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THE LEDGER. Thurlow S. Carrier EDITOR ANI> MANAGER. WEDNESDAY, AtOUBT 17, 1898. Featherstone will foe thechok of the people of Lancaster count for Governor. Ho is the peer < any candidate in the field and tli principle of prohibition, for whic lie L fighting, is one that is den to christian citizens and to ever man, whether a church niombt or not, who loves the good nam of his county. When it comes t Hitting his county on record fe Lancastrians there be who wool not like to see Lancaster count in the lead ?right in the frot with the largest majority for pr< hitntion of any county in tl State of its size. Vote for prt hibition-Featherstone. The Freeman predicts tin Featherstone will lead in Suniti county, with Kllerbe, Watsoi and Tillman following in the ordi named.? Sumter Freeman. All the; people of Tirzsh In ore asked for the removal of tl Tirzah dispensary, and the Stat hoard of control ignored their r< quest, is this really a gov?ri ment by the people or a goven ment by dispensary boards <Yorkville Enquirer. Col. Watson is reported as sai ing in his campaign speechei 4 4You have no disj>ensnry excej where you want it." Ho surel does not expect people to accej this statement in the face of facti The measure was greased wit local option oil to secure ita a< ceptance, but very soon afterwai the proclamation wont forth, 44 you want a dispensary you c? have it ; if you don't want you' ve got to take it fcnyhow."And so it has been. The repud ation of the local option and ctl cr of the law's best features hi done much to make it unpopula ? Chester Lantern. A Hot Time. Greenville, S C. ?4.15 p ni.General Gray gave the damn 1 to Commissioner Thomas ar other epithets were passed for minute. There was an excitin time. Thomas said lie had d< no -need Gray in his own home i n dead heat lawver hunting a jot rubbing it into him stiffly. Gray passionately replied tin Thomas was a liar without ehai acter. Thomas rejoined tin Gray was a liar, and if he talke that way ofT the stump he woul show him he was a man. * ENGLAND'S DANDER IS UF DKMANDS T11K DISMISSA! OF LI HL'NG CHANG FROM ROWFK. ( huso of the Grievance?If IIo i Not Pounced There Will be Some of the I'sual Land Grabbing. Loudon, Aug 15.?It is rf ported that lLo foreign otliee it tended to demand that the CI) neso government dismiss Li Hun Chang from power on the groun that he in responsible for the r< cent anti-Pritish attitude ofTnun Li Vamen. It is also asserte that the foreign otliee has und< eonsideration the question of sei: ing the Taku forts at the moot of Pepin river, also the city Tk Tsin, the port of -Pckin in tl event of China refusing to oompl with the demand, holding the until the compliance is assured. tw SUBSCRIBE**" TO JTHK LEDGE! [For The Ledger. ^ Death of a Former Lancastrian in Texas. * Wills Point, Texas, Aug 10, ~ 1898?Mr Palmer Starnes, son of Mr S .1 Starncs, of the Newcut soction, died, at his home at the residence of Mr It A Hendrix, on ^ the 9th of August at 10 o'clock ^ a ni, after a short illness of ty10 phoid fever. Mr Starncs was 25 ^J 1 years old and was a strictly sober a i ir and upright young man. He ^ came to Texas in Juno 1890 with ' his two brothers, Messrs Robert 10 and Barnes Starncs, and his do- ^ 1 portmcnt since here has gained VN for him a host of friends who now ( ^ lament his departure. For tho - last few days of Ins illness ho of' ten spoke to his untiring brother ' about his end being near at hand 1 K> i and seemed to have no fears. He } I retained consciousness until the i last moments when he stepped otr j . the stage of action into the chilly ; ? waters of death without a fear. I , -r ..... ' nnd ^ j The people here join with us in j 8tan sympathy for the bereaved parents the land brothers of our deceased they j friend, who being so far away jt I could not visit him nor adminis-j 10 1 tor to his wants. May the faniiIv and relatives of the deceased uer0( I Kn t 'rww . rw.i I... 1 l.n I. , 1 ..V II. ... .1 I ? vwiivin.'M luu IHM1U llllll j I 111* J 1 I who does all things well and re- : the i j i member that behind every dark , . cloud the sun is shining bright. ? I rn \r i> UO., j ^Jle , - r thin HOT TIME IN WALHALLA. * ; B, 0tl 1 * CANDIDATES EVANS AND y THO VI AS COMPLIM EXT r )l EACH OTHER. B. ^ I Meanwhile the Crowd Gave Vent! I *? c :? ? - r 1 1(j | ?i if o&uiuiuieui in ? ijiveiy if ! Manner?No Blood in | Spillod. u ? t? i _| Walhalla, S C., Aug 15.?The " j. campaign meeting today almost hi ti. broke up in a row. nH Railroad Commissioner ThonmH r whh touching up all his opponents and when he said Barney Evans had insured dispensaries and put : the money in his jHieket and that the company was now sueing the j. state for it, Evans ran to the 1(j front and demanded a hearing, ' declaring he would prove Thomas ! g a iar. I He exhibited two drafts from ls; the brokers with whom he had placed the insurance, with the > , ... I | bank's "paid*' on and stated that ^ the brokers had decamped. ? i An exciting scene followed. lt For the next five minutes bedlam Til (i broke loose. (j Chairman Burns refused to allow Thomas to reply, hut ho appealed to tho crowd and amid j great confusion he replied that ^ ' his charge came from the records, i Evans read from tho Benbow letter wherein Thomas was denominated "a liar and a eontemptihle coward, adding that his .% name was not Thomas but liigin. in I t After more confusion and all trie kinds of howling, Thomas replied pons that ho had loft tho state as a ku- croi klnx and when he eamo hack lie bor< was advised by lawyers to change last 5 his name. I 100 Benhow's enmity had been She ' caused by his rof istng to vote the I P for liiin and he never would vo'e hall d for such a low character. infli ?* ? j othc ' "FOR WORMS !>*-" !(' an<l !r J , kill, f and other bowel com- | ih plaints to which chil- ! . . Pn,r >n dren arc liable; there is ie no medicine equal to I rej}j 'y ' w?r m AYER'S PILLS" ' garr Mr*. A.CASKY, PigoU, Ark. Jwh Dr. *anrfcut i to m*mm "<,n Mmmmmek* In ?0 mini.tan. "On. ?wt a do.** ? Dr. Mllm'NaiTi Pumntacon RRRt;MA 1 TI8M. WF.AK HAOKM. Atdraatet*. onlylv. Wha - SflCRfFICED, SACRIFICED.lie Immense Stock of T. M. Fitzpatrick & Bro [insisting of Dry Goo?ls?Notions. Clothing, Shoes and Hats, Groceries, Hardware and Furniture ; LSO the iftimense Stock of II J Gregory & ("? ivory and Sult^tables, Buggies and Wagons, Harness, and Farm Machinery of all kinds : Iso the stock of the Gregory-Heath Banking ? Mercantile Company of Kershaw, S. C., 1 II bought for the Solid Hard Cash, to ho sold ut a Terrible Sacrifice. A New Era Dawning For 01 (I Lancaster. We have entered the tnereantile arena and now throw down the gaunt'et of LOW IMtlCKS at 1 of our competitors and defy them to match us. We are of the people and for the people tirst, I all the time. UNDtffc SELL. I * N DF.lt Bt V , will ho our motto. The high priced concerns will iped out of existence. We will wage a roledlless war against all high prices. Our aim is to hen farmers of I .nnenstev unit iwlii.initio- /.inintl..- ...... ?l... 1 1.1 > : - * ' 1 - - - ? j ^ in. i ,?i? nn- .iin-Mii'iir iiiiii smew or mo innu arm wi are oppressed tbo whole country sutlers. Tliev aro our friends. We will look to their inierc act as u safety valve against the oppression of high prices. When this Stock Company was about to be formed wo had application upon application for is the amount of its tftoek from parties that we did not want. We of course were very much fl il at the confidence shown in our honesty and business ability, but had to refuse to issue the stock u. The farmers are our friends and they are the ones to whom we will issue the stock. They ones we look to for support. "In unity there is strength." On AUGUST 18th we will throw the immense Stock of Fitzpatrick Bro., and H. J. Oregon also the Gregory-Heath Banking and Mercantile (Jo. at Kershaw, S. G., on the market at less tl original cost of the goods?this sale will continue THIRTY DAYS from AUGUST 18th. Eve g up to that time will be sold for Spot Cash. Our motto will be, for the people tirst, last and time. We will pin our faith on the farmers of old Lancaster. We unfurl our banner to the hree ts folds you will tind painted in glowing colors, Ilif Farmers' taking anil Uerraniile k If we go down it w ill be like the Spaniard ith our colors flying. We will ask no quartet ve no quarter. It is war to the knile. hilt 1 It, againSr //iV//t Prices and Monopolies> -LANCASTER, SC.-' and - KERSHAW,S. C. .llMJHSl 1(>; 18!)8. unn -t -f mwtij wn' jwix* .> - . i??i? *?0?>m???M?11 ill im ?1 win I?I 111 n in i i mrmarxm A V,H:NU HOV K,,'LS Iml SUMMER CLEANING CALLED 1 HE GAME. FATHER out of stork now going on .1 . r. , Igrcntlv rodueed prices, ililors Fired on Officer*? Hoy Waa Trying to Protect His | * i'hen T'was Over, Five No- '.Mother From His Father's NOW IS I OUT grooK Wore Dead and A but??The Man ChtHlCe A^< Three Mortally Drew Ilia Pis 6 Wounded, t,,| H1CVNDI is now New York buying a new stock. lueon, Ga., Aug 14 ? A spec. Sjiecial to The State. L\ ER\ llllNG NL\\ A :o The Telegraph from Motil. Newberry, Aug 14. ? News was 1 l> IODAIE. , (la., says: '-Sheriff nn<l received here that James Turner, ie of 13 men inndo u raid on a living in Laurens county, just 4 *4** W p vd of negro gamblers at Hay- across the line, near Kinard's, IheJowe 5,13 miles east of Moultrie was killed by his son today. Noted for Reliabilitynight. There were 75 or Turner was abusing his wife, CllCSter, C?. C. negroes in the house, and as and the 14-year old son inter- Under Town Clock. riff Fisher walked in some of f,,rM to Protect hlH '"Other, when " -a? ???? i . the father drew his pistol. The WWk RRj 87 'Jsffi&tii JS& P S M *\'in * '.()? boy got possession of the weapon ^ S likvi C lit ting the sheriff in the hand, ftn(j Mhot his father, the ball .-3 u. ? j ^Lcting a painful wound. Two1 entering the eye. ? ?fj ?* n... ... ri.i wI?nirrif>dil(?lorlMrf?ofih(>4iim is or me posse were nit. i ll? mm ? with protru.iim brought on by oon?t ie returned a vigorous fire, ?TAT? or Ohio. City of Polkdo, i ?nh?cro?? Tour t^sf-AiiKTs'Tn n 1.UOA8 OlINTV. js loin of V-mvmI In. ?n<1 nrvrr found snvt as a result five negroes were Frank J Ciiknk.v makes oath that ?? <i??iiiiwnn To-day l amentirely in* i n.i<?in|,? 4l 4i .. he In the senior partner of the firm of pli\inKL7TV\^n*jrJir,5t> mn,? nn ad outright, three others trior-1 F j c?ENKy A & t d(lll)g business to c " *' 1411 JoBe" st'ft,ou, ?ir y wounded ami three more the City of Toledo. C ounty ami HUte canov . a'ojeealU. ami that sal-l firm will pay m w If catmabtic ifully hut not fatally wounded, tliemm of ONK HIINDItKD IK)L. - cathartic ^ nofrrooa mn/l* a .l.u.mlno.l Z,A RH for each ami every ease of < a- BC/W /\l negroes mtule a determined Urrh that -annnt be curdd by the use W_UUij^kM}KJUM stance, and 200 or 300 ahota of Hai.l'h Cai ahkii Curk. I FRANK J CHENEY. r?Aoe m*** aewmswee _ ? nrea. I A WULEAHON, ^ he name, of the .lead negro { ?*'") notary Km,. ibloraare: Darber, MoneKppa. Hall's Cafarrli ''ure in taken inter- JOCKS r nirfean. W?*k*n. M Orlp?. M*. Mi ni . , , ? ? ?. nnlly and act* directly on the blond ... OUR* CONSTIPATION, n n ackKhear, ( hirlCl JoilB* and mucowi m?r faces of tte system. *? ??> r>1"**. * ?* ?* >? t?i and Kb lAwtnr. Hand lor t*st1monlal*.;free, HTUAH Addrere. K J CHENEY & CO., "* " Toi#<io. u. l?tr>p.N.ur*l?.af Dr. Mtlss* I'M a PJUs. /HTHold ??y !>ri?Kirl*t*. 7fic. , P^^O^ifAlTpSR.""olJ?at m%* Local Matters. ?Mr Willio Cloyd and his sister, Miss Lilian, are visiting relatives at Clover, S. C. ?Miss Bello Erwin, daughter of Gen. J B Erwin of Washington, DC., is tho guest of Mrs. I,* Wade II Rives. ?A protracted meeting at Flat Creek Baptist church closed last Thursday. 29 wcro received into the church?19 by baptism. ? Married, by Rev L L Bedenbaugh, on Sunday, 14th inst., Mr James Rowel I and Miss Battio Throutt, all of Tabernacle. ? Mrs John N Sowell of White Plains, died last Sunday morning of typhoid fever. She was about 40 years old and leaves her husband and seven children surviving her. ? Mrs Lola Howell is spending a few days at Cleveland Springs, ast ' j>e ?Maj. Clias. T. Connors, has elit been appointed a referee in banklen ruptey under tho law recently ' passed by congress. Mrs Frank Walker anil children returned home Saturday ten , ... . from a two weeks visit to relato tivos at Hock Hill. arc ?Mrs H B Mnckey of Heath Spring is visiting her parents at ? .. this place. Y <X 1 inn ?Miss Irene Cunningham and ry- brother, Hazel Cunningham, are u visiting relative* at Rock Hill. ? Miss He*aio Muckey has returned from an extended visit to her sister at Richmond, Va. ? Mrs () B Katon of Winston, N C., is visiting her mothej, Mrs | Ada Hough. ? Rev J W Little is conducting 9^ a protracted meeting at Camp Creek Baptist church. ^ ?Messrs T J Gregory and W to L Croxton of Korshaw, spent several days here this week. < | ?Miss Mary Hammond of Union, 8. C., is visiting her nephew, Maj. C T Connors. ?The congressional campaign will begin in this county at Kershaw, Friday, 19th inst. The candidates will speak at Carnes' School house on the 20th, at Lancaster on the 22d and at Six Mile Creek Church on the 23d. ?A protracted meeting will be 'held nt Antioch Baptist church ; next week commencing Sunday I Aug 21st at 3 o'clock p in. The ! pastor Rev ,F 8 Croxton will be assisted by his son Rev A M Croxton, D. I)., of Oxford, Mi s. 1 1 1 [ %f_ Y- ? - - ? .ur. i\ i i nomson or Dry ! Creek,has the thanks of the editor at for ii sample of his sweet potato crop. They averaged shout 18 inches in circumference. They were by far the finest we havo Ml, seen of the new crop. r in ?List of letters advertised for the week ending Aug 1 *, 180S. NT) Miss Rosetta Crawford, (col) Miss Manasos I very, Mr Robert Jackson, Mrs Maniger Funderburk. J FOrogory, 1* M. iGr' ?A protracted meeting will begin nt Old Waxhnw church j Wednesday night Aug 31st. Preaching by the R >v James Rus. sell, evangelist of Rothcl Prosby^ tery. All are cordially invited >1 to attend. Also on Tuesday Aug 30th all interested in the grave I V' 11 I'll of lK!a * * ipm- i 7 ?- -v u 1 *'"? ?i*' earnestly ' requested to meet for the purpose fr"m of cleaning off the Maine. Let all i*. ! attend and repair the waste placed | of zion. , ?Mr J H Blair, of Troy, and his Mister, Miss .Jennie, of Mon< ^ roe, who is visiting him, had a ^ very narrow escape from death a few days ago. The team they were driving ran and threw them ou* ?' *** buggy. Mr Blair ir??- was not hurt, but Miss Jennie litl. was very painfully bruised.? JV" Monroe Enquirer.