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THE LEDGER, Published Tuesday and Friday by Ed H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication. 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. WONDERFULLY WEAK EVIDENCE Geo. Camp, colored, has twice been tried for arson in this county. Both times he has been convicted on the flimsiest sort of evidence, and twice he has been granted a new trial by the judges who sat on the case. There is absolutely no direct proof, and no strong circumstantial evidence of his guilt. A tenant house on the premises of M. J. Hicks, near State Line, was burned. Interested par ties sent for a dog, which struck a track in the vicinity of the burning, and the dog ran off toward a piece of woodland in which the negro was chopping wood. As we understand it this is about the sum and substance ot the evidence, and yet a man who sat on a jury that acquitted a white man of murder against whom there was the strongest kind of evidence, asks that this poor, friendless negro be convicted of burning a tenant house, on such evidence! It’s a posi tive shame. Judge Gary not only granted a new trial, but placed bond at $300, which the negro was able to give. Perhaps the attorney appointed by the court to defend the negro is only doing his duty when he stands by him‘to the last in face of the fact that there is little likelihood of his ever receiving any compensation for his services, but he is to be com mended for his zealousness in a worthy cause. The proper thing for the solicitor to do at the next term, unless he gets some more tangible evidence—and in dispensary, the Batesburg Advocate WOMEN AND SOCIETY. The new taffetas are all very soft isays: "If Mr. Towill does not succeed in an( j They have not the rustle doing the dispensary system good we that the stiller ones had, the fashion are quite sure the dispensary system now being to have only a soft swish, will not succeed in doing him harm and not the loud rustle so much heard for he is a man whom we believe will purify the system, but 'f he does not, he will not be polluted.” NOTES AND COMMEN S. when the stiffer taffetas were used. Everything now must be soft, thin and clinging. Dainty China silk waists are seen with trimmings of Valenciennes lace and Mexican drawn work. The fam ous modists of New York and Paris have adopted a lavish use of the beautiful Japanese embroidery as a feature of summer dress trimmings. This is used in various ways, being i sometimes applied directly to the Hurry and get caught up with the j dress f a b r i Cj but more frequently tak- farm work so the boys and girls can ing the form of embroidered bands join in the celebration on the Fourth ! °‘ ^ nen or £&uze, arranged in The era of hard times never ceases in the life of the shiftless man. When a man gets wrong himself he tries his best to think he is right himself and everybody else is wrong * * * Col. M. P. Tribble, who declared himself for secretary of State, has withdrawn from the race, but not before his old comrades in Cherokee had begun to warm up for him. * * * It ill becomes Mr. Bryan, twice honored by the National Democracy and both times leading it to de feat, to assume to dictate to it. The brazen effrontery of the man is dis gusting. * * * The National Democratic Conven tion will meet at St. Louis in about two weeks. If the Democracy suc ceeds in muzzling the braying ass from Colorado and tethering him out it may stand a chance to win a great and glorious victory. * • * The meanest man on earth is he who steals from orphan children un der the guise of administrator, execu tor or guardian. He who would thus wrong a helpless child would steal the pennie off the eyes of a dead negro but for the fact the he might be caught up with. * * * In the case of George Camp we must say the evidence is wonderfully weak. It’s a grave thing for twelve men to declare a human being guilty i straight terns. lines or in geometrical pat- * * * Mrs. Ed Eison has gone to Lock hart on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Thomson. Misses Emma Wood and Parnice Brown have gone to Pacolet to visit relatives. Mrs. W. C. Hamrick has gone on a visit to Shelby. Miss Louise Sarratt left Thursday for a visit to Union. Mrs. Rosa Rountree and Miss Myr tle Gaffney have gone to Monroe, N. C., to visit their sister, Mrs. Frank Laney. Miss Mary Braralett is in Columbia visiting friends. Miss Lula Garrett has returned from Spartanburg. Mr. J. McKissick and daughter, Miss Louise, of Union, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gaffney. Mrs. A. V. Montgomery, after a vis it to Columbia and Spartanburg, has returned home. Mrs. Mosely and little son, of Ra leigh, N. C., are the guests of Mrs. Mosley’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Simms. Miss Raymond Tolleson, of Spar tanburg, is visiting Miss Leila Cur tis. Mrs. Tindall, of Greenville, is visit ing relatives in the city. to saying this we do not mean dictating to the court—would be nol pros the indictment. We are fully aware that there will go up among a great element in this county a great hue and cry about The Ledger. being the friend of the negro as against the white man. That element is only too glad to seize the smallest pretext to misrep resent this newspaper, and we don’t give the snap of our finger about their criticism. We are a friend to the negro just in proportion as the negro is a friend to himself. We don’t believe in the oppression of the weak by the strong, and the white man has no moral nor legal right to oppress the negro because the latter is weaker in tellectually, morally and financially. On the other hand the man, be he white or black, red or yellow, who op presses another simply because it lies within his power to do so, is a weak ling spiritually and a true heart does not beat within his breast. Let Cuffy know his position; teach him to respect himself by respecting those around him, and you will make him a better citizen. Abuse him and mistreat him by taking advantage of him and you raise the demon in him and he is little better than a wild beast. Miss Magness Wins Prize. Miss Kate Magness has won the Spartanburg Herald’s trip to St. Louis, which it offered to the young lady of this county who received the most votes. She received 4,737. Miss Eunice Johnson was a close second, she receiving 4,422. Miss Pearl Briggs, recently of this city but who now lives in Union, re ceived the largest number of votes of any young lady in Union county, of a penitentiary crime because that, an ‘l wins the trip offered that county. Individual happens to be in the direc- Cher ? k ^ will virtually have two to be . 11 young ladies in the Herald s corps of Chronic Sores Eating Ulcers Nothing is a source of so much trouble as an old sore or ulcer, pa** ticularly when located upon the lower extremities where the circulation- is weak and sluggish. A gangrenous eating ulcer upon the leg it a frightful sight, and as the poison burrows deeper and deeper into tho tissues beneath and the sore continues to spread, one can almost see tho flesh melting away and feel the strength going out with the sick* ening discharges. Great running sores and deep offensive ulcers often develop from a simple boil, swollen gland, bruise or pimple, and are a threatening danger always, because while all such sores are not can* cerous, a great many are, and this should make you suspicious of aU chronic, slow-healing ulcers and sores, particularly if cancer runs in your family. Face sores are common and cause the greatest annoy* ance because they are so Wheeling-, W. V»., May 28,1903. persistent and unsightly B 0me years ago while at work, I fell over a truck and detract SO much from and severely injured both of my shins. My blood , , „ became poisoned as a result, and the doctor told one S personal appearance. me J would have running sores for life, and that Middle aged and old peo- if they closed up the result would be fatal. Un* i i i.i , , i j der this discouraging report j; left off their treat* pie and those whose blood anc i re>or tedtothe use of S. S. 8. Its effects is contaminated and taint- were prompt and gratifying. It took only a Short .. i ,, j : while for the medicine to cure up the sores, and X ed With the germs and poi- am not dea ,i aa the doctor Ihtimated I would be. •on of malaria or some pre- neither have the sores ever broken out again,and . . , u- r some 12 years have elapsed since what I have de vious sickness, are the chiet scribed occurred. anflVrers from chronic sores JOHN W. FT7NDI8, •unerers irom cnronic sores Care Schmulbach Brewing Co. and ulcers. While the blood remains in an unhealthy polluted condition, and the sore wttl continue to grow and spread in spite of washes and salves, for the sore is the outward sign of some constitutional disorder, a bad condition of the blood and system, which local remedies cannot cure. A blood pu* rifier and tonic is what you need—something to cleanse the blood, quicken the circulation and invigorate the constitution, and S. S. S. is just such a remedy. It counteracts and removes from the blood all the impurities and poisons, and grad* ually builds up the entire system; and when the blood has been purified the healingprocess begins and the ulcer of sore is soon entirely gone. S. S. S« contains no mineral or poisonous drugt of any description, but is guaranteed purely vegetable, a blood purifier and tonic combined and a safe and permanent cure for chronic sores and ulcers. If you have a slow-heal* ing sore of any kind, external or internal, write us about it, and our physicians will advise you without charge. Book on “The Blood and Its Diseases ’ 7 free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA» J. F. GARRETT, (Dentist. Office Over The Battery. ’Phone 8a Dr. D. P. THOMSON, * Dentist. W Office over Cherokee I)ru(f Co. ' ILLIAM S. HALL, J R. JAMES L . .VlLLIS. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. STAR TilKATIIE BLDG. S-4. o. Notary Public Injofflce. Prompt attention arlven to all business. C. Eskridge B 4 U Have yonr Itlacksmlthlng Uuue. All Smithing, Iron ami Wood Work done in first-class style audjat reasonable rates. f Fortenberry’s Old Stand). DR. W. K. GUNTER, DENTIST' Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. WANTED! All yout clothes that need brightening up, bring them to us. We will make them look fresh and new. All work done by expert tailors. See us and join our pressing club. ROBINSON & JONES, Tailors. Over W. U. Telegraph Office. Phone No. Tl. tion in which a barking hound goes. Gentlemen of the jury, take the case. beauties it will carry to the exposi tion. WE CARRY A FULL STOCK Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically, JfirOilice in Cherokee Drug Co., B’ldg. * * * Brother Hamel, of the Kershaw Era, who, by the way, is a candidate for the legislature, had in a recent is sue of his paper this paragraph; A Correction. In Mr. Hollis’ report to the fore man of the grand jury, which appear ed in our last issue, the foreman was addressed as “Mr. J. E. Watkins, , Esq.” This was an oversight in the typewriter who copied the report, "The life on the farm is a genuinely and was no ^ so wr itten in the origi- hoppy life.” Yes, it generally keeps nal. Callie says he is willing to ac- a fellow hopping around to accomp- cord Jqe every possible distinction lish anything worth speaking about, ^^p^his^title^so’^0^ t0 John was a baker before he went to Kershaw and evoluted into a pub- In keeping a secret it is not wise lisher and politician, and therefore t° have too much help. • knows something about hop yeast, Call for Meeting, but we suspect he will find political rpj ie c oun jy Executive Committee life rather “hoppy” before he gets is hereby called to meet in tho court- throught with it. The average politi- house on Saturday, June 25th, at 11 o’clock. clan is as “hoppy” as a flea, but we warrant you can always place your finger on John. G. PRESS PARAGRAPHS. As the booms for Cleveland and By order of W. Speer, Secretary. J. B. Bell, Chairman. Meeting of Commissioners Postponed. On account of the celebrtaion on the 4th of July, the meeting of the McClellan develop Judge Parker may Board of County Commissionsrs is find that he spoke too late.—Green ville News. So after all Tribble will not give any trouble, and Gantt will not have to run the Ganttlet. If that he biga my, then make the most of it.—Spar tanburg Herald. NOT ON YOUR LIFE. “The State Press Association meets at White Stone Lithia Springs July 12-14. Every editor in the State should attend if it required the sus pension of his paper for that week. He would go home feeling bigger, broader and better for having min gled with his brethren, and, conse quently, would be better qualified to serve his patrons. Come brethren, let us all go.—Gaffney Ledger.” “It is pretty hard that Mr. DeCamp and Mr. Norment, such good friends of ours, as we thought them to be, should both urge the brethren to go to the meeting and never say a word about the sisteren! Well, one bless ing, this editor is mighty well satis fied to stay at home—Fairfax Enter prise.” Sister Young is obliged to display the greatest of woman’s weakneses— jealousy. So far as Brother Norment is concerned it makes no difference, for he is a confirmed old bachelor, hut in our case it’s different. For ten years we have been trying (?) to get tho feminine part of this estab lishment to attend the press meet ings, and not even a promise could we obtain until this year, and if we had extended an invitation to the “sisteren” the half-way promise we have secured would have been with drawn quicker than a cat can wink its eye. No, sirree, we’re not inviting the “sisteren,” for while we would bo mighty glad to see them present we are not going to run any risk in doing so. No, “sisteren,” not on your life. The biggest job Commissioner of Labor Cortelyou has ever tackled will appear as recreation in compari son with the task of making Roose velt popular.—Columbia State. The police are said to he beating the jungles of the city for blind tig ers. There ought to be enough game for them on the highways without penetrating into tho thickets.— Charleston Post. “How to Borrow Money Without Security,” was a subject discussed by the bankers at the convention in At lantic City last week. We regret our bankers failed to attend for we need some money.—Easley Progress. The hen was thought to he one of the most steady going and reliable of creatures, and yet one in Indiana lias been laying petrified eggs, and another in Maine has a head like a snake. Even Biddy is catching the disease for doing freaky things.— Spartanburg Journal. deferred till the 5th of July. J. V. Whelchel, County Supervisor. SCOH’S EMULSION won’t make a hump back straight, neither will it make a short leg long, but it feeds soft bone and heals diseased bone and is among the few genuine means of recovery in rickets and bone consumption. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409-41$ Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and f iioo; all druggist*. Shoes, Slippers, Hosiery, Dry Goods, No tions, Millinery, Laces, Embroideries, ready made Ladies’ Waists and Skirts. In all these we would be glad for"‘you to give us a look. Full stock of Heavy and Staple Groceries ; all at bottom prices. Just received two cars of good, sound, dry Corn. :: : W. J. WILKINS & CO. » Gaffney, S. C. The Gaffney Cify Land and Imprnvement Co. Offers for) sale IBuildlng Lots In this flourishing town, Guffney; ulso Farms near by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots of 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm purposes For full particulars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride throughorover the lands of this company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, under penalty of law. The Remington Typewriter Is acknowledged the world over as the Standard, and everybody knows it’s the best typewriter on earth. I control the territory including part of North and South Carolina, and would be glad to take the matter up with you when in the market for any kind, or any price typewriter. (Will take your old type writer in exchange J. We now supplr Remingtons with any style type desired, with fractions and other special charac ters on keyboards, with card cylinder, and Polychrome ribbon arrangements for “writing in red”—all at the catalogue price for machine complete. I will be in your town about once a month in the interest of the Remington Typewriters. In the meantime if you are interested in a typewriter, write me and I will come to see you, with brand new latest model Remington and demon strate same to you. We carry a big stock of latest model Remingtons in Charlotte, and can send you one on a moment’s notice, ami will gladly do so if you wish to examine one for several : days. We sell all grades and kinds of carbon ; papers, typewriter oils, etc., and the Paragon—the best guaranteed ribbon— made for all kinds of typewriters, 75 cts. each. (We prepay postage). Kindly write me when in any kind of typewriter trouble. Frank F. Jones, Charlotte, N. C. June 10 xm. WE SINCERELY TRUST SO. Referring to our recent reference to the Hon. John Bell Towill and tho The Greenville, S. C., News re marks that “Mr. Cleveland Is not asking any special favors of the Dem ocratic party, although the delegates may hand him something at the St. Louis convention.” It is astonishing how much treasonable talk of this kind is indulged in these days. The action of the convention to the con trary is the only remedy for it.— Charlotte Observer. Don’t play cards with a bartender, because he is strong on the draw. Ilow’a Till**.’ We offer Ono Hundred DnlUn Reward for any ease of Outiirrh that cminot be cured by lliill’* Cutarrli Cure. F .1.011 KNF.V Sl CO.. Toledo. O. We. the umlerNlirned, have known F. .1. Cheney for the last ll years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all hnslnss transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their llrm. WKHT A Till!AX, Wholesale Driiirirlsts. Toledo, O. Wai.dinu. Ki.vnan A Marvin. Whole sale Drutrulsts. Toledo, (). ilairsCaiarrli Cure is taken Internally actlnir direct ly upon I be Mood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 7&c. per lN>ttle> !*old by all brujf- Klsts. Hall's Family Pills are the best. This Is the sort of weather that makes high class TOILET ACCESSOR IES, such as we sell, a luxurious n e e e s sity. Soaps, Toilet Waters. Bath Brushes, Com plexion Gloves, Pow ders, Sponges, 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 Buggy And Harness Talk. We have the best, handsomest and most styl ish things in Buggies and' Harness ever brought to this market. We don’t want you to take our word for it, but we want you to come and let us demonstrate to you by IN DISPUTABLE PROOFS that we are THE BUGGY AND HARNESS PEOPLE of this section. Our Buggies are made of the best and finest material obtainable, all properly and thoroughly tested before being made up and sent out, and only leather TANNED IN THE OLD WAY is used in our harness. We Have Everything In These Lines, Buggy Harness, Wagon Harness, extra Bri dles, Whips, Lap Robes, Saddles, &c., &c.— all the best makes of Summers Buggies, Ty son & Jones Buggies and Geo. E. Wesson Wagons. We are exclusive dealers here and will be pleased to show you WHY THEY ARE THE BEST. THE OUTFITS OF DRS. STEEDLY AND JEFFERIES ARE SAMPLES OF OUR WORK-we want to carefully inspect them. Remember, ARE THE LEADERS. C. JUi U> Co. We Have Just received Our third Shipment of Childrens’ Slippers. Call and look Over what We have. The Shoe Store. I 4i