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r. s .^1 LEDGER. Gap road, where they have several miles Tuesday and Friday, i 1 K 0<>l * r<,lM ^ , * * i d. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, j n ma Liug- up our e-litoi ial in last issue A. YV. Griffith, Local Editor. ; headed the "Good ami Rad In Us," leads I were inadvertently left out of the original j j part of it, thus making it appear that dgor is not responsible for t j J(; cn tj rt . ar tj,;le was taken from the At-! i of correspc/ndeuts. I i an t a journal; when only that {wrtioti ! rl<> will be published at down to the paragraph beginning “What i was the pro- ' The I the vio\ Ohltui flve cents a line. ; a pleasant old world," ike. Correspondents who do not contri-1 duct of that paper, bute regular news letters must fur- nle.h their name, not for publication, j but for identification. 41 « * We have been informed that Mr. Otts voted for Jodi Ashley's bill to abolish J . . .the bureau of immigration. We under- \11 correspondence should be ad-1 , w< , , , ^ ; stand that Mr Otts had really changed dossed to Ed. H. DeCamp. Manager. . . . ... .. , u . I his mind about the immigration bureau, — ; but inasmuch as he had made that an is- We invariably c.iscontlnue sending ^ue in bis campaign, and seeing that the •^he Ledger when a subscription runs bureau ' vas s lte - he vote<1 a-^mist it out, for we have no way of knowing ' wht>n his heart was for ll had led us that ceiving his or her renewal. We ur gently solicit a prompt renewal, on « ,, . ... i piaced him m a false position and we are the ground that the paper is worth I * 1 the money. We are trying month . , ,, , .. . . i* u thing he did not do, but should have by month to make It better and bet-1 person wants it except by re- ^ Relieve that he was-going to vote for I the bureau, hence we congratulated him on his courage. We regret that we placed him in a false position and we are sorrv that we commended him for some- ter. done WALL STREET BROKERS. What the I’nblle I'u.vn to Keen Then* In IIUNinoMN. Wall street brokers hold themselves a million miles higher in caste than bookmakers. And they are right. They are the orome de la creme of finance. Bookies are the scum. Yei WF ARE WHAT WE ARE. We are taught in Holy Writ that the Ethiopian cannot change his skin, nor the leopard his spots; neither can man by taking thought add one cubit unto bis stature. And yet in this rapid age we see advertisements of lotions to change i there are many bookmaLeri; in the the complexion and even where, by cer-1 street, and not a few of them are tain physical exercises, one may be made j backers of brokers. Some are big op to grow a head taller. But these latter ' erators. supporting brokers by then- day scientists heve not as yet discovered j emissions. There are 1.100 mem anything to change the meaning Paul b " rs of the Stock Exchange, and these . , , f | represent brokerage and commission wished to convey to the Corinthians. „ , „ ,, , ,, .... . 1 firms whose partnerships aggregate no It is a laudable ambition m anyone to lpss tlmn j ablebodied men. It U desire to excel in some particular, but j Sflfe t0 venture the assertion that each we hold to the theory that it is impossi- member of the exchangie aud his part- ble for any man to become other than ners would turn up the nose at an in- what he was created for. Fortunate in- come of less than $20,000 a year, deed is the man or woman, boy or girl Hence! who, by their own personality, win the favor of those with whom they come in contact. At $20,000 each year these broker-* clean up net about $20,000,000. There THE MOOD OF MIGHT. I’ll ere in a Peculiar Pin-ney |„ Hoiiaf la One'n Own lower. Achievement is less a matter of natu ral ability and external circumstance than of the habitual mental attitude. Success, happiness aud accomplishment of nil kinds are born of eonfUlencp. buoyancy and faith. Discontent, self distrust and hesitancy are all cankers, eating Into every part of life and de stroying force and perfection at every point. There is a peculiar potency in belief in one’s own power. This need have no element of egotism in it, only a steadfast trust in oneself. Yet even childish self conceit is better than weak depreciation of self and the pal sied muscle resulting. To believe in one's own su -cess, to think and act al ways with confident assurance that It is possible to do anything and all things that one desires to do—such an attitude buoys up the spirit, sends the currents of energy and skill pulsing through the body and makes the maximum of ac complishment possible. There is nothing of this nature that will make hard work unnecessary- But hard work, vivified by the electric cur rent of faith and triumphant confi dence. will be multiplied In effect as if by magic. The human mechanism In all its intricacies and potencies is operated by a mental and spiritual dy namo the essence of which is faith, con fidence and love. Why let life be op erated at the minimum when delib erate, persistent effort can awaken the forces which will make each one the full man or woman he or she was meant to be?—Rocky Mountain News. I THE CRIMINAL SQUIRREL. .. f , . . . , are some 500 Stock Exchange hrm* More fortunate is he or she i . . „ , which pay $3,000,000 annually for the who, by perseverence, Excels Jin any rent of the , r offlce8i Tbpse flrm8 cm- particular. It is a distinction,Jam! an , pj 0 y 7 QOO clerks and assistants, book- honor to be the best farmer in the county, i keepers, runners, etc., at an average the best politician in the land, the best wage of $1,500. which makes $10.50&.- lawyer, the best doctor, the best mer chant, the best carpenter, the best black smith, the best bricklayer, the best rail roader, the best] editor—in fact the best anything. But try as we may none of us, no matter what we may a Jccomplish, will ever become greater for better than the One who created us intended that we should be. Were we a ♦oo^v.or'lwe would dc*ire to be a great .-wc 1 pic iciar we would Wtlilk -laid gOOd preacher and point out to poor fallen humanity the wondrous grace to he had by following the footsteps of the Man of Galilee. ^.We might not succeed in bo 000. Thus we have in three Items alone $42,500,000 that must come out of the pockets of customers to keep the great machine well oiled. That is to say. the public pays the sum of $42,500,000 annually for the privilege of support ing in splendid style 8,452 people in order that they may try their hands at telling which way a stock will go.— New York Press. Produce Market. T'i .lowing prices prevail on this market tor all kinds of country pro duce. Quotations changed weekly by W. K. Davenport: Hens 20 to 30 Fries 15 to 20 ... . . Turkeys, Gobblers $1 to $1.50 ing great in any other calling, just as we Tlirkeys> Hens 75 to $1 have not succeeded in becoming great in Ducks 20 to 25 newspaper field, hut failure to become Geese 25 to 30 great would not be due to the fact that Grossed Rabbits 8 cents each <r S ^ ^ 4-r- A nrr we had not si riven to do our best,“nor r> f. , . , „ , . • i Hatter would it deter us from doing our vi best at all times. them, sometime in life—and^geuerally in | White Peas give worlds to undo. A thief may re form, hut he can never blot out from “his Eggs Butter .. 12% to 15 cents lb. Sweet Potatoes Irish Potatoes . Turnips Cabbage .. .. White Beans .. Cow Peas .. .. White Peas .. Bran Corn Oats . 50c to 60c a bushel Wheat Hay Meal Dried Apples .. Dried Peaches Onions Walnuts .. :. . He la a Thief and a Mnrderer and a Foreat Destroyer, I wish to take away for all time the character of the squirrel. He is a thief and a murderer. Admired by ig norant city people and by journalists, he devotes his life to eating the eggs and killing the young of harmless and useful birds, which, if permitted to live and increase, v ould protect the forests from harmful insects. By kill ing these birds the squirrel takes rank as a forest destroyer. Moreover, the red squirrel is not the only sinner. In my opinion the gray is almost, If not quite, as had. I have killed many squirrels caught in the act of eating eggs of young birds. Any bird that selects a nesting place which is also adapted to the use of squirrels is almost certain to be ejected. When a forest has been de stroyed by fires, lumbermen or insects, it is almost Impossible for natural re foresting to take place if squirrels are abundant in an adjoining tract, because they eat the seeds. Fifty seeds per head each day would he a low esti mate. 'Yet even this would make 18,- 250 In a year. And seeds are not the only thing. In winter the ground is often strewn with twigs that have been stripped of buds by squirrels. -The trees attacked are generally situated at the border of a dense forest and would, if left alone, yield the greatest seed crop. A single squirrel thus de stroys in one day thousands of seeds in the germ. In Montana I have seen the grays rob birds’ nests.—Country Life In America. Resurrection. The bloom of the rose tree is withered and goes, But a new dower sleeps in the root of the rose; And spring shall come with a flute and a Are, And wake a new passion and an old desire. The scarlet poppies shall flame and pass Out of the clusters of cool young grass, And the brook shall dance against warm green leaves, \nd the broivn ti Id murmur with shocks and sheaves. Out of the city that roars and cries I send you a dream of delight to the eyes; Out of the heart of the winter-time I send you a leaf from the young year’s prime. Out of the toil and the trouble of night I send you a song of the dawn’s de light. For all things die to rise again, Save pain, and sorrow, the shadow of pain; And beyond the reach of the rack and the rod There remaineth a rest for the people of God. Arrival of Trains. For the convenience of the people og Gaffney and vicinity, ve 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. 3G arrives at 7:22 A. M. No. 12 arrives at 4:40 P. M. No. 38 arrives at 6:43 P. M. No. 40 arrives at 8:30 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. —Come to our grand opening of Spring and Summer Woolens, the world’s choicest weaves, constituting many hundred patterns and fabrics from the celebrated Merchant Tailors, M. Moses & Son, Baltimore, Md. W. C. Carpenter. The forty-fifth State Fair will be held in Raleigh this fall, October 16-21, havinng just been announced as the date. *11 a murderer may repent, but^do what lie will the “damned^ spot” will not] out; a: man may claim .to he honest and by 80 Loved That He Gave. (By J. R. Miller, D. D.) . „ , ,* . . c , A story is told of a a child in Lu- shrewd practice betray the confidence of, ther , g tlme who had been taught to his business associates andjroh them, hut ever after he will be burdened with the recollection of his wrongdoing and every time he lays eyes on his victim he wijl think of God only with dread as of a terriable Judge. In her stern home the name of God had been mentioned only to terrify and frighten her. But one day in her father’s printing office Bee Hunting In Adirondack*. There is a charm about bee hunting peculiar to this particular spot, and It can be enjoyed wherever bees locate. There were flowers about the camp, over which we had often noticed bon- i eybees hovering, and the guide said he had beeu watching their maneuvers and it was about time to give them a chase. Our outfit was very simple, con sisting of a box about four inches square, divided into two parts by an ordinary slide, the lower compartment containing a piece of bread or honey comb saturated with a sirup made of sugar and water boiled. The slide was pushed Into place and the decoy was ready for the bee family. It Is easy to trap a honeybee If one only knows how.—Leslie’s Weekly. feel the pangs of dishonesty coursing she picked up a scrap of paper and through him. found on It the first words of this The lesson that we would attempt to teach is that we cannot rise above the sphere for which we were created. We verse, “God so loved the world that He gave”—The remaining words were torn off, hut even in this mere frag ment there was a revelation to her. can and should he jcareful. We should It told her that God loved the world— try to cultivate the talents entrusted'lo l uv ®d well enough to give some- „„ if 1 „ 1 • f 11 . . thing. What He gave she did not us. If we neglect to do tins we fall short | , <now but it wa8 & great dea , for Hlm of our duty. Andjafter all we ar^what to give anything to It. The new we are by the grace of God. t hought brought great joy to her 1 heart. It changed all her conceptions NOTES AND COMMENTS f 'f God. She learned to think of Him . 1 a* one who loved her, as her friend, Tile Ledger is essentially a county pa- ,<a( ^y Fl ve her rich gifts and all per and caters to the people of Cherokee ; orm ’ ed her Hfe county. It is the only semi-weekly news- - ■' • paper in South Carolina that is published at $1 a year, and every household should have a copy. • ■ ■ ' 1 ^ Enquiry at tlu Southern Express Com pany’s office one day this we-*k elicited the information that the jug business was rather slack. The more we see of the effects of voting the ^dispensary out of Cherokee the better pleased we are. The dispensary is a good tiling—to getjrid of. * * * Every working man in Gaffney should be a stockholder in the Cherokee Build ing and Loan Association, t It is officered by local business men, and there is no danger of being swindled, like some of the foreign associations have swindled Gaffney stockholders. • • • Now that the weather is breaking we hojie to see the county good road ma chinery put to work. Any man who does not think good roads a good thing would have the illusion dispelled were he to lis ten and give heed to those fortunate Cherokeeaus who Jive out on the Mills A Thnufchtfal Empress. One evening Catherine II. of Russia had dined in one town and was to re turn to her palace in another some miles distant. These journeys were made with much ceremony and mag nificence. The great sleighs were ready to start for home. Catherine sat alone in the imperial sleigh. She Inquired if the drivers and the footmen had had dinner. Receiving a negative reply, she st once left her sleigh. “They have as much need of dinner as we,” she said to her party. And she waited patiently until the servants hud dined. How’n This? We offer On«‘H nn-li i-u Dolliirs iU-tviir.l for any case of C itnrrh that cannot be cured by Hull’s Catarrh Cure. • F .1. CHENEY & CO . T-.icdo. 0. We. the underubfned, have Known F. .1. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all buslnss transac tions and financially able to car'-y out aov obligations made by thoir Arm. West ATkitax, Wholesale Druira-lsts. To'ed'. O. Wai.oino. Kinnas A Marvin. Whole sale Druir^Ists. Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally actlntr directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the s>stein. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Hruif- (flsts. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Not Precipitate. Cholly—It was the first time I’d met Crahhe. mind you. and he actually call ed me a fool. Hadn’t been talking to him ten minutes, don’t you know. What sort of fellah is he, anyway? Miss Pep- prey—Well, he’s awfully slow, for one thing.—Catholic Standard and Times. —Don’t forget the dates, March 6, 7 and 8, of the grand display of Spring and Summer Woolens at W. C. Car penter’s. An expert to measure you. Costs you nothing to call and see the line. Indirect Action. Ilix—Did that trip to Europe relieve your mind of your family troubles? Dix—Indirectly, yes; it emptied my pockethook so successfully that I was obliged to take my mind off my family for awhile to replenish It. — Detroit Free Press. poierisiieii Soil ■ mpovorinhed soil, like impov- •ished blood, needs a proper iilizer. A chemist bv analyz- ; the soil can tell you what Ttilizcr to use for different ’•oducts. T f your blood is impoverished ;ir doctor will tell you what •/ hi need to fertilize it and give 1 the rich, red corpuscles that re lacking in it. It may be vou : i'd a tonic, but more likelv vou 7 A A i:''ed a concentrated fat food, •md fat is the element lacking in vour svstem. A 1 A There is no fat food that i o ensilv digested and assimi luted as Scott’5 Emulsion jf Cod Liver Oil It will nourish and strengthen the body when milk and cream A fail to do it. Scott’s Emulsion is always the same; always palatable and always beneficial where the body is wasting from any cause, either in children or adults. We will send you a sample free. Be sure that this pic ture in the form of a label in on the wrapper of every bottle of Emul sion you buy. scon & BOWNE CHEMISTS 409 Feanst., Hew Tort 50c. and $1.00. All Druggiata. Good Health to the Children Children especially are fond of dainties, and the housekeeper must look carefully to their food. As good cake can be made only with good eggs, so also a cake that is health ful as well as dainty must be raised with a pure and perfect baking powder. Royal Baking Powder is indispensable in the preparation of the highest quality of food. It imparts that peculiar light ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc., and what is more important, renders the food wholesome and agreeable to young and old. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK. Modern Cassibianca. (Everything.) The boy stood on the burning deck, T.T-*-, »-•*-. O, * — r% AAao AiL-.AU '•« iii «.! VYliili, His eyes and mouth were full of hair- His arms were full of girl. Illusions of courtship are more pleasing than delusions of matrimony. A busy miller’s life is one contlnous grind. Subscribe for The Ledger $1 a year. Are You Administrator and have the settlement of an estate? If so, request of the Judge of Probate that your dvertisement be placed in :: :: : TUG LEDGER. It has the largest circulation of any paper in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional District. Get the Habit*”"™ Garden Ready -of going to- —500 patterna to select from at the big tailoring opening of Spring and Summer Woolens to be held at W. C. Carpenter’s store March 6, 7 and 8. —See us for Blankets and Quilts. J. R. Tolleson & Co. On th«* Pullman. “Let’s get out at the next statlou and stretch our legs.” “Oh, leave that to the porter.”—Cleve land Leader. Subscribe for The Ledger, only $1.00 • yor., Sltlnlnc In Society. Jim—Bcraggs is shining in society. Jam—So? Jim—Yes; private bootblack for the Goulderbllts.—Princeton Tiger. A little sorrow may teach more than many sermons.—Chicago Tribune. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice Is hereby given to all con- oemed that we shall apply to Hon. J. E. Webster, Probate Judge for Chero kee county, South Carolina, at his of fice. on Wednesday, February 15th, next, for final settlement and dis charge as Administrators of the es tate of Wm. Moss, deceased. All persons holding claims against said estate will present the same duly attested to the underspend on or be fore February 15th, at 10 o’clock A. M. W. T. Moss, G. W. Moss, As Admrs. Estate Wm. Moss, Deed. January 20th, 1905. Pub In Gaffney Ledger Jan. 24-31, ft Feb. 1-14, 1905. NISON’S Opposite Postoffice ^ rrr * * For bargains in Clothing Overalls Latest Styles in CAPS Select for your garden a rich soil, and break from 15 to 18 inches deep. Fertilize highly and see that you plant nothing hut the very best seed—seed of a pure strain. See that your hot beds are in condition and sow in some early Cabbage, Lettuce, Beet and Raddish. Our seeds have just arrived, and we guarantee them to b£ sound, new seed, being of last year’s crop. We carry over no seed from one y< ar to another. Why take chances when you can get your seed from us and run no risk, and at same time 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 ou hand at the proper time for sowing. Get a supply of our earliest varieties of Cabbage. Early Jerset, 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 ot seed. Plant our Early Red Turnip Beet and our Cabbage Lettuce. Plant our Extra Early Sear- let Radish among your beets as a catch crop. They come and are gone before they get in the way of the beet. Sow in a good crop of our Extra Early Wood’s Pedigree Garden Peas, valuable on ac count of its earliness and pro ductiveness, and the beautiful green color of its pods and peas, as well as their delicious flavor. Of all the varieties of garden peas, this is the one to plant. A succession of crops can be had by sowing every two weeks. All the other varieties on hand. The Gaffney NELSON The Star Clothier Drug Co. £ Prescription Druggists. Opposite Hotels.