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Obituaries will be published at five Go out to the good roads meeting cents a line. next Tuesday and lend your aid Reading notices will De published j owar( j the movement to elevate and as ten cents a line each insertion Cherokee. All correspondence should be ad- k f drea8ed t0 Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. notes and comments. i To take com- would only some serve people seriously to display one’s A MATTER OF TAXES. One very often hears persons plaining about paying taxes, and es- gullibility, pecially is this question likely to be ••♦♦♦ raised whenever any suggestion is A man does not have to live long made toward prosecuting any public to detect jealousy in his neighbors, if enterprise, the expense of which is to they possess that trait, be paid out of the public funds. The A community of interests is some thing in which everybody in the com munity is interested.. There seems to be a community of interest about the prtgresbiveness of Gaffney. It beats Bobtail how people who do something are cussed and discussed by those who, vampire-like, endeavor to suck the blood out of everything they come in conlact with. * • ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. Virginia L). Young is throwing bouquets at Col John Bell Towill. The editor of the Fairfax Enterprise is a rare flower, and if she does not captivate the gafiaut Colonel it will be a surprise to us. The papers have poked a great dial of fun at Senator Tillman and his free passes. The whole business is counties is 1 mills, while in Cherokee ridiculous in the extreme, but tbe\n- it is but 1 mill. Before the county cident serves to show that ho who does was organized, in Ih'JT, Spartanburg n0 {; practice what he preaches is Ha- paid .> mil.s, ^ ork mills and Union b j e £ 0 be detected in his perfidity. 4 mills. Ihus it will be seen that the Senator Tillman was either insincere taxes in 1 nion remain the same as j n jjjg professions or he has allowed they were before the organization of bj m gelf to be bamboozled by the cor- Cherokee, while those of Spartanburg po rations with free passes, and York have been increased. The --t—v---: people are almost a unit on the ques tion of good roads, but you hear ob jection raised whenever you begin to talk of taxation for that purpose. It is just as impossible to prosecute public work without money as it is for an individual to build a house or a factory without means. It takes money to do anything. But what we started out to try to do was to point out the absurdity of raising objection to paying taxes for public enterprises in Cherokee county. Did you know that the levy for ordinary county pur poses in this county was about the lowest of any county in the State? Well, it is a fact. Spartanburg, Union and York counties, from which Chero kee was formed, are today paying 75 per cent, more ordinary taxes than Cherokee. The tax levy in the old A HEROIC TRIO. Travis, Crockett and Howie and a Neglec ted American Epic, | Exchange.] Tha late Frank Norris in an article in World’s Work says that the Ameri can epic, which on the shelves of pos terity should have stood shoulder to shoulder with the “Hemskringla” and the “Tales of the Nibeluugen” and the “Song of Roland” will never be PROGRESS IN CHINA. Western Amusements In the Summer I'nlnce nt reklntc. Commenting on the recent dancing In the palace at Peking, the China Times says: “It was a matter of great sur prise to many to learn that the grand old dowager had taken a real interest In western music and that princesses were lancering in a way calculated to upset the traditions of the Summer pal ace. It appears that reform In China Vast Elretrlcnl Power System. The electrical traction system Yan kees are building to furnish power for their underground railways In London will be the largest in the world. It’ will have ten steam turbines of 7,500 horse power. The trains used will be similar to those on the Boston elevated railway, made up of three motor and four trailer ears. For Sale. lar'A-lvertlseinemH uu.Jer ?,hlH liend will Inserted for one cent a w..nl each Inser tion. No ad inserted for less than ten cent* polt SALE -I offer my .farm of about 150 a acres, well Improved, four miles south of Uaffney, f,,r sale for a short time only Terms reasonable. \V. Allen Jefferies. H-18-21 POK SALE Let-al Ciiii Homl P per with T numbered lines. A t The Ledger Office. American Teachers For Japan. The Japanese government. It Is said, written, because the Hector of an ig- | can he best introduced through western about to import 250 teachers from uored “Iliad” has bten forgotten. One of the requirements of an epic— a true epic—is that its action must devolve upou some great national event. There was no lack of such in those fierce years after forty-nine. Just that long and terrible journey from the Mississippi to the ocean is an epic in itself. Yet no serious at tempt has ever been made by an American author to render into prose or verse this event in our history as “national” in scope, in origin and in results as the Revolution itself. The pleasures and amusements. Tientsin has selected the humble medium of the j merry go round with horse power mu sic, while Peking in Its pride of place called upon the services of Sir Itobert Hart’s famous band. Amusements are far more insidious than study, and it is the first aim of every teacher to inter est first and instruct afterward. “China is in the kindergarten stage of western learning. She must be (unused to be taught. Don’t hurry her; don’t cram her. Let her learn the alphabet of reform in a pleasant manner. Instead of sending to China strong bands of the United Japan. States to teach English in prairie schooner is as large a figure in * foreign military, send strong military the legends as the black ship that bore Ulysses homeward from Troy. The sea meant as much to the Argo nauts of che fifties as it did to the ten thousand. “And the Alapio! There is a trumpet call iD the word, and only bands, with Dan Godfrey to lead them. The high appreciation of Sir Robert’s band by the imperial party opens up a very alarming prospect to officialdom. For the empress to express such de light in western music is equivalent to ordering the officials in the capital to We like best to call SCOTT’S EMULSION a food because it stands so em phatically for perfect nutrition. And yet in the matter of restor- ing appetite, of giving new strength to the tissues, especially to the nerves, its action is that of a medicine. Send for free 'ample. SCOTT & HOW ME, Chemists, 409-415 Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and £ 1.00; all druggists. pOR HALE -Old newttpiiuers lit ice h hun A dred. Apply at this office. POU HA LK All kinds of logm hlnnks-such ^ us usncl hy Mimistrates and < uls, deeds, mortgages, etc., as eh/ the cheapest. Apply at this office. poll SALE—Babbitt metal, made from old , MV'' femelted Into bars; the verTteat babbitt meta! made. Apply at The ledger the look of it on the printed page is a encourage such music. There can be no ordinary county tax for Cherokee has steadily been on the decrease sin je the first year of its organization, un til they have cot ten it down so low that it is difficult to see how it could be gotten lower. And no one will doubt the assertion that we are just as well governed as any one of the old counties, and that we are, individu ally and collectively, better off than i before the organization of Cherokee. We call attention to these facts be cause the average man does not post himself on the subject. Ask the very next man you come across how much the assessment for ordinary county taxes is, and the chances are that he cannot tell you. Ask him how much they were in the old counties and he will in all likelihood be at sea. Men do not stop to consider such things. They go right along and make broad AMONG OURSELVES. Senator Tillman has returned home from ms tour of the West, and we may expect to bear, any day now, of a hand primary on the pass-totini habit.—Chanoite Observer. Mr. Bryan has bought a !j!1200 pair jf horses, one of whom he has affec tionately named Ted iy Roosevelt! Is he going to drive Roosevelt or is Roosevelt going to drag him around? —Charlotte News. flash of fire, but the very histories slight the deed, and to many an American born under the same flag that the Mexican rifles shot to rib bons on that splendid day the word is meaningless. Yet Thermopylae was less glorious, and in comparison with that siege the investment of Troy was mere wanton riot. \t the very least the Texans in that battered adobe church fought for the honor of their flag and the greater glory of their country, not for loot or the pos session of the person of an aduitress. Young men are taught to consider the “Iliad,” with its butcheries, its glorification of inordinate selfishness and vanity, as a classic. Achilles— murderer, egotist, ruffian and liar—is a hero. But the name of Bowie, the name of the man who gave his life to his flag at the Alamo, is perpetuated only in the designation of a knife. Crockett is the hero only of a “funny story” about a sagacious coon, while Travis, the boy commander who did what Gordon with an empire back of him failed to do, is quietly and defi nitely ignored. He died in defense of an ideal, an epic hero, a legendary figure, formidable, sad. He died facing down injustice, dishonesty and crime; died “in bis boots,” and the : same world that has glorified Achilles and forgotten Travis finds none so poor to do him reverence.” CROP BULLETIN. other prospect than every Peking offi cial blowing his own trumpet with va riations. A wave of music will pass over Peking, and every household will have an additional lyre. There is one great danger to be guarded against. They must not learn the extortionate powers of the waits.’’ Too Smart. He was one of those men who are constantly trying to beat down prices,” said a bank cashier, “and had evident ly been looking around for bargain prices for his bill of exchange. When he presented it to me and asked the rate, I replied, ‘One-tenth of 1 per oeut.’ “‘Now, look here,’ he said. ‘You are too high. I have done business in this bank for ten years, and yet you charge me a higher rate than 1 can get from the Farmers’ bank, over the way. They will do it for one-eighth. If you don’t do it for that, I’ll take my account over there.’ “ ‘All right,’ I remarked. ‘We will do it for the same rate, considering that you are an old customer.’ “The bill of exchange cost him GO cents more than it would had he kept quiet.”—New York Times. Silberman Bros. Largest Fur House In America. Branches All Over Europe. Highest cash price paid for all kinds of raw furs. Hold your shipment until you get our price list. Write for it to-day. We mail it free. SILBERMAN BROS., 122 to 128 Michigan St., Chicago, III. SHICHESTER’S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL FILLS _ o"' <V- Always reliable. ask Druinrist f> CffirHECTKK K KX4il,IM) in Kt-<l ai j metallic boxes, scaled with blue nbbo i. oo uthpr. He fuse <11 aiveroiin .nb.M. uxtionmtnd imitations. I!uy ol your Uruggi t, >• lend le. in stamps for I’arf ..-tilut-H, Tew i- ur.ninw and “Keller for I.-.ities," inlet: , 7 return Hall. H>,000 Testimonials. Sold y J. 1 Druggists. CHICHE8THB CHEMICAL CO. •too MarllNuit Square, I* III LA.. PA. . Mention this paper. Keport of Condition of Different Crops Throughout the State. Columbia. 6 C., Aug 18.—The week ending 8 a. m., Monday, August 17th, had a mean temperature of 79 degrees, which is about 1 degree, below normal. The day temperatures weie slighlty lower than usual, while the night temperatures were normal. There was more than the usual Needed For Other Purposes. A Georgia justice recently married a runaway couple who drove up to his house aud went through the ceremony without descending from the carriage. When the ceremony was over, says the Atlanta Constitution, the groom fum bled in his pockets and fished up thirty- I six cents. “Jedge,” he said, “this here’s all the money I got in the world. Ef you’ve a mind to take It, you kin, hut I’ll say now that I done set it aside fer the honeymoon expenses.” S - j KV Governor Heyward may not have broken up the tigers in the cities, but ho has certainly squeezed some of the boldness and insolence out of amount of cloudiness, and the air was them. Let him keep up the crusade unusually humid the entira week, against them.—Orangeburg Patriot. The need of sunshine is indicated. ! Parts of the State had almost daily If the political Her Opportunity. say she isn’t happy,” the political canidate had to run against the registration hooks instead of their opponents in the other party, there would be a good many more of them sharing the rains, with excessive amounts in places. The drougth in the north central and south central counties was broken on the 14th, but there are a few sca'tered places in the west assertions, taking it for granted that fate good roads bonds.—Gas- central counties that are tu need of what they say is true, and in nine cases out of ten, they are in error. Of course the statement does not tonia Gazette rain, or more rain. In lower Lauebs- ter county there was a fall of over It would be interesting to kn jw a** inches in about tnree hours that whether or not the state of South severely damaged crops and land, effect the State taxes and tho tax we Carolina is still paving large bonuses The average precipitation for tne pay on railroad bonds. They are left for credit in the matter of whiskey State was 2.50 inches. out of the question entirely, because P urc fi a9e 8- If such be .he case, it is ♦ Loo i ~ , ., time the dispensary business was put there has been no variation in them, . u u • v- . i< t- • ‘ on a cash basis.—Yorkvihe Enquirer so far as we know, for fifteen years. But with ordinary county taxes be- j have something of a fellow feel ing reduced and the county govern-; ing for Senator Tiliman. It seems ment being carried on satisfactorily i that when the pickpocket got at his with the assessment now being made, c ^ 0 ^ e8 l ^ ere Wli * nothing iu the . , , pockets except railroad passes. Now it does appear to us that the people j i9D . t that ju9t |ike a ucwspaptr man? could well afford to couseut to an ad* If he had anything else we have not ditional 1 mill tax for good roads, heard of it.—Florence Daily Times. That is the most economical way to' — — build them in the long run. We are Colleton’s rum business seems to infni-moA _• ..u ... be Houri ihicg. To realize the gum of informed that with a one-mill addi- on ir. ° .. . . _ . # |J,9b4 lo as P rohts to the towns. tional tax it would be possible to schools and county after paying the keep our good roads machinery going sa'aries of dispensers, rent, etc., the entire year, feuch being the case “hows the sale of an enormous it would be folly to issue bonds be-! amouut of Vl( i uor - ThorH ur? «*iil “ few people left who take it for thejr “stomach sake”—no doubt.—Code- cause the interest on the bonds would necessarily have to be paid, tbe money would lay in tbe banks draw ing a very small rate of interest, if any, or other money be invested In additional road machinery in order to use upjthe money acquir ed by tbe bond issue iu sufficient time to make it profitable. On the other hand, direct taxation will en able the county officials to keep the present machinery in operation and eliminate the necessity of paying the interest on a bond issue. We throw out these suggestions be cause we are interested iu the welfare of Cherokee. We are also Interested in the good-roads movement and we desire to see It go forward. Indi vidually, we might with Impunity let tbe good-roads question entirely alone. We do so little traveling that we might put up with inferior roads and be content. But, we firmly be lieve that good roads will increase trade, save wear and tear on vehicles ton Press and Standard. Senator Tillman thinks it is well and proper to ride on passes out west. May he he thought his speech on lynching would be so warm that Young corn shared in the general improvement of crop conditions, and remains very promising, except on borom lands that had < xcessive pre cipitatiou, where it is firing. Old corn was not affect, d by tho weat her Fodder pulling is well advanced in the eastern and central counties, and oon-bderable fodder was damaged by th*- neavy rains. 1 Here * as a marked improvement in cotton over a largo part of of tbe State, especially in the western coun ties, but. there are also nutrinrous re ports of excessive shedding, and a few of general de'eriorafion. Rust is more preva'ent than last- week, and blight is reported from a few coun ties. Generally cotton is well fruited, and bolding its fruit, though tne plants are small aud very late in the extreme west with exceptions where recently growth had been too rapid Sea-island cotton continues to bioom profusely, and bolls are forming. The first hale of the season was ginned iu Bamberg county on tbe 11th. The ten year average of first bales is Augusta 7th; the earliest “They say sue isn’t happy,” com mented tbe neighbor, “but 1 don’t see why.” “Oh. some people never are satis fied.” “That’s right, and It’s her own fault If she Isn’t happy, because she’s able to buy clothes that will make all th< other women envious.”—Chicago Post. Een and Women who are in need of the best medical treat ment should not fail to consult Dr. Hatha way at once, as he Is recognized as the leading and most suc cessful specialist. You are safe in plantni; your ca«e in his hands,as he is the longest establishrd and has the best rep utation. He cures where others fall; there ts no patchwork or experimentlntr in his treatment. Per sonal attention by Dr Hathaway, also spe cial counsel from his associate physicians when necessary, which no other office has. If you enn not call, write lor free booklets and question blanks. Mention your trouble. Kv- erythtnit strictly confidential. J. Newtot Hathaway, M. D. DK. HATHAWAY. I FOR FALL SOWING. >• Farmers and Gardeners whode- 1 sire the latest and fullest informa- / tiou about l Yepiiaie and farm Seeds should write fur Wood’s New Fall Catalogue. It tells all about the fall planting of Lettuce, Cab bage and otlur Vegetable crops which are proving so profitable to southern growers. ALo about Crimson C!over t Vetches, Grasses and Clovers, Seed Oats, Wheat, Rye, Barley, etc. Wood’s New Fall Catalogue mailed free on request. Write for it. T.W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. Dr. Woollti's lasers of morphine, | PAINLESS | PIUM AND WhlskqCan opium, laudanum, elixir of opium, co caine or wnlskey, a large book of par ticulars on home or sanatorium treat ment. Address, B. M. WOOLLEY CO., 104 N. PryorStrect, Atlanta, Georgia. 41 Inman Bldg. 22H H. Broad Atlanta, Ua $5,000 BANK DCP0S,T GUARAN TEED BY A Railroad Faro Paid. £00 FHEE Courses Offered. Board at Cost. Write Quick G20RCIA-ALABAMA BUSINESS COLLEGE,Macon.Ga. the WH«terij«M would g.-t angry und ; Will4 0 n July 28tb, iu 1896, the latest hw might not hav** ample time to was on August 20, in 1895. purchase bis return ticket. As to j There is some tobacco yet to bo frank*, to b ■ trunk about it, “Uucle cured iu the central and west?rn Ben” and the raiinal authorities counties, but In the principal dis- probuhly b ,v ‘ an U’:d<‘rs'audiug” {tricts the work is finished. The when be travel- r.vr tin rued- * djwn 1 vvr ather was favorable on rice, and south.”—Jt h -fin News especially so on June rice in the Georgetown district. In the southern districts rice is ripening. Fall truck continues to be planted extensively under favorable conditions for quick PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM CfeantM and bouitifie, the hair. Promote* a luxuriant growth. Never Falls to Beatore Gray Bair to Ua Youthful Color. Cure* *calp di*eaK* a hair faiUug, Static ok oh in, < ity ok 'I oi.kdo, i Lccas County i* 8. Prank J. Cheney makt-Hostth that he lathe i senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chknky At Co., doing busbies* in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE liUNDKEl) HOLLA HS lor each by the use of ery TAKKH that cannot be cured Iv Hall’s Catakhh Cuke. FKANxC J. CHENEY. Sworn to before rne and nubHcrlt>ed in my presence, this tttb day of December, A. I). IhnJ Heal _l A. W. GLEASON. ♦ f Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. „ ,x w „ F - J * CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. germination. Cane and tweet pota toes are excellent; peas generally so. Turnips are being sown. The fruit season is about ended. Tbe late bay crop will be large. Wb m you want a physio that is mild and gentle, easy to take and cer tain to sot, always uso Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. ;L. D. Al lison, Cowpens ‘ for Debt. To Sam Frazier: Complaint having Jbeen made unto me by D. R.jBird that you are indebted to him in the sum of twenty-eight dollars and seventy-nine cents (IzS.yqj’on account for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered you at your special instance ami request at Blacksburg, S. C., from January* ist to |May ist, 1903, which amount you contracted and agreed to pay, but now refuse payment. This is, therefore, to require you to ap pear before me, in my office in Blacks burg, S. C., within 20 days from the service of this summons, to answer to the said Complaint, or judgment will be given against you by default. Dated Blacksburg, S. C., Aug. 6th, A. D. 1903. B. J. Gold, (L. S.) Magistrate. The manager of one of the most successful furniture houses in Greater New York was asked to what one thing, in his opinion, the success of the concern was most due. He replied: “The founder of tbe firm was a great believer in adverlising, and to this fact may be ascribed the enormous business we are handing.” There is no business, however small, that cannot be increased by judicious, systematic, per sistent advertising. The giant oak does not gain its strength in a day. Magnificent buildings are not reared all at once, nor can their strength and beauty be appreciated until the finishing touches are put on. Is your business satisfactory? Are you making headway? Are you using to the best advantage the greatest of all business lev ers—advertising? If yon are satisfied that you are, well and good; if not, drop in and talk it over with us. We have advertising q>aee to sell, and advertising i> a pert ef oet Pezhape we can help pea. Wanted. W A NTED-Ten thous- ooi+ a 2 d u-5 0unds g ree n or salteri hides at once. Also, all kmdsHof hides bought at highest cash price. Z. A. Robertson. 8-21-tf. lbs, or 80c iu trade. 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We carry a complete line of films and other supplies for amateurs. June H. Carr, 625 Limestone St. ’Phone 176 Residence 171. BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULDING. ALSO A KING LINE OK Paints and Oils 50c to|! ;«) per gal. £212 L. BAKER. SOME ONE MUST KNOW. It requires more than a general knowledge of drugs, more than knowing how to use scales and measures to rightly fill pre- ascriptions these days. Reme dies are multiplying, new pre parations are constantly com ing out and each prescription must have careful study and accurate attention. We give such work the atten tion it should have; we sec to it that ,our drugs are pure and of exact stand ird strength; we never substitute or vary a hair from the requirements of your % prescription or recipe. CHEROKEE DRUG CO. Limestone anil Frederick Sts. .a <1