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S' 1 fi'.. * ■-«! ^ ' > THE LEDGER. * Tuesday ana Friday, H OiCi inp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. C* iffith. Local Editor. K- THANKSGIVING. Tomorrow (Thursday) is Thanksgiv ing Day—a day set apart by the na tional and State authorities as a day of thanksgiving and prayer—thnnksgh- ing for the wonderful blessings of the past, and prayer for the Divine favor and guidance in the future. Surely it is meet that such days should be set apart, and surely every heart not dead to every sentiment of gratitude will resjKmd cordially to the summons which bids us pause in the wild race of life and lift up our thoughts and affections to the Great Being who thus far has guided us by His counsels and upheld us by His power. Ingratitude is one of the basest sentiments that ever dwelt iu a human bosom—a blighting power “more strong than traitors’ arms”— a virulent poison that taints and dries up all the purest channels of life; while gratitude is one of the most ennobling instincts that ever thrilled a human soul—a well-spring of higher life whose health-giving waters sweet en and purify all our relations both to God and our fellow man. Surely, as we at this, the Thanksgiving season, look back upon the past—a past all checkered with joy and sorrow—here beset with trial, and there enlivened by triumph; here dark with despair, and there bright with hope; here wrapped in gloom, and there smiling in radiant sunshine—surely, as we look back over this mingled scene of light and darkness, of change ana shadow, we shall see many things to strengthen our wavering faith, to fill our weak hearts with courage, and to cause our souljs to swell with gratitude to the Hand that led us “by path* w* knew not” and that shielded us from the arrow that flew by day, from the destruction that wasted at noonday, and from the pestilence that walked in darkness. When we look away from ourselves to this great count ry of ours, we ought to feel profoundly grateful that God has cast our lots within Its borders, and given us a share in its happiness, its greatness and its glory. But lit tle over a century ago this country was a wilderness, the home of wild beasts and wilder savage men. Today we are the biggest, strongest, might iest aggregation of people on the earth, covering the fairest land that the sun ever kissed in all his blazing rounds, and marching forward to the grandest destiny ever marked out for a nation in the annals of time. The old poet in the wildest dream of prophecy could go no farther than to bound the Julian empire by the ocean and its fame by the stars. In the realizations of this age, our dominion passes the Imundaries of oceans, the light of our civilization is streaming towards the remotest corners of earth, while in fluences are moving that will outlive the stars of heaven. On our own immediate part, of this great country God has bestowed rich and peculiar blessings, with no spar ing or grudging hand. He has sent the rains upon the just and the un just; Ho has caused His sun to shine alike upon the abodes of crime and the homes of virtue and love; He has stayed the pestilence, and His angels have spread their tents round about our people and zealously guarded their peace and welfare. The soil has responded generously to the labors of the husbandman, and probably never before has there been a more bounti ful supply of food for man and beast —never before has there been a more complete combination of all the ele ments and conditions of temporal hap piness; and cold and hard Indeed must be that, heart which feels no emotion of gratitude In the contem plation of the condition of our people today. Yet The Ledger comes to homes to day that have been darkened by sor row. During the year that is p$st, the family circle has been broken and the light of the home has gone out in gloom. It may be that the deatn angel smote a gentle, loving daughter and sister, who had filled the home with all the light and rippling joy of a ra diant spring morning; it may be that it was a strong, noble brother and son, the pride and hope of his parents, the idol of his sisters, and whose life was a rainbow of promise bending in love and beauty over a happy home; it may bo that it was the father, con stant in his toil, strong in his wisjorn, ure-footfd iu bis plans, and ’ nwaver !ng in devotion to his loved .ms; or the mother, worn and haggard by toil and sacrifice, but still true and con stant in the ministrations of her deathless love. Whoever it was, the hearthstone is desolate, and silence and gloom brood over the ashes of dead loves dnd departed hopes. To all such homes The Ledger comes today with tender, loving words, and deep and earnest sympa thies. We, too, probably, have bat tled with the billows of sorrpw and mourned over the dust of blighted hopes. But let us together give thanks to God for the lives that were lived, for the love that never grew cold, for the sweet memories that dwell like incense in our hearts and around our family altars, and for the strong, abiding hope that beyond the sunset and the night our love will be rekindled into a purer, holier flame, the broken ties reunited, and pain and sorrow will be known and felt no more. NOTES AND C 'MME ITS. The Georgetown Centennial which will take place on December 19th of fers a rare opportunity for many who have never seen that quaint old “City by the Sampit” to catch a whiff of salt air and test the merits of the climate of a region that is becoming famous as a winter resort. * * • The Ledger allows. Mr. Trescot to reply to Mr. Hallman and thinks Mr. Trescot’s suggestion that the matter is one for the United States revenue atithorlties is correct; and It trusts that these gentlemen will take it there and settle It. At the same time, however, it would be well to put a stop to the tllict distilleries comi .lin ed of. • • • Go to church tomorrow and take a liberal contribution for the little motherless and fatherless children of the State. Give as has been given to you. If every person in the State would do this the contributions to morrow would be ample to run the orphans of our State for a whole year. Give thanks in a substantial way, and then you will feel that you really have something to be thankful for. • • • And now comes Cherokee, steppin’ high, Tis of her walk the way; She voted out first the G. M. I. But her Brice law tigers are there to stay. (With apologies to the Grassy Pond poet of Cherokee). The above Is from the Yorkville New Era. The Yorkville New Era is quite awry, Tls of Its style the way. There is no need to look so wry Because of vanishing the dispensary. • • • The Yorkville New Era Is a very entertaining paper and gets off some good things, but it would be a good deal better if it would take Checkers for billiousness, and exchange that wry face for a smile. We wouldn’t be so discourteous as to refer to it as one of York’s whiskey advocating newspapers because it favors the dis pensary. We are not ashamed of ad vocating prohibition, not at all; but we see nothing to be gained by being spiteful about the matter. If we must differ at all, let ns differ pleasantly. • • • This airing of the illicit distilleries beyond the Broad should have the ef fect of putting a stop to the business. The only way to put clown such busi ness i» to make it known that such things are going on. Suppose those who had such information would keep it a secret, why, the authorities never would be able to stop it. Let the whole truth come out, and in this way we can keep down such business. But because the law has been violateo does not argue that it is not a good one. The map who would say that affairs In this county are not better than under the dispensary is either blind to the truth or so prejudiced that he will not see. We do have some drinking—more than we would like to see—but conditions are far and away better than under the dis pensary. • • • In the course of an editorial on the dispensary question recently, the Co- umbla Record said: Sheriff Gilreath says Greenville will Ice ihe worst blind tiger ridden county in the State. It may he so in propor tion to the population, hut there is lit- i lie doubt that conditions are equally I ns had now in Greenville, although the ■ ' .iic-ials In them are not so honest and ; candid as the Greenville sheriff in . acknowledging the true situation. I In Marion as much liquor is being cold as before the dispensaries were 1 abolished. \11 we have to say is that, if The Record is no better posted on affairs in Greenville and Marion than it was about the United States licenses in | Cherokee there is no dependence to be put in it. The truth is that, its edi- ; tor is wedded to the dispensary sys tem because of th§ pap thrown the proprietor of the paper in the shape ! of job printing, and it can’t look at ; the matter in any other way than favorable to the system. Short Crop in Mississippi. Mashulaville, Miss., Nov. 20.—In closed you will find a $2 postofflee or der for the renewing of my subscrip- j lion to The ledger. I can’t get along ! without it, for I hear from my old i friends and their doing through -its ! columns and I am always anxious to road it. as soon as it reaches me. We farmers have made a short crop this -ear; and it’s the same through out the ontire State, owing to so much rain. It has rained more here this season than it has in a number of years—not a week without rain, and t still holds on. The crops have been made under difficulties, without saying anything about harvesting. Cotton has rotted so it has been a tedious job to gather it: although the farmers have rushed during the days that, were nice until they have about two-thirds of the crop gathered. Corn is short, while Waxubee county has made all most enough to do her. In some portions of the State, however, only one-half crop was made. We have a fine hay crop: more, ana the finest, hay has been housed this year than I have ever known Mississ ippi to save. Wishing you a prosperous year in 1906. J. B. Watkins. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. The residence and entire contents belonging to Mr. E .C. Smith, abou 1, three miles from Columbia, wore de stroyed by fire Monday. The house was set on fire. It seems that two men in hunting costume came Into the yard Monday morning and were ordered out by Mrs. Smith. Smith himself was at work in a field some distance from the house. The men gave some insolent reply and refused to go. Mrs. Smith then left the house and got a horse to go for her husband, leaving the two men im the back piaz za. They got together some corn stalks and fodder and other light combustibles and set fire to the mass in the piazza. As a result the house was burned. There Is no clue to the incendiaries. Smith has only been weeks. He went there from New York. Agrees With Us. (Wateree Messenger.) The Gaffney Ledger says: A few more cases of frenzied finan ciering such as that of Messrs. W. B. Smith Whaley, J. Keith Dargan and Thos. C. Duncan will make moneyed men gun shy of South Carolina Invest ments. It’s better to go a little slow er and be a little more secure than to be Napoleonic in character and at last, suffer defeat. Camden has had some experince along the line of frenzied financiering, the effects of which will be felt in this community for years to come. We agree with The Ledger that It Is bet ter to go a little slower and be surer. A Card of Thank*. To the many 'friends who gave so generously to me, after the burning of my property on the 21st day of June, 1905, I do hereby tender my heartfelt thanks, praying that they may have God’s guidance and bless ing. and that He will long prosper them In their business affairs. J. F. Woods. I A Pretty Good Sized Shoat. Grover, N. C.. Nov. 23.—We learn that Jno. B. Martin, of Mt. Paran, killed a pig aged six months and twenty-four' days, which weighed 296 1-2 pounds net. Please print this in The Ledger and see who will beat It. T. J. Gibbons. $ioo Reward, $ioo. 'Hie readers 01‘tliiH paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has been able tc ••hit in all i t.s slaves and t hat lH<’atarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh l>e n>r a Constitutional disease, requires a constitu tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, actimr directly upon the hlood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de.troving the foundation of the disease, and yivinir the patient streiur<h by buildintr up the constitution and assisting .nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any .'use that It fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. J. Chunky & Co., Toledo, O. (•old by Druggists. 75c Ha I s Fatnil v Pills at e the best E. R. Sapoch, a farmer from across the Broad, was In the city Monday. H. H. Anderson, of Tucapau, the popular manager of the “Company Store” here, was in the city Friday. John Estes, of Etta Jane, was in Gaffney Monday. i’has. P, I.igon, of Spartanburg, spent Saturday in Gaffney. J. A. Harris, of Gowdeysville, was n Gaffney Monday. A. L. Crutchfield, of the Crutchfleld- Tolleson Company, of Spartanburg, was a business visitor to the city Monday. Coleman Kirbv. of Sunnyside, was a business visitor to Gaffney Monday. Miss Rena Wessinger. who is at tending college at Winthrop, spent a few days in the city with relatives tins week. J. G. Kendrick, of Sunnyside, was in Gaffney Monday. Earnest Robbins, a Gaffney boy at Wofford, was in town Satuiday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Robbins. L. S. Fuller, of Laurens, was in the city Monday. W r . H. Crocker., of White Plains, was in Gaffney yesterday. T. E. Moore, of Welford, president of the Gaffney Manufacturing Com pany, was in the city Monday. J. C. Phillips was among the many Cherokeeans in town Monday. C. H. Woodliff, representing the Atlanta Constitution, is in the city. Prater Smith of Goucher, was a business visitor to Gaffney Monday. Albert Kirby, of this city, spent Sunday at Antioch. T. A. Camp, a prominent business man of Spartanburg, was in Gaffney yesterday. R. S. Porter was numbered among the Cherokeeans in town yesterday. Postomaster A. R. N. Folger has returned from a short visit to Easley. A. R. Taylor, of Greenville, was in the city yesterday. Col. T. B. Butler has returned form a business trip to Columbia. Chas T. Collins, advance agent of "Pickings From Puck,” was in Gaff ney Saturday arranging for the pre sentation of that attraction at the theatre tonight. M. E. Gettys. of Maud, was a Gaff ney visitor Monday. J. A. Hames, of Gowdeysville, waS in Gaffney Monday. E. J. Clary, who has held a position with the Victor Cotton Oil Company, has resigned his position and return ed to his home near Allens. Hon. Wm. Jefferies, of Home, was in the city yesterday. W. B. Wilson, of Rock Hill, spent yesterday in Gaffney. E. E. McBrayer, of Shelbv, was a Gaffney visitor yesterday. How to Enter a Printing Office. An Alabama exchange gives whole some advice when it says: “In en tering the printing office you should advance to the door and give three distinctive raps, or knock the door down. The devil will attend your alarm. You will give him your name, postoffice address and the num ber of years you are owing for the pa per. He will admit you. You will advance to the centre of the room and address the manager with the fol lowing countersign. Extend tne right hand about two feet from the body, with thumb and index finger clasping a five dollar bill, which drop into the extended hand of the man ager. who will grasp your hand and the bill. After giving him the news of your locality yoii will be permitted to retire with a receipt for an obliga tion properly discharged. Meeting at Wilkinsville. The farmers of Wilkinsville met at their precinct on Tuesday 28th, and the meeting was called to order by G. B. Wright, chairman, who explain ed the object of ■the meeting. When an election or appointment of dele gates to the county convention was taken up the following were elected: G. B. Wright, J. D. Hughes, A. G. Davis and T. J. Estes.. * Mrs. Rogers Refused New Trial. Washington. Nov. 27.—The stipn nv court of the Tinted States today af firmed the decision of the United States district court of Vermont in the case of Mrs. Mary Bell Rogers, who is under sentence of death in Ver mont for the murder of her husband. The affect of the decision will ibe again to place the resiponsilbillty of dealing with the case in the hands of the state authorities and If in the meantime neither the governor nor the 7 state courts take action in Mrs. Rogers’ be half, her execution must occur on the day set which is Dev. 8 next. The court held, in effect, that it was without ju riadiction in all the points raised. We Lead tlie World an Motor Maleere. Statistics are now brought forward to show that America has supplanted France as the leader In the motor ca. industry, says the Boston Herald. Vo only does the United States snpol- o per cent of the cars now in this c try, but American manufncture<*s . now shipping cars all over the ”. So we forge ahead as a world p Will Edwards Convicted. Will Edwards, who will bo remem bered as the negro boy before the mayor last week charged with ap propriating money from the cash drawer of Dempsey & Ballenger, was arraigned before Magistarte C. T. Bridges Saturday on the charge of pettit larceny. The boy was not re presented by counsel. J. B. Bell re presented Dempsey &. Ballenger. con ducting the prosecution. At this trial several very interesting facts were brought out not heretobore dis closed, among the number being the very interesting manner in which Edwards was detected at his game. For some time Messrs. Demsey & Ballenger had suspected the disap pearance of some of their cash, so Mr. Dempsey, resolving to settle the mat ter, entered the ico chest while the boy, Edwards, was engaged in sweep ing the building. Messrs. Ballenger and Hawkins were engaged in the rear of the building. When the boy neared the cash drawer he veeered his course so as to near the drawer. When near enough to reach it he readied into the drawer taking from it all the twenty-five cent pieces. At this juncture Mr. Demsey emerged from the ice box. cooled possibly in person but hot in wrath at th6 bold theif. Magistrate Bridges senten ced him to thirty days in the public works. Ai. © Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters in Gaffney postofflee for week ending November 25i ii, 1905: Mrs. Nncy Avry, A. R. Adams, Mrs. Leila Amos, Shell Blanton, Leander Bias, (2), W. R. Beeson, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. M. Black, Jno. Chemali, Miss Minnie A. Drommons, Chas. L. Davis, Mrs. Berd Foster, J. M. Jackson, D. A. Jefferies, Miss Minnie Jones, Mar- loo Kennedy, VV. N. Kennedy, Joseph Lee, Mrs. Ellen Lomery, Mrs. L. L. Littlejohn. Mrs. J. W. Lipscomb, H. S. Lipscomb, S. S. Lipscomb, Little Matt Millwood, Lealer Moore, Miss Vitha Moore. Jno. A. Millwood, John McManurs, Mrs. Lela Petty, Horrace Petty, Miss Eller Rice, Miss Nancy Stevens, (2), Mrs. S. S. Stacy, Smith Wilson, Jackson Reed, George Wright, Mrs. Susan Winn, Columbus Waddell, Miss Ella Gaffney, L. E. Humphries, Thomas Humphries, Luther E. Hum phries, (2). Please call for advertised letters. One cent due on each. A. It. N. Folger, Postmaster. The police of Baltimore .are after a fellow who has the mania of throw ing acid on the ankles of girls on the street. SHIED HIT LIFE’ —That’s what a prominent druggist said of Scott’s Emulsion a short time \ ago. As a rule we don’t use or refer to testimonials in addressing the public, but the above remark and similar expressions are made so often in connec tion with Scott’s Emulsion that they are worthy omc occasional note. ' From infancy to old age Scott's Emulsion offers a reliable means of remedying im proper and weak develop ment, restoring lost flesh and vitality, and repairing waste. The action o; Scott’s Emulsion is no more of a secret than the composition of the Emul sion itself. What it does it does through nourish ment—the kind of nourish ment that cannot be ob tained in ordinary food. No system is too weak or delicate to retain Scott’s Emulsion and gather good from it. SI- We will (end you a sample free. Be sure that thia picture in the form of a label la on the wrapper of erery bottle of Emulalon you buy. scon & B0WNE Chemists 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. and $1; all druggists. ng* er is made of Grape Cream of Tartar* A bsolntely Pure. Makes the food more Wholesome and Delicious. Heir to a Fortune. Mr. Erastus Edwards, of Golds boro, has received numerous letters from several law firms in New York stating that he is the heir of over half of New York. The letters state that the property was left to him by his great grandfather, Mr. John Edwards, of that city. The story given to a newspaper man by Mr . Edwards, of Goldsboro, is as follows: It seems that Mr. John Edwards went to New York to settle down, and being a rich man, bought up all the land that he could in that city. There was a time in New York when the property own ers in that city instead of renting their property, they leased it out. It seems that Mr. Edwards leased his property to different parties, letting them build on it. As he had plenty to live on, and being a single man, he leased his property for 25 years. At his death he was still numarrled, so his possessions went to his nearest relatives, but they were unable to get oossession of the leased property. The lawyers state in their letters that Mr. Erastus Edwards, of Goldsboro, is now the next closest kin, and is, therefore, entitled to the property, as the lease has been run out for several years. If Mr. Edwards can establish his claim, It will make him one of the richest men In the world. « Fratricide in North Carolina. A fratricide occyrred near the home of Mr .Robert Wyrlck, four miles northwest of Gibsonville about 11 o’clock Saturday night, when Lucian B. Hornaday was fatally stabbed by his brother, D. Roscoe Hornaday, and lived only fifteen minutes after re ceiving the wound. A large pocket knife was the weapon used. The Hor- nadays made their home In Gibson- rille, and after supper Saturday night they went to Mr. Wyrick’s In company with several other young men. After spending an hour or two there the crowd started for home, the Hornaday brothers straggling along behind and engaging in a quarrel. Before the crowd proceeded very far they heard the two brothers fighting and rushed back to separate them, but found them both lying on the ground, blood flow- ng freely from the ugly gash in Lu cian’s right breast. Roscoe admitted that he killed his brother, hut said he did so in self-defense, while Lucian had him down pounding him with a l)ottle. The wounded man gurgled the words, “Bud has killed me,” and then he became unconscious, breath ing his last in a short time. A physi cian was summoned, but arrived too late. L idles’ 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. J Give me a trial Clothing altered and remodeled. V. H. Robinson. Upstairs overSettlemyer building &pf f t ^ j 11 W n( iHi. ll';/ llr nti ii |m\ iE I a 11 J; > 4 I Suits, Raincoats, Cloaks, Jackets and Skirts. --IMEW ALMOST' DAILEY-- Suits all Specially Priced $7.50 to $35.00 Jackets, Black and Colors, $1.50 to $15.00 Raincoats, worth more, $3.50 to $20.00 Skirts, New Styles $ 1.50 to $7.50 OlTilcir'eri’te* I^-ong and Slnort Gloalce* to $10. 804-6 Limestone Street. OARROLL<& BYERS Gaffney, South Carolina. -■ t M, /pm f W’fl f'lU /• • 7 / ' j : l !i \ ill '■Inm! |* il 1 •«,/! *