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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION •f Any N«ttapap«r In thn Fifth Conamanlonnl District of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE THE LEDGER. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY *E GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY •f Every Advortlcor Who Umo the Columns of * This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper in All Burt the Word Implies and Devoted te the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. f ESTABLISHED FEB. It, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C, TUTSDAY, APRIL 16, 1907. 91.00 A YEAR. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Personal Paragraph* Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of that Section. WUlkinsTille. April 9.—Rev. T. F. Boozer will preach at Salem on the third Sabbath of this morth—the 21st at 11 o’clock. The rain Friday night. Saturday morning and yesterday was a great help to wheat oats and hard land. Though it Is quite cold and wlntery We have see no special evidence of damage to fruit or crops as vet. We attended preaching at Abing don Creek last Sabbath. Rev. C. M- Teal chose for his text Revelation 3:20, “Behold. I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice ' and onen the door. I will come In to him, and will sup with him. and he with me." The speaker first tool'.' the view of the church standing idle with closed doors while the overturnes of love, mercy and blessings stood on the out side ready to cross the threshold and bestowed its benefactions upon the inmates the moment the door was opened and He was admitted upon the terms of the gospel. He then ap plied the text to the tapping of the human conscience at the door of the sinners heart when the Holy spirt was seeking admittance. Map is a free agent endowed with the right to choose betwen life and dentil right and wrong and God never has nor never will save a man or •yoman against their own will. A voluntary surrender of the heart Is a Prerequi site to salvation. Upon no other terms nor conditions is salvation of fered. The ftixt shows that God is wil ling and waiting to be gracious to those who will accept Him. Rev. Mr. Teal Is very popular not only with his own people but with people of other denominations. The Abingdon Creek Sunday school elected Mr. W. E. Osment superin tendent anj Mr. J. C. Thompson as- f ~ sistant superintendent. The session of Salem church met last Sabbath and elected J. L. Strain delegate to Enoree Presbytery which meets at Clifton this p. m.. T. J. Es tes was elected his alternate. There has been no preaching at Salem since the fourth Sabbath In November last, when Rev. R. T. Lis ton preached his last sermon. Mr. L. M. Hartford went to Gaff- nev last Saturday on business. The sand at Howell’s ferry Is giv ing a good deal of trouble at this ^ime. A part of the time it is impos sible for the ferry boat to run. There is - some talk- of a cotton mill being built at Wiikinsvllle before long. This will give a read? sale for all the fire wood in this section un less it is r- by electric power from the Ninety-Nine Islands dam which will be completed before long. Mr. Morgan Millwood, our water- nm’on raiser, will be among the first in the market with his products. Only the trouble and expense of haul ing keeps him from realizing a nice sum each year for his experience and labor. Com planted the 29th ult. is com ing up and the crows are fixing to begi" their work. In this day of enlightenment, enter prise and advancement, education comes in for its share of criticism. This should not be the case Yet we are forced to the conclusion that some of our schools and colleges are not what thev should be. The crowning process in book learning has become so prevalent as to exclude the possibility of the children learning anything thorough ly. When the child’s mind is over loaded with so many different studies it can’t properly digest anv of them and consequently it Is damaged rather than strengthened as the re sult. For this many parents are to blame. If their children don’t “go through’’ their book with consider able rapidity thev think the teacher isn’t doing his or her duty and conse quently has to step down and out or take a good deal of abuse in a round about way. Its not so much what a man eats as how well he digests it that gives him strength. It is harder for us to unlearn ojir errors than to acquire correct ideas •t the first. The child that has learned to rf-ad G monosyllables correctly Is better pre- Dai"'* to read dissyllables and trisyl lables. and pollysvllables come in in their regular consecutive order. The Hickory Grove correspondent of the New Era (Yorkville). says that the friends of Tom Harris, who was banged at Gaffney the other dav and buried at Unity, have been watching his grave to prevent his body being taken up by medical students. We are told that envv is a com pliment we pay our superiors—and its literallv true. The mother who fails to teach her daughter how to make and mend cUWhes. cook and do other kinds of . domestic work. Is apt to fool some body in a wife. The Abingdon Creek people are thinking of getting an organ for their church. We know nothing more po tential in church work than good music. Dr. T. DeWitt T aim age said; “If everybody would open their mouths and sing with the proper spirits the hoW spirit would enter and It would be no trouble to evangelise the world. Yet those." be said “who think Ihey can’t sing Join te the chorns and make a joyful noise to the rock of their salvation." What is needed In every community and every church In particular, is a leader—some one to champion the cause and lead the forces to victory. Some one has said: “I would rather be the man who writes a na tion’s songs than he who commands its armies.” Mr. Wesley Osment jays music win charm anything but a hog. Rev. Mr. Teal expects to hold a two-davs meeting at Abinglon on Saturday and Sabbath. 4th and 5th of May at which time he hopes to have Rev. Mr. Crocker with him. A most noted case of gormandizing on raw peas is told by one of our neighbors who got a darkey to help him plant them. The darkev was to drop the peas*while our neighbor was to cover them with the plow. In a half a day they planted (or he thought) a peck of peas. Thajt eve ning he got another dropper and a good stand of peas followed. Of the peas the first one dropped not a single one of them came up. He af terwards found out that the first had droppAl the peas Into his mouth instead of the furrow and he had eaten the whole of them—a jeeb. Our readers must determine for themselves which is the biggest, the tale or the mes« of peas eaten, by the darkey. Swing savs “Egotism is the nomi nation. the election and coronation of self as king.” ‘Yet nobodv is wil ling to be called an egotist. Some people can’t see how the world got along before they came In to it or how it will get along after they leave It. Mr. Jeff Blackwell’s son is still very sick. He doesn’t ®<^em to get anv better. Will Sawyer, one of the Catawba Indians, who lives with Morgan Mill- wood. has had a spell of erippe but is able to be up and at work again. He Is one of the best work hands In this community and an all round good fellow. From what we learn there are about sixty of their tribe still In the “Indian land” In York county, and thev make fairly good citizens. Some of them made good soldiers during the late or Civil war. Some people like razor soup and use a good deal of it. Others like brain tonic much better. We prefer the latter. A ladv of marriagable age was ask ed whv she didn’t marry. Sh«i said “There is no use of it. I have a par rot that swears, a cat that stavs out at night and a monkey that chews to bacco and spits on the floor and that’s enough.” Sensible woman she is^ J U S. A MURDERER’S LAST WORDS ren—God bless and care for them— cast out on the mercy of a cold and cruel world, while I am to be mur dered by the strong arm of the fttate in which I live. “God knows I tried to reform, but as long as the open saloon was In my pathway my weak, diseased willpow er was no match against the fearful, consuming, agonizing appetite for liquor. At last I sought the protect ion "sre and sympathy of tb'' church of Jesus Christ. “For one vear our town was a so ber town. For one year I was a so ber man. For one year mv wife and children were supremely hapnv and our little home was a perfect para dise. “I was one of those who signed re monstrances against re-opening the saloons in our town. The names of half the jury can be found todav op the netltion certifying to the good moral craracter of these rumsellers. and falsely saving that the sale of liquor was necessary In our town. The prosecuting attorney in this case was the one that so eloquent!'' Plead ed with the court for the license, and the judge who sits on this bench, and who asks me if I have anything to say before sentence of death is passed on me. granted the license.” The impassioned words of the prisoner fell like coals of fire upon the hearts of those present and some of the lawvers and many of the spec tators were moved to tears. The Judge made a motion as if to stop any further sneech on the part of tho prisoner, when the speaker hastily said; “No! no! Your honor, do not close my lips. I am nearl? through and they are the last words I shall utter on earth. "I began mv downward career at a saloon bar. legalized and Protected by the Commonwealth which has re ceived annually a part of the blood- money from their poor, deluded vic tims After the State had made me a drunkard and a murderer. I am taken before another bar—the bar of justice—bv the same power qf law which legalized the first bar. and SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. Before th* Court Sentenced Him to Death. (From the Beebe Times.) “Prisoner at the bar. have you any thing to say whv sentence of death should not be passed upon vou?” A solemn hush fell over the crowd- j ^d courtroom, and everv person waited in almost breathless exnecta- 1 tion for an answer to the judge’s question. The judge still waited In dignified silence. Not a whisper was heard anvwhere and the situation had become pain full 7 oppressive, when the prisoner was seen to move. His head was I raised his hands were Clinched and ■ the blood bad rushed into his pale. 1 careworn face. His teeth were firmly set and into his haggard eyes came a I flash of light. Suddenly he arose to his feet. and. in a low. firm, but distinct voice, said: “1 have! Your honor, you have ; asked me a question, and now I ask. as the last favor on earth, that vou will not interrupt mv answer until I am through. “I stand here before this bar con victed of the willful murder of my wife. Truthful witnesses have testi fied to the fact that I was a loafer, a drunkard and a wretch: that I re- | turned home from one of mv long de- tvauches and fired the fatal shot that killed the wife I had sworn to love, cherish and protect. While I have no remembrance of committing the fearful, cowardly and Inhuman deed I have no right to complain or con demn the verdict of the twelve good men who have acted as a jurv in this case, for their verdict Is in accord- awith the evidence. “But. mav it please the court. I wish to show that I am not alone re sponsible for the murder of my .wife.” This startling statement created a I profound sensation. The Judge lean- 1 ed over the desk, the lawyers wheel ed around and faced the prisoner, the jurors looked 'at each other In amazement while the spectators could hardly suppress their intense excitement. The prisoner paused a few seconds, and th#%> continued in the same firm, distinct voice: “I repeat, your honor, that I am not the onlv one guilty of the murder of my wife. The ludge on this bench, the jury in the box. the lawyers with in this bar and most of the witnesses are guilt? before Almighty God. and win have to appear before His judg ment throne, where we shall be , righteously judged. “If twenty men conspired together ! for the murder of one person the law power of this land will arrest the twenty and each will be tried, con- | victed and executed for a whole mur der and not for one-twenties o f the crime. “I have been made a drunkard by ' law. If it bad not been for the lega lized saloons of my town I would never have become a drunkard, and I would not be here now ready to be hurled into eternity. Had it not been for the human traps set out by the consent of the government I would have been an Industrious workman, a tender father and a loving htrsbad. Bnt today my home Is destroyed, my wife murdered and my little child' Recent Happenings In and Around the City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local New* Editor. Cotton sold for 11 cents on the local market yesterday there was scarce ly any offered for sale. Don’t fail to see “Wtoat Happened 1 to Jones” at the Star Theatre next Friday night. Reserved seats now . on sale at Ledger office. The building on Robinson street which has blocked this street so long is being moved and the change helps the street a hundred per cent. A. S. Gillard arrived in the citv to dav to assist J. J. Darby in adjusting the loss of J. M. Nelson whose stock was seriously damaged by fire. “What Happened to Jones” will be the attraction at the Star Theatre Friday night. This company comes to Gaffney highly recommended. The Gaffnev old home on Grenard street near the Southern depot is be ing town down and the material, moved to another lot where it will be used for another dwelling. O. P. Richardson, who for several months has been keeping books for the Merchants and Planters bank, left Friday for Atlanta where he goes to make his future home. We are sorry to lose O. P. but Gaffney’s loss is Atlanta’s gain. Dr. A. M. Simms of the Fjrst Bap tist church, filled his pulpit Sunday “Citizen" Make* a Timely Suqqestion in Reqard to Location. It is reported that the board of trustees of School District No. 10, have selected as a site for one of the school buildings a small triangular lot of land lying between the inter section of Cherokee avenue and the main line of the Southern Railway company. We should have been in clined to discredit this report, though it har not been denied, for the reason that it did not seem probable that a body of reasonable men, charged with such a delicate duty, would have selected a location that possesses not a single qualification for school pur poses except the area of land embrac ed in the lot. Leaving out the danger of the situation, which is obvious to every one and leaving out of consideration the uneasiness of parents for the safety of their children, and the additional freedom of care and vigilance, that the teachers, from necessity must ex ercise. and there vet remains an insu perable objection. During school hours there will be from ten to twenty trains, perhaps, passing the school building, to say nothing of the almost constant shift ing of engines ad cars. This will | create almost continual noise and ! confusion. A-r? rer:;on who has taught school knows tne difficulty a teacher experi- jences in going ami holding the atten tion of pupils under the most favor able conditions, and when to this trouble inside is added the din. noise, and confusion of trains and engines outside, it must be apparent that the I report is not true, or that the board has not exercised sound judgment and discretion. Those who have been in the court house while a train was passing one hundred vards in the rear, know that , frequently the business of court must be suspended until the train is ; out of the way. If grown men with strong voices 1 arp, not able to contend with a loco motive. how shall the woman teacher and ’"e little children stand? Even if the lot In question has been bought and paid for. it is infi nitely better that the land should re main idle or be resold, even at a sac rifice. than that monev should be in vested in a school that must be un satisfactory so long as the Southern Railway remains where it now is. Citizen. Scene From 'Whet Happened To Jones," Star Theatre, Friday Night, April 10th. now vou will conduct me to the place of execution and hasten mv soul Into eternity. I shall appear before anoth er bar—the Judgement bar of God— and there you who have legalized the traffic will have to appear with me. Think vou that the Great Judg*- will hold me—the poor. weak, helpless victim of your traffic—alone respon sible for the murder of my wife? Nay, I. In my drunken, frenzied, ir responsible condition have murdered one. but you have willfully and de liberately murdered your thousands, and the murder mills are today In operation with your consent. “All of you know In your hearts that these words of mine are no* the ravings of an unsound mind, but God Almighty’s truth. The liquor traffic of this action responsible for nearly all the murders, bloodshed, riots, poverty, misery, wretchedness and woe. It breaks up thousands of hap nv homes everv vear. sends th*- hus band and father to prison or the gal lows and drives countless mothers and little children into the world to suffer and die. It furnishes nearly all the criminal business of this and everv other court and blasts ev^nV community it touches. “This infernal traffic is legalized and protected by parties which you sustain bv your ballots. And yet some of you have the audacit? to say that vou are in favor of prohibiting the traffic while your ballots go into the box with those of the rumsellers and the worst elements of the land in favor of continuing the buisness! Every vear you are given an opportu nity of voting a protest against the soul-and-bodv destroying business and wash vour hands of all respon sibility of the fearful results of the liquor traffic, but you inform the gov ernment bv your ballot that vou are perfectly satisfied with the present condition of things and that they shall continue. “You legalize the saloons that made me a drunkard and a murderer, and vou are gulltv with me befo’-' God and man for tfce murder of my wife. "Your honor. I am done. I am now read? to receive my sentence and be led forth to the place of exention and murdered according to tke law of tMg State. “You will close by asking tfce Lord to have mercy on mv soul. I will close bv solemnly asking God to open your eves to the truth, to vour Indi vidual responsibility, so that you will cease to give vour support to this hell-born traffic.” night and took as his theme. “The books of Esther.” Dr. Simms very forcibly outlined the entire book from start to finish and closed with a few brief but very interesting remark's. As an offertory Mrs. Lights? sang 1 “I’ll go where you want me to go” | which was rendered i" her usual ex- r-dlent voice. At the home of Mr. Otto Hallman Sundav night Mr. Graham Gaffney and Miss Bertha Price were united in the holy bonds of matrimonv. Rev. E. G. Ross officiating. Immediately after the ceremony those so fortunate I as to be present, were asked into the ; dining room where a sumptous repast waited them. The Ledger extends its heartiest congratulations to the young couple and wishes them a long life of happiness There was quite a little excitement in Gaffney yesterday morning when ith<* police officers were notified that somf one had broken Into the home 1 of Mk. L. W. MicGuinn on North Limestone street. On further investi gation it was accertained that the . "uilt? one or ones had accomplished ! their work in the early part of the I night and made their escape before it was discovered. The policemen were upon the scene promptly look ing for evidence of the gulltv party. I At this time no arrests have been made. Newspaper Management. (American Press.) The Racine (Wis.) Journal in an editorial on the business end of a newspaper points out that no busi ness requires more careful manage ment owing to numerous details which must be carefully looked after. “The Journal, for instance." it says “has ac counts with over 7,000 people, sub scribers to the daily and weekly edi tions. epH, besides these, there are hnn«;- Is of advertisers. There are ■ few r than 2,000 changes a year, people added to and dropped from the list, and they all demand and have a right to expect an accurate account of every cent paid in. There is not a local busi ness in Racine that has so large a number of individual accounts.” The Journal’s statement was doubt less a revelation to many of its read ers. There Is another feature of the management of a paper even more Important and of which the public is in greater ignorance—viz. the prop er adjustment of the editorial and the business policy so that a newspaper mav perform its function as a pub lic journal and earn a living for the publishers—in the jargon of the of fice. the conflict between upstairs and downstairs. With the editor of stout heart and clear vision realizing that h° is the watchman on the walls who must give notice of the anoroach- ing enemy and on the other hand, the business manager who sees that a certain editorial will alienate power ful business interests, it reojiires more courage, good judgment and diplomac'. successfully to run the average neswpaper than it does to conduct a governor’s office. It is perhaps "-en more trving in the case of the one man newspaper, whose proprietor must be editor and business manager. The conflict be tween upstairs and downstairs then fakes nlace in his own breast, and what fierce battles thev often are! Is it any wonder that editors sometimes make mistakes? It would be a mar- ve - if thev did not. R. G. Lakey, who is with the Dt»id company at Gaston Shoals, wae In town Moday. Col. Fay Gaffnev is speding a f«w days with his family on Grenard street. P. S. Webber, of Wiikinsvllle, wae a visitor to the citv Saturday. Chance Wilson, of Spartanburg, made his usual “business” trio to the city yesterday. C. C. S.Linder, of Union, was a city ’ ’sitor yesterday. Mrs. Edna Harris, teacher of tlie Baraca class and Misses Winona Phifer and Mae Peeler, of the Pbila- thea class of the First Baptist churdh. left this morning on train No. 39 for Atlanta to attend the International Baraca and Phllathae convention. J. Eb Jejteries and mother left the city vesteiGay for Union where they will be joined by Mrs. Davis Jefferies, a daughter of Mrs. Jefferies, who wiH accompany them to Charleston where the? go to spend a few davs. Dr. I. A. Wood and family formerly of this city, but now residing at Cliff- side. N. C.. were in the citv Tester- day. Popular Conception of Reporters. (American Press.) It would be interest! ag to know just how many persons get their idea of the qualificatioas of a new#- paper reporter from David Copper- field. His struggles to master short hand. a herculean task as the art was then taught, as a necessary part of his preparation for newspaper work, has evidentlv left a widespread an4 deep impression on the public mind. A Irage proportion of the uninitiat ed now regard stenography as abso lutely necessary to newspaper report ing. Recently, referring to the news paper reports of a meeting in his town, a gentleman of more than average intelligence remarked half apologetically that the papers did not have a shorthand reporter present. It was surprising to him to leagi that newspapers rarely make stenographic reports of the proceedings of any meeting and that in many cases re quiring expedition the copy boom to the editor just as it is written on the spot. It need hardlv be pointed out here that it is fortunate for speakers that the public does not get a verbatim re port. They frequently complain loudly of misrepresentation. The majority of them would utterly dis own their impassioned orator? if they could see it in cold tvpe as it fell from their lips. Few of them know bow much they really owe to the re porter. who puts their disiointfd sen- 4 teeees into readable shape, corrects their grammatical errors and omit unimportant parts of their speech, which would have the tendency to make them very dull reading. We remember hearing a court re porter say that the highest compli ment he ever got was from a lawyer whom he never reported verbatim. This lawyer was verv careless in his speech, slouchy in his language, given to such pronunciation as “whac”- and “thar” and utterly indifferent as to w'heth^r his nouns and verbs agreed. The renortor w r as always careful to report him in elegant language, earn ing his gratitude. “You are the only reporter.” he told him repeatedly, “who ever -motes me correctly,’’ The newspaper reporter must go even further. He must divjne the speaker’s thought and make him say what he intended to say. wuat he would Probably have written if he had committed it to paper. This of course gives the reporter wid£ lati tude. hut if he is conscientious ap<' fair he will not take advantage of ft to misrepresent the speaker. The Hawthorn#- Musical Club. The universal opinion of those who attended the entertainment given bv the Hawthorne Musical Club last Fri day evening was that it ranked with the best attractions that have been here this season. From the first to the last there was not a dull number. Almost every instrument upon which 1 music could be made, was used during the evening and time after time the performers were compelled to re spond to encores. The Value of Service. fWashington Star.) The value of the service.—Mrs Pot ter Palmer, while entertaining the National Civic Federation in Chicago, j ♦old a story about country houge tlp- ; nine. “You know.” she said, "how huge these tips are. how many servants must be remembered, how. indeed, some people are obliged to refuse to The Patch at a Guide. A New Englander recently had occasion to engage a gardner. One morning two applicants appeared— one a decidely decent looking man. and the other of much less preposses sing appearance and manner. After very little hesitation, the man of the house chose the latter appll- ' cant. A friend who was present eyjnced surprise at. the selection. asHnr. “Has that man ever worked for you before?’’ “No.” replied the other: "in fact I never saw either of them before to day.” “Then why did you choose the shorter man? The other had much the better face ” “Face!" exclaimed the proprietor of the place in disgust. “Lot me tell you that, when you pick out a garden er. you want to go by his overall*. If they’re patched on the knees you want him. If the patch is on the seat of the trousers you don’t" visit large country- houses because totaertba far The Lifirt 91 • Morbid Curiosity. (Union Times.) We are told that a large basketful of letters was received by the sheriff of Cherokee county from all parts of the State asking permission to wit- n*-ss the hanging of Tom Harris, the murderer, at Gaffney last Friday. "There Is no accounting for taste.” and that’s a fact. The morbid curiosi ty of some people is to be explained on the basis that there is very much of the brute in some people. they can’t afford the expense. I "Well, there Is a story in this line about the famous Jonas Han wav "As Hanway was leaving the coun try house of a duke a string of ser vants waited to way lav him. “Sir.’ said one. ‘vour overcoat.’ "And Hanwa? put on the overcoat and gave the man a sovereign. "Your umbrella, sir.’ said another. “And taking the umbrella. Hanway surrendered another sovereign "Your hat. sir.’ "Another sovereign. " ‘Sir. your gloves.’ “ Wfhy. friend.’ says Hanway. ‘you mav keep the gloves. They are not worth a sovereign.,,—Washington Star. TO ENJOY A GOOD DINNER. There Is no need of any self-deny- ing diet list, no call for nasty dis agreeable medicine, no Hat of hard exercises: simply & Ml-o-na stomacb tablet before each meal, and oq# be fore going to bed. and it win so strengthen the stomach that a good dinner will give vou pleasure an! comfort without the least fear of dis tress. Tne best proof of the value of oar advice is the fact that the Gaffney Drug Co. give a positive guaranto# (applying to two 50c boxes of Ml-o- na) that our money will be refunded unless the remed? 'cures. A ruaraat- ' te- like this must give you oonfldeM* in Mi-o-na stomach tablets. Ambassador James Bryce told tha New York Chamber of Commerce In a seech that trade makee for peace. Bonilla’s government it reported to b at an end in Honduras ad the ter- artatton of the war a looked for Every lady should have a <£>py qf the Argo Red Salmon Cook Book. It tells vou thirty-nine different ways of preparing Salmon. Ask your grocer for it April 15-lf- —To our farming friends living oat- side the corporate limits of Gaffaey with each 91 or more purchase af garden or field seed, we will give a beautiful art calaodar well worth fil eta., free. Come early if you waat one: the supply la UuMtei- Drup Ob