The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 02, 1898, Image 4
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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., JUNE 2, 1898.
for the benefit of the to vn. More
over it is n legitimiih business
maxim that property is w irth just
what it will hrint' in the market.
The mistake arises from an over
estimate of values, and the result
I sooner or later will lie counted in
vacant lots and empty houses.
“There is that which vvithholdeth,
and Hcatteroth abroad.”
gen. m. c. butler.
It is a matter of gratifying sur
prise to us, no doubt it is to many
others, that the President has ap
pointed M. C. Butler a Major General
of Volunteers. We did not believe !
that the President would appoint J
him, and that lie has done so of his ;
| own motion, uninfluenced, it is said,
by any of Butler’s friends, raises the
President still higher in our estima
tion and does honor both to his head
and hear\.
It begins to look indeed like the
war of the GO'S is over and that sec
tional prejudice is fast becoming a
thing of the past.
G^n. Butler is as brave a soldier as
ever drew the sword—atypical ex
emplification of Southern chivalry—
and his appointment will do more to
inspire Southern troops than any
other appointment the President bus
made except that of Lee.
Put Lee and Butler into the fields,
and at the head of a division of
Southern troops, and the land wiU
ring again with the tale of knightly
valor and heroic deeds.
WAR NOTES.
RENTS.
There is complaint, among those
who pay them of course, that rents
in Gaffney are too high, and when we
compare them with other towns, and
estimate the cost of buildings, we
are compelled to think that there is
much ground for such complaint.
We know that such things sooner or
later will be regulated by the laws
of supply and demand, and until
those laws shall have had time to
operate individual protests will
amount to nothing. Property own
ers will take what they can get, and
tenants will pay what they are com
pelled to pay. But that fact does
not invalidate the suggestion that a
more liberal policy on the part of
property holders, would greatly pro
mote the material prosperity of the
town. We believe there is property
in Gaffney which rents for as much
as GO per cent per annum on its orig
inal cost. Such rates cannot be long
maintained, and the sooner property
owners lower their sights, the milder
will be the reaction when it comes.
Gaffney is a thriving town, and we
are proud that it is, but it is not a
New York and never will be. There
is nothing ih the neccessities of
legitimate business which would de
mand that rents be as high here as in
Spartanburg, 75 percent, higher than
in Union and 100 per cent, higher
than In Laurens.
We have no quarrel with the prop
erty owners. Many of them are enter
prising and liberal minded men, and
they have spent their money freely
A Cowardly, Brutal Crime.
i \ t ws and ('outIcr.l
Elbert Harris, a negro boy, was
“whipped" by a crowd of musked
men in Anderson county last Friday,
on suspicion of having burnt a gin
house, receiving i juries from which
ho died on tin- Tuesday following.
He was ill and a prisoner in ihe
hands of a constable, when he was
seized by the lynchers and beaten to
the point of exhaustion. It was a
cowardly, brutal crime, and the men
who committed it must understand
now that they are worse criminals
than their victim, even if he was
guilty of the offence chargfd against
him. It is the second murder of the
kind that has occurred in the State
. . this year, and there is no expectation
been made within course that it will be punished.
years, but for trains : — ■ «—
Mr. Black Declines.
Bi.ACKHiirm;, S. C., Muy 27.
Mr. Editor: I see by a card in
your paper that some kind friends
have suggested my name as a candi
date for the Senate. I regret very
much that I cannot comply with
their wishes. I have no desire or am
bition for any office. If I did have, I
have not the time to canvass the
county.
I stand ready at any time to do
anything I can to serve Cherokee
county us a private citizen, but I
want no office.
I desire to express my thanks to
those who were kind enough to sug
gest my name. Respectfully,
J. G. Black.
and several soldiers have been killed
and many more wounded. It Is too
bad for our soldiers to be maimed
and killed even before they get into
camp by reckless management on
the railroads, and some railroad of
ficial ought to be made to take the
[dace of every one thus disabled or
killed.
During the civil war tho Confed
erate government had a law that
prohibited all railroad trains from
running at a greater speed than la
miles an hour, and it was a wise and
beneficent law. It is true that
great improvements in road beds and
rolling stock have
the last thirty
bearing large bodies of troops with
all their baggage and equipments to
undertake to make the speed of the
regular passenger trains, will always
be about as hazardous to life and limb
as an ordinary charge upon the lines
of the enemy.
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Royal mi'.lccs the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
~
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL OAKiNG POWDER CO., KCW YORK.
The country would draw a long
breath of relief if somebody would
pull the stopper out of that Santiago
bottle, in which it is claimed that
Admiral Cervera and lUs fleet are
corked up so tightly.
The quota of troops trom our state
under the first call, is reported full
at last, Edgefield getting in a com
pany at the eleventh hour. It would
have been too bad if Edgefield had
failed to get a place in the picture,
especially if it is to be a bloody pic
ture.
Under the President’s second call
for 75,000 men, it is said that South
Carolina will be asked to furnish only
440. We do not understand how this
can be when her quota according to
population would bo about 1400.
As this page of our paper goes to
press there are indications that great
movements * are on foot, and great
events are approaching. -
It is now certain that Schley has
the Spanish fleet in tho harbor of
Santiago, and that Schley has ex
claimed, “I’ve got them and they’ll
never get home."
Gen. Miles and stuff have gone to
Tampa, and the big army there is
getting on transports for u move on
Cuba or Porto Rico. Stirring news
may be expected in a few days.
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There is something in the army
correspondent’s life, which is not very
enviable. He is expected by the
paper he represents to have an all-
absorbing passion for news, and to
indulge that passion at the sacrifice
if necessary, of sleep, food, health,
indeed of life itself. He must un
dergo every hardship and face any
danger, be snubbed by officers and
ridiculed by the soldiers who have
a perfect contempt, as a rule, for
non conbutunt camp followers, and
after all, is only a busy body who
finds out and tells what others ac
complish. There are no laurels for
him to gather. If he lose his life,
the common verdict will be. “No
matter, what business had he here?”
What has become of the Monroe
doctrine of which we used to hear so
much? According to that doctrine
no European nation should be per
mitted to increase its territorial po-
sessions on this continent.und as late
as President Cleveland’s administra
tion, we came near being involved in
a war with England for a threatened
encroachment upon territory in Ven
ezuela. Now, that doctrine has al
ways carried the implcation that while
the possessionsof the kingdoms of Eu
rope on this continent should not be
extended, the United iStates also
would not seek to enlarge her bound-
ries by encroaching upon any foreign
territory. What becomes of this along-
ly implied obligation on the part of the
United States, now that we have vir
tually captured the Philippines, and
are making big preparations for a
dash at Cuba? That obligation cun
be ignored only on the ground that
it is the other ox that is now doing
the goring, and that circumstances
alter cases.
Since war movements began there
have been several wrecks on the rail
roads of trains transporting troops,
Fine rains visited portions of our
county on Monday. Just here the
rain was very light. The ground
around Gaffney has not been wet in
over a month. Gardens have been
blighted and spring oats are a failure.
The main crops, however, are not yet
materially injured, and with thor
ough cultivation and rain hereafter,
there will be plenty of “ bread for
the eater and seed for the sower.”
Let no man fail to work his crops be
cause of dry weather. It is the very
time when work promises the great
est results. Keep the ground clean
and thoroughly pulverized, ami when
the rains do come, your crops will
shoot upwards, as if by magic.
PRESS OPINION.
Senator McLaurin scored another
point in the Senate last week in a
brilliant speech in opposition to the
bond issue for war revenue. Watch
McLaurin.—Bamberg Herald.
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The Prohibitionists have dropped
the Hon. Dan from their ticket, he
having declared himself in favor of
the dispensary. Thus is the Hon.
Dun’s double equistrian feet nipped
in the bud.—Edgefield Monitor.
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It would be the strongest evidence
of a reunited people if the Sons of
Veterans in the north and south
should lead the way by being muster
ed into the volunteer service when
the President’s second cull is made.—
Hampton Guardian.
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The present war has shown many
of us how little wc remember of our
geography, but it also should suggest
to school teachers the importance of
thorough instruction in this study.
The time is ripe for making a specialty
of geography.-
-Edgefield
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Chronicle.
Up to date the record shows that
G72 American boy babies have been
named “George Dewey” and 04 girl
babies have been named “Columbia
Manila.” Considering the fact that
we are having a late spring, this is
doing quite well.—Anderson Intelli
gencer.
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Very little is now heard concern
ing the gubernatorial aspirations of
Hon. George D. Tillman, which is
strange indeed, for at one time he
had a medium sized boom well under
way. It is barely possible, however,
that Col. Jim Tillman, who was man
aging his father’s boom, has hid it
out in the bushes until the war is
over.—Sum er Watchman and South
ron.
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The right sort of a candidate can
easily reduce the fortifications of all
the candidates thus far announced.
Timeservers and trimmers would
stand no greater show before the
gunsof astraight tighter who espouses
the cause of right and the people than
the Spaniards could withstand the
hot shot from Dewey’s guns. There
is great opportunity ahead for some
man who is not afraid of his shadow.
—Spartanburg Herald.
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An alliance between the United
States and Great Britain would be
the most powerful combination on
earth; but the United States would
not be benefitted. Men of informa
tion and judgment say that Russia is
the only European country that
could tight the United States, and
there is no probability of this country
ever getting into trouble with Rus
sia. except we make the quarrel our
selves.—Yorkville Enquirer.
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Since the death of young Worth
Bagley, of the torpedo boat Winslow,
the newspapers have had a good deal
to say about him and invariably speak
of him as a martyr. This is wrong
for when he went into the United
States Navy he knew that the chances
were ten to one that some day he
would lose his life In battle and when
he entered the Navy he took a solemn
oath to stand by his country even
unto his death. This he did. He
died in the performance of his duty,
as many other good men have died,
but was in no sense a martyr.—Abbe
ville Medium.
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Success—Worth Knowing.
40 yeura’ aucoetts tn the South, proves
IluffhoM’ Tonic h urent remedy for CnllU and
all Malarial Fevers. Better than Quinine
Wants Recognition Betore War.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Sunny Side, Cherokee county,
May 31.—The voice must be heard
and I cannot keep it concealed any
longer. I saw a statement in The
Ledger stating that the next call to
the Cuban war would be for colored
troop as they are citizens of America.
Weil let charity begin at home.
Let us bo called citizens of the state
as well as citizens of America. Let
us vote in the primary as well as the
general election and then wo will feel
like dying for the cause of patriotism.
Let us also be recognized on the
jury bench and as citizens of the
county.
Many thanks for The Ledger.
i . K. I).
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure It you must take internal rem
edies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter
nally, and acts direct ly on the mucous sur
faces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is not a quack
medicine. It was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years,
and is a regular prescription. It is composed
of the best tonics know, combined with tho
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect cotnbin ition
of the two Ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free
F..I. CHF.NKY & CO.. Props.. Toledo, O
Sold by druggist, price 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Valuable Cs Women.
Especially valuable to women is Browns
Iron Bittere. Backache vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place of
weakness, and the glow of health readily
contes to the pnllid cheek when this won
derful remedy is taken. For sickly children
or overworked men it has no equal.' Nohome
should lie without this fttnious remedy.
Browns’Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Make Your Bread.
[Greenwood Journal ]
Never in the history of the South
was if ever so imperative to raise
food crops on the farm ns it is now.
Make your bread and you will be
sure to make your meat, and with
wheat, corn ami bacon in your farm
houses and fat cattle at pasture in
your fields, you tire indeed lords of
creation and tnonarchs cf all yoj
survey. The hope of the country is
in her food products and the very
lives of the farmer and his wife and
children are chained to the rock of
despair in the cotton mania. Live at
home and be free men; make all
cotton and live from abroad and be
slaves and die paupers.
DYSPEPSIA is the cause of un-
told suffering. By taking Hood’s
Sarsaparilla the digestive organs are
toned and dyspepsia IS CURED.
A. N. WOOD,
BANKER,
does a general Banking and Exchange
business. Well secured with Burglar-
Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock.
Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate
rent.
Buys and sells Stocks andBond*.
Buys County and School Claims.
Your business solicited.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY. “,
ConrtentaA Sehcdnle of P&vvanffar Tlmtstb
In Effect May 1st. 1S98.
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Northbound.
I V«s.
No.12 No. 3S
Daily Daily.
Money to Lend
on improved farms in York county or
Cherokee township adjoining; repayable
in easy annual installments. For further
particulars apply to
C. E. SPENCER.
Attorney-at-Law,
3-24-3mo Youkvii.i.E, S. C.
Lv. Atlanta, C. T.
Atlanta, KT.
Norerosa
Buford
Gainesville...
Lula
Ar. Cornelia
Lv.Mt. Airy
Toccoa
Westminster
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Goffneva
Black ibifrg ..
King’s Mt....
Gastonia...
Lv. Charlotte..
Ar. Greensboro
The Hot Springs of Arkansas ;
Lv. Greensboro.
Ar. N orfolk
The Alountain-Locked
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Miracle of the Ozarks.
The hot waters, the mountain air. equatdo
climate and the pine forests make Hot
Springs the most wonderful health and pleas
ure resort in the world, summer or winter.
It is owned, endorsed and controlled by the
i T . S. Government and has aecomniodfttlons
for all classes. The Arlington and Park
hotels and »i<) others and 2iK) boarding houses
are open all summer.
Having an altitude of IflMi feet it is a cool,
safe and nearby refuge during the heated
term in the south.
For information concerning Hot Springs
address C. F. Cooley. Manager Business
Men’s League. Hot Springs. Ark.
For reduced excursion tickets and partic-
J tilars of the trip see local agent or address
\V. A. Turk. Gen’l Pass. Agt., Southern By..
Washington. I). C.
Ar. Dan Till* ....
Ar. Richmond ..
7 60 ajiz oo in
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950 a
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4 tO v
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5 03 p
6 86 pi
B 30 p
No. 18
4 86 p
5 36 n
6 28 p
7 08 p
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Fit. Ml
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Ohio River and Charleston Railway Co.,
T IM E TABLE of the Ohio River and Charles
ton Railway Company, conjunctly with
the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad.
Schedule In effect May 18th. 1898.
Lv. Danville
Lv Norfolk
Ar Greensboro.
Lv. Greensboro
Ar. Charlotte ....
Lv. Gastonia
*• King's Mt
lines
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26
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Eastern Time.
SOUTH
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(S. C. &. G.)
CHARLESTON
BRANCHYILLE
KINGSVILLE
(O. R. & C.)
CAMDEN
KERSHAW
LANCASTER
CATAWBA JUNCTION
ROCK HILL
YORKVILLE
BLACKSBURG
EARLS
PATTERSON SPRINGS
SHELBY
LATTIMoUE
MOO RES BOKO
HENRIETTA
FOREST CITY
KUTHERFORDTON
MILWOOD
GOLDEN VALLEY.
THERMAL CITY
GLENWOOD
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Spartanburg
Green villa...
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Saceea
Westminster
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Cornelia,
Lula
Gainesville.
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- Norcroaa ....
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r. m.
Trains north of Camden run
Sunday.
Trains between Charleston and
run dully
tc
dally et
Kingsville
For liiforinatlon as to rates. Clyde Line
Sailing, etc., cull on local contracting and
traveling agents of both roads, ot
L. A. EMERSON. T. M., E. F.GBAY,
S. C. A G. K. R.. Truffle Manager.
Charleston. S. O. Cincinnati. Ohio.
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Blacksburg. S. G.
tiV. Atlanta, central time
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Noe. 87 and 8b—Doily. Washington and South-
western Vestibule Limited. Tnrough Pu'.lmaa
aleepliig cut s between New York and New Or
leans, via Washington, Atlanta and Montgom
ery. and also between New York and Meatuhis,
VtaWashington, Atlanta and Mrmlngl.aa* Ft ret
claas thoroughfare couches between Washing
ton and Atlanta. Dining car* aerve all meala
en route. Pullman drawing-room sUcping oara
between Gi-eousboro and Norfolk. Cio*e eou-
pec lion at Forfolk for OLD POlh 1 COMFORT
arriving there in time for breakfast.
Nos. 35 and 86-Cnited States Fuat Mail
rtum solid between Washington and New Or
leans, via bonthom Railway, A. A W. P. R. R..
and L. A N. K. K . being composed of baggage
car and coaches, through without change for
passengers of all clastw*. Pullman drawing
room sleeping ears between New York ana
New Or.ean*. via Atlanta and Montgomery.
Luring Washing ton each Wedneaday, a tourisk
sleeping ear wiU run through between Wash-
in«tou and San Francisco wi.nout change.
Tics. 11,87, 18 and 12—Pullmt-n sleeping
berween Richmond and Cnnrlotte, vis Dam
southbound Nee. U and 37, northbound
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