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I ) riuc i-,isi>t«ici*. Si.uu per Year. PIIKLIUHKI) TUK8UAY AN'» KU1UAY BY En. H. DkCamp. i'iis Lkdokk if* not responsible for •she views of correspondents. Correspondents who do notcontri- oute regular news letters must fur- *«ish their name, not for publication, Out (or identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to yet them to the olfice by Tuesday. A.11 correspondence should be ad- irossed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five jents a line. Cards of thanks will bo published /t one cent a word. Heading notices will be published jt ten cents a line each insertion. NOTKS AND COMMENTS. Pretty Mrs. Hughes who so deftly severed the marriage tie with the “little blue pistol,” is out on bail of ijil.OOO only, the jury that heard her case having failed to agree on a ver dict, Greenville juries had recently been doing some honest, heroic work, but the facing of a beautiful young widow with bewitching, tyranous glances and ominous frowns, seems to have been a little more than was “nominated in the bond.” Mrs. Hughes will retire to the country to recuperate her health and spirits and to indulge in meditations pious or impious until the court in May, when her ease will be called again. ♦ ♦♦ ♦ Admiral Dewey cables the war de partment for more men and ships, and it is thought that the president will immediately call for the 100,000 men authorized by Congress. The war is on in the Philippines and must be fought to the finish even to the last ship and the last dollar. We be lieve that it is a useless and unjust war and that every Filipino who falls in defence of his bamboo hut falls in the cause for which the Spartans died at Thermopylae and the Ameri cans fought at Hunker Hill. Hut it is now too late for the United States to retract or retreat, besides, this nation ..never goes backward. The Fill! pi nos will be crushed—possibly exterminated regardless of the cost in blood and treasure. What becomes of all the fines that are imposed by the courts? We read almost every day of sentences carry ing fines ranging from five dollars all the way up into hundreds and thous ands and aggregating amounts which ought to make a big showing some where. Jt is true that in municipal and magistrate courts the amounts are comparatively small and are usually coupled with an unpleasant alternative which often provokes prompt payment of the cash; but in the circuit courts where fines are imposed to the amount of hundreds and thousands, without the aid of the stimulating alternative, what be comes of them? Are they collected and turned into t ho State treasury, or is a good deal of such business a mere routine transacted to satisfy the forms of law and justice? The fact becomes more and more patent now every day that the farmers in this part of the country jill have to take short cuts to plant ing. Head work must now to a great extent take the'-•place of hand work. Very little ground has been broken, and where there was not a heavy covering of vegetable matter to turn under, it is all the better (or not having been disturbed. The con tinued rains would have made brick mortar out of it. A great deal of corn must be planted without break ing. When this must be done a thing of prime importance is to get a good seed bed. Open the seed fur row with a good square-pointed bull tongue and send it down. Then if you put in compost or other manure, run another bull tongue in the same furrow to distribute the manure and incorporate it with the soil; then take a good Watt turning plow or some other good one and make a big loose ridge on the manure or on the furrow without the manure; open this ridge with a short small plow, drop your coni, cover lightly, and plow out your middles when you get time. Corn treated in this way will never know the difference between broken and unbroken ground. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ‘‘The Record learns that Colonel Xeal has already deposited some thin ty-five hundred or four thousand dol lars to make up for a part of his shortage, and that more is to come. It is understood that his friends are aiding him in this matter and that the State will lose little, if anything, by the very irregular transactions which have been brought to light. Colonel Neal said in his testimony that he intended to pay back every cent and the Record’s information lends to confirm his statement.—Co lumbia Record. That's consoling. Hut who’s going to restore broken confidence, lost prestige, violated trust? Who’s go ing to atone for the shame and hu miliation reflected upon the Stole by the carelessness or unfaithfulness of a prominent and trusted State officer? We are disposed to exercise charity enough to think dial Colonel Neal lias not been intentionally dishonest, hut when this is grunted the fact re mains that he has been cureless or inefficient to a degree of culpability amounting almost, if not quite, to criminality. Restoration of the squandered money in other cases is net considered a sufficient expiation of such a breach of trust. If a dry- goods clerk or a bank cashier squan ders or misappropriates funds en trusted to his care, and attempts to cover his transactions either by false entries on his books or by the absence of propor entries, it is held that the dignity of the State has been insulted, and that the offender must be pun ished independently of a full restora tion of the misappropriated funds. The motive of the law is not only to mete out justice to the criminal but to institute an example which shall deter others from similar offences. If the example of punishment by the law has any restraining virtues, it would seem to a plain, honest man, that a shining example like that of Colonel Neal would be exceedingly wholesome. KDITOKIAI, KXCEKITS. Milch cows are selling in Cuba for !|i80 to $85 each. Two lawyers were married several day ago at Norristown, 1'a. One of them was a woman. ♦ ♦ A Kentucky girl who was the pros ecuting witness against her former sweetheart fainted when she sow .him in the courtroom. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Our army in the Philippines con tinues to fight and advance. The insurgents have moved their capilol farther into the interior. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Preparations for the Confederate Ite-union are going on in Charleston on a grand scale. The old city will be ready and the veterans will have a royal time. t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A southern literary magazine m soon to be established in Richmond, Ya. It will have strong capital and plenty of brains behind it, and ought to be a grand success. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ General Hampton has passed his 81st birthday. The local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy celebrated the occasion with floral offerings and an eloquent tribute to the grand old hero ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Commissionary General Eagan is again on the witness stand in the bad beef muddle. He will probably take wanting from his recent ex perience and be not quite so voluable in vituperative lore. Judge Samuel VV. Melton is dead. He was one of the most eloquent men the State has overproduced, and though his politics were unpopu lar, his splendid talents and strong character won the respect and admi ration sf all. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ President McKinley and party have gone back to Washington. The fact that these presidents oi;:! go off gunning and junketing for weeks at a time, seems to indicate that presi dents are not much more than figure- heads after all. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A veteran in Minnesota having given a public testimonial to a patent medicine firm that its medicine had restored him to perfect health, is now trying to square himself with the pension office, which insists on taking him at his word and cutting him off the pension rolls. Wo have saved many docter bills since we began using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in our home. We keep a bottle open all the time and whenever any of my family or myself begin to catch cold we begin to use the Cough Remedy, and as a result we never have to send away fop^ u doctor and incur a large doctor bill, for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy never fails to cure. It is certainly a medicine of great merit and worth.— D. H. Mkaukle, General Merchant und Farmer, Mattie, Bedford county, Pa. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. A ship may part its cable und Htill retain its hold. Rob Childbirth of its Terrors and Minimise the Pain and Dangers of Labor by using Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. Some marriages are failures and some are but temporary embarrass ments. The Curative Properties, Strength and Effect of Dr, M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine are always the same. It cannot by equalled. As a man gaows older he spends less on his pleasures and more on his ailments. J. R Hill. Packsville, 8. C., writes: I have used Dr. M. A, Simmons Liver Medicine for Dyspepsia with better results than I lad from a long trial of Zeilin’s Regulator, which I found not so good. Never had any such good results from Black Draught used. Lots of writers might become famous if they had less time to write poetry, Wlirro can you invent money wore profit ably than by buying a InimIo of IMck ki.y Ash Bitthuh, you got four for one. A kblm y medicine, a liver tonic, stomach strengthener and bowel cleanser. Four mfediclnet for one dollar. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. GAFFNEY GROWING AT A RAPID RATE. A Very Busy Manufacturing City. A WONDERFUL GROWTH. The Town Had reople in 1 H-KI, While the t'ciiHiiw of this Y«nr Shows 3,600— The Coining Town of the I’iediiiont Sec tion. l\V. A. Fair in Atlanta .Ioui-nal.1 Gakknky, 8. C., March 2L—This is one of the coming towns of the Pied mont section. For the lust six years this charming little city has been pushing to the front with steady strides, and to-day is a good, sub stantial town, with all modern und up-to-date conditions and environ ments, and stands an excellent show to become a great manufacturing center. It may be Said that the town be gan with the establishment of lho Gaffney Manufacturing Company in 1893. This is one of the very largest cotton mills in the south, with the most thorough modern equipment, and began operating in 1893, when the population of Gaffney was 1,300. In 1899 the census gives Gaffney a population of 5,500, which is still in creasing rapidly. This is probably the newest town of the size on the Southern railway. To begin with the manufacturing interests here,the Gaff ney Manufacturing Company stands head and shoulders above anything else in this entire section of country. This is one of the largest mills in the south under one roof, having a ca pacity of 51,110 spinning spindles, 5 000 twisters und 1,401 frameless Northrop-Draper looms. This mill, working night und day, employs about 1,500 hands, und the pay roil amounts to $2(H),000 per year, nine- tenlhs of which is spent in the im mediate town. It was the influence of this mill which brought about the formation of the new county of Cher okee, composed of parts of Spartan burg, York anrl Union counties, and of which Gaffney is the county seat. The laws of the state required a cer tain amount of taxable property in order to form this new county. The fact of the county being now formed settles the question of Gaffney’s future status and gives stability to all values which might other wise have been fluctuating so long as the question remained open. This big mill consumes 18,000 bales of cotton yearly, and was the first mill in the south to start weaving print cloths, and is the largest mill running on fine numbers, the average weaving being what is technically known as'83s. The mill has more Draper looms than any other in the south, and an engine room which is the perfection of machinery und a delight to the mechanical eye. This engine room is a perfect parlor in respect to cleanliness, and indeed such is the characteristic of every thing in and about this great estab lishment. The wont moves along with the precision of clock work, and military discipline is maintained. The management of this institution is perfect in each und ever detail. Mr. H. D. Wheat, the president, and Mr. J. G. Wurdlaw, secretary, being mill men of the finest experience, give able flirection to these vast af fairs winch evokes favorable com ment from mill men generally. ONLY c a is put mill. The Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Company is a plant of unusual inter est, being a concern of very fair size und making all kinds of carpets and rugs from the cheapest cotton and jute to expensive, all-woolen and worsted. The carpet factory is the only one south of Hhiladelphia und is doing a most prosperous business, travelling salesmen all over the en tire United States. This line of in- duslry requires more expensive ma chinery than does cotton manufac turing. and the class of labor must he skilled und intelligent. Mr. J. E. Bierek. president und treasurer of tills mill, is an expert in this busi ness. and with his boss weaver, Mr. William G. Lees, has educated local help up to the standard where they are now first-class operatives. These people learned very readily and now command good wages. OIL MILL BEINU BUILT. An oil mill of thirty ton daily ca pacity is now under way and is one of tiie latest additions to manufac turing industries here. The Gaffney Foundry and Machine Shops is an other concern worthy of mention. AHTKSIAN WATEII. An artisian well, 555 feet six inches in depth, lias just been com pleted and supplies an average flow of eighty gallons per minute of pure, soft water, cold and clear as crystal. A stand pipe is soon to be erected and full system of waterworks put in. The city is already lighted by electricity. Mr. A. N. Wood is chairman of the board of public works, W. 0. Ham rick and J. A. Carroll being associa ted with him. These gentlemen have succeed in floating bonds, run ning forty years with privilege of re demption in twenty years. These bonds were floated for 100 20 and ac crued intert st to delivery ; also five per cent, bonds, payable semi-an nually. There are in addition to this $12,000 town hall bonds, making a total bonded indebtedness of $30,- 000, with town property to cover val ued at $1,500,000. The new county of Cherokee is 42S.J Mjui'.ro miles and is us good farming country as is to be found in the Piedmont belt. Gaffney has the Southern railway leading north and south and the South Carolina and Georgia railroad leading north, east, south and west. Messrs. A. N. Wood, L. Baker. J. A. Carroll, W. C. Carpenter and II. D. Wheat are men of bruins, wealth and energy, who have the public interests of Gaff ney truly at. heart and are pushing the town forwuid along safe, con servative lints to a ft ture of wonder ful promise. 1.1 ME KILNS. A vast deposit of Limestone sur rounds Gaffney, and a leading indus try is cui ried on in (his important line. A dummy lino runs out to the quarries, about a mile from town, where six large perpetual kilos are kept busy turning out from 4<t0 to (100 barrels daily lime of the finest quality for plastering and building purposes, BANKS. Gaffney has two solid hanking in- sti'utions—The National Bank of Gaffney and the private hunk of A. N. Wood. Botii of these financial institutions are on a firm footing. Mr. A. N. Wood lias been in the hanking business since 1887. For several years he was president of the Gaffney Manufacturing Company, hut recently resigned that place to have more time to devote to Ins other interests. During the last year the deposits in Mr. Wood’s bank have increased UK) per cent. LIMESTONE INSTITUTE. One of the handsomest pieces of property in the south is this fine old college, with its wide lawns and spreading trees. A beautiful loca tion, pleasant and healthful. Under the able presidency of Professor Jolm K. Mack this school is in e flourishing condition und promises to he one of the most popular of our educational institutions. Gaffney has recently voted a graded school, and the Gaffney Male and Fe male seminary has been leased for this purpose. BUSINESS FIRMS. One of the leading firms here is Bridges <fc Reason, handling dry goods, notions, shoes and groceries. They are botii young men of line business ability, have a handsome store and get there share of business. Mr. J. D. Goudeloek ha:-greeently built a handsome three story brick building, to bo used lor a hotel, with lobby and store rooms below, which is quite an addition to the town. Mr. T. Davenport does a large grocery business and is a large hand ler of produce. Mr.*J. I. Surratt is one of the Gaff ney landmarks, having been in busi- nass here ever since the town started. He does a good business in general merchandise. Mr. Tom L. Brown is a young man of promise in the grocery business and is sure to make his murk. Mr. W. Baker has a fine stand op posite the postoflice und catches a fine trade in staple and fancy grocer ies and confectioeries. W. O. Lipscomb & Bro have one of the largest establishments in town, doing a big business in plantation supplies. They are also railroad con- ‘ractors and are now building an ex tension of the Atlantic coast line be tween Denmark and Robbing. The company store of tho Gaffney Manufacturing Company is one of the largest concerns of the kind in the south, being a big department store of metropolitan aspect and propor tions and is ably managed by Mr. E. L. Eison, a very bright and cour teous up-to-date business man. Gaffney is a town of well assured future, and I hope to write more of its progress in another letter. HE’S AN OPTIMIST. “Farmer*)' l'rl<-mr* I.ooUk at Tiling;* from tin* Clu-erful Si(l<*. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Lan aster, March 28.—The equi- noxiai storm put in its appearance in good shape on Sunday night with a heavy thunder and hail storm and it is continuing with a cold misty rain which is causing the majority of farmers to mutter and complain, but let me say to the farmers that there is plenty of time yet if you will only make good use of your time when it does clear up. lust remember that He who controls the seasons knows more about it than we do, and also remember that He has never allowed a single one of His true followers to beg for bread. Two years ago our farmers were much more behind than they are now. I did not run a furrow until the second day of April and 1 made as good a crop us I ever did. Let us complain less and work the harder and all will be well in the end. I look dinner a few days ago with an old gentleman by the name of Grimes, an oid bachelor ninety-two years old. Ho and his two old maid sisters, aged ninety and ninety-four respectively, live all alone, having no other reulatives. They are pitiful looking objects, though tiiey have t. good plantation left them by their father. The house‘they live in is a log cabin built by their father in 1788. It of course has been repaired several times. The windows of the main part of the house are eighteen inches square and the fire place is eight feet wide. Tho chimney was built with small rocks and some kind of cement and clay. Mr. Grimes told me ho recollects of hearing his father say that George Washington took dinmr with him one day us he was passing through this country. He thinks it was about 1789. Mr. Grimes lives on what is known as tho “Hotter road,” leading from Char lotto, N. C., to Camden, S. C. This reminds me of an old news- papo that I have. It was published in Ulster county, N. Y., in January 18(H). It is the Uulster County Ga zette, and it is in full mourning for George Washington, giving a full ac count of his death, which occurred December J4th, 1799. It seems that congress was in session at the time of Ills death and it gives (lie proceed ings in behalf of the d<*uth and fu neral of Washington. It is amusing to read the sheriffs’ sales und the advertisements. What a vast im provement from tiiat day to tliis. I wish the editor of The Ledger could see it. Three cheers for the Gaffney Arte sian well. Farmer’s Friend. How’s This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Cutarrli tiiat canaot be cured by ItalFs Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY CO., Props,. Toledo,O. We, tin) under*l)(<'d. have known F. J. Cheney for tin* lust n years, and believe him perfectly honorable In till business transactions and financially able to carry out any obllKutlons made by their firm. Wkst « Tui ax, Wholesale DrusKlats, To ledo, O. Waloixo. Kinnan ft Marvin, Wholesale DrugirUt*, Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, uethiK direct !y upon the hlood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 7.V. pertstiilu. Sold by all dninitlst.s. Testluioululs fr«*e. Halls Fa ulty Pills are the best. BUFFALO BRIEFS. Faintly Keunlons and Other Ini Krrr.tt (hnl Hnte Transpired. (Col i p.-u'ondence of The Ledger.) Bui palo, Mur 27.—It continues to rain und farm work i * almost ut a standstill. This section was visited by a severe hailstorm last Monday, the severest for years. The hail completely covered the ground and was washed up in drifts from 3 to 5 inches deep, the largest size balls being about the size of a partridge egg. Wheat is beginning to show up, but many complain of it being too thin on the ground. Most of tiie wells which had gone dry or nearly so are now furnishing a supply of water. On account of a family reunion at tiie liome of Mrs. G. T. Hamhrick’s father’s there was no school on Tues day the 20th inst. There was also a family reunion ut Mr. Jonathan Moore’s lust Saturday A large crowd und a good time is reported. Mr. Moore is no doubt the oldest man in our community, being about 79 years old. He lias been married 50 years and has quite a number of grand children who love and honor him. But very few people went to the show at Blacksburg last week. Guess they were about right. Mr. Glenn Adams und sister from Grover were visiting friends and relatives in this section last Satur day and Sunday. Col. W. D. Camp was among his many friends on this side Sunday. The Colonel is one of our old neighbors and school teachers and the way we ali love him is shown by on rballot box. Mrs. Serena Bridges and Mr. D. H. Wylie have been very ill with grip, but I am glad to say are better now. Buffalo Bill. MAYNARD MINUTES. A Church Fasacs Hcsolutions to Prohibit It* Members Selling Corn to Distillers. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Maynard, March 27.—There has been but littlo plowing done in this section up to date, therefore our farmers are becoming rather despon dent over the prospects for another large cotton crop. I don't know but that it would be for the best interest of the farmers of this county if it was to continue wet until about the first of May, thereby forcing them to reduce the cotton acreage one half. Tho church at cross foads passed a resolution at their last conference to test the Jellowsiiip of any member who aids or abets in any way the manufactory of intoxicant liquors, the inten't of which was to prevent members of the church from selling corn to distillers. B. A. Green, our enterprising farmer und merchant, only planted one barrel of onion setts this)ear. He bought two barrels but it only took one to plant his patch. We were at his store the other day and asked him the price of Irish potatoes. His reply was, “I have none for sale. I only bought two barrels and I am going to plant all of them myself.” We have two questions that we wish to ask The Lodger readers, which we hope “J. L. S.” will see that they are not unanswered. Here they are: If a wire 7-100 of an inch in diame ter will sustain a weight of 444 ibs. how many pounds will a wire one inch in diameter sustain? If a square bar of iron six inches'' in length weighs five pounds, what would be tiie diameter of a round bar the same length to be of the same weight ? Please give rules with answers. We put these questions for informa tion. Octavus. Constipation of the Bowels may be easily cured by a few doses of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. RYNY-PECTORAL! jj A QUIOK CURE FOR gj coughs and colds. ' ‘ VERY VALUABLE r.m.dy In all > < T affections of the ► J THROAT OR LUNGS. | Large Bottlaa, 2 Be. $ DAVIS A LAWRENCE CO., Um. ( J Prop 1 * of Perry Davi*' Pain-Kiuc*. for balm ar All Chemists and Drnggists. C. JEFFERIES*- GAFFNEY, S. C. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Practice* I All the Court*. Collection* a Specialty. WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY properly and promptly repnlrod by .1. It. COOPER, at Carroll & Carpenter’s. Watch cleaning till April 1st at half price, ONLY 50c. Gold and silver soldering a specialty. W. L. JOHNSON, -TEACHER OF - Vocal and Instrumental Music. TERMS REASONABLE, and METHODS LATEST ADOPTED IN CIXCINNATTI COLLEGE OF MUSIC. SPECIAL RATES TO SCHOOL OR CHURCH CLASSES IN SIGHT READING and SINGING. :i-“s-:inio Are you going to Build, Paint or Repair your House? If so call to see us. Wo carry ROUGH and DRESSED LUMBER. FLOORING. CEILING. SIDING, SHINGLES, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS COLUMNS, BRACKETS. BALUSTERS, PAINTS and GLASS. wv-m. J. E. EZELL & GO. In roar of W. O Lipscomb A Brd.,'ir Store. Royal Absolutely 'Durf. Absolutely'Pure Makes the food more delicious and wholesome HOVAI BAKINO POWOt* CO., MEW YOB*. Itcaolutloii*. Whereas, our pastor, Rev. B. P. Robertson, has publicly announced from the pulpit that in due time lie will hand in his resignation as our pastor, the resignation to take effect the first of January next, Resolved 1. That we heartily bear record to his faithful ministry in preaching Christ and Him crucified; in visiting the sick, afflicted and dis tressed ; and having an eye single to advancing the Master’s cause. Resolved 2. That we have unwav ering faith in his personal piety, his upright lile and |his unreluxing’effort to keep himself unspotted trom the world. Resolved 8. That as a church we ask God’s blessing on our pastor’s ministry during the months of his pastorate. Resolved 4, That when us it may be to increased labors and enlarged usefulness. Resolved 5. That the clerk be requested to furnish our pastor with a copy of these resolutions. W. J. Wilkin*, Dr. Ckawlev, Clerk. Mod. Pro. Tern. remaining he leaves Flushed Cheeks. Throbbing Tem ples, Nausea, Lassitude, Lost Appe tite,Sallow Complexion, Pimples, Blotches, are warnings. Take Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Hoarseness Sore Throaf Hoarseness, sore throat and constant coughing indicate that the bronchial tubes are suffering from a bad cold, which may develop into pleurisy or inflammation of the lungs. Do not waste health and strength by wait ing, but use Dr. JohnW. Bull’s Cough Syrup at once. This wonderful rem edy cures all throat and lung affec tions in an astonishingly short time. Dr.Bull’s Cough Syrup Cures Hoarseness and Sore Throat. Doses are small and pleasant to take. Doctors recommend it. Price 25 cents. At all druggists. D.U. Duncan. C. F. Sanders. W.S. Hall, Jr- DUNCAH, SANDERS & HALL, Attorney s-at-Law. Office two elixirs above Ledger Office. All business attended to carefully and promptly. Special attention given to collec tions. Tnos. B. Bdtlkk. Henry K. Osborne BUTLER & OSBORNE, ATTourt re YH-A'r-r.Aw. Gaffney, S. C. Very careful and prompt attention given to all business entrusted to us. C6C - i'racttcc in all the courts. Light Given on the Light Subject. '. Mr. Editor:—In reply to ‘‘Tax payer’s” letter in your paper of 24th inst.. beg to say wo are under con tract to keep our street lamps trim* ined and burning providing we arc civen material with which to do this. We have made numerous requisi tions to the Town Council for these supplies and unless we are kept con stantly supplied with these it is im possible to give as good results as we would be glad to do. Kindly note if the Town Council will see to it that we are furnished with proper material we promise to keep all lights in good repair. \ The Gaffney Machine Shop. No other medicine Builds Up and Fortifies the system against Miscar riage as well as Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. NOTICE. I carry in stock a line of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Crockery, Hardware, Tinware, Glassware, Groceries, Tobac- coes, Seed Potatoes, D. M. Ferry’s Garden seeds and a general line of merchandise, all of which I sell cheap for cash. Call to see me and get my prices. Respectfully, I. M. PEELER. Tax Notice. T HE time for payruonlof commutation tax is extended until April 1st. IhW. J. U. Jones. 3-21-Jt Treas., Cherokee Co. Real Estate For Sate. For sale, on liberal terms, five tracts of land adjoining Limestone property. Tracts vary In acreage from lo‘ a to To 3-10. Also eight lots of tiie hotel properly at v Limestone. Excelloni building sites and cheap. The old hotel and lot is also for sale. Apply to R. O. Sams. For Sale 125,000 SHINGLES Finest shingles in town; all heart, and aa smooth as if dressed. Ail full length. Call and examine them. Also full line of FLOORING, CEILING SASH. DOORS. &c. L. BAKER. I Don’t Want a Cent of your money unless you get value received for it. For that reason I am always glad to have you look around the store and learn how much better you can do here than anywhere else, FOR MY GROCERIES, CIGARS AND TOBACCO are equal, if not superior, to those of any merchant in the city and the prices are invariably right. New goods constantly arriv ing. Spend your dollars and cents with me and I guarantee you will always he satisfied. AValter Baker. Uncle Sam Got Bad Beef for the hoys in Cuba by buying from the wrong man. If he had bought canned goods and other things to eat trom me he couldn’t have gone wrong. Remember this and give me a trial. Please don’t judge the value of my goods by the prices. It’s just my way of selling to you. Why? 4 Because I am your friend, J. L. ALEXANDER. P. S.—Before you buy a suit call and see Wanamaker’s full line of spring and summer suits, made to order. Gents’ furnish* ing goods—anything a man wears. J. L. A. The GaJney City Land and Improvemtnt Company Offer* for sale Building Lots in this flourishing town. Gaffney City; Also Farms near by und In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place. In lot* of from 30 to 100 acre* 011 lilierul lime rate*; also Agricultural Laud* to rent for Farm put- pose*. For full particulars apply to J. v. S^Kl^iV'r'T, Atfent. N. B.—All tresspassing on land* of this company, cutting und removing timber, Ashing or hunting, are forbidden under penalty of law. iror Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, Shingles, and Plas ter Hair, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dyna mite Cups, call on THE LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS, 'Telephone 37 CARROLL &. CO., Lossoea v