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1 THE LEDGER, Published Tuesday and Friday by Ed H. DeCamp. alone. Its influence is evil, and more or less evil is bound to follow n the wake of those connected with it. * » * The present session at Limestone ■= College, which will close next week, The Ledger Is not responsible for has been an exceptionally successful the views of correspondents. one Like its pedecessors, it has Correspondents who do not contrl- students than did the ses- bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication. INDUSTRIAL AWAKENING PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings, but for identification. Obituraries will be published at five cents a line. All correspondence should be ad- dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. We invariably discontinue sending The Ledger when a subscription runs out, for we have no way of knowing that a person wants it except by re ceiving his or her renewal. We ur-, gently 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 bet ter. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Mr. Hearst seems to have given up all hope of capturing the Democratic nomination for president. * • * The man or woman who goes through the world grumbling and fret ting is not only violating the laws of God, but is a sinner against the peace and harmony of society, and ought to be shunned accordingly. • • * Of all the people in the world the habitual fault-finder has our campas- sion most. Many of them are good people, very benevolent, very consci entious, very pious, but withal very annoying to themselves and others and cannot be led to see their own faults. • • • The State Press Association spent last week at St. Louis, the occasion being the annual jaunt. Stops were made at Knoxville and Louisville go ing, and at Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta on the return. The World’s Fair is a mammoth affair and well worth going to see. * * * i The E. H. Anil Co., of Newberry, publishers of the News and Herald, have launched a daily, called The Telegram. Elbert Aull is the prince of good fellows and deserves every thing he will ever get in this world, and we would like to see him make a million out of his new enterprise. He has a most valuable assistant in his son John, who is a painstaking and indefatigable worker. • • * Our friend Knight, of the Sumter Herald, is one of the very best fel lows imaginable and a bang-up news paper man. He possesses, however, one fault, and that is he fails to give due credit to many of his very ex cellent clippings. He is too manly to try to palm them off as original, and yet too thoughtless or indifferent to give proper credit. We wouldn’t mention this but for the fact that occasionally he clips some articles that w'e would like to publish but can t because ge don’t know whom to give credit to. • * • In the death of Col. James A. Hoyt, editor of the Greenville Mountaineer, South Carolina, and especially the State press, sustains a severe loss. Col. Hoyt was a splendid newspaper man. He had been active in politi cal and religious life in this State and his passing away will bring pain to the breasts of a large circle of friends. His familiar figure will be missed from the councils of the State Press Association. His work is done and he has entered into the reward of the faithful. May his soul rest in peace and the grace of God abide with his loved ones. • • • The prosperity of any community depends largely upon the energy of the people who reside therein. If the people are lazy and indolent the community will exhibit a morbid drowsiness, but if the people be con stantly on the alert the community will be wide-awake. In other words, the community is the people and the people the community. Gaffney is making a reputation for wide-awake ness that she should be proud of and that she should strive to maintain. We are proud of the “git-up-and-git” spirit that invades the atmosphere hereabouts and hope to see it in crease as the days go by. * • * There are some mighty good, hon est fellows connected with the dispen sary in this State, and then there are some that are not so honest. Our chief objection to the dispensary is the corrupting influence it bears on our politics and the immorality of the business. No man, no matter how good or honest he may be, can touch it in any shape without being, to some extent, polluted by it. That pol lution may be small, but it will grow and the more a man has to do with it the more influence will it have on him. No man can hope—it makes no matter how strong he may be—to be as good and pure a man if he touches it as he would be if he let it severely Examples of Russian Progress In This Direction. sion before it, and like them, energy and enthusiasm seems e\«.n on the increase with president, professors and students. They are all going up to the commencement with the con- ciousness of faithfully performed du ties, are gratified at the splendid re sults—which are apparent to all—- and are grateful for the great work of the college in the past, its bright prospects in the future, and the op portunities it has afforded and is still offering to both faculty and pupils. * * * * Now that the Fourth of July cele bration has been launched let every citizen take hold and help push the project to a successful termination. If, perchance, you have any sugges tions to offer, don’t hesitate to offer them. Attend the meeting at the city hall next Friday night and take a hand in the proceedings. With both newspapers and all the citizens work ing in perfect harmony we can and should have the biggest and best cel ebration within the history of Gaff ney celebrations. There was not much encouragement at the meeting Saturday, if one is to judge from the number in attendance, but the time seems to be ripe for a big celebration. The Ledger is constantly being plied with questions on all sides from both town and country, and there is no good reason why the celebration shouldn’t be a go. « * * Or friends over in North Carolina ha^ about recovered from the fit su perinduced by the invasion of the South by the Ogden Educational party. We agree with them that it would not look nice for this section to be playing the role of the mendicant and we don’t much relish this refer ence to “the poor white trash” of the South, as some of our home papers are pleased to call our illiterates, and we admit that we are doing fairly well; but if the Ogden movement be a sincere one we see no reason why the people interested should not be allowed to gratify their vanity. It can’t be denied that we need more education. It will not be denied that we are going to have more, therefore if those people want to give us the glad hand in the proper spirit let us take it. If, on the other hand, they want to treat us as beggars, the prop er thing to do would be to spit in their faces and tell them to go to Guinea, or some other warm climate. • • • It’s funny, real funny, when you stop to think over it. Here’s Mr. Benjamine Ryan Tillman, Senator from South Carolina, who has made his boast that he never voted any thing but the regular Democratic ticket, and who has abused unmerci fully those who failed to agree with him in that respect, swears by all that’s pure and good that should Mr. Cleveland be nominated at St. Louis he’ll bolt. My, my! How about that for Democracy to those of us who have swallowed such a bitter dose of quinine as Mr. Tillman for years for the sake of being regular? Well, if that would drive him out of the party for goodness sake give us Cleveland. We have always been regular, not because we believed that the Democracy was always right, but because we believe in a soldier fight ing for the side on which he enlists. We belong to the Democratic party; we intend to stay in it unless it gets so rotten that no self respecting white man can stand the stench, but we propose to do what we can to free it of demagogues, corruptionists and blatherskites. • • • We were talking to a Tennesseean the other day and he expressed the desire that the Democrats should nominate Hearst. We told him we thought Parker was the man but that Cleveland was our choice. He reared and pitched and snorted like a wild bull in a pasture at the suggestion of Cleveland, and when asked why he objected to the Sheriff, said: “Why, if the Democrats nominate Cleve land Roosevelt will have no show at all, and I am a Republican and don’t want to get beat.” We later learned that he was a Republican lawyer from Knoxville—which is a very strong Republican district—and that he held a Federal job. And that’s about the size of the whole matter. Some Democrats cuss Cleveland and say he is a Republican, but when it comes to the pinch, the Republican office-holders dread him more than any other man, and they would like to see us put up a man of straw like Mr. Hearst so they .wouldn’t have much of a Job knocking him down. But we can’t get Mr. Cleveland, so we had better take Mr. Parker or Mr. McClellan. But by all means, let the South Insist on Mr. Aycock, of Norf Caliny, being the second gentle man on the ticket. READINGS GIVEN SUNDAY EVENING i riirntor nml Concert*! anil Tea Itoom For Factory (employees—Workers With a Taste For Mollere's (Mays. Schools anil a Day .Nursery Main tained hy a Mill Company. It will surprise many readers to learn that there are points in the social and Industrial welfare movement for which democratic America may look up to autocratic Russia. That such is the case Dr. William H. Tolman, bead if the American Institute of Social Service, indicates in an article in the May number of the institute’s official publication. Social Service. For instance, at Popoff’s factory, not :ar from Moscow, there is a popular .heater with accommodations for some TOO. The plays are given from 7 to 10 /clock in the evening of fete days in minmer and winter. There is no stock jompany, the roles being filled by the •lerks and workmen. Each play costs irdlna-.ily $«*4.o0, but the admission is .’ree. The company chooses the plays, md those found to be most preferred ire by two Russian authors, while Moliere comes third. In addition to the iheatricals readings are given in the lame building every Sunday evening from G to 8 o’clock from works ap proved by the minister of public in- itruction. Musical evenings are also furnished oy an orchestra and a chorus compos- ?d exclusively of the workmen in the factory. A tea room was opened in 1803 which contains an organ, a stereoscope, i billiard table and other games; also papers and magazines selected from a special catalogue of books permitted to ue rend by the people. Admission to the room is free, not only for the work- uien. but others. A dining room was opened the same year, with prices grad- ?d according to the monthly wages. At the Norsky manufactory another sf Russia’s industrial welfare move ments Is to be studied. Readings are given each Sunday from October to Easter. Each session is divided into two parts, the first concerned with re ligious or moral works and the second with classic works. The space of three years is allotted to Russian history, with illustrations of notable events by means of lantern slides. Still further example of Russian progress in tiffs direction is to be seen at another factory, where lectures are given every Sunday and fete day by re ligious teachers or technical engineers. Vladimir F. Gnesin writes for the same number of the above mentioned publication concerning the great Jaro- slaw mills in Russia, founded under Pe ter the Great Besides social welfare arrangements such as Dr. Tolman de scribes the company running these mills provides a nursery for the care of infants whose mothers are obliged to go out to work. For children of five to ten years there is a kindergarten, attended daily by about 700 boys and girls, and for still older children of employees there are several schools In which physical culture and for the girls needlework are taught besides the usual school subjects. A society founded in 1897 in St. Pe tersburg was the first attempt in Rus sia to aid girls of the working classes in their hard struggle for life. The activity of this society mani fests itself particularly in Sunday as semblies, which give young women the possibility of passing their time on this day profitably, sensibly and agreeably. Moral instruction is given by a priest, and there are simple lectures on his tory, geography, hygiene and art, the talks being always illustrated with lan tern pictures. The society has established two boarding houses, one receiving some forty girls and the other about a hun dred. On the payment of $2.50 a month the working girl may have a bed in a dormitory, a little wardrobe, with the privilege of the parlor and a commo dious kitchen, with cooking utensils. A little light may be worth a lot of sparks. Future of Automobile*. A broad, well paved highway across the continent is foreseen by Augustus Post of New York, president of the American Automobile association. At i luncheon given in his honor recently by John Farson at the Chicago Auto mobile club he said: “The automobile will do what the bicycle failed to ac- •omplish. Within a few years there will be well paved highways across the continent and with branches to St. Louis and New Orleans. Men will have automobiles built for the accom modation of their families and friends, with buffets, dining and sleeping rooms and observation decks. But be fore this comes there must be good highways. The automobile agitation and the newspapers will give the west a similar system of highways.’' People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Wofford N. Lipscomb, one of our bright young men, will leave this mornng for Pensacola. Fla., where he has accepted a position. Wofford is a worthy young man and carries the good wishes of all our people for his success n life. Mrs. A. B. Drummond and Miss Eu- la Drummond, of Woodruff, are in the city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ezell, on Fairview Avenue. N. W. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, was in the city Saturday on legal bus iness. Calvin Moore, a good fanner of State Line, was a city visitor Satur day. W. H. Wright, of Thickety, made a visit to the city Saturday on business. Landrum Clary, a successful farm er and sturdy citizen of Macedonia, was a business visitor in the city Saturday. G. B. Wright, of Abingdon, came to the city Saturday on business. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Amos, of Spar tanburg, were in the city the last of last w'eek visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Sarratt, on Logan street. Albert Bettis, a prominent citizen from across the Broad, favored us with a call Saturday. He was here attending the Sunday school conven tion at Providence. E. P. Richard, a prominent farmer of Macedonia, paid us a short visit while in the city Saturday. He sold the fattest beef here that has been on the market this season. Elzy Tate, one of the county’s most worthy young men, favored The Led ger with a call Saturday. W. E. M. Kirby, Esq., of Grindal, was a business visitor in the city Friday. J. R. Martin, of Cherokee Falls, paid us a visit Friday on business and renewed. I. A. Phifer, Esq., of the Spartan burg bar, was in the city yesterday on professional business. J. C. Jefferies, postmaster at Abing don and one of the most popular teachers in the county, came to the city Friday. Chief of Police J. C. Duncan, of Blacksburg, was in the city yester day. John Thomas Ruppe, of Maud, and his son. Admiral Dewey, paid The Ledger an appreciated visit Friday. He renewed. Rev. Mr. McManaway, of the Bap tist Courier, attended the Sunday school convention at Providence Sunday. He favored The Ledger with an appreciated call. Wm. Nance, merchant and farmer of Grindal, spent some time in the city Friday. Lee Smith, a successful farmer and good citizen of the Macedonia sec tion, was in the city Friday. Rev. J. D. Bailey, of Cowpens, was in the city the last of last week at tending the Sunday school conven tion at Providence. Mrs. Jessie Boyd, of McBee, is spending the week in the city with relatives and friends. Magistrate J. W. Alexander, of Lawn, was an appreciated visitor of The Ledger Saturday. M. J. Hicks, of State Line, spent some time in the city Saturday. J. E. Gault, of Gowdeysville, was a prominent visitor in the city Sat urday. Misses Bertha Walker, of Appje- ton, Elsie Neaves, of Greenville, and Geneil Gwinn, of Atlanta, Ga., are at Limestone College attending the com mencement at their alma mater. E. K. Belue, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. Dr. John Hamrick visited friends at Shelby and Cliffsides, N. C\, last week. Miss Mary Deal, of Cherokee Falls, is in the city the guest of Mrs. W. G. Austell. Orlando Long, who spent his child hood days in' Gaffney, but who is now f a young business man of Atlan ta, is among his friends in the city. Paul Brown, of Spartanburg, is in the city taking in the commencement at Limestone. Prof. Will Woodruff, of Greers, is in the city enjoying the commence ment. L. U. Campbell spent Sunday at home in the city. John P. Elliott, of Charlotte, is in the city. J. E. Bagwell, of Spartanburg, was in the city Saturday. Mrs. lone Gresham came over from Gastonia to be present at the com mencement exercises at Limestone. W. C. S. Wood, of Grassy Pond, was in the city Saturday. H. J. Haynesworth, Esq., of Green ville, was in the city Saturday. W. H. Arnold, of Kings Creek, was among the visitors in the city Sun day. S. J. DuPre, of Glendale, spent Sun day in the city. William Wilkins, of Cowpens, was a Sunday visitor in our midst. M. D. Jones, of Woodruff, is in the city for commencement. Oae of Jefferaon’a Flah Storiea. Joseph Jefferson fishing stories are a feature of the season’s changing. As soon as the nipping airs of winter give way to the balm of springtime the Jefferson anecdotes begin to sprout. Tiffs Is the most recent: Mr. Jefferson came unexpectedly upon a Hibernian disciple of the great Sir Isaak who was Industriously cast ing his lines into the limpid waters of his private lake. “See here,” said the great comedian. "What do you mean by catching my Ash r “Begorra,” replied the fisherman, slowly removing his pipe from hla mouth, "OPm not flshin’. Ol'm Cachin' these wurrums how to swim!’’—New York Times. of Shelby, N. C., was in the city Sunday, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. Davenport, on Limestone street. G. W. Elmore, a prominent citizen and farmer of Jeter, came to the city Saturday on business. Joe Phillips, of Grassy Pond, one of the county’s progressive farmers, was a visitor in the city Saturday. J. W. H. Goode, of Hoodtown, York county, was in the city Saturday, the guest of his brother, Mr. Clint Goode. J. E. Foster, of Asbury, came to the city Saturday on business. Ed. Clary, a hard working young farmer of Maud, was a Ledger visi tor Saturday. 1 Mrs. Victor M. Montgomery and daughter, Miss Lois, «f Spartanburg, are visiting Prof, and Mrs. Griffith at Limestone. Mrs. Mary E. Morrow, of Gasto nia. N. C., is the guest of Mrs. - J. B. Boyd during commencement at Limestone. Attention K. of Ps. The meeting nights have been changed to the 1st and .‘5rd Mondays instead of the 2nd and 4th. Old and new - members are request ed to attend. W. R. Potter, 5-31-tf Committee. Attention Woodmen! The unveiling of the monument of Sovereign Sam W. Thomas will take place at Oakland cemetery on Fri day, June 3rd, at 5 o’clock p. m., and all the Sovereigns of Cherry Camp are called to assemble in their hall at 4 o’clock on the above day. By order of J. B. Bell, C. C., G. W. Speer, Clk. FOR ___________ t Up-to-Date JobJPrint- ( ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. To Physicians And The Public. 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 courthouse, Thurs day, June 30th, 1904, at 11 o’clock A. M. for a final settlement and dis charge as administrator of the es tate of Jerry M. Martin, deceased. All persons holding claims against said estate will present them on or before said date or forever be barred. J. Eb Jefferies, Admr. Est. J. M. Martin, deed. Pub. June 3-10-17-24, 1904. When yo6 have a difficult pre set iption or one that is to be used in a serious case of ill ness, bring it to us. We fill every prescription exactly as it is written. None but licensed and gra duates in pharmacy employed in our prescription depart ment. Cherokee Drug Co v Prescription Druggists. Cor. Limestone and Frederick Sts. If you get it at the Cherokee it’s good Charles and Dr. Haynes, of Cliff- sides, N. C., are in the city taking in the commencement. Mrs. Watson, ne e Miss Mamie Poole, of Greenville, is in the city attending the commencement. She Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Sarratt, on Idmestone street. Miss Bernice Willis, of Clifton, is in the city spending some time with relatives. Miss Ella Brown, of Ravenna, was in the city yesterday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lipscomb, on Petty street. C. M. Amos, Jr., of Spartanburg, was in the city Sunday, the guest of Hon. and Mrs. R. C. Sarratt. Mr. A. M. McCraw, a native of this county and some years a resident of this city, but now a prominent bank er in Milledgeville, Ga., was in the city the last of the week visiting relatives. “Bud” is the same Jolly good fellow he was of yore and he was given a hearty greeting by bis many friends. Mrs. Charles Petty and Miss May Calvert, of Spartanburg, arrived In the city Saturday and are guests at Limestone College. A. S. Smith, of Loves Springs, spent a short time in the city Satur day afternoon. W. Sam Lipscomb, of Asbury, spent some time in the city Saturday. 8. O. Andrews, a prominent citizen Executor's Notice. ’ All persons holding claims against the estate of W. Alfred McDaniel, deceased, are hereby requested to present the same to the undersigned, duly attested, on or before the first day of July next. May nth 1904. A. J. McGill, (Smyrna, S. C.,) Executor estate W. Alfred McDaniel, deceased. Published in Gaffney Ledger May 13th, 20th and 27th, 1904. I CALL HERE For Photo Frames, Passe-Partout Bind ing, Passe-Partout work, Photo Albums, Gun Metal Photo Holders, ^for indi vidual photograph). Wire Picture Racks. Films and the best in all photographic work. We Have Just received Our third Shipment of Childrens’ Slippers. Call and look Over what 1 We have. The Shoe Store. June h. Carr, Now for the New Year! Phone 176. Residence, 171. 625 Limestone Street Piedmont High School For boys and girls. Faculty re presenting Wake Forest College, The University of North Caro lina, Catawba College, Southern Female College, Littleton Female College and Peace Institute. Pre- f iares thoroughly for college and or the active duties of life. Non sectarian. Special advantages in Music and Elocution. Magnifi cent scenery. Mineral water. No Malaria. Splendid commu nity. Not a bar room in the coun ty. Board at actual cost. Last year the average cost of board was $4.87 per month. Tuition $1.00 to $3.00. Room rent 35c per month. Session open July iSth and close April 4th. For illusted catalogue, write to W. D. HL'RNS, Principal, LAWNDALE, N. C, June 27. RYDALE’S TONIC A REAL CURE FOR JULAXiAK/IUL. 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, freein" 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 COMPANY. Start it right by com ing to us for your :: Staole and Fanc« Groceries, Canned Goods, Cigars Jobacco, Fruits, and Confectioneries. Our lines are still complete and contain nothing but the fresh est and the best. HAMLIN & RADFORD. Tin Mine Talk. If we should happen to find a tin mine on your property, we be lieve you would appreciate it if we told you about it. We also believe that if we can furuish your home from Kitchen to Par lor, cheaper than anyone else, that you will appreciate that also. Here are some of the new arriv als for this week: A big line of Crystal Glassware and Ice Tea Glasses. A pretty line of Center Pieces, Tray Cloths, Sideboard and Bureau Scarfs. Another lot of those pretty Rubber J Dolls and Jump Ropes for the little girls. Also a nice line of Lunch Baskets and Boxes. Drop in and let us show you what we have. We will appreciate it. W, V. Humphries & Company. Austell Building. Next to Gaffney Live Stock Co. Stables.