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THELEDGEB. THURLOW S. CARTER. ED1TDU AND MANAGEK. Ihbl* Kl) WBDNBSDAY AND SATURDAY SUBSCRIPTION $i 60 PER YEAR WEDNESDAY, AUOU8T 24, 1904. Democratic Primary Election. Tlin fiilliiwiniv iu it liol a uv (VilUff lO ( IIOV I'i llif names voters wilt havo to select from next Tuesday when they go t? the polls to vote for county officers and members of Congrois. Magistrates' names not included in this list. FOR CONUKKS3. I). E. Finley, I'. Y. Williams. FUR HOLSK OF HF.PRFSCNTATIvas. <). W. Potts, J. Harry Foster, t_ tar * * jqo. ?. nauiei, Geo. W. Jones. for clerk of court. J. F. Gregory, L. M. Clyburn. FOR HRKRIFF. J no. 1\ Hunter. FOR TREASURER. W. C. CuutheD, .Ino. D. Taylor. for auditor. Joo. A. Cook, J. Wylie Porter, H. H. Horton. FOR COUNTT SUPERVISOR. L. J. Perrv. M. C. Gardner. I FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. A C. Sowell, W. M. Moore. TOR CORONER. J. Montgomery Caskcy, John King. A Card from Treasurer Cauthen. To the Democratic voters of Lancaster county : Owing to my well known physical disability, I am not attend- 1 ing the county campaign meetings ; but instead, as a matter of simple justice to myself, I am having the following letter read by the chairman of each meeting : 1 am sorry that 1 cannot be at your meeting today. It would afford me great pleasure to be there, for I always like to get out and be among the people ; but, having to travel tne way I do, I cannot make the county canvass. My strength is not | equal to the task. You will ap < preciate this fact, I am sure, and will not allow my interests to sutfer on account of my absence. During the time I have beeu 2.. (12 I t - J - 111 uuio i uitvu inua 10 give you , fiithful, efficient service; to be ou baud wbeu wauted and to know what to do and how to do it when you come; to have everything ready and to wait on you quickly and make do mistakes?and iu every way possible I have tried to give you satisfaction. If I have succeeded, I hope you will see fit to support me agaiu. For it means a great deal to me. It means the chance, the opportunity, and pleasure, to work and make my own way as other men do. But you all know me, you i know my condition and circum- | stances, and I know you, and 1 trust the matter to you, knowing ' that you will do the right. With gratitude for the sup ' port you have given me in the I ? _l - pahi, sua assuring you or my , sincere appreciation of the sup- ( port I feel sure that you will give me this time, I am, with 1 ever? good wish, Very truly v<JUr friend, * W. C. CAUTHEN. The first hnie of cotton raised in Richland county was received t Saturday hy D. Crawford & Son k It was raised and marketed by * Mr. A. G. Clarkson, of Water- f ree.?Columbia Record, t Cotton Situation. Spa'.Uoburg Herald. Just enteiing on a new cottoi ci??p. it is well to take u calm, un biased view of thj situation les we yield too much to manipulate! figures of either the bulls or beats The department of agricultun has estimated the acreage for thi year at 31,731,371 acres, and tlv only other problem to bo deter mined is bow much of a bulo po aero the south will average thi year. Looking back over ten year? we find that the crop has vane from 7,157,000 bales to 11,275, 000 hales, but this large variatio was caused chiefly by the ambs of acres, as the bales par aer hare only varied from 37 bale t .48 bale. It is fair to assume then that w will ruise somewhere betweeu .3 and 0.48 bales per acre this year The following table skows th size cf the crop this year, hgure at the number of bales per acr for the last ten years: No. bales i Bales would giv raised on 190 1 Year. Per arm Averntr 1894 0 48 14,600,C< 1895 0 88 12,050,00 1890 0 40 *2,370,00 1897 0 49 15,200,9'J 1898 0 48 1 \ftOO.OG 1899 0 44 13,960.00 19(H) 0 43 13,640,90 1901 0 39 12.370,00 1902 0 39 12 370.00 1903 0 37 11,740 00 From Ibis table we see tbat) we raise 0.37 bale per acre, lb smallest amount ia ten years, w j will yet have a crop of 11,750, I 000, whereas if we raise the max imum amount we will bare 15, 500,000 bales Taking the aver age it would give us a crop o 13,600,000. close study of the monthh condition reports of the agricultu< ral department faila to produc< any tixed rule, except tbat th< condition invuriably decline: sharply after the August report which is due probably to the facl tbat the plant does not look as wel when the cotton matures and th< leaves fall. The amount raisec per acre seems to be less depond> t>nt on the October condition re port than upon the August condition, as is shown by the follow ing table. August Oct. Balet conui- condi- fei Year. tion. tion. Acre 1890 80 1 60 7 .31 1897 86 9 70.0 .4; 1898 91 2 75.4 .41 1899 84.0 62 4 45 l9M 76 0 67 0 .41 1901 77.2 61 4 . 31 1902 81 9 68 3 .81 1903 79 9 64 8 31 The year of the largest yield per acre was 1898, and 1903 produced tbe smallest yield. It is interesting to compare the monthly condition reports of those years with 1904: Year. 1904. 1898. 1903, June 83 0 89 0 74 1 July 71 C 91.3 77.1 August 91 6 91.2 79 1 ? off ..... .... I i7 , O OA 4 October 75 4 64 S Would Not Keep his DoorShul Atlanta, Ga., August 21?A qurrel about an open bedroom (ioor led to the killing of Frank E. Brett, a traveling salesman, by Andrew A. Walliae, superintendent of the Florodore T*g Company, here today. Brett bad been in the habit so it ii claimed, of leaving the door of his room open when bo was un? Jressed. Walline had remonstrated with him about the matter on >everal occasion** and a renewal )f a ouarrel enrlv m-Jtv 4 W -"*? " J WWU? frVU n the killing. senator Hoar's Death Expect*! at Any Moment. Worcester, Mass., Aug. 22.? seator Hoar is resting comfor" ably at D p in but is gradually {rowing weaker. His death is leurly expected. Happei ogs io Tbe State. ' Aa Chronicled by the Alert Correspondents of the Colombia State. i ? NEGRO KILLS A NEGRESS 9 Charleston,Aug.22.?Information s was received here today of anotk* a er tragedy at Meggetts. Thomas - Simons, colored, killed Mamie r Adger, a negrcei, last night and a succeeded in making me escape. i, accidentally killed. Lexington, Aug. 22.?Mr. D. Edward Shealy, the foreman of n the Holhy saw mill naar Hoi* 1 ley's by an inserted tooth flying e from the saw striking him in the 0 stomach and passing nearly through the body. He lived enlv 0 a short while after the accident. ' Mr Shealy was a young man,pos' sibl5 24 years old, and well res* 0 eected in his community. d e " Latest War News?United it States Trying to Preserve e Neutrality of China4 e Shanghai, Aug. 22.?The Jap0 anese torpedo boat whose arrival here caused great excitement o left the harbor today with die1! patches for the fleet now off the 0 mouth of the river. The tor? o 0 pedo boat came iuto Shanghai ^ presumably for the purpose of attackiug the Russian ship Askold which took refuge there after the naval battle of August 10th. The American torpedo boat destroyer went in ahead of the Japanese boat and Cook a j position betweeu it and the Askold, and no attack was made. The Japanese boat was stripped ^ for action. AMERICAN ADMIRAL TAKES AN B 1 UNMISTAKABLE STAND. B 8 Shanghai, Aug. 22.?The American war vessels here have | a full head of steam up, and the 1 gun sights have been placed in i position. Admiral Stirling, in I command of the American squadron, is determined not to let the Japanese vessels molest the Russian cruiser Askold and Torpedo boat destroyer Grosovi, which have been ordered by the taotai to leave here. Admiral Stirling has, also, otfered to escort the Russian vessels beyond ? the three mile limit. ITALIANS ARK WITH US. Rome, Aug. 22.?It is announced today that the Italian squadron in the Far East has been 01I dered to cooperate with the Americans to maintain the neutrality of China. > Tbe .Japanese Losses. [ Rome, Aug. 22. ? A telegram [ received todav says the Japanese ) lest in the last assault on Poit I Arthur, 2.500 men, including 1 sixty three officers. t OA0TORIA. B?ir? th? j>9** W TOtt H3H AlWIfS BQC?h Shot Hie Wife By Mistake. Charleston, S. C , Aug. 22 ?Id , Bruneon , Aampton coanty, last . night, J. B. Bennett shot bis , wife. He was awakened by a noise he supposed to be rate, and, looking toward a window in their bedreom, saw some one whom be supposed to be a burglar. Drawing bis pistol from under bis pillow, be shot what prored to be hie wife through the heart. She died instantly. Mr. Bennett was inan)iAato/i in a m%% ? A . ?- 2-? 1 OOr .hi|/iiv?i?u iu m uiuiutl IB lOUtf and was pardoned on condition tUat he should never return to the State, (lis wife ban bean living near Branson this year, and it eems thatBennett has made viaits to her, and some of them quite prolonged. A WORD r AK1 Is what we art sti itors and our aim interest of every < giving him or her money. No quofs approve of such, ? five advertisemen and at l-2the val nonsensical talk will say that we ! enough to live on. and it will be bacl that we will make of our competitors which can not be i Remember our /t i ? ? oi slices, which ai THE BES I Every pair guar solid leather eouu | pair prove to the I a new pair. 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