The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 31, 1901, Image 2
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Tl HDAV, M t.: >T 31, 1301. I
)<? tiewsp tpt-r^ are m\king rein
x- nhout tin* sickni"?H in Senat
- ^leLiuirin'- famiIv. Well. it
i- -i sickly season and Mr. Mcli
i t m announced before he made
nnv speeches that he would not he
ah' t ? talk in public during the
s i H nor.
' 1-- A Mieville Medium and the
L-i-' -aster Enterprise both allude
t<? Mr. McLaurin's afflictions in a
? and unsympathetic manner.!
1* ' as been customary to express I
mi. ' ?w and extend sympathy, es? i
|v?o iilv when distinguished men |
and their families suffer from any j
nps .1 tune, but nothing of the
kin ' has been done in this case,
j i lie bleak and bate intelligence
tli i Mr. McL uirin or some mem
bor it' bis fmii'lv i>i >.w>k ?nd flmM
i*. i'1 () cnitfl politics !?(ireenw
"I Journal
All these people [Filipinos]
I 11 v from all the people on God's
ci"1) i? $10,000,000 h year "
-m:-| \4r. .1. .1. Hemphill in his
i vf* nt speech at Filbert. We
bad no figures nt hand ui hand nt
the time and had no reason to
dmi it those given by Mr. Hempbill;
but we are satisfied now that
Mi. Hemphill was mistaken. According
to a report issued by the
war department last week, the
total vulue of merchandise import
-jd bv the Filipinos for the
n?\eci months ending January 31,
1001} was the same period of
lOoO, an increase of just 42 per
cent in a single year. The exports
for the seren months of
l'.UH, amounte I to $12,637,359,
ac'ii ist $1,305,530 for the seven
in'wo.hs of the previous year, an
tt: . ?(>? ?i oz per cent. mese
lii."' es do not include quarter^
nit? er suplies. The vulue of the
i :11 rts from the United States
v. >1,41)3,4$S, an increase of (58
p i ent. compared witb the
s?\?m months ending .January 31.
1ui The value of cotton goods
i>?M,,,rted by the Filipinos during
t ?c seven months ending July 31,
I .i 'I. was$8,SSI,838, an increase
ff * >,073,.8(51. It is quito possiat.
the figures for all of the
pn -eot year will aggregate coaside
ibly more than double those
qiitii' d bv Mr. Hemphill. At any
rate it is quite clear thai our now
poss ssions are not nearly se
worthless as they have been repre?
sauted ta be, and it is also clear
that they ate improving rapidly
?Yorkville Enquirer.
Governor Commutes a Negro's
Sontence to Lite Imprisonment
I
Tne governor today commuted |
to life imprisonment the death |
sentence imposed l>y the court on
Pleasant Gillia 11 of Newberry
county, who was convicted of killing
white man ami sentenced to
be hanged next Friday.
.In lee Townsend, who heard
iho c so, lecotumended t ho com - i
mutation, as it seems to have been
>h ?vvn that the negro was defending
himself against an attack made
upon iiim by the deceased and
that the >risoner used bricks and
a !?i-.l-?l in his defense ?Columbia
Kecor I 27th.
K?lurate Your IlowftM With Caararet*.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever.
10c, 26c. If C. C C. f~U, druggists refund money.
The News and Herald company
of U'innshoro, has applied for a
chnrb r. The capital stoca is to
l>? *'! 00<h The corporators are!
,1. Ftank Fooshee, W. I>. Donglas
and .lames Q. Davis.
The first hate of North Carolina
cotton was moI(1 at Alorven,N. . i
August 27th at 9$ cent*. i
[fror I'he Ledger.
Ludicrous Mistakes of Some
Colored Applicants for Teachers'
Certificates.
A Monrocw paper of recent Hate
sa\8 it found the following posted
on the court house there:
NOTIS.
Wee the coinittev of District
No. 3, cullud, in Monroe town
nip win meet ai .1. v*. neima
resadence on August the 2 day at
12 o'clock for the purport* of imploying
a teacher to teach said
school this July 27 1901.
Com it toy.
Whether we have any school
committees that could get up a
4 notis" quite as Imd as that 1 do
not know, hilt we have some
would-he teachers who could do
a good deal worse?as witness the
following from the examination
papers of some of the colored ap
plicanta for teachers' certiHentes.
Asked to illustrate the difference
in meaning between nh:*lI and will
? something comparatively few
people could do, by the way ? one
of them laid down this rule (J follow
"copy" in grammar, spelling,
p met nation, etc): "^hall is a duty
we owe Will is a promise both
are future tents." Another said,
"shall is in the pressent tense as I
shall be the hero of my country
Will is in the pin perfect as 1 shall
be through after awhile." The
Wiffe ranee between "sit" and
"set": "Sit is the resting place
of something with life set is the
resting place of something without
life" I pass over the paper
of the one who said: "sit, that
means as some one sitting in a
chare, set that means Riunething
to set, like a chicken hen" ? Being
told to write a short well
written paragraph telling the
story or the merits of any good
piece of literature with which
they might be familiar, one of
them wrote: "Shakesnear wna ?
poor hoy, hilt h? earnest affords
he won his way to the front
though he he dead vet he lives in
the annels of history." Another
?u poetical soul?wrote: "I love
the with the love that shall not die
till the sun grows coal and the
stars are old and the Leaves of the
.Judgment hook unfold." Another:
44L)anty little dandvlion
smiling on the lawn sleeping
through duying night waking with
the dawn." Another declared
that Steel was her favorite An
thor because he tells of the heven .
ly bodies, while still another,
familiar with the older classics,
said, 44Hamilicar was the great
lawgiver and statesman of earthage.
He made his son Hanihal
swear at the altar of Baal that he
would ever he the inemy of 1 nine."
Passing to history, one of them
said that the Hudson River 44was
deSeovered by henry hudson"
and that New York got its name
"from the Duke of Wilmington"
?the tirst part of which would
lie correct if Henry had capital
"h's" und discovered were not
spelled such a new fancied way.
' 1 t>8D is an im port ant dait hecanse
of Washington's Inaug elation,"
also "because of King
VViii's war;" also "because of the
Karthtpiake in Charleston" "florida
came in persesion of england
after Kng. cotikered spain, and
lie Cause of her navagahul Commerce."
All of which it news to
most people. There was a difference
of opinion as to where the
first settlers of South Carolina
came from. One of them thought
they were "Scotch-Irish from
Iceland" while another asserted
. \ - 'i - - -
uiai tnev were irishmen from
Inland and Greenville.
The proficiency of these would*
he teachers in grammar and history
is exceeded oftlv by their knowledge
of geegraphv. One of them,
evidently a Commercial Democrat
and believer in McKinley and ex
pension and therefore the very
darkey to teach the little btaek
idea how to shoot, said: "S. C.
is hounded on the north by n. e |
on the a. by toxin on the E by |
the atlantic and on the w by the j
p. ocean '' Another ? aire an ex-:
pension ist?suid: "Soijth Carolina
is Bound on the N. and East l?v |
hv tne atlantic south by the cnlf;
of mex. & .vest bv the pacific."]
I'he Miine progressive citizen an-j
swered thut 44the way to Drove the ,
Earth to be round is By the rise ;
& going down of the sun. If it
whs not round its rotation would
he something similar to what It is|
now." A majority of them would j
prove the enrth to he round by:
"If we start out on h Ship we
would sail wright b?ck from which ,
we started " Difference between
the polar and equatorial circum
ference: "The polar extends from
pole to pole, the equator from j
equator to equator. There are
four seasons: "A wet season a
dry season a Winter season and u
summer season." The earth is
divided into five zones, "the north
| temppid, the South temppid,
i north and south frbrcrnd nnil thAl
?
tarred Zone.'' "An ocean is a
large body of water made up of
river*."
Told to write a note in proper
form, giving place and date for a
certain anount at a given inter
es1;, one of them handed in:
J "(Capt. John Smith; dear sir at
present this I write you In regards
to the money You loaned me $750
at 7 per cent kit. Place Taxa
Haw s. c.
Ever yours, truly
, Pedagogy they had probably
never heard of but waded into
with shoes off. Asked why reading
was the most important subject
taught at school one of them
answered: "Reeding is i?portant
because if scollars cant read they
can't resite their lessons." Ailother:
"Because if person* cannot
-ead they are not Know good
to themself and know one else."
"Pupills should not use text
books when they begain in arithmetic
because they are not to use
them"?a very clear and explicit
reason; almost as good as:
"Children should uot be allowed
to see misspelled words so as to
initiw inuiu active in spoiling.
And that's good enough to quit
on. Active in spelling !
Junius.
Lancaster, S. C.
! .
i A Reward of $400 Offered.
I
Tom Watson, the main witness
in the express rol?i?ery case, which
occurred on the South Carolina &
Georgia railroad in December,
1899, was shot Monday night at
Branchville by the man accused of
the robbery, Bartow Warren.?
Warren escaped and the governor
has offered a reward of $400 for
his capture. It may ne that the
express company will over an additional
reward.
Watson was taken to Columbia
Tuesday and is at the Columbia
hospital. Four balls took effect
any one of three of them would
with an ordinary man htfve proved
fatal in 24 hours. One ball
penetrated the intestinds making
six apertures in Ahem which had
to be sewed up. Another none
trated Uie brain but has been removed
br the surgeon*. A third
wounded the spinal cord, paralizing
the lewer limbs, and a fourth
passing through the hand.
Kx governor Stone has announced
his purpose to oppose Senator ,
Vest for United States Senator
from Missouri. 1
Chronic Constipation Cured.
The most important discovery of (
recent years is the positive remedy
for constipation. Cascarets Candy '
Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genu
[ ine tablets stamped C. C. C. Nev?r 1
sold in bulk. Druggists, ioc.
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The Valhalla Meeting
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Tbe Summer School Faculty Visit
Dutch HtHTen but Find that
They Are Nut of the
Elect.
Special to Greenville News.
Wullmlla, Au?? 29. The summer
school cam** ami went without
fur?#r or enthusiasm A^out 25t> ,
or 300 of the 2,700 voters were1.
i
present. Col. .IdhnRlimn m?l M f
Hemphill inude their usual speech,
es in h straightforward way. Mr
Lutimer belittled Senator McLaurin
*ud his work and he n ude a
personal attack on an Oconee gentl<
man, charging that, he was hold
ing up the rural aiatl system. He
paid his respects to McLaurin's
friends, clashing them into three
divisions, "Papsuckers, Mill Presidents
and Soreheads." Upon lo
cal affair-* referring to Federal
patronage, heelers, pap-uckers,
circular letters, etc , it wh?
thought that he would r. pudiate
certain letters sent out here lust
Summer in which Latimer's Federal
pnironuge whs promised to
those who would support certain
men for certain county offices,but
he did not do so. He charged
shadows hut let realities severely
alone. Mr Latimer talked of the
terrible expense of the Spanish
American war and the worthlessness
of the Philippine trade. He
gave his views on the ship subsidy,
expansion and imperialism.?
He was for peace and not for war.
He said the United States showed
the bully in making war upon the
Philippine Islands. Why not jump
on China ?"
Many expressed themselves as
very well pleased with the smarU
ness and ease with which Messrs.
Johnstone and nemphill spoke.?
While the people were pleased
with their speeches there wus not
much enthusiasm for them. Many
section* of the county were not
represented at all and many did
not go in to hear them; otherswent
home early in the day.?
Things remain in statu quo.
Sam Jones' View.
Tillman has been up in Wisconsin
with his pitchfork, but it seems
he has broken the nrnnors i?ft' hi*
fork trying to pitch McLaurin out
of the democratic party it) Sooth
Carolina. If Sooth Carolina
democrucv endorses Tillman and
decapitates McLaurin, McLaorin's
memory will be honored and respected,
while the living eonstitoency
of Tillman will have the
contempt they have earned in the
servile bondage of Tillman. As
long as the democratic party has
leaders like Tillman, Altgeld& Co,
they will have to take deck passage
on the ship of state. There
isn't a stateroom on any decent
ship that would give them quarters.
1 am not only anxious to know
who the democrats are going to
run for president the next time;
hot 1 am more anxious to know
what they are going to run on.
They have got to put brains in
front and couple the brains on to
the mouth of the party, or the
republicans have got a cinch on
this government for a hundred I
years to come. 1 feel sorry for
the democrats. The republicans
seem to have let them down in- a
well and pulled up the ladder.
And 1 say it again that if the
democracy of the United States
will come back to democratic principles
and reform its platform and
quit talking about fusion with
populists, there is a chance to win.
The republican party has committurl
Kl 11 n/lnfu /?n/v?w?k U.-a * I
bvil oiuumoio uium/,11, (mil 11)6
blunders of the republican party
do not avail the democrats, for
Bvery time the republicans act the
rascal the democrats act the fool,
and the fools get left every time.
?Sam Jones in Atlanta Journal.
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TON.4VK II KK ('HI LD
from Frightful disfigurement
M rs. Nannie (radeger, of La I
Grange, Ira., applied Bueklen'e
Arnica Salve t?? great sores on
her head and face, and write* ite
quick euro exceeded all her bbpos.
It works woie'ers ill fcorfts,
Bruises, Skin Ft options, Cuts,
Burns, Scalds and Piles 26e
Cure guaranteed hy Crawford
Bros., and .1 F. Mackey & Co
Top l.a, 11 castor
The Lancaster Graded School
(Town and Faetorx) will o|>en on
Monda\, S? pteinher 16th, 1901,
at 9 o'clock a m.
Pupils must not buy text books
until furnished with lists by their
teachers.
For pupils not belonging to this
special school district, the following
tuition fees will be charged
per month, pav.nble in advance:
Primarv tirade-, 1.00; Intei iue-1
^ 1 50; High School, *2.00. '
nates of this school are,
admitted t?? tin* Freshman class of j
all colleger in the Stat*, without
examination.
The teachers will meet at the
school house Sept 13th, at 10
o'clock a. til
B F Miller,
Ch-drmun B'd Trustees,
('has. T Connors, Sec and Tres.
Aug 12, 1901 lmo.
UNIVERSITY
CF N i?iH ('AkOLIKA.
this hi:ai>
Of the Mute's ^durational System
Academic Department,
Law,
Medicine,
Pharmacy
Right - fl vh s ho arship*. Free luii|
mi in te-iehi ra mid ministers' sons.
I, i-iii* for the needy
2o7 Students 4-tt Instructors
Nhiv I) '."iiiitalics, WHi. r Works, uen
t rat Hestilg Sy-t.|ll
$120 000 siient. in improvements in
19(H) ami l!hil
FmII I>' m liHirin- Sen' 9. i901 A ddress.
F P VKNABLK, Pres
? tiupui Hill, N. C.
.J?^.n. WW?^
. Trespass Notice.
All persons are hereby warned
not to trespass on the estnte lands
of A. J. Kihler, deceased, in
Lancaster County, known ns tho
'vVlcIlwain place," near Dry
Creek, or the "Kibler place" two
mile* south of town adjoining the
Welsh Mill tract, by cutting either
fire wood or timber on said places
or by hauling, removing or disposing
of any wood or timber cut
on said places or either of them.
'I he law will be enforced against
any and all persons disregarding
this notice.
Nothing herein is intended to
prevent tenants on the place cutting
and hauling the necessary
firewood for home use
J. II. Kitzpatrick, Agent. t
.Inly 29, 1901.
BARGAINS IN j
BUGGIES!
AND
WAGONS
We are now selling for $55.
BUCK HES 'hat we have been selling
at $t>0; and Buggies hereto- j
faro sold at $55. we are now sell*
ing at $50. So come and get you
a nice, new BUGGY while they
are CHEAP.
We are selling the Nissen round
and square hound wagons, also
the Owensboro wagon at surprisingly
low prices.
Wo keep on hand some good
HORSES?some as tine animals
as you will find anywhere. If
you want a horse that will suit
you in every particular, don't
buv until vno son onr STtV'ir
- J ? ?*vv*v
We also run a first-class livery,
and can give you as good teams as
can he had in town.
Yours to serve,
CLYBURN HEATH MULE GO.
Subseribe to The Ledge
Lopal Matters.
Brine in your country produce,
Butter, Eggs and Chickens, especially.
.J B Mackoreli.
. Mr. P. Ij. McPberson ef Abbe
rille, La., who bus been snendinsr
* - u
Hernial weeks at this plt*ce, re
turned to his borne TGursday.
?#?
Mr. L. J. Robertson has accepted
a positien in the car shops
in Columbia and will move his
family to Columbia next week.
Mrs. A. P. Brown of Heath
Springs, is visiting Miss Isabel
Davis, at this place.
t/K>
Mrs. W. B. Cauthen and children
have returned from a visit tuber
parents at Magill, 8. 0.
-nNatban
Cunningham, colored'
-
1WI iOiiiug in iy?iil?iilj{ lO WOI'K
the roads after being warned by
tbe overseer was sentenced by
Magistrate Caskey Wednesday to
pay a fine of $5 or to work on the
gang 20 days.
-mOn
Wednesday last, Mr. S. T.
Blackmon had the bodies of his
two little children buried at Un
\
ion church disinterred and moved
to his plat in the new cemetery
at this place.
Mr. Walter Q. Cureton, and
his sister, Miss Maggie, left yesterday
for Atlanta.
.
The Lancaster C. H. Alliance
will uieet in the court house
Thursday Sept. 5th, at 3 o'clock
p. m. E. Evefall, Sec.
Mrs. J. P. Hackney of Chailotte,
and little Mildred returned
heme yesterday.
i
County Treasurer Cauthen has
returned to Lancaster after two
weeks spent very pleasantly at his
old home.
ter.
We learn that Mr. EccThreatt,
who lives at the cotton mill, lost
his two year old child that has
been sick for several weeks, on
Thnxu.!..! I*- :
Auumxaj. no ionjuiHf were lUKen
over to Chester field county yesterday
for interment.
f+
Mr. It. H. McMurray, who has
been spending a week with his
brother at Fort Mill, returned
home yesterday
r/K
A protracted meeting is being
held at Camp Creek Baptist
church this week. The pastor is
being assisted bv Rev. Mr. Brock.
Rev. J. M. Steadman and family
leturned home Thursday. Mr.
Stead man's mother returned with
them and will be heie for several
weeks. '
Mr. W. H. Sims narrowly
escaped being drowned in Cane
Creek last Monday night while on
his way home from Lancaster.
He drove into the stream not
knowing that it was swollen and
came near losing his horse and
.1 - ?
niho nis own life. He managed to
get the horse loose and it swam
out and then he had a time get*
ting out himself. The buggy
washed en down the stream and
was not reeotered until Thursday.
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Letters adveitised for the week
ending August 31, 1901: Mrs.
Minnie Cauthen, Mrs. Jaoie
Crawfford Mrs. J. L. Wilson,
Miss Dolsey KoWson, Miss Ida
Blacknilan, Miss Philes Clarke,
Miss Annie Steaurd, Mr. W. J.
McWhrter., Mr. A. W. Morgan,
Benjamin Crawford, John S,a ?
Ketts. Belle Nance, P. M.
Lancaster, 'i. C.,
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