The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 26, 1898, Image 4

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faJt m ■3 w : ^- r -i ; THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., MAY g6, 1898. P)v*.‘ 'HT: -ig _ t *, ■, , 1 ,f . , *■■ 'V ' Turc x^l:i>giciic. $1.00 per Year. rUBLISHEl) KVKKY TIITTHSBAY BY En. H. DeCamp. i'hk I.kikskk is not responsible for ^be views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur bish their natt.e, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to pet them to the office by Tuesday. \11 correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at live merits a line. Cards of thanks will be published rt one cent a word. Heading notices will be published if ten cents a line each insertion. IMPORTANT. Watch 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 of you that fact. ENTRIES FROM OUR DAY BOOK. The greater part of the month of May has been excessively dry. But let the plows and hoes keep going. A dry May for a good crop every time. Kill the grass, st ir the ground, and you’ll be all right when the ruins come in June and July. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ “Nothing dies but something mournsyet when such a man as Gladstone dies the whole world mourns, us well it may mourn, for such a man does not die often be cause such a man does not live once in a thousand years. His life filled the world with its salutary and ele vating influences and the world will mourn for him as friend mourns for friend He gave dignity to the hu man race; bis triumphs were those of peace and good will; and his life work, in simple grandeur and far reaching power, approached that of him who “spake us never man spake." Senator Txli.man recommended that the president appoint Gen. M. C. Butler a major general, and some of the newspapers think that in so doing he did a very generous and graceful thing. It seems to us a very cheap gener osity of doubtful grace to recom mend an enemy to favors known to be entirely out of reach and to honors which could not add to those already plucked on the field of fame. Gen. Butler’s wounds and age would he hindrances to active service in the field, and it does not increase our ad miration for Senator Tillman for him now to make such mock show of generosity. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The State Democratic Convention refused to submit the question of prohibition to the people in ihe pri mary. This looks like the dispensary octopus still has an affectionate pull on many of our amiable political bosses. The o. p. stores have been driven from the field and the contest has narrowed down to a fight between the dispensary and prohibition, pure and simple. Free tx- press! m cannot bs gagged by this action of the convention. Let the people demand of the candidates who offer for the legislature that they declare their position on this li quor question in terms so clear and definite that there can be no mistake and no room left for shuffling and crawfishing. If the people want proflibition they can have it in spite of Democratic Conventions, by diet ing u prohibitory legislature. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Southern Confederacy, “thought dead yet speaketh." With out u tingle ship in its poseesien at ' the beginning of its existence, it rev olutionized naval warfare. It con structed the first floating battery, invented and built the first iron-clad ram,introduced torpedoes and torpedo boats, and never before since the be ginning of time did sny nation with out the semblance of a war ship strike its enemy such blows on the high seas. On land, too, it taught the world bow to hold and operate large armiea in the field and to conduct every department of civil govern ment without money ; how to supply itaelf witli arms and munitions of war from the enemy; how to operate cav alry and many other things before unknown in the history of war. The world today is unconsciously honor ing the memory of the dead Confed eracy in adopting its methods and emulating its daring genius. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The crop of candidates in Cherokee county, if all signs do not fail as they do in dry weather, promi**-* to he bountiful and luxuriant. We are pleated with the outlook. It is a sign of health, and not of disease, in tb« body politic, wher. the honors and emoluments of o ffee are suffi cient to induce good men to become candidates. This paper will neither espouse the cause nor depreciate the merits of any candidate in the field. Yet, for tlio honor of Cherokee county and of mankind at large, we sincerely hope that candidates ami voters will come together on the | high plane of intelligence, reason and i manhood—that there will be nothing but a spirit of generous rivalry among ; the candidates and nothing but a spirit of fairness, good humor and good will among the voters. The candidate who would seek j popularity at the expense o! justice to a competitor, or who would ride : into office on a wave of prejudice and unreasoning passion, deserves to be slaughtered without the benefit of | the clergy, and every voter who repu diates him will perform a high, sa cred, patriotic duty. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ There are some people in and around Gaffney who need to be taught the rudiments of common politeness. They pass along the streets at night after most people have gone to bed. and in the exuberance of their spir its they make the air resonant with songs of mirth, bursts of laughter, shrill whistles, and other exhibitions of vocal and artistic wind power, all indicating an overflow of life and an imal spirits, which, at the proper time and place, would not be partic ularly objectionable, but which to a tired or sick person endeavoring to sleep, can be neither agreeable nor refreshing. We haven't any idea that many of these festive night- walkers have ever thought that their vocal performances could have any other than the most pleasing and soothing effect on the ears and nerves of all listeners, or that thry could be convinced by any authority of less force and dignity than that of a po liceman, that they and their per formances together are an unmiti gated nuisance to many of our quiet and undemonstrative citizens. We hope that our town council at the next meeting will pay its respects to these hilarious performers and either require them to pay license for their impromptu entertainments, or compel them to limit the perform ances, to some hour between (1 o’clock in the mornkg and 10 o’clock in the evening. An ordinance operating in this di rection would contribute greatly to the health and comfort of a large number of our people—especially of those living in the suburbs. WAR NOTES. The daily papers were busy Mon day in rubbing out the work of Sun day, caused by the reports of the “re liable passenger." They had to be gin on Tuesday morning about where they stopped Saturday night. gon, concerning which so much anx iety was felt, has arrived safely from the Pacific and joined Sampson’s licet, after a journey of Iff,000 miles. She arrived in perfect lighting trim after her long run. and is ready for business. Some idea of the kind of business she is capable of transacting may be had from the fact that she is ffSl feet long, and carries forty-six guns, four of which are 13-inch, and a crew of 121 men. he cost )jtff.800,000 and steams fif- tee i knots an hour. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It is said that this war is purely a war for humanity’s sake—to resent and punish Spain’s cruelty to the people of ('Uba. Then why in the name of uii that is humane are not stronger and more concentrated ef forts made to relieve the sufferings of Cuba? From all accounts those sufferings have been thu^ far greatly augmented instead of relieved, by the war. The Cuban ports are blockaded and the Spaniards could not, if they would, relieve the sufferings of the starving Cubans. What good will the interference of the United States do after the Cubans shall have starved? ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It is a matter of figures that about seven-eights of the volunteers from this state went from the towns, and the Carolina Spartan rises to ask if there are not some town rings that are ruling the country boys out. By the way, what has become of those formidable town rings, against which our lovable politicians hurled the thunderbolts cf their wrath and indignation a few years ago? Were they so completely annihilated by the aforesaid thunderbolts that not a vestige, not even a lock of hair or a brass button is left to tell the talc of their arrogance and heartless op pression? ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It is the name of war, rather than the thing, that is sending up the prices of provisions at this time. One hundred and twenty-five thous and men constitute a very small pro portion of the population of the Uni ted States, and it is difficult to see how they will consume much more in the army than they would at home. Then when the fact is considered that live-sixths of that army came from the towns and cities that are not producing anything to eat. it is difficult to se s any solid reason for a rise in prices, Nevertheless, the rise is here and will not down at the bidding of philosophy, and we must pay .f7.00 a barrel for our flour and r.sk no questions. occurred on Sunday. In our civil war, Manassas. Chancellorsville Gettysburg and many others of the great battles were fought on Sunday. In time of war nothing is held sacred. All institutions, traditions and creeds that exercise a wholesome and elevating influence over man’s moral and r> Iigious nature, swing from their moorings and Iea\o him to drift before the fierce storm of passion. When the Roman Titus attacked Jerusalem on the Jewish Sabbath, the Jews suffered themselves butch ered by thousands rather than resist in violation of their moral law. We call that fanaticism, and so it was. But we see no reason why the armies of Christian nations should be ab solved from all allegiance to those institutions designed to promote the moral and spiritual well being of mankind. PRESS OPINION. So little John Gary Evans has got a job in the army, too. It is to be hoped he’ll muae u better soldier than he did a governor.—Sumter Herald. There can be no greater show of patriotism than when we see a whole community, as well as individvais, voting a tax to kill ignorance.—Salu da Sentinel. * * * Men in all ages have done obei sance to royalty but when Gladstone died all the royalty of Europe united to do honor to a man. For once all shadows paled before substantial reality.—Columbia state. * * * Verily the officers are plentiful but the privates are few—comparatively speaking. The unequal allotment of the monthly stipend doubtless has something to do with the backward ness in private volunteering.—Edge- field Weekly Monitor. • « * Jingo Congressmen bad a good den! to do with forcing the war, but it is to be noted that the biggest and loudest of them do not cut much of a ligure in it, now that it is in prog ress. And no keener punishment could be inflicted on them, except sending them to the front.—News and Courier. Our Spanish foes can give us pointers on one thing that may be counted u virtue in times like these, and that is hov. to hold our tongues. We have noised to the world eve^y plan and movement of our govern ment, while the Dons have preserved a rigid and bewildering silence in re- Bamberg Herald. * « This is Gsod Advice. I Union Times.] It is not too late to plant corn. Make plenty of forage for your stuck and something to eat for yourselves, and a little to sell. If this war con tinues long everything for feed, either for stock or man will rem flu at a high price. I’li • man who de pends upon farming on a lien an other year, and buying hi., supplies and feed at war prices hud hniter quit his farm, insure his life at.d go to the war. Five '-ent cotton don’t suit rations at war prices. Rcni'on- ber this at ev< ry meal you sit down to. Let your song lie in the morning more corn, more peas, more forage” etc. This is a winning card. All you have to do is to put jour money on it. it will turn good dividends. If you continue to plant live cents cot ton and buy rations at present prices you are bound for the poor house, and you will land there unless some of your friends taae pity on you. ! We don’t charge you anything for this advice, if you don’t like it don’t take it, but “plow on" and plant cotton, and time will prove to you whose judgment was the best. Re member there will be a greater de mand for everything to eat than any thing else. Appreciated Praise. [Vorkville Yeoman.] Mr. Ed. H. DeCamp. the gerdal editor and publisher of the Gaffney Ledger was in the city Tuesday to he present at the opening meet of the Vorkville Wheelmen’s Association, ft their newly completed race track. Mr. DeCamp is on« of the most loyal citizens of Gaffney, ami he and his paper have contributed in no small measure to the growth and prosperity of his town. —■ -«•«- A Correct View. [Columbia Register.] The business of the country goes right along. There is no sense in be coming unduly excited over the situ ation or waiting for the war clouds to pass by before engaging in any contemplated enterprise. Our re sources are too great for the war to materially injure the business uffaiis of the country. l T Royal make* the UhmJ pure, wholesome and delicious. W4) M g!*ci POWDER Absolutely Pure KOVAL DAK!NO EQOSra to., t.T« YORK. gat’d to their own. The steamer Charleston is now well on her way to Manila with sup plies for Dewey. Transports are as sembling at San Francisco and there are 10,00b troops there eager to start on the long voyage to the Philippines. It will not be many days before an army will he on its way to help Dewey hold his luscious prize. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The tendency of all modern w’ars is to he short. With the exception of our civil war, it 1ms been a long time since any war between two promi nent nations bus lasted longer than two years. The implements of de struction have been so multiplied and perfected, that a war now is too intense and destructive of men and money lo last long. As soon as 8psin can vindicate her “honor," ■he will throw up the sponge. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Torekdokk and torpedo boats are scary thinga, but if they have often hurt anybody but their own crews, it is not on the record. They remind us of ao old shot gun with which we took our first lesson in gunnery. Af ter every discharge we invariably found ourself lying flat of our back with a bruised jaw, gazing at the ■tars dancing merily in the hazy air, while along the line of discharge in front of the gun, all was calm and serene. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ At this writing it is generally thought that a great naval battle in West India waters is imminent and, possibly before The Ledger reaches its readers, such a battle will have been fought. But we are slow to he- iievs that the Spaniards will engage in battle with Sampson's squadron ss long as they can avoid it, and it aeems to a land “lubber" that, with faster ships ihun ours end three- fourths of the surface of the earth to run on, they might be able to put off the interesting little affair for some time. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The United States battleship, Ors- After a silence of thirty-four year-, the “reliable passenger" has opened his mouth and spoken again, j This time he came from the coast of Haiti where he witnessed (at a ^afe distance, of course,) an awful battle between Sampson’s and the Spanish squadron, in which battle twelve I Spanish war ships went to the hot- j tom and two of Sampson’s were disa bled. to what extent he did not stay t<* see. He had the civilized world in a flutter all day Sunday when peo ple ought to have been in a calm and pious state of mind, and it was not until Sunday night that the govern ment at Washington gave him a black eye and called him down from the dizzy heights of his glory. Moral: Keep an eye on the “reli able passenger.’’ lie’s an old coon. ♦ ♦ It is doubtful if the United States will get much efficient help from the insurgent army in Cuba. If tl»at army has said or done anything up to this time expressive of apprecia tion or gratitude, or indicative of enthusiastic cooperation with the United States forces, we have not heard of it. On the other hand we have heard a good deal indicating that the Cuban officers are jealous of interference and suspicious of friendly aid. Gomez, it is said, is sour and gli omy over the prospects of having his fame and that of his army ob scured by his more skillful and powerful allies. We do not know that these things are so. but we have almost come to suspect that the Cu ban army is not worth fighting for— that it is composed largely of bauds of vagabonds and marauders, who are in their native element and don’t want any better limes than they are having, and who wouldn’t know what to do with a fixed and stable civil government if they had one. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The battle of Manila was fought on Sunday, and It is a somewhat singular fact that many of the most remarkable battles of modern times have been fought on that day which Is regarded by sll Christian nations sa sacred. In France,’ if w* mistake not. Waterloo and Sedan, two of the most decislrs battles of history, both Mr. Gladstone, England's great statesman, is dead. He passed away at :> o’clock Wedodesduy morn ing. The world mourns the death of the grand old man. He was the friend of the oppressed, the poor and friendless, and they will lament the day of Ids deatn us they have blessed the day of Ids birth.—Rock Hill Her ald. The campaign for Governor will be on the issue of prohibition vs. dispen sary. Gov. Ellerbe and Senator Watson will hold up the dispensary corner, while Mr. Brunson will fight it out on prohibition lines. Senator Archer will pay his respects mostly to the educational institutions and will get a considerable sprinkling of votes. It is of course too early to make predictions. — Spartanburg Herald. I’riva'e W. II. Barker, of the Green ville Guards, died in the Columbia hospital la.-t Monday morning, of pneumonia, contracted after his company went into camp at Colum bia. Private Parker is the first of the South Carolina troops to die in the service of his country and his family are more entitled to a pension than many who are receiving pensions on account of service in the late war.— Darlington News. • * * A great deal has been said and written in recent years concerning the class of people who work in the Southern cotton mills. A popula tion that furnishes volunteer soldiers is very likely to rank high and exam ination of the muster rolls of the companies in Columbia wilt disclose that no element of our people has contributed more largely to the Sia’e’s quota of soldiers than the cotton mill men.—Greenville News. Catarrh Cannot bs Cured wllh IXM.'AL APPLICATIONS, ostheycan- •MH reach the sent ol the disesMe. (.mlurch Ik a hhrxl or const It ut ioiiul dlkoas*-. and m onlcr to cure It you musi take internal rein- cdtok. Hall k Catarrh Cure l» taken Inter nal ly. and uets directly on the diuuoun sur faces. Hull n ( uturrh Cure Ik nol a nuack uiedlcluu. It wax prescribed hy one of the bckl pnysiclans lu thin country for yeaik. and U a regular prescription. It UconittoM-d of the U-kt tonh-» know, combined with the U-kt blood puritierx. acting directly on the imicouk kurfaccH. The perfect eoinoln ttlon of the two ingredient* |» what produce* »ueh wonderful results lu curing l uturrh. Mend for textliuonlitls. free F..I. CHKNKY A CO.. Pro,)*.. Toledo, O. SoldbydrujMUi. nrlce Tie. Hull k l-umfly IMlf* are the best. Discasss of Um Blood awd Wares*. No on* need suffer with nauralgia. *1 bit disease la quickly and parniauently cured 7 hfowM’ Iron Uittera. Kv*ry disesx* of Ilia blood uarvea and atomuch, chronic ‘i^^herw^e, aueeumba to Itrowna* Iron Bittrra. Known and used far nearly a quarter of a century, it atutdo to-day fora- moat among our mau vaJ.ed rtmediaa. UrovEs’lMs Milan is a4d br all daaJon. Foul-Smelling Catarrh. Catarrh is one of the most obstinate diseases, and hence the most difficult to get rid of. There is but one way to cure it. The disease is in the blood, and all the sprays, washes and inhaling mixtures in the world cun have no permanent effect whatever upon it. Swift’s Spe cific cures Catarrh permanently, for it is the only remedy which can reach the disease and force it from the blood. Mr. B. P. McAllister, of Harrodsburg, Ky., had Catarrh for years. He writes: "I could see no improvement whatever, though I was constantly treated with sprayt and washes, and aiffer- ent Inhaling remedies— I in fact. 1 could feel thul etch winter 1 wus worst than the year previous •’Finally It w u i brought to my notic< that Uutarrh was a blooO disease, and After think ing over the mutter. I saw it wasunreitsonahlf to expect to be cured by remedies which only reached the surface, i then decided to try 8. 8. fV, and after a few bottles were used. I no tlced a j>ereeptlble improvement. Continuing the remedy, the disease was forced out of my system, and a complete cure was the result I advise all who have this dreadful disease to abandon theirlocal treatment, which hmsuevel done them any good, and take 8. 8. 8.. a rem edy that can reach the disease and cure It.” To continue the wrong treatment for Catarrh is to continue to suffer. 8wift’;i Specific is a real blood remedy, and cures obstinate, deep-seated diseases, which other remedies have no effect whatever upon. It promptly reaches Catarrh, ami never fails to cure even the most aggravated cases. &S.S. r Tte Blood D Purely Vegetable, and is the only Mood remedy guaranteed to contain no dangerous minerals. Books mailed free hy Swift SpeciHo Company, Atlanta, Georgia. A Fitting End to Hii Career. [Charlotte (Jbsc ver.] Men. f,,r some* reason or other, lay stress upon the last words of the rt _ nowned of earth. Perhaps m-n forgit that if a man die he shall live again, an ( tloit, when soul and body are re united in the resurrection, the voice, long hushed in death, shall be heard again. The iart word c.f Gladstone was ■Amen." He hud been uncon scious and little Dorothy Drew had just gone out of his sick chamber in tears because her grandfather did not know her. His son went to the bedside and recited the litany. The old man munrured “Amen." and then the tide of life ebbed. It was a fitting word to end the career of a man who could say with truth: “I have fought u good tight." A GREAT record of cures, une- ** quailed in medical history, proves Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses merit un known to any other MEDICINE. A. N. WOOD. BANKER, does a general Banking and Exchange business. Well secured with Burgla*. Proof safe and Automatic Time Loci Safety Deposit Boxes at moderatj rent. Buys and Bells Stocks andBonds.j Buys County and School Claims. Your husineA* solicited. 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Forerun*, wui.eru ilui#... Ar. Atlanta, *» Atlanta, central Urn*. a7n». “R" irJTJ 12 20 a _U4jx 2AJ P 3 20 p 2 2J* ’ night j I And the War i* about to lk‘gin between Uncle Sam ami Spain. You should keep posted on the issues of the day. Don't worry your neighbor by borrow ing his paper when you can get The Ledger for $1 a year, 50c for »ix months, or 25c for three months. It will keep you posted, so order it at ouce. Don't delay. aaaingujn, aimm* *uu r wwT. and al*> bet wees New V ork amt i ViaWaahlngton, Atlanta and Birmingham class thorougniar* coaches between Waa ton and Atlanta. Dining cars servs all I - J rout*. Poliinan draw in* room kltejauga [boro and Norfolk. Cion* < tweeu Greensboro nnd N"rfo!k. Clone eon. flection at Norfolk for OLD POINT COHFORY irriTlnc there In time for 1 KoaS and SS-United ■una solid between Waeiil breakfast. States Fact ere of all ela iSriisres Pullman, dteniajj ig care between New York — e, via Atlanta and Montgoaseiy - each Wednesday, a * 1 -‘ i through between .. _ Francisco wi.’nout change. t$ and 12—Pullman sleeping landCh*rlo<te,' gnthboead Noe. U and IT, northbound * ft % i. * mt