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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. or blind tigers in this count’’ today than when the dispensary existed. If Brother Ayer knows of a blind tiger .u the county he knows more about the county than we do, and if lie desire SEEK THE TRUTH. j that the experiment prove a better suc- in the following expression from the; cess in this county and will take the trouble to write us and tell us of the existence of any blind tiger we assure him that we will take great pleasure; Savannah Morning News we greatly fear that the wish is father to the i thought: "Ttat tlK, 1 1» •**•* MW •« establishment is doomed can scarcely . , , : be <loubt(‘d longer. The Hon. Jasper The simple truth of the matter is that: Talbert lias given out an interview Mr. Ayer is mistaken. He lias either! denouncing tne institution as an ini- |, een misinformed or is laboring under quitv. 1 se point in 'h’s i- misapprehension. If he wants the' Talbert was one of Tillmans chief a i • , „ . lieutenants when the dispensary pro-, laots as to the condition of affans in j ]H)sitiou was sprung and worked hard ! this county we invite him to write any to aid in fastening the system upon business man in Gaffney. We will not tire Sta.e. It J 8 ,J el1 pick out the men for him to write to ; in South Carolina that Mr. 1 albeit . always bis a straw out to show which will ask him, or anyone else inter way the political wind is blowing.” ested, to pick out three or more men A few rocks thrown at the dispen- in Gaffney—they may take the names sary does not mean that the structure is going to be knocked down. It will probably be voted out of Picke > coun ty in t: '■ election now to be held there, at random from The Ledger if they de-' sire, for in that way they will be cer tain to get representative citizens— it has been knocked our of Cherokee an( ] them what they think of the i and may be knocked out of severa 1 more counties but that is no groun for general alarm. Under prohibition South Carolina would be a bananza for Savannah, Atlanta and Wilming ton. If liquor drinking could be checked we would be very glad, but the experience of Cherokee county does not lead us to imagine that there is any growth of sentiment towards abstinence. The jug train continues to do good business, the blind tiger stalks abroad in the land. The best and 'he only way to make people keep sober is to rule drinking men out of decent eompany, refuse employment for them for they are not safe. Make drinking unpopular and discreditable and there will be the greatest work possible done for temperance. The above is from the Florence Daily Times, and the introductory par agraph to the item from the Savannah Morning News is, ordinarily speaking, sufficient answer to the comments of the Florence Times. We desire, how ever, to pay our respects to that part of The Times’ article relating to the experience of Cherokee county* Why is it that our friends in foreign lands will so persistently pronounce the ex periment in Cherokee a failure? Nine out of every ten men we talk to pro nounce the experiment a success. In truth we cannot recall a single indi vidual who has talked to us personall’’ on the subject but who readily admits that the moral condition of affairs is from 100 to 1000 per cent improved. Our police records show an improve ment, Our women testify to an im provement. These being the facts, where do our friends find ground for failure? And yet there are some pa pers whose editors have never been in the county before or since the enact ment. of the prohibitory law, who un hesitatingly and unblushingly pro nounce the experiment a failure. As to the jug train, we admit that some liquor is shilpped into Gaffney, but only last Sunday a gmi’leman whose business, calls him to the railway sta tion on the arrival of every train and who U a very observant experiment. The great trouble is that* these gentlemen who write that the •xperiment is a failure actually know ,>thing of the facts and accept as truth the statements of those who want the experiment to bo a failure., .S'‘ek the truth, gentlemen, before you; give ear to every random statement.! NOTES AND COMMENTS. Mister Johann Hock is a gay Ixdha- ri< from the old country. He went out west to the Windy City and other we. tern cities to ply his trade, and so successful was he that almost be fore he knew it he had about forty j wives to his credit. He got so many j on hind that he concluded to dispose! of a few of them, and as a means to i the end began to feed them on arse nic. And now Johann is to adorn the j end of a rope—a fitting end to such I a life. * » • Some of the big Southern dailies are carrying huge advertisements of one Rev. W. P. Fife, who is offering stock in a projected oil anti pipe line company at 10c a share. He says in the advertisement that the par value of the shares is $1. We never saw anything worth $1 that sold for 10c. If those who purchase Brother Fife’s stock do not imitate the fool and his money we will be mighty badly fooled. We are no Solomon concerning stocks, but our advice in this instance would be—Don’t. * * * Perhaps none of our readers are in terested in what we are about to say, but we cannot refrain from admitting that it was with distress we noted in Sunday’s Charlotte Observer the death of our good old friend, Mr. S. M. Howell. For many years he was a saddle and harness maker in the city of Independence. When a boy we used to hunt through the scrap pile at Policy-Holders to Get Together. Columbia, May 8.—There are over five thousand policy holders of the Equitable Life Assurance Society ir South Carolina. A call has been is sued for a general meeting of ail in terested policy holders ai Columbia on Thursday, May 25, 1905. To the policy holders of the Equita ble Life Assurance Society of the United States in South Carolina: A number of influential policy hold ers of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, of New York City, have de cided that a State association of the ix>licy holders should be organized for the purpose of mutual protection and ( ' securing proper representation for the body of policy holders in South Carolina, which represents many mil lions of dollars in insurance. The ap proaching mutualization of the com pany emphasizes the advisability of such action, to say nothing of the re cent .and still existing internal dis sension. The object of such a society will be entirely for self-protection, to be conducted entirely without expense to the policy holders who become members, and absolutely opposed to fomenting any litigation whatever. For these reasons, all policy holders are requested to communicate with the undersigned committee whether it would be agreeable for them either in person or by proxy to be repre sented at a meeting of policy holders *o be held at the office of Edwin W. Robertson, president of the National l,oan and Exchange Bank, in the city of Columbia, Thursday, the 25th day of May, instant .at noon . Address the following committee or any member thereof: Duncan C. Heyward, Chr.. Columbia. August Kohn. Sec.. Columbia. John L. Mimnaugh, Columbia. James R. Pringle, Charleston. Julius D. Koster, Charleston. Henry F. Welch, Charleston. Augustine T. Smythe, Charleston. T. Moultrie Mordecai, Charleston. A man’s mark is his nonor. It stands for him and he stands for it. It’s the old Saxon way of signifying good intentions. The right to be protected in the exclusive use of a trade mark has been long recognized by the common law and enforced by the chancery courts of England and this country. The Government puts its mark on a bond to give it value. The National Biscuit Company puts its trade mark in red and white on each end of a package of biscuit, crackers and wafers to distinguish these products and to guarantee the quality, and it does. To more clearly comprehend the real value of this trade mark, try packages of BUTTER THIN BISCUIT and LEMON SNAPS. NOTIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY minIi: tA Vs E A E/ Trade Mark told 'hat only two jugs arrived that) Giat we were never able to own day and that he did not believe the total shipment for amount to forty jugs the back door of his shop for pieces man, j 0 f leather to make harness for a goat and when he permuted us to enter and a week would w ith a kindly smile gave us some ex- 1 his is more tra pieces he won our heart, than vi’ would like to see come here, p r o m that day to the present we al- bttt it ;s such an improvement over wavs a warm spot in our heart wha: a hail during the reign of the f or ^j r Samuel Howell. We believe dispensarv ihai we unhesitatingly j | lfJ reciprocated it, for in after years pronounce the experiment a success. j 10 a j wa y S seemed interested in our The consumption of liquor in Gaffney welfare and never neglected an op- and 1 lu rol.ci has bei n decreased, | H)r tunity to give us some good advice, and tua' considerably, therefore j 1( , vvas capable of doing this, for he whence the failure? As to blind tig- waR a jr O0t i an ,j true man. We drop ers.stalking abroad in the land we a tear on his grave. wish to say that, it does not apply to — the land ol Cherokee. There are few- Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 a year. Report of Graded School No. 3. Gaffney, May 19, 1905. Editor Ledger:—I hereby submit to you seventh annual report of Graded School No. 3, which closed May 19th. after a period of nine months, beginning September 5th, 1904. The enrollment is as follows: 1st grade pupils .. 137 2nd grade pupils 55 3rd grade pupils 35 4th grade pupils 4 5th grade pupils 11 0th grade pupils 2 7th grade mipils 3 8th grade pupils 1 9th grade pupils 0 Total enrollment 248 Males 122 F'emales 120 Average males 104 Average females 113 Promoted to higher classes .... 47 The above is as correct a statement of the above named school as can be had, and I am sure it does not vary up or down more than a small per cent. We have bad a larger attend ance during this session than ever before. My teachers and I have worked together in harmony for the best interests of the school, and have striven to carry out the requirements of the trustees. Respectfully, Robt. C. Campbell. Principal. tcu’i :t MXkM; t WHY IS IT That We Can Sell Merchandise So Cheap? THE BEST GOODS for the least money He Knew. (From the Detroit Tribune.) “But my dear sir,” protested the banker. “I don’t see how you can spare the time to go to the baseball game. You don’t know what Is going on in your office while you are away.” “Oh, yes I do,” chuckled the old broker with the grandstand ticket. “The office boy is smoking cigarettes and the bookkeeper is making love to the typewriter." The Company Store Subscribe for The Ledger, 91-00 a year. STYLE IN JOB PRINTING M a—* m clothing is to the so ciety man. You fail to impress when you send out poorly printed or unstylish stationery. You get up-to-date printing when you patronize THE LEDGER. i'sssbk; s 'ZimfrzTz-rmmm HOT WEATHER. IS HERE! iJT3d¥<i n^rrsjBS2Z3T!ammmmmm M; c yourselves comfortable by wearing our Clothes, Shoes, Hats, etc. Complete line of new goods to select from. ■ r LyuftrattWI After all it’s the way a man looks in a Ivirschbaum Suit that makes the difference. The good cloth and the good tailoring are there, of course, hut to get the sum of all the good points, try the clothes on. Ask for Kirschbaum Clothes (warranted). Good stores every where, 98.50 to $15.00. For sale by Carroll A' Byers. Clothes for everybody, from the three-year-old boy to the old man, tiize 50. All prices from 50c to $25.00. Odd Coats and Pants from the cheapest to the best. SHOES ! SHOES!! SHOES!!! < >ur Shoe Store has many exclusive styles in men’s and wo men's Oxfords and Slices, in Tan, Patent, Champagne, Vici and Canvas. None better, few as good; they fit and look stylish. No slipping at the heel or getting out ol shape. We carry the size* and styles that you want. Come in and let us fit you. II iV T»! II A. 'T #!*!! You will lind our assortment complete with all that’s new and good. Split and Summit Yachts in all dimensions. Milan and Split, soft rolls in plain crowns and Panama shapes. Ileal Panamas. New fur Hats, Negligee and dress shapes, in black, cedar, pearl and other new colors. A special in Hats. 18 dozen, black and colors, in all the latest’shapes, received May 15th, all worth $3.00, to go as a hum mer at $2.00. Carroll .imestone Phone 166. Gaffney, S. C.