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♦ 6 THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., MAY 20, 1897. C9HGL0MERATED CHEROKEE &.T£MS OF INTEREST TERSELY TOLD. TE« News from Town and Conntry Soiled Down for the Special Benefit of Busy Led ger Readers. File Dummy track is being greatly .a. proved. rise twelve-year-old daughter of Coroner Met'raw is < 'lite sick. Surveyors were b sy Tuesday de- ic.,ng lines of lands recently bought Oapt. Thaxton still has a large 5 r<*e on the streets and is doing good a’<'rk. ■ »ne of the side-tracks put in by flu Mrs. W. S. Elmore, of Point, S. C., was called to Gaffney last week on ac count of the illness of her sister, Mrs. R. F. Spencer. Mrs. Spencer is some- , what improved and Mrs. Elmore has returned to her home. Mr. Gray. Arthur L. Butts’ advance agent, of Charlotte, was in town yes- i tcrday and made arrangements for , Mr. Butts to show in this place three : nights commencing June 3. Benefit \ of Gaffney Cornet Band. The Second Baptist School house ! has heen enlarged and can now ae- 1 commodate a good many more people. ; The job was done by Robert Thompson I who gave five new benches for the I benefit of the Sunday School. Lee Dowdle. a well-known and de- 1 serving colored man, was married Sunday night at 8 o’clock to Marin- ! dor Bonner. The ceremony was per formed at the Methodist 1 was quite an event in colored'circles. Uncle Johny Geddes has sold this ! season, Jill quarts of strawberries, WRITES OF HIS OLD HOME ITS BABBLING SPRINGS AND ROCKS AND RILLS. uthern, is proving very convenient ‘ which netted him ij'll.’.S.) from about our merchants. Flic friends here of Gen. Hugh are glad to hear that his jt<ra!th is improving. The Lkihiek is indebted to Senator 7-e:7eries for a box of delicious straw- /.-••ries from his model farm. the Spartanburg Herald a few days glowing terms ” Thanks. of spoke in growing Gaffney. Dr. S. B. Crawley has bought two Uae lots on Rutledge street, and we Lts'.rn, will soon improve them. Rochell Rogers has changed his 'ease and is now installed in the <!otnpany store «s fountain man. Work is still being done on the side vr.riks but some of the work is ap- fwrently not as good as the li!U‘s;• tfcwvo. The grounds around graced the City Hall n a manner that the appearance of its tire being -f.Ms much to -stirroundings. •^'ant. John NV. Ross who has been is spring is now fre- r streets much im- s^riously ill t i"«?ntly on o }ir «veJ in health. R. A. Jones is placing material on ground to build a new brick store .tause on his lot adjoining his pres- ■c-.t place of business, We learn that several gentlemen il soon buy property in the vicinity ■ tf "Indian Hill,” in our suburbs, and tc^ike their liomes there. Honest, hard-working, good-heart- ''L, and all-around good Aus lium- --.ries says he got "pizened” while c. die city some weeks ago. A. N. Wood's new store adjoining banking-house is nearing comple* n on and will he occupied ns soon as Pushed by Mr. Bird of I'ucolet. Itev. John Dos Chumps will com- ence a meeting at Beulah to-night. 4*3 continue until Sunday. The pub lic i»as an invitation to be present. Aiaffney, true to her promise, has ffnenished all the offices in the City 21all with handsome and up-to-date sferoiture for our new county officers. As Gaffney grows new necessities so up goes another bakery. It A-i being built by Mr. Fincken, an ex- ^Krtenced baker and an energetic ^f-3'iing man. <>>1. J. L. Strain, our faithful cor- xx^iondtnt from Etta Jane, was in city, Wednesday, and had the pG-suaure of shaking the hand of Gen. Tc.in B. Gordon. ■Sheriff Rcss is now occupying his -Splendid office prepared for him by ticis city in the City Hall building. sSLeriff Ross has appointed his son l-<sgan his clerk. Sheriff Ross and family moved to tit*? city Tuesday from lliacksburg. Tliis is one instance in which Gaffney £410 be congratulated at the expense if our neighbor. •Samuel Jefferies brought to The fjEitOEK office some stalks of wheat from his field which measures and 3in.. and says they are a fair -*ti'.;ple of his crop. After a vacation of six months, oc- ca.^.oned by the erection of the new Presbyterian church, the I’resbyteri- Sunday School was re-organized fast Sunday morning. Alderman R. A. Jones pleads guilty 4a the bicycle craze. In this instance iai : as many supporters. Wonder if It-d - catering to the ladies. If so, i/t ..as shown his wisdom. >lr. James B. Bell will bo found in :ice office vacated by Col. Butler, rvext door to 1. G. Surratt's office and or i V)e glad tosoe clients and friends at any and uli times. Bep DuPre’s face carries a smile which shows he is brimful of satis- lactien this week. Tliere has been a addition to his little family, but makes him smile so, is because &,'* a boy. There will be services in the Meth- L«t church next Sunday morning 11 o’clock. All the members are **!»juested to be present. There will a short Conference at the conclu- o? the services. Dr. W. C. Hamrick has contracted tar the erection of an elegant rcsi- • tornce on Limestone street. The :4»:tor is building for his own use, tMsi his building will be second to few rwadences in the city. Col. Thos. B. Butler has moved «js iaw office to the front room over i:ew store next to Wood’s bunk. Ma will he glad to see his clients and tCktcrds there. He has now a very *uti tsome office and plenty of room. an eighth of an acre of land. He says he could get more but he thinks he j will keep the remainder for his own j tooth. Miss Annie Hudson died at her home in the Blue Blanch neighbor- ! hood on May ilth. She leaves sev- ; oral children. The remains were in terred at Allen’s grave yard. The cause of her demise was conjestion of the stomach. Material is being placed on the i ground for the new Baptist parson- , age. It will be built on the corner of Johnson and Montgomery streets, a beautiful site. The parsonage will j be a handsome building and will cost j from tflMOO to .‘rlL , 'Hj. A large delegation went over to | Charlotte Thursday from this county to attenJ the 20th of May celebration. ? It was no trouble to run across a i Cherokee brave. They were here and ! there and everywhere taking in the sights. All returned well pleased with the celebration. Clerk of Court Jefferies and bis ! able assistant, Carlisle Hollis, moved into their apartments at the court house last Friday. Treasurer Jones moved Tuesday, and the other coun ty officers will all get in this week. Everything will be in readiness for court Monday morning. The three year old champion of Cherokee county is a son of J. J. Yassey. This three year old yong- ster weighs ,’’2 pounds. His meas urements are as follows: Foot din. long; above the ankle 8 inches; knees 12 inches; hips 30 inches; waist 28 inches; chest 27 inches; neck 12 inches and heights 3 feet o inches. riu n will be a game of baseball at Limestone tomorrow afternoon at I o’clock between the Cherokee and the Seminary clubs. Let everybody turn out and encourage the boys by thtir presence. This is the third game, each club having won a game and this game bromises to be unu sually interesting. The dummy will probably run. J. K. Webster Esq., moved into his ofliee (that of Probate Judge) in the court house yesterday, where he may be found to serve the people us pro bate judge and as attorney for clients In the practice of his profession. He moved out of his old office sooner than lie expected to do so in order to accommodate Mess. Morgan A Warren, who are fitting up his old office rooms for a first class eating house and con fectionery. — • * • ——■ A Good One on Judge Aldrich. When the 4:18 train arrived Sun day afternoon a distinguished looking gentleman alighted from the train and repaired to Lipscomb's Hotel, registering as ‘ James Aldrich, Aiken. S. C.” It soon became whispered about that Judge Aldrich had arrived to hold court. The fact is that the Judge was a little premature. He had got it into his head that court was to open lust Monday when it was not to open until next Monday. Tin- Judge was excusable, however, as a number of papers in the state had published that court was to begin last Monday. Mr. Aldrich remained over until Monday when he returned home. During his stay he was enter tained by the members of the Chero kee bar. Mr. Aldrich expressed sui- prise at the size of Gaffney and said, lie would like to own a block here, in which judgment lie will find others who agree with him. He also said Gaffney was a very pretty town, which was another evidence of his being u good judge. We hope the more he sees of us the more he will like us. A Gaffney Boy. IGm-iivilh- Newt'.] I. W. Richardson, Furman Univer sity’s popular pitcher, left the city Fond Recollections ot a Former Resi dent—Left Thirty-seven Years Ago—Notes its Pres ent Prosperity. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Omex Texas, May 18. Dk \k Lkimjek :— “How dear to my heart :ir<- ihe scenes of my childliiHKl. When fond recollections present thenito view The orchard, the meadow, the (leep-tatttrh'd Wildwood. And every loved s|n>t which my infancy knew. church and The widc-spreadim; pond, themil! that -toon by it. Tin hrldac and the rock win :o: ho cataract fell. . , The cot of my father, the dairy-house ni^h it. And e'en the rude bucket which hum; in t lie well. The old oaken bucket, the iron hound buck et. The moss covered bucket which himiiuii the well." Though a stranger to you in per son, we take great pleasure in read ing the newsy letters from every sec tion of your new county, especially those of Mr. J. L. Strain, giving his observations of the people and coun try, while canvassing the county as a candidate. These letters are all the more interesting to me as many of the olde" people and places men tioned by him are still remembered by this scribe. Quite a number of the business men of your rapidly growing city were school-mates and class-mates of mine during the years . Ihj8. 1S.VJ and 1800 and many others are still residents of your county whose names have been forgotten, until 1 see them mentioned. I re membered well the fateful day, with- ; in the limits of your beautiful city, when the electric bolt killed the pi- j ous and lovely young Will Xott, and ; shocked quite a number of other by standers. In imagination I can see the old school-house at Limestone, the red hills and deep gullies, as they looked to my boyish eyes. I can see the old spring babling from beneath the rock from which I used to kneel down and drink the sparkling water. And 1 see again, the old house whose roof sheltered me when a thoughtless boy, ami yet affords protecitor. to our aged and revered father,(of whom favorable mention was made in your last issue,) and the grave-yard, hard- by in whoso soil lie entombed the earthly remains of the one, we loved to call Mother. As some one has said, ‘‘Home is a green spot in mem ory’’, and not even the lapse of years blots out its images. Thirty-seven years absence has made great changes in the people and face of the country. Wc are glad to notice in your col umns, the evidences of prosperity in your new county and the city as is manifested in the letters of your cor respondents, indicating the thrift and energy of your people. There are a good many Carolinians scattered over Texas, and not a few from Union, Spartanburg and York,—among whom in old Dr. Samuel A. Goodman, known to many of your people and now in his ninety-second year, with faculties of mind yet unimpaired. Our fanning interests are suffering now on account of too much rain. The cotton acreage has considerably increased this year in spite of low prices and short crops of grain last year. The fruit crop of this section will be good, not so large in quanity but better in quality. The peaches of this belt of conntry mal beauty and flavor of those from California. This industry is growing every year and in a few years will assume an im portant place in the business of this country. Success to The Ledger, Cherokee county, and all the old boys, whose eyes may chance to see this communi cation. K. G. L. - — —— Cherokee Chili Tonic guaranteed to cure-- Algood Items. Auiood, May 2.">th.—Farmers to make money should raise*everything tney consume.but not consume every thing they raise. Many a man is the architect of his own fortune, hut never gets money enough to build. As yet it is undetermined in our mind which is the worse sinner—the man or woman who can sing, and won’t, or the man or woman who can’t sing and will. Many express well only the love they do not feel. One alone is in a crowd who suf fers. or when one loves some one else and the love is not returned. Barents place nothing before your children but what is simple, lest you should spoil their haste, and nothing that is not innocent, lest you should spoil their hearts, ami when it comes to a newspaper don’t fail to place The Ledger in their hands. For one virtue which makes us walk, how many vices make us run? if men could enjoy laughing at themselves as well as they doth at others wouldn’t they have plenty of fun and amusement. If you have good health you have j nine-tenths of all that nature has ever given to man, but still you lack one needful thing. The Ledger. Mrs. Harriet Betty visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday. She was accompanied by her son Ernest, and her daughter Bertha. W. T. Fowler and family’, of Clif ton, visited relatives here last week. Miss Victoria Clary visited Miss 1 Sarah Byars Sunday. Mrs. J. V. Whelchel and others of | the Centerview section, visited Oo- i lumbus Pettit and family Sunday. Hugh Wilkins visited his mother, Mrs. G. P. Wilkins Sunday. Messrs. 11. L. Smith and J. T. Clary went to the county-scat Satur day, on business. J. L. Clary went to Gaffney one day last week, on business. Some thief went to Nathan Moore’s one night lust week and stole the fodder pulling be regarded as profitable, best bee-hive, bees and all, and didn’t as much as leave him a note of thanks for il. Crops are badly in need of rain. Wheat is looking tolerably well con sidering the dry weather, but if it does not ruin soon outs will be an entire failure. Corn Cracker. of some leguminous crop, supplemeuted by mineral manures, w ill in a few years r» ader dwaa at dla adapted to truck gn imr. If stable mae.ut -- beuwd, tl|i r should first !>e thoroughly com pod and several times piled and rut dovfl in order to bring them into a most avail able condition as plant food. A < onifiost of stable manure, cotton nod, acid phosphate and kaiuit, mixed in stah proportions an will suit the crop to be grown, will Is- found a very effective lertiliz* r, perhaps superior to any other mixture. Proper rotation must be observed in truck growing as in general farming. Melons, cucumbers and squashes belong to one family ami should not succeed each other. Eggplants, tomatoes and Irish potatoes form another, and beaus and peas another. IN THE CORNFIELD. Rrportt-i! Piom f!i»- Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. The spring and early summer of IHflG were extremely dry. Among 14 varie ties of corn tested the largest yields were made by iit. Charles, followed By Early Mastodon and Blount Prolific. In the unusual season of 185)0 seed corn from Illinois allonlctl a larger yield than did that k-oin Alabama ami Georgia. Ki inels from the middle of the ear of dent varieties afforded a smaller yield than grains from the butt and tij) i nds of the ear. This result was confirmed by averaging the relative yields obtained in 14 tests at iiveexperi- xneut stations. In this dry season the yields were practically the same whether the dis- tanee between single plants in rows five feet apart was three or four feet. A dis- tuneo of two feet in the row greatly re duced the yield. On sandy branch Imttrin land the yield of corn was 3.1 bushels greater where 42G pounds per acre of crushed cotton seed was used than where ISO pounds of cot t onset d meal was employ ed, the amount of nitrogen furnished per acre being the same in each ferti- liz- r. On sandy branch bottom land whit Ji had bt rue two crops of \vt ds the loss when the weeds were burned, in stead of being plowed under, was 2. bushels of corn per acre. The yield of grain was less when the entire stalks wen eut and cured before pulling the ears and also less when top ping was practiced than when the plants were not disturbed before gathering the ears. Financially, topping was unprofit able, and the profit in harvesting tlu-en tire stalks was doubtful where no shred der was available to prepare the stalks for feeding and when corn was valued ut Ui cents per bushel and stalks at 25 cents per 100 pounds. A compilation of results of stripping the blades or pulling fodder showed an average loss of 2.5) bushels of com per j vvay^, and save wading in thednjppings. acre from pulling fodder. Only when Besides, your feed, or at least your fod der, is just across an alley of 4or0 feet, as one likes. This barn may be made Huy making would generally give bet- any size to suit the purs*- and stock of ter returns than fodder pulling for the | ^j K . builder, with or without a drive- A Nt-v: Lemon IVst. The Fruit-nan’s Guide reports a new lemon js-st in California. Under a Lii- c-roseope the pest ap;>ears one two-liuu- dn dths of tm inch in 1- ngth. As many as TO.nOO have been s t n on one leaf. The effect of the .-t is to spot the fruit and depreciate its market value. Hi rr Stock Dam. is tin- plan of a Michigan stock- man for a stock burn originally describ ed in The Farm, Field and Fireside: The claim for it is, it is convenient, saves labor, and, above all, saves going behind the animal in order to give it DRIVEWAY HAV J577PAW (OZNFXKX ALLEY ^ CATTLE STALLS ! PLAN l OK STOCK DARN. ! its feed. You feed from the allt v al- fodderis high and corn low in price can A Fierce Wind Storm. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Owen’s Ford, May 21.—We had quite a narrow escape yesterday afternoon. A dreadful cyclone struck our neighborhood yesterday about .j o'clock. James T. Moorehead, a well known farmer, is badly damaged by the cyclone by loss of property. His gin house is badly damaged, the roof being blown off and the lloor damaged. His engine house and five other small houses were blown down and a great many trees \^cre blown down around his house, his family being blockaded on one side of the house until Monday by so many trees being down in front of the door. One of his bec-gums was blown thirty yards from where it was setting. A. Horn was damaged right badly also. His gin house was blown down and much other damage done. Mr. Moorehead’s pasture fence was so badly wrecked that his cattle could not be turned out until it was repaired. His two sons rushed in Monday morning and of course they helped him all tluy could; also Mr. G. A. Byars sent a hand to help him out of his trouble, Mr. Moorhead is a man who takes everything fair and easy. He says the Lord knows what is best. Crops are looking very well now. Several of our farmers have their cot ton chopped out. Chills are still raging. Mrs. M. J. Moorhead had a very bad one yester day. Also Mrs. J. C. Wallace has had several. Old Stragleh. laboB employed. Average Yield of Cotton. The average yield of cotton for the crop of 185)(i is placed by the department of agriculture at 158.00 pounds, being 22.05 pounds below the average for ten years. The Texas Farm and Raueh com ments on the foregoing as follows: i “This is less than one-third and more than one-fourth of a bale par acre. Our ! best farmers think it no great achieve ment to gather a 500 pound bale from a single acre. Take from the sum total all who make more than half u bale p< r acre, and what do you suppose is the yield on a large majority of farms? Many make a bale to four or five acres, and many make less than that. To fill the figures collected by the department there must be a large numb- r of farmers who do not gather mure than one bale from eight to ten acres. Is it any won der that that sort of farming don’t pay? Is it any wonder that such farmers are always complaining of hard times? This is farming done by men who are not farmers, but incompetent apologies for the real article, w ho, in any other busi ness would fail utterly to be self sup porting. Many of these cannot support themselves even at farming.” way, providing you leave room. REFORM IN CIVIL SERVICE. Truck Karin lug. Truck farming requires lands rich in plant food, and a bulletin from the Louisiana .station dwells on the impor tance not only of commercial fertilizers, hut such homemade manures as will in sure large supplies of organic matter. The incorporation of vegetable mat- ter by the growing ami turnin** ITchmuio Drought to lieur on McKinley Eur AbutDliin nit of Certain Dates. Washington, May 10.—Great pres sure has been brought to bear on tha presid nt for a rc'orm in certain branches of. the civil service, especially since the meetings of the senate com mittee investigating the workings of the civil service. The maiu proposi tions in the reforms demanded aro briefly as follows: 1. The abolishment of the mle allow ing the reinstatement of government employes without examination ouly within one year from the time of their removal from the service. 2. The exemption from examination of all chiefs of divisions, superintend ents and foremen, and ail officials whose duties are of an executive character. H. The issuing of a general order re scinding all extensions of the classified service made since President Harrison's administration. The president has given no intima tion as to what course he will pursue. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises. Sores, Ulcer, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruption,, and postively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money’refunded. Brice 2.') cents per box. For sale by The DuBre Co. Drug Everything^® That’s Nice and New To Benefit Others. The Editor of The Bloomfield Iowa Farmer Writes of the Good Done by DR. MILES' NEW HEART CURE. k li Agency For Columbia Bicycles. in our line can be found at CLARKSON k SMITH'S Palace Confectionery. no cure no pay. Cherokee Drug Co. Cooper Limestone Commencement. The commencement exercises of Cooper-Limestone Insitule will be- \\ early yesterday morning on his way to gin with a commencment sermon in . ...i * . ' i (j. i ; i \\ aco, Texas, where he goes to spend several months. Mr. Richardson only developed his powers in the box this season but when he left, in spite of the comparatively short training he had had. he had no equal in that position in the State. Just before leaving he recieved a call from Spartanburg to piled there during the summer, but declined. His uniform courtesy, gentlemanly bearing and his whole-souled, generous, yet high-ton- the chapel Sunday morning week at 11 o’clock by Rev. \V. T. Deriaux. of Spartanburg. On Monday evening, June 7th, ut 8:.“0 the musical and education recital will take place in the chapel. On Monday and Tues day morning, June 7th and Sth. from 10:30 to 1 o’clock the art exhibit will take place in the art studio. On Tuesday eveninig at 8:30 Rev. W. L. Richards, of Greenville, will deliver the address before the graduating ed disposition made him a favorite in i class, after which the regular gradu college and on the diamond. Hewas uGng exercises will take place also quite popular among the towns- j These exercises will consist of read- people. ’Tvvas with feelings of sincere regret, therefore, that his many friends bade him good-bye. We sell anil iniitruntee Kiev's Unoxo Great* Lliianivnt niii'urv no pay. OlIKRORKE I»HCO Co. Kiev’s (iGotM- (ireaso Liiiaraviit, eurv* all aches anil pains. Sold and irnarantevd hy < m.noKi.i: Ditt o ( o. ing of essays by the graduating class the awarding of the diplomas, etc. The public is invited to attend. I f Kiev (loosvGrvuitv don'tcure your ucIivh and palio., hums, lirtilsea and sprains, wv pay you money haek. DcPrk Dmco Co. ('roup. Colds. I,at.rlppv and Sore Throat, cured hy Goose Grease -no cure no pay. IilTul Ohio Co. T HERE AUC a great many unscltLh men and women who wish others to know what has restored them to health and happiness. Mr. C. F Davis, pub lisher of one of the best newspapers lu Iowa, writes from Kloomiicld la., Aug 181&96. “My desire to benefit others prompts me to writs this. We have used Dr. Miles' Remedies in my family for nearly two years with most gratifying results. Wo would’nt now do with out them. My wife had been weakly and down nearly every cummer for the past fifteen years. Dr Miles’Heart Cure is exactly what its name implies; a sure cure for a weak, fluttering palpitating heart, and Dr. Miles' Nerve and Liver rills are most excellent.” Dr. Miles' Remedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarautee, first bottle benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart and Nerves sent free to all applicants. DR. MILLS MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, Ind. ” ’ Our Store Your Headquarters- During Court Weel We will lie ghul to liavo you, ai you will be where you can hear tl Court Crier when they want yo Yours Truly, WALTER BAKER '& CO. Cool Yourself MIW ReotorM) by drinking the newest and fanciest dninks on the market at my fount. Anything from a plain Soda to Peach Cream-- cold as ice can make them. Yours, Ac., CHAS. G. ERVIN.