The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 09, 1904, Image 2
THE LEDGER.
TliURLO# S. CARTtR.
ED1TOK AM) MANAGER.
Bl'BSUKI I'l'loN $1 .-.o PK?* VK \H
ISSIUD WSDN'KiDAV ANI) SATI'ltl)AY.
SATl'KDAV, Al'KII. l?, li?04.
Within the past few days the
Lancaster Chapter Daughters of
the Confederacy has sold about
one hundred ?'etT Davis memorial
pins in aid of the fund being rais
e 1 to erect a great monument to his
mpmnrv Krorvh. t v w iv >i? rrln<t
to contribute, as the ladies wer#
delighted to receive :n <ney f->r
this iamlahie purpose. W? are
pro ml that the Lancaster Chapter
has aided as it has within the | ust
two years in raising funds for the!
Davis monument. It is greatly
to tlie credit of Lancaster County,
lint, feel deeply humiliated
that this patriotic old county lias
made no auntribution as yet to
the llaui))ton monument fund. It
is now almost the eleventh hour.
Other counties have contributed
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iiui-runy, uuioums ranging iron)
$10o. to *1,000.. while in Lancaster,
aside from the u,)j*mls of
the press, uo irort, so far as wo
know, has been made to rai?e any
money for this fund. Why Not
because the veterans of Lancaster
county did not lore and admire
Wade Hampton: not because they
have not told their children and
their children's children of his
valor, his services, bis devotion
to "the lo>t cause" or his love
and labors for his native State;
not because [our people do not
love and honor the memory of
Sooth Carolina's greatest patriot
soldier; no, not because cf any of
these, tint simply because no one
has volunteered to solicit or re
ceive subscriptions. We do hope
that lolllQ intlnrnt iiil <>iflvt?n in
each town in the county, and in
each section of the county, will
devote a few hours within the
next week or ho to raising uioncv
for this laudable purpose, and
that the Daughters of the Confederacy,
who ever stand readv
to aid in a worthy cause, will
assist all they em in raising a
subscription that will relied cred
it upon our county.
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The Damage Suit Industry.
The News and Courier recently
made the following timely editorial
remarks:
One of our correspondents protests
in the most positive manner
against what he calls "the damage
suit industry," in which many
lawyers in the State are actively
engaged at present. We wi-h
very much there could be some
general organization on the part
of the members of the Bar for
their own protection against those
who are accurately desciibed as
"damage suit lawyers."' 1 liey
hare multiplied in South Carolina
in recent years. We hoped that
we would escape the sc ?urge
which has effected so injuriously
the business of the law in some of
the States of the Union, hut the
evil has spread and is spreading,
and if it is to he cured it must be
cured by the lawyers themselves.
An appeal by the State Bar Asso
ciation to the General Assembly
at its next session for drastic log.
lslation on the subject of barratry
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wuiiiu iiu in ui? (iiidiic interest.
If the lawyers will not protect
themse'ves, the State must protect
them.
This industry is becoming
alarming. In almost every com munity
there aro little two-byfour
lawyers who are on the eager
lookout for such business
Tney do not wait to tic applied to,
b it they hunt for c lients. ? Green
wood Journal
Senator Carnmck >uys that if
Hearst is nominated by the D.mocrats
"all is lost inclu ling honor."
Senator Carmack i- vxhihiting a
good many 11 ?shes of wisdom these
days ?Charleston 1'ost.
A Doable Tragedy.
J. A. Ballard After lie is Shot,
Kills lli> Antagonist.
Charlotte < >b?erver.
Messrs. W. Wade and J.
(j. Wotuelilrt tf, of North Fork,
West Yii., passed through the
city last night with the body of
J. A. Ballard, en route to Moor?
esville, the former home of Mr.
Ballard. Mr. Ballard had been
killed i>i a tight at North Fork
la<t Monda\, killing his antagon ist
at the same time and with the
same revolver with which ho was
shot.
His antagonist was .lohti W.
McFarlund and tho shooting took
place at a political convention.
1. 1 i ? ? i ? ?
> uere nun oeeo imu niooct 06
twccn the men before over nn alleged
debt which Ballard claimed
McKarlund owed him. Added to
this was a political difference and
the two together caused the two
men to tight. McFarlnnd had n
revolver. He shot Ballard twice.
Ballard then sprang at McFarland,
wrested the pistol from him ami
tired three shot into his ahdo
men.
Both men died the next da>
anil Mr Ballard will be buried nl
MoorcsviU? today.
Shot By Dispensary Oliicer.
Columbia, S. C., April 7.?
John Sullivan, an employe of N
Sattile, in Charleston, was alio
and perhaps fatally wounded by i
dispensary constable last night
Sattile is an Italian and conduct
a cafe near the postoilice.
Sullivan ami two negroes ha<
gone to Mount Pleasant, acros
the harbor, where the liquor ii
bulk seem* to have been stored
There they were met by Consta
bles Owens and Hudson, win
confiscated a boatload of liquor
Sullivan started to the city, bu
cauie back and attacked the con
stables with an oar. It is stute<
that Hudson did the shooting, bu
both constables are in jail Hud
son had been chief of police o
Walterboro, Governor Heyward'
home town, and has a good repti
tat ion.
Tho Cil union Pnnulo iu U.a ..-..-.r.
- ..v a vi.imv in lllu iiiu^
frunk ndvocate of Mi*. Hearst tha
we have noticed. The People con
cedes that Mr. Hearst is not a
clean as lie might he, but says h
has the money and will spend i
and that it takes money to win
The People says it advodates fight
ing the devil with fire; in othe
words that unserupulonsness nms
bo mot with unscrupulousness
When the victory is won, it says
then the better element can step 11
and take control of affairs. Well
that is an honest advocacy of dis
honesty Hut if we are to sel
out. why not invite bids And
by the way, whence will tha
"better element" in the p^rt,
come that will take control afte
Hearst lias dime the dirty work
Will there be anv"hottor dpmont'
or any honest element or any de
cency in a party which endorse
sr.ch dishonorable methods? Erer;
advocate of Ilearst, believing hir
to be that kind of man and pro
posing such methods, is an acces
sory before the fact, a corruption
ist at heart.?The State.
A Texas jury has given a ver
diet for $1,500 against J. ,1
Faulkener, a barkeeper, for sell
ing three drinks of whiskey to thi
husband of a protesting wife. Mr
Heulali Cassidy was the plaintiff
She had warned Faulkener and i
was proved that he had lisrc
garded her warning. This womai
would have had absolutely no re
lief in South Carolina. She woul<
not even have been permitted t<
sue. ?Yorkville Enquirer.
Fewer gall on* wear longer. Devoi
Happenings In The State, j
A-* Chronicled by the Alert Coirespondents
of The Columbia
State.
ENLARGING MILL FORT MILL.
Fort Mill, April 7. ? It is authoritatively
stated that plans have
been drawn for a 100-foot, twostory
addition to the main building
of the Millfort Manufacturing
company, makers of white cloth,
in the southern part of town. The
additional space is to provide for
| lie installation ot 150 looms,
making the equipment of tbe mill
500 looms, besides the spinning
machinery. It is understood that
the contract for this work will lie
awarded at once and that the grading
for the foundations will begin
in a few days.
SI 1NO TilK RAILWAY.
I Fort Mill, April 7.?The statei
incut is made that Mack Steele, a
i young white man whose home is
in this place, has entered suit
against the Southern Railway com
1 puny for $5,000. Steele, it is
said, claims that he was ejected
from a passenger train of the comr
pany some time ago between Rock
t Hill and Fort Mill because the
i ticket agent of the company at
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iniu iini |'khiu'm intr vear i'.'VM
for 1904 in a ticket which he
bought for transportation between
. these two points and which the
conductor refused to accept.
t - - -
ii It i> unnounced in Now York
. that Thedore H. Price, who a few
s years ago was so prominent on the
New York cotton exchange and
1 who failed on May 25, 1900, for
s $13,000,000, has paid up hit
n debts Mr. Price has set a lint
. moral example. Last year the
, work of his assignees was tinishel,
0 the creditors receiving the amount;
. which they accepted in settlcmeni
t ?the unsecured getting about Ti
- per cent. But Mr. Prhe hus now
1 sent checks to all for the difference
t every one getting 100 cents on tin
.. dollar. Mr. Price's failure wai
f due to an uusuccestful attempt t<
* corner the cotton market. Sinc<
? then be has been transacting hii
dealings as an outsider and latter
!y as a bull. He'made scvera'
I fortunes when the market broki
t 500 points early in February ant
. was again in position fora'^lurap1
s when Sully failed.?The State.
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an-Slayer Suicides.
Charlotte, N. C., April 4.?
News reached here today tba
^ Chas. K. Campbell, who killet
''Silver Creek" Sam I'eacson, a
Morgnnton, N. C , and who es
caped from jail at Newton, vrhih
upposed to be ill, yesterday
' committed suicide at Mountain
1 City, Tenn., by shooting.
' CASTOR IA
7 For Infants and Children,
r TU-. i/i.j v-.. n ?i ?
i iiu miiu iuu nave Always DOUgm
Bears the ST?
signature of J-uScSu/Z/.
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? J. E. RUTLEDGE, Dentist.
Lancaster, S. C.
Working 011 credit doesn't pay
nnd my terms from this ti?n<
henceforth are stiictly cash.
. Reasonable Prices.
- Gold Filling $1.50
0 Amalgam Filling 75 cts.
8 Cement Falling 75 ct
Ul'IUiFK PLATE,
t Full upper set of teeth $12.6(
- L'ppor ar.d lower set $25.0(
1 'These prices are strictlj
for cash. No work done except
^ fnr /.null np n/\rn\
i *w? vuuii wi ovum 11) .
! J. E. RIITLEDGE, Dentist,
, Futi. 4, 1904-tf.
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