The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 08, 1901, Image 2
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THE PENSION HII.L.
The house of representatives hot
Tuesday raised the appropriation for
pensions to Confederate soldters from
$100 000 to $200,000. The vote stood
71 to 24. There was much enthusi
asm over the measure, and young
members did most of the speaking.
This is the most graceful, appropriate
and honorable legislation enacted in
this State in ten years. It shows
that the sparks of patriotism still
glow, that the spirit of manhood
still lives, that the deeds of the fath
ers are still remembered by their sons
with admiration and gratitude.
By passing this bill the house has
honored itself in declaring its appre
ciation of exalted patriotism and he
roic deeds. It has put its endorse
ment on the men who gave their lives
for the principle of self-government,
who left their homes and all they
held dear, at the call of their State,
and who through four lurid years of
blood and flame upheld her honor
and added luster to her fame.
It is not to the Confederate sol
dier alone that the legislature owes
this sacred duty. The old Confeder
ate is used to coldness and neglect—
to poverty and suffering. He may
have no money, but he marched and
fought four years, and his dear ones
at home got along somohow—all
without money; his corn crib and his
larder may be empty, but so was
his haversack many a time when
he grappled with a powerful and re
lentless foe; he may be sick and hun
gry, but so he was on the march to
Gettysburg and in the trenches of
Petersburg. He has stood these
things, and he can stand them still.
He is marching now with a quick
step to his last battle to grapple with
his last enemy, and whether his State
honor him or neglect him, load him
with favors or ignore him with cold
indifference, is all a matter of no
great moment to this battered old
hero.
It is more than probable that when
be first responded to his country’s
call he had little or no property at
stake. Yot he was proud of his man
hood, and he went forth to uphold
that and fought with all the faithful
ness and sublime heroism of those
who were brought up in luxury and
bad large possessions placed in jeop
ardy. He went forth in the flower of
his days and by the events that fol
lowed he was debarred from the op
portunities of an education and from
favorable chances of accumulating
property until he had reached the
meridian of life—too late to form new
habits and to engage in new enter
prises So, he is today what a hard
fate and his own devotion to duty
have made him.
This prosperous generation owes it
not more to him than to itself, to
make him comfortable and easy so
far as public beneficence car. accom
plish such a purpose. By so doing
it will effect more towards encourag
ing and building up a noble citizen
ship—more towards planting and de
veloping the virtues of patriotism
and of a sturdy manhood—more to
wards arousing a Jlaudable ambition
in the young, than by all of the mil
lions that the State has spent in its
ill-planned schemes four moulding a
high type of intelligence and patriot
ism.
It is true no doubt that in the lit
tle provisions which the State has
hitherto made for the veterans, some
unworthy men have been favored.
This is inevitable in all public distri
butions of favors, but it is no argu
ment against public generosity. In
the appropriation of the million of
dollars which the State gives to other
purposes, there are hundreds and
thousands of unworthy recipients;
yet no one has ever, urged that cir
cumstance as an argument against
the appropriations.
If the agents of the State had don9
their duty, it would not now he differ-
cult to distinguish the worthy from
the unworthy among the veterans.
There ought to bo complete rolls in
the Adjutant General’s office of all
the companies enlisted from this
State, and tiiose rolls should bo ad
mitted as conclusive authority. But
we shall not further extend this
article.
The house has done u graceful and
noble thing, and we hope that the
tale will heartily concur with its
MAKKI.AUi: I.ICKNSK.
There is a slight tinge of supersti
tion in the reverential regard which
the South Ohtrolina legislature be
stows on the institution of marriage.
There is always snnehody in the
legislature who is disposed to monkey
with it. but there is ehva.ts a big
maj trily to head him oil. The idea
seems to be that this one institution
is too sacred for even a fuil-Hedged
legislator to touch and that it would
bo dangerous and sacrilegious to
change or modify, to restrict or en
large any of the rights, privileges,
blessings or miseries of either party
to the marriage contract.
While tliis is all much safer and
more salutary than the loose ideas
which prevail in other States, yet it
is an extreme position for the State
to occupy accompanied with a ner
vous dread unfavorable to clear views
and healthy legisla'ron. It is a mat
ter of great importance, or it will tie
to future generations, that a record
of marriages should be kept and the
easiest and most satisfactory way of
making and keeping that record is
by a system of marriage licenses.
How sucli a system would open
the way to divorce, no man on earth
but a thick-headed legislator can
see. If fcuch a system had any ef
fect at all on the marriage ties, it
would be to strengthen instead of
weaken them, for it would add to the
evidences of their legality and set a
sort of watch over their sanctity.
It would also serve as a check on
premature and illegal marriages and
as a guide to preachers add others
who perform the ceremonies. What
possible harm it could accomplish is
beyond our ken to discover. But a
South Carolina legislature is deeply
and thoroughly convinced that the
institution of marriage as it exists in
this State cannot be improved, and
that legislature may always be
counted on to let that institution,
with all its connections and depen
dencies, severely alone.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Charleston is making a brave fight
before* the naval [committee for the
naval station. Secretary Herbert’s
eloquence was more than counter
acted by expert testimony and Tort
Royal’s chances “grow small by de
grees and beautifully less.”
Gen. Nelson A. Miles has at last
had greatness thrust upon him, by
being nominated a Lieut. General by
President McKinley. It is to be
hoped that General Miles will yet
find an opportunity for achievements
commensurate with his great abili
ties. Such wonderful potentialities
should sometime have an opportunity
to become kinetic.
A prominent figure in S^uth Caro
lina politics has been removed by the
death of Geo. D. Tillman. He was a
man of whom any State might well
be proud, an intellectual giant, a
strong, sturdy, fearless, manly man.
There was an element of violence in
his nature in his earlier days, but
with advancing age and growing
wisdom that element subsided into
one of quiet and mature strength,
and he stood before the people as the
gigantic impersonation of clear
thought, of unsullied patriotism, and
ofi ndomitable courage. He has left
a gap in the ranks of strong and
elevated manhood which will be
neither quickly nor easily filled.
We learn from a private source
that the Anderson Daily Mail has as
sailed our position on some public
questions, though to what extent or
in what spirit, we are left to conjec
ture. The Mail does not come to our
office and the editor did not do us
the honor to send us a special copy.
We exchange with the Advocate, in
whose office we understand the Mail
is printed, and thus the Mail has ac
cess to our columns without granting
us an equal privilege with its own.
Under these circumstancts it will be
readily seen that the Mail fires under
cover, and if we return the fire it
must be entirely at random. As we
do not care to waste ammunition we
shall wait until we can get a sight of
the enemy. Let us read an account
of your grievances, brother, and per
haps we shall tell you some things
which are not held very firmly in
your memory.
Mrs. Nation, the saloon smasher
of Kansas, is creating quite a com
motion in Topeka. She goes around
to the saloons, shoves the keepers to
one s. ]e, and proceeds to create a
scene of wide-spread destruction. A
hull in a china shop would shrink
into insignificance when compared
with her. It is said that some of
the saloon keepers to whom she has
not yet paid her respects, have had
bottles filled with gases under tre
mendous pressure and are lying in
waiting to see how the thing will
work when she comes around. Hhe
was arrested and carried before Judge
Magraw, who undertook to read the
law to her out of a book, but she
interrupted him with. “You had just
as well he reading a novel to me as
that stuil. It hasn’t a thing to do
with me.” Mrs. Nation Is rather a
vl dent expounder of a woman’s idea
of law. We may hear from herngt in
when she smashes the gas bottlis.
The streets of Gaffney are always
astir with busy people; the common
above Lipscomb Bro’s. and all out in
front of Carroll it Carpenter’s, ti e
back lot behind the Corner Grocery,
the space in front of Itichard-
son’s Laundry, and ail about and
around, are crowded almost any
day in the week with horses, wagons,
and vehicles of every kind. Ali this
attests the fact that Gaffney is be
coming—has already become—a busi
ness center of great importance.
We doubt if there are a half dozen
men now in Cherokee who wish to
be back in the old county with the
court house twenty miles away and
the roads all cut into a quagmire by
the winter travel. We doubt, too, if
so many can be found who will ac
cuse the town of Gaffney of duir.y
anything els>- than thr fair >n>i
honorable thing in reference to tfi
court house and jail. Time wor»s
wonders in the world of mind as i
the world of matter
MR. LIPSCOMB EXPLAINS.
He Tells of Ilio Connection With the
HufTalo Urhlge Matter.
Mr. Eiitor, I was iu hope that the
bridge question about which so uiucm
has been written in the columns of The
Ledger would have been settled satis
factory to all without my being
called into the controversy in my
present feeble condition ; but in the
last issue of The Ledger things are
so pointed and personal I am forced
to reply in self defense. Every one
who has taken any pains to acquaint
himself with things in general in
Cherokee county know, I have been
in rapidly declining health for some
time past, not able to attend at all to
any of my private affairs whenit re
quired me to leave my room. As to the
bridge iu question, I have but to say
the letting was advertised at least
twice in the columns of The Ledger,
and Mr. Porter living nearer the
bridge site than any of the county
commissioners, I asked him to take
charge of the letting and bidding of
the bridge in my place. If the
bridge was not iet at public outcry
to the lowest responsible bidder on
the day and at the hour advertised,
then Mr. Porter is to blame. If any
deficient material was used or any
deficient workmanship in building is
shown, then Mr. Porter is to blame.
If on the other hand the tax payers
of Cherokee county did not feel in
terested enough in the affairs of the
county to attehd the letting of the
bridge and see that the bridge was not
let at an unfair or exorbitant price,
then it is their fault and complaint
should have been made to the county
board of commissioners before the
claim was audited. As to the $300 bid
which was made by Thos. Message
to me after the bridge was let by a
party living within three miles of the
bridge site and who did not attend
the letting, I think that part explains
itself. I have buiit quite a number
of new bridges in Cherokee county
and this ia the only one com
plained of as costing too much.
N. Lipscomb.
Ex-County Supervisor.
Thicket? Local*.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Thickety, S. C., Feb. 6.—Mrs. J.
F. Smith has returned from a pleas
ant visit to her daughter in Norfolk,
Va.
Mrs. W R. Noblette and little
daughter are visiting in your city.
Miss Zona Pinson has been quite
sick at her home in this place.
Mrs. W. L. Evans, of Norfolk, Va..
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Smith of our city.
Miss Dicey Smith has gone to
Gastonia, N. C., to visit friends.
Many young ladies of our city have
shed tears since the Pbwnix bridge
young men have gone away.
Thickety gets a very dull name,
but we see all those who leave are
very glad to return.
Mr. W. V. Gaffney made a flying
trip to Thickety last Sunday.
Mr. John Price is a charming
visitor at Thickety.
We are very sorry that Thickety
has lost one of her families, Mr. Hord
and family.
Miss Ellie Spencer has returned to
her home near Easly, S. O., after a
pleasant visit to her sister, Mrs.
Fanny Pinson. L. H. L.
Drath In Orover,
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Grover, N. O., Feb. 6.—It makes
us sad to chronicle the death of an
other schoolmate. Frank, a son of
Mr. J. E. Hippy, who resides in up
per Cheroke, died Jan. 30th, 1901,
after an illness of only a few days,
and was buried Feb. 1st, 1901 at New
Hope cemetery. His age seventeen
years, three months aud eighteen
days.
Frank was a noble, kind-hearted
boy and an obedient son. He seemed
to possess no evil habits. He had
never become a member of any
church, but left sufficient evidence
that he was going to a better world
than this, going home to die no more.
We tender our sympathy to the
bereaved family. The pall bearers
were Messrs. J. II. Moore, Jno. Gib
bons, M. H. Bell, Wylie Fulton, Hall
Martin and J as. Gibbons.
T. J. n.
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
HTATKOr Omo. ClTYOr-TOLKDO, I
Lucah County. f
QPhank .1. Chenkt makes oath that he la the
Henlor purl ner of the Hmii of I'. .1. ('HEMET 9c
CO., doing busineas In the City of Toledo.
County and Statu aforesaid, and that said
tlrm will nay the sum of ONE IIUNDKKI)
DOLLARS for each and every case of Ca-
tahhii that cannot he cured by the use of
iIaix'b Catahuu cure.
FRA NX J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. Isso
1 1 A. W. OLEAHON.
* ‘ Notary Public.
Hull's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and
acts directly on the blood and mueous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials
free. ,
P. J. CHENEY &. L v O., Tolbdd, O.
Hold by DrugglaU, 75c (
Uali'a Family Pills are tbb best.
Local Items Too Short fora Head Grouped
Together.
Rev. W. H. Hodges will preach in
the citv h.ll Sunday ut 11 a m., and
at the Limestone Street M E church
at 7 p. rn. The nublic is cordially
invited to attend these services
Mr. Sol Lavy. of King’s Mountain,
N. C., has moved his family to this
place, and we are. informed that he
will soon open up a meat and produce
market here. We welcome .Mr. Lavy 1
to our city and hope fie may succeed
in his proposed venture.
The Fair, which was until recently
owned by Mr. Chu? H Henry, of
Spartanburg, and managed by Mr
Graham, and which had a branch at
this place for sometime is now owned
and managed by Mr Graham. It
is now situated in Laurens.
Opt. J. B B 11 was engaged >es-
terday in moving from h:s erstwi ile
residence on Montgomery street to
his new cottage or, -h'h*- -trp.t H•
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Good
Nothing adds more to vigor of body and
cheerfulness of mind, or aids so well in
chasing away the lines of worry and care
from the weary brow, as good, sound, re
freshing sleep. But when the gray matter
of the brain has been robbed of its vitality
and constructive strength by weak, worn-
out and exhausted nerves, sleep gives way
to restless tossing and long hours of fever
ish distress. Do you want a good sleep?
You can get it if you go about it right.
Sleep
“My nerves were so shattered after a
severe attack of pneumonia that the least
noise ■would make me feel like screaming
at the top of my voice. I could not get a
night’s sleep, and would often awaken
twelve or fifteen times before morning.
One day I purchased a bottle of Dr. Miles’
Nervine on trial, and before it was half
gone-I could go to sleep without an effort*
and awake feeling rested and refreshed.”
P. E. A. Fling, Hartshome, I. T.
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Dr. Miles’ Nervine
Relaxes the strain on the excited nerves and gives the repair shops of the brain a chance to
make good the damage of the waking hours. It is a great brain-food and nerve-builder.
Sold by all druggists on a guarantee. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Incfc
Notre
Dr B R Browo fia^ moved I m
family to Gaffnny and oocuoie* i!n~
Copeland resilience on Gr- mini utreet
Dr. Brown has come lo our city to
avail himself of our excellent sc'mol
facilities for his children, while hi-
will practice his profession. We wel
come this prominent family to our
midst.
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Chii You Make It Out?
LDurham Sun. |
More news from Kansas. A man
in a little village, in that State, was
the father of two sons, and a widow
in the same village was the mother of
two daughters. The father married
the widow’s eldest daughter, the eld-
son married the widow and the
youngest son married the widow’s
youngest daughter. If you can figure
out their kin, the case is yours.
f^or ***
RuiUlinir and Plastering Lime,
Coal, and Piaster Hair,
Plaster Paris.
Koscndalo Cement,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
lilasting Powder, Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, call on
Limestone Springs Lime Works
CARROLL & CO., Lessees.
Telephone 57.
The Heat I’reacription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove’s
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply
iron and quinina in a tasteless form.
No cure—no pay. Price 50c.
The wheat cron in Uruguay and
Argentina is in a very bad condition.
Dr. HiiII'h Cough Syrup N a great tuedielne
of intrinsic worth. It removes a cough or !
cold quickly and cures severe throat and
lung affections In an astonishingly short
time. Sold by all druggists for only ?.> ets
For Sale.
F OR SALK CHEAP House and lot and
about U acres of land within ten minutes
walk of postoffice. For Information see Capt.
J. B. Bell. 11. F. Floyd.
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Don’t Forget
tbe
Exchange
Cash Market
is Headquarters for Fresh Fish. Come most
any day to get them. I will have them fresh
and fine. When you want a good dinner call
here and you can get that too. I pay the best
cash price for Beef Cattle and Hides.
W. J. MANESS.
Telephone No. 17.
THE SPECIAL HEALTH POLICY ISSUED BY THE
Itna Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn.
Accident I3epartmcnt.
COSTS $10.00 A YEAR FOR
$2,500 Payable in event of Total Blindness due to disease;
$2
In event of Paralysis due to disease, involving total loss of use of Ixith
hai
itnds. both feet, or one hand and one foot; OR
<JiO C Weekly Indemnity for total loss of time resulting from any of the following
diseases:
Appendicitis, Asiatic Cholera, Acute Bronchitis. Diabetes, Dipht heria, Erysipelas. Measles.
Peritonitis, Pleurisy, Pheumonia (lobar or lobular), Scarlet Fever. Smallpox, Typhoid Fever,
Typhus Fever, Varioloid.
OTHER AMOUNTS AT PROPORTIONATE COST.
JOJVKsa J. A.gt.
Tbe Gaffney City Land and Improrement Company '
Offers for sale Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney Olty; Also Farms
by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place. In lots of froa
30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates: also AgrloulturMl Lands *«> rnnt fnr Farm nnr
poses For full particulars apply to
J. V. 5^ A IV IV .V I I
N. B.—All tresspassing on landsof this ivtmpaov
h inting are forbidden tirule* ri.
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Wilkins’ Hardware Store.
Our rooms are crowded.
Have had to add to our Hardware Department In order to store our goods.
Have just received good<of the following:
Poultry Netting, Barbed Wire, Plow Stocks and Handles.
One and Two-Horse Turn Plows. Wires and (.’ut Nalls.
Buck Bands, Collar Pads, Double and Single Buggy and Wagon Harness, Stoves
and Tinware.
Best make of Pocket Cutlery on the market.
Complete line of Shelf Hardware.
Mattocks, Picks, Shovels. Wash Pots, Skillets and Ovens, Bellows, Anvils, Tongs,
Vises and Hummers.
Just received big lot of PITTSBURGH STEEL PLOWS. Come and see us.
R. M. WILKINS & CO.
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GAFFNEY LIVE STOCK CO.
Dealers in
MULES,
HORSES,
Harness, and Vehicles of Every Oescription.
We sell the Old Hickory and Tennessee Wagons,
the very best made, and the famous Parry, Babcock,
and other excellent makes of Buggies, Phaetons, Car
riages, etc.
We have the finest lot of Mules ever brought to
this country, and our stables are headquarters for
drovers and out-of-town dealers.
Wo will endeavor by fair and courteous treatment to all to
warrant the confidence and patronage of the public. Ours is the
finest livery stable to be found between Charlotte and Atlanta.
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Come to see us when you desire anything in our line. Our
prices are the lowest commensurate with correct business princi
ples. We sell for cash or on time for good paper.
Oivfi'niry 1-4ve SsHoelc C^o.,
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RoyAL Worcester Corsets.
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values for the
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Royal WoTccstci!
^k1>HoluteI> r tiie lient.
Not only in quality of material and workmanship are these
Corsets way ahead of others at the same price, but in all other
essential features they far outshine their closest competitors.
Made upon latest French models—Perfect Fitting—of extra
fine Satteen in prevailing colors, White, French Drab, Blue,
Pink and Black. Sizes 18 to 30 inch. Retails for One Dollar.
jr. i>. ootji>e:i^ooic.
Do you expect to farm this year? If so you want to come to
J. I. Sarratt’s everything store to get your outfit and supplies.
My store and warehouses are replete with bargains in all lines,
as follows:
TAYLOR
WHITE II l< KORY
1 BIKD8ELL
TYSON k JONES*
YORK VILLE
OXFORD I
Wheelbarrows, Disc Harrows, Two-Horse Syracuse Chilled
Plows, Boy Dixie Plows. -J
Georgia and Carolina Stocks, Single-Trees, Clevises, Heel-
Bolts and Plow Handles.
All sizes straight and turn Shovels and Tongue Plows, Axes,
Nails, Horse and Mule Shoes and everything in hardware that a
farmer needs.
Wagon and Buggy Harness, Collars, Saddles, Bridles, Check
and Single lines, Hame Strings, Whips and Lap Robes.
Staple and Fancy groceries, Crockery, Glassware and Wooden-
ware .
Men’s Arctics and Rubbers.
Ladies and children’s Rubbers. Shoes and Hats for everybody
at prices to suit all classes and conditions.
Clothing and Overcoats to be sold away down to close out.
Water-proof coats $1.00 to $1.50. Over-all Pants. Ladies’
Jackets, Capes and Skirts, Dry Goods and Notions in profusion.
Blankets from $1.00 to $4.00 per pair.
Snuff mui Tobuccns sill gradt-s and privi-s. Syrups and Molasses, all size pickages from
two pounds up. Genuine Texas Red Rust pnol Oats. All grades of Fertilizers.
If you don’t see what you want call for it as we take pleasure in showing goods.
i. i. «a.rer* att.
J. C. LIPSCOMB & BRO.
The Piano Drawing will positively take
place on February 5th. If you have any tick
ets that have not been punched bring them in
and have them punched. Remember the day,
February 5th.
JfuHt a. Kew ^C£\Homxl>lc Hinth.
Screven’s $1.00 Drawers at Goc
Gorham $1.00 Drawers at 55c
Hygiene 75c Drawers at 50c
Hygiene Fleece* Lined Shirts at 50c
Some Ladies’ Gapes-You will need one yet.
12 Plain Cloth, Fur Trimmed, at $
15 Astrachans at
15 Nice Plush at
10 Nice Plush at
5 Nice Plush at
25 Plush at
13 Plush at
Clothing and a few Overcoats at 33il % off.
Globe Negligee Shirts, with detached Collars and Cuffs, regu
lar $1.25 kind, at 95c.
Leonard Negligee Shirts, the usual $1.00 sort, for 50c.
J. C. LIPSCOMB & BRO.,
THE HUSTLERS,
Big Iron Building, - - Gaffney, S. C.
70,
were $1.00
95,
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1.25
86,
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2.00,
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3.50
4 4
4.00
1.00,
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HONEST TOIL
as well as high-grade material, en
ters into the makeup of our tools
for mechanics’and artisans’ uten
sils for the household, implements
for the gardner and the farmer.
Honest toil and business foresight
united in getting together the fine
lino of hardware displayed at the
Smith Hardware Co. Wo hope to
have a visit from you.
Smith " Co.