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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, C <1 H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, J. Brian Bell, News Editor. The Ledger Is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Hereafter no advertisements will be accepted at this office after ,12 o’colck on Mondays and Thursdays. Watch your label and the date, And renew before ’tis too late; If there be an error, don’t got mad. Report to us—we’ll make you edad. Remember, ’tis our aim to please. Bat errors are like peskv fleas— They* will creep in in spite of fate, Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. Jeffersonian requirements of ability and honesty. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The ‘irresistible impulse of con science” seems to be hardly strong enough with the m*at majority of Re publican congressmen to make them give tho statehood question a fair deal. * * * What with the tradle trust and the eoir.n trust, both .protected by the tar iff. through the favor of the Republi cans, the combines have us whichever wh•• we turn, from the time we first j see daylight until we join the great silent majority. * * * Attorney-General Moody has re quested an investigating committee of the Mississippi legislature to fur nisli him all the evidence it has col lected against the lumber trust in that State. In view of the outcome of the s sparring match of Bro. Moody against 1 the beef trust, he probably thinks it j wiser to hit a trust of his own size. qualities attributed to him that we want him to respectfully decline to al low his name to be used. Gaffney needs him in the position of mayor worse than Cherokee needs him as Senator. In our judgment it Vfould not be nroper for Mr. Little to resign as mayor and thus negative th P work of his supporters. Besides, it would necessitate another town election, when in truth wq have more elections 1 now than is really necessary for the good of the commonwealth. No, Mr. Little, do not countenance the thought, but rather show that vou honor those who honor you by remaining in the position in which you have been plac ed until your term expires by limita tion or otherwise. FOOLING THE VOTERS- Ti e trusts and tariff protected cor porations are in high glee at the turn political events have taken, ,bv the concentration of public opinion upon railroad rate legislation. Mr. Payne, the Republican leader in con gross and chairman of the committee on ways and means, which controls ( In the hpat of (iie polilicflI cam . i all revenue legislation, has declared j .>, alen a i )OUt to open (lo not forget thai i a signed statement that there will be t ,,, one thlnf r tha , W i)i i )e () f more j no tariff bill reported at this session | jjenefit than anything else is good i of congress. This Republican stand-1 roads . therefore every candidate, it, pat policy was agreed upon last fall , ma ] ies no difference for what office h- j bv President Roosevelt and Sneaker jj,. rU nning, should he called upon to either for or against good Cannon, and the personnel of the com mittee of w T ays and means was select-' ed bv Speaker Cannon, so that e ma- J jorlty were ardent protectionists.! Thus those Republican voters ..who fa vored the revision of the tariff that fos'ers trusts and allows them to charge plundering profits, were again the clubs select the best material at fooled, after voting for many Kepubli-' their command for their represent a can candidates for congress who nrom* j tives. The better men we have the ised to vote to revise those tariff declare roads. * * * County Chairman T. B. Bell has | culled the various Democratic clubs j 'o meet April -8th to select delegates ! to the countv convention. Now, let irer will be our polities, and God knows tliu political atmosphere will schedules that protected the trusts, prevented competition and allowed i stand some purification. the trusts to sell cheaper abroad than here. When those Republican congress men who were pledged to tariff reform elected Mr. Cannon as speaker of the bonse and adopted rules that gave him autocratic power over legislation, they knew they were selling out their constituents to the protected monopo lies and given the party machine the power to defeat or pass such legisla tion as it pleased. The same conditions will obtain at th- election this fall, and the question Is: can' the voters he fooled again to vo*-« for Republican ndidates for *0»Bgress who will stand pat and let tbeVutets continue to plunder th« con sumers? Promises of Republican can- didates are of no avail unless the pledge Is given to keep out of caucus and vote for a speaker who will agree to Hvo tariff revision the right of way. That Mr. Cannon will never accede to for- hn Is ao «ardent protectionist. The membership of the next congress will bo more evenly divided between the parties and the result in anv district mav determine which party shall con trol. The trusts and corporations will pav more to the Republican cam paign fund with the understanding that their interests are to be protect ed but none but the voters themselve 6 will furnish funds or efforts for the election of the Democratic candidates. That alone should be their recommen- datiou to independent voters, if they measure up, as thev should, to the * * * Representative Littauer. of army love contract, fame, and the warm personal friend and political adviser of President Roosevelt, has announced his intention of retiring at the end of his nresent term. After 'lie voters get. through with their job next No vember there will be a good many other compulsory retirements. Lit- auer evidently sees rocks ahead. * * * We regret to note the differences between our friends, the Hon. Kimsey O. Huskey and John Charles McNeil, and sincerely trust that thev mav be come reconciled. We know Mr. Mc Neil is a great admirer of Mr. Huskey and would not for ali the world do him an intentional Injury. Come, gentle men, this will never do. Smoke the "*1)0 of peace and let the nasi bo for gotten. It is not good that two so co i- "enial souls should he at enmity. • * • It is somewhat amusing to The Led ger to see this effort to bring out May or Little for the State Senate. We agree that ir is time the people were throwing off ring-rule, for surelv we have suffered enough from it in the past—hut it I s strange indeed that some people are just now awaking to the fact that we have had a political ring in Cherokee. We agree to all the nice things “Many Voters” say about Mr. Little. We admire the man for his fidelity to friends and his rugged character, and it is because of the The Hon. Kimsev O. Huskey Offended. (Charlotte Observer.) The Observer’s Scotchman. John Charles McNeil, interviewed the Hon. Kimsev O. Huskey at Guff new S. ('., some weeks ago. and, judgin rr from a half-column communication which ap pears in The Gaffnev Ledger, the Pal metto statesman is, like the Alexander countv boy in the penitentiary, not nleased at iai!- Mr. Huskey says when he announced himself for the legisla >irr> i ie sj a id something about sp’ittin'- rails and that the newspapers took it un and “have given me hail Columbia about it ever since.” He expected to be cursed and made fun of in the pa pers, however and said nothing. "But when I read the article a few daws ago from Mr. McNeil” says the Hon. Kimsev “I thought that was morel than flesh and blood could stand.” In the first place, Mr. Frank Parrott and not M*\ DeCamp as stated introduced Mr. McNeil to Mr. Huskey. The lat ter avers that he did noi accept Mr. McNeil’s offer of hospiality, hut po litely declined. “He said in his glow ing description of the clothes I wore^o town that day.” savs Mr. Huskey, “that I had on a two-piece sui*. I had on a three-piece suit—coat, vest and pants.” THo writer contends that lie said he thought Senator Tillnnn was doing a “ureai deal of rood in the senate.” and not “a sight of .good." as reported. Since Mr. McNeil was disposed, as he thinks, to criticise his language, the Hon. Kimsey admits ihat he does not “claim to be much ol a grammarian, nor skilled in rhetoric, foi *fiv knowledge in each is limited.” "Mr. McNeil himself,” asserts the statesman, “mad*> r* grammatical slip up while chatting with me. He wanted to go to Charlotte on that 8 o’elork train and asked me if I thought he could. Here is the sentence he used: •| have wont into Charlotte on that' train.' “Now, Mr. McNeil,” the states man goes on to saw “I think you had better get vour grammar and learn to congugate the little word or verb ‘go’ nefore you make fun of my nouns and adjectives.” The Observer is exceed in glv sorry ihat its correspondent should have of-j fended the Hon. Kimsev 0. Huskey, I for he Las of late become one of its J favorites. It shall not occur again, j and if the representative from Chero- kce will come to Charlotte we will s«e j to it that he sees McNeil In person. Entirety Too Numerous. We see that another shooting scrape lias happened at Gaffnev. S. C. It must he quite a fad in that own to carry a revolver arc and in the pocket. We hope, however, that the narties who did the shooting will be dealt with, and justice, like that met ed out to Hasty, be "iven them. The “pistol toters” are becoming entirely ton numerous throughout! the whole country, and « stop should be put to them at any cost.—Durham (N. C.) Sun. The Same Thinq They Dse in York. T])i‘ peruna people claim that the prom let or of peruna is a prohibition ist and that he will change the formu la of his medicine so that its use can not) he abused, as seems to have been the case in some of our “dry” towns. The question now arises what will the people of Gaffnev and Grassv Pond substitute for their favorite beverage?—Yorkville New Era. The only form of food made from wheat that is all nutri ment is the soda cracker, and yet—the only soda cracker of which this is really true is Uneeda Biscuit A woman never feels she her dutiv unless shr. brags good traits of her husband he had them. doing as if On some never re of our lea ■/ afe haule< in\ esiigai ing 3 now ign cilizens are to testify > imittee. State of onio, City or Toi.r.no, i Lucas County Fhank .1. Cheney makes oat li I hat he is the senior partner of the linn of F. J. Cheney it Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said Hrrn will pay the sum of ONE IHINIUtEI) DOLLARS for eaeh and every ease of Ca akkii that cannot he cured by the use of Haul’s Catakhh Cuke. FUANa J. CHENEY. Sworn to before rne and subscribed in rnv resence, thlstith day of December, A. I). IsSti i , A. W. GLEASON. * f Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and cts directly on the blood and muscous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F.J, CHENEY &C0., Toledo, O. K»>ld by Druggists, 75e. nil’s Family Pills are the best. Hall —Hats for Men, Youths and Chil dren at bargain prices at J. I. Sar ratt’s. tJSe experienced farmer has learned that some grains require far differ ent soil than others; some crops need differ- enthandling than others. He knows that a great deal depends upon right planting at the right time, and that the soil must be kept enriched. No use of complaining in summer about a mis take made in the spring. Decide before the seed is planted. ^ best time to reme dy wasting conditions in the human body is be fore the evil is too deep rooted. At the first evi dence of loss of flesh Scott’s Emulsion should be taken imme diately. There is noth ing that will repair wasted tissue more quickly or replace lost flesh more abundantly than Scott’s Emulsion. It nourishes and builds up the body when ordi nary foods absolutely fail. r We tota send you * simple free. soda cracker scientifically baked. soda cracker effectually protected. soda cracker ever fresh, crisp and clean, soda cracker good at all times. In a dust tight, moisture proof package NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Come And See Us. Wo have Jots of nice thini^ useful and our prices are right. Fine Blown Tumh ers, per set 40c Same Engraved, per set 50c Best Hotel Goblet, heavy, per set 45c Hotel Goblet, lighter, per set 35c Fine i gallon press cu.t Water Jugs, each 50c Tumblers to match, per set 50c Fine press cut Punch Bowls, each #3.00 Handle Casters to match, .per set..... 50c Handle Casters, Colonial, per set 40c Fine press cut Water Bottles, each 40c Nice Water Bottles, 15 cents each, two for 25 cents Heavy 3 pint deep cut Pitchers, each 25c Four inch Fruit Saucers, per set.. .: 15c Candle Sticks from 75 cents to $1.75 per pair Beautiful Decorated and Gold Stiple Fruit Plates, 10c each Big stock of Crockery, Jardinctrs, Clocks, Clock Shelves; Lamps, Lunch Boxes, Window Shades, Table Flat Ware, up to Rodgers 1847 goods, Wall Hatracks and hundreds of other things we can mention. Come and see us or you can send if you know what you want, as we have one price to all, and that as low as goods can be sold. Come and look around whether vou want to buy or not. ; : Yours turly, The Acme Furniture Co. Be sure that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT®. BOWNE CHEMISTS < 409 Pearl Street NEW YORK 50c. and $>; all druggiats April 13-17-:». Fite Gaffney City Laiid and Iwpiovement Go. Jiiera for sale HulUling Loi> In this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farm- ti«-ar by and lu reach of the Kcnoola of Llmeutom: Springs and of this place, In loia of Ji to 100 acres u liberal Lime rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm purposes For 1 pari u'ars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. b.--AU persons are forbidden to eut«r on. walk or ride through or over the lands o' tie aimpany,cutting and removing Umber or Ashing hunting, under penally of law All kinds of Job Work d ” ne OmCB at The Ledgei neatly and at prices commensurate with high grade work Try us. Easter Clothing! j Easter Clothing! The bloom of freshness is on nature, even the leaves are whis pering. Spruce upl The best of all clothes are “High-Art.” They are high- class but very low cost reproducing in every detail the cut and fabrics of the aristocratic tailor. You may depend upon these clothes as unequivocally correct and in accord with the latest pronouncements of the mode. In addition to our “High-Art” suits we ask your attention to our gathering of Shirts, Cravats and Barker Brand Collars and Cuffs —none on earth better. These are of the best quality, the latest fashion and the most careful finish. li I* ri it, May we not hope Florsheim shoes for High-Art Clothes are up to the clock tick, that you will come to see even if not to buy. Men a specialty. Made for the man who cares. Wait to see our line of new $ 1.00 Ties for 50 cents. m li Mi ) * THE GAFFNEY M'F’G CO. JlfJItfCLOTHiNO w ■X j ; iH