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JTHfc LEDGER. ^ rlow 8. Carter, KDITOK AND MANAGER. C WKDNF.8DAT, MAY 15, 1901. The editor return# thanks to County Treasurer Cauthen who occupied his sanctum and ground out the brilliant editorials and | spicy locals contained in the last j issue of The Ledger. \V'e won't mind baring our 4,pictur" token j often hereafter if Mr. Cauthen will agree to accept the responai- I bility of getting out the paper in oil1' absence. We aro not tolling him all the many compliments we have heard paid the last issue. That there is a strong feeling for McLaurin in the up country there can lie no doubt The fol . lowing from the Spartanburg Herald, written by T Larry (ianU, at one time a supporter of Tillman, is un indication of the change that has taken place 44 The acquisition of the Philip* pine islands will do more for the upbuilding and development of the South in general, and for the Southern cotton growers and Southern cotton mills in particular than any stent that has occurred, or could possibly occur, since the declaration of Americas indepen* dunce wa> signed. 44It is high time that the intelligent voters of ihe South were beginning to thiek and reaaoe for themselves, and not so blindly follow politicians and officer eekers, whose love of self and thirat for promotion greatly overbalances devotion to hi* people and his country. 441 am a democrat to the core, but 1 urn u progressive, twentieth century democrat, and not an old political fossil, that, when going to mill, puts a rock in on* end of the wick and corn in the other, ju?t been use my daddy always did that. The world don't stand still, but mores forward. Every year new issues are arising and new conditions present them?elree for our solution. Parties, as well as men, if they do not desire to be left far behind in the march of progress, must keep pace with the times."?Charleston Post. % Tilbert Announces. He Will Run fer Governor. Col. i Sheppard Probably in Race. Special to The State. E Igefield, May 11. ? lion. \V. .I. Talbert, in a conversation with your correspondent this morning, stated that ho was squarely in the raca for governor and would remain in it till the last vote was counted. He feels hopeful of success. Rumor says that Ex-! (ior. Sheppard and Lieut. Gov Tillman will also l>e in the race for governor. Mr. Sheppard has made no other announcement except that if he runs for any ! ofKce at all it will he for that of governor. Mr. Tillman will either run for congress or for governor. 'TIS B.ts V TO FFKI, GOOD Countless thousands have found a blessing to the body in Or. King's New Life Pills, which positively euro Constipation, Sirk i Headache, Dizziness, Jaundice, Mai ria, Fever and Ague and all Liver and Stomach troubles, i Purely vegetable; never gripe or weaken Only 2oc at Crawford ( Pros' and J F Maokey & Co's drug store. An Old idea. ] Every day strengthens the belief of emi* ent physicians (hat impure blood is the cause of the majority of our disease*. < T*veiity-five years ago this theory was ueed ! a a basis for the formula of Browns'Iron ( Bitters. The many remarkable cures effected oy this fHinotiH old hona<-hnM remedy art 1 sufficient to prove that the theory is com**, Browns' Iron Bitters is sold U?- all de*J??( "l ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEMPHIS REUNION Hoi It is Proposed to Entertain Veterans They Mutt Have Credential*? Showing They Are in Good Standing. If Unable to Pay Will be Boarded Free. Special to The State. Memphis, Tenn , May 11 ? 4 V. _ 4 1.: A IUHUWIJ I LJ TV llinil UI>!M>I DMIg question with the thousands of old soldiers who are expecting to come to the reunion is the matter rf railroad fare, what it will cost to eat and sleep and whether every old veteran will he accom mot ated free or not during tbe three days of the reunion. For the many thousand* of on lookers who are coming to the grand gatheiing the question of hotel rates presents itself. Visions of scaring rates for sleeping are disturbing the eyes of hundreds of prospective visitors, according to the baskets of letters th t arc being daily received by the local committees on this u atter. Briefly, the hotels will not raise their prices. This is tbe report of the keepers themselves. But more people will be lodged in one room than is the usual case. Each person will he charged the regular rate even if lie or she sleeps on a cot together with three or four other acquaintances in the same room. In this manner the impression ha* been circulated broadcast that the hotels will charge $12 and $16 per day for rooms, 'the prices will remain ui changed for individuals, who, however, must expect to ho put into a room with several other occupants. During the reunion, a limited number of Confederate veterans, properly identified, will be lodged anil fed free. Where the visiting veterans cannot afford to pay foi lodging and board, it will be provided for him. In no instance will railroad fare be advanced. 11 a veteran desires to visit Memphis, he muat provide the means el coming here and returning. If, after his arrival, he presents good and sufficient evidence that he is unable to pay for hoard and lodging it will lio givon free The committee takes it foi granted that there will he no dif fieulty in a veteran in good standing securing the necessary certificate of identification. It can he readily had for the asking and when it is prevented here tin committee will accept it and will provide the necessary hospitality without further delay. The committee also desires to he assured that the veteran really cannot pay his own way. The committee simply desires to guard against imposition, and will do all that it can to prevent hardships and de lay. In a recent interview gives out hy Secretary Parker of the general executive committee, that gentleman said: tl\Ve are not making arrangemenu to furnish fi ee quarters and board for any sponsors and maids of honor except those officially named by department and division headquarters < 4<> in all). Rut we are doing all we can to entertain in a social way, all others appointed by brigades, companies, or veteran camps, and to this end nil rmr best young men arc actively At work. "We are not making arrangements to furnish free lodging and meals to any camps or companies, ixcept those organized as military companies in uniform and under irma. "Any Confederate veteran, in * - * good standing with his camp, or in his community, and unable* to pay his way, properly identified, will he furnished with a budge, lodging and meals without cost to himself. "Board and lodging can he nad here at from $1.50 to $2 00 per day and should he procured or engaged as early as practicable through our information committee, of which J S DaTant is chair, man. who, with his as?istant, H F ; Sloan, will promptly answer any letters or inquiries on the subject." THE OFFICIAL l'KOCKAMM E. u* u: i' *? i i?i cmi | in is, i con., ,viHy il ? in? following isthe official program mo of th? coming Confederate reunion : TUESDAY, MAY 28?MORNING 10 a m. ? Meeting of delegate* C* n in Confederate hall Calling to order by Temporary Chairman George VV Gordon. Invocation by the Rev. ,1 \V Jones, chaplain general, U C V. Address of welcome by Hon. Benton McMillan, governor of Te lines see, on behalf of the State. Address of welcome by Hon. .1 J Williams, mayor of Memphis. Address of welcome by the lit. i Rev. Bishop Gaitor, on behalf of the Sons of Veterans. Address of welcome by ox-Sena tor T B Turley, on behalf of the Memphis veterans and executive committee. e Address of Welcome Vv Hon Tim E Cooper, for Daughters of i Confederacy, the Confederate i Southern Memorial association and to the representatives of Jefferson Dans Monument associa inn Address of Welcome l>y Lieut. Gen. A 1* Stewart. Brief address by the temporary 1 chairman turning the hall ever to the veterans. [ Response by Gen J B Gordon, commander-in-chief of the United I Confederate veterans, and accep, tance of the hall ' Ctdl of States tor members of . committees on resolutions and , credentials. f Address by Col Rennet H Young. ? AFTKRNOON. I i ' 2 o'clock ? Business session of i 1 1 convention. 1 WEDNESDAY, MAT 20?MORNING. "I 0:30 a. m. ? Business session of veterans. ' i AFTERNOON. 2 o'clock?Business session re. sumed. ?) THURSDAY, MAY 30?MORNING. I . Business session of convention. ' Grand parade of veterans. ' United Sons of Confederate Vet' ! erans. tuesday, may 2S?10 a. m. [ Joint meeting of veterans and Sonn of Veterans, Confederate 1 ! hall. j Address of welcome and response. 2 p. m.?Convention assembles in regular session at the auditorium. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29. 10 a. ni.?Convention assembles in regular session. 4 p. in. ? Convention assembles in rogulai si ssion. 10 p. m.?Veterans ball to sponsors and maids of honor at Confederate hall. thi usday mat 30. Division sessions of ' Sons of Veterans. Grand street parade of voter ans and Sons of Veterans. Dr. K Defrohn'a Auti. Diurtcc $IOO May be wortb (o you more limn $100 af you ImVv a child who sons bedding from inconlenence of water durincr sleep, l ures olcJ and young alike. I' irrest* the trouble at once. $1. Bold by JK Maf>aey A (Jo, Druggist, LanAOUtai1 hi f 1 PayyourSubscription. t ! Reunion Ends. | Columbia Furnished the Biggest in Stale's History Special t? GreenvMIe News Columbia, S C , Way 10?Totiny ?ns the last tiny of the great eat State reunion ever held in South Carolina It being \4emot iwl Day the veterans, escorted hy th?* governor and hi* stuff. the student* of the South Carolina college, and the two local military companies, paraded from the State House 1 <> ICIui wood cerne* t?-r> w here the graves of the llnufederate dead were decorated The greatest feature of the parade was the presence of G*n Hampton who rode on florae lmck. I'lie principal featur* of the business meeting of the \'eteruua Association tod i\ was t ho endorsement of the plan to establish a soldiers' home in South Carolina. A series of resolutions looking to the consummation of this most important work were adopted wi'h much enthusiasm. It ?n? resolved that immediate steps he taken looking to the buildinn of a home and ihat a hoard of trustees he elected, that the V?-ter- I ans' \ssociatiou he incorp ? ated and that donations he called for ami accepted by the trustees! Vl r. I) II Means presented to the convention his plan to com-, plete the Confederate rolls He pointed out the fact that many names entitled to he on the rolls had been omitted giving instances which had come under his personal observation His plan proposed that Confederate camps he formed in every township so that correct rolls could he obtained Several vigorous speeches were made in favor of this plan and the resolutions were unanimously adopted. General Walker will appoint tbe trustees later, one to couie from each Congressional district Then came the elections of officers. Gen Walker was unanimously re-elected amid cheers. Col Zimmerman Davis was elected as commander for the First Brigade to succeed Col A Coward. General Carwile was re-elected as commander for the Second Bri fade. The next place of meeting wss the next question which came up and it was decided to leave the matter in the hands of General Walker who will select the place for the next reunion. Resolutions were unanimously adopted thanking Columbia for her grand treatment to the old soldiers. Two large camps from Augusta, Ga , came in today. They were clad in the Confederate grey and marched at the beat of the drum. Pardoned for Parade. I , ? j There was a Confederate vet ?an in the parade yesterday afternoon who has been a convict in the State penitentiary for 15 I years. He was Wm< Walters, of t 1 ! Darlington county, who was ' convicted of horse stealing in ,Jnne, ; i i I 1S8(>. The ciicumstances under i which the (onviction took place j j were peculiar, the veteran having been drunk at the time. The ant?>nn? iuuu *' ? H.i^iJ uuiivirr IIIHU % j t8 now imposed for such an off 1 j en*e. j j The petition has been under ' consideration for some time. It | : bore strong endorsements. Tiie governor yesterday morning determined to grant the pardon so that Waters could take part in the parade. The State, 11th inst. Educate Yonr Bowels With Cascarete. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 85c. 14 C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. WAN TED, for eaih. Dogwood and persimmon Logs Southern Hard Wood Company, I*. O Box 6'29,Chareston, S. C. 4m, A. glare's Heroism. 4 I In her thrilling speech at the reunion, in Columbia last week, Mi?* Lumpkin related the following story illustrative of the love 1 existi.ig in many cases between the slaves and their masters: A negro mas, strong and healthy, but getting gray from vears, wa* on trial for murder. He had killed another negro and had been lying in jail for some time, waiting his trial. The testi UK'IIJ K^aiUQi UIUI W AM gITfB DT other negroes, who witnessed the killing. When the case was called for trial by the presiding judge, an old man lose and in a voice deep and low, but full of gentle. ne*s, said: 4'Will you honor ple*aa mark me for the defense?" It was Gen Robert Toombs of Georgia His fuce was wrinkled some with age, but it was large and strong and the lines of intel lect made deeper wrinkles than those of age. His hair was white, but it rolled back in bub curls from the most splendid brow that ever graced a man. His form was tall and stiuight and fullsized, though his movements were slow with the years His eye still flashed as when he stood in the senate ohamber at Washington. The case was tried. The witnesses all seemed unfriendly toward the prisoner. In his own statement he claimed that the killing was in self-defense. Gen Toombs addressed the ciurt and jury at the last and after fully discussing the testimony of the witnesses, he concluded th u s: 44Your honor, please, and gen tiomeu ot the jury: A few years H2o my only brother fall wounded on the battlefield of Gettysburg. He lay there bleeding to death with no friendly hand te help him. Shot and shell, the tierce, fitry stream of death, were sweeping the earth about him. No friend could go to him, no surgeon dared approach him. The singing of bullets and the wild music of shells was to be his only requiem. My brother had a body servant, a negro man who waited on him in camp. This negro s iw his master's danger and straight out into that sheet of bat le and flame and death | he went. A cannon shot tore the flesh from his breast, but on he went, and gathering my brother in his arms, the blood of the man I mingling with the blood of the master, bore him to safety and to life. Jim, open your collar.!" And the jury saw on Jim's breast long, jagged scars where the shell had ripped its way. Continuing, Gen Toombs said: "Jim's skin may be black?he may be a negro, but the man that would do what Jim did for my brother has a soul ton white ever to have killed a man excent in de fewse of his own life." Jiin w?* cleared. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any ease of < a'arrh that e?u*? not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, O. We the undersigned. have known P J Sheney for the last 1ft years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and flnanoially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West a I'kuaX, Wholesale Druggist. Toledo, O. WAbniNO, Kinnav <fc Marvin Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken int rrially, acting dire.'tly UDon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 7ftc. per bottle Hold by all Druggists, lVstiraonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best A Negro Lynched. Valdosta, Ga., May 10.?Honry Johnson, a negro, was lynched last night just over the lino in Florida. Johnson fired at a young white man named Foraker, hut did not hit hini. Johnson confessed and said he intended to kill Foraker. H?w Art Tt?r KMa*r? ? Dr. Hobbt' Nptruui P1IU cure all kidney Hit. 8*mpltfrtt Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. Notice Notice is h eke by given lint oil t>UB 2U day of May, 1901, to- undersigned, an gu -rdian of J. Edwin Nisbr . will flic hia final re urn ami nettlemeut and make application to ih>- Probate ? ourt for the 1 ouuiy of l ancaater H for a float (Uncharge mm gu-tr lan* k. w. nisbet. Dated z4tti April, 1901 Notice. Notice is hereby g yen l lia? on ' lie 2-V n day of May, 1901, tlie uiidernig>.?d, i.s adminimraior of tlir iK'at of Wui > Giles. d*leaned, wt I flie lim ti al return and ee ne* em and make ap? dca'ioti to the Probate O'Url lor the C? U*?ly of I.ana e:?ater. 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Strrliiiir lt.rn.4r < nmpnoj, I'l.lrago, Monfr.al, N.w Tort. Stt lin.Tn.RiP Sold and uunrnntced by all drug* IIU IU DNb gists to <TlJ ItlC Tobacco liabll. THIS WAY, PLEASE 1 Just received a carloud of Columbia and Jewel Buggies. Top and open, all the different kinds oi springs iinn colors, These buggies are beyond doubt the nicest and best wearing that we have handled We have also u large lot of Buggy Harpess, from $('>.00 to $18 00 per set. Plow and Wagon Bridles, from the choapest to the best. Wo still sell tbfc best Mules and Horses for the least money of any other dealers in the up country. We have a number of extra good Harness and Saddle horses. Our livery outfit is the best and we can always furnish a nice turnout at very reasonable rates. (tome and see us. ELU0TT& CSaiFOUD To Tie tfeaf, A rich lady cured of her l)eaf? ness and Noises in the < Head by Dr. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, gave $10,000 to bis Institute, so that deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them fiee. Address No. 1 1 l)fi7 The i ? ? AltVUWIOUil 1 liailll! lUf 870, Eigth Avenue, New York, USA. 6m. BRIDGES TO LET. The nridge over Little Lynches creek near John M Hiuson's and the one over Lick creek near White Bluff, will he let to the lowest responsible bidder on Tuesday. the seventh day of iMay, 1901 ?the iormer at 11 o'clock, a. in. the latter at 3 o'clock, p. m. Elans and spocitications will he made known at the letting. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. W. Q. Caskey, to. Supervisor. BRIdGuS TO LET. ON SATURDAY. MAY 4, NEXT, the'Mipervisors of Lancaster and York c-un les will meet at RAlLES BRIDGE* on Sugar creek. two mileH southeast of Port Mill, ft r the purpose of letting ? cor. n uet to build a new bridge at that point They reserve the right to reject any and all bids, rti ecfftcations made known on day of letting The Barber bridge across the sameistream will tie let the same day at 12 o'clock noon. speciflc.aious to be made known that day. W. Q, CAHKEY. JOHN F. GORDON, tiuporvisors. April 24, 1901.