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THE Weekly Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to t6e Best Interests of ttfe People it Subserves. —1»- VOL. Ill, NO. 7. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 2G, 1896. 81.00 A YEAR. THE SEN ATE’S DELAY TIRING TO THE PORTION OF THE PUB- L1C IN THE GALLERIES. T'.ic Republicans Making Presidential Candidates—Col. Dupont Not L ikely to be Seated in the Senate. H'oiTcsporidnieoor The Leihikii.] Wa'IUXGton', D. C., March 28.— The Jpublic, so far as ilj is represen ted in the Semite galleries, lias be come tried of the manner in which the Senate is delaying action upon the. Cuban resolutions. Fresh in terests was aroused today, and the galleries again filled, because it was known that Senator Morgan would cull up his independent joint resolu tion for (he recognition of Cuban belligerency. It wasn’t because final action was expected that the galleries were filled, but to hear the spirited debate. Senator Morgan said lie offered his resolution tej accommodate* those of the Senators who had said in thedr speeches that they preferred a joint resolution upon which the President would he compelled to act one way or the other, to the pendiig concurrent resolutions; but the fiee of his res olution was not haul to predict. To have had any show to get voted upon it shoulel have been reported from the committee on Foreign Relations. The republicans in both Senate and House are just now devoting much more attention to Presidential candidate making thin to legislation, while the democrat sand populist are interested spectator of the game. The Reed men say they will soon stop the McKinley wave and will eventually sweep it aside, but the McKinley men insiss that they have already won the gane. Many doubt the ability of either to win, and pre dict the success of stme of the other candidates,among wlom Ex-President Harrison lias agaii been placed. The puce is growing hot. The opinion seenn to be growing stronger that Col, Dupont will not be seated as Senatot from Delaware. To pass, the resolut on declaring him entitled to the seat must receive the \ote of every rcpublcan Senator and of at least one populst. No republi can has yet spoken against the resolu tion. but around tin Capitol it is understood that sevtral of them are in doubt and may re use to vote lor it. Senator Allen, t le or-ly populist who has spoken ; opjoscs the resolu tion, but it is not knovn to a certainty how the other populst stand. It is claimed that Senators dories and Stewart, of Nevada, lave both prom ised to vote for the ^solution. The Senate Commttee on Terri tories has reported favorably on Senate Carter’s bill fer the admission to statehood of Arizoia. It having come to the knowledge of Members of the House Committee on Commerce that tin express com panies were doing a large business in the carrying of obscene literature and articles for indeeeit and immoral use that committee luu prepared and reported a bill making it unlawful to deposit with any express company for interstate transportation any art icles of such nature, and providing a penalty of live years in prison and .$'>,000 fine for its violation. Whether Speaker Reed had any supporters among the delegation of officers of Railway Labor organiza tions, which called on him several days ago for the purpese of asking his aid in getting though tho House several bills in which tkey arc inter ested is not known, bn; it is quite certain that none of tlmn were sup porters of his after that call. He did not treat them with as much consideration on as hey thought themselves entitled 1o, and gave them no idea of whether he favored or opposed the bills they are in terested in. They didn’t say much, but, as one of them intimated, they thought a lot. Tho politicians arc somewhat wor ried about what may grow from that meeting of Pennsylvania manufac- tuers and the republican silver Sena tors who held up the House tariff bill. These manufacturers are said to represent a total capital of $lf>0,- 000,000, and to be the same men who contributed to the much talked about Wanamaker purse which fur nished a considerable portion of the campaign fund used to elect Mr. Harrison president. According to a gentleman who professes to know, this is tho way those manufacturers reason : “Their business is stagnant and the immediate future holds no promise. If they can make terms with the silver people whereby pro tection will be given them, they are willing to do so. They understand fully that no tariff hill can pass the Senate unless concessions are made to silver. It is a cold mAtter of busiuess with them and they arc eager to give and to take, especially to take. They do not think free silver is an unmitigated evil and they e anxious to see something done kstart tho wheel of commerce once more. That conferenco may prove of far reaching importance.” It is strongly asserted by others that the conference was a complete failure by reason of the failure of the manu facturers and silver Senators to agree. The House committee in charge of the Nicaragua Canal bill is going slow. It will grant hearings both in favor of an in opposition to the ca nal before deciding what to do. — Matters from Maud. [I'niTospuiKk iicr of The LeiXiEii.] Matu, S. C., March 24.—The cold winds last week set the farmers be hind a little with their work on the farm. They quit plowing and went to hauling wood. Your correspondent and J. E. Clary went to Spartanburg on business Sat urday. I never saw the farmers so well up with their work for the time of year as they arc now between here and there. The factory building of Clifton. No. 3, is about complete. On our way to Spartanburg we forded the river just above the Air Line trestle. Wo missed the ford a little and came very near getting drowned. A young man started from Spartan burg to Henrietta, N. C., to steal him a wife and his horse died on the way. So you see it doesn’t pay young men to steal. S. A. Stacy and wife visilel Mr. Stacy’s mother on Uroad River Sun day. Joe Watkins, of Gaffney, am! C. <>. Wood, of Maud, visited friends near State Line Sunday. C. C. Scruggs, of Gaffney, is terac- ing on the old Cowpens Furnace place. Misses Mary and Nancy Borders and Miss Estella Lavender, John Bor ders, Antonoy Lavender, all from Earls, N. C.. passed Saturday on their way to W. I). Byars’. The good people are praising the grand-jury for having those abomi- uabL woman to move. I hoard a man’s wife say the other day, “I am so glad they arc gone for my husband comes homo before night now.” A young man or a young woman should he careful not to go into bad com pany. We all know that the woman is the weaker vessel. Wlien fond woman’s love ln'lniys licr. Shall no heart her memory oherlshV Shall the lips, once loud to praise her. Speak no comfort, tlioujrh she perisli' Spirit broken, beauty faded. \N hen t he panys of eonseicneo rent her. When she weeps, despis' d, degraded. * Shall none shield her. none defend her? Is all nrudonec in unklndness? Is all folly in believinjr? Is all shame in woman’s blindness. And nojtuilt in man's dcecivinix? Shall no word of comfort reach her? Is it virt ue to condemn her? What hath said the world's ereat teacher? "Hi! that hat h no sin. condemn her." Tim Lkikikk has many friends in Spartanburg. I heard a LtnofiKn’K say:. “Just as soon as I get Tiik Lkixiki! I have to give my wife one piece while I read the other.” s. •— -• -*•»- • — Ivy Clift Item. L< 'orrespondenee of The Lkixjkh.] Ivy Cliff, March 21.—It seems rather strange to he sitting by a fire gazing out the window at golden daf fodils and purple hyacienths while the snow is falling just as it does in mid winter. Tis spring and winter combined. The farmers are behind with their plowing owing to cold and rain. But few have gardened any yet. Wo haven’t heard anything con cerning Mr. Ross’ gold mine lately. We guess however he will have it worked as it is said to be very rich. Wo are sorry to say Mrs. Tom Gaffney is not improving very much. The measles have about played out around here. They had to for there is no one else to have them. Success to Thk Lkdgf.k. Bkaty. -• • Mean lug of the Word ‘•Omaha.” Tho name “Omaha” bears testimony to tho long journey of tho people, and reveals some of tho causes which brought about this breaking up into distinct tribes. It is composed of two words, which signify “going against tho cur rent, ’ ’ or up tho stream. Tho Omuhas were the people who went up tho stream, while tho Qnapaws, their near of kin, went, as their name reveals, “with tho current,” or down the stream. The traditions of both these peoples say that the parting occurred during a hunt ing expedition, each division finally set tling in tho lands whither they had wandered apart. This epochal hunt must have been centuries ago, for tho Qnapaws bore their descriptive name in 1540, being mentioned in tho Portu guese narrative of De Soto’s expedition as then living on tho Arkansas river, where they dwelt until 1880, when they ceded their long occupied lauds to tho United States.—Alice -C. Fletcher in Century. All Free. Those who have used Dr. King’s New discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now tho opportunity to try it free. Call on tho advertised Druggist and get a Trial Bottle. Free. Send yftor name and address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills Free, ns well as a copy of Guido to Health and House hold Instructor, Free. All of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you nothing W. II. Dul're,Drug store. TRYING TO GAG THE KERNAL. HE WANTS ADVICE ON THE EGG SUBJECT. Pound Parties, Magistrate’s Court, Ty pographical Errors, Etc., Etc., the Basis of of an En tertaining Letter. [Corn spoiHlcnce of The Ledger.] Etta Jam:, March 23.—One day last week I saw a party with a bucket of eggs sorting them out very carefully. Upon inquiry they told mo they wanted to get the ones which would hatch out pullets. I asked how they thought they could tell. They said, “the long ones have roos ters and the round, plump ones pul lets.” 1 wonder if I am a fool, or is somebody a lit subject for the lunatic asylum? Perhaps both. I hope to hear from Lem Brown, John Estes, Mike Sellars and Jimmie Strain. They cun settle the question if it will bear settlement at ail. A pound party came off at Julius Howe's last Thursday night. While of course these are respectable social gatherings of young people (and mar riageable old people) they have an interdenominational tendency that church creeds have never yet been able to settle amicibly among them selves. Twistification is a favorite play. Our magistrate’s court last Thurs day heard the case of the State vs. S. J. Poole, for violating Sec. 33 of the dispensary law. James T. Coyle, State constable, conducted the prose cution in behalf of the State and the defendant was represented by T. B. Butler, Esq. After being out some time the jury returned a verdict of “not guilty.” Some typographical errors in my last week’s letter destroys iny mean ing. Speaking of Judge I. (4. Surratt 1 should have been made to say “the judge has that essential quality with out which no man can make an offi cer—backbone.” Also that Rev. J. H. Thacker conducted the funeral of Vernon Mitchell. The Christian Endeavor Society met at Robert Foster’s last night. These meetings are well attended and the house was densely crowded. Yesterday the North I'acolet S. S. Convention met at Wilson’s Chapel. As usual it, was a very interesting meeting and many good talks were given by tho union’s brethren. A synopsis of the proceedings will per haps bo given in these columns. Prof. W. F. McArthur was present and gave valuable assistance. The Flint Hill choir rendered the music. Prof. A. G. Davis is its leader. H. W. Thomson, of Hickory Grove, made an address which was highly appreci ated by the convention. An excel lent and bountiful dinner was fur nished by the good ladies who are al ways on hand to encourage the work. The convention will hold its next meeting at Ararat church on the 28tli of June. Owing to the fact that many schools have been in winter quarters only six reported with full delegations. The convention decided to establish a Bible depository within its bounds where Bibles will be fur nished those in need at actual cost. And those unable to pay will be fur nished gratuitously. T. M. Littlejohn was chosen depositarian. The con vention is determined that there shall be no good reason why each family, both white and colored, and even each child within its bounds shall not have a copy of the Holy Scriptures it can call its own. In ordar to keep the matter before our people I will again announce that Rev. J. P. Knox, of the A. R. Presby terian church, will preach at Salem next Sabbath, tho 2fith. He is a no ble Christian gentleman and 1 hope our people will show their apprecia tion of his gratuitous services by giv ing him a large and attentive audi ence. These who attend will be am ply rewarded for their trouble. The most novel sight I have seen lately was “Deaf Ed.” picking a banjo and singing: "I had a wift 1 . and she was a Quaker. She wouldn’t work, and I couldn’t make her.” Speaking of banjo picking reminds mo of lust Fall when “Ole Flaw” come around with hij banjo. A largo crowd had gathered where we were making molasses and Flaw was evi dently the centre of attraction. Quite a number of tho thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments wore present and cheered him with a hearty ha! ha! ha! At last he struck that good old familiar tunc : “I lay live dollars down.” When he sung the last verso it put a stop to the cheering. It was: "A nlwr Sind u monkey riding on u rail. The only dllTrcnrc | could tell was the nlu- ger hud no lull." Last Tuesday Mrs. J. L. Strain vis ited Mrs. Laura T. Estes and spent the day with her daughter, Mrs. Liz zie Mitchell, of Hopewell, who was also on a visit to her in liier. My thanks are due Mrs. E. foFu sample plate of tho delicious .Jhinds she spread for her distinguisl^ visitors. A kind, amiable and •'king ■m. 4 wife and mother will always secure for her family a high appreciation even if she has a poor excuse for a husband. For backbiting, deceit, tattling, misrepresentation, downright lying and perfect cussedness, generally, our country is up with the rest of the world, I suppose. If the roosters of the present day would follow the prece dent of their illustrious ancestor who so proudly reminded I’eter of his false hoods they would make such fuss crowing we couldn’t hear the hens cackle. Week before last J. C. Chambers, Attorney at Law, of Hickory Grove, was before our magistrate’s court on professional business. He is an old practitioner at the bar. The mail route from this place to Union, I learn lias been sub-let to a colored man for $318 per annum. “Let not him who putteth on an armor boast as lie who putteth it off.” The Southern Railway Company has offered us one-cent-a-mile rates for our United Confederate Veterans who wish to attend the reunion at Richmond, Va,, June 80th and July 1st and 2nd. Tickets will be on sale June 27th, 2Xth and 2 ( Jth with final limit July <>th. Special cars will ho provided any camp which has a suffi cient number to justify it. I get the following from a poem pub lished in in the Confederate Veteran which may very well take the place of some other things of which I could write: ‘•And wlii'ii all hate shall cruse to burn. And Truth shall itrasp the pen "To write our country's history down She’ll say this of our men: - "That truer patriots never lived. Nor tilled more honored graves. "Than those who fell in freedom's cause Our own Confederate braves. "We're not ashamed of what we did. We buttled for the rijtlit; "And tliou^li by numerous foeso’erwhelmed. We yielded to t heir mi^lit. "We walk ajraiu with freeman's tread The land t hat jiave us blrt li; "And glory in our Sunny Soulh. The grandest place on earth. "And while we do not brag or boast Of how our comrades fought "Tiie pension roll you know full well The facts of this have taught; "And if these pension rolls lie true. And none have proved they lied. "We must have cripple,! all the world And half the coons beside. "My song I’ll close with honc'ly phrase That has a statement true. "Of how the light ended and I'll prove It by tlie Mine. "Tin Yankees di In’t whip us. hoys. No! Let that ne’er he said! "We wore ourselves out whipping them. Then stopped for want of bread. "Then, let us sing till heaven shall sing, For our departed braves, "And let us pray each passing day. Among their silent graves. "That when our t itne to fall shall come. And we must pass away. "We’ll rise toreigu with them above. Iii one eternal day." J. L. S. Be Respectful. I met a hoy Friday, his name is John. I being very well acquainted with the family, asked : “How are you all this morning?” Said he: “The old man is not well,” (speaking of his father) instead of saying my father is not well. I thought to myself, “Who is to blame for tills disrespect, father or son?” Maybe the grand-father had been called “the old man” in this boy’s presence. When I returned several young people had come to spend the night with us, but that “the old man” kept bt aring on my mind, so, after supper I said to the boys, “I hope none of you are so disrespectful as to call your father ‘the old man,’ or your mother ’the old woman.’” I then told them what I heard John say. “Now,” I said, “boys, and girls too, I want to give you all a little ad vice on being respectful. You may never be able to hold thousands with your eloquence, but there is one grand accomplishment tliat all may attain, one which makes the smallest great and without which the greitest is small. That is the art of being truly respectful. You know, hoys, there are relations and vocations in life that command our respect. I am not speaking of compulsory respect hut that higher and nobler respect which will enable the young to be re spectful to their superiors in age. Boys, how gallant! how truly respect ful in you to step out in tho mud so that the old grand-mother in home- spun may have a firm place to plant her feet. Boys, be bravo and show respect to that aged woman, whether she ho the mother of a lord or the widow of a cobbler. Some of your mothers may bo on tho other side whore such deeds are unknown; if so, I think she would for one moment stay her course around the Father’s throne to smile a sweet approval on her worthy boy. Never be afraid of being humble by showing rt-spect to any human creature. My young friends your duties in life may call you fur from your own father whom you would gladly bo with to minis ter to his every want and daily prove yourself to be a son worthy the name. I know wo are criticised in our so- called condescension to respect those around us but let the truth that all are equally dear in His sight ever he prominent in our minds.” Mks. R. Ann Watkks. — *•». . The base of Ayer’s Hair Vigor is a refined and delicate fluid, which does not. soil or become rancid by exposure to the air, and which Is as perfect a substitute for tho oil supplied by nature in youth and health, as mod ern chemistry cun produce. FLAW PICKER SEES A STAR. A BIG, SINGLE-LETTERED MON- OGRAN ENGRAVED ON IT. Speaks Well of Brother “S” and Warns Him of the Future—Onto the Hypocrits With Both His Big Feet. [Correspondence of The Ledger ] Me thinks I see a star a risin’ in the east. Look! It’s coinin’nearer and a gittin’ a leetle plainer. Now ! How bright it is! See? Behold! I see its pints. Plainer yit, aintit? With my hands to my forehead, shad in’ my eyes, I now see plainly, a big, single-lettered monogram engraved on it. The monogram is the plain letter “S” woven through its pints. And behold, more! I see the word “Maud” circlin’ over it. What does it moan? Must we bow an worship it? No! “thou shalt have no other God before me.” But we must re gard it as a star—that’s what it is. A young man of from 1(5 to 20 sum mers, whose courage and ambition most strongly, at that period of man hood, urge him to the house of ill re pute, who’ll resist this overpowering temptation and stand in the face of his neighbor participator and cry out “Good society forever! Away with your bawdy houses! My neighbor is my interest, iny character is my life, my word is my bond, my religion is my heaven,” is a star in deed and in truth, an ole Flaw doffs his cap an looks on him witli interest an good wishes. If there's anything ole Flaw do re spect it’s a man who is a man, it’s a woman who is a woman, it’s one who lives up to their profession. Honestly, 1 would rather pay re spects to a drunken sot who don’t profess to he anything else as to cast one friendly smile on a hypocrit. If a man’s got religion I like to see him live it, if a man’s a devil I like to see him be it an not try to hide it. If there's anything under ole Joshua (the sun) that would puke God it is a lukc-warm, church-goin’ hypocritical church member. “Because you are neither hot nor cold I will spew you out of my mouth.” Yes, brother “8.,” let your light bo as a shinin’ star an ole Flaw’ll how an pay homage to it as long as il shines, even as it is lowerin’ behind tho tops of the western hills, an its imprint shall ever he upon Flaw's mind as a memento of a gallant hero and conqueror of the irreatest temp tation that boys of your age ever has. But let me warn you. You are young You are young—scarcely peepin’ over the eastern hills, so to speak—don’t know your future no more ’n a rab bit, an I’ll jist gobble it out right here, that you’ve got a dangerous an temptin’ road to travel, an //ole Flaw ever runs on you at one of these abominable places he’ll jog your memory of your profession. You know the ole sayin’, “it takes a rogue to ketch a rogue; a good man to judge a good man,” etc. Now, in conclusion I’ll jist say this: Ole Flaw’s bin all along these different paths of life, an some of ’em are purty doggone tough as shore as you’re a foot high. If ole Flaw’s head wasn’t quite so gray his advice wouldn’t have quite so much weight, but he now sees what he once ignored. I don’t wish to “snub” the Kernel this week for I have resolved that he shant miss me quite as much as he thinks Mrs. Ricker does. It’s true enough, Mrs. Bicker calls herself “the widder” an all like that, but when J stay away from home over my alloted time J am ginnerully im pressed that I have bin missin’, but my time is too precious to make any explanations now, so remember me in the sweet. Flaw I’ickeh. OUGHT TO BE PROSECUTED. Men Who Loaf While their Little Children Work. [Correspondi'iicc of The Ledger.) Gastonia, N. C., March 17.—Busi ness still goes or,. Some folks die, still the world goes on. I have been greatly interested for the past, few days reading Bill Arp, Sam Jones, Rufus Sanders and Flaw Bicker, I once thought the world could not get along without them, but I have concluded that we are getting along no.v just as well as we did when Washington, Adams, Jeff erson and Monroe were helping to I manage the affairs of this great na tion. They are gone still we keep right on. Well I do believe, if any- i thing, wo have made some progress in the way of manufacture since their departure, in fact I know wo have in the way of making cotton and manu facturing it into cloth. A man may do tho best lie can and that is bad enough. A man without an object in view is like a ship without a rud der, he is liable to drift in any direc tion and it is a well established fact that wo have a lot of that kind. Some live to see others live, some live because they can’t die, some live because they wun’t to spite someone else. There is one class of men who 1 i wish to notice. I don’t know whether they deserve to he called men or what they ought to be called. Men who will hire their little child ren to work in a cotton mill and work them there day after day, night after night until they look pule and care worn, and they sit around and smoke their pipes, chew tobacco and tell tales as though they were worth a million and enjoy themselves off the work of their poor little tired girls and boys who go to work at six o’clock and quit at seven, and never set down from their work. What shall ! say about such “suckers?” If I had not seen so much of this at so many different cotton mills I would not have known these things. I could mention the names of some as robust, healthy men us there are in North Carolina who do this very tiling. Shall 1 name them? “Hush! Oh hush,!! you will expose me.” “You ought to be exposed you lazy villian.” “Well its none of your business.” “Yes it is my business. Its a disgrace to the community, a d’sgracc to yourself and you ought to he prosecuted for becoming a nui- eence.” I have nothing against men and children working in a cotton mill, i think it just as honorable as any employment they can engage in. I am after those old “cougars” who lie around in the way and manner above mentioned. They ought to be “confiscated.” We would not have you think that Cuba or anv part of it has reached the Atlantic slope but if you could have heard the “battering- rams” and roar of the artillery in our quiet little town last Saturday you would have thought war had been declared and begun. While “Col. Calc” was victorious Col. Hancock fought vigorously, and showed all the courage that a hero could and after being defeated he returned via Blacks burg to Cherokee where he will build his fort and lay soige to carp and cat the coining spring as they ascend Broad River. Great men attain to great positions, the greater the posi tion the greater the man. The health of our community is goad and everything is moving along nicely. There is a gradual boom hero. Every man who is engaged in business sterns to be gaining ground and prospering. The farmers seem to be buying more fertilizer this year than they have for several years. I am afraid it will he next fall like the old fellow over in the western part: of this state said a few years ago. He said when a certain old farmer went to town in the spring and bought his guano he would ride home on it and sing “Bear me away on your snowy wings,” he was so happy. But his tune would change when cotton picking time came. He would get up on his guano cotton and start to town and all the way you could hear the low muttering of that good old familiar hymn “Shew pity Lord, < >h Lord for give.” Canonic is. HOW INDIANS MEASURE TIME. Tticy Fix Their Hate* by Sleep* and Moona and Winter*. Our Indians measure time solely by days, by sleeps, by moons and by win ters. The Indian has no name for any subdivision of time less than a day. YV hen he desires to indicate a shorter period, ho points to the heavens, and measuring off a space says, “It was as long as it would take tho sun to go from there to there. ” A day is from daylight to darkness, “sleep,” or night, from dark to daylight. Ho lias no name for any day, nor has ho any subdivision of time corresponding to our week. A moon commences with tho first streak of tho crescent in the west and lasts un til tho next one appears, but the days of tho moon are neither numbered nor named. “From winter to winter” is tiio nearest approach ho lias to our term. Tho year commences with tho first fall of snow. An Indian will tell you he is so many winters old. but having no months or days ho never has a birthday. Tiio Indians who formerly inhabited the southern part of Texas, where there is no snowfall, are said to have L-^d the commencement of tho year at tho hi*. “norther,” a furious and chilling wind that sweeps from the north and is of fre quent occurrouco during the winter months. No year lias any name or number fix ing a sequence or point of reference, but each band will desiguato a year by its most prominent occurrence, as a fight with hostiles, death of a chief, preva lence of disease, abundance or scarcity of food, or failing anything marvelous or striking by the name of tho stream on which was located the winter camp. But those are mere remembrances, and excellent as is tho Indians memory they, after a few years, fade into a jumble of disconnected facts without sequence or usefulness.—Cincinnati En quirer. All last winter Mr. Geo. A. Mills, of Lebanon. Conn., was badly afflicted with rheumatism. At times it was s > severe that ho could not stand up straight, but was drawn over on one side. “I tried different remedies without receiving relief,” he says, “until about six months ago I bought a bottle of Chamberlain's I’uin Balm. After using it for three days my rheu matism was gone and has not re turned since. For sale by The Dul're Drug Co.