The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 13, 1898, Image 2
THE LEDGER
Ttiurlow S, Carte
EDITOR AND MANAGER
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13. 1S{>8
?Mr J S Mooro of Plains,
is visiting friends and relati
here this yvoek.
? Mr Sanvel W Rhea of (
uinbiii, and Mr S .1 Kimbal
Rock Hill are in the city.
At Rock Ilill, Mr Pollock, of
the congressional candidal
asked I)r Strait if the newspaji
had represented him correctly
saying that lie claimed that he
not support the resolution ado
cd by Congress < in reference
wan because it did not go
enough. Dr. Strait denied t
he had ?aid any such thing.
The Rock Hill Herald is of i
opinion that The Ledger in:
the report concerning which C<
gressnian Strait was <picstioncd
.\ir l'oiiociv til ilie congressu
til campaign meeting at R<
Hill last Monday. We have <
atnined the tiles of The Led<
and the following is all we i
liml in theni concerning DrStrai
vote. As will he seen it v
taken from the Lancaster corr
pondeuee to the State. It appei
ed in the Ledger of May 4th:
"Congressman Strait infer
the Lancaster correspondent
The State that ho was in favor
both re/ognition of the pres<
government of Cuba and int
vention by the United States, a
for this reason voted against 1
resolutions that passed the Sen:
and House. In his opinion 1
resolutions that passed were I
indefinite and uncertain.''
The Tirznh Dispensary.
Rev J S MolTatt, in the CheiLantern:
We have objected to
manner in which the dispens
is being run nt present. H?r
what wo moan, for one thing,
dispensary was established ntr.
zah, York county. Was it
there for the good of the c<
luuuity. { Has it been a m<
blessing to the community?
it has proven a source of debai
ery. All the people in Tir
but one, and that was the disj
ser, signed a petition to the S
board of control asking that
dispensary be discontinued. \
t granted? No, the disponsar
still there. The present law
not being administered in the
tcrest of temperance and 1110
ity. And it never will he in
present shape.
The IVoti'aeted Meeting.
The protracted meeting in
Ikiptist ehtireh closed Sum
morning. Kov S X Watson,
i^aneaster, who conducted
meeting, labored earnestly dur
his stay hero and did some g<
work. Some of his appeals w
as strong us we have ever ho
and while the outward nianii
tat ions were not as numcrom
jfeL might have been expected we i
k confident that his labors have
lieen in \ain. lie went to tie
pi| Spring Sunday afternoon to
tm sist Rev J S Croxton in a m<
ing beginning tlie same night
Keishaw Era.
l r.AQmDi/
? -w r~% I II I f
^ For Infants and Children.
> The Kind You Have Always Bouj
Hears the /^_JsVS7TZ
Signature of L&t^TXJ-CCAcJu
In old Rome it wan the cunt
to wrap a monk's conl about
'lend body to insure the safe p
sage of the soul to paradise.
J3TSU
TO THE
LEDGE
L HOSTILITIES f
^ SUSPENDED i<
Miies, Shatter and Merritt Or-!
sc dered to Stop Fighting.
ivos
No Further Movements to be *
'ol- Made Against the Enemy? I *
] ,,f Miles to Inform Mucins r
of the Truce. j J
! ii
one Washington, August 11?The 11
tcs, secretary of war has cabled in-1 v
ers struct ions to Miles, Shafter and w
' in Merritt to make no further move *
did nient against the eneinv. Miles 11
i ?
pt- i has been instructed to inform th*? ,l
to Spanish commander in Porto Kieo u
far ; of these orders.
: SPANISH ARE SATiSFiED. ?
the I |
ule PEACE PROTOCOL, AtX'EP* 11
)n.j TABLE TO OUR ENEMIES. (l
,)y ' . L
,n_ Cambon Will be Authorized to .
>(.j^ ! Ailix His Signature on Be
lv I half of Spain.
> t!
?cr h
,ftn Madrid, August 11. ? In ollicial
circles the reply of the United j'
rus States to Spain in the matter of ^
0R. i peace negotiations is considered as I
ttl.. satisfactory. Sagusta donies that *
j he authorized the French ambits r
11H sudor at Washington as a repre-1 '
()? sentative of Spain to timke changes
0f in the Spanish answer as regards |
,nt . certain conditions which might
0r_ create dithculties during the course
n(j of negotiations. Sagasta adds that (
if any changes are to be made, 11
the government itself will make J
them. The text of the reply of v
j()() the United States will not be ,n
detinitolv lennnn unfit ?l>o ! 11
coming cabinet meeting. t
J
^cr London, Aug 11. ? A dispatch "
thc from Madrid announces that the '
ary Spanish cabinet regards the pro- 11
e ,8 tocol promulgated by the United i
\ States as satisfactory, also that *
pjr_ authority will be at once tele- *
put ?raphe<l to Cambon to affix his *
Mn_ signature. It is expected that '
>ral hostilities will cease immediately. I
No, j ^ j'
ich. ! Washington, Aug 11.?Ad jf
zah yiccs have been received that 11
)cn. Spain is satisfied with the proto. j i
tate co'? also that a formal approval 1
the w'" cabled Camlion today.
rVas ^'"er at 11 denied that instruct- !
v js ions to stop lighting had l>een
; isjsent. j,
ral- i '"or those who do not know it :
its 'H Nvt'H t? explain that protocol 1
in diplomacy means the first 1
rough draft of an instrument or
transaction. It is the preliminaf-y
the j opening such transactions. The
lav words come from the Greek words
"v ^ , I
()f protos, first, and kolla, glue; on
the J the page glued to the title page of
in<r j a book. A document signed by )'
^ i
>0,1 friendly powers to secure certain
ere ends by peaceful means is also,
nrd called a protocol. In the ease at
p,.s hand, for instance, the concise '
^ !ls statement in toruis of what the
fet.j I nitcd States have to say in an- '
not sw*r t? Spain's overture will ha (
.,n. I the nrotocnl .llm i-.m.-K <1 i'?a f
Itvii --- 1 ? " <11 ?'l
of :i subsequent treaty of peace. !'
iet- ^<r *nr the Spanish government1'
has said what it would do, speak- *
in# through the French ambuss-' *
ador, whereupon thi I'nited States (
. submit a protocol for Spain to
\ sign in the regular, official way. (
That being done steps may be *
jht taken to end hostilities. The act- p
?? na 1 fighting will not stop until the!1
^ i'nited States are in actual poss- *
ession of the points of vantage 1
om ^u'y forth in the instrument *
the named. Other uses of the pro- *
tocol will lie explained from time '
to time as occasion demands.? p
The State.
!lo-To-IU? for ritty C?nu. '
luarinUMd tohwro h(h(t eur?. m?kM weak
men atronc, blood pure. MM *. All 1
K No morphine or opium in Dr. Mllea* Pais *
PtLU. Oom All Pain. "Ono coat a done." '
EARFUL DENOUEMENT OF
THE ORR ASSASSINATION.
)rr's Wife Suicides in Her Cell
and the Five Negroes, Meu
and Women, Have Been
Lynched.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug 10.?
"ivo negroes are hanging from
ho limbs of trees near the rail ond
track and the widow of .John 1
? Orr is dead in her cell. This
s the tragic denouement of the
ssassination of ,!olm T Orr, a
irealthy merchant at Clarendon
few nights ago. The wife died
rom a dose of poison, self-adsinistercd,
while the negroes, her
ssociates in crime, were strung
p by a mob of citizens.
The report of the lynching was
rceived here at an early hour
liis morning, after telegraphic
ommunication was suspended for
lie night, {ind only the authentic
etails of the affair come from a
uilro *d telegraph operator at
llarendon, who saw the lvnehig
Four bodies, two women j
nd two men, are hanging from
lie limb of a tree not far from
is office and a few pace* away,
angles the body of another lie- ,
ro woman, former cook in the 1
)rr household, Miss Morris, the
ewess implicated in the sssasslation,
was not hanged, she liavig
disappeared last night.
'IM.? I I 1 *l I
l iiu lyni'iiwi are; rnanz i^asue,
)ennis Kicord, Subie Jacob* and
V i 11 Saunders.
Last Saturday ?ight John TI
)rr was assassinated while making1
glass of lemonade. He had
ust returned from Christ church,
irhere his wife was organist. The
flair was shrouded in mystery
intil Miss Morrin told somebody
hat she knew wio fired the shot.
V coroner's inquest resulted in the
irrest or tne five negroes and
Mrs Orr, and a warrant for the
irrest of Miss Morris. It was
harped that the wife had hired
he negroes to do the murder.
Drr's lifo was insured for $.'>,000,
)rr and his wife lived unhappily.
Mr Orr was formerly a theatrical
nan. In 1890 the couple eloped
0 a summer resort in Wisconsin
ind were married. Later they
icttled in Clarendon, where Orr
>ro8pered in business, lie ?*a?
jonsidered wealthy at the time of
lis death.
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T ITK <>K Oil l<>. C ITY ?>K T<>LKI>0, >
I il'CAS OlTNTY I ?
Kiu^k J Chknky makes oMih Hint
lit* is ili?* senior purtimr of the (lrm ??f
K.I rilKNK.Y A < l> , dnil?|? bu*il<e?<s |ti
lit* City <>f I'oledn, < otiiilv hihI Stale
?roit*Mj?id. and thai ssid firm III j.-iy
of ONK HUN DKKD DOI*.
/yAUS lor each aimI every < ??? t.f a
I.triti tlnit itnnot Im* i*iirt*d by the u?>?
if llAl.l/s ('ATAKH1I t'lTRK.
KH A Mi J I HKN KY,
, ^ A WUI.K VSON,
nkai.. Notari! hub!in.
1 I
Hall's Cninrrh Pure is tnk'-u interinilly
and arts directly on tli? blood
tml iiiu -nus snrfio*' M of ti e system.
Send lor t'stiinmiiitls JfVee,
Addro?s, ] ' J CHKNKY 4? CO.,
Poleilo, I).
Svagr-i'.cI by Drnpit'sts The.
Carolina's First Hale.
Special to The State.
Barnwell, Aug 9.?Col Mike
llrown ships to the Charleston
Jot ton exchange, care T A Mc*
rnfmn, Charleston, SC., Barnvoll
county's?or South Caroinn's
-tirst bale of new crop colon,
in round bale or cylindrical
ihspe, raised, ginned and pressed
in his own farm and gin plant.
Col Brown has the only cylin-.
Irical press in operation in South
.arolinn, his lieing of the American
Oitton c onpany's style, which
s different from any other round>ale
press, as they put up bales
uuch heavier, weighing from 450
o 700 pounds, of which three to
ivo timet* ns many hates can be
>ut in a carload than the old atyle
w|iiare bale.
fWrn't Toktff# apt* u* Imm Twr life Away.
To quit Uibarro eaaily and forever, be mac
telle, full of life, nerve and vigor, take Na-To*ae.
the wonder worker, that make* weak men
troaf. All drueslAM. fdawr9I> Care rxaraaaed
Booklet and earn pie free. Addreee
Merlin* Riwily Op, Cbleaco er New Toa?
Hon. J ,J McMahnn?His Good
Qualities. jjj
A friend of Hon J ?J McMuhau
one of the candidates for State
Su|?erintendent of Education, \vri~ meanai
ting in The Augusta Herald,
among other things, has this to ??"??
... ^ liaoom
say about him : snore
4tMr McMahnn is a young man, J^poin
perhaps not 35 vears old, hut he 111
iti i ? o wromiio
lias had a great deal of experience, mother
Ho is a graduate of the South
Carolina college, has held tne po- i
... nonma
sition of assistant professor of intend!
English in that institution for a ptrSo*
number of vears, avss a prominent this wo
1 prepart
member of the constitutional y
c o n v e n t i?o n, is an able MQIIll
and conscientious lawyer, a brave, 1 Frism
fair minded, intelligent man, of
whom all South Carolina may well ZQt
feel proud. m
A friend of the* poor, the dis.
tressed and the needy?educated, vvtf
courteous and refined no* braver, ft'
nobler man could be elected to />?0
the high ollice to which he as- X57
pires. South Cai olina may well
feel proud of John .) McMahan, J
who, in common with his State,
subscribes to that lofty motto : 'jWl
'Diiiii spiro spero.'* //'j
All/... At~?t~
iiuvil iHVl It". I
Treuton, S. C., duly 1898." j
LIVELY AT LAURENS.
**I*U
with pr
Barney Evans (Jock for Thomas? y,'?r*w'
Featherstone Roolies to a ., {oe""iI
Vl piles an
iUMIlor. C H.
Laurens, S (J., Aug 9.?Mnjor ^
Barney Evans jumped on Railroad mW
Commissioner Thomus very vigoroutly
at the campaign meeting
here today, denouncing his statement
as false.
liooo, rit
Fentherstone wus overwhelmed
with flower a and app auae. He
made a jxjrsonal statement, de- ^
daring totally false a rumor that
he had drunk liquor us a hevoi&se Tj
during the last livo years. He
acknowledged having bought
brandy from the dispensary when
there wkm sickness in his family, ?
stating that the balance nf the
brandy was still in a liottle at his WMVI
home. }f
Colonel Watson replied to
Governor Kllerbe's Newlierry *
statement, declaring that if he
were not a bigger man than Kli
lerlx? he would not have the office.
V.Vts was well received by the of III
I people of his home. haw j1
I The crowd was large and inter large
ested. pirk
?, _ on a
ITVIMIOID HAD AS YKLLOWj
,,A(K- j^'j
Five Deaths at Fort MclMierson
Yesterday Four Hundred
Cases.
Atlanta, Aug 10. ? Five oriIt
*
vates, all volunteers, died today
j of typhoid fever in the general suits
hospital at Fort MclMierson.
' ?
'I hero uro now i 1JS pat ients in
the l?ig hospital here. Of these
' 400 are i uttering from tj'phoid !
! fever. Tampa has sent 250 ty- lh<
| phoid patients; l.?H came from
! Chicknmaugn and 100 from For ' i><
jnandinn. ! ^
Hundreds of Lives.
Yokohama, Aug 10.?Violent
storms and Hoods it is announced
'in advices just received here from
i the island of Formosa, hnvo re- (?ents
i suited in the loss of hundreds of <*?
lives at Tai Poll, that island. <
Great damage was done to prop Hoy*
erty thoro.
wRaile DK!
Wild
troubled me for a long tiro*. They were .
I large and painful. I triad many eo-celled from
| rented iea, but nothing helped im. I waa of| j |(
I completely cured when, by recommendation
of my druggiat, I need ra*n?
? m2. J si
oarsaparlHa."
W. K. RICHARDSON', Eureka, fla.
??????????
omii3ft42)j
[>ftln, danger and ** JL <
s death for no mo \ ) ^
For others it
practically no A^ftW i
fort at all. Idiere '.V"VJT v
ason why child- rf OT
tould be a period
and dread. Sev. It ia a
onths before a liniment
becomes a to be apshe
should plied ex?
herself for torually.
tical ordeal. It relaxes
s a prepnra- the m n-sido
which is ) dee and re*1
for this lievos the
a alone. distension,
name of giveselaatici nderful
ty to every
ition is organ cont
corned in
childbirth, and
" ? ' takes away all
J danger "and
, noarlv all suffering.
1 lest results i
follow if the j
remedy is used j
during the whole I
period of preg- '
nancy. It is tlio 1
X?V . ? only remedy of the
&?& ry kind in the world i
A] that is endorsed by j
raFy /*y physicians.
$1 per bottle at all |
\ drug stores, or sent I
\ by mail on receipt
of price.
A // Fhkb Hooks conty
// tnining invaluable information
for all women,
ifilsiuV w'" sent to any adIII
M ?\ dress upon application to
I j *A Tbo Bradfioid Regulator Co^
' Atlanta, Ga.
ILES
dVrnd (lie lortarm of the damned
ntrudliiK pllua brought 011 l>y conatipatil
which I wax afflicted for twenty
I ran across your t'ASCARKTS Ih the
Me well. Ia. and never found any thine
1 them To-day I am entirely free from
d (eel like a new man."
Kritz. 1(11 Jonaa St., Sioux City. Va.
aCANOV
CATHARTIC
TNAOI MANN I^OatlMO
int. Palatabla. Potent, Taite Good. Do
aver Nleken. Weaken or Orlpe. We. ?e. 90e
CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
Ua>4| n?|ll), (Mmi*. IhImI. ( ? let. Sit
)-?*c 'ig^iewcs&^ssargains
I
'e arc slill rec<
ivery train ant
ed to make ro
In order 10 do so we are goinj;
Kill PRICKS. Our buyer, >
jst rcl urnetl from the Northe
r dortion of bis time t^ere, wi
up stuff at almost bis own prit
few tbiu^s :
EN'S'. YOUTH
AND Bj
tV/" Tbe CHEAPEST ever
Mrn'c Soils at S.*>. Men's
#.'l 2.r?. All wocd Clav Worst
Bov's Suits from 2b cents upt
* For *2 suit of clothe*
.MW" Standard
B ;> cents kind
3rss dial lies i
rd. Come win
Poublc-width Dre>s Novelties
SHOES,
Men's pood Sunday shoes U'.\ r
Ladies line lace shoes 40 ct
nts. Children's shoes from 1
Overall oants nt 2*4 rcnta i
knee panta 18 oetita jht pair.
We also have a nice line of
5S 800DS, SILKS, SATIN!
THAI
JUST RECEIVED ! 2 soli.l
3* centa to $3. Another nici
e fl.OO, among them a nice 1<
facfurera coat.
f^T" We have many other liar
J mentioning. Come to nee u
aunter. Respectfully \ our
Shannon-Fi
Simon Hailstock Cut John Payne's
Throat Fiom Ear to Ear
Killing Him Instantly?The
Cause.
Special to The State.
Saluda, Aug 8.?Saturday
evening on the road from Saluda
to Chapjjell's, near Chestnut
church, this county, Simon Hailstock
foil upon one John Payne
with a ra/.or and with one blow
cut his throat from ear to ear,
severing the jugular vein and
killing him instantly. Both parties
are negroes. It is said illfeeling
existed between them,
which arose from John Payne
having thrashed Simon's uncle
recently for "examining and
sampling" his watermelons in the
night time.
Simon visited the Saluda dispensary
on Saturday, and it is
said loaded hitpself with 80 proof,
.lust boforo slaying Payne he attempted
to shoot a negro on Mr
E A maker's place.
Simon was arrested yesterday
afternoon.
T? r..r? I . 1 mr
Tiko Cwi nrcln Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
It C. O. C. fall to euro, druKKista refund money.
<?riv.? inwummiinrj umaawwWM*
SUMMER CLEANING
out of stock now going on at
greatly reduced prices.
Now is Your
Chance Again.
MR BRANDT is now in
New York buying a now stock.
EVERYTHING NEW AND
UP TO DATE.
R BRANDT,
The Jeweler,
Notsd for Reliability
Chester, 8.0.
Under Town Clock.
? t
bargains! *
eiving them on
il are compell>om
for them.
: to knock the HOCK bottom ont
rlr. T .1 Shannon, of Monroe, N. C.,
rn markets, and, spending the
th the s|>ot cash onah es him to
ce. Wo quote you p. ces below
<
!S
3YS' CLOTHING
brought to Lancaster. _*
all woo! Suits *2 75. Men's plaid
cd Suits, *3 75
0 *7.00.
i, nice pair of shoes and hat.
1 prints 3 cents.
I. All styles of
2 3-4 cents per
ile it lasts. ,
at fl cent*, worth 15 cents. '
SHOE
o h
ents. Ladies tin (.utton shoes 45
mts. Old Ladies ommon Sense
O
\j ucujitrr juiir ll|).
tain Overall suits only 45 cents.
S, ETC., CHEAPER
N TOO CAN BUY ELSEWHERE.
.
caaea Uuhrellaa at prices ranging
0 lino of Sample lints at 50 oonta
it of Stans. Vonrs at lea* than
gaina that time and printer's ink
? and let ns quote you prices over
mderburk Co.