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* / i t t * «• Tax Notice. The'payment of commutation tax has been [exunded to May 15th, lIHrj, without penalty. All pertfoU* between the ayes of 18 and 50 years are liable for this tax or work four days on the public highways. J. V. Whelcheix, Supervisor Cherokee County. J. E. WEBSTER, A.ttoraey-A-t- , flee In Court House. (Probate'J udge s office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices In all the courts. Oolleo* •tons a specialty Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB. Dentist, Office over R. A. lone* A Co ’• Store. Oan be found at office six days in the week DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, • ■ • S. C. S e over J. R. Tolleson’e new store i office from 1st to 26th of each th: Williams. Hall, .Ik. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. O A V'f'IMfcC Y. fe». «. ,, Notary Public In office. Prompt attention / given to ah business. Office over R. A. Jones A Co.’s store. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Davenport. Office and Residence .Phone. G. W. SPEER. a-TTOre N B Y-AT-A W. GAFFNEY, S. C. Office In Auditor’s office at Court House. Foley’s Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. J SHINGLES, BRICK, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS and all kinds 'of Building Ma terial, Paints, Oih, Etc. for sale at a small per cent, above cost for cash. Estimates made without charge. L. BAKER For The Next Thirty Days 1 shall give special attention to the treat ment of that class of chrome eye diseases the natural tendency of which Is to produce BLINDNESS. By a METHOD ENTIRELY NEW I am enabled to treat successfully such cases as have heretofore been considered HOPE LESSLY INCURABLE. If from any cause YOUR EYESIGHT IS FAILING, come AT ONCE and have it restored. In no case Is delay more dangerous. S. H. GRIFFITH, M. D. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON and OCULIST. Office at The Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. S. O. Ten Million Dollars went up In smok» ami ashes in Paterson, N. .)., In January lust, y<‘i the city refused aid from others to help boar Its loss. Why? Hi cause, the business men and people were secured by Policies In Fire Insurance Companies that covered their losses And now “Phoenix like.” with new life and vigor, springs lortii from her ashes crowned with youth and beauty. Have you a policy on your house against loss by fire, etc? I f not t ake out one ere it lie too late. The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of Cherokee County, stands ready to give you the necessary protection against loss. It ap peals to you as a Home Enterprise “for Your Patronage.” It appeals to you for your pat ronage also, because it Is as safe as any and the cheapest in the world cand for verification consult the 000 policy holders scattered over Cherokee county. T. M. Littlejohn, President, J. Em JErrKHiErt, Hec. and Treas. For—^ Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Planter Hair. Planter Paris. Rosendale Cement, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder. Ease and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime forks CARROLL ft CO., Lessees. Telephone 17. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, 8. C. THE MEADOW ORCHID WHY THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE CALL IT “THE CUCKOO’S TEARS.” A Iy«*K«*n(l of the I,nnil of the C.ar. That Deal. WIUi Mafflc. Love and IlatipIneN. and One Re.olt of the Fatal Feminine Tongne. One warm Sunday afternoon the vil lage maidens assembled to bathe In the river. They took off their kerchiefs and their coronet headdresses, seated them selves ou the bank to cool off and be gan to gossip. One maiden alone sat silent Frosya, an orphan, poor, but beautiful, with fair skin and eyes as blue as the gentian, which the Rus sians call "the flight of the falcon.” So the other girls began to tease her: “Have you no dearly beloved friend. Frosinya? Who is he. where is be? Is be handsome, is lie rich?” “Where should a poor girl get a rich and handsome young lover? Yonder adder is my husband.” No sooner had she said this than all the maidens cried, with one accord. “The adder!" and took to their heels. And upon her kerchief, which Frosya had thrown upon the grass, behold, a huge black adder lay colled. She cried out in fear. Rut tiie adder beat its tail upon the ground and was transformed Into a wonderfully handsome young man. There he stood before her, with a golden cap upon his flowing curls, his eyes flashing lire, and honeyed words fell from his lips. And he said to her: “Did you mean it when you declared that you were ready to marry the ad der?” She knew not what reply to make, but gazed at him and thought to her self. “Whence came such a wise and handsome youth?” And he. divining her thoughts, replied to them, ”1 am no common man. but the czar of the wa ters, and my empire is close at hand in a deep pool on golden sands." And he read In her eyes that she con sented to go with him. Then he grasp ed her with his powerful hand, and to getlier they sank down into the deep realm of the waters. Great was Frosya's happiness. She could not believe In it. He was po good, so wise; she had never seen such people, and there is none such any- where ns the czar of the waters. But Frosya was foolish Seven years did she dwell with him In the deep pool in Ids palace of crystal, and the seven years passed as one day. and there need not have been any end to her bliss. \ girl and a boy had been horn to them. Then, all at once, without any cause, she became sad. longed for the earth, to behold her native hamlet and her friends once more. So he let her go, with the children, for three days after having exacted a promise that neither she nor the children, either by word or by binL should reveal the name of her husband or where she lived. And all this she promised, with fearful oaths. Then her husband es corted her to the dam. At the end of three days s * to come to the same spot and cry “Cuckoo!” thrice, where upon he would swim at once to meet her. She kept her oath, hut her friends coaxed and questioned the children. The boy to nil queries replied simply, “I don't know.” But the girl told ev erything. This was all the envious gos sips wanted. They ran and told all to their husbands and brothers, who Im mediately ran to the dam and uttered the magic words. And when the czar appeared they heat him to death. But before he died he contrived to say to Frosya: “I have to thank thee, my dear wife, that I am now come to my death through thee and my daughter. Hence forth fly thou ever as a gray cuckoo and repeat thou ever my call. ’Cuckoo!' In sadness of heart from early spring until St. Peter’s day I St. Peter’s day. June 2'J (July 12, O. SjJ. and from that day forth qiay every bird, both great and small, beat thee and pursue thee. And mayest thou, my daughter, my be trayer. be turned Into a nettle bush, and may that weed, the fiery, forever burn thine eyes wheresoever thou may est be, that thou mayest weep forever, remembering thy lather's death But to my loyal sou, who kept his father's command. 1 make this bequest: That he shall be the bird beloved which dwells and slugs In gardens and amid shady groves for the Joy of happy peo pie. for the consolation of those who weep, the nightingale.” And from that day forth the Russian people have called the meadow orchid “the cuckoo’s tears." [It Is also known ns “the cuckoo's slippers.”!—Isabel F- iiapgood in New York Post A Way Oat. A small girl told a falsehood. Her mother, with great dignity, led the youthful offender to the library and. sitting down beside her, said: “You know. Katharine, grandma bus gone to heaven and papa bus gone to heaven, but if you tell untruths you cauuot go to heaven with them. You will have to go to the other place.” The little maiden looked very grave for a moment and said, “Say a swear word, mamma, and come to the otber place too.”—New York Tribune. The Better Chetee. “Ze Miss Mllyons. It is said, spen's tbousan’s of dollara on se bonnets alone, my dear count” observed tbe baron. “8be Is se one for yon.” “No. my dear baron.” was tbe re ply. “1 vtll make se proposal to ber milliner.”—Judge. Bxelaeleeaeee. "Panline Is very exclusive. Isn't she?” “Ob. yes; quits. Bbe never Introduces an eligible mao to any otber glrL”— London King. Da not neglect to keep your boots nsltsbed. You can always shins at one end. If you cannot at tbt other. COL. CAMP EXPLAINS. A Revelation. If you will make inquiry it will be a revelation to you how many kuc cutnb to kidney or bladder troubles in one form or another. If the pa tient is not beyond medical aid, Foley’s Kidney Cure will cure. I never disappoints. Cherokee Drug Co. South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad Company. Blacmhhdhu, S. C.. May 7th. 1U01 Notice is hereby given that a special meet ing of the stockholders of the Houth Caro lina and Georgia Extension Railroad Com pany has been called by the President, pur suant to the resolution of the Board of Di rectors, and will be held at the principal of fice of |,he company lu the town of Blacks burg. South Carolina, on the 11th day of June, 1WK, at 12 o’clock noon, for the fol lowing purposes: ta) To take into consideration and to vote for the adoption or rejection of the Joint agreement for the consolidation of the capl-' tal stocks, franchises and properties of the Asheville and Bpartanburg Railroad Com pany, the Houth Carolina and Georgia Rail road Company the Houth Carolina and Georgia Kx jnsion It .broad Company and the Carolina Midland Railway Company en tered into by the Directors of the said several corporations. (b) To transact any other business that may lie brought before said meeting. By order of the President, pursuant to resolution of tbe Board of Directors. C. I). Chapman. Secretary. May IS, 23, 30, June S. How the Krror Occurred that Gave Klse to Certain Reports. Mk. Editok : ’ learn that a report is being circulated by my opponent, or his friends, against me. They have learned that an eorror was made in this office in putting Mr. A. N. Wood’s property on the tax duplicate for taxation, and they are disposed to make a ‘'mountain out of a mole hill” about it. Mistakes are frequently made in calculations and copying figures, and such things are not new to business men. Those who know anything about my office know that I have always baa tbe best business men for my assistants. I call out tbe names and properly amounts from the returns, each and every item, and ray assistant writes them down. In thus transferring Mr. Wood's property my assistant either misunderstood, or by a slip of the pen. wrote it “$16.57” instead of ‘$16,147 ” As soon as the error was discovered. I of course corrected it and at once informed Mr. Wood. Like the gentiman be is, he did njt ’ kick,” as he knew how it occurred ; but he came up to the treasurer’s office and paid on what had been left off, and also his bank tax, just as if no error had occurred. I presume he thought no more about it. Neither tbe State nor the county has lost a cent by the error. I am responsible for aii mistakes that occur in this office, whether made by myself or my assistant, and should any loss to the State, county or individual be the result of tuci error, I and my bonds men are good for it. I am sure this matter has not been kept a secret, as there are no secrets in this office. Every taxpayer has a right to examine my books, and it is pleasure to me to show them, and, if an error has been made, to correct same. Every business man makes mistakes, and I do not believe there is an auditor or bookkeeper in the State who has not made numerous errors. One or two small errors in a hook containing 6000 names and amounts that reach to $65 000 is a very insignificant matter, especially when it is so easy to correct them on my books. 1 presume had I not been a candi date for re-election the one error s»?ok“n of would not have been thought about. Such reports on a candidate would seem to indicate ihai those who circulate it thick it rheir only chance to win, just as a drowning man will grab at a straw ;but he who thinks to win on such a down fall of an opponent generally standt- in t te light of his own best interests. I do not write this as an ‘‘election eering scheme,” as I never had better encouragement nor fuller assurances that my friends will sustain me than I am receiving every day. While my opponent is electioneering, having nothing else to do, I am busy doing the work I have been elected to do. All who know me know that I con- s der ‘duty” the biggest word in the English language. Now, my friends, my opponent. s< far, is young, and if he has ever don* any meritorious or heroic act or de u n that he should be rewarded for, hi can well afford to wait and be re warded for such services when he has performed them. But it I am to re ceive any reward it must come now, for only a few short years and all ol us old Confederates will have crossed the river. My record is known to you all, and upon that I propose to stand, sir k or swim, survive or perish. I court investigation of my ar-rs. and a?k that credit be g'von for what is due me. If you think I can stand the test applied by Andrew Jackson to office s ekers, “Is he honestf Is he competentV Is he worthy ’? I shall be proud to again receive your support. If re-electd I shall consider it a very high compli ment and an indorsement of mj former conduct; and you mav res* assured that no act of mine will h such as to cause you to regret having supported me Your humble servant. W. D. Camp. WRITTEN FROM WILLIE. Good Mall Kaf-llltiv* Wanted-The Farmer Through I’lantlng. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Willie, May 12 —We were glad to see that Senator Tillman, in his speech at Manning, fully exonerated himself of the charges made against him by A. Appelt, editor of the Clar endon county newspaper. But we are now wondi.ing i-f they had to just take the senators own word for it. Laurens and Hilton Babb, sons of Mr. (Starting Babb, of this section, have gone to the (State of Washing ton, where they intend making their future homes. Wade Johnson went to Pickens last week on a visit to his sister, Mrs. J. E. Atkins. It does look like we ought to have good mail facilities. We have the Ft F. D and still have tbe star route service, but the two combined, so far, have failed to give satisfaction. It is said that we are linely to have both for some time yet, owing to the fact that Wil.’ie is near the county line and thcri a no free delivery route on tbe Greenville side. tanners are through planting, and the prospects an that there will be a tolerably fair ci ) of wheat made if nothing unusual happens to the crop from now on. Mr. M. M. Bruce has returned from a visit to Texas. He gives a glowing account of the “Lone Star State.” He reports that wht-et and corn are extra fine. People were laying by their corn and just beginning to work their cotton. It is said that tbe human heart, in health, heating seventy times a min ute lifts 434,2551 pounds of blood ana forces it through the body every twenty-four hours. If tiat is true, and we are not prepared to either be lieve or exactly disbelieve it, we don't wonder that so many people die of heart failure. We aie glad to know that there are so many good men of Uherokee who are willing to “sacrifice their husi ness” in order to serve the ‘dear peo ple. ” We made a trip throe ’h the coun try to Clifton last we* k and found s great deal of cotton and corn already worked out. and the plants |o< ked as well as we have ever seen them before at this time of the year. Several of our people took in tbe expotsicii'U at Charleston last week, among whom were W T. Hinson, J. B Henson (ienrge Nealy, Miss Het- tie Bruce and others. Our road overseers have recently inatib bo me repair* ou our public roads which were badly needed Fn»h seem to be much more nlenti ful in our creeks and rivers this year than fur several ’ears, OCTAVl'8. A Lenttatli In lleHltll. Healthy kidneys filter the >mpnri- ities from the blood, and unless thry do iLie g*»i.u Health is impossible. Foley’s Kidney Cure makes sound kidney’s a"d wii! positively cure all forms of kidney and bladder disease It strengthens the whole system. Cherokee Drug Co. It is curious how many otherwise shrewd men are gulled by soft words from women’s lips. Will Cure Coiihiiiiiptlon. A. A. Herren. Finch, Ark., writes, “Foley’s Honey and Tar is the best preparation for coughs, colds and lung trouble, I know that it has cured consumption in the first stages.” Cherokee Drug Co. Good enough for anybody! ^All Havana Filler 'FLORODORA'BANOS art of same value as tags from 'STAR: 'ORUMMOHD'tUrum lev. HOOD l UCK' M PEACH SHOHCT 'PAZOITend TRICE CRCmUf Tobacco. Bristow, McAllister & Peeler. Dressy clothes cost no more when purchased from us than the ill-fitting poorly put together kind do elsewhere. Tis won derful the saving you secure through the economic position we occupy in being the largest and only retail Clothing Store in the city. It’s quality you want. We know that and it’s quality you get from us. No one can contradict this for they have nothing better. Everything for Men’s and Boys’ wearing; Clothing, Hats and Furnishings. Sole agents for Wilson’s Shirts and Shawknit Hose. Bristow, McAllister & Peeler One Price Gash Clothiers. DJLMOFFETT’S Tteething powders] IF YOU WANT Blood and Bone Fertilizers Manufactured by Swift & Co., Atlanta, Ga. ; F. S. Royster, Norfolk, Va.; W. C. McMurphy & Co., Charleston, S. C., call on me, I have them as cheap as any guano sold in Gaffney with the same anal ysis. I also have the Highest Grade Acid and Kainit. Buggies and Wagons of all kinds and cheap for cash or on time. I carry supplies for the farmer for ca*li, or on time with good papers. If you want gooc's cheap go to my Goforth store and buy Molasses from 25c to 50c per gallon, in 5, 10, 25 and 50 gallon packages. Sugar, Coffee and anything usually found in a general store. Dowlaw and Hampton Cotton Planters, Plows, Plow Stocks, Dixie Plows, Hoes and anything else. Go and see and you will find it at Goforth as cheap as at any store in Gaffney. , Yours truly, J. I. SA.K.R.A.T'F, A. N. Wood President. r. r. Khown. Vice-President. Merchants and TManters Hank OF GAFFNEY. S. O. CAPITAL *30,000 -»UI*PJUPS *4,000. State and County Depository. Does a general Banking and Exchange business, is well fitted un with Fire Proof Vault anfl Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Lock. We solicit the business ot people of ali occupations C5. TVf. 83X/i|-FTT. Onahli»r. Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledger office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. 8end us your orders. One Minute Cough Cure For OomhB. CbMb —ft Of up. SOUTHERN RAILWAY THE CHEAT HIGHWAY OF TRADE AMD TRAVEL. Uniting tK« Principal Commercial Canter* and Health and Pleasure Resorts of the South with the or NORTH, EAST and WEST. ■idhwClass Vaatlbal* Trains, Throndh Slssrftnd-Csrs bstwssn Maw Tark and Maw Ovlsana, aria Atlanta. Cincinnati and Flarlda Paints efts Atlanta and ela Asherille. 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