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The: JUkhoki*. FtJRLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DeCamp. L.EK'8 1I1HTHDAY. Read the official call made in this issue to the veterans of Cherokee county to come together on Monday the 20th, inst., at Limestone College and to take a part in the celebration «f Lee’s birthday. We hope that «rery veteran in the county who can possibly get there, will attend and help to honor the memory^of the matchless leader of the Confederate armies. The veterans cannot afford, during the short time they have to live, to let the name and fame of Lee grow dim and his deeds pass into oblivion They owe it to themselves, the “lost cause,“ to the truth of history, more than all to this present generation, to be as true to his memory as they once were to him when he towered 4>efore them like a pillar of fire in de fence of a people’s God-given rights The exercises will begin at 10 o'clock a. m., in the college audito- -«ium. Let the veterans come to a man and unite with their children and grandchildren in celebrating the deeds of an age now past, but an age that will live in history and in the memories of men as long|as free dom has a friend and heroic sacrifice excites one thrill of admiration in the duman heart. Let them come and feel again the bounding spirit of youth and live over for an hour the old days of lurid glory. The spirits of their gallant corarsdes whose bodies long ago trended with the dust, will meet with them and will look propitiously and approvingly on the effort to keep green their memories and to preserve untarnished the record of deeds that filled the world with wonder. The celebration will take place un der the auspices of the Moses Wood and the-Winnie Davis Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and of the Smith Lipscomb Camp of the Sous of Veterans. Surely the veterans themselves will at least by their presence endorse and encourage the spirit of the Sons and Daughters. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Senator Tillman thinks that Presi dent Roosevelt is too rough in his manners and too head-strong in his disposition to make an agreeable and safe president. That is funny. ♦ ♦ ♦- ♦ It takes over three millions o f dol lars to run the State government of South Carolina one year. It used to taice about three hundred thousand, or about one ninth us much. But that was when the State was wealthy an l men served in public life for hon or, and not for gain. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Xicarauguan canal Dill passed the house lust Friday by a vote that was practically unanimous. There is little doubt but that the bill will be come a law and that this government will soon begin the greatest material anterprise that any nation on earth has undertaken since the dawn of "history. The building of the pyra mids of Egypt and of the great wail of China was a holiday pastime com pared with this severing of two con tinents and uniting of two oceans. When completed it will revolutionize a great portion of the commerce of the western hemisphere and exert an influence on the world's trade which cannot now be estimated. We be lieve in the Istnmiau canal. It is a big pb, but we are a big people and amply able to handle it. ♦ ♦ The dispensary has paid into the school fund $120 000. From various sources the schools get nearly a mil lion more every year. The present school system has been in operation over thirty years. For the last twelve years money has been lavished upon it by the hundred thousands. It is time for visible results. Is the stan dard of citizenship higher today than it whs ten years ago? fifteen years ago? fifty yt-ars ago? Has respt ct for law and order increased with the march of these years? Is the stan dard of morality higher than it used to be? Is patriotism more general and more conspieu us? Is the tone of society more elevated and refined? Has the reign of the demagogue weakened or declined? Purely such questions as these are worthy of seri ous consideration, and we challenge the wtiole wer them. * ♦ ♦ Once in aw-Mle still hotip frteh re minder comes to light of the deep dis grace of the days of reconstruction in South Carolina, a disgrace that atains indelibly the record of the Republican party and should brand it with eternal Infamy. Franklin J. Moses, one of the sport ng governors thrust upon the State and upheld by Federal bayonets during the days of “good stealing,” was last week ar rested in Boston and sentenced to four months imprisonment for steal ing an overcoat. He has lived the life of a tramp since he was governor ofSouth Carolina; bis pic: ure has long been in the rogue’s gallery of New York; he has been familiar with the lowest haunts of vice in the cities of the North, and has frequently been an inmate of the northern prisons Yet the only difference between Moses and some of the other gover nors of that period was that be was not quite so respectable a thief as the others were. PERSONAL PARACRAPHS. People Yoo Know »u«l People You Don’t Know. Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Gaffney returned to the city Sunday from a short bridal trip to the Exposition. Magistrate R. Lee, of White Plains, was in the city Saturday on official business. • Willie” Smith, of Algood, came to the city yesterday to sell cotton. Ira Hardin, Esq , one of Cherokee’s most prominent citizens, came over from Blacksburg yesterday and hon ored The Ledger with a visit. John Burley, of Gowdysville, paid The Ledger a visit Saturday and re newed. Wade Elmore, one of the all-the- year working farmers, came up to the city yesterday. Mariou T. Black, of Burwyn, In dian Territory, came in to see The Ledger Saturday and subscribed. Mr. Black likes his western home but still loves the laud of his birth a d its people. He left yesterday for his home aud with him weutao avalanche of good wishes for him and hie, from a people wbo know and love him. Isaac Williams, one of Cherokee’s sturdv Thickety mountaineers, paid The Ledger a pleasant visit Friday. R. A. Hawkins came in yesterday from his farm, and spent a short time in the city. \ John R. Webster, a good friend of The Ledger, of Cowpeus, was a wel come Ledger visitor Saturday. W. C.;S. Wood, of Grassy Pond, was a city visitor yesterday. Julius Hammett of Mercer, a farm er who works aud makes farming pay, called to see The Ledger Friday. Govan Black, one of Cherokee’s most thrifty farmers and all-round good men, was a Ledger visitor Sat urday. Oscar Smith, a young farmer of Baton Rouge, Chester county, was in the city the last of the week visiting his mother, Mrs. S. E. Smith, at Limestone Springs. John C. Painter, a hustling work ing farmer, came to the city Satur day afternoon. Hall Boyles, of Home, paid The Ledger a visit yesterday. W. L. Goudelock, a Gowdyville planter, and one of Cherokee’s best citizens, spent Saturday in the city. Newton Peeler, of Clarks Fork, in York county, was a Gaffney visitor Saturday. He came iu aud renewed. M. W. Brown, merchant oi Raven na, came up to the city the last of the week on business. J. E. Mosteller, of Grassy Pond, a leavel-headed farmer whom prosperity does not unduly elate nor adversity depress, was a business visitor in Gaffney Saturday. W. Sam Lipscomb, came up to the city soon Monday morning and went to Union on business. F. M. Moore, one of the leading business men of Cowpens, paid The Ledger a pleasant visit Saturday while in the city on business. Adam Goudeloca, formerly of the Union portion of Cherokee county, hut now of Texas, who has been on a visit to relatives and old friends here, left yesterday for bis western home where he goes attended by the good wishes of old friends behind him. J. E Gault, a prominent planter of Gowayville, was a business visitor in the city Saturday. C P JHuggins. E-q , of Lawn, came up to tne city yesterday on business. John O. Wilkins, of Ravenna, whs a business visitor in the city Satur day He called and renewed. N. W. Hardin, E^q., of Blacksburg, spent yesterday in the city on pro fessional business. Pryor Humphries, of Grassy Pond, was in the city Saturday. Robt J. Kirby, a successful farm er of Etta Jane, was an appreciated Ledger visitor Saturday. Robt. J. Starnes, a good working King’s Creek fanner, came in Friday, paid up and renewed. Jam-;s W. W. Pettit, a farmer who farms, was a pleasant and appreci ated Ledger visitor Saturday. R 8. Spencer, a good farmer of Lawn calb d yesterday and renewed. Thomas G Clark of Ravenna, ac companied by Ms little son Carvil, came over to the city Saturday on business. Cburies B. and John Hammett, two White Plains farmers, paid The L dger a welcome visit SMturday. James Hambright, of Cherokee Falls was an appreciated Ledger vis itor Friday. “Tosh Foster, of Gowdyville. sp n Saturday in the 11 y on husi- t ess. Calvin P. Toale, a prosperous Cher okee farmer, called to wee The Ledger yesterday. Sa-ulo Northy, was a city visitor S if urday. L B. Davis, one of the county’s efficient teachers, paid The Ledger a short visit Friday. T. F. Jamison, one of Cherokee’s most successful farmers, came to the city Saturday on business. tHE value store tv t Price $3.50 If you haven’t bought all your winter slices, If you have worn out your first buying, If you want good solid shoes, If you want your money’s worth when you buy, If it is quality you are looking for more than the little price, If you find it hard to get good shoes, If you want your slice hill to be less, If you want “meat,” style, snap, and a hundred cents value in every pair you visit our Shoe Department. Women’s heavy everyday shoos, grain and glove grain, lace and button, made of leather not paper, the $1.25 shoe for $1.00. Fine India kid shoes, lace or button, heel aud spring heel, the $1.25 kind yours for a dollar hill. Genuine kids, all the styles, all sizes, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25, $2.50. “IMPERIAL" and ULTRA SHOES. Highest grade kids, Moorish lasts, •extension and cushionett shoes, no bet ter shoes made, equal to any $4.00 or $5.0u shoes per pair. Every pair warranted. blisses and Children’^ Heavy lace and button shoes, the kind that wear, 75c, 90c and $1.00. Fine kid shoes, lace and but ton, in all sizes from the little 25c shoe up to the high grade kid goods at $2.00 per pair. Men’s £$lioes. When you buy your own shoes economy is in buying the best. Men’s heavy split, high cut shoes, all solid at $1.00. Better ones $1.10. $1.15 and $1.25. Fine stock, first quality, $1.50. Men’s satin calf shoes, cap lace, plain lace and congress, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00. The best men’s fine $2.00 slices on th<‘ market is our “Good as Gold.” Every pair fully war ranted. Men’s heavy oil grain and kangaroo shoes, solid as iron. We offer you at $2.00 men’s high grads vici. velours, box calf, wax calf and patent leathers. This line is the strong est in Cherokee County. Our $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5 00 shoes are not excelled by any goods on the market. Special prices on all winter weight goods. l 5 on 10 no THE STORE For Sale Advertisements mider this head will he Inserted for one cent a word each Inser- tlon. No ad Inserted for less than ten cents F oil SALK—A pole (leranlurns, beautiful window plants. 10, 15 and US cts. Mrs. W. K. Lip soon i b. Jan. M. F oil SALE House and lot of ^ 7-10 acres on Mill t»ap Road. Just outside Gaffney city limits, for cash or on time. Write to Mrs. S. A. Nance. Spattatiburt:. S. C., or to Stan varne Wilson her attorney, Spartanburg. S. C. lo-ls-tf For Rent. F OR RENT—One jrood storehouse ad joining Carroll & Carpenter’s Apply to L. G. Byars l2-:il-:it F OR RENT—Dwelling house now occupied by McAllis er. Jan. 1,1002. A. N. Wood. 12-10-tf gAFETY BOXES for rent. IManters Bank. Merchants and 12-10-tf Wanted. W ANTED—Will pay Highest cash price for green salt hides. 0 .’"-II Cl.AKY A. KkXDHICK. W .\ NT'FI > - lllcl.ory. Dogwood, and Per simmon Logs. Southern llardwuod Co., Charleston, S. C. March 22-1-awk. Notice. My loy. George WMtlng, 17 years old. has left home without cause. 1 forbid anyone harlioi ing or g vlng him einp'oyment. I nform- ation concerning Ins when abouts will lie ap preciated. Jamvs Whiting. 1-14-lawk-2t Gaffney. S. C. Notice to Creditors. Having made a change In our business, we arc compelled to close up our • Id books and all ncc« unts not satisfactorily settled by he inth of February w ill ls> placed in our attor ney’s hands for collection. I lil-lmo. J.C. Lii’.-comh Bro. Money Loaned. L OAN'S on Improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent. Interest. N" e- uiinisslons. F r information apply to J. C Jcffr ties. Attorney at Law. 11-22-1 vr Money to Loan at 7 par cent. On Beal Estate. J. C. OTTS, Atty. Money at 7 Per Ceet. We will loan money at 7 per cent, per an num in sums of JW. and upwards, on im proved farming lands in Clierokee County: also on Gaffney city property at s per cent. John B. Palmer .St son. Columbia. S. C.- Apply to Hall & Willis, Attys., , Gaffney, S.O. An Ordinance TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 1902-1903. Be it ordained by the Mayor ami Aldermen of the Town Council of Gaffney in Council Assembled and by authority of the same: That a tax to cover the expenses of t he said town from the first Tuesday In March 1!H)2 to the first Tuesday In March I'.Sfll, to be levied and collected In manner and form following: Sec. 1 There shall be paid on eaeli dollar of the assessed value of all real estate and personal property the sum of two mills for general purpose-; the sum of two mills for retiring Town Hall. Electric Light and Wa terworks bonds, aud the sum of four mills for the payrnant. of the interest thereon; making a total of eight mills. Ski 2. Each and every able bodied male person, between tbe ages of Is years aud fO years, except ordained ministers iu actual charge of a church, shall pay on or before tin. tirsl Tuesday In March, llsr2. the sum of two dollars for road or street exemption; and any person, liable to this tax, who shall fall to pay the same within the time specified shall be required to work on the street of said 'own six days under the direction of the street ovi rseor; and any person liable to said tax,and who tails to p<y said tax as provided herein or to perform ^snld lalior shall be subject to a tine of not less than ^ 10.- "0 oi imprisonment not exceeding twenty days. 11 iNi n.wr Thauehs a.ni> An fioNEEns. Mu'2 Mo more than £25.00, within the dis cretion of the Mayor, shall be paid per day oy every Itinerant trader or auctioneer ot tering for sale within the corporate of the town of Gaffney, atauction oro heruise, any go iIs, wares or merchandise t • others than the trade, to be paid each day In advance, and every Itinerant trader or auctioneer li able to said tax, who shall tall to pay the same as here'tt provided, •shall Is-lined not more t him fgo.on or Is- Imprisoned not i ore than thirty days for each and every day or fraction thereof he shall so offend; Provided, that this section shall not be held to apply to dealers In grain, fruits, potatoes, pouitty, earthenware, or manufacturers of like char acter raised and produced on the vender’s own farm. Si'Et'i a i, Taxes. Ski:. 4. No person, Urm or corporation shall be engaged In. prosecute or carry on any business or profession hereinafter mentioned without having first paid a special license tax therefor, as follows, to-wit: Agents for and dealers in fertilisers for sale 100 tons or less Agents for or dealers in fertilisers, from 100 to 200 tons Agents for or dealers In fertilisers, for each additional 100 tons or fraction thereof over 2000 tuns Agents, resident or Itinerant, solic iting mill operatives to leave em ployers and go elsewhere Agents selling or dealing In patent rights, whether in store or un the streets Agents or dealers In iron safes Agents or dealers in sewing ma chines Architect, surveyor, civil engineer. or either Auctioneer Auctioneer, replenishing stock from time to time as tbe same becomes diminished Baker ...* Balls, public, when admission Is charged, per night ’ Banks, private Banks, National, jl.50 for each $1000 capital stock Barber, 1 chair Barber, second chair Barber, for each additional chair over two Bicycles, dealers in or agents for the sale of Bicycles, persons running establish ments for hiring or renting Bill posters, local or itinerant Blacksmith, for one forge Blacksmith, for each additional force over one U Boarding house, transient Boarding house, private, except lor students or factory operatives exc usively Book agent, per day, fi.OO; per week, 5 'XI; per year Boot or shoe shop, making or re pair ing — Brick manufacturer Broker, dealing in bonds and stocks alone Broker, dealer in cattle, horses, or other live stock, not paying a license for sale stables or stock yard, per day. $2" 00; per year Broker, mercliundbe Broker, pawn Billiard.| .r bagatelle table, for one table For each additional table Building and loan associations or agents for same Butcher, dealer in meats, fresh or salt, less than 20 nays Boot bla k Chiropodist, per day Circus or menagerie, per day in ad vance, 50 no. to 15o 00 in the dis cretion of the Mayor Circus, side show, per day, in ad vance.' Circus, street parade, in advance, not more than fifty dollars in the discretion of the Mayor Any person or persons who shall ex hibit or assist in exhibiting any circus or menagerie iu said town wii bout Laving first paid the 11- llcense tax therefor shall each be liable to a fine of $lii0 iK> or im prisonment nut,more than thirty days, for each day or fraction thereof such show or exhibition continues. Coal dealer Coal and wood dealer Commission merchant— Contractors for contracts less than $500.00 Contracturs, for over $500 and less then *25oo 00 Contractor, for over ?25(X) oo Cotton seen oil mill, tl 'X) for each $1000 oo capital stuck Carpet factory. 1 00 for each looo 00 capital stock — Conveyancer, drawing deeds, mort gages* liens, contracts and other legiil instruments of writing . Cotton factory, 1 00 fur each 1000 00 capital stock Cotton gin and press Dogs, to be paid for by the person or persons on whose place the dog is kept . The police of the town of Gaffney are hereby authorized and empower ed to seize and confine every dog running at large and not having on the town badge for current year; and for every dog so tak en up by the police l 00 addition al shall be paid Dealer in building supplies Dealer in wagons, other vehicles,ex cept manufacturers Dentist Dyers Exchange, bucket shop, fir™ or indi vidual. carrying on the business of dealing in options or futures in cotton, grain, provisions or oth er supplies, nr margins or oili er wise. .. Exhibitions outside of Opera House, per day. not exceeding Express company, for business done within the State, and not includ ing that dune without the State, and not government business Fairs, concerts or festivals (except for religious or benevolent pur- ’ poses) per dav . Fresh (isb and oysters, or either, rtot sold in connection with market by regular licensed market men Fruit trees, agents for, per day, — per week Gun and lock smith, repair shop... Gas fitters or plumbers, whether by day or contract Harm ss shop, for repaironly Horses, persons selling at auction exclusively, per day . Hotel lee cream saloon or peddler Ice dealer, retail Insurance company Mie. life, acci dent, health or live stock, and each Insurance company of any kind or any company or corpora tion or society having Insurance features other than charitable, and every agent or agency for any such lndlvidua>s buying from merchants aud scBlng to the trade on time Kerosene oil company, or agent or agency for same 5 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 25 00 10 (X) 30 00 00 5 50 5 00 2 50 1 00 10 00 5 00 10 oo 5 00 1 00 10 00 5 00 26 00 5 00 15 00 25 00 25 00 10 (X) 5o to 25 On 15 00 15 00 20 Oil 1 00 1 00 15 00 10 00 15 00 10 00 10 00 20 00 50 0O 10 00 30 00 2 00 10 00 10 (X) 10 00 5 00 3.) 25 UOo 00 10 OO :t5 00 5 00 5 00 i M 5 IK I 1 00 25 no 1 Uu on INI 50 (X) 10 an 10 IX) Land company, selling Its own land exclusively 25 00 Laundry, steam 10 00 Laundry, agent for 15 00 Lawyer 10 00 Lawyer, also lending money for self or others In addition 20 00 Loans, savings or Investment com pany, loaning money on real es tate or otherwise, and similar companies 25 00 Lunch dealer. 2 00 Line works .75 00 Machine shopand found rys or either 35 00 Marble yard, or ugeuc» for same. .. 10 00 Merchants shall pay license accord ing to the following gross sales: g Under (1,000 5 oo Over (l.iXX) to (2,500 10 00 Over SJ.500 to $5.ixx) 15 OO Over (5.ikx) to 110,000 30 OO r or each (1,000 over and above $10,000 5 00 Mill, grist or flour, each 5 00 Mill, saw 5 00 Money lender, other than bank or lawyer 30 00 Newspaper, less frequent than daily 10 00 Oculist or optician, Itinerant per day 5 00 Opera house, per year 10 OO Painting, contractor for 15 OO u alnter, not working for licensed contractor for painting 5 00 Paper hanger or upho.sterer .... 5 00 Photographer, local (10.00 Itinerant per week or fraction thereof 5 OO Physician 10 00 Physician, itinerant 10 Of * Pianos,organs and other musical in- A struments. or either of them .JM' dealer in 25 00 Same, itinerant 25 00 Pianos and organs, tuner and re pairer. or either, itinerant 15 OO Planing mill or machine 10 00 Printing office. Job alone 5 OO Railroad, for business done within the State and not including that done without the State, or Inter state commerce, and not includ ing that done for the govern ment.;, 125 00 Real estate agent 10 00 • Restaurant — 10 00 Stove repairer 5 00 Sewing machine repairer 5 00 Stoves, itinerant, dealer iu 5 00 Street drummer 25 OO Street wagon or dray, two horse 10 00 Street wagon or dray, one horse 5 OO Shooting gallery per day Sl.iXl. per year 25 OO Skating rink 10 OO Soda fountain connected with other business or alone 5 00 Stables keeping vehicles and horses for hire only, under one roof 15 00 Stables, feed and sale, under one roof 25 00 Stables, keeping horses for hire, feed and sale 40 00 Stables, where more than one is kept, license tax is to be for each according to three preceding items Tenpin alley 25 00 No person shall let or hire any wag on or dray or other carriage or \ vehicle for transporting passengers or goods within the limits of this town without first having obtained a badge from theTown Clerk.or Treasurerpay ing therefor fifty cents under a penalty of duo tor each and every day that such vehicle shall be run, or five uays imprisonment for each day so run Street railway or dummy line 35 OO Tailor, merchant or manufacturer.. 10 00 Tailor, not merchant engaged In making or repairing 5 00 Telegraph company or agency for business done within tiie State and not Including business done without the State or for the gov ernment 55 00 Tin or tinker shop ! .. 5 00 Telephone exchange 25 0O w ^ Tannery 2 30 Veterinary surgeon 5 00 Watch maker and jeweler for repair ing and selling, or either 10 00 Warehouse, storage 10 00 Wood yard or dealer 10 00 1 All license issued by the Clerk, as herein^af provided, If to a firm, shall contain tbe name uf the firm proposing to do business Under same and also all the names of the Individu als composing such firm. If to a corporation it shall contain the name of the corporation and the names of the officers of same. Any person or pci sons carrying on business or occupation or ruuu ng any establishment or business named In this or preceedlng sec tions, w lihout huving'first taken out a license therefor, as herein provided, shall be fined except In cases where special penalties are Imposed, the sum of not more than 25 00 per day, or fraction thereof, or tx; imprisoned In the town prison or county jail, or lie sentenc ed to hard lalior on the streets or other puh* lie works of the town for a period of not more than five days for each and every day orfrac- tlon thereof such business, occupation or profession Is carried on without such li cense. Except where otherwise specified in the, foregoing, no license shall lie Issued for a] less period than one year from the date thereof. For any business, calling, occupation or profession not enumerated in the foregoing a license tax of not more than 25 (X) shall bo paid to the Clerk by person, firm or corpora tion engaging in or running same. Skc. 5. The town Council hereby reserves to itself the right to revoke any license for any cause which may seem to It just. Sec. li. The t ix on real and personal prop erty provided for lit this ordinance shall be paid on or befor$ the first Tuesday In March 11x12, and any person liable for the same who shall fall to pay the on cr before s^d date shall be liable to a penalty of 20 per cent of such tux, and the tax and the penalty with the costs shall be collected by execution or otherwise. Any person, firm or officer of any occupa tion. making any false or fraudulent returns where a return under oath is by this ordin ance requires shall upon conviction lx: fined not les- than 25 00 nor more than .V* 00 or ne imprisoned not more than thirty days, nor less than twenty days, at the discretion of th< Mayor. Sec.'.7. A nyjperson, firm or corporation, liable to the license tax herein before set f ’rUi whoso said tax is regulated the amount of business done, or the amount of stock carj^d, is re quired to make a rctern under oath to the Clerk of the Town Council on or before first Tuesday lu March. IWCl. and on failure so to do, stu b person, or the officer or agent of such firm or corporation shall lx 1 liable to a Mm of not exceeding$l"0 or imprisonment not exceeding thlrt y days, for each and every d .ym fraction tln-reof.su h person officer or agent afoi* said shall la- in defaultof mak ing such returns. >ee. s. All licenses issued under the ffore- going sections are non transferable and wfll only protect those to whom they are Issued. Don and ratified la t >wn Council assem- b'ed U is the :trd duj ol Janurtiy, l xvj. W. li. Ross. j N. h. Lutlkjohs. Town Clerk. Mayor.