The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 29, 1904, Image 2
THE L?DG5fi.;
THIRLOW S. CaKIKR,
EDITOR AN1) MAN AGE It.
SSL' CI) W CI)N KS1) A Y AN1> SATIIKDAY
SUBSCRIPTION S>i 60 PEP YK\R
WEDNESDAY JL'NK UD, 11)04.
Arrangements >u o now fail Iv
well under way for the big annual
picnic at Nisbct pavilion over on
the Catawba river July 4tb, and a
good time is promised all who at
tend. The committco of ar
4 ! 1 M % f
iungemcnis is comi>oticii 01 :>ics>i s
J. Earl Heath, Cecil K. lJroom
anil W.F. Cbears, of waxfcaw,
and Messrs J. M. Nisbot, .J. M.
Voder ami T. \V. Piyler, of Vanwyck.
The committee of invitation
consists of Miss Onie Lee
lioduiun, of Wuxbnw, Mica Emma
Leo Nisbet, of Vanwyck,
Mr. Latta Ilood, of Lancaster,
Mr. Millen Lathan, of Lindsay,
and Mr. Hazel Mobley, of Vanwick.
It is understood that the
Lancaster string band will furnish
music for the oociuion. It is the
desire of the committee of arrangements
that all who attend
lin'mv tfrill f illnil l\ubl.*ot c 11 nil n\ii\ *.
uacuswuuMjv
heartily with those who are laboring
with unselfish motive to insure
a pleasant iluy to all who attend
the picnic. ? Wuxhaw Enterprise
Competitive Examinations.
There will be a competitive
examination held in the court
house July iOG-t, for no'iiuliWships
as follows :
Clemson College, 1 agricultural
scholarship ; South Carolina
College, 2 special normal
scholarships ; Winthrop College,
number not known.
For further information apply
to A. C. ROW ELL,
County Supt. Ed.
Now Marion County Has Blood)
Tragedy.
Special to The State.
MarioD, June 27.? Lewis
Flowers was shot und mortally
wounded by Sampson Brown at
the luiter'a house Friday ufter
noon. Flwwers died about 1
o'clock yesterday afternoon and
Brown is iu jail. Magistrate
Oliver held the inquest.
From the testimony adduced it
appears that tho two men had a
difficulty over some trivial matter,
but it wag supposed that it had
been amicably settled. Later in
the afternoon, w liilo Flowers was
passing Brown's home, the shooting
occurred. # According to an
ante-mortem statement made by
Flowers, he was shot by Brown
without warning, tirst in tho arm
and then in the abdomen.
Mr no.ool i.;.
..... ff Vila UIIVI tiifl W lie
wore puling by in tbo read about
150 yards away wh*n tho shooting
occurred and any that they heard
Flowers say to Brown that ho had
"shot him, but not to shoot his
motherless son," who was with
his father when ho was shot.
Brown's statement is to the effect
that Flowors renewed the
difficulty and started on him, when
ho shot in selfdefeuce. The only
eye-witnesses to tho tragedy were
Mr. Brown's wife and Mr. Flow
er's son.
Destroyed The Distillcn y.
Special to The Stute.
Spartanburg, Juno 28.?Slate
ccfhstablcs Onlocu and Drake, assisted
by two constables from
Greenville, raided in the Dark
Corner of (iioenvdlo county this
mocning, destroying tlueu big
illicit distilleries audi,000 gallons
of still beer. No arrests were
Hi ade.
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| For The ledger,
lisilhdey 1 >innor.
V
On Wednesduy, June 22nd, it
was ihe pleasure of the writer to
attend u birthday dinner ut the I
homo of Mr. Wylie Turks (
Oh our arrival, about 10 o'clock
a. in., wo fouud several vehicles
already in tho yard. It being (
Mr. Talk's birthday all of his
children were there ? twelvo now
living. Theso with his sons-inlaw
and duughters-in-law and
his brother, Mr. Mobloy Turks,
and wife and two children, and
live grand children of Mr. Wylie
j I'm ks?twenty-nine in all. Such
a crowd as this under ordinary
circumstances is oneugh to cmbairass
tlioto in chargo of tho culinary
department. About 12 m. Mr.
Turk's regular dinner hour, he
went into tho kitchen and soon
returned stating that those in
charge told hitn that 1 o'clock
would be tho hour for dinner and
he said it was pretty hard to wait
so long when a fellow is hungry,
hut the time missed nloafiiintlv as
I 1 J
tin.' topics of the day were discussed,
especially the candidates. And
us promised about 1 o'clock the
bell rang for dinner. And such
u dinner, everything cooked aud
seasoned to perfection and in almost
eudless variety. We seldom
have tho pleasure of partaking of
so many good things at one time.
Mr Parks is an excellent farmer,
raising nearly everything needed
for the sustenance of man and
beast. Such family reunions and
birthday picnics are very enjoyable,
are becoming more common
and are calculated to do good.
The celebration of our birthdays
iu 11 frnnl lo pftiniiwlnn
. ! ^vuitv i W1 IIIU lUtl
O
that wo are growing older aud
wo are passing away. Our bopo
is, however, that Mr. and Mra.
l'arks will live to celebrate many
more such days and round out a
good old age and have the satis
faction of knowing that the world
is better for their having lived in
it. J. F. N,
Mr. Alec Steele Celebrates
His 81st Birthday,
Mr. Editor. Mr. Alec Steele
celebrated his eighty-first birthday
on Saturday last. Thore
were forty-three present: Mr.
L. S. Steele and family, J . C.
Belk and family, R. M. Steele
and family, 20 grand children
and 4 great-grand-chfldren.
A bountiful dinner was served ;
Alfift iPA Ol'OQ m ntU?/tK *1%#. ?
...uv >w >/ v mu| ? iiiL-ii iua wilier
greatly enjoyed.
John P. Hunter was invited,
hut was sorry he failed to get
there. E. R.
The following lines wore written
hy a gontlomnn of this county to
a friend of his in North Carolina
us a reminder of a promise to send
him the poem of Senator Vance
on4'Mary and her lamb." Vance's
lino*, which were dedicated to
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island,
a friend and advocate of high
tariff accomplished a reduction of
the tariff below the then rate of 5G
per cent. The lines below accomplished
their object, for the promised
linos of Vance came in a few
days.
44Mary had a little Iamb whoso
heart was most intent,"
And on those lines 1 so much
iiri'/n J~ 1? 1 *
|/.,uu mj iiiiuu issureiy uont:
They tell of woe, by people felt,
unliko in days of yore ?
When clad in comfort, by her wool,
they wont from shore to shore.
Tho toiling masses trudge along:
Oh, (is a crying shame;
Suffering sore from human greed,
but her lamb is not to blame,
For the grass grows now, ns then
it did, in pastures largo and
grcoo,
And houses finer, through tho land
before have never hoen seen,
The rich man lives in "Lordly
state;" a page is at his door ?
I lie poor in hovels, cold and bare,
and some without a floor.
No Boll Weevil H ire. |
. I
ShipmentOt Oats Liom Texas
Will bo Stopped?First Test
Of the New Law.
Columbia Record 27th.
The shipment of Texas oats
trotn tho boll weevil territory was
a subject fo?* consideration
by tho railroad commission, the
Attorney General and tho Commissioner
of Immigration this
morning, and it is probable that I
a formal order will bo issued
ngninst the importation by the
com mission in order thut the
roods might become familiar with
the law which was passed at the
1 ict Legislature.
The matter catnc up on a request
by one of the commission
merchants of tho State for some
information on tho subject.
Tho shipping of Texas oats to this
State, it seems, is an important
business, and tho merchant who
had a largo ordor wished tho law
on tho subject. Tho law is very
plain iu regard to such matters
now, No, 245 of the last acts
stating that it shall be unlawful
for any person to import into this
State not only any living specimen
of tho weevil, but any cotton
seed, oats or prarie hay from
any of the points that have been
affected by the pest. Violation
of this act means a fine of $100
or thirty days' imprisonment,
and the seizure and destruction of
the goods by tho Stato. This
State will thon consider tho part
of Texas which tho orts wore shipped
from, and if from any of the
district surrounding the weevil
district the merchant will bo so
notiged. In determining tho coun-4
ties affected theStato will bo guided
by government reports.
OASTOniA.
_ . V '?A K,n" l,~"* p~?~U
Bears the /9 s luu >I<IIU n>ndJ? uuu^iu
A Most Pitiful Sight.
Charlotte Nows.
An incident that attracted
much attention yesterday afternoon,
bringing tears to tho eyes
of some, was that of a man in tho
custody of two policemen who
were conducting him to the lockup
at the city hall. The man was
evidently much intoxicated and
leaned on his escorts. Running
along behind the party was the
arrested man's little son, 4 or 5
years old, wearing his first pants,
a toddler in all the innocence,
bashfulness und confusion of child
hood. A citizen kindly took the
wondering child in charge and
went along with the party to the
city hall. The child had no reaU
izauon oi mo situation. There
whs a peculiar pathou in the spectacle
that touched the heart of not
a few people lined up nl<?ng the
street looking at them. The poor
drunken fellow was from out of
town and is regarded as a usually
quiet, steady, hard-working man.
He was taken in charge by the
polico because of bis intoxicated
condition and because he persis
ted in visiting the saloons, carrying
the child with him.
Mr.s Arthur L.Bishop, wifo of
the young man who killed Mr.
Thomas Wilson in his homo at
Charlotte about eighteen months
ago, is now doing all she can to
secure ihe pardon of her husband,
who is now serving a five years
sentence in the State penitentiary
for that crimo. She has boon in
Charlotte several days securing all
the signatures she could to n poti
tion to tho Governor asking for
the pardon af Bishop.
? A school meeting of the uppor
Camp Creole school will ho held
Thursday, .June 30th, atthcschool
building, at 5 o'clock p. in. All
trustees and patrons will please
attend. YV. T. Morris.
A WORD
Is wlia we art s
itors anil our aim
interest of every
giving him or hei
money. No quol
approve of sueh,
tive advertisemei
ami at l-!&the vs
nonsensical talfc
will say that we
enough to live 01
am! it. will he l?a<
that we will mak
of our competitoi
which can not b<
Remember oui
of shoes, which i
IKE BE
Every pair [>;un
solid leather con
pair prove to tin
a new pair. Tli
till? Douglas line
bald-headed eag]
he soars. Our s
board, like some
SPECIL DRIVE C
For the cash \
we want to male
line arrives, so 1
reduced prices b
written guarant
Bros Clothing-, j
Everybody knoA
clothing, and til
will come and ii
see that we hay<
large majority,
everything you
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or an Kinds and
Thanking all 1
theY will avail t
are offering.
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TO THE I
NOCK 0Ur
trivisig f?r, clowi
i iw i lik aii?l hk
( u tiv i |r c?ti\i
ciistomt i' th?( pat
i* the lowest prices
tations or prices, ft
as we have seen so
nts; pricing you soi
[due they claim. ^
, to the intelligeia
; have to have a
k, hut bear in mind
eked In honesty j
;e you you prices l<
rs and what we s
^ controverted.
* Godman and Dr<
ire two of
SI LIN|S ON S
trail teed to be soli<
liter and double tip
3 contrary we will i
ere is hardly any n
, for every body k
ie takes the the cj
hoes are eow leathe
i here who pretend
IN WINTER WEIG1
ve vrru sell any su
o a clean sweep b
Wends take advan
efore they are sold
ee with every snit
guaranteed to fad
vs that we are o^
e fact we freely adi
ispect our stock, til
3 had the clothin
Notion departmem
may desire we hav
prices to meet t.ho
t'or their patronage
themselves of the 1
Your?1 to (
tin k Ira
CASTER S.
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the
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tor the least
>r we do not
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the yard
Ye don't utter
t people, but
little profit?
this one tact,
mid integrity,
?\ver than any
ay are facts,
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iflRTH
nac b
(1 leather sole,
toe and if any
reelygive you
ise to mention
liows the old
ike wherever
sr and no paste
to sell shoes.
KT CLOTHING
it at eost, as
efore the fall
tage of these
WA (yuro o
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ot Strouse &
e nor shrink,
rerstocked on
nit, but if they
ey will readily
g trade by a
t complete and
e. Groceries
lowest buY er..
e and hoping
ow prices we
lerve,
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