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* • * THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. ’ The Ledger is not responsible for the vi.’ws of correspondents. Oblti) panes 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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' dessec! to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. We Invariably ciscontlnue sending r he Ledger when a subscription rune ait, for we have no way of knowing that .1 person wants It except by re ceiving his or her renewal. We ui^ gently solicit a prompt renewal, on the ground that the paper is worth the money. We are trying month by m. nth to make It better and bet ter. NOTES AND CoMME 4T8. We confidently expect the Columbia Retford to retract its assertion that there are three Unitd States revenue licenses in Cherokee. • • • No child is responsible for its ex istence. Parents therefore owe it to their children to give them the best start in life that they can give them. Send your children to school. * * * You gentleman who advocate the dispensary may talk as you please, but the fact remains that no man can handle whiskey in any manner what ever. either to drink, sell or make it, without sooner or later yielding to its evil influences. • • • The Southern Christian Advocate says: "Recent utterances and actions of Senator Tillman indicate that at heart the senator is a prohibitionist.” Then, why in the name of common sense, doesn't he get down off the- rum barrel and get aboard the water wagon? * * * The graded school opens Monday, Sept. 18. We want every father, moth er and guardian to see to it that their children or the children under their care are sent to school. The curse of this country is ignorance, and the sooner we replace it by education thp better off we will be. Send the child ren to school. • • • The yellow fever situation to tlu S >uth of us is seemingly unchanged. What a blessed country we live in. Safe from the terrible winters of our New England cousins and free from the horrible yellow Jack of our South ern neighbors. There is no spot on earth so favored as this Piedmont belt, and yet we have among us “knock ers” and pessimists. • • • Let us have your views on the good roads subject. Surely our people are j interested in this, the most viial question that confronts us today. Good roads may increase taxes to build them, but they also increase the value of real estate, save wear and tear of stock, vehicles and harness, as well as enable one to haul more with less effort. No other investment will yield so great a return. • • • Brother Meehan, of the Carolina Citizen, has made out a good case against the gentleman who acted as chairman of the county board of con trol, elected himself to office and raised his own salary, and when he went out of office reduced the salary to its former pay for the benefit of his successor. This fellow was an ideal “grafter." and no mistake. Mrs. Walter Hall and daughter. Miss Marv of Rock Hill, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Garrett. j c Ratliff, accompanied by Mrs. Ratliff, left yesterday for Baltimore, New York and other points north Mr. Ratliff will purchase a fall stock of goods for The Battery while gone. Mrs. J. T. Darwin and children have returned from Rome, Ga. Zeeley and Herman Corry, of Green ville, spent Sunday in the city with i their parents, Mr. and A. S. Corry. ' .las. Darwin and Ed Corry are visit ing relatives in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Wood are spend ing a few days at t hick Springs. Dr. Garland spent Sunday In Green- ville. Ecford Little and Earl Carpenter spent Sundav in Spartanburg. Rochelle Rogers spent Sunday in the city. Miss Bell Allen, of Spartanburg, spent a few days in the city with Miss Mamie Stacy last week. A. L. Curry attended the association at White Plains Sunday. P. S. Webber, of Wilklnsville, was in the city Saturday. D. C. Ross and Maynard Smyth at tended the association at White Plains Sunday. T. M. Littlejohn, of Star Farm, was in the city yesterday. J. H. Curry and went to White Plains Sunday. Ralph Sarratt is spending a few lays in the city with his grandmother. Sheriff Thomas went to White Plains Sunday. * Barnett Huskey, of Grassy Pond, was in town yesterday. W. H. Gooding went to White Plains Sunday, t J. R. Lirtlejohn. of Asbury, was in the city Saturday. A. Harris, of A1 good, was here yes terday. Willie Webber, of Wilkinsville., was in town Saturday. R. B. Lemaster. of Wilklnsville, was in tho citv Saturday. R. E. Littlejohn, of Asbury, was among the city visitors Fridav, Joe Osborne left Sundae to attend his sister's weddjng in Brevard. N. C. M. C. Lipscomb, of White Plains, was in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Whitesides, of Gastonia. N. C.. arrived in the city Saturday on their way to visit Mrs. Whiteside’s sister, Mrs. J. R. Little john, of Asbury. I^igan Warmoth and Jim Smith went to Ravenna Sunday. Dudley Duff, of Gastonia. N. C., spent Sunday in the city. j c. Painter, of the Midwav sec tion. was in the city yesterday. Dob Foster, of Hickory GrovQ, was in the city Saturday. F. A. Goforth, of Wilkinsville. was in town Saturday. R. A. Foster, of Hickory Grove, was in the citv Saturday. Emil Warth. of Spartanburg. Is spending a few days with friends in the city. Eugene Carroll, of Concord, was in tho citv Thursday. Miss Ethvleeu Wilkins returned from Concord. N. C., Thursday where she has been visiting her cousin. Miss Sallie Castor. Dr. Tom A. Wilkins, of King’s Moun tain. N. C.. sneni Sunday in the city with T. R. Wilkins. Mr. and Mrs. Willie McCraw. from across tho Broad, were in the city Saturday. D. D. Dover, of Grover. N. C.. was in town Saturday. Miss Talula Davis and her mother returned Friday from a two week’s visit to Earls. Shelby, Mooresboro and i Henrietta. N. C. i Horace Ezell, of Burton. Tex., is in ♦ i> e city the guest of Mr. a *d. Mrs. Ed Ezell, on Pairview avenue. Misses Emma Stacy. Eula Byars and Lizzie Wood, of this city, visited friends and relatives near Camp creek and attended services at Cam)) Creek A LONELY EDITOR. Trying Times in a Home Without a Wife. (A. F. Perkins In Pee Dee Advocate.) The assistant editor asks to be ex cused this week from filling this col umn. Why? Well, we have a good excuse (the only good thing we’ve had ia a whole v/eek). Mrs. Assistant Ed- tor and rhe baby have left us (and really we can’t blame them for that; the wonder Is they haven’t left us long agoi. Any how they put up with me until last Wednesday, and they hit the grit. (Gone back to her dad.) Since then, and It seems like It has been a year, we nave been the chief cook and bottle washer, the whole thing. Yes, we’ve been IT. We wake up at about six, with the assistance of an alarm clock, and get busy. Then hie away to the office, and get along tolerably well (except for an attack of indigestion) until 6 P. M. Then with a heavy heart we turn my bicycle homeward, knowing what is before us when we arrive. We enter the house—no one greets us. no baby to toddle up and hold out his little arms to papa, no wife to give us a smile. Knowing that the worst has cpme, we off with our coat, roll u,p our sleeves and go make a fire in the stove. We don’t see why folks have to eat anyway. The first four days we got along tip top. because there were clean dishes, clean floors, etc., but not so now. Monday we readied our row s end. Supper was ready and there was not a clean plate, cup, saucer, knife, fork, spoon or dish in the house. Supper was postponed! We piled up the dishes, got the waiter and got the dishes into the kitchen in four trips. No hot water, fire out. After an hour we started in to have an old time dish washing. The spoons are yellow, caused bv egg re maining on them too long. Disn washing over, we had supper, con sisting of several courses—of eggs, butter, bread and coffee. Biscuits were heavy, having “drowned the mil ler" in making up the dough, an.i the .; >da was much in evidence, the eggs blue on account of too much boiling, and the coffee was so weak we had put it to bed. ami it was cold before the doctor arrived. The cat stayed with us one chiy and one night and could not stand our cooking any longer and survive. ‘And the cat never came back,” and will not till our ‘best half” returns. We have eggs, bread, butter and coffee for breakfast; coffee, butter, bread and eggs for dinner; coffee, but ter. eggs and bread for supper—qnije a variety, don’t you see? We have a change of lodging ev ery night. Beds haven’t been made up since last time. Sleep on one one night and another the next, but we feel thankful that we haven’t but one more week to put up with this d~ ishwashing, egg cooking, coffee mak ing business. We haven’t found any fault with ourselves, however, since the widow left, and have had our own way, but are tired of it. It is a good thing (for the women), we suppose, that men are left to do things for themselves, so we can know what women go through with! daily. We haven’t but one thing to * a ^ ^ • - • *»-» -v r’f’V I • * V •-* » ' • I ently.-God bless the women. Such is life without a wife. ProtectYourself Your Corns Hurt? Against loss by accident, sick ness, lire, storms, and leave •h your family comfortably ‘ ‘fixed” it-- ; when you die, by investing an INSURANCE POLICY, represent the bust compamc« in I • * Come to our store for a bottle of Nyal’s Corn Cure> it’s a liquid prepa ration that we guarantee to remove corns, either soft or hard, without pain or danger. It costs only 15 cents and gives $15.00 worth of relief. C. ROSS. Fit Your Feet One of the very important things in buying Shoes is the fit. This we study as well as value. Bring'yourfeet and let us fit them. We do n’t p r i d e o u r- selves on cheap Shoes but good Shoes at right prices. The R. S. Lipscomb Shoe Company Gaffney 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 PHYSICAN — SURGEON - OCULIST, 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. Dr. S. H. Griffith, Company Prescription Druggists. Opposite Both Hotels. 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. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the Rye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. J* J* ‘Office in Cherokee Dru^Co., B’ldg. We Stand Corrected. (Bamberg Herald.) Bro. DeCamp. of the Gaffney Ledger, was in error when he credited that ar ticle about “Demagogueism” to the Sa luda Standard, it should have been credited to the Saluda Times. Bro. Cargile, of the Standard, stands for high ideals and sobriety, and is doing good work in the matter of working to get the dispensary voted out of that county. church last Sunday. • • • We want an expression from the peo ple on the effect of voting out the dis pensary. Let every man. woman and child who itas been effected either one way or the other write their views for publication. Don’t he backward. We want to know how you regard the new order of things. If it's a good thing say so; if it is not a good thing let others know it so they will not make a mistake. • • • We have always liked John Bell Towill. but Mr. Towill yielded to a whiskey influence when he accepted a Job on the board of control, and the longer he stays on It the more he will yield to It. We are extremely sprry to see his name mixed dp with that of the grafters and hope he has not ac cepted gifts from whiskey houses for his influence on the board. We would be surprised to learn that such a statement is true and hope Mr. Towill will be able to say that it is not true. • • • The campaign for the nomination of a candidate to succeed Hon. W. D. Kirby closed yesterday at Blacksburg, the Hon. Kimsey O. Huskey speaking at that place. At this hour we had not been advised whether Dr. Ander son ba^ accepted Mr. Huskey’s deft or not. but the truth is that If Mr. Huskey does not win this time it will not be because he has not tried as hard as he ought to. The returns will come in this afternoon and we are betting two to one that Grassy Pond stands by Mr. Huskev at the rate of two to one. Ignorance or Falsehood. (Johnston Monitor.) The Columbia Record said in a re cent issue that "Under the dispensary law in Cherokee, Gaffney had one place "•here liquor could be bought. Now 'here are three, selling night and day. There are that many internal revenue licenses taken out in Gaffney. One has A man may not be *00 old to learn, but he may be too old to realize it. been taken out in Pickens, but it is young in the prohibition movement yet. Prohibition means the unre stricted and unlicensed sale fur liquor as far as South Carolina is concerned. Admitting that the dispensary is bad it is not so bad as that.” The Gaffney Ledger, under the head ing of “Such Ignorance.’ emphatically denies tae statements made in the Record and offers one hundred dollars to any one who can find one place r Gaffney where liquor is being sell It is a source of great uneasiness and orry to certain would-be dlspensary- ites that right at home, in the old Pal netto State, it has been demonstrated hat prohibition does prohibit. We wonder whether the oft repeated stories of thp "awful” conditions ex isting in prohibition communities are the results of such ignorance or such falsehoods; and we wonder if eitner or both are not wilfully manufactured, put in shape and printe,] for tnV* pur pose of deceiving others and a sej,fi<h gain. A Profound Secret, Alton B. Parker, at a dinner in New York, characterized as illogical the po sition of two prominent financiers, says j an exchange. "These gentlemen remind me,” he said, “of two sailors who were found ; one day seated at a table before a 1 cate. * "One sailor had a letter before him and was reading It aloud, while at the same time the other sailor held nis bands over the reader’s ears. “It made an odd picture—the two sailors with their mild drink, one read ing and the other holding his ears while he did so. “The friendly waiter, impelled by an Irresistable curiosity, paused be fore tne table. " ‘Why.’ he asked, ‘do you hold your hands over your friend’s ears while he reads that letter out loud to you?’ “‘Because.’ was the dignified an swer, ’the letter is from my sweet heart. Jack is reading It to me be cause I can’t read myself. That Is all right, hut I don't want him to hear a word of what Is written.’ ’’ Advertising is called by so Hi e an art. If it be an art it is the art of telling a story simply and convincingly. Nobodv knows more * about the strong qualities of an establishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Other things being equal, nobody should be ab.'c to wri,.e more convinc ingly of tire articles he of fers tor sale. In a store where the employer sella goods side by side with his clerks it is me that the employes will not be the best sal.-otinac. The reason is simple. He knows the goods from A to Z. He probably has pur chased them. He knows his aims. His arguments earn 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 triad it, why not begin? If you have tried it and are not mlU- (ad, let va know about it Don’t Neglect So Great a Duty | As taking a H e a 11 h ; and Accident Polio y. ^ I You may be sick or have I an accident at anv time, i Take one that will pro-; tect you from every ill-! ness and every accident.! •/ If you stay well you can } pay for it, and if you get sick you will need it. The United States Cas ualty pays for every dis- ( ease or illness from one day to twenty-six weeks. RoMon & Gullick Agents. 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 works. CARROlL & CO., Leasees. Telephone 67. The Bnilders Supply Co. 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 anythinc: in thp building line, call and see us; we’ll treat you cour teously and make your estimates for nothing. 1^. Baker, MANAGER. .A OUT! Beginning August 5th, we will positively cut out any subscriber who has not paid Its dues up to the first of the month preceding. GAFFNEY TELEPHONE CO. 7-35-tf Girls and'Boys Wanted To Make Money, Cull at the Shoe Store any afternoon between four and five o’clock. Any hoy can make from $1.00 to $3.00 a week. The R. S. Lipscomb Shoe Co. 1 Promptness Guaranteed. Picture Framing, Sign Writing, Paper | Hanging, Houoe and Carriage Painting L, R. Gaines > lie Chicsttr«» 'r>-pewriter, is a candidate for your of fice. Elect it!! AnHoiiest Machine at an Honest Price, (Read tills fro’ii "Tbr House hold." Boston. July IIKX):—) "We ha e been usin* “THE CHICAGO" Typewriter -nd eerttinly find many Hue points in this machine which are far In advance of the oid styles. It has every ac.van- take of the old typ writer* and several essential points which cannot be found in any ''visible writing 1 Paris Exposi- :: tion. :: CHAS. H. CARLISLE, Agt.. $65.00Saved in Price!!! Whew!! gPAUTANHrUG, - - S. C. For information and to see the ma chine cull on - CHA5. L. WALKER, National Bank of Gaffney, Gaffney. S. C. Auk- mo. FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, S. C. This'Association was organized March 22nd, 1S98, with only a few members and a few thousand dollars insurance, which was transferred from the Companies of Union and York Counties, by policy holders living in those sections of Cherokee County which were taken from said old Counties. ' At the end of the third year the insurance In force aggregated $190,780 00 Increase from March 2nd, 1901, to August 1st, 1905 127,154 00 one o. 47.1 T 0 t a | insurance In force August 1st, 1905 $317,934 00 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Pursuant to an order of the court In the case of B. Earl Holland, etc., : against Lilabel Holland and others, creditors of L. M. Holland, deceased, late of Blacksburg, S. C., are notified to establish their claims before me the court room for Cherokee on Tuesday. Sept. 6, 1905, at 10 be estate of the said deceased. | property. H ‘ B ' Ca mifl?La J- K1J JEFFERIES, Sertv find TreHS Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22. 29. I vSecty ‘ H,m lrea! * Total amount of receipts for the whole period $4,353 46 Total amount paid out for losses $2,366 25 Total amount paid out for expenses, etc 1,166 7 4 Amount cash on hand August 1st, 1905 820 47 Total $4,353 46 e me In This Company is purely assessment, therefore purely co operative and mutual, county aml inures against loss of property by fire, lightning, cyclones, tornadoes or wind a m or storms. It gives protection at actual cost, It complies strictly with its contracts, debarred of participation in the ' AH losses are pai.fpromptly. It’s polices are backed by over $500,000 worth of # , „ 4U- I * J I Now is the tune to insure. R. M. GAFFNEY, Presides f