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/ Received HORSESHOE ROBINSON A TALE OF THE TORY ASCENDENCY BY JOHN P. KENNEDY Do you get that in your drug p u r - chases? In the retail bus iness the manage ment wants to give each customer Value ‘ for his money. We don’t do business any other way. Good, honest goods for Hard Earned Money T h a t’e our way, We appreciate YOUR business. CHAPTER XXX. All distant and faint were the sounds of the battle; With the breezes they rise, with the breezes they fail. Till the shout and the groan anl the conflict’s dread rattle, And the chase’s wild clamor come loading the gale. —The h|aid of Toro. In the confusion that ensued upon the defeat of Innis, James Curry suc ceeded in conducting Butler from the field. His orders were to retreat with the prisoner to Blackstock’s: and he had accordingly set out with about a dozen troopers, by a private path that led towards a quarter secure from the molestation of the enemy, when the attack vX>mmenced. Butler was mounted behind on e of the men, and In this uneasy condition was borne 8 along the circuitous by-way that had bee n chosen, without a moment’s re spite from the severe motion of the horse, nearly at high speed, until, having accomplished three miles of the retreat, the party arrived at the main road that extended between In- nis’s camp and Blackstock’s. Here Curry, conceiving himself to be out of danger of pursuit, halted his man, with a purpose to remain until he could learn something of thq/6ombat. Butler was i n a state of the most ex- British posts. Videttes bore the tid ings of the different military opera tions from the neighborhood of the enemy. The fragments of companies were marshalled Into squads and sub divisions: and, successively, one party after another was seen to leave the hamlet, and take a direction of march that led towards the main British army, or to the garrisons of the lower districts. Towards the close of the day one detachment only was left; and But ler was given to understand that this was intrusted with his especial keep ing. It was composed of a few regu lar soldiers of the garrison of Ninety- Six and a small number of the coun try' militia,—making, in all. about twenty men. commanded by Lieuten ant Macdonald, of the regular army Butler remained in his present state of seclusion four or five days, during which he experienced much mitigation of the rigors of his captiv ity. Macdonald was a careful and considerate soldier, and demeaned himself towards his prisoner with kindness as the nature of his trust allowed. He removed him into a comfortable apartment in th e dwel ling-house, and supplied him with the conveniences his situation required; he even made him occasional visits, which were attended with more than the mere observances of courtesy and leading to the habitation, and a ser geant had the especial care of the prisoner, who. under this supervision, was occasionally allowed to the range of the garden. The usual xorms-vta camp police were observed with scru pulous exactness;—and the mormng and the nightly drum, the parade, the changing of sentries, the ringing of ramrods in the empty barrels of the muskets, and the glitter of weapons, were strangely and curiously asso ciated with the rural and unwarlike features of the scenery around. (CONTINUED NEXT FRIDAY.) OIL KING A JOLLY HOST. n re citing bewilderment as to the cause respect, and expressed a sympathy In of this sudden change in his affairs, j his sufferings. No explanation was given to him by j These unexpected tones of com- hls conductors; and althougfi. from from a quarter in which Butler rt the first, he was aware that an extra- had hitherto heard nothing but fierce ^ ordinary emergency had arisen from hatred and harsh rebuke, fell grate- some assault upon Innis’s position, no fully upon his ear, anq guvo a bright- one dropped a word in his hearing to e r color to his hopes for the future, give him the slightest clue to the But he could n ot help observing, that nature of the attack. The troopers no hint was dropped by Macdonald about, him preserved a morose and which might furnish him the slightest J ill-natured silence, and even manifest- ground of surmise as to the vicissi- : ed towards him a harsh-and resentful tudes that yet awaited him. The re- 1 demeanor. He heard the firing, but ported fall of Innis seemed to afford | what troops were engaged, hv whom a natural foundation f° r the belief, ! 1< 1. or with what chances of success, J that the malice of his enemies might : were subjects of the most painfully hereafter be less active,—as he at- ; intorostlnsr doubt. He could only con- ■ tributed much of the persecution he I lecture that this was a surprise ae- had suffered to the secret machina- complishod hv the Whigs, and that tions 0 f that individual. He no longer W the assailants must have come in sufficient force to justify the boldness of the enterprise. That. Horse Sim saw around his person those agents who first pursued him with such bit ter hostility. He seemed to have fall- wag connected with this irruption he en into entirely new combinations, CHEROKEE | DRUG COMPANY S Notice lo the Public! ifelt fully assured: and from this cir cumstance he gathered *he consola- torv and cheerful prognostic of a bet ter issue out of his afflictions than, in his lat ft condition, seemed even re- , motel-,- possible. This hope grew i I brighter as the din of batttle brought the tidings of he day to his ear. The first few scattered shots that told of the confusion in which the combat was begun, were, after an interval, succeeded by regular volleys of mus ketry that indicated an orderly and ; marshalled resistance, platoon after ! platoon fired in succession—signify- | ing to the practised hearing of the i soldier, that infantry was receiving the attacks of cavalry, and that as yet the first had not faltered. Then the firing grew more slack, and ran- On and after September 1st, shots were discharged from _^ _ .. ... ,, . -various quarters—but amidst these 190/, I Will sell no more bread were heard no embodied volleys. It or bread tickets on credit. My reasons for establishing a cash was the casual and nearly overpower ed. resistance of flying men. At this juncture there was a dark , . ^ . - frown on the brow of Curry, as he basis are too numerous to men-; loo1xed at his comrades, and said, in tion. however, will mention aj* * n d muttered tone, ‘That nel- telr-skelter shot, grates cursedly on few ; | the ear. There’s ill-luck in the sounu First. The material from 1 "Vresentlv a tew straggler* naix-ared which bread is made is bought at a turn of the road, some quarter . . of a mile in the direction of the bat- stnctly for cash, aud must be tie. urging their horses forward at ttnlrl oeenrrlinffiv i the t0p of thelr spee ^- These were sold accordingly. followed by groups both of Infantry Second. Bread is sold for | an * cavalry, pressing onwards in the utmost disorder—those on horseback too small a margin to pay for thrusting their way through the ..1 u throne. c f fobt-soldiers, seemingly re- carrying an entry through the j Kardless of llfe or i imb . the w ; iinde d number of books it must go | with their wounds bleeding afresh, or hastily bandaged with such appliances 'as were at hand. All hurried along and who ers of tickets frequently receive i were endeavoring to resume their , , f 1 J • -xi x commands. It was the flight of men bread from the driver without beset by a panic, ana teanui of „ui giving him a ticket, as they are suit ' and tlie clouds of dust raised by when charged. lust hut nnt leant n) , r pW_ i amidst the oathers, remonstrances, j Last, out not least, purenas- unbeeded orders of tbe offlcers T and had reason to augur, from all he saw. that their purposes against him were less wicked. And first, above all other topics of consolation and comfort, was the conviction that a brave and efficient party of friends were in the field, intent upon his liberation. Still, his situation was one in which it required all his man hood to sustain himself. A young soldier of an ardent temper, and zealously bent upon active and peri lous service, can ill brook th R tedious, dull delays of captivity, even in its mildest form; but if this thraldom befall in a period of universal agita tion, when “great events are on the gale,” of which the captive is only a witness to the pervading interest they excite, without being permitted to know their import; if moreover, as in the case of Butler, an impenetrable veil of mystery hang ovei the pur pose of his captivity, behind which the few short glimpses afforded him, open upon his view nothing hut death in its most frightful forms; and if to these are added, by far the bitterest of its qualities, .the anxieties, cares, and pains of a devoted, plighted lover, separated from the heart that loves him. we may well conjecure that the most gallant spirit may find in it, even amidst occassional gleams of sunshine, that sinking of hope which the philosophic king of Israel has de scribed as making “the heart sick,”— that chafing of the soul that, like the encaged eaglet, wearies and tears its wing against the bars of its prison. Even so fared it with Arthur Butler, who now found himself growing more and more into the shadow of a melan choly temper. It was soon ascertained that. Wil liams ha d abandoned the field he had won, and had retreated beyond the reach of immediate pursuit. Aand as the post at Musgrove’s mill cTorded many advantages, in reference to the means of communicating with the garrisons of the middle section of the province, and was more secure against the hazard of molestation from such parties of Whigs as might still he out-lying, an order was sent to Macdonald to remove with his nrison- Spry as a Boy and In For Fun, Says Fellow Quoit Player. ) "How does it seem to play with the richest man in the world?” The ques tion was asked of Charles H. Glasgow, a mail clerk who recently returned to Bellefoutaine, O., from a visit to John D. Rockefeller at Cleveland, says a Bellefontaine special to the New York World. ‘T never had a better time in my life.” said Glasgow. “Never for a minute did the thought that I was in the company of an oil king or a man of millions enter my brain. Mr. Rockefeller made me feel as a wel come guest and one whom he de lighted to honor. We played at quoits most of the time I was at Forest Hill, and Mr. Rockefeller enjoyed the fun immensely. One of his favorite ex pressions is ‘By George!’ and when he made a good play at quoits he’d say, ‘By George, wasn’t that a dinger? just as you and I would say. “He is always anxious that his guests shall have a good time and re- fuses to lot them stand on any cere- j mony. | “Mr. Rockefeller is a student of the Scrlptiitvs and can quote ns readily as the iioxt one. Itihlica! quotations are often used by liim to illustrate some point in liis conversation. “During m.\ visit with Mr. Rockefel ler 1 never heard a criticism of Presi dent Roosevelt <>r auv one else pass his lips. He seemed like a big, good Matured boy, always ready to enter heart and soul into the games which interested him. Matters of business or current events seemed to he the last thing in his mind. “Despite his age he Is as spry ns a young man of thirty and can in the excitement of the game run and Jump | around with almost any of his com- 1 pany. He likes to play checkers, too, j and is an authority on the game. “Mr. Rockefeller is a great reader of j books, aud the English novelists, like j Diekens and Scott, appeal to him. He j has said that he envied Dickens his i knowledge of human nature and j Scott's power of description. “Rockefeller may l>e the richest man I in the world and nil that, hut you ! never think of it once you are ids - guest, and lie would seem to you. as he ^ did to me. just a hospitable, kindly natured old boy in for all the fun | that’s going.” __ THE PEOPLE’S B. & L. ASSN. Was organized with two main objects in view: 1st. To furnish a convenient, safe and profitable method of saving for all classes of people. 2nd. To f imish persons who wish to borrow money on real estate security, the means of doing so at a reasonable rate of interest. It is an association composed of savers and borrowers and is strictly co-operative. The invested dollar is a working partner—never sleeping. R. M. WILKINS, President. R. S. LIPSCOMB, Sec. and Treas. Office in Merchants and Planters Bank Building, Gaffney, S. C. A FREE TRIPS TO [ JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION j We will give away, free, a return ticket to Jamestown Exposition. Every purchaser of a Buggy during the next thirty days will he given a coupon, a duplicate of which will be kept on file at our office, and when twenty (20) Buggies have been sold, these coupons will be placed in a hat and drawn out by a disinterested child. The holder of the “lucky number” will get^Uhe FREE TRIP TO JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. We Make and Guarantee Our Harness. S SMITH HARDWARE GO. I BIG WOLF HUNT. the press and hurry of this career al- not convenient, and when bills most obscured the setting sun. „ . , j During the first moments of uncer- are presented they are under j tainty. Curry, no less anxiously than the impression that tickets have Butler remained stationary by the . . roadside, reading the distinct signs ■ er to the habitation of the niiller, and been given in exchange and of the progress of the fight; but now.'there to detain him until son: * final | imnlpnaunt feelintrs are emifted when the disastrous issue was u o j step should be taken in his cue. unpleasant ieeiin 0 8 a t ‘ ust - ‘ longer doubtful, he commanded his j In pursuance of this requisition.! when such bills are presented pava i ca de to move forward, and from Butl.r was conducted, after tin- in- , , , i 11 ! that moment prosecuted his journey terval of the few days we have mon- tO both purchaser and collector, j with unabated speed until he arrived I trust you will thoroughly at understand my position want tickets or bread, and shall continue to strive to de serve your patronage. Respectfully, J F. Finckkn. DR. J. F. QARRKTT. DCNTirr. Moved t* new •vtr Fr*dtrlc.» Front of tho tottory. ’Phon# la Offioo and Rooldonoe. DR. W. K. GUNTER, ip e rv r i« x office in Star Theatre Building Phone No. 20. Crown and bridge wotk a epoekalty tioned. to Allen Musgrove’s. The old man received his guest with that sub- .Butler was unceremoniously march-1 mission to the domination of the mili- and ed to his former place of confinement ! tary masters of the province, which in the barn, where a rigorous guard : he had prescribed to himself through out the contest,—secretly rejoicing that the selection made of his house for this purpose, might put it in his power to alleviate the sufferings of a soldier, towards whose cause he felt prisoner I a decided though unavo ved attach- realize it is to the best interest was over b j S person. In the con- of both purchasers aud myself fu *i 0n an d insubordination that pre- . . vailed amonst the crowd, that, during .that 1 establish a cash basis, i ; the night, was continually increasing and always send cash when you 1!ttle hamIet - the common rites humanity towards the Sutawrib* for.Ttw I were forgotten, anq he was left to fiass the weary hours till morning, on a shook of hav. without food or other refreshment than a simple draught! of water. From the unreserved mur murs of those who frequented the place, and the querulous upbraldlugs of the soldiery against each other, Butler was enabled to glean the prin cipal incidents of the day. The sup- iposed death of Innis reached him through this channel, and, what was ! scarcely a subject of less personal in terest to him. the certain end of 1 Hugh Habershaw. It was with a silent satisfaction at the moral or poetical justice—as it has i>ee« call- 1 ed—of the event, that he heard the comrades of the late seii-eonceltefl captain describe his death in terms of course and unpitying rihadldry—a •retribution duo to the memory of a • cruel and cowardly braggart. ■Wfhen the morning was fully abroad, the disarranged and broken remnants of the Tory camp began gradually to he reduced to a state of discipline. The day was spent in this occupation. Orders were every mo ment arriving from the higher offlcers r. f 1 a vmt. I of the late camp, or from the nearest ment. This selection furnished evi dence to the miller, that nothing had transpired to arouse the distrust of the British authorities in the loyalty of anv part of his family,—t nd to But ler. it inferred the consolatory fact, that t\ zealous demotion of Mary Mu)»grove to his service uaj as yet passed without notice; whilst to the maiden herself, it was proof that her agency in the delivery of the letter, which she had so adroitly nut within the reach of the offlcers of the court, had not even excited a suspicion against her. The best room in the house was alloted to the prisoner; and the most sedulous attention on the part of the family, s 0 far as it could be adminis tered without inducing mistrust, was employed in supplying him with what ever was needful to his condition. On the part of the commanding officer, tire usual precautions known to mili tary experience for the gafe keeping of a prisoner were adopted. The pri vates of the guard occupied the barn, whilst Macdonald and one or two sub ordinate officers took up their quar ters in the dwelling-house: sentinels were posted at the several avenues Arkansas and Indian Territory Hounds to Contest This Fall. What promises to Ik* the last great wolf haul in the Indian Territory will lie held at Collinsville. I. T., the last week in October or the lirst days of November, says the Kansas City Slur. The hunt will be for championship honors between Arkansas aivl Indian Territory hounds and will be the best two out of three chases, with twenty- live dogs on each side. The details are now lieing arranged between Roliert Galbreath. the millionaire Glenn pool oil operator, representing Indian Ter ritory sportsmen, and “Coin" Harvey of Monte Ne, representing Arkansas dog owners. When asked how the contest would be arranged and what prizes would be offered Mr. Galbreath replied: “Our bounds arc. in my judgment, superior to the foxhounds of Arkan sas when it conies to running and lighting wolves. Furthermore, our dogs are accustomed to prairie clausing, while those of Arkansas run in the bids ami rocks and will probably he min!de to cope with our fleet footed racers. "The only prize offered is a silver cup by Dr. W. E. Smith of the Collins ville Commercial club, valued at $100. 'I bis cup will l»e sufficient inducement, as it will represent championship hon ors and will lie hotly contested for. There will probably Ik* fifty good dogs on either side, hut only twenty-five will participate in any one race. The judge will Ik* selected on the day we meet, which has not yet been definitely agreed upon, but will likely be Oct. 28. “We will chase across several large pastures around Collinsville, which will furnish great sport not only to dog fanciers, but v* si tore as well. I pre sume this will he the last wolf hunt to Ik* held In what is now the Indian country, but in western Oklahoma and Texas we hope to have other big hunts. Farmers are fast settling up the big pastures, and the large black wolves are leaving the country.” The Only Semi-Weekly Newspaper in South Carolina At $1.00 READ THE LEDGER FOR ALL THE LATEST COUNTY STATE AND FOREIGN NEWS What Our Reporter Saw in New York. A recent visit to one of the largest paint factories In the Wbrld. discloe- ed martillery that was producing 10,000 talllna of Paint and doing it better and in less time than 100 gal lons could be made by hand mixing. This was the celebrated L. ft M. Paint The L. ft M. Zinc hardens L. ft 1C. White Lead and makes L. ft. If. Paint wear like iron for 10 to IS years. 4 gallons L. ft M. mixed with S gal lons Linseed Oil makes 7 gallons of paint at a cost of lees than $1.10 per gallon. It any defect exists in L. ft M. Paint, will repaint house for nothing. Donations of L. ft ML mads to churches. Sold by Smith Hardware Company, Qaffney. 8. G. THE LEDGER. Isj.The Best Advertising Medium Upper South Carolina In Subscribe for The r. 11 ■ year It enjoys the LARGEST CIRCULATION in the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina and has A LARGER CIRCULATION In Cherokee County Than Any Other Paper Its subscription list is a bona fide one, each subscriber being paid in advance. The cir culation is in no sense padded aud names are lifted from the list whenever time paid for expires, thus saving the annoyance incident to dunning the people for back subscription. In other words, it reaches the people who have money to buy what they want. Hie Wine Advertiser Will Take The Hint! S' gsSL