Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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H' ^ I r % •. " T OUI LAWMAKERS AT NATION'S CAPITAL Authors of Senate Bills Want House Bills Sidetracked ANTI-TRUST BILLS &PASS. KepubliottiiM Give Further evidence of Tbeir Insincerity Kegurdlng KegaUtlon of the Trusta—Mill Kegrurdinic Knllriwds- Snmll Cliancea for Extra Seaidou of ConKrcHH. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Wasekington Feb. 19.—During the past week the republicans have given further evidence of their insincerity concerning the honest regulation of the trusts. The republican incuba tors in both the house and the senate have been for weeks busy with so- called anti-trust bills and all of them mere makeshifts. Those hatched in the senate incubator, however, were more to the liking of the trusts and their agents here and the republicans made haste to get them into the con gressional hopper before those in ( he house could be presented, and the au thors of the senate bills have been active in their endeavors to get the republican leaders of the house to ac cept their bills and side track those that came from the house committee on the judiciary. They have two objects in doing this. la the first place the senate bills are merely sugar coated bread pills that can do no harm to the trusts and have the sanction of the trusts’ agents here who have been superintending the construction of them, and in the second plaje if the house kicks and really does want to pass something that will rub the skin off the trusts the senate will have an excuse for rejecting them and thus no legislation affecting the trusts will have been passed at this session. That is the game the republicans are playing and it is supposed to fool the people and continue t) give the re publicans power. One of the senate hills passed was that offered by Sena tor Elkins, of West Virginia, to com pel the railroads to refuse to give re bates on freight, and it is known that •the railroads were here active.y sup porting the bill for, as they say, it will save them money. Thus the Washington Star of Feb. 3 said in its Wall street column : “The news of the passage by the senate of the Elk ins anti-trust bill did not seem to af fect the markes, but good judges of this bill expressed the opinion that the measure would certainly tend to increase railroad earnings.” THe criminal clause, however, was elimi Bated from the measure, and when a road is adjudged guilty of vTolating the law none of its officers can be sent to jail or to the penitentiary. The only penalty is a fine, and if a road ean make money by violating the law it will do so. The only real sting in the bill was carefully pulled by repub lican forceps. The other so-called anti-trust meas ure passed by the senate was the bill to expedite the hearing and the deter mination of suits in equity pending or hereafter brought under the Sher man anti-trust law. There was no debate on the bill and the democrats lost a good chance of doing some good work for the people of the country in calling attention to the fact that while the republicans were engaged in passing laws to facilitate the pros ecution of cases under the Sherman anti-trust law’, that the republican administration was overlooking every bet in the shape of cases that could be prosecuted now under that very law. What is the need of passing laws to facilitate the prosecution of cases under an existing statute when the republican attorney general re fuses even to look at the evidence against ao odious trust that was dug up and handed to him by William ftandolph Hearst,at his own expense and in the interest of the people of the country who were freezing to death? What is the use of placing more tools in the hands of a man when he refuses to use those he has already? That is the republican pro gram, however, and that is the end •f any further attempt at this session of congress to pass a law or laws that will regulate the trusts and prosecute those that are violating the laws now •u the statutes. It does seem as though the people of the country would some time begin to see the diaphanous game the re publicans are playing and send them to the rear. It is a safe prediction that there will be either no anti-trust legislation at this session of congress, or it will be of the bread pill and stuffed club variety that will be eminently satis factory to the trusts and their allied law breakers. * * • The chances for au extra session of the 58tb congress are growing less. It looks now as though the deadlock In the senate on the statehood bill will soon be broken by a compromise, and a bill wi 1 be introduced that will admit New Mexico and Arizona into the union as one state, under the name of Arizona, with the capital of the new state located in New Mexico, and that Oklahoma and the Indian Territory will come in r.s one state under the name of Oklahoma. This will be done unless the democrats tike a notion to put up a filibuster on their own account after Mr. Quay has laid down. The republicans who are and have been fighting the omni bus statehood bill have about con vinced Quay and his republican fol lowers that an extra session means that there will be tariff legislation, and that is what they do not want. The coal, iron and steel interests of Pennsylvania are every day bringing pressure to bear on Quay to compel him to compromise the statehood matter in order to prevent an extra session. The democrats have r ">t yet fully made up their minds ether they will make a fight against a compro mise bill, and until they do the mat ter of an extra session will remain undetermined. It really would be good politics, in the opinion of many leading democrats who see an oppor tunity to get the republicans in a hole during an extra session, and then “soap the sides and pull up the ladder.” If an extra session should come, it certainly will be a campaign manufacturing session for the demo crats. They ha'e all to gain by it and nothing to lose. Chas A. Edwards. K-IHIiik a Ne\v»|>»i»«*r, An Indian Territory editor has this to say of his work : “Editing a newspaper is a pleas ant business—if you can stand it. “If it contains many advertise- 1 moots, a subscriber complains that they take up too much space. If there is lack of advertising, it is un popular and the people won’t have it. “If we attend church regularly, they say we go for effect. If we stay away from church, they say we are monstrously heathenish. “If we go to the opera hoiue, they say we go on free tickets. If we are seen UDJn the streets too often they say we neglect our business. If we avoid going on the street, they say we don’t hustle around after the news. “If we publish a man who has brought disgrace upon his family, the friends of the family would never for give us. If we, out of goodness of heart, decline to say anything on the subject, the man’s enemies are disap pointed, ard we are branded as white livered cowards.” WOMEN AND SOCIETY. (.AU communicat.lonH to this column should be addressed to P. O. Box :io4. | Simple and rich is the street cos tume here depicted. It is fashioned of deep red zibeline cloth ; the jacket, following the newest mode, is cut without a collar, and has a Directoire front which may be worn open or closed. The fronts, yoke and the wide turn-back cuffs are of heavy white btoadoloth, embroidered with black Corticelli filo silk. Black pas sementerie ornaments and hh ok mo hair braid are Used fur the further garniture. The Storm at GalTney. The cold wave arrived between 9 and 10 o’clock Monday night. The clouds that had been pouring rain down on us all day Monday began to give place to a starlit sky, and the wind came ru&hingiu from the south west with a velocity seldom reiched here, which carried the mercury down rapidly. We have heard of a few un important buildings being blown down in the city and a few bouses being un roofed in the county, but as far as we have heard there has been no loss of life or any one injured in the county. Tuesday and Wednesday were de cidedly the coldest of the winter. The sky was beautifully clear and bright, but the stiff wind coming out from tho north kept the mercury d<v'n, stopped most outdoor work aiid kept peup:e mostly near the fires. Yesterday morning the weather had moderated a little, but was still very cold, the wind coming out from the northeast and slightly cloudy. A Colll»lon. There was a collision of the second and third sections oi freight train No. 74 on the Southern last Monday a few miles south of Gaffney. The ca boose of one and the engine of the other both received slight injuries and Davis Miller, a flagman, was (bruised up a little. Approaching Nuptials. Mrs. Pratt Scott Pierson has issued cards of invitations to the marriage of har sister, Miss Olivia Campbell Scott, to Mr Charles K. Gould. The marriage will be on Wednesday, the 4th, of March, at 5:30 p. m., in the Buford Street Methodist church in this city. Mrs. Brown to Sing Again. It will doubtless be a pleasure to many in Gaffney to learn that by special request Mrs. Wade R. Brown will sing again Sunday ac the First Baptist church, probably at both the morning and evening service. Get a free sample of Chamberlain’* Stomach and Liver Tablets at Chero kee Drug Co., Gaffney, S. C., or L. D. Allison, Cowpens. They are easier to take and more pleasant in effect that pills. Then their use is not followed by constipation as is often the cast with pills. Regular size, 25e. per box. ' -W Braids and buttons play a most im portant part on gowns. The braids are simply beautiful in their v tried design. Black and white silk braids in curved designs are very handsome. One style of braid on a gown is out of the question; at least three, or even five, are seen. Fancy silk braids are combined with different widths of soutache, all carefully stitched down with Corticelli silk. Disks of black silk soutache are used a great deal Another combination is heavy black silk braid embroidered in chenille. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Miss Brown, after a pleasant visit to the family of Dr. B R Brown, has returned to her home at Pacolet. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. George Finley, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Ed Gaines, has returned to her home in Virginia. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. Gilbert Wylie, of Buffalo, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R E. McCraw. Mrs. Jim Littlejohn, of Spartan burg, is visiting Mrs. Sumter Little john. Miss Laura Dillard, of Spartan burg, is with Mrs. S. Littlejohn. Miss Beil Littlejohn, of Jonesviile, is visiting Miss Guulie Littlejohn. • ♦ ♦ ♦ Misses Whiteman and Ethel Sar- ratt spent Sunday at Grassy Pond. Fridav afternoon at four o'clock Mrs. R. S. Lipscomb entertained a number of her lady friend* with a ‘ fl neh” party. There were seven tables, and all enjoyed a moat de lightful afternoon. A course lunch eon was served. Thnae present were : Mesdames George Blanton, Shelby, N. C.. Tavlor, Greers, J. D. Hamil- tou, Charlotte, N C . H. D. Wheat, Edna Harris, J. C. Ratliff, H. Fay Uaffoey, B R. Brown, J. C. Jefferies,I A. N Wood, S. H. Griffith, J. G. Ward-* law, B. B. Steedly, J. A. Willis. H. F. Pridmore, O E Wilkins, M P Pier son, R. 0. Allem, W. J. Wilains, J. D. Jones W. (J Hamrick, B l. Haines. W II Gooding, N. H. Little john, W H Snrrth. H. K. Osborne, J. V. Sarratt, J N Nesbit and Miss Spencer. _ The scratch of a pm mav cau»e toe loss of a lifiio nr even dea»h wh-m blood p moiling resoDs from the in jury. An danger of this noty be avoided, however, by promptly npplv- ing Chamberlain’s Pam Bilrn It is an antiseptic and quick healing lini- m nt for cuts, bruises and burns. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney, S. C.. nr L. D. Allison, Cowpens. The great rheumatic remedy not only cures every form of rheumatism, but makes radical cures of Contagious Blood Poison, | Scrofula, Sores, Boils, Catarrh, I V an d All diseases arising from impurities In the blood. ? Endorsed by physicians and prominent people every where after thorough trial. J DOILS NOT INJURS THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. V n T ^ , ————— RaI/MOH, N. C. ^ Gentlemen I take pleasure In beai in," testimony to the curative properties or your ‘HHEUMAOiDa. Two bottles t ured my son of a bad case. If this will P An wm S. 4 4 *• * 1 _ A. 3 — t _ 1 A . • - - „ i 1 men iuj B'/II XAI t* umz unsu. Xi VU1B Will be OX any bonellt to you in advertising your meritorious n medy, you can use it. Yours truly, W. H. KAND, Steward State Blind Institution. I All Druggists, fi.oo; Bobbitt Chemical Co., or prepaid on receipt of price. - - Baltimore, SpartniilHirir and Gaffney. (Corresvondenre of The Ledger.) Spartanburg, Feb. 17 —It has been some time since 1 tried to write a few words to your valuable paper. 1 think Spartanburg is the best town in in« Siate. » hiu» I know that Gaff ney i» out growing ar y town in the south. Ir is only a matter of time when Gaffney will he a large city if it keeps un moving like it has for the last few years The heavy wind did considerable damage to the Spartanburg Railway, Gas and E ectric Light Company last night. The car shed was blown down ana four cars mashed up consider ably. The damage wiM probably be $2,000. The wires were hr. ken and the lights were all out for over two hours. Engineer Williams saved the dyna mos from being damaged Mr Wil liams was engineer for the Geffuey Mfg. Co . at Gaffney, for some time He is the right mao in the right place when he is at a steam plant I have been a subscriber to the dear old Ledger ever since it was first pub lished, and can’t do without it. If 1 see this in print I may come again. An Old Subscriber. No Trouble In Corinth School. Bowlinsville, Feb. 18: —We wis.i to inform the public that it is not Corinth school that “Billy” had reference to in his letter, for we do not have any such trouble in our school. We do not object to the trus tees, we have no fault to find with the former superintendent af education, and as for the teacher, we have as goo"’ one as any school, and we are sure she would be able to enter the seventh grade, although she has never been to the graded school a day—she is one of famous old Limes’one’s graduates Corinth’s pupils are as good as you can fi"d anywhere, and better than you can find in a lot of schools. If you don t believe it ask the teacher. What do we need? is whs‘ you say. Wer' ,r, dlnnf»''r9'' v,n ni, we think. If “Billj s” children fight at school, we think t is bo«- me they are allowed to do so et b one {MSS IH, Attention U. t:. Veterana. Camp Jefferies United Confedt rate Veterans will meet »* Wilklusville on Saturday 28{h inst. at 11 o’clock a. m., to elect officers for the ensuing year and revising th 0 pension roll of Gowdysville township All members of the camp are requested to attend and pay their dues for the fiscal year, fifteen cents—ten cents to the na tional federation and five cents to the State Division U. C. Veterans By order of J. L. Strain, G W. McKown, Adjutant. Commander. February 18, 1903. Taken to Heap HU Reward. Dea*h entered the nome of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reynolds and snatched from b»neath their wing a precious child, Essie Reynolds, aged eleven years. He wa«!.atokbut awery fewdays, died Feb. 16, 1903 from a severe at tack of tvohoid pneumonia. “The anirol of death Is sure to come. Whato’er is undertaken Wo iihou d live To meet our God. And ne’er bo forsaken. - ’ The bereaved parents hav^ our un- cere sympathy Kuienis To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quir me ’’Hh lets. All uruggisie refund tm o cey if it fails to cure. E W. Grove's sig nature is on » ach box. ific. PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM I Cleanse, end bccutifie* tlio hair. Il’roinotei : lu.xuriant crruwth. 1 Never Peile to Restore Gray I Hair to jts Youthful Color. I Cure, so Ip u ms. < /■ hair tailing. 1 fiOc,and ; l.oi n’ Druggirts .fliEHESTER’S ENGLISH PULS Os. •<»»* ■AIU'IVS reliable. Lei-Iira. ask Druppist fot 14 aENTKR M KNGi.I.i’f in Red and S >-d inetHllic Duxes, sealed with bine ribbon. I fl*..- no oilier. K.-fuae danaeroiiH aulMtl- ml.on*and imitation*. Buy<>fyourDniRKist, . wind 4»-. m -i/unpx ftir Part w-ular*. Test!- wniial* amt -ttelief Ibr i.adie*,''in Wtrr, •: return .Kail. 10,000 Tenum.miiUs. Sold by V* I e-UKJtists. CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO. *<■00 ffladiaon NijHare, !'IIf I.A.. PA. Mention tUe uauer- ‘For sale by the Cherokee Drug Company. Things Wo Liko^ Best Often Disagree With Ue Because we overeat of themr. Indi ces on follows. But there’s a way to escape such consequences. A dose of a good digestant like Kodol will relive you at once. Your stomach is simply too weak to digest what you eat That’s all indigestion is. Kodol digests the food without the stomach’s aid. Thus the stomach rests while the body is strength ened by wholesome food. Dieting is un necessary. Kodol digests any kind of good food. Strengthens and invigorates. Kodol Makes Rloh Rod Blood. Fmand only by E. C. DbWitt A Oo., Chicago^ Ins tjbottliicoatatnsSH tUnes lb. SOo slsa Duffjr’s Pure MaH Whiskey MEDICINE FOR ALE MANKIND. " > v -lb'/ T V> V' V 6 t. i :» -f' i' LOOK FOR THIS TRADE MARK ON THE BOTTLE. Cures Consumption! Dear 3irs:—After reacting your adver tisement. I bought a bottle of your whiskey, which helped me right away. I am now on my third bottle, using it for consump tion, and I feel like a new man. I think that if 1 had known of your whiskey when I was at home in Chicago, 1 would have never come out here for mv health. ED. SCHUB iRTH. IfiOH Market St.. De nver, Colo., Aug. IK, 1<I()2. Stopped iie.-norrhagcs. Nashua City. X. H., Sept. 11, 1%2. Gentlemen:—it is with great pleasure that I write to inform you that I have used eight bottles of your t’ure Malt Whiskey. I would not have been here to day only for your wonderful medicine. I have used all kind.; of medicine and been under the care o* doctors. . have had three severe attacks of grip and pneumonia, which have left me with a had cough and weak heart, I am 07 years old. It has toned up my system an l stopped the hemorrhag's and I cough but very little, i only regret that I did not knew of your whiskey before. I cannot express what it has done for me. I beg to remain. Yours respectfullv MRS. H. C. ALLINGTON. Thousands of such letter's are received from patients who have been cured by Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. Mr. W. D. Ball, of Richmond, Va.. had a similar experience to thai of Mrs. AUing- ton. Gentlemen:—I commenced on your Duffy Mall Whiskey last March, and have been faithful in taking it ever since. I have used one dozen bottles, and n?n feeling better. My hemorrhages have almost stopped, and my cough very much Improved. WILLIE D. BALL. 718 N. 1st St., Richmond, Va., Sept. 3, 1902. Pneumonia Cured. Gentlemen:—I had a severe case of pneu monia last fall, and have used about one dozen bottles of your whiskey to build me up and fad it does whr.t you claim for It. Yours respectfully. E. PEDERSEN, Mainline. Minn., May 14, 1902. It cures consumption, coughs, colds, grip, bronchitis, catarrh an! all diseases of tho throat and le.igs. It also cures nervous ness and inuigestion. It gives power to the brain, strength and elasticity to tho muscle, and richness to the blood. It is a promoter of health and longevity, makes the old young, keeps the young strong. It is absolutely pure and coa- L.ins no fusel oil. It will cure almost any case of consump tion if taken in time. Over 7,00f> doctors prescribe iX, ami 2.0C0 hospi’als u~c i’ exclusively. Caution.—AViii-n >on n*k fur Dniry**! Pure ajult Whiskey be mire ynn Ket the Kemilne. Ur*erii|}nlonn deuleiw. i •imlfcii of the exeellonee of thin preparation, x-. in tv: to - eil you cheap iltutions. mill *o enlleit Malt Whi*k«-y mihtMit;i*c*. vvhloh lire put on the market for pi-oiii only, anil xvliich. fur from ieiie\iiiK the nick, are po.-ittvely iinrmfii!. i)<-nianil ‘•PnlVy’**’ iituJ In- mi'-i- .on ;jet It. It is tin- oil tv isliocl’-telx puce malt whiMkey xx It 'eh <■011111111* iiiei'ii-innl. Iienlth-jilxir.j.-. i| :n!i !i Look for (lie traile-mark. -The Old t'heiniMt,” on the Inhei. The genuine Pur' Malt Whiskey is Sold At All Dispensaries or direct at a bottle. Refuse imitations and substitutes, there Is rone just as good as “Duffy’s.” It is the only whiskey recognized by the Government as 1 medicine. Valuable medical booklet sent tree. Dufty Malt Whiskey Company, Rochester, N. Y. Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledgf.r office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us vour orders. JUST IN AT STOCK HEADQUARTERS • t One Carload Kentucky Mules, One Carload We will make the prices right. Call and take a look when you want something in either line. POAG MULE COMPANY, LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE. Limestone St., Opposite City Hall. ’•Phone No. 40. National Bank of Gaffney, Capital Stock, - - $50,000.00 Surplus and Profits, - 25,000.00 Stockholders Liability, 50,000.00 Total, - - - SI 25,6ooToO r>epo«it» JTanjr. 3ist, 1903, S202.122.00. We solicit the business and good will of everybody in Cherokee county. F. G. STACY, President, J. G. WARDLAW, V.-Prest., D. C. ROSS, Cashier, MAYNARD SMYTH, A. C. Take Seven I Care a Cold in One Laxative Bromo Quinine TaHet*. Z m<m Xcom mm a hm 13 mooih*. TMs signature, Cures Grip in TWo Days. on every box. 25c.