THHEDGE!^ TfitiRLOW 5. CARTER, EDll'CMt AND MANAOEK. iMMamnaanMBnBMHBa fSOOKO U'KDN KS1> A Y AND KATCUDAY HUHriURtPTlON $. ao PEP Y lv\ H WEDNESDAY Al'UII. 1, 19U5. The announcement ?n behalf ol the Southern Cotton Holding company, that thiw organization w ill not solicit culton until nftci the tirst day of May is significant Mr l'rown understands very well tlm? unless the acreage is re duced the holding company wil t>o a farce and ho does not propost to make a fo< 1 of himself. If tlu Government shall report in Jun< that there has tiecn a reduetior of from 20 to 30 per cent in tin acreage cotton will he worth what ever the holders care to ask for :& \* i ii ? u ? loravuie ruuqiuier. Tho persistent and nntiring eu ergy displayed by the ladies ol Lancaster constituting the United Daughters of the Confederacy it their elTorta the past three years to raise an amount of a charade: fitting in a small degree to commemorate tho uncomplaining sacrifice, the chivulric valor and heroit deeds of tho Confederate soldier is equalled only by tho bravo deeds of those soldiers themselves, anc should bring a blush of shame tc the men of the county, who, sc far as no know, have manifestec very little interest up to this tune, in the laudable work these gooi women are doing. Our information is that the) now have 011 deposit about $1,000, which they hare made in smal amounts from time to time b> dint of hard work. .Now isn't il about time for the men of Luncas tor county to come foward witl their contributions and lielo then* _ I noble and devoted women to roaj a speedy and highly creditable fruition of their cherished hope. All cau give u dollar, some car and will give much more, but the point is, give as much as you car and give it now, and thus prove devotion as your fathers proved theirs by risking and sacrificing their lives, and as their daughten are doing by sacrificing labor ii an effort to aid in the perpetua tioc of their memory. ? Kershav Era. ]Slr A W Brabham, a farmer o Bamberg county, in acommunica tion to The State predicts tha "the South will plant 35,000,00* UOI'OU in tnn thin ??/\n * n r. uvi vo 1u wvstvvu vii to yxjihij ul1u iii! der nortnul conditioi.8 will ninki 14,000,000 or 15,000,000 bales.' He says that "every farmer is in creasing his acreage and phos pbates, while ho hopes that Iht othor farmers one and all wil stand hy the association and re duce the acreage," and hence Lis prediction. It Mr Brabbam it correct then it is a pity that tlx cotton association was ever organ ized for cotton would only now lx bringing about 5 cents nnd re; dnction of acaengo would certainly have rORiilted. Five conts cotton now would be far better than live cents cotton next fall. It farmert are doing as Mr Brabham says, then only some widespread disaster to the crop will provent the staple dropping to rock bottom next fail In any event the farm er \vh'> reduces his c >ttor? acreage will ho llio beat off. In Luncnster county there uro many who will reduce acreage but there uro also many, no doubt, who will follow the suicidal course of ;>lantiug tbo^same amount, or oven increasing their cotton acreage. Mr Brabham was the first man, either in this country or Europe, who predicted the rise in cotton some yean ago. Ho proved a propbat t?m| it my ha h'n S, piiu!!ati:tn OHwnlH itwnitpr m>p M this vt'fti* Khtl rnti* Mtrta pt-!c?< n?kl ittll is turfech He snyfc iiW fly makes liis ptedifciibh only i*flet ha a careful study of the true situ- A| lit ion it* it now stands just as tic Cl made the prediction of u rise in er cotton Home tears ago afttr u ag careful study of the situation at Ci that time. Take bred farmer* ' while it is (lay ere the night comes Si when you fall once moro into the in clutches of "your Wall Street A| 1 enemies." J. ; Confederate Flags Returned t>y br Federal Government to This te State. i I sii } Columbia cor. The News and de 5 Courier: Governor Hey ward Fi J to-day received by express a box til i containing fourteen Confederate G< i flags that have been returned by Federal Government to the State Ci of South Carolina. Gov. Hey- ca ward does not yet exactly know J pj what disposition ivill^bo mado of , by " the flag3, and does not care to ni f asiUino the authority to make 1 such disposition. He has re- M 1 ceived numerous inquiries ask- ca ? ing when the flags are to be Pi t* presented to the survivors, and - individuals liave a^ked that they . ni be allowed to receive the return ed flags. cs , G >v. Hey ward is disposed to i think that the desire ought toU' 1 be to get all of the flags together > at Columbia. Ho thinks it best Ky ) to have some expro39ion from I I the veterans thoinselvea or the , General Assembly before any1 thing definite is done, uud in ^ the meantime he wiil ask the | ' ladies of the relic room in tho I , State House to take care of the 1 flags, as they are uow caring for 1 r other flags iu their custody. L It is the opinion of Governor I \ . Hey ward that suitable arrange-1" i ments ought to be made to care I 3 for these and other flags that|n( > have been placed iu the custody |a > of the State of South Caroliua. Is I ki The following is an attached I 1 , list of tbo flags that have been I ( , returned : I j*1 I LB , 8ih regiment infantry. I , 11th regiment infantry. I y, I IGoh regiment infantry. I y< , 27th regiment infantry. 11>1 ? Sumter flying artillery ? I,n , Sumter heavy artillery. Garrison flag, Castle Pinckney I v Garrison flag, Fort Moultrie. I w Garrison flag, Citadel. lei Garrison flag, Secessionville, I ^ James Island. Gurison flag, Fort Ripley. 8C t No number, regiment flag. I ^ j No number, S. C. regiment. 1 8t No numbers, S. C. volunteers. I ti b There is a public document Jw , containing the correspondence I * legarding the return of the bat-1^ tie flags. This says that other j0 > South Carolina battle flags were I fc I captured, but no mention is | hi made of what disposition has y( beeu made of them. The following is the descripkinn oiuun in H.m -' -1? ? viu i ii wiiio I COUI U Ul bUO ^ battle flags that were today received by Governor Heyward w for the State of South Carolina : e> No 172 Confederate b?ttle flag, cauiurwd by Gen. Sheri ^ 1 dan's forces, September 13, ?e 18G4, fn?in 8th South Carolina th ' infantry. j en No. 530 Confederate flag to jW?1 the 11th South Carolina voluu-| ' leer*., inscrih"d "Port Royal, Cedar Croeit, Swift Creek, Petersburg, June 24, Weldon'co 1 Rn'lroad." Jed No 277 Flag of tho 10th I4*1 Cl?.. . 1. /I - - I : uuuui wmoiinA volunteers, was SOI captured by Capt. J. W. Scott, Co I), 157th Pennsylvania vol-i no uuteera. It was taken from the po hands of the color bearer on the , hn lino during the engagement of i mc April 1, 1865, at Five Forka, Va. I No. 159 Confederate battle 1 ^ flag of the 27th South Carolina pu regiment, captured by Private hie mm ?i 1 ? 1 0, AntforcoQ Oo A,- NM dMSOV.UsMl l)in*!ton. No: 85# Baltlo fl4^ o! Sotticf lt?^ artillery, Onpttired In the 111 ti of Appomattox Station, pi 11 6, 1863, by Chief Bugler tarles Sloan, 1st Virgiuia Vet4 itit voluuter cavalry, 31 brig;e, 3i cavalry division, IG en. jster commanding. No. 339. Battle flag of the iraterheavy artillery, captured the battle of Sailor'* Croak, pril 6, 1863, by Sergt. George Pitman, Co C, 1st New York iQOoln volunteer cavsirv, 3d igado, 3d division, Gen, Cusr comminding. No. 303 Garrison flag "Secos onvillH," James Island, S. C., (fences of Charleston, captured ibruary, 1863. Presented to e war department by Brig, an. A. Shimmel Jennig. No. 508 Garrison flag of the itadel of Charleston S. (J., ptured February 18, 1865. resented to the war department } Brig. (Ian. A. Sbimrael Jen? No. 504 Garrisou flag, "Fort oultrie," Charleston harbor, ^ptured February 18, 1865. resented to the war department r Brig. Gen. A Shimmel Jeng No account is given of the >pture of the other flags. wfnl Tragedy"Near Conway rhite Man Shoots Girl Five Times and Kills Himself.? Woman Cannot Reeover. lecial to The State. Conway, March 30.?One of e most awful and sickening agedies which has over occurred ithin the bordeis of this county ok place this morning about 7 clock, at liomewood station, on le Coast Line railroad, four miles srth of this place. In the yal'd, most in the spot where he fell, y F O Sessions, commonly aown as "Buddie" Sessions, lad, with a bullet through his rain by his own hand, and on a ble within the cabin, was stretch I the prostrate for n of Belle jesions, a young girl of 18 or 20 ;ars of age, wounded in five laccs by the hand of the dead an lying outside. She and her other, Betsy Sessious, lived one in the cahin, which is on le land of Mr George Bray, for horn they worked as day labor's. From all that can be gather 1, Sessions had been persecuting lis woman with his attention for >me time past, having threatened i several occasions to kill her if te would notmarry him,although le was the mother of two Illegimato children, the younger of bom is said to be his child. It terns that there was another man i the case, now living in Florida Georgia, who was the favored >ver, and who bad aent on tickets ir her and her mother to join im: and )Hav war a in ki?n , j ~ RWI1D ssterday, and bad their trunks mled into this place, but were liable to leave on account of me mistake or irregularity in ie tickets A jury was ompaneled before bom a number of witnesses wore camined, both as to the actual cts of the tragedy and also aw to e causes and event < leadir.gr up it. The shots wore heard by veral, all of whom testified to e fact that they immediaUly i mised what had happened upi hearing the firing. I'lio ver ?iw. : ? ?--* - vi, Ill HIV J"l^ "'MB IIIHI IIIC ue ased came to hU death by mesns a pistol wound '.nflicied l?v mself. The woman was still nacioun when the doctors reachher and was utile to make a ueuient concerning tho tboolg. Upon her suggestion, a arch was made in the pockets of 9 deceased which revealed a te he had written, making dissition of what little money he d, and providing for the paymt of certain small debts: and lich showed, beyond all ques. n of a doubt, that he went tc ) bouse with the fully fermod rpose of killing both her and nself. Alt. u & THE KEA ! Feel satis decidedly tiest line i o< SP Ever offe All the Ladiei selves openly tli CAEAPEST LI Knowing' these just enough to r DEEPER, so tl We set out for bi fair and squar . 4 are strictlv in honest dealing m- d in all the leadir ured Mohair, 111 ges?just up-toskirts. Also a ribolines, Soies< vass weave, me and voiles. Th right thing for i "to beat the ha for we have in 1 temDt von. JL ?/ M I Our MISS GJ tii \r / 11 \\r a 4~ 1 i " ll/ll for the coming 4 fir All are c attend tli nesday, A tii lit ? .III II ) ' H" I r H-J 0 W E s sfled that ' the best of RING GOC ired to th s are pleased, am lat we have tl LNE of NONE LI facts makes us nake us cut pri< lat no eompetito isiness, and on business pri e dealings will hold trade, ( it. We have always1 advoc s to all. resS Got ig shades, Eolim ixed chevoits, si date thing* for I beautiful line of ette, white and c rceeised oxford. iese goods in all < shirt-waist suits, nd," and anythii this line, and \ 1' I I \T W 1 j ij i ii n'j IRRS.SON has j? ie TRADE \ cx pressed tlieni ie BEST AND TES ever shown, feel good, and es A LITTLE r ean touch us. inciples, and if mow that we a ted square and 3DS ne, plain and Siglitings and seradies suits and taffeta suitings, olored lines, eaneotton eoilinne oolors. Just the White goods tig you may eall iriees that will R Y ^ ist returned from Hies and Styles . . w / 1 " * armed to WedIsKDS.