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Til IC X^TC 1 >OTC W . BY k Ed. Ha DkCamp. > PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MriiKrHii’rioNiricKi:: (^asli in a<lvat/cp, p*‘r year.... ifl 00. On timo, per/year The Ledger is not responsible for tliP vicwd 6f correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish tl)'oir name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication : also endeavor tOjget them to the office by Monday ami Thursday mornings. Oa^ds of thanks will bo published tft one cent a word. Heading notices will be published at ten-cents a line each insertion. Obituaries will bo published at live cents a fine. fresp H. Dei that his mental vision is not so wide as he would have us believe and that his implied statement might veer slightly from the strict line of truth. The publisher of this paper would ho happy to compare under forfeit his subscription list with that of any other secular paper of the Piedmont belt. When Mr. Peterson further, with the self-poise of a judge on the bench, sumn ons Miiburn, Merril and \\ cod ling into his presence and pronounces Wendling the best of the three, we. the jury, should like for the judge to give us tiie law and the evidence. We do nqt yet know Mr. Peterson well enough to acknowledge him as a literary dictator. • a i.i i rrr. more <>k \rsv The Mini! >rt given by the State of j South ( iirohnu i.) .ivo n^nn? 1 ' RECENT RAINS INJURE THE PUBLIC ROADS The Cowpens Battle .Ground Celebration. Tlill \\ KMM.INA. ‘ 1 » I I R! In oup fcriticism last Wt ek of Ur. Wendiing’s lecture on Stonewall Jackson, we stated clearly that we did not hear the lecture and that we had not seen any one who had heard it. What we wrote was based en tirely on the report of of the lecture as it appeared in the Spartanburg Herald. The Herald takes us severely to task for our strictures, and a cor respondent signing his name, R F. Peterson, brings up the peroration | with some gratuitious abuse flavored witli arrant egotism and delivered in a style, which though not very ele gant, wo suppose was intended to be ornamental. If we did the* lecture injustice, we are truly sorry. When we read first that the speaker said that an expres- | sion of General Lee during the first | battle of Manassas, fixed the soubii- i quet “Stonewall” to Jacksons’s name, we took it for granted that the types hail gone wrong and the proof reader had been caught nap ping. Put when the name was re peated in exactly the same letters, we concluded it was just what the speaker had said, and that it showed | his ignorance of his subject. Since j we wrote the article, we have met j several persons who did hear the j lecture, and they have told us that • they understood the speaker to say j Lee and not Bee. This confirms our : belief that the reporter recorded his : words cq^rectly. Again, the imputation tiiat Jackson was a Puritan, either in whole or in I part, arouse I ourreseniment, and wo felt that we were justified in rebuking that assertion..Jackson was an earnest devoted Christian—a man of deep piety and, strong faitli—but he had not a single characteristic in com mon with the typical Puritan. It is acknowledged by the literary world that Macaulay in his essay on John Milton has given the most coin • pletorepresentation, and tiie most ex- ! haustive analysis of the Puritan character that lias tver been re corded, and we defy any man to discover any points of resemblance ! between that character as there por- | trayed and the character of Stone- wall Jackson, further than may be ! found in traits common fo humanity. The typical Puritan was a fanatic; lie was full of tlial spirit which says, “Stand aside, I am better than j thou.” If we uit) correctly informed | Mr. Wendling, unconsciously’ no i doubt, conceded this latter trait, j when he said that tiie northern Puri tan thought he was better than live Southerners, and tiie Southern Cavalier thought he could whip ten Yankees. We admit that tiie origi nal Puritan was a strong character, but his strength was the strength of fanaticism—that unnatural strength often imparted by cerebral excite ment or superstitious fears—rather than that imparted by a healthy zeal and a strong faith. Stonewall Jack- son was neither a fanatic nor a bigot. He was us strong us the Puritan, but his strength was that imparted by a sublime faith and a healthy spirit ual organism. Mr. Wendling, we are told, said that Jackson hud not a drop of Puritan blood in his veins; we reiterate that lie hud not a liiUgie Puritan trait in his character. We hope that the Herald and its valued contributor will now concede at least that we thought we hud some reasons for writing the article in question. We are sorry that we have not the space at our command to lay their strictures before our readers. The subject, however, is not very important, either one way or the other. Jt seems a pity that Mr. Peterson, while deploring the Herald’s mistake in giving publicity to our article, should have immediately afterwards, reinforced that publicity by pub lishing a tirade of his own. It is to he remarked further for his benefit, that when he with facile complacency imputes narrowness, rottenness, and falsehood to the editor of this paper, it is well understood that he himself assumes to be mentally and morally broad, sound, and truthful. As the public is not always confiding enough to take every man’s estimate of himself at par, it might have been a wiso precaution on Ins part to hack up ills assumptions with some facts or reasons. When lie insinuates that tliis paper lias very few readers ho proves to well informed people Irary I deoil:. - i:0 <! sp ::s t< \ j>. a- .i whisky lrut. d e arv sick ened and di.-gusti I by the hypocriti cal cant indulged in by the social istic advocates of these luxurious in stitutions, to the effect that they wish other schools well—that they are friends to all schools—that there is no ground, as the Governor says in his message, for animosity or op position—tiiat ail should be peaceful serene, and happy. Sucli sickening cant is hardly worthy of contempt. If uttered in tiie spirit of well-meaning ignorance, it reminds one of tiie elephant who sat clown on the young birds and crushed tiiern from a benevolent de sire to keen them warm; if uttered with intelligent design, it is like the salutation of .hub, “Art thou in health my brother?” when he was about to drive his spear into the iieartof Abner, or like the good wishes of a band of robbers for tiie victims whom they have just plundered and ! ruined. By placing education on tiie low plane of utility, the Slate lowers the standard, degrades tiie motive, and discourages the pursuit of tiiat edu cation which lifts men into higher and purer regions of thought and produces thinkers, writers, phiioso- piiers, patriots, and broad-minded statesmen. By assuming control of the educa tion of tiie people, it drives a con siderable class of its most intelligent and worthy citizens out of business, virtually closes the doors of prefer ment to ail but As own pampered pensioners, and destroys the value of property representing millions of dollars contributed by private gener osity—all just as effectually as if it had done it by law or arbitrary edict. By doing for thousands of its citi zens what they could easily do for themselves, it cultivates a spirit of dependence unfavorable to the de velopment of individual man!: ou and womanhood and at the same timo perpetrates a high-handed in justice on the tax payers. We hud as well sharply define oi^r position on this question. We are willing to vote money to put the blessings of a rudimentary education within tin* reach of all who are actually unable to abtaiu such an education without help. We are willing furthermore to sustain by state aid a reasonable number of beneficiaries in Olemson and Winthrop to learn tiie useful arts and industries, for instruction in which, these institutions claimed to bo founded. Wo are willing, furthermore, for literary and scien tific departments to be maintained in these institutions, provided they he made self-sustaining, just as the same departments in other colleges arc made. Beyond this we are not willing to go. Beyond this tiie state has no right to go. We feel it to bo an injustice and an outrage for the State to tax us in order to supply others with luxuries or oven with necessities, which they are able to provide for themselves. But tlia^ is exactly what the State is doing. It is giving fr^e tuition and furnishing, the greater part of board to nearly one thousand stu dents, three-fourths of whom are abundantly able to pay for all they get. These students study music and the line arts, the science of tinsel ornaments^und flimsy accomplish ments, and men who are too hardly pressed even to spare their sons or their daughters from farm or house hold work long enough to attend a two mouths’ free school near their own doors, are taxed to pay tiie bills. Voters, citizens, Legislators! These are “thoughts that breathe and words tiiat burn.” vVliat will you do with them? AVorMnj; und |»ny. The busiest and mightiest little tiling that ever was made is Hr. King’s New Life Tills. Every pill is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, listlessness into energy, hruin-llag into mental power. They’re won derful in building up tho health. Only Hoc per box. Sold by (Jin :roki e Urug Company. —Ten cents u yard will buy any piece of 12. 20. 2o and >10 cents. Em broidery at Tiie Fair Wednesday 21th, beginning at !l o’clock. — Big Embroidery sale at The Fair Wednesday 21th. Embroidery run ning as wide as 12 inches, all new clean goods, lOc per yard. HOW MUST WE WRITE IT? Ttioro lire Serious Defeets In our Kiluea- tioiinl System Wlileli I’lnees One t'liiss of Teaeliers Above Anotlier-'I’ersonul I*:inigrai>!is From Lower Cherokee. ((’on t-spondenee of The Ledger.) Kita Jane, Jan. 15).—The recent rains have added considerably to the injury of our roads. In many pine, s water stands in tiie roa • or washes '.fit ’Uliir in ;ter*>SS Till- TO.id 'tv,i \ to the annoyance of the trav- .•i:; .' nu!>i"* i lie or »tllp , attention ot overseers and road iiands vvtil save a good deal of trouble and annoy- ance. " We are glad to see tiiat t iie Cow- pens Battle Ground Memorial Asso ciation lias decided to have another celebration on the grounds next May. This is right. Such is the way to let the world know what we want and what we intend to have—a national park. But our readers must under stand that it will take work rather than wind to accomplish tliis. Of course the wind work must be done, too. ,lfy that time the roads will be good and as tiie chain gang has already worked them out in the direction of the Battle Ground, it will be a pleas ant drive for visitors from a distance who wiH doubtless come, as did the Queen of Sheba to visit Solomon. We would lie glad to know that by May the corner stone would be laid to a monument at Cowpens to com memorate the deeds of those who, 111) years ago, virtually won our hi de uendence. Shall we expect it? Now that tiie contest as to whether we arc living in the llUii or 20th cen tury is settled, so far as we are con cerned, we want to know how to write 15)00 in Roman numbers. Should we write it Ml)CCCC or MC.M? All speak at once, if you choose, You may say what you piease but | old Flaw Bicker lias mote newspaper i enterprise in him than a whole brigade of some associated pressmen or Metrooolilan publishing houses. In his “Grit and Steel” he shows a specimen of his handiwork. We see no reason why Granny Ticker shouldn't h.* proud of her noble son. i Some of .Mr. F. A. Goforth's reta- j tivis and friends came down from ! North Carolina and had u bird anil rabbit hunt this week. The roar of guns reminded us of t he t tun s around Richmond and Petersburg during the sixties. Tiiat the Legislature will try to do its duty we are iuiTmed to think, if the resolution olfered by Representa tive -McCraw, is taken as the senti ment of that body. Here it is: Resolved, That it is the sense of tins body that tiie Slate Superinten dent bo requested to ask tiie Legisla ture to repeal the law exempting those holding college diplomas from standing examination for certili cates.” We have the greatest respect for our institutions of learning and want to see their good work and influence permeate every nook and corner of our land. Rut we confess that, un der the flimsy garb of “diplomas” most of them have at times turned out some of tiie most consummate failures as teachers that, ever alllieted any community, There are many so’Called teachers —graduates—in tiie school room to day who can’t properly teach a third grade school. To teach tiie children to think is something they seem never to have thought of, much less attempted to do. In making tliis assertion we do so with the most profound respect and good feelings for all tiiose engaged in tiie work of teaching. That there are serious defects in our educational system that places one class of teachers above another, and that, too, often discriminates in favor of tho inferior class, so far as merit and qualification is concerned, none will attempt to deny. The graduate who is prepared, and whose heart is in tiie work, will gladly avail himself or herself of the oppor tunity of going before their county board of education and undergo an examination as to his or her qualifi cation to teach. Those who object to this should be let alone. “Fret not thyself because of evil doers, is an injunction of the Tsalmist. Nothing will kindle auger in otiiers sooner than to bo address ed in anger. The voice loses its au thority which is tremulous with pas sion. We don’t believe a finer specimen of penmanship lias been on our desk in many days than a note we received from our over the river friend, "Bachelor,” of BulTalo. Why some good looking girl don’t fali in love with him we are not called upon to say. llejiswell prepared to take care of a wife when lie gets one. We hope fie will let us hear from his sec tion again through the Ledgor, 3. t s. Itcil lint From tlii* Ainu Was the ball that hit (». B. Stead man of Newark, Mich., in tiie Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 yetirs. Then Bucklen’s Arnica Halve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Coins, Skin Eruptions. Best Tile cure on earth. 2.’) cts. a box. (lure guaranteed. Sold by Cherokee Drug Company, Druggists. — Remember the special sale of Embroidery at Tiie Fair Wednesday 21i)i iriHt. Embroidery running as wide as 12 inches logo no lOc t* yard, well worth double tho sale price. —Ten cents a yard will buy any piece of 13, 2<), 2’> and JO cents Em broidery at The Fair, Wednesday 2ith, beginning at *,) o’clock. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. r<*o]>lo You Know iwiil IVn;>l<‘ You Don't l\ now. Jerry Gardner, an appreciated friend, called in to see us Saturday. Jonas Blanton, a successful farmer and monazite miner, came to tiie city Friday on business. J. 1*. Williams, of Etta June, was In tiie city Saturday. Senator Surratt took advantage of the Lee holiday and ran up and spent Saturday and Sunday at home. He left on the vestibule today to resume his duties. Felix Spencer, a successful farmer of tiie county, came up to tiie city Saturday. Mi.'S Nora Thomas, of Santuc, wiio has been spending some time with Mr, and Mrs. I). A. Thomas left for r home vesiefdujr. J i*. Jolly, of Grassy Bond, was in the city Saturday on business Yaud Smith, a bright Cherokee i > uuth of Thickety, came in to see j tip Ledger Friday. J. H. Allison, of Blacksburg, gave us a call while in the city Saturday. M. F. Duncan, of Blacksburg, was in the city Saturday arid Sunday. Mr. Duncan is much pleased with Gailney and makes his stays in tho city longer than he used to. Landrum C. Clary, a prominent Cherokeean of Macedonia, came over to the city Friday. J. W. Nance, one of Cherokee’s hustlers, gave us a call Saturday. Capt. D. K. Cecil lias been spend ing some days hero looking after ins interests in tiie city. Capt. Cecil is always a welcome visitor to Gaffney and one that we sometime hope to have for a citizen. W. C. S. Wood, of Grassy Bond, was among the throng in tiie city Saturday. John Bainter, one of tiie most pro gressive farmers of the county, was a city visitor Friday. E. (Ball) Horn, of Grindall, one of Cherokee’s good citizens and whose war record in the Confederate army makes him worthy of the admiration of all patriots, called on The Ledger Saturday. John L. Smith, of Goucher, was in tiie city yesturday on business. Constable W. L. J. Me Alice, of Grindall, was in the city Saturday. Col. T. B. Butler, 11. K. Osborne and J. C. Jefferies, Esq., left the city Sunday for Columbia,|where tiiey went on business in tiie supreme court. A. W. Smith, of Macedonia, was among ids many friends in tiie city Saturday. W. T. Humphries, a prosperous farmer and expert cotton buyer, paid Tho Ledger an appreciated visit yes terday. X. Blanton, Esq., spent, a short time in the city Saturday. Garrison Hill, of Bowlinsvillo, called to see The Ledger yesterday. it. M. Ellis came in Saturday on business. E. A. Prescott, of Blacksburg, was in the city Friday on professional business. Newton Bridges, a sturdy farmer of tiie county, made a business trip to the city Saturday. W. S. Williams, of Blacksburg, was in the city Friday. Mr. V\’il- liamg is the leading blacksmith and woou-worker of our sister city. Ue has just completed a very commodi ous shop and moved into new quar tern. J. C. Robb, a prominent farmer of Grassy Bond, was in the city Satur day. It. II. Taylor, of Thickety, was in the city Friday. Worltini; for tin* Munlor. Rev. II. W. Hawkins, an evange list of Kings Mountain, accompanied by Ids singer Mr. J. It. George, has been holding several meetings in the city the last few days. They are young men and apparently earnest in their work. May they do goxl. Tltoii)|mi>n .Will Talk. CCorreHpoiHlence of The Leifyer.) Tiiomcson’s Mill, Jan. 20.—The mill at this place is running again after several months of idleness. The miller, Mr. John Garner, is grinding meal far superior to any tiiat lias es caped from the mill in several years. Tiie health of our section is fairly good, with the exception of a few cases of pneumonia and colds. . A few evenings ago John Byars and Sallie Gilmore, colored, were united im marriage by J. L. Strain, N. B. Mr. W. C. Blackwell had a house covering last Wednesday. Mr. X. Conner tendered tho young people a deliglilful entertainment at their homo a few evenings ago. I am told that eupid played his part on this occasion, us he geiieruli" docs. Tiie many friends of Miss EfTie Hill in this section were shocked to hear of her untimely death. She was held in Hie highest esteem by her many friends. May her soul lie resting now in tho realms of eternal bliss. N IfiMTI VU.VI.K. Milllonx (ilvfii Av.uy. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in tiie land who are not afraid to ho gener ous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King’s New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles of tliis great medicine; and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases." Asth ma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs are surely cured by it. (.'all on Cherokee Drug Company, Drug gists, and get a free trial bottle. Regular size aOo. und$l. Every bot tle guaranteed, or price refunded. Huiiscriptions to the Twentieth Century Education Fund Mi tiie Southern Methodist church now amount to < *)2). — Big Embroidery sale at The Fair Wednesday, 21 lb. Embroidery run ning as wide as 12 inches,, all new, clean goods, at Ific per yard. —Remember Hie special sale of Embroidery at The Fair Wednesday 2Dli ine-f. Embroidery running aw wide as 12 inches to go at D)e a yard, well worth double the sale price. THE LEDGER IN m AWAY CHINA It Delights the Hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Crocker. REMINDERS OF HOME. Sick <>r the Cripp in San Francisco and a Long Way to tio—The Kcaiiliful Ilarhor. Interesting Account of the Trip Across the Ocean. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) CiiiNKi ynu, China, Deer. 21.— This afternoon wife and I were sitting here by our fireside in our little house in Chinkiung when the “boy” handed us our first bundle of papers irom the home lard since our arrival, and to our great delight there were some copies of The Ledg er. tiie 3rd, 7th and lOtli of Novem ber. To say that it was a great pleasure to get them was true, and not just “newspaper talk” for the paper brings so many reminders of home. We used to sit about the table at home and read The Ledger when it came, and that is just what we did here, making a pleasant eve ning of it. But I promised to tell something of mj sea voyage. We were stopping at the Mentone Hotel in San Francisco, both of us sick with Hie Grippe, the rain pouring down, and a long way across the city to go to get to tlie steamer. After some con sultation we decided tiiat it would be bettor to go on tiie street car, but when we got on tiie car it was filled with Chinese. One oi the China men, however, gave Bessie a seat. 1 felt hardly able to stand up, and tiie i prospect of sea sickness did not im prove matters very mucli. Wo sailed ; on Hie steamer ,‘China,” and found I it to be a very fine steamer. The harbor at San Francisco is a ; very beautiful one, and as wo passed j out we moved close to a big : man-of-war, tiie Iowa, with colors j flying and the band playing. All i were on deck to see tiie entrance to tiie Golden Gate. Crowning the hills on one side were the thickly crowded houses of tiie city r , and on an island | on the other side are grim war guns I and forts. Then we see a narrow ; passage between the liiils and tiie blue I expanse of tiie great sea beyond, j The wind freshens as we near the | opening and on the distant rocks the J white surf is breaking. As we passed i out we began to feel the pulse of the ! great sea. and tiie swish and roar of j Hie waters against the sides of tiie j ship kept us reminded that we were on the ocean. It would be interest- I ing perhaps to give an account of our j n How passengers—tf the big rich i Catholic woman who sat opposite u- jat the table, who was traveling for the health of her young daughter, and wiio was surprised to find tiiat she was sitting at t he table with a eo’uple of missionaries; of the oilicer who sat at our table and enlivened things by telling j‘'kes ; or 1 could, perhaps, make a iittle story out of the fact tiiat there were several young ladies ond board who were go ing out to meet tiieir intended hus bands in the far east, one for Japan and two or three for tiie Bhilippines, Several of the passengers were otli- cer>’ wives on tiieir way to join their husbands in the Bhilippines. There was one major on board, from Hono lulu, dressed in his regimentals, and several travelers seeking change and pleasure. 1 met with several busi ness men who were on the lookout for investments in Manila or China. American capital and energy will find room in our new possessions t) expand. I believe tiie lion’s share of the benefit of this opening in tiie East will fall to the Houth. Land! why tiiat is Hawaii, an American colony! Here we feel somewhat at home, for the Hag floats over the city of Honolulu. As our ship rounded Diamond Head and steamed up into the hay of Honolulu what a splendid \ i.*w! The mountains back of tiie city, and the beautiful palm and cocourmt fringe beyond tiie white surf along Hie shore! It was here that Captain Cook was killed by the fathers of tho men who are now civ ilized Christians. \Ve had one day on shore and our party took a 'Inis and hud a drive through tiie beauti ful streets of the city. \Ve went to the famous beach, the Waikiki, and down to tiie museum. There we saw tho feather garments of the ancient kings of Hawaii, tho rude implements of war, fbhing, and household furniture. Then we went to what was once tiie palace of tiie Queen, and and were shown into the throne room. Bessie went up and look her seat ou the throne—a very proper pbice for an American queen ! Tho schools of Honolulu are very nu merous, and there is every sign of progress. Broperty is very high, and busines is brisk. Tiie unmistakable American is there with hi-* H’lift and push. There is ho t* .*■ •,. r <mu- nection with tho out: M ** i<< M mid SO tiie whole of thi I - an are be hind witli the news at lc.i>i •me wi i k ail tiie time. Many tilings are very expensive. One man told me that he laid to order his buy from America, and that s •nn Unnes tin re was n fam ine of liurM* f*. t i. L’ist year tiie Islands pr*. : ■ < I f jrty million dol lars worli ot •nignr cune, besides rice, and mui ) ir q u-Ml fruit-'. Tiie cli mate is a pei | ei a i i mi miner, and the IshimL aii -m l inhe healthy. The natives nr. r 11 i Ily Hying out, and it is only a matter (;f time when there will be but few left. Their charac teristics are very much the same ns our negroes at home. They were civilized and christianized by mis sionaries, and many of Hie lending olilcers of t lie present government are tiie children of tho missionaries who raised tiieir families there. I think it may he truly said that these preachers of the Gospel saved those beautiful islands for our country. We were hospitably enter tained while on shore by Rev. Mr. Damon, who bus a mission to ( lie Chinese there. And then we gtartni buck to the ship, and if you hud seen me at tiiat timo you would have ston a big green coeoanut under my arm which was pulled oil the tree thu'. morning. Nearly everybody bought a wreath of Mowers, ana as the snip moved out cast them into the shin ing sea. I do not know why they have tiiat custom, hut it was rather expensive—tlie least wreath costing about fifty cents. Then slipping i along by the shift ing beauty of the tropical shoreive glided out into the ; silvery sea, and the shining sunset, and were swallowed up by the night and the great waste of tiie western ocean. I have already made my letter too long, so I will cut it short ami write later of Japan and our arrival in China. W. E. Okockkk. AN OLD MAN’S THOUGHTS. Kl'lliinisrt'iiccM of I In- Karly SMtlniiciit of (Ills Section. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Pactolus, Benton Go., Jan. 13.— Your correspondent will (iron you a few lines to let you know tiiat this is my birthday. Tliis morning twelve years ago, about 8 o’clock, I was born in Spartanburg county, known now as Cherokee county. I will send you .f2 for past favors and favors to como. We cannot do without The Ledger, it gives me all the news in my old country. My wife would not give The Ledger for any other paper she has ever read. Things arc not as they' once were. My father and two other brothers went from Virginia to South Carolina when small boys. The oldest one was named Samuel and tiie second Biard. My father was the third and youngest. Samuel was eighteen, Biard sixteen and father fourteen. They walked all the way from Vir ginia. All the clothing they carried was two shirts each. Samuel and Biard wore pants bur father did not. He wore a long shirt made out of llax. It had one button up at tiie collar. The tale came down to his feet. Ti:is was a common garment in those days. Utide Samuel was a blacksmith. They settled two miles below Sandy Run ferrv on Broad river. '1 he three grew to manhood. In those days girls were scarce. There lived nearby a man and his , wife and four daughters. The three boys marned three of the sisters. Father s wife died, leaving four boys and one girl. Katin r then married my mother, who was raised two miles east of Gaffney. Thinking of old times lias brought to my memory old J.Michael Gaffney. He is the first man that ever burned a brick kiln in all that country. He is also tin* first man that ever sold dry goods any nearer than Spartanburg. Af ter Mr. Gaffney had made the brick in* gave a!I his old neighbors a brick. The brick he gave father remained at his house until after the war. Mr. Gaffney had tiie first weather-boarded house in the country, and tho first brick chimney I ever saw was his. Mr. Anthony Sarratt bought brick of Mr. Gaffm-y and built him a chimney, iie paid $(> a thousand for them. i will close by saying I would like to see a short sketch of old Spartan burg county in print. This leaves u> in reasonably good health J. M. M< Chaw. A DISAPPOINTMENT. DnnKcrn of lilti’iiiiindnu; (inn. Numerous accidents occur nrinunlly In the use of gas for lighting, cooking or heaiing through cither carelessness or ignorance. The largest number of accidents proliabiy occur from ignorant persons either blowing out tin* gas or turning it off and subsequently turning the cock on. suliiclently for the gas to escape unnoticed. Many oilier accidents are the result of tin* bad ptaotice of turning down a gas llame. particularly in a bedroom. This is always ill advised, for such aS turned d >\vn flame may be either Mown out by a draft of air front an open win dow, or else it may lie extinguished by a sudden variation or reduction in the pressure. When tliis happens in a small bedroom without ventilation, there is great danger of asphyxiation, particularly so if water gas is used. Much can lie done to avert tliis danger by a proper arrangement of tiie gas piping in houses. Another dangerous custom is to shut off the gas at the main service or at the gas meter during the night, and numerous accidents, some of them fa tal, have resulted from it. It is almost equally had to turn off tiie gas at tho meter during the day.—Cassier’s. ^ Tlte Noii-Arrlval of (lit* l.odi'er Was tho CilUMe of 11. (Corn sjioiiiU rK o of The Ledger-) Wkbstku, Jan. 21.— I'lie non ap pearance of tiie Ledger caused disap pointment among those who hud gone to the postuliice on Saturday to get the current news, which Hit* wel come journal always conveys. This paper is very highly appreciated by the reading people at this place. - Those who do not read, of course do not keep informed of the happenings of tiieir fellow men in {lie world at large. The winter, thus far. has been very favorable for schools. For the need of comfortable school houses here and there, debars a large number of children from Hie opportunity which should be utilized. More at tention should be given the common schools by tiie proper authorities as thou-unds of the human family never go beyond the training received in these schools. Should a few be more fortunate they, as a rule, must build on tiie foundation laid in the common schools. Then the more perfect should the early training be. School houses are hi ing erected in litis county and general interest ap pears to be exercised by the officers thereof. This being a new county, time is an important factor in the general make-up of tho schools at this juncture. Tiie facilities in sev eral particulars already excel those of some of tiie older counties and as watchfulness is continually cherished in a few years hence, Cherokee will lie second to no county in the State in her educational facilities. A few precious moments spent by the Gen eral Assembly by enacting a compul sory clause to tiie school law tlien there would exist no cause of a Sji’JO 00 teacher with four children which may sometimes now be the case. The fault is not with tin* school officers nor its teachers, but on the part of no compulsion to send to school among the parents. I.KIMUH Ri:M)i;u. liii|iru»ciiit>ntN al till) Court IIoiimi*, The cotiunissioni rs are fitting up a nice office for tin* clerk of court in the old council room in the rear of the sheriff's and auditor'sofficu in Hie court house. The clerk will also have the ollice now occupied by the sheriff and auditor, thereby giving him sufficient room for the constant ly increasing furniture and records of the office, as well as a private of fice within which to transact the nu merous dut ies of tliis nut tiro. Iln»v«* Mun tall. \ ictims to stomach, liver and kid- n<*3' troubles as well as women, and all, feel the results in loss of ap petite, poDons in the blood, back ache, nervousness, headache ami tired, li-Hcss, run-down feeling. But there’s no need to feci like that. Listen to J. \V. Gardner, Iduvillc, Did. He says: “Electric Bitters are just the tiling for a man when lie is all run down, and don’t care whether ho lives or dies. It did more to give me new strength and good appetite than anything I could take, I can now cut anything and have a tuw lease on life.” Only f»0 cents, at Cherokee Drug Company, Every bottle guaranteed. Used Moody'a Picture. The late Dwight L. Moody was fond of telling how his picture once did duty for tiiat of Rutherford It. Hayes. Dur ing the Hayes campaign a big Repub lican rally was held in Fort Wayne, Did. Everything was ready when it was suggested that tiie meeting would lie incomplete without a picture of General Hayes. This brought out tho v discovery that, although qrovutd tTii* walls of the room were hung the pic tures of many celebrities of the day, that of Hayes was not among them, nor could a picture of him be found. One of the members of tiie committee on arrangements was Joe Brimmer, a sign painter, who had a natural gift of drawing. In a copy of Harper's Maga zine on the table was a small cut of Evangelist D. L. Mood}’. Brimmer de cided it was enough like Hayes to make a copy from, and In half an hour lie had a good sized sketch and labeled the product “Rutherford B. Hayes.” It was hung on tiie stage, and tho speakers of the evening pointed to it as they referred to “that statesman,” etc. Finally* the Joke leaked out in the crowd and almost resulted in breaking up the meeting.—New York Tribune. Clever Clny. When Henry Clay was stumping Kentucky for re-election, at one of his mass meetings an old hunter of wide political influence said: “Well, Harry, I’ve always been foi* you. but because of tiiat vote”—which lie named—“I’m goin ag'in you.” “Let me see your rifle,” said Clay. It was handed up to him. “Is she a, good rifleV” “Yes.” ; “Did slip ever miss fire?” “Well, yes, once.” “Why didn’t you throw her away?” I The old hunter thought a moment! and then said, “Harry, I’ll try youj ng’in.” • And Harry was elected.—San Fran cisco Argonaut. Nature I * Babies and children need J proper food, rarely ever medi- j cine. If they do not thrive | | on their food something b * f wrong. They need a little | help to get their digestive | machinery working properly. SO**" COO UVER OIL WITH HYPOPHOSPHITES orUME 4 SODA i will generally correct this } difficulty. If you will put from one- fourth to ha!f a teaopoonhil in baby’s bottle three or four times a day ycu will soon see a marked improvement. For larger children, from half to a tcaspoonfol, according to i a*e, dbaolved in their milk, if you so dtsrre, will very soon show its g'eat nourish ing power. If the mother’s milk does not nourish the <» . baby, she needs the emul sion. It w* , j shew an effect at once both upon mother ; and child. | V*c. anti fi.oo, alt druggists. L Sr.OTT ti BOWNE, Ch«mUu, Nrw York/ M i ■■ i i»—in Why do you... semi your job printing out of town when can you got it done tit homo its cheap and in as good stylo ‘vs you can away from home r Send for a Ledger rep resentative the next timo you want job printing and give a honn* enterprise a clmneo.