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'I'l 11C I^lCl >o ICK. ri;BU»IIKI> TL’Krtl'AV ANI» FKIOAV. HV Ei>. H. DkCamp. TilK NATION. We have no words at our command to xpr^Ha our indignation and horror tit 'he cowardly inhuman deed by whi'di the president of the i’nited ! States was stricken down at Buffalo j "ast Friday. At this writing he is gtil: alive, and the prayers of the! whole country will gq up to (jod. that he may pass through the try- f ing ordeal and be spared to fulfill his | high mission on earth Politically we are not a believer in >lr. McKinley, but as president of tin United States we hold that his person ought to be sacred and invio lable, and no punishment is too se vere for the dastard who dared to lift his pr ifane band against his life There i§ too much liberty in this country. There are beings in the shapj of men, who should be bunted down and exterminated as wild beasts. An avowed anarchist, whose •retd is to abolish uli government by slaying all the rulers, who openly proposes to banish aii authority and plunge society into chaotic confusion — what right has such a creature to ii\>? Within a little over ujthlrd of a een- turythree presidents of the United Suites,have been stricken down by the j hand of the assassin Yetjrspubiieai. iusUtfions have not given birtb to nr.arcM nor nurtun-d asM^sination. U.Arohy i' a product of the old a’^rki. and the crowned head# of Europe, surrounded witli their mii- ti >i,s of bayonets, an- not safe from it a dan-, at cl >ecret schemes ar ci it-, •ruel and cowardly thrusts- A hat un anarchy expect to uceompltsn? Doesn’t it know that as fast as one ru er is stricken down, there is an- ei.' cr tc slfp i»• to ins place, and ihm t ( :.ll tfjfc rulers in the world were sV t>t tr*'tu power at one mighty cognized in the wild cctnfnsion of sounds, but growing more and more distinct until men stop and listen, hear, and are convinced, and these quiet thinkers are proved to be the indestructible nuclei around which public sentiment must and will slowly but steadily crystallize. AT THE CHURCHES. fwlerevtIiik .•torvlr** Ml taw PrMltytr ami llaiitM |/Tiur<'he» IwThU City. The ctunday morning service at thr ( Limestone Presbyterian church was of an nuususlly i'nteresting character. H-ev. W. R. Porter chose for his LIMESTONE COLLEGE, OAKKrsKY, c:. a LiinpHtotM' College is thoroughij equipped and ofl’ers? Jo young women advantages unsurpassed, if pijualed, i»7 any other college in llie South. The Literacy and ScieutiHc Course coiiiprises things else, a spirit of iairness is needed among our people. Nothing but harmony and friendship can ex ist between two men of whatever station or employment w'.t»en each recognizes the other’s rights And both are disposed te act fairly, and so it must ever be among different riasses, for classes are Vat aggregations of I individual men. There are rights 1 that belong peca>'.'i»rly to each' class of society uud the:', there are gifierm rights in which ail classes have ! -qival shares. Capital has rightH pe- I j cu!:«r to itself; labor has rights- ex- J ^ clusively its own: and then the_v is common ground upon which both may meet on terms at perfect equal- . ! ity. There would b© neither j j ousy nor animosity between the t >o. if each would recognize the other's • rights and scrupulously refrain from >ranseending the limitations of >s ow ii r. for each is necessary to the wyi- tare of the other and'both are neces sary elements in tha progress anttl iiappiiiess of the race. • When our cotton midis run at » ! stead? loss as many of them ha.v- dooe this year, rathe? than depri*.*e i heir operatives of tho means of w livelihood, they are treating their operatives not only fairly, but gen- eroiiidv and magnanimously; ai d when the operatives efeow an utte? disregard and lack of appreciation •^ui h treatment, the;*, are guilty (,) ingratitude and prove J hemsel var» unworthy of the kind con.-ideratn..■ uf their employers. When the m.t owners undertake tc prescribe ai d regulate the conduct of the op*t-a tivesoutside ot the railis, to saj what simll ' be their social, business, politreal »tfiiiatioos, as the mana gers of the Oiyinpia. spill in Colc«>- i)la seem to have tioue, then tte\ have become unfair, arrogant,, ano oppressive, and t*hey may expect their edicts tube disregarded or re sulted. When the Stato- Board of EquaOizu tion directed, it ie presumed by. the Comptroller Genera!, adopts a pecu liar and unusual method of assessing the mills for taxes, and then sends around blanks which the mill mana gets are required to till with sal toe details of their business—informa tion that is required of no other in dustry—then our State authorities are treating the mills with conspicu ous unfairness and fomenting dissat isfaction. disturbance, insecurity and fairness. I resentment. In the bosom of every man nor I These instances are only a few de- wholly depraved there is an instinct monstrations of the deplorable lack or feeiii.g which anproves of fair deal-| of a spirit of fairness among our ing among men, either as individuals ueople, and 01 the imperative need or comn.unities, and complementary , of broader views and of a better un to this feeling is another which con- j derstanding of the rights and privi- demns palpable and wilfull wrong ! leges of both labor and capital—of puhji ct the test “But .1 shall In our country today, above •)> I come t t> pass lhat at evening time it sl.a'l be light/' and TK N>\v and su|h*/!v buiUlings, Steam beat, hot andl cold baths, iar^e air^r dormitories, new furni ture, new pianos,, extrusive Chemical' and Fiiysira) Laboratories, a (fi*Dht Librarv, 150 vards pf broati 7 piazzas, botlbpityt* Limestone and 1 Artesian W/vter, the most Ijeautilini] ten-aere• Campus in the State, with un a-eres moi^ ot romantic pleasure groiiods attached,—these are *ome of th# pi'omii'gmt features and constanp attraciib-ns of Limestone College. The ivgniar inst^uctivn given' in the-class-rooms is suppleimented by lectures dt-Kvered by membei’S'of the fact ity avnd at started tim*H by lecturers of l!V;kti<>ivcir KopintatioTi in SSoic.Tiee errature. The W Davis ^chuwl of Hi -?ory deC^ned to collect, preserve and disseminate the Historical facts of <'»ir country . ami to give- the present and coming generations clear news of th* motives airul achie-.vm'ents-of our fathers, is a pan of the Colletu- and i.-* indorsed offih-iallv by tT?o State Legislatuitw*, five Gov^thol^ many promineinS citizens of )he SouJth*,. and by the United Coi •'federate Veterans. The next- .seN*ion wil/opemon September TtHr-h, H)01. Tferms v-vy reasonable-. Write f< irCata- ’.home and I'ntiher info.'rnaram to Senior Pro bssor, Captaiit H. P. Griffith, or tcohe Pre-id mt r LE.U DAVUS LODGE, X M.. Ph. B. A MOUNTAIN TR P. I I'arty 9f" l^ffnry l’< P-'inUt :’h>f. R. 0. Stuns,, two of 1)h Little- jovVa 's hoyp, my 20a, 1’aul, i.&tI iny- ; He-rf; h!I left for Tfyon moun tain or*. A Ills SO’h. I took* Prof. Sam* sip it!'| r 1C n y me U61A ; ; rokt, heir places would be imme- d.uo l> ftiieri by otiters in the reguinr- (v constituted order of succession hi d the nmcriinery of governmeMi whulo run ou us liefore? Goes usy Sii e man believe that a nation i- uM d<* without laws even for a c>u> ? Abolish law and pandemonium wouu! reign. Anarchy itself would be sw dlowed up in anarchy, tuid we should have a hell on earth. But there is no reason that will reach these deluded demons. Onl> the strong hand of power can avail and that should be exerted without hesitation or mercy, until every avowed anarchist, is driven out ot the country or put where his dark .plottings will amount to nothing. LtMESTONE MILL LOCALS. in whatever form it may appear. It is true that the judgment may b>- so warped by prejudice or swayed by passion, that the line between right and wrong, between fairness and unfairness may for a time be so obscured as not to be discernable; but sooner or later the deep seusr >f right, the innate love of justice implanted in human nature by the hand of the Creator will assert itself It may emerge from the clouds of passion in a day, or it may be smoth ered for a thousand years, while al the time wrong prevails and whole nations run riot in madness and fully claiming to be doing God ser vice; but tlie leaven of right and justice though hidden, is yet aliv- and slowly doing its work, and the time will come when higher ideals will be reached and truth apd justice wil! prevail. But such ideal-, are not reached without the use of adequate means When it appeared to the prophet " hat he alone of the whole Jewish face remained true to the God of his ancestors, there were yet seven thousand in Israel that had not bowed the knee to Baal; and so in all times, even when a whole nation or the whole world seems to have gpme after false gods, and wickedness and wrong seem to have gained a complete and permanent triumph fihere are always a few whose minds have not been perverted and whose hearts have cot been corrupted. They are Jthe repositories of truth and right, and justice, and they guard these in sacred silence or raise their voices now and then in earnest pr<<- cest but to be lost in the wild uj: roar of the howling mob or in t: ••aging storm of rampant wrong Bu i•' . i ‘ • r l* >i - *i• •. * « 1 ,. *• • faJiiv al llloi All*} ilaililj lo the men who work and the men who think. ASBURY ASSERTIONS. The liiKl 1 "uters Wt’l C ause a Shortage of the Cnru C rop. (Correspondence of The Leaser-) AsBiihf, Sept b—There will be but i very little corn raised on the creeks j ! and rivers this year on account of ; high wafer. Miss Julia Wood, wife has h* en vis- ! iting Miss Janie Kilgore, of X*-wber- I ry, returned home last Thursday, a week ago Miss Eva Wood, of Jonesville, is | visiting her farher T T Wood. Mrs. Dr. Douglas and little sons, R-'bert and Francis, of Jonesville, who have been spending some time with her father, returned home last i Sunday week. Mr Tregg Husor.g of Tenn.. has j come back to South Carolina, to ut- i tend to his father’s place at Star Farm. We Were all glad to have Mrs Susong hack with us again. Mrs. Aide Spear- one of Jonesville'** accomplished young ladies, has been vi-iring her uncle T. 1’. Wood. Mr Jamie Wood and sister I.ucye were in your town la-t Friday week Mrs. A. S. Wood has been visiting relatives and frends at Star Farm and Asbury. Mr. Jeff Sparks has gone to Gaffney to accept a position as bookkeeper in the Limestone Mi;ls He will be missed by all, ami especially his “best ' girl.” Mr George Wood visited relatives at Asbury Sunday a week ago. Miss Mary Woo l is getting ready to go back to Charleston to school. We nave very full schools at As bury and Mt. Moriah, which are be ing taught by Misses Dora Whitlock and I’uella Littlejohn A Ku> Card i*t TliKukM. The family of L G. Byars desire to acknowledge the many kindnesses shown by sympathetic neighb ir** and friends during their recent n. reave- meut and assur- one and all that it is thdr heartfelt desire th-i*- th* v m«v i r* m Ui I*. • I ills'* 11 as. » hl Family IMW Ida Elmore DUmL Friday—Kemiiiutt In terred at Vorewt City. School opened yesterday morning with Miss Edna Northey as Saacher. Rev. Mr. Burtwa. conducted services es at the Che-okee Avenue- Baptist church Sunday. Miss Dela Hoy I entertained he* friends Saturday evening by giving i them a pound party. The ladies ol the Cherokee Baptist church had a choir meeting Saturday evening. This church has one of the best enoirs in the city Miss Nannie Wilkerson gave an en- eniertainmeut to her friends Satur- i day evening at her home ou North Limestone street. Mr. J M. Sherer spent Saturda) in Spartanburg. I think the police should visit this part of the city. They would find »* good job killing dogs. One fell in Mr John Gettis’ well Thursday night It was taken out Friday morning urd strange to say, it was not injured any way. Friday afternoon just as the sun was sending its golden rays for the last of the dying day, the soui of Miss Ida E'tnore took its High' from its earthly habitation of clay to its home beyond the sky. She was a victim of fever. She had not enjoyed good health since her return from college last June. She will be missed tty her friends, especially her Sunday- School class. Miss Lia was only 15 years of age, just blooming into womanhood. It is sad that she was taken from our midst so early in life. Her remains were taken to Forest City. N C.. for interment. May h*-r -oui find a sweet repose in that haven ; of rest which her Saviour had pre pared for her. Miss Elmore moved j to iMs city from Henrietta. X. C.. about a year ago. She has made many friends since that rime. She leaves two brothers and *hree sisters to mourn her loss. Oi-ekatitk. Mayor Cobb KeHiKint (.Lincoln Journal.1 At a called meeting of the board of aldermen held Friday evening. Mayor John L. Cobb resigned his offic* greatly to the regret not only of th* {jonrd. nut of the town generally Mr <%bb has made a fine record as may or. administering the duties of his of fice wisely and effectively. H- re signed because of his new enterprise at Columbia, S. C ..which will require hi>* presence there We regret ex ceedingly to see this accomplish'd and genial gentleman, with his fine hn<nn"-4 1 emv.■ Lifcolnton. He •' i.lsscU It* M'lini *ii.u burl .-s CUCieS. do 5»)tne surveyiogt for ceancy. .Ye bad » jolly mudd/ v titm**! going* ap; bi.t Uroi’*'Sam* cam»--dow:U by ‘.tWD from Tryr p on first ci' Sep- '.•-luvjer. The others of us eamo-back ; hv dirt road on Se;T. 3rd. and made- the ir'rp » right. V>'-e left Gnlutnhci*. N C.. or, i-Vpt. ' 3rd ' At one o’clock and cumried at Dr. Aarcaster’s fifteen miles c,y• out-: . way Dr. Lancaster and his wife-are al'-round good people. They would havo-me go in their house and fal • bed - God bleas thee- Doctor aisd- fan.-dk ! We left ni'-xt morning at t' o’clock, drove twel > miles hefowsdejy and sv lip pod for breakfasr with- Mr. , I.oviHMce and his wife. For kindness ; and iH'srntality I ojt them on a- par ; wit i;‘ .br a nil Mr- J.ar c-*'ter. We ' arri ved in GatTnee j| ch-ck* that ; mo’ojng. hcvoig »n>ve-'* d t*v i.iv-dve mi!.-m I'tia' morn:>)£'wii hou* aciM.lenr. v^»l|. now aho'jt* *he erops on- the wav Cor* was fi- cotroo se ~:i*,-*.J to be doiog spi* od;-ki* and peuA-werp ( rampant—rh b* sr Dveseen forv^ars. I' Sugar cwne wrt> Mip»> fine a’ fi T 1 -aw sotne tobacco ' h-it >,».-* on tht* same order Hurrah for the mour-.«"s! (rood lands in Pollj oounty frorx* jti o'J* t* jir« <MI an acre U expect to take another trip in a few <iays. This td»e I will ,*0 by | i Kutherfordton. Chimney Rock. Trv-j on and ''aluda. poor little v?blum- bus! Dead as a door nail, and will Ae till she gets a /ailroad ther»-. Then» she will boom! W. R Liesjo.mil ? SO, ALSO, SHALL IE REA?.” wi^'iL* tliere art* FTve More ft>r tlu* t'xtrfi ooursot-?>f Music, Art, Elocution, Businf">!k, Stcnotrraphy from that text he tHJivered crc of ! ,, nh'* ITpo\\ritir/jf, a<al lurni.thcd wit}) tlic best niiOficm tficiiitics and pT^asidcd ovt*?' by teachers of the most thoughtful and earne**? ner- ackHOWf)edjred ab' 1 !i'ty', mons that 4-»ve ever|fctfcn delive/wi in diifTney. Ifhe singings too, wawnot :sf the ordiory. Mrs. M’estropo- al- t>r an abserce of a year, was in her old place. *nd her weet sopitmai vci^e echoed'throughout 1 the edirlc-** ar-*she sa* g Yynms of praise, ibsv renchtion of Jk ?>oiig from Heaven’ wan* beautiful) and inspiring. AVl- orhsr valuabih- acquisition to tli*- ehoir was Mr. W ti. DhPre. Mtr Dulfie pos8essn> a tenor of »«re sweet 1 ness-and sings rw?h an eastrand grac?*- that is perfectly natura t In the- evening Mrs. W^strope anc'Mr. Du Pre p.»3>g with ’Deautiful * ifect the* gospchbyrnn, “Tfiough you.* 1 sms be as sea?!-et.” arranged for d .let with choir accompaniment. At this ser vice .Mdr. Potter bc.Tan a seriei> of ser mons cn “Characters of the Bible.’’ taking for his.su!: r 'je-ct, Ada.J- The sermon*was interesting and i.Tii-lmot ive At tl.> First Baptist ChurcL'in the , evening ;Rev W. H' Hodges ptsmehed an exceiient sermooto youngt men. We havii heard it c< emmented Vi. as I being or e among Ylr Hodgefi* besr, discourses and that criticism .v/eans tnat it was up to a high sta.ndard Mr Cree was in Ccmpeug. as.sstlng Rev. J. D. Bailey in a prot.acied meeting Mr Hud jc-s chose f t-r h«** texi Danisrl 1:8: “ Jut Daniel pur- oo**ed in rtis heart that he would nor defile him-self wit h tl:<e portion ’4.the king’s i2*eat. nor with the wine which hs drank; therefore re quested of the eun-ochs thu2 he might nc4 defile hit^ftelf.’’ Th>ser mon was especially uppropriate to voung n el> and con'.'Ained st>u.s ex cellent advice to the young mi-i> of the present generation. The dis course mode its impress upon al! who h-ard ir Rev. !' N. Burton, of Granite.VUe, occupied the pulpit *>? the Cher»kee Avenue Baptist Church Sunday morning? and ev.-nin,;.. He preached two delightful sermons to large and appreciative congregations. The singing, as is usual at this clwureh. was he»rty and responsive. Rev. it W. Sandtr&i of CireenviHe. pastor of the Baptis) church at Lime stone, filled hjs regular appointment with that church Sunday morinng On account of a detith in the city the attendance was not so large as usual. In the afternoon Mr. Marsh was bap tized in the pool near the church, he havn j. joim-d duriag. the protracted meeting which Dr. Sanders conducted there some time since. There were some-other candidates for bapMem, but, iihey were not present, and there fore will be immersed at another time. I >oi : ; t forcet to rite’ Force Feed * see the Bickford A: 5fuftman ‘* I-firmers’ Elv-ow- Roiler Bearinir W'deat and (’ojti Drill, only SJeel llibbon Feed 'Fube Drill on the market. THl I * Letters of MministraooD. STATK OF SolTH ( Alim.IN A, « CorxTY of cufkwkkk. \ Hy J. K. Webster. Esquire, Probats-.Iiutge. Whereas J. J. Baown lias ma.tit suit )*•) me to grant I Kb. JletTeries letter».of : dn»'•- Istratlon of the estate and effects-of Lerruael K. Krown, decesistd. '1'liese sire there In re to cite sued sultnouish sill and singular t in* kindred aniScreditorsof the said Lemuel Iv Brown, dieensed. J>»Mt they Ik* and appear tietore me. isiitilie Court of Probate, to be held sit Cberoki-e court house, (isiffney. S. C . o«, Tuesday. S«pi-emher 17th, next sifter puHh-sition theriof. sit eleven o’clock in the forenoon, to sht,w cause, if siny they lisive. why tin- ssiid administration should not Ik- granted. Given undermy hand this .sOth dsiy of Au gust, Anno Iknnini, I'.dt .1. K. Wissi kh, ().. S.l Prohate Judge. Published in GsitTney l.*sluer '.ill siml loth Septemher, r.H'l Looking Your Best! f>»Tin Nice Hand Power Hay Presses -**$27 5GT' Power Presses • 75.0Q> Disc Pfows, Harrows, Cultivatoi'S, Etc. Come to see us. Cane Mills, Evaporators, &c. Yours for business, JT. O. 1> &: Bfcx Agents*iX)!* Cherokee County for McCormick Mowers. Oaffmev* C. DEERING Mowers and Rakes, Diso Harrws and Su^rior Drills are next in ostler. Gamlv Belting, Rubber Belling, Leatl.u-r Belting, Ilace Leather, Frictionless Babbio Metal, Pipe a aid Pipe fittithgs, Valves and Injectors, Packiaag, Machine Oil, Expansion Tiunks and Sinks, Bath Tubs and Lutings and many oolber things to« nu merous to mention. Smith Hardware Co. Your ph<»i<I'jrjtph is your ruuitsuntativ**. ;thd ii should show you ;tt your bust. CAW NETS &L.V purdo/.uu. JOHN GREEN. Letters of Administration. State of Soittii cahoi.ina, > County of chehokkk. ( Ity.l. K. Webster. F.s*iuire. Probate Judge. Whereas Mrs. Kilen MeKown has made suit to me to grant h*-r lett*-rs of ailminlst rai ion of ih<- estale and * If eels of James M-Kown. di*i-eased, These arr therefori- to cite and admonlsli all and singular the klndied and creditor*, of the said James McK wn. deceasid, that th*-y he and appear helore me. In the Court of Prohat**, to be held at Cherokee court house. UatTney. S. ('..on SatuMay. Sci tt-mlK-r -Jlsf. next after publication thereof, at eleven o'clock In lie b>n‘ntK>n, to show cause. If any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given undei my hand this ath day of Septen lit-r. Anno liominl I'.H'I. J. K. W FIISTKIl. (L. s.l Pr* >ba t e J udge. tv.** i-' *-.; - •• *Ifhv-j l.e«.g ; UudM-r . . It ..II,. 1 i lit. I.sit. FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS, and it is an undisputable fact that the “Champion H aymakkk'' Mowkk is “etjiialliiHl by few ami excelled Dv none.’” Tliere are many strong points in its favor, a few of which 1 herewith submit ; The short coup ling link instead of long Petman, as on other machines, its adaptability to all kinds of land, the cutter-bar running at any angle or perpendicular without stopping machine or throwing out of gear, and many other points which I will explain U you will call. WESTERN STEEL HAY RAKES ure the kind that do the work wit hout troubh u> the operator. Kvet-ybody know s m hat the ••llaekeye” Gi uin and PertIIi/.er Iirlll is. so it Is n<>t m l•••ssary to r.n>r*- Ui.m say 1 hat 1 have' I hern in stock .it all i irnes as low as any tirst-ehiss inai-hine can be sold. Big l**t of Soul hern and Syracuse I Mso 11 a prows on hand that m i 1, i#e s* >M - iieap. I f i u need of a buggy see my Hue of'I'yson *v Jones'make witli or wlthouttop. Tin y are up-to-date in every respect. I also handle a iln*-of cheaper buggies In various styles at prices that move them. Also surrles and phaetons which must and will go at the very low price at which I otfer them. A few pairs men's slippers and low-cut sh**es t hat, I will s.-ll away down to dos* out. Also several pairs ladies’, misses’ and ehldn-n's t-* go tor a m* re song*. In my stock of general merchainiliie ev* ry department i>. full- both at my store at Go forth and GalTnuy See me II you are Innkin. f*>r bargains. Vours to pleas*-. I- I V W I*A*TT. 818 Limesl-ne St., Gaffney, S. C.