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F0R COUNTY TREASURER.

The many friends NJ Jno Il Taylor
cake pleasure in presenting his name
ITO the voters OF Lancaster County ss q
candidate for the office of county
Treasurer, and hsreby pledge that he
~Sstli abide the result OF the primary
ELECTION.
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LANCASTER, S. G.. SEPT 10 1898

tlIciy ny Jne student. some OF
the necessary means represente!
the frugality of Il poor farmer
boy, and for the balance he pledg-
ed an integrity that has ever since
been a satisfactory guarantee for
the fultillment of whatever prom.
ise he gees fit to make.
1t was about Is years ago when
Mr. Finley first located in York.
Vile He was Just from college
with n certificate Of admission to
the bar. He had but few acquain-
tances here then. But he WAS am.
bilious, and he believed that this
was the place to locate. From the
first he began to win the esteem
of his fellowcitizens and built up
n good practice, and until the
present time his practice has con-
tinued to grow, and there is no
question of the fact that the esteem
in which the people of York coun-
ty holds him, is stronger and more
widespread than ever. No single
citizen amongst us stands higher,
and not one enjoys to II greater
extent the confidence of his fel.
low citizens.
Mr. Finley has been interested
in politics since he was Is years
of age. He was a member of the
Rock Hill Democratic club in 1879
and he has taken an active part in
each succeeding campaign. In
1890 he offered as a candidate for
the house of representatives, and
although confined to his bed by
illness during portion of the can
vas OF the county, he was nomi
mated Mt the head of the ticket.
Two years later be became a can.
didate for the state senate and was
elected without opposition. Dur
ing his two years service in the
house he was a member of the
committee on privileges and cleo
tions, and also a member of the
committee on ways and means
During the last session of his ser
vice he was chairman of the latter
committee, and when he went to
the senate he was placed on the
Judiciary and finance committee.
OF this last named committee he
was also chairman. His whole
record in both branches of the
general assembly was highly sat-
isfactory to his constituents at
home, and it would not be difficult
to show that his labors were ben
eticial to the State. He made for
himself the reputation of being a
careful and wise economist, and
at the same time developed the
breadth which has since so strong
ly entrenched him in the estima.
zion of those by whom he is best
known.
MIR Finley first became a candi-
date for congress in 1894. His
opponent was DR.. Strait. York
county gave him a handsome ma.
Jority but he was beaten IN the
district In 1896 he was again a
candidate. His opponents this
time were DR.. Strait and Mr.. w
ID Irantham. York county in
creased her majority, and as the
result of the vote in the balance
of the district, there. was a second
race between DR. Strait and Mr..
Finley. In the second race DR..
Strait won again but by much
smaller majority. In the recent
election, York still further increas-
ed her vote, and with the balance
OF the district Mr. Finley leads.
Another notable circumstance in
connection with these three races
is the fact that Mr.. Finley and
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ed, 1t may be stated as a fact that
the two gentlemen are still person.
al friends. Mr. Finley went to
school to DR.. Strait in 1877, and
the friendship that commenced be-
tween the two men then, has last.
ed ever since. Mr.. Finley never
has been a mud thrower, and he is
one of those men who will not
openly permit other men to throw
mud at him. In Il fair, honora-
BILE way, however, he can give
and take the hardest of licks.
AS lawyer also, Mr.. Finley
has a record of which his friends
are proud. 1t would not be much
exaggeration to say that since his
admission to the bar, large and
small, he has handled nearly 1, 200
cases. 1t is the universal opinion
that there is no auler lawyer at the
York bar. He is usually on one
side or the other of the most inn
portant cases litigated in this
county. He is a fair fighter.
Though always vigorous in the
prosecution of the interests of his
clients and absolutely fearless, he
scorns a questionable advantage.
But the idea l would convey here
is best illustrated in a peculiar
fact. A large percentage of his
clientage today is composed of
men whom, ut one time or anoth.
er, he has defeated in lawsuits.
And still another significant fact
along this line, indicating the
soundness of MIR. Finley's legal
judgment, is that IN not more than
q half dozen cases has he ever
been defeated after having, as the
representative of the plaintiff, ad-
vised the institution of proceed.
ings.
In all that pertains to the edu-
cational, moral and religious vel =
fare of his people, Mr. Finley also
stands high. He is ruling elder
in his church, works in his Sunday
School, and takes a prominent
part in church councils. He Is q
trustee of the South Carolina COL
lege and of Erskine college, and
one of the founders, a trustee and
a liberal supporter of the orphan
age at Hickory Grove. His prom
inence in matters of this kind is
scarcely less than it is in the po-
litical interests OF his county and
district.
But it is not these things, prob
ably, alone, which makes Mr.. Fin
ley so dear 10 the people of York
county. There are certain per-
sonal characteristics that bring
men close to him. He is as true
as steel to his friends. He has a
sincere love for his fellow man.
He has been known to champion
the cause of poor, decrepit old
pauper in which no one was inter-
ested, and work as earnestly with
out the hope of pay as for prince
ly reward. Men 10 high station
and in low station in life alike
call him thoir friend. Men who
disagree with him in politics
prominent citizens who for one
reason or another are ordinarily
not interested in an election to
vote-always 60 to the polls when
MIR Finley is candidate. 1t is a
well known fact that on the day of
the recent election, one well known
citizen of Yorkville who was in
another part of the State on busi-
ness, came all tho way to York
ville--a distance of so or 70 miles
for no other purpose than TO
vote for Mr. Finley, and this gen
tleman had to 90 back next day In
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Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
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I am q candidate for County
Treasurer.
w CCAUTHEN.
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"a Announcements S
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.

Editor Ledger:-Please announce ]
ram candidate for nomination az
Representative subject to the rules of
"the Democratic party.
J w HAMEL.
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FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF
EDUCATION.

We are authorized to announce
Teroi Jas Fl Thomson as candidate for
<"ooun nty superintendent Of Education.
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Il Y WILLIAMS.

announce myself a candidate for
Saie House of Representatives.. subj ect
Eto the rules and regulations of the
Democratic Party.
HARRY FOSTER.
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Thanking my friends for their sup
wort In the past. aud at the solicitation
"Asf many, I hereby announce myself a
~I-ao0idate for reelection to the Office
at County Supe- tendeBt OF Edu a.
siieo, subject to ue Democratic pri-
Iniary election.
w B BRUCE.
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Perseverance, and patience may do
much. Disappointment has worn me to
a skeleton. II viii not be supposed I
am on a party Of pleasure. running
after eighteen sail Of the line with ten.
and that to the West Indies."
Nelson had taken the utmost pre-
cautions to keep secret his presence In
West India waters. His disappoint-
ment knew no bounds when he found
that the French had left Martinique.
He started back. still in pursuit across
the Atlantic. The French feet made
its way to the coas of France; Nelson
got of the trail by going to the Eng
lish coast. villeneuve was In shelter
at Cadiz; without delay, to Cadiz Mel
son sailed. and. anxious to decoy the
F~renchman out, he kept at q consider
able distance from land. carefully in
forming himself throughout the night.
In the end, villeneuve had to come
out-his emperor, Napoleon, had de-
nounced him as a coward. On October
q. 1906. Nelson came squarely up with
his man. and then was fought the bat
tie OF Trafalgar in which Nelson, at
the g of forty-seven, was killed but
as the result of which the foes of Eng
and were swept from the sea.
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TWELVE PAGES.
THURSDAY. MAY c6. 1898.
Before santiago.

- IL OF yesterdays news from
n Washington was to the effect
that Cervera and his ships are
at Santiago. and that our fleets are also
there. All the hopes of the people of
this country are that this news Is true:
and thus the public takes a more cheer
full view of the situation this morning
than has been the case for these few
days asst past.
What is lacking now to make the sit
uation an entirely happy one is the
news Of a battle. What the outcome of
the engagement will be Is not a ques-
ton respecting which Americans per-
NIT themselves to have any doubt: and.
indeed. there Is no reason why there
should be doubt-unless II be that the
southeast coast Of the island of Cuba is
about to be the scene OF a modern-day
miracle. If the information received
yesterday is trustworthy we have forces
enough and to spare I'm front of the
enemy.
Information from Madrid. which how
ever. the American public receives with
reservations as to its honesty. is in con-
frmation OF Cervera's presence at San
tiago; q midnight bulletin from the
Spanish capital say nat the Americans
are concentrating before Guantanamo
as well as at Santiago. The first named
port is on the south shore of Cuba, a
little east of the harbor where Cervera
Is supposed to be.
II these reports are true. all things
are working together for good for our
side Of the fight, but the suggestion
now Is that. instead of a battle, the pol
icy will be to keep the Spanish feet
bottled up.
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Seventy-Five Thousand More.

- FTER all. the presidents call for
n more volunteers came promptly,
contrary to what had seemed to
be one OF the probabilities. This time
the summons is for 5000 men. The
preference does not run, In this in
stance. to members of the militia, who
had FIRST call in the presidents former
request for volunteers. The judgment
Of those in authority appears TO be that
a larger army of invasion than had been
figured on will be needed in Cuba. Then,
too. the demand for troops in the Phil
ippinee lie heavier than had been anti
cipated. Indeed. at the time Of the
presidents first call. nobody had sup
posed that Deweys exploits would be so
signally successful as to make neces-
say the hasty dispatching of help to
Manila.
That the second call for volunteers
will meet with prompt response is one
Of the certainties amid all the uncer-
t2IuIieS Ot war. DolptltSS tne quota
will be complete before the government
In prepared 70 equip the new soldiers.
II for the prosecution of this war there
Is anything lacking. II certainly will not
be men. The weeks OF operations have
serves to deepen the intensity of inter-
EFT taken by the public. and they have
quickened individuals In their willing
ness to fall in line and take a personal
part In the fortunes of war.
A special telegram from h Stand
ards Washington ONCE announced. yes
srday afternoon. that Montana's share
under the second all win be a little
more than fou hundred men. Mon
TAM is ready and willing TO do a good
deal better than that-doubtless 1t would
be a very easy matter 10 enlist another
regiment In this state and have IL pre-
pared to be the first regiment mustered
in under the second call. as this states
First regiment wss the first one that
was ready 10 be mustered under the
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Again After Porto Rico.

NE item In this mornings news
~ 10 to the effect that we are 60
ing to take possession Of Porto
Rico right away. The public never
fully understood the strategy which
prompted the bombardment OF San
Juan and then the retirement Of Ad-
miral Sampson. unless the scheme was.
at that time. to give to the island the
hurried housewives lick and a prom
ise."
They nave It in Washington that the
theory Is to hold Porto Rico SO that we
shall have something to go on when we
come to decker with Spain over the
terms Of peace. They also say in
Washington. hat the -president wants
TO hurry up with this capture because
he is anticipating a speedy request from
Europe for a declaration OF peace on
the basis OF SPANS withdrawal from
Cuba.
Possibly h president really antici-
pates this request from Europe. al
though the all for seventy-nve thou
sand men doesn't look that way. Still,
IL may be that. of itself, this can is
what war times have taught us to re-
gard as strategy. Meanwhile, the peo-
pie would rather hear of the sinking of
Cervera's fleet han OF the capture OF
all the Spanish possessions in the An
TILES. This Spanish fleet nicely dis
tributed over the bottom of the Carib-
bean sea would be a pretty substantial
basis for negotiations with Spain look
ing toward
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Nelson's Two Years.
- few days ago. the Standard re-
n marked incidentally that Nelson
nnona Ar.n ,ranrs In the

- few DAYS ago, the Standard re-
n marked incidentally that Nelson
once spent two years In the
chase of the enemy's fleet. The fact
that this statement has been ques-
toned makes IL timely TO remark that
in truth Nelson spent more than two
years In the effort to get into an en-
gagement with the French feet. In
1903 he took up his station of Toulon.
For nearly two years he held the
Frenchmen shut up In that port. in
spite of their frequent efforts to elude
him. He tried repeatedly to bring on
a battle. but in this he failed.
Finally. at the end of March, 1906. the
French admiral. Villeneuve. managed
to slip out of Toulon and get away.
Villeneuve made across the Atlantic.
for the West Indies. Nelson TOOK after
him. BY the middle of May the
Frenohman was at Martinique. the
island at which Cervera's Spanish feet
put in an appearance a few days ago.
At Martinique Nilleneuve was Joined
by a feet from Cadiz. where to-day a
Spanish feet is lying Idle. Nelson was
a good bit behind. at first he thought
he would catch the French feet in the
Mediterranean. Finding out his mis-
take he set out across the Atlantic. He
was long DELAYED by contrary winds,
He followed a false report which took
him to the coast OF South America
When I last he found himself in the
latitude Of Martinique. Nelson was dis
gusted TO learn that the French feet
had been there and had left. Before he
started on his chase westward across
the Atlantic Nelson had written to the
secretary OF the admiralty, saying:
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Personal Points.

From tn newly published letters OF
Victor Hugo 1t appears that he had only
about $50. 900 invested In his latter days,
earned by his own pen, and on the income
OF this he supported. including his fam
fly and servants. II people. He declined
being called a rich man.
Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia,
who has been appointed postmaster gen.
eral to succeed Mr.. Gary, will deliver the
principal address at the
exercises of Roanoke college in June. A
graduation address of Kin Beung Surh.
who is the first Corean in the world to
take the degree of Bachelor Of Arts.
go
Years ago a little girl in school in was
asked to Ill a blank as to her residence.
parents and other particulars, says the
Chicago Times-Herald. Under one head
ing, Give your fathers occupation" she
wrote "He fights" The signature Of the
child whose father fought was Nellie
Grant" II will please thousands of those
who served under and admired the genius
of the great captain that his daughter
is formally made a citizen Of the republic
which her father served so nobly. AS Mrs.
Sartoris an introduction to the American
people may be necessary, but a generation
will have to pass before hearts cease to
recognize the name of Grant.
OF all the justices on the supreme bench
perhaps Justice Harlan Is the most court
ly, but this does not prevent him admins
terinR severe rebukes when occasion de-
mands. The justice delivers two lectures
weekly at Columbia university. One after
noon recently q late arrival among the
students brought with him an extra edi-
ton of an evening paper. which, on TAX
ing his seat, he eagerly scanned for war
news. Justice Harlan did not choose to
tolerate such inattention. %. after paus-
ing a momen or two In his remarks. he
said n a cold tone: IT hope I do not dis
turb the young gentleman who is reading
his paper" The student instantly put his
paper out OF sight and for the remainder
of the lecture Justice Harlan had no more
attentive listener.
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poRovnY,s NEW SPRING NAT.

oh. how / admire the new spring hat .
That Dorothy shows to me.
I don't know whether its round or nat,
Or trimmed as II ought to be:
And / cannot tell IL it's a la mode.
The angle she wears IL at.
But my heartfelt praises have been be-
slowed
On Dorothy's new spring hat
! only know that the ribbons and lace
And flowers that nod and bend
Make a pretty frame for a pretty face,
And there my opinions nd
But. after a season of grewsome things.
I'D be as blind as a bat
II I failed to see why my fancy clings
To Dorothy's new spring hat.
Farewell to the corpse of the gay ma
cav.
The stuffed birds of paradise,
The PROSTATE pheasant with rigid claw,
The owl with its CLASSY eyes;
The blackbirds' bodies all stuck in a row.
The oriole pinioned Hat
And welcome. thrice welcome. the bios
SONS hat blow
On Dorothy's new spring hat!
Puck.
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FIRST call. At this moment. at several
places IN Montana. companies are partly
organized, their membership including
many men who were anxious to enter
the service under the first all.
So that, II there are states which ind
themselves not inclined to make their
quota good. all hat Montana needs is
the word, and IT viii gladly contribute
a regiment.
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Current Comment.
Good Effect of the War.

Jacksonville F1a-) Enterprise.
TIL war with Spain promises TO have
at least one good effect-it has frightened
southern farmers into planting food
crops. instead of all cotton crops. as
heretofore. Reports from every section
of the South indicate that the acreage of
corn. oats, wheat. potatoes, ETC.. is larger
than was ever known before. while more
attention is being paid to raising cattle
and hogs. In many sections, 1t is said,
farmers have actually plowed up a por-
instead. |i
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Their Cowardly Plea.

IT would be a remarkable confession
to make that the government OF the
United States has property 1t does
not want. but that IL is afraid to sell
that property or to give 1t away or
abandon IL. Yet this cowardly theory
is the one on which is based the PROPOSE
ton that we shall be obliged to keep the
Philippine islands. All the newspapers
in this country that are put for grand
schemes of territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT
hammer away on the proposition that,
'in view of the jealousies of Europe"
It would be hard work for the United
States to relinquish the Stands. This
idea is being so industriously drummed
up hat the exploiting OF II may have
the effect of persuading a good many
people to the notion mat to keep peace
with Europe wen simply have to keep
the Philippines.
Probably there isn't a shadow OF
doubt that the powers-whom we are
asked { o dread so much-would be
heartily Of one mind for the proposition
hat the Philippines be restored to
Spain. In these days when We are
hearing so much about strategy. this
opinion must commend itself to sane
mems minds: even on the promptings
Of every selfish motive or every consid-
Grafton of self interest," Europe would
rather have the Spaniards in the Phil
ippines than the Americans; the pres
erce Of tn" Spaniards there and their
control Of the islands mean simpler
diplc macy and less likelihood Of compile
cations than would be the IA were the
people of the United States to enter a
new field and take a part in Oriental
complications.
Annexationists are racking their
brains In their effort to invent some
sort Of device whereby they can ft
these distant islanders to the govern
ment OF the United States. The farthest
the keenest among them can go Is to
figure out n military board which will
run things from headquarters at Ma
Mia. We may be sure that IL we are
foolish enough to insist on our tenure
of the islands. this unamerican mill
tary establishment will run on forever.
because we shall be undertaking to gov
ern millions of beings who lack the es-
sential qualities out of which American
citizenship is made.
To begin with, the reports that have
reached this country are to the effect
that at least half the people on these
islands do not want to be annexed TO
the United States. 1t has been said in
so many words-on as good authority
as stands behind most Of the gossip of
the times-that Dewey must have more
men thar was In the governments orig
NAL plan, because he has small reason
to believe that he can count on native
support In the effort to hold the islands
down.
HEAVIER knows we don't need these
people. They are not the right type of
men for the citizenship this country
calls for. And. assuredly, we ought
not to compel them into fellow-citizen-
ship with ourselves. Yet the people
who are out for conquest insist that we
must make the Philippine islands per
manently our own-because Jealous Eu-
rope doesn't want anybody else to have
them, Give them back to Spain. Leave
her with plenty OF trouble stiil on her
ha,ds when we get through with her.
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1t may AFFORD the sipaniards some
consolation to learn that Ambrose
Bierce, the professional crank OF the
San Francisco Examiner. has a poor
opinion of the American navy.
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However. Henry Irving's cablegram
to the San Francisco Bohemian club.
We shall coal together" didn't nee
essariiy mean a hades of a time In the
sweet bye and bye.
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Japan's Colonial Experience.
AhA pnralaAA Arutaa

Japan's experience in territorial aggran-
dizement as far as she has got is not OF
the sort to induce a hankering after more.
According to c. Kadona, the head of a
large mercantile house in Japan. the ac-
QUESTION of Formosa is al experiment
that is costing 81. 900. 900 a year and bring
ing in no revenue in return. Japan has
all she can attend TO in that island with
out casting covetous glances at the Phil
lippines.