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ooooooc JOCCOCOC? WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tise/ Who Uses the Col ins 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 FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY. S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL !2S, 1898. *1.00 A YEAR. :: jane. WHAT SHOULD BE THE N A- TIONS PRAYER. War, Like Every Other Evil, Has Its Good Side.—News Notes and Gossip Prepared by the “Kernal.” (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, April 25th.—As our army is now in the field ready to fight this should be the nation’s prayer: Great God. to thee be nil our praise. Our only help can come from thee. Almighty God of love and grace. We pray thee hear our earnest plea. Thou still remcinberest we arc dust. Thy love exceeds thy justice fear; For thou accepts in faithful trusty The mother's prayer and orphan s tear. Thou Rock of Ages! still our hope- And in Thy name. Oh Israel s God. Our troops shall lift their banners up. Our navies spread their Hags abroad. Some trust In horses trained lor war. And some in chariots make their boast, Yei ii'l our expectations are From thee, the Lord, of heavenly host. Deliver us from slavish fe"r, And let our trust in thee be strong, ’Till tliv salvation shall appear And joy and triumph raise t he song. We’ll furl our flags, the conflict o er. And while the Heavenly sertipb sings, Hosannas shout from shore to shore. And crown the Savior King oi Kin^s. Thfi C. E. Society met at S. F. Estes’ last night. In consequence of the rain storm last Saturday afternoon none of our neighbors attended the club meeting at Owen’s Ferry. Your correspondent has been and still is suffering from vaccination. I received a letter last week from Rev. R. P. Smith, the faithful mis sionary of the North Carolina Presby tery, who is hard at work in his field in Western North Carolina. He was once our pastor and is uni\ersallj beloved by our people. Closing his letter with a postscript he adds; “It seems wo are to have war, again plenty of caves up here. Let me know if you and your friends want one. but don’t let too many apply,” Thunk you, brother. Bomb proofs have already been looked out by those of us who expect to need them, and besides, I fear you haven t more than will supply the local demand. If the war goes on we will have to xt some one to attend to our question department. A lady asked mo if the troops that passed through Columbia Hie other day were on our side. “Deaf Ed, says he will skip round the line of battle and kill the general. Another wan!s to know where the soldiers on the war vessels camp out. Another wants to know how a man that shoots a cannon that throws a ball or shell sixteen miles can see where it hits. Dr. W. J. Douglas was in this sec tion last week. Mr. T. P. McDill, of Hickory Grove, has the thanks of this commu nity for his courtesy in furnishing us with all the latest telegraphic and telephonic news from the seat of war. Mr. and Mrs. R. Ro^s Bratton and family have our heartfelt sympathy in the loss of their dear little daugh ter and sister, Minnie, who died last Friday, after a long and painful sickness. She is now resting in the arms of her Savior. We had a nice rain last Saturday which revived vegetation very much, and caused the lazy farm hands to sing ‘•More rain nwe rest All dry weather’s not the best. Mr. Joe Estes has been taking an extended trip into York county. The first thing somebody knows Joe will turn up in Cuba. War. like every other evil, has its good sides, too. I haven’t heard of a single wife beating since the war scare has got so critical. Men who are disposed to be boisterous and overbearing at times are as calm as sucking doves now. If we had the cooperation of a few bucking earth quakes every now and then almost any kind of exhorter could get up a revival meeting and keep the mourn er’s bench crowded with penitents as long as these disturbing elements of society and nature are at work. The Bible would be raked from the refuse in the dusty corner, and the care-worn wife and awkward children be gathered around the hearthstone to hear some of the truths contained in that book of divine authority, and kneel in amazement while a few bro ken and disjointed petitions would fall tv ton the tympanum of the heav enly sentinel like the rapping of a Ptrange visitor at the door of mercy. Upon the whole I believe we have as little to complain of the miscon duct of the colored people in this section as any section in the state, but it is not, by any means, as abso lutely correct as their employers ought to insist upon its being. For instance, we hear that some children were playing about ft house where some of those ebony colored gentry had carelessly laid a pistol and one little girl picked it up and snapped it at a little child. As good luck would have it, the pistol was not so the child’s life was saved, question arises here; Had ..^pistol been loaded and the child killsd, or badly wounded, who would have been guilty of the care'ess hand ling of it—the owner or the one who was thoughtlessly snapping it? Its a matter of record that Cherokee jurors hold people respon 'hie for the care less handling of fire irms. Without the slightest reflection on the accused, the jury or any one connected with the case, I feel justi fied in saying that had the unfortu nate slayer of poor Turner (and I am satisfied that no one regretted it more sincerely than he) been arrang ed before a Cherokee jury he would have had a hard time convincing that body that there was no punish ment merited. t Of one thing I fell certain, and that is, if I am ever so unfortunate as to cause the death or disability of any one from the careless handling of firearms, either directly or indi rectly I will feel it very risky to astr for a verdict of acquittal at the hands of a Cherokee jury. I understand that one of our neigh bor boys will perhaps finish a letter by to-day’s mail that he bus spent a whole week on getting it in readiness for the eyes it is intended. Worcester, Webster and all other lexicographers, ancient and modern, that he could get hold of, have been looted for words to express what he wants to say to her. The Associated Press ought to get a copyright of that letter. I regret to learn that Mr. James T. Morehead and his family are still annoyed with chills. It seems that his neighborhood, along the creek, has been very unfortunate of late years in the matter of sickness. Mr. Morehead is one of our very best citi zens and such continued misfortune to him or any one else is a matter of serious concern to all right thinking people. In consequence of Rev. A. A. Jones being elected as one of the commissioners from Enoree Presby tery to the General Assembly in New Orleans, La., he will be unable to fill his appointment to preach the annual sermon to Camp Jefferies U. C. V., at Salem on the 5th Sab bath of May. Rev. J. P. Knox, of the Associated Reformed Presbyte rian church has been selected to fill the appointment. Brother Knox is an able man, a fine pulpit orator and those who attend will not be disap pointed. Will some Georgia editor or news paper correspondent please tell us what became uf that man who was fastened to that log last year by an invisible hand for blasphemy. He must have burned up or got away very easy. Last Thursday in passing through Columbia the federal bands played those soul inspiring confederate airs, “Dixie” and “Bonnie Blue Flrg.” The “Blue and Grey” made the welkin ring with a grand anthem of applause, while the angel of peace and good will spread his pavilion from the Atlantic to the Pacific. If that mutton-headed bigot who goes so far out of his way to criticise our feeble attempt at journalism only knew it, we think him better capaci tated for loud laughing than deep thinking. Try it as long as we may we’ll find that an iceberg in the pulpit will never kindle a fire in the pew. Rev. Mr. Isom preached an excel lent sermon at Messopotamia yester day. The young people on the York side propose having a fishing party at Dr. Wright’s fish place just above How ell’s Ferry next Saturday, BOth inst. Gardens are looking well since the shower. Your correspondent has been con fined to his bed for several days with a sere arm from vaccination. So much so that he is compelled to fore go the trip to Charleston this week. Don’t forget the meeting of the Ladies’ Memorial Association at El- betbel next Saturday, 30th inst., at 2 o’clock, p. m. All are invited—es pecially the ladies and Sunday school children. Sam Strain is bent on studying medicine. He and Dr. Sam Foster are constantly in consultation. J, L. s. Notes From Websters. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Webster, April 24th.—The farmers of this section planted cotton seed very rapid lastwe«K. Some of our farmers were glad to see the rain last Saturday. J. S. Littlejohn who has been very sick, is better. F. T. Owensby dined with Bennie Jamison last Sunday. Paul Dawkins, col., had the mis fortune to get his house burned lust Sunday. The fire was of incendiary origin. J. C. Y’oung has got a flourishing school at Timber Ridge. Echols Phillips, the little son of J. C. Phillips, Is having chills now. The boys of Timber Ridge are talk ing of getting up a debating society. Get it up boys. Lucky Bill. To be Hung. Mit Saddler, a negro man of this county who killed a white man named | Wells, In Cleveland county, N. 0., some months ago, was tried last week j In Shelby, N. C., and convicted and sentenced to be hung on the 27ih of May. MR. HARDIN HAS TROUBLE CONVINCING “THE LEDGER” THAT IT IS WRONG. He Relates the Proceedings of the Con vention, Defies Us to Do Our Worst, and Issues an Ultimatum. Blacksburg, April 25.—Editor Led ger ;—It is a great pity that you had not been a member of that menaora- ble convention held at Gaffney on September 1st. 1896, when the con tract was made between the people of Gaffney and those who were to vote to establish the new county. Had you been you would not say. “A cav- iler , may not vitiate the spirit of the whole agreement; and how unjust and unreasonable it is in this in stance to insist on the literal fulfil ment of every word contained in that bond. Yet it seems to us that is ex actly what Mr. Hardin his been do ing.” Just let me refresh your mem ory as to what was done at the con vention referred to. “Mayor Wood read the resolutions of the town council, which were in effect, that they would lease the city hall to the new county fora period of ninety-nine years, at a nominal rental of $10 year, and that they would build a jail in addition and that was to be done solely at the ex pense of the town of Gaffney and that no taxes v.ere to be levied on anyone for that purpose.” “Mr. Hardin moved that the prop osition submitted to the delegates was insufficient and unsatisfactory.” Col. Butler spoke in behalf of that city. He said, “it was not the inten tion of the town of Gaffney to decieve anyone. This meeting had been called that the people might know what the town council intended to do. It was not the desire of Gaffney or the town council to hood-wink anyone. They were perfectly sincere and pertectly honest in this matter.” “On motion the meeting was ad journed until 2:30 in order to allow the delegates to inspect the city hall building and take dinner. Meeting assembled promptly at 2:30. Col. T. B. Butler said, that resolution of town council would change its prop osition by saying it would lease city hall for twenty years and that the taxpayers will obligate themselves in a bond to build a court house and jail in twelve years and deed them to the new county. Cherokee town ship, of York, through J. G. Black, seemed to think the proposition a fair one. Mayor Wood withdrew his motion before noon.” Now the resolution that was after wards adopted by the delegates is the one set out in the bond published. These minutes were kept by the hon orable manager of Tm: Ledger and published in The Ledger on the 3rd of September 1896. You are doubt less convinced, as I am sure the people of the county are, that the proposition that is now submitted to the county commissioners is identi cally the same proposition, save with one exception, submitted to the dele gates on September 1st, ’96, and by them rejected. The proposition then was to lease the city hall for ninety- nine years and build a suitable jail, now it is to give us the hall in ex change for a valid bond of $15,000, (that is sufficient to build us a court house and jail), and give us a lot and let us build our own jail by taxation. The difference between leasing the hall for ninety-nine years and making a deed absolute is very slight, but the difference between giving a lot on which to build a jail, and furnishing the lot and building the jail thereon, is very serious to the taxpayers of the county. The county commissioners are the servants of the people, the corporate agents of the county and it is their duty to carry out the con tract as made by the people. Doubt less you think this was a very foolish contract, but the people who made it did not think so then, and they do not think so now, if it is carried out in good faith and this is the contract that secured the votes that estab lished Cherokee county. I say again that we are not apprehensive about the validity of that bond and it is needless to attempt to frighten us about it now. We are sure t{mt it is sufficient to build a court houa^,,AJi4 jail and save us from taxatipp for that purpose and when Ihose who have signed the bond, “erect and build a suitable court house and jail at Gaffney, 8. C., the size and form of which is to be determined by the board of county commissioners for said new county * * * ^ to cost $15,000, within twelve years from this date,” then we ar^^'willing to surrender the bond and ndt before, and if not done within that time, then we ask our agents, the oomity commissioners, “tosue for and collect the same according to the trusts AAd conditions thereof,” as authorized bf the Act establishing the county, that [ validate the bond And gives them aod their successors in office authority to sue and collect the same. The statement that $31,250 which Gaffney has paid or will pay for the benefit of the county, is a canard, if it refers to an expense incurred by the people of Gaffney in the estab lishment of Cherokee county, except the item of $8,000, and this expendi ture is very small when the benefits of the town of Gaffney i»re taken into consideration, in the establishment of the county, with the county seat at Gaffney. This is all you will have to pay within the next eleven years. Greenwood generously contributed $25,000 in cash and from this her court house and jail has already been built. The present manager of The Gaff ney Ledger, who was once its editor and manager, is no Shylock, and the people of the county know this, and they would like to know, if it pleases your honor, why another has taken charge of the editorial columns of the paper? The Act establishing the county, requires the custodians of the bond of $15,(X)0 to give an approved bond in the sum of $15,000 to the Comp troller-General of the State, to insure the faithful performance of the trust. These trustees have been notified that if they attempt to dispose of the trust property in violation of the terms of the trust, that they will be sued for a breach of trust and for damages. I am informed that if these trustees or the county commissioners do not accept the town hall and sur render the bond that they will be sued for a breach of contract. This would virtually be an action against the county, its people, as the county commissioners are the corporate agents of the county. Let me say right here, that the county commis sioners will never accept the hall in satisfaction of the bond for $15,000 and surrender it, and if any one de sires to bring an action against them to forte the acceptance of the hall, that ”Mr. Hardin and his friends” will see that the county commission ers and the interests of the county are protected in the courts. So this is our ultimatum and the courts are open to you. N. W. Hardin. GAME AS A GAME ROOSTER. The manager of The Ledger would respectfully remind Mr. Hardin that there is no difference between the manager and the editor on this bond and court house question. Capt. Griffith vyns chosen by the manager to assist in the work on this paper, and by the manager’s own free will, because of his capacity and worth and the manager has no regrets because of the alliance. If Capt. Griffith were a shylock he could not stay on the staff of The Ledger one minute. The Ledger honestly be lieves that the solution of the court house question as proposed is for the best interest of all, notwithstanding any previous agreement. We have never advocated a cause we did not believe was just and by all that is true and noble we will quit the news paper business before we will resort to any methods to deceive. Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Sunny Side Sentences. Correspondence of Tne Ledger.) Sunnv Side, April 25.—Rev. Mr. Isom filled his regular appointment at Mesopotamia yesterday. His ser mon was directed principally to the Sunday school. We will have our “Children’s Day” at Mesopotamia on the fourth Sunday in May, at which time we expect to have a program for most all the school and some good talks from others. Wq cordially invite all in reach who are friendly to the cause to be witn us on that day, and also hope to have The Dedger with us. I think our good ladies will furnish plenty of dinner for all visitors. W. C. Kirby and several of his chil dren are on the sick list this week. J. H. Sprouse and James Garner went to the county seat last Satur day. Jim Palmer says if he has to go to war that he don’t want to stop till he gets right smack in Cuba and when he gets there some body is going to be hurt. I glory in his spunk. Mrs. John Sprouse spent Sunday with Mrs. Bettie Kirby. Miss Mamie Comer entertained several of her young friends last Sunday evening with her beautiful instrumental and vo^al music. The chain gang is ut work in this section. Wade Pridraore was on our streets to-day. F.‘ l A. Goforth’s boys had a rat kill ing to-day. They killed about forty- seven rats. Plow Boy. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Bust SaIvo in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, Salt Rheum, Fever Su.-ss, 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 sale by The DuPre Drug Co. FLAW HAS TROUBLE WITH MRS. WATERS. The War Question Comes in lor a Share of His Attention.—-A Patriot for the Sake of Humanity. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Y'ou meby mought think that ole Flaw got scared at Mrs. Ann Waters an’ crawled in his hole before the fullness of time come to hand, but I ain’t gone nowheres in pertickler yit, as I knows of. I thought I had already said enough to that woman to stock her tomb for a century an’ throwed in enough over an’ above to daub the cracks, but, by gatlins, hit ain’t airtight yit. She’s as game as the gamest rooster I’ve got, an’ I paid five dollars in clean hard ca^h to a feller 'way down in Georgy fer the eggs they was hatched outia’. I thought I had killed her (literary) five or six times already, but, by gat lins, she comes again. I’ve hearn tell of cats a havin’ of nine lives, which, you understand, was alius hard fer me to beleeve till here lately, an’ I’ve hearn tell of cats on brass wheels but I raley don’t bleeve I ever hearn in pertickler how many lives they had. Now, don’t taka me to say that Mrs. Ann Waters is a cat, or a game chicken, or anything like that, but, (literary speakin’), she do seem orful hard to down finally. Well, the war is on, to some extent an' I ain't resorted to no gun. pick ner shovel yit as anybody has ever hearn tell of. The Kerna! seems to think that they are a fightin' fer downright tomfoolery an’ without a cause whatever. Well, tho Kernel has got a powerful long head I know, hut somehow I look at the gineral surroundins’ an’ circumferences in a different way. Some 'low, “Oh yes, they ort to declare war fer the blow- iu’ upjof the Main ’er not at all,” whilst, you understand, I hold that that is a secondary contlabument. Hit's a purely patriotic act to rescue an’ alleviate poor sufferin’ humanity whilst hit’s an act of revenge to de clare war on the strength of the Maine. Flaw Picker. Written from Willie. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Willie, April 23.—A. L. Farnum is the proud posessorof an eleven pound girl baby. Mrs. Treacy Allen and daughter, Miss Etta, of Tryon, N. C., are visit ing friends and relatives in this section. We still have plenty of fruit in this section although we have had several freezes recently. Our people are pretty well of the opinion that Spain ought to be whipped but they are perfectly will ing to let the other fellow do the fighting. As for "Bill,” he would be very glad for Cuba to have her inde pendence but he don’t propose to face the Spanish guns to secure it for them. A. L. Farnum went to Tryon, N. C., last Monday on business. Mr. Greenway, of Polk County, X. C., is spending some time with his sister, Mrs. Dennis Goode, of this section. Mr. Greenway is an invalid. The people of Polk county have worked out their roads. Bill. -» Asbury Articles. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Akbuky, April 25.—We have had some heavy rains in our section the past week. The farmers are pretty well up with their work. Rev. E. S. Jones filled his appoint ment Sunday at Asbury church. A number of the ladies of Webster attended preaching at Asbury Sun day. J. R. Littlejohn and wife spent Sunday with John Foster’s family. Oscar Petty and sister spent Sun day with W. H. Harmon. Thomas Mabry has been sick for several days. I hope he will recover. John Baines left Saturday evening and has not yet returned. Perhaps he has volunteered and gone to Cuba to fight the Spaniards. Cowboy. The Sure La Grippe Cure. There is no use suffering from this dreadful malady, if you will only get the right remedy. You are having pain till through your body, your liver is out of order, have no appe tite, uo life or ambitiop, have a bad cold, in fact are completely used up. Electric Bitters is the only remedy that will give you prompt and sure relief. They act directly on your Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, tones up the whole system and make you feel like a new being. They are guaranteed to cure or price refunded. For sale by DuPre Drug Co., only 50 cents per bottle. State Line Statemept-. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) State Link, April 25.—Rev. R. j. Tate filled his appointment yesterday at State Line church. He preached an able sermon. The farmers are getting along very well planting their crops. Wheat and oats are looking well. F. T. Ray is suffering with u cancer on his face. Josiuh Mahoney, of Jonesboro, Tenn., well known at Gaffney and Slut; Line as a horse drover, died the 15th of this month at his home. J. G. Riddle and Miss Lizzie No- dine, of Henrietta, N. C., were mar ried on the 24th inst., by Phillip Ray, N. P. Mr. Ray has married one hundred and twelve couples in the last three years. Is there another that can beat him in our new county? The Ledger is a welcome visitor at the State Line office. c. (Correspond ence of The Ledger.) State LIne, April 22.—Most of the farmers in this section are about done planting. Wheat and oats are in fine condition. Mr. and Mrs. Black Scruggs had the sad misfortune to loose their daughter Carrie through death Mon day the 18th inst. She was interred at the family hurrying ground. Asleep in Jc$us; Blessed sleep r roni which none ever wake to weep; A calm and undisturbed repose. I nbroken by the loss of foes; Asleep in Jesus; oh for me May such a bliss’ul refuse be; No tear uo woe shall dim that hour That manifests tho SoverK'ii power. E. J. M. D. Ravenna Reading. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Ravenna. April 20.—T. C. Green and daughter, Lona, went to Union last week to visit E. M. Green and family. A crowd of young people went to Cowpens last Sunday to visit the family of W. D. Goforth. Misses Addio Brown and Walter Webster went to Clifton to visit Mrs. Bloom Green. Mrs. W. A. Stack has returned to Cowpens after spending a week at her father’s, Felix Littlejohn. The boys here are not very anxious at present to get up a military com pany. Mrs. Asa Bullington is spending a while at her father’s, T. C. Greene. Mrs. Dave Turner has returned to her home at Greenwood after a ten days visit to relatives. Mrs. H. B. Tate has gone to Lock hart Shoals to visit relatives. LaFay Pettit, little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pettit* has been quite sick for some time. a. b. c. Cowpens Chronicles. .Correspondence of The Ledger.) Cowpens, April 25.—We are hav ing some rain which is doing wheat and oats good. The farmers are all pretty well up with their work at the present. Mrs. B. C. Thompson has been sick for some time, but is getting better. Sheiman Swofford is all smiles these days. It’s a boy. It should be the pleasu», of our people to know that Mountain View school house is being enlarged. We hope our Sunday school will start up again. We have a large community not Co have a Sunday school. Waters’ mill dam broke over Sat urday night. They cannot grind under a week oi so. We are getting interested in the war. It would be rather hard if our men had to go and leave our country. Gil Fetch et. Cured of Blood Poison After Fifty-Two Doctors Failed. Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen In 1872 a small pim ple broke out on my leg. It began eating and in four months I was treated by a physician of Talladega county, Ala., where I lived eighteen years. He relieved it for a short while. In six weeks it broke out again in both legs, also on my shoul der. Two small bones were taken out. It continued until 1876. In this time I had twelve different phy sicians. They told me the only rem edy was amputation; that it could never be cured. For six months I coilld not walk a step. I went to Mineral Wells, Texas, spent $300.00; came home; went to Hot Springs. Ark..stayed nine months—all failed to cure me. In 1887 I came back to Birmingham, Ala. I was advised to write you, which I did. You wrote me that B. B. B. would cure me, and I could get the medicine from Nabors & Morrow, Druggists, of our city. 1 bought ten bottles and before I had finished my fifth bottle my legs began to heal, and in less than two months I was sound and well. That has been nearly two years ago, and ro sign of its return yet. I have spent in cash over $4U0 00, and B. B. B. done the work that all the rest failed to do. You have my permission to publish this. I have traveled so much trying to get well that my cure is well known. Fifty-two doctors have treated me in the last 17 years. All they did was to take what money I had, and done me no good. I am now a well man. Prof. C. H. Ranger, Shady Dale, tia. For sale by Druggist. Price $1.00 per large bottle.