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l'HE LEDGER. Tlitirloiv S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. SATURDAY APRIL 14, 1000. The State Democratic Kxecu tive committee met in Columbia Wednesday nijjht. The few for nml resolutions looking to the re-! organization of the party were adopted and the hotly adjourned. The Stale convention will meet in Columbia, May lfith, at 12 in. Senator Tillman stands for a bounty not exceeding 12 per cent, on cables of American manufacture. That is a nice position for a Democrat, especially 'or one who took such u pr per stand against the armor plate extortion. Is his inconsistency due to a bei:_r a i._. 11 in-i niiu ciutip mamiTacturers are more worthy of subsidies than armor plate makers, or to a desire to tickle the Pops with "an interesting experiment in govern ment ownership?"?The State. With an estimated surplus of $S'2,000,000 in the national treasury, it would seem just and reasonable to abolish or at least decrease the war taxes. The amount ! collected under the war revenue act is stated to be $70,0f>5,24h, ! which is not quite equal to the I total excess. What is the use of Centillium* the hnrdcn? Willi congress repeal the law now that i the necessity lias passed? If it is! not done, the Democrats will Imve * some very tine campaign material. ?Th State. Jacksons Convicted of Burning Cassie Boan L ' Special to The State. ( Chesterfield, April 12.?The most sensational trial ever recorded. in tho history of Chesterfield county has come to an end. ! Harvey and John Jackson have hern found guilty of the murder of Cassio Bonn. Tlio jury rocom-l mended mercy and their necks are saved. They escaped the gallows by the skin of their teeth and will spend the rest of their lives in the State penitentiary un? lows a now trial is granted or executive clemency shortens the' term. Both Harvey and .John Jackson are young men. Ten Inches Snow in Kansas. Kansas City, April 12. ? Keports received here of a heavy i fall of snow in central and western I Iv msas. It is ten inches deep and still snowing in the central and | western sections. Atchinsun reports that the llissouri Kacific has ordered snow plows to l>o in readiness in North western Kansas. RELIEF I\ SIX irouns I)i!>t(f8sinf( Kidney ami BlaiMe Di reii>- e<l i i mix hours t>y "N?:w okkat siim'ii AMKKICAN kli/nky Ci'k " I? i^ .? are'?i Hiirpriii* on uc coil-11 of it- exceeding piomptiM s-. in re levtng pain hi hlaihh i k i<lne\ h uimI buck in hi nit- or female believes re te..ii >11 of wa'ei uIiuomI iinui diatei If .>? !! waul quiet- lelief ami cure this is the remedv Hold hv J F Muckev A o , Druggist I.an 'list' S "Get^Rich-Quick" Man Gets 74 Years. ( New York, April 11.?James | 11 Kellogg, head of the 44get?rich , quick" tirm of K. S. Dean Co., whh sentenced today to seven yearn and six months, having been convicted yesterday. I Recorder (ioff granted a delay ' of one day to allow counsel to } preparo an application for a stay f too I)r fC. Deletion'h Anh, Diuretic May bo wort'-, to yon more than $100 ' ifyon hav? a chi <1 whoaoiia bedding from Inconteiience of water during sleep < ,'urea old and young alike. It I arreet* the trouble at onee. $1.* fold | by J F Maehey A Co, Druggist, Lsti anter, H C. t P111VATE WARWICK'S EX I PKRIENCES. I. A South Carolina Volunteer Gives j < Some Interesting Points Ahout | the Philippines and the Peo- i pie Who Inhabit the Islands ?The Three Seasons? |< Characteristics of Country and People. < The following letter to then < M l-ii- Ai ' ^[mnoiie v/oserver, written t>y j ,Jas. A Warwick son of Mr. .1 M Warwick, of this county, will be !, interesting to the readers of The I Ledger: Manila, Fob 10 ? As I am a Carolinian and a constant reader i of your valuable paper when at home, I feel that I ought to try and write and'give you and your h readers a description of what I have seen so far in the Philip-11 pines. Although I am no writer, n hatever. I Well, to begin with, I enlisted * in the United States army for j service in the Philippines, ut * Chester, S C, on the *21->t day of ( September, 1800, under Lieut. \ W P Crawford, first lieutenant in 1 the Foitieth United States Volun- ' teer Infantry. 1 staved in Ches-P tor until the .'Id of October, waiting for transportation to go to Fort Riley, Kan., whore the regi 1 ment was stationed. On tnv ar~ p rival I was assigned to Company 1 M. We remained there till the I IlOth of October and were ordered ' to San Francisco, arriving time ,' on the evening of November 4lh r we slept on the cars that night j( The next morning we marched nut ; to the prcsido, of San Francisco. 1 Hero we waited until the 23d of I November for transportation for 1 the Philippines Our regiment was ' assigned to the transports Ohio | and Indiana, six companieson each |1 and about 200 recruits for the ?iifferent regiments over here. The Indiana sailed the same day, but P the Ohio lay in bay over night. Just as we steamed out the Golden 1 f u; i) --1? 1 1 v>-w <io diiui>K iiMij^u ens, mm i wore in n storm for four days, 1 hut no dutnaee done. We all; suffered from bra sickness for 1 three or four days, hut soon jjot ! over it We arrived at Honolulu at II I, on the morning of December 2, junt eii?lit. days from 'Frisco We neat the Indiana there one day'. |! | Owin?? to the amount of h??uts at the wharf the .ndiana had to lay outside tho bay for a day and a half. Here both transports were coaled. n i..i.. ..t ' 111 mm m it in in h perreel para< use. i I don't know the exact populat ion of the town, hut about one -third > of the population i? American, 1 the others bein?j about e?|uallv| divided between Chinese, .Japanese and natives. On tho evening of Decernher 6th, we pulled anchor and started on our lonjj journey for tho Phil ippines. We came into the buv on tho evening of December 26th, where we lav in ipiarantine until the 28th. Wo went ashore and L marched out to El Deoosito. four I And one-half miles from M>inil:i j< The companies were stationed j about one mile apart to guard the 1 city water works. Company M remained there until the 2d of January and went four miles far ; ther out to Camp Marbpiina, close to ban Mateo, where (ten Lawton was killed. Our regiment is now j hero in Manila at Camp Lnneta, j waiting for transportation to go to the island of Mindanao, about ' 300 miles south of here, the ! second largest one of the group. , Everything is pretty ipiiet over j icre at present. There is some;, ittle lighting on the south lino, ^)ut none to amount to anything. ' The inhabitants of the l'hilip ( lines are of a mcecalledNegriotes ( *>y the Spaniards and Aetas by tho (| ivilized natives. According to j 1 . iHk J the common opinion thov orginated in New (ininea or Australia. The Philippine Islands are situated in the part of Oceania called Malaysia. The total number of Lhe island* are 1,400. The largest r Luzon, which is the most north rrn. The climate is healthy there heing no epidemic disease, as in ather eountires of the same latitude Disenterv, smallpox, fever and certain cutaneous diseases, such us leprosy, are the most common. There are three seasons. The cooi reason commences in .Novem her. The dry season sets in with March and routines through April, May and .June, the hotest months of the year. The rainv season lasts till October. The number of inhabitants is about 0,000,000. There arc about 1(5,000 Europeans, lf>O,O()0 persons bolon<?in?; to various Asiatic races and 100,(too Mohammedans. The prevailing reli?;ioa is Roman Uat holic. The ports of Manila, Iloilo and Cebu have considerable cummer :*ial importance. As to animals, the principal inimals is water-tuiffalo, used as \ dtuu'ht animal, when domesti ated, and found in all the islands. 1'he horses lieie are small, hut wirv. ('attic are also found. Ilo^s ire abundant and found in all forests and form the prin ipal meat diet for the natives. Fierce crocodile* arc found on the bunks of rivers and shores of lukos and the iguana of smaller d/o, as well. Also the ranicun, .)? tortoise, valuable for its shell. Vegetables are extraordinarily rich ami abundant !r. the Philip, pines. The coeoanut tree is the most important of t he family palms, Ind from it the native obtains so many things of daily use that he could almost live without anything else. The province of Manila was formerly called Tondo; lio> in the central part of Luzon, although it is one of the smallest of the provinces, being only ??<> miles in circumference. It is nevertheless the moat thickly populated, the rut in her of inhabitants t?cin<r about 500,000, distributed in 2S par i?hes. The walled city of Manila, founded in 1571, is the capital of the province of Manila und of the second entire archipelago as well, nil the Government ollices are con tai ed within its limits I'he walls date from 1500. The (streets are straight and narrow, Iui 1 out in accordance with j)lun.s of the found Br Lepras pi. Tho city and the surrounding districts owe their excellent water supply to Carriedo, who at. his death in 1743, left a fund winch, with accumulations and profit* has since hecn utilized in tho construction of the public waterworks. I think when most of cho I bovs ?;et hack to the I'nitcd States aoain they will stay, on account of the warm climate over here, but, for myself, I like it finely. It is neither too hot or cold. Tho weather hero now is about like the month of Mav in Carolina. | I remain a true friend to Tho' Observer. ,lames \ Warwick, Company M Fortieth 1. S. Volunteer In., Manila, P I. >III>hl()\S(;iV FV AW A v It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to h ; generous to the needy and Hollering. The proprietors of I ?r King's ; New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, gave given mvay over ten million trial bottles of this great medicine, and have the satisfaction of knowing 1 it has absolutely cured thousands r>f hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all Uncases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it. Cull on Crawford Bros Druggist, ind get a free trial bottlo. Kegu lar ?iae ftOc aod fl. Every bottle guaranteed, or price refunded. HOME OF METT GEDDIS BURNED BY INCENDIARY. Family was Asleep and in the Rush for Their Lives a Child was Left to Perish. I Special to The State. Sumter, April 10 ?One of tlie most lieiidish crimes on record aieiv (ioddis is :i respectable and indii-trious noiiro who had aceuuiulut< ? 1 si?iih' property l>v hard work. This tiro destroyed nearly everything he owned, and caused the loss of the life of one child. I'hero is no clue tliat will lead to the arrest of the incendiary. jlllKTH OF AN IlKIUIvSS IN CM ICACiO. Property of Late Mr Trimmier W ill Not lu'iuain in S|mrtanhurir. L . r. r~ j special to l he .State. Spartanburg, Aiiril 11.- A telegram was received yesterday announcing that Mrs Mitchc'l ~ 7 t wife of [)r Mitchell of Chicago, III. had given birth to a girl lathy. 'Ordinarily thi- statement would I he of little or no interest, hut 4he circumstances of this case rentier it a very interesting hit of information. To hegin with, Mrs Mitchell is tin? daughter of the | late Mr F M Triminier, who for years was clerk of court for Spar tanhnrg county. At his death he 1 bequeathed to her his property, an estate involving $80,000 at least In case of her marriage and an issue Kiirinmnir t i r>?r> ? ? ? ?"??? this lar^e amount of property would ho hers, and then at her i (loath go to her child or children. If she died without, issue, it would revert to six persons, nieces and nephews of the late Capt Frank iTriuimier one of whom, Mr T R Trimmier, is administrator of the I estate. This daughter of the late 1 Mr Trimmier, Miss Minnie Trim| mier, ahout three years ago mar' ried a Or Mitchell <?f Chicago, III, and they have heen residing n> in Chicago for some time past. So this newly born girl will be the heiress to nearly $100,000 in property in and about this city. Two Prisoners (iet Cut of Aiksn .Jail. Specia' to The State. Aiken, April 11.?Two colored prisoners named George and .John Me I Ian broke out of the Aiken jail Saturday and escaped. When the jailor brought them their dinner they overpowered him and took his keys and made their way to tho yard. Sheriff Alderman ha? offered f.r>0 reward for thoir capture. I ? p akto n. x a . Bun th? ,1 fw Kind vw H|? Aimit BougN rr Pay your subscription. was committed in the Ciino Saviin nah neighborhood, this county, \estcrday inorninix. The dwelling house and barn and stable of Matt Geddiswero bred by an incendiary and when lie was awakened the im-.> were aniuzc. I ho I dwelling house was falling in, and in tho p-inio that followed one child was left in the house and was horned to death, the others narrowly escaping with their lives. Every house on the premises was horned and all of their contents destroyed. In the stable were four horses ami in the barn ali id' (ledde's corn, forage and fertili* zers for the year. IIis waijon and farmoio implements and, :n faet, everthino of value that he possessed were burned. The fire was evidently the work of an ins cendiarx, for the ditTorent buildings were undoubtedly tired so pur MADK MONEY ON KOUND BALES. Patrons of Roundlup (tin Plants Tell of Their Big Profits. The past ginning season again demonstrated the incomparable superiority of The American Cot? ton Compary's linndlap halo. I Not only were tanners benefitted who had their cotton put up in Uoundlap bales, hut even tho patrons of oM-style gins profited hy the presence of Kdnndlap eompetit ion. Farmers all over the cotton states have written letters to the owners of Koundlup plnnts telling of the profit that has come to them from having their cotton pot op in Koondlap hales. Mr W F llurtle\ : Sr.. who patronized the (ireenville, Ala, plant, wrote Fel? 3, lhOO: "The most important point in the Uoundlap halo's favor to the farmer is the advance mi price uhovc t!<at of the sipiare hale. It has averaged the entire past season sf'2.00 per halo more than the sipiare hale. More than $5,(KM) lias heen olaced in circulation hy the advanced price caused hy t his one press." Mr F M Rogers also wrote from Greenville, Ala: "1 have re reived from \; to 4 cent per pound more than the market, price here for square hales. The Koundlap hale is a Godsend to the farmers, and has saved them thousands id dollars in a few months." Mr .1 D Keiley, Ccntreville, Miss, wrote Dec 5, 18DD: 'Another ad vantage to the farmers is that Koundlap cotton brings Kuril a good price that the hovers of square cotton have heen forced to put their price* up. Thus all the farmers are henctitted in a town where there is a Koundlap press.'' Mr K K Simmons, Temple Tex, Nov IS, lKDtt: "I have rceived from 81 f><> to ?:>? 50 per hale more for cotton than if I had ginned and sold m the square hale. Be sides I know that the prices The American Cotton Company has paid for seed cotton have heen the ciuse of those buying the the square hiln paying from 10 t<> 50 points more for it." Mr .I L Wood, of Venus, Tex, I)ee 2, 1800, wrote: *'I sold to The Xmcrican Cotton Company at its Ka?t Waco plant the lirst hale of cotton llint wuh ever <^i*1 ned I?v the limindlup t?rtl? system in Waco, and huve heen se ling 111 vjeotton in tSie seed to you since ?hut time. For the last three o'urs, including 1009, 1 have sold my cotton to your Venus plant I can safelv say that 1 have tnitdc $2.00 per hale more hy selling to you in the see l than 1 would have made if I had firmed it into square hales, ties ides saving a Treat deal of annoyance with the street buyers. In view of the fact that the custom ginriers and those opposed to thu Koundlup system say that yon do not lot the farmer have cotton need I wil. say that 1 have always gotten seed when I asked for it." Mr 1* If Hall a merchant and planter of Waynesboro, 'in, wrote Nov 10, 1899, to Messrs Wilkins & Jones, awners of the Koundlup plant at that place: "1 had one lot of 20 bales turned out by you, and without saying anything to anyoody 1 put the samples on the market. All of the buyers in town bid upon same, thinking it square bale cotton. )no of the buyers bid 5^ cents, another 5.87A cents, and another 5.95 conts, the latter remarking at the time that he was really bidding a full sixteenth more than the lot of cotton was worth. Without knowing what bids I had receeived In #../.? I AlA ? *- ? - *' - ... . ... i .am hoi it'll yaMJ tllal anybody had bid upon it?yon offered, und paid mo ft 50 for the lot of cotton, which wan a clear difference of 55 points in favor of the Koundlap hale. 1 heiieve that the Koundlap hale is the hale of the future, as it effects a lar^e + I saving of waate, and enable# the | planter to get a higher price for Ilia cotton." j Mr Ahram Williams, Nov 10, 1800, wrote Messrs Wilkina & lones: uTo day I had two Koundlap hales of cotton packed on your Koundlan hale ore** f??r I I -? which you paid me cents per pound, when the same grado of cotton in tho aqiinre hale here today iu only bringing 7 to 7k cents per pound." Mr J S Collins, Pike Koal, <m? * n u Alu, Not 11th, 181)0, wrote: "I have gotten for ray cotton $2.50 per bale more than 1 could have gotten for it in squares bales. 1 believe that th? Koundlup press is the salvation of the fanners of our county. I believe that it has saved in our neigborhood of eight i.-i it>u nines square *:>,uuu in tno price of cotton, and 20,000 pounds of lint cotton that would have been lost in samples, theft and weight, and $1,500 in warehouse charges, besides dray age and railI road expenses." The England (iin Company, which operates a Koundlup plant I at England, Ark, t)cc Id, 1891), wrote: 4 4 Wo are very much pleased with tho HoundIr.p bale j press. It is a recognized fact in I this community that we have i made tho pi ice of cotton from 1 | to J cents higher than it would have been. Only this last week when we were out of the market iinoui iour days .seed cotton dropped from 2^ to 2 cents per j pound." COL. NF.AL ACQUITTED IN THE FIRST CASE. Defense Presented no Testimony Whatever Didn't Deem it Necessary. The first of the cases against 1 Col. Netil, former superintendent j of tlie penitentiary, that for beach of trust with fraudulent intent | and grand lurceny in the Fowler draft matter was tried yesterday, and just before t? o'clock the jury ! tl ?.?,?,n mo ease arm retired to deliberate. All day the court room wuk tilled with a mixed audience, 'all listening attentively to the j evidence and to the arguments. I The trial consumed much less time than was expected. The de| fence after the St:.te had rested its case concluded that the testimony I presented by the State's witnesses was of such a character that it was useless to put up any witnesses though they were present, and th? argument began without a single witness being put on the atand hy Col. Neat's counsel. About 10:30o'clock the jury an i | flounced that it hud reached a verdict and the jurors filed in. The paper was handed up and the clerk toad t.ue verdict, which was "not guilty." There are two more cases pending against Col. Neul. One is brought on the same charge as the first, (the Hammond paper figuring in jit, and is an exactly similar case. The other charges Col. Neal with"failure to turn over public I mousy," under the special act on I the subio.ct J?w. Attorney General Bellinger said last nijjht that the S*ate was ready t?? proceed this morning [ with these two cases. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of ELLI0TT& CRAWFORD. Mulea forth* money ? Mulen for good t a. e> ? Mule- a iy w?v y <u w ml Ym Mule* t<? work or mule* to caper. m*' VVK NOW H ? VK IN our H*i?l?les every conI ceivabie kind of m mule ? From the <|itiet nod docile to the festive and Ir.aKy?from the doimntiu plu/ to the *u|>eri> yninir We-tern mule Aiudher car I- a*l i f the latter kind received lawt week. liememher, we eell cither for the ca?h or good poper. I Our present utook of Horn* cannot be ' cut. Home number one ruddier* and barne** animal* ('all and aee our atook of all kinds. ; IKe'll alao nhow you aotr.e of tb? boat and cheapest lluftgiea and Wagon* you ever aaw. ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD. I