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TT11 rc Iw i . PUBLISHKP rUESl'AY \KI> FR1PAY. NOTES AND COMMENTS rHRIVING BOER COLONY. RY Ed. H. DkCaMp. Farmers are pitching tta' ir crops now. We wish for them all, especially, Chero kee fanners, to remember that cotton has never been sold for a price high enough to enable a farmer to buy corn and haul it home as cheap as he can raise it on his own land. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Chester county has built nine miles of macadam road since her county super- The Ledger is not responsible f o views of correspondents. Lorresponoente who do not coni'.i- bute regular news letters must r* Dish their name, not for publicati' , tat for Identification Write short letters and to the point visor bought her road machines. Fuper- fco Insure publication; also endeavor visor Darby recognized at the start, the to get them to the office by Mmiuaj impotency of a “good head, a good eye and Thursday mornings. | and mother wit,” when scientific men Obituaries will be published at h\e cents a line. and has had all his county’s road w< and mother wit,” when scientific men and scientific instruments were available, road work and , executed under his supervison. Super- ** =!==55 . visor Darby’s work is an example that We invariably discontinue other counties might profit by. sending The Ledger when a " * * * subscription runs out, for we Jim Tillman once more stalk, forth in- ? ^ that political arena, this time as a have no way ot knowing that for the seat of Representative a person wants it excep y recently deceased, of the Second receiving his or her renewal. Congressional District. Is it a joke the We urgently solicit a prompt criminal candidate would perpetrate up- renewal on the ground that on the peo-.le? At first blush we would the paper is worth the money. We are trying month by month to make it better and better. laugh at the idea, but when we think that it was the citizenship of the second district that acquitted him of murder we become alarmed for the safety of the commonwealth. .My God! What a terri ble disgrace it would l>e to this ]>oor old EDUCATE HEAD AND HEART. long-suffering State should such a We sincerely appreciate the many calamity as the election of Jim Tillman warm references by the substantial citi- Congress befall her! MBShip of Cherokee to our editorial of Tuesdav headed “Strike at the Root. What in the name of common sense is There was no effort on our part to strike getting into our people? .ere they losing a popular chord. We do not appreciate a n sense of honor, decency and manhood the condition of affairs that makes such that they should heap infamy upon the articles necessary. Some people have an county by their cowardice? Our Etta idea that it gives us pleasure to “jump Jane corresoondence tells of a report of on” some men and some things. Those “white cappers” disturbing the peace of who so think were never further from the upper section of Gowdysville „town- the truth. We wish we could truthfully ship, terrorizing the laborers onj the uphold and praise everything in our farms. We would like to pay our re midst. We love to think of our wonder- spects to these “white capping” law ful resources, our magnificent growth, breakers, but we are afraid that the lan- onr courageous men and our beautiful guage we might use would not look women. We love to write about the graceful in a self-respecting newspaper, good that is in us. We abhor the condi- i v ct us say to them, however, that there tions that once in a while compel us to is nothing manly or courageous in their refer to the bad. conduct. It is evidence of the deepest Let’s lay aside our prejudices, our po- cowardice for a crowd of hoodlums to litical animosities, our vagaries, and join band together and try to regulate mat- hands in an effort to raise the old State ters. In doing so they violate the law, to a higher, a nobler and a better citizen- bring infamy upon themselves and dis- «bip. We can all do this without sur- grace the community in which they re rendering our principles. It would be side. It’s true that it appears useless to doing nothing but duty, and in the per- bring criminals to court, but that gives formance of that duty we would be re- no excuse for otherwise law-abiding citi- flectiug credit upon ourselves. There is /.eus to make criminals of themselves, a way to make our country better and Let us suggest that if our Etta Jane cor- we all know the way. It is to educate respondent be in possession of facts rela the head and heart. live to the existence of “white caps” that Instead of men grumbling at paying he report the same to the grand jury, or a tax for school pur]oses they should re- better still, have them brought before joice in the privilege, for every time you himself as a magistrate and commit the educate a boy or a girl you raise the | offenders to court. If he does not pos- standard of citizenship. sess the facts, let him report the source Who is it that fills our penitentiaries? of his information and have his inform- The low, vicious and untutored. True, ant to appear before the grand jury, an educated man you will find here and This is no semi-barbarous country that there in the prisons of our land, but he men should he allowed to ride rough- was educated in the head and not in the shod over the law. A stop must be put heart. to this state of affairs. If you can't edu- A good mother is worth more to a cate people to do right you will be forced countiy than all the mean fathers in it. to punish them for doing wrong, or soon If it were not for the good mothers of there will exist such a state of affairs as Cherokee county there wouldn’t be a boy to make the community intolerable to re in it that would be worth the ammuni- spectable people. tion that it would take to put him out of existence. Mothers good mothers—are “Strike at the Root.” a Godsend. Fathers are nothing—or Mr. Editor: Your editorial of the 15th practically nothing-alxmt anything but with the above caption, is most oppor- 1 , . ' ?. , , ,. tune. While I iully agree with you in making money. Some of them don t ^. ( , ry m^stion for a remedy to our de care for that, plorable condition as a peaceable and law- We would he infinitely better off with- abiding people, there is one suggestion out some of the fathers we have in this you make that I would particulary em- phasize, that is, the selection of jurors. community. They are a disgrace to them- It wa shame and a disgrace to hu- selves and a menace to the community, inanity (much less to morality and civil- Instead of rejoicing in the opportunity of ization) .10 bring to our courts of justice, educating their children they put a such characters as are sometimes num- r .1 • 1, ! bered with the grand and pettit jurors stumbling block in the way of their edu- uf our courls Call no remt( i y be found cation and often prevent them from ac- |,y w hich ignorant, prejudiced, immoral cepting the benefits of an education as and licentious men could be left off the provided by more thoughtful people. In- jury, and only men of character, firm stead of working and help educate them they make the chil spend their pitiful Such a daddy should have a mill-stone »>ave been summoned to court that , . , , , . should have gone to court and from there tied about his neck and thrown into l(> tlu , or ( . h ain gang, and partly atone for the low and immoral ! life they live. May noble manhood and j pure and intelligent womanhood rise up 1 irt their might and assert and enforce I their God-given rights and elevate our so-called courts of justice until they shall become tribunal-, that will always punish and ness, intelligence and stability should lie s' and help educate them ;lllowe(1 to ,k ci(k . lhe tru th and justice* children work and then j g|j( >w but few of our present jurors, but tiful earnings for rum. I have known some of our jurors that . - . ... I.,..., 1 ..... 1 a 1 « 1 1 » 1 • t « SXt > * . J 1 t / a ft 1 1 1 ■ 1 t oad river. We certainly pity the home where the ild or children dread to see “daddy” me home. That’s getting about as low wn as it is possible to get. When a m gets to the point that his children e glad to see him leave the house and ;in '^ re, iraiii the evil, and cncouragi r ! protect the good, rry to see him come home it s time for 1 at man to go hang himself. Such Cherokee Farmer. dition of affairs indicates that such a A iveullar Will. u’s early education—esjx cially tin The entire fortune of Mosph B. Clem- cation of the heart—was sadly neg- I’oriiand, Me., amounting to ted. How much better it is for a man to act as to have his w ife and children re- ce at the sound of his footsteps, and ve the little ones rim out and meet 1 and entwine their little arms about matter of distribution is left entirely 1 neck and shower kisses upon his lips. ; would a million times rather have jy cry in the monring because “dad- ” neglected to kiss it good-bye than have it go about unmindful of the ntg- :t. It's the brotherhood of love that we »uld instill into the hearts of men. It’s i citizenship of a noble, true manhood, ndful of the rights of others, that we >uld endeavor to teach. We can only ich that state by educating the head d the heart. Are you willing to act t- part of a manly man and do what u can to elevate the moral, social and ucalional standard of your conimuni > If so, resolve from this day to do ur duty and then go to work to do it. I>y foe neit» Cam •.lUoils. a l„- ( urcil M IIC tiy INtll ll ru • illl <1 liV of t' of llllic A ell IrrfK'-.lcd 'I rnt-t of l.nnil lu Mex ico iJniijrueoM HU.IKiO AercM. General W. D. Snyiuuu, t noted Doer v. ::r lender, is making good prog ress in establishing u home for his people in Mexico, says a special dis patch from Kama Rosalie to the Chi cago News. He has become a full fledged Mexican citizen, and the other Boer colonists will declare their alle giance to the government of Mexico as fast as they arrive to make their homes there. The tract of land upon which this Boer colony is located is situated near Santa Rosalia and em braces 83,000 acres. The colonists, in cluding men, women and children, are working like beavers, putting in the crops and improving their home sur roundings. It is to all outward ap pearances one of the happiest bands of foreigners wbo ever went to Mex ico. The 4,000 acres of bottom farming lauds are to be divided equally among the fifty Boer families which the Mex ican government obligates General Snymau to bring to Mexico within three years from Jan. 1 this year. Already the colonists have 2,000 head ot cattle grazing 011 the pasture lands. These cattle are to remain the common property of the colonists, and from their sale will be provided a sinking fund to be used in paying the loan of $50,000 made General Snyman by the Mexican government for the purchase ot the land. There are ducks by the million along the river which flows through the ha cienda, and rare sport is afforded the colonists during the shooting season. There is also an abundance of deer and other wild game on the place. An irrigating canal fourteen miles long has been constructed through the lands, and from this is obtained the water necessary tor irrigating the growing crops. A large acreage has been planted in wheat and corn. A ZOO AT EVERY SCHOOL. Report 8. 8. Convention at ElBethel. The North Pacolet Interdenomina tional Sunday school convention will meet at ElBethel church on the 27th, al Sunday School convention will meet at ElBethel church on the 27th Inst, at 10:30 a. m., and will be opened with devotional exercises conducted by the chaplain, Rev. Simpson Blanton. Following is the programme: 1. Enrollment of schools and dele gates. 2. Reports read and discussed. 3. A general conference on the state of the Sunday school work in the hounds of the couterence will then be held. The following queries will then be discussed by volunteer speakers: 4. “What has the spirit of com mercialism and socialism done for the I church, and wffiat are they still likely to do?” 5. “Does the exclusiveness of the Lesson Helps assist or hinder in the intelligent study of the scripture?” f>. “Does the cause of temperance impress its importance on the average j church member?” 7. Miscellaneous essays, recita tions, etc., by scholars. 8. Adjournment. An hour’s intermission will be ta ken during the day. All persons wffio I feel interested in the work are re spectfully invited to attend and take part in the exercises. By order of Committee. March 15th, 1904. Author ot “Hock of Aare*.** A brass tablet has been placed in the chancel of Fumham parish church to the memory of the Rev. Augustus Mon tagu Toplady, author of the hymn “Rock of Ages,” who was a native of the town. The inscription states that the Rev. Augustus M. Toplady was born Nov. 4, 1740, died in London Aug. 11, 1778, and was buried in Tottenham Court chapel, London, Aug. 17. 1778. Toplady. who was a strong defender of Calvinism, a great controversialist and author of many poems on sacred subjects, was at one time vicar of Broad Hembury, in Devonshire, and In 1775 preached in a chapel near Leices ter Fields, London.—London Express. Chlcngro I’rofcHKor IIoIIovcn CliHUrcu Mioulil Study Wild Animaiti. A garden and a zoo should be ad juncts of every school, according to Professor Fred C. Charles of the State Normal, who recently lectured before the Austin Woman’s club in Chicago, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Katy, for short, but really Katrina Wolfohen, is the pet of the Normal school zoo at De Kalb. She is about three years old and is a handsome, af fectionate coyote. She is especially fond of the company of children and enjoys a romp above all things. In her cage she allows herself to be tossed about with evident enjoyment Among the animals tamed and used as object lessons by pupils is Dick Coon, whose many escapades give point to an endless number of stories. It is the conviction of 1’rofessor Charles, w hose intimacy with animals began In his Austin home when, at the age of three, he dangled crayfish and beetles before his baby sister to amuse her, that a part of the interest of any school should center in the care and observation of wild and domestic ani mals- in short, that a zoo should be added to the fads which show' the trend of progress. —New line baby caps at Carroll, Carpenter & Byers. DID NOT FIND BARBARIANS. William Ifutler Yeutn A«- toulalimeat at Aiut-rica's A«lvuuc*r. William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet, when leaving New York the other day said that his visit to the United States had been very delightful and educat ing, says the New York Times. He said that Europe did not understand Lhe United States or its people and that he was astonished that instead of finding a semibarbaric people outside of the large cities in most cases they were highly cultured. “Your country is very far advanc ed, but 1 would not care to live here for any length of time. London is my favorite spot, and there are gath ered all those whom I care to meet. “I cannot speak too highly of the treatment i have received here. Ev erybody has been very kind to me, and 1 have been treated fairly by the press. The country itself has impress ed me as one with a great future. Just as in your buildings you have gone higher than have other people, so I think your country at large will be built above others.” Jealousy is Cupid’s fire alarm. i ir & The walking sick, what a crowd or them there are: Persons v ho are thin and | weak bat not sick enough to go to bed. 0 “Ciirmnic Gases” that’s what the doctors call them, which in common English I means—long sickness. To stop the continued loss of flesh they need Scott’s Emulsion. Eor the feeling of weakness they need Scott’s Emulsion. It makes new flesh and gives new life to the weak HEALTH is the Most Important In buying food-products, several things are to be thought of—i. e., Economy, Results, Easy Handling, Reliability, but the most important is Health. Health means everything. In buying clothes, shoes, hats, furniture, etc., if the buyer is deceived and gets an imitation the only harm is loss of money. In buy ing food-products, if imitations are sup plied, there is not only a loss of money, but perhaps an injury to health—which is beyond price. Remember these facts when buying baking powder* ROYAL BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Some of the flying machine men would be more, successful if they could get congress to repeal the law of gravitation. A hungry man will trade his chances for the presidency for a meal ticket. Perhaps it is better to have loved and lost on account of the experience that you will be abb* to make good use of the next time you fall in love. Sometimes when reading Mark Twain you think he should be six or eight. For Sale. F OI! SAl.iv Fwill sell to tlu* IniMii'M bl‘’d f *r on Miturdiiy. Marclt‘ititli. my Imun-liolo ainJ Kitchen furniture, .uio. Cl.irit liaun-n ! _ a-is-g F OR BALE White Plyinouth Rock eggs at 11.50 auii i'.’.UU ja r M'tUinr. FGhel strain block from Ohio. A. L. Peeler. .,-1-Ji idlum Bulbs; 10 cents each, a- ij-’Jt. F OR SALE Call .1. <'. I.ipscomt F oil SALK l*ij4sancl cane si e-'l. P. Smith. Qoucher. S- < . a-ll-L'l pd pOU.SALl.--4 louse-, and lo< >. 4 resident r lots, al once. Apply to Mrs. Clara Haines. 4-11-15 pOU SALE Good home raised Tohaeco. * Webster Tate. Lawn. S. C. 5 s-4t-pd OU SALE—Two line milk cows. U O a-s-t FOR zLYSLna up-co-L/ate Joo Print ing. cal! at the LEDGER Office. Oaffnev, S. C Must I*«y For Fun. Good scholarship hereafter will be required at I’rineeton of all students who wish to enter the glee club, banjo club or other fun making organizations as well as for athletic candidates. Scott’s Emulsion gets thin and weak persons out of the rut. It makes new, rich blood, strengthens the nerves and gives appetite ifor ordinary food. Scott’s Emulsion can be I taken as long as sickness | lasts and do good all the j:ime. There’s new strength md flesh in every dose. We will be glad to send you a few doses free. I’e sure that this picture in the (onn of a label is on tiie wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. and $11 all druggists. F OI .Sums. F OP SALE -Good ni-tit ic mart*, about T or s years old. I. M. Peeler. H-tt-tf F OR SALE Lot and si.x-ro<>tii house on ( hciokot* avenue, Good haru and slahli-s on premises. Apply tj Hall A. Willis. \t- torueys. Z-ti-tf. F OR SALE Cove and Calves. SeeSamQ Surratt. 1-U-th LXiU KENT T.vo-lc ■*- rate limits of Gall For Rent. T.vo-hors.t farm within corpo m y. J. H. '1 urner. 4 4-41 F »»K RENT G. c. Wilkin* buuae and lot. Apply to Geo. M. Phifer. <J-l-tf F OU KENT Agood two-horse farm with a neat live-room cottage. Apply at ouce to J. C. Lipscomb. > “-Hi-tf LHjK KEN J’ Cottage on Kaue street. * i-15-imo F. G.Stacy. a 1-s-tf C*<>K KENT My resilience corner Kace and Johnson streets. W. 11. Smith. Wanted. ►ITirpr! fxr/Orr » ! ■ . ■ i V-T 41 to4J i THE GUTCROPPING GF BAD BLOOD about $100,<HH), has boon loft to tniH- tees, wbo art* devoted to distribute it “to benefit soeioty, relieving Mistress and assist worthy and deserving reli gious, eharili’lih* .,nd benevolent asso ciations, objects and individuals." The And while not always painful are aggravating beyond expression. With few ex .options they are worse in spring and summer when the system begins to thaw out and the skin is reacting and making ra 1 t> the discretion of the executors, the only restriction being that they shall have disposed of the entire estate in the manner indicated within ten years. ext the pa accunu winter, pin.qde err:)*:, • IV. CL*'. YriUiCi i their atq Krzema an twin dis' 'i it ’ lo throw off oi ; that have :b 1 during the T’h; u boils and i lies and s of every con- k i 11 <1 make ranee, and Tetter—the rrors of skin - Nettle-rash, 1 suffered with Eczema of tho hands unci 1 n tor ovi-r ti \ •• ir, it w«u» not only aii) in. and ; unful but wry un til,': r! v and 1 dndikod to tfo out in the at rei-ta. lu i utl -azt .. dozen soaps and salvze tind became vc.-y much discouratcod until I rcu 1 in tho paper of the cures pi 1 for d tlu-ouirh the uao of S. 8. S. I i . i..it-: 11 ret but determined to hivo it n moat' i luir tr-ul at. loast. I rur phntMcd to at i to t hat 1 scon noticed a s' . ' uiproven.ent, eutlicii ,it to decide motokc p- i*.|*. Attv he •• c.t ai* botth-a my skin v,a -..o'* end uof*. i.s a b - Thiti was a year hiso aud 1 have) never had t*vy trouble since. M.'HS GENEVA BRIGGS. W ANTEH To exchiinpc good-mule fora good cow. Whi take dilferctict- in price. J. T. Wood. H-l>-4t-pd W ANTED Boarders. Meals SSc; specls rates to permanent boarders. Kuonis furnished. Mis. A. L. Turner, in W. Sum Lipscomb new hutldiuir, Limestone St. S-s-tf W ANTEH T o make siruiahl loans on city real estate. No commissions. Severn thousand dollars to loan. ApriP-tf J. 0. Jefferies. Money Loaned. I ^ L OANS on Improved farms 'or 11 term of years at seven per cent. Interest. .V commissions. For information apply to J. C Jefferies. Attorney at Law. -lyr J. F. GARRETT. Dentist. Office Over The Battery. ’Phone 82 i -V11,1,1 AM S. Ham,, .I K. JA VIKS A. WlM.tr. Your Watch is Right Today; Will it be Right Tomorrow? 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S. now will purify f ^->4 I an< ^ enr ‘ c ^ the blood, reinforce and tone up the gen* *. * - tra i system an 1‘ Emulate the sluggish circulation, thus warding - i the diseases common to spring and summer. The skin, with good blood to nourish it, remains smooth and soft and free of all disfiguring eruptions. Send for our free liook on diseast s of the skin and write us if you desire medical advice or any special information. This will cost you nothing. THE SWIfT SPECfFIG CO., ATLANTA, CAm ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ST AH TMKATKE til. IK). OA INJ »C V . t-*. <-), Notary Public luJoHIcc. I’ninipt atlentloii iven to )ill htihini-ss. Or. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. ^“Otllco over Oheriiki-i- HrupCo. DR. W. K. GUNTER, i> ic x r 1i’ Office in Star Theatre Buildiii}'. Phone No. 20. Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. C. C. Humphries having en gaged in other business, which throws the entire work of carrying on the business of the Acme Fur niture Co. upon the present mana ger, w ho, on account of his present state of health, does not feel able to perform it, it was decided at a recent meeting of the stockholders to make prices that will sell the stock as rapidly as possible. This includes everything now in stock and goods bought to arrive. If you need FURNITURE, STOVES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, TRUNKS, SEWING MACHINES, I or anything in our line, .an you make your cash count. Yours trulv, : Acm Furniture Go.