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W ( THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, l a. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, J. Brian Bell, News Editor. Hereafter no advertisements will ba accepted at this office after 9.30 o’clock on Mondays an^ Thursdays. Watch your label and tbe date. And renew before ’tls too late; If there be an error, don’t Bet mad. Report tc us—we’ll make you slad. 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. —OrlBlnal. CHEROKEE THE BANNER COUNTY The vote for Mr. Finley and Dr. Strait throuRhout the district for con gress was as follows: Finley. Strait. Lancaster 830 1,611 Cherokee 2,409 199 Chester Incomplete) ... 497 1,184 Chesterfield 1,727 690 Fairfield (incomplete... 769 339 Kershaw (2 missing)... 835 819 York 2,385 300 Total 9.532 5,042 Thus it will be seen that Cherokee was Mr. Finley’s banner county. He ought to feel very proud of this coun ty and we believe he will take care of us in the proper way. NO TES AND COMMENTS. A vote for Ansel and a vote for Ly on means a vote against the State dis pensary and that corrupt political in cubus in Columbia. Let Cherokeeans prove what kind of stuff they are made of ou Tuesday next. • * * • The Donalds Progress is the name of a new paper just started at Don alds, S. C.. with Harold C. Booker at the lead. It is a five column quarto and presents a neat typographical ap pearance. We welcome the new can didate for public favor and wish it success. • * * Every man in Cherokee who can vote should go to the polls Tuesday and cast his ballot for Ansel and Lyon. They are the people who will nut the State rum shop out of busi ness if given a commission by the people. • • • In the going away of Col. John M. Knight, of the Sumter Herald, the writer loses a good friend. John Knight! God bless his genial soul. He was a fearless, straightforward man, and we shall miss him. May his eternal rest be with the blessed. • * * Although it has been three months since the last court was held in Cherobee county and it will be near ly one month before another court will be held, there are only three prisoners in the county jail who must answer for violations of the law at the approachcing term. This speaks well for a prohibition county, doesn’t it? * * * We are proud to be able to say that there is no factional feeling in this county. Dispensary and anti-dispen sary folks are on the best of terms. True, we have our little disputes and arguments, but, on the whok we love each other and would fight for one an other. Some of the best friends The Ledger has are the rankest kind of dispensaryites. We believe thev are honest in their views and thev are magnanimous enough to give us credit for being honest in ours. We can’t see the logic of their side aqd they won’t see the logic of ours, but that doesn’t keep us from being friends. May God bless them, one and all. We are agreed on a great many things and we are not going to allow a diff erence of opinion on this one question to cause enmity between us. * • • While the labor people of Charles ton. Columbia, Florence and the rest of the world were celebrating Labor Day, Commissioner E. J. Watson was laboring for the upbuilding of his State, as the following dispatch will show: Columbia. September 3.—E. J. Wat son. commissioner of the department of immigration of South Carolina, cabled today from Bremen that through his efforts the North German Lloyd Steamship compan” had decid ed to establish a South Atlantic im migration station at Charleston, to gether with a passenger and freight service. Mr. Watson stated further that the inauguration of the service was left to his discretion and would be put in effect immediately. This announcement means a great deal not only for South Carolina, but the entire South, and will in part re lieve the congestion at the New York station. • • • The prohibitionist who votes for Ansel is assisting a movement to put the whiskey business back into the hands of the old barroom element— Yorbvllle New Era. We do not mean to be rude or Im polite. but it’s nothing but the truth to say that this is tbe silliest kind of prattle. Just look at the element in charge of the dispensary in Colum bia now—we mean the local dispen saries. Who are they but the old bar room element? There is Goble, and until recently Narcy, and the rest of them, who used to curse the dispen sary because it put them out of bus iness. but now that thev have a An ger in the pie they are the loudest mouthed advocates. Putting the old barroom element in, indeed! If they ain’t already in its a strange thing to us. We helped to put them out of business once and by the grace of God and a few thousand pure voters we’ll help to put them out again next Tuesday. * * • The Charlotte Observer recently lost by death one of its most gifted and trusted attaches—Mr. Jamgs C. Abernathy. We had not the pleasure of an acquaintance with this versa tile newspaper worker but we know he was a man of marl:-. The very touching tribute paid the dead editor by the chief—a most sincere man— is in every respect worthy of him who wrote it and to him whom it was dedicated. This one paragraph is sufficient to illustrate what manner of man the one was and the other is: “His was a noble character. His truthfulness was absolute, and neither by word nor deed did he ever sully his honor. The highest qualities of cour age and fidelity united in him, and no manly trait but in him found express ion. Those who value integrity in man. loyalty to one’s opinion and one’s friends, and the best capacity for one’s work, heightened by hard and conscientious training, mav un derstand in a measure our sense of loss, personal and ’Professional, but can never realize how we shall miss the strong arm upon which for years we have leaned so heavily. We don’t know how r w’e shall get along with out him.” PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES. Commissioner Earle is inspecting the Blue Ridge railroad. Everything is being put in readi ness for the opening of Clemson Col lege on the 12th inst Fraser Lyon and Neils Christensen are in Columbia, and it looks like th-* investigation committee will soon hold a session. Allen Dial Shell, aged 26 years, died of heart failure at Laurens. He was a grandson of the late Represen tative George W. Shell. The prospect for a city hospital in Anderson is considered very bright. A meeting has been held and considerable public Interest was shown in the movement. An injunction has been obtained re straining the city of Greenville from collecting a tax of $2 from every owner of a water closet. The writ was granted on the grounds that the levy was made regardless of the value of property. Col. J. C. Boyd, the newly elected adjutant and inspector general, de clares that he has not yet decided upon his assistant, but that the very best man he can find will be ap pointed. « a There will be a special meeting of the trustees of Clemson Colleee on the 18th inst, to consider the several charges that have been made aeainst the management of the institution. The Bell Telephone Company has begun the work of placing its lines in Columbia under ground. The Main street wires will be the first to be changed from the poles to con duits. Dr. W. K. Gunter returned .from New York Wednesday morning. Misses Annie, Pauline and Emma Sams, of Irwinton, are in the city the euests of Prof. ft. O. Sams and family. Misses Annie and Pauline will leave in a few days for Rock Hill, where they will enter Winthrop College. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hagood and ba by. of Charlotte, N. C., were in the city Sunday, the guests of Prof. R. O. Sams and family. Mrs. A. C. Cree left yesterday morning for Nashville, Tenn., where she goes to join her husband. Rev. A. C. Cree. Mrs. J. A. Carroll, Mrs. George Gar rett Byers and Mrs. A. C. Cree. w r ho have been spending some time at Hendersonville and Brevard, N. C., returned to Gaffney Monday. Waite Hamrick and Edwin Lip scomb left yesterday for Wake For est college. Wo anticipate hearing good reports from these bright Gaff ney boys. Boyd Sarratt hhs returned' flrom New York, where he went to attend the Bryan reception. Mrs. Herbert Barrow and two daughters, Misses Julia and Adelaid, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs, J. F. Garrett. Miss Mollie Layton, of Spartanburg, is the guest of the family of Dr. J. F. Garrett. Miss Catherine Dillard, of Spartan burg, is visiting Misses Lula and Freeman Garrett, on Limestone street Earl Carpenter, Paul Lipscomb and S. A. Cathey went to Charlotte Wed nesday on business. W. D. Thomas, of R. F. D. No. 5, was in the city yesterday. Allie Osborne, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday on business. J. Brian Bell, The Ledger’s local man, is in Rock Hill. A message from him states that he will be here Sunday. T. J. Patrick and W. G. Fowler, two well-known and well-to do Cherokee planters, left Wednesday for Hot Springs, Ark., where they go for their health. Notice to Advertisers. Owing to a change in the hour of going to press our advertisers are urgently requested to get copv in for advertisements early Saturday after noon and Wednesday afternoon. We desire to accommodate our adver tisers in the matter of changes, but we cannot insure prompt changes if copy is delayed beyond the hour of going to press. This change has been made Imperative because the postof flee authorities made a change in th matter of handling mail to and from this point. Advertisers will kindly govern themselves accordingly. Wci| Worth Trying. W. 11. Brown, the popular pod on attorney, of Pittsfield. Vt, says: "Next to a pension, the h'vt thing t< get is Dr. King's N w Life Pi 1“..' He writes: “they ktep my family Isi splendid .health.” Quick cure for Headache. Constipation and B!ilh)m ness. 25c. Guarant ed ai Cherokee Drug Co.’s drug store. A n Appeal to Up-Countrymen. Editor Ledger:—On next Tuesday th* people of Cherobee county will have an opportunity to elect a govern or from the Piedmont section of the State. As little as you think of it, the up-country has not had a govern or elected by the people since the war. It is true , t has had two for a short while, purely by accident. When Wade Hampton was elected governor in 1876, Mr.W. D. Simpson, of Laurens, was lieutenant governor, and when the people unanimously elected Hampton to the United Statos senate, Mr. Simpson was pro moted from lieutenant governor to the governorship, and only « short while did he serve when he was elected chief justice of the Supreme court, and the then president of the senate. Senator Thomas B. Jeter, of Union, was made governor, and only a short while did he serve as govern or, for the next Democratic conven tion nominated Col. Johnson Hagood, of Barnwell, and ever since then the middle and low country has controi- ed tb- State offices. Hon. Martin F. Ansel, of Greenville, our close neigh bor has a very large lead oyer his onponent in the second race. Mr. Manning, of Sumter. Let us all turn out and elect Mr. Ansel. He is an up-country man, an honest, unright, sober gentleman, opposed to the State dispensary, and his opponent is In favor of perpetuating thia machine of corruption and graft. And while vot- inp r for Ansel let’s vote for Lyon for attorney general, from Abbeville, an un-country man, who has almost alone, when on the investigation com mittee, fought the State dispensary, exposed graft and corruption in the State government and only lacked 1600 votes of defeating both of his opponents. On the same day you will have an opportunity to vote for an other good and safe man for railroad commissioner. Mr. J. M. Sullivan, of Anderson, an up-country man. who is i” tbp second race with Mr. John H. Wharton, who has held the position for six long years, and as Mr. Cans- ler said, “if he has done nothing In six long years, how long will it take him. to do something?" Let the Democracy turn out on next Tuesday in solid philanx and vote for three good, honest and worthy citi zens. our neighborp. .>nd make the thing unanimous for Ansc I for gov ernor, Lyon for attornev general, am' Sullivan lor raiIro' i d commissioner. i’T>-'\Mintry Democrat. The c’-'b*o'len t to blame if it ’>a'< a bad rocord. »>i i.jTtr'Oi' li .i d <•.. IbiilMl-s lte»-;irrj for y r -i* of 4%i’in ii th.ti ritnnot I*) cur<.-d by *; - - .i ta i r 1i ' it* - - I .) < i: KNFV A «•(,).. Toledo. O. W• 11' u <t > l i-O have known K. .? :i.( m x in ’li e. -t l.’i year', and believe him • • i ' i iir.d'.t- ii ai! basins* transac- iiiii- i i ’i* vii-i i :t i able to carry out any t>: . iii:eii-bj their firm. 'vV» . \X. .Vh.ilos.tl>! Uruffirtsts, Toledi • " ti. im; Kikkak & M amvin, Whole- :i i t'Mi^ iMti. Toledo, O. I .1 airh <'u»-e taken Internally a’ti j <1! i-»l> upon the blood and mucous art;*, ••sot the stsu-m. Testimonial* »ent Pric Th- per bottle. £old by all Drug- IS'.. ■ I ills !• aruiiv 1M1I* are the best. Where Baking Begins Right The baking of the NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPAHT begins with right material, and every step there after through the whole process of baking is rfcJit. There is not one point of quality that care, skill and modern bakeries could make better. It is perfection itself—through and through. It Ends Right when it reaches jour table untouched bj strange hands, untainted bj odors. Tbe quality, oven-flavor and freshness are preserved in a dust and moisture proof package, distin guished by the trade mark here shown. It always appears in red and white on each end of the package and warrants tbe perfect condition of the contents. For example try packages of GRAHAM CRACKERS—possessing the rich, nutty flavor of graham flonr—unlike any graham crackers yon ever tasted. >. F ROT AN A—a temptingly delicious union of biscuit and fruit—the newest delicacy of the National Biscuit Company. Entertainment at Grindap Grindall. Sept. 3.—The scholars of the Holmes school house fcave an en tertainment last Friday evening which was enjoyed by those present. The teacher, Mr. Thomas Chalk, made a few introductory remarks in which he expressed a fear that the visitors would be disappointed as the scholars had had so little practice. But in stead of being disappointed we all were agreeably surprised. Thev had several dialogues, some speeches, two songs and closed with a prayer. Mr. J. O. Tate made a talk in which he complimented the teacher in the manner in which he was conducting his school and the scholars for the progress they were making, and ex horted them to keep diligently at their studies. Messrs. Roy Sparks and Merriman Mitchel acting as buf foons kept the house convulsed with laughter. Miss Vinnie Pettit and brother, of Ravenna, visited Miss Pauline Pettit Sunday. Mrs. Bettie Warmoth celebrated her seventieth birthday August 27th. Those present were her children, grandchildren and great grandchild ren. They all carried well filled bas kets and had a bountiful spread. Mr. Leander Procter and Miss Es sie Worthy, two popular young peo- nle of this section, were married Sun day evening at Rehoboth church. Rev. L. R. Gaines officiating. Their many friends wish them a happy and pros perous life. Many thanks Mr. J. L. S. fpr the explanation also boquet. We appre ciate it all the more because it comes from the hand of an old soldier. There are none that we reverence more than the old Confederate sol diers. God bless the old soldiers where ever they may be. Annie Laurie. The av rage wouan would ra'her '* .. .:rrii ; than Happy. A luxury becomes a necessity after •t g' > t v^d to it. Broad River S. S. Convention. The next Sunday School Union of the Northern Section of the Broad River Association will meet with the Providence church beginning on Sat urday before the fifth Sunday in Sep tember, 1^06. Introductory sermon to be preached by Rev. C. M. Teal, alternate Rev. A. Davidson. First query: “What does it take to constitute a Chrlstlm church?" Speaker, G. R. Falgans, followed by others. Second query: “What are the du ties. powers and obligations of dea cons?” Speakers, H. S. Mullins and V. D. Ezell. Third query: “How can we main tain live prayer meetings?” Speaker, C. A. S. Campbell, and others at will. Fourth query: “Do we give our primary work in our Sunday schools suffeient attention? If not, why not?” Speaker, K. D. Edwards, and others at will. Fifth query: “Should we as Bap tists have in our Sunday schools any other officers or teachers except of the Ba.Jtist faith? If so, why?” Speaker. L. B. Davis, and others. Mass meeting from 9.30 till 10, conducted by moderator. Missionary sermon by G. P. Ham- ricl\ alternate A. D. Davidson. M. B. Vassey. Clerk. The Breath of Life. It’s a significant fact that the strongest animal of its size, the go- ripa, also has the largest lungs. Pow erful lungs means powerful creatures. How to keep the breathing organs right should be man’s chiefest study. Like thousands of others, Mrs. Ora A. Stephens, of Port Williams, Ohio., has learned how to do this. She writes: “Three bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery atopped my cough of two years and cured me of what my friends thought consumption. O. it’s grand for throat and lung troubles.” Guranteed by Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. OUR RAVENNA LETTER. Personals and Other News of In terest. Ravenna. Sept. 4.—The many friends of Miss Blanche Littlejohn will be glad to learn that she is improv ing. after lying low for several weeks with typhoid fever. She is greatly missed in our community and we hone to see her soon in our Sunday school, where she was a regular at tendant. Mr. L. D. Bonner was a Spartanburg visitor Monday. . Misses Annie and Irene Snead, two attractive and ixmular young ladles of Gaffney, have been visiting near here recently, the guests of their cousin. Miss Mary Bonner. Miss Rossie Foster, of this commu nity, Is in Greenville, the charming guest of Mrs. Agnes McGhee. Miss Vennie E. Pettit and brother. Charles, spent Sunday at Gowdeys- ville, with their sister, Miss Pauline Pettit, who has charge of the school there. Messrs. George E. Brown and Lloyd D. Goforth, of Jjonesville, were guests of their parents Sunday. Messrs. Charles E. and Clarence Pettit. Paul Brown a..d Wyatt Go forth. all worthy young men of this section, entered the graded school at Pacolet Monday mornin« r . Mr. J. B. Brown has been ill at his home for some days. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. L. Pettit vis ited near Clifton Sunday, the guest of Mrs. Jack Pettit. Mrs. R. D. Spake, who has been confined to her bed several weeks, with typhoid fever, is now improv- In Mrs. Lou Tate dias returned to her home in Cow pens, after visiting rela tives and friends at this place for some weeks. Mrs. Wade Thomas and children, Lorena and Annie Wade, have re turned from Columbia, where they have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Thomas, several weeks. Mr. T. C. Green has been quite sick for some days. Miss Sallie Spabe. who lives near here, is dangerously ill at her home, with appendicitis. There is little hope for her recovery. Miss Lectar Harvey has returned to her home in Gaffney, after visit ing relatives here. Mr. D. D. Littlejohn, formerly of this community, but recently of Ten nessee, is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Littlejohn. Last Sunday morning at 11 o’clock Mr. Wistar Donald, of White Plains, and Miss Emmie Wood, daughter of Mr. Eldridge Wood, of Pacolet Mills, were married by Mr. T. G, Chalk, N. P.. at his residence. Both of these young people are known In our com munity and have the best wishes of all. What has become of the corres pondents? We would be glad to hear from some more of them. Where is “V. C. H.,” of Antioch? We would like to hear from that section. Brown Eyes. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN Fop the Week Ending 8 A. M. Sep tember 3, 1906. Early in the week the weather was generally cloudy and sultry, but the last three days had ample sunshine. The mean temperature was above 1 normal, although there was no exces sive heat. The nights were compara tively cool during the middle of the week, but were again hot as the week ended. The State range of tempera ture was from a minimum of 60 de- | grees at Liberty and Willialla on August 28th to a maximum of 94 de grees at Blackville, Bowman and 1 Summerville on August 31st. The j temperature conditions were quite favorable. Excessive precipitation was noted j early in the week at widely separated places, with the heaviest ninfall in the northwestern and north central counties, while the central counties had the lightest rainfall. Heavy local rains fell in Abbeville, Orangeburg, Pickens, Spartanburg, York and Union counties; Calhoun Falls receiv ed 6.52 inches, Bowman 5.61 inches. Liberty 3.34 inches. Spartanburg 6.52 inches. Yorkville 4.31 inches. Rock Hill 5.38 inches, Santuc 3.32 inches. These heavy rains covered compara tively small areas and the average precipitation was below normal, al though the soil continues to have am ple moisture in all parts of the State. The Better Way The tissues of the throat are inflamed and irritated; you cough, and there is more irrita tion—more coughing. You take a cough mixture and it eases the irritation—for a while. You take SCOTT'S EMULSION and it cures the cold. That’s what is necessary. It soothes the throat because it reduces the irritation ; cures the cold because it drives out the inflammation; builds up the weakened tissues because it nourishes them back to their natural strength. That’s how Scott’s Emulsion deals with a sore throat, a cough, a cold, or bronchitis. WE’LL SEND YOU A SAMPLE FREE. SCOTT & BOWNE, 4 -i£rS It arouses energy, develops and stimulates nervous life, arouses the courage of youth. It makes you young again. That’s what Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co. ELECTION NOTICE. We, the trustees of School District No. 16, give notice that there will be an election to decide the question of voting a special levy of one-half mill for school purposes. Said election will be held on Monday, the 17th of September 1906. The proposed boun- dry hag already been determined. A. A. Crocker, M. L. Guthrie, Trustees Dist. No. 16. Sept. 4, a, 14. •rk KamW Kitclien Have you ever been in our fine, new store since we moved to the new building of the Merchant's Grocery Co.? Call and see our fine line of Candy and Fruits We guar antee our prices to be low. Come and see us, whether yon buy or not. Yours truly, ■*. re. *5*uhc£K Aug. 31 Fri. tf. Phone 167: $ BUGGIES, SURREYS, RHAETONS, WAGONS, % BY THE OAR LOAD AT WHOLESALE PRICES y Stoves, Ranges, Sewing Machines off the Bast Make. Guns, Cutlery, Harness. Roofing, Better and Cheaper Than Shingles. 9 GAF'F'NEY H A K D W ARE C O M P 3 A N Y. ^ WC MC MC MC «« t M S,