Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. VOL. n, no. :{o. GAFFNEY CITY. S C.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1895. 81.00 A YEAR. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. IS COLUMBIA TO BE PUT UN DER THEIR CONTROL? Who Will Be President of the Consti tutional Convention?—Colum bia’s Fourth Cotton Mill. Other Capital Items. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Columiua, S. C., Sept., 2.—There are very well substantiated rumors that Governor Evans has made up his ' mind to put Columbia under metro politan police. Whether he will be able to carry out this determination or not remains to be seen, for in the opinion of many in position to know what they are talking about, it will not bo so easy a matter as one would Suppose, for the very simple reason Hunt*‘reformers” are rare birds in Columtbia, and rarer still are those who areVfreeholders, and really suit able for uhe positions of police com missioners^ The three police com- missionors,V hose appointment is the first step towards the formation of a metropolitan! police, according to law have to be freeholders, and many say that Govermhr Evans cannot find three such in the city. But coming back to his intelntion, it is generally stated that the Governor offered one of the police commissionerships to Col. Wil ie Jones, but that gentle man is said to have refused the prof fered honor. Ruipor goes further and says that the position of chief of police was offered td.J. E. McKenna, another prominent reformer. This gentleman is said also\ to have re fused. » All of this has grown out\ of the raid on the Columbia club aird the subsequent dismissal from the police force ef Sergant Morehead, who took part in the raid. Morehead was dis missed for disrespect to superior officers, but the Governor thinks that it was because ^ city council wanted to condemn the*raiding of the club. It was rumored that More head was to be‘appointed chief of the metropolitan police force, but Gov ernor Evans seems to have contented himself with appointing Morehead a constable. Nothing definite has been given out officially, but it is understood that when the constitutional convention assembles that Columbia will be un der metropolitan police, if the Gov ernor can find a suitable board of police commissiohers. The city is being swept and gar nished so to speak for the meeting of the constitutional convention, which is only a week off. Sergant-at-arms Stansell has been in the city for a few days seeing to the arrangement of the hall for the reception of the convention. As the convention will contain as many members as both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the In 11 of representative will bo more than usually crowded, us all of the desks from the senatorial chamber will be moved into it for the accommodation of the members. While there is no precedent to go by, it is probable the Sergent-at-arms Stansell, of the house, will be elected sergent of the convention. He has made no official announcement of his candidacy, but it is probable that he will be in the race. Who will be president of the con vention is still a mooted question. The friends of Governor Evans had hoped that he would have no oppo sition for this honor, but Congress man Talbert, who was in the city last week, announces that he is in the race io the last, and he will have to be defeated to be prevented from be ing president of the convention. Speaker Jones, of Lancaster, is an other candidate that will have a large number of friends present. From a careful analysis of the weather crop bulletins for the past five months, and from the best out side sources of information it is esti mated that 1,9r*7,<K)() acres were planted in cotton this year in South Carolina against 1,777,028 in 1891, but Gio yield this year it is estimated will bo only about 625,000 bales against 738,485 hales in 1895. While the acreage is greater this year, the crop will be smaller, duo to unfavor able seasons, and the sparing use of fertilizers. 1 he acreage planted in corn this year is greater than last year, when it was about 1.600,000 acreage, and the proportionate yield will bo much greater this vear. In many places the yield will be twice as much to the acres, especially is this true of late corn. The crop of late corn will probably bo the largest that has ever been raised in the Htate. It is a little curious to note that (ho State commissioner of agriculture, in the hand book of 1888, says: “The cultivation of indigo and to bacco, though once found profitable, have been abandoned.” This year about one fouth of the cul tivated lands in Darlington, Florence, Williamsburg and Marlboro counties were planted in tobacco, ami probably nearly 80,000 acreas were planted in In the weed in the Htate in the year. The feturna ftoiti thia aoarce have been great, and ’ a larger acreage is expected for next year. Ground was broken today for Co lumbia’s fourth cotton mill—the Granby. This is to be a 80,000 spindle mill, and will run about 1000 looms. It is situated about a mile below the city, and will he on the banks of the canal when that water way is completed to Granby. The Granby will probably be operated by electrical power furnished by the Columbia Water Rower Company, the northern concern which owns the Columbia Mills. The power will be conducted from the power plant of the company, about a mile away over wire to Granby mill building. The The rental for this power is .$15 a horse power a year for day work and $12 a horse power for night work. W. S. B. Whaley, president of the Richland Mills which arc now being equipped with machinery, is also president of the Granby mill. He is probably the youngesl mill president in the Htate, being probably not much more than just in his thirties. The Carolina Mills which are to be built on the subscription plan are be ing gradually organized. About $70,000 of the $100,000 capital stock has been subscribed. RT he second quarterly report of State Liquor Commissioner Mixson will be issued in a few days. It is expected to show considerable profit for the State during the past quarter. There is an indication, however, that all the dispensaries are not prosper ing now, as the salaries at a number of points have been cut down, in the hope of making each dispensary pay expenses. The*lirst car load of South Carolina exhibits at the Atlanta Exposition will be shipped this week. The State will have an exhibit of which it can be proud. F. H. M< Master. — —— A Pig That Chews Tobacco. [Correspondence of The Ledger. | ‘‘Mauv. S. C.. Sept., 3.—F. M. Gard ner has a hoe Berkshire pig that he learned to chetf* tobacco. He can cull it by name and iC-will come run ning to get a chew of tobacco. R. E. Linder lost his buggy har ness one night last week. He wishes the borrower to return them. Perry Price’s dwelling and contents were destroyed by fire last week. The origin of the fire is not known, as no one had been at home for a few days. Mr. Tolan and a few others of the state force passed through this place last week. We were glad to see them, some of whom we have read. They were quite pleasant and intelligent looking gentlemen. Cotton is developing nicely and is beginning to open. Fodder will soon be gathered, hut from some cause or other there is much rotten corn in some liclds. A. D. Ray reports rust on his cot ton Linder <fc Price is getting ready to please their customers in full and winter goods, regardless of the rise in prices. L. T. Clary, our hustling farmer is making molasses for his neighbors. Thornps knows how to smile sweetly. Hn&ue of our boys iiave gone to at- the United States court at I Greenville. This is very unpleasant as well as expensive, and a great loss | of time in the busy season, hut every I seed time brings its harvest, and we all have some bitter and some sweet, but wo all do not sec alike nor think alike. I’EACE TO HIS'ASHES. Pelly Reynolds, whose age was not correctly known for want of birth- record, but supposed to be 111 years of ago, quietly passed away last Wednesday. His friends laid his Lud^ to rest a short distance from ids late residence. He is gone where none grow old hut where all is youth, joy and peace. x. Protracted Meeting At Cowpens. [Correspondence of The Ledger. | Cowi’ENS, H. C., Sept., 3.—Rev. J. I). Baily begun a series of meetings at this place Sunday night. He has Rev. J. T. Brock to assist him. They are both men of deep earnest ness and and we hope that much good may he accomplished. Mrs. Wm. C. Cooper, of your city, is visiting S. B. Wilkin’s family. Miss Estelle Callahan returned to Spartanburg yesterday afternoon. She bus been the guest Miss May Yarboro for the past week. Misses Lillie and Flora Setsler spent last Sunday with their brother Charlie. W’arron Webster is now stationed at R. G. iSr B. E. Wilkins. W’e are having good rains now. Success to Tub Ledger. c. n. • . Irving W. Lurimorc, physicial di rector of Y. M. C. A., Des Moines, Iowa, says ho can conscientionsly recomend Cimmberluin’s Pain Balm to athletes, gymnasts, bicyclist, foot hull players and the professing in general for bruises, sprains and dis locations; also for soreness and stiff ness of the muscles. When applied before the purls become swollen It will effect u cure in one half the time usually required. For sale by W. B. Dtxpre. EVIL POLITICIANS AuF, THEY WHO AGAIN ASCEND 10 SU PREMACY. Secretary Carlisle Not Over Anxious to Take Part in the Kentucky Campaign.—Other Wash ington News. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Washington, D. C., September 2.— Recent events in the political world have not been pleasing to those who wish to see the end of the political boss, no matter what his politics may be. Instead of being snuffed out he seems to be obtaining a stronger hold than ever and to he preparing for new displays of auto cratic power in national as well as in state polities. To the causal ob server it may seem merely a coinci dence that the three political bosses who have just obtained new leases of power in their respective states, Brice in Ohio, Gorman in Maryland, and Quay in Pennsylvania, should bo three senators who were during the long and hard light over the sugar schedule of the tariff bill regarded as among the best friends of the sugar trust in the Senate. But to those who make a study of such things it was not a eoinicidence at' all, but a demonstration of the power of trusts in our polities, regardless of parties. Those men stood by the trusts in the senate and in turn the trusts helped them to stamp out opposition in their respective parties at home. It will be remembered that it was admitted by one of the sugar trust officials during the so called investigation by a Senate committee that the trust contributed money to either or both political parties to protect its inter ests. It is probable that it contrib uted money to aid these three politi cal bosses to get a new grip on the party machinery in their respective states, not forgetting, however, to take mortages on their persons for future use. The men who manage the big trusts recognize no principles, political or otherwise, except those who are tilling their pockets at the expense of the people, and the more political bosses they can own tho surer they are of controlling legisla tion, state and national, that might conflict with their interests. As long as this sort of tiling goes on it is folly to expect Congress to pass an anti-trust law for any other than bamboozling purposes. Old Barnum was right. The American do like to be humbugged. Secretary Carlisle was not over anxious to take any further part in the Kentucky campaign, but the ad ministration concluded that if be re mained away it would look like en couraging the administration demo crats in Kentucky to make war upon Hardin because he contended for free silver, and that would make a prece dent that might make serious trouble in other states. So the Secretary will go to Kentucky and take the stump a little later on, and try to bring about harmony. Tho administration is somewhat alarmed about the state, as the silver democrats have not hes itated to say that if the republicans carried the state it would be because of the meddling of the administra tion. Secretary Carlisle is especially anxious that the state should not be lost this year, as that would settle any chance that he might have for a place on his party’s presidental ticket. When Secretary Carlisle goes back he will not talk finance, but parly loyally and harmony. Labor day. tho “Working Man s Fourth of July,” was more gennerally observed in Washington this year than ever before. The street parade of working men’s organizations was large and imposing, the printer’s nlonp h»vinir inore than one thousand men in line. According to two officials reports received at the Department of Justice the recent Indian trouble in Wyoming was caused by white men. The United States district attorney for Wyoming says in his report: have no doubt whatever that the killing of the Indian, on or about tho thirteenth of July, was an atrocious, outrageous and cold-blooded murder, and that it was a murder perpetrated on tho part of tho constable and his deputies in pursuance of a scheme and conspiracy on their part to prevent the Indians exercising a right and privilege which is, in my opinion, very clearly guaranteed to them by treaty. Should prosecution ho de termined upon il would bo useless to commence it before a commissioner. As the Jaw is now we are bound to bring prisoners before the United States commissioner nearest the place of arrest, and in this case it would be before Mr. Pettigrew, tho commissioner at Marysvale. I am informed that ho is thoroughly in sympathy with the so-called settlers in that region.” Tho report of tho United States deputy marshall says tho trouble was “a premeditated and prearranged plan to kill some Indians and thus stir up sufficient trouble to subsequently get United States troops into the rigiou and ultimately have the Indians shut out from Jackson’s Hole.” This matter will probably be further ventilated in congress, as the department of justice has decided that there is no federal law under which anything can be done now. Flaw Picker at a Fodder Pullin’. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Draytonvii.ee, S. C., Sept. 3.— I've been to corn shuckin’s, I’ve been to cotton pickin’s and I’ve been to log rollin’s and—yes and I’ve been to quiltin’s, too, but last night was the first time 1 was ever at a fodder pull in’. “The moon shone brignt, The stars gave light, Oh, my, what fun ’Mid laughs and talks We stripped the stalks, Till all of us got done. “And it’s Mamie where was your honey boy,” Ac. In the first place I guess I had bet ter explain : I expose you all know that 1 am travelin’ in the interest of The Ledger agin. Well, I am any how; and I choosed Trough Shoals for my rout this week, leavin’ home Sun day evenin’ so’s to be there and get a soon start Monday to work up the place. Let me say right here that The Ledger is shore coinin’ out, for I only started with ten cents in money, my tool box and canvasing outfit, and I foteh hack with me some money and some subscribers, too. But let me go on with my fodder pullin’ tale. Sunday night I man aged to git my horse (I mean, the one I was drivin’) in a comfortable stall and well fed—I always take cure of him, you know, even if I haf to sleep in the buggy or somewhere else not quite so comfortable—’cause I don’t haf to walk, you know', when he’s along. But the fodder pullin’ tale, I was about to forgit that. I traveled all over tho factory hill on Monday, done a little business and put up fordinner at George Websters. Now talk about a tine man—I tell you what’s a fuck, Flaw Picker is hard to fool in a man —ho is one after mine own heart. Now, I want you to distinctly under stand that I’m not crackin’ him up ’cause he didn’t and wouldn’t charge anything for the hospitalities which he bestowed on me and Charlie, my faithful steed, but his general make- op, that’s what I go by. I ll leave it to anybody that knows him—and I never saw him but once in my life— i( he aint a man that’s just what he is, and what he aint he don’t propose to he. Maby I’ll git to that fodder pullin’ after while. But first, I want to in form Bro. J. L. S. a little about that there free school business. The way I’ve got it down is this: You know, old Josh that lives down there in a factory house aint got a sign of a hand in the mill but pays house rent, he can send his children to school and it don’t cost him a rod, no fur ther’n the house rent and stationery is concerned, but Bill Kyler that lives in his own house and don’t pay the company no house rent, he has to pay thirty-five cents on the head per month, hut he says he don’t mind it for they have a good teacher. It’s this way; a part of the house- rent goes to the school funds and those paying house rent are exempt the tuition fees. Now, I aint boon qualified on this statement, so if I’m wrong I’ll “stand aside.” Now, ahopt that fodder pullin’. Monroe Mize invited in his neighbors to a fodder pullin’ last night and he accidently picked me up about dark, and J joined the merry crowd of about fifteen. Men and women, boys ami girls, white and black, were in the field pullin’ fodder to set old Miss Mitch., and peelin’ forth the sweet and melodious strains of Dixie that diil make my hair stand erect and my heart heat with gladness ’cause Mr. Grim Monster (death) was in his couch and the merry crowd was en grossed in the bliss of a parndice and unmolested by the hand of trouble. Well, wo pulled and pulled till I—I got tired of pullin’, [mt it was after every stalk was stripped and about 8 o’clock in the mornin’ when his fod der field indulged in the slumbers of the past. Flaw Fiokbx. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot roach the diseased portion of the eur- There is only one way to cure Deaf, ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of tho mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it isentiuiy closed Deafness is tho result, and unless tho inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dallars for any ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh (lure. Send for cir culars, free. F. J. CHENEY A CO., __ Toltdo, O. flflTBold by Druggist, 75o. UNION COUNTY PARAGRAPHS COL. STRAINS INTERESTING LETTER. He Gives “Flaw Picker” a Pointer and at the Same Time Has Some thing to Say in Regard to Rev. Padgett. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Etta Jane, S. C., Sept. 2.—Last week Mr. Tom Dorman and Miss Nannie Love were married by J. L. Strain, trial justice. On last Tuesday morning about 2 o’clock, as the night force was at work at the Flint Hill gold mine Morgan Smith, colored, fell from tho bucket into a shaft and was instantly killed. J. -L. Strain, trial justice, acting coroner, with a jury of four teen men, with A. Frank Smith, Esq., as foreman, held an inquest and the verdict was “That the deceased came to his death by falling from the bucket into a shaft about seventy-six feet.” Last week but little work was done foddering because not much of it was ready to pull. People will go at it now". I seen two gentlemen at church yesterday. One thought he might yet lose his grace, but the other believed he had found a pearl of great price. Rrof. A. G. Davis will close his singing school at New Hope church, near Jonesville, on the 14th inst. The public are invited to attend and the ladies will furnish a first-class din ner. I only regret I cannot attend yet my thanks for the kind invitation to do so is appreciated all the same. Rev. W. R. Owens is conducting a protracted meeting at Salem this week. • He began the preaching yes terday. A large crowd was present. Rev. Mr. Brock began a meeting at Abingdon Creek last night. The house was crowded and ho preached an able sermon. I am sorry to see such an ebulli tion of contempt manifesting itself in our Flaw Ricker again. Yet I re gret still more the cause that pro vokes it. I allude to his spiritual ad visor, Rev. Mr. Radgett. No doubt but that this uccentric pulpiteer had exhausted all the means at his com mand to teach people the depravity of drunkenness and its co-conspirit- ors against the cause of religion, and he lias concluded to give them a prac tical illustration of the truth of what he has been preaching, and, I think, he has done so effectually. Example is a better teacher, sometime, than precept. This is only one instance among perhaps thousands of others in which men of his vocation do not come up to tho standard by which they measure other people. If in such men there can bo found one at tribute more complete in its com pleteness than the others it is that of their perfect “cussedness.” No doubt but that this erring brother, as a rule, advises his hearers to do as ho says, and not as he does. In that case he is above censure, you see. Brother Flaw, let mo congratulate you upon your healthy denunciation of hypocraey in its multifarious bear ings and tell you that I would be willing to vouch for your morality being as good a stepping stone to re ligion, you, even better, than the out raged Christian faith supplemented by equally good works. Referring to tho brother in ques tion whose falling you seem to have witnessed, I will say that I feel very much about his preaching as Arch Cooney did of Mike Hooter’s in Major Jones’ Georgia scenes: “It’s nuthen more’n loud hollerin’, ‘noway,’ and not much of that that anybody cares about.” Don’t you start up those puff sleaves any more, I tell you Mr. Ricker. The first thing you know you will be preambulating in that section where nothing empties into nowhere and you’ll feel that you need Rev. Mr. Radgett as a special friend to keep you company. If you can't re-8train your hatred for fashions we will be con-Strained to go up there and turn you over to the tender mercies of the woman’s suffer-age committee and then you will be sorry you didn’t DeCamp be fore all this trouble came upon you. Mrs. Sallie C. Walker and her daughter, Miss Minnie, have returned home from a trip to Asheville, N. C., whore they spent a delightful week in the land of tho sky. Mrs. Oregon Smith, of Texas, Mrs. Dr. M. J. Walker, of Yorkville, Mrs. Ruthy Rarker, of Gaffney City, and Mrs. J. S. Bailey, of Union, were at Salem yesterday. Mrs. Jane Bishop is quite unwell. Wo made some nice molasses last week. Miss Mollie Montgomery, Miss Ser vice and Miss Macomson, of Mercer, spent the day with Dr. J. F. McCluny’s family last Tuesday. Rrof. Davis Jefferies will return to his work touching in the graded school at Union next week. Besides being a teacher and a gentleman of the first-class ho is a surveyor, and will Bern hii pttrong In Bhort notice provided the work does not interfere with his school duties. Not much talk is being indulged in about the new county yet. Its hardly time yet. In several groveling edi torials attempts have been made to fly-blow the enterprise but it will out live and rise above them all. Capt. Retty, of the Spartan, who sees things in the right light, has found that out. We are not yet in need of guardi ans to take care of us. Success to The Ledger and its many friends. J. L. s. Slim Sam Gives Advice. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Bowlinsville, S. C., Sept., 8.— Rev. J. P. Whelchel, went to Giliad last Saturday. Chickens don't fatten men much. Wo promised the readers of The Ledger an essay not long since, so if you’ll be right patient we’ll try to give you a few “Select Sentences on Good Behavior.” “Civility renders a superior amiable an equal agreeable, and an inferior ac ceptable. Good breeding consists in an easy, civil Rnd'respectful behavior to every person and partkjulariy to the aged. You should alwayftcon- sider that you owe your lives anolHK ery thing you posess to your Creator. And you ought always render due benevolence to your parents. Always regard, wRhout frowning what is said to you by jour superiors either by age or learning, never slight their advice, but let your looks and deportment indicate your intention to endeavor to profit by their instru- tions. Never stare any one full in the face, for it is rudely impudent and unbecoming; let modesty and decen cy govern your words and deportment. Love all your equals, treat them with good humor, and carefully avoid all contradiction and harsh or inde cent expressions. Insolent or haughty words or ac tions always make the person who is guilty of them disesteemed by all ranks of people; and even derided by the lowest; therefore if you wish to be loved and esteemed you must study to be courteous in all your words and actions and render all the acts of kind ness in your power to every one. Contain yourselves within the bounds of what you know; and never talk of things of which you are igno rant, unless it be with a view to in form yourselves, for that would make you rediculous. Avoid all disputes as much as pos sible. Never whisper in company. Never seek to be witty at another per son’s expence. Never suffer yourself to speak scandalously of anyone.” Miss Alice. Whelchel is visiting rel atives in the Draytonville neighbor hood. Lem Proctor and Miss Sarah Proc tor, of Sunny Side, was in our settle ment last Saturday night. Slimmy begs leave to thank the Funny Boy for his invitation, but we respectfully decline. What’s the use to go away off to see what we’ve got in our own community? We have just as many pretty girls in our set tlement as you will find anywhere. We don’t think that Funny Boy ought to say anything about pretty girls be cause that is our “weakness.” Willie Goforth, of Sunny Side, was at Corinth last Sunday. Also “Cliffy” Clary is expected every Sabbath. We think Bro. Flaw Ricker actually got a hump on himself last week. That’s it brother, rebuke wrong. You’re our man to a ‘T.’ Slim Sam. Free! To Niagara Falls And Retnrn. Take the letters contained in W-O-M-A-N-K-I-N-D and arrange so as to make as many small words as possible, using the same letter in the construction of any word no more times than it is contained in woman kind. 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