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3 THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., JANUARY 27, 1898. “SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE OF.” Now i|h thr> cloudy (ilini^s that float an ! 11a Witlkin this magic klobo we call the brain Folil quite away, ooitdenae, withdraw, refrain And show it ton ant loss—an empty shy. Return, O parting visions, pass not by Nor leave me vaent still, with strivings vain, Longing to grajp at your dim garment's train And be drawn on to sleep’s immunity. I lie and pray for fancies fcovi ring m ar. Oblivion's kindly troop, illusions bhst. Dim, trailing phantoms in a world too clear, 8oft, downy, shadowy forms, my spirit’s n« - t, The warp and woof of sleep, till, freed from fear, I drift in sweet enchantment back to rest. —Thomas Wentworth Iligginson in Century. CARL BLUVEN. On that wild part of tho coast of Nor way that stretches between Bergen and Stravangcr there cnee lived a fisherman called Carl Bluven. Carl was one of the poorest of all the Ikhenntn that dwelt on that shore. Notwithstanding his poverty Carl was on tho evo of umrriage. His bride was the daughter of a woodcutter in the neighboring forest, so that tho match was pretty equal on both sides. He dared not launch his leaky boat in such a sea, and yet, if he caught no fish, there would be nothing for supper when he should bring his wife home. Carl walked out upon the shore and wander ed along, uncertain-what to do. He at length sat down upon a shelv ing rock and looked out upon the sea toward the great whirlpool called tho maelstrom, of which so many fearful things were recorded. “What riches are buried there,” said Carl to himself half aloud. “What casks of butter and hams—to say noth ing of gold and silver—ami here am I, Carl Bluven, to bo married tomorrow, and not a ktg for the minister. If 1 had but eno cask from the bottom of the maelstrom, I would”— But Carl did not finish the sentence. Like all the fishermen of that coast, Carl had his superstitious and his be liefs, and be looked round him rather uneasily, for be well knew that all in tho maelstrom belonged to Kahlbran- unr, the tall old murim r of the whirl pool. Ho was just about to return to his eolitary but, when a high crested wave, rushing through the channel beside him, bore a cask along with it and threw it among tho great stones that lay between the rocks. , It proved to bo the very thing ho wanted—a cask of its fine butter as ever came cut of Bergen and us fresh as if it had been churned a month ago. Nest morning betimes Carl Bluven was on his way to his wedding, rolling the cask before him, with the larger half of tho butter in it for bis marriage fee. For some little time all went well with Carl. What with the provisions ho had brought homo, and the remains oLhis butter, the new married couple diTl not fare amiss, even although the fi|htr:nan rarely drew a net. At length, however, the sausage pots stood empty, and even the Uammel Orsk cheese was reduced to a shell. As for tho butter, Carl and his wife had found it so good that the cask had been empty long since. Carl left his hut, taking his net and his oars over his shoulders, leaving Uldcwalla picking cloudberries, and unmooring bis boat paddled out of the creek and began throwing his nets. But not a fish could he take. The sun set, and dusk began to creep over tho shore. The tide had retired, so that Carl’s boat was left dry a long way within water mark, and he had to walk a dreary mile or more among the black, dripping reeks that lay between him aud his own dwelling. As Carl turned away he noticed at a little distance close to the water a small boat that well he knew belonged to no fisherman of that coast. It was the very least boat be bud over seen, such as no eeamau of Bergenbuus eould keep afloat on snch a sea, aud the build of it, too, was tho queerest ho had ever beheld. Raising his eyes from the pools of water, in which ho hoped to find some floundering fish, he observed a tall fig ure advancing from the shore in the di rection of the little beat be had seen and nearly in tho same lino which ho was pursuing. “A dreary night this, Carl Bluven,” said tho strange mariner, “and likely for a storm.” “I hopo not,” said Carl, net a little surprised that ho should bo addressed by bis name. “You hope nut,” said the other, with an ugly sneer. “And who, I wonder, likes better than Carl Bluven to rull a I castaway cask to his cabin deer?” [ “Why, ” returned Carl apologetically, I “what Providence kindly sends ’tis not I for a poor fisherman to refuse.” f “You liked tho butter I sent you, then?” said the strange mariner. “You sent me?” said Carl. But Carl’s rejoinder remained with out further explanation. “AhaI” said the tall mariner, point ing out to sea in the direction uf the maelstrom. “She bears right upon it —the Frou of Drontheim, deeply laden! We’ll meet again, Carl Bluven.” And without further parley the tall, strange mariner brushed past Carl and strode hastily toward the sea. As Carl walked toward his own house he felt next thing to sure that the tall mariner he had encountered was no other than Kahlbranuar. He reached the watermark opposite to his owm house, and at the same time his foot struck against a cask lying high and fry on the very spot where the other had drifted. Carl gnessed where it came from, and, lolling the cask to bis own door, he was soon busy staving it and drawing out, one after another, some of the choicest white paddings and dried hams that over left the harbor of Bergen. Carl Bluven had a singular dream that uiftht. He thought that he saw the little bout he bad noticed that evening lying beyond the rocks at low tide, and that be walk -d out to examine it, and, being curious to know whether ho could steer so very small a boat, ho stepped into it, and, leaning forward, hoisted the little sail at the bow’, the only one it had, and when be turned round to tako the helm he saw the tall mariner sitting as steersman. Not a word was spoken till after a little while tho steersman, pointing for ward, said: “There she is, as I told yon, the Frou of Drontheim, bearing right upon the maelstrom, ai my name is Kahlbrau- nar; she’ll be down to the bottom be fore us.” Carl now looked out ahead and saw a fearful sight; the sea, aleagne across, was like a boiling caldron, whirling round and round, aud gradually, as it were, shelving down to the center, where there appeared a huge hole, round which the water w heeled with an awful swirl. A gallant three masted ship was with in tlie whirlpool; she no longer answer ed the helm, but flew round aud round the caldron, gradually nearing the cen ter, which she soon reached, aud, stern- foremost, rushed down the gulf that swallowed her up. The little boat, piloted by the tall mariner, flew directly across the whirl pool to its center, and the next moment Carl found himself walking with his companion on the ribbed sea sand at the bottom of the malcstrom. What a sight met the eyes of Carl! Mountains of wealth, wrecks of a thou sand vessels, and the white bones of mariners, thicker strewn than grave stones in a churchyard. But what main ly attracted the eyes of Carl were the gold and silver that lay about, as plen tiful as pebble stones. “Now,” said Kahlbranuar, after Carl had feasted his eyes awhile upon all he saw, “what would you give, Carl Blu- veu, to be master of all this?” “Faith,” said Carl, “I am but a poor fisherman; you ask me what I would give for nil I see here, and you know I have nothing to give.” “There you’re wrong again,” said K a hi bran liar. ”£it down upon that chest of gold, friend, and listen. Yon shall bo the richest butter merchant and hum merchant aud spirit merchant in all Bergcnhuns and have more gold and silver in your e< ITers than King Chris tian has in bis treasure, and in return you shall marry your daughter to my sou.” Carl, having no daughter cud not knowing whether ho might evir have one and half thinking the offer a jest, said, “A bargain bo it then.” It was the morning after this that Carl, awakening just at daybreak, sprang out of bed, and, telling Uldewal- la that ho was going to draw a net that iin ruing, left bis but and walked to- ward the reeks. I .’.cwulla, feeling uneasy in her mind, ioso aud looked through tho small window and sow lit r LusLand in tho gray of tbo morning walk out among tho Mack rocks (for the tide was back), and she could see him standing close to tho low water lino, aud another of tall er stature standing by him. Carl, however, was not long absent. A terrific storm noon after arose, and in tbo midst of it ho arrived, rolling a huge cask up to tho door. Nt xt day Carl told her ho was dis contented with his manner of living— that bo was resolved to bo a rich man, aud that tbo very next morning they should depart for Bergen. Next morning saw Curl and Uldo- walla on their way to Bergen. Uldo- walla proposed that they should tako their provisions with them and such lit tle articles as they possessed, but Curl said there was no occasion for such strict economy, ns ho had a well stored warehouse aud everything comfortable at Bergen. Carl led Uldowalla to n good bouse, facing the harbor, where, as ho had said, everything was prepared for their reception. A neighbor who bad lived hard by brought tho key, telling them that a good iiro was lighted, for a tall gentleman, who engaged tho bouse, had ordered everything to bo got ready that evening, aud adding: “The quantity of tho goods brought into the warebouso this day is the won der of all Bergen. They’ve been carried in as fast as boats could land them, and the boatmen, they say, were all us liko to each other as one cask they carried Was to another.” Never indeed was warchonso better stored than Carl Blnvcn’s. Hu was soon looked upon as the most considerable merchant aud the most moneyed man in Bergenbuus. It is true indeed that Carl had de tractors. Some wondered where he came from and others where ho had got his money. All bis payments were made in old coin or strange coin, and not in tho current money of the country. But prosperity always raises up enemies, and Carl’s gold was good gold and none the worse for its age. To Uldewalla all this was a mighty agreeable change, and in good time Uldewalla became the mother of a girl so beautiful that she was the admira tion of her parents and the wonder of all Bergen. For the first 15 years after Carintha was born Carl was not only a thriving, but a right merry merchant. His deal ings grew more and more extensive, and in respect of wealth he distanced all competition. But as Carintha grew up Carl grew less merry, and when she had passed her sixteenth snmmer aud when Ulde walla spoke to her husband about set tling Carintha in tho world any one, to l ive looked in Carl’s face at that time, fjuld have seen that something ex traordinary was passing within. It was about a year after this that the son of the governor of Bergeuhnus, Hamel von Storgelvcn, cast his eyes upon Carintha and became enamored of her. She on her part did not rebuke his advances, except with that maidenly timidity that is becoming, and all Ber gen said there would be a wedding. Carl began to treat all that had onae passed as an old story, and. seeing his moneybags about bim and his ware houses lull of goods, there was nothing to remind him of his hut on the sea- coast aud what had happened there, and nothing but what might well breed con fidence in any man. It was a line, sunshiny day—tho day, as has been said, before tbo celebration of Carintba’s nuptials—aud Curl Bluven was standing on the quay with tho oth er merchants, looking at the cheerful sight of the snips passing in and out and the bales of goods landing and chatting about city matters and trade, when suddenly all eyes were directed toward the harbor. Carl’s eyes follow ed the rest, aud, sure enough, he saw something that might well create won der iu others aud something uioro in him. “Whore does it come from?” said one. “What a singular build!” said an other. “Never was such a boat seen iu Ber gen harbor,” said a third. “Aud look at tbo helmsman,” said a fourth. “He’s taller than the mast.” As for Carl, he said nothing, but re mained standing with the group of mer chants. Meanwhile the boat touched tho landing place, aud tho tall mariner stepped out, and with a singular sneer iu his face walked directly up to Carl Bluveu, who hud not fallen back liko the rest, but manfully stood bis ground, and was, therefore, a little apart from his companions. No one could distinctly bear what passed between the tall,old, strange mar iner aud tho chief magistrate. It was evident, however, that angry words pissed between the two. The mariner, darting a A'icnacing scowl at bis com panion, turned away aud descended into his boat, which he paddled out of the harbor, while every one looked after it and asked of his neighbor the sumo ques tion as before, “Where does it come from?” “I served him right,” said tbo chief magistrate as he walked homeward. “Fulfill my bargain indeed! No, no! If he was such a simpleton as to fill my warehouse with goods and my coffers with cash upon a mere promise, I’m not such a fool as to keep it. Let me but keep on dry land aud I may snap my fingers at him, and by the ghost of King Kyree if I catch him again on the quay of Bergen I’ll clap him in the city jail.” Ho now knew the worst. His promise could not bind Carintha iu any way, who would bo secure eveu against treachery so soon as tho wedding ring was placed upon her finger. For more than 20 years after tbo ' marriage of Carintha Carl Bluven con tinued to enjoy 1 is prosperity and to exercise at duo intervals the office of chief magistrate, tmd he saw his grand children grow about him, and at length buried bis wife Uldcwalla. But tbo penalty of the rash promise had yet to be paid. It chanced that Carl Bluven—who, by the bye, was now Carl von Bluven, hav ing long ago received that dignity—w as bidden to a feast at the house uf a rich citizen who lived jnst on tbo opposite side of the harbor. Although it was nearly half a league round tho head of the harbor and across the drawbridge Carl walked round rath er than trust himself across iu a boat, a conveyance which, ever since his inter view on tho quay, ho had studiously avoided. In tho midst cf their conviviality, and when it nearly approached midnight, the merriment was suddenly interrupted by tbo hollow beat of tho alarm drum, and all hastily arising, and running to tho window, which looked out upon tbo harbor, Carl saw that his own ware house was iu flames. It was, as has been said, half a league round by tho drawbridge; the merchant saw his well stored warehouse within a stone’s throw e)f him, burning away— the fumes of wino we re iu his head—aud without further thought ho leaped into a boat that lay just below and pushed across. Scarcely had Carl Bluven done this when ho recollected his danger. Paddle us ho would, tho boat made no way. Porno seamen awoke at tho loud cries for help, and some, who jumped out of their hummocks, told bow they saw a bout drifting out of the harbor. Two or three duys after this event tho Tellemurko, free trader, arrive’d in Bergen from Iceland and reported “that but for a strong northerly breeze she would havo been sucked into tbo maelstrom; that a little before sunset, when within two b agues of tbo whirl pool, a small boat was seen drifting empty, and that soon after another, the smallest aud strangest built boat that ever was seen, passed close under their bows, to windward, ]mddliug iu the di rection of tbo muolstrum; that two mariners were in it, he at tho helm of an exceeding tall stature and singular countenance; tbut tho other cried out for help, upon which tho ship lay to and manned a boat with four rowers, but that with all thoir exertions they were unable to gain upon tbo little bout, which was worked by a single paddle, and that the boatmen, fearing they might bo drawn into the whirlpool, ro- turned to tho ship, and thut, just at sunset, they could descry tho small boat, by tho help of their glasses, steering right across the maelstrom us if it had been a small pond. ’’—Friendship's Of fering. Why Ur Liked It. “Are you fond of poetry?” asked tbo soulful girl. “Yes,” said he enthusiastically. "There isn’t much nf it on a page, aud yon cun finish a whole book of it iu a douce of a short time. Clevolaud Plain Dealer. Tbs Chock Nrodod. “Aren’t you afraid that child is rather forward iu its conversation?" asked the bachelor relative. "Oh, no, indeed!" replied the fond mother servilely. "It's all w* can do to keep It from talking Luck."—Washing- , ton Star. A Wegner Letter. Friends of Wagner abroad, as well ns in Germany, will read with interest a letter written by the composer 40 years ago to Herr Albert Niemann, the fa mous tenor, aud the eminent performer of "Lohengrin,” “Tristan,” "Sieg- muud” and "Piegfried.” It is dated Zurich, Jan. 25, 1857, and shows that eveu when howus a political fugitive iu Switzerland ho had the idea of found ing bis own theater, a plan which was realized only 20 years later by the build ing of the house at Baireutb. The letter is as follows: Honored Slit—Everythin;; that 1 hear alio.it you makes mo believe that in yon 1 have found the anxiously sought singer of my Siegfried. As soon as you learn to know the work uf which I am still busy you will bn easily able to judgo of what decisive importance this is for me. On my part tho whole thin,'; Is to bo ready for performance In tho summer of 1.S.VJ, if I am not prevented by serious illness. * • « My greatest anxiety is whether I shall bo for tunate enough to find the performers sueh as I require. Now, I have cast my eyes first upon you, and I therefore address you thus early. Even you, however, cause me some anxiety, as I hear thut you aro one of those uncommon natures who, in their zeal, sacrifice themselves. Kindly receive, therefore, my sincere request to remember tho extraordinary undertaking for which I am enlisting you, and not to waste yonr powers. Take care of yourself, and al ways lomember that you have still a noble and great art work liefore you, which, ns I prom ise, will be worth your while taking care of yourself now. If you can eisit me this year iu Zurich, I should look upon it asa proof of great friendship. If it should prove true, ns some body told me, that you visited me last sum mer, I should bo very grieved that I did not meet you. Farewell. I> kindly disposed to ward me, and don’t forgii, for both our sakes, my urgent request. Your devoted, Richard Wacxeu. —Lokalau^cigcr. Tho Needle r.nd the Pole. Over 800 years ago a scientist studied out the theory of the compass aud why the needle pointed to the north. Is ij not, however, a fact that tho medic points exactly to tho north. Sometimes it veers to tho cast and sometimes to the west, dependiug on tho locality, and as a enrions phenomenon it does not al ways point the same way iu tho same place. The entire earth is a magnet and naturally controls all tho lesser mag nets. The pole iu the northern hemi sphere is consequently called the north ern magnet and tho opposite the south ern magnet. But, says an authority on this subject, "since poles of contrary names attract each other while those of the same name repel each other it fol lows that the pole of the magnetic needle which turns to the north is real ly tho southern pole of tho needle, while the pole tamed toward the south is tho north pole. As the vertical plane pass ing tbrongh its poles does not coincide with the meridian plane of the place it follows that the needle does not always tnrn to the true north. The declination, as the angle of the two planes is called, is not the same iu every part of tho world, which accounts for tbo varia tion." The study of magnetic influences is most interesting, but as a rale tho subject is quite imperfectly understood. —New York Ledger. It Wan All Right. The gray haired stranger bent over the desk. "Are you the society editor?” he questioned. "lam tho identical,” said the flip pant young man. "A.re you the person who wrote np tho account of the Menu reception?” "Yes. Anything wrong about it?” "That’s what I want to find out. Look here. You notice that in speaking of my daughter you use this paragraph: ‘She swept about the room with an in herited grace that caught every one. * Now, what was your purpose in writing that?” "Why, it struck me ns a first class dhance for a neat compliment to her es teemed parents; that’s all.” "Sure you didn’t mean to insinuate that her father laid the foundation of his fortune by peddling brooms?” "Certainly not.” "Because I did, you know.” "I didn’t know it” "Then that’s all right. Good night” —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Martinsville Minutes. .Correspondence of The Ledger.) Martinsville, J une 24.—The young people had a singing at Miss Emma Bonner’s last Tuesday night. All enjoyed themselves. Rev. A. D. Davidson was at prayer meeting last night. Quarreling not only makes the life of one’s self miserable, but it makes the lives of others miserable also. By other men’s faults wise men correct their own. There is still a change being ma le among the tenants on the farms. The public roads are getting in a bad condition in many places. We have two mails a day on this route. A report has been circulated that some people at Spartanburg would have to have their arms amputated. Hie Spartan positively denies it. Miss Currie Scruggs returned home Friday from Spartanburg. Miss Eulalia Hollifield is visiting her sister at Gaffney. Sam. The Cause and Cure. HY THUS, r. WESTENDOUFE. T<> b-ll thi-truth, our erring youth Aro not no muoh to Manic; For oftentIrion, aiicostrut crimes Llvo In the I'lilld ol slian'v. Whut trace of good In tainted blood Can MrecxiHict to Hud? •TIb Niituroa law: Who ever saw A tree hut grow Its kind. .TInbIbo tiue, that children who From bettor aourcoH Nprlug, |Hi MonieiinioN stray from virtue's way, And fool I be serpent sting. A luck of prayer, a luck of cure, A lack of homo eon lout. Will, oooii or Into, as sun* as fate, Produce a auplltig taint. Iu cltlier case a touch of grace Will prove a wondrous power; For Nature's law Is but a straw, While liial's a mighty tower. And at Ills will. It rrlng *1111 May walll the earth ns men, 'Twiisi hrlst whoNitld loHluful de:td. ••Ye must he horn again.'* Mr. Hardin Comes Again. Bla< KSHl'KO, S. C.. Jan. 24th. ’1)8. Editor Lfdier :—1 bolievo in a “government of the people, by the people and for the people.” Espec ially during, snd since, the adminis tration of I'res'dent Grant, our gov ernments, both national and state, have had a tendency towards central ization. There has been loo much power lodged with the chief execu tives, the appointive power of the governors has been too large and is frequently used to perpetuate them in office instead of for the benefit of the people of the community in which the appointees reside. Where appointments are made upon the rec ommendation of the delegation in the General Assembly,they are frequently made to carry out some plan pertain ing to the government of the county, contrary to the wish and will of the people. (I do not mean to say, or even insinuate, that this has been done in the county of Cherokee, be cause I have unbounded confidence in the integrity and honesty of our honorable representative in the Sen ate), but I do mean to say, that it can be done. The county commissioners are ap pointed by the governor, upon the rheumatism by taking’ Hood's Sarsaparilla, which by neu tralizing tho acid in the blood perma nently relieves aches and PAINS. Letters of Administration. office of Prorate .Ii*doe. i Stiitr of Smitb CunilliiR. < '< uniy < 'lirrokec. I Ity lion. J. K. Wclmti-r, Ksq. Probate Judge of Cbcrokcc County. “Whereas. Min. Ida K. Halier, peti tioner, has Med a petition In my ofltet* praying thut Letters of Administration o i all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Thomas J. liaber. dec'll, late of said county, should be granted to her. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular t he kindred and creditors of the .said deceased to Ik* and appear I adore me at my ofltce. at Gaffney I'Ity. (t hemkee court, house), on Saturday. Feb. Sth. MM, at a o’clock p. in., to show cause. If any they have, why the administration should not la-'gruut- ed. .1. E. Wkiictek. 1-27-21 Probate Judge. Notice. The Ixaiks of McArthur A Sams and of Mc Arthur. Tankcrsley & Sams are in the bunds of J. f. Jefferies. Esq., who is empowered to collect- acc< u its due. Parties owing would, do well toca.i and settle and save suit. W. F. McArthur. l-sr-tf It. o. Sams. recommendation of the delegation representing the county in the Gen eral Assembly, and I think section ti4IJ of the Revised Statutes 1893 should be so amended as to allow the governor to appoint such persons township commissioners as are rec ommended by a majority vote in the primary election. The chairman of each township board is one of the county commis- i sioners and the board of county com missioners possess unlimited powers, almost. They have control of all matters pertaining to the county government and they can give us an economical government or involve us in bankruptcy, as their whims or no tions may dictate. The intended action of the board with reference io the court house and jail, is a forcible illustration of this principal; they do not represent the people and as a test of this, they are not willing to submit their proposed action with reference to the court house and jail to the people before they act, but instead of this, intend acting before the people can express themselves in a primary or otherwise. In the next issue of The Lkdgkr, 1 intend giving a cut of a jail that cun be built for $5,000 that will be an or nament to the county, and a cut of a court house for $10,000. that the peo ple will be fully satisfied with and be proud of. In my last issue $000 and $700 was printed instead of $0,000 and $7,000 as appeared in manuscript, where I referred to the additional cost of DR. CHAS. A. JEFFERIES, Physician and Surgeon. SPECIALTIES:-8CKGERY, XYE, EAR and THROAT. Lff - Office. Cherokee Drug Co’s Store Telephone No. 40. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. Jones & Co’s Stcre Cun be found at office six days In the week. J. E. WEBSTER, •Attorney-A. t> Office lu Court House. (Probate Judge’soffieef Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a snecialtv. TV. W. IIAK131IV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, I£la.clc**Fmrs; smcl Crtiffney, S. C. ILL practice in all the Courts. lean lie reached over the ’phone from Car- roll A Stacy’s Hank, at my office in Hlacks- burg. at any moment. O. L. SCHCSIPEttT. THOS. H. BCTLEH. Wm. McGowan. SCHUMPERT,»BUTLER i fi * McGOWM, ATrroiiJg tCYH-A.T-LJWV. Union and Gaffney, 5. C. Very careful and prompt attention given to all business entrusted to us. «TPractice in all the courts. court house and jail, if the hull was accepted. If I can’t prevent the contemplated action of the commis sioners, I shall certainly show the wrongs they have done the people when done. N. \V. Hardin. Everybody Says So. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won derful medical discovery of the age, pleas ant and refreshing to the taste, net gently and |>ositlvely on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the entire system, dts|>el colds, euro headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10,25, 50 cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. Bonds, notice. For Officers—Judl clals.Executors, Ad ministrators’ and Contractors, at short For Sale REJAIv ESTAXe? 1 lot H0x200 ft. on Logan street. The Dr. Homes 8 room house with fine gar den.stahles and outbuildings attached. S room cottage on Limestone street. 1 room cottage on Gaines street, with splen did garden. ii vacant lots on Gaines street. 1 splendid farm containing 50 acres q miles from City Hall. 1 house and 5 acres located at Limestone Springs. 1 new ti-room Cottage East Logan street. 50-nere farm within eity limits, at a bargain. 80-acre farm 1 mile from the city. STOCKS 14 shares Gaffney City Land and Improve ment Co., stock. 5 shares Blacksburg Land and Improvement Co., stock. 10 Shares Lockhart Cotton Mill Stock, 3 Shares Richland Cotton Mill Stock. 3 Shares Victor Cotton Mill Stock. 50 Shares Limestone Springs Lime Co. stock. 74 shares stock Gaffney Mfg. Co. Insurance! Tax Returns FOR THE YEAR 1898. According to the law. the tax l>ooks for the r ■turns of the real and personal property for the fiscal year isos, will open on January 1st and close February 20th. Is!l8. after which time the fifty per cent penalty will attack to all property both real and personal whose owners have failed to list for taxa tion. For the accommodation of the tax payer* of Cherokee county for said year 1808. I will attend at the following places at the follow ing dates below named, to receive tax re turns: At Gaffney. Auditor’s office. Saturday 1st January to Saturday Kth January. At A. II. Moore. (Moore's Cross Roads) Monday the 10th January. Blacksburg. Tuesday and Wednesday. January lltb and 12th. Grover tor Whitaker) Station. Thursday January 13th. Cherokee Fulls Factory, Friday January 14th. Draytonvllle. Monday, January 17th. Wilkinsville. Tuesday, January 18th. Surratt’s store. Wednesday. January 10th. T I). Littlejohn's store. (Duwkln's Cross Roads) Thursday. January 20th. Timber Ridge. Friday. January 21st. Allen’s (or Bolinsville) Saturday January 22nd White Plains, Monday. January 24th Thlokety Station. Tuesday. Jauuary 25th. Macedonia. Wednesday. January 2fith Ezell's, (Battleground) Thursday, January 27th. Maud. Friday. January 28th. Grassy Pond. Saturday, January 20th. The Auditor’s office, in Gaffney, from Monday January 31st. to February 20th, ut which time the books will close and the fifty per cent penalty will attach. The poll tax attaches up to 00 years of age. except Confederate Soldiers where said taxes at taches up to 50 years of age. All land owners are requested to ascertain the num- lw>r of acres they own on the 1st day of Janu ary 1808. and its value, the number of build ings and their value, all new structures ant) their value, also all real estate liought or sold, who from or to. and price paid or re ceived for same. all merchants and bankers are required to make their returns on blanks furnished from this office and are requested to call at the office for them. W. D. Camp. Auditor Cherokee Co. R. O. SAMS, 1 represent none but tho best of Fire Lifts and Accident Insurance Companies. Am prepared to furnish cyclone and tor nado Insurance at moderate cost. Your patronage will lie duly appreciated IT\ O. $5*t»C3T. Master's Sale. For February, 1898. The State of South Carolina, l County or Spartanburg. | By virtue of a decree Issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, I will sell to the highest bidder, on the first Monday In Feb ruary. Ikps, In front of the court house door, in the city of Gaffney. S. C., between the. legal hours of sale, tlie following described real estate, viz: All those two certain lots or parcels of laud situate lying and being In the aforesaid state and county of Cherokee, known and designated as lots Nos. 1 and 2 of the Davis Moore land in the uartltlon of the real estate of Jesse Sprouse, deceased. Lot No. 1 Containing 5J 30-100 acres, more or less. Lot No. 2 containing 00 70-100 acres, more or less. Terms of sale:—One-third cash, balance on a credit of one and two years with Interest from d»y of sale, credit portion to be secured by Isma of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold; purchaser to pay for papers and recording and have the privilege of paying all cash. J. D. Norman. Master for Spartanburg County. January 13th, 1898.-31 Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance. Office over FeaglcA Price’s furniture store. Office days, Mondays and Saturdays, and other days when not engaged. 1 offer tlie following real estate for sale: 1 beautiful residence lot Cor. Limestone and Buford streets. 2 beautiful resldeneo lots on Race street. 4 licautiful residence lots on Victoria Ave. 10 ticuutiful residence lots on Rutledge St. 23 licautiful residence lots on Fairvlew St. 4 licautiful residence lots on Johnson SK IS beautiful residence lots on Hutord fit. 12 beautiful residence lots on Smith St. 3 beautiful residence lots on Continuation Frederick street. 2 beautiful residence lots on Logan street. 3 licautiful residence lots on Depot street. 1 beautiful residence lot on Limestone ami Montgomery streets. 3 lots on Mills Gup road, 2 7-10 acres eacb. fine locution. 1 cottage fronting Montgomery street. 1 cottage fronting Logan street. 140 lots near continuation of Limestone St., in easy walk of the factory. 125 acres near Cnlou Mad, 2 miles from Lime stone Institute. ; 402 acres, well wooded, on Cnlon road, 4Vi miles from Gaffney. 197 acres near Broad River, tiy magnificent water power. 2 tracts, well watered, 2V, miles from Gaff ney, on road to Pacolet. 18 1-2 seres >4 mile from corporate limits. 10 2-3 acre* '» mile from corporate limits. 52 acres just outside the corporate limits. I bouse and lot. con veu lent to business, tin. Depot street. Your business lu these lines is respectfuItw solicited.