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r 1 THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. EVERY ONF PAID IN ADVANCE. Ledger. SEMI*WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY •f Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper in All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest ef the People of Cherokee County. * ESTABLISH ED FEB. t6, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. O, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1905. $1.00 A YEAR. the h*at dollar in IVem ho whip the fighi. The bankers of New York would send millions of dollars here and advance from th'irtydlve to forty dollars on a bale. The cotton crop made (the United StateB on the credit side the export tra^'e and if it were not fojr the -cotton crop within less than a month the United States would be on the debit side of the export trade. “Fifty years ago New England abolished agriculture and went into manufacturing, and today the one lit- ! tie conuer of the New England States at the Courthouse Yesterday—Jpr*■ was vastly wealthier than the south ; which produced the cotton that made dan and .-Smith Present. • jt wealthy. Oh. tien, how long arts you The meMins of tho cotto. ! ' ubra " to sach » ot of CherokftM yesterday war a great, “The grain powers of the west success. The meeting convehed at , nave placed a minumum price on (COTTON GROWERS l \ MEET IN GAFFNEY. MEETING ADDRESSED BY IPRONU- NENT MEN. ’ Large Garnering of Cherokee (Farmer* THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE 11 o’clock and whet the speaking be gan the court house was crowded to its utmost capacity. Splendid order prevailed Utroughuiy the entire speaking. President & C. Sain.itt, in a most pleasant and attractive manner, wel comed the sp akers and then intro duced President Hanwy Jordon, of the Southern Cotton Association. Mr. Jordon -thanked ihe audience for their presei.ee and twe committee •for inviting him here. His purpose >n coming here was to discuss the cot ton question from a financial stano wheat and corn, although wheat can be grown anywhere on earth. The south is the only place on earth where cotton can be grown successfully, and the world depends upon the south •for her cotton; and yet you allow mi n to come in here and place a price on the product of which you have a monopoly. I don’t believe you are gomg to do it. Reports are that tne streets are deserted and that cotton buyers are having tne easiest times of their lives No man could solve this problem. We can come here and toll you what jo do, but the man btv tweei (he plow handles were the one COLONEL STM ON HIS (RAVELS inclal stano-i' -r- - ■ , , IHdnt, of which there were three ° u * )01 ‘ am a farmer and features, viz; Igj orance of the value s,, tar as 1 can ^ arn ^ er y one of W of the mp; the manner of handling Wert ‘ ( arniers an ‘ 1 1 have the crop; the cn. (lit system. j r 1 igbt , to • staH(1 he, : e - or an y° ne “You, at- fanneis have solved the " l ' rtlls0 ,. .. ln *' vt,lci ‘ m f>ehalt of problem' t’f prodti.ctlo i. For. forty i , ' n . taiTlieis ; , years you have he-n solving the proh-- ^ “ speaker then said that the lem of production, hut in all that timd ^ rn sra |. inn Question was lor the pur- vou have given no attemi'>t io the ! ° V n ® { la |f at> t l l < a ' subject of marketing. 1 venture no i may work side by side with the venture no! * ~ A . a correct idea of the i African farmer long enough to learn ■Talue of tile short ct.p oMWJ. The h, '« t( ’ f-'i'>w cotton and force tkc material brought $50e VOO,00(J, I whtte man into the mtton mni - He man can give raw 1ml. the finished product brought $2.- 0(H',000,000, a sum so vast that no man can hardly conreive o? it.” Tke sub ject of marketing was the first thing considered. Tin- manner of market ing, served to make tii» cotton com pete with itself. He illustrated the difference in the value of the raw material and that of the manufactur ed product by shewing what a hale of raw cotton coot at. It* cents u pound, and tohf how much it would he worth as handkerchiefs, spool cot ton and mercerized goods, showing a vast difference. He then urged that the farmers go into the detali of the cost of transportation, manufacture then closed by thanking the audience for their khid attention and retired amid applaute. E. U. Smith was then introduced by Mr. Surratt as the State man. He was greeted with applause. Mr. Smith waded into the subject with a Joke about the hare and the hound. This wns no new proposition now. Last year with a partial organi zation, we scared them into paying ten cents. I have studied the ques tion with all the brain and power I , possess and the last analysis comes hack to me Is this: Have vve a mo nopoly of the cotton crop? The world says we have. The speaker then cost of transportation, manujacture,j '~ ~ - — . etc., and then the farmer could geth u « te f d P rices ^ * lose of the war • • I and for several years on down, when the true value of the raw material, " t. , - .. He asserted that the depression of 01 ' f 2 n ran . s ^!. from fl.oO per pound cotton tmlay was duo Ut speculators ° an< l lold l 15 "' an attempt had been made to raise cotton ft) tad gamblers in the cotton exchanges -----— ~~ —, ------ of this country. The spinners of Great complete Uife South at thes< Britain and the United States had I ,ric 1 es an(1 lt h 1 ow 14 had faHed and he declared with some heat; •“If in the name of God, they could not compete Britain and the united c-taies na.i - . - - met and passed resolutions to break , ec ar * d J 1 ' 1 , 1 ' s , ome l' eat ' Ihe hack of the cotton growers’ asst> name of God, they could — elation by staying out of the cotton a f uc l' prices, why are you afraid market and refusing to buy cotton to demand 10c for your cotton.’’ - ^ . r* He nleaded with the farmers during September and October. It was a bluff, because the spinners had was a bluff, because tne si . ■ cause they had a monopoly of the sold the finished pro erowine cottorf. He related what obliged to have the cotton or close up, and unless they paid the price the Southern farmers would close up ev ery spinning mill.. He declared that Peters was a traitor to the South and should be repudiated by every loyal citizen, because he had urged tlyet farmers to sell cotton, issuing a cir cular to that effect ami signing It as vice president of the Cotton Growers’ Association when he had been de posed from that organization. Farming was the only vocation giv en to man by God and it was a shame that the farmer should not have the right to say what the product should bring. The marketing was at 1 lull. There was no sense in marketing the crop in four months that it took nearly a year to make, and that as a matter of fact the buyers would take ad vantage of the farmer when he forced his product on the market in such fashion. The saddest sight to he imagined was to see a man going to market with his cotton blanketed witfi a mortgage. He declared that no farmer could he a successful far mer and live in the hack part of a supply store. Our forefathers had tried it with slave labor and failed and we could not do it. No business on God’s green earth could stand sueri a system. He hoped in five years to see the system changed by the erect ion of warehouses all over the South, and then the farmer could raise as much cotton as he wanted and could say to the buyer, ‘You must pay me a reasonable price,' hut so long as the entire crop was rushed to market at one time the present condition of affairs would continue to exist. He then gave In detail the per cent age of the condition of the crop in differ ent States, which showed a decrease in acreage and production. The far mers held the key to the situation in their hands and there was no reason why paper contracts should rule the market. He advised the holding of cotton. Any man could hold cotton while it was advancing, but it took a man to hold on a declining market. The man that had no backbone could never go up against the crowd thai was fighting the farmer today. If the fanners of the South ever expect ed to get their rights and better their condition they must depend upon themselves and not upon anybody else. No man would help them from philanthropic motives. He will only help them when by so doing he can help himself. Ho urged ffie making \jhteh many are familiar of supplies at home and advised that The company will exhibit under a a man quit farming and go to work large tent, and for one night only for some one else who does. “Don't blame the man who seeks Girls, if you want r*d lips laughing to take advantage of you in a busi- eyes, sweet breath and good’look! use ness transaction, hut blame yourself Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea The for allowing him to do It. I do not greatest beautlfler known. 35 cents desire to prea-h the doctrine of pre- Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co ’ Judlce. We have got no enemies J 1 • •- ------ „ __ ^ ^ The hankers of the j»outh would open their vaults and let the farmer have He pleaded with the farmers, as a heterogenious mass, to organize be- growing cottof£ He related what few countries tried to grow cotton and told what they grew and how they succeeded. He pleaded with the fai- mers to do business just as the mer chant, the live stock dealer, or any other business man by adding a prof it to the cotton the'' sell. He declaren the merchant and the live stock deal er would buy their stock, add a profit and sell it, while the farmer would raise .cotton at a cost of about cents a pound and when asked what he was going to sell it at would answer. “God only knows.’’ The speaker made a masterly ap peal to the manhood of the farmers to stand shoulder to shoulder in this movement and declared that no man who had a spark of manhood would refuse to rally to the cause. We cannot give even a synopsis of Mr. Smith’s speech for the simple reason that he promised to give it to us afterward and would have done so, hut was suddenly summoned from town by a telegraph message. Be cause of his protriwe to give us the speech we neglected to take notes and his sudden departure deprived us of the pleasure of reproducing it. We wish to add, however, that it was one of the finest speeches ever delivered here and cannot help hut he benefi cial to all who heard it. The speaker was interrupted time and again with unstinted applause. After the speaking a collection was taken, seventy-odd dollars being con tributed to the cause. An incident of the collection was the contribution of a darky, who. when depositing his mite, said: “I’se use to payin’ for good sermons and I wants to pay for dls one.” A telegram was received from Hon. John L. McLaurin stating that h*» could not be present on account of being unable to reach the city on account of railroad connections. A TEMPERANCE DRAMA. Ten Nights in a Barroom Co. to Ex hibit in Gaffney. Frank K. Griswold’s railroad pavil ion, “Ten Nights in a Barroom” com pany, will exhibit in this city tomor- row (Wednesday) night. The company consists of thirty people, with a carload of special scen- erv, and an excellent hand and orches tra. It is said to be the only company ..mmi.tu.uim ...wt.,™. . in the country that makes a specialty help them when by so doing he can of this great temperance drama, with lla '.inrorf making I Whloh mnnv aro famlllo. ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. The supervisor has ordered an elec tion under the Brice law in Edgefield county to be held Decomber 7. The opinion is that it will surely be voted out. The watchman at the Hopkins de pot reports an attempt to steal a hale of cotton from the platform on last Wednesday night. Hearing a noise he went out to investigate and saw a wagon hacked against the platform and a negro in the act of rolling a hale of cotton into the wagon. When the thief saw the watchman he put ihe whip to his mule and escaped. W. R. Hendrix, a painter in the em ploy of the Southern Railway, in Co lumbia, was struck by a switch en gine Friday near the union station while painting a switch target and narrowly escaped being crushed to death. His fortunate escape seems to have been due to the fact that he was standing on the outside of the rail on ihe crossties* and the engine knocked him to the side of the track. The people over at Greer have de termined that they shall have that portion of Greenville and Spartan burg for forming a new county with Greer as the county seat, and with (his end in view they have. It is re ported, secured I.afar Lipscomb to make the survey and they will have the county on paper anyhow, amt with the determination they are dis playing it will he but a step to get ting the real thing. The surveying party expects to get to work next week. The residence of Mr. Oscar H. Hol ley on the southeastern edge of Aik en was totally destroyed by fire early Thursday morning. The house was a handsome two-story structure, situ ated just beyond the reach of the city tre department. The origin of the fire is not known. It. is thought to have started between the walls of the dining room. Mr. Holley was awakened by the stifling smoke which was filling his bedroom and he had barely time to escape with his wife and child. He was not able to enter the house again and the residence with its entire contents was valued at $2,000 and the personal effects were valued at about $1,200. Mi. Holley has insurance to the amount of $2,000. Three negro hoys. Green, Ryall and Nelson, of Charleston, were commit ted to jail Thursday by Magistrate Vening on the charge of attempting to wreck a train on the seashore di vision of the Consolidated company, in default of bond in each case. The bovs are alleged to have placed sev eral pieces of iron on the rails at Mount Pleasant on Sunday night just at the commencement of the trestle and hut for the motorman having his car thoroughly under control in ap pi caching the bridge (he train might have loft ihe track and jumped into Yove inlet, causing loss of life and ot valuable property, seems to have been at- a spirit of mischief, hut company has been annoy- <;d by several similar attempts at dif ferent points this summer, and al though the hoys’ ages range between “ and 1,r ’’ they "'ill he prosecuted to the full extent of the law for an ob ject lesson. HE WRITES OF WHAT HE SEES AND HEARS. destruction The crime tempted in the railway • “Get the Habit,” go to NELSON'S. A Large Amethyst. L. F. Campbell, a mineralogist and all-round mining man of this city, has what he claims is the largest ame thyst in this country, so far as he has seen any record. The stone was found in a monazite mine a few miles above Gaffney, and was purchased by Mr. Campbell here Saturday. It is octagon shaped, the sides being per fectly smooth as though cut by hand, and weighs seren and one-fltfh ounces, without a flaw inside. It is Mr. Campbell’s purpose to take the stone to New York in a few days; and after having it examined by an expert, it will be cut down some and placed on exhibition for awhile. It will indeed he a fine “streak of luck” for Mr. Campbell if he find the stone to he all that he expects; and it may moan much for this section of the country, which is so rich in valuable minerals. Letter to R. M. Gaffney. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir;—The whitest white paint is Devoe. The whitest white boats o,i the Sound and the whitest white ships on the sea are painted Devoe. Mrs .1 C Clar’s is the whitest white house in Laurens, S C. Lawyer Simp son, of Spartanburg, S C, happened to see it, and wanted R) know what paint it was painted with; it was De voe, of course. A white house ought to he white, not grey. If you want, yours grey, you can have it without false paint and short-measure. The true paint is Devoe; the measure paint is Devoe. Go by the name; it is white full measure. Yours truly F W Devoe & 127 P. S. R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co sells our paint. full- and Co A Visit to the King’s Creek Section- Real Estate Deals in Blacksburg— Other Interesting Items. King’s Creek, Oct. 7.—Today is the hundred and twenty-fifth anniversy of the battle of King’s Mountain. Thursday last we started out on our canvass and landed in Blacks burg with our old friend, Dr. T. B. Whitesides, who is an inexhaustible fountain of good humor and fun. He has a retentive memory and on dates and incidents he almost an infallible authority. His house in Blacksburg is situated on the identical spot that Major Tom Giles, of Union, had his summer house lefore the war and where he (Mr. Giles) lias spent much of his time and money. Many of our older readers will re member Tom Giles and how, with his fine four-horse carriage, waiting boy, driver, dogs and fiddle he went in grand style and made everybody he met happy. He died several years ago and was buried at Mount Tabor church in Union county. We took dinner yesterday with the family of Mr. Jeff 1). Bearden, of Limestone Springs, where we were most kindly • rented by him and his family as well as our old comrade, Mr. A. Frank Smith, who is Mrs. Bearden’s father. We took a good look at the new lime works now superintended by Mr. Felix Lipscomb, where they turn out about 200 barrels of lime daily, so we are told. Real estate in Blacksburg and the contiguous section is looking up ward and there is much interest in the minerals of that section. Col. Samuel Jefferies, who ... tore- seeing, has made a purchase over then* that indicates the course things are taking in the matter of real es tate. Maj. Jno. F. Jones is cutting up in lots and selling off the lands ot the improvement company. Mr. M. F. Duncan, brother of Marshal Coke Duncan, has purchased a lot witn which lie is well pleased. N. W. Har din. Esq., has sold his house and lot and bought some of ‘he Blacksburg property. Real estate is advancing daily there, and there will doubtless he much of it on the market soon that is not already there. We are much pleased to see that our colored friends and former neigh bors, Tom and Wess Corry, now have lands of their own and they are mak ing improvements on them. This is ce.tainly encouraging to the colorei race. The prospect for the colored man to have and own lands in this State is equal to that of the white man. If he will use the same energy, thrift and industry. Besides improv ing their lands they arc interested in the common schools for their chil dren. Our friend and comrade, B. J. Gold, Esq., says that in the schools of this country the Ixml’s Prayer, the Ten commandments and Ben Hill’s Eu logy or Gen. R. E. I^ee. ought by all means to he among the leading studies of the children. We can’t add a better suggestion than that, Bro. Gold. N. W. Hardin, Esq., who is one of Blacksburg’s leading men and is pro- minenet in all Its enterprises, is a firm advocate of the old school sys tem and studies where they are prop erly carried out or taught. He is a practical man and favors such meas ures as will make the best, surest and most lasting impression on the young minds for good. ! At Blacksburg we spent the night with our old comrade, Dr. T. B. Whitesides, who, as most of our readers know, is a jovial, splendid fellow. Dr. Whitesides was assistant surgeon in Evans' brigade during the greater part of the war. He was on the ground at the (’rater or “Blow up" just a few moments before the explosion took place. He had gone there to look after some sick men who needed attention and whom it was his duty to examine and see whether or not they were fit for ser vice. While there he felt the tremor of the earth and had scarcely got be yond the range of the debris when the great upheaval began and men were hurled into eternity by the score unable to help themselves or others. But he says it was followed imme diately by one of the bloodiest bat tles of the war, so far as numbers were concerned. On the ground he was detained looking after the wound ed and when his work was finished his feet and socks were entirely saturated with blood. The men fought in desperation— hand to hand with the butts of their guns and bayonets they did immense execution. The actual loss of the Federals, he thinks, can never he fair ly estimated. We found our old friend, Mr. J. R. Crocker, near Hopewell Mountain, where he lives with his young wife. At the Hopewell graveyard the Baptist denomination an* building a new church. The old one where the Presbyterians worshipped was burned down Just fifty years ago last month. We stopped and spent a pleasant hour with Mr. M. C. Byars. Before night we drove up to the splendid home of our old friend and schoolmate, Mr. R. M. Plaxico, where we were invited to stop and spend the night, which we had already made up our mind to do. Mr. and Mrs. Plaxico were both away at the bed side of a sick sister. Miss Lizzie Mc Gill. However, we stayed all night and Mr. Plaxico came home and we enjoyed ourself most admirably. Miss Belle Plaxico his accomplished daughter, played the organ and sang while tier brothers, Messrs. Livy and Victor, joine.l her, the former with the violin. The music was fine. Mr Plaxico is one of Cherokee county’s best citizens and his family is one of which the county may well be proud. Mr. Livy Plaxico has an army six- shooter which, was picked up on the battlefield of Gettysburg some days after the battle was fought there. “Uncle Bob” Plaxico says he ford ed the river at Cherokee ford a few days ago and he don’t care to try it any more. Crops in this section are some bet ter, we think, than we found them elsewhere. Corn along Broad river below the the iron bridge and between that ana Cherokee Falls is fine. In travelinlg through the Brick House place which belongs to Col. Samuel Jefferies, we notice that the i old Jefferies graveyard on Gilkey Is ; much gone down and is in need of cleaning off and beautifying, as there are some of the oldest and most sub stantial citizens of this country in its better days bured there, and the families represented are all able to koep it, in better order. J. L. S. THE OPENING. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. A Splendid Company Engaged for Three Nights at the Star Theatre. The theatrical season of 1905-6 will open at the Star Theatre Thursday night with the appearance of the Gagnon-Pollock Stock Co., who come for a three-nights' engagement) This, we have every reason to be lieve. is one of the best popular-price organizations on rho road. We are assured by the management that it is unusual for this company to appear in towns the size of Gaffney, and the only reason why we have been en- abli d to get them is because they have been compelled to cancel some dates further south on account of the yellow fever. This company comes here from Charleston, W. Va., and goes form here to Charleston. S. C Of its appearance in Charleston, W Va., the News, of that city, says: “The Gagnon-Pollock stock com pany pleased another large and dis criminating audienec at the Burlew last evening by presenting in excel lent style the striking melodrama, “The Winning Hand.” The piece Is full of strong situations and startling climaxes, and the various characters give the different members of the company ample scope for acting of a pretty good sort. The presentation was smooth and well balanced, and marked by a high standard of intelli gence upon the part of the players. A number of specialties were intro duced. Mr. Gagnon and Miss Pollock doing one of the most amusing "team” sketches seen here this year, and Foster Ball and "Baby Doris” furnishing a very clever singing and dancing number on t.he program. The company has made a distinct hit and it is expected to break the re cord of the house for week stand bus iness.”—Charleston, W. Va. News. The following is from the Roanoke, Va., Evening News: “Another good sized audience greeted the Gagnon-Pollock Stock Company at the Academy of Music last night and enjoyed the perform ance to the utmost. “Her Only Sin” was the offering last night and was one of those strong melodramas presented in a most ac ceptable manner. Thu* specialties were good and Foster Ball and Baby Doris again scored a most emphatic success in their clever singing and dancing specialty At the matinee yesterday afternoon they were de- cidely the hit of the performance and iiad the most enthusiastic applause from the start."—Roanoke Evening News. Sept. 21st. Prize for Best Cake. Roanoke, Va., Oct. 6. 1905. Mr. Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor, Gaffney. S. C Dear Sir:—I am sending you a lit tle clipping from The Roanoke Times showing that not only South Carolina, but a daughter of the banner county —Cherokee—has won the blue ribbon at the Great Roanoke Fair First Prize. “The Blue Ribbon for the best pound cake exhibited at. the Great Roanoke Fair was awarded to Mrs. W. O. Lipscomb, No. 1113 Chapman avenue.” I saw “The Clansman” played here and was delighted with it. It is one of the cleanest, and according to my idea, by far the best, show 1 ever saw I wouldn't have missed it for sev eral times the cost of seeing it If it comes to Charlotte or Spar tanburg it will certainly more than pay any of you to go to see it There is nothing in it tnat would keep the purest mind on earth from seeing and hearing it. With best wishes, I remain. L. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers. Dave Wilkerson, the young white man from Durham who was arrested Thursday on the charge of stealing an overcoat containing $600 in money and checks from a traveling man by the name of Joe Selber tu the train from Raleigh Wednesday evening, was given a hearing Friday after- noon before Mayor Murphy, of Greensboro. Selber appeared as the prosecuting witness, and Wilkerson was hound over to Superior Court in a bond of $300, in default of which he was committed to jail. About midnight Saturday a party of four negroes, led by Gus Abernatb* set upon and robbed of two Jugs of liquor, Tom Stroud and Joe Jackson, two other negroes who had just re turned from Salisbury with a Sunday supply. The robbery took place on West Fourth street, in Charlotte near the railroad and was one of the bold est possible, being within call of the employes on the Southern passenger yards. According to the story of Stroud and Jackson, who reported their loss and injuries to the police department. Gus and his partners made quick work of the job, wasting no time in words and losing no time in knocking them about, taking their liquor and disappearing with it. R. G. Finley, a young man who is a native of Marion, and who is a de- i sorter from the United States Navy, was captured by Col. Tom Black, of tho local police force, of Chariot^ Friday. Finley told a report’ ‘ that he enlisted at Victor, Col., June 22nd ! Ho was sent to the navy yard at Nor- io. -. Va . and assigned to the battle- i ship Alabama as a coal passer. The i latter part of July, while the Alaba- i ma was at Newport, R. I., Finley dc- } sorted. When asked why he desert- ! >*d he replied that he “didn’t like it.” The police say that Finley has a wheel wrong in the head. His eyes rove as he talks, and his conversa tion is not at all coherent. He will remain at i!p* city police station un til the navy department sends a man for him. Ex-Postmaster A. C. Hildebrand, who lives on the outskirts of New ton, was shot and painfully, though not very seriously injured by his brother. George Hildebrand, Thurs day afternoon. The weapon used was a shot gun, and Mr. Hildebrand’s back and shoulders were severely peppered, one shot narrowly missing the jugular vein. While Dr. J. R. Campbell was extracting the shot the injured man fainted, but soon re vived. The shooting was the outcome of had feeling that has existed be tween the brothers for some time. They live on adjoining farms, hut it is said have not for a long time been on good terms. They are sons of Col. P. M. Hildebrand, for a number of years the recognized leader of the Republican party in that section. NEW PROSPECT NEWS. At a called meeting of the board of aldermen of Goldsboro Thursday, a petition was presented asking for an election on saloons. After a heat ed debate and a thorough examina tion of the petition, an election was called for November 14 It makes no difference how long you have been sick, if you are troubled with indigestion, constipation, liver and kidney troubles, Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea will make you well. 33 cents. Gaffney Drug Co. Cubscrlb* for The Ledger; $1 a year. Cotton Opening Fast—Barn Burned— Personal Mention. New Prospect, Oct. 6.—After a nice shower last Tuesday it cleared off again and the weather is fine. I have never seen so much cotton open in the field at one time. It will soon all he open. It is just impos sible to get hands to pick it out as fast as it opens. Cotton opening so rapidly and the gins being crowded so much, I suppose, is what has caus ed the reduction in the price. But now if the people just don’t get scar ed and rush their cotton on the mar ket, it will very soon advance in price again. I am somewhat surprised at so many of our fanners selling cotton seed at sixty-five cents a hundred. Why they are worth more than that t© put hack on the land. While you are holding cotton for a higher price, he sure and don’t sell any seed ai the present price. Mr. John Clement’s barn, which contained about two thousand bunn ies of fodder, was burned down last Friday night. Mr. Clement was for tunate enough to have it well covered with insurance. The patrons of the North Pacolet school are going to have a new au dition built to their school house, and have an assistant teacher. Also the members of the North Pacolet church have decided to have the church re- lloored and receiled. A collection was taken Saturday and Sunday for this purpose, amounting to more than a hundred dollars. Misses Annie Edwards and Annie Eubanks and Mr. Belton lioftis, of Motlow. were the guests of Miss Bei- nice Jones last Sunday. Rev. A. T. Jones filled his regular appointment at North Pacolet last Sunday. His theme was “Giving," and the contributions given show how readily his people yield to the Scrip tural teachings, and to the exhortation given by a God-fearing man. concern ing giving. Mrs. Jimmie Jones and Messrs. Dock and Jim Jones, of Grassy Pond, are visiting in this section now. We are always glad to see grandma come. Several of our voung men and young ladies have gone to school ana if nothirg happens, “Pet” will start Monday, the 9th. Pet.