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GAFFNEY, B. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 26. 1907.
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WADE HAMPTON,
AN IDEAL SOLDIER,
HE WAS ALSO AN IDEAL CITI
ZEN.
Capt. H. P. Griffith Pays a Worthy
Tribute to South Carolina’s Most
Distinguished Son.
At I^anford Station on April 13,
1907, Capt. H. P. Griffith, of Lime
stone college, delivered an address
before a re-union of Confederate vet
erans. Capt Griffith was introduced
by Judge O. G. Thompson, and spoke
as follows:
Comrades, Indies and Gentlemen:
I esteem it a great privilege to be
here today, and to have the opportu
nity of looking into the faces of this
audience, and of grasping the time
worn, but true hands of a few at least
of my comrades and companions of
the days now long gone by. I am on
ground that was familiar to me in my
boyhood, and there is hardly a spot
in all this region that is not associat
ed with memories of the long. ago.
To me the Enoree murmurs perpetu
ally of the past, and these hills and
ravines have tongues that sneak of
forms and faces long since vanished,
and all around my ear catches the
echoes of voices long since hushed
in the stillness of the buried vears.
In the tide of war and time and
change, whole rank- of the true, the
beautiful md the brave have gone
down to death, and onlv a small rem
nant of us are left today to tell the
tale.
ily old comrades, God has dealt
very kindly witii you and me. Old
age has come on as softly as the
snowflakes fall on the mountain
peaks, and as gently as the shadows
of evening creep over hill and plain.
The thin gray line that survived the
march, the bivouac, and the battle,
is fast yielding to the onset of the
vears.'and we who are left are clos
ing up for the last struggle against
the last enemy. In that struggle we
shall go down, but not forever. No;
somew'here in God’s glorious domin
ions we shall pitch our tents again
with our comrades gone before, and
rejoice in a victory that shall endure
forever. For the true, the faithful,
and the brave, the battle of life must
end in a triumph compared with which
all th<> glories of earthly battle will
fade into insignificance.
It is very gratifying to me to see
so many voting people here today. I
tak^ it for granted that thev have
come to honor the memory of their
fathers and that their presence shows
that the spirit of the past is still
alive. In behalf of my comrades I
welcome them with my whole heart,
and urge them to keep alive the
spirit of their fathers, and to cherish
as a sacred trust the ideals of a glo
rious past. It is for them that I will
sneak todav and not for you. mv com
rades. There b- no necessity for. me
to speak’ to you. You know as much
about war as T can tell you. and there
is little more that lies before you an.'i
me.
I know not better how to hold up
before the young men ideals of
Southern manhood than by a con
crete example and to this end I want
to talk to you lust for a few minutes
about one of the great leaders in the
war and on-* of the loftiest tvpes of
Southern valor, and true manhood
that our State ever produced. I
mean Wade Hampton. My young
friends. God only knows how much
you ow'e today to Wade Hamnton
how dark might have been vour pros
pects in life, how narrow your snhere
cf action, how limited your opportuni
ties. how low and degraded vour^ as
sociations. if there had been no ^ ade
Hampton to answer when a down
trodden people in the throes of des
peration called for a leader.
The world now knows, or mav
know*, that there was a time wheo he
stood between your fathers and all
that brutal, conscienceless pow'er can
inflict,—power blind with fury, drunk
with excesses, chanting its infernal
orgies among the ruins of the temple
of virtue, holding a wild carnival
amid the wreck of wealth and over
the prostrate spirit of truth, decencv
and honor, and feeding and fatteriiner
like vasts flocks of black carrion
crows or hun^v myriads of muster
ing vampires upon the verv vitals and
viscera of the land.
Between your fathers and such a
hydra-headed power as this, gloating
in the wild exuberance of unrestrain
ed license, he stood—stood for five
long wearv months like a column of
granite in mid ocean with the temp
est howling around it and the heav
ing billows in all their mad fury dash
ing against it in vain.
It is impossible for me in a short
talk—and I intend this one shall be
short—to present Hampton in his three
fold sphere of citizen, soldier, and
statesman. Any one of these spheres
would furnish abundant material for
the pen of the historain^the fancy of
the romancer, or the tongue of the
orator. And on the back ground of
each, there is his sublime manhood
standing out in bold outline—one of
those grand, majestic human figures
that now and then move over the
face of this world and ennoble, dig
nify. and glorify mankind.
To mv mind Hampton.’ the dashing,
daring, yet cool and skilful cavalry
leader; Hampton, the strong, wise.
far-seeing, imperturbable patriot and
statesman, must yield precedence to
Hampton in his exalted, peerless,
uncompromising manhood; or per
haps it would be more accurate to
say it w r as because he was all man
from the crown of his head to the
sole of his feet, from the innermost
chambers of his heart out to the tips
of his fingers that he was the glorious
warrior and the peerless statesman.
He was an aristocrat by birth and
a gentleman by instinct. I use the
word aristocrat in its true and origi
nal sense and not in the perverted
sense which so often excites preju
dice and animosity. At the beginning
of the war between the States he was
perhaps the richest man in South
Carolina; but wealth and luxury, so
far from being sources of ease and en
ervation. had been made subservient
to the development of his physical
manhood. He was a daring hunter;
equal to a native forester In wood
craft: he sat a horse as if moulded
to his back, and swung a saber with
the arm of a Hercules. True as steel
to duty and honor, quick to resent an
insult and to redress a wrong, devoted
to h 4 friends and generous and for
bearing to his foes, gentle in his
manners, tender and sympathetic as
a woman in his nature, vet fearless
and daring in the presence of danger,
he was a magnificent type of a South
ern gentleman and the beau ideal of
Southern chivalry.
He was in middle life when the
tocsin of war sounded and though
he had been opposed to secession, he
was one of the first to respond. He
flung his vast fortune to the winds,
organized the Hampton legion and
led it through the thickest of the
fight at the first Manassas. From
that time on through the four bloodv
years that followed, his grand figure
became more and more prominent as
dangers thickened and the clouds of
war hung more and more darkly
over our beloved land.
The Hampton legion which he com
manded at Manassas was a body of
men made up of infantry, cavalry,
and a battery of artillery, numbering
in all not more than 12 to 1500 men.
Such an organization could not be
maintained as a separate command
in a regular army, and there was big
ger work for Hampton to do than to
command so small a body of men.
The infantry part of it was retained
as a regiment, and the artillery and
cavalry adjunts to it were assigned
to their appropriate spheres of ser
vice. while Hampton was made a
brigadier generr’ of cavalry—a posi
tion for which he was peculiarly fit
ted both by nature and training.
When old Gen. Ixmgstreet. himself
in the shadow of death, heard of his
death, he said, “Well, there’s another
one of us gone. He was naturally
the greatest cavalry leader of this
country and of the world,” and. that
must be the verdict of impartial his
tory. if such a historv shall ever be
written. He was equal to that ter
rible thunderbolt ^f the west. N. B.
Forrest, in the fierceness of his on
slaughts. while he towered far above
him in intellectual clearness and moral
grandeur. He was fond of hand-to-
hand cont°sts and in such contests
his own sword was weilded with
matchless skill and power. At Get
tysburg when he saw an opportunity
for which a contest, he handed his
great coat to his son. so that his
sword arm might be free, and com
manded him to take care of it. As
the melee opened with the roar of
pstols and the clash of steel the
Hampton spirit surging in the boyjs
iiosom became too strong for filial
lovaltv and he exclaimed in disgust.
“I didn’t come here to carry baggage,
but to fight,’ and he threw away the
coat drew his sabre, and dashed into
the fray.
That boy was afterwards killed
in a cavalry charge south of Peters
burg, and the father in hot pursuit
of the flying foe dismounted only for
a moment to place a knapsack under
his dying head, kiss his marble brow,
speak a word of love into his ears
fast becoming dull and cold, and then
to speed onward in the pursuit, leav
ing his darling bov “to breathe out
all alone the death rattle.” Ah that
is a picture of war. A private, a
subordinate officer, would have stay
ed by his dying boy. and the ipost
heartless martinet of the arm” would
not have forced him from him. but
the great soul that was guiding the
tempest must stifle the impulses of
love—even f he love of a father for
his first born.
I would like to speak at length on
Hampton’s career as a soldier, but I
must not do so at this time. I should
Mke to tell vou of the consummate
skill with which he handled the Con
federate davalry. of his sleepless
vigilance, of his thundering charges,
of his daring raids, of his hand-to-hand
encounters. Especially should I like
to tell you of how he led his daring
troopers right through the enemy’s
lines at Petersburg and drove back
before him 2.500 fat beeves to Lee’s
starving arnn—beeves that had been
fattened on the rich clover fields of
the north and sent down to feast the
army of the Potomac, and how Lee’s
army feasted on “Hampton steak” as
thev called it. for weeks and even
months. But these things are a part
of the history of the countrv. and I
must not tax your patience as I am
prone to do when speaking of the
achievements of our Southern heroes.
I will mention briefly the battle of
Trevillian Station and the revolution
in this State in 1876. I have already
alluded to the latter, but there are
other features to be emphasized. The
former of these events stamps Hamp
ton as the greatest cavalry leader of
his age; the latter reveals him as the
one man in all the world that could
and did save the State of South Caro-
ina to Christian civilization.
When Gen. Grant towards the close
of the Wilderness campaign, had be-
mn to see clearly the Impossibility
of crushing Lee’s army and it had
dawned upon Mm that nothing but
starvation would ever remove that
army from his front, he determined
to send an irresistible cavalry force to
the rear of Lee’s army. Gen. Sheridan,
a man who had won fame as a cavalry
leader in the West was the commander.
The force consisted of over 9.000
picked men superbly mounted, finlen-
didly equipped, armed with magazine
guns, sabers and pistols, with six
batteries of artillery of four guns
each—altogether apparently the most
compact and powerful body of cavalry
assembled on this continent.
As soon as Hampton’s scouts in
formed Mm of the movement and that
was almost simultaneous with its be
ginning. he communicated the fact
by signals to Gen. Lee. and’ imme
diately wrote him by courrier stating
his views as to the object of theVex-
pediton, and asking permission to fol
low it. Those views by subsegQpnt
events were amply vindicated. The
object was to seize the Virginia Cen
tral. now the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad connecting Richmond with
the valley of Virginia, from which
Lee drew large part of his supplies,
capture Charlottsville and hold it.
thus completely cutting off the main
source of supplies from Rchmond
and the array. With that road in pos
session of the Federals Lee and
Richmond would be starved out in less
than a month. Sheridan then had
orders, after seizing that railroad
and capturing Charlottsville. to form
a junction with Hunter operating
against Lynchburg, when the. com-
hined forces were to march down
James river, demolishing the James
river canal an other great channel
of supplies, do whatever other mis
chief might fall in the way and finally
strike Richmond from the west while
Grant still kept pounding from the
east and south. I mention these par-
ticula”- to show w’hat tremendous is
sues were hanging on the expedition
and how heroically those issues were
met and thwarted by the Confeder
ate cavalry.
Gen. I^ee at once gave Hampton
permission to follow Sheridan and bv
the next morning after the latter had
moved Hampton was on hi§ track
with his own and Fitzhugh Lee’s di
vision of cavalrv numbering in all
4,700 troopers armed with sabers,
pistols and breech loading carbines
that threw ounce balls. He also, had
three batteries of artillerv of four
guns each, making twelve pieces of
artillery against twenty-four.
Stuart was dead. The flower of
cavaliers had withered at Yellow
Tavern to bloom no more on the field of
strife and carnage. On the spot where
he fell there stands todav a monu
ment bearing on one face this inscrip
tion: “Fearless and faithful, pure
and powerful, tender and true. He
saved Richmond but gave his owu
life.” Hampton then was thg senior
cavalry officer of the army and as
such had entire command of the ca
valry force. One might think that
there was little inducement for this
force of 4,700 men to overtake a hos
tile force of 9.500 with twice the
number of field pieces and immensely
superior in all the equipments that
make effective soldiers. Wells, the
historian estimates the odds against
Hampton at 160 per cent, 100 per
cent in men and artillery, and 60 per
cent in other necessary equipments for
battle. But Hampton’s firm purpose
was to cross swords -with this formi
dable host before it accomplished its
mission of spoliation and destruction,
and the whole country awaited the
result with breathless anxiety. He
was one day behind Sheridan in
starting, but taking a nearer route he
reached Trevilian Station on the
Central railroad, a point about seven-
tv-five miles northwest of Richmond,
just as Sheridan's force was going in
to camp a mile or two away. I should
like f o describe in detail the battle
that followed but I must condense.
It began early the next morning
and lasted through the greater Part
of two days. It was fought exclusive
ly by cavalrv. The enemy claimed
afterwards that Hampton was surport-
,j d by infantry, but there was not an
infantry force within seventy-five
miles of either one of the combatants’
It was as if that isolated and distant
solitude bad been selected to test the
nrowess of this arm of each army.
It was skill and valor pitted against
numbers, discipline, and equipments.
It was a fair field: there were no un
expected occurrences, ne accidents,
which sometimes turn the tide con
trary to all human calculations, ex
cept two or three which were against
the Confederates, and the results de
monstrated before the whole world
that two Southern horsemen directed
by Hampton were more than a match
for five of the best soldiers under the
ablest general that the United States
could bring into the field. I have
said that the unexpected occurences
were all against the Confederates.
Hampton brought on the battle and
on the first attack Fitzhugh L^e's di
vision failed to advance as it had
been ordered to do, tnus keeping put
of the action about one-half of Hamp
ton’s whole force. *At another time
during the battle Gen. Custer passed
a large force to Hampton’s rear over
ground that Fithugh Lee was expect-
»d to guard. Hampton was astound
ed when told of what had happened,
and according to all military science
the dav was lost, and the best that
could be done was to order a retreat,
and attempt to save at least a part
of his little army. But Hampton, was
not then in a scientific frame of mind.
He had gone into win and had no
idea of retreating. Perfectly cool and
collected, he galloped from one part
of his little army to another, rapidly
formed his plans which were as
rapidly executed; and Custer was
driven pell mell from his position and
barely escaped having his whole force
captured. I do not want to reflect
on an honored and honorable name.
The truth is that Lee’s division ren
dered no important service until the
afternoon of the second day. Butler.
Rosser and Young with their gallant
brigades stood shoulder to shoulder
and Imre the brunt of fight till well
nigh Its close, but why Fitzhugh Lee’s
division stood aloof I am not able to
explain. Hampton In the generosity
of his great soul cast no reflections
on any one in his report of the bat
tle. I know this only; if we could
know of the petty jealousies that ex
isted among our general officers and
of tlie selfish bickerings in which
thev often Indulged on the eve of a
battle, there would be many a name
now high up on the roll of fame that
would sink into withering contempt.
At one time during the battlq Butler’s
men had exhausted their ammunition
and were compelled to stand under
a heavy fire without the ability to
fire back—the most trying oosition
that a soldier was ever called upon
to >ccupy. Still the brave fellows
their hearts were fast sinking with
despair. But by and by an ammuni
tion wagon came rattling down the
hand, so to speak, on Chamberlain’s
throat and the other on the Presi
dent’s shoulder, and after five months
of negotiation he prevailed on the
latter to withdraw the Federal troops.
When this was done, there was a
wild stampede among the carpet-bag
gers. scalawags, and negroes, and the
State was redeemed.
I would not if I could revive the
passions and animosites of fprtv
years ago; but I have this to say:
The treatment that South Carolina
received during what is known as the
Reconstruction period. constitutes
the darkest page in the history of
this continent, and is the one deep,
black, damning blot on the record of
the Republican party, which can ne
ver be white-washed nor erasecl and
how any white man to this day with
Southern blood in his veins and the
heart and soul of a man within him.
can affiliate with that party with .guch
a record behind it. is an ethical />r
psychological problem which no Philo
sopher can satisfactorily expldfn.
I am alxmt to close and have not
xnientlioned perhaps the grandest
period of Hampton’s life. Conditions
changed, and many who shouted
hosannas in 1876. cried “crucify him"
in 1890, fierce passions, and fciind
prejudices were aroused by men seek
ing self-aggrandizement, and Hamp
ton was jeered and hooted, and driven
stood as if fixed to the ground, though >into obscurity and poverty* by the
people of a State that he had saved
from destruction. He retired in the
spirit of Aristides to a cottage, his
burned by Sherman’s vandals, and
never a word of complaint from that
cottage reached the ears of the pub
lic. Soon, that cottage was lost by
fire, and Hampton was homeless.
When a movement was started to
build him another by subscription he
quietly but firmly answered that con
tributions for such an object could
not be accented. Then later, power
ful friends interceded and secured a
promise of the Columbia potsoffice
for him. from a Republican adminis
tration. WTien the offer was com
municated to him he replied. “Hamp
ton is not for sale."
And when the end came he died
invoking a Divine blessing on the peo
ple of the whole State. Ah, voung
men. there is manhood for you. Ah.
young women, there is an ideal en-
trutsed to your keeping for future
genrations. Shame on South Caro
lina if she ever ceases to revere his
name and to draw inspiration from
his sacrifices and glorious deeds!
line with the horses in a sweeping gal- once palatial residence having been
lop and a man in it frantically throw
ing out packages of cartridges, while
Butler’s men jumped on them Hi a
wild scramble like hungry hogs upon
ears of corn. Then in a few mo.ments
the rebel veil rent, the air and. the
carbines were ringing again, and the
Minnie balls wer> again whistling
their tunes of death. Hart's and
Chew’s batteries though outnumbered
two to one answered volley with vol
ley. and thunder with thunder with
deadly aim and terrible effect. At
last a shell from one of these bat-
teies struck a caisson in the enemy’s
line, and as the loud explosion d ol
ing death all around was heard over
the field. It was taken by Hampton’s
men as a signal, and the whole line
charged, the enemy gave way. and
Hampton and his heroes shouted
victory. Sheridan fled rapidly back
to the main army and Hampton pur
sued him vigorously and came near
cutting him off from his line of retreat:
but fortune favored the Federal com
mander. and he made good his escape.
But the whole object of the expedi
tion was foiled. Sheridan’s force was
badly beaten and demoralized, and
the superiority of the Confederate
cavalrv was forever established be
yond all question or cavil.
If Wade Hampton appeared in his
tory onlv at Trevillian. he would be
fairly entitled to Longstreet’s en
comium. of the greatest cavalry lead
er of this country or of the world;
and if he appeared only in South
Carolina in 1876, his sagacity, his
coolness, his courage, his far-reach
ing wisdom, his self-control and his
power to control others, would all
stamp him as one of the greatest men
of his age or of any other age.
I will not take up in detail the
events of ’76. There are many still
living upon whose memories those
events have been impressed in cha
racters that will never be erased.
For eight long years the true people
of South Carolina had suffered a con
dition worse than that of war. A
motley gang of negroes, scalawags, ;
and carpet-baggers were in full nos- !
session of the State government and
under the forms of law plundered and
oppressed the people to an extent
never before known even in the an
nals of despotism or barbarism. Tax
es were levied, which in many cases
amounted to confiscation, and mil
lions of dollars were stolen in de
fiance of all law.
Intelligence, virtue, patriotism, dis-|
tinguished services, were all subjects |
of ridicule to the ruling powers and ■
constituted for their possessor in-1
surmountable barriers to public favor.
Ten thousand negro militia paraded ,
over the State with Winchester rifles
in their hands and ball cartridges in
their cartridge boxes. Behind all was
the United States army, with one re
giment stationed in Columbia, and
behind that was the Republcan party
in power at Washington. I will not
multiply the heart-sickening details.
The conditions became unbearable,
and the proud Anglo Saxon spirit
rose to the measure of the desperate
emergency. Then all eyes turned to
Hampton as a leader and did not
turn in vain. He accepted the nomi
nation for Governor, and with Butler.
Gary. Simpson, and others rode all
over the State arousing the people to
a pitch of enthusiasm that swept
evervthing befpre it. The negroes
and scalawags outnumbered the Be
ats by more than thirty thousand
s. and no one ever will know
the election did go hy a fair
count. Both sides claimed it., and
the result was the anomalous speclacle
of two Governors and two Legisla
tures assembled in Columbia, eadh
claiming to be the legal government.
It was then that Hampton for five
months towered Hl-’O a pillar of cloud
between the enraged factions. Thous
ands of armed men filled the streets
of Columbia, bent on annihilating the
regiment of Federal troops and scat
tering the negro Legislature to the
winds—a step which would have
brought ruin to the whole Stale. Day
after day Hampton appeared before
the angry hosts and told them not to
strike a blow till he gave tb« word,
and his power and prestige were
such that no one dared to disobey
hint In the meantime he bad one
RAVENNA READING.
The Spartan Rangers.
The following is the roll of the
Spartan Rangers, commanded by
Capt. W. T. Wilkins 1864-’65:
Captain W. T. Wilkins.
1st Lieutenant, J. C. Bivings.
2nd Lieutenant. James H. McMillin.
3rd Lieutenant. Edward Means.
1st Sergeant. Edward Bivings.
2nd Sergeant. Chas. Petty, d.
3rd Sergeant, Edward Minus.
4th Sergeant, T. A. Irwin.
Corporal. Anderson Shamblin.
Corporal. J. F. Cleveland.
Coropral. Ike Smith.
Corporal. B. F. Cleveland.
Tom. J. Burnett.
James Bomer.
Duncan Brook, d.
William B. Cleveland, d.
J. F. Cleveland (Greenville).
Fell Cantrell.
P. Camp.
W. M. Cuningham.
Charles Drayton.
James Dobbins.
K. Davis.
John Dodd.
John Dempsey.
Edward Finch, d.
Dan Fairchilds.
John Foster.
Ixigan Gaffney.
Sam Green.
John Green.
Sim Hendricks.
Jack Henderson.
C. Holden.
L. Hunt.
Greene Humphries,
Gabe Humphries.
T. E. Johnson.
J. P. Leonard.
W, Lipscomb.
X. J. Leonard.
T. Moore.
Ellis Moore.
Miles Mason.
Dave McDowell.
James Odom.
John Odell.
Colubus Petty.
Jake Ross.
Raymond Raines.
Charles Shields.
Jef. Solesby.
Earl Smith.
H S. Smith.
J. D. Smith.
Dickson Smith.
J. D. Smith.
G. Smith, d.
Junius Thompson
Doc Turner.
Gus Wilkins.
P. D. Willis.
W. Willis, d.
E. J. Willis.
Ai Walker.
T. J. Wood.
I have placed a “d” after the name
of those who have “crossed over the
river.”
The roll is made out from memory,
assisted bv Mr. J. P. Leonard, and if
there is any omissions or inaccuracy
I win be glad for any member Qf the
company to inform me.
J. F. Cleveland.
Local Items and Personal* of Gen
eral Interest.
Ravenna. April 24.—Misses Addle’
Brown and Maggio Goforth were He
happy guests of Miss Mary Chalk
yesterday.
The following Gaffneyites vistted
here last Sunday: Misses Ednn
Brown and sister. Minnie. Lille Go-
gorth, Rassie Wadson, Messrs. Dr.
Jefferies. Dr. Gunter. C. C. Kirby,
“Bill” Johnson and Shelt Prior.
Messrs. Champ Cooper, Apple and
Jimmie Smith and John Clary of
Macedonia, visited relatives and
friends here last Sunday.
Mr. M. W. Brown, who was a busi
ness visitor to Gaffney yesterday,
went by Limestone college and re
turned with Misses Rassie Watson
and Minnie Brown, two students of
the college, who have been visiting
her for sevral days.
Messrs Charles and John Hump
hries. of Pacolet, visited their sweet
hearts here last week.
Mr. Junie Parker, of White Plains,
visited the Goucher services last
Sunday.
Mr. D. H. Mathis, our hustling
“Dink,” was a Gaffney visitor last
Friday
Mr. J. L. Spake was a Jonesville,
visitor last Friday.
Mir. and Mrs. George E. Brown and
family, of Jonesville, accompanied
by Mr. W. C. Goforth, visited relatives
here last Sunday.
Mr. Collis C. Kirby, of Gaffney, and
Miss Vennie Era Pettit, of this place,
were happilv married here this after-
j noon at 4 o’clock. Rev. A. D. David
son. of Beaver Dam. officiating. Only
a few friends of the contracting par
tes were invited. We wish them well
through life.
Mr. Ben Clary, of Union, is here to
dav attending the Kirby-Pettit wed
ding.
Mr. C. D. Burgess has been “down
on Pacolet River,” visiting his sister,
Mrs. Albert Mathis.
Mr. T. L. -Wilkins, of Pacolet. spent
a few hours here Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Bonner and fam
ily. of Pacolet, spent la^t Sunday here
with Mrs. Bonner’s parents. Mr. apd
Mrs. B. G. L. Pettit.
Miss Blanche Littlejohn, ore of our
charming young ladies, is visiting her
sister Mrs. W. F Thomas, of Spar
tanburg.
Mrs. M. W. Littlejohn and son. Lar
mar. spent lart Sunday at Gojicher
with Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Bonner and
family.
We are glad to state, after a care
ful examination, that our section will
have some fruit. It was thought first
all our fruit was killed, but are glad
it was not.
Success to The Ledger, its Editor
and readers. C.
d.
Note* from Timber Ridqe.
Timber Ridge. April 24.—The farm
ers who held back planting their cot
ton on account of the cold weather
and who intended nlanting this week
are too much elated to see th a rain
set In this week.
Our school closed last Friday. Most
all the patrons and a good manv of
the young neoolp were present. The
scholars all had to recite, and all did
remarkably well for the short prac
tice thev had reclved.
Miss Katie Tate, of near Grover,
spent a few davs here last week with
relatives and friends.
Mr. Frank Coyle spent a few days
last week with his son. W. W. Coyle.
Mr. B. F. Tate we are sorpv to re
port. is very sick at this writing.
Messrs. J. S. Carter, D. W_ W. B.
and ’ C. V. Tate all attended relieous
services at Gethsemane last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Webster, of
Gaffney, snent Sunday h f re with Mr.
and Mrs. C. V. Tate.
Mr. Edmond Pettit is quite sick at
this writing. We hope for Mm a
speedv recovery.
Miss Virginia Tate is on our slcb
list this week.
Mr. J. F. Jamieson was called to
Chester last week on account of the
death of his brother.
Mr. and Mrs. B T. Porter and
Miss Clarena spent Saturday night
In Gaffney.
*We notice In yesterday’s Ledger
that Mr. W. D. Kirbv said neaches
were not all killed. We do not know
how it is in other places, but we can
safely say thev are all killed in our
section, and we are expecting to see
them all drop off when the sap go°s
In the tree.
Misses Mayme and Kate Tate at
tended religious services at <Jethse-
man a last Sunday, also Mr. Shell Lit
tlejohn and Miss Devinnie and Mr.
Claude Tate.
Several people are complaining of
their potatoes rotting in He bed.
Bin® Eyes.
d.
—Canning tomato seed for sale at
Gaffney Drug Co.
—J. W. Abbott for th« boot Una of
organs In Charoko* county. Prloos
right torma what you ask far.
GUARANTEED STOMACH REMEDY*
You may ask why the Gaffney Drug
Co. are able to guarantee to refund
the monev unless Mi-o-na Stomach
Tablets cure when no othfl remedy
for stomach troubles Is sold in this
manner.
If the stomach is only given 4 rest
bv using a digestive, the rrniscles
soon become weal:-, and it is ncessary
to continue taking a digestive tablet
after everv meal. On the other hand,
Mi-o-na used before eating, strength
ens the stomach so that you will soon
be well enough to give up the use of
medicine.
Mi-o-na costs but 50c a box. ana
makes noeitlve and complete cures.
The best proof of its merits .is the
guarantee to refund the monev if It
does not cure that the Gaffney Drag
Co. give with every box.
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