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THWAKTKIJ .IU8TICK.
Our readers, perhaps, have not
forgotten Mrs. Mattie A. Hughes
who killed her husband, George W.
Hughes,>t Greers, S. C., and after
wards figured as the defendant in a
trial for murder in the Greenville
c >urt. The jury in the case failed
to agree and a mistrial was ordered
by Judge Townsend.
When the case was called for a
new trial last Tuesday, the attorneys
for the defence moved to knock out
the indictment on grounds which
are enveloped, of course, in a cloud
of words, illumminated here and
there with streaks of barbarous
L itin or unintelligible French, but
which in plain English are, iiiat she
has been tried once for this same
crime, at some little risk to her pre
cious life, and that tlie constitution
of the State declares pointedly and
emphatically that no person however
far gone in iniquity shall have his
life put in jeopardy a second time
for the same oflense.
' The arguments were heard on Wed
nesday and at this writing we have
not. been inforitied of the result.
Whether the presiding judge sus-
tain the motion and threw the case
out of court, is not with us the main
question of interest. Wc regard the
case as only another illustration of
the sharp practice of ambitious law
yers who would sacrufice law, jus
tice, the peace Of society on the al
tar of their selfish ambition—a prac
tice which has often thwarted justice,
d graded law,and forced the people in
thedr disappointment and exaspera
tion to mete nut what they consid-
end j irlicc, in contempt and defi
ance of law. And just us long as
plain common justice and plainer
common sense are to he obstructed
and over-ridden by mere legal techni
calities manipulated by unscrupu
lous lawyers intent only on their
own aggrandizement, just so long will
the common people cherish a profound
contempt for courts and court ma
chinery, and in desperate emergen
cies will organize their own courts
and execute their own laws. Their
instincts arc true and warn them
that they have no other resource.
When crimes are perpetrated that
threaten the foundation of society
and endanger the peace and happiness
of every home, men are in no humor
to dally with farces or to pay re
spect to weak formalities.
There hasn't been a lynching in
England since the days cf the
Stuarts; nor in Germany since the
reign of Frederick the Great ; nor in
France since the French Revolution.
The reason is, these nations have
laws and those laws are executed
and hence are respected, trusted,
and feared.
Now, in the case of Mrs. Hughes,
she has not been tried once, what
ever meaning or turn may be given
to a technicality by quibbling on
words. A case is not tried in the
plain sense of the word until it is
lirished, and it cannot be finished
when the jury declares their inability
to complete it. The very word
“mistrial” implies no legal trial.
So far us we can gather from a
multiplicity of words without mean
ing, a good deal of stress, too, is laid
upon the fact that Mrs. Hughes was
not present when Judge Townsend
ordered the mistrial. How that
could have any bearing directly or
remotely, palpably or inferential!}',
on the justice or unjustice, tbe fair
ness or unfairness, of the proceed
ings, is beyond the pale of common
sense and the range of a..y healthy
imagination.
We have no desire to prejudice the
case of Mrs. Hughes in court. She
is entitled to all the benefits that
may accrue to her from a fair and
impartial friffl,'and the law and the
country are cquudy entitled to the
benefits which may accrue to them
from such a ’ trial. Hut the people
are sick of “the law’s delays,” and
their patience with legal tomfooleries
is well nigh exhausted.
Till: WAK HISTORY.
The Confederate War History so
long promised and expected is at
I«»t published and is now being de
livered to subscribers by the agents
of the Confederate Publishing Com
pany Tbe work is issued in twelve
large volumes bound in cloth and
contain i in all over 5 U00 pages.
The relling price is $18.00 for the
set.
We have found time to give the
work only a cursory examination and
we confess to a slight feeling of dis
appointment in the appearance and
the mechanical make-up of the
book. The binding is coarse, though
perhaps substantia! and durable; the
paper is rough, and the type, heavy
and unattractive, and altogether
there is a mild flavor about it of the
time when the word “Confederate”
was a synonym for every kind of in
feriority except when applied to sol
diership. There tbe word mounted
into a grandeur that thrilled “tbe
storm-cradled nation” with pride,
and chained tbe attention and ad
miration of the world.
Four dollars a volume is a high
price for a book in this day of cheap
book making—a price that ought to
compensate for the best material
and the highest class of typographi
cal and mechanical workmanship.
But notwithstanding these obj--c-
t'onabie features, the book is a
grand monumental work and ought
to be read by every man and woman
in the South, and in the North, too,
as for that. It is wide in its scope
and admirable in its purposes. It
gives a complete military history of
the South during the bloody period
of the Sixties, from a Southern
stand-point, and crystalizes the
names and fume of thousands of he
roic men who otherwise would never
have been heard of by future genera
tions. It will no doubt be a stand
ard work and will remain for all time
as a monument to sublime heroism
and patriotic devotion.
A SCENK OF HORROR.
NOTKS AXI> COMMENTS.
Captain Thacktson and his street
force did some good work on the
streets about Limestone. A few
more such licks on the main si reel
leading up from the college to Cupt.
Richardsot/i will put it into a con
dition more in keeping with its im
portance as a driveway than it lias
ever been in before. Capt. Thaek-
storj knows how to have things done
and if the authorities would just
give him the force and the time, (he
people who live around Limestone
and pay taxes to the town, would
soon cease to complain.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Governor Eilerbe is a very sick
man. All accounts of bis conditirn
indicate that his days are numbered
and the number is few. It is sad to
think that one so young, so gifted,
so honored, and with so much to
live for, should be stricken -down in
t he midst of all his honors, his hopes,
and his prospects. His condition
brings home the oft-repeated, but
never-learned lesson, of the vanity of
worldly honors and of tbe inter
futility of many of the things for
which men toil, and suffer, and
hope.
"With equal pact-impartial fate
Knock* at tin* palace ami the cottage /ate.”
Among the many distinguished
visitors whom the Cowpens Celebra
tion attracted to Gaffney, there was
not one whose presence was more ap
preciated by our citizens than that
of Mr. X. G. Gonzales, editor of
tbe State. Our people honor him
for his courage, his modesty in so
cial intercourse, his consistency, and
ids high-toned integrity. His pen
has long been an acknowledged
power for truth, honor, and good gov
ernment in South Carolina while
he has abundantly demonstrated
the fact that when patriotism^makes
! the demand, he is ready to dropThe
I pen and wield the sword in behalf of
j the wronged and oppressed.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
The roads radiating in all direc-
! tims from Gaffney are in better
! condition than we have known
them before during a resi
dence of nearly eighteen years. The
road from this place to Cowpens
battle ground, we- venture to assert
was never before in as good condition
as now. Supervisor Lipscomb has
done his duty by the roads. This
condition of the roads is one out
come of the new county, and is due
only to the county'. Everywhere a
man witii a head on his shoulders may
see and feel the impulses of new life
which would have been impossible
with our county government at Spsr-
tunburg. And yet there are perhaps a
half dozen croakers and as many
soreheads in Cherokee county who
still nurse their opposition to the
new county and still try to believe
that somebody has done them per
sonally a great wrong. But they
cun no more check the on-rol.-
ing tide, than a dog can stop the
nioon fromTjhiTiin^iby barking at it.
Hark and growl as iw may, the moon
will shine on.
Solial anil SalUf} hkg.
(Spurtauburtr IK-raM, May
Editor Ed. II. DeCamp, of Gaffney,
was in the city yesterday, circulating
among his friends, talking up his
town ami extending Invitations to
the Cowpens Haltlefmld blowout
which occurs next Saturday. Mr.
iJeCamp can claim credit for being
not only one of the cleverest news
paper men in the .State, but the pub
lisher of one of the very best news
papers. The Ledger is solid and sat
isfying.
Ti»|i o - I hi- MornliiK tn You, Sir.
pjrccnwood Journal.]
The Gaffney Ledger is one of the
Htate papers whose editorials we in
variably look after. Tbe Ledger man
gives you something to read and to
digest.
SLAUGHTERING A CRIMINAL BY THE
GUILLOTINE IN PARIS.
A W oinn n‘a llt-Hi-rliil Inn of I In- Slioi-k-
Init Speelacli* Tliut AI«vh>-n Attrncta
tin* Oiitc-ttutu of llii* I’'rt*n4*li Cniiltnl.
After the Fearful Knife IIhn Fallen.
lu these rushing times we might take
for our motto “Something New, Al
ways Something New.” Consequently,
I imagine that tbo impressions of a
woman at the foot of tbo guillotine
would not be commonplace. I was pres
ent at one performance in the Place de
la Ruquette, where M. do Paris and his
assistants officiated in tho name of so
called justice. Tho horriblo spectacle
haunts and racks tho mind and tends
rather to rc-euforco the partisans of the
abolition of capital punishment. Tho
horror of the punishment imposed ren
ders a guilty man almost worthy of
pity. The sight of a human being,
dragged like a beast to tbo slaughter
house, up oven to the sinister seesaw,
is terrible.
I know many people may bo astonish
ed that anybody could be moved to pity
for the ferocious brute, Carrara, who
transformed his mushroom establish
ment into a crematory and had no mer
cy for tho unfortunate young man, La-
marra, whom he threw into the fire
after having murdered him for tho pur
pose of robbery. I know all that, and 1
do not dispute tho fact that tho Italian
was a monster, but that is no reason
why wo shonld not bo disgusted at the
spectacle which was presented to our
eyes and which I will now endeavor to
describe with tbo impartiality of a sim
ple spectator, without resentment or
prejudice, bnt with a heart that revolts
against a scene that has neither tho
grandeur nor the majesty of a punish
ment inflicted, hut rather exhibits tho
cowardice and baseness of a vengeance
which hidesitself from the light of day.
Tbo execution was fixed for 4 o’clock
in tho morning, but from tbo hour of
midnight tho neighborhood of the
Grande Roquctte was swarming with
an undulating uml mocking crowd.
Jailbirds, murderers, footpads and wom
en of tho streets assembled there to see,
as they said, “tbo Italian animal short
ened. ”
Journalists were admitted into tbe
narrow spaco so often described, with
its five sinister stones and its legendary
gas jet which is never lighted except on
tbo evening before an execution.
There in the rain wo watched the set
ting up of that horrible machine which,
according to tho legend, Cagliostro
showed iu a glass of clear water to the
terrified Mario Antoinette. In tho yel
low and spectral light of tho gas jet
that flickered iu tho wind these prepa
rations were hideous to witness. Al
most on a level with tbe ground stands
tho scaffold with its two arms in tho
air brandishing tho sparkling knifo.
And I, a woman, in tho presence of
these preparations, could not help think
ing of tho family of tho wretch whoso
head was eoou to fall into tho basket. I
thought of his little children, who were
at that moment sleeping soundly some
where, and of bis wife, equally guilty
with him, and who, as it were, pushed
her husband into the arms of tbo execu
tioner as a last resort to save herself.
What remorse will bo hers when they
tell her abruptly: “Carrara has suffered
his punishment. You aro a widow!”
Hut the day was dawning, and tbe
lamps were going out. At tho windows
and even on the roofs numbers of spec
tators wero gathered as if to witness
some carnival. Tho sight was heart
rending. Mounted gendarmes and sol
diers gradually came ont of tho dark-
ness, and one might bo inclined to rail
at such a display of force at tho execu
tion of a wretch paralyzed by fear, who
in a few moments would appear upon
tho sceuo tied baud and foot.
There was some little commotion
among tbe crowd when people begun to
point at a thin, old man wbo hobbled
about with tbo gestures of a dancing
jack to see if tho knifo iu tho brass run
ners was in good working order. This
was Deibler, the executioner, a ghost
with a white beard, who adjusted the
instrument with tbe indifference of a
grocer we'gbing bn goods. Suddenly
there was profound silence; the rain
was over, beads were uncovered and
motionless. Breathless and almost iu
agony tho crowd followed with staring
eyes tho movement of tho doors of tho
prison, which at last opened wide.
A suppressed “Ah !” caroofrom many
contracted chests, while with pale faces
all gazed upon tbe assassin, whose
crime tho mountebanks of the fairs pop
ularized. Ho was simply frightful to
look at, bowed down as he was with
terror. Ho did not look liko a human
being. Ho looked like a beast. His in
telligence was already dead and bis
heart bad lest all feeling. Tbo instinct
of the animal still remained. The sight
was dreadfully sad.
What followed beggars description.
Tbo executioner and his aids seemed no
longer to bo men employed to carry out
the ends of justice; they looked like
butchers. They seized tho condemned
man, some by tho ears, some by tbe
legs, while others held down tho center
of tho body and kept holding him up to
tbe very moment when, with a sudden
rumble, tho knife fell, tbo bead re
bounded into tho basket and the abomi
nation was at an end.
But ouo should be present and see tbe
pavements covered with blood, the gory
knife, the blood spurting from tbe de
capitated trunk, tho ignominious wash-
; iug at the nearby fountain and tbe gat-
i ters rolling to the sewer a purple color-
j ed mud, in order to ho able to compre-
| hi ud all tho horrors of an execution in
Paris.—Exchange.
THADY O’DOWDAS’ BRIDE.
A Ciii limn I.euiMiii of the Klnsn of
Connniiuht.
Far back in tho misty past, when every
man iu Ireland was a saint or a king
—and, begorra, there was some was
both—the great U’Dowdas reigned iu
Connaught. They were mighty tine
kings and warriors. No butiu them at
all for lightin big battles, craukiu a
skull after a fair, emptyin a quart or
kissiu a party girl, God forgivo them.
One line summer’s eveuin Tbudy, tho
second son—not the heir to tho crown
—was on tho seashor ■ waitiu for the
tide. He hud just set his fisliin lines
and put down his lobster pots, for,
though be was the son of a king and
had hundreds of servants, lie was no
way prond at all and would put his
hand to anything from liftin a creel of
turf on an ould woman’s back to drivin
tho cow out of the neighbor's field of
oats.
Well, as I said, he was just waitin,
lyin on the rocks wid hisca.«*t on pulled
down on his nose (tho .sun was iu his
eyes). He was listeniu to a kind of a
little song that he didn’t lightly under
stand. It was a little drouo, mixin up
a kind of bird and tho wind bio win and
water play in on the pebbles—a queer
sort of a little song that made him won
der greatly, so he rested on his elbow,
lonkiu round to see what was it at all.
He saw just foruinst him where the
tide was ont somethin sittiu on a rock
covered with seaweed. Ho saw a very
white arm movin up and down, comb-
in long hair. Ho was puzzled what
to do. Ho said to himself, “That’s a
dangerous place for bathiu, and it’s
mo duty to warn the lady. ” But still,
boiu very polite, as become his high
station, he did not liko to interrupt a
lady's dressiu, hut he decided it was
better to vex her itself than to let her
he drowned. He just thought he’d seo
who it w’as, so ho walked quietly, and
when he got near enough to see what
was it hut a young girl with beauty
there never was the like, and that’s a
great word to say iu Ireland, where the
party girls are so plentiful. She was
combin her hair with the backbone of
a fish and Icokin at herself in a pool of
water, and a garment of seaweed on her
that looked for all the world like brown
satin.
When she turned her head, combin
out tho long hair, Thady, seeiu the
beautiful fair and lily white neck,
“Alebbe,” says be to himself, “the oth
er half of her is a codfish.” fcjo ho
jieeped down into the pool, and then he
saw two purty white little feet, with
pink toes, that couldn’t be matched by
any ladit. ; in his father’s court. So he
stole behind the crayture and caught
the arm that had tho comb. .She turned
round in a great fright and struggled
hard.
Thady told her to bo quiet and come
homo with him easy, that ho was a
king’s son and would make an honest
woman of her, and that there was many
in his father’s dominions would he on
ly too glad of the offer; bnt she, poor
crayture, didn’t know a word ho was
savin, and began to cry and look at
tho sea. Every now and again she'd
make a dart to get off, hut Thady held
her firm, when suddenly a lovely neck
lace of amber fell off her neck. Thady
know by the look of her eye she could
not go home without it, as it was by
the power of it she could reside at the
bottom cf tho ocean. So ho gripped it
tight and put it in his pocket, and she
walked quiet by bis side to his father’s
palace.
The onld people raised great difficul
ty about tho marriage. As an ould, an
cient family, it was fitting they should
know who they were bringin with their
family; but Thady, never beedin a
word they said, married the sea lady,
and a purty respectable wife she made,
too, and beyond eatin an odd sea rod
or bunch of dillisk she was much liko
the other ladies.
She here Thady four sous, and there
was nothin fishy about them, hut as
fine children as was iu the province of
Connaught. One evenin, when the eld
est son was just 11 years old, he told his
mother he saw his father hide a shinin,
purty thing iu the hayrick when he was
buildin it. Next morniu, when tbo
family arose, the hayrick was scattered
to the four winds of heaven, the neck
lace gone and the sea lady disappeared
and never was heard of again, bnt when
any member of the O’Dowdas family
dies tho west coast of Iielaud teems
with razor fish.—New Ireland.
Fuel mill Ilia Pipe.
Some of his friends taunted Tennyson
that he conld never give up tobacco.
“Anybody can da that,“he said, “if bo
chooses to do it.” When bis friends
still continued to doubt and tease him,
“Well,” he said, “1 shall give up
smoking from tonight.” The very samo
evening I was told that he threw his
pipes and tobacco out of tbo window of
his bedroom.
The next day he was most charming,
thongh somewhat self righteous. The
second day he became very moody and
ca]tious; tbe third day no one knew
what to do with him. Bnt after a dis
turbed night I was told that he got out
of bed iu tbe morning, went qnietly
into the garden, picked np one of his
broken pipes, stuffed it with the re
mains of tbe tobacco scattered a‘ ont,
and then having had a few puffs came
| to breakfast, ail right again. Nothing
1 was said any more about giving up to-
' bacco.—Auld Lang Syne.
('oiiinii-nt't-rarnt.
Visitors have began to arrive in the
city to attend the Limestone College
commencement which will be in
progress from 4th to fith inst.
Limestone commencement draw
many visitors to the city from this
and other states. The exercises of
the college makes friends for the
institution and tho hospitility of our
peoplo make tin in glad they at
tended.
The Baccalaureate sermon will be
preached Kunday morning by Rev.
J. D Hoggins.
Monday evening a concert will
take place.
Tuesday evening tbe literary ad
dress will be delivered by Hr. C. C.
Brown, to be followed by the com
mencement exercises.
Loconiolive PiiITm.
The cough or pnff of a railway en
gine is duo to the abrupt emission of
; waste steam up the chimney. When
moving slowly, the coughs can of conrse
bo heard following each other quite dis-
I tinctly, bnt when speed is pot on tho
i puffs come out one after tbe other much
more rapidly, and when 18 congbs a
second are produced they cannot be sep-
i arately distinguished by the car. A loco
motive running at the rate of nearly 70
miles an hour gives nut 20 puffs of
steam every second—that is, ten for
each of its two evliuders.
Mori* InrlndlwryUm.
Last night about 9 o’clock smoke
was discoved issueing from Carroll A
Co.’s lime house on Frederick street.
On going into the house it was dis-
I covered that some fiend had heated a
large piece of scrap iron and placed
i it in a box in the building and cov
ered it with some waste and paper
and then piled shingles on it.
The fire was discovered before It
did much damage, but tbe circum-
stances shows ail our fire bugs are
not in jail.
PROPOSED DEWEY HOME.
A'tinirtil I * ii 1 9 rt IfiO'iitlnri W Ha
Siii*!** ilio <*Wf.
New Youk, June 1 — In order ihat it
may l>o clearly under.stool whether it
wus Admiral G|s)iur’s intention when
he buggested a gift of a residence m
Washington to Admiral Dewey that
the property purchased should become
his personal property and pass to his
heirs, or whether it was his intention
that it should remain the permanent
homo of the ranking officer of the navy
to be occupied by Admiral Dewey as
loug as he remains at the head of the
navy and thereafter to pass to his suc
cessors as iine goes ou, the department
of history. University of the United
States, which has an office iu this city,
wrote to Admiral Upshur asking for his
idea on the matter:
Under date of May 2i) the admiral re
plied as follows:
“Your inference that it is my prefer
ence that a home to be purchased by
the freewill offering of Americans for the
admiral of the navy should bo occupied
by Admiral Dewey as loug as he re
mains at the head of the navy and then
to puss to his successors is entirely cor
rect and I agree with you further that
in that form it would be more accepta
ble to Admiral Dewey. I have uot
moved beyond the initiative iu this mat
ter. Others have assumed, most kindly,
the work necessary in connection with
the raising of funds and to them the
proposition herein stated might lie made,
although there is a possibility of those
subscribing to the Dewey home being
unable to give except to him in perpe
tuity.”
ANTISTRIKE BILL RECEIVED.
German Itriclistng Proposes to Do
Away With Boycotts.
Berlin, June 1.—The reichstag, con-
I trary to expectations, received the anti-
; strike bill today. The provisions of the
bill are now less strii. 0 'ent than the em-
: peror at first intended.
The measure provides that whoever
threatens to forcibly prevent persons
from going to work will be sentenced to
ft maximum of a year's imprison menr.
Where there are extenuating circum
stances a fine of 1,000 marks will be im
posed.
The samo punishment will be meted
out to those who threateu a boycott to
compel employers or employes to desist
from work, or who, during a lockout,
try to coerce employers or employes to
yield to their demands, or whoever
threatens to maltreat or otherwise mo
lest uou.-strikers.
Tho bill is not likely to pass before
the adjeurument of the reichstag and it
is not likely to pass at ali in its present
shape.
AFGHANISTAN VENDETTAS.
(low l>caUl> Hluotl iVu<U Aru Willed In
tho Kltybcr 1'aiw.
During tho time I have been iu lu
dia, writes a soldier correspondent, tho
most interesting period was when I was
stationed on duty for three months some
years back in Landikotal, on the Af
ghanistan side of the far famed Khyhor
pass. Here I was able to forcibly real
ize tho meaning of "vendetta,” as tbe
characteristic blood feuds of tbo Afridis
are quaiut and interesting.
Tbe pass itself is a neutral zone be
tween India and Afghanistan, but we ex
ercise our dominion over the road that
winds its way for 21 miles through the
narrow valley. Here, as elsewhere iu
Afghanistan, blood feuds aro a recog
nized institution among the tribes and
last through generations, tho dishonor
resting with that family who last suf
fered from some defeat or treacherous
murder.
When an encounter occurs between
two tribes occupying settlements ou op
posite sides of tho road mentioned, one
or other must cross it before commenc
ing firing, as firing across the road is
prohibited, but on either side they can
exercise their friendly feelings toward
each other without hindrance.
But still quainter is it when the
feuds arc between close neighbors. Each
family, with near relations, occupies a
unmbtr of mud huts, inclosed iu a
square surrounded by a thick, high wall
of mud, stouc and wood. At one corue
of these squares is built a watch tower
80 feet high, where tbe family marks
man takes his position and playfully
picks off auy unfortunate who shows
himself in the next square. Constitu
tionals are therefore confined on both
sides and limited to nightly prowls.—
Strand Magazine.
At tlie SltKii of tin* Moth St-hlld.
Staying on n visit with Herr and Frau
von Bismarck iu 1852, at the time he
had snccetded General von Rocbow as
! Prussian envoy in Frankfort, I was
walking one morning with my host, who
; had kindly undertaken to show me tbe
: Router, as well as some of the other
! sights of the venerable free town, when
suddenly wp found ourselves in tho pre
| ducts of the old Ghetto. Pointing at a
j small, unpretentious looking house with
a “red” shield (roth schild) over tbe
narrow entrance, Herr von Bismarck
said, “That’s tbe cradle of millions, tho
| house and shop of old Rothschild, the
I famous father of tbe not less famous
Baron James—the paron, as Parisians
like to call him on account of his pro-
i nounced German accent.
“Well, the widow of the founder of
the Rothschild dynasty—she was point-
; ed ont to mo one day, reclining iu a
splendid barouche, with a pair of thor-
. oughbrd steppers which Lord Lyons
might have envied her—a shriveled np
old lady, wearing the traditional wig
of the old Jewess, with clever eyes and
firmly set lips, denoting no want of
character and determination—well, tbe
old lady, though inhabiting one of their
grand mansions iu the new part of
town,” said Herr von Bismarck, “will
not sleep outside tbe boundaries of tbe
Ghetto, and every evening she returns
to tho modest little honsu iu which her
husband lived and toiled and died. Bbe
says it will bring luck to her children
and grandchildren and teach them not
to forget tbo bntnble beginning of the
world lamed firm and the time when its
; founder sold old clothes in the Ghetto.”
—-Uornbill Magazine.
$ioo Reward, $ioo.
The readers of tills paper will be pleased to
, learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis
ease that sejeie-e lias lieen able l«> cure in all
Its stages and that I-,Catarrh. llaU'sCatarrh
( are Is the only positive cure now known to
the mcdleal fraternity. Catarrh lielng a
| eonstitutlonal disease, requires a constitu
tional treatment. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is
taken Internally, aetinz direelly upon the
blood and mueous surface* of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength by I
building up the constitution anti assisting
nature in doing Its work. The proprietors
) have so much faith in Its curative powers ,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
ease that It falls to cure. Send for list of '
Testimonials.
Address, F. J. CriKaxv A Co., Toledo, O
Hold by Druggists, 75c.
Hull's Kamlly Pills are the best.
Royal
Absolutely 'Pure
Baking
Powder
Absolutely 'Pure
"N
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
Horn tAKmo powotn co. t mw vowk.
PIG IRON MARKET ACTIVE.
No Holding linek of Kxport Hlilpnicntf
to Fill Domestic Orders.
Birminghah, Ala., May 29.—The pig
iron market continues very active. The
recent report of tho purchase of blocks
of iron iu the north is causing southern
manufacturers to begin to look for sim
ilar doings iu this territory. Secretary
J. W. McQuoen of the Siosa Iron and
Steel company, when questioned today
concerning the report that furnaces
were holding back export shipments to
fill domestic orders which paid better,
said that he had heard that some fur
naces had oversold themselves. His
company had uot done that nor had his
company withheld any export demands
in order to supply the domestic trade.
Eastern brokers are said to be fearful
that foreign trade will be indignant at
the alleged holding back iu the delivery
of orders placed six months ago. It is
further charged that Alabama iron
makers have been doing this. Ou in
quiry, it is learned that this is not com
plained of. There are some orders de
layed, but as many of the orders from
foreign ports were accepted upon cer
tain stipulations, delivery has been very
good, everything considered. In fact,
export shipments of iron from southern
furnaces which monopolize that trade,
were in the first quarter of the year
$1,444 tons, an increase of 3,7o9 tons
over the same period of last year.
Railroad officials say there is an ex
tra amount of iron leaving this district
at present, bnt uot very much of the
product is going to ports for export ship
ment. Another furnace will blow in
this week and within a month it is ex
pected that the old Vanderbilt furnace,
which has been idle for several years,
will be in operation. No. 1 foundry
iron is still quoted ut $12.30 as a base
price.
CMKtelar Di-nd lu Madrid.
Madrid, May 25.—Senor Don Etnilo
Castelar, the distinguished Republican
•rator and statesman, who had been
■pffering from an attack of pulmonary 1
•atarrh, contracted last winter, is dead. 1
Itobtnsoii Mud'* Moderator.
Piuladblphia, May 25 —Rev. W. J. ■
Robinson, D. D., of Allegheny, Pa., wai
•uanimoubly elected moderator of the !
general assembly of the United Presby- *
teri^Q church at today’s session. J
Noted Animal Painter 111. **
Fontainbleu, France, May 25 —Rosa |
longenr, the famous animal painter, ii
*iriousiy with congestion of the lungs. .
J
1
is of no value when
health is in dangtff:
What’s of more value? .
Piatt’s-up-to-date Tablets. Will break up (
a cold in one day, and for Constipation and ,
biliousness and all malarial troubles, has no
equal. 25c at all drug stores, or by mail
prepaid for 25c. PRATT MEDICIN'E Co.,
Station B, Chicago, 111. Send for sample.
GOLD
Operation May Prove Fatal.
Berlin, June 1. — Professor Locke
Richardson, the elocutionist and dra
matic reader, underwent an operation
yesterday as a last resort to save i.i*
life. A malignant cancerous tumor .vas
partly removed, but he is not f ~ :
to survive. The wife of the or > • -r •
a guest of Mrs. Andrew D. Wn 1 .re
Ijandscape Painter l> at!.
London, June 1.—John Smart, F. -
A., K. S. F., the landscape painter. 1
dead, aged Cl ycius.
Maynard Mallt-rs.
(Correspondence of The Ledger )
Maynard, S. C., May 30.—“Hearts
may be attracted by ttssurmd quali
ties, hut the affections are only to be
fixed by those which are real.”
Our farmers are getting very rest
less on the account of the continued
dry weather. We havt had no rain
here to amount to anything in about
five weeks, therefore the later plunt-
of both corn and cotton is not yet up,
and we hear a considerable complaint
of there being a poor stand of the
earlier planting of cotton,
Mrs. M. PL Childers, .Miss Atta
and Master Sloan spent last Satur
day and Sunday in Anderson county
visiting Mrs. Childer’s mother, Mrs.
Thomas Childers.
We have been having a considera
ble ameunt of sickness in our section
during the past few weeks.
Wheat is looking tolerably fair in
this section, but oats, judging from
their present appearance, will be al
most u complete failure.
OCTA YUf.
Would Not buffer So .\|;t*ln for Fifty TIiik-m
Its Prlvi-.
I awoke last night with severe
pains In my stomach. I never felt
so badly in all my life. When I
came down to work this morning I
felt so weak I could hardly work. I
went to Miller <fc McCurdy’s drug
store and they recomended Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrh ei
Remedy. It worked like magic and
one dose fixed me all right. It cer-
’amiy is the finest thing I ever used
f >r stomach trouble. I shall uot be
without it in my home hereafter, for
I should not care to endure the suff
erings of last night again for fifty
times its price.—G. H. Wilson, Liv
eryman, Burgettstown, Washington
C>., Pa. This remedy is for sale by
Cherokee Drug Company.
A Sensible ';
tiling fur people to do Is to buy goods /
where they ran get the best values !
for tho money. Any gj
Woman 1
who knows anything kr.ows that j
good goods sell for more money than ?
trash. It >4
Is Hard to Find ^
anything these days that I can make ■
a specialty of. hence I tell you that ‘
for anything in the Fancy Grocery i
and Confectionery line there Is no |
better place in the city than my i
store. J
TOM L. BROWN.
CLINE & LEMMONS,
Livery, Feed and Sale Stables.
MONTGOMERY'S OLD STAND.
First-class turnouts; prompt attention; ,
and courteous attendants.
perwa solicit your patronage.
D.R.Duncan. C. P.Sanders. W.S. Hall. Jr.
DUHCAH, SANDERS & HALL, I
Attornoys-at-Law. >
Office | wo doors hIhivi* Ledger < Mflco.
All business ;ittended to caridully ^nd
promptly. Special attention£iveil to collec
tions. j
s
OUTH CAROLINA AND 6E0R6IA f
EXTENSION R. R. COMPANT.
Schedule No. I.
In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday, May fist iSgg.
Between Camden, S. C., and Shelby, H.C.
WEST.
EAST.
M. |
32.
1st. < ia.vs. |
KASTKKN TIMK.
1st ('lass.
Passenger
—
Passenger
Daily.
Except
Sunday.
STATIONS.
Daily.
Except.
Sunday.
1*. M
P. M
r.\ MDKN
DKKA Lit
W KSTYILLF.
KKKSHAVV
HF.ATH SI’UtNCS
I’LKASANT HILL'
LA \< WSTKK
KIVLKSIDK
SFBINGDKLL
CATV Wit A .UNCTION
I.I si.IK
hock hill
NKW Four
Tib'/. \ II
YORK VII.LE
SH AIIO.V
HICKORY DROVE
Sll Y It N A
BLACKS!!! KG
KARLS
PATTERSON SPRINGS
SHELBY
e. M.
I” .v> <
I-’ -4
12 IS
II 45
it :<0
ll J)
11 INI
in to
in ;»
in 20
to to
in (N>
9 *2
9 ;t7v
9 53
9 07
H 55
s 45
K 20
7 50
7 40
7 w
A. M.
Between Blacksbui&S.C., and Marion,N.C.
JVF-ST. EAST.
11.
2d Class.
Mixed.
Daily.
Except
Sunday.
12.
KASTKKN TI.MK.
STATIONS.
2d class.
.Mixer).
Dally.
Except
Sunday.
C. JEFFERIES*-
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Attorney and 'Counsellor at Law. Practices in
All tbe Courts. Collections a Specialty
I. C’LOt'UH Wai.i.ack. .1. COR.NP.I.IL’S Otts.
WALLACE & OTTS,
LAWYERS.
All business intrusted to us, given prompt
and i igorus attention. Olllce up stairs, next
to K. A. Jones & Co.
Thos. B. Uctleh. Hknky Ii. OSSORM
BUTLER & OSBORNE,
ATTOI* I* « A\V.
Gaffney, S. C.
Very careful and prompt attention given
to all business entrusted to us.
tyi’ructiee iu all tlie courts.
J. T. MAY, Contractor.
ALL WORK AND ESTIMATES GIVEN
FERONAL ATTENTION, AND AT PRICES
AS LOW AS WORK CAN HE DONE HON
ESTLY. 4-lK-tf
A. M
P. M.
X in
BEACKSBFRG
9 10
* ;*i
EARES
K 50
s 4u
PATTERSON SPRINGS
k 45
9 2o
SHKEBV
7 :jo
in on
EAT 1!MORE
r 30
10 to
MOORES BORO
7 30
10 2.
HENRI ETTA
7 00
10 50
1 OREST CITY
o :&
ii n
IM’THEKEOltDTON
li (3
it :i5
MIEEWOOD
5 50
12 on
GOLDEN YAEEKY
5 35
12 'C.
THERMAE CITY
5 30
12 25
GLEN WOOD
5 05
12 50
MARION
4 45
P. M.
W ES I'.
1st Class.
i A. i a.
I
S X
Gaffney Division.
EAST.
! 1st Class.
KASTKKN TIME.
lO.
STATIONS.
I* *-'31 a
< r*
Come, or call No HO 'phonx I have only
a few Tennessee pigs and sboats left, all of
which will be closed out at 3c per lb Also
I want to sell you some idee beef, |>ork, sau
sage, country produce, and poultry; also
have a nice stock of fancy groceries, cigar*,
tnhacco, fresh fish on every Friday and Sat
urday. lee delivered anywhere In town with
your beef, pork nitd lisb, all cold. Send us
your orders or call and piek for yourself;
your trade will be appreciated.
L. W. McGUINN,
'Plume No. ft). Uuruett Brick Block,
t* M A M
c no t; an
t; 20 »s 50
»; 4o : in
i* M AM
HI.Al KSBFRG
(.'HER' IK EK I VLLS
GAI F.NEY
A II
AM PM
I
Train* No. 02 and it connect at Blacksburg'
with trains on the Gaffney Division. Train
No. connects at Blacksburg with tho
Southern R. It.: at Yorkvlilo with tlie C. k.
N. W. It. It., going North; at Rock Hill with
tbe Southern It. It.; at Lancaster with the
L. A It. It.; and at Camden with tho
Charleston Division of the Southern It. It. ^
Train No. all connect* at Camden with the
Southern It. It.; at Lancaster with the 1,. A
<' K. K.; at itock Hill with the Southern R.
It., going North; and at Blacksburg with the
Southern it. It.. North and South.
Train No. *1 connect* with the Southern It.
It., at Blacksburg and Marion for all point*
East, Ue«t, Norlti and South, ami at Shelby
with the S. A. L.
Train No. *2 connect* at Marion with the
Southern going East and West, at Blacks-
burg with tlie Southern it. It , going North~
and South.
Trains on the C iffney Division connect<
with the Southern K It.
AI Moca I freight train* may carry pai»*cu-
gets if provided with ticket*.
KAMt'KI. III’NT.
Pre* Kent.
A. TKiri*.
Hu perint codent.
S. It. LI’VI PK IN,