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"■ ■ »• •: ,• j> J j THE WEEKLY LEDGER’: GAFFTCEY, S. C., NOVEMBER 7, 1S95. THE WEEKLY LEDGER. . # rURLIRHKn KVKRY KK1I»AY RY fh* Limestone Printing »nJ Pu’ ,: '.hing Co. InciTpi-rnti*-' f'l.oo ;'*:I Vtar. R. O. SAMS, - - Editor. ED. H. I eC v Eocal Editor. Tift- Li ibe views uf r. ■ .^s. Corre.'piniii s in not • , ti- buto rej»ulur news litters must fur- niah their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Tuesday. 4.11 correspondence should he ad- iressed to Ed. H. DeCamp. Manager. Obituaries will be published atone cent a word. Cards of thanks will be published at one cent u word. Beading notices will be published it five cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents each. county is cot of! from this section by Broad river they are far removed from their court house, ami are much ?n a • r :•* fJaffm y. ICi' irs Creek N . goor r .it.iral boundary. We hope • i - cide •rut i wli ;r, Woaskth its citizens.* county seat sh t lior own expens: buildings. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 189;'). t lie requireti put We have a fine country to develop, and this we can the better do if we are organized into a new county, and are united in our efforts. FREE OF CHARGE. We offer absolutely free of charge a full course in Hudson’s Business University, of Charlotte, X. 0., to the man or woman, hoy or girl, who will send us the largest number of paid in advance subscribers by De cember 25th, 1895. Thin is no catch penny device, but an absolute bona- fide offer. If we receive but one sub scriber between now and that time we will give the tuition to the person sending it. In order that there may be an in centive for you to work for us we will offer a commission of 10 per on all subscriptions sen* ,A in s0 e "* I) if you do get the business course -7utAvill be paid for your work, hut the person who receives the business course will get no commission. Now is the time to get to work. The course embraces book keeping, bank ing, penmanship, commercial law, English, civil government, business forms, spelling, correspondence, arithmetic, etc. on hi*' in tin THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION. The questions of questions is still that of suffrage. Senator Tillman, the chairman of the committee, per mitted nil to speak before he com- Even Senn- menced his grand effort, tor Irby—though on the sick list— delivered himsel/ of his pent up wrath, but there was no moving tin* convention. Substitute after sub stitute was offered ; amendment af ter amendment, only to meet with crushing defeat. It is evident that the convention intends adopting the the report of the commit tee with but slight changes from its present shape. The debate has been open, full and free. The question looked at from every point of view, is one that no one can unloose. The (jordian knot will have to be cut at last; the con sequences risked. There has not been any hiding of the intention to keep the white man in power, to thwart the general gov ernment if it cun he done without coming in collision with the powers that be. Senator Irby spoke well for a sick man. Ho went to Un root of the matter, hitting heavy blows right and left in his three hours speech. The bone of contention has been the understanding clause. In this many thought, was concealed tin germ of fraud and fraud they wished entirely eliminated from our election laws. And here they art- right. We cannot see any harm in a property qualification, or an cduca tional qualification. Both of these are worthy aims to strive after, and one or the other is easily reached Tiie property of the St retur: __ will be Tnuch nearer its pur lue, and a needed stimulus will be given along educational lines. There is fur too much indifference shown among the white people w* en It comes to securing even the rudi ments of an education. Allgood Notes. [Correspondence of Tkk Lkdgkr.] Algood, S. C., Oct., 21.—Charlie Sellars had an old time corn shuck ing last week. He made a fine crib of corn and an abundance to eat. After we had stuck our feet under his table and played havoc with his ra tions, we went out in the yard where there was a big fire and watched them put and dance and rustle. Uncle Calvin Sellars has some of the finest hogs that we have seen this season. He raises his own meat and bread at home and enjoys himself. He is a very clever old gentleman and has reared up a very larg * family all of whom are industrious, thrifty and highly respectable people. We are sorry to report Mrs. Sellars the sick list this week. Eddie and Charlie Harris making the possums trot since rain. W. L. Young has rented out farm and will move to Cljtt"—** near future. We were •>^ Spartanburg hist week and -^aw Ed Green anil Mrs. Fannic Carson brought before the bar of jus tice. We did not stay for the trial, but could not help from sympathiz ing with them, although they msi\ he, and probably are guilty. Green looked a little sorter hacked and never seemed to pay any attention t<> Mrs. Carson at all. J. L. Clary was in the eity of Gall ney last Friday. Landrum is a hus- t ler. We are sorry to learn that W. V. Turner's family is down with the measles. 1 he bridge across Thickety creek at this place has he. n fi..i>iied and received in full satisfaction. It is a credit to the man that built it, to the one that received it and to the county at large. Tom Harrill, our professed hors, i ruder, says that he has never had the donbin slapped to him in a swat hut once. He says that Will Champ ion chomed himoip lust week. liar rill got so sick that he could neitl.e out nor sleep. Finally he took hb mule and went hack to his antago nist and gave him $15.00 to rue will him. He says he intends to keep I ibe until lie is as white as a gander i om has thrown up his commission and pinned the badge on Will as tin champion horse trader of the state. I noticed In lust week’s Ledukk that F. G. McCravv was longing for A. Harris to have another birth day dinner. IfT. G. will gather up his family and come up Mr. Harris will give him a similar dinner on most any kind of an occasion. Cunning Little Jot. Th« Chief Jnfttlce’ft Washington Home. The chief justice and Mrs. Fuller have concluded not to renew the lease of the In.use on the comer of Massachu setts avenue ami Eighteenth street in which they have resided for tho past few years, since moving from iho Bar- Itr house o<i Fourteenth street and the Boundary. r ihe chief justice, early in the summer, ; ouli.ned a summer homo at Forn uto, Eo., and with his family has been eu mi eg the summer at that phice. Mrs. Fulior came to Washington in ad . ance of too family to select a suit able hum o in which to spend the win ter. If the chief justice can find a house that exactly suits hint, he. will become a property holder in Washington, as has long been his wish. It will bo remembered that when tho chief justice and Mrs Fuller decided some years since to move from the Boundary, they looked about for a suit able house to purchase for their perma nent home in this city. Their choice at that time fell upon the large, square, old fashioned house on tho northeast side of Thomas circle, owned and occupied by Judge and Mrs. Wiley. Finally an offer from tho chief jus tice for $100,000 was accepted by Judge Wiley, and every arrangement to move into it was about completed when tho transaction was suddenly and definitely brought to a close by Mrs. Wiley’s re fusal to sign the necessary papers. The reason for this was the house had been Lome to her for so many years that when it came to moving she could not bear to break up all the pleasant associ ations of the years by permanently park ing with tho property.—W‘*‘' u - iil * J 8t 0U Times. - v of Tell of Url Explained. Swiss papers have of late been full of tho legend of William Tell. D,d lie ex ist or was be a pure myth? AtthoAlt- orf commemoration and the Feispiel then given, history and legend, personi fied by two beautiful women, discussed tho question with critical acumen. His tory accepted the role of Mrs. Betsy Prig, and “didn’t believe there never was no sieh a person.” Legend seemed to be of the opinion (hut, even if ho did not exist, it was well to invent him, as ho represented the life of nations in their struggle against tyrants. A Swedish savant of Upsala has, how ever, settled the vexed question much to his own satisfaction. Tho hero is the spirit of the pine forests. This seems quite natural. Pines have hitherto yield ed chiefly turpentine, but there is no reason why they should not produce a spirit of their own. The east wind is the foe from the east (Austria) which bows their lofty beads, and Toll’s ene my is merely Geiseler, the German for a scourger. Another name for the east wind is Em us, and this in someway got mixed with the canton of Uri. Now, Uri was proud of its archery, and this small conceit was the genesis of the record breaking apple trick. And thus the whole legend is explained.—Pali Mall Gazette. Liquor Consumed In tho World. Statistics have been compiled at Vienna of tho quantity of alcoholic liquors drank in 1S!»3 in the entire world. Germany heads the list with 1,202,182,074 gallons, an increase of 31,000,000 over 1802, tho consumption being 33 gallons per head, ranging from GJ galk ms in Bavaria to 12 gallons in Tothringou; Great Brifian second, 1,105,702,000 gallons, or 80 gallons per head; America, including tho whole of the western hemisphere, is third, with more than a billion gallons, or 16 gal lons per head. The total for the world, not including Asia and Af ica, is 4,600,- 000,000 gallons, requiring 7,370,000 tons of malt and 82,000 tons of hops. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report vder "SmX P23E [Correspondence of Tiik Lkhger.] Algood, S. C\. Nov. 5.—Bro. W. T. Thompson preached at Macedonia Sunday. \V. W. Hopper, of Earles, X. <!., Was here Sutuiday anil Sunday to see his best girl. Guess I’ll be enabled to report a wedding soon, if talk amounts to anything. Mrs. Margaret Fowler has returned to Greenville. Mrs. J. \V. Byars is on the sick list this week. Miss Ola Daniel is down with ty phoid fever. J. W. Byars was at Spartanburg last week attending court. He was a juror. Messrs. J. Gardner, J. R. A. W. and R. L. Smith, T. C. and others were in Gaffnj on business. J. Gardner aj and wi] Saturday THE NEW COUNT\. The Town Council of Gaffney has ordered tho survey of the proposed new county. Because there are some difficulties in tho way is only the greater reason for us to be at work. The two townships of Union, north of Pacolet river, is within the natu ral boundary of this proposed new county, the nearest point being about three miles from 'Gaffney. It is merely a ridge Motion between Broad and Pacolet, Thickety being the only atreiim of importance, and that runs nearly parallel with Paco- let. We think it Is to the interest ©fall residents of this section to unite In the effort to secure this new county. We Invite their earnest co operation. Limestone and White Plains townships will, we believe, be almost a unit for the new* county. While Cherokee township in York wife, E. Gardner ,nd D. C. Price and family id J. W. Linder Saturday night. Guess he had to look around for'more rations the next day. Wm. Gardner, our hustling hoot agent, is selling books in a rush. ID has sold as many us thirty *n om day. g r HSCKIHEK. ~ « -<•*- . A P‘hy Cent Calendar Free. The publishers of The Youth’i Companion are sending free to tin subscribers to the paper a bandHom. four page calendar. 7x10 in., litho graphed In nine colors. It is made up of four charming pictures, each of which are the monthly calendars for tlie year 1890. The retail price of t he calendar is 50 cents. New subscribers to The Companion will receive this beautiful ca'endar free and besides, The Companion free every week until January 1, 1890. Also the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s double numbers free, and The Companion fifty-tw’o weeks’ a full year to January 1, 1897. Ad dress, 1 he Youth’s Companion, 195 Columbus Avenue, Boston. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The best salve ia the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fe ver,sores, tetter, chapped hands, chil blains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to gi-e perfect satisfaction or money refun ded. Price 25 cents per box. For inis by W. R. DqPrt. . Self Lighting Oa». How is gas to be made to light itself? Duke's self lighting gas burner is sim ply an ordinary gas burner with u small tube at tho side. This is screwed into the bracket or other fitting, the gas is turned uu, and in from six to ten sec onds the gas lights itself. This is how it is dene: The gas in issuing from the burner passes over a small knob cf por ous material impregnated with a rare and indestructible metal, which as soon as tho gun passes over it becomes redhot. This red heat is communicated to a small piece of platinum wire which im mediately becomes incandescent and lights the gas. The little black knob is practically indestructible, as is also the platinum wire. Therefore, as long as the burner exists, the gas on being turn ed on will light itself.—Loudon Trans port. Germetner is the Best. Mr. C. P. McLain, Acworth, Ga., -ays: “Several years ago ir^v wife suffered from attacks of bilious colic and indigestion. She used different medicines and tried several doctors, hut all wit bout permanent >be used Royal years ugo bl £jgg^^^^_pp OT p rrnl vjt l rmetuer some it has given her more Tan all else, and she reoom- Tids it to the afflicted.” Write to the Atlanta Chemical Co., Atlanta. Ga., for 48 page book giving full in formation, free. New package, large bottles, BlS doses, $1. For sale by W. B. Du Pure. Victims of Alcohol. Just outside the city of Chicago 8,000 men are engaged in digging the big Chicago drainage canal. The local town officials have licensed 28 saloons for their especial benefit, on the ground that tho saloon “is the only door open ing to tho man who drops his pick after six days of the most arduous toil under the sur.” It is said that already these saloons have been responsible for 12 murders committed by the men.—Ex change. The Workingman's Foe. We have seen that the laboring man has no enemy so tyrannical or so piti less as the liquor tiaffic; that no legis lation or any change of soc.ioli>‘* ; r"'Wl con ditions can be pf permanent benefit to the labn’*'- 1 ”2g classes of the world so lo-.vug as $900,000,000 a year is wasted in intoxicating drinks.—Rev. Dr. Bunks. Marvelous Results. From a letter written by Rev. J. Gumlerman, of Diamondale, Mich., we are permitted to make this ex tract: “I b tve no hesitation in rec ommending Dr.King’sNew Discovery as tbe rssults were almost marvelous in Sbe cas** of my wife. While 1 was pastor of tlie Baptist Church at Rives Junction she was brought down with pneumonia succeeding !u grippe. Ter rible paroxysms of eoughing would last hours w ill little interruption nd it seemed as if she could not sur vive tinm. A friend recommended Dr. King’s New Discovery; it was quick in its work ami highly satisfac tory, in results.” Trial bottles free at W. B. DulTe’s drug store. Regu- hir size 5()e mid $1. Notice of Application to Legislature. State of South Gauoi.ixa. Notice is hi reby given, that the undersigned citizens ri siding in Spar tanburg, Union and York counties, of the State of South Carolina wiil. at t he ensuing se.-sion of t he General Assembly of South Carolina, apply to said General Assembly of South Car olina to cut off and incorporate a new eOlinlV ill this Stale out of part'of said Spartanburg, Union and York .onnlies, t he count y scat thereof to be at Gaffney eity. South Carolina, and the proposed boundaries of said county to be as follows: Beginning at the fork of Broad and 1’ueolet rivers in Union county and running up Faeolet river to or near a •mint on said river, formerly know as Brown’s Mill, about one and one halt miles above i’aeolel Mills, on said river; thence in a northwesterly di rection and east, of the town of Cow- pens, about one mile, a straight line to the North Carolina line at or near State Lino postoffice; thence with I he North Carolina state line east to Broad river, at or near Surra11’s ferry, as formerly know; thence with said North Carolina line to railroad formerly called the .‘{C’s . thence in a southeasterly direction to the mouth of Kings creek in York county; t la nee down Broad river to ihe bcgii nit g. the U>rk of Broad and 1’acoh ! rivers, including the following townships: Draytonville and Gowdisville in Union county, the greater part of White Plains township, nearly all of Limestone township and a small part of Cherokee township in Spnrtanhurj county and the weste Flint Hill Flashes. [Correspondence of The Ledger.) Flint Hill, 8. C., Nov., 5.—Work has been in operation on the Flint Hill gold mine for the last two weeks under the control of Mr. Samuel K. Behron. of Washington eity. The work progresses slow as the rock is very hard. The company certainly means to see if there is any gold in the property. They have spent quite a sum of money. The pay roll is about seventy-five dollars per week We do hope it will show up to t heir expectations. Col. Strain Las certainly forgotten hoir, headed by Prof. On the Bone Yard. [Cor!* > '.'lenee of The Lehoir.] Howki.i.'s Fluky. S. V.. Nov.. 4 — his son had Saturday by k Jnav- a runa- John Kstes a row t s nipe fi way team. Sam F >sU r. Sam Lee and .lo^ Es- tes are all on the hone yard to day, trailin'. SaMUQ. the F int Hill Alfred Davis. Our commit health. "nips are about cept a few pans. E WjOST remarkable enrM o* record have been accompliihed fcy Hood's Sarsaparilla. It i» unefln*lll€ lorallOLOOD DI3I GAFFO CHOAIL! •■r.joyii;-- all gathered ex- Fi.int Hill. Good advice. r ^ ave home on a journey without a bottle of Ohamherhiin’s Colie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Forsale by W. B. DuPre. Carroil & Co., Las! i'ne f;»l!ov,inz schodol'p in March 0 US!>5. Gnffnev (Lipscomb’* Hoi S: ; )t) a. m. arriving Cooper-Lime«toJ 2 ust i* ut*. s : in a.. m. Retukning I 2:15 ! m. I ave C mpcr-Limestone Institnt*! *jrrive at Gaffney r C«J •ge 4 v Aui- ‘ Ivr COWHIDI WAS VEAt HIGH W«CM Y*e. cow ’rC /AOOH . k* - . C 1 * J ‘s' t fjr . , .'WVftAS a iJT TfiE PRICES cr LEWIS' S.HCES KtMAiH LOW AS LVCfU o jrniMJd *.* Liiu.u CARKOLL & CO., Lessees. Manufacturers of 10818, BUILDING, * PLASTERING * AND * AGRICULTURAL * (j|g, •*"*““*■|ill ! Coal, Shingles, Laths and Plaster Halt. Dymamite. Blasting Powder, Fuse ar.d Dynamite Caps, "N -i LJL •'rs i ic FINEST and relief Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and alt Pat ent butmets conducted for moderate Fees Our OrncE i* Opposite U. S. Patent orncE and wecansacure patent in 1cm tune than those remote from Washjnfpnn, Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip tion. W j advise, if patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent is set ur>-d. A Pampmut. “ How to Obtain Patents,” with cost of same in tha U. S. a<vd foreign countries tent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. Orr. Patent Orrice, Washington. O. C. *VWW»/WV%**VV%*'V*>W*WV*/* -/SI L. BAKER, COHTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Will do any clans of carpen ter work promptly and at prices to suit the quality, and always keeps on hand flooring, ceiling, siding, sash, doors, etc. Also a good supply of heart pine shin gles at market price. Will also make out hills for building ma terial for parties who desire it and till tho same for a small per cent. Givfi me a trial. Ii4*spectfully, I-r. Oil leer* oi t -noro- kce oTwuHlup in York county, induil- ing the town of Blacksburg in York county, making the middle of said rivers tho line where they touch said new county; hut failing in the above described proposed county line, then we hereby give notice and apply for said county to he incorporated out of ail the territory above described, ex cept that part lying in York county, tiliih making the middle of Broad! river the eastern line of said pro- ! posed county. R. S. Lipscomb, Gaffney. S. C. 1'. Davi npokt, Gaffney. S. W <!. S Wooo (;r.i:«»y I’ond S. (', R. M. Jolly, tira.-M I'ond. .'■* C. R. I*. Sriumus. EzeiIs, S. <' .). T. McCkaw, .Slate Line, S. ('. A. Hakuis. Algood, S .1. D. Jlu liuks, Sr.. A-bury. S. ('. A. JKI i I.KILH, M. D., Home, S.C. J. T. Moouiikad. Gowdi ysvilh'.s. C. J. A. ILiMKs, Gowdiyuville, S. <’. A. F. Klndiuck, Sunny Side. S. ( C. W. W it ikon a sr. W il k i nsvi I le, S. ('. J. L. Stkain, Etta June. S. G. L. J>. Bonnku, Goucher, S. G. August 8th. 1895. 9c COTTON. Although cotton has advanced to 9c and nearly all goods bus ad vanced sharply, I am still selling goods in proportion to 5c COTTON. 1 placed my order for goods while they were at bottom fig ures and will sell to you the same way. “Jeang eloth a little lower than last year Hats. Shoes and Dress Goods <tt old prices. The best Keen Clipper Axe f*e los than lust year. Yours Respectfully, X. XX. X’1£KJL*1£1€. That arc made. And v/e soil them at prices to suit the times. Wc invite your inspection when m need ol anything in onr lin«. CARROLL, The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company, offer for Sale Building Lots in this Flourishing Town O zY IT I*' IV EC V o I r Y. . Also I*urnis near by and in reach of the schools of Limestone Spring and of this place In lots of from 30 to lot) acres <>n liberal t.me ruts*. Also Agricultural Lands to rent for farm purjin-'. s. For full particulars apply to MOSES WOOD, Agent. *'*• H.—AII trespassing on lands (if this Company cutting and removing itnher. fishing or hunting are forbidden wi d< r |.t unity of law. —————— . '■ Oiirroll &: Transact a General Banking Business IiN'rcSKC-CXr allowed on Time Deposits by aJL, Arrangement. Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. Your l , ii troiiii^o ^olloitoU.