University of South Carolina Libraries
l'HK LiJHiKK. T*1 4* "1 a, KJHTOrt \sl) M \N All KK. SATl"!{l>AV .lAM'AKY 13, 1000. ? . Commenting upon what the' llock 11:11 Herald and The Fn-> ?j lirer have had to say with ref-i ercnee to county polities the Lancaster Lcdgor suggests the following: There is nnother class of politicians to be against, overlooked hy | our esteemed contemporaries, and that i- the candidate who seeks to he elected hy lying on his opponent or circulating lies by saying, >lI heard sound so," or "They sa\ so and so is the case." We he'ieve in an honorable, open straight forward race?a man running so'ek on his merits, and not 11 \ ing to obtain votes hv Nullifying bis competitor or telling lier- him ? behind his baek Yes, and we say anion to this to< Hie evils referred to are real ones, and wc would be glad to ? i nem remedied; but while we may theorize on the suhjeet, we are unable to discover any pruetical cheek. For instance, if t he objeet of t lie voter be to ehoose as his candidate, the uio.-.t virtuous, iible, and patriotic among those otTering, ii is right and ptoper that he should make every possi ble inquiry into ehuractei and reputation, especially as affecting 1 he qualities desired. In unv given number of people there are always individuals who are not as honorable and imriirh* l?.?... - . , 4 ..v ??* ??? \ \ IK 1 I el lows. These invent ami '.iron1; to most <f tli" more dnmapinp slanders apainst L'ood men, and the fact that very had men often have the reputation of hemp pood men except where they are host known, helps to the acceptance of the slander* without proper in ipiirv. It is a fact that truth will always win in the lonp run; hut an ordinal*; county campaign does ti<>t generally a fiord as much time as i-, necessarv, and these lies fre?piently <h? irreparahle dutnapc hefore they can he corrected. The onlv way in which the value 'of ?ain:taijc stories can he determined, is hy each individual citizen making it his business to undertake to trace eacn and every one to its source, as soon as ho hears it. tins, however, few are willing to do. The too common rulo i- to li-jl.t lies v. it!) lies, mak* ioi of political e iinpniufris unli cense t saturnalias of moral rot* t mrmss. If the steady, thoughtful. upright Christian people of ih< country want to put a stop to this condition of affairs they can it: hut they cannot do it with a word. They have to <*o deep down into a disagreeable mess from which most of them have been aloof. 1 hey must take means to check campaign lies and punish the liars. They must set up the truth?the truih .as set forth in the Ten Commandments and the gospel as the inexorable ni ikiltii'c un/1 luuuoit ?wv !'? '* ... o.ix/1 .1^ UIIVI I'VIIIIIL WJ IJIJ ur> III* t i ?n from it, under any consideration, personal friendship, social prominence, family connection, previous ?*oo<l reputation, busi-> it ss necessity, or anything else. 1'ntil steps of the kind indicated are taken, the evils complained of will continue, and the reponsihility will rest with those of us who complained against them without doinjr o.ir very best to discharge; what appeals to he our plain duty | in the premises.?Yorkvillc Knquirer. Notice to Debtors of \V Gun son All persons who are indebted to mn l?v htiffi n/?/?/?nnf /?? ..J ..v,v^, VJ. UlUCIWIM) are notified that unless settlement is made hy 20th Decern her, these matters will he placed in hands of an officer fur collection. W. GANSON. [ For The Ledger. I A VISIT TO WAXHAW ? CEMETERY. ' \ 'Twould ho like "carrying coal ( to Newcastle,'' so to speak, to ' give to the Lancaster public an- ( other sketch of this noted spot ? that is, after the usual method. This whs ahl v done not long since ' bv our late lamented townswoman, ' Mrs. Alice Wvlie. Others, also, * have written at length of Waxhavr 1 ! Church and its graveyard. I Having had for soino time a ' strong desire to visit the antiquity^ crowned "city of the dead," 1 ' rejoiced on Sunday Inst, dan 7th, 1 1000, to tind this wish gratified. ' luu I v in tlio day we started; and after a pleasant t ide th on oh a tine cot ntry, dotted with comfortahle looking homes,an I broad, fertile aeres, we sighted the rockbound enclosure. Alighting, we , passed through the 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. Kneireling the entire locality > te pines, oaks cedars, inanv of them very beautiful The indescribably sweet sad sighing of the pines seemed in deed i attire's requiem. How faithfullv and untiringly does she sing to her slumbering children ! Involuntarily 1 felt that when 1 lay me down to sleep upon her bosom 'twould .?c good to rest in the shadow of her pines, here in ( old Waxhaw amid the many grey | ( head stem* s, and among the dearL old f Ik of long ago. ()ne llaw marred the still picture; j 1 the gates stood open, her walls are ! | rent, and her tomhs are tottering. Jj She is crying out in her neglect, j | I have no loved ones buried there, but reverence the historic place, , and felt that I was treading on | ''holy-ground." These ancient . historic resorts of our county . should he treasured; and the gen- ' orations, as they conio and go, i ought to he impressed with this j sacred duty. A late, up to date (biography failed to have Lancaster and Camden on its maps. | When remonstrated with the pub* \ lishor f 1 :iim<'<I that no small tunn 5 was put down unless possessing historic interest An ace- in | plished scholar wrote the history I of these sister t wns and sent it to the belated or benighted publisher. So, we perceive how important it is to cherish these classic spots, and tender memories of tin* past. | Strangers eoinimr to our town j naturally ask after her traditions, j her historv and her children of ' note. They are invariably referred to Andrew .laekson and Marion Sims. There are others also of whom she should be justly piou I. The world knows that the father | of Andrew .Jackson is buried in ^ Waxhaw churehyard, and natural- j ly its eyes are turned thitherward. Friends, make the comes J tery clean, strong and so ; sweet that visitors will be i charmed, and will praise vour ' euro. There is not n great den! i needed. Onlv 11 few rocks to ' mend the walls, new posts and ! easy-swinging hinges for the irat?*s*: and n littio thought on ihe part of visitors to close the gates, | so ns to cxeludo groats, and other | depredating animals. Also the tumbling head stones, and broken monuments with a little cement ' and a little skill could lie securely ( set up again. As I meditated he- I ?i le a shattered tomh a sudden ' , throught struck mc. It was this: I These jieoplo who have their ancestors interred hero ought to feol honored, and see that thoir graves are preserved, and not desecrated. 1 also wandered about seeking a niche or corner in which * my imagination could place the grave of Mr. Jackson. Surely ho must lie on the side toward North Carolina. He resided near t ler borders; and the portion i boot the church entrance, ornate lext to the church, is tilled with Yell known families, some of the latcs Ik ing rather recent?such is the Williamsons and Walkups, (C. Then there are the Craw fords, < Witherspoons, Cnrebns, Neclys, Dunlaps, Oousars, Nisbets, Cams, Donnoms, Fosters, Stewarts, Jrocketts, Montgomerics, I larders Masse vs. Da vies, Leckies, Latlu:ns, and others, all ranging toward the site of the old church. Down near the lower gate, and dung that wall, there are unmarked graves, save only bv a Few rocks at the head and feet >r around them. Cne, just lieside the gate, caught my eve. It -truck me as lining just about as Far as the befogged brain of the revelers of the "wake,'' of the preceding night, Jcouhl have gone before missing the lost body of Mr. Jackson ! There are many remarkable _ 1 . i ? * ' ? rpuapus, iuui (K'hiirns on inoso time-di-colored tenths. Only a few of which we shall note. First, I was attracted l?v the inscription on t ho headstone of Thomas Cousar: "Friends, do not careless on f Ity road O'er look this lium'ce s rine For if tlino art a ft tend to t Soil Here lits m friend of till ? " Then Kev William ltichnrdson a former pastor of Wax haw church, has on his tomh some marvellous rots of vicious looking ..nimals, designs at that timw common in the "old cotintr and almost i I legible Latin mottoes arc tihout them. These air at the top: and lielow is a full round face chiseled, tnd on u liand surrounding it is liisname: lie v. William ltichard ion, M A." L' pon another stone lot fsir awav, was the figure of a liorse. Ami on another was the ~ga! W- For I Cheapes IVo Shoddy i font prices. JBF he more nut trade where thee % ? 0 That means W F ate the only people in position to handle the CASH trade. Time merchants put tip prices at this season for credit trade. Wo put down prices for cash 1 rade. We do not have to charge honest people two prices to pay losses cm had debts. The trade knows and appreciates this fact and we are getting the cash business. i - Shoe Ba - T The fact that we s<?ll g^T" Our Guaranteed Line of L 14^" For Rargai ?? GA perfect representation of a drag 1 on. There is quite a life sketch on Mr. Wm Blair's monument, lie vvasa "Revolutionary Patriot" I and. in one of the battles, through which lie passed, he was wounded. I'pon being asked why he ?Ii?1 not apply for :i pension he replied, that if he were to lose the small Competenev he then possessed, he would work for his living; mid, if necessary, would "fight for his country wi4h no pay." Tnen, i n Martha Greer's, of North Carolina, is this: "She went toqiay her daughter, Margaret Davis, a vi-it, and was there arrested by Death and car! ried into a world of Spirits, Oct I 1st, 1805, in the fi.'Jd, year of her age "There are many other quaitn inscriptions, almost obliterated by the inroads of time. It has been J suggested that it would be a capii taf idea to eopv all of the epitaph* and have them printed for | preservation. Once again I touch upon the real object of this: Kvery ortho dox church believes in the resur rect ion of the natural bodies of the dead?that the dead in their bodily-form l ist; out <>f their jrrave*. Then, friends, the old time folk were tidy, thrifty and lovinu; don't lei them rise in 4tWn\ha\v ehureh yard'' and diseover that their descendants had forgotten them. They have not f rjiotien vou, l?e mho of that. It would, if possible, briny a ripple of sadness even on that glorious resurrection morn to find that they have slept those lony years neglected by all save (iod. lie will stand at the fjrnve <.f every child of earth, be be or she forgotten or remembered, and will utter Ilia thrilling, "cdmk koijtii " L. M. II. No morphine or oidwm In Dr. Miles' Taeb I'illa Cvm All fttlu. "Om c**f iukwo." agy*?;^SOM CH I en I B tt i THE I tStore 1i SHSWr. jxzx: i7.rr> is* inferior floods, flnp rr n no fjlMi lE'ilfr-i m cid*i' liiiij it i i;et tlie best bur Sell Stri i -'I'wo .1 n luiory I Sill :r..i i _ .1 i?rmu 11iii ciiidrmiTN i" in** now jn-t liuff, 10 cents. Also another i in new desirable stylos, 7 A cts, wot GREAT MILL Those who linvo not yet houpl luck. Wo are running off the ha In than half price. You should avail chase a nice hat. rgains ! ! he Very Best the more Shoos than all of Lancaat tidies', Misses sod Children's fine K ins ill every lint STSON CA t Churter for $200,000 Mill in Spartanburg. Special to The State. e<j Spartanburg, Jnn 10.?An np- ns plication was made today for a t.h charter for a new mill in this in county. The name will b* the Sax- uh on mill. Its locution has n? t yet pi been decided on, but it will be in the suburbs of the city. Mr. .John ^ A. Law will be the general maniigcr of thff n*?w mill. Already $100,000 of the $200,000 capital tl stock has been secured, and the ? halanee will he shortly fortheom- !' I ,n~r- _ ^ 1st Large lot of pants, 75 cents ] T kind for SO cents, at Porter Bros. " S JIIJM3S! I MULES! MULKS! , t At aiet IIORsK** 'mo Some | J I b \ ot the ft..e-1 I j biivt ih and ^H?ntlers e* r ? lie ? f ?r s ?'e on /hi- market* i I<u w f c|h riHllv direct youi alien, j tinn mi 'Ins time lo our ?e?'ck of >IJ IM'.K.i M bl.K* m earlnril of which i we r?-c? ivel r-uturilxv. Tl ev \\ere selected wiili I lie L'l'-Mlcst cure last week oil ihc Nori cm markets by our j u Mi Kl'ioti. Kv?ry mule in the lot p is a Ituisy- Young. welt built, quick, |H mui ofvo'ul s /,- t all mmI see for your- i *' ? i . t H s?* f, aiui get iir prices. 'i J WILL SELL EITHER 111 II A FOR CASH OR ON H llli T,XIK AT CASH 1 I \! PRICES WITH 8 PER CENT INTEREST. BETTER || Bl'V NOW, BEFORE MULES GO HIGHER. When you com? t:> see our J stock we will also show you ti lnrcrc lot of Fine Stylish Booties ^ rolled iu last week?Also a fresh r? supply of harness. _ 'M Tl Hi fit tW lill. lsh stoi it a i n s ^OLIvS-' iSoiitli C r>3*vr.r r? hut reliable men iH'Sii1 1(1 lie ! ill LIS c pains, and we ai ctly For C I : 11 i ns .ln?t Come.20 cent Poplin Plaids, our price is 1 a-e of those splendid twilled tleeces . th double. INERY SALE.lit their winter tuillery are in prent nee of our stoek tit a little Iretter yourself of sueh a chanch to purCBaoc Tbo ! Jfarket Afford; ,er combined would indicate that ' id Shoes cannot be equaled for goo< j, Come to lSH stoi I # Murder of Judge McCluro* Florence, Ala, San 10. ? Judge f B McClure of the probate ?urt of Lauderdale county was sassinuted lust night. Early is morning his body was found the street riddled with buckiot. Bloodhounds have been it on the track of tho murderer. iVC) It lv I \Q MQli T A X l> l)A V The busiest and mightiest little ling that ever whs made is Dr. king's New Life Dills. Every ill is i sugar-coated globule of Emlth, that changes weakness into rength, listlessness into energy, rain fag into mental power, ht-y'r" wonderful in building up 10 health. Only 25c per box. old by (Tawford Bros. 'urcTcn >nc3icn MACHINE AND LUMBER COMPANY. CHESTER, S. C. O The Chester Machine ?'o. and B. M. pratt <fc ' o , have consolidated the wo p ants, hpd now ready to furnish iivthink hi the Machine and Lumber ne", with a Well equipped F undrv lid Machine shop, and Door. Hash nd Blind Fae'ory * r>r facilities are 11 -quailed in tiii" part of the (State. LEAPER< MOWERS. THRE-hRKM. GINS ENGINE* SA ?V MILLS, I AY AND CO I ION PRESSES, HARROW'S. ('ASIINGS. KiC ALSO ;econd hand machinery. &<& Mills complete for Dwellb l*?re Rooms, etc. send ua list of our wants, and we willanaw>rhy -turn mail i Respectfully, hester machine & lumber company. gai^?2E.i~aL?*?ja rteytrtrw? ?CP }E! W E are a Dili na} cliandisc af botNothing could uraI' People re giving them. ash Long Faced Merchants Are claiming higher prices. Goods they say have gone up. Wo aro getting them cheaper than ever. The ready cash always wins, and we are in the load with some soft snaps for early trade. t Wear! 5U " we aro Headquarters. i service and low prices. IE. Ix? m ; t