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f t i ms , receive deposit , 0 n approved paper p.ftKoss, Casbler. SEMI-WEEKLY- PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND mlDAY. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of ISIIED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY. S. C.. TUESDAY, FEBKUAKY 20. 1900. SEE WANTS HE CONVENTION L.lKansas City Says It Be longs to the West. BOTH CITIES EXPECT IT ^Ltlen W. Clark Talks of the Coming National D'-tnocratlo Meet—Will He Held Early—Largest In History of Conven ttons. Indianapolis, Feb. 19.—Allen W. Clark of tbe national Democratic com* mittoo passed through the city today enronte to Washington to attend the meeting of that body which will bs heid during the week. The purpose of the meeting is to select a time and place [for holding the national convention. I believe,” said Mr. Clark, “that the Pgcraiic national convention will be Sjdlm.st gathering ever seen at a ^Mrac^ national convention. Re- gVAjDcmiim to national headquarters ifom nr. rlj*vory state in the Union announce U.m-o delegations, and as the convention ••111 bo held in the west, the far west andmmth will be more largely represented taun ever bofore. ” “Where, in^our opinion, will the na tional conveutifu be hold?” “The contasiws between Kansas City and Milwaukeeiind from present indi cations one of thoso cities will get it. Kansas City is putting up a strong fight for it and the trend of seuiiment at the present time seems to be in that direc tion. Some other city may be sprung, however, when the committee moots, and uoiiher of those mentioned may be ■access ful.” “What date do you think will be se lected for holding the convention?” “lam confident the convention will bo heid early.” CASE WILL BE APPEALED. Both SiiL-s of t 1 rU’U-lJMriii-gle Contro- vt-rsy Will Klght to the End. PmsBuna, Feb. 19. —It is expected that this will be an important week in the Frick Oarncgie controversy. Word, it is, said, has boon received from An drew Carnegie at the Carnegie Steel company’s that he will bo in Pittsburg is week. He is expected to personally versoe tbe final preparation of the an- wer to Mr. Frick’s bill of particulars, and make the last corrections to it be fore the paper is filed. After the filing of tho answer, judg ing from the talk now indulged in, the case will bo ru-hed. It is generally ex pected that no matter which way the decisions of tho lower court go, the suit will be appealed first to the superior court of Pennsylvania and then to the higher courts. Y The Commercial Gazoette is authority vYr the statement that Mr. Carnegie has been informed by a telegram from the Carnegie Steel company’s offices that Messrs. Phipps, Lovejoy and Curry had refused to join with the other defend ants in accepting service of the H. 0. Frick bill in equity and that each of these members bad employed individual OQpnsel in the matter. This move, the attorneys of Mr. Carnegie regard as somewhat peculiar, as they feel the an swer of three of tho defendants will be entirely different from tho others. It is also expected that early this week, the coke salt of H. 0. Frick, Henry Phipps, Jr., John Walker and other minority holders of the coke com. pany stocks will be entered. This suit, according to the best of authority, will be entered in the Allegheny county courts, as the steel company suit was not in Westmoreland county as previ ously reported. N fled I ho FIRE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Hotel and Hunk Hulldliig at Southern Tines Hunted. Raleigh, Feb. 19.—Southern Pines, the famous winter resort, 40 miles from here, had a $20,000 fire last night about midnight. Tho Alfa hotel with all it contained was burned. The £0 guests escaped, but saved little of their property. In the building was a bank and the post- office, also a hall used as au opera house. The mail in the office was saved and the books in the tauk. The fire originated in the kitchen and spread rapidly, the bniiding being of wood and a strong wind blowing. Advance In Coal. Chattanooga, Feb. 10.—The Dur ham Gas, Coal and Coko company noti- its customers today of au advance the price of fuel coal of 10 cents on ton at the mines. It is not believed this advance will be permanent, as yrcity of coal cars has been greatly land tho railroads are now able rer coal in quantities from the East Tennessee mines. TRACEY-HUNT INTERVIEW. Witness In the Clark Investigation Testifies. Washington, Fob. 19.—Senator Clark of Montana gave place at the beginning of today’s session of the senate commit tee on elections as a witness to Dr. William Tracey. The change was made in order to permit the justices of the supreme court of Montapa to be present while Dr. Tracey was testifying, as his testimony was expected to deal largely with the interviews between himself and Justice Hunt and Attorney Gen eral Nolan. Dr. Tracey related all his interviews with Justice Hunt and Attorney Gen eral Nolan. Ho began with his first in terview with Mr. Hunt on Aug. 6, last, and his report was a practical repeti tion of Justice Hunt’s testimony, ex* cept as to the amonut named He said that at the first interview he had in vited the judge to his office and taken him into his operating room, where the interview occurred. “I told the judge,” said he, “that I had a fanny kind of proposition to make to him.” The witness then went on to say that he had told the justice of tho arrival in Helena of a special train and said he told the judge that thtrs was a party there that would give $80,000 if he would dismiss the Wellcome disbar ment case. Tho judge promptly said that he could not consider such a propo sition and left. The witness said that when he spoke to Attorney General Nolan about the Wellcome case the latter replied: “I’ve got them over a barreL” All “Pur* Josh.” “I told him,” said the witness, “that he’d better got $100,000 out of the busi ness, destroy his stenographic notes and got cut of the business. He seemed to feel pretty good over it,” continued the witness, “and I took it that ho thought it a good idea. It was all pare ‘josh’ aud he knew it was.” After a second iuterview the attorney general had given him a half dozen ducks aud the next day had sent him a piece of venison. Asked from whom the suggestion came that he should approach Judge Hunt as ho had done, Dr. Tracey re plied: “They came from no person. I bad known him for ten years aud admired him more than any other man in the state. My only motive was to test his official integrity aud to find oat if he was all right. I had ifeard rumors that ho was identified with the Daly people and there were many rumors unpleas antly Involving him. “Then.” said Senator Chandler, “you wont deliberately to work to test the virtue of your friend as a judge?” “I did,” was the reply, “aud I am very sorry for it” LEADS FIFTEEN BIG CITIES. Atluutu’s iiulldiug Permits For Jan uary Enoriiiuu*. Atlanta, Feb. 19.—No better indica tion of the large amount of building that is being done in this city at pres ent is to be found than that contained in the building record for January in The Construction News of Chicago. It shows Atlanta to be ahead of 15 Important cities in the number of per mits issued, while in the value of the buildings this city is ahead of three im portant cities, and Toads the south In both number and values. Statistics wore received from 23 of the largest and most important cities in the Union. Tbe table shows that Build- leg luspector Pittmau issued 155 per mits during tho month aud estimates that tho value of tho work is $83,85§. In the number of permits issued At lanta is ahead of the following cities: Cincinnati, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Alle gheny, Washington, Detroit, Kansas City, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Omaha, Minneapolis, Denver, New Orleans, In dianapolis aud 3t. Panl. In the value of the buildings Atlanta is ahead of New Orleans, Indianapolis and St. Paul. Two Negro Dick Hands Drowood. Iji Rosedale, Miss, Feb. 19—Two ne gro deck hands were drowned in the ■inking of the steamer New Mattie of Memphis, near the mouth of White river. The general merchandise por tion of the carge is a total loss. No es timate of the property loss i« given. Wood Alcohol Poisoning. Waycrofs, Ga., Feb. 19. — Frank Walker, a negro, is reported in a dying condition from the effects of drinking wood alcohol. Should he die he will ^ the second one in two weeks from Jpp same cause. Carnt-gl" Starts IIoin , >. Fkunandina, Fla., Feb. 19.—Andrew Carnegie passed through here this morn ing onroute to Pittsburg. He was ac companied by one of his lawyers. He refuses to be interviewed relative to the Frick matter. Hots Retire Before Brabant. Storkstuoh . Camp, Fob. 18 —The Boers are retiring aud General Bra bant’s forces are now entering Dord recht. GERMAN ALLIANCE IS LEW MISSION Washington Diplomats Think Secret Treaty Is Formed. EMPEROR VERSOS QUEEN Kruger Reulizrs That the Liberties of Ills People Are Endangered and De sires German Protectorate, Say tho Political Gossips. Washington, Feb. 19.—A report is current in diplomatic circles hero that Dr. Ijeyds had for his sole purpose in going to Germany the establishment of a German protectorate over the Boer re public. The German eulperor, it is be lieved, has been approached and asked to take charge of tho Boor republic. The Boers, it is said, seem to realize that their defeat at tho hands of Eng land will be tho ultimate result of the present war. Rather than submit to subjection by the British they will voluntarily come tinder the sovereignty of the German )mpire, under certain stiunations Which will guarantee their Iccil self govorumeut. It is stated here that Presi ‘ t Kruger, .realizing that the libertieo jf his people are in danger and that the ooutinvance of tho republic is threatened, prefers a German emperor rather tbau an English ruler. The overture to the German emperor was made in tne first place, it is reported, with a T i@w to creating a rupture be tween England and Germany. This was avoided, aud it is understood that Emperor William decliued to consider the proposal, at least for the present. According to the report Dr. Leyas, before leaving Berlin, prepared a secret treaty with Germany, in which that country was guaranteed certaiu rights. Although the text of the treaty is not known, it is said to give the German empire the greatest possible privileges, amounting almost to ownership in tho Transvaal republic. TELEGRAPH TO KLONDIKE. Amurlcaii Hospital Ship Loaded. New York, Feb. 19.—Ltdy Randolph Churchill has cabled to Mrs. Conelia Adair, now in this city, saying that the American hospital ship Maine, now at Durban, Natal, Is nearly full of sick and wounded. The cable says that the most difficult cases are sent to the hos pital ship, owing to tho excellence of her arrange meats. The ship has many Irish soldiers on board from the Dublin fusiiiors and men from the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Eigteeuth hussars, the Rifle brigade, the West Works and the Fifth lancers, and among them some stretcher bearera Lady Churchill says the staff are all hard at work aud that all is satisfactory ou board the ship. Negro Child Hen ten. Atlanta, Fob. 19.—The police have arrested Joe Baker, a negro, oa tbe charge of almost beating a little 4-ycar- old girl to death. Sarah Joaea the mother of the child, who was sentenced to tho city stockade for a month, left her two children, a boy aged 6 and a girl aged 4, in charge of archer negro woman. When she was released and wont home Saturday she fennd that the girl had been beaten until she was half dead. The child stateS that Joe Baker, a negro man, had taken her and her brother to his house, where he had beaten her with a strap. Agulnst Am-rlcan Oil Monopoly. Berlin, Feb 19.—T’.e Mannheim so ciety for tbe protection of trade and in- dnstry has been disenssing experiments with Russian and Amerioan oils and' it is said that tbe Russian oil is perfectly satisfactory for all lamps, neither smok ing nor smalliug. Tbe pablio cannot tell the difference between tho two kinds. It is announced from Belgium that a society to fight American monop oly will send delegations to the United States, Russia aud Roomauia to ascer tain the conditions of direct import. Hanging nt Kalrlgh. Raleigh, Feb. 19.—Some days ago, Renben Ross, a negro, was banged at Dumbarton for assaulting a white weman. His preiiminarr trial was be fore Justice Sain McLeod, and today a white man will be guen a hearing ou tho charge of uikaulting a crippled ne gro woman. McLeod was very promi nent in circulating petitions to tbe gov ernor not to commute Ross’ seuteuoe. Eastern Syndicate Is Surveying In the Great Northwent. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 19.—Captain W. R. Abercrombie, head of tho gov ernment exploraticn party, which last season did much work iu tho Copper river country and began opening np a military road from Port Valdes to Fort Egbert on the Yukon, has arrived iu the city enroute north to continue his work. It is the purpose of the government, he says, to construct 2.400 miles of tele graph line in Alaska aud complete the military road. He returns this year with increased responsibility. The road, he says, will be completed during tho season from Its present terminus for tho 80 miles to Tatiana, about two-thirds of tho distance to Yukon. The telegraph line will bo built from Port Valdez, along tbe roaft, to Fort Eg bert aud thence down the Yukon to St. Michael. Among other northern im provements, he says, a large government wharf at Valdez has been decided upon. An eastern syndicate beaded by Henry Villard, he aaya, is now having survevs made along the general course of the military road with a view to building a line, fie will leave here Feb. 20. tak ing with him a cor pi of engineers. In May a company of troops will follow. TO WELCOME THE LEADER. Atlanta Democrats Arranging For Colonel Bryan's Visit. Atlanta, Feb. 19.—Preparations for tbe arrival of William Jennings Bryan, who will speak in Atlanta next Friday evening nnder the auspices of the Young Men’s Democratic leagae, are being rapidly completed. Mr. Bryan will speak in the ball of the boose of representatives. He will leave the citv the following morning about 5 o’clock for Nashville. President Edgar Latham of the Democratic league will preside at the meeting at the capi tal and will introduce the famous ora tor. President Latham said yesterday: “Fully 1,600 Democrats from out of town will come to Atlanta to hear our distinguished guest. I have received numbers of letters from leading Demo cratic leaders in various sections of Georgia announcing their intention of being present on the occasion of Mr. Bryan's address. “Thousands of Democrats in Atlanta are anxious to bear tho famous Ne braskan. He will be given a reusing reception, and nothing will bo loft un done to make bis visit a notable one. ” France on the Nicaragua Caniil. Paris, Feb. 19. —A prominent official of the government, speaking to the cor respondent of the Associated Press re garding tbe American construction of the Nicaragua canal, said that tho hope of the French people is that the Ameri can government will not decide on what route tho canal shall take until the Walker commission makes its report “We think,” he said, “it is but reason able that the opinion of experts and on- g'necrs should be regarded before a final decision is reached. ” New Mining Company. Birmingham. Ala., Feb. 19.—The Tredegar Brown Ore and Mining com pany has bsen organized here with $400,000 capital. J. W. Comer of Sa vannah is president and treasurer; H H. Cobb of Anniston, Ala., is vice pres ident and general manager. The com pany has purchased extensive iron ore properties near Jacksonville, 12 miles north of this city, apd will mine and ship ore on a largo scale to nearby lur- naoei. N-w liuttlealitp Wisconsin. San Francisco, Feb. 19.—The battle ship Wisconsin, now building at tbe Union ironworks, is fast nearing com pletion. She will probably bo ready lor her trial trip before July 1. IIuH«-r Mukes Capture. London, Feb. 19.—It is officially an nounced that General Buller reports that ho has captured several camps, a quantity of ammunition and a number of prisoners. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. “Hu»tcr” CoiiKnitulatvs “L. 11. 1).” un«l ‘‘Ledger Header.” (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Providence, Feby. 19.—In this let ter we wish to extend congratulations to “L. B. D.,” of Blacksburg, also to “Ledger Reader,” of Webster, for their letters in regard to our common schools. Mr. Davis begins with try ing to show us some points we over looked, but closes by drifting along the same channel vtith us. There are yet several points not mentioned ; we were not through writing on the subject, but were only waiting for some one else to say something. We invited all who wished to say something to do so, for we were wait ing to learn something. Now' we know there can he some improve ments even to “the best educational law in the world.” Schools are what trustees, teachers and patrons make them, says *‘L. B. D,” and this is true; but pay a better price and get belter teachers and we will have bet ter schools than wo now have. Then add on three more months, making six months in the year, and we shall not grumble; but we do want the trustees elected every two years. We believe there is something that ought to he done, and must he done, forthe betterment of our common schools. We were glad the broad tire bill was killed, and sorry wo lost the .f 100,000 for schools.} Tho license law, we believe, is needed in our state for one reason only, to keep children under eighteen years of age from marrying. We believe the child labor hill would have beeu better than some laws we now have. We base our be lief on our own observation of cotton mills. We have seen children under twelve years old working, half fed and half clothed, and their fathers out on the streets smoking and drink ing the labor of their poor little ones. A man should he forced to work for his family until they are able to make tin ir own living, and even then, he has no right to quit work and “act the gentleman” off their labor. It ruins the health of a child to worA in a cotton mill, and they will never make hale and hearty men and women when they are put in a mill at eight or nine years of age and worked for all they are worth. Of course farm work is ri:fferei)t and only lasts a short time each year, while tho mill work is perpetual. We do not expect to escape criti cism on this letter; hut, at any rate, “let her roil.” Buster. Card of Tliauhs. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mercer, of Blacksburg, desire to express their sincere thanks to their numerous friends for the many kindnesses shown them in their recent bereave ment. This kindness was not con fined to the people of Blacksburg alone hut was manifested by many in the county and all is duly appreci ated. Mr and Mrs. vV. H. Mercer. Pacolet, Feb, I6th 1900. Dear Editor:—Through your pa per we desire to thank the good peo ple of Clifton No. 1, for their kind ness to our sitter, Mrs. Isabella J. Horn, during her last illness. May the God of all comfort re member them in His loving kind ness and tender mercies. John L. Strain. James L Strain. A Narrow EKt-ape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. 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Mr. and Mrs. Crocker Have a ThaiikHgiv- Ing Dinner at a Japanese Restaurant. Trains and SlilpM do not Make Clnis- tians of Heathens. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Ghinkiang, China, Jan. 5 —Have you ever been • on a ship out at sea with the sun shiniog werm and bright and the sea calm and beautiful, with nothing to vary the monotomy from day to day but the life on board? But the ship life i» a kind of life all its own. People from many places with widely differing tastes and dispo sitions are thrown together without any outside means of enjoyment, no news to discuss, nothing hut the lit tle world on the ship. There soon become parties and small companies who find delight in each other’s so ciety, and then come games and en joyment according to the tastes of those who are engaged in t hem. You will see one crowd over in a sheltered nook with a game of cards, another is having enjoyment from the reading of a book, some are playing some kind of an active game when tho ship is smooth enough, and others are lying lazily around taking the easy side of it. Generally before supper there is a rush for a prome nade around the dock for exercise two and two. There is ample opportunity to study types of humanity to those who are interested in such study, for nearly every kind is represented. Day alter day it is the same thing over and over again, with very little change. Sometimes there is a dunce on the deck and those who enjoy that exercise take part, often there' is mu sic on the piano after supper, for we* have several good musicians on board and the evening is passed oil pleas antly in that way. Meanwhile the sun shines brightly, the sea is calm and beautiful, and often we see the flying fish skim along over the water, and after dark we watch the phospho rus shine in the waves. Then we watch the bulletin hoard on which are rocordc-d the daily runs, and wo see ourselves getting one thousand, twelve hundred, fifteen hundred miles from land, and we almost foe! lonesome out there in that big sea all by ourselves. \Yc wonder at tho marvelous works of God. On the night before Thankegiving wo anchored outside the harbor of Yokohama, and waited for morning so us to be able to pass the Customs and the health officer. The bay was a little clouded in mists and the view was not so good as it is sometimes. About sunrise the top of the great mountain came into view, and the little fishing boats, and other kind of craft begun to stir about, making it more interesting on deck than shut up down below. Yokohama is a very interesting port, and a description of its peculiarities would take a hook, We went ou shore, and after getting some money changed to Japanese cash we started out, four of us in a party, to see the city. First, we got in little buggies just large enough for one, pulled by a man, and went trot ting through the streets without bridle or lines to guide our novel horse with. Down through the strange streets we went, into a native bazaar, along by a canal, up a hill to a temple where we had a splendid view of the harbor and the shipping, and the city with its curious houses lying at our feet. On this hill was a grove of the famous Japanese cherry trees, though they were not in bloom at this time. At noon for our Thanksgiving dinner wo went to a Japanese restaurant, and had a very good dinner. The little place was cosy and the little Japanese women waited on us very nice-ly. Two of our party wanted plum pudding, and that little Jap made a plum pudding for them in about ten minutes. After seeing all wo could of the city we went up to tho homo of one of the missionaries and saw one of our ship party married, had some re freshments, and then back to the ship. Wo left next morning at nine o’clock, and had a pleasant day of it sailing along the beautiful coast. We passed a volcanoe and had a very good view of it from tho ship. The next day we did not get off at Kobe, ' for it was reported that the black plague had broken out there and if we went ashore we stood a good chance of not getting back to the ship again. The next day we were in the famous Inland sea, and of course every one was on deck watching tho ever changing score—the villages, the bills and the little farms in the sheltered valleys. Once we saw a train go crawling along the shore—a fine, modern steamer and a railway train in a land where oniy a few years ago they were rank heathen, was rather an interesting sight. The trains and the ships do not make them Christians, however, for I heard that they were drawing tho ropes tighter on the missionaries, and wo could see hundreds of villages along the way that had never heard of the Gospel at all. The entrances to the Inland Sea arc bristling with cannon, and wo wondered when Rus sia and Japan got into a fight what would of CY many Aft Shimi sea, a at No in Juj consp fine h and schoo you vt olic ii that t in ti I hca et ron some that coun again it is W took ttries ahoai] and one Shanghai. While we wetft on part of our journey Bessie and I went down into the engine room of the ship and saw the engine at work. The engine of a great ship is one of most wonderful things in ;he world. Tho powerful engines turn a shaft about sixty feet long and over two feet in diameter to which the screw is attached. At last after the long journey of twenty-six days wo are at Shanghai and are nearing the landing r>n a river stoaqier. Dr. Bryan stands on the store to welcome us, and soon we are in some of thoso little man-milled buggies again, and arc on our way to the residence of our Missionaries. I will tell you of Shanghai in my next letter. W. E. CbOCKES. In M«.niorl:ini. Died at Clifton No. 1, February 11, 1900, of catarrh of the stomach. Mrs. Isabella Jane Horn, aged sixty- one years and thirteen days. Site ! was horn near Cortisveil’s in Chester county, and in early life gave herself to the Lord and di f d a consistent member of the Baptist church. She bore her long and painful ill ness with that spirit o? Christian res ignation which typifies a true child | of God. and died in the hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. She requested her family and friends not to weep for her for she was going to rest—that the strong arm of that Saviour whom she had trusted in life would guide her through the valley of the shadow of death. She was buried at Faeolet Mills on Thursday. Rev. Mr. Haynesworth, of the Bap- t'st church, conducted the funeral services. The active pal! bearers were, J. R McPherson, H. S. Drum mond. J. A. McLain, <!. E. Stallings, W. H. Linder and C. W. Linder. She leaves two children, Willie J. Horn, of Enoree, and Mrs. Charlie A. Sparks, of Clifton, besides u large circle of relatives and friends, to mourn her lost. Fkatkb. Huried Ninety Ycurrf. [Union Times.! While digging a grave in the ceme tery a few days ago the sexton un earthed a child’s metalic coffin. The lid was removed from the glass and a child's face was seen in a perfect state of preservation. The date on the coffin was 1804. There is con siderable speculation as to whose child it could have been. 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