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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher. ■^Tatch your label ana tbe date. And renew before 'Us too late; K there be an error, don’t (?et mad, Report te us—we’ll make you alad. Renumber, ’tls our aim to please. Hut errors are like peskv fleas— Thev will creep In In spite of fat®. Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. IF YOU ONL Editors I’rickett'^fc Caiu, oi the Commercial Adduce, St. Matthews, must be in trouble, if one is to judge from the fol lowing, which appeared in last week’s issue of that paper. If some day the newspaper man should print the contents of his waste basket there would probably be a riot. There would certainly be trouble in many homes, arrests in some direc tions, shot guns in others, trou ble all around. But the patron never sees the w'aste basket. He only glances at the beauti ful printed pages, complains if one letter in fifty is upside- do^n, growls his disappoint ing .A if one nome in five hun dred happens to go wrong, kicks because his commuuicatiou signed “Tax Payer,” has been condensed into respectable Eng lish, frowns because the editor didn’t take his advice about publicly warning his neighbor against throwing more melon in the alley, and is generally disgruntled, not so much at what he fails to find, but what he finds. He. know his share of the waste basket, but if he could have one look at the con tributions made to that recep tacle by his neighbors and friends, he would thank God for the existance of a man with sufficient intelligence and cour age not to print all he knows, and to temper even that which he does print. Never mind, brethern. The general reading public will never know the trials and ad versaries which cross the path of the country editor. As the Hon. Ben Tillman would say ‘ • we are damned if we don’t and we are damned if we do,” so it makes little difference what course we pursue. The only thing is to have an eye single to the good of the community and for the best interest of all. ing to the friends of education in Cherokee county. It showed j that we were making rapid i strides in the proper direction. If there is any 7 one thing which our people should support with a free will it is our educational interests. Mr. Wa’ker deserves a great deal for what he lias ac complished and is to be congrat ulated, and his plans for the fu ture should be encouraged. * • * NOTES AND COMMENTS. Miss Charlotte and Miss Co lumbia are making wry faces at each other because the latter lady does not want the former to get into her baseball society. * • • The ways of the typesetting machine are past finding out. Every once and a while the thing bucks and its impossible to get it to work. Ours bucked yesterday—hence the ragged ap pearance of this sheet. We expect to get in shape again to day. • • • In attempting to justify the sale of whiskey the Columbia Record cites that in the dry(?) town of Durham, N. C., there are thirty-five internal revenue licenses. We remember The Record once said there were three internal licenses in this town, but it was mistaken. We are going to assume that The Record is correct this rime, and will add that this indicates to us that there are thirty-five scoundrels in Durham who have no respect for the local law. The Record, among other things, says: And yet, lots of good people of Durham hug themselves in the delusion that they have helped Durham by voting the town dry. Possibly they have, but they are breeding an awful lot of lying hypocrites there. Has The Record ever stopped to think what an awful lot of lying hypocrits the tw r enty-two saloons which formally existed in Durham were breeding? Our observation has been that the open barroom and the dispen sary were greater breeders of corruption than the blind tigers because the former were sanc tioned by law and as a conse quence their patrons are more numerous than are the patrons of blind tigers. Still, that does not justify the existence of the tiger. The officers of the law should corner the tiger or turn their jobs over to somebody who can. Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the postoffice at Gaffney, S. C , for week ending Dec. 10th, 1906. Walter hames, Johnnie Jones, Hamp Littlejohn, Kdd Malin, Frist Moose, G. W. Penning, Simp Patterson, John Ross, care Giff Ross; Johna Hopper, E. W, Rankin, Arthur Ragan, A. R. Scruggs, Sams Samdons, Mrs. Aba Hollans, Mrs. Mainey Milise, Mrs. Lo]ar Morris, Mrs. Louisa Miller, Mrs. Nfclfle Miller, Mrs. Ider Mck$by, Mrs. Lula Simpson, M. A. Thornburg, Sharp, West. Please call for letters advertised. One.cent dflfcail each. . Folger, Postmaster. of Thanks. In behalf bf the family I desire to ex press our most profound gratitude to all the friends who so kindly administered to the wants and necessities of our dear parents in their last affliction and death. May God’s richest blessings abide upon every one. “And whosoever shall give to drink unto one oLthese little ones a cup of cold water only In the name of a disciple, veri ly^ I say unto you, he shall in no wise ward.”—Matthew 10:42. J. D. Bailey. —Try a bottle of “Natures Cbugh Remedy” and a box of "Grip Tablets” for that cough and cold If th‘y don t cure the Gaffney Drug Co. will re fund your money. Is that fair? Costs nothing If they don’t cure. —Don’t forget our FREE present; somebody will get it. Why not you? Cherokee Drug Co. FOR SALE. FOR SALE-G reen oak wood, for cash only. Phone 182, or apply to W. C. McAuthur. Dec. n-tf The euterview with cqpntj superintendent of educatiorrff L. Walker which was pub] , . ™ •—Rutter’s Baked Beans at Bee last Friday should be gratify- @€S FOR SALE—All kinds of rough lum- l>er. Apply to S. S. or J. G. Phillips, Gaffney, R. F. D. No. 6. Dec. ii-4t-pd FOR SALE—I will sell the Hugh Moore place, lying in the fork of Beaver Dam and Thickety creeks, three miles from town. Apply at once to Dec.u-tf J. Eh. Jefferies. , FOR SALE—One good rubber tire secondhand buggy; one set harness. Apply to E. B. Stacy. Nov. 27-4t-pd. FOR RENT—Palmetto Hotel, new ly furnished, electric lights, water works, all modem conveniences. Webster & Jefferies. Nov. 16-tf If you want to buy a good house convenient to graded school and Limestone College, address “House" care Ledger. Sept. 3 tf. FOR SALE—A good secondhand twelve-horse power boiler. Address M. care The Ledger. Nov. 13-tf. FOR SALE—Second-hand Meltz & Weiss kerosene engine. 2 horse pow- er cheap. Apply this office. FOR SALE—Maryland blue stem seed wheat. Gaffnev Hardware Co. Oct. 23-tf . FOR RENT. FOR RENT—5 rooms over store. Apply opposite P. O,. Nelson, the Star clothier. WANTED. WANTED--People of Gaffney and surrounding country to know that we have opened up a first class tin shop in Palmetto building on Robinson street. All orders will receive prompt attention and work satisfactory guar anteed. Phone. Barnett & McCarter. 5t pd. WANTED—Customers for Heinz’s mince meat and krout. J. G. Br&m let. Nov. 29 tf. LOST. LOST—Solid silver watch, case No. 5248, Elgin movement No. 19,600,557, |2.5o reward if left with Ledger office or C. P. Ellis. 41 pd. Fire Insurance! We represent some of the largest and most substantial eompanlesand would like to write your buslnes. 5-14-tf. Smith & Lipscomb, Agents MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotate loans on improved farms for a term of years in an mints of $1,000 and upward, at 7 per cent, and from $300 to $1,000 at 8 per cent. Apply to J. C. JEFFERIES, Gaffney. 8. C. INOTICE. This is to advise all that tobacco taffs of Brown and Williamson and R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco Co. will not he redeemed by us after December 28th. 1906. Merchants Grocery Co. Dec. 11, 14, 18, 21. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice Is hereby given that on Fit day, December 21st, next, we will ap ply to Hon. J. E. Webster, Probate Judge, at bis office in the Court House Gaffney. S. C., at 10 o'clock* a m., for final settlement and discharge, as Administrators of the estate of W. J Hopper deceased. Mrs. D. J Hopper, C. C. Hopper, Admrs Estate W. J. Hopper, Deed. Pub in Gaffu j y Ledger Nov. 27, Dec. 4. 11 & IS. 1900. Ml ill Carpenter tf Suggestions For the Lady's Christmas I >T< Big line Furs, Muffs and in sets. Just the thing for your wife or sweetheat. For both dress wear and comfort a nice Fur and Muff is, without question, the most appreciated present you can give. : : We have a big line to select from in the newest and best styles, and prices are within reach of all. : : • : Come in and let us show you them. ; iW. C. Carpenter I , j»j >*< >> Until January 1 st, 19 0 7 I Will Offer iV t ctual Cost My entire line of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Overcoats, Overalls, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Overshoes, Tinware, Crockery, etc , etc. I am going to give the purchasing public the benefit of merchandise bought at closet figures. No one in town can show a better line of Clothing, Overcoats and Shoes than I offer. They are going to be sold at ACTUAL COST and you now have the opportunity. There is nothing of the catch-penny variety in this otter' It is a solid, bona-fide proposition. Come and see the goods and obtain the prices. If I do not come up to my promise to sell at actual cost, then go else- * where and make your purchases. Do not ask for any goods to be charged at these prices. J O IV K Dec 11-18. I have made the greatest reductions in prices upon seasonable merchandise ever known to the trade. In a few weeks I want my empty, and until then you can look for a regular landslide of bargains in every department. This ad. and my last week's •were hint of what I am going to do in the way of cut prices. I am going to reduce my fall and winter stock to the lowest figure, and I am not going to wait till the first of January to do it. Read this ad. carefully and watoh my ads. olooely for ifext few weeks, and I'll show you that I am in a position to save you money. This event comes at a time his Great Reduction Sale Will Continue Until My Entire Stock Is Sold And that won't be but a few weeks at the rate I sold last week. rc e SON, f Opposite Postoffice. Look Fo** Big Sign. Olotliior Gaffney, South Carolina.