The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 16, 1896, Image 1
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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. 49.
GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY" 1G, 189G.
$1.00 A YEAR.
SILVER HOLDS THE WHIP
BUT DOES NOT EXPECT TO AC
COMPLISH ANYTHING.
The Commission Getting Down to Bus
iness—The Rules Not Very
Diflerent from the Orig
inal Reed Rules.
[Correspondence of The Ledger.]
Washington. 1). C., Jan. 13. ’90.—
The silver men have the whip hand
of the senate and while they do not
expect to accomplish any legislation,
they intend to demonstrate their
power. The bill for the free coinage
of silver which was reported as a sub
stitute for the House bond bill and
which is now pending in the senate
they intend to pass, although they
have little faith in its getting through
the house and know that it would be
vetoed if it did; but that isn’t the
only way they propose to demonstrate
their power. Senator teller has
served notice on the Senate Finance
Committee that he will not allow the
House tariff bill, which the republi
can caucus ordered reported without
amendment, to be reported without
an amendment providing for the free
coinage of silver, and that notice has
thrown the committee into a dead
lock which will be broken nobody
knows when.
It has not been decided when the
debate now going on in the Senate on
the bill for the free coinage of silver
will end, but it will probably depend
more upon its opponents, who have
declared that they would raise no ob
stacles to bringing it to a vote at any
time. All agree that it will pass, the
only difference of opinion being as to
the majority it will get.
The Venezuela boundary commis
sion is now getting down to business.
Consequently its meetings are held
behind closed doors.
The House, after a more or less
acrimonious debate, has adopted a
set of rules, not differing widely from f !mMS
the original Reed rules, and is now
working on routine business.
Jf two hills which have been intro
duced ever become laws we shall have
two additional members of the cabi
net in a Secretary of Commerce and
a Secretary of Labor. Much can be
said in favor of the establishment of
Ihcgo two new executive departments
of the government and little is said
against them, still such changes are
never hastily made. Roth hills are
old acquaintances of Congress.
Neither would add much to the pres
ent government machine; they would
merely make executive departments
of the* La^or Bureau; and of the sev
eral bureaux of the Treasury Depart
ment which deal with commercial
matters.
Spirited but ineffective efforts have
crats made it as easy as they could.
This matter was not sent at haphaz
ard nor without investigation, but af
ter repeated attempts bad been made
to get a denial or an affirmation from
Secretary Carlisle or the White
House. The democratic newspaper
men would have been only too glad
to have had even a hint upon which
a denial of tin* story could have been
sent out, but when that hint was re
peatedly refused they think Mr.
Cleveland rather rubbed it in by
blackguarding those who used the
story because they believed it true,
and because neither he nor Secretary
Carlisle would deny it.
An Attempted Assault.
[Correspondence of Tin: Ledger. |
Willie, S. Jan.. 1.—Wash Alex
ander, Nelson Robinson and IVrry
Nodine went to Link .My Kit rick’s
bouse sometime ago and called him
up and then attempted to assault
him. McKitricks reached back and
grasped bis old “trusty” with which
ho held them at bay. ruder the ef
fects of the excitement bis wife Iris
been in a very precarious condition,
but she is now on the mend. MyKit-
ricks swore out a warrant for them
and arrested Alexander last Sunday
intending to carry him before Trial
Justice Westmoreland, of Greers.
Monday morning, lie was in charge
of Tom Clements at his residence.
About dark Alexander became thirsty
and requested Clements to go to the
door to get souk water. On ar
riving at t he door Alexander jur-l nat
urally rose up and flew. Mr. t'lem-
ents sent three bullets after him hut
it is very doubtful whether'they ever
overtook him. The parties arc now
at large.
Mr. Clayton, of Texas, is visiting
friend and relatives m our section.
Mr. Clayton gives a very glowing ac
count of his state. He says that in
his section the land produces from
thirty to sixty bushels of corn per.
acre and prices range from l.">c to 20c
per. bushel.
Adam Van pat ten, a former resi
dent of Greenville county, has moved
to our section. Mr. Vanpattcn
bought land over here three years ago
but has just recently put the finish
ing touches to his dwelling. He is
of your enterprising farmers and
AN ELOQUENT PETITION.
IT WAS OFFERED BY THE U. C.
V. CHAPLAIN.
White Men Black Themselves in Or
der to Attend Negro Festivals
Without Being Detect
ed-Other Notes.
[Correspondence of The Ledger.]
Etta Jane, S. C., Jan. 13.—Farm
ers have had good weather the past Thee, in this convention; guide; di
■ lowed their great leaders to an im
mortality of fame.
“We thank thee that while so
, nAny fell in battle, and so many have
been falling out of the ranks as the
1 years have gone by, yet so many are
j still spared, and so many are permit
ted to gather at this annual reunion.
“God bless every section of our com-
i man country—the rulers of the whole
land, and of each one of the states,
, and our whole people. Send us, we
i beseech Thee, fruitful seasons, abund
ant harvests, and returning pros
perity. and grant that real peace and
plenty may smile upon the land once
more. Meet with us, we beseech
f
OUR SPARTANBURG LETTER
IT’S AMUSING TO HEAR THE
WAR DISCUSSION.
The Politicians Are Divided on the
Question of a New County—A
Wedding — New Iron
Works—Death.
turning stubble lands and
preparations for another
rect and bless us, and send out in
fluences that will bless the land. We
invoke Thy special blessing upon our
week for
making
crop. A good many oats will be i maimed and needy comrades; that
sown this month if the weather con-1 friends may he raised up to supply
tinues favorable. A few hogs remain i their wants, and that Heaven s rieh-
. ,.,,1 t, i n est favor may rest upon them. Hear
jet lo l«- killed. People, generally, | ug oh (iod , ' um j b]e8S us .
have killed a supply of meat for the j pardon, sanctify and save us, we
present year, and, taken altogether, , humbly ask in the name and for the
our country is in much better condi- j
lion than it has been since the war.
We have measles in different parts j
| of the country and in some cases they j
sake of Christ, our dear Redeemer.
Amen.” j. l. s.
one
for t he money that i-
in it.
We have plenty of room for such
men as Mr. Vanpattcn. and we ex
tend to him a cordial welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Atkins were
made extremely happy las! Sunday by
the arrival of a baby girl at their
house.
W. W. Whelelnd is visiting friends
and relatives in Gaffney and vicinity
this week.
We have always been taught that
newspaper editors were perfectly de
void of truth, hut the editor of The
Ledger is certainly an exception to
the rule. His account of the stack
at tin 1 new mill must have been cor
rect for it, is a terrible high thing.
J AIRI S.
been made in House and Senate
to hurry the tuRion of the respective
foreign committees jp reporting a res
olution for recognition of Cuban bel-
Jigenency. The men in control of
those committees have indicated very
plainly that no action will be taken,
by icferring it lo«ub*co .ittees.and
it is well-nigh certain that the ad
ministration will not take any action
until directed by congress to do so.
Meanwhile agents of Spain are said to
be spending money liberally to delay
Congressional action.
Senator Morgan’s resolution con
gratulating the republic of the Trans
vaal for maintaining its institutions
of political liberty against the en
croachments of its enemies, which
was referred to the committee on for
eign affairs, was somewhat of a sur
prise. While Innocent enough and
entirely proper under ordinary cir
cumstances. the present relations be
tween the United States and Great
Britain and the relation of the latter
towards the Transvaal republic makes
the resolution look like a sneer at
England.
It is altogether probable that Rep
resentative 1’ugli, of Ky., intended to
be especially pat riotic when he intro
duced h bill providing that cities of
100,000 or more inhabitants may ob
tain postage stamps of special design
—memorials of local history and men
from the Lost master General, but
there are people just sordid enough
to regard tha bill us being entirely in
the Interest of the stamp dealers.
Democratic newspaper men of
Washington are just hopping mad be
cause of the language used by Presi
dent Cleveland in his letter to Sen
ator Caffery, of Louisiana, denying
that he had made any deal with the
Morgan bond syndicate. The para
graph in the letter to which the cor
respondents take i xceptlon is the fol
lowing: M f am amazed at the intol
erance that leads svep excited par
tisanship to adopt us a nasi* or atiack
the unfounded accusations and asser
tions of a maliciously mendacious
and sensational newspaper.” It Is
well known that although Mr. Cleve
land seemingly singles out one paper
-—the New York World—that the
•fcory of the bond deal was sent out
by practically all th "sapondentt
in Washington, tilth' die demo
Bowlinsville Budget.
[Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Bowlinsville. S. <’., Jan. S.—W.
W. Wheichell, of Willie, was in this
neighborhood some time ago visiting
relatives.
Faith, and it’s the “maysless”
we’re having now.
Melton Kcnnett, of Jonesvillo. was
visiting here last week.
Miss Alice Wheichell, of Lawn, vis
it op us not long since.
Ed. Cook, of Trough Shoals, was in
our neighborhood hist Sunday.
We heartily endorse brother T s
first paragraph in last week’s letter.
We ought always be guided by wis
dom.
Yes, there is old brother Flaw
Picker. He just wades into the boys
with a two-handed brush. Three
cheers for old “Flaw.”
What has become of “Occasional
ly.” The old hoy generally wrote
good interesting pieces.
Butler Goforth and Drayton Clary,
of Sunny Side, enlivened our settle
ment last Sunday with their Sunny
countenances.
We congrnt ulute The Ledger upon
having secured the services of such
an able correspondent as.) L. S. Wo
notice that he never fails to come up
with a column of interesting reading
matter.
Our visitor missed staying his week
last week—only stayed four days.
C. T. Clary lias quit the mercantile
business and is going to school.
W. T. Blanton has recent ly moved
to this place from Home. Wo wel
come all such newcomers as Mr.
Blanton.
Miss Hal lie Nance is visit ing rela
tives in Union county this week.
Rufus Nyuce, of Union county, vis
ited J. C. Nance’s family last Hun-
‘lay- Hum Sam.
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Many merchants are well aware
that their customers are their best
friends and take pleasure in supply
ing them with the best goods obtain
able. as an instance wo mention
Perry Sc Cameron, prominent drug
gist of Flushing, Michigan. They
say: “We have no hesitation in rec
ommending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to our customers, as it is
the best cough medicine we have over
sold, and always gives satifa"tion.”
For sale at 25 and 50 cents a bottle
by VV. B. DuPro.
are quite severe. Mrs. A. F. Ken
drick is very unwell with them just
now. She is in (hdreate health, any
way, and it is feared she may experi
ence much trouble before she gets
well of them.
Rev. F. C. Hickson preached at El
be! hel yesterday.
Rev. Mr. Brock will preach at
Abingdon Greek, and Rev. Mr. Glen-
ton at Wilson Chapel next Sabbath.
Another examination of the Salem
S. S. scholars will lake place next
Sabbath for positions on the honor
roll of the A. R. Presbyterian. The
contest is open for any and all who
wisii to enter. The examination will
he confined to the “Confession of
Faith,” Scriptures and Catechisms.
All candidates must report at the
church by 2 p. m., and have their
names enrolled.
Your correspondent has been very
unwell for more than a week and con
sequently is hut poorly prepared to
I give the news this week.
Mrs. Sallio IT Estes began her
I school Iasi Monday.
Our “night hawk” reports that at
a negro frolic a few nights ago some
: white men appeared in the “dusky
| scene” with their faces blacked so
as to prevent detection. Don’t think
j you need to put yourselves to that
| trouble, gentlemen. Your are near
| enough negroes to pass without the
I aid of pot-black.
If the more respectable part of the
colored people wish to he respected
j by the white people they must “weed
; out these moths from society and
give them an airing in court. 1 have
never felt any hesitency ip saying
that tlie white man who visits negro
i lestivals to gamble with and debauch
, themselves with their colored friends,
* are not as good as the negro, and the
| colored people ought to treat them
I just as white men would negroes who
would intrude themselves upon the
company of white people under simi
lar circumstances. There is nothing
improper in the owner of the premises
to visit these scenes and see that no
disorder or improper conduct is in
dulged in. But let him stay in a
white man’s place.
The young people held their Chris
tian Endeavor meeting at our home
last Sat urday night. \Ye had a house
full and till seemed to enjoy the meet
ing very much.
J. R. Millwood and George Betty
were in these parts yesterday.
Elias Horn is lying very low at his
home near Grindall Shoals with pneu
monia.
Rev. and Mrs. \V. R. Owens spent
last week in this neighborhood.
Chus. Roberts, colored, lies got the
contract, for carrying the mail from
this place to Gaffney two days each
week.
Work on the Skull Shoals bridge
has been hindered somewhat by the
failure of the contractor to finish the
brick pier to a proper height. The
work, I understand, lias been turned
over to Mr. J. N. King, who will fin
ish t hem.
The thanks of this community are
due Capt Quinn for his kind at ten
tion in putting the mail across the
river since t he bridge has been torn
down This has biiwU a great conven
ience to ns.
Our Chaplain General United C m-
federato V eruns, in invoking the
Your Letters Will be appreciated.
[Correspondence ofTitE Ledger.]
Tuorun Shoals, S. C., Jan., (5.—As
I am on the “wing” I send you pen-
cilings for the present.
The new year opens with goal
cheer to our people. The mills,
stores, streets and homes are full of
busy, happy working people. It
would he hard to find a more clever
people anywhere titan is found here.
The officials here ire gentleman of
the first class. They are never too
busy to talk to the many callers who
occupy their time. This scribe has
been given free access to the mills
without a “pass” and he certainly
will nut abuse the appreciated honor
and privilege. Often do we hear such
expressions as this from those who
work in the mills: “The company O
mighty kind and good to till ” The
houses are built for comfort and con
venience and the opperntives seem
happy.
Measles and whooping cough are
quite prevalent and a few deaths have
resulted therefrom.
The cold weather has created quite
a d( maud for coal and wood, ami
some have to borrow from their
neighbors till they can buy for them
selves.
The churches here, Methodist.
Baptist and Presbyterian, an- all
working in harmony with oueli other
ami we are looking forward to a year
of spiritual prosperity. There was a
large congregation out to hear the
new Methodist pastor preach ai his
first appointment. The Baptist
church had arranged for giving their
new pastor a royal reception on last
Sunday night with the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches Invited to
participate hut the pastor did not
come, he being prevented by family
afflictions.
I often hear The Ledger spoken of
in high terms. Our friend Flaw
Picker’s dream was said by some in
telligent readers to he the best of his
former letters. Maybe Bro. Flaw
had eaten too much meat for supper,
anyway ho hit some mighty hard
licks hut he won’t he blamed since it
was only a dream.
I will close here but when I “settle
down” I’ll give you other dots if you
desire. On the Wing.
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Written from Webster.
[Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Webster, S. C., Jan. 13.—We have
been having some very cool weather
fur t he last week.
The health of the community is
very good.
Misses Virgie Tate and Eva Antho
ny. of Webster, visited Miss Ellen
Kirby hist Sunday.
Sam Foster passed through this
section last Friday selling the native
herbs.
James Littlejohn and his sister.
Miss Amanda, went up to your flour
ish ing city last Friday.
Mrs. Lucretia Kirby, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Ellen, and her
litt le son Claudle, visited J unions
Sparks’ family last Wednesday. They
cut and ate a nice watermelon on
that day. It no doubt reminded them
very much of the summer season.
Willie Goforth passed through t his
settlement last week.
Miss Blanch Tate, who has been
visiting over at Trough Shoals several
days, has returned.
Miss Mary Jefferies is teaching
Divine hlesiing, uttered the prayerof school at the Jefferies school house,
every old Confederate soldier. He She has a very fine school.
said :
“Oh God! Our God, our help in
years gone hy, our hope for years to
come—God of Ahrulmm, Isaac and
i Jacob. God of Israel, God of the cen
turies, God of our fathers. God of
Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and
Stonewall Jackson, Lord of hosts and
King of kings—we bring Thee glad
and aratcful hearts as wo gather to
day in our reunion.
We are pleased with The Ledger
and close wishing it much success.
Kate.
It Cured Them All.
Mr. Henry Shira, Girard, Ala.,
says: “Two years ago I had a se
vere case of Grippe and could not re
cover trom its effects. About a year
airo I tried kiius’* Koval Germetoer
and was soon well. It also cured me
“We thank Thee that in the world’s of bowel trouble, which l had for
history, when m» n have been needed four years, and I find it to be a quick
thou has raised them up.
“Wo thank Thee especially*)hat, in
the days of IHtJl to ’05, Thou didst
give to ,ur Southland men—great
men—as our leaders, and patriotic
heroes of the rank and file, who, of-
curo for headache. It cured my
wife of Grippe also, and she says it is
t he host thing she can get for Asthma
and Vertigo. I heartily recommend
it as a good family medicine.” New
package, larg'* bottle, 10H doses, $1.
ten, with baro and bleeding feet, fol-, For bale by W. B. DuPre.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Si’ARTaniu'rg, S. C., Jan., 13.—It’s
amusing to stand on the .street corner
and hear the conversations about the
possibilities of war. The more igno
rant the individual, the more he
thinks lie knows about it when, as a
usual thing, he could not tell where
the Transvaal country is, whether
Canada is a country or a city or
whether Cuba is a continent or an
oasis in the Sahara desert. It is dis
cussed all the same, on about the
same grade of intelligence that fac
tional polities have been agitated in
South Carolina for the past four
years.
"You know.” said a politician the
other day to a brother chip, sub rosa,
“that the clause in the alianco con
stitution saying ‘one of the funda
mental principals of the order should
he that tlie office should seek the
man,’ was a mighty lever in winning
votes. Well we’re in and the ins are
out and the alliance doctrine has lost
its grip, since they look at. it now
from another standpoint, you
know,” and a knowing chuckle of
gratification shook both their sides.
“Curseuaffney.” said another fel
low in my hearing on the street yester
day. “i! won't do to let them have a
new county over there. If wo do
Spartanburg city will heat us in
every election, and that would not do
at all. We must light the proposed
new counties through the oegan or
we are gone suckers.”
“Well, that may he policy, hut it
ain’t very good principal,” remarked
the country man from the far corner
of the county. “It might he well
enough for you fellows living six or
eight miles from the county seat to
harp on a sentiment, hut we fellows
who have twenty to thirty iniles to
travel through all sorts of weather
on sales days and court days and tax
paying days get sentiment knocked
out of us hy the heating rain, the
deep mud. cold winds and fatigue of
the journey. Stubborn facts are
more convincing than a mere senti
ment, a political scheme or party ad
vantage. Curse the party and its
organ both, if we have got to hear
the blunt of your conniving. Just,
count me out for this time. I’m for
putting local governmet nearer the
common people, for the common
people and hy the common people,
and get it out of the hands of shyster
politicians who work only for self
and pay, and”—but the wiley politi
cian suspected me listening and he
cautioned his friend and they moved
away and I didn’t get the remainder.
There was a wedding here last
Tuesday that was said to he a little
slip-awuy affair. Both of the parties,
Mr. Robert Sarter and Miss Irene
Fant. came up from Union and Rev.
Dr. T. II. Law was the clergyman.
They were united at the home of
Mrs. E. Y. Cannon. The bride is a
sister to Mrs. Cannon and it seems it
was understood by her hut the hurry
suggested suspicion that the affair
was entirely impromptu.
Spartanburg is to have another
sure enough iron works. Hon. Stan-
yarne Wilson. W. I). Fowler, C. F.
Christopher and J. R. Little have ap
plied for a charter for the Spartan
burg Iron Works Company on a capi
tal stock of .‘Jtoll.UH >, one half paid in.
Our health officer. Gentry, is stir
ring up the natives, smelling their
premises at the rate of about 501)
houses a mont h.
First-class houses for rent are
scarce in this city. The demand is
exceeding the supply and it is feared
that rents will he advanced on that
account. The laws of supply and
demand operates to advance value in
the rent business, though it is denied
ns applicable in the money question
hy the gold-hugs and money loaners
and syndicato-trust-combiners.
Anyone who don’t realize that
Spartanburg is in a June growth lias
only got to drive over the place and
view the numb w of houses in course
of construction and count the dis
tance in miles. Street Commis
sioner Amos says there is m >re than
105 miles of streets.
The secretary of the board of
health reports that the population in
t he month of D oemb. r was increased
hy births: white males 9, females 4;
colored males 5, foin lies I —total PJ.
Deaths: white males 2, colored males
• t —int>•! 7 \',.i <»■•»„ jo ili ,t
Houroe.
Rachael Loftes and her sifter Annie
Watts were arrested last week for
aiding and abetting prisoners in the
county jail to escape. Annie wa^
discharged hut Rachael languishes be
hind the bars which she designed to
have cut out hy furnishing a lit t le saw
to her new lover, an inmate and a
married man. Rachael under the
pretense of visiting her father, who
is also a boarder at the sheriff’s
boarding house, had been furnished
ducats, the contributions of several
of the prisoners, to the amount of
-t 1.25 which she invested in a steel
saw and delivered to the prisoners.
Sheri IT Dean got on to the scheme
just in time to prevent a general jail
delivery.
Henry Alley, for many years chief
of police in this city, but for several
years past with J. C. Stucky, drop
ped dead Sunday morning at his resi
dence on church street. Mr. Alley has
been a consistant church member for
several years and a devout Christian.
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Thos. B. Gowan’s Hypocritical Career.
[Correspondence of The Ledger.]
Algood, S. C., Jan., 15.—I will en
deavor ,to give your many readers a
hypocritical career of Thomas V.
Gowan as pastor of Macedonia'church
in 1891 and ’92. He was an able
speaker and the people around here
thought there was nobody like Tom
Gowan and sure enough there.wasn’t.
He would get up in the pulpit and
preach and villify and’hemean” the
back-slider, the dram-drinker and the
gambler to the very bottomless pit
of hell, and then he would go to his
home in Spartanburg and make right
for the grog shops and gambling dens
of that town and get drunk and gam
ble and cut up so that the police
would have to put him in the guard
house. When he would get sober
they would bring him out and try
him and find him guilty and make
him pay for his misconduct. He
would get some one to advance the
money for him until his next regular
meeting day at Macedonia, then he
would come down and preach us an
other fine sermon and take up collec
tion for benevolent purposes and us
poor fools, not knowing any better,
would lavishly pour our hard earned
money into his greedy and deceitful
hands to pay his fines. He was such
a cunning devil that he fooled us for
two years. He was about 48 years
old and had a large family to keep up.
In August, 1892, he came down and
Drought a real handsome looking
sixteen year old girl with him and
passed her off as his second wife. He
stayed .vith us about three weeks this
time. He said he thought it was
right for the pastor of a church to
visit the brethren and see how they
were getting along. So we fixed up
for him and his young wife as best
we could. He sent R. E. Sellers
word what day he would he at his
house. Boh, being an up-to-date man,
wanted to have something a little
extra for the preacher to eat, so he
bought a fat mutton from Alf Harris
for 12.59. Gowan and his Judy came
in on time and stayed with Bob until
the mutton was eat up and then they
left for home. Boh had to pay Mr,
Harris in ditching at the rate of 50c
per. day for the mutton. Boh says
the next time he buys a sheep for a
preacher the preacher will have to
show an abstract of title reaching'as
far back as the reign of King Nebu
chadnezzar.
After awhile we began to smell a
rat and a committee was appointed
to visit Bro. Gowan’s house and see
what sort of a man he was. When
they reached his house, instead of
finding him with his young wife, they
found him lying on a cot in the mid
dle of the floor as drunk as a cooter
only wife, who was
age, was sitting in
her mouth all
a pot leg and snuff
and tobacco juice all over her motly
face and her eyes were as red streaked
as forked lightening. It would have
taken a tub of water and a whole box
of H. L. Park’s “toad frog soap” to
have washed her clean. The com
mittee came back and reported
Gowan a snake in the grass. Finally
he was turned out of Zion Hill church
near Clifton and made to leave the
country. The last account we had of
him he was in Greenville jail for run
ning a blockade still.
We had a terrific w ind storm last
Friday night a week ago. It un
roofed John Macomson’s house while
he was eating supper. His wife
snatched up the baby ati([ ran un
der the bed for refuge. John says it
was so quickly done that ho never
had i fine to run.
When it comes to exhibiting curi -
ouh f.»vls, A. W. Smith cm hea d
the list. He had one hatched ou t
not long ag > that had four logs. An y
pers mi doubting this statement can
coin i up in the Algood section an d wc
will sight them to it.
Thim is Pennington was in
neigh b irh »> 1 latt week trying to
a farm The children called
Santa Claus. I heard of t hem
ning .mb to in mb him at sev
places but th tv miss * l th fir Chr ist-
im is toys I’li Mil it it a honey.
Pile last Christ m is j >ke that was
played uroun l here w is on a gang
of sorena lers on New Year s n ight.
!'!i'*y went to serenade E I S-d!**rs and
he had heard of it some way and
stretched a cloths wire from the
corner of his house to a tree out in
the yard and wh n they cam i and
male their rush the wii tripped
them up and piled serenadors, fid
dlers rattle-traps, hills ami all in a
pile together, thus ending the fun of
the serenadors.
Uunninj Lime Joe.
and iiis first and
about 52 years of
the corner with
poochod out like
this
rent
him
run-
cral