The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, March 26, 1904, Image 2
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TKUBUIW S. CAliTtii.
EDITOK AND MANAI-KK.
si'HstMiiI*rn?N c-i ".<? im:I VI:\K
I8.sriil? \\T.I)NKS1?AV AND SAlVlM>A\
Sai i i:i> vv >i \ucn *J?;, 1 I
State Pemoerutic Convention
Called.
At a tneet n.' of tl e Pemo r;.'ie
Executive committee hold iti l*??
111 mt i:i lu.-t Tuesday itiu?.t the f< 1
lowing call \\a- h->ucd:
"A convention of the Democratic
party of the Si.tto of
South Carolin i is lien hy c liled
to meet in the city of t'olnml t
at l'J o'clock noon on May Is,
I'dOl, for the purpose of ! ding
delegates to the national 1> tnocratic
convention, and to transact
such other business as iho
convention may see proper.
"The county chairmen throughout
the State are hereby insti no-led
to call together their ( xpcutive
committees end order meet
itHTs of the ("iiiUs in their rotripct.
r, 1 I v v *
ive counties on Saturdav, April
2d, fir the purpose of electing
delegates to the county conventions
to he held on Monday, Mhv
2nd, 1004, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the State
convention. 1\ tch county i- entitled
t*> twice the number of
delegates in this convention
it has members of the legislature."
Probable That State l'? nsion
Hoard Must llortow *"J'Kh
nit This Year.
The Stat" pension hoard is now
in session in the oilier of the
comptroller general. There imucli
work to he done for th report
from each ? uiitv n.m: he
ins peeled, and vc rilied. The hoard
will Iti; in .-( --ion probably about
si week. There i- a largo increase
in the number "f applications for
1004 and it is said that $-J00,oCi>
will have t > be borrowed ibis
year instead of fcTn.OOO. the sum
nbtaine 1 last year, as the treasury
is short.? The State.
The Massachusetts report of labor
statistics for 1003 in dealing
with the status ?>t the negro population
m that state brings out the
curious fact that Massachusetts
enacted the lirst statute establishing
slavery in America, in 1041.
This was twenty years before
slavery was legally < -tablished ia
Virginia, though .-lave - bad been
brought tt? til it state In 1010.
Thera are now in Ma-wa.diu-etls
31,0 74 negroes, Ml per ?ent of
whom lire in tlv eiiies. ? I'iii! 'ilelphia
Kccord.
A cms ide against hnehing lus
been inaugurated by a camp <d'
Confederate veterans of Missi.-sij pi,
and tlie old soldier- appeal to
tho wives and daughters ?.f vetcr
ans and to the 1 laughters of ti e
Confederacy to unite with 1hcm in
their light. It i- no?s? rppropri
ate It) it tho.-e men who oil. red
tlioir lives in defense .if groit
principles and who fought for
their State, should again band to?
gcthcr in behalf of tiie south: to
make law supreme. to make civil'
ization triumph over barbarism.?
The State.
While Sully I. gone down in
bankrutov, lie w; i not have to
worry about "keeping the wolf
from the door.' Sjimo tone ago
R |
ho purchased and furnished a
house which he gave to hi-, wife,
and it is vain i : ' ; ;
Then lie bought an an: w ;:e li
brings him in ai < ' ! 1 a
year. Many of t e wi . i! v, .
ed him had no ueh " h' and a .
u conserpienc ar ruined Co.
umbiii liecord.
iliippcnings In iiic Stale.
A ( . ; . ;*t < ' ! I
i? -, omleut - i-i i lit) Columbia j
St 111;
I ?
l.l.uisl. VT(?1C t lilTi M.IA II.1..
I'fit Mill, Maivh ? Hon. il.
K. llnile, member of the ]o?jislu
tuio I'loiii ihi* county. is ci itienlly
ill.
11it11>K ??i \ wi.ru |)11>.
Clinton, Mm ell 22.? Mrs.
K'i liat'l K. Copelmwl ?lic?l hero
.Moiulny afternoon at about 2
oh I ci* lifter only two or three
, tla\ ilia Mis. Copelunil was j
t . . * I r ? .
, ;i i?11*;c i i oniy a nine more than
j oiu1 week, having mairiedon the
1 :;tli iia\ ol this month. i>howns
>1. - Ki.-t and n native of Alnha
i 111::, !.:i\.iilt moved from lluit
Mate luie just a short while hefore
Clui-linas. >he was a niece
of Mrs. lv. J. Copeland of this
place and I)r Mast, who lives a
slioit di>taiice from Clinton.
< '1111- i I'. It r.MJMKIt I .OS MS UAKN.
Oh* i", March 2'J. ? Mr.
riiomas iioulwaie, living near
the I' ait lield line, had the misfoitune
to io.-e >esterd?>v mornnin?*
hi- barn and his entile |
crop of ii a\ an 1 fodder. One of i
his mules w a- burned to death;
another -eriuu-iv, perhaps laid
iy, hurt.
The entire loss is about $l,r>00;
net much insurance: lire is,
supposed to h ve been cau-ed
by a o .ia hsnio'.er.
Lieut. (lav. Sloan, S nitli Cur..in,.,
u*.. i ... - - - -
..(in,., n i.m> 111 cpai lannurtr.
Special to The Observer.
Spartanburg. S. March '2'h
? Mrs. Fantiio Blake Gilliam and
Lieutenant Governor .lolin T.
Sham were married to niijht at
the home of Or. and Mrs. L. I'.
Blake. Bishop \Y. \Y. Duncan
oil: mt !. The l>ri lo vr ?re a
han Lome pmwn of iiiac chiffon
with an underdress or talVeta and j
a valunbh diamond tiara. 4.he irift
of the oroom. A largely attend ;
el reception tendered to Col. and!
Mrs. S1 < an by Dr. and Mrs. Blake !
was the decided social affair of
the >pt inir s? a>?*n. The couple
left ton* ;ht for California and upon
their return wili reside in Columbia.
Knock* d off a Forty Foot Trestle
by Train.
v \ . .J !. .. !.
i? 111. oikwik.--, ji ne^ro nridgo
hand employed on the Southern
was knocked c?il" of a forty foot
tic-tie l::.-t ni<*ht and although ho
is rather badly bruised up, not a
bom was broken fro.n the fall.
Shank \ as working on a trestle
near Shdtca and o ?t out on the
cad of a < rosKtio for a train to
pas-. A erenso box in one of
the ears si ruck hint and ho was
thrown clear to '.he bolt on.?Columbia
Kecoid.
Greenville Merchant i'ads.
Greenville, S .March 215.?
Bent/, one of the leading dry
goods inareliants of this city, tiled
a petition in voluntary bankruptcy
to May, with liat-.ilitics of
00 asset8 ^20 000, Creditors
I will ni eh April G.
jCASTOR IA ;
To" Irii.'.uts and Children.
The Kir.! Vju liars Always Bought
tUgnaum of
? 4 f.W
h rank Pineknev, colored, wn?
kill 1 Sunday afternoon hyfcicipio
Jenkins, in Charleston, hut the
latter Hint If; cood his escape.
1 1 acres. -J roil. North of
town, ifoo 1 1 wo storv .1 wellin
uthn'.I linjs, etc. Applly t<?
1'. S. (ou ti r, Ajzcnt.
? If yon wiint a well dn<* or
cleaned out tirst class, call on
Leonard Harris.
C?!!rt Seflics SuIIv Trouble.'
r
' Vtr ; Loses all in llank- ^
jnpto\ Proceedings, ^
Now York, Murck 22.?David
Miller anJ Henry Tuft were Vpduv
appointed receivers for Sully &
Co,, the suspended <ot'on brok
ers, succeeding.). H. lloadlev. us
signec, to whom exception was
taken by some of the creditor's
linns.
Tlio receivers were appoin'.od
l>v .In Cm Holt on the petition ofthree
principal creditor's of the
linn. 'Ih.'V were required to '
give bonds in the sum of
000.
Solly was declared a bankrupt
today by ,Judge Holt of tho United
States District Court. Mo showed j
some emotion for the lirst time on
leaving his ollice after he had
turned over hie last cent to Receivers
Miller and Tuft.
"11 us, 1 could not give you
live cents," he said to tho newspaper
nun. "Tho clothes I am ;
wearing do not belong to m?. '
They are the property of the re- ;
eel vers."
. .... i
cMiny ucciurcu tlint the action
of ex President .1. Temple Gwath- ;
le.'.-v of the cotton exchange, and '<
two other 'creditors, m forcing
him into bankruptcy, prevented
him from making another offer to
his creditors.
The ex cotton king surrendered
lus handsome residence and all his
worldly possessions not exempted
by law.
?.-?< *.
Battleship Destroyed.
Again the Victim Belonged to the >
Knssian Fleet. -j
Tokio, March 23. ? A special
dispatch from Moji (opposite
Shi monoscki, Japan) 9aya the
Japanese licet made another attack*
on Port Arthur March )St
bombarded the city and its defenses
and fought a furious engagetnent
with the Russian fleet
out-ide the harbor, destroying i
one Russian battleship. Seven :
Japanese casualties are reported.
There is no information concern- (
ing tho Japanese Hoot's condi- i
tion.
Phis is the first announcement .
of an engagement off Port Ar- '
thur on March LS. Special die-!
patches received in London thi9
afternoon contain the same de- :
tails of an engagement being |
given as March 22, which probably
is correct.
Knocking The Trusts In Texas.
i
Au>lm, Texas, Match 10.? (
Suits for alleged violation ol' the 1
Texas anti tru.->t law wete tiled today
under the direction of Slate ^
\ 4 . / ?
Aiuuiin uenerai j;cii, against \(
the Fidelity and Guaranty Company,
of Baltimore the Fidelity
and Trust Company, of Maryland,
and the American Bonding Compiny,
of Baltimore. It is charged
that the companies have enterel
into a 1 rust to fix the price of
surety and guarantee l> md- A I
penally of ?221,000 is a-ked from 1
each of the defendants. ll is nlloged
also that the defendents uro 1
trying to restrict trade, and for
this a penalty of *17,000 is asked
from eaeh.
??#Jr ? . -r- Filipino
''President" Killed..
Manila, March 20.?("apt. DeWitt,
with a detachment of constabulary
and Giant. Pitney, with
a detachment of scouts have just
encountered Macario Sakny, the
so called president of I!i<* Kilipino
republic. Sakay with 1;"> of his
fo!lowr> were killed and lho rciv,niii?
or of the hand \v:i- ca| lured.
1 hero were no casualties <n the
present Americans.
Fewer gallons wear longer. Jevoe.
SPRING
OP I
ME HEATH BAN
COMPA
0-0 D1ILLINE
WIU
The ladies and the pi
the date.
The Ladies will i
to select their SPRII
see and price our sup
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Our experienced
JULIA SIMPSON, s
thin season, study in
with the latest ptyles.
everything strictlj
establishment.
t t +
We are having t
ture room handsome
XEltY DEPARTMl
the opening 011 the 2
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MIL LIN I
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p cis issul M ?6?!
im ski m m
iblic generally will please
find it to their inte]
SG HEADGEAR ui
erbline of Hats and ]
oo oo
land popular iVlilline
?pent several week
g and familiarizing
??m will find, tli
up-to-date in our 11
f 4 ^ 4 4 *4* *4
t t t t t t t
he front half of oui
ly fitted up for our
3NT, and it will he r
i | ui iiikd o ?? i
' not (I 111*
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reli.
not forget
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rest not
util tliey
Bonnets,
r, MISS
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herself
lerelore,
tiillinery
FurniM1LLI
eatly for
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