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•s 1 l‘\ 0. St icv, I’rc lidi ut. J. 01 aHM.a'.V. Vice President THE HATIOHSL BANK OF GAFFNEY. Capital $50,000 oo. Win, bu v cminty claims, receive {teposit and inaki* Iili< i a> loans on approved paper 1). <Itoss. < 'asliii'i. The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. VVE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 1C, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1899. $1.00 A YEAR. INSURGENTS ROUTED BY KING’S BRIGADE i* lively Exchange of Volleys at San Pedro Macatia, REBELS FLEE TO A JUNGLE Suited That Filipinos In tho Interior Are In Sore Straits nnd Quarreling Among Themselves, but It Is Impos sible to Conilrm the Report. Manila, Feb. 1(5.—A largo body of tho tiicmy, presumably reconuoiteriug, was discovered on tne right of Brigadier General King’s position, near San Pedro Macatia, this morning. Tho entire brigade turned out and after an ex change of volleys tho rebels retreated into tho jungle and disappeared. Since the American line reached the natural defenses of Manila they have wade no further advance and tho troops aro now encamped along tho line. Many places have Lean temporarily en trenched. Occasional brushes with small bodies of tho enemy by scouting parties have Leon the only cause of exeitemout. tl'roops K and I of tho Fourth cavalry Encountered the enemy’s scouts yester day near Paumnaque and exchanged a ^ew volleys with them. During the tir ing Trooper Wiltner of Troop K was wounded in tho right arm. Tho cruiser Buffalo lired four small hells at a party of the enemy, which ftho cruiser’s searchlight showed to be ftuouuting a battery near Parauaque last juight. Tbo enemy made no reply and ’withdrew their guns to Parauaque. The steamers Brutus and lloniulus ave arrived at Iloilo, but brought no ater news, except that the Americans re clearing vessels thence, assuming control of the fortress. Insurgents had 11 records burned before vacating the wn. It is rumored that Filipinos in the in- rior are in sore straits, and are now uarreling among themselves, but it is hi possible to confirm these reports, as T communication is cut off. 10AL FAMINE THREATENED. Ilrnilnglmin Furnaces May Ue Forced to Ibiiil: Their Fires. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 16.—TheBir- lingham district is threateued with a il famine. It could hardly be called a il famine, but a scarcity of black dia- xond is in sight because of the heavy lemand upon the mines and the cold Feather, which has handicapped mining. Unless good weather returns immedi ately and work at the mines gets under |ull headway again half a dozen fur- 33 will have to bank tkeiv fires tern- orarily. Tho domestic demand has 3U unprecedented during the past ^eek, which has caused many furnaces | come up short on their supply. r Mine operators are doing all in their »wer to supply tho demand and are jpeful that an early roturn of pleasant feather will prevent anything like ' famine. THE M’ENERY RESOLUTION. No Program Yet Matured as to Whut Shall He Done With It. Washington, Feb. 16.—House lead ers familiar with foreign questions sny no program has been matured or even outlined thus far as to what will be done with the McEuery resolution re lating to the Philippines, passed by the senate. It will probably go to the for eign affairs committee, although the point has been made that with the rati fication of the treaty the Philippine! are no longer foreign territory. This view is held by Chairman Knox of the committee on territories. The foreign affairs committee meets on the call of Chairman Hitt and no no tice of a meeting has been given. Mr. Hitt said he would talk with his com mittee associates before determining on any plan. Mr. Dinsmore of Arkansas, the ranking minority member of the committee, says the minority has not matured any plan of action, although it may propose an amendment designed to eliminate any suggestion of a colo nial system which the resolution may now convey. Some of the members of the commit tee stated privately that they would not vote for the resolution if it could be cou- Btrued as objectionable to the adminis tration. Owing to the absence of all ex act plans, the impression prevails in some quarters that there will bo no haste towards considering the subject. AN OIL MILL ASSURED. Mr. I.iiiHi-oiub lias nought the Site uud Will Begin Work at One®. J. N. Lipscomb, on yesterday bought a splendid site for his pro posed Cotton Seed Oil Mill. It is located on the line of the S. C. & G. Railroad and is admirably adopted for the purpose. Mr. Lipscomb will give orders for machinery at onco and will begin to get his mate-rial together so as to be gin as soon as the spring opens. For several years there have been various efforts at establishing an oil mill here but all to no avail. Finally Mr. Lipscomb determined that he would undertake the enterprise, so be went to work without any flour ishes or blowing of trumpets and the result is that wo are assured of the enterprise. We wish Mr. Lipscomb all manner of success in his new un dertaking. BROWN-WOOD The Nuptials tube Perfumed in the First Baptist Church. About a week ago cards were issued announcing the marrage of Mr. William Franklin Brown and Miss Beona Wood, which was to have taken place at the Fresbyterian church next Wednesday night. The ceremony however, will be performed at the First Baptist church on the date named in tho invitations. T frien ILOILG EASILY TAKEN GY AMERICAN FORCES Troops Under Miller Occupy the Panay Capital. FIGHT BRIEF AND DECISIVE Hebi-ls Decline to Surrender When Culled on and United States War ships Ilomburd the Town With tho Fft et of Driving Them Out. Manila, Feb. 14.—The United State! gunboat Petrol arrived here late last evening with dispatches from Brigadier General Marcus P. Miller to Major Gen eral Otis, announcing that Iloilo had been taken by the combined military and naval forces on Saturday morning. General Miller, on his instruction! from Manila, sent the native commis- sioncra from the United Sta cs trans port St. Paul with a communication for the rebel governor of Iloilo calling upon him to surrender within a time stated and warning him not to make a demon stration in the interval. The rebels immediately moved their gnus and prepared to defend their posi tion. Thereupon the Peirel fired two warning guns, tho rebels immediately opening tins upon her. The Petrel and tho Boston then bombarded the town, which the rebell having set on fire, immediately evacu ated. American troops were promptly landed and extinguished the fires in all cases of foreign property, but not be fore considerable damage had been done. It is believed that the enemy’s loss during the bombardment was heavy, but no American casualties are reported. Ultimatum From Miller. On the morning of Friday, Fob. 10, Genural Mliier sent an ultimatum to tho commander of tho rebels on shore, notifvuig him that it was his intention to take Iloilo, by force if necessary. Nuncombattanta and foreigners were warned to leave the town within 24 hours. The rebels were also warned that they must make no further bellig erent preparations. Tho gunboat Petrel was then moved to a position close iu shore and near tho rebel fort, while the cruiser Boston took up hsr etatien at tho other cad of the town. Friday passed quietly. During the day many refugees left the town of Iloilo. The majority of them were taken on board foreign shins lying in the harbor. Searchlights from the United States wsrships were kept all night long illu minating the town and its defenses The rebels, so far us the lookouts on the ship* could dLctun, remained quiescent throughout the night. At S o’clock on tho morning of Satur day, Feb. 11, the gunboat Petrel sig nalled to tho truihsr Boston that the rebel* were working in their trenches. In return the Petrel was ordered to lire warning »hut* on tha town from her OUR ADVERTISERS. A Fewt’Facts that It Would he Well for Our Keuders to Consider. We would like to Impress some facts upon the minds of our readers and they are these: People do not advertise for the fun of the thing; neither do they advertise just to help the town paper along. A man or busi ness firm may begin that kind of ad vertising but they soon get tired of paying out cash just to help a fellow along and unless they soon begin to see that it s helping them some they generally quit, and that pretty soon. That is right. This charity business is not what it is crackedjup to be any way. The Ledger wants no such bus iness and its advertisers do not use its columns just to help it along. They use tiie columns of this paper because they have something to tell the peo ple about their s'ore and goods and they know that they can reach more people in this section through The Ledger than by any other medium. Every reader should read and study the advertisements. In them you will find bargains you would not otherwise) heard of. Just tell a m' pliant where you saw his ad and nine times out of ten he will give you more polite attention and better bar gains than he otherwise would have done. And there is n ithing unnatur al about that for ho Instantly recog nizes that you aro a close observer and that you have confidence in whut he says in his ad, for if ou did not have Jthat confidence would not have mentioned it to him. Only re liable business houses use the col- nransof this paper, hence wo assure you that you will always be treated right by our advertisers. Among the new advertisers in this issue are J. L. Alexander, S. B. Crawley A Co., The Company Store, O. E. Wilkins & Bros., Clerk of Court Jefferies, Sheriff Thomas, L. W. McGwinn, C. I. Hood <k Co., and the Pratt Medicine Co. With the I.t-K^latui-o. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 17.—The House Committee on Railroads re ported favorably on the S. C. & G. extension bill, which, if passed, will enable that road to extend their road from Gaffney to Clifton and Spartan burg. Mauldin’s and Robinson’s local op tion bills were killed Wednesday. Able speeches were made pro and con. Josh Ashley is “agin” the dispensary and during the debate said he “want ed the members to go home and tell their people about free liquor samples for the legislators. The State dispen sary is in the wrong place. It should not be where the people meet to make laws. In regard to the dispensary system he said that a man can’t go in and buy a drink, but two or three and it is the ‘sorriest liquor ever nt into—South Carolina.’” lire mar- M’ENERY RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY SENATE Vote on the Measure Stood 26 to 22. BACON AND LINDSAY TALK The Bill Declares It to Be the luten* tlou of This Government to With* draw From the Philippine Island* When Stable Rule Is Established. Washington, Feb. 14.—The senate aossion began at 11 o’clock today with nine senators present. Mr. Stewart of Nevada spoke in opposition to the Mo- Euery resolution and iu favor of retain ing the Philippines. Lindsay of Ken tucky and Bacon of Georgia also op posed the McEuery resolution. The MoEnery resolution was carried, 26 to 22. The McEnery resolution is as followii “That the ratification of the treaty of peace with Spain it is not intended to incorporate the inhabitants of the Phil ippine islands into citizenship of the United States, nor is it intended to per manently annex them as an integral part of the territory of the United States, but it is the intention of the United States to establish on said islands a gov ernment suitable to tne wants and con ditions of the inhabitants of said islands to prove them for local self government and iuduco time'make such disposition of said islands as will best prefthe interests of the citizens of the awaited States and the inhabitants of the said islands.” About 100 members of the house were present today when Speoker Reed called for order. Bills were passed to re-enaot a bill to authorize the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railroad company to construct a bridge across the Corpus Christ! channel; to authorize the Muscle Shoals Power com pany to construct and operate canals at Muscle Shoals, Ala.; to authorize the Pensacola and Northwestern railroad to construct a road across the public lands of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee; to grant Wisconsin certain lauds as part of the present military reservation; to authorize the Georgia Pine Railroad company to construct a bridge across Flint river. At 1 o’clock the house went into com mittee of the whole and assumed the consideration of the sundry civil bill. Mr. Corliss (Rep., Mich.) has gfferod his Pacific cable bill as an amendment to the sundry civil bill PRISON BOARD IsTnJOINED. Mllledgoville Property Owuers Secure a Restraining Order. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 14.—Messrs. Pat- tie and Roberts, attorneys of the Mill- edgevillo Waterworks company, cams before Judge Bpeer with a petition fo» injunction against the state prison com mission to enjoin them from erecting stockades, etc., for tho state penitenti ary farm on the land recently purchased for that purpose near Milledgeville by ^the prison commissioners. ffdr company of Milledgeville ll ENOCH ARDEN IN REAL LIFE. Couple Reunited After Being Sepa rated For a Number of Years. Charlotte, N. C , Feb. 1(1.—After uiauy years of separation, during which each thought tho other dead, Mr. and Mrs. William Cross of this city have found each other, and today another Carriage ceremony was performed, bind- lug anew the two, already man and wife, iu the holy bonds of matrimony. Behind these nuptials is an Enoch Arden story in real life, not quite so pa thetic perhaps as Tennyson’s famous poem, because of its happier denoue ment, but fully as romantic. Years ago the husband, then but shortly mar ried, was wrecked in tho China sea. He was rescued from a watery grave, but carried to a living death iu Siberia. And his fortunes, for a long time, were cast iu that inhospitable clime. But, finally, he made his way to America and be came captain of a steamship running out >f New York. In the meantime his wife, giving up her husband as dead, removed to the metropolis and opened a millnery estab lishment. An accident at last threw the two together. Recognition was mu tual, and, as the old love had survived, another marriage was decided upon. Hence today’s ceremony. STATE FAIR ARRANGEMENT. AMERICANS CAPTURE A SUCURB OF ILOILO Jaro Taken by Regulars With Little Difficulty. A Committee of Atlantiaiis and Pope Brown Ratify the Contract. Atlanta, Feb. 16. — The executive committee of the State Agricultural so ciety and a joint committee of At- lantians met iu the Kimball House to day at noon and formally ratified the agreement reached two weeks ago be tween Atlanta on one side and Presi dent Pope Brown of tho agricultural society on the other, as to the holding of the state fair here next fall. This agreement, as has been pub lished, provided that Atlanta was t guarantee $10,000 to pay the expense of the show, and that a directorate, coV- ststing of a certain number of members, of the agricnltural society and an equal number of AtlLnturns, were to manage tho show—the agricultural society’s members to look especially after the ag ricultural features, aud the Atlautiaus after the manufacturing exhibits. Nearly all of the required $10,000 has been subscribed. MAY GO OUT AT SAVANNAH. INSURGENT LOSS SEVERE First Lieutenant and Three Privates of the United States Infantry Forces Receive Slight Injuries During the Fighting. Manila, Feb. 10. — Colonel Potter (Lieutenant Colonel 0. L Foster of the signal corps?) arrived from Iloilo yester day evening with dispatches from Brig adier General M. D. Miller to Major General E. S. Otis, commanding the United States forces in the Philippine islands. On Sunday afternoon General Miller ordered a reconnoisauce iu force to as certain the enemy’s position. Major Cheatham’s battalion, the Tennessee volunteer regiment, marched beyond Molo without finding the enemy and returned to Iloilo. Kellar’s battalion of the Eighteenth United States infantry, with two Hotch kiss guns aud uue Gatling gun, marched towards Jaro. Midway between Iloilo aud Jaro this battalion encountered a large body of the enemy occupying both sides of the road, who met the advance of the American troops with a severe and well direc f ed fire. The Americans deployed aud returned the fire. The troops advanced steadily, sup ported by the Hotchkiss and Gatling f uns, aud drove the enemy through aro to the open country beyond the J town. The town of Jaro was found to i je deserted and all portable property I had been removed. When the Ameri* / cans entered the place there were only a few Chinese there. At 4:10 o’clock in tho afternoon, Captain Griffiths raised the American flag over tho presideucia. lusurgej^ •'68 Severe. outside of the Bowles of the io working the ^ tho leg. In lTi Ray’s Immunes Likely to Be Dis charged at tho Forest City. Savannah, Feb. 16.—Colonel L. J. Bellinger, the depot quartermaster here, says that the Third immune regiment, Colonel Ray’s, will be mustered out here instead of in Macon. He states that his information from Washington is to that effect There are two mustering officers her* now waiting for the Sixth immune regi ment from Porto Rico, which will ar rive on Friday and will be mustered out at once. The full machinery for mustering out the men will be here, aud he feels as sured on that account that the depart ment will make no change, but will have Ray’s regiment mustered out here also. He does not know jnst when the regiment will arrive. NEGRO RESISTS OFFICERS. He Shoots One and Is In Turn Himself Fatally Injured. km, Ala., Feb^ 10.—Deputy itant During t> town Lk :ig>^ Eig liguf s -. addition one |ga senous'y wounded and two wer<j*fcugutly injured. The rebel loss was severe. t All was quiet on Monday when Colo nel Potter left Iloilo. Two d .lives attempted to slip past the United States ci 'ser Olympia durirg the night iu a boa*. They failed to 7 Y spend when hailed, but kept parleyl j along. After a warning shot a sentry fired at the boat aud killed one of the occupants and wounded the other. A Spanish prisoner who escaped from Malolos re pc .'is that Baldomero Agui- naldo, a cousin of General Aguinaldo and Filipino minister of wu?, was killed iu the fighting at ^ ’ -ocan on Feb. 10, where the Kansy and Penn sylvania troops X * artillery wore heavily f "stion of this report# g of a general’# railway sheds. Admiral Dewey Talks. In an interview Admiral Dewey saidc “The people on shore know more about the situation than I do. It soems to be excellent, however. The natives are coming in again and especially in San Roque, whence they had been driven out by tho iusurgents, who had burned their huts. "With ordinary people I should say backbouA^MMLiiUi^ction had