The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, May 22, 1901, Image 2
THE LEDOcJL
Thurlow 8. Garter,
EDITOR AND MANAOKR. ]
W1DNMDAT, MAT 22, 1901.
Married Man Run Away With a
Pretty (iirl of Nine*eon Yearn.
Special to The State.
Florence, May 17.?Something
of a sensation was created here i
this morning when it became'
known that Mr. W. Milligan, a
married man, had disappeared,
and with him the 19-year-old
daughter of Mr. John Muggins of
Rfhngham. The elopement occurred
yesterday morning. Sheriff
Burch has the case in hand and
win take steps to catch the couple.
The father of the girl claims
that s loo of his money is gone,
ami means to hold Mr. Miligan
responsible for it.
The truant couple were seen on
one of the midnight trains at the
passenger station hero, but it is
not known where they went.
Miss Hoggins is well known
among the school children here.
Her father is a man of means
and intended giving his daughter
a liberal education. She studied
music under a Florence teacher
some months.
Charged With Abducting a 16
which loves a tax on imported
cotton. A tax amounting to about
two-thirds of the value of the
staple is imposed. The importation
of cotton diminished over
72,000,000 pounds in 1800, while
the production increased #4 per
cent during the same year. Grain
ffclds in Russia are now planted
with cotton, for the cultivation of
the fibre is much more profitable ,
than that of wheat.
Year-Old Girl.
Charleston, S. C., Special, 18th,
to Atlanta News.
Hunter Shar|>e, a well-known
white man of this city, was arrested
here today for the abduction of
a sixteen-year-old girl from Colombia.
He is charged with enticing Miss
Viola Adams from her home in
^Columbia and bringing her to
Charleston under a promise of
marriage. Instead of fulfilling his
promise, he placed her in a house,
where she was held prisoner fer
more than a week.
The girl was rescued by the
police yesterday. Miss Adams is
of a prominent family, being
granddaughter to ex-Goyernor
rj a
Adams, of this State. Charleston
has been thrown into a furore by
the affair.
Cut Down by Accidental Discharge
of Useless Revolver.
Special to The State.
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Lowndeaville, May 18?Yesterday
yeung Hump Daniel cam*
down from Anderson to visit kis
relatives. This morning in cornpuny
with others he came to town
in a wagon.
On their return home in getting
out of the wagon he accidentally
struck his pistol against the wheel.
The pistol was discharged, the
kali passing through Daniel's body,
killing hint in a few minutes. He
was a young man kighly esteemed.
The sad accident is very much
regretted.
Russia's (treat Cotton Crop.
Washingt<yi, May 17.?It is
expected that Russia will soon be
able to supply her own needs in
cotton, according to a report received
at the State department
from Deputy Consul General
Hannuel1, at Frankfort, Germany.
She is one of the few countries
[For Tba Ledger.
An Occasion of Groat Pleasure.
Mb. Editor:? One of the moot
pleasaat and ea jay able occasion#
of tba kiad 1 erer witnessed, I
wot tbo family rounioa at Mr. '
Joshua Caraes', last Thursday,
the 16tb inst., this b?ing tha
anniversary of his 70th birthday.
His children, grand-children and
great-grand-children all joined in
making the reunion a grand and
uioet en jo ya hie success.
On arriving ut Mr. Carnes'yeur
corre?|)ondent feund that <|iute a
number bad already assembled at
tke home of thia venerable patriarch.
In this number we beheld the
shining faces of all age?, from the
father to the infant in the cradle,
all glad to have tins grand privilege
of once ttiiaie assembl'ng at
thia much loved spot, where
father, grand-father, mother,
grand-mother, brother and sister,
alike had played in their younger
flays, under the beautiful shade
of the stately oaks that still stand
to tell the story of past lives.There
were one hundred and
forty~two people present, all told:
123 children, grand-children and
great-grand-children, and twenty
others, neighbors and friends.
After spending the morning
heurs in various ways, children
roaming over the old homestead
viewing the scenes where their
fatkers and mo hers had spent
their childhood days; older people
talking of times past?of theisuccess
and failures in life so eas:ly
brought to mind on an occasion
like this; dinner hour came,
and while the day was a great
pleasure to all present,this part of
the program was the most enjoyable.
The table was fifty feet long,
and well filled with all kinds of
delicious and palatable viands. 1
aever saw a more varied or better
prepared dinuer than was had on
thia occasion. After one hundred
nnd forty had feasted until their
appetites were satisfied, there
was enough left to feed as many
more, and unless one knows something
about the amount it tuKes
for such men as L. H. Howell,
Wm. Shute, H. S. Plyler, Ja*.
M Stewart, J. F. Carnes, VV 1*.
liowell and others to eat, there
can not be aa estimate as to the
amount of victu.-Is that was
brought out on this occasion.
After dinner was over the men
began to assemble in small comO
t
panies and smoke their cigars,
cigarette, ect., likewise the ladies
would pass around the snuff, (or
I suppose they would as it is always
customary, but I don't know
this to be true.) Later ie the day
a party of young people drove to
the Buford monument, a place of
historic interest, not far distant
from Mr. Caines' home.
By the time the sue began to
make its way in the western sky,
the people began to depart for
their respective homes, all having
fiinml it u ji.iipm .1-1 ?1 ? ?
ftv u auuii/V U1 III11U1V.I |MCM" i
ure to have visited the old gentle- |
man on bi^ seventy-sixth birthday
cello brat ion.
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The names now represented in :
this family are, Carnes, Plyler, j
Kowell, Small, Shute, Funderburk,
Sapp, Stewart, Hair, Taylor
and Walters.
in conclusion I would say that
all eajoyed the time spent at this
grand birthday picaic, and feel
assured that it was a great pleasure
to the 4 4Father in Isreal" to
see almost a multitude ef his off- i
spring during his stay as mortal
on this old earth.
May God's richest blessing
crown bis last days.
Respectfully,
A. C. K.
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Memorial Daj.
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Address Delivered by Rev. H. W. 1
B iy?, D. D., at Lancaster,
May 14, 1901. J
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By request of the Ladies' Memorial
Association, we publish below ,
the excellent address of the Rev. 1
Dr. Bays at this place on lust <
Tuesday, the Uav observed as ;
memorial day. The speaker was 1
appropriately introduced by R. i
E. VVylie, Esq. Mr. WyRe said: '
We have met, my friends, as is ?
our yearly custom, to pay tribute |
to the memory of the Confederate
seldiors of this county who have i
passed over the river of death and <
are now tenting "on fames eternal i
camping ground." Wo arc in- I
debted to the ladies, of the Memo- 1
rial Association, for the inaugura- i
tion of this custom, and may it
always be observed in future years, i
It may be said that, after all, it <
is only a matter of sentiment, but I
this kind of sentiment should en
ter largely into the make up and 1
character of a people. It is a re- <
assuring sign ?f fidelity to prinei..i..
tu..t ...:?u - : m
jim, nidi mi cuuu ?ccui i iijjj; miiy,
these exercises are held in almost \
every city, town and hamlet in i
our beloved South-land. "Father 1
Ryan" expressed the thought
when he said:
"Yes, give me a land with a grave
in each spot,
And names in the graves that shall
not be forgot."
Giand old Wade Hampton, who,
as Gen. John B. Gordon truthfully
said, the other day, is "the greatest
South Carolinian, who ever
lived," remarked in a public address,
that no people deserved to
live who lack reverence for their i
heroic dead, and 1 pray, (said he)
that the time may never come,
when the humblest graves of our
soldiers, shall not be decked with
the fairest flowers of Spring."
The South did not altogether
fail in the late war between the
States?It is true, that after four
years of the most heroic struggle
for constitutional rights recorded
in the world's history, she yielded
to overpowering numbers, but
she, at least, demonstrated to the
world, that she appreciated such
a thing as principle, and was will
log to seal her devotion to it, with
the blood of her devoted sons. It
has been well said that "it is not
in the power of mortals to command
success, but we can do more,
we can deserve it." No people
ever fought for a more holy cause.
From the first shot fired by the
Citadel cadets, at the transport
steamer, "Star of the West," as
she sought, with hostile intent, in
South Carolina territory, to fur-?
nish Fort Sumter with munitions
of war?to the last shot fired at
' Appomattox, at the invaders of
Virginia's soil?it was a defensive
war.
But 1 will now give way to on?
who was an active participant in j
that great tragedy- enlisting as a
son of the "Old Dominion," un- j
der the Stars and Bars, but who
now is enlisted as a soldier under
the blood-stained banner of the'
cross.
I have the honor of introducing .
a a I T> rx ft wr? r*
10 you, uie ivev. ur. ti. w. ways, j
who has been selected to make the ^
address on this occasion.
Dr. Bays stepped forward and j
for about 30 minutes held the
audience spell-bound with his eloquence.
He spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman; Members of the ,
Ladies' Memorial Association of I
Lancaster, Ladies and Gentlemen:
?In the midst of other duties, I
turn aside for a day to take part,
in these memorial exercises. The '
part, which I take, is not of my
own choosing, else 1 should be a
silent spectator of these graves,
where sleep my comrades of the
"Lost Cause."
My part in thta service has been
issigned me by woman's authority;
iod when woman commands, it is |
infest for tuaa?that he obey. 1
im, therefore, here at her bidding
lir, whose husband, son, father or
brother, it may be, now sleeps in
some of these honored graves.
You ask me, <di?ters of my
adopted State, to share with you
the henor of decorating the graves
3f our patriotic dead. 1 accept
your invitation, for it gives to me
the double honor of serving you
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iu ?? limnkiu nun ui joining
w'th you in rearing a monument
of tears and flowers upon the
graves of the Confederate soldier,
whoso chivalry and heroism has
never been surpassed in tho annals
at' war. 1 said, we would rear a
monument of tears and
Sowers, so we shall, and
these shall be to us the solemn
reminders of his victories and reverses.
We are not here to heap
unmerited eulogy upon the deeds
of our countrymen; hut simply
to scatter a few flowers upon the
graves of American soldiers?and
then, baptised in sisters' tears and
consecrated in mothers' prayers,
we shall leave them to their peace*
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iui hi winners. in rorgot these
graves would be to put dishonor
and reproach upon the rer mime
of American valor. It is true
that the Confederate soldier needs
no monumental heap to perpetuate
his memory. No flag may ever
float over his dusty bed. Rough
weeds and wild grass may grow
there:
"But little h' 11 reck if you let him
sleep on
In the grave where his comrades
buried him."
No marble shaft marks the spot
where he sleeps, no polished mausoleum
keeps guard by his dusty
bed, no sentry walks on his beat
to drive the intruder from bis
tomb. He needs no such recognition
to immortalize his deeds.
His deeds call for no recognition
save that which comes from the
hearts of his grateful countrymen.
The tears of his nged mother,
and the flowers in the hands 6f his
grateful sister, constitute a monument
to bis memory more enduring
than bronze or iron, and more
hftfitinor hie ilnoilu nf itoIak
... a v. v?w\IU 1/J. T UIU1 bIJUU
granite shafts or floating flags.
Prayers, tears and flowers are the
tokens of woman's devotion, and
they enrich the grave of the
silent sleeper. Here he has slept
since the days of battle?let him
sleep on in quiet, peaceful rest until
the Son of God shall come.
His coffin a rude box, his shroud
his gray-jacket, but immortal
honor shall publish his deeds to
all future generations.
They may never be carved upon
sftone, chiseled in the rock, moulded
in bronze or wrought in iron,
but they will lire in our hearts
forever, as the richest heritage of
a grateful, brave and patriotic
people
Sir, the chivalry of the world
died not when Sparta fell. Tne
sons of Spartan mothers still live.
The fame of Virginians and of the
avenged Virginia, lives not only
in poetry and song.
The mother who buckled the
sword on the arm of her soldier
boy forty years ago, and sent him
forth to do and die for his country,
won for her sex and country an
imperishable fame. She was the
chief factor in thejiome as the
war-cloud passed over our land,
and her renown must go down to
future ages along with the women
of Syracuse, Sparta, Carthage
and Home.
Historians tell pf Leonidas and
bis Spartan bands, poets sing of
Greece and Trov. Hanmbalwand
Scipio were demigods in their
day. Latter deeds have immortalized
the Scott aod the Britton,
"The furious Frank and the fiery
Hun" live in the immortal valor
of their deeds.
But it was reserved for AmeriCOINCLUDED
ON FOURTH PAOK.
Tbe Tetirans Lost.
The Supreme Court Decide* That
the Peneion Appropriation ie
$100,000.
Special to Greenville News.
Columbia, Maj 17.?The supreme
court has issued an order
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decided that the amount to ba distributed
is ona huodrad th< usaad
instead of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. Tha opinion is
to ba filed latar.
The chief justice and all tha
justice* signed tha order which
shows that the opinion of tha
court is unanimous.
A petition was Bled by Clark of
Court Walker praying for a
mandamus to eompel tha attorney
general to issue his wai rants on
the basis of $150,000 to be paid
to tha panuioners. Ha was represented
by tha attorney general.
The comptroller general, in his
reply, held that only $100,$00
had been appropriated. He was
represented by Jm . 1?. Thomas,
Jr.
Tha legislature intended to ap
propriats $150,000, and although
an act nai paused ?to that effect
jet it was neglected to he put in
the regular appropriation act.
It was stated at the comptroller
general'a office today that the
amount to be receired by each
pensioner would oe practically the
same as last year. It will take a
' few days to get the amounts for
the different classes in proper
form, but it is likely that pensioners
will be able to get their
money next week.
The decision only renews the
consideration of the frequent
blundering on the part of the
legislature in putting off the most
important matters to the last
moment and then rushing theaa
through.
Two Young White Men Waylaid.
Special to The State.
| Sumter, May 19.?Last night
about 10 o'clock Deputy Sheriff
Gaillard was summoned to Mayesville,
a telephone message baring
been receired stating that two
white men had bsen waylaid and
murdered near that towD.
i The deputy sheriff, ss sobn as
possible, got together a posse and
the bloodhounds and left for the
scene of the reported murder.
Arriring there it was found that
no one had been killed, but thst
two young fellows?Ashley end
Ilogan Strother?bad been shot
from ambush and painfully though
notoriously wounded. An effort
was made to capture the man who
did the shooting,. but he aroided
the officers. It is reported today
, thst be will surrender to the
' sheriff tomorrow. His name i e
wneeier.
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drug store.
Suicide of A. J. Agnew.
Special to The State.
Abbeville, May 18.?Yesterday
1 about 6 o'clock Mr. A. J. Agnew,
a merchandise broker and farmer,
who lived near Donalds in thii
county, committed suicide bj
shooting himself. Mr. Agnev
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was a goou man ana leaves a iarg<
family and an extensive conncc
tion. Ill health is supposed tc
, havo been the eanse of this rasl
act.
Such ia Politic#.
Chatter Lantern.
ia 1870 man offered to lie down
aad let Wade Hampton walk over
tham. A few years later, they
turned their backe upon him, supplanted
him with another who had
not a single quality that fitted him
for a representative of the state,
and deaoueced<hiroasasot,a libertine,
and a disgrace to the state.
They howled him down and insulted
him when he attempted to
address his own people.
A little later the man used to
displace and humiliate Hampton
was ignominiously repudiated
TTuuuui nuj cituife oxu?|'i ??tu
existed, and was known to exist,
whan ha waa promot ed over tha
4'hero of '76/'
Now gome of those same mhn
who dagradad Hampton ara slobbaring
ovar him iu tha exuberance
of their praise, holding him up aa
an ideal of Carolina manhood and
honor, unpurchasable, incorruptible
aud above reproach, while
they cannot find words in tha
vocabulary of vituperation to suitably
characterize Jne L. McLaurin,
who aided tnam in defeating
Hampton.
Tha crime for which McLaurin
ia now denounced is that he differs
with ?them on political questions
and has consented to use hie influence
with the president 10
Hampton's behalf, if it is desired.
The deed by which Hampton has
wen their adulation is his declining,
in an ill tempered manner,
the preffered service.
Such is pelitice and such are a
large portion of the men who
represent us in our public affairs
and before the world.
The average woman is too delicate
to shoulder a musket; but
nobody questions her right to bare
arms. ^
AN
OPPORTUNITY
TO BUT
- GROCERIES OF
ALL KINDS CHEAP.
i We hare Bought the Defunct
Stock of the Parlor Grocery Co.,
and with it have some wonderful
bargains to offer our customers.
It is not necetsary to quote prices.
All yeu hare to do is to call and
see what bargains we are offering
; in fancy and 'heavy Groceries.
pf" Country Produce wanted
, ?such as nice Butter, Eggs,
i Chickens, etc., for which highest
market price will be paid.
Yours to nerve,
: S. I MATHIS 8 CO.
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THIS WAY.
PLEASE 1
j ust received a carload of Columbia
and Jewel Buggies. Top
and open, all the different kinds
of springs and colors. These bug'
gies are beyond doubt the nicest
an.l best wearing that we have
1 handled. We have also a large
lot of Buggy Harness, from 16.00
to $18.00 per set. Plow and Wagon
Bridles, from the cheapest to
the best.
We still sell the best Mules'and'
Horses for the least money of any
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ouier uetuers in ine up country.
We hare a number of extra
, good Harness and Saddle horses.
) Our livery outfit it the best and
r we can always furnish a nice turnr
out at very reasonable fates.
Come and see U9.
; ELLIOTTS
CRAWFORD
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