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/ HEYWARD AT HOME. IN THE MOUNTAINS. TThbc PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. somehow they manage to live by buy ing on a credit. CoPeton Kurm«'r» \ pjH'rtl to Ki»riiiera «»f South CMrolliiM. A (iutTuoy Man Hn<t Funilly Drlvo ThrouKh tht- Country to the l.ar«l of the Sky. A Card fiom Sheriff Thomaa. Gaffney, 8. C., Sept. 1. 1902. Fellow Citizens :—Four years ago —The Gaffney Live Stock Co. will loan you the money to buy a buggy or wagon with. by Ed. H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for to« views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 cents a line. Cards of thanks wil 1 be published a) one cent a word. Heading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. WORDS of fkaisk. We trust it is not inmodest in us to say that for a week we have been receiving congratulations on the re sult of our opposition to the spotted candidate. In ihe whole matter we have deeply felt a sense of duty and we have done only what duty promp ted to be right. One staunch friend, a man for whom we entertain a warm personal friendship, said yesterday that “if credit was due any one man more than another for the defeat of Jas. H. Tillman chat man was DeCamp.” Another friend writing from Geor gia says: “We rejoice with you in the defeat of Jimmie Tillman, and hope you are rid of him for all time to come.” One of South Carolina’s most dis tinguished veterans took the trouble to step in to see us while temporarily in the city and congratulate us on the result. Another warm friend writes: “Well, the agony is over, and your hard licks and good judgment speak plainly in the ballots that were cast. Men like yourself deserve a good deal of credit for the stand taken in show ing up a man that would have done South Carolina an irreparable injury, if be had been elected.” Another writes from Alabama: “Well, I notice you have snowed Jim Tillman under good aud deep, aud all is well.” The Columbia State of Friday con tained these two paragraphs: “Just before the primary election ’Jim’ Tillman furnished this modest prediction for publication in the At lanta CoustitutioQ: ‘I am perfectly coufideut I will be the next governor of South Carolina. It may not be possible for me to win in the first primary, though I may; I will not be many votes shy of a clear majority. I am sure of wlouiug in the second primary.’ Mem: See The State’s tables of the vote.” “Special felicitations should goto Editor DeCamp of the Gaffuey Led ger, the mau who so conspicuously punctured the bladder of bravery swung by ‘Jim’ Tillman that there after the people kuew him for what he really was, a mere braggart. He also did a great service in opening the attack on the spotted candidate for bia misappropriation of the Edge- field Confederate monument dona tions, thereby enabling The State effectively to bring out the facts it bad long held in reserve but could not present except in the way it did. DeCamp was one of the first printers to atiok type for The State. He will permit us to say that he has hand somely maintained the traditions of tbs paper.” Along with these we have had the pleasure of grasping the baud of hun dreds of the honest yeomanry of Cherokee who have taken the trouble to sty a kind word to na and assure ns that they, too, were with ns. All this is gratifying, bat we do not desire to arrogate to onrself the credit of saving South Carolina from disgrace. Had it not been for the confidence reposed In this newspaper this county might have cast her bal lot for the doughty Jim, but the credit of Cherokee was preserved by the good citizenship of the county and not by us alone, and to those who cast their ballots against Jim belong the credit. So far at the State is concerned all credit la due the press of the State for exposing Jim’s record, and The Ledger neither de serves nor courts more tbau its share of the pralae for his defeat. Tbs country is saved and we be- lisvs everybody is happy, including those who supported Jimmie. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Latimer’s lead in the race for United States senate shows that oc cupation still outweighs talent in Sooth Carolina. ♦ ♦♦♦ Three men propose traveling from Ohloego to New York in a balloon. If they succeed the day of tbs airship Is not far distant. ♦ ♦♦♦ This country has a lot of fellows who are too honest to steal, too prond to beg and too lasy to work, bat Carlisle D. Graham has accom plished the foolhardy feat of swim ming through the lower rapids of Niagara. It is very evident that he places little value on his life. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ There are enough pea vines and grass in Cherokee county now, if saved, to supply all the horses and cattle in the county with hay for the next twelve months. Will our farmers save it or will they loiter when the sun shines and the grass is ripe, and next year buy western hay while better feed is rotting ou their own lands. ♦ Today week the second primary takes place. Interest in the second heat is at a very low tension and at present it looks as if Cherokee will fall 500 to 700 votes behind the vote of last Tuesday. Theire is hardly any forecast ins' of the result. Present indications urn that it will be a neck and neck race between Butler and Sarratt for the senate, Jefferies and Ross for clerk of court, Vinesett aud Tate for coroner aud Whelchel and Austell for supervisor, but it is be lieved that D. Clinch Heyward, the Colleton county farmer, has a cinch on the governorship so far as Chero kee is concerned, while there is no telling who will get the United States senatorial vote. The Farmer’)! FaradiMe. (.Memphis Commercial Appeal.] The granaries of the West feed the world wherever the food supply is lacking or insufficient, and when we reflect that many states in this coun try depend on the West for their food stuffs, the amount exported is all the more remarkable. The Atlantic States, both North and South, pro duce only from 20 to 90 per cent, of the foodstuffs consumed, and they look to the West for the rest. But great as is the West, it is less a farmer’s paradise than the South. Here every day is a workday. In the Northern latitudes one-half the year is spent in active preparations for the other half of the year, which must be spent in idleness. In tne Soutti it is always summer. Work of some sort can be carried on 305 days in the year. The soil, too, is such as to require only the most desultory sort of tillage to make it produce in abundance. We have no ten-horse teams or steam engines hitched to huge plows to turn ud the soil. One little mule and a bull-tongue plow serve the purpose. Several crops can be raised off the same land each season. Over in Mississippi county, Arkansas, three crops are usually made from the same laud, and it is no uncommon thing for five crops of alfalfa to be cut from one field during the season. Expen sive clothing is not necessary, as it is in the Northwest, where the winters are long and severe, and everything is in favor of cheap living and cheap products. It has been estimated by experts that from four or five times as much can be raised on a Southern farm as can be raised from the same number of acres in latitudes where the rigors of winter are felt. The American farmer leads the world, and the Southern farmer leads the American farmer. Value of Appearance. A fault with advertisers is that too many of them do not pay attention to appearance!. There is nothing in this world which coante for so much as appearances. The beet of oar citi zens might easily be mistaken for tramps if they went about in the rage of vagabonds. Seedily dressed Indi viduals are regarded with suspicion by the well dressed. One sees too fre quently advertisements that are admirably written which lose most of their possible effectiveness because of the wretched taste ebown by the printer in setting the earns and by the makeup man in placing them in the least advantageous position. One has no'trouble at all in finding adver tisements, whole pages of them, thrown together as disorderly as the patches in a crazy quilt.—Ex. Outfcrowa old (Jam-ten. LSouthern Publisher.] The Gaffney Ledger, Ed. H. De Camp, editor, has outgrown its old quarters, and has moved into a large and commodious building. May The Ledger continue to grow. Eaellj Forgotten. (Printers’ ink.] “Lest we be forgotten” is an excel lent motto for men in trade. It sug gests the duty of persistence in ad vertising. The memory of the public |s very short. Advertising Oets It. (White’s Hayings.] The man who makes up bis mind as to what class of trade be will go after, and goes after that class with systematic advertising, generally gets it. Bound to Bell. (Progressive Advertiser.] There la no use In trying to combat advertising. The goods that are ad vertised are the ones which are bound to sell. A busybody ie a person who wastes a lot of time pointing out the duties of others. Learn eometblng of the jockey'i character before betting on the favor ite. It is said by old politicians that no candidate for a State office has ever before been tendered such an endorse ment by his home people as that given Capt. Heyward in the first primary by the people of Colleton. He got 2,258 votes against 135 for the other four candidates—or 90 votes out of every 100 cast. This is all the more remarkable when it is remembered that Colleton has heretofore been very seriously di vided politically. It is a magnificent testimonial to Heyward by the people who know him best. In addition to their votes the farm ers of Colleton, hundreds of them, of every kind and class, the followers of Ben Tillman aud Sheppard and h. - kell, have signed this address to the farmers of South Carolina: ‘ State of South Carolina, County of Colleton.” “We. the undersigned, farmers of Culleion county, hereby endorse Capt. D. C. Heyward for governor in the next primary, and earnestly urge the farmers throughout the State to vote for him. Capt. Heyward has been a practical farmer all his life, and is therefore, thoroughly acquaioted with our condition and needs. From our intimate knowledge of him as a man, of his high character a:jd his eminent ability, we feel that we can conscien tiously commend him to you as one worthy of your suffrage, and earn estly request you to give him your fcnthuj.-stic support. (Here follows names of hundreds of farmers—every one in Colleton who had an opportunity to sign.) IV. Uoy<l Kvhiii! to the People. I desire to express my thanks to my fellow Democrats in South Caro lina for their expression of confidence in me as a candidate for Railroad Commissioner in the primary, leading my opponent for the second race by nearly two thousand votes, and beg to submit my claims to the voters, ask ing for their suffrages in the second primary. All of my opponents aud myself discussed thequestiou in refer ence to the Railroad Commissioner’s office and the welfare of the people in every county, and separated as friends. My opponent is from the same territory as the two incumbents. When Mr. Wilborn retire, the great eastern, north-eastern and suutl • eastern sections of the State, com prising the largest part of the State, with the largest railroad mileage, will be absolutely unrepresented on the Board. Living iu the central part of the State, and being a native of Mar ion, by which county I was endorsed for the position, I submit that I am iu a position, if elected, to see that all sections of our progressive State are properly represented. If I am honored with your suffrages, you may rest assured that I will per form the duties of the office of Railroad Commissioner with the fidelity that I have served my people iu the past. W. Boyd Evans. Col. Camp to the Feople. To the voters of Cherokee: I take this method of tendering my thanks to my numerous friends for the additional honor they have con ferred upon me,thereby endorsing my acts as a reward for having done my duty, which places me under doable obligations to them and gives me renewed energy and vigor for the work before me; and nothing ahall deter me from doing my whole duty. They have shown by their act that they believe I have been true to them in war, trne to them in peace, and ever faithful in their behalf and that they are still willing to pat their tract in me. I also return thanks to those who voted for my competitors, believing they did not do so because they loved me lees, bat loved them more, and they shall never know by any act of mine that I knew they were against me. I also return my warmest respects to my competitors for the kindness and attention given me daring oar canvass, as they have left no sting to mar my feelioge towards them. Honi soit qui mal y pense. W. D Camp. A Card from Mr. Vlneaett. I desire to express my appreciation of the support given me by the demo cratic voters at the recent primary election. It is with regret I am com pelled to announce to the people that I am now confined to my home by sickness, tbereiure I will be unable to do any electioneering between now and the second primary. I sincerely trust, however, that my friends will not forget me and that on Sept. 9th the voters of Cherokee will roll up a handsome majority <n my behalf. Assuring the people of my apprecia tion of the support given me and promising that if they endorse me by nominating me again I shall endeavor to make them the best officer possible, 1 am, Faithfully, John 8. Vinesett. A Card from W. Harry Gooding. To tbe people of Oberokee County: I desire to most heartily thank the people of Oheroket county for tbe compliment they have paid me in electing me treasurer of the oonnty In the first primary over all my op ponents, for each of whom I have a kindly feeling. I shall nae every ef fort to repay the confidence of tbe people by oerefol and honest work in the offloe. Very respectfully, w. Hanky Gooding. A man has to learn to like babies and eat olives. Land ok the Sky, Sept. 1—We left Gaffney on Thursday, Aug. 27th, and spent the night with Dr. McKinney, twenty m'les on our road to the mountains. The next day it was raining and I left my wife and son, Willie, at the doctor’s, to come on when 't ceased raining. Gerard, Paul, Eddie, Braudus, Little and my self left in the rain and arrived in Columbus at 12 o’clock, noon. We found a large* crowd of people gath ered in the town to hear Gov. Aycnck and Mr. Joiner, state superintendent of education, speak. They both made fine speeches on education, and I felt well repaid for having driven twenty miles through the rain to hear them. Crops 0" the way are good, and above Cowpens the people farm with sense and judgment. They have large fields of corn, peas, potatoes, sugar cane and small patches of cotton. I have always advised farmers to raise their own supplies and cotton as a surplus crop, and I cannot under stand why they do not do it Cotton, cotton—always keeps the farmer in debt for his eupp ies; he is nothing but a slave to the merchant who takes a lien on his crop. The lien law is a curse to the farmer; it nvikes t.fi!' rich mao richer and the poor in»ri poorer I saw corn on North Pacoiet river yesterday that reminded me of the “old corn raiser’s” corn on Broad river forty years age—it was “good, gooder, goodest.” Since I left home I have traveled northwest Cherokee.. Rutherford, east Polk, (N. C.) and north Spartanburg counties, and found the corn good and cotton middling My wife and boys stood the trip splendidly and the boys are enjoying themselves to the utmost on tbe mountains Every boy and girl in Cherokee county should see the mountains and ocean from this place —see the great works of God. It is salesday today and 1 hope to see many of the mountain people in town. My wife and I have a room at the hotel where we sleep, and we take our meals with the boys at my cottage. I tell you! the boys can eat, too; they are hearty, and I love to see it so. W. R. Lipscomb. DEAThToF MRS. GAINES. She Away Saturday After u Long lUnesa. Mrs. Julia E. G»inep died at her home ou the Mills Gap road in this city on tbe 30tb of August and was buried on yesterday in the family lot in Oakland cemetery in tbe presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends. Mrs. Gaines was tbe third daughter of the late H. G. Gaffney, Esq., and a consistent member of the Baptist church. She in her young wo manhood married the late Rev. Till man R. Gaines, who preceded her to the grave about two years ago. She leaves six children, all grown, as fol lows: A. B. Gaines. E. H. Gaines, Rowland Gaines and David Gaines, all of this city. Herbert M. Gaines, a soldier in tbe United States Army now in tbe Phillipine Islands, aud Mrs. Bessie Taylor, of near Athens, Georgia. Mrs. Gaines was a woman of many good traits of character, a good wife aud affectionate mother, and literally gave her life to the care and welfare of her children, and the high regard io which she was held by those among whom she had grown up and lived was attested by the large train that followed her remains to their last resting place in Oakland. Tbe funeral services were condncted at tbe residence by Bev. Arch C. Cree assisted by Bev. W. H. Hodges and W. B. Potter, and tbe pall bearers were L. Baker, W. J. Wilkins, F. G. Stacy, J. D. Gondelook, A. N. Wood, W. H. Smith and W. C. Carpenter. In Bankruptcy. In Thb District Court or 'I The United States, I In For The District or f Bankruptcy South Carolina. J In the matter of Geo. W. Moore, Bank rupt. To the Honorable W. H. Brawley, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina: Geo. W. Moore, of Blacksburg, In the county of Cherokee and State of South Caro lina. In said District, respectfully repre sents that on the 0th day of January, last year, be was duly adjudged bankrupt un der the Aets of Congress relating to bank ruptcy; that he had duly surrendered all his property and rights of property, and has fully compiled with all the requirements of said Acts and of the opders of the court touching his bankruptcy. Wherefore he prays that he may be de creed by the court to have a full discharge from all debts provable against his estate under said Bankrupt Acts, except such debts as are excepted by law from such dis charge. Dated this 14th day of August, A. D., 11*02. Geo. W. Moore, bankrupt. District or South Carolina, bs: On this 19th day of August, A. D. 1902, on reading the foregoing petition, it Is Ordered by tbe court, that a hearing be had upon tbe same on tbe 17th day of Sep tember. A. D. 1902, before said court at Char leston, In said District, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon; and that notice thereof be pub lished in the Gaffney Ledger, a newspaner printed In said District, and that all known creditors and other persons In Interest may appear at the said time and place and show cause, if any they have, why tbe prayer of the said petitioner should not be granted. And It Is further ordered by the court that the clerk shall send by mail to all known creditors copies of said petition and this order, addressed to them at their places of residence as stated. Witness tbe Honorable W. H. Brawley* Judge of court, and the seal thereof, at Charleston, In said District, on tbe 19th day of August, A. D. 1902. O. J.G. Hutson, Clerk. (Hbal] True copy. Attest: G. J. O. Hutson, Clerk. Sept. 2,9,10. you, by your votes, elected me your sheriff, and on last Tuesday, by & most flattering majority, you made me the nominee of the democratic party for the same office—which is equivalent to re-election. I accept this last as an endorsement of my first term of service, now drawing to a close, and extend to you my sincere thanks for your continued confidence and support and assure you that you in the future, as in the past, shall have my best services. W. W. Thomas, Sheriff Cherokee County. Card of Thanks. Ed ok The Ledger :—Please allow me space in your paper to thank the voters of Cherokee county for the support given me in the primary of the 20th. 1 trust that I shall he far ther remembered by them in the sec ond election. I promise, if elected nil road commissioner, to do all I can for the people's interest. B. L. Caughman, Mt. Willing, 8. C.. Aug 29, 1902. Still in the Fight. It has been reported by some one that I have withdrawn from the sec ond race for coroner. I am still in the fight and expect to win. John O. Tate. Gaffney, Sept. 2nd, 1902. Notice of Discharge. Notice Is hereby given that I. as guardian for Maggie Turner will make final settle ment before the Probate Court of Cherokee county, S. C.. on Saturday, Sept. 27tli next, 10o’clock a. m. of said estate and ask for final discharge as said guardian. L. Moody Turner. Guardian. Published in Ledger Sept. 5, 12. 19, and 20, 1902. THIS SPACE BELONGS TO L. W. McGUINN, The Leading Market Man. ’Phone 00. Burnett Block. OR. MOPFETT’J Teethin A /.J MMM Cures Cholera-Infantum, Diarrhoea,Dysentery, and the Bowel Troubles of Children of 4/;/ Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child and Makes „ „ TEETHING EASY. Or mail 2o cents to C. J. MOFFETT, M. D.. ST. LOUIS. MO. We have handled Dr. Moffett's TEETHINA (Teething Powders) ever since its flrsUn'troducUon to"thepublio ivifcbimnv rvwvKnaJi Costs Only 25 cents at Druggists, hot sun or overcomes so quickly the troubles incident to teething. THE LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG CO.. Wholesale Druggists. pdF For sale by all druggist. LOOK THIS WAY, PLEASE I:::::::::::::::::::::::-::—^ GAFFNEY LIVE-STOCK CO. ha? ; ust received a big car load of the celebrated OLD HICKORY WAGONS They are the best wagons on earth, and we are going to sell them CHEAP for the CASH or ON TIME. Our buggy house is now full. We have buggies from the finest Babcock to the cheapest Perry, so come and help us make room for another car load that will be in in a few days. Yours truly, GAFFNEY LIYE STOCK CO. CLOSING OUT SALE OF WAGONS AND BUGGIES. I Having decided to discontinue handling wagons and bug gies, I will offer, until sold, my entire stock of wagons and buggies at actual delivered prices. The stock is as follows: Five Taylor wagons, one Stude- baker, one-horse wagon,; several White Hickory wagons, buggies of the following brands, Tyson and Jones, Corbitt, Goldsboro, Highland Buggy Company, etc. Now is the time and this the place to get a genuine bargain in high grade vehicles. My stock of General Merchandise is complete and prices right. See me before you buy. Yours for trade. J. I. SJVH.RA.TT 818 Limestone Street. 1 it