The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 14, 1900, Image 1
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GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900
81.00 A YEAR.
JUGULAR SEVERED;
WUHANBLEDIDOEATD
Throe Killed In a \7reek on
the Great Northern.
ENGINE WAS DEMOLISHED
Fatal Wreck <n: *ll<• Clilcvigo, liiirllng-
ton an<l Qalm*y—1 ir sa' ii Ivilled and
Several FersOii'' ii'j'" ,- d—Loc )mot;ve
and .tlail Carb damped 111 • 1 rack.
Helena, Mon., D--c. id.—Coast train
No. )3, westbuuii'l, on the Croat Nona-
om railway, was wreck' d at Crook: >n,
23.') niiie.s oast o£ Havre, early today.
Three persons were killed and several
slightly injured.
The dead: Mrs. Watwu, residence
unknown; her aged mother, name not
learned; unknown Russian child.
Mrs. Watson was t hrown through a
window, the gla i severing her jugular
vein and she bled to u e.’.h. Her mother
and the child were crush'd to death.
The accident was e:>
lug of a truck as the train passed over a
switch. The injured will all recover.
I
DOME'S ACTION DENOUNCED
I in;
u i.'ii! Ivcsolist Ions Adopted by the
t 'eileratio.; ol Labor,
j i >i'i -vn.Lti, I k o 13.—The tlrst reso-
i lufiou called up at today's session of
i the J'.-de. ntiou of Labor was one pro-
| sent al by Loile-- ate Nelson of Phihidel-
1 di.! disapproving of tin alleged action
> d! id. John Alexin jer Dowie of Chica
go in importing foreign lace makers lor
working in an estabiished industry in
1 the United States. The resolution was
udo-.ted and. copies ordered sent to Pres-
, i.. xt McKinloy, 55» cretary Gage and
! Coniu:i>siouer of Immigration Pow-
I derlv
A resolution was also passed directing
the executive council to take such action
ns ir, uece.-sary to have tin 8-hour till in-
| troduw d in th. t gislaturcs of the states
; wb ic an d hour law does not prevail.
A sharp debate arose over the cousld-
, elation of a resolution denouncing a
1 hat factory of Fall River, for the alleged
| substitution of foreign women to do the
j work of nun in the manufacture of hats.
The resolution further declared that
the Unit' 1 States government has for
the past three years placed all orders for
hats to be worn by United States sol
diers with the factory, and regis
tered a protest against the further
: placing ol army orders lor hats with
i any muiuniou concern. The resolution
i bv th ■ break- ! "^ adopted.
FAST MAIL RAN iNTO A DITCH
liurilugton Passenger Train Wrecked.
One Uilled and Three Injur tab
Burlington', la., Dec. I k —The Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy railway’s
fast mail, No. lb, whicn left Chicago at
9:1."> o’clock last cvi uing, was Lully
wrecked 2 miles vve-t of Kirkwood,
STATE'S MOT ION OVERRULED
; Cannot Amend Its Answer to the Kail-
roads’ Complaint.
Raleigh, Dec. 13.—Judge Simonton
of ti e United States circuit court de
nies the motion by counsel fur the state
j to amend its answer in ea.' S involving
! a 610,000,ObO increase of railway valua-
j tion. The railroads, in their complaints,
j charged that
, piopn ty at
early today. Fireman i property was
•i was , rea j V;i i uu- This was not denied in the
the
killed and Kugit.eer tfamu*
badly hurt. Tiio engine jump'
track and was demolishud.
Two mail cars with their contents
were burned. The mail clerks w< re nof
Injured severely. AH main line trains
were delayed, being finally sent around
by Oipiawu and Koithsburg.
ALABAMA AWAITS ORDERS
lluttle.'hip to Make a Trial Kuo to
New York.
Philadelphia, Dec. 1-k—T.ie l nited
Slates battleship Alabama sail-«i today
from League l-luml navy yard 1 or New
York, where sue v/ili avv.ut iinx.i'.i’ ci
ders.
Sue will make a trial t
which will begin as soon
out to sea.
After the-e trials are cornplef' d
vessel’s cou■' »! will be slur i urtiier
out to sea loavoi i sbippmg, as uii of her
j^uns and turrets are f.» be tc-t <1 and a
report ma lo to the navy <1< earn.lent as
soon <>s the vessel n ..cues Ni w Yorlt. It
the report is satisi'aciory it is probable
that the ba: tie Dip will be on red to
Hampton Ro;<l> to join tho North At
lantic squadron.
tin; state a— >scd railroad
its lull value wiiile other
assessed at less than its
answer by the state; the railroa.as claim
the fact was admitted. The state wishes
to amend its answer by a denial of tho
assertion of the railroads.
Judge, fcimonton holds that tho state
has forfeitc 1 its right to demand such
an .;n.-wer. Counsel lor the state as-
h'its tin.! the origin d answers by the
suite t the railway -' conipiaints raised
issues us to undervaluation of railway
pro] ' t ty and that lie had uo doubt it
\ aid b 1 found. He said the result of
th'- i ass -siueur- investigation now in
progress will be a great increase in the
valuation of all property.
GRIFFITH’S
on
as
run
iK
NEGRO HANGED BY A MULE
Singular Death <f John Phillip?
Near Griffin.
Griffin, Ga., Doc. 13—A no
tho name of John Phillips wa
the farm of Dr. \Y. P. Phi!
DEFALCATION.
Al-
ro uy
killed on
:-s while
driving up cattle. II
mule and had the reins
us he galloped after the
wtu riding
over his hoi
herd.
The mule became iriglitt tied a
throw him off, and in falling the r :
became twisted and held him tig.
while the mule ran a hail mile before
was stopped.
it
Thu negro’.!
head v.r
is iilin
ost i
:i a
jelly, but us It:
WU-i not
exti at
:t bis
m
juries wen utn
•udud to,
but in
was
too
far gone to
iV( r and
died
t rom
tbe
effects of Las o'
ivu I'uoii'l
mess.
Adjusted
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itl«*l <N;
PHENIX, A.
T., Dec.
1 o. —
-The
two
factions of tho Cobre Grand Mining
company ended iis c uteivnee hero yes
terday by a eompl"t ■ adjustment of the
difiiculty winch for two y ars has oecn-
pied the time of tin apreme and lower
courts of Arizona, Mexico and Texu-
Thc decision will step many cases pond
ing in tho higher courts and relieve the
strained situation at the mines located
at Cauanoa, Mex., which ^or some time
has required Mexican troops to prevent
bloodshed bet wen the disputants over
the pO'session of the property.
ills Death Iteveais ;i Shortage of
to ,st. $i,o:)(),ooo.
Cinuinnau, Dee. U.—The shortage
of ffCiirgi 1 R Gnfiuas, occeased, cicik
of the board oi ediueatioti for 13 years,
i • geni rally adtni ted to be at least >130,-
0 io. Di -crepaneii s between the annual
r p ns made to the suite school com
missioner by the county auditor and the
reports of receipts made by Griffiths to
the board of education show an addi
tional shortage ot •'SJ4\827.
It is said liie defalcation will exceed
£500,000 and may reach ;} 1,000,000. it
is also as erted that Griffiths himself
did not get ail the moip y, but was put
into ofiice and kept there a.; the tool of
the real looters. Griflith’a death may
jirevut the < xperts Horn ever discover
ing me true amount of tho actual steal
ing.
n PANIC
PiBAILS IN GERMANY
Economic Stability of the Em
pire Is Threatened.
TO DRIVE OUT FOREIGNERS
Revolution Is Heing Orgaui/.ed In
( lilua—Complete Victory For Amer
ican Diplomacy — Japan to Mark
Ferry’s Landing Place.
Berlin, Dec. 13.—The pessimistic re
port of Baron Von Fleischmaun, . eore-
tury of the imperial treasury, in the
reich.-tag, in which he told the country
to prepare for a period of bard
times, as the financial situation was
gloomy, has created a sensation in the
money market.
There has been such a slump in the
prices of mortgage bonds that unless pub
lic confidence is restored, the economic
stability of Germany will be imperilled,
gome banks and bankers may find them-
selves in serious difficulties and a finan
cial crisis of unparalleled gravity may
be precipitated in Berlin.
The amount of mortgage bonds in cir
culation is 5,000,000 marks ($1,2JK),000).
The mortgage banks were the principal
sources of supply to the money market,
their bonds being regarded as first class
securities. All this confidence has dis-
oppervd and tho public are selling bonds
indiscriminately at panic prices.
GIVEN FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
Successor the American Proposition Is
Most Complete.
Vienna, Dec. 13.—The Xenes Weiner
Tagvblatt learns that all the European
ministers in Peking have received final
instructions from their governments so
that a beginning of peace negotiations
can Lo made at once.
The success of the American proposi
tion on which tho new agreement is
br.s d is even more complete than was
expected. It was learned from the best
source that the powers constituting the
triple alliance which, at the beginning,
were su’ongly opposed to the American
poih y, have now requested their minis
ters to limit, as far as possible, all mat
ters of formality in the peace negotia-
tioHs -o that peace may be speedily con
cluded.
SUiCIDE OF SYDNEY SAMUEL
FOUR RUBBERS HOLD
ENTIRE TOWN AT DAT
Desperate Battle With Ont*
laws In Ohio.
LOOT BANK AND ESCAPE
Two Msu on Guard Keep the Crowd
Ruck While the Others Blow Open
the Safe, Rifle It of About $4,000
ami Hscapp on ti Handcar.
Canal Dover, O., Dec. 18.—Foul
masked men held the town of Shanes-
ville, 4 miles west of here, at bay early
this morning while they robbed the pri
vate bank of John Doerschuck, blowing
open the safe with a heavy charge ol
nitroglycerine, and then made their es
cape with the contents of the vault.
They loft town on a Wheeling and
Erie hand car, carrying with them bo-
tween £3,000 and !$4,000.
The robbers were followed by a fusil
lade of bullets and they arc being tracod
now by a trail of blood.
An explosion awakened those who
live in the vicinity of the bank about 3
o’clock this morning. John Rhodes,
who lives directly across the way, has
tened to a window when he saw two
men working hurriedly inside the bank.
In front were two others standing guard.
Rhodes ran down into the street, revol
ver in hand, to be met by a volley from
the guards. The battle continued until
he had emptied his weapon, when he
retired to the house.
Miss Mary Knowles, a relative of
Banker Doerschuck, was also awakened
and threw up a window and screamed
when a bullet struck near her head.
Other armed men had by this time
made their appearance, to be met by a
volley from the guards as they came
within range. Tho robbers soon com
pleted their work and fled to the'rail-
road where a handcar was boarded.
They abandoned the car before reaching
Baltic, 5 miles distant, and a posse is
now in pursuit with oloodhounds.
BRITISH FLAG WAS HIDDEN
LIMIT IS OUT ON jA NOTED COLORED DIVINE.
FIRST OF JANUARY.
Then The Ledger Will Not
Deviate for Anyone.
IT IS A PEOPLE’S PAPER.
Without IteHpect to CIush or Couditiou ami
Keprenent* the People's Interest Sub- R-'V. Carroll S friends arm lO SOttlO of
Rev. Klclmrd iurroJ Makes au ra.-ijoent
Address at the llaptist Convention.
Rev. Richard Carroll, the noted
colored divine of Columbia who is
doing so much for the good of his
race, was present at the BapUsl Con
vention in Greenwood and made an
eloquent ad Iress to that body Satur
day night.
The following is from the Baptist
Courier and will be interesting to
$150,000 FOR
Gillette
BRUNSWICK
lli» Father Is i:t a Loss to Account
For the Deed.
London, Doc. 13.—Rev. Isaac Sam
uel, rabbi of the aristocratic Bayswater
synagogue, makes the following state
ments concerning the death of his son,
Sydney Samuel, the exporter, who shot
himself at Portland, Me.:
“Tills is indeed sad and surprising
news. My son, who was a business
man in Mexico, left Ijondou onlt* a few
weeks ago after spending six weeks at
home. I cannot imagine why he com
mitted suicide, for certainly he left hero
a Mine man. The reports that he com
mitted suicide because I forbade his
marriage with Mrs. Charlesex do mo a
mv.l wrong. My son did have an alfair
w". i t!:i- woman, but broke it oil’ of his
own accord.”
Word Violently Insane.
Tali, mi a.'•ski:, Dec. 13.—M. T. Word,
a traveling ralesnuiu for a Way cross
drug house, is in jail here, thought to
be temporarily insane. Word was found
lit Chair’s station, 12 miles east of here.
He had left a hotel at Lloyd at midnight
and walked 8 miles to Chairs, leaving a
horse and buggy and some other prop
erty at Lloyd. When found Word was
quiet, bat T came > xcited and combata-
live, and was brought to Tallahassee
and turned over to tho authorities.
To Police the Cities.
Manila, Dec. 13.—The Taft commis
sion has passed au act authorizing Gen
eral MacArti.ur to e.-tablish polio© in the
cities and towusuud appropriatingf 150,-
000 for their maintenance. A bill has
been passed directing the civil rervice
board to examine and reixirt <>n the re
adjustment of the salaries ot civil em
ployes
Conductor Kilted.
Hendf.uson, N. O., D o. 13.—While
Conductor Ln-sitcr of the Seaboard Air
Line was standing on the track signal
ing his engineer the yard > tigitie backed
on him, knocking him down and pa s-
ing over him, killing him almost in
stantly.
To Fight I lie T ibnce > Trmt.
Winston, X. C , Dec. 13. — A report
has reached here to the ('fleet that east
ern capitalists are arranging to organize
a string coin lie n y in oppo-itiou to tho
tobacco trust. It is believed a factory
will be located here by the new com
pany.
New ( ottou 31111 For Union.
Union, S. C., Dec. 18 —Another (Fit-
ton mill is to be built here.' The new
null is to have a c iprvity of 10,00) spin-
Ule > uud will be capitalized ut $130,001).
Thinks This Miflielont to Ini-
prove the Harbor.
Washinutox, Dec. 13.—Captain Gil
lette’s recommendation for Brunswick
harbor i , the appropriation <>1 slJO.ou),
$12 3,000 of which is for a dredge. He
thinks that the remaining c23,000 is
onou ;h to iu-nre water after the dredge
has been buiif, and with $10,000 addi
tional a year for maintenance.
There is a disposition on the part of
some of those, interested in the Bruns
wick work t) doubt whether this will
prove s uisfiictory, as tin y think it will
take mu - time to build tii • dredge, and
that something >iiouid be done lor tiie
bar in to • meantime. Tho Gillette re
port is not yet made public, Luc ihi.- is
understood to contain the recommenda
tion stated above.
Peanut Kernel In His Appendix.
Louisville, Dec. 13.—Jockey Troxler,
a well known rider in the west and
south, was opernt'-d on yestmli.y after
noon in a private infirmary in this city
for appendicitis. A whole peanut k<-r-
kel wa- found in his appendix. He is
resting ensy today, with the chances fa
voring his rt c.ivery.
Killing n! Statesville.
Statesville, X. C., Dec. 13.—George
Ramseur and Jim Green, both negroes,
got into a row at tho house of Logan
Shcm'l Green fired upon Raraseur
with a shotgun, the whole load taking
effect in Hamseur’s breast, striking the
lungs and liver. Kamseur died a few
hours later.
Negro Klec’ed Yiee Provident.
BiKMINOHAM, Ala , Dec. 13. —Jf the
session of the United Mine Workers of
America, Alabama distri t. No. t'O,
George Sinituermaii, a negro, of Pratt
City, was chosen vice president, it bring
tho custom to accord the vice presidency
to a member of that race.
Contracts Will II ■ Kriicwed.
PlTTi-ttUKO, Dec. 13.—The 8.000 ton-
ployesof the Jones & Luughlin Iron and
Steel plants have boon notified that thu
individual wage contracts made two
years ago will be renewed lor the ensu
ing year with no reduction in pay.
May Kulld a Sugar K< Hurry.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 13.—The
Jacksonville board of trade has taken
the initiative toward the establishment
'srtre of a sugar refinery to meet the
'rowing uecesritius of tho product of
Florida and South Georgia.
REVOLUTION
THREATENED.
tiio
Increased Property Valuation.
Raleigh, Dec. 13.—A statement by
State Auditor Ayer says tho increase in
valuation of real and personal property
in North Carolina this year over last
yar is Durham county leads
with $700,001) increase.
ISong-Kong Placarded Inciting
People to Rise.
Hong-Kono, Dec. 13.—The city was
placarded today with statements in
citing the people and the members of
tiie secret societies to unite and rise dur
ing the month of January and drive out
all the foreigners. Crowds gathered
around the placards, but no actual out
break is reported.
Reports have been received from Can
ton to the effect that Yung Sung Po,
tiio reformer, has been horribly tor-
tured. Though ho was strung up by
t 1 ; thumbs and the toes he would con
fess nothing.
Fears For a Training Ship.
Yokohama, Xov. 30, via Vancouver,
B. C.. Dec. 13.—Grave anxiety is felt
for tho fate of the training ship of the
Tokyo Commercial company, on board
of which 91 students left on Xov. 13 for
Shmuidsea, where she was due on Nov.
2‘). On Nov. 17 the fierce storm which
recently ravaged Houg-Koug was rag
ing on the coast and it is feared the ves-
m 1 has foundered with all on board, as
phe w as a sailing vessel with only aux
iliary steam power. It is jiossiblo that
tho may have been driven fur out to sea.
Will Aid the Canal.
Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 13.—Pres
idem Zelaya repeats his formor state
ments that he will not place any obsta
cit s in the way of the construction o '
the Nicaragua canal by tho United States
government. On tho contrary he de
clan s ho will offer every j)ossiblo means
in his power to aid the United States in
the great work.
Awaiting Andre’s Return.
Cori.N iiagi.x, Dec. 13.—The brother
of Professor Andre, tho missing arctic
explorer, who attempted to reach tho
north pole in a balloon, resides at Go
theuburg, from wbioti place it is an
nounood, that hoping for Andre’s return
from the polar regions, he has deferred
oTM'iiiiig the latter’s testament for IS!
months.
»o Hark Perry’s Lauding Place.
Yokohama, Xov. 30, via Victoria,
B. C\, Dec. 13.—A movement to mark
tiie place of Commodore Perry's lauding
with a suitable memorial has taken
pbu". a distinguished and influential
committee having ebargeof the scheme.
Tin i" will be a lighthouse placed at the
I dangerous entrance to tho Uguui bay.
Fleeted President of Switzerland,
lit.RNii, Switzerland, Dec. 13.—The
vice president of the federal council,
Ernst Bremer of Bale, lias been elected
president of Switzerland for 1901 in sue-
ccvsion in Walt her Hauser of Zurich.
Dr. J. Zemp of Lucerne, who was chief
ot ihc department of posts and railroads,
was elected vice president,
Misunderstanding Causes Considera
ble Comment In Washington.
Washington, Dec. 13.—In connection
with the decoration of the house of rep
resentatives yesterday considerable dis
cussion was aroused by the omission of
certain flags from the decoration.
In tiie original plans, the British, Ger
man, French, Russian and other flags
\were draped about the chamber.- But
through misunderstanding of officials it
was thought the British jack was the
only one displayed and in order that uo
invidious distinction should be shown, a
piece of bunting was placed over this
flag, thus omitting it from the general
dan while the other national flags re
mained. Although the incident caused
some comment, it was dismissed by tho
officials as wholly unimportant and due
to misunderstanding.
HOLIDAY RECESS OF HOUSE
Revenue Reduction Hill Considered In
Committee of the Whole.
Washington, Dec. 13.—The house to
day adopted a resolution on motion of
Mr. Payne of New York, the floor leader
of the majority, for a holiday recess
from Friday, Dec. 21, to Tlmrseay,
Jan. 3.
Before going into a committee of the
whole to resume the consideration of
the war revenue reduction bill it was
agreed that general debate upon tho bill
would close at 2 o’clock. The regular
Friday order for the consideration of
private pension business was postponed
until Saturday. Tho debate on the rev
enue reduction bill was then resumed.
Kpp> Attempted Suicide.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 18.—X. M. Epps,
hotel clerk at Saratoga, Miss., attempted
suicide hero yesterday iu a sensational
manner. Standing in the center of the
crowded street he placed a revolver at
his head and fired, missing his mark.
He then jabbed the pistol iu his mouth
and sent a bullet out through the roof
of his mouth and face and fell like dead.
Despondency over the loss of his situa
tion was the cause of his attempt at self
destruction. He will probably recover.
Golf rouiiiuiiionl.
Atlantic City, Dec. 13.—The open
ing golf tournament of the Atlantic
City Country club began today ou the
Nortufiold links. The weather was pro
pitious and tho links were in almost per
fect condition. Play began with the
qualifying round of 80holes, medal play.
The first and second rounde will take
place tomorrow and the semi-finals and
finals ou Saturday.
Kngland Will Sign Agreement.
Washington, Doc. 13.—Tho latest ad
vices from Peking official sources is that
England has signified a willingness to
sign the agreement reached by the
foreign ministers with a slight amend
ment, which is said to be rather in the
nature of a mere change in form, rather
than an amendment of the scope of the
agreement at any material point.
IJyan Will Not Accept.
St. Louts, Dec. 13.—W. J. Bryan, in
reply to a query put to him by the Liu-
coin, Neb., correspondent of The Post-
Dispatch as to the truthfulness of tho
statement that he had agreed to accept
the election of United States senator,
said today: “Simply say there is uo
truth iu the rumor; that I have other
plana"
Only Team* Left.
New York, Dec. 13.—Today found
only six teams loft in the six day bicycle
race at Madison Square Garden. The
riders have taken ou a haggard and ex
hausted appearance, due to the terrible
pace set for tho first two days of the
•ace.
Yerkes Reappointed.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The president
today nominated John W. Yerkes of
Kentucky to be commissioner of in*
Vernal revenue.
scriberit Should Kencu Before Find of
January—Other items.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Eita Jane. Dec. 11.—Mr. Walker
Goforth, who we reported in our
last letter as losing his horse under
suspicious circumstances, found it in
a cane brake on Thickety creek,
nearly in sight of home where it had,
no doubt, been since it left on the
night of tiie 2od.
The Salem Sunday school speak of
having a Christmas tree during the
holidays.
Rev. J. P. Marion will preach at
Salem tuxt Sabbath evening at fi
o’clock.
We very much regret to learn that
Mr. J. Wesley McKown is quite un
well at his home at Smith’* Ford, in
York county. He was one of our
army comrades during the war and
this constitutes a tie of sympathy, if
not kinship, that increases with the
lapse of years. There could be no
better soldier in the army of northern
Virginia than J. Wesley McKown
was.
Your correspondent has been rather
unwell with a sore throat for several
days.
The peopie of the Kelton circuit
are much pleased to have Iltv. S. T.
Creech assigned to it as they were
compelled to give up Rev. Mr.
who had served them four years as
pastor.
One of our neighbors is warmed up
over a report that lie had had a dance
at his bouse a few night ago. Why,
what if you did, brother?
We understand that Miss Lillie
Foster is very low with typhoid fever
at her home near Sunny Side. She
is a daughter of our esteemed friend,
Mr. I). P. Holder, of Glc-tidale.
Mr. George Foster, of McConnells-
ville, and his son, Marion, visited
friends and relatives in this neighbor
hood last week.
We take off our hat to Metdanoes
Mary and Laura Estes. Amanda Leo
and Mildred McDaniel, who so gener
ously remembered us with tokens of
their friendship on their hog killing
accastons last week.
Mr. J. N. J tileries, of Abingdon,
was in this section yesterday on bus
iness.
Mr. John Estes, who has been
quite sick for several days, is getting
better and is now able to sit up.
Before this reaches our readers it is
expected that the new flat will be
launched at Howell’s ferry and tho
public will be crossing as of yore.
“So mote it be.”
Will some one please write twenty-
four with three equal figures, none of
them being eight? Try it, reader.
We made a hurried trip to Gaffney
last week and met a number of friends
from different parts of the county
who were enquiring why we had not
come around to see them in the in
terest of The Ledger as we had prom
ised to do early in tbe fall.
Friends, our business arrangements
have been such as to make it impos
sible for us to meet all whom we (X-
pected to in our work. But we have,
nevertheless, done a great deal of
work in places and hope to do more
before the first day of January, 1'JOl.
In the meantime we urge those who
do not wish the price oi the paper to
run up on them to attend to it befon.-
the close of tho year, or by that time
at the very latest, as Mr. DcCamp’s
limit is out then and he will not de
viate for friend or foe. We hope to
see The Ledger taken by every family
in the county. It is a people’s paper
and without respect of class or con
dition, it represents the people’s in
terest. It belongs to no clique,
neither is it controlled by any ring
and the poorest as well as the richrst
have the same right to be heard from
through its columns. ’Tis true we
hare quite a number of men in the
county, no doubt, who can point out
faults in The Ledger or note egregious
blunders in its management or tell of
tbe faults of some of its supporters
Every now and then some one will
oppose us, but this is the highest ev!
dence that we are doing something
If it don’t ‘‘rile” somebody now and
then it is on the wane. Don't forget,
friends, that after the tiret of Janu
ary, 1901. The Ledger’s subscription
price will be $1 50 just as sure as
falling off a log.” and we can’t help it
after ti at time.
We have no doubt but that hereaf
ter The Ledger will sustain its repu
tation for decency, respectability at.<
truthfulness that It has so consis
tcntly maintained in the past, anc
that its readers will more than ever
get the worth of their money.
While your correspondent can
hope to meet aff the people face to
face during th** short time that will
elapse before the price (>f tbe paper
is raised from $1 00 to $ 1 .">0 « >tur
yet he hopes that those who wish the
paper next year will renew, or sub
scribe. al once and get tiie cheapest
rates it will be off'.red at soon again.
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his colored brothers who aspire to
eminence in the cause of Cbristun'ty;
‘‘The Rev. Richard Carrol!, the col
ored Baptist preacher who has in
charge the reformatory for youthful
criminals which has been established
iu Columbia, addressed the Conven
tion at a late hour Saturday night,
and tie lateness' of the hour did not
prevent Carroll from holding th^
large audience of tire d white auditors
spell bound and mesmerized until
such lime as he saw fit to cease
speaking. He played on the feeling*
of the audience as a good performer
on au instrument. Would that I
could make an address like that
negro preacher! Why is it that a
negro with sense is always au orator,
while a white orator comes only after
much weeding? I asked this ques
tion walking Home. “It, is because
he feels it,” sr.id a lady, who has
been instructing me for several
years. “But, no,” I contended, em
boldened by the presence of third
parties; “Carroll is honest and ear
nest, but the sum of his sentiments
emotions and convictions certainly
cannot be greater than those of
many public speakers I know, who
cannot hit the mark one-fourth as
Carroll did.” Anti yet the lady’s
idea is a popular one. The truth is
oratory is an art ; an elusive art as 1
can testify. Men may be born ora
tors; 1 suppose they are. But it 's
no science. And the thing can be
cultivated by each man in his de
gree. tiome of us would require
cycles of the cultivation to equal
that colored man. Bro. Carroll spoke
of his reformatory; but it was all
one. It would have been the same
had he spoken of Japan.”
BURGHERS URGEU TO
CONTIHUE THE WAR
General Botha Makes Strong
Appeal to Them.
T!i« lt«'»t l*r«iM'ripUou fur MulsirU
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove’i
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply
iron and quinine In a tasteless form.
No cure—uo pay. Price 60c.
lilMliop 1’etty is Head.
[Charlotte Observer. |
Bishop Charles Calvin Petty, D. D.,
one of the bishops of tiie African
Methodist Episcopal Zion church,
died at Clio, S. C., at 10:30 o’clock.
Saturday night from euremic poison.
He arrived at Clio Tuesday, Novem
ber 27th, expecting to preside over
the session of the South Carolina
Conference of his church, but was
taken ill with a complication of pneu
notiia and yellow jaundice, which
ater developed into euremic poi
soning.
Bishop Petty was born at Wilks-
joro about fifty-one years ago; was
educated in the common schools of
North Carolina and at Biddle Ut i-
versity, from which he graduattd in
1878. He was one, of the best educa-
ied and most eloquent preachers of
his race, and had field several promi
nent positions in the A. M. E. Zion
church. Beside filling the pulpits of
a number of leading churches in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ala
bama, Tennessee and California, he
was four years general secretary cl
his church, and was elected bishop
when only thirty-eight years of age,
at Newbern, in May, 1888.
He traveled extensively in America
and Europe and was one of the most
progressive and conservative negro
churchmen of his race. He leaves
a wife and seven children, lie was
buried at Newbern last Sunday.
BVi.op G.icrge VV. Clinton, of thi-
ciiy, vv-jf with him wiren hr died a id
he with several of the other bishops
and general officers of the church at
tenued the funeral.
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HE IS STILL CONFIDENT
President of the Orange Free State
Will VUit Kurope to Aid Kruger In
Ilia Slisslon—Protest Against Ger
man Policy—Other War News.
Amsterdam, Dec. 13. —The following
proclamation by General Louis Botha
has been received here:
“Whereas, I have been informed that
the enemy circulates all sorts of wrong
and lying reports among the burghers
abont tho government and myself, our
officers and officials aro charged to com
municate the following information to
the public:
“Tne executive council, after consult
ing the state president of the Orange
Free State, has decided, iu the interests
of our cause, to give leave of absence to
our state president, with orders to go
immediately to Europe iu order to assist
our deputation there in the work they
have before them. Vice President
Schalkburger has been sworn iu accord
ing to law and is now acting as state
president. He is now assisted by the
state secretary, two members of the ex
ecutive council and other officials; in
short, our government exists iu the same
way as before aud is now in my imme
diate neighborhood and iu direct com
munication with me.
“Let tho blood of our brave dead al
ways be a strong voice, inducing every
burgher to light for real liberty. We
ia v e nothing left to lose but everything
to ,’in. The government is most firmly
de ided to continue the struggle. I am
convinced the burghers will applaud
tb s decision aud act accordingly until
i end.
“Burghers aro warned against the
fi te words used by the enemy to deceive
t em aud to make them put down their
ns, because, accord'ng to the procla-
ution of Roberts, they will all be traus-
;; irted to Sr. Helena or (Jeylon as pris
oners of war. Our cause, however pre-
carious, is not hopeless. If every bur-
riier does his duty the Lord is sure to
give a blesssed end iu his own time aud
iu his own way.”
MILNER IS ADMINISTRATOR
Convalescents Ordered to Join Thetr
Regiments—Canadians Salt.
Cape Town, Doc. 13.—Sir Alfred Mil
ner has been gazetted administrator of
tb Orange River colony aud the Trans
vaal.
General Kitchener has cabled to the
authorities of South Australia asking
that tho wounded of the Imperial Bush-
men who arc flow convalescent may be
returned to South Africa.
Ano: her contingent of Canadian troops
started on their way homo today on
board tho Roslyn Castle. They received
an enthusiastic soud off.
Fi-ieuds of the Goers Protest,
Rerun, Dec. 13.—As a result of a
mass meeting at Hamburg the friends
of the Boers at that place have sent the
imperial chancellor, Count Von Buelow,
a strongly worded disavowal of the Ger
man government’s Transvaal policy.
TREATY HAS BEEN AMENDED
Instrument With Great Britain Given
a Broader Scope.
Washington, Dec. 13.—A treaty has
been concluded between the United
States aud Great Britain amendatory of
the existing extradition treaty and in
tended to correct certain imperfections
iu that instrument developed by recent
experience.
i’he changes do not materially affect
the scope or principles of the existing
treaty, tho chief item in tho list being a
provision classifying as a crime subject
to extradition tne obtaining of money
under false pretenses.
At present the treaty makes extradi
table the return of money under false
pretenses and omission of the principal
iu crime, constituting a manifest ab
surdity. the amendment is made.
Child Killed by a Rat’s Bite.
Beaufort, S. C., Doc. 13.—Several
days ago on Kean’s Neck a largo rat bit
five children of Edward Alston, a negro.
The four eldest suffered little, but the
youngest, 18 months old, died after ter
rible suffering. The immediate cause
of death was hemorrhage. There was
such a profuse flow of blood from the
bitten fingiTs that by the time tho child
could be taken to a physician not an
ounce of blood was left in its body.
An Investigation Ordered.
Washinoton, Dec. 13.—The civil ser
vice commission is setting ou foot an in
vestigation into the examination for let
ter carriers, hel d some time ago at Way-
cross. It seems that out of a large
number of persons who stood tho exami
nation—some of them graduates of the
schools—the examiners certified four
negroes aud one white man. There is
suspicion that there was some politics
about this. _
Will Command the Oregon.
San Francisco, Dec. 13.—Captain
F. W. Dickens, U. S. N., will sail to
morrow for the Asiatic station on the
on the steamer Rio de Janeiro to take
command of tbe Oregon. He expects to
soon bring the battleship to this port for
!>erma.ieut repairs to her hull wfcich was
seriously injured when she struck a sub-
mergeu rock in China waters. The
Kentucky will replace the Oregon in
the Orient.
Clements Succeeds Himself.
Washington, Dec. 11—The nomina
tion of Judsou C. Clements of Georgia
to be interstate commerce commissioner
was sunt to tho senate today. Mr,
Clements succeeds himself.
Gustav at ( lirUtlanla.
Christiania, Dec. 13.—Crown Prince
Gustav, who has been acting as regent
during the illness of his lather, King
Oioau'i has arrived here.