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Gold Dust. The Best Washing Powder. Housework is Hard Work Without it. It is <|iiitr the latest Start the spring season give you an annual <livi<h attractive policies ollcn <i dollar a we ladi < *s ecuring ■k—le>s than “rad for oil' right by Mid. We tire writ in l>y any company, lifteen cents a to carry life insurtmce. a policy that will the most liberal and For instance: One dav—buys a $2,000 twen ty payment life policy in the oldest and best insurance company doing business in America. We also tire oil'ering some very hand some building lots. If you want a home we can interest you. Call on or address DODENHOFF & DARBY, Insurance and Real Estate. CToiiic* . . . So has cur Large Stock of Baby Carriages. These were bought before the advance in price and will be sold accordingly. Buy your carriage now and lie ready to ttike advantagi of the early sping day for an outing with baby. Don’t forget that we carry the largest stock of Mattings, Rugs and Window Shades county and that our prices are right; in proof of to state that \vc have received our third hill id the other lines within the last Dxty days, full up and prices right. See us before buy- ■speet fully, in Cherokee which we only of rugs and di All other ing. haw plie; line- CARROLL, CARPENTER & HUMPHRIES. Is ill. !T< atest fault of the ;l o V from n If so, it was not because Have you suffered you purchased your- Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, etc., at my store. carry all grades clerks to •roods I •an nnsrej ell •ev ent my good them to you, init present it to whatever I sell juice charged lor it. 1 know that canuot sell goods, so my clerks out the established rule of mv ston you cheap article and rt guarantee that charged for it hut I do not allow my s. If you want cheap will not sell you a he a good one. I will he worth the alone advertising are instructed to carry and he careful not to mi-nor- ~e;ii anything. All goods delivered in the citv without extra charge J. D. Goudelock. THE GAFFNEY MANU FACTURING GO,, WINS. Supreme Court Renders Opin ion. EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. Tin* Opinion of tin* Court Wit* I'lmnlnnm*-- It Involvt'n Interi-.HtiiiK ami Important Mattcri, in Tlii* Day of Cotton Mill liuii<l- Iiik. An important dicision of the Supri-mc Couifc is or.e delivered last week in the case of M. L. Koss against Gaffney City et. al. which we publish in full. The opinion of the Court, which is unanimous, is written by Associate Justice Gary. ^ It involves interesting and impor tant matters in this day of cotton mill building and i xomptions flfr the purpose of encouraging such enter prises. Following is the decision of the Court in brief: This is a petition to the Court, in the exercise of its original jurisdic tion, for a writ of mandamus requiring the town clerk of the town council of Gatlney Citj to restore and place upon the books the assessments against the Guilncy Manufacturing Company for tlie years 1894,18115, 18'JG, 1897, 1898 and 1899 and to col lect all taxes due upon the same. The defendants made returns to the rule to show cause, and the petitioner filed a reply to the return of the Gall- ney Manufacturing Company. A report was iiled by A. 1>. Carlisle in pursuance of an order of this Court appointing him special Master to take the testimony and report upon the facts. The petitioner herein was at times hereinbefore mentioned, and still is, a citizen of North Carolina, but was during the years mentioned, and now is, a taxpayer in Gaffney City, owning therein valuable real estate. The Gaifney City Manufacturing Company h is regularly, situe its incorporatic n in 1892, returned its property for taxation for State and county pur poses, but it iias never made a return of its property for taxation to Gaifney City nor lias it paid to it any taxes except the sum of $80 for each of the years 1898 and 1899 on the store run by the corporation in connection with its manufacturing business. Its failure to return its property and pay taxes to Gaifney City was on account of an ordinance, approved by a majority of the freeholders within the incorporate limits of Gaifney City in .July, 1892, and passed by the town council, to exempt the Gaifney Man ufacturing Company from town taxes for the period of ten years. In May, 1899, another ordinance was passed by the town council of Gaffney City exempting from taxation for munici pal purposes all manufactories having a paid up stock of twenty thousand dollars for live years. This ordinance was duly referred to the qualified voters of the said town and ratified by a large majority. The petition for the passage of the first ordinance, hereinbefore mentioned, was signed by the relator, M. L. Ross. His div idends as a stockholder in said corpo ration have amounted to more than any increase of taxes which lie may have had to pay by reosoa of the said exemption. The Gaffney Manufacturing Com pany alleges in its return to the rule to siiow cause, and it is not denied in the reply, that the petition arid or dinance passed in pursuance thereof greatly moved and influenced the said corporation in the location of its mill, and that the petitioner, by Iris con- bring from it Sunders for petitioners; Messrs. J. C. Jefferies. Thos. 1\ Cothran, M. F. Ansel for defendants. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. IVople You Know xn.l IVojilr You Don't Know. IC1 it: I have fo it id it! four .1.1. ."a rial I k« <'|>' <-',ii*.tsitit ly on ha id : tiny s!/.c from :l i 1'* •l'» inchi ». Alvi’i or I him tile ink <*1 n. all of y. tiii*li c: r> 1“ ir cash aid upprovi <1 |iu|.'*r. Don'i foi;'i*t Kct. t h" uiiit|i|iroai*liahli.* Tys ai & .1 ones’ tie dupllcati .l in i lii.s inarki!, aid. loti, h Other makes of Im^ie . for loss mom vliiee.i ilitii I can and will save you mon As ill the pa-,t, I shall continue to wheelbarrows, f armers’ Friend and (toy \tra plow handles, singletrees, harn< the I. wayotm he market. ly the place to buy complete line of Itirdsdl am! White Hickory waiems, tit* t ily ’ joiil •’Spi clai” one-horse v.'nxons, lion axle >V'd at a very small mnrdn for sj>ot. cash, or for part i thiit .1. I. SiirraU's Ituifa'y Frnpoi iuni is the plaee to ' hu/vy, which for stylo, tiulsli and durability cannot Ills prici s an* reasonable. iey, hut all ‘.'enuliie bartfains. Fall, see and lie con- icy on anyihinjr in the vehicle line, handle a full line of farming implements such ns itixle I urn Plows, plow po.nts, plow stocks, plows, t races, hack hands, ht*< I holts, cicvlscs. open rln;;s, also braces, hits. cann d horse nod mule shoes, mills, pocket aid tati!c cutlery, scissors, shears. et< chisels, hammers, screw s. butts, irate late In* i. etc., at low i st |n Ices. I also keep iii stock m* ;it. Hour, suytar, eotfi **. molasses, soaps, starch, axle Ifreasi /foods, etc. .Nice line of or.e-horse wii?on and hnirity hiirness to be sold cheap for cash. My shoe dopnt tment is str ctly •‘up-to-date." I can suit all, both old and yountr, male and female. Dei my prici*s I* tore huyinirand save money. I have a few cents’ ina klntosh coat , iind ladies'cajies which I w III sell at cost to dorc out. Men's suit*, mints, overalls, work shins, while shirt*, laundered and unluundc.-cd. i. ties, ertivats and various othi r articles in dry {roods and iio- iro at rock ImiMohi prices. I liavejust received a , . , . - . il1 hopu I a r prices. SiM-nd your dollars with me if the most K<*>ds to I*- had for the leu,i money. Respectfully, M( necll/n i t ion* toi ilobby li y ou wan ,*.. coiwirs, ci • totis to mention, hut all h hats in a 11 l lit: lalist styles most goods to i*' had for the about tlie instituting J. H. «A W K Do You Need Shingle Uailintr Laths, Lumlx r, rotiirh or dr oak or J’aints, Varnishes or Glass? pine, Doors, Sash, I so come to tlie ed, Yard Posts, Blinds, lumber van! al S. < moot T. I. WALKER Phone 95. duct in aiding to result, is debarred this proceeding. In the case of Daniels vs learney, 102 U. 8., 415, the Court says: “It is well settled as a general proposition, subject to certain excep tions not necessary to be here noted, that where a party has availed him self for his benefit of an unconstitu tional law lie cannot, in a subsequent litigation with others not in that position, aver iis unconst it utionality as a defense, although such unconstitutionaiity may have been pronounced I y a competent ju dicial tribunal in another suit. In such casts Hie privilege of estoppel applies with ful! force and conclusive effect.’’ Citing a number of authorities, continuing, the Court says: “In the case first cited an injunction was applied fui to prevent the collection of a tax authorized by an Act of the General Assembly, passed during the civil war, to enable thy people of a county to raise volun teers and thus avoid a uraft of sol dier-, and that object had been ac complished. In disposing of the case was the Oi>urt well asked upon what principle of exalted equity shall a man be permitted Jto receive a valu able consideration through a statue procured through lus >wn consent or subsequent sanction by him, or from which ho derived an interest and con sideration and repudiate the statute? Other cases are cited on the some line. It is with the discretion of the Court whether it will grant the writ of mandamus in any case. The pe titioner herein signed the request for the passage of the ordinance herein before mentioned; thereby lending his aid to induce the corporation to iocato its mill at Gaifney. It is alleged that it was greatly influenced by tiiis action. The petitioners as a stockholder in said corporation amount to more than the inert use in his tuxes, which he had to pay by reason of said execution, and there has been unreasonable delay, at least, us to part of the taxes. Under a l the circumstances to the case the petitioner is ektoppid from asking tlie aid of this Court in grunt ing his relief. Th ru are other ques tions in the case, but having reached the conclusion that the petitioner is not in a position to ask for the writ of mandamus, they cannot properly be considered. It is tin- judgement of this Court that the petition be dis missed. Messrs. Butler & Osborne, ouneun Hon. \V. S. Hail, u prominent citi zen and planter of Mitford, Chester county, came to the city Friday on a visit, to his son, Frof. W. S. Hull Jr , and his daughter, Mrs. J. It. Dye, on Race street. Mr. Ilitii is a cultured gentleman of the old school. He visited our schools and Limestone col- bge, and our big industrial plants and expresses himself in most flattering terms of Gaffney and her prospects. J. It. Green, of Antioch, came over to the city Saturday on business. Capt. A, A. Urquhart, of Blacks burg, came over Friday to visit his daughter, Miss Dot in Limestone col lege. Magistrate J. Rufus Poole was in the city yesterday on official business. C L. y. Legge, Esq., was a busi ness visitor in the city Saturday. Magistrate A. J. McCraw made a hurried trip to tlie city Friday. Edward A. Trescott Esq., of Blacks burg, was in the city on professional business yesterday. Miss Carrie Littlejohn, an attrac tive young lady of Jonesville, is in the city visiting her uncle, Mr. S. M. Littlejohn and family, on Victoria avenue. L. B. Davis, of Macedonia, was in to see us Saturday. H. L. Parks, once of this city, hut now a pirominent business man of Concord, X. C., was in the city yes terday on a visit to relatives. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge went to Charleston the fast of the week on business connected with Limestone College. Elzy Tate, a worthy young man of Webster, was in the city Friday. County Commissioner John B. Brown honored The Ledger with a visit yesterday. W. J. Thomas, of Macedonia, was an appreciated Ledger visitor Satur day. Uncle Jim Riley Blanton, of Raven na, was being greeted by his many friends in tlie city Friday. W. W. Ruppe, of Maud, one of Tlie Ledger’s good friends, was to see us Saturday. County Commissioner R. E. Porter came to the city yesterday on official business. C. II. Gaffney, of Cherokee Creek, called to see The Ledger Friday. Mrs. George Blanton, nee Miss Ida Wood, of Shelby, North Carolina, is in the city spending some days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. X. Wood, on Frederick street. Muj. John F. Jones, of Blacksburg, was in tlie city yesterday and paid The Ledger a visit. Rev. J. 1). Bailey, of Cowpens. came over to Cherokee’s capital Saturday. ' — Lewis C. Waters was in the city a short time Friday. A'. T. Horton, president of the Cowpens Memorial Association, was in the city citv Saturday. Ira Hardin Esq., a prominent citi zen of Blacksburg, was in the city vesterdav. H. Z. Hicks and J A. and M. B. Scruggs, of Ezells, were in the city Saturday. Magistrate A. M. Bridges, of Blacksburg, came over to the city yesterday on official business. Smith Williams, formerly of this city, but now of Blacksburg, and his son Meek, spent Sunday in the city. Magistrate W. E. M. Kirby came to the city yesterday on official busi ness. Prof. Wade It. Brown went to Rock Hill Saturday on a visit to friends. A S:ul Case. John Edwards, one of the most in dustrious and well behaved colored men in Gaffney became deranged about the middle of last week. He soon became so violent that he was danger ous to himself as well us to his friends. In consi quence of which, Judge Web ster committed him to jail, where he now is, in a most pitiable condition. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. 1 I.ontl 11*• inh l*i»o Slmri for n OrouiMMl Togt’tlit'r. The first Avliippoowill of the season was heard by (' If Gaffney on the morning of tlie 29th of March. None attended the sale yesterday but those interested in them. <filer• okeeans arc* hustling on the farms now. Lewis Humphries, a good farmer undone of the most successful truckers in the county, was in the city Friday selling vegituble W. C. Durham, of Blacksburg, one of Cherokee’s most worthy young mon, is now assisting Col. Camp in the auditor’s office. The mid-week prayer meeting of the First Baptist Church this week will be held at the residence of Mrs. L. V. Gaffney on Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. J. E Ezell has sold his interest in the lumber business at the S. C. it G. E. depot to Mr. T. I. Walker, and has accepted a position with Dr. 8. B. Crawley it Co. The Ottumwa (Quartette is tlie next attraction of the Gaffney Lyceum Association. They will appear here on Thursday night week and come highly recommended. There will be no services at the city hall next Sunday on account of the necessary absence of the pastor, Rev. B. P. Robertson, who will be in Edgefield attending a meeting of the Baptist Young People’s Union. Actual work on the Limestone Cot ton Mil! was begun yesterday. This enterprise is in the hands of hustlers and will be pushed from start to fin ish; it will add at least another thousand to Gaffney’s population and a relative increase of her business. Watch for more! burg W. W. Gaffney went to Black yesterday to complete the organiza tion of a camp of the. Woodmen of the World. Mr. Gaffney is an inteii- gent and'enthusiastic worker in what ever he undertakes, and our friends in the Iron City are indeed fortunate in getting him interested in the Woodmen of their city. Every v/oman loves to think of the time when a soft little body, all her own, will nestle in her bosom, fully satisfying tlie yearning which lies in the heart of every good woman. But yet there is a black cloud hovering about the pretty picture in her mind which fills her with terror. The dread of childbirth takes away much of the joy of motherhood. And yet it need not be so. For sometime there has been upon the market, well-known and recommended by physicians, a liniment called Mover’s frM which makes childbirth as simple and easy as nature intended it. It is a strengthening, penetrating liniment, which the sk;n readily absorbs. It gives the muscles elasticity and vigor, pre/ent.i sore b.cas.s, morning sick— ness and the loss of the girlish figure. An intelli/font mother in Heller, I'n sa-. s: ** \\ reltom ed Motl ■ - . . lend a,'fain, I would obtain 0 b »t ;lcs i£ I bad to pay per bottle t or it." Get Mother’s Friend at tlie drug store. $ I per bottle. I HE BRAUHELD REGULATOR CO., Allonta, Ga. Write for our free ibustnt J book, “ Before Baby is Bora.'’ That TlirolihiiiK !l<*iiiliu*li<*. Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King’s New Life Pills. I’linusunds of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Xervcous Headaches. They make pure blood and slrong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money hack if not cured. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Our Ambition b, to serve I be pcuiili* w it li 1 he very best to I** hail in otii* llir Aiaonv the iroods leecntiy received i-. Vi In-found l.ea \ i’err. i’s Worcestershire Sanct*. I’ostum Cere I, fox's Getatiiii etc. If you are sin;;!, what you ou/rht to do For Sale. ■a WCQIttT* WCO BONE FERTILZER THE BEST ALL ROUND.GUANO FOR ALL CROPS MANUFACTURED BY F5'ROYSTER GUANO CO. NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. Cornwall, N.C., iSopt. 1, 1890. F. S. Royster Guano Co., Norfolk, Ya. In rejilv to your recent inquiry, will say that 1 consider your Orinoco Tobacco Guano a most reliable fertilizer, both in growing the plant and yellowing it on the hill, and R worthy of all the praise it has received. Li tiiku M. Carkixgtox. Japanese and China 15c, 20c, 25c and 30c per yard. The very thing for the floor during the Summer months. J. S. TOLLESON » CO. *1,000. Thirteenth Year! \Ve have just received our Annual Shipment of Garden Seeds, amounting to over $1,000, sent direct from the noted I). M. Ferry & Co.’s immense Seed Farms. We have twenty-seven agencies in Cherokee In >1( 20 beautiful residence lots, Jefferies, Johnson and Mont gomery Streets. Some 100 by ICO feet. 5 lots Buford Street. All centrally located. Countv, from whom you can obtain these old relinl seeds. They are sold at one price by all. No ehea|> half quantity papers. i. Crawley & Co. T»]ione IVo. S. Is to Marry and iro to ktvuinK liousr and huy your I'anuy (ii*iwerh s, ('onfortionoi ii *. t 'an- <lh**. Fruit*, etc., of u*. Our stock Is aiway* fr» sh. wi* deliver {rood* to every part of the city, and we sruaraiitee everything to he Just as we represent it to 1*?. PEELER & GAFFNEY. For Sale TVAdvertWements under this head will he inserted for one cent a word each Inser tion. No ad Inserted for less than ten cent* R. S. LIPSCOMB. KOI* 'VOU Fresh Beef, Pork and Sausage, Country Produce and tables, Heavy and Fancy Groceiie Cigars and Tobacco, Cow oro v ege- -CAU. O' L W. Lej'horn chickens for . .1. D. Goudelock. :i*"7 F OU HALF. Fine breeding purpose F oU SALK :t-rooni house 'in Louan street, jots(inKki Kents for $*/! a year. \S. II. Gfiodlnif, with Carroll »V Carnentci' Nice hulhlin ;;-i:i F oU SALK ney. lots. .1. .1. Gaff. l-SJ-luw-lftw-pd For Rent. F ol; UKNT A I a rife, commodious house near cotton mill. Apply to N. II. Little john. 1-Uli-tf F OB UKNT A-room house with •>acres land, t'ood (.'urden, orchard and out huildlu^s. Noi | h> art i .1. (J. Liti le iteio.ion Linn stoiu St. Apply to !MJ7-law-2t iJritNKTT Phone No. •H. ISLorK. The Up-tc-Dafe Market. Wanted. W \ V| ED To trade a good ‘ K«U for a /rood homo or muli A. li. G,linen. or/ran pply to l-M The finest lot of yellow and white pine Hhln/'les ever In Gaffney. Pa st Geor/ria pine I'loorln.’, CelllnK and Wegtheiboardliur 111 the market Just re- irs, Sash, Munties, ns. Italusters, Ac. and ’I'lIcing, urselves, Prlc to eelved, a carload of Ik* Bracket*, Turned t’olun Also Oak Cabinet Mantles Call and examine for yo sail the times. Kespct. L. BAKER. J. C. Lipscomb. I-Toj— • Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, Shingles, and Plas ter Hair, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse andDyn** mi to Caps, call qp THE LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS*, j Telephone f47 CARROLL & CO., Lessees j — The Galley City Land and Improvement Company OJers for sale Bulldln/r Ixits In t his flourishing town, OafTney (Tty; Also Farm* near by oei in i • i h ol the bools of Linn-stone Spring* and of till* place, In lota of fro no iii to p. -res on 111m ral time rule*: also Agricultural Land* to rent for Farm pur* poses. For full particulars apply to J. V. H A. 1* I* A.TT 1 , Atfent. N. It.—All tre**pa**lnit on landsof this company, cuttln and removing timber, flahlngor hunting are forbidden under penalty of Ww