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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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings, but for identification.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. 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. WHEN SORRRY SAY SO. The following very sensible article is from an unknown source but is so strikingly true we cannot resist the temptation to reproduce it in the hope that it will have made some one bet ter for having read it: “We read not long ago a very sensi ble article under the caption, ‘When You Are Sorry Say So.’ We hope we have been benefiited. “When you’ve been cross or un kind or rude, said the writer, don’t let false pride stand in the way of asking forgiveness. It isn’t always easy to say, T’m sorry,’ in fact, sometimes it’s des perate hard. But once you’ve said it you’ll feel so much happier that its really worth the sacrifice to foolish pride. The longer you wait the hard er it will be to say it; the angry feel ings will grow like a snowball, until what has merely been a slight griev ance assumes the proportions of real estrangement. “There is no fault so hard to over come as the hasty temper. We may make any number of good reso lutions, and then the first time that we have any provocation away we go without an instant’s warning, and before we realize what we are .doing the unkind words have been spoken, and no matter how much re gret we feel they cannot be unsaid. “The strange thing about it is that we so often hurt the people we love the best. Even when we beg forgive ness, though we heal the hurt, we cannot do away with the scar. “As a rule, the people who are quick to give offense are equally as quick in taking it. Their feelings are easily hurt, and they go about with the prov erbial chip so lightly balanced on their shoulders that some one is sure to knock it off, either intentionally or accidentally. “Half the ill-feelings in the world can be smoothed out by a few words of explanation, ut if on the other band the offendi .• will say, ‘Have I done anything wrong? If so, I am sorry,’ and on the other the offender will not say, ‘You have done so and so; did you mean it?’ the breach will go on widening until it is irrepara ble. “No matter how much of a struggle it is when you are sorry, say so and ‘Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.’ ” NOTES AND COMMENTS. cause of alleged ill treatment of a child, should be taught that there is a law against cruelty to children and that they should invoke the aid of the law and not attempt to take the law into their own hands. When people undertake to regulate neighborhood troubles they become law breakers themselves and should be made to suffer for it. The law is ample to protect, if properly enforced, and no one, either white or black, should be permitted to violate the law with Impunity. • * • Every town has its chronic grumb lers, and they are the most detesta ble people in the town. Why in the name of common sense a man of or dinary intelligence, sane on every other subject, will take pleasure in finding fault with somebody or some thing in the community, is beyond us. Just along this line a Texas editor has hit the right spot when he says: “The sorriest fellow on earth is the fellow who will sit around and cuss his own town. If I lived astride the north pole, I w ould call it home and be ready to boost it up. If I couldn’t say anything nice about it I would say that my ice bill didn’t come high. I would not stay in a town I had to cuss—not while the world is as big as it is now 7 .’’ • * • Some peoplq argue that they can’t send their children to school because they haven’t decent clothes for them to wear. We would all like to dress our children becomingly and in good clothes. Those who attempt to dress children fashionably display a lack of common sense. We know 7 there are those who can't dress their children as nicely as others, but that is no ex cuse for keeping the child from school. If a child possesses enough clothes to hide its nakedness at home it possesses enough to go to school. The trouble with those who use the no clothes argument is that they have a well developed case of “don’t care” for the welfare of their child ren. If a child has two suits and the mother is the proper kind of mother she will send it to school in one suit w 7 hilo she washes and darns the other. The school laws don’t require that a child bo dressed in the heighth of fashion. We don’t know that they require the clothes to be clean, but if they do not they should. Nine cases out of ten it’s a lazy, in different mother who permits her children to go to school or about town in filth and tatters. Wash the rags and keep the children in school, thus preparing them to buy clothes for their offspring when they grow up and marry off. PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE. The only help that avails much is the help that teaches a man to help himself. * * • A kind word costs you nothing, but it may cause the rich rays of mellow sunshine to come streaming into your life. * * * Is that child under your care en rolled in the graded school? If not you are doing it and your State a great injustice so long as you neglect it. Send the children to school. • • * Now that the election is over, let everybody bury the hatchet, get down to business and do something toward pushing the old ship of properity off the shoals on which she was placed by the winds of politics. * * • Those persons having petitions asking for an election on the dispen sary question will please bring them in during the week, so we can pre sent them to the proper authorities and have the election called. * * • Be mindful of others. Don’t think you are the only pebble on the beach. There are millions of people in this world and the happiest man or wo man in the world is he or she who does the most to make others happy. • * • Attention is directed to the fact that in order to vote on the question of “dispensary” or “no dispensary,” voters must have registration certifi cates. The last chance to get them will be the first Monday in October. If you haven’t a registration certifi cate get one and help vote out the dispensary. • • • The theatrical season begins to night with a rollicking musical com edy. We have never seen it and dont’ know anything about it except what we got from our exchanges. These speak well of the piece, but you can't always judge from what the papers say, as one man is liable to think well of a piece while another would not. We believe it’s a pretty fair show, but that is all we can say about it. • • • The negroes who attempted to whltecap one of their own race be A Good Time to Show Off. [Anderson Intelligencer] A better time than now can never be had to show home-seekers the possibilities of the South, especially South Carolina; crops at no time were ever in finer growth or better condition. Agriculturally, South Car olina is on a rising tide and growing prosperously, and with the advent of new citizens and improved methods of farming the State will advance dangerously near first place. The railroads and individuals interested in immigration should arrange some excursions with liberal stop-over privileges from the North to the South while the crop situation and manufacturing industry are so in viting. He Sent Back the Money. [Greenville News.] Being conscience stricken at the thought of having swindled a cotton i mill seven years ago with a water packed bale, a farmer, living in an other county, has sent $5 in cash to Greenville, that being the amount to which he was not entitled. The case is rather remarkable. Often it is found that, the weight of a bale de creases after it has been thoroughly dried, but it more often happens that when complaint is made to the origi nal seller, the fault is laid at the door of a ginner. In this instance, how ever, the ginner was the innocent party. Gaffneys’ First Bales. Mr. Gregg Susong, of the Star Farm section, brought the first bale of new cotton to the city Friday. It weighed 4f0 pounds and was sold to J. D. Jones for 10.35. Mr. Phillips C. Garvin came in later in the day with the second bale and sold it to R. S. Lipscomb at the same price. And late the same evening one came in from the Cleveland county farm of Mr. J. I). Hamrick. Two or three other bales were sold Saturday for 10.30. Cotton sold in Spartanburg Friday for 10.50. We hope Gaffney will be able to give the highest prices for the staple this season. Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters in the Gaffney postoffice for the week ena- September 12, 1904: Miss Carrie Bridges, Miss Viola Davis, F. M. Gordon, V. L. E.. H. R. Grimes, L. W. Hicks, H. H. Hall, Elijah Jackson, John Leiets, C. C. Melton, S. W. Moore, Duffle Paris, David Ramsey, J. M. Turver, M. L. Thornton. Call for "Advertised Letters.” One cent due on each. A. R. N. Folger, P. M. Note of Thanks. Editor Ledger:—Please allow us in your columns to thank our neigh bors and friends for their many acts of kindness during the illness and death of our sweet little son, Hor- race. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Alexander. He cannot help who does not hope. Sow a sin and reap a sorrow. Responsibility of Parents to Their Children is Incalculable. If it is asked why there are so many drunkards and gamblers and murderers in this country, or why our jails and penitentiaries are full to overflowing, or why our young men use profane language so freely and indulge so freely and desecrate God’s day so freely, and indulge so freely in intoxicating drinks, it may be re plied that parents have not discharg ed their obligations to their children. If they would do this, our State would be furnished with 7 good counsellors, our churches with consistent mem bers and efficient office bearers, our homes would be happy and our coun try prosperous. What must parents do' in order that they may meet their obligation to their children? I. They must set their children the proper example. David was defi cient in this respect. He committed murder and adultery. How could he expect any thing better of his chil dren. Was not Absalom soon walk ing in his footsteps? Young people will not be any better than their par ents. If their parents use profane language, desecrate God’s day and indulge in strong drink, they will do likewise. If their parents neglect God’s word and His house, and give little of their means towards the promotion o f His cause, they will not do any better. Unless people banish their children from their pre sence they will exert an influence over them either for good or for evil. This influence is a mighty one. If it is evil it will be difficult for ministers or others to say anything that will counteract it. If young people tell you that their parents have given their consent for them to do a thing for which you have reproved them and that their parents do that thing you may as well close your mouth. II. They must exercise the proper control over their children. Some people exercise no control whatever over their children. They let them do as they please. Their children would be as well off as far as their highest interest in concerned, if they had no parents. While an Indian was watching some children as they dese crated God’s day he said with a sad heart: “Surely these children are orphans else they would not be mak ing such a noise on God’s day.” Again, there are parents who en deavor in a feeble way to control their children, but they make a mis take in that instead of commanding obedience as did faithful Abraham, they remonstrate with them as did unhappy Eli. “If you do that again I will thrash you,” is the kind of lan guage they use, but they do not put their threat into execution. They thus teach their children to distrust them. If they obey them at all they do so through fear. They reprove them so severely that they regard them as tyrants, rather than as lov ing parents. They have so often failed to put their threats into execu tion that what they say to them makes no impression on them. It can l7e safely said that harsh words or means are seldom, if ever, necessary in the government of children. The most essential thing is firmness. When children are commanded to do a thing they should be made to do it. If kind words are not. sufficient to the accomplishment of that end the rod should be used, not in a fit of anger, but in a spirit of kindness. Again, there are parents who while they seldom speak unkindly to their children are never firm with them. They are afraid of injuring the feel ings of their children. “Please do not do that” or “Why did you do that?” is the way in which they talk to their children. Instead of com manding their children to obey them, they entreat them to do so and in stead of chastising them when they disobey them they deplore the fact. Such children will in all probability bring suffering upon their parents somewhat like that was experienced by David and Eli. III. They must give their children religious training. We may well fear that many parents fail to meet their obligation to their children in this re spect. Family worship is sadly neg lected. How can people who have not erected an altar to God in their homes expect the souls of their chil dren to be saved? Wherever Abra ham cast his tent he erected an altar to God. God blessed him and his seed after him. The reason why He did not hide from Abraham the de struction of Sodom was because He knew him, that he would command his children and his household after him and that they would keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and Judgment. Even if parents do not observe family worship if they would faithfully instruct their children in the principles of the religion of Christ they would not come so far short of i discharging their duty to them. How ! few comparatively do this! They spare no effort to cultivate their minds, but their spiritual interest is something that they scarcely think of. They are anxious for their chil dren to accumulate wealth and to occupy a high social position, but they seem to attach no importance to the salvation of their souls. They turn over the religious training of their children to their pastor and Sabbath school teachers. One excuse that they make for failing to give religious instruction to their children is that they have not time to do so. If they were sufficiently interested i in the salvation of the souls of their j children, they would feel that they did not have time to do anything else. They fail to see that they lose time | in not doing so. In one of Mrs. Beecher’s Journals are such words as these, ‘Winm I arose this morning I prayed for my children and especi ally that my sons might be minis ters.” Her prayer was answered. Her sons were numbered among the greatest preachers of America. Her prayer would not have been answer ed had she not faithfully exerted her self to give her children religious instruction. Do you suppose that she said she did not have time to do this? When a very brilliant lady was asked how many books she had writ- • heir children religious instruction, When she was asked the names of the books, she mentioned the names of her children. Though she knew that she could write books that would accomplish great good, she realized that she could not spend her time as profitably in writing books as she could in training her children. If a mother must neglect her household duties and a father his firm or the duties of his office in order to give their children religious instruction, let them do so. Many parents make a mistake in not giving their children religious instruction early in their lives. When a lady asked Charles Wesley, when she should begin to train her children, he asked her how old it was. When she replied that it was six months old, he said, “Madame, you have lost six months.” It is when children are young that impressions are the most easily made upon them. They are then as wax in the hands of their parents be molded, and the impressions that are then made upon their hearts are as lasting as marble. A. H. Atkins. FOR RENT. fiTAdvertisements under this head will io Inserted for one ce it a word each inser tion. No ad Inserted for less than ten cents FOR RENT— Five nice rooms for family use over Gaffney Drug Store. A. N. Wood. Sept. 9-tf FOR RENT—The former Lipscomb Hotel, with outbuildings. Apply to Mrs. A. E. Lipscomb or J. C. Lip scomb. 9-G-tf. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. Over Cherokee Drug Co. Phone 55. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office Over The Battery. ’Phone 82 FOR RENT—The T. I. Walker house for rent. Hall & Willis, Attys. 8^30-tf. FOR RENT—Brick house for ware house or stables. A. N. Wood. 8-22-tf. _ FOR RENT—The Spencer house on Frederick street. A. N. Wood. 7: 22-tf. DR. W. K. GUNTER, D E5IV T I « T Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. 'VilliamS. Hall. Jr. James a. Willis HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, STAR THEATRE BLUO. OvVI^'i^IVl-C'V 7 . s. o. Notary Public in office. Prompt attention <lven to all business. C. Eskridge B 4 U Have your RlaeksiEithliie Done, ! All Smithing, Iron and Wood Work done in first-class style and at reasonable rates. (Fortenberrys’ old stand.) When you are in need of DRUGS, MEDI CINES or SUN DRIES, you should get the best pos sible. If you patro nize our store you are always sure of getting the best. S.B. Crawley & Co. 813 Limestone St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery Prescriptions Properly Filled and Promptly Delivered FOR RENT—Nice G-room cottage with all improvements, on Grenard street. Apply to J. C. Jefferies. 4-1-tf SUITES OF ROOMS to let in the Star Theatre. A. N. Wood. 3-22-tf FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTEREST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. WANTED. WANTED—Hides of every descrip tion; chickens, eggs and butter. Z. A. Robertson. 9-9tf. WANTED—Music pupils. Piano lessons $3.00 per month; Burrowes’ kindergarten $2.50. Fannie Corry. 9-3-4t. WANTED—An elderly lady wish ing a home, to live with some orphan children Must give references as to good character. For particulars address W. C. McArthur, Guardian, Gaffney, S. C. 8-2G-tf WANTED! All youi clothes t h;it need brightening up, bring them to us. We will make them look j fresh and new. All work done by expert tailors. See us and Join our pressing club. ROBINSON Si JONES, Tailors. Over W. D. Telegraph Office. Phone No. 4J. __ LOST. LOST—Person finding gold specta cles can get reward at Ledger office. FOR SALE. PONY FOR SALE. I have for sale at my stables one sorrel pony 53 inches high, weight 550 lbs.; beautifully made and well broken. C. H. Robbins, Robertson St., Gaffney, S. C. _ Sept, JUST EIGHT each of those fine Plymouth Rock cockerels and pullets left. Cheap for fancy stock. J. M Steadman. 9-13-lt. Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Fortner pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the P!ye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. {^“Office in Cherokee Drug Co., B’ldg. 7. y\ s- FOR SALE—My lot and six-room house, corner Frederick and Peach tree streets. Terms easy. T. J. Alexander. 9-13-tf. FOR SALE—I offer for sale two of the most desirable residence lots in Gaffney. Apply to Z. A. Robertson. 9-9-tf. THE Johnson-Tillison house for sale. A bargain. Call on J. C. Otts. 9-9-tf. Fruits and Confectioneries. Go to the Kandy Kitchen, next to Postoflice, when you want Candies that are PURE AND FRESH. Everybody knows that SUBER makes the best. Very Little need be said about our :: :: Photographs t o those who have seen them. Their beauty and fine finish lift them, high above the work of the ordinary photo grapher. :: We can make an artistic picture of anyone. Every individual has some feature or expressionwhich makes him at tractive. We find this and catch it with the camera. June H. Carr, Phone 176. Residence, 171. 625 Limestone Street. J DAMAGED LUMBER FOR SALE. Three hundred thousand feet of damaged lumber, all heart and per fectly sound, saved from the wreck of the Clifton and Pacolet Mills, com posed of 3x10 flooring, Gx8 and 8x10 sills, various lengths, column posts of different sizes, and over five hundred floor beams from 14 to 16 by 22 anti 30 feet in length. This lumber can be seen near Jonesville, S. C., and can be bought at a bargain. For particulars, address, C. E. SPARKS, 9-2--lmo Jonesville, S. C. NOTICE. Beginning September 15th we will grind at the roller mill on Friday and Saturday of each week only. Victor Oil Co. Sept. 9-13--1C-20-23-27-30. ANNOUNCEMENTS Cards under this head will be in serted from now until the primary for $5.00 each for county officers; mag istrates’ announcements, $3.00. All fees must be paid m advance. For the Legislature. With the experience I now have as a legislator, from the confidence the people of Cherokee county imposed In me two years ago, I feel that I would now be better able to represent their interests than ever before; and upon this ground I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives, sub ject to the rules of the Democrat:^ primary election. W. D. Kirby. California Fruits fresh ami luscious, will be kept when they can be had. Some nice peaches now 7 on hand. Call and see what I have. S. R. Suber Next door to Postoffice. Notice. I have moved my stock of goods into the Byars building : next door to Carroll, Carpenter & Byers, and will continue to j handle Groceries, Shoes, Hats, i some Dry Goods, Notions, Crockery, Glassware, Light Hardware, and almost anything you need. All cheap for cash. I. M. Peeler. 1 ^ Tlie Savoy Is the most magnificent restaurant in Spartanburg The Savoy is the successor to the Pied mont, but is under new management and will be run in metropolitan style, open day and night and catering only to the | best element and guaranteeing satisfac tion to all. It is a high class restaurant (for ladies and gentlemen, and it is the f iurpose of the management to deserve a | iberal patronage by dealing liberally ' with its pat'-ons. Call on us when in ' the city. Respectfully, G. £. WHEELER, Proprietor Auk. 21,1 mo New Crop Clover Seed Crimson and Red For Supervisor. I hereby announcement myself a candidate for the office of Supervisor, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. Wm. (Chris) Phillips. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Supervisor of Cherokee county, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic party. J. V. Wbelchel. MoneyjLoaned. | (JANH on Improved farm* for a term of yearn at aeven per cent interent. No commlsnlons. For Information apply to J. 0 /effertea, Attorney at Law. at the same place, No. 321 Rutledge St. I am ready to do your work O. K. New build ing, 2,400 feet floor space; general repair, from forge to last coat of paint. Wagons, buggies, carts, &c; any part repaired or new part put in. Tire setting a specialty. Good stalls and water for your stock. I am here to serve you. Crimson Clover prevents win ter leaching of the soil, is equal in fertilizing value to a good application of stable manure and will wonderfully increase the yield and quality of corn or other crops which follow it. It also makes a splendid winter and spring grazing. Why not try it? Thompson, Cherokee Drug Co. Prescription Druggists. Cor. Limestone and Frederick Sts.