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r V Piih: onntTftHK') TUKSI'AV ANI> KKIDAY RV Rn. H DkCamp PtRSONAL PARAGRAPHS. ever NOTKS ANO COM M BNTS. Experience is the keen-ed^ed knife that extracts the cataract from your defective eyes. John Capers and Lumus Blalock, and Deas and Crum, two of their ne gro chums, have been elected as del- i gates at large to the national Re publican convention. Dispatches announce that the Japs got the worst of it Wednesday. While our sympathies are with the brave little brown men, we cannot but feel that they are up against a tough prop osition when they tackle the Bear. We somehow or other wish they had not undertaken the job. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The municipal election will take place Tuesday. So far it has been the quietest campaign in the history of Gaffney. No man can with safety predict the ultimate result, but we U U»t tile blllife Oi tuau will come to the fellows who don’t get enough votes to put them in office will not be so great as to become can kerous. ♦ ♦ A northern lady who is wintering R. B. Lemaster, of Wilkinsville, was a city visitor Wednesday. Shields Allison, one of the county’s sterling citizens, favored The Ledger with a call Tuesday. Latta Parish, of Yorkville, spent Wednesday in the city on a visit to his father, Mr. C. G. Parish. E. L. Eison returned Monday from the northern markets, where he pur chased a big stock of goods for the Company store. W. P. Vassey, of State Line, came to the city Wednesday on business. G. W. McKown, a prosperous Broad river farmer, was in the city yester day. John Thomas Ruppe made a busi ness trip to the city Tuesday. J. F. Wright, of Etta Jane, favored The Ledger with a ’call yesterday and added his name to our list. W. J. Talbert, of Buffalo, was in the city Wednesday. He favored The Ledger with an appreciated call. D. D. Scruggs, a prominent Ezell farmer, came to the city Tuesday. James W. Sparks, of Asbury, was in the city Tuesday. E. J. Clary called in to see The Ledger yesterday and renewed. R. E. Linder, merchant and farmer at Aiken was the victim of an assault j of Maud, came to the city Tuesday on by a black brute the other day. A business, singular thing about The Harp of a Thousand Strings. yet tnrough all the changes __ | Wrlttrn for The Kviitfious il»*r;iid in maintains its stmt identity. „ T i, v 11. l\ Griffith, and re-published l>y n- Uiok at the tender, helpless infant .^oide %on Know »nd People You Oou t ^ lying iu t he cradle, or just beginning K ' ,,1W ! The universe is filled with wonders, to prattle in its mother’s arms. View J. B. Mabry, of Spartanburg, paid \]jj Ve around, beneath, in whatever the fond mother as she bends over the a visit to relatives in the city rues- I direction man turns his steps, or at day- . whatever point he fixes his thoughts, H. 1). Mathis, of Ravenna, spent j s me t mysteries that stagger some time in the city Wednesday. credulity, and by wonders that re- John E. Mosteller, of Grassy Pond, jjj s presumption. And though made a business trip to the city jes- j n ^j ie triumphs of his genius, he has terday. , laid hold of the hidden powers of na- Miss Wilmer Gaffney reiurned the L ure an( j ma( j e them subservient to first ol the week from a visit to rel- w j]j. though he has accurately atives in Spartanburg. s;r,. marked the orbits of the rolling plan ets, and predicted with certainty the return of the stranger comets wander ing from fields in space so re mote that imagination itself shrinks from their contemplation in utter be wilderment; though he has gone be- charge with every feature knit in the strength of a mother’s deathless love. Mark them well, and stamp the fea tures of both upon your memory; and then cast a glance through the mists and shadows of the rolling years, and view that manly form moving in the pride of his strength, and helping along the journey the wan figure, the faded, trembling form that moves with feeble, tottering steps at his side. Would you recognize the prat tling infant and the doting mother? Why there is not the most distant re semblance between them. There is not a feature, there is not a particle neath the earth, and read in the dust ] 0 f flesh, there is not a bone, there is ol dead ages of wonders too fanciful not a muscle, and, if we could pene- the affair is that this lady came down here sym pathizing with the “down-trodclen colored people” and was aiding their education and social advancement. Her rather unappreciated efforts have doubtless caused her to change her mind on the social question. Of course it will not do to condemn the entire A. S. for human belief, and discovered in the successive strata that underlie the ground upon which we tread, se crets which it is almost unlawful to utter; yet in the grandest triumphs of his skill and genius, he has caught but a glimpse of the shadowy outlines of the mysteries that surround him. And when the mind, wearied in the vain effort to explore the forbidden fields of the Omnipotent Being, retreats up on itself, it is but to find that the greatest mystery of all lias been left behind—the little house not made with hands, from which the soul peers longingly forth upon the passing won ders. Where are the foundations up on which the structure was erected? W ire is the motive power that di rects and controls all its varied and complicated machinery? What gives the bounding impulses of youth, and what mystic influence causes the form to wither, and the light that beams from the window to grow dim, as age bmith, of Loves fepnngs, spent Why should time affect it at all? Why should a certain number of rev- some time in the city Tuesday. Magistrate A. J. McCraw came to the city yesterday. olutions of the earth about the sun, ^ i-, , • i called years, or a certain number up- S. G. Pndmore, a Grassy Pond far- J ’ * mer, called to see The Ledger Tues- | day and renewed. Govan M. Cline, of Blacksburg, came to the city Wednesday. Moses Goforth, of Thickety, came to the city Tuesday on business. . Magistrate R. W. Lee came over to negro race for the devilish deeds of c jj. y Tuesday on business. Calvin Moore, of State Line, was a city visitor Tuesday. the baser element, and we do not, but our Yankee cousins will learn sooner or later, that we of the South know a great deal more about the race question than they do. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ In a short talk with Mr. Wm. G. Fowler, of Etta Jane, yesterday, we learned from him that the increased acreage of cotton in his section this year would hardly be appreciable. He said he saw signs of a probable small increase on some farms, but he feels sure the majority of farmers in W. A. Jones, an over-the-Broad farmer, was in the city Wednesday. John W. Camp, a young State Line farmer, was an appreciated Ledger visitor Tuesday. J. C. Thomas, of Wilkinsville, one of the four famous “Thompson boys,” of the 13th S. C. Volunteers, was in to see us yesterday and subscribed. M. J. Hicks, of State Line, was among his friends in the city Tues day. Wm. G. Fowler, a staunch man and one of the most successful farmers in the county, was in the city Wed- his section will adhere to their former nesday. He called in to see The Led- rule of making their own corn for use on their farms and plenty of meat for their families. In his own case he said he would surely plant corn to make enough for his farm, as he has always done, and everybody who knows him knows how well he suc ceeds. This is an encouraging report from high authority and we trust that the whole of Cherokee county will pursue a similar course. The following from the Charlotte Observer, referring to Mr. G. Cleve land, is one of the cleverest tilings that we have seen in quite a while. “Mr. Watterson and Mr. Bryan are still ’in grips,’ as the phrase goes in North Carolina. Mr. Watterson was in .New Orleans on a lecture tour when Mr. Bryan utilized the occasion of a memorial meeting at the capital of Kentucky in honor of the late Governor Gobel, of that State, to blackguard the editor of The Courier- Journal. The latter replied, in an interview, that the esteemed Bryan would better have been attending the funeral of his sister in Oregon, but now says ir. his paper that lie was misled as to the conjunction of dates of funeral and blackguarding and that ‘it appears that Mr. Bryan was not guilty of the insensibility ascribed to him; though the festivities at Frank fort followed so fast upon the funeral baked meats at Salem, as to justify a different surmise by one a thousand miles away from the scone of activ ity.’ Then he proceeds, in a two- column editorial, to roast the Nebras ka colonel to a turn. Meantime, the most distinguished private citizen in the world, noting the war ol words between these two distinguished col onels—neither of whom hates the other half as much as lie hates him grins from ear to ear and exclaims, ger and added a name to our list. J. B. Huskey took time to call on The Ledger while in the city Tues day. Charles Gilmer, a fireman on the Southern, spent Wednesday in the city with his mother on Granard St. W. D. Gaston and his charming daughter, Miss Dora, from across the Broad, were shopping in the city Wednesday. L. I). Bonner, of Goucher, came to t! '* city Wednesday. J. R. Dixon, a sterling and prom inent farmer of Antioch, came to the city Wednesday. R. M. Roark, a prominent and suc cessful planter of Antioch, spent some time in the city Wednesday. He favored The Ledger with an ap preciated call. D. R. Bird, a prominent business man in the city of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. Park Thomson has gone to Seneca to visit her mother, Mrs. Liv ingston. J. Swan Parris, of Ezell, came in to see us yesterday and subscribed. John G. Kendrick, one of the coun ty’s most successful young farmers, was in the city yesterday. Magistrate W. E. Mabry came up to the city yesterday on business. helix Littlejohn, of Ravenna, spent some time in the city yesterday. A. W. Doggett returned yesterday from a visit to relatives in Charlotte, N. C. W. A. Jones, an over-the-Broad farmer, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. D. C. Phillips, of the “Coalin’ Ground,” was in the city yesterday. on her own axis, called days, make the great difference between child hood and old age? But it is not stranger that the mysterious hand of time should leave its traces upon it, than it is that it should last so long. When we consider the various dis orders to which it is subject—the thousand and one pieces of the most ! delicate and exquisite workmanship, all moving in perfect harmony, and each performing functions absolutely necessary to the well-being of the whole—we can sympathize with the . Psalmist in the expression that man I is fearfully and wonderfully made. The wonder is increased when we learn that the machine is continually wearing out. and by an inherent pow er of its own, to which men but give a name when they call it the law of compensation, it is as continually re newed. The most durable work of man wears by use, or rusts and decays by neglect, and there is no law to com pensate the loss. The hardest mate- trate the chambers of the soul we would find that there is not a thought, nor a feeling, nor a motive, nor a hope that is the same. And yet they are the same, identical forms that but a moment ago we watched by the cradle. The entire composition thor oughly changed, yet the whole struc ture remaining strictly the same. Oh! ye who would hesitate and stumble at the doctrine of the res- ! urrection, view first the facts that pass before your mortal vision. But it is as the temple of the soul that this structure excites our warm est regard and demands our highest interest. Though no man can fathom the depths of the mystery, yet we : know that it is the habitation of an immortal principle—a principle with ' which it maintains so close a con nection that the tone, and vigor and ! effciency of the one depends in a great degree upon the condition of the other. Viewed in this relation how sacred does it become! How desper ately audacious must be the hand that would dare to touch it with the fin ger of pollution. What reckless de basement, what sacrilegious deprav- ty is to be found in the wanton dedi cation of its high and holy powers to dishonoring the great God who made it. And oh! ye who are sad because 1 the time is coming when this myste- ABSOLUTELY PURE There is a quality added to the cake and biscuit by the Royal Baking Powder which promotes digestion. This peculiarity of “ Royal” has been noted by physicians, and they accord ingly endorse and recommend it. Royal Baking Powder is used in baking by the best people everywhere. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK, 7 Don’t forget the date. “Heart of Often the explanation has nothing Alabama” ar btar Theatre Friday to do with the case. night, Feb. 26. Prices 25 and 50 cts. TT71 Tu 7 7Z , w.v. ..o 6 . i - , „ , .. Divorce pulls the feathers from the rious connection must be severed, look Reserve seat sale opens Wednesday 0 f | OVe hut beyond the dark and silent river, •' a m * array yourselves in purple, and re- — joice as your ears may catch from the I land of reunion the sweet, far-off For Sale, strains of the harps that will stay in tune forever. Announcements. F OR SALK OR UKNT—One a-room house within twenty minutes walk of court house; small farm attached. 1-^2-Kri. tf Robt. K. Wilkins. F OR SALK Lot aud six-room house on Cherokee avenue, Good barn and stables on premises. Apply t3 Hall &. Willis. At torneys. 2-y-tf. Cards under this head will be inserted from ■ now until the election at the following rates: tor Mayor. for Alderman, to. Each an nouncement must he accompanied by the cash. F OR SALK Sarratt. -Cows and Calves. See Sam Q 1-L-th ‘ial is worn by friction, and even the rnnsMMlnt . ro spring of tempered steSl will iu the »• Dllbuilipiivt, course of time lose its elasticity, which is not regained by rest. But day by day is the mysterious harp attuned anew, year by year does the unseen hand furnish new supplies of the motive power that imparts health and vigor to its tones. And when, like vigor to its tones. And when, like the snow-white hind of Dryden it has passed safely through all the perils that encompass it -perils that always threaten, yet never overwhelm it; when it lias fulfilled the purposes of its maker, and the hidden law begins to fail to compensate the powers that are wasted; when the tone of the thousand strings begin to lose its weaker and weaker until at last it dies Salt pork is a famous old- fashioned remedy for con sumption. “ Eat plenty of :ork,” was the advice to the 1 ’ . ETOR KENT—* For Rent. poK RENT -Agood two-horse farm with a ueat five-room cottage. Apply at once to 2-lti-tf and i oo years ago. Salt pork is good if a man can stomach it The idea behind it is that fat is the food the consumptive needs most. Scott’s Emulsion is themod- ern method of feeding fat to the consumptive. Pork is too rough for sensitive stomachs. Store room on Greuarct street. Apply to Harry Byars. I jH>R RENT Cottage on Race street. 1-15-lmo F. G. Stacy. # ... _ F OR RENT—My residence corner Race at d Johnson streets. W. li. Smith. 1-S-lf For Mayor. At the so icitation of many friends ] an nounce myselt a candidate for mayor at the ensuing election, and promise, if elected, to do everything in my power for the best in terest of Gaffney and all tbe people. K. M G A UTS BY. To the Citizens of Gaffney: After having so much encouragement, Irotn your cordial support. 1 again offer my- s* il a candidate for re-election to the re sponsible position of Mayor of the city of Gaffney. I believe I ean do as much good for the city and people for the next two years as any man here. If you honor me again with the office 1 will serve you with renewed /.eal and energy. J. (j. Little. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the Mayor of Gaffney, and solicit t he support of the qualified voters, promising, if elected, a lair and Impartial administration of the affairs pertaining to the office. John L SaBKATT. For Aldermen. We. the votejsof Ward ], hereby announce W. Charles Durham a candidate for Aider- man in this ward. away and the music is hushed forever Scott S Emulsion IS the most —then it is but to reveal the fact that the material of which it is made was but the dust of the earth. What a rebuke to the vain glory that would inscribe the deeds of man on monuments of marble, that the great refined of fats, especially prepared for easy digestion. Feeding him fat in this _ , _ O Maker of all should cause the very wav, which is often the Only dust to proclaim His wonders! ^ • i ir t i i ^ way, 13 hair the battle, but Scott's Emulsion does more than that. There is some thing about the combination of cod liver oil and hypophos- phites in Scott’s Emulsion that puts new life into the weak parts and has a special Knotpcd mi Awful Knlc. Mr. H. Haggn s of Melbourne F a , writes, “My doctor told m I hud OnnHiimpMon '*nd n»»hing could b> done for me I was given uo to die. Hie offer of -i ftee trial bottle of IL. King’s X ■ * D'scovi n for 0on«utnp as each bomb explodes, ‘Never touch-I tiec, indue d me fo • ry H. R -uli- were startling. I am now on the rngd to recover* » r l owe nil m Hr. King’s NVw Discovi ry. If -iit> l> saved my life.” t’ni* gr»*>it cor- i* gn irunteed for aD throat and lu g difiettses >. Oht-n k •• Drug Co . drug gists. Price &0e <fc fl (JJ. trial (no lle free. The next thing we notice is the identity of the human body. We often wonder how these bodies shall rise again. After they have been burned on the funeral pile and their ashes scattered to the four winds of heaven; after they have been sunk in the deep sea and devoured by the monsters that inhabit the depths of the waters; after they’ve mouldered in the grave until every particle that composed them has lost its identity in the common dust of the earth how after all these changes can the idea- . i ; Ural particles lie gathered up and UCtlOU Oil tllC (llSCUScd luilgS. reunited? It is not strange that the Bad Cold ed me!’” ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Governor Heyward has appointed Mr. E. J. Watson as commissioner of the department of commerce and im migration. a new office created by the last general assembly. Governor Heyward lias displayed marked abil ity in the discharge of the multitudi nous duties that devolve upon him as blind Sadduces should reject the doc trine of the resurrection, when many a faithful follower of Jesus lias been staggered at these mysteries which no i .hi can comprehend. But instead of attempting to peer into the mysteries that lie beyond the vale of time, let us wonder at what passes before our eyes. How is it that this structure is •hanging continually, that every |Hirt and particle of it is undergoing com plete and continual renovations, and CV-* A sample will be sent free upon request. Be Mire that tins picture in the form ol a label is cm the wrapper of cv ry Untie of EmuLion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, CHEMISTS, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. and $i; all druggists. The Fraternal Union of America. Mr. Needman Laser, one of the Su- rr* r n m c: "h r ~ '7,4’* O U Of U Vi../' 4» A t T " CORES the chief executive of the State, but i promo Officers of the Fraternal Union in no appointment has he displayed more wisdom than in the selection of Mr. Watson for this position. We have known Ebbie Watson for thir teen years. Ho is one of the most conscientious workers in this State and his experience and ability vdll at once give the new office a pres tige that could hardly have been giv en it by the appointment of any other man. We beg that you watch the workings of the department of com merce and immigration, and if you do not see results from it that will surprise you we shall indeed he dis appointed. But we anticipate no dis appointment, for Ebbie Watson will succeed where thousands of other men would fall, and nothing intrusted his cart; aud keeping will suffer of America, recently spent several days in Gaffney in the interest of the local lodge, which was organized here | four years ago, and now lias a mem- j bershlp of over fifty. Mr. W. H. : Smith, president Smith Hardware Co., is Fraternal Master: Mr. J. T. Rogers, secretary, and Mr. C. M. Smith, cash ier Merchants and Planters Bank, is treasurer, amt among the members of } fids lodge can be found some of our leading business men. This is Mr. Laser's second official visit to Gaffney, | and as a result he secured several new member... The Fra tenia! Union of America, with headquarters in iJ! U .-t i* "‘j H Sir.'ns of I^ollxited Blood* to thereby. Hail and good day to you Commissioner Watson, and may your days be long upon the land that thy God giveth thee. There is nolhi;-.'/ so repulsive looking and disgusting as an old sore. You worry over it till the bruin grows weary and work with it until the patience is exhausted, and the very sight of theold festering, sickly looking place iauK s you irritable, despondent and desperate. A c'.ip. a; s ne is the very best evidence that your bltxxl is in an unhealthy and inipowri .k 1 condition, that your constitution isbreaking down under the ell . i ts of .s - ne serious order. The taking of strong medicines, like m retr y or pot .. h, will somctini< s so pollute and vitiate the blood and im- p. tin j -ner d system that the men t s •ratcli or bruise results in obstinate non-healing sores of the most offensive character. < if ten an inherited tain tb .ksoutiu frightful eating sores upon the limbs or face in (.Id age or middle life. Whenever a sore refuses to heal the blood is al \ nvs at fault, aud. while antiseptic washes, salves, soaps and powders Oenv'T, Coio., is u t'rRtoru&l Ijuncflci" cTti do Hindi to Icccp down tlic iniliiiiirti.itiou Tiid clcutisctlic sort , it will ary order, not ora inized for profit and never heal permanently till Lie blood itself has been purified and thedeadly gain, hut for the protection of its germs aud poisons destroyed, and with S. S. S. this can be accomplished—the polluted blood is purified and invigorated, and when rich,pure blood isagaiu circulating freely throughout the body the 11 sh around theold sore begins to take on a natural color, the discharge of matter cease# and the place heals over. S. S. S. is both a blood purifier and tonic that puts your blood in order and at the same time tones up the system and builds up the general health. If you have a chronic sore write us. No charge for medical advice. can be cured with Laxative Cold Tablets. They are especially in dicated in incipi ent colds when there is fever, a slight cough and chilly or creepy sen s a t i o ns. As phlegm pr< duces constipation it is desirable to have the bowels moved freely in all colds. These Laxative Cold Tablets do it most effectually. Tin-citizi'iih <jf Ward One licreby present llit* name ol Dr. U. L. S, ttlemyer tor re-elec tion from Hint ward, believing that Ids taitlitul service should be recognized by a ret urn to t bat Mce. 1 lie friend* of M. L. ("Dock”) Ross hereby present his name us a candidate lot Alder- iiinn hi Ward No. 2. I hereby auiiouno myself as a r i no Hate for Alderman from Ward No. 3. Maynard Smyth. I tie triends ot J. 1 1 incken hereby un- nounce him as a candidate for Alderman in SK Ward No. 3. :' The friends of W W. Gaffney hereby an il nounce him as a candidate for Alderman in S Ward Vo. 4 I hereby announce myself a candidate for P Alderman from Ward .‘>at the approaching ^ municipal election. W. F. Mnith. H — ; I h<- friends of W F. Brown hereby an- F- nounce him as a candidate for Alderman in Ward No. 5. I hen-by announce myself a candidate from Ward Six, and solicit your support. G k<>. W. Wkbsti:k. _ I hereby announce myself a candidate for re election to tin? position of Alderman from Ward ti. J. A Gaffney. Books of Subscription Opened. Blacksburg, S. C., Feb. 24th, 1904. Notice is hereby given by the under signed that books of subscription to the capital stock of the Whittaker Cotton Mills will lie opened at the Bank of Blaoksotirg, S. C.. in Blacksburg, ou the 27th day ol February, 1904. J. R. Kii.uan, J. F. Whisonant, A. H. Bollock, J. W. Rhyne, I). R. Bird. 2-26-it. J. B. Rhyne. Jury List. members and their families. All the local lodges in this State are in a splendid condition and a great deal of enthusiasm reported. Mr. Laser is one of the best known secret order men in the South, and since ills con nection vfrlth this order he has met with unlimited success. One advaotHge of being rich is not having to appear bo. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. CA. Drug Co. Ne t door to M. & P. Bank. T. J). Humphries, Woods. J. G. Dover, Antioch. H. C. Teague, Gaffney. B. F. Vassey, Thickety. Robt. Whisonant, Blacksburg. L. C. Mabry, Asbury. J. A. Kills, Maud. Felix Isler, Gaffney. T. C. Petty, Gaffney. L. C. Warmoth, Gaffuey. S. H. McCraw, Grassy Pond. R. N. Fllis, Grassy Pond. Acey Painter, Maud. J. T. Martiu, Ezells, j O. R. Byars, Gaffney. : R. A. Huskey, Macedonia. , J. B. Blalock, Blacksburg. J. B. McCraw, Gaffney. Pk H. Blanton, Draytonville. J. H. Webber, Gaffney. W. K. Moss, Blacksburg. J. R. Childers, Blacksburg. M. Martin, Ffzells. P. T. Sapoch, Blacksburg. Claud Coffee, Gaffney. R. K. Sarratt, Macedonia. F D. Horn, Ravenna. W. J. Blanton, Gaffney. D. L. Littlejohn. Gaffuey. M. L. Ross, Gaffney. W. J. Harris, Woods. T. C. Green, Raveuua. J. T. Moorehead, Sarratts. J. L. Harmon, Littlejobus. N, S. Corry, Gaffney. C. P. Teal, Turners. 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