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/ THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. FOREST CITY FACTS. Hiqh Death of a Loy—Prohibition and License. Forest City, Jan. 9.—The death an- e. l vi ited the home of Mr. J. 1). Smith the Ith instant, and claimed for its victim Guy. aged thirteen years and twenty-two days, llis remains were int(':Te;l at the Cool Springs cemetery ! ind the Ini rial was attended by quite a | number of friends and loved ones. Ef fective and approprii te exercises were conducted, and very thouching trib- i utes of respect wepe paid to the raem- I ory of the deceased. The sorrow rc-ultiiv from his death I was multiplied by the fact that it was We Invariably discontinue sending " sudden and unexpected He took 7 L . .. sick on the afternoon of New \ear’s * r he Ledger when a subscription runs , jv ai)(1 di(1(1 (: 0 - clock A . M. the fol- out, for we have no way of knowing .lowing Wednesday. Tint few knew of i his illness and no one thought he was I seriously sick. Guy was of a cheer ful disposition and always looked up- * The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Obituraries will be published at five cents a line. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. All correspondence should be ad- dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. From the LETTER TO MANAGERS. - • Chemical 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. NOTES AND COMMENTS. lias cotton you are at Gov. Chas. 11. Aycock lias stopped down and out of the gubernatorial chair of the Old North State. It will be a long time before the position will be filled with a man of so great an in tellect, masterful oratory and bigness of heart. The world will hear more of Charley Aycock unless he should be called to his reward too early. • • • iekness and death. The most of us are prone to “poke" fun at our less fortunte fellow creat ures. For instance, the legislatures of both North and South Carolina are now in session and almost every paper published in either State one picks up, contains a fling at one or the other of; prohibition, these distinguished bodies. It is not right! Instead of ridiculing them we should endeavor to encourage them. We confess to our share of this wrong doing, but we are going to try to mend our way in this respect. * * * On January 1st The Anderson I tally Mail contained “The Story of tin* Glory of the Growth of a Year” of An derson. It was well written and was a remarkable showing. It is calculated , il)>: onr ni , rk that a house went up in Anderson every forty hours during the year. The progress of Anderson is due to the untiring work of its splendid citi zens, and the newspapers of the town leave no Stone unturned to acquaint the world with the remarkable develop ment of the city. We wish Anderson a repetition of her growth for '1905. • * • Cherokee county has just voted out the dispensary, still we see in the Gaff ney Ledger a lot of little line advertise ments which read thus: “What is ‘Egg Nog?’ Try it.”- Will the esteem ed Ledger please set a bewildered contemporary aright—Dillon Herald. “ Eg Nog” is a refreshing temper ance drink made by the Cherokee Bot tling Works, of this city. The pro prietor of the Cherokee Bottling Works is Mr. John Alexander, and we have his word for it—and that, is quite suf ficient—that it contains no whiskey ( it the bright side* of life. During his brief illness he complained very little, ml at no time did he say he was worse. However, he suddenly became worse Tuesday night and although two physicians were speedily secured, and all was done that skill and loving hands could do, it was of no avail, and his spirit quietly passed from life into eternity. There is one more vacant chair around the family fireside and one more tie that binds the bereaved parents heavenward. It has been only a few short months since they were deprived of their eldest son, and now that the next eldest son is taken by the grim destroyer, makes it doubly ’ ard to hoar; but Mr. and Mrs. Smith are ever ready and willing to submit to the Divine will, and they have borne litis recent affliction in a manner that t- characteristic of the Christ-like di- soiplos that they are. They realize that it is not only useless but wrong to indulge in unavailable grief, and they hope ere long to be reunited on that shore where no family ties are broken, where there is no sorrow, and mighty few eggs. A descriptive article concerning Mr. Alexander’s bottling works and “Eg Nog” appeared in the local columns of‘The Ledger on January 'Ith, and we assure the esteem ed Herald that there is no occassion for alarm because of the very sugges tive name given this delicious drink by the manufacturer. Whitt we shall now say concerning the dispensary and high license will be merely a continuation nl a preceding article on that very im port mit subject. We would like to add bj way of parenthesis that it is said that there is nothing new under the sun. and as It is generally conceded that there ate exceptions to all rules, the one eveeption to this one must lie in the inventive genius of an illicit distillery. We would very much dis like to be accused of inconsistency— we would dislike to bo accused of he rn astride the fence, not knowing on vhich side to alight for fear of break- !t is said that a guilty conscience is very superstitious and one is taking painful and unnecessary precaution who crosses the bridge be fore he gets to it. However, because of doubts expressed concerning wheth er or not prohibition will prohibit, con secrated adherents to total abstinence in principal and in practice have been charged with selling their birth-right for a mess of pottage and joining ranks with the enemy. It is useless for us to undertake to advance any new thoughts or suggestions as to the cor rect. solution of this perplexing and disastrous problem, for it has puzzled i far wiser heads than ours, and not only ! what we don’t know about it would fill many volumes, but many jails, peniten tiaries. alms-houses and graves as well Therefore what we shall si y will be more in the manner of an exhortation He i, any display of Ihcnreticfil obser vations. As it is in our courts of jus tice the more so is it with fill impor tant issues or public questions per taining to the general welfare of ;h • people, when public sentiment is swayed in the right direction it bo- sneaks a bright future for that local ity, commonwealth or nation. Both The Ledger and the Cherokee News were very active along this line and it. > ns been productive of much good. The only thing that remains in order to make prohibition prohibit to a bene ficial degree is a continuation of the! WOMEN AND SOCIETY. [Address communications for this col umn to P. 0. Box 304.1 So decided is the taste for costumes of one color jHmt even the trimmings must conform. There was a time when only black or white lace was used, but now’ we see lace of as many different shades as the gowns it adorns. Shoulders are cut shorter than they were and sleeves are fuller at the top. Most people are looking out for broad er tops to the sleeves, as it is only fine figures which can dispense with this aid to dignity. Two colors very often used together are brown and copper, or again orange and bronze. These for dresses as well as hats. White is usually more becoming than anything else to a woman’s face and white stocks are by far the most popu lar. Nothing is more stylish than the embroidered turnover collar that runs to a point in front with the cuff to match. • • • Miss Bernice Ellington, who has been the guest of Miss Mattie Simms, has returned to her home in Raleigh, N. C. Mrs. A. N. Wood has returned from a visit to her mother in Columbia. Miss Ella Brown, of Goucher, w’as in town shopping this week. Miss Winnie Davenport has returned from Shelby where she went to attend the funeral of Mr. Ralph Webb. Mrs. Cree and daughter, w’ho have been visiting Prof, and Mrs. Sams, have returned to their home in Bam berg. Miss Triplett, who has been visiting Miss Sallie Kendrick, has returned to her home in Chester. Miss Clara Boyd left Monday for High Point, N. C., where she will re sume her class in music. Card of Thanks. Blacksburg, Jan. 12, 1905. Editor Ledger.—Allow me space in your valuable columns to return thanks to the kind friends of Cherokee countv for the complimentary vote given me as the prettiest and most popular young lady in Cherokee county, and to thank The Ledger very much for the watch. Yours respectfully, Mamie E. Blalock. | nnblic spirit in the right direction. But ' | there is where the trouble arises.! Should there he a reaction of public sentiment there would be a relapse) and it is very evident that the last stage would he worse than the first. But instead of dealing in fancy and fears, the champion of sobriety should press onward and upward in the mat ter and then if success fails to crown their efforts they may at least be per mitted to enjoy the peace and consola tion that comes from duty well done. However, we have strayed from the matter we intended first to consider. If we may be pardoned for an inject ion of our own personality at this juncture we will state that we are no preacher and are far from being a model of perfection—we only wish we were—but we do feel that our previous relations to the liquor evil have been such as to entitle us to a free ami impartial discussion of the subject without one mite of hypocrisy. We have never taken a drink of liquor as a beverage. Neither have we yet used it for medicinal, mechanical or phar maceutical purpose. In other words, we have never used the vile stuff for any purpose whatever. We certainly do not object to the use of strong drink as a medicine, but it does seem that it is very often used as a sub stitute for other remedies that would prove equally as good. It is a con spicuous fact that most persons who “take a little wine for their stom ach’s sake” are continually requiring a dose of the same medicine, which gives immediate relief but produces no permanent cure. It reminds us of the old and well-known anecdote con cerning the laborer who was bitten by a snake while mowing hay. The poison was killed by a strong dose of the “pan acea.” and in a short tirrto he was again in the clover patch in hopes that some obliging reptile would again bite him. There is not only a possibility hut, also a probability that the forego ing is based on facts, for the princi ple involved is a common everyday occurrence. This article is already too long, and to those who may take the pains to wade through it we will say that we hope in some way it has proven in teresting to them. In our next per haps we may get somewhat nearer to our subject. H. M. Virginia-Carolina Company. Office of The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.. Richmond, Va., Jan. 5, 1905. To the Sales Division Managers, Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical Co.: Gentlemen:—The treasurer of this company is having so many requests to extend the notes of some of our cus tomers and patrons, who have not lin- L lied paying their bills, and who de sire to bold their cotton, stating that they believe they will get more for the cotton later on, that this company has concluded to issue a general letter on the subject, as follows: Any farmer or merchant who may lie owing your division money and who which he liberty to for him six months from January 1st, with interest at. the rate of 6 per cent, tier annum, provided he will deposit sufficient cotton to pay the note in any reliable warehouse, and will turn over to you warehouse receipts for same. You are authorized to pay the insur ance on said cotton, and make no charge against your customer for this item. We do not pretend to offer advice to our customers to hold cotton, but we do intend to offer them every fa cility and accommodation in our power to hold their cotton if in their good judgment it is best. Whatever inures to the Itenefit. of the agricultural class es of the South is to our benefit; our interest is identical with theirs. We are more closely and intimately con nected with tiie cotton grower of the South than any dozen other concerns combined. They are our customers in the purchase of fertilizers, and we are their customers in the purchase of cotton seed. We both sell and buy of them, and deal in every cotton grow ing country from Texas to Virginia. Therefore, anything that will improve t'ae agricultural conditions or help the farmers must necessarily benefit us, and if holding their cotton will be a benefit to them it is our desire to aid them in this as far as we can. Other farm products, aside from cot ton, appear to us to be selling at very full values, and we believe it would be wise in the farmers to sell any of their other surplus farm products, which would materially aid them in holding their cotton. We also are of the opinion that the acreage last year devoted to cotton was too large, and that it never could have been cultivated in a normal sea son. The good weather during the spring enabled the farmers to culti- vate every acre they planted: conse-; quently the tremendous big crop of this year. As ordinarily it would be impossible to cultivate such an enor mous acreage we believe it would be wise in them this year to materially decrease the acreage. If it was de-1 i .-eased 10 per cent, it would mean a reduction of more than a million bales next year, even if the crop yielded as much per acre as it did this year. It strikes us that what the farmer wants is to make his c*>tton at the low- '“H possible cost. The profit derived from growing cotton is not so much | ti.e price of cotton as the cost at which I he crop has been grown. Mules) i nd horses are higher, much higher, I t’mn u few years ago: the price of! f , 'nn labor is high and scarce. There*) lore every acre cultivated means a larger expenditure. It costs more to ( lit \ate an aero of laud, growing a quarter of a bale of cotton, than one vowing a bale. In the latter instance ; he plant I'oii grows up and shades •he land, consequently the grass does not grow so rapidly or luxuriantly. Tlie cheapest item that can be used i t t’i'' production of cotton is commer-' rial f 'I'Mii ser - used liberally. With a ''hti ii application of fertilizers the 1 Mtrnev can grow a bale of cotton v. here he has heretofore grown half bale, and do it with the same cost' e! :nulcs and labor, and the additional uantlty of seed grown will more than pay for the extra amount of fertilizers used. Therefore, encourage your cus tomers to reduce their acreage and to j increase the amount of commercial fer- S. S. Union Program. The next Sunrtay school union >f the Northern Section of the Broad River Baptist W-oci ttion will he held with the Ml. Olivet church, beginning on Friday before the fifth Sunday in January, 1905. Introductory exercises will begin at 11 o’clock, consisting of a Scriptural lesson in reading, song and prayer service conducted by the moderator, for forty-five minutes. Afternoon session. Call the list of churches and enroll the delegates. Organization. 1st query: The unity of the spirit among the brethren. How most suc cessfully promoted. Speakers, Bro. A. C. Cudd and others. Adjourn. Meet Saturday at 10 a. m. 2nd query: Can there be unity or desires to hold, | harmony without the spirit? Speak- extend his note | ers, Bro. J. D. Humphries and others. Adjourn forty-five minutes. 3rd puery: The power of the gospel ; truth as a' factor of the human life? Speakers, Miller Hines and others. 1th query: What is the Christian’s greatest visible enemy? Speakers, Rev. W. G. P. Ezefl and others. Adjourn. Meet Sunday at 10 o’clock a. m., Sunday school mass meeting, song and prayer service conducted by Bro. J. O. Coveney. Missionary sermon at 11 o'clock by Rev. G. P. Hamrick. Collection for benevolent purposes. M. B. Vassey, Clk. A Negro Killed. On Saturday night last about 11 o’clock in Potterfield. a suburban por tion of Chapel Hill, Willis Neville, a negro carpenter and former school teacher, was killed. Neville and his daughter, Sophie, are supposed to have been in the house alone when the deed was committed, and though the daugh ter was in the house at the time, nothing was known of the crime until Sunday morning, when it was discov ered by a neighboring negro and re ported to the town authorities. As Neville and his daughter have never got along well, as they had had a quar rel on Saturday morning and both had been drinking Saturday night, the daughter was at once suspected of the murder. Moreover, though only 20 years of age, she has been convicted of crime several times before and was known as a pretty tough character. Neville himself was about 00. There were two pistol wounds, either of one of which would have resulted in death. The inquest, ’Squire A. S. Barbee act ing as coroner, was held Monday after noon. There were fifteen witnesses and the evidence against Sophie Ne ville was conclusive, the verdict of the coroner’s jury being that Neville came by his death at the hands of his daugh ter, Sophie. FOR RENT. TEN-F.OOM HOUSE to n nt near dummy line. N. Lipscomb. l-LI-tf. SIX-ROOM HOUSE in rent. just, out side incorporate line. N. Lipscomb t-13-tf. FOR RENT—Office now occupied by J. C. Ott.s. Apply to J. S. Littlejohn. FOR RENT—The John White house Apply to W. 11. Smith LMti-tf. FOR RENT—Store room on Robin son street. Webster Jefferies. 12-<J-to. FOR RENT — Five-room . cottage. Centrally located. Mrs. A. V. Mont gomery. 12-lG-tf. FOR RENT—House next to Smith Cook’s residence. Wood 6c Carpenter. 11-15-tf. TO RENT—The store occupied by the Gaffney Drug Co. Apply to J. E. Greene. 9-30-tL SUITES OF ROOMS to iut jn ti,< Star Theatre. A. N. Wood. 3-22-tt FOR SALE—Old newspapers; 10c per 100. Apply at this office. WANTED. WANTED—To pay cash for a few hundred second-hand beer bottles. J. L. Alexander. 1-3-tf. At The hobbies of Queen Wilhelmina, the “girl queen” of Holland, are skat ing and riding, but from childhood she has devoted herself to raising poultry. Many a train of thought carries no freight. tili/.ers per acre, believing as we do ; that this is the way and the only way; to raise cheap cotton. The South must continue to produce a round eleven million bales of cotton or they will find In a year or two the balance of tin* world competing with them in growing this staple and our foreign market largely supplied from sources that now produce but a lim ited quantity. Wishing for you a happy and pros perous New Year, and also for our cus tomers and patrons, I am. Yours truly. S. T. Morgan. Pros., Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Spartanburg’s May Festival. * Spartanburg, Jan. 10.—Mr. George W. Stewart, manager of the Boston Festival orchestra, spent today in the city, arranging with Dr. Manchester, director of music at Converse college, and other choral society officers for the musical festival of 1905. The Bos- •on Festival orchestra and a list of the most famous artists in America vill be secured for the May festival •nd every effort will lie made to make it the most successful of all. The Con- v ,”se Choral society is hard at work vith the practice. A rehearsal was ’--'Id tonight, at which there was a large attendance. No Mayor’s Court. There have been no culprits before the mayor this week, except some *mall boys who were up yesterday for < vinging on the trains while in motion. They were dismissed with a lecture. Every Two Minutes Physicians tell us that all the blood in a healthy human body passes through (he heart once in every two minutes. If this action be comes irregular the whole body suffers. Poor health follows poor blood ; Scott’s Emulsion makes the blood pure. One reason why SCOTT’S EMULSION is such a great aid is because it passes so quickly into the blood. It is partly di gested before it enters the stomach; a double advan tage in this. Less work for the stomach; quicker and more direct benefits. To get the greatest amount of good with the least pos sible effort is the desire of everyone in poor health. Scott’s Emulsion does just that. A change for the better takes place even be fore you expect it. We will send you a sample free. Be sure that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrap per of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. Scott U Bowne Chemists 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50 cents and ft. oo All druggist* I It’s a wise industrial knows its own par. stock that The i ose Humbert, who is confined in the prison at Renn f ‘s, has developed snrh a mania for writing abusive, in- colforenl letters to officials concerning the supoosed dissipation of ihe Craw ford millions, that the authorities are considering her transference to an aslynm for the insane. Detifnrtrii I'Hiuiot In* Cured !>v Ioim 1 nppliciitions, ns they can hot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to eure deafness, and that Is by conslitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by tntlamed condition of the mucous Pniiiji of the Kustachlan Tube. When tills tube gets inllamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect bearing, and when It is ent irely closed deafness is the result, and u n I ess t he in (In mi mat ion can ho taken out md this tube restored toils normal condi tion. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of -*n are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inllamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (cased by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, fret*. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by Druggests, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The Up-To-Date Market I have the Beef and the Pork, any cuts you want, and will give you any kind of a piece you want. It is first- | class |and we want to sell it, too. How 'much can we send you > Plen- i ty fresh double-ground Sausage daily. A good stock of fresli Danish Cabbage, Irish Potatoes. Sweet Pota toes; plenty of nice Candies and fine Northern Apples, Oranges, Lemons, and Raisins at 10 and 15c per* pound. Come or call ’Phone No. 60, when you want something good. Same price charged as cash. I am the man that broke the ice. Yours for business, L. W. McGuinn. WANTED—Everybody to see us be fore buying their Furniture, Stoves, Crockery, Glassware, &c. The Acme Furniture Co. 12-9-tf. WANTED—Hides of every descrip tion; chickens, eggs and butter. Z. A. Robertson. 9-9tf. FOR SALE. TWO COWS with young calves for sale. Apply to Wm. Jefferies. I 13-17. FOR SALE—Fine mule, 6 years old. Sell cheap. Also one horse 3 years old. YV. L. Spake. l-13-3t-pd. FOR SALE—Nice residence lot on Victoria avenue, near graded school. Apply to \Y r . D. Thomas. 1-13-2L FOR SALE—Two residence tots G6x H 200 feet; each in block on North Fred erick street, opposite Mrs. Alie Car penter’s. These lots are elevated and can be terraced so as to make beautiful property. Apply to B. K. Hurapries, Trustee. You want good Shoes ; Shoes to keep your feet dry. Come right to us and you tvill find what you want. Fcurth Shipment Rubbers to Ar rive This Veek. FOR SALE—I will sell three good mules Saturday, at 12 o’clock, in front of courthouse. YVm. Phillips. Jan. 10-2t. FOR SALE—Some fine Cockerels and Pullets, Buff Plymouth Rocks, YVyandottes, Black Spanish, YY’hite and Brown Leghorns. J. J. Gaffney. 1-3-tf. Lipscomb FOR SALE—The Johnson-Tillotson house (1), and the Patrick place, with two acre grove near Gaffney Mfg. Company. Apply to J. C. Otts. 11-18-tf. Company. FOR SALE—Several nice residence lots, convenient to the schools and town. Mrs. A. V. Montgomery. 11-8-tf. FOR SALE—“Bay State” organ, at your own price. Apply to R. G. By ars, 901 Peachtree St. 10-28-tf FOR SALE—I offer for sale two of the most desirable residence lots in Gaffney. Apply to Z. A. Robertson. 9-9-tf. d.t*’ t ■' *■* v i Vf'? f * , j NOTICE. NOTICE — Beginning Wednesday, January 4th, we will gin only on Wed nesday and Thursday of each week. Victor Cotton Oil C. 1-3-tf. MONEY TO LOAN. We negotiate loans on improved farm lands at 7 per cent, interest, on amounts more than $1,000, ynd 8 per cent, interest on amounts less than $1,000. Long time and easy payments. HALL & WILLIS, Gaffney, S. C. MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotiate loans on improved farms for a term of years in amounts of $1,000 and upward, at 7 per cent, and from $300 to $1,000 at 8 per cent. Apply to J. C. JEFFERIES, Gaffney, S. C. DR. B. L. ALLEN, Physician and Surgeon. Offices In the Star Theatre building. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. Over Cherokee Drug Co. Phone 55. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office Over The Battery. ’Phone 82 DR. W. K. GUNTER, UJE 1VTIST Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. Crown and bridge work a specialty. VilliamS. Hall. Jk. jambs A. Willis HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. star'tiikatkk ai.uo. ». c;. Notary Public In office. Prompt attention given to all business. We have finished taking Stock, and are now ready for business. We thank our friends for the liberal patronage given us in the past. We will carry the largest line Dry Goods this season we have ever carried. We sell for Cash and there fore sell for short profits. We are now receiving lots’ of new goods suitable for pres ent use, such as dark Percales Indigo, Calico, Ginghams White Waist Goods, etc. We find we are overstockhd on Embroideries and are mak ing remarkably low prices to re duce them. Be sure to see the extraordinary bargains we are offering in this line. “Shetland Floss all colors.” Battenberg Patterns, Laces, etc. Ask to see our oc Laces. Just opened a beautiful line White Waist Goods. Please ask to see them. Buv vour Gingham dresses v w Cj now and make them up while the weather is cool. Bargains, Bargains in all Winter Goods. J. W. Tolleson Gaffney, S. G / t