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WOMEN AND SOCIETY.
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civil war. The saddest thing In con
nection with the death and burial of
(Jen. Longstreet was the silly action
of the Savannah Daughters of the
Confederacy in declinii g to send a
wreath to be placed on the bier of
'he dead man who had given the best
of his life for his country’s cause,
Gen. Lnngstreet’s course in after life
was not to be admired by Southern
ers, but he did emugh in his four
years service to exempt his remains
from insult.
AMONG OURSELVES.
One dispensary for sSouth Carolina
is enough. Save us from tha stench
which will arise from the fertilizer
scheme.—Greenville News.
Some fellow has discovered a
method for turning a black man
white but does not offer this as a so
lotion of the race problem.—Eastern
R fiector.
MOTES AND COMMENTS.
A. Kansas man has a^ked for a di
vorce on the ground that his wife
married him for his money. No news
caper man can ever get a divorce on
tnat ground —Anderson Mail.
With the beginning of this year let
'•very citizen make it a point to try (
to do something for his town. If you j
find you can do nothing yourself,
then do yourself justite by hindering
no one else.—Keowee Courier.
It is very easy to see the cause of
the other fellow’s mistake.
A scoundrel arrayed in fine gar
ments reminds us of a fine label on a
can of peaches.
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If this good weather continue the
Cherokee plowman will soon be seen
and heard in the fields.
That tired feeling which affects so
many people is nothing more than a
well developed case of laziness.
We have neither time nor inclina
tion to discuss matters that will not
nor cannot be beneficial to our con
stituency.
The recent Democratic dinner in
New York seemed to lack something,
we don’t know what. But certain it
is that the affair did not set the oil of
Democracy on fire.
Buy you a home, young man. If
you haven’t the money, buy It on
credit Follow this advice and In
after years yon will bless the source
from which it eminated.
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What we need in this country more
than anything Hse is men who have
the courage of conviction. The most
disgusting sight on earth is to see a
little nincompoop trying to curry
favor with a man supposed to be his
superior in intellect and pocket-book
—especially the latter.
Last evening we were furnishel
with the report of the board of health
on the smallpox situation. It was re
ceived too late for attention in this
issue, but will be given to the public
Tuesday. In the meantime the pub
lie may rest assured that there is no :
occasion for undue uneasiness.
The farmers^of Cherokee^are in as
good condition as are the farmers of
any county in the State. Many of
them have plenty of home raised
corn and meat on band to supply
them this year, and if)they continue
to farm with this provision idea up
permost in their minds, Cherokee
will soon be the garden spot of the
State.
We invite your attention to the
splendid array of advertisements that
have been appearing in The Ledger
for some time. And the beauty of it
all is that it is clean business. We
do not Insert advertisements without
being paid for them, neither do we
send people the paper without the
pay, and our increasing subscription
list is a splendid testimonial to the
effect that the people admire cur
business policy. Now is the time to
subscribe. Only $1 00 a year, cash in
advance.
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The press dispatches of toe 2nd
contained the announcement of the
death ofGen. James Longstreet, sol
dier, statesman and diplomat, and
the last lieutenant general of the
Confederate army.jwith the exception
ofGen. Gordon, at Gainesville, Ga.,
that aftercoon at 6 o’clock, from an
attack of acute pneumonia. He had
been ill two days. Gen. Longstreet
was a sufferer from cancer of the eye,
but his general health had been good
until Wednesday, when be was seized
with a sudden cold, develloping later
Intu pneumonia of violent nature.
He was 84 years old. His wife, four
sons and a daughter survive him.
Hew was buried In Gainesville,
blob has been his home since the
The farmer who is out of debt, has
his corn crop in the crib, bis stock
well housed and his larder provided
with buckwheat flour and fresh sau
sage, is in position of greater inde
pendence than J. P Morgan, C. M
Depew, J. D. Rockefeller, or any
other fellow. There may he times
when the lot of the farmer is full oL
care and anxiety, but most of them
are content and very independent
these cool days.—Fort Mill Times.
Your Opportunity to do Good.
The Thornwell Orphanage is locat
ed in Clinton, South Carohna. It is
the property of the whole Southern
Presbyterian Church.
It cared last year for 216 orphans,
with 28 teachers and officers in
charge. Of the orphans, 112 were
f rnm South Carolina. 46 from Georgia.
. r )8 from Florida. Every Southern
State was represented. And some
Northern.
rh« support of this family and
their education was provided altogeth
er from voluntary donations.
They do their beet towards self
help. They coon their own food,
make their own clothing and shoes,
raise all the milk, butter and vegeta
bles used, and dispense with all
servants.
They are worthy.
They are your own little brothers
and sisters.
Showjyour generosity by sending
a gift of money or provision to the
founder and head of the institution,
Rov. Win. P. Jacobs, Clinton, South
Carolina.
Here is your opportunity to co
good.
Written from Webster.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Webster, Jan. 6:—The weather is
very cold and dry.
Farmers in the Webster section are
getting ready to begin plowing. Be
careful, boys, some of you are going
to be just a little too soon, and you
may not get a good stand, and then
you will have to plant over again.
This is New Year. now. Let us
make a better record this year than
we did last year. We can do that by
living right. Stop talking about one
another and watch your own record,
and subscribe for The Ledger. If
you don’t believe it, just try it.
A B G.
Death of a llrlght Young Lady.
[Newl>erry Herald and Nows.l
Miss Bessie Scott, daughter of Mr.
J. B. T. Scott, of Little Mountain,
died on December 28 afDr an opera
tion in a hospital ioJColumbia for ap
pendicitis. The remains were interred
in Union. Miss Scott was a bright
young lady of only 17 years and the
bereaved family have the deepest
sympathy of hosts of friends
Safeguard Agalimt Accident.
The best safeguard against accident
is to use good judgment in directing ;
every act. But. accidents will often
occur in spite of every effort to pre
vent them. The best safeguard
against injury resulting from acci
dents is Elliott’s Emulsified Oil Lini- j
ment. It is the most serviceable ac
cident and Emergency Liniment ever i
made and is tha most satisfactory |
Liniment for use in the fainiiv and on
animals ever off-red. Large bottle-j
25ots. Gaffney Dru^ Co.
Local Cotton Mar et
The following pric > prevail on the
Gaffney market tminv :
Good middling 12.50
Middling 12 37$
$ioo Reward, $ioo.
The readers of this paper will t«- pleased to
learn that there is at least one dn-aded dis
ease that science has been able to -ure in all
itsstogosund that isCatarrh. Hall sCatarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a constitu
tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Ct re is
taken internally, acting directly upon tlie
blood and mu :ous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing Its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curat ive itower*
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
juso th <■ it fulls to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. a
Address, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Hall's Family Pills am the beat
IA11 Communications to this column should
be addressed to P. O. Box 804.1
The Ladies Aid Society of the M.
E. church, held its regular monthly ;
meeting Monday afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. R. M. Gaffney.
After the business of the meeting was
over, the ladies were invited <nio the
dining room where a delicious four
c inrse luncheon was served. Such an
enj >yuble surprise was highly appro
ciaied by all.
In fashion’s realmjwe can all (even
with a l| nifed pocketbook) get away
from the common placed things.
Distinction in dress is more to he de
sired than ri ihes. and nothing except
beauty is so envied as that ‘ sense of ;
clothes” which helps a girl in a cht ap-
er lawn outshine her neighbor in a
silk. The wise rich woman relies uo
on the costumer and pays small for
tunes for his talent, and sometimes
achieves only a measure of the sue
cess in dress that some slip of a girl
manages to get out of an inexpensive
little outfit.
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Mrs. W. R. Lipscomb entertained
the Woman s Missionary Society o<
the M. E. church Wednesday after
noon with a most delightful lunch
eon. Mrs. Lipscomb has a charm of
manner which is in itself a most hos
pitable entertainer, and an enjoyable
time was spent by all.
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Miss Jessie Lipscomb has returned
after a pleasant »isit to Charleston.
Miss Lillian Wood has returned
from Shelby.
Mrs. Fannie Montgomery has re
turned to Columbia, where she
holds a position as teacher in thf
high school.
Mrs. Nannie Moore has returned
rom a visit to Blacksburg.
Miss Mattie Knox, of Blacksburg,
is visiting Capt. and Mrs. Bell.
Mrs. C. K. Gould has returned to
her home in Spartanburg.
Miss Angell Andrews, who has been
the guest of Miss Lula Garrett, has
returned to Spartanburg.
Miss Nell Sarratt, who has been
vi«iMng relatives in the city, has re
turned to Charlotte.
Mrs. Gilbert Wylie and daughter
have returned to their home at Buf
falo.
Miss Maud McCraw has retuned
home after a visit to Boiling Springs.
A GOOD ROADS ADVOCATE.
CotigratuhittH tli« Hoard on PureliaH.e of
Koad Machinery.
To the Honorable Supervisor and
Board of County Commissioners:
Gentlemen:—Let me oongrauiate
your board in the interest of the good
roads machinery of this county, as I
have been employed for the past
thirty days to superintend the work
of convicts and machinery.
I am in my fiftieth year. I have '
had a lot of experience in building
and working dirt roads. I was ap
pointed overseer wnen I was twenty
two years old, and worked in that
capacity for a number of years. I
served on the street committee S'x
years in the town of Gaffney, and
have always advocated good roads
1 was very much pleased when this
machinery was bought, but hearing
so much complaint I had just about
given it up that it was a failure; but
during the month of October they
moved this machinery on mv land,
and after having many difficulties
they got it in operation for the first
time I ever saw it. and since I have
seen its full capacity for work I am
bound to say that it is one of the
best investments that our commis
sioners ever could have made, if the
people of Cherokee county will ap
preciate it and work in harmony
with the board, for cbe people own
the land and the rock and we have to
have both to huiid rock roads
Now, I will admit this is a slow
way to get good roads, but if you will
keep this machinery moving it will
do a lot of work in twelve months
To give you an idea: We can put
out twenty . ars in one day with the
two enginen and carry them a mile
and a half, and the iweuty cars L
equal to 140 tvo-horso loads; let me j
ti ll you, that is handling a lot of rock
and it is hound to cost some money.
VV’u also hav» to wid-a our road beds
to thirty feet, which is a big job in
places.
1 would be glad to have the full
board call out and see what we are
doing and give me ail the encourage- !
ment in this enterprise you can.
Yours truly.
T. G. McCraw.
Gaffney, 8 C., Jan 4, 1904
A HtMtcNnian Out of it ,)<>b.
^ | Charlotte Ohst-iverl
In the piping period of Populism
the people of Kansas turned H m
John J. Ingalls out of.the United
Slates Senate. He quit public lif»
poor, as do all honest men w ho enter
it poor—along with some who begin
it in comfortable circumstances—in I
one of the last things heaAi of thi-
singuiarly gifted man was as the re
porter of a prize fight for a yellow
newspaper He died in piverty, m
discredited politician—to employ his
own words about himsilf, “a states
man out of a job ” Now a New York
sculptor is chiseling a statue of him
to be placed in the statuary hall o
the capitol at Washington by ttn
State of Kansas “Aye, Robbie.”
said the mother J f Burns, when his
admiring countrymen had erected a
monument to his memory, ‘‘ye aeked
them for bread and they hae gi’eo ye
a staue.”
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The Editorial Life Exacting.
(The Field.1
The common opinion that the
country editor works until he gets a :
paper out and is then until the mx
Monday a person of elegant leisure
riding on free railroad passes or sit
ting in the easy chair eating the fin
est peaches and largest watermelons,
is a wide mistake. He has work
enough in his office to occupy him
nine hours a day the year round aoo
every day’s absence helps to put him j
in the grass To make a new paper'
each week, gathering facts and news
and opinions from a hundrec sources, :
makes the editorial life busier and j
more exacting than any other occu- !
pation.
Raids and Rhcumacide.
IBultimore News-l
An advertisement for rheumatism
going the rounds urges the reader!
to ”ge; at the joints from the inside ” !
The police method is to get at the
joints by smashing the back door.
The best known and most popular blood pur; her
and tonic on the market to-day is V S. S. 3.
There is hardly a man, woman or child in America who
lias not heard of i6 S. S. S., for the h/evdi. 9 It is a standar . remedy,
a specific for all blood troubles and unequalled as a general tonic and
appetizer. S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable, the herbs aud roots
of which, it is composed are selected for their alterative and tonic prop
erties, making it the ideal remedy for
ail blood and skin diseases, as it not
only purifies, enriches and invigor
ates the blood, but at the same time
tones up the tired nerves and gives
strength and vigor to the entire
system.
For Chronic Sores and Ulcers,
Catarrh, Rheumatism, Blood Poison,
Malaria, Anaemia, Scrofula, Eczema,
Psoriasis, Salt Rheum, Tetter, Acne
and such other diseases as are due to a
polluted or impoverished condition of the blood, nothing acts so promptly
and effectually' as S. S. S. It counteracts and eradicates the germs
and poisons; cleanses the system of ail unhealthy accumulations and
soon restores the patient to health. Write us and our physicians will
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THE GWiFT SPECSFZS CQ* a ATLANTA, GA,
FROM
congressm.:',:; 1 tvinoston,
G-. C* jl*
I know of ihn Buccossful use of
8. S. 3. in iBnirv cases. It is the best
bioo l remedy on the innrket.
FROM
EX-GOV. AI.LEN D. CANDLER.
S. S. S. is unquestionably a pood
blood purifier, and the best tonic I
ever used.
Money Loaned.
L OANS on improved farms or a term of
years at seven per cent, interest. No
commissions. For information apply to.I. C
"efferies. Attorney at Law.
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Proverbs
“ When the butter won’t
come put a penny in the
churn,” is an old time dairy
proverb. It often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them Scott’s Emul
sion.
It is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
Scott’s Emulsion is simply
a milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it naturally;
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as*
naturally to the children be
cause it is so perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children Scott’s Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat
ment.
We will send you
the penny, /. e., a
sample free.
BIJOU THEATRE,
Blacksburg, S. C.
Friday, Jannary Bill.
The Funniest Show on Earth
Railroad Jack
Comedy Drama in Four Acts.
Where is Hughes Bros?
You will find thorn in the new Webster
& .1 * fferles block on Robinson street,
next to Cline’s stab'es, wife a full line
of fresh Staple a-d Fanev Groceries,
Cigars, Tobaccos, &e. Phone No. 43.
Notice to Bridge Builders.
I will he at the court house Saturday,
January 23rd, at n o’clock A. M., to let
contract to cover the Owens Ford bridge,
in Gowdeysville Township, to lowest
responsible bidder. A right reserved to
reject any or all bids.
J. V. Whelchkl,
i-8-6t County Supervisor.
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Price 25c, 50c and 75c.
Be sure that this picture in
the form of a label is on the
wrapper of every bottle of
Emulsion you buy.
SCOTT & BOWNE,
Chemists,
409 Pearl St., N. Y.
50c. and $1.00 ; all druggists.
Stationery
A new lot of
high-class ar
tistic station
ery at the
minimum of
price, packed
in stylish box
es. Just the
sort you have
been looking
for. See it.
S. B. Crawley & Co.
813 Limestone St.
Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery
Prescriptions Properly Filled (
and Promptly Delivered
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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.
Cherokee Drag Co.
Limestone and Frederick Streets.
Notice to Stockholders.
$5,000
.GUARAII-
TEEO
BY A
Cruel blows on a child’s back do
not soften the child’s heart, but too
many parents treat their children the
same as the cook treats a slice of
tough beefsteak.
‘‘Give your biood a cleaning.”
Rheumacide clears out all the Impu
rities that make you ill. Ask your
druggist.
The so called “spiritual naan” is of
ten dizzy from bad digestion, and
you’ll find more gas than soul in him.
—Nature’s Cough Remedy—the
cough medicine made by The Gaffney
Drug Co. is still curing coughs all
over Cherokee Co. It is guaranteed,
you know.
1’tieunionla and La Grippe.
Coughs cured quickly by Foley’s
Honey atd Tar. Refuse auostitutes.
Cherokee Crug Co.
—For stationary go to Tbe Gaff
ney Drug Co.
We discontinue each subscription prompt
ly at its expiration. So watch your label and
the date and renew before ’tis too late.
A meeting o f the stockholders of the
i Merchants Grocery Co. of Gaffney, S. C.,
! is hereby called to meet in its office in
BANK DEPOSIT : Gaffney, S. C., on Saturday, Jany. 30th,
1904, at 10 o’clock A. M., to consider a
resolution of the Board of Directors to
increase the capital stock of said Mer
chants Grocery Co. from Ten Thousand
Dollars to Twenty-five Thousand Dol
lars.
W. A. Turner.
A. C. Pridmore,
T. L. Brown,
Jany. 6, 1904. Board of Directors.
1-8-41 Fri.
Railroad Fare Paid. 500
FREE Courses Offered.
Board at Cost. Write Quick
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Notice of Foreclosure.
By virtue of a mortgage executed by
C. N. Avery and G. J. Avery, partners
composing the firm of Avery Bros., to
Mrs E B. Avery, I will, on the 14th day
of January, 1904, at 11 o’clock A M., in
front of Samuel Jefferies’ stor; next to
Acme Furniture store, in the town of
Gaffney, S. C., sell in bulk at public auc
tion, the entire stock of Merchandise of
the said C. N Avery and G. J. Avery,
consisiing principally of Clothing and
Gents’ Furnishing Goods; and all other
goods of every description in the said
stock, together with all fixtures of what
soever nature and description connected
therewith.
Terms of sale: Cash.
J. C. Jefferies,
Agent for Mrs. E. B. Avery.
Gaffney, S. C., January 5th, 1904.
1-8- at Fri. & Tues.
Watches!
Poor repair work will injure )Our deli
cate watch. WESTROPE takes care of
the mechanism so that it will do reliable
work. WESTROPE don’t do cheap
work,"hut the work he does gives h'm the
reputation for being skillful. WEST
ROPE wants to put your timepiece in
good order for you.
Nice Line of Jewelry,
Watches, Rings and Chinaware always
on hand.
Thos. H. Westrope*
FOR. SALE
Fine thoroughbred pedigreed pigs; stack
hogs for service. 1-5-itn.
D. L* Splawn, Gaffney, S.C
When you Want
Something
to Eat
vail for Phone No. 23, an<i W. J. YaneMor
hi* clerk will answer and till all your
want* for Meats of all kinds, and Heavy
and Fanoy Groceiies.
W. J. Maness, Propr.
“tffir* Early Rlaara