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THE LEDGER.
Tuesday and Friday,
Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher,
A. W. Griffith, Local Editor.
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nish their name, not for publication,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.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The cotton growers’ convention will
meet in New Orleans next week. It
will no doubt be more largely attend
ed than any event of the kind yet held
in the South.
■ • •
Ex-Mayor McCue, of Charlottesville,
Va., who was convicted of murdering
his wife and sentenced to be hanged,
has been respited by Governor Mon
tague till February 10th, in order to
give time for the supreme court to
consider an amended application for a
writ of error and supersedeas.
• * *
Spartanburg is making extensive
preparations for her next annual May
Festival at Converse College. The
local musicians, under Mr. Manches
ter, the director of music at Converse,
have begun rehearsing for the event,
which already gives promise of being
the greatest one ever held in Spartan
burg.
* * *
In writing of his system, which is
now known throughout the State as
the “Aldrich System,” Col. Aldrich, of
Barnwell, says:
“If your farmers would adopt it they
would all become independent and
prosperous. The farmer who makes
all that he consumes is in better shape
with 6c cotton than he who buys on
credit to operate his farm and sells
his cotton at 10c per pound. The first
named can carry on his business prob
ably with Cc cotton while the last
named is forced to suspend.”
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The second inauguration of Govern
or D. C. Heyward will take place on
Wednesday, the 25th inst. The inau
gural cermonies will be held, as usual,
on the steps of the capitol, and the
Governor will make an address. Gover
nor Heyward announces it as his in
tention to withdraw from public life
at the expiration of his second term.
He has made an excellent official, and
is held in high regard by the people of
the State, who would like to honor
him with any other office he might de
sire.
• • •
What could those cotton burners
have hoped to gain by their foolish,
crazy act? Suppose a sufficient num
ber of such lunatics could combine and
succeed in having the price of cotton
go to forty cents, what would it profit
them when they no longer had any of
the staple for sale? No one would
believe for a moment that they were
prompted by such an unselfish motive
as the desire to have their neighbors,
who had held their cotton, profit by
the advance in price. Human nature
is not (|uite so generous, these days.
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A magistrate at Duncans recently
cent a negro woman to the chaingang
for thiity days for cruelty to animals.
The woman hired a turnout from a
liveryman at Duncans and drove and
beat the horse unmercifully. She was
promptly indicted for the offense, haul
ed up before the magistrate, and as
promptly convicted. This was a com
mendable act in the Duncans magis
trate; and if more of the officers of
the law would be so prompt to ad
minister punishment for such offen
ses, it would tend to put a stop to so
much inhuman treatment of dumb
animals. No ordinary penalty is suffi
cient for such a crime.
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
W. H. Ross has moved the remnant
of the I). R. Bird stock Into E. B. Ham
lin’s store.
Mrs. C. H. Robbins’ mother, who has
been very ill, we are glad to say is
now convalescing.
R. L. Hoover and family, from near
this city, have gone to Gate City. Fla.,
where they will nmke their future
home.
H. P. Goforth has opened a stock of
groceries at Blacksburg in the Iron
City hotel block. L. T. Ligon is man
ager of it.
Mrs. Carrie A. Petty has moved
from Shelby, where she has resided
for a number of years, to her farm
near this city.
Mrs. Rosannah Hamrick and her
brother, Joe Lee, and family, now oc
cupy the Dr. Nesbitt new cottage on
Cherokee avenue.
.1. S. Littlejohn spent Thursday in
Greenville and Friday in Laurens, as
trustee of the bankrupt stock of Mor
ris Switzer at those places.
C. H. Hall has given up the position
as manager of the Fair store and ac
cepted a traveling position with a dry
goods house of Philadelphia.
.1. W. Rhyne and J. M. Philips are
preparing the old dispensary store
room, where they expect to open a
stock of general merchandise.
Messrs. Will N. Austell and G. W.
Bonner accompanied Mr. W. R. Lip
scomb to his place in Polk county, N.
C., Tuesday for a big “’possum hunt.”
J. B. Boyd, former superintendent of
the Gaffney cotton mill, and who is
now superintendent of the Caroleen
Mills, near Henrietta, moved his fam
ily to that place Tuesday.
L. D. Rippy has charge of the Fair
until Mr. D. J. Holt, the proprietor,
arrives with his family from Kings
Mountain, which will be about Feb
ruary 1st.
Z. A. Robertson, who was operated
on by Drs. Steedly and Crawley last
week for appendicitis, is getting on
nicely and his friends hope to see
him out again soon.
Services conducted by the pastor,
Rev. W. R. Potter, at the Presby
terian church next Sabbath at 11 a.
m. and 4 p. m. Strangers and visitors
cordially welcomed.
There will be preaching at Buford
Street Methodist church Sunday at
11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.. Subject in
the morning “Church Music.” The
members are always glad to have
strangers worship with them.
R. M. Munro has resigned his posi
tion as salesman with the Company
store. Mr. Munro has been with the
Company store about seven years. He
expects to remain in Gaffney and after
a rest will enter other business.
At a meeting held at Macedonia on
the second Sunday, the following per
sons were appointed to solicit funds
at that church for the Cherokee Or
phanage: Mr. A. H. Smith, W. L.
Young. Miss Callie Clary and Miss
Sal lie Byars.
Rev. B. W. N. Simms, of Waynes-
ville, N. C., will preach at the Lime
stone Baptist church on the fourth
Sunday in this month, in the morning,
and at the First Baptist church at
night. Rev. Simms is a brother of Dr.
A. M. Simms, of this city, and a pro
minent and talented divine.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
.Miss Mayme Smith, of Spartanburg,
is visiting relatives and friends in the
city.
Mr. E. R. Johnson, of Grover, was in
the city Wednesday on business.
Herbert and Marmaduke Amos, two
young men of Spartanburg, have re
turned home after a few days’ visit
wit!) their uncle, T. R. Wilkins.
W. F. Shepherd, of Blacksburg, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Lorena Sar-
ratt, of Limestone Springs.
J. P. White, of Yorkville, was in the
city Tuesday.
Dr. J. T. Darwin went to Blacks
burg Tuesday.
J. E. Colton, of Union, spent Monday
night in the city.
W. E. Smith, of Cherokee Falls, was
in the city Tuesday.
J. F. Bell, of Blacksburg, was in the
city Tuesday.
A. C. Izard, of Rock Hill, the solicit
ing representative of the Southern
railway, spent Tuesday night in the
city.
J. Fulton Moore, of Blacksburg, was
in the city Tuesday on business.
T. J. Estes, H. T. Estes, John Estes
and his son Joe, of the Etta Jane sec
tion. were in the city Tuesday to ac
company Goo. V. Estes and his little
daughter, Mary B., this far, w T ho left
Tuesday night to return to their home
in Broekston, Texas, after spending
about a month with relatives.
Davis McCulloch, of Bonham. Texas,
who has been here on a month’s visit
among relatives and friends, returned
home Tuesday.
Mrs. John W .Bridges and children,
of Spartanburg, are visiting Mrs.
Bridges’ mother, Mrs. R. M. Jolly.
J. W. Rhyne, of Blacksburg, was in
the city Wednesday on business.
P. S. Webber, an enterprising citizen
of WilkinsviTTe, was in the city Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Allen Jefferies, of Gowdeys-
ville, was in the city Wednesday shop
ping.
Mrs. C. H. Hall is visiting relatives
in Greenville.
Capt. Chas. Petty, of Spartanburg,
spent Wednesday in the city.
Joseph Humphries, of Wilkinsville,
was in the city Wednesday.
Miss Lula Borders, of Kings Creek,
has entered Limestone College.
Lee Patrick and James Peeler, two
industrious farmers of Wilkinsville,
spent yesterday in the city.
Charles Jefferies spent Wednesday
in Greenville.
Miss Ellen McKown, of Blacksburg,
was shopping in the city yesterday
afternoon.
J. F. Patrick and brother, of Mercer,
were in the city yesterday.
Stewart Parker, who is a son of
Mrs. Lizzie Parker, returned home
Wednesday after spending nearly a
year at Beulah, Miss. His wife will
return as soon as her contract expires
as assistant in the postofflee at Beu
lah. This will be about the middle of
April.
S. W. Foster, of Union, spent Thurs
day night in the city.
A Startling Telegram.
In his rapid and incessant travels
about the country, Mr. Edward Baxter
Perry often meets with the most an
noying vicissitudes and complications
j in regard to his pianos, although he
has sometimes had as many as eleven
on the road at once. The grand which
he expects to ti.se on a given night Is ,
frequently stuck in a snow-drift fifty
[ miles down the road, or sidetracked |
in a freight car and not heard of for
, a week, or dumped in a depot because
too large to go in the express car.
| while Mr. Perry speeds on his way in i
the happy delusion that his instru
ment is aboard.* More seldom his pi-i
ano is smashed in a railroad accident, I
or dropped by movers and discolated
| internally, or starts on an independent!
I tour of its own in an opposite direc
tion. One of his grands last season j
was separated from its legs for a pe-1
riod of several weeks, the box con
taining the body of the instrument hav
ing rightly gone to Atlanta, and the
box of legs having taken the wrong
train. A fortnight later Mrs. Perry
received the following telegram in
Boston: “Mr. Perry’s legs have just
arrived. Body went last week to Cin
cinnati. Where shall we send the
legs?” Mr. Perry’s family were so
alarmed by this message and outsid
ers so amused when the facts w'ere
known, that the incident got into all
the Boston papers, which had a great
deal of sport over this unfortunate di
vision of the pianist. Mr. Perry is to
play at Limestone College on Friday
night, February 3rd, and it is to be
hoped both he and the piano will ar
rive entire.
The young man who works with one
eye on the clock is apt to have plenty
of time to look for another job later.
Editors’ Bank Acounts.
The showing of our bank is very
gratifying and speaks well for its man
agement.—Batesburg Advocate.
Blessed few editors have any bank,
and alnnit the same can be said of
their bank accounts. It would he
gratifying to us if we had a bank,
whether it madde any showing at all
or not. We would attend to its man
agement.—Chester Lantern.
If they have an “account” the bal
ance is generally on the “other” side,
if the bank officials indulge them to
the extent of allowing them to "over
draw.”
It’s terribly tantalizing the way a
girl holds her lips in a kissing posi
tion when a lot of people are in a room.
Stamp Your Mail.
(Exchange.)
Patrons on rural routes should re
member their carrier is their fellow
man, neighbor and friend. It is all he
can do to cover his route in the speci
fied time, and we often wonder that
he does as well as he does, consider
ing the condition the roads have been
in for the last few weeks. If all *he
patrons on routes would stamp their
mail, it would help the carrier con
siderably. He is often compelled to
remove his gloves and scratch around
in the bottom of the box for pennies,
when it would he just as cheap and
much more convenient if the mail was
stamped, besides the carrier could
serve his patrons more promptly if ne
did not have to waste his time feeling
in the boxes for pennies. Every pa
tron should stamp his mail, especially
in cold weather, and it would be much
better if he would stamp it all the
year.
First Baptist Church Notes.
Last Sabbath morning. Mrs. Scheru-
bel sang “Lead, Kindly Light” and ad-
ded to the helpfulness of the worship.
At night Miss Evelyn Sarratt sang
and contributed to the delight of the
evening service. There was a fine
congregation at each service.
The church will put in some new
song books for use in the Sabbath
school, the prayer meeting and the
night service.
Next Sabbath Dr. Simms will fill
his pulpit at 11 a. m. and at the close
of the service, church business will
be attended to.
At night Rev. B. W. Simms, of
Waynesville, N. C., will preach. He
is the pastor’s brother and the con-
| gregation and friends are invited to
!hear him.
Falling Off in Kings Mountain.
(Kings Mountain Herald.)
Since the closing of the dispensary
M, Blacksbur and the barrooms going
out of business at Charlotte, there has
been quite a falling off of whiskey
drinking in our town and we have no
doubt but that the other towns close
by are having this same happy state
of affairs to rejoice over.
iHYED PIT LIFE’
-That’s what a prominent
1 ruggist said of Scott’s
. nulsion a short time
• >. As a rule we don’t
or refer to testimonials
. addressing the public,
.at the above remark and
i m i 1 a r expressions are
nade so often in connec-
ion with Scott’s Emulsion
hat they are worthy of
>ccasional note. F rom
infancy to old age Scott’s
Emulsion offers a reliable
neans of remedying im
proper and weak develop
ment, restoring lost flesh
and vitality, and repairing
!waste. The action ol
! Scott’s Emulsion is nc
| more of a secret than the
composition of the Emul
sion itself. What it doee
| t does through nourish-
nent—the kind of nourish-
nent that cannot be ob-
| tamed in ordinary food.
; No system is too weak or
delicate to retain Scott’s
Emulsion and gather good
from it.
We will send you a
sample free.
Wants Only $100,000.
Henry J. Hancock, an attorney, has
entered suit against the Philadelphia
North American to recover $100,000
damages from a publication on June
7. 1904, in connection with the affairs
of the Philadelphia Cemetery com
pany. of which Mr. Hancock was sec
retary and treasurer. He maintains
that in the newspaper article he was
accused of having failed to account for
$75,000 received by the company from
th r - city as a jury of view award. He
-aid that the article conveyed the Im
pression that he was guilty of embez
zlement and that he had tied from the
city to avoid prosecution.
—Ask for “Eg Nog” anywhere in
town. Dealers have all got it.
What it “Eg Nog?” Try it.
New Woman's Magazine.
It is reported that a new monthly
i magazine will be launched in Chicago
within the next sixty days. The sec
retary of State has issed a license to
the Woman’s Journal, a Chicago cor
poration with a capital of $25,000. The
Incorporators are Thomas Rhodus,
Birch F. Rodus and Minnie C. Scully.
Wood’s Seeds.
Wood’s Selected
Seed Potatoes
are specially grown for seed pur
poses, and are very much superior
to ordinary potatoes. Wecarrythe
largett stock in the South, and
can supply large buyers to the
very best advantage, both as re
gards quality and price.
Wood’s Twenty-fifty Anni
versary Seed Book, which is
mailed free on request, tells all
about the best new and standard
varieties of Potatoes, as well as
about all Garden and Farm
Seeds. Write for Seed Book and
special price list of farm seeds.
T.W.Wood&Sons, Seedsmen,
RICHMOND, • VIRGINIA.
'WOOD'S SEEDS
/V-warded
GRAND PRIZE - ST. LOUIS, 1904.
GOLD MEDAL - PARIS, 1900.
B« cure that this picture in the
form of a label U on the wrapper
of every bottle of Emulaion you
buy.
SCOTT & B0WNE
Chemists
409 Pearl St., N. Y.
50c. and SL all drufttts.
Drafnt-HM Cannot be Cured
by loca’appllvittloni*, II* tln-y cannot
tfic dlneaM-d portion of tli« ear. Tliort- It
only om-way to curt- deafness, and that N
by constitutional remedle*. Deafnean Is
caused by Inflamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When thl-e
tulM- get.-. Inflamed yon have a rumbling
sound or itniierfect hearing, and when HU
entirely closed deafnevs U the result, and
unless the Inllarnriiatlon can M- taken out
and thU tuU* restored to ItH normal condl-
tloti, hearing will bo destroyed forever: nine
caaeiout of *n are caused by catarrh, which
Is nothint! hut an Inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Hollars for any
case of Heafness (cased hy catarrhMliatcan-
not lie cured hy Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Hend
for circulars, free. „
P, J. CIIENFY a CO., Toledo. O
Hold hy Hruggests, 75e.
Hall'sYamlfv Fills are the best.
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Everything ^ Christmas,
Apples,. Oranges, Banauas, Can
dies, Raisins, Nuts, and every
thing necessary for the Christ
mas festivities —
^ All Fresh and Nice.
My stock is complete, and was
selected especially for the holi
days. Call in and see what I
have.
E. B. Hamlin.
That last year you used Ferry’s
Seed in your garden and you were
exceedingly successful. We are
sole agents for,the*e Seeds
S. B. Crawley & Co.
813 Limestone Street.
Drugs, Perfumes, Stationery
Headquarters for all that is Beit in
the’Drug line.
C. Eskridge B 4 U
Have your HlacksnrIthloK tl<>u«.
AlLSmithing, Iron and Wood Work done
^rst-class style and at reasonable rates.
(Fortenberry*’ old itand.)
We are offering some startling prices
in Embroideries for Friday and Sat
urday. ; .
Lot No. 1. 1 Oc Embroideries, slightly
soiled, in 5 and 6 yard lengths,for
5c per yard. : : : :
Lot No.2. 20c and 25c Embroideries,
slightly soiled, in 5 and 6 yard
lengths, for 18c per yard. : ;
Lot No. 3. 30c, 35c, 40c and 50c
Embroideries, slightly soiled, in 5
and 6 yard lengths, for 25c per yard.
Also lots of other Embroideries at
bargain prices. Be sure to come to
see them before buying, : :
II). J. Wilkins & Co.
To The Babies
Big Babies, Little Babies, Fat Babies,
Lean Babies, smile sweetly at your
Mamas and tell them you need a pair of
Those Pretty Little Shoes at
J. R. Tolleson & Company’s.
Yes, we have them in any styles and
sizes-just the thing for those tiny feet,
from 25c up. Visit our store and let us
serve you. : : : :
J. R. Tolleson & Co.
An Invitation.
The head of every family in the coun
ty is cordially invited to come to our
store and give us his name and post-
office address and get a free sample
of TUTT’S HEDACHE POWDERS.
These powders are guaranteed to
cure headache and neuralgia. They
contain no opiates and are perfectly
harmless.
Your name and address will be put
on our mailing list and you will get
free samples, circulars, pictures, &c.,
from the different medicine manufac
turers all through the year.
The Gaffney forug Co.
Prescription Druggists. Opposite Hotels.
for The Ledger, SI.50 a yea