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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE -o—o—o — The i^vjiLrC SEMI-WEEKLY—I'TJBIilSHElJ TCERLAT AKP IEIDAY. WE GUARANTEE RELIABILITY cf Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. —It A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. "ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1904 ♦1.00 A YEAR. SOME STORIES OF HOAR How the Massachusetts Senator Got Out With Harris. FORAKER AND TILLMAN CORRECTED Take-ofl ou Gcuerut Under, llour’a Pet Averitlou—Iiiijuirlntt aa to the “CorporaI”—FIta of Abaentiiiimied- Ueaa—The Youthful Culloni uml Al- llaon. An incident in Senator Hoar's public career which occurred some years be fore the death of Senator Ishum G. Harris of Tennessee is thus described u man w bo spent much of bis uuie at Washington, says the New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat: “The senator from the Bay State and the senator from Tennessee bad been friends for twenty years and, while belonging to different political parties and often clashing in the senate, talk ing against each other and voting against each other, nothing had ever happened to disturb the intimacy of the relationship. “One day some question was up in the senate which developed a great deal of partisan wrath, and Senator Harris hud been well to the front in the debate and had given way proba bly too much to his Confederate sym pathy and a certain smoldering prej udice which he carried to the tomb with him. He was attacked, of course, and in defending the position he hud assumed one of the youngei^nembers took occasion to refer to Senator Har ris as a major. Senator Hoar dually drifted into the debate, and in the course of his remarks he criticised Senator Harris rather sharply. The senator from Tennessee did not mind this so mneh. But the statesman from Massachusetts did not stop here. He began to have fun with the Idea that Slbutor Harris had ever been u major ami climaxed his scathingly sarcastic remarks by saying he could not con ceive the senator from Tennessee be ing a major, ‘unless,’ he added, ‘he was a major in the drum corps—a drum major.' “The Tennessee senator was stung to the quick. He made uo reply. He would barely speak to Senator Hoar. One day Senator Hoar was talking to one of bis senatorial uusoclutos when Senator Harris passed. ‘By the way, Benatcr Hoar,' said the friend, ‘you have wounded Senator Harris deeply by your reference In the senate a few days ago In which you compared him to a drum major.’ Senator Hoar was surprised, for he had intended so of fense. The next day when the senate met Senator Hoar rose to a question of privilege. He recounted the inci dent In the senate a few days before. ‘No man on this floor.* he said, ‘has more respect for the feelings and the ability of the senator from Tennessee than I have. I regard him ss not only the greatest practical parliamentarian In this body, but as the greatest in the world, and ( offer him now our long continued and Intimate friendship ns sutficieut evidence that I did not mean to offend him and 1 trust Jus will ac cept iL’ And so lie did. Senator liar rls shook bands with his friend from Massachusetts, and u„at day they left the capitol together.” General Botbr once Raid in explain ing and defending his hat money scheme that the word “Hat’’ meant “let there be." God said, “Fiat lux.” “let th.-re be light,” and there was light, lie argued that hat money was excellent from the very fact that it cost nothing and had no intrinsic value. Bo if a bill were lost or destroyed a new one could be supplied without cost. He also «nid that It would stay in the country and would not be sunk in the morasses of Asia, especially in China and India, where silver and gold were absorbed and never heard of lu civilized nations afterward. In answer Senator Hoar quoted those sentences with the following comment: “That, fellow citizens, is precisely the differ ence between omnipotence and hum- big. between the Almighty and Gen eral Butler. God said. ‘Let there be Sight.’ and there was light. General Butler says. ‘Lei there lx* money,* and there Is—rags, diiis is the first time in our history that the American work Ingman lias lieen gravely asked to take for his wages money It costs nothing to nfke. that it is no loss to lose that it is no gain to gel and that even a Chinaman won't touch.” The relations between Senator Hoar oml all tlx* pr- sldonts were, of course, the most cordial, end the visits of the Massachusetts soion to the White House wc„c frequently quite p * longed. <<n one occasion Mr. Hoar w :- ushered into tin* president’s room, and Mr. Roosevelt asked him to be seated In one of the big chairs. Then the president and the senator plunged Into a discussion which stretched out for over an hour. In the meantime other WMiators who wanted to see the presi dent were held no In the secretary's -room. As time went on half a dozen or rmore were waitln::. and they became Impatient at the delay. ITesontly Sen ntor Culloru, who Is seventy-three years oldlasked Fenafor Allison, who Is also sevlnty-tbn . whi.t was the cause of the delay. “XVhy. cJd Hoarjs In there," said the youthful Iowan disrespectful' ly. “That’s Just like an old man,” said Culloin. “They never know enough to do their business and leave. If Hoaf, was not so old I would ask blm if ha hud slept at the White House ah! night.” Senator Hoar was then seven ty-six years of age.” Senator Hoar was quite a match for the Irish blarney that came his way a year ago in Worcester when the oldest Irish organization lu the town did hln» Honor ou his seventy-seventh birthday, Alderman McMahon, president of th« United Irish league, declared that the senator had done more for the Irish- Aroerlcan In New England than any other man. “Thank you, sir,” responded Mr. Hoar, “but the handsomest compli ment ever paid the Irish was paid by Wendell Phillips.” “What was that, senator?” chorused a dozen voices. “Phillips In his lecture On ‘The Lost Arts’ or In some other,” blandly replied the Massachusetts statesman, breaking into a paternal smile, “said there was nothing new under the sun and that all the Irish bulls were Greek. Now, by the same token, I submit every Hiber nian may claim kinship with Demos thenes and Phidias.” SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Senator Hoar’s absentmlnded exploit last year of securing the passage by the senate of a measure that bad al ready become a law recalls the story of the senator which is sometimes told about Worcester. He was at a private dinner attended by a number of public men and citizens. One of the guests had Just finished an anecdote, and the laugh had scarcely subsided when Mr. Hoar started In, saying that reminded blm of something, and told over again the same story that the company had Just listened to. Mr. Hoar’s telling was naturally a great success, for ev ery one realized at once that he had been thinking of other matters when the story was being told the first time, but bud caught barely enough of the thing to be reminded of the anecdote as it lay In the recesses of his own mind. It should be added that little foibles like this have only endeared Mr. Hoar to the people of Massachu setts. Senator Hoar as a member of the Philippines committee was one of the most punctilious. Sadly enough, how ever, some of the evidence presented to the committee was prosy fcnd tire some, and the venerable senator fre quently nodded over the drowsy evi dence. One time he aroused himself Just as the witness was talking about corporal punishment of a prisoner. The senator from Massachusetts -aroused himself and said, with dignity: ‘'Corpo ral punishment? I would like to have the witness state the name of the cor poral and the regiment to which be was assigned. This will give ns a chance to get at the facts better.” It is needless to nay there was a smothered smile, and when the circumstances were explained to the senator be laughed with the rest. When some years ago the Boston pa pers announced the serious illness of Judge Hoar « group of his friends, ob serving the senator at breakfast In a dubroom, berried over for informa tion. “Uh, yes,” replied the senator genial ly, “my brother was 1IL His family were all off, and I was away, and there was not a person to differ from him. He was kmely as one katydid without another to ciy katydidn’t. I came back to town, hurried qp to see him, contradicted everything be said, and we had arguments. Now he is better- much better. He will soon be himself again.” Senator Tillman pronounces the word “gyrate” as if the “g” was hard. He says “guy-rate.” So does Senator Fora- ker. When the pronunciation fell upon the ears of Senator Hoar he shrugged his shoulders. Being a stickler for cor rect English, it was remarkable that be did not express In the open senate his sorrow at hearing a word mispro nounced. “It Is ‘Jl-rate,’ ” he said later W’ben some one asked him about the word. “But,” he added, “I haven’t the time to play schoolmaster here.” Dealers in wagons and buggies report a splendid business,in these lines this season. Another train load of oyster packers from the northern citie passed through Gaffney Saturday morning. Three new girls arrived in the city Thursday night to enter Limestone Col lege. They were from Lancaster county. There was a good crowd of Cherokee- ans in town Saturday and a thriving busi ness was done in nearly all lines of trade. The mill at Cherokee Falls has been forced to shut down for a while on ac count of the unusually low stage of the water in Broad river. Is there no way for our water works to get'rid of the air they .have beeu pumping to us each day? The water when first drawn looks like soda water. Mr. R. R. Wilkins has material on the ground for a new house on Petty street. It will be modern and up to date. Mr. Wilkins and family will reside in it. The many friends of Dee Parris, and especially the boys at The Ledger office, are glad to see hiu out again after a severe illness of three or four weeks. We are glad to hear that Oliver Byars, one of the salesmen in W. J. Wilkins & Co.’s establishment, who has beeu out sick for some time, is rapidly recovering. There were about two hundred and fifty bales of cotton sold on the Gaffney market Saturday, and several bales yes terday. The price ranged from 9.80 to 10 cents. Rev. J. W. Kilgo will hold the fourth quarterly conference of Buford Street sta tion at the parsonage Saturday evening' at 7:30. Every official is requested to be present. A rather unusual sight at this season of the year was a big load of watermelons in town Saturday. The melons were small, but sold readily at five and ten cents each. IE Work on the new National Bank build ing on Limestone street is also progress ing rapidly; and ere long Gaffney can boast of some*as handsome buildings as many towns twice herjsize. STThe trusteesjoffthe Cherokee jOrphan- age are requested [to meet next Friday, October 21st, at 2:30 p. m., in the office of the National Bank. The ministers ate invited to be present. m»e bridge over Cherokee creek 00 the Slielby road has?a dangerous hole in it and it would be well for the overseer to fix it before the county has to pay* for a damaged horse or mule. — Dr. Simms went down to Goueher Creek church last Saturday and preach ed at the eleven o’clock service. He was much pleased with the people and with the-excellent community. The tent meeting, which has been in progress on the square in front of Car- roll, Carpenter & Byers’, closed Sunday night. Revs. George and Johnson have gone to Maud to hold a series of meet ings. Is it [not about time the cows were takes in from the streets where they are tied each day to eat grass? One person hurt by driving over the rope or chain of a cow means a bill of damages against the city. Johnson street between Montgomery and Smith streets needs some attention and we call the attention of the street committee to it. There is a considerable wash in the middle of it between Buford and Smith streets that ought to he filled. did the cutting, and Joe Russell, the man with her at the time, and who is said to h ive taken part in the affray, an - till in j ul awaiting the outcome. There were several blind men on our streets Saturday. One was accompanied by his daughter, a good looking girl of seventeen or eighteen years of age, who was selling sachet powders to gel money for him. Blindness is an awful affliction, and those who are blessed with sight should never refuse to aid the poor un fortunates who are deprived of such a blessing. The plastereas are finishing up their work in the new Settlemyer building at the intersection uf Limestone and Robert son streets, and it will soon be ready for occupancy. When finished, it will be one of the handsomest structures in the State, and "certainly an ornament to the city. The sidewalks on each side are being nicely and ul stantially walled up with rock and cement. AT BUDDHA’S SHRINE. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People You The Secret of Success. Forty million bottles of August Flower sold in the United States alone since its introduction! And the de mand for it is still growing. Isn't that a fine showing of success? Don’t it prove that August Flower has had unfailing success in the cure of indi gestion and dyspepsia—the two great est enemies of health and happiness? Does It not afford the best evidence that August Flower is a sure specific for all stomach and intestinal disor ders?—that it has proved Itself the best of all liver regulators? August Flower has a matchless record of over thirty-five years In curing the ailing millions of these distressing com plaints—a success that is becoming wider in its scope every day. at home and 'abroad, as the fame of August Flower spreads. Trial bottles, 2. r »c; . regular size, 75c. For sale by Them-1 kee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cow pens. You Know and People Don’t Know. ’Squire J. W. Alexander, of Lawn, was among the lower Cherokeeans in the city Saturday. C. P. Hammond, of Spartanburg, was in the city Saturday. H. J. Haynesworth, a prominent attor ney of Greenville, court here last week. Capt. j. T. Tbackston, who is now working in Spartanburg, was in the city Sunday with his family. J. T. Moorehead, a large and success ful planter of the Gowdysville section, was in the city Friday ou business. Dr. S. S. Knight, of Fountain Inn, Greenville county, spent from Friday till Sunday with his old friend, Prof. Grif fith, at Limestone. R. J. Foster, of Griudall, was in the city yesterday. Oliver Fowler, of Glendale, was in the city yesterday. He was also among those who added their names to our list. Pink Hollis, of Greenville, is in the city fora few days. E. H. Gaines came in from the road Fiilayto spend a few days with his family. W. A. Baber, of Blacksburg, spent a short while in the city yesterday. C. G. Phillips, a good citizen from the lower county, was in to see us Saturday. F, . A. Trescot, Esq.,of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. M. J. Little, of Blacksburg, was here yesterday. He subscribed for The "Led ger before leavin ): Rev. J. M. Carlisle, a venerable minis ter of Spartanburg, is in the city visiting the family of Dr. Littlejohn, and other R,Dr. Simms went down to Goueher „ P. M. Freeman, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday Dr. T. B. Whitesides, of Blacksburg, was in the city Saturday Miss Nora Galloway went to [Belmont, N. C., last week to atteud a wedding rad to speed a few days with fireuds. Will Brown, a successful young planter of the Ravenna section, was in town yes terday. Deputy Marshall Zeno Blackwell went to Greenville yesterday to attend United States court. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd L. Baker arrived in the city Saturday night, and will here after be at home to their friends [at Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Osborne's on Grenard i.reet. Dr. R. C. Garland spent Sunday in Spartanburg. James Munro, Esq., a prominent mem ber of the Union bar, was in the wily Sat urday. Ed. J. IGage, a well known traveling Fanners ^generally assert that nearly man, was in the city yesterday. State Constable Bert Hallman, of Co lumbia, came up Sunday on a short visit to his home city. J Rev. A. D. Davidson was among the visitors in the city yesterday. W. C. S. Wood, of J Woods, was among the early comers to the city yesterday. Misses Lucy and Mary Pollock, of Blacksburg, were in the city Friday. They are studying music under Miss Fannie Corry at this place. Agent Maclone, of the Southern Rail ways at Kings Mountain, N. C., was in the city yesterday. Kyle Davenport returned home Satur day morning from an extended trip through many countries of the old world. Of course Kyle had a grand and instruc tive trip. M. W. Brown, of Ravenna, was an early visitor in the city yesterday. Dr. J. F. Cleveland, of Spartanburg, spent Thursday in the city on business. all the cotton has been picked and a greater portion of it sold. The season has been exceptionally fine for picking, and, consequently, the cotton taken out so far has been of good quality and free of tra»h. Mr. H. E. Hansok, who has been en gaged with the Southern Manufacturing and Supply Co. of this place for some time, has tendered his resignation to take effect December 1st. He will go to Bos ton to accept a position as general mana ger of a fiber mill there. The Wednesday night service at the First Baptist church will be a talk by the pastor ou the “Gospel in the Wilder ness,” as shown forth by the tabernacle. Dr. Simms uses the blackboard in these talks, and the pictures help to make the facts real to the j>eople. Tommy Atkins Camps In Shad ow of Lama’s Palace. LASSA'S MYSTERIES REVEALED. - If you want good goods for little, money, wait for The Dixie’s Determi nation Sale, Oct. 21th to Oct. 20th, inclusive. A light frost was seen by early risers Saturday morning in dump spots along water courses, although the thermometer was not lower than forty-eight. Yester day morning the thermometer was down to forty-two and the ground was white in many places; though it is too dry and dusty now for much frost. Lucy Russell, the colored woman who was so badly c t by a ::./ui Lst week, is reported to be slowly . ilu,, uom her wounds. The McCullough woman who Mrs. M. E. Deal, of Blacksburg, was in the city Saturday. P. S. Webber, a staunch Cherokeean of Wilkinsville, was an early comer to the city Saturday. He paid The Ledger a short visit. John B.Cleveland,of Spartanburg, pres ident of the Charleston and Western Car- I olina railroad, was in the city Thursday. Thomas Hester, of Maud, spent Satur- | day in the city. Door of Music City, Cloned For Many Centurion, Opened by Anslo-Tibet- un Trade Treaty—A Prophecy Ful filled—The Golden Templen an Seen Throush Brltlnh Eyes. The (light of the dalai lama and the signing iu his palace at Lassa of an Anglo-Tibetan treaty mark the elirai- uction of the Inst vestige of Russian Inllueuee and the firm establishment of British control iu Tibet. They mark also the end of the remarkable exclusive ness which has beeu preserved for so many centuries by the mysterious in habitants of “the roof of the world.” The veil has beeu lifted from the magic city of Lassa, the "sent of the gods,” and today Tommy Atkins, GbO strong, camps beside the palace of the dalai lama, while General MacDonald tramps through the streets of the lama's capital. Above the heads of the British sol diers rear the massive gold covered roofs of Potala, the famous “Red pal ace,” as it is called, and of the Jovo Khang, or temple of the "Lord Bud dha,” of the Kuuduling or residence of the regent or “king” of Tibet and th* massive buildings of the upper and lower schools of mysticism. Seven miles in circumference is Las sa, in the form of a great oval, but the densely populated part of the town Is comparatively small, and its golden roofs and minarets cluster thickly to gether. The reports from the British forces all agree that the first view of the town lu approaching it from the west Is remarkable. On the left is a conical hill, on which is situated the dalai lama’s residence, with its lofty build ings and its roof of gold, between which and the town winds a broad avenue of ancient trees. To the right is Changpa hill, sur mounted by the medical college, an immense structure over a quarter of a mile long and several stories high. Between these two regal hills, crowned by their wonderful structures, the vis itor to Lassa catches sight of the For bidden City. It appears a closely packed mass of well built, white bouses, surmounted by roofs of blue, glazed tiles, with here and there the glittering minarets and spires thrust ing upward toward the cold, clear sky overhead and over all the dominating presence of temples and palaces. The most striking feature of the dty is undoubtedly Potala, the palace of the dalai lama, Buddha’s vice regent on earth. The palace is an ag gregation of several temples, the mid dle one, which dominates the rest, be ing the Red palace, containing the great audience hall, where the dalai lama, clad In yellow and seated on a throne supported by carved lions, was wont to receive pilgrims. The Red palace Is crowned by a dome covered entirely with plates of gold, and from this roof at the great festi vals the dalai luma contemplated hls worshipers as they advanced along the plain and prostrated themselves at the foot of the sacred mountain. Three-quarters of a mile to the southwest is Norbu Ling, the summer palace of the dalai lama, situated in the midst of a beautiful garden, In which the British force Is now en camped. The Jovo Khang, or Temple of the Lord Buddha, is an Immense building with three Chinese roofs covered with gold, the upper stories of the edifice being supported by great wooden pil lars ten feet In diameter. Here is an exquisitely modeled Image ®f Buddha, said by the priests to have been made during the life of the great teacher. Around this are placed many golden lamps, which are kept burning con stantly, supplied with melted butter. North of this temple stands the house of the astrologer royal and I hundred retainers, with an enormous golden cupola which is visible for many miles. There Is enough gold In Lassa to pay the national debt of Great Britain and the United States If the rumor con stantly repeated be true, and some thing of the truth of this statement Is Inferred from the massive plates of gold which cover the roofs of the buildings. On the southern side of the city flows the Kylchu river, while a canal diverted from the river flows to the north, inclosing the city entirely by water. Across the canal Is the huge stone bridge over which crossed the British forces. As yet uo accurate idea of the popu lation of Lassa has been obtained. It is the home of the very heart of Bud dhism, and every tenth person Is a priest of Buddha. Those who are not priests are more or less intimately connected with the administration of the religious govern ment of Tibet either as the servants of the priests or laborers In the temples or ns subordinate lay officials of tbs priesthood government Human life is held so cheaply that th# slightest offense, the most trivial j infraction of the rules of the order of Buddha, is punished by death and usu ally death by torture. The people of Lassa are temperate, drinking nothing but tea, but the priests, it Is said, are Immoral, given to drunkenness on bar ley wine and leading lives within their monasteries which are hardly fit for publication. Lassa is constantly in the throes of some form of religious ceremony. The priests of Tibet believe the race sprang from the union of a monkey and a hob goblin. and In the streets of Lassa are celebrated “devil dances,” In which the priests disguised as monkeys and hobgoblins whirl dervish-like or per form weird antics in order to accustom the worshipers of the Buddhist faith to Uie sight of the creatures when they shall have passed into the presence of the monsters of the after life. Wild, wailing music rings through the streets of the mystic city as the priests in their hideous masks chant their fearsome rites and perform the frightful parade that is marked by a trail of blood, for human sacrifices are required for the performance of these ceremonies. In the town are many strange classes Cf hangers on of the Buddhist monas teries -the ragyabas, the men who cut up the bodies of the dead and feed them to the pariah dogs; the low caste creatures who wash the bones of the dead and clean them that the relatives may make prayer disks of them for rosaries, and the thousands of temple attendants. It is a curious fact In connection with the establishment of British con trol In Tibet, with all that it portends, that long years ago it was prophesied that the reincarnation of Buddha in the person of the grand lama would cease after his thirteenth transmigra tion. The dalai lama, who has fled # in to Mongolia, is the thirteenth lama since the incarnation myth was first started for hls own purpose and upheld my force of arms by Lozang the Elo quent. KUROPATKIN'S WILL, It Fonnd the War to Kokand and to Fane. In 1SGC, when General Kuropatkln was only an obscure lieutenant, he went to the chief of his battalion and asked to be sent along with the expe dition to Kokand, which at the time was being prepared. After meeting with a flat refusal he addressed him self to hls comrades, who, according to Russian usage, elected him paymas ter, with the hope that the new dla* tlnctlon would procure the chief’s con sent. They then went en masse to ask that their lieutenant be sent, according to his desire, along with the expedition to Kokand, but the chief was as firm as ever. Kuropatkln accompanied them on the mission, but when they departed he remained to the hail like 6 -n v'-fl ® -« - — e> u. Two hours later the chief happen* J' to discover him thete and sternly de mit tided what lie meant. “I urn waiting for you to send me to. Kokand,” coolly replied Kuropatkln. “Never! You understand? Never'.”’ ■termed the chief angrily as he turn' ll away. M Eighteen hours afterward the chi ■? In passing found Kuropatkln st il standing iu the same place. "Well, the devil take you:” he * :• Claimed softly. “What can any o-e do with a head like yours? Fine th •re's no way to keep you from golr go on. The army has ner:! of ofiLe.s like you. As for paymasters, I can find them anywhere.” How British Church.-* Are Filled. A startling explanation is given of why some British churches have large congregations while others remain empty. Rev. John Urqnhart, a Glasgow min ister. preaching at Highgate Road Baptist chapel, London, in the absence of the regular minister, said he could mention churches In which a congrega tion could not be obtained “unless the minister kissed all the young ladies." So low indeed had they descended that such tricks must be played in or- dei that they might obtain a congre gation. Inless such tilings were done, he said, the churches were sneered at as being too straitlaced. Teachers’ Examination. The regular examination for teach ers In the Public Free Schools will be held at the court house on Friday, October 21st. Every teacher will be examined on “Hughes Mistakes in Teachers,” “Civil Government,” “Si las Marner,” “Enoch Arden” and Current History in addition to re gular subjects. Teachers should se cure the above books and be posted— they can be had at the office of coun ty superintendent. The State board of education insists that these hooks he well studied, as the marks will be the same as on other subjects. J. L. Walker, R. C. Sarratt, Jas. C. Jefferies. County board of examiners. Wait for The Dixie’s Determina tion Sale tio:n Oci to Oct. 29th inclusive. —Tremendous bargains will be of fered at The Dixie’s Determination Rale, Oct. 24th to 29th. Bear In mind the Determination Sale at The Dixie, Oct. 21th to 29th.