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WHO IS SHE? Captured A Solid Gold Watch WALTHAM MOVEMENT ABSOLUTELY FREE To the Prettiest and Most Popu lar Lady in Cherokee County, Married or Single. Evory one of Coupm 'No. 1 cut from The Ledger .•ind sent In to this otiiee 'entitles^ you to a yote for the lady of your choice, jit matters not how many you can set just so~ they are cut fiotn this paper as they appear between now and New Year’s Day, 1!*05. COUPON NO. 1 THE LEDGER. Gaffney. S. C. Gentlemen: I vote for M P. O I believe she is the prettiest and most popular lady in Cherokee County. Slffned P. O No votes will be accepted after the last daylof thisjyear. All votes must reach this ■office on or before the last day of December, ls*04. The' lady receiving the largest num ber of votes cast will receive the watch. It will be readyfor delivery to her at The Ledger office January 1st, I'.lOi. Should -there bo 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 Thos. H. Wostrope's jewelry store. Mr. Westrope guarantees the watch ;to be solid gold and the works to be of the a best. How to Get Coupons. There are many ways of getting coupons. If you are a subscriber you will get coupon No. 1 every week up to issue of December iiOth, 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, . r )0 cents per dozen, or |1.00 per one hundred. If you subscribe] for The Ledger or renew your subscription to the amount of 2) cents you will be entitled to 5'votes; 50 cents, 10 votes; 75 cents, 15 votes; 11.00, 30 votes. Every 5 cents paid on subscription to The Leoger entitles you to a vote. It matters not how much you pay on your subscrip tion. You can pay as much or little as you like at a time and as often as you like, but in case of subscriptions you must always use coupon No. 2 below: COUPON NO. ^ CIJ THE LEDGER, Gaffney, S.C. ZZCZI3 Gentlemen: Enclosed find 4 for months subscription to THE LEDGERIand .votes in the voting contest f >r the prettiest and most popular lady |in Cherokee County. 1 cast my votes for M P. O Signed P. O There will be no restrictions to the voting other than laid down here. You may subscribe for The Ledger for a friend and vote for t he lady of your choice. You may induce a friend to subscribe and vote for the lady of his choice. ZHHBI The contest will be conducted with the strictest regard for fairness and impartiality. Those living out of town (or in town, either, for that.rn itter) need not sendjln theirj 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, dm A strict and accurate account wIM be kept of ail the votes, and 'each’coupon will be! filed for reference should any dispute arise. n rimiMSM 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 the 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. RUBBER STAMPS m AXWVK'Wtsi ’*51 a-r—, Are my long suit. 1 make any kind except the load ones. I furnish a Name Stamp and an Indelible Pad for Marking Linen]^for 4.Q CENTS. I have some other good things. j _ Nl 1— y-*, j. wir^orv Typewriters, Office Supplies, Ktc. 1334 MAIN STREET. COLUMBIA, S. C. W.-'t VTI H W E feel very grateful to Ithe 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 fs to be used for a long period of time, if not for ajlifetiuie. 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 limes 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 Limestone St. Abbott Bros jyiooru'hiner'j Illicit Still ‘Disco'o'cred After Long Search. Tien Alhole. the Famouj Georgia CracKgr, Eluded a Marshal For Ttoenty ^ears—Found In a Mountain Stronghold. “Did 1 ever tell you how Ben Athole, the notorious moonshiner of northern i Georgia, was finally captured after de fying the government authorities of Tennf'ssee, North Carolina and Georgia for fully twenty years?” said Colonel Edwards, one of the oldest and ablest revenue officers in the south, one even ing. “No.” replied Tom Griffith, one of the half dozen deputies sitting around the old ex-marshal’s table. “Well, I’ll tell you something about Athole. He is, I believe, about flfty- ” HE DIDN’T SEE US UNTIL WK HAD HIM COVERED.” five or sixty years of age now, and lie’s a genuine Cracker—tall, lithe and strong as a panther, sharp as steel, full of dry humor, tender toward wo men and children, hut dangerous as an enemy. He was known all over north ern Georgia as a moonshiner for twen ty years, and he never denied the charge. In fact, ho seemed to enjoy the search made after his stills by the offi cers of the department a blamed sight more than the officers themselves. There were several things to admire about the fellow. He was a strong factor In state and local politics, and with his strong following In the moun tain districts and towns he was able to elect anybody he chose. “He was an odd genius, this thorn In the side of the revenue department for fully twenty years and would he to day hut for the merest accident. In fact, Athol owed his final downfall ns a moonshiner to nothing more or less than an onery, long nosed, slab sided, common sand digger wild hog. I be lieve I have tracked Athole over and through every mountain in north Geor gia In my twenty years’ service. 1 have worn out more horses and more shoe leather in the search for his hid ing places than all the stills in the state are worth, hut I never could find one of them. “There was no use saying anything to him. He’d turn the laugh on me. and I couldn’t arrest him on suspicion. It ran on in this way for years, and we never got as much as a clew to work upon until last fall, when Wilkes of Savannah and myself one day took a notion to go up in the mountains on a bear hunt and got Into the worst thick et 1 ever tried to penetrate. “1 heard a grunt. At first I thought that the anil :al making the noise was the bear we had been following, and 1 stole up as noiselessly as possible. Looking through the undergrowth a minute later. I saw the brute, hut It wasn’t the bear. It was only a big. scrawny old sand digger hog. ”1 was about to turn away In disgust when the actions of the hog attracted my attention. He seemed to have struck something mightily attractive to him, for he stuck right to it not withstanding my near presence, for he had seen and scented me. “Now, wild hogs, you know, are wild. They haven’t any use for human beings, and that this one remained where he was after my appearance struck me as something I ought to In quire Into, and I did. And what do you suppose I found? Nothing more or less than a lot of cormneal scat tered like snowflakes all around for several yards. How, I thought, did that meal get there? There was one path, and there were no other human footsteps than my own about. I looked up and saw that the limbs of the trees and the leaves were liberally sprinkled with the stuff, and right In front of me, not ten feet distant, was a perpendicu lar cliff of rocks fully a hundred feet high. I drew my whistle and sounded three notes softly, our alarm signal, and In a minute I had Wilkes by my m.’e. Pointing to the scattered meal flakes and then upward, 1 whispered, ‘What do yon think, \V!!k"s?’ “‘Athole’s still. I’ll bet a hundred,’ Said he. ’That meal came from up there somewhere, colonel.’ “Then after a short consultation we marked down our exact position and followed along the cliff until we found a spot at which we could ascend. AL- er two hours of as hard climbing as i ever undertook we found ourselves looking over the clilf at the right spot There below was a white streak of meal extending from a narrow shelf of rock twenty feet below down through the trees until the thick shadows be low concealed it from sight. “‘Down there on that rock shelf ts the entrance to the still,’ said Wilkes. “ ‘And here’s the ladder,’ said I, pointing to a heavy steel wire with short rungs of wood about a foot apart in it. The ladder lay alongside of a narrow crevice in the rock. In which when not in use It had been concealed and covered with leaves and sticks so that no one would suspect its presence. “That’s the story. We went down the ladder quietly and lauded on the shelf, from which a crevice In a rock opened up Into a big cave. Athole was there alone, and he didn’t see or hear us until we had him covered. Of course he submitted. He was no fool. It was the most complete illicit still and outfit I ever saw, and It was a pity to destroy it.” “What became of the moonshiner?” Inquired Mellen. “Oh. Athole had plenty of political and business—liquor, I suppose—Influ ence. He was pardoned after agreeing to quit the business. At present he’s running a big cotton farm not fifty miles from Home.” Do You Want Your Head About to Burst from Ssvc.-e Bilious Attack. “I had a severe bilious attack and felt like my head was about to burst when l got hold of a free sample of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tab lets. I took a dose of them after sup per and the next day felt like a new man and have been feeling happy ever since,” says Mr. J. W. Smith ol nj onn nr nffYSn C Juliff, Texas. For hlMomness, stone ildllli Ul 1 ach troubles and conm ipati a the e Tablets have no equal. Price 25 cents. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaff ney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. Piano or Organ Tuned or repaired with satisfaction guar anteed, or do you want to buv a I’ll sell for cash or on time aud give you the Occasionally we see a man who looks as if he had tried to preserve his dignity In alcohol. Notice. Worth of Yaui Money. W. L. Johnson, At Johnsons’ Store. Notice is hereby given that t e — health of the people of this county Is ,,, n in imminent danger and must be taken W/rinnjnfT PrPQOrfC care of. It has been decided that TVCUUill^ I lUOGmui every precaution be taken to prevent prolonged cases of pneumonia, grippe, etc. The best thing to do is to give a good cough mixture as soon as the cough starts. Get Murray’s Hore- hound, Mullein and Tar. Only 25c a bottle. At al! druggists. The “marrying season” is on now, and of course that means “present time.” I have just received a hand some lot of When you visit a three-hail mer chant it’s three to one that the best you’ll get is the worst of it. FAIRBANKS AS CAMPAIGNER. ▲ Tribute to the Senator’* Ability at Public Speaking. “Before I heard Senator Fairbanks talk on his recent West Virginia tour I had no conception of his remarkable cleverness ns a public speaker,” said Louis Garthe to a reporter of the Washington Post. “His speeches were In the nature of a revelation. The sen ator Is Indeed entitled to a high place as a campaigner, and the short talks he made to the people from the rear end of his train were models. That they made a happy Impression on bis hearers everywhere was easily appar ent He has a wonderful facility, too, for epigrammatic utterances. At Har pers Ferry he spoke of the disappear ance of the old John Brown fort and likewise of the disappearance of all bitterness between the north and south, a sentiment that awakened tre mendous enthusiasm. Besides his con cise, forcible English Senator Fair banks has tact. He never vilifies his opponents, hut always alludes to them as our ‘Democratic friends,’ and gives them credit for the sincerity of their convictions. “Finally It can be said truthfully of the Indlanlnn that people who Imagine him a cold blooded, callous map, with no tinge of sentiment In his makeup, are woefully mistaken. He is not only kindly disposed to his fellow niau, but also one of the best ‘mixers’ I ever saw. If he had five minutes to stop at an obscure station he talked for only two minutes and devoted the rest of the time to handshaking and personal greetings.” THE LADIES favor painting their churches, and therefore we urge ev ery Minister to remember we give a liberal quantity of the Longman & Martinez Paint toward the painting. Wears and covers like gold. Don’t pay $1.50 a gallon for Lin seed OH (worth GO cents) which you do when you buy other paints in a can with a paint label on it. 8 & 6 make 14, therefore when you want fourteen gallons of paint, buy j only eight of L. & M., and mix six gallons pure Linseed Oil with it, and thus get paint at less than $1.20 per gallon. Many houses are well painted with four galons of L. & M. and three gal lons of Linseed Oil mixed therewith. These celebrated Paints are sold by Smith Hardware Co., Gaffney; Blacksburg Drug Co., Blacksburg. - When you find a woman devoted to foreign mission it is a sign she has been disappointed in her looks. Rich Cut Glass ; ny ] it ce of whit h would delight the heart of a “blushing bride.” Come and inspect my line of Wedding Presents. Thos. H. ■" ■ . ■ Full Line of Jewelry. Repairing of all Kinds. SENATOR DEPEW’S JOKE. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud ing Piles. Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no matter of how long standing, in 6 to 14 days. First application gives ease and rest. 50c. If your druggist hasn’t it send 50c in stamps and it will be forwarded post-paid by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. A man would be rip-roaring mad if he had to take his own advice to oth- i ers. The Up-to-date Market, Can fill all orders for Christmas holidays, for fish and meats of all kinds. Plenty of fine Tennessee pork from 1 to 1.000 pounds and fine fat Reef. All steaks, mixed. 10c. Fine Roast from 9 to 10c. Fine double- Kround mixed Sausage 10c. I was the first man to cut high prices and want to hold them down as long as possible. I have a full and fresli stock of Fruits and Can dles of different varieties for Christmas, such as Apples, Oranges, Pears, Lem mons, Figs, Coconuts, and Pop walking- sticks for the boys. Give me your orders for Xmas. Plenty for all. Mr. J. P. Haw kins will cut your meats to suit you. Goods delivered promptly. Phone No. 60 or 23. Call or come. Yours for business, as we know our businee. L.. W.McOuinra ’Phone No. 60, Res. No. 23. A Timely Topic. At this season of coughs and colds it Is well to know that Foley’s Honey and Tar is the greatest throat and lung remedy. It cures quickly and prevents serious resul s from a cold. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Al-j lison, Cowpens. WANTED! All youi 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. ROBIXSOH & JONES, Tailors. Over W. U. Telegraph Office. Phone No. 43. One Minute Cough Cure For Coughs, Colds and Croup. kv Tell* Story on UlmMolf In Connection With 11 Political Meeting. The fact that Senator Chauncey M. Depew has a brand new joke was dis closed by blm to a number of friends who accompanied him from Oneonta, N. Y., to Afton, N. Y., on his private car the other day, says a Binghamton special dispatch to the New York Times. Dnring Senator Depew’s last speaking trip over the Delaware and Hudson railroad he was greeted by a large unsympathetic crowd at Cobles kill, N. Y., and when he wae conveyed to the town hall and atttempted to ad dress the gathering he was rudely In terrupted. In referring to the incident Senator Depew said: “I think I offended the crowd at Cobleskill on that occasion by saying to thorn during the brief Interval that I could make my voice heard, that they were trying to Interfere with free speech and that they were using the same weapon that Samson used against the Philistines. “ ‘That’s a He!’ shouted one man In the crowd. ‘It wasn’t Samson. It was Schley.’ ” Ilrovvii the Proper Color In Fur*. Brown is to be the color in furs this season—old fashioned reddish brown- new fashioned coque deroche. The new fur, yeda (unborn calf), Is talked much of. Jackets and entire suits are to bo made of this. Then there Is a revival of mink the small eastern mink, which Is almost as rich as sa ble and nearly as costly. Sable In Its darkest tones Is again to come to the fore. Ermine will be used In com* binatbui with these dark fare, and the furriers toll us mole will be In favor. r - •) Lentlirr Overcoat. In Voffn*, Men who would dress In the newest . nd highest style must wear brown leather overcoats this winter, says a Newport (U. I.) special dispatch to the Now York World. The rage for auto mobiles Is responsible for these over coats, but the truly fashionable are wearing them even when they deign to walk. J. C. Mallory of New York was the first to appear In one of them. Free love is the costliest love. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby forbidden to trespass on my lands for the purpose of hunting, cutting timber, etc., un der penalty of the law. T. D. Littlejohn. MSi A Happy New Year To you Farmers! You will certainly have a Merry Christmas as well as a prosperous, happy New Year, if you used on your crops at seed-time Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers Now, to insure yourself a happy New Year every year, and all the year through to Christmas—con tinue to fertilize your crops with these well-known brands. They will pay you handsomely. Write for information if your dealer cannot furnish you. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond, Va. Charleston, S. C. Savannah, Ga. Norfolk, Va. Atlanta, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Durham, N. C. Memphis, Term. , Everything For Everybody We are “IT” in Vehicles and Farming Imple ments—Disc Plows, one and two-horse Turn Plows, Wagons, Duggies and Harness. : : Everything in these lines not only lower priced than other regular dealers, but equally dur able. : : : : : : ; You can easily pay more for these identical goods—why not come in and see? LIPSCOMB, GOUDELOCK & GO. Dec. 20, 23, 30.