The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, November 23, 1904, Image 2
THE LEDGER.[
TRDRLOW S. CARTER,
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EDITOR AND MANAGER.
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IUUKU WKDNKSDAY AN D SATURDAY
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1904
SUBSCRIPTION $1 60 PEP YE Ml I
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"Cotton Crop Estimate?. j
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L'nder date of Saturday last,
Latbuin, Alexander A: Co , have ()
issued a circular in which thoy os- (
timate the cotton crop for 1904
1905 at 11,300,000 bales, this re- (]
suit being arrived at by figures ^
submitted by?'reliable and intolli- y
gent correspondents in every cot- j.
ton growing county in the South- t(
ern States." The firm states that s
it?"etIorts to obtain approximately n
correct results have been as diligent
and thorough as it was t
possible to make them, and the
following table is the result:
Estimated i r >p. Cro,?. ^
Htates. 19J4-!9I5 1903-.1904
Alabama 1,150.000 1,00#,000
Arkansas 800 009 705,00.)
Florida 60,(MM) 55,000
Oaorgla 1,650 000 1,825,000
Loutaiana 900, (MM) 824,000
MisaiBelppi 1,500,000 1,387,000
North Carolina 640,000 543,000
South Carolina 050,000 825,000 i
Term A C AOkTy 550.000 451,000
Tex and I ml Ty 3.20J.OOO 2.8^6,000 '
P.timula.l )/>).>! It '(III) linn in nil mm '
It is added that the "gathering *
n o
season has been exceptionally line J
in all sections and the cro^ thus
far has been secured in good cuu- 1
dition and marketed rapidly, on
account of urgent deinunds from '
spinners, who carried over very 1
small stocks into the new cotton 1
year." '
In connection with this cstimute of
the New York firm of 11,300,- 1
000, it is interesting to note that !
A. J. Vick of the firm of Hayward 1
Yick & Co., leading cotton doal- (
( . era of New Orleans, while in the 1
city yesterday stated that he did 1
not believe the crop] would bo
over 11,250,000 bales, and that
in view of this indication the price
hould not be less than 10 cents.
A special telegraphic canvass *
made by The Journal of Com- 1
1
merce, of New York indicates a 1
crop of 11,275,000 bales. These c
three estimates seem to be un- 1
usually close together. ?Charlotte 1
Observer. 1
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Former Greenville Woman Mur- *
dared In Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20.?
News wai received in thia city *
toaight of a double tragedy at *
Kenneeaw, 58 miles from Atlanta s
on the Western and Atlantic v
railroad, in which J. it. Butler
of Augusta, an engineer on the c
Central of Georgia railroad, had a
shot and killed Mrs. Lola Green 1
of Atlanta and mortally wounded *
himself with the same pistol. '
The tragedy occnred in a hack in *
which the couple were riding to ?
the depot to catch the train to
Atlanta. The exact nature of
the trouble which led up to the 11
killing and suicide is unknown. n
Mrs. Green came to Atlanta from sl
Greenville, S. C. "
TO CURE A COUGH ii
The coughs ?o prevalent these days d
usually develop before you realize .
what hat happened. Now the best tl
thing to do Is to take the most reliable
cough cure you can get. None betlei
than Murrays Horehouud Mullein
and Tar. It is made of the purest in- (|
gredlents and can be given to infants
as well as grown people. Above al| ^
else It CUKEri. You will find it at
11 druggists. 25c a bottle?extra large J1
bottle. a
-Tax Notice. f<
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Notice is hereby given that the (
time within which Town taxes
can be paid without penalty expires
on Nov. 30th instant. The
tax books are now open at the i
office of C. D. Jones, Esq., Town '
Treasurer. If not paid on or before
above date, executions will
issue for taxes with costs and P
penalties. R. E. WYLIE, ?
Nov. 21. IQ04. Mayor.
ix- Governor Thompson
Dead.
ormer South Carolina Executive
Passes Away at His Home in J
New York - Funeral in Columbia.
New York. Nov. 20 ? Hugh S
'hompson, former governor of
outh Carolina, died at his res',
ence hero tonight. Ho was horn
11 Charleston, S. C , in 1S3G. In
eceut yenis'ho was comptroller
f the New York Life Insuranco
Company.
No funeral services over the
tody of Mr. Thompson will ho
iciu m iins cuy. 1110 iioiiy win
to taken to South Carolina from
ere at 3.25 o'clock tomorrow afeinoon.
No arrangements for
erviccs in Columbia have been
mule, except that the interment
(ill take place ou Wednesday afornooti.
Quarrel Over The Propriety Of
Asking A Negro For A
Match Result* In A Fatal
Stab.
Huntington, W. Va.. Nov.
20. ? Anthony Martin was stabbed
;o death on the itreet to.day by
Durnie Coon, son of Couucilman
fohn Coon. Martin and Samuel
Ltitteukouse, wuilo walking along
ike street stopped a colored man
ind asked him for a mutch. Coon
was pnasing in the opposite dir- |
action, und he nuulo the remark
that no gentleman would ask a
negro for a match. The men
2ume to blows, and Coo* stabbed
Martin to death. Coon also plunged
his knife into Rittenhouj?
uukiug an ugly wound in the neck
nut Le will recover. Coon walk3d
up street with a bloody knife
n his baud and surrendered to tko
nolice.
Youog Man Kills Himself.
Asbeville, Nov. 20.?John O.
jf rimes a well-known young man
)f this city, employed as bookceeper
in the nursery department
>f the Vanderbilt estate, at Biltuore,
couamited suicide this rnornug
between 10 and 11 o'clock by
aking poison and then plunging
nto the river. It is said that a
ove affair is responsible.
KILLED BY A WOMAN.
Due West, S. O., Nov. 21.?
3ennett Haynes, a young man
rom lloneapath, was shot and intantly
killed last night by a young
roman, who lived in the red light
list riot. Haynes, with several
tber young men were carousing
ibout the house, which has anyhing
but a good reputatino, when
hey became mixed up in a row.
'he young men were drinking,
he women were in bed, and anther
homicide h isbeen added to the
>ng list inSouthCaro/.int's record.
The woman who did the shootig
is only 18 and had a seven
tenth's old baby in her arms as
be passed through he-eon her
my to jail, she did not seem to
ealize her position and was laughs
ig at the by-standers joke9. The
eceaied war. a widower of only
tiree weeks.
? It was found necessary Thursay
morning to remove the hand of
t:,... *t: f> 1. -L.
ii?b iuujuiu ivushvii, who wan in?
lied at the College Saturday
fternoon. The operation wai per3imed
by Dr. VV. G. Stevens, agisted
by Drs. Hirschrnan, Miller
ad Lynn. The patient is doing
icely.?Rock Llill Record.
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f Aei'voiiiA.
emh th? /> ^61' "d Vou lia.fl Always Boc?fn
? Me are celling a great many
joods regardless of cost. Come
ind see before you buy.
Lancaster Mercantile Co.
Sequel To Tatuall Tragedy.
Eugono Edwards Avenges The
Murders Of His Brothers.
Macon, Oa. November 20.?
Additional reports of the trngody
in Tulnall County, Oeorgiu Saturday,
in which A. J. Edward*
was killed nnd Coy Edwards beaten
by the negro Dftvis, ?>ny thut
the wife nnd mother of the two
men notified Eugene Edwards of
the occurence when ho roturned
from a hunting trip.
He started in pursuit of the
negro, catching him just as the
negro got even with ft man named
Wray who was driving a wag
on. Edwards fired, tho load
striking the negro, who returned
the fire. The negro dodged behind
the horses1 head nndEdwards
behind the tail of the wagon.
With Wray ducking between
them, they fired as they caught
sinht of each other. Edwards
was wounded in the face by n
splinter knocked from the wagon
body by una of Davis's bullets,
but the boy kept firing and reloading,
using bird shot. Not
until the third load struck the
negro did he reel and stagger to
the roadside, whereupon the boy
run to him and emptied both barrels
of bib gun into his body.
Then lie jumped upon the negroes
body and slumped out any
life that remained.
A great crowd gathered and
wanted to burn the body of the
uegro and lynch his family. A
counsel <f cousins of the Edwards
family pi evented this however
though the crowd was particularly
incenso d, because it was said
that Davis was from Bullock
County, where ho had belonged
to au allege! "Before Day Club"
that was said to have brought
about the murder of the Hodges
family and the burning of thefr
i home.
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Fire at World's Fair.
St. Louis, Nov. 19.?The Missouri
State building at the worlde
fair, the original cost of which
was $1-15,000 was destroyed by
tiro as the result of an explosion
of a hot water heater in the basement,
and the llauies spread so
rapidly that they could not be
checked. The heaviest loss was
the contents of the structure
which included oil portraits of
II! ! * ^
Missouri governors and supreme
Court Judges.
Small Blaze at Clemson.
Clemson College, Nov. 20.?
Fire broko out in the main building
of Clemson college at G 30
o'clock this afternoon on tin
north stairway, but effective work
by the corps soon extinguished it.
6'nly slight damage was done to
tko stairway and coiling. The
origin of the fire is unknown but
is supposed to have been caused
by rats cutting a match.
CASTOR IA
Wwr IaJaata and Chlldraa.
3.
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Booker Washington Sends *25.
Atlanta, Ga , Nov. 20.? Hooker
T. Washington, president of the
Tuskegee Normal an 1 Industrial
Institute, at Tuskegee, Ala , has
contributed his cheek for $25 to
the fund no.v being raised for ttie
erection of a monumenf to the
memory of General .John B. Gordon.
- The Ledger, The Atlanta
Journal, Seini weekly, and The
Southern Cultivator, all three
one year for $2., but must be
| paid for in advance.
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W
EVER OF
Our Mr. Hcj
North, where ]
in dress goods
merous to men
BS
Being the pre>
ill those two si
ed Cheviots an
shades. Our 1
right up to tht
wish in that lii
Jackets and O
think the preti
this market,
preciated and
' W e are still
clothing mann
more. Also A
lenburg & Co.
terns in browi
call tor. All
we do not dres
isfied for any <
We are still h
DOUGLAS,
Shoes, which s
lilies thai are i
r yover, have i
our Lawns, Pi
and make a pi
some price.
Furs, which a
for the Fall ?1
in October, 5
dirtily invited.
that will satisf
<
past patronage
we are,
r
-mii
Lai
LIME OF
IY GOODS*
FEKE1) TO THE
ith h as just return
lie seoopccl in some st
and lots of other bai
tion.
10WNS AND GREE
colors, we b<
tiades in Mohair, Cri
icl Whipcords. Broa
lotion department is
3 notch, and anytlii
ne we liave it. Tailoi
apes. A tremendou
tiest and cheapest e1
An inspection of san
will insure us a sale,
CLOTHING
handling the celebr
ifactured by Strouse
l. B. Kii sell ban 111 &
,, and other lines. ]
is, grays and any co
we ask is to give us
hs you up, we will Ik
of our competitors to
andling the
GODMAN, and DR
ire three of the best
manufactured- Not v
decided to sacrifice tl
ques and Veils, <
irehase for surely tl
Ju?*t received a b<
re very cheap. Be
illinery Ope/dn^ firs
th day. All the la
Groceries of all kit
y the inner man. Th
! and hoping for mor<
Youri? to >
ufc k Ira
NCASTER S.
PUBLIC.
ed from the
artling values
rgains too nu
NS
ought heavily
avinetts, Mixidcloths
in all
complete and
ng you may
r macle Skirts,
s line, and we
ver shown on
tie will be ap?
ated high art
& Bro., BaltiCo.,
and SnelBeautiful
patlor
you may
a look, and if
* perfectly sat,have
the sale.
EW SELBY
and strongest
?ishing to cart
41 ! ?? <v?? I I
IV |ll It/L tfll till
ome at once
iiey will go at
utiful line of
sure to watch
t Wednesday
dies are coriids
and such
lanking all for
u in the future,
ierve,
liikc.