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s-J. C. JEFFERIES,4- OREENVILU:, S. C. -i) Attornty «nd Coun»ellor ut Law. Practicn in All the Court*. Collection* a Specialty . V/ill Be in Gaffney on Saturday* — and Monday*. — The DGER To Reach Consumers in this Section Adver tise in The Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. VOL. IV, NO. 1L\ GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. THURSDAY, 31AV <i, IS!J7. 81.00 A YE All CANVASSING CHEROKEE CO. UiK. STRAIN CONCLUEES HIS INTERESTING LETTER. The “Kernal” Complams of ttsc Care less Handling cf His Maru- senp by the Printer—Mr. Hughes* Campaign. un* concerned, we have made a good swap in p'eltinjr out of the old county j into this new one. The lands south! of I’acolct. in many instuncis, are ^iviiii* out while i Ids seems to he coming in Jn I think, he before lust’s narrative J fay, “Messrs Wm. and \Y (C. i ri snontlcnce of The Ledger.) Not;:.—My slovenly mannerof writ ing, or tin* printer's carelei-s handling of types’, makes some mistakes which W*wjsji to correct befor.* I go too far with t!d.-; narrative, j know my man uscript provokes a good deal of “cuss- sing'* and discussing among those who handle them. It's an ugly way . have got of writing, and can't help it, it seems. For this I make apolo gy and promise to do better. In week am made to II. Yenoy," in steed of Yussey; “carried” instead of crossed the line (of X. C.) into Col. Jolly's farm; “breaks’ instead of banks of ids ditches; “notoriety” in stead of nativity of Sergeant William Jasper; “177d” instead of 1770, the battle of Sullivan’s Island was fought ; “iiachus” instead of Uaeehus; “giro- teous” instead of gyrations, etc., etc. 1 left the reader on the Cowpens battle ground last week, where I pro pose to take him up this week and continue my narrative: Right where the main part of the lighting was done the ladies of this State, aided by u few patriotic worthy gentlemen, a few years before the late war, built a small monument of stona laid in aement, with a metal shaft in the centre of it. A great deal cf letter ing was done on the smooth surface of the stones, giving the names of the principal actors in that battle. The whole was surrounded by an iron fence, and all presented in excellent taste u suitable memento of the stir ring scenes it was intended to com memorate. I3i:t the war came on arid since then unlicensed vandalism has done its work thoroughly. The been beautifully dressed stone has dcmcid by curiosity hunters who hare been breaking olf pieces of it as mementoes. The iron fence is gone and now the whole presents an un sightly and desertable appearance which should bo replaced with more pretent ious ornamentations,and some body put to guard them against such outrages in the future. This is some thing the living owe the dead. The bnttle-fi'.M, proper, covers an area of ab^ut fifteen acres, though much more land was occupied by the troops of both armies during the en gagement. In round numbers we might estimate the active forces en gaged in that battle as 11 ( X) Union's against 1KX) Americans (with all dis crepancies in favor of the Uritous.) and the old soldier will.readily agree with me that the troops could not U e a « r c s 11 s 111 11 o manouvre in a smaller space. The ebbs and Hows of the battle lines which lushed themselves into furious waves of humanity and vented their rage upon each other, is a scene which can be more easily imagined than de scribed. A smell portion of this land is under cultivation, but the most sa cred is stiil untouched, and should stiilg*emain so, unless it be by the hand of love and tenderness, to ar range and beautify it as a National ark. I took special pains to look over the old battle-field in order that I might be the better able to give it its proper place in this narrative. My friend <i. \V. Caulk was with me, and be is a good man for historic re- ininiscencr s. While locking over this ground h,:.Jo sacr. .1 to every American us t he birth-place of his Independence, and hearing the winds as they sung their doleful requiem in the [line tops ovt r my head, 1 could imagine that “a still small voice” was saying to me, us to one of old. ‘’put off thy shoes from thy feet, for standest the nlnce is Holy wherein thou ground.” 1 cut u stick near the monument, which I expect to have fixed olf for a walking cane and send it to President M (Kinky. In company with my friend M. M. Tate, J went home with .Mr. Alex. Hmith, another candidate for sheriff, where J was treated w'th all the kind ness which he was able to bestow. Me passed through the choicest sec tion of Cherokee county when taken as u whole. The land is fresh usd lies well, much of it is still in the woods—a great many new grounds just cleared and the owners beginning #o get them ready for the plow. The route wo went from Cow pens to Mr. Smith’s was along the water shed between big and little Thicketv and RacoUt. The people are not thickly bottled, and most of their farms were, to all appearances, fresh. The buildings are generally new ones. I took occasion on our trip to say to my friend Tate, “Captain, I am of ’the opinion, since 1 have seen so ftnucii ofjhe new county, that so far *»« we are concerned, and the lands nodded essent. We got to Mr. Smith's awhile before nighi, fed our stock, and got a splen did supper. Mr. Smith is a large farmer, and knows exactly how to manage lands. In fact he knows what it takes to make a farm u tac cess. 1 saw more home-made ma nure on his lot, put up in pens, ihun I have seen on a half dozen other farms during my canvass of the coun ty. His mules showed that they were well kept, and everything about him was in good style. i)n my round through this section, I met up with my old friends, Joel Petty, Marge Phillips. Marion Phil lips, Jude Hill, Gilmore Fowler, L. U. Uavis, and quire a host of others I used to know, and who were my neighbors. One thing i noticed par ticularly, and I wish to note it here. There is certainly less loafing in that section than 1 found in most places I have visited. After eating supper with Mr. Smith, we mounted our stock and went to Macedonia school house, where a meeting had been ar ranged for that night, in order to give the candidates a chance to meet the voters who hadn't been out to see them. The distance was about four miles from Mr. Smith’s. The mud was deep, and the roads in terrible condition. We made the best part of trip going, in day light, )Ye found u few there when we got there, and it was not long before we had a house full. It was my first and only time to be at Macedonia church, though ] had heard much of it in early life. For a long time in my early child hood days I heard of it as a centre of influence in the Association, and some eminent men have filled its pulpit. The school house (which I claim with the grave yard is the best index to a community.) stands near the church. It is a very comfortable building with fire place and comfortable seats, with plenty of light. The house speaks well for its community. I always did detest the idea of having school in an old barn of a building with holes in the roof, floor or walls, through which you might throw a half-grown dog. Such is fit for noth ing but u poorly paid L acher and suf fering children to freeze the winter out in. One e qual)." as objectionable, is one illy ventilated and poorly adapt ed to school work. When the crowd gathered Mr. Gar rison calkd the meeting to order ar,d read the programme. He introduced tiie speakers, which began with the Senatorial candidates—u practice which hud not been adopted hereto fore. Twenty-live minutes were al lowed each of them—fifteen to each candidate for Superintendent of Edu cation, and ten minutes to the other candidates <ach. There was not a general turn-out of the candidates, and before a late hour we were through and ready to go home. The night was us dark as pitch, : nd had it not been for our guide knowing tbe way we could nev er have found his home. However, we were not long getting there, and ut a little past my usual bed time I was snugly enaconsed in bed with my little friend. M. M. Tate, who was soon in the arms of tnorpheus, and perhaps dreaming cf the bright pros pects of getting the best of iiis com petitors. Next morning with our best wishes, we left our host, and were soon on our way homeward, calling upon those we hadn’t met before. We hadn't gone far, however, before a quick, sharp, noise behind us revealed the fact that J. Kb. Jefferies was on our track. He had already scoured that section, and now )»e was making his last drive to close up wlial he hadn't already netted. We did not go far until without falling out, or telling each other “good-bye,” we took different routes and roads, and every man was a committee of one in his own behalf. The short time allovrid me to can vass an important section made it rather a tusii to begin, so I concluded to touch a few points and risk the consequences, as it was practically an impossibility to see all the voters of that section, I will say 1 made my way to Thick- cty stat'on, where J joined that jittie bit of a big-hearted fellow whose heart (or brain either,) if any odds, is in proportion, a great deal bigger tban iiis body—I refer to Mr. U. F. llonner. He was on bis road to Gaff ney and so was I. I neglected to say that the country I traveled through that morning, from rear Macedonia church, down big Thickety is somewhat more hilly than the lands further to the west of the route I rode, but there are some fine farms there notwithstanding. We left Thickety station about 11 o’clock, and right here I want to no tice one of the curiosities in the new county—to me at least, If not to any one else. It is a wild cherry tree that stands between Thickety station and the road bridge across the creek. It must be HO or 40 feet to the lirst limb. I have seen cherry trees as long, and perhaps ts tall, but none with such a trunk as it, and so near to the same size all the way up. If the reader will remember the closing days of the campaign was the only weather the farmers hud for over a month that was li: to do farm work. Things had got into such a shape on the farm that the man who election eered too strongly, by going into the fields to hunt up voters, was going to miss instead of get them. We eonclud- e<t tbe best thing to do was to take tbe road and talk to whom we met, and pass by those at work. The adoption of tins rule was u great improvement on the monoto- ihous plan of calling on everybody, and we could now make »ome head way. I was not long in reaching the model farm of Ilev. A. ]). Davidson. When I hollowed “hello,” a friend who had called on him came around the corner of the house and says, “light and come around, he is busy just now.” ,Sj I “lit,” ami walked around to where he was. and what do yo i think 1 found? I found my good orother with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, cutting up a line poker he had killed Him morning. I didn’t ask him whether or not it had tried to bite Jiim—but from the way lie was acting, 1 thought that the biting would be apt to go the oilier way, and J felt just like helping him at that time, but of course 1 didn t Jet on that I had anything against the hog which hud been overtaken with a state of affairs for which it was not. in my judgment, responsible. So I sat down and talked, ami watch tbe dexterity with which the pirson could handle a butcher knife, until dinner was announced, when I joined him and Jiis family m a meal 1 very much enjoyed. Afu-r dinner we sat and talked for a while, and then J made my way to the city, where I was made welcome and kindly treated by my fotttier neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Lotspeicb, and with whom I spent the night ve ry pleasantly. The next day 1 made a slight canvass of tbe town, visiting most of its business men and bosses, and the cotton millstoo. 1 took some notes which more properly belongs to the progressive spirit of the town and its people than to my canvass, and of which 1 shall hereafter speak under that heading. 1 called upon and took dinner with my old friends Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kendrick, and spent on hour with them before starting home. (Several of the candidates were in town mak ing arrangements for the distribu tion of their tickets and other mat ters pertaining to the election. Tin* Kkimjkk office was over-run with “job work” and some of the employees looked tvi if th°y b: , d neither iRiA nor vr^oLd iLJr faces in a weeh: Not knowing fully of what I speak, but from first to last, I would sup pose The Lkixjkk printed not less than .>0,000 or 00,000 election tickets for different parlies. I only inciftioii this as part of the business patronage it enjoys. I promised the reader, at the out set, to say something of my canvass of I'nion county, at the last of this narrative, but 1 shall ask to be re lieved from that tusk, as 1 made nc formal canvass of it, thinking tiie people were well enough acquainted with me to act intelfigenfly. Hut J must, from the depth of my heart, thank them publicly for the hand some vote they gave me, and uaewve them that in the future, as in the past, 1 shall use all lawful means, to tiie best of m v judgment, to merit their good wil and confidence ie the future. Hut before dismissing this matter I want to go back and give un account of the first few days I spent in tiie campaign with my good and jovial old friend, T. Jeff Hughes. It is gen erally known that Jeff started out at the beginning of the campaign us can didate for Hupervisor of Registration. It suited us to leave homeut the same time, and so we went together. Jeff bad never studied tin* lluctunlhAi* of the human mind like I hud, and was perhaps not as well prepared for a “rebuff” in case one came. If every thing didn't sail smoothly it didn’t go at all with him, and this gave abundant room for fun. When we would meet u fellow in the road we would tell him our business and then go on (for it’s bad policy to stay too long in one place unless you Know you are welcome). After we would get off a little piece, I would say. “Well, old man, wnat do you think of thai?” If the impres sion made on his mind was sat isfactory he would say. ‘•'That’s all right—1 think that fellow will vote for me (or you,) according to whether he thought he'd made tiie best im pression. Or, if it was equally good lor both wf us. lu-would say, “1 tni>^» we’ll both get his vote.” Sometimes we would meet a man set of tuf n) who didn’t seem to care much aUwat it one way or the other, and 1 would ask him, “Old man, how do you like that!” “Oh, that’s no ’count,” he would say. “He (or they) don't cure anything about it. Hut thev are just us apt to vote for me (or y#Q) tu$ for the other fellows, and if they do that, it’s all right.” Hometime when night was coining on a colioqny lUo this, would take place between us: He—“Where do you suppose we’ll stay to-night?” 1—“Don’t know, I'll find some place.” He—“Hut suppose they won’t take us in? ’ i I—“We ll stay anyhow then.” j He—“Will we tell them we’il pay : them ?” I — “Oh yes; we will let on that we are willing to.” He—“Hut suppose they tell us they have no place for our horses?” I—“We’ll led them we ll tie them out.” H'—“Well, you must do the talk- 1 ing.” 1 —“All right. I’ll do that,” He—“And you think that we'll have no trouble.” I—“None in the world—I've never passed a night in my life but tiiat J stayed somewhere.” Ht — If it’s out of doors, eh?” con tinued he. I—“Yes—It's happened tiiat way' sometimes, but not often, when J wished it otherwise.” He—“Look here! I’m not joking. I’m in earnest about this thing.” I—So am I.” He—“The sun is down now, you see.” I—“I know tiiat, but it’s too soon to stop yet.” He—“Here’s somebody plowing, let’s stop and see him.” I — “All right, I’m willing ” He—“Who do you suppose it is?” I—“Can’t tel! you,” says I. Tiie man drove out to the end of his land, and by tPe time I said “good evening.” lie said. “Why’ Mr. , is this you? Why, what's up?” I told him what our business was, and asked him his name, “Fowler,” says he, “I ’m a son of Wheeler Fowler, and used to go to school to you. Come and go home with me un4 stay all night.” 1 told him we couldn’t go back, but wanted to go further on. arid I would stop soon, if lie would tell us where we could get a stoppidg place, well says he, “my father Jives down the road about a quarter, and lie’ll bo glad to see you.” “Well. I’ll stay with him to-night, if he’s at home.” And so we went, and Mr. an 1 ' Mrs. Fowler took us In, and I told j them of my friends’ despairing, and how forlorn he became, at the pros pect of getting no place to stay all night. Ho I close this narrative and trust that nothing has been said to give offense to any one. and ensuring tiie readers and citizens of Cherokee county that if I Jive I shall repeat this work again next year, when I have more time and better opportu nity to see the people and get ac quainted with them. j. L. s. ‘ MAKE-BELIEVE SESSIONS." CONGRESS HELD TWO OF THEM LAST WEEK. CKEOK2JF3 COUMTY CLERK. Mr. J. Eb. Jefferies, of Gaffney Here Yesterday. [Spurtaiibura HeruM] Mr. J. Eb. Jefferies, Cherokee eeumty’s clerk of court, was in tiie city yesterday on business connected witli his duties. He left for home on 1 States until tbe0:18 train yesterday afternoon. Mr. Jefferies was seen at the court house by a Herald man, with whom lie was very affable and conversant. The Democrat Chiefs of Divisions Not Finding the Protection Expected from Mr. Clevelan’s Civil Service Rules. (Oorrr-?] ond- m*c of The Ledger.) Washikotox, April .V)—Congress has only held two “make believe” sessions this week, one yesterday and one on Monday, but it must not be supposed that tiie week has been spent in idleness by those who did not goto New York to witness the dedication of the Grant monument On the contrary, the week has been an unusually busy one with many members of the Senate. The republi can members of tbe Finance com mittee have been finishing up the amendments to the tariff bill, which is to be considered for the first time by the full committee next Monday, and Committees of all the parties have been engaged in trying to ar range a satisfactory assignment of Senators to the committee vacancies. This has been a difficult task, but it is now nearly completed ami tiie vacancies wiil probably be filled next week. It is not likely that all the .Senators will be satislied with their assignments—they never are at any time—hut they will he near enough satisfied to accept what is g.ven them, because nothing would be ac complished b/ objecting. The return of President McKinley tu the \Ynite House was u signal for it fresh onslaught by the army of of fice-seekers, hut that is becoming an old story now. The democratic chiefs of divisions in the departments are not finding the protection expected when their places were put under the civil ser vice rules by President Cleveland. Every democratic chief in the Pen sion 11 ireau has been asked to resign, and tiie same course, with possibly un exception here and there for per sonal reasons, Is expected to be fol lowed in all iNf.i-th?; of the govern ment service. The designation of it number of clerks in the Pension Hu- reau as “acting chiefs” is taken to .nean that those positions will shortly be taken from under the civil service rules, and men outside of the service appoiuted to Mil them. Mr. Lorin A. Thurston, who was Hawaiian minister to tbe United virtually compelled to lo himself, lie would probably be con tent witli th- post-office. Hut his wife and daughters have had to listen to what the Hr.iwn women or the .Smith women say of life abroad, and, woman-like, they have listened with envy and a fixed purpose to some day enjoy the experiences for themselves. Ho, instead of letting John Jones usk for the postofli :e, they insist that he must be h consul somewhere. Their ideas may he a little it definite about tbe nature and duties ofuconsul’s office, but they know it means going abroad, and tiiat isjenougb for them. So John Jones makes out his appli cation to be Cousul General to Paris, end writes bis Congressman that, while Paris is his first choice, lie will take something equally as good, but it must be abroad. And thu»ure the lives of Congressmen made a burden for the first six months after a new administration comes into power. Hy that time tin: eonsulutes are all disposed of, and tiie disappointed ap plicants can return to the postoffices.” Mr. Hitt ought to know, as in ad dition to liis extended services in the House lie lias been Assistant .Secre tary of .State and also abroad as a di plomat. BARNUM & BAILEY’S CIRCUS. resign by Secretary Gresham and President Cleveland’s treatment, and who is now in Washington as u spe cial commissioner for the purpose of lie says that the new county officers i helping along the annexation idea of Cherokee are busily engaged pre- I fni* nresented a staitMiiient to tin paring themselves for the now fast approaching session of court for that county. He also states that Gaffney if progressing smoothly along with ' her accustomed pluck and enterprise. Marriages there, lie stales, are com mon, every day occurances. but busi ness having culled him away from homo for several days, he was at a loss to say who was the latest couple in the matrimoiul line. In regard to the railroad question now in vogue in Gaffney. In*, like all others, knew v**ry little of the matter. He says that when left home the Houtliern Railway company hud about l.'X) hands at work construct ing a side track in the city. It ap pears that the Three Cs. hud an idea "f running a competing line from Blacksburg to Gaffney, and that the only desirable or expedient location for their depot at the county seat of Cherokee was the sidetrack that the Houthern is now building. Ho this, of course, settles that question tem porarily. * — -• • — After the War. The large force of truck construct- ors for the Houtliern have folded their tents and departed for new fields and pastures green. For a time they | made things unusually lively but | now we await the sweet song of cuffy as lie keeps time to tiie music of the , pick and shovel bringing to us the i glistening steel for the advent of the ! iron horse of the Ohio River and j Charleston. — -• - - —— Did You Ever Try Electric Hitters ns u remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle has presented a statement to the Henate committee on Finance show ing wiiy Hawaii doesn't approve of the proposition to provide lor the abrogation of the reciprocity tfeaty, in the Dingley tariff bill. After en- cnamerating reasons why the United Htates should not abrogate the treaty. Mr. Thurston says: “If the treaty is abrogated. Hawaii will be free to make such arrangements with other countries us circumstances may re quire. Strong and steadfast as the American feeling is in Hawaii, if the island products are barred out of tiie American market by a practically prohibitive duty, they will be com pelled, in order to avoid ruin to tneir chief industry, to seek a market i-ci Australia, Canada, and England, and will be free to offer in cmupensaUoa for special trade privileges accorded to Hawaii the rights and privileges heretofore accorded to the United Htates. and now exclusively held by it under the terms of the existing treaty.” Mr. Thurston concludes his statement with this pen picture of what would follow abrogation of the treaty: “Instead of tlie United Htutes remaining the piactical suz erain power over Hawaii, as it now is, by the voluntary act of the United Htates, Hawaii wilj .be turned loose to become the prey of the first great power which chooses to gather it in. and the United Htates will have placed itself upon an equality with England, France and Japan, to there after engage in a scramble for the control of Hawaii under the disad vantages of a self-inflicted handicap ” Representative Hitt, of III., lias been telling some tales out of school which he tniilke account for the enor mous number of applications for con has Ik)en found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Complaints, exerting a won derful direct influence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have l/)ss of Appetite, Constipu- tloa, Headache, Fainting Hpells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melancholy «r troubled with Diz/y Spells, Electric Hitters is the medi cine you need. Health and Strength are guaranteed by its use. Large bottles only fifty cents at Dul’re Drug Co.’s Hlore. now amP get relief. Tills medicine sulships at tbe beginning of every new administration. He said: “It is tbe woman. You know how it is. Brown or Jones or Hmith, when he *has means and leisure, likes to take his family abroad. When thev come back his wife md daughters are tilled with their experiences. Tiie whole town is fired •ith emulation. Now, John Jones may not have the means to take liis family to Europe, but he has influence in politics. When the political wheel turns and his party is up, he looks around to see what the reward for his service* shall be. Left Special Low Rate Excursions From All Points to the Greatest Show on Earth. The railroads realizing the impor tance of the event and the great de- cire of their patrons to attend the Harnum Jc Hailey Shows at Green ville. H. C., May HI. have made u very low round trip for tiie occasion and are assured in advance of u large pa tronage from this place. The Har num & Hailey Shows have always been considered tiie very largest and best of all amusement enterprises. It attracts more people, exhibits more of real merit, contains more novel ties. giresthe best circus performance and fulfils more promises than any other institution of its kind in the world. This years’ show is no excep tion. Among the new featurtAj are 7<> horses pi rfonning in one ring,* dog who plays foot-ball with such skill and dexterity that the New York newspapers gave him a whole page describing his wonderful performance, a pig that actually talks so you can distinguish its words better than u parrots, all the champion riders of the world, a great herd of performing elephants, a dozen big a»nal acts, in cluding the pretty and wonderful Jit- t!*? girl wfcc is rhot fr<?ir. an err?* six'; feel through space a..J b)) oth er features too numerous to mention. In the menagerie tent, on exhibition, without extra charge will be seen, Miss Ella Ewing, the tallest person in the world, a native of Missouri, and over eight feet high, and Great i'eter, the smallest man in the world, who is seventeen years old and weighs only <>i pounds, — -* •- • Dr. Thornwell’s Lecture. The Houtliern Presbyterian, a relig- ous paper advocating the cause of th« denomination which its name implies, has the following to say regarding Dr. ThornwelJ’i* lecture which he will de liver ii» this city on Friday night week: “The people of McConnellesville and vicinity had the great pleasure of hearing Dr. Thornwell lecture Tuesday night on his European tour. A brighter, spicier, newsier lecture has not been heari in these parts for many a day. It had not the slight- , est guide-book ilavor about it. It i contained the observations of one who had an eye to see whatever of interest was to be seen.” Dr. Thornwell lectures here under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid So- I eiety of the Presbyterian church. | All who attend may expect u rare literary treat. — - • — Dropped Dead. While returning to his home last .Sunday, after a visit to friends and relatives, Mr. Thomas Raines, who lives in Draytonville township, be came exhausted and expired by the wayside. Mr. Raines was np in years, being nearly eighty years of age. He died very near his home. The old gentleman was perhaps the best known fisherman in this section, and it was his boast in life, that when he ap proached the river the lisii began to tremble. May liis reward be eternal peace in the world beyond. The Best Rents Jy for Rheumatism. From the Fa!rbaven <N. V.) lic^Uter. VIr. James Rowland of this village, states that for twenty-five years his wife has been u sufferer from rheuma tism. A few nigiits ago she was in such pain thul she was nearly crazy. Him sent Mr. Kowfund for the doctor, but lie bad read of Chaimberlain’s Pain Halm and instead ot going for the physician he went to the store and secured a bottle of it. His wife did nut approve of Mr. Rowland’* purchase at first, but nevertheless applied the Halm thoroughly and in an hour’s time was able lo go to sleep Hhe now applies it whenever she feels an ache or pain and finds that it sl- wsys gives relief. He says that no medicine which she had used ever did her as much good. The 20 and Ml cents sizes for sale by DuPre Drug Company.