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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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Obiturarles 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. Beginning January 1st the price of The Ledger will be $1.50 a year. Those who desire to do so may take advantage of the $1.00 a year rate by paying $1.00 for another year any time before January 1st. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Our ticket for 1908:—Dotiglass and Aycock. And we will bet dollars to ■doughnuts the Republicans will not Lave such a walkover. • • 4 Judge Parker’s/ candidacy contin ues to be the hfatt of ridicule of the newspaper pa/agraphers. Seriously, however, it is. astonishing what a poor race the Judge made. « * • McCue, the Virginia wife murderer, ha^bejftn sentenced to hang—a fitting dimple to a most brutal crime. We wisjft South Carolina courts and juries would do their duty half so well. • • • Those who have entered the con test for the best acre of upland corn in Cherokee will please make their report at once, as we wish to an nounce the winner of the ton of guano. * • • The Chester Lantern has washed its face and put oft a new dress and as a consequence looks more charm ing than ever. Brother Bingham gets out one of the best semi-weekly pa pers in the State. • • • Douglass, the Massachusetts shoe man, does not make the Walkover shoe, but he had a decided walkover in the recent election. He is a man of affairs, values advertising and knows how to use the space he buys with good effect. • * * It is the concensus of opinion that last Saturday was the soberest Sat urday the people of Cherokee have ex perienced in many a day. After the novelty of going to Spartanburg for liquor wears off we may expect a still greater improvement. • • • We believe it was the Charlotte Observer that predicted that Douglass had as much showing to carry Mass achusetts as the Republicans had to carry South Carolina. You can’t al ways tell what is going to happen when it comes to voting. • • • Yorkville has a new paper, The New Era, with Mr. E. G. Sandifer as edi tor. Mr. Sandifer is a North State boy, although he has been living in South Carolina for about fourteen years. He is a very quiet, unassum ing gentleman and will give the citi zens of York county a clean paper. We wish him success. • • • The balloting for the most popular lady in Cherokee has not assumed a very exciting stage so far. Unless the people begin to vote we will declare the contest off. We made the propo sition in good faith, but we have no desire to give the watch away unless the people take an interest in the matter. So far but one vote has been received at this office. Hereafter votes must be sent in once a week. • • • It’s time for every official in Cher okee to get busy, and stay busy, too. There is an element that proposes to ride rough shod over the wishes of the people in the matter of the sale of whiskey in this county, and the sooner they are taught to respect the law the better it will be for every body. It’s that spirit of “I’ll do as I please, irrespective of the law,’’ that Is tending to make our land one of bloodshed and disorder. • • • We note with pleasure the promo tion of our genial friend, Mr. P. H. Fike, of the Spartanburg Herald, who is now doing a large part of the edi torial work on that paper. Mr. Fike is peculiarly fitted for newspaper work, and in his new and larger sphere we may expect to see more of his brilliant work than heretofore. The fact that he is so modest and un assuming adds strength to his quali ties as a newspaper man, and we confidently predict that he will de velop into one of the best all-rounc workers in this State. We congratu late the owner of The Herald upon his display of wisdom. The Greater Smith Carnival is In our midst. It came here from New berry and brings good recommenda tions. We are not so puritanical as to believe that everything of an amusement nature is bad. For six years we have been more or less con nected with the show business, and while we have seen some things that were of the “downward tendency, we can conscientiously say that by far the majority of the people we have met in the business have displayed towards us an inclination to be hon est and upright in their dealings, and charitable towards their fellow-men. It is true, they live in a world of their own, so to speak, and the outside pub lic has little chance to know them; and while there are some thieves and crooks among them, the vast majority are made of the stuff of which gentle men and ladibs are made. The Dispensary Election. [Yorkville Enquirer.] Senator Brice is very much pleased at the result of the dispensary elec tion in Cherokee county; but is really a little surprised at the overwhelming majority that was rolled up against the dispensary. When the enemies of the Brice bill proposed their half mill tax on coun ties that should vote against dispen saries, the senator denounced the proposition as an effort to penalize morality, but since the Cherokee peo ple have said that they will have mor ality regardless of cost, Mr. Brice is delghted with their choice. Speaking of the dispensary situa tion in the presence of the reporter yesterday, Mr. Brice said: “I am opposed to the sale of liquor under any circumstances. That is, I am not willing to endorse the traffic. I believe it is wrong, and as an indi vidual I would not feel warranted in giving it my approval. There are those, however, who think otherwise, and while I cannot bring myself to agree with them, I can concede that they have a right to their views—as much right to their views as I have to mine. “I have become convinceY that this dispensary business —especially the central institution in Columbia—is rotten. As I see it the people of South Carolina are not responsible for the institution of the dispensary. They were never consulted about it and they have never been allowed to say whether or not it has their approval. For the continuance of the dispen sary, however, they are responsible, and I want them to have an opportu nity to say whether or not they are willing to ’bear that responsibility. “It was for this reason that I intro duced what is known as the Brice bill. The intention of this bill was to give the voters of the State a free and full opportunity to say what disposition they would make of the dispensaries. Those who feared the ultimate re sult secured the adoption of the tax provision, very much against my will; but it begins to look as if the people are anxious to abolish the dispensary abomination in spite of the tax. “As to what the next general as sembly will do about the matter I, of course, cannot say; but so far^ as I am concerned, I have no hesitency in saying that I am in favor of abolish ing the central establishment forth with and leaving it to the voters of each county to say whether they will have prohibition or dispensaries under individual or county management. As to what is best to be done with the revenues derived from the sale of liq uor, I have not fully .made up my mind; but I am quite free to say that I am opposed to using them in any manner calculated to fortify the liquor business or encourage its fur ther development.” The State Prosperous. [Fort Mill Times.] People who read the papers from the cities and towns cannot help but reach the conclusion that the citizen ship of South Carolina is in a more prosperous condition than at any other time since the war. One can scarcely pick up a newspaper with out noticing the erection of new homes, manufacturing and mercantile enterprises, etc; little hamlets are springing up all over the State, and former villages are assuming the pro portions and airs of prosperous towns. All .this speaks well for the future of the State; and people who want to buy farm lands or a home in a town while the same is cheap, and where the country is steadily im proving, should lose no time in locat- g in the Palmetto State. Junction at Rock Hill. [Yorkville Enquirer.] It is understood that the Southern Railway people have selected Rock Hill as the half-way station or junct ional point of the Charleston division instead of Blacksburg, which has had that advantage since the building of the road. When the arrangement goes into operation, which will be shortly, the freight train crews that now spend the night at Blacksburg will stop at Rock Hill instead. New port is said to be the exact half-way station between Camden and Marion. The Youth Strenuous. [Newberry Observer.] The Spartanburg Herald says that one day recently Lester Smith, the 17- year-old son of John M. Smith, near Cowpens, picked 602 pounds of cot ton between sunrise and sunset. The Herald can take the kettle. Death of a Colored Woman. Webster, Nov. 9.—Rachel Moore- head, wife of Perry Moorehead, of Gowdeysville, departed this life Mon day night. She leaves behind four children. She was thirty years of age and had been a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist church twelve years. Rev. E. L. Beaty, of Gaffney, preached the funeral. She was buried in Mt. Zion cemetery. a. B. G. We would like to meet that man W. L. Douglas. Any man who can bo elected Democratic governor in Massachusetts when Teddy carries the State by 70,000 majority must be a daisy. He kept pegging away to the last, and that awl-ways brings suc cess.—Durham Sun. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Mrs. John Swygert, of Peaks, is vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Sarratt, on Logan street. Dr. R. F. McKown, of Cherokee Falls, was in the city Friday. D. J. Holt, a prosperous merchant of King’s Mountain, and proprietor of The Fair in this city, was here Fri day and Saturday. W. P. Love, of Love Springs, was in the city Friday. W. D. McPherson, of Clifton, spent Friday and Saturday here looking af ter his property interests near the city. Dr. C. M. Littlejohn spent Friday out of the city. J. R. Healan, Blacksburg’s popular postmaster, was in the city Saturday on business. Lee Patrick, of Wilkinsville, was in the city Saturday. C. P. Sullivan, of Clemson College, spent Sunday in our midst. Miss Gus Brohawn went to Buffalo Sunday to open a school there yester day. Dr. J. A. Hamrick made a business trip to Caroleen, N. C., Friday. Judge Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, arrived in the city Sunday to open court here yesterday morning. J. B. Burgess, of Grassy Pond, was among the comers to the city Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Humphries, of Winston, N. C., visited relatives and friends in the city last week, return ing to their home Sunday. W. J. Blackwell, of Wilkinsville, was in the city yesterday looking for a stray horse. He soon got on track of the animal, and, later in the day, found him. t H. E. DePass, Esq., of Spartanburg, came over yesterday to attend court. M. C. Lipscomb, of the White Plains section, was in town yester day. E. K. Belue, of Blacksburg, came over on the early train yesterday. Miles Smith, postmaster at King’s Creek, was in the city yesterday on business. Magistrate J. W. Nance, of Grin- dali, was in the city yesterday. L. H. Hoyle, of Home, was in the city yesterday. Capt. Charles Petty, of Spartan burg, was in the city yesterday. Magistrate George D. Scruggs, of Ezells, was in the city yesterday. Rev. Thomas Mullinax, of Grover, spent yesterday in the city. I. G. Sarratt, from “over the river,” was in the city yesterday attending court. Mrs. Vic Hudgens, of Blacksburg, spent yesterday in the city shopping. G. Wash McKown, of Wilkinsville, was In the city yesterday. J. C. Plonck, of Cherokee Falls, spent a short while in the city yester day. P. S. Webber, of Star Farm, was in the city yesterday. He renewed for The Ledger. W. H. Chadwick, of Providence, R. I., is in the city on business. R. E. Tompkins, a mining man of Rock Hill, was in the city yesterday. Wm. Burgess, a cotton man of Sha ron, was in the city Saturday. Ed. L. Eison, manager of the Com pany store, has returned from the northern markets. Ira Hardin, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. M. P. McCormick, who has been in China for many years as a missionary, is visiting Capt, and Mrs. J. B. Bell, on Montgomery street. Arrival of Trains. For the convenience of the people og Gaffney and vicinity, we publish below a correct schedule of the ar rival at Gaffney of the passenger trains on the Southern railroad: GOING SOUTH No. 39 arrives at *9:10 A. M. No. 37 arrives at 10:57 A. M. No. 11 arrives at 2:52 P. M. No. 97 arrives at 6:43 P. M. No. 35 arrives at 11:50 P. M. GOING NORTH No. 36 arrives at 7:22 A. M. No. 12 arrives at 4:40 P. M. No. 38 arrives at... 6:40 P. M. No. 40 arrives at 8:26 P. M. No. 97 is a mail train only, and Nos. 37 and 38 are “the vestibules;” and none of the three stops at Gaffney. All the others make regular stops. Mail is sent from Gaffney on all trains except Nos. 97, 39 and 40, and is received from all except Nos. 39 and 40. The mails close at the post- office thirty minutes before each train is due to arrive. The Cow Objected. W. J. Maness had a fine heifer to get away from him a few days ago at his butcher pen. The animal seemed a little "fractious” (probably objected to being turned into food) and the man who had her in charge, and who was to do the butchering, became alarmed for his own safety and “let her go.” Mr. Maness has not heard of her since. FOR SALE. On salesday in December I will of fer before the court house door to the highest bidder the place known as the Byers place, adjoining L. T. Clary and Nancy Wood, on Quinn’s fork of Thickety, containing 365 acres. The property will be offered in three lots; plats to be seen on day of sale. Pur chaser to pay for all papers. T. G. McCraw. Nov. 15, 22, 25, 29, Dec. 2. Tbe Builders Supply ,00. Successors to L. Baker. Will furnish you Building Material of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. i heart pine Shingles and Laths, and Devo’s cele brated Paints—guaranteed to go further and last longer than any other in the market. When in need of anything in the building hue, call and see us; we’ll treat you courteously and mare your es timates for nothing. Iv. Baker, Vloo-Pr«ildent and Manager. NOTICE. We respectfully invite all parties who are interested in organizing an Independent Telephone Company to meet at Gaffney in the supervisor’s office Saturday, Nov. 19th, 1904, at 1 o’clock. A. Harris, C. B. Turner, A. J. McCraw, T. L. Clary, R. E. Linder, J. V. Whelchel, D. W. Cooper, R. A. Hawkins. Nov. 15, 18. F m m es _Have a great deal to do with the Mffeffect of pictures. Many a good picture is spoiled by an inappro priate frame. In a few days we shall be prepared to make IP i c t u. es IPrei rm of every kind and size. If you have an engraving, painting or photograph you want framed, bring it here. We will frame it so as to produce the best possi ble effect. Or, if you have your own ideas as to the proper frame we will carry them out faith- fully.* We won’t overcharge either way. Junnie I—I. Ceiir.T-. Limestone Street. Phone 176. Residence,/71 Fine Fruits. I have the best line of Fruits to be found in the city, all fresh and sweet—Northern Apples, Florida Oranges, Malaga Grapes, Bananas, Etc. Fine Candies Candy made every day—pure and wholesome. All grades of domestic and imported goods constantly on hand. Call in and see my lines. S. R. Suber. Next door to Postoffke. IHGNU ’ DO IVo. 32i Wrecks of all kinds repaired quick Old vehicles made as good as new Rubber tops put on your buggies Know that your cash has its equivalent at my shop. Tell me vour wants; I will meet them. Ash, hickory, oak and poplar for your job Little breaks trouble make; I mend them Kindly I’ll meet you, genteel I’ll treat you. , W. T. THOMPSON. Pity the Blind. Are you still taking your Chickens, Eggs and Butter to a cheap man ora blind man? If you are, stop; just think. I have a great demand for such goods and can use all that you have to sell. Just bring all of your produce to me. I will take care of It and give you the stuff—that is the “Old Man Cash.” He is the fast run ner. See if you can’t catch him. Bring me all of your fat beef cattle and hogs and all of your green or dry hides, and don’t fool with the man any longer that can’t give you the full worth of your goods or money. W. J. MANESS. Headquarters for Meats. Fruits and Groceries. JURY LIST. Writ of venire facias for thirty-six petit jurors for the court of common pleas on Nov. 21st, 1904: J. S. Littlejohn, Allens, W. P. Vassey, Ezells, H. E. Ruppe, Maud, E. G. Webster, Gaffney, W. Parker, White Plains, R. J. Foster, Gowdeysville. P. D. Phillips. Draytonville, Jim Hughes Gaffney, A. A. Crocker, White Plains, B. V. Webber, Macedonia, H. H. Littlejohn, Ravenna, L. D. Bonner, Goucher, S. C. Carlton, Buffalo, Abo Smith, Macedonia, David Bailey, Gaffney, J. H. Bentley, Grassy Pond, Calvin Nance, Gaffney, J. M. Collins, Ezells, Jim Reynolds, Macedonia, W. H. Smith, Gaffney, T. 8. Eliott, Gaffney, ,W. J. Pridmore, Sarratts, J. C. Ratliff, Gaffney, Z. A. Robertson, Gaffney, C. C. Kirby, Gaffney, H. D. Mathis Ravenna, J. W. Richards, Macedonia, Robert Kirby, Timber Ridge, D. R. Parris, Gaffney, Lee Allen, Timber Ridge, Isaac Williams, Ezells, D. M. Clary, Allens, W. E. Osment, Wilkinsville, T. L. Hope, Gaffney, Marlon Owensby Cherokee Falls, Frank McCluney, Wilkinsville. WHO IS SHE? A Solid Gold Watch WALTHAM MOVEMENT ABSOUIIIELY FREE To the Prettiest and Most Popu lar Lady in Cherokee County, Married or Single. Every one of Coupon No. 1 cut from The Ledger and sent in to this office entitles you to a vote for the lady of your choice. It matters not how many you can get Just so they are cut fiom this paper as they appear between now and New Year’s Day, 1905. ; COUPON No. 1 THE LEDGER. Gaffney, 8, C. Gentlemen: I vote for M P. O I believe she is the prettiest and most popular lady in Cherokee County. Bigrned P. O No votes will be accepted after the last day of this year. All votes must reach this office on or before the last day of December, 1904. The lady receiving the largest num* ber of votes cast will receive the watch. It will be ready for delivery to her at The Ledger office January 1st, 1905. Should there be a tie In the vote between two or more the tie shall be settled between the winners themselves. The names of the ladies and the number of votes they receive will be printed in The Ledger every week. The watch is a good one. solid gold, and can be seen at Thus. II. Westrope's Jewelry store. Mr. Westrope guarantees the watch to be solid gold and the works to be of the best. How to Get Coupons. There are many ways of getting coupons. you are a subscriber you will get coupon No. 1 every week up to Issue of December :tOth, unless your subscription expires and your paper is stopped. If you can get papers from your friends containing coupon No. 1, that will be all right, you will be allowed to fill It out and each one will count a vote when sent Into this office. Papers will be on sale at this office all the time, as many as you want at 5 cents per copy, 50 cents per dozen, or $4.00 per one hundred. If you subscribe for The Ledger or renew your subscription to the amount of 25 cents you will be entitled to 5 votes; 50 cents, 10 votos; 75 cents, 15 votes; ft.00, 20 votes. Every 5 cents paid on subscription to The Leuger entitles you to a vote. It matters r.ot how much you pay on your subscr*’^ tlon. You can pay as much or little as you like at a time and as often as you like, it J In case of subscriptions you must always use coupon No. 2 below: J COUPON No. 2 THE LEDGER, Gaffney, 8. C. Gentlemen: Enclosed find $ for months subscription to THE LEDGER and votes In the voting contest for tlie prettiest and most popular lady In Cherokee County. I cast my votes for M P. O -. Signed P. O There will be no restrictions to the voting other than laid down here. Yon may subscribe for The Ledger for a friend and vote for the lady of your choice. You may induce a friend to subscribe and vote for the lady of his choice. The contest will be conducted with tbe strictest regard for fairness and Impartiality. Those living out of town (or In town, either, for that matter) need not send In Ihelr coupons No. 1 each week unless they like. They can wait a few weeks and get a batch of them and send all at once, A strict and accurate account will bo kept of all the votes, and each coupon will be Hied for reference should any dispute arise. After the contest Is over the winner and the two next closest to her will be requested to furnish The Ledger a photograph to publish the following week after tbe winner is announced. Remember, no entries will be made without coupons properly signed and sent In. Address all letters to THE LEDGER, Gaffney, S, C. O R G A N S W E feel very grateful to tbe citizens of Cherokee County for favoring us with their trade during the years 1902, 1903 and 1904; also we have every reason to believe that they are all well pleased with the Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines that they bought from us, as they are beginning now to see that quality figures more than a few dollars in the purchase of an article that is to be used for a long period of time, if not for a lifetime. To those who have not yet bought Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines from us, we invite you to come and see our goods and get our prices, which will be very low during the next 30 days. We are are at all times able and willing to make every promise true and every guarantee good. So come and see our many different styles of Organs and New Home Sewing Machines at our store on Llmftfnne St. Abbott Bros. The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Co. Offers for sale Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farms ne by and In reach of the Hchools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lots of M , to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lauds to rent for Farm purposea 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 ompany, cutting and removing timber or fishing, hunting, under penalty of law.