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) rilK L^tCl >0 E W. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Human life is indeed cheap in this State. What are We to attribute it |» e0 |)ie Von Know and People You to? To the incendiary utterances of Know. Don't SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. BY Ed. H. DeCamp. our public men; to the abortion of justice by our jurrors; to the cunning ! of uncerupulous lawyers who sell The Ledger is not responsible tor con90 ieoces for gold; to our ”oo"dZrrh: d no,. oo.tr,. ». bute regular news letters must fur- utter ignorance, and to the general nish their name, not for publication, oussedness of the influence to which but for identification. all these causes contribute. But the Write short letters and to tfce point fch Qf tbe whol< , bu9i . to insure publication; also endeavor ^ , f ^ j « , to get them to the office hy Monday -eae .« the utter ,adherence of our - people on the awfulness of the situa tion. D. Kirby has 120 head of he is fattening for the Ellie R. Parker is now with J R Rev. A. D. Davidson was a city Tolleson & Co. on Limestone street visitor yesterday. Hon w G. W. Elmore, of Grassy Pond, CBttle ; bat made a business trip to the city Fri- | mar ]£ e t day. Mrs. J. W. Abbott and children H. M Johnson, of the Gaffney are visiting her father Mr. K. G. Win-; Live Stock Company, left Saturday ^ go, at Welfoid, in Spartanburg coun- for Norfolk, Va , with a ;arload of Star Theatre .SPECIAL KNGAGKM KNT THE The State press is very generous in ty. W. L. Goudelock, a prominent citi zen of Gowdysville, spent some time in the city Saturday. He called to see The Ledger and renewed. E. R. Broom, of Blacksburg, spen* some time in the city Friday. He favored The Ledger with a call and subscribed. Thos. L Robbs went to Spartan burg Sunday. Miss Mamie Gaston, of Blacks burg, is in the city visiting the Misses Hopperfon Logan street. Wm Blackwell, his brother George and little son Hydrick, called to see and Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Reading notices will De published “ AU rrponir h a Crb. ad-, ^ H.yw.rd dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp. Manager. That is eminently proper. When ’ - ——" South Carolinans so far regain tbeir We invariably discontinue equilibrium as to fill ail its offices sending The Ledger when a with men of the Heyward stripe tbey subscription runs out, for we will have made wonderful progress no wav of knowing that towards redeeming the State from a r I be Ledger Saturday, fperson wants it 0 exce g pt by misruie and bastard government tos- D ^ ‘ b ”‘- receiving his or her renewal. tere( ^ upon it by unscrupulous and j, McGill, a prominent citizen We ureentlv solicit a prompt 8elf - 8eekin g politicians. But we and planter of Kings Creek, spent renewal, on the ground that the paper is worth the money. We are trying month by month to make it better and better. NOTES AND COMMENTS. mules. While coal seems to be the princi pal fuel used in Gaftney the wood haulers are kept busy and doing a good business. The spring mule trade has opened in Gaffney. The sale barns are popu lar places of resort, and tbe men in charge of them have on a business ap- j pearance and they are working. Many wells in the city have failed, owing to the almost unprecedented dry winter,and all the streams in thr- country are probably as low as they have ever been known in January of any year. The ability of some people to show their lack of common sense and de cency would be amusing were it not for the fact that they are so disgust ing. Every man in Gaffney who has at tained tbe age of twenty and one had better get a hinge and aftfalse arm to withstand the pump-handle attacks of tbe gentlemen who wish to govern. Notwithstanding all that has been said, it looks as if the Democrats will be forced to call upon Mr. Cleveland to act as their standard bearer if they intend to go into the next campaign with any idea of winning. To their credit, the people of Blacksburg tolled the church and other bells in the tiwn on last Thurs day at the hour appointed for the burial of General Gordon. . Gaffney should have done as much in honor of the dead hero. and But we think we hear some one say, “The some State has made greater strides in the past twelve years than ever before in its history.” True, it has. But the situation is akin to that which a bright young lawyer pointed out to the editor of this paper, when the lat ter explained that he had been de- privad of the advantages of a col legiate education,by saying: “Well, if you have succeeded without a col legiate education youjmigbt and in all probability would have succeeded to a greater extent if you had had one.” So if the State of South Caro lina has gone forward, notwithstand ing tbe political demagogues that have been fostered upon it,how much greater would that success have been had it been governed by wise and con servative statesmen? G. M. Phifer has moved from the Joe Littlejohn cottage on Victoria avenue, to the W. O. Lipscomb place in the northeastern part of the city, and Mr. J. M. Bramlet has moved to AMONG OURSELVES. “The Hearst Presidential boom,’ •ays The Greenville News, “has been started in South Carolina, but it moves like an old man with the palsy.” Or like a young man with incipient paresis.—Charleston Post. Several days ago the Charlotte Ob server took a neat fall cut of the Spartanburg Journal on the subject community of commercialism. To use the lingo of tbe Coalin’ Ground, “it raly do seem” that the Observer makes the Journal a commercialiet in spite of itself. Liens are being given and taken on all sides these days It seems folly to talk of repealing the lien law when it has so strong a hold upon tbe country, but it would surely be best if it were blotted from the statute books.—Sumter Herald. Small jealousies ‘among people in a often keep 1/hem from orospering. Some people (?) cannot rise above their petty feelings of spite and dislike even when tbeir town, and consequently their own interests, are involved.—King’s Moun tain Herald. time in the city Saturday on business. He favored The Ledger with a call and renewed. Joe L. Estes, of Etta Jane, was in t ^ e Littlejohn cottage, the city Friday on business. He ad ded his name to Tbe Ledger list. H D. Wheat returned to the city Sunday from an extended business trip to eastern cities. Miss Polly McKinley left the city Friday night for Providence, R. I., where she goes to visit friends. Bascom Osment.who has been visit ing relatives and friends in this coun ty,left for his home in Arkansas yes terday. John Barnhill paid The Ledger a visit Friday and subscribed. I^Prof. Dibble, of Spartanburg, spent Sunday in the city. County Commissioner T. L. Bry ant was in the city yesterday. He favored The Ledger with a call. James McSwain, of Cleveland coun ty, N. C., was a business visitor in the city Friday. J. E. Foster, of Gowdysville, was a Ledger visitor yesterday. R. M. Allison, of Grassy Pond, spent some time in the city Friday. G. T. Harris, merchant and farmer of Grindal, was a business visitor in the city yesterday. W. 0. Kirby, a successful farmer from the lower part of the county, was an appreciated Ledger visitor Friday. He renewed. John Smith, of Love Springs, paid The Ledger 8 visit Tuesday morning. Elliot Smith, a young Love Springs farmer, was a Ledger visitor Friday. W. E. M.* Kirby, of Grindal, spent some time in tbe city yesterday. Mrs. Vicy Sprouse, wife of Mr. C. Joe Phillips, a Grassy Pond farmer. I Y. Sprouse, died at. her home near 21 January , 22, 23. REPECTOIRE OP NEW SUCCESSES. YORK v'.*, W. J. Maness has opened up an other market on Ivmestone street, two doors below The Ledger office. He has a nice stock of heavy and fancy groceries and will carry a full line of fresh meats at his new place. John Raymond Gaffney, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gaffney, died at the home of his narents in this city on Friday the 15th inst., in his fif teenth year, after a short illness of pneumonia, and was buried Saturday in Oakland cemetery. Mr. Howard, who carries the mai| on R F. D. route No.2, has the hand somest, most complete and comforta ble mail wagon that goes out from Gaffney. He has “United States Mail R. F. D. No. 2” painted on it and tha inside arrangemeht has every con venience for handling the mail. It is so closely built that wind, rain and cold weather do not interfere with hie comfort. G. W. Speer, clerk of the Wood men of the World camp at this place, delivered to Mrs. Lillie A. Thomas yesterday a check for $1,500, this be ing in full settlement for the insur- anc* which Mrs. Thomas’ husband, Sam W. Thomas carried in this order. The proof of death was forwarded to the head office in Nebraska since January 1st, and the policy was paid promptly. NEW MUSIC. SONGS, DANCES, SPECIALTIES. 1 Oc - 20c - 30c Seats on sale at Cherokee Drug Co. Where is Hughes Bros? You will linrt them in the new Webster & Jefferies block on Robinson street, next to Cline’s stables, with a full line of fresh Staple and Fancy Groceries, Cigars, Tobaccos, &c. Phone No. 45. There is Nothing More Comfortable this cold weather for setting around your room than a pair of nice felt Slippers. v The R. S, Lipscomb Shoe Go. Down in Florida the other day bandits stopped a railway train and attempted to rob it, but several dead head passengers, employees of £tbe road, pulled their “shooting irons” and went at tbe bandits in such man ner as to cause them to suddenly change their minds. As Mr. Punch would express )t: “That’s the way to do it.” Buy land, young mac, buy land! It’s the foundation of good citizenship It’s the basis of independence. It’s tbe mudsill of good government. You can’t be the citizen you should be un less you become a vital part of the government unless you own land. Therefore, young man, it behooves you to buy land. We koow of no better plaoe on earth to own land than in Cherokee county. Secretary Gantt is after the Ar mours, Swift, Standard Oil and other companies who use tbeir own cars in this State, for taxes There is no reason under tbe sun why these cor porations should not pay tbeir taxes in the same measure that other con cerns pay, and we hope to see Mr. Gantt successfully culminate his efforts—St. George Expositor. Oor Oorevnor. (Orangeburg Patriot.1 Governor Heyward has now been in 1 office almost a /ear. The Patriot did 1 not support him for the obvious and sufficient reason that an old personal friend and neighbor was in the race . against him. We can not at this time come forward and say that we have l been “agreeably surprised” in Gov ernor Heyward’s conduct of affairs. He has, to speak more accurately, very agreeably confirmed our previ ous opinion that he would rule tbe | State with wisdom and moderation— such moderation as is consistent with ♦ | a firm and discreet administmtion of Keep cool! Doo’t lo*e your I the laws of the State. Governor Hey-i head,- nor get ruttled in the heat of 1 wa J rd 11,48 made an excellent Governor the campaigf). *t shouldn t be muob 8 t aD jp 0 | n t 0 f a p ar tj 8an when we trouble for a gentleman to keep cool cheerfully givu credit to whom credit with the thermometer dancing around is duo. the freezing point. Besides, we don’t isumtor Horaid.i want this community torn asunder Governor Heyward’s course as undue political excitement, it OMef Executive ha* been a constant pleasure to his and coaster- spent some time in the city Friday. > Dr. M. P. Burnham and R. M. Rogers spent Sunday in Spartanburg. R. B. Lemaster, of Wilkinsville, spent some time in the city Friday. John Harper and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Phillips were among the Spartan burg visitors in the city Sunday. The general assembly adjourned ; Saturday till Wednesday in honor of Gen. R. E. Lee’s birthday. Senator Butler and Representative Kirby spent the interim at home. John A. Hemes, postmaster at Gowdysville, came to the city yester day. He called to see The Ledger. B. G. L. Pettit, of Ravenna, spent some time in tbe city yesterday. Joe C. Coyle paid The Ledger a visit Saturday and renewed. County Commissioner T. M. Little- , john came to the city Saturday. S. M. Littlejohn, who was hurt some two weeks ago by a fall from his piazza, we are glad to state was able to be on the streets Saturday. Messrs J. A. Mooney and F. B. Haj s, of Toronto, Canada, and Walter Sykes, of Philadelphia, who have in terests i3 the Gaffney Carpet Mill, were in the city several days the last of the week. Elias Johnson, an old battle-scar red veteran of “the lost cause” and a good friend of The Ledger of Antioch, was in the city Saturdiy. He called to see us. D. J. Holt, a prominent business man of King’s Mountain, was in the city yesterday. Charles Gilmer, who is a fireman on one of the engines on the South ern, stopped here Friday evening and spent the uight and Saturday with his mother on Granard street. James T. Moorehead, a prominent Abingdon on last Thursday and was buried at Abingdon church Saturday. ’ Mrs. Sprouse was an old woman, re spected and loved by all who knew her. She leaves her agf d husband and several children, all griwn and married, to mourn their loss, and who have the sympathy of their many friends In tbeir irreparable loss. ..Life.. Life is often hanging in the bal ance when a physician writes a prescription. If the compounding is inaccurate, or if the drugs sup plied are lacking in purity or strength, who shall answer for results ? We recognize our responsi bility in these matters. We regard every prescription as one requiring the utmost care as to accuracy, and demand ing the highest grade of drugs that money will buy. Our ideal prescription service costs you nothing extra — we always strive to give the best of everything at prices that are absolutely fair. Cherokee Drug Co. Limestone and Frederick Streets. You May Have Seen Better Days-^ But you have never seen better Meats and Groceries than you will find at MANESS’ MAR KET. None hut the freshest of Meate and best and puresi Groceries sold at MANESS’. All orders promptly and carefully filled. W. J, Maness, Propr. BST'Country Produce wanted. Capt. Harley KeaignH. The L.mestone Light Infantry held a special meeting in the armory Fri day night, at which Capt. J. Emile Harley, owing to the fact that he will leave the city soon, tendered his , resignation, which was accepted The ‘ Staple and Fancy ‘ ' , Canned company then went into an election Now for the New Year! Start it right by com ing to us for your : : for a captain to succeed him and J 0. Otts was unanimously ehcuu Capt. Harley had exhibited consider able zeal in the formation of the cimpany and all reget that business engigements compel him to abandon it just as he is ready to have it mus tered into the organized State troops The company ;is howevir fortunate in electing Captain Otts to succeed Capt. Harley, (’apt. Otts has had ! experience as commander of a com i pany and his energy public spirit and former experience will make him a valuable acquisition to and an < ffi- cient commander of the company. Card of Thanks. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gaffney wi»h to express their thanks to tbeir friends for th> ir many klndeene^s ex tended to them and family during the recent illness and death of their son. Goods, Cigars,Tobacco, Fruits, and Confectioneries. Our lines are still complete and contain nothing but the fresh est and the best. HAMLIN & RADFORD. Artistic Merit and original methods of posing are com bined here. This and the rich tonal effects and absolute permanency m a k e Take Laxative Bromo Quinine for that cold; sure cure, short time, no inconvenience, no nau sea, no bad after eff ects. Handy pocket package, 25c. S. B. Crawley & Co. Si j Limkstone St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery Prescriptions Properly Filled and Promptly Delivered our by undue political excitement. It 1 Ehief Executive has ^ , . source of pride and will not do us any good as a commu- fr , find9 an(J of confu8ion nity. Since we must have political; nation to his enemies. His adminis- campaigns lets us make the best of tration has proven an unqualified sue tbe evil. cess, notwithstanding the fact that ^ ^ ^ ^ he has had’many knotty and vexatious hog raiser of Cherokee county, made j by the town Good roads meetings and good roads p J°^ lem8 \° deal w t ith - , The P e ° p ! e a bu 8 ^ 88 fcbe city Saturday. „ „ , . . j of tbe State are pleased with their rallies are fine places for self-seeking Governor and they will most certain- politicians to palm off a lot of bold-, ly demand his services for another ness about a subject they know little term—and this we are sure he will have without any opposition what ever. Notice. citizen and successful planter of Sar A11 ns in Gaffuey are requested to ! ratts, spent some time in the oily he vaccinated at once. Those who corn- yesterday. He favored I he Ledger ply with this request and afterwards con- with a call and renewed. tract smallpox, will he cared for by the Robt. E. Sarratt, the champion J town. Vaccine points will he furnished 11-27-tf ferry- some of, on the people. But the best good roads gathering we can conceive of, is a good outfit of road making ma chines, a good civil engineer to lay off tbe work, a good foreman who knows how to control and work men to the eogineer’s marks, and then an adequate force of men to keep the machines at work. Let all these meet on the road and go to work, and they will do more to one week to improve the roads than have all the good roads ftieetings you ever attended. fc " ♦* ♦ ♦ ♦ Attorney General Gunter’s annual -Mpert shows an alarming state of affairs. These were 222 homioldes— for every three days—re- ‘ibttotftwo > ° < ' 4 at his office during 1903. v'TftW 1 I What au awful carnival of crime I To Ahl Hood KohOn. I Columbia Record.] Senator Latimer has inrtiduceda good roads bill calling for an expen diture of $8,000,000 a year for three years. The money is to be used in conjunction with various stales in good road building. We hope, how ever. that onr legi-lators will not wait for any Fed* rnl aid in this im portant matter. Koch aid is very un certain and the need of good roads in the state is pressing There will be a bill introduced on the legislature to allow taxpayers in each county to de cide whether they shall tax them selves additionally for this purpose. As they will pay the bills if they de cide to build good roads, it Is hard to see how anybody io tbe legislature or out of It can object to tbe proposi tion. He killed one a few weeks ago that weighed 000 pounds net. Vaney (Tomer, the popular mao at Howell’s ferry, spent time in the city yesterday. W. H. Upchurjh, of Mercer, was a Ledger visitor Saturday. L. B. Davis, of Aigood, came to the city Saturday James Robbs, of Maud, came to the city Saturday 00 business. W. J. Hodge, of Grindal, spent City Registration. Save Money by buying goods from I. M. Peeler. I am now making a run on Shoes and will save Photographs you money on them. I have just received a lot the most de^rabie 0 f the best inserted Steel that can be obtained axes, see them before buy ing. Groceries and all other goods at bottom prices. Give me a call. M. Peeler. anywhere. Our gallery is not only fully ’equippe for the taking of per fect [pictures, but is | j conveniently located 5 ^ on the ground. — 1 will be in the office of the City Clerk ! at the City Hall every Friday and Satur-1 1 day of each week up to and including ; February 13th, and every day after that : : date up to ami including February 20th, ' for the purpose of registering the voters of the town. Rooks will close February 20th, 1904. T. J. Patrick, jKi.airRYDALE'S TONIC 625 Limestone St. ’Phone 176. Residence 171 some time in the city Saturday., He 12-29 favored Tbe Ledger* with a call and suhsoribfld. '■m: J. M. Patrick, of Mercer, paid The Ledger a visit Saturday and renewed. 0. E Smith, of Goucher, came to the city Saturday on business. - Jl r S. Dillingham, a staunch and worthy citizen of Antioch, was in the city Saturday. June T. Robbs, of Maud, came to the city Saturday on business. —Bring your prescriptions to Tbe Gaffney Drug Co., where they will be filled correctly with pure drugs at a reasonable price. Supervisor of Registration. Final Discharge. 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, 1904, at 11 o’clock a. m., for final settle) ment and discharge as guardian of the estate of Fannie L. Corry, minor, but now of age. J. Eb Jeffkrihs, Guardian. Published in Gaffney Ledger Dec. 29th, Jan. 5th, 12th and 19th. Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, of Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and SdentiftcallY. Jt J* J* IflpOffice in Cherokee Drug Co. B’ld’g. A REAL CURE FOR It has recently been discovered that the germs that produce Malaria, breed and multiply in the intestines and from there spread throughout the system by means of the blood. This fact ex plains why Malaria is hard to cure by the old method of treatment. Quinine. Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves and build up the blood, but do not destroy the germs that cause the disease. Rydale’s Tonic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, freeing them from all disease breeding mi crobes. It also kills the germs that infest the veins and arteries. It drives from the blood all poisonous matter and makes it rich and healthy. RYDALE’S TONIC Is a blood builder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria destroyer. Try it, it will not disap point you. GAFFNEY. DRUG GO. iV'V'M fi frr rUuiA