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T^T * a THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publlahar. The Ledger Is not responsible for the riews of correspondent*. Hereafter no adverllsamonta will bo oocepted at this office after 9.30 o'clock on Mondays and Thursdaya. Watch your label and the date. And rfenew before ’tls too late; If there be an error, don’t get mad, Report, to *18—we’ll make yon glad. Remember, 'tls our aim to please. Bat errors ore like peskv flea*— Thev will creep In In spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the dote. —Original. GREAT MINDS IN SAME CHANNEL. W© are not trying to^tolate the morale of tko ei. r nmunitbe the political dictator of the jnBP or coun ty or to resolv*-- ourselrTBto a com- nittec of one to inforce the law of the land, but we do want to con tribute if we can to the growth and dewelopement of this great and glo- rioofl country.—Ledger. March 2G. Oor editorials must be good, as the dally Spartanburg Herald thought one good enough to use in its edi torial column without credit.—Bam berg Herald. March 28. it failed to make amends after we Whittier as a Casuist. Tillman and Garrison. I* «„ .aonrtinn that w&s (Youth’s Companion.) (Charlotte Observer.) cornered It in n The extreme distance of the mod- The Montgomery Avertiser doee utterly untrue. We admit that i eg j Quaker poet. John Qreenleaf not quite accept The Observer’s pro- Record was warranted in ma v 'ngthe Whittier, for foolish hero-worship, nosal that Senator Tillman and Mr. assertion but there was no warrant and the skill which he attained in William Lloyd Garrison II be tied tnr Ito refusal tn rav it was in wtot Polltelv eluding too enthusiastic ad- over a clothes-line upside down that . . . i mirrers. have been exemplified in thev may fight the race question to a when the error was made nerfec many ancedotes. Even now, however, finish. ‘‘Whatever Tillman may do plain. , new ones occasionally come to light or sav and however violent he may • • • One such recently related tells how be at times.” say s The Advertise*. Snartanhnrf? hones to get a first 1 fwo women of the type at once sen- , “we do not admit that he should be class nostoffice in aother year or timentally gushing and overconfident nut on an equality with Ga/rison. two Thn Snartan Citv will do well of their own importance, visited even over a clothes-line. The proper o it Jd ^Sl^ twelve * months of An**,bur, to the ooet In hln tblnc for William Lloyd to do la to Greenville’s orosre.s and develop-: home. seel, a lonely snot and hanc himself ment.—Greenville News. ! , They went astray in their search Spartacburge's postoflSce business f°r bis house and bustled into a would now be larger than Greenville’s small general s ore to be redirected- if this city were not closelv suround-- The clerk smiling a little ed bv suburban postofflees. which Is ; informed them that the Whittier not the case at ‘Grenville. Within a house was near by—but a few steps short distance of the Spartanburg round the corner postoffic© are the postofflees at Spar- One of tne women, a big, florid, tanburg Junction. 11-2 miles. Area- overdressed being with languishing dia, 3 miles. Drayton. 1 mile. Whit- eyes, caught the smile and clasped ney, 2 miles. Glendale. 4 miles. Roe- her hands with a rapt air buck 5 miles Converse. 6 miles, and; ‘ O don t you think he’ll see us? Clifton. 7 miles. These reduce the j she demanded. He simply must. business of the Spartanburg postoffice " e v e beard he doesn t like to hut but facilitate the convenience of the , he must; we won t go away till he people. Rural mail carriers from | does. \\ e ve thought up ever so three of these offices come within ; many things w e want to ask nim. sight of this citv in their trips. | The clerk, still smiling, glanced There are not more than one or two casually toward a quiet man in a shad- small offices in a similar area around , ow> corner, sitting on a barrel, sur- Greenville, if our information is cor- rounded by a group of other leisure- rect-Spartanburg Journal. , ,y 11 < : ustomer 1 !; I Th ! y a11 v ' talking politics together, village- Yes! Ana Gaffunv would he a first wheii ^ 8tran2ers class postoffice, too. if we didn t; “ ThIn k he will ” said the clerk. Thev are. Knight. Sometimes we . A1 _ ... . are tempted to purloin them ourself. | could have the mail of peon e resid- have Charlotte to the North. Columbia to the South. Knoxville t the West and Wilmington to the East, and —Ledger, April 5. The editor of The Herald is not trying to regulate the morals of this community, nor attempting to be the political dictator of the town or coun ty. aor have we resolved ourself In to a eoprm’tte© of one to enforce the laws of the land, hut we do want to contribute to the growth and develop- ii)out of the town and county along all the tines of moral and business interests—Bamberg Herald, April 4. Br George! Great minds "do" run In the same channel. While we were titlnkiug of purloining Knight’s scen- tillations of thought. Knight was ac tually purloining ours. It’s all right, old bov. If you think enough of ours to ttse It go ahead, but ^on’t kick be cause other people use yours with out credit. ing in Gaffney tho.=<. places addressed to “Well,” replied the man on the barrel, hesitatingly, “the knows Green- leaf does not find it easy to refuse a lady. I think perhaps he will—if he is at home.” The women bustled away again, excited and expectant, and a chuckle went around among the laughing men. The man on the barrel, with a trace of apology in his tones, rose Thos. Owensby, of Star Farm, was from his perch to go. in the city on business Friday. i They will not waste five minutes. A. J. MteCraw, Esq., of upper Chero- he murmured, it is such a little way. kee. was among his friends in the i Besides, thee knows very well that citv Saturday. i exercise is a good thing for stout S. G. Pridmore was a welcome „ visitor to The Ledger office while in' Thats so. Mr. Whittier, assented PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. town Saturday. Mrs. S. A. Shuford. of Cherryville. N. C.. is in the city visiting her son, Mr. J. P. Shuford. She will remain in Gaffnev several weeks. Brian Bell, of the Presbyterian Col lege. Clinton spent Sunday and yes- the clerk. It galls bim sorely to find good and patriotic men up North like the ones named by The Observer and like manv thousands of others up there who are with the Southern people In their detemination to separate the races In school and in the homes. All the rantings of his sort will not change the laws of nature or the determination of Southern people to manage this race business in their own way. The best public sentiment of the North is with us. but if it were not it would make no difference down bore. W© are not losing sleep over Garrison. If left alone perhapee he will bite himself and there will bean end of him.” The Observer and The Advertiser are not far apart in this matter. We had no refence to any manner ot equality except the equality of fan aticism—a highly profitable and more or less conscious fanticism with Mr. Tillman, bv the way. After we have further said that each tries to im agine himself the voice of one crying in the wilderness the resemblance cases to b© traceable. For all Mr. Tillman’s crudities, it is but lust to him to say that he and the Garrison were never created equal. Into Enemy’s Hands. • (Tit-Bits.) "Mary, my dear,” said a gentleman to hig wife a few mornings ago, .lust before leaving lor his place of bus- NOTE8 AND COMMENTS. terdav in the citv with his parents. |' nes8 ' Mary. I expect a couple of Capt J. B. and Mrs. Bell. gentlemen will be down here today B C. Wood, of Maud, was in the to look after ou r place with a view city yesterday. i of buying. Don’t be careless with M. C. Lipscomb, of Ravenna, was them and neglect to show them all in the citv yesterday on business. | tbe gwd points about the premises. Let everybody make a strong pull a long pull for the advancement of Gaffney. We have the opportuni ty to make this a great town if we win onlv take advantage of U. • • • Tk© Spartanburg Herald of April 5tk. speaking of The Ledger’s Jour- naJistic feat on March 29th said: “Tfce Ledger was right there with the news, and it was fine business.” All of which is duly appreciated. • • • Today the people of Gaffney will choose three commissioners to take charge of our electric lights, water woriw. etc. We can onlv entertai. the hope that of the eight men wTio offer themselves upon the alter of waMic service that the three chosen wM be the best qualified In every respect to fill the position. • • • Patronize home enterprise in ote- fareoce to outsiders every time. Niae times out of ten the home mer chant will give you better goods for your monev than the foreign dealer. Basides. you can have the satlsfac- tioa of going to see the home dealer la case the goods do not come up to ranresentatlon. whereas with the foreign merchant you have no redress whatever. • • • We may be a little late neverthe less we want to say that Gaffney sfmpathizes with Newberry because of her recent loss by fire. No cala- mttj overtakes the people of our Slate and nation that one cannot hear wrnression of profound regret fall from the lips of our citizens, and litis is especially true when dire dis tress comes to towns of our size who are striving for advancement, as Is Nesrberry. • • • Senator J. C. Otts has anounced that he wil] Introduce a bill at the meat session of the general assembly whereby the people of Cherokee will he given an opportunity to vote on Ifce Question of a bond Issue for good reads for Cherokee county. It U Plain to be seen that w© can have the bene- tits of good roods at no more cost than wo are now paying for bad roads and ww believ© the people will vote for aood roads. • • • In the last presidential campaign Candidate Parker asserted that the Money corporations were contributing to a fund to purchase the presidency lor Mr Roosevelt Mr. Roosevelt said It was a He. Now Mr. Harri- man save he raised a large sum of ■opev for the Republican campaign fund at the suggestion of Mr. Roose velt and Mr. Roosevelt says he Is a Mar. The developments go to prove (Bat Mir. Parker and Mr. Harrtman were correct therefore, what doea (hat make Mr. Roosevelt? • • • The weekly press of South Caro lina Is taking the Columbia Record too seriously In its attempt to call tfc< m to task for lack of editorial ntternnoe. In many respects The Be- oord Is n splendid paper, but we don’t bank on Its editorial utterancee jdnoe Miss Spillman, a teacher at Lin- wood College, was in the city from Saturday to Monday visiting her sis ter. who is a teacher in the graded school. Miss Wertz, of the faculty of Lime stone College, was called home Fri day on account of the death of her father. Howard L. Gaffney, of Union, spent Sunday in th© city with his parents. Capt. and Mrs. R. M. Gaffney. Chance Wilaou. formerly of this city, but now of Spartanburg, was in th© citv Sunday and yesterday. C. P. Huggins. Esq., one of Chero kee’s staunch citizens, was in the city vesterday on business. W. T. Poag. of Rock Hill, is in the city shaking hands with his numer ous friends and incidentally doing a little trading with the boys. W. T. is one of the finest that ever came down the pike. Floyd L. Baker has gone to Union for ? few days to do some work for Mr. Rice, of the Union Times. She’d Waited for His Return. A Philadelphia celegyman was talking about the late Sam Small. “I once heard him speak,” he said. “and his humor and eloquence Im pressed m© deeply. “He had a happy knack of lllustra tion. He wanted. I remember, to Il lustrate the frailty that is a part of even the best characters, and be told a story about a brave young soldier. “This soldier, he said, enlisted in the Spanish-Amerlcan war, and he fought like a Hon for his country. The firm he had worked for. pleased with the record he was making for himself, told his wife that aH the time he wa 8 away they would pay ' nlf his wages to her. “Accordingly, at the end of the first week the young woman called at the office, and the head of the firm handed her $9. “She looked at the money, and her face clouded over. “ ‘Nine dollars?’ she said “ ‘Yes.’ said the head, a little hurt; ‘that is Just half. I’m sorry you are not pleased.’ “ ‘It isn’t that I’m not satisfied,’ said the young woman, ‘but. all along I ai < he’s been telling m© that his payt mv If you are a little discreet now r we can get a good price for the property. “I understand lovey; I’ll not neg lect them,” hearing which “lovey” departed. In the course of the day two gen tlemen called, and Mary gave them all the aid possible in inspecting the place. No estate agent could have been more valuable in describing the property than was the loyal little spouse. “Why, gentlemen,” said she. “we iave actually received repeated of fers of $1,000 for this property, and have held it all along to be worth $1,500.” That night as the husband entered his home, he said: “I was sorry to day, Mary, but those gentlemen had some engagement, so that they could not come down.” What’s that you say ” exclaimed the wife. 'I said those gentlemen couldn’t come down.” But they did, though: and I tell you I cracked up the Place to them. I verily believe I made them think the old rookerv waa worth $1,000.' “How did they look?” asked the husband. The wife described them, when the husband threw up both hands and yelled: “Mary, you have undone me com pletely. You have been talking to th© assessors/ Monkey Helped to Fish. (London Feld.) For some years I lived in a small town not far from Frome. and. being verv fond of fishing, I was able to indulge in my favorite past time very eften. as the little river abounded in trout, and I had permission to fish about eight mileB of it. The only boat on the lake belong ed to a f'aptain who rented a large house with grounds coming down to the lake, and he verv kindly allowed me the use of the boat at all times. Tlx* Captain was perhaps the finest fl ,r fisherman I have ever seen, an en thusiast at tlie snort, and was often be seen in the boat, his page ’.mj rowing him about. The other occupant of the boat was invariably a monkev that sat stoll- ilv in the stern sheets. But when the Captain hooked a fish Jocko was all actively, dancing bout the boat in most excited manner, and as soon as the Captain had drawn the fish near enough the monkey, holding on the gunwhale with one hand, would seize the fish with the other, throw it into the boat and then resume his usual seat. It Was a Lena Chase. After more logs had been thrown on the Are and pipes lighted the talk drifted around the middle fork of the American river and the country round about. “The strongest remembrance I have of that country is of the big grizzly that chased m© out.” salt Bill Bailey. “I was a-piekin’ wild strawberries up on the side of a mountain when some pebbles.* dirt an’ one thing and another com© a-clatterin’ down; you all know how it is on a hill side when something heavy ’s movin’ about you. 1 looked up. and s’elp me if ther wasn’t a whoopin’ big grizzly a stalk in' me; yes. sir. doin’ the sneak act right up on me. You ought to see go down the mountain; I’ll bet tracks was a rod apart, and in Eagle Seized a Dog. (St. Paul Pioneer Press.) M. Cohen, a trapper, who has a camp at ChedI Lake. Just east of the James river, uvas examining his traps Yesterday when a huge eagle swooped down and. seizing a dog which ac companied the trapper, started off with Its prey. Cohen, however, shot the bird be fore the dog had been much frtiured. The eagle measured 7 feet 7 1-2 inch es from tip to tip. and Its talons were large enough to encircle a man’s wrist Cohen Intends to have the bird stuffed and mounted. A sportsman on the Huntsham es tate, North Devon, had a rabbit brought to him by his spaniel, which had caught It under a hedge. The rabbit could walk onlv verv feebly, though all its limbs were found to be sound. In Itg mouth, however, was a thick twig about three inches long, which had become wedged In behind the teeth In the rabbit’s rush from some threatened danger. The animal was aunable to extract the twig .with its paws and was being gradually starved to death when It was found by the dig.—Lodon Evening Stand ard. Wait till h© ! t'kic -A 1 didn’t S ave no tracks gets home! If them Spaniards don’t I— 1 Jest nacberallv went through the Quick as a Wink That exactly ipreaaen It. Just aa <|uickljr aa you can atlr ‘he con ten ta of one oackagc of Jell-O THE DAINTY DESSERT will jellify and be ready to eat. For a more elaborate deeeert try the following: Banana Cream. Peri five large bananas, rub smooth with five teaspoonfule of sugar. Add one cu|> sweet cream beaten to a ■till froth, then one package of Lemon Jell-O dissolved tn one and one-half enpeof boiling water. Poor in mold or bowl and when x>ld garnish with candied cherries. Serve with whipped l cream. Beautifully illustra- r tM recipe book free. Address The Ceaesee Pwre Peed C#.. Le toy, N. Y. . lit Is Opm Real Estate For Sale.... Fifty-one acres i'/z miles from town, with two houses on it, io acres woodland. This is an ideal vegetableffann. There has been $350 worth of vegeta bles raised and sold from an acre in one season. It’s a bargain at $2,500. : : : : ; One hundred and sixty-nine acres, one mile from town, one- half ip heavy timber. One mile of Southern R. R. runs through it. Suitable for mill site. 75 acres in highest state of culti vation. About $3,500 worth of buildings on it. It all goes for $50 an acre. Buy this and make a barrel of money on it in twelve months. See : : : Z. A. Robertson 93 -a FouDtaio Is open t forIthe sea-' son. The best* Crushed Fruits and Fruit Juices is what • we use. Particular ; care is taken to make each drink to ^ suit the individuals taste If you want to be served to please drink at our foun tain CHEROKEE| DRUG COHPAHY Old Yo’ Ever Tbink what a bargain you are getting when you get Popular flavors of Ice Cream always on hand THE LEDGER wa* onlv $14 a week, gets home! If the kill him. I will!’” Nearly Killed by Ciqa-ettes. (Boston Post.) With hia windpipe nearly closed from a contraction of th© muscles. du« the doctors sav. to his smoking too many cigarettes. John E. Wilson. 18. of 140 Castle street. South End. was found in a s -mi-conscious and almost dying condition on tbo Com mon last night. That he did not strangle, th© surgeons sav. is due to the prompt action of the police, who after finding bim. made a record trio to the hospital with their charge. Yesterday, the doctors declare. Wil son admits having smoked cigar^res almost, incessantly, with the result that the nicotine paralyzed t.b© mus cles of his throat. At the hospital th© doctors ann!i<*d restoratives, and later he was able to go to his home. Before he left, however, he wap ad monished to be more careful about the uh© of cigarettes if he wanted to continue to live. How H* Knew. (Harper’s Weekly.) One Sunday morning recently the pastor of a church in a town of west ern Massachusetts remarked to his wife, upon returning from service: “Mary, there was a stranger at ser vice thin morning.” “What did he look like ” asked th* wife. “I don’t know” was the answer, “for I didn’t see him." “Then how did you know he was a stranger?” “Because I found a dollar in the contribution box.” reoHed the pastor. air But tout bear was bittin’ only th© high nlac©s. too and the faster I w.nt th© faster he come. 1 could hear his ‘whoof’ right behind me, and sometimes I believed f felt his hot breath on the back of my neck. But I fooled him good and nlenty.” “How?” “I’d cross©,| the river on my way up. an’ while the ice would bear me I knowed it wouidn't hold up on 1.500 i>ouml grizzly, so I beaded for the river and out on the ice. So did the bear, but not far out. He went through an’ I kept on: I didn’t even stop to s©e if he got out. I was afear- er be would.” Oh. you said you was plhklii? strawberries?” “So I was; so I was; but I didn’t toll all the story, for It would be too long. That bear chased me from Au gust to January.” An Alone. (Tit-Bits.) A good storv is being told at the expense of a local theatre, whose “standing room only” notice la no longer needed. One night after the curtain was rung up. a small boy was discovered sobbing In front of the box office. The manager of the thea tre went to the lad and kindly asked him what the trouble waa. ”1 want my money back.” aobbad the boy In answer to the query. In surprise the manager asked the reason for such a request. “Because—because I’m afraid to ait up In tha gallery all alone!” he walled. Hie money was re turned. •ubaortba for The Ledger; ft a Boon to Cotton Planters. One of £he most important devices in the history of cotton culture practical ly has been- perfected by experts of th© department of agriculture. It Is a machine for the removal of the fuzz ou cottonseed and for the separation of light and heavy seed. The process has been In course of de velopment for about two years, and ii; Is the opinion of the cotton experts of the department that its universal use would effect a saving of about 10 per cent of the entire cotton crop. Aa the crop of America amounts to about $750,000,000 a year, It easily can be realized that such a saving would be of vast importance. By the removal of the f’ra from the cottonseed the seed may be planted with an ordinary gravity drill. By the ease with which the smooth seed can be manipulated they can be planted In hills without unnecessary waste, and the plants so located can be tilled tn two directions. The machine, it Is said, can be made at very small expense, and as the In vention Is In the hands of the govern ment cotton planters who use It wlU have to pay no royalty for It one hundred and three (103) times a year for OrIj SI.DO a Year? NOTICE TEACHERS. The regular teachers examlnaiM— win be held at the court house Friday. April 19th. beginning at 9:M a. m. We shall expect every on* ap plying to be present promptly m that day and at the hour. County Board of Examiners. J. L. Walker, R. C. Sarratt, Jas. CL Jefferlati. HOLLISTER'S Ricky Hoantain Taa Nuggats A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Golden Health and Renewed Visas A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, XMf* sod Kidney troubles. Pimples, Eczem Blood. Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowels, ] and Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tad In < let io-m. 35 cents a box. Genuine mads Mg Hollistkb Dkco Compact. Madison, Win. 60L0EN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PE0PU FOR ALL COUr.TY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN TH8 •TATE AND EVENTS OP INTEREST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO. April 8-12. There *re many tonics in the Ian* Aa by the papers you can aee; But none of them can equal JHollIater'a Rocky_Mountaln Tea. BRIDGE TO LET. On Friday. April 19th I will be at the bridge at the Deck Tindall place, on Big Thlckety. to let the contract for building tike abutments. S. F. Lipscomb, County Supervisor. HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to tbe family at premium rates fixed on the basis of the actuaries’tables of life expectation, and therefore, absolutely fair is the only kind of Ufe insurance written by The Sontheastern Life Insurance Company of Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” policies, an' schemes for profit, no opening fo^speculation, no element of scandal, but strict and straight Life Insurance of the kind that takes care of a man’s family by providing an immediate cash estate on his death, the time of all times when they will need it most keenly. It is every man’s a&cred duty to carry life insurance for the benefit of those de pendant upon him, and all men know this. But no Sonth Carolinan need go oat of his own State to get it. >■ x x x The Sontheastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by tbe State of South Carolina and subject to the Sonth Carolina laws governiag Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homes and interests are in this State. It is an old line, l;gal reserve, Straight Life Company of tae sonadast bind, and should have the support of the people of the State. x Sontheastern Life Insurance Compj, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, # Mar. lath. 1901 Spartanburg* S. C. A few pair $6.00 Bicycle Tires at $4.76. Shop opposite Pettit’s blacksmith shop. E. R. Parker!