The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 13, 1900, Image 3
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SATl"!{l>AV .lAM'AKY 13, 1000.
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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
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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.
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