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J. G. Wakjh.a w. Vice J’ri'skleut 111 BAM OF GAFFBET. Capital $jo,ooo.oo. Lunty ■ I lim^. receive fieposif. 1 >aiis oil approved paper [ AJasiiiiT. / DG SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. WE GUARi The Reliability of User Who Uses t! umns of This Pa] A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1899. Greenbacks to go, SAYS LYMAN J. GAGE lelay of Currency Reform Is Only Temporary. $1.00 A YJ lCTION at next session kcrctury of tlic Treasury Declares Kxtruurdluitry Prosperity mid the Glut of Ollier Important Matters lias Caused a Postponement. CniCAao, Feb. 13.—Secretary of the I Titusury Lyman J. Gage and Mrs. page were ia Chicago to attend the fu- sral of Dr. J. H. Etheridge. Before laving for Washington today Secretary |;jg-j Kiid 1 •Financial reform is neither dead nof Keep. The extraordinary prosperity phe government finances and of tho jihoss of the country has combined |h tho glut of important business in Ling the delay. Bat the delay only Is to tho sense of its importance and ikes it clearer every day what legisla* h is needed. I do not look for action Ihe present session of congress, but I }g no doubt that the next session will [e effect to the recommendations of !ef president and tho secretary of the treisury in regard to tho retirement of tho greenbacks. “Will there be an extra session of congress? That depends on the fate of the army bill. * If congress does not pass .that bill at tho present session there will certainly Le nu extra session. The situ ation in the Philippines does not givens any uneasiness. The opposition to tho IA met !can occupation is entirely tho ^effect of manipulation. The leaders jbavo t-mporarily misled the people. Jtit tho strife will soon be over and as toon as the natives have become quiet, i as to listen to reason, wo have no if that they will not ac quiesce in all fat we propose to do there. As to tho ^ands being a heavy tax on this conn- that is all moonshine. The rev- xes of the Philippines will at all hn^unpbc to. (jejiray nll^BPSsJblo smses of government. ^•‘We feci even more hopeful inrogard f Cuba. Industries are reviving, there 'te a growing spi -it of co-operation and the island will,in the near future b« wore prosperous than its people ever eXr fectcd it could be. "Our trade relation with Cauad* ieem to be diffl alt to » U U8t t0 the 8at ' isfad lion of both countries. Mr. Churl* tojr would sweep away the national fontier unci make business intercourso "as untram moled between tho t wo coun tries as it is now between our own states, it I think tho day Is a good way off Fheu such reciprocity as that will bo re* jted with favor in this country.” Many people living in cabins on the mountain sides are moving today in or der to avoid possible death in snow- slides, such as that which .swept down Cbeyeune canon yesterday. So far eight bodies have been recovered. Three meu who were caught iu the slide were taken out only s' ightly braised and they will recover. It is known that 13 per sons were in the slide and two are miss- fug. _ Horses Starving to Death. Eoxrc Cukes, Or., Feb. 13.—Thon- sands of range horses arc said to be starving to death in eastern Oregon. Cattle and sheep buyers, who have re cently visited this city and who have also been in the counties of Crook, Gil- lam, Morrow. Baker, Walowa, Union, Umatilla, Haney and Malheur, say that in every section they have visited with few exceptions the owners of both cat tle and horses have despaired of saving more than a small per cent of their stock. Ships Delayed by a Storm. New York, Feb. 18.—None of the Atlantic passenger liners from Great Britain and the continent that regularly arrive here at the eud of the week has yet been sighted. No doubt a large fltet of steamers has arrived iu tho vi cinity of Sandy Hook bar and is await ing outside for the blizzard to pass. Tho marine obsorver laconically reports "nothing but blizzard.” .WITH THE LEGISLATURE. The Majority of the House Favor lileunlul Hessians. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 14.—The dispensary will not down. Many bills and amendments have bobbed up, and some of them were discussed Friday and Saturday. Able speeches were made in the Senate for # the dis pensary and abler ones for local op tion. Mr. Sheppard is said to have made the best speech of the session. He favored local option. Mr. Appelt has come over to the local option side. Mr. Dean in an able speech favored local option, but frankly said he preferred high license. The Senate passed Mr. Barnwells bill chartering the S. C. G. exten sion Railroad Company after it whs amended so as to prohibit it from building a road from Blacksburg, through Union, Newberry and Salu da counties to Augusta. Ga. The majority of the house favors biennial sessions. The house passed Mr. Dean’s pension bill. The bill is a sensible one. The bill to allow fruit growers to make brandy was killed. The supply bill places the State levy at 5 mills—same as last year. Cherokee, 3 1-2 mills for ordinary county purposes; for poor house and jail 1 mill; ior roads 1 mill; in addi tion to special levy in certain town ships for railroad bonds. Spartanburg, ordinary purposes 3 mills; interest on bonds 1 mill; sink ing fund 1 mill; new jail debt 1-2 of 1 mill; road tux 1 mill; past indebt edness 1-2 of a mill. Union, ordinary county purposes COLDEST WEATHER EVER FELT IN SOUTH Belcw Zero at Many Georgia and Alabama Cities. Quito a wrangle took place over tto agreement to vote on the McEuery Phil ippine resolution on Tuesday, Senator Piatt of Oonnectieut aud others saying snap judgment had been taken and Olli ers denying this. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. NASHVILLE SHORT ON COAU TERRIBLE BLIZZARD RAGINO. Velocity of the Wind Sixty Miles an Hour ut Cape Henry. Lewes, Del., Feb. 13.—A terrible blizzard is raging all along the coast. At Cape Henry the velocity of the wind is 60 miles an hour. Here at noon the speed was 15 miles an hour below that. The breakwater harbor is full of heavy ice, blown iu by the northeast gale. This is likely to cause damage to the shipping anchored here when it moves out. The United States collier Starling is lying dangerously near the breakwater and will be damaged un less tbe gale abates. The schooner Elihu Bailey is agfouud near the point of Cape Honlopen in a bad position. The surfmen attached to the lifesav ing station.bave been forced to abandon for the present their patrol of the coast. Tho storm is equally as severe as tho blizzard of 1883, which wrought such awful damage along tho coast. A Ulizz-ti-d In Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Feb. 13.—Tho storm in this vicinity has assumed tho propor tions of a blizzard. This has had the effect of piling light dry snow in drift* until some streets became impassable to the trolley cars. Tho Pennsylvania, Reading, Lehigh Valley and the New Jersey Central railroads are all seriously affected by tho blizzard. Tender Crops Are In Danger. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 13.—A storm of unusual severity is sweeping across tfie state of Florida. Sieet has fallen to the depth of 2 inches here aud at Pen sacola. Home anxiety is felt concerning- the safety of cattle on tho ranges in Ulo western part of the state, and j.nore about the fruit and vegetable creps. Snow ‘.aUmaC CHPhnbla. ■" Columbia, S. C., Feb. 13.—Suow has been fulling bore for the last 24 hours almost continuously. It is very dry and there is no indication of a cessation. The fall is 7 inches on tho level. 1%3 mean temparaturo has been 16 degree* for the last 24 hours. Through and lo* * r 'g> because when water cal trains are delayed. 3 1-2 mills; sinking fund 2 mills; in terest on railroad bonds 1-2 of 1 mill; roads, bridges and ferries 1 mill. York, 4 1-2 mills in addition to spepial levy in certain townships. Permission granted to borrow $3,000. CALCIUM CARBIDE’S DANGER. .IEUTENANT c * COLONEL of the LWYii-’^'^ky Regi ment Fired on Colsl Anniston, Ala., Feb. 13.—The trouble' that has been brewing for some time be tween Colonel David G Colson and First Lieutenant E. D. Scott of tbe Fonrtb Kentucky culminated in a pitched bat tle, in which Colonel Colson was ehol In tho hip and Lieutenant Scott and H^uy others had narrow escapes. The encounter occurred i:r a restau rant bore about midnight. ^Lieutenant uott was bitting at a tai^o easing with a friend. Lieutenant BAkemtin of tho earno regiment, when Colonel Colson entered. He walkecvover near the two men at the table aud after looking at them a few seconds stepped up and •polled Lieutenant Blakeuiau’s ear, at .ho same time applying a vile epithet. Lieutenant Scott declared that Lien- jtenaut UUikemau was his f.ieud and ho rould not allow him to be insulted. At his Colonel Colson drew a pistol and dentenunc Scptt roso from bis chair [With a pi> tot iu each imnd. There were quite a number of men [ha tile place and while sumo say they do Inot know which fired fir*t, others do- e_ that Colonel Colson opened the ibly a dozen shots were fired lie- others present could stop the la. As if by a miracle, Colonel IS the only m^u injured in the jrther trouble is fen; Louisiana Orange Trees Hurt. New Orleans, Feb. 13 —Snow is 3 inches deep at this place and the ther mometer registers 17 above zero. Tho cold will kill all tho young orange trees, aud it is feared the old trees also will suffer. The crop this year will proba bly be a total failure. Storm l.icieascs In Fury. Boston, Feb. 13.—The heavy snow- [|orm which began here on Saturcla; iu^tfitQ 1 iQ iwy during the ni this morningTk^dg^ northoi driving the sue covering the railroad of snow that soon began iu spite of all efforts to keep open the lines. Injury to Fruit Very Heavy. Macon, Feb. 13.—The heaviest snow storm on record fell hero yesterday aud the ground is now covered with from 4 to 6 inches deep. The weather is in tensely cold. Tho injury to the fruit in this, the peach section of Georgia, has been very groat, iu seme places the damage being estimated at fully two- thuds. If ••cord Hroken at Ashfvllle. Asii&ville, N. C, Feb. 13.—The mer cury reached 14 degrees below zero here last night, the coldest ever known. AI noon today it stood at 10 below. There is much suffering. All charitable so cieties are at work caring for the poor. Colder at Washington. Washington, Fob. 13.—The phenom enal weather of tho past week culmi nated iu a blizzard like snowstorm. An Old Mail Carrier Frozen. jock, Fob. 13.—An old negro Brozier was found Kules |Governing Its Sale In Ww Yjrk. I.hiuliied Acetvlenc Gas Prohibited. Superintendent Murray of the Bu reau of Combustibles, has made regu lations governing the transportation, storage and sale of calcium carbide, which tho firemen declare to bo a source of danger in a burning build- reaches it acetylene gas is given off. A number otstores keep it for use in bicycle lumps. Hereafter, in transit or on storage, it must bo inclosed in her metically scaled iron receptacles marked ‘‘Dangerous, if not kept dry.” No package may contain more than 100 pounds. It must be stored in isolated buildings that are fireproof and waterproof. No arlificial light or heat will be permitted in the building where it is stored. Not more than twenty pounds, in bulk or Vp-cartridges, may be kept in any A fere or factory, and this must be in j Reproof safe or vault above the et grade and it must be kept six ,ies above the iloor. ie manufacture, transportation, storagT, * acetylene within the 1 Sun. Hccelverit of ContrllMitloiu*. Hon. Win. Jefferies has been pointed tr receive contributio Cherokee county for tbo Confej Reunion in May. and has a^ following gentlemen to as and that they go work at one Gowdeyville:—P. S. Webb Strain and J. Rufus Poole. Draytonville:—Wm. Jones, J,ue. \ Jefferies and M. M. fate. White Plains:—B. F. Bonner, L fcher Guthery and T. T. Bryant. Limestone:—Moses Wood, D. Thomas, J. L. Clary and J Wood Cherokee:—Wna. F. Dy Caldwell and Col. W. D. Morgan :—Joseph Pr, Scruggs and Drue 8; Coat Dii Fort W( hundred., the Che ritory,^ s trill EARTH COVERED BY SNOW All Records For Low Temperature (Smashed, Telegraph Wires Are Pros trated and Havoc Wrought Gener ally as a Result of the Htizzard. £3S Atlanta, Feb. 13.—The south shiv ered today in a temperature of unprece dented severity. From the Gulf of Mexico northward and from4he Atlantic coast to the west boundary of Texas the cold wave has settled heavily on the country and produced the lowest tem peratures over known. Anniston, Ala., reported tho lowest temperature—Id below at 7 o’clock this morning. Atlanta comes next with 8‘£ below recorded officially. This was the lowest ever known hero, tho low mark being broken 6J-2 degrees. Street ther mometers recorded 10 aud 12 below aud this temperature, accompanied by o wind which reached a velocity of 35 miles an hoar, made tho discomfort al most unborable. Great suffering was reported to tho police early iu tho day and prompt measures wore taken for relief. Tho Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitu tion cooperated with the police and furuished coal and provisions to hun dreds of families. A largo number of people with frost bitten bands, faces, ears and noses were cared for early in tho morning aud ten cases were sent to the Grady hospital. One week ago the temperature hero was 72. Street car traffic is demoralized, no cars having been run on some linos since Saturday night. Four inches of snow covers the ground. Advices from different parts of tho state show that the storm is general. In the fruit growing sectiourgreat damage is certain to result. Superintendent Stevens of tho West ern Union reports telegraph facilities badly damoralized. There is no connec tion with Naw Orleans or Jacksonville, Fla., and m»n> wires iu every dirootion have snapped as a result of the cold. The storm iu the vicinity of Mobile has wrecked all wires to New Orleans and a largo orew of linemen left Mobile early in the day in an effort to restoxO communication. Among the temperatures reported to the weather bureau are the following— all below zero: Nashville, 12; Knox ville, 10; Selma, 6; Birmingham, 5; Co lumbus, 4; Mobile, 1; Montgomery, 4, and many others hovering near the zero mark. CLOSE CALL OF CHICAGOANS. WORST STORM IN YEARS. THE COLDEST ON RECORD. Much Suffering In Nashville Because of a Coal (Shortage. Nashville, Feb. 13.—The weather here today was the coldest on record. Tho thermomotor registering 12 degrees below zero at 7 a. m. There is much suffering on account of lack of coal, but coal traius are being sent iu as rapidly ns possible, being given right of way over other trains. 801110 manufacturing establishments being unable to secure coal have shut down, but they will bo supplied as rap idly as possible and will be running again iu two or three days. Suffering among the poor is being re lieved by charitable organizations, whose funds have been largely increased by subscription3 during the past week. There has been no damage to fruit in this section, as the cold weathor has prevented earlier budding. ZERO WEATHER” PREVAILS. Record Breaker For West Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. Memphis, Feb. 13.—The present cold snap is u record breaker for West Ten nessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. Zero weather has prevailed for several days and there has been much suffering among poor people. ... The effect of the weather Las beon to cause a complete suspension naviga tion on the Mississippi river from Greenville, Miss., north to Cairo. The wharf at Memphis is icebound aud local packets have gone into winter quarters. Early bearing fruit trees iu Mississippi have been withered by tbe intense cold and the $arly fruit crop will bo seri ously impaired. Half a Dozen People Narrowly Escape Freezing to Death. Chicago, Feb. 13.—Five of the six persons who were thought to have been lost on the ioe last night, were rescued this morning. They were: Elmer D. Brothers of 4351 North Ash land avenue. Mauney, his niece, same resi- Heaviest Snowfall at Savannah Since Van Hurrn Was Inaugurated. Savannah, Feb. 13. — There was a heavy sleet hero yesterday and snow to day, The ground is covered with ;8 inches. The thermometer registers 8 degrees, the coldest ever recorded here. Tho snow is ths heaviest since the storm of March 4, 1837, the day Van Buren was inaugurated president. Street car service is broken up and all People You Know and People Yon l>on’t Know. Hon. Wm. Munro, the nesfcor of the Union bar, returned to the city Friday after spending a day at big home in Union. Col. Munro has many friends in Gaffney. Mrs. W. H. Pearson and two little daughters are visiting relatives in Augusta, Ga. M. 8. Swafford came in Saturday and added his name to The Ledger list. J. A. Gorham, an attorney for tbo Southern was present iu the court last week. John T. Williams, of Ezells, paid The Ledger a visit while in the city Thursday. Miss Mattie Knox, an attractive young lady of Blacksburg, is visiting her uncle, Capt. J. B. Bell, on Logan street. E. K. Belew, of Blacksburg, came over to tho city Friday. Thos. B. Hughey, of Mercer, while in the city Saturday paid The Ledger 4 visit. J. Steele Brice, one of the most popular and prominent members of the York bar, was in the city Thurs day on professional business. Mr- Brice is a partner of Congressman- Elect D. E. Finley. J. S. Northey, one of Cherokee’s best citizens and practical farmers, spent last Thursday in the city. Hon. W. B. DeLoach, a prominent young attorney of ihe Yorkville bar, attended court the latter part of last week. Keenan McCullough was among The Ledger visitors Saturday. Major D. R. Duncan, ore. of ilp? foremost lawyers of the State, was engaged in some cases before tbe court the last ot the week. James Swafford, of Cowpens, came in to see The Ledger while in the city Saturday. Mr. Swafford is one of Cherokee’s hist citizens, Howard Carlisle, a prominent at torney of Spartanburg, with many friends in Cherokee was in the court Saturday. It. H. Garrett, a prominent citizen of King’s Mountain, N. C., spent some days in the city this week on a visit to hispon, Dr.jJ. F. Garrett. John Sparks, a hustling young farmer from Goucher, came to the city last Thursday. Mr. Haynesworth, a leading attor ney of the Greenville bar, attended court the last of the week, and in a speech before the court made a fine impression here. John D. Jeffries, Jr., of \sbury, paid The Ledger a pleasan ,ll Satur day. County Commissionor J. B. Brown spent some time in tho city Friday. J. E. Mostelle, a prominent Chero kee farmer, paid The Ledger a visit Saturday. L'uc-lulmed Letter*. List of letters remaining in office uncalled for to date: C. E. Campbell. J. W. Caveney. J. T. Chambers. Emma Donlvan. A. C. Davis. Miss Emma Ellis. James Ellison. Number of Maiiufaotorle# Foro©4 M Suspend In Consequence. Nashvhxk, Feb, 11. —The coal here is on in good shape and the situa tion would be exceedingly serious but for the fact that the railroads have Oomt to the rescue and have promised jpllei at once. A number of big manofactories bars been compelled to close down, uaong them tho Pkenix cotton mills, which alone throws 750 people out of employ ment. Half a dozen other big plants are dependent on supplies received from hour to hoar, including the city water works. Hundreds of families are out of coal, aud owing to the inteso cold and conse quent suffering fire engine houses were ordered thrown open to the public and the recommendation was made that churches be boated up and likewise opened. Nashville’s need was communicated to President M. H. Smith of the Louis ville and Nashville railroad, aud he promptly responded by wiring that 30 carloads of coal would be sent from Vir ginia and eiisteru Kentucky to reach here this morning and that 20 to 30 car loads would be sent daily until the dis tress was relieved. Tho chamber of commerce adopted formal resolutions expressing apprecia tion of the efforts of President Smith, President Thomas and others to relie! the situation. The trouble is dne to the fact that no local dealers carry any stock, 'but sell from f-ara frr>m Hav day. a ' from cars from day W._ H. BAGLEY NOT GUILTY. Jury In tbe Populist’s Case Returns a Verdict Releasing Him. U Cusseta, Ga., Feb. 11.—The jury iu jftke case of W. H. Bagley, put on trial hero Monday charged with Thomas M. Adams, has returned a ver dict of not guilty. Tho doed for which Bagley was tried was committed several mouths ago, Thomas M. Adams, Democratic nomb nee for the legislate rc was assassinated at apolitical meeting. W. H. Bagley,, his Ropnlist opponent, was present and it v. ds charged that he did the deed. Tii| state, at the trial just closed, io- trod<1 cod witnesses who swore that Bag- lay fired the fatal shot; the defense im J tfoduced a witness who swore that uej did not. Bagloy Is perhaps the most prominent Populist in Chattahoochee courfty. Ho is'ex-sheriff aud one yew ran to^ ordi nary. Seven Populists and five Demo crats composed the jury that cleared Bagley. Thomas E Watson was leading coun sel for the defense and his closing speech attracted people from miles aronnd. - . - 4 FLORENCE MAKING READY, i Saudnyschool Convention Will Meet There In April Next. Florxnl!% Ala., Feb. 11.—Arranf meats have been commenced for the en tertainment of the Alabama State dayschool convention, which meets this city April 12 to 14. More than : delegates are expected and Flc will no doubt entertain them roy The meetings will be held in the Presbytiyiau church* been completed, an; ins