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K JEFFERIES, ^EKNVILLC, S. C. nd Counsellor at Law. Practices in > Courts. Collections a Specialty jll Be in Caffney on Saturdays -and Mondays. ii. GER. To Reach Consumers in this Section Adver tise in The Ledger. 8 1 A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County, VOL. IV, NO. 3. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 4,1897. $1.00 A YEAR. CHEROKEE COUNTY BILL. AS IT PASSED THE LEGISLA TURE. of Cormnissioncrd is legally organized for tlit county of Cheroke, the above myncd trustees shall turn over to the There Were Some Changes from the Original Document as Framed by the People’s Con vention. The following L* the full text of the bill creating Cherokee county as passed by the General Assembly and algned by the Governor. Wo refrain from comment this week but will probably have romething to say in regard to it in our next issue: AX ACT TO ESTABLISH CHEROKEE COUNTY. Whereas the qualified voters resid ing in certain portions of York, Union and Spartanburg counties, as hercin- below described, have complied with 'tiMLAbo conditions required by the constitution and laws of this state regulating the formation of new counties; now, therefore, Section 1. Bo it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of So^th Carolina, that a new judicial apd election county, to be known as Cherokee county, is formed, with tho following boundaries, to-wit: Begin- pjng at the mouth of Brown’s branch ning up branch 70.00 chains Webster now lives, placing him in wiew county; thence S. 75, W. 00.23, to Tat&N. E. corner lot of Pacokt Manufactdrjji'g''’ Company, at Brown s old.mMl; thence N. 611, W. 15.70, with lino of said company’s lot to rock; thenco S. 45, N. 5.73, to maple; tlicnco same course 87 links to i’ucolct river; thenco with said river up stream 7.30 to stake on Pacolet; thence N. 10, W.—leaving H. L. C. Murphy in old county, Hammett in new county, Ham mett .school house, near cross roads, In old county, Miss Mary Brown in hew county—509.80 chains to stake ohflAnile east of town of Cowpuns; jiiimv N. 24, W. 04 chains to line of jfmjsetoue township; thence west rith L imealone township 80 chains *0 southwest corner of said township; thence N. 110.80 chains with line of limestone township to marked line Fanning N. 24 W.; thence N. 24 W. •■-leaving Joel Betty and Cleveland Gossettin old county, passing through bouse of J. G. 1‘owcll, leaving Andy Norton in Spartanburg county, also boose of Mrs. Price, placing ■ Cash’s house. Fate Martin in pptpr county, passing through the f lora room of Pinch Martin, but paving his dwelling house in old ppuqty, leaving John Walker and Hra. Cudd in Spartanburg county— 785.65 chains to stake on North Car olina line; thence with said line, crossing Broad river, and continuing to corner of Cherokee township in York county; thenco south with east boundary of said township to stake*; thence west to corner of said town ship on Kings creek; thence down Kings crock to middle of Broad river; thenco down Broad river to center of river opposite Pacolet river; thence up Pacolet river to opposite Brown’s branch—beginning point; and tho territory embraced in said lines shall be known us the county of Cherokee, gn4 the county seat is hereby estab- Hsjied at the town of Gaffney City, and shall he known* us Cherokee Court House. Sec. 2. That X. W. Hardin, J. I). Jefferies, Sr., J. T. Morehead, W. C. S, Wood, J. B. Brown, J. E. Mos- Ifelltfr ARd It. A'. Ucruggs, >yho were jjqly elected trustees of the people, are hereby made trustees for said county of Cherokee, and are author ized with their successors in office, to have the boundaries of said county marked as now surveyed, as well as to provide suitable buildings for the aeveral court and county officers and to receive and accept in tho name and for tho now county of Cherokee any bonds, obligations or bonus donated or hereafter given to procure such buildings at the county seat; and botll such buildings uro erected, to iiccept a lease of the city hall of Gaff ney City to bo used for county pur poses. Any bond, contract or lease heretofore executed by certain citi- zena of Gaffney City to the trustees fhereinabove named to secure tho | erection of u co:; t house and jail or Jto furnish buildings for court house |or county pin j o ■: • ;il: hereby Ieg:il- |zed and vuii’U;!‘'<1 ar.d >uid trustees hereby authorized to sue for and [collect tho samo according to the [trusts and conditions thoroof; “and majority of ltie trustees 'named in Ibis section shall constitute a quorum fop the transaction of business, and (nthe exorcise of any and all tho >irers and dmic.: vested In said trustees by tin < Act shall he valid to »U Intents and purposes, if such ex- Cjrcise of powei,( ami duties be by u majority ol the said trustees present *t MMcting, provided a quorum be MefenV’ Provided, that when tie County Fupervisor is elected and gnd qualified and the County Board bonds, contracts, obligations, leases and bonus in their hands and belong ing to the said county of Cherokee, end then their powers and duties shall cease and the Board of County Commissioners shall then succeed to all the rights and powers of said trus tees. Provided, further, that tbe said trustees lie, and they are here by required to execute a joint and several bond to the Comptroller Gen era! in tho penalty of fifteen thous and dollars with sureties to be approved by the Comptroller General conditioned for the faithful perform ance of their duties hereunder. Sec. 3. That tho Governor i s hereby authorized and empowered to order an election in the county of Cherokee to be held on the fourth Saturday in March, 1907, for tlic pur pose of electing a Senator whose term shall be until t he general election to bo held in 1898, a Clerk of Court of common pleas and general sessions, County Superintendent of Education, County Supervisor, Judge of Probate, Coroner and Sheriff, and to appoint such other officers as required by law, to make the county government com plete; tho aforesaid officers, when elected, to serve until their successors are elected and qualified under the election of 1898 as hereinafter pro vided for; and the Governor is iiereby authorized and empowered within ninety days after tho approval of this Act to appoint three Commissioners of Election for tho county of Chero kee who arc authorized to conduct said election as general elections are conducted. That the bonds of tho county officers of Cherokee county shall be in the penal sums fol lowing, that is to say : The .Sheriff, The sum ef $10,000; Judge of Probate, $5,000; Clerk of tho Court of common pitas and general sessions, $10,000; Treasurer, 20,009; Supervisor, $3,000; Auditor, $2,000; ar.d the Counij^ Su perintendent of Education, $1,000. “And tho Supervisors of Registration of Spartanburg. Union and York coun ties shall on demand of the Super visors of Registration of Cherokee courPy deliver to them the registra tion books fetr flic voting places as now established within the territory of Cherokee county which shall be come the registration hooks for said county of Cherokee; and the Super visors of Registration for the coun ties of Spartanburg, Union and York shall also deliver to the Supervisor of Registration for Cherokee county the registration books for all the places for which any voters are registered who reside in tho hounds of Chero kee county.” Sec. 4. That the Clerk of tiiecourt of common pleas and general sessions for Cherokee county when appointed or elected and qualified shall receive the fees, commissions, co.-ts and moneys now allowed by law to Clerks of Court. Tho Treasurer of Chero kee county shall receive the same commissions on all taxes collected as are allowed by law to county treas urers, except in the count y of Charles ton, provided the same does not ex ceed tho sum of seven hundred dol lars ($700) per annum ; The County Auditor shall receive the sum of four hundred dollars ($100) pe£ annum from tho slate treasurer; and in ad dition the sum of one hundred ($100) per annum from the county; the County Superintendent of Education shall receive the sum of two hundred dollars per annum; the County Su pervisor shall receive the sum of five hundred dollars f$5011) per annum and one hundred dollars ($100) per annum for clerk hire; Magistrates and their Constables to bo appointed in and for said county, shall each re ceive the sum of forty dollars ($40) per annum, except in the townships embracing Gaffney City and Blacks burg, where tho Magistrates and the Constables shall each receive the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) per annum which shall bo in lieu of all charges, costs and fins in criminal cases. There shall be one MaMstrate and one Constable for each township In said county. Tho Sheriff. Judge of Probate and Coroner shall each re ceive tho same fees as now provided by.law for such officers. Ran’. 6. That until the next ap pointment of Representatives, the said county of Cherokee shall be en titled to two Representatives who are to bo elected os hereinafter provided, and the county of Spartanburg shall be entitled to fire Representatives and the county of Union to two Representatives. Rec. 6. That an election shall ho bold in Cherokee County on Tuesday following the first Monday in Novem ber, A. I). 1898, or on such other day ns may bo provided by law, for a Henator, for members of the General Assembly and regular county officers provided for by the Constitution and laws of the Rtale. 5{8ec:. 7. That tho county of Chero kee shall bo attached to the Fifth Congressional District, and shall form a part and parcel of tho Hixth Judi cial Circuit, and that tho Magistrates located in those portions of Rpurtan- burg, Union and York embraced within the limits of Cherokee county shall be continued in office unllll their successors shall have been ap pointed and qualified as hereinafter provided; Provided however that from and after this Act goes into effect they shall be confined and lim- aGiresaid Board of Commissioners ^..ited in their official capacity, duty and power to the limits of Cherokee county. Rec. 8. That the votfng precincts heretofore established by law in those portions of Spartanburg, Union and York counties embraced in the limits of Cherokee county shall bo the pre cincts of Cherokee county, and no changes of registration of voters shall be . neceessary; Provided, however, That such electors as may be regis tered to vote at Cowpens, Clifton No. 2, and Trough in White Plains poll ing precinct of Spartanburg county, and who reside in the new county of Cherokee shall bo entitled to vote at White Plains, in White Plains polling precinct; and such as maybe regis tered to vote at McKelvoys in Chero kee polling precinct of Spartanburg county, and who reside in the new county of Cherokee, shall be entitled I/O vote at Ezells’ in Cherokee polling precinct.” ^ Sec. 9. That tho Court of General Sessions for the county of Cherokee shall bo held at Gaffney City, on the first Monday in February, the last Monday in May and tho first Monday in September; and the Court of Com mon Pleas at the same place on the Wednesdays following the first Mon day in February, tho lust Monday in May and the first Monday in Scptem- tember; provided, that no Court is to be held in said county until after the county officers are appointed or elected as herein provided. Seo. JO. That all suits pending in Spartanburg, Union and York coun ties in which the defendonts reside in the portions of said counties now established as the county of Chero kee, and all indictments now pending in the aforesaid counties, when the olleneies were committed in tho por tions of said counties now established as Cherokee county, shall be trans- fered to the Calenders of the Courts of the county of Cherokee, and all records, commissions and other pa pers belonging to any of said suits or indictments together with all the le gal incidents thereto appertaining shall be trunsfered on demand made by the Clerk of the Court of tho said county of Cherokee upon tho Clerks of Courts of Spartanburg, Union and York counties. .Sec. 11. That tho Governor is au thorised and empowered to appoint a commission of nine persons, two of whom shall be residents of the county of Spartanburg, two residents of the county of Union, two residents of the county of York, two residents of the county of Cherokee, and one resident of some other county in tho Slate, which said commission thall divide and apportion between the said four counties the present lawful indobet- edness of tho old counties of Spar tanburg, Union and York, having re gard to the amount of unpaid taxes due to the said counties of Spartan burg, Union and York; Provided, That in the appointment of said debts of said old counties each section of the old counties that go to form the new county of Cherokee shall assume its proportion of the debt of the old county from which said section is taken, and no more. Sec. 12. That the townships as now laid off and the parts of town ships within the county of Cherokee shall be and are declared tottMships and shall continue as such and with the same boundaries until lawfully changed. Sec. 13. That the County Treas urer, and Cotjnty Auditors of the eoualies of Spartanburg, Union and York shall receive reasonable com pensation for the duties herein im posed upon thorn by the Treasurer of the county of Cherokee and tho State in proper proportions. Sax’. 14. That i mined lately upon the approval of this Act tho Gov ernor shall appoint nil officials re quired by law In and for the said county of Cherokee (as in the ease of vacancies) who shall hold their re spective offices until such offices are filled by election and qualifications us hereinbefore provided. And each of the Auditors of the counties of Spartanburg, Union and York bo ancf he is hereby required to copy and make qp from his duplicate of the fiscal year 1897 (under the direction of tho Comptroller General) a special duplicate of and for ull that portion of his county hereby constituted as a part of the said county of Chero kee; and immediately upon tho copy ing and making up of such special duplicates as aforesaid they shall be delivered to tho Auditor of the said county of Cherokee: who shall make up therefrom according to the forms now required by Jaw a duplicate for the Treasurer of the said county of Cherokee for tho purpose of the col lection of taxes by tho said Treasurer us required by law. Sep. Iq. That tho Board of Jury Commissioners of Spartanburg. York and Union counties be, and they are hereby required to prepare and fur nish to the Board of Jury Commis sioners of Cherokee county, within ten days after demand by the said Jury Commissioners of Cherokee county, separate lists of persons liable to serve as Jurors and residing in tho limits of the said counties as altered by this Act. From thol ists so furnished to the Board of J ury Commissioners of Cherokee county shall be drawn, in accordance with law, the petit and grand jurors and tho talesman of the Courts to be holden in Cherokee county, in con formity with tho provisions of this Act, and the jurors so drawn are hereby declared lawful jurors to all intents and purposes. Sfx'. 16. That the sheriffs of Spartanburg, York and Union coun ties, respectively, upon application of the plaintiff or his attorney, in any judgement of record in the said counties, respectively, shall deliver to the sheriff of Cherokee county any and all executions in their respec tive offices in which the said plaint iff is interested, for which the sheriff of Cherokee county shall receipt to tho sheriff of the respective counties of Spartanburg, York and Union and said executions, when entered upon the sheriffs books in Cherokee county shall have thereafter the same force and effect as previously in the coun ties from which they were transferred. Seh. 17. That the County Super visor of Cherokee county in anticipa tion of tho collection of the general County tax, be, and he is hereby em powered to contract and incur lia bilities to the extent of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the purpose of defraying the Court expenses which hull bo repaid out of tho gen- ounty tax. . 18. That tho Comptroller al be and is authorized and re- to draw his warrant and the Treasurer to pay same in favor Trustees of Cherokee county sum sufficient to pay at the rate, the expenses of the late n held in and toward the for- n ol Cherokee county, the to be presented to and aud- y the Comptroller General and urn shall be refunded and re- the State Treasurer by the y Treasurer of Cherokee county warrant of the County Super- f that county out of the first herein collected for ordinary purposes. 19. That all Aots and parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Seo. 2»J. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Ap proved the 25th day of February A. D., 1897. W. H. Kllekber, Governer. In the Senate House the 24th day of Feb., in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- seven. M. B. Sweeny, President of the Senate. Frank B. Gary, Speaker of the House of Represen tatives. State ok Sorai Carolina, ( Office of Secretary of State, ) I, 1). II. Tompkins, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the fore going is an exact copy of an Act on iile in this office. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State at Columbia this 27th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven and in tho one hundred and twenty-first year of the independence of the United States of America. , —— I). H. To MI* KINS, ■ seal ■ Secretary of State. An Erroneous Impression. There seems to be an impression that the town of Gaffney City, does not propose to pay the expenses of the formation of Cherokee county, which is entirely erroneous,as we have paid all bills so far as our funds went, and now having funds wo are now ready to pay all legitimate ex penses incurred in the formation of tho new county and the tax payers of Cherokee county at large will have none of this to pay, notwithstanding section 18 of the bill as introduced by Senator Archer and passed by tho legislature. A. N. Wood, Intendant, R. A. Jones, Warden, L. Baki;r, F. Oakkijtt, J. A. Carroll. Resignation. Having served this church fp? one year, and been called for the present year, but declined to accept, for valid reasons. Mount of Paron church is located two and a half miles North west from Blacksburg, in a fine farm ing section of country. The people of this church are a noble-hearted and generous people. 4 hope they will be fortunate in securing a good man to serve them. John W. Walker. * 1 desire to attest to tho merits of Chamberlaln’a Cough Remedy as one 01 tho most valuable and efficient preparations on the market, It broke an exceedingly dangerous cough for me In 24 hours, and in gratitude thorofor, I desire to inform you that 1 will never be without it, and you should feel proud of the high esteem in which your Remedies uro hold by people lu general. It is tho one remedy among ton thousand. Success to it.—O. R. Downey, Editor Democrat, Albion, Ind. For sale by Dul’re Drug Co. ATTENTION DEMOCRATS! THE PRESIDENTS OF DElftO- CRATIC CLUBS TO MEET. The Object Is To Discuss The Ques tion Of A Primary Election. Let Every Man Be At His Post Of Duty. The marter of the various officers for Cherokee county having been left by the Governor to the people of the county a meeting of the Presidents of tho different Democratic Clubs in the territory embracing Cherokee county is hereby called for Saturday, March 6th, at 1J o’clock a. in. to be held in Gaffney, for the purpose of arranging for a primary election for appointive officers and discuss other matters. This is done in tlie absence of any regular authorized board of township commissioners. Let every club send a representative to this meeting as it is important that all sections be represented. Sunnyside Cleanings. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Sunnyside, March 1.—R. M. Jolly, candidate for County Supervisor, passed through our little town last week. F. A. Goforth went to Kings Moun tain last week on business! Miss Minnie King, our genial school teacher, expects to go home next Wednesday, March 3rd. We wish the fair lady could stay with us longer. But the best of friends have to part some time. A. W. Clary, of Bowlinsville, vis ited our town a few days ago on busi ness. Noble Blackwell is nearly always in our city. Wo think there must be some fair lady that has stolen his heart. Is it so Nobio? Messrs. Jeter Inman, James Pal mer and C. T. Clary entertained Miss Minnie King last Thursday night at J. H. Sprouse’s with some violin music. By the way here is the way it was: Inman performed on the vio lin, Palmer beat straws and Clary did the talking. Mrs. Pridmoro, an aged lady, died at her home near Skull Shoals’ ceme tery last Thursday, Feb., 25th. The bereaved family have our heart felt sympathy. Tho many friends of Mrs. Mary Walker, the mother of General J. L. Walker, will be glad to learn that her health Jis improving very much. Agnes, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Walker has been vis iting her Uncle, J. L. Walker, of our little, but hustling town for some Ume. Tho young people of this place en- u musical reception given by isscs Dussio and Alice Gofort last Friday evening, Miss Dussie being organist. As it happened Uncle Joe was there and enjoyed himself very much for an old man. Hurrah for the candidates, for wc have several in our town, B. G. Clary, of your city, visited bis brother, C. T. Clary, Sunday. He returned Monday. George Brown, of Spartanburg, was in our city Sunday. Tiie young people enjoyed them selves at J. H. Wilkin’s Sunday even ing in singing praises to God. Sam Lee was over ou our side Sun day. Col. Strain took dinner with W. C. Kirby and family. Lcwiu Hu leu went to Gaffney last week on business. Pink Holder bad a cow to go mad and die last week. Charley Reynolds was down Satur day. Uncle Joe. , ■w«— eowpens Chronicles. (Correspondenco of The Ledger.) Cowpens, Feb. 27.—We are having some severe cold weather at present. Tom Waters killed a fine hog last week weighing neqrSpOipounds. Franklin petty kVed a pig weigh ing 450 pounds. M eWim to have fresh meat in our sott^ment The Editor of The a flying visit last Frida, Miss Bessie Haminet tlement, Is off on a ▼ Union county among frie 1 Uves. Bill Daniel is building himself a lumber house for co. venionce. He Is going to Improve his farm this year. Wo need more ilku him. Gil Fbtchet. joyed Missci ;er paid us set- n in and rela- The bluo-bird is hailed as a harbin ger of Spring. It is also a reminder that a blood purifier is needed to pre- pan tho system for the debilitating weather to come. Listen and you will hear tho birds singing: “Tak« Ayer’s Sarsaparilla In March, April, May.” Algood Locals. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) .Ajxk>od, March, 1.—Every body upflere is working for the success of Cherokee county, and weighing can didates in in balance which they find a remarkably hard task. Tthere are so many seeking office and not one let ting the office the seek him and at the final end many will be found wanting more votes, and musing over “how it might have been.” We would advise about nine tenths of which must necessarily be elected to stay at home to resign and save the people the trouble and expense of two primaries at this busy reason of the year. We noticed in last week’s issue a communication signed “Tote Fair” makes the interogation. “Did you think when were all at work for the new count/ that Gaffney City was going to try to monopolize all offices fiom senator down to coroner?” Why bless your soul wo did not think so for one single moment we were as fully satisfied that Gaffney would play that game as we uro that twice two are four. Didn’t expect any thing else. In writing the above I do not by any means intend to stir up strife. Mr. George Lavender whom we re ported as sick has some what im proved. James Fowler died last Suturuj.y night and buried at the Macedonia cemetery Sunday. Your correspondent, R. B. Powell, Cormelus Griffie and N. O. Garner went to Spartanburg last Saturday on business. J. L. Clary went to the county seat Saturday on business. A good aggregation of our citizens are attending the live stock and bone exchange at Spartanburg to day. A. W. Smith and family and Miss Lizzie Finday visited relatives and friends at the Spartanburg city Sat urday and Sunday. I submit for Ledger readers the following problem. A and B buy 8 loaves of bread on which to dine A paid for 5 loaves and B paid for 3 loaves but C dines with them and paid 8 pence for dinner. How many pence did each receive? Some one please answer the above problem. Corncracker. Howell Ferry Happenings. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Howells Ferry, March 3.—The Christian Endeavor Society met at Mr. J. P. Williams Sunday night with a good attendance. Miss Alice Howell, of York Co., spent Sunday night with the family of J. A. M. Estes. H. B. McDaniel has moved over near Hickory Grove where he expects to make it his future hdine. If the weather permits farmers will be very busy with their crops now for some time. Mrs. W. C. Blackwell has been con fined to her bed with Lagrippe. Miss Mamie Lindsay’s school closed Friday. Master George Mitchell, of Hope- well, is quite unwell. He has La- grippe. Miss Jessie Strain spent Friday evening with Misses Jessie and Mag gie Estes. Miss Lucy Eowler, one ofjKclton's most accomplished young ladies is visiting her brothers W. G. and J. H. Fowler. Sam ho. Willie Happenings. (Correspondence of Tho Ledger.). Willie, March 1.—I am glad to see- that the people of Cherokee county, and especially the male population, are posussed with so groat a degree of self confidence. That there are so many who possess, at least in their own estimation, all the requisite qualification for the successfully fill ing of any of the offices that may bo in the gift of the people. Well, my advice is, go it boys, the first qualifi cation requisite to success is “self confidence.” G. W. Williams, wife and mother- in-law started out visiting last Ban- day riding in a wagon, and Mr. Wil liams, in an effort to shun a mud hole ran one wheel upon a bank, turning the wagoa over and capsizing the whole crowd, but they all came out of the wreck without any brokom bones, in fact the only one of the party that sustained any great injury was the mother-in-law, who was con siderably bruised and shaken up. W. W. Whelchel, of our section, went to Spartanburg on a business expedition last Friday, _ Jairvs. • Killed by a Cow. On the 10th of February, in Elgin Texas, my step-mother, Mrs. Mirah Byars, before she married my father. There has never lived a better woman in Usr sphere. She has raised two fanrlles and everyone loved her mos* tenderly. ^ L. B. Davies. On the momlngor /eb. 20, 1895,1 was sick with rheumatism and lay in bed until May 21st, when I got a bottle of Chamberlain’s Tain Balm. The first application of it relieved me almost entirely from tho pain and the second afforded complete relief. In a short time 1 was able to be up and about again.—A. T. Moreaux, Luverne, Minn. Sold by Dul're Drug Co.