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THE GAFFNEY LEDGER, Tuesday and Friday. Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publiaher Watcfc your label and the date. And renew before ’tla too late; If there be an error, don’t get mad, Report to ue—we’ll make you glad. Reanember, ’tie our aim to please. But errora are like pesky fleas— They will creep in in spite of fate, Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. CITY DIRECTORY. Offlelala. J. Q. Little Mdyor H. L. Spears Mayor Pro Tern W. H. Roes City Clerk R. A. Jones Treasurer A. L. Hallman Health Officer T. H. Lockhart Chief PoUce J. B. Bell City Attorney Board Public Works. A. N. Wood Chairman J. N. Lipscomb Treasurer W. H. Ross Secretary Board of Trade. W. C. Hamrick President J. C. Otts .. ..Secretary Belong “ TL " Citizens’ Committee?” * This committee is made up of the men who sit around an excava tion for a new building, whittle pine sticks, spit tobacco juice on the fresh dirt and watch the other fellows work. It’s all right to show interest in new build ings, in town develop ment and progress, but there’s a better way. You can do more good for yourself and the community by re signing from “The Citi zens’ Committee” and getting into the General Progress Committee. This committee is the one that PUTS UP THE NEW BUILDINGS, brings new business into town to occupy them, paints the old houses, keeps the sidewalks in good repair, beautifies the front yards, cleans up the back yards and otherwise makes this town a better town to live in. The General Progress Committee is the Unofficial Town Booming Committee. It really ought to be organ ized and made official. Let all of us work together for the advancement of the town we live in, and there will be more room around new excavations for the fellows at work to throw out the dirt. Eternal industry is the price of progress. Let’s all fall in line for the General Progress Commit tee—and then JUST WATCH THE OLD TOWN GROW. ’Vlr NOTES AND COMMENTS. The press is unanimous in speak ing in glowing terms of Luther Man- ship’s lecture. Those who fail to heap him will miss a real treat. • * • Don’t look so down-hearted, boys. We can raise more chickens by the time, the State Press Association meets here next summer. Our breth ren of the press are not foolish about chicken anyway. There are other things they like better. * * • !n the death the other day of Judge Andrew Crawford, of Columbia, not only Columbia but the State of South Carolina has sustained a loss. Judge Crawford was not only an able law yer, but he was a straightforward, honest man. The State can ill afford the loss of such & man. • • • The dally edition of The Ledger, the first Issue of which will appear tomorrow, will only be sent to those who have subscribed for same. Only the issues of Tuesday and Friday will be sent to our regular yearly sub scribers. Of course we will be glad to send the daily to all who pay 25 cents for the week. • • • The South Carolina railroad com missioners have decided that the rail roads can charge passengers twenty- five cents extra, when they are trav eling to points beyond the State, when they fail to purchase tickets. To points wholly within the State they can only charge three cents per mile. It would be well for passengers when about to take a journey to points out of the State to purchase tickets, and thus avoid the payment of the extra twenty-five cents. * • • [hr. F. L. Parker, bacteriologist and chemist of the state board of Health, city water to the board of public works. The report shows that the water is free from contamination, and free from any injurious sub stance. It will be a matter of gen eral Interest to the public to know that an analysis of this water is made every month, and that it would be impossible for impurities to exist in our city water for any length of time, without same becoming known. • • • If the gentlemen who compose the Methodist conference wish to leave a i pleasant impression upon the people of Gaffney after they shall have left, they will leave Rev. S. B. Harper in Gaffney. Mr. Harper has endeared himself* not only to the people of his own denomination, but to the other denominations as well, and we think that the conference would make a great mistake to transfer him to an other field. He has done a great worb in our midst, and it is probable that if he is left here that the work which he has commenced will show- even more definite results than it has heretofore. * * * The people of Gaffney irrespective of denomination, are glad to welcome the delegates to the annual .Method ist Conference. No denominational lines will be drawn in Gaffney during the season. We w'ill all be Methodists for the time being, and it will hurt none of us either, because if there is anything repugnant about the doct rine of our Methodist brethren we have been unable to find It. We are all striving to reach the place where bickering and strife are an unknown quantity, and where denominational lines are never drawn. \V!r have no patience with the person who is so intolerant in regard to the religion of hlg neighbor as to think that he is better than he on that account. During the session of conference let Some miscreant or miscreants about two weeks ago destroyed some of the trees in the Irene Park. Mr. Wheat, the president of the Irene Mills, has expended a large amount of money in establishing and beauti fying the park adjacent to his mills, for the enjoyment and comfort of his employees and the general public, and we cannot for the life of us, un derstand why anyone should be so depraved as to commit such an act of vandalism. We prefer to think that the outrage was committed by young boys who were not old enough to realize how mean and low down such an act was. If it should trans pire that the perpetrators were peo ple who should have known better, they should be punished to the full limit of the law. • • * The vote on the question of estab lishing a high school in connection with the graded schools of Gaffney is very gratifying. Wlhile it is true that the establishment of this school will not cost the property owners one cent of additional taxes, the strength of the vote cast shows that our peo ple are taking a keen interest in mat ters which tend to our improvement. We have noticed the vote cast in a number of counties where these schools have been voted under the recent act of the general assembly, and in none of them was the vote as large as that of Gaffney. In more than one election held the vote was less than one hundred. The vote in Gaffney on the question is a sign of a healthy progressive spirit on the part of our citizens. * • * Under ordinary conditions, the ginners’ report, which has just been issued by the government, would mean a very sharp advance in the price of cotton. Wfcile the price has advanced to some extent, it is by no means as much as the conditions would warrant under a normal state of af fairs. Probably the best posted man on the cotton situation in Cherokee county, told us the other day that if the conditions were similar all over the cotton belt to that of Cherokee county, he looked forward confidently to fifteen cent cotton. When asked for an explanation, the gentleman said: “There are hundreds of bales of cotton all over the county lying on the ground, and it is a well known fact that in warm wet weather cot ton that is not protected from rain will rot and that it will not take it long to do so, either.” The same gen tleman who is a cotton buyer, said further that he was not in the market at all for damaged cotton. Now it is strange that the farmers of our coun ty, or any other county for that mat ter, will work for almost the entire year to make and gather a crop of cotton, haul it to the gin, pay for ginning and wrapping it and then pile it out on the ground to rot. Peo ple do not realize it, but cotton is as easily damaged as cotton goods. It does not show as plainly of course, and if a merchant who buys goods for his trade should leave them lying out in the rain instead of putting them in his store, people would say he was^ crazy and a commission de lunatico inquirendo would be proper in his case. Not that there would be any doubt about his being crazy but simply because, in order to take his business out of the hands of a luna tic such a course would be necessary. We would respectfully suggest to our farmer friends who have cotton lying out exposed to the weather that they immediately put it under shelter as the damage from being exposed to the weather will far ex ceed what it will gain in weight by reason of its being in the rain. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. J. W. Arrington, president of the Union Bleachery of Greenville, 8. C., was in the city Friday on business. Cleve Phillips called on The Led ger yesterday. W. W. Whelchel called to see us yesterday. D. Audley Gold, of Blacksburg, paid The Ledger a pleasant call yesterday. S. B. Wilbins, of Cowpens, was a visitor to Gaffney Monday. Elzey Tate called on The Ledger yesterday. A. J. McOraw, Esq., was in town yesterday. Mrs. E. M. McMillan and little son, of Greenville, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kennett, on Cherobee Ave nue. Mrs. J. Harmon, of Inman, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Nat Bur gess. Charlie Sparks, of Asbury, was a Gaffney visitor yesterday. Georgia Wire Grass. Oapt. W. N. Clark, who has been in Liberty county, Ga., on a business trip, returned to Gaffney Friday. Capt. Clark brought back with him a sample of wiregrass which grows in great profusion in Liberty county. This grass is something entirely new in this section. It frequently grows to the helghth of eight or ten feet and is very fine and tough and looks very much like fine wire hence the name wiregrass. Capt. Clark says it makes fine pasturage for cattle while it is young, but when it gets old it is so tough that they cannot eat it. The grass which grows in this sec tion which is so hard to get rid of and which we have always called wiregrass, is really Bermuda gra%s and bears no relation to the genuine wiregrass. If anyone desires to see some genuine wiregrass, they may do so by calling at The Ledger of fice. Young Men 9 9 ClotI.ee the same common, ordinary look is always evident. They’re unattractive. —Not so with the “Yale." It’s refreshing to see a young fellow dressed in this Eder- heimer-Stein suit, the newest, neatest, mo§t distinctive style of the season. There’s better tailoring, better style, better fabrics; a garment that represents our high standard as merchants; one that indicates good judg ment and good taste on the part of the Sizes wearer. 30 to 38 Prices $18 to $35 —Typewriter Drug Co. supplies at Gaffney 1 a. w. 4t. —Trusses fit, guaranteed. Gaffney Drug Co. i a. w. 4t. It is to be hoped that the weather will continue fine during the session of conference. —Big money saved by buying Flour of Carroll & Byers. —Best watch repairing Gaffney Jewelry Co. done by —Save money by buying Carpets, Art Squares and Rugs of Carroll & Byers. —Mattings lined and laid. & Byers. Carroll are found in our store in Watches, Diamond Rings, and Brooches. Largest assortment of Bracelets, Ch Bobs, Rings, Pins, Neck Chains, Lockets, Charms, 1 Buttons, Cuff Buttons, Stick Pins, Hat Pins and Ornaments, :::::: Everything new in Swastika goods (good luck), I Painted Vases, Jewel Boxes, Card Cases, Candlesti:ks, Sets and Smoking Sets. Beautiful line of new China very best and newest designs. See the Dinner Sets, Sets and Turkey Sets. We can’t name all in our diffi lines. Finest display of Silverware in Coffee and Tea Water Sets, Bakers, Chafing Dishes, Cups, Waiters, Ci sticks an<l many others. Pins, Knives, Forks, Spoons, La and all other table goods. : : : % : Clocks of every kind. All kind of Cut Glass. We wi! pleased to have you see our entire line. We are readj Christmas business and want you to see our large s Jones J. Darbj Gaffney Jewelry FOR —Have your eyes weighed in the eyescoj.e, Gaffney Drug Co. e. o. d. —Only colored local views at the Gaffney Drug Co. e. o. d. i: Buy a Home With Rent Money! You cau do this by taking stock in the Cherokee Building and Loan Associa tion. This is the oldest Building and Loan Association in Gaffney. It conducted along conservative lines. We can help you to the road of wealth. See any of our officers. Read our Booklet and learn our plans. : hat jutt submitted his report on the ua all be Methodists. Cherokee B.: L ‘ 7 W. V. Gaffney, Seely ft Treat. C. A. Jefferies, Prest. i v \ v:. j , Insurance Office Star Theatre Building 1 c- ; * 1 o' * t o f i t V v >' / / / /' > / / /' TECHNICALLY EDUCATED M E: IN IV K E r> K 13 ! The demand Is far Kreatt r than the supply Let the International Corraa- pondoneo Schools, of Scranton. Pa., pre pare you. Postal will brlu* information on 30A courses. It’s free. 8-27-ly-np L»p~to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney,S • G Let Us Put You On A NEW ROOF Or Repair the Old One We do all kinds of roofing, slate, tin and metal shingles, and guaran tee all to be water-proof. IWe do all kinds of tin and galvanized iron work, galvanized cornice, gutters, skylight, ridge roll valley, etc. Write or phone us. O, C. WILSON & CO. Opposite Ledger Office. IfY tlfVt I In < Ifi i ttfq \ t)V < I Jr i tfi * tfy We are handling Hogs in Gaffney and expect to do so ali 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. FARM AND TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE In Old Virginia. Do you waul a grass, grain, stock, cotton, tobacco or combination farm? If so, we have it. W« have the chocolate, red and gray soil with red clay subsoil. No land in the South is naturally better or more easily improved than the land around Chase City in Mecklenburg and adjoining counties. It can be bought at from fy.oo to $15.00 per acre. Why continue to work poor, small, high-priced farms when we are offering for sale such land at such prices? Come to see us at once or write for land and timber circular. Oct. zo-ztaw-imo. JEFFREYS, HESTER A CO., Ino. RmI Estate Agents. Chase City, • Ms*usnburg os.. - Vlrgiali 1