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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-09-26
- 10 PER ANNUM
The Cotton Mill Problem.
Three quarter Time at the New
berry Mill Owing to the Dis
parity in the Price of Cotton
and the Manufactured
Products
Special to News and Courier.

Opeclal 10 News and Courier.
Newuerry, September 2O-The
only factories in the United States
today that are Increasingly run
ming at their fullest capacity, day
and night, are said to be those
that manufacture tools for the
destruction of human life. As
reported in The News and Courier
yesterday the Newberry Cotton
Mill will run for tho present on
three quarter time, owing to the
disparity in the price of cotton
and the manufactured products.
The question now is, will cotton
be forced down or will the price
of the mill goods 90 up? 1t will
take wise management to tide over
the difficulty. The Newberry
Mill would lose $500 a day run
on full time at the present status.
While some of the mills Of the
country, notably the Sibley and
tho King mills, Of Augusta, and
other mills, have been shut down.
President McCrary, of the New
berry Mill, looking to the inter-
est OF the operatives as we'll as to-
the success of the mill, has cut off
only one fourth of the time, which
arrangement will hold as long as
in his Judgment, is necessary.
Fortunately y he has supply of
cotton on hand to meet the ener-
gency, so that, while the loss will
not be great to the operatives in
dlvldually, they will bear their
proportlonate share with the man.
agement.
Higher wages are paid here
than in the other mills OF the
State and the rate is never de-
creased, rs in some mills, when
the cotton goods market is de-
depressed. President McCrary
can he depended on for wise man
agement in the present difficulty.
This difference between cotton and
cotton goods cannot last. Cotton
must be forced down or the price
OF the manufactured article must
be forced up.
The milling situation is good,
compared TO what the calamity
and panic would be were all the
mills short on cotton, as are the
two Augusta mills above mention
ed. Mr.. McCrary is IF tie opin,
ion that the disparity betw cen
cotton and cotton goods will be
dropped at an early day, when
the present abnormal conditions
will cease and all the mills can
resume full operations at a profit
TO themselves and a benefit to the
entire help.
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Tragedy in Columbia,
Howard Allen Shot to Death on
the Steps of "A Gambling nouse
The Slayer in Jail.

Howard Allen, young married
man of Columbia, 5 c., WAS shot
and killed on the stairway of II
gambling house in that city, kept
by Brooks Harley, Sunday night
at $3.50 O'Clock. The State of
Monday says;
"lt appears from the story of
Mr.. Brooks Harley, who was
with Mr.. Allen when the shooting
took place, that three young
white men named Smith, McEIroy
and Sims, who are suld to he from
Savannah, came up to the place,
and were ordered to leave by Mr..
Harley. They went outside the
door of the main room, and stop.
ping, Smith told Mr.. Harley that
he would not dare to come outside
and repeat his orders. Mr. AL
len preceded Mr. Harley ont of
the door, both going out. AS
they reached the head OF the stairs.
Smith turned throwing his hand
back with a pistol in it, pulled the
trigger and the bullet entered Mr.
Allen S abdomen at the navel. 90,
ing through his body and landing
Just under tho skin of his back.
Tho three men ran peII nell down
the steps. Mr.. Allen threw up
his hands and cried, I'm shot
Then he walked down the side
piazza back Of tho head of the
staircase and into the principal
room, where he fell.
MIR. Harley says he had a fow
days ago received a letter saving
those three fellows we're here:
hat they had come here to run q
policy shop; that thev were
thieves, and he should look out
for them. He said he had tried
to find the chief of police yester-
lay morning to show him the let
ter, but had been unable to 40 so.
Last night they had come to his
place and had been ordered out.
Then he told the story AZ related
above"
Later Smith was arrested and
allied. The two mon with him
nave not yet been apprehended.
Aliens wife was with him when
&c died and his mother arrived
soon after. His father was q well,
locomotive engineer and (
ne was for several years times |
keeper in the Southern Railway
shop at Columbia, but abandoned I.
his JOB about three years ago to
lead q sporting life. He has
brother, Albert Allen, who is
now at work in the Southern
shops at Spencer
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Bar Fixtures Seized.
Valuable Furniture of Prosper
Gus Tiger Taken by Con-
stables.
Special to The State.

GreenyilIe, Sept "a. dis
pcnsary constab bios raided the res
staurant of Lewis Simmons on
Washington street this afternoon
and seized "a quarts of whiskev,
together with the bar fixtures IN
the restaurant. The whiskey and
fixtures were confscated and re-
moved to the court shouse. Con-
stables LaFar, Cooley and Alton
with police officers Dawson and
HoIcomb, made the raid and
searched the premises A war>
rant has been sworn out against
Lewis Simmons, keeper of the
restaurant, and will be served to-
morrow.
The fixtures seized cost $1,000
originally and now valued at $500.
This is the first time bar fixtures
have been seized here for several
years. j. A. H.
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MIR Walter Patton while in an
old seed house near his home at
koddey's last Saturday ras Bit
fen on the middle finger of the
right hand by highland moccasip
that was coiled in one of the cor-
ners of the building. He at once
sucked the wound and spit the
blood and poison on the ground.
The wound on the hand gave him
no trouble, but the next day his
throat was swollen and he suffered
considerable pain. This condition
continued, his suffering became
severer and Or FenneIl vas called
and ne deemed an operation on
the throat advisable. He is still
suffering considerable. - Rock
Hill Herald.
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Killed his Little Brother.
Special TO The State.

Special to The State.
Spsrtanburg, Sept 24.-This
afternoon at 5 O'Clock a nhite bow
named Tom Watts met with a
tragic death near the city limits
Ho was out hunting beyond Mr l.
r Farley's place, over two miles
from the city accompanied by his
brother, a young man named Joe
Watts. Joe Watts carried shot
gun and was walking in front of
Tom. In passing through a gate
the trigger of the frearm by some
inexpIics5ls means caught to
piece Of wood and the weapon
was instantly discharged. The
load took effect 10 the left side of
the unfortunate boy, just behind,
and he only lived 80 minutes.
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Five Piedmont Mills Reduce
Working Hours.
Special to News and Courier

Special to News and Courier.
Spartanburg, September 90 -
Hours have been reduced IN five
OF the cotton mills which were
making heavy goods for export
to Eastern markets. The demand
abroad is SO light that the goods
arc accommodating and they are
not wanted at home. But with
that reduction of time the EN-
pIoyees will make living wages.
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New Restaurant.

l have opened up first class
restaurant on the corner opposite
P"ag 4 Harper's ginnery. Meals
served at all hours of the day. No
drinking allowed in my establish
ment. | also keep a line of heavy
and fancy groceries. Call in
when You come to town.
.*T Highest price paid for
eggs and all country produce.
5. Cherry.
Sept Il, 1900.
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Letter to Rev j. III. Boldridge,
Lancaster, - e.
Sept II, 1900.

Dear Sir:-'The Golden Docn
Its the nickname they've given
the dog on the label that goes on the
l. u Nj Paint cans. House>owners
say that he is golden to them for
he covers the paint that lasts them
longer and costs them 'ess than
thin paints or white lead. There
Is a reason for it. We put our
whole business energy into making
the best Paint, the cheapest paint.
the only paint that stands the ad-
dltlon of large quantities of linz
seed oil. We don't ask YOU to
take our word for it, but put an
Insurance Guarantee on every
can
Please oblige us by obtaining
our color card from Messrs Craw-
ford Bros. Yours sincerely,
LONGMAN & MARTINEZ.
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Mine Riots.
ONE MAN KILLED AND A
LITTLE GIRL BADLY
HURT.
Twenty, Five Hundred Soldiers
Guarding the Mines and
Union Workmen.

riotous men near here this after
noon, killing two persons and
wOunding seven others.
Sheriff Toole and Deputies
O Donnell and Brenneman were
called to Shenandoah today to
suppress the mobs that threatened
mine workers and coIliery prop
erty. At quitting time three dep
uty sheriffs and small posse
whom the sheriff had summoned
on the ground went to the Indian
Ridge liery of the Reading
company to escort the working
men to their homes. The collierv
is located a short distance east of
Shenandoah.
The workmen left for home
shortly after 4 o'clock. They
walked up the middle of East Cen
ter street and reached the Lehigh
Valley railroad. Here had gath
cred a large crowd of Poles,
Slavs and Huns, men, women and
children, who lined both sides of
the street. A shot rang out from
a saloon. This was followed bv
a shower of s.ones. Many of the
crowd had picked up stones and
sticks and were acting in threat
enlnY manner. Seeing this the
sheriff, who had previously cau-
toned his men to keep cool and
not Use their fire arms, command.
cd them to fire. The crowd pur-
sued the sheriff and his posse to
the Ferguson house, where thew
took refuge.
Sheriff Toole shortly afterward
telegraphed to harrisburg and
asked that a detachment of troops
be sent here.
Shenandoah, Pa, Sep 22.-Gen
CODY and staff arrived here before
daybreak and established tempo>
rary headquarters at the Mountain
house. At s O'Clock the Twelfth
regiment arrived from Pottsville
The Fourth regiment is on the
way. Battery & of Philadelphia a
will be here in few hours. TIE
governor says the troops fro
Harrisburg will bs in camp by
nightfall. Col Richardson, who
is in charge Of tho movement of
troops, rays by nightfsll there
will be 2, 500 soldiers under arms
in this dis trict
Gen Goblin, who commands the
Third brigade, announced today:
Our duty il plain. The
troops will protect lives and
guard property"
The general says he has the stu
alton already we'll in hand. The
streets are filling with people
again. The Huns and PoIes from
Mine, who took part in yester>
days rioting, look sullenly on,
but make no show of resistance
t 0 the soldiers.
RIOT AT PITTsoN.
Plttson, Pa, Sept %. Several
strikers were hurt here today in a
riot in which strikers and non
union men engaged. The wound
cd men are being secretly cared
for by their comrades.
$1,000 MORE HAVE QUIT.
Scranton, Pa, Sept 22.-More
than 10, 600 men quit work today
tying up the entire Ninth district.
ALL QUIET NOW.
Shenandoah, Sep %. All is
quiet this morning The man
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Notice to Debtors.

All parties indebted TO me are
requested to settle at the earliest
opportunity as | need all the
money due me. Respectfully,
j + Rutledge, Dentist.
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b"aeate Your Bowels with Cascarsts
Candy Cathartte, ouro constipation forever
too 100. II O. G. @. fail, s-uGgists refund usoney
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NOTICE i!

10 the taxpayers of Lancaster county
The Treasurer's Office will he omen
for lhe collection "f taxes Tor the iscn!
Near 1900, ON the 18Th day Of October
and will close the 3lst day of Decem-
ber 1900
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Send to Secretary Holloway At
Pomaria, or to w & Flenniksn.
Columbia, for Premium List.
Do not delay to do so.
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The One Day Cold Cure.

For colds and sore throat use Kermott's Choco-
lates Laxative Quinine. Easily taken rs candy
and quickly cure.
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Arrange ydur plans early to
attesd the 32d Annual State Fair
at Columbia, Oct. goth to Nov.
81, inclusive.
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The LEDGER.
y h1Es0w s. Carter.
EDTTOR AND MANAGER.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1900.
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All Through the State.

&
Minatola is to be lighted with cleo.
.tricity. the dynamo having already ar
rived.
Many 3rmers in Gloucester County
are making their W fertilizers for
next season owing to the advance in
prices.
Forty-nine people around Alloway
have signed the pledge, as the result
Of temperance meetings being held
there.
The people Of Even and Redwood
are protesting against paying taxes to
help maintain the electric lights at
Mullica Hill.
1t is said capitalists are negotiating
for the old window glass works at
South Glassboro. The plant has been
idle for several years.
During a coughing spell. Miriam
Pierce, colored, Of Bridgeton, burst a
blood vessel and blea to death before
a physician could arrive.
The sweet potato crop in Gloucester
County is the largest in years.
Hog cholera is carrying off hogs
from among the farmers about Bridge
ton.
a supposed mad dog stirred up much
excitement at Palmyra and Rivert0n.
About twenty CANNES were bitten. Al
though hunted by a crowd of men, the
dog escaped.
Lew Meyers, Emerson Lippincott
and Charles Peacott have been held
TO await the action of the Gloucester
fyonufv Trend 1y1rv ohorOod with a
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The following excerpt from Marga-
ret Macaulay's little volume on her
brother, which was printed in 1864 for
private circulation, shows Macaulay's
cat-like ability to fall on his feet: One
day Tom said jokingly that there are
some things which always inclined
him to believe in the predominance of
evil in the world. Such, he said, as
bread always falling on the buttered
side, and the thing you always want
being the last you come to. Now, /
will take up volume after volume OF
this Shakespeare to look for Hamlet
You will see that l. shall come to 1t
the last of ALL The first volume he
took opened on Hamlet. Every one
laughed. What can be a stronger
proof of what / saidy cried he; for
the first time in my life 1 wished that
what / was looking for would come up
last, and for the first time in my life
it has come up first "-Argonaut.
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The Funeral Of Gensra1 stryker.

The funeral Of Acknowledgement
William s. Stryker took place with
services at the First Presbyterian
Church. in Trenton. The funeral was
q large one, and besides the military
escort was attended by a large number
of prominent persons of the State.
Among those present were Governor
Voorhees, and the four living former
Governors Of the State, Newell, Lud.
low, Werts and Griggs. The Second
regiment, under command Of Colonel
Gilmore, acted as an escort, and
Major-General sewell and his staff, as
well as nearly all the officers Of the
State National Guard, were present
AS the funeral left General Stryker's
residence a Major-Generars salute was
fred from the State House grounds.
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PiTH N POINT.

visitorl"And who are you, my little
manw Cuthbert with conscious
pride)-"I'm the baby's brother."-An-
swers.
Lady-.You here again? Well. / in
tend to give you a piece of my mind"
Sandy Pikes-sCan't. you make it a
piece o pie, Lady,"
"a girl admires a mans strong will
before they are married" say the
Chronic Bachelor. "Afterward she
calls it ~stubborness."
you'd die for me, you say,
And your utterance strangely thrills
My heart; but one question
Have you coin to pay my bills"
Chicago Daily News.
"What ais Mrs. Miggs?' ..She says
she spent the whole afternoon making
that cake, and the family gobbled it
up in fifteen minutes..-Chicago Rec
ord.
Patient -"Great Scott, doctor. this
bill is enormous. I'll have to starve If
I pay it" Physician-"That's all right.
my dear sir; dieting is just what you
need"
Talking about distant relatives, I've
discovered that / have n more than
I thought / had" who is thasf
my brother Will. l tried to borrow a
sV' from him."
MI. Freshleigh,n said the business
man to his clerk, Il wish you would
take this bill and try to collect it."
"No sooner said than dun murmured
Mr.. Freshleighr
She-"I heard that you said / re-
minded you of the North Pele. Don't
try to deny it." He-"Of course 1 did
You are SO sought after, you know
Indianapolis Press.
To write a verse is often worse
Than poets think; for while they write
it.
And they are quite content to write,
Another fool wants to recite it.
Philadelphia Record.
"No, Tommie, dear, you don't get
any more jam. Next time. when you
have been a very good child. you get
some more" Say. mother. do you
think it will keep so long?'-Brooklyn
Life.
''Why did you print that poem !"
asked the friend of the i~mpecunious
editor; sit was the worst l eve read"
81 know replied the editor. "but the
idiot sent stamps fer its return, and |
needed the stamps Philadelphia
Record.
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ava,nest Man i'm Twenty s~tories.n

The elevator boy in a great Broad.
way building was talking land a New
York Tribune writer was listening):
Ibid you see that fellow looking at
himself so admiringly in the glass COM
ing down. He's the vainest man in the
twenty stories. I've picked out all the
passengers who like their looks the
best, and | know who is the champion
glass user on every fioos- There are
over 300 men and 100 girls who ride
up with me mornings. The men have
twenty-one first prizes for cenceit, and
the girls have only three. The girls
never look in the glass unless they
are sure I'm not looking II | was as
pretty as the typewriter j n 40G would
never go away from home. I'd stay ID
aud just look at myself"
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Condition of the States Finances.

State Controller Hancock has sent
bis annual message to The Governor,
showing the condition of the State
funds at the close of the fiscal year
ended October 81. At the close Of
business that day there was a balance
In the State fund Of $2.OO5, 222.16. The
largest single item going to make up
this balance is the moneys received
from the licensing of corporations dur
ing the year. The amount received
in this way was a trife short Of
100000 as against upward of $780,
GOO last year. During the year charters
were granted by the State to 2012
companies. About 200 Of the cor
porations chartered had each a CAPT
t~alization of $1,OOO.OOO or more. The
capitalizations ranged all the way
from a few thousand dollars up to
$3.50. 900. 900.
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Open Season In the State.

The open season for killing rabbit,
squirrel and quail in New Jersey has
begun. The woods and fields through
out the State are filed with enthusi-
astic sportsmen and their dogs. Mon
mouth County is perhaps the best
cunning ground for rabbits. The sea-
son coming ten days earlier than usual
this year, and the fact that the wealth
er throughout the fall has been mild
will interfere with the sport because
the game is running slowly. Squirrels
are quite plentiful, but are not in con-
dition on account Of the mild weather.
Quail are plentiful in sections of Mon
mouth County. but many of the birds
are not full grown.
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Paterson Opera House Burned.

The Opera House, on Main street,
at Paterson, was destroyed by fire. A
high wind was blowing, and the fire.
men had great difficulty in saving adj
joining property. At n time it
looked as if the whole block would
De destroyed. After the fire had been
blazing half an hour a portion of the
south wall fell and crushed in a part
of the roof Of an adjoining building.
occupied by Joseph Donahue as a
saloon and billiard room The opera
house was a three story brick struc-
ture, built in 1865, and was owned by
q stock company. The building was
valued at 5000. Donahue's loss is
estimated at $1,000. Both buildings
were insured.
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PRINTING
PRINTING
DONE
Neatly, Cheaply and
ExpeditionsiI-.---...
AT THE
RECORD OFFICE.
ON THE FARM AT THE CLOSE OF DAY

|
o the farmers boy is bringing
Up the cows,
But the birds have ceased their swinging
On the boughs;
He can hear the squirrels chatter
AS If something were the natter
While the chestnuts pitterpatter
Through the leavesi
While the big, red SUE is sinking,
While the old COW bell is clinking..
He Is thinking, thinking, thinking
And he grieyes.
Far ava the peacock's calling
To his mate,
And the night is falling, falling,
For it's latei
ON the slope the light is dying,
High above, the geese are flying,
And the wind goes sobbing, sighine,
Past the Lad,
As if in moEning, as if grieving,
For some pleasure past achieving
Or some error past retrieving
All, how sad
Summers flowers have departed, ~
And he goes
Onward, homeward, heavy-hearted.
With his woesl
There is sadness in the lowing
Of the cow and in the flowing
VI the water that Is gong
Going where?
On the hill the shocks are cleaning
Where the sun s last rays are stream.
ing
And they stand like old men dreaming
Sadly there!
All, the day is dying, dying,
And the year
Soon with others viii be lying
In the reari
And the boy goes growing, grieving,.
Not for triumphs past achieving,
Nor for errors past retrieving
Here belowi
He has had to pass through brambles
In his quest and in the rambles,
In his hurryings and scramblesE
On his toe
There's a bruise, and there are scratches
On his legs in bloody batchesi-
Ills no poets view he catches
We must blame the briar patches
FOR his woe.
E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald.
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. AGRICULTURAL )
ksNNNN@xxAANNNHHeN
Fsycing Beans in Houses.

Feycing Beans in Houses.
Beans may be easily forced in houses
where cucumbers are growing, using
rich, moist soil and strong bottom
heat. They are usually grown in pots.
three or four plants in a six-inch pot.
they make a very rapid growth and
the green pods are fit to use in from
eight to ten weeks from the time the
sedd is sown. While growing, the
plfnts should be sprayed with water
frequently, as they are very subject to
thf attacks of red spider. The bean
IS self-fertiie and needs not be polli-
mated by hand.
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Making a Rock Garden.

For those who have a proper ioca-
ton, there are few more interesting
features of outdoor gardening than
the rock garden when the moss pinks,
columbinas and various spring flower
ing bulbs are in bloom. Mostly hardy
plants are easily raised from seed, and
a healthy Seeding plant, though it has
not bloomed. is preferable in the long
run to any other. There is no serious
check in traRsplanting, neither has it
been weakened by lowering. The best
time to SOW seed would be as soon as
gathered, but we usually have too
much hot Weather at that time, and it
is best to wait until q cooler time in
the fall. Where there Is a greenhouse,
they can be sown in winter, but it is
2 better to get them large enough
r in old frames, where they
start much earlier than out
doors, and they can then be placed in
9heir permanent position as soon as
che ground permits. If grown in the
greenhouse, they need as careful hard
ening off as il not hardy, for they are
made tender as any plants by their
treatment indoors. Some seeds, such
as Aquilegia, Stuarti. Aglandulosa, an
thericums, ~hellebores, Rosa rugosa,
and usany others, terminate much bet
ter If subjected to frost while in the
eaxth. and herein is one of the main
kantages of sowing early in fall
GrDet. in Orange .Irdd Farmer
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NEWS OF THE STATE
a TechnIcality saved His Neck

William III. Allen, colored, who
pleaded non vult to murder in the see
ond degree, was sentenced to thirty
years in the State prison by Justice
Dixon at Paterson. The Judge told
the negro that a technicality had saved
his neck.