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Tit K LEDGER. Th wlow S Carter, i niroit AND MANAGER. CTT" SATUKDAY AIGUST IS, 1000. Tlif sober, second thought of the p t'])lo is ?nin?i Senator Tillman's slanderous utterances from tlio stump nirainst. ministers of the oospei, his baneful und per^ nieioiis perversions of scripture anil his frivolous talk ^eneially. The\ see that he is broadcast inc 4 1.. I ' ' '' ' " " iii*-- ill SKCpilCi-Ul, lMIKlOlII V and intemperance through the State, and that the very fmindntion of christhmity. government and society is threatened by the dis-emiimtinn of siteh rot by a man in his high pos'tion and in whom so many have had the utmost confidence. From almost every pulpit the ministers are speaking out and in mativ of the State papers christian men, sup pot tot s of the Senato", are condeu.ni _r his lianeful utterances and appealing to christian voters to repudiate them at the polls Senator l'illman should he ashamed that he has attempted to persuade the g iod people of the State to forsake a moral principle and that he has used such methods as criticising the ministers, declaring portions of (tod's word obsolete and teaching false doctrines. No other man could say the things he does from the slump. A hull Wl Uld have broil rulli'd til utiv ? ""J man at the outset hut it is becoming intolerant even in him. He has failed to enthuse t:>e crowds at a singlecunipaigu meeting this week though he has had respectful hearings at all of them. Tillman otlered at the Kdgeliehl meeting to hot that the Met In dists would he willing to take him him into their church "to help pay the preacher." The Senator no donl>t thus concludes from the fact that there -are some Methodists in the State who are allured into supporting the dispensary hy the Senator's argument of the money in it. Shame upon the M..?i.' i: - - i - 1 ??? v'i iiin 11 ->i ? no causes in is slur upon Ins church, it is lime fur Methodists, especially, to pause and think before voting for the dispensary. Tillman keeps up his insults to the preachers. tkIt is the truth that hurts them," he declared at Aiken. If Tillman should win in this light he would have the right to claim that by a majority vote of the people he had hrauded the Christian ministry as fools and liars, had overcome the church and had established whiskey drinking as an innocent and patriotic practice?The Statu. ''May God have mercy on his soul," prays the Uov. G W j Gardnor. "I'm poin^ to quit praying for him and oo to scratch j in?_'," remarks I'eter .1 Itueker. I Let holh prayers and scratchers j proceed. Tho scutchers may assist the prayers materially in his salvation, hy bringing him to repentance. ? The Stale. mm mr> ( For l'lio Ledger. S. (,\ W IT 11K Its POON. T. H MAO 11.1.. AIhh ! Aias ! one soldier more Of Hampton's" ^ay and ualiant coi ps, At round of hu^Ie comes no more To j->in ilie ranks. Alas ! Alas ! for death has tore L' l- 1 " II will i a 11 K nun JllCOlie |ilit riol Ilioi'C, Who in thin life a sabre bore lit freedom's cause. For he has crossed llfes liver o'er Ami, sleeps within the grey tie wore Calm resting <>n ttie shield he bore In freedom's War. I f ' Tanks Own Bard" hut lived today His.harp would sound a rtquiem lay Ami to our galluut "Cons" would pay His meed of praise. But now. alas, gone too are they, The "Bards'' who sang their minstrels lay. Htill mankind will but tribute pay To patriots worth. For while the "old Catawha" fl >ws And on Its hanks there blooms arose, ( Mis deeds in sweetest verse and prose i Htill will be sung. I L Drunk on Power. I ? Makes as Bijj a Fool of a Man a? the Vinous lviuil. Rev F C I lick son in (jiutTney } Ledger. My challenge has l?een accepted at last. The whole host of candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, and Mr Tillman thrown in for oood measure, came down on me todav, hnt :ny hands were tied and I could not say si word. I should like to discuss the ipiestioii and challenged Mr Tillman, personally, for si joint debate, which he declined. I take this means of replying. What the candidates said was so puerile and seemed to have so little etVoet that I shall not reply to them now, hut confine myself to Mr Tillman and his speech. The farmers of this county know that 1 have stood with and for them and voted with and for them through sill ihe hits ter strujrtrles they had to wet possession of the State Government, and hence know that it is not political prejudice against Mr Tillman that prompts what 1 shall say. Mr Tillman has not advanced any argument for the dispensary. He haki simply thrown his personal influence into me fi^ht aga;nst Col lloyt. His speech hero today was, as 1 told him an effort to stir up all the old timo prejudice an<l fling it against Col Hoyt and prohibition. Hence, one cannot discuss his position in this matter without discussing him. He appeared today, and does appear in this fight, in two roles, neither of i which is creditable to Km. He ! tirst appears in the role of an j ecclesiastical bishop to regulate the preachers ?a kind of theological instructor of the preacher* and their charges. He shvh the Bible is not on* posed t<? drinking li(|iior, nor to making and selling liquor. Now, as would be expected of on? who huh studied the Bible as little a* J Mr Tillman and who hus been us indifferent to its claims to I regulate his conduct as Mr Tillman, that he should not be a protieieit teacher nor even a bright ' scholar. He doesn't seem to [ know that there was no such thing as liquor in Bible times. 1 I'ffrml#* lind 'l"-- !-? ?' ' , . i. ..i not iinjii iu? an <>i ! fermenting fruit juices and male* 1 ing uomething thut would, if taken in very large rpiunlitie*, make j drunk. Hut the art of distilling | fruit ami grain and making the terrible poison of alcohol came centuries after the lust book in I the Bible was written. The Bible does prohibit the use evon I of wine among preachers and ileacons and pronounces woes in this life and damnation in the life to come against the drunkard, even when the thing used was no more than weak wine. What would Paul anil Solomon say of thos* who use the distilled double XX now vended in the dispensat ion of South Carolina? But Mr Tillaian says Paul did tell Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach's sake. Let us see how far that comes of serving Mr Tillman'* case. lie it* advocating the use of distilled liquor us a beverage, that is for purposes of drunkenness; Paul is prescribing medicine. The prohibitionists allow that ho is advocating its sale and use in unlimited quantities. Paul says take a little. Now, if Mr Tillman is going to preach I wish he would preach fair and not wrest the Scriptures out of its connections to his own hurt and many other men's ruin. The Hible says no drunkard shall enter the kingdom of heaven. It classes drunkards?those who would use iiquor as Mr Tillman would allow?with liars, murderers, | whoremongers and harlots. Is it not against the dispensary? If Mr 'rillman is going to preach I * urge him to go to some good theological seminary and study Scripture interpretations. But doesn't it all seem a huge joke that Mr Tillman should (piote I Scripture and isn't it presumption j in the extreme for him to lecture i preachers about their duties. Was ' | there ever such an example of j conceit as for Mr Tillman to set ' .. l,.if _ i miiix-ii 111) it!- Knowing more aiiout right and wrong than all the preachers in South Carolina, j "Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge.'' 1 " The preachors are honest, hut 1 weak in (ho upper story: they don't know.'* Ah, hut Mr Tills j man knows! Mr Tillman is drunk I on power and that is the worst I drunk in the world for making a ! fool of a man. Hut will tr.e people follow Mr j Tillman or the preachers and the Hihle? The1? was n time in South Carolina when they would follow him against the preachers and the Hilde and God. Hum that t me j passed? The LomI grant that it has. Hut, I want to say this to 1 my friends in Cherokee, if you think Mr Tillman knows more of the Hiltle and of right, of how to live and how to die than 1 do, let him he your pastor, lei him come ; to pray for you when von come to (lie, let him preach your funeral when you are dead. 1 don't want to do it. The other role in which Mr Tillman appears is that of a political henchman." I use, henchman to describe one who is not a can . didate himself hut is working; for the election of another. That is what he is doing. It puts htm in i a pitiable plight that he, a United . States senator, should be stumpi ing South Carolina in the interest of some candidate for governor. Mi Tillman wants to know if i we will never be done with this whiskey (piestion in the State i campaigns. I want to know if we i will never lie done with Mr Till i man in our Statecampaiirns? lias i he <;ot to come down here every , election year to tell us what to ' i do ( But he says, "I don't want ; to toll you what to do: I want you i to do as y >n please." Well, I never saw a man have to sweat and Mow and bawl at people to get them to do as they please. ' "My success in leading the people i has been due to the fact that 1 always led them the way they wantto go." It looks very much like it, when after the oeoolo Im.i I . . ' ' i voted 10,000 majority for prohibition he threw his whole influence into defeating that majority's wishes and then when some of that majority and others refused to how to his will he secured a body I eptard of constables armed to the teeth to force them to submit and i then when after years of submit- ' sion theie is a si^n of an uprising : of that same majority to secure I their wishes ho comes with the aid of drunken howlers to drown their I voices and defeat their wish. Hut Mr Tillman says that that majority had no ri^ht to prohibi- j' tion, because there were *22,000 | people who had a rijrlit to vote J and didn't vote on either side. 1 j< ' asked Mr Tillman if he received ; j only 10,000 votes for the otlicc of 1 senator would he consider himself i elected to that olfiee and entitled ] to till it and he said, "yes, I am not rnurmrwibln fin- !>"?" ' - * - . | ,w? imi vol- | ing who had u right to vote." ? What right had Mr Tillman to represent those 22,000 voters 1 (who didn't vote) in the legists- t tore of South CarolinaWho told him they wanted the dispenwary { Did you loud those 22,000 people in the way they wanted to i f!0 ? 1 Let this do for the present. This is only a part of what i would say if I had a reply today to Mr Tillman. The rest I'll say some other time. ? Mi ?*., I ) (* l-OIf ? Christiuns Urged to Vote. Rev G T Harmon, pastor of the Buncombe Street Methodist church, preached a strong sermon Sunday morning, in which he urged upon Christians the necessity for their activity at the pol's. Hi s text was taken from Kxodus, 18th chapter and 21st verse, as follows: "Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; :in?l place Mich men over them, to lie rulers of thousands, ami rulers of hundreds, rulers of titties, and rulers of tens." Mr Harmon reviewed the part which religion or the hick of religion luis played in the history of nations and pointed out how the loss of respect for 'tod's wishes had resulted in the deeav of those i nations. lie uracil that it was sollicient to have simply righteous pr neiples henenth a Government, j hut that .righteous men should he put in ollice t(? uphold those prin ciples. lie spoke of the right of franchise as one of the most delicate and respousihl rights of man and one of the most important duties] of citizenship. lie pleaded for piety at the hallot hox as well as at church or in the home. Perhaps the most significant sentence in the sermon was this:1 "This book of Kxodus may be obsolete to the blasphemer or infidel, ; but it is not to the man of God. | \ iod here lavs down three essentials to lie considered in selecting , I men to rule over the people .from ' president to coroner, viz: ability, piety nnd great force of moral character." The speaker then went on to elaborate this thought, insisting upon the selection of men of ability, men of piety and men of truth, hating coretousness, men of great moral force of character. The sermon wae a very able discourse and has been widely commended and praised by all who heard it. Mr \Y 1' Fowler brought to town some corn and cotton stalks vvltioli teAfi. ? " 1 11 1 mcic > ci v oamy damaged by tho heavy hail storm of Sun day aftornoon. Mr Fowler's! farm in about live miles this side of Woodruff, lid reports that the hail ruined half his cotton crop and that he will make very little fodder. His neighbors suffered also, but not as much as Mr! Fowler, unless it be Mr Aaron Trammell, whose crop was badly I damaged. The cotton in that sec -1 in>n whs <101112 well until this o storm. .1. H. I )f /oo />/*. / '. f)ftchon's Ant I I >iu r 'fir. I May lie worth to you more limn $100 if you liuVv a ?*l i *1 wiin mii s bedding fniin incoutuueuce of water dining ?ieep. < uren old and yeung alike. I iirrtHt* tti trouble at once. $1. So d by J F Mousey i o, Druggist, Run aster, S C. FOR R AI I.IIOA I) COMMISSION KH. W I) Mayllehl, <o/uml>ia, K (7. in I hereby announced an a candidate for : Railroad Coinmis-i?>ner, nubjcul to the' Slate -Democratic primary. in ihition. The Commissioners aliould he paid tiy the Stat- instead of t?y the railroads out the term of office -hould lie re- | iuced from six ycai.s to two yi ars. Stop iliacrimiuations. freight rale* bliotlid lie ho regulated ah to: ? Encourage fruit growers. truck I farmer* and can tiers, ami enable them to offer their product* on the nn.rUi.i i >n tqual term* with any Mate. Induce m.tnufa'-turer* of all kinds 10 ooae ill this State umt enalile them o i ft* r their product* on tne market >n equal term* with any State Kuable cotton m i I Ik iii IIiih State to t?uy on any market in the state, Oive cotton mill* the he*t rate* for diipplng tlieir product*. Kuable whole*ale merchant* in tbi* Uate to compete witli wno,e*ale merchant* in adjoining State*. Make Charlestoo, Port Koyal, and Seorgetown Import and eximrl eltie* >ii an equal footing with Wilmington Hid Savannah. W I> MAYFlKLI). PASTORXA. Kind Yo? Haw Alwr, Bowht > Announcements! | l FOR SOLICITOR I will Miami for renomiiuitlon t?? I' | otHce of Solicitor of the Sixth juriicia ' Circuit subject to the results of the 1 Democratic Piituary. ' j K IlENRY VA r h? rchy announce myself a caiuli ! Hate for Solicit ir of the sixth t iicuit I i HUhjHet to tiie rules noverniny the ? ! Democratic Primary. \v (\ HOUGH t V7? I herein* announce myself a caiuliId ?(e for l lie office of Solicitor ??f the t*ixth Judicial ireult, pledging my- ' s? I' ti abide the result of the demo ' rati,# piunary c eriion, and faithfully ' I to discharge the duties of said olli ?' f I to the event of my eleetlon. r l IiOS F ' cDOW. | 1 * Ft >R HOl'SK OF KKPRIOSA'Ns a nvivI am a candidate for the Legislature and wiP ahide the result of the pri ( inury. < ov jk w pons, r //. I I hereby announce myself as a ean* ' diilate for the 'louse of Its present a- , lives subject to the rules governing the Democratic Primary. R L. HI< KLIN VA I am a candidate for the Legislature, -ubject to rales ot Democratic I'rimary I " .1 HARRY FOSI KR r VA The many friends of J N Kstridge | respect fully aniuunce his name for re-elec ion for the House of Repre !r seiitaliv? s of Lancaster county, and i 1 will abide by the result of the primary ! election. MANY VO IE US. | i I I am a eamlula'e for the Hoiine of (] Keproentutivc:- auhject to the Demo- r cratie primary. ,1 W HAMKI, ? Y/I am a canohlule for re-election to llie I.e^i.-tlature. I will abide the re- i" unit of the democratic primary elec- j * lion. T Y VV 1LLIAMS. I FOlt CLEUK OF t.OUUr \[ With a high *en-e of appreciation of 1 JX?-1 uniiitiillTllllltllH AIM! toKetlS or kimlne*" anil with a deep feeling of ur ititnde for i Ik- sum**, l h?g to nil-. , Mouiiop myaeif n cam! dat for reelection to the office of ?'lerk of Court j for /sam-aster < ouuty at the approach-. ^ J ing primary, air Jen to the rule-* of i the Deiuocratie primary WS L PORTER 1 I The many friends of Mr. Joseph F ? | Oregory hereby announce him as a \ < {candidate for the office of Clerk of * | the Court, Mibjeet to *he result of the ' Democratic Primary, MANY FRIENDS. mt in ib? i' 1 ? n *MUfMam FOR SHERIFF. I I hereby announce myself a caudi- I r date foi Sheriff, subject to the rules of *1 Democratic party. JA.WES S WILSON < VK. The many friends ol ('apt John I' Hunter hereby announce him as a candidate for the ?HI e of Sheriff, subj ct to the r?*-ti11 of tlie democratic ^ primary. Mr Hunter's fine record as ; ^ Sin rif! in the past is a sntlloient guarantee of what his future administration will tie in ruse of his election. II ? V vr ... u .\ .> 1 MM K US. ( FOR COI N I V TREASURER. I I am a candidate for re-election to the office of County Treasurer. w. c cautiien. FOIl COI N IV AUDITOR. f hereby announce myself an a can didate f<?r the office of County Auditor and pledge myself r?? aldde the re?ult n of the Democratic primary. M E C CROXTON. 11 l< I reaped fully announce my candi* daoy for the office of county Auditor, H subject to the rule* of the Democratic ^ primary. L J PERRY. v v /,. ,, Mr I'.ditor: Utilizing the valuable -crviccs rendered during hi* term of 1 otll e. the ncatiier-M and correctness ' of hi* work, and knowing him to he well (piahHed for ttie position, pieaae ^ announce the name of J no A Cook for I re-election to the office of County Auditor, Htihje t to the rulea governing the primary. M X V V fDifV nti * a Hiiilil/O, FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF 1 EDUCATION. At the solicitation of a few friends I announce myself a candidate for the M office of Huperintciidenf of Education. " It BAXTER BLACK MON. t' 150 PKR ANNUM At the continued a<dlolt?Co*t > *>n*" nany oloee frleiul?, as well an b0? am? leeply interested in Hie progr ducalion in our county, I now* ?>* >ounc? myaeif a Candida e for the ' *at? Ice of County Superintendent of ation, eulje t to the rule* ?*- * democratic Primary. r M KSUL. <u/. The nianv friends of Mr. : i aekinon, hereby announce him-v a andidate for the office of C Superintendent of Education. : ? . o r. sull of Democratic Primary. vj I'd the Voters of l.ancaster Oiiia/t Willi many thanks f >i past f?.?vjs nut at (he Holieitatiou of friea**#v ? iervbyuniioUi.ee myself hh ? ndiilV lute for lli* nfllee of iluuiitv S icte? ?*endent of Kiln at ion, subject Iv > s* ules governing the Democrat;*. >iv nary; and, if elected my titu*- ? m nergies are yours for the beat ini?'****- > if edueution. J E BLACKMC??* 7A Mr Fd it or: ? Please announ^ mine of PROF A ?' KOWELL * 'Htididate 'for the oflire of Oxmf mi|h rinten.lent of K ueution, a*3tvaaitt o the rules governing the Demount* ? uiiuary. If elected, we pledge ,?v? ? o discharge th" duties of tl?v ofScrv Kb * lie best interest of education. MANY FRIENDS K()/i iSUPKKVISOR The many friends of Mr. K H * itiuounce him him as a candid:..;.* ."itr* 'oiuity .Supervisor, subject li> Jd* ulesof tlie Democratic Primary. MANY FRIENBfa Tlie friends of W Q ('aafcej. ?r? ioumcc him as a candidate for I ***>.?? ' w|<rr\iM<>r. Mr Caskey will abit^? Milt of the Democratic pr ;*?. *_?? ' lec'ioua. //. At the earneat solicilntion of riend-, I hereby announce mywVwa i candidate f ?r re-election to the ?f County Super vis- r. auhject ^ * * esull ??f the democratic primary M C (tAKDNKl HHHHnMRmnvAiri'' FOR I OHONER. The many frrenda of C C ir.. announce him for the oVM*? r* loroner, subject to the rules >* democratic Primary. W3 I announce myself ae a eaniMarf<*-* or the otlice o( Coroner ami uyeelf to abide fhe result <nT w. * lemocratlc primary election. J KH1KWMAW sr> The friends of I) N MACKK"^ ?*? (ounce t un mm a candidate for th* >?*I e of t orouer. mimI pledge h w ** * mine nit- resuiioi the democratic > r-. nary. MANY FRIEN-'DS V71 hereby announce myself h sttjunl-late for re-election to the o Tur -? ' 'oroner, ami pledge myself >o he result of tlie primary. U YOt.rVE. I<()1< M ACHsTKA I E. 'OIUMUiM CKKKK AN!) C * t'llKKX TOWNSHIP. The many friends of Mr W F"Cnh?rn esoeottuily unnounce linn a?? late for reflection to the of?*-*- ? dairi-tiate for (Jills * 're?-U hi i I *??> 'reek townships subject to the ' yi .i ?f the Democratic nrimsre many vor3>&>. *sr, (!KI>AH (,'UKKK TOW^nSH : I hereby announce myeelf a lute lor reelection to the of.e-v *?' .l.tif i-t rate f?r Anlar Creek to\v ^ uljtct to the ilemociatlc primary JOHN MwnMWMMHawMHnMuaunr^ HORSES I HORSES! HORSES! We have jo at ricrivrdn ? u in her one horre* from A tlanti:,* *? ; nimal having been c*refully ?i ii iieraon by our Mr. Klliott. hi . ?t are Mime of the Oue*t bora**- e?>n routtht to thirt market If yon to***. Koud Saddler, or ? Rood Driver, jit* ?>. o??tl combination horae, now * y nvw~' me to get it. We now havejn*i ? tu?. ou want ami need. Call ami *ev f>* onraelf. We take pleasure Vi* *3+ ibit lint our atock, a? well aa Yeb IE J will either m-ll or hwh;.-, to* nf Q will ? ? 11 eith r lortti? 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