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Notice to Trespassers. "
Hunting, Shooting, riding, driving,
walking, nutting limber, damaging or
cutting ffncep permitting dog*, hogs i
at<>ck and cattle to run at l^rge, ami
trtapua-iing in any manner, upon such 11
lauds ss are owned or controlled b.v ?
in in Indian Lard and Waxhaw v
Townships. and fishing in any man
ner 111 the treatriH belonging lo these
lands are foibidden under penalty of
tlf* law on and after l>eeember the t
fifteenth, 1903
J. Douglas Nisbet,
J. M. Nisliet, t
E. VV. Nisbet ?
A kidney or bladder trouble .
can alwaya bo cured by using Foe
ley's Kidney Cur? in timo. 1
?Fay your Subscription *o the J
Lkdokk and be happy.
iPAN OPENS THE WAR.lit
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Russian Vessels Beached.;
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10 Floet Attacked the Russian
ships at Port Arthur on Mon
daj Night.
London, Fub. 10. ? In a distch
from Chee Foo, dated Feb
a correspondent of The Dailv
rpress stys: The .Japunese bp.vo
alt the Russians a crushing
o>t at Port Arthur. An ad
UV/O ?(|linviiuu UA I no u ?| I
iot under Japanese Commander , as!
ico Admiral Togo, aud compris- h*.
^ 10 battleship# and cruisers. flr
ith a numeroua torpedo flotilla. Ch
fl the main fleet o(T Shan Tung c|;1
miusula on Sunday immediately da
tor nans of tbo diplomatic rapt*
o became known. This infor- tui
ation was converted to .the |1()
ipanc b? admiral by a deetroye r tbs
epatched from Tsushima Sal or- pi,
ij evening. or
The Japanese scouting cruisers (ij,
id given accurate information of
ic precarious eituation of the
ueeian fleet outside of Port ,in
rthur. The squadron stoamed'
owing in battle formation Son ' a.>
ay toward its goal, and caoio
ithin sight of Port Arthur un- m
er cover of darkness. It cruised Ai
owly outside without showing Ri-i
ghts. Tho Hussians were lyiDg \
i mo roadstead apparently feoi
ig secure from attack. p<
Is wail j nil in? Japan? eo torpedo
oata were dispatched on fffcJYr w
angerous and daring task. They
ishod, full steum, on tho enemy* ^
ho were completely surprised;
. great rattlo of small arms groot- w
:i tho invaders, wh?, however,
leaped unhurt, and tho Uetvisan, y
is Czarevitch and the Pallada, Q(
rere almost immediately torpooed.
Tho Japane.se dashed along {](
iio entire line of the Russians, __
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xposed by now to a terrible lire
rom machine guns and small arms
rom both tho ships and tho shore, ^
'here was tho utmost coustormi- ^
ion among <tho Russians, which ^
irobably accounts for the Japanso
torpedo boats escaping unhurt
nd joining the admiral outsido.
ATANBSE TROOrS DISEMBARK AT *
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CIIEMULl'O, COUEA.
1
Pekiu, Feb. 9.?About 1,000 ?
npaneso troops disembarked ut
Chemulpo, Coreu, yesterday, not- j8
/ithstanding the prcsonco there
f two liussian warships. k)
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL IiEPOUT OF THE
ENGAGEMENT. ,
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St. Petersburg, Feb. 10.?1 a. ^
a.?The following bulletin has p
ust been issued in the form of a p
eiegram from Viceroy Alex it* IT,
bief of staff, datod Feb. 9:
"By order of the Viceroy, 1
?eg to report that ibis day, about 11
.1 o'clock in the morning, n *
lapanete squadron, consisting of c
bout 15 battleships and cruisers, ^
ipprouched Port Arthur and epon r
d fire. Tho enemy was receired
vith a canui nade from tho shorn 11
lotteries and the guns of our t!
quadron, which also participated P
n the engagement. At about *
uidday the Japanese squadron
eased its fire and left, proceeding .
outh. y
' Our losses in the ileet were
n
wo officers wounded; nine mon ^
;illcd and 11 mini wounded. Oa .
he shore batteries one was killed J(
nd three wore wounded. The h
>attleuhip Poltava and the cruiser u
Jl?.Vlk P#"ll lm > ?
. _ . - ? uuv4 c% ijvmv; ItlJUl'fctMl |
a hor bido Uelow I ho water lino. 0
L'ho fott* wrro slightly damaged ^
"Major General Flug." a
;N RUSSIAN WAR* h'
SHIPS DISABLED.
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le Port of Mansampo
Seized and Railroad - !?
Bridge Blown Up. *r
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il Japan lias Accomplished
This Without the Loss of a
Kindle Ship?Making History
Very Fast.
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London, Feb. 10 ? Baron Hay- sp
ii, tliO Jap.inoso minister hero, pr
3 received ollicial confirmation
>m Tokio of the destruction at
e.mulpo of the Russian first- ^
s? cniifor Varia<; and the third- lu
* cruiser Korietz. 01
A summary of the losses sus~ ls
ned by Russia in tho first 24 c'
urs of tho war with Japan show *'
it ton Russian warships rrcro IU
?cod out of action in one way u
another and that the Japanese ?*
1 not lose a ship. ')(
Tho losses wore as follows:
Battleship llctvizan, torpedoed 11
<! beached at Port Arthur.
Battleship Czarvitch, torpedoad rc
d beached at Port Arthur. i "
Battlobhip Poltava, hole below j01
iter line at Port Arthur. I Bl
rniored cruiser Boyarin, dis-1'
led by Jupanoso fire at Port ^
rthur. I 'c
Cruiser Pollada, torpedoed at 8'
irt Arthur and boached. ^
Cruiser Novik, hole below v
atcr line, at Port Arthur. n
Cruiser Ask hold, hole below .V
ator line, at Port Arthur. 01
Cruiser Diana, hole below
Rter line, at Port Arthur. 11
First cIms armored cruiser e<
ariag, destroyed at Chemulpo, 11
otea. ?
Torpedo gun vessel Korietz,
Htroyed n Chemulpo. I1
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VE COMMERCIAL STEAMERS CAPp
TIRED. 1
Tokio, Wednesday, Feb. 10.?
hu Japanese havo captured at
ast tiro Russian commercial
amors, including Fkutorinoslav,
t(
mukdf.n, Russia, Argun and
Uxandor. They wore captured
y the Japanese in Rore&n and ^
Ijacont wators at various times
nee Saturday by small cruisers,
omo of the steamers are rich
rizes. The small steamer Koeik
detained at Yokohama, it* status
ot being clear.
THOUSAND RUSSIANS CAPTURED. I
London, Fob. 10.?A special N
ispatch from Tokio todiv say* {
le Japanese have captured throo j
Uissiau tiansports having on t
oard about 2,000 troops. <
ENGLAND MAY HE INVOLVED
'London, Feb. 10.?The avowed l
itsntion'of France to help ltiis <
ia by occupying points in Man- j
huria vacated by the Russian ^
arcs* marching toward the Yalu
ivsr arouses considerable lrritaon
hsrs. The French governiout
is ready to send French
roops from Tonqum. If Francs
crsists serious complications are
xpected.
A new and very important fea- |
ire is added to tho situation by ,
ecr$Ury Hay, aud this country ]
my eventually be involved, lie
lie asked European nation* to
lin this country in preserving tho
itegrity of the Chinese empire, ,
nd that Rueeiii shall not possess <
tanohuriu whatover the outcome
f the war with .Inpun. Russia
ractically controls Manchuria as
province now and she has
out about $200,000,000 on r il-j 1
ails in that country. This will
t he lightly abaudonetl, though
all the great powers insi?t that
issia got out, it will likuly hava
do so. The moral inllucnro of
cretary Hays's move will he
ently to the hcnclit of Japan.
The Legislature. p?
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>eei*l to Clroonviile News LvU
Columbia, Fob. Most of ca
o titno in the Legislature was th
out in tho discussion of the lit
opusition to repeal tho lien low. dl
fter an almost all morning's pi
scussinn of tho matter, tho to
oiiio, by an overwhelming vote, ar
lied the proposition which look- In
I t'> a repeal of tho lien law that of
now in force and effect. The of
siwf arguincBt used in fsyor of ft;
lowing the law to remain an it en
>\v is Tta8 that tho lien law give.- in
kelptDg hand to the poorer class w
farmers and allows them to rt
jrrotv money from the hanks at In
irrent interest, as well as being O
medium of credit to merchants. S<
l'he House and Senate hnvo nl- til
:ady passed a joint ief.olution fc
oking to a vote by tuu people tii
1 the question of biennial sos- i.i
ons and the members evidently in
link that this is all that is neces- ia
try, for today a joint resolution lv
loking to four-year terms of the la
euerul assembly was defeated. *<
athor curiously, the House re- 0;
eiBF.d it*elf on tho marriage *1
8oi>rd proposition, and, although ^
eslcrd&y Mr. Ford's bill whs t-|
rdered to iU Ihiid reading, i - J.
ay on the lie I reading ( ' ! t.
mature, the member* reconsider- ti
1 the measure, nhtch nt this c<
mo practically means tho defeat o
f the bill. T
Mr. Cooper secured I lie final p
rtsssge in the House of bis bill V1
joking to tlie amendment and v?
erfection of tho law for tho viola- o
ion of contract*. ti
In the Senate today tho fertili- f<
er inspection bill, which includes
otton soed meal, was passed af?
ar several amendments, for < r n
gainst tho bill, wore adopted. p
The regular marriage license t
ill came up, but was defeated on f
viva voco vote. Tho vote was t
gainst requiring mtimago certi- ti
ieatcs tc? l>? held in tho State. t
A NIGHT ALARM "
Worse than an alarm of firo at v
light w tho brassy cough of croup,
vhich sound like tho children's
loatli knell and it means death 1
inless something is done quickly
Foley's Honey and Tar nover fails
o give instant relief and quickly 1
Mires the worst of cases Mrs. 1*. L. <
Jordier, of Mannington, Ivy., <
writes: 44My three year old girl i
lad a severe caso of croup; tho
loctor said she c uld not live. I
E*ot a hottle of Foley's Honey nud
I'ar, the first dose gave quick ro
lief and kaved her lifo." liefubo (
substitutes. Sold by T. Fugone
Funderhurk.
I
The largo insurance companies,
although thoy lost millions in the
Baltimore tire, \fill not have to
go out of business, ns many sup- 1
posed. The whole country i? to 1
Ijo congratulated on that fact, be
causo Mich an outcome would
have played lluauciul havoc.
Mothers can safely give Foley's
Honey and Tar to their children
for coughs and colds, for it con-!
t
tains no opiates or other poisons. 1
Sold bv T. Eugene Fundorburk.
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South Carolina Defrauded.
infractors, and Architect, Accused
of Shady Work in
Connection With the
Completion of The
Capitol.
The Columbia Stat# of Tue?day
iblishes in full the report of the
minis don appointed to investi
.to the completion of the Stuto
pitol, in \thieh it it charged
at South Carolina hat been made
e victim of a "monstrous tmn~
^ I) 1 v * *
v Miu rccommeuuing legal
ocetdinga against the contracrs,
Mcllvain Inkofer & Co.,
id tlio architect, Frank P. iMil1111,
the latter ? former resident
Charlotte. The Legislature
f litOO appropriated if 175,000
r the completion of the State
ipitol building, naming a coinisaion
to have charge of tho
ork. Last February the latter
iported that tho contract had
sea satisfactorily performed,
ne member of the commission,
unator J. Q. Marshall, however,
led n, minority report to the ofct
that tho plans submitted by
io architect were indefinite and
eking in particularity aud that
iferior workmanship ami mater*
I had been used, the State therey
losing many thousand of dolls.
One charge is that handline
steel ceiling costing $10,00,
wan torn out and cheap
amped metal ceiling costing
-100 substituted therefor. De*
,lito these objections, the malt
it\ of tho commission recom;ida?l
payment. Tho result of
ic work of the invest {gating
mumitteo is to sustain the minrity
report in every particular.
lu> In*tor wcro aided by an exert
governmtnt constructor from
Washington, who pronounced the
oik "a parody upon tho scienco
f architecture." Among the
ndings of tho committee is the
ullowing:
" That tho architect, Frank P.
lilhurn, employed by tho comlisaion
under tho act for the comletion
of tho plana und specificaiont
fou such work; notably in
ailing to specify in detail what
he contractors wcro required to
lo iu many instances, hut leaving
ho same to bo decided by the
architect, thereby vesting large
liacrotionary powers in nimself,
rhich could lie, and wo arc con
trained to say, were oxcrcued
4 U.. ui.,4.1.. : > >
u inu cuuic s injury.
Foley's Honey and Tnr is best
or croup and whooping cough,
:ontains no opiates, and cures
piiekly. Careful mothers keep if,
n the house.
Supposed Murderers Released.
Sherill Coleinan jeitefday disDoverad
that Kd Marks?the mission
sundhillor for whose murdor
Fd. Marsh, Mrs. Marks nud W.
]'. Simpson wore arrested on
Monday?came on townrd Colum
bia on the Usth of January, the
day ho is supposed to havo been
murdered, and spent that night
with a friend within four miles of
luo city. The sheriff therefore
rolessod hie prisoners. ?The State,
10th inst.
Vinter coughs uro apt to result
in consumption if neglected. They
L'iin ho soon broken up by using
Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold
hv T, Eugene Funderburk.
All persons indebted to mo
ure requested to call at onco and
settle. ,1. E. Uutlodge, Dentist.