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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.
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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.]
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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.
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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’
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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.
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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.”
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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. We believe there are one
thousand people who read The Led
ger every week and do not pay u cent
towards its support. Now, if we had
this thousand extra names on our
subscription list we could show this
list to our advertisers nod command
a better price by 75 per cent, and we
could afford to give you a better pa
per by 75 per cent. Will you kindly
give us your aid by refusing to loan
your paper?
Unclaimed Letters.
List of letters remaining in office
uncalled for to date :
Mrs. G. L. Bareli.
Henry Babor.
Lewis Black.
I). W. Batchelor.
Jim Elson.
Mrs. Amanda Homes.
C. II. Llenbeger.
N. B.—Tenons calling for these
papers will please say advertised in
The Ledger.
T. II. Littlejohn, P. M.
June 22, 1S9G.
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