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«» ' v - THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JULY C3, 181M5. THE WEEKLY LEDGER. POBLISHKI) EVBRY THUKHDAY BY The Limestone t rinting and Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS, - . - Editor. ED. H. DcCAMP, 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur bish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Tuesday. \11 correspondence should be ad- Jressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will he 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. MARLBORO COUNTY. The intensive system of farming is pursued in Marlboiu county. So pleased are the people v ith this mode that, they say, no ot!n will do. One thousand pounds of finished guano to the aCPe is nothing unusual, and yet, to listen to th'-in, that is the way to make farming successful. Observing the original forest in Marl boro there is nothing to indicate su perior fertility, and we do not believe it is superior to a great deal found in Spartanburg county. It is true that it is nearer level, but this alone will not account for their superior crops. The difference lies mainly in superior fertilization and more thorough culti vation. Tbtn too, many of the farms are small, even less than one hun dred acres. Yet on these a good liv ing is secured for families of ordinary size and enough reserved to build comfortable homes above the average supplied with the conveniences that bring pleasure to life. We do not need to hold the earth in our grasp, but w hat wo do hold we should make the most oat of it that our opportu nities will allow. V 7 e were told that in the Hibron section, where two roads meet, you can stand in your buggy and count eighteen settlements, all farmers with their lands about them and im proving with each year’s crop. Ev erything, given by God. is meant to be improved. Mind, body, soul, lands, horses, cattle, fruits, vegeta bles—all fall under the command: “To subdue—to possess.” Divide Spartanburg county into farms of fifty acres each; let each farm be well settled and owned ly the family that makes it a home in deed; place before them incentives „to labor; build churches anil school- houses convenient of access; provide preachers and teachers who cun preach and teaoh, and, prosperous as we now think we are, there will arise new hope, new life, new aspirations that will .usher in a prosperity far ahead of anything we has'e yet expe rienced. ready and waiting to act well their part, but who thinks of that when shadows are on the heart; more newly made mounds In the churchyard; vacant scats at the table. Such sorrow ns Senator Tillman’s in this hour of his sad bereavment is sorrow indeed. Who is there that is not touched in his inmost soul when such overpowering calamity is the lot of mortal man. All the world is akin when touched by the martyr hand. We sympathize with the liv ing while we sorrow for the dead. THE POWER OF A NAME. Cornelius Vanderbilt inherits the traits of character of his grand-father familiarly known as ‘‘Commodore.” The same money-making propensity and business tact coupled with a com prehensive grasp and deep foresight, has made him the greatest railroad magnate of the world. Xo wonder that when he moves, waves are set in motion that are felt on every line where s f earn is used. Ife has demon strated his efficiency in a tangible way. Stocks advance when it is known that his mind directs and his hands control. Is it surprising t hen that when the world hears that Cor nelius Vanderbilt has had a paralytic stroke that may provo fatal, that prices fall lower and lower until ten millions is lost in a day? What greater compliment could bo paid to his masterful ability us a financier! His name is worth at least $10,000,000 to the corporations of which he is the-head. No one else can do the work as he bus done it There is power in a name. STRUCK DOWN IN YOUTH. WM. E. RUSSELL. Few men, at so early an age, have so favorably impressed themselves as did William E. Russell, of Massachu setts. His father before him was a man of unusual legal acquirements, exerting great influence and enjoying a lucrative practice. The son’s rise to prominence was rapi^to the extreme. There was nothing in his college life on which to predict a brilliant future. The foundation work of a great statesman was being laid during these silent years. Successively in municipal, state, and national affairs he reached prominence so easily that all eves were turned to him us a leader of men. At the Chicago convention his striking personality, his rapid rise to power, his clear cut views expressed with forcefulness and decision made him a conspicuous figure. But he happened to bo a leader of the forlorn hope in that convention—a gold man. His death at thirty-nine, from heart failure while on a fishing excur sion, removes from time to eternity one of the most conspicuous charac ters o^the nineteenth century. Wo thought his work had only begun. SORROW INDEED. The forked lightening finds a path for itself, but who has yet found it out? Here is something we know about, but what do we know of it? The clouds gather. They are store houses of the electric fluid charged with death-dealing power and life- giving energy. We forget the good bestowed while we are in the presence of the death that it brings. The air at Brevard and around Mount Rich may ho all the purer today for the flash that put an end to two young lives just budding into usefulness, auLo womanly and mamy beauty, Miss Addie Tillman and Rev. R. A. Lee Killed by Lightning. ISpoclul dispatch to News and Courier. | Columbia, July 10.—This morning at 2:30 o’clock a private telegram was received in Columbia anouncing the sad death of Miss Addie Tillman, daughter of Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tillman.' The telegram was sent from Brevard, N. C.. and was a brief one. It simply announced that Miss Tillman was killed by lightning. Several days ago Miss Tillman left her home, at Trenton, S. C., and went to Brevard, N. C., to spend ten days with her friend, Miss Nettie Addick. Yesterday afternoon, at the home of Miss Addick, in Brevard, a mountain party was made up, and Miss Tillman and a number of others went to the mountains. While there a thunder storm began, and Miss lillinan was struck -and instantly killed. The Rev. Robt A. Lee, of Yorkville, who was a member of the party, was also killed. This morning Mr. U. X. Gunter, Jr., upd Mr. J. M. Bunch, an uncle of Miss Tillman, went to Spartan burg to escort the remains of Miss Tillman to Columbia. Governor Evans Bus ordered a special train to convey the remains irom Columbia to the late home of the young lady, at Trenton. Miss Addle Tillman wus the eldest child of Senator Tillman. She was born in Edgefield County and went to school t here. She came • to Col umbia with her parents when her father was elected Governor, in 1890. She went to the city graded schools of Columbia for two sessions. Then she a.tended Hollins Institute, ut il igh View, Ya. Returning home she attended Winthrop College when it opened at Rock Hill. Miss Tillman was a handsome and an attractive young lady and had scores of friends, not only in Columbia, but in a)l parts of the State, who will be shocked fo hear of her untimely end. She was an accomplished young lady and had many noble traits of character. It is peculiarly sad that one just entering into womanhood with so much promise should be sud denly cut down. THE REV. ROUT. A. LEE, OK Y^KKILLE. Yorkville, S. C., July 1(1.—The Rev. Robt A. Lee, who was killed with Miss Addle Tillman by light- 1 ning at Brevard, N. O., yesterday, was rector of the Church of the (food Shepherd at this place. He lift here a week ago to take a short vacation, and the news of his death, which was received this morning, was a severe shock to his hundreds of friends and acquaintances. He was grad uated from Erskine College, Due West with the highest honors in his class in June. 1887, and then took a three-years’ course at the Theolo gical Seminary at Sewannee, Tenn. His body was taken to his former home, in Due West, to-day for in terment in the Episcopal Cemetery to-morrow, (^uite a number of his parishioners left here tonight for the purpose of attending the funeral. Last summer one of our gP#n<L children was sick with a severe'bowc) trouble. Our doctor’s remedies had failed,'then we tried Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Refaedy, which gave speedy relief. We regard it us the best medicine over put on the market for bowel complaint— Mrs. E. (I. Gregory, Frederickstown, Mo. This certainly is the best medi cine ever put on the market for dys- entary, summer complaint, colic and cholera infantum In children. It ! never fails to give prompt relief when used in reasonable time and the plain printed directions are followed. Many mothers have expressed their sincere gratitude for the cures it haseifectod. For salo by Dul*re Drug Co. MEN AND MEASURES. Things Said and Done About Politics and Politicians. Where is Sumps Pope, and what is he doing with his republican party?—Honea Path Chroniolo. McKinley’s nomination was bought with gold; Bryan’s with patrotism and brains.—Yorkville Enquirer. * * * The Democrats are the fellows for us. Hurrah for Bryan of Nebraska, and Sewall of Maine.—Dorchester (III.) Herald. McKinley has been officially not- ! ified of his nomination ; he will Do unofficially notified of his defeat on the morning of November 4th.—An derson Intelligencer. The press association sends out this morning an address of New York bankers. The more address bankers send out the more certain Bryan’s election,—Charlotte Observer. Senator Tillman will prove a live corps in national politics this sutn- ! men, and those who think he is a fallen idol, will find that he is neither fallen nor idle.—Saluda Advocate. The masses against the classes— that’s the contest now on in this country. The Democratic party is the party of the masses, the Re publican is the party of the classes. —Greenwood Journal. May wo suggest that Dr. Samps Pope isarather overdoing the ‘‘move ment” business? What the Repub lican party needs in this State is fewer “movements” and more move ment.—Columbia state, Of lhe candidates who made speeches in Camden on last Tuesday we venture the assertion that none made a better impression than Col. M. B. McSweeney, of Hampton, the only candidate for Lieutenant Governor present.—Camden Chron icle. Going westward to his home the Democratic candidate for President has n “continuous ovation.” and going eastward to his homo the dem ocratic candidate for Vice President has a‘‘continuous ovation.” These signs signify what la to come—Col umbia State. * * Judge Earle, candidate for the United States Senate, went on the stump at Sumter on Monday and made hie first speech in the cam paign. He aroused no enthusiasm, luit, pitched his remarks on a high plane. In the course of his speech lie took occasion to praise Ben Till man.—Aiken Journal A Review. ■— —• -*•»- • For the Old Folkr. It is a discredit to us as a people that, there actually is room tor me to speak of the disrespect shown old people. (J. |f the young people knew what a comfnpt If laid up on the aged shoulder jp fokep of Ipye, instead of being (because of tj)e gray head going bowed down and com pelled to take things as they oome and always be contented. If you wojild make the aged happy give them to feel that there is still a place for them where they can he useful. When you see their powers failing do not notice it. It is enough for them to feel it without a reminder. () do not humiliate them by doing things after them. Accept their offered services and do not let them ftco you take off the dust their poor eyesighjt has left undisturbed, or wiping up the Ikj.qhf their trembling hands have spilled. Rather let the dust remain and the liquid stain the carpet than rob them of their self- respect by seeing you cover their de- fjcienees. If they arc capable of do ing nothing but preparing your kind lings or darning your stockings in dulge them in tlioivi; tbfngs, hut never let them feel that it is because they can do nothing else, rather that they do it so well. They may have been active and successful in their train ing of children and youth in the way they should go and will they not feel it keenly if no attempt is made to draw from this rich experience? And in this connection I will say do not notice the pronunciation of the aged. They speak as they were taught and yours may be just as un- courtly to the generations following. An old lady said to me not long since, “It seems to me that some times my burdens and trials are ton great. I can’t do anything hardly and when I do it doesn’t seem right and then I worry and wonder what’s the matter, but then there comes a gentle whisper ‘just wait.’ ” I said, “ft is very true. Wo can- uot understand ppr father’s myste rious way of leading us. and though it may seem hard to us God is work ing. God is faithful and in a little while our hardest sorrows will he trifling.” Yes my sister, we have chosen our eternal portion and we are pressing hard to nnch yon heavenly gate and often along the way we weep and wonder, but let us patiently wait. Mbs. R. Ann Watki.k, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy cures colds, croup and whoopieg cough. It is pleasant, safe and reliable. For sale by Dui’re Drug Co. In the Valley of the French Bread. (Correspondence of The Ledger ) I strolled the whole way from Ashe ville to Hendersonville, a distance of twenty-two mih-s, passing through I Biltmore. Buena Vista, Skylund, Ar den and Fletcher, all neat villages along the A. C. 8. Railway. Moun tain and valley scenery enchants the traveler on the right and on the left, making one feel as if he was walking on a grand boulevard stretching out 1 through beautiful land scapes. I reached Hendersonville just as the supper Dell was ringing at Globe i Hotel, where I registered and spent ' | the night. Hendersonville is a delightful : resort to visit in summer or winter. { The streets are wide and at right j 1 angles, the soil white and solid, like at Gjitlney. There are several hotels and hoarding houses which are filling i up for the summer. On the afternoon of Monday I walked out over the tine shaded road three milts to Elat Rock and renewed ! acquaintance at Hurt’s hotel. This | is always a pleasant place to stop. The Hurt Bros., are among the most i progressive manufacturers in the State. Their specialty is underwear. They run machinery by steam and j work about forty hands, mostly wo men and girls. They make about j 200 hundred dozen of hosiery’per day, ■ and are putting in machinery to make 400 [ter day. Tuesday morning I returned to Hendersonville, and went aboard the train for Brevard. It was my first trip ou this new' railway up the 1 French Broad, through whose mag nificent valley I had often traveled in carriages and on foot. The length of the line is twenty- two miles. Seven miles from Hen derson it comes to the French Broad at Horseshoe, where a station has been located. The next is Cannon, named for a son of Gabriel Cannon, of Spartanburg,* who lives on a fine j river farm at that place. This line has supplied u long felt want and will render travel in Tran- ! sylvania easy and delightful. The stockholders have recently i held a meeting and appointed the : following directors : If- M. Warren, i A.‘K. Jenks, T. C. MeNealy, A. ; Boardrnan and J. L- Bell. The hoard of directors then elected ; II. M. Warren, president; A. K. i Jenks, vice president ; T. C. McNealy, I secretary and general agent; and W. A. Smith, attorney, with main office at Hendersonville. The train left Hendersonville at JO o’clock on Tuesday morning, July 14. the weather being bright and balmy, and arrived at Brevard at 11 o’clock. The valleys and the moun tains along no other railway ever looked more beautiful. The third stnl ion from Henderson ville in the valley is named “Money,” no intimation being given as to whether it was gold, silvir er green back, but judging from the cabbage and corn fields it was greenbacks. Fourteen miles from Henderson ville is the fourth station, I’emroso. Like the others the station house is painted and cosy. General Manager McNealy conducted his train through in person. The last station before reaching Brevard is Davidson River, four miles below town. Here we are now at the end of the new railway, and Brevard is just up over the ridge, a beautiful town, the county seat of Transylva nia. On the train were a party of young ladies who dined at McMinn’s hqtc| and left in a hack to visit Buck- fofegt falls, some eight or ten miles from Brevard Rowlaso Howard. JulyU, 1S5M5. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of theenr- Tliere is only one way to cure Deaf, ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it isenticly closed Deafness is the result, and unless Mio inflammation can he taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing hut an inflamed condition of tin* mucous surfaces. \Vc will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot he cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Hend for cir culars, free, F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, 0. £^*Sold by Druggist. 7. r >c. Highest of all in Leavening Lower.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report ABSOL&irEOf PURE ODITUARY. William Henry Bates, son of Dr. B. K and Mrs. M. J. Bates, died July 10th, 1890, at iiis father s home in Clifton, S. C., aged 18 years, 10 months and 19 days. Just as he was getting ready for the busy scenes of lit.- he was called away. Henry was an obedient son and loving brother; kind to whom he met. At home, in the school room, or wherever In- was found he tntnh it pleasant for every one. But he is gone. For nearly two years before he left us, he was afflicted. He was not known to complain. Without a manner, he patiently waited until he was called. He fell asleep in the faith. ••|''arrwcll. a .short farewell! We simmi shall meet In thill Messed tearless laud. And t!iy (uire ransniued s|dril me •(. W ith tin tlwiec ulorious hand. \ i .1 esus’ fee(, I'aiev.-di ” Tin funeral was preached at Clif ton by the pastor to a crowded lion-*:- rtf ter which the body was earrki! to Cowpetis cemetery fur in term: tit, Rev. .1. L. Harley, of the Methodist church H-'Siuting, J. L. Siiinv. Faster. -* •- Mrs. Rhodie Noah, of this place, was taken in the inght with cramping pains and the next day diarrhoea set in. She took a half a holt Lot black berry cordial hut got no relief. She then sent to me to see if I had anything that would help her. ! sent her a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and the first dose relieved her Another of our neighbors hud been sick for about a week and had tried different remedie? for diarrhoea hut kept getting worse. I sent him this same remedy. Only four doses of it were* required to cure him. Ho says he owes his recovery to this wonder ful remedy —Mrs. Mary Siidey, Sid ney. .Mich. For sale hv Dupre Drug Co. Webster Items.' (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Webster. 8. C., July 2(1—There was a beautiful rain fell last night. Crops is looking well considering the damage of the high water. There is a good deal of fever in the community now since thy rains. I learned yesterday that John H. Bentley, of Asfiury, and Griffin BonU ley. of Kelt on, passed through here on their way home from a trip to King’s Mountain, where they have been visiting friends and relatives. They reported line crops and a line country. Miss Mattie Baines, of Asbnry, is visiting friends and rdalivesat Dray ton ville. Hurscuikek. — — -mm*- »- Old People. Did people who require medcino to regulate tlio bowels and kidney will find the true remedy in Electric Bit ters. This medicine does not stimu late and contains no whiskey nor oilier intoxicant, but acts as n tonic and and alterative. It ucls mildly on the stomache and howels, adding strength and giving tone to the or gans. thereby aiding Nature in the pi rforniance of the functions, Elec tric. Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old People find, it just exactly what they need. Price fifty cents per bottle at 'V. B. Du- Pro’s Drug Store. Notice! This is no emporium, no grand aggregation, no symposium or other grand collection of high sounding circus humbuggery. I Till'. PLACE to jret your Doors. Sas|i, Blimls Mini :i!l koci- of iniiRltiijrMii- <<*ri:il. Sm wcil .Hid II m ini Miiitc Sill lilies for the least posslhle rasli. A D\ Id, illvi n free ju re^aois to primer • Izes for maklu- frames, ete. ’ l»IM > for miterlals a . I eMi:!| i: *s ticuh: promptly. * ' • tir’l'It'K In warehouse Respect ful l.v. Jv- IIA KICK. ( S ' V V s "\ s S/ y. /// / // /rCs ( bay the main thing'to do is to keep the r tomach, liver and bowels in or (hr if you want to live long anil keep well. Good physicians say the same thing, too. The lemedv called RIPANS TABULES while not mystciious or nmactilod in its cmallvc (;ur.l!t : e«, is a simple formul i prescribed by the last pfiys.ri.-ii s for (‘holders i f ihe digestive organs, lust little tablets, r.oy to take, < asy to I uv at d quick to act. If yout trouble is Dyspepsia, 1’iliousncss, I ’i/./ir.css, llcadaelir, Constipation, Heartburn, and the like, no need of oiling 'a physician. Kipans Tabuks contain exactly what he would tel! you to t.:ke. ONE TABILE f.tVES RELIEF. PERMANENT CUKE FOLLOWS A PAIR TKI't. MO UNCERTAINTY ABOUT IT. Out X^r foots! I carry a lull line of Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, Notions, Shelf Hardware and Grocer ies, till lit rock bottom prices. Shoes and Huts especially cheap. Sec my prices before buying. Respectfully yours, I. M. PEELER, The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Compy, Offvr for Sajo Building Lots in this Flourishing Town, O A. I " I " ISf I C Y CITY. Also harms near by and in reach of the schools of Limestone Springs and oj this place in lots of front 30 to 100 acres on liberftl time* rates. Also Agricultural Lands to rent for farm purposes. i'.)r f^ll particulars ap;ly tc MOSES WOOD, Agent. N. B. — All trespassing on lands of this Company cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting arc forbidden un<Kr penalty of law. LIMESTONE * SPRINGS * LIME * WORKS, CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Manufacturers of BUILDING, * PLASTERING * AND * AGRICULTURAL * LIME, And Dealers In Coal, Shingles, Laths and Plaster Ha|r. Oymamite, Blasting Powder, wa F St * ^ DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. ft. ToIIchou'h new store* In office from 1st to 24th of each month; ril >e l^or Tfre y