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4 WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver- T tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. F. G.Stacy, President. J. Cl. Wabdlaw. Vice President THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. Capital $50,000.00. 'Vili. buy county clnims, receive de|>oiilt4 end make liberal foniis on approved paper. ■»s. Oashier. f A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. . ESTABLISHED FEB. 10, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1898. $1.00 A \ r EAR. THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE. GOOD PEOPLE AT EZELLS AND MAUD. The “Kernal'’ Gives His Impressions as Formed During the Canvass Mr Bailey’s Kings Mountain Speech. (Correspondence ot The Ledger.) Etta Jask, Oct. 3.—In our cam paign we went from Ezell’s to Mttce- ‘ionia church on August 24, where at 2 o’clock p. m. we met a representa tive body of the voters of that sec tion—peri ips as many as 100 or 150 Besides several of the fair sec were present. The meeting was called to order by chairman E. P. Richards who was very courteous and gentle manly in his demeanor. He used every effort to make the occasion a pleasant one. He was not disposed to shut off the “Ifltiir winded” speak ers when they occupied more time than was allowed them if the crowd desired to hear them, and so the meeting continued until very near sundown. The Brown boys had plenty of lemonade on hand and the Messrs. Brown did a good business while the meeting was in progress. Macedonia is peopled with some oi the hist people in Cheroaee county. That evening I went home with my friend, Mr. Jonas Blanton, where I enjoyed r,he night with him and his interesting family, Jonas was one of our pupils before the war, and somebody has made a tine business man out of him. (Bull am rather inclined to think that he did m< t of it himself.) Anyway, he is one of the leading citizet s of his community and has raised and educated us in teresting a family of girls as are in Cherokee county. His better-half is the daughter of the venerable Wil liam Whelchell. whose name is a synonym of honesty and industry. Everybody loves "Uncle Billy Whelchell. Next day we went to Maud where we met the yeomanry of that section in full force. There was about 250 or more voters there besides a good many people from the "Old North State ” wito had come over to see girls whose names appear in it. 1 Tnese favors are highly appreciated and we shall always take the time and trouble to mention them for the benefit of ouc readers who are inter ested in the cause of educu.ion. Our readers have not forgotten our promise to publish a full report of Rev. J. D. Bailey’s address at King’s Mountain battie ground on the 9th of July. He spoke an hour and twenty minutes and the address will cover about 98 pages of MSS. It is in strict accord with the historical sketches published by Mr. Ba : lsy in the Piedmont Headlight and which have no doubt been read by many of our readers. Pressure of business has prevented my getting the matter in shape earlier. Mr. Bailey’s theme was "The Battle of King’s Mountain and the circum stances which led to it;” and, as already staled, 1 repeat that he dealt with the subject in masterly style and eloquent diction. Mr. Bailey has expended a great deal of time, labor and thought on this work, and I feel that the State Leg islature, at its next session should employ him (at a living salary,) to put this work into historical shape and have it published and let it take the place of some of the ••bogus” histories now in use in our common free achools. We know no one bet ter qualified to do this work than Mr. Bailey and no time to begin it more opportune than t’ie present. It is due the men who fought for and established our freedom that we immorta’ize their deeds in history and in song. What say our contem poraries and law makers’ Mr. H. R. Neal, of Hickory Grove, spent a night with as last week. We regret to learn of the death of Johnnie Crosby aged 15 years, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. Crosby, of Sharon, which occurred at their home lust Wednesday after a severs illness from fever. He was h smart hoy—the idol of the family and they have our heart-felt sympathies in this dark hour. God in tiic thickest darkness dwells. Performs His work t.it; cause conceals, Ann tliouirli Ills footsie|is ait* unknown. I.ove and mercy support illsilironc. in lioavcn anti earth, in sky and seas. He executes His wise decrees; And tiy Ills saints it Is confessed. That what He does is*always host. Then. Oh! despondent soul, still wait Treuiblliijf at the mercy seat. And 'midst the teimrs of His rod T rust in a wise and jrracious God. and hear ho A’ we were gelling along. I don’t .suppose that there \\u- a can didate in the held who did not hare some strong friends in North Caro lina. The day was veiy v.unn, but the Clary boys were prepared io give a fellow a cooling off in the way of ice cold lemonade. Here I fie County Chairman. Kd H. DeCamp, joined the band wagon but didn’t have any thing to say in the way of making n speech, though some of ids friends wanted to hear from him. Chair man Shuford Humphries was master of ceremonies and everything went on well. Shuford does things right. He kept his post and maintained one of the most orderly meetings of the campaign, (^uite a number of ladies were present and gave fine attention to the speaking. There was a gen eral good feeling among the candi dates and voters so far as we could see. Our genial friend, Mr. Ed len der, fed the crowd that day—that Is all who cali upon him for confec tionery, canned goads, etc. He has a good stand for mercantile business. This section is peopled with an in dustrious, unassuming citizenship, wLo are kind and hospitable, and are not afraid to work. Some of the farmers as soon as they got done "laying by” began hauling wood to the cotton mills at Gaffney, a dis tance of ten miles or further. They make every day count, to use a homely phrase. I spent the night with my old friend, "Dock” Hammett, and his family, where I was most kindly treated, snd the next day same to (irassy Pond church, where Rev. J. A. Tate, assisted by Rev. Mr. Teal, was holdidg a protracted mooting. A large and attentive congregation was present and these faithful servants were in great earnestness preaching the everlasting gospel in its power and simplicity. The congregation was dismissed after the morning ser vice, and after refreshing themselves the people assembled in front of the church to hear the candidates. I was very proud to meet our young fritnd. Mr. Wallace McNeace, of Union, at Gaffney lastWednesday. He is now engaged in business in that town. The people of Cherokee county extend a cordial welcome to all enterprisiag young men who cast their lot with them. Mea».‘S. Garner A Robinson are running a public ginnery at the Thompson mills. Messrs. Thomas Millwood and W. T. Osment made up their crops of sugar cane last week. 1 his crop is generally turning out very well in quantity but generally poor in quality. Prof. R. A. Foster will close his singing school at Salem next Satur day. so I understand. We have received » copy of the Perryville (Arkansas) NTiwh in which wi. fcr.d an interesting program of a schpal concert near Admit. It is the more interesting to us on account of the bright .South Carolina boys amt Mr. Jesse J. Mabry paid us a ce'l Inst week. He is one of the old land marks that still remains among us, having reached Ills four score years yet his mind ai.d body are in a won derful state of preservation. Mr. J«e Hides has been confined to his room for several weeks with n sore foil, caused by a tusty nail slicking into it. Mrs. R A. Foster visited her pa rents last Saturday. Mr. H. W. Thompson gave us a call last Saturday. Mr. W. C. Blackwell has pump kins on ids farm that weigh sixty pounds. Thanksgiving services will he held a» Salem on Thurday. November 24, by the Sunday School. If the anonymous witer, "First Grade Teacher,” who wrote us a few days ago, and who seems to belittle our methods of determining where a plank of unequal widths at the end* should be sawed to cut it into two equal pieces, had given his name and address I could have answered him without having to resort to hie methods, which perhaps he thought ■•ouhl do, anyway. 1 don't know who the gentleman is, bt 1 would have taken gre it pleasure in answemg instead of exposing him or treating Idm with contempt —i Cling I can’t afford to do under cer tain circumstances. I gav« the rule miny we*ks ago. and if be will send me his problem I will work it out to the one hun dredth million part of un inch and give him my figures in the operation \nd c< nvince him that it is right. I don’t wish to Double the newspapers to reach people in ambush. His 'non de plume’ is a sad com mentary on the "First Grade Teach ers.” If he is as deficient in other branches as he is in mathematics 1 pity the poor children he bus in charge. The board or faculty that confers educational distinction on such ignoramuses are acting in bad faith with the people, besides doing an irreparable injur -Jto the children. The tattler's tongue is the devil’s bell clapper. The chills seem to prevail in this and York counties to u great exteat. Preaching will begin ut Abingdon Urerkjnext Friday at 2 o’clock p.-m. I understand that Rev. Mr. Samples has been elected pastor of that church for next year. Communion servl- s will begin at Hickory Grove A. R. Presbyterian church next Thursday night at candlelight. J. I., a. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best S«.lve ia the world for Cuts. Bruises, Sorea, Ulcer, Salt Rheum, Fever Se *b, Tetter, Chapped Hand*. Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruption, and postlvely 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. 8 The Passing of the Dispensary. (Correspondence ot The Ledger.) Union, Oct. 3.—We note that from the beginning of creation men toil ing in various capacities of life with ideas differing ceases not in diversi fying whatever things of the world that were In their control. While all natural activities seldom incur any perceivable variation from what has taken place during the ages of the world’s existence. New life springs forth in various forms naturally to serve for some purpose during a season, decay as sumes master of the structure only to make room for the succeeding agent which is to occupy the would-be barren space. Such is life, and the careful observer need not stand mo tionless in awe or tilled with amaze ment at uncontrolable operations of nature, but set each his house in order and be prepared to meet the obstacle which may obstruct the pathway of progress. We have in mind that the period for the legalized traffic of "the chemi cally pure” in South Carolina is nearing termination. The hinges upon which it is sus tained are being seve- i d. Whether the people have arrived at the con clusion, or have been convinced that the dispensary is not the proper so lution of the liquor problem or that change must come for novelty or to keep in touch with the way of the world is not attempted to be decided here. But the need of prohibition has germinated. ITohibitionist have only to cultivate the plant for the next two years when t> turity and the harvest season will appear. They have only to educate the people upon this all important subject, what pro hibition is and thu it is the proper solution of the problem, and the victory is won. The prohibition strength has been tested. Ttie senti ment of the people has been expressed which only requires a lit tle encouragement to gain a hand some majority during the next two years. - 1’rohibition expressed by the peo ple will prohibit and want and mis ery would be eliminated from many homes and peace and plenty reign. To introdt ee real happiness to a habitual drunka-d, strong drink must first be removed. Newspapers, books, schools r.nd society will receive more attention by removirg this adve'sary to pros perity. The chunh of the living God would have less woik in gt .ling souls pure and true for ttie Kingdom to come. Every prohibitionist in 8 lull) Carolina shut'd he up and « - ing. Now is toe accepted time. Keep in the minds of the people, pruhibition, tiie best solution of the whiskey problem, in a few years hence the whiskey traffic will be re tarded wh’eh wl■ * be a blessing eon- fered on every individuK* dwe.ling within the borders of the old Pal- rnet’o State. 1 \DGEK RkAD SR. Gowdcysville Items. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Gowokvsvili.k, Oct. 2.—The far mers are beginning to pick cotton, but I think they will be deceived when they get through according to the way it is turning out. There will not be more than half a crop made. The heavy rains did much damage to corn on water courses. I think it is about a! destroyed. There is » great deal of fever and chills in our community, and from what, the doctors say, they have their hands fu'l to attend to their patients. Mr. J. E. Foster bus n very sick child. It has been sick for some time, but is some bettor. We art glad to report that Miss Lillian E. Bentley has about recov ered from a case of fever. Mrs. John H. Bentley has been suffering for some time with a felon on her finger but it is some better. Cotton pickings are now on u boom. I think some one has one every night. Mr. J. K. Foster has erected a new gin house and is doing some good work We wish him success. I think there ought to be more correspondents from the different sections. It would encourage the peop i to take the paper more than they do. 1 nm always glad to see Thursday come to get Tine Lkogkk. It is a welcome paper in our home. Mr. Bishop Isom, of Kslton, was over on this side Friday and spent the day with Mr. John Bentley's family. Jlrwri. r. Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield. III., makes the statement, that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs; she was treated fora month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told her she was a hope less victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefitted from first dose. Hhe continued its ute and after taking six bottles, found her self strong and well; now does her own housework, and is as well as she • ver was. Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at DuPre Drug Co. Large bottles 5o cents and iM.OO. LATEST COTTON MILL NEWS. TEMS OF INTEREST TO TEX TILE WORKERS North and South Carolina Mills, Their Improvements and Their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. [Southern and Western Toxtll. 1 Execlalor.l Tne Lexington, 5v 0., Cotton Mills are adding 2 new Saeo-Pettee cards. H. B. Me A bee has left the Odell Mills, Concord. N. C., and is now at Salisbury, N. C. J. M. Gaston was engaged this week by the Fairfield Cotton Mills. Winnsboro, ri. C., as engineer and machinist. C. V. Upchurch, late of Anchor Mills, Huntersville, N. C., is now boss spinner ut Mount Island, N. 0., Cotton Mills. E. S. Davis, a harness manufac turer of Rockingham, N. C., has added a spinning roll covering suop to his business. George Sinclair, formerly of Chero- 1 ee Falls Mills, Blacksburg, S C.. is now overseer of spinning at the Monroe, N. C., Cotton Mills. The knitting of cotton yarn mill project at Newberry, S. C.. may soon materialize. Roth E. B. Wilbur and P. J. Vass are interested. Henry S. Buie: of the Crowders Mountain V 111 , K'ogs Mountain, N. C.. died September 2vjtli after a two weexs illness of typhoid fever. C. W. Kee, of the Odell Mills. Con cord, N. C., has been engaged by tne Holt Morgan Mills, Fayetteville, N. C., as second hand in spinning. J. T. Bolick has left the Courtenay Manufacturing Co., Newry, S. C., to accept a position with tiie Mills Man ufacturing Co., Greenville, S. C. A. E. Leugan lias moved from Lau rens, F U., to accept an overseer- ship with the Cheronee Falls Manu facturing Co , Blacksburg, 8. 0. J. M. Mehaffey, loom fixer at Spar tan Mill, Spartanburg, S. C., has gone to Taylorsville, X. C., to take charge of weaving ut Moore’s Cotton Mill. All the new machinery in the Richland Mills, Columbia, S. V., will be in running order in two or three weeks. The curds are read/ to start now. A. H. Bradley left the Rocky Mount, N. C„ Cotton Mills on Sep tember 29th to take charge of the spinning room at the Abbe C., Cotton Mills. N. A. Stubbs has left the River side Mills, Danville. Vu., to return to his old position at Jlock H'”, S. 0., us loom T.xer in the Standard Mills, now the Highland Park No. 2 J. M. Smyly, superintendent of the Atherton Cotton Mills, Charlotte, is slowly convalescing from un illness of nearly a month. He had a severe case of malarial fever, followed by jaundice. The brass band at the Mount Island, N. C.. Cotton Mills under the leadership of D>ctor Warburton, doth room overseer, now consists of 18 members, and is rendering excel lent music. The Enterprise Mill, Kings Moun tain, N. C., did not run Monday and Monday night, because of repairs be ing made about tiie boiler. The in side easing had given away and had to be repaired. C. K. Graham, president Huguenot Mills, Greenville, 8. C., was a dele gate 'a^t week to the Knoree Presby- .ery ! fi session at Spartanburg. He represented Washington St. Fresby- teruu church o( Greenville. Joseph D Charles, the manager of the Reedy River Factory, near Green ville, S.O., was stricken with pa- rui\>i'« on Sunday morning Septem ber IS Mr. Charles died in G *een vilie on Monday, September 2ti. It G reported that the Whitney, tS. 0., Manufacturing Co., have in- creased their capital stock from $22(1,000, and will build a large ad dition to their plant of 17,500 spin- aim utid 575 looms. M. (J. 8tone ia preaident and treasurer. We hear that FredS. Mosher, re cently •uperintendeni at Richland Mills. Columbia, 8. C., is to he the new superintendent of the Lockhart tt, C., Cotton Mills. Mr. Mosher is best*i membered as superintendent of the Henrietta. N. C., Cotton Mills for a long time. The Swift Creek Cotton Mills, Petersburg, Va., which were pur chased by Augustus Wright for $9,- 2(H) are to be transferred to three men, the officers of Red Bluff Mills, Olio, 8. 0.. namely: Alex. McRae, president;.!. N. Mallonee, treasai'er, and J. A. Pinchback, manager, who, as soon us the sale is confirmed by the court, will start up the factory. In the recent Honth Carolina elec tions ft Democratio Club, 105 strong, was organized one evening by the employes of the Lancaster Cotton Mills, and marched up town by twos to the ballot box with a banner bear ing the words, "Lancaster Cotton Mills Democratic Club.” After they had voted the club marched back to the mill and resumed their duties. The citizens of Pickens, S. C., says a local paper, are anxious for some monied man to come to Pickens and invest in a cotton factory. We hav* the facilities, the water power and the land on which to build. We .are now in close touch with the outside world by rail, which is a good advan tage. Water power can be easily reached within a half mile of town, the streams having excellent sites on which to build. This is an oppor tunity too good to be missed. A tire occurred in the spinning room of the Fort Mill,|8. C., Manu facturing Co., on Sspt. 27. The f.re originated at a shaft bearing in tin basement under tbs centre of the spinning room. It came up through a belt hole and the flames ran alont; the spinning frames and gained head way so quickly that it could not be combatted by the bucket brigade. The damage is mostly by water and will not be very heavy, the product in source of operation suffering most. Campobello Item s. (Correspondence of The Ledger.j Campobello, Oct. 3.—Campobello is a growing little town of four hun dred inhabitants. When you alight from the train * id look south from the depot, you see the building of tiie Campobello High School situated on a hill. Next you see the ladies' b- V ; ng in which a’l tl j scholars take their men's. Passing on by the school buildings you see some of the many pretty cottages of Campobello. (roing still further up Main street you will see the business pa t of town. There are many line store buildings in the town. Mr. Cald well has u tine brick building. Also Wingo end Will ins have a nice, large store. North-east of Campo bello are the White Sulphur and Challybeate Springs. If jou want a nice s.rnmer resort come to Cnm- pob*’ o p d d'’ir i the it uer* ' water. It lias been tried bv many p id lias never faded to restore people to health. Hone of ot • school boys have gained three pounds in a week. Campobello has one <> the leading schools of the State. It has about one hundred boarders and tmJr*' coming every day. Cherokee county is represented by several boys. Boys and young men who want to take a business course should come here. We have one of the best teachers in the 8tale. This is the time to kill two birds with one stone by coming here to school and drinking mineral water and having good health. We have the fresh mounto’n air to sharpen the appetite. We have no rigid rules, but are as a family. There are some of the finest farming lands here in tiie State stretched along the broad bottoms of the Paco- let whose swift waters divide the town. Rice also grows on the bot toms. Rev. I. W. Wingo raises enough for his school use. Thk Hustler. - •— Star Farm Statements. (Con eu^ondence of The Ledger.) Star Farm, Oct. 4—We are hav ing some rainy weather now which is very discouraging to cotton pickers. There was communion service at Elbelhel last Sabbath. Rev. Mr. Tate prached an able sermon from 1. Tim. 1:15. Prof. Davis Jefferies, of Union, visited relatives ut this place last week. Mr. Edward Byars and family of Pacolet have moved to their planta tion in this section. Mr. Sousong. of Tennesste, is in this county now. looking after nis farming interests. Mr. James Jefferies and mother visited in this section Saturday. Mr. W. L. Littlejohn, of Jones- ville visited his fattier, ut this place last week. Our neighborhood physician re ports a great deal of sickness. G. D. Jefferies is attending school ut Campobella. Thk Hustler. Robbed the Grave. A startling incident of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject, is narrated by him as follows: "I was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continu ally in back and sides, no appetite— gradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Fortunately, a friend advised trying "Electric Bitters,” and to my great joy and surprise, the first bottle made a decided Improvement. 1 continued their use for three weeks, and um now a well mftn. I know they saved mv life, and robbed the grave of an other victim.” No one should fail to try them. Only 50 cents per bottle at DuPre Drug Company. A SOLDIER’S LAMENT Formation and Termination of the First S. C., Regiment. Blacksburg, Oct. 2nd.—Since my last letter to you I have thrown off the bonds of slavery and once more feel and enjoy freedom, and Oh! how sweet it is. More so! because the slavery through which I have passed was not what it was represented to be, or at least what I thought it was. When I entered the army I did so from pure patriotism, thinking my country needed my services in a con- tiict for its honor. But also! what did I find? A political wheel of for tune, with all the officers, from the Govenor to the Second Lieutenants playing the black card for the winner. The whole formation of our regiment was political all the way through. Cousins of the Governor, cousins of the colonel, in fact all kinds of rela tionship existed, and of course in they go. As I mentioned before, war and politics wont go together. As a result of this political formation we had officers who could not even drill u square, much less u company or regiment. There were exceptions of course. Another result was the com plete demonstration of what little discipline we had, and to such an ex tent that a company of 10f> men and * three commissioned officers would turn out to drill with three sets of fours, or twenty-four men, and some times no commissioned officer at all. Well of course all this time the wheel was still turning and us some would lose a point some would gain one. Therefore a, split in the ranks of the commissioned. Well wtiat aan an honest candidate expect when the ballot box is stuffed'/ Then what can a poor enlisted man expect when the officers divide, more so when they take their revenge out on them? The same as a family, if the parents dose not set the example, what can you expect of the child? You get the same result in military affairs. If the officers do not set the expmple and maintain it, what can they expect of the privates? Still all of us have to learn, and perhaps the next time we are culled upon to defend our country It will turn out that we are not called to sustain some political scheme, us it was in this case. I could write pages on this subject, but wnut good wilt it do? It is about f’l over now, and I managed to live, yet some of the poor boys were nut so fortunate, and in some cases it was not their fault. Just think of this for un officer to any to his men : •"Fall in here, I um going to make you Jearn that move it I have to drill you till you drop dead.” Now this I will swear to be true. I hope any young man who reads this, if ever called upon to join an army, will be sure it is not a political array, for if it is he will be sure to pass through what we did. So ray advice is to not let your patriotic feelings lead you too fast. Look well into the matter before entering into any business. From now on this will be my motto, win or lose. Respectfully, H. m. o. Mercer Minutes. (Corresnondsnce of Tha Ledger.) Mercer, Oct. .3.—We all take Thk Ledukr and could not well do without it. as it gives us all the news in and around the thriving town of Gaffney. Farmers are very busy now pick ing and hauling cotton. There will be a great deal of the fleecy staple made this year, as usual, and if it only commanded a fair price we could all clear aome money, but we can not afford to raise it ut the present price, especially those who are In debt. Tiie corn crops are generally good, and, we arc glad to say, a large ma jority of the farmers will make enough to do them. I think we farm ers shou'd have meetings and pledge ourselves to raise their own supplies at home and make cotton only as u surplus crop. Rev. W. T. Thompson preached an interesting sermon ut Sardis yester day. His daughter, Miss Nancy, ac companied him. Mr. T. E. Long, of the 1’acolet cot ton mills, visited his mother, Mrs. 0. G. Davis, several duyc last week. Tom has many friends here who are always glad to see him. There are several cases of fever on the river but none of a serious na ture that we know of. Rev. Wm. Giadlnghagin will preach at Sardis next Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. Eukkka. Jt seems strange that a dog can find any enjoyment in his ear-vexing bark. But then there are men and women who delight to hear themielves talk. S. C. F. Jones, Milesburg, pa., writes —"1 have used Dewitt’s Little j Eaily Risers ever since they were i/itroduced here and must say 1 have never used any pills in my family during forty years of house-keeping that gave such satisfactory results as ) a laxative or cathartic.” Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. R 8. Withers Jt Co., Blacksburg. W...... •