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4 THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondent*. Obituranes will be published at Eve cents a line. NOTES AND COMMENTS. We are interested in the young men of this country, for we know that soon er or later thev are to become the bur den bearers, and we want them to learn the lesson of saving a portion of their wages, therefore we advise an Investment in the local building and loan association. • * • An effort is being made to-send John L. McLaurin to China to see if he can not remove the boycott on American cotton goods. It really looks like an effort to get Curly Headed Johnny o the trail of Pitchfork Ben. The lat ter’s friends must be badly frightened if they want to get Johnny so far aWay Really our good friend Charley Smith takes us too seriously. W e pu liah his letter with pleasure, feeling certain that he is sincere in his re marks. We simply saw the chance to jest him a little on his (or his part- aer’s) oversight and we did not 01 a moment entertain any idea of doing him an injustice. That’s all. • • • No man is perfect. We all make errors. The next best thing to avoid ing an error is to acknowledge it. The man who persistently adheres to error is an enemy to himself. There are no exceptions to this rule, there fore when vou make an error have the manhood to acknowledge it. * • • T T Hull, editor and proprietor ot the'Rock Hill Herald, died last Mon day after a lingering illness. Hull was a man. Wo cannot put it stronger. South Carolina esp^aHy Rock Hill and York county, is the richer tor his having lived here, and his going away is to be niourne • knew him well, having at one time been in his employ, and we can testi > that be was a man. * * * The article ol Mr. E. H. Gaines on nltlon we have to offer to the voter Is this: Weigh the candidates and choose the one whom you believe to embody those qualities best suited to advance the interests of the county socially, morally and political!'' and then vote for him. Always have in mind the advancement of your community with out detriment to others and you will not go far wrong. a • • The colored folks of Cherokee had a two days’ celebration last week— Friday and Saturday—under the aus pices of the Odd Fellows. During the two days there were several hundred visitors and the order maintained, both at Limestone and up town, was admirable. There was absolutely no evidence of drunkenness and disorder. Not a single arrest was made. We do not claim this is because Cherokee is dry, but we wonder if such would have been the case if we had had a dis pensary. Certainly no such record was ever made on a similar occasion before. THE GOUCHER BARBECUE. Mr. Smith Explains His Part in the Affair. Goucher, Aug. 1st. Editor Ledger.—I have just read your letter in regard to the manage ment of the barbecue at Goucher. I must say in the outset that Mr. DeCamp has surely been wrongly in formed. Again I think he should not have said so much until he knew. As to me being sole manager, I was not. I only had half interest in the affair. But am willing to bear my part of the blame in all that went wrong. Wo should have had a com mittee on arrangements, but this being the first time I ever had anything to do with anything of the kind, I didn’t know then what I do now. I am sorry to say that some of my friends had 'their feelings hurt. While 1 helped some about the din ner, that was another man’s part and I had charge of the cold drink stands, i had repeatedly said that I wanted all present to enjoy themselves. In regard to the band. As soon as I heard they were offended. I went to them. While speaking to Mr. Ross, he told me that tickets had been giv en out for.them and they had failed to get them. I had no thought at the reference time that this had any reference to, , „ me . I heard afterwards that he ha^j farmers would realize better Good Roads and Manufacturers. (Hon. W. P. Brownlow, M. C.) Perhaps no class of people, the far mer not excepted, has a greater inter est in highway improvement than those engaged in industrial enterprise. If the common roads of the country were brought to a condition that would enable farmers to market their products at all seasons of the year, the cost of living in. town and city would be greatly lessened, and discon tent among laboring people and opera tives in industrial concerns would largely decrease, if it did not entirely disappear. Why and how? Present road conditions compel farmers to rush their products to mar ket as soon as harvested, when the roads are at their best, as by wait ing a convenient time they may not get there at all. If one farmer must Jo this, his neighbor must do like wise. This naturally congests the market, forcing low prices, to the great detriment of the producer and without benefit to the consumer, because the avenge family in town or city buys only in small quantity at one time, say a day’s or a week’s supply. What is the result? The speculator, finding prices low, and knowing that in a little while the bad roads season will be on, when competing products will be kept away from trade centers, buys up the sur plus and stores it way for the day which he knows is surely coming, when he can demand and receive his own price for his holdings—the stuff for which men toil; which they are compelled to have. And when the citizens in town, the mechanic and operative of the shops and factories. Is forced In winter and spring to pay exorbitant prices for those articles of household necessity which went begging for buyers at low prices the preceding fall, he figures the increased cost of living in compar ison, and grows restless and discon tented, and is easily led into strikes and other labor disturbances. We know what usually follows. This, of course, is not all that enters into strike causes, but it contributes a full share. It ought to he perfectly plain to American manufacturers that the continuous, orderly operation of industrial business depends on meas urably contented operatives; that men are never contented when the cost of living is above their earning capacity; and that prices of food stuffs from the farm would be always at a decent living level to all concerned if we had systematically improved high ways over which farmers could travel to market any day in the year. These prices poultry raising in another column of this issue is quite interesting an* structive. Mr. Gaines ^ T A subject as one having authority, visit to M. poultry yartls »■>“'« £ * revelation to many people >n tho of Gaffney. He deserves mneh erod for what he has already accomplls^ and The Ledger wishes him and tn other breeders of «ne poultry In this county unlimited success. • • • Senator Tillman will speak In Edge- field on the dispensary. All the speak- lug that a thousand Tillmans (or any body else) might do will never save the dispensary. Senator Tillman m gh just as well make up his m ' nd tha the G. M. I. is a goner, and while h is a very smart man we will under take to advise him that the best thing he can do is to join the water gang and in a measure help undo the gie.it wrong that has been done by fostering upon the State this iniquitous system. • • • The second series of stock of the Cherokee Building and Loan Associa tion opens tomorrow. Already over one hundred shares of this stock have been subscribed for. This is a a good showing but not so good as it should be. Every laboring man in Gaffney should take some of stock. It’s easy to pay and a fine op portunity to save money. Remember that unless you save a part of your earnings you will, always bef poor. Now is the time to contract the saving habit. • • • A news item in several State papers includes the name of the editor of The Ledger as among those who are on the western trip. We desired to go and made some inquiries of President Aull about the trip, but circumstances over which we had no control prevent ed our going, the most pronounced one being because Lolly Wood and Larr> Walker—the two "L. W’s.”—make too frequent visits to the business office. Socially they are mighty clever young gentlemen, but, oh my! how persistent they can be with a three-days-grace paper. _ F r • The campaign Is now on. It will be fast and furious , although brief, gome of the candidates are working like beavers, while others are taking things moderately. The only admo- iieen told that tickets had been given! ir- their products than they do, and me for them. 1 was only given ten still be able to sell to all classes of tickets at first and 1 didn’t hear the consumers at lower prices than are band mentioned. I afterwards had forced by speculators in the bad-roads calls for more tickets; got them and! season. sold them. I , , , v i This band (notwithstanding there A lady is a woman who does not were some reasonable men in it) had. become a parasite on women, all necessary apologies made before half the meat was taken from the sticks; and there are good, honest, truthful men of your town who know this to lie a fact. I haven’t any further apologies to make to them. As to any one else being insulted, I am at the first of it. But I stand with broad shoulders ready to bear any honest blame put upon mo and am more than sorry that any one expecting to be entertained by me, was neglected. Now. Mr. DeCamp. I think you have done me an injustice when you spoke as you did about* the ‘ ‘jingle of the money and the sound of the big bass drum.” Such a thing never entered my mind. I will close by saying that what I have written is sufficent explanation for all reasonable penile, and further more don’t mean to enter any con troversy with any one. C. E. Smith. How’s This? Hall’4 Catarrh ^ u ( ^ FNK y & CO.. Toledo, O. BSSSS V OU! ,.n, HSSK’fe-GS: • R Xn r sT»ta t ^h T ‘Se < is taken In.,email, 7^ t» r bottle. tMd by^l 1 'rug ^flairs Family I’Hl* ltr « the best. —Hare Larfialn. In E^rolderlca and Insertions, J. I. Sarratt’B. 2 to 18c per yard, Hands full of wealth are good evi dence that the heart is not full of charity. A full man and a full jug do not go hand in hand. —Big Dinner at Hasty Restaurant Monday, August 7th. —Umbrellas from 45c to $2.25 at J. Sarratt. Auers Falling hair means w eak hair. Then strengthen your hair; feed it with the only hair food, Ayer’s Hair Vigor. It checks falling hair, makes the hair grow, completely cures dan druff. And it always restores colortogray hair, all the rich, dark color of early life. “ Mv hair was falling out tiadly and I was afraid 1 would lose it all. Then I tried Ayer's Hair Vlg«r. It uuiekly stopned the falling and y hair all I oould wish it to be.” ItSUKUCA K. ALLEN. Elizabeth, N. J. made wy Ht #1.(10 a bottle. All druggists. for J. C. AYKR COs, Lowell, Falling Hair Marshall Hallman’s Work. United States Deputy Marshal A. L. Hallman has been quite busylly en gaged, here of late In tracking blind tigers to their lairs. On Monday he arrested Roland Mc- Elwee at, Blacksburg, and carried him before United States Commissioner E. A. Trescot for a hearing. He was bound over to next term of court in Greenville. He also arrested Albert Jefferies, who lives near Gaffney, and carried him before Commissioner J. B. Bell, who bound hint over to court at Green ville. Last week Mr. Hallman went doj^n in the Gowdeysvllle neighborhood ami got Wash Hewey, who was likewise “wanted” on the same old charge— that of selling liquor without authori ty from the county. State or United States. Hewey will be tried before Commissioner Bell, in this city, to morrow (Saturday). “Bert” doesn’t make any “blow” about what he Is doing, but the tigers would better have at least one eye- and a good one, that they can keep open for him, or he'll corral them sure. Died at Greers. Yesterday morning’s train brought to this city the body of Mrs. E. J. Blanton, who died in Greers Wednes day. The body was met here by Shu- ford & LeMaster and taken to Corinth for burial. Mrs. Blanton was formerly a Miss Allen .and had been married about a year. Dangerous Germs in Summer Strengthen the Stomach With Mi-o-na and Keep Well. A wealthy philanthropist In New York spends thousands of dollars every summer providing milk for the babies, with the result that the mor- ‘ality is greatly decreased. He ap- preclatqs the fact that disease germs are common in the summer and that the stomach must be kept healthy to resist their attacks. Older people do not live on a milk diet to insure health, but they can so strengthen the stomach and digestive organs by the use of Mi-o-na that they, too, will be free from sickness In the summer season. Take a Mi-o-na tablet before each! and strength to the whole .digestive system, and aid you In naturally and easily digesting the food. It Is ‘he only remedy known that cures indi gestion and stomach troubles by strengthening the digestive system. It is guaranteed to make a complete and permanent cure in all diseases of the stomach excepting cancer. Mi-o-na restores complete health to the whole system and cures head aches, hack-ache, sleeplessness, pains and distress after eating, vertigo, heart burn, and *he general debility which result from a weak stomach and imperfect digestion. A guarantee to refund the money meal, and it will soothe and heal any ( if Mio-na does not show help, is given inflammation that may be present in, with every 50 cent box. Ask Gaffney the lining of the stomach, give tone Drug Co. to show yon-the guarantee [«POLKA»DOT»CANS«] How Is Baby Today? Better, thank you. In fact, quite well. Fat, round and full of life and mischief. Pink and white flesh, dotted with dim* pies. No cough, no indigestion. All on account of )EAUTIFY Y0UR!f0ME\ /Ty fo Mir’ftOT&EAO? Important Memorandum-, 1 “ ” * Wftt :• tacit/i e ft.anrg A jab t-ip let*, ton# by a good piiate> wub ihc <4 .»l if ol paict, coaling *ar $00,00 <$*0 OOUi.ei, $20 00pa-ni >•*. . 1,1 Tfc < pa t p.i< J by a daubc. ($20XW4it»cr, $5o.'A' paiat) wdt laai only iwo reari Tleaifct ct I-, goo-, y.intr ^ m$I2.Q0-U>c pot p>taut'a $*0.00. A small invcumcru in pami adds picily (o (he v»lje and beauty oi your properly and ) Good pa.;:'ing ia one of It’a a saving, not an ripente. makes you a "good neithbot” by making a good neichborhood. Good pa.r.ing is one of stmenis and pays big rciurns in improvca the best investments But when you paint --buy only administered by a mother whose love was tempered with common sense. She knows that OZOMULSION is a fountain of energy for grown-ups, too. It stops waste of flesh. It makes plenty of rich blood. For pale, feeble folk it is the chief nourishcr at life’s feast. It cures Consumption when taken in time. All druggists sell it— 50 cents and $1.60 the bottle. Let us send you Free Sample Bottle by Mail Write letter or postal to -OZOMULSION CO. 98 Pine Street, New York. SCOTT’S EMULSION won’t make • hump back straight, neither will it make a short leg long, but it feeds soft bone and heals diseased bone and is among the few genuine means of recovery in rickets and bone consumption. Send for free ,atriple. SCOTT & BOW WE, Chemisu, 409.415 Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and Pi.00; all druggista. ANNOUNCEMENTS. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the legislature to fill the un expire.1 term of Hon. W. D. Kirby, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Wm. Anderson. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the House of Representatives, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. W. D. Kirby, in the coming primary elec tion, and pledge myself to abide by the result of said election. John V. Price. 'Wood's Seeds. Crimson Clover. Our Southern Farmers can aave for- tlllaer billa and inereaae their revenues MILLIONS OF DOLI ARS, by sowing Crimson Clover at the last working of their Corn and Cotton crops. It is the best time to sow and you save an extra prep aration of the land. Crimson Clover makes land rich in humus or vegetable matter and puts it in excellent condition for the crops which follow it. It also makes A fmi winter cover crop, An excellent grazing crop A good eirly forage cfvp, A splendid toiNmproving crop. Plowed under early in the spring, it increases the yield of corn, to bacco, cotton or other crops which follow it, to a wonderful extent. Our wiles of Crimson Clover fieed nre tncreftvliiK enormously every year, and wo are today the largest dealers In this seed In tne l nlted Nate'. Write for prices and circulars Riving lutonnutlou about this valuable crop. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, • VIRGINIA. Wood's Descriptive Fall Cstsloftue, isMicd in Angii't, tell* a bout all Farm and Garden Seeds for Fall Plant ing. Mailed free on request. 1 The friends of N. \V. Hardin hereby i announce him as a candidate for the legislature fo fill out the unexpired I term of Hon. \Y. D. Kirby, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. M'nloeh JtBatssttaiB* HOUSE PIAINT Thetr'f one indisputable reason why, a reason every honest painter will acknowledge "The Oil is the Lite of Paint" and the sure way to get good oil is to buy it fresh and pure born the dealer's barrel, not from the ready-mixed pain' can The paint tbaa-rr raTi/fy - to mix with linseed oil, gallon (or gallon, is KliNLOCH PAINT, and v ; ccommend its use for every good reason we know _ - ' Gaffney Hardware Company n KlNLOC^PAIN^company’ LITTLETON FEMALE COLLEGE Splendid location. Health resort. Over 200 boarding pupils last year. High grade of work. High standard of culture and social life Conservatcry advantages in music. Advanced courses in Art and Elocution. Hot water heat. Electric lights and other modern improvements. Remarkable health record, only one death among pupils in twenty-three years. Close personal attention to the health and social development of every pupil. High standard of scholarship. All pupils dress alike on public occasions. CHARGES VERY LOW. Twenty-fourth Annual Session will begin September 13th, 1905. For catalogue address, REV. J. M. RHODES, A. M„ President, Sept21-lt a w • LITTLETON, N. C. The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Go. Offers for sale by and In reach of the Schools or Gituestone springs to 100 acres n liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lauds to rent for Farm purposes. For 1 part ulars apply to ling i Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lots of 30 J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. B.--A11 persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of tbit company, cutting and removing timber or fishing, hunting, under penalty of law. Wanted. MEETING OF MASONIC LODGE. There will he a regular communica tion of Grenard Lodge tonight. August 1st. Work in the first and second de grees. All members are urged to at tend. J. Eb Jefferies. Secretary. Attention, Executive Committee. A full attendance of the county democratic executive committee is de sired at the court house tomorrow at 11 o’clock, as business of importance will be transacted. It is therefore important that each and every mem ber of the comraitte he present. By order J. B. Bell, Chairman. TEN VARIETIES # Real or Purple-Top Flat, Early White Flat Dutch, Early Red or Purple Globe, Ruist’s Mammoth Red Top Globe, Large White Globe, Southern Seven Top, Purple Top Yellow Aber deen, Large Yellow Globe, i Ruta-Raga, Strap Leaved Varieties Cherokee BRIDGE TO LET. i will l)e at the mouth of Blue Branch on Saturday, August 12th, 1905. at 10 o’clock for the purpose of bffting bridge across said branch to the lowest responsible bidder. Right resevod to reject any and all bids. Wm. Phillips, Supervisor. Aug. 8-2L r —u 5 Prescription Druggists. THE PIEDMONT INN GAFFNEY, S. C. Is the place to board. Plenty to eat. Nice Rooms. Hot and Cold baths Free. Rates, f 15.00 per month, <1.00 per day. 7 25-tf Owing to a big order for hair I will put the price of hair cutting down to 15c.- Hair cut and shave for only 25c;shampooing, 15c; massage, 15c; bath * 15c. First class work guaranteed. I have as good workmen as you will find in any town. Give me a trial and be convinced. Yours for patronage, 4 The Exchange Barber Shop )t Boyd Sarratt, Prop. In Central Hotel Building.