The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 27, 1904, Image 2
THE LSDG^.
TMRLOW S. CARTES,
EDITOtt AND MANAGER.
SUBSCRIPTION $1 50 PEP YK \ll
ISS17KD WEDNESDAY AM) SATURDAY
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27, l'JOT
The Selection Approved. ?
I
Gov. Hevwurd veslordav 10
V / / J
ceived a number of telegrams
and letters approving the selec- ,
tion of Mr. E. ,). Watson as (
commissioner of immigration. (
Ex-Governor McSweeney wired:
1'Permit me to congratulate you ,
on the appointment i i E. J. Wat- ,
son as commissioner of iminigru*
tion.*' ? The State, 25th inst.
Arrested for Stealing n Hull.
Greenville, Feb 24.?dim
Spearman, who aid ho was chief ,
of police of Cross Hill, a small
town in Laurens county, was ar
rested hero vostcrd \ f.?r ^Inutility
a .Jersi y hull from Mrs. James ,
Pooh', of this city. Ho is now
in the county jail awaiting a preliminary
hea. in;:. i
Senate r Hunna's Successor.
Columbus, Ohio, Fob. ^4.?
Gen. Chi'-. Dick was nominated
by acclamation ft r both the i:n- t
expired and regular terms for
United States Senator to succor d
th? late Sepal or Hanna t the can
cus of the Republican members of i
the legislature this evenitig. The
r* ~
name of Gen. Did; was the only
one presented. As the Ibpubli- i
cons have largo majority in both i
branches Gen. Dick's election is j
assured, and '.he oaboting on
March 1 will bo only a formality.
Don't Want Bryan.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. '25.?The <
lower house of the Mississippi
legislature today voted down ui* j
most unanimously a resolution to
invite Win. .J. Bryan to address!
the legislature.
Jews Deserting Russian Army, i
Mew York, Feb. 25.?it is reported
from Moscow at St. Be-'
tersburg that Jewish soldiers are
deserting in great numbers from j
the Rnssiiiii Armv Kiv mora
caught ami shot.
Russia bus promised Turkey
that if the lutler will allow the
Black sea squadron to come down ;
through the Dardanelles, Turkey j
can kill us many Christians in
Bulgaria as she wants to. ? Sa- !
vanna Press.
Senator Harm a s will was yes- ,
terday probated. Ho made no
charitable or religious bequests, 1
but left bis entiie estate, which is
valued at $3,000,000, to his family
Fire yesterday destroyed Ihe .
principal business block in uecatur,
Ala.
STATE NEWS.
Edward Campbell was shot and
dangerously wounded Monday
night b^' a man named Oliver in
the'bhu! corner" of Greenville
county. Both white.
?The barn unci fctablofe of S. VV
Berry in Orangeburg county, nil
of bis corn and fodder, and a
mule wore hurnedJTues'hiy night. '
The lire is thought to have beon
incendiary.
? Near MeClellansvillc, in
Chnrleston county, is an old oak
tree which measures 4S feet in
circumference 7 t feet above the
ground. Its limbs vary in si/.o
from 5 inches to lti.V feet in circumference.
It is supposed to be
a thousand years old.
?A train on the Southern was
wrecked Wedncsdiv evening be
twoou Trenton and K Igefi' ld and
several persons injured. i
State Republican Convention.
L'wo '''at Black L'reu* hers Fight?
Capet*, Blalock, Deaa ami
Crnm (io To Chicago.
rhe State, 26th inst.
In the hitter and very rowdy
contest between the t4ins" and
the "outs" in tho Republican
State convention in Cooper und
Taylor hull yesterday, State Ross
JohaG. CupcrH won a complete
and sweeping victory over Muj.
E. M. Bray ton. Tho district attorney
explained the violent
.. tl.A 1-.4 I 1 I -l-s- I
Liiuij;ca nic nr.ici mm nnuigm mil
against liim in u card published
in a Charleston negro paper to
the satisfaction of the convention
and received 102 votes out of a
possible 125 for delegato to the
nutional convention, against 10
votes for Hrayton, w ho turned up
at the fo it of the class on the first
ballot and who was not even chosen
an alternate.
'there were nine nominees, including
Maj lhuytun, for the four
places as delegates. The delegates
chosen were:
John (i. Caper?, E. H Deas,
\j. W. C. Hlaloclc an.' Dr. VV. D.
Crum. The four defeated delegates
receiving the highest vote
were named us alternates, Maj.
Bravton being left out.
\ Kaosevolt platform was adopted
and the delegates instructed
to vote for Roosevelt's nomination.
A remarkable feature of
the proceedings is to he found in
the narrow escape I)r. Crnm
had. He had received only 43
votes on (he first ballot, 2'^ short
of a majority and Capers, Blalock
and Peas had-gone in before the
Richland delegation was reached
in the voting. At this point there
wo? an upn . in the convention
but after much yelling i. d crowding
about the chairman's tublo order
was restored after all 10 other
candidates had withdrawn their
names, and Dr. Crnm was nanrd
as the fourth man by acclamation.
The best orators in the convention
were employed to nominate
Pl'lim mill uonnll/l lllJ n/itlllnnll^n
unci his election was eloquently
uracil on the ground th;it to leave
him off would bo a slap in the
face of Roosevelt, who had opened
the door of hope to the uegroes
and who had repeatedly appointed
Crqm to his present position
in the face of opposition which no
other president hud ever been
called upon to face.
Another strong feature was
that R. R Tolbert, who Capers
had tried to get appointed in
Crmn's stead, was put up to defeat
Capers for national committeeman.
To Ma rt was defeated a?
a delegate tint was elected as an
alternate.
There were three other incident*
not provided for in the programme
One was u fist fight between
two preachers, who were merely
visitors in the convention; anothor
was I he arr \st of a delegate for
carrying concealed weapons and
the third was the dropping of a
revolver on the floor of the convention
hall by a Charleston delegate
About '20 per cent of the delegates
were white nu n and a majority
of the remainder wore mil
lattoes One of th" be-t. orators
was K. J. DieUcrson, a coal black
negro.
A delegate --. id that thero were
more preacher delegates than had
beon present on such an occasion
in 30 years. Responsible for
this, in his opinion, was the fact
tho preachers were hotter able to
meet the ox ; >? nso of coming to
the convention.
At tho evening sos-ion the
proachers who hud tho fi ?ht in
the morning explained their trouble"',
apologized, said they wore
not delegates and bogged forgiveness.
They were exonerated by
a formal vote.
Initial Trip Proved Fatal.
Young Woman Killed and Young
Man Badly Injured by a Trcl- !
ley Car.
Special to The State.
Union, Feb. '25.?As the result
of a trial tup on the Union and
Glen Springs Electric railroad
yesterday M'ss oaiiie jsprouse
now lies dead at Buffalo und Seymom
Gallninn is badly hurt
Chief Klectrician Well burn was
in charge of the motor car and
was just making the tirst trial
trip in changing the road from
steam to electricity. H* hud
mado the trip very successfully
until he cauio " itbin a few hulls
dred yards of his stop, where he
had to cross a trestle on which
Miss Sprouse and Mr. Gallmnn
were crossing. As soon as they
saw tho car coming they ran and
in attempting to get off M ss
Sprouse's dress was caught on the
bridge and she \vns crushed almost
beyond recognition, whilo
Mi. Cullman had a hole toi n in
his head.
No blame is attached to Mr.
Wellborn, us lie id all he could
to stop the ear but tho brake#
f?;ua t v n
lauwi i\7 1 i aj.
CoiigresHiDiib Lever Wins Contest.
Washington, Feb. 25.?The
house commit lee on elections No.
1 today decided the GilderMoody
content from the Tenth
North Carolina district in tavor of
Godger (Dem.) i11in^ menihor,
and the Duntzlcr-Lover contest
from Iho Seventh South Carolina
district in favor of Lever, Iho
sitting member.
.Japan Suffered No Losses.
London, Felt. 25. 0:05 p. m.?
The British foreign office has received
an official dispatch saying
that not one of the .Japanese torpedo
boats were injured in the
attack on Port Arthur on Wednesday,
Feb. 2d.
rsews Jiom the seal ??f the liusso
Japanese war is being coded
and telegraphed to this city, says
the Chicago Chronicle, at a rate
of 28.J to 50A cents a word. The
former rate obtains from points
in China, especially Chee- Foo,
where much of the direct news
originates. The higher rate is
from .Japan. Press me-snges
from these points are scheduled
to puss over the recently construe
ted Commercial Pacific Cables via
Manila, Hawaii and San Francis
' co, and must travel 12608 miles
1 before they reach their destination.
A cablegram from Japan
1,000 words, leas than a news
. paper column, costs $505.
A resolution to invite ex President
Clovelaud to address the
! Mississippi legislature was defeat
c<l.
E.I) IDWEK8. W O. BWVKHH.
BOWERS' BROS.
1\ *4 4 ?
; Builders am. Contractors.
t liUOibor, all kinds, for sale.
l)r<ssin.n and Mutch in if til short
notice
Tumid work and <cr -II work a spec*
iaJtv
ttirUi ve U.S your orders,
BOWERS BROS.
Near Depot.
Feby. 23. 1004.
I nil '? " I" ' IWW
/SANWTH^?stTC
i MEGE IMPROVED LOG-'dYTm j
I SAW MILJL?
WITH THE r
I hiacock-kinc. v a ni a mi r rrro WORUO
IT CAN'T BE HI AT.
Write "The Machinery Pooi-lo" f.i > >
IW. H. GIBDES ^ ?' 'J.I
j COLUMCIA, S. 6 ji
B BNOINC3, BOILERS, COTTON C. . f? S Li
\1D
A Happ?
<<Nev
Tlmnk ivi^ i
patronage and
past kindness i
have decided to
Thirty Days
so that ail
benefit ot reduc
are principally
m oil til ;.it oiiiS i
IlliriBtll 1111 \Z> HI 1.1 14
one knows (liat
STROUSE & I
| which is I
you look likeyc
(hem. With e1
antee, Kiuirantc
fades or loses i
why they can n
,because every j
and shrunk bt
consequently th
lading. So for
the cut prices t<
wiil only call al
stock will pron
Lome of our coi
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i
Rembember ot
The very b
pair guarantee*
leather soles a
not prove to be
you at our stor
you a new pair
that is not as w
I ITI
nMi;
Come alosg
We have a sam
you to take out
Our best s<:
Millinery, ;
eloseovt cheap.
Groceries <
cheap and mee
Again thank
patronage shov
will continue t
remain.
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y and Fr
v Year to A
out* customers- lo
in order to recipri
ill patronizing us
extend tlie (iini
Longer in Slaugl
of out' customec
ed prices. Clofli i
over stocked on ai
? sell. regardless o
we have the excit
fflOS. HIGH Af
iy far the best fiti
>ti were moulded
rery suit there is a
ieiuft you a new i
j s "<a?.T
irs snape. r?w
nike vou wieli a gu
lieft of goods is tli
jfore it is n.ale i
ere is no chaiice <
ward boys, and tal
or the next 30 di
t our emporium ai
lise to dress you 11
npetitors give you
ir Douglas and Godman I
est that is maimfa
il to be solid leathe
md double tip toe
the same as the
e, cut open, we w
on receipt of the
e represent it to b<
>. NO END TO Tl
f and let your crai:
iple lot that we wi
> of our way.
>ft bosom shirts at <
i few pickings left
if Q1 Irin /lc 111 oKnn
rn. n t miniO 1 IX iidillJ
t any prices ^iven
ing our customers
i n us in the past a
o patronize us in
Yourst
wliii k lm
osperous
ill?b?
^
r their liberal
icafe tor tliei**
so largely we
itering Prices
s will get the
in is what we
ml tor the i?ext
t cost Every
isive sale ot
E CLOTHING,
ting and makes
ami poured in
i written guarsuit
in case it
1 can tell you
arantee, simply
o roughly tested
into a garment;
>t shrinkage or
ie advantage < f
iys and if you
i<i inspect our
p or else make
a new suit.
#
Line of Shoes.
ctured. Every
r counter; solid
and if they do
sample shown
ill freely give
ones returned
MEM.
tium be eoyed.
11 almost give
cost.
llf 1 1 1 /kit 'm-mr-r * I 1
<9 Vt lilUll WC W 111
idanee, will sell
you.
for ther liberal
nd hoping they
the future, we
o serve.
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