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Accii Will Hi u! SLOAN'S LINIMENT forSpn SoreM Burns AtAII Dealer Dr. Earl Boston Mai&U.S. A .Bruises es.Cuts calds ?5fS0fe?L0C in SOME NEWS FROM NATION'S CAPITAL WHAT OUR LAWMAKERS DOING FOR US to determine if it is the will of the 1 people that Arizona and New Mexico shall be admitted as one Sttae. and If a majority of the inhabitants of eith- ! er territory vote against single state- 1 hood, then the bill shall have no effect and they shall remain as separate ter-1 ritories. This is right. Why should | ARE these people be forced down each) other's throats, just for political reas- SKETCHES OF LIFE OF WASHINGTON Our Washington Correspondent Gives a Review of Some of the Most im portant Acts Passed. Washington, D. C., Feb. 24.—Thom as W T . Lawson, of Boston, drifted ons. Senator Tillman the other dav ac- cvused Senator Patterson of “conjur ing up hobgoblins.” Hope he wasn’t referrine to Senator Bailev. who Sen ator Patterson “conjured up” lately, without much success. The representatives at the National Association of Retail Druggists and through here in his private car last ! National Association of Retail Gro- FOR SALE. FOR SALE- good condition,, or family u§ Mills. [fe fine bay mare, /ell suited for farm pply to Limestone 12-8-tf. FOR ySALE- 50 cenfs per ney, Route <vn Leghorn eg" 0 ' J. C. Huggin, Gaff- Feb. 23, Mar. 2-pd WAN' WANTED—1 pay highest Manufacturini Co coi * wool; " * k et price. Oaf*n“ V 8-25-tl Wanted—Chickens, eggs, green salted hides. Highest cash price paid. C. C. Kirby. 1-19-tf. CLASS/ FIRST I will apprecl Meals servei * W. H. Spe; scomb bt v at ding. IOARDERS wanted, my country friends, reasonable hours, in the W. Sam Lip- Feb. 2-lmo-pd LOST. week, and during his short stay an nounced that he now had enough proxies to control the coming elec tions in the New York Li f e and Mu tual Life Insurance companies. If this is so I am sorry for you, my poor policyholder, as Tom, by his own con fession, has been guilty of every of fense charged by him to his former accomplices, and all he now wants ijA to get control of that little $800,0(13,- 000 of your assets so that he can fight his enemies with your money. Take care thdt in escaping from W’all street wolves you don’t find yourself eaten by the State street tiger. It hurts just as much, and you will be just as dead when he is through.. Take my tip and get your proxy back quick, and give it to some one you KNOW to be honest. “Pure food” WY-LIE. the chemist of the Agricultural department, spent most of his time last week talking to the appropriation bill committee in the house to see if he couldn’t get a big appropriation to spend. Of course, if he don’t get it he won’t take nearly o much interest In the pure food question, for without it he won’t be ■hie to run around and waste his wind in delivering “if-you-eat-you-die” ad resses before the Old Maids' pro tective associations and other kin- dre 1 female organizations, while his infan • class in chemistry waste their limp and the government money in their efforts to orove that everything fit to e m is poison. And you. Mr. Tax payer aie paying for all of this tom- myrot. ESSAYS WRITTEN BY PUPILS OF ABINGDON SCHOOL. “Washington as a ington as a Boy” Hero," “Wash- and “Washing- cers have endorsed the Money amend ment to the pure food bil^jand it is understood are using all of their in- fluence to secure its adoption. So great is the interest created by this measure that it estimated that more than 2,000 letters and telegrams are being received here every day by members of congress urging its sub stitution for the Heyburn and Hep burn bills. LOST—Yellow Cowpens. Plndf returning to Jan. 19 r Ictncl Jog near wilf get reward by Claqr. LOST—A pair Finder will leavj Lipscomb and jlft nose glasses. ,same with J. C. *ward. A reward of tjrti dollars will be paid any one furnj/hing evidence to con vict the parji# who poisoned my dog. T. M. Patfiifk. Veb. 27 It pd. ANNOUNCEMENTS. I hereby date for re- from Ward jounce myself a candi- Jon as school trustee A. Sarratt. The frienc hereby announce for school trus J. T. Darwin im as a candidate Ward 5. The friends of K. H. Littlejohn an nounce him as a^avdldate for School Trustee from Ward The friends Steedly anmni date for school Dr. Benjamin B. him as a candi- rustee in Ward 5. I am drilling tul inches in diametei drilling machine, such work done address E. Jfobbii S. C., No. 213 ”eb. 23, 27-i /shot lario •lar wells six dth a Keystone irties deslirlng [d call op or , Spartanburg, Avenue. NOTICE. We will ghV An Wednesday. Feb 21 th, March 1st, 2nd < ays will close our ruary 21st an md 3rd. Thpse ginning seasi. Victbr Cotton Oil Co Feb. 16 ttf Mar fnd Attention Cour^f Attendants! I Invite all whcy4tWnd court to call and take their nleals\with me at the W. Sam Lipsc/mb miilding. First- class service; /ea$onaI\le rates. W. b». SPEARMAN. Feb 16-lm-: MONEy TO LEND. To memeUt*/; Ipf The Fai-mer’s Mutual Insuiyfncel Association, in sum- of $100/to $»00, on first mort gage improv^fl real! estate. .T.lEb. Jefferies. ec. amt Treas. Feb. 27 tf. 2,000 TO 3,000, CORD/E FOR SALI WOOD ton as a Statesman.” The sketches we print below are especially suitable for a February is sue, nertaining, as they do, to the life of Washington In several different pbasees. They were read at the Abingdon school in this county, of which Mr. S. J. Strain is teacher. The authors are the following pupils: Clarence Davidson, Elsie Reynolds, Albery Blanton. Washington a Hero. At the age of only twenty-one years, full of life, vigor and ambition, Washington was made a major gener al in the, French and Indian war, Some of the Democrats are advo cating a system of discriminating tar iff duties in place of ship subsidies:^ which broke out between the Indians This would be a great mistake. In the first) place it would not stimulate the shipbuilding industry nearly so much, and it would reduce the pres ent customs receipts twenty-five mil lions per annum, while the ship sub sidy bill will only take five millions out of the treasury. By all means let’s have the best and cheapest method, and that is by subsidies. An exchange recently askett “How much’ is Nicholas Longworth worth?” If Nick Is going to answer we would also Mice to add that now popular ques tion “And where did he get it?” Charles A. Edwards. The enemies of ship subsidy indus triously circulate the report that this bill is being advocated by the trusts. Nothing is more false. The biggest shipping trust on earth is the Inter national Mercantile Marine, owning over 130 steamships, all in commis sion and service, and out of the lot. if the ship subsidy bill passes, onl” ten will be entitled to subsides The remainder are foreign built and regis tered and could not collect one dollar under the terms of the bill. And so it is with all the rest of the so-called shipping trusts. The subsidv bill is a good thing and will bnild up Ameri can shipbuilding and shipping and will result in cheaper rates of freight and a saving of millions to the farm er. which the foreign shippers now collect from him every year. on the stump, seven fcr eight miles from Gaffney. Apply/1 W. M. WEBSTER,/Cowpens. S Feb. 9-lmo-pd MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotiate loane on Improved farma f&ra wm of years in amounts of $1,000 »nd/upward ( at 7 par cent, and from $3oq[ to $1,000 at * per cent. Apply to J. C. JEfFfeRIES, iffney^ $. C. MONEY TO LOAN On farming !a commission chari actual cost of further Inform JOHN B. Long time, no Borrower pays ettng loan. For on Address ALMER & SON., The Panama Canal continues just as near completion as it has been at anv time in the past. The testimony taken here before the senate commit tee shows that it must lie built by alien labor, as the climatic conditions are such that American labor cannot work there. Engineer Stevens says that his alien labor must be Chinese, as no other foreign labor is suitable. If the work is continued by Jandaica negroes it will take much longer and he much more expensive, as a Jamai ca negro won't do more than 25 per cent), as much work as an ordinary laborer. It ft estimated that if done by Chinese it can be finished $80,000,- 000 cheaper than by Jamaicans. The Chinese government won’t allow us to take Chinese unless it is done by responsible people, and under the strongest guarantee that they will be taken back to China when through. That is just what we want. By all means get the Chinese'and save our taxpayers that eighty millions. In order to build the canal by alien labor it is necessary that the provis ions of the eight-hour law and the contract labor law be made inappli cable to alien labor employed In the canal zone during the construction of the canal. Some steps to bring this about have already been taken, and it is reported that the senate com mittee are now framing a general bIW which will govern the construction of the canal, and do away with the red tape and vexatious problems which have tied it up in the past. Such a bill ought to be supported by every American taxpayer, for it’s his money that is building the canal and it should be done as economically as ))ossible. Nothing has attracted the attention of the manufactuing interestis of the country since the days of tariff re vision so much as the Money amend ment to the pure food bill. It is be ing carefully studied by the interested parties on both sides, the manufact- iirer of food products and the men whose duty it will be to eniorce the law. and meets with the warmest commendations from all. It is en tirely free from any constitutional ob jections. and is the only bill so Tar proposed which regulates the manu facture of foods without prohibiting the same on the say so of one man. it will prove a boon to the manufact urer, a protection to the public and the means of absolute regulation by the government in a fair and equita ble manner of the production of arti cles for human consumption. Its only opponent is Prof. Wylie, who sees his finish if it passes, as he won’t be aide to waste $200,000 to $300,000 of the people’s money each year in maintain ing his useless poison squad. Says Tillman is a Dictator. (From the Kershaw Era.; There ig perhaps no parallel In the history of this State of the spectacle now being presented to the people of Soutn Carolna of a representative whom they have so highly and so signally honored abusing their confi dence to the degree that is being done by the'senior Senator from this State. He has become so besotted with arro gance that he Imagines nimself to have had delegated to him the su preme supervision and dictatorship of all South Carolina affairs and that all men everywhere In the State must do his bidding or suffer tne vials of his wrath and Indignation to be poured out upon them submissively and uncomplainingly. We have not agreed with Senator Tillman always, but we have not failed to recognize his ability and the splendid opportunity he has had of distinguishing himself in a most fa vorable manner. But he has not chos en the method of leaving his impress ion upon the history of the State that would have redounded much more to his credit than will be his lot. Every renewed expression of confidence by the people has been attended on his part, with a large assumption of flow er. This Is unquestionably due to the fact that his election has been regarded as of course, and no one Iras had the temerity to oppose him. Senator Till man Is able, but he is not infallible; he is useful, but not Indispensable, and his repeated unwaranted. vituper ative and Intolerable excoriations of thosp who differ with him in matters of morality and public policy deserve and the colonies in 1753. The first work assigned to Gen.Washington was to find the French commander who was then in the Ohio valley. His mission to the French being that of carrying an order from Gov. Dinwid dle of Virginia, askng him to vacate the valley at once. This he would not do so Washington found his first work in war at Fort Necessity, Here with only a few men he held his fort all day under a heavy fire and an overwhelming army against him. After a day of hard fighting in the fort, he promised to surrender the fort, if the enemy jvould allow them 'to go home without molestation; this they did, so we see here the first siens of a freeman contending for his rights. Time fails me now to follow up his life further in these Indian wars. Hence I hasten on to the war that made us free from the bonds of England. • In 1775 the words that Patrick Hen ry had made famous in the Virginia assembly ran through every lK>som that contained the love of home or country in it. The words being “Give me liberty or give me death.” was soon in every mouth, then the colonist declared they ought to have the rights of send ing men to England to help make the laws bv which they were ruled. This England refused and war was declar ed in 1776. Washington now climbs the ladder of fame to Its topmost rounds and standing at Cambridge he is made the commander in cnief of one of the greatest armies ever as sembled on American soil and. there fore. has now fof himself a name that the warfare of vears will never erase. We rjow follow ‘his life down through years of arduous warfare. We seje him In victory and we see him in defeat. Every ‘ime he ap pears the sama polished heroic gen Meniaii. We read of him as he spent days of anxiety and nights of pain in order that his men might have food and clothng. But now the war cloud begins to clear away. One streak of hope is drawn across the western horizon. Cornwallis Is fortified ac Yorktown here he is beseiged by Washington and surreriders - English arms to America on October 19th. 1781. Now every one felt that the long war had ceased and swift messengers of truthfulness even a his young! life. At only seventeem years of age he was employed to survey the valley of Virginia by Lord Fairfax. So here we might say his public life began. Then, school mates, let us resolve to make his life our model and always stand for right and patriotism, and remember, “Lives of all great men remind us. Let us make ours subline, And departing leaves behind us, Footprints on the sand of time.” Washington a Statesman. The next place we see this hero we see him taking the oath of presi dent of the United States, in 1789, as the first chief executive who ever sat in the presidental chair. So then we can very readily see why he was calleld the "Father of our Country.” Because he managed the affairs cf the nation so well in its infancy. He served two terms as president and had the opportunity of the office for the third term, but this he refuse!. No nresident ever labored under so many disadvantages as he did. America owed large sums of money to France and Holland. So tnese debts had to be paid by a tariff tax. But then as the cautious statesman, Washington, stands at the wheel to guide the affairs aright of this great republic. So he mans the vessel of the republic well and gains for himself a name that has never been equaled in the annuals of history. What tills great statesman has done for our people has neveir been rightly appreciated by us as a nation. Yet, we are glad to see that our In stitutions of learning are doing all In their power to ever perpetuate his memory. Yes, kingdoms rise and fall, Dynasties will come an! go. Wars will fill lands with desolation. But, thank God, the name of Wash- ngton will ever live as long as true histories are written. May the day never dawn when his name shall go into oblivion, and shall be no longer cherished. During his term of office many very serious mat ters came up. Among these were the Apolitical irartie’s” troubles with England an! France and trouble with “Indians and the whiskey in- surection.” But in all these Washington seem ed ready to meed the emergency, and always ended the cruelties that would have beem brought upon his people by bloody war. SENALOR TILLMAN IS THE LEADER SELECTED TO CONDUCT THE FIGHT ON THE RAILROADS. Holding Cotton (By L. H. Perry, Boonville, Ark.) The gamblers’ schemes are very rot ten, Whe seek to take the farmers’ cotton, And leave them naught for sweat and toil. For planting seed and tilling soil, But strength enough to try again, As heretofore, but all in vain. and should receive the just condem-: vvere sent j n a |j directions to spread nation and rebuke of the soverign | K i a j n e WS ueople who sought to know him as a When the English statesman heard Box 28 May 30 p/ ColumbiV, 8. C. 100,000 TO 20^000 TO CUT AT close to Thickt terms &c apply W. M. WEBS/ER, Feb. 9-lmo-pd. FEET LUMJER >R SALE f y fountain. For Cov sna. 8. C. m The Hepburn rate bill passed the house by a vo f r> of 346 to 7. On such a showing it must be absolutely harm less to both the people and th'' rail roads. and perfectly safe to take In gny quantity. Senator Foraker’s proposed amend ment to the Statehood bill Is a just ’’nd fair one. It provides that elec tions shall be held In each territorv ^ • representative, but did not confer upon him the office of dictator. Merry, Merry Minstrels. The “Merry, Merry Minstrels” will be the attraction at the Star Theatre on Wednesday evening March 16th. It will be the Barlow & Wilson’s Greater New York Minstrels and a splentjid porformance is promiseH The company numbers forty of the best vocalists and vaudeville stars of the minstrel world, and is accomp- nied by an excellent band and orches tra. This well known organization comes highly recommended, yet giv ing all that is new anl novel in the line of this latter day minstrels re: taining all the gems of the old style of minstrels, that is so pleasing to amusement lovers of •‘.his style. The comoany gives a grand, gorgeous and spectacular street narade which takes place at noon on the day of the en gagement. All the ponular 'songs, dances, sensational specialties will go towards making Tin an evening •entertainment that will he appreciat ed by the most fastidious. of the surrender he exclaimed, “Oh, God! it is all over,” and thetrea'y of peace was made on Sep. 3nd. 1783. When wa were declared a free and independent people and we certainly owe our independence more to Washington than to any other source. I Then let us pay the Homage to his memory today that we owe to a brave hero. Washington as a Boy. We meet today to celebrate the greatest man that America ever pro duced. That name stands out as a peer among men. That/ name has a halo of sweetness to every loyal pa triotic man. woman and child. That name si a Gibraltar among the names of his countrymen; that name imme diately tells us of a man “who was first in war, first/ in pehce, and first In the hearts of his countrymen.” But we can’t halt. We must ad- ' vance, And make the speculators dance To music of the farmers’ band Who hold their cotton all o’er the land. To hold our products we’ve a right, And thus display a farmer’s might. The bears may growl, the bulls stampede. But what care we if we succeed? With equal rights for every one And °r>ecial privileges to ’none. The N rth and South as brothers meet, For fifteen cent cotton and dollar wheat. Rjoscveit Has Great Respect For the South Carolina Senator, Says Dolli- ver, After Recent Conference. Washington,.! Fe$j. 24.—The great est sensation in Washington is the selection of Senator Tillman to con duct the fight on the floor of the sen ate for a ratel bill. The Republican rate leaders talked persistently about It this morning and said the presi dent was pleased. Senator Dolliver called on the pre sident and when going away was ask ed whether he would bring Tillman to confer with the president. Dolliver dodged the question, good naturedly and said: “I’ll tell you this The president told me ten days ago he had the greatest respect for Tillman because hel regarded Tillman as an able man and a game fighter, and above all an honest man. Don’t mis take the fact that the] president likes Tillman, despite their supposed en mity.” Senator Tillman said yesterday that one of the most essential amend ments he should endeavor to procure looks to “the absolute divorce of pub lic carriers, as such, from the produc tion of coal, as miners, which condi tion of monopoly has created such a strong feeling of dissatisfaction and anger in the bituminous and anthra cite coal regions.He has alrea'y drafted an amendment covering this point. He said that something also ought to be done to compel the trunk lines to make connection with spurs and feeding lines, and give them fair treatment in the distribution of cars and offer equal facilitiete with other shippers. Mr. Godfrey’s New Position. (Greenville News, 20th.) J. H. Godfrey, until recently con nected with the Columbia State, has arrived in the city to accept a posi tion with the Greenville News as manager of the circulation depart ment. Mr. Godfrey is from Cheraw and is a young man of good business experience, especially in the depart ment in which he has been placed in charge. A Bare Living. (Charlotte Observer.) Chairman Evans of South Caro lina’s Great Moral Institution board of control fell outside the breast works by a heavy majority, and hereafter another cltiizen will draw the salary of $400 ->er year, on which Mr. Evans was said to have gotten along so well. Who’s the Author? (Carolina Spartan.) The following clever lines “The inner side of every cloud Is bright and shining: ✓ I, therefore, turn my clouds about And always wear them inside out? To show the lining.” * are still roaming through the press looking for their real father. The authorship has been claimed for a dozen different persons, but the search continues. They were attributed to Sidney Lanier—but he did not write them. Why conceal the authorship any longer? The Atlanta Journal and the Constitution are entirely too mod est to make the claim for Atlanta. These lines are the joint production of Hoke Smith and Clark Howell. In the court of general sessions at Charleston Monday, William Riv ers, colored, was convicted and sen tenced to serve five years in the pen itentiary on the charge of grand larceny, having stolen a gold watch, chain and purse belonging to Mrs. Jane S. Heyward. Rivers seems to have borne a bad name and the jur- was not long in convicting him. The theft was committed last Jan uary. Several schools in Nevada have been compelled to close because the trustees have found it impossible to secure teachers. Almost as soon as they arrive and take charge they re sign and marry. Busy Folks. (Pfliople’s Paper.) We know some men who don’t take a newspaper, and who give as a reason that they are too busy to read. | If you will talk to these same fellows George Washington was born in itwo minutes you will find they have Westmoreland county. Virginia. Feb- , )een So , )Usy they (lon - t know anv _ ruary 22nd, 1732. His father died (^jng when he was but a small boy and left him to thM care of his mother.! ’ Concerning Miss Alice. (George proved from tthte very first; (Charleston News and Courier.) to be a dutiful son. and would not of course the giving of a present do anything that displeased his old to Miss Alice is not actually compul- mother. Therefore, he held high that 1 sory but the hlp:h official or function- paremtai love of his dear old widowed arv wbo f a ii s to come across with one mother above the mercenary gifts of is ' goinp: i ook awfully conspicuous The man who searches his own heart is not apt to find flaws in the hearts of others, —————— mi 1. after Saturday. Letter to A. N. Wood. Gaffney, S. C. Deiar Sir: The cheapest tilling in the way of sending anything over the world Is a postage stamp: and the cheapest way to shed whater is nalnt. Not whitewash; paint. Do you happen to know—it don’t belong to your business to know about paint, you know—do you happen to know that most of the makers of paint stuff I age. He was to take a position on, f ee j ]j ke going out and digging up the tne earth. From the very first his life work seemed to Le bent/ upon that of a sail- The Poor Stump, or. the thoughts of this kind of life (Anderson Mail.) greatly displeased his mother. One Senator Tillman’s announcement writer tells of an incident when t ) iat b e is “going to lake the stumn George was only fourteen years of | n p Xf summer” will make some people it out ’with limb anJ cla'y and sand and water and air? They do stuff it out in the can: but not '-n the house. They make more gallons to sell or to buy; more money to pay for paint; more money to pay for putting it. on: disappointment; loss. Devoe is your paint, because it’s all paint,* no sham, and full-measure. You i*s trulv F W Devoe * Co 18 P. S.—It. M. Wilkins Hardware Company sell our paint. Maria Brown, a negro woman at tempted suicide at Greenville Wed nesday by pouring a gallon of ker osene oil over herself and applying a match. When found she was with out clothing, ner body a mass of buims. Physicians say she cannot live. Before trying the oil method the woman threw herself in front of a train, but was driven away before the locomotive reached her. She is a cocaine fiend. Subacrlb* for The Ledger; $1 a year. a steamboat that was in the rivers i (.tump. near ids home, waiting for the young laborer to take his place. But when Henry Sterley, the ci-innle, whose George* man* ready to leave, he saw case of highway robbery was nol tears trickling from ‘he loving eyes pressed Monday in the (joLirt of gen- of his mother. . ! ,>ral sessions at Charleston, has de- George could nol think then of termined to return to Washington grieving his poor old mother, and uu- * 0 ujidergo treatment for his in- '"• *— "" jnren spine, which is said to have been made worse by i/ne rough tr/atment w'hieh he received at the hands of the police at the time of ills arrest on charge of being the hold-un man. Sterley declares that he will not return to Charleston. | He complins that not only was he falsely arosted and badly treated but tiiat he was robbed of $15 in the station house, his money having been taken from him and a reduced amount returned later. like Robinson Cruso. he gave up then and there the ideja of ever being a sailor. And for this one circum- stancai we ough* to feel very thank ful. for had not Washington been at the head of our armies, probably we would not. have been epjoying our Amercan liberties- As we are to day. George’s education consisted of only a few months of schoool- ing, In thd most rude, old fashion ed school houses. He always took great) delight in his studies and It was said of hm that he was very ac- curate in -mathematics. His morals were Hie best that could be found in boys at his age and no doub* that his teachers and school mates loved him very dearly. The hatchet and cherry tree incident, as told by his biographer show’s a view Good looks bring happiness. Friends care more for us when we meet them with a clean, smiling face, bright eyes sparkling with health, which comes by taking Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. Gaffney Drug Co. Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 a year. Advertising ii called by some an art. If it be^an art it is the art of telling a story simply and convincingly. Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an establishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Other /things being equal, nobody shqjild be ab’e to write/more convinc ingly of the articles he of fers for sale \ In • store when the employer sells goods side by sid: with his ^lerks it is rare that the em; >loyer will not be the best salesman. \ The reasc o is simple, He knows the g pods from A to Z. He pre bably has pur chased ther i. He kndws his aims. rlis arguments eanj weigh: because they are convinci ig. The same irguments pre sented in tie same way, with the sa: ie‘ enthusiastic spirit, the sa me knowledge of detail, (would attract new customers if presented through the advertising col umns of thislpaper. fv If you have not trifd it, why not begin ? If you have tried it and an i Sed, let an know about it / * *