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The: JL*e:i30e:i*. fUBLISHED T0E8DAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for tb« 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 at one cent a word. Beading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. NOTES AND COMMENTS. After the 25th of next February it will be unlawful to ship or offer to sell any quail, deer or wild turkey in this State for a period of five years under a penalty of thirty days on the chaingang or $100 fine. Our people all love quail, deer and wild turkey, but they are not all hunters. How would it do for the State to furnish her non-hunters with quail, deer and wild turkey through the dispensary and thus keep down quail, deer and wild turkey blind tigers? The union revival meeting comes to a close with tonight’s meeting. If nothing more had been done than to raise the splendid contribution for the orphanages yesterday the meet ing could have been oronounced a success. That was practical Christi anity, and we feel proud of the con tribution and are thankful to Dr. Broughton for acting on our sugges tion and thankful to those who con tributed, It was a fine effort to help the orphans. Gaffney is noted for her progressiveness in all things and this contribution is an earnest of the good intentions of the people. EDWARD W. BOK ON SUCCESS The Keal Meaning of the Term and How It May be Attained. Like many aspiring youths, Edward W. Bok turned to one who bad been brilliantly successful for the password which would open to him the golden gates. He asked Chauncey Depew what was the secret of success. “My boy,” replied the genial diplomat “There is no secret to it. It is jus dig, dig, dig.” That the hint was taken can be judged from the position Mr. Bok now holds. Being called up on to relate how he had succeeded so strikingly, Mr. Bok told the story. In the course of bis lecture on ‘ ‘The Keys to Success” (which is given in extenso in “Modern Eloquence,” from which this is taken), he shows marked abili ty for crystalizing fact into epigram, as can be seen from the following ex amples : “Every young man who is trying to succeed must put success in its right ful, simple place. “To carry to a successful termina tion what one starts to do is what suc cess really is and means. “The correct definition of success is accomplishment. “Hard work must become a habit before any degree of success whatever is attained. The success most highly regarded in the business world is that which is won on conservative lines. “Thoroughness is the surest key to success in business. “When a young man overlooks the small things, or thinks they are not important enough to do them well and thoroughly, he leaves out of bis cal culations one of the most important elements of success. “No town is too small for success. “A man’s success never depends on the place in which he lives; it depends on the man. ‘ ‘Thoroughness is the earning power of success. “You cannot hurry success. It is like respect, you must earn it.” and division In the family and dis traction in addition, the answer is hard to arrive at. The Fourth 8nnd»y »t Anbury. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Asbury, Nov. 23 —Today has been an ideal day at Asbury. The day was beautiful and a large crowd assem bled to hear the farewell sermon of Rev. 8. A. Nettles, who has been the faithful pastor for the past four years, and who, according to the Methodist laws, must be given another appointment next year. Rev. Mr. Nettles was at his best and preached a most excel lent sermon from the first Epistle of John 5:3. His congregation having already paid the entire assessments upon the church, were in the right spirit to receive his parting message. There were many tears shed as we listened to the farewell words of him who had endeared himself as our most faithful pastor for the last four years. Mr. Nettles is an excellent pastor with but few equals as pastor, financier and businessman, and mak ing money a means and not an end; eternity alone will disclose the good he is doing with his money. We con gratulate tbe charge to whom our dear brother may be appointed next year, G> L * Death at Grover. (Correspondence ot The Ledger.) Grover, N. C., Nov. 24.—Please al low us space to chronicle the death of our old friend, J. L. Bridges, which occurred Saturday evening, Nov. 22d. His remains were interred at Mt. Paron cemetery on Sunday, Nov. 23d. Rev. T. H. Mullinax conducted the funeral services at two o'clock p. m. Bro. Bridges was born April 9th, 1832, joined the Baptist church at Buffalo at twenty years of age and was a faithful member unt’l death. He leaves his third wife and six children, two sons and four daughters, and a host of friends to mourn his de parture. He was a high-toned Chris tian gentleman, one who was loved by all who knew him. T. .r. g. LYNCHING IN TENNESSEE. Negro Quickly Pays Penalty For Hor rible Crime. Nashville, Nov. 13.—A Banner spe cial from Lcwisburg says the horribly mutilated body of Robert Adair was found in the field near his house a: an early hour this morning. Adair heard some one in a wagon who had been stealing corn, and start, ed in pursuit with a small rille, the stock and barrel of which were touud near his dead body. A knife all cov ered with blood was also found and was identified as the property of John Davis, a negro. The sheriff organized a possee and went to the home of Davis, where the bloody clothes he wore were lo cated, but the murderer had fled. Search was unrelenting and the negio was caught about half a mile from town, but not until ho had been (Twice wounded. He wms brought back and the sheriff and Rev. John Royal Har ris made an apja-al to the people to allow the law to take its course, but the mob was deaf to all entreaties, and hung the negro in the court house yard. There were about DOO unmask ed men in the crowd. MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Travels Back and Forth on Ships. Not Allowed to Land. New' York, Nov. 13.—Traveling back and forth on ships which ply between Havana and this port, Oonstaotine Garcia, a native Cuban, is affording the steamship companies much trouble and proving himself to be a man with out a country- He started four month* ago by stowing away at Havana. Ar riving here, the Immigration officials ordered hi mback. At Havana, tbe ordered him back. At Havana, the because be was practically a stowa way, Ho was again returned to New York, and again refused permission to land. The steamship companies are com pelled to obey the order, and return Garcia to Havana, or pay a heavy pen. alty. They have been unable to find any work aboard ship which their un welcome passenger can do. Mean while Garcia says be is letting the others “do the worrying.” FARMERS AND GOOD ROADS Cost ot HanllnK Farm Products Over Country Hltthvrays. The advocates of good roads will find plenty of arguments in tbe recent re port of the Industrial commission on the marketing and distribution of farm ing products. This report shows the value of good country roads and the Immense saving that could be effected through them. It also furnishes argu ments in favor of the construction of electric lines through the farming sec tions of the country not only for the hauling of passengers, but for the haul ing of freight. The report show's that the cost of hauling farm products over country roads is $900,000,000 a year, or more than the entire cost of operating ail the railways in the United States, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. The total operating expenses of railroads is estimated at only $818,000,000 annual ly. The average haul to the nearest shipping station in the transportation of farm products is twelve miles, and tlie average cost is 25 cents a ton a mile, or $3 a ton for the twelve miles. By comparing this ton mile cost with the average ton mile revenue of the railroads in the country, which amounts to 7 mills a mile, the immense oppor tunity for saving that would be effect ed through good roads may readily be seen. If farm products could be hauled to market at 7 mills a ton mile, as is the case with railway traffic, the en tire charge for transportation would be less than $20,000,000 as compared with the $900,000,000 it costs the farmers to haul their products over ordinary roads. The building of good roads and the construction of electric linos will mean an enormous saving to the farming classes. Some of the advocates of good roads believe that the two could be constructed jointly, as the cost would be proportionately less for the building of good wagon roads, which could also be used for electric railways. These electric railways could be constructed through those sections of the farming community which would offer the best possibilities In the way of freight and passenger traffic returns, and wagon roads could be built connecting these with all sections of the country. The farmer who did not live on the direct line of an electric railway could haul his freight to the nearest point, where it could be quickly transferred to an electric train. COUNTRY OF GOOD ROADS. The IllKhway* of France hm Seen by an American. ‘‘One of the tilings that impressed me most while away was that no matter where one may go in France he finds the very best of roads,” said the Hon. William Flynn In an Interview pub lished In tbe Pittsburg Times. “I had an excellent opportunity to observe that fact while on toy way from Paris to Aix-les-Bains. We made the journey of 425 miles in an automobile, taking the trip by easy stages and reaching Alx- les-Bains three days inter. For miles and miles at a stretch there the roads are on a straight line, and every foot of the way we found to be In the very best of condition. It seems that in France they are far ahead of our coun try in taking care of their roads. “Roadmaking in France is handled very differently from the way it Is handled in this country. For instance, repairs are made to the roads there long before the appearance of the road would indicate that any Immediate re pairs were needed. Of course the roads there are very old and are well cured, so that with their present method of repairs it Is a comparatively easy mat ter to keep them in the best of condi tion. “A remarkable thing about the road question in France is that travel is not so heavy as is the ease in our*country, but notwithstanding that fact the roads an* not allowed to suffer from neglect. The roads are maintained by what are called departments there, which in our country would be called counties, and it is no uncommon thing for one to travel hundreds of miles and not find a single hole or rut in any part of the mud.” * The l »e ot Convicts on HontlM. lu many e mntries the army has been used to advai. age in nine of peace in building up aim maintaining the high ways. There is no army in this coun try for such a purpose, but there Is an army of prisoners in every state whose lal*or is so directed and lias been so di- BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION Malleable Glaae. Nominating Committees Submit Name* For New Officera. New Orleaaie, Nov. 13.—The Ameri can Bankers’ association was slow In assembling this morning. After prayer by Rev. W. McF. Al exander, the call of states for flve- mlnute talks was resumed. California invited the convention to meet in San Francisco, and Washing ton invited the convention to meet in Seattle. The nominating committee, compos ed of the delegates from the different states desire to submit for president Mr. Caldwell Nardy, president of the Norfolk National bank, of Norfolk, Va. For first vice-president, Mr. Frank G. Bigelow, president of the First Na tional bank, of Milwaukee, Wis. Fbr the executive council, John Skelton Williams, president Richmond Trust and Safe Deposit company, Richmond. Va.; W. T. Fenton, cashier of the First National Bank of the Republic, Chicago; D. Sloan, presi dent of the T.onaeoning Savings bank, Lonaconing, Md.; Arthur Reynolds, president Des Moines National bank, Dos Moines. la., and last, but not least, Mr. James T. Hayden, president of the Whitley National, New Orleans. The nominating committee compos ed of the delegates representing the state association presented the fol lowing names as members of the ex ecutive council: - £ A. M. Wiggins, vice-president of the National Park hank. New York city; Charles L. Farrell, assistant cashier of the Capital National bank, Indian apolis, Ind.; A. V. Lane, cashier Na tional Exchange bank, Dallas. Tex.; I Alt her Drake, cashier Merchants Na tional bank, Omaha. Neb.; A. A. Crane, cashier National Bank of Com merce. Minneapolis. Minn. Loss of Flosh When you can’t eat break fast, take Scott’s Emulsion. When you can’t eat bread and butter, take Scott’s Emulsion. When you have been living on a milk diet and want something a little more nourishing, take Scott’s Emulsion. To get fat you must eat fat. Scott’s Emulsion is a great fattener, a great strength giver. Those who have lost flesh want to increase all body tissues, not only fat. Scott’s Emulsion increases them all, bone, flesh, blood and nerve. For invalids, for con valescents, for consumptives, for weak children, for all who need flesh, Scott’s Emulsion is a rich and com fortable food, and a natural tonic. Scott’s Emukion for bone, flesh, blood and nerve. We will send you a free sample. Be sure that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. scon & BOWNE, CHEMISTS. 409 Pearl St t N.Y. 50c. and $f t all druggists. Neri, whose book on glass was pub lished at Florence in 1012, says, “In the time of Tiberius was invented a way of making glass malleable, a thing afterward lost and to this day wholly unknown, for if such a Jhing were now known without a doubt it would be more esteemed for its beauty and incor ruptibility than silver or gold, since from glass there ariseth neither smell nor taste nor any other quality. ” But though unknown to the old Italian, the art was practiced in Persia, if we may believe Bailey, who says that in 1610 Sophi, emperor of Persia, sent to King Philip III of Spain six glasses that were malleable and would not break by be ing hammered, and Blacout tells that an inventor, having presented a bust of malleable glass to Richelieu, 1620, was rewarded for his ingenuity by perpetual imprisonment lest the vested interests of French glass workers should be in jured by the new invention. An Insinuation. Doris—Yes, she was furious about the way in which that paper reported her marriage. Helen—Did it allude to her age? Doris—Indirectly. It stated that “Miss Olde and Mr. Yale were mar ried, the latter being a well known col lector of antiques.”—Chicago News. THE OLD reliable &AKIH0 POWDER Absolute!/Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE Practically all the exports of Africa are natural products, while her Imports are exclusively manufactured articles. * n-nmnn’s whim is often a man’s fate.—Boston Transcript. ' 4’ *s*i.u 'Hr v 9 Men’s Shoes, Women’s Shoes, Children’s Shoes. This item of slices is a big one. Every family large or small is a shoe buyer. Insist onjsolid “meaty” shoes, do not dwell • so much on the price. Low price shoes are not cheap. In sist on quality at a fair price and your shoe bill will be less. We offer Men’s well-known shoes by the best makers in the business. Hamilton-Brown, all solid goods and every pair war ranted solid. Heland Calf, no better shoe made, $3.00; three styles. flood as Gold, equal to any $2.50 shoe on the marketf $2.00. America all solid, must he, Cap, Lace, Plain or Congress, $1.50. Douglass, $5.00, $4.00, $3.50 and $3.00. Patent Leather Velures, Calf and Vici Kid. Great line men’s heavy goods, all neat goods, $1.00, $1.25 and the best made at $1.50, high cut creeds. Big line Milwaukee Grain and Kang, shoes, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.25 goods that wear like iron. Bov’s heavv, medium fine goods, heavy servicable goods, 90c, $1.00, $1.15 and $1.25. Fine goods, 90c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and $3.00. To Loan. Iv a die s’ Shoes! Married Men TeU Why They Married. An editor seat oar circular letters to a large number of married men sub scribers asked them why they mar ried. Here aresome of the answers: I didn’t intend to do it. Because I did not have tbe expe rience I have now. I married to get even with mother, but never have. That’s what I’ve been trying tor eleven years to find out. I yearned for company. Now we have it all tbe time. I thought it would be cheaper than a breach of promise suit. Because Sarah told me five other men had proposed to her. That same fool question my friends ask me. I wanted a companion of tbe op posite sex N. B.—She is still opposite. The old man was going to give me bis foot so I took bis daughter’s hand. Because I asked her to have me and she said she would; I think she’s got me. Because I thought she was one among a thousand; now I think she Is a thousand among one. I was lone ly and melancholy, and wanted eome one to make me lively. She makes me very lively. I have exhausted all the figures in the arithmetic to find an answer to your question. Between multiplication Kmolntlona of Knaport. Whereas the Supreme Master oi the Supreme Lod^e of the universe has in His all-wise providence re moved from onr lodeo our m-n***h», brother. L. (4. Byars, therefore be it resolved 1st. That in the death of B^o Bvars Granard Lodge No. 186. A. F. M. has lost a useful member and we a wormy brother. 2nd. That the secretary be ir- structed to record these resolutions in tbe minut** "f'he lodge and fur nish the femily of the debased with a copy of tne same. W. H. Ross ) Ed. H. De’^ami* Committee. C. C. Harris. \ The gods honor h^r who th’nket long before she openeth her lips. There is more Catarrh in this section' f tl country titan all other (Jl-e-ases pul tosethe and until the last few years was supposeU be Incurable, for a great many years do tors pronounced It a local disease, and pr scribed local remedies, join by constant falllnK to cure with local treatment, pn nouricffd it Incurable. Science lias prove catarrh to be a constitutional disease, at therefore require* conslitutlonol trealmen Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. Cheney A C<j.. Toledo. Ohio, is the only coi stltutional cure on the market. Ills taki Internally in dotes from 10 drops to a te spoonful. It act# directly on the blood at mucous surfaces of the system. They offi one hundred dollars for any cat- ■ It falls cure. Send for circulars and t stlmonlals. Address. F. J CHENEY A CO., Toledo. < Hold by DruKKists. 75c. Hairs Family Fills are the best. reefed for generations past that it adds little or nothing to the common wealth, says Marten D alge. director of office of public roads inquiries. The labor of these prisoners properly ap plied and directed would he of great benefit and improvement to the high ways and would add greatly to the national wealth, while at tbe same time it would lighten the pressure of competition with free labor by with drawing the prison labor from tbe manufacture of commercial articles and applying it to work not now’ per formed—that is, the building of high ways or preparing material to be used therefor. Good Roads In Oregon. Two things are essential to good roads in Oregon—first, the general de sire for them, and, second, the Intelli gent determination of the people to have them, says the Portland Orego nian. What, indeed, may not a wide awake, progressive people, with the law of “initiative and referendum” hack of them, accomplish In the mat ter of public improvements? All that is needed Is applied energy in accord ance with the light that we have or can get, and good roads will In due time become an established fact In Or egon. Isolation, that bane of country life, will be overcome, and the spirit of neigbborllness will put discontent in duced by loneliness to flight. T O LOAN—Money on Improved Real Es tate. Butler A Osborne, Attorneys. 10-31-ly Literatue on application to MISS E. A. BABBIT, Westford, fliddlesex Co., Mass. Fine Kid slices, made by the best makers and out of the best stock. Comfort, style and service, $3.50, $3.00, $2.50, $2.- 25, $2.00, $1.75, $1.50 and $1.25. A good $1.25 shoe at 98c. Women’s heavy shoes, Button or Lace, $1.00 and $1.25. Wo men’s Heland Calf, $2.25, value at $1.75. and Children’© Ss^hoe©! The greatest Misses School Shoe made is our Security, 5 to Correspondence with regard to the Uni tarian faith established, if desired, i1-28-it SEE MY PRICES. See my prices on Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, Groceries, Axes, Pocket and Table Cut lery, and all other goods. Just received a lot of new Shoes and will sell for a short profit. Call and examine. Yours to please, I. M. PEELER. 8, *1.15; 8* to 10i, *1.35; 1H to 13i, *1.75 ; 1 to 3, *2.00. A dozen and one different kinds of Misses’ and Children’s shoes from 65c to $1.50. Infants’and Children’s shoes 25c to $1.00. We give you your money’s worth in every pair every time* Our prices are higher, our goods are better. I **-■ THE value store Nov. 28th, 1902.