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/ J Weekly Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. I, NO. J 4. ’E AND HOUSE GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1890. $1.00 A YEAR. )VER THE TIME FOR LESS TO CLOSE. Ive Amos Gumming About |c His Reputation for Headedness and Other Chat. ipondence of The Ledger.) gton, D. C., May 9.—It to make u bargain. In a resolution providing for [irnment of Congress on May House has only taken the l> towards a bargain. The of the House Ways and ommittee would much rather ,d the first step taken by the but as that body gave no ^tion of doing so, the committee ed the resolution which was .?d by the House. That it ot be adopted by the Senate lat shape may be set down as in, as the Senate will not be y t i^Hourn as early us that, thcrc^le numerous things , may pn%»M :lte discussion t will prevent :Ttr early adjourn- pt, not the least of whK»? ^ ie disposition of a number of Senators adjourn until the President has ^cognized the belligerence of tho ybans. This was voiced hy Senator I organ this week when he moved hat Ids joint resolution directing l|hnt resolution he referred to the committee on Foreign Uolations, and said: “I hope linn, energetic and determined action will bo taken before this Congress adjourns. I do not believe Congress can alTord to adjourn leaving this question in its present state before the world. The whole iniluencc of the ad ministration will be used to prevent any further action hy Congress on Cuban ulTairs. In fact, it is said that any further Congressional action will result in upsetting a very care fully planned scheme which Pres ident Cleveland hopes to carry through after Congress gets out of the way. Just what this scheme is lias not been told by anyone who could speak by authority, but vague hints indicate that it may lead to war with Spain, and that the gathering of what is with one or two exceptions the most formidable fleet of fighting vessels afloat, by the administration in Hampton Hoads, is connected with it. • ‘Representative Amos Cummings, of'N. Y., will lose his well deserved reputation for level-hcadedness if ho Introduces a few more hills like the one lie introduced tins week, to pro- jVrbit'tlio ollorlng of gifts or prizes in connection with chewing or smok ing tqbpceo or cigurcttcs. What right has Congress to interfere if the manufactures of these or any other articles choose to encourage their consumption by giving away something? Now if there was any way by which congress could abso. lutely stop the manufacture of the stinking paper cigarettess the aver age citizen would not bo likely to question its constitutionality, hut the bill of Mr. Cummings Is calculated to increase tlieir manufacture by making it more profitable. The old, tight between the House and Senate is on again. The present point in dispute is the number of buttle ships which shall be provided for by the Naval appropriation bill. The House originally said four, and the Senate by an amendment reduced the number to two. This aroused the ire of the House and, after some very sarcastic references to the jingoism of the senate a little earlier in the session it refused by the decisive vote of 141 to 81 to accept the Senate amendment, and sent the bill to conference. The Senators are so accustomed to having their way in these contests that they seldom take the opposition of the House seriously, hut this may end differently, as there is a strong clement in the Senate which sides with the /louse. A bill Intended to prevent Cano- dhius coining into the United States to work during the summer months and returning to their homes in —inter lias been favorably reported from tl.c I'"' 18 " CoinmIUo. on l.obor. Jtitle i«; "A u!.: ,P">- of American labor unu to establish auditjppnl regulations con cerning immigration.!' Ex-Senator Warner Miller fd Washington trying to stem the cur rent of opposition which lias set In against tlm Nicaragua Canal, or rather against any government aid for the present Nicaragua Cana) Company, but he doesn’t seem 10 milking much headway. NN hatever may be done uftor the I’resldential election, it is practically certain that no Nicaragua Canal bill will be passed at this session of Con gress. Two populists—I’effer and Hut- ler—joined with *29 republican sena tors in serving notice on the Finance committee that no tariff or internal revenue bill could be considered at this session that did not carry a clause providing for an adequate duty on wool. The McKinley men are not doing anything to make the men whoop- posed his candidacy mad, but they cannot help showing that they re gard the contort as already settled when many of their opponents admit as much privately, and those who were on the fence are fairly falling over ‘ each other in their anxiety to declare their allegiance to Mc Kinley. — -■» -«•»- —- ■ — BLACKSBURG BUDGET. THE KERNAL PRAISES US. HIS HEART GOES . OUT TO GAFFNEY. In Glowing Terms He Tells of a Re cent Visit—Unstinted in H;s Praises of All—Other News Notes. A Wedding, Lawn Tennis, Baseball and Other News. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Ui.ACKSnuKG, May 12.—We hope to soon have a $100,000 cotton mill in operation. The stockholders have been notified to meet at this place Thursday, May 14, ’9(5, when they are requested to pay tlieir first in stallment. The .Southern Railway pump house burned down last night. No one knows how it caught on fire. The Southern has built a nice sod of blue grass near the depot. Miss Alice Davies is visiting rela tives in Hickory Grove. 1|. B. Debouch is spending a few days \yi li us. The young people have a lawn tennis court on Mrs. M. E. Deal’s lot. They play every afternoon. The Methodist church steeple has been newly painted. This is quite an improvement, Messrs. R. 1*. Roberts and R. F. iv’cRown paid a visit to Charlotte th*< week on business, J, M, Guyton and J. E. Whisonant drove down to Wilkinsvillo the 7th Inst, on factory business. The bo.’s of Blacksburg are deter- ! mined to have a first class baseball team, and ill soon be ready to ae- j cept challenges from tlieir neighbor ing towns. O' course we will beat everything wc jduy. M. M. Freeman lias been elected manager. Mrs. O. A. Osburn has just re turned from a visit to Lancaster, 8. 0., The drug store’s and Allie Os borne’s fountain furnish us the nec essary refreshments for the hot days. Messrs. Jim and Ed. Burnes gave us some elegant music at Mrs. J. M. Guyton’s this week. Cards are out announcing the wed ding of Julian H. Ross to Miss Katie Gwinn, both of this place, on Thurs day eve, the 14th iust. The marriage will bo at the residence of Mr. Mc Clure. Miss Eva Blanton is visiting friends and relatives at this place. Messers. Mabry and .Steel, of Gaff ney, were guests of our town Sunday. Mr. Hardin is in Union county surveying this week. There Was a consert at \Yhisoriant’s ' Hall Monday night. Allie Osborne and wife are spend ing a few days with Mr. Crosby, of Hickory Grove, Mrs. Julia Karlton is visiting Mrs. P. p. Gaston this week. J). D, Gaston captured a swarm of run-away honey bees on Main street Monday morning. The weekly sales of tiio Blaclys- burg dispensary are about $173. B. N. Moore, of Yorkville, is in town today. John Ferguson, of Spartanburg, was arrested by chief of police Dun can hero Saturday night. Ho and his brother stole a hog in Spartan burg eighteen months ago. He was carried to Spartanburg by Alfred Dean, the Sheriff's son, of Spartan burg, Monday. Sealed sentence waiting for him. He lias been tried and convicted. j. e. w, -• —- Happy Home. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Home, May 12.—P. S. Webber and wife, of Wiikinsville, was at Corinth Sunday. Mr. Webber is a good church and Sunday school worker and we are always glad to see him. Miss Isabella Blanton, one of the charming young ladies, of Ravenna, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jennie Phillips, of Webster. Bob Kirby visited John Petit last Saturday. The Corinth baseball team met lust Saturday and had a fine game. Corn is looking fine but cotton is looking very ordinary. J. A. Pearson, the fisherman, vis ited John Petit's family last Sunday night. He returned early Monday morning to Thickety creek where lie will put in some time fishing. He :s one of the greatest fishermen of our section. ^ Williu.q Thompson's baby is very sic*.’ ' 1 '' '' Your correspondent was visiting Sunday and let dark catch him and he hud a rough time getting home. j. .\.‘ J;. • •- — As the sire-nglf) it building de pends upon the solidity of jts fcuindu- tjon, so health depends upon the condition of the blood, To expel impurities and cause the vital fluid to become vigorous and life-giivng, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is the most pow erful and effective medicine in use. (Corrosponrlence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, May 11.—There lias been a marked change in the weather from cool to warm within the past few days, and cotton is coming up and growing off finely. Corn is doing very well. Oats and wheat are both needing rain in many places. The oat crop will not be large, although many are sown. People are running around and chopping out their cotton and re planting corn. Generally we have good stands of both. There has been several severe eases cholera morbus in this section within the last week, and some have as yet shown very few symptoms of relaxa tion, W, G, Fowler, who has been quite sick for some time, is out again much improved in health. I have just returned from a pleas ant visit to Gaffney, where I always enjoy myself with my friends. Dur ing my stay I ‘‘took in the town gen erally,” but time and space forbid my telling it all in this letter. I hope to be able to do this later on. I received (as I always do) the most cordial welcome and unstinted hospi tality of the people of the city, many of whom insisted on my visiting them in theirhomes. These manifectations of courtesy on the part of tlie good people of Gaffney are fully appreci ated. I was present at the meeting of the old soldiers at the Gaffney Male and Female Seminary on Saturday and greatly enjoyed what 1 seen and heard. (Juito a numper of ladies, turned out to honor the occasion with their presence and well did they sus tain Gaffney’s reputation of having more good looking ladies in it than any town of the same size in the State. As speaker of the occasion Prof. H. P. GrilTith gave one of the best, most sensible, conservative, comprehensive and at the same time impartial ac counts of the war—its origin, con duct, termination and final result— that it bus ever been my pleasure to hear. He paid a glowing tribute to thp valor of the Confederate soldier on field, tlie patriotism of the women at home and especially to thp slaves whose loyalty to their mastpr$ Was Unshaken (luring pne of the greatest intermissiye wars known to (poderu times and waged ostensibly for his liberation. He said “wo owe the negro a debt of gratitude that has never yet been paid. Let us deal gently with him.” Those who have heard Prof. Grif fith know better than I can describe how he handled his subject, and those who failed to hear him on this occasion missed a treat. Camp Jake Carpenter bus been extremely fortu nate in getting such a commander as Prof. Griffith. As a soldier, scholar, teacher and gentleman lie has no superior. I am glad to find that our good neighbors and friends, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kendrick, are well pleased with their location in (Jaffney. Mrs. K. tells me that her health has been much improved since she mo'ed there. Her general appearance shows it to be so. She is now keeping boarders and I bespeak for her a lib eral patronage from the travelling public. My good friend, It. W. Tinsley, an old and reliable jeweler of Union, I find, has been# greatly benefitted in health by a few weeks sojourn in the city. He speaks in the highest terms of the climate, water, people and business of the place. He is a living advertisement of its healthfulness. The prospects strongly point to his making that his future home or of his establishing a permanent busi ness there, at least. By the way, I must acknowledge the courtesies of the genteel, polite and efficient manager and local editor of The Ledger during my stay in Gaffney. He kindly invited me to dine with him, which 1 did, at the Limestone Inn, H. L. Hopper proprie tor, where I found everything in lirst- class style with a host and hostess in readiness to make their guests feel perfectly at home. I have heiird |t sai4 that literary rnCi) are generally poor and always ugly, but Mc§iWs. UeCuiqp an(j Sams are exceptions tq this Fdle, which ac counts in great measure (if not alto gether) for the success of The Lbh- MKK. Nqt only were the white people ex- •tremely kind to me but my colored friend, Joe Lowry, has my thanks for his attention. Joe is a model for his rroe, He has built him a nice two- story houri^i at a cost of about $300 and is living iu it. He is always at work. That is the secret of his suc cess. I visited the Presbyterian Church at Gaffney yesterday and heard Rev. C. E. Robinson preach. His subject whs “The Apostles at Jerusalem.” I find that all the old soldiers who can will go to Richmond in June and July. This they ought to do, and I suggest that Camps Carpenter and Giles, U. C. Veterans meet at 4 p. m. June 30 and hold a reunion on the Seven Pines battle ground where the distinguished soldiers for which each is named were killed. Also, that Capt. J. Banks Lyle bo invited to make an address and that the S. C. Division U. C. Veterans, together with all other ex-Confederates, and especially the ladies of Virginia, be invited to attend. Let the occasion be one in which South Carolina will take the lend in hallowing the mem ory of her fallen heroes. What say you, comrades? j. l. s. ANOTHER MURDER. Will Harris Shot and Killed by Ed. Campbell. (Corrfppondcnce of Tlie Ledger.) Willie, May 12.—Ed. Campbell shot and killed Will Harris near Gowcnsville, S. C., on the 8th inst. There were no eye witnesses to the tragedy. Campbell’s story is, that ho and Harris had went to the place ‘from which Elford Campbell had re cently moved to shoot some guineas which Elford had left. After having killed the guineas Harris asked him to take a drink of liquor with him. and upon his refusing to do so Harris became enraged, as ho was already under the influence of liquor, and swore that if he didn’t drink with him that he would kill him, and picked up a rock and threw it at him and then made at him with a knife and was about, to catch him, and to save himself he was obliged to shoot Harris. The shot took effect in the breast, causing immediate death. Harris was about thirty years old and unmarried. Campbell is about twenty-five years old and lias a wife and one child. Campbell, wo under stand, went to Greenville immediatly and gave himself up to the officers. Jatvo Ballew and Berry Sloan, of Xorah, S. 0., got into a difficulty the other day, the result of which is a very sore head for Ballew from hav ing been struck with u rock. Sloan has ran away. The Rev. Ben Vaughn preached thp funeral service of Mrs. Sheri),eft i\t Holly Springs, oh Sunday the 3rd irist. Wc are glad to sec tliat the editor of the Piedmont Headlight has at last got down to some reason in re gard to the free coinage of silver. Wc are greatly inclined to believe that if the friends of free coinage of silver would eliminate f?om their ar- gqiflepU ao much exaggeration and Unreasonableness, and confine them selves to facts and reason that it would have a great deal more weight with the average voter of the coun try. Farmers in this section have got a splendid stand of cotton, and corn is looking splendid. So is grass. Mrs. Rlioda Besho'irs, one of the oldest women of this community, died the 21st and was buried the 22nd of April. Mrs. Bershears was about eighty years old, and hud been for many years a consistent member of Holly Springs Baptist church. The United States deputy mar shals made a raid just across the county line last week and destroyed the beer stands, together with their contents, of three distillers, the “coppers” having been removed. John Sims, who escaped from the United States marshals at Spartan burg some time ago, was arrested last week near Tryon, N. G. He is charged also with assault to kill. He was committed to jail at Co lumbus, N. C., in default of a $700 bond. The fruit crop is very limited in this section. There has been a reduction in the price of whiskey of twenty-five cents on the gallon up in that section known as the “dark corner.” The price has been deduced from $1.00 to Tbcts per gallon and the beads on it are almost equal to rabbit eyes, at that, so says my informant. W’o had a heavy ruin fall last Thursday which did considerable damage. It was a regular “trash mover and gully washer.” Luther Atkins died of malarial fever on the 1st of May and was bur ied at Mt. Lebanon church on tlie 2nd. Mr. Atkins had been in bad health for several years during which time he had had several severe at tacks 6t sickness, fye was a mem ber of the qhurcb a^ Mt. Lebanon.’ The funeral services \yprc conducted by the Rev. Mp. Samples, of Relham, S. 0. A/r. Atkins leaves a w'ife and four children, besides abhost of rela tives to mourn his death Jaikus. —* « Ayer’s PiUs are recommended by leading physicians and druggist, sa the prompt and efficient remedy for hilliousness, nausea, eostiveness, indigestion, sluggishness, of the liver, jaundice, and sick headache; also, to rolieva colds, fevers, neural gia, and rheumatism. FLAW FOILS HIS FOEMAN. BUT THE KERNAL WILL “DO HIM UP.” Says He Didn’t Mean to be Irreverent. Tells the DiHerence Between the Two Much Talked- of Johns. (Correspondence ol The Ledfrer.) See here! Kernel, you’ve nibbled an I’m the one that’s a tishin’ an I’m goin’ to jirk, too. Ip the first place, I’m mad at you anyhow. You promised to meet me at Skull Shoals pick 4iick, you didn’t do it; you promised to help me enlist some Ledukkites, you didn’t do that; you promised to keep the women off of me and see that I was treated all right, you didn’t do that, nother. But like ole trusty Flaw, I was thar accordin’ to promise, ’inongst stran gers at that. How anxiously I looked across that ole long iron bridge for my unfaithful friend about 1 an 2 o'clock, when my appetite aroused my suspicions as to tlie nearness of hunger, but nairy bite did I git till sundown—bo ashamed of yourself— an now you jump on me an rebuke my scripture. Honestly, sir, I selected them there passages of scripture as carefully and prayerfully as I would have selected a firearm with which to kill a hare in the mountains by my lone self. Since I have showed you how you caused me to do without my dinner by your unfaitnfulness, I will go fur ther and show you where else you are about to cause me trouble—you’re dangerous, so you are. Strange t hing to me you are allowed to run at large. In the first place you have caused the rod of compellment to fall upon me —your letter callin for me to explain why I used tlie precious quotations of scripture. In the second place, ef I should answer intelligently, It wouldn’t surprise me a dog gone hit ef ole Flaw didn’t.- l.af to have a “scrap” with one of these lie re coal in’ groun’ (lectors of divinity—they 4on’\ uo.no of the best no how. • There was a preacher, one of Jesus’ disciples, (?) who got up in his “pull pit” an give the Catholics cha- lala an rubbed it in witu a greasy rag, an naturally good, tenderhearted ole Flaw got sorry for the bottom dog, especially when tlie top dog was in fault. The scripture was used in its prop- per place, hy the propper man. in the propper spirit, and for tlie propper occasion, an I reaffirm it on my dew claws, that any man that will run down nn vilify any religious denomi nation of any faith or order is not what he should be by a whole great big lots, as Esq. Rufus Sanders would have it. While you are hacked by that young lady and her mother you should not turn a Herod and chop off Flaw’s head. I know the ladies are down on me an I’ll ho qualified that I never spoke a harmful word about ’em in my life, it’s women Flaw’s been try- in’ to make ladies out of, fer I wish to goodness they was all ladies. I dont care nothin’ about Mike Hooter, hut Kernel, you put me more in the mind of a long-tongued woman than anything I’ve run on to lately—can’t even read a piece an re iterate it without inakin’ a mess of it—l tell you, you’re dangerous. Why, I never used any “slang” about “the sainted John, the forerunner of the world’s Redeemer,” God forbid that I ever should. Yes, I’ve read the scripture, an 1 know tlie differ ence between John, the kokeimtnnku of the world’s Redeemer and John, the disciple of tlie world’s Redeemer. They are two separate and distinct persons, an ef you had as much wit as a frog’s got hair you could tell the difference yourself. No doubt you thought in your mind, after a secon dary consideration, that Flaw’s letter meant somethin’ about John Jones’ barrel of cider that turned to vinegar last fall. You must bo sure you are able-minded enough to write be fore you jump on Faw or you’ll git a lickin’ with a lead pencil. And agin, you jumped on me once before about some scripture quotations on that seventh day business an couldn’t wade out as you would like to have done. Though my last letter was got up in my common everyday style, I was sincere in it an meant nothin' fer slang, but hoped it would make aurae people reflect an see how wrongful It is to kinder the cause of—of the world's Redeemer, if you please. ‘‘Fun is fun.” True enough, but my dear brother, do you think it’s fun for an honest man to git up an rebuke a people in tlie style I did nn for so grievious a cause just for fun? Narry time would I. “Christ a feller.’’ You kick about that. too. I reverence the name of Christ with all the power of an honest htart. You don’t want me to dabble with scripture hut I can git it down so’s you’ll know what I’m drivin’ at: You know. It says somewhere that Christ said we was his brothers, or somethin’ like that. If a man calls me “feller” I can’t see that it’s de gradin’ in any ways, or. has any low- ration about it ntall. I’d jist as live be called feller as King. If I’d call him feller with the same honoration ns I would King of Man, pray tell me what’s the difference. If I under stand anything I read, it’s the intent of the heart by which you an I are judged. Lots of times I git to playin' with one of the little Bickers and with a big heart full of love I exclaim: ‘•You dog gone little rat!” an bite an buss it with the lovin’ passion of a father’s heart. Now, I didn’t mean to lowrate or dishonor the little inno cent Bicker by callin’ it a dog gone little rat, narry time, I didn’t. How well I remember the precious bits of bliss that was broken hy the hand of tlie world’s Redeemer and handed down to me years ago! and how I treasure their memories in my bosom as yet! but they are not mine now; they have been taken away lest they would get stained. How true to nature, these, “rotten as filthy rags and dead men’s bones.” The foxes are after the grapes, the lion is on the watch, the tares are in the field, the virgins out of oil, the ser pents in the grass, the enemy at the door. Oh, Father Time, when will these have an end? Flaw Picker. — -• -*•*- •- ——— ANDERSON IN THE FIGHT. Political Meetings, Ahtletic Clubs and a Memorial Meeting. (Coi*! espondencc of The Ledger.) Anderson, May 8.—Anderson is still ;a the fight when it comes to politics. We had a big turnout here last Monday. There were reformers here galore. The sentiment was for free silver, St. Louis, and Tillman. One enthusiast declared that all they had to do was to nominate Tillman for president “and all these should be added to us.” 1 believe some of the local politi cians really believe that Tillman will be nominated. On Friday wo had a colored meet ing addressed hy Canary Miller, from Beaufort, who talked for two hours, praising Tillman, ior his abil ity as an executive officer, claiming liim to bo the greatest imux tk* South has ever produced.. He is u ®ueu# speaker, a, polished negro and nn nUl round politician, who has repre sented his people in the halls of the senate several times, but wlu> was not able to cope with Geo. Murry for Congress in his district. Friday tlie 7th the young men of Anderson met in the Council Cham ber and organized the Anderson Ath letic Association, which will consist in baseball, bicycle and tennis con tests. There were a great many business men present who took con siderable interest in the organization, believing that a good bull team or tennis team will advertise their town as much or more than anything else. We certainly admire their patriotism and generosity. Today, Saturday, is being cele brated hero as Memorial Day very impressively by old and 3'oung. Badges will be given out at 11 o’clock at the court house, after which all will repair to the Baptist Church, where a beautiful program will he rendered, consisting of speech mak ing and singing, then to the city of tlie dead, where the graves of those who fought and died for their coun try, will he beautifully decorated. Our merchants continue to do a rushing business and do it clcverly und with an eye both to customers and clerk. They close their doors promptly at G o’clock p. in. when the young men can he seen promenading the streets with their best girls at tached to their left arm and wo pre sume to other members of the left breast. With best wishes for Tin: Ledger. Srn. — - — The Champion Mean Man. A man may use a wart on the back of bis neck for a collar button ; ride on the buck coach of a train to save interest on his money until the con ductor comes around; stop his watch at night to save the wear and tear; leave his “i” without a dot or “t” without a cross to save his ink; pasture his mother’s grave to save corn ; but a man of this kind Is a gentleman and a scholar com pared to a fellow who will take a newspaper, and when asked to pay for it. puts it into the post-office and has it marked, “Refused.”—Bill N/e. Old People. old people who require medcino to regulate the bowels and kidney will fi id the true remedy in Electric Bit ters. This medicine does not stimu late and contains no whiskey nor other intoxicant, hut acts us a tonic and and alterative. It acts mildly on tlie stomadie and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the or gans, thereby aiding Nature in the performance of the functions, Elec tric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old Beople find it just exactly what they need. Brice fifty cents per bottle at W. B. Du- Brc s Drug Store.