Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I J J Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. VOL. in, NT). GAFFNEY CITY, S. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 189G. #1.00 A YEAR. CLEVELAND IS UNHAPPY. HIS CHILDREN HAVE THE MEASLES. ■% Sena’tor Tiiinian Launching His Prcsi- Jcntial Doom in the West and Other News of Nation al Importance. (Cone ; ndc-nco of The Ledger.) Wasmixctov, D. (’., Apr. 10.— I’rps- ident Olevehnul has not had a happy week of it. First camo tlic long do- layt'd Culiau concurrent Congres sional resolutions, which call for some action on Ids part, whether they get it or not; then two of his children were taken down with the measles, and last, ;o:d probably most worrying of all. he hoars that the probabilities of the silver democrats controlling the Chicago convention are increas ing every day. It is not believed that the virtual repudiation of the Carlisle boom by the silver democrats in Congress worried him any. Senator Till man, of South Caro lina, left Washington to fill engage ments to speak in Louisville, St. Louis and Denver, and, according to congressional talk, to launch his own boom as a Presidential candidate on a silver platform. Mr. Tillman lias already stated, and lie will probably reiterate it on his trip, that he in tended to holt, the Chicago conven tion if it, failed to adopt a platform satisfactory to the silver men. Senator Tidier, of Colorado, has in troduced a bill to compel all national banks to keep their reserves in their own vaults instead of loaning it out at interest to the great money cen ters. He said that last September no less than $200,000,000 which should have been in circulation, through the small banks, was thus tied up in New York city. Senator Hoar, of Mass., said- the reform sought by Senator Teller was badly needed and that he hoped the bill would pass. The Indians are making a sturdy fight to prevent congressional action upon the hiil recommended by the Dawer (nmmission, providing for al lotment in severalty of the lands in Indian Territory etc. and it looks like they might succeed. What the Indi ans think of this hiil was voiced by Mr. S. Miller, an educated Greek, who is now in Washington, when he said: ••It is in violation of the most sacred treatise on the part of the govern ment and the tribes. It can have no other elTcct that the pauperization of our people and their extinction will soon follow. The allotment of lands in severally, especially, will prove a curse instead of a benefit, for what ever conditions may bo imposed, at the end of a few years a small num ber of people will own all the land and the masses will he beggars." Notwithstanding the open opposi tion of the administration tiie House Military committee has favorably re- ported the joint resolution providing for the promotion of (Jen. Miles to be Lieut. General. It is believed that slurs thrown at Gen. Miles by certain persons because he made his start in the army as a volunteer, instead of a West i’oint diploma, has largely in creased the chances the joint resolu tion has for being adopted, riain, every-day men have never conceded the superiority claimed by those offi cers who have been educated at the expense of the government overall others who served in the army. If a man has natural ability and talent in that lino there can be no doubt that the system of education at West Toint tends fo make a better soldier of him ; but ho is a careless reader of recent history who asserts that he is necessarily the superior of the volun teer officer. Hundreds of cases could bo cited to prove this contrary. Tho question of whether the gov ernment should adopt the metric sys tem of weights and measures does not seem to contain anything humor ous, hut when the bill providing for tho adoption of that system on July 1,'lSfhS was before tho House, Repre sentative Otcy, -of Va., kept the House in a roar of laughter during his short speech against the bill. Ho started out by saying that it would be as easy for him to learn German or Sanskrit as the metric system. He then fired a few humorous squibs at tho table of tho metric system, ridiculing the linear and cubic mcn?- urements, their derivaties and nom enclature, and said he had not found the wet measure. Then assuming a judicial pose he continued: ‘‘Where is your measure of whiskey? How many liters are there in a drink? I venture to say Kentuckey will have something to say about the adoption of this new fangh-d system. Her del egation will be solidity opposed to it. I am not surprised that we are refer red to Africa as one of t he progressive countries which has adopted this sys tem.” The hill was recommitted. Not a little amusement followed the expressions of two edmocratic Senators, who are both known as ad ministration men, on the President's probable action on tho Cuban resolu tions. It was in the Senate lobby. A group of Senators were discussing probabilities when Senator Gray, of Del., said: “Mr. Cleveland maybe relied upon to do what he thinks right." Senator Lindsay, of Ky., re torted with more or less vehemence: ‘‘He may he relied upon to do what he d pleases." Senator P.utler, of North Carolina, has introduced a joint resolution in the senate which many think ought to be put through. It provides for a constitutional amendment to limit the veto power of the President by giving Congress the right to pass measures over a veto by a majority vote, instead of the two-third vote now required. —• — CAN’T YOU ASSIST? Some Thoughts on Newspaper Mak ing You Might Read. If you’ve got a news item kind don’t hesitate lo Jet us iSomo people are temid and about telling us little tilings in the paper. Don’t hesitate. We want everything and if you should happen to make a mistake and sug gest. something that we don’t think ought, to go wo will not say a about it. Then again we sometimes items thoughlessly. An editor is nothing but a frail human being liable to err just like and lie has faults and sion and commission rest of mankind but of any have it. bashful to put word omit other people sins of omis- just like the you can do much to make his pathway rosy and cheerful by a kind word and a little news item. A newspaper man don’t know everything, cither. lie is not necessarily tho brightest inin in your community and if you see a little item in the paper not just as you view it don’t say "what a liar ho is?” He is just as liable to look at it from a different standpoint from you as you are from him. Tho aver age newspaper man don’t tell willful lies. Ho may be misinformed as to fuctsjbufc nine times out of ten he’ll report them just as they are told to him, therefore if they are related wrong tho blame falls on him when it should full on the person who tells the reporter. Take, for instance, the reports of the killing of Ed Huskey by Sam Cole. Acting Coronor I. G. Surratt says Tiik Lkdgku’s account was al most verbatim with the testimony at the inquest. We made an earnest effort to have it so. We were there and got the facts first hand. But the report of several papers was al together differant. The Headlight, The Herald and Tho Shelby Aurora all had dPerunt reports—none of which were in accord with the facts brought out at the inquest. And yet they believed when they wrote those articles that tho information given them was strictly true. You can’t blame the editor but the in formant. But then editors should be as particular as possible and en deavor to be correct ar, all times. Register! Register! It D important that every voter in this section register and do so at ar^f- Jli KEFS«LTr*nKIN ANDERSON Z. A GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT. They Listen to Speech-Making by Murray—A Dance. (Correspondence of The LeuEor.) Axderson, April 13.—There was a rousing meeting of Mellon republi cans hero yesterday. The crowd was variously estimated from 1200 to 20(H) negroes. They came from all quar ters and the whites were conspicuous by their absence. There were very few country people hero except ne groes and from the general get up your correspondent believes the day’s work on the farm would have done them infinitely more good than their day’s work in politics. The meeting was called at 11:30 and Mr. Russell, the local agitator here, was elected chairman. He introduced to the large and intelligent audience his brother-in-black, the right Hon. G. W. Murray, of Georgetown, who h:i< recently wrested from the hands of Elliott the seat in the House of Rep resentatives. over which he and his colleagues are jubilant. He made a very good speech for his party and is undoubtedly a man of sound judge ment, which was demonstrated in his talk to his colored friends. His ad vice in nearly all instances was for their betterment. Then he showed his good sense by saying that the colored people were not, hard to sat isfy, that, so long as they were repre sented in the administration they were satisfied, that they were sat is fied with one seat in Congress, (he has that) and were satisfied with the same moral rights which were en joyed by tho whites, but they must have one representative in Congress and he must have that plum for Murray. He denounced in no uncertain lan guage the Webster wing of the Re publican party and called them trait ors. He advised the organization of colored clubs, making each member pay five or ton cents per month dues, for what purpose your correspondent failed to guess unless it is to help them out with their contest case. Murray spoke for nearly two hours with no interference except from our own Josh Ashley, who, when Murray said something about tho populist putting Tillman out for President, shouted out: "Yes, and we can elect him too." "Yes,” said Murray, “you could if you had enough wo’s," Ho said that while Tillman was a mighty big man in South Carolina, it was a “mere drop in the sea." "We are anxious to get good white men in our party," ho said, "and when you once get a southern white man with you, you have got him for good." There was one thing he ad mired in the southern white man, when he was a friend, he was a good one and when your enemy he had manhood enougli to openly avow it, while with the northern man you could not put your finger on him whenever you wanted him. The ladies of Anderson gave a very delightful ba'l to the young men here on the evening of the 7th which was most certainly a big success. The ball room and tho spacious parlors of the Chiquola Hotel . were opened at 0 o’clock and from that hour till the MAYOR WOOD’S ADDRESS EN DORSED. The Kernal Receives Searching Looks From Mrs. J. L. S. on Account of a Mysterious Jug. Other News. quickly as possible. County Super' visor Jolly tells us an opportunity will be afforded the people of this section two days in tho near future for that purpose and all who fail to register then will bo compelled to go to Spartanburg to do so. Remember we have only about four weeks left in which to register and if you don’t register you’ll have no say whatever in the approaching election. Watch tho Headlight for the ad vertisement of the time when the registrars will bo in Gaffney. Tiik Lkdgkr will give you the date if they will let us know in time and it will not. cost tho county a cent, but the Headlight will probably have the elec tion law and tho county will pay $1 an inch, or close to that figure, to that paper to tell you how you must do in order to bo able to vote. Wo don’t blame the Headlight. Its right that it should ho paid for county advertising, but county ofli- cials should advertise in all tho Dem ocratic papers in the county. They might say it would cost too much to do that. There is absolutely no need thul the whole law should be pub lished in any one paper and tho ap propriation should he equally divided in order that the people of all sec tions might bo proportionately in formed on the subject. ~ -• * - An Express Agent. Mr. J. E. Mischcll, Agent South ern Express Co., Griffin, Ga., May Nlh, 18f)5: "I have unod King’s Royal Germetuer in my family, and consider it the best medicine I have ever used. It has relieved me of muscular rheumatism. I also know of several other cases of rheumatism and catarrh that have been cured by Its use." Write to the Atlanta Chemical Co., Atlanta, Ga\ for 4N page book, giving full in formation, free. New package, largo bottle, ION doses, $1. For sale by W. B. Dul’ro. "wee sma’ " hours of the night, tho boys tripped the light fantastic. Everybody enjoyed themselves im mensely. Supper was served at all lours between 8 p. m. and 2 a. m. I dare say some things transpired that evening which will locate a green spot in the memory of some young fellows when they are in the scar and yellow. Sun. SKIPPED. The Pretty Type Writer Hudson. Repulsed Mr. Mr. J. E, Hudson, manager of Hudson’s Business College, has skip ped. He disappeared from Charlotte yesterday, leaving a letter for his brother saying that he would be out of North Carolina by the time the letter was opened. Hudson was desperately in love with his young lady type writer and tried to make her marry him. He persisted. \nd Saturday night she left for her homo in Birmingham. Hudson collected a lot of tuition money in advance and left for parts unknown. W. T. Brown and other pupils this afternoon took out at tachments against the college for $88. R. F. Kirkpatrick look out an attachment for $(>(*>. Tho college was doing finely. Hudson simply lost his head for love.—Char.'ote News. [The above is interesting to our readers from the fact that wo carried an nd for Mr. Hudson’s college. In all our dealings we found him straight and we are sorry to learn of his misfortune.—Ed.] It will be an agreeable surprise to persons subject to attacks of bilious colic to loam that prompt relief may ho had by taking Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kun- edy. In many Instances the attack may ho prevented by taking this rem edy as the lirst symptonM of the dis ease appear. 25 and -Ji cent bottles for solo by tho Dul'ro Drug Com puny. \ (Coi ivsi>on<1cnee of The LedRor.) Etta Jane, April 13.—I had the pleasure yesterday of attending the A. R. P. Church at Hickory (trove and hearing Rev. J. P. Knox preach. His subject was the omniscience and omnipotence of God. His text the I39th Psalm, 8th verse. "If I ascend up into heaven, thou are there: if I j make my bed in hell, behold thou art i there!." His discussion was a power- : ful appeal to the ungodly, as well as ! a critical arraignment of professing j'Cliri.stians with who time, place and circumstances has so much to do I with their religion. He said the dv- ! ing Christian found comfort in God’s I presence at his deathbed, while the ' sinner wanted to get away from His presence. God is ever present in heaven to add glories to the saints and in hell to torment the wicked. Those who know Mr. Knox can better imagine than I can describe his treatment of this momentous sub ject. I learn that some friends wish him to pleach at Gaffney some fiftti Sabbath and L ho does I bespeak for him a largo congregation. Mayor Wood’s address to the city council has th ring of the pure metal, and is characteristic of the man behind it. It is a guarantee that the city will have a good government. He bus the backbone to discharge ins duty regardless of the conse- nces. His administration, l dare say, will mark a era of prosperity for the city. One day last week an empty jug was found under our wheat house. When the finder announced it I got several searching looks from Mrs. J. L. S.. which conveyed the idea, “Tvo caught up with you, old fellow." I must confess i felt somewhat all over in spots until the owner came up and claimed his property. If he hadn’t cla'ined that jug I would always have been suspected of having something to do with tiiat jug. I hope Waddy Osment will live until Ids hat crown ^aves in and kills him forgetting me out of such a scrape. I was at Union last Monday, Mon day irgbt and a part of Tuesday with my frends. 1 met nearly all the old soldiers In the county—many of whom I hadn’t seen since the sur render. It was a kind of love feast with us. Such a hand-shaking and general congratulation I haven’t seen lately if ever before. Most of the time everything was in a perfect hub bub. The old veterans fought over the’r battle again—but with words i 'stead of swords. I spent the night with our polite, b'g hearted and gentlemanly post master, Mr. Robert W. Harris, who, w th his excellent family, took special pa'ns to make me feel at home. I e'ways enjoy myself with my Union friends. I have never found it neces sary to "cuss" town people like some country people do in order to make them love me. I feel as much at homo with the Union, Gaffney or Hickory Grove people us I do in tho country anywhere. Our U. C. V. Camp has enrolled about two hundred members, and del egates were elected to both the Charleston and Richmond reunions. Tho great trouble with most of the old soldiers is they have not the means to attend tho grand reunion exercises. Most of them (like my self) are poor men and will bo denied the plsasuro in store for their more fortunate comrades. Your correspondent was elected as a delegate to the Richmond reunion to which occasion I look forward with much interest. If I live to get there and keep my health, strength and reason I intend that The Lkdukk readers shall have a full report of the trip ns well as a pen picture of the proceedings. To this add a descrip tion of the old battle fields I may ho able to visit and you may comprehend the object I have in view at present. I have the assurance of a first-class artist that be can sketch any of the battlefield! fie can get a good view of, and be* expects lo accompany the* delegation for that purpose. AH tho railroads running into Richmond offer special inducements for those who wish to visit the bat tlefields through or near which they pass, and old veteran soldiers or citi zen guides who have witnessed all the changes made by tho ravages of time will be found on all the principle bat tlefields to give visitors any informa tion they may need by pointing out tho position of tho troops on each side during the bloody struggle. They say that something is up for Undo Jeff lias bought him a bran new buggy. Mr. U. 8. Spencer is now on the Board of Registration at Union. "Moze" will have a good time. LM>ipkens.4*re beginning to hatch and hawks are having a tine time of it. A few fish have been caught by the seiners in Thickety creek. The Union Times has changed hands and will henceforth be edited by Dr. M. \V. Culp, an able and tal ented man. The crop of candidates are coming out pretty well. Those disgusted Democrats who are iusing with "Republicans and sin ners" will he splendid fellows after the next election—mark that. Several of our people planted watermelons last Saturday. Very little planting of any kind was done on Good Friday. I suppose this will not provoke a famine this year. Mrs. C. \V. Whisonant has the ear liest garden I have seen. The boys have organized a debat ing society at Thomson’s mill. The subject discussed last Saturday night was: "Which is Hie most useful— education or money? Seven speakers were on each side and the judges de cided in favor of money. A good deal of corn is being planted in this secticn. Some of our politicians are having a nice time explaining tho "whys" and “wherefores" of certain legisla tion with which they have had some thing to do. If they will only stop and explain their explanations they will make the mat ter as clear as mud. For my part I believe that a consti tution that permits the enactment of a law to compel minors pay a poll tax is unconstitutional itself. If the printer who sots up my cor respondence don’t quit making me out such a rediculous speller I will send Frank Rruitt up to look after him. Besides I want ihe editor to keep a Bible on his table to see whether or not my scripture quota tions are correct before lie allows my letters go into print. Success to The Lkucieu. j. l. s. Who is My Neighbor ? (Corrcsi>c:vlencc of The Ledger.) Well, I believe I will lay my knit ting down and try to find out who my neighbor is. Once in a while it is our sad lot to witness the destruction of a long standing friendship, and what makes it worse is the fact that it might be avoided. But oh, those words that are not meat for just anyone to hear, how often are they spoken; then the pain we are called upon to pass through. Go searcli thine own heart and in thyself maybe what was im agined in anothers. Is this what the Bible would call a neighbor, that a trifling misunderstanding would throw off a tried friend simply be cause some little something has been said or done without any intention to wound? I sometimes think that to pass by and do nothing at all better than to do a good deed and then spoil it by talking behind your back and so friendly to your face. \\ hat a great change there would be if everyone had a kind word for every one, for kind words do surely bring a smile, and they, never bfister the tongue or lips, and wo never have heard of anyone losing their mind be cause of being kind. O, let us stop and think what influence one neighbor has upon another, and that we are either doing good or evil; and too, let us remember that wo cannot live to ourselves or die to ourselves. Who is my neighbor? We don’t want anyone to pity us unless we need it; nor help, nor money, but like tho good Samaritan help us when we need it. Jesus taught tho lawyer, and so He teaches us, that whoever does good to another is that persons neighbor. Mas. It. Axx Wa"eks. Unclaimed Letters. List of letters remaining In office uncalled for to date : Will Allen, A. L. Garner, Manervia Gouge, W. F. Ogburn, C. II. Uneberger, J. P. Williams, Clayton Wise, Sillic West. N. B.—Persons calling for these letters will please say advertised in The Ledoku. T. H. Lrrri.EjoiiN, P. M. April 13, 18%. —•• — Married in Baltimore. Mr. Ruben Snyder, of this city, was married to Miss Annie Rosen baum, of bnltimoro, in that city on March 21th. Mr. Snyder returned to Gaffney Monday. His bride will join him hero later. Mr. Snyder is a member of tho firm of Schwartz A Snyder, and is an agreeable Hebrew gentleman. We wish the couple much happiness and prosperity, Henry Ward Beecher once Inform ed a man who came to him com plaining of gloomy and dlspondont feeling, that what ho most needed was a good cathartic, meaning, of course, such a medicine us Ayer’s Cathartic Pills, every dose being effective. PROGRESS OF THE COUNTRY. Fire in the Woods—Sunday School Organized and Other News. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Cross Roads, April. 14.—Our country is in bettor condition this year than it has been for several years. The hustling farmer! are all about done planting their upland corn and are about ready to com mence planting cotton seed. W. Waters and “S” attended preaching at Macedonia Sunday atul 1 must say I was surprised to see such a large congregation out. Cow- pens and Piedmont were well repre sented. The young ladies and gen tlemen were all dressed nice and neat in their spring clotliing. I tell you the young girls with their bright faces and sweet smiles looked pretty. Nothing thrills my heart with any more joy than to see hew our country is progressing. We dined at L. C. A. Clary’s, one of The Ledger’s best supporters. We then went down by Thickety station. Rev. Daniel Whit- tenburg, col., preached to the con victs, who are camping near Thickety trussel. A large crowd, both white and black, gathered to hear Daniel tell them of their sins. His text was “Weighed in the balance and found wanting.” Someone who had nothing else to do set fire to the dry leaves in a large scrap of woods which lie between W. D. Byar’s and Bud Clary’s last Sun day about 11 o’clock a. m. The peo ple on their way from church had a hot time in trying to Keep the lire from burning down-houses and pas ture fences. The damage is not known. A. S. Waters’ shop accidently caught fire the other day but Wofford being near extinguished the fire be fore much damage was done. A Sunday school was organized at Fair View school house last Sunday. J. ('. Camp was elected superintend ent, L. T. Clary assitant, C. C. Stacy secretary, L. J. Huskey librarian. Fifty pupils were enrolled. They adjourned to meet next Sunday at 2 o’clock. All who wish to join tho school come out next Sunday and bring a little “chink” for purchasing literature. Mrs. L. J. Stacj and son Ed visited J. L. Clary’s family Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. N. M. Wood and children vis ited J. L. Clary Sunday. Judson and Antoinette Clary vis ited relatives near Cowpens Saturday night. Ed and Forest Clary visited Horace Webber Saturday night. Louolia Daniel is visiting her grandmother this week. Rev. C. M. Teal and family and Lawson Teal, of Hicksville, N. C., visited their brother, Clarin Teal, Sunday. Mrs. Clavin Teal has been very ill for some time. Rev. Pinkney Hambriek, of Henri etta, N. C., dined at J. C. Camp’s yesterday. A. C. Robbs and family visited his mother-in-law, Mrs. Emily Lemmons, at the Cowpens Furnace Sunday. Jas. Robbs and family visited Mrs. Emily Lemmons Sunday. Gowan Black and Jas. Mason vis ited friends of Union Saturday. Shade Wood while hauling wood got his foot caugnt between the wood and wheel and mashed it very badly a few days ago. “S” got his finger mashed today by a log rolling on it. Commissioner Jolly has almost reached the cross roads with his con victs. We have got a good road between here and your city. The Fair View baseball nine will meet next Saturday eve to play base ball. Look out Gaffney boys, you are going to get beat this summer. Boy Phillips, deputy mushall, cap tured a whiskey wagon and driver last Friday night. Allen Mayfield, col., lost a fine milch cow lust week. What has become of G. L. 8. and several of the rest. You all should give us the news from your part of tho country. s. Rev. Clarence Dixon In Shelby. The Rev. Clarence Dixon begins a meeting at Shelby next Sunday. He is a noted preacher and a North Carolina boy—being a native of Shelby. Mr. Dixon is, wo believe, now pastor of one of the largest churches in New York. Suporiutiu- dent Tripp. oft heO. R.AC. R. R., will run a special train from Blacksburg to Shelby. The train leaves Blacks burg Friday morning and will return in time to connect with the night Southbound train on tho Southern It. It. This will enable Guffneyites to go and attend both the forenoon and evening services and not be com pelled to remain from home over night, (juite a large delegation have signified their intention to attend. No small oLoctlon which young folks hud to the old-time spring- medicines was their nauseousnees. In our day, this objection is removed and Ayer's Sarsaparilla, tho most powerful and popular of blood- purifiers, is us plesaut to the palate, as a cordial.