The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 11, 1896, Image 1
A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to 1
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VOL. Ill, NO. 18.
GAFFNEY CITY; S. C., T]
>AY, JUNE
IS CONVINCED
THAT SILVER WILL CONTROL
AT CHICAGO.
The River an.l Harbor Bill Passed Over
, the President’s Veto, and Other
News From the Na
tion’s Capital.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Washington, D. C., Juno 5.-—Pres
ident Cievelafbd has keen convinced
that tho silver men will control the
Chicago convention. The Kentucky
contest almost settled his hopes, and
the business was clinched when Sec
retaries Smith and Morton returned
to Washington and made their re
ports. Secretary Smith says Georgia
will join tire silver column at Chicago,
•nd Secretary Morton* who has been
visiting lhe Pacific coast, says the
silver sentiment of that section is so
overwhelming that no man or party
can* stand against it. It looks like
this ought to be sufficient to take Mr.
Cleveland out of tho calculations at
Chicago, and so- it is with most peo
ple, but there are stiil a few men
who cling to the idea that he is a pet
of fate, i'liese men hint mysteriously
of something Mr. Cleveland will
shortly do, in connection with Cuba,
that will renew his hold upon the
country.
The passing of tUw and Mat
bor bill over President Cleveland’s
veto was/very quietly accomplished
in both IJouse and Senate, and there
were pldnty of votes to spare, over
and abotc the two-thirds required.
The fact that the silver men will
control the Chicago convention has
jset a great many political plans,
bade upon the presumption that
lither the republican nor demo-
itic national conventions would de-
fr <jb silver. Prominent members of
pie silver party, which is to hqld a
Rational convention at St. Louis on
July 22d—the same time and place
bfrat the populist convention is to be
hold—have already declared that
t-hey favored endorsing the tjpket
Dominated at Chicago, if the platform
declared for silver. * This doesn’t
ppit tho populists whp have been
ppunting upon the co-Qperftt|on of
the silyer party. There ipav be pome
Sensational surprises in nation*! pol?
Jtics this summer.
About the only result of the pass
ing of the Duller Hntj-bond bill by
the Senate was to emphasise what
everybody already knew—that the
Silver men control that body, The
bill, whicli reads as follows: “Pelt
enacted, that tho issuance of interest
bearing bonds of the UniteAstatcs
for any purpose whatever without
further authority of Congress is here
by prohibited,” has been tabled by a
majority vote of the House. The 32
votes cast in the Senate for the bill
were from 10 republicans, 17 demo
crats and 6 populists, and the 25
against it were ffom 16 republicans
and 9 democrats. Silver and not
party was the dividing line, and dur-
i.ig tho debate which preceded tfce
final vote, several of the republican
silver Senators, including Teller t Can
non and* Thrown, of Utah, took occa
sion to offer some advice to the St.
Louis convention. Senator Tillman
was somewhat pointed in his remarks.
Ho said: “What the republican
party will do at St. Louis, I do not
know, but 1 believe I know enough
of the sentiment of tho west and of
the plain people of tho country to ssy
that the party that inscribes on its
banner ‘thefeold standard’ is doomed
fo defeat.” ^ „
Sp far as the cqmmtttoes of the
House and Senate are concerned those
engineers who investigated and re
ported upon the Nicaragua Canal, in
accordance with instructions from
Congress, would just ai well have re.
niained at home, Reports were sub
mitted from the committees to both
House and Senate this week, and
that of the House committee was
positively disrespectful to ‘the en
gineer^, and impeached their esti
mates of t he probable cost of the
canal. The report made to the Sen
ate wasn’t quite so positive in refer-
ing to the work of the engineer com
mission, but was even more positive
in advocating the building of the
canal. There is no expectation of
action upon this bill at the present
session of Congress, and its fate at
the next session will depend largely
upon circumstances. ^
The real estate syndicat^jrhlch
heavily invested in land arouM the
suburbs of Washington have not, ex
cept in rare instances, realized the
expected profits, and they would be
glad of some government assistance.
This lias been asked for in various
ways, but the requests have not been
heeded up to this time, i Several
years sgo there was a bill t4
priate a million dollars to " ^
ified piece of property
the city propeC, u
a residence for th<
United States
came a pro
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ness of the District of Columbia, and
to use the money putting in sewers
and grading streets through country
fields. That was killed as soon as its
real purpose was discovered. The
latest is the most modest request of
all. It is a bill appropriating $100,000
for the purchase of 18 acres of land
in a specified location, to bo used as
a summer homo for tho president.
This land may have cost its owners
in hundreds what they are seeking
to get thousands from Congress for,
but it is doubtful whether it cost
that much. It is also cxtreifltly
doubtful about their unloading this
land on Congress.
Worth $io a Year.
(Correspondence ot The Ledger.)
PAcrroi.AS, Bknton Co., Ark., June
2.—We have had rain in great
abundance. It began raining about
a month ago and has kept it up al
most all the time since.
Our corn crop is the finest ever
saw here at this time of the year.
My crop is now as high as my head
and looks like a black cloud coming
up the valley.
I will kegin cutting wheat the 4th
day of this month. We have 25
acres and it will make 300 bushels.
Great success to The Ledger. I
would not do without it for $10 a
year. It gives mo all the news about
my native land and friends.
We are all well and doing well.
J. M. McC.
A Fine Gardener.
R. G. Black, of Grassy Pond, is
one successful gardner. In January
he hauled twenty loads ofJW»ft TTiud
fronU-te swamp a»juL«i3osome Jitter
from the woods. To this he added
wheat chaff and slacked ashes and
broad casted tho mixture and plough
ed the land every season until Feb-
ruray when he began to plant. Ho
used compost in the drill while
planting. The result is tho fin-'
est crop of English peas he has
ever grown. His bean vines look
jike they were grown in rich bottom
pnd visiting friends sav that it is the
>nd to Union.
CHILDREN’S DAY AT
THURSDAY JULY 23 IS THE DAY
4|:*t
SET APART. \.i» ;
The Kernel is Still Picking at Flaw
Picker—Waddy Osment Gets
the Little End of a
Horse Trade.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jane, June 8.—The May num
ber of tho Confederate Veteran, a
monthly periodical published at Nash
ville, Tenn , is a perfect daisy. On
its first page is a picture of the
Charleston meeting of tho United
Confederate Veterans.
I spent Monday night of last week
with Capt. J. C. Otts, of the Pea
Ridge Rifles. Captain Otts is a self
made man and one of tho best farm
ers I know of. He is a hard student
and has worked his way up from a
poor plough boy. to that of a member
of the state legislature.
The Richmond dispatch of May 31
contains much important information
pertaining to the forthcoming reun
ion oi the United Confederate Vete
rans in that city.
The most stTictlJ' law abiding peo
ple in this township are those in the
to.waste
aroum
tear
has.uj
eyville. gulh
Solomon says: ' l AEffort answer
turneth away wrath,”—So does a
club in the hand of a stout, brave
man, too, sometimes.
My old comrade, Col. I. G. McKis-
sick, of Union, is ip a very low state
eYef^lJS
Our road oteraeers might havqhad
some work done last week on tho pub
lic road*. Itl mikny places it is badly
needed.’ ' ’• .
The easiest thing for a farmer to
plant and the hardest thing to raise
is a mortgage.
John Estes. Sr., is in bad healthy
He has sdmethiiig like nervous pros‘d
traiton. . ,
I am glad (0 see so many young
people taking an interest in this
paper and writing for it. ‘‘Tall oaks
from little acorns grow.” Keep
right on writing for us.
Joe Cook cleaned Waddy Osment
np in a horse trade last week. Joe’s
good at that anyway. It would be
well for some people to know that
the ten commandments were not in
tended for the Jews in the wilderness
any more than church members in a
horse trade.
Tho North Pacolet Sunday School
Convention will meet at Ararat on
the 28th inst at 10:30 a. in. Program
next week.
L every man would become strictly
honest himself he would have the
consolation of knowing that there
was one less rascal In the world.
Wouldn’t he?
Farmers along the river can now
feed largely on^Mean’s grass, and lay
upon abundance of hay for winter
use.
Since the rains of last week crops
are humping themselves.
A young lady in this neighborhood
is learning to pick the banjo.
Madam rumor says that the rdom
young ladies, in
thn«i|rriTKr.iTr?t»ii 1 ^ one
night last week by a brute In human’
form, who.was frightened off by their
screams, That kind of work will
cause u neck breaking to take place
if lie’s caught up with.
Rev. W. R. Owing preached at Sa-
7
A Good Tempecance
one Ought to Read
Warning from the Ex-
,. ■
* perience of Others.
flj J
(Cortespondence of The Ledger.) j
Gaffney, 8. C., Junk 8.—I fi
there, is a halting place In the sue-1
cession of thought, and thin it the
condemning question: “Am I a
drunkard?” How shall.I answer this?
Oh that I could dodge this question 1
I try to think of something else and
say I know 1 am quite a.>tempSrate
roan, but something deep down in
me rushes to the throne of my reason
ing and cries aloud, “Am I a drunk
ard? What shall J do?” Thn ques
tion must- be met. What has caused
all this confusion? Am I mad? No!
I halt! J give way to reason. A
friendly thought suggests the win
ning idea. The secret of a true life is
that a man should consecrate the
vigor of his youth to God. This only
added fuel to the flame. I knew that
I hud not done that, for it could not
be done by dram drinking, as that
only led to drunkenness and drunk
enness to poverty and shame, and a
Mneless future in time and eternity.
nature rose up
y fun ara:>v *»nd I
Then ' -
lo a pi
3
K.
.J?;:
Mrs. J. 0, Camp is very ill.
“8” will get back on his di
and pnt some weather boardii
bis old frame now, by drinking
irjnilk. Three yonng calves ci
ap ih “ r
S.C«S[?J. D. C Fryor, Allen
8” ail went to.
last Tuesday to
finest garden on the road from Grassy
Index to Hew Advertisements.
The following is an index of new
ads and changes for this week of some
Of the hustling business men of the
town who are wide-awake and always
ready to catch bargains for you,
Patronize them apd tell them The
Lkhobo directed you to them.
Lost-s-A’ B. Gains,
Wanted^. G. spencer/
For rent-^W. D. Thomas.
For 8ale—-B. P. Robertson.
5o per yard—Wilkins Bros.
Cotton gins—V. C. Badliam,
Easy payments—A. N. Wood.
Eggs IQc. doz.—II. L. Parks & Co. .
Ladles undervests—JL L. Parks & Co.
wmwmvtmmvfmmmviwwm
To One and |
YOU are respectfully invited to come
to Gaffney on Saturday^ July ,4th* to
take part in the festivities of the occa
sion. A splendid program of amuse
ments is being arranged and everything
will be done to make the day one of :
^ mirth and merriment.
iiuaiiuiuiuiuiumiuiuiuiuiuiiuuiuiuiuiiiiaiui
Unclaimed Letters.
List of letters remaining in office
uncalled for 4o date:
A. Jr Bishop.
Miss Lucy Brewton.
Miss Minnie Duncan.
Miss Sallie Dixon.
Miss Mary Gaffney.
Van Horn.
Mrs. Bonnie Hill.
Miss Calonie Moore.
N. B.—Persons calling for these
letters will please say advertised in
The Ledger.
T. H. Littlejohn, P. M.
June 8, 1896.
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On to Richmond.
This was once tho war cry of tho
North. It is now the rallying cry oif
the brethren Veterans of the South.
I want at once the names of at least
thirty veterans or their sons, wl^o
will go with me to Bichmond op the
'jjbhinst. The railroad fare is only
5.7a for round trip, j can get a
special coach for the party if I got
the number by Tuesday KUh lost.
Bet those who will go send me in
thei? names at once,
II. P. Griffith.
Attention, Members of Jake Carpenter
Camp, U. C. V. ) \
A meeting of the Camp is called ft
next Saturday the 18th inst, at 2 p.
m., in tho Seminary Hall, for the
purpose of electing delegates to the
grand reunion in Richmond, and at
tending to some important business.
A full attendance is desired.
By order of
H. P. Griffith, Commander.
D. A. Thomas, Adjutant.
Good Health
Ancj a good appetite go ham
hand. With the loss of appetite, tho
system cannot long sustain itself.
Thus the fortifications of good health
are broken down and the system is lia
ble to attacks Of disease. It is isuch
eases that the medicinal pd trs of
fih>od J a$*rsaparilla arc clearly shown.
Thousands who have taken Hood’s
Sarsaparilla testify to its great merits
as a purifier of
to restore and
promote
the
its powers
appetite
the
of health just now. He has returned
homo fromAVest Springs and Battery
Park, where he has been in quest of
better health.
Tho rains of last week made a great
improvement on the growing crops.
South of Facolet. in this county, the
lands were badly washed and crops
damaged in many places.
All of ovr delegates expect to at
tend the Ri 'anion at Richmond June
80th to July 2d.
Don’t fail to attend the meeting of
the Memorial Association atEibethel
next Saturday, 13tb inst. This is a
pleasant as well as a solemn occasion.
Some one has said, “Sing me a na
tion’s song and I will tell you the
character of its pepple.” Tell ipe the
memories which*a people love to
cherish, and I will tell yon whether
from their loins a race of herqes w>U
ever spring. Tell irc the sentiments
which take deepest hold on their
hearts, and f will toll you how they
will respond to tho calls of duty, of
honor, and of patriotism.
Jn their patriotic work the noble
women of this land have ever held nn
honored place. In the long cruel
years of war, hers was the most try
ing role.—To send her loved ones
forth to battle; to listen and wait in
loneliness for the tidings of thei^l
death or safety; to nurse the sick
bind up tho wound }, and often to
bury the dead. WlLo the war was
over her’s was a hei rt to beat with
unfailing sympathy for those who
fell. ,8110 led the movement that lias
filled this land with monuments to
perpetuate the memory of the Con
federate soldier. She led the work of
gathering from the battlefields and
wayside the remains of those buried
where they fell, and with more than
angelic care she guards the places
where their ashes rests, and with
each returning springtime makes
their graves fragrant with flowers as
a token of her love.
- I have ' just found out why some
papers oppose the dispensary. Thjey
get no bar-room advertising to do.
I have tried my best to get rid of
Flaw Picker, but he follows mo up.
He has scared oil home cqrr spondent
of this paper. They would rather
see a cross-eyed man cock both bar
rels of a shot gun than to mix up
J don’t Ijko hU style of
[, for the less he knows of
tho more hair splitting bo
■its letter. .
lem yesterday to a large congrega
tion.
The Salem Sunday school has ap
pointed Thursday, July 23. asChil-
ilron’s day, to which all the little
folks and Sunday school scholars,
workers and sympathizers are cor
dially invited. Parents, bring your
children, and let them have a day of
special enjoyment. A splendid band
will be present to help the little folks
entertain the - audience. A public
dinner will be given by tho ladies
who are requested to bring their
baskets and adorn the occasion v with
their presence, Our committee in
tends that this shall be the crowning
stroke of Sunday school work in this
section. Th« Flint Hill and Mespo-
tania choirs are respectively invited,
and to all ministers of the gospel, of
whatever name or denomination a
Cordial welcome is extended.
Speeches* recitations, readings, di
alogues, etc., will constitute the
main factions of tho stage work.
Program will bo published later.
Representatives from otberN^cbools
will please sead th’elr names with
their selections so as to be placed on
program. j. l. s.
COL. McKISSICK DEAD.
A Grand Old South Carolinian Gone
Home.
Col. I. G. McKissick died at Union
on the 8th inst. In the seventy first
years of his age. Col. McKissick
was a true Christian, a devoted hus
band and a distinguished soldier.
Peace to his ashes and sympathy
to his bereaved ones.
Uni a County Voters Take Notice.
J. B. Lancaster, chairman of the
board of supervisor* of Vnipn CUunlY*
announces th%t will open the
books for FM|ia^nt|QQ of voters
at the following psecincts qj\ the
days named: Barratt’s Store July
23; WilkiqsvUle Julr 24} Drayton-
vilie July 25; Timbcrridge Ju!v27.
Bear this in mind and be on hand
and get your registration tickets.
Then my
and said, “I oan I
drink a dram and ^pnoj..
be quite a sociable fellow^. .
reason cried out what of your tj. Cooper Limes
' tunities for good, for in this life theCTbo
is no higher good attainable than to>
fear God and keep his command
ments? Then I was condemned. I
remembered how I had made a trif
ling excusp to go to town that I might
get a drink, and how I told my wife
that my business compelled me to go
to town and how I refused to let my
wife go for fear she would rebuke me
for my waste of time. And then how
I acted. As soon as I reached the
Tillage instead of attending to my
business I sought some dark corner
for a drink, and when I failed to find
it I would make a break for the place
where the stuff was sold publicly tak
ing witli me anyone tbat I thought
would buy all two men could drink.
And how I would buy a half pint and
treat my friend in order to get to
help him drink his quart, and then
how ho called ine a drunkard, how I
got insulted and told him L did not
get drunk. I was a Christian and a
member of the church. And how 1
then bored the editor by bragging
on his paper and saying 1 could not
do without it and commented on the
work of the correspondents in order
to find out their names, and making
him think I had called to pay my
subscription but only blow foul breath
in his face and said I’ll see you again,
send my paper on, and without even
saying success, and then how I went
to my indulgent creditor and worried
him by bragging on my crops and
lounging around in the way, and how
I priced goods and when he would
offer me an article for twenty cents I
would exact two for a quarter, claim
ing that 1 had the cash, you can dr
that for the cash and then uftei<
waiting, customers bad become dis
gusted and left tho Ltore room I
would pay the price asked and go out
only to return to raise a rukus about
the change claiming ho had cheated
me when I knew better, and howl
would brag on the martial and try hia
indulgence and how kind he would
talk and asked how far I lived- from
town, and it was time I was gone
home, and how 1 would remain until
a late hour at night and then start
forborne yelling and howling like a
mad man and driving my horse un
merciful, arriving at home turning
everything up side down and telling
m) Wife many crooked thing* to ex
cuse myself for not bringing the ar
ticles she asked me to bring.
Now who says I am a drunkard and
what right have they now? Old
chums don’t ask me to drink any
more, for I have learned how to quit,
and I will tell you how. Just quit.
And now, reason gently whispers let
that reformation take place that wilt
display the victory of constant and
humble love to duty, over the temp-1
between here and 8{
bttrg don’t look as well as tt
in this"section of the count
take the lead on cotton.and
Boys who hook horses to the
gies for the girls should be very l
ful and sco that everything Ts
right. C. C. Tetfy’s horse broke on«
of the buggy shafts Sunday at Provi
dence by not being hitched to tbi
buggy right.
“S” has an invitation to a weddi
but the wheat is ripe and gras-t
cutting and it is too busy a time tc
marry or go to a wedding,
all, married or single.
meetlnj
the
tTmelhe
an address.
Monday^
entry Society will
meeting. Col. T. B.
liver the address.
Monday e vein me at 8:30 ther
be an elocution and musical recil
by the pupils. '
Thu public is heartily invited to
attend these exercises.
In a former notice we said that on
account of the changing from
mer to winter vacation there
graduates. We should
from winter to summer
The school will open in
for the regular term.
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Will Give us Two Dayr.
T. Davenport went to Spartanl
lastFriday and while there Called i
Registrar F. C. West, ot tbeU
board of rejjp-^ars, In the Intel
the roters or Limestone townl
Mr. West promised Mr. Daven]
that the registrars would be in
ney at least two days in the
future to register voters. He
claims to be able to register .,
hundred voters in that length of ti
with esse. Ii Mr. West will let'
Ledger know when he will be 1
we will notify the voters of this
tion. In the meantime every
should make np his mind to regiz
and tiius be enabled to vote if he
desires. Let everybody register^
Death of sn Infant.
TI. Mir months, old infant _
G. Blocx, ofBtrassy Pond^diecl
day night week of dysentery.
Black died four months ago, just
days after the birth of her baby,
the little one was left to tho
care of a devoted father and II
brothers and sisters. But the _
of Galalee said “Suffer little childi
to come unto me,” so the babe j
swered the summons, and
join its departed mother and
of sorrows.
The remains wore interred
Unth gave yard in the foi
June 2nd.
tations of wealth and royalty,
.he apocrypha of you?llfo with all
hidden secrets that has bound you
that ever rulqlng'
blotted out. Ana tntrisa
work and duty that should
all your powers and si
fri*
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evil
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were el
Beilin out Conte rente.
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conference
l convened at 1
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the district
convenes at L
l-Gore, Dr.
E Littlefields.
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