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5* r . m: THE LEDGER. Tuesday ard Friday, £d.,H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. Tbo 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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. We invariably ciscontlnue sending ••■he Ledger when a subscription runs tfut, for we have no way of knowing 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. HOW IT IS WORKING. Some folks say that you can’t have prohibition, and we know we haven’t got it in this county, because we saw several jugs of liquor come in by ex press the other day, but we are here to testify that as a consequence of vot ing out the dispensary this community Is infinitely better off. The other day we asked a prominent criminal lawyer what he thought about the operations of the law and he said in effect that there was no calculating the benefits the county was deriving from it; that life was much safer, and that the present term of court would have less criminal business than any term since the organization of the county. When asked if he was willing to pay the ad ditional tax incurred by voting out the dispensary he replied: “Yes, and thrice over.” Only yesterday a magistrate came into this office to purchase a lot of blanks, such as summons, etc., and he took occasion to say that the small purchase he was making was due to voting out the dispensary, as he prac tically had nothing to do now except civil business. He said he firmly be lieved the county would save money under the new order of things. These two gentlemen are quoted simply to illustrate the operations of the law. They are from different sec tions of the county, are truthful citi zens, and what has been their obser vation has been the observation of every citizen. Those who can afford to send after liquor generally send when they take a notion. There are a great many, however, who can’t afford to send af ter a jug of liquor who are doing with out it—and they were spending in small sums for the chemically pure for other purposes. Another thing to be remembered is that we have removed the temptation from the boys. They can’t pick up a negro and send him to the dispensary for the stuff. How about the blind tiger" Well, Chief Lockhart and his men, assisted by Bert Hallman, make it so warm for the tiger that he keeps on the move. In other words, they burn the woods and run him from his lair, and when they catch him Mayor Gaffney and U. S. Commissioner J. B. Bell let the tiger know that, they have been en trusted with the power to inflict pun ishment—and they do it. cheap to lend it. Some people actu- 1 ally spend time enough borrowing a paper to pay for half* a dozen. Just think of it, more than 100 papers for $1.00—or less than 1c each. A man could make double the money doing something else while he is losing the time it takes to ask for the loan of it. * * * On Saturday last Mr. Theodore Roosevelt and Mr. Chas. W. Fairbanks were inaugurated President and Vice- President of these United States. We extend to them the right hand of fel lowship and trust their administra tion for the next four years will be of such a wise an conservative nature as to merit the confidence and esteem of every American citizen. In that case it must be free from sectionalism of any nature whatever. Mr. Roosevelt is impetuous by nature and has done many things that he should not have done. The weight of years and expe rience in the executive chair has so bered him somewhat and we do not anticipate a repetition of his Booker Washington tomfoolery or his Crum persistency. Let us forgive him and look upon him as a worthy ruler of a great and glorious people. Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Gaffney Postofflce for the week ending March 6th. 1905: Bice Allen, A. A. Adams, Garreson Corn, G. K. Durham, C. F. Eakers, J. F. Farmer, Silas Foster, Forest Gar rett, William Gates, A. W. Grant, Tom Garrett, Frank Gregory (2), Rodmon Gefferson, S. I. Miles, John McCombs, Lewis Panter, W. H. Roue, Jim Rob son. C. B. Spears, George Sparks, Johhn Toler, Joseph Walker, Mrs. H. V. Bryant, Mrs. Ed Clary, Mrs. E. H. Davis, Mrs. Emmerline Edwards, Mrs. E. R. Ellis, Mrs. Ida Gilbert, Mrs. El len Grasam, Mrs. Nannie Jeter, Mrs. Virgie Jeffers, Mrs. Ella Jolly, Mrs. Alas Mashaw, Mrs. Lube Melton, Mrs. Nancy Makerson, Mrs. Roosey Moore, Mrs. Mary Michel, Mrs. Eva Belle Rice, Mrs. R. M. Rodgers, Mrs. Deller Sims, Mrs. J. M. Wilkins. Paulene Turner. Call for “Advertised Letters.” One cent due on each. A. R. N. Folger, P. M. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. JAPANESE HOMES. Resolutions of Respect. Resolutions of condolence and sym pathy from Willow Camp No. 61 Woodmen of the World, Grover, N. C. Whereas, in the death of our be loved sovereign. David R. Bell, we have lost a bright and active member; a man of happy disposition, pleasant address and affable manner, he car ried with him sunshine and happiness and his presence always dispelled gloom and despair; and, Whereas, when the spirit of Sov- erign Bell took its flight to its eter nal home a bright and gleeful light went out from his earthly home, leav ing a widow and five children with a shadow of gloom hovering over them. Therefore, be it Resolved, that we, the members of Willow Camp No. 61, Woodmen of th^ World, do hereby ex press our most profound sympathy to his grierf-stricken family and ex tend to them our consolation in their loss and bereavement, humbly submit ting also to the will of God. Resolved, that a copy of these res olutions be sent to the widow of the deceased and also spread on our rec ords and sent to sovereign visitors, and Cleveland and Cherokee county pa pers for publication. J. F. Hambrlght, W. J. Moss, T. J. Gibbons, PHYSICIANS FRIGHTEN HIGH SOCIETY. Inroads of Bright’s Disease So Rapid as to be Grave Menace. A GOOD SUGGESTION. No man in Gaffney has a higher con ception of the duties of a citizen than Postmaster Folger, and no man is more interested in the growth of the town and the well-being of the commu nity than he. He is always looking after the interests of the town. Not ing the difference between Senator Latimer and Representativ Finley in regard to the bill for creating a new Federal District for South Carolina Mr. Folger has written the following letter to these gentlemen: “My Dear Sir:—If you will pardon seeming presumption on my part, I would suggest a compromise measure for you gentlemen; one to please your constituents and benefit a thriving city. In the bill for creating a new Fed eral District in South Carolina elimi nate both Spartanburg and Rock Hill, inserting Gaffney, Cherokee county, in lieu thereof, as one of the places for holding Federal court. It is sixty-two miles from Green ville, S. C., in a populous, fertile and healthy section; surrounded with thriving prosperous farmers, while filled* with live, progressive men ever ready to make concessions for advano ing the interests of the city. "Trusting you will take this into consideration, I am, sir, with much respect, “Yours truly, “A. R. N. Folger.” It is to be hoped that Messrs. Lati mer and Finley will act on this sug gestion. Gaffney has never received anything at the hands of the Federal government and this small concession would make us feel like we belonged to the Union, or that the Union be longed to us. NOTES AND COMMENTS If your neighbor bothers you about borrowing your paper tell him it’s too Startling Number of Cases of the Dread Ailment Found Among Club Men and Women. C. E. Smith, of Goucher, was in the city yesterday. John Mabry, of lower Cherokee,! spent yesterday in the city. Robert Goforth, of Ravenna, was in j the city yesterday. N. W. Hardin. Esq., of Blacksburg, came over yesterday to attend court. Rev. J. D. Bailey, of Cowpens, pass-1 ed through the city yesterday on his; way home from Blacksburg, where he. preached on Sunday. James Wilkins, of Ravenna, was! among the comers to the city yesler-1 day. J. H. Allison, of Smyrna, was in the! city yesterday. Chief Coke Duncan, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. W. W. Whelchel, of Midway, spent yesterday in the city. P. S. Webber, of Wilkinsville, was among the prominent Cherokeeans in the city yesterday. C. H. Woodliff, of Gainesvile, Ga., is in the city this week in the inter-1 est of the Atlanta Constitution. L. M. Pearson and W. H. Arnold, two popular young men of Woodruff, were visitors in the city Saturday. Rochelle Rogers, of Laurens, spent Sunday in the city with his father and sisters. Col. T. E. Moore, of Tucapau, was in the city the last of the week. R. E. Burriss, a prominent business man of Anderson, was a visitor in the city Saturday. W. H. Crews, of Spartanburg, was in the city Friday. W. T. Magness came in from the road Saturday and spent Sunday with his parents at Grassy Pond. A. G. Susong, of Star Farm, was in town Saturday. R. H. Nesbitt, of Spartanburg, was a visitor in the city the last of the week. I. A. Wood, who lives near the Cow- pens battleground, was in town yes terday. Wellington Humphries, of Cowpens, is here this week attending court as a juror. J. F. Vinesett, of Grassy Pond, was in town yesterday. Robert Bridges, of Cowpens, spent yesterday in the city. Dr. Ramseur, of Blacksburg, was over for a short while yesterday. Alfred Harris, of Algood, was in the city yesterday. Miss Lula Smith, the popular "cen tral” in the telephone office at Hick ory Grove, was in the city Saturday shopping, Paul V. Gaffney went to Spartan burg yesterday morning on business. J. L. Strain, Esq., of Etta Jane, was a caller at The Ledger office yester day. Dr. R. F. McKown, of Cherokee Falls, was in the city yesterday. J. E. Ezell has returned from a trip to the north much improved in looks and health. E. A. Trescot, Esq:, of Blacksburg, was here yesterday attending court. Vanderbilt Kendrick is in town vis iting his parents. L. U. Campbell returned to the city Friday from New York, where he had gone in the interest of his monazite mines. N. Guiton, of Kings Creek, is in the city for the week, being one of the jurors at the present term of court. Mrs. Stanley Mason, of Richmond, Va., arrived in the city last, night and will spend several weeks with her pa rents, Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Thompson, on Victoria avenue. Magistrate B. J. Gold, of Blacks burg. was in the city yesterday o» bus iness. •’ Capt. A. Urquhart, of Blacksburg, was among those who visited the city yesterday. Miss Annie Moore spent Sunday in Cowpens with her pa rf Mts. Mac and Clint Robbins came nome Saturday to be at the bedside of their grandmother, who died Sunday. J. L. Allison was a city visitor Sat urday. Dr. J. N. Nesbit, who hap been in Philadelphia taking a post graduate course in the study of medicine, re turned to the city Saturday. Prater Smith was in the city Satur day on business. There Ai Th. ■ J a 1 main of a roof. The eml with tiles. It u long run v It is not Vo Dooi-h or iOiNHHice* To I'ypieul I) tv ell iik. i!’s - iM).:.*'- t uiHtSts in the ■ ’-i curb corner .md » of m.i.v or in v mu !><• cov lc ;r. \ oli .H.'i.' 1 i p'l.•;m:*• 1 i.i : ie ivm-e in i.. comes ;il . r , c .. s it .u ■ . .. body’s piri -n •i:i. h ui> to t- ' of a mile ;i .r \ : ; t. .] . v fly euo to : *. i t. - i.p * much tin . > - • j • neatb it ’• h n tin* i.r.-l : i n ' quake arir l! o o r. will be bvru <1 wv. :i : - er I pons, as tin* Japan u-n very <1 a lamps and il u.v • ro.e n. »;• are regular children about !ir.*s < course soinmhing else is done to i four posts an . tin* i n ' !».»; ■: • l! \ be come a Louse in which births, mar rlages and d -nths c.-.n akc i lace. r.:v really remarkably littie is necessary Crossbean.s arc naturally added io. support the weight of the roof, grooves are made in the eras beams and m the platform raised a loot or two above the ground which constitutes the door A Japanese house is all on one floor generally -in fact, one might say it is all one floor. Between the grooves In the floor and the grooves in the cross beams are run shutters with paper panels to divide the bouses into what ever number of rooms the owner may choose, which depends on the number of bedrooms be may require. There are no doors or passages in a typical Japanese house. In it every room acts as a passage into the room beyond it. and for the door you slide back the panel that happens to be nearest to you. For this sliding there are little bronze sunk handles in the wooden frames of the panels. The outside pa per shutters do not come quite to the edge of the platform floor; the grooves along the edges are filled at night or in severe w’eather with wooden shutters each of which is hold in its place by the one that follows it. the last one being secured with a flimsy wooden bolt. STONE >«* BLADDER Quickly Dissolved and Removed With out Danger by Warner’s Safe Cure. Stone in the bladder is one form of kidney trouble—a sign that the kidneys are so dis eased that they are no longer aide to remove all the urioacid and other poisonous waste matters out of the blood. The Vic acid accumulates in the bladder , and forms into little lumps or stoues ? which pass away from time to time in the urine. If they are at all large they seriously injure the j delicate tissues of the urinary organs, causing ; inflammation, great weakness, and not infre quently convulsions and death. When the gravel becomes so large that it cannot be passed the uric acid bnckf; up through the blood, poisons the whole system, j and the sufferer dies in terrible agony. There is'only one way to prevent uric acid ! poison, and this is to dissolve the gravel with- <>u. d.-lay ami get it out of the system by tak ing Warner’s Kafo Cure, the only medicine that can be taken with safety. SAFE CURE CURES gravel, or stone in the bladder; Bright’s dis ease, diabetes and every other form of Kid ney disease. It acts on the delicate tissues of ttie kidnevs, removes the diseased, worn out parts, and replaces them with live tissue; pnriflos the blood, stimulates the circulation and awakens the torpid liver; assists digest ion and tones up and strengthens the whole body; enables every organ to do its work properly ami fully. Nearly every man and woman has the germs of kidney disease in their system, and should make a test of the kidneys at least every two or three months. Let some urine stand in a glass for 24 hours; if it is cloudy or smoky, or if particles float in it, or if there is a reddish brown sedi ment, your kidneys are diseased and there is not a moment to lose. You should begjn taking Safe Cure at once.- It is alisolutely pure, made entirely of herbs, contains nc dangerous drugs, is pleasant to take, and is prescrilied by doctors and used in hospitals everywhere. Safe Cure is sold at all drug stores. K cents and §1.00 a bottle. ANALYSIS FREE. If after making this test you have any doubt ns to the development of the disease in your system, send a sample of your urine to the Medical Department, Warner Safe Cun; Co., Rochester, N. Y., and our doctors will analyze it and send you a report, with advice and medical booklet, free. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES AND IMITATIONS They are worthless and very often ex ceedingly dangerous. Ask for Warner’s Safe Cure; it will cure you. WARNER’S SAFE PILLS move the bow els gently and aid a speedy cure. & TWO TON BLACKFISH. Doctors Say There is but One Way to Stop the Inroads of This Fatal Disease—Quit High Living and Use Warner’s Safe Cure. Through an official bulletin issued Through an affleial bulletin issued from the Health Department of va rious cities club men and women gen erally have received a shock, and there is such a consultation going on with doctors as was never seen here. Statistics show that 6 per cent, of the residents of large cities are suf fering from Bright’s disease; that it is far more general among members of both men’s and women’s clubs and in high society than elsewhere, and that a stop must be put to the rapid pace, or the disease will increase far faster than It has done—which even at pres ent is at an alarming rate. Physicians say a halt positively must be called on the continuous round of rich dinners and consequent drink ing, and those who have the slightest symptoms must begin to take War ner’s Safe Cure at once and take it religiously as prescribed, or this ail ment—almost Incurable at certain stages—will get beyond all control. Figures obtained show that women are affected as much as men. Why the leading doctors prescribe and recommend Warner’s Safe Cure is they are absolutely certain of the mer its of the medicine and the great work It has done In the last twenty-five years In curing thousands upon thous ands of men and women who were doomed with Bright’s disease and oth er kidney trouble. A list of precautions has been made up by the different Health Depart ments, which should be observed by those who have any Inherited tendency toward the disease and those who have any symptom of it. This list will be sent free by mail to any one who will write Warner’s Safe Cure Co., Roches ter, N. Y. Look out for backache, heaviness under the eyes, a bloated feeling and pains In the back of your neck. These are dangerous symp toms. A School That Waa Driven Awhore at Cape Cod. One day in November, several years ago, the good people living on the Massachusetts bay shore at the north end of Cape Cod were wrought to the highest pitch of excitement by the ar rival of an immense school of black- fish which were on the flats chasing bait, as the small fish they feed on are called, and gradually working inshore. The news spread like wildfire. Vil lage stores were hastily closed, school boys deserted schoolrooms, and even women flocked to the shore. The flats along the coast make out from half to a mile and a half practically level and almost dry at low tide where at high tide is four to eight feet of water. No school of blackfish so large as this had ever been heard of. And by good luck the tide was ebbing. Hastily the boats were launched, each taking a half dozen men and boys, those not rowing being armed with sticks and pieces of board. In a quarter of an hour they were In posi tion in half circle and to leeward of the fish. “Close in now,” came from the “com modore,” “and make all the noise you can!” And they did, fairly churning the water with boards and sticks. The thousands of squid aud herring on which the blackfish were feeding as sisted in this movement by getting in to shoal water as far as possible so Subaerlbe for The Ledger, only $1.00 Produce Market. The following prices prevail on this market for 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 Turkeys, Hens 75 to $1 Ducks 20 to 25 Geese 25 to 30 Dressed Rabbits 8 cents each Eggs 15 cents doz. Butter 12 V6 to 15 cents lb. Sweet Potatoes 50c a bushel Irish Potatoes $1 a bushel Turnips 50c a bushel Cabbage 2 cents a pound White Beans $2 a bushel Cow Peas 75c a bushel White Peas $1 a bushel Bran $1.35 a hundred Corn 70c a bushel Oats 50c to 60c a bushel Wheat $1.25 a bushel Hay $1 a hundred Meal .. 75c a bushel Dried Apples .. .. 5c a pound Dried Peaches 6c a pound Onions $1.00 a bushel Walnuts t 60c a bushel Arrival of Trains. For the convenience of the people og Gaffney and vicinity, we 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 10:67 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. 36 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 mall train only, and Nos. 37 and 38 are “the vestibules;” and none of the three stops at Gaffney. AU the others make regular stops. Mall 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 offlce thirty minutes before each train Is due to arrive. LIST OF 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. Robbs, 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. The more a man preaches to his neighbors the less they practice. Adjourns Come to our store and get your GARDEN SEED. We sell T. W. WOOD & SONS seed and every body knows that they are the best for the South. We don’t fool you with the little papers, but weigh them out to you and give you more than you have been get ting for your money. We have just what you want. You run absolutely no risk of getting old seed from us, because this is the first year that we have sold them. Savages hunt for a living and civi lized men hunt for easy jobs. Subscribe for The Ledger $1 a year. Gaffney Drag Co., Prescription Druggists. Opposite Hotels. Senator Tillman’s Contention Upheld. (Charlotte Observer.) While the fight against the cinfir- mation of W. D. Crum, colored, as collector of the port of Charleston, S. C., was on Senator Tillman chal lenged the right of the president to send in aas recess appointment the name of Crum and others who failed pf action at the extraordinary session. After so long a time, the Senate ju diciary committee has made its re port on the resolution of Inquiry on the subject introduced by the South Carolina senator, and it Is adverse to the position taken by the President, the committee holding that there was no constructive recess between the extraordinary and the first session of the present oCngress, in the fall of 1903. The report holds that as there is no real recess between the ses sions, as in the case in question, there can be no constructive recess. In other words, where an extraordina ry session merges into & regular ses sion without any breaak, there is no imaginary recess that can be consid ered in the absence of a recess in fact. This decision, it is said, will not bea cted upon by the Senate, but will hereafter serve as ar ule In the prem ises. tl seems, therefore, that Senator Tillman’s position was correct in the eyes of the Senate, and had the com mittee made its report in time it might have had the effect of further postponing action on the Crum con firmation, but it is just as well, if not a little better, that such was not the case. The President would doubtless have continued to name the negro as colelctor, and the only effect would have been to hold back his salary. Be sides, the country was getting pretty tired of the fight, and doubtless Sen ator Tillman himself was glad when it was over. ■» THE TAILOR MADE Hand Welted Sole. Exten sion edge. Ideal Patent Kid. SEE THAT THIS v/zy/z/z/y TRADE/^MARK IS BRANDED ON EVERY SHOE. what we have any way. to show you. When Yon Buy Shoes You want the very best you can ge for the money. We have no old stocl to offer you and we do not hesitatt to say we will give you more rea value for the price than any firm ir town. If you need shoes come to us We have the sizes to fit any foot. I: you do not need them now, come iu and ^see Always glad The R. S. Lipscomb Shoe Company. Gaffney, S. C. THE 5 GAFFNEY HARDWARE CO. t SILL OPEH THIS SEEK NOTICE. • The colored school teachers of Cherokee county are hereby caJled to meet next Saturday, the 4th instant, at 10 o’clock A. M., in graded school building on E. Smith street. Each teacher Is urged to be pres ent. J. S. Bonner, Secretary. Rev. R. C. Campbell, President. In the builidng on Limestone Street, lately occupied by W. V. Humphries. ; : : EVERYTHING Subscribe for Tho Ledger, only $1.00 i is ' •