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8 THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFKEY, S. C., NOVEMBER C, 1895. A RUINED CAPITAL. .VZALTH OF FRENCH STATESMEN The Fp.U of Cahaba, Once Chiof City of Alabama. Before the Days of Kallroads It Was the Center of Culture and Learning— Now a tntton Dm- tation. It was Father Ryan, the southern poet, first who said: “A land without ruins is a land without memories.” If such be the truth, Alabama is not with out memories. A visit to the planta tion of Capt. Cliff Kirkpatrick, situated about twelve miles from Selma, in Dal las county, beside the rippling waters of the Alabama river, where the once city of Cahaba. for many years the cap ital of the state, and the seat of culture and learning, stood, will convince one of this fact. What was once the streets and boulevards of the gay city are now broad fields, where stately stalks of corn and spreading plants of cotton grow’ in luxuriance, nourished by the fertile soil upon which famous men in Alabama's history half a century ago gathered to solve grave problems of state or to enjoy the unalloyed pleas ures of antebellum times. Before the days of railroads, says the Chattanooga Times, Cahaba, then the capital of Alabama, was in her glory. Beautifully situated, with steamboats plying up and down the Alabama river between Cahaba and Mobile, carrying down cargoes of cotton and produce and returning with merchandise, theancient capital became the inland metropolis of her state. The bulk of the cotton crop was shipped through it. The wealthy planters and slave owners made • their purchases there and its trade bo arne large. It was likewise the hub of aristocracy and the scat of colleges and schools of a high order. When the legislature was in session the season of gayety set in. The palatial homes of the wealthy and historic fam ilies, many of whom owned lordly man sions in and around Cahaba, were thrown open and southern hospitality held uninterrupted sway. These homes were veritable palaces of luxuriance, for their owners lived in the lap of plenty. The decline of Oahaba began before the war, when railroads missed it and were built to Selma and Montgomery. The days of river transportation were numbered, and Cahaba's trade began to leave h r the more favored cities, and with it went the population gradually. Then the capital was removed, and next the courthouse. The population continued to diminish. Then came the trials of war, the raid of Wilson's cav alry and the devastation that followed. By the e nd of the war Cahaba's glory had departed. It was a veritable de serted village. The more substantial of its buildings still stood, but its peo ple had sought other climes. A visit to the ancient place—now a cotton plantation—a few days ago dis closed some curious sights. It demon strated what wonderful changes time had wrought. Nearly one hundred old houses, relies of the past, still stand, and around them the cotton plants are just now dis losing their white blooms. These old structures, built of brick, will for years to come continue to mark the spot where the proud city once stood, for the owner of the plantation does not contemplate pulling them down. Some were .stores, others were churches and schoolhouses, and others still lordly mansions. All are crum bling to ruins, and while a few are in habited by negro families who labor on the farm, the majority are tenanted only by bats and owls. On a hill not far from the river stands what was once the capitol building in whose walls < the eloquence of William L. Yaney and.other famous Alabamians of by-gone days resounded. The old building, a substantial t hree-story stone and brick structure, still stands, and is utilized now as a gristmill and steam ginnery. Across from it are two blocks of brick stores, time having made sad inroads into them. The once fashionable church of the town, which cost many thousands of dollars, is now used by a colored con gregation. It was, when built, the costliest •end handsomest house of wor ship in i he state. The old Dallas acad emy, wheye Senator John T. Morgan attended.school, is now only a towering mass of ruins. The place where the historic Craig family resided is planted in corn, and the broad expanse where Gen. F. W Pcttr ‘ coolly house stood is now used as a pasture. The ruins of the famous old Derriue mansion, which cost sixty thousand dollars, were torn away last year and the brick used for other purposes. A solitary magnolia tree marks the spot where it stood. At one time Cahaba was a city of many thousand people. Lots sold for as high as fifteen thousand to twenty thousand dollars. Now the entire site, with land adjoining, embracing nine hundred acres, is owned by one man, Capt. CHIT Kirkpatrick, who came out of the war penniless, hut by pluck and perseverance has built up his lost for tune mui] now he possesses one of the finest plantations in the south. He re sides with his charming family in one of the twcnty-thousand-dollar antebel lum mansions, which has been refitted. It is hospitality’s own abode. The property which Capt. Kirkpatrick now owns could not have been bought fifty years ago for ten million dollars. Some thirty artesian well;, which quenched the thirst of our ancestors, still llow freely, but only the wandering herds and the thirsty farm laborer imbibe their sparkling waters. If the story of Cahaba’s rise and fall could have been nicturcd by Father Ryan he would have immortalized the dead city. Mini <»f Mrilliant I’lurnajc. There are few birds whose plumage is so variable as the ptarmigan. Three times in th" year its plumage changes; it lias separate coats for spring, au tumn and winter At the beginning of November it pul . on the last costume of the : a . :i. Its spring brown and summer, •'■ray i.rrw w II to hide it among tic* s ::nty lurljugu of its haunts from the kct.i eye of the soar ing falcon. ( rvy h :ni Thicra llio Wealthiest of tbo Dead President*. There seems to be an impression a .ong the French people in general, a wording to the Paris Figaro, that the various French presidents have been men of great wealth. This arises pos sibly from the fact that the civil list of the presidents is l,‘2OO,00Q francs (f2-10,- 000) a year. But the journal declares that the impression is erroneous. “This is not even true,” adds the Fig aro, “of M. Grevy. This affirmation may seem paradoxical regarding the father-in-law of Mr. Wilson. It is, however, absolutely true. When M. Grevy became president in 1879 he had an income of 20,000 francs. At his death, in 1891, he left, in addition to his former fortune and the estate of Mont- sous-Vaudrey, real estate in Paris val ued at 2,000,000 francs and 4,000,000 francs in bonds and stocks. These 0,000,000 francs represented the savings of M. Grevy during his nine years as president, lie drew 1,200,000 francs a year, and as at. id man did not use more than the half of it. The French criticised him severely for his niggard liness; but when a man is 60 years old and has always lived *ii ly, it is impos sible for him to spend HO 000 a month. But he is also the only o, who made anything out of the presidi ncy. “The first president of the republic, M. Thiers, was twenty-seven months in office, but without pecuniary profit to himself. lie had married Mile. Do.sne in 1833, and when he lied, forty- four years later, the consid ruble pat rimony of his wife, added to his in come from the ‘History of tue Consul ate and the Empire,’ the fruit of a long, laborious life, did not make a fortune of more than 3,000,000 francs. This in cluded the value of his famous house in St. George’s place and his collections of art, estimated to be worth a large amount. But M. Grevy and M. Thiers were the only presidents in frwe ity-fivo years (excepting M. Casimir-Perier) who after leaving the Elysec were not obliged to use the omnibus in making their tour about Paris. Here are the others: “All the world knows that Ma dial Ma'Mahon, in the course of his presi de". y (May 2(5, 1873, to January 30, I'*;''.)) ate up his patrimonial estates. At his death in 1893 he owned only two small estates, sold a year ago. He was obliged to live from his salary as field marshal. , “We now pass from a marshal whom the presidency impoverished to M. Car not. Sadi Carnot, a i d ', conscien tious man, religiously spent his whole income from the state, and his private income in addition thereto. This pri vate income at the time of his election amounted to 50,000 francs, and this he left to hi, widow and children when he die l. Ilis widow declined Gie pension oK’ered her by the government. “It is said that Gambetta, for many years leader of the republicans and prime minister, paid his cook more than many a cabinet minister received. However, he left an income of 8,000 francs to his son and a bundle of bonds. “Another president of the chamber, Burdeau, died poor, and the chamber had to care for his heirs. Jules Ferry also lessened his fortune by politics.” PASSING OF THE MULE. Little I’k rthor I's© lor the Animal in the World. At the Eureka colliery, Winderist, Pa., where eleven thousand tons of bituminous coal are turned out every mouth, there is not a single mule drag ging out its gloomy life in the long un- d( rground works. Electricity has re placed animal power to good advantage to the mine operators and to the mules as well. At present, says the Philadel phia Inquirer, there are in the colliery nine thousand one hundred and thirty feet of track, having a gauge of thirty- six inches. The coal is collected in cars holding about a ton each, which are made up into trains of twenty-five to forty cars. Formerly the ears were connected together by chains and hooks, but since electricity was adopted they have been supplied with link and pin couplings. The grades, as a rule, are under two per cent., and the most of them are fa vorable to the loaded trains. Just at present one locomotive is in use. It is a little over ten feet long, live feet wide and exerts a pull of fifteen hun dred pounds at a speed of eight miles an hour. The current is taken from a bare copper wire by a trolley and the locomotive can be operated when the trolley wire is only three feet above the rails. The whole car is protected by a strong covering from damage by fall ing rock. Three more locomotives have been ordered for the switching service inside the mine. They are somewhat smaller and are designed for a pull of about eight hundred pounds at the drawbar. The power-house is a little frame building containing a six- ten by five and a half-foot boiler, a one hundred-horse power engine and a ninety-kilowatt generator. The own er.-, of the mine are so pleased with the operation of tiie electric haulage plant that they have been installing one at another of their collieries. A Good Shot. Prince de Joinville tells in hia “Memoirs” a story that is rather hard on the Americans he found during his visit to this country in war times. “One of the chief members of society at the time was the British minister, Mr. Fox, a diplomatist of the old school. 1 was ! told that one day us he was leaning j against a chimney piece in a dravviug- ! room, where dancing was going on, in I deep conversation, an American came and stood just in front of him in a country dance. Soon the young man began to show signs of anxiety; his voice grew thick, his cheeks swelled al ternately, and he cast anxious glances at the chimney piece. At last he could hold no longer, and with the most ad- iuir::h]e precision he shot all the juice ot his quid into the fireplace, just be tween Mr. Fox and his interlocutor, ‘l ine shot, sir,’the old diplomat cun- t nted himself with saying, with ft bow.” SANGUINARY BEQUESTS. Th© Hearts of Groat Warriors Left aa Legacies. Bequests of hearts have been by no means uncommon. Richard Coeur de Leon bequeathed his heart to the canons of Rouen cathedral, and in July, 1838, this renuarkable relic was once again brought to light after the lapse of six eenturies; the heart, which is said to have been surprisingly large, says Temple Bar, was inclosed in boxes of lead and silver, and withered, as it was described, to the semblance of a faded leaf. Bruce's heart was, by his dying wish, intrusted td Douglas to fulfill a vow, which he was unable to execute in per son, of visltjug the sepulchre of Christ. Douglas, ‘‘tender and true,” promised to fulfill his sovereign's last request, and after Bruce’s death, having re ceived the heart incased in a casket of gold, se|fforth upon his mission. Pro ceeding to Spain, however, he fell in the thick of a fight with the Moors, having previous to his final charge east the heart of Bruce from his breast, when he carried it into the ranks of the infidels, crying: “Onward as thou wert wont. Douglas will follow thee! ’ Bruce's heart was afterward recovered by Sir Simon Lockhart, by whom it was brought to Scotland and buried along with the bones of Douglas in the Abbey of Melrose. When the remains of Bruce, were disinterred at Dunferm line, in 1819, the breastbone was found sawn through so as.to permit of the re moval of the heart. MUSIC IN A PHOTOGRAPH. A New York Mu«l<'l:iii I’lay# a Tun© from a Picture of Wail Street. “I have a friend who is an amateur photographer,” said a Wall street broker to a New York Commercial Ad vertiser reporter, “and one day he con ceived the idea of securing a snap shot of Wall street and its environs. Ac cordingly he secured the necessary permission and carried his kodak to the roof of the Manhattan Life com pany's building, on Exchange place. He turned his lens eastward over the roof of the Stock exchange and pressed the button. When the nega tive was developed it showed little else than a (Confused network of tele graph wires, chimneys and flagstalTs, but, undaunted, he developed his pic ture. Then lie discovered that the photograph of Wall street bore a strik ing resemblance to a sheet of mu d?, the wires forming the lines of the staves, and several linemen at work and the chimney pots and flagstalTs. in silhouette, taking the place of the notes. Contemplating his work with disgust, he was interrupted by the en trance of a friend, an amateur mu sician. Throwing the photograph to the musician, he exclaimed: ‘What can you make of that?’ “ ‘That,’ said the musician, knowing ly, ‘why, that is— •• ‘You can’t play In my yard, I don't.UUo y,ou any more,’ ’’ “And he turned to the piano and rattled off the song.!’ HE WAS INSPIRED. The Marvelou* Kloquence of tin Old-Time Metlindlgi- Mifttiop. “Eloquence isf kpleaking out—out of the abundance of the heart, the only source from which truth can llow in a passionate, persuasive torrent.” This remark of Julius Hare is illustrated by a story told of the eloquent Methodist bishop, the .late Dr. Simpson, in the Youth’s Companion*. Bishop Simpson preaclied some years ago in the Memorial hall. London. For half an hour he spoke quietly, without gesticulation or uplifting of his voice; then, picturing the Son of God bearing our sins in IDs own body on the tree, he stooped, as if laden with an irameu - urable burden, and, rising to his full height, he seemed to throw it from him, crying: “How far? As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.” The whole assembly, as if moved by an irresistible impulse, rose, remained standing for a second or two, then sank back into their seats. A professor of elocution was there. A friend who observed him, and knew that he had come to criticise, asked him when the service was over: “Well, what do you think of the bishop’s elo cution?” “Elocution?” said he; “that man doesn't want elocution; he’s got the Holy Ghost!” LAYING TELEPHONE WIRE. Cavalry Officcm Make an Intcrt-Mllng Ex periment in Germany. An interesting experiment of install ing a telephone by trotting cavalry was recently successfully undertaken by some Irussian Uhlans between Berlin and Potsdam. Two sets of one officer and two non-commissioned officers pro ceeded in the early morning respect ively from Berlin to Potsdam. Each set, says the Scientific American, was equipped with a complete telephone apparatus which one of the men carried in a leather ease on his chest, be sides the requisite quan tity of thinwirc. The end of the wire was connected with the respect ive towns’telephone stations, and the wire was, by means of a fork fixed at the end of the lantie, thrown over the tops of the trees along the road. As each kilometer of wire was thus suspended a halt was made, and it was ascertained whether there was connection with the station. A new kilometer of wire was then eonne dud with the former, and on went the men. The two sets met ;it Teltow. The wires, having been re spectively tested with their respective stations, were connected, and telephonic connection between Berlin and Pots dam was established. The distance is about twenty miles, and the whole thing was done in about four hours. A BOA’S CLEVER TRICK. Tbo Serpent's Silent Capture of an Cm. nu*pectlng Sparrow. A sight very seldom seen by any but professional naturalists was observed the other day in a German zoological collection. The boa-constrictor is a non-poisonous snake, and kills its prey by squeezing it to death. A young boa had been kept in a cage over a week with three sparrows without taking any notice of the pres ence of the birds, nor did the latter manifest any fright of the rep tile. One day, says the Philadelphia Record, the snake appeared to watch the movements of the birds, then pick ing seeds off the floor of the cage, and Slowly began to unwind from the branch of the tree on which it spent most of the time. Almost impercep tibly the loops on the tree disappeared, the body of the snake becoming more and more disengaged, but its head still remaining at considerable distance from the floor. All of a sudden the for ward part of the snake's body shot downward with lightning rapidity, grasping one of the unsuspecting birds, not with the mouth, but with a rapid twist of the body, crushing it at the same time until quite lifeless. This was done so quickly and noiselessly that the other birds never noticed the absence of the victim. The boa then re turned to the tree above, and after a little preparation of further pressing the bird and covering it with mucus it proceeded to swallow its prey with out biting or chewing. As the boas al- ways take their food at night or in the dark, this spectacle was t hought very curious. ON A TOMCSTONE. A Hainan Far© J’rotlurrU in a Miracu lous Manner. In the Oak Hill cemetery at Stony Brook, L. I., a large tombstone of mot tled Italian marble bears a remarkable portrait of an average-sized human face. The picture is not the work of a sculptor, nor has it been graven with the marble-cutter's chisel; it is a natu ral production, the outlines of the face being formed by a peculiar grouping of the clouded veins and dark spots char acteristic of first-class imported stone. The remarkable peculiarity of this par ticular stone has been known for two or three years, and throughout the length and breadth of Long Island it is referred to as “the miracle face.” Standing near, as one would in reading an epitaph or inspecting the grain and polish of such a memorial shaft, the outlines of the face cannot be traced, but at a distance of from thirty-five to fifty feet it is as plain as though done with an artist’s brush, the grouping of the spots, veins and waving lines com bining to make'not only a fair resem blance to a face, but a complete por trait, including hair, eyes, nose, checks, mouth, chin, etc. it:, outlines are clearest, of course, when the shadows and light play properly upon it, but at the distance mentioned, and in the proper direction, the portrait is plainly visible utnll times. The face is on the back of the stone, and the eyes are so set as to" 'appear to he looking down upon tin* grave of the person to whose memory the shaft was erected. AN IMPORTANT OFFICE. How to Prevent Croup. SOME HEADING THAT WILL PROVE . IN* TERMT1NG TO YOUKG MOTHERS. • HOW TO GUARD AGAINST THE DISEASE. Croup is a terror to young moth ers and to post them concerning,tlie cause, first symptoms and treatment is the object of this item. Tho ori- gin of croup is a common cold. Children who are subject to it take cold very easily and croup is almost surw to follow. The first symptom is hoarseness; this is soon followed by a peculiar rough cough, which is easily recognized and will never be forgotten by one who has heard it. The time to act is when the child first becomes hoarse. If Chamber lain’s Cough Remedy is freely used all tendency to croup will soon disappear. Even after the croupy cough has developed it will prevent the attack. There is no danger in giving this remedy for it contains nothing injurious. For sale by \Y. B. Dul’re. Kafo In » Thumlentorm. According to a recent lecture of Prof. Shuster, of London, the safest course for a human being in a thunder storm is to get thoroughly wet. Frank lin remarked Dial he could kill a rat when dry by means of an electric dis charge, but never when it was wet An AmuKinp: Anecilot© of tlir F«lint;urKli Generul Assembly. Among the many anecdotes relating to the celebrated Dr. Chalmern, an amusing one was once told by a gentle man on his return from his first visit tc, Edinburgh. He had heard a great deal about the wonderful oratorical powers possessed by some of the members of the general assembly, and, being anxious to hear and judge for himself, paid an early visit to it. Next to him, relates the Youth's Companion, sat an elderly, hard-fea tured, soleinn-faccd man, who was leaning with both hands on a heavy stick, which he eyed with great con centration of gaze, scarcely lifting his eyes from his absorbed contemplation of it. Soon the stranger's attention was riveted upon the speaker who had opened the day's discourse. The won derful command of language which lie possessed, combined with hi.i elo quence of style and the peculiarity of his manner, excited the listener's curi osity to a great degree. “Can you tell me who is speaking now?" he asked, eagerly, turning to the sober-faced old man beside him. “Who's speaking tiotr?" echoed the old man, lifting his eyes from the con templation of the stick to fix them in contemptuous amazement upon his in terlocutor. “That, sir, is the gicrl Doether Chawmcrs, and I'm boldin’ his stick!” , Hoiv Contagion In Carried. A physician in a country village has lately given his medical brethren some additional instances of the ways in which contagions are spread that should make us all thoughtful. The only case of scarlet fever ever lost by this doctor was one in which the .dis ease was ooimnunicated by a letter written by a mother (in whose family there were two cases of the fever) to a friend a hundred miles a way. The en velope of the letter was given to a child as a plaything. Another severe case of the fever was contracted by a little girl from two playmates who had what the doctor called “scarlet rush,’' and still another was carried to a fam ily by a carpenter, who lived ei^ht miles away, whose little children were ailing with scarlatina, a disease that “theattending physician informed the father was not nearly as catching hs scarlet fever.” Their Hlgnatnres. In one of the fashionable “Kurorte” on the Rhine, reports a writer in the Realm, he came across some queer en tries in the visitors’ book of the princi pal hotel. One of the Paris members of the Rothschild family had signed “R. de Paris.” It so happened that Baron Oppmheim, the well-known Cologne banker, was the next arrival, , and immeuiutely capped the above In- i signing “O. de Cologne.” Town Ordinance. RAILROADS, STEAM-ENGINES AND RAIL WAYS. Be it ordained by the Town Coun cil of CalTiiey City in council as sembled and by the authority of the same: That It shall be the duty of the Rail Road Company or corporation to have at the crossing on Robertson Street (just west of the Depot), a man with a red flag, of sufficient size to attract due attention ; and it shall be the duly of the man to show distinctly and plainly the said red flag when ever any engine or train may be ap pro selling and near the crossing. It shall he Hie duty of this flagman to give due and timely notice of the approach of any locomotive or train, and to prevent, if possible, the cross ing of the rail-road track by vefiieles’ or pedestrians when a locomotive or train may he approaching with the purposc of crossing said Rdbertson Street. Any person or persons attempting to cross its said track after being warned by the flagman, or crossing the same, shall do so at his own peril. Any person or corporation that shall violate any of the foregoing pro visions, shall for each offence forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dol lars. It shall he the fluty of the police of this town to enforce this ordinance trietly. That it sbal 1 he unlawful for any '•uilroad engine or train of cars to cross or pass over any street crossing in said town at any greater, rate ol speed than live (o) miles' per hour; and the engine shall commence ring ing the hell when approaching any of the street crossing at least by the time the engine comes in one hundred yards thereof, and shall continue ringing the same until the last car has crossed the street: That no en gine, ear, or train of ears, shall he permitted to obstruct any street of the town by remaining upon said crossing a longer time than five (ii) minutes. That any Rail-road Compa ny or corporation, or person offending against this ordinance, or any part thereof, shall upon conviction there of, he fined in the sum of not exeeed- one hundred dollars, for each offence. That it shall not be lawful for any hotel proprietor, clerk or drummer, omnibus or carriage driver, or agent or drayman or any person or persons in the employment of any hotel, hoarding house, livery-stable, ordray- mun, whose business it is to drum up or solicit patronage for s aid hotel, boarding-house or livery stable, to enter the cars, upon the arrival of the same, at any depot or stopping place in the town, in the exercise of.their calling, or for the purpose of solicit ing patronage or to get upon the platform from which passengers alight, for u like purpose until all the passengers who intend to do so shall have alighted from the cars. Any person violating Section 7 thb preceding section of this ordinance shall he fined in the sum of not ex ceeding ten dollars, for each offense, nr imprisonment not exceeding twenty days. That it shall he the duty of any of the police of the said town to arrest and confine in the guard house any person or persons violating this ordi nance. until such person can be brought before the Intendant for trial: Provided, that such confine ment shall not exceed twenty-four hours. HK'YCLE ORDINANCE. Be it ordained by the Town Coun cil of Gaffney City in council assem bled and by Hie authority of the same: That It shall not be lawful hereafter for any person to ride u bicycle (within the incorporate limits of the town) on any side-walk or side-walks of any street of the town, known as the “Fire Limits District." That any person riding a Bicycle on any side-walk or side-walks of any street or streets of the town, other than as prescribed or limited in the preceding section, No. 1, shall either at night or daytime, while approach ing any pedestrian thereon either in front or in the rear, and before reach ing said pedestrian, alight from his or her Bi'-ycle until he or she shall have passed said footman. That any violation of either of the preceding Sections, Nos. I and 2, ' said person to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, nr to not exceeding thirty days, fur each and every offense. ordinance against keeping hogs in TOWN. Whereas it is considered by emi nent physicians injurious to the pub lic health of a city or town to permit hogs or any swine to be kept or raised in pens or lots, within the incorpo rate limits of the same, said swine generating and creating obnoxious gases and unwholesome odors, and whereas, it is t he opinion <>f t ej of Health of this town, that it s. be declared a public nuisance, _ against the comfort, cleanliness and good health of the town, to permit any person or persons to keep and raise swine within the corporrte lim its of the same, and said Board of j Health having requested the Council to abate the said raising of hogs in j the town as a public nuisance. ° Be it ordained by the Town Council : ( ’ r Haffney City in council assembled and by the authority of the same: 1 hat on and after the 1st day of March, IS'.KJ it shall he unlawful for •my person or persons to raise, keep or allow hogs, or swine of any kind, in pen- or lots, or otherwise within ^ the incorporate limits of the town ex- : cept as hereinafter provided. I nat an v person maintaining said j nuisance <s stated in the proceeding i ^‘''Hou after being notified by the Health Officer or any pt licomun of the town to abate the same, shall be fin»-d in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or not exceeding thirty days imprisonment, for every day said nuisance is allowed to re main unabated. I hat it any person fail or refuse to abate said nuisance, as required by the preceding section of this ordi nance, within twenty-four hours af ter not ilieation as aforesaid, then it shall he the duty of the Health offi cer or any policeman of the town to forthwith abate the same, and the same to he done at t lie expense of the person or persons maintaining or per mitting said nuisance. That this ordinance, that is the three preceding sections, are not in tended to affect or apply to hog drov ers, or persons bringing hogs to this market for sale Iro n keeping the same in lots in the town during the winter monlhs, while the same are being sold, provided said lots are kept in good sanitary condition, and under the approval of the Board of Health, or Health Officer. Passed and ratified in Oouncil this the first day of Nov., 1 Sfio N. II. Littlejohn, J. E. Webster, Intendant. Clerk Council. Notice of Application to Legislature. State of South Carolina. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned cit izens residing in Spar tanburg, Union and York counties, of the State of Sout ii <'arolina, will, at the ensuing session of the General Assembly of Sout h (.'arolina, apply to said General Assembly of South Car olina to cut off and incorporate u new county in this State out of parts of said Spartanburg, Union and York counties/ the county seat thereof to tfL : ' '-at r Gaffney city, South Carolina, artd the proposed boundaries of said county to he as follows: Beginning at the foriv of Broad and Pucolet rivers in Union county and running up I’ucolet river to or near a ooint on said river, formerly know as Brown’s Mill, about one and one half miles above I’ucolet Mills, on said river; ihtmce in a northwesterly di rection and (Hist of the town of'CbwT pens, about one mile, a straight line to the North Carolina line at or neaf State Line postollice; thence with the North Carolina state line east to Broad river, at or near Sarratt’s ferry, as formerly know; thence with said North Carolina line to railroad formerly called the JC’s . thence in a southeasterly direction to the mouth of Kings creek in York county ; thence down Broad river to the beginning, the fork of Broad and I’acolet rivers, including the following townships: Dray ton ville and Gowdesvillo in Union county, the greater part of White Plains township, nearly all of Limestone township and a small part of Cherokee township in Spartanburg county and the western part of Chero kee township in York county, includ ing the town of Blacksburg in York county, making the middle of said rivers the 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, thus making the middle of Broad river tiie eastern line of said pro* posed county. R. S. Lii’Scomb, Gaffney, fi C, 1'. Daveni'OKT, Gaffney, S. C. W. C. S. Wood. Grassy Pond, S. C. R. M. Jolly, Grassy Pond, S. C. R. p. Scruggs, Ezells, S. C. J. T. McCraw. State Line, S. C. A. Harris, A1 good, S. C. .1. D. JkefeUiks, Sr., Ashury, S.C. C. A. Jeit eriks, M. I)., Home, 8.0. J. T. Moorhead. Gowdcysville.S.C. J. A. Hamkh, Gowdeysville, S. C. A. F. Kendrick, Sunny Side. 8. C. C. W. Whikonant. Wilkinsville, S. C. J. L. Strain, Etta Jane, 8. C. L. I). Bonner, Goueher, S. C. August 8th, 1895. ul RIPANS u The modern stand- tmd in iV ard Family Medi- cine: Cures the in > common every-day 3 ills of humanity. in VMM z c ....