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Sheriff’s Sale. Btatk of Bouth Oauoi.ina, (, County of Ciikrokkk. f Ry virtue of Ron warrant to me directed by the Clerk of Court of Cherokee County, I will sell at public auction for cash, at W. N. Tur ner’s store, in tliis county, the following de scribed personal property, to wit: 8 two-horso loads of corn, IhU pounds of seed cotton, 73 bushels of wheat, a lot of fod der and corn tops; the same being sold to se cure rent to Mrs. \V. N. Turner by Casslo Wilkins and Ella Dorman. W. M. Thomas. Sheriff Cherokee County. 11-13-1900-2t-30-27 WHAT relation ds a Loaf of Bread to a Locomotive? Why! why! Give it up. What is it? Mother; of course. How so? Why, necessity is the mother of invention. See? And 1 am hero to furnish you with plenty of “necessity,” made right, baked right, and full weight. bread rolls CAKES BINS PIES RITSK CREAM PE I I S. Etc. Como all you lovers of good, clean, whole' some bread to Fincken’s Bakery, (Opposite Ledger Office) 0 0 STOP IN AT 0 0 Sparks & Humphries FOR Fresh « Oysters •IN ANY STYLE. Lowney’s, Tenney's and Nunnally's Fine Candies—Loose and in Packages. FRESH FRUITS. Hot Sodas. Hot Chocolate, Clam Bouillon, Tomato Bouillon, Li<iuid Beef and Grape Kola, and a full line of F'stney Confectioneries. Proof of the Pudding— You know the rest. Try my line of Lowney’s Chocolates in 't lb., !4 lb., and i lb. packages. CIGARS GALORE. Orange Maid, Prince of India, American Pearl. Open Door to Cuba, all t he latest and liest brands of cigars at only Oc each -best 5c eigarson the market. Fresh line of National Biscuit Company’s Marshmallow Lady Fingers. Iced Jumbles. •Cit ron Boultons ami Lemon Drops. Canned Goods of all kinds and Pickles, sweet and sour, in bottles and barrels. Jellies, 5c, and all kinds of Preserves Stic a pound All the best grades of Chewing and Smok ing Tobacco. Aiakuma, in bulk and small .packages, try some. AII late arrivals. Your orders solicited. .Phone No. 20. W. F. THOMAS. Headquarters for Fruits and Produce. Things of Beauty ' are the fancy clocks and articles . of jewelry that I have had shipped me, and they are especially Suitable Tor Wedding Presents. If styles and prices will please you then you will be pleased with my goods. All kinds of repairing and prices guaranteed. Thos, H. Westrope, The Jeweler.. In Crawley & Co’s Drug Store. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does a general Banking and Exchange business. Well secured with Burglar- Proof safe and Automatic Time Look. Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate rent. Buys and sells Stocks andBonds. Buys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. WALLACE & OTIS, LAWYERS. Office upstairs, between It. A. Jones and Davenport. Piione 87. J. E. WEBSTER, Attorney-JVt- Office In Court House. (ProbateJudge s office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty DR. J. F. GARRETT* Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson’s now store office from 1st to 26th of each Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. lone* ft Co.'s Store. t an be found atofficesix days In tbo week -f J. C. JEFFERIES GAFFNEY, S. C. Commercial Law. Corporation Law Real Estate Law. Money to loan on approved security. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ;MfcCY, ***• Notary Public In office. Prompt attention given to all business. Office over U. A. Jones ft Co.’s store. D.K.Duncan O. P.Handers. W.H.Hall.Jr s duhcah, smiders a hall, Attcrneys-at-Law. . Office over J. R. TuUeson'g ft uo.’« Store. CITIZENS ANNOYED BY DRUNKEN CROWD Which Made the Night Hide ous with their Yells. LAXITY OF THE LAW. In Allow ing Blind Tigers to Run Rampant is the Cause of Such Outbreaking*.—Other News from the Able Pen of Our Lower Cherokee Correspondent. tOorreapondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Xov. 14.—Farmers are buying guano and putting it under wheat. From present prospects there will be a good deal of it used in this way. Mr, Frank McCluney began his school at Wilkinsvillo last Monday morning. Rev. J. P. Marion will preach at Salem next Sabbath, 18;h Inst., at 5i p. tn. Rev. Mr. Ezell will also told them not to come too near him for he couldn’t stand strangers. So they managed to keep up the ruse till they got away and then they had a good laugh over it. At another time JefT tried the same trick on a burly, double-jointed fel low who wouldn’t scare worth a cent. One of his party told another to catch JelT and not let him hurt that man. The fellow planted himself squarely in a defiant position and said, ‘'Let him come on, Pll settle him.” JelT said ho was mighty glad that his friends wouldn’t let him go for he had no notion of tackling that fellow. In order to make these tales more interesting Uncle Jeff should tell them in his own way and in his own words. J. L. 8. CORINTH CHRONICLES. An Enjoyable Event AVa* “Old Folk'* Day” at the Church. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Corinth, Nov. 12.—As our corres pondent hasn’t given any news from this section lately, I will try end write a few dots, although the wheel of news has been turning very slowly for the last few weeks. preach at Abingdon creek at 11 a. m. The minstrels had a meeting at Mr.*Y. C. Comers last night. Wo regret to state that Adeline Poole, wife of It. P. Poole, of Sunny Side,one of the most highly respected colored women of this community, died very suddenly at her homo last Monday morning. For some time she had been in bad health but the end was not expected so soon. She leaves six children ani a mother to mourn her loss. She had the respect and confidence not only of her own race hot her white neighbors. Her husband had just joined The Ledger brigade. He had’no idea tiiat the first copies of the paper he received would herald the sad announcement of ins wife’s death. The funeral ser vice was conducted by her pastor, Rev. A. J. Lyons, of the C. M. E. church. His text was, Psalms 111) :4, “Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days.” She was buried yesterday at Pleasant Grove church in the presence of a very large congregation. The July planting of corn appears to be fully matured and will be just as useful us the earlier planting. After this week there will be little or no cotton to pick and the olPldren cun all start to school. The best and simplest rule for measuring a corn crib wc know of is to multiply the length, breadth and depth of the crib in feet on the in side, then multiply the product by four and cut off the right hand figure, which will represent tenths of bushels. The figures to the left will give bushels if the crib contains shucked corn. The first Thanksgiving Day was Feb. 22. 1630. It was appointed by the settlers of Massachusetts for a general fast on account of scarcity of provisions, but changed to joy and thanksgiving by the arrival of a ship with supplies. The rise in the price of'cotton will keep ginners to w irk until the just of the cotton crop is prepared for market, Mr. A. W. Lntspeich, formerly of Gaffney, but now of Warrensburg, i’enn., is in this section looking after the estate of Mrs. A. W. Lotspeich, deceased, of which he is the adminis trator. Lust Sabbath night the peaceful citizens of this community were greatly annoyed by a drunken, disor derly crowd which made the night hideous with their revelling and yells. Their names, at present, are withheld, thinking that Solicitor Henry will give them publicity at the next term of court. Just a* long as officers of the law fold their hands, shut their eyes and allow blind tigers to run rampant over this country people may look for such outbreaking. The dispen sary law makes ample provisions for its own enforcement, but it doesn’t give moral courage, loyalty and back bone to those whose duty it is to en force it. Mr. T. Jeff Hughes will soon move to Orr’s Crossing on the Southern Railroad. A sketch of Mr. Hughes’ life would read more like a romance than a chain of facts. He tells some good jokes on himself that will bear repeating here. About twenty-nine years ago, dur ing the unpleasant hegira of a num ber of our people from Ibis section, to the west and elsewhere, (the rea sons are not necessary to speak of now) Mr. Hughes went with them and acted as a kind of counsel and leader in certain emergencies, when it was necessary to practice a little strategy The refugees didn't wish everybody, and especially strangers, to know their business, where they were going, etc., or, in fact, anything not necessary for them to know. How to keep that down without cre ating a great deal of suspicion was something that only a veteran diplo mat could accomplish. Jeff, how ever, was equal to the emergency. One day ho gnd his party stopped near a mill for rest and refreshment. While they were there a country greenhorn came up and begun to in terrogate them in such a manner as to convince Jeff that tie would soon find out all about them. Jiff gave one of his party the wink that this proceeding must stop. His friend took the hint and came to his assis tance by telling the ru&t of the crowd that ho thought Jeff was going to have another one of them spells. ‘‘Yes,’’said another one, “and it's go ing to he a hud one, too, and we roust not let him get hold of this stringer or do him any harm.” With that Jeff sprang to his feet and with clinched hands, knit eyebrows and gnashing teeth gave an unearthly shriek and sprang toward the visitor who mude a sudden dash in the opposite direction and ran towards the mill and around the house out of Might. Our party didn’t know but that he had jumpt d into the mill pond or broke Ids neck in attempting to get away from what he thought a mad man. The other fellows caught hold of J-IT who was raving like u maniac, and pretended to quiet him. Jiy this tune the man jn the mill came out to see what was the matter, but one ot Jell’s party The cold snap that set in a few days ago certainly does pinch; it sleeted some today. A good many people have finished sowing wheat, while some have just commenced. A lot of wheat is being sown in this settlement again this year. From what we can learn a lot of moving will be done among the people this winter. The many friends of Eb. Whelchel will be glad to know that he is able to he out again after an attack of fever. Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. Porter have a very sick baby. Dr. Crawley is their physician. Mrs. Lester Mason’s baby has been very sick. A lot of our people have been taking advantage of the cold spell by killing some nice hogs. Mr. William Thompson has charge of the Bate’s mill now. Those who have tested his work are well pleased. Miss Laura Kirby, one of Gaffney’s fair maidens, visited Mrs. JaneClary’s Saturday night. Rev. Mr. Tate filled his regular ap pointment at this place last Sunday. Mr. Tate preached an able sermon, and it will do no one any harm if they will take in what he said. A right good crowd gathered to pay their last’ respects to the burying of Mr. Jimmie Roundtree, which took place at Corinth church last Friday. Mr. Roundtree was sick a long time, until last Thursday he paid the debt that wc- all have to pay gome day, soon or late. Rev. Mr. Hickson con ducted the burial service. Mr. Hickson has opened up his school at this place now. Mr. Alien Jefferies is building a nice tenant house on his place. The county convicts are putting the roads in a nice condition through here now. Mr. Reeve*, of the Range Stove Co., has been canvassing this coun try through. One among them that bought was Mr Eddie Clary. The rain began to fall lact Satur day morning and jt kept falling on until Sunday morning, when uur Maker raised the veil of clouds, and the sun shown out with its most beautiful rays of light, and about eleven o’clock the people began to gather at Corinth church to see what was to be done at the “Old Folks Day,” After a good number bud gathered, they assembled in the house, and there heard some nice singing of old hymns and prayers, and heard the excellent essays read; after which we heard some fine speak ing from Rev. W. T. Thompson, Rev. Mr. Samples and Messrs. William Jef? feries, McArthur and Harratt, and then the dinner was brought in in abun dance. A plenty was eaten, and plenty left. I think all enjoyed them selves finely, and returned to their homes wishing for another such day to come. e. j. k. A Correction. Ravenna, S C oct 22 1‘JOO Mr. Editor:—pleas allow race space in your caper for some Correc tions I see in the isue of oct 20 a statement in regard to the Case of J L Perry, you say in that article wee are Informed that the Jury stood Eleven for the Carpet Mill to one a ganst it I wish to state that when wee went In to the room the Jury stood seven for no damage hnd five for damage the party Claiming dam age was ast to fix the amount of damage and one of the party fixed the amount at $250 then thare was some little debaiting on the question, and the foreman sugestid that wee go down and investigate the matter which ten of the Jury did go. after they returned thare was some differ ence in the opinion of some of the Jury In regard to the amount of dumag and tiiare was a move made to make the damag a nomancl one. and after some diecusion the amount was fixed at $25 to this amount seven of the Jury agreed and five opposed, and two if not three out of the five d* clured posatively that they would npver ugrep to any damag at all and Just hear the debat Closed, and in- utid of the Jury standing ftjleven for the Mill and one for Perry it stood seven for Perry and five for the Mill I make this Correction in Justin to my self as I led the fight for damag and in Justis to Mr. Perry J R Blanton GU>*on Improving. Young Gibson who killed Bradley at Clifton Sunday night, and who was severely cut himself, is doing nicely and is not thought to be in much danger of losing his life. Wednesday morning Thomas Brad ley, the father of tbo boy who was killed, went to Spartanburg and swore out a warrant before Magistrate Kir by for Tom Gib-on, charging Kim with the murder of his son. Gibson, though, is unable to leave liis bed as yet, and it will be some time befqre he will fully recover. ■WaWT 1 -.— — - To Cure a Cold iu Ou*> Day Take Laxative Brorno-^ulnine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig nature is on each box. 25c. WHITE CAPS WORK IN , A Delicate Woman is the Vic tim of their Brutality- BRUTES IN HUMAN FORM Three Ma*ked Outlaw* Go to the Home of a Defeiiftele** Woman and Klojt Her With Baggy Whip*.—The Perpetrator* are Still At I.iirgo, An ugly story of the brutal opera tions of white cap regulators comes from Blacksburg, in which a frail and delicate woman is the victim of the cowardly assaults of three brutes in human form. On Tuesday night, November 6th, while our Republican friends in other sections of the coun try were making merry over the triumphant termination of their cause, three masked outlaws who deemed^themselves so holy as to cor rect others in what they believed their misdeeds, went tu the home of L. M. Holland, in Blacksburg, and called a helpless and defenceless woman to the door, dragged her to the street and administered a hogging with buggy whips. The whipping was so severe that it may yet prove fatal, as the latest information is to the effect that the victim 01 this brutal attack is now lying critically ill at her home in Spartanburg. The story in detail is unsavory and its relating leaves some ground for sus picion, to say the least; but there can be no palliating excuse for the outrage of the outlaws. On one of the main residence streets of the city of Blacksburg lives Mr. L. M. Holland, a widower with several children. Mr. Holland is a merchant. His wife died a year or so ago. Since that time he has employed a number of colored women to do his house work and look after his children, but it seems that he could not get along with his colored help. About a year ago Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Elmore moved to Blacksburg from Clifton. They lived netr Mr. Holland, in fact the families became neighbors, and Mrs. Elmore took con siderable interest in the welfare of t le motherless Holland children. Nothing was thought of this so long us Mr. Elmore remained in Blacks burg with his wife. After a resi dence of eight or nine months in Blacksburg Mr. and Mrs. Elmore moved to Spartanburg. Since moving to Spartanburg Mrs. Elmore has made frequent trips to Blacks burg, sometimes staying over for several days and nights. She invari ably made her home at the Holland residence. The visits have been so frequent and the stays so prolonged that a suspicion has been raised in the public mind tiiat all was not right but instead of resorting to the law a. se f constiiuted vigilant com mittee of ILree called at the Holland home as above related and meted out punishment. Mr. Holland was ai bis place of business at the time and the woman was alone with Du- chil dren Theories of distress aroused the neighborhood and one of the frightened children made haste to inform its father of the occurrence. The whipping took place about eight o’clock at night. Mr. Holland has tened home. was accompanied by Chief of Rojice JJuncan. The footprints of the ruffians were found and the chief was requested to get his blood hounds and run down the per petrators of the outrage. For some reason the chief did not send for his dogs, and today the outrage goes unavenged a fid the violators of the law go unpunished The whole affair is shady. Cer tain it is that no set of men have a right to take the law into their own hands, no matter what the offence against decency and morals. The courts of South Carolina should be sufficient for all violations of htp laws, and men who violate the law in an effort to correct the morals of the community should be punished to the full extent of that law which guaran tees protection to the weak and jus tice to the strong. The woman In the case is said to be a frail and weak woman who pos sesses a prepossessing face. Another white cap outrage took place in Blacksburg a short time be fore this time. This time the victim was a man named Grant Stewart. Grant Stewart lives at Kings Creek. Me was stopping in Blacksburg with a relative named John Stewart. It seems that the female members of John Stewart’s family do not bear the best of reputation and the white caps paid the house a visit and flogged Grant Stewart with a buggy whip. The report was started that Grant was whipped by Bill Stewart, who had just been released from Cherokee jail, having been Indicted for Illicit distilling, and It was said that Bill and his friends administered the punishment because Grant informed the authorities of Bill’s operations. The evidence goes to prove that the report was false, as the whips with which the punishment was admin istered came from a well known store in Blacksburg, as did also the cloth with which the black caps were dis guised, and Bill nor his friends had purchased neither whips nor cloth from this particular store. Matters are assuming a serious as pect, and it is believed that unless the outragesjeease at once some ones who Jpast expect it will Ijnd themselves before ibe criminal bar of Cherokee court to answer some very serious charge*. The man who fears to trust the people is not fit to be trusted. “I Itave used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and find it to he a great medicine,” says Mr. E. S. i’hipps, of I’oteau, Ark. “It cured me oi bloody flux. I i-an- not speak too highly of it.” This remedy always wins tho good opin ion, if not praise, of those who tn-e it. The quick cures which It efficts eyen iu the most severe cases make it a favorite everywhere. For sale by , Cherokee Drug Co. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People You Know and People You Don’t Know. W. Henry Robs and Billy G Lres went to Columbia Wednesday to at tend tho mystic shrine of Oasis Tem ple Mr. I^ees was “put through” and elevated to nobility. Harry Price, of Spartanburg, was in the city Wednesday. A. M. Hardee, a prominent citizen of Chester, was here yesterday on business. E A. Trescot, Esq., of Blacksburg, is in the city. H. T. Crigler, a successful business man of Spartanburg, was here Wed nesday. County Superintendent of Educa tion W. F. McArthur spent Tuesday in the Spartan City. J. W. Sparks, of Asbury, spent Wednesday and yesterday in our midst. A. N. Wood spent Tuesday in Spar tanburg on businesp. Jas. G. Dowd, a prominent citizen of Rock Hill, was in the city Wed nesday. C. P Sanders, Esq., of Spartan burg, is in the city in attendance up on the extra session of court. A. P. Pifer, of Newberry, was registered at the Commercial Wed nesday. Martin Fails, of the Gaffney Carpet Mill, was in Gastonia, N. C., the first of the week. D. L Bryan and C. M. Smith, two prominent business men of Colum bia. were here Wednesday. Will Magness and Paul V. Gaffney were in Gastonia Tuesday. B. F. Fair, of Charles'on, a popu lar conductor on the Southern rail way, spent Wednesday in Gaffney. A. B. Bierck, of New York, was in the city Tuesday visiting his brother, President J. E. Bierck, of the Carnet Mill. A. R. Reinhart, of Blacksburg, was here Tuesday. Miss Effio Hopper left the city Wednesday for Philadelphia, I'a , where she will spend ILe winter with her friend, Miss Annie Anspach. Her many friends here hope she will enjoy her stay io the Quaker City. W. W. Abbott, of Spartanbug, was among the visitors in our c.ty Tues day. J. Clough Wallace, Esq , one of the most prominent and talented members of the Union bar, is in the city attending court. 0. B. Harris, of the Commercial hotel, returned Tuesday from a trip northword. Gen. Thomas W. Carwile was a distinguished visitor in our city Wed nesday. J. W. Allen, of Spartanburg, was in the city Wednesday. W. E. Cutlilf, of Albany, Ga., one of the representatives of the Gaffney C%rpet Manufacturing Company, was here Tuesday. He went out Tuesday night in the interests of his house. C. W. Griffin, of Greenville, spent Tuesday in Gaffney. E- L. Littlejohn, a successful young business man of Blacksburg, was here Wednesday attending court. William T. Conquest, Jr., of Cam den, was’in the city Wednesday. N W Hardin, Esq . o' Blacksburg, attended cour' here this week. Mph Ruben Leavell nee Miss Kate Folger, left the city Tuesday for an extended visit to friend* and relations in Seneca and to her husband's people io Newberry. Mrs. J. Meek Smith, of Clover, came over Tuesday to spend several days with her parents. Capt. and Mrs. S. 8. Ross, corner Frederick and Logan streets. Dr. Forest McCown, of Cherokee Falls, was here Tuesday on a busi ness visit. J. T. Moorebead, one of Gowdys- ville’s foremost citizens, came up to the city yesterday on business. J. D. Pryor, of the Midway section of the county, came in to see us yes terday and subscribed for The Ledger for a year. Robt. Harris, a leading young man of Grindal, was among our visitors yesterday. Will Brown, of Ravenna, is in the pity attending to his duties at the court house. Mrs. M. L. Littlejohn and Miss Ellen Kirby, of the Corinth neighbor hood, paid ua a pleasant visit Wed nesday. Ml** Coleman Married. We notice in the Spartanburg Herald an account of the marriage of Miss Fay Coleman to Mr. Samuel C. Dean, both of Spartanburg. Miss Coleman is known in Gaffney, she having visited the Misses Thomp son here at different times; and her friends in this city wish for her long life and much happiness. Mr. Dean is a popular young man of Spartanburg and is to be congratu lated on his good fortune. A Village Dlavksinlth Saved HU Little Hun* Life, Mr. H. H. Blaok, the well-known village blacksmith at Grabamsville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., says: “Our lit tle son. five years old, has always been subject to croup, and so'bad have the attacks been that we have feared many times that he would die. We have had the doctor and used many medicines, but Chamber lain's Cough Remedy is now our sole reliance. It seems to dissolve the tough mucus and by giving frequent doses when the croupy symptoms ap pear we have found that the dreaded croup is cured before it gets settled.” There is no denger in giving this remedy for it contains no opium or other injurious drug and may be given as confidently to a babe as to an adult. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. wemam Til# Orphitiift’ I>»iv. Thursday, Nov 2 , Jth is tho orphans’ day! Give, brotlier, with all your heart, because the I.ord has blessed you. There are plenty of orphanages to remember; help your own, and theu remember that there are two hundred orphans at the Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton, South Carolina, drawn from every Southern State and some Northern, and even from “the isles of the sea” They an from many denominations of Chris tians as well as from non-Christian parentage. Bereft of parents, they are alone in the wicked world, for gotten, perhaps in the localities from which they came, but loved and cared for and trained for future use fulness by faithful teachers and ma trons. Taught a trade, and given mental training as well, they leave their orphan home to cure for them selves. Send your spare gifts to the rtiornwell Orphanage, Clintor, South Carolina. iu*. Mat The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist* The Discoverer of Swamp-Root at Work la Bis Laboratory. There is a disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because so decep tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by it—heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result of kidney disease. If kidney trouble Is allowed to ad vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Then the richness of the blood—the albumen —leaks out and the sufferer has Bright’s Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dis covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands of apparently hopeless cases, after all other efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling about Swamp- Root and its wonderful cures. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and mention this paper. OPERA HOUSE Thursday Night, Nov. 23. AN OCEAN OF MERRIMENT WIYHOUY A LOBSYEB III IT. HARRY WARD'S MAGNIFICENT MINSTRELS. Management WARD & MURPHY. America’s Lar^ost, Grandest ami liest Min strel Organization. 40 CELEBRATED ARTISTS 40 HAJRK.Y WAKD, The next President of Minstrelsy. Hurt Gardner. The Great Newton. Eddie Doyle. Mullen & Yonder. Tho Marvelous Hrict-s. Decker A Ranch. The Harmonic Quartet. PROF. MASON’S SOLO BAND. GRAND NOONDAY PARADE. Seats on sale at A- B. GAINES, Mooting of County Commissioners, The annual meeting of the Hoard of County Commissioners will Ik* held in the Super visor's office on Monday. December 3d. Par ties haviuK claims against the county will present them properly approved. N. Lipscomb, Supervisor. W. H. Boss, Clerk. Letters of " !L1_. State or south Carolina, t County or Cherokee, t By J. E. Webster. Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas J. A. Carroll has made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate and effects of Mrs. Kutli M. Parker, de ceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tho kindred and creditors of the said Huth M. Parker, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to 1m* held at Cherokee court house, Gaffney, H.C., on Wednesday. November 21st, next aftA*r publication thereof._ at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they iiave, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my band, this Gth day of No- vemlier, Anno Domini l!t00. J. E. Webbtku, lL. S.1 Probate J udge. Published in Gaffney Ledger issues Utli and mb Nov., ilioo. Stolen Mules. OTOLEN from my stables near Cowpe ^ , on nh-lit of Nov. till., on. taif, t.„. | '•odb 'l marc untie, dark moils.* color, wlitto col nr mark, small lump on buck of left hip rather small feet, windgnllson front leg*! . webrht l(>5e pounds, m years old, fairly gorHl [ order One dark buy mare mule, well made, straight Kick, low witliers, wart under chin, also small wart near teat mi left side, broad le.'l, few gray hairs on 'Oiould. rs, weight atMiut *50 (murids, age 10 years <25 will U* paid fur Infoi matlon that will lead to t heir r *D°n •’t" ' • Rogers, Cowpens, H C. The Up-to-Date Market lias got tiie Pork and the Beef. I iiave some fine Tennessee Hogs and will con- tb.uc getting them in fresh every tenor fifteen days. Country produce when can be got. I resh Fish on Fridays and Sat urdays. Heavy and Fancy Groceries. 1-nuts and Confectionaries. your order on short notice. Try our Fresh Sausage. L W. McGUINN, Prop. Phnne No. 60. f«f”\V anted—Fat Cattle and Sheep. Notice of Election. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in Ward One, of the city of Gaffney, S. C„ on Friday, November 23. for the pur pose of electing an alderman from said ward to fill the unexpired term of K. L. Bird, re signed. The polling booth will be open at Holt’s store from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m., and the follow ing will lie the managers: N. C. Snead, L. I). Kippy and John Cash. N. H. Littlejohn, W. H Boss. Clerk. Mayor. Estate Notice. All persons having claims against the es tate of .las. Phillips, deceased, will present same to me, duly proven, on or before De- cember loth; and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate set tlement. J. Eb Jefferies, Nov. S, 19C0. Clk C. C. Pis and Admr. Estate Notice. All persons having claims against the es tate of J. Curb McOraw, deceased, will pre sent same to me, iuiy proven, on or before December 10th; and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate settlement. J. Eb Jefferies, Nov. s, 1900. Clk C. C. Pis and Admr. For Sale. Y will offer at public outcry, or at private sale, on Tuesday. November 20th, two tracts of land in Gowdeyville township, lying on tiie waters of Thickety. The two farms con tain 45»acres, more or less. Parties desiring to purchase at private sale would do well to call on me before November 20th. Terms reasonable. Apply to A. W. LOTSPEICH, Admr., Nov. 9-lti. Gaffney, S. C. Oiieap for Cash. I carry a lino of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Glassware and almost anything carried in a general store. All at rock bottom prices for cash. Remember I sell the best axes for the least money. Yours to please, I. M. PEELER. ITor-• Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair, Plaster Paris. Koscndule Cement, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Faso and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone 57. Tax Notice. The tax levy for Cherokee County for fiscal year 1900 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 Count y Roads, 1 mill. For Sinking Fund Draytonville. Gowdeys- ville. White Plains, Morgan and Limestone Townships, 2 mills. For Sinking Fund Cherokee Township, 1>4 mills. For Interest on Railroad Bonds Cherokee Township, 1 mill. For Gaffney Graded School District No. 10, 24 mills. For Blacksburg Graded School District No. 9, 4 mills. The f 1.00 Commutation Road Tax for 1901, payable from Oct. 15tli, 1900, to Feb. 1st. 1901, age from 21 to 50 years. 1 will be at the following places for the pur pose of collecting taxes: At office from Nov. 15th until Dec. 3tsL J. B. JONES, Co. Treasurer. Gaffney, S. C.. Sept. 13th. 1900. *-14-tf Insure Your School Houses In the Cherokee Mutual. Nero Uddled and danced while Borne was burning; Kropatkin fired Moscow while the French were looting tiie cby. freeing tiie criminals to do it and has ever been regarded tiy Id* countrymen aij a p^trloi. wldic Nero j* stamped u* thd monster of the ancient world. A* u trustee you may li'iirn some morning that your scIkhi! house lias vanished into smoke and ashes, Injuring not yourself L it the little tots who lire dependent upon your foresight and piovlslon for their nieiiLifiiiid lntelU«'tuai di velopment. Is lay is dangi r- ous. Tiie weather N getting c u .d 4„d mqy ho expoc.tpd. Write Rev. A. D. DAVIDSON, Gaffney, or FRANK McLUNEY, Abingdon, c*. O.. Agents. The Gaffhej City Land and Improvement Company Offers for sale Building Lots in this flourishing town, Gaffney City; Also Farms near by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lots of from 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. \r. W A.HTTP, Aurent, N B.—All tresspiwslng on landsof this company, enttln and emovlng timber, flshtnger hunting are forbidden under nena’-v of Im w “Guns till you can't rest!" We have just received our Fall line of Guns and Shells. Our guns are up-to-date. Come and see our stock. We will not charge you anything to see and get prices. Yours truly, R. M. WILKINS & CO.