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i HUNTING A MAN. The Ledfer Is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Obit'.’ ranes will be published St five cents a line. All correspondence should be ad* deesed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. THE LEDGER./ Tuesday and Friday, ^ Editor DeCamp a Little at a Loss— c d. H. DeCamp, Editorind Publisher, Forgot Man's Name. A. W. Griffith,/Local Editor. (Th e Scottish Poet In Charlotte Ob server.) Editor DeCamp, of The Gaffney (S. C.) Ledger, was standing on the sidewalk before the Buford yesterday morning, scanning the faces of the nubile. The best-looking man on The Observer’s staff walked tip to him and saluted. “You seem idle," said The Observer We invariably ddacontlnua sanding man. to make talk. r he Ledger when a subacriptlon runa “No," said Mr. DeCamp. "But I . , . . . , am at a loss. I have come over here ait, for we have no way of knowing , ‘ l „ . " to see a man. that a person wants It except by re* .. An(1 he hasn't turned up?” celving his or her renewal. We ur* “i don't know whether he has or gently solicit a prompt renewal, on not. That’s the point.” said Mr. I)e- n9nAP .. warth 1 Camp. "He may be standing within the ground that .he paper s 0 I* | ten f ee t 0 f me now, for all I know. the money. We are trying month j never saw him. In our correspon- by menth to make It better and bet* dence I neglected to ask him to tell i ep> me how he looks. All I know about him is that he is 30 years old and is WHO IS TO BLAME? TAKE YOUR CHOICE. If it were not that we know better we might think our good friend Sijns, of the Orangeburg Times and Demo crat, had been a pretty regular pat ron of the Orangeburg dispensary. Listen to him: "Senator Cole L. Blease, of New berry, in commenting on the result of the dispensary election in his coun ty, said he was ‘satisfied that the county would have gone for the dis pensary if it had been a vote such as we have in the primary elections. married, and there are many men of 30 and no distinction being married. Matrimony leaves no marks unon a man. His name is either Jenson or Henson, and I’ll swear I can’t decide which. I don't want to button-hole every man that passes and ask him if he is either Mr. Henson or Mr. Jen son. So you see I am at a loss.” Jake Newell—that rare fellow who has come back from his distant trav els—was leaning against a teleplr^e pole twenty steps away, sniffing Jhe autumn sunshine. The reporter saun tered up to Jake and' told him what' a strait Mr. DeCamp was in. He as you see the towns proper did the laughed, of course, for he laug heavy voting and this is not a fair i oasily. # expression of the will of the people.’, "B’s like the iawyer that went from He said he was glad that the negro here to Frisco, said Jake, and wired vote was solid against the dispen- back to his firm, ‘What is the name do owllLi d d. 111 o L lllvT , T , , _ -.«>*» sary. Senator Blease claims that of the man whom I came here to see the recent vote was no fair test of! “His partner answered. Our client s the wishes of the people of the county. He says only about one-third of the people of the county voted, and many of those who did vote w’ere negroes. As proof of his claim that a full vote would sustain the dispen sary in the county he says he was elected senator last year over an op ponent of the dispensary by five hun dred majority in a vote of two thous and and six hundred. “If the statements made by Senator Blease are true, and we have no cause name is Hollicoffer, and your own name is Smith.” “McLaurin of South Carolina.” (Washington Star.) The reappearance of former Sena tor McLaurin, of South Carolina, in politics recalls the circumstances of his retirement from that field. He is a man of ability and courage, and was promoted for good services from the house to the senate. His future Blease are true, and we have no cause wag ver y i, r ight until the question of to doubt them they should cause the g arner ing the fruits of the war with white people of the state to stop ant carne U p an( j then he lost fa- think of the future. It has been a vor at j lome alll j retirement was custom for several years to decide j ecree( j might have had a Federal nil «iatt£>rc imnortanre in this . . , i all matters of importance in this' e Der people The amounts to nothing, and at least one- 1 an manic.a v,. ... ...is j u jg esil ip i n ,^ declined it, and has State in the Democratic primarj,: s t nee occupied himself with orivate! whero white people alone are allowed a ff a j rs j-i e j s comparatively a young man. and should he re-establish him self in the confidence of the Democra- third or more of the white people are ; cy x> a ] me tto State something | not qualified to vote in the general va iue for him and for it may I election because they have no regis- resu i t tration certificates. As long as all McLaurin voted for the ratifi- nominations arfe made and important i cation ()f the Faris p eaC g treaty.; matters are decided by the w hite pn-1 ^.j^ch transferred the Philipnines l maries it made very little difference f rom Spain to the United States. He! to the voter whether he had a regis- wag not influenced by Mr. Bryan in tration certificate or not, but a de- ^ ie premises. He did not want to I parture was made in the dispensary fake over the archipelago simply for matter and that qm -di' n is not sub-. t * ( . e purpose ot letting it go immedi- mitted to the pri...^.iCo at all, but it a ^ e jy j^g saw, as others .did, two iAnA Airpotlv in the aeneral r.'itviio mw. is decided directly in the general election, and in consequence thous ands of white Democrats are not al lowed to vote on the question at all, while about fifteen thousand regis tered negroes are allowed to vote on it. “The white primaries were inau gural ed to enable the white people to li^cide all important questions ar’ong themselves and eliminate the negro from politics, and in de parting from this rule in voting on the dispensary question we see trouble brewing for the white people. In being allowed to help decide this questi'n while thousands of good white men are disqualified the negro has become a dangerous factor in our politics. If he is allowed to help de cide this question it won’t be long before he will he allowed to help de cide other important questions, and then we will have a mess of it. sure. Why Jiot submit this question of dis pensary or no-dispensary to a vote of the wnite people in each county in a special primary election, and de cide it independent of the negro vote, as we do all other important questions? If the negro is allowed to help decide this question why should he not be allowed to decide all other questions? Are we afraid to trust the white people in settling the dispensary question? It looks so, and it is going to cause trouble.” Of course every intelligent man in South Carolina knows better than this, hut to show that Cole Blease was trying to create the wrong impression we publish the following from the Newberry Observer: “Tbe election is over now, and fur ther controversy is unprofitable: but the statement of Senator Blease should not pass unnoticed. He • is quoted as saying in that interview, T am glad also that the negro vote went solidly for no dispensary, as we did not wish to win by that.’ ” “It might appear from this that the negro vote cut considerable figure in the election. There was probably not a negro vote outside the Newberry courthouse box. At that box, accord ing to the statement of Mr. Thos. F Tarrant, a manager, twelve negroes voted—all complying with the law in having their registration tickets and their lax receipts. Of the twelve, eight voted no dispensary’ and four Y°i ed ‘dispensarv.’ • “In a majority of 553 the four negro majority could well be spared .without affecting the result.” What One Keg of Beer Cost. (New Voice.) things: First the duty of this gov ernment from a moral point of view', and, second, the opportunity for ex tending American trade in the far East. The South being interested in j increased sales of the cotton goods. in that quarter, Mr. McLaurin as a! Southern senator, felt he would be forwarding the prosperity of that sec tion and of the whole country by vot ing for a treaty which seemed to hold out strong hopes in that direction. The Democrats as a party, however, voted against the treaty, and the cry of “deserter” was raised against the South Carolina senator. He was charged with having gone over to the Republicans, and when the offer of a place on the bench was made to him it was ouoted as pay for his apostasy. The South would not today vote to abandon the Philippines. She has come around to Mr. McLaurin’s point of view'. Her cotton planters and cot ton manufacturers are taking the lead in the movement for eastern trade and they recognize in the American foothold in the archipelago and in the control of the Panama Canal great aids in their labors. Why, then, should not South Carolina make reparation to Mr. McLaurin to' call ing him hack to service? The dispen sary question, it is true, is the one w'ith which his name is now connect ed, but his deserts are larger than that of any oilier merely local matter. Public Official* or The People Who Voted for Them. Editor Ledger: I want to say something about responsibility. Often complaint is made against public officials. If the office is lacking in the discharge of duty, which is the more to blame, the man in office or those who cast or withheld their ballots? I believe that if the official is responsible for the discharge of his duty, the people are responsible for their votes. The best part of citizenship has held aloof in many instances, from the elections, and I believe it is largely due to this that abuse in public officials is found. You sometimes make public officials of men to whom you would not speak In the street: and then when they go wrong you wonder why they do it. Perhaps you say, “Well, I had noth ing to do with bringing the man out; I did not vote for him.” Why didn’t you? You had a right as a citizen to have something to do with it. You are responsible for your say in the matter and you are responsible for your vote cast, or withheld, in the ballot box or out of it. I say, you are responsible. Now, let us look at this ’a little further. The great question is not so much a matter of politics or party rule, or whether there shall be a check -"t on the accumulation of great wealth, and the power of corpora tions: nor. yet. so much concerning legislative assemblies for enacting laws. But it is this: Will every citi zen do his duty in obeying the laws we now have and those we make? Now. this is a sublime truth: If there is one plain duty for the average cit izen it is to obey the law; and if there is one paramount duty for pub lic officials, it is to enforce the law. More important than even the ques tion of what a law is, is the question of the honest enforcement of the law. What can a prohibition law do hut prohibit, if every citizen and official discharge his duty? And a word further that you may read between the lines. We need a better jury system; our courts ought to be composed of men of character, intelligence and influence who read and think and respect the law, before whom an evil doer could not stand without all the facts in the case be ing brought out. That will make pun ishment to the criminal a process to an end of greatness and not a means of hurling off to destruction. That is part of the trouble now; we are showing too many of our* youths mockery at law and not pointing them to greatness through a strict observance and respect of the law. I believe there is no permanent greatness to a nation except it he based upon morality. I do not care for military greatness or military re nown. I care for the constitution of the people among whom I live. I do not want to be irreverent: my desire is due respect to all; but to me, crowns, coronets, miters, military display, the pomp of war, wide col onies and a huge empire are trides light as air and not worth con« ! d?ring, unless with them you can have a fair share of comfort, contentment and happiness among the great body of the neonle. Ralaces, princely castles, grea't kalis and showy mansions do not make a nation. The nation in every country dwells in the cottage and unless the light of your constitution can shine there, unless the beauty of your leg islation ami tne excellency of your statesmanship are printed in the feel ings and indelibly written on the hearts of the people, rely upon it. you have yet to learn the duties of government. If Ahab’s sons’ heads all night lay there in heaps, Let us take warning lest for sins we weep. T. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Making Fight for New County. (Greenville News.) According to The Greer Obse-ver. the people of that energetic town have launched a boom for a new county with Greer as the county seat. A meeting was held in the graded school auditorium at which addresses '^“re made by Editor DeCamp, of the Gaff ney Ledger, and Attorney Butler, both of Cherokee county. They talked of making new counties and gave the audience the benefit of their expe rience in carving out Cherokee and what they thought of the venture. There was nothing like having a new county, both testified, not only for the benefit of the place ultimate! ■ chosen as the county seat, but for the people interested as well. The Ob server is enthusiastic over the idea, for it will -undoubtedly mean much for Greer, and according to the news paper account the people in the com munity are thoroughly in earnest about the undertaking. One of the principal stumbling blocks is the short distance between Greer and Greenville. The constitu tion provides that in forming a riew county the lino must be a certain dis- , tance from the old court house. Both The saloonkeeper in whose possess- Spartanburg and Greenville counties ion it was said he paid $1.25 for it. are already long and narrow and wit > A couple of men came In and asked Greer sliced out from between R win for some beer. He drew them each be a trio of shoestrings. In an edlto- a m.ig full out of the keg and they rial In The Observer, Editor Moore paid ten cents apiece. They liked makes a strong case in favor of the it and called for another and another, i movement, and he says that the thing After drinking three or four they be- 1 is possible under the constitution, gan to get drunk. They kept How It Pays. (Spartanburg Herald.) It cannot be too frequently and too strongly emphasized upon the people that the assertion that all of the money spent for whiskey in a county having a dispensary, must be spent in that county if the dispensary is voted out has no foundation. It is an absurd fallacy. Tne same amount of money will not he spent for whiskey if the source of supply is removed, but will find its way into the savings banks, grocery stores, dry goods stores and other legitimate channels. It can be proven. Take a case right close home, say Cherokee county. Editor DeCamn of he Gaffney Led ger, has the proof all in sb3pe for use this week, as the following ex tract will show. Its bank figures, remember, and these are the convinc ing, the “talking kind.” $1 Everywhere on and got thoroughly intoxicated Then they began to quarrel and final ly one man killed the other. It cost the county of Los Angeles, in which the event occurred, $32,000 to get the murderer arrested and punished. So that one keg of beer coat at least tbe sum of $1.25, one life and $32,000; quite a sum to pay for ao amall a thing. FOR ALL COU TV WE**. IV PORTANT HAPPENING* IN T>» •TATE AND EVENTS OF INTERC* IN FOREIGN LAN DC, TAKE ANf READ THE LEDOZR. :r Walter Gaffney Is in the city visit ing his parents, Capt. and Mrs. R. M. Gaffney. Mrs. J. J. Littlejohn, of Jonesville, who has been visiting relatives in the city, has returned to her home. Miss Neva Schaefer, of Baltimore, Md., arrived in the city Sunday to spend some time with Mrs. Floyd L. Baker, on Grenard street. C. P. Ligon. of Spartanburg, spent a few days in the city last week. T. G. Chalk, of Ravenna, was in the city Friday. D. R. Lavender spent Saturday and Sunday in the city. H. L. McCulloch, of Mercer, waf, in town Saturday. He called on The Ledger while here. Jack Kendrick, of Gowdeysville, was in the city Saturday. Miss Eunice Johnson, who has been out of the city visiting for several weeks, has returned home. J. J. Kendrick, of Gowdeysville, was in the city Saturday. E. P. Macomson, of Mercer was in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ratliff returned to the city Saturday after spending several days in New York. G. G. Byers returned to the city Sunday after spending about two weeks in the eastern cities. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Gaffney, of Spartanburg, spent Sunday in the city. Miss Nettie Clary is visiting Miss Effie Bird at Antioch. .las. Worthy, of Grindal, was injthe city Saturday. The Misses Becker, of Spartanburg, who have been visiting friends in the I *J| •«! 1 l I A ■9 Your Corns Hurt? & v". r « Vi I % Come to our store for n 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. Gaffney Company [ Prescription Druggists. Opposite Both Hotols. ProteotYourself Sample bottle free if yon writq Checkers Medicine Cc., Winston-tieUem, N. 0. Against loss by accident, sick ness, fire, storms, and leave your family comfortably ‘ ‘fixed” when you die, by investing in an INSURANCE POLICY. I represent the best companies. e e e D. G. ROSS. city, returned to their home yeeter- day. M. H. Johnson went to Spartanburg yesterday on business. J. F. Gregory, of Lancaster spent Saturday and Sunday in the city and went on to Spartanburg yesterday. M. R. Macomson, of Pacolet, was in the city Saturday. J. 3. Foster, of Jonesville, was in the city Friday. J. P. Blanton was In the. city Fri day. W. C. S. Wood, of Grassy Pond, was in the city Saturday. Superintendent of Education J. L. Walker was in his office at the court house Saturday. E. C. Alien, of Spartanburg, was in the city Saturday. J. B. Boyd, of Caroleen, N. C., spent Sunday in the city. C. E. Lipscomb, of Union, was in the city Saturday. Charlie Boyd, of Caroleen, N. C., is spending a few days in the city. Miss Lucy Thomson, of Blacksburg, is the guest of Mrs. T. B. Butler, on Victoria avenue. Wra. Hodge, of Asbury, was in the city Saturday. S. S. Phillips ,of Lawn, was. 4n the city yesterday. G. W. Elmore, of R. F. D. No. 3, was in the city yesterday. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge went to Paco let Mills Saturday and made an ad dress there Sunday morning. Rev. J. M. Steadman left for Dacus- ville yesterday. T. A. Wilkins, of King’s Mountain, N. C., was in the city Sunday. Col. T. E. Moore spent Sunday night and yesterday in the city. A. B. Kirby and B. W. Clary spent Mrs. M. S. Clary is spending a few days with her son, Ed., in the Corinth section. Misses Pauline and Vinnie Pettit, of Ravenna, are visiting - Natives in the city. Miss Mildred Lipscomb, of Spar tanburg, returned yesterday from a visit to relatives in Spartanburg. George Garland. Esq., of Salisbury, N. C., is in the city visiting his sis ters, Mrs. W. N. Austell and Mrs. Mary Turner. Sober Men Save More than Drunkards (Hartsville Messenger.) We are printing this week an edi torial from the Gaffney Ledger, which gives a statement of the cash in the banks in Gaffney on July 31st, 1904, and July 31st 1905. The showing is in favor of 1905 by nearly $75,000. The Ledger, we think, justly attrib utes this gain very largely to the fact that little or no whiskey is jiow sold in Cherokee county. The ve^y sig nificant statement is made “that peo ple are now carrying hank accounts, who never knew what a bank ac count was while the dispensary was here.” We think everybody wijl ad mit that sober men are more 8/>t to save money than drunkards, and few will contend that there are more drunkards in prohibition counties than in dispensary or barroom coun ties. We believe that Darlington’s bank statements will show as great or greater gains than Gaffney's after tbe dispensary has been voted out of this county. Love may be blind, but it usually finds a way. F^loum White Satin FlOUI' D. C. ROSS, President. E J. A. CARROLL, Vice-Prest. 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