Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r y woRK - of |« Clo«. HU ' Meetings >n w» s . F,b. 1*2.—" e tTKBgVM*» W ‘t- KnshviUo Uwrt f^ed our meetinK«" ^ Nllfihv nio Iht. U^ f ^ asfo no W H: crican of thi. o” 1 .. werks Sam Jonas ' nisht ever delivered The sermon wim 11 that r y , [lied f last ».. able, there ’ i the w- l open!’ [by « leluiirt Ifilled Itheir one of the most jneing diseouses ^;fdon.m,.r«.;on y- .o W( l in attendance was Zt mark of the taberna and will always so Ion-as the biuldu l- in which to put t s that would have, had the space b thin the vas not a seat to » jaces were li hout the pi \who broii . edj'es men an i ian-irnyf 01, „r.ill.^0P' 0 fob was ^lie ie’s un- has other entered i obtain- st rue tore had, but and the, form occupied ht their own the platform boys sitting with over. Even the fed lieir! is) “ J was packed with No such audience etiH-fore^iionored a speaker in this city. All classes were represented. Literally, thousands were turned away.” ,, , The above gives a faint idea of the closing scenes of the closing service of a remarkable meeting. The har vest of souls was great and the circle of religious conviction encompassed all the city. At the men’s service yesterday afternoon I raised between twelve and fifteen thousand dollars to finish the tabernacle. The great structure has already cost seventy-eight thous and dollars. It will take fifty thous and dollars more to finish it. Then it stands the finest union gospel tabernacle in the Christian world. At the men’s service yesterday af ternoon by a rising vote and earnest request they besought me to remain nother week in the city, but worn .it with work and sick with cold I ictantly give up the work and away to rest. jese meetings all classes were ted; the leading lawyers of the cify. the leading merchants, the bankers, mechanics and railroad men were all influenced by its power and ibenetitted by its results. I will have three days rest at home, hen I take a short lecture tour in ic Northwest, taking in some towns Indiana. Illinois, Minnesota. Min- jtpolis, St. Paul. Duluth. We begin r meetings the ‘2fith of this month Hopkinsville Ky, Yours truly, Sam P. Jonks. IOT A CENT OF PROFIT. far the State has Received None of the Promised $500,000. [(’olumb.i Cor. ^Tews and founer. It stated upon the very highest au thority, by those who know, that not a cent has been paid by the dispen sary into the general expense account of the State, (fovernor Tillman ex pected that the profits would be at least half a million and so did a good many of his followers, whereas, as a matter of fact, all of the profit, so far ns dollars and cents are concerned to the state, is visionary. There maybe considerable stock in the hands of the dispenser, but no profit has yet been realized towards the re duction of taxes. The dispensary system went into operation on the 1st of July last, and it is consequently now fully seven months since the dispensary has had a chance to make revenue, but not a cent as yet has been turned over to the State Treasurer towards the pay ment of the general expenses of the Government, as was expected and promised by the ardent advocates of the new law. Is of a Panic. tth’s Companion.] is now living through stretch of history, tcerns more vitally the in- revery citizen than the gen- /e of trade. If business is the course of the communi- rate life runs easily, incomes re, employment is plent iful, and follow each other in mechani- Ind unexciting fashion. Jut when a ‘‘boom is followed by Faction and stagnation in business, and this again by panic, everything is changed. Lenders withdraw their money; merchants who have been doing busi ness on borrowed money fail; some times, as happened with so remark able results last August, people at the height of panic actually hide away their money from the banks, and then the banks fail, too. Such a panic always causes general poverty. The value of the merchant’s goods decline. In the struggle to save himself from failure, he sells what h< can at prices involving heavy business losses. There is a general cutting down of expenses, and this means a decrease of persons who have money to spend and a serious narrowing of the market. The manufactories make fewer goods than before, but more than merchants can sell; and railroads have fewer to carry. All these branches of trade, finding less business to he done, have need of fewer employes. So the num ber of unemployed workingmen grows to a frightful figure. Poverty and distress spread over every great city, and strangest of all, at this very moment the money so sorely needed in the panic comes back into the banks. Hut the banks can not lend it now because the merchants no longer have the active business in which it can be used. Hut with all its distressing features, the season following a business panic is a valuable teacher. It starts the business of the country once more on a sound and reasonable basis. The panic itself is a lesson of tremendous force in business conservatism. Peo ple who went on blindly doing too large a business on too much borrowed money have been swept out of the business world. The best men are left at their old places. The after-panic season, too. teaches the entire country a useful lesson in economy. People who spent reck lessly before the reaction*came, now find it difficult to make both ends meet. In their haste to sell their goods, manufacturers had been grow ing careless as to their methods and expenses. They must study closely every outgo now. With the great railways the same rule prevails—care ful economy in expenses. Even the government has to face the same stern teaching, and govern ments grow recklessly extravagant at times, as well as individuals. While a business revulsion cuts the gambling element fromjjjpih*. mid hnn^^i^d'i.J^nn)^ o uni normal basis, the economy it enforces lays the surest foundation for future prosperity. Men are getting rich when they save, They do not get rich when they spend all they make. It seems like a paradox, but it is true, that ‘hard times,” which are hard indeed to bear, are the times when the nation's wealth accumu lates; and that the “good times,” which are so pleasant, are those when wealth remains stationary, or even declines. It is not to he overlooked that the suffering following business disaster brings forth prominently the best traits in human nature. Rarely has there been so much poverty in our great cities; rarely has charity worked •>o nobly and intelligently for its re lief. These arc times which, notwith standing all prejudices of wealth or station, bring men closer together. The best recourse for tin* those who have lost a little is to give aid to those who in the same misfortune have lost everything. A PROFESSOR GONE WRONG. an. the A ( fore »*. his cod than I mony Jimirr shoo 1 "he » .■ 1 KK'i I* I't John L. Weber, Recently of Charleston, Short in His Accounts. Ciiaki.kston, S. C., Feb. 15.—A sen sation which has cast the dispensary excitement into the shade for the time being has been created here by the announcement of a shortage in the accounts of John L. Weber, late school commissioner of Charleston county. The shortage was announced in Co lumbia yesterday by the state super intendent of education, who places the sum of defalcation at ♦1,237. Weber was until recently a member of the staff of the News and Courier. He is a son of the late Samuel Weber, a prominent Methodist divine, and stood high throughout the State. He is the author of a history of South Carolina recently published, and a short time ago resigned his newspaper position to become professor of Eng lish -t Trinity College, North Caro lina. He was recalled to Charleston a few days ago on a telegram from Governor Tillman and was arrested and gave bond. Looking Out For Others. Looking out for others is essential to being one’s self. A man cannot be himself without recognizing his relation to others. This is as true in little things as in great. The man a ho forgets that others have rights on ‘ he sidewalk, or in the doorway, or in the street car, or in the church or public hail, where he finds himself just then, forgets to bo himrclf as a true man. N<* man can properly fill his place without confining himself to his place. The man who in a crowded street carries his umbrella or his silver headed cane under Ids arm, with two or three feet of its length sticking out behind into the faces of men and women who are so unfortunate as to be within that dis tance of him, is as much of a boor, jwen though he be faultlessly dressed, a house painter who walks the ^e street with a twenty foot ladder 'Shoulder and a pot of paint ^t the end of it. Ho, again, |gr sitting, or standing, e*b not think of others to give them thei* IK proper attentii Jbe man G. W. C. D'rexel Takes Charge and Wil 1 Continue the Policy of Mr. Childs. Philadelphia, Feb. 12.—The Pub lic Ledger appeared today with the name of George W. Childs Drexel at the head of its editorial column as editor and publisher in place of that of the late George W. Childs. The paper made the following editorial an nouncement in connection with the change: “To-day the Public Ledger, which was founded in 183fi, and of which George W. Childs was the editor and proprietor from December 3, 18ti4, to February 3, 181)4, passes by reason of his so universally lamented death, and in consonance with an agreement entered into during the lifetime of each, by Mr. Childs and his friend and partner, Anthony Drexel, under the absolute ownership of the Drexel estate and the editorial and business management of Mr. George W.Childs Drexel, whose name appears this morning at the head of this column as editor and publisher. The in formal announcement of this completes change of proprietorship and direction of the Public Ledger makes necessary the statement that it involves no change in the character of this jour nal. as its character was created and maintained by that good and wise man who for thirty years of unremit ting energy and sagacity wrought in high principles, good conscience and unselfish public spirit to render the Public Ledger worthy the confidence, respect and support of popular intelli gence and virtue. That Mr. Childs succeeded in doing this is testified to by the extriordinarily long continued and existing prosperity of the Ledger, and the general esteem in which it is held, the wholesome influence it ex erts and the respect entertained for it by its contemporaries. “The new editor and publisher of the Ledger has for many years enjoyed the most intimateand cordial personal relations with Mr. Childs. He has been his friend, his frequent compan ion. and shared to the last day of his life in an unusual degree his trust and affection. It was in compliance with Mr. Child’s very earnest wish that Mr. Drexel became, in October last, the publisher of his journal, and, with re gard to the business policy and edi torial principles of his honored prede cessor, he is not only thoroughly in formed, but he is in absolute sympa- tby with them all.” YELLOW FEVER SPREADING. An Average of Forty Cases a Day Re ported at Rio de Janeiro. London*, Feb. 1(5.—A dispatch re ceived here today from Rio, states t hat yellow fever continues to spread in that city. An average of forty cases of the disease are reported daily and twenty cast's of other fevers. that tl Substitute lor the Potato, [Charity and Children] A new vegetable is about to be in troduce to the people of the I'nited States through the Department of Agriculture. The root of the calla lily, which, according to Science Siftings, resembles somewhat in looks the ordinary Irish tuber, with the ad dition of a few fibrous roots that have nothing to do with the qualities of the art ideas an esculent. It is more elongated, and when cut the interior is a trifle more viscid. Hut a section of it so potato like, one would not be likely to distinguish any difference. In cooking it has first to be boiled in order to destroy certain acrid proper ties, after which it may be fried, rosted, baked, or what not. according to taste, Farmers in Florida have begun t# raise these calla roots for market. The plants grow so thickly Iq swamps, and ao rapidly that the yield of a single flooded acre is enor mous. They reproduce themselves by the multiplication of G r bulbs underground, so that the u < >wer has simply to dig up the offshoots and leave the parents to propagate anew. For centuries the Egyptians have cul tivated u simular crop during the season of the Nile overflow, and at the present time calla lily bulbs are a common vegetable in Japanese mar kets. Ho prolific and palatable are they that their propagation in many parts of the United Slates, when con ditions ujc favorable, may reasonably be looked forward to as an agricul tural industro of the future; — • The President Grants a Pardon. Washinotom, Feb. 13.—The Presi dent has pardoned William V. Holden, convicted of violating the revenue laws in South Carolina. Wisdom from Dr. George C. Loriner. Man’s supreme allegiances, so fur as earthly powers are concerned, is not to church authorities, but to his own reason and conscience. The Best Halve in the world for Guts, Bruises, Hores, fleers, Halt Rheum, FevcrSorcs, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all^jkin Eruptions, and positively cures !l or no pay required. It is guurui rive oispi./pGhcr states re is only one case of' hi the shore hospital. The vessels of the American squad ron except the Newark, which, as be fore reported.has gone to Montevideo, remain off Rio de Janeiro. HEXHAM CONKIK.MS THE KKI’OHT. Washincton, I). ('., Feb. 1(5.—The imvy department confirms the report of yellow fever on board our fleet at Rio, which was yesterday officially denied. .Secretary Herbert makes public the following cable message: Rio Jankiko.^FoI). 14.—Secretary of Navy, Washington 1). C.: One man on Newark ill with yellow fever. I will have him transferred to hospi tal. I shall send Newark to Rio de La Plata. Hexham. —. — BREAK IN THE LEVEE. A Street Car Episode. [Emil Jay in Atlanta Journal] It was a cold rainy day a few weeks ago—one of those days when steely heavens seem to rain invisible need les into the biting air—a day when one feels sorry for everybody com pelled to go out, but most sorry for the motorman whose face seems to grow into an expression of stolid en durance as he stands out on his plat form, a target for the winds. His life, bitterly hard at best, seems to reach its maximum of mis ery on such a day. Sixteen hours out of t he t wentyfour he stands there, watching, waiting, turning that mys terious crank, snatching his meals in hast}*, interrupted moments, often times having to wait until what was once hot grows cold and stale; the same weary, monotonus treadmill, hour after hour, day after day. night after night! It is a hard, hard life—is it not? I sat and looked at the man and then at myself until I felt ashamed of some recent grumblings of my own over some thing wanted aud not at tained. “What joy in living has he?” I wondered. “What makes life worth living at all, with such dreariness?” Just as I so mused, the car stop ped. A little girl with the brightest of faces had stepped up by the motor- man’s side, holding out a basket and a tin can—evidently his dinner. Her whole face—framed by a red scarf, which was wrapped, too, about her shoulders—was full of loving gladness; and on his, also, there was a glow of joy which could not have been wholly because of the lunch ! “Mama says will you be home to night, papa!” I heard her ask in a clear, childish treble. “Yes,” was the answer. (Helms an “off-nihgC then, I concluded—and felt better.) He put the things in their accus tomed place under the seat; and the little red hooded figure vanished down the street, leaving the whole atmos phere brighter for the love and the lunch she had brought with her. It was easy to know, then, what mad** that motorman's life worth while. He had wife and child and home to give meaning and purpose to its drudgery. After all, most of life’s hard ques tions grow easy when love is there to answer them. God pity the one. who, homeless and loveless, struggles on alone! When such a one falls, I think he is judged very gently in the great hereafter by Him who knew how little he had in this world to hold him up. • — - — A Tinker’s Trick. Mthi'IIY, N. ('., Feb. 13—Several weeks ago a dock tinker made his appearance here. No one doubted but what hewasatramp. He didn’t linger in town, but sought the rural districts. Hanging Dog is a settle- \nent noted for illicit distillers and it The Mississippi Pouring Into Horn Lake at an Enormous Rate. Memimiis, Tenn., February 15.—A report reached here last night that the levee at the Horn Lake landing, about fifty miles below Memphis, broke yesterday, sweeping about five thousand acres of valuable land worth several thousand dollars. There is a narrow slrfp of land di viding the Mississippi river from Horn Lake at the point where the brake oc curred. The water is reported to be pouring into the lake at an enormous rate, and it is feared that the channel of the river will be changed into the lake. If this should occur the loss will be very great, as the lake is not leveed and the water will sweep over its banks and Hood the surrounding country and inundate the tracks of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rail road. The town of Lake view is situated on the Horn Lake and is a well known pleasure resort, It is safe from inun dation. however, as the location is on a high bluff. EXCITEMENT IN HONOLULU. An Alleged Royalist Plot to Attack the Executive Building. New York, Feb. 1(5.—The Tribune has a dispatch from Honolulu, dated Feb. 8, stating that Honolulu was thrown into intense excitement by re ports of a threatened royalist attack on the executive building. The story was that the royalists had devised a plan to throw dynamite bombs into the council chamber while President Dole and his assistants were holding v, session. Then a strong armed force fall upon the building and take possession of it at the point of bayonets. I he moment the Royalists were in possession, word was to be telephoned to \\ odehousc, who would recognize the new government and land the British Marines, ostensibly to protect British interests. I p to 3 o'clock no at tempt hud been made to cuir> out the alleged {dot, * You Had Better Tag It. [Newberry Herald and News.] I ndcr the dispensary law if you have any whiskey in your house that was not bought from t lie dispensary you had bettor get a dispensary t and put on it. Otherwise j], is liable* to seizure and cflyfirtf" 6 * 0 "- ” tors not if you havc lt there simply for medical t*«« ®»d not eng^gt d In any way In the ^al^ of Vho stuff, ta hardKjSA* fH#U« »»* ** I, we hopo It will come out A Bride Sobs at the Thought of Prom ising Obedience. New York, Feb, 15.—Sarah Rosen berg. a young and pretty brunette, and Reuben Bern hurt, an actor who has gained fame in Hebrew circles, went to the second district civil court to be married. When they got to the court room a case was being tried. The expectant bride sank into a chair and sobbed convulsively. When the case was over the object of the couples visit was made known to Justice Patterson. After looking at the young woman for a few moments tlic justice asked of the groom. “She doesn’t seem to anticipate marriage with the customary pleas ure. Hus she changed her mind?” The man had barely said that the woman would be all right in a few* minutes when she opened her eyes and exclaimed: “I’m not afraid, but I don’t like to promise to obey him in everything.” “That’s a part of the obligation you will have to assume,” replied the justice. “You can trust your husband can’t you?” “Oh yes; but I would like it hotter if there was less obedience ” said the girl. After more argument the woman was willing to let the ceremony pro ceed. When it was n*cr the bride and bridegroom kissed and left the courtroom looking very happy. CARROLL & STACY, ifixrvicii ‘"'MRAGE add commission CO. Real Estaio^— Insurance’ Merchandise Brokers and Dealers in Cotton and Guano. P. O. Building, Robinson St. - - Gaffney, S. C. W. 13. Drugs, Medicines, Paints and Oils, Tinted Leads, Dyes, Etc. Transact a (lenoml Banking Business. Careful attention to collections on all points. Safety Deposit Boxes Inside. Fire Proof Vault for Rent. Your patronage Solicited. Having just purchased a HERRING-HALL-MARVIN BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE —with— Automatic Bolt Work —AND Time WHjP.that h^^yj^himself agree able and got into the gooIH’giWL,, _ ujV these usuuly suspicious people. He mended their clocks for almost noth ing and hinted that he could also re pair stills The people were completely taken in by the unsophisticated clock tinker. Several daysuiroa oossc of men rode through town and went Hanging Dog. which is mountainous and not easy of access. They had no guide, but all was explained when the clock tinker was recognized as the leader. He was a United States de tective and had three marshals with him. They destroyed three stills on Hanging Dog and two on Valley river It would go hard with a clock tinker should he visit these sections. Lock and Safety Deposit I {oxoss, I will lie better prepared than ever to take care of turners funds. Safetv How’s This. Mi' offef one hundred dollars re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot he cured by Hull’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Crops., To ledo. (). We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transaction ami financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West A* Truax, Wholesale Drug- grists, Toledo,O. Walding, Kitinan A* Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. To ledo. O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfcccs of the system, i’rieo 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Tcstimanials free. CoUlltV'rv. . GAFFNEY * SEMINARY Excliangi bought anu Co-education the order of the day. Eng-< lish, Classical, Mathematical and Business. Bookkeeping a specialty. Music and Art under the control of efficient teachers. Offers the same advantages to young ladies s to young men. />'• Young men and young ladies board in en- v. wooi>, if A:\it ick, Gaffney, - - S. C. J. E. WEBSTER, A. 11 ornc\v- A 1 - I w Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts, lions a specialty. Collec. L. BAKER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. UJCAUKK IN Sash, i Blinds, | Doors, and all kinds of Building Materi^ ,. Plans and specifications for build ings made on short notice. ^ .«««x — —«« m a .a x —' tlllCAILO. tirelV MG ‘ clLC: ci i-' cu Our si? nts easi, y obtain the best situa- tl0 Terms made'*1£o! nable t0 suit the pres " SUr FoI catalogue and btW^ ticulars ad ‘ dress either of the principals. W. F. McARTHUR, > p . R. O. SAMS, ' Prmc 'P< •8 WILKINS * BROS., £<* Still in the lead and are now offering some big drives it Dry Goods, Shoes, Groceries, &c. {Special bargains in* C Iv O T n I YV G, to close out \\ inter Stuck. Do not forget them when * in the City. CARROLL A CARPENTER, DK.VI.ICKH l.*M General Merchandise, Cotton and Fertilizers. We offer for theTnext ten days special in ducements in WINTER GOODS, such as * Olothinig, 1 OoocIh, Olosika, 1 ‘JCt e. ^ rn o!! & Carpenter i To THE WEEKLY LEDGER, t only NEWSPAPER published at Gaffney, S. C., and the local paper for a territory of twenty square miles. It WILL cover the field. Merchants and otHT- ers who have goods for sale should ' -— In THE WEEKLY LEDGER in or^ der its readers may know where to go to secure bai gains. Those who have _ J[oT> Shoujlkgflt prices from THE LI We claim to do fin k at lowest consist!