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THE LEDGER. % Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. NOTES AND COMMENTS. We like the idea of beautifying the city park. As a matter of fact it costs a little money (so do the Eas ter bonnets for the ladies), but it is an adornment worthy of the price. We wonder if Alderman Gus Abernathy is responsible for this? You know it took place immediately after his elec tion. We were unaware of the fact that he possessed an aesthetic taste, but if he is responsible for this job he has more than earned his salary for the term to which he was elected. The young gentleman who attends to the mailing list of the Charlotte Observer had better have a care. In some unaccountable manner he omit ted The Ledger from the list for three or four days last week, and there came near being a panic in our sanctum. It is well, though, for few of us know how to appreciate a good thing until we are deprived of it. Colonel George Crater, the effi cient and genial business manager of The Observer, assures us that we shall be served regularly in the future, for which he has our thanks. • • • Mr. A. E. Gonzales, tTie principal owner of the Columbia State, has pu,- chased the Spartanburg Herald. We may soon look forward to improve ment in The Herald. There is a field for a wide-a-wake, up-to-date morning paper in Spartanburg and it may be depended on that The Herald will be such a paper under the guidance of Mr. Gonzales. Mr. W. W. Holland, formerly of the Spartanburg Journal, will have charge of the business end. No announcement has been made of any change in the editorial forces, and we sincerely hope that Brothers Fike and Riley may be retained.* • • • One of those speculator fellows sent us a circular the other day ad vising us to buy corn. We wrote him to the effect th.jt having sold our horse wo had no need for corn. Now, 1 If the city authorities would permit us to keep a pig in our back yard we | might use some corn. In early youth we were foundered on corn bread and i swore never to eat it again unless j we wanted to, and until we take a no- 1 tion to live on corn bread or are per- ( mitted to keep a pig what in the blazes j do we need with corn? It’s funny how these fellows wdth lots pf money will advise those who haven’t any to spend what little they have for something they don’t need. The question natur ally arises, Why don’t they take their own medicine—buy coru themselves. • • • There has not been a single case before Mayor Gaffney for about a week, which goes to prove that drunk enness in general is on the decline in the town of Gaffney. The treasury may suffer some as a result but it would be a poor maxim to advise a season of mourning to take place on that account. It is hoped that Gaff ney may continue to be quiet and that peace and sobriety may so prevail within the borders of Cherokee county that many other counties will see the shining light of prohibition and “go and do likewise.” It is true that drunkenness cannot be entirely abol ished, but when you can’t get the best thing take the next best. Anything that tends to improve the condition of the country, either morally or spirit ually should be encouraged, and it is an undeniable fact that the prohibi tion law lends its influence in that direction. • • a A Kershaw county farmer recently sold a car load of Kershaw county raised corn to a Kershaw merchant for Kershaw trade. Now, the object in mentioning this is to inspire some Cherokee farmers to raise sufficient corn to supply Gaffney merchants. In other words, we want to see sufficient corn raised in Cherokee to supply all the demands of the people of Chero kee. It’s tomfoolery to be buying western corn for consumption in Cherokee. Gaffney merchants should be willing to pay Cherokee farmers at, least a fraction more for corn than they are willing to pay western dealers. They shou’J divide the freights. Cherokee farmers have no business buying western corn. It shows poor business and the farmer who buys corn (unless in case of short corn crop or famine) is not so suc cessful a farmer as he would be were he to raise all the corn he needs and some to sell. D«-HfiieHH k CHmiot l>e Cured by loo.il applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caus'*d by inlinrned condition of the mucous Piling of the Eustachian Tube. When lids tube trets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can lie taken out and this tube restored toils normal condi tion. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of 01 are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (cased by catarrh) that can not lie cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. K. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O Sold by Druggests, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. The Point Well Taken. (Yorkvillo Enquirer.) The Gaffney Ledger has taken oc casion to suggest that York is not en titled to the distinction of being called the best county in South Caro lina, and consequently in the world, until she votes out the dispensary as Cherokee has done. This point is Very well taken; but wo beg leave to re mind our good neighbor that/there will be but little trouble about getting rid of the dispensary when the proper | time arrives and that time will not be ; long postponed. CROP BULLETIN. We are Dee-lighted. (Kershaw Era.) The county of Cherokee is still sat isfied with her prohibition experiment. Would not have it otherwise. 1 FIFTY CENTS! IN some conditions the ■ gain from the use of Scott’s Emulsion is very rapid. For this reason we put up a fifty-cent size, which is enough for an ordinary cough or cold or useful as a trial for babies and children. In other conditions the gain is slower—health cannot be built up in a day. In such cases Scott’s Emulsion must be taken as nourishment; a food rather than a medicine. It’s a food for tired and weak digestions. Send for free sample Scott & Bowne, 409-415 Pearl St. Chemists New York 50c. and $1.00. All druggists l! Come to Headquarters FOR Fresh Groceries Fresh Shad Fridays and Saturdays | Fresh Bicycles Fresh Talking Machines The talking and singing is absolute ly free to one and all. Come to W. J. MANESS THE MEAT MAN. Condition of Crops Throughout tiie Entire State. Columbia, April 11.—The week end ing 8 A. M. Monday, the 10th, began with high temperature and fair weath er. Showery conditions with rain, sleet and snow flurries prevailed from the 4th to the 0th inuclusive. The hail did some damage to tobacco and strawberries in the northeastern coun ties. The sleet and snow were con fined to the western and central coun ties and did very little damage. The snow occurred in the western and central counties but was not general, and it melted as it fell. . The rainfall varied from less than half an inch to over an inch, and was well distributed and beneficial to growing vegetation and put the soil into excellent condition for cultiva tion; it was heavy enough to stop plowing over the western counties, but scarcely interfered with farm- work in other sections. The frost on the 7th was general over the State to within about six miles of the coast. It was killing over the western counties where the mini mum temperature fell to about 4 de grees below freezing, and generally light in all other sections. Tender garden vegetables, such as beans and tomatoes, were more or less injured, and corn was nipped in the western counties, although the damage wa» slight as there was but little up. Fruit is in full bloom in the extreme west ern counties, and the frost was in places quite damaging, but elsewhere it is not believed that fruit was ma terially injured, except figs in places and possibly peaches. Farmwork is well advanced gener- erally, though backward in some sec tions where labor is scarce. Corn planting is nearly finished in the eastern and and central countleea where most of it is up to fairly good stands; in the western counties plant ing is well under way on uplands. Cotton planting has been begun in the eastern parts and will be begun in the western ones next week. Some cotton is already up. Tobacco plants are small in Marion, and they were slightly injured by the hail which fell in sections. Rice planting is making rapid progress in the Colleton dis trict and has aot begun in the George town district, where the proposed acreage will be smaller than usual. Some sweet potatoes have been plant ed in the southeastern counties. The small grain crops are generally doing well and look promising, but in some sections the oats crop Is poor; rye is heading. Pastures afford good grazing in the coast counties. Gar dens vary greatly, being poor in places and backward, while in others early vegetables are on the market. Truck was damaged slightly by the frost, es pecially strawberries and beans, and cucumbers. Strawberries, lettuce and radishes are being marketed. Good Health to the Children Children especially are fond of dainties, and the housekeeper must look carefully to their food. As good cake can he 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 FOWDER CO., NEW YORK. Pneumonia is Robbed of its Terrors. by Foley’s Honey and Tar. It. stops the racking cough and heals and strengthens the lungs, if taken in time it will prevent an attack of pneumonia. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. —Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, &c., just in. W. J. Wilkins & Co. Wouldn't Do the Cooking. It was just good dusk, that part of afternoon when men turn their atten tion from the a if airs u» business and the outside world and begin to think of home and the domestic side of life*. Isham Richardson was walking along the avenue in front of the depot. By his side was one of Cherokee’s love liest maidens. She was gowned In a 1 costume of marked elegance, and yet I | it contained that degree of simplicity which gives tone and queenliness to the whole appearance. isham, being a courting man, began to spiel the hot air off to her and was beginning to think that he had things coming his way until the ques tion of cooks and cooking came up. Here she halted. By this time they had sauntered along until they were in front of Carpenter’s, and a lucky idea came as a peace maker for Isham. He carried her into the grocery de partment of Carpenter’s store and showed her the nice delicacies in packages and cans which practically eliminate the drudgery of cooking and make life worth the living and time worth while. So we take it that we are not assuming too much by say ing as they do in popular novels, “they lived happily ever afterwards.” Rheumatic Pains Quickly Relieved. The excruciating pains characteris tic of rheumatism and sciatica are quickly relieved by applying Cham berlain's Pain Balm. The great pain relieving power of the liniment has been the surprise and the delight of thousands of sufferers. The quick re lief from pain which it affords is alone worth many times its cost. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. —Country cured Hams, the kind your mothers raise at home, only 12% cents per pound at Fineken’s new store. —Three ear loads good Flour just received. W. J. Wilkins & Co. 4 K i t i K i K i * i K Gaffney's Greatest Sole Friday Morning, JVpril 14th. IT WILL PAY YOU TO COME My entire Stock of Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Overalls, Shirts, Underwear, Ties, Ladies’ Skirts, Hosiery, Suspenders, Etc, — TO GO AT HALF PRICE For Variety this Sale will Not be Equaled in the State. Men’s Top Shirts worth 50c to $1.50 at Sale prices ‘ - 1 9c, 24c, 39c, 44c, 69c and 88c. Ladies’Gauzes, worth 1 Oc going at 4c. One lot worth 15c going at - - - - - g c Special 25c values going 2 for 25c, only two to each customer. Don’t Miss It—Come To The Greatest Sale Ever Held in Gaffney % * $ * $ * $ $ * ibid.