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\ v • \ 'The: x^ici>oe:i<. BY Ed. H. DeCamp. PITBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Cnsh advance, per year.... $1 00. On time, per year $1.50. The Ledger is not responsible for tbv views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. OaMs of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Reading notices will be published at f .en 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 SUBSCRIBERS. 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 1U0 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 the money, and wo 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 nowand .lanu- 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. Will 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 Jiavo neither the means nor incli nation to do business that way. SCRAPS OF HISTORY. The reconstruction period in South Carolina brought together the most a' omalous, heterogeneous, precious setofiasc»ls that ever reveled in a Saturnalia of power. In that varie gated, sombre-tinted, pie-bald rabble, there were at least four different elements discernible, which faded off into a conlused horde of motley nondescripts. ^ First there were the the carpetbag gers, unscrupulous adventurers from many states, who had scented the prey from afar, and who had gath ered at Columbia like a Hock of hungry vultures eager to plunge their filthy beaks into a putrid car cass. Some few of these men had some standing at home, and hoped to rise to distinction in the chaotic condition of things here, but the most of them were ghouls who had jio other motive than to rob the big southern graveyard and to enrich themselves with jewels stolen from Southern political corpses. The next class was composed of scalawags, a name applied to South ern ^hite men who shamelessly de serted their race and joined hands with the plunderers. These men had generally shirked in the war; some of them had been exposed and dis carded for villainy before the war; all of them had felt the scorn and contempt which honest men bestow on low-browed rascals, and they now swarmed forth with all the insolence and rancor of cowardly renegades who had suddenly discovered a chance to get a share of the plunder and at the same time insult and triumph over those who had once stood far above them. They came to the top, just as naturally as the filthy settlings of a pool which have lain quiet for years, rise to the sur face when the water is violently agi tated. Their joy was that of a herd of asses passing in procession, and each bestowing a kick on the sick lion. The hatred, the unmitigated contempt, the withering scorn, which were heaped upon them by the true, and still brave but over-powered men of the State, but served to flat ter their vanity and inflame their greed. In those stormy times no man could predict what was going to take place. The standard of honor that had guided three generations was trampled in the dust; modes of think ing were rapidiv changing and moral creeds were all in confusion. A few men who l ore names that had been honored in the State and na tion, such as Col. Orr and Judge Mur ray, of Andersun^ftit it to be a pa triotic duty to identify themselves politically with the dominant ele ments in order to restrain and direct, and, if possible,control the wild reck less hordes that were bent on the ruin of the state. These lew men constituted a thirdclass, among the ruling powers. Their fellow coun trymen were not bitter in their de nunciations of them, for they were generally credited with being sincere. They were pitied more than blamed, by the true men of the state, while they were distrusted and shunned by those with whom they had become associated it) politics. The fourthclass comprised the great mass of ignorant negroes, wild with their newly acquired free dom, and ready to coinin't any ex cesses that the crafty white scoun drels who manipulated them, might desire. It is safe to say that the negroes never got any of the plunder. They did the voting and the white men did the stealing. Behind all these myrmidons of despotism lay the virtue, patriotism and manhood of the country, imper sonated by the men who had fought and suffered through four years for the land they loved so well. They were now powerless, but goaded to desperation, restless, turbulent and watching for an opportunity to strike. There were wise, prudent leaders among them by whose continued ef forts rash ventures were forestalled and a state of quasi peace was main tained, until the cup of political Iniquity in South Carolina became full to running over and the self- respecting manhood of the state could bear no more. Then the peer less Hampton stepped forth and the spirit of ’(51 lose again in its uncon- querahlo might and swept over the Slate like a tornado. The actors in those stirring times are passing away and the vivid scenes that were enacted are fading from the memory of men. The conditions call loudly for a history that shall embalm the actors and the acting for the information and guidance of future generations. Is 1‘rof. Means Davis writing that history? If so, lie ought to give the public some assurance that the book will be forth-coining. If not, he ought to say so, for the expectation has been general, that ho would un dertake the work. We began this article with the in tention of writing a short sketch of one or two men wiio wero conspicu ous in the radical councils of that time. But we shall have to defer the task to another time. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The great strike in the Pennsyl vania coal regions is still on and the situation has not materially changed. The miners have held a convention, but decided nothing. Both parties seem determined to hold out to the bitter end. There will be bloood shed, suffering and wide-spread com mercial disaster befo.e the differen ces can be adjusted. ♦ ♦ ♦ The war thet is “over” in the Phil ippines moves along briskly. The “rebels” are watchful, active, and enterprising, and every day or two they drive in some detachment, or bag some foraging party, or fall un expectedly on some drowsy outpost; and we haven’t the least idea that it has ever occurred to them that they are rebelling against anybody. Kentucky enjoys the distinction of trying a man in court for his life, who appears to be already uncon scious and at the point of death. Youtzey on trial for complicity in the murder of Goebel was brought into court on his bed and asked questions while he was apparently unconscious and speechless. The judge refused to postpone the case and the trial went on. It may be that Youtzey is playing ’possum, and if so, the judge serves him right. The evidence thus far pretty clearly establishes his guilt. As the case now stands, towns and cities are debarred by the constitu tion from spending more than 8 per cent, of their taxable values. Charles ton, Columbia and Rock Hill are clamoring for a constitutional amend ment which will authorize them to transcend the limit for special pur poses. It does look like a town ought to be permitted to spend as much of its own money as it pleases; but on the other hand the State should protect the citizens of towns against excessive taxation us well us the citizens of the country. There ought, too, to be some check put upon the spirit of extravagance which everywhere prevails. If there were some reasonable limits,constitutional or otherwise,fixed to the extravagance of our legislatures it would prove a blessing to the people at large. liow’ii TliU? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hull’ll Catarrh Cure. K. J. OHK.NKY & CO., Props.. Toledo. O. We, the undersltfod, have known F. J, Cheney for the last IS years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and Unancially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Thuax. Wholesale Druggists, To ledo. O. Wai.diko, Kinnan & Mauvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting direct iy upon the blood and mucous I surfaces of the system. Price TOe. per bottle i bold by ail druggists Testimonials free.. Halls Family Pills are the best. AT THE OPERA HOUSE. Davis Brothers Mammoth Minstrels Tues day Night The initiatory performance at the Opera House this season will be the appearance next Tuesday night, 23rd, inst., of Davis Brothers Mammoth Minstrels. This company is com posed of thirty-five members, and has the reputation of being a clean, first- class, up-to-date minstrel show, and one of the Lest on the road. Manager Ross, of the Opera House, is ever on the alert for good attrac tions, and he always exercises the strictest care and judgment in mak ing dates with operatic troups to come to this place; and our theater goers need never have the slightest doubt that he will present them with anything offensive, in the small est degree, to the tastes of the most highly cultured and refined. Our people have witnessed few first-class minstrel performances in Gaffney, consequently the coming show will not only be something new and out of the ordinary for Gaffney, but itjwill be a high-class source of en joyment, an antidote for the blues, and fun without end. Resolutions of Respect. At the first regular meeting o Limestone Lodge No. 74 K. of P. Bro. Ed. H. DeCamp, in behalf of the committee on memorial resolu tions, offered the following resolu tions, as a tribute of respect to the memory of our late brother, Knight J. Lucian Hopper: Since, on August 10, 1900, the God who governs the world in mercy and wisdom saw fit to fulfil the earthly destiny which He had preordained for our brother, J. Lucian Hopper, by removing him from our midst and depriving us forever of his genial presence, we the members of Lime stone Lodge No. 74 Knights of Pythias desire to place on record this tribute of love and respect; therefore be it Resolved, 1. That in the death of Lucian our lodge has lost one of its best, most faithful and most useful members, the community a good and worthy citizen and the people of Gaff ney a genial and warm-hearted, quiet and unassuming, affectionate and considerate resident and friend. 2. That we will ever hold him in fond remembrance for the love we bore him and for the ever-pleasant relations that existed between us and him, both as a brother Knight and as an associate and friend; and that we will strive to emulate his many virtues. 3. That while we mourn because he is not with us, we will not arraign the dread decree that God has de clared as the fate of His creatures, but bow submissively to the Divine will. 4. That, while we know that earth has no compensating good to mitigate the severity of their loss, we exiend to our dead brother’s sorrowing loved ones our heartfelt sympathy and pray that their grief may be sancti- lied through the grace of Him from whom alone such comfort can come. 5 That a page in our minnte book be inscribed to bis memory and a copy of these resolutions be sent to Tfie Ledger for publication, and one to IDs bereaved family. By order of J. G. Wardlaw, C. C. J. C. Ons, K. of R. and S. Gaffney, 8. C. t Oct, 18th, 1900. The OMine I.aw. The Spartanburg Journal bad an item in a recent issue on the limita tions imposed by law on the industry of slaughtering partridge and on hunting in general. It called atten tion, too, to the increase in land-post ing by the farmers, simply because they had grown tired of having their crops run over, fences torn down, woods set afire and other annoyances by irresponsible persons who cared nothing for the rights of others so long as they gained their own ends. Most farmers do not object to hunt ing on their lands, provided the hunters conduct themselves in a gentlemanly manner and respects the rights of land owners. The following statute will be of benefit to those of our readers who are lovers of the sport, as it shows what land-owners can do to tress passers : “Section 424. general statutes: If any person, at any time whatsoever, shall hunt or range on any lands without the consent of the proprie tor, every such person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for every such offense. Section 425. That when the owner of such lands shall prosecute for any unlawful hunting on his or her laud-i. the oath of such owner shall be suffi cient evidence to convict the of fender.” The great cornfields of the corn belt were all out of liie way of the frost by Sept. 1st this year, a thing which has not happened for many years. The intense heat in England has caused prostration and death, not only among men and animals; but also among birds —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 al Cherokee Drug Store, one day only. —If It. Brandt did not ha/e some thing special to show in quantity of goods, ne » styles, and more particu larly in price, it would be no use of his making sueli i fforta to do a more extensive buslines. —By honesty, Integrity and low prices It Brandt has built up a large and successful busineas. if you do not wish to buy It wll’ pay you any way to see bis elegant stock. Mall orders promptly filled from any cat alogue. Prices never higher, often lower. — It Brundt'sguaruntec 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-live years. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Local Items ToouHhort for a Head Grouped Together. J. R. Tolleson has had some at tractive improvements made to his residence on Granard street. Lawrence Wood has accepted a po sition with St. John Butler and is now engaged in the brokerage busi ness. Rev. Mr. Williams will hold Baptis mal servise at the Episcopal church Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. The rally reunion at the Second Baptist church will be Sunday night Oct. 21st. We neglected to state whether day or night in our last is sue. Gen. Joseph Wheeler and Lieuten ant Hobson passed through Gaffney yesterday on the Southbound vesti bule, ep route from Washington to Atlanta. W. A. Peeler has opened up a new bakery on Limestone street opposite the postoffice. He also runs in con nection with it the nicest restaurant in tne city. Sparks & Humphries will soon have their oyster parlor ready to open to the public, and it is their purpose to serve oysters every day and night in the week. Attention is called to the special sale advertisement of Harry vV. Dod- enhoff in this iss.ie. Read it, and if you find anything in it that you want, call on him. The Gaffney Manufacturing Com pany is improving the appearance of Us lot next to the Company store by having a nice coat of paint put on the new fence around it. “Does your pastor permit himself to make jokes in the pulpit?” said one lady to another. “Oh, yes!” was the answer, in an apologetic tone; “but they are never very good ones.” Peeler <fc Lemraond, our enterpris ing young fancy grocery merchants, have furnished themselves with a nice, new delivery wagon and are now prepared to deliver goods purchased from them to any part of the city. It will be to the advantage of our country readers and all those who have cotton for sale, to read the ad vertisement of A. N. Wood, in an other column, who will lend them money on their cotton if they do not wish to sell it now. The Ledger job office is turning out some as fine job work now as can be found in this section of the country; this is evidenced by the fact that we often have orders from a distance. If you need anything in that line call on, or write us for samples. Mr. H. D. Wheat was bitten on the hand by a spider a few days ago, but fortunately it proved to be not a very poisonous one. He had the place dressed immediately after he was bit ten and has not suffered any incon venience from the bite. Invitations will soon be out to the marriage of Fitzhugh Hopper and Miss Mayme Cox Clinkscales, of Bel ton. Mr. Hopper is a Gaffney boy now in the drug business at Belton, and Miss Clinkscales is a popular young woman of that place. Paul V. Gaffney, one of the popu lar representatives of the Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Company, left this morning for Raleigh,N.C., where he will make preoaratians for an ex hibit of the products of his mill at the fair and carnival which will soon come off at that place. There will be an oyster supper this evening in the vacant build ing next door to the Commercial Ho tel, for the benefit of the organ fund of the First Baptist church. Serving will begin at 6 o’clock. Every one has a cordial invitation to come out and aid in the good and worthy cause. Remember the election next Mon day which will be held to decide the question whether or not Gaffneylshall have an increase in electric lights and waterworks. The present plants are inadequate to furnish the city with sufficient water and lights and it is unfair for some to have these conveniences while others, who pay the same amount of town taxes, are deprived of them. The city authorities are having the upper end of Limestone street, near the Southern depot, put in excellent condition by macadamizing it. Capt. Thuckston has his hands engaged in covering the entire width of the street with gravel, and when this is leveled off and packed in, Gaffney’s main street will be a splendid driveway. It is to be hoped that the other prominen streets will be improved in the same manner. GufTuey Buy at West Point. Lieutenant Oliver Sarratt is now installed in his new position as in structor in mathematics at West Point Military Academy. Mr. Sar- rail’s promotions have been almost phenominal, and his many friends ht r<« at his old home rejoice in his good fortune. |.oeol Cotton Report. The following are the prices paid for col ton in Gaffney today: Good Middling 9:50 Mi.hllmg 9:85 The Kurds are slaughtering Armen ian* sgain. A German officer in Pekin, China, |« dally trying Hoiera and others on various charges. He has already or- derad several to he shot. II M S peasant, from Bering Sea, reports that the sealers are having a bad season. Catches sre very poor on account of continual atoroos. The (jueen Itegsnt of Spain has signed a decree ordering the sale of a larger number of obsolete men-of-war, and providing for the reorganization and modernization of the other vessels. For sprains, swellings and Isms- ness there is nothing so good gs Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Try it. For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. Clerk’s Sales. .State or South Cahoi.ina. i (Jounty or Cherokee, f Thus. L. Brown, et al., vs. J. L. Brown, ol til. In obedience to mi order made herein, for partition, dated October 10th. 1000, I will sell at public outcry at Gaffney, S. C., before the court house door or on the premises, during the leKal hours of wile, salesday November Mb. 1900, the following described lands, to wit: (a.) “All that tract or parcel of land lying and being In the county and Htate aforesaid, on Cherokee Creek, waters of Broad River, commencing on poplar on creek near George Petty’s: thence 8. 14 W. 5i chains to pine stump; thence N. 02 E. 40.20 to stake; thence S. 50 E. 4.25 post oak on road ; thence N. 40 E. lO.IIOrock; thence N. 40 E. 11.50 rock; thence 8. K9 E. :».50 rock; thence N. 17 E. 2 stake on road; thence N. M VV. 12 maple; thence N. 22 W. 0 pine stump; thence N. 3 E. 0.50 stake on creek; thence with the meauderlngs of the said creek to the beginning corner, contain ing one hundred and sixty acres more or less, l>elng a part of the Camp's Cross Road Place, hounded on the North by lands of George Petty, West by 8. A. Stacv. South by Gentry and Lemmons and Carroll, and East by P. O. Lemmons." (b,) “A certain lot or portion of land on Cherokee Creek, waters of Broad River, in Cherokee County, beginning on rock in maple stump on West side of creek, and run ning with Lavender's line N. 55-6 W. 17.42 chains to rock, Lavender’s corner; thence N. 8614 W. 1.50 to bend In creek; thence with creek as It meanders to poplar: thence N. 57H W. 1.15 to small red oak; thence 8. 76% W. 7.75 to rock in old line; thence S. 3H W. W. 6.75 to center of creek; thence with creek 8. 42?i E. 5 80 to bend lu creek; thence N. 69% E. 2.40 with creek to center opposite ash; thence S. 49% E. 24 to small red oak with Lewis Clary’s line; thence with Lavender’s line N. 47% E. 13 61 chains to beginning cor ner, containing fifty and one-half acres more or less." (c.) “All that certain tractor parcel of land lying and being situated in State and county aforesaid bounded on the North by lands of Landrum Spake and Luther Bonner; on the East by Nathan Lipscomb's land, Jefferson Lipscomb’s land and W. R. Lipscomb's land; on the South by the land of "Doc" Anthony and Wm. R. Lipscomb; on the West by tbe lands of Wm. R. Lipscomb and Nathan Lit tlejohn, and containing two hundred and eighty acres more or less." (d.) "Ail that certain lot of land known as Lot No. 10, Southeast square of Gaffney City and on the Southeast side of Limestone street, beginning at a stake on the corner of alley and Limestone street; thence with Limestone Street 66 feet corner of Lot No. 11; thence with said lot 200 feet to stake on alley; thence with said alley 66 feet to stake on another alley; thence with said alley 200 feet to the beginning corner, containing 13,200 square feet, more of less." (e.) ‘‘A certain lot In the town o? Gaffney City, 8. C.. known on town chart as Lot No. 3. 1. 8. E. square. Beginning at stake corner Petty and Smith streets; thence along Smith street N. 56 W. 200 feet to a stake In alley; thence with It S. 34 W. 160 feet to a stake In another alley; thence with it S. 56 E. 200 feet to a stake In Petty street; thence with It 34 E. 160 feet to beginning. Ar a32,000 square feet, more or less." (f.) "A certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in tbe incorporate limits of the town of Gaffney City, In the county and state above mentioned, and bounded on the Northeast by the Mills Gap road and on all other sides by our own land, (Austell, Scruggs, Mills and Mills). Beginning on a stake In the center of Mills Gap road opposite to a small post oak, and running S. 55 W. 6.84 chains to stone in old field; thence S. 35E. 2.06 chains to stone In gully; thence 8.19% E. 4 50 to stone: thence 8. 35 E. 6.32 2-5 chains to stone: thence N. 55. E. 8 chains to center of Mills Gap road; thence with road N. 35 W. 12.64 4-5 chains to beginning corner, contain ing nine and three-fifths acres, more or less.' (g.) "All that lot of land In Gaffney City on which Thomas II. Corry now lives. Begin ning on a rock, corner of Johnson and Smith streets; thence N. 34 E. 4.82 chains with the line of Johnson street to a stake or rock in William W. Gaffney’s line; thence8.34 W. 4.82 chains to a stake or rock on corner of Smith and Petty streets; thence 8. 56 E. 6.36 chains with Smith street to the beginning corner, containing tbree and one-fourth acres, more or less." (h.) "All that lot or parcel of land lying In the county of Cherokee and state of South Carolina, bounded as follows, to-wit: Two lots of land situated in Gaffney City In county and state aforesaid, and known as Lots No. 1 and 2 in tbe S. E. square of said Gaffney City on the Richmond and Atlanta Air Line R. R., bounded and running as fol lows, to-wlt: Lot No. 1, corner lot on Buford and Limestone streets, beginning on stake on East edge of Limestone street and North edge of Buford street; thence N. 34 E. 160 feet to stake In edge of alley; thence 8. 56 E. 100 feet to stake corner of lot No. 2; thence 8. 34 W. 160 feet to stake in edge Buford street; thence N. 56 W. 100 feet to beginning. Lot No. 2, beginning on a stake on Buford street and alley; thence N. 56 W. 100 feet to stake corner of lot No. 1; thence N. 34 E. 160 feet to stake in alley and other corner of No. 1; thence 8. 56 E. 100 feet to stake; thence 8.34 W. 160 feet to beginning corner; both lota containing thirty-two thuusaud square feet,(82.000). Said lots being known as the “Home Place." (1.) “A certain piece or parcel of land situ ated and being in the county of Cherokee In the state aforesaid, known as a part of the eleven acre tract conveyed to J. J. Brown by Sam'l. Jefferies; bounded by. lands of Wm.W Gaffney, Sam'l. Jefferies and J. J. Brown, be ginning on a stake or rock on Smith street of GaffneyClty, J.J.Brown'seorner, and running thence 8. 56 E. 91 links to a stake on corner of Smith and Johnson street; thence S. 34 W. 91 links to a stake on Johnson street; thence S. 50 E. 9 85 chains to a rock X30M In the old field; thence N. 34 E. 5.71 to a rock pile In W. W. Gaffney's line, thence N. 56 W. 10.76 to a stake or rock, another corner of J. J. Brown's (n said line; thence S. 34 W. 4.82 to the begin ning corner. Containing six acres, more or less." (j.) All of that lot In the town of Gaffney, state and county aforesaid, beginning at a stake on corner of Grenard and Buford streets and running S. 34% W.180 feet to stake corner; thence N. 55% W. 200 feet to stake corner on alley; thence N, 34% E. 160 feet to corner Buford street | thence with Buford street to twglQntng corner 8. 55% E, 900 feet, containing seventy throe and one half hun- dreths of an acre, more or less, and said lot being known as the "Cary Hall Lot." (k.) The one-third interest of Mrs. E. A. Brown In all that t.-act of land lying and be ing In the county of Cherokee and state of South Carolina, containing one hundred and forty-four acros, more or less, bounded on the North by land known as the Kennedy dower land, and East by Broad river, on the South by Love's land and on tbe West by lui.d of Gadoerry Wright and known as the R. R. Darwin land. This being the lower tract of the "Flnt Hill Gold Mine Tract." The town property will be out into con venient building lots, and pUts of the same can be teen at the clerk's office. Terms of sale: One-third cash, and balance In one and two years, equal annual lnsta'1- mento. with Interest on credit portion from day of sale, said credit portion to be secured I by lioud of the purchaser ami motgage of the premises sold, with privilege to purchaser to pay all cash. Purp|W«r to pay for papers, revenue stamp' and recording, Forlufurmatlnn apply to J. A- Willis, Atty., Gaffney. 8. O, J. Es. Jefferies, October 1Mb, 1900.-at Clk. C. G. ?)•. Clerk’s Sales. State or South Cahoi.ina. i County or Cherokee. ( By virtue of sundry decrees to me directed, I will sell at public outcry, before the court house door at Gaffney, 8. C'., during the legal hours of sale, salesday, Nov. 5th, 1900, tbe following described lauds, to-wlt: No. 1. In the case of A. G. Allen vs. Harriet V. Petty et. al.: (a.) All that tractor parcel of land In said county and state liouudcd by lands of W. G. Austcllc, Jos. Blanton, tbe borne tract and others, containing one hun dred and ten acres more or less, (b.) Also all that lot or parcel of land lying and being in the county and state aforesaid, bounded by laudofClias. Petty, C. C. Petty, and others, containing elghty-two acres, more or less, and known as lot No. 3 In the division of the real estate of C. P. Petty, deceased. Terms of sale: Onc-thlrd cash and tbe bal ance In one and two equal annual payments, with Interest; credit portion to be secured by purchaser’s bond and mortgage of tbe prem ises. Purchaser to pay for papers, stamps, recording, etc. No. 2. lu the case of J. D. Goudclock vs. Frank Patterson: All that lot of land In Cherokee county, bounded by the Georgia road on the west, and running back to near the Southern track and known on plat by R. O. Sams as lots 11 and 12. beginning on stake In center of Georgia road and running west to corner No. 13; thence 8. 32% E. 4.10 chains to stake near railway track; thence W. 57% E. 2.00 chains to stake near track; thence N. 3"’. W. 4.70 chains to stake begin ning cornei. containing eight hundred eighty two thousandths acres, more or less. Terms of sale; Cash; purchaser to pay for all papers and stare is. No. 3. In the cas f W. B. Wilson vs. M. C. Byars et. al.; All tL at tract of land in Cher okee township, coum tnd state aforesaid, beginning at a stake -t Capshaw road and running thence S. 77 W. 50 to post oak; thence S. 62 W. 11.20 to pine; thence 8. 16 E. 8.50 to gum; thence 8. 81 E. 10.50 to white oak, old; thence N. 33 E. 2.75 to dogwood; thence N. 77 E. to Capshaw road; thence with Capshaw road to the beginning, -ontaining one hun dred and five acres, mo o or less; being tbe tract conveyed to us by W. B. Wilson. Terms of sale: One-thtrd cash, balance on a credit of one and twe years In equal in stallments with interest from day of sale, the credit portion to bo secured by purchaser’s bond and a mortgage of the premises sold. Purchaser may have the privilege of paying all cash. Purchaser to pay for all papers, recording and revenue stamps. J. Fu. Jefferies, Oct. 15th. 1900.-3t Clk. C. C. Pis. Sheriff’s Sale. South Carolina, t Cherokee County. ( J. Eb. Jefferies, as Clerk of tbe Court for Cherokee County, Administrator of the Estate of James G. Moore, deceased. Plaintiff, against Hugh Moore, Defendant. Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of an •rder to me directed in the above entitled cause, by his Honor, Judge James Aldrich, Presiding Judge Sixth Circuit, of date March 10th, 1900,1 will on the first Monday, (Sales- day). In November, 1900, between the legal hours of sales, at the court house door In Gaffney, said county and state, sell at public auction to tbe highest bidder, the land here inafter described to satisfy a judgment of foreclosure against the defendant above named, in the sum of four hundred and four and 55-100 (#404.55) dollars, with interest and the costs of the action and of such sale. Terms of sale: One-half cash; the remain der payable in twelve months from day of sale, with interest thereon, secured by bond of purchaser and motgage of premises sold- On failure of purchaser to comply with his bid within twenty-four hours, said premises to lie resold at some subsequent convenient salesday at tbe risk of such defaulting pur chaser. Purchaser to pay for all papers. Tbe following is a description of the prem ises to be sold; All that certain piece, par cel or tract of land lying and being in Lime stone Township, Cherokee county, (formerly Spartanburg county), and state of South Carolina; bounded by lands of W. S. Hill, W. N. Turner and wife, estate lands Allen Tur ner, deceased, S. 8. Ross, estate lands of Asa Tindall, deceased, and others, and being tbe defendant Hugh Moore’s home place, wherein he has resided and now resides, and contain ing one hundred and fifty-five acres, more or less.Said lands being sold as the property of said Hugh Moore. W. W. Thomas, Oct. 15tb, 1900. Sheriff of Cherokee Co. Clerk’s Sales. Stats or South Carolina, i County or Cherokee, f W. O. Petty, vs. D. D. Gaston. In obedience to the decree of sale In the within case, I will sell at public outcry, at Gaffney, 8. C., before the coart house door during tbe legal hours of sale, salesday, Nov. 5th, 1900, the following described real estate to-wlt: All that certain piece or parcel of land situated in the state and county aforesaid, on Bell's branch of King’s creek, bounded by C. Hass, James Childers and others, contain ing two hundred and twenty three acres more or less, and more particularly described In a deed from Wylie Moss to D. I). Gaston, dated Dec. 1884, and recorded In office R. M. C. for York county In Book C-5. Also all those two pieces or parcels of land lying and situate on the waters of Mill creek, waters of Broad river, and adjoining each other, bounded by lands of Berry Moss, Mas sey McCosh and others, and containing In the aggregate one hundred and slxty-two acres. Terms of sale: One-half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months, with Interest from day of sale, secured by purchasers bond and mortgage of the premises, with leave to pur chaser to pay all cash. In case of non-compliance within one hour, a resale will he made the same day at the risk of the former purchaser. J. Eb. Jefferies. Oct. 15th, 1900.-31 Clk. C. O. Pis. Clerk’s Sales. State or South Carolina, t County or Uhekokkk. \ James Spencer, et al., vs. Thomas Spencer, et al.. In obedience to an order made herein, for partition, 1 will sell at public outcry at Gaff ney, 8. C., before the court house door, dur ing the legal hours pf sale, salesday, Nov. 5th, 1900, the following described lands, to-wlt: One house and lot fronting 100 feet on South Frederick street and running back 160 feet. One other lot, with large stable thereon, back of lot No. 1, fronting 100 feet on Robin son street and running buck 124 feet to lot No. 1. Five lots fronting each 67 feet on Depot street and running back 200 feet. Ten lots fronting on street parallel with Depot street and running back 200 feet. One bouse and lot near Mills Gap road and Frederick street. 54 feet wide by 114 feet deep. platsof all the lots can be seen at clerk's oWcp- Terms of sa|ei Cash; purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. J. Es. J eyyeries, Oct- 1Mb, 1900.Sit Clk. C. C. PI*. Assignee’s Sale. State or South Carolina, i county or Cherokee. \ By virtue of authority contained In a cer tain real estate mortgage executed by J. B. Champion to J 'I'. Wilkins, and assigned F the undersigned, and recorded In the office of the Clerk of Court of Cherokee County in Vol. 5, page in, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, before tbe court house of Cherokee County, Gaffney, S. (’., during the legal hours of sale, on salesday in Novem ber,all that tractor parcel of land lying,being and situate In the State and County aforesaid, on tbe west sldeof the Tramway Public Road, beginning at a red oak on east edge of said road, running N. 59% W. 5.00 to stake; th/ence N. 3.15 W. 22.65 to pine knot; thence X. 19.06 E. 24.39 to stone; thence S.6;!% E. 17.72 to stake on said Tramway Road; thence with road to the beginning, containing sixty-five acres, more or less, being the same tract conveyed to .1. B. Champion by Sydney Potter and Ru fus Potter, consent of the mortgagor being obtained In writing and recorded in tbe office of Clerk of Court of Cherokee County on the 15th day of October, 1900, in Vol. 5. page 18. ^ J Terms of sale cash. J. R. Davis. Assignee of Mortgagee. Notice of Special Election, i Notice Is hereby given that on the 22d day of October, 1900. an election will be held In the town of Gaffney, S. C., for the determina tion of the questions whether or not the town of Gaffney, S. C., shall issue four thou sand dollars of additional waterworks bonds and eleven thousand dollars additional elec tric light lamds; said bonds to run for a pe riod of thirty years, with the right of re demption in twenty, and to be of the de nomination of five hundred dollars each, and to bear interest at the rate of not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum, said questions to l>e voted upon separately, and those in favor of the Issuance of said additional waterworks’, bonds will vote: "Additional Waterworks Bonds: Yes." Those opposed will vote: "Ad ditional Waterworks Bonds; No.” Those in favor of the issuance of the said additional electric light bonds will vote: "Additional Electric Light Bonds; Yes." Those opposed will vote: "No.” 1). A. Thomas, J. T. Rogers and W. T. Brown are appointed managers of said election. Polls will open at 9 o’clock and close at 4 p. m. N. H. Littlejohn, W. H. Ross, Clerk. Mayor. Tax Notice. i The tax levy for Cherokee County for fiscal year MX) is as follows: For State purposes. 5 mills. For Constitutional School Tax, 3 mills. For Ordinary County Tax, 4 mills. For New Jail, 1 mill. For County Roads, 1 mill. For Sinking I and Draytonville, Gowdeys- villo, White Plains, Morgan and Limestone Townships, 2 mills. For Sinking Fund Cherokee Township, 1% mills. For Interest on Railroad Bonds Cherokee Township, 1 mill. For Gaffney Graded School District No. 10, 2% mills. For Blacksburg Graded School District No. 9, 4 mills. The fl.OO Commutation Road Tax for 1901, payable from Oct. 15th, 1900, to Feb. 1st, 1901, age from 21 to 50 years. 1 will bo at the following places for the pur pose of collecting taxes; At my oflice in Gaffney from Oct. 15lh to Oct. 2sth. At Buffalo, Monday, Oct. 29th, from 10 a. uv to 1 p. m. At Blacksburg, Monday, Oct. 29th, after 2 p. m. At Blacksburg, Tuesday, Oct. 30th, until 1 p. m. At Antioch, Wednesday, Oct. 31st, from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. At Kings Creek, Thursday, Nov. 1st. from 10 a. m. to 2 p. in. % At Cherokee Falls, Friday, Nov. 2d, from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. At Wilklnsville, Tuesday, Nov. 6th, from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. At Sarratt’s, Wednesday, Nov. 7th, from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. At T. D. Littlejohn’s Store, Tliursday, Nov. 8th. from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. At Brown’s Store, Friday, Nov. 9th, from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. At White Plains, Monday, Nov. 12th, from 10 a. m. to 1 p. in. At Macedonia, Tuesday, Nov. 13th, from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. At Ezells. Wednesday, Nov. 14th, from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. At office from Nov. 15th until Dec. 31st. i J. B. JONES, Co. Treasurer. Gaffney, S. C., Sept. 13th, 1900. 9-14-tf I FOR * * Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. . V * y Gaffney, S. C. $ r. EUGENE Given Free J P C J to each person interested L. 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