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I ! i; i liiHiiia, ua i i n k V iVlit iiMiikii iS, 1900. CITY OFFICIALS OF THRIVING GAfINEY. [ ('ONTINIIKI* KKOM PAOK ONK | was one of the best field hands the writer ever knew. After arriviii}» at manhood he entered the cotton business as buyer. He soon estab lished a fine reputation in his busi ness and represented some of the largest cotton houses in the United States at important points in this and other States. After the death of his father, business matters required his presence ut home. He is now successfully conducting a large farm ing interest for whu*h ids early training so well prepared him. As alderman, Mr. Turner is atten tive to his duties and progressive in ids work. He lias a deep interest in the welfare and progress of the city and his good sense and fine business training make him quick to perceive the right line and to execute Ids work in a manner which marks him ns one of the city’s most useful aldermen. AJeorj-o \V Cotton. (leorge \V. Cotton, the representa tive of the sixth ward on the alder- manic board, is a native of Philadel phia. Mr. Cotton came to Gaffney several years ago to superintend the Gaffney Carpet Mill. He is a genial, whole-souled fellow, end when the cily was divided up into wards last year Mr. Cotton was selected to rep resent the sixth. He had as an op ponent a native Gntfoeyite but in the race for aldermanic honors distanced his competitor by a handsome major- rm m Wm mm ity. .Mr. Cotton brought with him when he came south some of the push and enterprise of his native city and lias put forward some pro gressive ideas. Mr. Cotton will in troduce a resolution at the next meeting of the council to suspend the ordinance prohibiting the blow ing of whistles and the liring of fire works on next Monday night in order that tim advent of the new century may be properly celebrated. Mr. Cotton is a prominent Mason and en joys tlie confidence of ids fellow Ma sons. •IiuIkh •Ihiiich K. \V*>l>*t«*r. James K. Webster, Probate Judge of Cherokee county is a native of the Union portion of Cherokee county, is a son of the late Noah Webster, was educated at Wofford College and is a lawyer by profession. He spet t several years |in Texas teaching, but returned to his native state about twenty years ago and began the prac tice of his profession in Galfney and has had a marked success from the start He was elected probate judge when Cherokee county was creatid and re-elected at the general election in 1N1IS, and is consequently serving his second term. Judge Webster if a good officer and is kind and accommodating to all who have business in his office. Tll« Vletor Cotton Oil Mill. 1 lie Victor Cotton Oil Company was organized and the mill buildings built in 1899. The company was organized with a capital of of tJillii.OOO and all the stock was taken by N Lipscomb, J. N. Lipscomb and T. R Cox. Mr. X. Lipscomb was elected president, J. N. Lipscomb treasurer and Mr. Cox and J. X. Lipscomb are the managers. The mill is of a thirty ton capacity and was built in 1899, and is complete in every detail. It began operation in the fall of 1899 and had a most successful season, and is now running full time and producing a fine quality of oil and by products. The company has recently bought the new roller mil] and ginnery re cently erected by Walker ami Phil lips, from Messrs. Walker and Phil lips, and are running them success fully. The moving spirit in oil mill en terprises was Mr J. X. Lipscomb, one of the brightest, most thorough-go ing and capable young business men in the city. It was he who engin eered the enterprise Jand worked it successfully from start to finish. And it is he. and his able assistant, Mr. T. R. Cox, an experienced oil mill man who lias recently moved to Gaffney, who are managing it so suc cessfully. The success of the enter prise has been so marked that every one looks for the plant Jco bo largely increased In the near future. Don’t use any of the counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Halve. Most of them are worthless or liable to cause Injury. The original De- Witt’s Witch Hazel Halve is a certain cure for piles, eczema, cuts, scalds, burns, sores and.skin diseases. Cber- ok^e Drug Co. —7* ../a* i: r if ” -IK? r * m m ivi ^ IPsi --y AT THE?-FARM J—Jl o— .-y x’ M- U, A ( Xj * Ah q In make believe girlishness. Aunt Harriet, looking generous enough to wish that all creation might sit down to the feast, whose stages of preparation were shown by stains and Hour patches extending from her eyes to the hem of her apron, said in kindly reproval, "You’re here, but alone, as usual.” From the porch we went in to the family sitting room, and uncle seemed to cut loose from his following as he sat down be side Cousin Tildy, whose fresh widow’s weeds lent a sombiT key to the- emeasion. Jim ami Frank gave .a hanel in choking silence* to tlie*ir mourning siste*r, and I wanted to. but hue] to answer for the e-ity aunt ami cousins. Two father less little one s rushed in with six other se*ts of happy granele*hildren, ami soin- berm-ss lied from (lie* farmhouse*, feu* the* re*st eif that eluy at le*ast. Cousin Marion started in tee ehe*e k he*r brood, but he*r ehilellesH sister Kath erine* saiel: " 1 ,e*t the* young one*s ge> it. Time* eiieiugh te> lie* sober when they ge»t *dd. Tlie*n uncle* geit elown on tlie* floor ami turned hiuisedr Into a horse play ing gramhiaeldy until tlie* rae*ket made the* ole) house* shake. My e*e>usins stede* out and hurrie*el nervously tei tlie* carriage house, on the side eif tbe* farm, opposite* the* big barn. There* was life* and hustle the*re, for sb ighbells gave* fitful im*loelie*s as they were taken off and hung up; horses stumped ami were* tedd, with sonneting slaps, tei ••(Je-t over!” Cousin Marvin was acting the* host to tin* brothe-rs-in-law from the* hill farms. He lived e>n a see tion eif land se*t otf from the lioinesteaiel am] was tiuele’s riglit bane' man. ,,, M , — I,,, There* was a word or two of re- 'MvJr o , iLtt e 3* Ll*. »*jh<«BV.ij ti *; r T HE unmistakabie* man made signs of Christinas were* le*ft behind whe*n I plunged intei the dreary waste of snow beyond the benders of the town for the annual pilgrimage to uncle's farm. Only the snow, hiel- ing bush ami tene t*, the* white mantled tre*e*s and the colei gave a sug gestion that somewlmre beneath the* e-hilling rural surface e>f things there were joyous groups pre-paring holiday revels. Winter was teiei keen, too freezing, not to have* a brighten* side* than that which lay eiut of elexirs. As I passed the big barn the* sounds of young voices behind the huge doors told me that Cousins Frank and Jim were inside, perhaps mending harness or tools or earing for the* live* stoe k. The* little* eloen*. framed in the huge* ones, opened to my band, amt Jim and Frank, one bedding ope*n a grain hag and the othen* ennptying a bushel into its mealy, gaping mouth, smiled a welcome. Without loeiking up, Uncle* Daviei "struck eilf" nimthen* he*aped up measure of grain ami marked it down on the see ire. "1 thought it was about time,” said lie*, and I them knew that my soedal status at the* farm had not changed since the* last visit. The* imrses in thenr stalls stopped nosing tlie* hay and pricked up their ears for a minute*, the* e*:dth* lie*ld thedr emels lazily and stared; them the atmosphere re*Kuniod its throbbing stillne»ss until the* leiad of hags had been tie*el and set in row’s. Only this and nothing more by way of <*e>renie>ny in receiving a Christ mas gue*st. Later came Inqui ries after "the folks” and the imwest eledngs In town. While uncle cast a satistied glane-e at the* bursting haymow’s, tin* sle*e*k horses and cattle and the* reiws of bags Jim and Frank eliallemgcel me tei guesses at the remaining contents of the bins. "Yeiu will all have another guess,” chimed in my uncle, “and now let’s go and see what’s gedng e>n in the kitchen.” 1 no- tieed for the first time that his linen was very fresh for a farm er at work and that the boys e-aeli had uti a brand new suit freun wool raised on tin* farm. These trifles were tin* only evidence of a holiday, for not a word of Christmas had been spoken. We entered tin* strung out. rambling line of buildings constituting the farmhouse, through a wood shed, into tin* washroom, then past a storeroom having a faint suggestion of holding supplies that were toothsome. Next came a summer kitchen with a positive odor of newly peeled apples, doughnuts and spiced mim e meat. Fncle led the way out upon the porch to avoid the crowd ed main kitchen, through tin* open door of which came hot and heavily laden air from ample ovens and steaming kettles and pans. Cousin .Martha, the unpluckcd flower of a group of seven girls, rushed for ward to give the first effusive greeting, and Cousin Hattie, with Cousin Mar vin's wife, Jennie, followed suit gret from the older ones for the lamented Samuel, who had been there last Christmas; then the group marched single tile be hind the stalwart Marvin over the narrow snow path to the house. Floating' up from the front yard came a babel of voices, and Ralph, tlie oldest grandson, a fat, hearty lad, shouted to us Isiys, “< 'oine and see our Christ mas!” As we rounded the cor ner of tlie house the same tones cried out, “Ready, aim, fire!” and a dozen bulls whisked past our heads from a snow fort manned by a troop of Isiys and girls in mutflers and mittens. After tills reception the garrison scattered :* d began placing great rolls upon tlie parapet to build it higher. A snow man as big as a giant and a rabbit the size of a Saint Bernard were patched up with a nose and an ear, and we were asked to review the sights of the frosty Christmas museum. The call to dinner led to a real charge through every door of the mansion, and when we got a glimpse of the dining room, as the women seated the little ones. It presented a Jumble of happy, red faces and heaps of cooked things in brown, white, pink and yellow. All Christinas dinners are alike in one thing under any and all circum stances the guests are ravenously hungry and boisterously happy,and neither old nor young can observe the rule of not talking with the mouth full; other wise the f< list would lie silent, and with do mouths enjoying Aunt Harriet's bounteous spread that dinner was not at all quiet. Moreover. I didn’t regret having turned my back upon town celebrations for a Christmas at the farm. G. Kenneth Gilmer. Coaled Look at your tongue. Is it coated ? Then you have a bad taste in your mouth every morning. Your appetite is poor, and food dis tresses you. You have frequent headaches and are often dizzy. Your stomach is weak and your bowels are always constipated. There’s an old and re liable cure: yeses pins Don’t take a cathartic dose and then stop. Bet ter take a laxative dose each night, just enough to cause one good free move ment the day following. You feel better the very next day. Your appetite returns, your dyspepsia is cured, your headaches pass away, your tongue clears up, your liver acts well, and your bowels no longer give you trouble. Price, 23 cents. All druggists. “I hare taken Ayer’s Pills for 35 years, and I consider them the best made. One pill does me more good than liall a box of any othsr kind I have ever tried.” Mrs. N. E. Talhot, A March 30, 1891). Arrington, Kans. An Ordinance For tbe Issue of Bonds for Additional Electric Lights. Whereas, a petition directed to tlie Town Council of (Jaifney, by a majority of the free holders and freehold voters of the said town, and signed by them, praying for an election to Ik* held to determine whether or not the Town Council for the said town should issue $11,000. of not niort than live per cent, inter est bearing l>otids to lx* used in the construc tion and equipment and inaintainanceof Ad ditional Electric Lights in the town of (Jatt- ncy;and Whereas, in oU-dit ncc to tlx* said petition, tlx* Town Council of UalTiicy ordered an election, after ten dajs notice, by advertise ment In a newspaper (The tiHlfiicy Ledger, to be held on the IT-M day of October, 1900, m determine s iid question; and Whereas, at the said election, there were rs votes cast for and is against the issuance of tlx* said bomls, by the qualified electors of said town, voting in said election, which re- Miit w as duly certified to by the Managers of said election; therefore He it ordained by the Town Council of OatT- ney in Council assembled, and by the autli >r- ity of tbe same: Sec. I. That the Town Council of Oalfney do hereby issue coupon, interest bearing g'dd bonds to the amount of $11.(00. bearing five per cent, interest per annum, each bond to Is* of tlie denomination of Five Hundred Hol lins, and payable forty years from the date of Issuance, with the power to redeem same after tlie expiration of twenty years from said date. Said I Kinds to be of tin* date of December 1st, 1!XI0, tlx* Interest on which shall Ik* paid semi-annually on December 1st and June 1st of each year, and the pr<x.*eeds of which shall bo used in the con at ruction, niaintalnance and equipment of Additional Electric Lights In tbe said town of UulTney. Done and ratified in Council assembled, t Ids the 2d day of November, 1900. N. H. LITTLEJOHN. Mayor. W. 11. Ross. Town Clerk. An Ordinance For the Issue of Bonds for Waterworks. Whereas, a ixdition directed to tlie Town Council of Uaffney. by a majority of tbe free holders and freehold voters of tlie said town, and signed by them, praying for an election to be held to determine whether or not the Town Council for tbe said town should Issue *4,ink), of not more than five per cent. Interest bearing IkxxIs to lx* used in tlx* construction and equipment and niaintalnance of Addi tional Waterworks In tin* town of Galfney; and Win reas. in obedience to the said petition, tlx* Town Council of Galfney ordered an elec tion, after ten days notice by advertisement in a newspaper (The Gaffney Ledger) to Ik* held on the 22d day of October. 19<N), to de termine said question; and Whereas, at the said election, there were Mil voles cast for and is against tlx* issuance of the said Isinds, by tlx* qualified elect irs of said town voting In said election, which re sult was duly certified to by the Managers of said election; therefore, lie it ordained by tbe Town Council of Gulf- ney In Council assembled, amt by the author ity of tlx* same: fixe. I. That tbe Town Council of Gaffney do hereby Issue coupon, interest bearing gold bonds to tlx* amount of ft.uou, Itearlng five percent. Interest per annum,each Igind to Ik* of tlx* denomination of Five Hundred Ixd- lars, and payable forty years from tlie date of Issuance, with the |Kiwer to redeem same lifter the explrat Ion of twenty years from Mitld date. Said IkiixIs to lx* of tlie dale of IHs'em- her 1st, 191*1, tlie Interest on which shall lx* paid semi-annually on Itecember I and June I of each year and the proceeds of which shall lx* used in the construction, maintain- auce and «K|u!pmcnt of Additional Water works in the said town of Galfney. Done and ratified In Council assembled, this the sid day of November, 11)00. N. II. LITTLEJOHN, Mayor. W. 11. Ko*s, Town Clerk. RIGHT EATABLES for ( liristnias dinners arc ahvavs in my stock,—a marvelous . variety of canned meats and sardines, olives, pickles, fancy ■ crackers, fruits, phosphates and rich sliruhs of all tiavors. You’ll find it much easier and more sati-Jaeiorv to pri pare your Christmas Dinner hy letting us fill the basket. We make a specialty of just this sort ot tiling; we know just what to semi and how much of it. (roods packed in neat boxes and delivered at your home without extra charge. We have on hand also a nice line of CHRISTMAS TOYS for the little folks. I. DAVENPORT'S CHEAP STORE. For Christmas *£ We have the following good things : Fancy and Plain Candies, Nnts, Raisins, Apples, Bananas, Figs, Dates, Currants, Citron, and in fact everything usually kept in a first-class Fancy Grocery Store. JOHNSON & BROWN. Agency for Glnco Cigars. O i'O.T- I Coe<K\c«i id • A CHRISTMAS INDICATION. r Hd Santa ( Ians sots his royal mandate these days on things warm, things comfortable, no less in furniture than in other articles. A great big easy chair will make about the most desirable Christ mas present to he had. We have jnsi that chair; plenty other good ones. And tor hahv. those beau tiful (lO-Carts, just reeeivod, can’t he heat. See us for anything in the furniture line. CAHR0L1, CARPENT- R & HUMPHRIES. The Most Complete Shaving Saloon in the Stale. HOT AND COLD BATHS. ^Exchange Barber Shop.* None hut the best Barbers employed Ladies Shampooing and Children s Hair ('uttiug a Specialty 7 . H. C. KNOX. Prop. //V HOTEL BUILDING. J. N. LIPSCOMB & CO., DICAUICKH IIN General J At the old stand with the best stock of staple goods in town. See us before you buy. Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledger office, (laffnoy, 8. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us your orders.