The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 11, 1900, Image 3
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Comrade &* H. Burtis
♦ of Lewiston, 111., h:id some thrilling ex*
perienres, l)nt none seemed mote dangerous
than tliu .eof bis lute heart trouble. He says:
if l had severe palpitation of the heart
for years. My physicians said I
was liable to drop dead any moment.
Pulsation at timts would be J50 a min
ute and I could scarcely treathe* I
grew worse under dociot^ care and
began taking Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure.
It gave me prompt relief, and today I
am in good hralth.”
CRu MULES'
Heart
Gm*e
Jarold by all drua^tets on guarantee
first lM)ttIc‘ bencli; ^ or money bark.
Book on heart and nerves sent. free. ^
Dr. Miles Medical Company, Eilkhart, Ind.
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
Oftice over R. A. lone, & Co 'a Store.
Can be found at office six davs In the week
DR. J. F. GARRETT
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office over J. R. Tolleson’s now store
In office from 1st to 20th of each
month:
D.ft.Duncan. C. 1*.Sanders. VV.S. Hall..Jr.
DDHCAH, SANDERS S HILL,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Office over .1. li. Tolleson’s Sc Co.’s Store.
MEMORML ADDRESS
DEFOBE THE M. V. C.
Mr. Sanders Talks to the Con
federate Veterans
AT ELBETHEL CHURCH.
In tlio Sacred Ordinance* of Our IHchspcI
ChrUtlanlty We lla\e the Kmblema of
the OrandcKt Deeds and Subllmest Trutlis
F.xeinnlillcd by Christ.
The following Memorial Address
was delivered before the II. C. V. at
El Bethel church. May 5, 11)00, by
Rev. R. W. Sanders:
I am always glad of an opportunity
to meet and talk with a Confederate i
soldier. Since the close of the Civh :
War it has been my pleasure to join j
in but few of the public reunions of |
the noble men who, in the dark period
of had the honor to wear the 1
gray. The privilege, while it is a 1
melancholy one in some respects, is
nevertheless attended with something
of pleasurable emotions and happy
reminiscences. I am, my friends and
old comrades, perhaps the youngest
ex-Confederate standing today on the
soil of Cherokee county. I had the
honor to be the “baby boy” of Com
pany H., and then of Company G.,
of the Seconds C. volunteers; first,
on James Island, and then on the
afresh with green sprigs and sweet
flowers, in token of undying love and
fondest recollections.
This last is a part of our mission
here today. We come to cherish the
memories of the past and to honor
\ those whose sacred dust sleeps be*
neath this earth, but whose immor
tal spirits have gone back and up to
God.
It is a befitting exercise on our
part. Let the dead, and especially
the departed heroes of our once
proud and noble Confederacy, be hon
ored on all occasions and from the
depths of all hearts, from one end to
the other of this great country.
When we come to their graves to
read their . pituphs, to look in silence
on their last resting places, and to
throw the fragrant blossom? on the
spots where they sleep ten thousand
j memories, sad though sweet, come
i trooping up before us
We feel to say with Alfred Tenny
son in his “Ode to Memory''—
"Thou who stealest fire
Fiom the fountains of the past.
To glorify the present; oh, haste,
Visit my low desire!
Strengthen me. eulluhten me!
I faint in this obscurity.
Thou dewy dawn of memory!"
We come here on this occasion to
memorialize the life, the ciiaract' r,
the noble records and worthy de ds
of ihe Southern soldier of the “six
ties.
does the Confederate
ml? For what del he,
land?
the Confederate sol-
• the conscientious eon-
victkma of troth and duty. Jhs was
an honest heart and a conscientious
struggle. He fought for what he.
honestly believed to bo right. And
hence there was and can be no shame
Xuw
what
soiilii r
roprese
ittui l)Oi
bO. 8
First
, of a!i.
di< r st.
c.Js for
memorable march with the army of : ami no dishonor in ids manful strug-
Gen. Joseph E. Johnson through the
Oaroiinus, until wo stacked arms at
Greenville. N. C. In the autumn of
1864 at the age of sixteen and with
my father’s consent, I became a vol
unteer in the defense of the then loi
tering and gradually fading Confeder
acy. I have often said of it since,
that I should perhaps have been in
more suitable circumstances bad I
remained at home, like little David
of old, who minded the sheep while
his elder brothers fought the Philis
tines down io Klah. You remember
that David went down to the camp,
and with a stone from the brook slew
gle, though, at last he was over
whelmed and defeated by vast num
bers and resources and the greatest
odds.
From the first booming shot at
Sumter to the last ditch at App>
mutox, our noble men in gray be
lieved they were striking for freedom
and in the righteous cause of self-
defense. Let the impartial historian
make the estimate of the cause as
it once pended, and of the brave men
as they once fought each other In the
blue and the gray. But let no one
ever dare to say that the Confederate
i soldier was not honest and true to
the giant who strutted in the valley : the cause of right.
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hob. B. IlL'Tt.r.it. IlENitv K. Osborne
BUTLER & OSBORNE,
LAWYERS.
1‘rompV attention civ; n all business en
trusted to us. NoUiry I’abllc in office.
J. E. WEBSTER,
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Office In Ootirt House. (I’robatc.I c.i1;m* suffice
Gaffney City, S. C.
Practices in all the courts. Collec
tions a specialty
C. JEFFERIES
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Commercial Law. Corporation Law
Keal (Cstate I.aw.
Money to loan on approved security.
JAMES A. WILLIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
<3AL'*L i *>sICY. t-S.
Notary t’ubllc in office. Prompt attention
given to all business.
Office over it. A. Jones St Co.’s store.
J. Olouqii Wallace. j. oknkuus ottb.
WALLACE & OTTS,
LAWYERS.
AVI business intrusted to us. "Iven prompt
and vlxorus atti-ntion. <Ullce up stairs, next
to U. A. Jones & Co. ’Pbone, s7.
HARDIN & KcWHORTER,
,A.tt:orne;y« s\t
GAFFNEY, - - S. C.
Money to loan on elty real estate.
Office over l£. A. Jones & Co.’s Store.
Rutledge St. Smith Shop.
I can do your sliocleir. tire .settlntr, wheel
oiling. \ ehiclcs and implements repaired
and paintt d. I
“NayaT’^ J s-V.ti to;-i\emea trial. Lame
**(■«- bio >es ami mules examined
free for all patrons. Your
^ * .-r Will :-'et you nood value.
■Ar11Vours for pleasautues*
W. 'i\ 'I'llOMI'KO.V.
Plain Facts.
I will sell you for cash any
thing in my lino consisting of
Dry (i oods, Notions, .Shoes,
Hats, Groceries, Shelf Jlaid-
Tflrare, and almost anything car
ried in a general store, as cheap
k swj any house in the city.
When in need of goods see
my prices.
Yours to please,
I. M. PEELER.
A. N. WOOD,
BANKER,
does a general Bankingand Exchange
business. Well secured with Burglar-
Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock.
Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate
vent.
Buys and sells Stocks andBonds.
Buys County and School Claims.
Your business solicited.
and defied the hosts of Israel. ;*ly
giant, however, got the advantage of
me and I returned home, less victori
ous. but unhurt, after two hard bat
tles and a final surrender in company
with worthy associates who had done
their best against the greatest odds.
But I cannot detain you, my friends,
by further references to my own brief
experiences in the latter part of one
great battle in the war between the
states.
We are here today for a memorial
service. The chief design of euch
gatherings is to preserve and perpet
uate the memory of our heroic Onfed-
era‘e'dead. We come here to honor
the brave men of “the sixties” who
so gloriously illustrated their patriot
ism and courage in defense of tin ir
country, and of constitutional rights,
in the war of secession. And jnst
here, let me ask that we shall never
call it, nor allow histories to name it.
“the war of rebellion.” Let us repel
that phraseology, and the charge it
conveys, with scorn and indignation.
Such hours us the present one have
no shallow and trivial meaning for
the people of the South. Tne'-r sig
nificance points back with tremen
dous force to a noole and iliu-mous
past, and serves to link that past it t.
the present and the future. Whib-
memory is at once one of the most
useful faculties of the mind, it is. n'
the same time, most delightful in p -
exercise. And so, memorial seasons
though often sad. are also quite olt n
sweet and refreshing. Memorial s. r-
vices held in honor of worthy m- n
and signal events are ever welcome o
the human heart. In fact. th. y often
alford an occasion for the smile and
approbation of God “The luetinuy
of the just is blessed ”
At the dividing of the Jordan for
the passage of the Israelites inlo Ga-
naan, the Lord commanded that
twelve stones should be taken from
the channel of the stream and placed
as a monument on the other side.
“And these stones shall be for a me
morial unto the children of Israel for
ever,” (Josh.4:7)
When the discomfited rbiilstincs
fled before the Israelites at Mizpeh
(I Kain. 7: 11-12), Samuel set up a
memorial stone and called it, ‘ Eben-
ezer, saying hitherto hath the Lord
helped us.”
The great Divine Teacher, when on
tlii? earth, appeared and commended
the act of Mary of Bethany in un-
nointing Him beforehand for his bur
ial. Hellish spectators complained
that it was a waste of ointment that
might have been sold and given to the
poor. But “No,” said our blessed
Lord, “Let her alone; why trouble
ye her? She has wrought a good
work on me. Hhe hath done vt hat
she could. Verily I say unto you,
Wherever this gospel shall be preach
ed throughout the whole world, this
also that she bath done shall be spo
ken of for a memorial of her.”
Indeed, in the sacred ordinances
themselves of our blessed Clulsiian-
ity we have the emblems, the picto-
ial representations—the memorial:—
of the grandest deeds and the su-
blimest truths exemplified in the
earthly career of the Son of Gon
It Is natural, therefore, and it is
pleasant for us to meitiorializz the
past. No wonder is it. then, that tl o
annuls of history are so full of tho
great uehifcvemi nts and heroic doeds
of nations un^ 0/ men. it is but a
normal response tp {.fiat something
within us that instinctively calls for
the perpetuation of a noble past and
cries out for an Immortal future.
In the city of Richmond, Vu , we
see on the Capitol Square the eques
trian monument of George Washing
ton. the weather beaten statue of
Usury (Buy, and life-like marble
forms of our own Leo and Jackson.
In the rotunda of tho grand old na
tional eapltol building tuete uxo his
torical paintings of colonial, Inman
and revolutionary scenes
At the graves of our loved ones wo
place the marble shaft and the s>one
covering- We go there to shed ‘h-
tears of meipory over the liliit-
moundf of earth, and adorn them
Second, the Confederate soldier
stan 1j again for solid and manly
character. There was in him the
highest type and noblest elements of
manhood. He was merciful and
magnanimous in victory, unmurmur
ing and submissive in defeat. 1’a-
tience. fortitude, longsuffering, char
ity •Htid forgiveness, marked his career
from the beginning to the end. He
knew how to wear tiie crown of vic
tory and proudly wave the Hag of
triumph, or to bear submissively the
mii-fortunes of being overcome.
Where the advantage was with him
and his foes were down, he cherished
the noble sentiment of Napoleon who
said, amid the glories of Austerii’.z:
4 He must have but little respect for
.bum-elf who would insult men in
misfortune.”
Third, the Confederate sold'er rep
resents true and unsullied patriot
ism. He was patriotic in the highest
and nobleat sense. He loved his
country and was willing to pour out
his life-blood for her honor ih'e
defence, lie did not fight fro n
sheer dread of disgrace, nor from un
necessary or otherwise unworthy
m lives. He h‘iirWti in the diict'ou-*
of suu-’s r.ghts and tnle .-ov- rngr t-.
yet our ragged and almost starving
men fought bravely to the very end.
As has been said, we were never
whipped, we simply wore ourselves
out whipping them. We yielded in
evitably to overwhelming numbers
and to inoalcuiably and incompara
bly superior forces and resources of
every sort. But • j one will ever
deny that by tho noble and brave
struggle which we made and which
we so long sustained, we established
two things, at least, for which we
and our descendants will ever be
proud, viz. : First, our own self-re-
spect; second, the honor and praise
of the whole world.
Dr. John A. Broadus has truly
said, ‘The graves of our fallen sol
diers make it possible that their
generation and the coming genera
tions of the Southern people .-hon'd
fe-l no shame in const quence of
t heir defeatHe w<:ltit s. “’li-
better to hev»- h . n brave ami 1)-nten
t nan not to have been nr-tv * at aii ’
Fi. h but wv must ea-t »nr ey*—
to lay to the fu ure. It mav be s <id
by some t hat ours was a “Inst cause.”
But iml so. : Certainly md entir- ly
so. We fought for some great prin
ciples I hat witi never die. Slavery is
gone, and let it go! But the truth
and ju>tic
so mil rig
erty. for
rity, 1 be I
• lie earth
all its si r
ters, t! e
some thin
i x -tenet*
our count
this greu
unbroken
waves of
and t he s
ou tho west.
Ch> Fishing the memory
hie Confederates and
for a true and truthful history of the
civil war—the war of secession—let
us cultivate unity and union from
one end to the other of our great
God-given land. For we ure now,
and are destined to be. one country.
Our interests, our resources, our en
terprises and our hopes are one.
May peace and prosperity, joyous
concord and brotherly love prevail
throughout our land and even to tbl
ends
shall
“Dixie” and tho'‘Bonnie B:ue Fiug.”
But we join in our nation’s chorus
and also sing:
"My country 'tis of tliee,
Sweet lanii of liueriy,
Of thee I sine.
Laud when- my lather's died.
Land of tin- iiii's ni'ice.
From every mountain side.
Let freedom ring’.
Our fathers' Go i. to thee
Author of liberty.
To thee we sing.
Lony may our land be bright,
Willi frei doni’s holy liyht.
Protect us by the ni-lit.
Great God, our Kinjf.”
‘‘Happy is that people whose God
in the- Lord.” “L-t all the people
praise thee, O God! Yea, let all the
people praise thee. May wc “render
to ('a^ur the things tiia< are Cir-ur’s,
and to God the ti iog- that ure Go »’s.
A BEAR FOR A ROOMMATE.
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Fanny Starr About n Ruaslnn Beast
Willeti Sleut In a Bed.
Livonia la n part of our globe where
fondness for pets coexists with love
of sport. A Russian subject from that
pro - , luce toils me of the strange cou-
Dddeintion evinced by one of her neigh
bors for the feelings of a bear. The
animal had an odd fancy for sleeping
indoors and In a bed. To humor him,
a room in a tower was always left
open for the animal. Some nights he
came and availed himself of the hos
pitality, but often he staid out lu the
woods. If he arrived at his tower and
mounted the long ilight of steps which
led from outside to his own door and
found that anything prevented his en
trance. the hoar made a horrible noise,
growling and battering the woodwork.
In Livonia, during the brief northern
summer, the local magnates visit each
other without prior arrangement, and
they arrive prepared to stop the night.
It not infrequently occurs that many
carriages converge at the same time on
one country house, with the result that
as many as 40 beds may be required.
A large iuflux of visitors arrived one
night at the house where the bear had
his room. The last comer was a timid
youth, a cousin of the house. The host
met him, radiant:
“What a pleasure. Ivan! You’ll find
aalf tho
you'll not
otlier cornr
tower left,
c.um*.-- then
of cur no-
con tending < ver
of the whole earth! Nevi r
we or our posterity forget
d l ng»
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.i • i' • ' 1 i ?' . ■ * * ■
vil stud rrl:g li fr«t ■; .—
l ie ; ur- and ; i m l lov • his c ou
>iy. H,- * ye ni i»r . lu be.: sin eg
i - 11 w •. ;■< :
"My unlive country, tliu*-.
I,iino ol ilic noiiif li'-e, I'hy name J love.
I love i by i-oci.-, mot n.in, i !i> woous aud
lenipic.i bills,
My j.c.ui uiili ii.pture thrills, Like that
itliuvo.”
•i
:’uri i-hvrf mi i.o d-. r iliut-
*. i ue mi : h m e
than Unit --xnlbl'e 5
b
pairiotlsin j
by i he Gon ft-i i- j
era’.e soldier as he i ft ids doiiiesli"
environment, Ins chiidr- n, ins falli* r
utid mother, and wife, Ins occupation
and peaceful culling, to Dike the
chances of camp life arid of biflle.
Wab there ever a grander picture
of patriotic action given to tl.e
hupian race than that of Robert K
Let a’ Arlington? Turning his back
upon the offer of tho place of com-
inander-in-ohief of the L'nion Army
ho said, “No. I must go with Vir
ginia, iny own S ate. 8he is tov-
ereign.” Like a prince aiid patriot
he rode away on horsehuck. leavi.-.g
all his property and his lovely home
behind, a ,|f l wont down to Riubinoi.d
to espouse the OGise of Ids own be
loved South.
Well did this s-nne hero and chics
commander of the G mfeib rate force!
say, after the war, to Gan. Wade
Hampton: “We cou d have pur-
sqeil no other couist without dis
honor. A'*'! t ’ u, T a 11 Hie n suit has
been, if it bad ail to be done ov*-r
Hgtin, we should be compelled to act
Au precisely iha hurne manner.”
Fourth, but to make oup more
point : Tl»e Confederate soldier stood
for true and lofty courage. His
bravery is unsurpat-s.d in all tho an
nals of time.
Brave ip-p fought on both sidts
I believe, too, both sides were con-
scieiitious. But if there was any
•Jiffere nee in degree of courage, the
balance was surely in favor of the
Southern sc) Her. Under many of
the greatest disadvantages conceiv
able lie stood fur four long years, a*
one against five. The United States
enrolled about ff.OOU 000 ot in m ; the
Confederacy, not over 600 000 dur
ing the whole war. Not over 400 -
000 were in Confederate S' rvice at
any one time. Arid the Confederates
never l)ad in the ti- ld, cap:.bio of
bearing arms. i. e.. exp udvs of sick
wounded, and disabledvover 200,-
0<X) men ui any one time.
In Apill I860, when hostilities
••(‘us- d the Coofvdtracy iiad scarcely
100,000 men in aims, while the
Ui i ni h ul at least, if 1 ot over, 1,-
000,000! tSay, about, ten to on*-!
Johnston’s army in North Carolina
numbered about 2.) 000 ssrainst .Sher
man’s forces of . hay. 10UOOH L <•’«
army numbered m lust only u L-a
thou-anU iff cliv'* in* n, w herein
(J-n t >i ! -e v 1 m *• ti it 1 * - -
1111111 ituil , 1 *- . . 1 u
more men auU Icwe>‘ ut.uitm A ..
A Flue Old HiiKliah Lady.
A very remarkable old lady—Lady
Emily Foley —died tho other day at
Stoke Edith Dark, her fine mansion iu
Herefordshire, in her ninety-fifth year.
Born in ISO.’i. and a daughter of the
third duke of Montrose, she was wed
ded to Mr. Edward Thomas Foley,
who. over half a century ago, left her
a widow with a line estate.
Till the last she retained almost un
impaired all her faculties and was
straight as an arrow and ready to take
part in the functions and amusements
of the county as if she had been 50
years younger. She dearly loved to be
clothed in the richest of stuffs and the
brightest of colors, and her dresses,
bonnets and caps were the admiration
of all beholders, and, however gor
geous they might be. were not unbe
coming tp her.
On the occasion of unveiling the por
trait of the queen in the shire hall at
Hereford, in September, 1S!)7. she was
bold enough to appear iu jubilee colors.
I with a scarlet satin gown to match the
I uniform of the lord lieutenant and ol!i-
oers assembled on the platform, a
White bonnet, trimmed with blue and
red bows and some tricolor ribbons at
tached to her left breast.—Westminster
Some One Wn* Tempted.
In the course of an address delivered
one afternoon at Mount Ilennon Mr.
Moody referred to a wooded elevation
ns ‘Temptation point.” One of the
trustcef: remarked that he had never
heard the spot called by that name be
fore.
"Neither have I,” the speaker re
plied.
“Why did you hit upon such a name
ns thatV” came the inquiry.
‘‘Oh.” said Mr. Moody, ‘‘because I
thought that some day some one might
be tempted to erect a chapel for us on
that point!”
The remark was duly repeated, and
his wish lias since been gratified, for a
beautiful stone chapel now adorns thp
little hill.—Ban Francisco Argonaut.
He Took (lack Ilia Seat.
A woman got lu, and a polite man
rose to give her his scat, raising Ids hat
and asking her if she would not sit
down. The woman plumped herself
down In the vacant scat without a
word of thanks, aud I saw the color
Hits!) up iu the young mini's cheeks.
In a minute he hastily looked over the
books which he carried under his arm,
and then, speaking to the woman to
whoirt lie had given his sent, he said:
“I beg your pardon, but I think I
left my pocket book on th»t seat.”
The woman arose to let him see. and
he quietly hIIpikmI Into the seat himself,
saying “Thank you” and immediately
burying Ids nose in a big geometry.—
Brooklyn Times.
latlons here. But, alas,
tve a good room. Every
is ft::I. There’s only the
t y,.;i know, the hear
Lt.i nevermind! lie does
not put in an ; ppjuranee every night.”
The young man would fain have gone
farther, but the n. a rest country house
was u n miles off. his horse tired, and
the hospitable r iations very pressing
in their invitation lo him to remain.
He was greatly afraid of the bear, hut
still more afraid of offending host,
hostess and all the other cousins aud
neighbors. He decided to stay, and at
last retired to rest iu a largo, square
room, with two beds in It. He inquir
ed if he might not bar out the bear (the
denr had but a i.itcld, but lie was told
that no fastenings might be used; the
bear was i:*o noisy if shut out. He
“would not ! t a soul in the place have
a wink of slrt p.” Besides, “he wasn't
coming very likely." And, further,
“ti: re wasn’t any means of altogether
fastening die door.” “It was left on
the latch on purport*.” The last words
of a rather sleepy cousin to the new
comer were, “Better take the bed iu
the far corner. Iran!”
The guest can hardly be said to have
t there. The terror of bruin kept
bi n awake at first mi l then bruin him-
seif, for in the hours a shambling
step aud a sound of claws ou the stops
and balustrade froze the blood in the
unhappy youth’s veins. The noise came
nearer. There was a fumbling at the
latch. With great growling and grum
bling. bruin entered and put himself
bed in the couch near the door.
There the beast grumbled, grunted
and seemed to sniff. That smiling
aim nud the other occupant of the room
most of all, for he thought it rm*aut
that the hear scented him and might
resent his presence. The wretch dared
scarcely breathe. Dawn was breaking,
but that was only another danger. The
hear might see him. Bruin, a great,
curled lump above the blankets, be
came in dim time visible to bis fellow
lodger. Then the hear snored! There
was comfort in that sound. But soon
he rolled about and growled and groan
ed discontentedly. The heart of the
watcher beat painfully loud. He dared
not rise. lie had not nerve enough to
pass the .sleeping animal aud rush
down the steps. Terror paralyzed the
youth, and prudence whispered that
inactivity can be sometimes masterly.
The slow hours dragged ou. All the
company had assembled down stairs
at breakfast, hut bruin still slept, and
the timid cousin watched him with
eyes that burned and throbbed. At
la. t the* ho-t said: “Where's Ivan?
Where’:; the hear too?" And a mes
senger was dispatched to the tower,
there to find a pallid guest and his un
invited cimpnuiou. The messenger
routed out the hear, who had been kept
as a pet when a eu!> and who was
really only half a wild beast, and help
ed the 111 1 ve shattered youth to dress
and join the breakfast party.—Loudon
News.
to Please.
We've all hoard of the vvomap who
bought her hooks with reference to
their bindings and refused to allow the
works of Shakespeare a place in her
library because their covers did not
match the wall paper. Well, almost as
critical a person was In one of Balti
more’s shops one day.
“1 want a set of hooks tills wide and
tiiis high,” she said calmly. Indicating
with her hands about three-quarters
and one-half a yard.
“What author?” asked the salesman
politely.
“It doesn’i make any difference about
tho author,” answered madam. "My
little daughter’s bookcase is entirely
filled except a space the size 1 showed
you. I meaiuired It myself this morn
ing. mid I want something to fill It.”
“If you could give some idea of tlje
sort of books you would like. I am sme
I could suit you.” said the |K)or clerk,
knitting his brow lu a distressed fash
ion.
“Well, I think blue would bo pretty,
don’t you?" she asked hi ndly. and he
said he did and forthwith sent her
away rejoicing with the requisite num
ber of volumes iu her arms, all of a
deep cerulean blue.—Baltimore News.
Modern Meaning of the Word Gun.
“The evolution of the word ‘gun’
forms nn Interesting study iu up to
date etymology,” remarked oue of a
party of newspaper meu. “A dozen
years or so ago we all understood gun
to mean a fowling piece—a shotgun as
distinguished from a rifle or musket.
Heavy and light ordnance—in fact, all
pieces of artillery, without regard to
size—were known as cannon. That, of
course, was where people made an ef
fort to speak English. Out ou the
frontier the word gun was applied ex
clusively to pistols.
“Nowadays the nomenclature has
curiously changed. By degrees the
good old word gun has become monop
olized by the long. slim, murderous ma
chines that constitute our modern artil
lery. We speak of quick firing guns,
eight inch, ten Inch, twelve inch guns,
i ami the word seems singularly apropos.
They are not eauuou. Cannon imme-
! diately suggests the big. lumbering,
black throated smoothbores of the
past. The word conjures up ail sorts
of curious aulique pictures—swabbers
naked to the waist, motionless men
holding lighted matches, frigates lash
ed together and firing into each other’s
ports, sepoys hound to the muzzle, neat
geometric pyramids of round shot in
ueat. geometric forts, the charge of the
Light brigade and lots of other things
too numerous to mention.”—New Or
leans Times-Democrnt.
Her Ambition.
After the youthful but powerful in
tellects of the observation class In a
West Philadelphia school had devoted
15 minutes the other day to making
known the results of their thoughts
upon nature and surrounding objects
the teacher diverted their minds by
asking each of the dozen youngsters
what they meant to be when they
grew up.
One precocious girl of 7, looking up
at the strong, but not overly comely,
face of the teacher, whispered timidly,
“If I’ze pretty when I gets big, I am
going to be an actress, but if I grows
ugly I’ll be a schoolteacher.”—I’bila-
delphla Record.
A Healthy Locality.
To all appearance Arduamurchan, on
the west coast of Scotland, Is a great
place for longevity. Whether it is be
cause of the soft and salubrious cli
mate or the remoteness of the place
from the centers aud the sins of popu-
lalioii or something indigenous to the
Arduamurchan nature it would be rash
to say. but certain it is that an Ardna-
murchanite seems to have a good
chance of becoming a patriarch. With
in 30 years many of the inhabitants
have been cut off at verylng ripe ages
between 100 and 112.—Scottish Ameri
can.
S. C. & G. E. R. R. CO.
Schedule No. 4.
In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday,December 24th, *94
Between Camden,S.C. and Elacks 1 :arg,S.C.
WEST,
"is. |8iL
38
EAST
34.
EASTERN TIME.
STATIONS.
!-£=:-•'• =
He liad a Sharp Tonnae.
The Waterbury Ameripaq quotes a
frlepd of the late Theodore Bacon as
saying that tie was a true chip of the
old Bacon block of New Haven and
that “he was probably the only man
who went Into the civil war and came
out of It, after four years of brilliant
serviee, holding the same commission,
that of captain, ns when he entered.
The fact was he had so openly and
mercilessly ridiculed the malfeasance
and Incapacity of his superior officers
that his promotion was more than hu
man nature was equal to. No man
who said such stinging things could
have expected even a brevet.”
Somntl Life,
The camel yields them milk, fre
quently the only food of the natives,
gives them meat and hides, facilitates
transport from one place to another
and forms the means of exchange,
which at any moment it is p: ssil.-le to
barter for other articles, thus taking
the place.of money.
The Bomalis also accommodate their
existence to tin* wants of the camels.
They go with the herd wherever pas
ture is best or where rain hu* recently
fallen, and on this account me may
frequently not find the trace of a vil
lage where yesterday a place was full
of life and people. The camels, in fact,
carry away the village ou their backs
miles distant.
Such are the chief events In thv life
of a Somali. Everything 1m governed
according to some ancient unwritten
law. not contained in any codex, not
dictated by any tribunal, but still
sacredly observed and carried out for
centuries througlior.t the whole region
Inhabited by the Somalis “Spurt la
Boujttlllund.” by Count 1‘utucki.
CAMDEN
DEKALB ....
. . WESTViLLK
. KERSHAW
HEATH SPRINGS.
.PLEASANT HILL
....LANCASTER .
.... RIVERSIDE
. . SPRINGDELL.
CATAWBA JL’XC’N
LESLIE
ROCK HILL
NEW PORT...
.. TIRZAll
... YORKVILLE ...
SHARON
HICKORY GROVE
SMYRNA
. BLACKSBURG
L’ 02
11 50,
11 :ii
II :M
11 15
l(i 55
10 40
10 JO
10
10 10
lo 110
!) 35,
9 30i
9 15
9 00
K 45
b 35
h 15
A. M
Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,N.C.
W F.ST.
11
33.
0
- EASTERN TIME.
-
STATIONS.
ti ^ -tt >■'
>. £. >1 ?■ -
Z' * 3 E
A. U. I
K I0i
H 30
s 40i
9 20
10 l«>
10 |o
10 2>
10 50
11 15
11 35
11 45
12 Ii5
12 25
12 50
.. BLACKSBURG ..
KARLS
PATTERSON SPG?
...... SHELBY
—LATTIMoKE—
... MOORESBOKO...
HENRIETTA ..
FOREST CITY .
RUTHEHFOItm’ON
.... MILLWOOD
golden valley
.THERMAL CITY
— GLENWOOD
MARION
EAST.
SSI It4.
3
« 55
0 4s|
0 38
« 201
(’> Q5|
5 53!
ft 40i
5 37'
5 17|
5 00
p. m. p. a.
1
A. M. 1 p. M.
WEST.
Gaffney Division.
EAST.
l*t CluHb.
15. 13.
EASTERN TIME.
1st Cla*a.
14. [ 10.
•5 ii H 5-1
• l ... e
•
STATIONS.
*£&!**&
3^1
“iS 3 “U. 3
PRAM
1 no ft (A)
. .BLACKSBURG
AM PM
7 50 3 00
1 :jn ft 20
CHEROKEE FALLS
7 liO 2 40
1 40 ft 40
GAFFNEY
7 10 2 20
PM AM
AM V M
Train No. 32 leaving Marlon. N. C.. a: ft a. rn.
making clone ronnc'lton at. BlacKa'air-.'. K
: C.. will) the Southern's train No. 30 forl'har-
! lotto, N. C., and all poliitu East, and connect-
Ing with the S’outherii's vestlbiilu KOingto
Atlanta, Gu., ami all point* Went, ami will
receive piiHHcngi-r* going East I’roiu ttalo
No. IO011 the C. it N. W. R. R., at Yorkvlll**,
S. C , at 8.45 a. m . and connect* at Camden.
S. C.. with thp Southern’* train No. 78 arriv
ing in CharWtqn. S. C., at 8.17 r». rn.
Train No. 34 with gaaMingercouel attached,
leaving BlackGnirj: at 5.30 a. ru., and cun-
uectiug at Rock Hbl, S, C., with tie* South
ern’* Honda train for all point*South.
Train No. 33 leaving Camden, S. C , at 12.50
11. in . after the arrival of the Southerti'*
Charleston train connect* at Lanca*ter. s.
with the L. A C H. K ; at Catawba J11 net-
|ou with the M. A. L., going K.n*t. at Rock
Hill S. C.. with the Southern * train No. 34
for Charlotte. N. C., and all nolnt* Ku*t.
Connect* at Yorkvlih', S. C.. with train No. 9
on the C. it N. W. R. R., for Cheater. S. C. At
Blu<'k»burg with the Southern’* ve*til>ul«
going Ea*t, aud the Southern** train Nn. 33
1 going Went, and connecting at Marlon, N. C.,
with the Soutlieiu both Ei<*l aud Went.
SAMUEL HI NT,
PrewMOkt.
A.THIPV.
whim rtntenrfent.
a. U Lt VJPH1 *
•m-M’I gooeeMger Atr«*fc
use
PRICKLY
ASH
BITTERS
.FOR KIDNEY DISEASE, STOM
ACH TROUBLE, INDIOE8
tTION LIVER DISORDER OR.
COHSTiPATlOtt
IT CURES.
tWCh,*roki*o Di u.. A*.- ,*.*
FOR
Up-to-Date Job Print
ing, caii at the
LEDGER Office.
fi ^ I" O f*. C? O
.Keep Oool
at a small expense during
the hot summer months by
buying your
•/ A7 %
from me. Ice delivered
every day.
J. L. ALEXANDER.
Fire!
Call on L. BAKER and buy you a good
Exleijiion Ladder and havvi it on your
premises in cast* of lite.
Good Extension and Step Ladder* for
sale, hut little above cost. Made of Lest
Norway Pine and well painted. Only a
few left.
L. BAKER.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
OOBdanaed Schedule of Passenger Trstaa.
In Effect Dec. 10,1899.
Vet.
No. 18.
FatMa
Northbound.
No 12.
No. 38.
Ex.
No. 36.
Daily
Daily
San.
Daily.
Lv. Atlanta.!>T
7 5') a
12 Uhn
4 30 p
H 50 g
“ Atlanta ET
8 50 n
1 00 p
ft 30 p
12 60a
•' Norcros* .
9 30 u
6 23 p
1 2ft a
“ Buford.
10 U5 a
7 03 p
1 53 a
“ UaiucMville
lo 35 a
2 25 p
7 23 p
2 1ft a
“ I.ula
lu 58 a
2 45 p
3 OOp
2 88a
“ Cornelia...
11 25 a
3 30 p
•’ Mt. Airy.
11 ii'j a
6 35 p
Lv Tore, a
11 5: a
3 35!,
9 00 p
3 28a
Ar Kibertou.
Lv. Kilierton..
9 O'.) a
5 40 p
11 45 a
Lv \\ iniu*ter.
12 .dll)
4 03 a
" Scoeca.
12 52 p
4 15 p
4 28 a
" Central... .
1 4ft p
.....
4 56 a
“ Gieenville
2 21 p
5 22 p
6 00 a
“ SpHr’lmrg .
3 37 p
fi lo p
.......
7 03 a
M Gulfney.. .
*• Blacksnurg
4 20 p
ft 4ft p
7 45 a
4 38 p
7 02 p
........
8 02 a
“ King's Mt..
5 03 p
8 27 a
“ Gastonia.
6 25 j>
. ,
8 61a
“ Charlotte..
6 30 p
3 18 p
9 50 a
A> ire'nsboro
9 55 p
10 47 p
....
12 23 p
Lv Gre'usboro
11 45 p
Ar. Norfolk .
....
8 & u
Ar Danville...
11 25p
11 6fi p
1 33 p
Ar. Richmond..
ft I/Oh
ft Ou a
6 25 p
Ar. Whington.
A 42 a
8 50 p
“ B’morePK
8 00 H
11 25 p
“ Ph'delphia.
10 15 lv
2 5ft a
” New York.
12 4 m
• 23 a
Fst M a
Ves.
Soullt bound.
No. 35.
No. 37.
No. 11.
Daily
Daily.
Daily
Lv N Y., Pa.R.
12 15 a
4 80 p
“ Pt'ilelphia
3 ftO u
0 ftftp
...... .
” Bnlinuore..
6 -2 a
9 2!>n
" VVuhh’ton
H 15 a
10 4f> p
Lv. K< hinond.
12 01 u
11 UUp
11 00 p
Lv. Dmiville..
5 48 p
5 50 u
ft 10 a
Lv Norfolk. .
1) 00 a
8 35 p
Ar Gre'nsboro
ft 35 p
b 15a
.......
Lv. Gro’r.shoro
7 10 p
7 05 a
7 37 n
Ar Chnrloltc .
D 45 p
9 25 a
12 05*n
Lv Gastonia.
10 42 p
10 07 *
1 12 p
“ King'* Mt.
i :>«p
“ Bin ’tshurg
li 25p
10 15 a
2 oiq.
“ Gaftuoy.
11 42 p
10 58 a
2 2-1 p
*' Sfiar’burg.
12 2C u
li 24si
3 15 p
“ <lrwnvilla
•’ Central
1 3u*
12 At p
4 30 p
b 42 p
zrrr
** Fcuera .
2 32 u
1 30 p
ft Oft;,
ICx.
“ Wmlniiler
• 25 p
Sun.
" Tocena.
3 2* a
2 15 p
7 0o ti
0 u> »
I'di)»*rcon.
9 ‘JO u
1 30 p
. ....
Ar. K'lierton.
11 45 a
6 40 p
. ...
Lv. Ml Aiiy
7 Z*p
ft 30 n
" Cornelia .
7 32 p
ft 36a
“ Lula
4 18 a
8 Up
8 Oop
ft 67e
“ Gainesville
4 M a
3 33 p
ft ’20 p
T 20a
“ Buford..
ft 02 u
8 43 p
? 43a
•’ Norcros*.
6 25 a
0 18 p
» 27a
Ar Ailanta.KT
C 10*
4 65 p
10 OOp
9 DL‘*
“ Atlan*»,CT
6 10 a
a up
9 00p
• 8b w
RoTu.
Kx.
ban.
Betwa«n Lai* and Athaa*.
I 10 p
$ »4p
• fiOp
• hop
STATIONS.
11 05 a Lv. .Lula Ar
II bfta " M*y*vma“
11 52 a " Harmony “
12 ftp Ar^AthenaXv
do** cooaacUoa mads
Norm
Ex.
Sun.
7 Up
T OUp
6 33 p
8 0V p
: with
■ala line train*.
M A“ a m. “P* p. at. “M” aooa- “N" might.
Chewapeake Line Stenmwra in dnlly aervtoa
between Nor >lk and Balitiuoi-e.
Non 37 auu US—Daily Whnhtngton and
>ttthwe*teia VeMtibuie Limited. Through
’■illman Nlocpingcar* lac ween New York and
low Orle.u*. via \Vn»MDgion, Atlanta and
lontg-tniery. and a.c t between New York and
lciniiMm, via WaHlilngton. Atlanta and Bir*
mmgtiatn. Aino elegant Pullman Libhart
Ohxkhv ation ( Alia httwoeu Atlanta and New
Y«rk kirs'clua* thoroughtara rouchaa be
tween Wasiiingtoa aoc Atlanta. Dming care
C rve all men.* en rout*. Bearing Waahing-
gbm Mouoaya, WeUtieaday* and Krhiaya
atonrl*! Mlceploiimr will run through ke'wrea
Waahinglonaadbao Kranciaco withoutehanga.
Pullman diawln* room •leeolngear* between
8 rr«*ii*boro and Norfolk. Clone cunnecUoe at
orfoik for Oi.u Point Comkokt
No*. 35 and 3(1—United State* feat Mai) raaa
aolld between Washington and New Or lean*,
via Southern Railway, A. 4k W. P. B. R. and
LANK. It, being nompoaed of ooacbea
through without ehungo for paeaenger* of all
•)a**ea. Puiunaa drawing-room • lee ping oara
between New York and New Or lee a*, vie At*
Mill* ami Monlgomeiy and beta:
loll* and Atlanta. Dining ear*
B eni* en root*
No* U. Ai. .1 and IZ-Pallmaa aleepiag
belwpiio Klchnioud aud Charlotte, via
ville wiolhlio'iad No*. 11
No* 34 and 12
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