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WK.PNKSDAY, Al'Uil. 12, 1905.
THE WAR.
Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron
has reached the Far East, and
a great battle with the Japanese
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is regarded ac imminent, as the
opposing fleets arc reported close
together. The Russian vessels
passed Singapore Saturday afternoon
without stopping. The
fleet consisted of six battleships,
nine cruisers, eight torpedo boat
destroyers,three volunteer vessels,
sixteen colliers, one salvage ship,
one hospital ship, and three Ham
burg-American liners. What the
relative strength of thcRussian and
Japanese squadrons is at this time
a mere conjecture, but it is likely
that the Japanese ships arc in belter
shape for fighting than the
ships under Rojestvensky, for the
latter has had no opportunity to
clean the bottoms of his vessels,
while Togo's ships went into dry
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Arthur. St Petersburg is joyous
over the way in which Rojestvensky
evidently fooled l ogo by talcing
the most direct course to
reach his destination, and thereby
throwing the Japanese admiral off
his guard. It is perhaps a little
too early for the Russians to place
much store by this, for when the
two forces do meet, they will
likely find that the Japanese have
not been negligent of their counthc
Russians arc basing a great
hope on the arrival of their squadron
in the Far Fast. They probably
figure that with a decisive
victory for Rojestvensky, they
would he in much better position
rcgaading the bringing about of
peace than at present, with no
battle worth the name during the
entire war to their credit. The
most surprising thing about this
naval development is that Rojestvensky
actually continued his
journey until he reached bur
Kastern waters.
There has been little doing in
Manchuria during the week, a
ft\\\f nnin\t?Afl ^1 .?. !? 4 ~ ?
v..? > i mj'ui iHI11 tiuMica tawing
place here and there, but nothing
in the nature of a battle developing.
The Russians are still sonic
distance south of Harbin, which
is doubtless their ultimate destination.?Charlotte
Observer.
Safe Blowers Guilty.
Charleston Robbers Convicted by
Jury in Federal Court.
Special to The State.
Charleston, April 10.?The
I.atta postoffice robbery case was
I'iven to inrw it* tlir*
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States circuit court this afternoon,
after occupying the attention of
the court for three days.
The jury returned a verdict of
guilty on the three counts?conspiracy,
breaking into the postofce,
robbery-against Morgan,King
and Rudolph Rabens and not guilty
as to Cluis Rabens. The jury
was out less than two hours and
but for the recess of the court 1
the verdict would have returned
in even less time.
District Attorney Capers asked
that the court do not pass sentence,
since the defendants with
others are to be tried at once on
the same counts in the case of the
Kingstrcc postoffice, and Morgan
is to be tried for the Knorec postoffice
robbery, for which four of
the Noland gang are now doing
time in Atlanta prison. Mr.
Hughes gave notice of a motion
for a new trial in behalf of Rabens.
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!t?y9ro'*?sttt OiXIniv
last Saturday, ;1
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A lUbU unci Plag weffl present-11
od by ilie Juniors to the Dixie (
School, April 8th. The very i
name of Dixie carries with it t
something that stirs the people fl
up to <luty. Wl y is this T? f
Thero tire so tunny. Toasous that t
I can't give them all. One grand I
reason is, Dixie reaches from 1
the clear flowing stream of the r
Potomac to the Rio Grand, tak- a
iug in the Sunny South, where v
the cotton grows, blooming
white today and rod the next.? c
Rater on the bolls ripen and open d
in the sun shine, whitening in h
the night . The great fields shine r
so white to the Northern t
traveler, as he looks up to the q
the great pot-shaped sky as v
it hangs over our heads, and sees e
what is called the milky way, e
that he has become to think it is b
ouly the reflection of the great o
cotton fields in the lands of Dix* I
ie. d
Rut this Dixie that I shall tell
about is a little place eight milos g
eust of Lancaster C. H. The a
gathering was for the purpose of h
placing a flag on their now d
school house and a Bible within, t
Something new to our people. VIt
seemed like Providence smiled r
on the occasion. The sun rose a
beautifully that morning, and s
everything looked lovely. The t
gathering of the crowd commen- t
ced early in the morning. One
thing was noted : when a Junior t
came his wife and children were i
with Vim ; the young men gen- 1
erally with their sweethearts. (
Some came m wagons drawu by 1
fine mules. Where the people '
came from? Some from Unity, *
some from Camp Creek, others
from Tabernacle, Bethel, Dwight
Union Fork,, Hill. F.lfnn and
elsewhere. By ten o clock the *
crowd numbered some where in
the hundreds. The Junior Or- (
der was called to assemble in 1
their new hall, by Brother B. F. ;
1
Adams, who was master of ceremonies.
First, the Jr's marched 1
from the new hall to the old *
school. This was called a 1
"smoking parada," all with cob 1
pipes. On arriving at the old ''
school building we found the
students of that well-trained (
school already formed, with 1
teacher standing at the head of (
the column, with her friend, 1
Miss Naunie Marks, of that *
grand old county, Mecklenburg, 1
N. (/. M iss Shearer, the teacher. 1
is from Cherokee county, S. G.,
and is one of the best teachers
iu the county. Too much can- '
not bo said in praise of her. She
I is an endless worker : seoma now.
er to tire in trying to advance 1
her pupils. After three cheers 1
were given by the school child- ^
ren, they then marched in a 1
body, headed by their teacher,
to the new school house, to act a
their part in the exercises of the v
day, which they did well. The v
exercises were then commenced "
by prayer by the Rev. Winn, 1
followed by a song by the ^
school. The first speaker intro- *
duced by B F. Adams was T.
M. Btilk, who delivered an address
of welcome in a graceful
manner. IIo told of the progress o
tb i* county for tho last twenty I I
years. Then same A. 0. Rowell ^
with a short address. The Rev. a
?
W. VVinn, in presenting the ^
Flag and Bible, held the audience
at least one hour. He on- p
COliraged parents to n
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children to school. Next the 11
Flag was raised by H. C. Steele ?
and \V. G A. Porter. Then the
"Star Spangled Banner" was r)t
sung by the school. Mr. E . B.
Linglu then spoke in behalf of 01
the school. His talk was very
impressive. Then W G A Porter, j(
in behalf of tne trustees, thanked
the Juniors for the beautiful Flag ()l
and Bible. He said the Bible {)t
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vftsj ho# tidVv, rtbd hoped \I*<\C !
llOto wis not a llbbso Id the land j
>ut that had onb iu it \ bHt When
le pointed his flngfef tit ' Old
jilory," as U waved 60 feet high
n the air, he gently reminded
ho audience that it was only one
md a half uiiles to where eighty- J
our brave Virginians gave up
heir lives that we might be free,
^lext J. IS. Wilson who called on.
le made a short talk. Fie is the
nau who organized the Order !
md he should be proud of the
irork ihoy are doiLg.
This euded the speaking. The omtnillee
on arrangements for
linnet* asked all the people that
wrought dinner, as it was the
t quest of the Juniors, to spread J
heir dinner together, which re- j
[uest all agreed to. The spread 1
van something like fifty or sev- ] (
nty five yards in length. After
verythiug was in readiness
ilessing was asked by that grand H
Id man, Rev. Mr. Duffey.?
everybody was invited, and all
lid eat. Plenty was left.
Diuner over there was a
;eueral greeting of old friends 4
nd forming new ones. Not a
oud word was heard during the
lay. Nothiug occurred to disurb
the lnppiness of the pootie.
As the sun sank slowly the rowri
began to leave for home,
md State Organizer J. S. Wil011
and others left for Rich Hill,
o organizj a Junior Ordor
here. J
Wake up, Antiocb, in tne in- |
erent of schools. Keep in bne
vith Dixie and Richliill, roll
)acic y our little house, build you 1
)no up-to-date. You have one ,
)f the best locations in the cnun,y.
Well, Mr. Editor, I must
jtop for this time. P.
Court in Chester.
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Chester, April 9 ?The work
:>f the Court of General Sessions
ivas concluded Saturday afternoon,
lfter a week of hard work. Judge
I'urdy has made a splendid im- j
prcssion upon both the Har and ;
:hc public, and his manner of dispatching
the business of the Court
las been cause for much favorible
comment.
The following parties, all colorid,
were sentenced to hard labor
n the penitentiary: In the case )f
Ed Walls and Robt McCorkle,
:harged with killing Jim Dixon, 1
lie former was found guilty of 1
nurder, with recommendation to
nercy, and given a life sentence.
McCorkle was acquitted.
Ike Hemphill, for killing Jim
Moore, manslaughter, sent up for .
ive years. * 1
Girard and Frazicr Gist, breakng
into Southern Railway cars,
ilcaded guilty and were sentenc- .
'ft to ton iiifl ? ? *
- ? uiiu v.i^iii jcars, rcspcctvely.
Robert C. McCarter, white,
.lias Carter, indicted for bigamy,
vas tried in his absence and a
'crdict of guilty rendered. A
lumber of other cases of minor
mportance were disposed of.
)ne murder case was continued
ill the fall term.
Letter to Ceo. C. Heath.
Ixmcaater, S. C.
Dear Sir : The late president "J
>f the Croton River bauk, ho
Irowsters.N Y., built the finest J
louse in all that region, in 1884,
,Ild it- "'Ui ~
r ?r i vii nrr?\j-fiiHl*UII
t a cont of $100?the house cost
31,000. U
Io 1887?three years?he reainted
it wiih I)evoe at a cost
f $350. In 1897 this paint was 4
i good condition.
Lead-and-oil, $400, three years.
>evoe $35,0 ten years. J
Yours truly,
5 F. W. Devok <ft Co.
Lancaster Mercantile Oo. soil
nr paint.
? The Ledger, The Atlanta
otirnal, Soini weekly, and The
outhern Cultivator, three
le year for $2., hut roust he
lid for inudvance. v ' i
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decidedly
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All the Ladies
selves openly til
CAEAPEST LI
Knowing' these
just enough to u
DEEPER, so tli
We set out for bti
fair and squar
are strictiv in
honest dealing
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in all the leadii
nred Mohair, in
ges?just up-toskirts.
Also a
ribolines, Soicsi
vass weave, me
and voiles. Th
right thing for;
"to heat the ha
for we have in 1
tempt you.
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Our MISSOA
the North with
['or the coming
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;fied that tl
the best a
of
RING GOOE
red to the
5 are pleased, and i
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facts makes us 1
uake us cut prieei
iat 110 competitor <
isiness. and 011 business princi
e dealings will hold trade, kno
it. We have always advocate
s to all.
resS Goo:
ig shades, Kolinuc
ixed ehevoits, suit
date tiling for lat
beautiful line ofta
atte, white and col
rceeised oxford, c
ese goods in all eo
shirt-waist suits.
ncl," and anything
this line, and pri
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season.
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expressed tlieni
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an toueli us.
pies, and if
w that we
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, plain and figrings
and serlies
suits and
iftet a suitings,
orcd lines, eanotton
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