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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.
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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