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GAFFNEY CITY. S. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1898.
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ETCHINGS FROM ETTA JANE.
THE SAGE TALKS OF HIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
The Interdenominational Sunday
School About to Prove a Fail
ure tor Lack of In
terest Taken.
Etta Jakk, Sept. 12.—The cool
weather this morning has given
things a wintry appearance. Many
families have chills.
My friend James Procter is suffer
ing with severe painful Ixils on his
body.
Mrs. Mussie Mott is suffering with
a tumof on her jaw that gives her
great pain. She lives with her son-
in-law Luther Davis.
Mr. J.L. Walker is speaking of
having a well kored on his place.
The Watson Bros, and Robert
Smart have just finished a well for
the Fowler Bros. They are running
their boring machine constantly and
generally giving satisfaction, I think.
Lewis Smart, colored, caught an
opossum one night last week. It was
fat.
John F. Estes saw a gray fox one
day last week in the river bottom just
above Howell s Ferry. Now is the
time for hunters to call out. their
dogs and put in after Raymond.
Henry Hill, colored, has ordered
him a bicycle from a northern firm.
Mr. Robert W. Davis was Over to
see us on last Saturday. He is much
enthused over the prospect of getting
a telephone line from Gaffney down
by Gowdeysville to this place, and on
to Lockhart or some other business
points. Bob is one of d\ir most busi
ness and enterprising citizens and
don’t often fail where pluck and
energy are factors in the case.
Mr. Tom Millwood has two lire
young mules which he is driving now.
Mr. - Heck” Mosely. of Grassy
Pond, says a possum fattens on what
he gets—rather than what he wants,
neck is right, too.
The Fast week has been u drousy
one with the farmers. But » small
per cent, of the fodder pulled has
been saved.
Lots of hay cun, and will be gath
ered by our people if the weather will
only permit. This will ba the main
dependence for roughness this winter
and next year.
Bad news comes from t be west. A
letter was received a few days ago
from a lady in the west who says
“If we could get us a good home back
there we would sell out and move
back.” We have had no health since
we came here.’ The lands of Chero
kee coauty are sure to demand fancy
prices yet. We have the most favored
spot on earth,l verily believe. Ail that
is wrong is within the power of the
people to correct—organize gvod
schools and get none but choice
teachers to conduct them, and every
parent encouruize both children and
teacher to do their beat. We are too
apt to think that its the “other fel
low’s” business, rather than otfrs to
lay hold of this work, ami that’s the
cause of eur failure.
Satan can tempt no one ta pledge
himself (or herself) never to attend to
the salvation of his soul, or neglect
it certainly for a year. But what he
cannot gel men to pledge themselves
before hand to do, he finds it very
easy to get them to do by keeping
their good intentions in the future
until year after year passes and lindly
death comes and rtnds them unpre
pared.
We regret very much that the
President of the County Interdenomi
national Sunday School Convention
has received so little encouragement
that the convention will not likely be
held this year. However, all Sunday
School workers are cordially invited
to attend Ihe North Pacolat Conven
tion. at Salem, on the 2oth inst.
It was the desire of Bro. R. O.
Sams President to have the county
convention meet at some church near
the center of the county, and organ
ize for effective work. But, so fur
the response has not been encour
aging, and he has about concluded to
annul the meeting and recommend
all those who feel an interest to at
tend the North Pacolat Interdenomi
national Sunday School Convention
at Salem. There seems to be some
prejudice against Interdenomina
tional work. . We hope this idea (if it
exists) will be dispelled from the
minds and hearts of our brettiern,
and all go to work and build up our
county. We ought to be the leading
county in the State in the Sunday
School work. We have the men and
women to make it so. The great
draw-back, I find, “is the work has
never been fairly repreaented to our
people. Come to Salem and see and
hear for yourselves, brethern. We
are determined, ty h,fl P of
that the North Paeolet Sunday School
Convention (which is now closing up
its tenth yeai) shall go on iu its work
until the other township* of th*
county fall into line. The convention
proper is mainly the work of the
young people, aided by a few older
ones.
Mr. J.L. Poole, of Henrietta, N.
C., is visiting his parents at Sunny
Side.
Rev. D. W. Thomason preached at
Abingdon Crt-ek yesterday. His sub
ject. while not on Prohibition direct
was along the line of Temperance.
After citing several scriptural lessons
on tne subject, and making proper
comments he chose as his text Prov
erbs 23:2!F to 32 inclusive.
Mr. Joe Estes has been nursings
wounded foot for several dayn. He
got a nail stuck in it and has ouffered
greatly from it.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDanial, of
Hickory Grove, hare the chilis.
Mrs. Janie Bowen visited her
brother, Mr. Jeff Hughes, yesterday.
Mr. Sam Foster has been on
the York side of »e river sick. He
is at home again.
Messrs. T. P. McDlU and B. F.
Scoggins of Hickory Grove were on
this side of the river last week on
business.
In consrquence of the meeting of
the Sunday School Convention at
Salem on the 2oth inst. Rev. J. N.
Isom will not preach at Messopotamia
that day but will attend and preach
to the convention at Salem.
Mrs. Jane Grant, of Hoodtown, is
visiting Mrs. Amanda Lee.
Mas. Wash Kirby, of Henrietta,
X. C.. camo down with her son and
daughter on a visit to friends and
relatives in this section last Saturday.
Last week Mr. T. M. Littlejohn, of
Star Farm, visited is father Mr. Sam
Littlejohn, of Thlckety, who is quite
unwell and also a very old gentle
man.
Mr, John A. M. Estes is assisting
Mr. K. E. Kerr in making molases
this week.
The C. K. Society met at Mr. W.
C. Kirby’s yesterday evening. It will
meet at Mr. T. J. Estes' next Sabbath
evening.
These moonless nights when the
sky is clear the star-gazer has a tine
view of the “milky way.” which is
nothing more or less than an aggre
gation of quintillious of stars of dif
ferent figures and sizes forming a
luminous track across the heavens
from Southwest to Northeast. Who
can look upon this handiwork of the
creator without exclaiming with one
of old: “My soul doth magnify the
Lord, I will rejoice ic the God of my
salvation?”
Miss Ella M. Powell, of Atlanta,
Ga . is one of the most popular ladies
in the Soath if not in the nation.
She haa taken great interest iu the
Cowpens battlefield and done much
to have it beautified. At the Confed
erate reunion, in Atlanta she sang:
“When the roll is called up yonder.”
••jSnon our comrade*, irone before us. to Hie
camp iHiyoml the skiv*,"
••j*iiail with us their tents, of glory
guarded, share;
••We will lie with them and slumber,
vutteht-d by sleepless annuls eyes.
••Till we're waked to answer roll call over
there.
(CHOHCA)
"When the roll Is called up yonder.
••When the roll Is called up yonder.
•■When the roll is called up yonder.
"When the roll Is called up yonder I’ll be
there.
••Not with shouts and hearts exaltlntf as
In days forever gone.
"Uusli we on to where the battle banners
Maw.
"But with footsteps slow and weary, and
In silence, one by one.
"When the sitrii.t! sounds will gather over
there.
(CHOKni)
"Oh, my comrades! oh my brothers! by the
altered days of yore,
"And Mm ashes of our heroes let us
swear,
"That our bounds of love shall hind us soul
to soul for ever more.
•‘And when toll Is called up yonder we'll b*.
there.”
(C Hours)
Mi*s Powell has endeared herself
to our people by her efforts to have
her state government appropriate
money for a tablet to be dedicated to
the Georgia troops at Cowpens bat
tle ground.
The communion meeting will be
held at Abingdon creek emumeuciag
at half past 2 o’clock on Friday be-
f >re the second Sabbath of next
n.onth—Oetobrr. The pastor ear
nestly requests that the members of
the church especially lay aside iheUr
work and come out on Friday and
PARAGRAPHS FROM PACTOLUS
the Ar-
The Communion Meeting of
kansas Indians.
(Correspondence of The Ledeer.)
Pactolub, Benton Co., Ark., Sept.
10.—We are all well and doing well*
George McGhee ami family are quite
well. They have four boys now. The
oldest one is named Roye, the second
Joye, the third Claude and the fourth
Lucian.
We have had more rain this season
than we have had in the last three
yearn. There la now more gruas and
weeds on the earth than I ever saw in
one season before. I mowed the grass
off my garden yesterday. I cut more
grass off it than I saw in South Caro
lina when I was there a few years ago.
Fruit has been a grand failure. There
has not been one thousand bushels of
apples grown in Benton count/ this
year, and this is the case in all this
western country. I have not seen a
ripe peach this year. This time last
year there were 100.000,000 bushels
of apples in this county. We have
not had any fruit of any kindjworth
speaking of this year. • •
I told you about mowing my gar
den. I had everything in it that was
needed but it all rotted before it ma
tured. I made fifty gallons of krout
•in August because the cabbage were
rotting. Wheat is a complete failure
in this country this year. The black
rust struck it and in three days time
the crop was ruined. Men that made
2,000 bushels last year made from 200
to 300 bushels this year. One man
made 0,000 last year, this year 000;
and it will not weigh out 400 bush
els. We have a good corn crop. Corn
is now selling at loc a bushel. Hogs
are selling well. Last .-pring calves
are selling at from $12 to $13 pe
head.
On the fourth Sunday in August I
went down among my Indian breth
ren to a communion meeting that
they have. They hold one of these
meetings every year. They are Bap
tist. They do not hold to anything
but immersion. 1 left home early in
the morning. When I arrived there
were about 400 Indians and 200 white
people present. They have a good
house with aboil. The meeting com
menced on Friday. They had a large
lot fenced in with rails in which to
confine the cattle and sheep and hogs.
When I got there they had been kill
ing hogs. About ten male Indians
and the same number of squaws wire
eooking. A large log heap, about
twenty-five feet long, was burning,
and ten large kettles hung on poles
Each kettle would hold about twenty
gallons. Four men were employecKo
haul water for Iha couas. Near that
cooking was a house 10x20 to hold the
provisions, and on the other side of
that house was a shed about Ioxl50
in length under which to eat, Two
hundred aan eat at one time. Tha
women eat on one side and the men
on the other. When I arrived Brother
Sixkiller wae preaching. I went into
the house. Brother dixkiller had his
coat off. He was ceniing down to his
work. He preached a good sermon,
but I don’t know one word he said.
He had a pipe iu his vest pwckat.
There were two other preachers in the
stand with him. WTian he finished
he told Brother Mouse to conclude
the services. He then jurted the
pipe out of his pocket and filled it.
struck a match across the book board
and commenced smoking, while
Brother Mouse preached. When he
had finished they asked if there was
any white minister present. There
were about one hundred on the ground
who knew me. There were several
Indians on the ground who could
speak English. They were intro
duced to me and requested that I
preach, which I did. After I had
concluded Brother Mouse preached.
He preached a good sermon to thoae
that could understand him. He
could understand me but I could not
understand him. They took up a
collection for missionary purposes.
When they commenced I did not
know wbat they were going to d<> but
I soon found oat. They came forward
and threw the money on the table. I
then knew what it meant. After this
was over they went to the creek,
aboat a hundred yards distant, and
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• f/»r j baptized three ladies. Then they
Saturday and prepare ^emseives for ^ ^ to ^ hou ^ ^ xil ,
the Solemn do y before *hen a* b t ln Th invll , tl
communion. It is perfectly right for | r
them to do so.
neglect it.
and they
ought not
J. L. s.
Some men would rather be right
than be president, but there are others
who never make an effort to be either.
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
trouhlea. We .nean he can .
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-
atipation. Headache, Fainting Spells,
Sleeplessness and Melancholy, it is
purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and
restores the system to Us natural
vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be
convinced that they are a miracle
worker. Every bottle guaranteed.
Only f>Uo a bottle at the DuPre
Drug Co.
all Baptiste to come and commune
with them. But I did not understand
theai and did not go. Thry had the
wine ia a coffee-pot. The goblets
were old fashioned tin tumblers made
like goblets and have been in use 120
years. Before partaking of the supper
the preacher called the three that be
had just baptiz-d and told them that
they had no right to partake of the
Lo.d’a supper until they had been
baptized. When the lord’s supper
had been concluded they all went out
to that long table. They took me with ,
Of all the eating that you ever \
saw it took place there. They began
eating at 2 o'clock and ate until sun
down.
Brother DeCarnp I send you a
squaw ear of corn.
[3ou!ia>rn :tnd Western Textile Excelslor.1
Early Grover, formerly boss weaver
ni Charleston, 8. C.. Cotton Mills,
still continues as their boss carder
and spinner.
John J. Miller, slasher tender, has
changed from the Fairfield Mills,
Winnaboro, 8. C., to the Edgefield,
JS. C., Cotton Mills. »* --
Fate Hughes, of the Richland Mills,
Columbia, 8. C., succeeded Jno. L.
Davidson as boss weaver at the Avon
dale Mills, Birmingham. Ala.
In some unknown way a fire started
early on the night of Sept. 1 in]a
storage room at the Asheville. X. C.,
Cotton Mills. Little damage was
done.
J. H. Barnhill, who has been run
ning the night spinning at the High
land Park Mill, Charlotte, has been
made night snperintendent of the
spinning mill.
H. P. Torrence, overseer spinner
spooling, twisting and reeling nights
at Louise Mills, Charlotte, has resig
ned and accepted a position with the
Belmont Racket Store.
The Secretary of State has officially
^granted the directors of the Granby
^Cotton Mills, Columbia, S. C., per
mission to increase their;capital stock
rom $250,000 to $800,000.
Ben. W. Slocum has resigned his
position as M. M. and C. E. at Langley,
S. C., Cotton Mills, and has accepted
a position as engineer with the Picific
Steamship Co., New York.
W. J. White, late superintendent
Of the Fairmont, S. C.. Cotton Mills,
has secured, the position of boss
weaver with the Peoples’ Cotton
Factory, Montgomery, Ala.
T. L. Ware, secretary ami trea
surer Enterprise Cotton Mills, Kings
Mtn., X. (1., has sold out his livery
stable business there in order to give
the rnlll his close attention.
Wm. E. Zeiber, of Reading, Pa., is
looking for a Southern site to estab
lish a knitting mill. Mr. Zeiber has
been in that business in Heading.
He has just returned from Vaughn.
Texas.
The Mooresville, N. C.. Cotton
Mills will shortly add a 40-foot exten
sion to the end of their mill to be
used as a cloth room and finishing
room. They will only buy brushes
just now.
W. P. Beanick who has been run
ning the spinning and cone winding
at> the Anchor Mills, liunterville, X.
C., has gone to G. \V. Patterson
Mills, Concord, X. 0., to take an
overseership.
Capt. Ellison A. Smyth, president
and treasurer Pelzer, 8. C., Manu
facturing Co.. has been appointed by
President McKinley as a member of
the Amsrican Industrial Commission,
which is to visit Europe.
Jam Jarvis, an employe at F. & H.
Fries' Arista Cotton Mill, Salem, X.
C., had his knee-cusp broken on the
morniug of Sept. 1st. He was struck
by u hand truck, which runs from the
Woolen Mill across the street.
Last week the Tucapau Mill pond
Wellford. 8. C., was drawn off and
about 900 pounds of fine fish were
caught on the shoals belos. Several
carp weighing about 15 pounds each
and barrels of suckers were caught.
A report in the daily papers that
Carter Kllaeon, of Statesville, had
been eiseted superintendent of the
Linden Cotton Mills. Davidson, X. C.,
is unlrttw. A. H. Harwell continues
Hie successful superintendent of the
Linden.
K. .1. Davis, superintendent of the
new Wiscasset Mills, Albemarle, N.
C.. who has been enjoying himself for
a fortnight at Lincoln Lithla Inn,
Lincointon, X. C., will now spend a
month at Luulsburg. X. C., thence
to Albemarle.
J. *. m u.
“Ooa Minute Cough Cure is the
best preparation 1 hare ever sold or
used and I can’t say too much in its
ptaitw.”—L. M. Kennon, Merchant,
Odali, Ga., Cherokee Drug Co., Gaff-
nay. - - -
A. B. Saunders, superintendent of
Stutesvills, N. C., Cotton Mills, has
just returned from a week’s trip to
New England looking after their new
machinery. He visited Boston and
the cotton mills in Lowell, Fail Hirer
and New Bedford.
Arthur Whlttam, superintendent
Enterprise Mills, Orangeburg. 8. C.,
was in Charlotte last week. His
company are daily expecting to
receire their bonds from the engraver,
which, when Bold,will enable them to
equip their factory.
Frank E. Farrell has resigned as
night boss carder and spinner at the
Honthern Cotton Mills,Bessemer City,
X. C., and accepted a similar position
with the Rocky Mt.. N. C., Cotton
Mills in daytime. K. A. Tucke, suc
ceeds him at Bessemer.
The Million Mill, Ft. Mill, 8. C.,
have started up again after being
overhauled. New Whitin revolving
fiat cards were added as well as a
lapper and an intermediate speeder.
All the looms were also overhauled,
and the mill and all* of the tenant
houses been neatly painted.
M. L Gleaton, of Springfield, 8. C.,
who we mentioned last week contem
plated starting a cotton mill, has pur
chased the idle Batesburg, 8. C M
Cotton Mills, and will start It up.
The factory contains 3,000 spindles
and 100 looms, but Mr. Gleaton will
operate it as a yarn spinning mill.
He will install a large additional
equipment of carding, spinning and
complementary machinery.
King’s Rreek Kronicles.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Kind's Creek, Sept. 12.—We are
having cool, pleasant weather now.
The autumn loaves are beginning to
fall. The farmers are quite busy.
8ome are hauling brick and lumber
to build and remodel the old homes,
while others are making their sor-
■ghiup and picking cotton. Our lit-
t& town is getting on a boom. Hope
it will continue.
Miss Nellie Mitchell has gone on
an extended visit to relatives and
friends at Hickory Grove.
Mr. Z. B. Hardin, of New Mexiso,
and his companion, J. Belcher, of
West Virginia, are paying » Hying
visit to King’s Creek.
I had the pleasure of attending a
picnic over at Clark’s Fork school
house, given at the expiration of Mr.
8. C. Ratteree’s school. Mr. Rat-
teree is from King’s Mountain, N.
C. His patrons like him very much
as a teacher and they proved this to
him by giving him the school for the
next year, which will cotiMpne No
vember 7th. The shildrenC exhibi
tion on the blackboard and charts
were splendid. Between the recita
tions vocal music was interspersed
by the pupils. They acted their
part admirably. Rev. J. 1\ Knox,
of Hickory Grove, entertained the
children by telling them funny jokes
and giving them some good advice.
Your humble correspondent had
the pleasure of attending church at
Antioch Sunday and witnessing the
beautiful scene of ten baptisms.
There was a large crowd out to wit*
the scene and hear a good ser-
^Rn delivered by Rev. E. C.
Chambers. His text and theme was,
“For the love of Christ constraineth
us,” taken from II Corinthians, 5th
chapter and 14th verse.
Mr. A. Frank Smith was in town
Saturday visiting his brother, M. M.
Smith, our postmaster.
K. C. \V.
Webstar Penciling!.
(Correspondence of Tb« Ledger.)
w khstkr, Sept. G.—The time al-
loted for the summer session of
school at this place will soon expire.
That prevailing circumstances among
farmers obstruct educational progress
to a great extent is true. The im-
pedinents are numerous, some of
which could be readily removed aud
are essential for the masses who
patonlze the public schools to be
materially benefited as if the case
wore otherwise. We do not place
the fault lor the deficiency. Those
implicated should be already aware
of their portion of the responsibility
counected with the imperfect results
of the system. The brief session
could be readily supplemented by a
•mall outlay. For children to attain
a common school education, they
should be kept continually iu touch
with the training desired. The ex
panding mind will aobmit on good or
evil aspirations of the world where
the lot is cast. A school should be
kept open from eight to ten months
each y«sr in every district. Child
ren not in school would become more
studious and anxious to gain in
formation. The light of education
befrig ever in view would reflect on
ignorance and remove un obstacle
which lies across the pathway of
progress. A sad mistake is practiced
quently to be thus styled. If
Tannot be in school, the family
is not represented. While the ses
sion ia open send one every day.
Otherwise you are killing the goose
which lays the golden egg.
The colored protracted meeting has
just closed. We are informed that
ten were “cleansed” and added to the
church. They collected about $15.
How is that for hard times?
Cotton picking has begun. There
ia a large amount of hay that could
be saved. The farmers should not
delay in gathering it.
Leodkk &JUDKU.
WRITTEN FROM WILLIE
toeXre<
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It
Millions Given Away,
ia certainly gratifying to
. - the
piblic to know of one concern in the
1 md who are not afraid to be gener
ous to the needy and suffering. The
proprietors of Dr. King’s New Dis
covery lor Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, have given away over ten
million trial bottles of this gnat
medicine; and have the satisfaction
of knowing it has absolutely cured
thousands of hopeless cases. Asth
ma. Bronchitis, Hoarseness and ail
disease# of the Throat, Chest and
Lungs are surely cured by it. Ctll
on DuPre. Druggist, and get s trial
bottle free. Regular size 50c. and $1.
Every bottle guarr^leed or price re
funded.
Our Correspondence Wants an Office
Created for Whitten.
(Corifepondence of The L««lKcr.)
Willie. Sept. 5.—The friends of
the Dispensary law have always
claimed that it was a step towards
Prohibition, but some how or other,
that step has never yet be&n realized.
The law has been flagrantly violated
even by the State authorities, as well
as the county dispensors. Under the
present regime any one can go into
the dispensary and buy liquor, re
gardless of age or previous condition,
be he ever so great a drunkard and
they can not only buy liquor once a
day, but, as often as they shoose.
We have known men to go into the
dispensary and buy liquor, and the
dispenser did not even ask their
name, we have also know men to buy
it, who were known tcr*T)e -4mb7tuai
drunkards. That a Prohibition law
would totally prohibit the sale and
use of alcoholic liquors, there is no
one who is the possessor of common
sense, that would pretend to claim.
But a prohibition law, could and
would be equally inforced wUh other
laws, and that too, at a great deal
less expense to the 8tste than the
dispensary has been.
Now, while electing Mr. Feather-
stone governor, the legislature under
his administration might not enact
a prohibition law, for him to enforce,
but we are satisfied that he would
certainly inforce the prohibition
features of the dispensary law. which
would be more than any of his pre
decessors bad done.
We hope that the Legisiaturo at its
next session will enact a law creating
a special office as near equal to the
Governor’s office as possible, for the
special benefit of the Hon. G. Walt
Whitman, and appoint him to fill the
same during life or good behavior,
because the man does want an office
so badly,and it is such a pity to allow
the man to waste his substance iu
trying to get to be Governor—a
thing it seems,that he will never get,
poor fellow.
Every editor in the country is
advising the farmer to quit buying
on a credit and go to raising tbeir
own supplies, which of course, is
good advise but, now Uncle Editors
please come out and tell us how we
are going to manage to do that thing.
If we had a year’s supply of rations
ahead we could manage the thing all
right, but we haven’t got it. There
fore we are oblige to raise cotton to
enable us to get it, consequently,
under the present circumstances,
Uncle Editors, according to our views
of the matter, to advise 4be common
farmer to quit raising £ cotton is the
heighth of foolishness.
If some one will adopt some plan
by which we can live the first year
without raising cotton, he will cer
tainly deserve and will receive the
lasting gratitude of the common
farmer. The fact is, the landlords
force us to plant cotton, and then, in
order to get our supplies, the mer
chants force us to plant a little more.
The ground has not been in plow
ing order here since the 10th of July.
It haa’rsiued almost every day since
the 15th of August. Therefore we
are having a veiy disagreeable time
trying to save fodder. There has been
□o good fodder saved, and not a great
deal of any kind.
Ctmtux.
Star Farm Statements.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.*
Star Farm. 8ept. 12—We are
having some cool weather which is
proving very acceptable. Farmers
in this section are very busy picking
cotton. They would feel more like
picking D if the price was better.
Mr. Allison and Miss Ruby Hick-
eon, of your city, visited Mrs. M. H.
Jefferies and family Saturday and
Sunday.
Prof. Davis Jeffsries and wife, of
Union, are visiting Mr. Jefferies’
mother at this place. Prof. Jefferies
will leave for Union this week where
he goes to resume his duties in the
Union Graded School.
Mr. Nic. Bousong. of Tennesee, is
in this section looking after his farm
ing interests. He expects his father
in a short time.
Tne singing school at K.bethel,
taught by Mr. Beam,*closes Saturday.
The Hcstler.
Camp Jefferies, Attention!
All the members of Gamp Jefferies
U. G. Veterans are requested to meet
at Wilkinsville Academy, on Satur
day, Sept. 24th, at 10 o'cloek a. m.
for the purpose of attending to im
portant business. a*
G. W. McKoww,
Commander.
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