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'T ‘4 FiUC PDBLI8H' H L,*ci >o fck. I y° un ? men i ger’fl force. who make up The Led- AMONG OURSELVES. rUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCaMP. The Charlotte Observer recently ! published a statenoentaSito its average circulation for 1903, which was The Ledger ib not responsible for 1 nearly 6 000 for the daily and over What will the next legislature do with the lieu law and the "yaller” dog?—Orangeburg Patriot. That (l»t<l MInn SrhiMn*. (.Gastonia Gazette ] The engagement of li-v. W. P. Fife in the business of booming stock in a far off gold mine in California re calls the witty renuarK of Jerome Dowd ten yesrs ago, that nobody tt>« views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular nows letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, bat for identification. Write short letters and to the point j to insun publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday 1 Mr. Bryan was not received by the kaiser, although his majesty must , , x . , , have known that he would not have I seem ^ to ^ ^ak.ng any money ex to do all the talking—Columbia i ce ^ 1 t ^ ie P euit,, ntiary and the evange State. 8,000 for the semi weekly edition, and the Observer richly deserves its splendid subscription list for it is the best paper between Washington and Atlanta. We wonder what the for-j i 8 drawing near, the necessity for mer proprietor of that paper, Mr. South Oaro.ina to have an exhibit is may be allayed, word Chas R. Jones, would say were be more keenly felt than ever. ^ liro fi ni1 i 8 gent out with evidently pleasurable the woedertul I' i P“ rU " lists—a saying that was striking be- cause it was so true. How matters . have since changed! The penitenti- Now that the big show in bt. Loni* ^ y n0 | 0D g er makes 0 rnonev, and that is drawing near, the necessity for | the public . 8 mi8Kivmg8 it be los- and Thursday tnornings. f 0 d a? to see. the wonderful ^ npari!in ‘ ! satisfaction that the penitentiary is Obituaries will be published at five | ““ve today to 8ee “ j I self-supporting. Evangelism was a cents a line. I g r o wlh of the P a P er ho loved 80 wellr Wonder if Mrs. Dan Russell will be fad. It seemed to be a money-mak Reading notices will be published ♦♦♦♦ known as the “cussin’ postmaster of ! mg fad. But it has passed How at ten oents a line each insertion. ! The Gastonia Gazette rfcently in* | Wilmineton.” as her husband was many of Star Theatre THURS. J A N Y. The Funniest Show on Earth RAILROAD JACK! Comedy Drama in Four Acts. BLANK BOOKS All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp. Manager. The Gastonia Gazette recently in- j Wilmington,” as her husband was dulged in some very sensible remarks ! known as the ’‘cussin’ governor of (which, by tho way is nothing ,mu-! North Carolina.”—liastonia Nows. We invariably discontinue Bn ’* 1 ' or eh,t bri 8 ht P ,iper i ) “ ne “ t ' hr sending The Ledger when a l ' Ichln s e 0 ' 0 ' ,urtMi0s ,n by subscription runs out, tor 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. the press, and now comes the Char lotte Observer with a lot of good horse talk on the same subject. The Gazette proposes to prune its ex change list while the Observer de clares that all its exchanges are more or less valuable, and that it is a pleasure for it to exchange with the weekly and semi-weekly papers. We want to give the Gazette notice right now, to the effect that it had better not “prund” us if it doesn’t care to mistakes bave a row ’ ttnd a8 t0 the Observer, Mistakes are the commonest things and the other daily papers that deign in this world. There was a time | to compliment The Ledger by ex- when we were under the impression changing with it, we wish to say that that we were infallable, but maturer I It is duly appreciated at this end of years have caused us to wonder how in the world we made as many as we did withont discovering more of them, It is only a few days until the legislature convenes and those who are prophesying what it will do and those who are prophesying that it will not do anything are very Newberry Herald and News. those professional evangel ists could not draw a crowd, iet alone make money out of it? Tney did some good very probably; but it seems that they cannot succeed at it any longer. Let us hope that the hard lines upon which the penitenti ary and the tvaugelists^have fallen busy — mean that the good, safe, solid and I reasonably pious people wbo have never been overly fond of either may be having tbeir innings with the horn of plenty. 22-PEOPLE IN THE (ftST~22 « re re THE FUNNY TRAMP, THE EXPLO SION OF DAWSON SWITCH, THE CIRCUS TRAIN, THE TORNADO SCENE. 12 — Big Specialties — 12 and now the discovery of oar mis takes has become so common that to discover one no longer astonishes us. We try to profit by the discovery of oar mistakes and not repeat them, but no sooner do we begin to feel easy than the disease breaks out in a new place. These mistakes are an unending source of anoyance. And a twin brother to mistake is misunderstanding. Oh, bow we have been misunderstood and misappre hended! If we know onr heart our purpose in life has been to be of benefit to mankind. We have labor ed, and, thank God, not in vain, for the line. Why, if it were not for our exchanges we would be like a ship in mid ocean without a rudder. May peace, plenty and prosperity be their portion during 1904. The ‘‘industrially educated” negro is yet destintd to be a blessing, if in disguise, to the South. He has been ‘ industriously educated” and he in dustriously avoids work, and his ab senco from the cotton patch has so decreased the cotton crop as to ad vance the price to 12£ cents a pound and still higher later.—Lancaster Enterprise. John G. Capers says that he was not at the Hanna banquet, and con sequently did not eat with the negro ,v, u>.au,c? vk* oaj , auu i tt^ ttei CTTT T \7TCW7 Lyons. What SouthCarolinians,among if it is found that it was the work of L''-'Dili UN FULL VIllW whom he was bom and reared, want some malicious person, the offender to know is whether he would have sat should be held to a strict account at table with a negro. His views j The Ledger says that there has only on social equality will fix his social I been one case in the city, and the people are in no way alamud A full line of Ledgers, Day Books, Receipt Books, Blotters and Tab lets always on hand. Also a big assortment | of Stationery and Writ- | ting Materials. I Calculated to Harm. [Greenville Daily News.] The GaffneyLedger makes a most it> dignant, yet a most righteous protest against th ) reports which have been spread to the effect that there is an epidemic of smallpox in that com munity. Such rumors are calculated to do harm. Why tney are sent out broadcast, we are unable to say. and and Frederick Streets. Attraction Extraordinary!! ..DUKE.. The Largest Lion on Earth A young lady actually thrown into his cage and rescued from under his very paws by the tramp. Limestone | status in knows it. South Carolina, ar.d -Bamberg Herald. he If we were capable of impressing upon the people any one thing above another we should endeavor to im press upon the renting class the great advantage of owning property. The renter pays out enough money in from four to eight years to pay for his bouse and lot or his farm, and in the end has nothing to show for bis labor, whereas if he were to buy on the easy payment plan be would even tually |become a freeholder. This would in truth make a better citizen of him. We do not mean to say that what wo believed at all times to be the best interest of the people of j a rsQter is not a good citizen, but we do say that any good citizen who is a Local Cotton Marxet. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good’ middling 12.50 Middling 12.374 this section. Borne people have thought our purpose a selfish one, ani some have even said that We never undertook auythig except for onr own personal aggrandizement. Like all other men we have ambition. We lore to be petted aod pr.iaed when | thl3 w ay^ou *m become » property we do anything that is worthy of it. Bat we have never ‘■ought cheap notor iety, or political uuuoror preferment. We have had high ideals of govern- < ment and high ideals of how the renter would be a better citizen were be a freeholder. By all means, rent ers, buy and become owners. The task may seem herculean but you will become used to the burden and in owner, whereas, if you proceed along ! the same lines that you have been ac- i customed to you will never amount to what you should or would were you a property owner. An Explanation. The Second Methodist church, lo cated on Limestone street, is no longer a part of the Gaffney circuit but was made a station by the con- —Nature’s Cough Remedy—the i fertuce at Greenville in Dec. last. : cou « h medi « ine made b y'I'he By special appointment by Bishop A. Grog Co. is still curing coughs all Coke Smith. I was assigned to this over Cherokee Co. It is guaranteed, : charge for the current year. The y° u know, location and conveniences of this - church are known to all. There will ' be services at 11 a. m., and 7 p. m., the fourth Sunday,11 a. in., excepted, when I will preach at Btnlah church. The usual Sunday school and prayeroneeting service will be held. To all of these services the public is cordially invited. J. N. Isom, P. C. Jan. 4, ’04. OF THE AUDIENCE. Lion on Exhibition Day of Show. Price 25c, 50c and 75c. Seats on sale at Cherokee Drug Co. Watches, on hand. officers to carry on a government should be chosen. We confess that the present method of selecting officers does not meet with our ideal. We don’t say it is wrong', because we believe in the idea of the office seek ing the man and not the man seeking the office. Under onr present system it seems impossible for it to be other wise than the man seeking the office. We do not belive in bossism in poli tics. The office belongs to the people and not to the office-holder. It is disgusting to see how some people ‘‘button hole” and palaver when they are seeking a political job. The same man under ordinary conditions wouldn’t notice the majority of the people he seeks to influence by his snave manners while seeking office. We have digressed somewhat from what we started out to write, but we trust these few rambling truths have not been written amiss. We were talking about mistake!—mistakes of the head and mistakes of the hand— and not mistakes of the politician or of the party. The subject was sug gested by the num rous mistakes we make in our business in this office. We dislike to make them, but we can’t, to save our life, avoid them, and the next best thing we can do is to try to correct them. This we do free.’y and willingly, but there are so many people who cannot give one credit for making an error, especially if that error be against them. They are prone to think that it was a pre- To Encourage the Cultivation of CereaU. On the 15th day of next November The Ledger will give one ton of the best grade of commercial fertilizer for wheat to the farmer in Cherokee county, a subscriber to The Ledger, who this year raises the greatest num ber of bushels of corn on one acre of upland in this county. The contest to be decided on or before the 10th'of November by three disinterested men to be selected, one by The Ledger and two by the contestants. After the contest is decided and the fertilizer is paid we will want each contestant to furnish The Led ger with bis mode of preparation of soil, planting and cultivation of bis acre of corn, so it can publish each one’s methods for the benefit of the farmers of Cherokee county. It is a condition of this contest j that each contestant notify The Led ger of his intention to contest for this prize by May 1st, 1904 Ed. H. DbOamp. BIJOU THEATRE, Blacksburg, S. C. Friday, January 8th. BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULDING. ALSO A FINE LINE OF Paints and Oils The Funniest Show on Earth Railroad Jack Comedy Drama in Four Acts. A Wonderful Saving. The largest Methodist Church in Georgia, calculated to use over one hundred gallons of the usual kind of mixed paint in painting tbeir church. They used only 32 gallons of the Longman & Martinez Paint mixed with 24 gallons of linseed oil. Actual cost of paint made was than $1.20 per gallon. Saved over eighty ($80 00) dollars t ^ in paint, aod got a big donation be- ^ “ irCOpiC III tnC Last — 2/ 8 id 68. • EVERY CHURCH will be given a liberal quantity whenever they paint. see: Many houses are well painted with four pallons of L. <fc M. and three ^^13 H NN\ 1RAMP, I HP, EXPLO- gallons of linseed oil|mixed therewith. SIGN Oh DAWSON SWITCH, THE Wears and covers like gold. CIRCUS TRAIN, THE TORNADO These Celebrated Paints are sold by ! SCENE. Smith Hardware Co., Gaffney;) Blacksburg Drug Co 50c to |1.30 per gal. —For stationary ney Drug Co. ., Blacksburg go to The Gaff- 12- BIG SPECIALTIES -12 We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at Its expiration. So watch your label and the date and renew before ’tls too ;ate. 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. ! -lyr Final Discharge. It Will Certainly Have Its KfTect. (Edgefield Advertiser.! The mismanagement and the bad financiering of all the Whaley mills | I q 0 ^ > a t n o’clock a. m., for final settle] in Columbia will to a limited extent ment and discharge as guardian of the njure the credit of every cotton mill estate of Fannie L. Corry, minor, but Notice is hereby given that I will apply to Hon. J. E. Webster, Probate Judge for Cherokee County, S. C.,at his office at the court house on Tuesday, Jan. 25th, Price 25c, 50c and 75c. Tax Notice. December 31st is the last day taxes are payable without penalty. During Janu- j ary the penalty is 1 per cent.; during P'ebi uary the penalty is 2 per cent.; dur- j ing March (to 15th, last day) the penalty is 5 per cent. This schedule prescribed 1 ; by law. W. Harry Gooding, County Treasurer. Watches! Poor repair work wall injure your deli cate watch. WESTROPc takes care of the mechanism so that it will do reliable work. WESTROPE don’t do cheap work.'but the work he does gives him the reputation for being skillful. WEST- ROPE wants to put your timepiece in good order for you. Nice Line of Jewelry, Rings and Chinaware always Thos. H. Westrope. FOR. SALE Fine thoroughbred pedigreed pigs; stock bogs for service. 1-5-im. mhhm L. BAKER D. L. Splawn, Gaffney, S. C in the South. ‘ It is certain to have u deterrent effect upon the flow of east ern capital southward for the pur poses of industrial development Away with anything that even savors of ‘‘wild cat” cotton mill building. A Card. Many thanks to our friends who on oar arrival at the parsonage furnished as with refreshments, and wbo were tireless in helping to furnish the par sonage, and who have shown us other tokens of kindness. May the Lord now of age. J. Kh JKPVKRIKS, Guardian. Published in Gaffney Ledger Dec. 29th, Jan. 5th, 12th and 19th. Bank Statement. Statement of the condition of the Merchants & Planters Hank, of Gaffney. S. O.. at the close of business. Dec. .list. 1W3. HBSOCltCXS. Loans and discounts $105,005 33 Overdrafts None make the recipients of these blessings : Furniture and fixtures nir> m conceived plan to do them an lojus- j abundantly helpful to this people. c^Vand (’ashVtems J. N. Isom, P. C. stocks ’30sso Janaary 4,1904 tice. We endeavor to correct every error we make, bat it shoald be re membered that we cannot correct errors unless we are apprised of them. Therefore we trust that those wbo have business relations with us will not hesitate to inform os of any error of which we may be guilty. MOTKH AND GOMMKNTH. U lleauty Only Skin Deep'.’ liauii.ities. Beauty is only ikin deep, but the Hurpoti stook * r 5 000 no forces that create bei.u?j art-as deep Undivided profits’... ;. ii.se as as the fountain from wbicb inev flow. Dividend No. 5, Payable Jan. Ist.lMM 3.000 00 1 When the Blond is charged with im Deposits. (Individuals).. $154,30151 j Due hanks 7,DM «s 101,405 19 In a private letter to a warm friend in this city, Mr. I. Peeler, of Center, Miss, writes: ‘T receive the Gaff ney Ledger regularly. I am much pleased with It—decidedly the best local county paper I peruse.” All of which is gratifying to the bright purities Beautv dissf pears whop the blood is pur*- Beauty hlossums in fare and form Rvdahs Liver Tabb ts krt p Htatf. of Sooth uabolika, i the Liver healthy aid the Bowels regular, prevent the blood becoming ladened •*ith hile and waste matter, make the sku; clear, eyes bright and Beauty more ttiaQ skin deep. Gaff ney Drug Go $•55,997 51 I. C. M Smith, cashier of the above namod hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowl edge and belief. Sworn to before me. Jan.. 1904. (:. M. Smith, < insider. this the 1st day of —All oongh medicines will not lock •like to you after you have taken Na ture’s Cough Remedy It Is better. Guaranteed by The Gaffney Drug Co. Correct Attest 11. K. OsnoKNK. Notary Public. W. c. Hamrick, A. N. Wood, K. M. Wilkins, Directors. Proud Reputation as the “old reliable" drug store of Gaffney, as one of our many pat rons puts it, and we are daily living up to that reputation. Are we fill ing your prescriptions ? If not, why not ? S.B. Crawley & Co. 813 Limestone St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery Prescriptions Properly Filled and Promptly Delivered Big Values in Real Estate. Improved Farms in Gberokee For Sale One contains 126 acres, bottoms and upland, with three (3) good dwelling houses of two, three and seven rooms each, barns, stables and outhouses, and a fine orchard.! The other contains 140 acres, well improved in every way, and situated in desirable sec tion of the county. For full information, terms, ;&c., apply to HALL & WILLIS, Attorneys Gaffney, South Carolina. And Still They Come. The bargains referred to last week have been arriving almost daily, “and still they come.” There’s no end to the good values I have for my friends and cus tomers Uks time. My line of Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ Clothing is unsurpassed, both in quality and price. Men’s Suits from $5.00 to #15.00 Youths’ Suits from $2.00 to #8.00 Boys’ Suits from 75c to #4.00 Shoes and Hats to fit and please all. Dress Goods in Flannels, Zibelins, Shark Skin and Jother styles, 25c and up. Fleeced Waitings and Tricot Flannels, at 25c per yard. Red, White and Blue Flannels 4 to 15c per yard. Ladies’ Skirts from #1.00 to #5.00. Jackets $1.00 and up. Quilts from 75c,to #1.50 each. Blankets from 75c to #5.00 per pair. • Lap Robes from #1.50 to #6.00 each. Horse Blankets #1.00 to #2.50 each. Biggest line of Trunks, Dress-suit Cases, Telescopes and Satchels to be found ia ! the city and the prices are as low as the lowest. For a few days only I will offer my entire stock of Buggies at cost to close out. If in need of a Stylish Rig now is the time and this is the place to get it at bargain. I am also prepared to give you a bargain in Harness and all other leather goods. Disc Harrows to prepare your land for grain. ' Bagging and Ties as low as can be sold anywhere. Fresh lot Fertilizers for grain at prices that can’t be beat. My Trunk and Clothing department is on second floor. Come up and take a look. Yours for trade, A. R. R. JL T T. 1. U . t4.#‘