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- • THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, ^d. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffiths Local Editor. The Ledger la not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur- Hlsh their name, not for publication, but for idenJflcatlon. All correspondence should be ad- dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. We invariably discontinue sending T he Ledger when a subscription runs >ut, 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 menth to make it better and bet ter. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Here’s hopin’ that James Osborne mav win today in New York and that the dispensary may be driven out of Spartanburg. • • • Judge Klugh is to be commended' for his righteous decision in the Spar tanburg injunction case. He disposed of the matter in a courteous and cle ver manner, but withal in a just man ner. • • • Those farmers who have had back bone enough to hold their cotton have lived to see the claims of the Cotton Association officers verified. In union there is strength. This will apply to farmers as well as others. • • • We haven’t been keeping tab on our exchanges lately, but hope to pay our respects to them in the near fu ture. but if any have had anything to say about Cherokee or Gaffney with in the last few weeks, we assure them that we have not purposely omitted to notice it but have been foced to on account of pressure of business. * * • We are indebted to Mr. Leon L. Mott, the efficient and gentlemanly stenographer of this circuit for a verbatim report of Judge Klugh’s or der dismissing the application to re strain the people of Spartanburg from voting on the dispensary, as ren dered in the court house yesterday, and Mr. Mott has our thanks for the same. • • • With the playing of the band, the cry of the sideshow-men, the tooting of tin horns and the throwing of con fetti. it is differexftl to kraflBGWY fettl, it is difficult to keep at work these days. We hope those who at tend the carnival may enjoy them selves and get the worth of their money. In this connection it might be well to suggest to the carnival managers that it would redound to their honor to see to it that the pickpockets do not ply their trade while In Gaff ney. • • • If the Southern Cotton Association had done nothing etse but educate the farmers to the importance of self-re liance its organization will not have been in vain. The one thing needed by Southern farmers is education, not alone in books, but in many other respects, the chief of which is self-re liance. We trust they will continue to organize until they are strong enough to withstand the onslaught of Wall street gamblers and grasping financiers. Hail and good day to the newly educated farmers of the South! • • • We are forced to the conclusion that a judge must be a very patient man. This conclusion is arrived at after having witnessed the ]>atience exhibited by Judge Klugh yesterday while argument was being made to restrain the citizens of Spartanburg from holding an election on the dis pensary subject today. To a layman the petitioners had no case whatever and it was outrageous for them to rake up the time of the court in such manner. But the law is complicated and it takes bright and brilliant law yers and patient judges and juries to unravel it. Gold Dollar For 50 Cents. The greatest event that ever oc curred in Gaffney will take place Wednesday and continue for ten. days. Gold dollar for 50 cents. That is practically what you will get at the gigantic sale that begins at Nel son’s Wednesday. Nov. 8th at 9 a. m. Don’t fail to read Nelson the Star Clothiers ad. in this issue. “Yes. Senator,’’ remarked the re- poter, *T suppose you sometimes find it necessary to dodge issues?” ‘‘Is sues?” snorted Senator DeGraft. “Why, young man, it keeps me busy dodging prison bars.” Miss Petty—I had hard luck yester day. Fido was almost, drowned while bathing. Friend—Oh. never mind. Try him in deeper water next time. The judgment is more likely to ask “How many shoes did you wear out in works of love?” than “How many prayers did you offer?” There is something peculiar about the man who takes no interest in baseball. He may be a person of superior intelligence. BIG FICLD FOR COTTON England Will Investigate South west, Says Edv/ard Atkinson. MAY COLONIZE VAST DISTRICT BoNtou ICvunonilnt SiiKK'-atfl lliat Itnl- iim Peaftantn on Virgin LiiihIm Could Add 0,0()0,0<.'0 Hitlt-n of Cotton and 300.000,000 UiiMlit-lM of Wheat to the I’n-hent Anunnt I'rodnetlnu of the United Staten. The possibility that English cotton manufacturers may look to certain por tions of the south and southwest for insurance of a steady supply of cotton is suggested in a recent issue of ike Manufacturers’ Record by Edward At kinson of Boston, who has recently returned from England. He says that iu conversation with his British friends he made the following statement: “The present crop of maize of the United State# is grown on 1< 15,000 to 110,000 square miles. The present crop of wheat is grown on 65,000 to 70,000 square miles; the present crop of cot ton upon less than 30.000 square miles. We may add 20,000 to 25.000 square miles for rice, tobacco, hops and such other minor products of the soil as enter into our exports, making a total area, say, of 230,000 square miles out of 3,000,000, omitting Alaska. On this small fraction even of our arable land the people of the United States are fully supplied with meat, dairy prod ucts, grain and cotton, wMth a large excess for export, mainly to Great Britain. “Our kiu beyond the sea are mainly dependent upon us for food and cot ton. We may mainly depend upon them for a market for our surplus. Such being the fact, I bold that they must be recognized and that the atten tion of consumers in Great Britain should be turned to the development of these resources in co-operation with us. “Two most important groups of in vestigators are now being organized to find out whether my statements, al most incredible to them, can possibly be sustained. “Having thus measured the area of these special groups, I then affirmed that a section could 1)0 defined In north ern Texas, Oklahoma, the Indian Terri tory, northern Louisiana and perhaps a patch of Arkansas, coupled with an area of the prairie rice land of Louisi ana and Texas, of 230,000 square miles (corresponding to area now in maize, wheat, cotton, tobacco, rice and hopsj, of which not one in ten was yet under the plow or not yet developed. “I stated that the land is there, the capital abundant, the power of direc tion simple, all that is needed being in telligent labor, preferably Italian and southern European. Italian peasants, being accustomed to live on fruit and macaroni, would find In this section every variety of the semitropical fruits Increasing in abundance and an ample produce of the hard macaroni wheat. “I also called attention to the fact that the Red river navigation to New Orleans and its aiiluents offered cheap and quick transportation on the way to Liverpool, that several great systems of railroads were grldironed along this whole section, with ample r ilway service, and that the school system, from the public kindergarten to the state university, the normal schools, the technical s bools and the agricul tural schools, w as in complete working order. “I then made this further—to them Incredible—statement (can it he sus tained?)—to wit, one quarter part of this area of 230,000 square miles never yet touched by the plow, save 55.000 square miles, may he devoted to cotton and wdient, aud by intelligent cultiva tion 0,000,000 bales of cotton may be added to the present crop of the United States at the present rate of product per acre and 300,000.000 bushels of wheat may be added to the present crop of the United States at the aver age product of this section at the pres ent time, or an increase of about 5o per cent on the preseut product of the whole conutry. Whether or not these statements can be justified will pres ently be proved by the two lines of In vestigation from England to which I have referred.” The Future of the Telephone. The bigness of the telephone inter ests, present and prospective, of the United States is certainly best under- stood by the engineers, says F. W. Co burn in the November Atlantic. Those men of figures aud forecasts, whose everyday speech abounds in references to loads, insulations and relays, have, as Is well known, magnificent Ideas as to the future of the industry they are building up. Already thry are basing their estimate of necessary construc tion upon a probable 20 per cent de velopment within the next two or three decades, a prediction which means it: everyday speech that by 1930 or 1935 there should be. if the present rate of expansion continues, one telephone for every five people in the United States, or, as it has been otherwise expressed, a telephone to every other family and as many more in places of business. Rival to Kentucky'n Mammoth Cave. A cave that may rival the famous Mammoth cave has been discovered near Glasgow' Junction, Barren coun ty. In Kentucky, says a Louisville dis patch. One arm has been explored for seven miles. Farther progress was ■topped by a swift stream. Dr. Hazen and John Thompson, the explorers, are now engaged in building a boat with which to ferry the stream. As soon as this work is complete the search will be prosecuted farther. The cave is described by Dr. Hazen as being of surpassing beauty. Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a yaar. Excursion Rates via Southern Ry. On account Piedmont Fair, Green ville, 8. C., Southern Railway will sell excursion tickets to Greenville, S. U. and return, from Charlotte, N. Chester, Columbia, Augusta, El- herton, Gainesville, Asheville, For est City and intermediate points at rates of one first class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. Tickets to he sold October 30th-31st, November 1st, and for morning trains Novem ber 2nd, final limit November 3rd, 1905. For additional Information, apply to any ticket agent, or R. W. Hunt, D. P. A., Charleston, S. C. Lidies' and Gents' Tailoring. Having secured the services of an ex pert Tailor from New York, I am now prepared to cut and make Suits for Ladies and Gentlemen in the very latest styles. LADIES’ TAILORING A SPECIALTY. A full line of samples of the newest fabrics always on hand. Have your clothing made in your own town where you can be sure of a fit. All work guaranteed. Give me a trial Clothing altered and remodeled. W. H. Robinson. Upstairs over Settlemyer building CLERK’S SALE. Pursuant to the decree and order of the Court of Common Pleas for Cherokee county in the case of E. Earle Holland, etc., vs. Lilabel Hol land, et. al., I will expose to public sale at Blacksburg, S. C., on Saturday, November 25th, 1905, between the hours of 13 M. and 2 P. M. in front of the store room lot of L. M. Holland, deceased, on Shelby street, the fol lowing property, to-wlt: All that lot with store room there on fronting 26 feet on Shelby street and running back southeasterly 83 feet, and being the same lot deeded to Eliza A. Holland by R. A. West brooks by deed recorded in clerk’s of fice for York county. Book “G.” No. 8, pages 557 and 558. Also that lot with residence thereon in Blacks burg. S. C„ purchased from J. J. Whisonant by said Mrs. Eliza A. Hol land fronting on Carolina steert 100 feet and running hack to the road bed of the Southern Railway Com pany being 981-2 feet at said road bed, or right of way. Terms of sale one-half cash, and the balance on a credit of eleven months with interest from the date of sale at 8 per cent, per annum. Credit portion of hid to be secured by bond and mortgage of the premis es sold, with leave to the purchasei to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for al! papers and recording, and must comply with cash portion of bid with in thirty minutes, or a re-sale will be made on same day for cash at the defaulting purchaser’s risk. J. Eh. Jefferies. ri’k c c Pi’s Gaffney. S. C., Nov. 4th,'1905. Pub. in The Ledger Nov. 7-14 and 21. See Us for Prices. •< houses an& lots, ail modern im provements. One 5-room house, $800. One S-room house, $600. Lot 80x 200. One house and lot, $375. Three of the prettiest residence lots in Gaffney, 80x160, $250 each. Two lots, $100 each. One lot, $65. One lot, $250. One farm, good location, 160 acres, at a bargain. See us for price. One farm seven miles from Gaffney, containing 225 acres, $12.50 per acre. The cheapest farm In Cherokee coun ty. 1 5-room house, about 21-2 blocks from depot; out buildings, and all modern improvements. Mertson & Bulllcli THE PIEDMOHT IHI GAFFNEY, S. C. Is the place to board. Plenty to eat. Nice Rooms. Hot and Cold Baths Free. Rates, $15.00 per month, $1.00 perdav. 7-25-tf J. C. OTTS Attorney-at-Law. Notary in Offlea. Office removed to New Bank Building. WILLIAM 8. HALL, JR., Attorney at Law, National Bank Building, Gaffney, 8. C. Prompt attention given to all business. DR. W. K. GUNTER, uen xiex Office in Star Theatre Building, Phone No. 20. nrown and bridge work a specialty. J. F, GARRETT, Dentlst.| Office JOverO The Battery. ’Phone 82 .( -5. 3' : 1 .4 < f . ■’>]? • , 1 • A w. k ..v*“!vta Carnival Week Bargains We Will Offer The Following Special Prices For Carnival. / ■ T.? ■’> / / ■— — 1 . -i... — • •? r *: •>j *,*;• 7 V,\v vV ? s n ^ Beginning Sat. Nov. 5lii, and Continuing Until Sat, Nov, -1 •! , ■■ - ■■ ■— j »r W/m ■ij P 7 ~ i ini a H m ' « 1 --'is * j i. ’ I 4m **’ * ir,. L -i. ■;.« 22-inch Full Worsted, all colors, sells for 10c everywhere, for Carnival Week, per yard 5c Best 40 inch Sea Island, length 1 to 15 yards !) : , ! o Good heavy Outing, all colors, plain and fancy, per yard.. . . 7^- 58-inch Silk and Wool Dress Goods, worth #1 25, per yard. .48c 58.inch Heavy Skirtings, a bargain at 18c 27-inch Heavy Skirtings, per yard I9e 40-inch Wool Dress Goods, black auu and all colors, cheap at 25c per yard, Carnival price, per yard 19c Cloaks. * 100 Ladies All Wool Kersey 27 inch Jackets. be*t Mercerized lining, cheap at &G 50, Carnival price $4.50 40 Ladies’ All Wool Black Kersey, 27 inch Jackets, good Mer cerized lining, cheap at $5.00, to go at $3.75 Ladies’ Long Cloaks, Empire Style, Wool Kersey, Carnival price $3.50 4 dozen Children’s Long Cloaks, sizes 2 to 10 years, each.. 50c Ladies' and Misses’ full length Rain Coats, Tailor-made, Carnival Week...... / $3.60, $5.00 up to $20.00 Silk Tailor Made Suits, all colors and black, regular $10.00 line Carnival Week price $7.98 Ladies aud Misses’ Suits, New Grey Over-plaid, sizes 16 years to No. 44 $7.75 Ladies’ Black Tailor Made Suits, all wool, body lined, skirt and jacket nicely braided, cheap at $10.00 $7.50 Howard Style. 11PJ t. J? >- . J > » - 1 ./% % V 1 1 • - ^ ; a Other tailor made suits in Chitlon Velvet and Broadcloth, Princess Style and Long Coats, $10.00 to $35.00 Shoes! Shoes!! Anticipating the advance in leather we bought months ago $10,000 worth of shoes to be delivered as needed, our line is com plete and the price not advanced on a single shoe. Many Bargains for Carnival Week. Hats. / Jno. B. Stetson, the famous Howard, the “No Name,” by Stet son Co., Banner Special, all of these well known makes in new and up-to-date styles as well as complete line of staples. Clothing. Boys suits from $1.00 to $6.50 A special line of all wool suits, sizes 8 to 16, a $3.00 value Carnival Week $1.98 Young men’s 3 piece suit, new patterns, Special Carnival Week ' $2.75 Young men’s 3 piece All Wool Black Thibet Suits, Special for the week $5.00 Men’s Wool Cassimere Suits, for only $2.7& Men’s All Wool Black Thibet, cheap at $7.50, to go at... .$5.00 Men’s All Wool Cassimere Suits, new over-plaid a good $10.00 value, a genuine bargain for Carnival Week at $6.90 Boy’s All Wool Over-coat, bouble breasted, $3.00-value for $1.50 Men's full length Ulster, all wool, blue and black $5.00 $25,000 Worth of Clothing for Boys, Young Men and Men Ranging in Price from 50c to $35.00. CARROLL Tr, “town talk” Flour. GROCERIES: A Complete Line of Groceries, Staple and Fancy al Money-Saving Prices. BYERS. Swift’s Lard is The Best.