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county. Bach scholarship is worth
$t0 in money, besides remission of
$10 tuition and $18 matriculation or
“term" fee. The money is paid at
the rate of $5 a month for el^ht
— months, to assist in meeting the ncc- oilice
The Ledger is not responsible for essary living expenses,
the views of correspondents. Examination will be held Friday,
THE LEDGER,
Published Tuesday and Friday
by
Ed H. DeCamp.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
People You Know and People You
Don’t Know.
Good, Sound Doctrine.
[Charleston Post.]
The Charlotte News says that it
has received from an unknown cor-
n<-
V. C. Comer, of Etta Jane, was in
the city Saturday and favored The
Correspondents who do not contri- g be f ore the County Board , , itl ,,
bute regular news letters must fur* . „ . , . wu " a ca ‘*
nish their name, not for publication, of Education. Applicants shou d >e i G. Sarratt, Lsq.,
Write short letters and to the point at-least 19 years of age, and prefer- the Confederate reunioi
reunion in Nashville,
five cents a line.
All correspondence should be ad-
dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
lish it.” The News says that this
is not so but it awaits identification
of its correspondent before comply-
who attended in f, ^' ith xv t , he request to publish the
article. \\ e do not know, of course,
just what chunk of wisdom from our
pressed upon our
but we will
sound doctrine,
to the dispen
Creek, were visiting relatives in the sa,J -
city yesterdaj.
Charles Barnhill, of Draytonville,
was in the city Saturday. He called
Why the Editor Stayed.
[Anderson Mail.]
‘There is one editor in heaven,”
We invariably discontinue sending Watch Gaffney: Watch Cherokee Ui UU(1 renewed. ^ iQ al) IndiaMa week i y
The Ledger when a subscription runs county! The indications are that be- Prof, and Mrs. Davis Jefferies, of .. (h h hmv ' h( , Kot th( , n , Uu; L(M . (1 ’
out, for we have no way of knowing f oru Jong we will be known as the Cnion, are in the city the guests ol
that a person wants it except by re* E1Dora(lo of North America. Limes tone stJeet"’ M ' Jeff
ceiving his or her renewal. We ur- * * * enes, on Limestone stieet.
gently solicit a prompt renewal, on Rev. C. M. Teal was a city visitor tI .j ( ,‘ ( j
the ground that the paper is worth The rapidly disappearing remnant Saturday.
the money. We are trying month 0 f the bravest army of the world’s S. S. Moss, a prosperous joung
only knows, but it is supposed he
rode in on a blind baggage or got a
When they found him they
to turn him out but he refused
to go. They hunted all over heaven
for a lawyer to serve him with eject-
by month to moko It bettor and bet- history wllere4 Nashville, T«m.. i imi tljoy ,oo«M not find
appreciated Ledger visitor yester-
last week in annual reunion. A happy jay
ature of the occasion was the pres- s The Misses McKenzie, of Florence,
one, so the editor held the fort and
is there to this day.”
and the blending of the blue and the
gray was beautiful to behold. The
next reunion will he at Louisville, Ky.
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street.
There is talk of ex-Senator John ; <
the city yesterday
A TALK WITH YOUNG nce a nuniber 0 f Federal soldiers, | are in the city the guests of Mr. and
Wo are intensely interested in _ i ^ ^ i y 5J t iU ^ t ^ Mrs. J. N. Lipscomb, on Johnson
young manhood, for in the young
manhood and womanhood of any com
munity lies the hope of that commu
nity. No man or woman can hope to
be what he or she was intended to be
unless they endeavor to develop every
talent they have been blessed with. McLaurln has been a great iv abused of Blacksburg, spent some time in
An essential to development is educa- ,9. the city Saturday.
, man and the Democracy (?) of South Mr ^ Mrs M j HickS) of State
Carolina treated him unmercifully. : were in the city yesterday.
If the Sixth District could honor it- C. B. Turner, of Grassy Pond, was
self by electing Mr. McLaurin it a city visitor Saturday.
would have done much to right a
great wrong.
“How Firm a Foundation.”
[The Echoer in Spartanburg Herald.]
„ , » * . „ . Ed DeCamp’s brief yet emphatic
T. J Hames of Asbury, came to tribute t)) CheroUee co ' nty> was duly
the city Saturday on business. appreciated. Ed isn’t anything at all
Richmond Stacy spent some time f ‘ not loya j- and sincere . The Echoer
in the ritv Satnrflav .
always opined that Cherokee county
L. McLaurin entering the race
Congress in the Sixth District.
H. D. Mathis of Ravenna, was in and ' er ,\ ourighing capital we re built
on stable, everlasting ground works;
, D ; > , D :. G . asto . n ’_^_ P . ronii “ ent . 1 i itiz 1! 1 but we now exclaim without levity,
“How firm a foundation!”
tion. W r e do not mean that it is nec
essary to acquire a collegiate educa
tion. W’hile a collegiate education is
helpful and much to be desired, it is
not every boy or girl who can acquire
one. If hoys and girls will read good
books and good newspapers a great
deal will he accomplished. If you,
young man, or young woman, have
not the advantages of a college edu-
* * *
The Hell Gate tragedy, an account
of which appeared in Friday’s Le 1-
J. T. Grffin, of Gowdeysville, paid
The Ledger a visit yesterday.
J. H. Godfrey, of Maud, favored
The Ledger with a visit Saturday.
J. L. Strain, Esq., was a Ledger
visitor yesterday.
, , S. R. Humphries, of Byarsville, N.
ger, will go down in history as one of q^ came to the city Saturday.
,, , , , the most awful holacusts of the age. | Miss Etta Lemons, who has been
cation we would advise that you read Jt wfts truly a burnt sacr jflce. There attending school at Hot Springs, N.
is one sweet thought that arises C - returned home Thursday for her
vacation.
through the ghxim of the terrible ca- Ed Littlejohn, of Jonesville, was
lamity, and that is that the victims among his many friends in the cit.
were children of the King. Maybe Friday.
jjjj, J. M. McSwain, of Boiling Springs,
much. You will acquire knowledge
and if you are choice about your
reading you will at the same time he
amused and the time you would other
wise have spent in idleness, and per
haps mischief, will have been turned
to both profit and pleasure.
We do not mean that all spare time
should he devoted to reading. Life
is too short for anyone to make a
recluse of himself. It is also too se
rious to make a clown of oneself. We
would preach the doctrine of devo
tion to duty, sandwiched with health
ful amusement and temperate living.
Engage in sociables, parties, picnics,
baseball, tennis, and other healthful
outdoor exercise, but do not become
a slave to any fad. An hour or two
each evening, winter and summer,
spent in company with good literaure,
is the best food for the brain that can
be prescribed. Seek the company of
elderly people who have acquired
knowledge by reading and traveling,
listen attentively to their conversa
tion; avoid the association of bois
terous Individuals, and, by all means,
do not affect an unusual or unnatural
manner of speech. Be natural, truth
ful and sincere In everything. If.
perchance, you make a mistake, and
if you are not an unnatural being
you will mSkp many, he manly enough
to acknowledge your error. There
is vastly more honor In acknowledg
ing an error than in making a fool of
yourself by persistently clinging to
it.
Remember at all times the Fifth
Commandment, and practice it.
A traveler stood upon the seashore,
and as he sniffed the salt air and
watched the white-capped waves toss
and roll he said, “How beautiful!”
He climbed the mountain summit and
watched the orb of day disappear be
yond the alps and saw the golden
hues reflected against the cerulean
heavens, and he exclaimed, “This is
the grandest sight I ever witnessed!”
But later on he saw a man, learned in
letters and comfortable in wealth,
who had given up the pleasures of the
world that he might add comfort to
the declining years of his mother;
and as he saw the manly form, erect
and graceful , slowly walking the
street with the gray-haired vision of
loveliness, whose face beamed with
the radiance of an angel, clinging to
his arm, he said, “There is no more
beautiful sight on earth than this!”
And he was right. The most beau
tiful sight on earth Is a young man
or a young woman devoted to father
or mother. We don’t believe in that
effulgent sentimentality that is only
meant for visitors in the home or
when in public. The soft, modulated
voice when speaking to mother or
father is the sweetest sound on earth.
Cultivate It, young people. Learn to
look over what some people are
wonted to call the childishness of old
age.
Boys and girls, we have said more
than we Intended, but we have said
it with a heart full of love for the old
folks, and because of the intense in
terest we have in you. If but one boy
or girl who reads The Ledger will
have profited by what we have writ
ten, our effort will not have been in
vain. Be good to the old folks and
you will Inherit the promises written
in Exodus 20:12.
Expanding an Evil.
[Spartanburg Journal ]
The State dispensary has bought a
lot and is going to spread out. Thus
is evidence given of the increasing
prosperity of the whiskey business
in South Carolina.
We Have
Just received
Our third
Shipment of
Childrens’
Slippers.
Call and look
Over what
We have.
The
Shoe Store.
V*
WANTED
Everybody to know that I
put Typewriters in first-class
shape at moderate cost.
LUTHER SHERRILL,
Gaffney, S. C.
Dr. Crawley at Batson.
Batson, S. C. June 15, 1904.
Mr. Editor;—Please send me The
Lodger to this address until notified
to the contrary. I am somewhat lost
and lonely without the home news, !
The Builders Supply Co.
Our
Line of Stationery sur
passes any ever shown
in Gaffney, REGRET
CARDS. VISITING
CARDS, Etc.
S. B. Crawley & Co.
813 Limestone St.
Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery
Headquarters for Columbia
Phonographs, Phonograph Re
cords and Supplies.
Prescriptions Properly Filled
and Promptly Delivered
Successors to L. Baker. Piedmont High School
Will furnish you Building Material of
it was God’s way of
own.
claiming
PRESS PARAGRAPHS.
N. C., paid TJje Ledger a visit Satur
day and subscribed.
Dr. W. K. Gunter and L. C. War-
moth attended services at Grassy
Pond Sunday.
The State is trying to keep the w. T. Moss, of Cherokee Falls,
Record straight on the Mud Soup j )a j d qq ie Ledger a visit Saturday and
question. Keep on “turning on the renewed.
light until the Muddy waters are
cleared up.”—Edgefield Monitor.
* • •
Some of the fellows who are mak
ing such a racket about Judge Park
er’s silence would oblige a long-suf
fering public if they would only fol
low his example.—Newberry Observ
er.
* * •
There are abundant indications
that the people of the United States
have come to the conclusion that a
party that has had absolute control
for eight years is sure to be corrupt
and ought to be superseded—Dur
ham Sun.
* • *
It is well enough to argue people
into believing that their own way of
life is the best in the world; but this
way helps no man to be better and to
lift himself to a higher plane of liv
ing. Such talk is losing force in
Horry county, since the people them
selves are constantly progressing and
desiring to progress. They are not
reactionaries.—Conway Field.
• • •
A negro orator from Baltimore,
Harry S. Cummings, is to be one of
five Republicans who will second the
nomination of President Roosevelt.
When the number of negroes who
will be able to actually vote for Mr.
Roosevelt is taken into consideration
it appears that the 4 to 1 ratio is a
pretty liberal allowance to the color
ed people.—Charlotte Observer.
• • •
The liberty of the North Carolina
press is spreading to the pulipt.
The Rev. Dr. Hardin electrified a
congregation in Charlotte by saying
“with all the conviction” of his be
ing, “Damn the saloon.” And Dr.
McKelway, of the Charlotte News,
says if Dr. Hardin “cussed” he
“cussed delightfully.” And after all,
what’s the difference between think
ing and saying it?—Columbia State.
An Old Document.
We were shown yesterday a paper,
the age of whch makes it interest
ing. The following is an exact copy
of it:
South Carolina,
Spartanburg County.
(Seal)
To the Constable;
J. M. Allison, a prominent citizen
of Blacksburg, came to the city yes
terday.
J. J. Quinn, an all-round good farmer
of Grassy Pond, was in the city Sat
urday.
M. W. Brown,of Ravenna, spent a
short time in the city yesterday.
W. M. Green, of Cherokee Falls,
came in to see us Saturday.
Moses Littlejohn, of Ravenna,
came to the city yesterday on busi
ness.
J. J. McCraw, of State Line, was a
city visitor Saturday.
Dr. D. S. Ramseur, of Blacksburg,
came to the city yesterday.
Rev. C. F. Felraet was a Ledger
visitor Saturday.
Ira Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg,
spent yesterday in the city.
Isham Richardson came over from
Rock Hill Saturday to pay a visit to
his parents, Capt. and Mrs. W. H.
Richardson, on Victoria avenue.
Prof, and Mrs. F. E. Shuford re
turned from an extended visit to
friends and relatives at Charlotte
and other North Carolina cities Fri
day.
T. M. Littlejohn, of Star Farm, was
a prominent visitor in the city Sat
urday.
E. R. Sapoch and Albert Bettis,
prominent over-the-Broad citizens,
were in the city yesterday and fa
vored The Ledger with a call.
A. F. Goforth, a prominent Chero
kee farmer, came to the city Satur
day.
Shields Allison was a city visitor
yesterday.
W. W. Coyle came in to see us
Saturday and sent The Ledger to a
friend in the west.
R. W. Dickson, a good farmer and
sterling citizen of Antioch, was a
ledger visitor yesterday.
Johnson Vinesett was an appre
ciated ledger visitor Saturday. He
renewed for a friend in Arkansas.
J. C. Ratliff went to Union last
week to kx»k after his "Battery”
there. He is well pleased with his
nowithstanding the fact that I am the best that the markets afford and at
in one of the most delightful sections the lowest living prices. No. 1 heart pine
in the whole country. Shingles and Laths, and Devo’s cele-
This is a picturesque country, just brated Paints—guaranteed to go further
at the foot of the Blue ridge, directly and last longer than any other in the
between Caesar’s Head and Parris market. When in need of anything in
Mountain. j the building line, call and see us; we’ll
Farmers here have a most magnifl- t^at you courteously and mate your es-
cent prospect for a bountiful crop, tiuiates for nothing.
In. plain view of my window is a
field of corn more than waist high
and as luxuriant as bottom lands.
Also a field of wheat harvested yes
terday, which made an average yield
of fifty-eight dozen to every one
bushel sown.
True, this is above the average
farm, yet the crops generally are
very fine, and are being vigorously
cultivated. I haven’t seen a single
grassy field—even some of the ter
races are cultivated, making the best
rows in the field, instead of running
wild with weeds.
Send on The Ledger, and I’ll tell
you more about the crops later.
S. B. Crawley.
1^. B a 1c e 1%
Vice-President and Manager.
Movt-l Method of I'roflt Sharing.
A shirt waist manufacturer in the
wholesale market surprised the em
ployees a few days ago by announcing
that he intends to retire from active
business in their favor, says the New
York Times. His plan is to turn the
plant over to tried and true subordi
nates, with the stipulation that in case
the business should prosper they are
to pay for the property on the install
ment basis. In the event of time dem
onstrating that these trusties cannot
make a go of the enterprise, the boss
is to take charge of affairs, assuming
all liabilities, and begin anew to build
up trade.
National Marriage Law.
A national marriage law is being ad
vocated by many people, says the Cin
cinnati Commercial Tribune, who see in
it a cure for the conditions now ad
mitted to be in existence in Utah, as
well as a remedy for the confused and
often demoralizing state of divorce and
remarriage in many of the states.
^OR
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Plaster Parts,
Shingles,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder, Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, call on
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CARROLL & CO., Lessees.
Telephone 67.
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presenting Wake Forest College,
The University of North Caro
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Female College, Littleton Female
College and Peace Institute. Pre
pares thoroughly for college and
for the active duties of life. Non
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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
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was *4.87 per month. Tuiti^
$1.00 to <3.00. Room rent 3.?c
per month. Session open July
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For illusted catalogue, write to
W. li lt( KNS, Frloc-IjiMl.LAW NOAI.K, VC.
June 27.
Ry-
Nervous Dyspepsia Cured by
dale’s Stomach Tablets.
Mr. R. E. Jones, buyer for Parker
& Bridget, whose large department
storeo are located at 9th and Penn.
Ave., Washington, D. C., writes under
date of April 14, ’04, as follows:
Last February, one year, while In
New York on business for my house,
business there and says Union is a 1 caught a severe cold which laid
“corker.” m e up for several weeks and left me
Isaac G. Patrick, of WUkinsville, weak and nervous. I had little or no
spent some time in the city Saturday, appetite, and my digestion was very
R. M. Roark, a prominent planter poor. My physicians could not get
from across the Broad, came to the at the cause of my trouble, as my
city yesterday. digestion seemed so much impaired.
Albert B. McCraw, of Grassy Pond, I decided to try Rydale’s Stomach
You are commanded to summons
Vardrey McBee to answer Ignatious paid The Ledger an appreciated call Tablets, being assured by a friend
Griffin in a plea of Debt under three Saturday. they were a g<x)d dyspepsia medicine,
pounds. W. A. Blalock, of Blacksburg, was After using them for a few days, I
Given under my hand and seal this in the city yesterday.
19th June, 1797.
began to realize that I was getting
John Lipscomb,
J. P
A FINE OPPORTUNITY.
The South Carolina College offers
scholarships In the Normal Depart
ment to two young men from each
Married at Kings Creek.
Kings Creek, June 17, 1904.
Editor The Ledger:—Please pub
lish in your paper the following:
At 8:30 o’clock last Thursday even
ing, June 10th, Mr. Tillman Wiley,
son of Hon. Perry Wiley, of this
place, was married to Miss Ixda Cav-
ney, daughter of Mr. Columbus Cav-
ney, at the residence of the groom’s
father. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. E. B. McSwain.
A Reader.
[The Ledger extends congratula
tions and best wishes.]
Call for Meeting.
The County Executive Committee
is hereby called to meet in the court
house on Saturday, June 25th, at 11
o’clock.
By order of
J. B. Bell,
G. W. Speer, Chairman.
Secretary.
There would not be many of us
left if experience was the only way
by which we could learn to handle
gasoline.
Miss Nancy Thompson left the city better. I gave up the doctor’s pre-
Friday to pay a visit to her sister, scrlption and have gained 20 pounds
Mrs. Stanley Mason, In Richmond. while using two boxes of these tab-
Hoag Allison, a prominent citizen lets. I never felt better in my life,
of Blacksburg, came to the city yes- and accredit Rydalo’s Stomach Tab-
terday. lets with having cured me. I can
Capt. T. C. Steadman, of Spartan- recommend them, most heartily, to
burg, made a business trip to the sufferers from nervous indigestion
City Friday. and general run-down conditions of
Capt. J. C. Duncan, of Blacksburg, the system. Gaffney Drug Co.
was in the city yesterday.
W. A. McWhorter, of Grindal, was
a prominent business visitor in the
city Friday.
Sando Northey, a successful. Cher
okee fanner, was in the city the last
of the week. He called on The Led
ger and renewed.
J. E. Gault, of Gowdeysville, spent
some time In the city Friday on busi
ness.
Miss Nettie Miller of Bishops, Is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. S. Wood,
on Grenard street.
Hon. T. Y. Williams, of Lancaster,
Is spending a few days In the city
seeing the Cherokee voters.
Capt. R. O. Sams went to Pacolet
Sunday to visit his daughter, Mrs.
Walton Brown.
J. H. Rhyne, of Blacksburg, was
In the city yesterday.
D. D. Dover, of Grover, was in the
city yesterday as a grand Juror.
Do You Eat?
If you do call 'Phone No.
183 and W. J. Maness will
tell you of all hia nice Veg
etables Jand fine Meats.
Just received, a tip-top Ite-
frigerator, with which I
can keep meats up to date.
I w'ill handle Sliced Hams,
Kansas City Meats and
Cherokee Meats. Call up
or come to see THE PAR
LOR MARKET.
W.J.' .Prop,
We believe thoroughly in
advertising. To prove it
we are going to use this
apace for our own pur
poses. We have advertis
ing space to sell, and w«
know it will pay a good
return upon the price we
charge for it if it is prop
erly used. Our paper goes
into the best homes in this
community. It has been
going week after week and
year after year until each
issue is welcomed as an old
friend of the family.
The news it brings is
news of neighbors, of per
sonal affairs in which all
have more or less of a com
mon interest. If one of our
readers called upon you, a
merchant, you would do
the best you could to con
vince him that what you
had for sale was the best
he could buy. You would
show him the new things
you had got in recently.
You would tell him why
he should have them and
why they were better than
he could procure elsewhere.
You probably would make
a sale.
Your effort, however, would be ooa<
timed to one person.
You could tell the same
story just as effectively to
every reader of this paper
in each issue.
You do not believe it
would have the same ef
fect?
If 70a told the story
is the seme way it would.
We ere reedy
to do our part to prove it. Do you
care to try it?
This Always
Tells It.
Read the character of a drug
store in the record of its pre-
scnotion department. All that
a drug store is or does or aims
to do, finds expression there.
The accurate filling of pre
scriptions with drugs of known
purity and at just prices, is the
first and highest mission of a
pharmacy. A large prescrip
tion business is the highest
testimonial a store can have;
it implies confidence on the
part of both public aud physi
cian.
Such a business we have. We
want you to benefit by our
splendid service, and we pro
mise to make the price right.
Cherokee Drug Co.,
Prescription Druggists.
Cor. Limestone aud Frederick Sts.
If you get it at the Cherokee it v
good
Cherokee Co. Summer School
July 4-July 30, 1904.
Instructors.
R. C. Sarratt, l
H. P. Griffith, f
The County Summer Scool will be
held as usual, in Gaffney, and will open
on Monday, July 4th. The session will
last four weeks.
Course of study: History, Civics, Alge
bra, English, Pedagogy, Arithmetic aud
Hughes’ Mistakes in Teaching.
Text Books: Teachers who do not al
ready possess them can purchase them
from the County Superiutendeut at the
following prices:
Buehler’s Grammar, 45 cents; Peter
man’s Civil Government, 45 cents; Lee’s
History, 60 cents; New School Algebra,
45 cents: Hughes’ Mistakes in Teaching.
Board: Board in private families can
he had at $2.50 to £2.75 per week. %
Teachers are expected to make their
own arrangements for board.
Renewal of Certificates: The County
Board will renew the certificates of all
who attend, and do satisfactory work;
aud the County Superintendent stands
ready and willing at all times to give any
aid in his power to those seeking it.
Trustees and patrons are cordially in
vited to visit the school, inspect the work
and select teachers.
Very truly,
J. L. Walker,
Supt. of Schools.
Notice to Teacbers.
Notice is hereby given that if daere are
not at least 2<>teachers in Cherokee county
to attend the summer school, beginning
Monday, July 4th, the school will be dis
continued after two weeks.
J. L. Walker,
Co. Supt. of liducaturn.
1 a w 4t.