4 THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, R. C., MARCH 17. 1*98 ’The: Si.oo per Year. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY Ed. H. DbCamp. i'he Ledger is not responsible for %he 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur bish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 be ad- flressed to Ed. H. DeCamp. Manager. Obituaries will be published at five £ents a line. Cards of thanks w.ll be published rt one cent a word. Heading notices will be published il ten cents a line each insertion. IMPORTANT. \Vatch the date on your label and it you are in arrears call in and settle up, thus saving us the unpleasant duty of mailing you a notice inform ing you of that fact. ENTRIES FROM OUR DAY BOOK. Distrust the man whose patriot ism and philanthropy are of the noisy kind. When a man makes a great noise about his love for the people and his devotion to the coun try, ten to one he is only working some scheme of self-aggrandizement. True patriotism, as well as true courage, is usually quiet and undem onstrative. Of course the South will do her part in upholding the honor of the common country; but if the South has anything to gain for herself in a war with Spain, we cannot see it. It will take only an infinitesimal part of her cotton to make tents for the army and she has no hour, bacon nor b;;ef to sell. She buys these things and a war will send the prices up and the price of cotton down. It would be interesting and in structive to know, in case of war with Spain, how many of those who are now making ostentatious offer ings of their services will be found “near the flashing of the guns.” We venture the assertion not one in twenty. These individual demon strations of courage are, as the poet said of worldly friendship, “full of fair seeming but delusion all.” There are five candidates for Gov ernor and more to hear from. It appears to us that the more candi dates, the better will be Ellerbe’s chances for re-election. Ellerbe has given the State a pretty clean admin istration; he has possession, which is “nine points in law;” he has be hind him the force of an unformu lated sentiment in favor of two terms for the Governor; and in our opinion the man is yet to appear who has prestige sufficient to counterbalance "these advantages. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We have been Informed that the town of Gaffney will pledge itself by executing a valid bond, to take back the property now offered for the court house and jail, if at the expi- ration of eleven years it be not worth $15,000, and to pay the county $15,000 to be expended for these purposes. What will Mr. Hardin and his friends sty to such a proposition as that? Does it look like the town is trying to take advantage of the county? A town bond to run eleven years, will bring a premium in the market, while the bond in its present shape is not negotiable at all. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The town of Gaffney is exactly where the people put it and is just what the people have made it. That it grows and prospers is evidence that it is needed by the people of the county, and that it and the county are growing and prospering together. The town and county have a common interest and a common destiny. If one prospers so must the other; if one suffer so must the other. Any man, who for selfish purposes, would attempt to prejudice or inflame the county against the town, or the town against the county, is an enemy to both and is unworthy of honor and trust. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A nation is only a great big fam ily, and it has all the characteristica of a family. Now, members of the Sime family very often disagree and sometimes have a lively row among themselves, but woe to the outsider who attempts to take a hand. Inter nal differences, however great, are immediately forgotten and the family becomes a unit against the Intruder. The family of Uncle Sam has been giving some fine exhibitions of this trait in its dealings with Spain. One half of it was abusing President Mc Kinley but, when Minister DeLome took a band, be was told to pack hit t. and get out. Recently every branch of the family has come to gether in loving embrace and put $50,000,000 in the bands of the Pres ident to be used in thrashing Spain if occasion may demand. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ War is a dreadful alternative, under any circumstances. It is, in one re spect, like a law suit, the party that gains it is badly worsted, and the party that loses is ruined. A gov- ! eminent should exhaust every hon- ' orable means of settlement befora going to war. Spain has a popula tion of about 17.000,000. She has a navy equal to ours. Her people are proud-spirited and brave. Such a power is not to be despised nor goaded to desperation. She can inflict un told damage on the United States and, while the issue of the contest, from a human standpoint, is not to be doubted, yet after all the ques tions at issue will have to be settled by negotiation. War settles nothing except a question of strength, and so fur as regards Spain and the United States that question is tiready set tled. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A friend in a private letter writes us as follows: “Much inquiry is made of me about the likelihood of a ; war with Spain, and I’ll thank you to tell me what I shall tell the good people. Also, whether the United States is going to recognize Cuba. Don’t evade a straight answer and say you don’t know, for you know, you do—of course you do.” We reply to our friend, it is not for every one to know the times and the seasons, but tell the people to watch the United States, watch Spain, and keep an eye on Cuba, and remember after all, that much de pends on a fortuitous concatenation of collateral circumstances. But about the time the sap is fully risen and the whipporwills begin to sing, something is going to happen. If it is not war, what is it? If not, why not? Avaunt! ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Some of the Pomaria gang of rob bers have been brought to trial, and the Risers, father and sons, who have formerly stood well in their commu nity, have been convicted and sen tenced. Ihe father and one son were found guilty of burglary and larceny and sentenced to the peni tentiary for five years and one month ; the other son was convicted of con cealing stolen goods and sentenced to the chain gang for eighteen months. If a few defaulting bank presidents, cashiers, and such like, could be handled in such a style, it would con tribute greatly to the honest manage ment of other people’s money, and to the financial stability of the coun try ; and, if our courts could deal with all crimes within their jurisdiction in this prompt and'vigorous manner, we should soon have a state of things worthy to be culled civilization. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The United States is having pre pared for its great guns, projectiles that weigh 1,000 pounds, and cost $511. apiece. During the civil war the Yankees had guns that threw 500 pound shells a distance of five miles. This was the-utmost limit in weight and dis tance that could then be reached. Think of throwing $511 worth of metal at every discharge from one gun, and you’ll begin to realize some thing of the cost of war, then think of the effect of such a projectile and you may realize something of the destructiveness of war. If one of those missiles should fall in the heart of Spain, the people would think another world had struck them. A Lisbon earthquake would be a mild disturbance in the comparison. If it were to fall and explode on a deck of a vessel, there would hardly be splinters enough left to tell what the ship had been made of nor flesh and bones enough to tell whether it had been manned by human beings or monkeys. There is a period in every man’s life which is unsatisfactory to bis friends and during which he does many things that bring him regrets in after life. It is the period of transi tion from boyhood to manhood. He is then a kind of nondescript, no longer a boy and not yet a man. His thoughts and his demeanor par take of the character of his amphibi ous nature. The climax of his am bition seems to be to attract atten tion, never doubting but that atten tion, by whatever means obtained, is a tribute to his importance. As he is at a time of life when there is nothing behind him to give him pres tige and his intellect is not yet ma ture enough to command recognition, he is almost sure to invite attention to himself by saying and doing a number of foolish things, which are mortifying to his friends and, which In after years, will appear hateful to his own eyes. His usual expedients are fast riding, especially when in sight of the girls, a swaggering gait if he is walking, boisterous behavior on the outskirts of a crowd, and, more than all, by talking in church or In other assemblies where true po liteness requires respectful silence, or by leaving the house just at the most interesting point in the exer cises and disturbing the whole assem bly by his noise and swagger. Exactly what to do with or for this consequential amphibian is diffi cult to tell. He is, however, more to be pitied than blamed, and per haps it is best for those who have to endure him, to possess their souls in patience and wait for “tlie years that bring the philosophic mind.” Cowpens Park. The following is a bill to establish a national military park at the battle field of Cowpens which has been introduced in the House of Repre sentatives by the Hon. Stanyarne Wilson : Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted States of America in Congress as sembled, that for the purpose of pre serving and suitably marking for his torical and professional study of the fields of one of the most brilliant and important battles of the war of the revolution, upon the ceding of juris diction of the United States by South Carolina, and the report of the Attor ney-General of the United States that the title to the land thus ceded is perfect and has been secured under he provisions of the Act approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act to au thorize condemnation of land for sites of public buildings, and for other pur poses.” the lands and roads embraced in the area bounded as herein de scribed are hereby declared to be a national park to be known as the Cowpens National Park; that is to say, the area inclosed in the fellow- ing boundary, to wit: Beginning at a stake two hundred yards south of the Howards Gap road and running in a southeasterly direc tion to Little Buck Creek one hun dred yards below its source; thence crossing the Spartanburg road to the head of Maple Swamp (or Island Creek Numbered one); thence in an easterly direction to the head of Island Creek Numbered Two; thence nearly due east to a stake in Black Scruggs’ field; thence nearly due north, crossing the Howards Gap road east of the “Wolf pit” (where the British were buried), to a stake in Black Scruggs’s field; thence nearly west to the head of Suck Creek Num bered Three: thence west, crossing Suck Creek Numbered Two, one hun dred yards below its source; thence to the head of Suck Creek Numbered One; thence to a stake two hundred yards northeast of J. II. Ezell’s store; thence by straight line crossing the Howards Gap road back to the begin ning corner, the same embracing Cowpens battle ground, and contain ing one hundred and eighty acres, more or less. Sec. 2. That the said Cowpens na tional park shall be under the control of the Secretary of War. and it shall be his duty, immediately upon the passage of this Act, to notify the At torney-General of the purpose of the United States to acquire title to the roads and lands described in the pre ceding section, and upon receiving notice from the Attorney-General of the United States that perfect titles have been secured to the said lands and roads, shall at once proceed to establish and substantially mark the boundaries of said park. Sec. 8. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to purchase any of said land, also to enter into agree ments, upon such terms as he may prescribe, with such owners of the land as he may desire to remain upon it, to occupy and cultivate their pres ent holdings, upon condition that they will preserve the present roads and outlines of field and forest, and such tablets, monuments, and other artificial works as may from time to time be erectid. Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War shall, through a commissioner to be appointed by him, and who shall re ceive such compensation as said Sec retary shall deem proper, superintend the opening and repairing of such roads as may be necessary for the purposes of the park, and to ascertain and definitely mark by substantial tablets the lines of buttle and loca tions of all troops engaged in said battle of Cowpens. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of War, subject to the approval of the Presi dent of the United States, shall make ail regulations for the care of the park. Sec. (*. That if any person shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, injure, or remove any monument, column, statue, structure, fence, railing, or other work within said boundaries, upon being convicted thereof, such person kIihII be punished by a fine or imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Sec. 7. That for tho purpose of car rying out the provisions of this Act. including the condemnation and pur chase of the necessary land, the sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri ated. » ♦ • Win n' cun you Invent money more proflt- nhly I linn hy huyiiiK u bottle of I’nu ki.v Ash Bitters? You set four for one u kid ney medicine, u II ver tonic, Ktomurli Htrenirth- ener and bowel cleanser- four medicines for one dollar. Bold by Cherokee Drug Co. Animals and Water. Tame rabbits aro commonly kept witbout water, but they may bo seen licking the bars of their butch after a shower and drink eagerly when they have the chance. Mort other rodents, including rats, aro thirsty creatures. The only animala living in very dry places which seem able to do entirely without drink aro snakes and reptiles. In the cold desert of shifting sand in Kashgar there were no reptiles, and not even a fly. But the Afghan boundary commission found swarms of lizards and a new and venomous species of adder in astonishing mimbers in the awful des ert of hot, shifting sand at the corner where Persia, Baluchistan and Afghan istan meet. Wo must note one excep tion, tho giraffe, which Mr. Bryden be lieves exists for three-quarters of tho year in the north Kalahari without wa ter. But thi^canuot be proved until the desert has been explored and the total absence of water confirmed. Them is known to be water beneath tho surface, and if the giraffe does live waterless ho must imbibe his liquid nutriment at second bund in tho juices of tho leaves of the trees which have their roots in tho moisture. Seals do not apparently drink; neither do cormorants and penguins, but them can be little more evaporation from their bodies than from those of fish, and their food is wet and moist A more difficult question is that of the water supply of arctic animals in winter. Possibly they eat snow. There is abun dant evidence that, though many ani mals can exist without water for long periods, this abstinence is not voluntary and when unduly protracted causes suf fering and loss of health.—Philadelphia Ledger. A Remarkable Diver. A native living in Nawiliwili, dis trict of Lihue, on the island of Kauai, whom every one knows as Johnny, but whose family namoisKualokai, is a pe^ culiar character. Johnny is a remarkably good swim mer and, it is said, was at one time very much addicted to the habit of stealing ducks from various people. His method was very simple. He would hide in tho bulrushes along tho edges of tho duc]f ponds and would from time to time dive out where tho ducks happened to be, snatch one or two from the surface, push them into u bag and swim back again to the rushes, there to take breath for an other sally. In this way he succeeded in making quite a comfortable living. However, he has given up his crooked ways and now resides like a peaceably inclined citizen, relying cu work that is given to him frem time to time. When out on a hunting or fishing ex pedition, there is no better man on tho island of Kanai than this same Johnny. Barefooted, ho will climb all over the dangerous palis that fall away abruptly and end thousands of feet below in the sea. Tho festive goat itself is not more active, and when hunting for this kind of game bo is an invaluable man to chase the animals round to a point of vantage. As a diver there are few natives even who can beat him. In diving after lob sters he has the very uncomfortable habit of swimming a great distance into the caves that have no opening above the water. Beneath the rocks of these places ho will feel around, never failing to come to tho top bringing with him something to make glad the hearts of the housewives.—Hawaiian Gazette. Holly Orove Happenings. (Correapondonce of The Uedger.) Holly Grove. March 12.—The farmers are busily at work pripariug their lands. They are buying t H much guano as ever. I giiese they will raise some more five cents cotton. Miss Annie Moore of this section is very sick but wc hope she will soon be well. G. H. Martin has been right sick with a cold but ho is some better now. Mr. Frank Neal’s little daughter has been sick but I urn pleased to say she is much better now. W. T. Parker has moved to his farm. We had a spelling match at tl e school house last Friday evening. Georgia Sapoch and Tommie Gibbons were the choosers. Tommie’s side won. There was a singing in this com munity Sunday. School Boy. —- -• • V . Star Farm statements. (Correspondence of The Ledtfer.) Star Farm, March 14.—We have hud some nice weather lately. Mr. A. E. Susong has been in this section for some time with stock. He has about sold out. Mr. Susong is buying cattle. The farmers are getting ready for planting. I notice tho farmers aro using a great deal of fertilizer this year. Mr. Tate, the pastor of Elbetbel chnrch was not here last time, we do not know whether he was sick or not. The war question is the only ques tion to be talked now, but I don’t think there will be war. Elbetbel Sunday school is going on now. It has a large attendance. Our public school has been out about three weeks. It was very short. The Sunday school convention will be at Elbetbel church on the fourth Sunday of this month. Everybody is invited to attend. Hustler. Royal make* tho food pure, wholcuomc and delicioua. Y ^Aki# POWDER Absolutely Pu. o ROvAl OAKlMi AO*nr» Co.. KC* voa«. Repenting nt Leinure. “They say Loter’w melancholy is due lo an old affair of the heart. ” “Yes. He loved one of the most beau tiful women in the state.” “And she jilted him?” “No; married him.”—Detroit Free Press. TAKE ONLY the best when you ■ need a medicine. Hood’s Sarsapa rilla is the best blood purifier, nerve and stomach tonic. Get HOOD’S. .^SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 23 Condrnted 8rhf>o. 33 No. 37:\f. 0 '.V Tv.’ S'. Y..P. R. R. “ Philadelphia 3 U Paltimore 1 6 81 ai 6 56 ^ • *> Washington, if 15 a 10 40 I>b11y. iDall/. alIJ mr-s'TsrT— —. Lv. Richmond .. 12 00 m 12 00 nt Lv. Danville Ar. Chartotte Lv. Gastonia “ Klug'ii Mt ... ** Blacksburg M Gaffneys .. 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I offer tho following real estate for sale: 1 beautiful residence lot Cor. Limestone and Huford streets. 2 l>euutiful residence lots on Race street. 4 beautiful residence lots on Victoria Ave. 10 beautiful residence lots on Rutledge St. 2.-> beautiful residence lots on Fairvlew St. 4 tieautlful residence lots on Johnson St. is tieautiful residence lots on Buford St. 12 Is-autiful residence lots on Smith St. 3 beautiful residence lots on Continuation Frederick street. 2 beautiful residence lots on Logan street. 3 Is-autiful residence lots on Depot street. I beautiful residence lot on Limestone and Montgomery it recta. 3 lots on Mills Cap road. 27-10 acres each, Hue location. 1 cottage fronting Montgomery street. 1 cottage fronting Istgan street. I4n lots neat continuation of Limestone St In easy walk of the factory. 125 acres near Union road, 2 miles from Lime stone Institute. ;j0» acres, well wooded, on Union road, 4 , A miles from Gaffney. 18* acres near Broad River, by magnificent waterpower. . ,, . ,, „ 2 tracts, well watered, 2'A miles from Gaff ney, on road to Pacolet. 18 1-2 acres '4 mile from corporate limits. |o 2-3 acres mile from oorimrulo limits. 52 acres Just outside the corporate limits. 1 house and lot, convenient to business, on Depot street. 20 lots on Huford, Jeffeiles and Montgom ery streets. 122 acres, finely settled. Just beyond eor|>o- rate limits. 80 shares Gaffney Laud and Improvement Company. Your business In these linca la respectfully ' solicited. “A” a. m. “P" p. m. •til" h-iAn. “N” night Nos. 37 and 38—Dally. Washtnglon and South western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman ■looping cars between New York and New Or !»«*, n* Washington. Athmta aad Montgem- ery. ana also between New York and Mempbta ▼iaWashlagtoQ.Atla&taaudBirihinfham. First class thoroughfare eoaches between Washing ton and Atlanta. Dining cars serve ail meals an route. Noe. 86 and #9—United States Fast Mali runs solid between Washington and New Or leans, via Southern Rahway. A. A W. P. B. It, and L. A N. k. R., being composed of bog gage car r.ad cotchea, through witnoui change far passengers of all class**. Pullman drawing room sleeping oars be-weeu New York aad New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montg(w5e.T. Leaving Washington each Wednesday arfc- Sat urday, a tourist sleeping car will run threwgh between Washington and Baa Francuc* without chaago. Noe. 11, 97 and U—Pullman ulevdng cart be tween Richmond and Charlotte, 11* DanvJ.'j, southbound Nos. 11 and «7. nor*’».‘oand No D The Air Line Belle train, Nos. 17 dud U, be tween Atlanta aad Oorneiia, dally ex cept Sunday. F. B. OANWON. J. \L CULP, TV"d V-P. ft Gen. Mgr., Traffic M^r- WashinrVa. D. C. Washington, D. C. W- A- TURK. 8. H HARDVneZ. Grn’l Psem Ag*t , Ass’tGen'l Pm-> Ag*V. V ashing ton. D C. Atlanta, Ga. Ohio River and Charleston Bailwa* Co., CONJUNCTLY WITH THE South Carolina and Georgia Railroad. Schedule In effect October 18th, iw>7 SOUTH <’AR( > LINA A Nil GEO RO !_A. NORTH BOUND. SOUTH BOUND. Lv. 7 10 a. ra. Charleston. Ar. 8 00 p. m. Lv. 8 57 " Hranchvllle. Ar. 5 55 " Lv. 10 25 •• Kingsville. Ar. 4 44 “ onio m v F ER AND ( HAItLF.s TON. NORTH BOUND. SOUTH BOUND. Lv. 12 05 p. m. Camden. Ar. 3 00 min. Lv. 1 05 •* Kershaw. Ar. •» no •’ Lv. 1 45 “ Lancaster. Ar. T cn •• Lv. 2:< " Catawba J et. Ar. 1J 15 “ Lv. •• Rock Hill. Ar. 1*1 .55 a. to. Lv 3 30 “ York vllle. Ar ti 15 “ Lv. 4 50 " Llitckshurg. Ar. 10 10 •• Lv. 5 20 " Shelby. Ar. •j 20 •* Lv. 5 55 - Henrietta. Ar. 8 35 •• Lv. 6 12 " Forest < ity. Ar. 8 20 *• Lv. 0 27 “ Rut herfordton. Ar. | 05 •* Ar. 7 30 •' Marlon Lv. 7 00 *• (i. AEKNEY DIVISION. Lv, 6 80 p. n>. Blacksburg A r. 7 25 “ Ar. 7 fV> •• Gaffney. 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