The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 01, 1905, Image 3
THHEDGE!^
TfitiRLOW 5. CARTER,
EDll'CMt AND MANAOEK.
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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<i
the Latest Nove
season.
r - V,.- V ' ' ' "
Tfl TJ t
orciiaiiy i
0 OPPBll
ipril Sills,
m-m i
V
fori ^
C 0 M P fl W Y
they have
and pret~
mo
!>?
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.