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r r 11 \z i^ioi>oici*. P DBLISHBD TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. RY Ed. H. DkCaMP. 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 published at five cents a line. Beading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad- dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager, We invariably discontinue sending The Ledger when a subscription runs out, for we have no way of knowing that a person wants it except by receiving his or her renewal. We urgently solicit a prompt renewal, on the ground that the paper is worth the money. We are trying month by month to make it better and better. “NOW FOK INDEPENDENCE.” Under the above caption the South- arn Farm Magazine gives some very timely advice to the cotton growers of the Sonth. It is along the broad principle of raising your own sup plies and making your cotton crop your surplus crop. The farmers of the South, and especially this God favored Piedmont section, cannot hope to make a success of an all to gether cotton crop. The article in question is so replete with good sug gestions that we produce it in full, with the hope that readers of The Ledger may profit thereby: “In the meantime, brethren, raise as much corn and feed as many hogs as possible. It is exceedingly grat ifying to receive ten cents, and even twelve cents, for cotton. Such a price is in sharp contrast with the price of a few years ago. But that is no reason for trying to raise during the coming season twice as much cotton as you raised last year. How dependable is your labor? Have you settled all your obligations at your merchant's? Do you see your way elear for carrying on the year’s op erations without running into debt? How about your fertilizer bills? Will your implements and machin ery do full service? Will you not be able to do better work in the pros poets of a full corn crib and a well stocked smokehouse? Think of all these things when you are mapping out your plans for cotton. Make it, if possible, your surplus crop. Don’t mind what your neigubor does. You aie to care, primarily, for yourself and your family. “The past twelve months have been full of sensations, affecting everybody in contact with cotton from the grower of the staple to the wearer of the finished goods. The situation has had its ills for many. It has aroused unusual interest on the part of government officials, some of whom, it is regrettable to record, have gone beyond the bounds of pro priety in their dealing with the ques tion; on the part of the manufactur ers, who naturally become apprehen sive when the prices of the raw ma terial rise, and on the part of city farmers, the speculators, some of whom are feeling badly because they had raised no cotton, and had noth- ng to sell when the time came to make their promised delivery Bulls and bears have raged iu the markets, and not a few lambs, deceived by the bears, have become mutton for the bulls. With reason to be grateful to the bulls, the cotton farmers have reaped the greatest benefits. They have attained a degree of prosperity and independence not enjoyed by them in many, many previous years. “Cotton-growers may remain inde pendent and inert ase their aovantage it that respect, The way is clear. Let each individual, before he ar ranges for his cotton crop, see to it that provision is made for his suffi cient supply of bog and hominy. That’s merely an old condensation of advice that it is cheaper u ohe long run to raise your food than to buy it.” NOTES AND COMMENTS. courage to do this pack your grip and migrate to a country you can praise. The growler is a disgrace and a draw back to everybody and everything, and we don’t need him iu our “biz.” ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Cherokee has prospered during the past twelve months and the outlook is indeed gratifying for even greater prosperity. Cynics and pessimists should be forced to take back seati. Their room is preferable to their company, but by no means should they be permitted to occupy front seats on the bandwagon of pros perity. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ When the return of the sales on last Thursday of the State’s “grea 1 moral institution” in Gaffney goes into the big booze bosses in Colum bia, there will be great rejoicing among such people in this state who*- willing to exchange the character and moral of her men and the happiness maQy otber8 of her women and children for a prop | AQtioeh cburch for personal ambition and filthy lucre. ♦■ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Greenwood Index several weeks ago contained an article about the poisoning of two babies in Gaff ney as the result of administering a dose of patent medicine. The report was without foundation and without fact and we advised our usually care ful contemporary to seek its Gaffney news from a more reliable source— meaning, of course, The Ledger. We trust this is sufficiently explicit for our friend Watson. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It becomes necessary to announce once more that communications re ceived at this office must have the name of the writer signed to them in order to receive attention. This is imperative. We will not publish any communication of any character whatsoever, unless the author furn nishes his name. Three communi cations were consigned to the waste basket yesterday for lack of signa ture. The writer in every instance must sign his name, not for the purpose of publication, but for iden tification. ♦ We have no complaint to utter against our excellent corps of educa tional officers. On the other hand we wish to commend them for their very efficient work. But we would urge that our people co-operate with them and let 1904 be the banner year for the educational interest of Cherokee. We are indeed woefully ignorant and we need more than anything else to be enlightened. Education is the key note of success and man falls far ehort of what he was created for when he lives a life of ignorance. Therefore it behooves us to look well to our ed ucational interests. «- ♦ ♦ ♦ The defeat of the proposed Ham mond county, to|be constructed from portions of Edgefield and Aiken coun ties, shows how difficult the forma tion of new counties is. It is pretty hard to get enough people to agree to the radical changes necessary to bring about the formation of a new county, the sole purpose being fre quently for the benefit of a single is olated interest or locality.—Edge- field Chronicle. You are wrong, brother. What de feats the organization of smaller counties is the selfishness of the old counties. They are afraid that the formation of new counties will hurt them, whereas in truth it would ben efit them. The smaller counties bring about a more rapid develop ment of the resources of the territory interested and the old counties are in fected with the spirit of progress and move forward in an effort to keep from slipping backwards. Ask Spar tanburg, Union and York if this isn’t true. a duck hunt near Georgetown wifh some of his fr’ends for the pant week. There are many people in South Carolina who would not only like to give him a warm welcome to the State, but who would also like to -iee him succeed the strenuous Roose velt In the White House. Oh 1 my countrymen, what a change there would be from Ted ly to Grover.— Darlington News. THE DISTILLERY MATTER. Did They Intend It a Fair Exchange? [The Expositor.] It is reported that ttie managers of the lyceum bureau in Savar nah gave Senator Ben Tillman a counterfeit $100 bill, among other bills of pos sibly like denomination for a lecture. Just what was intended to be implied we can’t imagine. Citizens of Antioch Demand Proof of Some Assestlons Made. Editor The Ledger-—We, thi deacons and members of Antioch church, desire to reply to some of the statements of Mr. T. B Butler before the State board of control, at Colum- l i t a few da\ • »go, iu the case of tht- members of Antioch church against the Jenkins distillery. Mr. Butler stated that he could get numerous affidivits from members of Antioch church itself in favor of his client, The members of are trying to move this distillery on account of its nuis ance and great evil. Now, affidavits to be in bis client’s favor would have to be made to the effect that this dis tillery was not a great nuisance or an evil to Antioch church and the com munity. Now we do not believe there is a single member of Antioch church who would make any such nffiiavit. However, we demand these sffiiavitsof you, Mr. Butler. If you fail to produce them this church and community will brand your statement as to these affi lavits as a falsehood Mr. Butler makes another statement before the board about our church that we demand proof of. It is this: •‘The whole thing (meaning the effort to move the distillery) amounts to nothing more than a little church row down there among themselves.” If there is any row in Antioch church we know nothing of it, and we de mand the proof Otherwise another falsehood will be charged to your ac count. Mr. Butler also stated before the board that Prof. Sams was deeply prejudiced, and thought that he could »how that his measurements were in correct. We know Prof. Sams is abundantly able to take care of him self. However, we want to state that three deacons, the church clerk and others, helped to measure the dis tance, and they know it was done ab solutely correct. Quite a number of other falsehoods have been put in cir culation since this cburch began its move against this distillery. But we fully expected to meet the strongest agents the devil could put in the field and we are finding some of them out. The devil will not see his stronghold in the world (whiekey) slip through bis hands without a des perate fight. He has his agents at work in the churches, in the court rooms, and the legislative halls, and some of them pretend to be honorable and a little religious at times. The statements of Mr. Butler, con tained in this article, are from the printed statements of The State and Yorkville Enquirer J. G. Carroll, John McSwain, E. E Hardin, O. A. Dover, J. A Randall, Oliver McSwain, E. F McSwain, Aholltth the Lien Ehw. LLaurens Advertiser.] The lien law should be abolished by the general assembly at its approach ing session. At least legislation in volving its early abolition should be gin The l -cessity is immediate. It is urgent. It is here. Nobooy AbutM-H I’s. [Kingstree County Record.] Brother Freeman, of the Bennetts- ville Advocate, hits the nail on the head when he says, * When you bear a man abusing a newspaper jus' a-k him how many years subscription he owes for.” Hartwell’M Feeling* Hurt. I Florence Times.] It is certainly a strange thing that politeness is so cheap and pays so well that people will be so stingy in its use. The paper hanger becomes a chronic whistler, because the empty rooms in which he works re-echoes his noisy whistle. Our tears soften our own heart, but very seldom melt the hearts of others $50! As we are overloaded with wagons we will sell, for the next 6o days, the cele brated Old Hickory two-horse wagon, with bed and brakes complete, for $50.00; the Taylor one-horse wagon for $25.00. This is a great slaughter but our loss is your gain, so come and buy while they are cheap. Mules! Mules! Mr. H. M. Johnson is in the West buy ing mules and will be in by Jan. 1st with a load of the best. Respectfully, Gaffney Live Sfock Go. Ho For Christmas! Don’t worry about where you shall buy vour Fruits and Conf«*ction<-rlhs for the Christmastime, hut COriE STRAIGHT TO US—our line is complete and of the choieeat varieties. CANDIES OF ALL KINDS, ORANGES, APPLES, BANANAS, NUTS, RAISINS, MALAGA GRAPES, FIGS, CAKES, COCOANUTS, ETC. All fresh, sweet and luscious. A select liae of FLAVORING EXTRACTa foryout Christ mas Cakes. Come and see what we have got foryow. HAMLIN & RADFORD. We often find a broad mind in peaked bead, but never a big heart. a \Ve discontinue each subscription prompt ly at its expiration. So watch your label and the date and renew before ’tls too late. For Sale. ^“Advertisements under this head will no inserted for one cent a word each inser- tlon. No ad Inserted for less than ten cents TT'OK SALE—Lot of fine Ten ness W. D. Kirby & Company. Tuesday Nov. 17-1 a messee Pigs w. tf PGR SALE—Three Mules; one Horse and two Wagons Terms cash. Apply to 1. W. Richardson. 12-29-it-pd. I^OU SALE—A good milch cow. I). L. Llt- - 1 - tlejohn. 12-2!)-4tpd POK SALE—Lots in desirable part of city. A- See Mrs. A. V. Montgomery. 12-22-tf ‘C'Olt SALE—Legal Cap Bond P *per with A- numbered lines. At The Ledger Office. F OR SALE—Old newspapers at 10c a hun dred. Apply at this office. ■pOU SALE—All kinds of legal blanks; such A- as used by Magistrates and court offi cials; deeds, mortgages, etc., as cheap as the cheapest. Apply at this office. "T'OR SALE—Babbitt metal, made from old A- type remelted into bars; the very best babbitt metal made. Apply at The Ledger 1 office. For Rent. are the People’s Druggists, and we are justly jealous of our reputation as a uch., It has been hardly won and we intend to maintain it. S.B. Crawley & Co. 813 Limestone St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery Prescriptions Properly Filled and Promptly Delivered F or rent- G. Stacy. One good two-horse farm F 12-18-6t. 1 R. H. Randall, M. L. Randall, J. L. Randall, C. M. Bell, L. A. Bell, G. R Hughes, R. M. Roark, R. H. Hardin, E. B. McSwain, Preston Green, G. P. McSvain, H. K. McSwain, M. L. McSwain, E 8. McSwain, L. M. McSwain, F. H. Dover, P. G Dickson, W. H. Bird, J. R. Dickson, E Hardin, J. A. Randall. A J. Hughes, C. O Hughes, J R Dover. F OR RENT—Mv cottage, corner of Johnson and Buford streets; water in house; yard and garden; bath room; house open for in spection. Apply toC. Otts. 12-lltf Save Money ENT—My residence opposite Graded School; large lot; convenient house; fur- j by buying goods from I. M. nislied witli elect ric lights and water, at once to H. K. Osborne. Apply 12-11 F OR RENT—One two-horse farm situated live miles nortli of Gaffney; ten-room house In good condition; lands mostly fresh. Apply to S. S. Rossor 1). G. Ross, at National Bank of Gaffney. 12-1-tf. Wanted. Peeler. I am now making a run on Shoes and will save you money on them. I have just received a lot of the best inserted Steel axes, see them before buy ing. Groceries and all other ■VDANTED—One hundred head of young ”” cattle from three to twelve months old W. D. Kirby & Co. Tuesday,Nov.n-i^w.-tf g 00C [ s a t bottom prices. ANTED-Family of sufficient force to AMONG OURSELVES. H A pleasant and prosperous New Year to each and every one of you is the wish of The Ledger. » ♦ ♦ ♦ Start the New Year right by sub scribing for The Ledger, atknowl edged by all to be Cherokee’s bright est and best newspaper. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ You could bestow no more appre- ciative gift uponja friend or acquaint ance than by sending them The Ledger for 1904. Be slow to make New Year resolu tions, bat once formed, strive like a man to live np to them. Among those resolutions a good one would be to endeavor to live for others as well as for self. Praise Gaffney, praise Blacksburg, praise Cherokee and everything In the county. If you haven’t the One means of checking the spread of the divorce mania would be to put a curb on the hasty marriage craze. —Spartanburg Journal. The dispensaries are now selling “Squirrel” whiskey, two drinks of which is warranted to make a man climb a tree, and more will send him to the dogs—Carolina Citizen. The Charlotte Observer can felici tate itself that North Carolina gets credit for the first living machine that flies. The Ob-erver has n en firm in the faith t‘ at we would >et fly.— Eastern Rt-fF (.•L'r Reward Offered. A reward of ten (10) dollars will be paid for information leading to the conviction of the party who shot a bullet through one of the glass win dows in Salem church, or the sum of five (5) dollars will he paid the party why did the dned if he will come up and acknowledge it; and the com mittee in charge of the investiga 1 ion agree to give him justified bond in the sum of five hundred dollars that he will not be prosecuted in th- courts for having done the deed r. J. Estes J L. Strain, for uomtiiHiet. Dec. 20 1903 Shine Where You Are. (Children’s Friend.] Would you have the worldbetter and brighter? Then light upon the way as you go; Make some little part of It lighter With beams from your life’s steady glow. Make tho world that youdlve in your debtor, As through It you journey along; Be good and the earth will grow better; Do right, and the right will grow strong. Trim tho lamp that is left to your keeping, And fan It with breezes of hope, Lest shadows your life over-ereeplng, Leave others in darkness to grope. work a two or three-horse farm. Dr. Fort. U-ti-tf W ANTED-I’ersimrnon, Dogwood, Hickory and Holly Logs Freight paid on car loads. James Cockshott, Charleston. South Carolina. Uct. 20, 4 mo. w ANTED—To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr29-tf Several J. O. Jefferies. \UE print anything from a visiting card to a newspaper or a book, and our prices are as low as the lowest. Write, telephone or call on us. Tho Ledger, Gaffney, S. C. Give me a call. I. M. Peeler. Notice. G entlemen win not, you must not hunt either of mv dogs. Thos. B. Butler, u-a-tf T AKE your chickens and eggs to the Star Cate, opposite post office for the best cash prices. 12-22-t!' Notice. W E do the best of commercial printing at prices commensurate with first-class work. If you haven’t time to cal! lelephone or write us and we will do tho rest. Address The Ledger, Box J. Gaffney, S. C. Hoy Trappers Doing a Good Business. [Newton Enterprise.] The boys on the farms are making a big run on the steel traps. Minks are thick on the creeks and branches and the skins are selling at $3 apiece. One boy bought a trap from Mr. Lee Setzer the other day and the next day brought in a skin and Invested ic three dollars’worth of traps; and it is a common thing for the hardware . , , f “ r wron,f stores to sell a half-dozen traps at a when he said several years ago* President Roosevelt, will doubtless summon 10 the V\ bn. H-.u-e “Hon Ike Allen,’’ the li'S’on 1 negro, wine him and nine rum arid regale him with a Federal p'uui — Greenwood New? «nd Views Senator Tillman may not have the wisdom of Solomon id all his say-; ings, but he was not that It would take about eight years of good sound Democratic admlnUtra ! tion to purify things in Washington. —Diiiion Herald. Grover Cleveland has bten enjoy- clip. Local Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good middling 18.60 Middling 13.37$ Notice. All persons holding claims of any kind or character against the late Seymour L. Cutting are hereby notified to f jresent same to the undersigned proper- y proven, and all persons indebted to him are requested to make payment at once to me. Mrs. Emma C. Cutting, Executor of the Estate of S. L. Cut ting. BRING THEM TO ME The cold season Is approaching. How about those last winter suits that are too good to throw away, and yet need brightening up a little ? BRING THEM TOME and have them overhauled—I’ll make them look fresh and new. Clean ing. pressing and tailoring done by an expert. W. H. ROBINSON, Tailor. Over W. U. Telegraph Office. Money Loaned. L OANS on Improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent. Interest. No oommlsslons. For Information apply to J. O Jefferies. Attorney at Law. -ly r IT MEANS SOMETHING sijP TO • when you speak of l>eing up-to-date. It means that you will find Our Photographs “present time” pic tures in every way. They have that soft finish and delicate tone which tells of the touch of the ar tistic and the fidelity to the nature and de tails which the cam era alone will »ot give. Each sitter is carefully posed. None of the beauties of face or figure are ' lost. JUNE H. CARR 625 Limestoue 9t. ’ Phone 176. Residence 171 Look Out for Old Man Manesa- He is coming and don’t you forget it. Weare in the swim—come swim with us. Just let us tell you good ladies, what we have got to eat: Fresh Pork, Picnic. Armour and Gold Brand Hams, Dried Beef. Bologna and all other kinds of Sausage, pure Pork Sans igo when called for, Hogshead cheese, pressed Pig’s Feet, Sliced Ham, tresh Kish every day In the week, and Beef to beat the world, cut just to suit you. We also carry afullllneof Heavy aid Fancy Groceries; Fiults and Vegetables of all kinds, Oysters most any day you want them. Don’t forget tho place. Just call telephone No. 23 and the old man Maness will answer quick and deliver goods promptly. We want one thousand dozen Eggs at once; also green Hides WIP pay the highest price, cash. Don’t forget the old man Maness. next door to I. M. Peeler and Oarrell Carpenter & Byers’Grocery store. The olu ellable meat cutter, W. J. MANESS, Proprietor. From Grime to Cleanliness Notice of Sale. State oe South Carolina, 1 Cherokee County. j J. F. Whisonant, etc. Plaintiff, against Blacksburg Spinning & Knitting Mill, et al, Defendants. In obedience to a decree made in the above entitled action I will offer for sale at public outcry at Gaffney, Court House of Cherokee county, S. C., on salesday in January 1904. (Jan. 4th, 1904) dunng the legal hours of sales, the following described property: All that certain piece or parcel of land, situated in Blacksburg, Cherokee county, S. C., containing seventeen and one-half acres, more or less, bounded on the Northwest by Southern Ry Co’s, land, South and P]ast by lands of J. G. Black and on all other sides by lands of J. P\ Whisonant, (fully shown on ’dat filed with decre). Also, situaU 1 upon the said land one brick building two stories high, with iron roof, 50 by 80 feet and an additional building, same material in rear of build- ug first described, one story, 50 by 60 feet, three tenement houses, two 30 H. P. boilers, one 25 H. P. engine, 41 knit ters, 10 ribbers, 8 loopers, dyeing outfit, one singer, electrical outfit (except dynamo) and all other machinery, con nections and attachments in or connect ed with said plant. Terms of sale, one-half cash, purchaser having the privilege of paying the whole bid in cash, the balance due to be secur ed by the purchaser’s Ixmd and mortgage over the premises and property sold, bearing 8 per cent, interest from day of sale, with 10 per cent, attorney’s fees in addition thereto, if said mortgage is foreclosed in court. The purchaser to keep the property insured for a sufficient amount to secure the balance due on his purchase. If the purchaser shall fail to comply with his bid within 30 minutes from sale, the property will be offered for re-sale at the risk of the former pur chaser, subject to the conditions herein before stated. Purchaser to pay for patiers. II. D. WHEAT, Dec. 10th, 1903. Receiver. Dec.-i5-22-29-o3. V* ' V, v is a sure transition for your linens and other garments that require water, aoap and muscle to get them back to their normal condition. Knowledge, skill, care and attention on our part do the business, and our price list is anything but formidable. It will repay you well to bring your washable garments to us for regular renovation. Your orders asked. Pearl Steam Laundry, Phone 122. Gaffney, S. C. Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICIAN-SURGEON-OCULIST. P'ormer pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, of Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the F)ye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. (^Office in Cherokee Drug Co. B’ld’g. BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS. DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULDING. A LAO A PINE LINE OP Paints and Oils 50c to |1.30 per k*1. L. BAKER