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’mmP THE LEDGER: GAFPXEY, S. C., DECEMBER 29, 1898. The: x^e:i>oi£i*- $f.oo per Year. VT7BLISHED KVERY THURSDAY BY Ed. H. DkCamp. The Ledger Is not responsible fcr %ne vion's 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur bish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 1x5 ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will be published ft one cent a word. Heading notices will be published 4t ten cents a line each insection. IMPORTANT. Watch the date on your label and It you arc in arrears cull in and settle up, thus saving us the unpleasant duty of mailing you a notice inform ing you of that fact. Parties wishing the address of their paper changed to another post- office must give the name of the office where they have been getting it as well as the one where they want it changed to. ‘ OUR PRESIDENT.” Since McKinley’s speech in At lanta, in which he Indulged in a lit tle cheap taffy, Southern newspa pers have bad a great deal to say about “Our President” and his gen erous, magnamimous sentiments. The President could well allord to say all that ho said in Atlanta—in fact he could not well afford not to try to say something agreeable to the people whom he had come to visit and by whom he was treated as a guest. That the Southern people should have their heads turned and their hearts won by a few common-place and meaningless compliments from a Republican President, shows only how little accustomed they have been to compliments from such a source. It is a cheap and easy reparation in deed, for four years of unhallowed war and thirty years of unjust op pression, for the representative of the Republican party to come down here and talk about Southern valor and to say that the time has come when the graves of Southern heroes should be cared for by a common, re united country. “Wo liuvo graves tiiat eovox jnioro of glory T'liau ovor luxod iIjh lip* of iutulout story," and they need neither tribute nor decoration from the men that made those graves a dire necessity. We want no honors paid to our dead he roes.(that are dictated by a colJ- hearted, formal policy, us long as there is a man or woman in the South whoso heart glows with pride and love, and admiration, over the memory of their glorious •deeds. If President McKinley had said that the time has come when the general government should care for the 100,000 Southern veterans, who are not yet in their graves, we should have attached some importance to the assertion as indicating that the President has a big, manly, generous heart and that the bitter memories of the past are indeed fast fading away. But let our grave * alone, Mr. Presi dent, if that is all you have to say. Let our dead heroes rest in peace; we prefer that their hallowed dust should not be profaned by unwilling feet, nor their names lightly pro nounced by unholy lips. The people of the south will take care of their graves, history will record their deeds, and the world will guard their fame. ENTRIES FROM OUR DAY BOOK. Senator Butler of North Carolina has introduced a bill in the Senate providing pensions for all Confeder ate soldiers on the same basis us they are now granted to Federal soldiers, but forbidding all back pensions and granting them only from the date of the passage of the bill. Whenever that bill becomes a law we shall have a re-united country in fact us well us in name. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The volunteer army is to be dis banded, and orders have been issued to muster .K),(KH) of the troops out of service. In the meantime, the rogu lar army is to be increased to iOO.lKH) men; and preference will he given in the enlistments to troops already in service. So there will he a chance (oral! of the volunteers who have an ambition for military service to have their ambition gratified. ♦ ♦ * Another deplorable homocide oc- cured In Spartanburg on last Tues day. Mr. J. It. Stuckey, a promi nent and well known grocery mer chant, shot and hilled Mr. John He/ier, his bookkeeper and collector. There seems to have been no quarrel between the two men, and the cause of the killing, so fur us the public iu informed, is a mystery, tftuckoy is in jail and refuses to talk. We for bear comment for the present. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ On last Fmiay night, the 23rd. inst., at the close of the day’s collections, County Treasurer Jones had collected only about $22,0<.NJ of the #ii5,000 tax levy for’Cherokee county, or about 1<) per cent. Appearances indicate that there will nut be as much us 20 per ccmt more collected before the time died by law for payment will exp’-re. if there should be no exten sion of time grunted, abaut 10 per cent, of tbe lax payers will be in a fesf. box. When an honest maci returns his property to the Auditor for taxation, and makes oath according to the form required that it is returned at a fair cash valuation at the time for which the return is made, and further, is ready to back. Ids oath by taking for ids property the price he has set upon it, then who has the right, either legal or moral, to put that property at a higher valuation and have it taxed accordingly? We ask tins question for information. We shall probably repeat it if the answer does not come promptly. The eclipse of the moon on lust Tuesday night was a surprise to all of our people, who do not keep them selves informed in advance ot as tronomical phenomena. Then the manner of its approach was peculiar and calculated to inspire casual observers with awe. Tho penumbra spread over at least three-fourths of the surface of ti e moon a good while before the appearance of the eclipse proper, and there was a strange red- disli glow about it tliu't cai-t a sonbre line over the scene well calculated to inspire feelings of solemnity. ♦ ♦ ♦• ♦ Lieutenant Hobson has been making a fool of himself by kissing all the women he comes in contact with, to the great disgust of the au thorities at Washington, and to the mortification of many of his friends and admirers. Secretary Long orders him to desist from such osculatory performances, and Speaker Reed de clares that he must be sent out of tbe country and forced to take a salt bath—we suppose to prevent putre faction. The truth is the people of the United States made fools of them selves in bestowing excessive lauda tions on the young man and it is not surprising that his head should be come giddy and lie should play the fool in turn. The Greenville News hopes he was drunk, and that when he sobered up he felt ashamed of his behavior. He was perhaps drunk on flattery, which befuddles weak minds more than whisky. Noblllly. Certain nobility is of blood and birth, and be who would be immortal must have care for his posterity. Nothing can be more absurd than tbe fuss our gentry make concerning titles and places of precedence. They are of a mind with those foolish old courtiers of Louis XIV and think that nobility consists iu “Le droit du montcr dans lecarosse duroi.” They forgot that what is called Mne blood is often very bad blood. I know a family of long descent and high com munion which has been "decorated” iu almost all possible ways. Nothing can ennoble it. Nearly every member of it is marked by some coarseness of phy sique, some lewduess of conduct, and this notwithstanding intermarriages and the introduction of new blood. This stock may safely be bucked to produce iu every generation one or more profligates of dishonorable life. Every member of it has a certain lia bility of shame. The poison in the blood has hud its inlet through vice and must have its outlet in suffering. Ultimately it will bring about tho cx- tiuctiou of the race. Tho wicked, Plato has truly said, are wicked because of their organization—their parents and nut they should be punished.—Humani tarian. Ilntl tu TaUv Him Down. "Why does Mrs. Everson have her own baptismal names engraved upon her card instead of those of her hns- baud? fcihe isn’t a widow, is she?" "No, but I understand that she had a batch of cards engraved once upon which she styled herself 'Mrs. William Edgar Everson, ’ and he was so puffed up over it for two or tluoo days that he actually seemed to think ho was tho head of the family. It is never safe to give some people too much leuway, you know. "—Cleveland Leader. The of David. The Cologne Gazette relates that during bis visit to Jerusalem the Ger man emperor visited tbe so called grave of David by special permission of tbe sultan and that be is tbe first Cbristiau who has ever approached this spot, a circumstance that the imam, who bold a conversation with the emperor, called to bis attention. Thereupon tbe Rev. Johannes Win kler writes in tbe Volksblatt of Linz, Austria, that be contests tbe bouorwitb tbe emperor. He says that be was at tbe grave erf David on April 5J3 of this year in company with a Raphaele Lorenzo, well known iu Jerusalem. A backsheesh of a franc made the Mohammedan at tendant friendly iu his disposition, and when Herr Winkler allowed him to ex amine bis white coat, which pleased him greatly, ho opened tbe grave with out even being asked to, whereat Mr. Lorenzo was greatly astonished. Tbe grave was marked at that time by a catafalque, covered with a valuable old rug. Through an uuglazcd window Herr Winkler could see the vale ol Cedrou and tho region about the Dead sea. When he visited the same place 13 years ago, he was not even allowed tc peep through the door into this cham ber. He concludes that he, and not the German emperor, was the first Christian to visit tbe spot. Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, i'lnlnfield. III., makes the stateincMit. that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs; she was treated fora month by her family physician, hut grew worse. Ho tohlhersliu was a hope less victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King’s New I Discovery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight | found herself henefittod from first { dose. She continued Its u»e and after taking six bottles, found her self strong and well; now does her own housework, and Is as well as she over was. Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at Dul're Drug Co. Largo bottles 50 cents and $1,00. In Rrnni! Scotch. The Rev. William Wyo Smith of St Catharines, Out., has rendered the gos pel of St. Matthew is "braid Scots.” He has followed Scott and Burns, espe cially the latter, who, in tho opinion ol Mr. Smith, has made the Ayrshire the classical dialect of lowland Scotch The following passages from the sermon oil tho mount will give an idea of the book: "Whan ye wad do a gnde wark, lat yero left bann no jalouse what yere richt bauu is thrung wi’. ” “Rbyme-na things ower and ower, incontinent, like the heathen folk, for they trow that gin they speak enough, they sal be heard. ” "But ye, when ye •fast, sued yere heid, and freshen yero face, that ye bo na seen by men to be fastin. ’’ "And aueut clcedin, Why sond ye bao sic cark and care? Look weel at the lilies o’ the lea, how they gtowe. They toil-ua, nor spin. Yet say I, that Solo mon in a’ his glorio wasna buskit Lraw like ano o’ thae. New York Tribune. The Popc'a Love of UhCMs. It may not be known that Leo XIII is an ardent lover of chess. He has been a constant player for over 30 years, and bis skill iu tbe game is anything but mediocre. His holiness’ favorite oppo nent used to be Father Guilio, with whom ho was in the habit of playing when he was Cardinal Pecci. On being raised to the pontifical throne be sum moned Father Giulio from Florence, where he was then stationed, and gave him apartments iu the Vatican. Fatbez Giulio was said to combine a rare mas tery of the game with an exceedingly irascible temper Sometimes daring a game with his holiness ho wonld burst out into an ungovernable fit of rage. On such occasions Leo XIII immediate ly interrupted tho contest and proceeded to deliver a little homily on tho virtues of Christian resignation and self con trol.—Rome Correspondence. Ventilation In Winter. Now that the cold nights bring the temptation to keep our sleeping rooms always well heated a few principles ol hygiene should be recalled. Persons of normal constitution and in good health should always sleep iu a cold room. Plenty of blankets, but no fire, should be the rule. But if this pro cedure he considered too Spartan a small grate fire might ho allowed. Furnacs heat is too heavy and oppressive. A gas heater is worst of all. Besides the heat itself, the gas stove produces nitroge nous gases, which are extremely hurtful to tho sleeper. The air of the room is thus poisoned. Its vitalizing properties are used up and not enough oxygen is taken into the lungs. This weakens the system and renders the lungs peculiarly liable to winter troubles, such as asthma and catarrh.—Dr. Bradford Murphy iu tit. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Due d’OrleauM. The Due d’UrleauH is not acting as if he expected an early call to the French throne. He is spending extravagant sums of money on the redecoration of Orleans House, Twickenham, which he intends to make the center of the royal ist cause iu the future. The yorug duke, however, by reopening Orleans House, is able to ho within easy reach of London and the seaeoast, and the present renovations are being executed with u view to opening the house to so ciety. The duke intends to entertain on a largo scale. He has the means and the rank to make himself a social lion. Woman In India. The pMsent position of women cannot be better shown than by the following extra* from a government prize book for tbe girls’ schools in tbe Bombay Presidency: "If the husband of a virtu ous woman bo ugly, of good or bad dis position, diseased, fiendish, irascible, a drunkard, old, stupid, dumb, blind, deaf, hot tempered, poor, extremely co.etous, a slauderer, cowardly, perfid ious and immoral, nevertheless she ought to worship him as a god, with mind, speech and person. "Tho wife who gives an angry an swer to her husband will become a vil lage pariah dog. tihewill also become a female jackal and live in an uniuhab- itated desert. The woman who cats sweetmeats without sharing them with her husband will become a hen owl, living iu a hollow tree. Tho woman who walks alone without her husband will tawemo a filth eating village sow. The woman who speaks disrespectfully to her husband will be dnmb iu the next iucaruatioH. The woman who hates her hMband’s relatives will become from birth to birth a muskrat, living in filth.”—Church Gazette. A Hall at Ilulmaral. 18GO. Nobody was in mourning, as it was a birthday, the queen in white, with a fisatiag wish of royal titaart tartan from her shoulders; about half the men in kilts. The queen made a circle, and then w* went into the ballroom, where about 150 of the tenants, servants, etc., with tb«ir wives and daughters, were assembled. Reels then began, which were danced with great energy and also jigs—vtry droll. Prince Arthur danced like mad, and Princess Alice was "weel ta’en s»ht” by the gamekeeper. I stood in a corner talking with tho Dnke of Argyll, etc. At last tho prince came round and conversed very courteously for ten minutes. He had heard I had been m Gotiituuy lately, so we soon got into the heart of German jrud Austrian questions. All this lasted two hours, and then the queen withdrew into the supper room, where there Were sandwiches and champagne. Shu went round again and talked tb Lerd Melville, behind whom I was standing, and then made me a very fracious how’, but without saying anything t* myself. — "Memoirs of Henry Reeve. ” Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Tho Best S?.lvo in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, Salt Rheum, Fever So ’^s, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, uml all Skin Eruption, and postlvely cures Piles or no pay required. It is guru- anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 2.1 cents per box. For sale by The Dul’ro Drug Co. • • - Special Notice. Our annual stock taking will begin next Monday, Jan., 2nd. Our old years’ business will close Saturday, Dec., 31st. Our IHU'J business will open up under new features, which will be set forth in Thu Ledger and by letter, next week. Wo heartily thank our many friends and patrons for their punt patronage ami the coining year we are determined to do better for them than ever before. Very truly, O. Kj Wilkins A Buo. Ualfney, 8. C., Deo., 2'Jlh, ’1/8. A Rvniui-knlile 1’eat. A Neapolitan professor has just per formed a remarkable feat. Some time ago be effered to make a bet that be could laaitw Ihe whole of Dante’s "Di vine Comedy” by heart. His ability to do this was doubted, and his wager was taken up. A select audience was invited to hear tho professor, who declaimed from 8 o’clock iu tho evening until 2 e’duA the next afternoon. The reciter stopped occasionally, but it was not be cause he had forgotten the poem; it was simply to moisten his tongue with sugared water. He won his wager, for the audience had to confess that he got through tho 15,000 verses, more or less, of whiofa th« poem is composed without the least difficulty.—London Globe. Caexplarcd Territory. Throughout the entire world there are about 20,000,000 square miles of unexplored territory. In Africa there are 6,500,000 square miles; arctic re gions, 3,000,000; antarctic regions, 5,300,000; America, 2,000,000; Aus tralia, 2,000,000; Asia, 200,000, aud variotw islands. 000,000. Deafness Cannot be Cured by lociil applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and tloit is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by Inflamed condition of tbe mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When ibis tube gets inlhttued you have a ruiiildiiiK sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the iullammation can lie taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi tion. heartily will lie destroyed forever: nine cases out often art-caused by catarrh, which is nothing tint an inttamed condition of the mucous surfaces. \Vc will yive i htc Hundred Dollars forany ease of Deafness (cased by cut arrli) I iiat can not tic cured by Hall's <’aiarrh I'ure. Send for circulars, five. F..). CIIENFY & CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by Dmityests. Tuc. Hall’s Family Fillsarc the best. » • « - Don't Nt-glcct lour Liver. Liver troubles quickly result in serious complications, and the man who neglects Ids liver has little regard for health. A bottle of Drowns’ Iron Hitters taken now nnd tin it will ke*p the liver in perfect order. If Hi,- disease has developed, Browns’Iron Bitters will enre it permanently. Strength and vitality will always follow its use. Browns’iron Bitters is sold by all dealers. (treats with yoti whether you continue thi ni'rro-kllUutftotiari ohatilt. N n-TO-UA'" ' n-movea the tli-sirr for tobai'co, wuh outnerTeMdiatreM.eipelsnle*^ tine, purities tbu blood, re. ■tores lest manhood, makes you hUouk in tn allh, nerve amt pocket- book. boars sold 400,000 casescureil liny NO TO-BAC from your own ilruy^ist. w be 111 voich for us. T»lc it with wlll.patUatly,persistently (me bo* *1, usually euros; 3 buses.DM), ruaranleed toeure, wr we refund money. Ourliss UriaeSyIs., l.klsako, Ssnirral, Saw lurk. FOR $20 GASH You can buy one of M. L. Alexander’s Favorite Silent and Light Running Sewing Machines And The l.cdf.’vr for one year. Full de scription of machine can Iu- had at this otllce. rwerew-; •• -'T-—"Wt^k I r • -'—-H'/.' F ; ‘ 'J : i; •' ■»> , ■ v v* v Mf i .. « tv This machine In iruarnutccd for live years by M. to Alexander. 1 lie dealer in I’lanoN and OrgiuiN. titociivlllc. H. t’. Nciid money to llio l.cdifcr by Kxprct>M or Money Order and the machine will he fthipped on leu days trial. If machine In uotsutUfaftory we will pay return freight and refund the money. OVAL hmHO Absolutely 'Pure Powder Makes the food more delicious and wholesome novae bakino powoes co., new vork. Old Wages to IJe Restored. Chattanooga, Dec. 20.—The South ern railway announces that on Jan. 1 wages of the shopmen will be returned to what they were before the 10 per cent cut made two years ago. Spaniards Leaving Havana. Havana, Dec. 20.—The Spanish trans ports Notre Dame, with General Extra- ches and 054 officers and men, and Lea Andes, with 1,340 officers and men, sailed for C-diz today. Steamer Tampa In Tort. Duluth, Dec. 20. — The steamer Tampa, xvhich was wrecked off Beaver bay some time ago, arrived in the har bor here today escorted by tugs which oated ner off. Fame. “When I was a young man,” said the hardened old cynic, “I used to be afraid that I was not brilliant enough to become famous. ” ‘‘And now?” asked a listener. “Now,” ha replied, “I have decided that I am not stupid enough.”—New York Tribune. Your Doctor Knows Your doctor knows all about foods and medicines. The next time you see him, just ask him what he thinks of Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo- phosphites. Wo are willing to trust in his answer. Fo t ’ twenty-five years doc tors i.ave proscribed our Emulsion for paleness, weak ness, nervous exhaustion, and for all diseases that cause loss in flesh. * y Its creamy color and its pleasant taste make it es pecially useful for thin and delicate children. No other preparation of cod- liver oil is like it. Don’t lose time and risk your health by taking- something unknown and untried. Keep in mind that SCOTT’S EMULSION has stood the test for a quarter of a century. 50c. and |i oo; all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. UOOD’S Sarsaparilla is the One ,. * F'rue Blood Purifier, Great Nerve 1 onic, Stomach Regulator. To tliou' sands its great merit Is KNOWN/ CLINE BROS. & CO., Livery Feed and Sale Stables. Opposite National Bank. ~~ First-dess turnouts; prompt attention; j and courteous attendants. ESUAVe solicit your patronage. Piedmont Saving and Investment Go. Greenville, S. C. Tlie loan plan of this company will be j found far more dcsireable in every way than ! the plans of iiuilding& Loans Associations, i Our plan is a delinite contract at reasonable j rates. Loans made an approved property. J. C. Jefferies, Local Attorney, Gaffney. S. C. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does a general Banking and Exchange business. Well secured with Burglar- Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock. Safety Def »sit Boxes at moderate rent. Buys and sells Stocks andBonds. Buys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. STRONG AS THE STRONGEST! The Pndential Insurance Company of America. HOME OFFICE, NEWARK, N. J. JNO. F. DRYDEN, President. Assets July 1,1898, Surplus July 1, 1898, Income for 1897, Insurance Written in 1897, $26,089,137.04 5,027,584.24 15,580,704.05 143,900,000,00 ‘ f >v s*r>v '• ‘ -j m W&rptU '.'V V »*•'.(' / • ^0:’'■ . .. > .. — •*• ■ i) " - rF ■ r C. T. RAWLS, Gen. Agt„ A?VT001> & The Prudential has forged its way ahead until it now stands in the front rank of the great lifeinsurance companies of the world. Itoffers all that is good in life insurance, and under the best conditions. The Prudential’s policies are the most liberal and modern contracts now issued. No re striction on occupation or travel. JAS. O. WYNN, Manager So. Department, ATLANTA, GA. ASHEVILLE, N. C. Itcfctidcnt .A tfen 1 h.