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A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. VOL. II, NO. 47. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 8, 180C. SI.00 A YEAR. THE PTESIDENT’S MESSAGE. FORERUNNER OF ANOTHER BOND ISSUE. The Government Need $40,000,000 Ad ditional Revenne and Congress Proposes to Raise it by a Tariff Bill. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Washington. D. C., Dec. 30. ’95.— Those who said that President Cleve land’s financial message, which pre vented the usual Christinas recess of congress, was not sent in with the expectation of getting assistance from congress, but was merely a forerun ner of another bond issue, arc in clined by the latest developments to say “I told you so,” while the aver age of both house and senate is in clined to say words that would be out of place in a family newspaper. Al though it is regarded as practically certain that the bill authorizing the issue of three per cent, coin bonds, fthich was gotten through the house by a small majority after the most vigorous use of the party whip—for ty-seven republicans voted against it —by Speaker Reed and his lieuten ants, cannot pass the senate, Presi- • dent Cleveland isn’t going to wait to find out, but is going ahead with an other bond issue under the old law and apprehending that congress may be mad enough to repeal that law he is going to make the issue a start lingly large one. And, as though to add to the existing hard feelings be tween the executive and legislative branches of the government, it is hinted that President Cleveland had arranged with the bankers syndicate for another issue of bonds before he sent that financial message to con gress. The bond bill and the tariff bill passed by the house last week will both be at once taken up by the re organized finance committee of the senate, and it is expected that the tariff bill will very shortly be re ported, and believed that the chances favor its passage. The bond bill will be amended before being reported to the senate, and one of the amend ments will provide for the free coin age of silver. Although the adminis tration protests that it doesn’t need the $40,000,000 additional revenue which the tariff bill will bring in there is a growing belief that if it passes the senate it will become a law without the President’s signature, and that the addition to the revenues will be gladly received by Secretary Carlisle. Jingoism having had an inning it is now the turn of peaceful arbitration to come to the front. Representa tive Barrett, of Mass., the same young man who created a sensation at the beginning of the session by of fering a resolution to impeach Am bassador Bayard, has introduced a joint resolution authorizing the Pres ident to arrange a conference between the United States and those nations possessing territory on the American continent for the settlement of all boundary disputes. It is but justice to the memory of the late Secretary of State, Walter Q. Greshem, in view of insinuations against the position he occupied on the question of the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, that his own words on the subject be given the widest publicity. Not two mouths before his death he said: “I do not regard these hair line inquiries us to what the Monroe doctrine was as pe culiarly important. I don’t so much care what the doctrine was, or what Monroe meant for it as for what the majority of the American people think today that it is. I am willing to take that construction of the Mon roe doctrine which a majority of the American people give, and enforce it and stand on it us the Monroe doc trine. And I believe the American public hold the Monroe doctrine to mean that no European power shall be allowed to extend or increase its foothold on this hemisphere beyond boundaries recognized and admitted in the time of Monroe. By that con struction I am ready to stand as ex pressive of the Monroe doctrine, and I would split no hairs about it.” The bill for the establishment of the University of the United States, at Washington, which has in one or another shape been before every con gress for some years past, has been introduced in both house and senate again. It may be that this bill may get through, in as much as it only appropriates a small sum of money, to enable the regents of the proposed University to organize and authorizes them to receive gifts of land and money from friends of the University. It Is probable that there will eventu ally be such an institution us the University of the United States, but if there is it will be established and maintained by congressional appro priation and not by donations from individuals. Kenator Butler, of North Carolina, wants the constitution amended sous to meet the objections of u majority of the United States Supreme Court to the legality of a Federal income tax, and he lias introduced a joint resolution providing for an amend ment to the constitution that will ac complish that purpose. This week the house will take its holiday, although to comply with the law it will go through the form of holding a session in the middle of the week. A majority of its members left town Saturday night after the vote had been taken on the bond bill and will not return until next Mon day. The senate lias completed the re organization of its committee, but it is not likely to do much else until next week. — - —• — - Allgood Items. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Algood, S. C., Jan., X.— L B. Davis was excluded from the Baptist church last meeting for denying the faith of tne white fleecy lambs of God and jumping in the pen with the goats. We really likeBro. Davis and hope that be may play bis hand so as to meet bis God before it is finally and eternally to late. We can show as long a stream of movers as any post ofllce in the county. T. J. Oglesby has moved to Inman. Teab Clary lias moved into Oglesby’s bouse, Jack Moss has has moved into Teab’s house. Frank Lovelace lias moved into Jack’s house and a gang of negroes have moved into Frank’s house on 1‘. H, Byars’ land, who has a grant from the State for said land. So you see we can link our movers together plumb back to the Old State grunt which is near about fur enough I think. Calvin Sellars bod one of the grand est birth-day dinners on the 2nd of December that we have ever seen in upper South Carolina. The old gen tleman was 71 years of age. He is a native of this Stale and has always been considered a fair-minded honest citizen. He is ever ready to oblige bis neighbor and to give to the poor. Soon in the morning his children and bis grand-children began to drive in by the dozzen. after they bad all met and passed a few jokes dinner was announced and the old gentle man led the way Into the dinning room whore there was one of the finest 1 aides set that I have ever seen. It was decorated with nearly everything that could be mentioned. It was loaded with all kinds of eat ables from a corn-dodger up to the finest turkeys, pies, puddings and cakes that could be baked. Every one present ate their fill and there was enough left to feed a regiment of wild cuts. Bill Smith was there and he said lie never saw such a table in all liis life There were 10 child ren. 72 grand-children and 28 friends and relatives, besides Mr. and Mrs.Sel lers. making a total of 112. Mr. Sel lers has 7 sons ail of whom are in telligent and thrifty farmers except one, whose name is .lode, and be is one of the finest and fastest brick layers in the county, lie helped to build the factories at Clifton and Cowpens and just finished some fine work for Belt Turner at Cherokee springs t bat is a credit to any com munity. It is given up that Ed Sellers has the finest baby in Cherokee town ship 1 It is six months old and weighs 28 lbs. Ed says if it lives he aims to make 11 lawyer of him. Your correspondent was in GafTne^ lust Monday and Tuesday with his nose all swelled 1 p like an elephant snout. The balloon that went up in your city Monday looked like the pillar of fire 'hit led the children of Israel across the Red Sea. J. L. Clary and \V. N. Turner were in Gaffney Christ mas-eve making ar rangements with Old Santa, for their Christmas toys. Hose, Theadore and Cleve Bright were in Gaffney lust Monday trading horses with a drover. They swapped their horse for the Cap. Clary mule and pulled for the hole in the wall. When you beat them in a horse trade you have done something. The darkeys of Island Creek church had Rev. Miles Martin up last Sat urday for getting drunk. Miles out talked the boys, pulled the boot and beat the constitution. Martin says he is a free man, and lives in a free country and he intends to drink his drain in spite of every negro In the Thickety Mountain Baptist Associa tion. Will Tumor has moved his saw mill on Sam Clary’s place, near Lew* is Hollis’ where he is sawing lumber to set the hair. Will is one of the old blue hen’s chickens that crows at the break of day. Canning Little Jok. • • If you want the news of thla sec tion take The Ledger at $1.00 a year in advance. Its cheaper than to have your neighbor wear out his tongue telling you what has hap pened. - • Reticent. Stoker—Noddles keeps his business to himsslf, doesn't he? • Joker—Well, yes. He never ad vertises it. If for I rude vfy \ * / a bidder Don’t fo^ fJyoJioy Ledger; Mcrchanti ,*fln&ry wise In its colu. '■% l*ass. IS HE INNOCENT? Its Hard to be Compelled to Spend Christmas in Jail. [Correspondence of The Ledger,[ Spartanburg, S. C., Dec., 25.— Allow me space in your valuable pa per to offer my sentiment in regard to spending the Christmas holidays in prison. I am sorry to say to you that it has been my misfortune to have to spend Christmas away from home and inside of the Spartanburg county jail. Dear readers let me say to you all if God spares me to live my sentence out I will never be put back unless it is under a charge of false impression, for I take this as a serious lesson. I would to God that I could have been at home with my wife and dear little children who are so dear to me. 1 have received from each of them a nice Christmas pres ent. Oh how it fills my heart with joy that they have not forgotten me though I have been away from them three mouths and ten days. I never was away from home only a few days at a time before and it goes hard with me. I will get out the 16 or 17 of March ’96. I am now serv.ng the sentence of another man. I never experienced prison life before. I was never locked up before in my life and I can assure you it is not a pleasant life to live. I cannot num ber the prisoners that have been brought to jail since I have been here but 1 can say that they come and go all the time. There arc 27 in jail now. I cannot mention their crimes. Mr. Green, who you all have been reading about in the Carson murder case, was put in jail just before I was and I have been where I could see him ever since I have been here, and I have become well acquainted with him and have consulted him several times before and since his trial, and I am bound to say that I cannot see the least appearance of guilt resting on him, and he seems to be as fine a young man as 1 ever saw in my life. I have noticed him par ticularly in all conversations and not a bit of guilt has he ever shown in any way and lie proclaims iiis inno cence to day as he did the tir-t time I saw him and he speaks with kind ness all the time to persons who come to see him. He has quite a number of friends of the best people of his community and has the tender sympathy of them all, and for all that may be said or done 1 cannot help hut believe that he is as clear of the crime as any man couid be for it does seem to me that he would show his guilt in some way if he is guilty. He says he will be able to prove his innocence when he gets a’ new trial, for many things have turned up since the last court that will prove his innocence. He feels assured he did not get justice in the last court. I think if he hud got justice he would have been a free man today. He still says that they swore infamous Meson him to save their own lives and he don’t think it is right for him to suffer for a crime h? did not commit. I hope the peo ple will think of this for I think that they have got an innocent man under the sentence of death and I tell you this is worth thinking over. Well I must tell yon I am a father of a bouncing hoy born on Dec., 24th. 1 wish I was at home to pat him and give him a name. I have written home a name for him hut don’t know whether it will suit my wife or not, but I will tell you in the next week’s paper. C. C. Ramsey. The Newsiest in the State. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Bowlingsville, S. C., Dec. 27.— Wo have noted with much interest the steady growth of our home paper. The Ledger. We think that it is the newsiest weekly paper in South Caro lina. The hoys indulged in several sere nades during Christmas and enjoyed themselves In every way good, jolly and funny boys could—but we regret to add that “bounce” mighty near had some of them down. Rufus Nance and family departed for other climes yesterday. We hope, however, to behold his familiar face quite often, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pennington, of Midway, were visiting relatives in this settlement Christmas week. Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Blanton re turned Christmas day from Union county, where they had been visiting Mr, Blanton’s parents. Capt. C. C. Mabry, the popular traveling salesman f( r the Whelchel Jug Concern, returned from the Spar tan city last Tuesday. E. B. Whelchel, our clegible Eb., took a trip to Union county last Thursday. J. H. Bridges and family were near Skull Shoals visiting last week. O. H. H. Clary, et a!., went down *0 Mr, Clary’s store, near Etta Jane, yesterday. Sum Sam. “There’s many a slip 'Twixt the cup and the lip,” And many a man enterprising Has failed in his store ’Cause he didn’t give more Attention to his advertising. —Printers’ Ink. The greatest gift of all the ages— the gift of Jesus Christ to a dying world. OLD FLAW IN DREAMLAND. HE PREACHES TO AN IMMENSE CONGREGATION. Saint and Sinner Alike Come in for a Share of His Condemnation— Not Ten Honest Men m Gaffney. Considerin’ financial standin’s Olo Flaw’s had a very pleasant Christmas with the exception of some worryin’ dreams I had ’tother mornin’ whitch roll up in my mind constantly an gits more forcible at each appearance. Hi* must have been a spark of ora tory that got kindled in Oie Flaw that caused the dream—yen! oratory, at whitch Sam Jones, D. L. Moodv, Dr. Talmage, Tom Dixon an all other dis tinguished orators of the world sink in insignifflccnce. Hit seems that every good an noble act that Flaw Picker does is when he is dead in slumber. I dreamed, sometime before day Christmas mornin’, that I was in Gaffney standin’ on a huge goodsbox in the centre of the square between Wilkins Bros, an Dul’res, an Ken dricks an the Bee Hive, right in the middle of that square, an I thought I was tulkin to a mass of people that reached as far as I could see on either of the four streets, an most of the faces was familiar, an among them I saw, scatterin’ hero an thur, some as honest faces as ever Olo Flaw’s eyes peered into an hit kindled that spark an I thought I peeled forth in thun derin’ tones sitch volumes of oratory us have never as yit fell to man’s ear. After a while I could see orphans an widows cryin’ an their oppressors frownin’ while others (oppressors) hung their heads to reflect whether Olo Flaw was right or not. I seen another, one of Gaffney’s respected merchants, go to a poor, ignorant, had managin’ hut honest, hard-work- in man an give to him a mortgage whitch lie held on his cow an said: “I know you are not able to pay off this mortgage an ef I take that cow your children will suffer so here’s your papers—in other words, your cow—I can do without her an thrive; ; your children can’t; they are as dear j to yon as mine is to me,” an with j tears in their eyes they shook brnds : an the poor feller said : “Thanky’! Thanky’ sar! God’ll bless you an all other men with sitch ; honest hearts. This news T1 he same | as medisen to my worryin’ wife.” Seein’ this more zeal an courage ; come to Olo Flaw an lie peeled forth | words an emphyses that, paralyzed ! drunkards an gamblers. Afur l hud j finished an the crowd had scattered l j could see cards an broken bottles all ; over the streets an smell that ever- | lastin’ stuff that has mint an blighted i thousands of happy homes an caused millions of women an children to he cast out in the world to die of hunger an cold, as it evaporated to air. The next .victims was the liipo- cryts—ehurch-goin’ an profeesin’ Christians who didn’t have a spark of reiigin no where about ’em. Well sir, I jist played whale with ’em. I thought I tole ’em in my speech that they was the lowest down piece of God’s creation ; that tlie church was the place for God’s true an tried peo ple to go to to try to git sinners— drunkards, liars, gamblers, oppress- ers, rogues,. an all other kinds of devils—to turn from their low down ' habits an become honest men. an not for people whose hearts is us black as the hinges of hell to go to to cry an take on an make a mock of the whole fix, an jist as I finished that sentance an ole, big mouthed hipo- cryt blazed out, “Amen”—try in’ to make the crowd believe ho was a Christian by sanctionin’ what I said, when I know’d from personal ac quaintance that he was the sneaken- est devil in town. ’Bout that time I woke up to find it was all a dream; but it was so nat ural, an bein’ on the subject it wan, I have bln studyin’ about it ever since. I think it will be a good idea for me to look after the flaws in church af fairs a little closer in the future frft* every flaw in mankind is a drawback to the church, an right in the church you And most flaws. God help tHis country! It’s a gittin’ worse an worse every day. I bet you can’t find ten downright honest men in Gaffney today. One might say: “There is nigh about that many preachers to say nothin’ about the good church members that go to church every church day an pays large sums of money towards religi ous eauses,” but Ole Flaw raros buck on his dew claws, an with more em phasis, repeats the assertion. Guess I had (letter explain or I might lose some stuffin’: What / mean an what it takes to make a honest man is true an un’- filed reiigin’ deep down in his heart — honesty to God an man ; an when you find a man like that you find u gen tleman in every sense of the word. You might be honest as the sun to your feller man but If you uint im provin’ the talsnts whitch God hath given you you uint honest to him. X<> law breaker is honest. An h mest ' man is a gentleman—a gentleman is an honest man, an the angels in heaven honor him. You wont find no ten men in Gaffney that would he willin’ to lay down their lives, if nec essary, rather than give up their re iigin’. The trouble is, what little reiigin’ they’ve got aint worth as mutch to them as their lives. When Ole Flaw tells you he’s an honest man, then give him u ticker to heaven via. the Blue Till or Dynamite routs fer he’ll he a fit subject ferthat clime. In the churches of today you’ll find men who will git up in experience meetin’s an testify that they’ve bin washed in the blood of the Lam an that they’re on their journey home— yes, “on my journey home”—an jist cross that ther man’s pith an In-’.- ready to put the law to you ef he e:. git holt a nulT on you, an he’ll fi you 100, ef he ain’t too lii'j: a coward. “Washed in the blood of th.* Lam ; , on my journey home.” Go 1 helj sitch infernal “Christians ’ as that i- They’re not us good, us 1 am an ! don’t profess to be nothin’ hut a sin tier in t he fust degree. A downright Christian will set ai let a man stone ’im to death an g< shoutin' home to heaven rather tha raise one hand against his offender. I jist throw these few hints out t let some of you church members st what good Christians you are. II.1 estly, before I’d jinc a church—(* «i house—an me not lit I’d respect C > a miff not to tnspass on his pivmis an let the world see me in my tru slate. But no, jist because God said “let the taros an wheat grow to gether” you think it’s perfectly gooe an right for you to spring up ai choke out the wheat. Flaw Picker. - «»»• ■ THE USE OF ALCOHOL It Blnuta the Sense of Shame and Stimu lates the Animal 1’asslons. The British philosopher, Beutham, in his essay on “Ethics of Government,” I admits that the loss of the American I colonics was due chiefly to the specified indictment of despotism and its un avoidable evils in the manifesto known as the Declaration of Independence. A periodical bulletin of the crimes caused by alcohol might have a similar effect ou the curse of the liquor traffic. It is true that only a small percentage of those crimes is permitted to bo pub lished, but eveu a partial list, with a clear analysis of cause and effect, would suffice to convince every unprejudiced reader that the baneful tendency of in toxicating drinks embraces the entire catalogue of transgressions against the laws of nature and civilized society, in the palaces of wealth as well as in the hovels of poverty, and the evidence of results might thus help to enforce a con- clnsion which a priori reasouers have repeatedly based upon the fact that al cohol, in its normal effects upon the human brain, weakens the moral and intellectual faculties and stimulates the activity of the animal passions. The habitual use of alcoholic bever ages tends to blunt the sense of shame, while it excites combutiveness and the amatory instinct, and those facts alone famish a key to thousands of otherwise inexplicable aberrations, recklessly ruin ous follies and apparently unprovoked crimes. Alcohol also paralyzes ambi tion, weakens the instinct of gratitude and the sense of honor, rouses vindic tive passions and begets a hankering after a constant increase of tho stimu lating dose. Many of tho observed characteristic cases will also illustrate ♦.ho not less important fact that, after years of repentant ab: tiucnce, the least concession to tho promptings of the tempter may rewaken tho dormant pas sion and fan the smoldering fire into dovenring flumes.—Dr. F. L. Oswald. The Fate of Kuna Eehlh. All historians leave in doubt the fate of Naua £uliib, leader of the Indian mutiny. Ho was never seen after tho battle of Singapore. Yet Captain Wil liam Brown of San Francisco, after 40 years, gives details of tho death of Nana and the burial of his ashes in the Ganges. Brown commanded the Ganges fleet and bis vessel, tho Benares, was attack ed by Nana and a largo force. Brown shot Nana and beat off the sepoys with a loss of 23 men. When the battle was over, be descended to his cabin and was amazed to find there Nana Sahib dying and his mistress Luma, both of whom be knew personally. At the height of the mutiny this woman had come to him as an emissary from Nana and of fered him a largo sum to dcKcrt to tbe native cause. At that time ho promised Nana if tbe rebel leader fell into his hands he would give him his freedom, or if dead, he would bestow proper fune ral honors upon his corpse. Nana now reminded Brown of this promise and soon expired. That night tbe body was taken to the shore by Brown and burned. Tbe only witnesses were Brown’s servants. Ameer and Lomu. When tho tiro blazed up. Loma threw herself upon it ami van bnrued with tho man il.o loved. That same night the nihrs of Nana wote t: ken to a paint where t he Gondra meets tho Ganges, and were buried in the holy wulers. Captain Brown has documents nib- fftuntiuting this story, which was never made public.' The commonly received impression has been that Nanacommit- tsd saieidf. w&t. .{^Qj^GJol^ Demote at. M ARRFA075* AT. WILLIE. Also an Accident and a Death and Other News. | Correspondence of The Ledger.] Willie, S. C.. Dec., 28.—Perry Howell, of our section, and Miss Ter- riza Cunlril, of Spartanburg, were joined in holy wedlock last Sunday a week ago. Hoke Staton met with a very pain- fui accident one day last week. He fell off his horso and dislocated his shoulder, which has caused him a great deal of suffering. He is getting along nicely now. The sports of our section met at T. R. Aliens last Saturday for the purpose of engaging in u shooting match for a turkey. John Weaver’s daughter, aged 1 bout fourteen years, died of measles i-n Saturday and was buried at lolly Sprin.'s Sunday. 1 he U. S. deputies made another Mil in our section last Saturday, hey weiv more successful this time, i’liey arr stud George Clayton, a re- Hited illicit dealer, and bound him verto appear at the next term of he Federal court. A m.in named Blackwell, of Clar- ■nce, sold lus cotton, put the money u his pocket, and, one night last reek pulled out for parts unknown, uving his creditors in the “lurch.” .1. Johnson, of this section, is he owner of a turkey that we will nit” against any turkey in the State > lay eggs. She has laid an egg very day t his month up to date. W. W. Whelchel met with the mis- ortunc of losing his mule Christmas •vo night. We don’t know what was . he cause of its death. It may have oecti that Santa Claus, in going his round, passed by the stable door and scared it to death. The mule was ipparently well at sun-down but was lead by ten o’clock at right. Tho U. S. deputies ran into some “moonshiners” just over the Green ville line last Saturday night. They mule a pretty good haul this time. i'hcy cut up two stills, one of which as said to ho the largest stil! in this •lion, and captured Rufe Jackson 1 l I ahe Farnutn, white, and Wiley t'l.-w], colored. \Vi' con gnu ulate onr boys upon . heir good behavior during Christmas. We have heard of only one difficulty so far. John Barnet and Lum Wat- on got into a difficulty Christmas vo night in which Burnet sustained j tho loss of a small patch of skin somewhere in the region of his •crania.” Jairus. . —»»- • Subscriber Answers Problems. Algood, S. C., Dec., 81.—The Sun- lay school Ur ion of the northern •rtion of the Broad river association onveiud with the Macedonia church st Frid iy, Saturday and Sunday, .t fell somewhat short of being a ucce.-sful meeting. There was no ludslori'it aid on Friday and Satur- l iv. '1 iierv- was either no money in for them or else they thought all ■ui* chickens were dead. On Sunday dov. J. I*. Baily preached a very able iermon on missions bused on Acte 1; •i. The union then adjourned to met with tho Beaver Dam church on “riday before the fifth Sunday in da rch 181)0. W. W. Hopper and wife, of Earles, >. c., visited W. I). Byars and fam- !y last week. Ananias Gardner, of Greenville, i i*< I friends and relatives here dur ing Xmas. .1 m u it comes to entertaining vis- tors E. P. Richards “takes the rag IT t v e hush and throws it away.” ,ast week ho was visited by James Duckett and wife, Misses Levina K. tehee and Ida Cudd, of Brooklyn, . C., Calvin and James Phillips, of i.lls Springs, N. C., J. J. Richards 1: I wife and J. F. (Juinn, of Martins- ille. Rev. T. J. Moss, of Forest City, N. ., and J. D. Smith, of Butler, N. C., •sited relatives here last week. R. M. Cash, of Cowpens, was at dacedonia Sunday. Uobt. B. Powell and Mrs. C. P. •Vitkins went to the county seat yes- . erday on husines. W. D. Byars has been improving his out buildings. John J. Richards and Miss E. Vlc- oria Price were united in the holy oonds of matrimony last Thursday •veek. I submit an answer to Bro. J.L. s'h problem concerning A and B’s and purchase: A paid $5.4029 per acre; B paid .-1.6529 per. acre; A received 46.271 acres; B received 58.729 acres. It cannot be solved to a cent. Cunning Little Joe’s answer to my problem concerning ABC and D’s Imlo of cotton is incorrect. In an swer to his I will state that I have never si en a millennial dawn history is there is no such history published, hut if lie’ll get into a skiff and take tis staff and compass (the Bible) and • iW out a mile on (lie water and Stick U staff down deep into the water hen draw il out carefully and look 1 qil he finds the hole his staff will lieu indicate to him h >w long it will like to scan hell a mile with a staff M j-s Roxana Gardner has returned (o Clifton. \\\ B. Price took in the exposition not long since. Subscribxx.