The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 02, 1896, Image 6

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6 THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JULY 2, 1896. THE WEEKLY LEDGER. %rUBMSHEI» EVERY THURSDAY BY fhe Limestone f rinting and Publishing Co. tfceorporated. •-* W $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS, - - ' Editor. EP. H. DcCAMP, Manager and ■ Local Editor. r|lE Ledger is not responsible for the Tiows of correspondents. "Goifrespondeuts who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur- their nan.e, not for publication, Tor identification, r rite short letters and to the point nsure publication; also endeavor jet them to the office by Tuesday. [11 correspondence should be ad- tesed to Ed. II. DeCainp. Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Curds of thanks will be published st one cent a word. Heading notices will be published afc>ten cents a line each insertion. (tingle copies of the paper are five cents each. FTT""---: — ’ ! JPAIN AVCfULD RETREAT. ' - i'oljtji'al foresight secured to us the Cushing protocol of 1877. The in human cruelty of the Spaniard is to guarded against. She lashes her ies like a lion at bay. in her dis- jmfitnre, and would abolish what was inserted as a portion for her cit izens and for ours. She is ndt afraid of us, but we are of her when it ^fOineS" to atlmii)T3tering_ through a drutnUfifi^ courtmartial. nnusin the Spanish Cortes demanded the ubugation of this pro tocol and was lustily cheered. American Citizens nrrcstbd on the Compelilor are to have an open trial with the right of being represented by counsel. The Spaniard would find ifshorter road to glut his thirst for blood. Spain may withdraw from the agreement, entered into through an advancing civilization, but it will show her up in her true light and atotise a more determined spirit of opposition to her from the United is trying to fortify herself by ig more troops to Cuba. What [he do with 100.000 more men? F* her works been decimated time and again by war and by disease that she nee Is to keep \ip the How of troops? Or is it that by mere force of numbers she would throttle the struggling Insurgents? ^may not- yet be ready for it they,are human beings [I be given u chance. Hut jower that would shoot cold blood, with only a senu ice of justice, prisoners taken from a friendly nation would show no mercy to her own subjects. Sh** only asks to be iet alone to vent her wrath when, where and on whom she plegses. EVANS CALLED TO ACCOUNT. Who got the commission on the Itoud transaction is still unknown to. tbe-peopie of the State. The pros- J»o_greut that Treasurer ’t<rAppear in print. r far enough, and u see- jght Him before the foot- Still the cry is that is not yet been reached |s will likely come for- lird and last act of the ins. however, is into ITy and adviser. If whut [H light, and we presume 11 received us cotnmis- I adviser is above lot the truth, the land nothing but the le known. There is not to take two columns of the ho tell what a single para graph ought to make clear. is obliged to come at last, why wait longer? Tillman is outspoken. He ap proaches the issun at once, and on the face it looks u»if he tells what be knows. He does not appear to have received any of the spoils. Hut some one did. We have waited for the (Joccrnor to speak. Hus ho Uhed. Duncan, aspiring for Lite sutrio office, prods Kraus at every turn and In his ruthlessness, holds over him --the sword of Damocles, promising further developments. WJiy- so. cruel? Earle will probably be inpro thoughtful and take higher ground. - \ j.*. 1 ■■ ■ — : '.y ’ -jj FROM GAFFNEY TO AUGUSTA. A change of latitude and more than a corresponding change of tem perature, but not much of a change I in crop prospects. Corn is a little tbetter "Mwn than it is in Kpartsn- [burg, out It looks not so vlgor- |©ul Cotton is no more promising ! (to. degrees below ns. ' f Its is a till the beaut if (licit jri we knew it just after the war. She has about trebled her population. But, oh my I the heat ie oppressive. The etreets are wide, and some of them beautifully shaded. In partic ular dots, Main street presents an attractive appearance, not as the merchant would like to see it. but as the pedestrian, the seeker of pleasure, whether behind a span of horses, or mounted on the bicycle spinning along at the rate of twelve miles an hour. The streets, covered with as- phultum, are as smooth as roller can make them. How inviting to the cyclist. And women seemed here to be in the majority. With short skirts and tanned shoes and hosiery to correspond, she glides along with that ease and grace which seems to be a part of her heritage. Sometimes attended, offener alone or in com pany with one or more of her own sex. Yeu would not know of her presence save as your eyes were turned whither sho is going. A slop of six hours shows you that this is Augusta’s dull season. Store jiouses are plenty but doors closed and a rush to the side-walks eigh teen to twenty feet gives nlentv of room. THE CAMPAIGN. It is dull. Two years ago it was spicy enough, but now that the en chanter is in other field* LbfTe'is neither.sfjefrantment nor life on the stump. . then too there is a scarcity of candidates for the State offices. Some, not having a single opponent to test their powers of endurance, simply come to the front, bow their acknowledgements and look on with unconcern at those who have to fight the battle. Perhaps', us time wears on issues will arise that will test (he mottle of the aspirants for office. Does it not look that, “once in office alvTays for office.” Our worthy Lieutenant Governor is ready to como down a part of the way. He will be satisfied to stand holding the purse strings of the State. MEN AND MEASURES. From Henrietta. (Corrcspomlence of The Ledfter.) Henrietta, X. C., June 2(1.—The lust of the machinery is now being placed in Henrietta Xo. 2. The grading on the railroad from Xo. 2 to Xo. 1 is completed to the edge of town. A nice little steamer is to run on the lake at Xo. 2. Backed water ex tends for four miles up the river. Andrew S. Turner, manager of the company store, and wife are rejoicing over a sweet baby girl. A four year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, of Henrietta, nt- U inptcd to pour some kerosene oil from a can over the lire last Wednes day. The can exploded and burned the child to death. The relation between Henrietta and Gaffney has become interesting. The shortest distance between the two is about sixteen miles. Henri etta is about four miles from Main Broad river, north of Buck Shoals, and Gaffney is four miles southeast from Broad river on the Piedmont Air Line. The wagon roads on both sides of the river between the two towns are excellent. The superin tendents of the factories, Mosher and Wheat, are southern men trained in southern mills. Each has served with D. E. Converse ut Clifton. Home of the best helps at Henrietta are Gaffney men and a good muny operatives at Gaffney served at Hen rietta. The associations of the two places are pleasant. The crops along the road between Gaffney and Henrietta were never better than they promise this year. Hupcrintendant Mosher has moved into his elegant new residence .at Henrietta Xo. 2^ J. W. Lytton has moved into the superintendunts house at Xo. 1. The assistant postmistress at Hen rietta is the- daughter of Rev. Renn, of Shelby. An iron Bridge spanning Main Broad river at a convenient place be tween Gaffney and Henrietta is badly needed. The same bridge would be on the line of travel between several i oilier towns on both sides of the river, su^h as Forest City, Shelby, Clifton and Spartanburg. o. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications us they cannot reach Die diseased portion of the ear- Thero Is only one way to euro Deaf, ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an infiiimed condition of ((io mucous lining of the Kustaebian Tube. When tills tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect in-urirtg, and when it Uontiely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal tondition, hearing will bo destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are Caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but nn inflamed condition of Hie tnueous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any rase of Deafness (caused by Catarrh) that cannot lie cured by HalPs Catarrh Cure. Heud for cir culars, free. P. J. CHENEY £ CO., . Toledo, 0. by Druggist, 75c. Personal and Political Items Culled from Our Exchanges. Mrs. Morton said Governor Morton should not accept second place on the Republican ticket, and he didn’t. Bully for Mrs. Morton.—Charleston Sun. We are not surprised that so many are seeking state offices, as the com- mission on Bonds, the fees, etc., are not to be picked up every day.— Honea Path Chronicle. John Gary Evans may wear dia monds, but it is doubtful if he ever wears them in the United States Sen ate a : a representative of South Car olina.—Spartanburg Herald. What is the moral difference be tween a !|il2,000 “fee” promised in return for services in securing an op tion on state bonds, and a $12,000 “commission” for the same purpose? Can anybody inform us?—Columbia State. • Heretofore presidential contests have been merely struggles between the politicians for spoils. In the present campaign, however, the whole people seem to think that they have an abiding interest.—Yorkville En quirer. - The Charlotte News says the Dur ham Sun thinks that gubernntoriaily, this year, the Democrats will simply “Change Carrs.” That would doubt less have been the result had Col. Carr remained in the race.—Cleve land Star. Congressman Wilson’s seat seems to be in demand. Hon. Joseph T. Johnston, of Spartanburg, has en tered the race, and it is rumored from Columbia that John Sam Verner and John T. Sloan, Jr, of that city, will also join the scramble for a seat in Congress.—Greenville Mountaineer. The gold bugs of the East ha^c captured the Republican convention bag and baggage, it swallows the pill and declares for gold and gold only. It noiv only remains for the Demo crats to nominate a genuine silver ticket on an honest silver platform, to enable them to wipe up the earth in Xovember.—Yorkville Yoeman. Ex-Senator Ingalls, who attended the proceedings at St. Louis, it is re ported, “discovered what he consid ers distinct signs of decadence in the Republican party.” The Ex-Sena tor’s olfactories must bo weak. He is the last man in the country to make the discovery, but that is prob ably because he is part of the party and is used to its flavor,—-News and Courier. • iThat Old Man has gone fishing again and the Washington Times says he left with the purpose of trying conclusions with the drum and trout in (lie deep sen water off Morehead City. North Carolina is not very hospitable to the Old Man at this period but we hope no action will be taken by the convention at Raleigh tomorrow to deprive him of the priv ileges of the high seas opposite our coast.—Charlotte Observer. SUNSHINE AT SUNNY SIDE. The Masons Have a Great Day at Gowdeyville. CCorreppomlence or The Ledger.) Sunny Side, 8. C., June 26.—On Wednesday the 24th instwas the day set apart for our masonic picnic. The day dawned beautiful and bright, and at half past It o'clock the buggies and vehicles of every description came in from all directions. Your city was represi ntud by the Misses Kendricks, who to lately lived among us, anil others. We were certainly glad to welcome litem back to their old home. At 10 o’clock our R. W. Dist. Deputy Grand Master, Thomas H. Gore, of Cross Keys, 8. C., called the Lodge to order and after confer- ing the master degree, the Lodge was closed, and they repaired to the grove amid the old historic oaks near the public road, and enjoyed one of tiie best picnic dinners the writer has ever enjoyed. After dinner the lodge again assembled with a host of ladies who had come to take the beautiful and instructive degrees of the order of the Eastern 8tar. R. \V. Brother Gore, in ids inimicable style, con ferred the degrees in a very impress ive manner. We trust all were ben- efitted, and we believe much good was done. They were dismissed with the benediction by Rev. W. C. Gica- ton. We feel like saying It wlas a grand day for old Gowdeyville.” Farmer. •» • *- — The Pitcovery Sayei If is Life. Mr. G. Gaiilouette, Druggist. Bea- versvllle, 111., says: ‘‘To Dr. King’s New Discovery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe, and tried all the physicians for mile* about, but of no avail, and was given up and told I could not live, Having Dr. King’s New Discovery in my atore I sent for a bottle and began its use and from tho first dose began to get better, and after using tbroo bottjei was up and about again. It Is worth its weight In gold. We won’t keep store or house without, It.” Get a free trial at The Dul’re Drug Co’*., Drug Store. , . -At .Vi*- Mountain Rambles. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) I had hoed in Louie Gaines’ grassy cotton a whole week before I left for Gaffney on Tuesday, June 23, to make my summer tour in the Blue Ridge mountains. Hoeing cotton fcn hot days is bad enough for those who are used to it. It certainly did use me up worse than walking through tho mountains, but Louie had neg lected to hoe his cotton in due time, as all young farmers are apt to do, so I lent the helping hand. My stroll from Gaffney was on ele gant roads out by Grassy Pond. As I reached tho Goforth mill, six miles from town, a storm cloud came up with a fine rain while I took shelter at the Goforth mansion. 1 went on and spent the night with my genial young friend Zebalon Yance Jolly at his mother’s, and crossing the Main Broad river at the Company ferry, I went on to Henrietta on Wednesday morning, where I remained a day. Walking on to Forest City I ran up to Rutherfordton on the Seaboard Air Line, and walked on to Aiden L. Rucker’s, four miles north of the town, on the Hickorynut road. I dined on Friday ut tho home of J. H. Bird, on Cedar creek. Mr. Bird says Gaffney will soon excell all the other towns in the Piedmont, Spar tanburg not excepted, as a trade center for the mountain people. Tins is a perfectly natural conclus ion as tho counties of North Carolina lie along the Blue Ridge, especially McDowell, Rutherford and Polk, and ■FffioTace the tributaries ofTfjWlRiad river, the most of which flow into the river between the mountains and Gaffney. The roads follow these streams and lend along the plain of which Gaffney is the center, the Main Broad only to be crossed. This argues strong for an iron bridge over Broad river about Buck Shoals, Island Ford or Big Island. Many mountain roads would cross it and lead to Gaffney. A railroad running up Broad river into Polk. Rutherford and McDowell counties to the mountains would not be longer than 50 or 75 miles. It would read) an almost exhaustions source of fine timber which should be carried to Gaffney us u lumber and wood manufacturing center. It would amount to millions. In tho afternoon I came to the base of Stone mountains, 17 miles above Rutherfordton on Cedar creek, ut the the foot of Cedar creek falls, 900 feet high. This is one of the finest falls in tho South and re sembles the falls from Tryon mount ain, near Columbus, Polk county. The falls on the side of Tryon and those on Cedar creek, in Rutherford, face toward Gaffney, and from Mor gan’s new house tower at Gaffney, with a telescope one could almost see the falls, about 40 miles distant. They are the murest high waterfalls in reach of Gaffney. It was about 4 o’clock in the after noon when I began to ascend Logan’s mountain. The sun disappeared and tlje winding highway seemed wrapped in twilight sombre, the falls roaring into the cannon below. One thous and feet up { canto tp upper Cedar creek valley whore tjie sun shone with a!J its brightness, giving u silver glow to the surrounding mountain sides, walled With hlooujing phest- nut trees, ivy and rhododendron. I spent the night in this loy^jy vale at the home of R. A. Davis, whose wife and two daughters, Mat- tie and Surah, keep as neat a house as can be found anywhere. A Bap tist preacher had come and taken away pretty Mary Davis, who is queen of his fine mansion in Rivers- head Park, Mrs. T. K. Brown. The road to Black mountain and down the Swannunoa to Asheville passed out of upper Cedar creek valley at Stone Mountain Gay, from which all the plains from Spartan burg to Kings Mountain, with run ning trains and smoke stacks at Gaff ney can ho seen. Over Stone mountain and down to Broad river near its head where you cross it on foot logs, the roatL along that clear and beautiful stream are lined with blooming rhododendrons, and the sloping sides of the moun tains are green with gigantic forests. This is the Broad river section of Kivcrshcud Park. I arrived ut my orchard farm ut about 4 o’clock Saturday and fell to hoeing corn. It is fine and so are the red June and the limbertwig i’LASI) Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t R<!J>ort Bakins Pbwder Absolutely pure apples. Row i Howard. A Declaration of Principles. Our Aim—Tell the trulh, though the heavens take a tumble. • Our Paper—Of the people, for the people, and to be paid for by the peo ple. Our Religion—Orthodox, with a firm belief in u hell. Our Motto—Take all in sight and rustle for more. Our Policy—To love our friends and brimstone our enemies. If thine en emy smite thee on one cheek, swipe him with haste and dexterity ut tho butt end of bis most convenient ear. Whot We Advocate—One country, one flag and one wife ut a time. Our Object—To live in pomp and oriental snlendor.—Avoca(lowu) Her ald. — -* - ■— Cure for Headache. Asa remedy for nil forms of Head ache Electric Bitters has proved to bo tho ory best. It effects a permanent cure and tho most dreaded habitual headaches yield to Its influence. We urge all who are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual constipa tion Electric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. Try it once. Largo .bot tles only Fifty cents at W. B. Du- rrs’.“ “ Willie Locals. (CorrcsponUence of T«e Ledger.) Willie, S. C., June 29.-70ne of my friends and neighbors, while visiting in the northwestern corner of our couuty recently, reports having heard a very interesting discussion of the silver question, in which a group of several took part. The discussion was as follows: (a) What is the meaning of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1? It is someth’ng I don’t un derstand. • (b) Well, 1 think that free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 means that there will be 16 dollars of silver coined to 1 of gold. (e) I think it means to coin 16 dol lars of silver to gne of greenbacks. (d; Well, I have always constmed if to mean, and I think that I urn right, 16 dollars for the rich man to 1 for tho poor man. An old colored man standing by— “Nuw, gentlemen, I thlnje tftttfryff wrbiig: • 'iHftf Tree coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 means 16 dollars for the white man and 1 for the negro. Some people, in making their choice of a newspaper, have regard for the actual merits of a paper. Our “better Ixilf” astounded us tho other day with the following declara tion : “Jarius, I don’t see why it is that you think so mueh more of The Ledger than you do of any of the other papers that you are taking.” “Well, my dear, it Is because The Ledger is second to none as a news paper. It is a fair and Impartial paper. It treats all, both its readers and correspondents, with the most perfect courtesy. The fact is, the editor of The Ledger is the very em bodiment of courtesy.” “Well, as for my part, I had rather have the Headlight than any of t hem.” “Well, why so, my dear?” “Why, because it is just the right size for a spread for one of my tables.” Wt have another new store in our section, of which T. E. Atkins, our efficient stone ware manufacturer, is proprietor. The following persons of our sec tion were in attendance ut court at Spartanburg last week : J. J. John son, It. L. Johnson, Torn Clayton, C. C. Bearden, Henry Bearden, L. M. Bruce, Mrs. Garrett, Miss Cooper, W. B. Bruce andeveral others, the names of whom we havii’t got. Mrs. Mary Floyd is very ill. J. T. ajtid W. 8. Smith, sons of J. R. Smith, of Xorah. got into a diffi culty the other day which terminated jn a few blows. Whiskey was the cause of the difficulty. TJip jjorth Tigpr roller mills, B 'ar- dpn and Clement, proprietors, are noiy running to their full capacity. We regret very much our inability to attend the celebration to be held at Gaffney on the 4th of July. We know that it wjll be a complete suc cess, because the wqr.l failure is not in the Gaffney City vocabulary. Jariu*. Mrs. Rhodie Xoab, of this [dace, was taken in the rpght with cramping pains and the next day diarrhoea set in. She took n half a bottle of black berry cordial hut got no relief. She then sent to me to gee if I had anytnliig that would help her. I sent her a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and the first dose relieved her. Another of our neighbors had been sick for about a week and bad tried different remedies for diarrhoea but kept getting worse. I sent him this sumo remedy. Only four doses of it were required to cure him. lie says be owes bis recovery to this wonder ful remedy.—Mrs. .Mary Sibley, Sid ney, Midi. For sale by Dul’re Drug Co. i) L. Scm'MPKUT. Tims. B. BtrTi.eu. Sol. Jt.li Judicial Clrcnlt. U. S. Com. Wii. McliOWAH. 8CHUKPERT, * BUTLER * & * McGOWAN, ATTOH rt YS-AT-Jt^AW. Union and Gaffney, 5. C. OlHco days at Gaffney. Friday and Satur day of each week. A cry careful and prompt attention kIvet) to all husiness entrusted to us. . f •T'l'ractice In all theeourts. FREDRICK AUSFEI.D. K. O. SEI/. AUSFELD A SEIZ, ARCHITECTS, Atlanta, G. A. Tell Your*Wife. I was once reading one of Dr. Tul-' mage’s sermons and was enjoying it until l came to where he said. “We as men boast of the authority we have over our wives.” I laid the paper down and never have read any more of that good man's sermons. I thought poor wife, could she boast of anything? My advice would be if you are in trouble in any way the best thing to do is to tell your wife, that is if you have one, all about it at once, for don’t you know the wit of woman has been praised? Therefore, counsel with your wife and be assured light will flash upon your darkness. Women are too commonly adjudged us verdant in all but purely woman ish affairs. In counseling a man to tell his wife, I would go further and advise him to keep none of his affairs a secret from her, for I believe many a home lias been happily saved and many a fortune retrieved by a man’s full confidence in his “better half” TiTi Til fin I Lt tv»F firffO Wruflftto- far more a seer and prophet than man, if she be given a fair chance. As a general rule, wives confide the minutest of their plans and Ihoughls to their husbands having no involve ments to screen from them. Why not one tell to the other, if but for pleasure of meeting confidence with confidenoc. But no, there are some husbands that you might as well undertake to varnish the rainbow or try to (ill a man that is hungry with moonshine as expect to prevail on a man to own up to his wife that lie has been m the wrong in not tolling his wife. Dr. Talmagc may boast as much as lie pleases, so may any other smart man and I will boast that they will never have any authority to boast of over Mrs. R. Ann Waters. P ECULIAR in combination, pro* portion and preparation of Ingredi ents, Hood's Sarsn parilla possesses great cusatlvo value.' You should TRY IT, DR. I. M. HAIR, DENTIST, 4 (ilttcc'in Scttlcaiyor l*ull(lln^. Tcc'r®| l-j- ti'aclcd wiilimit pain. First-rhisi work, ,«t ri'asniialilc prices. Will lie at I’ac ilel fr tin' I'ltli to talli of cadi moi.tli. isxvrioic ! C^Oll SALK—Nice fresh sweet milk, * butter milk and Gilt Edge Jersey But ter on Ice. MRS. W. (). Lll’SCO.MB. ■ \\ e will servr Icecrcam K of I lie very lie*! make to our custom-rs. liv- Tuesday, Tiiursday and Saturday. » served every (lay. B. A. HOLMES & CO. CHAS. A. JEFFERIES, M, P, - PHYSICIAN AND SUKOgON,- OAl^>I15V, • - H. C. omen Telephone No. 3S; Nlglil I'lioue No, AO, Office nu.xt to T. Davenport, • u. 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