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# THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor ard Publisher. THE MAN OF THE SUN. D those in authority over him, and his respectful bearing, he won the heart of not only his immediate em- Venerable Patri arch Who Spends His ployer, but of every man in the of* | Yean Staring at Old Sol. ~” flee. When the news came on Wed* I have to-lay, writes a correspondent The Ledger is not responsible for nesday evening that Henry was dead *t Messina, in Sidiy, been aflorded an che views of correspondent*. there was a hushed stillness about opportunity of interviewing one of .the strangest characters in the world, the establishment which plainly in- ^ l8 known to ov . t>n , >ody bere as Hereafter no -tdverllMmOnt* will b* dicated the sorrow in the breast of * TUomo , lel Sole - (tlje Iuan of tbe accepted at this office after 9.30 o’clock each Individual. We drop a tear on Bun j on Monday* and Thursdays. Watch your label and the date. And renew before ’tJs too late; !f there be an error, don't get mad, Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Kenu mber, 'tls our aim to please. But errors are like peskv fleas— They will creep In In spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. his grave because we loved him. If In appearance he is a venerable the entire negro race were composed patriarch, with a ia< e tunned almost of such as he, there would be none of the fierce rajs of the soutli- .. . ... „ „ era sun and with loug snow white this so-called race question. . ^ * . . . hair falling to ins shoulders from both ITT. aides of Hie dividing line in the middle Comments 0 n the Mills Verdict of tbe head Thls as well as , )ts lon r A murder conviction in Cherokee . , , the Mills of the gods whIte ,K?ard 18 alwa - V8 wel1 brushed. j suggest that grind slowly, but they grind exceed ing fine.”—Spartanburg Journal. This man spends his time from morn ing till night in worshiping the sun. He gazes with wide open, unblinking The “unwritten law” don’t cut eye9 at t t, e hall of lire daily flooding much of a figure w,t h Cherokee ( .| ty j n t )r iiii ;in t sunshiue. He will juries unless ’he woman in the g aze fixedly for hours at Old Sol and case” is above suspicion. They are j n do i U g so t . iirry on u conversation right. Orangeburg limes and Demo- w j^ b j t and utter prayers invoking tin* protection of his god. He does not The juries of Cherokee county have suffer in the slightest by tbe terrible a reputation for convicting criminals gaze, and to prove it lie has, after in that county, when the evidence is half an hour’s fixed stare at the sun. string, no matter what the standing timed by the watch, seen plainly and of the accused may he.—The Lexing- descrilted the smallest article I have ton fS. C.) Dispatch. pointed out to him. Scientists, physicians, oculists and surgeons from every part of Italy have come to examine his wonderful eyes, which look as if they were at tacked by some dread disease. They are, however, as good as those of the average man, but not Die same. His Them old-fashioned juries up there orbits are remarkable by reason of the v, ’ n f 'borol>oe has sent another man abnormally large pupils. Tbe white J. C. Otta Secretary * 1 i‘l p r to the penitentiary for life. If part of the eyes is crystal-like and *hey don t quit that kind of thing they ntrancely bloodshot, will run every pistol 'eter out of that Camarroto, the patriarch, is elghty- THEIR VALUE INESTIMABLE. moora^t ^ ranpo ),ir g Times and Do- g | x yoarg 0 f n g P of medium height Commenting on the remarkable ‘ “ and robust, eating and sleeping well, strides made by the building and loan The conviction of W H. Mills of The people of Messina have the great- , ; r-v,. u no Croon- th<1 murder of Deal at Blacksburg, est respect for him, and woe betide associat.ons of h.ir ) though coupled with the verdict Is a the youth who takes it into his head vllle Daily News remarks as follows: recommendation to mercy, has the to ridicule iTomo del Sole. The men The people of Charlotte are now sav- needed effect of showing that there at work in the port, loading and dls- ing in building anil loan associations is still a semblance of law and jus- charging ships. Join together In mak alone more than a million dollars a t.iee in the land—Union Progress. j nt , a we «*kiy allowance out of their year. The total shares in force in CITY DIRECTORY. Officially J. Q. Little Mayor H L. Spears Mayor Pro Tem W. H. Ross City Clorfc R. A. Jones Treasurer A. L. Hallman Health Offleor T. H Lockhart Chief Police T. B. Bell .... Board Public Work* A. N. Wood Chairman J. N. Lipscomb Treasurer W. H. Ross BecreUry Board of Tilde ,7. C. Hamrick President PERSONAL PARAGRAPH*. Th e Gaffney jury convicted Mills, City Attorney who shot a man about his wife And the jury did right. There is no necessity for killing a man because another man’s wife came to his room —Abbeville Press and Danner. Mrs. Kit Carpenter and sons, Jake and Frank, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Carpenter. Mrs. J. N. Cudd of Spartanburg, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. w. C. Carpenter. Mr. R. H. Hood and family from Winnsboro, were in Gaffney last week visiting friends and relatives and also enjoyed the 4th. Robert’s friends are always glad to see him in Gaffney Mrs. J. B. Garrison, of Daytona, Fla., arrived in the city Tuesday and is now the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kirby. Mrs. Garrison will spend the summer here among friends and relatives. C. A. Wood, formerly of Gaffney and always a popular visitor, was in the city Wednesday. Mrs. J. B. Bell and little daughter, Nan, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Watson in York B. R. Debits, of Hock Hill, was in the city Tuesday. A. W. McByrd, of Charlotte, N. C., was in the city Tuesday. W. A. Huiet, of Greensboro, N. C., was in the city Tuesday. Watson Bell is visiting friends and relatives in York county. Mrs. s. K. Suber and children are visiting relatives in Greenville. Preston Wood, of Macedonia, was in the city yesterday. L. M. Price, of R. F. D. 7, was in the city yesterday on business. Mrs. Isaac S. Miller and daughter, of Bishop, Mrs. j. C. Spears and daughter, of Jonesville, and Mrs. A. T. Smith, of Glenn Springs, are the guests of Mrs. Agnes Wood, on Fred erick street. D. A. Uattelo, of Spartanburg, was in the city yesterday. W. E. Benlow, of Greensboro, N. C. , was in the city yesterday. J. C. Lipscomb, who has been spending some time in West Virginia, is at home again. Miss Fannie Hopper left yesterday for Chick Springs where she will spend a few weeks. 50c. IN CASH FOR 100 Coupons FROM The Cigarette of Quality 2 Coupons in each Package Coupons also Redeemable for Valuable Presents Premium Department AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. Jersey City, N. J. St. Louis, Mo. that city now is 35,000, which at par A Cherokee county jury failed to uea f<* r to the sun worshiper, v^hL is $3 500 000 The Chronicle recognize the doctrine of the “un- who Is also called In the Sicilian dia- gayg counting the population at written law’’ in the conviction of lect “u fllusurn’’ (the philosopher). 35 000 there is an average of one Mills for killin,; Frank Deal. And in His coat is always unbuttoned to *har ($100) in force for each man, ! th,s refusal the Jury has followed the give prominence to a remarkably woman and child in the city. Contln- worthy example set by other juries colored waistcoat. His socks are al- uimr, that paper says; "Every man- ^ that county. Cherokee’s punish- ways the same. One is white, the ner of citizen uses the building and nir ' n t of crminals is an example other red. One is short, the other loan associations for making install- worthy of emulation in every county ] on{ . and ti iey o ver like gaiters the ment savings and for building homes. in South Carollna.-Oreenvllle News. ends of hls 1r . )US( , r8 . The rlffht foot Charlotte has through their influence Gaffney Ledger says Will Car- Is 8 k° d with a patent black boot, his become a city of working people s i penter hag c j eaiied U{) a c ] f . an m j]. left with a brown shoe, homes. The one nil 111 on dollars sub- ljon lQ tbe pagt few months and d , dn . t At ,i ie head of ids stick are tied three scribed this year will be collected ^ ^ have to work hard, either. He and handkerchiefs of different colors. He installments inside tne next j 1- b j g brother. Kit, with a Winchester, calls this his talisman. With It years and the larger propotIon of it Ky r<;al estate dealer h 0 „ Khl yearly he stops tempests, hurricanes and will go into home building fhe use- a quarter million acres timber and thunderstorms, which he snvs are fulness of building and loan is not coal i andS) and ^.goid them to a 8 j„ ns of t j l0 furv and ancor 0 f hi s "A?ordwork\ne neorde^ huMs* advan- *>'"'^0 at a profit of ^d. the mu>. When it rains he comes ! 2T n ,i "" ar8 - nar ' ,h " a Sllar - out hntlos-s. n„,Hs „ stroots of merchant, doctor, lawyer, publisher Messina, with arms extended, and cries and in fact, to everybody. It is pecu- The ] aw fi as won another victory “Basta, has a, oh, sole mio!” (Enough, liarly advantageous for training jfj Cherokee county in the conviction enough, oh, my sun.) The tiaflic re- children to save and the responslbil- r) f Mills, the slayer of young Deal, spectfully stops until lie has finished ity of p’ompt and regular payments.’’ From what we understand of the his prayer and the waving of IDs magic Greenville has an association of c aS o there was absolutely no shadow wand in the air. “If it were not for this kind in Greenville the hind 0 f provocation for the killing; but me. <>h, panle mol, what would hap- that is purely cooperative and while “unwritten law” experts stepped pen to poor Messina, to poor Sicily, for it has been in existence about flf'een in w p b fbe p] Pa now r become it would mosi certainly be destroyed months ’he .'-'riiks it is making '' s,, fashionable and the verdict is prob- by torrenis .,f water:” phenomena! Tins is because Green- ably as much as could he hoped for if j ie stvs ., ). ldv i 1( ,| d ., p ar a S ol f vllle is a growing and prosperous i , mdpr the circumstances.—Chester ram am do will -mutch it •m«! close it' community whose values are real. It Roncrter 1 Gam.undo wiji snatch n .irut close it. is doing a great work here and the ' “Infamous <u'»! ’ ho cries. “Why walk benefits from i* "’ib increase with While there is no good reason to each succeeding month. suppose that the conviction of Mills, . . , , , All of which is not only true, but who killed Deal, is more than atom* toes*, but the sympat «,f crowd and of inestimable value to their respec- Porary s 0 p to the law, still n is grati- ,1r<? il11 v i,[l ,!lf * 11)8,1 v ho ( ‘ an live communities Gaffney has two fyin * to know that a Cherokee look at the sun ■Mth open eyes. The jury has been able at last, to rise rent tbe hot o wherein he lives is splendid building and loan assooa- a y )0ve sentimental fog that has paid for him; the food he at any tions, viz: The Cherokee Building wrought so much injustice along the restaurant, the wine be drinks are all and Loan Association and the F eo ' sam t: l ;n o and recorded a verdict in given him gratis by (he proprietor, ple' s Building and Loan Association. ; , ,f co ^ anc ? . w,t bJ aw - We are not go- who Is honored by the presence of the ing to claim that we believe that gun vvorsbiner They ar doing much to further the Deal has bee n altogether blameless, Wlth lt dimcuIt j lnduced hljn advancement of Gaffney in the way for that Is a matter of which we have to ak a] ' M)lif hiujs , dl of building homes and teaching peo- no ^ n ^ led ^®; ^eV'vul* ‘T am the sou of the sun!” he cried pl 0 the value of saving money. We 0ut provocatIon( elu er But it doP8 once he was roused. "I was l»orn with wish every man, woman and child in not seem to us that the case was one bis blessing I speak to the sun, the Gaffney would take stock In one or calculated to give a reasonable ex- iM of Dm world I a in his chosen, the other of these local associations n,se for ,1iurder - It is easy to -see sent by him to preach hls power, nnd that there is a ground for difference I shall continue io do so forever and jof opinion in the matter as to whether ever, for 1 sha'i not .lie ! sh ill travel NOTES AND COMMENTS. {or not the jury did what it should overall tV world, to France, to Eng have have done. But we think It did j and> to A merica, to follow the sun. to preach Its p iwer, to gaze at it, to be bathed in ;: >h , e:i Imhi “I am <! i!i'!'ciidii: r m.v fellow men from the Mi!!. They ungratefully call me mad. Let them do sn They can not look at it for hour and hours. They won'd die They would be blind, because tl . \ are unworthy m profane in the shade when the sun is out?” n:av Indignanth -r-ok rf '' The lady The Greenville News says It is com- , I' f ' proper thing, and as the result paratlvelv cool in that burg Won- ['J , its verdict - evf * n though that ver- diet may be eventually turned down, de r how high the mercury has to or a maudlin sentiment may eventu- climh in Greenville before it is warm? ; dly he triumphant in the securing of • • • a pardon, the law has gained some- r , , „ , i ^ , thing. Take it as it is, or even sup- Bring a new member to th e Board pose Mill8 has b(ien asquiUed. what. of Trade meeting tonight. There are individual or what principle, it you hundred 0 of clerks, mechanics, and please, j s the better off for that hor- artisang in Gaffney wlio could help push the ship of progress, and every little hit helps. Gome on men. and Join the procession. • * • The Board of Trade meets tonight at. the city hall. Every business man In Gaffney who has Die Interest of the town truly at heart should he there if possible. It is .-aid that op portunity knocks at a man’s door but once an d if slighted passes on never to return. What is true of individual Is also true of a community or na lion Opportunity has begun to knock at the door of Gaffney. Let us welcome her with outstretched ril/le murder?—Yorbville Enquirer. Mont Expensive Auto Track. •’* i < i < >1 - track which :ia° been in coiir-c of con sirnctii n ai \\ iii.luc in Sinrev will open, says a London New York Wo. Id 1* ! !o but be' «. phi I p 'll M!c c *al ■ tin- 1 ! in b" ■■o'istriii 1 an! oeni built in pi n . - me pi:- 'In* embankment Dio Inrt \ feet iiigh The the Sen snn w iI b their look Tbe Gnrr.o of Net 0 T •! . . I • : : . ., . i 1 i • ol III I’, iliimon 1', a fi-li ’ r g oiind From Morgan's Office. William H tkirrison. well known among New Y" 'l limiiieiallt and '<• daily elect, hml a caller not long since who was nniioiiiiccd by Ids name as “from .1 I’ Morgan’s otiiee." “I told my man to usher him in. and soon a tall stranger entered. I prof fered a chair and drew forth my besi box of perfectos.” said Mr. Garrisnn In telling of tbe incident. "The stran ger lighted a cigar, settled himself easily in his chair and pulled two long puffs, while I said, with all the deference at my command. ‘Now, what is it that I can do for Mr. Morgan?’ “He puffed again and then, reaching into ?i long pocket of ids coat, replied. T have just come from Mr. Morgan’s office, whore I on !• a wired to interest him in the pur base of this unparallel ed little work'— I ifiteriupted him, but it was of no use. He showed his prospectus, and 1 voted him then and there the sharpest book agent that I had ever soon, ami many there are too.’’ ‘ Did you buy?” was asked of Garri son “Of course.” tie replied. “Gould 1 * throw a wet blanket upon genius of that magnitude?” -New York Globe. Black Walnut Furniture. Will old fashioned black walnut lur- aiture ever be valuable? Not -o many years ago people were melting up their old |K*wter and using old blue plates in the chicken yard and have since regretted it. Neverthe ess, writes Dalton Wylie In Country l.ife In America, ! think I am safe, in say ing that black walnut furniture will never be eagerly sought by the col lector and will never be valuable. Old furniture takes its chief value from Its intrinsic beauty, the fame of its make* or its historical associations. American black walnut furniture is not Intrinsically beautiful, there were no famous cabinet makers In the day of Its manufacture, and it possesses no interesting historical associations. Fit' tv years ago. when black walnut was at ID height, we wa re passing through a peri s' of s r ehitoctural depression We had no style worthy of the name Tie* tall bo ik'-nses. huge sofas and armchair-', wlirtnots. rocking chairs, marble top Maml-. chamber suits and hat t ■ e- wcic on ii level with florid brt]--el'. cai|Mds. red. green and amber drinking t ia-ses ami Jigsaw cottages. I c.'inn- i iniag'ine these pieces being sought for a-- we seek for the hand some old mahogany The Spartan Soirit in Cherokee. (Spartanburg Journal.) The conviction of Mills at Gaffney for the murder of Deal taben in con- nection with the Hasty and other cases, shows that Cherokee inherits a good deal of the Spartanburg spir it in regard to homicide and that ner people look with severity on the tak ing of human life. No such flimsy | pleas as that ma le by Mills or that I made by Hasty will be taken as jus tification for killing a man in Chero kee. Hasty is serving a life term in the penitentiary and Mills will short ly follow him with a similar sen tence. It might be noted in connection with the -Mills case tnat. th»* first step toward a correct determination of it was taken by Judge Hydrick wnen he refused bail to Mills. The grant ing of hail to white men in murder cascy lias become by practice to be almost taken as a matter of course in South Carolina, although the pr^ visions of the constitution defining the granting of the writ of habeas corpus are quite clear and Judge Hydrick, following this, properly r^ fused bail to Mills. It would be well for all of the judges, both of the supreme and circuit benches to be more careful in granting bail In hotni- eide cases, as their action in grant- ing bail Is given great weight by the juries in their determination of the cases. Cherokee county is to be congrat ulated not only on a righteous vet diet, but for showing to the world that human life in her borders is pro tected by law and the law enforced. Q Convalescents need a large amount of nourish- Q ment in easily digested form. Scott 9 s Emulsion “is powerful nourish ment—highly concentrated. It makes bone, blood and muscle without ? putting any tax on the digestion. ^ ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND $1.00. i 1—miiif HiTiir if ~ it I inimvi*i ■ iisiiiiiiiiiiwm———i ——n If you want to know about nriie Peoples Building & Loan Association Ask such men as J. F. Garrett. R. M. Wilkins A. N. Wood, T. J». Butler, f has. Baber. E. R. Cash, T. Robbs, Ed. 11. l>eCamp ( Dover Little, W. E. Anderson, H, K. Osborne, R. < . Garland. Who are shareholders and some are serving a» officers without a cent <>t’ -alary to help you and their community. C. G. Parish, T. E. Moore, L. D. Rippy, a. N. Lipscomb, W. W. 1 iatlhey. R. M. WILKINS, President. R. S. LIPSCOMB, Sec. and Treas. soon r • ti di I ; •■Ii In .i ! iiMln*d I built ,i • - !■ i t'tl Mild MU I- lion. In i- iiitii't* iTMt-k 1>- 0 l ! I" In' tin- Ii ' f \pi-lisi i in Dh- uni, I imvi — in tlx* l':u| i.i:it a'! iron bri'lgi- ! :ii| III be iiiill over the river We\ io make i eoritiiiiioiis route in , mi 1 ,i frieui' Gi\ • v friei <1 Die net mi 1 tr« ■■r" \ ,'ri! ■ >!b*y drive at In 'i. I.et i ior Ii Ii tlx* drive w ilb Du* . I: i xeliM'e «• ithpleiuents Mini I* lii:n io;- lien t!,i e .it you. When < I I il • i • ttbe eli.irill of net bull will ir,: io be |»l,ilni''i and you v, II iit* , i i look into the wny ill W lliell ’l . pi ei i Til* guine llil> t !, “ e C’k ,1 ol l(* , i| otiiloor sport, bi t il is without the walking Mini wait- in of g )’f. the vioieliM* of basket ball or tin* e"ille - r , f tennis SUMMER NECESSITIES Everything Needed For Summer You Will Find Here. in 1 * ! i !i oi niiis; alway - eonsider the Argo Hod Salmon has :he “Moor- n.arrow 1'mits po‘ on the splendid arms, remembering that she only ish” taste, the more you eat the driv ing p *w et-of tie* rackets. The joy helps those who attempt to help more you want. themselves. • • • W f . are grieved no little today be cause of the death of our faithful helper, Henry Lipscomb. True, hls skin was black, hut a true heartbeat beneath the black breast. He was loyal to every trust Imposed in him by us Without education, except jAtGifiH*** t auiiot >y 1<>«*it 1 a|>pi irut i< »r* ^. ;i^ tl»ry r;i f,||(»| j rarl t hr (jisraMHj j»(»r • Pm t.f th* * ;if 'l lirn i* Hilvonr way to run* rirufrirs*. and that \* >y ron^t it ut um.il r. frr tlir'v. iirafniMah i* of tin* !on^. fn*c vollo; 0 f m.t i. :1 u is a gr<*at part of the giuie, and i iis leads io inaiiy inioro-i; — variatiia .» in Die w .*y of driviirr aiid lu lling cmitcsts and varied i.irg i i-oi ipiditions In its various forms Dm- garni' i- adapted to pai- il i»v inilami ii I'lmliiii n ,,f Un tmiroii-. all ages and conditions of iuimi, women !:i ; ::er.:!, as with all bilrij; of llie klistai'lilan Tubi- Winn l|ijs r>1inti*e*i mjIh gi-'s iiiMain<-i| you ti.i.i- a iiilunliiig sound or liuiii-rfei't hearing -irul wlu-n l» • tnlin-ly i'Iosi iJ (ieitfiu-M, i•, tni- resull. unit intess 1 hi-lii(lHnini:ilIon run In talon out. uni tills lut»»* ri-stored to ii-, noi uiat i-iiinti- new game.:, expr-i.-im n.iivf work out its salvation. Tin* game I- most elastic: handicaps iuminieralile may la* that obtained by association with the aue-sout of^'-ri'ur/cuuslV^vi' .'rirrV,'wMi's nsri1 ll "‘ il,, ' ,, ‘'st and to white people with whom he labored. < ,u, brI,, « , ' Ja v “ rK vai ' 5 i ^ HbiU ^ to ' he had no opportunity except that which befalls the lot of any well be haved colored person, and yet, by hls devotion to duty, his gentle demeanor Oiui'ous surfaces. Wc will give One IIumlrcd Hoii ir-. for any •sse of I leaf ness n-nuiil l, v im ta •'•I') t'i'<| cm, not he i-uied hy Hull s< ai.irrli I ur. K „ti for-rlrrnlars frr«*. K J (HENKY A. i it., i*u j,.. u. hy 7tr Hall s fanilly Pib. ale 111# i,vst. bilily getln*r. I’l .•; witn tho good nature that on; h’ i j ule all games It 1« bound to b” a g- ad'iit' ci to fuitdoor life and its sports -Gilbert Tompkins In Indoors and foil Mosquito Netting Mosquito Netting, all colors. Fans haus of all kinds at bargain prices from 5 cents up to 51.50. Parasols Parasols in white and colors to match your suit at prices to surprise you. Sheer White Goods Our stock of White Goods is always complete and you can get just what is needed for this warm weather from us. Dimities All patterns for toe, 15c, 20c, 25c, 50c and 40c. French Lawns Extra values for 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c 40c, and 50c. I Persians Lawns 1 * Special values for 15c, 20c, 25c, ; c and 35c India Linens best values for 10c, I2>$c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c au i 35C- Gauze Hosiery Special values for 25c and 50c. Gauze Vests Extra values for 10c, 15c and 25c. Muslin Underwear For women. Good go<xls at old prices Oxfords and Ties for Men and Women. Delayed shipments just arrived. Best styles and best goods for the money to be had. CARROLL & BYERS,