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/ v?r v ' m . by \ T['11IC JvKlIO PDBLI8HED TUESDAY AND FRII RY Ed. H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsebl lb« views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not cc bate regular news letters must I Bish their name, not for publicaj but for identification. Obituaries will be pubinlised a{ •ents a line. Cards of thanks wil> be pij| Bt one cent a word. Seading notices will be pd It ten aents a line each Insert! Write short letters and to thl lo insure publication; also en! (o get them to the office by and Thursday mornings. AH correspondence should dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Man* SOME DON’TH. D in’t make it a habit to borrl your neighbor’s paper. The paper too cheap to do that. ^ 1.. i • * Don’t make it a habit to lend youi paper. You might want it some time when it’s away from home. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Don’t ask us to credit you. We don’t want to hurt your feelings by refusing. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Don’t be a clam, but take your county paper like a good, industrious citizt-n uti'i keep posted on the hap- penings of your section MK. BUTLER’S ACTION. In our news columns we present the proceedings of the House last Mondar on the merger bill, as re ported by the Columbia State of Tuesday. I r will be seen that Hon, T. B. BurJer had the courage and manhood to defend the interests of Cherokee county when it came t pinch, and. although great hjd been brought to bta^ came necessary for a Gai ney c wait u [Tuesday week. Make your bets be fore hand and do not nurse your dis appointment aftsr it’s over. JThe race las so far developed little xcitemeut. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ [The snow continues with us and I© weather is about as bad as it gen- tlly gets to be in this section. There doubtless many poor people who assistance and those who are would display the true Christian ^Trit to seek out the poor and render them timely aid. There is nothing nobler, grander or more sublime than a good deed done from the fullness of the heart, and now Is the opportunity, ^o something, do some noble deed; not sit and dream of such things, It act, and act at once. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ he announcement in last Tues- s Ledger of the plans of the Gaff Mapufacturiug company was news indeed. Gaffney owes success and prosperity ny. Starting eight or small mill, it has had w^h and is today re- the fort most inarm s in the South. This be welcomed and associates are to encouraged. L kant depa uew Mr Whea 1 be congrat must be ad is capable of terprise is of any community extend to Mr W LOWER CHE1 I no Snow f*n<l Bad I' n«.y Mall* to (OoiTf ppontJ*nc Etta Jane. F. and Friday night all that we m this coi the man who such an en- le value to icy should id baud. LOCALS. » atlit-r l'aiiH>' tin-- B« Irrt-Kular, of The Ledger.) 16 —Last Friday ■e had the heaviest can remembir ever ntry. It averaged c?p and reminded us of BTnia snows during the early its bers ut telegr is to his ^ want Tb enced i it is t 7lon d. it ot found bment. have not experi* ealize how pleasant rni-hed with free trans- u\rt an immense railroad rm and to te in pos t on to ^on the train at will and go where 5e desires. It is a great temptation Lnd the man who enjoys such privi leges is more than apt to have & lean ing toward the source of such privi- le'ges when it lies within his power to do them a lavor. Yet Mr. Butler, with a railroad pass in his pocket, and enjoying the distinction of being an attorney for the Southern Rail way company, had the courage to op pose the plans of that company when he believed those plane were detri mental to the* interests of the people he represented. Under any circum stances be is to be applauded and commended for his display of cour age, and the only thing to be regret ted is that he did not go right ahead and do what he did without the delegation waiting upon him. Nevertheless, he showed, when it became necessary, that he was the servant of his people and not their boss, and for this he is to be com mended \ . \ OIK HEAVY DOCKET. The March term of court opens a week from next Monday morning Ir is a deplorable fact that the crirmnai docket for this term is larger than ar any term of court in the history of the county. This immense docket is due largely to the disgusting practice of allowing cases to be continued for the most trivia! cause. There are men in j-til and out on bond who should have been set free, sent to the ipenitentiary or hanged months ago. It is an outrage agaiost decency to carry over from one couit to another crimioal ca|es and thus pile up court costs upon the taxpayer. Let us hope that the court will do its duty this term. You can’t llaine the attorney for doing his duty toward bis client and continuing his case until the circum- atances of the crime are forgotten and public sentiment against the criminal has in a measure subsided. That’s the lawyer’s business and he would be recreant to his trust if he failed to do all in his power to save hie man. But you can blame the judge who hsa not the backbone and ent-.nhood to say, “Go on with the cas".” Every time a criminal case is con tinued it means that much more ex pense to the county, and while we do not believe that a man should be pushed to trial with undue haste, we do oot believe that his esse should be delayed for his benefit at the cost of justice and at the expense of the tax- P“yer. *D*boi NOTES AMI >MMEMTH. Our mail from G iff iey has missed two trips and the patrons are getting imoa f iei)t aoout thnir mail from tha quarter. The mail from Hickors G-o>e came on time 8a,tuiuuy, and Mooday it came from Union .Mrs John A M Estes is quite sick She has lagrippe. Miss Annie Miller suspended hei school yesterday on account of tlu snow. The neighbor boys who went to the Charleston Exposition last week, re turned Saturday night with fulsom praises of the extnhi s. They sa all their limited time would admit ot and came through all right. Sou)' of them contributed small sums foi the supoort of the wheel of fortune The lesson, however, is well wortl the money and honors and p otits ar. about equal in that score. Farmers can do nothing excep make fires and sit by them now. Several of our local weather propb ets claim the honor of foretelling thi late snow s r orm Those who ere a! ways guessing hit it sometimes. In consequence of our getting n< mail from Gaffney last Saturday th. last issue of The Ledger has failed ti come to baud—much to the disap pointment of its readers The young people had a fine tiun snow-bailing yesterday. Messrs. A 6. and W D Doug'a^ have given consent for the county commissioners to change the puoiii road over their land, so as to avok the steen hill tv 0*en’s ford bridtrt and put the road on better ground They make no cnarge for the change There will be preaching service a 1 Mesopotamia n-x Sabbath morfiin- at 11 o’clock by Kev. S. T. Oreecn. pastor Toe birds are having a hard tim this cold spell. Those who wan them to do good service ruxr summer where the ins-ers are destroying th gardens arid field crops, ought to fet( and take care of them now. A young man, who is a close ob server reminds us that over 9(J p»- cent of the cancers attack the lef> side of the patient. Perhaps som -ciertific men can teli the reason Our 'ntoruiant says he can t tell why it is. Mrs. J. F Wrig t is spending i days, with h^r daughter, Mrs. Joh: Ponder, of Patterson Springs. N. 0 J. L s Local Coitou Market. The following prices prevail on tbt Gaffney market t* day : Good Middling 8 15 Middling 8 00 The more a woman loves a man th* more sne pities other people tor Ihck ingthe difcriminution to appreciau good qualities hs she does. $ioo Reward, $ioo. The readers of this paper will be pleased to lei in that there ,s at least one dreaded dis- easr that science has been able to cure in all its stages and t hat Is Catarrh. Uall'sCatarrh <’ure Is the only positive cure now known lo the Incdlcul fraternity. Catarrh behiK i. constitutional disease, requires a constitu tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, actinv directly upon tin bloiMi ,ind mucous surlaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation ot the disease, and i/ivin# the patient strength 1 v building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative power: that they offer One Hundred Hollars for any jase that it falls to cure. Send for list oi Testimonials. Address. F. J. Chkkey At Co.. Toledo. O Sold by Drugifists. 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. The municipal election takes place Tax Notice. I will be In my ofti.-e UomH o’clock, a. m . until 3 o’clock, p. m., each day until March 1st, for the purpose of collecting city taxes now due. W. H. Rom. City Clerk. The Mh?i Who Tries Hard Gets There. LChlcaKO Record-herald, i A man who bfgan railroading as a brige carpenter is to be one of the vice presidents and practically the head of the New York Central rail road system. Go ahead boys. The man who tries hard keeps on getting there. “A wise man is moved from his course neither by force nor entreaty,” but the same often applies to a mule. druggists ! food’s Seeai | BEST FOR THE SOUTH. f Every Gardener, Farmer ami Trucker should have Wood’s 1002 'V Descriptive Catalogue. It not oulv gives reliable, practical, up- p to-date information about all ; Seeds, but also the liest crops to ■j grow, most successful ways of .« growing different crops, and much ’j\ other information of special inter im o.-t to every one who plants seeds. -*s It tells all about \i Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, | Tobacco, Seed Corn, * Ccw Peas, Soja, Velvet and Navy Beans, j Sorghums, Broom Corn, ; Kaffir Corn, Peanuts, fiillet Seed, Rape, etc. $ Catalogue mailed free on request. !,'?/, WsDiia Sons, Seedsmen, K RiCilhiOkO. • VIRGINIA. Dr. Bull’s Coucrh Syrm> never IMwippotnt* those win; u--- It’f, i obstir.ute eougns. I’oicls. lid inltMious of the liir .itt iiu«J limps. 1 unriviiled ;i ii'jneUy foi tluu.D and luriH diseases, t-old b aij tii up^ists at L’a cr s No one can talk about bis sickness without becoming tiresome. Barnum's Monkeys “All well—all happy—lots of fun”. That is the regular report from the monkey cage of Barnum’s Circus ever since the keepers began dosing the monkeys with Scott’s Emul sion. Consumption was carry ing off two thirds of them every year and the circus had to buy new ones. One day a keeper accident ally broke a bottle of Scott’s Emulsion near the monkev * cage and the monkeys eagerly lapped it up from the floor. This suggested the idea that it might do them good. Since then the monkeys have received regular doses and the keepers report very few deaths from consumption. Of course it's cheaper to buy Scott’s Emul sion than new monkeys—and that suits the circus men. Consumption in monkeys and in man is the same disease. If you have it or are threaten ed with it can yoti take the hint? . This picture represents whe I rade Mark of Scott's Ptaulsion and is on the wrWrof every bottle. Send iW free »ample. gi, SCfMT k BOWVE, ssj 409 I'tanm, New York. 50c and Sr Announcements. For Mayor. At the earnest solicitation of many friends who believe that the best interest of Gaffney will be subserved In my hands O have re luctantly consented to become a candidate for Mayor of Gaffney, promising if elected to be the mayor of the whole people and to favor no faction. J. Q. Little. The many friends of R. A. Jones, believing that the interest of the town of Gaffney w ould be In safe hands under his administra tion. hereby nominate him for mayor for the ensuing term. Citizens. The fr iends of H. K. Osborne believing that the best Interests of Gaffney will be served by his election to the Mayorality hereby pre sent bis name as a candidate for Mayor of Gaffney. For Alderman. The many friends of 1*. V. Gaffney, believ ing that the best interests of the Second Ward would be served by having him as their representative, hereby nominate him for Alderman in Ward Two. Many Votfhs. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Alderman for Ward 4 at the ensuing elec tion. H. L. Spears. I here!)/ unn< unce myself a candidate for Alderman from Ward Three and solicit the support of the entire electorate of the Ward. T. L. Brown. The friends of J. 1. Sarratr, realizing that ids services have been of great benefit to the city, hereby announce him as a candidate for re-election as Alderman from Ward Two. Tlie voters of Ward 5, believing that their b-st interests would be *>!.,•,. ived by I elng represented in Council by lir. J. N. Nesbitt, hereby nominate him for Aldermkn. Many Voters. I hereby announce myself as a candidate foi Alderm in from Ward Three. B. G. Clary. T offer myself as a candidate for Alderman from Ward One. Wade Tii.lotson. The many friends of J A. Carroll hereby present ids name as a candidate to represent them as Alderman in Ward 4. Voters in Ward 4. 1 hereoy announce myself as a candidate for re election as alderman from \Y . Urn . w. L. Set:lemyik. The many friem.s of mr. Geo. W. Cotton do hereby preset t his name as their candidate f a A Idermau to ref r< e ttth Ward. Imving implicit confidence in the ability and integrity of Mr. Wtc. Twitty Thompson, we announce him as a candidate for Aider- man from Ward 5. Many Voters ok Ward 3. NOTICE! 0 I have adopted the strictly •ash system and will sell you j;oods at the very lowest prices possible. Here sire a few prices : .Jest granulated sugar 17 lbs for ;>1.()0; good coffee, 10 and 11 bs for $1.00 ; axes, 50 ots each ; i>. oh loading shot guns, $4.00. Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats and all >ther goods at the lowest prices possible. 1. aVX. IMSXSJUICR building and Flustering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Paris. KoHendUiS Cement, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blast)ng Powder. Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on uiestoDe Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees/ / raiepbons 57. Fresh Fish at \\ . j. MANKSS’all the time, and he always keeps Fresh Pork and Beef, and tlie people want to know how lie can sell Steak and Sausage at loc per pound and Pori: Steak at JSHc. Weil, I can tell you just how he does it; h*-has si udled how tp do all tlie work h mself and t hu-> save clerk hire, that is tlie way he give., hi» customers tlie bent fit of B>w prices. Don’t listen *to what other fol.xS say about M.mess, nut come to his mar ket and s-e for yourself that he will soil cheaper for cash than any man In town, and pay more for beef cattle. Market ’phone 23. Residence ’phone Mi. PS. Just a wordy or the wheel riders. I will open my Bicycle shop about the ij’Ji of March and wi l sell rent and repair txitli o <i and n> w wheels. 1 will -ell for cash, or credit when good papers aie given. I will sell bi cycles ami bicycle repairs cheaper than any dealer in Gaffney. Next to National Bunk. Gaffney Candy Kitchen. 1 have opened up a Candv Kitchen at tlie J. E. Exell old stand, opposite both hotels. We make our own candy, which is pure and fresh. We ilso parry a complete line oi Cal.'ornia and Florida Fruit. Call on us and get the best. S. R. SOBER. BLACKSBURG PEOPLE -Come to THE PEOPLE’S MARKET. To buy their meats—Why Kot You? “If you don’t you lose.’’ The reason is plain— We Sell the Best and "Sell it For Less." We handle both Kansas City and home-raised beef. Don’t forget the place. Phone No. 17. THE PEOPLE'S MARKET. COME TO THE OLD RELIABLES A\ hen you are in need of anything in our various lines. We don t propose to work on your imagination by “glowing adjec tives and gush ’—we buy the kinds of goods that sell on their ow’n merits. WE CM SATISFY YOU In Clothing, Slices, Men’s Heavy Underwear, Rubber Shoes, Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Farming Implements, Crock ery Ware, Patent Medieines. Flavoring Extracts—and, in fact, everything kept in a General Merchandise Store. We carry the BEST AND BIGGEST LINE OF UMBREL LAS to he found in tlie cit,\ and we have addl’d to our immense stock a FULL LINE OF SHOT GUNS. i > mrs foi- bu-dne.ss, : a*M it * t ti U & ti A SIMS OUT AT COST. & Our entire line of Art Sqmires with a large per cent, of our rug , stock has been placed on a table \£3&- • and marked to sell at actual cost. All of our Art Squares are bright new patterns and not old and shop worn. Now is your oppor tunity to get bargains in floor coverings. -Biiirsries. Feb. 14-lmo. "HSfeTo make room for other lines of goods we have decided to discontinue the sale of Buggies, Wagons and Harness, and will offer our entire stock at cost. If you expect to buy anything in tlie above lines we can make it to your interest to to see us. Give us a call and be convinced. Yours truly, ACME FURNITURE CO. MADE-TG-WEAR SUITS. When in need of a suit call on J. J*. 'TOI^I^KSOIN: and get a made-to-wear made by M. BORN & CO., of Chicago, the world’s best tailors. Gaffney's Gig Department Stare. We are up AGAINST any and everything that we come in contact with, and if you will give us a careful look and inspection, you will see at once, why we are such a hard proposition for our competitors to solve. This coming season will be our largest, from the fact that we are going to show the trade of our city and surrounding country tne Largest, Most Stylish, and the Best Stock of Goods for the LEAST MONEY. Every Department will be full and complete. We have received Many New Goods, but ouV stock will not be complete for some 30 days. The trade want thei best goods at low prices. We will supply your wants, giving you the Best and Most Goods for the least money. We specially ask every one not to buy until they have seen our big stock. \ The hard times that you l^ear so much about will not cut our buy ing off in the LEAST, as we are going to buy the goods, and will have the largest stock in the up-country for you to select from. Many will tell you we are high, and get b g prices. Well, JUST keep YOUR eye on thesefolks and see if you don’t find many of them buying from the “COMPANY STORE/* We thank the trade for the liberal patronage we have received,and for the coming season kindly give us a look before you buy and we will do our best to give one and all their money’a worth. See us. Yours very truly. Gaffney Manufacturing ~ . Big Department Store.