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THE LEDGER. Tuesday an# Friday, Ed. H. DeC»mp, Editor ard Publlaher. Tk«r Lender »s- uot reaponalhla for ■re views \ji correapouiunta. H*reaft«r no ndvar.laematita will be icceated at this o«c« after 9.S0 o'clook en Mondays and Thuradaya. Wawh label and tb<o date. And renew before ’tls too late; If there h# an error, don’t *et mad. Repon to us—we’ll make you *lad. Rem. mber, 'tie our aim to please. But errors are like P«skv fleae— Thev will creep In In »Ptte of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date . . —Original. >. CITY DIRECTORY. Official* W. H. Rosa R. A. Jones • A. L Hallman T. H. Lockhart J. B. Bell Ctt* Attorney Board Public Works. A. N. Wood SSZZZ J. N. Lipscomb W. H. Rosa Board of Trade C Hamrick ££££ J. C. Otts Secretary AS TO GOOD ROADS A good frl en d of 0Ul ° came . room he was quiet an d soothing town Wednesday in response to a ; hls manner, while in his daily walk yocate. But we appreciate what The Ledger has to say. We are glad to know that it too. Is against the use less slaughter of birds.—Blacksburg Chronicle. Wie had no intention, whatever, of taking the least honor from The Chronicle and conferring it upon The News, when we gave credit to the latter in our comments upon the edi torial referred to above. A copy of the paper containing the article was hand ed the writer with the remarb tnat "the Cherokee News had a n excellent editorial on the subject of slaugh ter of birds,” or words to that effect, and that, coupled with the similarity of appearance In the two papers caused the error. We shall strive to be more careful in the future. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Yorbville New Era has sus pended. Mr. Sandifer printed a rather readable paper; but. as was easily to be seen from the first, he could not hope to cope with the En quirer. The community is not thick ly enough populated to support two papers, so It has been a case of the survival of the fittest in every al terant to establish opposition to the Enquirer. » • * Gaffney sustained a loss when Dr. C. M. Littlejohn moved away. He wa s a quiet, dignified, Christian gen tleman who has devoted hls life to the alleviation of pam and the curing of the Hls of suffering humanity. He has done much good in this communi ty and will be missed. In the sick in RAVENNA READING. call for a public meeting of farmers. He didn’t know exactly what that meeting was for, but had concluded It was in the Interest of good roads and had come for the express purpose of opposing any movement to vote bonds for good roads. Ho argued that twenty-five or thirty jeans Ago Unioi he was a gentleman in every particu lar. The Ledger regretted very much to see him leave and wishes him mighty well in his n»w home. Newsy Note* a. 1 Personals of a Thriving Community. Ravenna, Aug. 27.—-Mr. J. R. Wil kins, gave ua an Invitation to accompany film to Corinth last Sat-, urday; we accepted his Invitation and took a "day off" with the Corinthians. Messrs. C. A. Horn. Floyd and Jona-; than Goforth were also with our par ty. After arriving at the beautiful grove surrounding the church at Corinth, the first party greeting your correspondent on the grounds was Represenutive Ed Clary, who is! a leader of the Corinth community. After a short lapse of time the W. O. W. formed in line and marched around the speakers’ stand where mey formed in line and listened to tne speaking. Mr. E. Clary, the chair man, greeted the Wooumeu in a iew . well chosen words; after whichaein-! traduced Col. t. B. Butler, of Gaffney,; who made a very interesting address. Mr. Butler kept hls audience in a continuous laughter with some good jokes, and every one present (and' perhaps five to eight hundred people i were present) gave Mr. Butler’s I speech close attention. Mr. Clark, of Gaffney, was the next speaker introduced, and he being a stranger, seemed perfectly at home and made a good speech. Hon. D. E. Finley. M. C.. was the last speaker and bis speech showed by its excellent delivery he had it well prepared; and his friends seemed to enjoy his address very much. After Mr. Finley had finished his j speech Mr. Ed Clary announced din ner, and such a loded-down table we never saw before, 'mere was plenty for everybody anq ;.be Corintians certainly know how to enter tain ttheir friends. After the dinner was finished a | cloud came up anq the church, with the school house, could not £old the large crowd and every buggy on the grounds had to be filled »o a s to keep the people dry durina the tain. Soon after tbe rain the crowd re tired to the Corinth diamond where a baseball game w ;l s pulled off, result- ^ Cd8 r tilg r «dC r CdC r * tjgf ejer eje" tjg r 1 NEK GOODS! NEW GOOD Arriving by every freight ana Express. New Clothing for men, young men and boys. New Hats in stiff and soft. A Hat to suit every head and pocket book. New Mattings, Carpets and Rugs. New Shoes for men, women and children. New Dress Goods and Silks, Imported and Domestic. Every thing that is wanted in up-to-date goods. Our buyers are in the eastern markets now and are sending us the new things. Come and see them. We are glad to show you through. CARROLL ue? tde? tder & BYERS The new Laxative that does not gripe or nauseate. Pleasant to taRe. **>■ Sale by OarokM Drug Co. Laxative Fruit Syrup For Salo by Cherokee Drug Ge Cures Stomach and Liver trouble and Chr onic Constipation. Per Sele by Cherokee Druo Co. John Clary, of Macedonia, worship* ing 8 to 4 in luvor of Graasy Fond, ed at Goucher Sunday. Air. Brian Beil, of Gaffney, played Mr. Ad un Goudelock, of Grindal, star ball for Corimh and he used the attended the Goucher services Sun- ‘‘stick” i u grand style. Mr. John day. Davis was a star for the Grassy F.oud Your correspondent had the pleas- Mr. Hardin objects to the bridge aggregation and the game was full ure of attending the association at at Stacy’s ferry on the ground that 1 0 f good, fast plays. The crowd was Beaverdam. and we took down somo id lit taxes all the people for the I good anq orderly. notes we intended to report for The 1 a realization that he had been deceiv- I ed: so he hopped sadly away over- BUSTED” BUBBLES , whelmed with grief at having ex* ♦ peeled so much and received *o lib t tie—or rather so much! and with the By Brian Bell 1 physical pain of a hole in his side. e He has not been seen since. i*oor, poor toad! county had voted railroad bonds for, . it j We found crops iu the Corimh sec- Ledger, but accidentally, we lost them Poor, poop Toaa. Note3 from Timbe ridge. county nan an q Asbe-i cnt or 1 Iew ‘ . ODJ ' c, ' , (lion very good and our trip was witn- Miss Carrie Ellis, of Gaffney, met „, t 4" ce " p0 , n a tl “ e ^ Timber Ridge Aug 27.—Misses -i o i , tv,o nponle had • ^ at the j ou t accident ^ and organized a Woman’s Missionary Gjl?rn fy a to t q 0 f ? d ' aV^ 0 Uk^mnsTtords AlinSe and Bessie Baines, of As bury, ville railroad; tnat the peep* | proper place. Neither objection is I our protracted meeting at Goucher Society at Goucher yesieroay and the ; a young toad anq hkg most toa •, were we i C ome visitors in our Sunday seen o* th e ^orld. Being school la8t Sun „ ay< ' nrer arad ’ for the Mrs - H - ^ s P« n t Sunday at prepared j wc tne CoriUh witli her mother Mrs j Al . although he was now living in a , )an j. riipt it We d on *t object to county through which the road d d i lje5n{: taxed for the K00(1 of any por- not run. he was still paying that n j t j on county, but we would be terest and receiving n 0 benefits there-1 pleaged tQ haye fhe county CO mmis- from. All of which was abso u e jr rec0 r, n j Z e the importance oi true. But our friend has only looked en gi neer i n g t on one side of the public. He seems , , « to have forgotten that the railroad to, paid Into tbe county treasury , Another younu lady has been every vear its proportionate part ol 'l™wned wMle in bathinu .n a mill- the taxes ■ that it has served as a do- : '>ond. Onlv a fear weeks azo a young letoper as an educator and as a elvH*M was drowned l„ the surf near the lizer that its coming Into our midst,'»'e of Palms: a little later one nar- has increased the value of the oth er, row y escaped a watery grave at taxable property to a far greater ex. Wrlgbtsvllle Beach, and was only res- teat than the amount of tne taxes re- e.»d by the herculean efforts of a ouiretl to pay the Interest and retire, member of the llfo-savlng crew, who the bonds: ,hat although he does not was off duty and only happened *■> derive any benefit from the tax paid be near the spot at the time. All o bv the C S & A road, he does re- these accidents were the result of ceive a far greater henedt from the | carelessness, and a desire to venture Southern by reason of the fact that | Jnst a little farther than the danger It has a greater amount at trackage line. Whe„ will people learn better? In this county than in Union and that * * * it is assessed higher because it is a The piedmont Observer registers a better roadbed. kick against the present method of But even if his objections to vot-1 choosing the county commissioners, ing bonds were not offset by these i n our judgment the county commls- facts. that would be no reason why sion should be elected by the people he should object to bonds for public , and each township be allowed one higways. Good roads benefit no one commissioner for every ofiu voteisor like they do the farmer. The farmer ! fraction thereof; or some such plan, who taxes himself for good roads iin- ; But. the gentlemen who now select poses uoon himself the only tax from j *he countv commissioners have the which he receives a direct personal 1 making of the law; in other words, benefit. It shortens the time between j they have the bovine by the tail, so what are you going to do about it? They are not going to relinquish any of their power, and when their suc cessors are chosen they are not goin to yield their power set for the innocent. len, who is very sicb. Quite a number from here attend- O. W. picnic at Corinth everybody and everything as ing service the large church was set of officers we expect much ? ie did of course he suspected noth- (;d w t i ie ^ packed uu so closely many suffered good to grow out of this meeting. j n £ a “ d feared .. n \N^ r “’ u . wh ,f n ^ Saturday., from heat. Rev. John Guy. the pas- M. W. Brown, our prosperous mer-1 nappemng upon piacksmita snap in yusges 11a and Ophelia Jamieson tor, i B preaching some veu nue s^r- chant, wag a business visitor to Gaff- his path as he wauuered over tne S p enl g unday at Aslmry with -Miss C. cit y- de e » te u red i" investigate and ^ Uuin ^ , 1 > O . ,4- L, /~l 1 Vv ; .V.V XT war fVkICS . jsee what it held for him Now this Mias Nancy’Brannou, oi shop contains many wonderful things Cueippei, ; who has been spending some time mons. and on Sunday he preached ney yesterday, one of the best sermons I ever heard. Sunday allemoon Dr. Derieux, of . _ „xx U Richmond. Va.. delivered a very fine Dray 8 ’ : all of which were strange, and as an un- } iere wltil tiie f am ji y of Mr j F sermon on “Prayer and its effective- Draytonville, Aug. 27—The series I explored world to him. He tnougnt j am i esoil( returned to her home yes- uess,” which was beautifully iliustrau of meetings closed here last Saturday, 'hat no better place could be l° uncl terday. ed; and during its delivery nearly There were forty-seven added to the | for a home s 0 he proceeded to estab- hisses Carrie Webster, of Gaffney, every eye in the large congregation church by baptism, letter and restor- | >sh himself. He was an interesting * and Kat j e Tate of Grover. N. C.. visit- shed tears. Dr. Derieux has a fine ation. ,V a ^ Ji 1 * t 0 °i^ J<?ca ! u ui a lav0ldte W1 , ed relatives here last Thursday and ' delivery anq he kept his hearers at Rev. E. G. Ross, accompanied by ,'he blacksmith and his helpers who p r j day> his own will. The meeting yesterday Mr. Wlm. F. Huskey, left Saturday a*'owed him the freedom of the shop. 1 Misses Mamie and Olive Tate continued to increase in interest and afternoon to fill his appointment at One of the things that always proved s pent Friday night in Gaffney, five professed Christ who will join at Skull Shoals. Intensely interesting to him was the Mr B L Tate goent Frldav ni , the first opportunity, me cfiurcu i° Mr. Forest Jackson and Miss Jen- j n.ass of glowing iron that always lay with Mr. and Mrs. Forest Petty, of being wonderfully blessed by this nie Jenkins were married last Sunday in the furnace and for hours at a Beaverdam section, series of meetings and much yood bv Rev. E. G. Ross. He has married, "me he would sit and watch h's Mrs. Ruth Pettit, who has been must surely be its outcome. sixteen couples this year. We are mass of red hot substance change in- very we are K j ad muc h Misses Edna Brown and Lillie Go- going to have some more weddings to tangible form an^ things of useful- better, forth, Messrs. Felix Lipscomb. Lloyd before a great while. h eas . Now a merciful providence had B F and c v . Tate attended the Austell, George Jefferies and Mrs. The conference of Draytonville ; hung over the head of the toad and , meeting at Asbury Monday night. Lawson Spake, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. church has been changer from Sun- kept him from harms wa /> there- A f ew 0 f tbe f arine rs here are pull Clary, Mr. aud Airs. J. B. Pettit and day to Saturday, and all the members | lore, j his daily vigil created a de- in g fodder. V family Mr. and Airs. C. C. Kirby anu are requested to be present on the sire to taste this red substance that Mr j c Tate ST)ent a few hour8 j a Charles E. Pettit, all of Gaffney, at* third Saturday In September, as that could be so easily changed by the “Ravenna City” Monday, tended religious services at Goucher is the time to elect a pastor for an- strokes of the blacksmith’s hammer; r gv t w . Owens will hold a series Sunday. other year. Next third Sunday is tne i and as the days passed this taste grew 0 j meeting at Gethsemane beginning Misses Lillie and Mary Pettit. Cleo regular day for communion; let all until it became a uassion, and the one 0n th e first Sunday i a September. Lipscomb and Mr. Jim Peitit. of m embers come and take_r>art.^ t a ! n , li , fe ,_ was . l t ^ ™ a M^ Mr - J - s - Carter, accompanied by White Plains, attended the Goucher Miss Vader Parker, of Glenn Springs, services last Sunday. ,is visiting her father, Mr. A. J. Par- Messrs. W. D.. B. B. and G. ker. E. Goforth. Robert Moore and Willie | Mr. “Rob” Parris, of Buffalo, at- a meal of the red hot iron that daily j^g brother, Mr. Albert, of Santuc, passed through the hands of the came uo Saturday for the W. O. W. blacksmith. Wasted to a shadow by picnio at Corinth, one application to this task of watch- \i rs ' R M Littlejohn and two Lipscomb, of Cowpeus, were Goucher tended services here last Saturday, ing. always watching to experience children. Vernon and Devinnie, have his home and his market place. It makes his wagon, his buggy, his ge;- and his harness last longer. It keeps his horses and mules in better con dition and prolongs their lives, it makes a better man of him morally, because it reduces profanity. It adds to bis happiness and to the happiness of bis family, because it converts riding and driving from labor to pleasure. Anq then the cost of it! It’s a mere speck on the financial horizon. In fact it is so small that few men realize they are paying an extra tax for these benefits. If we were to build these roads by direct taxation and spend $30,000 a year in this way it would be less than $1-00 a head a year tor each man, woman and child in the county. At that rate It would take us twenty years to build our highways and we would have paid $30 a piece. If we were to issue a half million dollars worth of 4 per cent, bonds it would cost us $20,000 a year, or about 67 cents each, to pay the interest and we could build the roads within a few years, have the benefit of them while we uved and our children could help pay the bonds, which would be nothing more than right and Just, ai they would receive ag much benefit as we do. This road question is one that pre sents Itself to us in a most attractive manner. It not only means for our good but for tbe good of prosperity. visitors last Sunday. We were glad to see our old friend, The Misses Crocker. Miss Laura Mr. J. J. Jenkins, come into the church Brown and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brown, to work for the Lord. Mr. Jenkins Miss Eva Hart and brother, Beaufort, has pased his fiftieth year Mr and Mrs Asa Bulllngton and Os- Messrs. G. W. McKown and E. P. ear Horn, of Pacolet. attended re Macomson, of Mercer, sp^ut. smnaay ligious services at Goucher last Sun- with Mr. E. G. Macomson. day Mrs. W. S. Wilson set a hen on Miss Mildred Lipscomb, of Gnffuey, fifteen eggs and the he n hatched flf- is the guest of Miss Maggie Goforth. tee n chickens. Who can beat that? for a few days. Mr. R. R. Parker, after a weeb’s Mr and Mrg. G. K. Brown and rest, returned to bis v»ork at Grover, . ‘ children, of Jonesville,- aii*,ided me N. 0., Monday. s 0 it looks Hke ( , onR - ier s( . rvi( .,, g i a8t Sunday. There will be prayer meeting here a case of butting your noggin’ agin a : p r Golorta. one of your cor next Satruday night at eight o’clock, stone wall whe n you object. ! respondent’s best friends, delighted The subject will be "Punishment.” ^ 4 # Us |jy giving us a fiue ride around Let everybody come and take an in- Pacolet Mills last Sunday afternoon, terest in it. Yi w. Brov. n has purenared a une Your scribe had the pleasure of at- horse auq buggy whith att.uc. inu-.i tending Sunday School at "Ross .mention Our other mereiiants Grave’’ last Sunday, and was sorry to should fall in line. !«ee such a small number out. Air. D. B. Brown and family, of Ce- 1 Parents, wake up. and let your lights dar Springs, are vU%ing relatives shine, so people can see you UP and down and made to pay tho extreme here. going right along with God’s work. nenaltv of the law for bis cowardly Quite a crowd of our people attend- Mr.,Charley Elmore, of Sunny Side, ’ any of the ia\\ for ■ e cd th e barbecue at Lipscomb Silica is visiting friends and relatives acre, act. The only offense of which the j asr Wednesday ami who at-1 Charley is a fine boy and he is 'wel- negro was guilty was going into the tended report a fin© time. corned here by all who know him. first-class car to look for a white man Mr. S. S. Littlejohn was a Pacoiei There was a one-sided game of ball whom he wished to see when he was visitor Monday mornfng. ; Plaved at Evergreen schoor house be- wnom ne wisneo to see. \ neu ne wa ^ R B R G<)lorlb iH qaite sick, tween Pondfleld and Evergreen, in hailed by some young white men who at (b j g wr Rj ng which Pondfleld was victorious. The were under the influence of liquor, \\,. t e it very much complimented batterie s for Evergreen were Willson and then shot down without warning, by a recent news Item in one of "J. L. a,ld Jenkins; Pondfleld, Stroup and Inst wVwa (Ii,i the shootiin? could not ^ newsy letteis, and we certain-1 Hammett. ' 1 . , . . ly doff our hat to The ledger's best Misses Lula and Ethel Elmore, of be learned at the time, (hough 8U8 '!correspondent—“J. L. S."—whose | Sunny Side, visited their brother, Mr. picion rested strongly upon one of pi e( .es are always read by us with W. H. Elmore, anq attended meeting the drunken white men. Such fiend- pleasure. ' here last WMk. tab acts should never be allowed to Our i^ood friend, George Mabry, of 1 Mrs. Gilmore, of Greenyill©, visited ish acts snouid never auowea ™ Gaffney and & KOOd baS eball player, i her mother last week. Mrs. Mar<ha go unpunisneo. attended religious services at Goucher I Macomson, who is very feeble. Mrs. Crate Patterson, who has been visiting her daughter. Mrs. Dr. R. F. is visiting his cousin, Lamar Little- The white coward who wantonly shot down an innocent and inoffensive negro on a passenger train, between Roanoke and Winston-Salem. N. C.. hist Saturday night should be. nunted the delights of this to his mind, in- been spending the week with Mrs. Lit* valuable article of diet. Finally the tlejohn’s sister, Mrs. Elmore, of Gras- chance came and with the coming of sy p 0 nd. Blue Eyes. the chance is marked the going of the toad. As the simply went to hammer a piece of iron off. the toad waltzed in range and was waiting to see if by any chance the piece might come his way. It did. Wlhen cutoff the piece of iron, heated to a white heat, fell just in front of the toad and came rolling gently toward him. This, however, was unecessary as the toad with eager steps and a iook or miss on his face, was rushing forward, at last about to attain that for which he had watched for many long weeks. One swallow and the deed was done for a short time. The hot iron went into the throat of the toad and imme diately bored a great gaping hole in his side tnrough which it came at the same white heat as when it went in. The poor, poor toad awake at last to Sid You Ever Think vvlint a bargain you arc getting when you get THE LEDGER one hundred and three 11"3) titnes a year for Only $1.00 a Year? UeMfiieHit (.'Hiiiiut In-Cured "HONOR TO HIM" AC. Our contemporary, the Gaffney Led ger, comments on our editorial of last week In regard to killing birds, and credits it to The Oherokee News. Now we know that we are pretty dose kin to the News, but we have a little individuality of our own. We want credit for what we do write and ad- by locii’applications, hs tlK-y cannot rcacli 'ohn. tin* diseased portion of Uu car. There is Mrs. Nan Bullington, of Pacolet. Is onlv one way to cure deafness, and that Is vKitinir ho., narenta Ran and Mrs by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is ” ,er parents, n.Sq. anq Mrs. eaus"d by Inflamed condition of the mucous 1 T. C. Green. I,tulug of the Kustachlan Tube. When this Mr E R. Goforth, our good friend, tube gets Inflamed you have a rumbling „ t _ « np watermnlnn last sound or impel feet hearing, and when it Is ' "ft. . U8 Ub U) a nne watermelon last entirely closed deafness Is the result, and Friday. Hides:, the Inflammation can betaken out Mr F. H Chandler a^d »On ROpert, aud this tube restored to Its normal condi- (f Anderson were here last night tlon. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine > “■ Aii'ii rson, w re oere last nignt cases out of •}« ureoaused by catarrh, which trying to organize a farmers secret ts nothing but an Inflamed condition of the alliance,” with ft local club here. The mucous surfaces. . . . meeting was attended by * about We wdl give One Hundred Dollars for any , . .. 7 —L, » case of Deafness (cased by catarrli) that can- ' twenty and Mr. C.handler made a not be cured by Hull's Catarrh (Jure. ,8eud good speech L) those present. The for clrcular.. j free KNRv ^ ^ Toledo Q farmers present seemed eager to take Sold by DruggeHts, 75c. 'W the new work, but some wanted Uati's kaudiv IMIL for ccnstipathm. j to see more into the alliance befoTO - ! organizing a local club here. Miss Bessie Wilkins is visiting ret* SubaeHbe for Tho Lodgor. 91 a roar. 1 attves at Qlendalo. McKown, of Batesville, returned home Monday, accompanied by Mrs. A. L. Hallman, of Gaffney. The farmers are beginning to pull fodder and they are having fine weath er to save It. Mr. W. W. Whelchel, of Pondfleld, visited hls son. Mr. Edgar Whelchel, at Cherokee Falls, Sunday. Mr. E. L. Whelchel. 0 f Cllffslde. N. C., but formerly of this place. Is visit ing hls relatives here. School Boy. 1 Rickets. ^ Simply the visible sign that baby's tiny bones ^ are not forming rapidly enough. Q Lack of nourishment is the cause. & Scoffs Emulsion nourishes baby's entire system. Stimulates and makes bone. Exactly what baby needs. ALL DRUGGISTS i S0«. AND 91.00 -.viwu* • -•ia-.w■ma pnp au. COU’TV newt »»* PORTA NT HAFPCNINOS IN TMS •vs rf AND CVKNT& OF INTKRCST IN FORIION LANDS, TAKt AND READ TMS LCDOm Littleton Female College L Splendid location. Health resort. Hot water heat. Electric lights and other modern improvements. 240 boarding pupils last year. High standard of scholarship, culture and social life. Conservatory advantages in Music. Ad vanced courses in Art and Elocution Business College, Bible and Normal courses. Health record not surpassed. Close personal attention to the health and social development of eacn pupil. Uniform worn on all public occasions. CHARGES VERY LOW. SDth Annual ••salon will bogin an Soptampor 18th 1907. Par Catalogue, Add roes. REV. J. M. RHODES, President, Littleton,N. C.