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WRITTEN FROM WILLIE. Jairus Ta’k# About the Dispensary and Other Things. <Correspondence of The Ledger.) W'Uir. May 10.—Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hi well were culled tu Spurtan- bui'i; last week, to the bedside of Mrs. Howell'.-' sick brother, Dock Cuntrel, who hud been suffering for some time with some disease of the bowels. He iiwd out a short time after iiis sis ter' to Spartanburg, after having made a fruitless raid up iu the dark corner. It seems that the way of the moon- sinners are hard, while that of the deputies are not eo very pleasant. U. Z. Pitman, of Wellford, is a can The Jury List. Clerk of Court Jefferies. Treasurer Jones, and .auditor Camp met Tues day. to draw the jury list for the first term of Cherokee county court. Jn the old counties the county commls- Decllae of the Loeob Trade. The medicative leech is now prnctl- ! cally a thing of the past The falling i off iu the demand for leeches by the medical profession is quite astonishing, as may be judged from the fact that in t didate for the position of postmaster sioners met in January and made up the year 1S4C tb' two largest hospitals at that place, while Capt. John lien- the jury box for the year. In order in London called for about of son also has full confidence in his to make the jury legal tfie Jury Com- them, whereas ;icw these institutions ability to perform the duties of the | missioners took the names of the ju- office to perfection. There is also a rors who were drawn by the oldcoun- negro by the name of lioders. who is | ty commissioners last January, and wanting the office. Mr. Pitman or who resided in those portions of Spar- Mr. Henson, either one. would be per- ! tanburg. Union and York counties, . rrival. He died Friday the 7th ! fectly acceptable to the patrons of the ; out of which Cherokee was formed, ins taut, ami was brought up her-iimd buried the Sth, at Holly Springs. w..e;v h.s father was buried, who died two -.r tiiree years ago. Contrary to tie expectations ol the office, uh t hey are both moo of stand ing and integrity in the community. Pittman is one of M ellford s leading merchants, while Henson is one of her leading farmers. In his historical sketch of the bat- . tie of,Cow pens J. L. »S., 1 think is in far. is. after the recent rams, on- wor afe to one of the Whelchel s hav- ton .> coming up very irregularly in thiri section—in fact they are now- get ting rather uneasy for fear that they will get but a very poor stand The prospect now list. and oats is for a the best crop of in this Wllv county, J think, that J have ever seen. It Mr. Cantr's statements in his interview given to the Spartanburg , Herald of May Oth. are true, which we do not in the least doubt, our .State dispensary must be running something i ; ke a gigantic hlockaie business. Vhcrefore. 1 thi: ; that Governor 1111 ;rbe would do w’“ll to place a force of eonstabhs around tile mother do oensary and bring her to “taw.” if tin v catch her manufac turing her own 1. paor. Mrs. G. W. Wi tiams and Mrs. VV. W. Whelchel constituted our sick list last week. Mrs. Whelchel is now- able to be out again, but Mrs. Wil liams is still in delicate health. Mrs. | Wtfi t Hentpley, of Xorah, is suffer ing in the last stage of consumption. I and is not expected to live but a tew j weeks. She is u daughter of William Howell, one* of No rail’s best citizens. Now Mr Kditor. while those uttle nonsensical controversies and per sonalities on the pari of your corres pondents, have been a feature of Tmk Lkuokk that iias been very much up- preciated by a great many o: its read ers. I don't think it a bad idea to eliminate them from its pages. Hut I do think that the editor should ac cord to his correspondents the privi lege of i xpressing their opinions upon subjects which are of general interest to the public, and of discussing mat ters of general interest. i and drew therefrom the jury I The following are the jurors : Gkanji Jukobs.—J. W. Rhyne. Bea- j ty Morris, G.B. Wright, O. A. Osborne. ! J. F. Patrick, J. F. Jamison, E. P. 1 Macomson, (r. S. Black, I,. C. Mabry, ■ J. P. Hamilton, H. J. Gold. G. W. i Lancaster, G. H. Turner, J. H. Carter, | 8. J. Poole, J.D. Kuppe, I. M. Smith, W. L. Spake. land several years before the break- Ib/niT Ji koks —K. J. Kirby. A. F. ing out of the Revolutionary war, and | Siuith, W. D. Hyars, Price Martin, settled in Virginia, where eight sons, all of whom, orde r only 50 or I off loeches at irregular and infnquent intervals. Wc iU"<' informed l y well known loech imperters that the trade iu leech*s h-au bee-n subject to sucli fi'-roe oompetitiru that the price has been brought down almost to nil. The quotation for a sin- gk hundred lwoh« * at th present mo ment is fixi-d at n rate v.hich is little than half a. hat the gmit h< spitals Bowhr.gsville Locals. BowtlltCsYiUE, May 10.—Fanners i aie beginning to work on their crops. There is a very poor stand of cotton in this section so far. very windy weather. There is some sickness at present. Mrs. Julia Crock-* died at the hotre of her fathers, Sam Welehel on thv.'th inst. She leaves a husband and baby to mourn her Joss. Mrs. II. U. Tate was at her father’^ last week. D. H. Bailie and w ife, of Gaffney, visited J. 'V. Allen’s family Saturday and Sundav* Beware 0! the Knife. ing been killed iu that battle. Dr. Frances Whelchel came from Switzer- he reared together with their lather, served in the war, and aii of whom lived to see the inde pendence ot their country, and of whom the records does not give any i account of but of one Jhaving been wounded during the war. Dr. John | Whelchel. son of Dr. Francis Whel- | cliel, and great grand-father of your i humble correspondent, was seriously wounded at* the bailie of Cowpens, ! and k*f. on the field for dead, but re covered and lived to be about eighty years old. After the war lie married | a Miss Abigail Davis, of Albemarle i county, Yu., and settled near Dray- tuuville, which is now in Cherokee | 1 county, where he resided for a nuno- j In ref y »jrs. He emigrated to Hall 1 county, Ga. in ISiiO, where he died a 1 few years after. • | As my letter is getting so long I | will refrain from giving the incidents ! which led up to his having got wound- I ed. Suffice it to say, he received four ! wounds inflicted with the British sa- , Rev. J.G. Ezell tilled his son's, I. Ezell’s pulpit at Holly Springs yes terday. Miss Sopha Jackson of Clarence, visited Mr-. Terrizu Howell Saturday and Sunday last. John Davis and daugliters, together i with Miss Steele, visited the family j of J. J. Johnson. Sunday the IHli inst. We heard a father in our section, i who has but one daughter, jokingly ; requested a young lady to inform a certain young gent that if he did not suspend his visits to ids town that he would go for him.” The daughter very wittily replied. "1 don’t want you to go for him. Pa. J was thinking of going for him myself.” J.\inr.s. lead penetrating to the membrane of the bruin, from which his recovery was considered miraculous. Now, I want to say to “H,” of Wilkinsville, that I have no desire or intention of entering into a contro- vex*sy with him, or any one else, on the merits or demerits of the broad ' tire, or as to that matter, on anyoth- i er subject, merely tor the sake of ar gument. I simply gave my opinion I in accordance with ‘ B’.-” suggestion, ’ and J am still of Hit* same opinion. However with the permission of the Editor. I will in future letters, enter ; into a friendly discussion with “H” 1 in regard to the matter, and we’ll en- ; deavor to bring out all the merits and demerits of the broad tired wagon. J AIKt'S. J. R. Hughey, A. J. Davis, W. A. Blalock, J. J. Gaffney, J. K. Black wood, \V. J. McGill. K. H. Porter, B. F. Bonner, M. F. Duncan, R. N. Ellis, Mike Sellers. J. H. Fowler, W. A. Jefferies, J. A. Pearson, 8. Surratt, G. R. Wylie. A. J. Goforth, D. L. Littlejohn, T. D. Humphries, J. M. Danit-is. C. J. Daniels, J. Tuck Mc- Craw, F. H. Dover, G. B. Hammett, Landrum Huskey, H. Z. Hicks. P. G, J., Pettit, J. B. Huskey. J. A. Harris. Prater Smith. Jonas Yassey. Frank Mi Ciuney. - — Memorial Day. "Tel! it :i>i you muy. 11 never can be mill; cing It a. you \vi,l. It never ean In* sun/ The story "f < he glory Of the men who wore the ifrny." The Ladies Memorial Association | of Elbethel met May the Sth to deco rate the graves of the old soldiers. I Seventeen are buried there. After appropriate remarks from the pastor | and others the flowers were given to the children who marched to the j the graves. Jr is a beautiful custom • in others to honor the brave men ■ who fought under the Confederate flag. Once it unfurled in the breeze as proudly as any flag on earth. Now it is but a memory. “A bonnier flag never led a braver | people. From the day it flamed be- ! fore victorious legions on the plains j of Manassas until the day when Lee’s ! starved and ragged veterans efosed 1 more paid for their onormbus leech supplies in Jb-IS. At that time the importation cf jo,eh* s was earned on by m< :.i.s < f sail ing boats plying to a::d fn ei Smyrna; but, owing to the tliffi' u!ti< .i < i tr.m--fi r anil the irregular arrival of the boats, many attempts wer* made to eci save and brvd l-xiches in England. On;* « tcrprisiug nau establish* d thm* pi.nd'. “on his own” tit the top of Lr»xtou ii.1 and us»d to dispose of many tl.i usai.ds of leis-hes wfi-hly. H’s sn 'ei s.si rs, ever—our informimts—i ..ve u gro.-s an nual output of only 40,000, not tithe of the business done half a century apo. Assuredly the lis ch h.»s su n his 1 it days. With the old regime, ••-.h'-n *u-.p- ping and bleeding wtie the sleet an- chi;rsof surgery, tlie !i i >}. all but disap peared. So constant v. as his employ meat in m •'.itevnl tinu s that hisr i'*;-* furnished u svnonym for the nsslical m ly were in Albert Cook and fa tills section Saturday. R-v. A. B. Kenedy filled bis ap pointment at Corinth Saturday and Sunday. C. T. Clary, of Sunny Side to see his parents last wee a. Misses Pauiine and b)live Pettit, of Ravenna, were at Corinth Sunday. Yuphate Tate visited his brother. T. D. Tup. Sunday. James Pettit and dat ilown to set Mr. Pettit’s John P. ttit, Saturday. Einiuii i'etiit. now a student of T’acolet. was in this vicinity Saturday and Sunday. z. v. doctor came to be 1 tlie 1 eh, ” jx-r- bre. three in the body and one in the ( graveyard and placed the flowers on profession, and the known impolitely haps a subtle allusion to the rapacity for fi es which chaiacteri/.-d tin* proiession in these times. At present the Hungarian speckled, lei eh is most in n qui st. It is unsafe io usi the leeches found in some <f our ponds in England, for theii- i it** is gerous, often giving ris. to bExvl poison ing. —Household Words. I-isiln/s Wonder. Henry lako is a Ix xutifal Dxly of wa ter with an urea of about ft square W’illii-:, May 1.—I have heard it said that ‘ there is a time for all things,” that is, that there is u cer tain time of the year for the occur- ranee of all things. The winter sea son is tlie time for cold weather: the spring for windy weather, tin sum mer for warm weather, and the au tumn for the most pleasant weather, but matrimony is always in season. Sleep in peace by us ing Sure Pop Bed Bug Killer. Cherokee Drug Co. Let the boys help their Moth\r. Why is it that bo^s are allowed to sit around a house doing nothing, while their overworked mother There is no man. whenever he gets s^k'gKng against nature and fate, to the notion into his head that lie needs'^ 0 a ^ ou * work waiting for a help.-mete. who ever gets so busy, 1 berhands. Only the otiier day I was but what he can take time to attend to the matter of matrimony. B. A. Jenkins, of Willie, one of our bachelor farmers, notwithstanding tiie very busy season of the year, and Miss Lucy Babb, of Clarence, were married at the residence ot the brides' father, Mr. Sumpey Babb, Thursday, the 2'Jnd April. i think that the suggestion of the* Editor that the farmers give their experience in farming to Tin-; Lkikikk readers—a good idea. By all means, let us hear from you, brother farmers. We still have plenty of fruit in this section, although we beard one gen tleman remark just after the cold- snap, that if fruit were killed then that it would bloom out again in the full next time. Mrs. Mary Pruitt, of Andover, S. C.. died on the "ifith. and was buried at Holly Springs the 27th instant. She was about years old. Will Lindsey, while planting cotton seeds the other day got very seriously hurt, by the planter striking a stump, thereby causing the handle to strike him just below the heart, from the effects of which he died on the 27th ult. James Leaster, of '1 iger. died Sun day, the 2oth of April, from the ef fects of an injury received by a plow handle striking him on the back—he visiting over in “Georgia” and while the poor mother was preparing to get dinner there sat tiiree large able-bod ied boys, and father as well, seeming not to know what to do with them- j selves. J said (for 1 offer speak when I feel I like it;. “Can’t the boy’s help bring in I the stove wood, and draw the water?” | • <>, well,” t he mother said, “they are | tired.” ‘ Does the husband never help?” “No, indeed 1 don’t, for I am a gentleman.” Well of course 1 that was a new idea to me. I said, I “I am glad we have no such gen- ! tleman in our county. For if we did ! have gentlemen like that we have a | man over there that attends to all such eases.” “What do you mean.” said he. “and what is the man’s j name?” “J mean that we have a man by the name of Flaw Picker that would handle you and those boys without gloves.” “Is he in any ; office?” “Only keeper of a poor house.” Not a boy’s work to help about the house? Why not? Is | there anything about washing dishes that will injure him or ; which about it in despair, it never saw a moment of dishonor nor caught a taint of shame.” Thus wrote a gifted son of Georgia whose pen is still and whose voice is hushed in death. It’s glory has been perpetuated in song mid story. Some of the best romances a no some of the most beautiful poems have been founded on incidents of the war. The histor ical novels of John Esten Cook are well worth reading, especially “Sur ry” and “Monun.” "Till! past is past. - May it inivi-r come as;aiii; May no drum nor bustle blast Summon warriors to tlie plain. Tlie battle is o’er Wi staked our all and lost." "Here are tliny lyin|f. t lie ones Unit shed Their blood torthe South‘till the vales | ran red. Honor them! Over their ^ravt s the years { Have seatterod their roses and shed their i tea rs. Honor them! Honor wastlieirs and fame 1 Enshrines in a'iory each deathless name | "And thus fori ivin/ brave hearts and ' t rue. The boys in xray and I lie boys in blue, ! Vour hi/her mission at last is done; And thouKb o'er the kraves of our dead we weep. Weean trust IheiiKilt toth * temder keep : Of OieUmi who KUides u.-> and makes us one." PaXiSV. Pronounced it One of the Finest. Jas. Leisch, special traveling ri- presentative of Muller, the builder of the new organ of the Presbyterian church, was in the city Saturday. While here lie examined the new or gan and pronounced it one of the fin est of its size in the South. The or gan was erected by Prof. \V L. John- I son. of this city, and Mr. Leisch pays Mr. Johnson a compliment ; when lie says it is erected in first- class style. Cherokee's S S. Convention. The first Interdenominational Sun day School Convention for Cherokee county is to be held in this city next Saturday. The convention will meet in the ilaptist Church at 11a. in. Arrangment are being made to make the convention a successful one. Let every Sunday school in the county send representatives. * [ Arrested for Murder. Wilson and John Montgomery, co lored. were arrested here Saturday, charged with killing J'lcs Thompson, also colored, last full. After an in- he cannot learn to do plain meal of vituuls. Yes there is much benefit in such work, the most im portant of which is the idea that it was plowing and stopped, and stooped isn,,i wanly to let the weaker vessel vestigution by magistrate Sarratt, well* And if mother i« eiTk Irt i him set the table or cook a down to pick up something that was in Iiis way, and while in a stooping posture the horse started jerking the plow-handle down striking him about the loins, which caused his death. We had a fine season here yester day, which was beginning to he badly needed—therefore our farmers are now happy, so far as regards the rain. The most of our farmers are through with their planting, and those who are not, will finish up next week. The prospects are now that wc will have u good stand o' cotton. W. W. Whelchel returned from Co lumbus, N. 0. yesterday, where he had been on business, but he did not get his business finished up. there fore he will have to go back again oext week. TheU. 8. deputies passed through Jure last Thursday on their way back carry all the burdens when it is pos sible for strong young hands to help. Perhaps these same boys would glad ly help in the house if they were ask- cdjto do so. and were taught how to do the work properly. J*or shame! It is a positive harm to a boy’s moral character to allow him to think it right to I© i lie while his mother is stugg„*ring un 'or her burdens. Mothers.tlet tiio boys show them how you want it done, show them flow you appreeitte their help and you will soon see a lot of your burdens and aches disappear. Mus. R, Ank Waters. committed to jail to await trial for murder at our first term of court. Worthy Colored Men. N.T. Norris, 1*. R. Davidson and Sain Davidson, three of Gnerokee's most worthy colored men who are engaged in farming at Sunny Side, were in town Tuesday. They all read The Lkuokk and are proud of it. The General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church in the United States uf America. (Southern General As sembly), meets in Charlotte, May 20th, and will he in session for ten days. Jt is one of the largest and most representative religious assem blies in the Union. During its ses sions the Charlotte Observer will have the most complete reports of its pro ceedings. and the paper will he sent to iy ERVOUS Troubles are due to ■ ■ impoverished blood. Hood’s Sar saparilla is the One True Blood Purilici and NERVE TONIC. the continent in a 'I' ^rc.v'ion in t)*<* Reeky m< untains near Tar/t < s pass, Idaho. Hi nry lake is of no conscipcnee itself, but it is the “home” ot a.most wonderful floating island, which is seen first on one side of the lake and then on tlie other. The island is about ii<)0 feet in diameter and has L r its basis a mat of roots and decayed vegetation suffi cient to supjxirt large tri es and u druse growth i f underbrush. Th; edges of this floating island an; thin, i f course, but m ar the center it is several feet thick and of sufficient strength to sup port a good i-iz'si (ummer hi r-1, if some one could be found that would ear to make ouclt a venture. There is a good sized willow thicket near th. center of the island, anti scattered around among them are several dwarf pines and asp ens. Those trees catch the breeze which *is continually blowing over this highly situated 1 ike, and, acting a.t sails on a boat, move th? £00 foot island hithi r and thither over the -10 squ:::*' miles of water at their will. Old mcr.ntaim ers who tire well used to all kinds of queer things declare that the floating island of Henry lake is the most wondi rful thing to be seen in the mountain r< gions cf the United States.—St. Louis Re public. Jmimfratloa. The stringency of the regulations as to immigration into the United States is once mon. refl' i ted in tlie return et passengers debarked from Atlantic lin ers at the port cf New York during the last year, for while a few years ago, say iu 1S92, 500,000 were landi d, last year the total was Sol,573, the di-crease be ing most marked iu steerage passengers. Fortunately many of the old emigrant steamers have been withdrawn—thus 71 “trump-i’ cross *d in DS03, and only 80 iu lbt)ti—so that, instead of about 1,000 voyages Ix-ing made by all ships, only «52 are included in last year’s re turn; thus the average number of pas- Mongers ixsr steamer is iltf.—London Engineering. . — — Unclaimed Letters. List of letters remaining in office uncalled for to date : Mr. J. R. Carroll. Miss Nora Coile. Miss Delia Clary. Mr. Charlie Fowler. “ M. P. Henderson. (2; “ Dick Little. Miss Sis Moss. “ Dora McGill. N. B.—Persons catling for these letters will please say advertised in Tin: Lkikikk. T. H Ltrrn-no jx, P. M. May 10 1807. ■ ■■i —i in — ■ i—--~~----*rTgr—■■■—ran—■———m Troublesome Tetter Suffered fer Years aod Could rind No Curo Until Hood’u Sarsapa rilla was Tried—Scroft ie Cured. “I suffered with tetter on one of my limbs just above the ankle. I tried a great many remedies, but nothing did me any good. The disease was very trouble some lor 12 or 13 years. In the spring I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla and after taking several bottles of this medicine,! was completely cured. Hood’s Sarsaparilla also increased my weight.” F. P. Register, Statesboro, Georgia. “When my boy was three months old he broke out %vith eruptions. He was treated by a physician and the eruptions would heal but would break out again. We resolved to give him Hood’s Sarsapr- rilla, and when he b&d taken two bottles he was cured. He has had no trouble with scrofula since, but is perfectly well.” 1 John K. Smith, Shady Spring, W. Va. If you have decided to try Hood’s Barca- Wants an Explanation. Errv Jaxj:, S. (fi. May 10. 1M*7. —MEditor : Dear Sir—At our campaign meeting in our township in iM'ifi at Owings Ford, P. S. UV!>- lv*r. J. E. Foster and mvsHf were chosen to serve as township commis sioners for Gowdeyvilk* township. W e went before the people and re ceived nearly all the votes of the township, were duly elected and commissioned by the governor. 1 ^ ncethat lime I see through The Lkjxjkk that the commissioners are . P. S. Webber. T. M. Littlejohn and \\ . L. Goudeloek. I also see that - the old trial justices are still serving ! and several of the commissioners chosen by the old county are still serving. Why n it nil of them serve''’ ! do not blame anyone for this but Amply want an explanation of tin matter in behalf of myself and friemU : lor a who voted for me. J Mr. Lincoln Nelson, of Marshfield, Mo., writes: “For six years I have been a sufferer from a scrofulous affection of the glands of my nexk, and all efforts of physicians in Washington, D. C., Springfield, 111., and St. Louis failed to reduce the enlargement. After six months’ constant treatment here, my physician urged me to sulunit to a re moval of the gland. At this critical mo ment a friend recommended S.S.S., and laying aside a deep-rooted preju dice against ail patent medicirer, 1 ne wt's up i S au * ts use ‘ Be * ore 1 had used one bot tle the enlargement began to disappear, nud now it is entirely gone, though i am ' not through with my second bottle yet. ! Had I only used your S.S.S. long ago, ! I would have escaped years of misery ; and saved over £150.” This experience is like tknt of all who suffer with deep-seated blood troubles. The doctors can do no good, and even 1 their resorts to the knife prove cither J fruitless or fatal. S.S.S. is the only j real blood remedy; it gets at the root of j the disease and forces it out perma- ( nently. ! S.S.S. {guaranteed purely vegetable} 'liter were father Mr. A Rea! Blood Remedy. is a blood remedy for real blood troubles; it cures the most obstinate cases of Scrofula, Eczema, Cancer, Rheumatism, etc., which other so-called blood reme dies fail to touch. S.S.S. gets at the ; root of the disease and forces it out per manently. Valuable books will be sent free | to any address by the Swift Specific Co., At lanta, Ga. From Fair Away Texas. (Correspondence of The T.) P AKis. Texas. May 2 -Editor Ledger. Dear Sir : I am very much indebted to some dear triend in your locality copy of your valuable paper did not solicit week, an( j j arn [ clh el to think the place at all but was solicited by many to serve. Anyone that will explain the matter will be highly ap preciated. T. J. Estes. ^ Sure Pop Bed Bug Kiiler destroys bed bugs, roachs and al! in sects. Cherokee Drug Co. • -*•► • To the Veterans of Cherokee County. The Jake Carpenter Camp last Monday resolved by a unanimous vote to turn out in u body and meet Gen. Gordon at the train on the 2<>tij inst.. and to invite alt the camps of the county to meet with them and help them to give the old hero a rousing reception. He la expected to arrive on the south bound train due at Gaffney at2:2<ip. n:, it is hop?J there v.ill be a full turnout from all the camps so that we may give him an old-time royal reception. H. P. Gkikjttii. Com. J. Carpn'*r. Cr.i:tp U. C V. D. A. Thomas, Adjt. —— The True Remedy. W. M. Repine,editor Tiskiiwa, 111. “Chief,” says: “We won’t keep h use without Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Experimented with many others, but never got the true remedy j trial will convince you of their tner- until wc used Dr. King’s New Discov- j its. These pills are easy in action ery. No other remedy can take its j and are particularly effective in the place in our home, as in it we hare a | cure of Constipation and Sick Head- certain and sure cure- for Coughs, j ache. For Malaria and l.ivcr troubles Golds. Whooping Cough, etc.” Jt is they have been proved invaluable, idle to < xperiment with other reme-! They are guaranteed to be p rfectly dies, even if they are urged on you us free from every deleterious substance just as good as Dr. King’s New Diseov- i and to be* purely vegetable. They do ery. they are not as good, because , pot weaken by their action, but by this remedy has a record of cures and giving tone lo stomach and bowels besides is guaranteed. It never fails i greatly invigorate the system. Reg- • o satisfy. Trial bottles free at DuPre ' ular size 2.7c per box. Sold by DuPre Drug Co’s. I Drug Co. it is thethoughtfulnosof mydearjoid friend ot Gowdeysviile. However, its arrival each week is watched with eagerness by myself and family, and is a source of great pleasure and in formation. i noticed with eagerness and interest the formation of your new county, Cherokee, and though not personally acquainted with ail its new officials, some of the most im portant are my old schoolmates and dear friends, and it is my earnest be lief that they will do themselves cre dit. and make the new county an honor to old South Carolina. Notwithstanding I regret that I cannot claim Union county as the* place of my birth, I should he glad to interest you from this section, but nothing of interest has transpired re cently. Our crops are in lint* condi tion, and we have had abundant rains, and wc* predict an abundant yield. I would be much pleased to know who is so thoughtful and kind as to fur nish mo with your issue weekly, and after again expressing my delight with same. 1 beg to be Yours very truly W r B. GoUDEEDi K. 1 [Will the friend who sends Mr. j Goudelock Tin. Ledger kindly let us know.—Ed. —. —r ► . Free Pills. Rend your address to If. E. Bucklefl it Co.. Chicago, and get a fret sample Life Pills. A box of Dr. Kings New Lj* - ******' * * * * * ” *»***•*»*»„**•»»»•»* 5 Are Your Eyes Good ? !i so, call and them ol Or would you like to see hotter? .sot* my line of SPECTACLES. 1 h.m all kinds and prices. 1 also have an elegant lin<> of goods suiuihlc for Wedding Pnsent*.. Call on UsinielH aV CTo., 'I'lie* Jeweler**. ¥ v > any address in the United States for , ; entire session of ten days for 2.7 cents, psrillado aot be induced to buy anyotner. Remit by postal note or money order, j Hood’s Se.raaparilia is the* best, in fact, Address ChakdjtI'E OjisKVKU. Char-i the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by all , | lotte, N.C. j dnqfgisU. Prk«f4, six lor #>. j Tiikke .‘tr<* two kinds of Bicycles—('olumhias and others, and Chief' among the “others” is «The Famous Hartford Bicycle. * f^T’Cal! and sec camples of both at Olarketon it Hmith’w I *£1.15*00 C*«nfcdionor> r .