The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 13, 1905, Image 2
Tited, Neivous Mothers
MaHe Unhappy Homes—Their Condition Irritates
Both Husband and Children—How Thousands
of Mothers Have Been Saved From Nervous
Prostration and Made Strong and Well.
TIMELY APPEALS
TO THE FARMERS.
REGARDING DISPOSITION OF
THEIR COTTON.
A nervous, irritable mother, often on
the verge of hysterics, is unfit to care
for children; it ruins a child’s disposi
tion and reacts upon herself. The
trouble between children and their
mothers too often is due to the fact
that the mother has some female weak
ness, and she is entirely nnfit to bear
the strain upon her nerves that govern
ing children involves; it is impossible
for her to do anything calmly.
The ills of women act like a firebrand
upon the nerves, consequently nine-
tenths of the nervous prostration, ner
vous despondency. “ the blues.” sleep
lessness, and nervous irritability of
women arise from some derangement
of the feuaale organism.
Do you experience fits of depression
with restlessness, alternating with
extreme irritability? Are your spirits
easily affected, so that one minute you
laugh, and the next minute you feel
like crying ?
Do you feel something like a ball ris
ing in your throat and threatening to
choke you; all the senses perverted,
morbidiy sensitive to light and sound ;
E ain in the ovaries, and especially
etween the shoulders; bearing down
pains; nervous dyspepsia, and almost
continually cross and snappy ?
If so. your nerves are in a shattered
condition, and you are threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof is monumental that nothing in
the world is better for nervous prostra
tion than Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound; thousands and thou
sands of women testify to this fact.
Ask Mrs. Pinkham’s Advice—A Woman Best Understands a Woman’s Ills.
Mrs. Chester Curry, Leader of the
Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra, 42 Sara
toga Street,East Boston, Mass., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—
“For eight years I was troubled with ex
treme nervousness and hysteria, brought on by
irregularities. 1 could neither enjoy life nor
sleep nights; I was very irritable, nervous
and desjKindent.
“Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
was recommended and proved to be the only
remedy that helped me. I have daily
improved in health until I am now strong
and well, and all nervousness has disap
peared.”
Mrs. Charles F. Brown, Vice-Presi
dent of the Mothers’ Club, 21 Cedasr
Terrace, Hot Springs, Ark., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—
“ I dragged through nine years of miserable
existence, worn out with j>am and nervous
ness, until it seenml as though 1 should fly.
1 then notianl a statement of a woman trou
bled as I was, and the wonderful results she
derived from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound, I decided to try it. I did so, and
at the ehd of three months I was a different
woman. My nervousness was all gone. I was
no longer irritable, and my husband fell in
love with me all over again.”
Women should I’emember that Lydia
E. Pink-ham’s Vegetable Compound ia
the medicine that holds the record for
{he greatest number of actual cures of
female ills, and take no substitute.
Free Advice to Women.
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., invites
aH sick women to write to her foradvice.
Mrs. Pinkham's vast experience with
female troubles enables her to tell
you just what is best for you, and
she will charge you nothing for her
advice.
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R. O. Sams, Manager,
Gaffney, South Carolina.
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ence with Wagons, Buggies, etc., is
with us and will bo glad to see his
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Paints and Oils.
The Dixie Department Store
Wants everybody to know that we
have bought for the fall trade, the
best and cheapest line of Staple and
Fancy Dry Goods and Notions that has
ever been brought to this market, and
the goods must be sold. Our motto is
quick sales, to say nothing of profits. The .
above is applicable also to our enormous
line of Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Caps,
Trunks, Valises, Lap Robes, Quilts, Tin
ware, Hardware, Ladies’ Skirts and
Cloaks, and everything in Groceries. Get
our prices before you buy.
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Littlejohn Bros
U1 kinds of Job Work d “ De
office
at The Ledgei
neatly and at
rices commensurate with high grade work Try us.
Advised to Hold the Staple Against
Manufacturers and They Will Hold
the Key to the Situation.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 20.—At a meeting
of the executive committee of the
Southern Cotton Association, held at
Asheville, N. C., September 6-8, 1905,
where representatives from each cot
ton producing State and territory
were present, a report on the con
dition of the cotton crop made up to
August 25th, was carefully compiled
from returns of more than 15,000 cor
respondents showing a condition of 73
per cent, as compared with a condi
tion of 84 per cent, for a correspond
ing period of 1904. An estimate of
the crop for this season based on
reports from the same correpondents
indicated a yield of 9,588,333 bales of
cotton. Taking this information a»
a guide in connection with the pre
sent enormous demand for spot cot
ton by the spinners of the world,
the present high prices of cot
ton goods, and the heavy cost to the
producers for cultivating and harvest
ing this crop, the committee agreed
that eleven cents as a minimum price,
basis middling at all interior points,
would be a reasonable and conserva
tive price to be asked by the produc
ers this season for their staple. It
has been generally reported, and not
publicity denied, that spinners can pay
twelve cents per pound for middling
cotton at the present times and still
make good profits in the manufacture
of the raw material into the finished
fabric. Peace has been recently de
clared between Rusia and Japan. The
whole civilized wo Id is in a most
prosperous condition and the spindles
in all the cotton mills of Europe and
America are running night and day
to supply the tremendous demands
for cotton goods.
Consumption Unprecedented.
The enormous crop of American
cotton reaching the unprecedented
figures of nearly 14,000,000 bales has
been easily absorbed by the spinners
at an average price of nine cents per
pound. Of this crop there was only
a small reserve stock of little more
than a million bales to he carried in
to the season of 1905-6 on the first
day of September If no more than
ten million bales ot cotton are har
vested this season to he added’to the
small reserve stock carried over from
the crop of 1904, the mills of the
world, at the present rate of consump
tion, will face a famine in raw cotton
before another crop can he planted,
cultivated and placed upon the mar
ket. The mills have contracted for
many months ahead for the delivery
of goods to be manufactured out ot
cotton yet to be bought from the pro
ducers. The exporters have sold tc
the spinners cotton to be delivered in
the future months which is yet to be
bought from the producers. The spin
ners and the exporters are heavily
short, with nothing but paper con
tracts in their possession, while the
farmers of the South hold the spot
cotton in their hands and control ab
solutely the key to the situation.
Will the farmers take advantage of
the splendid position they occupy, and
like men, assert their rights to de
mand a fair price for this crop at the
hands of the buyers? Will not ihe
merchants and local bankers through
out the South line up solidly in un
broken ranks with the farmers
against the combinations that are so
actively at work to depress prices ann
defeat the will of the people?
Must Do Our Duty.
Every man in the South, no matter
what his avocation, is expected to
do his duty during the coming months
and to throw their full moral and fi
nancial ability in the great fight that
we have engaged in. The “bear”
speculators of Wall street and Lon
don are using every device known to
human ingenuity to depress prices.
The International Cotton Spinners of
Great Britain have combined to crush
the oresent efforts of the farmers to
maintain fair prices, and exporters
are doing all in their power to ham
mer down the market. The solution
of the problem is easy and simple.
The ability of the farmers to win this
fight is unquestioned. Stand togethet
as brothers, batilin for the protection
of your firesides and your homes,
your wives, children an 1 your coun
try. Stop selling cotton at present
prices. Call upon your merchants
and bankers to aid you in the heroic
struggle I hat lies ahead. Store your
cotton in t ic seed wherever possible
and do not have is ginned until later
in the season. Store the lint cotton
under good sheds to keep it dry on
the far o or pi ice it in warehouses,
whe'e the receipts are needed as col
lateral to borrow money to meet ma
turing obligations. All other lines of
business bor <>w money, why not the
farmers, when by so doing they can
hold their cotton off the market and
materially advance its price? Pay
no attention to the “bearish” litera
ture being printed and circulated
broadcast throughout the South. This
is done with but one object and that
to discourage and induce you to seal
your cotton at prices below its value.
As producers you know that the crop
is shor; and that unless you get good
prices, * at least eleven cents per
pound, tJiere will be but little or no
profit in this crop.
Hold your cotton and check up the
present heavy receipts and demand
not less than eleven cents for every
nound of middling cotton you have
to offer. The Southern Cotton Asso
ciation, The Farmers’ Educational and
Co-operative Union. The American
Society of Equity, The Farmers’ Al
liance of North Canflina have all
agreed on the minimum price of
eleven cents and the membership of
these powerful organizations, stand
ing together in unity and harmony,
can defy the combination of the world
and win another notable victory, the
like of which was never witnessed be
fore.
Call your county and district meet
ings throughout the entire belt. Build
un your membership in the Southern
Cotton Association and stanj firmly
together for justice and protection.
If you will check i e sale of your cot
ton for 30 or 60 days this association
will guarantee an advance in the
price easily to eleven cents per pound.
Do not rush your cotton on a depress
ed market, but sell slowly and prove
to the world beyond all question of
doubt that Southern farmers have the
ability, the determination and the
strength to force the world to recog
nize their power in maintaining a
fair price for their products.
The Southern Cotton Association
must be maintained and financed by
the farmers of the South. Its power
to protect the interest of the pro
ducers is recognized and feared by all
the leading speculative and cotton in
terests of America and Europe. If we
go down in defeat the enemy will be
merciless and it will take twenty
years for the South to recover again.
Stand by the association and thereby
protect your individual interests.
The South is both mentally and fi
nancially able to manage and .protect
her interests from the dominating
and devastating hands of her ene
mies.
Last January the price of cotton
was depressed to six cents per pound
and the Southern Cotton Association
was organized at the New Orleans
convention January 26, 1904, to bring
about harmony among the producers,
merchants and bankers so as to
advance the price to ten cents per
pound. The world knows that through
this powerful organization the price
of spot cotton was advanced to ten
cents in the South on July 3rd, just
five months later. Not only this but
the assistance given the “bear” oper
ators by certain officials in the United
States Department of Agriculture was
exposed through the efforts of the
association and the rascals were
promptly turned out. This work has
already saved millions of dollars to
the South and will continue to do so
if. fostered and maintained by the
people. If the South could advance
the price of a 14,000,000 bale crop
from 6 cents to 10 cents, clearly it
would require but little co-operative
effort to secure not less than eleven
cents for a 10,000.000 bale crop.
Let the pbople know the truth,
know the power of their strength and
then let them act promptly and the
victory for higher prices will soon be
won. then their great staple will be
selling at its real value to the world.
TAX LEVY.
Befow note the tax levy for 1905:
For State purposes S 1 /^ mills.
Constitutional school tax .. 3 mills.
Ordinary county 3 mills.
County road tax 1 mill.
New bridge % mill.
Permanent imp. of roads .. 1 mill.
Total 14 mills.
Sinking fund, Draytonville and Gow-
deysville townships, 1% mills.
White Plains, Morgan and Lime
stone townships, 1 mill; Cherokee
township, 2 mills.
Interest on Railroad bonds, Chero
kee* township, 2 mills; Draytonville
and Gowdeysville, 2 mills; White
Plains, Morgan and Limestone, Vz
mill.
Special School Levy.
District No. 9. 3 mills; No. 10, 2 1 /fe
mills; No. 14. 2 mills; No. 22, 4 mills;
No. 23, 2 mills; No. 25, 2V 2 mills; No.
26. 2 mills.
Poll tax is payable by every male cit
izen from 21 to 60 years. Confederate
soldiers exempt after 50 years.
Road tax payable from 21 to 50
years by all male citizens not exempt
by law.
W. H. Gooding,
County Treasurer.
BLACKSMITHING.
I have opened a first-class black
smith shop next to McGuinn’s
market, where you can have good
work done at moderate prices.
Horseshoeing and Wheelwright
work a specialty. Give me a call.
9-15-lmo. M. V. Fitzgerald.
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jMoney deposited here cannot bo taken i>y thieves or de-^
stroyed by fire. < jOur modernJvauITs will reTist both.
The Gaffney Savings Bank^
Pays Four Per Cent. Interest on all Deposits. : £
Ofice'in The National’Bank of Gaffney.
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D. C. ROSS, President.
E J- A - CARROLL, Vice-Prest.
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MAYNARD SMYTH, Cashier.
CHAS. W. HAMES, Ass’t. Cash.
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State, City and County Depository.
We shall endeavor to make it both agreeable and
profitable for you to do business with us.
William Jkkkeries,
R. M. Wilkins,
Henry M. McAden,
DIRECTORS:
J. A. Carroll, *
B. L. Hames,
Maynard smytii,
D. C. Ross.
T.|M. Littlejohn,
W. C. Carpenter,
C. W. Whisonant,
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Come and see what unheard of bargains we
are offering in Glassware, Hardware, Tinware,
Chinaware, Crockery and many other things
too numerous to mention ; so’don’t put it off
another day but cornu and see.
DR. J. E. GRIMM,
The Famous German Eye-Sight
Specialist,
is permanently located at Spartan
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plicated cases of eye troubles.
Examination Free.
All glasses at the most reasonable
prices. Cross-eyes cured with glasses
without cutting.
Office hours. 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.,
Office, 90 W. Main, Opposite Spartan
Inn, Spartanburg, S. C.
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WILLIAM S. HALL, JR.,
Attorney at Law,
National Bank Building,
Gaffney, S. C.
Prompt attention given to all business.
Peeler & Co
Next Door to J. 1. Sarratt’s.
J. C. OTTS
Attorney-at-Law, Notary In Offica.
Office removed to New Bank Building.
J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist.!
Jffice lOver The Battery.
’Phone 82
DR. W. K. GUNTER,
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)ffice in Star Theatre Building.
Phonk No. 20.
Crown and bridge work a specialty
Promptness Guaranteed.
Picture Framing, Sign Writing, Paper
Hanging, Houie and Carriage Painting
l, R. Gaines ’Phone No. 47
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There's one indiuiuiable reason why, a teason every honest painter will acknowledge
■ ■"The Oil is the Life of Paint," and the sure way to get good oil is to buy it fresh and
pure Irom the dealer’s barrel, not from the rradym.aed paint can The paint that is ready
to mix with linseed oil, gallon for gallon, is KlNLOCH FAINT, and we recommend its use
lor every gootf reason we know.
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The Gaffney City Land and Improvemenf Go.
Offers for sule Itulllllng laous in tins nourishing luwu, . . _
by and In reach iif the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this j> I ace. In lots ol
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For 1 parti ulars apply to
J. V. SARRATT, Agent.
Gaffney; also Farms
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N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of this
company, cutting and removing timber or Ashing, hunting, under penalty of law.
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