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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C M OCTOBER 27, 1898.
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CN A BIKE BUILT FOR TWO.
^nd the Btartllng New, Wax Not Known
Until Afterward.
A cyclist whom we will call Baxter
was btrolliug along the avenue when he
noticed a pretty girl in a neat cycling
costume standing by a tandem. She had
her back turned to him, but he saw she
wore a trim costume, had a neat ankle
and a nicely arranged lot of hair. Bax
ter is very particular about a girl’s
hair. This girl looked so attractive that
he paused. There was something pa
thetic in her attitude, he thought. Was
she waiting for a cavalier to join her
on the tandem? A wild idea entered
Baxter’s head. He would do a daring
thing. He walked up to the girl. She
turned a frank, merry face on him as
he approached.
“Pardon me,” he laughingly said,
“but are you looking for an accompa
nist?” and he poiutecfto the tandem.
“Well,” she smilingly answered,
“now’ that you mention it, I guess I
am. ”
A moment later they were whirling
up the street. When it began to grow
dark, they turned back.
“My tandem?” cried the girl. “ Why,
it isn’t my tandem.”
“Not your tandem?” shouted Baxter.
“Whoso is it, then?” •
“Why,” said the girl, “I thought it
was yours. ”
“Heavens, no!” groaned Baxter.
“But you acted us if it was yours,’’
said the girl.
“What shall >ve do?” moaned the
girl.
“Take it back,” said Baxter.
So they rode back in silence, and
when they were about a block away the
girl said:
“I guess I’ll stop here.”
Leaving the tandem as near to the
place where ho saw r it as bo could, he
scuttled away in the darkness.—Cycling
Gazette.
TWO HUMOROUS BROTHERS.
A CHINESE LAW COURT.
7’liey Won Wag«*r, on the Strength of
Their Own Homeliness.
Many years ago there were two broth
ers, named Joel and Jonathan, who
were famous throughout Wayne county,
lud., because they were both such
frights. One day they were on their
way to Cincinnati by wagon in the
days of the old canal. The wagon was
of the covered variety, and only Joel
was visible to the natural eye as the
vehicle plunged into and out of the
chuck holes that infested the way. Joel
was said to be the next to the ugliest
man in all the country round, and his
brother took precedence.
The two brothers met a stranger, who,
attracted by the supremely homely face
of Joel, stopped his horse and said:
“Excuse mo, my friend, but would
you mind tellin mo your name?”
In a sepulchral tone that fitted well
the hideous face Joel replied:
“Well, I guess I haiu’t never done
nothin that would make me ashamed
to tell my name. My name is Joel”—
“Where do you live, if it is a fair
question?’ ’
“I live in Wayne county, Indianny. ”
“Well, strung> •, I’ve seen much of
Indianny, but I’ll l»et you $10 that
you’re the ugliest man in the state. ”
“Well, I haiu’t no gumbliu man,”
replied Joel, “but I haiu’t never seen
nothin in the Scriptur* ag’in bettin on a
sure thing, an I’ll jest take that bet.”
Turning to the wagon cover and peer
ing into its depths he called:
“Jonathan, stick your head out hyer. ’’
Jonathan did as he was requested.
The stranger paid the money without
a word of complaint.—New York Mail
and Express.
Chills stopped in 1 to
3 days, and perma
nently cured by Ham
rick’s Chill Tonic. Fifty
cents. Cherokee Drug
Co.
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lie cjot tlis Krave.
The Rev. Robert Nourse relates this
story in The Congregationalism
On a certain Sunday morning the or
derly of the colonel of the Eighth Ohio
presented himself before that officer.
“Everything all right, colonel?” he
asked. After looking around and find
ing that the tent had l>een put in order
and his boots blacked he replied in the
affirmative. “I have a favor to ask, ”
said the orderly. “State it, ” said the
colonel. “I beg that I may go off today,
colonel, and go a little earlier and re
main a little latur.” “For what rea
sons?” demanded the colonel. The or
derly produced a letter and said, “Sir,
I have received this from the president,
and he invites me to dine at the White
House. ”
The president of the United States is
in every way to be ranked among the
great rnlers of the world. But the gen
uine and unaffected democracy of the
man who now holds that exalted office
is shown in this incident, which could
not be paralleled in any other country
in the world.
Ornamental | Also Useful.
Mrs. Suddenrich—What awful nice
spoons them are!
Dealer—Yes, madam. They are our
very latest designs.
Mrs. S.—Are they to eat fruit with?
Dealer—They are souvenir spoons,
madam.
Mrs. S.—Gimme a dozen. Our new
French cook makes elegant souvenir.~—
New York Weekly.
A Ntmnifier.
A now Flemish word has been coined
to express the Fiench word “automo
bile.” Draw in plenty of breath and
pronounce it “snelpaardelooszonder-
spoorwogpetroolrijtuig. ” To Is* correct,
if not already accepted, the word has
at least been proposed at a session of
the Flemish academy at Antwerp.—
Loudon Chronicle.
A Itnttle of VHoppriitlon—One Mnals-
triite Fop All Courts.
For a peaceful people the Chinese ap
pear to be a most litigious race. The
moment that a quarrel begins to be
come serious one or the other of the
parties is likely to shout excitedly, “I
will go to the city!”—that is to present
his formal accusation at the yamen.
The other side threatens the same, and
while in a large percentage of cases out
siders contrive to suppress the immedi
ate execution of the menace every one
recognizes that the trouble is only tem
porarily patched up and may break out
in an aggravated form at any time.
If the accusations presented in these
courts were confined to anything like
the facts in the case, there would be no
case at all for nine-tenths of them.
Therefore it is considered indispensable
to blend with the real grievance from
70 to 95 per cent of fiction. The plain
tiff does this as routine practice. So
does the defendant. When the magis
trate happens to feel in a good humor,
he calls up the case, or quite likely he
does so when he is in a very had humor,
which bodes ill for one side, and not in
frequently for both.
The first part of a Chinese trial is like
ly to be something like the proceedings
in one of our own courts, a great deal of
formality and an apparent respect for
the majesty of the law and especially
for its representative, the district mag
istrate, who is the Chinese unit of gov
ernment, but it is not long before all
resemblance to occidental procedure
fades into thin air. There are no law
yers to protect the clients. If there real
ly is any law bearing on the case in
hand, no one but experts such as the
yamen secretaries knows what it is.
The magistrate is himself civil and
criminal judge, jury and practically the
appellate court. There is no manner of
restraint upon him in his inquiries or
in his treatment of the principals or
witnesses. The greater part of the mat
ter brought into a Chinese luwsuit would
bo entirely ruled out of any British
court as totally irrelevant to the main
issue, but in a Chinese case there often
is no main issue, or issue of any kind,
except the impatient shout of the offi
cial, “Get out with you!” (hsia-ch’u
la), whereupon all the parties retire and
not improbably not one of them has the
smallest idea where the case has now
got to. Neither perhaps has the magis
trate, but for the time he has had
enough of it and wants to smoko a pipe
or two of opium, and will hear them
again when ho has a more convenient
season.
But before the case has been dismissed
the respective parties have by no means
been idle. Each of them has told false
hoods enough to shock a company pro
spectus maker, and as each party deliv
ers himself of these fabrications the
other finds it impossible to restrain
himself and hoarsely bawls, “That is a
lie!” To this it is necessary to reply,
which is done with a volubility greatly
in contrast to the quiet of the prelim
inary stages, when each replied in a
few monosyllables only.
From ejaculatory interruptions giv
ing the other party the lie it is but a
stage to angry colloqoiesof some length
in which each party struggles to bo
beard, each reviles the other vociferous
ly, and neither party is interrupted or
reproved by the magistrate, who is now
engaged in the process of making up
his mind on the basis of what ho sees
and hears as to which side has the most
of lie or reason.
In the worst stages of a case it often
happens that tho magistrate himself
does the reviling, and, Chinese human
nature being what it is, it also some
times occurs that the worsted party in
the suit reviles tho magistrate, although
this is rash, for he may beat them se
verely for so doing and then decide the
case against them.—North China Her
ald.
The Honeybee’s Poison.
Dr. Joseph Zanger has investigated
the chi mical and toxic properties of the
honeybee's poison in a most thorough
manner. The author employed for his
investigations 25,000 bees. The fresh
poison is clear, like water, of an acid re
action, bittci taste and of a flue aromat-
io odor. On evaporating and drying at
a temperature of 100 degrees C. (212
degrees F.) a gnmmy residue is left. It
is soluble in water. With alcohol it
forms an emulsionlike mixture. The
aromatic odor is due to a volatile sub
stance, which disappears on evaporation
and is not poisonous. The poisonous
constituent is not destroyed by short
boiling nor by drying and heating the
residue to 212 F., nor by the dilated
acids or alkalis.
Dr. Zanger has proved the existence
of formic acid, but he has also proved
that that is not the poisonous principle.
The latter is an organic base, soluble
with difficulty in wafer, bnt kept in
solution by an acid. On the healthy
skin neither the bee poison nor a 2 per
cent solution of the poisonous principle
has any effect, bat they act as powerful
irritants on the mucous membranes.—
American Druggist.
feotiaco'ft Dlatlnotion*
Santiago de Cuba has an ecclesias
tical distinction, and that is that it is
the oldest biahoprio in the western
world. When all Pennsylvania was a
traceless waste, an archbiahop ruled a
see of no mean proportions from that
city and under that title. From the
city of Santiago also went out the tr.o
great missionaries to tho Indians and
negroes, the first, Las Casas, who
evangelized nearly all Central America,
and tho second, St. Peter Claver, who
worked among the negroes of Brazil.—
Philadelphia Call.
The most vlffurouii workers Inivt- ttpcllgof
••tln-il r«olliiir»" now slid then. This feellns
Is cmusimI hy derangement In the stomiu h,
liver and Imwels, A few doses of I'rIH ly
Ash Hillers iiulekly corrects the disorder
and sends I lie Mood tingling through the
veins. Tarrying life and renewed energy
l.hroughoilt. the system. Sold hy I'herokee
itrug Company,
“Hear! HenrS”
The parliamentary “Hear, hear!”
was not always an expression of ap
proval. Sooue learns from Dr. Murray’s
dictionary. The phrase was originally
“Hear him, hear him!’’ used as an ex
clamation to call attention to a speak
er’s words. We have a record of its use
in 1689 and as late as 1768. A member
of the house of commons in 1768, being
interrupted in a speech by a “Hear!”
retorted, “That very word, ‘Hear!’ I
dread of all others,” and a member in
1770 referred to its use as “disorderly. ”
The unabridged form, “Hear him!” was
in use so late as the beginning of the
present ceuturv. Lord Stanhope tells
us, in his “Life of Pitt,” that when
that statesman reappeared in the house
of commons in May, 1803, after a long
absence in opposition, he was hailed as
he passed up the gangway with cries of
“Hear him!” Francis Horner, who was
in the strangers’ gallery, noted as a re
markable thing that when Pitt rose to
deliver his memorable speech on that
occasion he was cheered—met with
cries of “Hear him!”—before he had
uttered a word. We have warmer blood
nowadays.—Loudon Chronicle.
Millionaire** street.
The latest census proves that in up
per Fifth avenue there is a stretch of
houses a mile and a half long that con
tains dozens of millionaires. It is for
its length tho highest socially, tho most
architecturally handsome and by far
the most wealthy street in tho world.—
New York Telegram.
In Cochin-China when husband and
wifo find they can no longer agree they
give a dinner, to which they invite
their relations and the patriarch of the
village. The latter during tho meal
takes the chopsticks of the pair and
breaks them, and by his action they
are legally divorced.
The Cuban question and political
issues sink into insignificance with
the man who suffers from piles. What
ho most desires, is relief. DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve cures piles.
Cherokee Drug Co.. Gaffney. It. S.
Withers & Co.. Blacksburg.
There are about 5170.000 acres un
der tea cultivation in British India.
The human machine starts but once
and stops but once. You can keep it
going longest and most regularly by
using DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
the famous little pills for constipa
tion and all stomacli and liver troub
les. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney.
R. S. Withers <fc Co., Blacksburg.
The catacombs of Rome contain
tho remains of about 0,000,000 peo
ple.
S. E. Parker, Sharon, Wis., writes:
“I have tried DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve for itching piles and it always
stops them in two minutes. I consider
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve the
greatest pile euro on the market.”
Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. S.
Withers it Co., Blacksburg.
About the hardest thing for a color
ed man to understand is a dialect
story.
S. M. Geary, Pierson, Mich., writes :
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is curing
more piles here to-day than all other
remedies combined. It cures eczema
and all other skin diseases.” Chero
kee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. S. With
ers & Co., Blacksburg.
A woman seldom throws at any
thing until she is so mad that she
can’t see straight.
Ono Minute is not long, yet relief
is obtained in half that time by the
use of One Minute Cough Cure. It
prevents consumption and quickly
cures colds, croup, bronchitis, pneu
monia, la grippe and all throat and
lung troubles. Cherokee Drug Co.,
Gaffney. R. S. Withers it Co.,
Blacksburg.
A doctor may give a patient hope,
but he charges for the time it takes
him to give it.
Late to bed and early to rise pre
pares a man for his home in the skies
Early to bed and a Little Early Riser,
the pill that makes life longer and
better and wiser. Cherokee Drug Co.,
Gaffney. R. 8. Withers Co.,
Blacksburg.
Laziness, carelessness and filthiness
are a trio which brought destruction
and ruin to many men.
S. C. P. Jones, Milesburg, Pa.,
writes —“I have used Dewitt’s Little
Early Kisers ever since they were
introduced here and must say I have
never used any pills in my family
during forty ’years of house-keepi ng
that gave such satisfactory results as
a laxative or cathartic.” Cherokee
Drug Co.. Gaffney. R. 8. Withers &
Co., Blacksburg.
Russian ladies are said to keep
their feet warm by putting brown pa
per inside their shoes and boots.
“One Minute Cough Cure is the
best preparation I have ever sold or
used and I can’t say too much in its
praise.”—L. M. Kennon, Merchant,
Odell, Ga. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaff
ney. R. 8. Withers it Co., Blacks
burg.
Notice of Administrator's Sale.
B Y virtue (if authority contaltieil In an or-
iler made hy the .1 uiiyi' of I'roliatc for
County of Cherokee, we w ill m-II at Uatfney,
8. C., on the 15th day of Novenil>er, IMt». I*-
srlnnlnir at Hi uYloek, a. in., r.ll of the per-
Honal property of the entitle of J. U. Spenr«r,
deeeaned. eona! itlmr rof horne*. cnrrfnirex,
IniKKle*. whkop.m, and all other |ier»onal
|iio|ierty lielonidiiK to Maid eklale.
Thom am Hpkmckii
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It. H. Mpkni icii.
AdnilnUtratorM of the estate of J. (l.Hpen-
cer, deceased.
liulfney, H. <J„ Oct. 34th, IMm.
Public Statement From
A Public Man
Hon. W. H. Ohley, K*-Secret«ry of State of
West Virginia, writes an open letter.
Ciiaui.f.ston, W. Va., Mar. 9.1898.
To "whom it may concern:
“I most heartily recommend Pe-ru-na
as of great benefit in cases of catarrh.
It is especially beneficial wherever the
mucous membraues are affected. As a
tonic it certainly has no superior.”
W. H. Ohley, Ex-Secretary of State.
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Hon. W. II. Ohley.
Pe-ru-na has cured thousands of ob
stinate cases of catarrh, and is perhaps
the only efficient remedy in existence
for catarrhal diseases; but there are
countless multitudes of people who are
still struggling with catarrh and need
help. To such as these the unqualified
recommendation of Pe-ru-na by Ex-
Secretary Ohley is directed. Pe-ru-na
is scientific and purely vegetable. All
druggists sell it.
"HOBSON’S CHOICE.”
Hobson was a crusty okl
grocer years ago, who in his
old age, didn’t much care
whether his customers were
please:! or not. If he didn’t
happen to have in stock what
a customer called for, he
would hand out something
else, saying: “Take this or
nothing.” There wasn’t any
other grocer in his town then,
so the people had to take
“Hobson’s Choice” or do
without and that is how the
expression originated.
It’s different with me. I
haven’t a single dissatisfied
customer. 1 serve everybody
whether buying little or
much with equal courtesy—
and my line of groceries be
ing complete in every respect,
I do a good business. Call
on me for fresh groceries at
right prices. Yours, &c.,
W. BAKER.
TAX MICE.
The tax levy for Cherokee County for tisoal
year, iwm. Is as follows:
For State purposes 5 mills,
Constitutional School Tux . :i
Ordinary County Tax.. :i “
I’oor Mouse anil .lull I *•
County Knuds I
For the townships of Limestone.
White Plains,Clieroket* Nos. I and
3. Draytonvilie and Uowdcyvlllc,
for Past Indebtedness 1 “
Interest on Railroad Bonds, Dray
ton vllle and Oowdeysville :>
Fur Sin kinir Fund, Dray ton vi lie and
Oowdeysville \\i “
Interest on Railroad Bonds. Lime
stone. White Plains and Cherokee
No. 3 Townships 1 “
Interest on Uailroad bonds. Chero
kee No. 1 Township 3 *’
For SpartanburK* Jail, Limestone.
White Plains and Cherokee No. 3 !4 *’
For BhickshuriMirudcd School Dis
trict :i “
I will In* at the I'oIIowIiik places for the
purpose of collcetlnjr taxes:
At my office In Oatfney from Oct. 15 to Nov. 14.
K/.ells. Tuesday. Nov. 15th.
Maud, Wednesday, Nov. Mth, s to 13. a. m.
Grassy Pond, Wednesday. Nov. HI. 1 to 5, p.nj.
Macedonia. Thursday. Nov. 17. s to 13, a. m.
Thlekety, Thursday. Nov. 17. I tot. p. m.
Buffalo. Tuesday, Nov. 33. a. in.
Bluckshunr. Tuesday. Nov. 33. p. in.
Kliickshurir. Wednesday. Nov. 33.
Grover, Thursday, Nov. 34.
k'inifs Creek. Friday. Nov. 35.
Cherokee Falls. Saturday. Nov. 3»l.
White Plains. Tuesday. Nov. 3H.
Brown’s Store. Wednesday. Nov. JO.
Timber Itldire. Thursday. Dee. I.
T. I). Littlejohn’s. Friday, Dee. 3.
Surratt’s, Tuesday. Dee. H.
Wilkiiisvllle, Wednesday, Dee. 7.
Allen’s. Thursday. Dee. H. a. m.
Druytonvllle, Thursday. Dec. r, p. m.
At office Dec. Si to :il.
Also conirnutatloii road tax for 1*1*', due
and payable from October 15th to December
.'list, i:«k
.1. B. JONKK,
Co. Treasurer.
Gaffney, S. C., Sepl. 14. 1W»*.
Executor’s Sale.
By virtue of authority ttlven me by the
wllfof Abner S. Waters, deceased. 1 will sell
at the "Old Horne Place” of said testator
two miles from the the town of Cowim-iis, in
Cherokee County, on the first (1st) Monday
In Novenilter next. ln‘Klnnlii(r at II o’clock a.
in., the following real estate:
l/>l No. I. JnliiitiK the "mtll lot,” on Little
Thlekety Creek, on IniiIi sides of the "Post
Road.” enntaliilnjr *3 and ttl-lOO acrcM. more
or less. Also l/il No. 3. Jolnliitf Lot No. 1 on
the N. W. and iKiundcd ny said creek on the
8.. Lot No. 3 on the N. W.. and the Webber
land on the N. E.. the same helnjr tht)
"House Tract.” contulnlwr 113 and 75-100
acres, more or less.
Also Lot No. :i. N. W. of l^it No, 3. bounded
by Tandy Waters on 8. W.. Weblier land on
N. and N. K„ contaliilnir 70 and rti-loo acres,
more or less. Will also sell one mule and
four (4) sheep.
Terms of sale One-half cash (except per
sonal properly all cash) balance, on crmllt
of one year from day of sale, with bond and
iilortiruire of the premises sold to secure
payment of credit (Mirtlon. Purchaser may
pay all cash If desired, and to pay for pa
jiers and rccurdlnir. Plats of uImivc land
may he siMUi at I he office of J. E. Webster,
Esq.,Gaffney City, 8. and on the prcm-
Ises, at the residence of .1. 8. Ojfh shy.
E. L. A HI *11 KM,
Executor of will of Abcr 8. Waters, dee d.
Oct. 30-III.
Look Again!
My lire of Furniture is complete, ami
prices and terms are right for buyers. I
am still offering big bargains in China,
Glass and Porcelain goods. Come and buy.
Yours for a deal,
C. T. Price.
Guano and Acid Phosphate.
I have just received a large lot of Guano and Acid Phosphate
for grain. Remember, my line of Groceries, Dry Goods,
etc., is complete. My stores at Gaffney and the Goforth
place are well supplied with all the necessities you need and
the prices are just right. Get your bagging and ties of me
and you will not be disappointed.
J. I. SARRATT.
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Testimonials from hundreds of the leading men of the United
States. .1. (’. CHUNN-C. S. HUSS, State agents for North and
South Carolina.
Money to Loan.
The Citizens Building and Loan Association of Gaffney
has money on hand to loan and can meet any demand.
The rate of interest is 8 per cent, per annum. For
further information apply to
N. H. LITTLEJOHN
Secretary and Treasurer.
Winning a Battle
depends ou the officers, tho men, the guns, the ammunition—
all must bo THE RIGHT KIND—for weakness at any one
point may result in defeat. In our store the proprietors are
the officers, our clerks the soldiers and our goods are our am
munition. This week we have some special ammunition
which we intend to shoot from the
Cannon of Low Prices,
right into the homes of every citizen in Cherokee Com
Come to our store and smell the powder burn, it will do*(
good.
We Intend to Sell
you a suit of clothes, all wool, good and heavy for winte^
wear, at a price that is in accordance with 5c cotton. Wc
have these suits in colors to please a man who wants a good
servicable suit for every-day wear. We also have other suit?
rangingin price to $lo, these of course are for dress wear.
V i 1 T% ■ ./Ml J
which we intend to make is on SHOES. In this line
claim to be leaders for this fall and are prepared to save yoj
money. We don’t want the earth for our goods—just a faijj
profit—that’s all.
Come and See our Line of Hats,
We will Save Yon Honey on a
Ladies, this will be a cold winter and if you need a cl<
or cape please see us before you buy for we are ihe manufa
Hirers’ agents for these goods and can undoubtedly save yd
money. We also have an excellent line of dress goods -
you to choose from at prices that are right.
We are Headquarters for Groceries.
Try our “SWANS DOWN,” “INVINCIBLE” and “Bg
MORE” FLOUR and you will get the best made from whf
Everything is Sold Right at
J.R.Tolleson&Ci