The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 14, 1895, Image 4
THE WEEKLY LEDGER’: GAFFNEY, 8. C., NOVEMBER 14, 1895.
THE WEEKLY LEDGER.
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THURSDAY, XOYKMRER 14. 1895.
FREE OF CHARGE.
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a full course in Hudson's Business
University, of Charlotte, X. C., to
the man or woman, boy or girl, who
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cember 25th, 1895. Thm is no catch
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ing, penmanship, commercial law.
English, civil government, business
forms, spelling, eorrespoi deuce,
arithmetic, etc.
WHAT I SEE.
Ori all sides we hear that the
farmer is happy. A good corn crop
made and harvested; fat hogs in the
pen ready for the knife when the first
cold spell comes, and eight to nine
cents for cotton which, in April last,
they would have bargained at six.
This is well, and we are glad for it
all. Hut this is not all. Deserted
homes tell a different story; untilled
fields point to a seal city of labor;
gullied hillsides tell us that some one
has failed in his duty, and left a le
gacy'of want to future generations.
Someone must come in after a while
and mend the breaches made by us
and our fathers. Broad River is a
beautiful stream; it flows through a
beautiful country so far as scenery is
concerned, but what desolation lias
been wrought by its maddened waters
as, unchecked by n.an it washes away
the richest soil—the accumulation of
years—and deposits instead, sand as
sterile as the barren rock,
rich grain shouldJinH Adding its
graceful ;t U( [ e to every
breeze and every welcome
shower are almost desert places with
oases scattered here and there. Xot
a field have we seen as rich us when
the plough first turned its virgin soil.
Pacolet and Thick 3ty, like a span
of horses, run nearly parallel
courses, and at last empty their
wealth of waters into the lap of
Broad. Through their once fertile
valleys are wildernesses of brush and
ramble and brier. The frog now
croaks riink -
est luxuriance. A well till^ hinn
along these lowlands is rather tliTf
ception than the rule. ‘For all of
this some one is to Maine.
Notwithstanding the fact that our
lands have been injudiciously culti
vated; that in many places there are
deep gullies; that field after field lias
been turned out to gather a little
strength, there is a great deal for us
to congratulate ourselves at possess
ing. An invigorating, healthy cli
mate; a fertile soil of almost limit
less improvement • minerals of great
est variety and abundant in supply;
a well watered and richly wooded ter
ritory'. These are advantages that
are highly to be prized, and which It
is incumbent upon us to improve by
properly using. Roads must bo im
proved, that communication from
point to point may be easy and rapid.
Water that now runs to waste, and is
In the way, must be controlled, uti-
Ized and made to minister to man’s
fort and his advancement. La-
as left the farm for the factory,
e tendency is still the sumo
Laborers are i ceded if our
to he Improved, olir lilihcs
nd our growing population
Are we reaching out after
THE SUFFRAGE.
The s. iTrago question lias been en
grossing the attention of the conven
tion for nearly' two weeks.
It was the unanimous rocommen-
dation of the committee that each
political party, (taking it for granted
tin:, here will always bo two) shall
> vpr. s. nted on the Board of Mana
gers of Elections. Although Senator
Tillman urged its acceptance with
all of his accustomed force, the rec
ommendation failed when put to a
vote. This we regard as very un
fortunate. The minority ought to be
represented on the Board, if a capa
ble man can be found for the posi
tion. It would perhaps have been
better to change the wording from
shall, as in some sections there ij
practically but one party. A consti
tution is being prepared which will
likely in* in operation when the most
of those now living will be resting in
their graves. We need then to con
sider the future as well as the pres
ent. Besides, the majority of today
may lie the minority of tomorrow.
It is useless to say that the ma
jority can conduct tiie elections free
fro u fraud; that it does not need to
to be watched. Let facts speak for
themselves. The temptation is
strong for those in power to use
questionable methods to keep them
selves in power when the balances
are nearly even. What harm can he
done for the minority to lx* repre
sented if tin* plan is to he executed
free from fraud? We admire the
manly stand of the committee, lie-
cause it is right and proper.
It is well to pay some attention to
t lie erit ieisms of those who are re
moved from the glare that may
Mind our eyes on account of our
nearness to the light. If we know
we are right, then let us go ahead
with might and main. If we are not
sure, prudence is preferable to pre
cipitation.
THE HORSELE^ rARRIAGE.
Following the bicycle, we have the
horseless carriage. It might have
been expected. The young, the ac
tive may t ravel alone, making use of
their muscular energy as a motive
power, but the rest of the world is
not willing to sit idly by and be
spectators only, of this pleasant out-
door exercise The “wish is father to
the thought.’’ Thought ripens into
BctivMj that plans ami perfects ways
for us all to take a ride.
i he horseless carriage has come to
: tny. For a time it may bo a luxury
confined to a favored few. But this
cannot last. Trices will tumble and
the poor us well as the rich share the
luxury.
\\ e do not object to the innovation
in the way of travel. It means prog
ress. It means more out-door exer
cise. It means a breath of country
air to contracted chests,'a return of
vigor to stiffened limbs. It^afefSo
means better roads ! ^**l’l)e''road must
be prepa rq^fow^Tiic carriage.
Osceola and Forrest.
Many years before thocivil war, when
Forrest was filling an engagement in
Charleston, playing nightly to largo and
cnlliEsiastic andioncos, I was r. mere
lad and wr.s wild with delight when
the night eamo that I could go to hear
him.
In the nndienoQ was the Indian
chieftain Osceola and half a dozen of
his braves, who were then captives.
They had been pining in confinement,
and prompted by the humane motive of
affording them some diversion the au
thorities took them to bear Forrest play.
His grand looks and majestic figure
caught the copper hued auditors at once,
and thoy appeared entranced from the
very outset. Forrest soon observed the
strange group and immediately formed
a design to interest them particularly,
for suddenly, in tho midst of a stirring
scone, hoc mil tod an Indian war whoop.
It fairly electr ified his audience, and the
effect err Osceola and his party was
magical. Jumping to their feet instan
taneously, they gave back an answering
whoop that rent the air with its mighty
roar and fairly chilled tho blood of
many a nervous hearer. Two or three
ladies fainted.
The whole thing was so sudden, so
strui go and startling that it made a
vivid and lasting impression orr every
soul in that assemblage. Forrest was
frequently heard to recall tho episode,
and lie was wont to declare that tho
action of those untutored warriors was
the greatest cornplrment ever paid to
bis powers as an actor.—Washington
Tost.
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How’s This.
We offer one hundred dollars re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY it CO., Trops., To
ledo, O.
We the undersigned have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
West it Truax, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo,O. Walding, Kinnan
it Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, 0.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acUiq^directl^ujMm
mucous surfaces of the
system. Trice 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free
HIh Fee.
B. F. Hamilton of Biddeford, Me.,
never talks much about his defense of
an individual who was arrested and ar
raigned for breaking into a jewelry store
and stealing a lot of watches. Tho court
assigned the shrewd and energetic Bid
deford attorney to defend the prisoner.
“Ididn’t do it,” tho prisoner told tho
lawyer. “I wouldn’t do such a thing as
that on my life. Really, Mr. Hamilton,
I didn t do it. You can tako my word
as you hear mo tell you, but I suppose
they’ll railroad me.”
Tho trial was held beforo Judge Vir
gin. The prisoner was acquitted, and
when iis met his lawyer in tho after
noon said to him:
What is the amount of your bill?”
Well, about $100,” replied the law
yer.
“Would you tako $25'r” asked the
free man.
“Well, that’s better than nothing,”
said tho lawyer, and he said, “Twenty-
five it is.”
They stepped outside, and tho dis
charged man said to tho lawyer, “Say,
if you’ll wait until I get to Boston so I
can sell those watches I’ll send you tho
$25.”
A week later Mr. Hamilton received
his $25.——Bangor Commercial.
Toole’s Wasted Melody.
It was at St. Anues. Mr. Sims Reeves,
tho famous singer, was staying there,
and Mr. Toole, the comedian, called to
sec him. Sims Reeves had gone out for
a walk, and Toole strolled out to try to
find him. “Under a shady tree comfort
ably seated with a newspaper,” says
Mr. Toole, “I saw my friend. He did
not see me. I went quietly behind him
and gave him a snatch of ‘My Pretty
Jane. ’ No response. So I thought I
would rouse him up, and I began with
an imitation of his forto style, ‘ ’T' r " ,Rs
In Trafalgar Bay. ’ I had not-o finished
when ho turned rp***ud, with much
amusement, apdu—it was not Sims
ReovesJ.”- London Globe.
The Discovery Saved Hio Life.
Mr. (i. Gaillouette, Druggist,
Beuversville, 111., says; “To Dr.
King’s New discovery I owe my lib
Was taken with La Grippe and tri
all tho physicians for miles abo^p
but of no avail and was given i ypnnd
told I could not live. Haviuf, |> r
King’s Now Discovery in nnlr s 7 or e I
sent for a bottle and bcgaMj its uso
and from the first dose bq# lin ( 0 get
better, and after using j/lree bottles
was up and about again
its weight in gold,
store or house witlu^p
free trial bottles a,
Drug Store.
A Wedding Spoiled.
The New England character is still
exlirui.-lin i( ; interesting phases,”
tf'm.ala d a woman who has been sum-
mering m tho Green mountain region,
“hi iho bill- village where I have been
*i)g l;\ei a man who has bc< n mar
ried threw times, hi,; last wife being
still spared to him. Recently occurred
tho fiftieth anniversary of his first mar
riage, and < he old fellow tbrought it
would be a good idea to celebrate ou
that day a golden wedding. Naturally
No. ti objected sto nuously, and attempt
ed to show him tho absurdity of tho no
tion, but ‘giving up’ is not a common
trait among New England men, and her
voice was not suflicient to dissuade him.
Friends were appealed to, and also his
d ublo family of grown sons and daugh
ters. It took tho united and frightened
effuiu of practically tho whole commu
nity beforo the stubborn patriarch could
bo persuaded to abandon his cherished
ambition. New York Times.
Scotty ami tho New Lassie.
Tho new woman is not exclusively of
American growth. In fact, “she” of
the short skirts and the leggings, don’t
you know, is very English, you know.
Scotland accepts new ideas very slowly.
A few weeks ago a gay London lady at
tracted a great deal of attention on a
Scotch moor by appearing in tho garb
tint is usually worn by her brothers.
She was spectacular, but as a shot she
was a dead failure. An old Scotch game
keeper, who was with tho party, said
of her performance: “Sho apit tho gen
tlemen a’ that .she cud. Sho wore tho
same claes, sho smoked, drank a nip of
whasky. Aye, an aueo gied a bit swear
laich in. Lit as for shutin, sho cudna
hit a barn door at ten yairds, an she
never ance said ‘Thank ye’ tae maseL
If ony mair o’ her kind come about I’ll
throw up my job.”—Exchange.
Had Conscientious Scruples.
A correspondent has made the ac-
quaintuuce f a pious tramp. Last Sun
day morning, just beforo breakfast, ho
appeared at tho side door, and, seeing
madam at a window, inquired if ho
could bo accommodated with a break
fast. Tho mistress of the house, in ac
cordance with an invariable custom,
said:
“Will you work?”
“No, ma’am,” was tho reply, “it is
Sunday. I can’t work ou tho Sabbath
day.” And ho turned away, to seek
some more orthodox household.—Bos
ton Transcript.
The wife of Mr. Leonard Wells, of
Last Brimflehl, Mass., had hern uf-
'ering from neuralgia for tv. > dev-,
not being able to sleep r r 1, d!v
•< p st ill, when M r. i.I .Me :, t J,
merchant there s nt her .;
>f Chamberlain's Tain Balm
a l\ed t hat she give it ;• t ie
Dial. On meeting Mr.< Weil
next buy he was told tl./; she *1
right, the pain had left her
t wo hours, and t hut l he h
Tain Balm was worth $5 if
not he had for les
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
A Bourbon In Italy’a Army.
Tho following, relating to a Naples
Bourbon in the Italian army, is from a
Naples correspondent: “Signor Luigi
di Burbone, a pupil of the Modena Mili
tary academy, has been made lieuten
ant in the Regiment Umberto I at Bo
logna. He is tho grandson of Don Luigi,
Count of Aquila, brother to Ferdinand
II. The Count of Aquila, who was a
Liberal, man ied a Princess of Bragauza
at Rio Janeiro, and a sen was born to
them at Naples, who afterward married
Miss Maria Amelia Hamel at New
York in JS(i!(. Among their children
was the present lieutenant.”
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<1 citizens residiug in • r-
nion and York co >ot'n *
if thastate of .'■hiutli »V.nli'.a v. ll,
at I Ii4r ensiling session m' tin- ! • ■ . ml
mbly of South Carolina, apply to
syjfdG. tierul Assembly of South Car-
a to cutoff and incorporate a new
count v in this State out of pari s of
said Spartanburg, Union an i York
counties, the county seat t’n ! t »
bo at Gaffney city. South (kuuliiiu,
and the propo.-ed h .undarh .- > f said
county to he as follow.-:
Beginning at t he for ^ of Be . .
Pacolet rivers in Union c i.c l. and
running up Pacolet river to <■;* i. ar a
point on said river, formerly know as
Brown's Mill, about one and one hall
miles above Pacolet >ii!N ■■ n ■ act
river; thence in a uofih\u- ! rD, o;-
rcclion and east of the town of t'ow-
pens, about one mile, a straight line
to the North Carolina line at or m ar
State Line postotlice; thence with
t he .Xort h Carolina st at e I ine ea-t to
Broad river, at or mar Surratt -
ferry, as formerly know; tlienee with
haul North Carolina lire to railroad
formerly called the UC's . tin ace in a
southeasterly din ct i>n to the mo’li
of Kings creek in York eon til \ ; t hen n
down Bfoad river to the he-iani* .
the fork of Broad and 1 acoh t rivers,
including the following townships:
Draytonville and Gowdisville m
Union county, the greater putt of
White Plains township, nearly all 1 :
Limestone township and a mail i u !
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In DnPre’s Drng Store.
Wo will be glad to have you cull.
All work done by a skilled workman
with years of experience.
C0R8ELL & BRO.
of Cherokee township in : puriunburg
county and t he west t rn part of Chero
kee township in Y ork county, includ
ing tho town of Blacksburg in Y'o: k
county, making the middle o! caul
rivers the line where they touch • bd
new county; hut failing in tin* al o-.■
described proposed county line, then
we hereby give notice and apply lor
said county to he incorporated out of
all the territory above described, ex
cept that part lying in York county,
thus making the middle of Broad
river the eastern line of said pro
posed county.
li. S. Eiukuomh, Gaffney, S. C.
F. D.wkni’okt, Gaffney. S. C.
W. 0. S. Wood, Grassy Pond, S. < .
R. M. Jou.Y, Grassy Pond, S. < h
R. P. Kriu'uus, Ezells, S. C.
J. 'I'. McCkaw, State lane, S. C.
A. 11.Minis, Algood, S. « h
.1 D, .Iukki ttii s Sr \sluiry, S.C.
C. A. .1 Ki l l:ail-. M. D . Home, S.(h
.1. T. Mookiik.\i>. Gowdcysville.S.C,
.1. A. Hamks. (iowdeysvillc, S. (
A. F. KLNintii K. Sunny Side. S. C.
(1, \\ . W iiisonan r. Wilkins vil U S.C
,). L. Stuain, Etta .lane, S. C.
\j. 1). BonnKit, Goucher, S. C.
August 8th, 1895.
That arc made. And v/e sell them at prices to suit the time*.
V/c invite your inspection when in need ot anything in onr line.
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Also Farms near by and in ivuch of the schools of I.imestone Spring
and of this place in lots of from fit) to ltd) acres on liberal time rales.
Also Agrieultural l.ands to rent for farm purposes.
For full particulars apply to
MOSES WOOD, Agent.
X. B.—All trespa-dng on lands of tIds Company cutting and removing
imber, fishing or hunt ing are forbidden under penulty of law.
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Transact a Gonera! Banking Business
I allowod on Time Deposits by AJL
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Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent.
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