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•t em -r • •’ fm K TW' i f Wi e:; — TTritB: JUki>oe:i^ PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. - BY Ed. H. ^eCa^p. 1 mm The Ledger is not respoiiftibl* for tb« ylews of cqrreepondenfcif.^/ Opyrespondents who do i\ot contri- bate regular news letters- must fur- oiah their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 published at five cents a line. Reading notices will De published at ten cents a line each insertion.- All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. notes and comments. Young men, buy some land as soon as you can. It will never be cheaper in your generation than it is now. So buy land and accept the profit in the investment that the general uo- ward tendencey of everything in the State is sure to secure to all owners of real estate. Do not wait till prices place it out of your power to own a home. Buy now and thereby attach yourself the closer to your county and her every interest, and become one of her upbuilders. A railway collision that was horri ble in its consequences, twenty per sons being killed and about fifty more or less injured, took place Tuesday on the Central Railroad of New Jer sey, and one equally as disastrous occurred the following day on the Southern Pacific. The first named is a four-track railway, equipped with the most modern devices that man’s ingenuity has yet been able to con ceive. It is impossible to avert such calamities and in this day of rapid transit the wonder is that such acci dents are not more frequent. And yet when we come to think of it the fact stares us in the face that travel ing on the railway or steamship is about the safest way to travel; but we would hail with delight some method that would make this kind of traveling safer than it is at present. Wednesday morning subscription lists to raise a monument to the murdered editor of the Columbia State, Mr. N. G. Gonzales, were opened in the banks of Columbia. Our thousand dollars was subscribtu before the banks closed. All the banks in Columbia are authorized to receive subscriptions. This is a cause that shoulfi appeal to every patriotic soul in South Carolina and contributions should be so liberal that the monument itself will stand as a towering rebuke to the cowardly assassin. Let Gaffney have a place on the roll of honor. The Ledger will forward any subscriptions intrust ed to its care. Already we have $7 for that purpose. Any others desir ing to contribute can inform us. We suggest that all contributions from Gaffney be donated as coming from Gaffney and not from individuals. A Washington Special of the the 26th, to New York Sun says: “At a mass-meeting of negroes to night, under the auspices of the Africo-American League, resolutions were adopted heartily endorsing the course of President Roosevelt in the appointment of negroes to offices, and a number of speakers, among them some of the most prominent colored men in the Southern States, preached a doctrine impregnated with anarch istic sentiments, and threatened that unless in the South there was early change in the treatment of the negro office-holders and the colored race generally the blacks would resort to the torch and the sword and lay it waste.” If these “prominent” colored men have as much common sense as those whom they have left behind to plow and hoe and reap and by other voca tions add to the development of their country, while they stand at the slop-trough of the public treas ury, they will give up the foolish ideas expressed above. It is a cer tain fact that the moment they begin to “resort to the torch and the sword and lay waste” the colored graveyards will begin to grow very rapidly The best friends the negro overbad are the white'men and women of the Bouth and today we think more of them than do any other people on earth. It will be an evil day for the colored people when they give ear to any such in flammatory utterances. And if the* time sbonld ever come—we do not anticipate it—the hot-headed fools who engender hatred by tbir unwise counsel should be the first to suffer. ♦ ♦♦♦ The Ledger is essentially the mouth-Diece of Cherokee county and it invitee the co-operation of every citi* zen in the county to the end that it may let the world know, so far as lies within its power, of the progress of its people and enterprises. The ‘[citizen who from personal prejudices deolires to aid In this work is not doing his whole duty. This paper, like all other papers, may make mis takes, but it is the aim of its pub lisher to advocate such measures as may redound to the glory of the entire people. No man, or faction, has, nor pever will have so long as it remains under its present manage ment, control of its policy. We do not desire to convey the impression that we are impertinent, because we do not mean to be, but we like it under-tood that we are independent and fr ^e, running a business on pure ly business principles, giving the best value for $1 00 of any newspaper in the State and depending absolutely upon the manhood and womanhood of the county for support. Its editor is free t.nd untramelled, says what he believe- to be right and proper, but whenever in doubt Bc-eks advice and either accepts or rejects it, just as he sees lit, but always follows what he believes to be right regardless of whom it may please or displease. If you want'a newspaper that has con victions and dares express them you need go no further. If you want a boot-lick.ng, Jtime-servirg organ or mouth piece of petty politicians then go elsewhere. Now is the time to -subscribe, only $1.00 a year, cash in dvanco, and your money back at any time you may become dissatis fied. This, from the'Charlotte Observer, i characteristic of the gentleman Lora Iredell: “The bloodhound fad has been as- c rndant in North Carolina for about fi .'G years nov, and those with recep tive minds, who have followed the publications about these beasts in connection with crime, roust have found them very- funny. All stories of secret assault, mysterious murder, robbery and safe-breaking conclude w th the words: # ‘bloodhounds have bt m sent for.’ The sequel published n; xt day, reads like this : ‘Owing to ra n last, night [or the ground being frozen, or the trail being too cold, or to< many people having tramped art uod the scene of the crime, or so! letning] the bloodhounds were un- abij to track the criminal.’ The trouh is, that after having been put on ;he track, the bloodhounds lifted their eyes to the eky, howled a tew times and fhpn'rmt off after a rabbit or i ’sparest cabin in the :>u m would give them a p 2>:e ot pone. ‘Bloodhounds have been sent for!’ Just as well send for terrapins.” V me ! Oh what memories the word conuresup! We can see old Loud and Ringtail and Tray and Pete out in V ic backyard gulping down pone. We iee the old oven sitting in the corner of the old-iime fireplace with its jot hooks. It’s supper time and the id is lifted from the oven and the smoking pone is lifted therefrom and placed upon the table. Out from the nilk house down at the spring come a j'>r of fresh buttermilk and a cake of butter. My! my! but it was good! We wonder how long it has been since the editor of the Observer ate pone? In this day of adulterated flour they don’t make pone. They say those were nard times, but more’s the pity we don’t have more pone. How’* Tills? Weoflfer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. 011EN E Y & CO.. Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. .1. Cheney for the last ir> years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all buslnss transac tions and dnanelally able to carry out any obligations made hy then linn. Wkst &Tuitax, Wholesal'-iOruggists, Toledr, O. Wai.ihnu, Kinnan & Makvin, Whole sale Druggists. Toledo, O. HaH'sCutarrh Cure Is taken internally acting direct ly upon the blued and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Drug gists. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Rr Wnfillflw'* 8KXT ™ , iJj 'h'dbilOJ O users of morvu ' L l PAtMLESS » IM.rjx ro a:: pldm\ opium, laudanun., n n « «« <mxlr of opium, eu- . . j, L if ife K calno or whiskey, a fj j i M lar * 0 h 00 *. 01 p«- AND WhlsktyCiirB tlculars on home or sanatorium treat ment. Address, B. M. WOOLLEY CO., 10* N. Pryor Street, Atlanta, Georgia. “—“ Silberman Bros. Largest Fur HouaWln America. Branches All Over Europe. Highest cash price paid for all kinds .ot raw furs. Hold youf shipment until yon get our price list. HWU for it to-day. We mail it tree. ' SILBERMAN BROS., LB to 128 Michigan St.. Chioeao,lll. — Notice, to Bridge Builders. I will be at Buffalo Creek, near Bridges’ Mill, in Cherokee Township, on Friday; Feb. 13th, IQ03, at n o’clock a. m., to let contract, for covering the bridge. Plans miy be seen in my office. Con tractor mtist give bond for thq faithful perfdrtqence of his duty. Therigbt re served to reject any or all b*da, ' J, V. WHRLcfJKb, , County Soi I-30r2t f . } >, . Tribute of Kritpect. The love of God is the sublimeat gratitude sod language cannot ex press how much 1 owe the good peo ple who so kindly and tenderly visi ted and administered to my wants and needs in the hour of my late affliction, for which I will hold my self alwaysiin readiness, when needed, to return the high compliment with the greatest pleasure. Bryant Bonner. WEEDS Consumption is a human weed flourishing best in weak lungs. Like other weeds it’s easily destroyed while young; when old, sometimes im possible. Strengthen the lungs as you would weak land and the weeds will disappear. The best lung fertilizer is Scott’s Emulsion. Salt pork is good too, but it is very hard to digest. The time to treat consump tion is when you begin trying to hide it from yourself. Others see it, you won’t. Don’t wait until you can’t deceive yourself any longer. Begin with the first thought to take Scott’s Emulsion. If it isn’t really consumption so much the better; you will soon forget it and he better for the treatment. If it is consump tion you can’t expect to he cured at once, hut if you will begin in time and will be rigidly regular in your treat ment you will win. Scott’s Emulsion, fresh air, rest all you can, eat all you can, that’s the treatment and that’s the best treatment. We will send you a little of the Emul sion free. I’.e sure that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrapj>er of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. wc. and £1: all dmergists. Garden Seeds Best for the “Sunny South,” because they are specially grown and selected with a lull knowledge of the conditions and require ments of the South. Twenty-five years experience and practical growing of all the different vege tables enables ns to know the vei y best, and to offer seeds that will give pleasure, satisfaction and px>fit to all who plant them. Wood’s New Seed Book tor I9SS (Mailed on request) is full of good things, and gives the most reliable information about all seeds, both for the Farm and Garden. r. w. <& sons, Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. WOOD’S SEED BOOK also tells a’l About Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, and all Farm Seeds. Write for Seed Book and prices of any Farm Seeds required. Notice to Overseers. The overseers of the several sections of the count} will please repair the roads wherever repairs are needed J. V. Whkt.chkl. County Supervisor. i-3o-2t KIDNEY DISEASES ere the moat fatal of all dis eases. Cfll CY’C&imey cure in nyXI o Bunutud Rmidy v jf ‘ ‘Tl *' • . I or money refunded. ‘ Contains remedies recognized by emi nent physicians as the best for Kidney and Bladder troubles. PRICE 50c. and SLOOe Foley's Hooey and Tar for children,safo, str'e. No opiates. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print- ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. ^ PISO’S CURE FOR ^ L PWMf I JJJ.LlEWfTO 01 a mu.. ■. Good. Uso Ip time. Bold by druggists. ^ CONSUMPTION For Sale ^■^Advertisements under this head will 01* Inserted for one cent a word each Inser tion. No ad Insert ed for less than ten cents TpfHi s.\LK Oak boards. Apply to l>. L. f Little ft ilin. ! MT-it For Rent. "OH KENT—H. M. Gaffney’s old residence F. G. Htacy. .Ian. bt-Liwk-tf. Wanted. W ANTED—People to know we sell the fol lowing Hicycles; Oolunihius, Olevelands. Orawfords, lluiTfords. Ideals. Kamh.ers and Westfords, Parker & lolleson. Jan-dO-ti W ANTED—Two intelligent hoys It to 15 years of a^e to learn the printing busi ness. Apply at this oHiee TATANTED--At once, 50 shares Gaffney Mfg. ’’ t o. stock. State price. Hall & Willis. Attorneys. ;au. gt-tf. W ANTED—500 bushels (liras at once: hi>;h- e-st (irice. J. L. Alexander. Jan. li-lmo. ANTED—Chickens, eggs and green bides. 15.fi. Clary. A ug. 22, tf. W ANTED—To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several t housand dollars to loan. Aiir?0-tf T. O. Jefferies. Lost. L OST—on Logan str-et, pocket book out ain- Ing sum of money. Howard if left at Ledger office. l-:ii>-lt pd. Notice. TTERKAFTEH we will only gin on Wcdncs- -e-*- day of each week, and grind at the roller mill on Saturday. Victor Cotton Oil Company. Jan. 25-tf. To Loan. T O LOAN—Money on improved Heal Es tate. Butler & Osborne, Attorneys. 10-:n-ly Money Loaned. . L OANS on Improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent, interest. No commissions. For information apply to J. C. Jefferies, Attorney at Law. 11-22-lyr LOAN'S NEGOTIATED FOR BORROWERS ON R E A L E S T A T E BUTLER A OSBORNE A ITOKNEYS Money to Loan. We have money to loan in any amounts on city and county property and stocks and bonds. I nterest ti to S per cent, according to amounts. Terms to suit borrower. ILvt.ti & Wii.i.is, Attys., Gaffney. S. C.. Notice to Stockholders. A meeting of the Stockholders of the Mer chants & Planters Rank, of Gaffney, S. C., is hereby called to meet In the Star Theatre building on thetith day of February F.Hfi, at It o’clock a. m., to consider a resolution of the Directors to increase t he eupital stock of stilt! Merchants & Planters Bank, by Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, making the total capital stock of said bank Seventy- Five Thousand Dollars. tv. c. Hamrick, R. A. Jon i s. R. M. Wit.kins, O. E. Wilkins. W. c. Carpenter, .1. Q Little, R. R. Brown, A. N. Woon. C. M. Smith. Botird of Directors of the Merchants and Planters Bank. Jan. U-lawk-fwk-Tuesdays. Ninety Per Cent of all chronic headaches are due to eye strain. Go to Dr. Griffith at the Chero kee Drug Co.’s and have the defect in vision corrected, and thus he QUICKLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED. Glasses Fitted With Scientific Accu racy and all the diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat treated according to the latest and most approved methods. GREAT OPPORTUNITY WALDENS BUSINESS COLLEGE Opens Wednesday, January 28 It occupies convenient and desirable (juarters over the old Dispensary stand, Carroll & Carpenter block, Gaffney, S. C. Day class opens at 9:00 a. m., night class at 7:30 j). m. It offers to the public a full business or shorthand course in the most thorough manner, in the shortest time possible and at the least expense. Our courses are equal to the best and superior to many. F^or—« Building and. Plastering Lime Goal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pans Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Gaps, call on limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL ft CO., Lessees. telephone 57, v S’ : WORTHY STOCK Diseases of horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and ponltry are now treated as scientifically and successfully as human, ills. Once a hit-or-miss condition powder was about the only remedy to he had no matter what kind of an animal was to be treated nor what the disease was. foday we have stock remedies of actual medicinal value; for distinct, specific purposes. J3e sure to see us whenever you need any kind of remedy for stock or poultry. Recipes for Stock Medicines are Compounded as Carefully here as The Most Delicate Prescription Cherokee Drug Co. LIMESTONE AND FREDERICK STREETS. JUST IN AT STOCK HEADQUARTERS One Oili’1 ond Kentucky Mules, One Carload We will make the prices right. Call and take a look when you want something in either line. POAG MULE COMPANY, LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE. Limestone St., Opposite City Hall. ’Phone No. 40. LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST. If it’s the best you are looking for in fertilizers this is the place to buy. 1 handle only the h.’st grades and guarantee prices against ail honest competition. I still have a’few wagons and buggies which I will selll cheap to close out. Wagon and buggy harness. I am proud of the record I have made in the shoe business. Nearly every sale makes a permanent customer. Honest goods at fair prices have doin’ the work. \V r e often hear expressions like this, “I get better value in those at J. I Sarratt’s than any % place in the city.” I continue to keep my stock of farming tools and farmers’ sup- • plies up to the standard and will save you money on anything in either line. NOW IN STOCK Seed oats for spring sowing. I(can save you money on Clothing, Dry Goods, Hats, Trunks, Valises, Satchels aud Bags. Soe me before buying I have several good farm mules which I will sell cheap for cash or on time for good papers. Respectfully, A. N. Wood. President. R. it. Brown. Vice-President THE MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK, OF GAFFNKY. S. C. Established llthl. Capital $50,000.--Surplus and Profits $8,500. * STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY. Does a general Banking and F.xchange business. Is well fitted up with Fire Proof Vanlt and Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Lock. We solicit the business of people of all occupations. C. TVt. I'TH. Gnshlar. People Become Wealthy By Spending Less Than They Make. We pay 4 per cent, interest on Time Certificates of Deposit running from three to twelve months. MERCHANTS & PLANTERS BANK, Capital and Profits $58,500. a* A. N. Wood, President, R. R. Brown, Vice-Prest., C. M. Smith, Cashier. }#■ Frank Hammond, President. W. G. McDavid, Sec’y. and Trea* THE CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST CO., GREENVILLE, 8. 0. ^ Capital Stock - - $100,000.00. Real Estate Loam made on easy Grins. Will buy you a home with rent money. Gallon H4.LL ft WILLIS, Local Attorneys. OA.F'HNNisY, £*. c.