The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 13, 1900, Image 2
l'H K LhDGLK.
?r:v "lart^r,
h DFTO* \ N I) M \NA(IKR.
SATt'KlvW .lAM VltY 13, 1900.
(';?mnirntin?; upon what the
Kock Hill Herald and The En<1
drer have had to say with reference
to county polities the Lancaster
Ledger suggests the follow
ing:
'I here is another class of politicians
to lie against, overlooked hy
our esteemed contemporaries. and
thiil F tin- candidate who seeks to
be eierted by lying ?>t> his opponent
or circulating lies by saying,
"I hoard so and so," or "They
sa\ so and so is the case." We
he'ieve in an honorable, open
straight forward race?a man
running so'el\ on his merits, and
not t r\"m<? to obtain votes by villifyinjj
his eoinpetitor or telling
lies i n him ? behind his bark
Yes, and we say amen to this
to? I'lie e\il> referred to are
real ones, and we would be glad
to - < litem remedied: but while
we may theorize on the subject,
we are unable to discover any
practical cheek. For instance, if
the object of the voter lie to choose
as his candidate, the mo?t virtuous,
able, and patriotic among those
offering, it is right and pioper
that he should make every possi
ble inquiry into eharaetei and
reputation, especially as affecting
the (pialities desired. In anv
.iven numher of people there are
always individuals who are not as
honorable and upright a? are their
el lows. These invent and 'urcuI;
to most < f th" more damaging
slanders against good men, and
tiie fact that very bad men often
have the reputation of being good
men pvefiit n I!> ?? <? fl^?? i.~-.?
- | ? .. ..n i ? u?v ? n i u iK'M
known, helps to the acceptance of
the slander* without proper in
ijuiry. li is a fact that truth will
always win in tho long run; but
an ordinal'; county campaign does
not generally afford as much time
as i> necessary, ami these lies froijuently
do irreparable damage before
they can be corrected. The
only way in which the value of
i.i;>aign storic.> can be determined,
is by each individual citiv.en
making it his business to undertake
to trace oacn and every
one to its source, as soon as ho
hears it. This, however, few are
willing to do. The too common
rule is :.? v. it!) lies, mak*
i'ii of political cimpaigns unli
censed saturnalias of moral rott-mness.
If the steady, thoughtful,
upright Christian people of
111? country waul to put a stop to
this condition of affairs they can
<i > i:: hut 1 hoy cm unot do it with a
will. They have to go drop
down into a disagreeable mes*
from which most of them have
la-en aloof. I hey must take
means to check campaign lies and
punish the liars. They must set
up the truth?the truth as set
fordi in the Ten Commandments
and the gospel as the inexorable
arbiters, and permit of no deviation
from it under any consider
anon, personal inondslnp, social
prominence, family connection,
previous good reputation, busi-1
imss necessity, or Anything else.
Cntil steps of tin; kind indicated
arc taken, the evils complained of
will continue, and the rcponsibili
ty will rest with those of us who
complained against them without
doing o.ir very best to discharge'
what appeals to bo our plain duty
in the premises.?Yorkville En<|uiror.
Notice to Debtors ol'W Gannon
All persons who are indebted to
mo by note, account or otherwise
are notified that unless settlement
im mocie r>y zum uecemoer, these
mutters will be placed in hands of
an officer f??r collection.
W. GANSON.
[ For '1 lie Lodger.
A VISIT TO WAXHAW
(JEM ETEUY.
'Twould ho like 'Tarrying coal
to Newcastle," so to speak, to
give to the Lancaster public ani
other sketch of this noted spot ?
that is, after the usual method,
j This was ably done not long since
1 by our late lamented townswoiuan,
Mrs. Alien Wvlin Oilw.i-u
..inw,
have written at length of Waxhaw
Church and its graveyard.
Having hail for some time a
strong desire to visit the antiquity*
crowned "city of the dead,'* 1
rejoiced on Sunday last, dan 7th,
11)00, to find this wish gratified.
Karly in tho day we started;
and after a pleasant ride th ougli
a tine coi ntry, dotted with coinfortahle
looking homes,an i broad,
fertile acres, we sighted the rockbound
enclosure. Alighting, we
passed through tho gate way,
with its swinging iron-gate, and
into the large, level space devoted
to the dead. It is an ideal spot
for the purpose used. Encircling
the entire locality ? te pines, oaks
cedars, many of them very beautiful
The indescribably sweet sad
sighing of the pines seemed in
deed nature's requiem. How
faithfully and untiringly does she
sing to her slumbering children !
Involuntarily 1 felt that when 1
lay tue down to sleep upon her
bosom 'twould oe good to rest in
the shadow of her pines, bore in
old Waxhaw amid the many grey
head stoics, and among the dear
*"<i i ik <>i long ago.
()ne flaw marred the still picture;
the gates stood open, her walls are
rent, and her tombs are tottering.
She is crying out iu her neglect.
I have no loved ones buried there,
but reverence the historic place,
and felt that I was treading < n
''holy-ground." These ancient
historic resorts of our county
should be treasured; and the generations.
as they conio and go,
ought to be impressed with this
sacred duty. A late, up to date
Geography failed to have Lancaster
and Cair.don on its maps.
When remonstrated with 1 he pub*
Usher claimed that no small town
was put down unless possessing
historic interest An acc< m
plished scholar wrote the history
of these sister t wns and sent it to
the belated or benighted publisher.
So, we perceive how important it
i-. to eherish these classic spots,
and tender tin mories of the past.
Strangers coming to our town
naturally a-l< after her tradition*,
her history* and her children of
note, 'l'ltey ate inva'iahly referred
to Andrew Jackson and Marion
Sims. 1 hero are others nUo of
whom she should he justly proud.
The world knows that the father
of Andrew Jackson is buried in
Waxhuw churchyard, and naturally
its eyes arc turned thitherward.
Friends, make the come*
lory clean, strong and so
sweet that visitors will he
charmed, and will praise your
cure. There is not a great deal
needed. Only a few rocks to
mend the walls, new posts and
easy-swinging hinges for the
irate*: and a littie thought on tho
part of visitors to close the gates,
so as to exclude goats, and other
depredating animals. Also the
tumbling head stones, and broken
monuments won a nitio cement
and u little skill could l>c seen rely
set. up again. As I meditated heside
a shattered tomh a sudden
throught struck me. it was this:
These people who have their ancestors
interred hero ought to
feel honored, and see that their
graves are preserved, and not
desecrated. 1 also wandered about
seeking h niche or corner in which
my imagination could place the
grave of Mr. Jackson. Surely
he must lie on the sido toward
North Carolina. lie resided near
her borders; and tho portion
about the church entrante, ornate
next to the church, is tilled with
well known families, some of the
dates t?? in*x rather recent?such
as the Williamsons and Walkups,
,,c
Then there are the Cruwfords, i
Witherspoons, Coret? n*, Neelys,
Dunlaps, Oousars, Nisbets, Cains,
Donnoms, Fosters, Stewarts,
Crocketts, Moutgomeries, Harpers
Musseys, Davies, Leckies,
Latbans, and others, all ranging
toward the site of the old church. 1
Down near the lower gate, and
along that wall, there are unmarked
graves, save only by a
few rocks at the bead and feet
or around them. Cne, just beside
the gate, caught my eye. It
,..w,b i-.1 ....
r>li uv.r\ JUM ilUIMil il>
fur iin tin* befogged brain of the
reveler# of the "wake," of the
preceding night, fcoohl have gone
before missing the lost body of
Mr. Jackson !
There are many remarkable
epitaphs, and designs on thus"
time-discolored tombs. Only a
few of which we shall note. First,
I was attracted bv the inscription
on the headstone of Thomas
Con bar:
'Friends, do not careless on iby mini
O'er look this bum1' c s rinc
For if tliou art m fiiend t<? < ???!
Here lit s it friend "f itii e "
Then Ret William Richardson
a former pastor of Waxhaw church,
has on his tomb some marvollons
cuts of vicious looking ..nimals,
design* at lhat timw common in
j the "old countr and almost
! illegible Latin mottoes are about
| them. These are at the top: and
i below is n full round face chiseled,
I and on u band surrounding it is
bis name: Rev. William Richard
son, M A." U p.>11 another stone
not far away, was the figure of a
horse. And on another was the
! -GAI
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W~ For I
I f l I CM [Kks
\o Shoddy ?
W
torn
be more nat
trade where tine
*
- "We
That means W K are
the only people in position
t<? handle the CASH
trade. Time merchants
put up prices at this seas
son for credit trade. Wo
put down prices for cash
1 rade. We do not have
tit plliit'irft lutiiovl 1 uw > Jii
I" T"'
two prices to pay losses
on l>u<l debts. The trade
knows and uppreeciutes
this fact and we are getting
the cash business.
I ' '
- Shoe Ba
- T
The fact that wo sell
Our Guaranteed Line of L
jT For Bargai
GrA..
perfect representation of a dra?;
on. There is quite a life sketch
on Mr. Wm Blair's monument.
Ho was a ''Revolutionary Patriot"
and, in one of the battles, through
vhieh he passed, he was wounded.
I'pon being asked why he did not
apply for n pension he replied,
that if he were to lose the small
competency tie then possessed, he
would work for his living; and,
if necessary, would "Hght for his
country wi'h no pay."
Tten, mi Martha Greer's, of
North Carolina, is this:
"She went to pay her daughter,
Margaret Davis, a vi?it, and was
there arrested by Death and ear'
ried into a world of Spirits, Oct
j 1st, 1805, in the 5'ld, year of her
age "There are many other quaitn
inQprintiiinu #w?! ?t /o-.it<w] l
tin- inroads of time. It lias been
1 suuurested that it would l?o a capital
idea to copy all of the epij
taphs and hnycthem printed for
j preservation.
Once uplin I touch upon the
j real object of this: Kverv ortho
dox church believes in the resur
rect ion of the natural bodies of the
dead?that the dead in their bodily-form
rise out of their graves.
Then, friends, the old time folk
were tidy, thrifty and loving;
don't lei them rise in 4lWaxh?w
church yard'' and discover that
their descendants had forgotten
them. Tho\ have not f -r^otten
you, be suro of that. It would,
if possible, briny a ripple of sadness
even on that glorious resurrection
morn to find that they
have slept those long years neglected
by all save (tod. lie will
stand at. the ?*rnve of every child
of earth, be he or she forgotten
or remembered, and will utter
His thrilling, ucomk foi:tii
\j. M. II.
No ronrpl>ino or otUwm In Dr. Milcn* FAD
t'lui* itrni Ail PMD. "OM CWWt u ?1OMO."
laatas:; arawsr.^rr.s' acasffTaTsi"
^SON CH
Iciil B ii i
rp | 1 STi i
1 1 R I Tj 1
t Store ii
5;* inferior goods.
rpn? rfi ' * mi
t! 841 I ElO* !J| Cj
ol,i ihllltj I1!
\ get Hie best bar
Sell Stri
i
-r|'\V?> . V 31 II tlil I\v I till
Bountiful colorings in the now
ju-t half, 10 cents. Also another <
in new desirable stylos, TA c.ts, woi
-GRFAT Mil I
m ri B ivilhihi
ThoHe who hare not yet ho up
I tie k. W o nro running off the haln
than half price. You should avail
chase a nice hut.
Tgains ! !
lie Very Best the
more Shoes than all of Lancasl
R(lies', Misses sn<l Children's fine K
ins in every lint
NTSON CA
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Charter for $200,000 Mill in
Spartanburg.
Special to The Stato.
Spartanburg, .Ian 10. ? An application
was made today for a
chat ter for a new mill in thi*
county. The name will be the Saxon
mill. Its location has mt yet
been decided on, but it will be in
the suburbs of the city. Mr. .lohn
A. Law will bo the general man.
aget* of tic? new mill. Already
$100,000 of the $200,000 capital
stork lias been secured, and the
balance will be shortly forthcoming.
Largo If?t of pants, 75 cents
kin< 1 for 50 cents, at Porter Bros.
ill I 11| ! 1HBHI I ! IBP II?^??1?? I1H
mules J
IMUEES!
MILKS!
"Olt'tKs win Some
W l? \ of Ho- Hoc !
B ' < ''iiv? ih nod ^H'bllers
t*v r i ltV* e f-?r si'c on /tii- market*
Ho ? ?--(??coillv direct youi Httrn,
lion jo 'Iiih time lo our s?<'ck of >U
I'lvK.t M a cwrlord of which
w e r-c? ivel SHliirdnv, Tl ev v\crc
selected witl? (lie cieatest cure Inst
u? ek oi. i he Noi l cm markets by our
Mi KHiott. Kv?ry mule in Hie lot
i-> a I >nHy - Young. wcl' built, quick,
i od of kOnd s /, - i all mid see for yourS"
f, a11d get lir prices.
Hwili, sell either
!a for cash or on
I1, TIME AT C A S II
\ I PRICES WITH S PER
l KM. INTEREST. BETTER
BCY NOW, BEFORE MULES
GO HIGHER.
When yon come t;> see our
stock we will also show you a
lartrc lot of Fine Stylish Busies
rollcil in last week?Also a fresh
supply of harness.
H,i Tl & i'MWMW.
Ml QTfl
L ^1 1 J1 W
a? tt
g a i u s
^0! 1, si
} wajavO
i Son til C
TW.it'
but reliable mei
! * j |! f
Mil] jo |l) f lOIAa
iff I.N 6
gains, and we s
ctly For C
t gains (Joine.20
cent Poplin Plaids, our price is
life of those splendid twilled fleeces
rth double.
iriERY SALE.
lit their winter millery are in great
lin e of our stock at a little hotter
yourself of such a ehanete to purShoes
Tha
; .l/arket A Hon
er combined would indicate thai
id Shoes runnot he equaled for go
e, Come to
lSH STO]
#
Murder of Judge McCluro*
Florence, Ala, San 10. ? .Judge
W B McClure of the probato
court of Lauderdale county was
assassinated last night. Early
this morning his laxly was found
in the street riddled with buckshot.
Bloodhounds have been
put on the track of the murderer.
WO U K M 011T A X l>
fl> A V
The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Dr.
King's New Life Bills. Every
pill is i sugar-coated globule of
health, that changes weakness into
strength, listlessness into energy,
brain fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up
the health. Only 25c per box.
Sold by (Tawford Bros.
lUHmhK
MACHINE
AND LUMBER
COMPANY.
CHESTER, S. C.
o
Th?* i'heater Machine 'and R. M.
' 'prati ? i? . have consolidated the
t two p'anta, and now rea<ty to furniHh
anything m rhe Machine and Lumber
hue", witit a well equipped F oundry
J and Machine shop, and Door, Snah
|and H'ind Kac'ory nir facilities are
' un-quailed in tbia part of the State.
KE A PER< MOWERS
Til RE-UI F.K.\ GINS
ENGINE* sA ?V MILLS,
HAY AND COt ION PRESSES,
harrows, casiings. khj
ALSO
second hand machinery.
faff' I* 111? complete for Dwelll. gn.
Sl'?re Ronnie, etc. f?end on lint of
your want*, and we will anawtr by
return mail t
Re. pact fully,
Chester machine &
lumber company.
RET
; W E are
Carolina.
/
rchandisc at botNotliin^
could
r
ural f People
ire giving them.
Hash Lon^;
Faced
Merchants
Are claiming higher
I prices. Goods they say
have gone up. We aro
getting them cheaper
than ever. The ready
cash always wins, an.I
we are in the lead with
some soft snaps for early
trade.
it Wear! 1^
_
is. "
t we are Headquarters.
>od service ami low prices. ^ J
RE.