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sr'fc- Beginning January 1st the price of The Ledger will be $1.50 a year. Those who desire to do so/nay take advantage of the $1.00 a year rate by paying $1.00 for another year any time before January 1st. AN EXPLANATION. The mechanical department of The Ledger is run entirely by machinery and we depend upon a kerosene en- gipe for our power. Monday the en gine became unruly and it was almost an entire day before we could get it in the notion to run, consequently we are twenty-four hours late. This is the second offense of this nature in ten years. We beg the indulgence of our friends and promise to not let it happen again—If we can prevent it. The postmaster requests us to in form the public that the tardiness is not due to neglect on his part. This we cheerfully do. Postmaster Folger has always treated us with due cour tesy and lent us all the assistance within his power toward getting the paper to its patrons on time. Writing in Public Schoota. [From the Chicago Tribune.] In the face of such testimony against it as such practical and pro gressive business men as A. C. Bart lett give, the school board can hardly retain the vertical writing system. There is obviously no use In boys learning to write in a way that they must promptly unlearn when they go to work in business. The complaint against the old slop ed or “Spencerian” hand once almost universal in our schools, was that, while easy to write rapidly and not difficult to write compactly, with high speed it tended, with many writers, to become the illegible. The complaint against the vertical hand now in vogue is that, while legible, it is diffi cult to write compactly and cannot be written rapidly. The constant effort has been to de vise some universal system of pen manship that would be at the same time compact, rapid and legible. This effort can not be said to have succeed ed. A correspondent suggests that it has failed because it ignores the phy sical and mental difference between children. This correspondent further sug gests that the solution of the problem will be found, not in experimenting with or devising more systems of penmansUp, but in discarding sys tems altogether and fixing attention on results. That was what he had to do, through much childish tribula tion, in order finally to be able to write rapidly and legibly. Of course, children in learning to write must have models for imitation. There seems no reason, however, why all children should be compelled to imitate the same models, regardless of results. They will not do so In their practical work in life. They will take the easiest way to get as near as possible to the desired re sults. What is demanded of the schools is that they teach all their pupils to write rapidly and compactly when necessary, and legibly at all times. It seems quite evident that no one system of penmanship can give to all children the training that will ac complish these results. Then why should not the school board discard system altogether, as our correspondent suggests, and in struct the teachers that it is not of the least consequence how their pu pils write so that their writing be rapid, compact and legible? PICTURE. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The order for the election on the dispensary question will be found in another column of this issue. - • • • Editor Hamel, of the Kershaw Era, is not only a scholar and a gentleman, but a man with a backbone. His treatment of the lynching of Morri son wfts superb. We need more men like John Hamel in South Carolina. • • • Mr. D. A. Thomas is no longer con nected with The Ledger. Mr. Andrew W. Griffith will hereafter look after the local department. Friends of the paper will confer a favor by informing Mr. Griffith or the editor of local events. We shall strive to keep the paper up to the standard, and, if pos sible, improve upon it. • • • The Southern people who dislike Mr, Roosevelt and his social equality ideas now r have a chance to show how much they dislike him. The Demo cratic campaign managers are calling for funds with which to prosecute the campaign. If you dislike the presi dent $l’s worth contribute $1, if you dislike him $2’s worth, contribute $2. In other words contribute just in pro portion to your dislike of Mr. Roose velt. • • • Ex-Senator Matthew \V. Ransom, of i North Carolina, died at his country home in Northampton county Satur-j day morning. He was seventy-eight i years of age. Senator Ransom was without doubt one of the foremost' 7: 22-tf. men of his day and generation. His! SUITES OF ROOMS engagement in th< theatre of life was ; ^ tar fbeatre. A. N a remarkably successful one. His | state and county are richer for his i having lived and are poorer because of LOST—Between State Line ami his death. He was indeed a noble Latfney, lady s black jacket. Hndei Roman, if not the noblest of them all. FOR RENT. I Advertisements uuucr Vtil* fiend a in jo inserted for one cent a word each luser- Hot. Nosd inserted for less than ten cents TO RENT—The store occupied by the Gaffney Drug Co. Apply to J. E Greene. 9-30-tf. Scenes On a Railroad Train and the Train of Life. Be ye therefore ready also, for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not—Luke 12:40. These are words spoken by our Saviour while on earth. We find that In all His teaching He urges men to be ready at all times, for the com ing of the Lord. He tells us in another place that the Son of man shall “come as a thief in the night.” These warnings of His show to us the great love He has for man. and how anxious He is for all to be saved from the awful second death. With all the warnings He gave us from His own lips, and with all the occurances in life to show that the words of this text are true, why is it that man will procrastinate, or put off the preparation of his soul’s sal vation? In the counting room, in the store, in the shop and in all vocations of life, man is busy pursuing his various callings, and preparing for the things of this life; and while so doing death suddenly comes, and claims its vic tim; and in an hour when man least expects the Son of Man has come, and found him unprepared. Will you hear my voice when I cry: Today Is the day of salvation, and heed the warning of our Christ and be ye also ready. Look at this picture! Here is an engineer on his engine at the station. The passengers are crowding into the coaches, the signal is given, and the brave engineer puts "his hand upon the throttle and his eye upon the rail.” He pulls the throttle and the great iron horse snorts and starts on its Journey—with each revolution of the great driving wheels the train gets faster and faster, until after awhile it is flying through the air. As the strong engineer watches the track before him, he thinks of the many lives which are in his hands, and this thought keeps every nerve strained to pull his load of human freight safely to its destination. As he rides, thus thinking of his responsibility, he also looks forward to the time when he has made the run, and relieved himself of the re sponsibility—of how he will go to his J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office Over The Battery. ’Phone 8a home, and there meet l)is wife, and embrace his baby in his arms: the thought of death and accident Is not on his mind. In the cars behind his engine are the passengers, and as the train thun-j ders on through the night, each pas- • senger’s mind has some thought. There Is the little babe in its mother’s arms, and she sits and ! thinks of the future life of her child. Also in this train is the young man and the young lady, in the bloom of life. As they ride upon this train, the thought of death is not upon their minds. Their time is spent in fun and Jesting and the gayeties of life. There is the old man and the old la- day with their gray locks, and they ride upon this train not thinking of death, but thinking of the past en joyments of life. There are some on this train who sit and meditate on God’s law, and of His love and good ness, and of the life to come. The train thunders on until after awhile the whistle sounds through the night air. It begins to slow down, and finally it stops at a station, and here we see a sad picture. Entering the car is an old gray haired man, a young lady, a wife and four children. They take their seats, and as they sit In silence, we can see that their souls are much grieved while in the baggage car ahead is a coffin which contains the body of the husband of the lady and father of the children. The train again leaps forth into the night, all on board feel ing safe. Station after station is passed, while the engineer watches the track before him. In the cars be hind we take a look and there we see some in sorrow, some in happi ness, some thinking of business, some breathing out a prayer to God, some breathing out oaths, while others are asleep on the seats. All seems to be contentment, when suddenly, above the roar of the cars, as the train rounds a curve, the shriek of the whistle is heard. There seems to be something the matter; every eye Is strained to see through the darkness of the night. Then comes an awful crash—What Is the matter? Two trains have run together, and one hundred souls are ushered into eter nity. This picture, my people, but poorly illustrates the scenes on the great 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. 9-6-tf. FOR RENT—The T. I. Walker house for rent. Hall & Willis, Attys. 8-«i>tf. _ t I FOR RENT—Brick house for ware house or stables. A. N. Wood. 8-22-tf. FOR RENT—The Spencer bouse on Frederick street. A. N. Wood. DR. W. K. GUNTER, DENTIST Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. Crown and bridge work a specialty. to let Wood. in the 3-22-tf LOST. picas*- leave at Ledger office. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. Over Cherokee Drug Co. Phone 55. Wiliuam H. Hall. Jr. jamkh A. Willi* HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNKVS AT LAW STAR TIILA'IKE BLOG. c_'. Notary Public In ofib-e. Prompt attentioi Iveu to all businehs. LOST—A white and liver colored spotted pointer pup; about two months old. Reward if returned to Dr. W. A. Fort. Oct. 11-14-18. Not On Church Grounds. Editor The Ledger:—Please allow me space to correct a mistake con-1 cernii „ the shooting at Suck Creek j church, that ca’ ie otu in your issue i WANTED, of Tuesday, the 4th inst. Tin- shooting was not on the church WANTED—A hustling young man ground, neither was any of the fight- of good address; must he ing; t or were services broken up, as j sork. Address A, care stated. There were hundreds of r*eo- j ney, S. C. pie, like myself, who did not know-any-1 „ thing of the occurrences until after I WANTED home nice, preachir ' t ' e ’ atiOU l two years old. 1. M. i’eeier. I nial:° this corroftiou for the sake 1 _ of the reputation of our association i WANTED—Hides of every descrip- C. Eskridge B 4 U your ■{!;<< kmj liliing ll mi*. All Smithing, Iron and Wood Work done in first-class style and at reasonable rates. (Fortenberrys’ old stand.). The Kandy Kitchen Keeps in the lead with a fine assort ment of Domestic an Imported Can dies—fresh every day. California Fruits. A nice line of Apples, Oranges and Bananas—all ripe, sound and sweet. Come to headquarters for your Fruits and Candies. Cheaper than any- body. S. R. Suber, Prop. Fine Perfumes Matter of Health There is a quality in Royal Baking Powder which makes the food more digestible and wholesome. This peculiarity of Royal has been noted by physicians, and they accord ingly endorse and recom mend it. kOVAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK. ►w train of life. This great train pf life, churches asleep on the stool of do- loaded with mortal men and women, is on ihe track of time, speeding on to eternity. The engineer Time Is at the throttle and as she rushes on through the years, passing planet af ter planet in her orbit around the sun, we look at the passengers aboard her and what do we behold? We see the hosts of God at prayer, for the nothing, as the train rushes on. On she rushes, while warning after warning has been given to the pas sengers that eternity is rushing down the same track to meet this train of life, and that at any hour the collision may come, and the ‘.rain of life be wrecked. But men procrastinate— they neglect their souls’ salvation. safety of all on board. We see the j they sleep and slumber, eat, drink, sick on beds of affliction. We seethe marry and are given in marriage, and young people banqueting, and spend- know not until the Son of man has ing the time in the amusements which come the opportunity has passed, and the devil places along the way. We they cry out—“Lost! Lost!! Lost!!! see me merchant in the store, the What I say unto you, I say unto carpenter at the bench, the banker at all—Watch, for when ye think not the his counting table, the children at Son of man cometh! their play, the gambler at his cards, Louie Gaines. the drunkard at his drinks, the idler loafing, and over one-half of the Subscribe for The Ledger $1 a year. IT IS OUR AIM To handle all business intrusted to us to the en tire satisfaction of our patrons. Call on us when you wish to deposit or borrow money. of Gaflney, S. C, OPEN TILL 5 EVERY DAY I The Prudent and " ' Buyer ♦ 1 m- t )><■ to ■ bo willing to I | W Ledger, Gag- I I \ Oct. 4-tf. I I x i, fat beef-cat- 1 >o. I will say that if w<* can get ovidvnee against the ones who did i!i<* lighting ami shooting, we will do the rest. We thank Mr. Moore for being on the lookout for whiskey-sellers, and are sorry that lie <jhl not get more of them. Such things are very common at or near our churches near the line j between North and South Carolina, I and we hope Mr. Moore may find i some more of the whiskey-sellers “up the chimney.” t Another thing that I dislike on Sun-! day, the day that our association adjourn people generally sell soda' water, candy, and other little things. It Is not right for such to he allowed on the Sabbath day; and 1 say to my colored brothers of this county, let us not allow it. Our m-xt association, of 1905, will meet In the city of Gaffney at Bethel Baptist church. Let everybody see that there be no whiskey sold through the “cat-hole’’ at this session. Respectfully, S. J. Lipscomb. Gaffney, Oct. 8, 1904. tion; chickens, A. Robertson. eggs and FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Four Oleanders Awo white and two red. Mrs. E. C. Jeffe ries, R. F. J). No. 5. 10-7-ltpd. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY—A first-class grocery business; or will •eut; good location for any business Address 14, care Ledger. Oct. 4-7. J ' 9-9tf Wrecks of all kinds repaited quirk ! • o; ( ] vehicles made : s good as new Rubber tops put on your buggies Know that your cash has its equivalent at my shop. Tell me votir wants; I will meet them. Ash hickory, oak and poplar for your job Little breaks trouble make; I mend them Kimih I'd meet you, genteel I’ll treat you. INSURANCE —Cotton Wood k. Smith, Agents. insured. FOR SALE- house, coiner tree streets. Alexander. -My lot and six-room Frederick and Reach- Terms easy. T. J. 9-13-tf After a man has worke 1 hard to make some money he can work twice aw hard to keep people from getting it away from him. A woman can have a good thinking what a good time nhe have if she were having it time would It is queer how’ sure a woman with shapely arms is that you wul! know hhe is that way elsewhere. I The older a Joke is the younger is the fellow w f ho gets It off for some thing new. A man is brave when he will admit he is afraid to argue with his wife. The average man Is always want ing to do something he can’t. friends FOR SALE—I offer for sale two of the most desirable residence lots in Gaffney. Apply to Z. A. Robertson. 9 Mt THE Johnson-Tiiiison house for sal*;. A bargain. Call on J. C. O 9-9 tf. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. There will be a I>og Robing in ■ Wooodmen Camp tonight at S o\ : >ck. G. W. 6peer, ch-rk. MONEY LOANED. LOANS on improved farms for a term of years at seven p'-r cent, in terest. No com in l >-sion h. For infor mation apply to J. (J. Jefferies, Attor- 1 ney at Law. tf. WANTED! * All yout eloiheHtlmt tiicU brltfbtfcnioir up. itriioi tle-fn to us. Wi. wtlJ unkt llieiu look fr«-*h Aiul new. All woik done t»y expert tnUoi-n. Hee u» end Join otir elub. ROBIKiM 4 JOURS, Tailors Over W. U. Teluurnph ' »t11t:e. IMiotis No. II W. T. THOMPSON. Or. S. H. Grilfitli, PHYS1CAN - SURGEON - OCULIST Former puj ii of the celebra ted Oculi-t, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, of Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate tourse in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. GUises Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. J* & j* XiciV“ritfice in Cherokee Drug Co., B ldg notTce I have moved mv st^ck of goods into the Byart building next door to Carroll, Carpenter & Byers, k and will continue to handle Gro ceries Shoes, Huts, Notions, Crockery, Glassware, Light Hardware, ami almost anything you nerd. 1 will open up a Meat Market in rear of my store on < >ct. 1st. Your patronage solic- cited. Yours to please. I. M. PEELER. T oilet Articles \Ye give a great deal of atten tion to perfumes because this is a line that requires it. Per fumes must be selected with care. The goods of our make are not apt to lie uniformly ex cellent, hence knowledge and discrimination are needed. Our stock is an assortment of ihe best and therefore no matter what yam may select, you can be sure that the older is one which will please you in all respects In this line are Handkerchief Extracts, Toilet Waters, Sachet Powders, Co lognes, Etc. Our assortment of Toilet Acids ami prepara tions is equally complete. We have just what you want. »«i To all -uc it lowest price it - to your iiiu fa n W 8 e21iG Cherokee Drug Company, Prescription Druggists, Corner of Limestone and Frederick Sts. See Os Before We not only appeal to this kind of shopper hut to the person of elaborate taste and the one with moderate means. We want to make it to your interest to deal with us, it makes no difference what your circumstan ces are. We will make : ; : : : : : ; • Some Special Prices on Silks, Laces and Embroideries for the next So days. Our line of Dress Goods consist of : ; ; ; : : The Best ThiMs in the Market. Mixtures. Silk Downe, Veiling, Sicilious, Haim er, Smoothe Shored Eibalines, Broad Cloths, Dress Trimmings in Laces, Oplique Braids, Alio and other things found in a well assorted stock, is a year when : : : ; : : a lus Money Will Be More Plentifal M than have usual it at good merchandise will be moderate prices. See us on Shoe night claim that we for the price. can give as good as there i» to W J. Wilkins d Gaffney, South Carolina mk . ' kd'-: Mm %