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VOL. HI. NO. 4<>.
OUR IRON INDUSTRY OF OLD.
A HISTORY OF HOW IT WAS
CONDUCTED.
Mr. William Little, One of the First
Iron Workers in This Section,
Tells of Its Growth and
Developement.
(Correspondence of The Lodger.)
BLM KsiiVKo, s. Deo. 10, ISOfJ —
Kditoh of Tmc T.EixiKH: I seen in
your paper of tho 7lli November an
enquiry with regard to the iron
manufacture in this section of the
country. You make the enquiry of
Dr. Black, but he says that he does
not know any thing about dates,
therefore 1 take the liberty of trying
to put you right in regards to some
of the dates and persons who com
menced making iron in this counti}.
Col. Hill built and operated a blast
furnace on Allison creek in York
county before the Revolutionary war
and made cannons for the continen
tals. His moulder was an Irishman
name Calhoun who was caught by the
British and hung to make him tell
where Col. Hill was, but Calhoun was
trueto his employer and did not be
tray him. The 1 British burned the
building and leftCalhoun hanging,who
was cut down and restored to life by
a very faithful negro of Hill’s, who
l, n d witnessed the whole proceedings
>m his place of concealment. Cal
houn was of the same stock of J. C.
Calhoun.
I was well acquainted with two of
Col. Hill’s sons, John and Alexander
Hill. Alexander lived to an old age.
Their father had left them well oft.
The next to begin the iron making
in York county was a Maj. Bird from
Pennsylvania, who came south with
several slaves when they were about
to be freed in this state. He had
been carrying on iron works in l onn-
fcsylvania and had some expert iron
workers among his slaves two of \\ horn
I was acquainted with. Bird buiit
JLa forge and put a furnace for mak
ing blister steel on a little creek in
'^ork county, about eight miles east
of Cherokee Ford.
The next man to go into the iron
business in this state was Col. \\ ilson
Nesbit. During the war of 1812 he
built and operated the Cowpens fur-
nace for the purpose of makin^Mplt
pans and other castings. »ng
that i\lr. John Fullenwiler was realiz
ing a fortune b' th* pan and casting
business he then put a lorge on
Thickety creek and liavax, several
negro men lie placed some of them
with Mr. Fullenwiler and had them
taught to be refiners and bloomers
of iron. After operating his furnace
and forge for some years he sold to
Capt. Wm. Clark—early in the
thirties or sooner. In 183.) or .»(> he
built what was known as the FJlen
Furnace down the creek three or
three and a hv.lf miles below Gaffney.
He had accumulated a large body
of land, finely timbered in virgin
forest.
At tho meeting of the legislature
in 1S3»> Nesbit went to Columbia
and organized the Cooperville
Iron Manufacturing Co. They then
sold their old furnace, landsjmd
hands at along price and in 1837 the
company contracted with Mr. Moses
Stroup to build a forge and rolling
mill at Cherokee Ford on Broad
River.
There is a mistake with regard to
the starting the iron business on the
east side of the river. Mr. Jacob
Stroup under the patronage of Mr.
John Fulenwiler came down from
Lincoln county. He built a forgo
on Kings Creek and made iron, and
money, too. When lie got far enough
ahead lie built a furnace on King’s
Creek ajshort distance’below where the
Rutherford and Chester road crosses
the creek and then moved his forge up
on Broad River to what is known as
Cherokee Falls. In 182‘.) Stroup sold
to Boyce Johnston and Black.
Capt. Jus. Black, president and
manager, then improved the
place and increased the capacity of
the forgo and built a rolling mill for
rolling blooms intobfire or hand iron.
Jt was known as Blatk’s works until
he was elected to congress, when
a Mr. Swann was made agent.
Stroup built a foundry, forge, roll
ing mill and nail factory which was
conducted by ^agents for about
ten or eleven yynrs and failed and
passed into hAtids ,of Col. Wade
Hampton and Cq^Frank Klmer.
They carried on ttwlw'orks by agents
and placed men that had no practi-
eal knowledge of’lhe the business us
agents and superintendents and it was
but a short time until they had to
sell the place and retire with a
heavy debt hanging over them. The
sulewasin 18r><> and Col. Hampton
paid the .Hcbt to the l^st cent in
187)1. The property witsVdd to Col.
Charles Hainmeisculd agent for the
“wedish Iron MtHLifucturing Co.
ammorscold was ■nfortunat* in
ivlng one of tho Mghest freshets
GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY,
in about
weeks after he got
ever known in Broad River
a month or six
possession of the place, which done a
great deal of damages to the works
and dam, which cost thousands to re
pair, which soon exuusted the funds
that the company had advanced and
created dissatisfaction in the com
pany. They removed him from
being president and manager of the
company and made Mr. George Cam
eron president and A. M. Latham
manager or agent of the works.
Neither of them knew anything
about the business and they were as
unfortunate as Col. Hammerscold
after their first year. That year
Cameron leased the works to practi
cal men who enabled the company to
pay the interest for that year on the
debt they had assumed to the bank
for the original company and had a
sediment left which was the first it
had been ’paid. The three men
that operated the foundry forge and
roll mill made -t 1,200 clear of the
works that year.
I see that you have been misin
formed with regard to the building
of the first furnace at Cherokee Ford.
The first furnace there was built in
1840 a twin or double furnace. I‘re-
vious to that they had built one on
People’s Creek between the ford and
their Ellen furnace, something over a
mile from the ford, built I think in
1838 or .’if).
I will Jnow give some information
with regard to the quality of »he ore
and the iron made from it in 1841.
When the foundation of the Custom
House in Charleston, which is light-
wood piles, was put down the piles
were driven by a 2,200 pound steam
hammer. They had to he banded on
the head with 2x4 inch iron. They
got the best Swedish and Norwegeun
iron they could at 0 or 7 cents per
pound, which would only drive (> piles
to the band and many broke.
Mr. Cameron sent to this place,
Cherokee Ford, and I. or I might say
we, prepared and sent them a lot of
iron that drove eighteen piles to the
band and would no; break then, but
riped apart at the weld, that costing
the contractors 44 instead of 0 or 7
cents.
In 1814 Mr. Cameron had a lot of
blooms made at Cherokee Ford, and
shipped them to Shefield England
and had some of them converted into
steel and hud cuttlery of all kinds
made, among others a set of sergical
instruments for which he received a
a gold medal at the South Carolina
fair in 185.). The iron made from
this magnetic lead was tested at the
navy yard of the United States in
the thirties and stood a strain of 7<>
tons to the square inch ever any
oilier they could get or tested. That
test was to tear a square inch
asunder end way?.
I write this hoping it will do more
for this country sometime in the
future than your now county.
What I have written is from an in
timate and practical acquaintance
with the subj-ct from the first of
January 1830 until the 30th March
1871, when ! rolled the last band of
iron that was rolled in South Caro
lina on Sunday morning at 2 o’clock
in the morning.
One thing I very near forgot is to
tell that I was in Riclimond’in March,
18(53, and was in Major Thomas’ ollice,
assistant chief of ordinance for the
Confederate States and on looking over
some hundreds of specimens of iron
and ore I picked one up that I
had prepared of cast iron some
months before for my employer, Col.
R. R- Bridges, member of Congress
for Confederate States. The Major
told me that was tho only metal in
his ollice made into cannons that
would throw 1,000 balls without frac
turing.
I have been in a study since I stop
ped writing the foregoing and there
is some mistakes with regard to
building of the Ellen Furnace and
the organizing of Cooperville Iron
Manufacturing Company. Instead
of 183(5 it should have been 1834.
I will make an alternation and place
it right Jus Jit ought |to be. I would
like to be the means of starting some
capitalists to build a steel furnace.
It would be a paying business for
one who understood the practical part
of the blast business. It would have
been going ahead now if some of those
that did not know a piece of iron
from a lump of granite had kept their
mouths shut and let their pens be
still. But they wrote and told every
thing but the truth and disgusted the
men that came down here to look for
a place to invent their capital. Sev
eral came and were disappointed and
went buck and probably each one
stopped three or four others from
coming.
You can use what you see proper
of what I have written, if any of it is
worth using, if not throw it in the
Art. If you should wish any further
information with reward to tho mag-
netic ore and the iron made from it
drop me a card to Blacksburg, box
27.
Excuse my bad writing and com
posing as my right arm and hand
have been partially parahzed for the
last seven or eight years and my
brain may bo in the same condition.
I will expect to see some notice of
the magnetic ore and Iron as it may
benefit this part of the country.
Yours,
w, l.
CONGRESS TAKES A HOLIDAY
THE BI-METALIC UNION IN
SESSION IN WASHINGTON.
Senator Allen’s Resolution for the In
vestigation ot the Use of Money
in the Cmpaign Causes
a Commotion.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Washington, I). C., Dec. 18, 18%.
—Whether it is becausojCongress has
got Christmas in its bones, or that
the individuals who have been oller-
ing the warlike resolutions and mak
ing the we-are-ready-to-fight Cuban
speeches in both House and Senate
do not. represent the existing senti
ment in t hat body as a whole, you
can guess for yourself, but it is very
certain that none of the excitement
reported by telegram from various
sections of the country as resulting
in numerous volunteers to light for
Cuba has been exhibited in Congress.
Senator Morgan made a regular war
speech on his very peaceable resolu
tion, which was adopted by the Sen
ate, calling on the President for all
the Cuban information in his posses
sion, that in his judgment may prop
erly be given, but it was made to
empty seats and aroused nothing
even approaching enthusiasm. In
stead of preparing for war, the aver
age Senator and Representative is
preparing to enjoy his Christmas.
Whatever may be 'lone when Con
gress reassembles, everybody can go
ahead with their Christmas prepara
tions with the certainty that
their enjoyment will not be
broken in upon by the harsh tocsin
of war; but no such guarantee can
be given against indigestion.
The executive committee of the
Bimetallic Union is in session in
Washington; discussing ways and
means of continuing the tight for
silver. Sometime ago it was stated
that when this committee met, there
would be a genital conference of the
silver leaders, i.icluding Mr. Bryan,
but up to this time, no such general
conference has been held and none
seems to be contemplated. Gen.
Warner, president of the union, says
work will be kept up by that or
ganization in a quiet way. He is too
old a political) to suppose that gen
eral public interest can be kept cen
tered upon any question after a cam
paign has closed. #
Senator Allen’s resolution for the
investigation of the use of money in
the late Presidential campaign has
caused more commotion than ap
pears on the surface. There are a
great many people who would dis
like very much to see such an in
vestigation made, for one or another
reason, but it is needless to that they
are not among the supporters of the
recent Presidential aspirations of Mr.
Bryan. Mr. Allen says he intends to
push his resolution and nearly all of
the silver democratic Senators and
all of the populists have indicated
their intention to support it. Sena
tor Allen says of tho resolution : “I
framed the resolution so as to in
clude all parties, and I do not see
how the Senate can refuse to pass
it. The matter is attracting atten
tion all over the country, and cer
tainly if there is a blot on the elec
tion it should be exposed and wiped
out, or at least, a wholesome warn
ing given that the offense is not to be
repeated.”
Senators will not admit that any
attempt is being made to defeat the
nomination of Secretary Francis, but
the fact that the Senate Finance
committee, which is now in charge
of the nomination, at the suggestion
of Senator Vest decided not to take
the matter up until after the Christ
mas recess, is causing much talk. It
is said that Senator Vest merely
wants to hang the nomination up
until the Missouri legislature has
re-elected him to the Senate.
Prominent republicans, includine
Chairman Dingley, promptly denied
the rumor that they v.ere preparing
to attempt to rush the tariff bill,
upon which the majority of the
House Ways and Means committee
are now working, through this Con
gress during tho closing days of the
session, so as to avoid an extra ses
sion of Congress. That there are
prominent republicans who would
gladly avoid an extra session is cer
tain, but that they are not likoly to
adopt such a useless method of try-
to do so as this rumor indicated is
also certain. Neither will they try
to pass tho Dingley bill at this ses
sion.
In providing for its holiday recess
Congress took the limit, two weeks
fro|n Dec. 22nd to Jan. nth. Some
members may have voted for this
long holiday just from a grown-up
boyish feeling that holidays can
never be too long, but there is more
than a suspicion that others did so
because it would reduce the probabil
ity of anything being done at this
session except to pass the appropria-
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DECEMBER 24, 180G. ,
rSTTIBJSi
THE SAGE OF-ETTA' JANE
■ >7 : . ..loiLrioqioo o.i.'oyiu ca di >r
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tion bills. The,Loud bill to exclude
all sample copies of newspapers and
all serial publications, not newspaper,
from the advantages of the pound
postage rates was discussed in (lie
House long enough to develop that
it has an opposition stout enough to
make its passage at this session a
mat ter of doubt, although a test vote
showed a small majority in its favor.
Much amusement was created in
the Senate when Senator Aldrich in- j
terrupted Senator Vest, who was
miking a tariff and financial speech, !
to call his attention to Ins statements
not being in accord with position of
his grand leader, Mr. Cleveland,
t^uick as a flash Mr. Vest turned upon j
the Rhode Island Senator and said : |
‘‘My former leader,” with marked
accent on ‘‘former.” His earnest
ness was greeted with shouts of
laughter.
SENDS US THE N^W3> FROM
LOWER CHEROKEE. Oi.T
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A Disgusting Sight is a Ytwng Man
With a Pistol or a^Bottle in His
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(OcrrospUn<K , nco ,t>C The Lejlseivj ;
Etta Jank, S. C.. Dpc. 21 .-^Through
the urbanity of I’rof. A.' ‘F. ‘McKhj-
sick, of the Alabama. I’olyttchnio In
stitute, of AfBnVrhj Ala.; I am in pos
session of a number, Qf . Cp'^fcd^fJMtf
ballads, printed in •‘excellent style.
A daughter of the Confederacy^ is
now working a banner forCamp Giles
Buffalo.
(CoiTesi)omlf-nce of The Ledger.)
BrtTALo, Dec. 22.—Mr. Editor:
As Buffalo went 42 to 1 for the new
county I hope you will allow me |
space in your columns for a few jots.
Although we have had but Mule busi
ness relation with the people of Gaff
ney showed them that we had no , .
lack of coiiliiferice in their a hi I- ^en now-ax ays is a young-mar* ^Ui
U. C. V., which will be presented tt)
the camp at its meeting ,at umpp
Jan. 4ih, 181)7. Let there be a full
turn out of the veterans to greet It
with an old time ‘Rebel yeU.’V
The most disgusting sight to be
ity to carry out their CtKllruct to
build a court house ond jail and nosV
instead of being from 25 td 30 miles
from the county seat we are only
about eight and instead of paying
•i'l.Ot) rail road fare to go to York-
ville we can soon hitch up to our
vehicles in the morning and for a
very small outlay for ferriage, we
can go to the court house and back
home the same day. If our taxes
should Le a few cents higher than
at present thej convenience would
more than overbalance it.
Christinas will soon be here Santa
Clause is laying in a supply to
suit every age and condition of life.
While he will abundantly supply the
children with toys he will kindly
remember some of our grown up peo
ple with help meets or help eats as
some style them. He brought Mr.
0. E. Blackwell one prematurely.
He was united in the bonds of mat
rimony with Miss Hattie Bridges
last Wednesday. Rev. T. II. Mulli-
nnx of Grover, N. 0. officiated. Their
friends wish them, a successful jour
ney though life. And as leap year
is drawing to a close I would suggest
to all bachejors to kindly remember
the old maids on Chrismas eve night
by hanging up their stocking. That
will be my last contrivance to get a
wife. I have plead in vain for one
with Cupid “lo these many years”
and now I am going to try Santa
Claus. I will report the result of my
experiment in my next letter.
Rev. G. P. Hamrick of Henrietta
N. C. lias been chosen to supply
Buffalo church for 1K!)7 and Rev.
Mr. Walker of Gaffney to supply
Mt. Pareu.
Miss Maggie Holt of Gaffney is
visiting relations in this community.
W . P. Talbert one of our homely
bachelors was talking yesterday of
going prospecting in a few days
but didn’t say what his prospect
would be. Some of our young people
are going to spend Christmas with
distant relatives.
BaCIIKIX)!!.
remaining in
office
Unclaimed Letters.
List of letters
uncalled for to date :
W. C. Bonner.
Win. L. A. Crawford.
Miss CleoCulngham.
Miss Kate Garrett.
Miss Hariet Henderson.
Mrs. E. M. H armon.
Rev. J. 11. Johnson.
Miss Isabelle Junatte.
Miss Laura Lowe.
Miss Bell Land.
Mrs. Ada Moore.
Mr. S. G. Hinly.
Mr. George Sloan.
Mr. John W. Smith.
Mrs. Lizzie Stevens.
L. L. Service.
Miss Ana W’ither.
N. B.—Persons calling for these
letters will please say advertised in
The Ledges.
T. H. Littlejohn,
Oct. 25), 189(5. p. M.
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Bismark and Wales.
Last summer George W. Smalley,
the famous correspondent and man
of letters, went abroad In the inter
ests of The Ladies’ Home Journal.
His commission was to write two
articles: one on “The Personal Side
of Bismark,” and the other on ‘‘The
Personal Side of the Prince of Wales.”
Mr. Smalley personally knows
both men, and he had no difficulty in
in getting into Hose touch with them,
while other men would have found
insurmountable harriers. The first
of these articles will ho printed in
tho January issue of the Journal.
Unpublished portraits will illustrate
the papers.
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So thorough is the excellence of
Ayer’s Hair Vigor that it can be used
with benefit by any person, no mat
ter what may be the condition of the
hair, and, in every case, it occasions
satisfaction and pleasure, in addition
to the benefit which invariably comes
from its use,
a pistol or whiskey flask,Yme'ok both,
in his pocket. Tlie girls o( litis
’fcGvnutry owe it to themselves, if they
value fin-iT Reputation, to shun ?nch
as they would' dctitJIv poison. When
a young lady accepts Stfoik.^.httr es
cort or protector she’s trifling* li’iih
her reputation.
We hud two new cooks at nur hotike
last Saturday while Mrs. J. L. S. was
out visiting. ’
Dave Littlejohn, col., hail a fine
turkey gobbler stolen one night last
week. This has interferred very
much with bis Christmas dinner.
Dave, we feel for you, but can’t re
lieve you.
The Salem congregation speak of
repairing, painting and otherwise
beautifying their church building.
I hud the pleasure of visiting Lock
hart Mills lust, wick It is an up-to-
date manufacturing town with all the
appliances and other paraphernalia
tor doing first class work. Mr. Cary,
(he general manager, is a thorough
business man and has everything in
tip top trim about him. These mills
have had a wonderful effect in advan
cing the property in that part of our
county, and it is reasonable to sup
pose it will still advance in price.
The York county people are having
all the sociables that they want. A
delegate from this side of the river
has attended for . three consecutive
nights and is not near broken down
yet. “Lot 'er roll.”
At a party the other night while
playing steal partners, or some of the
tip-to-dole plays, two young ladies
“hutted” their heads together with
a “vim.” equal to that of two mini-
ture locomotives in full headway.
Each asked the other’s pardon and
went on her way rejoicing. No doubt
they were considered hard-beaded.
Miss Grace Whisonant is at home
spending her vacation.
Mr. Lem Askew, of Mount Tabor,
is very unwell. He has a stomach
trouble, and has been in bed for seven
weeks.
All the children and young people
who can, ought to he in school now.
There is a wonderful amount of illit
eracy among our white people both
old and young.
One of our colored neighbors who
lias an afflicted wife went to a for
tune teller for hisoplnion of her case.
He was told that with good care she
would live to be 93 years old.
My thanks tiro due my young
friends for a kind invitation to join
them in a pound party at tho hos
pital home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Mitchell.
We had a lively debate at the
school house last Saturday night.
The query was, “Resolved that girls
should not be educated equal to the
boys.” It was decided in favor of
the affirmative.
In talking with one of our good
people on education lately, I was for
cibly reminded of a dear preacher I
once heard of who preached a sermon
in which ho declared that he never
studied, that he did not trouble to
study, that the Holy Ghost spoke for
him all the time. He said, “I never
wenfrto school, and don’t need to go
school, and am thankful to God that
I never went to college.” An old
minister sitting behind him pulled
his coat-tail am 1 said : ‘‘My brother,
are you grateful to God for your ig
norance?” The speaker paused a
minute, and lost his breath, while
the old minister continued, “If you
are you have a great deal to be grate
ful for.”
Our colored friends E. I). Dawkins
and E. Littlejohn have shown a com
mendable spirit in proposing to help
build the court house at Gaffney and
wo liai^heir offer will be appreciated
by otheft.
With this letter my worlr for Tin:
Ledger closes for this year (185H)).
Of my failures or successes as a pen
cil pusher I leave a generous, unprej
udiced and intelligent public to judge.
I hope, however, the intent will be
taken for the act. To those of our
readers (many of whom 1 have never
seen) who have so courteously treated
mo in their criticisms, I am truly
grateful, and I assure them that my
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letters I can get up from time to
trtwe.(Tlinstrirns is u'poti t(s wlfh^tll
•its j^iys and pleasures uiid fO‘Ofikh’i4(l
H/U (if our friends and even
J Kxtend a happy greet ing nnd Wiillt
theno n merry Christmas and a liapn>'
and prosperous new year. j.
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-... plaw Picker Entertains 1 .'
(Corniftponriotac* The Lo<Iger.>;m''
• Upi-er Coaling Grih'NI), bec. : 2'2'.—
,i did think t hat l wouldn't put 4/i<i’d>
glab this week, hut sound,hitig.-Ju'iiiKy
happened la^t night and I.’in.glttdgiW)
tell it if it busts un,* \y ; idtt.ofwi). i; x ;;j V ,
:, You sc# I found out • yesterday
evening that I was going tpli.aye eym-
pany l4»t night and Hr, to tel Ft,Tie
truth, T I ticked it bedstead fodfeat
then) ns T wanted to, so I split
and got nm* ami had it sent down; -4
wou'Uin’t have had the compahy-tA
have known that I .hud to-buy a be.fc-
slpud in order to entertain them just
right for nothing, but wq hadu’tbeay
in the house live minutes when
grantty Picker Up* and asks^‘‘liow
much did you give fur that yurt rtCmt
home this overling?’’ Through,-*
.luultitudoof winks and frowns-J tua/y-
aged to tell her witliout. imming.ilp)
article. 1 thought the subject )Vail
come to its final end and made hi"‘-
sHf easy again, but after supper'Mrs'.
I’icker and Gruun y wen t in to T h6 r;> iYA
and liegaiv bumndbgund bringing
milling the bedstead over the ffot-iH,
and above all my Conversation with
tjiy company I knew.in reason that
liey heard and knew what was going
on iff 4i]o adjoining room, but to .spoil
the whole><antc here came (frappy
I’icker into th - rninii^^rTiYTl''11’° " , r’
sitting and said, “Flaw, diUnVyp
get no rollers with that bedstead yu
sent,down this evening?” Well.si*
I knew that winks availed nothin
then: for the cat was out, so to speak
and me hacked. But withal 1 wft
glad to entertain them us best I couli
and told them that anytime in tft
future that luey thought they cotil/
live a night or two on what I livedsil
the time just to come back and mak
themselves friendly. They came-ii
at-a good time though. I put botl
of them to work after supper helpin'
me to put a banjo head on tny Oli
banjo. ' ^
I will bring this mess to a close bj
wishing you all as happy a Christum
as I expect to have if I live. ••
Flaw IVekri*
Cherokee County. ' ■'
Cherokee County has carried tl!u
day. Spartanburg loses some valti
able territory, but she hns enougl
left to keep her still in tlie front r,anl
of the enterprising and progessivt
counties of the State. Gaffney, Uu
county seat of tlie new Cherokee,isoili
of the most active, progressive apt
businesslike towns in South Carolina
Her business men have long ,beei;
wanting the new county, and tjjej
are of course delighted, The succesi
of the new county nioveiPen
promises well for the people who, if
this instance, warmly favored it ; an/
as Spartanburg, Union and York
from which the new county is j^o bt
made up, have a good territory left
everybody ought to be satisWd;—
Hampton Guardian. • •’•‘5
\Ye failed to our notice «al
congratulations I* Iasi weeks paper
ns the editor was called riway on the
day of publication. Let every oiti
accept the result in good faith. I’tjj
the new county on a business boa^ip
and make itdeaiaiUe (or nmr neltTfif
pull togetiier-fbe’ the general wHfari
of all, keep dow» ail factional sue
sectional feeling. It is useless unf
detrimental to any ceuqty seat. GulK
ney has made » rpltadid fight, atu
she deserves to be fheeouaty seat, a tit
as a county seat we predict that ah*
will main ain that spirit of progress
generosity and hospitality in the ft*
ture that she so deservedly bore U
the past.—Union Times.
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Marriages Two,
On the INth at the residence of Un
groom, in the presence of frl
Mr. Peter Morgan was united
lock to Miss Hardina Randolp
Wm. T. Thompson Esq., perform!
the ceremony. We hope they, like
love and friendship, may ever go
hand in hand in the way of peace and
happiness.
NA m. T. Thompson at his residence
on the 2()th, united Mr. Luther Sar-
ratt to Miss Mary Roundtree Their
many friends wish them a merry
Christmas and a happy new year and
a pleasant voyage through life.
A Slight Fire.
Fire in the picker room of the mill
of tho Gaffney Manufacturing Com
pany last Thursday caused quite a
little commotion. There was a slight
damage by smoko and water. Tho
excellent water works system of the
mill did good work and tho flames
were extinguished without serious
less. All damage fully covered by
insurance, Hupt. Cutting received a
drenching and had a suit of clothes
ruined by water.
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To the aged, with their poor appe
tite, feeble circulation, and impover
ished blood, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is a
boone beyond price. Its effect is to
check the ravages of time, by Invig
orating every organ, nerve, and tissue
of the hotly. See Ayer’s Almanac
for the now year. »