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COMRADE Kim Hm DsLong, '■; : -' \ --r' '•■ff \ \ ^ '* 1 —^ WIIVJ;. :,V ■ NPftW of Schuylrrvillc, N. V., wl:o served In Company E, 5tl) Vermont Volunteers, had other foes to hattlo with after Ids return | from the late '.var. He recent ly wrote: <V I have used Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine fer nervousness brought on by I he use of tobacco and too close applica tion to business. It gave me prompt telicf without leaving any unpleasant < fleets. The result v/as beneficial and lasting. I heartily endorse it." DR. MALES’ is suM by all druggists on guarantee, first t.uttlc benefits it money back. Hook on heart and nerves sent free. Dr. Milos Medical Company, Elkhart, Ind. FIRE, LIFE AW) ACCIDFIIT IASORAHCE. Wlifii \Ti i nt t*»I ;i I iit‘ ! i'V or A< polcy <*:t 11 :it.*1 loo rr'-s :*ih! inrorii.it i<m. N’orn’ Itusint ss s')lrt!. i^roinpt Jitlfiitlon. JONES J. DARBY, Agt. OlHco ovrr U. A. .1 * mi •• \ < u.'s nIi )!'•', IF YOU WANT Good ll'lia!)'^■ Walehi .Iiwelry and Silver ware call and M'c my pi h i > and h i ruconlcr them from om-of t)ic lu st wholesale jewelry houses in the I idled Mate .. J.epairing in the above lines a specialty. J. W. C < >OI > ICl^. » xr-jr- i — — I Carry in Stock HCGAK. go: i i'.i:. HAt'ON, I,A i:i>. l l< in;, Mb A b. MOLASSIS, vi n it. SO.M'S, soil A. G A M »l KM ToilAG< '< >-. < l< A ds. GA . NE11 <iOOl>;• SIIIKTINGS. I’A.NTS. IIOlISK SIIOI S, I'btiu gi:m;s. HA MM l- Ks km\ i;> \ rohi Sl'i.CTAt l.i:-. SlioKS, I! AT:-. wool, .ir.ANS. TAlibi:' I.OTIIS, i I.ANMM.S, I i MtsKVS, IMMN IV. V» HITE GOODS. SF.KGI . S \TUNES, SIMTINOS, <t("| |N«.S. I’EliGA I,I S. I’l.A !! iS. Sil i uvs. A X ES. MIA S SHOES’ II \ ND SAWS. I , <K’KF.T KNIVES, SIL\ EUWAKE, St ISSiJKS. KA/.OKS, And many other tilings too miinerou.s t:> mention. Allelieap foreash. i. M. PEELER. The fittt'sl lot of yellow and white pint* shingles ever In GaiVncy. Ilest Oeot . ia pine Elooring, Ceiling and Weatherlxiarding in the mai’Uet .lust re ceived, a carload of Doors, Sash. Mantles, Itrnckets, Turned Colunuis. Itahistcrs, &e. Ah o Oak ('aliiin t Mantles and Tileing. Call and e\!indne for yourselves, Prices to bitlt the tlines. Kespet.. L. BAKER. J. Gl.OtXill WAM.ACI . ■ J. (.'OltNKI.IUS Otts. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. All business Intrusted to ns. given prompt an J vigor us a I tent ion Olliee up stairs, next to It. A. Jones \ ('o. ’I'lioil" S~. I). U.Iluneaii. <I'.Saudt rs. VV. S. Hall. Jr. DUHCAH, SANDERS » HALL, A tto r ney s-a t- La w. OHlee 1 wo doors above Ledger Olliee. ^J. C. JEFFERIES GAFFNEY, S. C. Co’.miii retal law. Corporation Law ileal Estate l.aw. Money to loan on approved s< curity. J AMKH A. WIIvUIS, • Attorney-at-Law, oai'i'.xi:v. w. c;. Money lo t mu on Ileal Estate. Ofl e<* over lb A. Jones ,V Co.’s store. HARDIN & McMORTER f(L U\r'’ mm lE-'ADVEi J» «V.1.V 1 '^lltc'brp< »Osr*rii>{ ftjes. ’ • \V Ijoupiiiot aA>cvq ibcdtuiyJt. tlio strife, 1 ' \\j Tbtst rtitnicki^ jc'vMf drte^i^it of by shinty ojfb x sai(>cs / V'“ Wf,ty sie^ir His'dsy d^wij jtiri^bt or> IjUlOfeO itfe-vl f '~' V *' if,-- )\'i ' fhe-Ke Aid o’er Hi$ cot so lowly V ^rrfcialmcrl- Hi; birth with anthems from the shies, M And tbW&pt shepherds, roCsed froVn visions w Any * ^ N ! —,r MS ^ /# Xjjy , SSAr bee.vfe^xjjosts sWetEbiforr their eyes - t V And they took up tbf-anjel cbmr^ <GL3frti ib* **■ to** yeiiry,^rty*td< Were. ;!bd with Joy unsf sah» • por the ydrId’5/0ope> / / / —» -• Aa Ah. pc', er/iinc •When the st "Wiss sooc/so %T %T, fiK \ / ^;V xiV \ aWroao f* A fx jztrrxu lf{ h M ^ / And the fjbs .l^4d / o stejr of momipf led/tbe;M«ifl’» wsy ^ U . And/Witt) that ftfcr, which .'ied^the .naji’t 7 x 't. Trom the (ar eas/. Uti) Rewflis fbr ajlorplns - ( •Xn.'I /iK j \ 'A? v<‘ The infant Cfcri»» as/in His itabfr crib > /I ■ \ ' V/ rs, [ j! / H>-am? th/ bat blotter of pci //':> 5 / l -£ ■ u wr f *• «* f* crib He lay. L^V.Arfv7»V:>Y -W b l ^ Mtlti *“ ** ■ —? tV. ’ ikG A^j.pe.c, sh.ll be. ce apd jiadpess. , , - v , - the epd of deadly strife. / '* Stii! h*st b; power and wealth apd warfare’s madpew ' Su dV ihc wide world—as pe’et before are rife. Alas!, will ev^r come that bright tomorrow e apd Joy shall reigp o’er all the earth, longer will brine sorrow as promised at Hi; birth? * ttr * ‘ j ; ♦ t 1 - ; • ‘*j ' »*; ♦ it* • I* ‘V * •*/ • J, ' »*5 »• »»5 ; *»; ; H-* ^ ; f At * ‘ * aV» • 01 • a* ♦ * St • ;.> * T.» • 3ft * • 3ft • ;”»• * .«♦ ♦ ;♦» ♦ ;V» ? ?;««13ft r Sf«4 'i V V/ v i 7 • • i r V<.% « •> >1 • » i v *•% ♦ i »* V* ? ♦ i, * V f n; ♦ • • • i* A ♦ 6 ■ r > if..; r NG TEAK A BOY’S FTP ST CHJtTfJTMAS IN THE HILLS OF THE KEYSTONE STATE. BY OSBORN SPENCER. Oipuri'jhl, /;/ Oxhorn Spencer. if • <* u / v> V?« <♦ f> «> I** A at Ifl l'f ? T't : *'* O *r If * ' * I V - ■ * m * * - , Vti'k « • . ; »*f; *»? »*j > ii/ ♦ 4 *» # ; r' »*? ♦ ; **'«4»f; »»f; **; • . A ;«♦ * ;<« # ;««*3ft: *.» - ;»• * 3ft * • ;«• •3ft *• x.t' ;«i • 3ft • 3ft $ ;•« ?;’»»jiit • ;'»< ? 3ft j3ft ? ;•,» • ;• ^ i’<; f - A ‘hu.'WpiiMl air when ! a pivoocu- ( • a-:., .1 for his A Hi;' ouc* a not h u !> o u t first/ 0 h r i st in a s <* s. I and t’a; i>oi'tly, j [trosperous bank-1 hA\ii it lookoil u |) ^ it (u. M itll ^ ( I' * 111 / si ory. “The first nii’istiuas that 1 ' <f \ rei’iL'inber clear- 1 ly,” he said slowly, as if gathering Ills 1 fuemories together, .‘ifK*r lighting a , big fat cigar, “was |»a.sstcl at the hicne | of old I )eacon Mallory. I was <> or 7 years old. and by the same token it! must have been 4o years or more ago. “Yon must know that 1 was a coun try minister's son. My father’s charge included a wooden meeting hour;*, built on Hie Crock temple pattern, and half a dozen little rod sehoolhot’ses perched on the stoop hillsides and nes tling in the deep valieys of one of the most northeasterly counties of Penn sylvania. All through that region the pater was known as ‘the older,’ and the deacons of the church organizations to 1IKY were tell-j foot was nearly exhausted. Once In the shelter again, however, we quickly* II VAVV-S**' i—Ti W X’-V W'" |!j £. ‘I COULDN’T I’.VDKHSTAN’D WHY SHK FLUSU- KD SO VIVIDLY.” thawed out, and by the time we reach ed the deacon’s we were all in fairly comfortaldc shape again. “Our stay at the deacon’s made quite as great an impression on my memory I tis the journey there. The deacon which he ministered took turns enter-1 ovvlll,<1 , a J""' ‘1W >v general tabling the older and Ids family on bimheiing laisiness—nut one of the great steam mills, with circle saws, of Christmas. As a rule, our Christmas visits Included Christinas eve and two or three days thereafter, and so it was this time. “Deacon Mallory lived ten good milt's | away Iroin the story and a half brown house that st< ineudoiis big al in tin* od if piece pine and hem lock timber where we lived, and, there! being two feet of snow on the ground, we had to cover the ten miles in a cut ter hauled by Crookfoot, as my father called the ungainly looking young j horse he drove in making Ids with ly scattered pastoral calls. The day be fore Christmas was clear and sun shiny, but bitter cold, that year, and 1 shall never forget the ride to the dea con’s. “At first our road was on the lee side d ridge. Shelter- later years, but a primitive mill, with upright saws, operated with an old fashioned undershot water wheel. 1 spent the afternoon in the mill watch ing the Ions as they were fed to the rasp'ng saw, which slowly, though steadily, ale Us way from end to end. producing a bright, fresh, new plank with every journey of the carriage. “That night I slept with two of the dcaeou’s hoys and in a trundle bed for the first and la; t time of my life. YVe boys talked about what we should find In our stockings till late In the night. “Hxanilnation of the stockings In the morning, tiding down hill and out on the ice of the deacon’s frozen mill pond, snowballing and other Incidents made Christmas morning enough, I assure you. And .f came tin* Christum:; dini; t lontovt-» «it I^si\v 9 GAFFNEY, - - S. C. Jloncy to Ionn on rity u ni t st;»te. OHitv. over li. A. .loin s & t \>.\s storo. J. E. WEBSTER, A.lt<>r iic\v- A. 1 - Olliee In Court House. (Probate Judge soflici: Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all tin;courts. Collec tions a specialty A. N. WOOD, BANKER, docs a general liar king and Exchange business. Well secured with Burglar- Pi oof safe and Automatic Time Lock. Hufety Def sit Boxes at moderate rent. Buys and sells Stocks andBonds. Buys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. of a great tree crown cd, as we llien were, from the biti g wind, we scarcely realized how low the temperature was. and. the path being] well packed, Crookfoot look us over i the snow at a lively clip, the bells jin-j gling merrily with every step. Here i and there the road passed through deep cuts in the drifts between pure white frigid walls of snow, sometimes eight- and ten feet high. These walls hid been inscribed with many curious in ! fa riplions and rude pictures, which in- 1 teivsted me very hk .■ as we drove: along, though 1 had never heard a word of the newly named science of grallitology. “I was Intently studying some of the pictures and inscriptions when my father told me to look ahead and then! get ready for what I saw coming. As! lie spoke Ini pointed to the brow of the! Parwin Mallory hill up which we were dr I saw the snow driflhi white, saudlike state. “ ‘The wind is blowin; Sunny, and it won’t In when we get to the top as It is by any means. Wrap your comforter close about your ears, my hoy, or they'll bo frozen sun*,' “By the time I was ready for the drifting snow wo were In the midst of Jt, ami for the next threi quarters of an hour tve all, Including Crookfoot, had plenty lo do lo keep the breath of life agoing. The uaow was drifting wildly, and of the track, so will beat en In the sheltered part of the road, pot a vestige was to be seen. By the time we had got over the broad back of the htil .?nd down into the valley in which the ilencwii’a house was situated the human beings in (lie pi^rfy were more than half frozen, while Crook- pass after AH the deacon’s mill hand- fast that iviitg. 'i’ll 1*1*0 g Hi • 1 fine. ■A «I> tlicro, as pi casant and some of his neighbors partook of that dinner. There were two lug tables and one little one. We boy.; mid some little girls sat at the little on *, and there were more folks at all three than I had ever before seen together any where except at meeting. “The main dish of that dinner was chicken. There were enough wish bones for all the children to wish two or three times over, and tin* fun every body had was immeasurably satisfy ing, even If the manners of every one present were hoiuely and the talk moro hearty and wholesome than graceful mid clever. “When it came my. turn to wish. the deacon’s 21-yea.‘- |. v Sarah may say yes,’ he whispered In my oar. Sarah Wilson was the pret tiest young woman in the room, and I likod her a lot. Later I told her what Darwin had whispered in my ear, and I couldn’t understand why she Hushed so vividly. But she seemed pleased because I gave her the long end of my wishbone, for 1 had ‘got my wish,’ and one day in the following June I was present when my father pronounced Darwin and Sarah man and wife. Then I was told what my wish hud meant. “Bless me!” said the banker. ‘Tve let iuj cigar go out.” Osiiork Spfncku. old son, told me what to wish—'That Chicago and New York capitalists an reviving the project of an air lire from the former city to the Missouri river. kXMAS MENUS '1 he average mortal on looking over a col lection of Xmas me nus has a fellow feel ing witli the hungry traveler who went in to a restaurant and told the waiter to bring him “every thing on the bill of fare." But the reader must remember that the follow ing feasts have been planned for tin* day which comes but once a year and that there is a limit to human capacity for assimilation. Surely the best things in all of the lists, if there be any degrees in goodness, should satis fy the most exacting gormand. MENU FOB CHRISTMAS DAY-1. What neat recast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic laste, witli wine, whence we may rise To hear the lute well touched or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air? —John Milton. DINNER. POTAOK. Cream of Spinach, nous n'orxvtiKS. Sardines. Tunny Ibnic^s Gherkins. Tickled Walnuts. ENTiir.G Motion Cutlets. I!r . ued, with Cheese. Potato Croquettes. Roast Goose, Apple Sauce. Laitues a la Cr. r.:e. Sweet Potatoes, Fried Lemon Punch. GAM K. Wild Dui-k a l.i I’ortusa'se. Green Peas .1 ia i'rtm aLe. Salad. SWEET*. Rrnndied Fruit. Ice Cream. Roquefort l i e. -0. l\ lice. LKcuits. IM'CK A LA POR'D G \!SK.—Take a wild duck, chop the heart, liver and gizaard very line with thn shallots, popper and salt liberally; a-' 1 a lump cd frish In.tier, knead the whole* well with a fork and Uutf it into the carcass; cut the* duck’l neck, resemnq a piece ol skin to sew up tae npertiiro, pack in the pope’s nose and few up likewise; then roll the duck in a doth and tie it round ami round with a string; then plunge it into boillnji salt water and cook :C> minutes; re move the doth and serve on a hot di.-di with a garnish of lemon.—Ancient Recipe. MENU FOR CHRISTMAS DAY—IL I celebrate the Ifc'ih of the Divine And till* return of the Saturnian reign; Mi solids ore carols sung at every shrine. Proclaiming "Peace on earth, good will to men.” —Longfellow. niNNKR. Consomme Printannicr. Celery. Caviare. Radishes. Fried Smelts aut Fine Herbs. Supreme of Partrid;; s. French Peas with Frrsh ilutter. Hum Punch. Roast Cam. a back Ducks, Currant Jelly. ! ettuce Salad with Cream Chcc.te. SWEETS. I’ium Pudding in llurning I’randy. DESSERT. Fruits. Bonbons. Coffee. FRF.NCIi SV.'l.KT DKSSKRT.-A French sweet dessert f- r Christmas is the iced fruit pudding. Seed quarter of .1 pound of Malaga raisins and lay t!.i in in a st. no jar with it cup of good sherry, add four ounces of candied cherries tut in half, two ounces of candied apricots cut in coarse biis and one ounce of candi. d citron chopped fine. I. t tins candied fruit stand in the sherry for 12 hour-. At the end of this time make one quart of ice cream, u .her one pint of rich milk mixed with the yolks of four eggs and one* large cup of sugar. 11 at this custard over the Cre for five minutes it ii ring it constantly, then add one pint of cream and fr. ere. A ’POSSUM DINNER. it v n* Highly Ihijoyed Yesterday After noon by the Hoys. Yesterday forenoon The Ledger re ceived the following invitation : Tim It: (am lius n lui -by lull, Wiih ri nes nil n round a in I nuitul. The 'I’ossiun bn -1 n .-I’nly tail, Which i|a lone tin ground. Yihi ;irt* is spcctfully iuviGsl to partbdpate in n 'I’iissiiin Id 11 in rat ; In- i.rw in KcsUiuraiit :il 4 nil) t bis p in. 1 f ymi doiiY eat. 'I’ossum your pri-Muico is not desil id. I’roniptly at the hour indicated in the ihvit. t on The Ledger uiuu was at hid post of duty. Around the festive board were gathered Mayor X. If. Lit tlejohn, HherilT \Y. \V. Thomas, Citpt. James B. Bell, Chief of L’olice B. K. Damp, Messrs. J. I. Harratt, \V. C. Carpenter, A. S. Lipscomh, J. W. Richardson, John Spencer, R. S Lip scomb, Win. Johnston, St. John But ler and Robert Reason. To those who urn acquainted with the gentlemen named it is useless to say a word, but for the benefit of the uninitiated we will say that the ’possums prepared by Chef Ch/is. (r. Erwin stood a very poor show indeed. Charley certainly knows his business. Ho had those 'possums baked brown and sur rounded with sweet potatoes, and it was a dish that would make a darkey dance a jig to even think about it. It was good and hot—hot two ways—and swimming in grease. Jim Bell stuck his fork into what ho thought was a bit of polutoe. Ho lost no time in finding 1 he cavity in his face but made Maud >S. time in removing the morsel from I hat cavity w hen he discovert d it to he a pod of nd pepp- r, at the same time remarking, “that is the i r—the hottest potatoe 1 over g. t hold of in all my life.’’ For thirty minutes the fun was fast and furious, and at ils end a bsolu tion of thanks was voted (Jbef Erwin and the guests took their departure with plea ant recollections. As a cure for rheumatism Oham- beriuin's Fain Bairn is gaining a wide reputation, I). B. Johnson of Rich mond. Did., has been troubled with that ailment since 1801. In speak ing of it he says; “J never found any tiling (hat would relieve me until I used Ghambcrialn’s 1’uin Balm. It acts like magic with me. My foot was . wo'.len and paining me very much but one good application of Fain Balm relieved me. For jule by Cherokee Drug Co. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. !Voi>b’ You Know and IVople You Don’t Know. Frof. and Mrs. Brown, accompanied by Misses GeorgeSteedly and Pawnee Jo.ies.of the college,and Miss Minnie Carroll, and Miss Meta Sleedly, of Athens, Georgia, left on the ves tibule yesterday evening for New York, where they will spend the Christmas holidays. Frof. Brown will also visit Fhiludelphiu and Bos ton on matters of interest connected with his work at the c dlege. Miss Ella Haves is home from col lege for the holidays. Fark Thompson, who is a student in a Baltimore Dentai College, has come home to spend the holidays. Rev. G. 11. Rodgers, of Asheville, is the Riiest of George W. Byars, on Limestone street. M. C. Lipscomb, of White Plains, probably the most extensive planttr in the county, was in the city Wed nesday. I). L. Vassey, a successful Thick- ety farmer, was among his fihmds in the city yesterday. Gaston Littlejohn, a prominent Cherokeean of \\ hite Plains, spent some time in the city Wednesday. James Martin and Wm. Jones, two prominent Cherokee planters from over the Broad, were welcome visi tors of The Ledger Tuesday. L G. Mucotnson, one of The 1 ed- ger's bachtdor friends of Mercer, made a business visit to the city Wednesday. J (.j Little was visitor to the city of the Spartans Tuesday, Charley Kirby is clerking for Sam Morgan in the laiter’s new meat market. Mrs. J. X. Cudd, of Spartanburg, it the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Carpenter on Limestone street, C. Rippy, a hustling merchant of i her to key Falls, was in the city yes- t r lay on business, Mrs J. E. Bierek has r tamed from Philadelphia much to the delight of hot* mimeious Galfuey friends. '1 vertt Brown, a thrifty young farmer of Ravenna, was in the city Wednesday. J. J>, Martin, of Hickory Grove, • pc. ( some days in the city last wee*. J. C. C. Humphries, of The Led ger's warm friends at Grassy Pond, was in the city Wednesday on busi- niss. Pau V. Gaffney and Harry L. El- lorte, two of tho Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Company's hustling representatives, are home for the holidays. Charley Humphries is home from Furman I'nivendty for the holidays. Mrs. W. C. Carpenter spent Wed nesday in Spartanburg. While up there she rinewed tho acquaintance of .Mr. Santa Claus and that jolly old fellow promised to visit Gaffney next Sunday i.i^Iit provided all the child ren would he good and obey their mama and papa. A. McCraw, one of Grassy Pond’s best ciliz ns, was in the city yester- da> on buoiucss. Hum Jt llericb is home Lorn Ciem- s m College for the holidays. J. A. Willis, one cf the rising young attorneys of the Gaffney bur, spent a few hours in Spartanburg Tuesday on professional business. 8. A. Allison, a thrifty planter from Grassy Pond, was in tho city Wednesday. Mrs. S, L. Hopper is in the city the guest, of her sister, Mrs. Dora Hopper. “Aunt” .Salllo will spend the holidays witii ht r friends in Gaff ney. Mr. and Mrs Hopper will move from Lenoir lo Wuynesville and conduct a summer resort in the lat ter place next summer. James McAbee and wife, of Lawn, were in the city Wednesday. They Be Pear! Steam Laoadry l»o|K>ra'iii(roii full time and tuniinnout first-idavj work. ItfinoiJitu r us wIm-ii you want, work ilon**. Wo will call for your puckaeo. Wo also have luOperation 4 First-Class Grist if>i!l. We rospoetfully so leit your patronage anil ask the pioploout of town to Drill# their com uloiitf when they (Mine In to do their sliopidiur. We have enj/atred the service -ol Win Phillips, one of i he l,e>( m'li' is in this section. Mr. I’ldllljis will Is* ut the inlli every day in the weclc and v.e yn-irantce iiroinpt and eilicltdit :,er- vlcc at all times. M II and l.auieiry will ho closet! from Uee. :.'j, iKi’J, to Juu. 1 Knjo. .•ailed at this while here and renewed their acquaintance with The Ledger. J. C. Jefferies, one of t he brightest of the legal lights of Gaffney, spent Wednesday in tho city of the Spar tans on professional business. J. M. Peek, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday on business. He is one t.f the genial, whole-souled at taches of the H. C. it G. E. R. R.. and. like ail the boys connected w'th it, makes friends everywhere ho h EUMORS, boils, pimples and all I eruptions are due to impure blood, and by purifying tho blood yvilli Hood's Sarsaparilla they are CURED. 'i* i: is rru in wc tflve you your money's wort !i (s hi i-Muse wo want, you to come hack, and wo I-.now you will come back u^aiu when you i ry us once. The oox \ r iciv'rioiv is over lull we still carry a full line of l ivsh 11read ami Cakes, Heavy ami Fancy (I loccrics. IS il i r oii(| calo-1 hal v- a wanpr If so, wo have il: for .,, do not Ion.die anytliinir but till* very li< st kinds. You may look all OV IC1* town and you won't find a better place to buy your Christnuis ('audit s, Apples. Ita- iianas. i bailees, Nutsof ul I kinds and I'ire- works. tlntu at I, T. CLARY & C0.’$ Olicsip St<»re, OI’I’OSITF I’OSTOFFicR. Clerk’s Sales. Ktati; or Sor i n t'Aitni.i.NA, i in Court of < 'or.M V or i 'iihitoKrk, i ('oniinoit I'lcas. l’ |, yton It. Love, IMalntIlf, uyalnst J. <1. Love, et. ah, defendants. In obedience to an order made herein, on Oetoher .fih, l-W, for partition, I will sell at UatViiey. s. ('.. I.cfoii- the c iiirt iiouse door, duilnjt the h aai hours of s tie, mi snlesduy, Tuenilay, Janiinry -ml, UKXi, (Monday, the first day of January, U liar a le^al holiday), Hit following deserlbtsi property, to-wit: All of the niliierals ami uilneral interest In a ei-rtalu tract of I a ml In Coiii.ry of < in rol.ee ami Slatof Foul Ii Carolina, known as "Flint Hill t.old Mine," h« lii*{ ihe mineral interest in said tract id' land which is bound) d on the North by Inn h. now or formerly Is'lonallik’' to I'rank Sniltli, fonnei’ly known as "Kennedy l.amls;” ijonndeii on tin* south by lauds of ,f, 11, Love; on the Last by liioiul Itiverj and on the West by lands of J. N. JcfferleH, con- lainlii^ two bundled and eighty acres, more or less. 'l'i rms of sale: Cash; purcliaser to pay for all papers ami revenue stamps. No bid will be ri-eeivcd |,,r less Ilian Five Tliou.and Dollars, (ZNJKiO Da. I n case of non-con.pllance for out-hour, a resale same day at purchaser's risk. J. Kb. Jeffkkiks, < Ik. C. C. pis. liei.'endzvr Dili, ih'JU.-Jt, Air. and Mrs. McWhorter Moved, Mr. and Mrs. McWhorter have rented Mrs. Montgomery's residence, and moved in Tuesday. Mrs. Mont gomery will board with Mr. and Mrs. McWhorter. This arrangement will be an ideal one for Mrs. Montgomery as it relieves her from the burdens of housekeeping and gives her ample time to attend to her numerous busi ness interests. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Whorter will moot with many good people in their new neighborhood who will be delighted to have them in their midst. The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist. The Discoverer of Swamp-Root at "Work in His Laboratory. There is a disease prevailing In this country most dangerous because so decep tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by it—heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure cr apoplexy arc often the result of kidney disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to ad vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Then the richness of the blood—the albumen —leaks out and the sufferer has Bright’s Disease, the v/orst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root the new dis covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands of apparently hopeless cases, after all other efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling about Swamp- Root and its wonderful cures. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and mention this paper. FREE! PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM CleuiM-i and b' autitiea tl.e htir. Promote! a luxuriant prowth. IIever Falls to itrstore Oray Uair to ita Youthful Color. Curte tralp <1 —"->?« f; hair laliing. 'Oc.t.-.d jl 00 41 D.-uf* fi* 1 * TtiroiiuK limHciiKcr Service on tin* South Carolina ,V Georgia Katlroml. Tliore will be oni-ratod on t hi- road on ami after tin* :.’Hh instant thrnuj-h passmijn r trains, daily except Sunday, scheduled us ft)I low s: Train No. JJ lea vititf Ma Hon. N. ('.. al a. in., malting' close connection at Ulucksburjr, S. <w ith the Sout tu rn's I rain No. kt> for < 'har lot te, N. ('., and all points Last, and connect- in^ with the Southern's'vestibule coin;.'to Atlanta, Ua., and nil isiiuts West, and will receive passengers j-oinv Last from train No. 10 on the (A ,N N. \V. JL It., at Yorkville, S. at. s iu a. in., and connects at ('anidcn, S. ('., with tin* Soutliern’s train No. Tsarrlv- in«- in Charleston, S. C., at 8.17 p. in. Train No. (U witli passmi^crcoach uttaclu il, leitvina Illaekshni'K at 5.:to a. in., and con- nectin-r at Itock Hill, S. •.viiii ihe South- orn’s Florida train for all points South. Train No. Xi leaving 1 iiiubn, S. < , al 1Z. >0 p. in . after the arrival of the Southern's < hiU'lesioti train connects at, La noisier, S. <'.. w il h the L. & C. K. U.; at t 'at a wha Junct ion witli the S. A. 1,., noiii- Lust, at Dock Dill S. with th)' Soul hern’s train No. .4 for Chariott(>, N. i-ud all nohils Last. Connects at Yorkville, S. C.. witli tiain No. 0 on tlie C. N. \V. K. It., for Chester, S. ('. At I’.htCkshurK with- the Si.utln rn's vestllmie ^0:11^ Last, and the Soutiicrn's tJ , s;!n No. Ii5 jfoin;;- \V»st. and connei'toiE' al Marion, N. C., with the Southern lioth l-.ast and Wfst. A more nilnule sclu iiuie v, i.l appi ar w lu 11 tin* train commences to operate. s. D. Lf.mpkin, General I’assen^er A^i*nt. Tax Returns. I will o|!(*n f lu* Ixxik’s for taking returns of property for the year li’i'O at my office, in tho town of Giitl'ney. on Monday, the 1st day of January, llXki. 1 will he In the ofllee till the litli. and will attend tin- following places al the following dates from lUa. m. till Ii |». m. each ilay Kir t lie inirpose of rei-ei vinn ret urns; At Mooi-i School House, on Monday, sth Jariu.ary, I'JOO. At Grove, on Tuesday, tin; Oth ilay of Jan uary, p.ino. At Kina’s Cn ek. on Wednesday, lOtli Jan uary, ll*oo. At Cherokei- I all, on Thursday. 11th Jan- miry. 11)00. At Hlackshurit. on Friday tind Saturday, I- tli and kith January. I'.iOO, At Grassy I’ontl, on Monday, January latli, IdoO. At Matul, ou Tuesday, lOtli January. I'.Kto. At L/.ull’s, on Weilncsday, 17tli January, I!)u0. At Macedonia, Tliursday, isth January, loon. At Whit.* i’laiiis, Friday. 10th January, 1000. At Thick) ly station, Saturday, .“loth Jan uary. 1000. At Dray ton vllle, Monday*-id January, looo. At Wilkinsvill.-, Tttesday, “dd January, 1000. At Sai rail's (I’i-jdmore's), W' clnesday. dlth January, 1000. At Asbury ('!’. D. Litllejoliu's), J'liursday, ;15th January, I’.mhi. At Ravenna (lirown’s Stoi*e), Fi May, 2<itli Jiinuttry, llmo. At Tinita r Rhino, Saturday, 27th January, 10< JO. At Allen, on Tuesday, 20th January, 1000. And at t ho office until tin* jotli l-'ehruary, 1000. after whi.'li lime l lie 50 per eent. will :il - tach to all win) nenleel or i el use to make re turns. All persons an* requested to nive in any real estate, cither Uiuxht or sold, wiio from or lo; also In v.liat School Dlstriel lli.-y live. I have made arrauneineuls with my assist ant, W. II. Ross, to be in the otiice to take i<— turns duriun Hie time that I am out of the olliee, for the accommodation of all that may call al Ihi' oilicc. W. D. FA Ml', II- 28-1 aw -2-20 Audi Dir Cherokee Co. Coughs, Colds, Croups, Asthma and all Throat and Lung Teouble relieved in- ^ stair ly by Dr. Wofford'* Expectorant Call at the Cherokee Drug Co., and get a free sample bottle. ■ -•-•■••-I II Probate Judge’s Sale for January, 1 900. STATL OF SOFT11 CAROLINA, J CorxTV <>k Cmmiok; i Office ok I’uotitTi: Jcnor. | D*muH R. Ross, in his own il^ht, and as Administrator, with tin* Will annexed. | of the estate of John W. Ross, deceased. Plaintiff, ajrainst Jacob 15. Ross, Amy Jane Galfney, John W. Ross. Lucy e. Holcomlie. M. L. Ross. Mary 1-. Hamlin, \\ m. 11. Ross, and Jolin Casliion and Lrne*tFasli|i*.n. * Defendants. Ry virtue of a Dt cr>*e rendered in tin* Pro bate < 'ourtof < 'lierokei- County. .State of South Carolina, on the first Monday, 4th instant, in December. Ifififi. 1 will sell at public auction to tin* liDhosl bidder. I>efore the Court Hou)M* diK;r In Clicroket County. Gaffney, Soutli Carolina, <>!i the first Tuesilay, salesday. in January next, liteo, helnz the 2)1 day of sai<l ruoritii (Hie first Monday beinj; llie first day of the month and a legaI holiday), during the leiful imurs of sale, the following’ described lands and real estate of John W. Ross, de ceased, and on the followimr terms: All that tract or tracts, parcel or parcels of land lying and tiehik’- in Limestone Township, Ch<*rok»:e County and State aforesaid, on wa ters'of Cherokee Creek, and known as and tH-hiK the estate lands of John W. Ross, de ceased. and hounded on the Soul It by lands of I . S. Northey and the Galfney City 1, Md and Improvement Company, on the Last by estate lands of Wm. G. Galfney. deceased, and es tate lands of \\ ells Gaffney, deceased, on the West by hnnis of M. I.. Ross and L. R. Ross, and on the North by estate lands of Thomas W. Galfney, deceased, and !»’. L. Linder, and coutaiiiinjt, as per plat made by R. <). Sams, surveyor, ou October 1st, Is 1 .)), four hundred ami elKhty-e.glit (48s, acres. Also two (2j lots of land, with liuildin^s thereon, lyiua in the town of Gaffney, State and County aforesaid, on Granard Street, in tlie northern portion of said town (a conve nient distance from thi* Southern R. R.de|KJt), curb fronting (i>tS; sixty-six feet on said Gra mm! Street and runninjr hack 200 feet, tin* one known as the "Lytf.on l.ot” running hack on alley to another alley; the other, known as the “Lliiot Lot,” runniiik' l>ack on Mills Street to said last named alley, said lots ail ■foiitin^ eacli other, and huunded by Granard and Mills Stn ets and said two alleys, and on each lot there is a five-room dwelliiijr house, eai*lt lot contaiuiug i:i,2i o square feet, more or less. 'i'lie town lots alxive described will be sold in four lots, so as to give each of the two lots fronting 1 on Granard Street iW feet front on said strei t, and running back 125 feet, and the two rear fi ls 11)1x75 fei t. with a live-room dwelling house on each of said last named lots. The fanning lands (48K acres) will be sold hi three 1 racts: that Last of Cherokee creek, con taining 150 acres, more or less, w ill In* sold as the first tiuct; that embracing the late resi dence of said John W. Ross, deceased, and lying West of Cherokee f reck and South of the Southern R. R., will he sold us the second tract, and containing 2iKi acres, more or less; ami t hat lying North of said railroad, contain ing *5 acres, mote or itss, will tx* sold as the third i rael. Plat of •.aid lands may bo seen in this office on day of sa lo. Terms of Sale: Purchasers of the Town Luts will tie required to pay one-half purchase money in cash, haiane** in twelve months, with interest from day of sale, credit portion to he secured by bond of purchaser and mort gage of ihe premises (old. Purchasers of the other lands aliovc dcscrilied will he required to payvnie-t hird (',) cash, balance in one and two years, equal instalments, witli interest from day of sale, credit p irtion to be secured by liond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold. Purcliaser to pay for papers, stamps, recording of mortgages and to have tin* privilege of paying all cash. .1. L. Wkbstuu, 1 tee. 8, 1MK). Probate J udge. 12-15-law-iKv Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. Jones & Co 'a Store. Can bo found at office six (lavs in tho week DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolle.son’s new store In oflice from 1st to 2Gth of each month: Tax Notice. mill) mill: mill) mill mill mill mill mill Tin* tax levy for Cherokee County for flsca year IMf.i is as follows: For State purposes 5 I‘’or Constitutional School Tax J For Ordinary County 4 For Poor House and Jail 1 For County Roads 1 For Townships Limestone, White Plains, Morgan and Cherokee, In terest R. R. lionds i For Townships Limestone, White Plains and Morgan, Sinking Fund.2 For Townships Draytonviiln and Gowtleyville. lu'crcst R. R. Ronds,*J For Townships Drayton ville and G*>wdoy\ille, Sinking Fund iqmill For t'hcrokco Township, Sinking Fund IKmlU For Townships Limestone, White Plains and Morgan, Spartanburg Jail I For Graded School District, Rlacks- burg, No, !• J For Graded School District. Galfney, No. M 2* *111111 I will be at the following places for tli purpose of collecting taxes: At office from November It) to DeoeintM'r 2 J. R. Jones, Comity Treasurer. Gaff ney. S. C., Sept. Uth. IMU mil! mill Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, Shingles,and Plaa ter Hair, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dyna mite Caps, eall on THE LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS, Telephone 57 CARROLL & CO., Lessees We Will Pay you .flO per cord for Dogwood Jogs of 7 inches and up in diameter, nny length over two feet. $0 per cord for persimmon, U inches and up in diameter, nil four feet long; must he sound and solid and free from largo knots; one or two small knots or lumps admissahlo. This price of tho logs delivered at our lumber yard. If you have any nice largo Walnut trees see us. It Will Pay to buy your Lumber, Doors, Sash, Hlimls, Shingles, Paints, etc,, from us. Oak and pine firewood for sale. J. 1C, lOCICI^Iv & 00.