Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rurc i^e:t>oejk. BY Ed. II. DkCamp. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY SI lISI’KirTIONIl'KU K! Onsh in advance, per year.... $1 00. On time, per year J^l oO. The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write shorfletters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to t he olTice by Monday and Thursday mornings Ca^ds of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Heading notices will he published at ten cents a line each insertion. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. vants, may purchase the engines and munition of war with which to drown a struggling republic in a sea of blood? Have we lost all faith in the doctrines of the Declaration of inde- dendence? Arc we to turn our backs forever upon the plain provisions of the Constitution? Shall we say, j with the wreckers of our country’s | institutions, we shall do what we please, and if the Constitution stands j in the way, so much the worse for the Constitution? Are we realty willing to be ruled by u “benevolent ’ despot? j Shall we allow the country’s sword with which Washington cut a path to fn edom for his people to he used by McKinley for the infamous work of thrusting freedom through the heart? WANTS MARRIAGE LICENSE LAW. Also .a Just and Generous Pension Law. DISPENSARY QUESTION. We shall soon be the parting of rOl.lTK'AI. ATOSTANY. The American people were the trustees of mankind. Never before, since the dawn of history, had a form of government so altogether admi rable been established. It did seem thut at last the dream of poets, the prayer of patriots and the ideal of philosophers was about to become an actual fact. Man was to govern him self. The individuality of each citi zen was to he held sacred. Our fathers had proclaimed the doctrine that every man possesses certain in herent, inalienable, imprescriptible rights which belong to him as a re sult of bis human status. It is the function of government not to create hut to conserve these rights. A man lias a right to himself, to his facul ties. to the exercise of his faculties, to the products of this exercise, to a lull and free and symmetrical develop ment of ail his powers and potencies. From this root idea grew freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of action, freedom of industry, and freedom of trade. The only limitation upon a man’s liberty is the fact that bo must not allow his liberty to im- punge nor infringe upon the like liberty in every other man. But there are in the world many anti social, unprincipled and turbulent men who, if unrestrained by superior force, would by their crimes render the lives of those about them insup portable. To prevent this the State is founded. It is the duty of that organization to protect the God-given rights of its citizens. The State ex ists to administer justice, using that word in the widest sense. The State is not a propaganda for spreading re ligious dogmas, nor a joint stock com pany for the manufacture of happi- ; i ess, nor a university for the discov- ! ery and ditlusion of truth. On ihe j contrary its busim-ss is Ihe orot- <•- tion of the citizen in his life, lib i • y. i property and the pursuit of happiness. The Stale has never yet performed its duty of protecting rights with any thing approaching completeness, but the more strictly it attends to its own business the better it succeeds in the role ef g lardian, and the farther it wanders out of its proper sphere into other provinces of human allairs the more ignominious are its failures, dust so soon as the State essays to treat its citizens as though they were its children who needed to be fed on pap and wrapped in swaddling clothes and held in arms; just so soon as it takes upon ii.sclf the task of determ ining what shall be the citizen’s »cli gious creed, directing his industrial activities, and moulding bis mind through State education into con formity to dominant ['political doc trine, just that soon does the servant become the tyrant, the defender be come the oppressor, and the po'ice- man becom ; the prince of robbers. All legitimate power comes from the the ways. \\ e must make our choice. Either becoming ajm-tutes from the political faith of our fathers, recruit ing our belief in human rights and abjuring forever the principles of free government, we must range ourselves under the pirate banner of aggressive imperialism ; or, rising in the majesty of our manhood, hurling from us in , proud disdain the blood-stained I pelf with which our recreant chiefs seek to bribe us, and flinging to the | breeze the colors which represent the [ principles for which our fathers fought at Bunker Hill and Cowpens, ’ on l.ake Erie and at New Orleans, at | i .Mannas^as and Chancellorsville, i We must restore the party of the | people to the place of power in the : government of the people, and, so ! doing “crush the tyrant, while we ; rend the chain.” The issue is joined. ! May God defend the right! NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Olticti of State Sii|>eriiiteii<l«ait of Edu cation Sliould lie Eliminated ns Ear as I’ossilde from the Cnidin^ Hand of Con st itutinna I i.aw. (CorlesoonUonce of The laaliier.) Etta Jane, Jan. 0.—By the time this appears in print our legislators will be at their posts ready to serve their constituents. We have no par ticular nquests to make or instruc tions to give them. However, we hope they will urge the passage of a marriage license law, on such equit able grounds as will not prove a pecuniary hardship on those who wish to enter upon the sea of matri monial bliss, and, at the same time throw a safe guard around the homes to protect its future and best inter est, as well as that of society at large. We hope, also, to see a just, gen eral and generous pension law en acted, that will nut be tinged with anything like “class Legislation” about which we have heard so much, I and for which we have sucli a de testation. Bay every man who did , service for the State or Con- | federate States in the war between ! the States something—or at least of fer it to him and if he doesn’t wish [ to accept it he can perhaps find some worthy object upon which to bestow : it. Treat the widows and orphans in ! the same way. i We are amused at what the Ches- hranch of the State Legislation. Neither does it apply to scores of others wo know in oilier counties in different parts of the state. But to the man or set of men wlto feels that it includes him or his tactics it is most alTectionately and sympatheti- caliy dedicated. Mr. William Banks and Miss Mamie Kates were married in Co lumbia on the 2nd inst., by Rev. .1. l\ Knox, ol the A. It. I'reshyterian church. Rev. J. I*. Knox, of Columbia, is much pleased with The Ledger’s visits. This is u compliment to the paper. j. l. s. AT THE OPERA HOUSE. AMONG THE GOOD BUFFALO PEOPLE, A Ledger Correspondent En joys Himself. HOSPITABLE COMMUNITY Hon. ter Lantern has to say and might be have heard of but one act of 1 pardoned for repeating it had we the space to do so. But we don’t sup pose this will he necessary for the benefit of our Cherokee county mem bers. They are not chronic office seekers, as yet, and we don’t believe they ever will he. But others who are, or may yet be, will, like some chronic grumblers and obstructionists in times past have done, denounce the “rascals” who have brought such shame and disgrace upon the State and particularly upon the dispen sary. In rigiiteous indignation they will stamp their feel and cavort around occasionally stopping to moisten their throats with dispensary samples and swear*by all that is good and bad that its the best solution of the kind they have ever tasted and claim that by it they will either stand or fall. With the same breath they will declare that nobody hates liquor and its ellect more Ilian they do. Grow ing eloquent they will often swear that if they believed that a prohibi tion law could be enacted and en forced they would advocate it with alt iheir power. We look for ail such “rot and buncombe.” To this class of law-makers we must say: We folly perpetrated by the Boers since they got into their “present unpleas antness,” and we don’t believe they were guilty of that. The report, has reached this country that they have requested our government to use its good olfices to bring an end to their war with Great Britain. The United .States would cut a ridiculous figure just now as an impartial peace maker between Great Britain and the Transvaal Republic. We are pained to record the deat h of Capt. Charles A. Barry which oc curred at ids home on the evening of the 4th instant. For a number of years he was chairman of the board of county commissioners of Spartan burg county, before Cherokee county had been formed, and lie afterwards represented Ids county in the State Legislature. He was a good man, upright and honest in ids dealings a id benevolent in ids disposition. He was honored by his countryman with positions of trust and he never violated the confidence of those whn iriu-lcd him. Auvai.cing >e.irs amt quie- | tude of his home, where lie was sur rounded with the comforts which Ids industry and good management had accumulated for old age. ♦ ♦ Gentlemen, don’t forget that lots of your constituents dke liquor and want it convenient, and those who don’t are not such rewi.g ful creat ures as to carr> Knives up their lading health compelled 1dm to retire j sleeves and murder in their hearts. from public life some time ago, and i ^ fjU must bo careful to speak of „ * ■ .i I those who don’t believe in compro- h;s last days were spent m the quie- . . ... . . ,, F mising with Uie devil as well mean ing but unfortunate misled people, that sounds so much better than cull ing them fools straight-out. Ben pie don’t like that style. Never think of taking your seat j until you have said or done some- Cherokee county is now well pre-i thing that will help you in the next l.ullH*r to I..ec*ture I'rhluy Evening. The Gaffney Lyceum Association will give its first entertainment next Friday evening at 7 :30 o’clock. The Hon. Luther Manship, of Mississippi, will lecture. He is pronounced Hie equal of ex-Gov, Bub Taylot by com petent critics. Hon. Jos. A. McCul lough, of Greenville, S. C., who heard him lecture in that city last month, writes one of our lawyers that lie con gratulates Gaffney on their selection of Mr. Manship as our first lecturer. That as an impersonator and enter tainer Mr. Manship has no superior. We trust that our people will turn out en masse to greet him in this the initial lecture of the course. Tickets on sale at both drugstores and at the Gatlney Mfg. Co. store at f»<)o. each, and the special price of llue. each for students. All student tickets must he bought through the teachers of the respective schools; this includes all public and private schools and col leges in the city. We understand that there are five or six of the season tickets yet for sale, at .$2 uO. Each entitles tiie holder to two seats for each of the live lec tures. Those wishing to obtain these special season tickets must call on Col. J. G, Wardluw. at the Company office, or Capt. J. C. Otts, at his law office. You must in all cases bring your tickets with you. There will be no admittance, unless you have your ticket, which will he numbered and punched at the door. This rule is imperative, and applies to holders of both season or member ship tickets, as well as holders of transient tickets. The committee have worked inces santly and under difficult obstacles, but we fee! they will overcome, indeed have overcome, them all, and the Galfney people uphold their hands. To Wash Colored Tahleelotlis. A good many persons who live on farms and have to do their own wash ing, use colored table linens to save washing, end to keep them looking new and from fading use a little Gold Dust Washing Bowder in the wash water, and dry in the shale. It is wonderful how long a pretty red ta blecloth will keep its freshness wash ed! his way. Wash the red or color- edna pkins the same way. IVrsonal*. Mrs. J. R. Brown, of Martinsville, V.i . is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E H Gaines, on Grenard street. Kenneth Baker, of Prosperity, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Baser. .Miss Kate Brown after having spent the 1.ulidays at In r home in .Martins ville, Ya., has returned to the city. A strictly 1'lrst-ClilHH Elite of .Jewelry (■uamiUted to (live Kiitisfuctloit or the Money Will Ate Kefuuded. A full and very fine line of jewelry is now offered for sale by R. R. Bt two A Co., of Blacksburg. C. pared to take care of law breakers. The jail is a model of neatness, secu rity and comfort. Many of the un willing guests at HherilT Thomas’ hospitable hoard, are more comforta bly and elegantly entertained than they have ever been before. The , commissioners have also erected a 1 commodious and handsome brick 1 barn, the lower story of which is di vided up into comfortable stalls for the county mules. As we passed by about twilight a few evenings ago, the county pets in stripes were gath ering in with their wagons and teams from the day’s work, and the place sovereign people. The consent of the ! reminded us of the headquarters of governed is the only basis upon which i 80me largo plantation, presided over free government can be founded. To ! b - v sorne P rlnce ly planter. There is force a form of government upon [a i 01 ’ly one lacking to make the people who hate it is a criminal out- i P Iac ’ e a,ld ils surroundings attractive rage upon human rights, even though that form of government be better in itself than any that that people could establish. Despotism has always sought to justify itself by appealing to the good that it does. But the forcible “assimilation” of a people contrary to their will is none tiie less “criminal aggression” because it is declared to be “benevolent,” nor even because it is thought that it will widen the markets and fill the pock ets of the great country which has foresworn its own sky-born principles of liberty, turned its artillery upon men whose only crime is a pas sionate longing to be free, and gone to work with hypocriti cal professions of philanthropy on its lips while felony broods in its heart to spread civilization by means which only those could mploy whose souls are steeped in savagery and to enlarge the boundaries of the Brince of Beaco by the bloody band of war. To carry on aggressive war requires enormous supplies of money. This must bo wrung by wicked taxation from the people. Thus the citizens of a republic must themselves feel thorellex ills of that tyranny which their government it striving to fanen upon another people. How long will a free people allow tin uiselves to be robbed of their money in order that tin ir upstart masters, once their scr- prinary election, and, if possible pu' your man on the Stale or Congress ional ticket. Be first to second every motion there is any probability of carrying by a large majority. Don’t Tail to oppose every measure that will make you unpopular at home. Very often you can win laurels and strength too by substituting “Twee dledum” for “Tweedledee” when a bill is of doubtful significance. Be sure to see time ihe obstructions in Broad river at and even below Co lumbia are not removed so as to let the fish come up and imbibe our cool mountain waters. That will inter fere with our agriculture and manu facturing interests. Then, if any body brings up a bill to prohibit the running of railroad trains on the tiub- bath be sure to be out “on leave of absence” until the vote is taken and then with a whoop rush back and join tl»e majority—it mutters not on which side of the question it is. When Mr. McCraw’s bicycle bill comes up (which it is sure to do) first find out what tiie leading news papers have to to say about it and be governed accordingly. Better to leave the lives and limbs of people to the tender mercies of idiosyncratic coun try mules than to advocate such a bill and become the laughing stock of the wiser and more fortunate classes of people. When you come to deal with the mutter of education eliminate the of fice of State Superintendent of Edu cation entirely (if possible) from the guiding hand of constitutional law, justice and common sense and clothe him with all the dictatiouul authori ty ho wants for his autocratic rule and self aggrandizement. Let the State Board of Education have the absolute right to what books shall or shall not be taught in our public schools (regardless of the truth or falsity of their teaching) and by so doing you will fasten and maintain the interest of book trusts. It makes no dilference whether the children are taught to believe that General Robert E. Boo was a patri ot, a soldi! r and a Christian gen tleman or an outlaw, a vagabond and u traitor. Makes no dilTerence. We know that our intelligent this grand medicine is what his i readers will fu.ly understand and country m eds. All America knows j appreciate the Kpiiit of irony that if cures liver and kidney with which we have ventured this lit- trouble, purifies the blood, tones up tie bit of gratuitous advice to our the stomach, Htrengt!hn> the nerves, law-makers and govern themselves and highly creditable to the county, and that is a neat and durable fence around the lot on which the jail and the -barn are located. This would add much to the appearance and more to the real value of the property than the fence would cost. Super visor Lipscomb and his hoard should see to it that the lot be enclosed. General Buller was bit In tho side by a spent bullet from a scbrupnel shell in the Colenso buttle. The world is always ready to take off its hat to the man who does the right thing at the right time. Nearly 2 8(X)0 residents of Minne sota shared in 1879 in the tr^e-plant- ing bounty, receiving $2 40 an acre. N|iiiIii'h HreiiteHt N'vt-il. Mr. It. 1*. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S J C. Weak nerves bad caused severe pains in the back of bis bead. On using Electric Bitters, America’s greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pains soon l< ft him. He says puls vim, vigor and iiew life into evt ry muscle, nerve arid organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only oO cents. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. accordingly. * Wo waul it distinctly understood that as yet not one word of tins garbled message either expressed or implied is intended for our present ClieroK.ee county members in either This line includes rolled gold plate, gold filiid. gold front and solid gold goods of our own mnnufactur and we warrant them to give perfect sat- it-faetion or we will refund the money paid for them by the pur- ebaser. We manufacture over d UOO designs- and patterns of jewelry and do not hesitate to warrant our goods to the fullest extent. We know they are exactly as represented. In ease this notice should reach patrons who are too fur from Brown A Co.’s place of business, or other stores where our goods aro sold, to admit of their going there to pur chase our goods, write us what you want and we wiil supply you by mail, at Hie regular prices. We will be glad to correspond with tho wearer of our goods concerning them. Will send full inst ructions us lo the care of jewelry, how to clean it, etc., on application, by mail. W. K. Main & Co. Eastern Factory, Corner Friendship and Eddy Streets ITovidence, Rhode Island, Western Factory (largest in the U. S.) under process of completion at East Iowa City, la. Over 52,000 feet of floor place. A twenty-two story building, to cost -f 1 000,000, is to be erected at Nos 25 311 Broad street New York. lii«iimii<-<*, 1.1 r«. Eire ami AeeMenE If you want a Life Insurance I’olicy talk with Darby, about the “Dividend Endowment Policy” that is issued by the Home Life Insurance Company. It is considered the most desirable contract issued. Darby will write you a better Fire Insurance contract than any other man in town. See hi:.i about that “Twenty per cent. Dividend Policy.’ Darby will insure you against all accidents, it will be an accident if you do not happen to an accident during this year. Belter see him at once about that “.Etna Combination Policy.” Irish Fenians clnim to have 200,- 000 men who are willing to fight Great Britain. Thai TtiriiMiiiu; lli'ndwolw. Would quickly leave you, if you ! used Dr. King’s Now Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have proved ; their matchless merit for Sick and Nt.rvoous Headaches. They make pure bloo l and strong nerves and build iqi your health. Ea^y to take. Try them. Only 25 cents Money hack if not cured. Sold by Cherokee j Drug Co. Don't make a friend of the man i who thinks more of his dog than he | does of ids wife. A \ IhII to the Habitation of .John StaniH, tiie “Wild Man of < hcrokee," A\ ho I.l\ei» in a Hox Hoofed Over Mitli a Few Old Hoards. ICorrespondence of Tho Ledger.) Near Blackshuiu;, Jan. I.—The follow ing is an account of tho splen did .Sunday School I'nion, which was heid with the Buffalo church in Die north-east corner of our county be ginning on the 27th and ending on the doth : We left our home at 12 in., on the 2fith ulto, and after a buggy ride of some several milts, we played the roll of tramp until the sun was low in the western horizon. Halting in front of Mr R. E. Porter s splendid residence we called, one ot ids noble sons opened the door in answer to our call and very courteously invited ! us in. We gladly accepted, for con- ! sideruble fatigue began to he felt by j us. Mr. Porter is one of Cherokee’s j worthy citizens as well as one of our [ most esteemed friends. We found our friend in tiie pantry department < aiding Mrs. Porter in preparing deli cious delicacies for the Union we had come over to attend. Truly our j lot for the night had fallen in a most j enjoyable home. At the supper table wo found in- ! deed that we were in the midst of a most kind people. All of them made ; us feel our inability to confer upon j them soon, if ever, favors similar to those we were receiving at their ! hands. The good lady humored our weakness at her bountiful table, be- yo'nd our desires and in fact, the en- : tire family did all that was possiolo ; lo make our stay a happy one, which ! it really was. Next morning we were provided a way to ride to the church. I On arriving at the chinch we found j it a large, old-time, comfortable one, ' established about 1817, and has al- | ways been a place of worship, where | men of known integrity and general I progress, with their families, have I always met to worship God; and to- ! day there meet at this place us worthy people its there are anywhere, j Our home the next night was at i tiie residence of Mr. Win. Gaston, j and a pleasanter night we never i spent in all our life. Here wo met | Mr. M. F. Duncan of the Blacksburg ! church. He is a very sociable gen- ! tiemen and one that is alive all over; I tie kept our kind hostess and her j charming daughters spell-hound, re lating amusing incidents of his pres- j ent lile, for Mr. Duncan is a widower with u keen edge, open to an oppor tunity for a change from that lonely state to a happier one. We wish liini well in this very natural enterprise. We felt it hard the next morning to take our leave from the home of this most generous family, but it was necessary, for our time- honored friend. Mr. John Holt, who now lives with bis aged lather-in law K Jonathan Moore, hud gotten our promise to spend Saturday night with him. Our friend, Mr. Gaston, gave me a seat with him from bis house to the church. We found a 1 irge company of people, notwit).» standing the extreme cold weather, gathered at the church awaiting the services of the day. We found Mr. Moore, Mr. Holt's aged father-in-law, a very interesting old gentleman of 77 years. He has his second wife and she, too, is a most estimable old lady. It is needless for us to say that our stay here, as elsewhere, was made most agreeable. We had the pleasure before of spending sometime at tho home of Mr. Holt, while he lived near Gatlney, and we were ul- ways made to feel at home when with thorn. Next morning Mr. Holt invited me to go with him to see what he called the “wild man.” Mj friend, myself and Mr. Win. Moore, after filling a bucket of extra good things, started to see this, the greatest personal cu riosity in the Mute. .Mr. Holt said ho wished logo for two purposes; first, he feared the extreme cold weather was too severe fur the poor old man, and secondly, he wanted to give the old man something extra to eat. After following a blind path way, sometimes around the edge of fields and again in clusters of old field pines ami brier brumbies, wc came in sight of, in u most out-of-the way place possible to find in all that country, a glimmering smoke, com ing it seemed to us, from out of the ground. We had traveled about one mile, for it is about that far from | Mr. Holt's and about the same dis- * 1 lance from Buifalo church. Now, I ! was cautioned to remain a little ob- ! scare, as our man was never pleased with visits from those he did not know. I obeyed and soon we were before the scene. There before us sat a poor old man, wretched in ap pearance, beyond description, dirty, ragged and no _evidii:ces of any kind of comforts could be seen anywhere, “Daniel Boone” in his wild Kentucky home among the wild Indians, never presented a more romantic picture than the one before us. No bed nor no sign of provisions could bo seen, yet he said he had plenty to eat. He refused to take the nice provis ions presented to him by our friend, and never consented to take them until Mr. Moore told him he would call again some day and let him set tle for them. He lives in a hox, or that is all 1 could see, and it was rudely rooftd over by a few boards which extended I lar enough over to partly cover a sort of life-place, which was protected by a few loose pine logs. I saw m Hus box, perhaps as many us two rough, dirty and punly hunied bed comforts, ii« appeared to he about lifty-live or sixty )eurs old, and my friends! t-ay he has never heard more Ihun about two sermons, yet this wretched j home is only about one mile from Buffalo church. I was told that he became wild during the war. While at times, i several years ago, he ventured to go oronnd in the community, ho nevi r would he reconciled in company, at d never was found far from this lonely retreat. There is not a dwelling in which any one lives nearer than about t hroe quarters of a mile of him. ; His name is John Starnes and he cul tivates, with a hoe, about one and three quarters acres of land and upon what he makes on that, Hus poor man mostly lives. But to return to the Union, this was the closing day and was also a ! very instructive one. Rev. M. B. I Malhceney preached a most able ser mon on charity, which was very in structive. j, j. j). r l h<* TeiitiHtninre It is impossible to exaggerate the evils of intemperance. Intemper ance is a remorseless murderer, a fruitful breeder of criminals, of paupers, and of idiots; a cold-blooded destroyer of manhood, a conscience less rubber of women and children ; a foul invader of home purity, a heartless foe to domestic bliss, a cor rupter of public morals. From the very nature of its mis sion in the world, the Christian church is responsible for its attitude toward the “Temperance Movement.” The Christian church, as no other agency, is divinely made responsi ble for tiie establishment of Christ’s kingdom among men, a kingdom whose forces can he content with nothing short of a reign of universal righteousness in the earth. The original charter of the church made it not only its divine right, but its divinely impose d duty, lo carry forward its work of moral conquest, until the last revolted province of this world sliall gladly how to the sceptre of Jesus Christ. Intemperance confronts the prog ress of Christianity and challenges the very prophecies of its final tri umph. The Christian church has no foe more implacable, none whose hatred is more deadly, or whose on- position is more diabolical, than is represented in the forces of the liquor truilic. There is no alternative. Either the church must prove untrue to its divinely iiyposed mission—must per mit its prophetic hopes to die—or, clothed in its heaven-given panoply, it mu-t face and drive this array of evil forces from the world. Much is said about the rights of individual liberty in this relation. But the spirit of Christianity is nut quick to prompt this argument. 1 ne day of the world’s emancipation from the rum curse will not come, until those who btiar the name of Christian shall walk with spotless garments in the presence of this evil, touching not, tasting not, the un clean thing. -Wc know of nothing better to tear the lining of your throat and lungs. -It is better than wet feet to cause bronchitis and pneumonia. Only keep it up long enough and you will succeed in reducingyour weight, losing your appetite, bringing on a slow fever and making everything exactly right for the germs of con sumption. Stop coughing and you will get well. Ager’s Cherry Pectoral cures coughs of every kind. An ordinary cough disap pears in a single night. The racking coughs of bronchitis are soon completely mas tered. And, if rot too far along, the coughs of con sumption are completely cured. Ask your druggist for one Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Plaster. of It will aid the action of the Cherry Ptctoral. If you hnvo any complaint xvliut- evor ami ilesire the best inediral advice you can possibly obtain, vrito us freely. You v ill receive a prompt reply that may bo of great Value to you. Address, DU. J. C. AYKU, Lowell, Mass. I. Cloitgu Wai.lacb.. J. Cornelius Otts. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. Ail business bit rusted to us, given pronript find vigoi us attention. OHice up stairs, next to li. A. .tones & Co. ’I’hone ST. I).R.Duncan. C. I*.Sanders. W.S. Hall, Jr. DUNCAN, SANDERS S HALL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office t wotloors above Ledger Office. W.’- •>•«*£ Have vow Heard , of n? J You may have heard | about SCOTT’S EMULSION S and have a vague notion ^ that it is cod-iiver oil with § its bad taste and smell and ft all its other repulsive fea- f tures. It is cod-liver oil, the S purest and the best in the S world, but made so palata- ^ ble that almost everybody £ can take it. Nearly all ^ children like it and ask for g more. SCOTT'S EMULSION ® looks like cream; it nour- ^ ishes the wasted body, of o the baby, child or adult better than cream or any other food in existence. It bears about the same rela tion to other emulsions that cream does to milk. If you have had any experience with other so-called “just as good” preparations, you will lir.d that this is a fact. The hypophosphites that are combined with the cod-liver oil give additional value to it because they tone up the nervous system and impart strength to the whole body. 50c. anil $1 00 all drui'KistS. SCOTT U EONS N1., ChcmUts, New York. -FJ. C. JEFFERIES 4- GAFFNEY, S. C. Coniinemitl I.aw. Corporation I .aw Heal K«tate Law. Money t<> loan on approved security. J A M ICS A. WIMvIS, Attorncy-at-Law, o/YKi'rvi-iv. c. Money to loan on Kt-al Estate. Office over It. A. Jones & Co.'s store. kardin k McWhorter, < lYt t ornejvw tit L.ja'vVs GAFFNEY, - - S. C. Money to loan on city real estate. Office over It. A. Jones & Co.'s Store. J. E. WEBSTER, A.ttoi-ney-A.t- Ivcew, Office In Court House. (Probate-Judge sofflciy^K' Gaffney City, S. C. ■ ' Practices in all the courts. Collec tions u specialty Business Change. The firm heretofore known as Bridges A Reason having Ix-en dissolved hy the pur- clcise of Mr. Bridges’ interest hy Sir. o. F. Holland the huslness will hereafter be con ducted under the linn nameof Benson X llul- land. Benson \ Holland assume all liuhili- ties. We respectfully solicit tho continued paironageof the many friends and customers of the old firm. Very truly, BKASON X HOLLAND. We wish to extend to the public our most grateful t hanks for the patronage Itcstowcd itjion us the past two years and to assure them that our purpose at all times was to give pH cents value for every dollar we re ceived. and we desire, su far as practicable, that our customers and friends continue to patronize om successors. Yours t ruly. Bid DC KS &. BKASON. Have You a Heart That you wish engraven? If so bring it tome. Or if you want good reliable Watch es. Jewelry or Sil verware let tut" order t neru for >011 from one of t he best w holesale jewel ry houses In the I'nited States. Repairing in tin- above lines a specialty. J. S. COOPER. Why do you ••• send your job printing out of % town when can you ^et it done at heme as elicap and in as good style ■‘vs you can away from home i' Send for a Ledger rep resent a live the next time you want jolt printing and give a home enterprise a ehanee. I'iRt, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE. Wlion yon m ed a I in* I if** ur AuciiUmt l*ola*y uml jj'W r.itt > and ihtnnniition. Your fnisinc.ss. soliritrd. 1* Miipt attwitiou. . JONES J. DARBY, Agt. Office over U. A. Jones X i 'o.'s store. W. T. THOMPSON, Blacksmith and Wood Shop. All kinds of work done on short notice. Shoeing, Tire Sett big. Wheels in BoilingOil a Specialty. Wood 4 foot long, llickory. Oak. Poplar and Pine Lumticr and all Urn's of marketable produce taken In payment for work. Oomo let us reason together. I or my representative always at shop. IL’O feet west of dummy line on Itulledgc street. Executor’s Sale Of Benj. Purser’s Personal Property. Statk of South (‘aiioi.ina County of cmfkokfk. / Court of ( Probate. By vlrture of authority l>y order Issued from the Probate Court of Cherokee county, and state aforesaid, this date, we will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder at the bite residence of Benjamin Purser, deceased, near Lawn, in said county, on Monday the l.'dh day of January, I'.kni, In-gbiubig at IU o'clock a. m., the personal property of said, deceased, consisting of horses, mules, cows, corn, fodder, eolton seed, seed eotton, farm tools, thresher, cotton gin, engine and saw mill, slock of merchandise, wagons, buggies. it. ho -ho and kltehen furniture, .» Cash on delivery of property. o. K. Tatk, E. L. Tatf, •utorsestuU Benjamin Purser deed, y, ». c. Dec. JVth, IkUU, l-2-iw-4tl