The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 14, 1898, Image 7
THOS. H. WESTROPE,
CONGLOMERATED CHEROKEE
* The Jeweler nf Gaffney,
ITEMS OF INTEREST TERSELY
TOLD.
repairs watches and does it
right. If you want a good
job and don’t want your
watch “botched” take'it to
him.
Fidl line of jewelry. New
line of clocks just received.
THOS. H. WESTROPE,
The Jeweler of Gaffney.
For Sale.
far Advertisements under this head will
be inserted for one rent a word eaeti inser
tion. No ad inserted for less than ten cents.
C OWS FOR SALK I have weral milk
cows for sale; prices from fcW to fh*. also a
few fat beeves. Apply to A. A.Surratt.OalT-
ney or Skull Shoals. S. C. 4-7-;it
F OIt SALE—Three room cottage near Epis
copal church. F G. Stacy.
a-31-tf.
F OR SALE—Building lots in different parts
of the city. J.J. Gaffney. 3-31-tf
F OR SALE—Tlie celebrated Jackson’s Af
rican Limbless cotton seed. Comeand see
them. Apply to I’aul V. Gaffney, office next
door to Bri lges & Beason. 3-24-tf
F OR SALE—Fresh, clean cotton seed for
planting, at ‘Jt'c per bushel. Apply to
W. O. Lipscomb & Bro. 3-3
F OR SALE.—One splendid saddle horse.
one mule and one family horse; terms to
suit purchaser. F.G. Stacy. 1-37
S OME rare bargains in sewing machines
good as new. Also any parts ordered for
old machines. R. S. Lipscomb.
F UR SALE. -The best Babbitt metal ever
placed on the market at 10c a pound. Ap
ply at The Ledger.
M ARRIAGE.-If you contemplate marri
age and wish the latest in neat and fash
ionable wedding invitations you can find
them at The Ledger.
I i'ST RECEIVED.—An elegant new face of
script type with which to print wedding
cards, visiting cards, etc.; also a neat line of
\kiting cards which we will sell either print
ed or plain at prices that arc reasonable.
Apply at The Ledger.
F OR SALE Real Estate Mortgages, Titles
to Real Estate. Chattel Mortgages. Liens,
Notes. Etc., for sale at The Ledge <riie“
The News from Town and Conntry
Boiled Down for the Special
Benefit of Busy Led
ger Readers.
Large shipments of lumber are
continually arriving in Gaffney.
A large contingent of Gaffney
young men attended the ball game in
Spartanburg Tuesday.
The frost Friday gave ice wagons
the appearance of vehicles out of a
job.
B. Y. P. U. day in America will be
observed next Sunday at the First
Baptist church.
\Ve are glad to see J. I. Sarratt,
who has been confined to his house
for some days, out oc the streets
again.
The frost Friday morning killed
the tender young vegetables in the
gardens. The fruit is thought to be
injured some.
Treasurer Jones has issued execu
tions against delinquent tax payers
and placed them in the hands of the
her.ff for collection.
Mr. John Jones hns a cow which
furnishes six gallons of milk a day
for the family besides an abundat
supply for a young calf.
School Superintendent of Educa
tion McArthur has been instructed to
put himself In shape to supply
school books in the public schools.
Crawley & Co., have moved their
stock of drugs into the Sarratt &
Sims house which they have bought
and finely fitted for their business.
Clinton Jones, whose leg was am
putated some weeks ago by Dr. Craw
ley. is now able to be out on the
streets and is fast rega'ning his
health.
We regret to learn that Mr. F. T.
Ray, near Ezell’s, is suffering very
much with a cancer on his face.
Mr. Ray has been a sufferer for sev
eral years.
We learn that Ellen Wood who
was shot by some unknown party
about ten days ago is suffering
greatly and is thought to be in a se
rious condition.
Saturday was an ideal working day.
Everything in Cherokee was on the
move on the farms. The Saturday
crowd in the city was much reduced
and those here were fixing to go
home.
For Rent.
F UR RENT. The old Lipscomb Hotel.
Apply to W.S. Lipscomb. 3-3l-tf
F OR RENT—The Dr. Littlejohn ihvellinjr
house and livery stable. A. N. Wood.
3-34-tf
F OR RENT.—Tlie store room formerly oc
cupied by C. A. Wood. Apply to A. N.
Wood.
F OR RENT—A new 22xUKi fire-proof brick
store house; French plate tthi'-s front ; ex
cellent display windows. Apply to W. O.
Lipscomb & Bro.
Notice.
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A Li, persons indebted to tlie firm of Polia
koff Bros, will please come forward and
settle tlie same with me.
M. Poliakoff.
Successor to Poliakoff Bros. (Boston Store.)
4-14-31
Special Cut Rate for the
Next 30 Days.
Card photographs f LOO to j3.00 per doz.
Cabinet photographs . .. 3.50 to 4.00 per doz.
See our small photos at.. 3.50 per 100.
J. K.
3-10-n Gaffney, W. CL
The carpenters and masons are at
work on Wm. J. Wilkins’ new house,
corner of Montgomery and Johnson
street. This is to be a handsome cot
tage, and will be finished in hard
wood.
The Broad River Baptist Associa
tion Sunday School Convention will
meet at Goucher church on Friday
before the third Sunday in Mav.
Every church and Sunday school in
the association is expected to be rep
resented.
The recent rebellion of sixty-
four students in the State Citadel, in
Charleston, resulted in all of the
sixty-four young men being expell
ed from the institution. These
young men have forfeited a splendid
chance in their early life.
There will be an open meeting of
the Lyceum April loth. Subject,
Resolved, ‘‘That riches are more
valuable than friends.” Affirmative
J. R. Roberts. J. N. Littlejohn and
i’rof. S. A. Chambers; negative, W.
E. Peeler, Will McCraw and Rev. B.
P. Robertson.
Attention Democrats!
The chairmen of the various democratic
clubs in Cherokee county are hereby notified
to call a meeting of their respective clubs to
be held on the fourth Saturday in April to
elect delegates to the couniy convention to
be held iu tlie court house in Gaffney on
Monday. May 3 18!is. toe'ect delegates to the
State OoDTention and also to elect a county
chairman, VlceJ. W. Thompson, deceaseu.
1. G. Sabhatt.
Vice-1’reside nt.
Ed H. DeCamp.
Secretary. 4-7-4t
Doings of the Vets.
Jake Carpenter Camp, U. C. V., is
making preparations to have a goodly
number of their members go to the
reunion in Charleston on the 27th
and 28th of this month. These re
unions are great events with the old
soldiers. We learn many of them
will go to Charleston and that they
will be accompanied by a largo num
ber of their friends.
We are glad to learn that Jefferies
Camp will also be well represented.
The fair and po| ular sponsors and
maids of honor, who will be with
these two camps, are enough to make
all Cherokee turn out and go.
A Tasty Window Dresser.
Mr. Pierson, the accommodating
salesman and tasty window decorater
with O. E. Wilkins <k Bros., corner
of Limestone and Frederick streets,
has one of the windows in unique at
tire at present. In it he presents
the last camp of the Gaffney Light
Infantry on their return from Cuba.
He has a complete camp outfit in
cluding a cast off bottle and deck of
cards. Mr. Pierson has faith in the
infantry for the sleeping soldier
shown still has hU gun.
A series of meetings will com
mence next Sunday at the First Bap
tist church. Dr. L. R. Gwultney
will assist the pastor. Dr. Gwalt-
ney’s reputation for piety, good
sense and eloquence has proceeded
him, which, in this appreciative com
munity assures large and interested
congregations. All are requested to
attend.
Our street force, under Capt.
Hamrick, is now engaged in macada
mizing Limestone street. The Capt.
is doing his work well and rapidly.
We learn the work will be continued
to the Dummy crossing in Broad
street. A civil engineer to lay this
work off and give the grades, would
be th« cheapest man employed on
the work.
Col. A. Tanner, once well known in
this part of the state, and late of
Saluda, N. C., died at the residence
of his son, Mr. A. Tanner, Jr., of
Spartanburg, Monday, and was buried
in Magnolia cemetery, in that city
on Tuesday. Col. Tanner was an ac
tive business man throughout his
life and his death will sadden the
hearts of bis many old friends.
A Novelty.
A conundrum supper will be given
by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Methodist church at Mrs. W. H,
Smith’s Friday evening, April loth!
from 5:45 to 11 p. in. The public is
cordially invited. Refreshments will
be served at very popular prices on
the European plan.
Hang your knapsack where you
I can reach It.—Haytian.
Look! A Stitch in Time
Haves nine. IIukIii'h' Tonic (new improved,
take plviiaant). taken In early Spring anu
KdJI pri-vrnts L'IiIMh, Dengue unif Muliiriui
FeVers, Acts on tlie liver, tones up the sys-
M’lj. Better than tjulnltie. (iuiiraiiteed.
, lirgit. At DruRKlaU. 60c and fl.uu bottlea.
Live with wolves and you will
learn to howl.—Spanish.
E'lii. :,to Your llowala With CaaearnU.
' wV, h Ji r £J c : cure constipation forever.
10c, J5c. If c. C. C. fall, druggiku refund money.
PERSONAL PARAORAPHS.
People You Know and People You
Don’t Know.
Miss Bessie Barnes, of Greenville,
is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs.
C. T. Price, on Montgomery street.
John O. Tate, come up to the city
from Gowdeysville Tuesday. He
says Uncle Jesse Mabrey has so far
recovered as to be able to visit his
neighbors.
Robert Gibson returned from a
trip to Greenville last week, where
he had been in attendance upon the
United States court as a witness.
Mr. James Love, of Smith’s Ford,
came up to the city Tuesday.
Hon. Win. Jefferies came to the
city Monday on business and paid
The Ledger an appreciated visit.
J. Logan Gibson, a native of Gaff
ney, but now of Cleveland county,
N. C.. paid his cld home a visit.
Sunday. t
Gus Mintz, of Blacksburg, spent'
some days in the city this week.
Clayton Camp, of Camp Cross
Roads, made an early trip to the
city yesterday.
Barney Clary returned a few days
ago from Norfolk. Va., where he had
shipped a carload of cattle.
C. Cash, of Ezells, a prosperous
Cherokee merchant, came down from
the Battle ground Tuesday and spent
a few hours in the city on busiuss.
Hon. C. W. Whisnant, was in the
city a short while Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Robertson, who
have been teaching a flourishing
school at Holly Grove, this couhty,
moved to the city Saturday, the ses
sion having closed. Fortunate will
be the school that next secures their
services.
The Ledger was pleased to have
a visit from Miss Sallie Service Mon
day.
N. W. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg,
spent sometime in the city Thursday.
Miss Mary Lynn, who has many
friends here where she once lived,
arrived in the city this week from the
southern part of Texas, where she
has been teaching school for four
years. Miss Lynn is spending some
time with her relatives J. D. Goude-
lock and Mrs. Rufus Littljohn after
wliicu she will go to her home on
Fishing Creek in Chester County.
Sheriff Ross has been in Yorkville
several days this week attending
court.
Master Jimmie Lynn, of Fishing
creek, Chesler county, was in the
city this week on a visit to relatives.
E. R. Phillips, of Star Farm, spent
Tuesday in the city.
W. W. Gaffney, who has been at
tending the United States court in
Greenville as a juror, has returned to
the city.
Mr. Clough Inman fihd family, of
Sunny Side, were in the city Thurs
day attending the marriage of Mrs.
Inman’s sister, Miss Nettie Kendrick
and Mr. R. E. Lernaster.
’Squire M. B. Scruggs and Martin
Martin, of Ezell’s, came in to see us
Monday.
Junius Thomson, of Blacksburg,
an enterprising attache of the Pied
mont View Company, spent Saturday
in the city.
John S. Vineset, one of Cherokee’s
hard working young farmers of
Grassy Pond, called on The Ledger
while in the city Saturday. John
had the misfortune before he was
grown to lose his right arm while
working with a cotton gin. It, how
ever, did not stop him from work for
he manes a full farm hand all the
time and is a successful farmer.
James Ril«y Blanton, of Ravenna,
was in Gaffney Tuesday.
Rev. C. E. Robertson is attending
the Presbytery at Wellford.
Mr. Haines, the efficient post
master at State Line, and Phillip
Ray, of the same section, while in
the city Friday, called in to see us.
Come again, gentlemen.
Attorneys J. B. Bell and T. B. But
ler attended the United States court
at Greenville last week.
J. Little went over to Shelby, N.
C., last Thursday on business.
Col. Martin, of Martin’s Fall, on
Broad river, was in the city Saturday.
R. C. Thompson returned to the
city Friday from his Broud river
farms in York and Chester counties.
II. Z. Hicks, one of the all around
good fellows from the Buttle ground,
was amnog his many frinds in the
city Thursday.
John Daniel, Jr., of Chester, who
is on a visit to his parents at Thickety,
was in the city Tuesday.
Lewis Luuiur. of Star Farm, was
among the many sturdy fanners in
the city Saturday.
Jesse Nance, an unostentatious
but successful farmer of Cheroaee
and a gallant confederate soldier, was
in the city Monday. Mr. Nance
deservedly has many friends, and a
truthful sketch of his life would be u
first-class lesson to the young of duty
in war and in peace faithfully per
formed.
D. L. Brown of Blacksburg, was in
the city a short time Thursday.
Ed Littlejohn,a prominent business
man of Blacksburg, ran over to the
capitol a short while Tuesday,
Hon. A. A. Sarratt spends most of
his time on his “fork” farms now.
VY. H. and M. L. Ross made a bus
iness trip to Shelby, N. C., Thurs
day.
J. J. Gibbons, one of our over the
river Cherokee friends, visited the
city Saturday.
Julius Hammett, of I .awn, one of
the hardest working farmers in Cher
okee, made a business trip to the
city Monday.
Ihompson Robbs, who has been
spending some weeks In Alabama on
a business trip, returned to his home
In Gaffney Sunday.
J. W. Allen, of Spartanburg, was in
the city Tueday.
Mr. Tom Lernaster, of Clifton, a
prominent mill builder in this atate,
was in the city Tuesday In con
sultation with the Carpet Mill men
Mrs. Adam Goudelock, of Asbury,
was in the city Saturday.
Miss Fanny Littlejohn, of Asbury,
is in the city on a visit to her sister.
Mrs R. A. Jones, on Frederick street.
I). R. Bird, a prominent business
man of Blacksburg, piad us a pleasant
visit yesterday.
George Elmore, one of Cherokee’s
best fanners, paid The Ledger a visit
while in the city yesterday.
IT DEPENDS ON SPAIN.
Senator McLaurin Telegraphs The
Ledger to That Effect.
The Ledger yesterday telegraphed
Senator McLaurin on the war ques
tion. The following telegram was
received at 2:30 p. m., in reply to
its inquiry :
Washington, D. C., April 13.—
Two reports from foreign relation
committee; majority favor indepen
dence ar.d direct armed intervention,
if necessary; minority favor recogni
tion of Cuban republic. Impossible
to predict as to war; it depends on
Spain. Jno. L. McLaurin.
The Next Cotton Crop.
[Manufacturers' Record.]
Advice continues to be offered to
the cotton planters by men who have
opportunities to view the market
against a repetition of the big cotton
crop of the past season. Among the
latest utterances on the subject is
that of the Allen-West Commission
Co., of St. Louis. Mo., who say;
“Cotton-planting time has arrived.
Will you make enough cotton this
year to reduce the price next fall to
three cents a pound in the big mar
kets? That price will hardly pay for
picking, ginning and freighting. Re
member, the buyers and manufact
urers care nothing for the cost of
production. They, like others, will
buy as cheaply as possible; and if
you make another big crop on top of
last year’s immense crop, they can
and will force the prices down very,
very low. As we have been explain
ing in our circulars for years, if every
farmer should make three bales of
cotton, instead of four, the three
would bring more in dollars and
c.’nts than four. Then why make
the extra bale,that actually costs you
cash money besides the labor, wear
and tear of land, live stock, etc?
Why not use that extra labor to
make other things which you really
need and which would he profitable
and helpful, instead of hurtful? You
now have flour and meat to buy.
Both are high. You can raise at
home most everything you live on if
you will. Why not do it? The
3,000.000 extra bales raised last year
cost the South $.'>0,000,000 to $100,-
000,000 actual money besides giving
the manufacturers 3,000,000 bales of
cotton that exhausted your land,
impoverished your country and
worked you hard fifteen months in a
year to gather and market. Is not
this over-production the height of
folly and unwisdom? No other in
terest acts in this way, except the
planters, and for self-protection they
should stop it at once.”
A NEW TRIUMPH.
The. Dreaded Consumption
Can be Cured.,
T. A Siocum, the Great Chemist and Scientist,
Will Send to Sufferers, Three Free
Bottles of Hit Newly Discovered
Remedies to Cure Ccnsumption
and all Lung Troubles.
Nothing could be fairer, more phil
anthropic or carry more joy to the
afflicted, than the generous offer of
the honored and distinguished chem
ist, T. A. Slocum. M. C., of New
York City.
He has discovered a reliable and
absolute cure for consumption, and
all bronchial, throat, lung and chest
diseases, catarrhal affections, general
decline and weakness, loss of flesh
and all conditions of wasting awuy ;
and to make its great merits known,
will send three free bottles of ills
newly discovered remedies to any af
flicted reader of the Ledger.
Already his “new scientific system
of medicine” has permanently cured
thousands of apparently hopeless
cases.
The Doctor considers it not only
his professional, but his religious
duty—a duty which he owes to suffer
ing humanity—to donate his infallible
cure.
He has proved the “dreaded con
sumption'' to be a curable disease
beyond a doubt, in any climate, and
has on file In his American and Euro
pean laboratories thousand ofheart-
felt testimonials of gratitude” from
those benefitted and cured, iu all
parts of the world.
Catarrhal and pulmonary troubles
lead to consumption, and consump
tion, uninterrupted, means speedy
and certain death. Don't delay until
it is too late. Simply write T. A.
Slocum, M. C., H8 Bine street, New
York, giving express and postoffice
address, and the free medicine will he
promptly sent. Please tell the Doc
tor you saw his offer in The Ledger.
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the uto of I‘hk ki.y Ash Hirrritit. If n-
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE BOND
TO SECURE THE $15,000 FOR THE
COUNTY.
We Print It in Order the People May
Inform Themselves and Know
Howto Act With Intel
ligence.
The following is the full text of
the bond to secure the $15,000 for
the erection of court house and jail
for this county. The purpose of its
publication will be made plain in a
later edition of this paper:
State of South Carolina,^
York County. ’ij
Whereas the people of the town
ship of Cherokee, in York county,
S. 0., Draytonville and Gowdeysville,
in Union county, and Limestone,
White Plains and Cherokee, in Spar
tanburg county. S. C., were invited
by the Town Council of Gaffney to
elect five delegates from each of said
townships to meet the said Town
Council at Gaffney, S. C., on Septem
ber 1st, 1896, to consider the practi
cability and advisability of forming
a new county out of said townships
and locating the county seat at
Gaffney, S. C., and
Whereas on the said 1st day of
September, 1896, a delegation from
the aforesaid townships did meet the
said Town Council and the people of
the town of Gaffney, and the Town
Council and the people of the town
of Gaffney proposed to the deligates
assembled that they would furnish
the land on which to erect the court
house and jail, and to erect at their
own cost and expense the county-
court house and jail and pay all
other expenses incurred in the form
ation of said new county, if the court
house is located at Gaffnev, S. C., and
to give a good and sufficient bond in
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars,
($15,000), conditioned that the said
court house and jail shall be erected
at their own cost and expense within
twelve years from this date; and
\\ hekeas the delegates assembled
passed a resolution commending
said proposition and elected one trus
tee from each of said townships to
whom the said bond is to be made
payable in case of the default of its
terms being made and who are to ap
prove and accept said bond, to wit:
N. W. Hardin, trustee for Cherokee
township, York county, S. C., J. D.
Jefferies, of Draytonville, and J. T.
Morehead, of Gowdeysville townships,
Union county, 8. C., and W. C. 8.
Wood and J. E. Mosteller, of Lime
stone, J. B. Brown, of White Plains,
and R. P. Scruggs, of Cherokee town
ships, Spartanburg county, 8. C.
Now know all men by these pres
ents that we
(names omitted.)
are held and firmly bound unto
the said N. W. Hardin, J. I).
Jefferies, J. T. Morehead. W.
C. 8. Mood, J. B. Brown, R. P.
Scruggs and J. E. Mosteller. trustees
in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars,
($15,000), good and lawful money of
the United States of America, to be
paid to the said N. W. Hardin, J, D.
Jefferies, J. T. Morehead, W. C. 8.
M ood, J. B. Brown, R, P. Scruggs
and I. E. Mosteller, trustees as afore
said, their heirs, executors, adminis-
trarors, assigns and successors in
office, to which payment well and
truly to be made, we bind ourselves,
our heirs, executors and administra
tors, iirtnly and by these presents.
Sealed with our seals and dated the
15th day of September, A. D., 1896.
The condition of the above obliga
tion is such, (fiat if the above boun-
den, their heirs, their executors, ad
ministrators, assigns or any of
them shall obtain their own
cost and expense and convey to
the said new county, the neces
sary land, the quanity and loca
tion of whijh is to be determined by
the board of county commissionersof
said new county, upon which to erect
the court house and jail at Gaffney,
8. C., and to erect and build a suit
able courthouse and jail at Gaffney,
S. C., the size and form of which is to
be determined by the board of county
commissioners for said new county,
the lands, court house and jail to
cost fifteen thousand dollars. ($15,-
000), within twelve years from this
dale, then the above obligations to
be null and void and of no effect,
hut should the above and the within
bounden fail to perform the condi
tions of this bond relative to the
erection of the court house and jail,
and the purchase of the land thereof,
within the time herein limited, then
they bind themselves, their heirs,
executors, administrators and as
signs to well and truly pay or cause
to be paid unto the above named
trustees as herein provided, for the
benefit of the proposed new county,
for the erection of said court house
and jail and securing the land for
ihe same, tlie said sum of fifteen
thousand dollars without fraud or
further delay.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the
presence of
(Names omitted.)
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I was treated by many physicians and tried
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Antioch Articles.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Antioch, April 11.—The farmers
have resumed work after tlie rains of
last week.
John Montgomery, who has been
confined to his bed for some time, I
am sorry to say, is no better.
The store of Doc Keeter, of Grover,
is nearing completion.
The roads in this part of the coun
try are in a bad fix. A little work
would make travel more pleasant.
M’. H. Rumfelt has sold his saw
mill to Mr. Martin, of Hickory
Grove, and has moved to Grover.
Most all tlie people in this section
take The Ledger. It is one of the
best weekly papecs in this section of
the country.
Brick have beeen hauled for B. F.
Turner’s store.
The war is all the cry. If it does
come there will probably be a number
of John Starnes in this section.
The indications are that there will
be as much five cent cotton raised in
this neighborhood as usual.
Pike.
Statements from Star Farm.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Star Farm, April 11.—Tlie singing
at Elbethel Sunday school is second
best in the county. Sardis is ihe
best.
Alice M'ilson, daughter of George
M’ilson. colored, was drowned on the
5th inst.
Dr. Douglass is going tp move to
east Tennessee. M e will be sorry to
see him leave.
The frost has killed the beans.
Mrs. M. H. Jefferies is in Union
with her sick daughter.
Tlie farmers have linifthed putting
in their guanos and are beginning to
plant corn and cotton.
All schools have closed except the
pay schools. They will ali soon
close.
Mr. Newton Litttlejohn’s school
closed last Friday. He had an en
tertainment Friday night which whs
long and interesting.
Jim Arrowood went to North Caro
lina last week. He came back yes
terday. Hustler.
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Cherokee’s Coney Island.
The Ohio River and Charleston
Railway people have secured Goal
Island, in Broad River at Cherokee
Ford, and have gone to work to im
prove and beautify it for a park.
The company will spsnd a large sum
of money on it at once and make il
one of the handsomest and most
pleasant places for picnic and pleas
ure parties in the state. The scenery
is already unique.
The (). R. & C. people, by this
move, place all Cherokee under ob
ligations to them, and we trust the
people will go to their assistance and
make it a thing of beauty, indeed.
Accidentally Killed.
Mr. A. Coy Lotspeitch, a son of Mr
A. W. Lotspeitch of this city, was ac
cidentally shot and killed at his home
near Harriman Term., last Monday.
Mr. Lotspeitch was a promising young
man 17 years of age and a graduate of
one of the best colleges in Tennessee.
He was bright, useful and intelligent,
and his death is deeply regretted by
all who knew him, eepecially by ht«
aged father and mother who teiida
here. They have the heartfelt sym
pathy of The Ledger and the eniire
community. M'e were unable to
obtain any particulars further than
that he was killed accidentally
Cotton Market.
The following prices prevailed in
the local cotton market yesterday.
Middling ’>40
Good Middling 5 65
A Good Blood Purifier.
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Hold by Cherokee l>ruK Co.