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f THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JANUARY 1(5, 1890. ARMENIAN HORRORS. AIV. Bn. TALMAGE TELL? THE STORY e? MOHAMMEDAN CRUELTY. Bl»qn*nt .tnd J'rrvld Appeal — Th« eov«r<1ly Snltftn I'.tcnrlKtftd—Rm Arner- |«« tlie RigHt to He flerird? - Clera Bar- ten and the Rrd Cro^a. Washinoton. Jan. 12. —It wait appro priate that iu tho presence of the chief men of this nation ami other nations Dr. Talmageshould tell the story of Ar menian massacre. What will be tho ex tent for good of such a discourse none can tell.* The text was II Kings xix, 87, “They escaped into the land of Ar menia. " In Bible geography tins is the first time that Armenia appears, called then by the same name as now. Armenia is chiefly u tableland, 7,000 feet above the level of the sea, and on one of its peaks Noah’s ark landed, with its human family and fauna that were to fill the earth. That region was the birthplace of the rivers which fertilized the garden of Eden when Adam and Eve lived there, their only roof tho crystal skies and their carjAit the emerald of rich grass. Its inhabitants, the ethnologists tell ns, are a superior type of the Cau casian race. Their religion is founded on the Bible. Their Saviour is our Christ. Their crime is that they will not become followers of Mohammed,that Ju piter of sensuality. To drive them from the face of the earth is the ambition of all Mohammedans. To accomplish this, murder is no crime, and wholesale mas sacre is a matter of enthusiastic appro bation mid governmental reward. The prayer sanctioned by highest Mo hammedan authority and recited every day throughout Turkey and Egypt, while styling all those not Mohamme dans as infidels, is as follows: “O Lord of all creatures! O Allah ! Destroy the infidels and polytheists, thine enemies, the enemies of the religion. 0 Allah, make their children orphans and defile their bodies, cause their feet to slip, give them and their families, their households and their women, their chil dren and their relatives by marriage, their brothers anil their friends, their possessions and the race, their wealth and their lauds as booty to the Mos lems, O Lord of all creatures!” The life of an Armenian in the presence of those who make that prayer is of no more value than tho life of a summer insect. StatiMtlc* of Slaughter. The sultan of Turkey sits on a throue impersonating that brigandage and as sassination. At this time all civilized nations are in horror at the attempts of that Mohammedan government to de stroy all the Christians of Armenia. I hear somebody talking as though some new thing were happening, and that the Turkish government had taken a new role of tragedy on tho stage of nations. No, no! She is at the same old business. Overlooking her diabolism of other cen turies, wo come down to our century to find that in 1822 tho Turkish gov ernment slow 50,000 anti-Moslems, and in 1850 she slew 10,000, and in 1860 she slew 11,000 and iu 1876 she slew 10,000. Anything hhort of the slaughter c4 thousands of human beings does not put enough red wine into her cup of abomination to make it worth quaffing. Nor is this the only time she has prom ised reform. In tho presence of tho war ships at tho mouth of the Dardanelles she has promised the civilized natious of the earth that she would stop her butcheries and tho international and hemispherio farce has been enacted of believing what she says, when all the past ought to persuade us that she is only pausing in her atrocities to put na tions off the track and thou resume the work of death. In 1820 Turkey in treaty with Russia promised to alleviate the condition of Christians, but the promise was broken. In 1839 the then sultan promised pro tection of life and property without ref erence to religion, and the promise was broken. In 1844, at the demand of an English minister plenipotentiary, the sultan declared after the public execu tion of an Armenian at Constantinople that no such death penalty should again be inflicted, aud tho promise was broken. In 1850, at the demand of foreign na tions, the Turkish government promised protection to Protestants, bnt to this day the Protestants at Stamboul are not allowed to build a church, although they have the funds ready, and the Greek Protestants, who have a church, are not permitted to worship in it. In 1856, after tho Crimean war, Turkey promised that no one should be hindered in the exercise of the religion he pro fessed,and that promise has been broken. In 1878, at tho memorable treaty of Berlin, Turkey promised religions lib erty to all her subjects in every part of the Ottoman empire, and the promise was broken. Not once in nil the cen turies has the Turkish government kept her promise of mercy. So far from any improvement, the condition of the Ar menians has become worse and worse year by year, and all the promises tho Turkish government now makes are only a gaining of time by which she is mak ing preparation for the complete exter mination of Christianity from her bor ders. The NnHiaiice of the Ace*. Why, after all the national and con tinental and hemispheric lying on tho part of the Turkish government, do not the warships of Europe ride up as close !j possible to the palaces of Ccnstan Hnoplo and blow that accnrsed govern ment to atoms? In the name of the eternal God, let the nuisance of the ■gee be wiped off the face of the earth! Down to the perdition from which it araoked np sink Mohammedanism! Be tween these onthreaks of massacre the Armenians suffer in silei are seldom if ever repot taxed heavily for the MvImo. and the rail tongs that \rhey are k lege of |he ha led to tse- to the assoHHor, list ho report the value of their property too highly. Their evi- j donee in cou.'t is of no worth, and if 50 Armenians aw a v.r.uig committed and one Mohanin dan was pn sont the tes- timouy of ih <n ?! 'aiuiuedau would be taken and the t< nooyof tho 60 Armenian i rej < d—in other words, the •olemn oath ' i a thousand Armenians would not be strong i tough tooverthrow the perjury of one Mohammedan. A pro fessor was condemned to death for trans lating the English “Book of Common Prayer” into Turkish. Seventeen Arme nians were sentenced to 15 years’ im prisonment for rescuing a Christian bride from tho bandits. This is the way the Turkish govern- meut amuses itself in time of peace. These are tho delights of Turkish civili zation. But when the days of massacre come, then deeds are done which may not be unveiled in any refined assem blage, aud if one speaks of the horrors, he must do so in well poised aud cau tious vocabulary. Hundreds of villages destroyed! Young men put in piles of brushwood, which are then saturated with kerosene aud set on fire! Mothers, in the most solemn hour that ever comes in a woman’s life, hurled out and bay oneted ! Eyes gouged out and dead and dying hurled into the same pit! The slaughter of Lucknow aud Cawnpur, India, iu 1857, eclipsed iu ghastliness! The worst scenes of the French revolu tion iu Paris made more tolerable iu con trast! In many regions of Armenia the only undertakers today arc the jackals and hyenas. Many of the chiefs of tha massacres were sent straight from Con stantinople to do their work, aud having returned were decorated by the sultan. To four of the worst murderers the sul tan sent silk banners, in delicate appre ciation of their services. Five hundred thousand Armenians put to death or dy ing of starvation ! This moment, while I speak, all up and down Armenia sit many people, freezing iu the ashes of their destroyed homes, bereft o‘f most of their households aud awaiting the club of assassination to put them out of their misery. “How Long, O Lord I” No wonder that the physicians of that region declared that among all the men and women that, were down with wounds and sickness and under their care not one wanted to get well. Re member that nearly all the reports that have come to us of the Turkish outrage? have been manipulated and modified and softened by tho Turks themselves. The story is not half told, or a hundredth part told, or a thousandth part told. None but God and our suffering broth ers and sisters in that faroff land know the whole story, and it will not be known until in the coronations of heav en Christ shall lift to a specia’ throue of glory these heroes aud heroines, say ing, “These are they who came out of great tribulation and had their robes washed aud made white in the blood of tho lamb.” My Lord and my God, thou didst on the cross suffer for them, but thou, surely, O Christ, wilt not forget how much they have suffered for thee! I dare not deal in imprecation, but I never so much enjoyed tho imprecatory songs of David as since I have heard how those Turks are treating the Ar menians. The fact is. Turkey has got to be divided up among other natious. Of course tho European nations must take the chief part, but Turkey ought to be compelled to pay America for tho Amer ican mission buildings and American scboolbouses she has destroyed aud to support tho wives aud children of the Americans ruined by this wholesale butchery. Whi n the English liou and the Russian bear put their paws on that Turkey, tho American eagle ought to put in its bill. Who are these American aud English and Scotch missionaries who are being hounded among tho mountains of Ar menia by the Mohammedans? Tho no blest men and women this side of heav en. Some of them men who took the highest honors at Yale aud Princeton and Hurvu i* and Oxford and Edin burgh. Some of them women, gentlest and most Christlikc, who, to save peo ple they never saw’, turned their backs on luxurious homes to spend their days -in self expatriation, saying goodby to father aud mother and afterward good- by to their own children as circum stances compel them to send the little ones to England, Scotland or America. I have seen these foreign missionaries in their homes all around the world, and I stamp with indignation upon the literary blackguardism of foreign corre spondents who have deprecated these heroes and heroines who are willing to live aud die for Christ’s sake. They will have tho highest thrones in heaven, while their detainers will not get near enough to tho shining gates to see the faintest glint of any one of the 12 pearls which make up the 12 gates. The Cowardly Sultan. This defamation of missionaries is augmented by tho dissolute English, American and Scotch merchants who go to foreign cities, leaving their families behind them. Those dissolute merchants iu foreign cities lead a life of such gross immorals that the pure households of tho missionaries are a perpetual rebuke. Buzzards never did believe iu doves, and if there is anything that nightshade hates it is the water lily. What the 560 American missionaries have suffered in the Ottoman empire since 1820 I leave the archangel to announce on the day of judgment. You will see it reasonable that I put so much emphasis on Ameri- j nanism iu the Ottoman empire when I ieii you tnat America, notwithstanding all the disadvantages named, has now over 27,000 students in day schools in that empire and 85,000 children in her Sabbath schools, and that America ban expended iu the Turkish empire for its betterment over #10,000,000. Has not America a right to bo heard? Aye, it will be heard! 1 am glad that great in dignation meetings aie being held all over this country. That poor, weak, cowardly sultan, whom I saw a few years ago ride to his mosque for worship, guarded by 7,000 armed men, many of them mounted on prancing chargers, will hear of tlieBe sympathetic mMLutgji for tho Armenians, if not through Amer ican reporters, then through some of his 860 wives. What to do with him? There ought tr bo some St. Helena to which he could bo exiled while tho na tions nf Europe ippoint a ruler of their own to elenn ont and take possession of the palaces of Constantinople. Tonight this august assemblage in tho capital of the United States, in tho name of the God of nations, indicts the Turkish gov ernment for the wholesale assassination in Armonia aud invokes the interfer ence of Almighty God and tho protest of eastern and western hemispheres. A Cobweb of Spiders. Bnt what is tho duty of the hour? Sympathy, deep, wide, tremendous, im mediate! A religious paper, Tho Chris tian Herald of New York, has led the way with munificent contributions col lected from its subscribers. But the Turkish government is opposed to any relief of the Armenian sufferers, as I personally know. Last August, before I had any idea of becoming a fellow citi zen with you Washingtonians, #50,000 for Armenian relief was offered mo if I would personally take that relief to Armonia. My passage was to bo engaged on tho City of Paris, but a telegram wai seut to Constantinople asking if the Turkish government would grant me protection on such au errand of mercy. A cablegram said the Turkish govern ment wished to know to what; points in Armenia I desired to go with that re lief. In our reply four cities were nam ed, ouo of them tho scene of what had been the chief massacre. A cablegram came from Constantinople saying that I had better send the money to the Turk ish government’s mixed commission, and they wouid distribute it. <So a cob web of spiders proposed a relief com mittee for unfortunate flies. Well, a man who would start up through the mountains of Armenia with #50,000 and no governmental protection would be guilty of monumental foolhardiness. The Turkish government has iu every possible way hindered Armenian relief. An Ansel of Morey. Now where is that angel of mercy, Clara Barton, who appeared on the bat tlefields of Fredericksburg, Antietam, Falmouth and Cedar Mountain and uu- der the blaze of French and German guns at Metz and Paris and in Johns town floods aud Charleston earthquake aud Michigan fires and Russian famine? It was comparatively of little impor tance that the German emperor decorated her with tho Iron Cross, for God hath decorated her iu the sight of all nations with a glory that neither time nor eter nity can dim. Born in a Massachusetts vill.age, she came iu her girlhood to this city to serve our government in tho pat ent office, but afterward went forth from the doors of that patent office with a divine patent signed and sealed by God himself to heal all the wounds she could touch aud make tho horrors of the flood and fire aud plague aud hospital fly her presence. God bless Clara Bar ton! Just as I expected, she lifts the banner of tho Red Cross. Turkey aud all nations are pledged to respect and defend that Red Cross, although that color of cross does not, in tho opinion of many, stand for Christianity. In my opinion it does stand for Christianity, for was not the cross under which most of us worship red with tho blood of tho Son of God, red with tho best blood that was over shed, red with the blood pour ed out for the ransom of tho world? Then lead on, oh, Red Cross, aud lot Clara Barton carry it! The Turkish gov ernment is bound to protect her, and the chariots of God are 20,000 and their charioteers are angels of deliverance, and they would all ride down at ouco to roll over aud trample under the hoofs of their white horses any of her assailants. May the $500,000 she seeks be laid at her feet! Then may the ships that carry her across Atlautic and Medi<erruneau seas bo guided safely by him who trod into sapphire pavement bestormed Gali lee. Upon soil incarnadined with martyr dom let the Red Cross be planted until every demolished village shall be re- builded and every puug of hunger bo fed and every wound of cruelty bo healed and Armenia stand with as much liber ty to serve God iu itsowuwayas in this the best land of all tho earth, we, tho descendants of the Puritans and Hol landers aud Huguenots, are free to wor ship the Christ who cumo to set ail na tions free. Th« Cry of Duty. It has been said that if we go over there to interfere on another continent that will imply the right for other na tions to interfere with affairs on this continent, aud so the Monroe doctrine be jeopardized. No, no I President Cleveland expressed tho sentiment of every intelligent and patriotic Ameri can when he thundered from the White H< use a warning to all nations that there is not one acre or ono inch more of ground on this continent for any transatlantic government to occupy. And by that doctrine we stand now and shall forever stand. But there is a doc trine as much higher than the Monroe doctrine as tho heavens are higher than the earth, and that is the doctrine of humauitarianism and sympathy aud Christian helpfulness which one cold December midnight, with loud aud multitudinous chant, awakened tho shepherds. Wherever there is a wound it is our duty, whether as individuals or as natious, to balsam it. Wherever there is a knife of ubsassinatiou lifted it is our duty to ward off the blade. Wher ever men are persecuted for their reli gion it is onr dnty to break that arm of power, whether it be thrust forth from • Protestant church, or a Catholic ca thedral, or a Jewish synagogue, or a mosque of Islam. We all recognize the right on a small scale. If, going down the road, we find a ruffian maltreating a child, or a human brute insulting a woman, we take a Inmd in tho contest if wo are not cowards, and though wo be slight in personal presence, because of our indignation we come to weigh about 20 tons, and tho harder wo punish the villain the louder our conscience ap plauds ns. In such case we do not keep onr hands in our pockets, arguing that if wa intarfare with the brute tho brute I might think ho would have a right to interfere with ns, and so jeopardize the Monroe doctnne. The fact is that that persecution of the Armenians by tho Turks must be stopped, or God Al mighty will curse till Christendom for its damnable indifference and apathy. But the trumpet of r< urrection is about to sound for Armenia. Aincrjr.-in Sympathy. Did I say in opening that on one of the peaks of Armenia, tins voiy Anne- i uia of which wo speak, iu Noah’s time theyark landed, according to the myth, as some think, bnt according to God’s “say so,” as I know, and that it was aft* er a long storm of 40 days and 40 nights, called the deluge, and that afterward a dove went forth from that ark and re turned with an olive leaf in her beak? Even so now there is another ark being launched, but this one goes sailing not over a del ago of water, but a deluge of blood—the ark of American sympathy —and that ark, lauding on Ararat, from its window shall fly the dove of kind ness and peace to find the olive leaf of returning prosperity, while all tho mountains of Moslem prejudice, oppres sion and cruelty shall stand 15 cubits under. Meanwhile we would like to gather all tho dying groans of all tho 500,000 victims of Mohammedan op pression and intone them into ouo pray er that would move the earth aud tho heavens, hundreds of millions of Chris tians’ voices, American aud European, crying out: “O God Most High, spare thy children! With mandate from the throne hurl back upon their haunches the horses of the Kurdish cavalry. Stop tho rivers of blood. With the earth quakes of thy wrath shake tho founda tions of tho palaces of tho sultan. Move all the nations of Europe to command cessation of cruelty. If need ho, let the warships of civilized nations boom their indignation. Let tho crescent go down before tho cross, and the Mighty One, who hath on his vesture aud on his thigh a name written ‘King of Kings and Lord of Lords,’ go forth, conquer ing and to conquer. Thine, O Lord, is tho kingdom ! Halleluiah! Amen!” French FrisonerV Railway Carriages. These railway carriages, of which there are 40 in constant use, are the property of tho government, who pay one-half of the price of a third class ticket for each prisoner conveyed. The repairs are executed in the yards of the different railway companies at tho ex pense of the state. They merit a de tails <1 description. Each carriage contains a double row of cells, nine on each side, separated by a passage running lengthwise, with a solid door on each lateral face. At ono extremity there is a desk aud a table that draws out. These, as well as a number of cupboards, aro for tho uso of tho warders. Tho latter sleep ou fold ing bedsteads, which tho passage is just wide enough to accommodate. The cells are 60 centimeters (24 inches) wide, 65 centimeters (26 inches) deep and 1.75 melers (5 feet 0 inches) high. The pris oners sit facing the door and aro attach ed by leg irons, giving a certain amount of play to the legs. Should a prisoner misconduct himself it is possible to shorten tho chains from the passage without opening tho door of the cell. Their creature comforts, however, aro not altogether neglected, the carriage being lighted by windows at cither end and warmed by a stove. At night it is brilliantly lighted by a special lamp. One cell is fitted upas a convenience for the prisoners. For intellectual recrea tion, it must bo admitted, small provi sion is made. The articles of tho code relating to convicts are hung up inside the cell door, and that is all.—Fort nightly Review. Rich Prizes. On July i0, 17-15, Captain James Talbot, in the Prince Frederick, aud Captain John Morecock, in tho Duke, foil in with tho Spanisn ships Notre D amo, Lewis Erasmus and Marquis D’Antiu. Tho Prince Frederick attack ed tho Marquis D’Aunu, aud took her, being at the sumo time exposed to tho lire of tho Lewis Erasmus, which, after a stubborn resistance, was alsocaptured, but as each of tho ships was superior to the English vessel, the engagement last ed some hours. The Duke, which had commenced the action, had iu the mean time gone in pursuit of the Notre Dame, which hud taken flight, but night com ing on, tho chase was given up, and the Duke returned to assist tho Prince Fred erick in tho charge of the captured ships. The two prizes contained treasure to the amount of .€800,000, which was convey ed to the Tower in 45 wagons ou the 1st and 2d of October.—Mcdallic Illustra tions. Me m c of the Intendant, but not to exceed the sum of ton ($10) dollars per day. Skc. 7. That every itinerant physi cian, surgeon chiropodist, or other person in a profession or business of like character, shall pay a license of not exceeding ten ($10) dollars per 'lay. within the discretion of the I ntendant, Skc. 8. That each and every dealer or company retailing fresh meats, such as heef, mutton, pork, and the like, shall pay a license of $10. SPECIAL TAXES. Skc. 9. No person, firm, or corpor- It cures a wide range of diseases because i at ion shall be engaged in. prosecute, of its power as a blood purifier. It aots j or carry on any business or profes- directly and positively upon the blood, «‘ on hereinafter mentioned w ithout and the blood reaches every nook and having first paid a special license ti„x Is w hat gives Hood’s Surr-a'm Li it* groat popularity, its constantly increasing sales, and enables it to accomplish its wonderful and unequalled cures. The combination, proportion and process used in preparing Hood’s Harsaparilla are unknown to other medicines, and make Hood’s Sarsaparilla Peculiar to Itself 00 :> oo oo Hanoverian Etiquette. One of the minute points of etiquette upon which the king of Hanover insist ed was that he would not receive visit ors for a first presentation tohim except in uniform. Sir Joseph Crowe had no uniform, aud ho comments on “the fact that a king who was utterly blind could see (sic) unless the person he wished to honor was in uniform.” An American journalist was once refused an interview with the same king of Hanover ou tho same ground, but he was ultimately more succes.-ful, for, pleading that ho was an American republican and there fore could not do otherwise than appear without a uniform, ho was received, the king commenting himself at tho be ginning of tho interview upon tho spe cial ground for the exception.—Athe- nscum. Thought Kced a Tlmoron* Speaker. A Foxcroft man who was in the Maine legislature iu 1869 recalls perfectly how Tom Reed looked and acted at that time. The budding young statesman from Portland was 29 y^cars of age, with a face as smooth as an apple, and, as the Foxcroft ex-member put it. “He weigh ed over 200 pounds and looked like a great, green, overgrown hoy. ’’ His con duct and bearing were much the saino then ns now, and his appearance when addressing the house, though aggressive, with a humorous turn, was, over all, timorous. — Button Htuuld. corner of the human system. Thus all the nerves, muscles, bones and tissues come under the beneficent influence of Hood’s Sarsaparilla The One True lilood Purifier. $1; six for §5. ui i* i'»*n < ’ ure Liver Ills; easy to I i OGCl S r lllS take, easy to operate. 'iOc. ) An Ordinance To raise supplies for the year com mencing t he first Tuesday in March. 189(5, and ending the first Tuesday in March, 1897, for the town of Gaffney City, South Carolina. Be it ordained by the Town Council of Gaff.icy City in council assembled and by the authority of the same, That a tax to cover the expenses of said town of Gaffney City from the ilrst Tuesday in March A. 1>. ls!l(5, to the first Tuesday in March A. I)., JN97. be levied and collected in man ner and form as follows: Section 1. Ther“ shall be paid sixty ((Jii) cents on every one hundred dol lars of t he assessed value of all real estate and persona! property (except such property as is exempt from tax ation) owned or in charge, or in pos session of any person, or persons, of tlumsclvcs, or as agent, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, or otherwise, or in their keeping or charge, and the said tax shall he col lected in manner and form as the charter of the town directs, and shall be due aud pa;» aide during t he month of February, In'.k;. mid until the Ilrst Tuesday in March thereafter. .Skc. *2. That eaeli and every male person between the ages of 16 and 50 years of age. except such as are ex empt from disability, and to he so pronounced by either the Intendant ir Town Council; and uls > those who are specially exempted by the Act i id the General Assembly of the State, and the regular elected policemen of the town, may pay during the month of February and until the Ilrst Tues day in March A. I).. I>‘.16. t wo ($2.00) dollars for road or street exemption. And any person liable to road or street work, who may fail to pay the said two dollars, shall he required to work on the streets of said town not less than six (6) days or more than twelve (12) days, as may be ordered by the Town Council, under the su pervision of the Superintendent of . Street.- or overseer; and any person failing either to pay said amount for exemption, or to perform said labor after being notified to contribute said labor, shall he prosecuted and tried ny the Intendant, and upon conviction shall suffer the pains and penalties as prescribed by the laws j of the State iu such ease provided. Skc. J 1 hat during the month of January. 1S'.I6. all persons liable for the aforesaid taxes shall make a re turn on oath to the Clerk of said Town Coun .il, or Jo some other per son appointed for said purpose, of all th< ir taxable property owned, pos- -i "cd or under their control or keep ing, and as schedule may set forth. Sec. l. That any person or persons , 3. - failing to make such returns, or umk- or not exceeding $100 per day, or to be imprisoned for not exceeding thirty days for each day so offending, and at the discretion of the Intend- | ant or order of u majority of the Town Council, and said fine to be collected according to the laws of the State and said town. All ordinances or parts of ordin ances inconsistent with or conflicting with this ordinance are hereby de clared repealed. Done and ratified in Council assem bled this third (3) day of January, A. D. 1896. [seal ] X. H. Littlejohn, • Intendant. Attest: J. E. Webster. Clerk of Council. therefor as follows, to-wit: Building and Loan Associa tions (foreign) $10 00 Shooting gallery, per day, not less than Express company, for business done within the State and not including that done without the State, and not (Jovernment business 25 00 All exhibitions, shows, the atrical or circus perform ances, side shows, operas, concerts, etc., shall pay a license within the discretion of the Intendant. Photographer or artist, for less than a year, within the dis cretion of the Intendant. Railroad agency, for business done in this State, and not including that done without the State, and not including business done for Govern ment 50 00 Street wagon or dray, 2-horse.. 10 Oo St reet wagon or dray, 1-horse.. Telegraph company or agency, for business done within the State, and not including that done without the Strte, and not including bus’ness done for the Government 25 Cotton or produce exchange, commonly known as bucket shop ’ , " Fire insurance company a Life, casualty, or other insur ance company 10 00 For each and every flying jen- ney or business of like char acter. such license as may be fixed by the Intendant. All licenses herein mentioned shall he non-lransferable and per annum, if not otherwise provided, and shall be dated from the first day of the month in which the same is issued, but said license may be revoked at any time by the Intendant or Town Council for cause satisfactory to him or them. Sec. 10. For each and every dog, or species of dogs, kept within the town by its owner or for another per son. shall pay an annual license of $1 for each and every one of them so kept, and shall return on oath, with hi< other assessment, the number he so owns or keeps on his premises, and pay the said license when he or she pays town taxes. 1-ex ALT IKS. Any person or persons, company, firm, or corporation embraced or mentioned in any of the foregoing sections or section of this ordinance, and required therein to obtain a li cense, or to pay for the performing or carrying on their respective busi ness, or for the transaction of the same, who shall fail, refuse, or neg lect to pay the license or amounts therein specified in advance, and each and every person, company, firm, or corporation giving, showing, or attempting to give or show any of the aforesaid performances, shows, or exhibitions without having re ceived and paid for their license to do so. and any person or persons, firm, or corporation violating any part or parts of this ordinance shall he subject to and for and required to pay a line of not less than $1 per day for each and every day so offending, ing their return below its actual cash value, that the property or the values thereof shall lie assessed by the Board of Assessors* as appointed, v.hose duty it shall be to assess said property at its true and just valua tion, whether the same he real estate or personal properly, ami any person who may he dissatisfied with their a-'cssment may appeal therefrom to the Council or a majority of same (said appeal to be heard not, later than ten days thereafter), whose de cision on said appeal shall be final. Il shall he the duty of the Town Clerk to notify all persons by mail nt any changes that may he made in their returns by the Board of As sessors, and also the time when Council ill meet to hear any ap- oeais from said Board Sec. 5 Thai ifny person or persons f tiling to make their returns, or to make payment of their taxes as here- io required, shall he subject to the penalties as piv.-eribed by the laws .<1 tin Stale ami county tax, and to lie enforced by the Town Council, or a maj irityof toe same, by execution, and for the use of the said town (ex cepting th“ cost of the same), except ' that in such easts the execution to enforce the payment of such taxes shall he i-siied under the seal of the Town Council, and directed to the Chief of Police, with orders to levy 1 nid collect and receive the same for the use of the town, and with all co-l s as in such cases made and pro- 1 ided. ITINERANT AND OTHER TRADERS. Sec. (5. Thai every itinerant trader offering for sale, or attempting to sell, wit bin t he ini’oi’porute limits of the town, at public outcry, at auc tion, or otherwise, any goods, wares, m •reliaiulise, medicines, fancy arti cles, notions, or other articles of like character or kind, shall pay, in ad- j vance, a license within the discretion 1 month; Cut Prices For Hie next thirty days I will sell you Shoes. Hats. Dry (jixmIs and Notion* at< Cut Prices 12‘/jC .leans for 10e. l.V .leans for 2lie .le.'ins for tii^e. 2.V .leans for Jfie, AOc .leans for 2.V. AV .leans for 27‘ic. • • . si .V Hits for si.g-,. sEiv Hats for 1.100 Sl.UO Hats for 7."h' and so on down. . . Ready Hade Pants. Shirts, Shoes and Boots in pro- nortion to above Best all wool Flannel F) to 22‘/i cents. . (dvc ine a call before buying Yours respectfully, I. M. PEELER. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over.l. K. Tolleson’s new store. In office from 1st to 24th of each