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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publlahar. CLUB OF BUND GIRLS. r The Ledger Is not responalbla (or the views of correspondents. Hereafter no advertisements will be accepted at this office after 940 o’clock On Mondays and Thursdays. Watch your label and the date. And renew before 'tls too late; If there be an error, don’t set mad. Report to us—well make yon «lad. Renumber, ’tls our aim to please. But errors are like pesky fleas— They will creep In In spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. CITY DIRECTORY. Officials. J. Q. Little Mayor H. L. Spears Mayor Pro Tem W. H. Rose City Clerb R. A. Jones Treasurer A. L. Hallman Health Officer T. H. Lockhart Chief Police J. B. Bell City Attorney Board Public Worka. A. N. Wood Chairman J. N. Lipscomb Treasurer W. H. Rose .... Secretary Board of Trade W. C. Hamrick President J. C. Otts Secretary NOTES AND COMMENTS. ■ "■ / The Old Man lef; yesterday for Charleston and the Isle of Palms. One thing he promised himself was to see “Bugs” perform in the box. Now won’t he be disappointed when he finds out tha; “Bugs” has gone to Chicago to see Mrs. Bugs and the little Bugs—or something of that sort. U f»; • • • Here’s hoping that the gentlemen who gather by the sfa this week will enjo", 1! fe to its utmost. Dear old boys! If anybody deserves the out ing and the hospitality of a people the men who push pencils for the press of the State r ertainly do. May their cup of happiness be filled, If for only a brief season. • • * It is to be hoped that Ed. De- Camp. of the Gaffney Ledger, has been able to collect enough on sub scription to enable him to buy a few “biled” shirts to take with him to tho Press Association,—Greenville News. It is supposed that he got ’em somehow, for he’s gone; though he didn't have on one when he left—1. e., a “biled’’ one, of course! • • • The Gaffney Board of Trade will hold i:s regular monthly meeting In the city hall Friday night at 8 o’clock. Every business man In Gaffney should attend. The hoard has al ready undertaken some work that will redound to the glory of the town* . It isn’t exactly fair for a few men of the town to do all the pushing and le- a lot of mossbacks reap the bene fit. So the best thing is for the moss backs to join hands and help push things along. Firat Organization of Ita Kind In tha World, Say Membera. A “blind woman’s club” has been formed which, according to one of its members, is the only one of its kind in the United States, says the New York Tribune. Tbe club, was urgnui/.ed a few days ago, the first meeting being held at tbe home of the Miss< i Wini fred and Edith Holtz, in York. The club will be run on the same basis as any other social club. Its object, ac cording to Miss Agues Stafford, who Is blind and one of its charter mem bers, is to show the blind people that they need no longer lie objects of char ity. At the preliminary meeting four teen blind girls attended. A president, vice president, secretary and treasurer were elected. Although blind, Miss Wless, the secretary, will take the minutes of the meetings down in short hand. At the meetings the reports of the various officers of the club will be read by tho associated members who are not blind. Mrs. Charles Sheppard of New York, who has taken an active interest lo the movement, has offered her home for tho use of the club to hold their meetings during the summer. The family have left the city. “People say that we are useless with out our eyes,” said Miss Stafford. “It Isn't so. It’s our brains that do the work and not our eyes. Some of us blind girls are more intelligent and smarter than many girls who can see. We have fourteen members so far, and w r e expect to Increase that number to 100 very soon. Some of tho girls live In Brooklyn, the Bronx and in New York. There are several blind men’s clubs, but tills Is the only blind wom an’s cluli in the whole world. “We are going to adopt some of the resolutions of the men’s club and also their parliamentary rules. It will give the people n chance to study the gen eral conditions of tho blind.” Miss Stafford, who has been blind since she was five years old, received her education in tho Now York Institu tion For the Blind, at Thirty-ninth street and Ninth avenue. She was there for eight years. She can use a typewriter as well as a girl avIio can see and has three pupils. Miss Isaacs, vice president of tho club, is a tele phone operator at Lebanon hospital, in the Bronx. THE HALL OF KNIGHTS And Also fop Editors? (Charleston News and Courier.) If Editors DeCamp and Parrott care to bring along as bait a few dozen spring chickens, it is certain that they will serve as well for fish In Charlesion Harbor as for bull frogs in Cherokee county. Lat e But Sincere. The Index wishes to assure the es teemed Gaffney Ledger of Its sym pathy in its recent damage from fire. This may come late, but it Is never theless genuine.—Greenwood Index. FAITH OF BOYS IN PRAYER. Drowning Kansas Lad’s Companions Knelt on the Bank. A touching incident occurred recent ly when little Byron Clark and Ralph Chaplain of Marysville, Kan., knelt on the bank of the river and prayed God to keep a companion of their own age who had fallen Into the water from drowning, says the Kansas City Star. Rea Sevier, a boy eight years old, with his brother Job, two years older; the Clark and Chaplain boys and several others, were playing along the river bank when the younger Sevier boy fell from a log into the water. He could not swim. Two of the older boys went out on the log and tried to reach him, but could not, and he was going down the third time when his brother saw him and jumped into the river after him. Job could swim and succeeded in getting Rea to shore. In the meantime the little Clark boy, who is a son of Stewart Clark, road master of the St. Joseph and Grand Island railroad, and the Chaplain boy, neither of whom could swim and were too small to lie of any help, knelt on the bank and prayed God to save Rea’s life. Night Construction. The Chicago and Milwaukee Electric railroad, which is extending its line from Kenosha north to Milwaukee, Wis., is employing both day and night gangs on the construction, arc lamps furnishing the light, says Engineer. More than <i00 men are now employed. He Raid Up. (Exchange.). A subsclrber once received a dun through the postoffi.ee, and it mad** him mad. He went to see the editor about if, and the editor showed him a. few duns of his own—one for pa per, one for type, one for fuel and several others. “Now,” said the ed- tor. “I didn't get mad when these came because i knew that, all I had to do was to ask several reliable gentlemen like you to come and help me out, and then I could settle all of them.” When the subscriber saw how ir was he relented, paid up and renewed for another year. It requires the wormanship of twenty men and much costly machin ery to make that dainty article of eminity, the thimble. HARMFUL STOMACH DOSING. 'The best physicians believe that the less medicine one swallows the better. Do not trv to cure catarrh of the head bv .losing the stomach; this is neither common-sense nor scientific, reathe Hyomei. and its medication k go right to the snot where the rrhal germs are present and free kvsfem from all catarrhal nelsons. k Gaffnev Drug Co. have seen so ■ cures of catarrh made by Hyo* of them chronic anil com- [1 cases, that they give an ab- guarantee of cure or money refunded with every outfit thrv The complete Hyomei outfit ut $1.00. The Insurmountable. [In response to nn inquiry as to what he thought of the spring style of women's hats President Roosevelt said. “That Is a subject I dare not discuss.New York World news special.) At last, at last. A theme npp.-ars Tho which our great Dls usser fears To tackle in his strenuous w-ay Of handling things and have his say. Not politics, Nor M:ds nor beasts, N'.r dark designs Of secret feasts, Nor railroad rat.-s Restricting trade. Mysterious spells, History of Castle Where Peace Delegates Will Meet. LARGE, GLOOMY STRUCTURE. Nor Brownsville raid. f.O m Nor what is real jo t :r Diplomacy, #r.i 4 Nor what a ship ^ - . > •. Canal should b<. por it Nor who uro undesirable. r-:i io •;! Nor wh > with truth have got I>1!‘ •Iry. the pull. Nor what to do If’.' • ■ To soothe the Japs, I U Y Nor what Is best phi O I In labor : '•••;!ps, Nor plat s t 1 ::it we w: h Should p’/sh !:lonR pit! To iiK'ke the mollycoddle « » ’ ’ , , B jurong. wil > v. Nor how t i crush Octopiao pride. in • ti'-n Nor how prevent O o] R: CO Si:!- Ire. ' \ Stl Nor man', o !r i s, 'V'.l ITO be for The Ledger,’ f a year. Great t nd s.n .11, O.' which he has No fear at nil. It Is not t'’< e That give |,at* * And fr:1 bn: ll s W‘ hats! He Keep, i:; them AiifOctopi s Hc’doesn't even, D.'IV «l;s TBS. Hall, women s hats. Of purer the fount! At tight of you He a the count. And, thotxh l.e may Tall; throuf'.i his own. He s going to let Your hind clone. -TV. J. Lampion In* Now York World. Begun About 1240, It Was Formerly Used as a Hunting Palace—Interior Consists of One Huge Hall and Series of Smaller Ones. Tin* .sittings of the second peace con ference at The Hague will he held In a thirteenth century castle built for the counts of Holland In the days when they, together with the bishops of Utrecht and the dukes of Guelders, ruled the Low Countries, says tho New York Tribune. The “House In the Woods” (Huis ten Bosch), the former royal villa in the Haagsche forest, in the orange salon of which the first peace conference met In 1800, was found too small to accommodate the delegates of the forty-six countries to be represented, and the Dutch govern ment decided to fit up and place at the disposal of Its distinguished guests the ancient castle known In recent years as the Hall of Knights. Tbe Hall of Knights Is a large, gloomy structure of stone and brick In the heart of an irregular pile of old but more modern buildings which, taken together, form the Binnenhof, the fortress of the city. The Binnen hof Is the most historical spot In Hol land, about It clustering the memories of the eighty-year struggle which finally resulted in relieving the Dutch from the Spanish yoke; the glories of the republic, when the states general ruled and the stantholders lived hen;, when Dutch commerce was the largest in the world and triumphant Dutch warships even ascended Urn Thames and threatened Iz>ndon. The building of the old states gen eral, lying to the north, is now used by the upper chamber of the Dutch parliament, while Hie ballroom of the staathohlers’ residence, to the south, has become the home of the lower house. The' other buildings inclosing the square are ustnl by the various government departments. Along one side of the Binnenhof is an artificial lake called the Vyver. The Hall of Knights stands in the center of a paved court and is reached through half a dozen picturesque por tals, over which are chiseled the arms of the counts of Holland. The moat and postern have long since disappear ed, and today the old building looks less like a castle tlian like an ancient church. Begun about 1240 by Count William II., afterward elected emperor of Germany through the influeneo of Innocent IV., the building was extend ed by his son Florls, who used it as a hunting palace. The Interior consists of a single enormous hall, occupying the entire space within the churchlike structure in front and a series of small er halls and rooms in the rear. The large hall was the great dining room of the counts and their knights when they made their hunting expeditions to the North sea marshes. It is here that the plenary sessions of the conference will be held. After the rise of the republic the cas tle gradually fell into decay. Its main use in those days was for the drawing of the national lottery, which took place in the main hall, where the con ference will sit, and tbe name “Lottery hall” still clings to It, although dis tinctly discouraged by the government. Toward tho close of the eighteenth century a portion of the building was restored ami decorated, and after Louis Bonaparte was expelled in 1813 it was used as the seat of the high civil and criminal courts. The courts were mov ed several years ago, and in 1!>00 the work of restoration began. Since 1902 the main hall has been annually used by the queen for the ceremony of read ing the address of the throne to tho houses of parliament. The hail is nl*oi:t r,0 by ISO feet and is lofty, but liie hu;:e beams and raft ers of Hie vaulted roof give It a cavern ous apitenranoe. in preparation for the conference} many electric lirlits. hanging from the rafters, have been installed to reenforce the dim light from the lib li stained glass windows. The ticks for the delegates, arranged like pews in a church and flanked on cither side by I wo lateral rows, are cov ered with tom baize, and ca< h lias a pewter ink well set In the right hand corner, in fr< nt is a low rostrum for tin* p -cslding odh er. wi,!i tin* desks of the sc -ivtaiics arranged behind hi the f a so eicirele. The whole ob- iprready is to bring the dele- s t!o'i* together as possible and an easy cro 'nau.ge of ideas. Tbe effect D one of extreme sim- The committee rooms In the e : < i ions, but also somber, r t! > shadow of Hie castle took ne of the two dark tragedies • !!!('i tl::* history of the re- dn* ‘r: • udou of John van Ol nnevi'd. the prime minister, .m ir: >in!:iously bunged at the ion 'if ’’rime Maurice of Or- i Hie false charge of treason, u • H'. nv away, In the prison "v i ill shown tho torture eham- Hpanlsh Inquisition, occur- 1 tin* other tragedy—the brutal inur d >r of tii* Do Witt brothers, who had devoted their lives to their country and who wore torn to pieces by a mob un- • ’■o- the mistaken belief that they had b >"n guilty of a conspiracy to assas sinate tin* stadtholder. •> of tho May Kill Beaver* Again. There is a movement in Maine to per mit an open season for killing beavers l.cc nisc of the damage to standing tim ber caused by the little animals. Lum bermen lay all sorts of depredations nt the door of the dnm bnlldem. V « JAP WHO WOULD FIGHT US. Admirnl Mntsumoto Pick* Hi* Land to Win if Conflict Were Brief. An American who Is the head of one of the largest foreign concerns in Yo kohama and who has lived In Japan for many years has written the follow ing letter, received the other day, to a well known New Yorker who recently visited Japan and who has written a number of articles and delivered lec tures on the present situation in the mikado’s empire, says the New, York Times: “Under another cover I send you a letter dictated to my Japanese secre tary for you. Of course your knowl edge of things Japanese has taught you that every Japanese subject con siders himself In duty bound to report to his government any bit of informa tion of Interest to the emperor that he may secure anywhere in the world. Confidential positions occupied by Jap anese, even in the employment of for elgncrs, are nevertheless not confiden tial so far ns their Imparting knowl edge to the government so gained goes. “Our stupid government continues to employ Japanese clerks here at our consulates liecause they are cheaper than Americans, but Is it cheaper when we are morally certain that they In form their own government of our business and affairs of state long be fore Washington learns of them? “Please disregard my typewritten letter. Its pro-Japanese sentiments ■were dictated to my Japanese secre tary In order that I may not be watch ed as a dangerous person and In order that my fourteen years of labor In Japan may not be upset by having these people think I am as true to America as they arc to Japan. “Inclosed herewith are two articles from local newspapers on Lafcadlo Hearn. This Is the author I believe you are particularly interested In. Ills letters have created a great deal of comment out here, and It all goes to show that It does not pay for one to express his true feelings regarding an oriental (as they cannot accept com- incut gratuitously) until after he is dead and gone. “The other day at a banquet In To kyo Vice Admiral Mntsumoto stated that Japan would not reach the high est round of the ladder until she had a war with England or America. Ho preferred America and at once, as Ja pan was ready and America admits she Is going to prepare. lie thought that the wealth of America would be a great advantage, but In a quick war Japan would soon compel America to seek terms of peace. If, on the other hand, Japan lost she would still rank higher than at present, as she had fought the largest and richest nation In the world. But the United States could not whip Japan excepc In a long war, and the world would aflbnlt Ja pan’s supremacy on account of her Inferior resources and lack of funds. “Here you have the present feeling throughout Japan. They want war with us on the chance of missing It, feel ing that they would win, no matter what the result might be.” 50c IN CASH FOR 100 COUPONS FROM 2 Coupons in Eacli Package! Coupons also Redeemable for Valuable Presents ] rcmiitin Department AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. JERSEY CITY, J. ST. LOUIS, MO. TO SAVE HEATH HENS. HOME FOR ARMY MULES. SPOONING IN THE PARKS. Hugging Guaranteed by Constitution! Cleveland Policeman Holds. Joe Goldsoll, chief of the park police men of Cleveland, O., Is Indignant that tbe ministers should object to his at titude on spooning In tbe parks, says a special dispatch to the New York World. He has l>cen inviting young couples to go to the parks to spoon. “I want,” he says, “to call the preachers’ attention to the Declaration of Independence, which says that all men are entitled to ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ Hugging Is certainly the pursuit of happiuess. Truly, hugging is sou! inspiring. There Is just about so much of It to be done, and the preachers should remember that many people have not the facili ties for it at home and they are obliged to flee to the parks, where a beneficent city government has provided all mod ern improvements.” Plans to Stop Extinction of a Hundred Specimens on Marthas Vineyard. To prevent the total extinction of the species of wild fowl known as the heath hen. the only living specimens of which in the world are now said to be on the island of Marthas Vineyard, numbering enly about 100, Dr. George \V. Field, (ji.'irman of the Massachu setts fisheries and game commission, has asked for an appropriation of $2,500 from the Massachusetts legisla ture, says a Boston dispatch to the New York Times. This expected appropriation, with about $2,000 already contributed by public spirited eitizens, is to be used to build fire stops around the breeding place of the birds on the Island and to provide for maintaining artificial In cubators. “The first settlers of the Atlantic coast found these birds very numerous from Cape Ann to Virginia,” said Dr. Field. “They wore especially numer ous in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jer sey and became an Important article of food. Indlseriminaft shooting, snaring and forest fires led to their disappear ance from the mainland. Those on Mar thas Vineyard are decreasing yearly.” It Is believed that the heath hen could be made an Important agent In assisting in controlling insect pests on farms if It could be restored to the mainland. The bird Is similar to the prairie chicken of the Mississippi val ley, but differs from It slightly In size. In color and In the shape of the pe culiar neck feathers, which give it the name of the pinnated grouse. The project Is strongly urged by Dr. T. S. Palmer of the biological survey of tbe department of agriculture at Washington and also by William Dutcher, president of the National Au dubon society, who has written that the society stands ready to give finan cial assistance If It Is needed. Lecturer’* Joke on the President. The lecturer on the "rubberneck” au tomobile, which is doing a large busi ness in Washington at this season, has a new Joke, says a Washington dis patch to the New York Sun. He got it off recently before a load of visitors while the machine was passing down Executive alley, which runs between the White House and the State, War and Navy building south from Penn sylvania avenue. “And on your left, ladles and gentlemen, is the president’s office. Observe In the rear of the structure we have tho lawn tennis court, where the president plays with Ambassador Jessurand, Secretary Gar field, Mr. Bacon and other members of the tennis cabinet. Frequently In passing It is possible to see Mr. Roose velt reaching out for a high hall.” Millionaire'* “8up*r*tltion House.” A “superstition bouse” Is being con structed at Washington by John R. McLean, the millionaire politician and publisher and brother-in-law of Ad miral Dewey, says a special dispatch to the New York World. Mr. McLean desired to construct a new residence, but was haunted by the fear that If he should demolish his home and build a new one he would die soon after oc cupying It To dispel the fear and at the same time have a modem resl- ! ilence he adopted the scheme of de molishing his rosid ‘tee, leaving a por tion of the outside walls standing and I incasing the old walls in granite. ! When the house is completed its ex- I terior will be of granite, and no signs of fhe old structure will be visible Move to Place Veterans In Service on Uncle Sam’s Pension Roll. A movement to pension the army nude and luniidi him a home when his days of usefulness are over has been started, and if it receives the co operation of humane societies a bill v ill he passed by the next congress eioidhitii.g the sale of ihe obstinate ’vritteis" owned by the governmerd, ays a Washington spe ai to the Ghl- •ago Record-Herald. f nder present laws the army mule, along with all other government property, must he coma aim'd when useless and be sold to the highest bidder. Patriotic soci- i*tie.> which have been organized to look after tiie welfare of veterans have been asked to join in the movement to provide at government expense quarters and feed for horses and mules which have served faithfully with Un de Sam’s army so as to save them from inhumane treatment. W. If. Lowder of Miles camp, Span ish War Veterans, who is taking a lead ing part in the agitation in behalf of the friendless mule, at a meeting of his camp in Washington the other night said: “It is a pitiable sight to see our old army horses and mules, after having seen service in foreign countries, sold to unscrupulous horse dealers. Every one of these noble animals is branded with tho United States army service mark, and It is a disgrace that they should lie hitched up to scavenger wag ons, ash and brick carts. “I have seen horses sold that have seen years of honorable service, and every soldier must feel the injustice of the treatment they are receiving, espe cially in a country like ours, where there are thousands of acres of land lying idle in Virginia, Texas and west ern forts. Why couldn't these animals bo allowed to spend the rest of their days at these [daces on the pension roll of Uncle Sam instead of being sold for the paltry sum of officials of the war department who have command of the army rules raise no objection to the suggestion and say that if permitted by law it could be easily arranged to find a comfortable home for tin* wornout army mules. Argo Red Salmon at all grocers, j Try it. i June 11-14. Frosty Summer Predict--®. Old inhabitants of Columbus, Ga., who claim that the weather signs this year are similar in many respects to those of 1810, “the year without acum- mer,” when there was Ice In July aud August, are much Interested in the dis covery of fully matured cockleburs, says a Columbus special to the New York World. They say that this bur never matures until Just before frost and that “the gfod old summer time” will th's year be a frosty period. The grocers are buying Argo Red Salmon because it takes no argument ito sell it and the customers come back for more. June H-14. Mutual Fear*. At a private musicale In New York, given by a prominent society woman, there were present a number of Amer ican composers, among them Victor Herbert. In the absence of one of the singers scheduled to appear, a 1 certain young woman was asked to sing something of Herbert's. After many objections aud protestations, evidently for effect, the young woman finally made her way to the piano. “1 shall sfng the serenade from Mr. Herbert’s opera of that name,” said she, addressing tbe company generally. Then In a whisper to Herbert ‘she added: “But, olf, Mr. Herbert, I’m so afraid 1 can’t sing It!” “Never mind,” responded Herbert re assuringly. "I am too.”—Llpplneott’s. HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protectiontfo the family at'premium rates fixed ongthe basis of the actuaries'tables of life expectation, and therefore, at)selutely fair is the only kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company of .Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred" dividends, no "participating” policies, no schemes for profit, no opening for 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 .wfen they will need it most keenly. x It is every man’s sacred duty to carry life-insurance for the benefit of thcMe de pendant upon him, and all men know this. But no South Carolinan need go oui of his own State to get it. x >; *.{ The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by the State of South Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws governing Life Insurance. It is directedjhy men whose homes and interests are in this State. It is an old line, legaljreserve, Straight Life Company of tae soundest kind,’and should have the support of the people of the State. Southeastern Life Insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, W* do not do all kinds of printing -we do tho GOdD kind. Mar. 15th. DOi Spartanburg, S. C.