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THE LEDGER. Thurlow S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. SATIKOAY AIM!II. 21, 1000. Or (I \V l'oovey returned homo yesterday from Charleston. ? In an opinion hy Attorney} General Bellinger ox-eonviets? are not exempt from road duty, j A severe windstorm at Ivorshaw hist Wednesday moved llio1 central telephone oflieo several i feet out of place and broke tlio connection of all the phones in that town. Several houses, we learn, were unroofed and considerable damage done in other ways. Messrs 1* (1 MeCorkle and If N Moore, have rented rooms in Charlotte, N C, and will open u cotton oflieo in that city. Thev will begin business there August 1st. Mr Met 'orkle, formerly of Lancaster, will ho in ehargo, an I will move his family to Charlotte. Mr Walter (I Porter, of Knoxville, Tenn, a son of T M .1 Por tor who went from this county out West before the war, who has been spending this week with his uncle, Mr W (i A Porter, and other relatives in the county, left yesterday afternoon on his return trip home. He was delighted with his visit to South Carolina relatives. Mr L C Payseur received notice this week of the death of his kins man, (Japt T L Ilouser, which occurred sit Anniston, Ala, last Sunday morning of la grippe. Cupt I looser was prominently known throughout the Western part of this Slate, being n largo bridge contractor nnd ha?ing constructed most of the railroad bridges on the railroads in that section. I toll on human ciirnl in 30 minute* bv Wool font's Solitary Lotion. I'his tmv.-r fails. S.?l?1 by J F Maekey A Co . Urunyi.it Luncatsr, sc JOHN K. TOLKEKTIS DUMP ED AS IIE DUMPED LIQUOR Removed us Collet-tor of Port of ( hnrleston and Robt M. Wallace ()f Sumter Appointed to Place. Washington, April 18?The president today went the following nominations to the senate: Frank 'W Mackett of New Hampshire, to he assistant aecretary of the navy; Robert M Wallace, coL lector of customs at Charleston, S C; First Lieut S D Stuririss. Sixth artillery, ho a captain. Collector of Costoma ?Iohn R Tolhert of Charleston, whom Mr. Wallace succeeds, is removed on tha recommendation of Secretary (iage to the president. This action is taken upon the recent report of government amenta in which it was shown to the satifaction of the secretary that Tolhert and other officials and employes of the Charleston custom house secreted liquor in the building for illegal purposes. Wallace,it is said, will dismiss tho deputy collector and at least one janitor and possibly others, who are alleged to hare hail a hand in the storing of the liquor. The clerkR who aro presumably innocent of wrong doing will not r n be disturbed. Mr. Wallace is ncx credited to Sumter, SC. M inor Nichols, 14 years old, j foil from a train while crossing a trestle at Greenville Thursday, a distance of "?/> feet, having hones of his legs and arms' terribly broken. He was running away from his home at Spartanburg and trying to best his way to Georgia. PASTOniA. - S9 N* ^0" Haw Always Bwffit *'T" k [ For The Ledger. . For the Boys and Young Men. l'lcjtse for a few moments de* vote your time in thought with me. 1 have your welfare at heart and am sure earnest thought, on your part of these things will I prove a warning note. 1 If you are in the hahit of visit* J ing saloons and tohaeeo shops let nio heg of you to stop. Tiv for vour owu good 1 entreat thus, s* H'l. . H*i l - * ' - " 1 i ne mme says "Avoid all theb appearances t?f evil" ami if vnu 1 heed not its advice the conse-i' <1 nonces will he, that yon are poor and your cnticors are abundantly I1 well oil' in this world's goods, ! which you ami others have unwittingly poured into their colTors. Whiskey and tobacco undermine , the human system and insanity, j1 drunkenness and crime are the., results. 1 know* you don't envy the staggering men you see daily on the streets ami yet if you let in j ttmpcrute habits grow upon you, this fate will bo yours, and tho way to avoid intemperance is 'Me touch not and taste not." . These evils, wine, whiskey, | brandy, tobacco, etc., contain j' enough poison to seriously injuro the physical development of tho body, for if you take tho trouble to compare tho strength and height j of the two classes, you will lind I that non-drinkers and smokers j aro a groat deal stronger and taller j than tkose who indulge. No true woman would care to' marry a man who lets drinking! over-master him and she would I abhor the uncleanliness of tobae co using. The brain faculty is mads weak by the use of strong drinks and tobacco. You will tind in all male colleges that a irreater per cent of the boya who take a high j stand are those that do not drink , or smoke. You also will tind! that all the candidates for athletic clubs are mostly those of abstinence. It has been shown by testiaionials of criminals in the Albany prison that their intemperance started from tobacco using and ' fire hundred of these testified mai mey commuted their crimes | while under the influence of drink. I' 11 It h:is hoen estimated that the) United States pay nine hundred 1 million dollar* annually for liquor. This money in the shane of silver ; dollars would reach a distance (were they packed closely together in a straight line) of one thousand j Ave hundred and seventy?ei?*ht I miles. Then we pay six hundred i million dollars annually for to 1 baceo. making a total of tiftoen hundred million dollars, that is expended for things that are our ruin. Strip and think how much good this money could do, and as | is, it is wasted. r . . , Take the world over and you will find that abstainer* are more highly respected by intelligent men and women than those who have formed the habit of drinking and chewing. The railioad companies as well as the manufacturing establishments are taking steps which wil| eventually debar smokers and Takers from employment by them. It is to your interest, if you u*e thege things to be manly and,put a stop to it. By doing so you will make mother glad and gain tho respect of all true men and women. John Lee .Tillman, Jr. i 7 RELIEF JA SIX HOURS. Distressing Kidney and bladder Disease relieved in six hours by "Xkw (Jkkat Hoimi Amkktcan KIi?nky ( UHK," Itisayreat surprise on account of it* exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female. Kelieves re tention of water almost Immediately. If you want quick lelief and cure tills Is the remedy. Hold by J F Mackey A Co , Druggist, Lancast?.?. H C. A VERY PECULIAR CASE. A Negro Boy Found in a Sick Chamber at Night. Pleads That he Was Drunk. Ihe State 15?th inst. A case of somewhat sensational flavor was heard before Magis* trate Smith in this city yesterday. As repc rted in tlio Evening Record, the facts are as follows; Richard Neal, alias Robert Jackson, colored, who claims I llinrlptitiin !< liis; Iwiiim wnu charged with burglary and attempt to rape. The wan ant was sworn out by .) F Sanders, white, who lives near the Southsido Baptist church, in the mill district Mr Sanders said that at ') o'clock 111 i-s morning he found the negro, who F not much more than ajboy, in his wife's bedroom. She has been quite sick for the past week or two and is very feeble. Mr Sanders was sleeping in the same room and had frequently to get up to administer to his wife medicine- He kept a lamp brightly burning in the room. Shortly after -2 o'clock ho gave his wife medicine and fell nver in his bed and must have slept tnoie soundly than he ex pccted to do. His v?ife aroused him and told him that sotno one was in iho room. He arose and. finding the light out was much alarmed. Ho grubbed for the match box, hut didn't find it in its place. In the meantime in the dark he caught the uegro by ttso arm, standing near his wife's bed. Finally, striking a mulch, he held the negro, who did not in the meantime offer any resistance. Mr Sanders said he heard some people jump oil the piazza and that his first intention wa> to kill the boy ; but, remembering his wife's feeble condition, he refrained from doing so. lie called iU BUT Oi ill IIUI^IIUUl ^ KIIU IUUK IIIO boy to jail. The boy did not deny being in th? house, but suid that he had been made d?'unk by two white tramps whoso names he did not know. He attempted to describe them to Judge Smith, but his description was not perfectly clour. Sanders and his friends said that they would look out for such men us described and if they were found they would be brought be lore the magistrate The boy is only aoout 14 or 15 years old ; hut, according to 11 r Sanders, there can lie no doubt as to his intentions from the circumstances. He was sent to jail to await trial. Tolbert Knters Complaint. Special to Greenville News. Columbia, April 18?James M Tolbert. of Greenwood, hu* written a lon<? letter to the covcrnor narrating in detail the troubles he has had at McCormick's. lie declare* that there is a conspiracy against him and that hy reason of violence to him he is unable to properly attend to his property, which is rapidly deteriorating in value. In the absence of the goveanor the letter was referred to the attorney general, who haa not yet acted on it. Tho wheat crop report shows that farm work is making favorable progress except over the northwest section. The hulk of the cotton crop remains to be planted. The peach crop will bo good and wheat and oats are promising. ft loo Dr. K. DetchonAntt IHurrUc. May tie worth to you more than $100 if you liaVv a ctil'd wIiohoiih bedding from ineoutenence of wat?<r during sleep. Cures old ami young alike. It arreata the trouble at onoe. $1. Soul by J K Mac.Key A Co, Druggist, Lati aster, 8 C\ DIRECTORS ANI) OFFICERS OF D'K ALB MILL I ELECTED. Work Bcyjnn on Camden's $200,000 Factory. Is A C L Reaching for the Old Three C*. Special to The State. Camden, April 18.?The stockholders of the DcK.mII> Cotton mills met last night and ?lectctl the following diiectors: Ci it .( v*? -i i> ? imin tu .ti'W 1 OI'l\, It I j liCfStOW, tlr, of Roston, \\ 1 > S WhuU'V of Columbia, T l! Ibinean of Union and K Millet IV?\Uin, W .T I)unn, L C Xemp, I"' M Xemp of Camden. The directors elected tke following ofliet rs: President tmd trca-urcr, 10 Miller Bojkin ; vice president, T C l>uncan ; solicitor, \V M Shannon. Work has already been c mmeneed getting the ground 'ready for the erection of the mill. Contracts for the machinery were signed today. The eapitol btoek is $200,000, and has till been subscribed. The recent .-tain charter granted the Atlantic Coast Lino Rail road company has been tiled for roroid in Ivershanr county. This revives the idea that the Coast Line is really behind the road that is being I>i1111 from Sumter here, and that they intend to get control of the South Carolina and Georgia Lxtension Railroad company. (The old C's.") Notice has boen published in the Camden papers of intention for application of a charter for Hit* \Y innsboro and Camden railroad. Knnndlup Hales. Made Cotton Higher. Wherever Tho American Cotton Company's Koundlap presses were operated last season higher prices prevailed for cotton whether haled round or wpiaro. In order to get cotton, stpiaro-hule buyers were obliged to pay uiore than the market prieo, and more than cotton was selling for in neighboring towns where there Was not a Roiirwllim ??lun< In some cases the premium paid hy squaro-hox pinners in competition with Kmindlnp gins during the greater part ?f the season was as much as half a cent per pound iihore the price ruling at other old style gins m the same county. The inevitable result followed. Cotton (and the owners ttnde with it) was drawn for long distances to Lioundlap points to the rotit ?of the entire community, and at the expense of towns that did not enjoy the ad vantages of round bale competition The effect of such object lessons has been a demand for Koundlap presses for next season which will tux the full capacity of The American Cotton Company's works running day and night. Oil Mill for Anderson. Anderson, April IS ? A number of prominent citizens and farmers applied today for a commission for a charter for a cotton seed oil mill and gin with a capital stock of $25,000. 4 IJFK AM> DKATil fight Mr. \V A I linen of Manchester, la., writing of Ins almost miraculous escape from dentil, says: "Kxposuro after measles induced serious lung trouble, which ended in Consumption. 1 had frequent hemorrhages and coughed night and day. All my doctors said 1 must soon die. Then i began to use I)r. King's Now Discovery for Contumption, which completely cured me. 1* would not !>e without it even if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hundreds have lined it on my recommendation and all say it nover fails to cure Throat, Chest and Lung troubles." KeguInr size 50c and $1.00. Trial bottlos free at Crawford Bros' Drug Store. BAGGING AND TIES GO UP. | I Ileuvy Advances in the Prices of | Both?Trusts Preparing to i Squeeze Large Profits Out of Southern / Planters. 1 Savannah News. The cotton planters of the i South may again have to resort to cotton sheeting as a covering for i their cotton, and to seek some | substitute for tioa to hold tlie i hales in shape. These needful ! | ,. 1 supplies are now entirely con i trolled bv tlio trusts. Last voar I . I there wore half :i dozen competi- i tors in each lino. This year there; are none. Ono concern has ah j solute control of all the cotton bagging in tiic country, and an-. other has absolute control of the cotton ties. The American Manufacturing J Com pan v of Now York controls the co*ton hauling of the country, and the American Steel Hoop Company, which is included in j the great Federal stool trust, con- i trols the tie output. The latter i is u comparatively recent amalgamation of several concerns. The i Ludlows, of Hoston, Mass, are still in the cotton bagging business, but thev are in close alliance with the American Manufacturing Company and make ex BCtly tin* same terms ami prices, i The result i* seen in the changed quotations. For several months the quotations on ties and baggings .have remained practically unchanged. Todays quotations will he found to differ considerably from those which have been i in force heretofore. An increase of about. i?A cents a yard has l>een made in the price of bagging, and it is not unlikely that there will be further increases. The trusts have in fact given n tice that a futther increase in prices may be; expected in June. While nominally the bagging! business is being conducted Jboth j by tho Ludlows and the American Manufacturing Company both send out the same price list and make exactly tho same terms. Both declined to sell any nag? ging for this year's crop until this week- Mild both unonAil of same prices. Their terms are spot cash and no credit. All the cotton ties used in the Tinted .States are now made by the Federal Steel Company us ugents for the American Steel Hoop Company. The latter is an amalgamation of the several different oncerns which were en'gnged in the hoop ami tie business last year. The result of the i amalgamation was fell immediate j ly. From 60 cents, the price at' ; which most of the ties were sold last year, the price immediately (jumped to 75 cents, from which which it was run up to $1.25, ut price ties have heen quoted for the last several weeks. The j latest dictum makes the price* $1.31 spot cash and $1.30 for August delivery. To farmers the cost will he to 10 cents a bundle more. With the complete control of the business now enjoyed by the bagging and tie trusts it can very easily be seen that these concerns are in position to squeeze the farmer of the South til their pleasure For several years the cotton planters have secured these supplies at reasonahlo prices, but j this will evidently not he the case this year. Being protected by a heavy tariff against foreign competition and having knowledge of the fact that the farmers of the Siilltli oca i II m/ii-n k/t/kkii Ml w iii iiiwiu |iiun|vutui|n condition limn for several years past, and with the assurance of a large demand for the present year the two trust* reaiizo that they have the planters at their incrcy, and that the time is ripe to mtiltir \ ply their profits. It will be alleged, of course, ; that higher prices for the material entering into these products account largely for the increased prices. There will be just enough truth in this to lend color to the assertion but it is easy to paedict that the cotton growers of Egypt, India and the rest of the world will pay no such prices for their bagging materials this; year as will the Southern cotton planters. 0|,OI<IOLrS XHWS Comes from Dr. I) IS Cargile, of Washita, I T. llo writes: "Four bottles of Klettric Hitters litis cured Mrs. Brewer (.f scrofula, which had caused her groat sulTering for years. Terrible sores would break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give no help: but her cure incomplete and her health is excellent." This shows what thousands have proved, ? that Klectrie Hitters is the bejjt blood purilier known. It's the supremo remedy for eczema, tetter, liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion builds up the strength. Only 50 cents. Sold t?y Crawford Bros. Druggist, Guaranteed. "< Md Tumblin" Honda Good. Judge Simonton has signed an order in the case of Henry V. Post against ths Pickena town ship commissioners, in Edgefield county, on n petition for niunda~ mud, requiring the county tress* urcr to levy a special tax to pay the amount of the bonds held by tho plaintiff. The bonds were issued for tho construction of the Cumberland Gap railroad. Post bought the bonds from the county. Til K APPKTITE OF A GO %T Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's New Lifo Pills, tho wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25c. at Crawford Bros' drug store. WON 1I1S RET, BUT IT KILLED HIM. Young Man in Newark Drinks a Quart of Whiskey on a Wager. New York Sun, 17th Stanislaus D/.icielawitz, aged 24, sat with a nierrv unrtv nn J , ? Sunday in the saloon at 108 Albert avenue, Newark. An argument arose as to u man's capacity for whiskey, and Dziciclawitz made a small wager tliat lie could drink a quart of the stuff without stopping except to take breath. Ho did it and his friends rejoiced greatly over his victory for half an hour. Then he suddenly grew ill and fell in convulsions to the uoor. Ur. Henry T Harold wan summoned but found him beyond medical uid and lie soon died. The whiskey produced apoplexy. ELLIOTT & ~ | CRAWFORD. Mules for the money? | Mules for good paper? Mules any way you want'emMules to work or mule* to caper. mWE NOW HAVE IN our a'ahlea every oon| celvable kind of a mule ? From the quiet ami docile to the | fesiivc ami frisky?from the dorotstlo ' plu* to the t-uperb young Western mule Another car h ad of the latter kind revived last week. Kemerober, we sell either for the rash or good f>aper. Our present stock of Horses cannot he teat. Some number one saddlers I and harness animals. n.n -?i - * * - * * mi nan Kt'f> our tuocK of all kind*. HVII hIho Mbow you Home of the Ix-at and cheapest HupgieH and Wagons you ever h?w. ELLIOTT &'CRAWFORD. #