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* ^ ^ LEDGER 1852 REVIEW J878 ENTERPRISE 1891 t VOL I. NO. SEflHI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., AUGUST I, 1906- PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY'. A Big Jr. O. U. A. M. Rally \ at Dixie, Aug. 9th. H t Mr. Editor; In view of the fart that the county reunion of e *tli<) old Confederate soldiers is to t be held .it Dixie on tlie above t * da'e, and as the old Confederates have kindly consented to rrive the Junior Order oo?-h?l. o? t; dav, the Junior exercises \vi 1 take place at noon. Bro. J S \ Wilson will he in command <> the Juniors on tit i occasion A suitable program has been ar ranged for the ocea ion. D > inguished speakers have been in- v yited to make addresses. Amontr ? the speakers will be Mr. D. 1* Smith, of Raleigh, N. C. W. G. j A. Porter, a gallant old Confed- \ erate soldier, a member of the \ Junior Order, has been chosen to I make the address of welcome in ! behalf of the Order. All the sis- c ter councils of the Order in the r county are invited and urged to * come and bring their regalia, 8 and be 011 the grounds strictlv at * ten o'clock a. m. The United ! Daughters of the Confederacy are invited to attend on the oc ^ casion. The public?in fact, j everybody is invited to come and f bring well-filled baskets. We al t so invite and extend a hearty i welcome to all the candidates, ? provided all who are not Con. 1 federate soldiers will bring well- s filled hamper baskets along with 1 them. By the way, Mr. Editor, J ^ we extend unto you an invita . tiyn lo come without your basket, provided you bring along ^ your pencil and tablet. , The schoool reserves the r right to sell refreshments on 8 that day (watermelons excein t ed) ; proceeds to go to school. ( Oome, everybody. 1 B*. F. Adams, I 1 Recording Secretary. [* Dixie No. 13, Jr. O. U. A. M. f h 11 The Veterans' Reunion?To ' t be Held at Dixie Aug. 9th. j1 I i Dixie ('amp tnet at Lancaster * July 28, 1900. Commander For- 1 ter called meeting to order,which 1 was to perfect arrangements in 6 regard t<? the reunion to bo held at Hopewell church (Dixie) Thursday, Aue. 9sh. The coin , nnttee appointed at previously meeting on sponsors reported ) that thcv had writ'en to Col. \ <5. J as. Armstrong (Charieaton, S. C.) and that he had promised to I attend the meeting and deliver an address. The Lancaster Chapter Daughters of tho confederacy by resolution were invited to at-1' tend the rounion camp at that ' time. e A Commander Porter will act as i commander on that day and will ! f) deliver t l<e address o! welcome. 1 Tho old veterans are to form in h 1 i ?1 <? ill fllfi tn?/?tro k w\ !? '? ?* rvl \f?. iniv ? iiv t v ill j 1 w 11 b ill I , ^ Williams's house and march to n grove in front of school house, It where the a<hlress will he car- I ried out. A commi'tooconsisting i o! J. Q. MoManuw, NV. 1'. Van s landinjjham, Geo. W. Jones. | villi the commander, was ap- f? minted to have 125 badge? jl irinted for the use of the veter- 11 ne on that occasion. ! A cordial invitation is extendd to the public generally to at- hn end, everybody being requested j su o bring a well filled basket. W. G. A. Porter, th Commander. th Geo. W. Jones, Adjutant. I at Afhat Machinery has Done '? for Us and VAThatwe are'(,K : bi Doing with It. | ;lc f&nme very interesting facts C< veto brought out at the last uu -ed mal meeting of the National As i], ociation of Agricultural lmple- ri( nent and Vehicle Manufacturer?. ()^ n 1830 it required three hours' * i , , . _ hi abor to produce a bushel of vheat; in 1890 only ten minutes. * ' n 1850 it required four and a w lalf hours to make a bushel of ^ :orn, while in 1890 it had been Pr educed to forty minutes. While fu he figures are not given, the la lame relative reduction holds er ;ood in cotton, and especially so M n making hay. American mach- eti nery is assessed at $761,261,000, ^ ind our farmers are buying it at ev he rate of $100,000,000 annually, j duch of tilts is a wise investment ^, md much unwise, rendered so by T ( 1 l lack of skill in hsnJIinor oanan 1 ??1 ally by lack of care in housing ai tnd protecting from the weather. ^ It is not putting it too strong to W lay that this machinery deter w orates at least 10 per cent an w lually from lack of proper < } lousing, cleaning and greasing. ((, n the South we think this ?vi 1 is greatest, and will reach he high point of 15 per cent in * nany classes of machinery. We nuflt build niore shelter room, W ind get in the habit of putting he machinery away carefully. Cleaning, greasing it, and when leeessary putting on a coat of >aint. We see hundred's of disc w ilows, mowers, roajiers and bind- m srs left out of doors the whole XI vinter, or from one season to or mother. Such carelessness is in __ ' excusable. It results more from I !?] ack of shelter. We must improve ilong th line. Farm machinery s one of the most potent factors r u our business now, and we,1" nust learn to care for it as a mat- ^ er of thrift and economy in Dre- U'l lerving it, and to render it. all d' he more effective when *.ve <r > fo U1 iperate it. Many go??d hours'j A vork are lost by not having our nachinerv in first class condition j, vhen it is needed. We know this j (>r >y experience as well as obscr ' ration.?Southern Cultivator. j ai For The News. I W 1111 Colored Teachers. st At a meeting ol the hoard ot A riistees today?Inly '.Mi, the Soilow'ing named teachers were .!< dected for the ensuimr ferin. M M. I). Lee, Principal; I\. II. di drtiill, Marie A. Jame^, II:?ttie ip NV.d, Nannie Al? 'twain, A ki liatants. t L The trustees are well pi a?ed S, villi the Hl'orts and resiiits ot -t he past terra. There is perfect p< larmony in the board and every In 0'ison to hope for continued of niccess. .J. L. liiack, jTl Secretary, resolutions denouncing td*e pensary. . . . Jobn Black and II IJagin, negroes, were lynchFriday night in Polk Co. Fla , killing Ed. (iranger, a while pontine hand. . . . R? v. J. L. ss a prominent Baptist minis, died suddenly Sunday, in aenvillo - Tim (Innroiu Iqiu'o Tilt NLWS IN BRIEF! * " 'l " ' ed 1) Frank Holier, ?.f Ivi.? tield, j for i b < ?. appoint d penitentiary Uir irgeon. . . .Gov. 1 ley want lias Va mmu'ed to life imprisonment ter 0 cleatti sentence of Hob Small, (Tn e' North Carolinian convicted iati Darlington of the murder of a hill uro. 8mali was under sentence in bain: next Friday A c?l y0:1 ed woman in Tennessee gavoi tor rth to six children a day or two hjn :<? .... President Jordan,of the c;i,; >?ton Association, lias appoint1 a committee to investigate ie charge of a member of the eorgia Legislature that officers the association are interoeted a cotton brokerage concern, am . .The Sta'e Farmers' Institute alti ill be held at Clemson College tha l ir 7fU ? v.fi. i v?i iiuu i lie Su the eme court of Georgia has re- cat set! to grant a new trial in the wai tnous Rawlings case. The taili-. , two pons and the negro, Alf Spi oore, are sentenced to bo hang- the I next Friday At Alberene, ret lbermarle county, Va., Friday ed < 'ening, lightning struck the tor >use of U G. Gay, killing Mrs. me ay and her brother, Chriatus Tr< ay, shocking severely Mr. Gay dat id two children and tearing nai e building to pieces Young ne^ rillie Stewart, clerk in a hard- hat are store in La Grange, Ga., ply hilei? showing a customer a lisel, dropped it in a case of . namite, which exploded,killing yy ewart and injuring several her .men The state cam* ligners are resting this week. tie next meeting will be at en< 'innsboro next Monday. The ^ ly following, Tuesday, the can dates will speak at Chester, j. . .The State Farmers' Alliance . as formally disbanded at a till .eeting heKl in Columbia !a*t liursday A handsome mem-j. ter ial window to Stonewell Jack- ess n was unveiled Sunday in a n|1< dored Pre>bvterian church of zei oanoke, V.f. . . . Ret in ning home 111,1 om a d ive Sunday night, Sam- ' 3I L'earne, of Washington Co. a., found his wife and two lildren dead and a third child ping of bullet wounds. It is not . riown who firel the shots wholesale hat house is fo he . tablislied in Columbia.... 1 >hn and Howard llodge, brotli-1 s, while getting a drink of wa- . H ; in r Sunday afternoon from an I | SO I tedan well near Georgetown, ^ ere killed by the bursting of a j ill 4,hog,M the same niece of w a eel striking both of them j hoi*?e was killed by lightning it unlay in Ilart^vil'e Rev. >hn W. Humbert, an aged efh 'ist m>ni-tnr, die 1 Saiiir- ,u iv in Newberry I. L. I'hills, of Favettevillo. A In . w i< ,m iltd Saturday and his wife ami P'~' ie infant child ot Mr. and Mrs.l^" A. Ilosoy fatally injured by a roke of liphYninsp I?ight T9on? 1??st their lives Sunday I300 t the capsi/inu o; two yachts |S i V the coa-t of Now Jersey W!l he Cokeshury District Coulerl^e. which met last week, pa-a- '<>1 - . . . . vy 4.% v nre has passed a child labor . It prohibit* the employment mills of children under 12 rs. . .Some one has suit Sena Tillman a fan with pictures of iself and Cnicco, the noted arleston blind tigor. on it. ndidatesand Watermelons There will doubtless be joy ong the candidates, for the imey general's office has ruled ,t the state law prohibiting use of money in political npaigns does not apply to termelons. The question was sprung in Evrtanburg county. Some of county candidates over there used to follow the time honorcustom of buying watermelons the crowd at the campaign etings. This made County easurer Epps, who is a candi ,e tor reelection, very indigit, and he wrote to the attorir oronnrn 1 ' a r\ (Ti r*r, ? Erv.?, # T_T ^ r hU?v> ui a uiuvo ai)?ui ii. lie 3 received the following reft Attorney General's Ollice, Colombia, S. C. L. Epps, County Treasurer, Spartanburg, S. C. Dear Sir : Act No. 478, 24 tute. page 949, lias 110 reler3e lo the acts you mention.? o words, "I shall not give or )inl money, or use intoxicating uors for the purpose of obtain: or influencing votes," means it (he candidate pledges himf not to attempt to bribe vos, and the intent is the very ence ol the offense. It was yer intended to prevent a citi i, whether lie is a em didate ?r t, Irom extending o his friends > ordinary courtesios of life, h as voir mention. Yours truly, D. C. ivay. Assist ant At tornev General. 3f course. How could it he lerwise ? The dec sion of the ornev ireneraTs office is douhts a correct interpretation ol s law, and it is most assuredly accordance with common ise. Candidates now. as heretofore, > to be allowed to buy all the termelons that they leel able pay for.?Anderson Mail. ?Gov. Hevward 1 as awarded Mr. B. I, Robertson, son ol X. I,. Robertson, ? f O ikhurst, ) 5tli congressional district's loliirship in Char! Medic ! lle^e. ?The infant clii d of Mr. and s..l. \V~. knight, ot tlio Creek tion,died .June 20. 1000, aged nonths and lOdays. The burial s at Shiloh Mr. Commodore Clauton wen1 Columbia M nd y, or. a visit. ! Investigation of Chargttfi Against Certain Officers Cotton Association. A'lanta J urnal, July oi:-~ The ii.vestigation into the charges made against certain office.TO of the Southern (Jotton associa-i tion which was to have take?, place at three o'clock Monday afternoon was again postponed! until Wednesday morning at ten. o'clock, on account of the facte that M. L. Johnson, one of tho committee, missed his train anct fail* d to ai rive in time. Although, the Southern Cnttnc O ? ? ? - ? *v" association investigation war postponed trom Monday until Wednesday at 10 a. m. because, of the absence from the city oft President M. L Johnson, of thci Georgia divi-ion, who is one ci: the investigating committee, the identity of Mike O'Gradv anil his connection with the association was brought out. Mr. O'Grady was at the investigation himself, and he admitted. and his admission was corroborated by Secretary Richard Cheatham, that the latter hatf traded in cotton for him. Lie declared that Cheatham hac. placed something like 3,000 with'. Gibert & Clay, local brokers^ and gave the dates of the v?riour crn'racts. and also furnished letters, which appear elsewhere, from himself to Secretary Cheatham, in which he asked the letter's advice about the marfc<fc; and outlined his plans. Another Fatal Accident at tha Falls. Chester Reporter: John Brown ' colored, was killed at the F?)ki Friday afternoon. lie was on Jb box car, which broke loose froai the engine and was running rapidly down a grade. Brown became alarmed and endeavored to jump. In his Iri^ht he jumped on the'track immediately in fronts of the flying car, and his bodjy was literally cit asunder. i'ho man tried remains were broug.k* here Saturday morning and ts. ken to (ret hesemane for interment. % ?The fir- alarm s anded ttrday at midday and great; crowds ru?he I out in the direcH i.u i (<i \> os i\!k: , i.ere >i ww! said Mr. Garvin's dwelling w:hi alire. The "'fire," however.proved to he only a trash-pile huru*'g Mesrs L. H. 1 Jo well, J. F Carnes, A. Beaver and John Snip's, ol the 0. !v. -ection, rej turned yesterd iy f:orii a two weeks' vis;t to Bt*Uvi;lef Ga. The indications are that Camp* , 'bell ie uls in the ra< < for governor in. '! xas The primary <vr;n held i.e.! Satuulav. \ Hard Lot , of I roubles to coi i iul with, Rpriug trtur, 1 torj'iil liver nod blockaded !? wels, miVc*.* yon nwaken On m to it.e.r pr ?(>?-r acfcier with Dr. KiiigV New Lift P th< plenviiiitcst nil.I nicwt effective cnt. for < < u?t+i tone up tlio .'.am. - t Punderlxirl I'hurinaiy, r.ovford bios, J. I, Mae ! Co., drag -to.o. I