The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 19, 1900, Image 3
THE PARTING.
Two, h^re, side by side,
Two that tarry the tide,
(live vt your hand, my boy;
Grasp we warm and lonir.
Thank* (or the day when our hearts had Joy,
Our (e tt had speed and our lips a song.
The sails are filling-give us your hand!
Two and two.
And their hearts were tree—
Here's to us both, one left on the strand;
One off in the bark comes never to land.
Two, here, side by side,
Two that tarry the tide.
Give us a kiss, my girl;
Life and love arc all.
Thanks (or the glance mid the dance’s whirl.
For the smile and the sigh and the sweet lids’
(all.
The sails are tilling—one more kissl
Two and two.
And their hearts were true—
Thanks for the heart a heart can miss.
Here’s to us both, the end of the bliss!
—John Vance Cheney In Cosmopolitan.
I A HEROINE
AT LYDENBERG.
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An Episode In the
Transvaal War of
1880-1.
BY W WILMOTT DIXON.
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One forgets many thiugs iu 18 years,
« D tl probably the story which I purpose
retelling hero is forgotten by all except
the surviving actors in it and their iut-
nicdlate friends. Hut the memory of
such a sigual instance of British pluck
should uot be allowed to die.
Ou Sunday, the oth of December,
1SSU, the little town of Lydeuberg, in
the Transvaal, was iu a state of un
wonted excitement. The whole popu
lation was out in its Sunday best to
give a hearty send off to the Ninety-
fourth regiment, which had been quar
tered there for many mouths and was
now ordered to Pretoria. Both officers
and men had made themselves ex
tremely popular with all classes, and
the expressions of regret at their de
parture were universal. Numbcis of
the inhabitants accompanied the regi
ment on its way for live or six miles.
One lady and gentleman—Lieutenant
Walter Long, the junior subaltern of
the Ninety-fourth, and his pretty young
wife—rode out as far as 15 miles. Hie
colonel had paid the lieutenant the
high honor ol leaving him in sole com-
l.jPrr
maud of th^troops left behind, a re
sponsible position for a youngster of
barely two and twenty.
As the lieutenant and bis wife turned
their horses" heads and bade farewell
to their comrades Colonel Anstruther
called out:
“(ioodby, Mrs. Long! Look after
Long, and mind you're a good little ad
jutant. (ioodby. Long! Look after
my garden for me; remember, 1 expect
to liud it in as good order as 1 leave it.
Both the colonel and the lieutenant
were enthusiastic gardeners.
As the regiment tramped past Mrs.
Long cried out:
“(ioodby, Ninety-fourth! Cod bless
you!”
And the men shouted back:
“(ioodby. our lady! God bless you,
Mrs. Long!”
It was a last farewell for many of
them, though they little thought it, for
a fortnight later Colonel Anstruther
and more than half bis men were killed
at Bronkhorst Spruit.
Out ou the open veldt, about half a
mile from the town, were eight mill
tary huts, each 50 feet long by IS feet
wide, built two abreast, with an inter
vening space of IMJ foot, the whole
forming a parallelogram 78 yards in
length by 20 in breadth. At the first
rumor of disaffection among the Boers
Lieutenant Long resolved to withdraw
his men into these huts and throw up
some kind of shelter round them, for
up to this time they stood without the
slightest Inclosure and utterly unpro
tected. The force under bis command
consisted of 50 privates and three non
commissioned officers of the Ninety
fourth, seven privates and a sergeant
of the Uoyul engineers, three privates
and a conductor o*’ the army service
corps—in all. including Dr. Falvey of
the army medical department and
Lieutenant Long himself, (50 officers
and men.
Mrs. Long, who had been living with
her husband in a pretty little cottage
embowered in roses and fruit trees at
the lower end of the town, without a
moment’s hesitation decided to leave
her comfortable home and take up her
quarters with her husband. Her many
friends in Lydenberg tried in vain to
dissuade her from the stop. She was
offered a warm welcome in half a doz
en houses, but the brave little woman
said that her place was beside her hus
band. So the soldiers brought her be
longings from the pretty cottage to one
of the huts and showed their admira
tion for her pluck by taking the great
est pains in making her quarters as
tasteful and comfortable as possible.
There was, however, but scant accom
modation for u lady In the lint assigned
to her, which sheltered under its roof
throe horses (whose every movement
was distinctly audible), besides herself
and her husband.
On the ll!th of December they began
throwing up works of defense round
the huts, and Mrs. Long delighted the
men by working as hard as any of
them. On the 2.‘5d of December the ap
palling news reached them of the mas
sacre of the Ninety-fourth at Brouk-
borst spruit. But, stunned .hough
they were by the terrible tidings, they
set to work more vigorously than ever
to complete their defenses. When the
tiny fort was tiulshed, it was christen
ed Fort Mary, in honor of Mrs. Long,
and Father Walsh, a Uotnan Catholic
priest who had elected to cast iu Ids
lot witli the little garrison, fonunlly
blessed it.
An envoy from the Boers, Dietrlck
Muller, appeared on the 27tli of Decem
ber with a proposal that the garrison
should surrender and accept a safe
conduct into Natal. His surprise at
ttie youthful appearance of the '•om-
uiauduut of the fort was great. “Dat
youuker!" lie exclaimed iu contempt
But “dat youuker" was not so green as
Mr. Muller Imagined, lie suggested
writing to Pretoria for Instructions.
Muller cojiscnit <|, and Lieutenant Long
thus •IcvcKly gained a delay of live
days, which lie utilized in very mate
tinlly strengthening Ids defenses.
Ou Hie Itli of January the Boers u|>-
peared iu force, some 7*H) of them, amt
formally demanded the surrender of
the fort, to which summons the young
subaltern returned the spirited reply,
“it is Inconsistent with my duty as a
soldier to surrender my trust.” An
urgent appeal whs once more made by
Mrs. liOiig’s friends In the town to In
duce her to quit the fort and take up
her residence in one of the many
homos placed at her disposal. But she
stoutly refused.
Two days afterward the attack com
menced. For three hours and a half
700 Boers kept up a continuous rille
tiro upon the little fort at a range of
500 yards. In her own charmingly
modest and simple narrative, Mrs.
Long thus describes her feelings when
she first found herself under tire:
“I must humbly confess that during
the first hour of the tiring 1 was dread
fully frightened and took refuge under
i table for its imaginary shelter. Fa
ther Walsh entering the hut at that
moment with ids breviary in ids hand
to look for me, and, not finding me, as
lie expected, called me. 1 lifted the ta
ble cover and poked my head out, say
ing, ’Here 1 am, father!’ My position
struck me as so ludicrous that I burst
into a hearty lit of laughter. Not till
4 p. in. was 1 aide to ascertain that,
notwithstanding the terrible lire of the
last four hours, not a man had been
wounded. My husband, knowing bow
anxious 1 should be as to ids safetj,
looked iu as ofteu as he could to cheer
me.”
But she very soon overcame these
natural terrors and got so used to the
tiring, even when the Boers brought a
couple of cannon to bear on the fort,
that she frequently slept right through
the cannonade.
What with tending the sick and
wounded and making sandbags, some
times turning out as many as four
dozen of them Iu a day, Mrs. Long s
time was fully occupied. Think of
her there, one woman, little more than
:i girl, alone among <50 men fighting for
their lives against ten times their num
ber! What wonder that the men fought
like heroes with this daintily bred Lng-
lisli lady sharing all their dangers and
setting them an example of patience
and courage and cheerfulness. She
admitted that at first she felt the ab
sence of any of her own sex keenly.
But the soldiers were so devoted to
her, so delicate in tlioir solicitude and
consideration for her, that she soon
lost the sense of loneliness.
One day a strange messenger ar
rived. a little black and tan terrier,
with a piece of paper folded iu a rag
tied round its neck. It was a commu
nication from some friendly townsfolk
informing them that the Boers were
quarreling among themselves, furious
with Dietrick Muller for being such a
fool as to allow the English those five
days to complete their defenses and
adding as a hint that the defenders of
the fort were filing too high, which
hint. 1 need hardly say, was quickly
taken.
The garrison had nothing in the
shape of a gun with which to meet the
fire of the two (5 pounders that the
Boers had in position. But one day
Mrs. Long suggested to one of the
army service men that the “monkey
of an Abyssinian pump which they bad
might perhaps be utilized. The idea
was promptly seized upon and ingen
iously carried into execution, and the
Boers were very much amazed when a
cylindrical shot weighing two pounds
six ounces, formed of round crowbar
Iron cased in lead, came crashing in
among them. “Mrs. Long’s gun, as it
was christened, proved a very valuable
addition to the armament of Fort
Mary.
The lints were riddled through and
through with round shot and rille bul
lets, and the escapes from (hath wore
so miraculous that Lieutenant Long
twice had tae men assembled for a
special thanksgiving service conducted
by Father Walsh. Ou olio occasion a
cannon shot struck the wall within an
iucli of Mrs. Long’s head and covered
her with dust and debris.
Another time the hut in which she
lived came down abour her cars, and
her escape from being crushed iu the
ruins was marvelous. But she must
needs, womanlike, go back to rescue
her “things” and expressed truly fem
inine sorrow to find her best bonnet
smashed as tint as a pancake and only
one cup, two saucers and a couple of
plates left of all her cherished crock
ery.
Meanwhile the men kept up their
spirits with music and dancing. “Hold
the Fort,” with a strictly local applica
tion, was a favorite chorus, and the
men invented a version of the famous
Jingo song:
We don’t want to Cgtit, but, by jingo, if we do,
We've got tbe pluck, we’ve got Ibe men and am
munition too!
We’ve (ought tlic Zulu king unj Sekekunl, too.
And tbe doers shall never get Into Fort Mary.
And they never did, though they tried
their utmost to dvive out the gallant
defenders with cannon and rltles, and,
what was worse. “Greek tire” shot iu
metallic tubes into the thatch of the
roofs. Perltfips if the Boers could only
have summoned up courage to make a
determined assault while the lints were
blazing and half tbe garrison occupied
in putting out the tlames they might
have captured the fort. But they did
not care to meet the stubborn defend
ers of Fort Mary hand to hand. So they
contented themselves with potting at
the gallant fellows who fyurles-Jy ex
posed themselves In their efforts to ex
tinguish the fire. Those efforts were
successful, though they cost the lives
of two brave men who could ill be
spared.
But the garrison were not content
witu standing only on the defensive.
They made plucky little night sorties,
which scared the Boers considerably
and caused them sonic loss. Twice
Conductor Parsons of the army serv
ice corps sallied out alone iu the dark
and pitched hand grenades iu among
the enemy, which produced a perfect
panic among them. There were vigor
ous sapping and mining, too ou the
part ot tlie Uoyal engineers, who made
tilings very lively for the besiegers.
Then the water ran short—a pint a
day for each man was all that could lie
spared, and this, though supplemented
with a pint bottle of ale from tin
stores, was terribly short rations of
drink in the hottest month of an Afri
can summer. Plucky Mrs. Long found
the privation of water for washing
more trying than even the thirst, and
her Joy was intense when, after many
days of tiffs privation, she discovered
a Mg hath sponge in its oilcloth ease,
Htlll damp. One daily wipe she and
her husband allowed themselves as a
luxury and then locked the sponge up.
At last the rain, which for many
weary hours they had watched delug
ing the bills a round, condescended to
visit them, and then they had rather
more water than they wanted, for, the
lints being all rootless since the fire,
there was lio shelter from the pitiless
downpour. The soldiers, always eager
and anxious to proiect Mrs. Long, rig
ged up a tarpaulin screen to shield her
from the rain when sleeping, but de
spite their care she often woke up
drenched.
The news of the disasters at Lnings-
nek and Majiiba Hill was, of course,
promptly communicated to them by tbe
enemy, accompanied by a peremptory
summons to surrender. But Lieuten
ant Long, though badly wounded him
self, lying helpless, with ids faithful
wife nursing him night and day, sent
back the curt answer. “I shall hold out
to the last.” And the men, looking at
that brave woman, so patient and
cheerful under her terrible load of anx
iety, set their teeth hard and swore the
Boers should never have Fort Mary
while there was a man left to handle a
rille.
“And ever on the topmost roof the
old banner of England blew.” At first,
indeed, it was but a merchant ship's
ensign. How they hoisted a real union
jack I will let Mrs. Long tell in her
own words:
“Our ship's ensign had become, what
with the wind and what with the bul
lets, a perfect shred. Moreover, .we
were anxious to hoist a real union jack.
A Geneva Hag was discovered, but,
though sufficient red and white were
forthcoming to complete the crosses,
no blue was to be found. Nothing
daunted, the men came to me to in
quire if 1 possessed such a thing as a
bit of dark blue for the new Hag, and,
to their delight, 1 gave them a serge
dress of the desired color. A beautiful
union jack was very soon made and
hoisted instead of the first. Our ship’s
ensign, though exchanged, was not dis
carded, for under its tattered shred our
brave fellows were carried to their
graves.”
On the 20th of March the Boers kept
up a furious cannonade and fusillade
all night. But the next morning, to the
surprise of the garrison, a white ting
was hoisted over the enemy’s lines, and
under its protection Lieutenant Baker
of the Sixtieth ritles brought them the
humiliating news that peace had been
concluded with the Boers. So the gal
lant defenders marched out from the
riddled and battered little fort which
for 84 days they had held against ten
times their number.
Mrs. Long was so thin and pulled
down that her friends in Lydenberg
hardly knew her. The Boers cheered
her heartily as she passed them on
her way into the town, and their com
mander. Diet Steyne, treated her with
the utmost courtesy. Indeed such a
chivalrous gentleman was this gallant
Boer that lie sentenced one of ids men
to 25 lashes for shouting out during
the siege: “Come out, Mrs. Long, and
make us some coffee. We are so cold.”
At the same time lie threatened double
the penalty if any further insult were
offered to the English lady.
Lieutenant Long and Ids men were
publicly complimented in a general or
der “for their successful and heroic
defense.” But I am disposed to think
that the largest share of the praise was
due to the brave woman who set them
so noble an example.—Chambers’ Jour
nal.
Veteran
Lm W* Stone,
>c
Anita, Iowa, served big country during the
lato war at the expense ot his healt h. The
story concerning his restoration to health
is given below in his own words:
‘‘When I returned from the army my
constitution was broken down. I suf
fered extreme nervousness, and indi
gestion. Physicians did not hc!p me
until one prescribed Dr. Miks’ Nerv
ine, and today I am in better health
than I have been for thirty years."
DR. MILES’
Restorative
Nerwm©
is sold by all druggists on guarantee,
first bottle benefits or money back.
Book on heart and nerves sent free.
Or. Miles Medical Germany, Elkhart, Ind.
Having a Great Itun on Cliamlierlain'M
Cough Kenieily.
Manager Martin, of the Pierson
drug store, informs us that he is hav
ing a great run on Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. He sells five bottles
of that medicine to one of any other
kind, and it gives great satisfaction.
In those days of la grippe there is
nothing like Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy to stop the cough, heal up
the sore throat and lungs and give rt-
lief within a short time. The sahs
are growing and all who try it are
pleased with its prompt action.—
.South Chicago Daily Calumet. For
sale by Cherokee Drug Company.
The Mississippi legislature has
chosen Ansel J. McLaurin. ihe pres
ent governor, for i'nited States sena
tor, knocking out Private John Allen.
Free of ('iiiiri'*-.
Any adult suffering from a cold
settled on the breast, bronchitis,
throat or lung trouliles of any nature,
who will call at Dr. S. B. Crawley &
Co's, will he presented with a sample
bottle of Boschee’s German Syrup,
free of charge. Only one bot tle given
to one person, and none to children
without order from parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had
such a sale as Boschee’s German
Syrup in all parts of the civilized
world. Twenty years ago millions of
bottles were given away, and your
druggists will tell you its success was
marvelous. It is really the only
Throat and Lung Remedy generally
endorsed by physicians. One 75
cent bottle will cure or prove its
value. Sold by dealersin all civilized
countries
The postal money order service in
New York for 181)8 amounted in
round numbers to •t , JO,0O(),0f , 0. For
IS!)'.) it amounted to ^115,000.
Kltlney TrouItlt-H.
The kidneys cleanse the blood and
on their activity depends tbe health
of the body. If tbe liver becomes
so torpid that it interferes with the
work of the kidneys ihe body suffers
and dropsy results. The most valua
ble feature iu the curative ( ffect of
Pricki.y Ash Bittkks is its stimula
ting influence in the kidneys.
It heals and strengthens those organs
so that they resume their blood
cleansing and urine gathering func
tions, purifies and regulates the liver,
tones up the stomach and digestion,
and by a mild yet thorough cathar
tic effect, all poisons and- bilious im
purities in the bowels are driven out.
It quickly restores strength and
health. Sold by Cherokee
Co.
A T<>l>iu , C!i I'armcr.
Jolly Sam Sarratt is the only to
bacco farmer in Cherokee with whom
we are acquainted. In fact we have
not hoard of another one. Sam
sowed his tobacco beds on old Christ
mas day. Among the varieties sown
is the Havanna, which is noted for
its fine flavor. Mr. Sarratt hopes to
make 500 pounds on a quarter o
an acre of land this year. He thor
oughly understands curing tobacco
and sold all he made last year at
20e a found. His home-raised to
bacco is said to he tar superior to the
manufactured article.
CnIifornIn's Deiiinnilii.
California first invented a serious
need of steamboats in the United
States and for a generation practically
monopolized them. By a poetic injus
tice she has to this day very nearly
the worst steamboats. She invented
long distance railroading—indeed, one
may probably say the American rail
road system. There was uot nor lias
been any other reason for mileages
over 5.000. California called for a rail
road three times as long as the world
had ever seen and, getting it, gave
back the sinews to vein the east with
railroads—the sinews and the impetus.
It is hardly necessary to remark that
transcontinental railroading is a tech
nic by itself, and that precisely as
American methods actually direct con
tinental ones, so the long, lean, single
track, sand ballasted railroads across
our continent are still tutors to the
short, fat, perfected roadbeds of the
narrow slates,—Harper’s.
AN ORDINANCE
To Raise Supplies for the Fiscal Year
1900-01.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Aider-
men >f the Town Council of Gaffney, in
council assembled, and by the authority of
< lie same:
That a tax to cover (lie expenses of t lie said
town from the first Tuesday In March, I'.HX) to
the first Tuesday in Mar. ii, 1U01, be levied
ind collected in manner and form following:
Section 1. There shall be paid on each dol
lar of the assessed valueof all real estate and
of all personal property the sum of two mills
for general purposes; the sum of two mills
for retiring Town Hall, Electric Light and
Waterworks Bonds, and the sum of four mills
for the payment of the interest thereon
making a total of eight mills.
Sec. 2. Each am! every male person be
tween the ages of eighteen and tifly years,
•xcept ordained ministers, shall pay on or
before the 11 rst Tuesday iu March, WW, the
sum of £J.OO for road or street exemption;
md any person liable to this tax, who shall
fail to pay the same within the time specified
shall lie required to work on the streets of
the said town six days under the direction of
the street overseer; and any person failing
to pay said commutation or to perform said
labor, shall lie brought before the mayor’s
court and shall bo fined in sum not exceeding
ilis.no or imprisoned not exceeding twenty
days.
mSKHAXT THADKKS AN!> AUCTtOXKEKS.
Sec. Ik No more than $15.00, within the dis
cretion of the Mayor, shall be paid per day
by c\ery Itinerant trader or auctioneer offer
ing for sale within the corporate limits of the
town of Gaffney, at auction or otherwise, any
goods, wares or merchandise to others that
the t rade, to lie paid each day in advance:
and every itinerant trader or auctioneer
liable to said tax, who shall fail to pay tiie
same, shall be lined not more than 540.00 or
imprisioned not more than thirty days for
every day he shall so offend.
TitoviEKi), that this section shall not lie
held to apply to dealers in grain, fruits, i>o-
tatocs, poultry, earthenware, or manufact
ures of like character, raised and produced
on the vender’s own farm.
SPECIAL. TAXES.
Sec. 4. No person, firmer corporation shall
bo engaged in, prosecute or carry on any
businessor profession hereinafter mentioned,
without having first paid a special license
tax therefor, as follows, to-wit:—
Agents for or dealers in fertilizers, for
sale 10C tons or less
Agents for or dealers in fertilizers from
loff to 200 tons
Agents for or dealers in fertilizers, for
each additional 100 tons over 2n0 tons
Agents selling or dealing in patent
rights, whether in store or on streets
Agents or dealers in iron safes
Agents or dealers in sewing machines
Architects, surveyor, civil engineer, or
either
Auctioneer '•
Auctioneer replenishing stock from
' ime to time, as the same becomes di-
00
50 00
20 00
.« 5 00
III Oil
00
III Op
|0 (Ml
minis
bed
;>o
HI
Baker
5
00
Bulls,
public, when admission fee is
cliiirc
red per nig-lit
5
00
Banks,
private..
,VJ
00
Banks,
capitalized at?5<l,lili(l.(IO or less..
• 5
00
Banks,
capitalized, for each additional
£10on.oo over ^.VJJHmi.oo
1
00
Il:u her, one clnilr • • •
5
00
Burlier
, second chair
sy
,*»0
Barber
, for each additional
1
no
Bicych
■s, dealers in or agents for sale
of
to INI
Bicych
•s, persons running establish-
incut
s for hiring
5
00
Bill posters, local or
I M •!
Your rtTorts art* in Vain
trying to regain lost strength by the
use of tonics, tiervit es, prepaiations
of codliver oil, iron, etc. To Sft
hick the ohl-time vigor, (he bright
eye. the firm s*on, the ambition, the
li st aim must be to promote nutri-
•im. The stomach needs the aid
of a nowirful ally like Tyner’s Dys
pepsia Remedy. With its help, in
digestion vanishes, p-rftet digestion
rules, and health is assured.
For sale by all druggists. Price 50
cents per bottle.
PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
ClconHi g ami bcautilie* the hair.
Fromotea a lueiriant pruwth.
Nevrr Fails to Hcstore Oray
llr.ir to its youthful Color.
Curt-- (-clip <ti»ca»e» k hair fuiUn£.
:,um! il coat IhuggkU
V> (Ml
INI
25 ini
la on
5d 00
25 (id
15 (Ml
15 (Ml
15 00
Drug
The fruit growers in Georgia con
sider tbe recent cold snap of great
benefit to them, preventing the trees
budding too early.
Constipation leads to liver trouble,
and torpid liver to Bright’s disease.
PitH Ki Y Ash Bii ikuh is ucertuin cure
at any stage of the disorder. Sold by
Cherokee Drug Co.
Cincinnati will endeavor to cap
ture the next democratic national
c invention.
Tbe Books of Legist rut ion for 1 lie Town of
Gaffney, 5. C. w i 11 tic open iu the (’ity Clerk’s
office every Sat unlay I'rom !l a. m. till :t p. m.,
until Saturday, Eel). Ktli, and then every day
thcicafter from !l a. m. till It p. m . up to and
including the 211h day of Eel)., after w hich
time the books will close.
I>. A. Thomas.
Supervisor Registration.
Up-to-date Market.
Some come and go. but I am lu re to stay.
I am here soon and lute,
To cut your steak ready for the plate.
I have the best Beef, Pork. Mutton and
Sausage, c. >nnt ry Produce. Heavy and Fancy
Groceries. Fruits ami Confectioneries, Gi-
goirs and Tobacco that can be precured.
Fresh tisli Fridays and Saturdays.
I am no new man in l>uainc-.s, having had
eighteen year’s experience, ami 1 know my
business. I try to give all customers satis
faction and sixteen ouma s to the pound. I
have the only computed scales In town.
They count as well as weigh.
Gome, or call phone No. (K).
L. VV. McGUINN.
Tiie Only Up-to-dato Market.
Trespass Notice.
A LL PERSONS arc forbidden to
or go upon any lan
mumigcnicnt of, for any
without my permission,
unts or laborers, except
cultivate,
12-2!>-lt-pd
15 00
25 (Mi
t in
purpose whatever
Not even the ten-
wherp they are to
W. N. Tt llNEIt.'J
K
EEP your blood pure and yottr
stomach mid digestive organ in a
healthy condition hy taking Hood’s
Sarsaparilla and you will bu WELL.
Why do you...
send your jolt printing out of
town wheu can you got it done
at home as cheap and in as good
stylo ws you can away from
home i Send for a Ledger rep
resentative the next time you
want job printing and give a
home enterprise a chance.
itinerant
u’ksmith, for one forge
Itlacksm:t li, for cucli additional forge
Boardinghouse, transient
Boarding house, private, except for
students or factory operatives exclu
sively
Book agent, per day
Book agent, per week
Book agent, per year
Book agent selling, books by subscrip
tion, per (lay..
Rook agent selling, books by subscrip
tion, per year
Boot or sbrte shop, making or reparing
Brick Manufacturer
Broker, dealing in bonds and stocks
alone •. ■
Broker, dealer iu eat tie. horses, or oth
er live stock, not paying a license for
sales stables or stock yard, per day
Broker, dealer in horses, cattle or oili
er live stock, not paying license for
sales st aides or stock yard, per pear
Broker, merchandise
Broker, pawn
Milliard, pool or bagatelle table, for one
table
Billiard, poo! or bagatelle, for each ad
ditional table
Building and Loan Associations
Building and Loan Association, Agent
(or s
Butcher, dealer Iu meats, fresh or salt
ed. h -.s than 20 days
Boot blacks
Chiropodist, per day
Chiropodist, per year
< 'irons or Menagerie perday in advance
£50 (Ml to 150 (Ml in the discretion of the
Mayor.
( irons, side show per day, in advance
Circus, street parade
Any person or persons who shall exhibit
any circus or menagerie without having paid
the tax therefor shall be liable to a fine of
one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not
les> than :tu days for such exhibition or show,
for each and everyday thesame isexhibited
said line to he collected according to the laws
of State and town.
Coal dealer
Coal and wood dealer
Commission Merchant
Contractor, for contracts less than
S00.00
Contractor, for over 500.1MI, and less
than 25imi.ini
Contractor for over 25dO.(Mi
Cotton Seed Oil Mill, including seed
buyer therefor • •••
Cotton Seed Buyer " "
Carpet Factory
Convi yaiiecr.fprobatlng papers, taking
aItidavits. drawing deeds, mortgages
Hens, contracts and other instru
ments of writing or exchanging work
with each other)
Cotton Factory
Cotton gin and press
Dogs; to he paid for by the person or
p( i sons on whose premises t he dog is
kept, each
Tiie police of tiie tow n of Gaffney are here-
trespa>s ),y authorized and empowered to seize and
coniine every dog running at large and not
having on the town badge for current year;
aiufYocevery dog so taken up by the police,
5i.i 0 additional shall lie paid.
Dealer iu building supplies ■ •
Dealer in wagons or other vehicles,
other than manufacturers
Dentist
Dyers
Exchange, bucket shop, linn or individ
ual, carrying on the business of deal
ing in options or futures In cotton,
grain, provisions or ot her suppl ios, or
margins or otherwise 300 00
Exhibition outside of opera house, per
10 00
15 (Ml
10 (X)
hi on
2<> (Ml
60 (Ml
5 (Nl
15 (Ml
20 (Nl
1(1 (Ml
Jim (ni
20 (M)
2 INI
1(1 00
10 00
10 oo
5 (Ml
Fruit trees, agents or, per day, $1; per
week
Gun and locksmith, repair shop 1 00
(ias fitters or plumbers, whether by
day or contract 23 00
Harness shop for repair only 1 im)
Horse trader, per month 23 00
Horses, persons selling at auction ex
clusively. per day 23 00
Hotel 25 00
Icecream saloon or peddler 2 50
Ice dealer, retail 5 00
Insurance company, (in*, life, accident
or live stock, each insurance com
pany of any kind, or any company,
corporation or society having insur
ance features other than charitable.. 10 00
Individuals buying from merchants
and selling to the trade on time in 00
Kerosene oil company or agency for
same
Land company selling its own property
exclusively
Laundry, steam
Laundry, agent for
Lawyers
Lawyer, also lending money for self or
others, in addition
Loans, saving or investment company,
loaning money on real estate or oth
erwise. and similar companies 25 Oil
Lunch dealers 2 00
Limeworks 75 00
Machine shop or plaining mills 13 00
Marble yard or agency for same 10 00
Merchants shall pay license according to
the following schedule of gross sales and
prices upon sworn returns:
Fiuler fl,000.00 $ 5 00
Over $1,000.00 to $2,500.00 10 00
Over $2,500.00 to fa.lMMl.OO 15 00
Over $5,<M*0.0(> to $10,000.00 20 00
For each *1.(MM! over and nhove$l0,000.. 5 00
Mill, grist or flour, or licth 5 (X)
Mill, saw 5 Of
Money lender, other than hank or law
yer 20 (M
Newspaper, loss trequent than daily... 10 u
Occulist or optician,itinerant, perday. 5 (M
Opera house, per year 10 C(
Fainter or ( ontractor for painting 5 (H
Faper hanger or upholsterer . .. 5 (K
Fhotographer, local, $10; itinerant, per
week. 5 0<
rhysictau 10 (N
Fhysiciaii. itinerant H* in
Flaiio*, organs mid other musical in-
sir'iincuts, dealers in 25 0
Saint*, itinerant 25 0
Fianos and organs, tuner and repairer.
or cither, except local dealer 5 0
Same, itinerant 13 0
Printing office, job, alone 5 0
Railroad, for business done within the
State and not including that done
without the State, or interstate com
merce, and not including that done
for the government 125 (
Real estate agent lot
Restaurant 10 (
Stove repairer 5 <
Sewing machine repairer 5 (
(loves, itinerant dealer in .. 5t
it reel drummer ' 25 1
'treet wagon or dray, two horse ... in <
Street wagon or dray, one.horse .. 5<
Shooting gallery, per day 2 (
Same, per year 25 (
(hating rink 10 (
Soda fountain, connected witli other
business or alone
Stable-, keeping vt hielcsund horses for
hire only, and including drayngc
(tables, feed and sales
; ! a hies, keeping horses ml vehicles for
hire, feed and sales 55 00
Fen pin alleys 25 00
No person shall let or litre any wagon or
di ay, or other carriage or vehicle fortrans-
rtation of goods or passengers within the
limits of this town without first having ob
tained a badge from the Town Clerk and
Treasurer, paying therefor into tiie Town
Treasury iifiy cents, under a penalty of $5
for each and every day that sueh vehicle
lull he so run. or live days imprisonment for
each and everyday so run; provided that
nothing herein contained shall be construed
to extend to wagons, carts or other vehicles
going to ami from market.
t reel i allway or dummy line
Tailor, merchant or manufacturer.. .
Tailor, not merchant, engaged in nuk
ing and repairing
Telegraph company,or agency, for bu
siness done within the Stall* and not
including business done for tin* gov
ernment
Tin or tinker shop.
Telephone exchange
Tannery .
Fiidertaker
Veterinary surgeon
Watchmaker, and jeweler, for repair
ing and selling
Warehouse, storage
Woodyard, or dealer
Any person or persons carrying on business
or occupation, or running any establishment
named in this or proceeding sections without
having lirsi taken out a license therefor, shall
lie tilled (except in i-ases where special penal
ties are imposed) the sum of live dollars per
dayorlr* imprisoned iu the town prison or
county jail for a term not exceeding live
days, or lie sentenced to hard labor on the
streets or other public works of tiie town for
a like period, for each and every day such
business, occupation or profession Is earrh (I
on without such license.
Except where otherwise specified In tbe
foregoing, no license shall be issued torn less
perior than one year, to run from the date of
its issuance.
For any business, calling, profession or oc
cupation not enumerated in the foregoing
section, a license tax of $25 shall lie paid to
the Clerk by the person, firm or corporation
engaging in or running same.
Sec. 5. The Town Council hereby reserves
to itself the right to revoke any license for
any cause which may seem to it just,
Sec. il. The tax on real or personal prop
erty provided for in this Orhinance shall be
paid on or before the (ith day of March, F.mmi,
and any person or persons who shall fail to
pay such taxes on or before Tuesday, March
the Dili, I'.MNi, shall be liable to a penalty of 2n
per cent, of such tax, and the tax witli the
penally and costs shall is.* collected by exe
cution or otherwise.
Any person, firm or corporation making
any false or fraudulent returns, where a re
turn Is by thisOrdiuance required, shall uihui
conviction Im* fined not less than $25. nor
more than $5<i, or lie Imprisoned not less than
2udaysnor more than :t<> days, or either or
1 loth, at the discretion of the Mayor or acting
Mayor.
Sec. 7. Any person, firm or corixiration.
liable to tiie license tax berelnabove set foith,
m hose said tax is regulated by the amount of
business done or tiie amount of stock carried
is required to make a return underoatli to
the Clerk of the Town Connell on or Is fon
tin* nth day of March, F'Cii, and on failure to
do so, sucli person, tirm or corporation shall
be liable to a fine of not exceeding JUKI or im-
piisoiimcnt not more Ilian thirty days, for
each and cv< ry day such person, tirm or cor
poration shall U* In default of making sucli
return.
Sec. H. All licenses Issued under tin* fore
going sections are non-transferable and will
only protect those to whom they are Issued.
Done and ratified in Town Council assem
bled, this January the 5th, l ( .MM>.
N. IL Litti.e.ioiin,
W II. Ross, Mayor.
Town Clerk. I-
The fl Dost lot of yellow and white pine
shingles ever in Gaffney.
Best Georgia pine Flooring, Ceiling and
Weatherboaniing in tiie market. Just re
ceived, a carload of Doors, Sash, Mantles,
Brackets, Turned Columns. Balusters, &c.
Also ()ak Cabinet Mmties and Tiloing.
Call and examine for yourselves, Friccs to
salt the times. Itespct..
L. BAKER.
A. N. WOOD,
BANKER,
does a general BankingandExchange
business. Well secured with Burglar-
Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock.
Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate
rent.
Buys and sells Stocks andBonds.
Buys County and School Claims.
Your business solicited.
Notice
To School Trustees and Teachers.
□ Notice is hereby given to the school trus
tees and school teachers of Cherokee county
that State Superintendent of Education Mc
Mahan lias ordered that all old school regis
ters be turned over to County Superinten
dent of Education McArthur, and new regis
ters lx* oblaincd. The new registers are now
in my office. The work for IHli'.l and 1!MM)
must lie recorded in tiie new registers ac
cording to law.
\V. F. McAuthcr,
County Superintendent of Education.
12-22-law-liii(>.
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance.
The people of Cherokee County should in
sure their property in their County Mutual
1 usurancc ('ompuny.
Because it is a home company and insures
against Fire, Wind and Lightning.
Because it is the cheapest protection
against fire known—there being no salaried
officers or agents.
Because it is perfectly safe, having ample
amount of policies to secure its losses.
Because it is tiie best investment you can
make for yourself.
T. M. LITTLEJOHN,
J. Eb .1 EEEEtt iks, Fresi dent,
Sect'y and Treus.
:tr> ini
111 (Ml
5 (Ml
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains.
In Effect Dec. 10, H39.
6 I Ml
111 INI
1(1 INI
FOR
day. not exceeding
Express company
within the Stale,
t hut done without
government liusim
I airs, concert:*, or fi
cept for rcllglous (
( > , 1 lay A
lit
-to-Date Job Print
ing, call at the
ffice.
S.C
Yes.
No. 18.
FstMa
Nurtlibuuud.
No. 12.
N o. 38.
Ex.
No. 30.
Daily
Daily
Sun.
Daily.
Lv Atlanta ( T
1 *)'J U
12 lOm
4 30 p
II 50 p
" Atlanta.LT
8 50 a
1 00 p
5 3h p
G ‘23 p
12 50 a
'' Norcross..
!• 30 a
1 28 a
“ Buford
lu 05 a
7 03 p
1 53 a
“ Gainesville
10 35 a
2 25 p
7 33 p
2 18 a
“ Lula...
10 58 a
'2 45 p
8 00 p
2 33 a
'■ Cornelia....
11 25 a
8 30 p
........
“ Mt. Airy.
11 30 a
3 33 p
8 35 p
Lv. Toccoa.
11 55 u
9 00 p
3 28 a
Ai. Flherton..
0 00 a
5 40 p
11 45 a
Lv. Klherton...
:*v. w minster.
12 him
4 04 it
“ Seneca..
12 52 p
4 15 p
•••••••
4 28 a
" Ceutial....
1 40 j)
4 55 a
‘’ Greenville
2 54 p
3 37 p
5 22 p
0 00 m
•’ SpHr'burg .
C 13 p
. ..«•••*
7 03a
** Gaffney
4 20 p
0 40 p
7 45 tt
*' Blacksburg
4 38 p
7 02 p
........
8 02 tt
“ King's Mt..
5 03 p
. ,
8 27 a
“ Gastonia,..
5 25 p
........
8 51 it
“ Charlotte..
6 50 p
8 isp
.
9 50 a
Ar. Gre’nsboro
i) 65 p
10 47 p
....
12 23 p
Bv Gre'nsboro
11 45 p
Ar. Norfolk .
....
8 25 a
Ar Danville..
11 ‘25 p
11 50 p
1 38 p
Ar. Richmond..
C OUh
0 00 a
G 25 p
Ar. W’hington.
0 42 a
• ••••• •
8 50 p
“ B'moreP.K
8 00 a
.
11 25 p
■’ Ph'delphia.
10 15 a
2 50 tt
" New York.
12 43m
0 23 tt
Fst.Mn
Vea.
Saul bhouud.
N o. 35.
No. 37.
No. 11.
Daily
Daily.
Daily
Lv N Y., Fa R.
12 15 a
4 30p
..... afa
" f’l-.'dclphia.
3 60 a
G 55 p
0 20 p
........
. •
’’ Biiltiinoro..
0 22 a
” Wush'ton
11 15 a
10 45 p
Lv. Richmond.
12 01 n
11 00 p
11 00 p
Lv. Danville..
5 48 p
5 50 a
1! 10 a
Lv Norfolk.
0 00 a
8 m p
Ar Gre’nsboro
0 35 p
5 15 ii
Lv
Lv, (irc'nsboro
Ar. < hiirlottc.
Gas* »>n in.
King's Jit.
Ida* kxhurg
Gaffney.
Spfir'lmrg .
(< i eenviliu
Ccntrul
Heneca ..
Wmln .r
Toccoa.
F.iberlnn.
a),
7 10 p
!l 45 p
10 42 |>
11 25 p
11 12 p
12 211 n
t 50 u
11 t’ta 1
Lv. Mr. Airy
“ Cnrnnbu .
•’ Lula
4 18 a
•' Gainesville
4 80 a
•’ Itnford.
6 02 u
“ Norcross.
5 25 a
Ar. Al Ion fa. FT
G 10 a
" Atlanta,CT
5 10 a
7 05 ii
« 25 a
10 07 u
10 45 a
III 5s a
11 M *
12 50 p
1 50 |
2 15 p
Tuba
6 40 n
5 14 p
5 55 p
4 55 j
5 55 p
7 37 a
12 U5m
1 12 p
1 IWp
2 (Dp
2 24 p
3 15 p
6 42 p| Nu
ll OS p
li '25 p 1 .
7 00 t*
Ex.
Sun.
0 U5 a
1 50 p
7 Zap
7 112 i>
0 Ou j>
8 20 p
8 4.tp
0 IS p
10 00 p
0 0<lp
0 M a
0 56 a
« 57 a
7 2oa
7 48 a
8 27 u
0 30 a
8 30s
Between Lula and Athens.
[No. 10,
No. ii.l
Ex. No. 13.
Fun. Daily.
11 05 n
11 80 a
STATIONS.
Lv .Lula Ar
Maysville "
No. 12.
Daily
Ex.
Sun.
10 50a
10 19 a
7 35 p
7 OOp
8 10 p
8 34 p
8 60p! 11 52 ft! “ Harmony" j 10 00 a 6 38 p
> 80p 12 80pjAr ■ Athens Lv 1 0 '25 al 6 00 p
Note close connection ma le at Lula with
main tine trains.
“A" a rn. “F” p. m. “31" noon. *‘N" night.
Chesapeake Line .Steamers in daily service
between Nor'-dk and Baltimore.
Nos. 37 :iuo 88—Daily Washington and
Southwestern Vestibule Limited. Through
Pulhnao sleeping cars between New York and
New Orleans, via Washington, Atlanta and
Montgomery, and also between New York and
Memphis, vm Washington, Atlanta and Hir-
mingnam. Also elegant FI7M.MAN LIBRARY
Oiwkhvation Cabs between Atlanta and New
York. Firstehtss thoroughfare coaches be
tween Washington and Atlanta Dining cars
serve nil meals en route. Leaving Washlng-
tngton Mondays, Wednesdays aud Fridays
a tourist sleeping car will run through between
Washington aud nan Francisco without change.
Pullman drawing-room sleeptug cars between
Or ecnxbqro and c’orfolk. Close connection at
Norfolk for Oi.t* Point Comkoht.
Nos. 35 and Jit—United States Fast Mall runs
solid between Washington and N**w Orleans,
via Southern Railway, A. A W. P. It. R. and
L A N U. It., being composed of conches,
through w ithout change for passengers of ail
elsK-ns Fnllinan drawing room Hleeping eara
between New York and New Orleans, via At
lanta and Montgomery and between Char
lotte and Atlanta. Dining cars serve all
ti.cuN en route
Nos H. 33. -1 and 12—Pullman sleeping ears
between Richmond and Charlotte, via Dan
ville. Mouthbound Nos. 11 and 53, northbound
N>>h 34 and 12.
FRANK S GANNON, .1 M CU1.F.
Thin! V P 4 Gen. Mgr. T M., Waxhingtora
W. A TCKK, S. H HARDWICK.
A., WuahmgiuQ, 4- u. p. A,. Allan 1^