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THUREOW 8. CAItrER, I ^ Family Newspaper : For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Affricultural and Commercial Interest*. J TEliMS: $1.50 Yicxa. Bzmtob abd m ajcaqbjl J ) Pax.vbui in Awrxmuu ^tiWI-WEEKLY tui:iuw. v LANUASTKK. 8. 0- NOV. 1!) ittifc ESTfcBLISHED^T852 i ..... .... i nniinn i t n n a nmnrv 1 *???** * br.nt.KALb KUAbim Shafter and Miles Each Gets a Turn of the Spit. ; Clen. lireckonridge Says Only the Lord Commanded at Santiago?Alger Promises to Produce a Disputed Order. Washington, Nov 15?General Breekenridge testified befoie the war investigation board today and severely roasted General Shatter. He said that ho believes that the war was the Lord's war and that the wonderful success at Santiifgo was duo mere to His supeivision than to a commanding General who was not able to got to the front. Secretary Alger today accepts the challenge of General Miles. The commanding general denies that he was the author of an order issued in May and the Secretary of war declares that he will produce the order in bis report showing that Gen. Miles was its author. John Wesley need the expression, "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness," is a sermon on "Dress. '* Pay your subscripiton to Ledger! air la S??y. dran blood meant a clean skin. No >eauty without it. C'aacareta. Candy Cathar lie clean your blood and keep it clean, by Itirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-day tc )aniah pimples, boilf, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,?beauty for ten cents. All druggists, satisfaction guaranteed. 10c, 20c, 50cCLERK'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF I.ANCASTF.R, Court o/ Common Plean. Jennie P. Belk, Plaintiff*, VH. William P. Belk. Defendant. PUBHU ANT to an Order of court in the above case, signed by Geo. W. Gage, Circuit Judge, Oct. 5, 1898. I will aell at Lancaster court-house on The First Monday in December, within (lie leral hours of pale, the following described "toperty to wit: Ai' that tract of land in the county of Lancas er and Htate of rtou li Caror lina, containing 12& Arre?, More or Lena, hounded, North by 8 J Htai lies and J H Williams; Hou'h. by estate lauds of H it W Belk, deceased; Cast, by lands of Margaret Hiuson and D A Funder- I hurk; West, by estate lands of H R W Belk. WST Terms of Sale, CA^H, or onehalf cash and balance in one year, to be secured by bond o. purchaser Hearing eight (8) p-r cent interest from date which shall he secured by atno'tgage of the premises Purchaser to | pay for papers. i W. S. L. Porter, C. C C L C R. K. Wylio, PltT's Atty. ' SPECIAL Although R. BRANDT has a larger stock of bettor quality anclj greater variety at much closer liricos than ever, ho has <leci<lo<i on account of the scarcety of money, to make a 10 PER CENT. REDUCTION. on the entire stock, thus handing hack to you still more change than any other jewelry store anywhere. It. Brandt's supplement advertismont s are money savers to you. ft BRANDT, The Jeweler, fjnestor, s.u. MMNLKY ACTS. District Attorney Ordered to Investigate the McCormick j Matter. Washington, D. C., N ov. ir, ? The government today ordered investigation of the South Carolina riots by which James W. j i Tolhcrt, assistant post master at McCormick, it is alleged, wasl compelled by the threats of an j armed mod to abandon the oflico ! and hit) homo. With that view the matter has I been placed in the hands of United I States District Attorney Luthrop with instructions to look into the matter with a view to the prosecution of any violation of Federal statutes in this or any other cases growing out of the recent race riots in that locality. As a preliminary stop Mr Tolbert has sent a telegram to Governor Ellerbe at Columbia ask ing to know whether as governor j of South Carolina he ran and will; afford him protection iu returning! to the State. No reply has >et been received. TOLBERT'S INGEN1US TELEGRAM. Gov. Ellerbe Sends a Brief, but Expressive Reply. To all appearances it looks as if the federal authorities intend to take some action in the matter of the rioiing at Phcenix ou and after election day. The grounds for action will bo based on in terference with the United States mails. The following long telegram to Governor Ellerbe from Jss. W. Toll>ert, postmostor at McCormick, appears to be the preliminary move. It reads: 'iWashington, D C, Nov 15. "io me Uov. of South Carolina. <4I am a citizen of South Carolina, whero I was born and raised, and have always resided. My homo is ut McCormick, in the j county of Abbeville. My wife I is postmaster there, and 1 am her assistant, and conduct the otisiness of the oflice for her, she beI ing a delicate woman. On rhursI day, the 10th instant, 1 was forced by an organized ami armed mob of a hundred men to leave my family and my home under the threat that if 1 remained there I would be killed. I therefore fled for safety because 1 was un1 able to resist the mob. I am a large landownor in the county of Abbeville, and also the owner of valuable houses and other real estate in the town of McCormick. My wife is there with our only [child, a girl of four years old, ! without my presence and my protection, on account of the uction of an armed mob, and my property is without proper care. 1 have committed no crime against the laws of my country and have done nothing to give any offense whatever to any man or set of men, save that 1 am a monaher of the Republican party and believe in the doctrinee of that party. I CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tli KM Yn H?i Always Bought 8l?n?t?r. of send this to know if you, us the Governor of South Carolina, can afford me protection ns one of its citizens and us I send this to know if you, us the goverinent, that I mny return to family, to' my property and my business, : and be safe from mob violence. Answer care St. James hotel, Washington, I). C. "Jamos W. Tolbert." In reply to this Gov. Ellerbe wired: "If you return home I will give you all the protection in my power. I don't think it prudent for you to return till the evc.it.n- I ment subsides. "W. H. Ellerhe, Governor." TOLBERTS ANGRY. KefiiHed Admission to McKinley and Therefore Disgusted. Washington, Nov. 17. ? R R Tolbert with several negroes from South Carolina were at the white house today. They were not admitted to see the President and expressed indignation that they do not have free access to the executive mansion. They called at the department of justice and tued to secure an opinion on Got. Ellerbe's telegram. Tolbert argues tbatthe Governor clearly acknowledges that the State cannot afford protection and he is trying to secure this opinion from tho government. He has not bean able to do so, however. Postal Department Woh't Act. Concerning claims of interference with the postal service, it is stated at the postoffice department that there is no evidence that the postal service has been interfered with, that officially the department has no knowledge of Tolbert, who ?s only assistant postmastor at a fourth class post office and therefore, appointed and em ployed by the postmaster and not by tho department. The postmaster is the wife of Tolbert and as she is not interfered with the department officials say there is nothing to show that the department sho dd act in the matter.? Mr Tolbert called on Postmaster , General Smith with a view to securing some action in the premU j sos, but was told of the conclusion of tho department, that there J was nothing of which it could I take cognizance. AIV KNTKKPKISINO !>!< UOO|sT, There are few men more wide awake and enterprising than Crawford Bros' who spare no pains to secure the best of averything in their line for their many customers. They now have the valuable agency for Dr. King's New Discovery ' for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. This is tho wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over tho country by its many statling cures. It absolutely cures Asthma, Bronehetis, Hoarseness and all affections of tho Throat, Chest and Lungs. Call at above drug store and get a trial bottle free or a regular size for 50 cents and $1.00. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded. Killed a Blind Man. Special to The State. Camden, Nov. 16.?Silas Austin, the colored blind man, who was shot Monday night by Wiley Bradley, died today. The defendant has not been arrested yet. McL.AU KIN SPEAKS PLAIN -1 PIT I'Y. 01 :? ; f Objects to federal Interference; | in the Greenwood Case. ? Sti United States Senator .John L. 1 McLaurin, who arrived here yea j terday from Washington, on he- i ing interviewed about the recent I election riots in this State said: ! 4 4Any interference at this time J on thejpart of the federal anthori- j ties, in my opinion, would he most unwise. The excitement at Re the seat of trouble has not yet calmed, ard any move looking to interference would only inake had | matters worse. A conservative j course on the part of the administration would be of incalculable int value in restoring things to their ^a right condition. The State administration is doing all that is (*ei necessary at this time, and it will be most unfortunate for the an federal power to take any action. nn 'Since I have arrived in Columbia and have heard a full rtate- on uient of the facts of the Green- ^a wood trouble, I want to go back VI1 to Washington where I am satis- Wfl tied, if 1 can see the proper au- P? thorities, I can make them see the co' unwisdom of federal interference. The people of Greenwood county aD are conservative, quiet and lawabiding, and never would have adopted such a radical course if 1D there had not been exasperating *? conditions of long standing. w< "The governor is using all the ^ means in hi9 power to restore things to their normal condition.'1 ki Senator McLaurin has taken ^ rooms at the Columbia and im mediately after his arrival bis numerous personal friends poured in to see him. co He will be here but a short time and will hasten back to Washington to see what can be ^ done in the Greenwood matter.? So Columbia State, 17 instant. lnf ? Sti TOLBERT'S RESPONSIBLE. wl ke Finding of Greenwood's Grand 1 Jury on Recent Trouble. of Special toThe State. wc sol Greenwood, Nov. 16.?The grand jury's report regarding the recent trouble here says: "We are satisfied beyond question that the prime cause of the entire qj trouble was the incondiary speeches 1 ^ made be the Tolberts and their ^ following,thus inciting the negroes to violence and lawlessness." It!., i th* further says that the jury tinds all j quiet apd no farther trouble is probable. Tolberts Go to Charleston. ov Columbia Record, 15th. J01 In accordance with the order of tn Judge Gary, the Tolberts wore released from the |>enitentiary yesterday afternoon. All was ^ done quietly and tho men took a train for tho union depot where C() thoy hoarded a train for Charleston. 'I'hnv rnflWPlI /, fulLr nlmnf h A what steps they would take, legaily, in their case. They went to Charleston where they thought Li they would he safer than else- ?e where. Certainly they will not nii return to Greenwood, which CA would moan certain and sudden death. Thoy have large financial ^ interests in * he couutry which thoy w| will have to dispose of through to attorneys or friends. It?-T?- imITfoe Ptfty Omu. J lobMeo h?btt aura, nikM ??ik * ? Wrm, Wio* s?r*. Sb.il. All drwccwt* * i jl COULDN'T DO OTHER WISH. Cuban Society of Santiago Asks tho Withdrawal of Negro Troops. Santiago, Cuba, Nov. 10.?The Cuban society of Santiago is preparing a petition to President McKinley askiug for the removal of the colored legitnents as well as for tho punishment of all concorned in Monday night's affray. Gen Wood intends to leave no stone unturned in bin efforts in )S bringing the guilty to justice. SAID TO UK EXAOOKUATKD. Washington, Nov. 10.?Gen. n Wood, military governor of Sanit tiago, Cuba, attaches little iui>f portanco to the affray between the 1AMEFUL ACTS 01 JEGRO SOLDIERS irt in by Stealing a Hoj Then Murder Several People. THE STATE'S WARNING VERIFIED. suit of Sending Negro Trooj to Do Garrison Duty in Cuba. A Very Ugly Affair. Santiago, Cuba, Nov. 15.?A :idont occurred last night t n Luis, about 25 milos north ( ntiago, which causod a grej al of il' feeling among tt ibans anil considerable anno} ce among the United Stab litary officials hero. All the colored regiments at camped in the neighborhood < n Luis. They were sent thei rtually to get them out of tb because of the difficulty si rienced in managing them. Th lored officers seem to have li i or no control over their met d officers and privates are oftc an drinking together. The trouble began last eveuic an attempt to arrest t* Idiere. for abusing a Cubi >rkman and stealing his ho{ ie outrage was committed i e Normas sugar plantatioi eut. Jose Ferrera, chief of G< ood's gendarmerie in that di ct, a Spaniard, but a Cubs mpatbizer, and a man who 5n Wood know to be able at uragoous, attempted to mak a arrests. The soldiers, who belonged 1 a Ninth immunes, escapee on after 30 colored men weai I the uniform of the Unite ates army, attacked the hous lore Lieut Ferrera was, an pt up a regular fusilade, killin eut Ferrera, Antonio Romar 1 man, Emilio Bettran, a bo seventeen and a baby, am funding several others. Tw Idiers were killed in the affray When the news reachod Santit , Gen Wood was at dinnoi 3 immediately went to tb jniil office, where Chief Signs ficor Brady took charge of th y. bor four hours dispatche >re sent and received. Th lored officers all denied thi eii men wore implicated in tl air, in spite of evidence to tl ntrary. After an unsatisfactory attemj got at the fa^ts of the caj er the wires, Gen Wood a< urned his inquiry until th :?rning,when he loft on a spocii %in for San Luis. At 8 o'clock Gen Wood r< mod, reporting that after rig investigation, ho had con tho conclusion that all tl lorod regiments were moro ? is mixed up in the affray, s offered $ 1,000 reward for tl moi of the men who did tl ooting, and before reaching Sn lis ho read the colored officers vere lecture for denying la ght that their men were impl ted. Eye-witnesses of tho affair, wt rived here during the course ( e day, say that two gendamn io were wounded are expect* die. Tta KM Ym Man Mwan Bou| it Cuban police and some negro to soldiers at San Luis, in which r-. Lieut. Ferrera of the police, and is three or four other persons were I killed. The following cablegram e was received tonight by the war if department from Gen Wood: :e "Affair reported by newspapers le at San Luis not important. liow [- between drunken negro soldiers le and Cuban police. Soldiers in t- the wrong. Will be detached and i, punished. Their oampo been Grin dered moved greater distance from town. Gen Ewer instructed to ig take most rigid measures to inro sure absolute quiet in future." m m , ^ ? HOW TO LOOK tfOOD. ,n Good looks are really more than skin deep, depending enin tiroly on healthy condition of a'l 8. the vital organs. If the liver is m inactivo, you have a bilious look; if your stomach is disordered, you 01 have a dyspeptic look; if your kidneys are affected, you have a :e pinched look. Secure good health, and you will surely have good looks. "Electric Hitters" is a j good Alterative and Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kidneys, purities the blood, cures *1 pimples, idotches and boils, and ie gives a good complexion. Every 1(j bottle guaranteed. Sold at Crawa ford Bros' Drug Store. -50 cents " per bottle. 'l y ? ^ * j Scheme for Manufacturing Cotton Right from the Bolls. ^ I The State. r I Baltimore, Nov. 12.?To the 0 great natural advantages of the il South, the propinquity of raw 101 material for manufacturers and )8 ! the power to operate the machin0 ! ery therefor, is to be added anit_ | othor advantage. For several l0 | years Mr D A Tomkins, of Char,e lotte, N C, has been developing an idea that the baling of cotton 1 can bo eliminated from tho movei0 I ments now necessary to bring the 1 I staple from the field into tno shape jgjof marketable cloth. Tersely nl stated, his idea is in effect the mannfacture of cotton in the field. He is about to realize his idea and A has perfected arrangements for ie tho construction of complete plants 10' to work seed cotton as a raw ma. )r torial. It is proposed to construct V r\ I n r* 4 < I ? n 111 K t /-tl\ V* r-v i 4 . . > wmn ill I tit 10 ! l1, Iu llvJIl lilt; ^UllUll TV 111 un 10 ginned, tho seed crushed for oil, le nieftl and hulls and the cotton kn spun and woven. The machinery a for the plants will he assembled in combination with a western and a new England firm, and it is ox,0 pected that the success of the unif dertaking will reduce tho cost of 08 cotton manufacture still further. Kl , ? DMlTtkwraflpil and Nrnoke Tonr IJl> Amy. To quit to boo oo easily and forever, be mag nette. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-Te[M Bee, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All drugglate, tOr. or fl. Cure guaranteed Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Kennedy IT Hhleage or New Tori*