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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-06-18
Cherry Tree SWindlers Found
Guilty
Judge Boyd Discourses on the
Doctrine of Restitution, and
Senator Pritchard Says the
Defendants Will Return all
the Money They Have.
Charlotte Observer, 18th inst.

Charlotte Observer, 18th inst.
Ia ths Dis'ri1, Canrt Yesterday
ps Frank Bright, Ills father, Rev,
3 Bright, and CD. Wiikls, The
newspaper mau, were feuud guilty
ef fraud In connection with the
Amos Owen Cherry Tree Com
pany. They had hired 3,4OO
agents whe paid into the com pany
$40, 600: and the specific charge
against them was that they had
used the United States mails for
fraudulent purpose Judge
Boyd deferred pronounclng SEN
teuce until Tuesday morning. The
maximum penalty for the offence
named is four and half years in
the yenitentiary and a fine If 81, :
500.
The argument for the prose
cution was concluded yesterday
morning by District Attorney A.
r. Holton, and after Judge Boy d s
charge to the jury the court al
journed its morning session.
When the court convened in the
afternoon the jury rendered YER
dict of guilty as to all three men.
Judge Boyd stated that he
would not pronounce sentence un-
til after the other defendants,
who purchased the Cherry Tree
Company from Wilk,e, have been
tried. After statements from
the council for the prosecution
and for the defendants it was de
cided that the sentence should be
given tuesday.
"Ihis is very ugly case, :"
SAID the Judge. 'sCan these de-
PENDANTS pay back the money 10
these women who have been de,
traudeds"
"They seem willing to return
all the money they have all they
can," replied Senator Prltchurd.
cit is painful CASE" declared
Judge Boyd. "Here is minis
ter of the gospel, a representative
Of the highest calling on earth,
who descends from his high plaso
and violates the criminal law of
his country. His bad influence
will permeate the place in which
he lied. and his example Will do
harm where it should have been
exerted for good.
ST believe in the doctrine of
restitution. | believe that a man
who takes his neighbours property
has not truly rspented and connot
get good religion until or unless
he pays back the property
"My clients are willing to do
everything IN their power to make
restitution" said Senator Pritch-
ard. "Wilkie has paid back to
the women everything he has.
The district attorney will admit
that the books show that Wilkie
has paid out $4,000"
10 accordance with an order
from the csurt three deputy mar
shals stepped behind the chairs of
the two Brights and Wilkie, and
waited for tho order that would
remand the men to jail. Rev. Il.
Brigh, looked hnggard and mis-
erable. The other defendants
were cool and self possessed ror
u moment the tension lasted, and
,hon Judge Boyd ststed that tho
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-06-18

TOn KnOW U'Rut Y0M are TaEi,.g
When you take Groves Taste
less, Chill Tonic because the form
ula is plainly printed on every bot
tie showing that it is SIMPLY Iron
and Quinine in tasteless form.
No Cure. No Pay. soc.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-06-18
True Bill Against MNRraycr and
j, stice.

lhe District Court grand jury
Yesterday founda tue bill against
Mr.. M. McBrayer and Mr.. b.
a, Justice, who compost the law
'irm Il MeBraser & Justice, Of
Rhlhsrforssen, and wbo are charg
ed With having g partnership in
the Amos Owen Cherry Tree Co.
The case will be disposed of this
week.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-06-18

d
. W Z IS
Have Bargains
ALL the Time
I'm Every Line.
HERE ARE A FEW
That Are RUNNERS"

1000 yards striped and check
ed Dimities, worth II 1-2 cts
now s cts.
1000 yards Ginghams, worth
8 cts, now 4 cts.
s or 10 pieces Grenadette,
newest thing for ladies unlined
skirts, former price 25 cts, now
Is cts.
10 pieces Point de Bruxelles,
former price 80 cts, now %.
30 pieces Scotch Lawns, fast
colors, cheap at 5 cts, now 31-2
cents.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press.

New York Press.
Resignation sweetens bitter disappointment
It/takes a girl to wink her eye without do
ing It,
Some people are so mean they wouldn't even
spend a counterfeit bill.
Some people grow big so fast that they seem
TO grow fat before they quit being lean.
Nobody who has anything the matter with
his lungs has any chance in an after-dlnner ar
gument
Some men get a vacation from worry by
going away from home for little rest at their
business.
woman takes a good deal OF pride in
thinking what would becomeof her husband IL
she were dead
There is no triumph like the triumph Of a wo-
man who has talked back to the cook and not
mad her give notice of leaving.
Some women are such good financiers that
they can afford to wear better stockings in
swimming. than at any other time.
The third or fourth time a girl gets engaged
she takes her own time about making things
to wear with fancy frills and things
The more a woman can become engaged
without getting married the more she would
be willing to get married without becoming en-
gagged.
A woman never knows how much she loves
a man until she loses him; and man never
knows how much he doesn't love woman until
he gets her.
After a man has been married three months
ders because they have been used to tie up
a scrap box, If he asks his wife II she knows
where they she falls to weeping ana wants
to know If he doesn't love her any more.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
AN INTEMPERATE JUDGE.

Judge Jackson of the United States dis
trict court has rendered a decision that
provokes much criticism and may hasten
a reform that is badly needed.
Judge Jackson held that the organizers
OF union labor who endeavored to induce
the West Virginia miners to strike are
in contempt Of court. Whatever may be
the justice and legal soundness of this
decision its tone is certainly such as does
not become a judge.
Judge Jacksons allusion to the agents
of the. union as vampires is certainly
not calculated either to allay the strife
between the strikers and the mine own
ers, or to add to the force and effect Of
the decree. This irate Judge contended
that the advocates of a strike were en-
deavoring to "coerce'' laborers into leav-
ing an employment which was satisfac-
tory to them.
1t must be admitted that when force or
intimidation is employed to drag en-
ployes into a strike an injunction is the
proper remedy, but for some years past
there has been a growing conviction that
some judges are too ready to resort to this
extraordinary process.
In the West Virginia matter the union
miners declare that they used only per-
suasion and in no instance have resorted
to force or intimidation. They are great
ly incensed by Judge Jackson's decision
which, they say, denies them the right to
approach miners on the highways, or even
in their own homes to talk over the mat
ter with them.
The demand for an act of congress to
regulate the issue of writs OF injunction
has become very strong outside the ranks
of organized labor, as well as within them.
Such decisions as that of Judge Jackson
to which we have referred increases this
agitation and makes its success the more
certain. The people of this country feel
that an injunction that interferes with
free speech and the right of peaceful as
ISOLATION and persuasion Is oppression.
Senator Hoar, one Of the most conserva-
tive men in congress, said a few months
ago that the use of injunctions had been
carried too far in a number of instances
and that legislation which shall make
impossible such abuses of power by feder-
al judges should be had at once.
We believe that a great majority of the
people of this country are Of the same
opinion.
This question will surely be pressed for
consideration by the next congress.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
A MAN MUCH TALKED OF.

Judge Parker, Of New York, has been
suggested frequently as an available
Democratic candidate for the presidency
in 1904 His qualifications haYe been dis
cussed quite favorably not only I'm his own
state. but I'm the south and west also.
He has never been a politician in the
common acceptation OF the term, which
is decidedly I'm his favor.
He has been. however. a lifelong Demo-
crat and stands very high in the conf
dence OF the public. He has proved that
he possesses a popular strength I'm New
York even greater than that Of his party.
He was elected justice Of the state su-
prerne court IN 1855. and I'm 1897 was the
Democratic nominee for chief Justice OF
the court Of appeals. New York's highest
judicial tribunal He was elected by a
plurality Of 6o.SS9. a clear majority OF
all the votes cast. He received In both
New York city and the other parts OF
the state a considerably higher vote than
any other Democratic candidate. This vic
tory was all the more notable because on
Is the year before the Republicans had
carried the state by an immense majori-
" and obtained a majority in New York
city for the first time in the history Of
their party.
This evidence Of Judge Parker's great
popularity attracted attention outside OF
New York. The inquiry as to what man
ner Of man he was who had polled such
an immense vote extended the public
knowledge to many things that were high
creditable to him.
He has distinguished himself still fur
Their in his present exalted office. 1t is but
natural that Judge Parker should now
loom up in the talk about the next presi-
dency. Alton Brooks Parker is only little
past 50. He was born at Cortland, N. Y,
May IA. 1852. He received his education in
tho public schools. Cortland academy and
Cortland Normal school. He entered the
practice Of law at Kingston and was sur
rogate Of Ulster county from 1871 to 1885.
In 1854 he was a delegate TO the Demo-
cratic national convention and in 1885 was
rendered the position of first assistant
postmaster general, which he did not ac-
cept.
In 1855 he acted as chairman Of the DEM
ocratic state executive committee and in
the same year was elected to- the supreme
bench OF New York. Since that time he
has been on the bench continuously, by
appointment or by election.
There are no indications that Judge
Parker is seeking the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination, but he may, in the
next year or so. become a very formula
BILE candidate for II.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04

semitism and other theories that tend to
the overthrow Of the republic.
There is a very general feeling in Paris
that the government has acted so arbi-
trarily In this matter as to produce a
reaction in favor of the Catholic asso'
Citations.
The Paris Temps, (which has more In
huence among the French conservatives
than any other newspaper, condemns the
premier severely for his narrow and OPP
pressive Interpretation of the law. 1t
calls attention to the fact that there are
not enough lay schools to receive the chill
dren, and that in Paris as many as 10000
will be without schooling. The Temps
asks what the government intends to do,
and adds:
"If Il allows the schools to ask for au-
thorization and to reopen in the autumn,
It was not worth while to take the trou-
BILE TO close them with such great noise"
An overwhelming majority of 1.-THE
French people are Catholic in their Sym
pathies. II not actually connected with
that church.
The prediction is freely made that If the
government persists in its harsh policy
toward the religious schools 1t will be
overthrow at the next election.
It is probable that material mod
ifcations of the order closing the Catho-
lie schools will be made very soon.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
RELIGIOUS STRIFE FRANCE.

The action of the French government in
closing, a large number of schools that
have been conducted by Catholic orders
and organizations has caused intense ex-
element in France and is likely to pro-
duce even more serious trouble. Already
there have been incipient riots in sew
eral cities where the patrons of these
schools consider that an outrage has been
perpetrated upon them. How much fur
Their the resistance TO the government will
extend nobody can foretell.
The closing Of these schools was ordered
under what is known as the associations
act passed last year.
NJ Waldeck- Rousseau, the late pre-
mier. gave a very liberal Interpretation
OF this law. He held that IT did not abso-
Iutely require the closing OF schools main
taIned by religious communities. but was
intended TO go only to the extent Of COM
polling them to apply to the government
for authorization.
The new premier, NJ Combes, takes a
very different view and has given his con-
struction OF the new school law as fol-
lows:
'sThe associations law required any new
school TO apply for authorization. Yet
communities had since been founded
which had made no such application. This
was real defiance OF the government. Six
ty-four male and 6S5 female communities
had. however, applied for authorization.
He insisted that the government was
bound 20 act as II had done. Brutality had
been spoken Of. but on this point there
was much exaggeration. Great forbear-
ance had really been shown. although IN
one case a priest lay down on the thresh-
old of a convent to prevent the police
from entering. These communities pre-
tended not 10 be communities. but merely
men engaged at salaries. This, however,
was a bubble. and the council Of state,
IN 1890 and 1888. pronounced against a sim
liar contention. The government was re-
solved, supported as Il was by a majority
I'm both houses, 10 make the spirit Of the
revolution triumph in matters Of religious
policy. That majority. solid as a rock,
would not allow itself 10 be broken up by
legal bubbles. for such a disruption would
entail the irremediable bankruptcy of this
republican party. II would be absurd IL
the government, while empowered to dis
solve authorized communities, we're pow
erless against the unauthorized"
Premier Combes contends that the reli
gious orders have become so promiscu-
ously active in politics that their suppress
sion is necessary to the safety OF the gov
eminent. He charges that these organiza-
lions have encouraged nationalism, anti
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
A VoRAcIoUs INFANT.

Mr.. John W. Gates, the daring specula-
tor who recently cornered corn and held
up the whole country for several weeks,
has been the hero Of other remarkable
exploits.
Gates was prominent in the establish
ment OF the barbed wire industry, which
rapidly grew into the barbed wire trust
and then became a component part Of the
gigantic steel combine that is making
S140.O 100000 a year. The barbed wire bust
ness at fits incipiency was commended to
congress as a very promising infant that
might do well II nourished on protection
pap.
AS the Republican party was in COM
mand, IL promptly agreed to this PROPOSE
tion. took the baby TO its arms and sup
piled the desired nutriment at the expense
OF the public.
II worked like a charm Gates himself
said recently that his first barbed wire
factory made profit Of about 80 per cent
a week.
Later. however, there vas a great fall
ing OF in the profits Of this industry, and
they came down 10 the pitiful figure OF
only 400 per cent a year.
No leAAAAA Ad4 dAANdug AnaaG NOAnENNANAOA
from abroad impossible, and in order to
prevent It at home the barbed wire in
terest was taken IN hand by the billion
dollar steel trust, the biggest and brawni-
est tariff baby Of the lot.
Such confessions as Mr.. Gates has given
out are not likely to convince the people
that the protective tariff is humane and
patriotic device, which has for its object
the increase Of American wages anu the
reduction Of the prices of necessaries to
the people of this country.
The Democratic party has it's pruning
knife sharpened for this abomination, and
viii proceed TO whack of its excrescences.
The farmers Of the United States have
about reached the conclusion that the time
has come for them to cease paying boun-
ties at the rate Of 20 per cent week and
400 per cent a year to trusts which sell
their products to foreigners from Is TO 81
per cent cheaper than we can buy them
IN our home market.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04

number of children employed in Southern
cotton mills increased 1909 per cent dur
ing the decade ending in 1880, and 1861
per cent between 1880 and 1890 Between
1890 and 1900 the increase was no less
than 2T0.7 per cent. OF the 1904 textile
operatives in North Carolina, 1895 are
under IA years of age. while the average
wage of the child has decreased from 30
to % cents per day in that state. In some
places in the south the daily wage is as
low as cents a day for u hours of work
1t is estimated that there are at least
1900 children in Southern cotton mills of
whom between 1900 and 10000 are under
u years of age.
A facts which has provoked much COM
ment is that the mills having the largest
proportion of very young children at work
are owned and directed by northern men
who come from states which have strict
laws against the employment of child la.
Dor In mills. They seem determined to
make the most of their opportunities
where no limitations upon child labor
have been established
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
RESTORING THE TRANsvAAL,

President Kruger predicted at the open
ing of the South African war that 1t
would entail upon Great Britain cost
that would astound the world. He might
have applied like remark to his own
countrymen.
The superb resistance made by the
Beers brought upon them distinction of
their homes and farm stock which left a
scene OF desolation that touched the heart
Of the world.
These heroic farmers have laid down
their arms and gone home to face condi-
lions that would appall any but the
stoutest hearts. In one district more than
100 homes were destroyed by the British
and nearly all the cattle were seized and
used by the British commissary. In many
other districts the destruction was almost,
IL not quite, as sweeping
One region which was famous for it's
substantial homes and well-stocked farms
has now little but ruins to show. 1t
must be admitted that the terms of peace
granted TO the Beers were liberal, much
more liberal than were offered to them
before the Boer army had been frazzled by
the overwhelming force of the enemy.
The Beers had won the admiration of
the world and much sympathy, even 10
England, by their courage Nand endur-
ance.
Great Britain was glad for many rea-
sons to bring the war to a close. The ris-
ing demand for peace impelled the British
cabinet to make concessions which 1t
would have rejected with scorn a year
before.
The conduct Of the Boer generals since
the cessation Of hostilities has been Of
incalculable benefit to their country.
They have accepted the result in good
faith and by every means IN their power
have aided in the restoration of peace
and good will throughout the Transvaal
and the Orange Free state.
The work of rebuilding the destroyed
homes in this land that has suffered so
severely from a war Of invasion has al
ready begun but. of course, has made very
little progress yet.
The sum of e75,OOOOO0 that has been
set apart by Great Britain to be loaned
to the Beers at low rates OF interest and
on long time wherewith TO restore their
homes and restock their farms is said to
be very inadequate and there is on foot a
strong movement for its increase.
The new prime minister is said to be
heartily in favor of this policy.
Building in the region of the recent war
is expensive owing to the scarcity Of ma
terisls and the difficulty Of transporta-
ton. The cost Of the average Boer home
has been estimated at $500. though that
is probably an exaggeration. 1t is I'M
doubtedly true, however. that E75,OO0. COO
will fall far short of restoring the Bocr
homes and farms TO anything like the con-
ditions that existed before the war.
The Beers are a brave and thrifty peo-
pie and in few years they will surely
accomplish much.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
TWIcKENHAM FERRY.

''A-hoyl and Ohio! and it's who's for the
ferry?"
CThe briar's in bud and the SUMS gone DOWN.
And I'll row We quick and I'll row ye 50
steady,
And tbs but penny to Twickenham Town.
The ferryfnans slim and the ferryman's young,
With just soft tang in the turn Of his
And he's fresh as pippin and brown as
berry,
And It's but penny to Twickehham Town.
"A-hoy! and o-hol and it's I'm for the ferry
(The briar's in bud and the suns going DOWN.
and it's late as It IS. and haven't a penny
Oh! how can get me to TWickenham TOWN.
She'd a rose in her bonnet and oh! she looked
sweet
wheat.
With her cheeks like rose and her lips like
a cherry
ham Town"
'A-hoyl and o-hor' You're too late for the
ferry
(The briar's in bud and the suns going DOWN.
And he's not rowing quick and he's not rowing
steady;
It seems quite a journey to Twickenham
"A-h oy! and o-hor' you may call as you will;
The young moon is rising Ger Petersham Hill;
And, with, Love like a rose in the stern Of the
wherfy,
There's danger in crossing to Twickenham
Town. -Theophile Marzials.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
CHILDREN IN COTTON MILLS.

Alabama was behind Georgia and the
Carolinas in catching the impulse to de-
velop the textile possibilities of the south.
Her almost unrivaled stores Of iron and
coal had absorbed so much of Alabama s
attention that she was slow to progress to
any remarkable extent in cotton manu-
features. In the last few years, however,
thereNhas been much cotton mill construc-
ton in that state. Some OF the Ala
bama mills make as fine grades of goods
as are turned out anywhere in the south.
There is a marked tendency there to-
ward a still further advance in fine cot
ton manufactures, and the general out
look for the cotton mills of that state is
very encouraging.
In Alabama as in several other South
ern states, the question of child labor I'm
cotton mills is causing much discussion.
A committee which has organized a
movement whose object it is TO secure leg
islation on this question has recently pub
iished a pamphlet entitled 1.-The Case
Against Child Labor" written by Rev.
Edgar Gardner Murphy. the committee's
chairman. According to his figures the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-04
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS.
PIttsburg Dispatch.


over 1900 Londoners live In the building
erected by the Peabody trust The London
county council dwellings accommodate Is. 052
persons.
dues by 1899 vessels which used the Suez canal
OF the total number OF ships 2,o75 were
British.
Casts of the heads Of some of the notorious
to the collection of criminal records at New
Scotland yard.
Dumfries has just revived the ancient system
of shooting for the "Siller gun, presented TO
the trades Of the town by King James VI Of
Scotland.
1t is proposed to establish a japanese Monte
Carlo on an island in Toxic bay. At present.
however. the laws of Japan discourage gam
bling in any form.
Between 1900 and 5000 packages of home
week from worthing, which is the center Of
the English hg-grOwing industry.
BIillet and maize constitute the staple dietary
Of the South African native. When he has
plowed his land. sown his seed and scoffed he
rests until the harvest.
The biggest balloon ever made was by a
German named Ganswendt about twenty years
ago. Its capacity was 10000 cubic yards. It
weighed211s tons and would raise Sh tons into
the air.
risen yard in one day. In the Vaud Canton the
snakes which have bee nOusted from their holes
by the floods are so numerous as to constitute
a plague
ton of St. Patrick's cathedral Dublin. the
remarkable discovery was made that under
meath the plaster of the time OF William and
Mary, real and beautiful 18th century stone
work had lain hidden for generations. Besides
the gift of the new organ, Lord Iveagh has
caused it 10 be moved from the north transept
to fine organ chamber. reached by beautiful
spiral staircase Of stone, copied from one in
Mayence cathedral.