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' ' ” ■ ■■■ *^'77*; ^ THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any New«paper In th« Fifth CongpoMlonal District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WB GUAR ANTES THB RELIABILITY of Evory Advortloor Who Um« tho Column* of Thl* Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newapaper In All that tho Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1906 THE "010 MIN" ON HIS POESS TRIP. HAS A FINE TIME WITH THE BOYS AT ISLE OF PALMS. Then Skips Out for the East and Sees Many Wonderful Sights in Yankeedom. On Monday, July 16th. with a bor rowed suit case narked with shirts ami other thine*, we boarded the Southern enroute to the Isle of Palms to attend the annual meeting of the South Carolina State Press Associa tion. On the train were several Gan- nevites. among them Chief of Police Thomas Lockhart, Mr. W. N Turner. Mrs. W. C. Carpenter. Miss Lucy Car penter. Miss Freeman Garrett and Miss liattie Wylie. Mr. Lockhart was £oin£ to Columbia after a thief. Mr. Turner w-as going to Carlisle, while the ladies were going to the seashore. We stormed over in Columbia to see the Macon team trounce Granville's Gamecocks, and that night went on to Charleston, arriving there Tuesday, morning. We immediately took a boat for the Isle of Palms. Already quite a number of the brethren and "sistern” of the press had preceeled us. We were perfectly at home, how ever. and began to f amiliarize ourself with faces and the surroundings. We are not g oing to inllic* our read ers with a detail of the proceedings of the press association, suffice it to say that it was the largest and best neeting of the association in the p*st twelve vears. The w leome extended the press was of such a nature as to make us regret the arrival of the hour for departure. The local committee surpassed itself in attention. Major Hemphill, of the News and Courier. Billy Ball, of the same paper. Mr. Waritie. of the Evening Post, and Phil jf- Gadsden, of the street railway com pany, deserve and have the thanks of the entire press association for their v kindly attention. Wednesday a sail was taken around the harbor and in the evening the as- - sociation was entertained at the Scheutzenplatz by the National Scheutzen Bund. The reception was all that could be desired. General .1. L. Stoppelbein. an ex-newspaper man. was chairman of the committee, and he and his able assistants left nothing undone to make the occasion a mem- orable one. An excellent baud dis coursed music while the ladies and gentleman practiced at target shoot ing. danc >d and partook of refresh ments—generally German refresh ments. Say. those Germans are a whole souled set. and they know how to make one enjoy himself. The visit L to the navy yard was a revelation to 9 the up-country pencil pushers. Thursday was a business dav with the association, at which meeting a number of excellent papers on news paper making were read and gener ally commented on. Thursday even ing Measrs. Byrns it Hid dock, proprie tors of the Seashore hotel, where the members of the press were stopping, tendered a reception which was idea! in its inception and aerfect in us consummation. It was at this reception that Major Hemphill ’-resented, on behalf of the association, a beautiful watch fob to Charley Langston, who has filled the office of secretary of the association so faithfully for the past twelve years, hu* who has been compelled to -ive up newspaper work on account of his health. Friday morning the association held its final meeting and at noon j the members began to disburse, some going to their homes, wiii'e a party of about thirty boarded a Seaboard train in the afternoon for Norfolk. Aft^r an all night ride we landed in Norfolk. We were met at the depot bv Messrs. Sittop and Sexton, repre senting the Jamestown Exposition Commission, and were conducted to the Montlcello hotel, wh *re breakfast was ae/vfcd. At the conclusion of breakfast we were escorted to a trol ley car and taken to the exposition grounds, where rimages w*re pro vided ami the jiartv driven over the grounds. We want to say right here that this exposition is going to he one of the most complete shows ever giv. n and no Southern man or woman who can possible afford toe tltn'» and iy, iev should fail to attend. The at tention shown the association by Messrs. Keeley. Sit ton and Sexton, and their assistants, was splendid and will long be rem -mbered. After inspecting the grounds the partv was taken to the famous Bine Beach ho tel. where dinner lor. as they say uo there, luncheon) was served. Hire a number of toasts were responded to and we are authority for the state ment that if the Jamestown Exposi- tkm should prove a failure (a very unlikely thing, indeed) it will not he the fault of the exposition commis sion or the South Carolina Press As sociation In the afternoon we were taken back to Norfolk and put on board the ship for Providence. Ft. I. When we say put on hoard we mean it. for in the meantime' we had visit- e-* the Norfolk branch of the An- heauserBusch brewerv and some of the editors needed to be put on board As a matter of fact none of them were from the dry counties of South Carolina. We were on the briny deep Saturday night. Sunday and Sunday night, ar riving in Providence Monday morn ing. We chartered a street car and in company with two Providence newspaper men and an attachee of the Merchants and Miners Steamship Co., made a tour of the capital of Hhode Island. The principal sight of inter est wb' the State house, which is not unlike that of South Carolina. After a two-hour ride about the city we boarded an electric car for New- oort, the summer home of the “Four Hundred.” In going from Providence to New- nort it is necessary to cross the Prov idence river. They charge five cents to cross on the ferrv boat, hut you do not have to buy tickets before you •w on the ooat. While the cantain was selling tickets on one end of th° boat some, thinking that the captain was taking up fares and laboring un der the delusion that it would be easy to beat the ferryman, suggested to Rut. McGhee that they Just pass over to the other side ami thus elude the collector. This w as done. But Mr. Yankee was not to he caught that way. for lo and behold, when the op posite side of the river was reached it was found to be somewhat on the order of a church fair—thev charged nothing to get in but you had to pay t- get out. for there stood a man at the turnstile to take up the tickets. It would have done you good to have heard the gentleman from Cherokee calling on the gentleman from Green wood to cal] on the captain and get a couple of tickets. We weren’t as smart a we thought we were. After a twelve mile ride over .a beautiful country on the troll?? car wc? arrived in Newport. On the wav over one of our* party enquired about a restau- rtnt at which to get dinner. We have no means of knowing, hut we suspect that the gentleman to whom the en quiry was made knew we were Southerners and purposely perpe trated this little joke on us. We wer * directed to go to Allen’s restau rant. Without hesitation we went to Allen's. We noticed that the wait ers were all colored men. but that was no strange sight to us. except that it is uncommon to see a darkey acting as waiter in the North. Most of the waiters are wiiitp people. We called for dinner and were served in good style and with politeness. When we went to settle the writer noticed that the cashier was a darkev and that h- also acted as head waiter, and then we ask-ul: “Are you the proprie tor of this place?” He answered “Yes, sir.” We couldn’t hold in anv longer, so we blurted out: “Say. nigger, where did you come from?” From Norf Calina,” was the reply, and we couldn’t resist extending our hand and saying, “Shake; you are the first genuine American I’ve seen outside of our party in several days.” Of course that was extravagant, but it's a fact that in many instanc-s if you want to get an? information or want to understand what is being said in the North you must ask a darkev. There are so many foreigners who . cannot'speak English intelligently or I Plainly that it’s safer to approach the’ dark ?y. Well, this particular darkey •>vas as glad to see a man from the | South as he would have been to see i a brother, and he took no offense at | being addressed as a nigger by us. whereas if a Norther- man had so addressed him he would have felt ! insulted. We took hacks and drove over New port. This is the summer home of millionaires: the summer home of the Vanderbilts, the Asters, the Addlcks, the Fisks, the Morgans. Harrv L-hr, ind other celebrities. The lawns and residences are the most beautiful we -ver saw. Some of the houses cost as much as two million dollars and their owners only occupy them about sixty days in the year. Our guide had lived in Newport for years and took particular pleasure in naming the ' ouses and telling us some of the hist' of the owners, in the ?ven- ing we journeyed on to Boston. Boston is said to be “the Hnb of Universe” so f?r as learning and cul ture is concerned. The citv is rich in historical interest. While there Mr ('. G. Miller, a par- of .Milan Bennett, who Gaffne? last December, a young man of Pleas a musician by profes-J lucraMv • and re-| He lives with hi* Central depot by Col. John F. Hobbs, a former South Carolinian. Col. Hobbs is a man with a history that is very Interesting and some day we will endeavor to teU our readers of his wonderful experiences. Col. Hobbs escorted us to the Park Avenue hotel. After registering the president and the ’’Titer went to Col. Hobb’s home, on Forty-eighth street, where we met the Colonel’s amiable wife and charm ing little daughter. After an hour pleasantlv spent we returned to the hotel. Col. Hobbs accompanying us, gathered the other members of tha partv and started for Coney Island. Conev Island has the reputation of be ing the most noted pleasure snot on earth. It is an Immense show ground and thousands of people crowd its thoroughfares day and night during the season. There are all kinds of amusements to separate a gentleman from his cash. The illumination is perhaps the most extensive to he found anywhere on earth. We shot the shutes. rode in the air ship, took a trip to Venice, ate dog. drank- pink lemonade with a white can on it, and didn’t get hack to the city until one o’clock in the morning. Wednesday we went to the stock exchange and to the grain exchange and witnessed the operations of the brokers. We will not attempt, to de scribe them, They reminded us more of mad house inmates than anything else we can compare them to. Then we took in Chinatown, ate chon suey. chatted with the Mongolians, and walked on the Bowery, after wrich we returned to our hotel, left that afternoon, as Newberry Friday for The others departed three at a time, until hut John Rutledge McGhee, of Green wood. and The Ledger man. Thurs day we called on the advertising agen cies—both newspaper and out-door— ml attempted to do some business. Friday we came on down to Phila delphia. spent a few hours, and inci dentally a few simoleans. and then came on to Washington, where we spent Frida? night, starting for South Carolina Saturday morning. Me. switched off at Charlottsville. Va.. to see a pretty girl, while the Old Man journeyed on only to be held up for twelve hours on account of the wreck of a fruit train a few miles this side of Petersburg, arriving home at 2 o’clock Sunday instead of at 11:50 Saturday ni^ht. as was expected, hut none the less tired and happy to get back—home. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLF, MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. The president he was due in the camiKiign. one. two and none were left Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular Paopla and Short Itoma of that Section. Wllkinsville. Aug. 1.—We ?pent a nart of yesterday and dav before at Gaffney, w’here we met peonla from nearly every section of Cherokoe county, and they almost to a man spoke of having kad too much rain. Cotton and corn are both going too much to stalk for the amount of fruit they are making. We notice a great many stalks of corn have no sign of ears and the tassels are out and the stalks apparently well developed. Some say It is not too late for the shoot and silk to come yet and make an ear. candidates are grooming them selves for the race that is before them and b? the time this is i" print the fight win he on in all Its furw Of course every one of them exn ct to be elected and it is right for them to think so. Bridge McCollouch is get ting his nine-inch hoe -'■ady to go to thinning when the time comes. We heard another voter say he was g<>- ino- to use an eleven-inch hoe on the 28th of August. We failed to find Capt. .1. B. Bell, county chairman, who we went to town purposely to see. He was re- on business. It may in order to giye The editor time to cool two weeks’ debauch tim? have a good those cigars this million miles from the earth anH it takes its lightt about twenty-twin years to reach the ear*h. We do not refer to this mooted sub ject ac much to test the gullibility of our readers as to impress the lesson *he Psalmist teaches when he says: The elorv of the Lord The heavens disclose abroad: The firmament displays The handiwork of God; Day unto day declareth speech. And night unto ni~ht doth knowledge teach. Or follow th? immortal hymnist in his meditation: * orted to us off v he left town Ledger's irate down from his and at the same chance to smoke THREW LYE IN HIS FACE. Monroe we called on ticular friend was killed in Mr. Miller is in" address, sion. and holds a sponsible position. Negress Thus Greets Her Former Lover. Monroe. N. C.. Aug. 1.—The parents of that little negro hoy. Doc Mitchell, must have had a premonition of their son’s inclination toward surgery when they bestowed the name of Doc on him. Doc has just been up be fore Mayor Houston for illegal prac tice in I» rforming a surgical operation on the skull of another little darkey with an iron bar. The doctor is now out on bail awaiting the result of his patient’s injuries. When asked why he had. used such an old-fashioned in strument. he said. “Ah wasn’t going' ! to stan' for no nigger drivin’ at me | and makin’ mouths, as Ah done j clipped him." Monday night Vance Tomberlin ! '-olored. donned evening dress and i starle i out to call on Minnie Richard- j son. whom he supposed to be his ; friend. Minnie must have seen him i coming without any thought of tlmt line in Tennyson’s “Maud.” “He is i coming, my ow-n, my sweet!” for as | soon as Vance reached her door she cast - cupful of concentrated lye into ; his face. Minnie calls it "consecrat- j ed ’ lye. but that makes no material I difference, especially to poor Vance, who is pretty hadlv injured. Before j Magistrate Flow this morning Minnie i got a continuance, as her counsel is busv with other cases. She says she had good reason for her act. i BY GIANT FLYWHEEL. j mother ?t *>0 Temple street, where I j foum* him. His mother is a kindly I old iadv who Impressed us very much by h"” motherly attention to her boy and her genuine greeting to his guest. To Mr. Miller we are deeply indebted Awful Who Death of Camden Man Fell in a Flywheel. t'amden. July 31.—Hurled to death in a giant flywheel! That was the awful death of li. M. McCain, who has been in chirg* of the Camden for what we w-e , -« enabled to see of' Water. Light and Power company for Boston, and for some beautiful xouve- several years. Tae tragedy occurred nirs of that city. From what we saw early this morning at the temporary of Boston w- are inclined to the belief j plant of the company at the Soutii- that the city is a great dna) like New ern Cotton fill company's works near I York in Ps commercial spirit, etc. j this city. It will be remembei:*d tbit All in all we were pleased with The \ the plant of the power company was Hub and its people. j blown up a short time ago and Mr. President Anil was in a rush to get to New York, so rather than wait or lose one hour it was decide-) that we take the fast, train—known as millionaire's train—for which we had to pay-two dollars extra. Ah! but this is a train! No more tickets are sold than are seats for passengers, so j p?ught no on - has to stand up. We were at the i W< gliding along at a sixty mile an hour clip when the porter came in and in quired. “Sandwiches?” “What kind?” ' asked Mr. Aull. “Chicken and Caviar.” ! responded the porter. “What the | devil is Caviar?” we ashed. “Caviar is a kind of fish egg. boss.” “Well. I’ll take chicken. I know what that, is.” we replied, while the president, \ putting on a J. Pierpont Morgan air. said: “I’ll take Caviar.” You should i have seen the president’s face wdien | the Caviar arrived, ft was a piece ’ * ^uttered light bread with a sprink ling of My sp cks. more than anything j else. He took a bite, tasted it. wait ed a second, and then slowly but la j boriouslv mulched it. It one of tf-ose dishes that grow on a fellow and before it had been finished he was eating It with considerable rel- j ish. We arrived in New York about 3 j o’clock. We were met at the Grand McCain miraculously escaped time without a scratch. He had but one leg and wore an ti ie j a.'tiflcial limb and it is thought that diis morning, while oiling the ma chinery he slipped and fell between the spokes of the great, wheel, which him up and like lightning hurled his body against the sides of the wheelpit. He was horriblv man gled. Mr. McCain was a young man and leav a wife ami three children. He was a native of Camden and was very popular here. Galveston’s Sea Wan makes life now as safe in that’ city as on the highest uplands. E. W. Goodloe, who resides on Dutton St., in Waco. Tex., needs no sea wall for safety. He writes: “I have used Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consump tion the past five Vears and it keeps me well and safe. Before that time I had a cough which for years had been "rowing worse. Now It’s gone.” Cures chronic Coughs, f.a Grippe, Croup and Whooping Cough and pre vents Pneumonia. Pleasant to take. Every bottle guaranteed at Cherokee Dp*" Co’s drug store. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. knight of the quill is grieving over, so much. From the amount of barbecues we see advertised, and those we hear spoken of, it's time the candidates were making this petition: “Deliver us from our friends.” The average mind can’t disassociate a barbecue and a rough crowd. The two almost always go together. We were in hopes that the people of Cherokee county would take the matter in hand and see that at each speaking place a neighborhood picnic would be gotten up and the candidates made as »leas- tnd and free from annoyance as pos sible It looks like, at this stage of the game, our wish was a forlorn hope. Mr. and Mrs. William G. Fowler and children spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Estes. Mrs. Sam J. Strain is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. McCul lough. in the fork of Pacolet and Broad rivers. On our return from Gaffney yester day wc — quite a number of peo ple going to town. They had almost all kind of country produce, from bales of cotton to watermelons eggs, butter and chickens, taking them to market. The family of J. Wesley McKown have erected a fine monument to him and their mother, at the “Grann? Mc- Knwn” graveyard. It cost one hun dred and forte dollars. Mrs. McKown was formerly Miss Sophronia Smith, one among the most beautiful and popular young ladies of the land in h«-r youth. Yet there were many oth ers with whom w.< were acquainted. The monument is .a worthy token of love and respect from the children to their parents. Much has been 8'>'d and written about “dog days, and nearly every- u >dv has a theory of their own This not *d period has not received much attention from writers of astronomy •ind astrology, and this is the reason lor so many diverse opinions. We don’t know enough about it to lay down any proof of whit we thinb, ' i nor do wp propose to antagonize the I ! opinions of those whose memory dates I | back U) the tim.* when Draytonville 1 mountain was a little hole in the ! j ground. The dog star (Sirius) he- i j longs to the constellation of Uanis ! j Major and is the brightest star in! the heavens. It is one of the first named stars and is supposed by some to he nearer the earth than an? of the fixed stars. The ancient Egyp tians were among the first to note I this star and its influence on terres trial affairs. Thev called It Sosthis, and its heblcal rising was ^ sure forerunner of the rising of the Nile. The Romans considered it a star of evil of omen, whose appearance aboye the horizon coincided with and caused the unhealthy and oppressive heat of summer. Hence the origin of the va- rioits superstition regarding dog days. We can’t say that we are absolutely correct, but it is certain that the I fortv days that this star is hid by liv ing in close connection with the sun. | is the period we call dog days. If ! any one with a strong telescope will watch the eastern sky just after the i 22n i of August they will see this star rise, and each morning it will beam j brighter and brighter, as it gets far- i ther and farther away from the sun, until the first of January, when it will 1 go down just at daylight. This is ! the proof that the Egyptian* were ' correct in the tlni" they claimed the dog days actual!? began. Whatever | effect the proximity of this stir with 1 the sun has upon our earth it could not possibly r ach the earth for sev-1 era! days, which will justify the cor- ! rectP'-Bs that dog days don’t begin j until the last days of the month—say the 25th to 28th. as most people claim. It is calculaed that Sirius (or the dog star) is one hundred and thirty Night unto nicht His name repeats. Each day renews the sound: Wide as the heavens on which He sits To turn the seasons round. W e spent some time last Monday with Mr. Floyd Baker, of The Ledger office, who took much pains to tell and show us the workings of the lin otype machine, of which he is an expert operator. It does the work of from four to eight hands In the old type setting business. The boys in The Ledger office always treat us with the utmost courtesy, while every now and then we have to have .a wool pull ing with tiie editor to keep him s'raiyht. Taken as a whole there is no cleverer set of boys to be found anywhere than in The ledger office. Both of the banks of Gaffney are peo pled with the same stripe of human ity. always courteous and polite to both rich and poor who deserve it. Thev are .always ready and willing to give any information within their keeping. Either of these banks Is : worthy of the resp"?! and confidence of the people and they manage fully ninety per cent, of the business of i the county. The bonds of their offi cers (to say nothing of their honesty) ! coupled with their burglar and fire proof safes make any monev or other valuables committed to th*-ir care ab solutely safe. The tini-* for sewing up bills in be picks or hiding money unde'' hearth rocks or in auger holes I i” posts is pist in this country if ' people' who have it will o”'" appre ciate this convenience. Hon. C. W. Whisonant is now in I Columbia looking after the int rest of the WilkinsviUe oil mill company of which he is the official head. Cal- is a hustler. Last night we had another rain. Farmers are getting somewhat un having. or •1.00 A YEAR. THE DISPENSARY IN CHEROKEE. Mr. G. W. Chalk Thinks Mr. Little john is Mistaken. Ravenna. Julv 28th. Editor ledger:—Under the caption, “The Dispensary in Cherokee.” my attention was called to a communica tion by Mr. N. G. Littlejohn, a man noted for his temperate habits, and I feel satisfied that no truthful man can say that he ever saw’ one of his fathers family indulge in intoxicants, and to the contrary they always kept aloof from drunkards, consequently I have been asked to reply to a mis take w e think he has made. First, as regards the R. F. D. carrier. He evidently does not mean to accuse the carrier” of aiding or being the instrument for ordering the whiskey, n r practlce would displace any K F - D. carrier. Second. “The be lief that far more whiskey i s drunk now than when w e had the dispen sary.” I think in this belief he is again mistaken, and I feel sure that Mr. Littlejohn will modify some of his article, because we all know he is a man that would not knowingly make a mistatement. At Paeolet. no doubt he saw “forty- eight packages of liquor put off one night, for Paeolet is a considerable distributing point for liquor and has been for years. I was astonished myself when I called for a package of printed mat ter sent by express, to see the little office containing jugs from Asheville and Salisbury, to parties I did not think drank whiskey, hut remember the population in and around Paeolet, including mills, win number “'•obablv five thousand. I have been informed that the express agents receive com missions from the whiskey houses, but I know while the dispensary was booming at Spartanbur-' I saw much "reater display of bottles, demijohns and jugs coming tp Paeolet. not only on the cars but in buggies, carriages, wagons, bicycles, hordes and foot man. k<*pt the country fn an uproar from Frida/ night to Sunday morning. I nliko Mr. Littlejohn, 1 advocated the dispensary a* the best solution of the liquor traffic, but only recent ly I have been thoroughly convinced that nearly all the “blind tigers” were supplied from the dispensaries and I find those same "tigers” now are annoying the surroundings by shooting guns and Pistols along the highways. especially on Saturday night until Sunday morning, amt I ex pect for this state of affairs to exist easy about the effect it is having, or j until after the election. For the poli will have, on th.-ir crons. (O' of some is to rule or ruin. I an Mr. Sam Lee is working the road as | sure Mr. Littlejohn will agree w'^ t he gets a chance bet'”«en shywers. ■ m e concerning "the nigger in We would be glad to see soum of the ' wood pile.” The nigger is fC joicin holes between here and Giffpev filled | hi the f-'ct t r :at he is not rf ei»arate up Thev are sufficie:. ’ b id to stall teams or break loml ~oes and buggies. Superviso: i is. no doubt doing what r « : ’ h thi means at his comrr. > e n in order. W (; spent Monday ni^nt with Dr. M. W. Smith at Gaffney. The Ledger report of the political meeting at the Globe Mill last Satur day night shows that Mr. Brian Bell is an expert pencil pusher. He ex- pects to he at most if not all of the meetings, and our readers will get a full synopsis of the pro'*' 4 «»'Mn°' Brian is a bright young man with good blood in his veins, and will make his mark some day. He descended j from some of the best and brainiest A North families of York county. He has a I bright future before him in the fiHd of journalism and we will be disap pointed if he doesn’t fill 't with signal ability. The nigger is that he is not from “the w<ol hat boys” j n Senate Tillman's South Caroli; ja dpa|n sho| Some colored base 0all chapg we , starting into the white folks waitin room at the -^opot in Spflrtanbun wh.-n <l'i a policeman pointed oi ti.eir Place. Suddenly the b>ad< turned and said: “Come on fellow and I will take you to the disnensar where the nigger stands as well i the whites. All dqy wants is d money,” and to it they went, to ass< ciate with “the w~^i hat boys." Respectfully. G. W. Chalk. SAVES HIS NECK. Carolina Man’s Sentence Death Commuted. Columbia. Julv 28.—Governor Ht ward yesterday commuted to life ii prisonment the sentence of B< Smalls, of North Carolina, who w Mr. Jeff Hughes. Jr. is on the sick-1 under sentence of deatn in Sou list though we are glad to sav he Carolina. Smalls was sentenced C bad off y^t. • be hanged in May of list year, b Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Black were in ! an appeal was taken to th-* supren this neighborhood yesterday. court A new t.ial could not be n M.r. Sam Strain Is training his pu- ; taineq and the case then came up Pils for children’s day exercises I has able and competent assistants who will see that everything Is done ‘ t mak - it a success, and w« trus* it ! will come up to our highest expeeta- Hons. Come down Mr. Editor, and see how things progress’ at Salem on (the 17th inst. J. I,, g. WANT NO MORE DISPENSARY. Business Men Have Had Better Busl ness Since It Wag Closed. Pickens. July 31.—A paper morning was circulated among business men of this place asking the following questions: Has your business diminished since the closing of the dispensary? Do you desire dispensarl s to he reonened in the town of Pickens? To both questions the answers were no. exceot one nun. who answered yes to both questions. He [ Governor Heyward. Bob .Smalls and John Noll we iwo vagabond w'hite men. working a saw mill in Darlington conn They killed a hard-working nog named Frank Scott, on th * fith March. 1905. Scott had shot a d belonging to a Mr. Harper, for wh< the white men worked. Scott w stopped on the public highway these two young w.iito men ind w shot down wit.iont provocation. Th perhaps acted more in a spirit l bravado than with intent to rnunh this; for th,? wound was in Frank Scot the i thigh and his death was causoj an artery being severed. No Straddlers Wanted. The following, signed bv a number of voters of this county, "’as hinded us with the request tha* it be pub lished in The Ledger: Gaffney. S. C.. Aug. 1. 19of>. We. the citizens of Ch rokee conn- t. . insist iipjn and demand of the can didates for the senate and house of the legislature to declare their posi tion o- the liquor question. We don’t want to vote for anv fence straddler. A Mysterv Solved. “How to keep off periodic attacks of biliousness and habitual constipa tion was a mysterv that Dr. King’s New Life Pills solved for me,” writes John N. Pleasant, of Magnolia. Ind. The onlv pills that are guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction to everybody or money refunded. Only 25c at Cherokee Co.’s drug store. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES Itching, Blind, Bleeding. Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorized to re fund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure la 6 to 14 days. Me. Picnic at Gaston Shoals. There will he a basket picnic Gaetop Shoals on Thursday. Augi the 9th. to which all are corJIi invited to attend. Arrangements £ being made to have music, and he ; also to have some speaking. All t ! candidates for county offices are c dially invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. W 1). Gaston. S and Mrs. C. L. Hopper. Mr. and M J. D. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. S. Moss. Mr and Mrs. G. It. Wylie .> and Mrs. A G. Mlntz. Mr. and Mrs E. Mint/.. Mr. and Mrs. It H Port Misses Eula Wylie. Ada Webber. 1 fie Wylie, Leila Porter and I>ora Gi ton. Messrs. Charley Mlntz. Jo j M. Porter. Broadus Mo-s. Mangr Gaston, and J. Claud Webster, co ! mlttec. The End of the World of troubles that robbed E H. Wo; of Bear Grove. la . of all usef iln* came when ae began taking Elect Bitters. He w’rites: "Two years z Kidney trouble caus'd me great si ering. which I would never have s v’ved had I not taken Electric f ters. They also cured me of Gene Debility.” Sure cure for all SUi ach. Liver and Kidney co.mnlain Blood diseases. Headache. Dizzinc and Weakness or bodily declii Price 50c. Guaranteed by Cherok Drug Co.’s drug store.