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<> THIS LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., DECEMBER 22, 1898. M'HNLEY l« MACON; HE REVIEWS TROOPS Confederate Veterans Present Hmfi- - Him a Memorial. ) Greeted by a bio crowd TAYLOR HANGS AT MACON. Wifi* >1 iirilrrrr I’iiyi Hm* I’rnaMy of IliH l‘'ieiiili»li OllVn*.*. Macon, IVr. 10. —Ahuer Taylor, tho wife munlorer, was in Wl'l* county jail hero fffe met AintVi calmly aud expressed sorrow for his crime. The execution was private. Taylor killed his young wife in the | heat of jealous rage. He had lieeu una- ’ He to care for her and went to her father's. He had asked hei A SPEECH BY TELIER FAVORING EXPANSION Colcrado Senator Justifies tht Philippine Purchase. GEN. BROOKE HAS A FEVER. >i-w Military (.overiior of Cuba Is fjiiUi I'p at Savannah. Savwvkau, Dec. U.—Major General JoUft JL Hrooke is sick in bed in thu De* Solo hotel. General Brsoke arrival in |jnv«MHiah Saturday night on his way to Havana to assume the military gov ernorship of the island. He wasaccom- pauied by Mrs. Brooke and the follow- bespitc Had Weather, People of the Central City Turn Out In l.argo I?Umbers to Heartily Welcome the Katloii’s Chief Magistrate. Macon, Dec. 19.—President McKin ley arrived here at 0:30 a. in. and was jnet at the depot by a large and enthu siastic crowd. At the station the presi dential party was met by la carriages, lined up along the street was tho Seventh cavalry, the bright yellow ot their overcoat linings making a vivid contrast against the fog ami dri&z.le that prevailed. After driving through the streets the president took his place <>u the review ing stand. On one side of tiie chief ex ecutive stood General Wilson and on the other General Bates. As the brigades passed the respective com manders took their places on the stand with the presidential party. Despite the bad weather a large aud enthusiastic crowd was ou hand. The troops passed in review in this order: Third engineers (volunteer). Second Ohio infantry (volnntee-), Seventh volunteer m tan try. Tenth vol unteer infantry, Third North Carolina infantry. Sixth Virginia infantry, Seventh cavalry (regular). President McKinley spoke briefly from the reviewing stand. He contined his remarks chiotly to the pride tho American people should take m their j army. Generals Wheeler, Lawton, Shat ter and Wilson made short addresses before the reviewing stand. Geivecal Lawton left the party to go to Hunts ville, Ala , to take command of Camp "Wheeler. A memorial address was presented to the president by the confederate vet erans. The now famous reference “to care for the confederate dead,” in the president’s Atlanta speech was framed in a large wreath of fiowccs and placed on‘the pudestifl of the confederate mou- tunent. After the review was over, the presi dant took a short drive through the res idence portion of the city and from there fo the train, which Wi for Augusta at | 11:30. The president’s stay in the city was | very short on account of the fact that he had to go to Augusta from here aud review- the troops at that place. President McKuiley is the first presi- | dent to visit Macon. Many other presi dents have some to Georgia, but never before has one of them come to this city, j Mrs. McKinley remained in tho presi dential car while in Macon and bowed frequently to tho crowd that gathered at the depot. On account of her slight cold it was not considered advisable for { her to face the rain. A dispatch from Augusta says the j presidential parry arrived there at 3:30 ; p. in. and after a review of the troops proceeded to Washington. M’KINLEY AT FOREST CITY. President Reviews a Portion of the Seventh Army Corps. Savannah,.Dec. 17.—The presidential [ party arrived at Savannah at 11 o’clock this morning. The trip from Mont gomery was without especial incident. ! The Savannah reception committee i boarded tho president’s train at Guyton, ' 30 miles out of Savannah. D. G. Purse, | chairman of the committee, presented 1 to President McKinley the good wishes I of the citi/.ens of Savannah. j The presidential party was welcomed J by a large crowd and was driven direct ; to tho reviewing stand under the escort of the Georgia Hussars. The lirst divi sion of tho Seventh army corps, two regiments of the Second division and ■boat 3,000 other troops, ehiellv urtil- ; lery, under command of Major General Keifer, passed before tho president. The program for the day included a trip by the presidential party on the pilotboat J. H. Estill down the Savan- jiah river, a.recepti’ou ami grand ban quet toiuglii, svhen the president and . mciiibcrs the cabinet spoke. POSTMASTER IN TROUBLE. AValker Accused of Destroying the Government Records. I Columbus, Ga., Dec. 19. — United States Commissioner Williams is inves tigating tho case of W. A. Walker, for merly postmaster at Geneva, Ga., who is charged with destroying gov rnmeiit records. After taking some of tho testi mony, the hearing was postponed until next Wednesday morning on account of the absence of a number of important witnesses in the case. It will be recalled that on the morn ing of Nov. 8 a lire occurred at Geneva and almost destroyed the entire town. It originated in the postoilh j at that place, aud for this reason J. H. Wardie, one of the postolttco insiiectors, was sent to Geneva to investigate the matter. The investigation resulted in the arrest of Postmaster W. A. Walker. Mrs. Kyle, Authoress, Dead. Hikminoiiam, Ala., IX^c. Hi. — Mrs. Ruby Beryl Kyle, an authoress, for merly a society lady of Birmingham, died here after a long illness with con sumption. She was the author of “Paul tit. Paul,” *‘A Son of tho People,” and other books. Shu lived in Chicago for nwhUe, pursuing literary work. She married an artist and came homo and lingered for a long while before dying. Iiisane Woman's Awlul Deed. 8amxkrsvii.h:, Ga., Dec. 19.—Miss Addie Harrison, an old lady living near Oconee, in this county, has been mur dered, her head iHiing crushed with a club. Miss Harrison’s sister, Mrs. Joy ner, who is thought to he insane, is bo licvcd to have committed the crime. “Father of Atlanta'’ Dead. Atlanta, Dec. 19.—Jonathan Nor- cross, this city’s lirst settler, and known ns the ••Father of Atiauta,” is dead, aged 91 yoani. He had been una LIKE THE MEXICAN DEAL iug members of his staff, who are hero , , : xvith him: Major and Mrs. J. F. Dean, He hud asked bet CnpOdn and Mrs. F. B. McKenna, Cap- repcatedly to roturn to him, bu* she re- i Makes n Lengthy Address on Subject toiu A. Campbell aud Lieutenant 0. fused and one Sni•■Ui.r all*moon ha and In Support of His Position Rt'ails ; W. Castle. went to the bouse ami demanded to see . .. ,, _ General Brookes appointment was her. She saw him and her father in- a Letter hrom l-mir Admiral Dewap mada Friday and he started direct for terfered in some way between them, when Taylor drew a jsstid a.ai sk'H the old man, wounding him. The wife tiu-d r» deiaad her father and Taylor turned on her. She ran from him shrieking and h* followed her with Ins knife drawn, and literally cut her to death in tlm sight of bar younger sister. He then Hod and was hunted by a posse of neighbors who, had they captured him, would have certainly lynched him. He iiianafmt »o elude them for some days, however, utml finally warm-sod by a 0*i»iir'.'' )s*«>e early one morning in a peach orchard. As the leader of the posse approached the man, who was crouching under a tree, Taylor stabbed himself three times in the breast over tho heart, hut the knife was either toeb«d w h* lushed nerve to strike a strong enough blow, 1 >r he failed to inflict a mortal wound. After being brought to the jail and re maining there for some days Taylor swallowed a quantity of ground glass in tlic hops of killing irtiuAwhk, nw» again failed. NO ONE TO MEET SOLONS. Alabama Lawmakers Displeased Over Their Reception In Georgia. MontiiOMKUY, Ala., Dec. 17.—Most of the members of the Alabama general assembly came home fcehwg slighted. They were invited to Atlanta, they sa*d, by the general assembly of #e«rg’la, ac cepted the invitation formally and by .'esolutiou, wired the Georgia assembly when to expect them and left here in their best clothes, expecting to be no ticed. They were not met by anv com- About the Fllipinoi. Washington, Dee. 20.—Mr. Teller, in the course ef a speech in the senate to day, said that tho purchase of territory from Mexico after the Mexican warwa* parallel with the present pnrrbaM Sum Spam. In that case “Mexico wit* jivo* trato at our feet and wo said v.o want soma of your territory, aud we will pay you fur it. We hold it lirst by *onqjif;aT t and then by purchase.” No matter what was the provocation of the war that was the case. It was a great and grand acquisition, he said, second only to the Louisiana purchase, which made the Muxican purcha.se was what wo proposed to now itb Spain. We had conquered Iier and now pro* posed to purchase some of her territory and pay her ^20,000,000, a mere baga telle. Mr. Teller said he would ask the p®#- ple of the Philippines what they wwiDi»4 in the way of government and gffo'nHt* them. The sooner the people governed themselves the better. He believed tho people of Luzon capable of self govern ment. In answer to a question by Mr. Tillman he said we would not jiermit revolutions like those which occurred in South America. Mr. Proctor read a letter from Ah- miral Dewey saying tlw ygupiy wf wa I’h'Uippvues can be easily •pni-ifc'4-. *1 also read a portion of a letter from an army officer to the same effect. In Admiral Dewey’s leiter he said that he bad not the slightest difficulty in dealing with the Filipinos. Mi. Teller said that he would have bw«wr post, though h* desired lirst tu have a conference with the president. Tl* u*eskleiit was Iwc Sunday and called on General Brooke in his su k room. General Brooke has had consid- MMtifc wM’k to da of late, aud as a re sult is broken down. He had a high fever today and will remain here until he recover*, which wifl be perhaps the latter pari of the week. GAACIAS AT THOMASVILLE. WYVtuw itMil Her tlirTilrru to Remain South Until Spring. Thomasvm.lk, Ga., Dee. 19.—Mrs. Garcia, widow of General Garcia, ac companied by her daughter Mercedes auA bar sou Maria, are spending the winter here, principally for the benefit of Miss Mercedes, who is an invalid. Captain Julio Garcia arrived from Washington today and joined his nd Carlos Gncea, eldest son of theY&te General Ciiftxto Garcia, has ob tained leave of absence from his regi- ment, now stationed under General Wood in Santiago, aud will shortly ar rive in Washington. He will arrange i with tho American government and the Cuban commission for the removal of j fbe body of In* father to Cuba, for ; which purpose the Dolphin will in all itr be *tile«U4. HANK OT A. X. WOOD. sil miftoe at Tho depot, buf they iiuod up together and marched under *he Ala bama Hag to tiie capitol, accompanied by the ladies in their party. There, to their astonishment, they learned from two negro porters that the assembly had some time licfore ad journed for the day and the Alabamians thereupon proceeded to break ranks and buy some victuals with their own money. Later in the day some of the officials ran across the wandering Alabamians and made ajiologies, saying there was a misuiiderstuiidiug as to the time of ar rival, etc). Several Georgia legislature roast reso lutions were introduced at last night’s session of the house, but S|K.'uker Waller huug them all up. The assembly ad journed until Jan. 24 Resolutions adopted by the Georgia legislature, expressing regret at the misunderstanding whereby the Ala- buiniaus were seemingly snubbed, have been received in this city. Young Man Frozcii to Death. Dkcatuk, Ala., Dec. 10.—Jesse Ed wards, a young man of 19 years, sou of a prominent citizen of tins county, at Lacey Spring, was found frozen todeuth within a quarter of a mile of Ids fa ther’s house. He had been out hunting and evidently got lost in the woods and had wandered around until he became bewildered anil worn out, aud setting down at tho root of u tree fell asleep. The ground near where the young man was found showed that he had wan dered about in a circle for hours, a path several hundred yards in circumlureuoe having boon worn hf inap. Dr. .1. II. 11 a in 111 mi Dying. Smtivu-iKi.n, Ills , Der. 20.—’At tha governor’s office today a telegram waa received from Elgin saying physician* have given up hn|>« for the recovery ol Dr. John B. Hamilton, supermtoiulcnl of the slate insane iiHylnm. Dr. Ham ilton was formerly surgeon general ol the UuUcd suites uuisisui hv^ifal sur- Vico. the people given all tho encouragement possible, and if they developed qualities of statehood he would grant them that. At the conclusion of Mr. Teller’s H|>cccii Mr. Elkins called up the bill re lating to American registry of wrecked foreign vessels. At 2 o'clock tho Nicaragua canal bill was taken up and Mr. Caffery addressed the senate. BLACKBURN He FOR SENATOR. Now Will Try to Get the Seat Occupied by Lindsay. Fkankfokt, Ky., Dec. 20.—Ex-Sena tor Blackburn is trying to get back to the senate as successor of tho sound money Democrat, William Lindsay. His chief lieutenant is Colonel Jack Chinn, who made such a hot fight lot Blackburn in the Kentucky legislature two years ago that Governor Bradley called out the militia to suppress him. Although the election tor legislator^ does not take place until next Novem ber Blackburn already has out his can didates in nearly every one of the Dem ocratic legislative districts. By a com bination with the county Democra c committees he will hold the majority oi the primary elections and conventions for nominating these candidates early in the new year. “Liidjr funk. Slock Hroker.” London, Dec. 20.—Duly Cook, for merly Miss Tennessee Claflin of New York, announces that is geiug t(j star! tJte nrw year m u «Unii krlfaj under the name of “EieW Cixik Co ” In an interview, Duly Cook as saying she intends to attend to the daily business of u stock broker and c • jiectH to get in touch with influential financial men and thus further her ideas in the direction of redressing so cial wrongs. She added; “Wlivit m sister Victoria and i were bankers and brokers in Wall street w oftnii Iwol tW markka im our haud(<. tTr vqs iicid mt Jav Gould, Vanderbilt and Steel Wire and Rod Mills. RntMlNortAM, Ala., Dec. 19.—The lay ing of the foundations for the steel wire ! and rod mill at Ensley City has been commenced and the work on the im mense plant will be rushed. The inten tions are to have the affair in operation by June, 1899. The machine shops, in yjrrtlr will lie man at*,•<■< ed most of the wiiVprnftiijr mavhitiefy for the plant, is a*4 tli* ttldi/ifaff of Machinery hi iT wW lie done this week. The f«ree of men constructing the main building will u*u yjor l^WXIjbricks a day. Whltecnp Leader ('/Oirfessus. KxoxvIm.k, Dec. 19.—Pies Winne, whitecap Wader, sentenced to hang at beviervilla with Catlett Tipton Jan. 4 for the assassination of William Whaley luni wife, today confessed his gwilk ’■MifeiNrKkca recetirfy. Hot k impiTcate K(«h Catlett, a wealthy stock- hiW* «md picuiter, claisniug he paid them $100 to commit tho crime. Catlett is in jail with the bitterest feeling against him. Unique Trial at Charlotte. Cfiarlottk, N. C., Dec. 19.—Egbert DwvMsijav, a promiimnt eitizen »f this county, is being tried in the federal roiprt on a unique charge. A mail car rier had Been stealing his melons. He stooped the carrier in the road and whipped him. The currier missed the nsali connection and Davidson is being tried for “delaying the mails.” 51 ayor Walsh Seriously 1111. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 19.—Mayor Pat rick Walsh, who returned from New York and Washington Saturday, is ill at his home in this city. While his con dition is not regarded as serious, his friends are somewhat apprehensive. This is the second attack within two mouths. Captain Hargrove Suicides. Kingston, Ga., Dec. 16.—Captain Bob Hargrove, a highly respected citizen of Rome, committed suicide here by tak ing morphine. It is supposed he was temporarily insane. A Dividend Is Declared. Rkunswiok, Ga., Dec. 19.—Receiver Janies S. Wright, by order of Judge Ww«a4, heu cl a red a dividund of 2b pvrAwCiu Ifae Merchants’ aud Traders’ bank case. Disastrous Fire at Tifton. Tifton, Ga., Dec. 19.—Fire at this place lias destroyed several business houses aud dwellings. Loss, $25,0ti9; insurance, $G,U00. • -«•*■ - Many a household is saddened by death because of the failure to keep on hand a safe and absolutely cer tain cure for croup such as One Min ute Cough Cure. See that your lit tle ones are protected against emer gency. Churokeo Drug Company, Gaffney. It. S, Withers A Co., Blacksburg. • Ulsters and roll-top desks hide a great things from the public. • - From Factory to Your Home. The only great Piano sold this way in the Carolinas. Stieff Pianos‘‘sing their own praise.” Baltimore Fac tory Wurerooms, 213 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, N. C. C. II. Wil moth, Mgr. Some men can’t understand why the fool-killer doesn’t call next door. • • When you ask for DcWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve don’t accept a counter feit or imitation. There are more cases of Piles being cured by this, than all others combined. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney. K. S. Wkitfcota A Co., Bl.v'kbhurg. • • A tailor is somelims able to mend everything but his ways. I Mini •' yinir liettli li In Pit n k i.i' TMIS. Il roillllllO'* till' hJfsD'lii, i>nl :i|i|H't II ilr. Miuuil MpIriG. Sold liy I lu'rok \'ll ID i (iroiiH *i < s • fl UImI chut i I t| 1 « I »rtiL r < 'o. Money To Loan. o|icn*|lx FiJkT Di loaa on i/immI ply I he > cal or Ioiik't. lii'iil I'.stai■' Inroriiiut l< >u lor M. O. MoNTUOMKHV l.y u»* At T. Davenport’s - You will find Currants, Raisins, Citron, Nuts and Everything nec ssary for your Xmas cake • You will also find a large stock of Best Patent Flour, Corn, Oats and everything kept in a grocery store. Arbuckles Coffee and Sugar in 2lbs and 5lbs packages a specially, Everything in the line of canned meats and vegetables and green vegetables all at rock bottom prices and delivered at your door in ten minutes after order is left with us. Please do not fo»-get this when making your order. Order your cotton seed hull this week for we I will not haul any next week. Don’t forget the place. T. Davenport’s. (jiFFNEV pOUNDRV AND {JACHIE $H0PS —MAKERS OF— Csatings of All Kinds And Repairers of Machinery of Every Description. \YV carry in stuck or will make on short notice V Hangers, Shaftings, Pulleys, Piping, Couplings, Elbows, Etc, All work guaranteeil to In* oi|iial to tho b'-a. iToniptne>> in all (hinov will he our motto. Our friends from either town or country aiv invited to eall and inspect our shop*. REMEMBER, There is no need to send away from Gaffney for anything you may need in our line. Prices elweys consistent with the times. VeiN iv'Imtii’uIIy, Gaffney Foundry and Machine Shops. 1