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* [< Is WANTED. WANTED—1,000 Customers. Hair I Cut, Shave and Shampoo, 25c. Peril month 80c. Talley & Petty. Robinson St., Webster & Jefferies Building. 2-3-2m. 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. FOR SALE—A good horse. Apply to Dr. J. T. Darwin, Gaffney, S. C. Feb. 17-tf. 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 RENT. FOR RENT—Six-room cottage, gar den, water works, all conveniences, on Johnson street, within two blocks of graded school and Buford Street Methodist church. $12.50 per month. Apply to Mrs. J. C. Otts or O. S. Kendrick. 1-24-tf TEN-ROOM HOUSE to rent near dummy line. N. Lipscomb. 1-13-tf. TO RENT—Two or three unfur nished rooms in private family. 2-24-tf X. Y. Z., care Ledger. FOR RENT—The John White house. Apply to W. H. Smith 12-16-tf. FOR RENT—House next to Smith Cook’s residence. Wood & Carpenter. 11-15-tf. SUITES OF ROOMS to let in the Star Theatre. A. N. Wood. 3-22-tf LOST. LOST—Roll of music 4^tween I Jme- stone and my residence. W. L. John son. NOTICE. NOTICE—Hereafter we will gin only on Wednesday of each week. Victor Cotton Oil Co.. Feb. 7-tf. MONEY TO LOAN. We negotiate loans on Improved farm lands at 7 per cent, interest, on amounts more than $1,000, and 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. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. Over Cherokee Drug Co. Phono 65. Ayers Feed your hair; nourish it; give it something to live on. Then it will stop falling, and will grow long and heavy. Ayer’s Hair Vigor is the only Hair Vigor hair food you can buy. For 60 years it has been doing just what we claim it will do. It will not disappoint you. " My li.ir useil to l>e vory *tiort. Hut after iisln,r Ayer - . Hair Vittor h uliort time it )>ei;aii to sron :ilid now It in foiiiteen inclie. lotiK- Tiitu geeniH a splendid result to me after being almost without any hair." Mus J. II. hiKUii, Colorado Spring*. Colo. ?l (Hi a bottle. All drunyiM*- for J. <’ AYKRCO.. LowHI. Mass. Short Hair HAPPINESS IN THE HOME. WOMEN AND SOCIETY. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office Over 0 The Battery. ’Phone 82 J. NELSON RICARDO, M. D. Pathologist and Diagnostician. Special Attention paid to Diseases of the Throat, Lungs and Stomach. [Address communications for this col umn to P. O. Box 304.1 It is quite the style this season for brides maids to wear large hats with trimmings of flowers or feathers. A pretty bridal gown is of white sation with trimmings of Brussel’s point lace. The waist and sleeves are sherred, while the yoke and bertha are of lace. The tulle veil which extends to the end of the long train, is held in place by a wreath of orange blossoms. Some prefer small, white ostrich tips instead of the blossoms. The going- away gown for the bride is of dark- blue broadcloth with the skirt laid in plaits and the coat a tight-fitting, three-quarter length one, with vest of three head of stock occasioning a ed gloves and dark-blue turban, with blue ostrich pompon at the left side. The small waist has certainly come In at last. Society leaders are now seen with broad, high shoulders and small, tapering waists, such as were seen before the straight front corset came in. V • • Miss Francis Fleetwood, of Rome, Ga., Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Dr. Darwin. Misses Addle and Julia McArthur, who have been visiting their father, Mr. W. F. McArthur, have returned to Winthrop College. Mr. and Mrs. John Brohawn and Mrs. H. Kroh, of Baltimore, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Garrett. Mrs. Gilbert Wylie and daughter, of Buffalo, are visiting Mr. R. E. Mc- Craw and family. Misses Christobel LivUngston and Allien Aull, of Converse College, were visitors this week of Miss Lucy Wilson. Mrs. Joe McArthur, who has been visiting relatives in the city, left Tuesday for Anderson, en route to her horn? In Mississippi. Mrs. Will Smith, of Clover, who has been visiting relatives In the i city, has returned home. Mrs. W. J. Wilkins will be "At 1 Home” to her lady friends this eve ning (Friday) at half-past seven o’clock. On Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock, Miss Richardson's grade at school, gave the patrons a very pleas ant treat. The children showed care-. ful training. Selections from the chil dren consisting of songs and recita- ti ms were well rendered. The room i was beautifully decorated and Miss 1 Richardson has every reason to be proud of her work. Offices and Laboratory, 206 Buford St., Gaffney, S. C. Local ’Phone. William 8. Hall. J r. jambs A. Willis HALL & WILLIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. STAR THKATRK BLUO. m. c\ Notary Public in office. Prompt attention riven to all business. DR. W. K. GUNTER, DENTIST Office iu Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. Crown and bridge work a specialty. DR. B. L. ALLEN, Physician and Surgeon. Offices In the Star Theatre building. J. C. OTTS, Attorney-at-Law, Notary in Office. Office removed to New Bank Building. FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTEREST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. Subscribe for The.Ledger, only $1.50 a year. Not a Man of Influence. (Greenwood Index.) The Gaffney Ledger makes the fol lowing comments upon the conviction of a murderer at the recent session of the court of Richland county: “Another evidence of returning san ity in South Carolina was the convict ion of Marion Parr for the murder of Clarence Shealey at Columbia Satur day. The murder was no less brutal than some others that have taken place in Richland county, but Parr was a poor factory operative, without money or influence, and he must pay the penalty for his crime. It is right that he should be hanged, for he mur dered Shealey for the purpose of rob bery; but if he had been a man of in fluence it Is a question as to whether he would have been convicted of mur der in the first degree.” The Ledger may be correct In its surmise about the conviction of Parr owing to the fact that he was not a man of influence. We sincerely hope that it is correct in what it has to say about the returning sanity In South Carolina. • When our people be come fully sane, a man’s Influence and wealth will not be such power- iul agents In his hands to enable him 10 escape the just penalty for his crime. There is as much reason for a man of money and social position hanging for murder as there Is for a factory operative or any other man, It matters not how poor or humble he may be. The question, and the only question, should be: Is the man In nocent or guilty? No girl It pretty enough to suit her self unless you tell her so. Most men would rather brag about their children than support them. Subscribe for The Ledger, only $1.60 a yoar. The Pearl. By Rev. Andrew Murray.) Every man who desires the pearl of great price mist sacrifice his all to buy it. It Is not enough to see the beauty and the glory and almost to taste the joy of this wonderful life. You must become the possessor of It. The man had found and seen, desir ed and rejoiced In the pearl of great price, hut he did not have it until he gave up everything and bought it. Some Christians may be holding fast some doubtful thing, not being willing to surrender and leave behind the whole of wilderness life. Do you expect that religion is so cheap that without giving time you can find close fellowship with God? You cannot. This pearl Is worth everything. If you find there la a struggle within the heart, by God’s grace deliverance will come. Description of the Married Life of An Imaginary Young Couple. Forest City, Feb. 21.—At the con clusion of our last article we took oc casion to remark concerning the per sonal appearance of the woman that figures in this true narrative. For us to dwell on personal opinions as to “my lady’s” charms was undoubtedly a ease of meandering, and we do not make any pretense of being exempt from this—we lay claim to that much literary -talent. Dickens meandered In his writing and while he sometimes referred lo the fact he did not seem to consider it a defect. Now, this writer is not a Dickens, nor an Irving, nor a Ruskin, bu he does hold that he has a perfect right to pause in a nar rative at any time he may choose for the purpose of remarking concerning the beauty of woman, either severally or collectively. But to wander back to the subject in question. The "man In the case” came up missing one night. The following day he also failed to put in an appearance. In the meantime the wife had worked herself into a frenzy and It did really seem as if she would go distracted. She sent messages to the towns and cities nearby. She employed the po lice force and some private detec tives, and, although she was very un well at the time, Joined in the search herself. It is a matter of conjecture as to whether she feared he had re turned to wife number one or whether she feared foul play. Perhaps the latter conclusion is correct, as it was right in the midst of a season of house-breaking and highway rob bery, during which several men were not only robbed but killed also. At any rate, it was very evident that the poor wife, considering her weak physical condition, was on the verge of despair. Kind and obliging neighbors called In to offer their fe minine sympathy and consolation, but to no avail—she refused to be comforted and would only sit and wring her hands in grief. The entire community was growing anxious con cerning her critical condition when, in the course of a few days, in walk ed the “malus dominus” apparantly none the worse for his debauch. Was he indifferent to the notoriety he had occasioned and sorry for the grief and inconvenience his conduct had caused his wife? This we cannot an swer. Not only Is repentance a forerunner but It Is also an Impera tive part of a person’s salvation and, even morally and temporlly speak ing, it is one of the most admirable traits one may possess to be of a for giving disposition. Suppose the an swer to, the foregoing question is in the affirmative and that the wife for gave him, which we are sure she would have done without any solici tation on his part whatever, as her rapture over his safe return would act as a soothing balm to her excited nerves and quell the feminine desire to lecture. At any rate, his safe re turn was sufficient to restore the family equilibrium and things Im mediately began to rock In the same old way. But, as we started to re mark, admitting all this to be the case does not detract in the least from the force of this incident as an illustration of the manner in which thousands of poor wives of a certain class of men are treated. In the series of articles on “Hap piness in the Home” so far, the ideal home has not yet been pictured. However, it should not be inferred from this fact that the writer does not believe there are any happy homes. Were he to advance the idea that the pictures he has drawn could lie universally applied, he would be dealing In pessimism and ffliould be harried out of the country. But he doesn’t entertain any such a pessimistic view as that. ‘ Taking everything into consideration, in the words of the song. “This is a good world, after all.” But sin, sorrow and death are shed abroad in the land. The first we all are guilty of; the second all are subjects to,and the last is a debt we all must pay. We may deceive our earthly creditors and by unusual cunning may be able to elude the tax collector but: “Among the rich and among the poor. Sorrow will afflict from door to door; Whether great or whether smal’, Death is a fate for one and all.” Therefore, we see there are two general classes of sorrow. The sor row that is unavoidable and also that which is occasioned hy unwise or unrighteous living. As we have be fore remarked, it seems very strange that the all-wise Creator would have so arranged this terrestrial machin ery that one is permitted to sojourn here for a brief time only. And Ju“t to think of the sadness and desola tion that are always present upon the death of a person! It very often hap pens that a person who seemed In perfect health yesterday lies cold In death today. But more of this anon! After all, it Is the self-inflicted wounds that strike the deepest. It Is the calamities which could have been averted that hurt the worst. This world would be far better and happier If all the energy that is wasted in worrying over things that cannot he helped were exercised in the attempt to prevent future misfor tune. That Is the sorrow of which we have been writing—the sorrow that might have been prevented. There are many sad hearts In the homes of our land which resulted from unavoidable misfortune, but we believe the number is far greater which accrues from some sin, some discord that occurred within that home. Speaking In a collective sense the future welfare of a nation de pends to a very great extent upon the condition of the home. In the ideal home there must be not only a reciprocal love between husband and wife but the entire household must be entwined in a network of mutual affections. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” It very often happens that the mother and father live in perfect peace and harmony so far as each other ig concerned, l ut are not blessed with dutiful sons and daughters, and from that reason their old age is an era of anxiety and grief. We are anxloue to give the “boys" a lecture juat here, but that would he rather premature. The cause of this condition of affairs is the next thing to consider. The prin cipal cause is the the lack of discre tion in the training of the child. Of course there* are subordinate reasons hut the general rule Is that if you train up a child in the way he should go. when he is old he will not depart from it." We haven’t anything es pecially antagonistic to say in regard to kindergartens. It is said that a child at six years of age is in posses sion of all the traits of character that it ever will acquire. If this is true it Is very Imperative that the world should become more aroused on this subject and that the first few years of a child’s life should receive the most careful attention. But to our mind the parents are the proper ones to execute this work. Many a fond monther and father have prepared victims for the penitentiary and the gallows by over-indulgence and im proper training during the first few years of the child’s life. “If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches , and poor men’s cottages prince’s palaces.” It is rather an easy matter to tell some one else how a thing ought to be done, but It is generally more difficult to carry the directions into execution, and in no condition or question may this rule be better applied than in the training of children. It is useless to undertake to enumerate the thousand and one mischievous things an ur chin may get into that will cause a visitor to boil with righteous indig nation and create within him a bitter longing to invert the little fellow over his knee and teach him a few practi cal lessons on etiquette and general deportment. Show us a person who hasn’t had this experience and we will mark him as one in a thousand. The peculiar part is that this same person will tolerate the same conduct and perhaps worse in his own home. It seems to be perfectly natural for each parent to think his children are good and most others are bad. As we have remarked elsewehere the foundation for a criminal Is very of ten laid by the fact that the parent indulges the child in the manifesta tion of its cruel nature because at the time it is very amusing. In this way the child’s evil traits are developed instead of improving its better na ture and when, as it grows older, the parent sees his mistake and begins using strenuous measures he finds that the rebellious nature is so de veloped that chastisement only makes it resentful. The ultimate outcome is that the boy (if it is a boy) at the age of twelve or thirteen will become far more Important than his father, and it is very frequently the case that at this age the boy de serts his home and becomes a wan derer upon the face of the earth, resulting in unspeakable grief to the fond mother and father. Thus, we see, over-indulgence on the part of the parent is equal in evil results to setting a bad example, and it is a great pity that the world as a whole does not realize this fact to a greater extent This phase of the subject is very broad but wa will refrain from fur ther remarks along this line at pres ent and will now turn our attention to the boys. We mean the ones who have reached the stage, in their own estimation, where they consider their parents “back numbers.” So far we have been hewing off the rough bark and now we are nearing the heart of the question. It is our intention to answer the question as best we can that we set out to answer, viz. What does it constitute to make a home? H. M. (To be Continued.) ALL A FAKE. Report of "Wese Lynch’s Hold Up” Was Not True. About a month ago our correspon dent at Forest City, N. C., gave an account of a reported “hold-up” near that piace. in which some negroes had waylaid a small white boy in the woods, blindfolded and disrobed him and then left him in the woods to starve. The following from Forest City cor respondence in the Rutherfordton Sun tends to show that the whole story was a fake, pure and simple: “Since the excitement has died down, which was caused by the an nouncement over the ’phone and in the papers, that ‘Wess Lynch had been disrobed in the woods near Coxe’s crossing by the three negro highwaymen.’ the people have made diligent inquiry into the matter, and many circumstances connected with the whole story was a fake and farce. It seems that Wess had for some time wanted a pair of long pants, as he had wore ‘knee-pants’ until he had become tired of this ‘high-water-cut’ style, hut for some cause or another, he did not get them, and it’s the gen eral impression among the people that Master Wess adopted the method pursued to acquire the much desired low-water-cut style of pants, obtained after the aforesaid short pants had been confiscated in the woods. “The ‘negro high-way-men’ story is a fake story out of the whole cloth, for dilligent search has been made by the officials, and many others, who had been impressed by the tale that was told, and no trace of the men could be found, nor has it been possible to find out whether or not ‘three negroes’ had been seen on the railroad that day, in the neighborhood of where this crime was said to have been committed. If the story is true, and the negroes did take his clothing, why did they leave them ip the woods where they took them off of him? And '"hy did they cut up the pants and not the coat? After gathering all the facts connected with the case that Is pos sible to get, It seems very evident that the whole affair was a well ma tured plan of Master Wess simply to K°t the much coveted and greatly de sired long pants and to get rid of the short ones, as they were cut and slashed with his knife so that they could not be worn ifhen found and they were found near the place where he said they were taken off of him, and no trace of the ’hlgh-way-men' m has ever : Wess came father into ping’ that t his father his story of stealing his t been found. Master very near getting his rouble over some ‘shop- had sent him to do— and this mi representation of his to - takes the people doubt he ‘negro high-way-men’ lothes.” Commenth j on the matter the editor of TI Sun says: So far as The Sun can learn the Weskie Lyn h affair, an account of which appea ed in Tho Sun some weeks ago, emains a mystery. It has been r< >orted that the matter was a game ilayed by white boys at Forest City, rho blacked themselves and met yot ig Lynch on the road to scare hin in order to get even with him fo telling tales on them in school soife months ago, but this is not belived to be true by any one at Forest City! Prof. Lynch, Weskie’s father, was here last week and was asked about Ue matter, but refused to talk furthe 1 about the affair more than to say l * had nothing to give out at present” The Saffney Mill. (Sparti iburg Herald.) Mr. J. Q. Lit e, an enterprising citi zen of Gaffnej, who was a Spartan burg visitor y< iterday, reports things as live and ac Ive in his home town. He is a large itockholder in the Gaff ney Manufactring company’s mill and says that ince Col. T. E. Moore has assumed barge of the factory as president th re has been a decided advance in the jrice of stock. It was once as low as i6 or 57, and now it is purchased at 8(] and above. Mr. Llttl« thinks the outl ok is unusually bright and promising lor this giant industry of the capital of Cherokee county. Get the Habit -of ’oing to- NELSON’S Opposite Post Office For bargains in Clothing, Overalls, Bel Your [ i Barden Ready Select for your garden a rich ^°il, and break from 15 to 18 ^2 inches deep. Fertilize highly g-- an d see that you plant nothing 'ait the very best seed—seed of ^ a pure strain. See that your hot beds are in g— condition and sow in some early ^ Cabbage, Lettuce, lleet anil Raddish. ^ ur seed* have just arrived, y— and we guarantee them to be sound, new seed, l>eing of last g— year’s crop. We carry over no seed from one yt ar to another. Why take chances when you can get your seed from us and y— run no risk, and at same time fc: get them at about one-half what you pay for commission seed? We also carry commission seed, but strongly advise against their use, bulk seed being better, sounder and purer, as well as cheaper. Get your seed early so you will have them on hand at the proper time for sowing. Get a supply of our earliest varieties of Cabbage. Early Jersey, Wakefield, Early Win- ningstadt, Early Drumhead and Early Flat Dutch. We especially recommend the above four varieties as sure headers and early—provided you get a pure strain of seed, g— Plant our Early Red Turnip Beet and our Cabbage Lettuce, g^- Plant our Extra Early Sear- »«- let Radish among your beets as ^ a catch crop. They come and g- are gone before they get in the r way of the beet. ^ Sow in a good crop of our g- Extra Early Wood’s Pedigree g-- Garden Peas, valuable on ac- count of its earliness and pro- g 1 ductiveness, and the beautiful g- green color of its pods and peas, JPj as well as their delicious flavor. ^ | — Of all the varieties of garden g- peas, this is the one to plant. A succession of crops can be y- had by sowing every two weeks. All the other varieties on hand. The Gaffney | Drug Go. Prescription Druggists. 3 g Opposite Hotels. ^ ilUiUUUUiUMUUlUiUiui Just received a big line of Shirts and Overalls. Get the habit. Go to NELSON The Star Clothier LIST'6F GRAND JURORS. * Writ of venire facias for twelve grand jurors for March term of court, 1905: G. W. Humphries, Macedonia. C. N. Teal, Ezells. O. S. Kendrick. Gaffney. J. C. Pettit, Gaffney T. L. Rc* bs, Wilkinsville. J. N. Caldwell, Kings Creek. M. H. Bell, Antioch. C. F. Inman, Sarratts. . W. S. Alexander, Macedonia. Ed. Turner, Blacksburg. E. F. Lipscomb, Gaffney J. T. Martin, Blacksburg. NOTICE! I carry in stock Shoes of all grades, Hats and Caps, Groceries, such as Flour, Meal, Meat, Lard, Sugar, Cof fee, Teas, Spices, Horse and Cattle Powders, Soda, Soaps. Seed and Plat ing Potatoes. Cabbage, Dried Beans, itc., Light Hardware, such as Pocket- kinves, Table Cutlery, Scissors, Locks, Shoe Nails, Axes, Shovels, Nails &c., Notions such as Hosiery, Suspenders, Men’s Underwear, Pants, Overalls, Handkerchiefs, &c., Tobac co’s of all kinds. Many things too numerous to mention. All cheap ior cash. : : : : I.M. PEELER Up to Date Market Still With the Tide You can get something good to eat 313 days in the year at my place, such as fine Kansas City Beef and Cherokee Beef, fresh Pork, any cut desired, fresh Onion Sets, Danish Cabbage, Potatoes, Onions, Apples, Oranges, Sauer Kraut, fine double ground Sausage, mixed, 10c, all pork, 15c. F'resh Fish Fridays and Saturdays. Heavy and Fancy Groceries of all kinds. Fresh Canned Goods of different kinds. Confectioneries, Cigars and Tobacco. Goods delivered promptly. Yours for business, Iv. W. IVfoOUIIMIV Phone No. 60. Residence No. 23. IMPORTANT TO ASSESSING BOARDS. The Township Boards of Assessors will please take notice that they are hereby required to meet in the Audi tor’s office in Cherokee County bu the first Tuesday (Cth) in March, next, to review and examine the returns taken by the Auditor for the assess ment of property for taxation for the year 1905. Herein fail not. 2-24-2t Fri. W. D. Camp, Auditor. «c*ot JVi jyT. w©o«r» fteeife; .. WATER MELON SEED ^ GROWN IN TH* SUNNY SOUTH. - /<v“Gr*«ii rind, red meat, full of Juice and eo sweet.’ 1 If you want quality, sweetness, and the best melons that it L ' possible to grow, plant our southern-grown melon seed. Northern a or western-grown melon seed doesn’t begin to compare, when you -,J [consider the quality and product of the fruit- produced. “ Three Ounce*—Three Best Varieties—Hailed for 25c. .Wood's Ducriptiv* Sood Catalogue tells about the best southern melons, 1 V. and all other Farm and Garden Seeds. It's mailed free for the asking. we ■AS