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HIE LEDGER. ^ Th iHow 3. Ofvrter, KD1TOU AM) M A N All Kit. j ? I WKDNKSDAV, .TUNK 22 185KS. A The commencements of Fur man University ami the Greenville Female College wore exceed- E inglv pleasant occasions from the ; baccalaureate sermons on Sunday f] to the final exercises Thursday : night when tiye young ladies graduated from the Female College. This institution has passed w through its most successful session , under President Riley, 206 hav- ^ ing hern enrolled this year. The annual concert under Prof G , -1 Ferrata was a splendid exhibition | of the highest order of music, and < , the anniversary of the Judson L J 11 Literary Society was a most in- .j tcresting entertainment. t u Furrnan University graduated fourteen young men and one p young lady. Miss MeGee, Green... ... . . . .... n vino. l no closing exercises Wert- . nesdny night were presided over by President Montague, whose ... 11 energv, tact, wisdom and ability , . . Is] arc doing so much for Furman. ~ n The Furman alumni have raisad , ti ss.iniii for the new alumni hall. c They will en-dlv secure ?'2,000 additional when Prof .1 udson will ll give ?.">,000 ami the work of , . . . . . . I building will begin immediately. , li Rev 11 li Moselev was re elected e president of the association. Fur j man seems to have entered upon ^ a new era of prosperity and success. ^ A Sl'DHKN CALL. 1 (ion Lee's Private Stenographer ' . Killed by a Bull of Lightning From si Clear Sky. Jacksonville, Jure 19.? When 1 . . I about to no ill hath ins at Pablo . , I Beach this afternoon, James T (iatewood, private stenographer to (leneral Leo, of the Seventh Arniv Corps, was struck by i lightning and instantly killed, (rah'wood was from Richmond, " Va . and had been here about a week. The lightning came from a clear skv, hitting (iatewood at the li ; t?. tii br.-;:n and pa-sing dou n the spinal column. Stir4- Yitrtr Ufe. '*y u 'in v' * * !" 111 * Ukk.1T Sociii Am iiciv Kiic-iv < i hk." This '' it it !v is;- rival -urprise on :l 42*>ui : - actM'iui : , roinpmw** i o r** I | :t:i in I' t* Ki'lueys, li ii I'll i'-'c i iiviV <*r female. 11 ? n nf iv itc ami |ixin in W in- n it i iij <> v iuinu ilinte'y. fnvr ^ .11r-? v s l.y th's marvelou* * core. llsu?ow:d ;>r v>*?it fata' c?ti Ml: 1 n1 . Ii : > 1111 < >. I I ! I'lWl* l?y Its fsr .it x'tfrnativc hi >1 lieaiiiitf powers c< r?>l<l i>y .1 I*' Mi?'*key & ('<>., l.miea-ter c It's I>r Chalmers Now, A The Christian Instructor, of f, Philadelphia, of this week, con- ^ tains the following item: n ''Monmouth College, Mon- w month. 111., conferred the decree ti of D D upon Rev Thomas Park, p of \V iltorj, N V., and Rev John |, T Chalmers, of Charlotte, N (V c] Monmouth College is the lead- {j in?r oolh'jfoof the I'nitcd Presby- 'I terian Church. Ttie only other n fSouthern man who has ever been ti similarly honored by this institu h tion is Rev Dr \V M (Jrier, ti > ! 1 .1 I.' /t II jm ' ku ;u oi r.rsKin i oirege. tl . ? . ? t i Old Dr. Archer was a quack and n a very ignorant one. ()n one ooca- n sion lie was railed by mistake to at- ? tend a council of physicians in a critical case. After considerable discussion, tlie opinion was expressed by one that the patient was P convalescent When it came Dr. w Archer's turn to s|>eak, "Con- P ft lee ant! "said he; "why that nothing serious I've cured eonyn- H' Jesoenoe in 24 hours." tl J20T"Suh?crihe for The Ledger tl VATSON'S WORDS L WERE WARM.p pa ssailsd Governor's Record in Vigorous Language. C LLERBE's REPLY HEATED. fa 1 ^() "he Governor Repels Charges of T !or Trading and There 'Was a i,. r. " Hot Time, at St. George. . , ~ I nt pecial to I tie State. St. George, Juno 17.?Dorcl# ^ sr's day on the political pro- j p( rnmme was signalized by one of jj lie most scathing and remarkat>le m ttacks upon a governor and can- Hr idate even known upon the stunp m i recent years. Gov Ellerhe was lie target and Col. Watson the j)(1 larKsman. I* The occurrence was Asunex-I^j ectcd as it was remarkable. The j I,h lan from Suluda came down upon 11() im like a thousand of brick, jK, purnin?y the language of diplo- ?(. nicy and roasting him upon a bare W( pot. 11c denounced the govor- ^i or as a political trickster, and radcr in whom the people had no U| oniidouce. ut When Col. Watson concluded L wus plain that it was a critical 11 : iiuo for the governor. His man- L ^ I 15* lood was at stake, his political xislence was trembling in the jn lulatiee, and should ho fail to rise _r o the supreme importance of the * iccasion by some masterful eirort ... ^ 111 le would he swept aside by the (j( nighty tide. And the governor realized it. ^ do summoned up all the vigor of j8 lis nature into his reply, repelling he accusations and denouncing the lccuser with a vehemence that lelighted his friends. During t| lis remarks he got into a tilt with I'ncle George who wanted to force die fighting and state his case on 0,1 .lie spot. After a brief passage ^ at arms amid the din of applause Hl Tom the adherents of each, the m rovernor turned his attention to ''( \>I. Watson, and his remarks m urtlier on will show the charac- 1,1 er of his replv. II KltOM TAMKNKSS TO Sl'.N KIMTV. The earlv part of the meeting: , : ' , , , %f tli ave promise of the calm of a .May lorning. There was goo people ! resent besides the candidates and de dozen or ho of the fair daughters | to f Dorchester. | in Tlie chairman of the meeting' nc as Maj. T \V Stanland, the fa N< ions erstwhile 'posaum hunter 111 *oni 'Hueklov,' who requested, in hi le vernacular of the Jim Island th 1011, that no one should 'tarrify wi r t arrogate <le speakers.1 FOH TI1K UO\ KUNOUSHII? I st: The (Candidates for (Congress, t , .ttornoy General, etc., spoke ( rst. The cavalcade of candidates ^ ten entered, le<l by Col. Tillman, ( ho enlivened the crowd by his it, good humor and vigorous i "eatment of affairs. lie wanted WJ i roundoff his political career U\ i ,is eing chief magistrate, and iff wj lected his work would be to re ( uce taxation and increase liberty. j|j(1 'here is something, said he, eon- (,, ected with the fertilizer adminisration that smells of heaven. It, < nothing hut. a system of favori .. ' .. .. SO ism and corruption, ile ascribes, jo priino cause of heavy taxation > the old Radical law giving witchkck good per diem and double I'1 liloage, which flooded the courts G< dth trumped up eases. "" HOT SHOT FOR F.M.KRItK. Col. Watson said it was an un j ^ rccedentod thing that there were j j 9ven candid a tea for the office of i overnor. Governor EHerbe K/id J een hacked by a T'nited States ^ ma tor and a governor, and got j te largest vote ever given to aj mdidate for governor. Whf len was he opposed? ' 1 (\>l Wut.son then proceeded to <> nek in the plainest wrods ????v- > noi Kllerbo's record. The reii p n for the opposition to him was > tent. Before he hud been in n ice ii year he was heartily do- f ised. Kllerbo's friends were u h; nied of him and his enemies n ire disgusted with him. Ho has s en untrue to his friends and uu ii ir to his enemies. He has ught by patronage to buy his tonnes and has never remembered ' v s friends. But for his connec- i I *' >n with the Reform faction he j j iver would have been heard of. s He was elected with a promise at he would remove the metro- j ilitnn iKilice from Charleston. . Iv e delayed its removal for ono | u utter, removed it for another , . i(l id received the just contempt |. those who elected him. I I believe it was a trade when appointed Epton as comptroller s ineral. The legislature relinked 111. In all his aniiointmonts it I I " I believed he has traded from first last. If he had been content to , l< i W II Ellerbe and not eonde* , ended to political trickery, we [Mild not lie heiet ?lav to oppose m. j t Col Watson cloqi ently eoin-}. ended the jralhint ofHoers at the . 11 ad of South Carolina s volnn ^ or troops, but said he, to help inself, Governor Ellerbe i??nor , 1 all the colonels, the Confedert< e veterans and sons ot veteran11 his appointments. Ilcappoint 1 only one oflicer ftom his own ' ction to ii high oflice, and that j an could not drill a s?juad. I N > not know I>nt one man in my mntv who will vote for him, and nit one says it is because Kllcrbe ?iti?jj to pardon a man scntcnc ' I to bo hanged. Gentlemen, you av go all over the State and yon ill lind a consensus of opinion nit he is an utter failure. A KirilOARINO 81'KKCll. ime from Mr Tillman today Jf v ire passion to tatters. lie ifirpi iseif at Col Watson for bv r-,, g kicked the KI lor be corpse. 1 iclared that he had been the fi an to advocate popula :oU I 1 ,M ent. Watson's backboi wis fiber as the 'peth' of tin wen I is opponents and tin1 po! tie lied him a crank, and lie i dr at they were ft>o|s. Ml< A ltd I Kit j plorcd that theedouitioi t! -I 1 in of the State had given n i pi stead of prosper its ui.d I icossity conveniences o. >1 :> provision had I won mad.. I e education of llio nia>->cs. 11 g colleges had so inticli in ill (iv did not know what to I froi. ith it. > in COI. SCIIl'MI'KKT. |,r ,, i to I (lint I in was not ^lnnill1,w,' or tho demerits of his opponent! t proceeded to speak in a u B'to at showed ho had many mrril'hl mmonding him for the otliee light. Ho had tendered hi""' rviees as a private in the wil "( th Spain, hut con Id not etdisl"ia he was over age. llnwwcfld ion 'taps' sounded tonight, IiB^t Iv hoy, 1S years of age, won 1 if i down to sleep in the can.p .1 ' ' ucKumnu^ii. lie had con\i-1 >' ( are men fur violation of t'.B't >pcnsnry law than any < tl .1 lieitor in the State. m tub i'koiiihi iton < \Ni)in<r: . :ra Mr FeathciHtone eaine to idea .. .... "it > ? ease of the prohibition! ' m )?1 knows we have seen enoii^ ( iTs'Trylng o the patience to keep on talking na, nedicine that does not cure. Hat j-j t is trying that leads to aucceaa. f you are Buffering from eczema,B,n< toil*, eruptions, etc., you will beffU^I our cure the day you begin tryi.igK ] ( c Agtr's I. ^rsaparliia. I f the etTeets of the whiskey in ninth Carolina. It is time for thu oople to rise up and free the tateffrom the eurse of drunkeness. After trying prohibition or 30 years, Maine has incorporte<l it into the constitution. If a unjority favored it that was a uffieienj public sentiment to eary t out. f GOVERNOR K I.I.KKKK. 'Nov we are going to hear it,1 /as tin remark as Governor El erlie time forward. He said he iad be m slandered and misrepreented and he challenged hisoppolents r> prove one charge made gain; his administration. Ho relco ted criticism that was honst. Io had always advocated the lispe ^ry as the best solution of he I uor problem. When Col. :illn n said the dispensury had lot i ude an v profit he misrepreent< I the facts. T1 s elicited a remark from Un< e' George, wl;o said ho had ;r~ji respect for (iovernor KU i>rb personally, but when ho in is i essajje to the legislature sai<l ho Ideational system wits with- ! tit endship, without order and r.ll if reduplieation, and followed ' ha with the statement that its in ovoinetit was not practieable, ' lit he showed lack of backbone. | Inventor Kllerbe eombatted It ami ealletl upon Col Tilltn in rove his statement that Home ?X? t their fertilizer without ng for the tags. ol Tillman ? I'll show it he- ^ <1 a reasonable doubt from the s it you'll let me speak. Jovernor Kllerbe replied that had no time to spare, but if the of was submitted he would re from the race. ' < | I Then ensueu almost indeserib- I e confusion. Col Tillman was J leavorinlr to get ina reply, with governor talking simultane. lly. Friends of both dUpU- ' ' ts crowded up, metaphorieallv tiny: each game chicken on thw k and urging him on. The ,ernor refused to relimpiish the J ad and turned toward Col Watt was a supreme moment, for governor had to stand or fall rding to hi- defen-c of ths : iu senulor s merciless exeorn. To his credit, be it said, he repelled the accusations ,> t 1 "* ' ?Hli n atson, and I h to furnish one scintilla of " f that I ever made u political i 1 If his I) eloss charges were I t 1 i he U.< ' ? ! out if n Inil the 1'iaii who robs S ;? r of his ?.oo(l name i? worse ~~ i the thief who st vils hC horse the loc'.e 1 stable. Aye, he i worthy of the name of man -nt.cman, ami is no gentleis absolutely false that 1 went HI contract with Charleston. 1 them that whenever they i me assurances that they I-1 enforce the law I would >\e the metropolitan police, ile that statement publicly, f I never promised any man B I would unconditional!) >ve, it. y iad mere appointments than t?tl?cr governor lnul to make, for every friend I nmdc I 1 n doy.cn enemies; yet some csc political pirates have tiicd i -represent me 1?y saving that cci iled appointments for p pu- "h ?\ You may defeat me, but j, an under heaven shall misrsit mo to the people. I intend u the government without DP ;>r favor and not according to ictates of bob.tailed politi0 governor's defense was ^" on Hy applauded, and his speeeh 1 the meeting. b campaign party left here for fternoon for Charleston. the J Wilson 'Jihbes. grrifTTp"" Don't TnbnrrA Suit anil Smnke Your I.Iff An To i|>iit tuluweO cviKlly anil forever, l>o li lie. full <>f life. li'M V iiml vigor, luke Ni Bnc, tlio ivoiiiler-worln'i'. Unit iiiuUck weak strong. All druggists, 50c or <1. Cure gut toed Booklet niul sr. nolo free. Ailtl Sterling Krmedjr Co , Chicago or New Y Big Wheat Yield. | (ireers, S C Juno 16. ? We | having some tine showers now i people ns well as crops are lo ing very much refreshed. F mors aro making good use their time. The thresher is hi naiig on every hand and wh and oats are extra good. .1 Wood threshed 380 bushels wheat from nine acres. M0THER1SH: and about which such tender a 1 holy recollections cluster as tl of " Mother "?she who watch ! over our helpless infancy andgu ed our first tottering step. Y , the life of every Expectant Mol er is beset with danger and all < fort should be made to avoid fl ?L ! so ass'sf? natu Mother s ims mam h the r. xpccta Friend B W ward withoi dread, suffering or gloomy for bodings, to the hour when si experiences the joy of Motherhoc Its use insures safety to the liv of both Mother and Child, and si is found stronger after than befo confinement?in siiort, it "mak< Childbirth natural and easy," i so many have said. Don't t persuaded to use anything bi BSilTWS'S FRIFNI uiv i nbii v i iiiuiii " My wife aufTored more in ton mil ntes with either of her other two chi dren than (the did altogether with h< last, having previously used four bo M..? .st t'-I ? ... .uoiiiri r? r rirnu. lb 19 blessing to any <>tif expecting to b? coine a MOTIIKK," says a ou?tome: 11 kn i>kkso.n Ualr, Carnii, lllinoii Of nrtnrirlM" nt 11 (1). or ao n l brexpreM on recoil jf price. Write for b?>. k contnlrnna t**llmonla auil valuable Information for all Mother*, fro 1 he UrntfiiU Krxulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. Bargains ] If 'e arc si ill rec ovcrv train an W v() to make r In order to do > ? we are ooii : 11 Kill l'Kit'LS. Our buyer, i, :u-t ' iMurnotl from the North _ , lortion of his time tie re, i i. ! up stutr at almost his own ju n a few things : WEN'S'. YflUT! AND B The CHEAPEST evei II % - - men *> mms jit si K5. Men' lits $3 2.r?. All wool Clay Wors Boy's Suits from 20 cents up I' " For *2 suit of clothe Standard fie ? cents kind )ci*ss Cliallien i aril. Come nil Doutile-wi'lth Dress Novelties SHOES, Men'- ?'oo<l Sum la \ shoes 03 < its. Ladies tine lace shoes 40 e? rent-. Children's shoes from I Overall (pints at 23 cents. 1 knee pints 13 cents |K?i;pair. Wo also hftvo a nice line of tcSS GOODS, SILKS, SATIN: TI1AI I IIHI ,li;ST RECEIVED I 2 *olid in :'.S rent* to t'i. Another nin tho $1.00, among them a nice h nufacfurera oo*t. Wo have ninny other liar hid mentioning. Come to see u counter. Respectfully Your' Shannon-Fu - - ^ V, -- illlll mm* 'M a? ?v^-^r w>n ! Win ? HWifc "T- OlOORrward SIOD. timea To- The readers of thin paper will iw? na<-n p'eased to'earn that there is at leas', iron- <)no (|leaded disease th it tricnce htr lre^1 been able to eure in ah its stage*. ant} that is <'utarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure la the only positive cure Known to the medical fraternity, Catarrh being a are conai itu'ional disease, requires a eonHtltiltloiial treatment. Hall's Catarrh and t ore is taken internull, acting direct, ly upon tlie blood ami mucous sur ?o race* of the s\ stem, ther?by destroy ar ing the f lundution of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building of up the constitution and assist lug nature in doing Its work. The pro,U1" prietora have so much faith in its eurwieat l've powers, that tltey offer Orte Hon- dred Dollars for any case that it IMI*?' It to cure Send for list of testimonials. Addrers. F J CHENEY A C*V , 01 Toledo. O. iiyKold by Druggists. 75c. a IMS OF VICTOR!.. ng from ever}' side makes all of nana take ?rreater pride than ever io ? 3 | THE AMERICAN EAGLE. 'et *^nK*' so 'mvo B Brandt's ware#? l>een put to tho test and have w?ar ? cf. victory everywhere. ? During the Summer k- we have reduced prices in onle.i* at to suit tho times. n' Our wares ware ami )r Our pri ccs pl< mr. i R BRAMDT, 'c <JHIOS'l KR, SC j I'nder Town Clock. INSOMNIA if 4tllmvc boon Mains J'AJiCAHKTSft* Insomnia, with which I have been aflllcted foe over twenty years, and 1 ran say that Cuscarett ^ have .riven me more relief than any other rcme}l dy I have ever trle<l. I shall certainly reeantII mend them to tny friends as betnv till they arn " represented." Tims. Uit.t.AHi), Kittin, 1IL I CATHARTIC ^ : isuscafte*? f- TNAOt MANN MAWTtMO ^ Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taafe Good. Hr> |?t Good. Never Hleken. Weaken, or Gripe. I0?\2ie. Ma. ? ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ~ ' Marling Rra.4r IKIr.t., iMlrfll, New fMt. tit Mn.Tn RAP Sold and guaranteed by ari dna?HU" I U-DAm iiutato PI' WK Tobacco IbU? 7: BargainsI eiving tliein on ul arc compel!00111 (<?r them. nt; to knock the ltOCIv kottom rro; ' Mr. T .1 Shun lion, of Monroe, N. C., lern market* m..! ? ' , ....... -|>VIHIIIIg llJC vith the spot cash enables hint' U > ice. We (junto you prices below % rs OYS! CLOTHING brought to I^inenstcr. h nil woo! Suits :*2 75 Men's plivl 1 ted Suits, #.'{ 7*> to *7.00. is, nice pair of shoes and hut. I prints 3 cents. I. All styles ol. ? 11*4 cents penile it lasts. i nt i* cents, worth 13 eent^. SHOE ents. Ladies lino button shoes *5"^ unts. Old Ladies common Sense 10 cents per pair up. in in Overall suits only 45 oat S, ETC., CHEAPER i YOU CAN BUY ELSEWHERE:. cases Uubrellnn nt prices rnnpopr f line of Snmnle list- ?? *? f _ i?v /'/ wrrtfAf "? ?t of Stuns. Yours at ief>? gaias that tiiuc and printer* tok . < and lot ns quote yon'prices or?rv X, . . nderburk Co.