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WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver- tisy Who Uses the Col- . J(mns 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, MAY 13, 1898. SPAIN TRYING TO DECEIVE THE WORLD AS TO THE TRUE SITUATION. The Sage of Etta Jane Talks of the Moral Influence of the Liquor Traffic—N eighborhood News. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jaxe, May 9.—The following is the programme for Children’s Day at Messopotamia on the 22nd inst: 1st. Song. 2nd. Trayer and song. 3rd. Responsive reading and song. 4th. Addresses by superintendent and pastor. 5th. Recitation, “Bunch of Flow ers,” by Misses Fannie Goforth, Minnie Kirby, Nettie Sprouse and Jesse Pridmore. 6lh. Recitation, by Bolinger Hop per, Jesse Kirby and Claud Goforth. 7th. Recitation, “Little Foxes and hunters,” by Tom Kirby, Willie Blackwood, Walter Kirby, George Goforth, Walter Horn; Misses Agnes Garner, Fannie Goforth, Mattie Lee, Jessie Strain, and May Bridges. Song. Sth. Questions by J. L. Walker, answered by the whole school. Song. 9th. Recitation, “What should the children read?” by Miss Mollie Kirby. Song. 10th. Recitation, “The Noisy Seven,” by Master Willie Kirby. Song. 11th. Recitation, “The Lord’s Day.” by Miss Mamie Comer. Song. 12th. Recitation, “Thy Kingdom Come,” by Miss Alice Goforth. Song. 13th. Benediction. Evening service:—Address to the boys by W. S. Wilkerson; address to the girls by Hon. Win. Jefferies, and an address by Prof. Slaughter, of Hickory Grove. On Tuesday of last week your cor- -respondent had an invitation from Mrs. C. W. Whisonant to take dinner with her. She had her first mess of Irish potatoes that day. While wo have not been active in thrusting our opinions of the Spanish- Cuban-American war upon our read ers, yet there are certain things we are compelled to speak of in spite of our neutrality. We are fully aware that Spain is trying to deceive the world as to the true situation. The discerning eye of criticism will not be so much impressed with the specta cle of the Queen Regent with her arras about the neck of her royal son pleading in impassioned tones to the chivalry and patriotism of Spain as it will be impressed with that other scene in the ditches of Havana, where Gen. Lee witnessed scenes of starv ing Cubans, and that most pitiable of eights—a dead mother with her infant child still clinging to her breast. It is such pictures as this that has aroused the American spirit. We regret that by our action offense must come, but we would rather say, “woe unto him by whom the offense cometh.” The God of justice will bless our efforts, and when the hu mane mission of America shall have been accomplished, tyranny will take notice that the world is arriving at a period when nations, as well as individuals, cannot ask with impu nity, “Am I my brother's keeper?” To Mr. James Raines, of Manches ter, Va., we are indebted for several copies of tho Richmond, Va., papers which we have read with a great deal of interest. The moral influence of any phase of the liquor traflic, (under whatever name or authority it exists), is de plorable in the extreme. Every where it is the prolific source and in stigator of all that is unseemly and flagitious. It is a central vice, a ra diating point for all crime. It cre ates an aptitude for all iniquity. It is the favorite and most successful device of the great deceiver to steal away the judgment, stupify the con science and remove all moral suscep tibilities and restraints, and at the same time goad up every passion to a pitch of maddening excitement by the use of intoxicating drinks. It is the guiding star to mortal ruin. Often the evil minded find them selves incapable of the crimes they meditate, till qualified by a degree of intoxication. Then crime is easy. An instrument is then made ready for Satan’s using, and if there be any deed the drunken man does not hap pen to perpetrate, it is not because he is not prepared for it. Viewed considerately, in the light of their respective motives, the drunkard will pass for an innocent honorable man in comparison with the retailer of drinks. The one yields under tho impulse, it may be the tortue of appetite; the other is a cool, mercenary speculator, thriving on thje frailties and vices of others. The oifr we commiserate and ulame at tbe>ume time; the other inspires us with indignant abhorance, for he is a trader in tears, blood and crime. To one he sells the capacity of bru tal abuse of his family; to another he sells theft, or lustful violence, or murder. His shop is a repository where all the immoralities and ini- quivies are kept and sold on commis sion from the pit of hell. There the incendiary lights his torch and tho assassin whets his appetite for the blood of his victim. There is sold (under legal sanction) by the glass or bottle, that modern species of insan ity which we so often hear pleaded in cases of flagrant crime. Aside from the commission of crime and overt iniquities, the demoralizing influence of the traflic is incompar ably great and defying all computa tion. These outrages now and then startling us are but the moro obvious and striking results. They arc the ripe fruits—the prominences which rise to view out of a wide level of more common and every-day immor ality. A loose and dissolute spirit is bred by it that penetrates society and loosens ail the bands of public and private virtue. It is seen and felt in quarrels aud litigations, the riots and confusion which it engen ders—in the debauchery of the moral sense, and the reckless intolerence of restraint from any moral considera tions—in the perpetual tendency what it engenders to overstep any limit of order, decorum and virtue. Miue Sellers says in planting peas drop from a pea to a pea and a-half in the hill, then you will have as many as four to five vines in a place. The people of this community are generally healthy at this time. If our friends and citizens will kindly bring to tho attention of the officers of the law all offences against the license law of this state we will insure the breaking up of a system of humbuggery carried on by that class of people. Last week two of these gentry got a dollar from one of our neighbors for a small wad of cotton saturated with hartshorn and chloro form—a specific for pains. Wheat and oats are fine, the latter are needing rain badly. The last few windy days have done much to dry the ground. Unless some system of drainage is adopted the farmers and land owners along Thickety and Gilkey creek will have to abandon their best bottom lands. Tiiis falls heavily on many of our people along the creeks. Our Grover correspondent asks us this question: “Why are nine- tenths of the drinking people in the church?” We answer: Because, in the fir§t place, they like good com pany, and, in the second, legalizing the sale of liquor by the state and national government gives the drink ing if it an air of respectability. Not every man, by any means, who takes a drink, or even gets drunk, is to be classified as a vagabond and an out law. No, no; there are gentlemen who are victims of an unfortunate •hirst who would hail with delight any measure that would remove the temptation where they' would never come in contact with it. The only’ way to get a good crop of virtue is to sow the seed early and cultivate it properly, and its high time for the church to brand the manufacture, importation and sale of alcoholic beverages as crimes against society, crimes against nature and crimes against God. Man Paris was over to see us last Friday. He is a Ledger man. He says he is fat, but like a chicken— don’t show it in the face. Joe Smith, (Eliza’s Joe), has turned up in Washington state. He has been gone about twenty years. He has taken up land in Oregon and will perhaps make that state his future home. The Fowler Brothers have a new turning plow. It takes three mules to pull it. It does very nice work. I had the pleasure of meeting sev eral of my friends from different parts of the country at Gaffney last Monday. Mr. Joe Price tells me he is sawing up timber cut off the Cowpens battle ground. Some days ago he found a bullet in a pine log cut off the old battle ground that no doubt Is con nected with the history of that bat tle. Uncle Joe is one of the stirring men of that section and is always full ot talk and knows much about the battle that he has learned from older people. I |The boy who can afford to trample upon the wishes of his mother and treat her as though she was a servant can afford to do Anything else that is mean and low down. He will some day find out that his mother is tho b^st earthly friend he ever had or will have. Gaffney City is now one of the lead ing country towns of the State, and the time is not far distant when it will bo the metropolis of the Pied mont belt. For its mineral wealth no section of the same size in the Union has more, or in greater variety, tuan Cherokee county. Its water power is unlimited and the produc* tlons of the soil is equal to that of any other. We are proud to know that the Cherokee regiment of U. C. Veterans and its attendant sponsors and maids of honor and their fair attendants made a good showing In Charleston. We knew that it would come up to the expectation of its most enthusi astic admirers. At the meeting in Atlanta in July we hope Cherokee county will be fitly and enthusiastically represented. Mr. Joe Estes and Miss Orrie Hughes were married at Hoodtown last week by Magistrate Plaxico. Our very best wishes attend them. Mr. T. P. McDill, of Hickory Grove, Las kindly furnished us with the daily war news from the wires. Please accept our thanks. Rev. Mr. Thomasson held a three days meeting at Abingdon creek, closing yesterday. Sorry I was una ble to attend. The Lord’s Supper was celebrated yesterday. All those who are interested in the graveyard at Salem church are re quested to meet there at 8 a. m. on Saturday 28th inst., for the purpose of cleaning it off preparatory to dec orating the graves of the Confederate soldiers buried there. The ladies and children especially are requested to come with flowers for the occasion, and let it be a happy visit to the city of the dead. Let all hearts join the refrain : Memorial clay uvalii has come. When throbs the music of tueclnitn. Kacti muffled accent seems to tell Of heroes who in buttle fell. Memories return to boys in jtray • Who vanquished armies in tueiray. On campiiitrffrouiid and battle plain Alike tiiey met wltii want and pain. Rivers of hlood their courses swept While our dear Soutliland mourned and wept. On battle Held. In prison pen Died many of our o/avest men. All honor to our soldier bands Who followed Freedoms stem command. Let each true soldier's noble name Glow bri.vhtly in the books of fame. Deeds wrought for truth can never die For tiiey are penned in books on hiKh- A nation now in reverence stands With sorrowing hearts and llower-lllled hands. \s years into long ages glide Their names shall still be gtorilied. J. L. S. Antioch News. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Antioch, 'May 6.—We are having some nice weather now and the farm ers are taking advantage of it, I learn that a fellow near here is preparing for war. He has a cave dug and 200 dried rabbits in it, so the boys tell on him. Cregg Stow had the misfortune to to cut liis foot last week. Dave McCarter and Miss Maud Camp were married the 18th inst. by C. 0. Hughes, N. P. Quite a number of our young peo ple attended the communion at Beth any Sunday. N. Lipscomb, of Gaffney, was in ♦his section one day lust week. Lumber has been gathered for the bridge over King’s Creek. C. C. Hughes and W. L. Hough have the contract. They will go to work next week. Services will be held at Antioch church today and tomorrow by the pastor, Rev. J. D. Bailey, of Cow- pens. The farmers have begun to work their young corn. Press Goforth, whose saw and grist mill was burned some time ago, has resumed business. Th«re was an apron hemming at E. Hardin’s Saturday night. There was a glorious crowd and they all had a nice time. There was a colored wedding at Grover last week. Pike. —— - -«•». •— — Star Farm Statements. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Star Farm, May 9.—Mr. Davis Jefferies’ wife is not any better. Dr. C. A. Jefferies is attending her. We are having some very cold, windy weather, which is very bad on cotton. My watermelons and muskmelons are up. Mr. Henry McCulloch, of this sec tion, killed five crows lust week. He is a very good shot. Our Sunday School is still going on. We have a large attendance. The Broad river Sunday school convention will meet at Goucher next Saturday and Sunday. Every body is invited. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Goudelock spent the day with Mrs. Kate Jef feries last Sunday. It will not be long until the country will be hot with candidates. I think there will be a good many running. Some body ought to carry them to Cuba where they could run right. The farmers have about finished planting. The Hustler. The New York pastor who raked in over two thousand dollars last year from wedding fees evidently doesn’t consider marriage a failure. A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles. Wo mean he can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to the Liver and Kidneys, is a blood pu rifier and nerve tonic. It cures Con stipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy, it is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electrio Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50o a bottle at the Du Pre Drug Co. LATEST COTTON MILL NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST TO TEX TILE WORKERS North and South Carolina Mills, Their Improvements and Their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. [Southern and Western Textile Excelsl.or] Thos. Brockman, engineer at Paco- let, S. C., cotton mills, is laid up with mumps. E. R. Wallace, of Union, S. C., has left for Alabama to take the po sition of bookkeeper in a large cotton mill. A. N. James, superintendent of the Kindley Cotton Mills, Mt. Pleas ant, N. C., visited Charlotte a lew days ago. L. B. Brickenstein, of Winston, N. C., is putting in a heating system in the Oneida Cotton Mills at Burling ton, N. C. Four employes of the Henrietta, N. C., cotton mills joined a military company at Rutherfordton, N. C., for the war. The Clinton, S. C., Cotton Mill stopped for the first tims last week on account of a hot box, and habit bearing melting off the wrist. W. B. Chance, formerly of Char lotte, N. C., is now holding tho posi tion of carder and spinner at the Henderson, N. C., cotton mills. Two or three employes of the Fair- field Cotton Mills, Winnsboro, S. C.. are enlisted in the Lee Light Infantry, Chester, S. C., for the Cuban war. James Cunningham, overseer of the carding and spinning in the Mill Fort Cotton Mills, Fort Mill, S. C., made a flying visit to Charlotte re cently. J. W. Manly, superintendent of Henrietta, N. C., cotton mills No. 2, has been beautifying his lot, paint ing the fences, setting out shrubbery, plants, etc. The Cabarrus Light Infantry on leaving Concord, N. C., were pre sented by Capt. Odell, of the Odell Manufacturing Company, with nine ty-six pairs of towels. Hal M. Worth, president of the Engleworth Mills and treasurer of Worth Manufacturing Company, Worthvllle, N. C., was elected Mayor of that town this week. Donald McRae, secretary and treas urer of the Wilmington, N. C., cotton mills, is now at Raleigh, N. C., drill ing the company of which he is cap tain, and will go with them to fight the Spaniards. We know the employes of the Hen rietta. N. C., cotton mills enjoy life, for the company store has just put in another big stock of bicycles and or gans. They sell the Hartford and Columbia wheels. While sliding on tho balusters in the fourth story of Grindel Mill, Greenwood, 8. C., a few days ago, the six-years-old son of Overseer J. D. Summey fell a distance of fifty feet and was instantly killed. Seven employes of the Atherton Cotton Mills, Charlotte, went off for the war with the Hornets Nest Rifle men, as follows. ^ Will Oliver, W. M. Kirby, Jno. BakeV, Bud Crossly, Jno. Hall, Ed. Cook and S. L. Kirby. A. M. Crowder has resigned as su perintendent of the Cawthon Cotton Mills, Selman, Ala., and is returning to his Charlotte, N. C., home. His successor is T. F. Hall, formerly su per 1 itendent of the Rosalie Mills, Natchez, Miss. Since the resignation of Wm. H. Norris as overseer of spinning at Mountain Island, N. C., cotton mills, J. D. Lokey, the superintendent, has been looking after that department, assisted by M. E. Dewstoe, formerly of Mt. Holly, N. C. The Long Shoals, N. C., Cotton Mills, near Lincolnton, began work last week on their big new dam across the South Fork river. The dam will be thirty feet wide at the base, four teen feet high and 450 feet long. It will be built of logs and plank. Treas. W. R. Odell, of the Odell Manufacturing Company, Concord, N. C., left Tuesday evening for Balti more, Md., as one of the lay dele gates to the quadrennial session of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Their sessions will lust three weeks. Lloyd Torrence, who lately re signed as boss spinner at tho Char lotte, N. C., cotton mills, and who is a nephe.v of Treasurer D. W. Oats, joined the Queen City Guards, of Charlotte, and is now with the army at Raleigh, N. C., ready to be ordered to Cuba. Herbert Gormley, who has been in the employ of the Charlotte Machine Co., and is a son of J. J. Gormley, bookkeeper for that concern, is now battalion adjutant of the troops now drilling at the North Carolina State Encampment at Raleigh, preparatory to fighting the Spaniards. Tho Newton. N. C., Hosiery Mills were auctioned off on May 2, through foreclosure of mortgage by Dr. J. II. Young. The factory contains twenty- six knitting machines, and was bid in by S. F. Rhyne for the hinall snin of $2,000. Mr. Rhyne will probably put the machinery in operation very soon. Seventeen weave room employes of the Udell Manufacturing Co., Con cord, N. C., went off as soldiers the first of the week. This forced over eighty looms to be silent. When the young men have served their country until Uncle Sam says “Enough, well done,” they will return and have their old positions which are prom ised them. W. J. Hooper president of the Mountain Island, N. C., cotton mill, whp lives in Baltimore, Md., and is the owner of a mill there, was mar ried on April 28th to a lady there. His daughter, Mrs. W. T. Jordan, wife of the manager of the Mountain Island Mills, ami granddaughter, Miss Catharine Jordan, went north to attend there ceremony. Superintendent J. M. Smyly, of the Atherton Cotton Mills, Charlotte, is now assisted by the following corps of assistants: T. N. Harris, bookkeeper; W. 1*. Mooneyham, night superinterdent; E. F. Black, day carder; M. J. Baldwin, night carder; Ed. 1*. Mica), day spinner; Pat Skid more. night spinner; J. E. Scott, day twister; Geo. Deaton, night twister; A. H. Strong, day engineer; H. O. Williams, night engineer. Powell Personals. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Powell, May 10.—Rev. F. C. Hick son filled his appointment at Mace donia Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Margaret Fowler, who has been visiting relatives at Greenville. S. C., for some time, has returned home. Mrs. Mage'e Fowler, of Greenville, S. C., accompanied by her children, are visiting relatives heie. R. A. Ford and family, of Hicks- villo, N. C., visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Laura A. Box, of St Clair county, Ala., is visiting relatives in this section. J. S. Gardner, of Martinsville, was in this section Sunday. J. L. Clary had the misfortune to lose a good mule Saturday night. There was a Sunday school organ ized at Thickety Mountain school house Sunday evening. W. S. Horton went to Gaffney one day last week on business. Your correspondent went to Cow- pens Saturday on business. Robt. B. Powell went to Ferry, N. C., a few days ago on business. Jos. Richards went to Gaffney last Monday on business. E. P. Richards went to Cowpens Saturday on business. Mrs. L. M. Smith is quite sick. Crops are in need of rain. CORNCRACKER. — - —• — — King’s Creek Clippings. .Correspondence of The Ledger.) King’s Creek, May 10th.—We have Sabbath school at an appointed hour in the schoolhouse every Sun day, and a very good attendance. The young people had a fishing party Friday, and spent a very pleas ant day. W. C. Wilburn visited in Lockhart, last week. Miss Belle Caldwell, of Crowder’s Creek, N. C., is visiting her brother, Dr. Jas. M. Caldwell. Miss C. E. Wilburn leaves this week for an extended visit to relatives in Union county. Misses Mary E. Morrow and Belle Mitchell, of Hickory Grove, are vis iting at R. H. Mitchell’s. Miss Mildred Whisonant has been visiting in Blacksburg. Mrs. B. F. White and Miss Sallio Whisonant attended communion ser vices at Sharon Sunday. c. A Hot Time m The Old Town. There w*ll be a bicycle meet at Yorkville on the 17th of this month. Crack riders from Washington. Sa vannah, Augusta and other places, besides local riders, will take part in the races. W. B. DuPrue, of the D”- Pre Drug Co., is one of the time keep ers Besides the races there will be a bicyle drill and a display by the Yorkville fire company. There’ll be a hot time in the old town that day. ■■ ■ « Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be gener ous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King’s New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles of this great medicine; and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thouaands of hopeleas cases. Asth ma. Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases of tho Throat. Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it. Call on DuPre, Druggist, and get a trial bottle free. Regular size 50c. and $1. Every bottla guaranteed or price re funded. 81.00 A Y'EAB. WILLIAM HENRY TRESCOTT. Death of the Well Known Diplomatist at Pendleton, S. C. Pendleton. S. C., May 4.—The Hon. William Henry Trescott, for many years connected with the State Department in Washington an*l a leading Americah diplomatist, died here to-day. At the opening of the war he was acting secretary of State of the United States under President Buchanon. He resigned and came South during the war, but since the war was charged with numerous im portant missions for the government among them being that of p.enipo- tentiary to China to revise treaties in 1880; special envoy to belligerents in Peru and Chile in 1SS1 and pleni- potentiary with General Grant to Mexico in August, 1822 He wrote a number of books on American foreign policy which are considered standard. He was born in 1822. (Mr. Trescott was one of the best constitutional lawyers in America and has been engaged by every ad ministration—both Democrat and Republican—since the war in inter national questions. He was the father of our fellow citizen, Mr. E. A. Trescott, of Blacks burg.—Ed.1 Sunnyside News. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) •, Sunnyside, May 9.— Ihe farmers of this community are well up with their work. The cool weather has been a disadvantage to the small plants. A poor stand of cotton is ex pected in some places. The programme for the Children’* Day at Messopotamia has been ar ranged and I think we will have an interesting day. Rev. Mr. Isom filled his regular appointment at Messopotamia Sun day night instead of in the afternoon. He and his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Teal, spent the night at F. A. Goforth’s. Mr. and Mrs. James Littlejohn, of Webster, visited relatives in this vicinity last week. Miss Alice Goforth had a severe chill during Sunday School Sunday. Mrs. F. A. Goforth i3 on the sick list. Miss Agnes Garner, of Gowdey- ville, spent Sunday with Misses Alma and Dussie Goforth. Several of our boys went to Fos ter’s Chapel Sunday to attend the Children’s Day exercises. Dave Galman of Kelton, was over on this side of the river last night looking after his interests. Plow Boy. Our Naval Fighters. [Charlotte Dbscrvcr.l A gentleman who is informed in such matters gives The Observer the interesting information that “The Register of the Graduates' Associa tion of the United States Naval academy shows that Commodore George Dewey entered in 1854 from Vermont and graduated in 1858. Commodore W. S. Schley entered in 1856 from Maryland and graduated in 1860; Captain W. T. Sampson (acting rear admiral) entered in 1857 from New York and graduated in 1861.” These are facts which will interest the public. Commodore Dewey is in charge of the Asiatic squadron, which has just cleaned up the Spanish fleet off the Philippines; Commodore Schley (pronounced Sly), of the flying squadron, still lying in Hampton Roads, and Captain Samp son—who was for three years in charge of the Naval Academy at Annapolis—of the North Atlantic squadron, at Key West. Cured of Blood Poison After Fifty-Two Doctors Failed. Blood Balm Co.. Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen:—In 1872 a small pim ple broke 3Ut 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 could 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 euro 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 «fc Morrow, Druggists, of our city. I 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 haa been nearly two years ago, and no sign of its return yet. I have spent in cash over $400 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 treatq^jne in the last 17 years. All they didwas to take what money I had, and done roe no good. I tm now a well man. Prop. C. H. Ranger, Shady Dale. Ga. For sale by Druggist. Price $1.03 per large bottle.