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THE LEDGER.!' THURLOW S. CARTER. L EDITOR AND MANAGER. ISSUKD WEDNESDAY ANI> SATURDAY SUB80KIPTION i>0 PE* YE \li SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1004. Happenings in Tbe State. 1 As Chronicled by the Alert Cor ( responuems 01 tnc Uolumbia State. 1 BASRBAI.L PLAYERS INJURED IN i WRECK. I Bennettsville, Aug 11.?There was an accident on the Coast j Line hotwoen Kobbins and Lum? bor about noon today which has ( probably cost the life of one , young man and seriously injured , two more. The Darlington base- , ball team was coming over ( on the accommodation freight to , play at McCall. Fonr of the , boys were on the top of the caboose whon it jumped the tracu and turned over. Geo. Williams or Thompson, wus thrown forward on top of the passenger car. The others wero dashed to the ground. William McLean of Cheraw was the most seriously hurt. His ankle and thigh were broken, lower bowels torn and severe contusion caused over eye. J. Whito Wilcox of Darlington had bis leg dislocated at the hip. The shoulder of Fred Stem of Darlington was dislocated and his face bruised. Nobody was inside the caboose. | Rev. J. W. Little in trouble. Charlotte Observer 10th inst. Mr. Plummer Stowart went down yesterday to Star, Montgomery county, to appear for Rev. J. \V Little, for whom a warrant had been issued for assault with a deadly weapon. Rev. Little had said iu a sermon, so it was alleged that any man who sold liquor would steal a quarter off a dead negro's eye. One Bolin took ' this up, because it was a reflec- 1 tion upon his grandfather, who ' sold liquor* Bolin made at the preacher with a knife, and the ' preacher held him at bay with a ' stone* The warrant was, how- , ever,withdrawn without execution ^ Mr. Littlo is quite a well known preacher. Perry Cocper Pardoned. ' I Special to tho Giocnville News. Columbia, Aug. 10.?The c 1 I > ^uvct um luiinjf |iaiuuucu 1 Bl'i y Cooper of Laurens, convicted of J manHlaugbter and sentenced to ( two years in the penitentiary in i 1903. Cooper killed his brother- 1 in-law under peculiar circum stances. He had had several experiences with burglars, and hearing a noise outside his house one night he tired out the window to ( frighten them r.way. The ball , struck Henderson Garret, who was his brother in-law, and kill- ( ed him. It is slated in the peti" lion that the jury found him guilty under the idea that he would ( get sentence of about six months ' and when he was sentenced to two < years, they all agreed to petition 1 for his pardon in one year. The , solicitor also recommended the , pardon. Bridge to Let. 1 will on Tuesday, Sept 6th, < 1004, at 11 o'clock a. in., let the | building o* a new bridge across i Horton Crcok on tho road leading | from Fork Hill lo Kershaw. ? Plans and specifications will bo i known at the lotting. Bond will ( bo required of the successful bid- > dor in doublo the amount of the t bid. The right to inject any or I all bids is reserved. I L. .1. Perry, c County Supervisor. [ > [any Speeches Made to Farmers. )r. Nesom and Prof. Brodie Give Good Addresses. Gocul Attendance of Prominent Farmers. Special to Greenville News. Clemson College. Aug. 10.? 1'he institute was opened this norning by Col. J. S. Newman. The first speaker was Dr. G. E. Nesom, who discussed contagious liseases. Distemper in horses is ibout the Hame as mnmna in man It ain't bo stopped, but must run its course. Tho thing to do is to take good care of the animal. If the animal has distemper when young he is then immune. The swellings which appear in this disease should be lanced with a sharp, clean knife, the blade being run through a large cork till threefourths of a inch protrudes. Dip the knife in a solution of Carbolic acid before using. Then syringe tho wound every day, injecting a 2 to 5 per cent, solution of carbolic acid into the wound Feed 90ft, easily digested food. Farcy is glanders. Fearcy is mango. Glanders is referred to in the Bible. South Carolina was almost free from this disease until the importation of stock from tho West. There is no cure, and it is best to kill tho animal. Symptoms ? loss of flesh, inability to hold out at work or to trot, to gethei with the fearcy appearance^ the breaking out of ulcers from thj knees down. Texas fever is on the wane. The disease was discussed at length, inocculatiou quarantine, etc., were fully discussed. Prof. P. T. Brodie was the second speaker, his subject, "Good Roads." Prof. Brodie has given a great deal of thought to the subject and made a clear cut speech. He described accurately the transportation display at the St. Louis Exposition. He urged the impor tance of re locating the roads on Lho very best beds, looking for* ward to the macadam roads later an. Directness must be sacrificed in order to get grade. A horse pulls less on a road lengthened twenty times the amout of grade saved, than he pulls when he A. _ i 1 nuns gu over ids nil*. ? Drainage was fully discussed.? rhe sand and clay surface roads >avo passed beyond the exper.neutal f-tage, and are perhaps ?qual to the macadam roads, as las been shown iu Richland coun ly in this State. Col Peterson made a live talk >n cotton growing. Mr. E. D. Smith of Lee county discussed nitrate of soda on cotton, claiming best results when uxla was put iu the ground before slanting Entire Family Poisoned. A special fro.ii Spencer to the Jbarlotte Observer, under date of \ugust 10th, says: The family of Mr. L. D. Cole, jf this place, consisting of eight members, including several boarlers, were seriously poisoned yesterday afternoon in cansequence jf which all have been dangerously ill to- day. The victims were seized within three minutes after sating from a dish which had been prepared by a colored servant, who is suspected of having injected some deadly poison into the iisn wtule in course of prepara* tion. The servant disappeared n soon as a physiscian was called for the family Mr. G* H. Frick ne of the victims of the poison, s still unconscious tonight on ac sount of the deadly poison from which he is suffering. Four of he victims, it is said, vomited ilood while in extreme condition rom the eliect of the poison, the iharacter of which has not yet icon determined. A WORD r n The r. r East Muddle. One auto's prediction is about as good as another's coucerniug tho final result of the RussoJapanesu war. At present the outlook for Russia is dark enough, but it may change later on, just as happeaed with England and tho Boers. If Japan does not, within three months, force the Russian armies to capitulate, the Baltic fleet of Russian battleships and cruisers may by making the Northwest passage, which our Admiral Melville, an old arctic explorer, says is practicable, change the whole scene by gaining posses sion or control of the sea. Thee again, both combatants may fight to a financial collapse, giving European powers a chance to intervene for peace with hon or, all around, and a general grab-game, as happened aftei the war on China by the alliec armies of the continent, in lea gue with Japan and the Unitec States. One thing, however, ii certain : The Japanese raus henceforth be reckoned as i world-power. Then, after the tragic game i< ended, and peace, through di plomacy is concluded, Chini will become, as usual, a prob iem. Mr. Weale, wno write? from information on this subject in a recent article, e&ya tba "the Chinese are as formidabh an enemy of the Russians ii time of peace as the Japanese ii time of war. In business ability there is no comparison betweei the races. He holds that oni Jap equals 10 Russians, on< two Jews, and one ObinamB! three Scotchmen. Therefori one Chinaman is equal to C( Russians. In Manchuria iteel every day fresh signs may hi seen by the intelligent observe of how the Russian is being blec to death by the Chinaman, aju will be ruined in the loDg rui if he is not more careful?war o; no war?for the Bear is n< match for the Dragon in timei of peace." According to this statement o ? Russia 19 between two fires, nc matter how 9he emerges frotr the present war. If beaten bj the Japs, her prestige is los' abroad and her condition a' home will be revolutionary anc volcanic. If she emerges ahor of vanquishment and with hei military honor partially saved the Chinese are to be encounter ea in a game of wits. If on< Chinaman, iu business equals 6( Russians, and there are 300,000, 000 Chinamen, it would seen that the Bear has entered a bor net's nest, no matter how tb< war may end.?Augusta Chron icle. Qualifications to Vote. Haviog had a number of in quiries as to the qualification f a ?r/>f a in ? A .--i vvtwoiu nuo pilliivrj lU AUgUBI we give the following governinj the same : You must be a white mail citizen 21 years old (or will be come 21 years old by the genera election in November), a resi dent of the state for one year ant the county 60 days, and you name on the precinct club roll It is not necessary to have i registration certificate to vot< in the primary in August. Bo it is absolutely necessary tobavi your name on the club roll rinmnlv wit.ii ihia nnn ? w w uwi r m J * y uu voi vote, otherwise you cannot See that your name is on thi club roll a; once. ? Georgetowi Outlook. Reward Otfered. Columbia, Aug. 11.-The governor today offered a roward o f200 for the arrest and convictior of the parties who murdered Ja cob Kind oI Charleston. is what we art s( 1 itors and our aim I interest of every ; giving him or hei money. No quo! , approve of such, five advertisemei r and at l-2the vf ' nonsensical talk > will say that we t enough to live on 'jand it will be ba? ?that we will mak ; of our competitoi - which can not be 9 9 ' Remember our > of shoes, which a THE BE! I ) I 9! 1^,TrDiJi7' rioio mio j J-i T Vi J J'lllI g UCi solid leather cou pair prove to the a new pair. Tin the 'Douglas line bald-headed eagl 1 he soars. Our si board, like some ) ? 1SPECIL DRIVE 0 t P > ; For the cash v ) we want to mak< ; line arrives, so f reduced prices b< ! written guar an t< Bros Clothiner. ? Everybody knoy . clothing, and tin ? will come and in J see that we haye large majority. ! everything you 1 1 of all kinds and ] i Thanking all i r theY will avail t ? are offering. B t a : -blktai : Lani TO THE 3 NOCK OU triving for, tii dov i is to help and t< customer that p? the lowest price ationM or prices, as we have seen > ats; pricing you s< due they claim. ; to the intellige have to have i, but bear in mill sked bj honesty e you you prices 'S and what we : controverted. Godman and D ire two of SI LINK ON ranteed to be sol nter and double ti s contrary we will ire is hardly any , for every body ] e fakes the the < lioes are cow leatli here who pretcn< N WINTER WEII rr vv ill sell any s \s a clean sweep riends take adva efore they are sol 3e with every sui guaranteed to fa vs that we are c b fact we freely ac ispect our stock, t s nad the clothi: Notion departmei may desire we ha prices to meet th< 'or their patrona; hemselves of the Your*1 to ifc k Here CASTER S. PUBLIC. HP I -?i ?o ?ll eompet> o remote the itonizes us, by ss tor the least for we do. not <o much deeep?mucli the yard We don't utter nt people, but a little profitid this ooe fact, and integrity, lower than any say are facts, rew-Selby line EARTH id leather sole, p toe and if any freely give you use to mention knows the old cake wherever ler and no paste d to sell shoes. EHT CLOTHING uit at cost, as before the fall ntage of these d. We give a t of Strouse & de nor shrink, rverstocked on Imit, but if thev r hey will readily ng trade by a at complete and ve. Groceries 3 lowest buYer. ?-e and hoping low prices we 'serve, iiiiiilc, k 17 (/V c.