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I t i Cl 1 THE LARGEST # Circulation of Any Newspape in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. x/rici ■x ICVOIC». ^ i' • n u i > SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. W£ GUARANTEE The ability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C , FRIDAY, DECEMBER1901. CHEROKEE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE, Name Derived from the Cher okee Indians. EDUCATION RELIGION. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Valuable Water Towers Ttllir.e,! ami Man ufacturlng Industries Kstaldlslied —Edu- ca*m»al Instil utlous C'hur.hcs In a Fl^Wlshlng Condition. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg, Dec. 12.—Cherokee township derives its name from the Cherokee Indians, and has retained its name and area for many, many years. It is bounded on the north and east by the old North State and on the west and south by the beauti ful Broad river and picturesqe King's ■Creek, respectively. This territory is mainly moun tainous and therefore perfectly drained. The climate is almost perfect the year round. There are many springs, the waters of which f have been analyzed and their medical properties attracted attention—espe cially these at Blacksburg and Pied mont Springs. But the streams in this section have attracted greater attention. The water power along Broad river and Buffalo has already been utilized and will continue to be. Manufacturing plants are now on the banks of these streams and there are others to come. Then again along these same streams are a number of fine plantations. And a little further back, upon the hillsides,{can he found very fine and varied kinds of timber. Then again, under the timber can be found many kinds of ores—some of which hwe been developed and others will be. The people of this territory are in- ■Vdustrious 4 and God-fearing. This is evidenced by the fact that they are prosperous, and while engaged in an effort to promote their material wel fare, never-the-less have time to give to the education of their children and to divine worship. To be satisfied of that one has but to look at the many school districts in the township and the large number of churches. Many of the schools have monye to their credit, while the churches have large congregations and their edifices are artistic and commodious. This is es pecially noticeable in the country. Blacksburg is nearly in the centre of the township, at the intersection of the Southern and S. C. & G. E. railway’s. Its population is about 2500 and it has a branch of the Vir- . ginia-Carolina Chemical Works, a j^koitting mill, cotton seed oil mill and rpilroad shops. Cherokee Falls, on 'Broad river, has a large population and one of the finest cotton mills in the South. King’s Creek is on the S. C. ct G. E. railroad, and has an energetic and prosperous population. By way of a postcript and as a matter of history, may be stated that Cherokee county derived its name from the township, and In this way: One night while the new county campaign was on, a meeting was held at Holly Grove to bear the advocates of the new county. A prominent gentleman of that section who had been strongly opposing the move ment, was present. He listened very attentively and it soon became evi dent that he felt the force of the Teguments presented by the advo- oaWiVof the new county. At last, when o'ft-* of the advocates was clinch ing the nans'ita. had driven, this gen tleman of the opp'^flition asked what the name of the ntSv county would be. The speaker repwed that he did not know and did n\t particularly care, if he could gAjt the new county. Whereupon thb gentleman said. "Why not CxerokOe?” "All right” said the speaker—"If It will be named Cherokee will yoii support the new county movementV’ The gentleman replied in the affiripative. After that meeting the cry became "Cherokee” and the gentleman, as he is noted for, kept his word nnd "Cherokee county” became a fact. A Oood Cough Medicine. IFrpm the Gazette, Toowoomba, Australia.! 1 find Chamberlain’s Cough Rem edy is an excellent medicine. 1 have been suffering from a severe cough for the last two months, and it has effected a cure. 1 have great pleas ure In recommending it.—W. C. Wockner. Tnis is the opinion of one of our oldest and most respected res idents, and has been voluntarily given in good faith that others may try the remedy and be benefitted, as was Mr. Wockner. This remedy is sold by Cherokee Drug Company. The laundryman realizes the irony of fate. ToCuroa Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig nature is on each box. 25c. People You Know and People You Don’t Know. M. M. Tate, a prominent Cherokpe farmer of Webster, honored us with a call Wednesday. Col. John L. Black brought the first bale of cottou across the new bridge yesterday, and sold it in Gaff ney for 8.05. W. J. Stover, foreman of the force that built the iron bridge, paid The Ledger a visit Tuesday. I). J. Wilson, an over the broad farmer, was an appreciated Ledger visitor Wednesday. He renewed and said he crossed ou the new iron bridge. R. M. Gaffney is attending a meet ing of the Grand Lodge of Free Ma sons in Charleston this week. Howard Gaffney and Harry Byars spent Tuesday in Spartanburg. E. R Brown, a successful over the river farmer, paid The Ledger a visit Wednesday and renewed. Thomas V. Mays, of the Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company, Blacks burg, was in the city Tuesday. W. J. Thomas, a faithful farmer friend of The Ledger of Thickety, was a city visitor yesterday. Dr. Forest. McKown, of Cherokee Falls, spent some time in the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Shuford left Wednesday for a visit to relatives in Grover, N. C. Mrs. Shuford will go on to Shelby for the holidays. Jeter Butler, of Washington, D. C., spent a few days in the city this week, on a visit to his brother, Col. T. B. Butler. Will Brown, a hustling young Ravenna farmer, was a city visitor Tuesday. R A. and \V. G. White, two farmer boys from near Blacksburg, were Ledger visitors Wednesday while in the city. They say the iren bridge is just the thing. Morris Switzer, a prominent busi ness man of Greenville, and father of "Mill End Will,” spent Tuesday in the city J. T. Hodge, a valued Ledgerite of Trough, paid us a visit Wednesday. Jesse Pinson, of Thickety, was in town yesterday. Mr. Ellis, a prominent merchant of Grover, came to the city Tuesday. Clarence Sarratt, a one time Gaff- neyite but now from over the Broad, was among his friends in the city Wednesday. J. K. Carpenter, of Thermal City, N. C., was in the city yesterday on business. Dr Remseur, a prominent physi cian of Blacksburg, made a business trip to t he city Tuesday. R. Jolly, a prominent farmer from the upper part of the county, was In the city Wednesday. J. R. Stacy, of Thickety, paid The Ledger a visit yesterday and re newed. M. Poliakoff, of Greenwood, was in the city Wednesday looking after his business interest here. John G. Hames, of State Line, was one of our visitors Wednesday. A. W. Lotspeich is in the city this week on business. His many friends here are glad to have him with them again. Mrs. J. E. Millwood, of Wilkins- ▼ille, was one of our visitors Tuesday. Going Doggett, of Charlotte, was in the city Wednesday. Rev. an Mrs. J. G. Huggins, ar rived in the city Sunday night from Mississippi, apd will spend a few days with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McKown in the lower part of the county, and will then go to Bel mont where Mr. Huggins has been as signed for next year by the South Carolina Conference. J. Eb. Jefferies was io Spartanburg one day the first of the week. Hon. C. W. Whisonant, of Wilkins- ville, was a business visitor in Gaff ney Tuesday. Hamlet Crocker, of Ravenna, was a business visitor in the city Wednes day. John B. Brown, a prominent and successful farmer of Ravenna, made a business tnp to the city VVednes- day. Miss Victoria Amos returned to Spartanburg Tuesday. W R. Walker, a prominent citizen of Union, spent Wednesday in the city. Magistrate Rufus Poole, of Gowdy- ville, spent Wednesday in the city. J. H. Lipscomb spent some days the first of the week at Pacolet. Fred Paris, a prominent farmer of Ezells, was selling cotton and paying taxes in the city Wednesday. C. Cash, a successful merchant and an all-round up-to-date busi ness man of Ezells, made a busi ness trip to the city Wednesday. Thus. J. Estes, a successful young farmer of Etia Jane, was in the city Wednesday. Rev. J. B. Wilson, presiding elder of Greenville district, was in the city Wednesday and yesterday. Mr. Wilson was in charge of a church In Gaffney several years ago, and has many friends in the city and county who are always glad to have him visit us. ENTERTAINING JOTS FROM JTTA JANE, Child Burned to Death Near Sunny Side. HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE, Wind and Ruin Storm VImUm the Lower County Work of tht; Knrollini; Commit tees—The Gospel in the Mountain*—Per sonal Items. tCorrespondenpe of The Ledger.) Etta Jank, Dec. 11 —We regret to state that Mr. "Bud” Addis who lives near Sunyt.de had 'he misfortune to get one of his children burned so badly las' - Stbhat S that U. died that night. It was about five years old. It was buried at Mesopotamia yester day. We also regret to hear that Mr. Elias Lee, who lives near Sunnyside, in Chester county, got his bam, stables, corn-crib and cotton bouse together with most of their contents burned last week The losse falls heavily upon Mr. Lee who is a worthy citizen, an ex-Confederate veteran and is getting old and unable to work. It, is supposed to be the work of an incendiary which makes the case still the more aggravated. Mr. Lee has many relatives and friends in this county who will deeply sympathize with him in his loss. Your correspondent went to the Hickory Grove A. R Presbyterian church last Sabbath. Rev. J. L. Oats, the pastor, preached from this text: "I will take vengeance, and I will not meet there as a man” Isaiah 47:3. Mr. Oats is quite a young man. He is greatly beloved not only by the members of bis own church but of all others as well. His con gregations are made up largely of people of other denominations who are always present when they can be there. We think it extremely fortu nate when a congregation or com munity can hear young, active, agressive ministers with whom the young people come in contact. Their good example and influence upon young men and women none can properly estimate and we fear but few appreciate Mr. Oats is a young married man but lie makes himself and his company pleasant. He hunts 'possums, squirrels and birds with the boys and they think a great deal of him Mr. and Mrs. Willie Buice gave the young people a sociable at their home last night. "Carpenters” is found in the Bible in 2nd Samuel 5:11 and Zechariab 1:20. We heard a Sunday school teacher last Sabbath ask his class of juveniles this question : "Which of the plagues sent upon Pharoah do you think was the worst?” Oae little fellow said, "The boils.” We hope the committees apooioted to get up the names of the soldiers who went from the various sections of the State will go to work in earn est and do their work thoroughly. But the public must consider that these committees can do but little if auything, without their assistance. Every reader of The Ledger will un derstand he or she can aid in this work by giving the names and cas ualties belonging to the section where he or she feels the greatest interest by sending it to the committee in charge of that immediate locality. There are hundreds of our readers in the west and elsewhere who are well acquainted with (or perhaps went from) the section now comprising this Cherokee county who can assist in this work. They can send their lists to the committee in charge of that particular section and it will be revised and enrolled. The work ought not to be left undone thinking somebody else will attend to it That won’t do at ail. Had this work been taken up and prosecuted six years ago when the plan was first suggested, an absolutely correct list of the troops South Carolina sent to the war, together with a list of the cas ualties would long since have been made out. The State has thrown money away, absolutely for nothing, or even worse than nothing. We say worse than nothing simply because valuable his torical matter has been lost or disap peared and no accounting cau be made for its disappearance. Mr. John L. Strain, of Pacolet Mills, who has been visititing rela tives in this community, went home this morning. The movers have begun seeking thoir new homos. Several changes will be made and many farms lose laborers. Monday night this section was visited by a very heavy wiud storm with some rain. Several North Carolina apple wagons have been passing round with ther produce lately. It’s really interesting to hear Rev. R. P. Smith, of the Presbyterian church, whose work is in the moun tain region of that state, tell about those people whom ho has been among more or less ever since he went there Taken all in all he thinks they are the truest type of American people and manhood. When he first went among them they were disposed to look upon him with some degree of suspicion, but since he has become acquainted with them, and they with him, the conditions are very much changed He believes them to be the truest of true men to what they espouse as a principle and a right. Just after the close of the war when everything was in chaos the U. 8. Government sent among them in many cases the very worst element of people as revenue officers. In many cases the citizens were shot down, others were captured and drag ged off into prison where every imaginary hardship and indignity was heaped upon them. This, of course, made them feel that the government was their worst enemy rather than their best friend, and they have been opposed to it ever since in some measure. Mr Smith has been to their homes and they treat him with a great deal of respect and will do anything they can to ac commodate or help him. He tells about them stopping him in the road and telling him they didn’t allow preachers and niggers to pass that way. They told him he must turn back. But after telling them where he wa* going to stay that night he invited them to come and join him in a prayer-meeting and other de votional services. This they con sented to do and did so. After the service was over the leader brougnt forward a number of them and intro duced them to Mr. S. and now when he passes through that section they are always glad to see him and offer him the most unstinted hospital ity their means will allow J. L s. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Kecomtueiiclatloii <>r >» Well Know n Chica- Ko rhynlckHii. I use and prescribe Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for almost all obsti nate, constricted coughs, with direct results. I prescribe it to children of all ages. Am glad to recommend it to all in need and seeking relief from colds and coughs and bronchial af flictions. It Is non-narcotic, and safe in the hands of the most unprofes sional. A universal panacea for all mankind.—Mrs. Mary R. Melendy, M. D., Ph. D. Chicago. III. This remedy is for sale by Cherokee Drug Company. WATCH Your label and the date, And pay before Tis too late. INTERNAL REVENUE AND TARIFF TAXES, Prosperity the Result of the Protective Tariff. WHISKEY AND TOBACCO. There are sixteen prisoners in the county jail now. Read history, current news, general intelligence and Christmas prepara tions in this issue of The Ledger. During the past six weeks Gaffney market-men shipped away 9 200 pounds of hides. How is that for in dustry? Tickets for the Masonic Banquet can be secured from either G. VV. Cotton, C. C Harris, T. G. McCraw, L. G Byars or Ed. H. DeCamp. The banquet will take place ou Monday night December 23rd. Sam B. Turner has moved from Earls, N. C., to Gaffney. Mr. Tur ner has bought in the western sec tion of the city. Mr. Turner is a welcome addition to Gaffney’s popu lation and The Ledger wishes him mighty well. The Winnie Davis and Moses Wood Chapters of the Confederacy have in vited the Smith Lipscomb camp of sons and the Sake Carpenter camp of veterans to join them in celebrating Gen. R. 8 Lee’s oirthday. The pro gram will be annotinoed later. Cbnroh Service. Communion service will be held at the Limeetone Presbyterian church next Sunday morning. Preparatory services will be held tomorrow morn ing at 11 o’clock. There will be preaching next Son- day at Wilson’s Chapel and Geth- semane at the usual hours by Rev. Mr. Cantey, the now pastor. Rev. Arch 0. Cree is up after a severe attack of tonsilitis. He has not fully recovered but hopes to be able to occupy his pulpit Sunday. Rev. J. B. Bozeman, pastor of the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church, re turned from the State Convention at Florence Monday. He reports a royal good time. Last night he de lighted a large congregation at his church by giving an account of the convention. Rev. S. 0. Cantey, the new pastor of the Limestone Street Methodist church, will arrive*in the city tomor row. He will preach his first sermon at the Limestone Street Methodist church Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. Mr. Cantey will receive a warm wel come to his new field. COLDS IN CHILDREN. •Octavus” Want* More Uglit on the Sub ject and State* that HI* I’oHition l* Has, d on fast Experience-••tree Whiskey” in the Mountains. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Will ie Dec. 10—We are some what fearful that The Ledger fired his shot, of the 3d inst., before he had made a careful examination o f the target at which we had fired. Of course we thought that we had only squirrel shot, but. from the effect it had, we must have inadvertently gotten some buck shot in the charge But to come down to facts: We very much ’’doubt the ability of either ‘ Octavus” or The Ledger to throw any great light upon the ques tion of tariff taxes. We would have been glad could The Ledger have ad vanced something new in regard to the matter, but, brother, that old song of "tariff on everything that we eat and wear” is too stale to ad vance to a thinking public of the twentieth century. Were it not for the fact that The Ledger seemingly accuses us of boy cotting, or at least discriminating against our own country in the mat ter of buying goods, and for fear that our readers might construe it in that way, we should not have had anything further to say, but the fact is, we are doing nothing of tbe kind. We have never, in all of our life, bought a suit of clothes, either for ourselves or our family, nor a hat, nor an ax. nor a plow, which was manufactured outside of the United States, and every one who knows auything about the tariff at all, knows that there is no tariff taxes collected on goods that are manu- fretured withiu the United States. Now, we are ready to admit that we do buy a pocket knife occasionally, say one every two or three years, up on which there has been a tariff tax paid; but we reiterate that we "rarely, very rarely,” coutribuie anything to tariff taxes. We tried four years of "tariff for revenue only,” with the result of our country almost having gone to rack, after which the protective tar iff was re-enacted with the result of tbe greatest reigu of prosperity that ever any country has ever known. Therefore, our opinion of tbe tariff being a maintalner of prosperity is based upon past experience. Now, Tbe Ledger seemed to be fearful that we might be personally interested in tbe whisky tax. Not so, brother, we are not at all inter ested in that, the fact ie, if we were inclined to imbibe in the Tile stuff at all, we could do so without contri buting anything at all to the inter nal revenve taxes because the people of this part of the country have a way of making and selling the stuff with out paying any tax at all, but. we admit, together with at least ninety per cent, of the adult population of this country, to being interested in the tobacco tax. There is of course more people interested in the tax on tobacco than there is in the tax on any other one article, and we are also aware that the greater amount of the Internal revenue taxes are collected on whisky and tobacco, but there are various other articles in which our people are interested upon which in ternal revenue taxes are to be paid, in h jt articles too numerous to men tion. If our reccollection is not at fault, The Ledger a few months ago, published a list, which it took a col umn and a half to contain, of articles upon which congress had reduced, and upon a few articles had abol ished tbe internal revenue taxes. Now we want it to be distinctly understood that in our criticism of that editorial, we were speaking of the common people, those who wear common clothing and not of those who wear silks and satins. Yes. brother, the internal revenue is still what our people are most de- sirlous of having reduced. We are generous enough to accord to every one a perfect right to his own opin ion upon all subjects, but it dors seem to us that the free traders are a little inconsistent at times. It ha> not been very long since The Ledger, together with a great many others, were very strongly protesting against the Puerto Rican tariff bill, claiming it to be unjust to require the Puerto Ricans to pay tariff on their goods before they could land them in the United States, all of their sympathy being with the Puerto Ricans, never one time intimating that the tariff 81.00 A YEAB. would have to be paid by the peoples of this country. Now, the strange thing to us. brother, is how you could manage to make the Puerto Ricans pay their own tariff and not make the English pay their own tar iff also. Why, oh why is it brotherf Of course it may be that the Puerto Ricans wire poor and could not help themselves. Surely The Ledger ie not letting its sympathy run oat more to foreigners than to the peo ple of itiown country. There is one thing upon which we I feel pretty well assured, and that is, whenever we don’t buy fer ign mana-e< factured goods, we don’t pay any tariff tax. We have no doubt but that the tariff, as ^ell as the internal revenue laws, need to be amended occasion ally in order to keep it up with the times, but that congress will be equal to all emergences we have no doubk in tht Itust. Octavus. A Fireman’s Close Call. "I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was tacked with pain,” writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa., "I was weak anil pale, without any appetite and all" run down. As I was about to giva up. I got a bottle of Electric Bitters and, a'ter taking it, I felt as well as I ever did in my life.” Weaa, sickly, run down people always gain new life,, strength and • vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed 1 by Uherokee Drug Co. Price 50c. The sure way to win a woman’s rea- spect is to let her know that you de posit in more than one bank. Cures Cancer, ISloort Poison. Eating Sores. Ulcers. Costs Noting to Try. / Blood poison and deadly cancer are the worst and most deep-seated blood diseases on earth, yet tbe easiest to cure when Botanic Blood Balm is used. If you have blood poison, producing ulcers, bone paine % pimples, mucous patches, falling hair, itching skin, scrofula, old rheumatism or offensive form of catarrh, scabs and scales, deadly cas- cer, eating, bleeding, festering sorea, swellings, lumps, persistent wart or snre, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) It will cure even the worst case- after everything else fails. B. B. B. drains the poison out of tne system- and the b*ood, then every sore heals, making the blood pure and rich, and building up the broken-down body. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) thoroughlv tested for 80 years. Drug stores, !j!l per large bottle. Trial treatment free by writing Blood Balm Co . Atlanta. Ga. Describe troubla and free medical advice given untiL cured. B. B. B. does not contam mineral poisons or mercury (as so many advertised remedies do,) but la composed of Pure Botanic Ingre dients. Over 3,000 testimonials of cures by taking Botanic Blood Balm B. B. B. J VVb*>re a married man has th§ besfr of a bachelor is that he never has Co^ a hire a nurse. An Evnngellat’a Story. "I suffered for years with a bron chial or lung trouble and tried ious remedies but did not obtain per manent relief until I commenced using One Minute Cough Cara/*' writes Rev. James Kirkman, evan gelist of Belle River, III. "I have on hesitation in recomdmending it to alfc sufferers from malaies of this |kind.'* One Minute Cough Care affords im mediate relief for coughs, colds and all kinds of throat and lung troubles. For croup it is unequalled. Ab solutely safe. Very pleasant to taka, never fails and is really a favorttn — with the children. They like it. Cherokee Drug Co. If it weren’t for the liver and old love letters there wouldn’t be any need for anybody to have remorse. Saved His Life. "I wi^h to say that I feel I owe my life to Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure,” writes H. C. Chrestenson of Hayfield, Minn., "Fur three years I was troubled witb dyspepsia so that I could hold noth ing on my stomach. Many times I would be unable to retain a morsel of food. Finally 1 was confined to my bed. Doctors said I could not live, i read one of your advertisements oq Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure and thought it fit my case and commenced its use. 1 began to improve from the first bot tle. Now I am cured and recommend it to all.” Digests your food. Cures all stomach troubles. Cherokee Drug Company. Even when a woman belongs to the Equal Right* Society she expects a seat in a crowded car. No one can reasonably hope for good health unless his bowels move once each day. When this is not at tended to, disorders of the stomach arise, hiiliousness, headache, dyspep sia and piles soon follow. If you wish to avoid these ailments keep your bowels regular by taking Chamber lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets when required. They are so easy to take and mild and gentle iu effect. For bale by Cherokee Drug Company.. \ i ^