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JH I E LEDGER. Thirlovy S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. SATl'HDW, (X 'TOIIF.K 21, 1S00. NEAL CASE CONTINUED. Three Indictments Against the Forniur Official. Said to l?#? Sick at Easley and Ilis Counsel Have Other Kngtigeincuts. Special to Greenville News. Columbia, Oc* 19?Three in dictments were today preseuted against Carolina's Mark Ilantm, Col W A Ne:il, late superintendent of the penitentiary, and in less than half an hour three true hills were presented to the court. Colonel NeuPs counsel asked for continuance on the ground of his illness at Kasley and because George K Prince, of his counsel, was away, and Mr Hoggs had to return to l'ickens for court. Solicitor Thurmond said that Mr. Hoggs would have to come within the taw and present affidavits and Mr Hoggs wired for them and when they are presented the case will he continued. This has been executed since the repoit of Col Ncal's illness. Til ATC.\ RLOA I)OF IK)TTLKS Kx-Couimissioner Mixson Continns One of Ouzts Statements. Ivlitor Record: Mr Ouzts in his "Revelations" refers to my Iniving sold a eat of empty beer ijou.es io ine rsavannah iirewmg company when 1 was commissioner, and says Hint tliey were not paid f >r during my iidministration. This statement is correct. I sold the carload of bottles to the Savannah Brewing company and upon the shipment of the same I drew upon them for the amount of the bill and the draft was accepted by them, hut they afterwards refused payment on the grounds stated by Mr. () /ts. The draft was returned to me and I placed it in the hands of the attorney general, \V A Barber, for collection. Son e time afterwards ho informed me that ho was in correspondence with an attorney in Savannah in reference to the collection of the same. The mat- 1 ter was not closed during my ad-1 ministration and I do not know ' how it ended. V M .Mixson. Columbia, S. Oct IS. AN AWFl'L AFFAIR. A O'azy Fanner Shoots 11 is Wife and Three Sons, Then Kills 1 I i nisei f. I lied wood Falls, Minn., Oct 1>>. -Frank K Rahcoek, a farmer, i residing near the city, murdered his wifo and three son- on his farm today. The murder was j committed in a tit of insanity. | Raheock loaded his pun and went to where his two little hoys were playinp near the house and shot | hoth of them, blowing their brains j out. His wife saw the deed and ran to the burn for safety. Rat)- i cock went into the house and wrote a note to his hrother-in- j law, Frank Vinson, saying he went ' out to kill a rooster and shot his 1 I I - ^ * .-???! i i iiuiiutnc, iiiki ui hi id iioi i ace the crime. Then ho searched for and found his wife in the barn and shot her through the bead. From the hum he walkod a mile south to where his oldest son was at work, and at close range fired a shot that hlow out the brains of this son. Then reloading ho placed the muzzle to his mouth and tired off one barrel, killing himself instantly. He fell over on the gun which still had one barrel cocked ?nd ready for action. BLOOD OF A BROTHERSHED IN CHARLESTON. N. T. Pittman of Ciourdin'a, S. C., Killed by A. ?L Pittman. | Special to The State. Charleston Oct IS?N Pittman, a well to do and prominent merchant of Gourdin's Station, was shot to death this afternoon I by his brother, A J Pittman. The | killing occurred about 1 o'clock, j in the reading room of the Hotel l Calhoun, which is in the rear of the office. The trouble that led up to tlu tragedy is not fully known, but from what was learned shortly after the killing it is supposes that either money matters or at unpleasant family affair was the cause that led to the shooting. There were no eve-witnesses U the shooting, and just what tool place in the reading room betweei the dead man and his brother can not be stated. They were tlx only occupants of the room am had been for some little time, hav ing gone there, presumably, t< discuss business matters. The dead man was about ?'?? years old and well-known in Char les*on. lie is a man of wealth lie leaves a wife and ten children Mr. A .1 Pittman, who did tin killing, is about 50 years of aire . . At one time he was engaged ii the cotton business on Vendm 1 Range. He now lives m Sum. mcrville. Deal in Factory Stock. One of the largest transfers oi factory st(?ek that l)as taken placi in this section for many a dav wa? made last week, when Mr S M McNeel sold to Mr duo R Ashe 1 l:to hare* at $ 1 '25 a share. Mr I Ashe already held 171 shares, and as the result of this deal his holding are increased to 604 shares. Mr McNeel bought most of his holdings at par and to him the transfer represents a considerable profit. By the sale of his stock, however, he loses financial in terost in the mill and it becomes necessary for the stockholders to, at an early day, elect his successor as president. He, however, will continue to serve until his successor is elected. The mill is now generally believed to be making inoncv more rapidly than at an\ time in its short, but. remarkable history. ? Yorkville Knquirer clKRK'j sale. statk dk sorrh Carolina, Cnl'NTY OK La NCASTKK. In the Common Pic.is. William J Cunningham? I' ;t i r t' 11 (tt/'iiiixf ('liarh t'e R F isiei; Ttie Scottish American M* r'uHge Company, Limited; William Mel> Brown ii" F''.x-?i'iiior of 10. Amanda liniwn, deeeaseo; ami Heath Sprinus <te ( o. ? Defendant a. I^V virtue of all order nia<le in Ilia J uhove ease hv Judge Krnesl (Jury, timed ivtareti 1?, 1 Sti#. I will fell at public auction at 1 ant-aster court lo-use, within the legal hours of sale, Oil the fir it Monrtai/ in Novetnln r JW xt% all that lot i f land, containingone ami to e half acres, more or has. together witli ihe dwelling and all other out building* thereon shunted in the town of Lancaster, hounded on the North liv i:im f-treet, Fast by If t owned by Miss Floiella Meynntdie at tla'e of mortgage to plaintiff* South by The Charleston, Cincinnati A Chicago Railroad now theO 11 <' It It <>r H <' ?fe (ia. R R atiil on tin* West by the Preabyterbin par-onaue or street or pas* way to the said roail?the mhhI lot heing that on which the deft*ndant, O It Foster. now resides Terma of sale: One-half cash, balance nport a credit of twelve months, with inter*at from day of sale at the rate of 8 per centum per annum to be secured by the note of I he purchaser and a mortgage of the premise* sold, and a I ao by the insurance, fora reasonable amount, of the dwelling hou-e upon the said premises and the assignmcnt of the policy to tlie Clerk of ( ourt as collateral security for the payment of the said credit portion of the purchase money. The purchaser shall have the option of paying all cash Purchaser to nay for papers, W. S. L. POHTKK, C. C. C. P. L. C. F,rnest Moore, PlaintiiPs Attv. Oct 4. 1809?td. ALOFT WI1KAT (JROWING. U ?^ ! An Kxpermiced Farmer Gives Some Valuable Pointers. x( K DT Lin \orkville Kmjuirer. 1 In proportion to the labor ex- w pended there is more protit in ; yf wheat than in any other crop <?f ^, which I have any knowledge. | $ Less than two days' labor will be *! i 1 sutlicient for an acre of wheat j / from start to linish, aim a bushel V of wheat in a farmer's barn is j ' worth a dollar to him. I leave it f to any farmer vho doubts this! proposition to take the market ' j report and make his own ealeula w - tions. * I Again, wheat is strictly and A i truly a surplus crop, for it does 1 x not interfere in the least with the \ cultivation of other crops. I ^ ? sow about lour acres of wheat tol^; the plow, and I make about as i much corn and cotton as do my J neighbors who sow no wheat at . 3 all. I have observed that this . 1 rule applies to all who make their ^ - own bread, ilnvariably they .j > make as much corn and eotton us fc. <lo ithcir neighbors who depend I ? upon converting their receipts j^: - from cotton into bread. Also!/ . they have the satisfaction of know A ing that they have pure food on ' ^ i their tables. I ()ne of the reasons w h v so many I ^ 1 people fail to make wheat is he- | .* ' j cause of seeding too heavily. It ^ " I is my experience that one half J i bushel to tin? acre is enough fot V | any land in this region, if proper J ly put in. By being properly, i put in, I mean that the land should 4 I k f j be thoroughly plowed and pulver- | i ized, the manure spread on the , ' < I 'rrain, and the grain covered to a - . 4 I depth of no more than one inch. ^ i ! Wheat covered to too great a A | depth will never stoop well and, * 1 therefore, it cannot nialte a L'ood / . crop. a Ifc Another cause of failure is too f ? late sowing* All varieties that A A ripen the 10th of June should be I put in between the 25th of Octo-A lier and the 5th of November. . Later varieties should be gotten A m earlier. ^ After sele/ting good land and i putting it in good heait by sow- t I ing peas and turning them under, 4 [the next thing the farmer sii?*tii<i, -v look to is the seed, for which he r ... , . i oug.it not go out of his own luti? tilde. Northern wheals have to , j lie acclimatized before good yields ^ can be expected from tlieni. This L fact has been settled by the ex- a periment stations. After 2 or 3 ^ years sowing, northern wheats j will give a better yield by two or ^ three bushels to the acre. ( 4 I am sowing a variety of wheat ^ that I ordered from Baltimore injC 1 Sbg, and have been using it for C 37 years. I am sure it has not I m deteriorated, but on the contratyjet am of the opinion that it has im-? tii proved considerably. I H(] Leslie, Oct 14. |u sli Setting Out Strawberries. , th |cci By many October is regarded I as the best month to set out: strawberries, especially in the middle and southern portions of < the cotton bejt. It is a hardy plant and will make considerable jp growth between this ami (.'hrist- (j? mas. Select plant* from this uf year's runners; an old plant is ne easily recognized >y having more (.j, or less dark roots, whilst those of ^() young plants are yellow. The land should have been thoroughly 0f prepared and highly manured, with well rotted cow manure or tlI1 with ground bone and kainit, or m, with ashes in place of kaieit if an ashes can be had. Lay off drills ev 3 feet apart and set plants l.r> to ^ 18 inches apart in drills. Trim te off most of the leaves and shorten the roots some, if very long. Puddle roots in mixture of clay Di i ^ ^ i " 5 i ^ * The Greatest S Lanca f \ {Our Foi > Have been c<i \ $lCo's a iul VV. ' tered aitd we ? f left?aid, and n * f I $20,000 'Vol fi ON THI-; DOLLAU. Our p things and they get them. $12.50 Sui s for $7.75. f $7.50 Suits f??r $4.5 i'.> I 7<:*" Hoys in $12.50 Overcoats for $s. $10.00 t Overcoats fo J UP TO D, .lost opened, a beautiful lino i t pons in blister and stripos e fleets 1^ for Colors tailcr'unadc suits, all t j grades from 10 cts. upto$l 00 < Oollon Op 2 H f Host 5 oont 1 Maids at .MA routs, Floooe v >ut ing l.Maidsnt OA oonts. ( at I oonts. Radios 25 oont Floe l \ I'mlor Shirts at 25 oonts. 20 oi f Hats at 75 oonts. TERRIBLE 1 n . Now is the time to got yoiii r regular prioo. Several lots nun MIL IW E B > 1 f Wo aro fortunate in secur * Springs *.<: Co., last season, and r experience and raro ability ami ^ miilinory ever brought to this to \ CASH Bfl v The Ganson ' fou (visa. \ hut The v Kespecfully, S '^ ^4^ ^ C >?k ^ S ^ ^ ~ ~^ ^ ^ ~ ^^ ??? iiwiiiBiii limn 11 iiiiiin id water; spread out in furrow, ?ver with a 1 itile dirt and press lun inly on thorn, then till furrows ooi ? that crowns of plants will he op tin level with general surface or a on lade below it: never sot so deep tlx at the crown or hud shall he Hi ivered with dirt. -Southern! nltivator. j ' Anderson Recommendations. | wu j hit The Anderson grand jury made ? tinal presentment last Sntur* I r i <r" iy. Thev condemn the practice T I I>111 binding over immateiial wit- j ua isses to court and ask for a spe- I I'll il enactment requiring prosccu- "p rs' affidavit touching material- vlt! y of witness; condemn practice landlords binding ignorant j,n sgroes, wives and children in uk< iconscionable contracts in pay- a > ent of tinesor of attorney's fees, ,n3 d ask for a law remedying the il. Recommend imposition of nal servitude in alternative sen- ?)r noes instead of tine. mm " ~ B? Lirip makes one slcl^ weary sad re ml cm. 8i| ; Mile*' Rtiloritire Nervine brief* re*. r >4, ~ >4 ^4. ^ K. ^ ^r- ^ ^ ^ J&f' ^ ^ bargain fale ;sier lias Ever ? . o nr Hi ir S tnsoiirioteri in lie: ( iiiisoii'H stores t ire slaying tliem ew alike. O l!i of Clothing a buyers wlulc in New York had tl $10.50 Suits j 0. $0.50 Sui n.l i M,;I,I..,..>'.. i\i\ i ? in viui'iicii n omiB ai >7 1 . U" JUKI up. 00. $10.50 Overe r $0.00 $7.50 O ATE DRESS G n the newest ami most popular fnbri *, for suits and skirts. Nice line i iew shades. I'laids are very populai per yard. 9 n[ ' AlvI Zm bw?lk&j GOODS CI I ft A lie-! 5 cent Outings I'laids at '.Y{ Yard Wide Wenching at I cents, ee Lined Vests at 10 eents. Mens at >ehoo|i?oy Wool .leans at 1 <> ecu : SHOE SLAUl winter shoes?women, .Misses and -t In* elosed to make room for new Y OPENIWI UESDflY. OCTO iiiir the services of Miss Thorn, wh Miss lluey ??f lioek Hill, S. C. Th ! will take plasure in showing one of iwn. ,RGAIN s Stores will he IN'o. oods charge* viS! knock out all < k ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (ten Sir Itevders Wilier, who A i sailed for South \fricutotako y iiinund of the British forces re, is said to have fixed up* the middle of February as' m ? time for the war to close in umph for the invading armies. It O It It K I) Til K Git A VK. A startling incident, of which r .lohn Oliver of Philadelphia, | ,s the subject, is narrated by n as follows: 4,1 was in a most euidful condition. My skin was ?j,r nost yellow, eyes sunken, ton-jtwc e <coated. pain continually in rk and sides, no appet ite - grad- Htnl IIv growing weaker day hy day. K",) ree physicians had given niejun' Fortunately, a friend ad C'd trying 'Electric Hitters;" I to my great joy and surprise, j first bottle made a decided im- H A ovemcnt. I continued their U 5 for throe weeks, und am now veil man. 1 know they saved ?r r life, and robbed the grave of ^ other victim." No one should Htr> 1 to try them. Only 50 ct?, y0n aranteed, at Crawford Hros reti nc Store. 1CH OASTORIA. v, Um yf h* K.iwl Yw Haw Atway Bou(M 0mmm \rSl y Witnessed! )( y> A stocks | ath, 8prin$;s X 0 he slangli- ^ 1 right ami yt A y t 60 Cents heir eyes open for good y for $0. 75. y^ its for $3.1)0. y/ j&a A oats for J??l.75. y L?nmwite I'/1r .1 *\fl 5v . vivwuia i?> VT' i O O OS. A X cs, great selections cre? f :\ m ported cloths in plain [ ami we have them in all A SELLING COTTON ^ PER THAN. EVER. ^ cents. Best Wide Soft Yard Wide Sea Island 50 cent Fleece Lined ts. 7*2 Fur Alpine $1.'25 V GHTER. Chihlrens, much less than ^ mod*. y A * Kf Jj A BER. I0TH. 0 a , ??? 4 \ 10 was with Mess. Heath, ev are both milliners of y the prettiest stocks of V* iTORES. * run strictly A d to anybody A competition. \\ IIMI.-1 ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ~ / v hester""" machine nd lumber COMPANY. CHESTER, S. C. to; Che-der Machine Co. ami H. M at' tk C?> , have consolidated the> p'antH, and now ready to fnrniaio tiling in the MhcIiiim- am) Lumber ; ?. with ii w?.ll .... n i ' ? . ..... , .|.n|i|ir<i r iiuilliry l MhcImiih Hhop, Mini Door, Haul I lilin.l Kac'ory iur facilitieK arte quailed In I It in pari of the HLale. 1APKR8 MOWKK8, THRESH ER8, GINS, ENGINE* SA *V MILI> iY AND CO I TON PRESSESx. I ARROW 8, CASIINGS. ETC. ALSO COND HAND MACHINERY* M111? complete for Dwelling*, re Room?, etc. Send u* li*t off r wanta, ami we will an*w? r luyr irn nihil lie*pact fully, ESTER MACHINE ft LUMBER COMPANT. ? 1 I