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The: -L^kuoisi*. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DeOamp. The Ledger is not responsible for tbe views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their nan.e, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be pubinlised at five •ents a line. Cards of thanks wil’ be published At one cent a word. Reading notices will De published At ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. SOME OON’TS. Don’t make it a habit to borrow your neighbor’s paper. The paper is too cheap to do that. * * * * Don’t make it a habit to lend your 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. * * >i> * Don’t be a clam, but take you county paper like a good, industrious citizen and keep posted on the hap penings of your section. PRESERVE THE FOREST. In a storm in Indiana Wednesday two persons were killed and fifty in jured. Damage to the extent of two million dollars was done to property. Do the people of this section ever give thought to the fact that we are blessed with freedom from such dis asters? True we sometimes are vis ited by flood, but, as a rule, we enjoy freedom from the fury of the storm king. We believe that if the destruc tion of our forests continues that it will only be a short time until these disasters will be as frequent here as elsewhere. Already the clearing up of the lands in this section have had their effect in flood, and with no for est to prevent the lowering wind to rush close to the earth, there will be nothing to keep away the storm. The clearing up of our timbered land now allows the waters to rush unobstruct ed to tbe creeks and rivers and as a consequence the sudden rush of the water causes the sand and dirt to fill up the channels of the streams and the water overflows the bottom lands. As a consequence, our once much valued bottom lands are becoming practically worthless, as there is no certainty of a crop on account of the spring freshet. Before the destruction of our wood land it vyas necessary for the water to make its slow course to the streams through decayed vegetation and it was generally several days af ter a heavy rain before there was any perceptible change in the streams. Tbe flow of the streams was then more regular than now, because of the fact that now there is hardly any obstruction and the rainfall at once seeks the creeks and rivers, thus causing them to overflow more easily than formerly. We have already de stroyed much woodland that we should not. There is no remedy for it now, but we should be careful to preserve that which is left us and let the worn out lands grow up in woodland. Cer tainly few living now would ever live to see tbe benefits of it, but if our children and our children’s children could be taught the necessity of such action they would indeed bless the wisdom and foresightedness of their ancestry. France, England, Germany and the other old settled countries now re alize the necessity of forest lauds and are making earnest efforts to reclaim them. Let us begin now to preserve ours and it will not be necessary for us to go through the same experi ences that these countries have gone through. Along this line we might add that in order to preserve our forests, our people who follow agricultural pur suits must of necessity learn the les son of intensive farming. They must learn to take care of their lands and not allow them to wear out. By tak ing care of tbe land it may be made to increase its yield year after year, while by neglecting it it becomes necessary to clear up new land every few years in order to make a crop. few of us stop to think of these matters but they are of such im portance as to warrant careful con sideration and we cannot begin to consider them any too soon. MOTES ANO COMMENTS. King Edward’s coronation has necessarily been postponed on account of the King’s health. We trust it is not treason’to wish the King a speedy recovery. ♦ •♦ ♦ ♦ Today week is the great and grand and glorious Fourth. Enthusiasm is doing the mercury act in warm weather. Gaffney is going to cut the proper caper on that occasion. Let everybody come and enjoy them selves. The doors to the storehouse of hospitality will be thrown wide open and the keys thrown away. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Loyalty to the community in which one lives is the most noble trait man can exhibit unless it be loyalty to God, loyalty to self or loyalty to family. If anyone has an idea that the young Americans who live in Gaffney are not loyal citizens all they have to do to dispel that illu sion is to go out one time and watch their action at a baseball game in which Gaffney is one of the contest ants. Mr Bryan scores Mr. Cleveland on account of the latter’s utterances at the banquet given by the Tilden Club, of New York, on June 19th. To our mind Mr. Bryan’s criticisms come with ill grace. He should re member that Mr. Cleveland has done something that no other man has ever been able to do in more than thirty-five years and that is to lead the Democratic sheep into the Capitol fold twice, although he (Mr. Bryan) has had two opportunities. It ill becomes one man to criticise another who has been successful where be has been unsuccessful. Mr. Bryan has been honored by the Democracy and he should honor Democrats. CROP BULLETIN. Coudltiou of Carolimt Cro|m Ah Reported by Department of Agriculture. Columbia, June 24 —The average temperature for the week ending Monday, June 23, was 79 degrees, which is slightly below normal. The highest was-97 degrees at Darlington and Florence on the 20th, the lowest 61 degrees at Liberty on the 21st. Partly cloudy weather prevailed dur ing the greater portion of the time. The winds were generally light, ex cept over limited areas where high winds accompanied thunder storms, and in Beaufort county where almost hurricane winds prevailed early in the week. The rains on the 14-15th were gen eral and heavy over the Wi stern half of the State, where the amounts ranged from two to over five inches, shading off to less than an inch in tbe eastern portions. There were frequent, scat tered showers over the whole State, except in the Pee Dee sections, where the rainfall was limited, and where more rain is badly needed in many places. The ground has been too wet to plow in the southeastern counties, especially in the Salkehatchie valley, where grassy fields are becoming common, but generally the cultivated fields are still clean, and show the good effects of their previous thor ough cultivation. The rains caused a material im provement in corn, and the earliest has about all been laid by in good condition. It is ‘‘silk and tassel.” Later plantings look promising. Stub ble lauds and bottoms have been planted extensively, with the soil in condition for quick germination. Bud-worms are still doing damage, but on tbe whole there is less damage by worms than heretofore. The condition of cotton is very fine, except in a few localities where ex cess of rain has caused deterioration, and in other localities where lice have broken the hitherto almost perfect stands, and checked its growth. Lice are fast disappearing. Mexican wee vils have appeared in Marlboro coun ty. A few fields have become foul with grans and weeds. Blooms have been noted in every portion of the State, and a few points report tbe plants blooming freely. Sea-island cotton made moderate improvement. Tobacco made rapid growth, and the crop is above average condition, but needs rain in Florence and por tions of Marion counties. Topping is general, but curing has made slow progress. Rice is a very promising crop. A large acreage of peas has been sown on stubble lands. Wheat and oats thrashing is well underway ; the yields of both crops are poor over the west ern half of the State. The weather was favorable for transplanting sweet potatoes; elips are scarce in Pickens county. Some peaches are rotting on the trees. The fruit crop will be a moderate one except blackberries and plums which are plentiful. Pastures, gardens and other minor crops were greatly improved by the copious rain fall and warmer nights. Sympathy is the only charitable gift of some people. Only the*man who knows he is in the wrong can afford to lose bis tem per. The man for the average woman is the man she can get. For biliousness use Chamberlain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets. They cleanse the stomach and regulate tbe liver and bowels, effecting a quick and permanenc cure. For sale by Cherckee Drug Co. A BACHELOR’S LOVE LETTER Hmh Been Jilted Time and Again, But Be Uevea In the Adage, “Try, Try Aagaiu." (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Buffalo, June 16.—I bad rather be dead and in my grave than to be without some sweet little wingless angel to call my best girl. There is nothing like loving and being loved. It is worth all the wealth of tbe universe. About two months ago I rather mysteriously fell into the possession of the name of a young lady who lives many hundred miles from here, and I shall address the following letter to her: ‘‘Miss Jessie—The peculiar circum stances under which I obtained your name has led me to address you ask ing your permission to correspond with you. My object would be fun and friendship, also matrimony, pro vided you should never get a chance to marry anybody else, but as a mat ter, of course, I could never be so heartless as to ask you to link your destiny with mine only as your last resort. ‘‘So long as you have any one else to think of as your ‘best fellow’ you could remember me only as a good, kind friend wbo would never allow you to become a dear old maid, or a cheap one, rather. Old maids are dear in the sight of their creator, but cheap and abhorrent in tbe eyes of men when on tbe market for matri mony. Just think of your own love ly self and a few of those ugly old creatures and how you would not, for all the world, exchange places with any of them, and then kindly remem ber what a good friend I am and thank your stars that their unhappy lot in life need never be yours. ‘‘I am thirty five years old. Dur ing my brief existence I have had many ups and downs, trials and trib ulations. The world has been par ticularly unkind to me, especially the fe ( male portion of it, or else I never would have been a bachelor. 1 am six feet tall, weigh 165 lbs., have fair complexion, hazel eyes, curly auburn hair. In looks I am a medium be tween two extremes being neither very handsome nor mortal ugly, but just a common looking fellow. My friends tell me that my appearance is very much liae that of a preacher. My occupation is that of an humble tiller of the soil, winning my br6ad by the sweat of my own brow. '■'Loving the fair sex seems so far to have been my mission upon this earth. I have loved thirty-three young ladies. Even the minutest particle of my love has, in nearly every instance, been a guarantee that its recipient would marry—always to another fellow. Such I hope will not be the case with you. In tuy deal ings with my fellow man I have al ways tried to be fair and honest and (ven generous, but in this particular instance if it should ever be my lot to fall in love with you it will be for myself alone. “I am well aware of the fact that most young ladies object to corre sponding with strangers, but I will pledge myself upon my honor as a gentleman to treat you with as much respect, kindness and consideration as I would want other bachelors to, were you my own beautiful sister, or as I would want everybody else to were you already my own tender, lov ing and affectionate wife. I will al ways be perfectly frank and honest. An honest man is said to be the noblest work of God, but I am of the opinion that a young lady wbo won’t jilt one lover for another is by fur a mure nobler work of God than any man He has ever created. She is an improvement on old grand-mother Eve wbo was possessed of such a de ceptive nature that if there had lived another mao on the face of the earth beside Adam the latter might have died a poor, lonely, heart-broken for saken bachelor. And Adam, too, was like many men of tbe present day, inasmuch as he gave way to the weak ness and he wanted to lay all the blame of his transgression on some one else, even the wife of bis own bosom. He did not love his Eve as I would a Jessie, if I only bad one. ‘‘I once bad a sweetheart named Bessie whose pretty name and beau tiful face possessed ten thousand charms to me, and upon whom I be stowed all my affections and loved as truly and tenderly as it was possi ble for the heart of any poor mortal man to love, but she jilted me. She treated me with ingratitude which caused me more heartaches chan any thing else that ever crossed my path way along through the journey of this troublesome life. For weeks and months and even years it seemed that my life was wrecked, ruinea and blighted forever. No human sym pathy could ever touch or appease my sorrow. Even death itself would oftimes have been a sweet messenger of relief to have delivered me from the bitter agony that I endured. But it is all over with now. With all the tenderness of my soul I will freely forgive her and bid her an effectionate farewell forever and ever if I can only win a Jessie. A rose by another name would smell just as sweet. ‘‘As to my moral character and in tegrity I refer you to the editor of The Ledger, Gaffney, 8. C. I could also re fer you to the clerk of the court at the same place, but I prefer not doing so at the present time because he is a handsome bachelor himself. And moreover a popular and efficient offi cer. He is also a model gentleman and there isn’t a shadow of a doubt in my mind but what he would make some young lady a noble and faithful husband. But this is a campaign year in South Carolina and he is a candidate for re-election. With glar ing eyes defeat is staring him square in the face if he doesn’t get married 1 Therefore, I entertain grave fears that should he fall into possession of your name that he would try to take ad vantage of me and seek to win your own dear little heart for himself. “I have very serious doubts about being a Christian because I have al ways followed the inclinations of my own flesh and bestowed all my affec tions upon the gentle sex. instead of obeying one of the commands of God which says, love thy neighbor as thy self. Although 1 have in my mo ments of reflection many times felt that the ministi'y would be my proper sphere in life yet some sweet pretty girl would always loom up as a stumb ling block between me and my God and my fellow man, and I, like a pro 1- igal, would oftimes wander far away from tbe path of rectitude. I have buried my best talents, and a shower of Divine wrath upon my head may bt my reward. If I should then have to surrender to tbe inevitable just think how nice it would be to be a minister’s wife and to become a sweet little ministering angel yourself. Bachelor. AN AGED MAN DEAD. “BET” AND THE CANDIDATES She Ih Afraid the Candidate!) Will Kidnap Her PreciouH Baby. “Bet” says that so many candi dates are real annoying to people who want to be at their work, and, in fact, so many of them are dangerous, be cause they love children so well, or pretend that they do, that they are liable to pick one’s young ones ud and carry them off; just at any time- She says that she would not let one of her little ones get out of her sight for anything in the world when there is a candidate about. She says that the salaries of the county offices ought to be reduced so that there would not be more than two in each county that would want the same office, and then we wouldn’t be both ered near so much with candidates. •‘Bet” says that the candidates ought to all ‘‘chip” in at the fourth of July celebration and buy out the barbecue man’s dinner, and give all of the voters one square meal,for that would be all the advantage that they would ever be to the voters, even if they were every one elected. But 1 Bettie,” I think that you are wrong in wishing the salaries of the county officers to be reduced. I think rather that they should be raised in stead, because you know that there is a great deal of responsibility at tached to those offices. ‘ A great deal of fiddlesticks,” says “Bet,” ‘ whenever I hear an officer prating about the responsibility that he is under, I would just actually be afraid to rLk that man in my hen hou e after dark. Why, ‘Gum,’ all the r - sponsibility that anyone, officer or anyone else, is under is just simply to be honest and do his duty. Tha is all that the law requires of any body, and I’ll just tell you that if we have got to raise the wages of our county officers to get them to be hon est. why we had just better i" j t some one else to take their places ’’ And we have come to the conclusion that ‘ ‘Bet” is about right about it. These two words, ‘ honesty and duty,” su percede all responsibility in, either any office or occupation. One of our old bachelor friends married him a good wife about a year ago, and now the poor fellow i- quite baldheaded, but we are glad to say that his good wife now has him quite under control. “Bet” says, in regard to our frie d getting baldheaded so soon, that she is almost ashamed of her sex, that any woman that would treat her band in that way is unworthy the name of wife, that she don’t see wl y she didn’t use the pok*-r, that h would have been just as affective and have left the poor fellow his hair to adorn his head. Perhaps some of our friends may wish to correspond with us, *herefore we sign in full. H. P. Gumtkeb. Ucilitloeil a Deacon. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Trough. June 21, 1902—Mr. J. Everett Brown, member of Brown’s chapel church, nas ordained a deacon last Sunday. The Presbytery was composed as follows: Trough Shoals Church—Pastor. H. P. Fitch; Deasons, D. W. Smith, J. Q. Wilkins, 0. H. Mathews, J. H Bullington, J. C. Green. Goucher Creek Church—M. A. Lit tlejohn, Richard Spake. Shiloh Church—Pastor, M. F. Sam ples; Deacons, W. A. Donnei, T. L. Bryant. Cowpens Church—Rev. William White. Brown’s Chapel Church—Pastor, W. T. Thompson ; G. B. Sparks, J. O. Fleming. Organization was affected by chos- Ing Rev. M. F Samples, Moderator; W. T. Thompson, Clerk. Song— “Come Thou Fount of Every Bless.’’ Prayer by Pastor W. T. Thompson. Sermon and 3harge by Rev. H. P. Fitch. Text, 1 Tim. 3:18. Prayer and laying on of hands led by R*v. William W’hite. Song—‘‘Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow ” Benedict ion by Moderator M. F. Samples. Stateof Ohio, (‘ityok Toledo, i Lim as County (* s - Fkank J. Cheney inukesouththatheisthe siMiior partm-r of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said Brm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS lor each and every case of Ca tahkh that cannot be c ured by the use of Hall's Catamkh Core. FRAN A J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this cith day of December, A. D. IHsii J ^7 l A. W. GLEASON. 1 1—,— ' Notary Public. Hull's Catarrh Care Is taken Internally and acts directly on t lie blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials F. J. OH ENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Mr. Samuel Spake Dies at HI* Home in Trough in His Seventy-Second Year. Trough, June 26—Mr. Samuel Spake died on the 22ud at 7 p. m. at his home. Mr. Spake was in hie seventy second year. He had been married twice. His first wife was a Miss Kesler, of Union, and five children were the fruits of this mar riage. But two of these are living, viz: Mrs. Victoria Hall, or Union, and Mrs. Josaphine Haro, of Tiough. His second wife was Miss V. 0. Brown, of Trough, and three children, all of whom surv.ve, were tiie tiruits of this happy union. They are: Mrs. James Lee, of Cowpens, Mrs. R. L. Lee, of Gainesvill, Ga., and Mrs. Jerry L-e, of Trougn. The five daughters are all that survive of ihe family. Mr. Spake was baptized in to the fellowship of Brown’s f’happel church by Rev. Ludwell B. Vaughn, in 1874. Soon afterwards he was ordained a deacon ot ms church and tilled his office well. His home wa: open alike to both shephered aud flock. He had been afflicted for several years. Last year he was stricken with paralysis which con fined him to his room. Two weeks ago he had a second attact which, notwithstanding the skillful treat ment of his physician, Dr. Tate, and the kind attention of his children and friends, carried him across the river of death. Being full of laitb, he anchored his soul in the hav -n t f rest. His lemaius werej interred in the cemeteryf at Brown’s Chappei, Tuesday afternoon. The nallbearers were: Messrs. S. A. Ba 1 y, J. Crocker, John Wells, Wade Crucker, C L Brown and G J. Bryant. The funeral services were conducted by the pastor loci, Rev. W. T. Thompson, o: Gaffoey,. The large atiendunce, and the many flow-rs that were strewn on the newly made grave Jwere sufficient token of sympathy to the bereaved ones. LOSING FLESH In summer can be prevented by taking Scott’s Emulsion Its as beneficial In summer as In winter. If you are weak or run down, it will build you up. Send for free sample. .SCOTT e. BOWNE, Chemists, 409-415 Bearl Street, New York. 50c. and $1.00; all druggists. r akes short roads. a xle JL light loads. QREA.SE ^•^^ood for everything that runs on wheels. Lost Man’s Lane By Anna Katharine Green A Marvelous Detective Story \ FASCINATING MYSTERIOUS STRONG |j Soon to Appear in this Paper Anna Katharine Green, the author of ‘ ‘ The Leavenworth Case,” needs no introduction to fiction lovers. She has made a reputation that puts her in the list of the strongest writers of the day. Cur readers have a decided treat in store, in this her latest work, which has all the characteristics that have made her other stories famous. 1 Be Sure to Catch jj the First Chapters This thrilling story will com mence in our issue of Friday July 4th. Late Potatoes. Our system of keeping Late Seed Pota toes unsprouted and in vigorous, ready- to-grow condition when planted enables them to stand the dryest or hottest spells of summer weather, making splen did crpps during the fall, ready to dig just before winter comes on. Crop results the past three seasons, from these potatoes planted in June aud July, have been most satisfactory. Our stock in cold storage is limited, so that it is advisable to place orders early to avoid being disappointed in securing your seed potatoes when ready to plant. Circular giving prices and full informa tion mailed on request. T. W.1WOOD& SONS, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, - VIRGINIA. COCAINE*»pWHiSMf Habit* (hired at mr Senator lum, In #0 day^* U'init of raferenoea. 25 »ear» a atierial'.y. Book o-. Home Treatme- sent FBKU. Add — R. M. WOOL .EY. W. r* - Notice to.Bridge Builders. I will be ;it Little Thlckety Creek between Thlekety Station and tVhitephilns In White- plains Township, on lower road Tuesday July sth. I'.NiU at 11 o’clock, to receive bids for the erection of a bridge. Flans and speci fications can be seen in my office. I have it right to reject any or all bids. J. V. Whelchel. County Supervisor. June 20. 27 and July 4th. Notice to Bridge Builders. ] will beat Hoaverdani Creek, near Thos C. Petty’s, on road leadini; from Gaffney to poor farm Wednesday July S*th, 1M02. at 11 o'clock, to receive bids for the erection of a bridge. Poms and specith.-ations can Ik* seen In my office. I have a ritrht to reject any or all bids. J. Y. Whelchel, County Supervisor. June 20, 27 and July 4th. Advertising is called by some an art. If it be an art it is the art of telling a story simply and convincingly. Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an establishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Other things being equal, nobody should be able to write more convinc ingly of the articles he of fers for sale. In a store where the employer sells goods side by side with his clerks It is rare that the employer will not be the best salesman. The reason is simple. He knows the goods from A to Z. He probably has pur chased them. He knows his aims. His arguments carry weight because they are convincing. The same arguments pre sented in the same way, with the same enthusiastic spirit, the same knowledge of detail, would attract new customers if presented through the advertising col umns of this paper. If you have not tried it, why not begin? If you have tried it and are not aatia- fied, let us know about it Fee Gaifney City Land and Improvement Company Offern for naif- Building Lota lu thla flourishing town, Gaffney Olty; Also Farms nea by aud in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lots of from *0to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur- poses. For full particulars apply to J. V. S3A.KKATT, Agent. N. B.—All treaspasslng on lands of this company, outtis and amoving timber, flablugor A. N. Wood President. K. R. Bhown. Vice-President. Alereliiints and Planters IJanlc OF GAFFNEY. S. O. CAPITA I-, #30,000.—HUHTjuU© >*-*,ooo. State and County Depository. Does a general Banking and Exchange business, Is welt fitted up with Fire Proof Vault and Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Lock. We solicit tbe business of people of all jccupations C. Aft. tfUWUTH. Cashier.