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Min '•-ter •••■•• • '» T -< ■ ■' ■ „ ! , '' i* '•m TJiE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., SEPTEMBER 20, 1895. in s in ;r ifF fiiiiy. The Second Greatest Show of This Country Opens. m. ini tmifti' ami »;» ni-n r upon tins co! tenons ii i ■ ' ■ u < yes of tla i •. ili/.ed v.\ rltl i r r; 1 o'.vo it d tircly to lha kiu-l p..rtiulity of my tli: i iuijui.-ilictl fti ad. ami not to any merit of n.y o<\n that I na p rmittod to appear ns Lis p”iv ttal repre - *ut. ive. L; Liutho Inhyiiath of tlie innutntra- LL- ti.au of Hp.cul iiott ami of feeling ri'! An Exciting Time In the South Carolina Convention. SONS OF VETERANS. Crowds FI ’ T A Li E i.U w 1 • •. ii a ee IH; Midi as this inspires, in a &B0VEP- - OUJ.U D FTOl'T. 1 :v a; t su Mtblinn! ami nm .iiiliceuf, nml — — fc > 1 . •: .al with huijor, with the cmatioiis rho Military I\»ra i«* ir. 1 Ml roh Fr« un tho of our hearts bw . fcelb > p it riol i ; 1 with alternating pride and intelligent City to th ' i.«:OJLUltlM vV ' S 1\ at urr. worcadi stui^ glim; for the mastery Not :t Civ.i t,l , i t /..ill Oil la lan —Km« over the other, a ; our eyes rest for the cry *i»eer of tho Uui ua Sv ates Com t first time upon tlies towel ing monument* Orntor of t 1»»* 1) i.v. of our country ; s gt •atm s, these splendid 10.- ami remarkable tii timphs of human ge- Atlanta. k)‘jp t. >0 gat us are wins wiio lofiy d.tmc- swell towarns THE NAME OF THE NEW COUNTY. ajar! Tho great' st rfhow tho south ever held within h r 1- v ier. :u d eoml only to one ev v sv. a in titi country, is now In full blasr, and thousands are here to •ee the sights. Tho day 1 >r ti. ' oputin^ was all that coaid bj as. i; ' le. i ning feLusnod ttuder a clea:- sky, cool but. / ed tho rays of a warm bent and tho wnolo < j ; s^^J0BpP?7)"earIy, lor tho big parade that formed at 1 o’clock an l t'i d: up its ;ino of march to the expo: .tiuu grounds, two miles out. Colonel W. L. Kellcgg, commandant i barracks,was ( , \y, wit a a .score military ofiioers as ry puvado, no ia line. • n gulars, Under command oi ( pram 1 artor, headed tho column, fod'-wr i by tiio Washington Aru 1 ; y of Kow Orleans Inarching as an ini .ntry e nnpany, and the famous h :ii-i ..;a Tigers, a hun dred, or more l lose lofiy domes swell towarns licavcu. and v.-Ie • granite foumlalionH i’i .4, upon ."'il as aerod ami as immortul with honor as .Mr.ra! ium and Luukira, smiling with the rick" products of re war.. d labor tiiat p:r. irut and willing hands have garnered i ■ on tiie surface of her 41: ndo -ne 1 1,!: : he splendid jewels | th;it the hau l ot nature Las planted be neath the wt 1 .'lit of the untold wealth of our fm -a.-,, our la-dorn s ami our mines; f’.l jl'.tf’tt' tdi:!.t ; huuld^ml words for utterance in the throbiting h •every Georgian and of every true Amer- can citizen whose |>at riot ism is extensive CScnrgo Tillm tn lln.l Siuccccdtol I.i Natu. ii>t; II “nutlcr” Wliilu lliu Sriinlor Wn. Au i»y—W lie ii Uesi Kcturneil Iho Clusli (i<)ue hikI tin- County’. Nume Waa Cli.insi.il to Sul nit a. Collmuia, bept. 17.—This week’s proceedings opened with a sensation of no i-mall magnitude in tho constitu- ii,.!tal eouvention now in session in this city. id mday, there was a most exciting of tho po'f. nt MePm 1 chief m.uvhal of tho Of local and state m aides. It was stric tly a in oivio organi/.A t'.on ; i i Tho Filth Unit 1 enough to reach lln, fartliest limits of the republic, and whose philauthrophy is broad emcigii to take in every nation and every kimb r i. and every tongue of the earth's inhabitan a :dionld be a prayer of tliank to li s yi; .. ;• that his eyes first saw the light o" 1 i -aven in ;t country where th experin'it of p.e.ular govern- ment was lirsl t: i \! an* monstr,! • 1; “where . ■! 11; re the cradle of •d bj human hands. V on Following tii cairn -1 a! o m:- burr, diau ioeke — ; litia', umi v .ad af W. Y . Atkin m' ; .1y Bon, govern r < i Gear;: A, a :id com- t" iel.li - madder in chie. of tiio lioor gi.i Yoi- witli :: ttnteors. dame a Tho Fifth it . • mniumi our •: Of Colonel .! n ■ . (’. im ,i imm. i i- lie ir lr ately folio'v.,' t j govern >: a: id st ail, oral-, d ■. led by tho re eA'Al 1 t'll and 1 oi- in lai._ the viii" H u ta K a I’Ve i gun ben :h. ird ( ieorgia regi- 1 of Colon lU.-ner a, consisting of lowQd by tlm signal corps the com panies moving m tii; following order: Company A., Atlanta Zouaves. Company C., liio wnia: Kill is Company D., A:!anta ..ill Company B, LaG ht Guards. Company i*\, (i.i m iCiics Company G., Aewmui ( i... Company Id., /.Imi tta Kill Company 1 , r ■ sn Company 1'.. A i : Tho fifith i ■ in last in line o i . i Next camo t!io T ment, under . Thomason .;f C five conn mi Tho < mmv. r Tii" M< Tho < r i The Lin . i ji:.;.i 'i;■ The Ciarko it. s and t w Hill City Cadots. Tho Alba:. Gn Is, n> l r immand of CaptainW. Jk \V> • ' n, .aid t ms iVrry Rifles, umli r comm aw of Captain W. C. Davis, can..! next. Next in lino was tho Atlanta Artille ry with their guns and <•:•! sons. Tho cavalrymen of tho state followed next. Troop A., Richmond I:-.:e ir.-.. Troop Ik, Governor’s Guards. Troop C.. LaGraugo Tv. o > Hussars. The battalion wai eoiv.mamled by Major.!. M. I'crirird of LafTrang*. Tho color. 1 cotnnani ■ ; .n the parade were tho S coal batadion, Atlanta, Composed o' four romp;ni'!i under command of Lieut, mint Colonel I’. II Orumblcy, foil twed by tiio Lincoln Guards of fUc.con. The music was furnish'd by five bands, one of which was Gilmore’s fa mous baud. Order of Esercis ■«. Arriving at tho grounds, tho follow ing' order of ex ireises were observed: “Salute to Atlanta”—composed for the occasion by Victor Herbert—Gil more’s band. Prayer—Bishop (’. K Nelson. Expositi n ode, Iran L. fitauton, read by .Mr. Al:>'>rt Howell. Address—Pr.s i ient C. A. Collier. Address on behalf of women—Mrs. Joseph Thompson, president of tho wo man’s board. Music, chimes, “Columbia.” Address, presentation of i negro exhibit—Professor Booker T. \\ .. iiing- ton, principal of the Tuskogej Normal and Industrial college. Address of welcome on behalf of tiio state—George Ii. Brown, representing Governor Atkinson. n < wisdom i."- mi’s flag was first unfurled ; liberty was first v.e . I'Jio liov.Timr led by the giant hand of guar mountains upon the north of us, 1 in the j iHeeling arms of utir livers upon the one side and the - o,'• m up in the other, radiant Iv r str is ■ vhieii latigli and mid -! tii In a:: % and freshness of . , ki iug t he !* > . u-h tiiat dip r tut lip-, iti its 1 ip 1 waves, dec- i: h lak , as b nut i d ns a drettni ian 1 fiit-ve d•veils a contenteil, p-'>• peroas, happy, law . a ling and Well- governed people. Y<> this bitid and to the jiv.c fut an 1 happy homes of tins ji ■ tde the . iv. i-;ior of (! nrgi i extends till t . ■ i, :i nit of the earth a welcome, comb. ■ str tight from our hearts and as warm and ; :* l nder as the Kunshin'! of I tut i t ween Senator Tillman and hia In taer (ieorgo D. Tillman on theques- ttoa of naming a new county. George I), ih imun, on Saturday, had succeed- . u tho comity named But ler. uuiator TiUmauwasuI? 6 ? the time, and on returning ho moved to caange the name to Saluda. In a passionate speech he charged Senator Butmr with being a traitor to the par ty, an i said that to name a county af- t •. huu was an insult to tho reformers < the state. t ; • D. Tillman, iu reply, taxed i;... nrotkor with fighting a man whom i In t (lefeated, and dramatically strk- ; lus breast, exclaimed: “i'tiank God, there is no sentiment in my heart that would make me stoop so Knoxvlll* Will Kntert iln Large Daring tho Week. Knoxville, Sept. 10.—The ninth na tional encampment of tho Sons of Yet- i erans of tho United State* assembled in Knoxville, Commauder-in-Chief W. E. Bundy, of Ciucinuati, presiding. Every state division with tho exception ! of Colorado, Califoruu and Oregon is represented. Tnree thousand visitors are iu at tendance. Many of them are meu of national importance, among whom are Past Commauder-in-Chief Thomas G. i Lawler and staff of the G. A. R, and Governors Upham of Wisconsin, Wood bury of Connecticut, and Werts of Now Jersey. Governor William McKinley of Ohio | will arrive later. Tho city is one mass ' of lings and bunting and at night is : brilliantly illuminated with electric and gas arches. Tue encampment is tho largest ever held by tho order. The program of en tertainment is an excellent one and the thousands arc being royally welcomed. IN IPEJOR’S EDICT. China’s Ruler Horrified at the Reports of Outrages. HE ISSUES VERY 8TRI0T ORDERS. our A.-ji' cinb -r siii.M. flag you ov.\. your .•;! •' ‘"'i' hetnis; ii -r r. •ire’l it; :i i !■. ,.: - I or ;i:11:. old 1 I ran, i- or up ' Kuri.'t:-..) of Ii in; i IUU1 gl • I! "W. : .’ .. U ii i im‘h:.>' . Ln.fl'.i!:’. hi world i i m uter to wit it •I :u:e, or uj»iii ■ I. ii'is boon <• n-t. ■ 1 -.’Idwcil lup of - vi;. ■ ■!.• I hi 1!-t of •imtid radiant . it /. :1 tnd; whet it 'd ji. ; of ihe great German n’lt'liuvd ii. U' i'h the sunny mid tii vex-ruble ruins of ■ : ie ... r you have joura- f !«• <»/. nt wh -re the first i plav iipm these- ; • ‘ ■ 1: l Ol t . 2»1 ' f - it a \ • u-i .Tiipan or from h.ii-.: ■ .■ f fiMin tho great iu!h An :L m republics, . -i m i!. • w ■ . nt Ktar, .i i ia l to .. .i. i - uafurieil, i hf.' i •• iu t lo.i.ls o'er I'ttlf llie the Address of welcome on behalf of city —Mayor Porter King. Music—Gilmore's baud. Exposition oration — Hon. Emory Speer. Music—Gilmore’s band. Pressing tho button which starts the machinery by President Cleveland at Gray Gables. Benediction—Bishop Becker. National salute. AtMnnon'ii Ucprant-ntutivti Six-ahn. Hon. George It. Brown, representing Governor Atkinson, spoke as follows: Mr. President Representatives of For eign Governments, Fellow Citizens of tho United States of America: Tiio gates of our first international exposition of the resources of the south and of the product ive genius of her people were opened under the shadow of a great national sorrow—tho president of the nation had been lately stricken down by the hand of nn assassin. But a few weeks ago every heart and every home iu Georgia was tilled with in expressible sadne-s when the intelligence was flashed over tlie state and the coun try that the. eareer of one of the most il lustrious sous that the south lias given to the world dhiiiiu) this gviu ration was rap idly drawing to a close; that the great, loving heart that beat* in sympathy with every interest of her people was soon to bo •tilled forever; that the strong proud, beautiful and soaring spirit of William Yates Atkinson was soon to depart from the field of his labors and his triumphs regions of the Behring i-e t ur th" tr.ipi al skies of tue Indie is Ian !, or 1 her vet* (llsper-ed around the globe, we v.t h-..; you to a land where the .i-nc and via . -;ls::..uu of Liberty was i!r-l unvi ih-1, to a country whose sons deny the divin.- rights of kings and j-i .d/.e no n .hi!.: ex vpi nobility of ehsivf wt, w!. - i- hi rib - ives no dignity and station no pr-u rment: vh .se people are all sovet I:' ::-; wii <■ • sons are kings (Uid whoso .'. iiightt.rs are queens, where every humble ie • is a palace; where the children ot liben y may worship accord ing to the diet.at e.-i o. eon •-i. n • and who bow tlie knee to m.u ■ save God: whose strength <h vends iio- upon mighty llcets or standing tirmics, hut r.-is upon the virtue and inlciligeti' e an l pairiotism of her people. .it Ono reoplo Now. Then, speaking directly to tho people of the Unit, d Htate.s, he says: The Georgia, whose fathers .‘gned with yours lhe immortal d"elaration of inde pendence who mingl 'd their blood with yours at i.exi igtoti ;.n I Bunker Hill, who illustrated the heroic courage of Ameri can citizen nip at Valley Forge and at Yorktow n. To t his Georgia wo welcome you and we give you this message to carry back to your homes and to the list ening ears of your children: Tell them thal the warm tides of patriotism still ebb and Re in th" hearts of the southern people. Tel I thetn that the wounds of tho war have all healed: that we have accept ed the i. rn. ■ of lli" surrender in perfect good faith, and while we teach our chil dren, as they kneel at night around their mother’s knee in the retired and sacred precincts of our peaceful homes, that the Spartan courage of the southern soldiers, us half clad and half fed, he marched without a murmur into the very jaws of death, is a s acred and priceless inherit ance, yet we tell them that they were born under the protecting Aegis of freed om's flag, which today proudly floats over us—that lids indissoluble union of states cemented by the blond of martyred pa triots is the common heritage of every child born upon American soil, and wo bid them rejoice “that this great con stellation still keeps on in its course in the skies.” To see this happy and re united country engaged with all tho na tions of the earth in tho friendly rivalry of pcaeciul pursuits, is a scene worthy of the gods. Surely “mercy and truth are nu t togt iher; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.” Tu, .-cono became extremely exciting and the convention was iu wild con- iu i n, which continued until adjourn- im-nt at 1:10 p. m. . , ii.gor Ttlunan, in his speech, taunt ed Senator Irby with not replying to nm broth.-T, G.' D. Tillman, on Satur day and Irby, in a hot speech, do- nouueed Tillman for stirring up strife in tho convention, and said it came with ill grace from a man to hound his fallen toe and declared that Butler in patriotism, honesty and courage was the equal ot Tillman or any other man in the fctato. When a vote was finally obtained, S mator Tillman carried his point and t’e new county was named Saluda inst'-ad of Butler by a vote of S(' to 51 So far matters have taken shape rap idly auu anumberof important changes may be safely said to bo settled upon. Among these are: Biennial ossioua of the legislature instead ot annual; that the term of .gate oilieers will bo four years instead of two; that smaller counties will be provide l for, and that the instrument framed will not bo submitted to the pcv R far ratification. .Among tho .'.to ordinance introduced : t ordinance by J. William dinkis to abolish the state supremo court and establish an appellate court consisting of tue circuit judges. By S. nutor Tillman, an ordinance providing far smaller counties of 400 -qunro miles each. The present area is about bdo square miles each. By Mr. Patton, a suffrage bill pro- viding for an educational qualification, and a property qualification of $300, and for tho disqualification of no con federate so several ordinances providing for a four years’ term of all state officers wore in- ,iitt Cincinnati .Meeting. m Cincinnati, Sept 10.—The twenty- seventh annual session of the Society of the Army of Tennessee began here at 10 a. in. with an unusually large at tendance. Over 10 J officers of high rank were registered. Tho morning session was dovot ■> t to reports and rou- tipo work. In the afternoon, the dis tiiiguished visitors and their ladies at tended a reception at Fort Thomas, iu Kentucky, tendered by Commandant Cochran and other army officers. Tho battalion drill was followed by lunch eon, at which many ladies from Cin ciuuati, Newport and Covington as sisted. General D. B. Henderson reported $94,000 secured for the Sherman mouu ment at Washington and $.’,000 prom ised by the G A. It. Twelve deaths were reported during tho past year, among them being that of the late Secretary Gresham. All of Bit UodorllBgt Art Admonlthtd to Seo That the Perpetrators of tho Oat. ragoa Upon Vorelgnort Aro Brought to Speodjr Juallor, hot Foreigners Don't Toko Mach Stook In tho Bdlet, San Francisco, Sept. 19.—The atti tude of the emperor of China in rela tion to the recent outbreaks against missionaries is shown in an article re cently issued by the emperor, which is published in a local pmer. The emperor says: “Since the opening of international commerce with western conn trios, for eigners have always .resid< ' in the inland districts iu peace and harmony i”witITuISR daily® neighbors, ar ’ we, in AFRAID OF POISON. Natives of Hawaii Prefer Death From Cholera to Taking the Medicine Prescribed Tacoma, Sept. 1G.—Miss Nettie Bur haus, formerly in tho Tacoma public schools, and for two years a resident of Honolulu, in a letter to her sister indi cates that cholera will carry off a large number of tho natives, but they will not report cholera victims to tho board of health. Tho natives believe that the white peoplo want to poison them and they therefore refuse to take medicine. In ono instance a physician fonud natives burying a cholera victim alive. Tho cholera stricken victim was not dead, bur his grave iiad already been dtt' and lit! was too miserable to object. Th > physician prevented the burial uu- til tho man was dead. Honolulu is reported as being very dirty and is being cleaned as a result of the presence of cholera. BIG CATTLE INDUSTRY. Mexico FurnLhea Thoumind* of Hoad For Fatti-ning In the Muto of ft-xts. San Antonio, Sept. JG—An immense Itiier or the son of such; and traffic in Mexican cattle is being built np under the present favorable condi tions for their importation into, this country. Twelve thousand head of stock cattle were purchased iu the state of Coahuila, Mexico, last week and brought into Texas, and the Dolores ranch in McKinney was stocked with them. Arrangements aro being made with ; English capitalists to purchase several hundred thousand head of Mexican cattlo and bring them to Texas, where they will bo fattened on cottonseed meal and then shipped alive to Eng land. iroduccd. Mr Hodges asks for a 3 mills tax for educational purposes, giving the tax- i ay r lit" right to say to what school it shall b;.* <1 i\ >ted. Mr. Farrow of Charles ton pv...cuts a plan for the reorganiza tion of tin! judiciary. LOST A HAND. Mcmiier of Dm New Orlenn* Military ou the Wuy to the Kxn<>*itlon. Atlanta, Percy M. Underhill, mem ber Washington artillery, of New Or leans, who was on his way to the At land exposition with his company, fell from tho platform of the train, GO miles north of Mobile, and the wheels passed over his right arm. He was taken to Mobile, whore his hand was amputated. Ho is a sou of E. M. Underhill, auditor of tho South ern Pacific. His condition is serious. our imperial love tSidRffepmiJ .^ 8 an ,^ foreigners alike, have time anatt^A- commissioued our high provincial au thorities to pay exceeding attention to protecting the lattar from harm. “Judge of our extreme indi ^nation then, upon hearing recently firs' of the riots in the capital of Szechnen, where it happens kavo been destroyed and burned down by the rioters, missionary property, thereby fanning the flames of destruction far and wide, insomnch that a number of snbprefecturee and snbdistricts simultaneously followed in the footsteps of Cheng To, and now to receive news from Kn Tien reporting that evil characters have murdered and wounded a very large number of for eigners at Ku Tien, going so far in their ruthless ferocity as to murder even women and infants. ” With reference to the Szechuen riots, a number of rioters have already been arrested and will undergo trial, T at the chiefs and heads of the Ku Tien murderers are still at large, and we commanded Pien Paei Chuan and Chin Ynp (the Tartar general of Foo Chow) to set to work withont delay at the head of the military and dirtriot offi cials and speedily arrest these wicked characters, nor shall any be allowed to escape the meshes of the law. Index'd, it is the manifest duty of the local mandarins throughout the empire to be always on the alert aud preveut such worthless characters from manu facturing scurrilous tales and exciting the populace; they should crush all in cipient risings at the slightest sign. What sort of frivolity and indiffereime to duty is this, then, that has brought about all these recent serious out rages? We would also therefore command the various Tartar generals, viceroys and governors of the empire to impress upon all their subordinates the neces sity of granting thoroagh protection to all the chapels, etc., in their districts Little valne is attached by foreigners to this edict. It is well understood that the orders of tho emperor of China have virtually no force outside the walls of Pekin. On several previou'i occasions, edicts even more forcibly worded have emanated from the throne, but foreigu property aud foreign lives remain as insecure as ever in the interior of China- It is generally believed that the ac tion of the British government has fall? en far tpo short of the requirements of the occasion. Instead of dispatching a consul to investigate the oircnmstances connected with the KnCheng atrocities, the task should have been entrusted to a secretary of legation, and instead of a Chinese escort, tho commission should be accompanied by 600 red coats and bine jackets. Agrees With Us on the Silver Question. [Correspondence of Tiik I.ldger.} , Clarence, 8. C., Sept., 15.— heartily congratulate Iho managment ff*' upon the success of Tiik Lkookb and t wc hope that in the very near futurs we may have pleasure of reading in stead of Tiik Wek:;i.v. “Tiik Semi Weekly Ledger.” We can very nearly agree withTux Lkdgkk upon the silver question. It has always been our opinion that the free coinage of silver would make but very little,if any differanco with the masses of the people. Now while we acknowledge our ignorance finan cially we do think that the theory of the demonetization (as the coinage act passed by Congress in ’73 is gen erally denominated the act demone tizing silver) of silver being the cause of the decline in prices of all other products is erroneous, iu fact it is absurd. The fact is the decline in the price of cotton was greater, pro portionately, from 1868-73 than it has been since, cotton having brought 27e- in ’(«»; Ifijjc in ’70; 22c in ’71; 17c in '72 and mi’73 the average price was about 14c per. pound, which was a greater decline during the length vverj^cnsincc. Therefore we conclude tliuf greatest difficulty with our people is, that they buy t *o largely inpro- portion to that which they have lo sell. Mrs. Wash Alexander died i;is$ Sunday was a week ng**. of typhoid f'-ver, and was buried at Jioily Springs on Monday. She leaves u husband with four small children to bis care. Rev. L. <\ Ezell was tohaveadmin- isteretl the ordinance of Baptism unto those who made application for mem- beiship during the series of meetings held it) August, hut owing to soiQO deficiency in the pool it was post poned until the second Sunday In October. •I. >1. Floyd and Miss Mattie Wil liams, at. nl.. went to Fair Forest to at!end tin-* bedside of their relative, Mr. J.imes. who h verj ill. Our peoplr* regp. r very much to hear of the death of the Rev. Mr. Sor rell. of New Prospect, who died last week at Inman. S. ami was buried (•riiitteil » Writ. RlCMM ' .n. S^pfc. 19.—-Tho supremo court of poals lias granted a writ of error in tho case of tho throo women found giv.itv ot Ining parties to the munlor of Mrs. Pollard iu Lunenburg. Two of thorn aro under smteuce of death and tiio otiier in the penitentiary. A Naw Tex*» HUhop. Washington, Sapt. 19—Monsignor Permit me today as I stand with uncov- Satolli . "“eived from tho cardinal prod- erod head in thi» Buhlimeand august pres ence to return thunks to Him “who doeth •11 things well” that we did not ask in Vain when our prayers a-cended to heaven that this vahiai.lw and heroic life should be spared for the service of Georgia and Of the Union, anti Hltiiongb hi* < loquunt dent oi the rnllcga of briefs the douu- inent nnnonnoiiig the appointment of It v John A Forest as bishop of tho diucu^oo Hm Antonio. S ins cannot now lie hmr-i Hi the ivall- on of one of his fondmt h ip*». ha is nitted to Join in tbs fastivttte* of this Melons oeoasion which wt today twls- * *»*mla* immum ml*** liiirnsoti Will Nnt Talk PiTrenuiio. bept. 19 —Ex President Hurnson passed throngn Pittsburg on hit way homo irotn YirKiouk Ho pod- Itivvty rv iMa i to dlaeoss poUtlo* of Ohs '.Ml Fatal Kucounter nt Opellkn . Opelika, Ala., Sept. 17.—A terriblo shooting affray took place in Greor & Sheaiy’s furniture store hero in which .Mr. Will Carmack, city cashier of the Atlanta and West Point aud Western railroads, shot and probably fatally wonudod Mr. W. G. Campbell. The trouble grew out of a newspaper article derogatory to the character of Carmack, and which Campbell was said to have written. An Old Alabamian Dead. Montgomery, Sept. 17. — Colonel Banbcrry Flinu, ono of tho oldest and best citizens of this conuty, has just died at his home at McGee’s switch in his ninety sixth year. He camo to this ; county from North Carolina more than 80 years ago. He leaves a large family : and a nice estate. Jteaattad In Death. Carrollton, Ga, Sept. 17.—J. B. Stewart, who was hit on the head with a nail puller iu tho hands of Henry Wilkinson. Wednesday, hast just died. He never was conscious after the blow. Wilkinson was taken in charge imme diately after btewart’s death by Sheriff i Gammon. ! Augaatn’a Public School*. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 17.—The pnblio reboots opened Monday in Augusta. There was an unusually heavy enroll ment for the first day—3,900. Thors i were 212 at tho Girls’ High school. At the Mange street school for negroes there were 700. Bank Pmsldant Indicted. Portsmouth, O., Sept. 17.—John W. Overturf, president of the defunct Citi zens’ Saving* bank, has been indicted fur the embezzlement of city money, uepisited with him a$ city col lector when the bunk failed two yean ego. Stabbed Mi* Victim Twenty-Foar Time*. Dayton, O., Sept. 10.—News has just been received hero that Saturday night, while at the village of West Al exandria, Preble county, John Golden, 0 pensioner of this city, in a drunken fury, attacked Mrs. Mary E. King, whom ho had accompanied from here. Hu stabbed her 24 times with a pocket knife aud sho is now lying in a precari ous condition. Golden was at once ar rested. Jealousy is allege i to have been the enfso. | "" Tii® rrlntem Kxpel a Member. Washington, Sept. 16.—Printers of Columbia Typographical union No. 101 ; voted Spnday on the charges recently preferred against ex-President John L. i Kennedy for condnct unbecoming a ; printer in writing an article for the Dayton, O, Journal censuring Public Printer Benedict and tho adoption of civil service iu tho government print- , ing office. It was decided by a vote of : 184 to 6G to expell him from the union. Another Rebellion In China. Hong Kong, Sept. 10.—It is reported < that a rebellion has broken ont on the i border of the province of Fro Kieng. I The insurgents are said to have occa- | pied the town of Heng Long from which tho officials fled, leaving the peo- ! pie to the mercy of the insurgents. A detachment of imperial troops are ad vancing to give battle to the insurgents. Shot th* InVAtUr of Ills Borne, Russellville. Ky., Sept. 16.—Lee Johnson was killed near hero by Henry Morgan at midnight. Morgan came home unexpectedly and caught John son with lus wife. Both men emptied their revolvers in tho darkness. John son foil jnst outride the door with sev eral ballet holes in hie body. Morgen has not been arrested. A coi damnad Mardarar S«eapai Harlan, Ky., ^^ 10-- Bafford hibm pugilistic exhibitions and Overton, who at the last term of court {j isrharg( vf dark. Cavanaugh and Bates, wai sentenced to be hanged for the who were on trial murder of Gus Loeb, a peddler, and OLIVIA HALL FOUND. Sba Had Not Breu M ordered, bat Baa Away From Home. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 19.—Olivia Hall has been found. After her father and her lover, young Henry Smith, had Coyle, the merchant sospected of tak ing her away by force, locked ap in Boris, they began 4 house to house can vass. They felt sqre that (Coyle had made her unconscious and was holding her against her will- They soon tyeard of a closed carriage that haq been drawn to a certain house kept by a col ored woman. They went to this bonse, and when the woman opened the door, leaped into the hall and demanded Olivia. Tho colored woman tpefc a revolver from nuder her apron and fired point blank at Olivia's father, bat missed him. Smith seized her and held her, while Hall dashed up the stairs. There he found his daughter and railed a shout of triumph. “You are wrong about me being ab ducted,” Olivia said ooolly. “I came of my own accord. I always loved Coyle, and I never eared for Smith. Yon kept me close at home and I saw yon were determined to marry me to him So I pretended to fall in with it. Bat Coyle sent that colored woman to arrange to bring me away." As Olivia is only 18, her father can take her back to the raven oreek hoi whether she will or no. woman has been arrested. Outlaw starr ©euflataa. Fort Smith. Ark., Sept. 10.—Henry Starr, the young Indian bandit chief, has been convicted of the murder of Floyd Wilson, a policeman, on Deo. 18, 1891 Starr was arrested in Colorado City, Colo., Jnly 2. 18»8, while on hie bridal tonr, and had $2,500 on hia person. Tbay Flsht la Ttxoa. Nrw York, Sept. 19.—▲ special from Dallas says: Judge Hart of the court of criminal appeals, tho court of last re sort, has decided that Texas has no law ilistic exhibitions and The boose, colored Foaad Another lafarnal Maahlaa. Paris, gtfjri. if—An Infernsl me- whine bee boon femnd tn tbs window Ol Mrs Loel>, escaped from jell here dur • log the night, taking with him a Win- chaster rin<! For « y * |om« VletlOM. City or Mexico, Bept. If—The wife of President Dies has opened a pettier ibwrlptipn feMhe fWMil« m W* .vv -ydfanaoia as Arbitrator. ' .GfaftLOTTR, N. Cm stpl 19. — A special to Tho Observer from the City qf Mexico sayei Minister “ jT'JSSSSlSUSSSSSm can uosttmai an oontvnvioqi Sm m tit Mt. Ziuii elitir'-h We extend to the l.t reaveil eompanions tho most p;\if.)i.i.(i sympMth^v of 1J1U commun ity. A chiMof .MiM.nl Mr^. Jeff Center, of itit..tin. S. was buried at Holly Spring- to day. Jaikus. - r • Buffalo Briefs. [Correspondence of The Ledger. | i5ririi.<>, s. c., .Sept. 17.—Doubt* ie.-'S itiiiiiy of >our readers do not know where Buffalo is. It is neither a t >\vn nor a country post office, but just a section of country cut off by a nai 11 ml boundary in the North-wes tern section of York County where eveiy man except two. belong to the Baptist church and vote the reform ticket. The York Baptist Association meets al Buffalo church one month hence. Tlie good house wives of this section have been preparing for it for some time. The preachers ap4 delegates who attend will ho ahunr dually provided for. Many fatte4 calv.-s will he slain for them’. I sonqp? times wonder if they won't iVpl lihg they have been prodigals, Our corn crops are vcy good. Fod der pulling is nearly over with, Mr. Junius Hopper of your city will make several hundred bushels on his plantion on Buffalo Creek. He owns some bottom land once valued at $103 dollars per acre. Cotton is opening very rapidly. The yield will be a little over half an average crop. The yield of sorgnum is better than it has been fora tim ber of years. Mr. It. K. Porter is adding four (urge rooms to his handsome resi dence. His son, Mr. Hoyle Porter was seriously hurt last Monday eve ning by falling off of one of the piax- zas. 'I he young people had u picnic at Moore's Mill some ten days agq. Cupid was there with his quiver an4 arrows, lie pierced some of then) about their hearts. The result may be a number of weddings about Christmas. It looks very much that way now. What has become of our old friend Buster. Has he dwindled out ofex> istence away back In the mountalnt of North Carolina? Hermit, • • *— Matters from Maud. [Correspondence of The Ledger. | Maud. S. C.. Sept., 17.—The busy season is here again, that is, the gathering of crops, and every body is quite busy. VV. P. Self is putting the machin ery in trim and working out the roads at tho Cowpen furnace ready for ginning. Elbert Henderson is having God frey broilers saw a bill of lumber. He will erect a new house at this place. VV'. Y. Elliott reports another hunt; three crows from the sumo limb in succession, lie says hi* Remington is had on crows. He fe- ports one owl, one opossum and # lively fight between a wounded crow and an opossum. f- A Remarkable Dwarf. There lives nt Marion, Ind., a dwarf, Janio Loder by name, who is 54 yean old. 47 inches high and weighs about C4 pounds hffie is the daughter of wealthy parfills, who nt death left her a for tune. lb r favorite pastime Is playing with children and dolls, having a fami ly of about U of tho latter. She speaks of bersolf as a little girl, and her favor ite topic of conversation is what she will do when she “growt np. ” Ona ol her pertilifttitU* lllhat among gentle- man friends the larger inatattredifc her choice, fiba Is tn fiffdd brnllh dbd }gNrftvri* fHTJMft' ‘ ■L-.1 'M rm