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-+J. C. JEFFERIES,+» I , UAHHNctf, S. C. Attorney/ind Coantellor at Law. Practice* in Ail trie Court*. Collection* a Specialty The Ledger Ledger Readers Patronize Lodger Advertisers. ¥ • i» A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies anjl Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. VOL. r.’, NO. JV GAFFNEY CITY. S. C.. THUHfiDAY, DECEMBEU 3, !8!»7. $1.00 A YEAlv. ETCHINGS FROM ETTA JANE BY THE SAGE OF LOWER CHER OKEE. He Talks of Men and Measures in His Usual Interesting Style and Give the News of His % Neighborhood. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jaxk, Nov. 29.—The rain has put a stop to farm work and farmers are not near through sowing wheat yet. Our Debating Society was largely attended last Saturday night. The subject was: Which is the greatest curse to our country, whiskey or to bacco? It was decided in favor of whiskey. Some tall speaking was done on both sides. The next sub ject is, Resolved, that money has a greater influence over men than woman has. The North Pacolet Interdenomina tional Sunday School Convention will meet at Mount Ararat church on the 26th of December. Heaven will never be crowded with saints who are too busy to stand or too nice to kneel in prayer during Divine service. Rev. Mr. Isom preached at Messo- potamia yesterday. This ends his conference year. His successor will fill his appointment ut Messopotamia on the 4th Sabbath in December. I was glad to meet my old army comrade, R. W. Davis, at Gaffney, last week. Boh is one of our leading men and is a jolly good fellow; al ways has something good to tell about “uncle Jake” or some one else. Owing to a rise in the watercourse, the mill at Thomson’s was shut down Saturday morning and couldn’t grind. The float at Howell’s ferry is running all right now. Our potatoes are rotting in the kiln. Since shaving off his mustache, our neighbor, J. P. Williams, looks like Frank Pruett. Some say he favors Ben Tillman. If the United States Government will, look clearly after the O. P. hollies they will find sufficient irreg- ulanties to stop them from trifling in rot gut. So says madam rumor. Dr. J. F. McCluney got his lumber from a saw mill near King’s Moun tain battle ground to repair his house. In dressing the same a leaden bullet, apparently about a 44 calibre, was found imbedded in the plank, which the doctor has concluded to have placed in a position where it can be seen. He is not able to say whether the tree was cut from the battle ground or not, but as it come from that section it is quite probable that the bullet has a history connect ed with the Revolution. Dr. Ham Foster swapped horses at Trough Shoals last week. Thanksgiving day was observed by the Salem people last Thursday. Rev. W. R. Owings preached a ser mon from the last verse of the 150th Psalm. “Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. I am very sorry to learn that my old friend and comrade, Dr. A. E. Fort, of Santuc, is in feeble health. We made a trip to Gaffney last Tuesday and met up with quite a number of the country people. Gowdeyviile was particularly well represented in town that day. I am glad to note the building goingtm in the city. New houses, and a new railroad and depot are going up. H. B. McDaniel, of Hickory Grove, cut his thumb severely with a saw, week before last. Sam Lee and John Williams killed some hogs last Thursday. Miss Mamie Crosby visited her home at Sharon, last Saturday, and returued yesterday. It is a notorious fact that The Ledger is going into homes where a newspaper was formally unknown, and many, many persons, especially young people, read it that read no other. We are a miserably unhappy peo ple it seems, if the groaning* and gruntings of certain individuals' are taken as an index to our situation. The man who opposes the senti ments of the times ought to be backed by unanswerable truths; if he has truth and right on bis side he is a fool as well as a coward, if he is afraid to own it, because the current of public opinion is against him. Dishonorable practices are in the main, a losing business. Character is won when money is lost, and de feat Is honorable when It comes from being honorable and right. He who provides for this life with out taking thought for t^e future is wise for the present but a fool for oternity. Some people live as if they were more afraid of what other people say about them than what God will think. . The mink and dog fight in Gaffney last Tuesday drew quite a crowd on short nAtioo. Compared with the au- dience^hat heard llsv. Sam Jones* lecture, \ a bystander, who w*a present at both, said the mink and 2U dog fight had the largest and most enthusiastic crowd. The best remedy for despondency is to lift a burden from the heart of some one else. Should our wheat crop prove good next year the present effect of so- called hard times will soon be forgot ten. Those people who never do wrong are bad company. That’s poor iogic but it is true, nevertheless. Those who see no good in others may be sure that others see none in them. A man should be the kind of a man he would be glad for his boys to be. He who attends to his own business has a permanent and paying job on his hands. A young lady asked me the Other day what was the meaning of “prin ter’s devil.” I will leave that for the “devil” himself to answer, perhaps he will tell the truth about it. ££lf the fore wheel of a wagon is 12 feet in circumference and makes 2200 more revolutions than the hind wheel in fifteen miles what is the circumference of the hind wheel? A locomotive burns 2900 pounds of coal while going 75 miles, and moves forward 10 yards every time the driving wheel turns around. How many times docs the driving wheel turn around for each pound of coal burned? Our cat and rat problem was an swered by Docile White, Herman Boyd and James Douglas. It is one hour. Won’t some student in our country schools give “Corncracker” an answer to his problem of last week.' Mr. Giles Hill has not yet suffi ciently recovered from his injuries to be abl« to return home. Daniel Webster when asked. “What was the most important thought he ever had, replied : “My individual responsibility to God.” An industrious and virtuous edu cation of children is a better inheri tance for them than a great estate. Education begins at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little children tends Inwards the formation of their char acter. Most people have their hogs fat tening. Pork at 4£ cents counts money fast while cotton is 5$ cent*'. Our people generally have a good supply of hogs. The rain last Thursday night and Friday was a backset to farmers who bad cotton to pick and wheat to sow. The young folks had a singing at the home of Mr. S. F. Estes last Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sparks, of Clif ton No. 1, are rejoioing over the arri val of a new buy at their home. Charlie and Jennie are ardent admi rers of The Ledger and it heartily joins them in their rejoicings. There is talk that some unlooked for weddings will perhaps take pla«e between this date and Christmas. If they dont somebody will be disap pointed. Jimmie Strain is our “Flaw Picker” No. 2. Flaw come down and bring Banjo Lu and play with him. Our good friend Jim Woolbright, has moved to Trough Shoals, and is working in Mill No. 2. Mr. Jeff Blackwell went to Gaffney last Friday with cotton. For the editor's kind proposal to join the other papers (for which I write occasionally) and buy me a typewriter, he has my thanks. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes visited friends and relatives at Sharon last Saturday. Miss Eva Chambers, the accom plished daughter of J. A. Chambers, Esq., of Pinckney, will begin our school at Star Farm this morning. Mrs. Sallie Ingram is teaching at Gowdeysville. A petition is being circulated for the establishment of a post-office at J. N. Jefferies, by the name of Abingdon, with J. C. Jefferies as postmaster. Rev. W. R. Owings will preach at Salem next Sabbath, 5th proximo. Miss Lucy Fowler, of Kelton, is visiting her brothers, John H. aud William Fowler. Mr. W. T. Osraent made a flying trip to Henrietta, N. C., last week. Some of the York county boys camo over to the debate last Satur day night. Next Monday Is the day for the horse-swappers to parade at their respective county sites. I suppose Cherokee will have its bone-yard to be up with its sister counties, j.l. g. The Greatest Discovers Yet. W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, IIL, “Chief” says: “We won’t keep house without Dr. King’s New Disi covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Experimented with many others, but never got the true remedy until we used Dr. King’s New Discovery. No other remedy can take its place in our home, as in It we have u certain and sure cure for Coughs, Colds. Whooping Cough, etc.” It is idle to experiment with other remedies, even if they are urged on you as ju#t as good as Dr. King’s New Discovery. They are ,not a* good, because this remedy has a record of cures and besides is guar anteed. It never fails to utisfy. Trial bottles free at the’Du Pre Drug Co. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. LoAl News of Interest to Our Friends Across the Broad. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg. Nov. 29.—The obser vance of Thanksgiving In our town was general. The stores were closed and business suspended. Messrs. Robert Gaetou, Norman Whisonant and Roy Oaborne are just back from a trip to Atlanta. Mr. D. R. Bird, of Gaffney, has opened a general merchandise busi ness in the Hardin block on Shelby avenue. We are glad to see back in our town Misses Gertrude Sherer and Ida Freeman, both of whom have been on extended visits. Mis? Sallie McGowan is spending several days with Miss Mary Whiso nant. Mr. N. S. Williams will soon leave for Pacolet, where he proposes to es tablish a wagon factory. The most popular event of the sea son was, a novel spelling bee between a select number of town people and pupils of the Graded School. It was a rare sight, indeed, to see old silver haired veterans standing beside dim pled faced boys and girls, each vying for supremacy, each eager to outdo the other. Mr. Marvin Hardin, of the town, won the first prize, Miss Elsie Goden, of tho Graded School, the second prize. A small admit tance fee was charged and the pro ceeds were given to the school library fund. f. j. j. Lockhart Locals. (Correspondence of Tho Ledger.) Lockhart, Nov. 30.—Your scribe la at a loss what to write to your newsy and bright paper. In fact it is quite au honor to write for such a bright, clean, sparkling sheet, that goes to brighten and make better so many homes in our land, and permit me to say that I do not want The Ledger to sparkle less by my scrib bling.’ We are progressing finely. Our streets are somewhat improved, and werk on them is progressing daily. A big rush of help is upon us, both learned and unlearned, the latter caused by nickle cotton. Ex-County Commissioner William Ross, from York county, is with us. John McCafferty has changed from here to the Spartan mills. Miss Kste Nix has changed to Whitney mills. J. H. Grifiln moves to-day to Clif ton mills. The health of the people here is as it most always is# exceptionablv good, as the M. D’s say, alarmingly healthy. Plenty of the delicacie ,of life are now offered for sale on our streets. The farmers say they cannot enjoy it themselves but are compelled to sell it or go without their Christmas supply. Homo. Martinsville Minutes. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Martinsville, Nov. 29.—The peo ple of this section are through gath ering their crops, and are sowing a large amount of small grain. Our school has begun with Mr. C. Ham met as teacher. There are about thirty students attending. Mr. Hammet is a good instructor. Martinsville only escaped the new county line about one mile and a half. I am glad to aay the iron bridge across .Pacolet at Coulter’s ford has been completed. There has been two weddings in our community recently, Mr. A. M. Cash and Miss Nettie Ezell were mar ried the fifth Sunday of last month. Mr. Abner Cantrell and Miss Myra Ezell were married the third Sunday Inst., Rev. J. T. Hordofficiating. It was a quiet wedding. The health of this section is very goud at present. The remains of a child of Mr. Wil liam Champion were enterred at Piedmont last Tuesday. Several of our young people have gone to the cotton mills to work dur ing the winter months. Miss Mazie Jarrett visited Miss Yirdie Edwards several days last week. Miss Virdle Edwards is visiting relatives at Clifton No. 3, and Cow- pens. A Pupil. H^r to Prevent Pneumonia. At thia time of the year a cold la very easily contracted, and If let to run its course without the aid of some reliable cough medicine is lia ble to result In that dread disease, pneumonia. We know of no better remedy to cure a cough or cold than Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. We have used it quite extensively and it has always given entire satisfaction. —Oolagah, Ind. Ter. Chief. This Is the only remedy that Is known to be a certain preventive of pneumonia. Among the many thou sands who have used it for colds aod la grippe we have never yet learned of a slngle case having resulted lu pneumonia. Persons who have weak lungs or have reason to fear an attack of pneumonia, should ks«p the remedy at band. The 25 and 50 cent sites lor sale by the Du Pre Drug Co. BANJO LU TALKS TO FLAW ABOUT MRS. WATERS AND THE BACHELOR. He Has Loved a Married Woman For the Last Time, While Her Old Man Lives, at Least. .Correspondence of The Ledger.) Upper Coalin’ Ground, Nov. 29.— “Flaw, you tell Mrs. R. Ann Waters in your next documents,” said Ban- jfr Lu tome 'tother raornin’ with a smile half way 'round his onoven- shaped gourd, “that she is a Jim Cracker when it comes (o the sizin’ up of a man. She knows very ,'ood an’ well, Flaw, that I raley do need sympathy from some source or nother. The truth of it is. I expect she has beam of that allfired, blasted disease I’m pestered so much with— well now, Flaw, I don’t know wheth er you’ve hearn of it or not so I’ll tell you an’ you'll know better’n I can tell how to fit it up. You see, I’ve- got a disease that works most pecurious on me at times an’ hits jist like the Udy says, sometimes I don't know fer certaint whether I'm In a mud hole or straw bed, or on a side walk or in the middle of the big road, an Flaw, as fer as that is con cerned, when I git one of them spells on me it don’t differ a durn to me where I’m at or what I’m a doin’. Hit must be somethin’ I eat or drink, Flaw, that brings these spells on but when one of ’em is on me I feol like Mrs. R. Ann Waters soyr— “let us love one another”—but I’m not like you an’ ole Batch, for I love the female women sex the best— now this is gospel truth, Flaw, if ever I told it In my life. The fust time J ever noticed it in pertickler was one time in the mountains. I went with pa up In a big holler an’ into a cave where he was a bilin’ of some corn to git the juice. I caught a bad case of it up there an’ have bin bothered with it off an’ on ever since. Sometime^ I’ll think I’m plum cured of it and hot have a case for fife of six years an' then break out with a now case of it as bad as ever. My eyes dazzels un' my head feels like it ain’t no wheros in pertickler whilst it seems like my feet an' legs won't budge a p»g, an’ ef they do its the wrong way. “Flaw, you tell Mrs. Waters that I raley am to he pitied an’ that she’s the best gal I know of to do the job up browp.” When Ranjer Lu finished this last sentence his eyes fell to the ground an’ it seemed as if he was in a deep study, whilst I made some ramblin’ remarksonly to waste ray breath, for he didn’t pay a bit more attention to me than a jack rabbit would. All at once he looked me iu the face an’ said: “Flaw, that woman jist as good a« tolt me an' Batch that ef we would love her that she would love us—er—well, she didn’t say so in so many words but she was a directin’ of her scatterin’ remarks to me an’ ole Batch when she said, ‘let us love one er nother,’ an’ now, let me tell you what I know from experience. Lovin’ an bein’ loved among the sin gle an’ unmarried folks is all right so far as I know but I be dad gashed ef I ain't loved my last married female woman—whilst her ole man lives at least. “Flaw, I don’t know but precious little about Balaam’s ass—nor nobody else’a as fer as that is concerned— an' Jess about the scriptures, but hit’s my candid opinion that that ole gal got ms an' you mixed qp, ici you know I never said anything against a livin’ female woman in all my life, whilst you an’ ole Batch has bin a makin’ of it hot fer ’em all the time, an’ you an’ ole Batch can quarrel with ’em all you want but I be dog gone ef I want to come in contact with the “weak vessels.” Baojer Lu stopped an’ paused an’ studied a while agin an’ then said: “Flaw, do you raley reckon Mrs. Waters means what she says in re gards to the Missionary business over at Buffalo? Hit do seem to me like a feller could work up a good busi ness along that line over there shore nuff. That man Batch don’t hate the gals naif as bad as be makes out like I don’t bleeve. I bet four dol lars an’ a half that I can take a gal over there what wants to marry right bad an’ ain’t mach choice as to who •be gits an’ not tell her nothin’ ’bout Batch an’ it wouldn't be two weeks till he would be a courtin’ of her to beat six bits, as Rufe Sanders is won’t to say. “Flaw, I'll tell you what’s a fack. It’s jist a* natural fer man to bow in obedience to woman as water to gravity—1 mean shore nuff men. “Flaw, you an’ ols Batch is entirely too hard dean on the female woman sex. I tell you what’s so, I wouldn’t think a bit hard of Mrs. R. Ann ef she was to tell about that time I toon one of these blunted spells I'm given to an’ got In tbs caboose over at Blacksburg, or the time they put me in jail in Charlotte for acarryin' of them dadburned knocks that time, fer you know it's the nature of 'em un’ they can't help it to save their lives. I could see, Flaw, that she was nearly dead to come right out an’ tell through the papers to every body about me a havin’ of them spells. Hit’s the “veaker vessel's” nature un’ must be looked over, but Flaw, you give her to understand they don't come quite so often an' don’t last quite so long now as they used to.” I have tried to give you some scatterin, remarks that was remark ed by Banjur Lu till, bless gracious, I have scribbled up all my paper without remarkin' anything for my self. so I'll have to wait until next week before I can write anything. Flaw Picker. < Talks From Texas. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Devine, Tex., Nov. 25.—Thia is Thanksgiving day and we are all very thankful that we are living and still on mercy’s side of eternity, and that we are living in this great country of ours’, and for thia great wave of pros perity that has struck us in the way of five cents cotton. Bui what is the use of kicking? Some people would kick if they had to die. Sometimes I think it is all Imagination about hard times. I can romember wiien 1 was a boy, times were harder then than now and money a great deal scarcer. We are making a fine crop of cot ton. The gins are crowded to their utmost capacity, and so are the rail roads. Your humble scribe will make somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty-five or thirty bales, and still there is no money in it—but such is life. Sune of our farmers are holding their cotton for better prices. My friend, R. C. Gossett, a native of Trough Shoals, S. C., is storing his cotton in his sub-treasury. Robert used to belong to the pops and that accounts for the sub-treasury. But Gosset is nearly always right. He thinks that Flaw and Bachelor are too harps on the fair sex and that if Bachelor will come to Texas wo can fix him up all right with a good-look ing woman. Wife and I are making hominy to day. As il is Thanksgiving and I am around the house wife thought she would put me to good advantage and put me to making a pot of hominy, but I never kick when she tells me to make hominy for I am 'somewhat stuck on it myself. We are having a good time now for it is hogkiiling time and potato dig ging time, and, you bet, we are living high. w. M. d. Ezell’s Etchings. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Ezell, Nov. 80.—Corn gathering is about over and sowing wheat is now in progress. The people of this section are very anxious about the National Park. The rainfall Sunday night was great. It is sufficient to bring up small grain. The saw mills are running full time so far as the weather will permit. Cotton ginning is about over in this section. Roxy Champion, the little daugh ter of W. H. Champion and wife, de parted from this life Sunday night, Nor. 21st. She was dearly beloved by all wbo knew her. The remains were interred in Piedmont graveyard Nor. 28d. A large concourse of friends and relatives attended the services. May God bless and comfort the bereaved ones. Wood cutting is in progress at this writing. An the weather is getting colder I think it will be needed. Blue Hawk. Ravenna Reading. . (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Ravenna, Nor. 30.—There was a big Thanksgiving dinner at Mr. J. B. Brown’s last Thursday. Miss Addle Brown and Mr. Willie Wilkins of Cowpens were present. Nearly all of our young men spent their holiday hunting. We are glad to learn that Miss Isa belle Blanton has about recovered from an attack of fever. Mias Ella Brown visited friends at Pacolet last Saturday and Sunday but we noticed that she did not re turn in the same buggy that she went in. Miss Ida Green leaves today to ac cept a position at Pacolet. Ws are always sorry to see any of oar friends leave Ravenna. Several of the White Plains citi zens are trying to get out of the new county and get back into Spartan burg. a. b. c. ♦ Bucklen’a Anica Salve. The Best SMve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, Balt Rheum, Fever Si. -»s, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruption, and postively cures Piles or no pay required. It is gura- anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sals by Tho DuPre Drag Co. MORE HOG AND HOMINEY. Raise Less Cotton is the Battle Cry for Next Year. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Star Farm, Nov. 29.—It has been a good long time since J have at tempted to write any to your paper, but seeing the many letters from the various correspondents atout the cotton growers plan, I have conclud ed to say something too. The farm ers of Cherokee cot should plant less cotton. It is better to make five bales and get ten cents per pound than it is to mn’ie ten bales and get five cents for it. What is wrong? Four yeai? ago we received four and five cent for cotton, the year following we receiv ed 8 and 9 cents, then the farmer was doing well. Why? Because he had bought his supplies at a living price, and every farmer was able to pay his debts, and tho merchant ■/aa left whole. Now for the pres- nt year the people have gone in debt heavily with the expectation of pay ing said debts with seven or eia it cents cotton. Now they are selling it for 5 cents to pay those debts, an i about ten per cent of the people will pay their debts while the remainder will go unpaid. The farmers owed money for their year's supplies that will not be paid in ten years to come if cotton stops at 5 cents. J know it is hard, both on the farmer and mer chant. Some people blame the mer chant with it, but he is not to blame, because it is reasonable to think that if the merchant could, he would give enough to get his own. You know when the farmer fails the merchant also fails. Well, now I um ready to join Bro. Davis and J L. too, if there is any good scheme whereby we can protect ourselves from a combi nation, both merchant and farmer, and see if we can make times better. I for one, am ready to enter into any thing that will give us a living price for cotton. I never have understood how it was that ten years ago you got from 10 to 12A cents for cotton, and you could hire a hand for fjilO per month, and he still wants the same wages at the price of cotton. It will cost $1.25 cents on the dullar to raise it at the present price. I have given it a sufficient trial this year. I would be glad to meet these gen tlemen in convention or elsewhere, and hear their plan. The only re demption I can see, is to id&o less of it, and raise more hog and hominy at home. Reduce your cotton crop and reduce your time trade to about one half. I am hand and heart with you on every effort for the betterment of the condition of the massea. J. R. Blackwood. Spring Hill Statements. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Spring Hill, Nov. 29th.—The far mers of this section are sowing more wheat than for several years. A step in the right direction. There are very few farmers of this section but what have a pig or two to kill. All this means hog and hominy at home. Mr. John Mintz has sown a part of hit river bottoms in wheat, and has put it in fine condition. Tnougb recollect ancle Johnnie la one of onr up-to-date farmers. Joe Gaffney and Tack Humphrleo went fishing a few days since and got back home with fisherman’s luck. Marcus Gaffney and wife, of Chero kee Falls, was on a visit iu this sec tion a few days since. Minnie Sanders was on a visit in this section a few days ago. Your correspondent saw wild geese going southward a few days ago, which means, by good authority, very cold weather. Wm. Ross, of the Buffalo section, was in these diggins a few days ago. Joe Gaffney killed two fine wild ducks a few days since. Sam Gaffney is catching cat fish to beat six bits. Ben Gaffney, of this section, hat moved to the Gaffney cotton mill. Your correspondent had the pleas ure of meeting the Bachelor of Baf- falo^a few days since. _ Rio Boy. Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles. Thousands of such cases have been cured by the use of Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) If you doubt It, call or send to the Competoy wtiose advert tisement appears in this paper, and they will, for a one cent stump, send you a book of wonderful cures, not only of the above diseases, hut of all manner of ailments prising from im pure blood. It is the standard rem edy of the age for the cure of all blood and skin diseases. $1.00 per largo bottle. cured wmi two bottles. J. A. Maddox. Atlanta, Ga.. writoo: “I had great trouble in passing urine, which was filled with sediments. My hack and loins gave me much pain, and I lost my appetite, strength, and flesh. I became nervous and unablo to sleep. Two bottles of Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) gave me entiro relief.” 8. M. Ellis, Atlanta. Ca.. writes: “Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. L.)cured me of most stubborn eczma. I hat! doctored It without success for twelve years.” For sale by druggists.