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THFLEDGER.i 1WJKL0W S. CARTER, " EDITOR AND MANAGER. ISSUED WEDNESDAY AND BAH ItDAY SATURDAY OCT. 1, 1904. L-I-L...X , * g BUBHOR1PTION $. MPF.n YEAH t % XT A rrmir a mi/1 rr ivn - t 1. |\ I\IVI f f For President, ALTON B. PARKER, of Now York. I For Vice-President, 7 i HENRY G. DAVIS, ' \>t West Virginia. Trouble In Darlington. Gov.llejward last night rectiv- 0 V ed from the sheriff of Darlington v a telegiam suggesting that the rijrlivirrinn Onn.ilo U.J I,?11?1 - ? I A/aiiiuKiVU VIUUlUO UtIU UUtlt'I UU C ordered out to nrotect the person of Sam Marks, sent back to Carlington Tuesday to be tried on the charge of having murdered Mr. v Hillary Langstou. Gov. lleyward is not disposed to think the people of Darlington are so full of vengeance that they would not lot tho law take its u courte, especially ns iho crime r was committed but a short time 1 ago and the trial will bo h speedy v one, in due course of law. But v in order to give tbo prisoner all possible protection, he complied ^ with the request of Sheritt Scar- fi borough.?Tho State. Monument to Andrew Jackson. Although the birth place of An t drew Jackson has never been es 2 tablisbed, we learn that the state- r ment -was publicly made at the. ^ unveiling of the Polk monument 1 near Pinevil'o Monday thut the f Mecklenburg chapter, D. A. R , r will in the near future erect a ? nonument in the Wtxhaws (form p rly in Mecklenburg county) lo n former President Jackson. c it woul 1, indeed, be somewhat j odd should the Lancaster county o chapter likewise mark the birth- p place of Jackson with a monument v oa South Carolina soil. ? Fort Mill i Times. ( ? g Hen Bennett Brought Back. ( rl Sercreunt C. C. Roberts at rived .( from Suvannuh last night with ^ Ben Bennett, the Hampton man ^ who was secured on extradition s papers charging him with having ^ taken the life of his wifo. Bennett was placed in the penitentiary * until his case comes np at the next ioi ui ui L'uun. Gov. Hey ward yesterday held ft r onfereoco w.th Mr. Jamos E. H Davis, solicitor of the aocood cir- G euit, in regard to tho case of Ben c Beonett. Mr. Davis will prosecute tho prisoner for tho killing of his wife. In case thro prisoner should be acquitted, there will bo comphcati >ns. Bennett was ar Tested on Georgia soil, and Mr. Davis thinks that the defence limy be set up that ho was brought to this State by force and that r therefore he is not iu arrest for i/\n kiu %\am/\1/\ U . ?t?. v lumiKiu ui mo j'uiuii;. uuwcici j j tho gorernor of Georgia granted f his extradition on both charges, t violation of parolo and the killing L of hia wife.?The State. v whatTs"life v 1q the last analysis nobody 1 knows, but we do know that it is under strict law. Abuse that law ?ven slightly, pain results. Ir* regular living means derangement 1 of the organs, resulting in consti- ' pation, Headache or Liver trouble v Dr. Kings new life pills <]uickly * re adjusts this. Its gentle, yet 1 thorough. Ouly 25c at Crawford * Bros. J. F. Muckey & Co , ?nd j Fnnderbiirk Pharmaey. Happenings in The State. Is Chronicled l?y the Alert Cor respondents of the Columbia State. GIN UOC9E 1IURNED AT CLl??. Clio, Sept. 28.?JetT L). Edens ;in house with 12 bales of coton, two fine grns with presses, ran burned this evening. The iroperty was insured for oneonrth of its value. Wade H. Latham. Camden, Sept, 28. ? Mr. Wade i. Latham, third son of Alder unn S. B. Latham who dropped lead about three weeks ago, died lere today at hulf past 2 o'clock. IAOISTRATK YOUMANS ACQUITTED. Manning, Sopt. 29.?The trial if Magistrate Youmans, charged nth the killing of .John R. Keols, rhich has been in progress here ince Tuesday morning, was conluded this afternoon. Aftor renaining out six minutes the jury eturned a verdict of not guilty. VHITK MAN CONvioTtSD OF MUKDKK IN MARION. Marion, Sopt. 28.?The court if general sessions has adjourned ind the prisonors have been car.. ioil In tlin iWMlitnnlinriF nr ?onl I ~ J ?"? WW... u the county chaingang. One rbito man tried for murder and vntj cod dieted with a iccommcnlation to mercy. A negro, char;cd with rape was iikewise found [Ui'ty and also got the benefit of , recommendation from the jury. PASSENGER CAR SPLINTERED. Latta, Sept. 2S. ? Monday tight through freight train No. 110, running at the rate of 40 niles an hour, crashed into the mssenger and express cars of the ^atta Branch, which contained ive passengers, and as a result he passenger car was completely pliotcred, the rear end of the exiress car torn to pieces and thrown cross the track, and the engine if No. 210 was badly damaged Engineer Leon Pearsill of No. ! 10 was badly injured. The mssengers on the Latta Branch rere Willis Finkled and E. II. ?homasson, telephone linemen; )llie Barsh of Newberry, Cal Le ;rand of Clio, carpenters and C. Sr. Bruce, merchant of Mallory. Mioraasson and Barsh were badly ojured, though not fatally. The rack was not cleared until 3 'clock this morning. The wreck eems to have been cause 1 by con icting orders. [OR FORCED COLORED l'REACHOr TO I.EAVO HOMO. Cbosterfield, Sept. 2i>.? As u esult of the dislike of a certain et in the community for the col red Presbyterian minister a row I of unKiiown parties went to he pursonuge Into last night, roko down the door aad shot nil hrongb the house, lie escaped vithout any injury and left town oday. After leaving his home ho mob shot into some other no;ro houses and as a result a good nany negroes have left town. Lno oetier class of wbite people are rery much aroused and will help >ush the euse nguinHt any thut are ound to have been members of ho crowd. The negroes seem to indcrstand that tbo better class of vh?t9 people are in sympathy vith them and are taking the mater as quietly as possible. Used For Pneumonia. Dr. C. P. Bishop of Agnows VIich., says, 4'have used Foley's Honey andTi r in th?-ee very severe cases of pneumonia with rood results in every case " He !usg suosliiulos. Sold by Fundci >urk Pharmacy. Ft a r .1 n er ? "X a ? u e rt >???? th# most Coaling salvo in t* ? world. Japmse Threaten Mukden Vla?".\ jtok Hears that Port Ar thur ('an Hold Oat Three Months Longer. Cruiser < Meg Damaged. There continues to he a deart of news from the armies in th far ea.^t. Reports from Russia sources tell of terrible ravages b disease in the Japanese armies The Liao river is said to have bee dammed abreast of Li-io Yang i order that the flooded countr may protect the loft flank of th Japanese army threatening Muk den. In St. Petersburg it peem to be the expectation that Ger Kuropatkin will not make a stub born tight for the possession c Muxden, Vladivostok has hear that the Port Arhtut garrison 1 confident of being able to hold ou three months longer. Anothc stroke of misfortune has befalle tho Russian navy in an accider to the cruiser Oleg, which wa nrrlfirnd tn bo rpftilv ahnnt thi time for sea with orther ships c the Baltic squadron. Repairs t the Oleg will probably detain he at Cionstadt for six weeks. Senator George F. Hoar Dead. Worcheeter, Mass , Sept. 3( ?George Frishie Hoar, ionic Doited States senator from Mas sichusctts, died at his home i this city at 1.35 o'clock th morning. The end followed period of unconsciousness that ha continued since early Tuesday Tho attending physicians despaire of the senator's life six weeks ag< A New tlersey Editors Testinu nial VI. T. Lynch, Editor of tt Philipsburg, N. J. Daily Pos writes: l"have used many kinds < medicines for coughs and cold i my family hut never anything s wood as Foley's Honey and Ta I cannot say too much in praise < it." Sold by Funderburk Phai macy. NOTICE! To The Taxpayers of Lai caster County. f n accordance with the act of Hi Legislature to raise supplies for tl fiscal year beginning January Is 1004, notice is hereby given that tl Tieaaurer's ottica will be open f.?r tl collection of taxes without pentll from tie 15th day of October, 1004 u til the 31st day of XLoeinber, 1004. The levy is as foljows: State Tax 5 noil County tux 4>\ mil Coust'tu'ionul school tax 3 mil Special County tax [int on C & C H R b >ih1h 3 mil Total 15 1 mil 1 uii i<JWKinni|? 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