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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
THE PROFITS OF COTTON
MILLS.
a Mill IN the Piedmont Region
Has Made One H"ndred Per
Cent. This Season.
Free Lance.

Spartanburg Free Lance.
To give II tangible idea of what
is being made by the cotton mills
in this Piedmont region of South
Carolina, we submit some facts,
which we are prepared to sub
stantiate, as,to a certain cotton
mill in this section At the be-
ginning Of the last cotton season
(abOut October 1st, 1899 this
cotton mill had on hand about 8,
600 bales of old cotton, bought
the previous season Mt the low
prices then prevailing Believing
that the cotton crop was short
this company bought 13, 600 bales
of the new crop Just as rapidly as
money could get it into its ware-
hous es. The cost of this cotton
when stored, all charges included,
was less than 81 cents pound
Sin &c the time of the purchase of
these 13, 900 bales cotton has
greatly advanced in price, and if
this mill should now sell its cot
ton and not spin pound of it the
profits from the sal Q of the raw
cotton would enable the company
to declare a dividend of 33t per
cent. on IFS entire capital stock.
But by converting this cotton into
cloth and selling the cloth at
present prices this cotton mill
company will realize a net earning
of 100 per cent. To make the
matter perfectly plain: Suppose
that these 16, 900 bales cost on an
average of 6f cents per pound,
and that the cost of manufacturing
the raw cotton into cloth will be
- cents per pound, making a total
cost of 10t cents per pound.
From this cloth when sold the
company will realize 25 cents for
every pound of cotton used. De
duct from this the cost of the raw
cotton (63 cents and the expenses
OF manufacturing same (3i cents)
making total OF lOt cents, and
you Will have a net profit to the
mill of 14f cents per pound.
These Is, 900 bales, at 500 pounds
t" the bale, would aggregate s,
600, 900 pounds, which at 14Y
cents per pound would net the
company 81, 100000. You can
deduct from this the cost of hands
Ing, Insurance, repairs, etc, and
still the net profits will be more
than million dollars; and we
would add that this mills capital
stool is not n million dollars. If
there is any other industry paw.
ing 100 per cent. on the invest
ment we would be glad for some
OF our readers to call it to our at
tention.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
b O'Dell Duncan Dead.

Charleston, April 2.-Ex Con.
sui b O'Dell Duncan died sud-
denly last night at his home in
Nswberry, S &. He was a men,
ber of the reconstruction conven-
tion of this State, and was AFTER
wards appointed by Grant as
consul to Naples, where he served
II years. In 1880 ne was trans.
ferred to Smyrna and two years
later to Naples again, and retired
in 1884, having since lived quietly
at Newberry.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
Cotton Mill at Kershaw.

There is every reason to believe
that the kershaw people are go
ing to build a S15O,OOO cotton
mill. Mr.. j r Ashe, of York
vile, and j NJ Heath of Lancas-
ter, arc both heavy subscribers.
Citizens of Kershaw are promis
inc liberal support to the enter
prise. 1t is expected that an ap-
plicutiOn for commission will be
made within the next few days. -
Y"rkvilIe Enquirer.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04

Mrs. Polly Vinson, rslict of the
late Thomas Ninson, died at her
home in Buford township last
night. She is sister OF the late
j f lrby. She was about seventy
five years old and was faithful
member of the Methodist church.
Funeral services will be held at
Pleasant Grove church to. morrow
at ii o'clock. Monroe Enquirer.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
Fire in Rock Hill.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Rock Hill, March 29.-There
was big blaze yesterday even
inc about S O. clock which every-
body thought was the Carolina
hotel. 1t proved, however, to be
the stables and barn of Ratteree
Bros which stood almost behind
the hotel 1t was burned to the
ground in short time without
catching any CT the adjoining
buildings. All the horses we're
gotten out. The barn was pr city
wcit stocked with feed stuff.
Loss, about $3.50. Insured
with Hutchinson & Cherry for
81, 200.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
TIL f REMARKABLE CASE OF
PlNCKNEY SIZEMORE.
Accused, Unjustly, of Stealing a
Watch He Fell Dead. Burial
Postponed Because Of Doubts
of Death.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
GreenvilIe, April 2-Thc sud-
den death of Pink SiZemore on
Friday afternoon in the Office of
Magistrate MauldIn was unusually
sensational in itself, but after it
was known beyond question that
he was dead and the coroner's
jury bad rendered a verdict in ac-
cordance with the facts, n still
greater sensation was the outcome
of q report that Pink Sizemore
was yet alive and in the flesh, al
though the spark was very feeble
and imperceptible. 1t seems that
the arrangements had been per
fected for the funeral yesterday
afternoon, when from some cause
1t was decided to postpone the in
terment, and after this was de-
cided upon DR. W j BramIett re-
ported to the cit, authorities last
night that there was canse for
serious doubt whether Sizemore
was actually dead. He bad
examined the alleged corpse, and
while there were many of the
usual tokens of death, his Joints
were supple, his flesh was warm,
and mirror placed over his
mouth revealed slight moisture as
if he had breathed upon it. This
discovery of DR. Bramlett set
things awry so far as the burial
of Sizemore was concerned, until
the evidences of his death were
indlsputable, and GreenviIle was
on the verge Of the biggest sensa..
tion in its history, but the whole
thing vanished into thin air this
frosty morning when it was rem
dered certain that the coroner's
inquest had made no mistake, aud
that the unfortunate Sizemore
was cold and stiff in death beyond
the shadow of doubt. The
family was convinced that there
was not a sign of life, and the
preparations for the funeral were
completed early this morning,
the body being taken on the
Columbia and Greenyille train to
Pelzer, where the burial took
place this afternoon.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
HERMAN KING CONVICTED
OF NUMBERING MABRY.
Result of Fourth Trial of cele e.
brated Case. Recommended
to Mercy.
Special to The State.


Greenwood, March 31-The
celebrated King case is at an end.
The jury was out only about three
hours and brought in verdict of
equity, with recommendation to
mercy" This was the fourth
trial, and much interest was taken
in the case by the whole com>
munlty.
On the 3oth day of August,
1898, Herman E King shot and
killed his brother in law, Taylor
w Mabry, at Hodges, because
King alleged that Mabry had rob =
bed him of his wife.
At three subsequent trials the
jury failed to agree on a verdict,
but at the fourth attempt the
above verdict was rendered. The
plea of monomania was set up by
the defense.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04

There are signs sure and un-
failing that the farmers who raise
cotton are entering into the grand
business combination. 1t is not
exactly Il trust for farmers are
the unrelenting enemies of trusts
and they are fighting under the
black flag. There is no surrender
in them. One of the objects of
this business combination is to se>
cure better prices for corn, wheat
and bacon, and IT, keep cattle on
the bull side of the market. They
propose to accomplish this by
raising about twelve and half
million bales of cotton this year
and nothing but some special act
of Providence in the way of
climatic disaster will thwart them
In their purpose. This organlza-
ton has no grips, passwords and
secret meetings but the work is
going on all over the Southern
States. Carolina Spartan.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
WOFFORD STUDENT IN |
JURED.
Mr. Jacob Golightly Fell Of
Church Steps. and Broke
Both Legs.
Special to The State.

Spartanburg, April 2.-The
student body was grieved last
night ut the sad news that pain.
ful and serious accident had be-
fallen Mr. jacob Golightly, of the
freshman class.
MIR G"lightly has always been
compelled to use crutches on ac
count of deformed limb. Last
night he attended services at the
Baptist church and was in the act
of leaving the building. He
came to the top of the steps lead>
ing from the building, but was
unaware of the fact and stepped
of into space. He received a
very severe fall and sustained
three fractures of the lower limbs.
He is now at the home of his
parents, near the campus.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
STRAIT FOR CONGRESS.
1t is Thought That His Attack on
McLaurin Will Help Him.
Fort Mill Times.

DIR. Il j Strait, of Lanca ster,
sent word to the editor of this
paper Il few days ago that he will
he candidate for the Democratic
nomination for congress in this
district this year. As yet it can
not be fOretold with, any degree
of certainty who will receive the
nomination, but there are those
who claim that on account of the
doctor arrangement of McLaurin
t wo years ago he lost a great
many votes in the last congress.
sional primary which he will be
able to command this year, for tre
reason that McLaurin' recent
ant-Dem ocratic proc ivities have
entirely vindicated every charge
made by the doctor. Enpassan
it might be observed that footing
stars Is no more stupid employ
ment than that Of certain news
papers in this State which are
making effort to explain away the
mistakes of our junior senator.
Fort Mill is a representative South
Carolina town of 1,SOO popula :
ton, and there are not in thI,
place a dozen electors who will
ever again vote for "curly- haired
Johnnie"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
A TRUST OUTWITTED.

An interesting account OF how
the farmers and the retail dealers
of Iowa circumvented a scheme by
which the cordage trust expected
to fleece them last year is given
by the Iowa State Capital. The
trust advanced the prices of binds
ing twine heavily on the ground
that as the Philippine ports had
been closed the price of jute
would go up.
The farmers and retail dealers
in binding twine knew that this
was mere pretext and instead of
paying the trusts advanced prices
they organized to save themselves
from the plotted extortion.
The dealers IN Iowa induced
those of the other western states
to join them in an agreement not
TO buy their stock at the usual
time IN the early fall, but to hold
out for reasonable prices.
This combination worked so
vel that the cordage trust was
compelled to keep it's warehouses
stocked at great expense for sew
eral months, while no sales were
made, and they seemed likely, to
lose their market altogether.
Finally, when tho need of cash
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04

A gentleman informs us that a
hen in Chesterfield county, S G,
laid 362 in 365 days. That hen
did some wonderful laying or
some one some wonderful lying.
The hen is dead. Her last lay
killed her. Monroe Enquirer.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
Burned to Death.

Special to The State.
Ninety Six, March 26-Miss
Emma Cheatham, young lady
living near this place, while in a
convnlsion, fell into the fire and
was fatally burned on the 9th.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
COTTON PLANTERS

who are interested IN high prices
for cotton next fall can hear of
something to their advantage by
sending postal card at once to
THE ADAMS COTTON CO.,
Charleston, S. G..
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
NO RIGHT TO UGLINESS

The woman who is lovely In face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be
attractive must keep her health.
If she is weak, sickly and all run
down, she will he nervous and
irritable. If she has constipation
or kidney trouble, her impure
blood will cause pimples, blotches,
skin eruptions and wretched
complexion. Electric Bitters is
the best medicine in the world to
regulate stomach, liver and kidneys
and to purify the blood. 1t gives
strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth,
velvety skin, rich complexion. 1t
will make a good. looking, charm
ing woman of rundown invalid.
Only so cents at Crawford Bros
Drug Store.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
Was Judge of Probate and
Master for Oranseburg
County.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
SHORT
In Official Funds But Amount he
is Behind not Known. Was
Popular and Liberal.
Special to The State.

Orangeburg, April 2.-The
sensation-and one regretted by
hundreds of this county-of the
city for the last two or three DAYS
is the unaccountable absence Of
Henry H Bruins n, Judge of pro-
bate and master. Without, it
seems, giving the slightest inti-
nation to his family and friends
of his purpose to do SO, he left
the city on last Sunday morning
on the Atlantic Coast Limo train
at about 6 o'clock a m, going
south, and was not heard from for
a day or two, when, it appears,
some mem Der of bis family re-
ceived q letter from him post
marked at point in n different
direction, in which he said that he
would probably never return to
Orangeburg. This is rumor, but
it is true hat his family knows
little, if anything, about his ac-
tions after his departure Sunday
morning. It was first thought
that he had gone to An uncle in
the lower part of Barnuell coun-
ty, but this is no longerDbelleved.
The clerk of court is now in
charge of the office. and under
the law will probably perform
the duties till an election is held
by order of the governor.
MIR Brunson has hold the office
for about FIVE years end six
months, and the present term
will expire IN 1909 therefore,
the governor cannot ill the vacan-
cy, the unexpired term being
more than a year.
The bondsmen employed at
torneys who have made an inves-
tigation, which shows about
IS. 600 shortage on account of Of
fetal funds. It may, however,
take an official and lengthy in.
vestigation to determine accurate
ly the amount MIR BrunsOn is be
hind.
Mr. Brunson became prominent
and influential in public affairs in
the county during the revolution
of 1890 90, and besides at once
getting what appeared to be a
paying clientage as a lawyer,
was elected to the office Of iud ge
of probate, to which were at
tached the duties of master in
equity, the combined fees making
it a very desirable position. This
sudden elevation to political in
f1uence and official Importance his
friends fear had something, if
not all, to do with his unfortunate
fall.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-04-04
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ssss; 's: Of lZMzzzN
Three Men Killed In q boiler Ex-
p!oslon.

Atlanta, Ca, April 2--An so.
borse power boiler, weighing
several tons, exploded this after
noon at the G 0 Williams Lum-
ber company's brick yard, killing
three white men and Oinluring
several others.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-06

Ibe Grand Boofjack
- 10 the Queen.

THE Grand Bootjack to the Queen
will soon be a guest of fashionable
society at eastern watering places. In
spite Of his somewhat suggestive title,
the grand bootjack" is by no means
a mental. He is indeed an earl and
one Of the proudest in the peerage of
Scotland. His own title is Earl of
Rothes, and his court title is one
which comes to him by inheritance
from an ancestor of five centuries ago,
who was made "bootjack' to his ma
jesty Of Scotland. The earl is only
twenty years old. Until he married
the countess he was very poor, but his
father-in-law, the famous plush Ed
ward" manufacturer of plush, gave
him enough money to restore the state
of his ancient house and enable him to
support his title in style. Earl Rothes
and the countess are now making a
tour around the world.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-06
Field glasses Endanger omcer.


In spite Of the many precautions
taken by the English in South Africa
with regard to dressing their officers in
exactly the same fashion as their men.
so as to avoid the Boer sharpshooterS
picking them out and shooting them,
the casualties among the officers have
by no means been diminished. The
reason for this is that the enemy's
practiced eye has discovered that field
glasses are used only by those in
command, and as the suns rays prac-
tically heliograph to the sharpshooters
when glittering on the glasses the po-
sition of the British officers, the dan
ger to them remains the same. This
is how the earl of Airlie met with his
death, not by g. stray or chance bullet,
but by regular shower of lead shot at
him through the reflection of the solar
rays onto his field glass. 1t is claimed
that when Sir George Colley lost his
life on that fatal crest of Majuba hill,
which proved too hot a place for the
English years ago, the bullet which
killed him drove some Of the glass
from his military telescope into the
wound, from which it would appear
that field glasses were even then /,
s.ngularly dangerous landmark.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-06
she idea that he was the Lincoln Park

she idea that he was the Lincoln Park
elephant. He got down on his hands,
and knees and befors anyone was
aware that he was insane he had chill
dren piled all over his back and was
crawling up and down the street Civ
ing the little ones a free ride.
A few years ago homeless wanderer
suddenly went insane on South Clark
street. He at once became possessed
with the idea that he was an Indian
cigar sign. So with one hand lifted
high in the aid as if it were holding
tomahawk and with the other posed in
front of him as if holding bunch of
cigars the man took up his station in
front of tobacco store. He stood there
stolidly for nearly an hour and half
1t finally required the services of three
policemen to remove the cigar sign to
patrol wagon bound for the detention
hospital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-06

and papier mache, illustrating in an
extremely realistic manner all the
tortures inflicted by Chinese law. It
is far more horrible than the Cham
Der Of Horrors at Nine. Tussaud's.
Here you see representation of q
man being sawed in half and another
being slowly ground to pieces on a
grindstone, and so on.
Ho-si-Wu is a town of considerable
size about fifty miles from Pekin.
Anting is small place on the rail-
road some fifty-four miles from Tien-
tsin, which may figure N the march
Of the allies.
At this point the natural route OF
the army turns westward. Feng-Tai,
seventy-four miles from Tientsin, is
situated on top of a ridge, from which
Pekin comes suddenly into view. The
sight of this great and mysterious city,
with its walls and quantity rooted
temples, is one that cannot fail to
create deep impression upon the
traveller. 1t makes one think of trav-
eler in ancient days coming in sight
of the sacred city of Jerusalem. >
Here is the Grand canal which is
great artificial waterway connecting
Pekin with Nankin. 1t is carried be-
tween entertainments which rise high
above the surrounding country. In
times Of peace the canal is covered
with vast fleet Of junks. some Of
which are bigger than large ocean
steamer. They draw as much as ten
feet of water. and have an immense
length and beam. The famous west
gate of Pekin is the one through which
the ordinary traveller from Tientsin
makes his entrance. The gate has
the thickness of New York city
block, and in the passage through it
there are a dozen gates of different
patterns, some opening in the middle,
some working on hinges, and others
falling like porticullises. The walls
rise to a height Of eighty feet, and
over the gate there is temple hun
dred feet high, with trees growing
around it on top Of the wall.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-06
wAs"pEsEEvED SHAMEFUL"
And She Communicated Her w oes by
Letter to the Minister.

ana she Comm unfcRted Her w OeS by
Letter to the Minister.
Perhaps no class of professional PEG.
pie receive such numbers of strange.
pathetic and oftentimes humorous let
tiers as do clergymen. To them the
minds of the writer's are freely CD.
ened. A woman who apparently was
not successful in a matrimonial ven.
ture wrote the following to a certain
divine:
Dear Rev. frend-You may remem.
ber of marrying me about yeer ago.
and alas little did think then that
would ever set down to rite this, but
such is the case. the man was fool
enough to give up good COB in fac.
tory WHARF l got my seven dolers
week and marry was as big skally.
wag as ever walked on two legs. ]
don't know WHARF he is now an !
don't want to know. He went of six
hunts ago an l was in luck to git
red of him so ety. He deserved me
shameful. Sed he was head boss in
place WHARF he was only janiter and
otherwise lied. he was n g right
strate through. drove my ducks to
dern poor market when l TUX up
with any such trash as him. But l
amt one to set down and fuss about
what cant be helpfed an amt shed a
tear over him an amt likely to. MY
objeck in ADDRESSING you is to know il
you are still living so l can call "a
you to prove you married me if sui
for bill agin him. 1 read of a min.
lister of the same name as yours dyina
last week and | want to know il il
was your or no. / will be dredful sorry
if you are dead for it may make it hart
for me to git my bill as the other two
witnesses was his kin and like as no,
they would sware they never see uj
married. That's what comes of marry
ing into family of liars. If I ever
see you 1 can tell you things that will
make your hare stand on end. Now
let me know if the man that died was
you or not and keep me posted WHARF
you are anyhow for l am bound to
have BILL
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-09-06
Gold is Scarce. Suicides
Common. and Starvation
Imminent.

has been brought down. One vessel
Nome gold, l happen to know, only
had $4,000, and that was taken on at
st. Michael, from up on the Yukon.
I never saw a more respondent lot OF
people in my life than I saw on the
beach and along the ten-mile-long
street of Nome. Suicides are common,
not quarter of them being reported
to the outside world, and there are
hundreds of men and good many
women and children there that do not
know how they are going to live
through the week. The government
will have to bring them out. There
will be great amount of suffering
there unless something is done at
once.
The chief benefit accrued to the
transportation companies. Take the
Robert Dollar, for instance. She vas
built for about $4,000. She was char
tered by company at $4,000 per
month. They loaded her with over
1000 tons of freight, at an average of,
say $50sper ton, and 300 passengers, at
from $76 to $125 apiece. say s10O apiece
on an average. That makes about
SIS, 900 receipts for the trip. up, IL she
brought nothing back. This is more
than enough to pay for the ship and
her expenses and all in one month.
Take a, big ship like the Tacoma, or
Olympia, that carried 600 or 800 pas
sengers and 1000 or 5000 tons of
freight, and makes the run In nine or
ten days-you can see what profit
there is in it,"