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f THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., »TITNE C5, t80fi. THE WEEKLY LEDGER. rUBUBHK!) KVKHY Tllt'RBUAY BY The Limestone t-rinting and Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS. - - Editor. ED. H. DeCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur bish their name, not for publication, out for identification. Write short letters and to the point | to insure publication; also endeavor i to get them to the office by I uesday. i \11 correspondence should bo ad dressed to Ed. H. DoCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Reading notices will be published at ten cents a lino each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents each.. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. With a whoop McKinley was nom inated at St. Louis, lie seems to be the idol and only hope of bis party. Of course be accepted the platform ; j so would he have done if it had de- J dared for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. On the finr.ncial question, if he has any decided opinion he keeps it to himself. Yet this is the ques tion that is dividing the country, dis rupting parties and unsettling busi ness. It is true his managers speak for him, but this is not tho oracle speaking. Protection is the central plank, as was to be expected. 'Ibis is the panacea forull ills brought up on the country by democratic mis rule. The gold plank is as strong as c mid he under the circumstances. A stable currency the nation needs. This is duly recognized, and upon it the Republican party stands in the coming election. Silver is at as great a discount in the platform as it is in the marts of t<*ade. The appeal then is made to capitalists and, through them, tQ-ttfe* country at large t<^pr£WrYe the stan dard of vahj.e.-^''* SexvatorTeller with a few others in “the whirl, flics otT at the circumfer- ance and begin a little world of their own. with silver the attraction. An anxious look they now turn to Dem ocrats soon to meet in convention at Chicago. Tho Republicans have done well for themselves in so readily closing the gaps in their ranks and presenting a bold and solid front. United, they are apt to move on to victory. Then too tl.eir ranks will be materially strengthened from the South, where, from factional strife so many have been practically ex cluded from the polls. The people are tired of being ruled by a minor ity. We may expect a readjustment after the severe shaking up. High taritT for protection ; reciprocity Li commercial relation; a lengthening of the pension roll; a sound currency appeals to a solid North, u divided South. low prices. Twenty-five dollars is little enough for lots of the size here ollorod. Let tho money secured from the sale ho applied to improv ing the grounds and keeping tho lota in order. A stranger visiting our town and noticing our cemetery was struck With its beautiful situation. It should be kept sacred from intrusion, and made so attractive as to invito the visits of tho living. This can readily be done and without adding to the expenses of the town. How rapidly the lots have been sold, and almost ns fast are they whitening with the stately shaft or the more modest tombstone. AT THE OLD CAPITAL. Thirty-one years and the majortiy of those who laid down their arms at Appomattox have crossed the river. Rut there are over SOU camps of United Confederate Veterans and all of t hem will bo represented at Rich mond. It will he a grand reunion; likely the largest and most repre sentative that has assembled o r ever will assemble. The battle grounds will probably be visited, but how grer.t the change. ‘ The Lost Cause” awakens many thoughts, but they are wrapped around with the wind ing sheet where hopes arc hurried. Confederate victories were defeats of tho Union armies, hence no national park will ever mark Manassas or Chancellorsville, us graces the fields around Gettysburg and Chlckamauga. The central event will be the laying of the cornerstone of the monument to the Confederate chief, .letTerson Davis. This is to cost !|t2U0,000 and, when finished, will be one of the most attractive memorial structures in America. On to Richmond is now the cry, not on to Washington. Jef ferson Davis was a patriot and a statesman, let us do honor to his memory. OUR CEMETERY. Our cemetery is L.'»utiful for situ ation, as the jity of the dead should be. The drainage is good and lots can be found to suit taste or fancy, but there is not enough of it. Now Is the time to enlarge it. The land ring to the southwest, and whieh utes it from the road should he l?d by the town and made a ^cmetery. sold at fidicuiously MRS. W. F. McARTHUR. Another life has run its earthly course. Mrs. McArthur is dead. The joy and comfort of an attractive home and of a large circle of rela tives and friends, she inspired confi dence wherever she was known. The better known, the better was she loved and admired. Unobtrusive and retiring in disposition, she was yet strong and determined when occasion demanded. She was queen in her own home, and there she pre sided with that case and quiet dig nity that removed restraint and in vited to hospitalities so free and so full. Her life has been fruitful in good deeds. Nor did she let the left hand know what the right hand did. Many will rise to bless her good name. With all her strength and richness of character she whs as un affected as a child. How valuable Such a life! How it has impressed others, always for good! What a legacy to husband, children, the en tire community. Truly she is not dead, but still speaks forth in the lives of those who are fashioned after hew own helpful life. HARRISON ON OUR FINANCES. MEN AND MEASURES. Wisest and Strongest Statesmanship- Required.- Ex-I’reshktttTHarrison will discuss our'fiational finances in an article on “The Secretary of the Treasury,” which will appear in the August issue of the Ladies’ Home Journal. He will tell briefly of the origin of our financial system; its expansion or development; how the nation raises its revenues, and disburses its moneys; and detail the faults of our system of financiering. Referring to the methods necessary to maintain our gold reserve (Jeneral Harrison expresses himself with evident disap proval, and says that “tho present situation would he absurd if it were not so serious.” The increase or the diminualion of tho gold reserve, the ex-President asserts, powerfully affects every interest, and the “mending of existing conditions will be a task for the wisest and strongest statesmanship.” The ex-l’rcsident clearly intimates that successful financiering is ex tremely difficult by the present nmlhods. Upon this point he says: “If fifty dollars would suffice to hold iUjO,000,000 in the Treasury the Sec retary could not expend that small sum. Ho must stand by until the gold is gone, and then sell bonds to get it buck. The result is that the banks and the brokers are often able to make play of the Treasury. A financial institution whose hoard transacts its business in public is at a disadvantage.” -«#»- ■ —- Water! Water!! It is conceded on all sides that what Gaffney now most needs is an abundant supply of pure water. Without such supply it is only a question of time when the town will he scourugcd by epidemics and swept by lire. We need water more Ilian we do railroads and cotton mills. These forward material prosperity while water affects life itself. The cheap est, surest and best mode of supply now is tho artesian well. There is little doubt but that one of these wells can be sunk in (juffney at one tenth of the cost of bringing water from Thickety mountain or even from the Limestone Spring, and that such a well will furnish water enough for any emergency that may arise in the next twenty-five years, and that, too. the purest and best water on earth. Will not our council take this matter into consideration? 1 feel sure that if our people could re alize what a boon is within tluir easy reach, they would Jay hold of it. Tax Ravkh. — -• *•»- •• - — How’s This. We offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of (’uturrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., To ledo, O. We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 16 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business t ransact ions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West A Truax, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo,O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, (). Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken In ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 76c. per bottle. Hold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Personal and Political Items Culled from Our Exchanges. There is now no need in asking what’s the matter with Hanna. He’s all right.—rDaily Herald. * * * And Napoleon McKinley was nom inated on the anniversary of the bat tle of Waterloo! And Horace Boies lives at Waterloo, Iowa!—Columbia State. * • * * Senator Gorman has told Senator Tillman that ho (Tillman) had done more to arouse the free silver senti ment than any other ten men.—Cam den Chronicle. * * * Wanted—an instrument of some kind that will opcm Ben’s mouth about the South Carolina bond deal. —Edgefield Monitor. * * * Would it be stretching it too far to say that the silenccof Governor Evans and Senator Tillman on the bond scandal is golden? Perchance it is merely gilded.—Daily Herald. ¥ * * Judge Simonton has decided against the clause of the dispensary law, allowing constables to seize and examine whiskey shipped from other states into this state for private use. —Hamburg llcru'.d. ¥ * * Now that the assurance is given that the friends of silver will control our democrat ie convention, the West ern populists are last returning to their old party allegiance. The Con stitutional says it is the same way in Georgia.—Piedmont Headlight. * * * It is too bad that John Gary Evans does not plead guilty to the bond steal before the closing of the entries so that the other prospective candi dates for the United States Senate could judge whether they would nave a ‘‘soft snap” in defeating him or not.—Daily Sun. * * * One of the complaints made against free silver is that it would start the hoarding of gold. The hoarding of gold would commence under any sys tem’. People the world over have al ways been inclined to this as it is wealth concentrated in a small com pass.—Cheraw Reporter. * ¥ ¥ Will some kind friend, no matter what his politics, explain why Dar lington county owes $10,000 in these piping days of ‘‘refawm?” Before the advent of Tillmanism the county is said to have been out of debt with money in the treasury, but now, what do we see?—Darlington News. THE B. C. & R. STEAMBOAT CO. Pour years ago, while editing the Columbia Register, wo predicted that Grover Cleveland would retire from office tho worst despised man in America. Our prophesy is now ful filled. Tho name of Cleveland, in years to come, will bo oynonymus of treachery and corruption.—Pied mont Headlight. * * * Next Thursday night Senator Till man will mnkv his debut before a New York audience. He has ac cepted an invitation to address a democratic gathering in Cooper Un ion. The other prominent guest will be Eugene V’. Debbs, who will speak immediately after the South Carolina Senator.—Daily Herald. ¥ ¥ ¥ The under current of appeal to old reform associations amounts to i.oth- ing. Irby has been measured by Till man’s tape lino and that settles it. His place in needed by a more pliable man. '1 illrnan has no use for any one who thinks for himself. The tool must move as the master wills, and Tillman wants tools. John Gary Evans will fill the hill—a sort of ani mated pair of compasses.—Greenville Daily News. ¥ ¥ ¥ The Abbeville Press and Banner has discovered that it is high tariff and not free silver—‘‘pewter dollars” —that tho country needs. The last issue of that paper says: ‘‘It now seems clear that the Republicans will declare a gold standard. With a high tariff President, a sensible Congress, and good money the country is hound to prosper. The pewter dollar is not a factor. ’—Anderson Journal. —— * -«•»> — AH Who are Going to Richmond. Take notice that tho delegates from Jake Carpenter Caiqp and their friends will leave Gafiney on next Monday, 21>th Inst, on the early morning train, 0:5:1 a. in. The rail road promises me a special coach for the party. I am Informed by the chairman of the entertainment committee io Richmond that we shal) bo met at tho depot by the cotpmjtGo and that entertainment wj|| bp provided for all whodonot provide for themselves. The committee will also furnish budges to the veterans, and no one will be entertained who falls to se cure a badge. H. P. Ghikkitk, Com. Jake Carpenter (’amp, U.C. V. — -• • —m Mr. James Perdue, an old soldier residing at Monroe, Midi., was se verely afflicted with /heumatism but received prompt relief from pain by using Chumberlain’s Pain Balm. Ho says: “At times my buck would ache so badly that 1 could hardly raise up. If 1 had not gotten relief I would not bo hero to write these few Pnes. Chamberlain's Pain Balm has done me a great deal of good and I feel very thankful for it.” For sale by the DuPre Drug Co. Highest of all in Leavening Tower.—Latest U.S. Gov’t Repot The New Steel Passenger and Freight Steamer Atlanta. Appreciating the liberal patronage extended to our York River Line for so many years, and realizing the ini- j port mice of being thoroughly equip- 1 pod for our new Chesupoake Bay j Lino between Baltimore, Old Point Comfort and Norfolk, in connection with the lines of the Southern Rail way System for all points South, | this Company takes pleasure in an nouncing the coniplct’on of its now j steamer Atlanta, which, with the > magnificent and swift steamer Char lotte, will be placed on the Norfolk route. The steamer Atlanta, which has so i aptly been termed the “Queen n{ the ■ Bay,” is a veritable floating palace. | She was built by tho William Cramp it Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, at a cost I of $250,000. Her dimensions are: Length, 240 feet; beam, 12 feet; depth to saloon deck, 26 feet. The hull is constructed of steel of tho best character known for ship building, and strictly according to tho rules of the American Ship Mas ters Association, all material being subjected to the most rigorous test and inspection. The steamer is propelled by an In verted Triple Expansion Engine of the latest and most approved type, with cylinders 21, OS and 62 inches in diameter, all having a stroke of :>6 inches. Running at 125 revolutions per minute, they indicate 2,250 horse power and drive the steamer at a speed of eighteen miles per hour. The shaft is of mild steel, and the propeller a solid casting of Manga nese bronze. The high pressure cylinder has a valve of the piston type, tho inter mediate and low pressure arc double ported slice valves; the pressure is relieved from the hack of the inter mediate valve by the Allan-Itichard- son device. All valves are operated by the double bar Stevenson link gear. The circulating pumps arc of the centrifugal type, and operated by an independent vertical engine. The feed pump, which is also independ ent, is of the cuplex type, and takes the feed water from a lifter and feed- water heater. A large tire bilge pump, also of the duplex type, is provided, and lire hose connections arc located in convenient places throughout the steamer. As a futhcr precaution, a system of steam fire unnihilators to the cargo compart ments, coal bunkers, etc., is also pro vided. There is an independent duplex pump for the sanitary service, leading from which pipes for salt and fresh water are led throughout the ship, with taps conveniently located. Steam is supplied by four main and one auxiliary boiler. Tho main boilers arc 12 feet in diameter and 12 feet long, each having two corrugated furnaces 43 inches in diameter and 8 feet 4 inches long; the total grate surface is 200 feet, and the heating surfa -o 6,070 square feet. The steam pressure is 165 pounds per square inch. The auxiliary boiler is 8.1 feet in diameter and Si feet long, with 25 square feet of grain surface and 637 square feet of heating surface. If all the tubes in these boilers were placed end to end, they would equal a length of one and one-third miles. The smokestack is 7 feet in diame ter, and the top of it is 7N feet from the fire-grate. The boat is lighted throughout by electricity; the stem-head, stern light and side lights are electric, and she is provided with a powerful electric search light. The ship is provided with steam steering gear, steam windlass, cap stans and^curgo hoisting engines. No expense has been spared in making the passenger accommoda tions most complete. The dinning- room, which is handsomely finished in hard wood, and has sealing capac ity for seventy pirsons, bus been located on the main saloon deck, for ward, thus insuring ample light and ventilation, an l enabling passengers to command a /iew of the beauties if the illiesapeak Buy while enjoying the meals for which this Company lias always been deservedly famous. Another attractive feature of this steamer is the location of the kitchen, whit*!] is on the upper deck, forward of the smokestack, completely iso lated from the passenger accomoda tions, so that the necessary heat and odor of the cooking is curried directly overboard, causing no annoyance to the passengers. The main saloon is handsomely decorated in an artistic manner,.and is luxuriously furnished. The state rooms are large and comfortable, til ted with steam heat, electric lights and cull hells. The social hull is reached by a magnificently curved hardwood stair way leading from the infill saloon, and opens out on the promenade deck, where the passengers gather to admire fJio glories of the Chesapeake and to discuss the charms of this latest addition tQ tho fleet of this progressive Company. — - Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when tho languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and tlio need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often uierted long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act noro surely in counteructlngand free ing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con stipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 6Vc. and $1.00 per bottle at Dui’ro Drug Co.’s Drug bto.e. • AB&QE.V'WEam s?HJRE Picnic and Bast Ball. (Com r i r.tvU n of The ledger.) Oho • Roads. June 23.—The old Cowpen’s Furnace was once noted for the great iron works that used to b< carried on there before the late war. Now t he place will always he remem ber* d by the young people of this j community for the delightful tune I and tho good dinner that wo all he- i took of there last Saturday. Mrs. i Emily Lemmons gave the largest i room in tho house for (lie young poo- ' plo to run a few sets of cotillian, but the weather was too warm for them to ' play very much. Tho noted base hall team of Cor inth and the little Fair View base hull team phiyed a match game in front of K. Blanton’s house. When they had played only seven innings Corinth gave up. The tallies stood 8 to 7 in favor of Corinth hut on ac count of them drawing out the game ! was decided 0 to 0 in favor of Fair View. They are to meet again next Saturday evening nt Gaffney and play, the game cut. Look out Corinth or you w * 11 get heal. We had a nice little sociable al Mrs. N. M.Wood's Saturday night. The house was full of boys and girls anil all enjoyed it. Rev. C. Toil, of llicksvillo. filled tho appointment at Grassy Fond 8un 1.IA f )p Rev R J. Tate. Rev j Tea i ■; ah ays W( ieomed hack to his | old •h u re! i. T J. S; icy has the . 6 nest wa 1 er- j me! >ns to t he t i mo of year ever tt ’I tv I Most of tho farmers arc done lay ing by their upland corn. Mrs. R. Ann Waters, of Midway, is visiting her daughter in Lancaster. J. 0. Blantor. and L. E Clary are attending coqrt at Spartanburg. Threshing machines are humming around hut the wheat crop is small but good. The oats are hardly worth threshing. We arc all looking forward to the 4th of July. s. — - — — Mothers will find Chamberlain’s Cough remedy especially valuable for croup and whooping cough. Il will give prompt relief and is safe and pleasant. Wo have sold it for several years ami jt lias never failed to give the most perfect satisfaction. G. W. Richards, Duquesne, Fa. Sold by t he DuFrc Drug Co. Apple Dumplings From Plcasulp (( ri' -|»' ndcnco cf The LeiK PhKASiNr Guovb, Junel® Munnnie Foolo is leaching At this place. The school ispnjg linely The patrons are weljM with her, and I think from fc- port she will stay with us u\» The Fleasnnt Grove Sund >1 had a picnic near the ! Jf Mik< s creek an the i3tl is month on Bioud river. It re cess. Plenty of somethin; <o eat and plenty of people t t. Some of tho attendants fel river, but that was not the they ever got tie ir feet in it Wo are rejoiced to hear of great day. By and by wc w you and, if convenient, wil couple of apple dumpling pocket. R • *- If it required an annual of $100.00 to insure a family utuy serious consequences from lick of bowel complaint duringyar there are many who woifl it their duty to pay it ; that tjuld not afford to risk theirUnd those of their family for an amount. Anyone cun get dur ance for 25 cents, that tho price of a bottle of Chain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrljein- edy. In almost every neijood some one has died from ailt of bowel complaint before i’ino could bo procured or a bi un summoned. One or twoj of this remedy will cure sinjpury case. It never fails. Oanaord to take the risk for s<l an amount? Forsale by the Drug Co i> L. Ki'iu mi’kiit. Tuos. *v:n. Sol. 7'li .1 u*liel:i I (‘ti-cuit. Coin, SCHUMPERT, - RUTLER .'s "WAR, .\TT<»St>i KV.-*-.\T-l, Union anti Gaffney, . ofi.-c <luys at cutTney. (iiiy of c:ioli wi i k. very careful and i>roni|>| :ittKiV(‘|i to all lillsiiu'NS >'ii! I list c.l t ri UM I { i’nti-tlee in all (lie coiirls. « -I, ■'—* FKBOltlOJi AUSKKf.n, j SKI/. A US F ft LI) (fe SI? AltCTIITKC.'TS, Atlanta, - * - - LA. Plans atul Specifications forte and public buildings -YJl i->!( l-'K vh Wi /T's> * Lv ¥ Say tin* main thing'to do is to keep thy stomach, liver nud bowels order if you want to live loeg and 1 ecp’well. Good physicians s the sanie thing, tco. '1 lie remedy called RIPANS TABULES while not mysterious or miraculous in its curative rcrTt I s , is a simpl formal i prescribed by the lust physicians for di ou.its of the digistiv organs. Just little tablets, easy to take, i :i«y to I in ai d (,u!ch toacl. 1 vout trouble is 1 lyspepsia, Ililiousmss, I ’ir/.ir.ess, I lesdai he, Constipation Heartburn, and the like, no need < f calling a pinsician. Kipans Tubule: contain exactly what he would till yen to take. ONE TABllE GIVES RELIEF. , PERMANENT CORE FOLLOWS A 1MIP. TRIAL. VO UNCERTAINTY ARGOT IT. The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Compay, Offer for Hale Building Lots in this Flourishing Town, O JSAF'IMVIS Y OIT'T. Also Farms near by and in reach of tho schools of Limestone Hplng apd of this place in lots of from 30 to 100 acres on liberal time r.itos. Also Agricultural Lands to rent for farm purposes. For full pafticulurs apply to MOSES WOOD, Agent N, B,—All Ires passing on lands of this Company cutting and mno’ing timber, fishing or hunting are forbidden under penally of law. — ' I II I—, OiVi'rx>ll IfiYIVIClCl*®, Transact a General Banking Business IISTCAWCCHT allowed on Time Deposits by Arrangement. Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. Vour l*£itromure fc^olicitcd.