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FARMERS PLAN TO HOLD THEIR COTTON Will Pledgo Themselves Not to Sell Fleecy Staple. WANT 16 CENTS PER POUND President of Southern Cotton Associa tion Says that Over Half of the Crop Has Been Sold and That Remainder Is Worth More Money. >|ew Orleans, Nov. L5.—-Following Uie arrival of President Harvie Jor dan, the Southern Ct>tton association today perfected plans for the taking off of the market of 3,000.000 bales of cotton by means of a series of pledges which the farmers will sign them selves, stating their name and address and the amount of cotton they will thus hold. The cotton held will not be sold for less than 1-5 cents a pound. A representative of the association is to be sent into every one of th 817 col ton producing counties of th< cotton belt at once. When the pledges are signed they will bo sent to the central office ol tii association in Atlanta. President Jordan says that half of the crop has already been sold at an average of 10 cents, and the spinners must have all the remainder. He be lieves that 15 cents per pound for the remainder of the crop is a fair price, and it will only average the spinners cents while they have based a.; their calculations on 14-cent cotton. UNABLE TO APPRAISE ESTATE. Private Papers of Dead Bank Cashier Are In Bad Muddle. ‘Pittsburg, Nov. 15.—The private pa pers of T. Lee Clark, the dead mash ier of the Enterprise National bank of Allegheny, which are now under ex amination by the appraisers appointed 4o determine the value of Olark’s es tate, are said to show that Clark’s Outside financial transactions began ■even years ago, and that he was in terested in many corporations. Inclnd ig several mining ventures. Among his holdings at the time of his death. It is said, was a half interest in a string of high-bred Kentucky horses. So confusing are the papers that those In charge have no idea when they can complete their work, or what the value of the estate will be. The lawyers for the estate, it U said, do not expect to save any of Olark’s as ■•ta, except the insurance money, which has been paid to Mrs. Clark. Failed to Assassinate Pasha. Constantinople, Via Sofia, Bulgaria, Ifov. 15.—Femt Pasha, the chief of the secret police of the pal&ce, was Intended to be the rlotlm of yester day’s bomb outrage. The pasha es- •aped unscathed, and Dm explosion did little damage. The bomb was thrown from the roof of a house on the main •oad of the Pera quarter as Fehmi was passing In a carriage. The attempt on fete life is attributed to th* Armenians an Armenian was dieoovered in the house from which the bomb was seen tb be thrown. Three Persons Asphyxiated. Paterson. N. J., Nov. 15.—Three deaths were caused last night by the falling of a heavy picture, which brbke a gas pipe while the Schroeder family wrere asleep. Chris Schroeder, his mother. Catherine and her grand-child Ira LaForge, were all asphyxiated. Neighbor* who entered the house today found the fallen picture beneath a gas flarture which had been snapped off ■hort. They arrived in time to save the lives of two small children of the LaForge family. To Punish Criminal Autoists. Chicago, Ills., November 16.—The ftev. Father McDonnell, of St. Mi chael’s Roman Oatholic church, ended an appeal for the most stringent action against “automobile criminals'* made to the West Park board yesterday by declaring that a man would be justi fied in killing the "criminal autoist who would crush out his life.” Fath er McDonnel’s appeal was made when he headed a delegation of church mem bers, property owners and aldermen, who appeared before the park board and presented a petition in which de mands were made that radical action be taken against ^ D. C.'ROSS, President. ^ ^ MAYNARD SMYTH. Cashier. ^ fc: j >■» i v ^ J.‘ A.'CARROLL, Vice-Prest. ^^.CHAS. W. HAMES, Ass’t. Cash. 3 m 3 ^ i | The National Bank of Gaffney ! A Policeman’s Testimony. J. N. Patterson, night policeman of Nashua, la., writes, “Last winter I had a bad cold on my lungs and tried at least a half dozen advertised cough medicines and had treatment from two physicians without getting any benefit. A friend recommended Fo ley’s Honey and Tar and two-thirds of a bottle cured me. I consider it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world.” Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. No man is fitted to oversee any great work who cannot overlook some small things. Gaffney, iZ.\ State, City and County Depository. 3 3 3 If you are troubled with indiges tion, constipation, sour stomach, or any other pain, Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea will make you well and keep yon well. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co. We shall endeavor to make |it djoth agreeable and ^ profitable for you to do business with us. ^ 1 ^ DIRECTORS: ^ William Jkfferies, j. A. Carroll, T.'M. Littlejohn, ^ ^ R. M. Wilkins, B. L. Hames, W. C. Carpenter, ^ Henry M. McAden, Maynard smyth, C. W. Whisonant, ^ ^ D. C. Ross, J. D. Jones. ^ liUiUiUiUiUiUiUiUiUilUUtlUiUiUiUiUiUiUiUiUiUiUr Some men would be most miserable without their miseries. Subscribe for Tbo Ledger, Sl.00 a year When you want a pleasant physic try Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and produce no . griping or other unpleas ant effect. Sold by Cherokee Drug Company. Sale of Valuable Store Lots The Gaffney Manufacturing Company will sell at public auction, on thq premises, on salesday, Mon day Dec. 4th, immediately after public sale at the Courthouse : Four valuable store lots in the business section of the city; fronting 22 feet on Limestone Street and running back 200 feet to al ley ; located between the property of Dr. W. L. Set- tlemyer and the store’of the Gaff ney Manufacturing Company. Terms : Half cash ; balance 12 months with interest at rate of 8 per cent, per lyinura. Pur chaser to pay for mortgage, or if he desire, may pay all cash. Plat may be seen at MERCHANTS & PLANTERS BANK or at the office of GAFFNEY MANUFACTURINGCOMPY. All kinds of Job Work done office at The Ledgei neatly and at prices commensurate with high grade work Try ns. "t3SK’» Early Kisers The famous kittle pills* HOLLISTER’S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brines Golden Health and Renewed Vlgror. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, Ldvet and Kidney troubles. Pimples, Eczema. Impure Blood, Bad Breath, Sluggish Bowels, Headache and Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tab let form. 35 cents a box. Genuine made by Hollisteb Drug Company. Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE The new Laxative (hat does not ^ripe or nauseate. Pleasant to taKe. For Sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Cures Stomach and Liver Laxative Fruit Syrup Chronic Constipation. For Sale by Cherokee Drug Co. For Sale by Cherokee Drug Co. akes PEOPLE NEW All Over RE YOU tSOIen and women die i every year, thousands of [them —who might just as well live. It is their own fault, too! When sick they don’t take the proper medicine. You must not consider the cost if sick, for your life is at stake. Get the best, but above all tilings do not permit the disease to run along without treatment. Our exper ience has taught us what Checkers will do. We know of no remedy in the world which w ill equal its marvelous action in the permanent cure of most all known chronic or fatal diseases. OTTLE pi A '• '•* j i/fv * ‘ . gST~We want you to try ' Checkers. We want you to use this medicine be cause it has merit, be cause it will do you good, because most any disease will vanish when Checkers commences to search the system. It will find out what is wrong inside- it goes to the bottom of every ordinary disease and makes the sick well. Call on your druggist for a sample bottle free—or write us. The bettor plan is to buy a mammoth dollar bottle to-day. Burned Brother to Spite Mother. Chillacothe, Ohio. Nov. 15.—(David 0411wulter, 13 years of age, who was token into custody following the death of hie younger brother, Arthur, who wae burned to death, confessed that he had burned his brother to spite his mother. David said that he had a ■tick in the fire making a torch of it and caught Arthur and set his cloth- Ing on fire. Arthur’s body was burned I *o a crisp. ChecRer Board and 24 ChecKer Men FREE Call on your dealer or druggist for one of our full size heavy (Checker Ixxirds, printed in colors, with 13 mi and 12 blue Checker men, FREE. If he refuses to furnish same, write us and you’ll bo supplied. Chockora Medlcliia Cuni|>aay, Wluatou Sttlrrn, N. 0. Silver Service For Cruiser. Washington, N'ov. 15.—The navy de partment has ordered the cruiser Charleston recently commissioned, to proceed to sea from Norfolk, for a “shake-down” cruise outside the Vir ginia capes. The Charleston will be kept in wireless communication with the ooast during her stay at sea. The Charleston will then go to Charleston, 0. C., to receive a silver service to he presented by the cltj. Every time a man makes a mistake he learns something, Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and colds; reliable, tried and tested, safe and sure. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. ‘•■J ivt ...V '•>. ;■] •4- rV"; •* *>'*,/ 7 r-: r. ■if • <■■■('. W •\I*G .• . • v v tab. "L vV -- • : >M' ,, » 'S. Makes PEOPLE NEW All Over, TO THE MERCHANT: If you haven’t Red Meat Tobacco in stock, write the factory—we will supply you direct ~~ TO THE CONSUMER: —- We give you our absolute guarantee that each 10c plug of Red Meat is made of better tobacco and contains more good solid juicy chewing quality than any other 10c jglu^^>^^ny^jweight^offere^o^^ol^^y^jany^actoiy^ Write name and address plainly here: / ' ■ } • • TO ANY CHEWER of tobacco who will cut out and mail us this advertisement, we will mail him a card which will entitle him to one 5c cut of Red Meat Tobacco FREE at any store handling this brand. Manufactured Only by Lilpfert-Bcales Co.^ ylnpon-Salem. N.C. .