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{ —— -jr- THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, ^d. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. MECKLENBURG ROADS. According: to announcemont, on Wed nesday morning a delegation of citi zens from Cherokee boarded No. 3tl, of the Southern Railway, for Charlotte to inspect the good roads of Mecklen burg. Tuesday evening Mr. ,T. B. Tharkston, a genial and efficient at tache of the Land and Industrial De partment of the Southern Railway Co., arrived in the city to take charge of the party. This excursion was given by the Southern at the suggestion of the editor of The Ledger; and just here we want to say that while many of us are prone to talk unkindly of the Southern Railway, we are here to tes tify that we have ever found it ready to extend a helping hand in a good cause. And if there ever was a good cause it is the building of good high- wavs. The trip was made without in cident. The train was about one hour late, so we did not arrive in Charlotte until 10:30. The party wended its way to Independence Square and nestled under the shade of a big hotel until ar rangements could be completed with a liveryman for hacks to drive out to the scene of construction. The delegation got a little frisky after getting to the city. It was a re minder of the story of “Reuben come to town.” Henry Ross hiked off to see the sights, or to assure himself that the stories sent out from Charlotte as to the enforcement of the prohibition law by Redeemer Shannonhouse and his officers,* under command of Chief Irwin, were true, or not. We never could get Jlenry to tell us whether or no he </und anything with which to "we*- The whistle.” When we veeap- '*tured Henry we went over to the of fice of the Evening Chronicle to get some information from Editor Wade Harris as to where the good roads force was at work. Mr. Harris is al ways delighted to give any informa tion he can. so he took us down to the court house to get the information we wanted. Returning from the court house we found Chairman of the County Commissioners, Henderson Weddington. looking for us. He was at the Buford Hotel and it so happened that Enginner Alf Solomon, of the Southern, was about there. While ex- changiiffe greetings A1 F. Field’s mins trel band struck up that if they were they have been con verted, and that those who favored them are more enthusiastic than ever. Wo regret to hear men argue that good roads are a good thing to have, but that we haven’t got the money to build them. Once let the idea get into the people that we must have good roads and we will manage to get the money. Remember the old adage of “where there is a will there is way,” and let Cherokeeans will it that we have good roads. After spending several hours watch ing the building of the roads we started back to the city: and although we must have driven at least twelve to fifteen miles, w’e made the trip in about one hour and a half. The dele gation that attended was as follow's: L. R Ross, W. H. Ross, E. P. Macomb- son. S. S. Phillips, W. C. S Wood, T. L. Bryant, M. C. Lipscomb, S. C. Carl ton, and F. A. Goforth. On behalf of these gentlemen we extend thanks to Messrs. Weddington, Price, Thackston and to the Southern Railw'ay com pany. The Ledger trusts that this visit will be like leaven, and that the good roads sentiment will receive such an impetus that nothing will ever stop it until it crystalizes in good roads from one end of the county to the other: so that every farmer will be able to have the use of them to his verv door. NOTES AND COMMENTS. So Marion outstrips us all in voting out the dispensary! My, my, hut it does seem to us that those blinded to the system should begin to open their eyes. Congratulations to Marion! Still in the Limelight. (Charlotte Observer.) Some inquisitive chap, who thus argues himself unknown, writes us from Chapel Hill: “Who in is the Hon. Hinky Dink and the Hon. Kimsey O. Huskey? He signed h'imself "Read* r of The Observer,” which, of course, is not true, or he would not ask such a question. We suppose the “ ” in his letter above stands for Chicago or some such place, for it is there (Chicago) that the Honorable Hinky Dink is a prominent statesman, known, when in some few of his hun dred or more suits of clothes, as Mike McKenna. He is called Hinky Dink for short. As to the Honorable Kimsey O. Huskey, he is the only statesman, dead or alive, who can split more rails than Abraham Lincoln. He w'as, until quite recently, from Cherokee county, South Carolina; now' he is from the I United States of North America. Please do not ask any more stupid a lively air, so! questions. Consult a little volume Henry was lost again. He and Alf Solomon, both of whom have seen hundreds of minstrels and hoard thous ands of bands, got >\ild and before we knew it had gotten as far as Indepen dence Square again before, we could catch up: and we doubt whether we known as “Who’s It in America,’ read The Observer. and The “Round” Idea. (Abbeville Medium.) The town of Manassas, in Virginia, has been dry three months. George C. Round, in the Manassas Journal, says the town has been prosperous un , could have caught them yet if the ( ] or prohibition, and as a proof of the I band bad not stopped to give one of statement gives the fact that the in- i its excellent open air concerts. Lem 'Hvidual deposits in the bank of the | , „ , •, m town have increased $7,109.33 during Ross and ( ale.i ( ai l!on said i ie ^ u the three months. He views the situa- lotte folk- must think a lot of us South 1 j nn i min the same standpoint as the Carolinian- to get the band out to sere- editor of the Gaffney Ledger sees nade us in that fashion. i in tho (lr >' of Cherokee. But enough of this foolishness! We col | n | S j f) want to tell you of the visit to the good rods At 13:30 the party started their States for the money they hav< out under the guidance of Mr. Wed- saved. White Labor in the South. (Wilmington Messenger.) Gastonia has of late years regularly celebrated the Fourth of July. This movement was Inaugurated by and for the white working people. The exercises and entertainments of I^a- bor day in Charlotte have been inau gurated and conducted for and by the white labor. There was a time when, in the South, free white labor was dominant in all occupations. This was a hun dred years ago. The signs seem to point more and more, as free institu tions develop in the South, the in creasing intiuence and importance of white labor. There was a time fifty years ago when the white laborer had to leave this country or be r*?duced to poverty. Now if the energetic white man wants to find the host opportunity for his knowledge and skill the South is the place for him to come. The adverse conditions of the olden times are gone. Surrounded by different conditions now, everything is favorable for the man who has knowledge and skill to sell. The parade of Labor day had with it a spirit of progress and cheerfulness which is proof that the South is getting along all right and that the old conditions hampering and handicapping white labor are all passed and gone.—Charlotte Chron icle. We believe the time is fast ap proaching when white labor will again be dominant at the South. This will l)e from two causes—the establishment of agricultural and industrial colleges and the aid to better farming given by the agricultural departments of the States and the federal government and to the rapid development in the South of all kinds of industries requiring skilled labor and a better class of the unskilled than the negro race fur nishes. Negro labor is getting scarcer and more unreliable and worthless each year. Also there is a growing dispo sition on the part of employers to give preference to white men, and manual labor of all kinds is coming to be looked upon by those engaged in it as well as by those not so employed as a more honorable occupation than was the. case a few years ago. There is not\he same distinction felt between the man who labors with his brain for a living and the one who supports his family by the sweat of his face. There is no denying the fact that in the past there was a foolish distinct ion made in the South between the white man who had to labor with his hands and the one who did not have to do so. These old times, with their absurdities as to labor have passed away. Now the man who has the re spect and esteem of all classes is he who labors diligently at his work, no matter what it may he so it is an honest calling. The farmer behind the plow or the mechanic at the forge or work bench can command as much respect as the lawyer, the doctor or any other professional man. The day laborer who does an honest day’s work in field or industrial plant can feel as proud of his manhood and of his independence and self-reliance as any man who walks the earth. An honest, industrious man, no matter what his calling may be, has no su perior in this country. Those are the conditions we find in this country today. Of course there are some idiots who think it beneath them to labor and who look down upon those who do. who prefer to live upon the labor of others to soiling their hands with any kind of work. Sue]! men deserve the ronteinpi of the very men whom they pretend to look down upon. ' (‘cause of these present conditions Blacksburg, Sept. 19th, 1905. Dear Ledger.—You have been a constant visitor In my home several years, and I like you very much. You have opened your doors to everybody to come In and say something for or against what you have been doing in regard to the dispensary. I can speak only for myself. I think voting the dispensary out of Cherokee county is the best thing that ever has be< i done for the county. Not that It ever gave me any trouble, more than seeing the sufferings of others. Some families under my observation lived in rags and dirt, in the dispensary days and since we have no dispensary they are wonderfully improved. I heard one father say he could not keep bread for his children, now they have plenty to oat and go to church looking decent. I am old, little, poor and unknown, hut 1 have raised six sons and not one of them ever visited the dispensary or tasted Us contents. I am happy to know that dispensary days are over in Cherokee county, for the benefit of suffering women and children and the salvation of the souls of men.. Now that I am alone in the world, poor, little and unknown, I have noth ing to say about good roads. I never travel on dirt roads, but am in favot of them for the benefit of those who travel them. I think the editor of The Ledger has done a great deal for the good of Cherokee county and I hope every house in the county will open its doors to his valuable paper. Y. Bridegroom Answers Too Soon. (Baltimore Sun.) He was embarrassed, ill at ease; she was calm, self-possessed. “If it were only over,” he whis pered excitedly. “I know I’ll do it wrong.” "It won’t take long, John,” she an swered, consolingly. “You haven’t much to say.” The minister was speaking: “Kind ly change places with the bride.” John attempted to do so and step ped on the toe of her boot, and, rais ing his arm, caught his cuff button in her veil. “Do be careful,” she implored. “Oh,” he groaned, “before all these staring people, too.” “Sh-h-”— The minister began the ceremony. John grew more embarrassed, and fumbled with the roses of her bou quet. Then he put his hand in his pocket and, pulling out his handker chief, excitedly mopped his brow. The church was quiet save for the voice of the minister. “tf any person knows any just rea son,” he was saying, “why these two should not be joined together let him now speak or forever”— “I will!” shouted John. How Much Is He Worth? The Chester Lantern says, edito rially: “How many dollars is your son’s character worth? How many dollars would you take to have him become a drunkard? How much money would you take to risk such a condition? If the dispensary should be retained by your vote and influence and some one dear to you should become a drunk ard, would you not reflect upon yourself?” A Trick of the Sex, A man seated closes his kneeg to catch an object thrown^on his lap. A woman ii similar circumstances opens hers. This is a fact that Mark Twain used in “Huckleberry Finn.” Huck Is disguised as a girl, and a v^trnan throws an object into his lap. Though he wears a skirt, he hasn't sense enough to spread his knees apart so as to catch the object better—he claps them together, as a trousered man would do. An English novelist in a book called “The White Rose,” uses the same idea. Pierre de Coldirodi, the Italian romancer, uses it in his well known “Maidens and Love.” The Frenchman Henri Paul uses it in his “Widows’ Tears.” Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 a year. Strength of MumcIs. (St. Nicholas.) You must, some time, try to open the shell of a fresh water mussel or a sea clam. You will find one the size of your hand has great strength, al though both his muscles may not b« larger than those of one of your fin gers. I have often seen a boy pick up a mussel and insert his fingers before the shell was quite closed, thinking he would open it again. Few boys can succeed. They usually have hard pull ing to get their fingers free. A big mussel can bite hard. Were it not that the edge of the shell, in big speci mens, is smooth and thick, a boy might get his fingers cut to the bone Every man likes to learn, hut no man likes to be taught. THE WAR Between Japan and Russia is over, but YOUR daily struggles continue. Provide for a rainy day by starting a bank account NOW. We Pay Four Per Cent. Interest Compounded quarterly, in olir SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Capital,surplus and profits .$90,000.00. Merchants & Planters Bank. A. N. Wood, President, R. R. Brown, Vice-Prest. C. M. Smith, Cashier. Fire Insurance and Bonds Written. co . , . , • , » vil I I ' . i * IJ I ' * ill ' 1 »I l M I I'/ll 1 so much money is saved in dr> we , ( . t to s(v , ll0 white men. at no inties it is a wonder that dry States (1 i. s , a nce in the future, monono 3 Kansas and Maine have room in lj/(> al] bran( . lH , s ol - , uill ,. (l (1 th( . i r CM-ntne frv thrx mntmv th<*v nnVP V dingron After driving about seven miles over The finest road in the coun ty, which distance was covered in about thirty-five minutes without ap parent effort on the part of the horses, wp stopped at. the farm of Mr. Ben price, who is also a county commis sioner. Mr Price was busy weiging up cotton, but he took time to accom pany the party. Mr. Price and Mr. Weddington are both enthusiastic good roads men. Mr. Price is one of Mecklenburg's most successful fann ers and the surroundings of his home testify to that fact. He is pleasant and agreeable and delights in talking about farming and good roads. Mr. Weddington is a successful hardware merchant, and he is the most enthu siastic good roads man in Mecklenburg county, it was about three and a half miles fri-rii Mr. Price’s to the place where the force* was at work. \\ e found about forty convicts at work un der the direction of Superintendent Little. Mr. Little is an exceedingly modest gentleman, hut he seemed to take pleasure In answering the ques tions propounded by the visitors. A detailed description of what we saw might prove wearisome just now; so we will leave that for another time and, If possible, for other pens. .We want each of the gentlemen who went on this trip to give the readers of The Ledger his ideas of the Mecklenburg roads. It is due the people of the county that they do this. It is due this newspaper that they do it. We do not know that any of them were opposed to good roads, hut we believe more lucrative ones !>or in tin' South. of unskilled la- Talk Your Town. (Blacksburg Chronicle.) There is only one way to keep a town, and that is by concerted action on the part of its people. They must talk their town up and help it in every) move that has the interest of the city, at heart. Help the newspapers by 1 contributing articles, opinions, and stories for publication. All these in terest our people. By encouragement ; and good spirits they can do much to-1 wards relieving hard times and busi ness depression, while public improve ments cannot progress without sup-j port and encouragement from citizens. Honesty may be a good policy, hut it often rus out a day or two before the fire. Hard Pressed. (Chester Lantern.) Senator Tillman/ has published a | list of scripture texts in his miserable] effort to prove that the Bible favors drinking. He regards every passage in which wine is named without its use being specifically condemned as favoring the drinking of intoxicating liquors. In the same way most of newspapers might be regarded as ap proving of crime. The dispensary idvocates are hard pressed for argu ments. GO CO Buggies and Wagons. CO A Rapid Growth. (News and Courier.) Cherokee surely is a great county for dogs. Our contemporary, the Cherokee County News, says: •'Some time ago a gentleman lost a pup and advertised for it in The News. Next day a gentleman from the lower pswt of the county brought the dog in.’ Think of it—from puppyism to full- fledged doghood in one night! Thi beats the record of the Blacksburg dog that spent 30 days at the bottom of a well without a murmur. Den r.i.-HH ('H.iiiut lx-Curi'.l by loca) iippllcat ions, iis t hey cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness, and that is hy constitutional remedies. Deafness is cau- 'd by inflamed condition of the mucous Pning of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can in* taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi tion. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of *n arreaused !.y catarrh, which Is nothing hut an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give Onv Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (cased hy catarrh)that'ean- not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. 1\ .1. CHENEY Si CO., Toledo. O. Sold by Druggests, Tac. Hail’s Kamilv Kills are the best. Throat Coughs A tickling in the throat; hoarseness at times; adeep breath irritates it;—these are features of a throat cough.- They’re very de ceptive and a cough mix ture won’t cure them. You want something that will heal the inflamed membranes, enrich the blood and tone up the system Scotf s Emulsion is just such a remedy. It has wonderful healing and nourishing power. Removes the cause of the cough and the whole system is given new strength and vigor Send for fret tamplt SCOTT fcf BOH'NE, ami,,, 409-415 Pearl Street, New York fOC. and fr.OO. All druggittt Is it Right? Is it right that a property-owner should lose $4.20 to let a dealer make 50 cents? A dealer makes 50 cents more on fourteen gallons of ready- for-use paint, at $1.50 per gallon, than our agent does on eight gallons of L. & M. paint and six gallons of linseed oil, which makes fourteen gallons of the best paint in the world, at $1.20 per gallon; the property-owner loses just $4.20. Is it right? It only requires 4 gallons of L. & M. and 3 gallons linseed oil to paint a moderate sized house. Ten Thausand Churches painted with Longman & Martinez L. & M. Paint. Liberal quantity given to churches when bought from Smith Hardware Co., Gaffney; Blacksburg Drug Co., Blacksburg. GAFFNEY HARDWARE GO., R. O. Sams, Manager, Gaffney, South Carolina* Tom Clarkson, who lias had experi ence with Wagons, Buggies, etc., is with us and will he glad to see his friends and show them through our stock. ;: : : ; ; ;; Paints and Oils. CTQ co LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee. By .1. E. Webster, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Samuel Sanders has rpade uit to me. to grant him Letters of \ilministration of the Estate and ef- i'.K-ts of Henry V. Sanders, deceased. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all the singular the kindred and creditors of the said Henry V. San- (Pts, deceased, that they be an 1 ap pear before me, in the Court of Pro- bale. to be held at Cherokee Court House. Gaffney, S. (!., on Wednesday, October 4th, next, after publication thereof, at. eleven o’clock in the fore noon. to show cause, if any they have, why the Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 18th day of September. Anno Domoni, 1905. J. E. Webster, Probato Judge. Publish in Gaffney Ledger Septem- ber 22nd and 29th, 1905 For INDIGESTION No disease can escape its marvelous action, and it cures where other medicines fail Get a | bilf jfl .00 bottle from your dealer, or write for free sample, Ctieikcs WHiatva-Silmn, N. C. | The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Co. Offers for sale HuDdlm; Lots In this flourishing’town,'Gaffney; also Farms near by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, Id lots-of 30 to 100 acres n liberal time rates; als , Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm purposes For 1 part ulars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. rtTK LAGER always contains all the latest local and foreign news. Subscribe now $1.00 a Y e ti r. Fall Opening Millinery and Dress Goods Monday night, Sept. 25th, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 26th and 27th. You are cordially in vited to come to the Opening, whether you receive a card, or not. ) y. H.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of this company, cutting and removing timber or tishina', hunting, under penalty of law. 804-806 LIMESTONE STREET. CARROLL & BYERS 804-806 LIMESTONE STREET.