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r "”’f ’T r-'- Pine L-<ienoiCK- BY Ed. II. DbCaa.'}*. "IIHI.IMHKh TUKKDAV AMD FRIDAY HUBSCKirTIOX 1*11 ICE: Tasli in udvunce, prr yeur !fl (.K) On tirriH. D*-r ypHr U.60 Tmk Lrdoeh Ik not reBiJoniiblf f«*r Ihp vl«ws «>f oorrospondentB. v'o-rettporulent8 who do not e->ntri« h it<* regular news letters mtift fur nish their nan.e, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to got them to the otiice oy Monday and rhur-«di»y inoriiini's. Ca'ds of thank.- will he published at oip cent a word. Roaditu n niees will be published at Vm cents a line'each insertion. Obit mri- s will be oublished at five cents a line. All cor.eepondence should he ad dressed to Ed H. DeCftinp, Manager. THE KACEH. The race problem will never be solved in a satisfactory manner until the two races separate and each be permitted to work out Us destiny in its own way. There is no use of talking about political equality, with out social equality and social equality is impossible. The acquisition of foreign territory peopled by inferior races, has at last opened the eyes of the most rabid republi cans to the grave nature of the race problem at. home. The deeds of thirty years ago prompted by blind hate and unreasoning fanaticism are beginning to react on the perpetra tors and to rebuke their supreme folly. The reconstruction tree planted then in hate is beginning to bear fruit, and the fruit is true to its kind. If the manumitted slaves of the South were worthy of the ballot then the half civilized peoples of the Antilles and of the Philippines aie more worthy by as much us they a e more intelligent and more t xperienced in some form of governmnt. To be consistent then, the redublican party must stick to the logical conditions i and these require tho introduction into the body politic of a power re: r - senting twelve millions of heathens to take its place among the duly con stituted powers of a government al ready hampered with an ignorant and irresponsible franchise and weakened and corrupted by discordant factions representing widely conflicting inter ests. If the logical conditions be ignored and the franchise withheld from the conquered provinces, then the very spirit of our government is dead; its foundations are unsettled; and American liberty becomes a hissing and a oy-word among the nations of the earth. Bach are some of the complications of the problem which the republican party and all the advocates of armed expansion are now to solve. The chickens have come home to roost, and the children’s teeth are set on edge by the sour grapes eaten by their fathers. It is possible that the destiny which the republican leaders feel constrained to follow, involves in the situation the settlement of the vexed race problem at home, as well us abroad, and that Providence is malt- the wicked greed of man subservient to high and holy purposes which are to be known only in their accom plishment. However, that may be, it is cer tain that the Northern mind has at last recognized the fact that there is a race problem to be solved, and that is the first step towards the solution of any problem. The best thinkers North as well as South are beginning to study the question as they, especially of the North, have never studied it before and though the first suggestions looking to the solution are wild and erratic, yet when the best thought of the country becomes concentrated on the problem, the solution will follow. John Temple Graves in a masterly argument before the Race Conference in Alabama, advocated complete separation as the only remedy, and the best thought of the South will endorse his position. Charles Dudley Warner read u paper last week before the Soch i Science Association in Washirgtor, in which he suggests remedies which every intelligent Southern min either black or white, knows will only complicate and aggravate the disease. But the North must sooner or later ▼lew this question in its true light as (he South already views; it then Northern and Southern thought will blend and tangible results will follow. MOTES AND COMMENTS. Don’t judge a man by the clollns he wears nor by the house ho lives ir. Borne snakes have beautiful skine, and the ruts and the bats inhabit some of the most stately mansions. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Some sayings which have acquired the prestige of proverbs contain only hull truths and have their counter parts in other sayings containing op posite truths. “A roiling stone gath«M no iposs,” ixpresses one pha.te of truth, while ‘*A Hitting lien never gets fat” presents the com plementary phase. The whole truth is found midway between both, and the man who would gel the true principles of both must be governed by neither. «- ♦ ♦ ♦ We call attention to the letter of Dr. J. B O. Ivihiirttm in today’s Led ger. The place he mentions ought to be located and marked with some per manent memorial. Dr. Landrum is doing much towards arousing and stimulating a spirit of historical re search. and if he could impress upon our people only a small portion of his ov n enthusiasm, li e most iuter- e>ling and inspiring history that any country ewr had would h 1 - presirved and recorded for the hero fit of future gem rations. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The South has spent one hundred millions of dollars on the education of the colored race, and still that race remains a menace to Southern civilization. Dudley Warner now says that we have made a mistake in the kind of education given the negro, and recommends that he he given only an industrial education. Mr. Warner does not seem to see that this course would put the skilled mechanics of both races into sharp competition with each other ar.d promote race prejudice and race troubles more than ever. The negro ought to be given ihe opportunity of working out his salvation in his own way, and tlurj will be no permanent settlement of the race troubles un til that he done. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Such men as JilTries and Corbett, who pounded each other before seven thousand spectators on Coney Island last Friday night are probably not without their uses in the economy of the human race. Notwithstanding their brutal instincts and the de moralizing influence of their lives the fact remains that they show to the world the possibilities of physical culture. We doubt if the extreme culture which they have practiced tends to promote longevity or per manent soundness of body; but physical culture in general excludes excesses and promotes temperance and morality. We need a system of education that will bestow the same care upon the drvelopment of the body that it bestows upon the devel opment of mind When sound bodies become as much an object of ambi tion among the young as brilliant miuds, morals will, in a great meas ure, take care of themselves. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The day of the carpet bagger has come again but this time his fields of operation are in Cuba, I’orto Rico, ami the Philippine Glands, instead of South Carolina. The carpet bag ger is us much a z.'alot as u Jesuit, und if his services were demanded in the wilds of Africa he would be ready to start on the first outgoing steamer, lie is utterly reckless of life ui d limb—inJe«d, counts life as not worth the living wiihout opportunies for “good stealing.” Never did a hungry ox have a better time in a green cornfield than the carpet bug ger will have in the afore mentioned islands. He has already begun operations in Cuba and the first re port that reaches us is that some body is short to the amount of $3(5,- 000. But this is only a sample hung out at the shop door to indicate the character of the goods within. The shortest people in the world will he the poor Cuuans, and they will not be heard from in tiiis country. By the time the carpet bagger gets through with them even their breath will be short. Star Eunii Stutt'imrutH. (Corresnomlenoo of The Ledger.) Star Farm. May 13 —The Ladies Memorial Association nu t at Elbethel May yth. to decorate the graves of the old soldors. After some excel lent speeches by Mr. Win. J tileries and others, Dr. R. W. Sanders, our pastor, read a very interesting essay, most appiopriate to the occasion. The ladies and children then proceed ed to decorate the graves with beauti ful flowers. Dr. W. J. Douglas and wife dined with us last Sunday. Dr. Douglas has moved to Jonenville. We regret very much to have him leave. Mrs. M. E MrCulb.di is spending this week v ith h« r s >ii at Star Farm. Mrs. Fl r-Mir*- Li tnjohn made a flying trip to S:>ir Firm this week. The farirn rs uro uh iut through pi intir.g butto.ii corn. Cotton i- coining ud nicely. 'Ihe girdens me fine in this sec tion. Wo have peu-s and beans in bloom. LlTTLK Lu kii:. Cungri-kHitiRii I' iiilKy'a Wltfiit Cr<>|i. li'.oek liill Mnahl.J Mr. J. J. Thomas, who superin tends Congressman 1) E Finley’s fa in near town, brought to this of- fi -e a few days ago a sample of wheat that grew on u two acre field. The sample* is five foi t in height, bulky, and was taken indiscriminately from the field. Mr. Finley hus fifty acres in wheat about t wo feet in height and in a magnificent condition. The crop was sown on red land in November. The land was previously broken with a disc plow, thoroughly pulv»riz.d with a harrow and the grain was sown with a drill, two hundred pounds of acid and cotton seed compost to the acre being used. Mr. Thomas, with favorable seasons, rxptcls a yield of from 700 to M )t> hushi Is Hurley Muore Murder Cute. (.Wettem Viieiie.itoi.j The jury in the .Moore murder case outne In Tuesday morning and ren dered a verdict of not guilty, and Clii.gman hcruggs, John IV and Mil ler I’roctor were discharged and left for their home at once. AT ELBETHEL CHURCH. Col. Camp Meets Hi* Old Comrades and En joys Himself. Mr Editor •—Allow me to tell you that I was iwvited to meet the camp of veterans Saturday* last at Klbethel church. I could not refusa such un invitation, us it has been a pleasure at all times and ail places to meet my friends, and especially my old army comrades, l feel when I meet an old soldier that 1 have met one more dear than a 1 r >ther. I nevi r could have received a more cordial welcome than I did. 1 met a good number of my own brigade and regiment and one at least of my own company, the old veterans, their wives ami daughters made me feel perfectly at home and at ease. In all of my travels in this county I have been treated as an honored guests; all my wants or wishes have been anticipated. My rounds in dis charge of my duties in taking returns has been one of pleasure, my paths have been strewn with palms and evergreens, interspersed with roses and flowers; my fo >d has been milk and honey, consequently it is quite a pleasure to serve such noble people. I believe that Cherokee county is the best place to live in, to lend, to spend or give in and to beg or to borrow or keep a man’s own. It is the b st place I ever have known. I look dinner witn my esteemed friend, Mr. T. M. Littlejohn who showed me his fine apiary. He has abont forty colonies of Italian bees and his apiary is kept neat and clean as could be wished for and I am Mire it is remunerative. When I arrived at the church about 2 o’clock I found out that it was memorial meet ing, to do honor to our brave and he roic dead, who hud sacrificed their lives and fortunes in defence of whtu we thought our dearest rights. M#. T M LittLj dm was master of cere monies. W'e wait'd till 3 o’clock for Brother II P. Griffith, who had prom ised to give a talk on the occasion. W’e learned that he would not be with us and the meeting was culltd to or der by the master of ceremonies, who gave a lucid and interestir g talk, pointing out what we had met for and our duty to our noble In-roes and fallen brothers und our duty to one another, our wives and children and to the rising gent rations to hand down to posterity, the cause of our civil war and that we hud just cause for our actions and did not fear to de fend what w e considered our sacred rights and honest convictions and our duty to ourselves and wives and chil dren. The choir then sang some beautiful selected pieces suitable for the occasion. Then our reverend old brother, Col. W’m. JtlL-ries, was calbd on und prompt'y rtsponded, giving an elaborate, lucid explana tion of the cause, progress, bravery, service, suffering and endurance of our army, and showed that Vliough we were outnumbered by arj over whelming army and had to surrender, but that we were never conquAed or subdued, and that the spirit of..State right and liberty still survived Id ihe breast of every vete ran now Jiving and would be til! bis death. As you may suppose, > our hfinble servant was called upon and occupy ing the positions in office andyis I think 1 do in (lie hearts of th« peo ple, I could nut r.-fuse. 1 ♦x-tysid myself as best I could, by simply en dorsing what my worthy brother had said. Our friend and brother, Mr. Sanders, the pa-dor of the church, then gave us quite an interesting eu logy on our during courage end he roic endurance and that we -hould never be ashamed of what wo hud done, but to nev«-r submit to teeing called rein Is; it was a misnotmrand and shouhi.be stricken from our hi - torii s The decoration of the graves were next in order. The beautiful old widows, matrons and innocent maidens profusely strewed each und riry grave with fl iwers and builded a mountain sized mound of pure while f! iwc-rs on one spot in honor of the unknown who fell in the lost cause, no matter where they may be. After the services were ended the grave yard had the appearance of the Elysian fields that we read of, and the fair maidens appeared to me as so many angels strewing the flowers, and I feel that I have had one, at least, of the pleasures that I expect and hope that we will endlessly enjoy after we cross the river W. I). Camp. PERSpNAL PARAGRAPHS. I’eui'Ie Yn'i Know unii 1'coplo You Don't Know. We had the pleasure yesterday, of a vis.t fifoin Rev. 11 \V. Sanders of Gi'eeovillV. Mr. Sanders Is the pas- t /.- of Limestone Springs Baptist church In this city. He is well known a/ui is popular, because of his piety atii culture. John Jlames, a young Rutherford county farmer, was in the city Satur day. 1>. B. Foster, ofthc Greenville <)j- server.paid The Ledger un apprecia ted vibi* yesterday. Dr. Sidney Sarratt, of Sarratt, paid Ti e Ledger a visit last Finlay. ILv Amos Clary, who has been attending the Theological Seminary in Rochester New Yura, arrived in the city yesterday and will spend his vacation here with his mother. Mr Ciary is one of Cherokee's foremost young men, and one in whom she lias reasons for highest hopes in his high culling. Mrs J. Ci Galloway is on a visit to in r son, W. W. Galloway, in Mil- ledgeyille, Gti. John H Wilkins, of Gowdeysville, one of Cherokee’s upright citizens ai d j-ucoesr-ful farmers, came up to the c;1ty Friday. M, M. Freeman, a nrominent bust* neststnan of Blacksburg, was in the vityyesterday on business. F; J. Barnett, A. B. Brannon, Chas •Siiflmnns and C. Head, prominent mill men of Forest City, N. C., wen it: the city Sunday, the guests of Mi G W . Cotton, on Grauard sirc-tt. Magistrate A. M. Bridges,of Blacks burg, was in the city yesterday after noon. Mr. ur d Mrs. S. B. Ezell, Miss Minnie Johnson, Mrs. H. If. Carlisle, fMrs. Paul Petty, Mrs. J. N. Nichols, of Spartanburg, Mrs. J. W. Turner, of Rome, Ga., Mrs. Roberts and Miss Mamie Hum bright, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carroll during tile festival. Joe Price, of Ezells, one of Chero kee’s best citizens with a Confederate war reci rd to be proud of, 3dtne in to nee The Ledger Saturday. Magistrate M. If. Scruggs came in to see The Ledger Friday. L J. Hammett, a \oung farmer boy of Mercer, came in to see The I Ledger yesterday. Mrs. Minnie Smith, and Miss Sadie Clarkson, of Charlotte, N. O., Miss Ethel Nance, of Andcr-on, and Miss es Pope and Davis, of Wintlirop Col lege, were guests of Mr.-i. W. 11. Smith during the lestival ui Limestone Col lege E. A Trescot, Esq., of Blacksburg, wa« a Ledger visitor this morning. J. O. Thompson, a worthy Chero kee farmer of Hume, ceme up to the city yesterday. Oliver Haims, postmaster at State Line, paid The Leuger a vist Satur day. • Chas. Baber, of Blacksburg, was in to see The Ledger yesterday. Mrs. Dr. M. \V. Smith and niece. Mos Lb Mo Jennings, r> tuned to the etiy yesterday (ruin a visit to friends in High Point, N. C. \\ i: had the pleasure Friday of a visit from BookUr Ray of EzMIs. Miss Iv.’.i Blanton ami Mi-s Aliie Gaston, two of Blacksburg’s charm- if g young ladies, were m the city \ i sterday. Isaac Phillips, of Bolinsville, was a city visitor Saturday. County Cummtssiom r T. M. Little john came up to the city Friday. F. if. Gatin'y. a prominent business man e»f lleniietta, N. C., is in the city visitin-z relatives. B. F Webbir, a prominent citizen ol Join tviiln, paid us a visit this mnr. iug. Judge W. J. L"'.vis, of Scranton, Penn., was in the city a few days ago on a v.sit to his friend. Mr. J. G. G.ii- iowjy on Linn stone street. W Sam L pvotKb of .Worry, an * xteiieive and euoce.-slul plant* r was in the city Saturday. Magistrate A J. McCraw was in the a short time Friday. Lafayette Goforth, a prominent citizen of .Marion, N. C., but who is a native of this county and has large holdings in the city and county, is m the city looking afu-r his interests. L T Clary, ol, M tud one o r Choro-, kee’s most enterprising farmers was in the city Saturday. Julius Hammett, a hard working and successful farmer of Mercer, came up to the city yesterday. Eimiicn Deserve Cmllt. (Con esnondence of The Ledger ) There ha* been a lot said about the short comings of our fire system, and I want a word. The dilTereiit red teams responded with the utmost promptness last Thursday und deserve credit for the short time in which they reached the plug. There, how ever, the delay was killing. 1 pre sume this was because no one gave orders to play out the hose and it was easy to Sec the 11 io fiend hud gotten in his work. When they did decide to iimko the liniil run, more for practice than anything else, the 1000 feet run up that hill was done as nicely, smoothly and quickly us any o.:o ever saw it. It was their first since in action and they will never improve on that 1000 feet run. The greatest lesson to learn from the fire is the necessity of a signal system to keep the nczzsl .n touch with the plug. This is absolutely necessary. The I ins*.! supply is such that there is no hou*e in the town prop, r timt cannot be reached. I did .not si e any one who was directing the wor* und without a head at this depart ment they cannot do their h-st work An Ex Hounkt. The Riiin liter Si 'io.-I, The summer school for < heinkcc county will open in the graded i-Jioo’ building in Galfm-y on the 11th if .1 une and will i l'iri* on t he 7: li of J uly. Prof. W. F. A!c Yritit.r will lo in charge of the :ejin.)| ai d w li he li.-- siated by Pr-jf L i’. Mii'i- of <'um* den. 'l liis school will lv of viibt bem I t to our trueheiH, un i thus to the County g. nerully. Wcpndictfor it a large attendance. Camp Criui* Kouds. Mr. Clayton Camp, who owns and lives on the ‘ Camp’s Cross Roads” farm, four miles northwest of the city, lives on land that was granted lo his great-grand-father Camp by King George and has been contin uously owned since by his great- grund-futher, William Camp, hie grand-father, Joseph Camp,his father, the lute Solomon Cutup, and now by himself w hich makes four gem rations of Camp’s who have owned, and one of which still owns and lives on the homestead of the progenitor of the Camp family in tiiis section. It is still a fine farm in a high state of cultivation ami some of the fields which hud no stumps or roofs in them eightv yeurs ugo, are under Mr. Camp’s work producing as fine crops us any land in the county. Cor net Kin*. (Com-spomKmce of Tne Ledger.) Dear Lrdukr:—Please allow the following corrections in the ‘ Memor ial Addrers”, in your columns ot May 11th: For “Greenville, N. C.,” read “Greensboro, N C. For "ai pi ur< d,” r* ud “approvid.” For "unneces sary, ’ rvud “im rcenary.” For "one grt•»« buttle,” etc., rea l “our great coi.lb.-i, 1 ot •. 7 .li s 11''.ly, B W. .vwbi.R.s. Huh it HroR* n«m ORiie. H. Kay Gjtlney has o; einu u gen eral bmheragi. at d c -i-m bus!- j fu «3 in < ialfoey, mid will batcllo gnim, ■ hay, meat and all good* tip- ni nkit i demands. .Mr GjIIii y w’iih teii,ov|li o| t rutor ut the G.ttlr.oy t 111 :« i<* tore lhe tei> gra- pin rs’strike, end, though against his judgment, he went out with Ills broth ers and lints lost one of the bt s j ol s on the Southern road. COULDN’T HELP IT. An Oltl Innkec'N tarn of Iletter Days Wiia Hurt- i-'iclIon. An old man was sawing wood lu a Maine village the other day. Ho had taken a job and was putting in his best licks. A man who was going past stopped ami looked over the palings of the fence. “Kind of tough work, isn't tt, uncle?” asked the passer. The old man straightened up and strok'd the sweat off his forehead. “Waal, middlin tart,” said he. “Sort of takes holt of my lumbago once In awhile. I don’t suppose I should mind It so inucti if It hadn't been for the fact that I had money once and didn't have to do such things as this.” “Is that so? Had money?” “Yus, that's rfi' t. You remember the time they built the hi^inch railroad through here?” “Sure!” “Waal. 1 was dohi pretty well that time, and I subscribed to the stock. Kinder thought there might be a chance to tnake a little something out of the deal. But the first thing I kuowed they called for an assessment of the stock. They come round to mo and wanted my assessment. “‘How mueh he it?’ says I. “‘Sixty-four thousand five hundred dollars.’ says they. “‘Waal.’ says I. ‘that's rather a stiff haul on a man. hut I'll pay It. But I give ye notice now that ye better not call on me Again, for that will just about take the last cent I got.’ And for a fact when I went home and went into the old etiist and counted out my money that was jest what I had to a cent. But the road never amounted to anything. Never got a cent back for ail that money I put in. And here I am sawiu wood for a livin.” When the stranger got down to the store and stood warming his hands at the barrel stove, he remarked upon, the sad case of the old man sawing wood up the road. “That man never had a cent ahuad in all his life.” remarked the storekeeper. “He’s alius sawed wood for a livin.” “Well, what did he want to tell such a thunderin story as that for?” asked the stranger. “Wa-a-al,” replied the storekeeper, “Yankees have to sorter keep in prac tice for what may come up. Jest hav’ to do it. “When you drive along, you'll proba bly see an old fellow up here workin round in the barnyard. He wears Hor ace t.Teckys for whiskers and a straw hat winter or summer. You'll know him when you see him. Stop and talk with him a little while. He’s keepin in practice too.” The stranger did so. T! icy fell into talk of the corruption of modern institutions and of the diffi culty of believing those who are en gaged in business operations. “Two weeks ago,” said the old man, “1 was shinglin the Methodist par sonage down the road here a ways, and the elder come out and says he, ‘Tile’s a big bank in Boston failed.’ “‘National bank?’ says I. “ ‘National bank,’ says he, and he gave me the name. “Waal. sir. for awhile I never was so scared in my life. I Jest jumped right down off the roof of that pa’sonage— ’bout 30 feet. Was so excited I never felt it. “I run all the way home. I rushed into the bedroom. Wife come a-runnin after me. “‘For the land sakes,’ says she, ‘be you crazy?’ “‘Putty near it.’ says I. ‘The So- and-so national bank of Boston has failed up. and it’s jest like my luck to have a lot tf bills of that bank in the chist here.’ And I threw the chist open and reached down for our box. I opened it. Waal, it didn't have a sin gle bill on that bank—nor any other kind of a bill either. Never felt so re lieved in my life.”—Lewiston Journal. THEY LIKE THE COLD. T Animal* That Hall Snnvrjr Winter TIiim* With limit Jo)'. When the grip of frost tightens <,n the laud and ‘unis the soppy garden beds and el. /ey plow lands to Iron, , tender heai to are sorry for the s< ng j birds whose delicate beaks cannot pierce the frozen soil. And many imagine that all wild creatures (eel the hitter cold and suffer alike. x But this is a mistake. For many of N the furred, and some even of the feath ered. tribes the fro; t and snow have no terrors. The hawks grow fat in snow time. The keslral finds the snow a capital background against which to view the small fry he feeds on, while the sparrow hawk soars over the * lumps of underbrush, watching for the sparrows as they slip in and out of shelter. All the weasel tribe rejoice. To none more than to the domestic pussy does the cold bring joy. It is her game season. Wild birds of many sorts, in the summer shy inhabitants of the woodlands, swarm into .subur ban gardens and prove easier prey than the sparrow. Dogs revel in the clear, bright days of frost. Even short coated fox ter riers never seem to feci the cold, but scamper madly over the stiff grass, and St. Bernards lose their summer sleepiness and roll delightedly in the powdery snow. The short, dat l: winter days of Can ada's great north\ve;.t hold no terrors for at least one mature. This is the wolverene, an ugly, 'oearlike beast, hat ed and feared by ail the trappers. I'u- seen himself, he follows the hunters and watches them as they set their traps, which they do in a long line ex tending sometimes as mueh as :>o miles through the dense evergreen forest. These he visits before the gray winter dawn Iris broken and takes away the l .‘dt. himself far too cunning to risk capture. Or, if the trap already holds a captive mink or ermine, this, too, he tears away and devours at a safe dis tance. Many are the stories told of this, the greediest, most powerful and suspicious creature of its size known. In the far north of the same vast solitudes the musk ox lives and nour ishes all the year around. Fifty below zero does not matter to this quaint ani mal with his immensely thick, furry coat. His sharp hoofs are suited to perfection for scraping away the deep snow and laying bare the thick lichen and moss below it. Nothing hut warmth worries the little musk ox. Mere freezing point is to him a Turkish bath. Another victim to warmth is the llama, yet it lives in latitudes which maps mark as tropical. It seeks a nice, cold place high on the windy table lands of the Andes, and there proves Itself of great value to the natives. Water and food do not seem to worry the llama, which carries its burden easily where even mules pant with dis tress in the thin atmosphere of the gi:;nt mountains. The camel of the mountains, as the llama is called, small as lie is, will carry a load of 100 pounds. Dozens of different creatures happily doze the winter away—bats and boars, dormice and many others. One of the least known.giiul yet most interesting of tiie.se, is the hamster. This little brute is the most savage and unsoci able creature known. Each in a sepa rate hole far underground, the hamster alternately sleeps on a couch of dry grass or wakes to stuff himself almost to bursting with the great store of corn and beans he has laid up in his winter larder. Winter is for him the season to rest and grow fat.—Philadelphia In quirer. FIi-hI ('ciiIh In Kiiiiniim. Tanner Bros., who came to Kansas shortly after the civil war and estab lished a store jit Humboldt, which they ran until they became immensely wealthy, was the firm that first intro duced the use of pennies in making change in Kansas. Prior to its ar rival the nickel was the smallest change used in the state. The Tanners brought in 20.000 pennies and estab lished the custom of making the right change to the penny, which tiow pre vails all over the state.—Topeka Letter In Kansas City Journal. A Erijgitiul Hlundcr Will often cause a horrible Burn. Sca'd, Cut or Bruise Buck leu’* Arnica r ! alve, t he best in Ihe v.\r!d. will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Kores Ulcers. Boils, Felons, Cor: r. all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 2.") cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Cherok-e Drug Company. There is no such thing as making a guilty man happy. He mu-;t lose his guilt. “After sulliring from severe dys pepsia over twelve years and u-i- g many remedies without tenr o .-rt good I finally took Kodol Dyspep-i i Cure. It did me so much good I recommended it to everyone.” writes J. E. Watkins. Clerk and R eorder, Chillicothe. Mo It digests whet you eat. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. It has b. on calculat' d that the cost of a rnuddv Usy in London is something like jL'o (it 0 J. G. 1I"0.!. Jm-tice of tin* Pence, Crosby. Miss., makes the f <l!o/ i g statement: "1 ccn ei'•lify that One Minute Cm gh Cure Will do all tb it is claimed f :r it. My wife cculd i. d get. her breath and the fir t dose of i: relieved her. It lias also bnm-fited my whole family.” It acts: im mediately and cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, asthma and nil throat and lung troubles. For sale by Cnerokoe Drug Company. People are scarce who do not talk more than they should about them- ! Selves. 1 Had DiinkluK Water* Every ouo Millers greatly from the different Linds of water he is compelled to drink, and nothing is so likely to bring on an uttuek of diurrhu*. Painty Davis’ Pain-Kuxkh is the only wife, quick und sure cure for it,crumps und cholera , morbus. Avoid substitutes, there is but one | Pain-Killer, Perry Davis’. Price 86c.und 50c. One Against Hie Mean Man. A capital joke is related of a man who positively made a tine art of meanness. When traveling, as he very often did. he would keep railway por ters busily attending to his luggage, and tin n purposely defer the much de served pcnpK.dte till the starting of the train made its payment practically im possible. One morning, however, when abont to journey to Birmingham, he executed this maneuver once too often ou the same man. “Dear; dear, I am so sorry!” he said, as the train gave a lurch forward. “I quite forgot to get change.” “And I'm rale sorry, too, sir.” was the potter’s dry retort. “I quite forgot about that brown portmautay of yours —it’s lyin on the platform.”—London Answers. T o ki;st avpfiu * For Rent. KGlit mom house on Victoria Apply to \V. li. Uichurdson. 5-15-2t Notice. Those wishing positions in ttie Gaffney GMulct Schools must make written applica tions on or before May l-tli, RMIO. L. G. By A us, J. li. Turner, J. !•’. Garrett, Trustees. Clerk’s Sales. SrATE OK Sir TM CAROr.IXA. I County or Cherokee, t Fannie ('or ry, et ai., vs. Sophie Good, et at. In ohcdionce to an order made herein for partition, dated March 17th, I'.no, I will soil at Gait ney. S. C., before the Court house door, during the legal hours of sale, salcsduy. .1 une 4th, I'.KW, the following described land, to wit: 1st. The Homo place containing 7:.’ acre's more or less, and hounded hy the lands of the* estate of P, Turner and ot tiers. 2nd. The lot known as ihe Daveiipoit I it. situated in the town of Gaffney, oa Victoria Avenue, and containing a friction of an acre, more or les-.. iSrd. All the mineral Interest In that tract of land known as the Austell place, contain ing £15 acres, more or less (and adjudge ! to ■ he the piop e ly of .lane C. Xot.t), in hiding j the right to go on and over the said land and to use the v. at r tie refrom for the purpose of I mining for any ruineru's thereon. The Ho nu place, containing 72 acres, within I the corporate limit i of the 1 ovn and near I iie Graded School I ni: hn/, is to lie -.’ih tlvhied and sol I In sin . I hus. A plat of tame can he seen in ('!« ri.'s o; i v. Terms of Sale: ihe -third rush, an ! the hal- anceona ete .il of one and tv.o year.-, with Interest at. >■ p< :■ «« at. front day of sale, credit portion t > he sicicd l y b..:id of ttn purehtis' r and a i.u,:i -a .v of tli j" inises sold. The pureh < • r pi • eboyr -to. iyfur pip is, '.in,;s ..ud re 'ril:;:g. It > have tlie privilege of paying all Ilia purchase m ney in ca-li. May i4l!i, liicd. J. Kit JliKKl lilKH, u-lj'ut Clerk C. C. IT*. A Nuirgeriinn m to Oor History. j " ‘orr***|H>m)rncA of Th« Ledger.) UAMPbHKt.Ro May 12 .—There h at present in this (Spartanburg) county, ^ a feeling to preserva and mark th« ’ historic spots in our county—a mat* 1 ter which hat been already neglected too long. vj|J Wt* propose to have a celebration at the rite of Old Fort Prince, on tha ' 1th of July next, and on said day, to raise a fund sufficient to erect a shaft ' oaHnemorative of the early settlerff* of that community. , The t ffort that the people of Chero* kee county arc at present making to preserve the battleground of Cow- pens is highly praiseworthy; but you have another historic spot only within a few miles of your city, which, if not looked afti r, will eventuilly be fi st in tradition. I refer to Th.ckety Fort, the site of which, I a:n informed, is near the present residence of Mr. B-*n Bonner. This was once « strong fortress, said to have bien built before the R volu tion as a defense ugsint-t the Indiana. It was garrisoned in 17h0hyCol. Pafc- rick Moore and his Tory associates, who would sally forth and plunder the Whig families in the surrounding country. It was surprised and cap tured by the forces of Colonels Sf elby, Clark, Andre* 'I itr pti n, a <1 others, and Moore and-the inure garrison were taken pr saner*, to >he happy relief of the turrounding country. Thursday, the 20111 of July n.xfc, will be the 12<hh anniversary of this brilliant linle achievement to the American arms. As this will be a leisure season with the farmers, why not meet on said date at d revive his tory that centers around Unsold fort ress? Prof. Lee Davis Lodge, of Lime stone College, having recently estab lished a School of History, the site of old Fort Thickly, und its history, should he u matter of interest to him. J. B. O. Landrum. Consumption is robbed of its terrors by the fact that the best med ical authorities state that it is a curable disease; and one of the happy things about it is, that its victims rarely ever lose hope. • You know there are all sorts of secret nostrums advertised to cure consumption. Some make absurd claims. We only say that if taken in time and the laws cf health are properly observed, SCOTT'S EMULSION will heal the inflammation cf the throat and lungs and nourish and strengthen the body so that it can throw off the disease. V/e have thousands of testi monials wStcrc people claim they have been permanently cured of this malady. ^oc. ami Si.no, alt druggists. SCOTT U BOVVNK, Chemists, New York. ALWAYS KEEP ON HAND ifaiirKilter- THERE IS NO KINO OF PAIN ON < •ACHE, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, THAT PAIN-KILLER WILL NOT RE LIEVE. LOOK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND SUB- STITUTCS. THE GENUINE BOTTLE BEARS THE NAME, PERRY DAVIS A SON. UR IVI TURK. HAMMOCKS HAMMOCKS HAMMOCKS HAMMOCKS HAMMOCKS FLOWER POTS FLOWER POTS FLOWER POTS FLOWER POTS A. B. GAINES. t If anybody has a message for the people of this community he cannot deliver it to them so effectually, so cheaply, so quick ly in any other way as through the columns of this paper. It is the business of this pa per to carry messages of one kind and another into homes. The message will be delivered, too, under favorable conditions, ^ for few persons take up their local paper except in a pleasant and receptive frame of mind. The sign upon the fence board may be good, but it can be seen only by travelers who go that <► particular road. The message in the local paper canies itself to thousands, no matter by which road they travel. Select your space and put your message where it will do the most good. We, perhaps, can help you it you will but ask us.