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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, d. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, J. Brian Bell, News Editor. The Leilfer la 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 get mad. Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Renumber, ’tis our aim to please, Rut error* are like peskv' fleas— 'Aliev will creep in in spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the dare. —Original. ANOTHER BRIDGE. Several weeks ago a couple of peti tions were being circulated asking the county commissioners to erect a bridge across Broad river at or near Gaston Shoals. It is to be hoped that the county commissioners will give ear to this petition. The erection of a brides at this point will mean a great deal for Gaffney, and since Gaffnev pays a large per cent of the taxes of the county it is only just and proper that the authorities make any j move forward that would benefit Gaff ney, especially when such a move will prove a benefit to anv other section of the county. The Ledger is not so sel fish as to clamor for improvements which will benefit Gaffney alone. We believe in the upbuilding of the en tire county and will advocate any improvement for any section of the county, regardless of whether it will be a direct benefit to Gaffney or not. Anything that benefits any part of the countv will ultimately be of bene fit to Gaffney, for this is the hub and all things must lead to or radiate from Gaffney. As matters now stand people resid ing in the Buffalo neighborhood are put to considerable inconvenience to reach Gaffney. They must either cross the ferry or travel several miles out of the way to the Blacksburg- Gaffney bridge. What we need is bet ter transportation facilities and we must have them sooner or later. This county is growing like a tropical plant and all we have to do is to en courage matters and the first tiling we know we will have a county that will surpass all others in the State. Already we are far ahead of many of the old counties and if we lag behind w’e have no one to blame but our selves. for we possess the natural ad vantages and it only remains to de velop them. One w?ay to develop natural advantages is to build good roads and to bridge our streams. We understand that it will not lie necessary to have a bill passed to al low the Gaston Shoals bridge to be built, as the bill under which the Blacksburg Gaffney bridge was erect ed was intended for Gaston Shoals and so reads, but authorities saw fit to eroct the bridge a* the former place. We have no quarrel with them far ti) t. We aporov-d the erection bridge and w tick to it. It oj t was a good piece of work. What wo want is a bridge at Gaston Shoals, another in the lower part of the county, and still another at Cherokee Kails. We are informed that these bridges cost about $0,000 or $7,000 each. It is not extravagant for this county to have four or five bridges at a cost of $25,000 to $35,000. It will be a good investment. Every bridge erected enhances the value of farm lands in that neighborhood, and after all. those living in that section finally pay the bills. We do not belike in extrav agance but our county affairs should be conducted on a broad and progress ive policy, it mean- that we will grow and that verybody will be ben- efltted by the growth. Let us have the Gaston Shoals bridge, Messrs. Commissioners, and then let us adopt some sane and sen sible method of permanently improv ing our roads. Get out of the rut. We are not finding fault. We are simply endeavoring to urge you to greater deeds, to try to inspire you with a zeal lor the upbuilding of your county. In your hands rest our des tiny as a county and we look to you to push the countv onward, assuring you that we will applaud your everv progressive step. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Th.- county campaign opened at Pondfleld yesterday. Notwithstand ing the threatening weather the meet ing was a successful one. • * » In 1900 the assessed value of pro perty in South Carolina was $170,422,- 288. In 1905, five years later, the as sessed valuation of property in this .State was $220,224,505, an increase <t/ $43,802,277, or nearly ten million dol lars a year. This is growing at a rapid rate, and yet we are In our infancv so far as development is con cerned. • • • If the Cherokee News will name the candidate who discovered his mis take wg will return the money, pro vided the gentleman think's - * have not rendered value received for it. We want no man’s money unless we can deliver the goods. We are not fakirs. We publish a $2.00 paner at $1.00 a year and guarantee the relia bility of each and every advertiser, whether he be a candidate, a mer chant or a patent medicine vender. • * • The editor of the esteemed l^ancas- ter News seems to be mighty inter ested in trying to find out what a “peek-a-boo” waist is. Fie upou thee, Brother Conner! Better curb that curiosity. It might lead you into trouble Or, if it gets the best of you. take a trip to Wrightsville Beach and have your curiosity satisfied.— Rock Hill Record. Now, what do you think of a South Carolina editor advising people to go to Wrightsville? This one didn't at tend the press meeting at the Isle of Palms or he would know better. • * • Senator THIman is raising a row about the alle»red distribution of a fan to members of the State Press Association in Charleston a couple of weeks ago. It is said that on the fan was a picture of Pitchfork Till man and Blind Tiger Chlcco. side by side, and the Senator is mad ver" rrad. alxnit it. We were present but never got a glimpse of one of those ' c utiful fans and never beard of it until last Friday. We don’t believe anv such hot air coolers were dis- tributed. In fact we believe it is ail hot air. • • • During our absence one of the at- tachees of the office clipped an article from the Columbia State which was headed "The Travels of a Lie—A Halt.” The article was a scathing arraignment of the Spartanburg Jour nal. While we do not agree with the Journal In its assertion that items in the news columns are the opinions of the editor, still had we been at home we would not have clipped The State’s article for the simple reason that it was no quarrel of ours. We regret this unpleasantness between th > brethren and would rather that they dwell together in unity. They ni.iv not thank, us for this friendly ad vice. but more good can be accomp lished for the common weal bv either co-operation or respectful silence than bv nagging. • * • Senator Tillman has succeeded in bis efforts to bring down upon bis head the condemnation of a Large part of the press of the State. The truth is that Mr. Tillme- in the heat of debate makes some very rash statements and when he sees his words in cold type they don’t look as pretty as they sbund and he is kept busy denying what he said at this place and that place. Then again he arrogates to himself all the truth, honesty and brains in the State, whereas be is reckless with the ti-iT’’,. ('cbtful in his honesty and iim-atioi^ble in his ability. He fights (?) graft in Washington and rides on free passes outside South Carolina, and pockets the milage, but in South Carolina he fights th^ graft- ei exposer and upholds tin; grafters, and the graft-lireedlng system of hand ling whiske . He is the most ex travagant talker that ever mounted the stump and withal the most incon sistent man we ever knew. He pos sesses talent, of a theatrical nature and its a pity indeed that he could not turn his talents toward the up building of mankind rather than the downpulling. • • • There is no safer investment nor no surer way for a wage-earner to save money than to take stock in a good building and loan association. Gaffney has such an association, of ficered by young and progressive business men who are laboring for the upbuilding of their community. A new series opens tomorrow and every wage-earner, both white and black, should take some stock. It makes no difference how little stock you take. It is not necessarv to bur den yourself but you owe it to your self. your family and your country to try to save something. We h^ve in mind one young man who eighteen months ago took five s'.arcs of stack. His salary s .i'll, but eve;”. ,v: »k he has put by $1.25 and now he lias about $100 saved ’nat he otherwise would have thrown away. He hardly miss d the money and really does not quite realize that lie uas saved so much. Others have bought homes and are now property owners and taxpayers. Van will never be the man you ought to be until you begin to accumulate som thing. Don’t as an excuse. No »our salary you ilng. If you don’t ile your salary Is learn it if your stock in m asxocia- PER80NAL PARAGRAPHS. Mrs. L. Baker and Misses Christine Baker and Myrtis Little, who have been spending some time at Green wood with the family of Kenneth B ker. returned to the city Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Clark are visit ing relatives in Union. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Osborne are spending some time at Brevard, among the mountains of North Caro lina. Robert Sparks, formerly of this city but now of Anderson, is spending a few days in the city. It. E. Peeler, an old Gaffney boy, is spending a few davs in the citv with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pee ler. Mrs. Chas. K. Gould and little son returned to their home in SpartanImr: yesterday, after a visit to Mrs. M. P. Pierson. Miss Goolie Littlejohn, who has been taking a course of study in At lanta. has returned to her home. Will Magness, a popular young man of CheroKte. engaged in business in Nashville, Tenn., is spending some time in the citv and county. Miss Pauline Crawford, of Jones- vill. is the guest of the Misses Goude- lock. Miss Robbie Miller has returned to ^er home in Rock Hiili. after a visit to relatives in this city. E. P. Hollis, of Greenville, has re turned to his home after a visit to relatives in Gaffney. Miss Christine Poole, who has been visiting the family of Mr. L. ,W. Mc- Guinn. has returned to her home in Greenville. Mrs. Chas. K. Gould and children, of Spartanburg, who have been spend ing some time with Mrs. M. P. Pier- sou. returned to their home yester day. Miss Mattie May Pierson is visit ing in Spartanburg. Mrs. Ed. McArthur and little son have returned to their home in Clin ton after spending some time here with relatives. Miss Rivers, of Charleston, is the guest of Mrs. W. R. Lipscomb, on Race street. T. J. Wood, of Dublin, Ga„ is the guest of his brother. R. G. Byars. Mrs. June H. Carr and children have r°turned from an extended visit to relatives in Liberty, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. George Putnam and children, of Danbie Shoals, N. C.. are the guests of Rev. W. T. Thompson and family. Mr. E. C. Cooksey, the efficient and popular operator for the Postal Tele graph Company in this city. left. Wed nesday to spend his vacation. During bis absence Mr. W. A. Poole will rep resent the Postal at this place. Miss Kelly, of Augusta. Ga.. is the guest of Mrs. M. P. Pierson, on Race St - ”'“t. Misses Hattie and Edith Fleetwood, who have been spending some time with their sister, Mrs. J. T. Darwin, left yesterday for their home in Rome. Ga. A. W. Folger was a Greenville visi tor yesterday. Marx S. Nathan, manager of the Acadamy of Music, Charlotte’s opera house, was a business visitor to the citv yesterday. Capt. J. B. Bell is spending a few days in Yorkville. Walter Richards, of Cowpens R. F. D. No. 1, was in the city Wedensday on business. Mr. Richards joined Th-' Ledger brigade while here. Mrs. J. J. Biggerstaff and Miss Wil lie DeCamp are visiting relatives in Fallston, X. C. Mrs. T. H. Westrope and two child ren. Douglas and Emily, are visiting friends in Statesville, N. C. Mrs. E. H. DeCamp and two child ren are visiting relatives in States ville. N. C. Masters Stanley, Ralph and Ken neth Baker, of Greenwood, are visit ing their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Baker, on Granard street. News from Goucher. Goucher. July 30.—Farmers of this section are pushing right on trying to finish their crops. Corn in most places is harking fine. Mr. J. M. Lipscomb has just driven in home with his thresher. He says he has been well treated and has plenty to eat and left all signs that they would get plenty of biscuit when he visited them again. Hur rah for the farmers! They are b-: ginning to realize that they may lie independent by raising their own bread and meat at home. Then let them roll th?ir cotton under sheiter. set back and pat their feet and writ for the cotton buyer to come along and give them their price. Farmers, stick together, don’t work your wives and children to deith from daylight to dark and take almost nothing for your cotton, then go to the store and pay an enormous price for the cotton goods you have to buy. I am both a merchant and farmer, but I feel like I am more of the lat ter than the former. Prof. W. T. Guthrie, of Tennessee, has been visiting his brother, Mr. M. L. Guthrie, and other relatives and friends of this place. Hie reports grain crops fine in Tennessee. Well, we are expecting to be en tertained at this place on August 8th. 1906, by our good looking army of candidates. We thought as it would take some time for all to say a few words, that they, as well as the eager listeners, would get hungry, so we decided to have a picnic and barbecue.’ Mr. James Worthy will do the cooking. Let the ladies come, for without the fair sex all such things would be failures. We are having a very good Sun day school at Blue Branch. Mr. .1. M. Lipscomb is superintendent. This is Mr. Lipscomb’s first attempt at such work, but we feel sure that he will do his best. Our protracted meeting will begin at Goucher the 3rd Sunday in August. There is some talk of us having a singing school soon. C. E. S. In Self Defense MaW Hamm, editor and manager of the Constitutionalist. Eminence. Ky., when he was fiercely attacked, four years ago, by Piles, bought a box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, of which he says: "It cured me in t*‘n days and no trouble since.” Quickest healer of Burns. Sores. Cuts and Wounds. 25c it Cherokee Drug Co .'s drug store. TO CURE .. COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money If .t fails to cure. E. W GROVE'S tl« naiure Is on each box 26c. —All wagons sold at cost during month of August. Gaffney Harwdare Co. Aug. 3-1 mo. "The Wages of Sin." Bessemer City, X. C., Aug. 1.—W. M. Brown, a bridegroom of an hour was shot and killed bv J. M. Kinoaid this morning. Brown was married at 8 o’clock to Miss Bettie Perry, a Bes semer Citv girl. They were escorted to the depot by a number of friends, and intended going to Danville, where the honeymoon was to have been spent. Soon as the bridal party arrived at the depot Kincaid called Brown aside and walked with him to a nearby loom. A moment later five pistol shots rang out. A number of people rushed to the room and found Brown dead, with Kincaid standing by hold ing the smoking pistol. Death was instantaneous. Kinoaid immediately gave himself un to the authorities. He sai l Brown was to have married nis. Kincaid’s sister, who it is al leged he betrayed some months ago. Both men worked in a cotton mill here. Kincaid has a wife and three children. His father is a farmer, and lives near Bessemer City. Brown’s people live at Cowpens. S. C. 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 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 “BUSTED”BUBBLES Conducted by Brian Bell "What saith the little busy bee?" Look into T he Ledger and see! Tillman’s Way. (Charlotte Observer.) In a speech at Laurens. S. C., last week Senator Tillman noted that fans with a picture of him and Chie- co. the Charleston blind tiger, print ed thereon were distributed among the editors at their recent meeting at the isle of Palms. Col. Crews, a mem' her - f the Press Association, immedi ately’ got up and stated that he was at the press meeting and s"none of the fans. Senator Tillman waived him aside, saying that the fans were distributed among the editors, but none was given to Col. Crews be cause he "is one of the blue hen’s chickens.” The Greenville News, whose editor was also at the press convention, says: “Senator Tillman made a statement which was not true. Col. Crews, his friend, tried to set him straight, but he preferred to stick to bis yarn rather than tell the truth. That is Tillman’s way.” This appears to be another case where it is up to the senior Senator to submit proof or take it back. It Was Indeed. (Carolina Spartan.) The negroes about Gaffnev had a celebration on general principles last Thursday. One of the attractions was a moot court. Jake Corry was judge and Will Petty and Dick Corry represented Both Butler and Solicit or Henry in a murder case. The negro that reported the meeting to us stated that Dick and Will did bet- t?r in the prosecution and defense than Mr. Butler and the Solicitor could have done. It must have been a very funny trial. column has gradually grown to b recognized as a place where all curiosities abound and where if you care for anything strange and oueer you would naturally turn. This stato of affairs has not been brought about by anv special freak of its au thor but has. as it were, simply hap- °n ‘d Hence when on passing the ('lurokee Drug Company a few days ago the writer was not surprised to be excitedly called by all the clerks of the store to come quickly, even run if need be, and see what was happen-! ing. It is a well known fact that the sidewalks all around this enterprising drug firm are paved ami not a particle of the raiment of old mother arth can be seen. All this was yelled ex citedly at iho writer and he at once eagerly agreed. Th?n the strange md weird circumstances was made known. Back almost agajnst the wall the greit building, where it joins the sidewalk, can lie seen several small but perfectly formed turnips growing as cheerfully a • if they were in a patch or garden where op” would naturally look for such things, and not the innocent cause of a growing crowd and great hubub on the busy sidewalk of a hustling city. The small turnips have already found many friends in the city and not a day passes without many inquiries from their many admirers as to what progress has been made in their growth. The entire force of the Cherokee Drug Co. vie with each other as to who mav claim the wee turnips, which continue to flourish unmindful of the excitement they cause dainlv. To the Public. For reasons best known to myself I hereby withdraw from the race for Sheriff of Cherokee county. I desire to tiiank my friends for the loyal sup port given me and sincerely trust that mv future may merit the con fidence and esteem of all the people. Respectfully. A J McCraw. $ioo Reward, $ioo. TIm; yeaders of this paper will be pleased to j learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science lias been able tc "ure in ail its stages and thatist 'atarrh. 11 all's Catarrh (.'are is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be ng a J constitutional disease, requires a constitu-I tioual treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is | taken internally, acting directly upon the j blood and mucous surfaces of the system. ] thereby destroying the foundation of tfie disease, and giving the patient strength by building un the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative jxiwers that they offer One Hundred Hollars for any case that It fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. Chbnby & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75c Hall's Pamilv Pills ate the best Subscribe for The Ledger $1.00 a year. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN For thp Week Ending 8 A. M. July 30, 1906. Like the preceding one, the cur rent week had an excess of cloudi ness and a marked deficiency in sun shine. although in parts of the State tb’Te were one or two clear days. The day temperatures w’ere un seasonably low during most of the week. The dailv maximum tempera tures ranged from 82 to 88 degrees exceot on one day. and in places on two days, when they rose to 90 de grees. or above, over practically the entire St,at 1 . The highest maximum temperature was 98 degrees at Blaek- ville on tne 27th. and the lowest mini mum temperature was CO degress at Bowman on the 26th. The average temperature for the week was about four degrees below normal. There were frequent and some v ry heavy showers during the week. The rninfull was quite < venly distributed, ar;d was gen rally in excess of the week's normal amount in all parts of tin* State. A few localities only had less than the normal rainfall. The soil everywhere is saturated. Low lands and -swamps have much sur face water on th m Except over small areas in the western and cen tral and northeaste counties where the week’s rainfall was less than an inch, the weekly amounts ranged from one inch to over five inches, with a maximum amount of 5 46 inches at Clemson College. Destructive hailstorms occurred in a few western and central counties, and high winds, accompanying thun derstorms. did much damage locally in the central counties. Hump Back SCOTT’S EMULSION won’t nuke a hump back straight, neither will it make a short leg long, but it feeds soft bone and heals diseased bone and is among the few genuine means of recovery in rickets and bone consumption. Send for free umple. SCOTT & BOwNK, Chemist*, 409.41s Pearl Street, New York, joc. and $1,00; all druggist*. 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, known as Pleasant Grove school, building to consist of two rooms, 20x36 and 26x30. Trustees reserve right to re ject sny and all bids. W. J. Daniel. W. A. Haas. D. L. Allison, Trustees. Jul” 23-27-30; Aug. 3. (3 isesesaassasesaaes saeeaeeeeaaeseggaeQHei THfcD FOURTH SERIES plead small salary matter how small I should save so met learn the lesson w small you will not salary gets large, j your local building tion. Ta Unkind, Very Unkind. (People’s Pan *r.) Wo heard a gentleman say the other day that the bar of Gaffney would compare favorably with that of a»' • town of Us size In the State. This is very gratifying Information.— The Ledger. Didn’t know you had anything hut blind tigers in your city since you wiped out Tillman's great moral in stitution. OF' T'FI F CHEROKEE BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 3 If you are not a stockholder you should be. If you are a stockholder, take more stock. There are men in Gaiiney who are saving money through the Building and Loan Association who never saved money before. It is a safe and sane investment. 4tli 1 <)<)<>. 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.