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/ Id. THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. The Ledger is not responsible lor the views of correspondents. Obltvranes 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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. good time 1 enjoy themselves by a lit tle frolic; but we want them to do it with a due regard to themselves and I others. With this idea uppermost In | our minds we would suggest that those in charge of the celebration report any disorderliness at once to the CHEROKEE’S CONDITION. NOTICE OF OPENING OF BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Notice is hereby given that on Wed nesday. July 2t;th, at 9 o’clock A. M., books of subscription to the capital stock of The Ross Tin Mine will be opened, at the office of The National NOTES AND COMMENTS. Senator Butler Describes Improvement Since Dispensary Was Voted Out. (Columbia State.) Anderson, July 20.—Col. B. F. Cray ton, who is taking a most active part proper j j a the fight against the dispensary in authorities and in order to avoid dis- this county, recently wrote to Senator: Bank of Gaffney, Gaffney, S. C.. and authorities, and in o de. to | T B Butl y e ’ rj of Cherokee county, and | will remain open until 2 o’clock P. M let it he seen, too, that no requested him to give a true state- ! ‘>f «ame day. The capital stock of razors, pistols, etc., are meru of the con( }itions existing in the 1 said corporation will he $5.0no, divided * county since the voting out of the dis-; into 500 shares of the par value of pensary. Mr. Butler’s reply is as fol-i^ l )er share. The Greenville News says, beqaust lows; S. S. Ross, we expressed very little confidence in "Dear Sir;—Your letter of the 2nd ' v' o ' Pnif. i Ttlpnse that it’s too soon to i of July came while i was in the midst . , * (ole L. Blease that .* ls „ T ” " ‘ of court, hence my delay in answering Commissioners ot Incorporation, commence mud-slinging. VY hy, bless J g a me duly 2o, It. your soul, man. we did not mean to "You ask me how we like it over in ; - - - . order tiger liquor, permitted to be present. • • ¥ We have heard it mentioned that ’ sling mud. We think Mr. Blease a Cherokee county since the dispensary i Mr. Joseph McCullough, of Greenville, poor excuse for a public man, have no was voted out, and a true statement might run for governor. In case he ; confidence in him whatever, and simplv uf conditions before and since the : does lie will make it mignty interesting expressed ourself to that effect. II .., t is nee( ji ess to te n you t h 0 condi- for the balance of the gentlemen who Was only our opinion of a man who had tion before the dispensaries were certain of at least j been spoken of as a candidate for gov- voted out, for conditions are somewhat THE PIEDMONT INN a pi i t; and we are one vote he would get in Cherokee. ; ornor of South Carolina. We brought * * * no charges against him. We know al>- Or h. art goes out. to Brother Bing- 8()lutely nothinK about hls nrivat(? ham. of tae ( hester Lantern, and his c ] iaracter> an ,j so {-jj,. as we ) inow> he good wife. They e sorrowing be- may be as pure as an angel . He has cause of the loss of a little four-year- j however boen Keeping mighty bad old whose place can never be filled.; companv anJ hls attitude on public 1 It aas only "eek before la t we " ere j q t , es tions does not coincide with ours | Drunkenness could be seen here almost similar where liquor is sold. I may : add that w r e had three dispensaries,! two liquor ami one beer, and I may | also add that they were conducted by good men ,and in my judgment sold acording to law; but the opposition here was not the manner in which our dispensaries were conducted but to the effects of the liquor that was sold GAFFNEY, S. C. Is the place to board. Plenty to eat. i Nice Rooms. Hot and Cold Baths Free. Rates, <15.00 per month, £1.00 per dav, i 7-25-tf 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 written order is neceasary to obtain it. Burglars and thieves have no chance to get it. 3 permitted to enjoy the sp idid com-1 pany of Mr. Bingham at Wi Re Stone,; and it is sad to know that tl genial, soul lias been made to bow down in i grief so soon. He has our mo^t pro- i found sympathy in this hour of grief. * and we took occasion to express our sentiments. No, indeed, Mr. News, we did not mean to “fling mud.” LAW AND ORDER. • • • We want to commend Senator But ler's letter to Col. B. F. Craj ton, of Anderson, as published in anotner col umn. It's about the best thing the Senator ever did. It is a truthful statement of affairs, coming, as we believe, from a man who inclin 'd to ward the dispensary, but who, seeing the good results accruing from voting it out, is willing that those results be made known to others that they nay profit from our experience. Again we say, bravo, Senator! ¥ • * Some one who is writing for the editorial columns of the Southern Christian Advocate has a very foi i- ble way of putting things. This par agraph from the last issue of the Ad vocate will stick; "Did you ever stop to think that the dispenser who in fuses our boyg with the vile stuff is getting 'a salary varying from $50 to V 00 per month, while the school teacher (male'or female! who infuses knowledge into our boys onlv gets from $25 to $40 per month? Stop and (l ink!"—Anderson Mail. And yet there are those who claim that the dispensary is a blessing to South Carolina! . • • • The Bamberg Herald makes fun of us and the Charlotte Chronicle, from whom 'we borrowed the building and loan cartoon used in our issue of the 14Ui. in the following -tyle: "My Gawd! as our good friend. Col. Bacon, would say. where did Ed De camp get that cut he published on the front page of his paper last Friday? We know that he was at White Stone that day. so of course we can’t blame him for it.” Never mind Knight, we will always hold this a every day, our police court was con- j stantly trying cases of ’drunk and dis- ; orderly,’ but that has ceased and only in rare instances can one see a man f under the influence of liquor. Our | criminal courts were always augment- ' ed by the fact tnar In almost every [•instance every case, from assault and j batteiy to murder .was directly attrib- , uted to liquor. Within one *• 'ar be- ! fore the dispensaries were voted out, 1 five white men (in three cases) were tried for lulling their man, other white men and whiskey were back of it all, the direct and controlling cause. "I might mention other instances of Magistrate Refused to Issue Warrant I for Colored Thief. Gowdeysville, July 20, 11)05. Editor Ledger:—Sometime ago you criticised a magistrate about some un- • official interference in which it seemed an alleged blind tiger was saved a prosecution in the courts to which he j was justly entitled. Your criticism \ was well taken ,aml sustained by popu- the evil effects of the liquor, but every lar opinion even if the magistrate did ono j H familiar with it. But as to the explain the matter from nis own stand conditions since the dispensary was point. We are thankful to you for the j voted out here; Our police court has interest you take in sitting such mat no t the old familiar cases of ’drunk ters and thus enforcing the law against and disorderly’ to dispose of. It has those w ho are so ready to violate it. practically ceased. Our streets are And now, w ithout accusing or ex-i c j ear n f the drunken, reeling men; our j cusing anyone, we would be glad if roadways are free from drunken you will give an expression of your 1 |)p aw ]g; ol |[- people are happier and sentiment in regard to the action °f have more money to spend for some- Girls and Boys Wanted To Make Money. Call at the Shoe Store any afternoon between four and five o’clock. Any boy can make from $1.00 to $3.00 a week. The R. S. Lipscomb Shoe Co, The Gaffney Savings Bank would like to open an account with you. One dollar will do for a smrt. your own pride will make it grow. We pay four per cent, inter est on all deposits. •:;! The Gaffney Savings Bank. •*$i ^ IK! Office in The National Bank of Gaffney. , v iwl Ivi The Cherokee Building 1 * 1 1 m Builders Supply Co. and Load - - a magistrate who refused to issue a warrant for a negro found stealing when the owner found him with the goods and was ready to prove it. w r hen the magistrate interceded for tne ne gro on account of his wanting him to stay on with him and w'ork out his • the magistrate’s) cron, and he finally told the prosecutor if he would hold up he (the magistrate) would see that tin* negro |>aid him (the prosecutor) a sum perhaps ten times the worth of the goods he stole. Is it right, I ask, for a magistrate to interfere in a case of this kind when he had no other mo tive than to get his crop worked out? If the magistrate could assess the amount the thief should pay. why could he not do it and turn it over to the county which pays him to look after offenders? The negro has been given time by the action of the mag istrate to steal enough from his neig’ hors to pay off the claim against him. Public office is a public trust, I' think no matter what the salary may be. Equal rights to all. special privilege to none, is good democratic doctrine. Law and Order. (There are always two sides to ev- j ery question, and the side our corres pondent presents would indicate that ainst you, and some sweet ue magistrate in question had little dav, hve and bye, we will even up the n '*r a . r ‘* ,01 ' * 1 j s . - N, ° official should ! shield a criminal tor either private * * * gain or personal favor.—Ed. I We are pleased to note the improve ment in front of the National Bank and Pacolet Carroll Byers’ store in the shape of and Miss cement pavement, and it is also grat ifying* to note that the Merchants Fowler-Mott. July 21.— .Mr. Leslie Fowler Mignon Mott were married on Sunday the Ititii inst, at the Meth odist church in Jonesville, by \\\ H. S. Harris, N. P. The marriage was and Plan ers Bank and the Cherokee J witnessed by only a few of the most intimate friends of the bride and groom. After the ceremony all drove to the home of the groom’s parents. The guests were marched to the din ing room, where the table was bounti fully supplied with all kinds of good things to appease the appetite. / The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bird Mott, of Gowdeysville. and is very popular among her associates, being bright, vivacious and pretty. I The groom is a son of Mr. Charlie Fowler, of Jonesville. and is to be con- , 'i- 1 1 1 I- "I'otupTfoe for I'avtnp' won w '> ♦'air a A pension fraud has been diseoveivu , , , I bride. in (oil, ton county. \\e know abso-1 Those who attended the wedding lately nothing about the workings of I were: Mr. Jake Childers, Mr. George the pension law, but we would not be! Foster, Mr. Henry Foster. Mrs. Addie surprise ! to learn ihat fraud was prar Drug Co. contemplate similar work. In fact t ie last named concern now has r force of hands employed pre paring the sidewalk for the cement. YYe understand other owners of prop eitj ooriF mplate taking a like step. All sue, improvements add materially to the appearance of the town and those wh ) have such work done are to thing to eat and to wear—in fact the difference is so gr‘*at and noticeable, and results so beneficial, that any one who has doubts as to the proper way to vote on the question would never hesitate if he could really see us as we are, hut when the time came would vote ‘no dispensary,’ and as of ten as an opportunity presented itself. In round numbers $100.00u was spent in this county for liquor annually, and out of that amount a very small amount came back to the taxpayers; so you will see that, at least, with a very liberal allowance for purchases that may be made .dsewhere, $95,000 of the $10.),O00 is here among a sober people. "A strong moral sentiment of our people, active and vigilant police offi cers, magistrates who aid jn the en forcement of the laws, a sheriff always determined—a ‘blind tiger’ can not operate in this county any length of time. In short, the moral condition of | our people is infinitely better than it ; was when we had the dispensaries. “There was one thing noticeable in the vote against the dispensary, the i largest percentage of tin* vote was cast I by the mill operatives and the farm- ; ers. and so many have told me since that (he beneficial results to them were beyond measure. "The above is a brief statement of ^ the conditions here, an.i I feel safe in saying that if another vote was to i be cast on the same subject under sim ilar circumstances, the vote against the dispensary would even be greater ! (ban it was here in last November, and I then it was five to one. “With good wishes for success in your undertaking. ! am. Successors to L. Baker, Will furnish your Building Material of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. 1 heart pine Shingles and Laths, Guar anteed Pure White Lead and Zinc, and Pure Linseed Oil. Nothing better to paint your house with and costs less than mixed paints. When in need of anything in the building line, call and see us; we’ll treat you cour teously and make your estimates for nothing. O £1 k <; x 1' MANAGER. Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra- u.l Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the P?ye, F!ar, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically, & «SrOffice in Cherokee Drug Co., B’ldg. Opens its Second Series Angnst 5th, 1905. Now is the time to subscribe and file your application for a loan. Don’t put it off. Others are join ing and loans are made according to turn. It’s like goingto mill. See us about it. W. H. Gooding, C. A. Jefferies, Sec. and Treas. President. FOR ‘Yours very truly, “Thomas B. Butler.” Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair, Plaster Paris, Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse, and Dynamite Caps, call on Honeysuckles and the sweet graduates bloom simultaneously. - I'mbrellas 1. Sarratt. from 45c to $2.25 at J. ^, LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS. CARROLL & CO., Lesseta. Telephone 57. be com iended. * • • Setman-AmBtican Maaazite Co, tired in eiher counties than Colleton. We app ami tin* effort of South Caro-1 honu lina to < o something for the deserving and indigent old soldier and wish she could do more than she doo^ but we deprecate the disposition on the part Childers Misses Lillie Dixon. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler in Jonesville. Minnie Childers and will make their WL 1 n r 11 ci Li It ei 1 —I have just received a lot of latest design picture and room moulding, picture hooks, wire, etc. Come and 1 see them. L. R. Gaines. o Wl l; <3 n A. 2C I LJ CJ: 11 t fcl of some who are ivaliy not in need to grab whit little there is in sight from those \v.:u do need it. We wonder if the pension list of Cherokee could not be re vis- d to good effect? * • • The colored Odd Fellows are to have a big time next Friday and Saturday. There will be various kinds of amuse ments at Limestone during the day and a big dance at night. The negro is the South’s dependence for unskilled labor. They are among thdir friends down here, and those who conduct themselves properly have no more sincere well-wishers than the Southern white men. We want them to have a OF t f: t i r j IN S A N U) 1 FT IT t trS —White Canvas Poles at The Shoe S' Different Medicine $1.00 everywhere. Call on your drug gist forfree sample bottle, or write us. Checkers MedicineCo.'Winston-Sak m,N C. i Oak Springs, N, C. ,1 uly 11 mo. Gaffney, S. G. i iiOJCJK Ike Gaffney Gifv Land and Imprnvement Co. Offers for sale Butklinsr Lots In this flourishing town, 1 Gaffney; also Farms near by >..rxl tn reach of the Schools of Limestone Hprluvs ami of this place. In lots'of is to 100 acres n liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm purpose*. For 1 part ulars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. IL—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of thU company, cutting and removing timber or tlsbing, hunting, under penalty of law. PHH Mon Central Lite Ins. Co, Of Cincinnati, Ohio. The Great Policy-Holders’ Company Lowest Premiums, Biggest Dividends, ELLIOTT ESTES, Gen. Agt. ) ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr., Cashier, ) Spartanburg, S, C. ti-20-Aug :to The Spirits of Compromise ^ You can afford a Life Policy, but don’t want to "die to win.” : : : : You want anJEndowmcnt Policy, but can’t afford the price. : : : : : The Mutual Benefit Lite Insurance Co. Will compromise the matter with you. It sells Policies which convert themselves into Endowments. For rates see : : ; Jones J. Darby, Agent. Ilia Ledger, Sl.00 a near GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME! CuV the price. Selling out overy day. Just a few prices on eatables. Best quality Tomatoes, 3 cans for 25c. Best quality Corn, 2 cans for 25c. Good quality corn, 3 cans for 25c. Rib Meat at 9c. Fat Back at 8c. Pure Leaf Lard at 9c. Pure L6af Lard in buckets at 30c, 50c and $ 1.00. Pic-Nic Hams, 1 Oc pound. Regular Hams, 1 2 1 -2c pound. On Flour we lead both i n quality and price. White Satin now $3 10. ORDER YOUR NEEDS FROM US. PHONE NO. 134. THE CO M P ANY STORE. "1 * * J