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>4 /he largest circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. fcVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AHU"FRIDAY THE NATIONAL HANK OF 6AFFNEY Gaffney, S. C., State, County and City Depository, With resources March 31, 1905 of over $300,000JX), respectfully solicits your banking business. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Beat Interesta of the People of Cherokee County. i ESTABLISHED FES. IS, 1SS4. GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1905. 91.00 A YEAR. t MASS MEETING HELD IN ONION SUPERVISOR SPEEGLE’S BOND. Surety Company Will be Held Liable for Alleged Shortage. j Greenvile, July 25.—The surety bond of ex-Supervisor J. E. Speegle was held by the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, in CHIEF the sum of $5,000 during each two- year’s term or his incumbency. Under the laws of this State the surety company will be compelled to make good proven shortages which oc- Meeting of County Tefnperance, Law curred under each term of Speegle’s administration. If a shortage of $100 REV. F. C. HICKSON THE SPEAKER. k NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OP LOWER CHEROKEE. occurred during the first term, this amount only can be collected, while if a shortage of $10,000 occurred during the last term only $5,000 could be col lected. The contract under which, the bond and Order League in Union Satur day. Union, July 25. —The mass meeting of the County Temperance, Law and Order league held here tjjday to aid was accepted specifically states that in crystallizing sentiment in favor of the bond is cancelled after the term prohibition—an election to vote on the of office expires and is turned over to ,' . , , a successor, but the State laws will dispensary question having been or-j se ^ aside the contract, it is said, and dered for August lyth- was quite a the bond company is liable for any large and representative gathering,, num h er () f years for proven shortages, though not so many attended as were rpj )e mat ter will be taken up in due expected, presumably on account of p roce ss of law, and the surety com- the threatening weather. Rev H. K. p a ny will be called upon to makegood. Ezell made Me opening remarks. j s SP | ( ] om surety companies contest It is hardly possible to forecast the t he payment of shortages, such as result of the dispensary election yet. gpeegle’s is alleged to be, and the though a great many citizens when in- payments is usually promptly made, terviewed expressed their opinion that j -phe surety company then takes an ac- it will go. and prohibition will pre\aii ,j ve hand in prosecution. INTERESTING RAILWAY NOTES. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Wilkinsville, July 25.—If many of the writings in our county papers arc taken at their face values the readers have the right to conclude that the people of Cherokee coun ty and contiguous sections are noted Sunday visitors. We don’t know that this is the worst thing many of us do, but we are unable to find an apology for so much of it, es pecially when it is merely for the pur pose of killing the time. We are taught that some sins in themselves are by reason of their several aggrava tions more heinous in the sight of God than others. Mrs. Mary Mildred Sherrer, we are sorry to learn, is |!ick with typhoid fever. Mr. LeRoy Sherrer. her hus band, and her step-son. Walker Sher- ROBBED THE POLICE STATION. by a vote of three to one. Hon. J. A McCullough, of Greenville, could not be present and F. C. Hickson, the tem perance champion of Cherokee county Southern t0 Buj|d $10000 p assenger was the speaker ot the occasion, and -Vl u made a telling speech. The fir,t point Stat,on at Gaffne y* he brought out was the historv of The following announcement which whiskey question in South Carolina for aPP »red in the Charlotte Observer ot the past do years, giving personal tes- yesterday (27th) will be of interest to timony as to the workings . I' the dit-j the people of Gaffney and Blacksburg: ferent systems, showing that there is, Work wi l commence as soon as P' s 'i ( ... ntrrp£r}lf i.. n frnm rhei tovt . slide upon a commodious new brick i J .[ < 1 ” n . r U ^, GX ' A peculiar Sensation in Union—Some One Got the Fines of the Week. Union, July 25.—There was quite a stir and sensation in police circles Monday when it was discovered that some bold thief had stolen from police headquarters a money box locked in a private drawer and containing $125.30, the amount which has been collected during the week in fines and bonds, and the mysterious part of it is that neither the door nor the drawer had been broken into, but unlocked with a key or some instrument utilized as such. It seems that Chief Austell had seen all the money safely in the box within the drawer when about 11:30 he a ided to the pile by putting in $2.50, which he collected from the mother of a little negro, who had been arrested for throwing rocks on the streets. The money was then about equally divided between bank notes and silver. Af ter putting the money in, everything being quiet, he decided to leave and cautiond the young police clerk. J. L. Perry, to be careful to see that the door was locked, and later when Ser geant Evans tested the door before going off duty, he found it locked. The police who go on night duty at 1 A. M. frequently go to police head quarters for water, but on Sunday morning they say that they went but once, and that no one was then with them, nor had anyone acted suspicious- ( ly by engaging them in convcrsati n. rer. are both still sick with it. Mrs.; presumably for the purpose of detract- Sherrer in one of The • Ledger’s; ing their attention from the polic 0 staunch friends in her community. he idquarters. Last Sabbath we attended preaching j The police have their suspicions and at the Hickory Grove A. R. Presbyte STORY OF GRAFT induce the Democrats to come out flat- : footedly for government ownership. Those leaders are a pretty shrewd lot, ■ si tu a AlllLI ATAtl and their henchmen get pretty close Im Uu AvIIIML I IIN to the great mass of the voters in the 111 If nOHHlw I Ull large cities and know how these may he handled. Y’our perfectly honest voter is a scarce commodity. Men ARE CORRUPT. npariy ALL THE DEPARTMENTS wil o stand for principles, as do the NEARLY ALL THE Dt pARTMt,N ' ° lea(lers of the Democratic party are 1 getting too few for safety. The Re- 1 publican political manager trusts to | the mercenary voter to secure his majority. They have decided that more liquor sold under the dispensary law than with open barrooms, vehe- freight depot for the Southern Railway merit ly characterizing tin* whole dis- nt Black sbprg, S. C., which will re- pensary business as a disgrace io the j place the wooden st ructure recently Stai e. ; destroyed by fire. He next showed the dispensary sys-! It is learned upon authentic author tern as utterly failing to carry out any of its promises: First. It promised to] ity that a new passenger station, to cost about $10,000, will be erected at rian church, where Rev. Mr. Johnson preached a very able sermon to a large And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God. to them are keeping a strict watch, but Chief Austell in speaking of the matter. details ot other than to give out the which the above is the substance, had nothing to say. One theory is that as neither the who are i' i e called according to his i door nor the drawer was broken into, promise ’’—Romans 8: 28. An attempt 1 but unlocked, as the testimony of those to summarize ids discourse would re- who first entered the police head- suit in exposing our ignorance and | quarters and of Chief Austell, who tend to confuse rat,mr than enlighten! made the discovery Sunday mornim future The ] 0,11 r( ' a 'l <>rs -_ But among other things that the money was missing, that some v,... ...w ■' | ,.„ii nr,,, the speaker said in substance: The ] of the keys to police headquarters year? whUe the I 'men given, but it will be within the ! t . ro _ ub,t : h j.._ lr,als ^"d .rtlfficnlties __t_hat ; carried by every policeman highest estimate of liquor dealers un-1 next few weeks. The Republican Theory that Govern ment Exists Only to Help People Make Motley. Washington, D. C\, July 27.—The Re publican administration is in ^ veri table Symmes hole with never a lad der in sight, from the standpoint, of “graft.” Every department in Wash ington seems to be honey-combed with rottenness and graft. It is a lust of loot, a riot of rapacity and a fidu ciary fandango, to a plumb finish. As I frequently have written in this letter previously the whole tariff fat tened gang begins to believe that this government was made for them and tlulr especial benefit; that thej; are t.:e Almighty's anointed and that the great common people of the coun try were intended to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for them. They steal the people’s money and then look hurt and have the injured innocence appearance, if a grand jury or a district attorney gets busy with one of them. The latest is the goverment printing office, which has its story of graft oi corruption requiring investigation and perhaps a dismissal or two. Where is this to end? Must President Roosevelt devote his entire administration to discovering scandals in the departments? If so, it is a very hard fate for a man who is himself believed to be so upright. But if he has much more of this work to do, he may find it worth while to go behind all the trouble ann der the old barroom system say the] Capt. D. W. Lum. superintendent ot sales then hardly reached the $1.000,-: construction on the Southern, was in 000 mark. Secohd. The assurance the city yesterday. He left at 12:35 that it would he a stepping stone to f°r the South, his private prohibition, gradually working up-; being attached to No ward to that end, has proved a mere j farce. Instead, it has morally worked: TO CALL IN PETITIONS, the people down, and even campaign —t— speakers anuftunce their preference Sentiment in Anderson seems to be to the dispensary over prohibition.; Against the Dispensary 1 hen its very principles of not selling Anderson, July 25.—The central pro to minors or drunkards have not been i j on commute, to whom has been observed at all; while as a third P°int, ] t!ntrus ^ e( j wor k G f organizing the % 10 claims tnat it would lessen treat- anti-dispensary forces of the country, mg has been turned the other way, and ha8 decided to call in all the petitions it is tound to increase it. for while during the first week in August. No come upon the Christian are separate and have constantly to be rcplaceu currents of God’s providence with with new ones, had been found, or in which he lifts the believer to a higher; some way secured, which gave hinv plane of Christian life. While to the or them, access to the building, hut the drawer key no one but the chief ate car, 'No. ”l08" I unbelie ver these might be considered *1 . ! as an evidence of God s wrath. If we 1 ; sincerely love God all of our misfor tunes are but blessings sent by Him. which we will sooner or later be able to see and .understand more freeiy. To the person who does not love God bis troubles are not sent as blessings. ever had. SIXTEEN MURDEDR CASES. Four of These Indictments Against White Men. Are before a man could get a single drink and leave the counter, now he has to date has been agreed upon for the election, but it will probably take place buy a flask full and invariably Invites ^ ie i as t W eek in August. The petitions his friends to divide it with him. Laurens, July 24.—Court of general The meeting began there last Wed- sessions convened here this morning nesday and closed on Sabbath night, witli Judge J. C. Klugh, of Abbeville. On Thursday, while the exercises in presiding. Solicitor R. A. Cooper and the church were being conducted by Stenographer Jno. K. Aull are at their Rev. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Henry B. Me- respective posts of duty. Mr. O. W. Daniel, who bad been feeling quite un- Babb, deputy clerk of court, in dis well for several days, was overcome charging the duties of Clerk of Court by heat and fainted, causing consld- Jno. F. Bolt, who is unable to be out. erable excitement for several minutes, by reason of an accident suffered last rnu - c— a i— J 1 —* r“ " , have been freelv signed, and it. is ex-] The exercises for the time being were week. He boldly asserted that the “dlspen-1 p 0C ^ P( j f j ia | more than half of the qual- suspended, while kind friends, cool A very heavy docket is to he gone sary is bad and only bad,” asking his j voters of the county will join in heads and willing hands and hearts through’ with. In point of murder — -.--x.— ■- - ' C ame to his assistance, summoning a charges it is probably the biggest asking for an election. There is a strong sentiment against the dispen sary at Pelzer, and the vote there will he overwhelmingly against the Great Moral Institute. CHASED WITH HOUNDS. audience to “name any good thing that It has ever done.” But no one respond ed. “Its promises were various, but has it really added to the material, in tellectual development or moral eleva tion of the State?” he continued. In the course of his remarks he said that in IftOO, when Hoyt was running; on the temperance ticket for governor, he told Senator Tillman—who was a friend of his and whom he considers a good judge of politics, but not of what will benefit the morals of the peopje— that if he didn’t turn the dispensary loose, the time would come when none but vagabonds and renegades would stick to him. and his party would be come a disgrace to him. and future generations would curse him for this thing. In an interview afterward he added that the following facts were not brought out in his speech, hut as they had been among the most telling points during the temperance campaign in Cherokee county .they are now given: From a financial standpoint it is a ] him for not keeping up steam second section of train No. 30, a fruit train, came in the yard, the firman, colored, struck the enginner a heavy blow with a wrench, and then jumping from the engine ran into the woods on the edge of Blacksburg. Chief of Po lice Duncan was notified and imme diately gave chase with his hounds. The negro was caught, in the top of a tall tree, where he had climebed to escape the dogs. He is her to await trial. It Is claimd that he hit the en gineer because the latter had cursed most expensive thing. Of the $100,000 dispensary receipts In Chero!;?.' coun ty last year, but $13,000 found its way back to the schools, the town and the county treasury, and a person of very little sense can see that it doesn’t pay to spend $106,000 for liquor to furnish two weeks of schooling for the chil dren, which is tne actual proportion received by the schools. The constant affirmation—made by Senator Tillman on down—that prohi bition does not prohibit is answered by Mr. Hickson that prohibition in ru ral districts from 188ft to 1892 did pro hibit, for in his intimate knowledge of many counties throughout the State during those good years, ho never knew any of the country grocers (who ran the grog-shops) to disobey the law. Then in Cherokee county, actual fig ures from the depot agent’s Iwioks and other authentic figures by comparison showed that 12ft times as much was shipped Into Gaffney when barrooms were in effect than under prohibition. Bent Her Double. “I knew T no one, for four weeks, when I was sick with typhoid and kidney trouble,” writes Mrs. Annie Hunter, of Pittsburg, Pa., “and when I got better, although I had one of the best doctors I could get, I was bent double, and had to rest my hands on my knees when I walked. From this terrible affliction I was rescued by Electric Bitters, w’hlch restored my health and strength, and now I can walk as straight as ever. They are simply wonderful.” Guaranteed] to cure stomach, liver and kidney dis orders; at Cherokee Drug Co.; price 50c. physician and applying restoratives, court in years, there being 16 charges which brought him to a state of con- of this character. Four of these in- sciousness, when he was removed to dictments are against white men, the the hospitable home of Mr. J. N. Me-, rest being negroes. Dill, where he received every attention The white defendants are P. H. for several hours and until he was able Baldwin, charged with killing AbeMc- to be taken to his home about two and Daniel, colored, last spring: Clyde Ma- Negro Strikes Engineer With Wrench a half miles away. We are unable to haffey. charged with killing a negro; and is Caught. express our individual heartfelt grat- John Cole, same; J. H. Atkinson, a Hlarkqhiirir C Inlv 25—Between i itU(,e ,0 those who so promptly came mill operative, killing his father ai< 6 an 1 7 o’clock Sunday morning as the to his assistance and rendered him Goldville last winter. 6 and 7 o clock Sunday morning as me, effldent he|p at so critlcal a time. > The victims of the negroes under while he and his family, more than alt indictments were all colord, others (if possible) wish to acknowl- a case that will attract widespread edge their gratefulness for the kind interest will be the trial of John Mil- expressions of sympathy and the help lep. a negro, charged with attempting received from the people of Hickory! to poison the Ferguson family near Grove and the surrounding country. Clinton a few days ago by placing in Our old comrade, R. M. Plaxico. of! the well a bag containing a diabolical Kings Creek, with nis daughter. Miss i mixture of reptiles, lizzards. etc. There Belle, and sons, Livy and Victor, at ; is said to he strong evidence against tended the meeting at Hickory Grove j Miller. He is in jail. His supposed A. R. P. churcli last Sabbath. Several pal. Wash Carwile, Is still at large. other Cherokeeans were there, too. I We are glad to note that the Child-, reus’ Day exercises at Abingdon Creek i church lust Saturday were a decided, success. A large congregation was present and everything went on pleas-1 intly. We are sorry that sickness] among our people kept your correspon dent from attending it. Farmers have about finished or quit work. Rev. \V. H. White will begin a series of meetings at Salem next Friday night the 28th inst, and carry it on :v xt week, embracing the first Sabbath in August. Rev. Mr. H..finer will assist him in the meetings. Mr. W. S. Wilkerson is thre-hlng wheat. The crop i« not very good this year, besides very little of it has bee' - , sown. Miss Laura Wilkerson, who has been sick for a month or longer, is still very low. She is kept alive prin cipally on milk, whiskey and strych nine. Your correspondent has been very I tr, r iiis but promise I that he would much Indisposed for the last twenty-] take up the matter with the legislature Sol. P. McCall's Lecture. McCormick. July 24.—Sol. P. McCall, a temperance lecturer from New Or- leans, deMvororl We “ \ n^nnk* ard’s Faie” here Friday nigt to a large audience that w’as thoroughly thrilled by this gentleman’s sad, instructive an<l elof uont language. He has de livered this lecture over almost the en tire State and those that have been fortunate in hearing him will agree in saying it is excellent. Sunday after noon Mr. McCall delivered his lecture. “Death to Strong Drink.” This lecture is more than grand, it is matchless, conclusive and convincing. If the peo ple of South Carolina could only hear this lect ire, the dispensary would be doomed as certain as "the cyclone razes the forest." The Diamond Cure. The latest news from Paris, Is that they have discovered a diamond cure for conuimptlon. If you fear con sumption or pneumonia, it will, how ever, be best for you to take that great remedy mentioned by W. T. McGee, of Vanleer, Tenn. “I bad a cough for fourteen years. Nothing helped me, until I took Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs find Colds, wdiich gave instant relief, and effected a permanent cure.” Unequalled quick cure, for Throat and Lung Troubles. At. Cherokee Drug Co price 5ftc and $l.ft0, guar anteed. Trial botMe free. —I have Just received a lot of latest design picture and room moulding, picture hooks, wire, etc. Come and •them. L. R. Gaines. rUmbrella- from 45c to $2.25 at J. irratt. -Big line of Traveling Bags and trunks at "away-down” prices at J. I. 1 Ran att’s. - For bargains in all summer Dress Goods go to . T . I. Sarratt’s. ■—Baskets, all shapes and sizes, 5c to 25c, at J. 1. Snrratt’s. “Get the Habit,” go to NELSON’S. there ar^ enough of these in the mark et to carry through any plan that the party leaders may decide on. Where to secure the funds to do the *pur- chasing is the only question. They look on the railroads and monopolies who are profiting from high tariff? as good game. Railroads especially. The situation seems to be resolving itself, into something like this: Roosevelt is to secure for them, if possible, some sort of legislation from the coming congress, which he may use as a club to force the railroads to contribute from their wealth to help keep the party in power. What a club it might be made a few minutes thought easily reveals. Under Sec tion 11 of the Interstate Commerce Act. it is provided, in effect, that three members of the commission which con stitutes a majority, shall be of the dominant party. The act does not read exactly that way. hut it says "not more than three of the commis sion shall be appointed trom the same political party.” That insures the body being a political machine. If they are granted the powers that Roosevelt asks for as a part of his political programme, they will not need to exercise it. It is dollars to doughnuts they won’t. Republican leaders who talked somewhat freely about the matter up New York way, are free to admit this. Their argu ment is that the public will be satis fied with the legislation and that it will be a good party move to make it. But they have no idea of making that legislation effective for the people. They don’t want to pound the rail roads until things look like a bunch wheat biscuit. Not inquire why it is that the postotfice department had its Mapheus, Beavers i of shredded and others, the ag.ucuituial depart- mac h. What they want is to ’--r# meat its Holmes and other dppaiu-jthis legislation on the books and then ’hey can go to the railroads and say "Open up your dough bags and let ments their quota of grafters and ihieves, and why he has had to dis miss eight army officers this year ana bring to trial six more—all for embez zlement. It is the get-rich-quick crazt which lias been stimulated by the Re publican theory that government ex ists to help people make money, either by creating new offices, obtaining colo nial possessions, or by artificially us dip in it or there will be the devil to pay with railroad rates.” Meanwhile they will have the chance, by increasing the clerical force of the commission to an enor mous size on the ground that it is needed for additional work, to build ariunciaiiy i up a practically invincible parry ma- raising wages and prices by means of chine* as I have previously pointed* protective tariffs. 1 —* ,M ’■ When the corruption and - -— -*•-* wm'-i of the government comes to be writ-] hand at the throttle of this immensely ten up, some decades hence, he will be i increased and powerful political ma- but a poor historian who falls to per-j chine, they can run things to suit them- ceive that the spirit of protection is selves, and nothing short of a social at the bottom of it all _ . — uiuue as i nave previously pointed' ariffs. ! out. Firmly entrenched as they then » history of this period of w ill be with one hand in the dough iml speculation n and out bags of the railroad and the oth*‘r rnment comes to be writ- j hand at tho • at the bottom of it all. The spirit of protection—the monev- upheaval can destroy that power. ( no 9|nriL oi protection—the money- Then the last state of the common peo- niad craze that has taken possession p i e w ju be worse than the first of the people of the country, and has Democrats of the good old Jefferson kept the Republican party, the party sr ripe who have looked this matter in that has so long and persistently ad- the fact, believe there is a heap more vocated the policy of a few getting rich t han speculation in this outline of what off the many, in office, is responsible, the Republican party proposes. They absolutely, for the great era of graft ( ] 0 n ot believe that this cry for govern- that has made the last three RepubM-: ment ownership, begun by Socialists can administrations rotten to the core. an d taken up by well-meaning but iil- The grafters who have grabbed the advised Democrats, is one that will or offices felt secure in the jobs, for thfty should win. It is too dangerous to believed the people had given the Re-! experiment with. Americans as a publican party an unlimited lease of whole are too easy going for such rad- power. They proceeded, upon this i ca ] measures, and the fact that the hypothesis, to grab everything in sight j radicalism of Kansas.and the far west and store away as much loot as pos-] j s being tempered down is a proof or sible—with the results every day visi-. Mint n/Oto Tt,~ r» n_»i- *- CATABAW INDIANS. Remnants of This Once Large Tribe Wants to Go West. ( oiu ml da July The Stale <->* | ment when ihe Democrats in congress Sou b ’arolina hn« an Indian tribe t - aem tu do it on its hands that is going to puzzle, the next session of the legislature. The hie of graft coming to light, If every executive department in Washington were investigated by honest, impartial men. the rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril, arising from de partmental rottenness and official de cadence would assail the people, the long suffering people, of the country. It is safe to say, however, that a Republican congress will refuse ab solutely to order a free and full inves tigation of fhese departments, as It did a year or more ago to order an in- vesfieation of iho noco.iwpo Indian tribe is the Catawba r. mnant of a race that once inhabited all tMt section from Savannah to the NorKi Carolina line. Of all of ’he thousands there are but dghty left and they want to go Yi’e. t '.’. here they may be with the rest, of thir race. To consider this a meeting of the tribe was held the other dry and as a delegate Jim Har ris, who is the big chief, came to Co lumbia to see the governor and ask hi advice. The State makes an appro priation of alMiut $1,500 a year for their utoport and Harris’ idea war that this money could be used f or trans portation to Indian Territory. The governor, however, bad no authority tiii LM Yet the people continue to elect Re publican congress. Are thi people enamored of graft, theft, rottenness and corruption in office? that point. The Populistic theories have gotten into the wrong sort of hands to make most Democrats take kindly to them. That, statement may not suit some of the people in our Democratic ranks, but a flat-footed, banld-headej, heart-searching fact, and we, who wish for Democratic suc cess. might as well face it first at last. Put on your thinking cap 1 - brother Democrats, acknowledge Roosevelt’s combined insincerity and political shrewdness in the railroad rite regu- lation business, and do not get too gay over government ownership of nublic utilities until we find out where we are going to fetch upland if we have a good post to hitch to. Meantime don’t let Roosevelt's fair pronouncements induce you t > aid the Republican schemes by supporting his ] railroad legislation plans whose only i ixr^i.'iainui I’lailB WD^lSe OI1IJ In the face of al! these peculations, purpose is to strengthen the Republi and dishonesty in office, do they think i can machine, the Republican party still worthy of i ’ * r* > four hours and this must account for and recommend it if the tribe really the incompleteness of this letter. j desired to leave the rftnte. Messrs. S. J. Strain and Leslie Blackwell went to Gaffney on business today. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes and family visited relatives at Sharon last Sat-] unlay. In speaking of tin- Bankhead family In Friday’s paper the type make us \y brother, mother, rather than Brother Matthew. A r’Pn by f!.o name of Johnson passed nero yesterday with a painting outfit and did some work in this com munity. Like his illust ions namesake. T P. Johnson. authoi of “1 wenty ■<'i ; ol Hustling," he. too. is i hust ler. J. L. S. Bronchitis for Twenty Years. Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, 111., writes: "I had bronchitis for twenty years and never got relief un til I used Foley’s Honey and Tar which is a sure cure.” Sold by Chero kee Drug Co. Harris says that the few that are left are not full bloods and bit the appropriation lias taken away ai! of their d^ ire for work. Without Mie appropriation, however, it is doubtful if* they would live as almoq all of their laud has Leo” bough, by the whites oul the appropriation is really a debt a 'rued by the Stab for b ml taken by the whites. The tribe now I ves in Yc-k (oun’v, a few miles from the North <’ o'La line. A rur/irise Party. A pleasant surp-iso party may be given to you- stomach and liver, by taking a medicine which will relieve their pain and discomforts, viz: Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They are a relief and cure, for headache, diz ziness and constipation. 25c at Cher okee Drug Co. trust? Will they ask for a railway I regulation act that will pla’e 25,ftftft ] more Republicans in office anil give] them opportunity for graft? Ii is up to the peopl*- to do a li’tle thinking on i!i«* subject. • • • Politicians cm already discussing issues for tho congressional campaign of 1906. and the presidental campaign that will follow’. Radicals among the Democrats are canvassing the strength of government ownership of public or quasi-public utilities as an Is me. The conservatives on the other hind go a bit slow when this is salked of. They point to Mayor Dunne’s prac ical fail- ure in Chicago and his acknowledg ment of defeat for his schen es as to public ownership of city railways. They also point out the defit it in the postotfice department vhlrh is an ab- solete government monopoly, and which has yearly failed by million dollar - to p-y its wa v ould be the deficit w’itl government n -• r ge cat of railways they ark? I is iu Nev 'ok the oth» for'! ! U’c leai.iv, men of floumle, ..ig. They first want to know what. Teddy the First Is up o. It Is deep wat rt r to get into any ray. and ♦ hoy think the party should f 1 sure of a landing place before taking i plunge. I find a growing belief thi t Roose- veil is insincere in his talk for rail road rate regulation leaders who be lieve that the best thing they ran do to insure continuance in power Is to Chas. A. Edwards. ■ i.. i ii ■■■ Pensions. Of the two hundred and five pen sion checks for Cherokee county, for the year 1905. all have been delivered except one for Mrs. M. A. Jones. Gaff ney. S. C., for $l5.5ft. several What similar • day and io party Letter to J. V. Sarratt. Gaffney. S. C. Dear Sir: A property-owner of Skowhegan. Maine, had a house to paint, and “saved Ift cents a gallon” by trying another paint than I>evoe. But his paint was 1ft per com ►.hoi '- measure; 10 per cent of the liquid was water; and 33 per cen ot the P : gment barytes. How much, do you think, he saved? One of the difficulties, in paint, is the fact that a cheat is as good a? a paint, till yon find it out; and lots of men go through the world and never find-out the cheats tfiai kt-ep them iHior. Go by the name: be wll'ing to pay a few’ cents more for Deyoe; to. Yours truly F W D -voe ’ll P S. Our paint is sold bv Wilkins & Co. gird R. M. —If you w’ant Shoes at under nrices go to J. I. Sarratt's. “Gat the Habit,” go to NELSON'S. Subscribe for The Ledger, 91.00 • year.