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w *?> ►. n i % r THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith,' Local Editor. The Ledger is not responsible (or the views of correspondents. Oblturanes 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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. We Invariably discontinue sending ▼he Ledger when a subscription runs ait, for we have no 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. NOTES AND COMMENTS. There came near being a Ivnching in this town not long ago. We are glad that no effort was made to dis grace the law. hut we do trust when the guilt of the accused is fully estab lished that the judge will make the punishment fit the crime. • * • A new cotton mill is likely to be started in Gaffney in a short while. Already the promotor, Mr. W. M. Webster, is receiving flattering en couragement. We hope he will suc ceed and can see no reason why he should not. There is no discounting his business ability and Gaffney should hail with delight any new enterprise, and we feel certain the new mill is an assured fact. Here’s wishing you all kinds of success, Billy. * • • The renort of the Spartanburg meeeting in another column was writ ten by Mr. J. C. McNeill. It is charm ingly written and well worth your reading. Mr. McNeill is a now dis covery of the Charlotte Observer, a paper which possesses the happy fac ulty of bringing bright young men be fore the public, and this latest discov ery is one of the brightest of its con- stelltition of stars. We had the pleas ure of meeting Mr. McNeill in Spar tanburg and his personality is as Charming as his writing. Mr. McNeill is a poet of rare ability. We are here to testify that he does not look it, but we would not have you infer that he is not handsome from what we have written. • • • The farmers meeting yesterday was a decided success. It is very evident, right unless those who do not favor good roads will give us the benefit of their knowledge. We are living in an educational age and we should try to convince others of the error of their way when we find them wrong, there fore if we are cranky on good roads we want to be set right. Come along with your communications on the sub ject. Dont’s for Boys and Girls. (Selected.) Don’t flaunt your worldly possess ions and social prestige before poor children who are forced to live hum bly. Remember that they would oc cupy better positions were it in their power to do so. Don’t laugh at the misfortunes of others, nor turn to ridicule another child’s stupidity. Dullness of intel lect is a curse of birth and the child so handicapped should rouse your deepest sympathy and receive from you any assistance it is possible for you to render. Don’t make light of another’s dis figurements. The child who must go through life with a harelip or crossed eyes is truly an object to so licit our pity. Don’t destroy life wantonly. Kill no harmless bird. Insect or animal for the mere pleasure ( ) of taking life. Cruel boys and girls are disliked by their fellows, and grow up to be un successful men and women. Don’t mistake arrogance of manner and loudness of speech for ease, and independence. Those who thru§t themselves on the attention of the public belong to the vulgar. Don’t think it smart to “show off.” That sort of conduct is excusable only in the monkey. Don’t think you know more than your elders, fhev have gone over the samp road you are now traveling and know all its pitfalls. The Color We Never Eat. (New York Sun.) “I had a funny one thrown at me the other day.” remarked the man whose hobby is conundrums and puzzling uestions. “A kid nephew of mine asked me what color it is that we nev er eat. “I thought it over a good long time before I got the answer. The color is blue. Has it ever struck you that among the varied foods we eat one may find every color from red to vio let blue? Even black comes in for notice in truffles, caviar a nd such. Candied violets are of course of the proper hue, and we all eat the tomato, the orange, the green pepper, the rasp berry and an infinite variety of things variously hued. Bluefish is blue in name only, and the blueberries one gets in the city are black. I can’t remember eating anything genuinely blue.” RURAL CARRIER Iredell IN TROUBLE. He A. P. WAR SERVICE. Man Used Postal Card Should Hav' Cancelled. Statesville, N. C., Aug. 5.—J. P. Brantley, of Troutman, carrier since the establishment of rural mail route No. 1 from Troutman, was arrested yesterday by Deputy Marshal J. S. Feree, of Spencer, on a warrant sworn oi„ by Postofflce Inspector W. J. Maries and gave bond in the sum of $200 for his appearance here this morning at 9 o’clock before United States Commissioner H. C. Cowles. It was in evidence before Commission er Cowles that Mr. W. D. Troutman, depot agent at Troutman, wrotp a postal card some time last April to Mr. C. L. Sherill, who lives on route No. 1 from Troutman, which contained only the words, besides address, date, etc., "Fish tomorrow;” that Brantley erased what was on the postal card, delivered the message to Mr. Sherill as one that he had been charged with personally by Mr. Troutman, and used the card to write to Mr. J. A. Setzer, of China Grove. Mr. J. L. Hunter, postmaster at Troutman, called Brant ley’s attention to the fact that the card upon which he had written to Mr. Setzer appeared to have been used and Brantley admitted that it had, but said that, as the card had not been cancelled he thought it no harm to use same again. After this matter was reported Inspector Maries and Mr. Hunter investigated matters and at the barn where Brantley keeps his horse and buggy they found several papers and circulars, several torn cop ies and two whole copies of The Statesville Landmark. When ques tioned as to these things Brantley sai.l that the people on his route had re quested him not to deliver such stuff to them. Mr. James Mills, to whom a circular and one of the suppressed copies of The Landmark were ad dressed. testified that he had never given Brantley any such instructions and that, so far as he knows, he is the only James Mills who lives on that route. Brantley gave bond in the sum of $200 for his appearance at the term of Federal Court, to be held here in October. He has been suspended and will carry no more mail until after his trial, at least. Man Improved by Marriage. (Philadelphia Record. ) “Did you ever notice how it im proves a man to be married?” This question was nropounded by a young Southern woman here. “You can al ways depend noon it that it ’ ■ ried man who shows you all the small courtesies in an elevator: it is a mar ried man who stands up for you in the though, that many of the fanners in street car. and it is a married man : v\’ n r\ /I Li nil t Cherokee retain memories of their last organization and its final ending. It is well to have a good memory and try to avoid the shoals and pitfalls that befell the alliance; but because the alliance did not measure up to ex pectations is no reason why farmers should hold themselves aloof from an other organization. Put some confi dence in each other and try to teach men that confidence is the greatest asset any man can have, and that when he conducts himself in such manner as to cause others to lose confidence in him that he has lost more than he can ever regain. • • • % it your neighbor does not take The Ledger let us know it so we can ap proach him on the subject. We know that many of our subscribers are con tinually being annoyed^ by others for a loan of the paper, whereas if the borrower was approached on the sub ject he might pay for one of his own. This does not apply to people who have not the means of owning a paper of their own. We are thankful that there are few of those unfortunates in this county. By all means do not refuse to lend your paper to some de serving man or woman who has not the money to buy one. If we had up on our list every man and woman in the county who can afford to take and pay for a paper we could afford and would cheerfully supply a copy to every family too poor to pay for it. But under the circumstances we cannot afford to do this. It would be too heavy a tax on us and we see no reason why we should tax ourself be yond our capacity. • • • The subject of good roads is one that should engage the thoughtful at tention of every good citizen. Men of Cherokee, arouse yourselves on this subject. There is no money that you can ever spend as a tax payer that will pay you greater dividends. Today the land lying northwest of Gaffney along the few miles of macadam road we have is worth more and will sell for more than it would have sold for be fore the building of the macadam road. We need at least one hundred miles of good roads in this county. In fact, we need two hundred miles, and the way to get them is to go to work. So long as we stand still so king will we sleep on our rights, so to speak. Come on with your lettars on the subject of good roads, whether you are for or against the building of macadam roads. We want to hear from the other side. We want good roads be cause we believe they are good for the people. If we are wrong we want to be set right and we can never be set who does all the chores at a picnic. The most thoughtless, irresponsible kind of a single man becomes a verita ble model of amiability after he gets him a wife. I suppose his wife has so drummed good manners into him that ho has to keep practicing all the time to keep in trim. I believe busi ness men have more respect for a mar ried man. too. They succeed better in everything they do. Why. only the ether day there was a base ball game between the marred men and the sin gle men. Who won? The married men of course. And you can’t tell me their wives did not have something to do with it.” A Happy Philosopher. Ain’t rich enough to w-orry ’bout the rise and fall of stock; Never lose a buildin’ when the fire sweeps a block. No ships o’ mine are lost at sea, or tie np at the dock, Worry never wakes me in the mornin’! Dead Easy. (London Tidbits.) The other evening a man of the burglar type stepped up to an old gentleman and, handing him a piece of paper, said: “Sir. would you be good enough to read me the writing on this piece of paper?” The individual addressed consented, and, moving toward the rays of a con venient gas lamp, read the following words: “If you utter a cry or speak a single word I shall shoot you. Give me your watch and chain and your purse at once, and then pass on.” Completely taken off his guard, the gentleman handed over the articles asked for and walked off. A few r stens brought him to a policeman, and, r|- lating his story, the pair proceeded in pursuit of the stranger, who was not yet out of sight. Next morning, before the magistrate the vagrant was called upon for an ex planation. “Your honor,” he said, “I am not an educated man. and, therefore, can neither read nor write. Last evening 1 picked up a piece of paper, and, it striking me that it might be of some importance, I took it to the first per son 1 met and asked him to decipher it. The gentleman read it quietly to himself, and then, without saying a word, handed me his watch, chain and purse and walked off without giving me time to recover from my surprise, or to ask him what he meant. It seemed to me that the paper possessed a certain value, and that, he had given me the valuables as a reward for find ing it.” But the magistrate gave him six months just the same. Thankful for the blessin’s, as they come an’ as they go. Thankful for the roses, an’ the failin’ o’ the snow: I cannot move the mountain—stop the river in its flow’,— Worry never wakes me in the mornin’! But I reckon it’ll git me, if I keep a-llvln’ on,— Ere I see the light a-twinkle in the halleluia dawn! But I’ve got this consolation: last sweet hope is gone. Worry shall not wake me mornin’! Till th in the 19nr,. intend Tickets for the Band. Goucher, August 7 Mr. Editor:—I did not to have anything to say in the papers, but as 1 have been mistaken about giving out tickets for the hand I feel it a duty 1 owe my friends and my self to make a reply, ly were given my partner for the band at the same time he was given the ten tickets he mentioned in your last is sue, and as to me being sole manager of the barbecue, 1 will let the people be the judge, as there were enough there to see for themselves. If it had been left to me the band and speakers and editors all would have had free tickets to dinner and I would not have sold them. Hoping this will he satisfactory to my friends and everybody else, 1 am done with it. . Yours truly, Prater Smith. The Color of Gold. (Philadelphia Record.) The idea that gold varies somewhat in color according to the locality in which it is found is widely prevalent even among miners and money chang ers and handlers in the gold producing districts, but such notion is. on the authority of experts at the Philadel phia mint, wholly erroneuos. Pure gold—that is. gold without any alloy or other impurity—is of one un varying, unchanging color. Few peo ple. however, see such gold. All the gold of commerce used either as mon ey or for jewelry, has alloy in it after it is manufactured into the desired articles. Even the nugget of gold which i-i sometimes quite pure, is cov ered with dirt anil stains on the out side that conceal its future color, and all gold dust which is melted at the place of mining contains impurities which go into the bar. This is the reason why Mexican gold, for instance, has a redder tinge 11' mi tint of (’alifornia, and the same n true whether it be a piece of money nr of jewelry. The red tinge is caused by the presence of copper and the pal- Tickets certain 1 '‘ r 'b 1 ”'* by silver, and in the mints of the different countries the amount and kind of alloy used differ snfflei- entlv to give different tints to the money. Over $300,000 Expended in Reporting the Spanish War. * (Melville E. Stone, in the Century.) It was in the Cuban and Spanish wars, however, that the Associated Press achieved its first notable suc cess. Although by the terms of the existing compact, the field of opera tions, both in the Carribean sea and in the Philippines, was territory which the French agency had engaged to cover.early preparations were made for an American service. In the Cu ban insurrection, special correspon dents were stationed at various points of interest and did creditable work. Neither of the contestants desired publicity, and following midnight marches and early morning raids, and transmitting news to New York by surreptious means, were efforts which taxed the courage and ingenuity of the best trained men. When General Weyler was In command at Havana, he forbade all newspaper work. Nev ertheless, thrilling accounts of the hor rors attendant uoon his reconcentrado system were smuggled out by Asso ciated Press men at imminent risk of being shot for their pains. It was an Associated Press story of the de struction of the United States battle ship Maine in Havanna harbor that was published exclusively throughout the world the morning after that un happy event. But the work of these correspon dents ended when the United States and Spain joined issue. A new plan of campaign was then organized. The situation presented serious problems. Land battles had been reported many times. But this must be a naval con test, and prompt newspaper reports of battles upon the high seas were un heard of. The outlook was made more unpromising when all the ocean cables touching Cuba were cut. But the Fed eral government was reasonable and lent its aid. A capable reporter was installed upon the flagshin of each of the squadrons, and both Sampson and Schley gave them every possible facil ity to enable them to do their work. A number of fast sea going dispatch boats were chartered and sent to the Cuban coast. The whole service was placed in charge of my assistant. Col. Diehl, who managed it wisely and suc ceeded in making a new recor.Lin the business of war reporting. A splen did staff of correspondents was landed at Santiago with Gen. Shafter’s army, and their copy, as well as that of the men on the flagships was carried by the dispatch boats to the cable sta tions on the Jamacian or Haitian coast. Whes Hobson sank‘the Merrimac at the mouth of Santiago harbor, four men wrote a composite story which Was so skillfully Interwoven that the reader thought it all the work of a single pen. In the actions before San tiago, the Associated Press men show ed great courage and transmitted re ports which, for descriptive power, accuracy and comprehensiveness, have never been surpassed. The story of the fateful encounter with Cervera’s fleet cost, for cable tolls alone, over $8,000. and the total expenditure for reporting the war exceeded $300,000. MR. L. HARRIS INJURED. No Dull Season Here. (Charlotte Observer, i There is no dull season in South Car olina—some days are just livelier than others. Saturday, for Instance, while they were planning to shut off ex-Sen ator McLaurin at Spartanburg, former Congressman Talbert was daring S'“ti- me.” growled the conductor One on the Conductor. (Pittsburg Dispatch.) Col. Saunders was a passenger on one of the Montana railroads at one time. He had the annual pass on the road, J»ut on this occasion he had left it at home. He had traveled the same route many times before and was well known to the conductor. When that official came around for the tickets th»> colonel told him of hie forgetfulness. The conductor however, was obdu rate; he must have ticket or money. The colonel, rather than have a scene, finally pulled out a $o bill, which was amph to cover the expenses of his trip. It was a very ragged affair— til torn and pasted. ‘That’s a fine looking bill to give ator Tillman to engage in a personal encounter at Edgefield. Many u homely seed holds a heav enly blossom. It Is easy to be man In the mirror. patient with the No creed that is shorter than a life is long enough. Col. Sanders was by this time thor oughly nettled. “Well.” he cried in a voice that could be heard all over the car, “if you don’t like it turn It in to the company.” The laugh that went up was at the expense of the conductor. - Big line of Traveling Bags and trunks at “away-down” prices at J. I. Rnrratt’s. - i Advertising is called by some an art. If it be an art it is the art of telling a story simply and convincingly. Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an establishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Other things being equal, nobody should be ab'.e to write more convinc ingly of the articles ht of fers for sale. In a atora whop the employer aalla goods aide by aide with hla clerks it is nre that the employes will not be the best salesman. The reason is simple. He knows the goods from A to Z. He probably has pur chased them. He knows his aims. His arguments can? weight because they are convincing. The same arguments pre sented in the same way, with the same enthusiastic spirit, the same knowledge of detail, would attract new customers if presented through the advertising col umns of this paper. If yon have not tried it, why not begin? If yon have tried it and an net aetie- fied, let ua know about it BRIDGE TO LET. I will be at the mouth of Blue Branch on Saturday, August 12th, 1903, at 10 o’clock for the purpose of letting bridge across said branch to the lowest responsible bidder. Right, reserved to reject any and all bids. Wm. Phillips, Supervisor. Aug. 3-2t. Rib Broken and Ligaments Torn Loose at Fire in Hendersonville. Hendersonville, N. C„ Aug. C.— As a result, of a fire which broke out bore about 12:30 o’clock this morning, Mr. L. L. Harris, of Charlotte, sus tained a broken rib and had several ligaments torn loose from his side. By the good work of (he fire depart ment only one building, that of Lide’s boarding house, where it orleinated. was destroyed, and another building damaged. The loss is about $3,000. Mr. Harris took command of the lo cal department and worked hard throughout the fire, and was Injured in catching a child whicn was dropned from a second story window. Mr. Frank Phillips, manager of the Impe rial Hotel, caught the child’s mother, but was not Injured. Neither of the rescued persons were hurt, save slight bruises. It was not known that Mr. Harris was injured until the fire was under control, when be fainted in the street. He was taken to his room at the Imperial and Is now resting com fortably, his injuries having been ban daged. Lawn Locals. Lawn. Aug. 7.—Mrs. Harry Davis, of Beaverdam, and Mrs. Mary Anthony, of Gaffney, spent some time last week with relatives in this section. Mrs. Henry Guyton has typhoid fe ver. but she is getting along as well as could be expected, and we hope that she may speedily recover. There has been considerable diar rhoea in our section for the past week or two. which disease, even, your cor respondent has not escaped. A great many of our “gallants” at tended ('hildren’s Day at Wilson’s Chapel last Saturday, and. of course, had a good time. Rev. J. B. Wilson, of Gaffney, is holding a series of meetings at Wil son’s Chapel this week. Prof. Booker Ray will begin his singing school at Mt. Ararat next Monday, the 14th inst. Mr. Davis, of Beaverdam. was in this section last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Parris are spend ing some time in the Grassy Pond section with their kinsman. Mr. J. G. Coyle. Mr. J. S. Coyle, from above town, was In our section one day last week. We want to sae to the friends of The Ledger in this section that if they will kindly report all current events of interest to W. W. Whelchef, that he will see to it that they find their way into the columns of The Ledger. Mr Lon Whelchel and his sister, Mrs. M. E. Gruble spent last Friday with their brother, W. C. Whelchel, in the middle of the Broad (on Peeler Island). Mrs. Dorio Phillips and children, of Meridian, Miss., arrived yesterday and will spend some time with her mother, Mrs. W. I). Alexander. Crops are generally pretty good in tills section—that is, on the uplands. The lowlands were pretty badly de molished by the recent heavy rains. W. T. Whelchel informs us that he jftas damaged at the very least, two hundred bushels of corn, by the rains of the 28th ult. Newsboy. WANTED. Wanted for prospective buyer, 50 or 60 acre farm, near Gaffney, on easy terms and at a reasonable price. Wanted—16 acre farm near Gaffney. For Sale. 386 acre farm, 67 acre farm. 70 acre farm, seven room dwelling, fine barn. 49 acre farm, good tenant houses, both almost in corporate limits. Two houses and lots, Blacksburg. Two fine lots in Gaffney, two blocks from depot. Lot 80x200, West End, $350, easy terms. For Rent. 130 acre farm. Several nice houses and lots in Gaffney. Representative of Sun Fire Insurance Company. R. L. PARISH, Office National Bank Building. Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Former pnpil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Haa also taken special post-grad uate course in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. Jl J> (^Office in Cherokee Drug Co., BTdg. FOR Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair, Plaster Paris, Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse, and Dynamite Caps, call on LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME VORKS. CARROLL A CO., Lessees. Telephone 67. 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, FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. No business can possibly be successful that is not adver tised. This is a sweeping statement, but it is true. There are gome merchants in this community whose experience apparently contradicts the statement. The contradiction, however, is only apparent. If they have attained any degree of success they have advertised. They have let people know what they had to sell, what they were here for and what they proposed to do. Just in proportion to the thorough ness with which they have done this and met the conditions of their competitors they have suc ceeded. If they have used the newspa pers they have worked with the best tools so far as getting pub licity is concerned. If they have worked without the newspapers they have been handicapped and have not attained the highest possible measure of success. A fertile seed planted in fertile ground, carefully watered, will thriv# and bear fruit. A properly organized business, in any inhabited place, well advertised will succeed. The law of growth is as certain and incxarabla in on* case aa the other. —contains everything required by nature to create rich life-giving blood that will build up the brain and nerve cells and give to the human being real energy, which is always visible where perfect mental and physical health exists. Checkers costs $1.00 any where—or sample bottle Free. Write today. declbbh Gbackcr. Me,Hi lo# Comp*oy, Wlimton+kleni, N. 0. Study Your Own Interests If it is a Buggy you want, you want the best. The best Buggy made is the Buggy made by Taylor, Cannady «fc Co.. We have them in both open and top. The only Wagon giving absolute satisfaction is the celebrated Geo. E. Nissen. We have them. Do you want the only Disc Plow that will work a hillside and give satisfaction? If so, call and see Avery’s Pluto Disc Plow. A full line of Turn Plows and Farming Implements. : ; : Lipscomb, Goudelock (8b Co. GAFFNEY, |S. C. The Gaffney Gify Land and Improvemenf Go. Subtcrlba for Tho Ledger, $1.00 a year. Offer* for siile. Building Lots In this flourishing town,'Uitffney; also Farms near by and In reach of thor 1 ' 1 . to 100 acres n liberal f For 1 part' ulars apply to flog — - — - - - - — wun.., ... j , r ar.i.a near w, ... Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lots of SO to 100 acres n liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm purpose*. J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of this company, cutting and removing Umber or ffsl lng, hunting, under penalty of law. )' • v, \ ■ ■ ■ Sj . , 4-t. fV.V ’ r *' ■*' >T #7 , , _