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Ledger Readers Should Patronize Ledger Advertisers. II ie Ledger 0 To Reach Consumers in this Section Adver tise in The Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. VOL. III. NO. 2<». GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY, AVGUST 0, 18JHL *1.00 A YEAH. NOTHING EQUAL TO A BOY. PROVIDED YOU TAKE AWAY THE GIRL. "If a Boy Ever Amounts to Anything He Must Get Acquainted With Some Nice Girl,” Says Rev. B. F. Jacobs. (CorrcsiiomU'iicfe of The Ledger.) Etta Jaxk, Aii}?., 1.—Some one lias smSiI tliut it lias rained on, or in sight of every spot on the habitual globe on the first day of August for the last seventy-five years. Who will prove it? The time for sowing turnips is at hand and our people ought to make good use of it. The mechanics haven’t yet got the boat ready for launching which is to riHi from the D.trwin place to Lock hart Shoals. Mrs. Jane Bishop visited Mrs. J. L. Strain last Friday 31 inst. The road overseers arc putting the public roads in goal condition throughout this township. On last Saturday Robert Lipsy and Miss Morn were married at Etta Jane by W. L. Littlejohn. Esq., in the absence of .1. L. Strain, Magis trate. As all useful papers are public ed ucators I have drawn upon Tiik Lkii- ukk heavily for space to reproduce Rev. B. F. Jacobs’ address to the pages at the Boston Convention. I hope this address will be read and studied by all the little folks that {•pad this paper, and that they will pmdel thfh’ lives and eharacters after tjjqse great men and wotpen the ijepfot of whose sijcpess is so plainly up jilted out. We have just as good hoys qitd |{iFls U!H'»ngst us todiiy us liny of those who hitVe ‘tmjned sueh » W'orldrwide reputation. The chills and fever qre raging jn different portions of thjs section. The county campaign is progress ing with its usual results,few pleasantries with a slight mud-sling ing times. Several young ladies and young men, too, haveeomo to my assistance In tlie work of getting up historical data for the forthcoming history of the South Carolina troops during the late war. Home of these papers— even from juvenile writers—-will com part favorably with those of Bancroft, Mwlnton, Davidson op anyone else. And, besides, it is the very mutter we want—the personal experience of private soldiers In the ranks—both in and out of battle. An account of the bombardment of Hilton’s Head and Bay point by the federal fleet on the 7lh day of No vember, ISlil, as given by a young lady, (lie daughter of a soldier who was there at the time, is one of the most graphic pen pictures it was ever my pleasure to see. The same writer goes on and gives other details making honorable men tion of men well known to Hie readers of Tiik Lkduku, amongst whom I recall Lt. Moses Wood, (i. Wasli Me- Known, J. T. Moorehead, T. D.Goudo- lock, (Japt. J. R. Jefferies. J. R. Hughey. Jswell Stroup, Azuriuh and •‘Bali" Horn, 1’. S. Webber, Azariah Spears, Jas. Garner and a long list of otiiers, all of whom will appear in their proper place Wt the work when completed. As a literary work the manuscript of ten pages of legal cap is absolutely faultless. I only regret Matt tills work is progressing so slowly and that those wild ought to feel the greatest interest are so back ward in it. |^f one thing we may rest assured, generally, that the most conspicuous figures lor their gallantry and devo tion to duty were, (many of them), ||{p humblcsj, men in the ranks, fpany of whom p»day are fjghting t|{e $'olf of poverty froip thqjr doors. jn pjs address to the pages at the Boston Sunday School Convention Rev, B. F. Jacobs said; Boys I am appointed by Hie Sun day School people of the I'uited States to say to you that we are very glad to see you. There is nothing in this world equal to a boy unless it is a girl. (Laughter and applaufc) And tlicro is nothing comparable to a Christian boy unless it is a Christian girl. I wisli to ttll you that all these people that are here, and all the Sunday school people of America are here for you. We come for you and for the other boys and girls that like you form a part of this land. This whole country depends upon you, boys, and the boys that are with you, We will soon be gone, and you are going to take all the responsibility, and we have just two or three things to say to you. We expect the boys tliut are coming after us will do a great deal better than any of us have done. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves if you don’t know any thing better to do than we have ever done. You certainly must do better. ^There are a few things absolutely in- lispciiHible, if you are going to do 'the beat possible. There Is a man in this country by the name of General H6ward, a soldier with’one arm and no e^epty sleeve, one of the highest officers that the United States lias ever had. When lie was a hoy lie be came a Christian, and lie went to West Point to learn to be a soldier. When lie got there ho said lie found it was very bard work to be manly and be true to Jesus Christ, because of the temptations that come and the jibs and sneers of the hoys. He said: “I did these thing. I gripped my Bible, and I shut my teeth and I thought of my mother and went on. ” (Applause). And the boy that will do these things, that will grip his Bible, shut his teeth, ai d think of his mother and goon, will go up. and nobody can tell how high he will got. (Laughter and upp.ause.) I here was a soldier that fought against us in the lute war. Robert E. Lee. the great general of the Confederate army. It Is said of him that no boy or man ever heard him swear, or ever knew him to use an unclean word, over knew him to smoke a cigar or chow tobacco. In all the army there was not a man that ever met bl n. Confederate or Union soldier, that didn’t believe that Robert E. Lee was a true and splendid gentleman, as well as a great soldier. (Great ap plause.) I am going to have you think what character does for a man, and what it is to be a true man. Oh, it takes a good deal of what wo call grit to do that, and I want to have you think of it. Ladies and gentlemen, it is said of Robert K. Lee tliut the only word lie ever’uttered against us was “Our friends the enemy,” and that when he went out to view the Union lines, he said, “I want to see what those people over there are doing.” That was all. I have taken these two soldiers from these two great armies because they are both Americans and both speciinens of what a boy ought to try |je. ^qd I want to tell you of tynqtJ)er man that was ulsq a soldier, but j am pot speaking of him simply pep^qsp i{p was a sojdicr. He went pi}t l)efe in Ajassachusetts to a college qt q place called WilHamstqn that sqiqe qf yoq have heard of am] ho Was popr, and he went to the teacher and asKed iput if there was anything Hwt a hoy popld do in Williams ooL jpge to help liiiq get through, ‘‘Well, said he, ‘‘You might sweep thp floor.” ‘‘Where is the broom?'’ said he, Somebody said in a day or two ‘•(Jot a new janitor, I guess. We never looked like this before. Who swept this outy” Pretty soon he was told thst he might ring the hell If he wanted to. Home thought it was a new bell, and wanted to know who Wfts ringing it. They were told the boy’s neme. You can sometimes tell that a boy U the right kind of u boy by the way he rings the bell, you can toll bv ihu way he sweeps out t lie school house or the store, After a time this coun try wanted a man to till a very big place, and us I stood upon the stand in Chicago and heard the booming of cannons I was told that James A. Garfield had been nominated for t he presidency of the United Stales. He was the boy that swept the school house and rang the bell. (Applause). If a boy ever amounts to anything In this world he must get acquainted with some nice girl. (Laughter and applause). It is as true as you live. I tell you. a good deal of your life will depend upon what kind of u girl you get acquainted with and stay acquainted with, and you wan’t to know that there is something to a good girl besides a magnificent hat or a gorgeous belt. There was a woman in one of our schools, a young woman ; and she was going to gradu ate. It was this time of year when the young ladies were going to grad uate and one s name was Carrie. There was another girl in the class, whose father had failed in business, and she came to Currie anil said to h«r, “I cannot graduate with the rest of you.” Carrie said, ‘‘Why wbat’s the matter?” She said, “Pa pa has failed, and we have hud hard Vfork Jo get mo through this term,” and she Began to cry, and I tell you hoys, that good girls do cry sotne- timcjj. Carrie said, “NYhat’s the matter?” She said, “I cannot get a dress, You know they always wear gorgeous apparel when they gradu ate,” Carrie said, “Will you leave It me?” “Oh, yos.” Carrie said, “I’ll fix that.” She went to all the other girls and said, “Here is this pqor girl, she cannot get u nice dress. J want to ask you if you won’t all wear just the cheapest kind of a Nlfflpltf white dress, so that she can have one, too, and graduate.” They laid avide their beautiful dresses and ghe graduated herself, too. And ope 4ay they wanted to get a woman in the White House that everybody loved and nobody was afraid of, and they put Mrs. Carrie Hcott Harrison up there. (Applause}. We want some of.you boys to ho the President of the Massachusetts State Sunday School Convention, or If you will come out fo Illinois wo will make you president of the Illi nois State Convention. Wo want some of you to bo chairman of the Executive Coinmittee, like Mr. Harts horn, to whom some of us owe so much. We want some of you to be like our splendid president here—Mr. Capets. Wo want some of you to DOie the place of Mr. Reynolds and Dr. Randolph on the lesson commit tee. We expect you to do better than we all have done, and we want you to begin to get ready now to do all these things and wo hope that God will greatly bless you. I want to shake hands with every one of you. I want to tell you that when I shake hands with you there are thir teen million people shaking hands with you. (Applause.) Now then, if the ushers or the committee will see that these hoys’ names are all given to the secretary we will put them in to the report, of this convention and mail every boy a copy. j. i.. s. Trough Shoals Trinkets. (Correspondence of The Ledaer.) Troi oh Siioai.s. Aug.. 3.—Recently the dwellers on the outskirts of our town were treated to a foot race. Prince Wise, a man of color, had been heating his wife and step daugh ter and they had put their complaint in the proper channel. When officer John Petty went to arrest him Wise ran and the officer pursued, both being swift on foot. At first it looked as if it would be an even race, but the marshals succeeded in roping him when on the second quarter and had the satisfaction to deliver him into the keeping of the jailer of Spartan burg Company. Perrin Thompson, who has so long filled different positions in the office of the Paeolet Manufacturing Com pany, has given up his position and is going to attend the Eastman Busi ness College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. A Mr. Metze, of Spartanburg, will take his place at the office of the Company. Mr. Thompson was wel! and favorably known here as one who could turn off as much work as any one and at the same time be polite and affable to all he came in contact. Rev. W. J. Langston left yesterday tq assjst Bey. J. K. Covjngtot) jn a meeting at Landrum. Rev. Lhnga- tqn hits nqt been 'V‘th us long hi|t l|0 i.i finite a favorite will) all Christian people: .lodge Thompson amlH. T- Handera, of Spartanburg, lectured here last Saturday night on the merits of the junior orderof the “United American Meohaniea.” Not lung since a club was organised here and bids fair to be the coming order, One <lay last week Barney Bridges in company with aomo companions saw a large snake of the copperhead tribe escape in her den. They pro- cured picks and dug her out and when struck forty.nine young cop perheads about a foot long ran out of her mouth. AH were dispatched, making even fifty snakes, and It was a bad day for snakes at that. Tillman Devinny, the man milliner who lias been hero so long and lias so ’many friends among us, has left us. He is now on a visit to his mot tier In York County. I understand that lie will shortly sot up business for him self at some larger place. Prof. Johnson, of Washington, I). C., a noted instrumental music ! teacher, who lias taught hero before, is with us now wc undcretand for the purpose of teaching a class on the organ. We wish him much success. Rev. Felmet, pastor of Brown’s Chapel, (Baptist), held protracted services last week. His labors have been blessed by several accessions. The mills at this place are grinding up cotton now pretty fast. 225 bales last week and no person overworked either. Homo. -* Maud Matters. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Mai d, Aug. 27.—Our pastor, Rev. A. Bonner, will begin a protracted meeting at Cherokee church next Thursday. He is also conducting a revival meeting at (’amp’s Creek church this week which will close next Wednesday. Mr. Bank Scruggs and Miss Frona McCraw was married Sunday. It was a runaway match. They werp pursued by her brother and others, but their race was in vaip. The yoqt.g couple having tlje advantage \yon the race. U\ It. Horton is at wi rk on the public roads iq this settlement. The Furnace mills is doing slow work on account of water, R. E. Linder wont to the county sent Monday on business. A. C. Painter has in his possession a large rattlesnake which lie brought from the mountains. Hu is a tine rattler and plays well ids part. A. F. Ellis paid us a pleasant visit Friday. He reports good crops in Cleveland county. J. 1). Ruppe and family paid us a pleasant visit Monday. Willie Horton went to Spartanburg last week on business. (Juite a large crowd met Saturday at the Buck Pond, near W. P. Self, to witness a mutch game of hall be tween the Buck Pond boys nod the Byursville boys. It was a lively game of two picked nines. The score stood 22 to 11 in favor of Buck Pond. W. 8. Jolly is hauling lumber and improving his outbuildings. — • * —- “Mamma, was that u sugar plum you just gavo mo?” asked little Ma bel. “No, dear, it was one of Dr. ■ Ayer’s Pills.” “Please, may j have another?” “Not now, dear; one of those nice pills is all you need at present, beeaueo eyery dose Is effect ive.” ' ' EXTRA SESSION RUMORED. CLEVELAND ANXIOUS TO SEE BRYAN DEFEATED. Middle-West to Determine Whether McKinley and the Gold Stadard Shall Prevail or Bryan and Free Silver. (Correspondence of The Lcdper.) Washington*, I). C., July 31.—One of the most interesting rumors of the week was that saying President Cleve land hud fully made up his mind about Cuba and intended to call an extra session of congress in Septem ber to act upon his recommendations on that subject. This rumor was ex tensively discussed by the politicians of all parties and quite a number of them expressed the opinion that there was probably something in it. While op : nion differs as to what would be the effect of culling an extra session of congress just ns the Presidential campaign gets into full swing, to act on the Cuban question, it is practi cally unanimous us to the object that would he behind such an act on the part of the President—to detract pub lic attention from the silver question by a war scare, or even an actual war. Although about one-half of his cabi net are inclined to support Bryan, it is known that President Cleveland is anxious to see him defeated, and that the only reason Ids opposition has nnt yet been publicly shown is that he has not decided in what way he can act Ui be sure of doing him Hie niobt harm. It is benause they know of this fueling on Hie part of Mr. Cleveland tliut (lie politicians have given serious attention to lids Cuban extra session rumor. Whether an extra session of congress woo'd au thorize the absolute recognition of Die independence of Cuba, and whether, if it did, that recognition would result in Spain declaring war against the United States, and, in case >of war, which political party would bo most heiudilted, are all questions upon which much can he said, and about which nobody could be certain. The Republicans are very positive in their belief that a war scare or a war would help them the most. The difficulty of getting at how any particular class of men are going to vote this year is strikingly illustrated by Interviews with General Secretary John W. Hayes, of the Knights of La bor, and President Geo. W. Meyer, of tlie Journeyman Stonecutter’s Asso ciation of North America. Mr. Hayes suyes that organized labor will vote for Bryan and free coinage of silver, and Mr. Meyer that the work ingmen, even those who favor free coinage, will vote for McKinley and protection. Both of these gentleman occupy positions which should enable them to keep posted on the trend of sentiment in tlie ranks of organized labor, yet they express opinions di rectly antagonistic. If negotiations now under way are successful, a series of the most inter esting joint debates on the money question ever held in this country will he a feature in this campaign, hut the success of the negotiations are not regarded us probable by many people in Washington. The names mentioned by the negotiators are Bryan, Senators Vest, Teller, Allan and Morgan, and ex-Oongressman Warner, of Ohio, and WilRaiqs, (\{ III., and Goy. !Ro.. 'oq thp part of ti(o silver men, aqd McKih* ley, ex-President Harrison, Speaker Reed, Senators Rhermaq, Allison and Bodge qq the part of tho gold stand ard uten. The requests for official informa tion on the silver question received by the Treasury department have grown so numerous that It was im possible for the clerical force to an swer them with individual letters, so a clrculsr has been prepared, which Treasury officials say answers as many of the questions asked as it is possi ble to answer, and will be sent in re ply to all inquirers. The writers of most of these inquiries do not seem to bo inspired by partisan motives, but by an honest desire to get at the truth about our present financial sys tem. Outwardly the Republicans main tain tlieir confidence of winning, but among themselves they admit that it will require the hardest sort of work to do it. They now reaPze that while they had been making fun of the two silver committees, in addition to the populist committee, which have been engaged for more than a year past in sending out free silver literature, those committees have been project ing the organization of silver men, especially in the middle-wost, where the victory is this year to be won or lost, until today the silver ipen in that section liaye a tyettyr organ lo tion than any qf the political parties have ever hqd. (\lthoqgh there are lots of other sort of talk those best Informed, In all the parties, believe that McKinley will carry tRe entire east, and that Rrvan wjll curry the south and the extreme west, leaving the middle-west to determine whether McKinley and the gold standard shall prevail or Bryan an the free coinage of silver come out on top. Carefully going over alf sorts of available infor mal ion it becomes apparent that if the voting wits to he done now instead of three months hence the result would be in doubt, with the chances slightly in favor of silver. Three months is a long time, and great changes in sent iment may take place before election day. — - —— Algood Items. (Corros|<on<l« ncr of The Ledger.) Au;(K)i>, S. 0., Aug. 3.—A. M. Dan iel has been on the sick list for sev eral days. It is feared that his sick ness will terminate into fever. Many of our citizens are going to attend the campaign meeting attlaff- ney this week. The Interdenominational Township Sunday School Convention convened with the Macedonia church last Sat urday, and owing to it not being ad vertised in time it was almost a fail ure. Some of our horse traders attended the live stock exchange at Spartan- ourg yesterday. Commissioner Clary 1ms about got our public roads worked out. Robt. B. Powell, our hustling county merchant, went up to North Carolina last week on business. J. L. Clary went to the county seat one day last week on business. J. A. Harris spent last week at the county seat attending court. Oeum Stacy, of Maud, is teaching the public school ot Macedonia. Good rains and line crops makes farmers feel good. We have received the rain and we have the crops you bet. Corn is good and cotton is par ticular fine—v.hich will make corn cheaper than ever next fall and cot ton l(i pounds to the dollar. John S. Byars, of Cowpens, lias been sick and staying here with ins parents for a few days. He is im proving. William J. Cox and wife, of Spar tanburg, visited here Inst Sunday. Miss Alice Smith, of Paeolet, vis ited A. W. Smith and family re cently. A. W. Smith and family and Misses Laura and Lizzie Tindall visited W. T. Horton’s Sunday. Prof. W. F. McArthur and W. T. Thompson were at Macedonia Satur day. By the way, old Corncracker was at a corn shucking last Saturday evening, and the corn was raised this year. Hurrah for Flaw Picker and Curly Bill! CoKKCKACKKK. White Plains News. (Correspondence of The Lodger.) White Plains, Aug., 2.—We have just closed a most glorious meeting at lids place which has been the most successful meeting ever held here. Rev. P. Q. Hopper, of Gaff ney, conducted the servicees. Bro. Hopper completely captivated our people. The spirit c«f Christ was with us from the very first meeting, and the meeting continued to grow in interest to the end. Sinners were convicted of sin and about twenty- five wore converted and about ten backsliders reclaimed. About fifty people came forward for prayer the last day of the meeting. Our crops are as good as heart could wish and if they tire not dum- aged in some way wo will fill our barns and cotton houses full to over flowing. The health of oqr people Is very good at present. There is but little bickneas in our neighborhood., tv. —■ - — —— Cepterview Chronicles. (CoriVspondt nee ot The Ledger.) Ckntkkvikw, Aug . 3.—Miss Emma Peeler, of your city, is teaching school at this place. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jolly and chil dren. of Dellinger, N. C., is visiting friends and relatives hero this week. The meeting at Grassy Pond closed last Saturday with twenty-nine con- vertions. Miss Belle Jolly, of Grassy Pond, visited the Misses Blanton lust week. J. C. Blanton and his daughter, Miss Minnie, visited friends in Ruth erford county last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pennington and children are visiting friends in Union county this week. Mrs. John W. Bridges, of your city, is visiting her mother, Mrs. R. M. Jolly, of Grassy Pond, this week. Master Ben Blanton has recovered from the effects of a broken leg. Clyde Hopper is very ill. The Seventh Simtkji. -• ■+++ •— Best Family Medicine. Mr. C. N. Jones, Girard, Ala., says, May Hi, 1895: “I was sufferin^from Catarrh in the head and waft cured by King’s Royal Germeteur. We keep it all the time, and heliovo that it is the best family medicine there is on the market today.” Gennotuer suits all ages in the homo. It is so pleasant to take that ail Rke it. U cures when all else falls. New package, large bottles, l(JK doses, 81. for sale by the Dupre Drug Co. TO AMATUER CHRISTIANS. LOTS OF REVIVAL MEETINGS IN THE COALIN’ GROUND. ►Flaw Picker Gives a Lot of Advice to Young Christians Which, He Says, He Derives from His Experience. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Dit.tytonville, August 4.—A mer chant may go out of bisness, yit he is competent to givo you some good pints along that line. If he got busted, he is able to warn you from the dangers that busted him. A me chanic may throw down his hammer an’ give up the bisness, yit ho can stand over the amateur and give him some lessons that mouglit be ob served as useful. A sinner may givo up his job as a bad one, an’ yit bo capable of tollin’ to the world the horrors, misery an’ fears it brings on. A Christian may retire from the hap py life lie is a livin’ and yit be capa ble of givin’ the amoteur Christian some mighty good pints, in my esti mation, an’ right along this pint is where I want to dwell. There have been a lots of revivals in this here coalin’ ground precinct tliis season an’inany have bin con verted an’ is red-iiot, ns it were, but most ginr.erally thev git cooled off through the winter an’ a pipe freezes an’ busts, cr somethin’ like that gits wrong an’ the preacher has to come along an’ patch ’em up again next re vival season in order to keep most of ’em in motion. 1 believe they start out with an earnest heart an good in tentions, an furthermore, 1 believe they have bin, most of ’em, truly converted, but you know some people can't, or won’t, hold to a resolution as long us you cun hold to a rod-hot stove pipe, so to speak. Flaw has bin in the Christian bif- ness in his day an time, an has ex perienced a downfall or bust to his sorrow, an fer the benefit of-tiie am- atuer here’s a few “don’ts:” Don’t start out with too big a loud to start on er you muby moughb git tired of it, as you huf to tout it a long ways some times. Don’t think that So an So does somethin’ that you wouldn’t do, er they maby might return the compli ment some day. Don’t esteem too many things to bo unclean, fer “lie that esteemelh a tiling to be unclean, to him it is un clean.” You’ll have a mighty big load to manage ef you do, an ynu maby can’t manage it all yit a while. Don’t try to be too good at the start er you can't substantiate it. but ‘grow in grace” us it were. The plant that rushes up in a night or two ginnerully withers in about the same length of time. Don’t he too cureless about guard in’ aginst lying. I’ve bin all along the line an I know hit's dangerous in regards to besetments. Don’t fergit tliut an<;cls can only do the best they can. You can’t do more. Don’t fergit that Flaw Bicker bids you God speed but tf you ever turn back er aot the hypocrit an I find it out “your lii«r slate shall be worse than the first.” Curly Bill, you ain’t worth a dose of butter, an’ and I ain’t goin’ to give it to you. I had u mess for you but 1 changed my mind. 1 had a regular serment fixed up an’ was goin’ on to say fer my text that us Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, jist so would ole Flaw lifts up Curly Bill, then I was goin' to hung you up an' show to the world wliut kind of a rep robate you was, how vile an’ false you was an’then pint down to the bottom of that stuff where you wound up by suyin’ “Yours in Christ,” but I come to the conclusion that every sane reader could see how false you was by reading the letter an’ then comparin’ that lust line, “Yours in Christ,” with it. You ain’t worth a mess of butter, an’ my time is too precious to waste it on you, fer it puts me in the mind of ole Trust a barkio’ at Fido or Tip. Flaw Picker. No Fixed Formula. There is no fixed formula for pre paring a successful advertisement, and no certainty about advertising, except that it Is expensive. The principal requirements for the prep aration of advertising are a fair knowledge of the English language and intimate acquaintance with the thing advertised, good judgement In the selection of mediums, and a deep Insight into human nature. Of these four requisites, the first three are easily learned ; the lust is seldom ac quired. After skill and judgement have been exercised to the utmost, one may contemplate the finished work with satisfaction,and say. “this advertisinent ought to pay”—bat that is all. No one can suy with absolute certainty, “This advertis- ment will pay.’—Art in Advertis ing. V i ijLf.liiH I ii L _ t --