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THE LEDGER. Thnrlow S. Cartel EDITOR AND MANAGER. \VK1>N KSDAY, almsl ST 3, 180S, Will tho Fourteenth Aniendmci Go. One is forced to enquire wonders never cense. The wi has l?een a teacher and an upse tor of prejudices which wore a most hallowed by time. Did an man living in America over e: pect to hear of Senator Geo lloar, of Massachusetts, favorin disfranchisement because of rac< Did any one dare to think that largo metropolitan daily, publisl ed in Huston, endorsing such sent mcnts and openly avowing tin the conferring of suffrage on th negro was a serious mistake? Yel shades of Garrison and Wende Phillips! such things have Inq pened. in speaking for the admissio of Hawaii Senator Hoar concede that the natives should bo delmrr ed suffrage and agreed that the should not l>e allowed to vote o the question of annexation. Be hear the Boston Morning Join naPs observation thereon: it was entirely evident that th Hawaiians were not to be allowe to participate in the governmen on simply manhood qualificalioi in entering the United Stute Union. Those who supported th annexing of their country knei this. They knew, also, that whil this was denied in Hawaii, cor tention that it should be aecorde to the southern negroes, who wet less than on a par with them l capacity for participating in set: government, could not be aui __ stained. Senator Hoar, of th Wtf ?>tate, put this case of the Hawi iians yery strongly, j He not onl agreed that they snpiild not'I allowed to vote on t^e subjoct i annexation, but ho contended th it was a wise step to aeoar tne of the suffrage. This was a bo as clear an abandonment of t cause of universal colored su rage in the south as could well made without declaring in e plicit terms against it. It seemed to bo conceded on i hands by this action tlisit the i tempt to establish universal su rage among the emancipated slav ot the south had been a mistal< The annexation of now territor in which a large portion, inde an immense majority, of the pe pie were not to ho allowed to vc was a finishing blow to the elToi to save the sulTrnge to thorn. T nation h-d entered upon a new e in this respect. It had recogniz the fact that there could ho ignc anco and incompetency amoi classes of people in the l.'nit States that justified their beii denied tho suffrage, and it h done this with the assent of the who had formerly been iik strenuous in upholding differo ground. Hero was u full vin< cation of the action of the gre mass of tho whito people of t south in opposing colored suffraj there, if it was not an ondors ment of their methods of puttii it down. It was an acknowledg ment that the attempt to conf suffrage upon the negroes as class in the south was inadvisab as well as impracticable. With The Tribune preach it pension reform and The Mornin Journal standing with upliftc axe ready to sever the neck of th Fourteenth amendment, what ar we coming tot It is new doctrin from that quarter but yet afte all there is added reason for il The horizon of tho L'nion ha widened; it has already nnnexe< territory in which a non-assimi able population exists, and nnles action is taken every ch?M hori that territo-y is a citizen of tin United States, according to the _ Elevonth amendment. True they - i are not entitled to vote but are 11 ? privileged to pass freely from one __ possession of the United States to another; and nothing that wo soo _ in tlio constitution prevents them i,t from acquiring citizenship in tho States. i But it is impossible to admit a jf herd of barbarians like that in ir j the Hawaiian islands. What I then? Yes, what then? Senator |. Hoar has answered the question y 1 fully and it is useless for a southc orn newspaper to meddle with it jr ?entirely unnecessary. The ,r north is menaced alike with the south. The whole country has to a face the problem, and there is #vppv rciKiirnltln iimwii r<i ni-it fbut it will soon l>e no problem. Lack of community of interest 1ms deferred solution; but the community of interest bus come and no further apprehensions need be j entertained.?The State. iGANTT WAS THERE MAYBE AFTER GORE * But None Was Shed and Featares Were all Surprises. e SOVEREIGNS OF SPARTAN" BURG. IS 6 Mr Sligh Calls a Halt on Mr n Thomas. Featherstone Wakes ie Up?Schumpert's Good '* Reception, d e S|>ec.ial to The State. n Spartanburg, July 29.?A regiment of the sovereigns of "Old Sparta nburg" was mobilized 18 around the campaign speakers on 1 Wofford college grove today. One 'y tl?ot??AodU, strongAb*y aieod, sat,. l>e smiled, laughed, cheered and en?* dured, as they took the measure of the applicants for their suffm ut rRgeThis being the redoubtable, unquenchable Larry's stronghold, it was supposed that there would be a brilliant encounter of wits bex tween him and Mr Archer. Col (}antt had a front seat on the platform, "and they do say as how" ho was loaded to the gun whales for his pet target. The 08 colonel said he was eager for the :o- fray, but that Archer had frayed y? out and couldn't find any more e<' arrows. io" | Without meaning to use a be'Whittling simile, the prohibition worm turned today, and in the "c| details that follow will he seen ,rft where ho appliqd the "lie with p(* j circumstances. M ! Mr S c h u m p e it's reception j amounted almost to an ovation. C(m Without attempting to different?l? I iate the local conditions, he np, peared to l?e the favorite guberise notorial candidate here. >H^ The Rev Mr Sligh dramatically n' j called a halt on Railroad Commissi" sioner Thomas. Crossing his wrists and holding them up to the audience ho told them Thomas I?0 thought they were tied. He suddenly whoele<l about, facing his "alligator," wrenched them loose e and declared ho would allow it no er longer. 11 "NKSTLINOIN A HF.I> OF R08F.S. J? Governor Ellerlie lc<l off. He wanted to know if there was ao much opposition to him before he had tilled out one term. If it could l>e shown that he had lowered the honor and dignity of the office he would court defeat. He 16 has not l?een ablo to do all he wanted for the State because he ^ had not had that hearty oo-operaI tion that he had a right to expect. if the people wanted a man who n would bow to the little diagrunted 3 politicians they must get Home3 body else. He credited the pro hibitionists with honesty of pur- < pose, but believed that the dis- 1 pensaiy had promoted sobriety so I ii ueh that tho peoplo were determined to give it a fair trial, ji The governor was presented with a large tray of delicious .grapes < and peaches nestling in a bed of < roses. UNCLE OKOKGK. Uncle George Tillman bore i testimony to Spartanburg's thift, 1 but reminded them that they must introduce small manufacturing in dustries before they could work out a great city. lie contended that Governor Kllerhe could have 1 prevented the one-half mill in-; crease of taxation if ho had used his influence to have the fertilizer tax paid into tho State treasury, and have all of it collected, and to have the Winthrop and Clemson appropriations reduced without crippling these institutions. ' That's no joke'' was tho re mark that bubbled from someone as Col Tillman said that the dispensary officials could get a wagonload of whiskey samples for his friends. SCHIMI'KRT OKKETKl) WITH Al'l'LAUSK. The applause that greeted Col 8?hum|>ert was noticeable, llis references to his war experiences, his holding the office of solicitor 1 for eight years and to his son hating been reduced to ranks for refusing to hold a negro officer's < horse were cheered. He at as run- 1 ning for governor because he and his friends believed he could make m 1\a 1 tor lliaai V11 At* l\n I i? uui tunu liiivn/v had. (Voice?that's wjk.t you can.) The six men running 1 against him were not lunatics, unci there must he some reiwon why they were opposing El lei* be. He never had thought that the dispensary was the remedy for the liquor question. His first ut4qf&nces atj the jmeet^ug was that he favored "local option with high license, and that was still his {position, but thia had to !>e under what is known as dispensary regulations, as piescritied by the constitution, as there coqld do no return to the old barroom system. WATSON MTII,I. A FT Kit KI.I.KRBE. j Col Watson endeavored to make i (Jovornor Ellerbe specify whom he meant by <lthe little politi- j dans'' who had trieil to use him. To his question us to whether he referred to Col Tillman, the governor replied ho did not. 44I i nuan the little politicians all over the Stute," was tho governor's further explanation. Col tYntson said he wanted to bent Governor Kllerbe la-cause he ought to be beaten. His criticisms were just and true to tho letter, and if he ever tluow mud he hoped his tongue would cleave to the roof of his month. There was 110 spot or blemish on Eller bo's character, but he was weak and vasodilating, and paid more attention to deals with his ene mies than to looking after his friends. He had written down Wardlaw's name as colonel of the regiment, but when ho nagged him he scratched it out and wrote .(ones. Mr Featherstono said he had no objection to Col Watson telling his jokes, but he did object to having good jokes spoiled in such ft Horry manner. He wan )*eing jumped on for preaching prohibition, but he would continue to advocate the right rcgardleaa of the conHe?piences. He challenged Gov Ellerbe'a assertion that the prohibition State of Maine conaumed aa much liquor aa South Carolina. The tru>h wan that five irovernora of Maine agreed in declaring thftt the prohibition law waa aa well enforced thero aa any other law waa. Instead of doing what ahe can, aa the mother and guardian of all, to uplift her chil-1 drcn, tho State has debauched them by giving them whiskey as a beverage, and then punishes thorn ivhen they commit crime under its inHuonco. Mr Featherstono was presented with two baskets of superb dowers. AltCHKK AT HIS HOMK. Mr Archer repeated hisGaffney remarks concerning Mr FeatherBtone and the prohibitionists, lie stated that Childs prevented debate on a pure prohibition amendment in the house because he didn't want the people enlightened. The prohibitionists simply wanted to hoodwink tho people through their religious sentiments. Featherstono had paraded lib patriotism, trying to pose as the only one with pure motives and convictions, but every candidate was just as pure as ho. Other professions had everything to lose, if defeated: but tho lawyer, mFeatherstono was, gained advertisement by running for olliee. Who was Featherstone, anyhow: Did yon ever hear of him before? FEATH ERSTONK QUICK ON THh TRIQOER. At this juncture Featherstone interrupted him, asking him if he meant to question his statement that he was running at a personal sacrifice and from a sense of duty. Mr Archer?1 say you present yourself as the only patriotic candidate, and if you'll wait urtil 1 finish? The rest of the sentence wm drowned in the cheers of the crowd, and as they died out Mi Featherstone vehemently remarked: ?4Yoii had better not say so.v This brought out renewod applause. Mr Featherstone remained standing, and presented his eae< plainly in this wise to Mr Archer "1 simply want to say that any body who says what I say is no1 true, ties about it." Wbereupoi me cneering continued witb frest vigor. Mr Archer?No man can rut for office unless he he a patriot, fl trader or a fool. No profcssioi except law is benefitted by a leg islative or executive office. / lawyer is l>enetitod by the adver tisement he receives. 1 dont im pugn your motives, but I clain as high motives and as pure prin ciples jfor myself and the otlic candidates. (SA' K 1IIS SOI I. KI.ROW ROOM. Mr Whitman's invectivoagnins Feutherstone was a gem of gems He gave his soul elbow room am pitched out thunderbolts witl Getting gun rapidity. Feather stone was 4'an immaculate moral ist, either without sense or prin ciple, who debauched the ver; idea of morals." He declare* Featherstone put himself abov God. The Lord refrained fror declaring against drinking ii moderation, but Fcatherston would make an eleventh command ment out of it. Ho was a bij God, out of all proportion to th God of rtho universe. 11c wa wise where God was a fool. II ought to live in Greece, so tho< could make a statue of him an< put it in the temple. He tnilstor I-!- bL i ' <-<? 1111 ins muse wnn lomrooierv and his reasons repelled evcrj intelligent mind and. caught onl; the biggest of fools. One lU're of land will aoppro four (MTsons on a vegetable diet. "For Liver Trouble* and constipation Ayc.r's Pills re invaluable, always affording immediate relief. They are The Beet Pill." R. S. MAYO, F.dna, Minn. All tho Judges to Hear the Loo County Cnso Argued. Tho fight over tho new county of Leo wiil ho resumed again next Tuesday, at which time tho mattor will have another hearing in tho supreme court. On Tuesday the court will moot in hank, which will hring together tho e;ght circuit judges, who will hear tho caso along with the four judges of tho supreme court. Lonkon is to have a commercial informrtion bureau. EVERY BRIDE ' and wife should know about the prei paration that for half a century has been helping expectant mothers bring ( little ones into the world without danger and the hundred and one Pnforts and distractions nt to child-birth. It died externally-, which only way to get relief, cines taken internally will not help and may result in harm. Mother's Friend fits and prepares every i \ \ organ, muscle and | \\ \ \ part of the body for Uv \ I \ the critical hour. It |V\ V| \ robs child-birth of its ^ \ tortures and pains. Baby's coming is made [ quick and easy. Its r" action is doubly bene^Vflcial if used during the whole 4 y period of pregnancy. J $1 per bottle at all drug stores, or * sent by mail on receipt of price. Books Frsi, containing valuable information to all woman, will b? scat to any address apon application by The Brodfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, 6s. nTZirix JLPO;! gaiiia 73 i L 1 JVe are still re< i every train ai ed to make r In order io do so wo are goi * of HIGH PRICKS. Our buyer, r has just returned from tho Nortl larger dortion of his time there, pick up stud at almost his own p on a few things : ! MEN'S'. YOUTI AND E ?r m.If The CI IE A PEST eve v Men's Suits at $1 85. Men e suits 25. All wool Clay Woi ii liov's Suits from 2d cents u i) Rr Cor $2 tf5 suit of clotl Standar ; the 5 cents kin ? Derss Challies ? yard. Come wl J Double-width Dress Novelti SHOES, r Men's good Sunday shoes 9' ^ cents, Indies line lace shoes 40 38 cents. Children's shoes from ^ Overall qants at 23 cents. Boys knee pants 13 cents |>er pai We nlso have a nice line of DRESS MOOS, SILKS, SATI I j JUST RECEIVED ! 2 noli from 38 cents to $3. Another n i on the $1.00, among them a nice - maniifacfurers cost. We have many other II forbid mentioning. Come to see t the counter. Kesjiectfully Yo Shannon-1 State of Ohio. City of Toledo. t L.UCA8 ' OUNTY. ) a Fkask J Chknky makes oaCh that he is the senior partner of the firm of F J Chknky & Co , doing business in the City of Toledo, County and Htateafojesuid, and that paid firm will pay the sum. of ONE HUNDRED I)()LLARH for each and every case of Catarrh that '-annot be cured by the use of Hall's Catahkh Cure. FRANK J CHENEY. A WOLEASON, | skai.. | Notary l*ubllc~ Hall's Cn'arrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the bipod and mucou* surfaces of the system. Herd for testimonials.{fiee, Addre?s, K J CHENEY A CO.? Toledo, O. fOCSnid by Druggists, 75c. NEWS OF VICTORY. from every side makes nil of us^ take greater pride than ever it* THE AMERICAN EAGLE. .lust so have It Brandt's waresbeen put to the test and have wot* victory everywhere. During the Summer we have reduced prices in ordo' suit to the times. I Our wares ware and Our priced please. R BRRNOT, CHKHTER, HC Under Town Clock. CONSTIPATION "1 bar* on* 14 iayt at a lima wlikaal a avaaaal ?f tk? kaaral*. noi ktlai able to aaoT* I bam aioapt by walnc hot waiar lojactloaa. Cbroulc eooatlpatloa for aaran y**r* plarrJ naa In thla (arrlbla condition; durln* tbat lint* t 414 at ryt bin* I a**r4 of tat narar found any ratlaf; 1Mb waa my caaa until I baaau ualng CAHCiHCTR 1 bow hara from oaa to thraa paaaa*** a day. and If I I waa rteb I would (Ira IMIJO for aaeh moramaat; It I* auca a rallaf.' AYLMXn L Hrvr, MM Kuaaall St.. Dauolt, Mlcb. candy r?AN mam OoodTTfarar a^baw!* WaabaaTor ti'tVX. Ma?**, St OUM OONSTIPATIOM. ... < it ' . j? .. "'J *r*# f\ . t I Bargains S reiving them on id are compelloom for them. ng to knock tho ROCK bottom out Mr. T .1 Shannon, of Monroe, N. C., iorn markets, and, sjiending tho with the spot cash enables him to rice. We <juote you prices below ITS IQYS' CLOTHING ?r brought to Lancaster. rs all woo! Suits *'2 75 Men's plaid stcd Suits, $3 75 pto $7.00. ies, nice pair of shoes and hat. .1 ? ii |?ruii? ? cent?, <1. All styles of 2 3-4 cents per liile it lasts. cs at 9 cents, worth 15 cents. SHOE 1 cents. Ladies fin- vutton shoes 45 cents. uirt Indies common Scnae i 10 cents j>cr pair up. Rain Overall suits only 45 cent*, r. NS, ETC., CHEAPER AN YOU CAN BUY ELSEWilERE. id cases Uuhrelta* at prices ranging ice line of Sample flat* at 50 cents lot of Stana. Youra at lea* than largains that time and printers ink i ua and let us quote you prices over ura, Funderburk Co.