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THE LEDGER. Thurlow S. Carter, EDITOR AND MANAGER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1900. Of course Col. Hoyt will fi'e hib pledge with the Chairman of the btat? Democratic Executive Committee as will every other in uivuiuai wno runs in the primary election for the democratic nomination for Governor of the State. There is nothing inconsistent in his agreeing to become the candidate of the Prohibition Democrats for the democratic nomination for Governor, being named or nominated by them at their conference, with the pledge he will have to tile. Here is the pledge, the words in parenthesis being inserted by us as the only words that can be supplied which will make its meaning intelligible and consistent: "That he (the candidate) will abide the result of such primary ami support tb? i nominees thereof, (in tho general election) and that he is not nor will he become tho candidate of any faction (in the general election) either privately t r publicly suggested, OTHER THAN THE REGULAR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION." If this pledge doesn't refer to candidacy in the general election why should it terminate with the clause "other than the regular democratic nomination?" The regular democratic nomination can only be made by tho democratic primary election and a man cannot become the regu? lar democratic nominee until said election ban been held. ?? m ? ?? Ah the Laurens News sees it, the man who beats Hoyt will be the next governor of South Carolina. Yesterday was an interesting date with Capt L M Grist, of the Enquirer, it marked the sixtieth ; anniversary of the first issue of : the Yorkville (Y?mnil?r thai i?n? . t , Tf" j for which he helped to set as a nine-year old boy. It was upon this aper that he commenced to learn the printing trade. The first issue of The Compiler appeared on June 1, 1840.?Yorkrille Enquirer. Rev li D Perry, who won a verdict for |3,000 from the Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad at | the last term of court, has gotten much better than there was rea* won to believe from the testimony then delivered that he would ever be again. One of the medical "experts," it will be remembered, tu.i ?i t? ucniuicix iuri wuen oe saw Air Perry on April 5, the patient t(apparently seemed in a dying condition, sir." From the Chester Reporter of Thursday, we learn that Mr Perry was a member of the delegation which left Chester on Tuesday to attend the Confederate re-union at Louisville, Ky.?Yorkville Enquirer. Run Over by Train. Special to The State. Florence, June 1?Yesterday afternoon at Winona a south' hound freight train struck two little negro boys, killing the younger and injuring the other perhaps fatally. The boys were sons of Henry Grant, a respectable nogro farmer. It is supposed that the two boys were asleep on the track. As they were lying between the crossties, Engineer Temple did not see them until too late. PASTORIA. yf Tie Kied Yis Haw khnjt m Col Hoyt Comments on Appelt ; Proposal ! HE INTENDS TO SIGN THE ! PLEDGE. And be injat the Start, June 14. Think* Chances Very Good for the Prohibitionists. Special to The State. Greenville, June 4?Col James A Hovt has returned from the reunion at Louisville, and in a conversation with a newspaper repor 1 u: ii ? i-1-i. i ici rA|H onocu u 1 111 HC11 &H (lOUgmed with the trip to Kentucky, where he met many friends and acquaintances from thisandotherStates.He was especially gratified at meeting with some of his former comrades in Jenkins' brigade whom he has not seen since the war, and who are now living in Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Kentucky and other States. These and other ex-Carolinisns were frequently among the throng at the South Carolina headquarters, which was only a short distance from the reunion { hall. Col Hoyt thinks there were 1 about 400 veterans from this State, and barring the unlikely weather they were much pleased; with their reception in Louisville, i He had not read the newspapers to any great extent during his absence, and was not informed as 4k? 4: 2 1? AL- - CI i-A mj iuc uiHcuMioii m iuo oiaie executive committee last week until after reaching home. He was asked to give his views upon the ; action of the executive committee. 1 i and to state what he proposed to , do in regard to the pledge exacted of candidates for nomination in the primary. His reply was as ( follows: I "I am not atall surprised at the action of the State executive com miitee, and had predicted that this would be the outcome if any 1 proposition was made to rule the prohibitionists out of the primary. 1 Nor am 1 surprised at the proposition comihe from Mr. AnDelt. 1 for be has been very pronounced 1 on that line, and has stoutly contended for his version of the con- I titution in the Manning Times, i of which he is the editor. Mr. I Appelt hoe assumed the very queer < position of undertaking to regulate I other men's consciences or at least i to determine what would be their 1 conscientious view of matters un- i dor certain conditions. In this < matter he has gone too far, as be < cannot know and haw no right to know what the conscience of an- I other may dictate, as conscience is : not a matter of opinion, but of action, and is governed by the judgment or decisiion of each < man for himself. "Mr. Appelt is quoted as saying that no man nominated by a factional convention could take the j pledge conscientiously. If his interpretation of the vague and in definite clause is correct, there might be some foundation for his conclusion but I have heretofore' held that this interpretation was wrong and inconclusive. What- (i ever the author of this clause in- i tended, he did not succeed in expressing himself so clearly that it < was not susceptible of different constructions, and hence it was to i be construed as relating to the general election and not the primary. Under this view I would have no hesitation in signing the pledge, nor did Mr Hrunson hesitate two years ago. I have been reo nested bv an assembly of ? J ? I friends and co-workers in a great cause to become their standard* bearer in this campaign, and at no time will 1 repudiate their endorsement. The pledge is an in- i dividual matter, and necessarily < is signed by an individual, who ' thus becomes a candidate not for office, but for the nomination of the Democratic party, which baa j selected the primary method of < ? making its nominations. 1 hare received the endorsement of sevr* rat hundred others since the con- ^ terence at Columbia, and they bate urged me to make the race for governor (either in person or by tetter), doing the same thing as the members of the conference, whbh was to invite me as their 1 choice to fits this pledge and en- 1 ter the campaign. ' . ?T I J l -1 1 i woum uoi unuerany circurr> 1 stances entertain the thought of 1 writing a letter to decline the 1 suggestion of the conference, as Mr. T Y Williams proposed, for I am pledged already to make the ' race, and I am not in the habit of going back on ray pledges. The 1 Dial rest lution, which has boen reaffirmed, was intended as a straddle between the two constructions of the required pledge, and 1 was so accepted two years ago "I regard the outlook extreme ! ly favorable for a prohibition victory this summer, if the indica- ! tions are to be relied upon. The voluntary expressions from my i comrades who were in attendance < at Louisville have been most i gratifying, and they assured me < that the prohibition sentiment was i stronger than ever before. These ! < men were from every section of i the State, and their assurances are I strong and confident. Letters are coming by every mail with simi- < lar declarations, and 1 consider i that there is every reason to be 1 hopeful of the result. 1 expect to ( be at Orangeburg on the 14th < inst, with my pledge duly filed < and in every respect ready for the t fray. 1 A Tribute to Colonel Hoyt. 1 I The Circuit Rider. Col. James A Hoyt, candidate for governor of South Carolina, bail ! 4 Instinctively, constitutionally, 1 historically a democrat. Principles: The XXX pure 1 democracy with the demon's left 1 out. No man can say he ever did a mean thing or committed an ignoble act Hia mind ia strong, bis virtues many, his character slear. He can command a regiment and conduct a prayer meet , ing. He can sit in high places srith the lords of the realm and if in the line of duty become a hewer of wood and a drawer of water. A complete, concrete man. In that great upheaval of the . maddened mind, when brother i fought the fiercest of bloody bat- J1 ties, Col Hoyt was there first and t' last. In 1876, when Israel was delivered out of the hands of the miserable Jebusites, Hoyt was; there. Today in the councils of j: the church he is there, fervent in 1 spirit, serving the Lord. Lo, 1 here he comes, with his life's record, his Bible, and his chaiac* ter. Citizens of Carolina, what : wilt ye do with them ? , Brother McSweenev, health and 1 happiness to yoar excellency. 1 Say, buckle on your best armor and sharpen your spear; against < you, a true and tried knight has entered the field. CONSTABLE SHOOTS A NEGRO. And Some of the Bystanders in Spartanburg Condemn Him for it. Special to The Greenville New*. Spartanburg, S C, Juae 1.A little after ti o'clock this after* noon Constable Bishop, working under Magistrate McGowan, shot and wounded Fred Norman, a colored drayman. He was endeavoring to arrest him and they got into a scuflle and Bishop shot him while he was holding him. The nature of the wound is not known. Some of the few bystanders condemu the shooting. Strike in Camden. Negro Brick Makers Quit ; the White Men Stick. Special to The State. Camden, June 3.?All the aogro hands employed at the brickyard here, about 60 in number, struck yesterday- They de? mand two hours less work a day and to receive the same wages they are getting now. The j white hands did not quit work. | As the company has a groat deal [?t work "on handj now to fill ' large rush orders, this strike is annoying, hut the company has no doubt hut that in a few days , they can get all the hands thoy want. Some of the strikers have already returned to work. Stabbed His Brother to Death. Special to The State. Walhalla, June 4.? Ben Dooly, a United States prisoner, dropped ilead Saturday morning. He was a 4'trusty" and had just come :lown out of the jail and entered a nearby building when the end :ame. He was an old man and it is said that he had served a numher of sentence* for blockading. A most unfortunate occurrence was the killing yesterday morning it High Falls, 10 miles away, of Will Cannon by his brother, Tom Gannon. There were no witnesses to the deed. The killing was lone with a large pocket knife, ieveral ugly wounds being in- ! Dieted on the victim's head and just over the heart. Tom Can-| ion ?was going to a neighbor's , aome to carry a U ttor when he tvas intercepted by his brother who asked him al>out some reports that Tom was accused of circulating. Hot words soon led Lo rash action with fatal results. Both brothers are married ind each has two children. They ire prominent citizens, have two brothers in this county and two just across the river in Georgi. . l'O SETTLE BOERS IN WEST. The Union Pacific Heads the Scheme and Gives Million Acres. Denver, June 1.?Gov Thomas has given indorsement to a gigantic proposition, having for its object the bringing of the defeated Boers to the Valley of Platte, of Colorado. The Union Pacific Land company proposes to give a million acres of land, to be taken up under the Carey land act, on the Juleaburg and Wyoming division. There is to be no charge for the gift and the company will undertake to tr? nsport the Boers to Colorado, being paid on the installment plan after the co-m munities are establshed and pros* perous. C Want land, the agent for the Union Pacific, left for the east last night where be will meet the Boer envoys and explain in detail the proposition. Senator McLaurin on Extension To oppose national expansion is for the southern people to oppose further industrial development, to oppose the opening of new markets for their suplus products, and to invite the loss of millions of dollars to the producers and manufacturers of raw staple materials. The south is capable of infinite expansion from the fertility and versability ef her soil and undeveloped resources aud manufacturing industries in the production of what the entire world needs ?This expansion can only be hindered or prevented by an unwiae opposition to the policy of national expansion. The south hae everything to gain an nothing to lose by favoring it.?i^esslie'a fVeekly. Prisoner at St. Helena. Mr. Sam Boylston, the South Carolina Boer Soldier. i The South Carolina Boer soldier to whom reference has been mdea before is now a prisoner at St. Helena. The Winnsboro News and Herald says: t4Mr. Sam Boylston who in the beginning of the South African war joined the Boer forces, and Boon aiter receiving a wound, was taken prisoner by the English, has been sent to the island of St. Helena. As every one knows, this island is the place where all of the prisoners taken by the British are sent. Mr. Boylston writes that he is kindly treated in prison and sutlers no hardships. Much interest is felt here in the welfare of this young American who gave his services to the Boers, as he is the grandson of Mr. S A Boylston, and has visited here." Atlanta's Roll of Maimed Veterans at Louisville. The batallion numbers 121 men, or pieces of men, for a correspondent tabulated the number of missing eyes, hands, arms, legs etc. Here is what he found: Eyes gone, 18. Hands gone, 7. Feet gone, 6. Legs gone, 35. Arms gone, 14. Election of Teachers. NOTI E Ih HEREBY GIVEN that the board of trustees of the Lancaster Be hoot District will meet Thursday the 7th of June at 6 30 o'clock p in, to elect a principal and four assistant teachers of the Lancaster graded school, aud also a teach r of the factory school. Applications may be addressed to the undersigned, Chas T Connors, Hec A Tre g B'd Trustee LB D. The One Day Oold Cure. Kermotl'a Chocolates Laxative Quinine for cold in the head and tore throat. Children take them like candy. %S/T Have you forgotten to day your subscription to Ledger! Subscribe te Thb Lbdubh Announcements. FOR SOLICITOR. r h<r?h. ~.^l? vwj ?|juvuuw uajocai m UAUUKdate for Hollcltor of the Hixth Circuit, subject to the rules governing the Democratic Primary. * W. C. BOUGH. <xy? I hereby announce myself a candU date for the office of Solicitor of the Hixth Judicial < ircuit, pledging my* sel' to abide the result of the demo* c ratio primary olection, and faithfully to discharge the duties of said office in the event of my election. TH08 F VoDOW. FOR HOUSE OF REFRES^N-* I ATIVE* I am a candidate for the Legislature, uujeci loruieaoi uemocratic Primary J HARRY FOSTER. e? The many friends of J N Estririge respectfully announce his name for re-election for the House of Repre eentatlves of Lancaster county, and will abide by the result ofthe primary election. MANY VOTERS. C0B T am a candidate for the House of Representatives subject to .the Demo* cratlc primary. J W HAMEL <309 I atn a candidate for re-election to the Legislature, I will abide the result of the democratic primary election. T Y WILLIAMS. FOR OLEKK OF COURT. TL- *-? a * ?? ?- ? * no nanny iiionuMOl m r. JOSSpn K Gregory hereby announce him an a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Court, nubject to ?be result of the Democratic Primary, MANY FRIEND8. With a high sense of .appreciation of past considerations aud tokens of kindness and with a deep feellug of gratitude for the same, I beg to an* uounoe myself a candidate for re* election to the office of Clerk of Court for .Lancaster County, at the approach* Ing primary, subject to the rulee of the Democratic primary. W 8 L PORTER FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Lancaster county, pledging myself to abide the rulea of the Democratic primary. J C.80WELL. t/to I hereby announce myself a candidate foi Sheriff, subject to the rules of Democratic party. JA1/ES S WILSON. C/K> The many friends ol Oapt John P Hunter hereby announce him as a candidate for the office of Hheriff. suh ject to the result of the democratic primary. Mr Hunter's fine record aa Sheriff in the past is a sufficient guarantee of what his future administration will be in cuse of his election. MANY VOTERS. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, I am a candidate for re-election to the office of County Treasurer. W. 0 CAUTHEN. FOR OOUNlY AUDITOR. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Couuty Auditor and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. E C CROXTON. r/n I respectfully announce my candidacy for the office of county Auditor, sultfect to the rules of the Democratic primary. L J PERRY. Mr Editor:?Realising the valuable services rendered during Ills term of office, the neatness and correctness of his work, and knowing him to be well qualified for the position, please announce the name of Juo A Cook for re-election to the office of County Auditor, subject to the rules govern-* ing the primary. JfANY FRIENDS. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. At the solicitation of a few friends I announce myself a candidate for ths office of riuperintendenf of Education* R BAXTER BLACK WON. The many friends of Mr. Ernest Backmon, hereby announce him as a candidate for the office of County Buperintendent of Education, subject to result of Democratic Primary. To the Voters of Lancaster Cbunty: With many thanks foi past favors, and at the solicitation of friends, I hereby annouuce myself as a candidate for the offloe of County 8uperln> fendent of Education, subject to the rules governing the Democratic prls mary; and, if elected, my time and energies are yours for the beat Inter--* of education. J E BLACKMON. <UK> Mr Editor:?Please announce the name of PROP A C ROWELL as a candidate -for the office of County Superintendent of Education, subject to the rules governing the Democratio primary. If elected, .we pledge him to discharge the duties of the office to the best interest of education. MANY FRIENDS. FOR -SUPERVISOR. The many friends of Mr. R H Bapp announce him him as a candidate for County Supervisor, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. MANY FRIENDS. UK The friends of W Q Caskey, announce him as a candidate for County Supervisor. Mr Oaskey will abide the result of the Democratic primary elections. cvv At tbe earnest solicitation of many friend*, I hereby tnnouuoe myeelf M a candidate for re-election to the office of County ^Supervisor, subject to the result of ths democratic primary. M 0 GARDNER FOR CORONER. Tbe many frrsnds of C C Horton, Sr.. announce him for the office of Coroner, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. ee I announce myself as a candidate for the office of Coroner and pledge injfmiii 10 aouie the result of the democratic primary election. J ERTEWMAN <300 The friends of D N MACKEY announce him as a candidate for the office of Coroner, and pledge him to abide the result of the democratic prlmary. MANY FRIENDS. >K? I hereby announoe toy self a candidate for re-electlon to the ofHoe of Coroner, and pledge myself fo abide the result of the primary. R. YOUNG. 1