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■ w THE LEDGER: ^GAFFNEY, S. C., JULY 30, 1890. THE WEEKLY LEDGER. rUBLIflHKD KVKKY THURSDAY BY The Limestone f rinting and Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.00 per Year. R. 0. SAMS, - Editor. ED. H. DeCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. fl!E Lf.dgkr 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur bish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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. All correspondence should bo ad- iressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will be published *t one cent a word. Heading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents each. TOM WATSON. The Populist leader of (ieorgia ac cepts the nomination for Vice Presi dent at the hands of the National Populist Convention. This he does, so he says, to save the party from disruption. How powerful Watson must be with his party! Why was he not at St. Louis in person, when the crisis arose, to sweep aside with his silvery voice the prevailing sen timent of fusion with the Democratic party? Hut he was at liome await ing and expecting the nomination. Evidently the So ith and West are uniting their force i, eliminating all elements of discon that they may present a solid froi t at the coming election. Concessio is have been made by Democrats and Populists so that there is now no great difference in their platforms, an 1 the leaders of one may be the leaders of both. They are one any how on the silver question which has been made to dominate the campaign. Bryan and Sewall on the one side, Bryan and Watson on the other. Will Sewall get out of the way to preserve har mony as readily as Watson got into it to prevent a commingl ng of the waters? Sewall’s name does not carry with it much enthusiasm. Possibly because be is so far East— and the East is eternally opposed to the platform of Democrats as ac cepted at Chicago. Possibly because, although a millionaire, Sewall holds a firm hand on his stocks and bonds. How are these differences to be rec onciled. Watson is in for the fight anyhow. !- ...... EARLE AND EVANS. From bad to worse the campaign moves along. At least we are called upon to witness a disgraceful and de grading scene in the court house in Florence. Let us no longer call this a campaign of education; it is rather a campaign of demoralization, a campaign where vile epithets flour ish and are dealt out unsparingly at every meeting. Are the people hungering for these things that the would-be leaders use them day after day as their only circulating me dium? We think not. We know they do not. The people want en nobling thoughts, they are not con tent to live on a plane where mildew and death are everywhere rife. Let the key note be sounded by one who is a leader indeed, who knows what the people need and who knows the way to true success and there will be a hearty response such as the world has not heard in many a day. Aspirants after senatorial honors; one a circuit judge, t he other tite gov ernor of the Sta'c, I oth on the hust ings engage in personal abuse which call forth the ready blow and the as ready reply. A judge strikes the first and a governor draws the first blow blood and glories in it. And now that he returns to the capitol, re counts how gloriously he defended himself and discomfited his adver sary. Truly, “the lines have not fallen to us in pleasant places.” Let the people demand purer lives for their rulers. lightful spots can be found without the lines, .vith a plenty of elbow room and yet near enough to the bus iness center. Now is a good time to invest. Now is also a good time to sell. How pleasant it is to see the old wooden landmarks placed on wheels and rolled away beyond the fire limits. We are even willing to suffer the inconvenience of having onr main street blockaded for days in order that they be gotten out of the way. How fortunate we would be if a fire in these tinder boxes could he avoided, at least until they were re moved far from their present sur roundings. CLEANLINESS. The rains have been unusually heavy all over the state. Perhaps it has been as severe with us as any where else. It becomes ustiien, as a community, to look about us, right at our homes, in and around our dwellings, our yards, our gardens and remove, a* full of death and breeding death, all extraneous matter. Fire is a good purifier. Commit this rub bish to the flames and thus get rid of it forever. The water in our wells has been at low water mark for months. Now that it is creeping to e higher level, let us see to it that the only water we have for drinking purposes is as pure as our care and attention can make it. If cows are kept, let them be sheltered. In their food and drink be as careful as you are of your own. Cows that are al lowed to slake their thirst from stag nant pools cannot give pure, refresh ing milk Be more careful of your cows than you are of your horse. If your well has not been cleaned out this year, now is an excellent time to do the work. It is economy in the end. MEN AND MEASURES. GAFFNEY PROSPEROUS. Caffncy continues to grow and to improve. On every hand are evi dences of prosperity. New dwellings going up and small ones enlarged. Brick stores are taking the pluee of wooden ones. Lots are changing hands with the view to their improve ment. and there is a demand for building lots by parties who would locate. All this speaks well for our town, ami the enterprise of its citi zens. Let us keep the demand grow ing by our willingness to supply at reasonable rates, lots that are still plentiful with us. A thousand good building sites cun be found within our incorporate limits, and many de- Resolutions of Respect. At a regular meeting of Camp .fake Carpenter United Confederate Con federate Veterans held on July 2.')th, 189(>. The following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Hkaohuauteks Camp Jake Carpen ter. (Jakkney. S. C., July 27th, 18%. Whereas, in the decrees of all wise Providence, Brig. (ien. I. G. McKis- sick has been removed from the battle of life, and whereas he was a gallant soldier, a true patriot, a staunch citizen, a true-hearted, whole-souled, high-toned Christian gentleman, therefore be it Resolved: By Camp Jake Carpen ter United Confederate Veterans that in the death of Gen. McKissick, the organization of United Confederate Veterans, us well us the country at large, have suffered an irreparable loss, and that another landmark of our country’s glory has been re moved. Resolved 2nd: That we cherish his memory as that of a conspicuous hero, in a land and age of heroes, and that we strive to emulate the virtues of bis noble life. Resolved JIkd: That we truly sym pathize with his stricken family in their great I ertavemeut, and ti.at we present them with a copy of the above preamble and resolutions, and request the Union Times and the Gakkney Ledger to publish the same. H. P. Griffith, Commander. D. A. Thomas, Adjutant. Spartanburg Conference. The Spartanburg District Confer ence met at Landrums, S. C., July 22. 189(5, Rev. A. J. Cant ben P. E., presiding. Rev. J. L. Harley was elected secretary and Rev. Allan Mticfarlun was elected assistant sec retary. The charges were well rep resented by both preachers and lay men. Rev. J. D. Grout, of Gaffney Station, on account of sickness, was absent, much to the regret of the brethren. He was greatly missed, yet Gaffney was represented by Rro. J. A. Geddes, a faithful soldier of Christ. The conference sessions have been harmonious, helpful and spiritual. The presiding elder held a steady rein ruling and guiding with love, firm ness and gentleness. The next Conference will meet at Clifton. S. C. J. L. Harley, Secretary. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear- There 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 iscntiely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing hut an inflamed condition of tin* mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Da ’ars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot bo cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Hcnd for cir culars free. F. J. CHENEY A CO.. _ Toltdo, O. £^"-SoId by Druggist, 75c. Things Said and Done About Politics and Politicians. They say Tillman “busted” in Chicago but we will venture the as sertion that he will yet be a “Moses” to guide the democratic party across a sea of trouble.—llonea Path Chron icle. Mr. Bryan made more than a dozen speeches between Chicago and his home in Lincoln, Neb., last week and to the disgust of the bolters and Re publicans, he did not make a fool of himself in a single sentence.—York- ville Enquirer. We rejoice that the national cam paign this year is to be waged be tween parties and measures, and not fought on personal lines. McKinley and Bryan are both clean men, and in mudslinging is to be indulged in. —Anderson Journal. We heard the belief expressed the other day that tliere was not a fifth as much whiskey drunk in the state now as when we had the saloon sys tem. tiood for the disp, usury if this is only part true, but prohibition would be better.—Bamberg Herald. We think it is time to call off the campaign. Every voter lias made up his mind and we see nothing to be gained by a continuance of the meet ings. It has ceased to be an educa tional campaign and has dropped to the lowest plane of personalities.— Greenville News. Mrs. Brynn is said to be a lawver. j She studied law for the purpose of helping her husband in his practice. Should Bryan be elected, the first lady and the first gentleman in the land would be lawyers—something very remarkable in any country.— Darlington News. * * * North Carolina sound money Dem ocrats ought not to be too swift in their declarations that they are not going to vote the national Democratic ticket. Though they may think that they are not. It is a fact that when Russell gets to going to and fro in the state and up and down in it, making his inflammatory harangues and infuriating Democrats as only a Republican of his typo can, a great many of them will change their minds and resolve to go the whole figure.— Charlotte Observer. They say that Bryan has never made more than 1)11,500 a year out of his law practice. To James Creel- man, of the New York World, 11,500 a year is a bagatelle; but if Win. J. Bryan is elected president, we proph esy that there will be an exodus of lawyers from all parts of the United States to till the void his absence would create in the thriving little town of Lincoln, Nebraska.—Charles ton Sun. Governor Evans is reported as say ing that Detective Newbold went around with Tillman in the last cam paign. Has it become necessary for candidates to provide themselves with an armed guard in going among the people of the state? Governor Evans says he doesn’t need any man to protect him, and yet he virtually admits that Newbold is engaged in this very business. It is a disgrace to the state, no mutter who practices it, when an armed official is taken along at campaign meetings. Did Newbold attend the meetings when Governor Evans was absent last week? Or was his occupation gone when the Governor did not put in his appearance?—Greenville Mountain eer. STATE NEWS. Items of Interest Oathered From Our Exchanges. State Constable Samuel T. Howie was acquitted of the murder of John Nichols, col., in the court of sessions lust week in Greenville. The South Carolina delegation lias sent to Mr. Bryan a gravel of beauti ful workmanship made from the home of John C. Calhoun at Clemson college.—Camden Chronicle. Applause at the mere mention of a name is not a characteristic of York audiences; but every time one of the speakes in the courthouse last Satur day said “Wm. J. Bryan,” there were cheers.—Yorkville Enquirer. Major E. P. McKissick lias been made chief Marshal for the North Carolina State Fair, which is held at Raleigh. The genial -Major’s many friends in South Carolina know that a better sohetion for such a position could not have been made.—Hamp ton Guardian. Spartanburg needs a race track and should have one. It would do the' city u deal of good and would afford the citizens much innocent pleasure, i An effort will be made in this direction in ihe near future, and like all Spar tanburg enterprises will be a success, j —Spurt an burg Herald. Remember—only such medicines were admitted for exhibition at the World’s Fair as are accepted for use, by physicians, in the practice of medicino, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, and Ayer’s Pills be ing included in the list. They are standard medicines. Willie Locals. (Correspondence of The I.edgri » Willie, S. C., Julj 20.—The clos ing exercises of the tenth annual session of the Holly Springs school was held at Holly Springs the 17th inst., and notwithstanding the in clemency of the weather, there was a large crowd out to witness the exer cises. The program of the forenoon was an address by Prof. Simpson, of Reidvillo, which was very ably and eloquently delivered, after which the vast audience repaired to the grove, and partook of the most bounteous dinner, perhaps, that has ever been r*et at Holly Springs. One lady re marked, after all had eaten to their satisfaction, that it was like unto “the five loaves and fishes’’—they were taking up more than they had putdown. Of course, the place was badly infested with candidates, there fore, the afternoon was taken up in addresses by the following aspirants for offices, all of whom were requested to eliminate politics from their speeches, and confine themselves to subjects of purely educational im port: E. 11. Archer, C. P. Sanders, W. S. Thomason. J. VV. Nash, C. C. Turner, P. E. Chapman and R. T. Gantt which closed the exercises of the day. At night the audience re assembled to witness the performance ofc the Children’s program, which consisted in dialogues, recitations and music, and to say that they fully demonstrated to the audience the efficiency, care and painstaking of their tutor, Mrs. L. A. Garrett, in that they performed their parts to perfection, is only putting it very mild. The crowd was generally very orderly and well behaved, except at night, when two young men, Staggs and Gregory, who are very reckless, got into a difficulty which resulted in Staggs almost getting his throat cut; but, however, there was no very se rious damage done. The authorities, so we understand, propose to prose cute them to the fullest extent Of the law. Crops are looking very well in this , section, although the recent heavy | rain has done considerable damage : both to uplands and bottom lands, j Our water courses were higher than j the oldes-t residents of our section I : had ever known them to be before. From some cause or other, we don’t | know why it was, unless they thought 1 that they would get plenty of votes without ours, the candidates have ig- j nored our precinct in the appoint- i | ment of their campaign meetings, j Anyway we would like to know their motive for so doing. | I was very much in hopes that the j National Democratic Convention | would have adopted a platform upon : which they could have made a clean ! j cut light on the silver question, and have let the people decided the qm s- | tion at the polls this fall. I have , heard “the free coinage of silver at ! the ratio of Jti to 1” until it makes 1 me right sick to think about it. But my opinion of the platform, as 1 adopted at Chicago, is that it will have the effect of binding the silver republicans to the Republican party while it will alleviate the gold demo crats from the Democratic parly. Now. Hr Editor, allow meto throw- out a suggestion to my free coinage friends, in regard to the ratio of the two metals, which is this : The ad vocates of silver contend that it is the stamp of the government on money that gives it its real value. ; Now-, if that is so, which of course | there is no man with ordinary com mon sense who would think of be lieving it, why not reduce the silver dollar to an equal weight with tiie gold dollar, and thereby increase our money 1(5 fold. Say, why not,.Bro. Silverite? Jarhs. Sunday School School Convention The Sumb.y School Convention of Limestone Township will meet with the Macedonia church August 1st at : 10 o’clock a. m., with the following j program: Devotional exercises, 15 minutes, ; conducted by I’astor R. J. Tate. Organization and enrollment of delegates. 1. (Juery.—The spirit of missions, ils development in the School.—W. T Horton, H. S. Mullins. Question box. 2. <)uory.—The advantage of town ship Associations.—Revs. B. !'. Rob ertson, A. I). Davidson. Intermission 10 minutes for refresl - ments. ipany. Trough Shoals Trinkets. (Oorr*-si»ondencc of The La-User.) Tkodgh Shoai.s, July 20.—The I’aeolet Manufacturing Comi have received a large order tor burgs. :• kind of goods that they^ r-eerily commenced makirt No. it. A colony of yellow ]acketr taken lodging have* at Vo. 2. just under Coiinth Compliments. O'orregpoiiUenct of The Ledger) Corinth, July 27.—We attended the Children's Day exercise at Salem j church on the 2.‘l inst. and enjoyed it very much, i he children all acted their part well, and Squire Strain i acted his part as well as ever. Yor know he always gels t here. The fun niest thing of t he day was t he trial of . . i -it , Nobie for stealing u watermelon, and 11 'V n ‘ l) 1 ’"l >!,l! of f''" as he got off so light that time \vc , hast u-eo< a young lady of a joking know ihat he will be stealing them ! ,urM of n, l ind 1 9hoiil£ Uie ele ™ to r again. The singin" was not what it down to the basement and motioned might have been, although it done ! t0 ' Vi ‘ r ' 1 h,: * t, ' ne b ,ce ‘‘ !lI,d ll « feeling very well. We think that if Prof ,:om f ,1,raente<l r( -'»dily complied to Foster had been there with his Me*,- t ’' ive her the ll,11P - ' vhe " she leaning potamia choir the sin gin" would have 0Ver t0 8ee fhe sprang a rub- been much better ° , her snake on him. He jumped hack On Friday; July 2ith, the Corinth , rt,ul tl,e oase flew ” ,1(i W1, .V and the second nine boys met at Sam Kirby’s worl<s another while part of the old saw mill place and made up i fait hful chain alone remained. The four horse load and went over llu ' u ght f ul girl repaired the damage Goucher ( 'reek and after XNe i il ' ld now his countenance is as bright heard a good and long sermon and as ,lie noon day sun. the good, hospitable people of th L Two negroes tired several shots at community served us with plenty of °^ ier wec k on the flat, both that which was good to eat we retire 1 r ^ r eating. No damage was done, to the Ravenna baseball ground! matter was up before Ins honor where the Corinth second crossed bats with the Ravenna .... presided over by Maj. Hoy, is on a mro l andtho matter compromised, fir-t' I '.e Masonic Lodge here, No.'228, nine. On account of some wild play ing by the Corinnth boys the Ku- 1 vein.a boys waxed it onto them until | along towards the last when the Cor inth boys began to knock Mr. Brown out of the box. On account of dark ness our highly respected umpire, Lee Allen, was compelled to call the gome at eight innings which left the score at 11 to 8 in favor of Ravenna. We believe that if we could have played the nine innings that the Corinth boys would have come out victorious. I f you want to be treated like a white man you just go over to Raven na. Mrs. O. H II. Clary visited rela tives near Etta Jane last week. Mrs. Jane Clary and Miss Maud Kirby visited relatives near Sunny Side inst week. Cotton crops are fine through ml this section but corn is not so fine. K. J. Clary and family visited Tom Phillips and family lust week. ' <’. ( . hnom. At every meeting this year . degrees have been conferred on some one. On Saturday night degrees wore conferred as follows: One En- I teroi Apprentice, one Fellow Craft, two Master Masons. If any here desire to become Led- j oi-kites apply to “Homo” at lower | elevator. No. 2. with the necessary i funds and he will take pleasure in ! forwarding your order. Homo. f HE ■ Imv I BEST is tv hat the People buy the most of. That f 8 Why Hood’s Sarsaparilla has the largest sale OF ALL MEDICINES. Mrs. Rhodie Noal was taken mthetr ti, of this pin ght with crarnr : pains and the next day diarrhoea •« * . in. She took n half « bottle of black-- berry "ordia! but got no relief. Sh ■ then sent to me to see if I had anytj.ing that would help her. I sent her a buttle of Chamberlain';- Colir Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and the first dose relieved I. :• Another of our neighbors had h, sick for about a week and had tried different remedies for diarrhoea hut kept getting worse. I sent him this same remedy. Only four doses of ii were rt q-.iircd to cure him. He s:i\> he owt s h's recovery to this wonder- Your^* Photographs At the Iron Gallery. Reduced rates till the middle of Au gust. fu! remedy nev Mich*. Co. -Mrs. .Mary Sibley, "’or sale bv DuPre j d- FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. ^ dr r y. ■: 'if Say the main Uiin;F to order if yon want to do i- ' , lc< p ive and the same thing, too. The rcn.ed;. called ’.lie stomad keep well. , liver aad bowels in . Good physicians say J EVENING SESSION. Report of Sunday schools. :{. t)uery.—The relation of the pastor to the Sunday school. — Prof. W. F. McArthur, P. H. Byars. (Question box. 4. (Juery. Is the spiritual condi tion of the church keeping pace with the material growth and general progress of the country?—\Y. T. Thompson. Rev. C. M. Teal. Miscellaneous business. Adjournment. \Y. T. TnoMi’Sox, Ch’m. of Com. Last summer one of our grand children was sick with a severe bowel trouble. Our doctor’s remedies had failed, then we tried. Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave speedy relief. \Vo regard it us the best medicine ever pul on the market for bowel complaint — Mrs K. G. Gregory, Fredcrickstown, Mo. This certainly is the best medi cine ever put on the market for ilys- : <utary, summer complaint, colic and | cholera infantum in children. It i never fails to give prompt relief when I used in reasonable time and the plain | printed directions are followed. Many j mot tiers have expressed their sincere \ gratitude tor lliu cures it has effected. For sale by DuPre Drug Co. RIPANS TABILES while not mysterious or miraculous in its ciifativi- qualifies, is a simple formula prescribed “by the bes: piiysiiians f-ar di-oiiJcrs < f die digestive organs. Just little tat,lets, e.-v :o take, < a ay to I uv aid qua k to act. If yout trouble is Dyspepsia, biliousness. Dizziness, Ilradat he, < onstipation. ’ Heartburn, ami the like, no need i t i dliny a phxsiciun. Kipans Tabulej, contain exactly what he would tell y..n to lake. ONE TABULL GIVES RELIEF. PERMANENT CURE FOLLOWS A IMl. TRIaI. NO CNfLRTAlXTY aroct it, 4 The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company,^ 3r Offer for Sale Building Lois in this Flourishing Town, y C' I V Also Farms near by and in roach of the schools of Limestone Springs and of this place in lots of from !!() to J<Kt acres on liberal time rates. Also Agricultural Lands to rent for farm purposes. y>r f*:ll particulars nr;!.v ‘t MOSES WOOD, Agent. X. B.—All trespassing on lands of this Company cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting are forbidden under 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 Hair. Dyluamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Capa.