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• •:5f'TW3 THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., DECEMBER 3, 1890. M nw § 9 Here are a few prices that will give you an idea of how cheap we are selling them: I ^ * oocle*. Wo have all the newest and prettiest styles at lOe^ .tl .2.">. Calicos 3ic. Outings ;,c - 7e Ginghams ,,c - Yard Wide Sheetings 5c. 1'ini Sea Island he. Ku’il line of Broad Cloths for making Capes. lil ilf mevry. Our stock is being constai tly replenished every week. Otvi>o&s iiiid ^f tielcets in all the latest patterns. Don’t think of buying until you see our line. The prices range from 88c to $12.50. "Warner* Corsets. A full line of these magnificent, easy wearing Corsets just received. They arc beauties, giving aid to weak, tired frames without adding pain. Clotliing'; A full stock. These prices range from the cheapest to the best. O ver 04 Kits. We have the largest stock of Overcoats in the city. They are things of beauty when prices arc considered. See our line of samples for Suits and Overcoats made to order. They cannot he excelled by anyone. SITUATION. HE IS STUMPED BY AN ANTI’S QUESTION. > But He Soon Recovers and Concludes the Argument Advanced Will Not Hold Good.—Other Objections Overcome. In most every instiinco that I strike ;ui unti-new county man ho advances some new argument in op position. Some are intelligent while others are easily handled. Mr. J. R. Wanton advanced an idea which stumped ole Flaw at the time but after a thorough study I am satisfied that his argument wont stand. It is in regard to jmblio schools and. their taxes, lie says that thu free schools will be lowered owing to the new county not being -as wealthy as Spartanburg, that the new county .vont pay us much school tux as Spartanburg. Since I have thought of this, the new county won’t be as largo as Spartanburg; not more than half as many children in the new county as in Spartanburg, consequently it won't take more than half us much tax to give them the same schooling. Mr. Wanton said that he lelieved tiie new county would be a good thing in regards to convenience but he wtss afraM it would raise taxes. 1 then showed him Mr. Norton's report where 23 counties out of the 3(5 in South Caro lina paid less than 13 mills on the dollar, lie furtiier said that he be lieved if they got the new county that the court house and jail ought to be built in Clattuey, ami he further said that he believed that the Gaff ney people would do everything that they have promised. 1 had an interview with Mr. Sam Lipscomb Friday, and one of Ids ob jections to the new county is that the new county seat, if put in Gaff ney, will be in one side of the county —'J miles from the North Carolina line. Yet he offers to give $2,000 and f>0 acres of land if they will put the court house and jail on his 50 acres—about 1 miles from the line. I can see as far into a hole as most anybody else, but I can’t see a patriotic motive for this. Some few will probably be inllueneed by him to vote against the new county. Now, Ole Flaw has got too much sense to write anything along this line that he can’t prove. If the new county will lie ;Pgood thing to the majority of the people with the seat on Mr. Lipscomb’s fit> acres of land about 4 miles from the line, then why, I ask, will he not vote fur it to be at Gaff ney, >s miles from} the line? Some thing must be rotten somewhere. Some good authority have told me that a liner—one who owns property on both sides of a county line—can pay taxes in either county they choose. Naturally, t tho 1'ucolet Manufacturing Company would have paid its taxes in Spartanburg where most of its property lies, even if the new county had run the line up the river instead of Brown's branch, and the new county would have bud to keep up those rough roads and hills between the branch and river and help repair the bridge when it was needed. Hon estly I believe ds a good thing that that ii was left out. in regards to public schools. Some wants to argue with me that our public schools will bo reduced. They suy that the immense number of cotton mills in Spartanburg pays so much school tax that it is impossible for the new county to compete with t her. Most all largo families have |in >vi d from t l.i farms to the cotton 'ijhIIh and I doubi like thunder if the cotton mill pays ‘enough school tax to school its children. If the new county is small and aint got many children in it then it won’t take much to school them as good as they are now. I believe there is as much property to the square mile in the new county as there is in Spartan burg. One man said that a man at Gaff ney called him a d fool and ho was going to vote against the new county to kill his vote. Another said that he wouldn’t vote to build up Gaffney—just like it wouldn’t be building up the county in which he lived, thereby building himself also. Anotaer says that he’s a “1-e-e-t-l-e ’fraid it will raise taxes,” when 23 counties out of 30 are paying less than 13 mills on the dollar now. No, gentlemen, the proposed new county will he of untold worth to the rising generation if we get it, and no man dare to lay aside his prejudice and dispute it. Flaw Pickek. Have both your reg istration ticket and your 1895 tax receipt when you go to vote next Tuesday for the New County. — • - — PERSONA LS. OUR LAST APPEAL. People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Mr. J. W. Jones, Miss Fannie and Master Norman, made a flying visit to Lattimore, N. C., last Thurs day. Dr. J. Roddy Miller returned from New York Sunday after an absence of six weeks, whore he has been taking a special course in his pro fession. Dr. Miller's many fri/nds were pleased to greet him on his re turn to the city. G. W. Jones of. Christie, Tenn., is in the city. Mr. Jones is a stock dealer and brings to the city a drove of fine horses and mules. R. F. Gibson, of Cherokee Falls, was in the city‘last Friday. M^, Gibson brought us two subscriptions to The Lklukr, for which we are much obliged to him. He is also a new county man. Misses Hollis, of Cross Keys, 8. C., visited Mrs. J. D. Jones last Saturday. They left Monday for Blacksburg to attend tho marriage of Miss Whisonant of that city. Dr. J. F. Garrett went to Kings Mountain last Monday or. profes sional business. R. A. Jones and S. F. Martin re turned to tho city yesterday from Tennessee, where they have been for several days purchasing mules for this market. -• -*•*■ •- Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salvo in tho world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, Suit Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Kruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or muney refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Tho DuPro Drug Co. — . - -• ■*##• •- " — Only ioo Tickets to Be Given Away. One dollar asm spent in tho milli nery and dress goods departments at Carroll it Carpenter’s Dry Goods Store will entitle tho purchaser to a ticket, bearing a number. The per son holding tho lucky .number will get tho pretty $5 dressed doll that cun now bo seen in the show window at Carroll it Carpenter’s Dry Goods Store. Mrs. Gray and Miss McKnight have the tickets in charge. Give Your Attention to these Truth ful Figures. This will be the hist regular issue of The Ledger before the election for new county. \Ye want to make one more appeal to the intelligence, the patriotism and the manhood of the people of tho sections it is pro posed to cut-off into this proposed new county. We want to appeal 'o their reason, their common sense and not to their prejudice. Wo may re peat wiiat we have said before, but that will make no difference, for we know we have never printed a false hood in regard to this question ; we know that if we hud, our opponents would have taken it up long ago and made capital out of it. We also be lieve that a cause that can withstand the onslaught that our friends have made on it for six weeks, and yet they cannot point to a single as sertion made that is not strictly true, must of necessity be a just, even a holy one. The fact that the friends of new county have made such tre mendous claims, and tho fact that no man has dared dispute the truth fulness of them, should be sufficient guarantee to every man not blinded by prejudice that the cause we repre sent is a just one. Just here let us sny one word to our friends who have not fully made up their minds in this matter. You may look out for all kinds of asser tions to be made this week against the new county. Some men have just been waiting until the very last in order to make assertions which they know are not true, because they know the friends of the new county will not have time to correct them. Now do not misunderstand us. We have not said that‘‘all the opposition would make false state ments,” and we have not even said a majority would do so, we simply said ” some men.” There aro a number of men who oppose this new county because they honestly believe it will not benefit the people. These are very few. There aro some who op pose it because they do not believe it will benefit them. They are more numerous than the first named. We arc proud to number among our friends two or three gentlemen who oppose this new county. We sincerely wish they could look at it the same way we do, but as they cannot, we think none tho less of them. We sincerely believe that a f iw gentle men oppose this movement now sim ply because they have taken a stand against it, and they do not want to give over because they are afraid 1 some one will say they are weak- kneed. We have a great deal of ad miration for a man who holds on to his opinion, but our admiration for the man who has the manhood to change when he sees a thing in a different light from that in which he once saw it and has tho manhood to turn over on the side of right, has no bounds. Whether or not tins new county carries (we firmly believe it will by a vote of from 75 to 90 per cent.) it will have served one good purpose. It has brought us nearer together already. It has made us more friendly and better acquainted with each other, and that within it self will accomplish some good. You gentlemen who oppose this new county on the ground of higher taxes should study these figures. They are correct. There is in the proposed new county close on to $4,000,000 taxable property. This includes about 393,920 acres of land, which, assessed at $5 per acre, means $1,909,500. In Gaffney tho taxable property is about $l,5(X),0o0. In Blacksburg it is close to $800,000. This does not include any of tho railroad property at all. A tax of 3,i mills on $1,000,(MK) means $14,000 u year. Say wo pay our three salaried officers $500, $i»<H) and $7<K) each (and wo can get good men for that money), there is a total of $!,N00. Deduct $1,K(H) from $14,(HK) and you have left $12,200 for your courts, your juries and your public roads. Isn’t that a pretty good sum for that pur pose ? We lli ink so. Vote for the new county, for when you do you vote to reduce vour taxes, you vote to bring your legal business closer and you vote to elevate and educate your section. Have both your reg istration ticket and your 1895 tax receipt when you go to vote next Tuesday for the New County. The Light Has Gone Out. . I f 1 here's any!Iiinir 1 lint will make reformers eurso outright. 'Tis to read that foolish |i:ij»er called the I’iedmo'it llcndlij'ht. Wit Ii its trashy editorials tins farmer to deceive. Containing foolisli arguments which no man would hclicvo. Reformers nrcpiod people ami very much too proud j To receive dietalIons longer from "Larry" and his crowd. j For v. !:t*tt they know winds to their interest and to hltii 1 hoy'll surely prove j That unless he chankes powerful, the llead- ; ^ li)fht will have to move. 1 The ileadlitrlit is a Unlit no more to k'ji'I*' "portr ft .•mors" on their way. j For the lamp is surely broken and the lljfht none out to slay. j He’s "ripped Ren Tillman up the hack” with all his minht and main. And this the "poor farmer” doesn't like, for it n'»es ayainst his nrain. Tillman is the farmers friend and never nets so funny As to do as Larry (Jantl has done befriend them for their money. ADVICE. Now Larry take this advice and your Pied mont fleadlinht sell. And then you’ll see and surely helieve that a New County man has advised you well. FlIKNANDUrt. rv * ■ * % lio REACH PEOPLE object o( our adverti.inr VM Is the« are makers of fea ormimental Woodwork . fc'S ,„ a ,o«,r.r.VO»d «—'»•' ■” t "°*' a k i.. Can t we send I about our yroduit'. !W Price l ist? J"* WT,tc 1 b« glad to send ] vou our nev we vv Webster’s ’International! Di<5lionary The One Great Standard Authority, So writes Hon. D. J. brewer, JiiKtii-e U. S. Supreme Court. 1 lla?'' Send a Postal for Specimen Pages, etc. 1 Successor of the " Unabridged." Standard of tbe P. S. (lov’t Print- ( ins ortice, the l'. S. Sn- ( preme Court, all the suite Siipieme Court., 1 en<t of nearly nil the i School boolLd. WprmJy Coniiltmde#- by Stnte Superintend- i ent. ot s. limit*, ii ml i other tdiH-Htor* nlmimt, without number. TKE BEST FOR EVERYBODY accausc , It la easy to find the word wanted. It la euiy to ascertain the pronunciation. It Is easy to trace the growth of a word, it Is easy to learn what a word means. The Raleigh News & Observer says: Our tinltvMual preferences were formerly for nnuther iltrtionnry.biila 1*-tier ii cipinitibiiu-e with tho Inter edition of Webster (Hie Internutloiiid) Ins led us to reyard it as tho most valuable, and to consider it as the standard as lar i.Sauy one dictionary should tie so in-repU-ii. G. it- C. MERRTAM CO., Publishers, Springfield, Mass., U.S.A. ► OOCHXKyooooooOOOC OOC-CrOOOT < (302} Happenings Around Mt. View. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Mountain View, S. C., Dee. 1.— This country is progressing with the times as the wheel of progress rolls around. B. K. Wilkins, of Cowpens lias erected a handsome brick building on the corner fronting inaiu street. Ho intends to fill the house with general merchandise in a short time. Ed Waters has a fine brick mansion newly completed, within a half mile of Cowpens. Ed will hardly know which one of the boys he is when he find himself reposing in his fine dwelling of rest. Thomas Sellers has erected a large two story house on tho old Mettle road three miles North of Cowpens, and will move into it next week. Capt. John Dev. berry has erected a good tenant house on his plantation. Dr. Jerry Marlin had built the ell part of his house in Cowpens and moved to town. William Waters has just completed the largest and best barn in this community. Wedon Humphries has also com pleted a good barn. Jas. Oglesby is moving to tho old homo place of A. S. Waters. The wood haulers of the Northern section are giving their mules and wagons plenty of work hauling wood to’the.Clifton Mills. Miss Edith Webber had a quilting last Wednesday, and a sociable Wed nesday night. The young folks seemed to enjoy it very much as it was the first one this reason. Miss • Edith is anticipating on making Spar-; tanburg her home after Christmas. ' Her presence will be missed if she I goes. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Martin are liv- j house 1 PStUirS ,n Chn3t 1Ulrnett S , ^ cst suited for applying paint as it does not dry too c. ' B. Martin, principle and tast > therefore not likely to scale or peel, and again, there are no Miss Addio Littlejohn, assistant, lias gnats, Hies or other insects to stick to the paint and present a got a good school in Cowpens. | bad appearance. We have on hand all kinds of painting materi- ... We „ ha ™ a lar K e f c ! 1001 ul Mt ' hIs for house, wagon or buggy and beg to say to those who intend jili'TomYluier» l> uml Tlioinan | P aintin K’ Hiat »c ivill give them* written guarantee on all of Sellars are attending court fbis week , <)U1 ’ paints, namely; 1 bat after being put on three (3) years, as jurymen. j if our paint is not as ffood as any manufactured, we will paint John Spence and wife of Gastonia, ! your house free of charge for paint or cost of applying you se- N. C., are visiting friends and rela- ] ec ting the paint of vour choice. All of our colors are lirst-class lives around and about Cowpens this l 5 1 . . / . wivis me msi, iaas», AUGUSTA LUMBER CO., AUGUSTA. GA- , r <,/ th- and „ .. I- Sterling /Irena- Farms to Rent. F ARMS to KENT.—Sovoral splendid farms to rent. Apply to F. G. Stacy. For Sale. F OR SALE—lean sellynufinebullding lots in all parts of tiie city from fifty to five hundred dollars. James J. Gaffney. F OR SALE. -Good farm. 232 acres, J miles from Gaffney, with jrood dwelling. K. S. Lipscomb. orchard and J. E. WEBSTER, -Attorney Ajt- Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a soecialtv. If You Wish— to hold your rotton. store it in my warehouse. No danger from dam age and ready for^ market at any time. Chartres are reasonable. When you have rotton for sale rail at my ollire. rear of W. <). Llp- si'omb &• tiros’. Hi):hcst prices pal'd. I. S. LIPSCOMB, Fire Insurance Agent. IVoav is-s tiie Time A'penc week. The Methodists had a reception last Friday night, 15c admittance in order to raise money to pay for seats 1 to go in the church. Mrs. Tommy Waters visited her mother-in-law Mrs. R. A. Waters last Saturday night and Sunday. John Hook, of Clemson College, has commenced teaching school at Fair View. Old Dan. as we buy only the best. Who is it Ou this beautiful earth of ours who, sometime dur ing the year does not need seed of some kind? We have on hand, in season, garden, field and lawn seed, clovers, wheat, oats, barley, rye, and in fact yon can obtain any kind of seeds you may need. Our seed business this year has more than doubled itself. Those in need of seeds, fruit trees, strawberry plants or anything in that line call on us. We will take pleasure i v'Ki.Komo.i^TvorTi’i.KiMt, i ss in showing you our stock. We have just received a lot of cah- iimM.nior p urt m-Mff Tho'firm nf f'.l 'hk- j hil Z Q seed to he planted now and sot out in open garden in about h^io.^i’i^uii'/y'ilnR's^Hto^rfiirl'Hliui.'unit'^i'hat weeks, coming in very early next spring—long before our sitw firm win pay th*« sum of one ni'N- common spring plant ing. Those needing window glass and putty will find any size glass here from 8x10x36x44. Odd sizes cut to suit without extra charge. Wo extend an invitation to all to examine our goods and prices, and especially do we wish those suffering from head ache or toothache to come in and get cured free of charge. Our prescription department is furnished with the purest drugs and ohemieals and is in charge of a pharmacest often years practical experience. DKKD DOLLARS forrm-h mid cwry <•«*<■ of ('aturrh that cimiiot hi'curcil by th<‘ use 1 of 11 AU.’H (' AT A 1(1(11 ('HHK. FRANK J. niENEV. Sworn to before me ami suhserlheil In my presenee, this (ith ilny of December, A. I). ''.•(I. ska7.. A. W. GLEASON, f —\ Notary Public. fVSohl by DniKKlstH, 7.V. - —— —Dr. Orr, of Trough, cured I). F. Winton of an ubcess which two other physicians had been treating four, weeks for muscular rheumatism and pronounced him incurable. S. B. CRAWLEY & CO. jfl