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I T % r I THE LEDGER, Published Tuesday and Friday fa y 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings, but for identification.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. THE POLITICAL BEE. Brother Cargile, of the Saluda Standard, dissertates as follows on the subject of office seeking: “The editor does not deny that for a time he thought of running for of fice. But as he sees politics now, he is willing to let it alone. True, the political situation is improving, and there is not as much liquor used as there once was; but after all we do not care to have our mind—our whole being—worked up to the modern po litical tension. We can’t take such things as complacently as some peo ple, and so we’ll just stay out. “If our friends would like to work for us in politics, let them substitute a few efforts for The Standard. We prefer it just now.” Sensible man! Too many good newspaper men have already been mined by heeding the buz of the po litical bee. They may not be aware of it, but there be few editors who have yet condescended to enter poli tics that have not impaired their use fulness thereby. They don’t moan to truckle or stoop to small matters, but it grows on them unconsciously. They do not care to offend because they may lose a vote, hence they are blind to many things they would otherwise see of they were free and not looking for the suffrage of the people. Give ur, an untrammeled press, a free press, a press unbridled by gain and unawed by influence, and al though it be a weekly press it will be weakly, but will contribute to the grandeur and purity of our State and nation more than any influx of wealth, social position or glory of conquest. To our mind t v >f> . 'liters of South Carolina—or any other State for that matter—are worth more to their State than all the politicians in the universe. The true editor gives the cream of his life to those whom he serves, while tho average' politician like a leech, sucks the life blood from his constituents and when he has filled his greedy soul or can no longer hold on by reason of disfavor, retires from public view and few, if any, are benefitted by his work. The work of an editor, if he be true, will live on and on until after the clods cover his remains. Give us editors who eschew politics, editors who love their work, editors whoso highest ambition is to point out, as best he sees it, the way to truth and honor, editors who want to do something for mankind. Those are the kind of edi tors we need. The editor who yields to temptation and answers the en treaties of his friends to run for of fice may not be aware of it, but he cannot remain free and untrammeled. Oh we know of honest editors in poli tics—just as we know of statesmen in politics—but tho longer an honest editor remains in politics the more liable he is to yield to the influences surrounding politics. Some of our brethren have been honored in the re cent primary throughout the State. Wo trust they will prove strong and useful in the positions to which they have been chosen. Some have been defeated in their ambition to hold office. Wo trust their defeat will the better fit them for editorial duty. We do not make the broadside as sertion that all politicians are cor rupt, but the tendency of politics, as a revivalist one remarked about the theatre, is downward, therefore he who puts himself in the current is liable to go down. Brethren of the press, let’s endeavor to be as useful to humanity as possible. We haven’t a great while to stay here, so let us make the most of our sojourn here The Ledger believes the best way for an editor to do is to turn a deaf ear to the political bee. A Religious Swindle. A scheme to swindle the colored people of this section of the country, says The State, was unearthed a few days ago in a rather peculiar manner by several printers. A negro came into a local printing office for the purpose of having printed several hundred copies of a letter purporting to have been written by the Savior and found several years after His crucifixion. On a number of ques tions being asked him, it was found that he was going to sell them to his race at so much per copy, and that the letter was supposed to ward off all diseases and bring the best kind of luck to the owner of the letter. The letter has the following head ing: “Copy of a letter written by our Savior, Jesus Christ. “Found 18 miles from Icnnium for ty-five years after our Be ssed Sa vior’s cruciflxation, transn tied from tho Holy City by a converged Jew, faithfully transcribed from its origi nal Hebrew copy now in possession of Lady Cuba’s family now in Meso potamia. “The letter was written by Jesus Christ and found under a great stone, both large and round at the top of the cross, 18 miles from Iconium, near a village called Mesopotamia.” Tho following inducement to buy is at the foot of the letter and is regarded as a sacrilege of the worst sort: “And whoever shall have a copy of this letter written by my own hand writing and keep it in their house, nothing shall hurt them, neither pes tilence, lightning nor thunder shall do them harm. “You shall have no answers from Me save by the Holy Scrptures until tho day of judgment. “All goodness and prosperity shall be in the house where a copy of this letter shall be found.” MENACE TO THE CONSTITUTION. A Card From Mr. Poole. Sunnyside, S. C., Sept. 12, 1!)04. Editor Ledger:—In perusing The Gaffney Ledger of the 9th inst. I see a card from J. L. Strain regarding the magistrate’s election in the pri mary of August 30th,- and his with drawal from the second race, part of which is an insult to me and my friends. Will you please allow me space in your valued paper to give my version and place myself right be fore your readers? Strain says he conformed to all the Citizens Must Ever Be on Guard Against Dangers of Usurpation. [From Judge Alton B. Parker's ad dress of acceptance, Aug. 10, 1904.] It becomes desirable to call atten tion to the fact that the people, in whom all power resides, have seen fit, through the medium of the con stitution, to limit the governmental power conferred and to say to de partments created by it: “Thus far shalt thou go and no farther.” To secure tho ends sought the people have by tho constitution separated and distributed among the three de partments of government—the execu tive, legislative and judicial—certain powers, and it is the duty of those administering each department, so to act as to preserve, rather than to de stroy, the potency of the co-ordinate branches of the government, and thus secure the exercise of all the power- conferred by the people. Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to William C. Jarvis, touching the per petuity of our institutions, written many years after he had retired to private life, said: “If the three pow ers of our government maintain their mutual independence of each other, it may last long, but not so if either can assume the authority of the other.” It must be confessed that in the course of our history executives have employed powers not belonging to them; statutes have been passed that were expressly forbidden by the constitution, and statutes have been set aside as unconstitutional when it was difficult to point out the provis ions said to be offended against in their enactment; all this has been done with a good purpose, no doubt, but in disregard, nevertheless, of the fact that ours is a government of laws, not of men, deriving its “just powers from the consent of the gov erned.” If we would have our gov ernment continue during the ages to come, for the benefit of those who shall succeed us, we must ever be on guard against the danger of usurpa tion of that authority which resides in the whole people. Mr. Duncan Elected Chief. [Cleveland Star.] At a meeting of the board of aider- men held Tuesday, Coke Duncan of Blacksburg. S. C., was appointed | chief of police of Shelby, and Mayor j Jennings was instructed to communi- How to Tell Your Own Fortune. Speaking of tho universal fascina tion of fortune tellers and fortune telling the New York American has tho following valuable hints to give about telling your own fortune. "It might be made a useful thing if we could get into the habit of tell ing our own individual fortunes, in stead of relying upon hysterical or swindling clairvoyants. “You, the young man reading this should make up your mind to be your own fortune teller. “Don’t believe the gentle witch who tells you that you will fail be cause your line of fate is broken. “But tell yourself that you will fail because your line of effort is so of ten broken. “There are other lines that you can read, inside of yourself, and these will tell you some truths about your chances for a long life, or a short one. “If you see in your past life along line of cocktails before breakfast—or after breakfast for that matter—you may predict for yourself a not too i successful career. “To Ito your own fortune teller you : have only to cast out self-deception.: “Stop fooling yourself, and look i honestly into your own character. You can read there pretty accurately what is going to happen to you. And, best of all, you cannot only tell your own fortune, but you can control it, if you will bo guided and warned by the weaknesses that you see in your own personality. “Tell yourself truthfully your mis takes, and follow along the lines of your misconduct to their final, in evitable end. "If you are a gambler, you can see | in the crystal ball disgrace' and fail ure in the end. “If you are insincere, you can see i loss of friends and self-respect. “If you are inclined to drink, you j can see a life wasted and withered toward the close. “If you are selfish, you will see in the future tho lonely bitterness that selfishness brings.” sss BEST TONIC It increases the appetite, tones op th« stomach, invigorates and strengthens the system, and furnishes purer and better blood for the up building of the run-down constitution. You will find no tonic 1 to act so promptly and beneficially where the health has givea way, the strength over-taxed by hard work and close confinement* Those living in the low, marshy sections of the country, exposed to miasmatic poisons and breathing the impure air arising from stagnant pools and swamps, till their _ , 4 S ... Canton, Ohio, Aa?. 6,1908> Systems are filled With ma- Gentlemen: S.S.S.ie a good medicine. I keen laria and their health under- ^ house all the while. It i» an exoelle&s ■ j mi n j o o e tonic to give strength to the system and tone ta mined, will find o. o. o. a all the organs. It gives appetite and energy and most excellent tonic, and its ma kes one feel better in every way. I have found , , .. it also an excellent blood purifier. For months I timely use has many times was troubled with an itchlni? skin eruption on prevented the serious com- tho fac®. and I tried specialists and many reins- fi- . • r. „ diea to g-et a cure, but S. 8. 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T ho use of Vou* ideal remedy in cases where specific has driven away all indications of Dy#. the blood ha, deteriorated, - Saddles at Smith Hardware Co’s. cate to him his election. Chief Dun- r "!“'ii "‘Y*’ "p ,Y'"7' 1I1 'T w “"'T I can is a brave and fearless officer, and rnnniremnnt, of the law by publicly , vl llant and capabl( , announcing himself, signing the j ° pledges, etc. I claim that magis trates are not strictly county officers.' and the rule of signing the pledge j does not apply to them, it is a town ship affair. A vote is taken to get | FOR RENT. Advertisements under this neao wil oc Inserted for one cer » :t wor d each tnser- tton. No ad Inserted for less thsin ten cent) FOR RENT—Four room cottage with good out buildings, in good lo cality. Apply tf) Mrs. R. C. Howard. 9-16-lt. the stomach disordered and that I feel in better physical C audition than _ annetite has failed have in years. 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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GAm Two Ohio farmers have been oper ated upon for appendicitis, confirm ing General Grosvenor’s claims of widespred prosperity. AH kinds of Job Work d ^ ie prices cojnmensurate with high grade work. Try us. at The Ledger neatlv and at rir— pr..« the voice of the people as to who they wish the governor to appoint. This way gives more satisfaction than the old rule of troubling the senators and legislators with the. petitions. J I., Strain and I have both been can didates for the magistrate’s office several times, and I have never been assessed or required to comply with itch rules, and do not suppose he was. T am satisfied that the county executive committee view the matter as J do. 1 -'-vv Pave a notice from I. F. Bell, Fsn., chairman of the board, saying J. L. Strain had advised him that he did not intend to be a candidate the second time, which left me the nomination, so far as the pri mary was concerned. I think this should end it. Strain says he looked upon by candidacy as a hugh joke un til the day before the election. This | f ii rr 4 's false, as I will show. Many times RFC lull OI Iflt. F had been solieted by my friends to hoeome a candidate again, hut I did not consent until August 24th. On tho L’.'tli l wrote my announcement and sent one to each precinct to he posted. Please notice that Strain says that lie did not know of it until the 29th. tho day before the election, if you will look at his communication from Etta Jane. Aug. 27th. iu the Gaff ney Ledger of Aug. 3ftth, you will see that, he concluded by saying, "J. Rufus Poole, Esq., is announced as a can didate for magistrate for this, Gow- deysville, township.” This shows lie FOR RENT—Five nice rooms for i family use over Gaffney Drug Store. | A. N. Wood. Sept. 9-tf I FOR RENT—The former Lipscomb j Hotel, with outbuildings. Apply to j ! Mrs. A. E. Lipscomb or J. C. Lip- I scomb. 9-G-tf. FOR RENT—The T. I. Walker house for rent. Hall & Willis, Attys. ! 8 30 tf Like the running brook, the j F0R rent—Brick house for waTe- red blood that flows through house or stables. A. N. Wood, the veins lias to come from 8-mf. FOR RENT—The Spencer house on Frederick street. A. N. Wood. 7: 22-tf. somewhere. The springs of red blood are found in the soft Core Of the FOR RENT—Nice G-room cottage bones called the marrow and j with a11 improvements, on Grenard j some say red blood also comes :—rer;— C n J , tr ii.i_ i SUITES OF ROOMS to let in the from the spleen. I lealthy bone : star Theatre, a. n. Wood. 3-22-tr marrow and healthy spleen j —wanted ! 17,WANTED—Boarders, regular or bCOtt s Lrn 111 Sion makes new I table First class fare. Rooms nicely blood by feeding the bone furnished. Best of service. Every-; mnrrmv nnrl tho snWn with thing new. Electric lights and water- marrou ana tne spleen Wlth| workg Terms moderate. Mrs. Ag- the richest of all fats, the pure jnes Wood, Webster & Jefferies build-] cod liver oil. For pale school girls and in\ahcL and foi all whose keeper; good references. Address blood is thin and pale, Scott’s | Mrs. Jano Garner, Gaffney, s. c. Emulsion is a pleasant and rich ! Sep t- 16 - 20 'P d - „ blood food. It not only feeds WANTED—Hides of every descrip 10 to 20 Per Cent. Reduclion Has been made in rates in a number of classes of risks. Tiisuro TypA-NT WOOD & SMITH, Agents Old Reliable Companies Bonds Written J ing, Robinson street, i 9-3-4t-Fri. The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Co, Offers for sale Building Lots In this flourisliing town, Gaffney; also Farms ne 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 through or over the lands of this company, cuttlnt: and removing timber, fishing or hunting, under penalty of law. tion; chickens, eggs and Disease Peculiar to Women. If Acid Iron Mineral is used ac cording to directions as an interna! remedy, or as “A wash,” and no be nefit follows, after using one 50c hot tie write us and we will refund your money. Sold by Druggists. Acid Iron Mineral Co. Columbia, S. C. Card of Thanks. To the voters of Cherokee county: For the splendid vote you gave me on the 13th inst. for supervisor of Cherokee county, I tender you my sincere thanks and promise you my best service. Wm. Phillips. did know it. He further states that the blood-making organs but A Robertson he had no time to meet the issues rrjves them Strength to do planned to defeat him. There was °. . <-> , no plan.. I was honorably aud fairly tiielF proper WOl’k, elected. I was at Wilkinsvlllo Aug. Flh, and never witnessed a more quiet election. There I received 93 votes. Strain 07. Strain was al Sar- butter. Z. 9-9tf. Send fur free sample. SCOTT A UOW’NK, Chemists, 409-415 Peat 1 street, New York. 50c. aii>i{:.oo; all druggists. WANTED—Music pupils. Piano lessons $3.00 per month; Burrowes’ kindergarten $2.50. Fannie Corry. 9-3-4t. ratts, where I received 00 votes and he 17. My total was 153. Strain 84. thus giving me a majority of 0‘*. He says that ho signed the pledge. If so, he pledged himself to abide the result of the election. Why did he not do it? Because he thought he could have my vote ruled out by the county executive committee. Failing to do that he kept his announcement in The Ledger until I suppose he was convinced ho would stand no clianeo in the second race. See. in his card he then withdrew, threatening to carry it to the governor. I think it vain in him to cherish a hope of in fluencing the governor to appoint him by setting aside the voice of a large majority of the voters of our town ship, as was expressed at the ballot box, and reversing the decision of the county executive committee. Ah! no. my friend, the time lias long since passed when he might have worked a trick of that kind with a governor of this State. Thanking my friends for the larve vote they gave me August 30th. and assuring those who opposed me that I entertain nothing but the kindest feeling for them, as my motto is, “Al- ways vote for the man of your choice,” I am, Respectfully, J. Rufus Poole. If an artist understands figures he isn’t necessarily a mathematician. Wood’s Seeds. VIRGINIA GRAY .j Winter Oats. | Sow Early For Best ~ " , 41 Our Trade Mark Brand is the h »st and cleanest quality that it is possible to procure. Hairy, or Winter Vetch, bmvn with Winter Oats, makes tiic largest possible yield of the be.-t and most nutritious hay. Write for prices. WOOD’S DESCRIPTIVS FALL CATALOG Tells all about seeds for fall sowing. It is the most valua ble an«' helpful publication of the kind issued in America. Mailed tree on request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. 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- 8-26-tf FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Second-hand lumber good as new. A. N. Wood. FOR SALE- h »uso, corner tree streets. Alexander. -My lot and six-room Frederick and Peach- Terms easy. T. J. 9-13-tf. Rural Mail Boxes. Go to R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. for your Engine and Steam Fittings; Gandy, Rubber and Leather Belting, Cane Mills and Evapora tors; Wagons and Buggies; Bari) Wire, Wire and Cut Nails. Don’t fail to see us before you buy your hardware—We want your business. R* M* Wilkins Hardware Co* p —-iii i EXECUTOR’S NOTICE. All persons holding claims against the estate of L. M. Holland, deceased, are requested to file same, duly at tested, with the undersigned execu Catarrh Cannot b<* Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, us they can not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh o^de^tn^-nro b d, ri ls °' a , nd '■>«’ uuu-rs.g.,.-., execu- edles. Hall's Catarrh Curl's lake'if t^te?! tor on " r before October 15th, 1904, nally, and acts directly on the mucous sur- and all persons Indebted to said es- faces. Hall s ( atarrh < ure Is not a tale art* hereby notified to make iinv- medtetne. It was prescribed l«y one of the ” 11 * uuwuou 10 maKU puj best physicians In this country for years 1° ’ • 11 lid and Is a regular prescription. It Isennipos-d of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect eomhlnation of the two ingredients Is what produees sueh wonderful results In curing Catarrh, s.ml for testimonials, free K. J. CHENEY A CO.. Props.. Toledo. O Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall'sFamlly Pills are tho best. klward A. September 16th, Trescot, Executor, HliickHlturg, S. C. 1904. 1 aw-it. 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. DAMAGED LUMBER FOR SALE. ' Threo hundred thousand feet of 1 damaged lumber, all heart and per-1 fectly sound, saved from the wreck ! of the Clifton and Pacolet Mills, com posed of 3x10 flooring, 0x8 and 8x10 sills, various lengths, column posts of different sizes, and over five hundred floor beams from 14 to 16 by 22 and 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, 9-2-1 mo Jonesville, S. C. NOTICE. Beginning September 15th we will grind at tho roller mill on Friday and Saturday of each week only. Victor Oil Co. Sept. 9-13-16-20-23-27-30. BANNER SA LVE th# most hMlinfl salvo In tha world. Money Loaned. L OANS on Improved farm* for a term of year* al aeven per cent Intereat. No ooiiimWslona. For Information apply to J. 0 Jefferies, Attorney at Law. CUTP F’RIOES. I have “knifed” the prices on all Slippers, Straw H its and summer Dress Goods. *Now is your time to get Slippers and Straw Hats for less than whole sale price. My entire line of summer goods, consisting of Lawns, India Linens, Batistes, Organdies, Dotted Swiss, Dimities and White Waistings in lace-stripe effects will be sold at cost for cash—no goods charg ed in this sale. I will also close out a lot of Ladies Summer Under- vests at greatly reduced prices during this sale. We will offer a big lot of youths’, boys’and chil dren’s Suits at cost for the next few days. Bring the little gents around and let us fit them up in a nice suit for a little money. We will also offer a few men’s two-piece Suits at cost to close out. We have had a very flattering trade on Negligee Shirts and Gent’s Fnrnishings generally but still have a nice assortment to select from. See us be fore buying your shirts. Good Flour from $2.00 to $2.60 per 100—every sack guaranteed. One and two two quart Fruit Jars at prices that can’t be beat. If you are looking for goods at money-saving prices go to my store at Goforth’s, S. C., or come to my store in the city. Yours for trade,