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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor ard PubflaMr. f Watch your label and Uo data. And reuew before 'tis too late; .f there be an error, don’t get mad. flcport to ua--we’ll make you glad. P.eji. mbe' , ( 'tl* our aim to pleaae, Pu* errorn are like peskv fleas— ’her will creep in in aplte of fats. Therefore, watch 7our label and the data. “Orlglual. CITY DIRECTORY. I most Influential In their respective ! neighborhoods, and in our opinion it PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Officials. lie the intelligent, self-sustaining farm- A. .). Hagood, treasurer an' 1 general i Q Little Mayw er who will ultimately dictate the manager of the Standard Fuel and (I. L. Spears Major Pro Tern W. H. Ross Cttj Cflerb R. A. Jones Treaeursr k. L. Hallman Health Offieer r. H. Loekh; Chled Polios J. B. Bell City Attorney Board PuMIe Works. A. N. Wood Chairman J. N. Lipscomb Troasnrer W. H. Roea Boeredary Board of Trade C. Hamrick President J. C. Otts Vir b b b b b b 'b b b b b b b b b b*b b b*b b b b b birb-b b. ' A Fable For Critics policy of the South. Ice Company of Charlotte, was In the city Wednesday. * * * 1 Congressman D- E- Finley attended The Ledger in increasing its sub-, the D O. K. K- ceremonial and ban- scription price from $L.iK) to $1.50 per 'I'mt Wednesday night. D. W- McLean, who is well known year has only yielded to the inevlt- all ovor the State as one of its most able, practically everything which popular traveling men, was in Gaff- we use in getting out our paper has ney Wednesday receiving greetings advanced from 25 to 100 per cent f r,, m his many friends. n \\T I ^YToufnr r\f since w-e put the price of the paper at $1.00. The Ledger is published twice a week and that means 104 issues a year. It is our aim in 1008 to nrnke every issue of the paper bettor. Our very best efforts will be put forth to make the paper the best semi-week ly in the state, and we hope that not G. W. LeMaster, of Wllkiusville, was here Wednesday. Jesse Wright, of Wilkinsville, was s in town yesterday. Wilks Brown, of uavenna, was In Gaffney Wednesday shaking hands with his numerous friends. Mrs. Victor Drummond, of Wood* | ruff, who lias been visiting the family of Mr. J. E. Ezell, has returned to j he r home. J. E. Ezell visited relatives and | X i I t z z j. x 4* Once there was an Ox. lie was a fine, hefty Ox. lie could pull a l»ig load. He never balked, but always liked to go straight ahead. But the Ox had enemies. There was the Flea and his whole big Family. “We don't care whether this Ox travels or not,” said the Flea and his Folks. “All we want is some of his blood.” Where upon the Fleas eternally pestered the Ox and gave him That 'hired Feeling. Then there was the Tom Cat and his brothers—the Doubting Thomases. “We don’t know whether this Ox is going the right way or not,” said the Thomases. “A n y h o w, we’ll scratch his back for him.” Whereupon the Felines jumped on the back of the Ox and scratched him for fair, which made the Ox ex ceedingly sorrowful. Then there was the Fiste Pup and his Fellow Fistos—a whole litter of Fistes. “We don’t care how slow the Ox goes,” said the Fistes; “the slower the merrier for us. All we want is to lag behind him and bite hb Tail.” Whereupon the Fistes snapped con tinually at the Tail of the Ox, which gave the Ox a mighty mournfulness. I' lnaiiy the Ox, pestered constantly with the Fleas and the Fi lines and the Fi~te.~, got to looking sickly. He stopnod and lay down on his job, and there was no more going forward for him. KKV TO THE SITUATION: The town is the Ox. The Fleas and the Felines and the Fistes are those citizens who criticise every progressive movement and do every thing they can in their petty ways to make the Ox quit pulling in the right direction. V , V V "r V *T- s, . r • v r* 4* *4 4- ft*-* V V a singk* subscriber will stop taking the pappr because of the increase in friends at Woodruff this week price. Of course we could have gone | Mr. and Mrs. Roland Gaines left on and continued to publish the paper! • v ® st< ' r< ^y ,or thf ’ . Cracker State, , „ “ ‘ . . where they go to visit Mrs. Gaines’ at $1.00 per year; but we should have ; th done so at a loss, and we trust that. none of our subscribers are so un- ^ significant prayer. 9 * > > > > > » > -> •> :> Ti % Girlhood and Scotfs Emulsion are linked together. A The girl who takes Scoffs Emul sion has plenty of rich, red blood; she is plump, active and energetic. The reason is that at a period when a girl’s digestion is weak, Scoffs Emulsion provides her with powerful nourishment in easily digested form. It is a food that builds and keeps up a girl’s strength. reasonable as to want us to do that. All who pay a year’s subscription be fore January 1st at $1.00 will have his or her subscription extended one year. Those who do not renew prior to that date, will have to pnv $1.50 OD ear th for sores, burns and wounds. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co.’s drug “May the Lord help you make Bucklen’s Arnica Salve known to all,” writes J. G. Jenkins, of Chapel Hill, N. C. It quickly took the pain out of a felon for me and cured it 1 in a wonderfully short time.” Best ALL DRUCGiSTSl 50c. AND $1.00. ■ ,rV -V A A A jF* A A *1 '*r A if they get the paper. « « e This Is no time for bllingsgate and abuse. It is a time, however, when every man should stand shoul der to shoulder and help tide over a crisis that confronts us. The record of this paper for truth and justice to all is too well known to permit us Breaking the News. can t hurt me by telling the truth,” (Philadelphia Record.) answered pat. “Well, pat, they say I he matrimonial failure of Pat. a that you cannot live,” whispered the s t ore , bartender in the center of the city, wife, finally yielding to Pat’s inslat- — 1 "■ hys been common knowledge for some ent demand for the truth. “Don’t you i time, and it ha.g also been no secret believe it; doctors make a habit ol —Mattings lined and laid. Carroll that Pat really does not blame his holding out hopes to the last,” drawl- & B..er.s. wife for he r impatience with his hah- ed pat in hi 3 wearisome style. “They its. pat is in dead earnest when he are only breaking the news to you says that his wife really is too good gently. I am going to get well.” for him and deserves a divorce, which the self-abusing pat would gladly —Bracelets, lockets, neck chains, grant her if it wasn’t so expensive.; all no w at Gaffney Jewelry Co. The good faith of Pat in this respect was. however, never more forcibly —Groceries tinder price for cash. NOTICE OF ELECTION. Sta*<- of South Carolina, County of Cherokee. Pursuant to the commission to us, taking notice of any misrepresenta-1 liV th(1 Hon n a whalev —vjxwicnea m tion that may he made concerning it.'staler of the Ho^se of Represent^ : £ rarro11 * ny< ‘ rR ’ For fourteen years we have stood the upbuilding of onr common coun it. ; speaker of tl.o Hwwt ot R«l>.-yy- ta ,. k ot f s r „ m w *„ ch he ' for tues, an election is he by orde has just recovered. “Pat, the doctors —Elegant a Un ‘ ^ ^nSiv 0 December^ist ' 1907^ Say y ° U are very sick ’” saifl his wife Gaffn< ‘y Jewelr _ on Tuesday, December Jist, ijd7, to Hnrin^. tr. hr.citai try; for equal rights to all and spec-| elect a Representative to serve for ial privileges to none. We have all the remainder of the term for which along advised the farmers to hold the Hon. W- F- McArthur was elect- cotton if thev can possibly do so with-^ ^ Representative from the county A ‘ . of Cherokee, and the following per- out sacrificing their good name, their sons are hereby designated as manag- honor and their credit. We still ad-!ers of the election at their respect- vise the ni to do so. We do not want ive precincts; them to sacrifice their hard earned Allens C. A- Sp'-ncer, J. B. Car- ter, Horace Lipscomb. money. We have never advised them ^ Antioch—E. Hardin, J. R. Dover, to sell unless it was absolutely nec-; R. p. Randall. essary In order to meet their honor-1 Blacksburg—Elijah Harrell, J. M- able obligations. Anyone who as- F' . , ,. . . j Butler s—M. S. Swafford. G. 5N. serts that tnis paper is an enemy to Eaker w w HopIK .r. the farmer, nr any other class, does Buffalo—Lewis Hopper, Mangum and beautiful china at Jewelry Co. during her visit to the hospital one day. “What do they really say? You Subscribe fop The Ledger; $1 a year. so gratuitously, ignorantly or through Buffalo—Lewis Hopper, Gaston. D. If. Wylie. Cherokee vails—M. C. Byars, U- K- Allen. R. C. Cobb. Draytonville—W. S- Wilson, R. S- deliberate falsehood. Time alone will tell who is the friend of the farmer. We are not going to pat him Spencer, D- C. Phillips. * on the back, and smile at him in or- dep to get a dollar out of him. We ^ are a friend to the manly, honorable i. 1. farmer, just as we are to the manly, j. L. honorable mechanic, merchant, bnnk- or or artisan. The dishonorable man. no matter what his calling, we abhor. T MORAL: Give the Ox a chance to pull. Everybody holler, “Git up!” Ezell- R. p. Scruggs, Swan Parris. Geo. D Scruggs. Grassy Pond—A. J. McCraw, G. X. Webb, Lee Allison. Goucher—M. L- Guthrie, J. M. Lip scomb. B- F- Bonner. Gaffney No. i—p. R. Wllsfm, L. D. Hippy. J. A- Harvey. Gaffney No. 2—T. R. Wilkins, Dr. 'V. A Fort, B. B. Morgan. * • • j Gaffney No. 3—W. T- Thompson. J. The Ledger courts the friendship ! H- Turner, J. J. Gallagher. r;o, a11 maDkInd ’ active of their ; B ^ s ^7^ n G,bson ’ D ’ J * | vocation in life, but it does not court Littlejohns—John A. Flames. W. E- the friendship of any particular class j M. Kirby. J. W. Sparks, if by so doing it must show its in- Macedonia—Landrum Clary, Lee gratitude to those friends who have! Sn ?i th ’ •*’ Y’ I ’ rir, ‘ . , , „ . stood by it and shown their faith In us by lending a helping hand in the . time of need. To blame the local Galdwell. Hayes Mitchell, banks and cotton buyers fop the low 1 R av '* innj | ^ il ^ es Brown ’ price of cotton is the veriest tommy- ° r G a rot. These gentlemen have no more 4 ► R. E. Under. Kings (4eek—J. H Wilburn, James T *f *t n T'f T'f-T T 4 T*? *T *?'44*^4' to do with the prevailing price of , . d cotton than a Hottentot. They can l - - - ■ . only pay the market price for the PUT MONEY IN BANK. the farmers of this county than the staple. We know the local banks The following article, taken from banks? Haven’t they loaned the : and the local cotton buyers regret the Columbia State, is very pertinent farmer money at 8 per cent, to en- the low price of cotton as much as at this time; able them to buy for cash and thus anyone. Certain it is that this paper •There is a disposition among some save them paying exhorbitant time does, and if we had the power we pfuxms unversed in business proced-, p r j ceS 7 There isn’t a merchant of would put the price to fifteen cents. ure. and not familiar with present 1 . v,„ -in . ‘ , , conditions. to criticize southern ' an y P reten8lonB ln GaffTle J' who w111 °" b ^■ on,1 Gattney banks and Gaff- hankers for not making freer ad- no t testify to the fact that the hanks ney cotton buyers are mere .specks vances to farmers on their cotton, have done more to reduce time trade, i upon the financial and cotton buying The fact that banks, from New York, an( j t }j US cu t th e j r profits, than any I horizon. Am man with a to San Francisco and from Chicago oorOT1 „„ i ' , to New Orleans, have had to issue 1 other agency - . . 'common sense realizes that K. Go J. H. Wil A. S D Sarratt—J. G. Kendrick bins, F A. Goforth. Turners—J. C- Pryor, C Campbell, L. F- Blanton. Timber Ridge—E. L. Tate. J Carter. John F- Jamison. Thickety—I. M- Smith. D. L- Vas sey, M W. Goforth. Wilkinsville—J. R. Hughes, Boyce Whisonant. .1. A. M. Estes. White plains—R. H- Taylor, M. C Lipscomb, James palmer. Woods—L. E Wood. Joseph Harris WVsley Hawkins. Polls will he opened at 7 o'clock A. M. and closed at 4 o’clock P. M. The Best Selections arc found in our store in Watches, Diamond Rings,'Pins and Brooches. Largest assortment of Bracelets, Chains, Fobs, Rings, Pms, Neck • Chains, Lockets, Charms, Bags. Buttons, Luff Buttons. Stick Pins, Hat Pins and Hair Ornaments, Kverything new ;n Swastika goods (good luck), Hand Painted Vases, Jewel Boxes, Card Cases. Candlesticks, Desk Sets and Smoking Sets. Beautiful line of new China, the very best and newest designs. See the Dinner Sets, Fish Sets and Turkey Sets We can’t name all in our different lines. Finest displav of Silverware in Coffee and Tea Sets, Water Sets, Bakers, Chafing Dishes, Cups, Waiters, Candle sticks and many others. Pins, Knives, Forks, Spoons Ladles, and ail other table goods. : : : : : Clocks of every kind. All kind of Cut Glass. We will ie pleased to have you see our entire line. We are ready for Christmas business and wnnt you to see our large stock. Gaffney Jewelry Co. ' i W F'O W I^PD i; ' Tho above named nianagers .ill V cleaHng house certificates, is suffl- priced cott n means better times for eb-nt explanation why banks, neither T be Ledger accords to farmers the o VfM \body in the South—therefore in the south nor elsewhere, have been same right to organize for their mu- We . vant ; , riP(1( | colton Ti i( ue lending no money. tua i protection as it does printers. is , . on . ..^ .• tl ... o j,,,.] 'Conditions from this time forward . . ... lh but one l , ‘ ndcea lot Gle e '*‘ i an ' 1 will improve steadily, but the farm- D * ers ’ carpenters, machinists, nier- )t } )at j g j. or t j le S(<uth to raise less cot- era themselves can help effectively., cbants - doctors, lawyers, bankers, and ton supply and demand regulate jraiu of call at the Court House for ballot high boxes and ballots for the respective pwincts. not later than Saturday. December 28th. 1ft07. \ Dated this November 2fith, 1957. / R. A- Westbrooks. J. H- Allison. D. R. Hughes, Commissioners of State Election. There i* too much currency in stock- every other trade or profession. We the vvlce 0} al , commodities, as wit- ingg and pocket-books. Tne banks ^ tjiink, however, that they should n ss th ., ... ,, ^ need that money to lend individuals , n !sS tae P 1 s nt pine ot eg«^. fluck- that need it. The farmer that sells manage their own affairs and not jier- ens turkeys, butter, etc. If there two bales of cotton and carries home m R people who do not follow the pro- were nj0 re of this produce and fewer l 0 I ty Jl?i ,arS J° 1° C F \l n ( ' treCt ; fe8Sion 0f farmlng tf> manage the,r people to consume it. the price would pr \ -‘ting the bank in his court organizations fo r them. WTiat would , rid ionic- Iv 'ow white n-toer for house town from making an advance . . ... . , .t • , .u ’ nuicuio. -ow. w nm paper, lor of $40 to some other farmer who has thp ’“telligont farmer think if the cotton in the local warehouse. And bankers elected a mechanic for their he ig forcing the hank ia his court president, their secretary or their We are hancUins! Hogs in Gaffney and expect to do so a!l season. One car of fine Hogs at A. C. Moore’s stable now and another car on the road. We are selling Hogs : : At 6 3-4c per Pound. J. C\ Phillips & Oo. t * s *r i 1 t ir j instance. L advancing steadily be cause the supply of wood pulp, from which it is made, is diminishing. Cut out this Coupon and take it to THE COMPANY STORE house town to press some other farm- treasurer or the nrinters elected car* . . er for payment of his note. That * i n u h „ J Ulben ^ levin g over the Iow P^ioe of! pressure forces the debtor to sell fils In ‘ r ‘ “ ls to these jxisitions, th co tton. remember that the local peo- cotton at a sacrifice. If every dollar merchants elected a bricklayer, etc. was in the hanks, where it is far etc.? safe r than in stockings, cupboards, or * * » pocket-books, the hanks would he bet- The financial crisis through which ter able to extend accommodation to all that wish advances on their cotton . 1 and better able to extend the time of being waged by the Wall street payment to borrowers whose cotton gambler against the farmers of the Is their security. South will have one good result re- NOTE* AND COMMENT* l!, ' r ' , "■ ,,9 of “ rho wlns ,he " Iieo- pie are in no wise responsible. They ' have no desire to work a hardship on . anyone, and they can only do as they 1 have been doing—pay a fraction more i than other people pay for the fleecy ' staple. $too Reward, $ioo. will have the effect of showing the ' *.* . MiN pi-iii-rwii; be pli-stM-d to | • • ri*iirij tiuit t her** is Ht h»;ist one UIy- One of the most delightful gentle- farmer if he loeoa, the reason whv he mm that •ctenci has been able tr ^nre fa all t ^ wr ^ i /> i r • . ' it6&t.Hg4*sftwl th<it K ('ritnrrh. Ifnil s(•iitiirph m^Ti to visit Gaffney Wednesday for lo.st. Every farmer in the county . cure U i|m on y cure now Unom n to the D. O- K- K. exercises was Major who raises his own hog and hominy the n*- 1 " if onuty. ( iitarrh i«-ns- a Sam T. Reid, editor of the Clifton at home is in a position to hold his'” Hail’s < atarrl. Cure is Chronicle. The Ledger has a warm cotton. He is absolutely Independent. ... surlaees or theayatem. spot for Major Reid, and Jbe world and it is only the farmer who owes' ,V,e palie«i a M^.ig[h^ would be brighter, the cares of life his cotton for the -.uppib which he 0.1.1,uw ., tin- •onstitutlon and assisting -r . , .u v . , . "at are in oolni. it- work. 'I lic proprietors lighter, the roses sweeter and the has bought who is forced to sell. v* v, mucl, f.,iili in its curative in.wers •1,.it Mi. I'terMn- (lurnlrtU hollars for any •a— that • fa: - tc cure. Send for list of him on this mundane county who could not place himself ' B‘’"v- , A I 11 -- I. .I. ( ar.xKY & Co., Toledo. (>. sold I li ug-’.>t ;»< the has violet more beautiful. If there were There is not a farm* r in Cherokee mo r e like him on this mundane county who could not place himself sphere. in an independent position by raising his grain and meat at home. It is • • • H i ■- ’' if i v I'lH- -.(M* the hest QOOP FOR St.OO Cut this Coupon out and take it to The Company Store. It will entitle you to One Dollar (11.00) on the purchase price of a : . : : : : Suit, Overcoat or Ladies’ Coat A Dollar Saved is a Dollar Made