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^ \ THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. The Lodger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Oblturaries will be published at five cents a line. Correspondents who do not cpntrl* bate regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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. ticular person in mind just now. An agent, whom he had never seen be fore, went to him and succeeded in Interesting to Gaffneyltes. The following letter is sufficiently self-explanatory to need no comment from us, and we feel sure it will be Crops Burning Up. Mr. Editor:—We are getting along very well with our farming, after hav- selling him a lot of worthless stuff. At rea( i W j t h interest by every true Gaff- iSl,ch a ,,anl wlth Lhts grass. We invariably Cilscontlnue sending r he Ledger when a subscription runs tfut, for we have 90 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. any rate he charged several times jeyite: what the goods were worth. The Washington, D. C., June 24, 1905. “sucker” preferred ^o place confidence ,,on- T,1 Qaffney S^C^’ in Mr. Agent rather than trade with) his home merchant, whom he had reason to know was honest and who would have sold him the same goods at a much smaller price. But it’s the old story of a fool and his money, and we will grow gray headed trying to solve the problem; and when we leave this earth it will be unsolved, because a new fool is born every hour. But we hate to see it just the Subscribe for The Ledger; same. Dear Sir:—I desire to assure the people of Gaffney that the Southern Railway has not overlooked its prom ise to give them a new passenger sta tion, and we now have the matter M Co at “! or ™ - my tlme hlll cxplred . Host tmsslble moment. • i agaln ' c . w . „ orgM C. H Ackert, T ” ne 26th - Fourth Vice President. Corn and gardens and watermelon patches are buring up, although I have had a ripe melon. It was fine, though small. My patch is on the standstill, suffering for rain. Wheat crops are also short. I haven’t seen or even heard of a thresher being out yet. I have been somewh t lost by not getting the paper for the last week I will $1 i Killing time is a good way to create a year, i a ghost to follow you later on. tfOTES AND COMMENTS. You have a cordial invitation to visit Gaffney on July 4th. An attract ive program will be arranged and ev erything possible will be done to|nished make you have a good time. * * • A new series of the Cherokee Build ing and Loan Association is soon to be opened. Young man, make prepa- •; rations to take a few shares and set how easily and quickly your money will grow. • * • •aiHAsmoq o\ duj. v Fern Grove, Ind., June 15, 19*)5.: Editor Ledger:—This is a beautiful place sixteen miles above Louisville,! on the Ohio river. My son and I came up on an excursion; will return at 7 P. M. Louisville is the nicest city I ever: saw, with the best sidewalks and ‘ parks. The population is 30,000. The l 7 . C. V. reunion is a big thing: some I say the best of all. They want it in New York in 1900. We had a safe ^ trip to Louisville; arrived 10 .A. M. on the 13th inst. and got a nice fur-j room near headquarters at I fifty cents a day each, four in a room. Crop prospects for cotton are very poor, so report our comrades from all i cotton growing States. Wheat is good in Kentucky and Tennessee, in some sections. Corn is poor. There were three wrecks of trains j coming to the reunion: two killed ^jj and many wounded. Will tell you more about it when I get home. W. R. L. As An Illustration Of My The absorbing question in South , .. The System .. Responsible. Carolina just now is the dispensary! (Kingstree Mail.t question. Preparations are being The voting out of the dispensary in made in about half the counties to likens most significant. Whether vote on the quest 101., with all ndica- f or t j le victory we can not say, tions jxdnting towards victory for 1 but we 1 tel lev e that the great scandal manhood, honor and sobriety. attached to the system Is the chief * * * j cause for its overthrow. The action t-.,-. ^ ^ t v 1 I Cherokee and Pickens will be felt Edit'C- A\ • D. Grist, of the York- j t h rouK i lou t t he State and unless there ville Enquirer, visited The Ledger j s a change for the bettor in its man- Up-to dateness in supplying Men’s Furnishings in general, I’d like for you to see my latest display of Neckwear and Shirts! in particulnr. You are hard to satisfy if you cannot be pleased here. Ties, Scarfs, Bows, Shirts, Hard-to-Beat and Royal make, stripes and styles are so plentiful, so tasteful, so stylish that We 0*111 Aleet Overv I >ein«incl coyncur rmc Central Life Ins. Co. Of CMneiniiiit i. Ohio. Great Policy-Holders’ Company Lowest Premiums, Biggest Dividends, CHAS. P. LIGON, District Manager. Gaffney, S. C. ELLIOTT ESTES, Gen. Agt. ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr., Cashier, 6-30-Aug w Spartanburg, S, C. Get the Hal)it-go to E L S O last Sunday. We were delighted have Mr. Grist with us. He and his associates publish the best semi-weekly 1 in South Carolina, and the correct business principles which they main-1 tain is an object lesson to all pub lishers. We wish there were more like them engaged in the newspaper business. • * • Now that Gaffney has been forced to celebrate the 4th of July, we hope that everybody will fall in line and do his part toward making the cel ebration a success in every particu lar. But let us learn a lesson from this. We are a little too late this to i agement bered. the dispensaries are num- Punishment Here Below. (People’s Paper.) Do we get a part of our punish ment in this life? It looks as if we were doing so. Bill Fife hit the city to the tune of a nice sum with lie pipes on paper. Dr. Payne struck us for a nice sum with his brass band and his 24 horse power pain killer. Daily a new wind-jammer hits the street with a closed Bible under his arm, anil tells us all about the hot hereafter, and all close with a cash collection. The Star Clothier. Perish, We Reckon. (Spartanburg Journal.) 1 Tin* Ledger says that Gaffney Is year to meet with that success we | about to have a water famine. What would have attained had we started earlier. Many people had made up their minds to go elsewhere for the j day. Some will go and some will change their minds and celebrate in Gaffney, We hope each and every one | will stay at home and help along the; celebration. We have about fifteen thousand white people In Cherokee county: ar least half of them should! be here, if not all of them. With five or six •housand present we can have a big ado. so let everybody In Chero kee attend the celebration in Gaffney. * * * There is one thing that puzzles us very much, and that is this: Why will people put confidence in perfect strangers rather than in ^ men of known integrity with whom they may be acquainted? We have a par- will the Cherokee capital do without either whiskey or water Private thoughts do not always please the conscience. Men fight their appetites and desires every day. and are strong only when they con quer self. The less weeds the less hoeing 5 , less drones, less work for the bees. —See our Straw Hats in the window -all at cost. Carroll & Byers. Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a year. NOTICE. We will let out school house build' ing at Gov.devsville 1st of July. J. Ed. Gault. J. G. Hames, D. B. Hughes, Trustees. G-2G r v THE NAPOLEANIC TERM ' VICTORY ORGANIZED Accurately Describes the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Newark, N. J. It is a company which does not meet competition; it beats it. Beats it with an instructed and steadfast agency corps by advocating those principals of equity which the company has consistently practiced for generations, in opposition to all methods involving forfeitures. Beats it with low rates, high surrender values and large annual dividends, which bind the company to thrifty methods of management. While the genius of an institution is always poorly interpreted by the facts of its history, the Mutual Benefit has sixty years behind it, which will commend it to anyone who wants secure insurance for its own sake; what is morally and mathematically his, and is willing that the other fellow should receive his own; his company to be economi cally conducted as a genuinely mutual organization without any en tangling alliances with other financial institutions. The Mutual Benefit has satisfied generation after generation of policy holders. If you want the best insurance, see ltd Within Reach ist he money to your credit in the Gaffney Savings Bank. But remember that it is your reach only that it is within; your w ritten order is neceasary to obtain it. Burglars and thieves have no chance to get it. The Gaffney Savings Bank would like to open an'faceount with you. One dollar will do for a start, your own pride will make it grow. We pay four per cent, inter- est on all deposits. The Gaffney Savings Bank. Office in The National Bank of Gaffney. iw w’. ?;<i !!♦:’ * — =*» ■ ~ :~ | The Gaffney Citv Land and Improvemenf Go. W! Offers for sale- ItulUJini; Lots la this ttourishiuit'. town, '.alTney; also Farms mar liy and In reach of 1 he Schools of Limestone Springs and of lids place. In lots of iL to ItX) acres n lil>eral i ime rates; also Agricultural Lauds to rent for Farm purpos**,. For 1 part uiars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N B.—All p* rsons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through nr over the landsof th company, cutting and removing timber or fishing, hunting, under penalty of law. JONES J. DARBY, Agent. _ !>♦ WATER USERS TAKE NOTICE On account of a scarcity of water, patrons of the city water works are hereby notified {.hat they must not use the city water for any other pur pose than doinentic. Stop all lawn sprinklers, watering the garden, etc., jeet any and all bids, until notice Is given that water may be • A. S. Goudelock, used for such purposes. This order J. A. Hames. is imperative and unless obeyed may J. E. Foster, - • i School Trustees for Dist. No.22 Supt. G-23-2t. NOTICE. \Vo will let contract for building school house the first day of July, 905, at 10 o’clock at the Gowdeystllle '“*•—» house. Right reserved to re- cause a water famine. VV. B. DuPre ▲ tRPENTER/S As July 1 st is my Regular stock taking time, and as I want to reduce my stock as much as pos sible by;that time, beginning the I5th and continuing until July the 1 st, I am going to offer a discount of 20 per cent on all Men’s, Youth’s, and Boys’ clothing, Men’s and Boys’ straw Hats Men’s, Ladies’ and Children’s Slippers. Also everything in Wash Goods, Lawns, in fact every’ thing in Spring and Summer Merchandise. The people of Gaffney and Cherokee county know what this means, and now is your opportunity to take advantage of it. Remember, you get 20 per cent, off at CARPENTERS. . GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA.