Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'lino 1 no i >c; icw. BY I'jT). IT. DkCamp. ! I I.ISMi |i II I I• AV AND I KIDAY •si isstiiiri ioN riiiCK: < i ih '.n tidvanco, per year.... $ 1.fiO. Tub r.KiKH n not rosponslhlo for tin viowa of correspondentfl. v’o'Teapoudentb who do nob contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 ^et them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. OaMs of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Ueading notices will bo published at ‘.on cents a line each insertion. Obituaries will be published at five c inf s a line. Ail correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. T!1 K I.KIM. Kit AND THK KICK BUS. Wo don’t mind a kicker who kicks with both feet, that is, who kicks with one foot against wrongs tc him- sedf and with the other against wrongs to other people. But we haven’t any special admiration for the Miow who is always ready to kick a wrong coming ids way and never lifts a foot against the wrong going towards the other fellow. We have been led into this train of wholesome moralizing by reflecting on the past experience of The Led ger, in its dealings with its patrons, friends, and acquaintances. The Ledger began life in this town seven years ago as a four-page weekly with u regular subscription of $l.f>0 a year. It met with a hearty reception and s.ion ran up a big subscription list. Nobody kicked. It had such a run of prosperity that the proprietors con cluded to reduce the price to $1.00 of their own free will and accord. There was not a single foot raised in Chero kee county against this reduction. Then the paper was doubled in size,carrying eight pages with fifty-six columns instead of four pages with twenty-eight columns, while the sub scription price still stood at $1.00. No kicking still. Then it was made a semi-weekly containing fully one-third as much original matter q. week as an eight- dollar daily, all still for $1 00. But the kickers kept as quiet us mice when the cat’s about. At that time white paper on which The Ledger was printed cost $1 90 per hundred pounds, bince that time the same white paper has gone up to $d 2.') per hundred pounds and almost everything else ’used in a printing office has advanced in proportion. Now when the proprietors are com pelled to advance the price of The Ledger by the small sum of oO cents to each subscriber, or publish it at a loss, there are some few people in Cherokee county—we are glad to know not many—who kick with the suddenness and violence of a mule. Now, friends, which foot are you kicking with? .Stop and think. Why didn’t you kick with that other foot when the favors were going the other way? You are not well bal anced. You don’t “tote fair.” Your moral vision is had. Your soul is in a state of shrinkage. There is a blind spot in your eyes. We are not regretting that for about four cents a month you have kicked out of the harness. The Led ger wagon will roll on just the same, and your four cents a month would not quite buy us a cigar to smoko with our friends on the first of each month, nor buy us a chicken for din ner once in five months. It will bo no great privation to us, to do with out both the cigar and the chicken. With pride, appreciation, and grat itude wo salute the staunch and steady friends of The Ledger who have stood by it in every trial and who cun always ho counted on to do what is sensible, manly and reasona ble. Wo shall not lose three per cent, of our subscribers by advanc ing the price, and wo shall try hard to make the paper more worthy of the generous support it receives, than ever before. Tl AIK. We all know very well what lime is, provided we are not asked to tell what it is. When asked to give a defiifition, we find ourselves face to face with a mystery. It is said that an old Greek philosopher, on being asked to give u definition of time, re plied, “(Jive me a minute to think, and I will.” But after the minute had expired, he asked for an hour, and then fora day and a week, and the story goes, that lie finally lost his mind in his efforts to find a defini tion of time. Francis Wayland says, that If ho is not mistaken, we mean by time that portion of duration which begun when our Holur system was created mikI which will end when that system and all that pertains to it shall have passed away. The poets define time os an island lloating in the ocean of eternity. Neither of those definitions throws much light on the mysterious subject. No portion of duration cun strictly he said to begin, and we can not by the utmost stretch of the imagination conceive of time us a solid island and eternity as a fluid ocean heaving around ft. l>uys and weeks and months and years are not time any more than the yard stick which measures a bolt of calico is the calico itself. ’I hese arc all mere arbitrary divisions estab lished by common consent fur coin- moo convenience. There is nothing in tune that corresponds to these di- ! visions. If it were possible to ex plore the whole realm of time, we should search in vain for anything like a new year or a new century. By a poetic fiction wo speak of time as passing, of the years as roll ing, of the days ns Hying. But in j time there is no such thing as mo- | tion. There is no past- time, no | future time, it is one eternal now. Those vho kept watch for the pass ing out of the old year and of the old century, were watching only phan- i toms of their own imaginations. If I we could give time form and per- j sonulity even in conception we should conceive of him as laughing at such simple-hearted faith and unsophisti- | cuted credulity. It is wo that are moving with the material universe around us, and we are prone to transfer the motion, as we do that of the earth to the sun, moon, and stars. noti> and coaimkntn. The Spartanburg Journal and the Free Lance have combined their re sources and will henceforth both be issued from the same office. By this arrangement, the facilities of each paper will he greatly increased am. the reading public correspondingly benefited. \Ve congratulate both on the combination, and wish them con tinued and largely increased success The Spartanburg Herald lays out a connection with the Seaboard Air Lino railroads as the crowning work of Spartanburg for the year 1901. Ic urges editorially that the best way to gc-L that connection is to extend the S. C. & G.-E., from Gullney and believes that the owners of this latter r aid are abundantly able to extend it, and will do so if they get the proper encouragement from Spar tanburg. We hope that encourage ment will bo given and that before the end of the year, this road will be running to Spartanburg, (he point it was first designed to reach. Why it ever stopped at GafTney, we suppose is known only to the initiated. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The trustees of Winthrop College will ask the legislature for an addi tional appropriation of $43,000, be sides the standing appropriation of $:. 000 used for the ourpose of hiring students to attend. We suppose this appropriation will be made, and that if double this amount were' asked for, the money would be voted with but few dissentient voices. The representative of a state college has only to hint that ho might be able to use a little more money and the money will come. In the meantime, educational institutions that have to live by their own income, people who do not want the state to educate their children, and overburdened taxpay ers who aro paying the bills, may all get along as best they can. A Soldier \V<•<!«. [Spartanburg' Journal.] At the home of riparian Hendricks, three miles above the city, Tuesday night, Toy B. Ez 11 and Miss Nannie Lou Hendricks were married. Rev.L. C. Ezell and Rev. C. 1*. Irwin, D D. officiated. Today Mr. and Mrs. Ezell and a few friends left for Woodruff where a reception was given by the parents of the groom. Mr. Ezell is a son of Rev. L. C. Ezell. He has lately finished a term of service in the United rilates army and came from tho Philippines only a few months ago. Since then he lias enlisted under Cupid’s silken banner. | Mr. Ezell is a brother of our towns man, Mr. J. E. Ezell, and is well and favorably known here, ho having been connected for some time with his brother-in-law, Mr. T. I. Walker, in the paint and lumber business. His friends ut this place wish for him and his fair life partner much joy and happiness.—E1.1 ItiTu ttuu Scott Hilt! Knott. [S|i:irliinbui'K' llorulUI A duel was lately fought In Texas by Antone Schott and John H. Knott. Knott was shot and Schott was not. 1 n this case it was better to be Schott than Knott. There was a rumor that Knott was not shot and Schott avows that he shot Knott, which proves either that the shot Schott shot at Knott, was not shot, or that Knott was shot notwithstanding. Circum stantial evidence is not always good. It may bo made to appear when the trial comes off that the shot Schott shot, shot Knott, or, as accidents with firearms are frequent, It may bo possible that the shot Kchotb shot, shot Schott himself, when tho whole affair would resolve itself into its original element and Schott would be shot and Knott would be not. We think, however, that tho shot Schott shot, shot not Schott nor Knott. Anyway, it is hard to tell who was shot and who was not. $ioo Keward, $ioo. The ri'iidci H of I his impt-r will lx< plcum'd to h im that tlirrelM at h ast kiii-<li , i'aih > i| ills- ••asi- that M-h-nro has Im-i-ii nblc to cur*) in all lls st aiti’MMini that Ini 'atarrli. Ilairat'ainrrb I'ui'i' Is tin-only ixisitivn (Min’now known to tin’ niixllcal fi-nliM’iilty, Catarrh bclnir a ronsi II utlonal illsuasn, n<|ulrns ucoiihMIu- llonil trial■ncnl. II.ill's catarrh Cure Is luken fnti’rniilly, ai’llnv (IlmrHy uponihn Mood and uiui'oiiM surfai'i’S of thi' sysii ni, ihereby desiroyIns the foundation ol tin disease, and L'lvhiir the patient adrciiHth by hnlldlnu’ np I he eons) It nl Ion and asslstlna nature In doln^ Its work. The proprietors have so much fallh In its enrallve powers 1 hat l hey oiler One II undted Hollars for any ' i >e that It falls In cure, head for list of Ti -1Jin'ailals. Address, F. .1 ClIICNEY A Co., Toledo, O, bold hy In ilgif isis. 75c. IJall'b Family i'llltt arc the best. PERSONAL PARAGRPHS. — i I’eepli' Vim Know mill I’rnple You lion' Know. Mr. mid Mrs, F. If, Harris, of | Spencer, N spent Tuesday night ! with li i family of Mr. S L. Hopper, i on Logan street. They returned homo yesterday. J C. JefTorios, Esq , spent Wednes day in Spartanburg on legal business. J. F. Estes, of Etta Jane, was in town Tuesday. Mrs.-John Wilson and her mother Mrs. Macaulay, of GafTney, are vis iting Mrs. W. F. Young, on South Converse street.—Spartanburg Jour nal. C. J. O’Farrell, representing the Atlanta Journal, was here Wednes day. Maj. John L. Black, of Cherokee, was in our midst yesterday. Ho was the first one to subscribe for The Led ger under the new terms. John o Little made a hurried business trip to Charlotte Wednes day. Rev. E. 1). White, a prominent col ored minister of Rock Hill, was here Tuesday attending Emancipation Bay exercises. He called on The Ledger while in the city. Mies Florence Griffith returned homo Wednesday evening from Gainesville Ga. where she had been visiting the family of fier sister, Mrs. V. M. Montgomery. W. A. Rosa, second-hand in the weave room at the GafTney cotton mill, accompanied by his wife, visit ed relatives and friends at Lockhart during the holidays. Cnpt. J. J. Mngness was in Spar tanburg Wednesday looking after his property interests in that city. Misses Virginia Bates and Mattie Allen, of Limestone College, were av home for the holidays—Clifton Let ter to Spartanburg Journal. Mrs. Sophie Goode, and her daugh ter, Sophie, are visiting relatives in Yorkville. G. B. Bridges, of Cowpens, was one of The Ledger’s numerous visitors Wednesday. W. H. Martin, a prosperous citi zen of the Ezell section, was in the city yesterday on business. E H. Sterrelt, a young business man of Charlotte, N. C., spent Wed nesday in the city. Wm 1\ Brede, of Spartanburg, was in tho city Tuesday. Mr. J. L. Martin and daughter Miss Ola Martin, of Leesville, Ala., who have been visiting in the city, have gone to GafTney to spend a week with relatives and friends.—Spartanburg Herald. AN INSOLVENT FIRM. Alcfnttv Itros. Close Tlielr Doors uml Are Declared Voluntary ItanUriipts. Our people were somewhat sur prised when it was learned that the store of McCraw Bros, had been closed and that the firm had announced themselves us voluntary bankrupts. They had been in business only about a year and were thought to he per fectly solvent. Tho stock of goods will be held pending a decree of the supreme court appointing a receiver. On Wednesday Col. T. B. Butler, acting in tho interest of McCraw Bros., went before that body in Charleston and asked that the firm ho declared bankrupts. His request was granted, and at an early day a re ceiver will he appointed to take charge of the business. The liabilities of the firm are about $3,400 and the assets between $2,000 and $2 .>00. The many friends of McCravy Bros, hope that they may yet be able to tide over their present trouble and resume business again under more favorable conditions. (.‘Iiarlle llumpliricx Improving;. The friends of Charlie Humphries will be glad to learn that he is re covering from his recent severe ill ness. Charlie was very low at one time, and for a day or two his condition was critical in the extreme. He had u severe hemorrhage Friday night and had it not been for the fact that Ills brother, who was sleeping in an adjoining room, heard his struggles and ran for assistance he very likely would never have seen the light of another day. Two shocks from a galvanic battery and several inject ions of strychnine were required to bring him To consciousness, and for two or three days the closest atten tion was necessary. Charlie is im proving, though, now, and his friends hope to see him out again soon. ItiMM'ptioii to Col. WmimIIuw anil Itrlrie. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Webster last evening t( n lered a reception to Col, J. (1. Wardlaw and bride. Only u few of the most select friends of those interested were in attendance. The ulfair was an elegant one and the evening was most delighlfully passed. Mr. and Mrs. Webster are naturally delightful entertainers and on this occasion tl justained their reputa tion for congeniality and hospitality. Dock It I’ay to Huy A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, hut you want some thing that will relieve and cure the most severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate v Yes, if possi ble ; if not possible for you, then in either case take the only remedy that has been introduced in all civilized countries with success In severe throat and lung troubles, “Boscbee’s German Syrup.” It not only heals and Mtimulutes the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflam mation, causes easy expectoration, give a good night’s rest, and cures the tpatient. Try one botile. Rec ommended many years hy all drug gists in the world. For sale hy H.. U. Crawley it Co. Tho river Jordan has Its origin in one of the largest, springs In the world. You Know Wluit You itru Taking W.ien you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonio beeauso the formula is plainly printed on every bottle show ing that It Is simply Iron and (Quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, No Fay. oOo. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. l.n-.il IteiiiH Too short forn I lend (I rouped Together. Rev. Mr. Lightfoot, of Wainesvillo, N. will pleach at the hirst Baptist church on next Sunday morning and night. L"t all members and friends he present. Mr. R. E Leave!I has resigned his position as traveling salesman for the GalTney Carpet House and will en gage in business with his father, Mr. R. Y. Leavell.—Newberry Herald. Rev. F. C. Hickson and Rev. W. T. Thompson are two men who have no objection to the rise in the price of The Ledger. Both have said they nid not mind the extra fifty cents be muse they believed the paper was fully worth it. The spring term at Limestone Col lege begun yesterday. Most of the girls aro hack after a two weeks’ va cation spent with the loved ones at home, the teachers have had a much needed rest, and ail are prepared to do good work during the session. The first meeting of the city coun cil for the century takes place to night, The Ledger’s fondest hope is that each member of the council may live long and prosper and that their council work may he of such a char acter us to be a monument to their enterprise, devotion and wisdom. A report about to be issued hy the superintendent of education places the white school population of Chero kee county at 3 008 souls and the colored school at 1,591, a little over one half. We had thought that the colored population was somewhat larger than these figures indicate. The committee elected by tho mem bers of the First Baptist church to nominate a pastor, will make their report at the conference at next Sun day’s services. They have unani mously agreed upon a minister whose name they will present at the con- feience. It is very important that all members he present. The first meeting of the county commissioners for 1901 takes place Monday. This will be the last meet ing of tho present hoard, but it is ex pected that there will he but few changes in the hoard for the next term. Cherokee has a faithful and conscientious board of county com missioners and their work is a credit to any board in the state. THE OLD AND NEW. How tint New Year VYux t.reeteit by Some of Our Citizens. Many of our people sat up to “watch the old year go out” and the new one come in. At twelve o’clock on the eventful night tho fire whistle at the power house sent forth its unearthly shrieks and the new year, as well as the new century, was ushered in amid the warwhoops of the watchers and the popping of fire crackers. Notwithstanding the fact that everybody expected some sort of demonstration, they were not pre pare, to hear the fire-alarm whistle and many of them jumped out of warm beds and bore down upon the scene with all sails set. Charlie Austell was sleeping peacefully at his home below Limestone when he was aroused by the “chimes” of the whistle. Ho instantly hooked up his two-forty pacer and came very near to unjointing that animal’s instru ments of locomotion in his efforts to reach the “fire.” Bill Doggett, it is said, seized upon a reel and rushed around for some time trying to find “where tho fire was at.” Others performed ludicrous feats in their ef forts to reach an imaginary confla gration, and their feelings may better he imagined than described when they found how they had been “sold.” Whether the blowing of the whistle was intended for such a purpose or whether it was intended merely as a greeting to the new year (deliver us from such a greeting!) we do not know; but we do know that the ef fects were the same, and it proved how readily our citizens respond to its warning call. l.lmi’Htone'ii Kapid rroKrcim. On ev&ry hand one sees the evi dences of Limestone’s rapid progress. The college is now building up a fine Museum of Natural Science to illus trate the instruction given in the various branches of that subject. Prominent scientists in the Smith sonian Institution and the National Museum at Washington who are strong friends of the college are now preparing for Limestone a full col lection of specimens, curios and ob jects of scientific interest. A few days ago Mr. L. U. Camp bell, our fellow townsman, who is well known for his extensive infor mation in natural science, presented the college with an unusually fine collection of minerals. Mr. Camp bell will continually add to this gift until lie has made it the best collec tion in the State. The college offi cials are deeply grateful to him for his benefaction. This handsome gift will he known as the “Campbell Col lection.” It has already attracted great at tention and excited great Interest among tho students. A Nuw Hunk for Ouffnejr. A commission for a charter has been issued by tho secretary of state to tho Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank, of this city. The corporators are: A. N. Wood, Charles E. Smith, O. E. Wilkins, R. A. Jones and W. C. Car penter, and the capital stock is $50,000. These arc well known business men of the city, who have met with suc cess In their other business under takings, and the hank could not start out with more substantial hacking than these enterprising gentlemen who will direet its management. Souk Itfi’ltul Tonight. Music lovers will bear in mind the song recital to he given this evening in Limestone College auditorium by Mrs. Wade R. Brown, assisted hy Mr. Brown. The public has a cordial invitation to be present. Jnx. M MrYVhlrtnr. Again tlif* weeping virgin stands at tho broken column us old Father Time cuts off another young man just entering upon the singe of an active, useful life. Jus. MeWhirter was working this year at L'nion in the mercantile line; ho was taken sick with typhoid fever about the first of November and was brought home on the 23rd. His was a bad case from the start and proved fatal on Sunday morning the 23rd of December. Mr. MeWhirter was twenty-three years and one month old. Tho body was laid to rest in the church yard at Gilead on Christmas eve in the pres ence of a number of sorrowing friends and relatives. Thus in the dawn of young man hood Cherokee county has lost an other noble hoy; one who was genial, upright and trustful in all things and who was loved for his many virtues. Oh! how we sorrow with the father and mother in this grievous uflliction that has come upon them. Jimmie was to work with Fayte an other year and was s> anxious to get well to begin fic.-t of January not know ing that his friend had gone before over the river. "(> not In cruelty, not in wrath. Tho reaper cume t hut day; ’Twas an anj-el visited the (freen earth And took the flowers away. "And thou, too, whosoever thou art, That readest this brief nsulni. As one hy olio thy hopes depart, fie resolute and calm. "O feai not in a world like this. And thou shall know ere lonx, Know how .sublime a thin# it is To suffer and lie strong." Mr. YVesson's View of tiafTney. Mr. James Wesson, a farmer from Buffalo, near Grover, N. C., was on a visit to Gaffney a few days ago, in company with his daughter He told us that he saw this place about forty years before a town was ever thought of here, and that nothing was here then but the residence of a Mr. Gaff ney and several negro houses. A wonderful change has of course taken place since then and the old man was surprised at the rapid progress Gaff ney had made. Mr. Wesson is one of tho early settlers of the country and, consequently, one of its old land marks. He is deaf, and says that he never had but six months schooling in his life, three months in this state and three in North Carolina. He is particularly partial to Gaffney and Shelby, N. C.. and thinks the two counties in wt ich they are situated not only the prettiest in the two states, hut that they have the prettiest women in the whole world. We would like to have Mr. Wesson with us again and hear him tell of the good old times !ong gone. - Dr. KvaiiH' Keport. Dr. James Evans, of the State board of health, has been in Spartan burg investigating the small-pox sit uation in that city. As a result of his investigation he sent the following report to Governor McSweeney: To His Excellency, Gov. M. B Mc Sweeney : Dear Sir: Further investigation of small-pox situation in Spartanburg has only confirmed the accuracy of tho statement made in my telegram to you Monday night. That there are but two cases in the city aod these are properly cared for by the health, and municipal authorities, who have taken the necessary steps to suppress the disease and prevent its further spread. Yours truly, James Evans, M. D. Secretary State Board of Health. A ClirUtinaa Tree at Cowpena. [Spartanburg Journal | There was a Christmas tree at Cow- pens Xmas night and the occasion was enjoyed by the people of tho town. About $200 worth of presents were distributed to the children of that place. R. R. Tanner represented His Merry Majesty, Santa Claus. There was an abundance of music, led by Professor Chambers. Horace Brown, a promising yong man of Cowpena, delivered an appropriate and able ad dress. Hon. C. P. Sanders, of this city, made a happy and suggestive speech. The affair is pronounced one of the most pleasant of the season. The Kami o’ the Kky. (Written at Asheville, N. C.) I. Mountains that climb to the blue bend on liigli- Lake.s where the stars see themselves in the sky; Violet valleys of Iwauty and love, Where earth seems so close to the heaven above You can hear the faint echoes of seraphim- feet And tlie musical boat Of the hearts of tho cngels—the songs they repeat in their cadences sweet! II. A wild world of mountains that drift into dreams; Thu rlnple of rills and the dashing of streams That sing to the sea? And the beams and tho gleams That lure you to gardens of lieautlful dreams! Of lieautiful dreams that have lifted your soul To tho thunder's high roll! Where you slip from life’s cure, and Its curse and control, Willi the joy In your soul. III. Uod crowned with old glory those mountains; He planted Tho sky-rca'-hlng hills In these valleys en dian ted; These streams In the hollows hy mystery haunteT- These oaks that still wave their green tan ners undaunted, And dure tlie storm's thunder!. and paeans of praise Mountains rivers. Htlll raise To the heaven above them, while roac-scen- ted ways Wreathe tho beautiful days! IV. O. land of all beauty—loved Land of the Hky. Where Dive breathes "Good morning," anu never "goodby!" Where song on each wild wind In melody roves And times tlie bright steps of tlie gods of tlie groves! The rose of tlie inorning is white on thy breast; Thou art crowned thou art blest From Uie seas to the east and the seas to tlie west With the rose-wreath of rest! r. i.. h. fiattery I’urk, Asheville, N. C, Before the duytt of coined money, the Greeka used copper nailv as cur rency. (jut this out and take it to Chero- '.ee Drug Co., and get a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, the best physic. They also cure disorders of the stomach, bilious ness and headache. Accident to a Young l.ady. Miss Maggie Porter, who lives in the lower part of the city, met with an accident Saturday night which re sulted in tin breaking of her right limb jujt above the ankle. She hud gone to the well for water and in stepping down from the well her foot slipped and she fell to the ground. Neighbors beard her screams and run to her assistance and she The Dawn of the New Century finds ti < with a full -fork of ! New f DU fury (m_h.h! w . Wo in- i fond to do moro hu ino-s this 1 year than ever before in tho his- | lory of our business career, and we ask our friends to stand hy us. We thank one and all for past custom and wish them a was carried into a nearby house, where she was made ns comfortable as possible until a physician arrived. After considerable delay surgical aid was found and Doctors Jefferies and Griffith sot and dressed the broken member, and thus relieved, in a measure, the young lady’s sufferings. This signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative BroniO'Quininc Tablets the remedy that enrea a cold to one duy bright, happy and prosperous New Year. Yours for 1901, Sparks & Humphries. Clerk’s Sales. Statk of South Oakoi.ina. i County of Chekokeb. \ C. H. Gaffney, et al. vs. Edna NSrihny. et al. In obedience to an order made herein for partition, dated March Kith, 1 will sell at Gaffney. S. C., before the Court House door, during the legal hoursot sale, salesday, JanuaryTth. l!!0t,thu followingdescribed land np ■ ■ »r i U u: COCAINE*"* WHISKY Habits Cure! at my Hanator- . , ium. In 80 daya. U'lmlrcds or reference*. 25 year* u Ri'eeialty-. Kook on Home Treatment aent KKKK. A.l B. M. WOOLLEY. M. D. A'lilreK* Atlanta, Ca. to wit: One hundred and twenty-nine residence lids in the western part of the town of UalT-.. m y. fronting on sixty foot streets and tho ' Georgia road, being generally about so by :,’oo feet. Forma Scholarship POSITIONS GUARANTEED, UncUr $3,000 Cash Deposit Railroad Far* Paid. ®P«n all year to Both Saxes. Very Cheap Boar*. Georgia-Alabama Bualn'eM College, Macon. Ocorgi* PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanioi and beau ti fig* the hair. Promote, a luxuriant growth. Mover Fails to Bestore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cure, .ealp il'seaxe. U hair tailing. What Life Insurance Does, o It lifts mortgages. o o It educates orphans. It preserves the family. It cultivates saving habits. It lightens the load of care. It gives repose 10 the rich man. It gives courage to tlie poor man. It builds a barrier to the alms house. It supports the credit of the business man. It enables a man (o live up to Ids income. It lays tlie foundations of home and independence. It encourages the marriage of prudent men and women. It keeps embarrassed estates out of receivers’ hands. It certifies to a man’s affec tionate regard for his family. It places the widow above the need of marrying for a home. It adds to a man’s years hy freeing him from apprehension. It saves orphan girls from the necessity of working out. It heightens the esteem in which wife and children hold a man. Four additional lots along tho line of Sam uel Jefferies. ■ Mats of same can lie seen in Clerk's office. I’erms of Sale: One-third cash; balance on a credit of one and two years, in equal In stallments, with Interest from day of sale at s per cent per annum, to lie secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. i'urchiiser to pay for papers, revenue stamps and recording. J. En .1EFFKIIIi.s, C. C. 0. !». December I'.tth, ltkn». Dec. di, ds, Jan. 4. Clerk’s Sales. State of South Caroi.i.va, i County of Ckkkokek. James J. Scruggs, in ids own right and us Administrator of tlie estate of Mary M. Scruggs, deceased, against Charles C. Scruggs, et al. In obedience to na order made herein, for partition, dated Novernlier dlth, ll'UO, 1 will iilI at Gaffney, S. before the ('ourt House door, during the legal hours of sale, Salesday, January 7th, tlie following described land, to-wit: All I liat certain lot or parcel Of land lying and being in the town of Guffuey. S. C., and known as lot No.(ion plat made by li.O. Sams, surveyor, in the partition of tlie estate lands of Mary M. Scruggs, deceas ■(♦. being the resi dence lot ol said Mrs. M.M. Scruggs, de ceased beginning on stake on Mill's Gap road at corner of Mrs. Nettie Montgom ery’s lot, and running S. 5:1 j W. 5.im; chains to street; thence N J.V., W. ..V.i! chains with said street to another street; thence with said last named street, N. (i2'« E. a.dti'.a chains to stake on said Mills Gap road; thence with said road S. E.—; thence S. 54 E. 15'.i chains to the beginning corner, containing one and two hundred and eighty one thou sandths (l 280-11X10) acres, hounded by lots of Mrs. Nettie Montgomery, two forty foot streets and Mills Gap road. A plat of same can be seen in my office. Terms of sale: One-haif cash, and tlie bal ance on a creditor t wclve months, with inter est from day of sale, to he secured by a bond of tlie purchaser and a mortgage of the prem ises sold, with leave to pay all cash Pur chaser to pay for till papers, recording and revenue st amps. J. Eb Jkffkhif.s, t'lk C. 0. Pis. Decemlier Kith, 1!hmi Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4. Valuable Tract of Land For Sale. If you arc interested in the above subject call on JONES J. DARBY, Insurance and Real Estate. Master’s Sale. STATE OF SOUTH GAKOUNA.i County or Union. i Court of Common Pleas. Thomas K. Parker, Plaintiff, vs. Jamison G. Kelly, et al. In obedience to an order made In uliove stated case 1 will sell before the Court House door iu the Town of Gaffney, Cherokee Coun ty, during the legal hours of saloon Salesday, January 7lh, PJOl, tlie following lot of land, viz. : Ail that certain lot of land, with im provements thereon, situated in the Town of Gaffney, County of Cherokee, and Slate aforesaid, hounded on tiiree sides hy lauds of the estate of W.W. Gaffney, deceased, and hy Victoria Avenue on the other side. Terms of Sale—One-half cash, the balance on a credit of one year, witli Interest from day of sale, secured by iiond of the pur chaser and a mortgage of tlie premises, witli tlie privilegeof the purchaser to pay alt cash, and tlie purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. C. li. Peake, , Master Dec. 14-21-28-Jan. 4. Letters of Administration. State or South Cakomna, i COUNTY or C'HKKOKEE. )' fiy .1. E. Webster. Esquire. Probate Judge. Whereas J. Eb Jefferies, as Clerk of Court, has made suit to me to grant him letters of 'idniiiilstrutiou of tho estate and effects of Stephen Pearson, deceased, Fliese are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tlie kindred and creditors of the said Stephen Pearson, deceased, that they bo ami appear before me, in tlie ('ourt of Pro bate, to lie held at Cherokee court house, Gaffney, H. C., on Friday. January 4th, next after publication thereof, at eleven o’clock In tlie forenoon, to show cause, If any they have, why the said aduiinUiruilon should not lx: granted. Given under my hand this 24th day Of No- venilier, Anno Doinkil I'.xxt J. E, Wkiihteu, [ U. S.] Probate Judge i Published in Gaffney Ledger In issues Nov ' 27th, Dec. 4th, nth 18th. 28th. i'.M). and Jan. 1 1st, 11(0). I will sell to tiie highest bidder, lieforethe Court House door, on Salesday, JanuaryTth, 1IMI, at 10:45 o'clock a. m., (just beforJ^the legal sales begin), tlie following land, to-wit: That tract of land two miles below Gaffney, S. (’., near Limestone, belonging to Mrs. Lena Odom, containing sixty-five (05) acres. Tills is a nice smooth tract of land, in a good state of cultivation, with some nice buildings thereon, and about one-half of same lieing wall t imliered. Tills tract of land is in close proximity to the schools and factories of Gaffney, and just iu a short distance from tlie Limestone College and tho lime works. For other information call on me and see deed to property. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, balance on a credit of one year w'th Interest at h per cent., secured hy mortgage of the premises sold. Purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and recording. J. En Jeefebies, Agent for Mrs. Lena Odom. Decemlier Huh, I'.xxi. Dec, 21, 28, Jan. 4. Executor’s Land Sale. fiy vlrture of tlie power contained In the last will and testament of Ralph Lemoster, deceased, dated the Hist day Of August, 1*78, and recorded in t hcoffiee of t ho Probate Judge of Union County, in Will fiook, at pages isti and list, we i lie undersigned executors of said last will and testament, will on Salesday in January, llxd, (being Monday, tho 7lh day of January) during tlie legal hours of sale, sell at public auction, to tlie highest bidder, the following described land, of tlie es tate of the said Ualpli Letnaster, deceased, for the purpose of carrying out the pro- visionsof said will: all that cert sin parcel or tract of laud lying and being in Gowdys- vllle township, < herokee County. Houtii Caro lina, and Imundcd on tlie north by landsof It. It. Letnaster, on tlie south and west bv lauds of T. M. Littlejohn, and on tlie east hy landsof G. W. Lemaster. containing 178 acres, more or less, and known as Die home place of the said Kulph Lemaster. Terms of sale: One-half cash; balance wit bin one year, with l.nid of purchaser and mortgage of premises. Purchaser to have privilege of paying all cash. Purchaser to pay for all upers and stamps. K. It. Lkmasteh, C. P. ItuimiNs, Executors of the hist will and testament of fialph Lemaster, deceased. fiUTi.r.u k OsnoitNE, Attorin ys for Executors. Gaffney. S. C., Dec. lltli, IWxi. Dec. H-2l-2s-Jun. 4. F. G. Stacey, President. J- G. Wamdlaw, Vice-President. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL, $80,000. NCKPLCH AND PKOKITN, - 10,000. Htutc, County tuul City Ucpoaitory. Deposits solicited from Farmers, .Merchants. Manufacture' and others. Every uecom- mcJatiou extended to customers that tlielr business and respdnslbliltv will warrant. p. j). C. I<< xeAlH. Cnwliier. The Gaffney City Land and improvement Company Offers for sale Building lot* In this flourishing town, Gaffney City; Also Farms no* by and In reach of tli*i Schools of Limestone Spring* and of tills place, la lota of fron 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur po.es. For full particulars apply to J. v. iSA. WHiV'T'r, Ascent. * ^ N. H.—All tresspassing on landsof this company, cuttin and emovlng timber, flahlngoi hunting are forbidden under penalty of law