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Weekly Ledger. K_ A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the Peop! c Subserves. VOL. IT, NO. *9. If o GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1895. *1.00 A YEAR. THE NEW SUFFERAGE PLAN. THE NEGROE POLITICIANS ARE TALKING MUCH. Senator Tillman Tried Hard to Have a Section Inserted but the Con vention Declined to Sub mit to His Ideas. [Correspondence of The Ledger. 1 Columuia, S. G\, Nov.. 10.—The Week that is passed should be a mem orable one in South Carolina. The ■afferage plan by which the state is to be governed for the next genera tion was adopted, and for weal or woe, the plan is settled, unless some power higher than the state of South Carolina changes it. There are some who say that the plan will not stand the test of the courts, viewed in con nection with the utterances of many of its framers, and the negro politi cians are talking much of what they are going to do. Some sensible men seem to fear that there is some dan ger in this, and that it cannot be called the ‘merest twaddle,” but others set it down as such, and do not think that the least danger is to be apprehended. Safe enough it is fco say that on its face the sufferage plan Is perfectly honest, and while of course, fraud may he perpetrated un der it as fraud could be practiced un der almost any system yet it is safe to say that if the ptufessionsof its fram ers go for anything no fraud was con templated by tlie'ij, and the plan may be forced without the least necessity for fraud, and will accomplish the results desired. The plan adopted is as follows: Every male citizen, of twenty-one years and upward, who has not been convicted of a crime is a qualified elector, and may become a registered voter if he has resided in the State two years, in the county one year, •ml in the election precinct four months, preceding the election. Of ■ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers in the public school, only six months residence in the State is required. The payment of all state and county taxes six months before the election is another requisite. L’p to January 181)8 all electors who can read and write, or pays taxes on $300 worth of property, or can understand and explain a sec tion of the constitution when it is read to him may be registered. 181)8 the last qualification is ^^BHcken off, and the elector to be reg istered must bo able to read and write or must pay taxes on $300 worth of properly. When the registered elector pre sents himself at the polling place he rr.Uit have \ ”1 hD ’•“ifistration certificate, and the receipt fur the conuty treasurer showing that he has paid all state and county taxes as sessed against him for the past year. Any person denied the right to reg ister shall have the right to appeal to the circuit court, or any judge thereof and then to the supreme court. The legislature is required to pass laws providing for the registration of voters, and ascertaining the results ^elections. TUe?8^8 lo be a new registeration •very yearly regis tration for all who bectMVf Qualified during the interim. For the first registration under this constitution the governor is required to appoint three discreet persons in each county who shall have charge of the same, and the registration books are to be kept open for at least six consecutive weeks, and one week out of every month up to thirty days proceeding the election. .This is in substance the sufferage plan as submitted by the committee and adopted by the convention. As can be seen it does not discriminate "on account of race,-color or pre vious condition,” and unless its terms are violated there is no room for fraud under it. Senator Irby teems of the opinion that the “un derstanding” clause cannot stand, and there does seem to be some doubt about it, but as that cause will last for oidy two years, it is not probable that the United States courts will consider it within that time. The com mittee labored hard and long over the plan, and it was considered most se riously by the convention. There is no dobt but that every man strove most honestly to find a plan that would not disfranchis any white man except for crime, and yet one that would meet the needs of the State. On the third reading of the ar ticle Senator Tillman tried hard to have assertion inserted, which had been included in the committee’s re port, but which had been stricken off by the convention on the second reading, providing for representation of the board of county canvassers and fnanager of election for each of the political parties. He made an earn est and forceful speech for it, but the Convention led by J. W. Floyd, of Kershaw, and William Henderson, of Berklj, refused to Insert the amend ment. U was expected that there would bo more lively fighting over the sull- erage plan this week than there was, but Senator Irby’s absence rather demoralized the opposition forces, and the final adopting of the scheme was not marked by as fierce onslaugh- ters as had been expected. * The article on jurisprudence was the only other article considered at any length during the weel. It passed its second reading, and prac tically its third, a vote on one section only remaining to be taken. This article which bad not been regarded as very important brought cn several of the liveliest debates of the session. The first was the following sentence in one of the sections: “The State shall have the same right to a change of venue in all cases that the defend ant possesses.” This was most bit- | terly fought by the opponents of the dispensary, and by others who i thought that the principle of laking j a man out of his own c mnty for ' trial was wrong. Se.iaior Tillman j favored the provision, and so did j other leading advocates of the dis pensary law. Senator Tillman urged that if a change of venue was not al lowed the State that it would he use less to atteingt to enforce the dispen sary law in such counties as Charles ton. This brought on a lively debate between Senator Tillman and Major Barker, of Charleston who defended his city. The section was finally THE "SHERIFF’S" OBSTINACY IT IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE RECENT DEFEAT. power to do says the guv hundred mil! than it oug! any retrenching. He nment is spending a >n dollars a year more - to spend. The only CULTIVATIN’ THE DEVIL." The Populists Regard With Compla cency the Increasing Probabil ity that Cleveland Will be Re-Nommated. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Washington. I). C., Nov. 11.—Pres ident Cleveland’s obstinacy, back bone, or whatever you may choose to call it, is neither affected by party victories nor such crushing defeats as those administered to Ids party last week. He knows nothing and will learn nothing of the doctrine of give and take which is so familiar to politicians of all parties. He is per fectly willing tiiat the democratic party shall get together, provided he can stand still and that the other bellows will swallow their opin ion and meekly take their place be hind him. He refuses positively to give up the smallest part of his amended so as to allow the State a opinions for the sake of party liar change of venue on the same grounds as the defendant, after a true bill had been found by the grand jury. The next debate was on the codifi cation of the laws. It was finally agreed to require the next general assembly to provide for the appoint ment or election of a commissioner at a salary of $.j00 whose duty it shall he to codify the laws of the State, and who shall at periods of ten years report the result of his labors to the general assembly, and after hislrbors shall have been passed upon by that body the codification shall constitute the general law of the state. The first codification is to be ready by 11)00. The third debate on this article was on a section to prevent lynching. This brought on a very heated discus sion which lasted all Saturday morn ing, and which will he renewed on Monday morning. Very little change is Of he made in the section however, and it probably will he adopted as it stands. It reads as follows: In the case of any prisoner law fully in the charge, custody or con trol of any officer, State, county or municipal, being seized and taken from said officer, through his negli gence, permission or connivance, by by a mob or other unlawful assemb lage of persons, and at their hands suffer bodily violence or death, the said officer shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon a true hill found shall be deposed from his office, and shall, unless pardoned by the governor, henceforth he ineliguble to hold any office of trust or profit within this State. It shall ho the duty of the prosecuting attorney within whose circuit or county the offense may he committed to forth with institute a prosecution against said officer, who shall he indicted and tried in such county, other than the one in which the offense was commit ted, as the attorney general may elect in the same circuit. The -fees and milage of all material witness^ doth’ j for the State and jLrW'ic' defense, | shall be jwd'dy the State treasurer jretich manner as my he provided by law. The convention is working more rapidly than formerly, hut it looks very much as if it will he in session at least three weeks more, and prob ably longer. This will run it into the legislative sessiod which is to he begin on the 20th, unless it is post poned, as is proposed by a resolution which had been introduced into the convention, but which has not yet been acted on. The resolution pro vides that the legislature will not meet until the second Tuesday in January, and there arc good chances of its adoption. An attempt is to he made to have the convention visit the Atlanta Ex position on the 28—South Carolina Day—hut it is not probable that the attempt will be successful. F. H. McMastbr. -• -*•*- • Pleasant Grove Pointers. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Pleasant Grove. Nov., 12.—Every thing is quiet in this part of the community now'. We are having a refreshing shower just now which is very pleasing. We are glad to hear that Buster will return to the south again soon. We long to see him home again. Corn shuckings are plentiful aroud here now. Wo believe that most everybody will have enough corn to supply their needs. That is a good idea to have your hog and hominy at home. Oat sowing is a constant thing around here, but people are growling about hard ground. C. J. Daniel and wife vurilud your correspondent lust Hnhhutli. We be lieve Broad river has been the lowest since 184. r >. It looks almost dry. J. M. Allison, of this place, was made happy one night lust week hy the arrival of a big boy at his house. Farmer. mony but insists that those mem bers of his party who differ with him shall give up all theirs and accept his. Men who place their ad miration for Mr. Cleveland above their party allegiance call this brav ery, hut, murk the prediction, before the coming session of congress is sixty days old it will he publicly called political hullheudedness by more than one democratic wheel- horse : and nobody need be surprised if it eventually brings about that much prophecied permanent split in the democratic party. No political party in this country has ever suc ceeded when completely dominated by the ideas of one man, and it is not probable that one ever will. No one man knows it all. The principles of of all political parties have been builded hy concessions and com promises, representing in part the opinions of the entire membership of the parry. The populists regard with compla cency the increasing probability that President Cleveland will he reuom> nated hy the democrats, on a single standard gold platform; they say that the silver democrats would then go over to them. The republicans are so confident of winning that they are apparently indifferent to every thing hut their own struggle over the naming of their candidate. There are several surface indication that the lobby is going to he plenti fully supplied with money during the coming session of congress. Already the officers and attorneys of corpora- tioiiS which expect to he interested in legislation are dropping into Wash ington and making themselves ac quainted with the new members as they turn up. Among the corpora tions repre^-^t/i') j&hv he mentioned JtheAifcih'c Railroads atuT^Jj 10 man Palace Car Company. Senator Quay, of Pensylvaniu, e >uld not have shown his belief that the re publicans could elect anybody pres ident next year in a stronger manner than by allowing the statement that he is a candidate for the republican nomination to go uncontradicted. Senator Quay has many personal friends in Washington who know from social contact with him that he has many lovable traits, and that he is neither more or less scupulous than the average politician when he starts out to conduct a political cam paign. But the party that would nominate “Boss” Quay—ho will never be anything hut “Boss” Quay to ninety-five per. cent of the country’s voters—for president would invite a defensive ^campaign, and defensive campaigns are seldom victorious. Pjople who know Senator Quay’s shrewdness are at a loss to under stand his apparent setting up of a presidential literary bureau for him self, and the impression among them is that ho is merely playing a game for somebody else. Several of the officials of the Nica ragua Canal Company are in Wash ington, trying to find out what the re port of the United States commission which inspected the proposed route of the canal was. They believe, in common with the public, that the general nature of the report is favor able to the canal, but they are anx ious to know what, if anything the report says about the canal company and its little scheme for pocketing a few million* at the expense of Uncle Sam. The exact nature of the report will not be known by the public until It goes to congress. Ex-Representative Holman, of In diana, long known as “the demo cratic watch-dog of the treasury” in the house, is visiting Washington. The old gentleman thinks the princi pal trouble with the democratic party is that after preaching retrenchmet and reform in public expenditures for present expenditures that Mr. Hol man endorse- are those for pensions. He always did stand hy pensions. It might or might not he a very do- | sirahle thing o have our coasts so de- , fended hy heavy artillery that they ; would he practically impregnable, ! according to your point of view, and whether it would he worth the $12"), 000.000 whier. Gen. Miles estimates, in his annual-eport to the secretary i of war, it would cost, is a question about which people will also differ. Gen Miles m rely does his duty in recommendii'' that our coast de fenses should he improved. He is a soldier and n durally expects sooner or later to se this country engaged in war. What congress thinks of the matter wiil he known later. I’re- j vious congi’t sscs liuve had the simi lar recommendations made to them, and each of (In* last three or four has appropriated a small percentage of the amount estimated as needed, to he spent for that purpose. - —— A CONFEDERATE HISTORY. FLAW FINDS CONSOLATION IN HIS “OLE BANJER.” ‘It’s First One Devilment an’ Then Another Laid at Ole Flaw’s Door—It’s Baby Caps This Time." The Survivors Can Now do a Lasting Good to Their state. To tlio Editor of The Ledger: The question is frequently asked: What good will the meeting of the old Confederate soldiers at Columbia on the 12lh inst. accomplish, and what are they driving at anyhow? In answer lo which I for one have this to say : Tin yean accomplish much if they will yo at it in a business like way. Let the meeting appoint a State historian, whose duty it wiil he to collect .is far as possible, all the historical facts and data connected with his command, and have the sketches published in the nevvpaper j or newspapers circulating most largely in the section where that command was principally raised, with a requ st that the survivors might send, in suggestions, correc tions and amendments to the regi mental historian, who might make ail the needed changes before the sketches arc finally issued in hook form. This task will no doubt be a diffi cult one, hut the object is worth the sacrifice. The lapse of 30 years since the close of the war has made wider gaps in our ranks than the musketry and grapeshot of the battle field. Competent men in many com mands will no doubt he hard to find and among these many will he doubt fill of their capacity', and many too much engrossed with the busi ness and needs of the present to he willing to assume the duty requested of them hy their comrades. The State or regimental historians can call for voluntary contributions from officers, private soldiers and others who have anything to say <>r any account to give of the scenes they have witnessed, the hardships they have endured or the privations to which they have been subjected, and in this way the very cream of a his tory will he gathered that will reflect honor, upon our State, the cour age of whose soldiers history has al ready made indisputable. We will find no trouble in getting all the aid the newspapers can giv' 1 in this work. Their columns will he opcn^rrgt^ the sketches which must run the gaurfSAtilJi^ public in spection before they appeaPri.* form or he recognized as a true his tory. Do the best we can*, there are many important incidents that will he overlooked or forgotten. Lips that could tell the tale have long since been closed in everlasting silence, and such facts can conic to light only when the sea gives up its dead. Comrades, wo have no time to lose. Our ranks are being thinned hy the [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Dratonvili.e, 8. C.. Nov. K>.— Some folks are the biggest fools about their children you ever saw— fools the wrong way, too. I don’t mind seein’ anybody a fool in the way of lovin’ their children an’ doin’ anything fer them that they actually need. 1 am a fool along that line myself. Why, 1 would cheerfully lie down an’ deliver up the ghost myself rather than see one of the little Flaws strugglin’with the hor- rorizin' fangs of the grim monster. Yes indeed, I would rather have my belly elutg full of worm than to see one of the little Pickers pale around the lips from the effects of the horrid tilings, an i would rather take forty bottles of paregoric (that is the worst thing about the whole iix—takin’ modiei'’ than have to dose out a dose for one of the little ones so near an i dear to my heart. Yes, I love them. I love them so well that I am raisin' them to enjoy a happiness in the future. But some folks are raisin their children up to he so rot- A LEDGERITE IN “GEORGY." P J many year*, it failed when it got into Fra’* Drug 8toro. angel of death. If wo are going to accomplish anything now is the time to begin. Delay is dangerous. When these sketches are writ ten, published, corrected or amended they will form the material for the hiitory it is our desire to publish, and one about, the correctness of which there can he no doubt. When our comrades meet in Co lumhiu next Tuesday, the 12th inst.. I hope that each one will have some plan for collecting the historical mut ter pertaining to the part the South Carolina troops took in the late war, and let us adopt and carry into ef fect that which promises to he the most expedient and practicable. Very respectfully yours. James L. Strain, Adjt. Camp Giles. U. C. V. No. 708. Etta Jane, Nov. 0. 1885. * ■ Cure for Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Head ache Electric Bitters has proved to he the very best. It effects u permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual headaches yield to its influence. Wo urge all who are afflicted to procure u bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial In eases of habitual constipa tion Electric Bitters cures hy giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. Try it once. Large bot tles only Fifty cents at W. B. Du- ten ilyit they arc only good fertili zers with whitch to cultivate the devil. Its done in lids way: They arc such fools atiout the sweet little ones that they won't whip them when they need it, an’ if they do it's only a little peck—just enough to make it mad—an’ then it is sure to heller an’they will take it up an’ pet it—prepare it for another rap. Sitch fools as this needs killin’ in- stid of the little one. Tliey’ll even go an’ tell t heir youngens lies to get them to hush eryin’—promise them somethin’ they like to git them to hush, or to do as they are hid. Now, let me tell you, this is unnecessarily ruinin' a child an’ uod will hold you responsible for ruinin’ that child, that is, if yotiv'e got any sense hut if you are an idiot of course you arc excusable. Above all things under the skies never tell your child a lie. Never! If you tell it you will whip it if it does a thing an’ it goes on an’ does it you should whip it under all considerations. Be positive with your child an’ you wont haf to whip it once in twelve months—that is, if you have done an’ leached it to know that you mean exactly what you say. You wont haf to whip it so mutch, it will love you better, mind you bet ter an’ grow up to he a useful an' honorable man er woman an’ will honor its father an’ mother an’ look upon them us havin’ hciisc an’ honor. Now, all that don’t believe I am right along this line will please stun’ on your heads so’s I can see who you are. Say ! This baby talk brings to mind the article that the Kernel wrote about that thar hahy cap. It’s first one devilment an’then another laid o!e Flaw’s door. It keeps Mrs. Picker'TJtjwseven nights in the week givin’ mo leeturB*^* try my doged- est to make her heli?N‘L m y inno cence, hut my—she’s a womitfn- you understand. Sometimes I that this coalin’ groun’ section unlucky, for its remorse an’ vexation of the spirit all the time. Butsomc- times, “Occasionally,” I pull down my ole banjer, an’ with the little Bickers at my knees, I peel forth the melodious “strains” as host as I can, an’ seein’ the little bright face glad dened with the music an’ the bright dancin’ eyes sparklin’ before me, it luminates my soul an’ strengthens my resolutions an’ I’m made to be lieve I’m happy in spite of me. There is soin* of the doggonedest gooses around here yon ever seen. I went tother side of the mountain the other day an’ I met a feller an’ us I got fernent him he yelled out, “Hello Flaw,” I said “Hollo hack!” an’says he, What’s cotton goin’ at?” Big full, 9 yesterday an’ only 8.35 this onornin?” “Well,” says he, ‘I don’t know’s I cares, I ain’t ready to sell till next week nohow”—jist like he was sliure it would he 9c. agin next week. I rode on a little further an’ met another feller an’ the subject about the fall in cotton arose agin an’ he wanted to know when the new mill at Gaffney was goin’ to start up an’ I told him that I heard it was gpin’ to start up about the first of January, to which he said: “Now you see, that’s whut keeps a poor man down. It J was able to keep my cotton till it starts 1 would git about 10c. fer it, wouldn’t 1?” I told him that whut is to he would he hut that I didn’t think that the mill would have any thing to do with it. Well, this winds up Flaw’s little hull of yarn for this time. Flaw Bicker. A Spring Brings Back Memories Dear to an OM Soldier. Senny Side, S. C,, Oct., 28.—We are having chills and fever on Thick et y yet. Gathering the crops is the go now. Cotton picking will soon he over. A. F. Kendrick and W. R. Walker arc doing some fine ginning this sea son. A. A. Surratt, of your town, will soon start his gin on his place. Our cotton crops arc short compared with last year. Corn is good, hogs plenty, so I hope every body will pay up and have hog and hominy for tlii* next year. Well, I have just returned from the Atlanta Exposition and it is all that could he looked for in every way. Tiie improvements about At lanta are wonderful, since 1SG5. Young men, and old, too, it will pay you to see the exposition. You will see things you never dreamed of. The railroad men do all tiiat could he looked for to make it cheap and enjoyable. 1 was in the exposition two days, then went out in the country hy private conveyance, through a por tion of four counties to see my peo ple and friends, and I am glad to tell you that never have 1 seen such corn crops as they have, and fine hogs too. J cannot express how I en joyed my trip. In 1804 my com ma ml of calvary stopped at a place culled the Warsaw Camp ground to rest our stock. While I was there this trip our generous hearted friends 1*. T. Loftis and Robert Lee, who now own the camp ground, would have me to visit their home, and I was not hard to persuade. I went home with them, and to my surprise I walked upon the same old spot where I was thirty-one years ago. and I knew the place. We went down to the fine chrystal spring and 1 knelt down and drank freely of the freestone once more. No one hut an old soldier cun tell how 1 enjoyed that spring. Georgia is the blossom and garden spot of the South. Her good, clever Christian people make her what she is. When you go out in the country you are captured hy their clever manners and the way in which they give you something good to eat. Cracker. • • Maud’s New Postmaster. | Correspondence of The Ledger.) Mai d, S. C., Nov. 12.—R. E. Lin- dor lias been appointed postmaster at Maud and lias for an assistant D. F. Phillips. The oath of office was ad ministered to them on the 9th inst hy W. T. Thompson, notary public. The office will he removed to Linder’s store as soon us the now postmaster receives his commission. .). E. Lane, of Rutlierfordton, N. C., in the employ of W. B. Ellis it Co., of Winston, N. gave us a business call a few days ago. He expressed regret that business would not per- ; mit his spending a few days in the j mountain town of his home where he Iliad left his heart with some fair i lady—that is, the sweetness of his i dreams hy night and the one most ! pleasant to his memory hy day, and the fondest hopes of his future antic ipation. 1 sympathize with these young drummers and would cncour- i age them hy saying that honest labor in youth is conducive to wealth in fu ture days. Then with true joy inde pendent she will greet you with smiles more charming and word* more tender and touching and claim yon true and brave. W. P. Self is a close shot. He can put a didapper to flight. He got the laugh on W. Y. EJliott. It was no duck if it was a Remington race. W. P. Self is now prepared with a fuf^head of water to give you nice meaW" . sh ^ rt - u -‘tcrr' * menco work on his dwelling as soon as the weather admits. The supply is equal to the de mand—a phone line from Maud to Gaffney. Olvi Bright, one of our citizens over seventy years of age, walked to Spartanburg and hack a distance of of forty miles in one day last week to pay his taxes. Now boys you neednt do this, hut drop W. L. Epps a card and he will inform you hy return mail what your tux is and you can settle by check, money order or reg istered letter by mail and you will be receipted the same as if you were present. This proves the need of a new county. Too far to go to pay tux, too dangerous to risk the dis tance to collect. Who comes to the call. Let us at once. From the interest taken a phone line must he built from Maud to Gaffney. R. E. Linder is first With twenty-five dollars for this much needed enterprise. t. —- »■ There is nothin;; that causes wo men greater discomfort and misery than the constantly recurring Head ache. Men suffer less with Head ache. “My wife’s 'multh was very indifferent, having Headache contin ually, and just two packages of Sim mons Liver Regulator released her from till Headnch? tnd gave tone and vigor to her whole system. I hare never regretted it’s use.”—-M. B. De- Bord, Alt. Vernon, Ky. . , .. . . ■HPm