The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 21, 1900, Image 2
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.
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[ 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.
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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.
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