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i rv'yTycr vy-.-. - - -\ — , ^ ^ L: x'^"'" 1 ~~ ^ ■ - ; • THE LEDGER, Published Tuesday and Friday by Ed H. DeCamp. that we want to publish the facts ami nothing but the facts. Our contem poraries need have no fear that we will overdo the matter. For more than twelve months we refrained from publishing anything about the B O I Xv S PYRAMIDS OF PAIN w^s r. /5 The Ledger is not responsible for tin ore discovered in this county be- Boils show the blood is in a riotous, feverish the views of correspondents. cause we desired to first be suit that condition, or that it has grown too weak and slug- Correspondents who do not contri- . t was here in paying quantities. hute regular news letters must fur- nish their name, not for publication, Write short letters and to the point CUSSING DELIGHTFULLY, to insure publication; also endeavor The good old liberty loving city of by disease, boils seem to come with more frequency, gish to throw off the bodily impurities, which then concentrate at some spot, and a carbuncle or boil is the result. To one already enfeebled ^d^Tl^iday 0 inornings° ^ M ° nJay Charlotte is in the throes of a pro- causing the intensest pain and greatest danger to the already weak and but foi- 'hlentification. hibition-barroora-dispensary campaign debilitated sufferer. All skin eruptions, from the sometimes fatal car« ■“ be published at, and things are getting rather warm, buncle to the spiteful little cat-boil, are caused by bad blood, and the r „ i- ,1 r. -tr 1 t T>s-vir T'l »* II , 1 i 1 ^ r f/"V OTT/-V1/4 •• ^ .. _ C A. L *_ A • P ■ Obituraries will five cents a line All correspondence should be ad dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Last Sunday night Rev. Dr. Hardin, only way to avoid or get permanently rid of them is to purify and pastor of the Second Presbyterian build up the deteriorated, polluted blood, and counteract the humor* church, one of the largest and most and poisons; and nothing will do this so quickly and thoroughly a» influential churches in the Southern S. S. S., which is the acknowledged king of blood purifiers and great* We invariably discontinue sending p res | ) y^ er y j was preaching against est of all tonr's. Where the blood has become impoverished and if out 6 f^we have" no^ay^of knowing the saloon and the Charlotte News V° 0 \ an d thin, no medicine acts so promptly in building up and restor* that a person wants it except by re- quotes the climax of his sermon as l n g its richness, purity and ceiving his or her renewal. We ur- follows: " Strength. The time to cure All*»heny,Pa., June 11,1908. the* arourid C 'that TeTUrTtor.h "« »a,. • boil i. before it devel- the ground that tne paper is wort f rm t t nay if this ho poisonous and Ops, when it IS in a state body. As soon as they would heal up in one plao* the money. We are trying " 10 deadly, blighting the brightest Intel- of incubation or formation the y ,70uld break ou t in another part of the body, by month to make it better and bet- j epts and (i ( . a th and unutter- i_ ai_ CU t.i _ U j 0 ^ormatKDn and this continued for ten years. I tried every* The latest war news will be posted daily on my store windows. Every body come and read the latest WAR NEWS FREE, received from The New York Evening Journal daily at 1 1 A. M. '1 SPECIAL! SPECIAL! ter. able degredation to thousands, then I say, with all the fire and conviction of my- being, Damn the saloon!” And The Ledger would like to add the dispensary. Then the News says: ‘‘If Dr. Hardin should lie accused of ‘cussing,’ we would like to say that PERMANENT HIGHWAY WORK. The Ledger is still of the opinion that if a competent engineer were em ployed to lay off the grades and work for the city street and county road workers that he would lie the cheap- ^ cer f a j n iy ‘cussed delightfully,’ ” est man to the city and county em- ' ployed on work on the city streets The South Carolina State Press As- and county roads. We have advanced sociation on its recent trip to St. this idea before, and have often sug- Louis drafted some resolutions of gested that one be employed, but the thanks to President Anil and Caterer city and county authorities both ad- Jimmy Dunbar. The resolutions here to the old way of road making— were perfectly proper. If we are any building roads of irregular grades judge we would say “Aull” were de- ■ and after the style of whoever hap- lighted with the handsome manner pens to be incharge of the force en- j n which things were “Dun” at the gaged. “bar.” We trust that some time our city PRESS PARAGRAPHS. and county authorities will realize that street and road building should . .. . ' . _ ,. . . . t A writer in the Edgefield Chronicle be done by scientific rules, as exact sa y s that the only exhibit from South as those that govern the building of Carolina at the St. Louis fair is the railways or other great industrial en- famous White Stone lithia water. terprises. When they do, the work Glor y, ! f u wasn ’ t ^ “chemically ^ pure at any rate.—Aiken Journal of this year will be added to the work an( j R ev i e w. In the blood; for boils are, thing'I could hear of to get relief, but nothing after all onlv the imniiri’- did me any good. I had but little faith in S. S. 8, aner au, omy me impun- doln g sood when I began it, but after takin* ties and poisons bubbling itfor a abort while the boila began to diaappeaf* no through the skin and I continued on with the medicine, taking aix boi» SK ) n » a « a tlea, and all the boile entirely diamppeared. Fiy* tQ18 Will Continue in spite years have elapsed since that time, and X hay* of noultieintr and lanrino- never been bothered eince, ahowlng that the oaie or pouiucing ana lancing wa8 p 8riaanent . x had . ome thirty or forty ©1 till the blood gets nd of the moat painful boila one ever bad, and to b« its accmrmlated n n i c n n entiraly rid oi them by your great purlflM| ICS accumulated poison, g. g, g <f puta me under a dabt of gratitude^ The way to stop boils is you. henry 2inn. to attack them in the^blood, and this is what S. S. S. does. All danger of boils is past when th§ blood has been thoroughly purified and the system cleansed of all mo^ bid, imgure matter. If you are subject to boils, then the same cause# that produced them last season will do so this, and the sooner you begin to put your blood and system in good order the better the chance of going through the spring and summer season without boils or otner painful and ini* tating skin eruptions. S. S. S. is guaf* S nteed purely vegetable, and can bo iken with perfect safety by old and young, and without harm to the most delicate constitution. It (i mild and pleasant "in its action, and unequaled as a cure for boils and kindred eruptions. Write us if you would like medical advice or othe$ information. THE sWtFf SPECIFIC CO., A TLANTA, CAB of last .and next year to this, and so on. We will not be doing the same If Jno. C. Sheppard prefers con gress, that’s all right; but we would work every year, with no appreciable jjj {e ^ () see governor of South permanent improvement on our high- Carolina.—Newberry Observer, ways. The money spent for work We had almost forgotten that this year will he for work that will jjearst was still in the race until stand, and an equal amount of money Texas comes forward with ten coun- and labor will not have to be ex- ties for him, out of 150 holding prima- i j * „„ Qa ries Saturday.—Charlotte Observer. pended next year on the same road, and no permanent benefit derived. it is a dull day in South Carolina When our city and county authori- "hen a man is not shot to death, but the death trap in the jail yard is still argams covered with rust.—Greenville News. ties get up with the standard of to day then will our streets in the city and roads in the county be up to the The more we hear from Teddy, the standard that the money and labor more we are convinced that he ought , to insist that his party give him a expended on them should warrant. negro for a running mate on the na- By all means, gentlemen, employ a tional ticket.—Florence Times, civil engineer. The Ledger has no For the next few days all of our Lacies’ Oxfords go on sale at cost. That means the profit thrown away. engineer. desire to appear in the role of dic tator or instructor to the gentlemen soleetd t<> govern the affairs of the city and county, but we are interested in the welfare of both and we would not persistently advocate this matter unless we were satisfied that it would redound to the benefit of the people and to the glory of those who inaugu rate the only practical plan of per- Gaffney Tin at St. Louis. [Columbia State.] There will be an exhibit of tin in “pigs” and blocks at St. Louis. This exhibit will lie credited to North Car olina, though, we believe, the metal came from the mine at Gaffney, in this State. But there wasn’t any South Carolina exhibit in which it might be included. Straw Hats Our stock of Millinery must go; we have too much. For the next few days we will sell all now is the time to reduce them while your needs are great enough to move them. For Military Company to Serve Cream. The Limestone Guards will serve manent street and road building. The cream and cake Saturday afternoon, experience of other communities has commencing at C p. m. They are been that permanent work is the only preparing for the summer encamp- ^ . . ment, and this is the first time the practical plan. Others have expen- young men haye called upon our cit . mented at great cost to themselves, izens, and we trust that every one of It is not worth while to spend thous- our people will go and help the boys ands of dollars experimenting when al ^P g - , , „ , . „ Gaffney should do all possible to we can ffrofit by the experience of foster and encourage the company. others. It has been said that Gaffney cannot have a company, but we think that INCORRECT INFORMATION. day has passed. Let every lady, child and man in our town get in line and ch^eTt? e a Ro7 s ^p™^nyXtt.e «rouS%Tre“e of our Ladies’ Hats at cost. We know that United States Steel corporation is crea m will be served, between the true, we may look for some lively de- Gaffney Manufacturing Company and velopments not only at Gaffney but the foundry, near Mr. Boyd’s resi- throughout this whole section. How- dence. Go out and let the boys show ever, there is no need for anybody to y OU the Krags, the same rifle that —.f -— . . - become unduly excited about the is now in use by the Russians and a NICE HAT COmG and SGG What WG haVG fOT matter. While there is good reason j a p S- The gun is interesting, and the to believe that the tin mine is really hoys will take pride in showing it a valuable property, still it must not to their friends, be forgotten that there have been bubbles and bubbles, and his may turn out to be another.” The above is from the Yorkville Enquirer. In the first place the En quirer is giving incorrect information. The Ross tin mine has not passed in to the hands of the United States Steel corporation nor any other cori>o- ration. It is still in the hands of Mr. Ross and will likely stay there. But the truth is that the Carolinas Tin and Devlopment Company have dis posed of over 3,000 acres of valuable mineral lands to the American Tin Plate Co. We observe that the En quirer does not use The Ledger’s ar ticle, but prefers to accept the garbled statement of the Spartanburg correspondent of the Charlotte Ob- The M«»rman with four wives can correctly say, “Two times two are won.” The church organist's services are not entirely a “voluntary” offering. The forum, the arena, and noses were prominent Roman features. The unshorn lamb must think escaped by sheer gixid luck. he Open secrets are the result of not keeping the mouth shut. Our interests in the flag is one thing that never Hags. To most women “decoration” day comes 305 times a year. To be dumb really must be an un- server. This writer knows nothing speakable nuisance. about the matter except what he Untold we alth is really a secret gathers from hearsay. He, of course, too good to keep. you. Wg have thG GOOD ONES and also the cheap ones. No trouble to show them. Aim straight for The Dixie Clothing end Shoe Store. did not desire to use our article, if indeed he saw it, but no doubt be lieved his information correct. If our friends who are interested in the tin mining interests of this section will watch The Ledger they will get cor rect data. We have never published a statement without first obtaining the consent of the gentlemen inter ested, and in every instance have had to plead with them for information. They are very reticent about the matter, care nothing for publicity and simply give us Information when we go to them with the argument that we want it first hand, that it is obliged to come sooner or later, and A N. WOOD, Prest. CHAS. P. L1GON. Ass’t. Cashier. C. M. SMITH Cashier Disease takes no summer vacation. if you need flesh and strength use Scott’s Emulsion summer as in winter. Send for free (ample. SCOTT & BOW’NE, ChemUts, 409*41$ Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and $i.oo; all druggists. Have thrGG lots mGn’s TWO-PIECE SUITS. Lot No. 1, Black and Gray stripe, best make; $5.00 elsewhere, at $3.98. Lot No. 2, Gray and Brown, with small black-brown check, worth $7.00, at $4.98. Lot No. 3, Blue with light White stripes, best values at $9.00, at $5.98. Light weight, light color and light price. Very pretty and stylish suits worth double the money. Come before they are all sold. The Star Clothier Opposite R 0. for Men and Boys to goat cost. We need the room and they must go.^Just a few left. / srsUh m&i A S** #t« Merchants & Planters Bank, State, County and City Depository. Deposits Received, Money ^Loaned, Time Certificates Issued, Exchange Bought and Sold, Interest Paid on ^Savings Accounts, Bonds and [Insurance Written. Collection Department a Specialty. For anything in the Banking line give us a trial. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Merchants & Planters Bank. Gaffney, C. If you don’t like it after ten days’ wear we will give you your money back. For Comfort, ^ ’ Looks S The best that the market af fords. Sold Only By Wilkins-Bristow ■ Clothing Company