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rrws tsn— T11 to i^rc i > o is i<. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HUHSCKIPTION I’HICK: Cash in advance, per year.... $1 00. On time, per year $1.50. The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. OoTespondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Cards of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Heading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. TO OUR SUItSCRIBERS. For some time we have been fear ing that the continued increase in the price of white paper would force us to raise the subscription price of The Ledger. Up to the time we pur chased our last lot of paper we were buying newspaper nearly 100 per cent cheaper than that lot cost us, and we know we bought it as cheap as it could be bought. This forces us to go up on the price of the paper. Commencing January 1, 1901, the price of The Ledger will be $1.50 a year to everybody. There will be no favorites. The paper is fully worth that price and we believe that the people of this county will recognize the fact that it has always been our plan to give the best possible value for t the money, and we believe they will have confidence in the statement that we will endeavor to give them full value in the future. We have this proposition to make to our friends: Anyone may subscribe for The Ledger between now and Janu- uary 1st at the rate of $1 a year. I f you are behind with your subscrip tion you may pay up to January 1st and pay $1 more and get it until Jan uary 1st, 1902. We think this is a liberal and fair proposition. After the 1st day of January no one will get the paper at less than $1.50 a year, but by taking advantage of this pro position you may secure it one more year for $1. W’ill you take advantage of this offer? Let us know at once. If there should be anything about this proposition that you do not un derstand, call on us and we will en deavor to make it plain. We regret the necessity of this step more than any of our patrons, but it is either that or run at a loss, and we have neither the means nor incli nation to do business that way. NOTES AND COMMENTS. We do not believe that there is any thing like a bonded warehouse in Gaffney, but there is money here to lend on cotton all the same. It does look dike cotton ought to be, and sooner or later will be, higher than t is. The farmer who believes this, and yet must have money immedi- ritely, can borrow on his cotton per haps as much as three-fourths of its present value and take the chances of a rise. This is one way which the farmer now has of protecting himself against the machinations of specula tors and gamblers in cotton, ♦ ♦ It is to be supposed that general issimo, Count Von Waldersee, with his traveling asbestos house, who set out from Germany sometime in the remote past for the seat of war in China, has ere this pulled his house into the celestial city of Pekin. And we may remark in passing that our townsman, Clabe Hopper, with his capstan and little gray mule would have carried it there for the august Count long before this time,and would have saved him a lot of money and much valuable time. As it is, the great commander appears to be with out a command. The separate armies are withdrawing or going out on marauding expeditions on their own individual responsibility; the emperor and empress of China are nowhere to be found; and old Li Hung Chang is fooling around and, in the language of the Greenville News, “beginning to think about commencing the first preliminaries of the introduction of peace negotiations.” Such condi tions inspire the situation with en thusiastic hopes of speedy adjust ments. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The amount of taxable property in this State is greater than one year ago by about $3,000,000. The in crease In the value of real estate is put down at over $1,000,000. That means that assessments have been raised to that amount, and that land owners will pay this year on $1,000,- 000 more than they did last year. At a rough calculation this means that they will pay in net cash about $20,000 more than they paid last year The tux rate is about as high as the peo ple will bear without vigorous protest. So assessments must be raised on the ground of increased values, for legis- Jutiye appropriations are increasing in number and amounts, with alarm ing rapidity, and the State must have money. In the meantime the people are cajoled and flattered with the idea that they are getting rich, and by the time that idea becomes well grounded they will become will ing to submit to a higher rate. So by see-sawing with tax rates and tax assessments, the law makers will continue to get the money. ♦ ♦ Our government seems to feel re sponsible for the affairs of the whole earth. Under the impelling force of “destiny” it feels called upon to take the human race under its spe cial supervision and to recast and fashion it in accordance with its own upstart ideals. It is now proposed tc apply $16,000,000 to the work of cleaning up and purifying the city of Havanna, the hot bod of yellow fever, on the ground that by purifying the source of that dreaded scourge, our own seaport towns will be protected against it. The argu ment is logical, but leads too far. Cuba is technically a foreign nation, and should look after the health and comfort of its own cities. There is a scourge worse than yellow fellow; the bubonic plague, prevailing in some parts of the far east, which may work around this way after awhile, and the same logic would lead the United States to send men and money into Europe and Asia for the purpose of cleaning up their cities and put ting them into good sanitary condi tion. The United States can’t straighten out the whole world, at least until they shall first have straightened out themselves. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Sam Jones is in bad health and has been compelled to cancel all of his engagements for the winter and re turn to his home in Cartersville, Ga., to rest and recuperate, or decline and die, as Providence may direct. Many people in many states will deeply sympathize with him in bis affliction and will hope and pray for his speedy restoration to health. Sam Jones has however passed both his physical and intellectual prime. He has lived a life of great intensity since he came into public notice, and the ffame must naturally wane after it has consumed the fuel. There is only one Sam Jones. Others have tned v to imitate him, but they have suc ceeded only in imitating his most glaring faults. He is not a great preacher. Perhaps he ought never to have attempted to preach in the com mon acceptation of the term. He is coarse and unrefined and often re pulsive in his manners. He has lit tle learning, no scholarship, and is incapable of profound and protracted thought. But he is a great reformer and his powers of ridicule are im mense. There is a directness about his methods, a fearlessness about his manner, an earnestness in his con victions, a ruggedness in his speech, all of which combined make him a prodigious power in the presence of popular audiences. We believe the world is better because Sam Jones has lived in it. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ In all ordinary affairs belonging to a democratic government, the ma jority rules. (Questions that involve the welfare or ruin of a whole state are decided by a majority; and it is the creed of democracy that the minority must submit. If the mi nority resist it is considered treason and rebellion. Is it not inconsistent then with democratic principles and subversive of the ends of justice, that a jury when trying cases that involve only individual interests, should be required tq be unanimous in their verdicts? There is no sound reason in the world why one or two men in mere obstinacy should nullify the judgment of ten others supposed to be as intelligent and as impartial as themselves. If our jury laws could be so amended that all ordinary cases could be£decided by a majority of the jury the business of the courts would be greatly facilitated, the state and county saved a vast amount of expense, and the ends of justice attained with more certainty and greater expedition than under the present system. In cases involving life and liberty, a two-thirds majority might be required, and this with the pardoning power still vested in the executive would surely be a sufficient guarantee of fairness to the criminal. Our criminal laws in their provisions all lean towards the side of the wrong doer. The wronged are entitled to an equal hearing before the law. —It. Brandt,the well-known jeweler and watchmaker, of Chester, will visit Gaffney, October, 23rd, with a very handsome and extensive line of fine Jewelry, Watches. Chains and solid Silverware and Novelties. K. Brandt will display his wares at Cherokee Drug Store, one day only. —If It. Brandt did not have some thing special to show in quantity of goods, new styles, and more particu larly in price, it would bo no use of his making such efforts to do a more extensive business. —By honesty, integrity and low prices It. Brandt has built up a large and successful business. If you do not wish to buy it wil/ pay you any way to see his elegant stock. Mail orders promptly filled from any cat alogue. Prices never higher, often lower. — It. Brandt’s guarantee with every thing he sells means your absolute satisfaction or money refunded. This firm was established in 1828 and has been in the Brandt family over thirty-five years. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. I’eople You Know un<! I’oople You Don't Know. Mr. and Mrs. Otis A. Osborne, of Blacksburg, spent Wednesday in our city, the guests of Dr and Mrs W. A. Foit. M. M. Tate, of Webster, was in town yesterday. Mrs. Johnson Burgess and Miss Ella Bailey were in our office Satur day. Miss Bailey subscribed for The Ledger. James L. Strain, Esq., of Etta Jane, was here yesterday on his way to Greenville to attend court. W. P. Love, a leading citizen of Cowpena and proprietor of Love’s Springs, called in to see us while in the city Saturday. C. E. Smith, of Goucher, spent a few hours here yesterday. Mrs. A. R. N. Folger has gone to Greenville and Pickens for a visit of two weeks or more among friends and relatives. W. W. Hawkins, one of The Led ger’s good friends at Byarsville, N. C., visited us Saturday. J. B. Gore, a thrifty young farmer of the Goucher neighborhood, was in town yesterday. Rev. R. W. Sanders, of Greenville, arrived in the city Saturday. E. H. Gaines came in from the road Saturday night and spent Sunday with his family. R. W. Moore, of this place, came in Saturday and renewed bis sub scription. Luther Thompson, of Thickety, was here yesterday. Wilks Brown, a prosperous young merchant of Ravenna, spent a few hours here Saturday. Jack Norman, a young business man of Spartanburg, was here Sun day visiting his brother-in-law, J. D. Jones, on Limestone street. Dr. J. T. Darwin, of Blacksburg, was in the city Saturday. J. C. Jefferies, of Abingdon, was among the progressive young Chero kee planters in the city yesterday on business. IIM r. L. W. McGuinn moved into his handsome new cottage on Lime stone street yesterday. N. W. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, was here Saturday. L. A. Gettys, of Shelby, N. C., was in the city Saturday. F. P. Cothran, a prominent citizen of Greenville, was here Friday. Joseph M. Blair, of Spartanburg, was here yesterday. Joe Conner, of Pacolet, was among the visitors here Sunday. Jesse Pinson, a prosperous mer chant at Thickety, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. M. G. Stone, of Spartanburg, who visited Mrs. A. E. Lipscomb for a few days last week, has returned to her home. Mrs. Stone is Charlie Christman’s siister, instead of mother, as we erratically stated in our last issue. Jimmie Strain, a popular young man of Etta Jane, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. W. T. Thompson is absent from the city visiting relatives and friends in the upper part of the county and in North Carolina. G. G. Byars, a popular young busi ness man of Gainesville, Ga., spent Sunday in the city. J. D. Campbell, of Spartanburg, was in Gaffney Saturday. F. A. Goforth, of Sunny Side, one of the most prominent citizens of the county, was in our office yesterday. Wm. T. Conyers, Jr., of Camden, was in the city Saturday. W. F. McPherson, of Clifton, spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wilkins, in this city. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Byars, promi nent residents of Cherokee Falls, made us a highly appreciated visit Saturday. W. D. Gaston, of Blacksburg, was here yesterday attending a meeting of the board of election commission ers, of which he is a member. W. L. J. McAbee and children, of Grindal, were welcome visitors to our office Saturday. W. H. Webber, of Wilkinsville, was among the visitors in our city yesterday. J. D. Beardon, a progressive citi zen of the Abingdon section of the county, called in to see us Saturday and renewed his subscription to The Ledger. J. R. McCullough, a highly es teemed citizen of Wilkinsville, was in the city yesterday. Mr. McCul lough did not forget The Ledger while here. H. Z. Hicks, one of Ezell’s leading citizens, spent last week here attend ing court, and went home Saturday. P. S. VVebber, one of The Ledger’s admirers at Wilkinsville, remembered us in a pleasant and substantial way yesterday. Mrs. M. A. Gaffney, from “down on the river,” came up to the city yesterday to pay her taxes. Mrs. Gaffney is about seventy-five years old, and had not been here before in two or three years. She never visits Gaffrey except on urgent business. A. R. N. Folger, our accommo dating and obliging postmaster, spent Sunday in Greenville. C. C. Roberts, one of the most in fluential and highly respected citi zens of Shelby, N. C., paid us a most wolcome visit yesterday. Mr. Rob erts is now ahead on our subscription list, being paid up to March 1902. A Rally Reunion. There will be a rally reunion ser vice at the Second Baptist church on Sunday Oct., 21st. All members are specially requested to be present, and others that are not members are cordially invited to come out and join in the proceedings. A brief re view of the past work and plans for the future will be given by Pastor Ford, and short addresses on other subjects will be made by some of the brethren. Special efforts will be made to have appropriate music for the occa''on. Love alone interprets all life. Feelings of safety pervade the household that uses One Minute Cough Cure,the only harmless remedy that produces immediate results, it is Infallible for coughs, colds, croup and all throat and lung troubles. It will prevent consumption. Chero kee Drug Company. A NOBLE WOMAN DEAD. Mth. \V. K. Crocker rituxcn Awuy In h Ear Off Country. We were greatly pained and very much surprised when the sad intel ligence reached us yesterday that Mrs. Bessie Crocker, the beloved wife of Rev. W. E. Crocker, had died on Sept. 15th at Fukuoka, Japan, where she and her husband had gone a month before to escape the wratli of the murderous Chinese. It lias only been about two weeks since we pub lished a letter from Mr. Crocker tell ing us of their safe arrival in Japan and of how happy they felt on ac count of their escape from China. His wife was in good health at the time and was enjoying the surround ings of their now home; consequently her family and friends on this side of the world were totally unprepared for the distressing news that reached them yesterday. Mrs. Crocker was only sick a short time and the circumstances that sur rounded her death were peculiarly and extremely sad. She had sacri ficed friends, a happy and comforta ble home and all the blessings of life in a civilized world and among a Christian people and followed her de voted husband into a far country where she consecrated her life to the noble work of spreading the Gospel among heathen and savages. What she suffered when leaving her loved ones here, no one will ever know; but those who know the nature of the people among whom she cast her lot, and those who have read of the appalling crimes recently enacted in China can form some idea of what she must have suffered at the hands of the people she had gone to befriend and to save through the teachings of her Lord But, as some herbs need to be crushed to give forth their sweetest odors, so was the excellence in her nature evoked by the sorrows and suffering through which she pass ed. The task she had sefr out to ac complish was a stupendous one, yet she did not falter; and though at times her hopes may have been shat tered and the way seemed dark before her, she did not complain or bemoan her fate, but nobly did her duty in the face of all the dangers that sur rounded her. What more evidence is needed to prove her noble charac ter, than that sh3 gave up her home, her family, her country and her life for the cause of God and Christianity. She died a stranger in a strange land, far from the home of her youth and the loved ones that made it home, and her mortal remains are now at rest beneath the soil of a foreign country. What a sad ending to a noble life! Her sorrowing husband and her be reaved family have the profound sym pathy of a host of friends in the great loss they have been called upon to bear. Our readers all know that Mr. and Mrs. Crocker went to China as mis sionaries from the Broad River Bap tist Association. They left here about a year ago and had not been in China very long when the murder of missionaries began. They were fort unate enough to escape into Japan after much suffering and many thrill ing experiences with the blood thirsty heathen. They had been in Japan but a short while when the sad occurrence took place that we have just related. It is not known here, yet, what Mr. Crocker’s plans are for the future. Jacob’* Well. At the foot of Mount Gerizim, in northern Palestine, is a rock hewn well 9 feet in diameter and 75 feet or more deep, which is traditionally held to be the ancient well of the patriarch Jacob and the same by which Jesus sat and conversed with a woman of Samaria. In very ancient times a church was built over this well. Though destroyed during the wars of the Cru sades, the ruins are still traceable. All circumstances concur with the univer sal tradition to identify this well as the one spoken of In the sacred his tory. The depth of the water at the present day varies greatly, sometimes there being a depth of several feet and another time the well being almost dry. “No scene of these ancient Inci dents,” says a writer, “is more clear and Interesting than this. It Is Impos sible not to see his very gestures when he spoke of ‘this mountain’— the Gerlzlm which rose about him— and when he bade his hearers lift up their eyes and look on the fields, al ready ‘white unto the harvest,’ the tilled lands of Jacob’s plain which stretched before him.” Ll IIouk CbaSK’a Coflln For Sale. LI Hung Chang's coffin was put up for auction at Marseilles the other day under singular circumstances. During his globe tour of 1890 LI car ried with him, wherever he went, a coffin In which. In case of death, his re mains were to he conveyed to the Flowery Land. When embarking for home at Mar seilles, Li seems to have considered the coflln a useless freight. At any rate he left It at the hotel, and the proprietor, not caring for his weird souvenir, passed it on to the customs depot, where, after reposing the statutory period, It figured Ih the periodical sale of unclaimed belong ings. There was no bidder. luteal Cotton Report. The following are^the prices paid for potton in Gaffney today: Good Middling 9:65 Middling 9:45 No other pills can equal DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for promptness certainty and efficiency. Cherokee Drug Company. To the Eating Public, I mu now running a Arat-class Itakery and Restaurant at the Hasty stand, and an, prepared to furnish hungry |>oople with with everything In the eatable line. I secured the services of Mr, J. D. Payne, of Greenville, a hakcr of 17 years experience, which Is a sufficient guarantee that ray liread, Cakes and Pies will be perfection. I also handle Fish and Oysters, and fur nish them either cooked or raw. I will appreciate a share of your patronage. W. A. PEELER. 8HORT LOCAL ITEMS. Local Items ToooHliort for a Head Grouped Together. Several new fam lies moved in to the Gaffney cotton mill last week. Paul Morgan is now engaged with the Hmith Hardware Company. Boyd Sarrutt now lias a position witli H. C. Knox in his tonsorial par lors. Ledger readers should patronize the merchants who advertise in The Ledger. J. R. Cooper has moved his watch- repairing business into the jewelry store of Harry Dodenhoff. By going to the State Fair you will be able to purchase improved stock and thus improve your own stock. The Society will pay the freight on all exhibits raised or produced in the State shipped by railroad, released. Girls continue to come in to Lime stone College. The latest arrival was Miss Stewart, of Welford, who arrived Saturday. The faculty and young ladies of Limestone College will soon resume the publication of the “Studies” and the “Star.” Lumber is being delivered at Lime stone College for the new dormitories that arc to be erected there as soon as the material is ready. D. S. Collier, a prosperous and re spected colored man of Grover, N. C., called on us yesterday and paid for The Ledger till 1902. A nice coat of paint has been f9ut on the fence around the graded school building, which adds very much to the appearance of the grounds. W. H. Smith is enlarging his resi dence on Victoria avenue, and mak ing other changes which will improve the appearance of his premises. Prof. J. A. Gamewell, of Wofford College in Spartanburg, was here Sunday and gave an interesting lecture in the Presbyterian church. A number of our subscribers have already taken advantage of our recent offer in regard to The Ledger, and have paid their subscription to 1902. Furman Twitty, of Heath Spring, who is here attending the graded school, employs his Saturdays in the mercantile establishment of M. Polia koff. We are very glad to see Mr. Nathan Lipscomb out after being confined to his home for several months. We hope that he will soon regain his ac customed health and strength. Farmers take or send to the State Fair, Oct , 29th to Nov. 2d, the fruits of your labor, that you may not ex claim as many have done every year: “I can beat ♦hat.” The revival meeting at the Second Baptist church closed Sunday night. Five converts were admitted to the church by baptism and several by letter, and all who attended were much benefitted by the meetings. Have you ever stopped to* think how much an ad. in The Ledger would benefit you? It has a circu lation that equals any other weekly or semi-weekly paper in the State, and its advertising rates are lower. It goes to every point in the county and reaches the people who will trade with you. The business of the Smith Hard ware Company has increased so that they have been compelled to open a branch establishment. They are now using the building formerly oc cupied by Carroll, Carpenter & Hum phries, and are filling it with im proved hardware and farming imple ments of every description. Blood. We live by our blood, and on it. We thrive or starve, as our blood is rich or poor. There is nothing else to live on or by. When strength is full and spirits high, we are being re* freshed, bone muscle and brain, in body and mind, with con tinual flow of rich blood. » This is health. When weak, in low spirits, no cheer, no spring, when rest is not rest and sleep is not sleep, we are starved; our blood is poor; there is little nutri ment in it. Back of the blood, is food, to keep the blood rich. When it fails, take Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. It sets the whole body going again—man woman and child. If you have not tried it, send for free sample, its agreeable taste will surprise you. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists #09-415 Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and $1.00; all druggist*- / PtrFUl Wr* ScManUf POSITIONS GUARANTBBD, Untfar $3,000 Cash Dap***. RaFtoad Far* F*U. 1 aU year te Both Be**#. Very Chea# Be*r4. B#8H» AS0V*flPlfl» Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and aids Nature In strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. Ills the latest discovered digest- ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache,Gastralgia,Cramps and all other results of imperfectdigestlon. Price 60c. and 11. Large size contains IH times small sice. Book all about dyspepsia mailed free Prepared by E- C. DeWITT A CO. Chicago. WHAT OTHERS SAY. About Hie Advance In The Nulmcrlptlon Price of The Ledger. The Gaffney Ledger will increase its subscription price from $1 GO to $1 50 per annum after January 1st. It is a wide-awake paper, semi-weekly and fully wortii $1.50.—Union Times. The Gaffney Ledger is one of the few county papers in the State pub lished at $1.00 a year. In spite of the increased cost of everything going to make the paper, the publisher clung|to the$1.00rate. But last week he announced that the price would be increased to $1.50. it was a clear business proposition to him that a good paper could not be published at $1.00 a year and pay expenses. We do not thick he will lose a subscriber by the increasing of the price, for the Gaffney Ledger is one of the best edited and printed papers in the State, and Gaffney is too progressive not to recognize the fact.—Aiken Journal and Review. We (note that the Gaffney Ledger has decided to increase its subscrip tion price from $1.00 to $1.50 per year. The Ledger is one of the best semi-weekly papers published in the State, and, as we have often said be fore, a paper that is worth anything at all is worth a great deal more than $1.00 a year. The Ledger, for in stance, sends out 104 issues during the year, and at the former subscrip tion price the value of each issue would be less than one cent. Since the increase in price of paper, what little profit there has been in the publication of weekly and semi weekly papers is greatly reduced, and we think it would be a wise move on the part of other contemporaries similarly situaGd to follow the a example of the Gaffney Ledger. Their subscribers should be willing to pay what tte papers are worlh.— Columbia State. COCAINE*" WHISKY Habita Cured at mj Sanator ium, la 80 dava. Hundreds of referenoea. 28 rear* a specialty Book on Home Treatment eent FREE. Addreee B. M. WOOLLEY. M. D.. Atlanta. Ga. Notice of Election For State and County Offices and for Amendments to State Constitution. St at c or South Carolina, i County or Cbkkokel'. f Notice is hereby given that an election will be held at the several precincts established by law in Cberokee County, on Tuesday, Nov. 6th, 1900, lor the following offices, to- wit: Governor, Lieutenant-Governor. Secre tary of State. Attorney-General, Comptroller General, Adjuvant and Inspector General, State Treasurer, State Superintendent of Education, one Railroad Commissioner, one Circuit Solicitor, two Representatives in the General Assembly, Supervisor, County Su perintendent of Education and Solicitor. 1'ursuant to the Constitution of South Car olina, and the termsof Joint Resolutions No. 340 and 341, approved Feb. lyth. A I). 1900, [Acts of South Carolina, pp. 570 and 571], an election will also he held at the same time and place for amendments to the Constitu tion of South Carolina, as follows: Amend Section 7, of Article VIII of the Constitution of South Carolina, as follows: Add at the end thereof the following words: ‘•I’rovided, That the limitation imposed by this Section and by Section 5, Article IV, of this Constitution shall not apply to bonded Indebtedness Incurred by the cities of Co lumbia, Rock Hill, Charleston and Florence, where the proceeds of said bonds are applied solely for the purchase, establishment, main tenance or Increase of water works plant, sewerage system, gas and electric light plants, where the entire revenue arising from the operation of such plants or systems shall lie devoted solely and exclusively to the maintenance and operation of the same, and where the question of Incurring such In debtedness Is submitted to the freeholders and uualllled voters of such municipality, as provided in the Constitution, upon the i|ues- tlon of other bonded Indebtedness.” Amend the Constitution of South Carolina by adding thereto the following to be known as “Article I of Amendments to the Constitu tion:" "The General Assembly shall provide by law for the condemnation, through proper official channels, of all lands necessary for the proper drainage of the swamp and low lands of this State; and shall also provide for the equitable assessment of all lands so drained, for the purpose of paying the ex pense of such condemnation and drainage.” The said Amendments shall be submitted In such manner that the electors quail tied to vote for Members of the House of Represen tatives shall vote for or against each of such amendments separately. Amendments should boon separate tickets. Ballots In favor of the adoption of an amend ment should contain the amendment voted upon In full, followed by the word “Yes;” ballots opposed to the adoption of an amend ment should contain the amendment voted upon, followed by the word "No.” Tolls at each voting place will he opened at 7 o’clock u. m., and closed at 4 o'clock p. m. The following named persons have oeeu appointed Managers of Election fur State and County offices and for amendments to State Constitution, to-wlt: Ravenna J. W. Brown, T. E. Burgess and B. G. L. I’ettlt. Blacksburg -J. N. Phillips. E. K. Beluu and Govan Cline. Allens—Horace Lipscomb, Brooks Carter and James Allen. Buffalo—A. H. Moore, Claude Webber and I). H. Wylie. Antioch—Felix Dover, Robert Hickson and J, If. Green. King’s Creek—Wm. Caldwell, T. P. Whiso- nant and J. E. I’laxico. Cherokee—C. M. Byars, J. W. Alguod and B. E. Bachelor. Wilkinsville—W. A. George,Albert McKown and M. C. Reynolds. Sarratts-H E. Jefferies, J. T. Moorelie.nl and Jack Kendrick. Littlejohns-J. G. iiames, Jr, J. W. Sparks and J. 1>. Jefferies, Jr. Timber Ridge M. M. Tate, S. R. Thuckston and Ed Pettit. Draytouville -John Barnhill, John E. Raines and J. W. Wilson, Ezells—W. II. Champion, Jonas Vussey and Swan Paris. Macedonia A. Harris,.!. Gardner and A. 8. Smith. Thickety—Jno. M. Daniel, Jessel’lnson and S. E. Case. White Plains -R. W. Lee, R. H. Tuyjor ami John Reynolds. Turner'*—D. F. L. Turner, Scott Hill ami George Turner. Wood’s—W. C. B.Wood, A. C. Robbs and L. E. Wood. Grassy Pond—J. J. Mugness, E. A. Ellis and P. W. Humphries. Maud-B. E. Linder, M. T. Phillips ami C. W. Moore. Gaffney—J. B. Boll, N. II. Littlejohn and S. L. Morgan. On day of Election the Managers must or ganize by the election of a rhuirmau and a Clerk. The Constitutional oath must be taken by each Manager before he can act, and also by the Clerk. The Chairman elected Is empowered to administer oaths. The Managers have the power to fill a va cancy, and If none of the Managers attend, the citizens can apiioliit from among the qualified voters the Managers, who, after be ing swum, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same Is completed, ami make a statemeu of the result for each offic e and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chair man of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commission ers of Election the poll lists, the boxes con taining the ballots and written statements of the result of the election. The first named Manager at each precinct must call upon the Board of Commissioners at the court house at Gaffney on Saturday, November 3d. l«to, to receive ballot boxes, poH lists and Instructions, and to be quall- W. D. Gaston. E. L. Tatb. K. I’. Hckuooh. Commissioners of State Election. DaslHg »»*• ■mums* season eraitipa coin# upon us unexpectedly | you should be pre pared for an tmergeney of this kind, as otherwise you will suffer agony for hours. Keep a i>ottle of Pain-Kilj.eh handy and go by the directions on the wrapper, it will surprise you how quickly relief will come. Avoid substitutes, there is but one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis’. Price‘25c.ami 50c. Notice of Election For Presidential Electors and Representatives in the 57th Congress of the United States. Statu ok South Carolina, i county or Chkrokkk. * Notice Is hereby given that an election will be held at the several precincts established by law in Cherokee County, on Tuesday, No vember 6. 1900, for nine Presidential Electors, ami for a Representative in the Fifty-Sev enth t'ongress of the ITiltod States, 1 iltli Congressional District. Polls at each voting precinct will Is-opened at 7 o’clock A. M. and closed at 4 o'clock P. M. The following named persons have l»ecn appointed Managers of Election: Ravenna—J. II. Lipscomb. R. E. L. Goforth and M. W. Littlejohn. Allens E. J. Clary, W. A. Jefferies and R. S. Porter. Buffalo R. E. Porter, Cabe Carlton and Louis Hopper. Antioch—J. B. llamhright, R. M. Roark and Oscar Dover. Blacksburg-W. A. Bahor, George Martin and Price Martin. Kings Creek-B. F. White, Alex McGill and boh n S'urns. Cherokee—J. R. Roberts. Rush Torrence and Farmer Moore. Wilkinsville—T. J. Estes, R. E. Kerr and J. R. Hugh' s. Sarratts—S. L. Walker, Wade Pridmore and R. \N. Davis. Littlejohns J. A. Hames, Chas. Littlejohn and J. Frank Ream. Timber Ridge A. Spencer, Junius Sparks and 11.0. Tate. Draytonvllie J. W. Alexander, R. S. Spen cer and A le v Nortiioy. Ezells—H. Z. Hicks, Jno. Collins and J. A, Scruggs. Macedonia Kliphus Richards, J. A. Harris and William Young. 1 hickcty I. M. Smith, M. W. Goforth and David Yassey. M bite Plains M. C. Lipscomb, C. li. Rey nolds ami A. A. Crocker. Turners W. N. Turner. R. A. Hawkins and J. C. Painter. Harris. E. II. Robbs and New- Wood s J. T ton Bridges. Grassy Pond G. W. Bonner. Maud- Jno. T bin Met'raw. Gaffney—W X. Blanton, Sarratt and Ruppe, A. C. Price and Itob- , „, , H. Ross, Sumter Littlejohn and Ed. II Decamp. The ballot Ikixcs In the precincts must be so located as to be in view of persons outside the polling place during the time of the elec tion. A spacious enclosure separate and distinct from that used by the Managers of the State Election, must be railed off or otherwise pro vided. at each precinct, under direction of the undersigned. Rut one voter must be allowed to enter any voting place at a time, and no one except the Managers must be allowed to speak to the voter while in the voting place casting his vote. For further Instruction see notice of Com missioners of State Election. The first named Manager at each precinct named above must call upon the Hoard of Commissioners for the Federal Election at Gaffney, at Court House, on Saturday, No vember 3. 1900. to receive ballot boxes, poll lists and Instructions, and to he qualified L. D. Bonnkr, J. D. IIUtillKB. John E. Mosteller, Commissioners of Federal Election. Gaffney, S. C.. Oct. 15,1900. Letters of Administration. State ok South Carolina, / County ok Cherokee, C By J. E. Webster, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas. J. Eh Jefferies, as Clerk of the Court, has made suit to me to grant him let ters of administration of the estate and ef fects of James Phillips, deceased; Those are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors,of the said James Phillips, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Cherokee Court House, Gaffney. S. C., on Tuesday, October 30th, next after publication thereof, at eleven o’clock In the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 15th day of Sep tember, Anno Domini 1!*00. J. E. Webster, IL. S.l Probate J udge. Published in Gaffney Ledger Sept. IS, 25 and Oct. 2. 9,16 and 23,190). MURDER! MURDER!! In bicycles. I am selling second h. ml wheels cheaper than a thief can steal then., so come to me when you want a good old seeoml hand wheel, and when you want a wheel to ride I can furnish you one at 20c per hour or $1.25 per day when good care of them i, taken. If you want a good house come to me. I have several to rent 1 have moved niv shop next to Richardson’s wood shop where J am to stay for a year. Call and see me. Yours truly, W. J. MANESS. Confectionery. Have you a sweet tooth? If you have not, perhaps you have a sweetheart who has. Take her a box of our candy and she will be pleased. 5c to 75c per box. Groceries. Price consistency is our motto. We do not sell one thing with the expectation of mak ing it up on something else. Our fruits are fresh, direct from the h ad ing markets. Eat all the fruit you can It will do you good. Try me. W. F. THOMAS. Still Alive. The Up-to-Date Market is still alive, and don't you forget D, where you can get fresh meals of all kinds in season. Beef, Pork and Mutton, Piesh Fish on Fridays and Saturdays, Country Produce and Poultry. Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries. Cigars and Tobacco. I have an experienced cutter to serve you with pleasure. We know our business and attend to it. Come or call Pn.one No. 60. L. W. McGUINN. Just Gome in A shipment of Jewelry that contains all the latest patterns in Rings, Breast and Scarf Bins, Watch Chains and Charms * and many other of the most re cent productions of the Gold smith’s art. Call on the Reliable Jeweler for Watches and (Jocks and ull^ kinds or repairing. I guaran tee my work. In Crawley & Co’s Drug Store. Tiios. H. Westrope