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WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver- tiser Who Uses the Col- u^lis of This Paper. The Ledger. OUR SUBSCRIBERS Can Secure Bargains by Patron- izing Those Who Adver tise in The Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEI5. 16, 181)4. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 7, 1898. $1.00 A YEAR. LOWER CHEROKEE ITEMS. WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS DOING AND SAYING. The “KernalV Interesting Contribu tions for the Delectation of Led ger Readers at Home and Abroad. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, April 4.—Farming op erations are moving on in the tenor of their way, and people are still hopeful that better prices will pre vail next fall. The schools in this section have suspended for this season. The fact is that but few children large enough to work on the farm can go from now until crops are laid by. Township Supervisor P. 8. Web ber was in this section last Sat urday looking after u road bridge at the ferry landing. Overseer Giles M. Hill will begin repairing it this a. m. There is an abundance of work need ed along this line. Put we are aware that all can’t be done at once with the means at bund. The prospects are that we will hive a full corps of candidates in the field this summer for the various of fices. We had frost last Saturday morn ing but no damage was done that I hear of. Miss Ida Wilkinson died at Pacolet mills last Saturday night and will be buried at Salem to-day. Her disease was consumption. She had been lingering with it for a long time. She was about 10 years of age. She was a member of the M. E. Church. Her mother and family have our heartfelt sympathy in their bereave ment. Kev. W. R. Owings will perhaps close his ministerial work at Salem next Sabbath, at which time sacra ment of the Lord’s supper will he ad ministered. Our people are hauling rock and building terraces where they are mostly needed. The rain of last week did some dltmago to plowed lands and newly nojade terrace.*. The land was dry and wheat and oats were in need of it. I regret to learn that Mr. Thomas MoseJy is very sick at his home in GalTney. He is a very old man and his recovery cannot reasonably be expected. The war news is not consoling by any means. When wo consider that our country is peopled just us it is with two distinct races of people who are jealous of each otber> rights, it is not to be expected that the col ored man will be as loyal to the white man’s interest us he was dur ing the late unpleasantness. We hope, however, there will never come a time or opportunity to estrange the two races or destroy that degp-e of confidence they have in each other. The best way to discipline one’s heart against scandal is to believe all stories false which ought not to be true. Mrs. M. E. Smarr, of Hopewell, has our thanks for her kind remem brance of we, us and family. I spent last Tuesday in the city among friends. My old army com rade, Mr. 11. C. Thompson, invited me to dine with him and of course 1 did so. ‘‘Dick is a whole souled fel low—a dyed-in-the-wool confederate soldier, and one of the plainest men 1 know of. Ho went into the army a mere hoy and stayed there and did duty us a plain private soldier until the war closed. He was plenty able to have paid himself out, hut lie chose to share Its dangers and toils with his less fortunate neighbors, and did so like a man. Owing to the rain storm of last week, hud roads and other satisfactory reasons, our delegation did not at tend the meeting of the C. E. Society at Clinton. April 1, 2 and 3rd, hut submitted their report by mail. The scarcity of the acid will pre vent many of our farmers from using a great deal of commercial fertilizers this year. They cun get all the fin ished guano they want. Put they pre fer the acid, it pays better they think. Mrs. Millie Durham and children, are visiting her mother. Mrs. C. W. Whisonant, of Wilkinsville. On account of the rain and high water In Thlckety creek, last week, the Thomson mill was stopped from grinding for two da^s. Mr. Meek 0. 1'arker, of Gaffney City, was in this section last .week fixing clocks. lie follows that busi ness all the time and his work gives general satisfaction. I find that the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance company, of Cherokee county, is made up largely of policy holders from the Union county cut off. We hope to see a full member ship from other sections of the county and Cherokee one of the strongest cornpainies in the state. Jge4Eites is up and about now. He has been confined to bis bed for ten weeks and will be unable to do anything on his farm this summer, should he even get no back set. The fruit crop will be abundant this year, if no misfortune befalls it. Nearly everybody has prepared pasturage for stock this year: and the stock will be hard to find for the pasture. The small pox scare has started again. If we had as little regard for Uie Cuban war as we have for it, we would lose no sleep on its account. A sick man said to his physician : Sir, I wish no more fooling about it; 1 want you to strike at Uie root of disease! “I’M do it,” said the my doctor, and with his cane he smash ed a decanter, which stood on the table. Mrs. C. W. Whisonant can beat any of her neighbors that I know of in a tine garden. Cane seed planted long enough is beginning to come up. Some of our people heard whippor- wills before the rain storm last Tues day and Wednesday. Wheat is well grown for the time of year. Mr. Tom Robbs, of Spartanburg, is going to plant a corn farm on his place this year. He is one of our best corn fanners. We regret to learn that Joe Lowrey, colored, the courteous and accommo dating mail carrier on the route from GalTney to Jonesville, had the misfor tune to lose his horse. Wu hope he will soon be able to replace it witn another. As it is in eating and dri.iking so it is in reading; it is not the quantity we read that makes us wise, out that part of it only that we properly di- gest. We submit the following to take the plase of the argument tout “Pro hibition don’t prohibit.” Let us imagine a community beset by wolves, and the able-bodied men of that community convened to make plans for the protection of their fam ilies, their Hocks and their herd. The old fashioned farmer who has in herited something of the spirit of Israel Putnam, declares that the only kind of wolves that lie has any respect for are dead wolves, and he proposes the organization of a party to rel eve the peril of the community by the simple process of killing the wolves. Put a weak-kneed neighbor declarej that llier - always have been wolves, there always will be wolves, and if you kill the present visitors more will be sure to come, and he feebly proposes that if a few sheep cou’d be kept where the wolves could eonveniently got at them and satisfy their hunger, the rest of the Hocks, and possibly the children, might be safe. Hut the old farmer has his way, the rilles ar.d shotguns do their duty, and wolf skins bring in appre ciable revenue. No! it is not satis factory to the wolves! We admit. The C. E. Society held its conse cration meeting at Mrs. Amanda Lee’s last night. The exercises were, as usual, interesting. Mrs. Sallie Estes read from the Christian Endeavor World an article, “Me ye ready.” being an account of the de struction of the Maine which three young men, members of the Christian Endeavor Society, went down with the iil-fated vessel. Nothwithstand- ing they were sailors, they were loyal to their pledges and promptly performed their devotional duties, even in the midst of their ungodly associations. J. L. s. Asbury Notes. {Correspondence of The Ledger.) Anuriev, April 4.—.1. It. Dover, of Grover, visited Mr. Thackston Satur day and Sunday. Stuart Thackston spent Saturday niclit with John Harmon. Mr. Thackston is foreman of J. 1). Jeffer ies' new dwelling that is now going up. Morgan Hames spout Sunday with Charley and Frontis Mryant. The Anbury boys attended preach ing at Gethsemane Sunday afternoon. Rev. Creech preached, and the boy* were highly pleased with the sermon. James Mabry spent Saturday night with Eliphu* Harman. Misses Hessie and Rena Foster spent Sunday with Misses Cora and Clarissa Haines. 'i hu subject of the debating society for next Saturday night is. Resolved, “That a man should be better edu cated than a lady.” Hustlkk. Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been made, and that too, by a lady in this country. “Disease fastened its clutches upon her and fur seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She finally dis covered a way to recovery, by pur chasing of us a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose, that she slept all tdght; and with two bottles has been abso lutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz. Thus writes \V. C. Hamrick <k Co., of Shelby. N. C. Trial bottles free at Dul're Drug Co, Regular size 50c and $1.00. Every bottle guaranteed. Written from Willie. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Willie, April 2.—Mr. Franklin Tate died Friday, March 25th inst.. and was hurried at Holly Springs the 2Gth. Mr. Tate was one of the old est men in this section and had been an invalid for several years. He had not been able to walk or even stand alone for about four years. Rev. J. B. Underwood preached the funeral sermon. Rev. Lafayette Davis, of Gowens- ville, passed through this section last Saturday. Dr. John Caldwell, of Gowensville, spent last Sunday night in this sec tion with his brother-in-law, J. W. Chapman. W. C. McCarter, of Clarence, planted about three acres ia potton the 2Gth day of March. Mr. McCar ter proposes to be in the first race when it comes to planting cotton. The boys who assaulted Mrs. Pit man and destroyed her furniture, of which we made note in our last let ter. had their trial last Saturday, and were found guilty and were fined $10 or ten days in the county chain g»ng. The revenue officers are about the most frequent visitors that we have in this section now adays. They pass through here two or three times a week. Mrs. James Suddeth. of Tiger, spent last Saturday and Sunday visiting her father. A. E. Patton, of this sec tion. Miss Marshy Suddelh has gone to Pelham to work in the mill. Mr. Moore, of Greers, has the finest lot of wheat that we have seen. Wheat and oats both are looking well in this section. A. J. Farnum and “Ranty” Atkins spent last Thursday in the city of Greenville. Mrs. E. M. Waldrop and Mrs. Rice Atkins paid the family of Mr. Her man, a genuine German, a visit recently. Will Whitem r and several others,of Georgia, passed through here this week enroute for Rutherford county, N. C., to prospect for gold. Mr. Whitener is a farmer of this place. Bill. SOME STATE LEGISLATION THAT INTERESTS CHEROKEE CITIZENS. A Brave Man. (Correspondence of The Lodger.) We all believed that McKinley was president of the whole country and in his hands the honor and dignity of the nation was secure, but we didn’t kno-v the bravest of the brave was to come forth fr >m the coaling ground of old Dr lytonviKe, in tie je sin o Flaw Picker. It is a g r fcat gratifica tion to know that we have such a man among us, and that he will come out boldly and tell how brave he is, and what we may look for from him O how Spain must he trembling and the United States rejoicing over such a man. I guess that all that have heard o ' Flaw’s intentions are at ease, only crying out “Hurrah for Flaw Picker, and all honor to old Druytonville! I would suggest that instead of him being so much troubled as to tunne under ground that he just go over and stay with John .'startles, hut perhaps John hud rather be lonesome than pestered. Flaw says he saw a picture in some paper of the new women marching of to war. leaving their husbands home. That was had enough, leave them to take care of the child ren and make bread for them, but to leave the old man plastered up in a tunnel is worse than anything 1 can imagine. As to the picture I shoulc think that was us pretty as to see picture of Flaw crawling into a tun nel with his bucket of plaster, telling his wife to let him know when the war is over, and then coming out stumping around telling how “M and Betsy killed the ‘bar.’ ” But Flaw all that you and I can do, anc all that we are responsible for, is do ing our duty. We know things are hard sometimes. We cannot tell day by day what may be, hut let us remember li.ti-k side* must elcur. Aiui wlieii tie.'cloud# ure past On*' jroiUcn Uny iU'ileems u year. And we know that so long as we live there will always be something wait and see. Mks. It. Ann Water*. The School Fund Bill, a Bill to Author ize the County Commissioners to Buy Land to Estab lish Poor Farm. A bill to require the county treasur ers of York, Union and Spartanburg counties to turn over to the treas urer of Cherokee county certain school and other funds. Je it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of South Caro lina : Section 1. That the county treas urers of York, Union and Spattan- jurg counties be, and they are hereby authorized and required to pay over to the county treasurer of Cherokee county all county or school funds v Inch are now, or may hereafter, come into their hands properly be longing to those portions of Cherokee county which formerly constituted purls of said counties, and take his receipts for same which receipts shall be a sufficient voucher for them, and that said county treasurer of Chero kee county, shall hold all county funds subject to the order of the county board of commissioners, and all school funds shall be credited fo those portions of the said county entitled to the same under the Jaw as it now exists. tricts so voting and issuing bonds, as many us six trustees may be ap pointed in the manner prescribed in this act, and they may hold for six years, but two thereof may hold for two, another two for four, and an other two for six years, and so alternate. section from bill affects the this The following general supply county: That the county board of com- ‘missioners of Cherokee county are hereby authorized to b)rrow for or dinary purposes the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), not to exceed two-thirds of the present levy ror ordinary coui ty per pc ;es, to be paid out of the first taxes collected under this levy, and they shall not pay for this loan a greater interest tuan seven (7) per cent, per annum; and the said board of commissioners are hereby further authorized to borrow the sum of six thousand dol lars ($G,000) for the purpose of build ing a jail and poor house, to be paid out of taxes to be levied as provided by law. A joint resolution to empower the county board of commissioners of Cherokee count/ to purchase a site and build houses for the mainten ance of the poor of said county. Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of South Caro lina. Section 1. That the county board of commissioners of Cherokee county be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to purchase lands and erect houses thereon for the purpose of keeping and maintaining the indi gent poor of said county at u cost not to exceed the sum of three thous and dollars. The following is the text of the bill to amend the genera! school law, in troduced by Senator Jefferies, which passed the Senate but failed in the House: Section GG. That any school dis trict with a population of 1,000 or upward, organized under this act, is hereby empowered to issue coupon or j a i ,, d popular young other bonds to be expended for the 1 / / ’ 1 Blacksburg Budget. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg. April 5.—Although our farmers are well forward in the preparation of their land for another crop of five cent cotton, the recent rains will probably interfere with the planting. There seems to be a greater demand for fertilizers this season than usual and Captain Anthony, the efficient superintendent of the phosphate works at this place, has been kept very busy filling orders for the past two months. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hard’n spent part of last week visiting their son, Mr. Frank Hardin, in Atlanta. On Wednesday evening they witnessed the graduation of their son, Dr. Sage Hardin, from the Southern Medical College. His many friends will be glad to know that out of a class of twenty-seven graduates, he won first honor and was awarded a beautiful gold medal. Yesterday being thejlirst Monday in the month, several of our promi nent citizens went over to the county seat on public business. Among them, Col. W. D. Camp, county audi tor. R. E. Porter, county commis sioner, Dr. I. G. Black, member of board of pension and W.F. Dye, Esq., member of dispensary board. Mr.and Mrs. G. H.Wilson,and their daughter. Miss Caro ine, of Brook lyn, N. Y., have been spending sev eral weeks at the Cherokee Inn. They left for their home on the southern vestibule train yesterday morning, much to the regret of one of our gal- coming, so let us With God, go even over the sea; without Him, not even over the threshold.—Russian. If your foot slip you can recover your balance, hut if your mouth slip you cannot recover your words.— Telugu. Yellow Jaundice Cured. Suffering humanity should he sup plied witli every means possible for Its relief. It Is with pleasure w« publish the following: “This is to certify that I was a terrible sufferer from Yellow Jaundice for over six months, and was treated by some of the best physicians in our city and all to no avail. Dr. Beil, our drug gist, recommended Electric Bitters, and after taking two bottles, I was entirely cured. 1 now take great pleasure in recommending them to uny person suffering from this terri ble malady. I am gratefully yours, M. A. Hogsrty. Lexington, Ky.’, Sold by DaPre, Drug Co. purchase or erection of a school building and the equipment thereof: Provided, A majority of the qualified electors of any such school district j voting thereat shall be in favor of such issue of bonds: And provided, further, That such Issue of bonds shall not exceed one percent, of the taxable property of such school dis trict us t he same shall appear by the last returns thereof. Section G7. That the trustees of such school districts shall give three months’ notice, next before such an election, in one newspaper published in the district, and if none be therein published, then in a newspaper of the county, which notice shill spec ify the time, places and purpose of such election and shall name the rate of interest on said bonds. And the said trustees shall appoint Man agers thereof, furnish ami prescribe ballots therefor, receive the returns ami declare the result of the election. Section G8. That said trustees shall prescribe the form of said bonds, and the denomination thereof, and the rate of interest shall be the same us that rained in the notice of elec tion; the trustees shall sign the same with their hands and impress the same with their corporate seal. The coupons thereof shall he receivable for school taxes in the school district, ami the principal and interest thereof shall be secured to be paid by a first lien upon the property bought, im proved or erected from the proceeds thereof. Section GH. That the trustees of such school district shall annually levy a sufficient tax on the property in such school district to meet the interest on thd said bonds and to re tire such portion of the principal thereof, not exceeding one-twentieth of the aggregate, us may by the terms of such bond be retireable. And such lev/ shall be certified to the auditor of the county, and be col lected by the treasurer of the county and by him disbursed for ibe purpose named and no other, upon the war rant of the trustees. Section 70. That the bonds so voted shall be sold at public auction after thirty days’ notice thereof in a newspaper published in the county; and they shall not be sold for less than their face value. And the pro ceeds thereof shall be received by the treasurer of said county, and on the warrant of the trustees expended for said purposes, and a specific account (hereof shall be by the trustees filed with the county board of education. Section 71. Tbat for school dis- Madame Gautier, of Charlotte, with her two nieces of New York, and two young ladies of Charlotte, were the guests on Wednesday and Thursday last of Mrs. O. A. Osborne. There will be the regular Easter service, with lay reading, at the Episcopal church on Sunday next. The church wi" be appropriately dec orated for the occasion. u. a. w. - — Pleasant Grove Paragraphs. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Pleasant Gkove, April 4.—It seems like we will have some trouble with Spain yet. The debating society at Grassy Pond meets every other Saturday night. The subject for last meeting was, Resolved, “That a woman should be belter educated than a man.” The decision was in favor of the affirmative. The next subject for debate is. Re solved. “That the United States should free Cuba.” There is a great deal of sickness in this community. Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Huskey lost < their infant babe last Friday morn- | ing. It was buried at Grassy Pond ; church. Mrs. Patsy Humphries, of this i place, is very ill. She will soon be live score years old. H. o. H. Cures to Stay Cured. Thousands of voluntary certificates received during the past fiftee. years, i certify with no uncertain sound, tbat Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) will cure to stay cured. Rheumatism, Ca tarrh, Ulcers. Sores, Blotches, and the most malignant blood and skin diseases. Botanic Blood Bairn is the result of forty years experience of an eminent, scientific and conscientious physician. Send stamp for book of wonderful cures, and learn which is the best remedy. Beware of substi tutes said to be “just as good” and buy the long-tcated old reliable Bo tanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Price only $1.00 per large bottle. EFFECTED AN ENTIRE CUKE. For over two years 1 have been a great sufferer from Rheumatism, af fecting both shoulders to such an ex tent that I could not pat my coat on without help. The use of six bot tles of Botanic Blood Balm. B. B. B., effected an entire cure. I refer to Rev. W. W. Wadsworth, proprietor Coweta Advertiser, and to all mer chants of Newnan. J ACOM F. SPONCLER. Newnan, Ga, For sale by Druggists. Mr. Hardin Comet Again. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg, April 4.—Editor of Ledger: In the last issue of your paper you say that the grand jury of the county is the product of a spe cies of lottery and that the county commissioners are elected by the people. With reference to the grand jury, the list is made up by the jury com missioners composed of the auditor, clerk of court, and treasurer, which list shall include not less than one from every twenty votera, ‘‘being persons of good moral character, of sound judgment and free from all legal exemptions” and these names are placed in a box and from the box the jurors are drawn. Now if the jury commissioners are honest, and who can doubt the hon esty of our clerk, treasurer or auditor, and the requisite number of names are placed in the jury box as the law requires, we have a grand jury com posed of men “of good moral charac ter, sound judgment and free from all legal exemptions,” notwithstanding the fact that “the whole process is one of blind chance.” Now how is it about the county com missioners? Section 646, Rev. Stat. 1893, reads: The governor shall ap point, upon the recommendation of the senator and members of the house of representatives from the respective counties, three discreet freeholders in each township in the several counties of the State, who shall be known as the board of town ship commissioners.” Section 649, reads: The county supervisor, together with the chair man of the township board of com missioners in the several townships appointed by the governor, shall con stitute the county board of commis sioners. *fcc. Then you see that the county com missioners are not elected by the people, but are appointed by the governor, and the appointment is made only upon the recommendation of the delegation of the county in tiie general assembly. This places the whole governmental affairs of the county in the hands of three men. They could, if they wished, recom mend the appointment of such com missioners as would carry out their plans, whether inimical or benficial to the people of the county. I am in favor of electing the county commis sioners of the county, and used my efforts through Senator Jefferies, who is, by the way, in favor of the same thing, to secure the passing of such a law. but it seems that the governor and the members of the general as sembly were loth to be robbed of this power, the power to appoint alt the county officials possible and a most dangerous power, and the bill was defeated. I do not mean to say that this power has been abused, but I do say that it is a dangerous power, one that could be used to wreck and ruin a county. I do say that the law should be repealed and the people allowed to elect their own county commissioners the corporate agents of the county, who have control of the finances and general business of the county. Now do you still say: “Under these circumstances which are more likely to represent truly the senti ments of and interests of the people, the county commissioners or the grand jury: N. \V. Hardin. Star Farm Statements. (Corresi’ondence ot The Ledger.) Star Farm, April 4.—Rev. R. J. Tate, pastor of Elbethel church, was present last Sabbath. His subject was the parable of the sower, taken from the 13th chapter of Matthew. There was a large congregation present. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Goudelock, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Mabry and Rev. Mr. Tate took dinner with Mrs. \V. A. Jefferies last Sunday. Mrs. M. H. Jefferies, of this section, has turkeys setting and guineas lay ing. Felix Davis, of this place, has cot ton seed and cane up and has sweet potato slips. Thickety and Gilkey creeks were up very high last week. We had a good rain last week. We are having some very nice weather but rather cool. I believe everybody is going to raising bees. If the war comes they will need honey or something else to eat. The crows are very bad on eggs and young corn. On. account of his patients Dr. Douglas did not go to Tennessee with Mr. Snsong. W. A. Jefferies, of this section, has thrown up his terraces. He has the stock to throw them up with, and has good help too. Wheat and oata look well. The Hustler. A torpid liver robs you of ambition and ruins your health. DeWitt’B Little Early Risers cleanaea the liver, cures constipation and all stomach and liver troubles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg.