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JTHE LEP93 Ttiurloiv 5 Garter A . 'ANAGKR. svrniDAV. mav 14 IS 1)8. MEMORIAL DAY. FITLY CHLKItKATK!) IX OLD I.ANCASTKlt. The l*ar?v<5e ? Flnqiietil Address l?v /i'cv .J t] (Vnllsle CiraveM !>eeoralo<l by Loving tlaiuls Another memorial day has passed into historv. As usual, it was splendidly celebrated /it old Lancaster. Her patriotic men and women will never allow the 10th of May to pass without honoring the memory of the dead who wore 4 he confederate gray At the appointed hour. Marshal of the day, ('apt Hives, formed 4he procession on the court-house green. The veterans still surviving came first, then the children of the graded school, wearin ir sashes of the confederate colors and carrying wreaths of ever greens and sweet scented flowers, the holies of the Memorial Association and c'tizens generally. At the command of the Marshal the procession marched down Main street and to the cemetery where the exoi cises, in the absence of Kev Mr Lwart, were opened with prayer by Kev .1 K Carlisle. The choir then most fechnjdv san" bShill W3 m } it beyon 1 tlia riv w. a-ier whu'li Mayor Thomson introduced Kev J K Cat lisle, tlie orator of the day, as follows: In the memorial exorcises, that we rn^iL'O in each year, ami ot which, today i* an unnivorsy, we illustrate a characteristic of u nation and people. To us, the d !.?n lor of home and country, h a hero, "remembered for what In has done1' and while his body has returned to the dust, his deedi live after him, and in the w rent I that hsstory chisels of the event his name is carved. \\ Idle in this, our south-land our dead heroes arc not honorct l?y the nation, yet the stony tinirei that has for years been pointin* at them as unworthv i...^ in.. II.V1 stone, disintegrated by time, tint crumbling year l>y y< ar, it hai worn to the hand, and let us hop* that the warring elements of ai intermingled nation now at w >rk, shall crumble the hand and aril that held it out, until everywhere the figure that walk among si nation's dead, shall be the figure of a man with his hands folded behind him, and his head bowed. While it is my privilege tc imply introduce to this assem blage the speaker of the day, be fore doing so, let me ask that wi keep before our mind's eye tin form of the man in gi'ey, as hi was, in the beginning and to tin end of the srruggle, the defend"! of his country -tin* reply to tin call, the parapet that stood in front and bore the heatings of the. billows of want, suffering and death, and let us hope that the remembrance of the deeds of the brnVO IKmwI ^ 11 1 - ?1 ? ? * - ...... .....ii 111'i j * us io Keep in mind the claim upon otir sympathy and support, of the mothers and wives left by them, many, who for years, have missed the strong arm and companionship of these men. Let. ns remomber that their contribution to a country's call has in many eases en tailed years of want and suffering, in addition to the pangs of separation. It is my pleasure to now introduce to you the speaker of the day, a Christian gentleman, one whose honor it is to enlist under tho banner oi Christ, soldiers to war against nil unrighteousness, soldiers to whom he can promise, for faithfulness and valor, honor I j not only in this world, hut tho one to come, ltev ,J E Cnrlisle, pastor of tho Methodist church. Following this eloquent introduction, Mv Carlisle arose and I was greeted with enthusiasm. He ' said: ! LADIKS AM) ( i KNTIjKMKN, FKL! low Citizkns. :?Tho thunders of j an opening war now till the air. From tho other side of the eat th | there comes the sound of battle, I at once both wonderful victory and astounding defeat. The j echoes of booming cannon are ' l sounding on the sea still nearer home. This opening war is between two nations far apart, whose lands the ocean separates, ' whose speech is not the same. > Two alien races are beginning this contest. What will the outcome be? When will the end be reach 'P.. .... ?!... 1 in; in us inu cim serins sure ? victory to our arms. Vet that end is known to Ilun alone who exercises supreme providence lover wars and nations as well as j over homes and individuals. Thirty seven years ago the air | was full of the opening thunders of another war, as they sounded over all this land of ours. It was not between twoalien races, of different lineage and s|>ceeh; nut ! between those who were of one country and are of one country again. Less than a hundred years before their fathers and grandfathers fought for free j I dom from a foreign ruler side] by side: and now again, their sons and grandsons are volunteering to j tight a foreign foe side by side. n 18 appropriate now, on this ; Memorial Day, to ask, why wore those former brothers then en. gnged in deadly coin hut.? Why strolled they so ohstinaiely in the agonies of mortal conflict for foi r long, weary years, ending all the evils of such cruel warfare? j The answer is not difficult; and it j J should he given now, and after j repeated, for the sake of truth ! and right. Wrong ideas are lie- ' ing taught, and erroneous terms ' are used: so those who are too I young to know from memory, are > being led astray. Hence let us < briefly consider this answer, in , part negatively. That war was not fought for or aguinst the freeing of the negroes. s; Vet many believe such was its II cause. Tli? North was not in , arms for humanitarian reasons, to free the slaves of oppressing Southern masters; nor was the ' South in arms to retain possession I of its human property. That suh. r jeet was incidental, or even accir I dental, to the war. No move k i was made l?y the Federal govern1 ment to free the slaves, until three fourths of the war's duras tion had expired. Kven then it :1 was only a war men ure, adopted , when the North hegun to despair : of success, although all advintages hut right were on its side. 1 To rouse its people's waning zeal, the government issued the emnn i cipation proclamation. That war was not a rebellion on | the side of the Southern States. | The term is widely used, and has even been allowed to creep into ' and remain in the histories used in our schools. It is a false term. Rebellion is an illegal and unconi - , simitionnl revolt from legal and (1 constitutional authority*- The (Southern States, as independent ' |and sovereign realms, entered into ' a voluntary federation with the i other states, under a written con. stitution, for the exercise of the i powers and the privileges of . national life. In the exercise of their inherent and unsurrendered right, they withdrew, or seceded, : from that voluntary federation, i that thev might enjoy their sover eign and independent rights as they were not allowed to do by (the other states in that association. It was constitutional secession of equals from their equals, and not rebellion of subjects against their sovereigns. That war *as not a civil war. Civil war is lietween parts of the I same country, remaining one; or between parts of the same people, I whose homes may l>o adjacent and intermingled. The Confederacy j was not a part of the Union. It had been, previously; it has l?eon i since; but during those four years ; the two wore foreign lands. The j Confederacy had its constitution, and its organized and operative government, besides its armies, forts and little navy, which cfToc tually kep* its territory largely free from hostile invasion for all I those years. And after the war, those seceded states were not in g the Union until they were voted yi in, hut were conquered foreign is territory. It was no civil war, w hut war between two countries, g each foreign to the other. w The Southern Confederacy was tl waging war in self-defence, to a' preserve its freedom from tio l> domination of a foreign foe. For this its men were called from their 01 homes, and trained in martiul w I ranks. For this they fought four t< | years, with valor unsurpassed and w gallant!" magnilicient, such as the S world has never seen excelled. ll Hut, alas! the sad end came at t! last. The Southern Confederacy h horn and then baptised with blood, \\ in infancy, on South Carolina's hi soil, in Charleston, grand old city ti by the sea, died a noble death, J and then was sadly buried in the 1 sorrowing hearts of her true sons 4 and daughters. ,l A 111) U'lir UH1U .-.r. I ?J 1 ? ?? *? I?J ?? no \nu WUUM: lUSli ! I And why did our Confederacy |<] die? Ah! the sadness of the an- ! ' swer! Jt was not the result of ! valor on the Union side; nor of J Cl the invaders' greater numhcts, ? and superior equipments; for w against all those the South vie- jt torionsly fought, outnumbered two and three to one. Hut the r( South was overpowered at the last heeause worn out. A Geor w gia Confederate General was twitted l?y a northern man, who tl said "We whipped you." The n| gallant Southerner replied, "No, I it sir! we wore ourselves out whip- * ping you." And so it was. The ? South, though almost constantly victorious, even to the last, wore h< itself out. Its courage did not w fail; for even to the last,-oven when the invading hosts tilled all the land around Appomattox, the t Inn and rugged Confederate \ ranks were ready to churge once " more 'o final victory or death, at n< the command of that ''noblest m Roman of them all," Robert K Leo. But those urmics led by ^ * i c Leo, and Joseph B Johnston, and Kirby Smith, were exhausted, and n naught was left them hntsurronder,?not conquered butoverpow u< er?d. And why? Because our 0 supply of soldior materia! was consumed. The North had its ports open to the world, an:l could draw its recruits from Ire- J land and Germany; men who ^ cared not for right or freedom, but were the Hessians of these ? modern days, who fought but for b their wages, filthy lucre, ami the f, : pillage of our ' Southern homes. ( Our ports were closed to all the ^ world, so that our soldieis must come from our own homes. Nobly 11 did they respond to their caun- I " try's call! The men in prime of tl ; life, the brothers, younger busbands and older sons went forth and fought for right, for "homo and natiye land." When their ranks grew thin, tho fathers and w their younger sons went forth and at tilled the vacant places. When p those ranks again grew thin, the <1, grandfathers and their grandsons went forth and fought the eon- a stantly increasing foe. Alas! * there were no more to go, of either those whose thinnin/ locks ('' were gray with years, or those i>. whose cm I v locks and flushing 11 i S eyes marked them as in the flush of early youth. Where are all c< those thousands who went forth to freedom's wars, but came not lv buck again?" Go ask Virginia's r* battle fields and cemeteries. Go 1,1 further north, and ask Getty* u, hnrg in Pennsylvania's plains, 'u Go to Tennessee and u-k ( hicku- J-1 inunga's fields; to Viekslmrg on .u the Mississippi; and still beyond, 1,1 to Texas' vast domain Go ask the forts and humor* on our ? coasts, Go u*k Raphael Semmens and the notde Alabama, and the waves over which they sailed in -, victorious career, hut to final sur III render. Those will answer, M 44TTiey are dead, ami buried here | l>eiieath t.ho verdant snd or ocean's rolling wave." Hut are all huried y in those far off gravest Ah, no; a few, comparatively few, were brought home by loving ones. Some lie here in this burial The Thing "AYF.Rf 8AR8APARILLA Km bene P? A household companion in our family Hi for years. I take it every Spring, be- III ginning in April. It tone# up my if|> th torn, given me an excellent appetite <le and I sleep like a top." an H. R. WILDEY. Philadelphia, Pa. ,n For spring i fcli round. You know their grave our hearts know them. The scni'colv ? town in all the Stu here there are no Confedera raves. And in the count r; hieh gave so many thousands i ie ranks, others still were la way with simple ceremony ai y sorrowing hearts. Go, place wreaths and llowe n those graves. Crown the ith wreaths of evergreen, >ken of the undying honor whit e render these who lie helot I trend flowers over them, in toki tat the memory of those huri< lere is fragrant still within oi eurts. W'e honor them: for th< on grandest victory, when tin lid down their lives for right ai nth and freedom. A song was then sung hv ti tioir, and the Marshal atmounc* recitation "The Soldier's Can ire Song." by Miss Corini limit. This was touching jndercd and was one of the mo itertaining features of the |>r ram. A uumlier of little girl earing the red, white and blu >ined Miss Klliott in singing. Marshal Hives then called tl ill of the dead and as each nan as called the drum was tapped After the benediction and whi to choir sang "Tenting tonig i the old camp ground," tl raves were strewn with Klowe y the loving hands of the sever nndred ladies and children wl inor the memory of the de: ho wore the Confederate gray. Washington, May It).?Tl >tton report for the 'month < lay has reference to the propo&t ureage, as compared with tl urcagc planted in 1*1)7. A r need acreage is reported fro very cotton growing Stale, tl oneral result indicating a hread f h'5.4 ns eo i pared with ti MTiigo tif lust year, is n reduetic f t'?. ?> per cent. Gonzales to the Front. "V A , , . At 1:47 o clock this mnrnit Ir N (r (Inn ales, editor of TI tut?, hade ooodbyc to the met ers of thestutr and force and le ?r Tampa, Flu., via the Floric 'cntral ami l'cnmsulu r?m Ir Gonzales expects, upon 1 rrival at Tampa, to either ?j ito the regular aitnv or else jo le Cuban forces now latin** c< icted there to accompany recede the American soldiers luhtt. Hundreds of friends w ish him irodspeod on his missii ud a safe return t*> the editor [Km he has for the* time aha oned.?The .Statu, 10th. >lO0Rewat d SIOC The reader* of llos paper will 'i Med to learn chat then* I* at lei lie dreaded disease tiiil aeienee ll sell alile Co cure ill mI* Its stage*. a iat is t'a arrti Hull's 4'aiairh t'u the only poult ive cure known tot le Heui frateriitty. C'stari h being ills iitrlonal disease, requires ae> iliittoiiul tri'itm ni Hail's Caiai tire ja uiketi thteruall, aclltitf dire upon ttie lilMid and inucou* sti tee* of the s stem, titer* hy dertru iv the f *il 11*1 a loll i f < ll illMU-i' a v lug ihe patieiu strciiic h hv buildl |i 'he <<>ii-*ti iithni and ii*>i-l li.g i ire in doing its work. The pi rod ' s have ho n ueli futih in its cm v?' p iwer.-. Unit they offer One Mil red OoituJ* f??r any cttsc that it fa i cure SjiicI for i*i of tcstiu,o*>iul? Addr<*rs, K J ? II F.N MY 4c i (. nledo (). |f~Soid h> l>ruggi*t* TH K 1EW YORKWORLI THKlt K-A-W EKK KDl'l ION i Fa gen a Week. 1~)G Pages a Yea Is larger than any weekly or new iv-kly paper published and Is the o i in I >? >r l it 111 Democratic "weekly il.ll.>...! V...- V..-I- ..I.- ... iw.m..vi i "i n * ny. I II r iihm a* Iaik<* h? lh? l.'f??lln? Jlei'tihl n weekly of New Y'>rk tJlty. Ilw i of expei'tal a?lvmiiKf(M (o you riurli e PrwW?llllHl < HlllpHipil, AM It ibllnhed every other day, exeinxlny. and Iihh hII tli? fretilinee* at nelineea of a iluily. It combine* i e new* with it long lint of interentii partrnrtif*, unique featureM, oartooi nl graphic IliuMirations, thu latter li g n M|?ecialty. A il thene improvements have l>e? mle without any Imtmm in tlWMI lilch r. mainH at one dollar |>er veti We offer this unequaled new*pap d The Lrixikk together one ye r $2.00. s; HERE'S TROUBLE, re European Nations Mixing Uncle Sam's Business. jt to id London, May 12.?Hong Koc it I dispatch says two German, or French and < ne Japanese warshi 1" are now at Manila and a Russia m ... warship is expected. 1 hey ai .|, combining Lo prevent Dewey fro v. landing. Germany intimates th n -^he expects a voice in the disp< l?<1 sition of the Philipines. Inte nr national complications are euini i\ nent. ! MOTHER! SHf? I and about which such tender an ' holy recollections cluster as th: ip of " Mother"?she who watche over our helpless infancy and gun cd our first tottering step. Yt '.V the life of every Expectant Mot! st er is beset with danger and all c (| fort should be made to avoid i Hja so assists natui S' l^mVlfir Q >n the change tal e, ITlUlllUl 0 ing place th: m a the Expcctar 'h find ne i " " ward w i t h o u I dread, suffering or gloomy for< 1 bodings, to the hour when sh experiences the joy of Motherbooi lit Its use insures safety to the live M. of both Mother and Child, and sli . is found stronger after than bcfoi 1 * confinement?in short, it "make :il Childbirth natural and easy," a so many have said. Don't b I persuaded to use anything bv 1 MOTHER'S FRiENI ie uf "My wife nutTered more In ten mil otes with either of her other two chi ?d dren than nhe did altogether with h< ! last, having previously n .ed four bo ?/ii-n hi oiuiiivr h r riPim.' id is c- blessing to any nn?t exporting to b* cumn a MOTI1KH," says a custom** 111 ; Jik.niiKuso.s Dalr, C'arini, llliuoi . Of T)rtiffftl(t> lit II OU. or mt br eipre?* on r*c??l ''' of prlo*. Willi) fur I contalnlnu timtlmonla anil valuabin Information for all llutbtn, frc Ike llrailtlrld ilrvalator Co., Atlanta, Ua. )l? * Bargains ?g llQ kl - .ft! Pf'e are still re. every (rain ai ' cd to make i ?l ()1. In order 10 do mo we are <jo of HKtll PltK'hS Our hover lias josi ciunied from the Nort larger lortion of his time tiere, [,a pick op si off at almost his own | inl on a few things : " MEN'S'. YOUT s 1 AnD ! lit* ?i ?> lit) >r" r ' * rhe (IIK A PEST ev he ii- Men's Soits at ?1 85. Moi 'h suits 8.'} 25. All wool Clay Wo ir. Hoy's Suits from 2i? cents u ?.v ^ v. For *2 05 suit of elotl 11(1 z ' Standar (lie ;> cents kin M Ocrss Cliallies yard. Come w! I\.... 1 l ?* ^ ? * iMMiiMe-wuun uress ^iovclti ). SHOES, f. Men's poo<l Sunday shoes 9 cents. Ladies tine lace shoes 40 3* cents. Children's shoes fron Overall i|ants at 23 cents. 1 lkiys knee pants 13 cents jkt pui Wo also have a nice line of dress goods, silks, sati t'P th ? ! JU8T RECEIVED ! 2 sol p from 3H cents trt $3. Another r " on the $1A>0, amonp them a nice '' mannfacfurers cost, ai X**" have many other I ? forbid mentioning. Como to m* tho counter. Respectfully Yc Shannon-F uu rati AJNJN UM. ENTKK1MUHING I)ltU(HilST. There aro few men more wide in awake and enterprising than Crawford Bros who spare no pains to secure the best of everything in their line for their many custoiners. They now have tlio val1C uahle agency for I)r King's Now ip Discovery for Consumption, in Coughs and Colds. This is the t;(> wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over the I country by its many startling cures. .It absolutely cu?*es Asl>" | thma; Bronchitis, Hoarsness and l[~ i all affections of the Throat, Chest l" and lungs. Cell at above drug store and get a trial bottle free or - a regular size for 50 cents and ? $1.00. Guaranteed to cure or ^ price refunded. or lt 55?T"Subscribe for The Ledger. I! NOTHING LIKE IT V ( in these 1 counties has over been * offered before. * We will repair your watch E. throughout excepting case repairs it for It ^ T ^ :: SI UU t and gimruntee same to give cntiro sal :sfaction for 12 months, just c as if regular price had been paid. 1- R RRADTS GUARANTEE is backed up by his many }ears of e cx|wrience, by his rating, and 0 GREATEST of ALL, by his farL,. reaching, unqucstu naldc reputa)C tion. It THIS POSITIVELY SACRIFILING OFFER will hold good until ' ! .lune tin* 1st only i and is done to t"st the value of I this newspaper space in your secJj! j tion. t- J Dozens responded last week. a How many know a good thing r. when they sec it this week. : R BRANDT. "ST ' IJiuIhi Town < lo<*lc. 8. U. -?mm* ? ^ ? -I'-ty your subscription. >. ? > t Bargains! ceiving tliem on iul are com pel Ioom for them. ihlt t?? knock the HOCK bottom out , Mr. T .1 Shannon, of Monroe, N. C., hern markets, ami, spending the with the spot cash enables him to iricc. Wo <piote you prices, below HIS JOYS' CLOTHING cr brought to Lancaster. n's r.ll woo! Suits $2 7.? Men's plaid rsted Suits, $.'! 75 ipto $7.00. In s, nice pair of s!ioes anil hat. ' d prints 3 cents, id. All ?c . . ? ? - ? ?? ^ c a J M *Z 3-4 cents per hile it lasts. ies at 9 cents, worth 15 cents. SHOES 3 cents. Ladies fine button shoes 45 cents. Old Ladies common Sense i 10 cents |>or pair up. Kain Overall suits only 45 cents, ir. INS, ETC., CHEAPER AN YOU CAN BUY ELSEWHERE. id cases Uuhrellas at prices ranging lice line of Sample Hats at 50 cmta lot of Stans. Yours at leas than tiirjjainh that time and printers ink 5 us and let us quote you prices orer turn, underburk Co.