The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 04, 1896, Image 2
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r eek’s Happening j Gathered
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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S.
STiTE NOTES S1TIRN PROGRESS
•ITEMS
0? IMPOSTAJTOE
Contract Signed X'or tlio Itnlldin^ of it
Kailroad Prom Charleston to Ailemlnlo.
A Prominent Farmer of .Jainpa Killed
•>5' Cightninu—End of a Sensational Mur
der Trial at riorcnco, Eto.
Oharleston*. June 1.--Reproaon ta
ros of the Seenrity Construction com-
l_ retnrnrd to the rity from Now
having drawn up' contracts thoro
>tho building of a lino of road from
krloston to Allendale at onen, and for
\a1timate construction of 175 miles
^d further west.
i onterpriso is a big ono and only
i tho indorsoment of the construc-
ampany’s directors, which is cer-
‘i b« given, to bo prut into opera-
The deal means much moro than
re building of tho road to Allon-
\hc Port Royal and Augusta, the
^al and Western Carolina roads,
L Messrs. Thomas and Ryan,
iGreenwood, Anderson and
k.wtth its extension now in
as tract ion, are to beconaoli-
tho new line. When the
j Is completed it will own
itogether in the interest of
Vver 000 milea of rail*.
“pd to have tho road te Al-
jotod before to first of No-
loutract for construction,
given to Mossrs. Strong
rYork, culling for it to bo
'0 days. Tho Charleston
bompauy, General Sum
Ir. iiyun, Sol ILius, Col-
Kn and other prominent
will all be interested in
I nn. The jieop!# of the city
tically in favor of the on-
it ft coiiaiderod to be the
g that has happened for
urter of a century.
Happonilpgs of the Week Just
pist Briefly Told.
MANY NEW^ITEMS OF IMPOETANOE
A J7ow Tortt WiAman Gives Mio North Car
olina Uolversltn Three Thousanil
m lers—Report onvhc Insuranro Itu,lnes!<
In the £tato—l r .arhhi*Bs of the Southern
Railway—Wreck NcW Gceensboro.
Raleigh, May b&.—Frederick
Baker of New York has givdtvthe Uni
versity of North Carolina to
equip Commons hall and provide l))oard
for students at cost. Tho hall opens in
September with accommodations; for
200 students yrith board at $8 montihiy.
llio Mason farm ^ 1
c., JUN
Reports of Industrial and Busi
ness Conditions For a Week.
House Pas
Harbor
Jn
r er and
Bill.
Morgan Doesn’t Expect Action
on His Cuban Resolution.
TEE Y0T1
Muno S.—Tho approach-
dairy, stock and
httra will bo istn-
ENDED.
| Flnm Hull Oo Up
^Thf«lr Urlme.
1.—A sons.v
|t ended hero.
E. Hall
the mur-
pf Plum
It Plum
sired
inr-
iof
it
A14A ill. of 1,000 acres, also a
gift, will bo used as a da'
truck farm. Tho waiters
dents.
Tho insurance business in NorthiOar-
olina for last, year has just been Bum-
znnrizod. Thirty-nine life comnanios
wrote $12,000,000 of now iusunauce.
Proinium receipts wore $1,873,000.
Eighty-four ilro and marine companies
wrote $oa,000,000, and roedvoa f9l‘3 ( ooo
in premiums and paid $501,000 inlOba^*
It is ascertained that the American
Protective association has 15,000 mcm-
be*? in North Carolina. ^
It la stated that Henderson offers the
Seaboard Air Lino $35,000 and a site to
locate the ahops there. This is tho sec
ond offer made by that town. There ia
yet no sign of rebuilding here.
A report of tho number of cottou fac
tories yu the line of the Capo Fear and
Yadkin Valley railway shows there are
31 with ia3.000 apindlca and 40 with 500
spindles, consuming 52,000 bales of cot
tou annually.
Reports to tho railroad commission
say the earnings of tho Southern rail
way’s lines in North Carolina for tho
punt quarter wove $148,000. an increase
- $i3,ono -
m0J STEEL MARKETS T7EAK
' 1 ilir. KlII-LW- .. ,
I>o«kerv jtiu!
*1 Introduces! I» the
Rlvcly 'IWMonument at Ajipo.
®peak^)l Makes n Spceoli on
8ountma.y In Congress
mat
th _
session was imprersed
by several suggestions
r ay. A rule from tho com-,
rules, for meetings of the
o’clock, an hour earlier than
ln the fail, JndgTng the remainder oi tho ses-
(inr?* 01 mac hlnerwis adopted.
t Mri i10 Uyfj Jin Dinglcy (Rep., Me.) called
eo1° mor e ^ i 5 haractf ' rla,)s tho iron r/ fion to thc faot that sovpra l a PP ro -
and prices are low'tion bills were yet in conference and
Mien i/d he noticed that many members
20; NAYS, 6C : LITTLE 0HAN0E OF RECOGNITION
General Rcsluoas Is Qalet, but Prepara
tion* Are lining Made. For an Active Fall
Trade—Cotton Mill Ruildtng Continues
Active—Crop, Prospects Fright — Many
Now Industries.
Chattanooga, Juno 3.—General busi
ness as reported by The Tradesman’s
hundreds of southern -correspondents
continues quiet, but manufacturers are I
enlarging their plants and getting ready
for an active trade in tv.~ '
Iso
from the large
W'ants received
weeks.
steel mnikets
Since April 1 pig iron
than 3 per rout, but them
SlU-ht
has
3)00 over the same period
of r uw »am8 period a year
aga This report covers lines owned by
the Southern of th« lines it leases Tho
North Carolina railway earned $3(17,000,
or $78,000 mora than during the cor-
reMpouding quarter last year.
Freight No. 48, bound north, ran into
* pole car at a place called Troublesome
Rond, about 12 miles north of Greens-
boro, derailing sovou vegetable cars,
killing the fireman and womWiing the
engineer. The men on the rllpl®
Jumped and were not hurt
4 uui rnern has
Ight advance on finislukl produc
Tlie furnaces at. South Pi* 1
Tenn., have blown out to
until prices advance. The
Gap, va., furnace
The Inmotjr r .
change. Busing /Vf “
prices are still
mill building contn%e« J( JTgbter
Crop prospects In rho«„ Jr bettor
because of recent raius/iducors
feeliu* axisrc — 'Ycx;\9.
du-stries
g: The
y, Little
$40,000
be oroctod
Header-
Goal oom-
i.OtM); tho
car
GO INTO BLAS-
WILL
Ore«Ml»oro Iron anA Slcrl Company
Sturt Up on Sept. 1—Other New*.
Ralhiuk, May 28.—Tho Greensboil
Iron and Steei company lias perfecti
arrangementH lo put Its furnace in bH
BepL 1. It will also operate the
mines at Oi’« Hill
Tho groat estate of tho lute cx-
ernor Holt is equally divided amoi
five children.
The Nowberno Journal was pur
Charles L. 8tovou«, editor _,
"*■ t Jjoader and president of
;00,000; at
ie Hickory
, to erect
the VV. G.
$50,-
'celiug exists among
And handlers In Louisi
Among tho import
for tho week are th
Hartford Coustructio;
Rock, Ark., oupitul $
foundry and muchino
at Shreveport, La.,
ion; tho Greasv On
pany, Mvrtlo, Ky.^ a Munany, San
Fostal Telegraph
Antonio, Tex.,
Hickory Grove p-
Grove Manufo^urin
a $60,000 oouon mim {tal
Ragley Lumber con*
000, at Y/innsboro,
AmongtheeujA r
ftme works at She
lose works at 0
mill at Arronia,
Newport, Tenn.;
tox., andhamber
There 1« also
light krf power c
Tenn, nonring i
n ; tflttrell, Ten
W. ^! eleTator
C. ja haraees fac
•no * hay pres
4 Cotton mil
Uthlft 8phn,
■^K a a. an
< tnom, A1
,N»w. 8
jA X
<? ©
reported are
Tenn.; cellu-
Ky.; slate
n mill at
orks at Wm^o,
igamaw. Ark.
d an electric
, at Knoxville,
Lincolnton, N.
Alum Bridge,
at Columbia, S.
Bristol, Tenn.,
ary at Houston,
1 be Tstabliahed
a»d Nesbif’s
orking plants
Orleans, Lo.,
Waterworks will
N. 0., Trenton,
w hts. Ya.
fot tne week in-
•thouse at Whites-
depot at Mont-
Ala.-TuO.OOO hospital at
^‘"* , J^f«sidknc« at Fall
*° c j;\0,000; a $12,OX)
n a \ton, N. C.; at
eho^O synagogue,
it Vicksburg,
—
WIN.
rogoa—Popa-
-Incomplete
from the
select a Ba
ilsmen and
which will
Itor Mitchell
The Re-
LBeun 8u-
kurality.
Vn, has
Jis-
leaving tlie city and begged mem
bers to remain and keep a quorum. His
appeal was reinforced by Chairman
Cannon of tho appropriations commit
tee, who said:
“In my judgment, there is no proba
bility that this session will end ooforo
Wednesday of next week, and probably
not before Friday or Saturday. If wo
do not keep a quorum wo will not got
away for a month.”
Mr. Babcock, chairman of the Dis
trict of Columbia committoe, reported
an agreement on the gas bill, which
reduced the price of gas in tho district
•o $1 for the government and $1.10 to
private consumers per 1,000 foot, which
he estimated would save citizens $120,-
000 a year. Tho report was adopted—
128 to 29.
Tho report of the committee on rivers
and harbors, recommending the passage
of tho bill over tho president’s veto, was
made by Chairman Hooker and the re
port was read.
The reading of the report was fol
lowed by applause, most of it on tho
Republican side of the house. Mr.
Hooker moved tho passage ot too bill,
saying that the committee was of the
opinion that tho president’s message
covered even r possible objection to the
bill and that the report answered all
objections.
“Many members have asked mo for
time to debate this matter,” ho said,
“and to yield to their requests would
take much time. Without expressing
uuy opinion on the question whether
there should be debate and to tost the
opinion of the house on tho question
♦whether debate is necessary, I will de
mand the previous question.”
Instantly Mr. Dockery (Dora., Mo.)
was on his feet, demanding recognition,
but the speaker told him that debate
was not in order. Members wore shout
ing “Vote, vote,” but the voice of Mr.
Dockery pierced the uproar, shouting:
■ The gentleman agreed with me yes
terday to have debate on this bill. This
ie unfair, unjust, unmanly.”
Tho .house demanded the previous
question—178 to 00—by a rising vote and
only 4fi rose to sustain tho request for
yeas and nays.
“Under the rules, tho vote on the
passage of tlie bill must bo taken by
yeas and nays,” the speaker announced.
“Is there no rule by which wo can
•have debate?” asked Mr. Dockery.
“Not if the house orders tho con
trary,” said Sneaker Reed.
“And tho house has so ordered—to
stifle debate,” responded *Mr. Dockery.
The bill was passed by a veto of 220 to
60, a wide margin over tho necessary
two-thirds.
Tho Gay In tho Senate,
The season of the senate began at 11
o’clock in anticipation of the closing
struggle and final vote on the Butler
bill to prohibit the issue of bonds and
of a speech on tho Dingloy tariff bill by
Mr. Morrill chairman of tho finance
committoe.
In reporting tho militia organization
bill, Mr. Hawley said it would not bo
jailed up until next session.
Among the bills introduced was one
Mr. OuUom (Rep., Ills:) for a peace
Suineiri at Appomattox, V.v
(pnaplain’y prayer referred lo the
hat the vice president had given
itimable daughter in marriage
ced divine benediction on the
choice.
idler (Rop., N. H.) offered a
ectiug tho judiciary ooro-
luire into certaia alleged
the southern judicial
idiau Territory. Mr,
ittentioH particularly
livers’ cert ideates hail
nty of tho oonrt
the Denison and
kroad 104 miles
paid in. No
dutioti.
dzod for a
»at man-
idication
ig his
the
UnH-'s tho JIoiiHe T&tco* Up Mr. Ilydo**
Resolution at Onco Congress Will Prob
ably Ulspor.to Iluforo Farther Action Is
Possible — Tho A'inbiUli* Senator Do-
nonnccs I’roslilent Cleveland.
Washington’, Juno 3.—Senator Mor
gan of tho senate committoe on foreign
relations and author of tho joint resolu
tion recognizing the existence of a state
of war in Cuba and declaring the neu
trality of tho United States, was asked
concerning the probability of securing
action upon the resolution before ad
journment. Ho said: .
“Unless the house should act upon
Mr. Hyde’s resolution, which is identi
cal with the resolution offered by mo in
tho senate, that is now held up in tko.
committee of foreign relations, congress
will probably disperse before any further
action is possible. That responsibility
will doubtless hasten tho dispersion of
some senators. Tho disposition of the
majority of tho senate committee is to
devolve upon tho presidout a responsi
bility that he ia evidently eager to
assume.
•‘Congress has practically ceased to bo
a factor in tho government, except in
tho caso of a veto, whau the constitu
tion permits it to act finally by a two-
thirdij vote. Even this function is da-
nied when it ia applied to our foreign
political relations.
“If tho president, without the concur
rence of congress, should proclaim that
war exists in Cuba and that tho United
States assumes tho attitude of a neutral
power towards tho rocogniaed belliger
ents under tho laws of nations, he would
usurp a power of the most dangerous
character. In tho moment of their en
thusiasm for a decree that would bo
so just and so humane, the people would
forgive Hie usurpation, but the shock it
would give to our free ‘ government
would load to great disaster.
“For more than seven weeks the pres
ident has known tho will of congress,
which expresses constitutionally tho
will of the people. If that declaration
is !i<vt Huilifciont to give onr people secu
rity against Spanish barbarity in viola
tion of onr treaties, or to impress the
president .with its solemnity, we should
not upd can not in Justice to ourselves
omit tp present tho same facts and con
victions to tho president in a definite
form of-.a-tiou that he cannot refuse to
consider. <
Tho Ilormaila IVachm rMhidnlptiin.
Philadblwtia, June 3.—The steamer
Bermuda, wh\oh IcN Jacksonville, Fla.,
h Hm albqysl intention
■go of aianinnition am; a
the sbon** of Cuba, has
lust arrived at thvs port with s-en*q?> of
fruit. In spite of th® ews ‘rivnees the
sel is said to have met With, tt prosed!
a trim appeavimeo. All on board
maintain the utmost secrecy, and
the ir.ost perstvtpnf cprcstiotfla.f fails
SEVENTH
rmvollorV Pr«t
Ilaate—Fresl
TltttllE IlAUT£
Trevellers’ Prot
A menca as^embh
n uni convention.
A. Loo. national
tho organization h
and extent Voni
88 stet'jf
on April x-7, wt
of landing a c:u
body of men oi!
lust arrived a*
to disclose airy </ the .vi’.oged
filibustering rnoft»in<Mit% of th* ■reamer.
Tim admitted rmvos for this reti
cence is that twresfr mnr follow, at
in the pant. wh.# cordd bo gath
ered. however, it rs most probable that
the Bermuda did c.rr^r am expedition,
and that it wv also neoe^ary to throw
some of the cafgb of iirnTs and nnrmant-
tion overboard. There also appears to
be no question that somn of fhp mon
were landed, but there arc fears that
they fell into the hands of the Span
iards.
Three- Spaniards Mill'd and Six TVonmled.
Havana, Juno 3.—A summary of
Monday’s engagements shows that the
rebels lost 15 wounded. The troops had
three killed and six wounded. The
rebels have destroyed with dynamite a
culvert near Bolondron, province of
Mantanaas. The train sent to repair
the damage w<»s attacked by tho rebels.
It is reported that rebel bands attacked
tho town of San Antonio de los Banos,
but were repulsed.
Wejrler 11 :mm»«l In Kf»x7.
Tampa, Fla., J mm 3.—General ITey-
lor was hanged i* effigy from the upper
balustrade of 14m ro»id*nc# of Dr. S.
Cuervo, on Franklin street. The figure
was stuffed wirti utrnw. and hung down
nearly lo the floor of the lower porch.
It was clothed in military uniform, and
attracted much attention, as it was on
the principal street.
Insurgents Wreck a Train.
Madrid, June 3.—A dispatch from
Havana says that tho insurgents of
Cuba recently glaced* dynamite bogfiv
on tho Sabinalla railway, the. explosion
of wpich vrrcc)K.d a train, killed tho
conductor and injure^ several persons.
Centennial Celrbratlrtn at Nashville,
gHVUXK, June 8.—Notwithstand-
|upropUioBB weather, tho con-
stratious Monday wt
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ley wj
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bnl
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but little r4
profit have
have found |
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