The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 15, 1907, Image 4
THE LEDGER.
Tuesday and Friday,
Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher.
Tne Ledpflr is not rertpoualble for
he vinws of oorrerpondents.
Hereafter no adverJsemer.t* will ba
accepted at this office after 9.30 o’clock
on Monday* and Thursdays.
-Fateh your label and the date.
\nd renew before ’Us too late;
If there be an error, don't ket niad,
Report te ua—we’ll make you irlad.
Renu mber, ’tls our aim to please.
But errors are like peskv fleas—
Thev will creep In In spite of fate.
Therefore, watch your label and the
date
—Original.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The fellow who shot a hole into
the door of Providence church should
• • t. a does of hs own medicine if
ho can be caught.
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Two weeks from today Tom Har
ris will pay the penalty of his crime
on the gallows Sheriff Thomas has
had numerous requests from people
to be allowed to witness the execu
tion.
« • •
Preston Wood says the fanners
around Algood are preparing their
land so a s to raise more hog and
hominy and will eschew cotton to a
certain extent. It would be well if
all our farmers would follow this
plan. There is no reason why Che
rokee’s smoke bouses and corn cribs
should remain in the West anv long-
*r.
• * *
Tom Harris’ mother-in-law. Mrs.
Childers, and his wife and children
viisted him in the county jail >es-
terday. The meeting last' d about
twenty minutes, during which time
Harris displayed the most stolid in
difference. and t was eot until they
started to go he displayed any emo
tion. His little boy said, "Come on,
papa ” and Harris broke down and
wept audibly.
• • •
The city fathers raised the license
on fire insurance and the Southern
Tariff Association comes right along
and raises the rates on insurance.
As a consequence the people who
injure pay a higher rate and the la -
surance people get more money out
of the insured. It would have been
better to raise the people a little
more direct than to allow insurance
people an additional rake off.
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The more we see of Tom Harris
and the more we talk with him are
w- convinced that the man is not of
sound mind. We couldn’t say he Is
an idiot, but be certainly docs not
act like a sane man. Wlhile it is Per
fectly proper to P'lt such peo
ple out of the way. still w r e do not
believe he is responsible for his acts.
We realize that it is unpopular to
say that he should not hang and we
do not. believe it will do him any
good, still we believe he is irrespon
sible, and. since it is wrong to hang
crazy people we belive it will he
wrong to hang him. His was an
awful crime and the souls of decent
people revolted at the horror of it.
still if__he_is crazy he should not
hang. A commission i n lunacy
should be appointed to examine into
hts case before he is hung. It would
be a stain uiwm the county to nut to
death an insane man. no matter how
horrible his crime.
• • •
We confess our thickheadedness
in our inability to decipher Mr. Hall’s
■leaning In his answer to an inquiry
of a citizen in regard to issuing
bonds. Mr. Hall is a capital lawyer,
but it appears to us that he could
tiav> stated the case more succinct
ly. As It now stand it is as "clear
a« mud” to us. We know we are at
fault because of our inability to un-
derstand what h© Is driving at,
therefore no blame can be attached
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. S. S. Sparkman, of Columbia.
| was in the cltv on business Wednes-
j day.
Mrs. Geo. IMlinUon and little
daughter, of Shelby, are visiting Mrs.
Hlanton’s father, Mr. A. N .Wood.
Squire John Alexander, of Lawn,
was in the city yesterday.
Capt. films. Petty, editor of the Caro
lina Spartan, and one of the best
fanners in the State, came down yes
terday to look after the interests of
l his Cherokee countv farm.
■ Mr. and Mrs. George Garrett By
ers returned to the city last week
j from a n extended trip north.
A Harris, of Algood section. w r as
! among the city visitors Thursday,
shaking hands with his friends.
.fas. Byars, Jr., of Algood. was in
the city yesterday.
Preston Wood, of Algood. was in
the city yesterday on business.
L. U. Campbell returned to thte
citv yesterday from a short business
trip to Baltimore.
Dr. W. C. Hamrick is home after
a week’s trip to the north, where he
went on business.
Hurrah For Mr*. Hen!
Thirty thousand crates of eggs, thir
ty dozen in a crate, 10,800,000 egg in
all. reached Mew York In one day this
week from the henneries of the
boundless us st, says the New York
World. They were all real eggs, fresn
eggs, ntrictly fresh eggs, just laid bv
the Pens a few minutes before the
trains started. When tin* produce men
heard the 10,< 00,000 eggs were on the
way they put down the price from 2."»
I cents to IS cents a dozen. Storage
i eggs, of which there are said to be
about 0,000,0'0 In the freezers in New
York and in Jersey rity, also dropped
from L’0 cents to 11 cents a dnzon. The
1 speculators held them a little too long. 1
j thinking the winter would last till the |
middle of March. Now they are being
dumped out by the million, all labeled
“fresh” to distinguish them from the
“strictly fresh,” which the hens are
nov, laying for Lent. Now that the
hens are busy, at least lo.000.000 eggs
a day will come to New York.
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Card of Thanks.
With sad. yet hearts un ex press! 1)1 y
full of gratitude, we desire to thank
all our friends and neighbors for
I their unbounedd kindness and ex-
nressions of sympathy to and for us
in our almost unbearable grief in
| the death of our dear son and broth-
! er. It seems to us that no expres
sion of sympathy nor act of kindness
from our neighbors and friends far
and near, have been withheld from
us. We pray God’s blessings upon
them all.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harvey and family.
Death of Mrs. Champion.
Mrs. Stanberry Champion died
Wednesday afternoon about .3 o'clock
after a protracted illness. Mrs.
Champion is survived by a large
family, including her husband. She
was regarded as a good woman and
n- friends are numbered bv the
score. The interment will take nlace
today at the old family buryingground
beyond Broad river.
The Case of Tom Harris.
(Abbeville Press and Banner. 1
The case of Toni H.r'ris may not
he a more plain case of murder
than was a recent killing in Gaffney,
but the white man had a b Her
ehanoe than the negro. The court
appointed «' lawyer to df
gro and of cours that
cape. The lawyer had
prepare his case. The
Banner thinks that the
to he sentenced to the
The Decline of Mirth.
The explainl.on that laughter Is dls-
| appearing on account of the sadness
of the modern view of life is discard
ed by Signor k. Frauceschini, an Hal
iau psychologic. He concludes that
mirth, like poetry, depends upon the
Imagination a that the development I
of the reasoning powers has tended to <
banish the distortion that makes things j
seem funny. The iqore the imagina
tion is brought under the control of
logic the less do we laugh. Education
Is now scientific and practical, and to
more than smile is becoming a char
acteristic of a simpler and more nut
oral culture, where imagination still
holds sway and people have not for
gotten how to laugh.
Worked Lik e a Charm.
Mr. D. N. Walker, editor of that
spicy journal, the Enterprise. Louisa,
Va.. says: “I ran a nail in my foot
last week and at once applied Buck-
len’g Arnica Sa’ve. No inflammation
followed: the salve simply healed
the wound.'’ Heals every sore, burn
and skin disease. Guaranteed at
Cherokee Drug Co. 25c.
They usually wanl
something from
the pantry
You remember the hunger you had
—Home cooking counts for much
in the child’s health; do not imperil
it with a/um food by the use of poor baking powder.
Have a delicious, pure, home-made muffin, cake or biscuit ready when they
come in. To be sure of the purity, you must use
H§¥ALpowd!?r
Royal makes a difference in your home—a difference in your health—
a difference in your cooking*
ROYAL is absolutely Pure.
fend the nc-
noant no <>s-
no tim© to
Press and
negro ought
penitentiary.
Richly Deserves Hanqina,
(Chester Reporter.)
Torn Harris, the confessed mur
derer of Mrs. Hortensie Morgan, has
been found giiilt> at Gaffney and
sentenced to hang. From all ac
counts Harris richly deserves hang
ing. and it is hoped that no techni
cality nor delay will he allowed to
corn© between the law and its right
ful victim.
The true Christian has seven Sun
days a week.
An ounc© of will is worth a pound
of wish.
It is a disgrace to be i>oor if it is
yourn own fault.
Letter to J. I. Sarratt,
Gaffney. S. C.
Dear Sir: A ten-year-old boy came
into a store for a quart of white paint
and said: “They are nice letters De-
voe writes, a’n’t they. Mr Knight?”
In Bridgeton. Maine.
“Are they what brought you here ”
asked the merchant. "Yes; ma said
get a quart of white; and I’ve conje
fo- the least gallons paint.”
That hoy’ll he a man before his
mother.
Yours truly
30 F W DEVOE & CO
P. S. Wilbins-Watson Hardware
Comnany selh our paint.
She /-.nswered Back.
Men ami wo.-.u-a alike sought seats
j in both tli..* Co aes, when a hrukemau
I entered the «■. •, and, after answering
a score of que-tions ‘ii •.b* aliirinative
that the In ad .i.icli was the smoking
gar, u fat wnaian, loaded down with
bundles, approached him and asked.
"Say, mister. Is this the smoking
ear?”
“Of course it is the smoking car,”
said the brakeman. “Does it look like
a parlor ear?”
The fat woman ptilled her cloak
closer around her shoulders before she
replied:
“It looks like a cattle ear, and it
feels like an lee box," she said. “Evi
dently you folks think jieople who ride
on this line are paying for cold storage
and Impudence.” Providence Journal.
Most people know that if they have
keen sick they need Scott's Emul
sion to bring back health and strength.
But the strongest point about Scott 9 s
? Emulsion is that you don’t have to be
£ sick to get results from it .
It keeps up the athlete's strength, puts fat
j on thin people, makes a fretful baby happy,
« brings color to a pale girl’s cheeks, and pre
vents coughs, colds and consumption.
^ Food in concentrated form for sick and
jjp well, young and old, rich and poor.
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A And it contains no drugs and no alcohol. ^
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ALL DRUGGISTS; 5Dc. AND $1.00. ^
Subscribe for Th» Ledger; $1 a year.
He Do you think your father will
| object to my suit? Slip—1 don’t see
why he should: h© himself wears one
j almost as had.
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1 Bill These automobile drivers soem
to think the ordinary pedestrians
are beneath them. Hob—Well, too
often they are!
Ho w to Remain Vounq.
To continue young in health and
strength, do as Mrs. N. F. Rowan,
McDonough. Ga.. did. She says:
“Three bottles of Electric Bitters
cured me of chronic liver and stom
ach trouble, complicated with such
an unhealthy condition of the blood
that mv skin turned as red as flannel.
I am now practically 20 years younger
than before I took Electric Bitters.
I can now do ail my work with ease
and assist In my husband’s store."
Guaranteed at Cherokee Drug Co.
Price 50c.
Credit is the grace on the run
ways to bankruptcy.
A young mau can learn a lot by
keening his eyes open and his movtii
shut.
Hints for March Gardening.
A busy month in the garden. Y«u
can begin to plant a little of everf-
thlng. Plant Peerless. Triumph or
R' d Bliss and White Bliss Potatoes.
Plant Tomato under glass; sow Caf)-
bage. Mustard and Lettuce; plant
English Peas, Beets. Radish. Celery,
Carrot. Salsify. Parsnips. Onion Sets,
Kale and Paesley. Plant early Com .
and early ligtening Valentine Beans.
Plant Clovers. Grass Seeds etc.; plant
your Flower seeds Gaffnev Drag „
Co.
—Nothing ante like
netic.
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A. N. WOOD, Prest.
Sec’y &. Treas.
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W• O. McARithC*
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THE W. C. CARPENTER CO.
THE W. C. CARPENTER CO.
to him. As we understand
pro-
'.1 B. B. STEEDLY M. D., Med. Dir. J. C. LIPSCOMB, Director. ^
position it is this; The bonded in
debtedness of Guffney is now $55.-
000, or 4:07 per cent of the taxable
prop rty. The town and county can
issue bond;- to the extent of 15 per
cent of the taxable property. This
would permit us issuing something
more ihan $120,000 worth of bonds.
If w > vote the $25,000 asked by the
sclmo’ trustees of the Tenth School
gin of $95,00 to go on for sewerage
District we could still have a mar
aud good roads bonds in this school
district. I^t us show ou r faith in
education by -- ting tho bo"d-- ;>
by the school trustees.
fettTv dr Ohio, City of Toi.kdo, /
Lucas County ,
Kuank .1. Chknky makes oath thui ho Is
or partnor of the Ilrm of P. .1. Chknky &
•o., doing business in the City of Toledo,
•ounty and State aforesaid, and that said
Arm will nay the sum of ONK IMiNPUKI)
VOLLARr o ,r oiieh and every ease of Ca
YAiutii that cannol ho cured by the use of
Ham/b OATAiuin Cuke.
FRAN.LOHEIKY.
Sworn to before me and subserihod in my
p."esenee, t his (It h day of I teormber, A. I). IKKjn
|C£7l A. W. (JI.FASON.
* ' f Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts dl-ectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Scud for testimonials
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
tfold hy DruRglsts. '5c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
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New Goods Arriving Daily
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Just back from the markets and
bought the most complete line of
merchandise ever brought to the
city. So come in and let us show
you them. We are making spec
ial prices on White Goods now.
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