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?!N’s. The Problem of a Tired Mother. I 9 t). The funny papers have told, time and again, how it makes a man feel to be shut up alone with the children even for a few hours. • It’s no wonder that nerve troubles attack the mother for she has the children all the time. How can she help being nervous, especially while the little ones are making such con* stant drafts on her energy? No woman can endure the strain of her housework and two or three little ones unless her digestive powers are of an unusual order. She can’t man ufacture force enough to stand the strain. We can suggest one thing Chat will surely help her and it Isn’t a drug poison either. It is Vinol, made by a remarkable new process from that wonder ful remedy, cod liver oil, a true tonic. Money back if you don’t find this true. CHEROKEE DRUG CO imuomsTS. Mail Orders Supplied, »?.ttre. Express Paid. Or, C. T LIPSCOMB, D K M T I » T •Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. DR. R. M. DORSEY, SPECIALIST on diseases of the EYE and EAR, and OPTICIAN. Successor to H. R. Goodell. 11-7 Alexander’s Music House, Spartanburg, S. C. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. OfMce upstairs, between R. A. Jones and •avenport. Office and Residence .Phone. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. 0f“Offlce over National Rank. William S. Hall, Jk. jjames A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. STAR Til BATHE BLOG, w i-r k iv v. ». Notary Public in office. Prompt attention given to all business. )R. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, iatfney, - * S. C. ► t.r J. R. Tolleson’s new Btore I- from tut to 26th of each f • New Shop in Town. We have opened up a shop in brick build lag flext to Pearl Steam Laundry and are prepared to do all kinds of work done in a first-class, up-to-date Blacksmith Shop. HomeHhocintc by a-tdpecialiMt We sol'clt your patronage and guarantee satisfaction. llO-lm Hu tier & Thaclct*ton. J. EMILE HARLEY, Attorney-at-Law, Gaffney, - - S. C. Notary public. All business receives pron.j i and careful attention. | MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE. THE CANDY KITCHEN, A merry Christinas and a happy New Year to one and all, and wishing every one to be happy and pleased like I am. I am happy and pleased for the time that I have been in this city, and many thanks for the nick^ps and dimes you have spew with me. Come and see me, no matter whether you buy any or not. If you cannot come, ring phone 170; good free delivery. I am yours truly, S. R. SUBER. Building and Plastering Lime Coal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pam Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Cape, call on UmtstQBt Springs Lime Works i * CARROLL ft CO., Lessees. Telephone V7. DETROIT GOING INTO THE COALJUSINESS Will Supply Citieeni Coal at Cost Prices. COUNCIL APPROPRIATED $60,000. Advertisements Will Be Printed Calling For Bids .on Anthracite Stove and Chestnut Coal, Smokeless Coal and Ordinary Soft Coal. Detroit Mich., Jan. 5.—The city of Dtroit is going into the coal business andi will supply the people with coal at coat prices. Some time agr the common council appropriated $50,u00 for the purchase of coal to be sold by the municipality, and Mayor Maybury approved the res olution today. Advertisements will be printed this afternoon calling for bids on anthracinte stove and chest nut coal, smokeless soft coal and the ordinary soft coal, in lots up to 10,000 tons. The bids will be opened in five days, the local tenders will be ac cepted for immediate delivery and the city’s municipal yard will begin doing business at tha earliest possible mo ment. Response Not Yet Received. Washington, Jan. 5.—The response of the allied powers to Castro’s last proposition to submit Venezuela’s case to the arbitration of The Hague tri bunal have not yet been received, but it is believed that the answers will not be much longer delayed, as a con tinuance of the present state of af fairs in Venezuela stimulated buying of Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio, which gained over 1 point each. St. Louis South ern preferred and Southern preferred also moved up strongly. Realizing continued in evidence at some points and the tone became hesitating again. Connecticut Valley Tobacco Crop. New York, Jan. 5.—The tobacco crop of the Connecticut valley, espe cially that grown in the open air, is not coming from the sheds in a satis factory condition, according to The Times Hartford correspondent, and the prices which are being paid rule con siderably lower than the growers were expecting. The cold and- damp weath er of last summer was not favorable to growing the best quality of leaf. Preparing For Crescent City Derby. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 5.—Six horses belonging to Tichenor & Co., includ ing Waswift, Cambrian and Flocar- line, arrived at Montgomery yesterday from New Orleans. Trainer Poole stated that Flocarllne may be prepar ed for the Crescent City derby. Three of S. C. Hildreth’s horses and one be longing to Maclxiuden accompanied the Tichenor string. Heavy Fire Loss at Dallas. Dallas, Tex., Jan. 5.—Fire in the warehouse and stables of the Hughes Bros.’ Manufacturing comi>any, on Hughes avenue, near South—Ervay, burned J. W. Williams, a negro boy, to death and destroyed 20 head of horses. A warehouse containing ma. chinery and manufactured goods was also consumed, making a total loss estimated at $45,000, with insurance of one-half. Bubsnlc Plague Spreading. Laredo, Tex., Jan. 5.—A special from Hermosillo, Mexico, says that two cases Of bubonic plague have been reported ia the little town of Ahome, In Sinalea, not far from the Sonora border. The authorities of Sonora have notified) thoee of Slnalot that a sanitary cordon l as been established on the border and no one will be per mitted to enter the state from the south. Negro Kills Man. Macon. Ga., Jan. 5.—Thomas J. Con rad, manager Macon Baggage Trans fer company, was shot this morning at the union depot by a negro wagon driver, Arthur Shiver, the ball striking Conrad in the head, killing him in stantly. Trouble arose over a dispute about some baggage. The negro is still at large. Decision In Downs Case. Washington, Jan. 5.—In an opinion handed down by Justice Brown today the United States supreme court de cided in the Downs case that the money paid by the Russian govern ment on sugar exported iB a bounty, and that the collector of customs of New York wae justified in levying a countervailing duty on Russian sugar under the terms of the Dingley law. Poetoffice To Be Reopened. Washington, JA. 5.—Senator Me-. Laurin, of Mis*., today conferred with Postmaster General Payne on the eq uation at Ind4anola, Miss., where the postofllce ha# been closed as a result of antagonism to a negro postmistress. Subsequently McLaurln stated that he believed the office would be re-opened this week. Mr. Payne said that the office will be re-opened If there Is no intimidation of the postmaster. Congress Reconvenes. Washington, Jan. 6.—At noon the house reconvened after a holiday re cess of 16 day*. Many member* had not yet returned from their homes and there were not over 100 members on the floor when Speaker Henderson railed the house to order. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People Yon Know and -People Yon Don’t Know Mrs. W. A. Poole, who has been spending several weeks with her pa rents, Dr. and Mrs. Fort, returned to her borne at Paoolet Mills last Satur* day. J. E. Foster, of Greenville, was in the city yesterday. G. W. Speer, Esq., returned Friday from a visit to his parents in Abbe* ville county. Gus Mintz, of Blacksburg, was in tht city yesterday. G. W. McKown, of Mercer, was a business visitor iu the city Saturday. John U. Montgomery and Mr. Pat terson, of Chester, attended Dr Lodge’s reception at Limestone Col lege, and spent the night with Capt. II. P. Griffith. D. D. Gaston, a prominent citizen of Blacksburg, was in the city yester day. O. B. Turner, of Grass Pond, called to see The Ledger Saturday. E. R Broome, of Blacksburg, call ed to see The Ledger yesterday and renewed. Mrs. I. W. Avery, of Greenville, is in the city visiting her nephew, Mr. C. N. Avery, the popular manager of tber Wilkins-Bristow clothing store. Dr. D. S. Ramseur, of Blacksburg, was a city visitor yesterday. Rev. N. B. Clarkson, of Blacks burg, was among his many friends in the city yesterday. R. P. Scruggs, of Ezells, came to the ciry yesterday. Magistrate G. D.| Scruggs spent some time in the city yesterday. John E. Mosteller, of Grassy Pond, was a business visitor iu the city yes terday. J. M. Swofford, of Grassy Pond, was a business visitor in the city yes terday. Seneca Thompson, of Lawton, Oklahoma,paid The Ledger an appre ciated visit Saturday. Mr. Thomp son went to the west from this couoty about twenty years ago, and is a son of the late Mack Thompson. He is well and favorably known here and is receiving hearty band shakes from his old friends. James Wilson, of Cherokee Falls, was a Ledger visitor yesterday. T. F. Addis, of Jeter, paid The Ledger a visit Saturday. Hoag Allison, of Blacksburg, called yesterday and renewed. Capt. D. K. Cecil, of Lexington, N. C., was in the city yesterday. A. S. Smith, of Macedonia, paid The Ledger a visit Saturday and re newed. J. A. Whisonant, of Aot'ocb, was in the city yesterday. H. F. Little,of Spartanburg,attend ed the reception at Limestone Col lege Saturday eveuiug. Henderson Carroll, a prominent planter from across the Broad, was in the city yesterday. John S. Mintz, of Buffalo, was io the city yesterday. T. L. Bryant, of Trough, came up to the city yesterday. Dr. John T. Darwin, of Blacksburg, spent some time in the city yester day. N. W. Hardin, Esq , was in the city yesterday on professional busi ness. T. J. Hames, of Asbory, was in the city yesterday. J. D. Dickson, of Gowdysville, was in to see us Friday and renewed. Miss Bertha Walker, of Appleton, Barnwell county, is visiting friends at Limestone College. M. B. Vaspey was an appreciated Ledger visitor Friday. W. A. vYuisonant, of Wilkiusviile, came up to the city yesterday. D. W. Cooper came in Baturday and renewed. L B. Davis, of tstevy, was iu the city yesterday. Sam L Fort spent part of last week with relatives in Chester. W. T. Humpd^ries favored The Led- ?er with a call yesterday. Wm. Young, of Algnod, spent some time in the city Saturday. E. A. i'rescot, Esq , of Blackb- burg, was iu the city yesterday on professional business. Mr. and Mrs T J Oglesby, of Cow- pens, were in to see us yesterday and subscribed. Graham Harris, of Oowpens, cauie in to see us yesterday and subscribed. John J. Moore left yesterday for Hot Spring-, N C., where he is at tending school W\ B Hambright, tf Antioch, was iu the city yesterday. L. O. A. Clary, of Algood, came in yesterday and renewed. A Harris of Algood, was a Ledger visitor yesterday. M. M. Tate, of Webster, made a business trip to the city yesterday. Lem Biantoo was in the city 8ttur- day afternoon. J. J. McCraw, of State Line, was a city visitor yesterday. B. ti. L. Pettit, of Ravenna, made a business trip to the city yesterday. Audley Gold, a prominent young business man of Blacksburg, was in the city Saturday and paid The Led ger an appreciative call. G. W. Bonner, of Grassy Pond, came in yesterday and renewed. T. M. Littlejohn, of Star Farm, paid us a visit yesterday and re newed. R. E. Sarratt, of Macedonia, was in the city Saturday on business. Vine Knoufth for Wedding Cnke Or any other cake—and still the best flour for bread, biscuit and everything else. That’s what ‘ ‘Clif ton” dour is, an all-round flour that will never disappoint you no matter what yon use it for. Buy It and try it. Let prayer be the key of the morn ing and the bolt of the evening. Ask your druggist about "Fewer gallons; wears longer.” An Ordinance To Raise Supplies for the Fiscal Year, 1903-1904. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Alderman of the Town of Gaffney in Council assembled, and by authority of the same: That a tax to cover the expenses of the said town from the first Tuesday in March, 1903, to the first Tuesday in March, 1904, be levied and collected in manner and form fol lowing: Section 1. That there shall be paid on each dollar of the assessed value 01all real estate and personal property the sum of two mills for general purposes; the sum of two mills for retiring Town Hall, Electric Light and Waterworks Bonds, and the sum of four mills for the pay ment of interest thereon; making a total of eight mills. Section 2. That each and every able- bodied male person between the ages of 18 and 50 years, except such persons as are exempted by the state law, shall pay on or before the first Tuesday in March, I9°3i the sum of two dollars for road or street exemption; and any person liable to this tax who shall fail to pay the same within the time specified shall he required to work on the streets of the said town six days under the direction of the street overseer; and any person liable for the said tax, and fails to pay the said tax as provided herein or fails to perform the said labor, shall be,, upon conviction thereof, fined in a sum not greater than ten dollars, or imprisonment not more than twenty days. ITINERANT TRADERS AND AUC TIONEERS. Section 3. That not exceeding twenty- five dollars, within the discretion of the mayor, shall be paid per day by every itinerant trader or auctioneer offering for sale within the corporate limits of the Town of Gaffney, at auction or otherwise any goods, wares or merchandise to others than the trade; to be paid each day in advance, ami every itinerant trader or auctioneer liable to said tax, who shall fail to pay the same as herein provided, shall he fined not more than forty dollars, or he imprisoned not more than thirty days for each and every day or fraction thereof he shall so offend; Provided this section shall not be held to apply to dealers in grain, fruits, jioultry, earthenware or manufactures of like character raised or produced oti the ven der’s own farm. SPECIAL TAXES. Section 4. No person, firm or corpora tion shall he engaged in,prosecute or carry on any business or profession hereinaf ter mentioned, without first having paid a specal license U-.v therefor, as follows; to-wit: Agents for and dealers in fertilizers for sale 100 tons or less f 5 00 Agents for or dealers in fertilizers, from 100 to aio tons 10 00 Agents for or dealers in fertilizers, for each additional loo tons or fraction thereof over 200 tons .. 2 50 Agents, resident or itinerant, soliciting mill operatives to leave employers and go elsewhere 25 00 Agents selling or dealing in patent rights, whether in store or on the streets 35 00 Agents or dealers in sewing machines 25 00 Architect, surveyor, civil engineer, or either 10 00 Auctioneer 5 00 Auctioneer, replenishing stock from time to time as the same becomes di minished ...' 50 00 Baker 5 00 Balls, public, when admission ischargcd per night 5 00 Banks, private fl.5o for each $1,000 capi tal stock. Banks. National. $1.50 for each $1,000 capital stock. Barber, 1 chair 5 00 Barber, second chair 2 50 Barber, for each additional chair over two 1 (jo Bicycles, dealers in or agents for the sa e of 10 00 Bicycles, persons running establish ments for hiring or renting 5 00 Bill posters, local or itinerant 10 00 Blacksmith, for one forge 5 00 Blacksmith, for each additional forge over one 100 Boarding house, private, except for students or factory operatives ex clusively 5 00 Boot or shoe shop, making or repairing 2 50 Brick manufacturer 15 00 Broker, dealing in bonds and stocks alone 25 00 Broker, dealer in cattle, horses,or other live stock, not paying a license for sale stables or stock yard, per day $2.50: per year ' 25 00 broker, merchandise ... 10 00 Broker, pawn 50 00 Billiard, pool or bagatelle table, for one table 25 00 For each additional table 15 00 Building and loan associations or . ..gents for same 15 00 Butcher, dealer in meats, fresli or salt, less than 30 days 20 00 Boot black I 00 Chiropodist, per day l 00 Circus or menagerie, per day in ad vance, $50 00 to $150.00 In the discretion of the Mayor. Circus side show, per day in advance. 15 00 Circus street parade, in advance not more than Hfty dollars, in the dlscre tlon of the Mayor. Any person or persons who shall ex hibit or assist in exhibiting any cir cus or menagerie in said town with out having Urst paid the license tax therefor shall each he liable to a tine of I100.0C or Imprisonment not more than thirty days, for each day, or fraction thereof such show or exblbl tlon continues. Coal dealer 10 00 Coal and wood dealer 15 00 Commission merchant 10 00 Contractors for contracts less than 1250.00 2 50 Contractors for contracts less than $600.00 5 00 Contractors for over $500.00 and less than $2000.00 10 00 Contractor for over $2500.00 25 00 Hub-contractors shall be liable to a like license tax. Cotton seed oil mill, 75c for each $1000.00 capital stock. 75c for each $1000.0$ Carpet factory, capital stock, Cotton factory, capital stock. 75c for each $10004)0 Cotton gin and press 20 00 Dogs to lie paid for by the person or persons on whose place the dog Is kept 2 00 The police of the town of Gaffney are hereby authorized and empowered to seize and confine every dog running at large, not having on the town badge ' for current year; afid for every dog so taken up by the police, $1.0C addi tional shall be paid. Dealer in building supplies 10 00 Dealer In wagons, other vehicles except manufacturers 10 oO Dentist 1 10 00 Dyers soo Exchange, bucket shop, firm or individ ual, carrying on the business of deal ing in options or futures in cotton, grain, provisions or other supplies, or margins or otherwise 100 00 Exhibitions, outside of opera bouse, per day not, exceeding 10 00 Express company, for business done within the State, and not including that done without the State, and not government business 5o 00 Fairs, concerts or festivals (except for religious or benevolent purposes) per ^ 5 00 Fresh fish and oysters, or either, not sold in connection with market by regular licensed market men 5 00 Fruit trees, agents for, per day $1.00. per week 5 00 Gun anti locksmith, repair shop l 00 Gas fitters or plumbers, whether by day or contract 5 00 Harness shop, for repair only 100 Horses, persons selling at auction ex clusively, per day 05 ^ Hotel 25 00 Ice cream saloon or peddler 2 50 Ice dealer, retail 5 qq Each insurance company, life, fire, ac cident or any other kind shall pay license upon the gross business on the premiums of each company doing business in the town of Gaffney ac cording to the following schedule on sworn returns; $500 of premiums or less 30 00 Over $500 to $1,000 25 00 Over $1,000 to $1,500 00 Over $1 500 to $2.000 45 oq Elate glass, bond or accident insurance 15 00 Individuals buying from merchants and selling to the trade on time 10 OO Kerosene oil company or agent or agency for same 75 00 Land company, selling its own land ex clusively 05 00 Laundry, steam 1000 Laundry, agent for 10 00 Lawyer i 0 00 Lawyer, also lending money for self or others in addition 20 00 Loans, savings or investment company, loaning money on real estate or other wise, and similar companies, agent or attorney for same 25 00 ^unch dealer 2 00 Lime works ;j5 00 Machine shop and foundries or either, 75c for each $1,000.00 capital stock. Marble yard or agency for same. 10 00 Merchants shall pay license according to the following gross sales: Under $1,000.00 5 00 Over $1,000.00 to $2500.00 10 00 Over $2500.00 to $5,000.00 15 00 Over $5,000.00 to $10,000.00 20 00 For each $10,000.00 over and alxive $10,- 000.00 ; 5 00 Mill, grist or flour, each 5 00 Mill, saw 500 Money lender, other than hank or law yer 20 00 Newspaper less frequent than daily . 10 00 Oculist or optician, itinerant per day. . 5 00 Opera house, per year 25 00 Painting, contractor lor (sub-contract- ors shall he liable to a similar license) 5 00 Paper hanger or upholsterer 5 00 Photographer, local $10.00, itinerant per week or fraction thereof 5 00 Physician 10 00 Physic! tn. Itinerant ; pj 00 Pianos, organs and other musical in struments or either of them, dealer In'25 00 Merchants selling piano*, organs or other musical instruments in store 10 00 Same, itinerant 25 00 Pianos and organs, tuner and repairer, or either, itinerant 5 00 Planing mill or machine. 10 00 Printing office, job alone 5 00 Railroad, for business done within the State and not Including that done without the State, or Interstate com merce, and not Including that done for the government 200 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 00 Street wagon or dray, two horse 10 00 Street wagon or dray, one horse 5 00 Shooting gallery per day $2.00, per year 25 00 Skating rink 10 00 Soda fountain connected with other business or alone 5 00 Stables keei iug vehicles and horses for hire only, nuder one roof 5 00 Stables, feed and sale under one roof.... 25 00 Stables, feed and keeping horses and vehicles for hire 3000 Stables keeping horses for hire feed and stle 40 00 Stables where more than one is kept, license lax is to he for each accord ing to four preceding items. Tenpin alley 25 Ott No person shall let or hire any wagon ' or dray or other carriage or vehicle for transporting passengers or good.-, within tile limits of this town without Urst having obtained a badge from the Town Clerk or Treasurer, paying therefor fifty cents, under a penalty of five dollars for each and every day that such vehicle shall he run. or five days imprisonment foi each day so run. Street railway or dunfrny line .15 00 Tailor, merchant or man jfactu rer 10 no Tailor, not merchant, engaged in mak ing or repairing 5 no Telegraph company or agency for busi ness done within the State and not in cluding business done without the State or for the government 25 00 Tin or tinker shop 5 00 Telephone exchange 25 00 Telephone office 10 00 Tannery 2 50 Undertaker 15 00 Veterinary surgeon 5 00 Watch maker and Jeweler for repairing and selling, or either 10 00 Warehouse storage 10 00 Wood yard or dealer 10 00 All license issued by the Clerk, as herein provided, if to a firm, shall con tain the name of the firm proposing to do business under same and also all the names of the individuals comtxising such firm. If to a corporation it shall contain the name of the corporation and the names of the officers of same. Any fierson or persons carrying on business or occupation or running any establishment or business named in this or preceding sections, without having first taken out a license therefor, as here in 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 lie imprisoned in the towr prison or county jail, or be sen tenced to hard labor on the streets or other public works of the town for a pe riod of not more than five days for each and every day or fraction thereof such business, occupation or profession is car ried on without such license. perit date thereof. For any business, calling, occupation or profession not enumerated in the fore going a license tax of not more than $25.00 shall be paid to the Clerk by per son, firm or corporation engaged in or running same. Section 5. The Town Council hereby reserves to itself the right to revoke any license for any cause which may seem to it just. Section 6. The tax on real and per sonal property provided for in this ordi nance shall be paid on or before the first Tuesday in March 1903, and any person liable for the same who shall fail to pay the same on or before the said date shall be liable to a penalty of 20 per cent, of such tax and the tax and the with the costs shall be collected curion or otherwise. Any person, firm or officer of any oc cupation making any false or fraudulent returns,^ where a return under oath is by this ordinance required shall upon convic tion be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $50.00 or be imprisoned not mbre than thirty days, nor less than twenty days, at the discretion of the Mayor. Section 7. Any person, firm or corpo ration, liable to the license tax herein be fore set forth whose said tax is regulated by the amount of business done or the amount of stock carried, is required to make a return under oath to the Clerk of the Town Council On or before the first luesdayin March 1903, and on failure so to do, such person, or the officer or agent of such firm or corporation shall be liable, to a fine of not exceeding $100 or " n P r i son, nent not exceeding thirty days, for each and every day or fraction thereof, such person, officer or agent aforesaid shall be in default of making such returns. Section 8. All licenses issued under the foregoing sections are non-transfera- ble and will only protect those to whom they are issued. Done and ratified in town council as sembled this the 2nd day of January 1903. J. Q. Little, Mayor. W. H. Ross, Town Clerk. Gone Again! Mr. H. M. Johnson, of the Gaffney Live Stock Co., leaves to night for the Western markets for another lot of fine mules. Con sult your own best in terest and wait for his return. Just In for New Year a lot of Men’s Patent Leathers Blachers and Bals. All Our Stacy Adams $5 Shoes to Go at $4. The R. 8. Lipscomb Shoe Co. The Shoe Store. > t