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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, *d. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, J. Brian Bell, News Editor. Tbe Ledper is not responsible for tbe 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 ’tls too late; If there be an error, don’t get mad. Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Renumber, ’tls our aim to please. But errors are like peskv fleas— They will creep In In spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. SUFFICIENTLY PUNISHED. In March, 1902, Son Cobb, a typical country lad, was convicted of murder, having In a pitched battle killed one Pink Norman. The details are hard ly fresh in the minds of many of this community, while to some the facts are unknown at all. It seems that bad feeling had existed between the men for some time. Cobb was a daredevil, reckless sort of fellow who felt his manhood and he was unafraid the most desperate. Norman was somewhat of an outlaw and had no re gard for anyone. On the day of the killing Norman went in search of Cobb. Cobb had left his home at Cherokee Falls and come to Gaffney, but Norman believed Cobb had gone to Blacksburg and went there in search for him. While In Blacksburg Norman prevailed upon his brother, Mac Norman, his half brother. Char- lev Sexton, and his brotheHin-law, William Walker, to accompany him. Each was armed with either a shot gun or pistol. Not finding Cobb in Blacksburg they came on to Gaffney. Cobb was apprised of the fact that Norman and his crowd were after him. so he went to a store and pur chased a gun. He got into his wagon and started for home. There were several in the wagon with him. Soon after he left, Normhn ibft in his buggy. At a point about a mile from town, near the Oscar Lipscomb house, now being occupied by Mr. Wm. Webster. Norman and his crowd overtook Cobb and a general fight ensued, in which shots were ex changed. During the fight Cobb killed Norman. He was arrested, tried and convicted of murder with recommen dation to the mercy of the court. He was sentenced to the nenitentiarv for life. He has been there nearly flv® years. Todav Col. T. B. Butler, his counsel, will go to Columbia and ap pear before the pardon board Jn his behalf. The Ledger believes In jus tice. Son Cobb has suffered enough for his crime, if it can be termed a crime for a man to defend himself. We believe in nunishlng the guilty. Y/o believe every man should be made to respect the law. but we do not be lieve in punishing men beyond what they deserve. Son Cobb has been in the nenitentiarv longer than he de served already, but certainly he has been there long enough to be tamed by this time and he should be given bis freedom. We trust the efforts of Mr. Butler will prevail and that he may come back to aid and comfort his noor old father, who has sacri ficed all in his efforts to help his boy. We feel sure Son Cobb will be a bet ter man and that notwithstanding his unjust incarcaration he will profit by It. Under ordinary conditions Son Cobb would never have been cpnvict- ed. but at this term of court eight men were tried for murder and the situation had become serious. NOTI-8 AND COMMENT8. And its back to the simple life once more. • • • Dear old Southland; dear old South Carolina; dear old Cherokee; dear old Gaffney. We are happy to be here once more, for. after all. there’s no place like home. • • • Our Yankee cousins are a great "■‘ople. but thev have lost the art of smiling. That is. the mo»t of them have . We sometimes longed for a genuine smile and a heart-touchine hawhaw. such as onlv a true South erner knows. • * • _We advocate good roads, respect for the law, humanity to mankind, compulsory education, abolition of po litical demagogues, patronizing home industry, the development of our great resources, and all things that we believe will help humanity. • • * The county campaign will formally open at Pondfleld Thursday. It prom ises to be interesting. All we’ve got to aav is that we hope the people will pick out the very best material they have at ban i and select such officials as will reflect credit upon themselves and their constituents. • • • The grass grows Just as green in tb' South as In the North, but we have not acauired the habit of keep ing out the weeds; paint looks as well in Dixie as in New England, but we are not so lavish with It as the New Englander, hence we have not developed our natural resources as they have, but we are growing. What are you doing to beautify your home? • • • The Dravo Contracting Company are now at work on Broad river, mak ing preparation® to build the big dam for the generation of electricity. It will take about eighteen months or two years to complete this plant, but it means much for Gaffney nd Chero kee county. It will be a wonderful developer of our natural resources and it cannot but be helpful to the people of this community. « • • So long as babies are born Into the world so long will the world con tinue to advance, and so long as the world continues to advance, so long will real estate continue to advance In price. Now Is the time fQr the young people to buy real estate, ft will never be cheaper. If you haven’t the money take stock in the building and loan association and borrow the money. It will prove a good Invest ment. • • * We’ve got more confidence In Gaff ney and Cherokee than ever before in our lives. This country is in its infancy so far as development Is con cerned. Get In on the ground floor. Be a promoter, not a croaker. Make the world brighter and better for your having lived in it. Don’t sit idly all the day long, but do some thing. That’s what man was cre ated for and be who does not live up to his opportunities Is not getting out of life all that nis Creator intended for him to get out of it. * * • While the Old Man was absent on his excursion. Jim Bell essayed to handle the editorial department of this sheet. He was so mean and con temptible as to charge that we car ried our cigars with us because we had no credit abroad and needed the nickles to pay our hotel bill with. The truth is that we did carrv off a bunch of cigars which we won from Jim Bell, Claude Jefferies. Doc Allen and two or three other would-be sports who think they know how to play set back, but we had won so manv that we didn’t have room for them in our suit case so we had to leave some behind, and while we were absent Jim Bell either smoked them r- or carried them off with him. We presume he thought that was the only pay he was likelv to get for his at tempt to fill our Place—and we guess Jim was right, too. • • * We have just read Mr. N. G. Little john’s communication in last Friday’s Ledger. Mr. Littlejohn is a good man, but it occurs to us that he is needless ly alarmed. If the R. F. D. carriers sell money orders to their patrons to be sent to liquor houses there is no way on earth to prevent it. But may we ask why Mr. Littlejohn has not made this complaint sooner? Any how. Mr. Littlejohn, it is your duty as a good citizen to report any viola tions of the law that may come under your knowledge to the proper officers. It does no good to air these matters in the papers. Report them to the proper officials and see to it that those who would violate the law are punished. We have just inquired of Mr. W. Sam Lipscomb as to the con dition of affairs in that section and Mr. Lipscomb informs us that he has heard of no drunkenness or rowdy ism among either the whites or the blacks. If Mr. Littlejohn does not care to swear out warrants against offenders of the law and will furnish T^ Ledger with the names of the offenders we will see to it that action is brought against them. The only we can enforce the law is to pros ecute the violators thereof. Mr. Wilson to Leave. Messrs. J. W. and J. H. Walters, who have for several years been the popular front chair men in the Wal ters Bros, barber shop, have resigned their places since the shop went into the hands of the new management and will quit their work as soon as they can be relieved. Mr. C. C. Wil son. of Gaffney, who comes with a good reputation as an experienced barber, will take one of the chairs and the other will be supplied at the earliest possible date. The Messrs. Walters have not decided yet what they will do. but it is not likelv thev win be in the barber business in Gas tonia. The many patrons of these two clever men will hate to see them quit the trade; for wherever known they have given the best of satisfact ion and have acquired no little okill in their profession. The lovers of a eood shave have t^e consolation that the remainder of the present force will remain in the shop and that the best men in the business will be pro duced for the vacant chairs.—Gasto nia News. Fell from Merry-Go-Round. A young lady residing in the su burbs of the city near Limestone mills was the central one figuring in an ac cident on Saturday afternoon that, while fortunately the consequences are slight, narrowly averted being a serious affair. This young lady attempted to leave the merry-go-round while It was in motion and fell to the ground. A Ledger man. making inquiry of one of the managers of this popular at traction as to the condition of the young lady, was informed that she escaped unscathed. She was badly frightened and wa» sent to her home by the maagement of the merry-go- round. THE KOUJRTH SEKIES OH 'THE CHEROKEE BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION i OFJSre® A.TJOTJST 4th 1906. If you are not a stockholder you should be. If you are a stockholder, take more stock. There are men ,in Gaffney who are saving money through the Building and Loan Association who never saved money before. It is a safe and sane investment. It beats the savings bank because it pays a bigger interest. It’s cheaper to borrow money through the Building and Loan because you receive a part of the profits. In other words, you oay yourself interest. See any of the directors or officers for information. W. HARRY GOODING, Treasurer. DR. C. A. JEFFERIES, President. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. J. F. Jamerson and daughter, Miss Ila Jamerson, of Timber Ridge, and Miss Ola Cranford, of Lockhart, were in the city Saturday and called on The Ledger while here. We are always glad to have our friends come In to see. us. Joe Humphries, of lower Cherokee, called in to pay The Ledger a visit while In town Friday. Joe says through his hard efforts he now has a fine looking crop. J. N. Lipscomb was a visitor to Snartanburg Friday. W. Sam Lipscomb was a Spartan burg visitor Friday. Mrs. W. C. Carpenter and Misses jucy Carpenter, Hattie Wylie and Freeman Garrett have returned from a trip to Charleston. Isle of Palms and other places. C. A. Wood was a Spartanburg visi tor Thursday. Lean Tolleson. of Spartanburg, was In the city Saturday. Miss Lula Garrett Is visiting friends and relatives In Spartanburg. Miss Garrett will also visit Asheville before her return to the city. Earl Carpenter returned Friday :’rom a vasit to Cowpens. Mrs. J. B. Bell, accompanied by two children. Watson and Nan Bell, are suending some time with relatives n York county. S. R. Suber was a Spartanburg visi tor Friday. E. P. Macoms^n was a visitor to Gaffney Saturday. Harvey Thackston, of The Ledger, snent Sunday with relatives in Spar tanburg. Mrs. Ed. McArthur, of Clinton, Is the guest of relatives in the city. T. D. Hughey, of Wilkinsvllle, was in town shaking hands with his many •friends Saturday. Mrs. Lea Martin and daughter, of the battleground settlement, were in town shopping Friday. Gill Hames, of Grindal Shoals, was n town this week. Wash McKowb, -of Wilkinsivlllei, w,as in town Saturday shaking hands with his friends. Julius Hammett, of A*rarait, was In town Saturday. Boss Atkins, qff Birmingham, Ala., is In town visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jones Atkins. Miss Louise Sarratt has gone to Bolling Springs to spend a few weeks. Miss Louise Bonner is in town visiting relatives and friends. - Miss Nell Guyton, of Blacksburg, was In town Saturday. Mrs. J. Meek Smith and daughter, Claudie, and Miss Alie Ross, arc spending some time at Piedmont Springs. J. C. Jefferies spent Friday in Spar tanburg. Miss Robbie Miller, of Rock Hill, is the charming guest of her sister, Mrs. W. C. McArthur, on Victoria avenue. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hames spent Sunday at Piedmont Springs. Furman Moore, of Greenville, is in the cltv this week visiting his father- in-law’. W. A. Peeler. W. Sam Lipscomb, of Asbury. was in tbe cltv yesterday. R. M. Wilkins attended service at Elbethel Sunday. D. M. Clary attended service at Grissy Pond Sunday. J. P. Smith and Z. A. Robertson w^re Macedonia visitors Sunday. Ed. Durham, of Union, was In town v^sterdsv with a motor blcycye. which was a thing of interest to many in the city. To Furnish Weather Reports. A departure by the Piedmont Tele- ohnne Company that will prove quite m innovation is tbe facilities they are providing for the dally weather forecasts to he communicated each day to Its rural patrons, they not hav ing access to the postoffice and daily newspaper reports as readily as those in cities. Different exchanges of the companies will deliver the reports dally to the patrons In the surround ing country. Manager R. B. Babington proposes t- make this service as perfect as oossible. The way in which the news will be transmitted is announced as follows: It will be delivered over the party lines to all the patrons at once. The call signal will consist of eight or ten rapid rings, as if the house was afire. This means to take down your receiver and listen, and central will do the rest. If you fall to get it Just ask your neighbor; do not ask central, she Is too busy to •'ve the weather forecast to each one separately. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION- State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee. By J. E. Webster, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Dr. J. G. Black, petitioner, has made suit to me. to grant N. W. Hardin, Esq.. Letters of Administra tion com testamento annexe of the estate and effects of Mrs. Jane Black, deceased. These are thei^fore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. Jane Black, deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, In the Court of Pro bate. to be held at Cherokee Court House. Gaffney, S. C., on Monday, August 6th, next after publication thereof, at eleven o’clock in the fore noon. to show cause. If any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 20th day of July. Anno Domini. 1906. J. E. Webster, (L. S.) Probate Judge. Pub. in Gaffney Ledger July 24th 31 st. 1906. WOFFORD COLLEGE. Henry N. Snyder. LL. D., Prest. Two degrees. A. B. and A. M. Four courses leading to the A. B. degree. Nine professors. Library and librarian. The W. E. Burnett gymnasium under a compe tent director. J. B. Cleveland science hall. Athletic grounds. Course of lectures by the ablest men on the plat form. Next session begins Seut. 19. Board from $12 to $16 a month. For catalogue or other information, ad dress J. A. GAMEWELL, Secretary, Spartanburg, 3. C. WOFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL. Three new brick buildings. Steam heat and electric lights. Head master, three teachers and matron live in the buildings. Individual attention to each student Situated on the Wofford campus. Students take a regular course In the college gymnasium, and have ac cess to the college library. $125 pays for board, tuition and all fees. Next session begins September 19th. For catalogue, etc., address A. MASON DuPRE, Head Master, Spartanburg, 8. C. NOTICE. To Whom it May Concern: I hereby give notice that I am not and will noL be responsible for any debts or contracts made by L. U. Campbell, nor by him trading as Campbell & Bates, nor aa L. U. Camp bell & J. C. Bates, nor In any other name or style whatsoever. (Signed) J. C. Bates. Dated, July 5th, 1906. t. a. w. Aug 3. NOTICE. To Whom It May Concern: If there are any contracts or bills outstanding against Campbell k Bates fcomoosed of L. U. Campbell and J. C. Bates) or as L. U. Campbell and J. C. Bates, same will be promptly set- tl-1 on presentation to the under signed. L. U. Campbell. BIDS WANTED. Sealed bids will be received at the office of J. L. Walker, county super intendent of education, until 3 o’clock P. M. on Saturday. August 4th. for the erection of a school house in school district No. 12, bnown as Pleasant Grove school, building to consist of two rooms, 20x36 and 20x30. Trustees reserve right to re ject ?»ny and all bids. W. J. Daniel. W. A. Haas. D. L. Allison. Trustees. Jul" 23-27-30; Aug. 8. NOTICE. Al] parties having claims against tbe estate of J. L. Spake, deceased, will present same, after having been properly proven, to me for settlement All persons owing the above estate win please call and make settlement with me. and thus avoid litigation. W. Lawson Spake. July 31-lt a w-4w. We are after you! Everybody should eat White Satin Flour at $2.60. 4 THE Stcre, Watch This Column. One house in line condition. $700 cakh, $1,200 In one and two years at 6 per cent Seveiml fln« pieces of property to be put on block In July Twenty-eeven acres of line land In town for a song. If you would like to have a fine In vestment In a plantation come and see me, 500 ac ca, some good timber and In good shape. Must be sold even If It does not bring but $3,009. 260 acres of pretty land at $10 per acre, lies fine. Town lots of all shapes and de scriptions. Over 200. Houses galore, and 20,000 acres of Isad. 50 acres of land, lies well. '6 miles from town. $11.00 per acre. 55 acres, fairly good house, barns, etc., very cheap, 6 miles out. 53 acres, orchard, house, etc., lies very well, cheap. 4 room house, good shape, in Gaff ney; price $475. 6 room house, good surroundings, nice yard and conveniences; pries $1,260.00, one-third cash. The Gibbs Brick store room, 5- room house, and vacant lot $0x200 In west end, $1,800. Buy the house you live In for the rent you are paying. Representative of Sun Fire Insur- ranee Co., The American Surety Go., The Standard Trust Co., who lead money at 6 per cent to buy and build homes with ten and half years to pay ft back If you want. R. Latta Parish. FOR SALE CHEAP! l^Two hundred Type writers taken in part payment for Olivers. Remingtons, Smiths, Underwoods, and a^l 1 other makes. Write for prices. :: : ;: ;: J. E. Crayton & Co. Charlotte, N. C. July3o-pd Tbe Builders Supply Co. Successors to L. Baker, Will furnish your Building Material rf the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. 1 leart pine Shingles and Laths, Goar anteed Pure White Lead and Zinc, and Pure Linseed Oil. Nothing better u> paint your house with and costs ess than mixed paints. When In need >f anything in the bnlldlng line, call and see us; we’ll treat you oour- eously and make your estimates for nothing. tv. Baker*, MANAGER. 1785 1906 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. Charleston. 8. C. 121st year begins September 28. Letters. Science, Engineering. One scholarship, giving free tuition, to each county of South Carolina. Tui tion $40. Board and furnished room In Dormitory $11 a month. AH candi dates for admission are permitted to compete for vacant Boyce scholar ships. which pay $100 a year. For Catalogue, address Harrison Randolph, President. July 10 to Aug. 17.-pd. $63.00—$81.00 Pays board, tuition and room rent at Piedmont High School for entire session of 9 months. 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