The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 13, 1904, Image 2
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THURLOW S. CARTER,
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
ls.suCD WKDNKSDAY AND 8ATITKDAY
SUBSCRIPTION $1 60 PF.I' YE\R
WKDNKSDAY Jl'KY 13, 1904.
Another Cleveland.
Judge Parker's gold standard
telegram has brought upon him
much approbation and no censure.
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, said
that he was a foot taller than bofore
ho sent it. Col. GufTey, the
Pensylvunia Democratic leader,
says: "It is the grandest exhibition
of moral courage I have ever
seen in a candidate. Parker shows
himself a much greater man than
thoso who managed his tight."
The Washington Post, independent,
says it was "a timely display
of political courage amount,
ing almost to audacity," adding
that "it was a bold, courageous
stroke, and will do much .to (lis.
pel the popular opinion that the
party's candidate is without firm
convictions upon the issues before
thr? pnnntpu " uml rnnnlnilinnr flint
"Judge Parker's bold stand on
this question has made him many
thousand votes stronger than he
could possibly have been had he
accepted the nomination upon a
platform that ignored the money
issue." While tho Philadelphia
Record says that "silent when
there was no occasion for speaking,
Judge Parker has spoken tho
decisive word because the occasion
has arrived. He hps proved himself
the man and tho pattiot that
his friends knew him to be, aud,
rising above personal ambitions,
and what was believed to be party
expediency, he has stated with
absolute clearness his position on
the currency question where the
silence of the platform invited
misconstruction and was liable to
compromise him.*'
Indeed it was a bravo man who
could renounce a presidential nomination
rather than preserve a siInn
a* Un wa ~
iv/uvg n uili' llJlg^lll lllllt) UUt'll IIH.S
interpreted and who last Saturday
sent this tebgrara to iho convention
which had nominated him:
"I regard the gold standard as
firmly and irrevocably established,
and shall act accordingly if the
action of the convention today is
ratified by the people. As the
platform is silent on the subject,
my views should he made known
in the convention, and if it proved
to ho unsatisfactory to the majority,
I request you to decline
the nomination for me at once, so
that anv>ther may bo nominated
before adjournment."
Has the Democratic party discovered
another Cleveland? It
looks a little that way. ? Charlotte
Observer.
The prospects for a fair price
for cotton this fall are anything
but good. Spot cotton will not
now bring more than tea and a
half cents a pound, and the mills
are unable to sell their yarn at any
price. There is absolutely node
mand. The only mills that nre
able to run at a profit right now
arc those that huve made sales
ahead, and they are having trouble
with the commission men who
under conditions like theso invariably
devote themselves to
picking flaws and claiming that
j;wun ?ic uoi up 10 contract.
About the only reasonable hope
there is for better prices of cotton
is ttn increased demand for cotton
goods. This may come about but
there is no certainty about it.?
Yorkville Enquirer.
Tho citizons of Klkins, VV. Va.f
gave Henry G. Davis, nominee on
the Democratic ticket for vice
president, a royal reception on his
return from St. Louis.
Neither >ld?i
Chee Koo, July 11, lumu. ? A
European who left Poll Arthur
at 5 o'clock Sunday ufternoon
reported that the the Jabnnese
miido u torpedo attackSunday mor
mug, attempting to penetrate in*
to the harbor. Tlioy were repulsed
without loss to eithor side.
The European further reports
tlmt on .July 7 severe lighting
occured around Port Arthur.
The liusHans claim to have driven
the Japanese hack on all sides,
hut admitted a loss of more than
1,000 killed. Several hundred
wounded are said to have arrived
at Port Arthur July 8, and it was
reported that more were to c one
Yin Kow, .July 11.?Japanese
ve-.-els have Been oil Kai Clam
It is believe i thut tbey are keeping
in touch with the advance of
the land forces and if the Japan*
esc take Ta Tche Kiao, which is
understood to bo their objective:
it is thought that a landing
will be made simultaneous! y
at Yin Kow.
The fighting at Kai Chou consisted
of a series of skirmishes on
July 7 and July S, ending with
the occupation of tho town by Gen
Oku's troops.
Jury FaileJ to Agree.
Special to Tho Stntn
Manning, July 10.?This morning
u crowd gathered to hear the
expected verdict of acquittal, but
to the euprisc of every one it was
learned that one juror would not
bo convinced. Judge Aldrich
told tho jury that he was anxious
for a verdict in this case and asked
if reconsidering of the case would
enable tbem to arrive at a verdict.
The foreman and several jurors
stated that it would be useless to
recousider the case. Tho judgo
then ordored a mistrial to bo entered
on the docket and adjourned
court sine die. Magistrate You
mans was released ou bail.
EDITOR T. .7. DREW DEAD.
Hartsville' July 10.?Mr. T. J
Drew died at his homo this after
noon at G o'clock.
Mr. Drew was formerly of Mail,
on and 38 years of age. His
wife, daughter of Dr. H ft f -
r. -
cas, a little son,bin parents, three
brothers and a sister survive him
there. Four years he has been
editor and proprietor of the Darlington
Counry Messengor and
one of the most useful, progressive
and highly esteemed citi/.en
of Hartsville.
A new kind of manufacturing
enterprise is to be started ut
Whitmire, its object being the
manufacture of handkerchiefs.
Candidate Parker, went to
church (Episcopal) Sunday morning,
and assisted in taking up
the collection.
A passenger train on the Erie
railroad Suuday ran into an excursion
train, by which seventeen
persons were killed and fifty injured,
some of them seriously.
A negro was lynched in Houston,
Miss., for attempted assault
on a white woman Sunday.
The czar has issued a ukase
callinp for 447,000 recruits. With
the .laps putting up the fight that
they are now, it will take more
than a ukase to get this many rocrnits
into the field. ? Atlanta
Journal.
?Fivo good second-hand sewing
machines at a bargain, for
cash or on time.
J. R. Mackorell.
MPIXJIAIi NOTICE I
For ShIo ! Subject to prior
sulo and withdrawal, Pifty (50)
Shares (or any part thereof) of
the Lancaster Cotton Mills 7 por
cent Preferred otoek, at $00. per
share, NET.
Henry \V. Thomson,
58 Morgan Square,
Spartanburg, S. C.
July 4, 1904. lm.
Fiddling lias Been J. By*
rum's Undoing.
Chester Man in Toxas Brags of
Friend's Fiddling, and Texas
Officer Gets a Murderer
after 10 years.
The State, 11th.
Fiddling has found out Jack
Byrnui, tho Chester man with
numerous aliases, who is wanted
in two States for murder. Sheriff
Lowler, the Texas Sheriff who
mot the governor's private score
tary early yesterday morning, to
have a requisition honored for
Byrum's transfer to Texas has
given an interesting account of
how after 1G years of liberty
Byrum's reputation for being a
fine fiddler found him out.
At midnight Saturday Socre
tary Norment was called up on
the long distance phone from
Chester by Sheriff J. B. Lowler
of Canton, Vanzandt county,
Texas, with request that ho givo
him an audience that night after
the arrival of the 2 o'clock train,
and passed upon requisition pa
pers held by him for an escaped
murderer. The request wnsgranted
and the Texan arrived at tho
mansion at about the time appointed.
Sheriff Lowler is a typical Texan
in appearance and in general
characteristic, and told an interesting
story concormng his mission,
lie came for one Jack By rum,
alias LaFayetto Jackson, alias
John Wyatt,alia8 Joseph Watson.
By lum in ISSShad killed a man
carving him up numerously and
scientifically with a Bowie Knifo
He escaped and for 16 years was
not heard from. Ilis reputation
as a fiddler was what led at last to
his capture.
In Texas, among other things j
"native and to the manor born j
i& an annual "Fiddlers' cohtest'"*|
nn<l before he slew his man By rum
had for several years, captured
the prizes in the "break-down-all
round fiddling" class. Last year
during the progress of this grtat
musical event, Sheriff Lowler
who attended, remarked to a man
sitting by him that the laet per^
former was the fiuest break-down
fiddler that ho had ever heard.
The stranger quietly remarked
that he was a good one, but there
was 0110 in his State "who could
give him strings and resin and
then beat him." Tho Texas
Sheriff knew his business and by
shrewd questioning revealed tho
iiuuontity of tho former prize
tiddler, the escaped imirdrror.
Replying to the sheriff's question
tho stranger said ho was from
Chester, S. C., and knew his fiddle
well. Acting upon this clue
Sheriff Lowlor pegan his man hunt
and Oil Saturday morning ho confronted
his victim and quondam
friend in Chester jail.
CONFESSED LOUISIANA KILLING
By rum stoutly denied his identity
hut Sheriff Lowlor know his
man. At last Byrum admitted
that ho had killed a man in Louis
iana, but had beeen tried and acquitted.
This scaled his fate, for
SheriffLowler drew from his pock
et a letter from the Sheriff of
Montgomery county, Louisiana
asking for Bynim'o arrest, urd
requested his victim to read it.
By rum did so and bad no more to
say.
Tho Progress says that the
Union ice factory is turning out
about forty tons daily, and that
besides supplying the local users,
four hundred tons have been ship,
ped from that point to different
parts of the State.
Tho Valdosta Times refers to
Grover Cleveland as tho great fixed
star of tho Democratic parly.
Bryan was a meteor of gas, which
sjon burned out.?Savannah
Press.
I
A WORD
r ak
is wh we art st
iters and our aim
interest of every
giving him or her
money, No quot
approve oi such,
five advertisemei
ami at l-*2tlie va
nonsensical talk
will say that we
cuiough to live oil
ami itwillbehac
that we will mak
oi our competitor
which can not be
Remember our
of shoes, which a
THE II!
Every pair guai
solid leather coui
pair prove to the
it.-UfvW pair. The
the Douglas line,
bakl-licaded eagl
he soars. Our si
board, like some
SPECIL DRIVE 01
For the cash w
we want to irr.L\
line arrives, so fi
reduced prices be
written gnarantc
Bros Clothing, ?
Everybody know
clothing, and the
will come and in
see that we haye
large majority,
everything you 1
of all kinds and j
Thanking all f
theY will avail t
are offering.
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Iriving for, to <iov
is to help ?tid to
customer that pa
the lowest price
ations or prices,
as we have seen s
its; pricing you so
iliac they claim,
to the intellige
have to have
i, hut bear in mill
iteil Im Iioiipnh
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e you you prices !
's ami what we
controverted.
Godman and Di
re two of
SI LINES ON
ranteed to he sol
liter and double ti
contrary- we will
re is hardly any
, for every body 1
e takes the the <
iocs arc cow leatli
here who pretein
N WINTER Will
rc . .ii sell any si
j a clean sweep
fiends take adva
ifo re they are sol
;e with every suil
guaranteed to fa<
rs that we &re o
i fact we freely ad
Cnn/ftf" /in of4-1
kj ^ .r Vv 'U 111. l*J
had the clotliii
Notion departmei
nay desire we ha1
)rices to meet the
or their patrona^
lioiliftolvoc -flw*
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tie nil eompet
Di'omote the
:k
lionizes us, by
s for the least
for we do not
o much deeep>
mucli the yard
We don't utter
nt people, but
a little profit
<1 tEtis one fact,
and integrity,
lower titan any
say are facts,
rew-Selby line
EARTH
id leather sole,
p toe and if any
freely give you
use to mention
mows the old
?ake wherever
er and no paste
11
.1 C5V/1JL OIlUl'B#
iHT CLOTHING
uit at cost, as
before the fall
ntage of these
d. We give a
t ot Strousc &
de nor shrink.
verstocked 011
Imit, but if they
hey will readily
ig trade by a
it complete and
ve. Groceries
s lowest buYer.
?e and hoping
low prices we
serve,
c.