IA Best Buckskin Twills at
'/, Struck it Rig
* f TEN THOUSA N D Y ARDS,
Percales on the market ut 10
I 5 ar
0 ALL ISi
Such as Organdies, Law
y Real nice White Goods in pli
price 7^ cents.
5 - LITTLE
A
fed- The best on earth for th
^ sole agents for this great line
^ a Buy good Shoes and save mi
X
Ljjy Many good values
jv stores and you will find the g
. / motto : "Underbuy, Under
y
i- fiiriii's' tti
| 1 Ln a
%"fTTr ta trn w a ?~i
Greenville, N. (\ Scandal.
Charlotte, N. Sept. 2. ? A
special to The Observer from
Greenville, N. (\, says: While
U. S. District Attorney C M Bernard
of Raleigh was at the depot
at Greenville this evening waiting
p ft
for a train. Mr. B S Sheppard
confronted him and said : "Von
d?d scoundrel, you ruined my
home," and fired. The ball missed
; Bernard ran into the waiting
room, closed the door, climbed
out of a hack window, got into "a
; buggy, drove' into the town and
swore oni it pence warrant, ngniiist
Sbeppard. The public's sympaJ
thy is with the latter.
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS'
I Are grancl, but Sain Eruptipns
1 rob life of joy. llucklen's Arnica
Salve, cures them; also Old, Running
and Fever Sores, Ulcers,
BoiU, Felons, Corns, Warta Cuts,
Rrjuises, Burns, , Scalds Chapped
Chilblaiaa. BfpLPile, eurq
guaranteed. Sold by Crawford
rBroa' Druggist.
wast atopa N#wr?lfUT f?. MW P?l? PtlU.
? <TT owf > <" ? tr] "
(r- ^ ^
lile Thfi
o
CANNOT LAST I
THEY ARE C
Staple Goods al
fl
an Pants now at !
dred pairs now oil
lorsteds and cassii
orsted and cassin
;(y pairs of those t
ill two davs.
s, all wool and wot
iin' ? If You Wai
ny of These Go
! Formerly 50, 00 and 75 cents, ull
heavy and .strong, only 20 cents?the
25 cents, worth 40 cents
'lit Again! JS
and the first shipment just in?heavi<
cents. Wo sell them at
id 34 cei
SE GOODS VERY
ns, Muslins, Nainsooks, India Linens
lids and stripes and plain. India L
GIANT SCHOOL I
e money. Every pair warranted to g
i of Children's Shoes, and have now a
>ney.
we cannot mention, hut call tin us a
reatcst collection of bargains you hav<
sell. Of the people, for the people, f
inking ami Hit
caster,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ a
% u ? rmrrtmrri
Killeil in Orangeburg. ?
'
Special to The State.
Orangeburg, Sept 4?it is rumored
that while playing cards a i
crowd of negroes in the Fork and' I
white men who were passing, got'
. into a difficulty and a negro was {
. killed and a white man injured.
It is certain that a negro was
killed.
. " H
j The Governor bus appointed t t
i Eugene E LaGtto us Magistrate at ( *
I Denmark vice Hay removed, and *
I I ft
| L L Lancaster at Govan, vice , u
i LT - .1 i I -
iMHiiiciijr reiimvcu. j ]
.James Sodduth, charged with j
the murder of Hayes, whose bend- j
lens body wae found in Greenville
eonnty last week, has been taken
to the Greenville jail, the phyaU ^
ciana declining to certify that it v
would lie dangetou* to muv* him. h
Sodduth baa fever. . y
n
mi s??a? t??riaa away. J
1 T? quit tob4eao ?Mlly aM Mota.bt MI.
? ?? All 4n*??1?W- mmfM, iOanawfJIS I m
I I.'.- . .. v? .
I' iiisl! - $
;ong, i
roo good, x
rtX
t Half Price. X
X
25 cents, we />
i hand. a
mecs. now at
y
^ -fa
iers, now at v
>vo lots left.
x
>1 mixed,now ')
x
X
nt g
od Things! X
marked down to 35 cents. A
> 35 cents kind. \d
A
SS that make uur competi- yd
over. Placed one order for
est, prettiest and best dark
lltS. |
CHEAP. X
y
and all Summer Goods,
dnens at 5 cents, former
SHOES.; |
;ive good service. We are yj
complete stock on hand.
y ;
nd go through our largo . ^
a over seen. We stand by jr
irst, last and all the time.
ndlc fa. 1
,S-C. |
* ^
rHESfE'S
MACHINE
AND LUMBER
COMPANY.
\
CHESTER, S. O.
The Chester Machine Co. and B. M.
pratl A Co , have consolidate*! the
wo p'anta, and now ready to furnish
uytning In (lie Machine and l.uniKfr
Iocs, with m well equipped Foundry
nd MHt hiiiH Hhop, uud Door, tftudi
nd Blind Kac'ory cur facilities are
n< quailed In this part of tli? Hta'.e.
<KAPKR3 MOWERS,
TIJRKSHKRS, GINS.
PWniVL'J a? .11 ?? ? ~
uu Uli.1 i'i"S OA W >1 1 i>Ls,
lAi'AND COTTON PKE88E3,
HARROWS, CASTINGS, ETC
ALSO
SECOND HANO MACHINERY.
MP* Bills complete for DwHIhg*.
l'?r? Rooms, etc. Ben4 os list of
our wanUv *n4 we wUI Answer by ,
sturn msil
fU>|wttAillv,
IHESTEA MACHINE
' LHMBEA COMfANY.
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