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THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., MAY 7, 1896
THE WEEKLY LEDGER.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 1S%.
OUR HONORED DEAD.
P.orn and nurtured in pagan hearts
is the worship of heros and heroic
deeds. Much more in our glow of
light and knowledge should venern-
tion for the grand past, for the
superiority of men and actions, for
♦lie hoary head and time worn visage
of ancient men, for the wisdom and
rich experience of our elders—“the
true chronicles of age” should be
implanted and fostered in the child
and become fruitful in young men
and maidens who must “rise up
before the hory head” and honor
the names and virtues of those who
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shall “profit prosperity.” With
one concent homes and hearts in
Gaffney on May 13th. will bring
fioral offerings and this sweet and
beautiful service memorialize the
noble sires who in the Lost Cause
poured out wealth and blood for God
and Right. Our children shall ask.
“What mean ye by this service?”
And in sad refrains will be whis
pered, “Ah! years have swept, and
years are sweeping” since for wrongs
your father cried, “Wo will win the
day or die”—they fell on the field
of battle glory, and we have come
to give the tribute of tears and with
garlands “kneel at their graves, and
remember.” And while we kneel
let us pray, “O Father, keep, and
love our Sunny South, and from all
hearts take every thought of hate,
and for our children and our wrongs
we crave pity and abundent pardon.”
Let all join in the noble sentiment
that actuates North and South as
with one hand we lift the lid of the
arn that holds to each, fragrant
Miemories dearer than precious
gems.
THE TRANSVAAL—A SURPRISE.
The little province—The Transvaal
—lias surprised the nations. The
four leaders of the reform committee
at Johannesburg, who invited Dr.
Jamison and his raiders into the ter
ritory, have been condemned to death
on the charge of high treason. Mr.
Chamberlain, of England, and Secre
tary Olney, of the United States,
were as much surprised as those who
know nothing of state secrets. Sec
retary Olney in particular, in endeav
oring to save the life of Mr. Ham
mond, the American mining engin
eer, one of the unhappy four con
demned to death, suffers himself to
speak slightingly of justice as admin
istered by a Transvaal judge and
jury. The anfcwer he received was a
reprimand well administered. It is
true President Kruger has commuted
the death sentence, to imprisonment,
fine, and banishment, but there is no
reason why wo should believe that
there was an understanding between
the executive and the judicial
branches of the government.
The Transvaal stands up for her
rights, and dares maintain them in
the face of protesting Englishmen.
Hud Dr. Jamison been tried by the
same court that convicted the leaders
of the reform committee of high trea
son, ho too would soon be in a con
vict’s cell, instead of receiving the
plaudits of his countrymen. This
act of England’s, when put upon her
honor by the South African Republic
shows how sentiment can interfere
with the administration of justice.
Misplaced confidence forces the Re
public to be more self-reliant, and
this of itself is great gain.
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GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE.
Grover Cleveland lias his own way
of doing things. His mind is made
up after due delibcration.and then he
is quick to act.
All important is it, especially after
the action of congress in regard to
recognizing the belligerency of the
Cubans, that a correct statement of
affairs as they transpire in Cuba be
transmitted to the executive depart
ment of our government at Washing
ton.
The appointment of General Lee as
Consul General at Havana was a mas
ter stroke of policy. Pity ’tis that
Williams did not get out of the way
sooner and make room for the patriot
and soldier. Williams’ policy of
masterly inactivity will soon be
changed under the direction of the
intrejsid Lee. Spain is sore under the
appointment. She appreciates the
situation, and knows that she is to be
watched and accurately reported.
Exactly this is what she is not willing
to have done; hence she shakes her
gory locks in disapproval and would
rather retain the pliant and inoffen
sive Williams. A merciless tyrant as
general in charge, and a censorship of
the press, and willing tools to strike
the deadly blow will not bear too
close inspection.
When Fitzhugh Lee lands in Ha
vana we expect a decided change for
the better in the conduct of the op
pressive war in Cuba.
What a power there is in one man
of decision and of nobility of charac
ter.
A FACTOR IN POLITICS.
Our ex-Governor and junior senator
having graduated in state craft, and
having matriculated at the nation’s
capital :s preparing for a more ex
tended horizon. Already, the prompt
ings of genius have directed him to
the lecture platform where he can
most readily air those sentiments,
not peculiarly his own, but which he
is the self-made exponent and ex
pounder.
At one time we find him in the
west where sympathy runs strongest
with his views on finance; again he is
in staid New England where sound
money, and protection, and wise fore
sight, and diligent labor have com
bined to make of it the reservoir of
commercial life. In congress, too,
he is not idle, now that the harness
does not chafe and, having taken his
bearings, knows his latitude and
longitude. We find him sallying
forth every now and then and, pla3-
ing lance in rest, with knigiitly spurs
urges his noble steed along, tearing
down, not building up. Cleveland.
Hill, Sherman, are but puppets that
he would brush idly aside in his
eagerness for higher honors. But he
has not forgotten his old state which
lias honored him so highly. Still
would he bo captain and pilot in
bringing her safely through the bil
lows caused by his own unrest. No
other hand can be at the helm, no
other voice so powerful as bis. He
may know where he is tending, but
where are we drifting? “Watchman,
what of the night.”
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WOMEN IN CONVENTION.
The sentiment is growing, rapidly
growing, to give women a place in
our conventions. The thin edge of
the wedge found a resting place when,
in mixed assemblies, women, on the
platform, was listened to and ap
plauded. The result is inevitable,
hut the end is not yet. Three thous
and delegates are in session at the
quadrennial conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church which is in
session at Cleveland. Representa
tives are present from far off Japan
and India and Sweeden, and the
burning question is: "Shall women
be seated as delegates.”
The majority are now in favor of
admitting them to the same privi
leges as men, but it takes three-
fourths to altar the constitution,
this may delay the day, but another
four years will find them in posses
sion of the field after the battle shall
have been fought.
Eggs That Will Hatch Pullets.
I saw a piece sometime ago in The
Ledger wishing to know how to tell
eggs that would hatch pullets.
When I was a boy my ambition was
to raise game chickens and have them
mostly roosters. After expressing
my desires to my father, Capt. Michr
ael Gaffney, he showed mo how to tell
eggs that would hatch them. He
showed mo that by holding eggs up
to the sun and looking through your
hand, part ly closed, that there was a
circle in the large end, and that if it
was directly on the top, that egg
would hatch a rooster, and if it was
on one side it would hatch a pullet.
I tried it and never found the rule or
plan to fail. It will be observed that
there is a vacium in eggs caused by
not being full. I recollect of setting
22 eggs thus tested and hud 22 roos
ters hatched out and raised ail of
them. H. G. Gaffney.
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PRESS OPINION.
[A valued friend of The Ledger
came in last week to tell us that we
did not run this column exactly right
-that wo clipped entirely too fre
quently from the anti-Reform papers
and that we were partial. We did
not then undertake to argue the ques
tion further than to say that these
clippings were gathered indiscrimi
nately, but after his departure we be
gan to gather bits for this column.
We had not noticed it before, but af
ter our attention had been called to
the matter we noticed that our ex
change list boro very few papers of
the reform persuasion. Now, that is
no fault of ours, because we exchange
with every paper that has had the
courtesy to signify its desire to do so,
being careful not to discriminate.
We even went so far as to make a
written request of the Columbia Reg
ister, the leading reform paper of the
state, to exchange. They declined
the courtesy, or rather, after sending
the paper several months, they dis
continued it. This paper is neutral
on politics, believing as we do, that
too great an amount of politics,
whether it be reform or anti-reform,
is the curse of any country. We
have never clipped an abusive article
from any paper and never intend to.
We propose to give their opinion, pro
and con, and simply because an arti
cle is credited to either a reform or
anti paper is no evidence that we take
sides with either. We are not run
ning a political paper and any man
who takes it with that idea in view
is throwing his money away. How
ever, we wish to say that if The Led
ger is not conducted ns it should be
we invite any of our friends to criti
cise whenever they feel like it. for we
are human and liable ere, or they may
come in and run it a week or so while
we take a vacation, and see how they
like the job.—Ed.]
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Wo are sorry that more of our
statesman don’t do away with so
mucli dignity and do more business
on some style. Let us have more
Tillmaas if you please.—Frogressive
Reformer.
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McKinley stands for protection,
and will be nominated by the Repub
lican party for President because they
hope to side-track the financial ques
tion and blind the eyes of the people
to the real issue.—Cotton riant.
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Senator Tillman appears to have a
decided impression by his speeches
in the West. Ben Tillman, both on
the stump and in his writings, has a
way of putting his points so that they
have their due effects on friends and
foes alike.—Hampton Guardian.
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It ill becomes Henator Tillman to
complain of being taken advantage of
by his colleagues, while ho is roam
ing around the country neglecting his
official duties. He is himself guilty
of that for which ho has often cen
sured others.—Newberry Observer.
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The editors of the Columbia State
and Columbia Register are whiling
away the tedious hours of the dull
season by calling each other hard
names. Hnakc stories, or even spring
poetry, would prove more edifying to
their readers.—Yorkville Enquirer.
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Red Bank, the site for the county
seat of Saluda county, is now occu
pied by a body of woods but the new
town will bo laid out in modern style
and built from the stump. This is
better than to attempt to remodel an
old settlement.—Anderson Journal.
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The editors of the State and Regis
ter presented each other with hot
tomallies last week. Gonzales said
that Koester was a “liar” and Koes-
ter said that Gonzales was a “coward
and scoundrel.” Both of them are
very naughty and should be lectured
by Larry Gantt of the Fiedmont Head
light.—Manning Times.
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Senator Tillman has returned to
his home in Washington and when
the bond investigation resolution
comes up again we think he will have
something of interest to say. We
look for a tilt between him and Sena
tor Hill, of New York, and when they
do clasli it will be a battle of giants
and the other fellows had better hoist
their umbrellas or be drowned in the
flow of eloquence.—Manning Times.
Mr. D. A. Davis, a prominent liv-
erypiun and merchant;, of Goshen,
Ya., has tliis to say on the subject of
rheumatism: *4 take pleasure in
recommending Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm 1>t rheumatism, as I know
from personal experience that it will
do all that is claimed for it. A year
ago this spring my brother was laid
up in bed with inflamatory rheuma
tism and suffered Intensely. The
first application of Chamberlain’s
Fain Balm eased the pain and the
use of one bottle completely cured
him. For sale by the DuFre Drug
Company.
To the Voters of 7th Circuit.
C. P. Sanders, Esq., of Spartan
burg, H. C., is hereby announced as a
candidate for solicitor of the Seventh
Judicial circuit, subject to nomina
tion by the primary election.
To the Voters|of 7th Circuit.
I want to he Alicitorof the 7th
circuit. I pledge ^myself to abide by
the result of the llemocrutic Primary
election.
C. VIHEKSTONE.
The season’s deranged. Clouds of
dust mount to the sky ns grateful in
cense from a parching soil of the be
neficence of the “month of showers.”
Columbia State.
Cross Road Chronicles.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Groks Roads, May 4.—I hear
farmers grumbling and wondering
why prices of the farm products are
so low. In rending histories and
statistics of the past ago I find at no
period has agriculture been so sorely
depressed as at the present time and
past few years. First one and then
another of the products of the farm
has been sold for less than the cost
of production. Cereals, textiles,
meats, fruits and vegetables have all
been sold at a loss, but happily not
all at the same time. The low prices
have also, to a largo extent, reached
the manufactories, and this enables
the farmer, with his small profits, to
buy necessities, notably, iron, woolen
and cotton goods cheaper than ever
before.
The cause of this almost universal
depression can he easily traced to
overproduction. Looking backward
a few years and comparing the
breadth of land then given to the
various crops with the breadth of
land now cultivated in the same
crops gives a wonderful increase. In
clearing the heavily timbered lands,
draining and protecting the low
lands was a heavy and slow process
compared to the development of the
vast area of timberless land of the
great Southwest. These new lands
produced all the staple crops cheaper,
reaching these fresh fields, produc
tions went up with a .hound and a
jump. Turning the sod was easy
work compared to the laborious
costly clearing of the old States.
When Lewis and Clark reported
the almost boundless northwest Mr.
Jefferson thought that it would re
quire a thousand years-to develop it
but only a quarter of a century was
necessary to cobweb it with railroads
and dot it with cities. That is not
all, for the same rapid development
was going on elsewhere, viz: Austra
lia and Argantina. It is reasonable
to draw the inference that this ab
normal growth of production ac
counts for the low prices of all staple
crops excepting butter and cheese.
The market of these products wore
destroyed by fraud in the effort, to
pass a cheaper product off as butter
or cheese.
J. T. Robbs, while chopping wood
last Saturday morning, lot the ax
glance and cut his foot very badly.
The rain has made the ground soft
and cotton has made its way to the
tof) of the ground. Everybody has a
good stand. s.
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Algood Allegations.
(Correspondence ct The Ledger.)
Algood, May 5.—J. A. Harris, our
hustling road overseer, is putting
Mineral Springs’ road in fine condi
tion. Our township commissioners
were fortunate in securing his ser
vices.
Your correspondent and J. L. Clary
went to Spartanburg not long since
on business.
Our farmers who planted cotton
seed early have an excellent stand of
botli cotton and grass, and by looking
at the large fields it is probable that
"General Green” will to a great ex
tent win the battle.
There was a chopping at Mrs. C.
F. Wilkins’ Saturday. The boys
didn’t chop very hard but when din
ner was announced you ought to
have seen them tackle "Fete.” By
the way Pete was a big turkey which
weighed 18^ pounds after being
dressed. 1 think if old Flaw could
once stick his big feet under Aunt
Cassie’s tabic lie would forever quit
the flaw picking business.
There was an oid time log rolling
at E. F. Richards last Tuesday.
J. L. Clary was at the county seat
last Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. He returned homo Saturday.
R. B. Powell went to Rutherfurd-
ton recently on important business.
Your correspondent went to Clif
ton last Tuesday on business.
Mrs. L, K. Dorman visited C. P.
Teal and family last Saturday and
Sunday.
There was democratic club orga
nized at Macedonia precinct last Sat
urday.
Wheat is looking fine hut oats will
he almost a failure.
Mrs. Margaret Fowler visited rela
tives at Clifton not long since.
E. P. Richards and wife visited
Thos. Sellars and family near Cow-
pers a few days ago.
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Howell’s Ferry Happenings.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Howell’s Ferry, May 4.—Miss
Oregon Estes spent one night lust
week with Miss Ethel Strain, of
Etta Jane.
There is a great deal of complaint
about our public roads in this com
munity.
We had a refreshing rain last week
which helped vegetation very much
and was gladly received by the farm
ers.
The next subject for the Debating
Society is, "Which is the greatest,
Money or Education?”
S. \V. Foster lost a fine nag yes
terday. W. T. Osment. our horse
doctor, said she died from lock-jaw.
The Christian Endeavor met at the
hospitable home of W. C. Kirby last
night with a good attendance.
There is some sickness In this com
munity at this time but none serious.
How is the voice of the young peo
ple of this community on having a
May party at this place? Sambo.
For every quarter in a man’s
pocket there are a dozen uses; and
to use each one in such a way as to
derive the greatest benefit is a ques
tion every one must solve for him
self. We believe, however, that no
bettor use could he made of one of
these quarters than to exchange it
for a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a
medicine that every family should be
provided with. For sale by the
DuPre Drug Company.
Asbury Dol
(Correspondence of T1
Asbury, May 4.—\\
some fine showers the
Cotton is coming upl
and chopping will begl]
weeks.
A large crowd nttem'
Jefferies’ commencrnentj
night. The speaking wi
and the music was nice.
Joe Byars’ daughters,
Shoals, attended the comtl
and also visited their brotil
Byars, and their
more.
Oliver Inman and John E.
of Gaffney, attended the col
merit. Ct]
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as mercury will surely desti
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Cure manufactured
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Hall’s Catarrh Cure he sti
the genuine. It is taken
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