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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. others, hut .. t.tend „ It-.* « lAllft IN SICK KIONtTS last, to try to impart the beet that is ^ Ji ^ .. . . .. in us to others—to, in a measure, atone A SWEET SINGER. The Charlotte Observer, the Rich mond News-Leader, the Norfolk Landmark and other big dailies have been singing the praises of their local poets. Only last Sunday the Char lotte Observer tuned its lyre and ac companied It with a sweet song of praise for the tuneful production of one of its patrons. If we may be per mitted to do the William goat act we would like to call the attention of these partisan judges to the following production of a love sick swain who favored us not long since. “My City Girl.” I have a prety little T> oft ri- ru tell you her name, it o reari, She lives just across the street. And oh! her pretty little feet— She wears the nicest little shoe, The number of it is only two. She wears dresses up to her ^ees- And can live on as little as you please, She is as smart as she can be, And as harmless as a flea; She is a good housekeeper, And never an over-sleeper. She is as sweet as she can be, And I think she will just suit me; And, oh! her mouth I would like so well to buss, But I am afraid it would raise a fuss, And so I have never tried it yet, But I have often thought of it you had better bet. Now, her age is just thirteen, But she is the prettiest girl you have ever seen; The fact that I love her cannot be de nied, ,. For love is one thing that you can t hide. I can’t say that we will marry, But if we do I will treat her like a fairy. Now, if her love is as great as mine, There is coming in the future a time When I can call her mine, And tell her I am thine; I have never whispered love in her o&r But it is al on account of fear. But I hope to real soon. When I will be as happy as the man in the moon. I will send her a message of love And tell her I’ll be as happy as a dove If she will only tell me That she will my companion be. Now, while this is true, I wish to inform you That my love has not ceased for others. For I have a loving capacity greater than my brother’s, For while he loves only one, I love an enormous sum. —“Sport.” Now, if the Observer, or any of the other papers mentioned can find any thing that equals this for genuine feeling and adoration we would like for them to bring it forth. It equals if it does not surpass, “When pa comes stepping high That was of his walk the way.” for sins of omission and commission— and we propose to speak the truth about men and measures as we see it, relying upon the hand of Providence for guidance and the hearts of men for approval. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. NOTES AND COMMENTS This is ideal weather for farming and gardening and all outdoor work, and many who follow those vocations are taking advantage of it. • • • Tell your neighbor what he is miss ing by not reading The Ledger. That it is the best bargain in the newspar per line offered to the people of South Carolina there is small doubt Our friends could do us much good by speaking a kind word to others in our behalf. • • • Two editors at Salisbury, N. C., have been “scrapping” because one of them “leered” at the other—whatever that means. It appears to us that they would better serve the interests of their constituents by devoting their energies towards getting out better pa pers. The public is not interested in the personal differences of editors, but in the newspapers they issue. • • • In our last issue we took occasion to say that the indications were that the manufacturing interests of Gaffney would soon begin to boom—or words to that effect. At the time we had nothing particular in view, but since then we have been informed that there Is a project on foot that will revolu tionize the manufacturing Interests of Gaffney. In a few weeks we hope to be able to make an announcement along this line that will make every Gaffney loving heart throb with joy. • • • This newspaper has always been free and independent We strive to labor for the good of the people. We want to do something to advance the moral, the educational, the Industrial and political Interests of the people. Sometimes we feel like we are terribly misunderstood, but deep down in our soul we have the consciousness of knowing that we mean to do right, that we are trying to do our duty to ourself and to our fellow men. We hate hypocrasy and deceit We know that we have not walked the straight and narrow path and have done many things we should not have done, and left undone many things we should have done. And perhaps for this rear son we are not lit to give counsel unto S. G. Pridmore and J. S. Sparks, of R. F. D. No. 2, were in the city Fri day They subscribed for The Ledger while here. Jud Allison, of R. F. D. No. 1, was in the city Friday. He called on The Ledger and subscribed. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Holt, of Blacks burg, spent several days in the city last week, visiting their children, Mr. D. J. Holt, Mrs. W. L. Sprouse, and Mrs John R. McGowan. Mrs. Thomas Hester spent the day in the city last Thursday. She expects to go to her husband in West Virgin ia about the first of April, where she will spend several months. D. H. Green, of R. F. D. No. 2, nine miles out of the city, was here Fri day. J. M. Roberts, of Wilkinsville, was in the city Saturday. He renewed for The Ledger. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Sapoch, of Blacksburg, were in the city Friday. Miss Georgia Sapoch went home with them to spend a while. Misses Lillian Hopper and Edith Cook went to Charlotte Friday visit ing. T. D. Daniel and F. X. Davis, the bookkeepers of Carroll & Byers, both entered their names on The Ledger list Saturday. E. C. Ramsey and E. A. Ellis, who hold positions in the Gaffney mill, subscribed for The Ledger Saturday. Hon. C. P. Sanders, of Spartanburg, was in the city yesterday attending court on professional business. J. O. Abernathy, of Gastonia, spent Sunday in the city. Ed White, Paul C. Wilburn and A. T. Dudley, of Spartanburg, spent Sun day in the city. Hon. W. D. Kirby went to Pickens, Clemson College and Anderson last week to inspect the State convict camps. He was accompanied by J. O. Wingo, of Greenville, another mem ber of the board. Rev. J. D. Bailey, of Cowpens, spent Sunday night in the city. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. (“Dock”) Ross, T. G. McCraw, W. N. Turner, Mangum Gaston, J. Q Little and Worth Little left yesterday for Hot Springs, Ark. A. M. Deal, of Columbia, is acting as court stenographer this week. Miss Marie Turner, the efficient ste nographer of J. C. Jefferies, filled the position of court stenographer last week in the absence of Court Stenog rapher McCaw. W. J. Daniel, of the Pleasant Grove section, was in town Saturday. Joseph Beason, of Cliffsides, was visiting in town Saturday. C. S. Humphries, of Cliffsides, was in town on business Friday. Jno. L. McCraw, of Grassy Pond section, was in town trading Satur day. Wm. Borders, of Kings Creek, was at the county seat Saturday. O. A. Allison, of the Pleasant Grove section, was among the many in town Saturday. W. W. Ruppe, of Maud, was in town Saturday on business. Prof. McArthur was able to be on the streets Saturday. Drayton Painter, the hustling farm er, was in town last Friday. E. W. McDaniel, from across the Broad, was in town Friday. Joe Scruggs, merchant and farmer of near State Line, was in town Fri day on business. P. F. Sepoch, the R. F. D. carrier of Blacksburg, was in town Friday on business. W. T. Horton, of Thickety Moun tain, vras in town Thursday on busi ness. He says if there are any foxes on the mountain he doesn’t know it. W. D. Martin, a member of the New York cotton exchange, was in town Friday shaking hands with his many friends. Ed. L. Eison, of Lockhart, was in the city yesterday on business. John Bomar, a prominent young business man of Spartanburg, was in the city the last of the week on busi ness. R. L. Smith, of Macedonia, was a business visitor in the city yester day. Miss Blanche Willis, of Clifton, re turned home yesterday from a visit to Mrs. W. W. Thomas, of this city. Price Martin, of Grover, is in the city this week as a Juror. J. R. Service, of Mercer, spent yes terday in the city on business. Mr. Albert Bettis, of Grover, is in the city as Juror this week. Jonas Green and his two children, of Boiling Springs, spent several days in the city recently with D. J. Hamrick, They returned home Sunday. W. M. Borders and his son, Clar ence, of Kings Creek, were in the city Saturday, Mr. Borders renewed Tor The Ledger. S. L. Yoder, Nick Witson and B. B. Jones, of Asheville, and Israel Beilin, of Union, all dealers in stock, were in the city the latter part of last week. Miss S. L. Bryan, who has charge of the Grassy Pond school, returned from Yorkville Saturday, where she went to see her grandmother, Mrs. J. B. Bell, who died. Leo Little, who is with the D, A. Tompkins Co., of Charlotte, arrived in the city Sunday to visit his grandpa rents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Baker. Mrs. W. F. Dye, of Blacksburg, was in the city shopping Saturday. J. W. Camp, of Cherokee, was a vis itor at The Ledger office Saturday. He renewed. W. H. Millwood, of Wilkinsville, was In the city Saturday. He added his name to The Ledger’s mailing list while here. W. D. Mayfield, of R. F. D. No. 3, was in the city Saturday, and he en tered his name on The Ledger’s list. G. M. Hill, of Star Farm, was In the city Saturday. He renewed for The Ledger while here. J. B. Sarratt, of R. F. D. No 1 called The kidneys are the weak link In the ohain of life, and are daily carrying thou sands of victims to untimely grates. Ninety men and womemnevery hundred have kid- i net trouble and don’t know it, because it's only when the tronblc reaches an advanced stage that it’s recognized as kidney disease. We imagine we have dyspepsia, heart dis ease, nervous prostration and a hundred and one ills, but nine times out of Lit the real trouble is that the kidneys are so weak and diseased that they are utterly unable to carry the waste matters out of the body, and theuricacidaccumulatesin the system, and slowly but surely paves the way for Bright’s disease, diabetes, blood poisoning and a horrible death in convulsions. Ask your doctor if this L not good, solid, com mon sense. EXAMINE YOUR URINE It's the infallible test of kidney trouble. If yonr morning urine, on standing still 24 hours, contains a sediment, is cloudy, or shows fioating particles, yonr kidneys are seriously diseased and must be treated at once. There is only one remedy that can be used with absolute safety and confidence, Warner’s Safe Cure, put up for years at Rochester, N. Y., by the Warner’s Safe Cure , and sold at all drug stores, 50 cents and $1 a bottle. Warner’sSafeCure is used by leading phy sicians, and in hospitals, as the one certain "T lie \1 ti t t_i Ei 1 Benefit’s CJ! c > n cd i t i c_> n *-* fit-* ter* Baying F^AYMEN'r^ OK DEATH EDA IMS. “Upon due and satisfactory proof of interest, and the death of the Insured.” (COPY) Mr. M. The GREENVILLE, S. C, Mar. 8, 1905. cure for all diseases of kidney’s, liver, blad der and blood—the remedy that cures when all else fails, and leaves no bad after effects. Get a bottle to-day; it will save you years of suffering. Safe” Pills move the bowels gently and •id a speedy cure. M. MA.TTIS0N, State Agent, Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir: This morning your agent, Mr. your Company’s check, #146,172, Co. has handed me Wm. Goldsmith, Jr. for Five Thousand, Thirty-nine and 40/100 Dollars in payment in full of Policy #245,624 issued to my husband. Col. Jas. L. Orr, for $5,000 and post mortem dividend of $39•40. In view of the fact that the proofs were mailed on March 4th, and check received this morning, (March 9th) I desire to express my thanks for the prompt settlement made. Yours respectfully, BETTIE H. ORR. on us Saturday and renewed for The Ledger. A. C. Bass, formerly an operator In the cotton exchange at this place, but now of Laurinburg, N. C., was in town Friday. N. W. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, came over yesterday to attend court W. J. McGill, of Kings Creek, was an early visitor in the city yesterday. W. Sam Lipscomb is in New Orleans attending a meeting of the cotton growers of the South, ers of the South. A. G. Susong, of Star Farm, was a business visitor in the city Friday J. O. Abernathy, of Gastonia, N. C., spent Sunday in our midst Judge Purdy returned to the city Sunday from his home at Sumter, to resume his duties at court yesterday morning. A. T. Dillard, of Spartanburg, was among the visitors in the city Sunday. Miss Pearl Crawley returned to her home in the city yesterday, after a visit to her friend, Miss Bessie Rein hardt, at Blacksburg. J. T. Hames, of Gowdeysville, was in the city yesterday. J. E. Webster, Esq., was in Spar tanburg Friday on legal business. F. M. Owensby, of lower Cherokee, was among the callers at The Ledger office Saturday. He renewed for an other year. T. Lipscomb, of the Ravenna sec tion, was In the city Saturday. W. H. Wright, of Thickety, was In town on business. Saturday. Ed Clary, of R. F. D. No. 3, was in town Saturday on business. L. T. Clary was in town purchas ing fertilizers Saturday. P. C. Garvin, from the Union sec tion, was in the city Saturday. The Mutual Benefit was not the first to make up proof of loss, but WAS THE FIRST TO MAKE SETT LEMENT. QUICK INSURANCE SETTLEMENT. How The Mutual Beneft Paid Col. Orr’s Insurance Policy. The late Col. J. L. Orr had a life insurance policy for $5,000 in the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, of which Mr. M. M. Mat- tison, of Anderson is the State Agent. The proofs of death were made out on March and immediately forwarded to the home office of the company at Newark, N. J. The check for payment was made out March 7, and received in Anderson yesterday, March 8, and will be delivered to Mrs. Orr in Greenville to day, March 9. This was a remarkably quick settlement, and illustrates the Mutual Benefit’s promptness in dealing with its customers* The face of the policy was for $5,000, and the check called for $5,039.40. The $39.40 represents what is called a “post mortem divi dend.” In other words, it was the policy’s pro rata share of dividends earned since the last payment. If Col. Orr had lived, this, together with additional earnings, would have been applied to reduce the next payment. Very few of the life insurance companies allow these post mortem benefits. Col. Orr carried life insurance amounting in all to $105,000, and the Mutual Benefit was one of his favorite companies. Mr. Mattison has a very strong letter of recommendation for the company from him.—Anderson Daily Mail, 3-9-’05. For specimen policy fill out blanks below and mail to JONES J. DARBY, Agent, Gaffney, S. C. Name Address. Age TIN DEPOSITS. World’s Production in 1903—The Gaff ney Mine. (Charlotte Chronicle. According to recent German returns, the tin production of the work amounted to 93,093 tons in 1903, an increase over the preceding year of 2,916 tons. According to these re turns, 75 per cent, of all tin comes from southeastern Asia, the following j being the estimated output of the sev eral colonies and countries: Malacca 54,797 toas; Banaca and Billiton, 20,- 060 tons; Boliva, 9,500 tons; Austral ia, 4,191 tons; Cornwall, 4,150 tons; al other places, 395 tons. Consul Guern- ther, at Frankfort, who gives this in formation, says that although the pro duction of tin has increased regularly from year to year, the outpui Is not sufficient to supply the demand, as the stock on hand in the most impor tant tin markets has constantly de creased. The United States consumes 43 per cent, of the total tin product ion; Great Britain, 28 per cent; the other European countries, 22 per cent and India and China together, 7 per cent. It Is surprising that the Unite. States, which during recent decades has made such enormous progress exploiting its mineral resources, not a factor in the production of tin, although considerable deposits are said to exist in South Dakota, Wy oming, and in North and South Caro lina. A year ago one tin mine was opened in South Carolina. The mines about Gaffney, in the latter State, have been opened sufficiently, we learn, t& show the existence of rich tin ore in paying quantities, and the owner at the land is engaged in getting out this ore on a small scale. He has demanded or has refused sums for his property that seem fabulous even for a rich tin mine. Our Stock of Spring Can’t Afford to Do Without It. Maud, Feb. 3rd, 1905. Editor Gaffney Ledger, Dear Sir:—Please find enclosed $1 for which send me your valuable pa per one year. I don’t think I can afford to do without it. Yours truly, L. B. Scruggs. Attention U. C. Veterans! Camp Jefferies U. C. Veterans will meet at Elbethel church on Saturday, April 1st, at 11 o’clock A. M., to elect delegates and sponsors to the forth coming reunions of U. C. veterans, and to transact such other business as will come before it. Tuose who haven’t paid their dues of 15 cents per capita will please at tend to it on or before that time. By order of G. Wash McKown, J. L.. Strain, Commander. Adjutant. March 9th, 1905. Can be grown for less money if you will use our stock remedies. Diseases of cattle, hogs, sheep and poul try are now treated as scientifically and suc cessfully as human ills. Once, a hit-or- miss condition pow der was about the ' only stock remedy to be had, no matter what kind of an ani mal was to be treated, nor what the disease was. : : : : Today we have stock V. remedies ot actual medicinal value; for distinct, specific pur poses. Why have a sick, puny hor»e ^ when it might beT otherwise? Be sjir| • to see us when need any kim remedy for stocl poultry. Our s] shipment is here, 1 R* ‘cip* - for §tock medicines 'are com pounded as carefully here as the most deli- ^ cate prescription. : Cherokee DRESS GOODS Nearing Completion. You will find here most everything found in a first class Dry Goods store at prices that are reasonable for the quality of goods shown. Our help will be pleased to show you. through, and not misrepresent the quality. : : : : : ; Some Things We Are Showing Fancy White Goods, sheer quality, 16 to 25c. Fancy White Pique, pretty quality, at 15c. Soiesette, in white and colors, permanent finish, as pretty as silk, at only 25c per yard. Fine Satines for shirt waist suits, very few tilings equal them for dura bility, at 15c yard. Traverse Cords, a new and very desirable material for spring and summer wear; see them, only 15c yard. A. F. C. Ginghams, the best on the mar ket for the price. Fast colors. Silk and Wool goods. Large stock to select from. We have a larger stock of Embroideries and laces than ever before to select from. 6c and up. Some 10c quality Embroider ies, slightly soiled, to go at 5c. Large as sortment, 10c quality, to go at 8c per yard. New Slippers just in. Brockport, Ultra and Berring. These goods are up to date in style and quality. There is no better goods sold in any market for the prices. See us for your wants. Your trade so licited and appreciated. : : Yours truly, —Ladies Coat Suits at greatly duced prices, at J. I. Sarratt’a. Subscribe for Ths Ledger, only lull Subscribe for Ths Ledger $1.00 a year. WILKINS (8b GO. GAFFNEY, - SOUTH CAR*