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? / Ledger Readers ihould Patronize ^Ledger Advertisers. To Reach Consumers in this Section Adver tise in The Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. VOL. Ill, no. 20. GAFFNEY CITY. S. C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 25, 1896. $1.00 A YEAR. A FREE COINAGE PLATFORM AN ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY AT CHICAGO. The Bolting of the St. Louis Conven tion Attracted Attention from the Republican Conven tion at St. Louis. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Washington, D. 0., June 19.—The bolting of the St. Louis convention by some of the silver republicans at tracted more attention from the pol iticians than anything else done by the republican convention, as every thing else, except who would be named for Vice-President, was practi cally known long in advance. The financial plank adopted and that bolt have caused great rejoicing among the populists and silver democrats, who think that it indicates the pres ence of only two Presidential tickets in the field—the Probibs don’t count —the St. Louis gold ticket, and the phicago silver ticket,and that the poo- ■>lc will have a chance to decide which ,hey .prefer. This view is based upon ,he supposition that the Chicago con- vention will adopt a free silver plat form and nominate a ticket that wil bp satisfactory to the populist an! sjlvcr conventions which are to me< t Ht St. J .ouis next month. The boo.n fur Senator Teller as the bead of the phicago ticket fs again being activi y pushed by silver men, The developments of the pres, jt week have made it certain that one \ of the fiercest contests over fought In A national convention is going to take place at Chicago when the National Democratic convention meets. That a majority of the delegates will be silver men when they start for Chi cago is already certain, but what they will be hen they vote for the platform and candidate remains to be seen. Senator Price and Ex-Secretary Whitney, who had both said that they would not attend the conven- tjoii, have both decided to go, solely (for the purpose of joining Senator and other democratic leaders Who are working to prevent the con vention declaring fur silver. What these men du not know about the tricky manipulation of conventions isn’t hardly worth knowing, and all of their knowledge will be used to win votes from the silver men. The silver men of all parties are I inclined to poke fun at President Cleveland's somewhat belated letter in which he may or may not have de clined to allow the use of his name i us a candidate for the democratic nomination, just as you may construe a the meaning of his assertion that he “desires hereafter no greater politi- w cal privilege than to occupy the place of private.” Put that part of liis letter really mutters little, as it has been plain for some time that he would not have a giiost of a show in the Chicago convention. It is his appeal to the democrats not to adopt 4 platform demanding the free, un limited and independent coinage of silver that is important. What ef. f-etwill that appeal have? Silver democrats in Washington say that it will have none whatever, and that a free coinage platform is the one ab solute certainty connected with the Chicago convention. Put others, some of them ardent silver men, are not so certain about that. They re gard Mr. Cleveland’s letter us a part of u plan which is being pushed by some of the shrewdest politicians in the democratic party to . prevent a fiat-footed declaration for silver by the convention. It would seem that some of the silver democrats also have that idea, as Henator Jones, of Arkansas, who will head the solid silver delegation from Ids state to the convention, has issued > nvitutions for each silver MlaU) delegation to send one representative to a cinference which is to met t at Chicago June M), just one week in advance of the con vent io; . and which is to form itself into u diver ‘ steering committee,” tor the purpose of watching their op- pl^ente and to avoid the pitfalls which may he dug for the silver del egates. The Henato bond investigating com mittee, after taking the testimony of Hecretury Carlisle and that of one of his assistants, have gone to New York to hear w hat Pankir Morgan and some of his associates have to say about their part in the bond Is sues. Home surprise was caused by the mildness of the croes-examina- (ion of Secretary Carlisle by the com mittee. It may ho that Hie commit tee Intends to recall Secretary Carlisle after it returns from New York. If not, it is pretty safe to predict that the investigation will be like many others which have been conducted Ky Congressional commit tees—burren of results. Notwithstanding the knock out of Controller Howler b/ the Hupreme Court he has an imitator In a small way. The would-be Powder is Hixth Auditor Howard. He doesn’t have any opportunities for five million hold-ups, but he makes themjstof the opportunities he does have in passing upon postal accounts, and is reported to have made himself so ob noxious to Postmaster General Wil son that he has suggested to Presi dent Cleveland that it would he a good idea to request Mr. Howard’s resignation. Howard is one of those big-headed officials who imagines that the weight of the whole govern ment is resting upon his shoulders, and who thinks it a part of his du ties to bully his subordinates. If he is made to resign, the government will probably still continue to do business. -*#► — SKULL SHOALS SENTIMENT. As Usual, Union County has a Full Set of Candidates. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Skull Shoals, June 22.—Crops are unusually good for t he season of the year, cotton cspecialy, and people have had a big light with General Green for the past two weeks and on account of the big rain Saturday we expect to have to fight two weeks longer. Most of the people around here, are coming to Gaffney on the 4lh of July. We haven full crop of candidates in Cnion county this lime, which is ru thing unusual, for all offices except legislature. Now, gentlemen we should select the very best men we can get for these honorable positions. We don’t want to air our views through Tick Lkhgku but let us make a suggestion of some names who we believe to be fully competent In every S articular. James L. Walker, one of unny Hide’s very best men, is able to represent us fully, also M. It. Mscomson, one ol Wilkinsville’s best young.men who came so near being elected before, is fully competent to represent our people. J. C. Otts, one of Kelton's best men who has served the people both in the legisla ture and the constitutional conven tion, is also fully competent. A protracted meeting will begin at Skull Shoals on the 18th of July. Rev. Davidson will he assisted by Rev. J. I). Bailey if it he possible for him to attend, and if not the church desires to get either Brother Brock or Brother C. C. Vaughn or if possi ble get them all. It is (reported through the county that T|Ilman and Evans will he at Gaffney next Saturday week. Is it true? Big Ike. [Messrs. Tillman and K.ans have both boon Invited to he present, but the Senator could not accept on ac count of the Chicago convention, which meets July 8th. Gov. Evans accepted and if possible will be pres ent.—Ed.] — - -*•»- - — The Fourth. All the committees appointed to make arrangements for the 4th are now, and have been, up to their eyes in work. The bicycle track is about finished, the.ball ground is in shape and the arrangements for the big barbacue and picnic are being pushed with t» vigor that assures success. Every family in town will see who can furnish the largest and fullest baskets, ami from the way we hear sorne of our country friends talk, the town folks will have to hustle or get left in the mutter of huskest and pic nic provisions. One old man and his good wife from the country will put all of one mutton and a full uccom- panlnent of picnic tilings on the table that day. Ho Gaffney hustle and keep up with our country friends and neighbors. - •- — An Anxious Man. A young man in this city who was about to get married learned that the minister whom he wanted to perform the ceremony was contemplating leaving the city about that time, so being very much concerned over the affair lie addressed the clergyman the following epistle, which is unique for its insinuating phrases: My deay sir:—Hearing that you would be likely to leave the city about anil having placed my self in u position to give you u “job” about that date, (the nature of which you can readily guess; I would like to detain you for that purpose until after that date anyway. Kindly let me know If you can be here and oblige. Very sincerely, Marvelous Results. From a letter written by Rev. J. Gumlerman, of Diamondule, Mich., we are permitted to make tills ex tract: “I h ive no hesitation in rec ommending Dr.King’sNew Discovery as the results were almost marvelous In the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist Church at Rives Junction she was brought down with pneumonia succeeding la grippe. Ter rible paroxysms of coughing would last hours w tli little Interruption and It seemed as if she could not sur vive the in. A friend recommended Dr. King's New Discovery; it was quick in its work and highly satisfac tory in results.” Trial bottles free at W. B. Dul're's drug store. Regu lar size GOc aud $1. EN ROUTE TO RICHMOND. ‘THE COLONEL” TAKES A TRIP ON THE TRAIN. He Gives a Very Interesting Account of What He Sees—Some Few Changes in Places Now and in 1861-64. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Richmond, Ya., June 20.—Be fore leaving Gaffney for Boston, Capt. R. W. Hunt, the efficient and accommodating agent of the Southern Railway, handed me a copy of “Snap Shots at Richmond,” a beautifully illustrated pamphlet, issued by his company ostensibly for the conven ience of the Veterans who expect to visit that historic city on the occasion of the Confederate Reunion. This little booklet of 128 pages was my chief companion enroute to Rich mond. We left Gaffney Friday morning, Juno 19, at 7 :10 o’clock. I found no delegates to the Sunday School Con vention on the train that I know, and consequently resolved to take Boston per so. The run was made to Charlotte, N. C., in one hour and forty minutes without any noteworthy incident so far as I was concerned. At Charlotte we met an excur sion train going to Clovelanu Springs, N. 0., with most nil of the colored people in North Carolina on board. It seemed to me that all of the monk eys south of the equator would have hud a job to keep up such a bubble of noise as that crowd did. To the now occupies much more ground than it did then. At'some point on the line my pen cil pusher friend quit us without my finding him out. lie belongs to a respectable and ubiquitous class known as dudes in our couty, if out side appearances count for anything in Nbrth Carolina. Between Lexington and Jamestown, N. C., immense fields of wheat, corn and oats speaks of the prosperity of that section. The first tobacco farm I saw was between Thomasville and High Point. This latter place we reached at 12 in. On the ground where Crosby camped at Jamestown, dwelling houses now stand with every indication of a thrifty people occupying them. * At 12:25 we reached Greensboro. This place is natural, too, except that it is a much larger city than it was In 1801 to I8O0. From Greensboro to Danville, the whole face of the earth is covered with spruce pines. Reidvillc, which in 1802, was only a cross roads country post office is now about the size of Gaffney, and the two places have a striking simi larity—filled with up-to-date, wide awake people and factories. At Greensboro a beautiful young lady came into tho coach and took her seat opposite me—just across the aisle from where I was sitting. You see, Mr. Editor, the first girl I ever fell really in love with was in Greens boro in 18(12, while Bob Davis and 1 called at her home and heard her play on the piano. I gave her a Pal metto rosette which a Sout h Carolina lady had given me and told me to give any one I found that 1 could die by. I have never seen her since. All ah ng this line the tobacco looks like old times to sec it growing. In crossing thc-T iver “L Danville I noticed that the rdC.k off which we cut ijmerseis while fn'~-b84i)j n g ,a gmmmrmmmmmwmmm i To One and All 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. want to. But if they fail to send in their names, as I have been trying so long to get them to do, they will get left some, so far as free entertain ment is concerned. The city presents a beautiful aspect. Main street is tastily decorated with Confederate Hags, and the reunion button is being sold with ease and by the thousands. My quarters are with my good friend Whittatt. of Hie firm of Whitt- att tfc Shepperson. I have many kind invitations from old veterans to stay with them. All these I regret that I cannot accept. There will be at least 50,000 visi tors in the city during convention week. All the hotels and boarding houses have about made arrange ments for all they can accommodate. But the city will entertain all who will let them know in time. It is best for those who expect the city to care for them to come in a body and at the depot they will be met and given a badge. This will entitle them to all the privileges of the occa sion. I have visited Seven Pines in com pany with an old comrade, one of Gen’l Mart Gary’s cronies, J. E. Lynn, who was born and raised in less than a mile of the battle ground and has been there ever since. The shape of the ground is readily recog nized. The Federal government has greatly beautified the place by laying off the ground and building an ex pensive wall around their dead, which have been taken up and buried there. My guide and I took a stroll out through the woods to the right where the heaviest fighting took place and which practically won the day for the Confederacy. Some of the shade trees in the yard of t^e old Tignor house are still standing. The scars are to be seen on both sides, and the limbs in many places give evidence of the fearful combat. In JJiis^house Mrs. Tignor. with five lit tle children* remained during the battle. With VlTftrri-fi’io crept under the floor and while thebul[<Tt4J£ SOMETHING GONE WRONG n FLAW PICKER’S VERSION OF THE MATTER. He Meets the Parson in a Raging Fit of Ang*r and Consoles Him— No More Predictions About Him. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Dkavtonvillk, June 22.—God only knows, I don’t, but hit sttikes me very forcible that that's somethin’ dead or gone wrong in this settle ment. I passed by the parson’s t’other day an’ ho was red in the face, foamin’ at tho mouth, an’ round in spots you could see signs of blood. Jist as I got fernent the parson’s house, even with the gate, he came down the steps an’ out toward the gate. Heein’ him all tore up, as it were, I said, “why parson, what in the world—what’s the mat—what’s gone wrong with you?” “Why them thar G durn bees is swarmin’ an’ stingin’ an’ tryin’ theirselves to the uttermost extremes —thnr’s no doin’ nothin’ with ’em, that’s all, an’ I’m goin’ to let the dnrn things go to h—halifax.” “My dear parson, I see that the devil has whipped you with a swarm of bees; you have bin knocked off your guard when you wasn’t watch- in’, and now you have sinned before God an’ man.” “Yes, Flaw, you’re right. I’ve done wrong. I knowd somethin’ was goin’ to happen like this an’ I ought to have been on my guard. For the last two weeks I have been feelin’ stupid, an’ I’ve got it down that the people aint prayin’ fer me. They are gittin’ dilitary. an’ the sperit nint with me like it ort to be; some- riddled with bullets from both'armlein4iiJl n ’* g° ne wrong; thar’s somethin’ 3 3 ^iklkiUlUlUiiUUlUiUiliiUiliikliUUikilUUlUiUliUUR tumultuous uproar was added a brass band. While I sat in the window watching some of their pranks I glanced my eyes, over to my right hand and spied a pencil pusher at work. I thought to myself “old fel low, I’ll attend to you when I get the Pith, 14th and 15th amendments off my handii. We stopped 25 minutes at Char lotte -during which time a lunch Was served those who wished it, Jmt I hud taken breakfuft before leaving Gaffney. Most of our crowd disembarked at Charlotte, hut a good many more took their places. Notably among them were two young ladies who took their seat just in front of me; and such a chattering and laughing us they did after the gallant dude who escorted them to their scats hud taken his departure, would have al most provoked Flaw Ticker to use some of liis most genteel “cuss” .words. I know that fellow’s ears must have burned after he left. I’oor fellow, I don’t know who ho was but ho has my sympathy Tor the present. Just after wo moved out the con ductor came around and told me that I changed cars at Danville on the left hand side to go to Richmond. The crops along the line were mostly corn, and apparently well workfed. After passing Concord I found that the ruin hud just finished up a good season. We arrived at Salisbury at 10:50 a. in., where a considerable number joined us. Nothing looked natural there but the shape of tho ground. On the spot where our command camped while enroute to llichtnond in 1802, a palatial residence now stands. Yadkin river reminds me much of 1804 ; only the old wooden bridge has given way to a new iron bridge supported by circular stone piers. The newsboys there had the morning papers giving tho proceed ings of tho Ht. Louis convention, etc. After crossing Yadkin river one is strqck with the fine farms along the road and iho immense amount of wheat, oats and rye standing In the shocks. Large fields of corn greet the eye and most of It shows that farming lias not run down In the Old North state. I would be glad for some of our whining people to see it and quit their grumbling. Everything about I<cxington looks natural only several ftiyi housss have been built there since 18(12 and It still in the river yet. Its just like it was then. Wo left Danville at 2 o’clock p. in. When we got several miles down the river it was overfiow- ing its hanks. The finest fanning land I saw on die trip was on Dan river. At South Boston there is 175 acres In one body ami us level as a floor mostly in corn. As one passes through the Virginia country nothing hut fine tobacco crops and luscious fruits greet the eye. Farmers all seem to be in easy circumstances. About 40 miles be low Danville crops seem to he drowned out. Keysville is the nnst natural pluae I have seen so fur. As we neared Burkesvillc we began to enter the clover region. Along the railroad there arc thousands upon thousands of acres of old field and spruce pines with the very best of timbers f( r building pole cabins. The situation has not changed at Btirkesville at all. except that more houses are there now than during the war. Tho railroad crossings are just Hie same. In about one mile of Burkesvilie there is the largest gar den I have ever seen south of Rich mond. 1 recognized tho house in which that old citizen lived who accused some of our men of taking liis roast ing ears. The result of which was next inoriiiiig when Col. McKissiek asked his command to give “three cheers’ for his hospitable host, It was met with a hiss and groan from the man. All along the road the woods is full of g.*ass which would make most ex cellent pasture, and the cows and other stock is fat as butter. We arrived in Richmond about G o’clock. I went to Capt. Thomas Elliott’s office and reported my ar rival and readiness for any orders for tho United Confederate Veterans. 1 then repaired to my boarding house where I ate a hearty supper and, after chatting with tho crowd tiiere until usual bed time, I retired and had a good night’s rest. Huturday morning spread bright and lovely, and I resolved to look around the city before starting for Boston. First I visited the head quarters of the U. C. V. and got tho assurance of the officers that all the visiting Veterans would bo enter tained free of coat. That is they would not bo required to pay for their meals; and Capt. Brown says that none of theiiMhall iiave occasion to spend a cent in the city unless they there they remained unharmed. I am told that this old lady is now liv ing in Richmond. I hope to sec her and have a talk with her before I re turn to South Carolina. I took a stroll over the entire battlefield and found many other evidences of the battle. At that time most of the timber between the lines was cut down, but the old fortifications are still there and in many places are covered with pines Mint would meas ure ten inches through. There is one pine tree in particular which I noticed, with an excessive protuber ance on one side and a deep notch is cut in it. This, my guide says was done by an old Confederate who -got a piece of a shell out of it. My guide has, for quite a number of years, been collecting relics off the field. These embrace every variety of army equipments, He has quite a number of cooking sticks off the battlefield. He said that he found it impossible to keep a Palmetto button. The northern people como down there and would buy them at any price. I expect to revisit Seven Tines and also extend my trip to other places of interest when I return from Bos ton. Richmond is making a great dis play and will he ready for the Con federate Veterans when the time comes. All the hotels and boarding bouses in the city are being engaged by the visitors who are expecting to be here next week. J have, however, made arrangements for Camps Giles and Carpenter for as many as forty (If we have that many from both camps). Those who can’t stand tho hotel rates will be taken care of by the committee of entertainment. I expect to start for Boston tomor row morning, from which place I will write again. j. l. s. —— -•••> #- - — He Remembers Us With Pleasure. In a purely personal letter to the manager ol The Lkikikk Hie Rev. M. M. Mouzoti, former pastor of Hie A. M. E. Church of this city, hss these pleasant things to say of Gaff ney and her people: “1 am pleased to note through The Legi h tho steady growth of tho city of Gaffney, The two years I spent there were indeed pleasant ones to me. The people are kind and very congenial. I don’t think a better class of white people live anywhere than in Gaffney. They are broad minded energetic and enterprising and I found them always ready to lend a helping hand to their colored friends. I verily believe they delight in seeing all the people do well. “I truly hope your 4th of July festivities will he a grand occasion for Gaffney. I don’t know what I would do without The Lkdgkk and hope you abundant success. “I hope some day to come back to Gaffney to live.” - • -- Not many business houses in the United States can boast of fifty years standing. Tho business of Dr. J. C. Ayer A Co., liOwell, Mass., whose in comparable Sarsaparilla is known and used everywhere, has passed its half-centennial and was never so vigorous as at present. naberhood, sure, an’ £tp help mo find the dearr-nkjthe Flaw I want cause.” “Tarson you’re real crtllfc^^®° me out here cursin’ the bees an’ laj the bfame on the good people of the Coalin’ Groun. While that has a good deal to do with it, the fault lies in you, an’ I’Jl give you my grounds fer it. Every tub stands on its own liottoin—‘the soul that sinneth, it shall surely die.’ ” I bade him good-bye an’ left him in a cooler state than when I fust seed him. A man will get crossways an’ say things sometimes, an’ think things somet imes, an’ do things some times that’s.wrong in spite of thun der, I don’t care how good he is or what position in life he holds; you know it by self-experience. The mumps are gone, the sunlight of activity is agin shinin’ in ole Flaw’s soul, an’ I’ll be dog gone ef I don’t dare another gal to make any predictions on me. They’re perfect nuicences anyhow, especially to men who’s married an’ got their hands full. I cun prove that by Monroe Mize. Flaw Picker. Is it Right to Loan a Paper? The more subscribers a newspaper lias the higher prices it receives f<»r advertising; the better prices it re ceives for advertising the better the paper can he made. Now, have you give it tho right thought? If you loan a neighbor your paper each week, assuredly he won’t subscribe for it. We not only lose his patronage which would be $1 a year, but we lose the higher price which we could demand from the advert'zer, which is the greater support of the paper. If you are an admirer of The Ledger and wish it more successful and bright, don't loan it to a neighbor. Just think of it, some one rends yours every week and others read other peoples in ac cordance. 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