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THE LEDGER. Tliiirlow S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. WEDNESDAY, JUI.Y 27, 1808. When congress decided upon ^ armed intervention in Cuba without recognition of the Cuban re- . public, we confess that we were j. disappointed. Wo said so. It j. was because we had a mistaken y view of tho situation. We fully j believed that the insurgents were ^ competent to improve upon the existing government. Recent developments have demonstrated that this is not true. Turned ^ over to tho Cubans, it looks as if the island would be pillaged from y one end to the other and left a ? c howling wilderness. Tho Cu~ bans, tho other day, from Garcia ^ down, seem to have been mitred ^ because they were not allowed to ^ nuvyR unilllU^U. I WO KIlttruilLCU of the president that all non-com- u hatant citizens, whether Cubans or Spaniards, are to be protected in their liberty and property lights, is in accordance with the American spirit, and is the best justification of the war that has yet developed. We are inclined to hoaor President McKinley ? more than ever, and it is with pleasure that we acknowledge that the resolution of congress upon which aggressive action was based, is right.?Yorkville Enquirer. Mrs W C Benet Dead. Correspondent Greenville News: Abbeville, S. C., July 21.? Mrs W C Beuet died lit 12.30 ^ o'clock today. She was taken ' aick Monday. Her trouble ne- t ceiwitaiMl n fuirj(ical opornlion " which was performed by Dr Holmes, of Atlanta, on Thursday J evening, from which she never rallied. t She was the eldest daughter of the late Judge S McGowt n and the wife of Judge W C Benet. She leaves four children. Lightning Belt's Deadly Work. * < Special to The State. Glenn Springs, July 22.?Quite a sad accident occured about three miles from hero on last Sunday. Mr Itobt Williams and Mr James ' Smith were returning from Sun* 11 day school in a buggy. Just as, they reached the top of a hill, there was a Sash of lightning, i which struck the buggy. Mr Williams and the mule were Killed and Mr Smith hadlv stuned. - 11 There is a continual warfare ' going on between good and had in ' man's nature. He who indulges ' in drink to excess weakens the de- ( fences which religion and mornli ( ty erects against the assault of 1 evil. 1 < Mr Joseph \\ Steele, an old i , and respected citizen of Rock I 1 Hill, died at his residence in that ^ place last Sunday evening at j' about 7 o'clock. He was buried j at Kbenezer on Monday. .IS There must bo I?rain-service, i hand service, foot service, purse- j service, as well as lip service, if j we would see the answer to our ^ prayers. You are a coward if yon fear i r to tell the truth when you should j do so. You are a coward when ; fl you insult the weak. Yon are a ^ cowurd if you are ufraid to do right. () L Cox committed suicide on ^ Factory hill at Anderson, one day ast week, by taking laudanum. ^ CASTOR IA |h For Infanta and Children. j h The Kind You Have Always Bought n Bear* the snf //?* ? Signature of J ei f-- .... __ - - - - THE STATE CAMPAIGN. pressc< * ideal Lancaster Gave the Candidates , an Attentive Hearing anil They s'loll'(' Gave Her Speeches I>evoi<l of Rice's Mud Slinging. wise n for p Saturday was State campaign lay here. Five or six hundred childr< rotors were prosent to hear the ., ... , Ca> andidates, and. as usual, gave hen) a respectful and attentive learing. The candidates, too, WHS 1 ichavod very nicely. If any of WRS * honi have engaged in niudsling- ^ermi1 nc at other meetings they had an(^ * ho discretion not to do it before 8Ucb in intelligent Lancaster audience. *hem ' The speaking took place from a 01 * )latform erected in the court- SO U^< 101 so yard and the meeting was R(' ipened at 10 o'clock with prayer us0<^ M >y Rev J E Carlisle. County wou'^ hairman Nishet introduced the ?umer peakors beginning with the can lidates for Comptroller General. 8*ea'? dr Epton of Spartanburg, spoke e*c'' irst and was followed by the ^ iresent incumbent, Mr Derhani Pro .f Horry. hibite< The candidates for Railroad ??ce ' i to mal ./Will Ujinniuuui C1W lirAl UllTl#luced, in the following order: i B Evans of Columbia; C W Marsh Jarris, of Colleton; J A Sligh of we"dewberry; J \V Gray of Green- wl rille; N H Stansell of Barnwell; WftS ^ r N Berry of Cheater. H R WM n< rhomas of Sumter, was not pres. ot^erN int. In lire-minute talks these ^/0' gentlemen informed the people rho they were and of their spe- Tiew# ial qualifications to fill the office P?naai wught. Mr Berry was the only P?"??' candidate for this office favoring c'a'm" >rohihition. cause /i r The candidates for Secretary of }tate came next. They were D *n * ] Bradham, at present sheriff of ** lam well; M R Cooper of the ^ State hoard of control, and D H ** rhompkins of Greenwood, the otbw )retent incumbent, who has held ?'0( he office for two terms. The ^ition wo former thought Mr Thomp. he w< tins should l>e retired?that two ermf as long enough for any now ? >ne to hold an officef whilo Mr T., no* ei ook the position that it would be 'aw 1 r-er) unkind to turn a good man ot^er >ut to graze when, to elect either 1D*? >f his opponents was to create a aPP'ai vacancy in another office. He H*an(' thought his opponents ought to j 1 >e allowed to serve out their (a^m'r terms neither of which would ex- ^ pire for the next two or three ! P608?1 years and that he should tie re. j ^,8 tained in his office. |Strang 'rhe candidates for Adj and Inipector General were: J W Floyd have ' >f Kershaw, E M Blythe of 18U^or 'Jreenville, and John Gary Watts *own? if Laurens, the present incum j >ent, who is seeking a third term, j ^ Mr Floyd is a native of Virginia W?H r' >ut said ho was a citizen of this the r Stato from choice. He is a tine South >rator and put forth his claims in cated in eloquent manner. Mi Blvthe tentiv< nude a dignified speech illustrat- ve,y f ng his military training and edu. ' G \ aft/trt A <?wo /Innf a 4 Li-> C ( * 'Utiwu, i\ ^Ifvnimu ui llic O V/ CHIIH3 Military Academy and three a cran 'oars in charge of the military ratine lepartment at Clentson College, hewn ind given him a prftetieal experi least 1 nee that ought to count for elimlx omothing. Gen Watt*' speech him. vns on a much higher plane than for on lis last speech at this place when veto f tichhourg opposed him. Me dc- to pro ended himself against the charge Oo* ?f mudslinging which had l?een firm d nade hy Mr Floyd at tho Camden He lie neetinc. reneatincr what h? uni.l and n i yrt """ | ind asking the aud'ence if that ernor ould l>e adjudged mudslinging. | worth; The candidate** fur Superintcn- had in lent of Kducation were next in- and w rodncod: Mr May field, the prea. his sp< nt incumbent, who is serving his "l'i hird term, rehearsed his official the Ian eeord and showed what strides to spei ad been made during his incnm- cause < ency. W A Brown of Marion, incom| lade a practical speech on the hone, eeds of the common schools. J | ',een h McMahan of Columbia, waa prifnfc irnest in his remarks and im- last m ;1 tho audience with his J he (1 way in which the office I for I he managed. Col J li lerbc speech wus replete with mill ind thoughtful suggestions ted t ropagating education and He v ig up the character of the inabl ?n. tute DIDATHS FOR GoVKRNOR. He |] j Schumpert of Newberry. men* rst introduced. His speech vigorous avowal of his do- l*'? lation to onforce the laws n,nn suggest to the Legislature, ??ce changes as wou'd lietter f he was elected. He fav- -',e f he dispensary as the best in of the whiskey question, ^ mitted that the argument ^1(>n,s gainst prohibition, "that it e(* not prohibit," was no ar i Vlce* it at all, when would the ec* w b laws, "Thou shalt not c'osc ' "Thou shall not kill," ^ isve ever been promulgated aton< oses have waited vwtil these ('ent >itive laws would have pro ? [1. As to his ability to till the t'onhe referred any who wished " <e inquiry to his esteemed ^ s, Justice Jones and ox-U S ('ate> al Hunter, who knew him ^,0 ' There were 33 reasons why a"vo is a candidate. Tho first ',nKe lat he wanted the office. It e(' it necessary to mention the * ^ ,. were R B Watson of Saluda, All c r talked his well known on education and the dis. ry. He seems to be the dis- mn'n ') ' ngest advocate and ^er? i to be the leader of the ^,eH of the common schools. tern< 5 Featherstone of Laurens, vigorous speech presented use of prohibition. It was ?p, :o my that prohibition could ) enforced as well as any jow< law i?u ttio Oooks. no :ted Governor, and prohi- *ou should he enacted into law, ~?uld enforce it as well or ' than the dispensary law is , nforced. The people hould :pect to have a prohibition better enforced than any law. He sent some liners tie liquor field and was much T ided. He could not under- the why one of his opponents, ton i f'atson. who professed such Trei ation for the dispensary the lad by his efforts kept a dis- grat ry from licing established at T onie, liidgespring. It was but ^ that Col Watson should com >*her towns in the State to two i thing which he would not rop< to l>e established in his own tit o especially when ho professed inve teve it was a good thing. P'H L Archer of Spartanburg, ! 1,001 oxt introduced. He was is v'"< ace for governor l?ecause Carolina had never edutho masses. He .vas at-i Cor; ely listened to and made a h ^ood impression. I Ref< Valt Whitman of Union, 'n# next. He had lieen-nailed jcom k four yearn ago for adro- coul the platform he did. Then '*y * a alone on it, hut now'at j ne' !our of hia opponents had;in u d on it and were Crowding j siw If any hody wan to In* voted mini that platform they should har> or him. Ho woe opposed hibition. I cane r Kllerlio made a plain hut 1''?} efcnse of his administration > to w lieves in the dis|>enMnrv law told ks the second term as Gov- j to c if the peoplo think him a y successor of himaolf. He any friends in the audience two as applauded at the close of *ted jcch. ?tan ucle George" Tillman was Uolc it candidate for Governor aI A ik. Ho ww running l>e- inai >f Kllerlje'a weakness, his that potency, hia want of l?ack- ',an< He believed Kllerbe had attei oneat faith in public an<i ) life, but on reading his i&s leaa&ge to the Legislature . . rf Pill man) luul decided to run jovernor. Ilo criticized El- 1 s for the increase of one-half in tho State tax, and attribuhe deficit to waste at Clenison wanted to wipe out the abora e dispensary law and substi- i county license in its stead, i lad made a study of govern- t ; for 40 years. For tho last J ' years ho had served his peo- t 11 public office. Ho was now J ing not for the salary of the t i but for the honor it would J ? him to l?e elected. Ilo was j >nly living man in tho State had liecn a member of both State constitutional conven- I of 1N65 and 1H95. If elect I 3 would give good honest HerHo was liberally applaud- j hen he arose and also at the f ! of his speech. io strength of Mr Feather* t in the race was plainly evi- , from the manner in which all 1 pponents junmed on prohibi- | I) Bellinger of Barnwell, and ( Mower of Newberry, candU < ? for Attorney General, were I iast to speak. Mr Mower i cated prohibition and Mr Bel. j ir the dispensary. This'cloa- i le speaking. ] le candidates for governor each allowed 15 minutes. )ther candidates were only t?ld 5 minutes. veral of the candidates re. j ed over and s ient Sunday but most of them went on to , ter on the train Saturday af>on. sires. tinning sores appeared on my and spread over the entire er portion of the limb. I got help from medicine till I tried ra. I waa cured by one bottle of o Aier's ^arsapariua." ISAAC ACKER, V* , York Cotton Mills. he second annual meeting of stockholders of tho York Cotmills whs held in the ?fHce jf leurer A?he lust Tuesday, and developments were highly ifying to ull concerned, he mill has been in operation little over a year, and the ; puny organized only about ; years, yet Treasurer Ashe's t >rt showed a cleareut net pro- J f 35 per cent, on the entire istment, with a more encouraf general outlook than has yet 1 ahead of tho mill.?York5 Enquirer. Irhy in a Fight, respondent Greenville News: ALKKxs, S. C., July 22.? .>re court convened this moreWill Crawford, a dispensary ttable, went into the clerk of *t's office where Col J E M Irvas sitting and charged ColoI i-K<> i ??*- ? i-:? i ?? /? n mi iiaiiu^ iitmivn iiiiii ngentlemanly fashion in his >ch defending 11 white man oil Itrown, tried for dispenviolution yesterday. CriiwI had been a witneas in the nn<l Colonel Irby had em* ed language uncomplimentary nine of the conntahlcH. Irliy Crrwford that ho had a right riticizo hiin officially and to go that he wanted no difficulty i him. - After Home word* the men hitched hut wore separ, neither having suffered suhtial injury. A nephew of j >nel Irhy assisted in ae|>arat- I the combatants and it ia stated the constable, in the l>elief this young man was taking a 1, drew a pistol hut made no mpt to use it. lias' Fmtn FtU*?r? iru*mnt*ed to mtim IwmIn*) m I n uten. "On? cent t done. morphine or oulnmln Dr. MIIm' Pai* l Ctrnn All Pnfn. "Onecent n done." No-To-n?c for Fifty Cent*. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes we nen BtronK. blood pure. Mo-ftl. All drug's Ilobson at New York. New York, July 22?Lieute int Ilobson who took the Meri liac into the channel of Suntiag irrived today on tho U S cruise it. Paul, and proceeded at on o Washington by way of t Pennsylvania railroad. It U pe able that Hobson is the bearer Sampson's report of tho naval e Sagcment off Santiago. EVERY BRIDI ind wife should know about the pr jaration that for half a century h; jeen helping expectant mothers brir ittle ones into the world withe langer and the hundred end 01 discomforts and distractioi Pj& incident to child-birth. Y is applied externally, whi< ^ is the only way to get relit r7^?.v\ iTicuicmes laKcn internal ktVIM' not an<* m' %I1riJpf*j!$b&s resu'1 *n harm. Mother*! 8?\ Friend H \ \ fits and prepares eve n \ \ organ, muscle ai 1\ \ \ part of the body f IV \ I \ 'he critical hour. |V\ V j \ robs child-birth of i \ tortures and paii j'&/ ) Baby 's coming is ma quick and easy. ] action is doubly ber ^Yficial if used during the wh< y period of pregnancy. $1 per bottle at all drug stores, sent by mail on receipt of price. Books Free, containing TtlubU inf nation to all women, will ba saat to i addrcm apon application by Tka Dradfanld Dam<IL>IA# Ct1 ttv wi uumciu no^uiuun v? AtkaUt fit. Bargain; JVe are still re every train a e<l to make In order 10 do so we are g of HIGH PRICKS. Our Iniyc has just relurned from the Noi larger lortion of his time there pick up stutf at almost his own on a few things : MEN'S'. Y0U1 AnD XdfTVUo CHEAPEST e Men's Suits at ?1 S5. M suits 25. All wool Clay W Boy's Suits from 20 cents Eor #2 66 suit of clo Standai (lie ft cents kii Dei ss Challies yard. Come w Double-width Dress Novel SHOES, Men's pood Sunday shoes cents. I tidies tine lace shoes 4 38 cents. Children's shoes fro Overall qants at 23 cents Ik>ys knee |miits 13 cents j?er p We also have a nice line c DRESS ROODS, SILKS. SA1 .T JUST RJ5CE1VED ! 2 ? from 88 cents to $3. Another on tho $1.00, Among them a ni< nianufacfuVers cost. We have many other forbid mentioning. Come to a the counter. llespoctfully \ Shannon-1 ak $100 Reward SIOO. The render? of this paper will be p1 eased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease tint science baa been able to cure in alt Ita stages, and that ia Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure la the only positive cure known to the n_ medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a court atilutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken internall, acting direet' ly upon the blood and mucous stir ir, races of the at stem, thereby destroy lug the foundation of the diseuse. and ce giving (lie patient strength by building |10 up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The pro>s prietora have so much faith In its cura live |H>werst that they oiler One Huntired Doltajs for any case that it falls p. to euro Send for list of teatinr.oniala. Addrers, F J CHKNKY A CO., Toletlo, O. KS~Hold t?v Druggists. 76c. r NEWS f V1UTUKY. ? from every side makes all of us take greater pride than ever in ll THE AMERICAN EAGLE. ^ .Just so have R Brandt's wares Ireen put to the test nnd have won victory everywhere. .^ ? During the Summer .f we have retlueed prices in order ly to suit the times. ay Our wares ware and Our pri crs pit toe. s R BRANDT, Under Town Clock. BAD : BLOOD Its "C1ICA HKTS da ail italatA for tk*a tnA ir? ttrulr wonditfa! BtAlrlD* I ten u(M* in. wit bed for t medicine pleaaent to take end at laet . bare rated It In Ceecarete HIim taktoa tkea. mf QC Mood bae been nnrlOed and raj completion baa Improved wonderfully and I feel noeb better In every LtS ??f. MM. SilXII K. BlUlW. LiunlL Ikaa. CANDY M CATHARTIC ^ or l?n om mWwW rWV meet mm* immm? or- ^ Plaaaant. Pale table. Pallet. Taete deai. Oe Oood. Never Hlekee. Weaken, or Qrtpe. Me. Me. Me. OUftK CONSTIPATION. .M K | ?hkhi fcni? ?i?inr. fen?ee> nee tm. M o-TO-ue s! Bargains ? >ceiviii? them on nd are compellroom for them. . . oing to knock the ROCK bottom out sr, Mr. T J Shannon, of Monroe, N. C., rthern markets, and, spending the , with the hpot cash enable* him to price. \Ve quote you price* below MIS BOYS' CLOTHING ver brought to -Lancaster. en's all woo! Suits $2 75 Men's plaid orated Suits, $3 75 up to ?7.00. then, nice pair of ahoes and hat. rd prints 3 cents, nd. All styles of r i *2 3-4 cents per 'Idle it lasts. tie* at 0 cents, worth 15 cents. SHOE 93 rents. Ladies fine Witton shoes 45 0 cents. Old Ladies common Sense im 10 cents per pair up. Rain Overall suits only 45 cents, air. riNS, ETC., CHEAPER HAN YOU CAN BUY ELSEWHERE. did cases Uuhrellas at prices ranging nice line of Sample Hats at 50 cents *e lot of Stnns. Yours at leas than Ilargains that time and printers ink ee us and let us quote you prices over ours. :underburk Co.