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4 , & A-'l :,-M>W :■ "If'- THE liEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., NOVEMBER 12*1896. Seven Months With Fever. Wonderful Krrovory of Health. Mr. Ilnird'f* rapid and marvelous recovery from a mere nkoldoii to Ids normal weight, 27U pounds, was surely the/ud/«t lent of the grandest strenyth-glvlnp and building-up medicine over produced, namely: Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine. J. n. Baird. “Gonllemer —1 wish to express to you my gratitude f ;r the great good that Dr. Milt*' NrtxiM has done for me, 1 was taken sick with typhoid fever and I laid In bed ior seven months. After getting over t ho fever I was thin, nervous and tired, and did not regain my lost strength. I tried several proprietary medicines, and finally, after having been reduced in weight to 190 pounds, 1 oegan trying your AYrcmfl, and at once began to improve. Was finally entirely cured, and today l can say I never felt bet ter in all my i'fo. and weigh 270 pounds. This is my normal weight, aa I measure fifeotu's inches in height." South Rend, Ind. J. 11. RAIRD. Pr. Miles' Nervine is sold on a positive guarantee that the firstliottlo will nenuflt. All druggists t-dl it, at SI, 6 bottles for $5, or it will be o'. nt. j>rei.:iid, on receipt of price by the Ltr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles’ Nervine *“SSi.b GENERAL CONGLOMERATION A 9 in 1 50 Pairs Women’s Oil Grain Shoes, Solid Bottom and Inner Soles, which we will sell at 68c per pair. T11TC WMW CHEAPEST STORE ON EARTH! H. L. PARKS 4 CO. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. OF NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL IN TEREST. Some Short, Some Shorter and all Too ^ Short for a Heading, Yet None to Short to Mention. is a gruesome tiling to look upon, l>ut .here comes a time that \re all are obliged tt> cither use one or some thing in iK stead. I have a first-ckiss one and my . rates are reasonable. EYKRYTIlINHi that comprizes a First-Class Livery Stable is to be found at my place. M. G. Montgomery. l^or 12 sidcn'lid M uh s. 1 rundly I Ioism. In .sh ipt* h.i.-Uiari Colton Mill Sl4N-k. iO Sinn ■ i’u rpau I’otton Mill Stock. :* Slum's Jilrhliuid CiitP)ii Mill Stock. 2 Slum s Vidor Colton Mill Stock. .-<0 Slum • l.iuu stone Springs Lime Co. stock. Apply to F. O. STAt'Y. Gaffney, s. c A PLEA FROM UNION. ( Administrator’s Sale. t’lider :Mid i.y vi i i ne of aul liorlty of an or- ler paswd by t Iim .1 udge of J’rohut*' forSpar- tauhurg county I will expose to public wile, il t hr late resideiicu of Irvine Surratt, de- •rasrd. on sal ur lay. the 71 ti day of Noveni- lier, next, lidwreii the liours of to o'clock, a. la. and 12 oVIouk. in.. I he following nanied proiwrly iH'longing to sai<l estate: One mule, a lot of corn and i >dd<T. farming tiMilN. household and kitchen furniture,etc. Terms i»f sale, cash. 1. O. Saukatt. Adrn'r. Irvine Sarratt, dec'd. Oct. 301 h. ixim. Notice Against Trespass. N OTICE I . In rdiy given tiiat persons must not tresspas* on our lands for any pur pose whatever No liuntlng, tlshlng. or any other kind of sport allowed. I,. O. IIVAHS. T. f l. Md itAW, .1. T. llt'MrillllKM. N OTICE. The putillC are strictly forhld- don the privilege of shooting or netting Luds on my place known as the Mowry lauds m Union county, S. Jl-6-St •I. E. lelterles. Let the stewards of the Methodist church hour in mind that their final meeting is next Saturday at ‘2 o’clock. At the First Ihipti t Church Sun day night Rev B. 1’. Robertson will preach a Fpecial sermon to the ladies on “The Sphere of Women.” The colored Ministers and Deacon’s institute meets today at 10 o’clock a. m. Let all the colored people who can attend, as it will do them good. The city was full of busy people on last Saturday. Tim Ledger had many calls from the throng and it was really encouraging to hear them talk new county. Jordan Blackwood who lived three miles from Cowpens died Nov. 2nd. He was 88 years old and spent nearly all his life in this county. The good citizen was buried at Macedonia. M. L. Ross has sold his business at Shelby to his former partner, Mr. Skates, and will probably move to Gaffney. Doc’s many friends will be glad to have him conuo and join us. In last week’s paper we said Treas urer Kbps would be here to collect tax on the 12th and Idth of December, when wo should have said November. We regret very much the error, but they will creep In unawares. Wo invite your especial attention to the many new county arguments presented to our readers this week by our correspondents. They are all able, conservative and not one advises you not to listen to the arguments of the opponent of a new county inr to stay away from their meetings and their places of business. Again we are lorced to ask the kind indulgence of some of our correspondence. We have been forced to omit a number this week on account of not having the space. Be patient, brethren, wejean’t get out a New York Herald yet but if we suc ceed in getting this new county we will make some of these people open their ey< s. We will try to print all the left-over communications next week. We have a postal from Felix (Dock) Littlejohn, of Revenna, deny ing that he is a new county man. He asks us to make the correction, which wo cheerfully do. We beg also to state that the statement that he was a new county man come to this office through an acquaintance of Mr. Littlejohn whom ho had led to believe he was in favor of the new county. We h ave heard of two men, both opposed to the new county, who have said that they would not believe any thing they saw in this paper. Boor, deluded men! That is prejudice of the very worst kind. We feel truly sorry for you. If either of you can place your finger on one false state ment that has ever eminated from this office we will present you with the finest hut in town. The trouble is, you have been reading somebody else’s lies and giving credit to the wrpng paper. "Enterprise” is opposed to the far mer getting more for his “wood and produce,” and cares nothing for the operatives of any mill except the “Gaffney cotton mill,” and in his ex treme solicitude for them goes square back on the farmer, the man who makes everything that we eat, and does not want his products increased in value, and from an unusual full ness of his heart says: “Do not im pose on the operatives of the Gaffney cotton mills by compelling them to have to pay higher for their necessi ties.” The “operatives of Gaflney cotton mills” are up to date people and are not at all afraid that the far mers will get too much for their “wood and produce.” — • -*•*- • — Henrietta Happenings. (Correspondence cf The Ledger.) Henrietta,X. C., Xov.9.—Mr. Ja:k Campbell arrived here last Saturday with a large drove of fine hogs. He is selling at -He per lb. Chickenpox have visited Henrietta, but no serious dumuge done, except they have left there sine. Mr. Willie Walker and Miss Minnie Gamble were made one on the the first Sunday. With the marriage ceremony she enters a new world, but it is with her a world from whence she cannot ieturn. If the man of her choice bo an upright, pure man with manly traits of char acter, industrious and honest, in the majority of cases she is to blame if it be not to ber a world of happiness. Mr. Cletus Hippy, of Karls, X. C., and James Austell, of Stieey Shoal, visited the Misses Davises Saturday and Sunday last. Tiie sociable at Mrs.George Brown’s proved a success. Wo are wishing for another. Mr. B. Ivey will start to Baltimore in a few days to lay in a new supply of goods. Miss Covering,of Shelby,is visiting friends and relatives at this place; also Miss Minnie Palmer has been visiting here. Miss Janie Hicks and your humbly servant spent a very pleasant day out in the country lust Sunday. Sal Joe. People You Know and People You Don’t Know. G. W. McKown, of Mercer, was in the city Tuesday and paid The Led ger a pleasant visit. Mr. McKown is a now county man and is anxious that we get the new county. 1*. C. Garvin and K. H. Blanton, of Bnion county, were among the hust ling planters here Friday. Both are new county advocates. Wm. Jefferies, of Homo, was in thn city Friday on business. Jjo Kennedy, of Mercer, was a vis itor to the city Friday. Joe is a hustler. John Blanton was among the new county folks in the city Friday. Henry Ross went to Shelby Thurs day on business. John Humes, of Union county, was in the city Friday on business. J. M. O’Sullivan was in the city several days last week putting in a patented well bucket made by the Morgan IronWorks, of Spartanburg. Bert Ramsey was in town Saturday and Sunday. He is as guy as ever and everybody was glad to see him. Bert is now at Greenville, Tom hav ing closed up his Anderson exchange. Will Ambler was ambling around the city Sunday, greeting his host of friends. Will is always a welcome visitor to Gaffney. Col. T. Stobo Farrew, after spend ing a few days at Glenn Springs, re turned to Gaffney on Monday and left for Washington, D. C., Tuesday morning. The colonel Is a strong new county man and has hosts of friends in Gaffney, his homo city. Wm. Smith, col., of Webster, was here Saturday and renewed his sub scription to The Ledger. William is a new county man; he is also a good farmer and is well liked by all the white folks in his neighborhood. Charles Davis, of Wilkinsville, was in the city last Saturday on business. It has been told that Mr. Davis was opposed to the new county, but Mr. Davis is not; Mr. Davis says he is a new county man and that means much in his section. L. M. Cobb, of Maud, a staunch now county man, was in the city Monday and renewed his subscription to The Ledger. J. T. Blackwood, of ^laud. was in the city this week. Like all his up to date section, he is for the new county. , J. K. Burton was in the city Mon day, s.nd paid The Ledger a pleasant visit. He was on his way to Shelby. ti. 8. C. (juinn is an authorized agent of The Ledger. He is author ized to take subscriptions for the pa per and receipt for them. Hamlet Smith, of Allgood, wss in the city Saturday. Hamlet says he is going to vote for the new county. K. Z. Hicks, of Kzells, was in the city lust Saturday. Mr. Hicks is a thorough-going farmer and merchant and like tiie up to date man that he is, he is a strong new county man. Miss Mary Hart, of Yorkville, is visiting Mrs. J. D. Jones. Miss Montgomery, of Alabama, is the guest uf Mrs. J. V. Surratt. Cleve and Theo. Bright were in town yesterday. Both are new county men and they say Thickety Mountain is full of them. Elzy Tate is a new county man. He has been opposed to the new county until recently. He is now in favor of it and will do all he can to get the new county. C. C. Davis, of Union county, has been oppooed to ahe new county un til this week. Mr. Davis is now in favor of the new county. F. M. tiamer, of Macedonia, was in the city Tuesday. Mr. Garner is not only a good farmer but Ja new county.man and a Lelgerite. Rev. and Mrs. ti. M. Boyd, of Trough, were in tiie city yesterday visiting their numerous friends. Kv- erybody is always glad to see Mr. and Mrs. Boyd. Mr. Boyd says: “There is not a great deal of opposition to the new county in my neighborhood and those 'opposed to it are not bitter injtheir opposition. I believe|you$will get the new county.” Mr. Boyd is high in his praise of the good people of his charge and is delighted with them. T. 1). tioudelock, and sistir, Miss A. K. tioudelock, of Gowdeyville were in the city Tuesday. Mr. tioudelock was opposed to the new county at first but says he will now vote for it. — — • • — Saddened Homes. Two homes in tiaffnevare saddened this week by tiie taking off of dear little ones. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Al exander and Mr. and Mr. Ruth have the sympathy of the entire commun ity in the loss of their children. May He who guides tiie destiny of man kind give them sufficient grace to say “Thy will bedone.” $ioo Reward $ioo. Tli<* reader* of this paper will Im> pleased to lean, that there is at least one dreaded dis ease i hat science has heen aide to cure In all Its si lures, and that Is Catarrh. Hall s ( n- larrli (Jure Is the only positive eure known to the medleal fraternity. Catarrh Ireinir a constitutional disease, issiulres n constitu tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh t lire is taken Internally, actlrtjr directly n|xm the frhssl and nrueous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and ttlvlnx the pal lent strciiKlh hy hulldldir up the constitution and asslstlnu nature to oo its work. Tire proprietors have so much faith in Its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any ease that It falls to cure. Send for list of testi monials. Address, K. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo,O. Unsold hy DruttKlsis, 7.V. For Rent. T f) KENT The five ntom* up over my store In tiie Dok'Kett liulldfriK. Terms reasonuhie. J, L. Alexander. Farms to Rent. *ARMt< TO RENT.-Several splendid farms to rvuL Apply to F. U. Stacy. The Needs of Today Compared With Anti-Bellum Days. (Corrcspondonce of The Ledger.) The counties of Spartanburg, York and Union are largo for the con venience of their citizens. In anti- bellum times no one was required to serve as a juror except be was a free holder. There was not more than one-third the voting population then that there new is, therefore there was not more, perhaps, than one-third the suits in the courts and not more than one-third the jury and witness duty required. Then only free-holders were jurors. Now all who arc con sidered capable by lhe authorities are liable to be drawn as jurors and it is a sore trial, a great inconvenience, and a costly trip for a poor man to be required togo twenty-fiveor thirty miles as juror or witness, to stay a week from his hoim ; family and business, and when he has summed up his week’s work he finds he has lost a week and has no gain. Another reason is that the counties are so large and so many suits are being brought that when you have a case you arc Required to ’go, take your witnesses from court to court for, of ten times, a series of years before you can get a case tried, thus entail ing a heavy expense on all parties concerned. The writer knows of more than one case of this sort on the civil side of the court docket where the cases have heen put off from time to time for years because the court could not reach the case. This ought not to be. Often times the innocent suffer while the guilty go unpunished because of the inability of the courts to reach the cases. The counties are so large that the proper officers cannot properly execute the laws among so many persons scat tered over so large territories, how ever efficient and willing they may be to do their duty. Until the end of the war the proprietor of a farm or plantation had supreme control of all the negroes he owned and hired. The civil or criminal court as now known had very rarely anything to do with him and his. But now how changed! A large majority of the cases in our criminal and civil courts come from that source, hence the necessity, of making smaller counties sons to terminate these cases at as early a periodjas possible and with as little cost as possible to the citizen or State. If the counties were not more than thirty miles square every citizen in it could react) his county seat by time the courts are called, returning to his home after the usual adjourn ment, thus saving u hotel .bill and keeping in his pocket his days wages for his future needs. Just so could the .vitnesses and all concerned in the courts do. I know the town people and boarding house men would be glad to have us stay and spend the night—and our money, too—bqt see ing we could return to ot^r houses .ce would feel it our duty and to our in terest to do so. Again, will our taxes be increased if the new county is formed as now proposed by cqttmg off certain por tions of Spgrtanburg, Union and York? Suppose we take the county items. The county officers with three exceptions are paid by their fees—tlte clerk, sheriff, probate judge, master in equity and coroner. The school commissioner, the auditor and treasurer are paid by the county, but that will not increase our taxes, for we pay now our pro rata share to the said officers in the counties to which we belong, and when it is made a new county ou.* pro rata shares will be transferred from the old counties and the three shares os now paid will make up the salaries of those officers —the legislature fixing the school commissioner’s sHary according to the scholars and school fund in his county; so with the treasurer and auditor, each one has his salary fixed according to what he does or collects —so while we will have these officers close in our reach, they will not cost us any more than they do now. OUR RESOURCES. To begin with, we have within our borders the finest water powers on Broad River, owning both sides of that river from the North Carolina line to the head of Ninety-nine Isl and. Wo have in the proposed county exhaust less limestone quarries, lead, gold, monosite,marble and inexhaust- able beds of the finest iron ore. Prof. Lieber, who made the geologi cal survey of this state in about the ye*r 1857-58, said, when standing on tiilkoy’s mountain, his view extended over territory richer in minerals than could be seen from any other point in this state. Then we have in this boundary the A. tt C. Airline from about Kings Mountain to near Cowpens—’ say about twenty-five miles of the finest railroad in the South. Also we have lime kilns, stoneware fac tories and two very fine cotton mills in successful operation, besides we have Gaffney City and Blacksburg, two wide-awake, thriving towns with very fine educational institutions for both male and female. I need not mention these by name for their re cord has gone far abroad. Last but not least. Our people are a thrifty, wide-awake, industrious, intelligent, moral and high-toned peo ple. By the new county we will gain one Senator from a white county thua strengthening cur neighbors of York, Union and Spartanburg in the general assembly of the state. Union County. Progress Demands It. Gaffney. S. C.. Nov. 9.—Admit ting all that lias heen said and writ ten in regard to the new county, for and against, so far as ih" bounds of truth and respect williirluiit, the nec essity still demands action. Be sure you are right and then vuti cun act without fear of regret. For “Honor and shame from no condition' rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.” » Now, we know that free thinking people know that consideration is due to all things, and that free people will go on thinking and acting; also, we know that there are two classes of people and only two in every un dertaking, the lifters and leaners— one class are always lifting away at some enterprise ; tlte other class are always leaning or dead to every en terprise, or simply a dog in the wheel of progress. One class expect something, for they aim to do some thing; the other class expect nothing for they aim to oppose everything that requires thought and effort, Now. is this true? Well, then, the majority of the people in this pro posed cutoff ask for it simply be cause they know it will bo to their interest and better prosperity, and not only the.ir own, but of every one else within the bounds proposed. While we know some few men whom we believe to be honest men and good citizens, too, that oppose the move ment, because, they have not allowed the light to bo turned on that would cut them loose from the influences that hold them. They will admit that it is not against their general interests; that it is a growing neces sity. The good that this new form ation will effect has been recognized for several years by many of onr best citizens. Then let December 8 bring us the privileges that we should en joy. Then, if it be a burden, as cer tain outsiders have claimed—let them at least be silent, and let us choose for ourselves. Then again, they say: Why not let the son remain with the father, and be content under his gov ernment? Simplj because he has outgrown the day of subjection and necessity demands for him the right to exercise his own authority, to gov ern his own household, to manage his own affairs, which muketh a glad father, and though forming two dis tinct governments, yet severs not co-operation between them. Now, we know that the new forma tion is reasonable and just and no considerate man should oppose it. It would relieve many of that very un pleasant expense,of those nighu from home, from those expenses for travel, board and lodging, expense's often in excess of our taxes, and a record of which in detail—if ft were possible to secure such a record^-would es tablish our claim for separate county government beyond the shadow of a doubt. ^jThen again, this formation is asked for simply for the general good of all. And—without reflecting on any , official whQ;nsoever-~are we not able to manage our county government here at home as cheaply, as efficient ly as our neighbors cun for us? Let every citizen assert his man hood on December 8 and secure for himself and children that which is justly their own inheritance—Lime stone county! Gleaner. ORDER FOR ELECTION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * Kxkcctivk CHAMIIKK. t WmcitKA*. h petition sifftiMl l»y tin’ <|tiail- fled clw’lortt of cortalii Mvtlniitt of Spartnn- burur. Union und York COuntleH have lievn tiled wit Ii tne, and from said petition and aecompanylnif papers It appears, i liat mte- tlilrd of the <|Ui>lltfed eleetors residing with in the area of cmHi seetlon of the said old counties proposed to be eut off for a neV county have signed said petition mid. WHKiir.AS, the Itoundurles of the proposed new county, the Vro|Mised name, the imtulter of inhabitants, the area, tin 1 taxable prop erty as shown hy t he list tax returns, and that the prO)MMed lines for the new county do not run within eight miles of any court house building now established, are set fort h in said pel It Ion. NOW. therefore, I. John Gary Evans. Gov ernor of I lie State of Sout h t 'arolina. In com pliance with the miulreruents of the Act of Hie Generally Assembly entitled. “An Act to provide for the formation of New CouutUM. etc.." approved March tith. IWti. do hereby order an election In the territory to l*e cut off for the new county, on Tuesday, the eighth day of December. A. D.. IMSi. to lie held in accordance with the requirements of said Act. at which election the electors shall vote • - Yes" or "No” upon the question of creating the new county and upon the name and county seat of the proposed new county. In Tkstimosy WiiKitnoK. 1 have hereunto set my hand and cause the Great Seal of the State to lie affixed at Columbia this twelfth day of of Octolter. A. D.. IsiHi. and in the one hundred and twenty-first year of the Inde pendence of the Unitko Status of Amkuica. By t he Governor: Jno. Gary Evans. D. H. TompkjnS. Secty. of State. Tiie proposed territory to lie taken off from Spartanburg county anil to lx* incorporated In the proposed new county is its follows: Beginning tit tlie mouth of Brown's branch ami running up branch Tri.tiO chains to where G. \V. Vchstcr now lives, placing him in the proposed new county, thence S. 7> W. fiti.Si to rock. N. K. corner lot of I'acolet Manufact uring Company, at Brown’s old mill, thence N. 121 \V. l.Y") with line of said Com pany's lot to rock, thence S. 45 \V. a.ei to maple, thence same course S7 links to I'acolet river, thence with said river up stream 7.:(ti to stake on I'acolet. thence X. itl leaving II. L. C. Murph In old county. —llumnictt in new county. Hammett school house, near cross roads, in old county. Mrs. Mary Brown In proposed new county. \\\ .Vm.KO chains to stake one mile east of the town of Cowpens. thence X. 21 NY. M chains to line of Limestone Township, thence West with said Township so chains to -oathwest corner of said Township, thence north l<W.s6 chains with line of Limestone Township to marked line running N. 24 W. leaving Joel IVtly and Cleveland Gossett in old county, passing through house of J.G. I'owell. leav ing Andy Martin in Spartanburg county, also house of M rs. I'rice. placing Cooks house anil Peter Martins In new county, passing through store house of Tinch Martin, hut leaving Ills dwelling house in Spartanburg county, leaving John Walker and Mrs. Cudd In Spartanburg county, TKa.tWi chains to stake on North Carolina line, thence with said line to middle of Broad river, thence down the center of said river to center of said river opposite I'acolet river, thence up I'acolet river to mouth of Brown’s branch, tteglnnlng point, including tiie voting pre cincts of Maud. Ezells. Macedonia. Thickety. White Plains. Janies Allens. Grassy Pond and Gaffney, now established by law. B. A. HOLMES & CO., — deaLersin — STAPLE AX'D FAN'CY GROCERIES. CON FECTIONERIES. CIGARS. TO BACCO, FRUITS. ETC. All Goods Fresh and New. Prices us Low as the Lowest. For Sale. F OR SALE I can sell you fine building UMh In ail parts of the city from lit'ty to tivo hundred dollars. James J. Gaffney. F OR SALE.—Good farm. 'Sti acres. J miles from Gaffney, with g»«>d orchard and dwelling. R. S. LipscamK Wanted. W ANTED. 20.0011 bundles fodder and 1.000 bushels corn. J. G. Spencer. Notice. N OTICE.—All persons having claims. against the estate of Giles Thompson, deceased, will please present them at once to R. S. LIPSCOMB. :it-ll-12-!)ti Administrator. N OTICE.—I will have a car load of mules. horses and hogs today and t hey must be sold. J. G. Spencer. I >lf foreiit "W ay» of Talking. Sonic people talk with their mouths and others with their fingers. We talk through our goods, so call at “The 2 Johns’* Store and see our nice line of goods. A fresh lot of Canned Goods and Barrel Pickles just fnr, also a hig line of Tinware of all discription, cheaper than the cheapest. When you are in town he sure to get our prices before leaving. Yours for business, 5pake & Blanton. Steam F’ittinjgrs-* We now have on hand a complete assort ment of Steam Pipe, Ells, Tees, Bushings, Nipples, Unions, etc., etc. Also all kinds of Fittings for Saw Mills and Cotton Gins, together with the tools for doing all work in this line, and will be glad to serve you at any time. Prices always reasonable. J. Q. Galloway & Son. Don’t Forget! 1 am still a Candidate"* For Trad**, Kuhjoct to ttlllttg hungry people. Call next door to Bee Hive a and be convinced. JuHt Received. A Fresh Lot of Lowney’s Chocolate Candles, also a nice assortment of Oakes and this year’s Nuts Just In. Every day In the week at :t*> and 4> cents per quart. Telephone orders re ceive prompt and cah'ful attention. Ring up Telephone No. tt. Chas. G. Ervin. . S-