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'em* i^r.vxA5-4 Tvx ivmi^i*. % WE GUARANTEE 'he Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. Pages 9 to 12, A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 10, lHIM. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. THUKSDAY, DEC EM BEU 2^, ISlhS. *1.00 A YEAIi. CHRISTMAS AND CHEROKEE, recognized by the sovereign people in ^ ket. Four cents cotton will not sus- THE INDICATIONS ARE FOR PROSPEROUS TIMES. A Brief Sketch of Cherokee County’s Sheriff—This Page is a Picture Gallery of Local Ce lebrities. Christmas has come and found Cherokee county and Gaffney avera ging up very well. Crops have gen erally been good and notwithstanding the low price of cotton the farmers have been diligent in gathering. They generally have corn enough to do them another year, and many of them have raised meat enough for home demands. Many of them have wheat enough to last until the new crop is matured, and tiiciv never ha- been such a large cr ip of long forage housed in Cherokee county. All available barn room is Utterly Idled with crab grass, means gra>s and pea vine buv. Our farmers have also * saved an unusual quantity of wneat and oat straw in good condition. And | notwithstanding the low price they have received for their large cotton crop, are perhaps in the best condi tion to commence operation another year than they have been in for many years when (diristmas came They have an unusual quantity of wheat an i o;it> sown, ari l are looking to the betterment of their farms. Terracing their lands is the order of the day with ein rokee farmers now, and by their use, we see in every quarter of the country the improvoi condition of t he farms. Where rei hill-sides and galleys were the unin viting spectacles a few years ago, we now see tine fertile lands which grew this year a bale of cotton to the acre or fifteen or twenty bushels of corn, wheat or oats, or two or three tons of hay. The wet lands on the creeks which are too low to cultivate are be ing utilized for pasturage upon which fine cattle and hogs are being raised, cattle to the extent that many ear loads of them are shipped to other markets, some even to Tennessee. The:e are also indications that our people are giving some attention to raising horses and mules. There is, however, room for much progri ss in this department of farm woik and we trust that our people will give it the attention its importance deserves and that their well known facilities and capabilities would make a suc cess. The best horse in Cherokee county to-day is a native. WIM.IAM WII.KS THOM William Wilks Thomas, the i e v|y elected and qualified sheriff of Cher okee county, is the only surviving child of l>. A. and Mrs. Mary Wilks Thomas, of Gaffney, and was horn near Santuc, Fnion county, on the 2Nth. of April On his lather's side he descended from an old family of I'nion county, who have always been characterized the recent election About two years ago he was hap pily married to Miss Steele Tolleson, one of Gaffney’s most popular and attractive young ladies. — - Union Utterances. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) I x iov, S. C., Dec. 10.—Mr. Editor: Merry Christmas will accompany this I issue of The Ledger into a large num ber of homes. We are all glad to en joy those days made merry by the ! preparation for and expectation of an I enjoyable season. This season should mean more to a busy life than mere enjoyment, with no serious thought or special calculation or arrangement 1 destined to ensure success in the avenues where failure existed during the past year. There is ever room for improvement. The energetic is ever alert, which is necessary in order , to discover the weak places that they tain and educate a child. A house owned by Mr. John I’ur- cell, a Fnion merchant, narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire on The Officer "Zisted.” One day this week a busines man , in Gaffney having souoi small claims | against some colored peoole for ! which he hei 1 mortgages on personal GAFFNEY AT THE FRONT. — THE TOWN KEEPS PACE WITH PROGRESS. Something About the Advantages of the Town—Men Who Govern and Lead in the Pro cession. WM Who has the CIh r.ikee r. MCAiniin: education il interest of !.e*.ir1. Sunday. Some people* have not learned the nature of fire and as it appears cannot in* taught. Questions and answers as given by a ?wm HON . W. I Al.VIX Wl IISON \ N'T. Cherokee's worthy Kepresent itivc the lower house. i property to secure him, gave* a negro the papers and told him to see tin* parties and tell them to settle < r ! bring the prop! rt y in. The* lirst one in* approaclieel failed to pay, and ol ! course refused to give up the prop erty. The collector presuming up m While Gaffney has shared more^ or less the* business depression of the past year, she has not stagnated. Our business men have kept up their us ual large stocks and pressed their business with their usual energy and | success. Building has continued in | every section of the city, and com prises every order of house from the ! tiniest cottage to the* palatial resi-j deuce and meist modern business ! ! houses. During this vear Gaffney hasal-o built a carpet mill wh ch i- now in full operation turning out irge quantities of first class ingrain | carpeting, art squares, rugs etc. ev ery day. The carpet niiil is und< r I the* efficient management of .Mr. .1. E. Ilierck, a lifetime carpet miiKt | Gaffney is proud of all her hu-ines- j and business nn*n, in r imimoth cot ton mills and every man and enter- ; prise that enters into her genera! : make up, but ist sneeiully so ot her ■ carpet mill, f ir with it sin has lit distinction of having the -out it e»f Philadelphia. Our line educational faciliiit- ' Limestone college, under the superb i management of President John Mack, our graded schools, presided over with marked ability by Prof. \\ . S. Hall, and the Gaffney High school, which is being so successfully con ducted by Prof. S. A Gliamhers, tuv of great interest and hei.elit to o ir people. They make us proud of the past and hopiful of the future. Our streets have been gieatly im proved, some of them macadamized. We have completed arrange!! e its for a complete system of water works, which will he put in early next year. Surrounded, as Gaffney is, by a magnilieent farming country, being worked by intelligent and hard work ing farmers who real ze the mutual dependence of town and country upon each other, and the mutual benefits they afford A community of interest is established which is right, necessary, and guarantees the well being of both. WM. W II KKS I HUM \S. for their honest, square dealings with their fellow-man, and furnish ing some of the best soldiers who followed Lee. Lor (street ami Jack- son, and on his mother d side, from that much respected and old family of Wilks in Ghester county, of whom a recent writer sai<l: ‘ One of them had never been known to be gu'lty of u dishonorable act, and is also a fam ily of soldiers.” The subject of this brief sketch moved to Gaffney with his parents when eight years old, and lias lived and was educated here. He is a civil engineer by profession, and has performed some difficult railroad work in this Slate, North Carolina and Virginia. For several years he was bookkeeper for J. N. Lipscomb, and all of his spare time was devoted to his farm about two miles below Gaffney. v Young, progressive, active, capa ble, efficient and thoroughly hor.est, tils merit and competency was well uty sheriff of Spartanburg county. He was at one time on the police force of Spartanburg, and has been Chief of Police of Gaffney for nine years, which position he still holds with much credit to himself and the good order of the city. Chief Camp is a good citizen, an enthusiastic Free Mason, a consistent member of the Baptist church, and a quiet, cool, brave man. —* -«•*• — A Strsinm* Vliirri:tK»* Story. While a woman, aged >ti, an irouer by trade, was being charged before the Harlesden magistrates with bigamy a curious scene took place. The mother was tin* chief witness against her daugh ter ami told how she and the husband had sat in a pew in the church while the second marriage' went on. The mot her said she had told her son-in- law he had better sb p the proceedings, but he answered: “1 don’t want to. I hope he'll be a better husband to her than I've been.” The second husband, sin* said, knew it was a bigamous mar riage. When i-ln* had finished, tiio fir.-t husband cann* forward to corroborate the strange story.—Loudon Answers. I. \N!>kK iiakm:. The indefatigable Town Clerk Gaffney. schools. As the condition existsjja change need not be expected to take place until people become more edu cationally inclined. A great deal of advertising is being displayed by our merchants, but it is immaterial to the average con sumer as to how “cheap” goods may be purchased. The cotton crop has been disposed of at a great disad- A DniitJ'croiiM noil!|M«*t. A short time ago a man and his two sisters were alone in a compartment ou I German railway. At a station an ele gantly dressed, thickly veiled woman entered the carriage, carrying a superb bouquet of roses. When the train start ed, she asked her fellow travelers if they would object to her closing the window. The man hastened to close it for her, and, in moving to get out of his way, the stranger dropped her roses. He picked them up for her, and, thank ing him charmingly, she asked him to keep one. Then, turning to his com panions, she graciously offered each of them a few of the flowers. Naturally the courtesy was accepted, and the next thing of which the travelers were con scious was that the train had arrived in Berlin; that their veiled companion had disappeared, and that all of their money and valuables had gone with her. Of course the roses had been drug ged. The police have discovered that the criminal is a young man, and that he luiH conducted a number of daring rob beries in similar fashion. One must ad mit that it is the refinement of robbery, and, if one must be robbed at all, the rose method is preferable to sandbagging or gurroting; but, after all, one may as well light sby of veiled women with roses.—Exchange. N. H. Littlejohn, Mayor of Gaff ney, is a r ative of what is now Chero kee county. He was raised on Thiek- ety creek, and educated at the High School in this cit}. He has large fanning in e estin the county and has long been identified with the leading interests and enterprises in the city. Has been alderman sever al times and twice mayor, which office he now holds. He has proven himself a careful hu-ine.ss man and a most efficient officer. .1 v. < .. s. WOOli. Two of the leading spirits in the progress and advancement of Gaffney. WM. I». » \MI*. Twice elected Auditor of CheroKee. vantage to the producer and one without means is as an unimportant factor in badness. The price of va rious commodities being reduced with the price of cotton on the rise should not induce farmers to withhold the amount of grain which may he seeded. W hy should there he more demand for cotton at present, than when the bulk of the crop was ready for mar- Card of Thanks. 1 desire to thus publicly express my sincere thanks to the citizens of Gaffney, who rendered such valient services on the occasion of the lire at my gin on lust Friday, and I assure : each and every one of them that I appreciate the services rendered more 1 than language can express. Respect fully T. G. MeGraw. • • Christmas Tree at Buffalo. We are requested by our friend, It. E. 1'orter Esq., to state that there 1 will be a Christinas tree at the Buf falo school house on Saturday night the 2ith inst., and an entertainment on the evening of the tilith. The en- j tertuinment is for a most worthy oh- , 1 jeet and will he largely attended. seized the property a id delivered it to his employer,| who then started him out to colle d or bring in an or gan, which he demanded, showing hu mortgage us his authority. 1'he owner was indignant, snatched the paper and burnt it. jumped on the collector, beat him up badly and then throwed him in the tire. He scrambled out quick and made good time to town. Having lost several good sized patches of cuticle and smarting under that and the great indignity he had received, he at once uopeared before u magistrate and wanted to indict the last parties for “zistin an officer.” The magistrate declined to comply with his demands and told him hu would do well if he kept off the chuingang himself. — • • The owner of a side door saloon has a system of double entiy. i: K. < \mi . Chief of I’olice ol Gaffney. B. F. Camp, Chief of I’olice of Gaffney, was raised four miles we*t of Gaffney. He was a young confed- j crate. He spent several )ears in ih • west,where lie married, then returned | to his old home. He was once dep- E. R. ( ASH. Superintendent of the Guffoey Cotton Mill and ALhrman of Gaffney. i*h«»lt*(p Cares. It wan formerly believed that epilepsy could be cured by wearing a silver ring made from a coffin nail. Seven drops of blood from the tail of u cut and Mood from » recently executed crimiual were said to be valuable remedies for epi lepsy. Toeurea felon or run arouud hold the lingtr in a cat's ear for half an hour. For toothache trim your linger nails on Friday or eat bread that i» mouse has nibbled or carry in your pocket a tooth from a soldier killed in battle. For ranuln of the tongue spit ou a frog. For alcoholism drown an eel in brandy and make the drunkard drink the brandy. To cure warts rub the wart with a potato uud feed thu potato to a pig.