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X^ICI>GKK. >1.00 per Year. kKJ) KVEKY THURSDAY BY Ed. H. DkCamp. Ledger is not responsible lor ^iews of correspondents. ^spondents who do not contri- lar news letters must fur- name, not for publication, identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to got them to the office by Tuesday. A.11 correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five jents a line. Cards of thanks will be published »t one cent a word. Heading notices will be published ii ten cents a lino each insertion. 8KMI-WKKKI.Y. As we annouced last week we tend out w ; th this issue the first number of our Semi-Weekly. We realize that the change will entail consider able additional expense on us, but we feel in advance that our patrons will appreciate our efforts to serve them and will take care of us in the future as they have done in the past. The paper will be issued on Wednes days and Saturdays, and will be put in all the mails leaving Gaffney on those days. As these mails go in all directions, tho bulk of our subscrib ers will get their papers without de lay—bright, newsy and fresh from the press. The times are so faot now, tbat^ news a week old has become stale, and we feel sure that our patrons after having tried the Semi-Weekly, will never allow us to go back to the reeJtly edition. Eg continually to sup- We shaTnH^l^fe^alesfc news ply them with t hever^^^miyL to obtainable up to the time of g' press, and we shall be disappoint if subscribers who get their papers a country post offices, do not rea ize all the practical benefits tbu they would obtain from the dailies, and that at one-tenth the cost. ancestors. The people of Cherokee and York counties especially ought to read this story, for they tread on historic ground and should never for get the lesson of patriotism and de votion to duty taught by Cowpens and King’s Mountain. The price of the book is 35 cents and can be had at The Ledger office or from the author at Cowpens. TON MILL NEWS. Items of Interest to Textile Workers. ROTES ANU COMMENTS. The president will call an extra session of Congress, if this one fail to complete the Army Reorganization bill and the Pacific Cable bill. The army bill provides for a regular army of 100,000 men. The president just now is intensely interested in armies and cables—armies to butcher the Filipinos and cables to bring the soul-inspiring news. Another battle was fought in the Phillipnines last Saturday between tho American forces and the natives. The Americans drove them out of their stronghold at Calcoooan, in flicting great loss, and suffering but little. Thus without any avowed reason or proclaimed policy on the part of our government our armies are slaughtering these poor, ignorant savages on those far-away islands, whose only offence is that they don’t want to belong to any master. In some parts of the north-west last week, the weather was the cold est ever recorded. Chesapeake Bay was frozen over and ir Western Mis souri and Kansas the thermometer ranged from 20 to 30 degrees below zero. The wave swept as far south as Florida but was so modified before it reached the orange groves that it did little damage. The lowest point reached about Gaffney was 17 above zero. This lacked one degreea ing as low as was j; ‘clied before OPERATIVE PERSONALS. Tlte luiproveiuMita mul Advancomeuta of tlie I’ust W.'ck in North and South Caro lina Cotton Mill* ami Hosiery Facto ries. Etc. (Southern and Western Textile Excelsior.1 David B. McCracken changes from West Point, Ga., to Newberry, S. C. P. C. Poag, Secretary and Treasurer Fountain Inn, S. C., Cotton Mills, is quite ill with la grippe. C. L. Chandler, loom fixer, has re turned to Tucapau, S. C., Cotton Mills from Spartan Mills L. Guy Harris. Secretary and Manager of the Fairmont, 8. C., Cot ton Mills, made a trip to Greenville, S. C., lust week. The Willurdville Hosiery Mill, Raleigh, N. C., will be doubled in size. Finer grades of stockings will also be manufactured. John Galloway, age 25, a workman in the Elm Grove Cotton Mill, Lin- colnton, N. C., was killed Wednes day by the mill elevator falling. W. T. Thompson, of Durham, N. C-, has been engaged as overseer of spinning at Juanita Cotton Mills, Burlington, N. C., by superintendent E. W. Worth. THE COMPOSITOR PLAYS HAVOC With the Manuscript of the “Kernel.” Matter." In advertising iu his own paper the ttiiido it read: "Wind WHEAT’S POOR SHOWING. WARNING AND J’KOITIECY. The appropriation bills passed through the legislative assemb’y this year as if they had been greased. Every year tho protest against the enormous appropriations to th* Slate colleges, and other extravagant schemes, becomes feebler; every year additional amounts, modest enough separately and distributively, but large in the aggregate, are tsked for and obtained for this and that emer gency ; every year the number of gov ernment pensioners, in the name of office holders, employes, contractors and job holders, is becoming greater; every year that sturdy individualism —that manly independence and self- reliance of our fore-fathers which made them and our country great and strong, are becoming more and mors erased fron individual charac ter and absorbed by the State; and the country is gradually bht surely jrifting into socialism, and thereby padually paralyzing the strongest deepesL^rces that )>avc ever [ho prosperity of the i Anglo Senator Sarrutt Before the Hoard. In reporting the proceedings of the meeting of the State Board of Con trol last week, "A. K the Colum bia correspondent of The News and Courier, says: "At 4:15 tho board reconvened. Senator Surratt, of Cherokee, came before the board asking a beer privi lege in behalf of John Alexander, of Gaffney. He stated that he knew Alexander to be a straightforward, reliable man. He also knew Mr. Odom, who was also an-applicant for the beer privilege, and, although he did not know so well, he thought him a reliable man to grant a privilege to. Senator Sarratt further said that he thought a beer privilege would be a help to the town. People would drink, and he thought it better for them to drink beer than whiskey. He saw no objection to a privilege being granted, and in fact he said he would recommend that one be grant ed. Under the law Hit State board can only grant beer privileges, and then the county board has to decide who may run them. "On motion of Mr. Williams it was decided to postpone all matters per taining to beer privileges until the March meeting." A NEW TRIUMPH. John Pearce has gone from Pied mont, S. C., to the Oak Lawn Cotton Mills, Fork Shoals, S. C., recently purchased by C. I). Nesbitt <k Son, to repair the carding department. A mill man at Rock Hill, S. C., says that they need more cotton mills there for the reason one mill two ruuk^Hj^^Pmstliere are always T^to take his or her place. The new Weldon, N. C., Cotton Manufacturing Co., have awarded the contract for their building to Emry & Driscoll, who are to have it finished by April I. The water wheel has been ordered. The Victoria Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, S. C,, have given a repeat order fur two more Pettee revolving flat cards to add to their carding capacity, as this mill has been unable to fill their heavy orders promptly. Plato McCruw, wno went from Gas tonia, N. C., recently to take charge of the weaving at night for the Clinton, S. C., Cotton Mills, has changed to a similar position with the Gaffney, S. C., Cotton Mills. W. C. Burnett, formerly assistant boss weaver at Clifton, S. C., also Enoree, S. C., has accepted a similar place at Maginnis Mills, New Orleans, La. His father was for 20 years boss weaver with Clifton, 8. C.,No. 1 Mill. H. H. Seawell, the night superin tendent of Victoria Cotton Mill, Rock Hill, S. C., has, since W. E. Poag resigned as day carder and spin ner, succeeded to that position, and now has full charge of carding and spinning day and night. The Colleton Cotton Mills, Waiter- boro, 8. C., will begin operation just »s soon as the work of placing the machinery is complete. Everything is moving to that end with all dili gence under the direction of superin tendent R. W. Mitcham. A. Good Word for the Feople.of Autioch, KIi.k’h Creek, [Buffalo and JilaekKburK. Nolen from the Thriving Neighborhood of Ftta'Jauc. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, February 11.—In our letter to The Ledger tills week some typographical errors appear which we wish to correct. The number of In fantry soldiers on rolls furnished the 8tate Historian is 41,480 instead 14,- 840 as published. The aggregate of the various State troops in the dif ferent armies of the military service is 00,531 instead of 00,331. Then, again, speaking of the idol gods, "Gods" should be spelled with a little "g." Notwithstanding so much bad weather our people are generally free from colds, grippe, etc.—much more so than ufual under similar circum- sta nces. Farmers are behind with their farm work. In fact, but few days have been fit for work since the year set in. Wheat is making a very poor show. That’s none the worse sign if there is a good stand and the ground properly manured. Old farmers tell us that if it only can be seen at the distance of a few rods on the first of April it is all right. "Mind and the lecture com positor and Water." There is a great difference bet ween going to church and going to worship God. If we confess our sins to sinners they will laugh at us; if we confess them to saints they will piety us; and if we confess them to God he will forgive us. Our nights of dispair often bring out the stars of hope. If 5 men can dig a ditch in Jijdays, working 4$ hours a day, how long would one man take to dig a ditch half as large again, working 5 hours a day? We understand that u Chicago jus tice fined a man $25 for Royal ^ Absolutely'Pure Makes the food more delicious and WQVAI BAKING POWOeW CO., MCW YORK. lying. The Dreaded Consumption Can be Cured. T. A. Slocum, the Great Chemist an<]< - - — Newbern, N. C., has been talking cotton factory lately and W. E. Snellings stales that to a company coming there and^stabli r oiTT friends Messrs. James Dillingham and Mr. Morgan, of the Antioch and Kings Creek sec tions at Gaffney this week who report that their section are fairly up with the rest of the county. We are not surprised at York county for wishing to hold this section. No better peo ple can be found within its borders, or even the 8tate than in the sections we have mentioned. Dear old mother York is one of tho best counties in the State and its people are among the very best, yet we intend that Cherokee shall be a daughter cf which it may will be proutid. And we don’t intend to let the county officials rest until they build a sale and convenient bridge across Broad river for the accommodation of tiiat section. The officials may kick but Jet them kick. We’ll still keep punching. No magazine comes to our desk that is worth more to us than the "Normal Instructor." How pro gressive teachers get along without it, or a similar work on education we are unable ,to see. We are heartily in accord with what our brother correspondent "E. A. T.," of Blacksburg said a few weeks ago of the Mount Taron peo ple. He certainly knew what he was talking about for those, people are among the best people not only of Cherokee county but of the State. Their homes, furmes, churches and hospitality all indicate a happy pros perous people. They arc a plain un ostentations people who are not dis posed to eat up strangers with llat- tery or deceit. Some of the best or chards, vineyards, gardens and farms we seen and tested last summer were in that section. What is said^q( ihe Mount Taron people is nr small tax was levied on liars in this country it w’ould produce a hand- ssme revenue iu a short time. During our recent visit to Gaffney Mr. Jas. Templeton showed us through the foundry where they are making till kinds of metal castings. This is a great addition to the in dustrial institutions of our county. Mr. Babington, of North Carolina, is the foreman and he fully under stands his business. Some of oar young friends want us to plead for a teacher’s column in '1 he Ledger. This we have done already; hut the Cherokee county teachers don’t seem to favor it if their re ticence is taken as a mark of their approbition. We have 1 nought, and still think that if the teachers would take hold of this matter rightly they would greatly help some student struggling with his text books and assist others who have not the ad vantage of school facilities. They, too, would greatly improve them selves in their vocation. The Ledger failed to reach this office last Thursday and this was a great disappointment to its sub scribers. They came up 0. K. cn Friday. Sam Strain was quite sick lu« f jl TfiglrtLjbvv. isuoy. tie iLuy Walker the It was Mrs. YkWulker, of Sun- mother of James! instead of Mrs. nygide, who wasMjg reported last Dr. M. J. \\allB, n t got the names ‘•<we correct the all mistake. idlers please Will some of our A^ny turns tell us where and how nvr (C l to in the world’s Redeemer is ref^. ono , n y the hooks of Numbers, Deull s and Psalms? ’ s- The river last Monday and i*u day was very high. Notwithstanding all the had weather and roads we have had since the opening of the year Giles Hill, our mail rider on the Gaffney route, litts made bis regular trips on time. Now that Tho Ledger proposes to make its semi-weekly visits the various sections of the country who have insufficient mail facilities should try and have then improved so as to meet the demands of the public. And let us have more correspondents in different sections of the country. j. n. s week. Our infc a little mixed up A Jaitaui-K** Giant. A soldier of gigantic stature and enormous strength has been presented to the emperor of Japan. He is Private Jamashita, of the Third regiment of the Nogoya Field artillery. He enlisted in December last and is now 22 years of age. His muscular strength is such that he can carry a fieldpiece on his shoulders and climb mountains with it where horses are not available. He reg ularly receives two men’s rations of food and bis uniforms are especially made to fit him. Hilt Wny of Weighing. “My way is dark and lonely,” hum med the grocer as he finished tying up a package of sugar. “Perhaps your way may be lonely,” remarked the customer, “but I guess It’s light enough. ” —Chicago Pews. The population of Antwerp includes 20,000 Germans, who, it is said, buy their goods of German merchants only. | Advice to f onsumptives There are three great reme dies that every person with weak lungs, or with consump tion itself, should understand. These remedies will cure about every case in its first stages ; and many of those more advanced. It is only the most advanced that are hopeless. Even these are wonderfully relieved and life itself greatly prolonged. What are these remedies ? Fresh air, proper food and i ScoH’s Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil with llypo* phospkites. Be afraid of draughts but not of fresh air. Eat nutritious food and drink 4'enty of milk. Do not forget Z U 1 'Scott’s Ernulsi^i is the £ that oldest, tn^nosTthorou tested and the highest etn dorsed of all remedies for weak throats, weak lungs and consumption in all its stages. 5 oc. a.id $i oo; *11 druggists. AG I * ^ \ \M 1. L t 4 • i fie Bobbed Dlucourteoual) A letter to the editor which appeared in the leading papers lermo bears the signature of Cand the most feared and murderous of Si ian brigands, and is destined to ii the readers that he has expelled from hi band a notorious robber named Gall as having been guilty of “discourt a.id unmannerly conduct in hisdealii with the public. ” The letter ends wi the words “kindest greetings of fr ship.”—Paris Messenger. To insure a happy new year, the liver clear and the body vigoroJ by using De Witt’s Little Ejjft Risers, the famous little Pills for co< stipation and liver troubles. Cher kee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. 8. With^ trs <fc Co., Blacksburg. Educate Your Bowel* With FaM-aret*. Candy Cathartic, euro constipation foreverj Itx. .Oc. 11 ( ■ C-C. fail, oru^isis r' tund uioueyJ Piedmont Saving and Investment! Greenville, S. C. The loan plan of this company loumt lar nx>re <ic>!rcaii'" in every way the plans nl' liuildiuff A; Loans Assoclal Our plan is a (Jelinitc conoaet a! , eusoi rates. Loan made an approved propel J. C. Jkfkkkibs, Local Attorney, Gaffney, S. C. { | SCOTT' it DOWNS, Chemists,'New York. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does a general Banking and Exch) business. Well secured with Bi Proof safe and Automatic Time Safety Deposit Boxes at me rent. Buys and sells Stocks andBoi Buys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. The Gainey City Land and Improvement Company Offers for sale- Buildiiif: Lots in this Sourish! nfr town, Gaffney City; Also Farms] bj and in reach •>f the S minis <>f L; me-: <<ne Springs and of this pi are. in lots of t 'Mto lot* acres on lilHoal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rout for Farm ] poses. For lull particulars apply to N. n.-All tress hunting, are resspas-ing on lands of this company, cutting and removtugjLUj forbidden under penalty of law. - — If it was only health, w</ might let it cling. But it is a cough. One cot no sooner passes off befc. another conies. But jj’. same old coughjMj^^ til “ e> . wUjhMrT' uie same; old story, top. There is first the cold, then the cough, then pneu monia or consumption with the long sickness, and life tremb ling In the balance. j- y Cherry eclora! tofyourcough. * the throat ®U in- L; the est It RUDENTIAL Insurance * Company » of * Amerii Home Office, Newark, N. J. John F. Dryden, President James O. Wynn, Manager Southern Dep’t., Atlanta, Ga. Assets Jan. 1st, 1899 Surplus Jan 1 st, 1 399 Annual Income Insurance in force Insurance written in 1898, $28,88^196.4 $5,888,894.7 $17,481,875.7 $414.547,05* * $164,600,“ Paid Policy Holders to Date Over $36,