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I'nic X^ici>OE>ie. BY En. H. DkCamp. t'UBMSHKr' TI■ KSI)AY ANI> FRIDAY SI ISSCKIPTION 1’KICK: Cftsh in advance, per year $1 (X>. On time, per year ijil.'iU. The Lkdoku 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for the views of correspondents* Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to got them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Cards of thanks will bo published at one cent a word. Reading notices will be published at t^n cents a line each insertion. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. II. DeCamp. Manager. NflTKS AM COMMENTS. ' with careful management One of the most creditable pieces putch . f) „ will lilst fr0ln of newspaper enterprise that has is sued from the Southern press re cently is the superb industrial art edition of the Spartanburg Herald. The matter reflects credit upon Mr. Gibson Catlett, the printing reflects credit upon Mr. Barnes and the edi tion reflects credit on the Spartan City. The Herald is to be congratu lated. like'y to be stronger and more preva lent than in colleges managed by a Stale. That’s about all of it. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The broad tire is growing in favor and will in all probability be estab lished in this state by law. Wo be lieve that with good roads once built, the broad tiro will be a necessity in order to keep them good. The build ing of good, permanent roads, how ever, will be the work of years, and the Legislature must not push the broad tire too fast, nor spring it on the country suddenly. Dealers must hav^e time to work up and sell all of their present stock, farmers time to wear out all of their wagons, and even then the law must contain many exceptions. It will require twenty years for the people to adapt themselves to the change without inconvenience and serious loss. A good wagon used, on the farm only, and a little twenty to twenty-five years, and it will be fifty years before all of the main roads in the state can lie macadamized. Wo do not object to the law, but we want it so shaped that it will allow ample time for the change. The fact has been emphasized time and.again that students from other states are seeking admission into our State colleges. Wouldn’t it be a graceful thing for our Legislature to make a special appropriation for the benefit of alt such students, and to make it large enough to cover the expenses of all who may come? I n- der such inducement, no doubt, hun dreds would be gathered into our State colleges from beyond our borders! Dr. J. I>. Stepp, of Switzer, is out in the Spartanburg papers, urging the farmers to organize and fight the guano trust. We wish that Dr. Stepp bad submitted some specific plan of campaign. Almost every farmer wants to fight the trust, but be doesn’t know bo v to go about it. Hie ordi nary method of holding meetings and passing resolutions amounts to nothing. About the only way wo see of lighting the trust successfully, is to do it witli home made manure, hilt side terraces, a judicious rota tion of crops, and all-round better farming. Each farmer will have to fight this battle for himself, not so much for crushing the trust as for making himself independent of the article in w hich the trust deals. ♦ ♦ Our spicy correspondent, “Paul,” puts us in a hole, as he has done many times before. We know not whether to thank him for his apparent complimc nts or to score -him f or bis censures. Indeed, we are so obtuse tii»t ne whether the first part of his»‘ ivci is intended for compliment or ridicule. When he is tempted into such a vein again wo advise him to do us the lit tle boy did after drawing the picture of a horse. Ho wrote under it, “this is a house!” We accord him the liberty to think what be pleases of the dispensary, and we agree with him heartily in what he says about Gen. Joe Wheeler. So honors thus far are even. They may not remain so, however, if he choose to say much more along some of the same lines. How hard it is for a man to under stand what he reads when his mind is clouded with prejudices! Last week we defined clearly our position in regard to the State colleges. Tne Columbia State, on first reading, ac cused us of attacking higher educa tion, but afterwards generously ex plained and apologized. Now our esteemed correspondent, “Octavus,” indirectly asserts that we are trying to break down the State colleges. Friends, if you are determined to j)our out the vials of your wrath )on us, pull the corks out and pour ahead. But if you are going to con demn us by our own words, do take the time to read those words as they are printed, and put thought enough on them to understand them. If we were not afraid of arousing The State’s unanswerable ridicule by another classic quotation, we should say. “Strike, but hear!” ♦ ♦ ♦ The question of higher education by the State is purely i political one and we shall treat it as such when ever we may have occasion to discuss it. We are not an advocate of de nominational colleges because they are denominational, but because they are established by private benevo lence, supported by voluntary patron age, and are amply sufficient to take care of the higher inter ts of education in the State. We should oppose them if they meant what their opponents seem to think they mean—that they are inatilutionH founded and operated for the pur pose of inculcating particular re ligious creeds. Such an imputation is unfounded, unfair^nd unjust. They train stmienthe lan- sciences just about us wj from the nuturj positive Chi There was great rejoicing in Lon don when it was announced that the British had captured Spion Kop after an all day’s tight. This knob or mountain, or whatever it is, was considered the key to the Boers’ posi tion,, and it was confidently pre dicted that the whole Boorish army would have to make a hasty retreat. The world wondered that so impor tant a position should have been so weakly defended, and confidence in Boerish strategy and admiration for Boerish valor both began to wane. But scarcely had the rejoicing in England reached its height, when another dispatch came announcing that the Kop hud been retaken. When Warren’s men had entered the trenches in triumph numerous masked batteries opened from still higher positions and swept the trenches with a storm of shot and shell, which human flesh could not stand, and part ol tluxe who hu ! marched up the bill were compelled to march down again without much regard to the manner of marching, while the other part were left to be “off duty forever.” They now say it was another trap'laici by the Boers and their strategy, pluck and hero ism are again at a premium, while England’s stock markets are run ning wild and her prestige and power are trembling in the balance. “.Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. ! Take what course thou wilt.” LIMESTONE COTTON MILL ORGANIZED, Work to be Commenced at an Early Date. ADVERTISE FOR A SITE. LOWER CHEROKEE LETTER. The <U|>il:tl Stock Will ho feCiOO.MOO, a Thinl of AVhloh Hits Iteon Tilkeii-.A AiuKiiifiocut {Set of OHlecrs for the New Enterprise. The new cotton mill for Gaffney is no longer a matter of conjecture, but it is an assured fact. The now mill will bo known as the Limestone ME .. The gentlemen interested in the new enterorise met last night and per fected their organization. About .$70,000 of the stock has been sub scribed for and the remainder is a mutter of little concern. In this issue will be found an advertisement asking proposals for a site. The question of a site will be decided by the 15th uf next month and work will be inaugurated on the new plant just as soon as the weather will permit. The new organization starts out most Onr ('orrcupoinU.iil Is ItrrointQK Souicwliat I’tMHlnilxUc. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Jan. 20.—Those who were up this morning early had a fine view of the moon surrounded by a coterie of bright stars. This grand spectacle of nature called to our mind the words of the Almighty when he convin <1 Job of his ignorance and insignificance. Within the last forty-eight hours we have had almost all kinds of weather known to the torrid zone. We are glad to see letters from the Rev. W. E. Crocker, in China. These letters are a source of great pleasure and profit to our Ledger readers, a'nd we hope Mr. and Mrs. Crocker will continue to let us hear from them. We want to know the nature and ex tent of the work in which they are engaged, how they are getting along with it and hundreds of other things that are interesting to us. That they will enjoy the work and scenes of their distant home, we are fuily aware that every Ledger reader and friend desires. A few farmers are turning stubble auspiciously. No better set of offi- j where the ground is in condition to cers and board of directors could be found in the State. They are all men of cotton mill experience, and to say that the new mill will prove success ful is only saying what every one who is acquainted with the promoters be lieves. The following officers will govern Limestone Mill: President—Jas. A. Carroll. Vice-President—J. L>. Little Sec. and Treas.—W. C. Hamrick. Manager—E. It. Cash. Board of Directors—A. X. Wood, J. A. Carroll, F. G. Stacy, J. (>. Lit tle, W. C. Hamrick, C. A. Turner, W. C. Thompson, R. A. Jones and E. R. Cash. The Limestone mill will be wel comed by every citizen interested in the material prosperity of Gaffney— the “Banner of the Piedmont.” PLEASED AND DISPLEASED. A Correspondent Expresses His Approval ami Disapproval. Editor ok The Leikikr:—1 want to say that I was very much inter ested in your leader in Tuesday’s Ledger on W the lecturer on Stonewall Jackson. I was greatly pleased with you lust night—don’t presume to fail to observe that I sty last night! The fact is, I am pleased with Tile Ledger— communion meeting will be THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Condensed Report of the Work of Our Law-Makers. In a recent issue of The Ledger vve made some serious statements of more or less force in regard to the State colleges. They were state ments worthy of i.ie serious atten tion oi every man who has the good of the state at heart and believes in democratic principles of government. We closed the series of statements i th a quotation from Gray which summed up and emphasized their mportunce. So far as we have seen, these statements have neither been overthrown nor contradicted. That so able and fair-minded a newspaper us the Columbia State should at tempt to ridicule instead of disprove them is a confession on the part of The State that it was unable to cope with them—that the thoughts did breathe and the words did burn. In stead of proving that the statements made are not serious ones, The State, like a lawyer who is unable to show that the crime with which his client is charged is not a serious one, at tempts by raising a laugh to accom plish practically the sumo purpose. This is tiie arguinentum and captan- dum, one of the most disreputable forms of what is known in logic as the Ignoratio Elenchi, or Irrelevant conclusion, and is the favorite trick of third rate attorneys and of fourth rate politicians. That The State which is neither an attorney nor a politician, but, us we regard it, a broad-minded, high-toned, journal should resort to such a trick, shows conclusively, we repeat, how our thoughts did “breathe” and how our mind did “burn.” And they will goon breathing and burning until they burn their way into public recogni tion and demand that unjust dis criminations shull cease and unjust burdens be removed. Mayor'* Cimrt. i iie Mayor 1 ail live IT nder* be fore him yesterday morning. It was a miKed crowd and “plain drunk” was the prevailing charge, i lie offen ders all looked penitent and ids Honor ineiciiul, but the law was tin re and the Mayor’sduty had to be performed. I'he session of the court netted the (itv thirty dollars and opened up a new Week lu which tlie offender! will have six days to work and lay up their earnings to invest i again In Saturday night and Handily debauches. II,' l'',„,l,‘,l 'I lie NiiriiioiK. All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of West Jefferson, <>., after suffering IS months from Rectal Fist mil, lie would die unless a costly operation was performed; but he cured himself with five boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Halve, Hie surest File cure on Earth, d the b"st Halvein tlio World. 25 alnj^pPJJ^TVrokec Drug much of your talk in by no means ali of it. Notably, I do not think your position on the dis pensary is good. You are doing all you can to cripple tiiat best arrange ment that onn be made just now for controlling the sales of liquor. .By tiiis there is such an improvement on the promiscuous system, that is d- eense to any who may pay the money, and there is such effectual doing away with the evils of open bar rooms, that I think, ren'y T do think, that good men, Chrir ian men, men who counsel youc'g and old to attend church and t/ attend to the preached .word, shoal*, hesitate u long while before they make assaults on the way provided by law to restrain the sale.of whiskey. Neverth less, you are right occasionally, i'll be switched if you aren’t. What astonishes me most is your wonderful knack of saving the right i ^ J ul lJ Wl ... • . • .1 r. 7 ! road tax and part do not. thing just in the right way. An- r - other astonishment takes hold of me, Where did you get such a stock of invictives? Roget must help you; but Roget is not in it when you dogoned old Welch biood gets up. You must make special studies in expletives, adjectives and all that kind of thing. Jot* Wheeler! Now hasn’t he nig gled it! When Joe went to Santiago I thought it all right, and when lie did well I was proud of him. But when he started to the Philippines, 1 saw that his head was turned and I thought an asylum the proper point of destination. It is another proof that an old fool is the worst fool, a kind of old Bet tie Vaughn fool, “a foolish d—d fool.” Hhe said that, l do not commend Bet. In fact, I do not approve of sneering by man nor woman. If the present occasion seems to call for it, Joe Wheeler is to blame. My feelings is the same that Jim Kennedy said Tom Farrow’s treatment had always been toward him. “Mr. Farrow,” said Jim, “has always treated me with courtesy and contempt.” Jim said that, and I partly believe it. Paul. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. plow. The held at Salem on the fourth of Feb ruary. Preaching begins at 11 a. m. | Rev. J. P. Marion will conduct the services. Preparatory services are expected to begin on Saturday before at i! a. in,, and the church session will meet at 10:B0 a. m.. on Sabbath, for the transaction of business that may come before it. Some of our neighbors have cotton in the field yet. That don’t sound like short crops, does it? The fact is it didn’t open until after the holi days. The officials will find some trouble in getting accurate reports of the number of children attendingtho free school this season. There is so much changing about that, some children will attend two or more schools. Tlif Brood river school, on the York side, is now in session with a full j number of scholars and a corps of I efficient teachers. They have one of l no In st arranged and most comforta-. bie country school houses we know of. The fact is, they never make any pretentions. They do things right or not at all. Everybody is not “boss” over t li, re. '1 bey systematize I their work by carrying out only one plan ratber than spoiling several good ones. “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” Wo fully apprecitilo the motive that led the gocxl people of the First Baptise chinch in Gaffney to give their pastor such an effective pound- ••.g recently. Now that it is his turn he is sure to do some pounding when it is needed. We think it a healthy sign for both clm-Mi and State when people won’t let such pounding ail go the same way. We are glad to note the feeling in the State in regard to our school his tories. That measures will be adopt ed for the introduction of better books we are ! Tul. Some ot the public roads are re ported as being in bad fix, in many places. Part of our people pay their The result is we have only such roads as the make-shift of labor we get, from those who prefer to work rather than pay, gives ns Our Legislature could do no better than to amend the law to make everybody work or pay. Those who live nearest tiie edge of the counties are generally the greatest sufferers. It is true when the roads between them and their court houses are worked and put in good condition, they get the advantages of them in going to and from their court houses. But people who live near the edge of the counties want good roads, too, to get out of their counties and get back into them again, when they have business in other directions. A few years ago—while we were in the old county—we heard a reliable citizen count up $J2.00 road tax paid by the hands oh two sections of road in Gowdeyviile township, and on those two sections not over $10.(10 was paid back, in work, by the coun ty. The few defaulters did what little additional vvorK iaus pretended to be done on them. If this lias been materially changed by our getting in a new county we don’t know it. \Ve are satisfied that it is impossible for the ciiain gang to THE DISPENSARY BILL. Two import* on Senator Appelts DlNpcn- Hury-Loeal-Optlon-lIill.-A Spirited l>«- on Senator tfari*lmll'8 Hill to Ex tend tins Romedie* of Railroads. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Coi.um in a, Jan. 29.—While there arc many measures before the general assembly for consideration, some are of very greatjimportanco and others of less import. There is t he dispensary up for its share of yeerly legislation. There is a very great difference of opinion as to how this legislation will result. The senate has already spent some time in discussing the liquor question, but has not proceeded to such an extent as to enable any one to be able to predict with any degree of certainty what the outcome of the legislation on the liquor question will be. There are quite a number of bills before the legislature on this great question. The weather this morning reminds one of weathei of last winter, when everything was frozen up. It is now snowing and the clouds seem to indi cate a deep snow. We ware happily surprised this morning to meet Mr. A. N. Wood and his most excellent and estimable wife and three little boys. Their presence in the state bouse made us feel like we were at home. 1 am glad to see through the Gaff ney correspondent to The State that Gaffney is still striving to keep pace with the steady developments of the piedmont section. 1 believe that is is generally ad mitted throughout this and other States that the ph dmont section of the southern states lias an immedi ate future before it which will, if not retarded* by some unforeseen mis fortune, equal, if not surpass, any other part of the United States in material development. Success to The Ledger and all Cherokee. n. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. IVople Yon Know and Pcopta Yon Know. DonT The Tlic Century J. l.ililit'K of (lie Nineteenth Club (lives a ll:in<iuet. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg, Jan. 29—Capt. I). Anthony, of Ilichmand. Yu., mana ger of our Yirginia-Curolina, Chemi cal Co., is here for a few days. Mr. MeCune Albergate has moved in Mrs. A. W. Osborne’s residence. Mr Freston Duff, of Gaffney, as sisted Ids brother, J. W. Duff, in his store last Saturday. Mrs. A. J. Blalock and children have gone on a visit to our sister state. . Mi*'* Ini'y Thompson, one of our cliariniug young ladies, left Satur day to visit friends in Shelby. Mr. ai d Mrs. SV\ King, of Char iot to, spent Sunday witii their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Healan, of t his place. We are Very glad to say that Mr. It'it ter c, w ho bus been quite ill for some time, is now able to be on the streets again. Mr J. G. Gallaber who has been at Cumdcn, III., for the past year, is visiting relatives in this city. Mr. Dudley Dull went to Charlotte Saturday on business. Mr. Tom M. Caldwell, one of Cher okee's busim ss young men, made a Hying visit to Blacksburg Sunday. Mr. T. 11. Butler and wife, spent Sunday in our place. The ladies of the nineteenth cen tury elub, gave a banquet on Friday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. (laden. Each lady invited her husband. Every one reports a grand tune. L. it. K / put all the roads in the county in good condition until they have had time to do so. This will take years of work. We are not disposed to make unreasonable exactions from our county government neither do we charge our officials with a willful neglect of duty. We only wish it understood that those living near the edge of the county, or at remote dis tances from the county seat, have rights that the county ought to re spect. J. L s. Meeting of Ladies Aid Society. The Ladies Aid Society of the First Baptist church will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:80 o'clock, at the resi dence of Mr. (). IS, Kendrick. The members are urged to be present. Diseovered by a Wonmn. Another great discovery has been made, and that too, by a lady in .this country. “Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For t hree months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She finally dis covered a way to recovery, by pur chasing of us a bottle of Or. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose, that she slept all night; and with two bottles has been abso lutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz. Thus writes W. C. Hamrick Jr Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial botyfos free at Cherokeo Drug Companj \ Regular size 50c and $1.00. Evtfry bottle guaranteed. Tlic l.ci-isliitiirc. Saturday Senator Manshall’s bill to extend the remedies of railroad employees to employees of cotton mills and street car lines came up in the house. Mr. Jackson, of Ander son, moved to strike out the enacting clause. The motion was killed. The bill was in the hands of Mr. Button, of Richland, and that gentleman was temporarily absent from the house, but soon came in when the bill was again called by Mr. Brinee who also wanted the enacting words stricken out. This provoked quite a spirited de bate between Representative, Button, Brinee. R««*<I**ic, iilcOuilovu>h, Blease and Stevenson. After which the vote was taken on the motion to strike out the enacting words and the bill was killed. Mr. West’s pension bill was indefi nitely postponed on motion of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Laban Maulding’s pen sion bill, also that of Mr. Dean, was made the special order fur next Tues day night, at 8:30 o’clock. “There was a favorable report on the bill to provide for a pension, and on the bill to devolve the duties of supervisors of registration upon clerks of municipalities and clerks of court.” new bills. Mr. Mobley—To make Secretary of State member of sinking fund com mission. Mr. McDovv—To authorize Comp. General and Supervisor of York county to draw warrants for .$85 and $15 .respectively, in favor of II. A. J). Neely, county treasurer, to cor rect error. Mr. Montgomery—To limit the number of acres of land which an alien may own in the State. Mr. DeBruhl—To amend revised statutes 1898, section (>99, so as to include judge, auditor, treasurer and master of equity under the provis ions. ' Mr. Suber—To increase the penalty for violation of labor contracts. Mr. Marion-^TO confirm the Caro lina and Northwestern railroad. Mr. Wharton—To regulate labor contracts. Mr. Button—To validate certain school certificates issued for supplies. The house at 2 o'clock receded from business until 12 o'clock noon, Monday. SENATE. The Senate held a short session Saturday, convening at 10 o’clock and adjourning at 2 o’clock, leaving quite a number of second and third read ings unacted upon. ItisL <eiy uigltt sessions will be held this we : k. .Among the new bills was one by Senator Sarratt to creato a sinking fund for Cherokee county. The judiciary coti mittee made a majority and minorit; report on Sen ator Aldrich’s re»"U. ion to investi gate the Statu disp.'ii ary. 3 he ma jority report by Sat. .tor Henderson was unfavorable, thu minority by Senator May field' as favorable. The resolution went, < i the calendar. THE A! t’KLT’ BILL. There were also two reports from the judiciary committee on the Ap- pelt dispensary-locai-option bill, the unfavorable report being signed by St-nator Henderson and live others, the favorable report being made by Senator Barnwell and five others. The bill went on the calendar. The comiAjttee on charitable insti tutions reported unfavorably on the bill to regulate the admission of ine briates to the lunatic asylum. Tiio bill went on the calendar. DISl’i.NSARY MONDA Y NIGHT. Senator Henderson inoY^d that the Gruydon dispensary bill made a special order for Monday night, which was done .without objection. Unless the programme is alttered, the dispensary will bo genoTally) discuss ed at that time. ' [ t Caul Y. Gaffney, one of the (ravel ing men of Hie Gaffney Carpet Mill, has just returned from a successful trip to Florida. He will leave today for New York nnd the eastern States where be will introduce the product of the Gaffney Carpet Mill. Caul is a hustler, and he sure before he comes back South Carolina made carpets will be sold In New England. Joseph Whelehel, one of that old family of Whelchel’s that has been prominent in this section for more than a hundred years, was in the city Saturday. E. R. Sapoch, a prominent Chero- keean from over ihe Broad, spent some time in the city yesterday on business. .1. R. Bachelor, a Broad river far- m r, was in the city Saturday. Black Scruggs and Win. Eaker, two worthy citizens and prominent farmers and lumber men of the Bat tle Groun l, were in the city yester day. Capt. John II. Montgomery, of Spartanburg, made a visit to Lime stone College Saturday. Felix Lipscomb, an enterprising young farmer of Ravenna, made a business trip to the city yesterday. Peter 'Morgan, a thrifty Broad river farmer, made a business trip to the city Saturday. Geo. W. Elmore, one of the most nrogressive and successful farmers i i Cherokee, was one of the city visi tors yesterday. It. T. .lolly, late of Cleveland county. N. C., but now of Grassy Bond, in Cherokee county, came down to the city Saturday on busi ness. S. Goodman Pridmore, an all-round good farmer and Cherokee citizen, was among his friends in the city yes terday. Miss Eva Hall arrived in the _cjty Saturday from Mitford. She is visti- ing Brof. and Mrs. Dye and Prof, Hall and wife. It. H. Taylor, veteran and a farmer, came in to yesterday. A. G. Williams, of Spartanburg, was in the city Sunday. Mrs. Sumter Littlejohn and chil dren visited Mr. J. A. Littlejohn and family in Spartanburg the latter part of last week. Luther Sarratt. an up-to-date young fanner of Grassy Bund, was in the city Friday. ■Iff.'. IG'olniubilrn,^, ; comptroller gotl.'.'.^ a careful examination of tin a. , IJ «iM reached the conclusion that, u>„ the provision made in the supply act of last year, poll tux delii quentf can l><* reached and made to p.iy tT 1899 polls or serve on the couriTl chain gang*, and he is now prepurioj to instruct county officials to proce) to furnish magistrates with lists delinquents. In u \ : w weeks nj doubt proceedings will be under way in all the counties, and those who have failed to pay their polls v. II find it hot for them. a Confederate worthy Cherokee see The Ledger O M. W. LiltUj dm, a prpspprous ! Goucher planter spent a short time ; in (lie city yesterday. Mr and Mrs. (Largo Bfilnfron re turned from their wedding tqur (Sat urday. They spent fi ~fcw hours in the city and then went to Shelby, where they will reside in the future. Wiiks Brown, a prosperous young merchant of Ravenna, was in the city yesterday. C. B. Ellis, of Dellinger, paid The Ledger a pleasant visit Monday. Braxton Brice, a Thickety farmer who has recently moved closed to the city, came in to see The Ledger yes terday. ^ Mrs. Ann Waters was in the city Saturday shopping. Wm. A. Austell came In to f'Cc us Friday while in the city on business. G. S. Black, of Bine Grove, one of Cherokee's most substantial farmers and citizens, came up to the city Saturday. James T. Harris, one of Cherokee’s good farmers and lumber men, was in the city yesterday on business. Sylvanus Littlejohn came up to the city Saturday on business. Mr. and Mrs. A. \. Wood went to Charleston last week. Mrs NathanU Lipscomb, who has been on an extended visit to relatives and friends in Florida and Georgia, returned to the city last week, much to the delight of the home folks. v Robt. J. Kirby, of Snnnyside. was ‘‘the city visitors Saturday. THOMPSON MILLTALK. Mr. iindMrs Extra Entertain Thrir Yoiinj; Friend*. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Thomusox’s Mill, Jan. 29.—Lost yesterday, some where between sun rise and sunset, a golden opportunity. There is no reward offered for it, for it is lost, forever lost. There is no news alloat at this time and none can bo heard save the hum of the old mill. That indicates that the farmers aro preparing for another year’s toil and labor, and ihe merry waters laughing on their way beneath the great willow boughs. Rev. J. N. Ison filled his appoint ment at Mesopotamia yesterday. Owing to the weather there were not many present, but the audience gave good attention. Miss Annie Miller, a beautiful and charming young lady of Newport. S. C., lias taken charge of the Sunny- side School. Miss Miller comes high ly recommended a* one* who is .".b!e to traiii the plastic minds of child hood. The C. E Society of young people met last evening at the home of Mrs. II. H. J .ee’s with a good attendance. Mr. Sumner from Asheville, N. C., passed our section a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Estes tendered to a few of their young friends last Friday eve a nice “evening” at their home, where the buoyant spirit of mirth was not slow to show himself among the youngsters on this lovely occasion. In the cozy room Mr, and Mrs. Estes are good host and hostess and the fires of hospitality are never allowed to burn low in their home. \Ve are sorry to learn that Master Herbert Goforth is lying critically ill at his home with a rheumatic disease. May some gentle wind soon blow the flower of health back to the faded cheek and he be returned to his place by the hearthstone. \Ve certainly enjoy reading the let ter* of Rev. Crocker from that distant land and hope he will continue to give us letters whenever he can make it convenient. May he and his amiable wife be spared to return to their “home-land” after they have accom plished much good in their field. It looks this morning as if it would snow in a short time. But wa>C and 6^. Nightingale. \ Banger I Signals! Do you take cold with every change in the weather ? Does your throat feel raw ? And do sharp pains dart through your chest ? Don’t you know these are danger signals which point to pneumonia, bronchitis, or consumption itself? If you are ailing and have lost flesh lately, they are certainly danger signals. The question for you to decide is, “Have I the vitality to throw off these diseases?” Don’t wait to try SCOTT’S EMULSION “as a last re sort.” There is no remedy equal to it for fortifying the system. Prevention is easy. Scott’s Emulsion prevents consumption and hosts of other diseases which attack the weak and those with poor biood. SCOTT’S EMULSION Is the one standard remedy for inflamed throats and lungs, for colds, bronchitis and con sumption. It is a food medi cine of remarkable power. A food, because it nourishes the body ; and a medicine, be cause it corrects diseased conditions. 50c. and $1.00. all druggists. SCOTT & BOVVNK, Chemists, New Yoik l/U The € sms tag of Baby brings joy or pain. It’s for &e i mother to decide. With good health, and a strong womanly organism, ] motherhood but adds to a mbnan’s j attractiveness. MbELRECS Wm@ of Gsrdui takes away all terrors by strengthening the vital organs. It fits a mother for baby’s coming. By revitalizing the nerve centres it has brought chubby, crowing youngsters to thousands of weak women who feared they were barren. It purifies, heals, regulates and strengthens, and is good for all women at all times. No druggist would be without it. $1 00 For advice in cases requiring special directions, address, giving symptoms, “ The Ladies’ Advisory Department,” The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat tanooga, Teiin. ^ 9 MRS. LOUISA VTALE.of Jefferson,Go., says"Wl.cn 1 j:rst took Wine of Cardiff we had been married three years, but could not have any children. Nine months later I .aid a line firl baby.’* , ~Tm Repairing of Watches, Clocks ami Jewelry, also Engraving, properly and promptly done by J. R. COOPER. My work guaranteed! Trespass Notice._ A LL persons :uv hereby forhuiclQn to tres pass on my lands for any puriwse wlmt- K. S. Spencer. ever under penalty of the law l-£.’-4t-p(l — A LL persons are forbidden to tresspass on my land for hunting or any purpose whatever under penalty of the law. A. It. Turner. l-lli-:it A !.!, persons are hereby warned to not trespsiss on S. c. Carlton's or Mrs. Mary I'.Ga ’ >n's places for hunting, lishlnsT <>r CUl- tiux titulier, or any other way. I-SMt-pd A. N. 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