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i - ♦ v V/ THE AFFNEY LEDGER. A NEWSPAPER IN ALLi THAT THE WORD IMPLIES, AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OP CHEROKEE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. N QAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 11, 1908. $1.50 A YEAR. ROOSEVELT WILL BE AGAINST BRYAN. I cracy can’t win with Bryym, it can 1 win with no one; and tbeie’ll be no ! Parker fiascos in Denver, you can :count on that” \ i Representative Sherwood, o/ Ohio, ! made a ringing campaign spetch in the House a few days ago. Ge^c^al i Sherwood, as your readers have al ready been informed, is a member bf THE LAWMAKERS AT the Manning Times, of which Senator Appelt is the editor. The editorial re lated to the alleged course of certain senators in representing whiskey TI|C OTITC P ADIT A I I* 10118 © 3 having claims aginst the State I ML 0 I A I 1. LArl I All : dispensary and tneir supposed atti- : tude towards the bill to give the at- - torney general money to prosecute i the alleged grafters. The discussion SAYS SAMPSON WAS THAT’S THE PREDICTION OF AN ; th e Sixtieth Congress, after a retire- THE SENATE HAS DEBATED THE which this editorial brought forth was OLD POLITIAN. ment from public life of thirty-fou! ; years. He was here attending th Forty-third Congress and but on member of that body, is here, Speake. The Rank and File of parties Admire •* OS- Cannon. Gen. Sherwood’s re marks were on the President’s me*-1 Theodore Roosevelt and Wm- Jen- sage, and in concluding his speech, I „ _ „„ : which woke the enthusiasm of his D4-; nmgs Bryan. mocratic colleagues, he said: “Tm? j don’t have to pay anything to enter 'the contest—Just walk right In. Suppose that one hundred farmem TUC CIDOT Ollinmr plant 006 hundred acres and that the nt r no oil u Ul. average 18 onl y 35 bu8h ei» t© the I Ilk I mv 1 UUIUIULI acre> that will mean 3 500 baBhela ^ | corn and from these figures any i school boy or girl can figure out the SO DECLARES THE SAGE OF gj. ‘‘ esult - Behind this all will be the 1 inestimable blessing brought about TA JANE. I by the experiment. ! The cheapest thing in the world is * good advice. But we are so constltut* more complete account in the daily ( The contest inauaurat^ u th. ! ed that aching that don’t cost some- Senator-Editor Louis Appelt Creates Papers. It is sufficient to say. in this co ° inaugurated by the thing isn’t worth having. review of the legislative session, that -- - 1 ----- a Sensation by Bold Attack on Graft the matter is decidedly the most sen- LIQUOR QUESTION. of such a character that in fairness i to all parties it cannot be summariz- 1 ^d and reference is suggested to the 'WVishington, Feb. C—\anv P resident stands for nothing that b* ^ ‘ • did not borrow from the Democratic sational thing of the kind that has oc curred in several years. If it does Defending Senators. Columbia, Feb. 6.-Afte r a recess n - ot ^ ave a Py effect on the attitude of! Merchants and Planters Bank Good Thing—Notes. Wilkinsville, Feb. -A a Mr. T. Jeff Hughes spent last night with Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Strain. ; Mrs. Ethel Blackwell spent yester day with us. Ledger | Dr. Sam Foster, of Gaffney, has vipwnnint vm. taUo :iiv/m iuc ucujuuntuu f pMrfnv Hip hniiepc R pnera l assembly towards the pro- j leader takes issue with us for saving been selling sewing machines in this viewpoint vou take of it, provided of platforms in 1896 and 1900. I was far fr0m ™ay the two houses of the nosition tft Mp T . vfm a nf ! o _ y g course, you have carefully read the all these document, there’s no denying the fact a * de with that — - - sage in 1896 and 1900. I was for ^ as | emblv bave two l 10sition to S ive Mr. Lyon a sum of; that Samson was the first suicide se c t5 on to different parties, policies and working side by ?Sddayf wMk this week and have mone y fWm the dis P ensar y f^ds for ! We sai ^ thp f . smcMe - We have had an unusually bad win- . the peerless leader fr 0J n ^ ^te “ betoJI ■ pr ^?. ut, °? 8 ’ 11 w - ni be lunate. . ’ ^ the first one on re ' te r s 0 far. The roads, on account of tat Theodore Roosevelt's last mes- Nebraska for a whole decade, whrte JV 1 ™® P™ 6 !}* 88 “ a ^ er8 MTiile this is the most sensational ''h 1 ’' 1 - stand ready to correct the the mud, have been almost impassable ** h * i 8 tmliciesf ' inil»rtant bnfs^tfT^e^kmrfderedL e The debate _these V te has ^indulged, in. if; mistake when it is pointed out to7s ! in many places. liable to send anotfter before tnls m ine wane House, ^as 3 e n 7t' e “hM~not veF actid "on~ anv* of ,s not hy any means the on,y debate: with proof to sustain it Whether Farmers are anxious to gW to sow- gets in print) was a strong appeal to before the American people, denourc- fj° ai ® " a8 ”° l Y** T® d of the week. The rate question has j ~ ' ” ac am Whether in oatg the class of humanity that Abraham ing Bryan and his cause as dangerous ^® ,[ iaw^the labor contract law 1 h® 6 ” discussed from each side by “ l ' as ,l saved man °r not we Mr T B . Ro ach, of Columbia, who Lincoln said God must love, because and anarchistic. (Loud applause). n ® * a ”®[ ,a "’ several senators and much time has I ar< * »ot to express our oipnion—that : shot Henry Nelson, colored, last Tues- he made so many of them—the com- A ° d I a m as ready and anxioiib to rpifl L th ° excepi 10 been consumed in argument, hut Sen-j [s not our business. But that he took day in Columbia, was raised Just mon people. It affords a live topic of '’ ote for these principles in th</com-1 ^ V 1 ® ator Toole has tried in vain to get a, bis own life no Bible reader can dis- across Broad river at the Wright discussion on the floors of the Senate ln K November as I was in 189$ But ferpncp v’ tween th« SnJ bmiip vote on this fi UPSt,on - ,T1 which be for Pole. place now owned by the Brown and House, and outside the capital * 10t under a newly converted»leader; p ,. c “ ena ^ ai J5. ao ?f,, years has been so much interested. e are surprised to think that any family. Since Mr. Roach went to Co building. Ijast evening in the lobby of devoted to militarism and imp*rialism " l ® b'?*- l he Din The sena t ors ba ve not yet indicated PUC ' could see any sinister motive in lumbia he has built un a considerable a well known hotel, a man who has an d the reckless waste of the people’s p . p ” v the ♦ what their action wMl he. nrd it is ,,u * Merchants and Planters Bank for merchantile business and is doing taken a part in shaping national legis- bard earned tax money. (Applaus* ?J; ary ° ,*Tr® ♦ ou8 e went s tin a guess what sort of rate bill, if offering a prize of fifty dollars for well. We know nothing of the dllll- lation for twenty years, was the cen- ' Jn the Democratic side). I prefer a ^rough that body without any trouble any w ill be passed at this session th( ' >0 -' »cre of upland corn raised culty that brought on the shooting tre of a group, and his observations leader tried .and true, prescient with aT: a, J’ as 11 naa Dee n tnorongniy uis- It is to tbe sena f e say since in Cherokee county, further than that and hope he will be able satisfy the were on the message and the man. truth, endowed with unwavering fldeli- ’ ri . committee on conference. tbe bouse joying passed the Gyles- which will accrue to every other court that he was justifiable. But, at “The way I size things up,’’ he re- ty to the cause of the people, and not | aa i :- + tne >1 .'l ,dlclary committee of the Harley b jij ] as t ye ari will accept any i business institution in the country by the same time we trust that suhstan- marked, “the next presidential cam- a wobbler looking daily for a new'. a © n ' s prep arp d ana introduced m p asiire t] 1P senate adopte<l. probably a general attempt on the part of the tial and absolute justice will be done, paign will be between Theodore slogan to win unthinking applause. 1 “J the senate an entirely different w |thout debate. farmers to win such prize. ■ We always considered Tom a good boy. Roosevelt and Wm. Jennings Bryan, see that leader now. I see our champ- h*iL a na has reported unfavorably the .p| ie seDa t e ], as no j y P f defined its That the banks, as well as othfr j. L. S. and with .any other opponent the Ne- i° n still in the limelight, as in 1896. house bill. The senate bill was pass- attitude on the lien law, either, thougn business institutions, are interested braskan would sweep the stakes, In mental endowment he is the su- ““rd reading last night. The th j g too bas been debated. in the* cultivation of bread crops and Woman Club Entertained, hands down. You see, it isn’t the fel- perior of the strenuous one, without j ^ p nate bill refers to farm labor con- Qn tjjg w hiskey question, having thus decrease the expense of living, Tbe Woman’s Club was most de- low who bobs up in Washington, his imperial swagger. (Laughter and tra cts alone while it is claimed that ] ; .j]] e d the Talbert prohibition bill by n o sane man can successfully deny, ! Hghtfullv entertained bv Mrs. G. G. sleek and well groomed, with that applause). He never appeals to those, lin<3p r th© bouse hill the law would a vo t e of 24 to 13, the senate has though we are no Solomon.' They Byers on Thursdav February 6th! wise look of promposity and impor- who exalt the cruel or the brutal. He 1 apply to all contracts where labor is agreed to the resolution introduced, bave to eat to live as ivell as the rest That date being the’regular meeting tance who has the say on election would never, if President, r-old Jap- involved. Lawyers in the senate de- 1)V Senator Talbert requesting the!”* r ‘ 1 d cheau living for the farmer of the club and the seventh wedding flay—it’s the man with his dinner anese wrestling matches on the clared the house hill would not stand Democratic executive committee to mean s cheap living for all other class- the channin ff hostess pail, the farmer, the mechanic, the Wlhite House carpets. (Laughter and the test of the courts. When the submit vhe question of prohibition to p -' conditions of men and women.; in the absence of Mrs W. F Humph- mill operative, the miner, the wage- applause on the Democratic side), senate hill goes to the house for con- the voters in the August primary, hut 1 The prize is one worth working for r ies president. Mrs. E. L. Cole, vice- eamer—and you can say what you He neve r stabbed to death a cub, sideration it is likely to provoke dis- the resolution went through onlv bv an d we hope every farmer in Chero- president presided The programme please and a subsidized press or an mountain lion amid the wild plaudits j mission. i virtue of Lieut. Gov. McLeod's Vote, bee county will enter the contest with was an interesting one and consisted independent press can trumpet this of the cow punchers and broncho The senate has debated the liquor the vote being a tie. Those who a determination to do his very best to 0 j ‘ man or that, but when the working busters. (Laughter and applause).; question considerably and several voted for the resolution were Sena-, w,n H. it’s both an honorable and R oll call “National heroes of Pq- man gets it in his head that such and Ne never drank the brutish milk of' hills on this subject are on the calen- tors Appelt. Bass, Black, Blease, commendable undertaking. Certain ' ] an(1 •» such a man is in sympathy with him the she bear in Louisiana canebrakes, | da r as special orders but the only one Carpenter. Crouch, Earle. Gibson, it is that such efforts will he rewarded Panek “Polish music and musi- and’would fight his fight, then you hit hut in moral grandeur he towers , which has been voted on is that of Johnson. Laney, Mauldin, McKeithan, I with more money saved for their cians >, Lwg A N wood the rank-and file. That’s all there is above the dictator of the White House I Senator Talbert, which was introduc- Rogers, Sullivan, Talbert, Toole, Wes- Pocket and more corn in his crib.' Asr* r*nnr\' ' to it. Why do the people all over the as the Washington monument above country admire Roosevelt—it’s easy: the marshes of the Potomac. (Laugh- Wlall street is against him. Why is ter and applause). Our champion is it that no committee waited on Bry- broader in culture, riper in that knowl- an to inform him that he should step edge of affairs that comes from travel aside and give some other Democrat an<j contact with the best minds ol a chance? No rat was found bold both continents. He is better poised enough to attempt to hell the cat. and safer balanced. His name is Office holders were not ready to com- William Jennings Bryan. (Loud De mit political suicide. And those who mocratic applause). And the shib- secretly hate and envy Bryan know boleth of our Democracy shall be: ed last year. It was tabled by a vote ton, 17, and those who vated against; We are sick an<f tired of this of 24 to 13. This bill is lengthy and it were Senators Bates, Bivens, Brice,; chronic grumbling and fault-finding on has a drug store clause which many Carlisle, Christensen,, Clifton, Eflrd, i the part of those who see nothing but did not like who will vote for some Graydon, Harvey, Holliday, Hough, p v H ia everybody and everything go- other prohibition measure. The pro- Kelly, Raysor, Sinkler, Smith. Town- ing on about them. To sum the whole position to refer the whole question send, Williams. 17. and Lieut. Gov.; thing up into a nut shell, there is only p 0 i a na>* iT'coie. to the people seems to be meeting Mcl eod cast the deciding vote for one reasonable conclusion for us to nmi BVotrhpt! csipnidpniez- with favor. the resolution. Senator Griffin, aye, reach and that is the spirit of criti-! Krasinski-Chopin. ' “ " Asra (song) Rubenstein Mrs. G. G. Byers. Reading, “The polish boy,” Anna Sterns. ^ Mrs. T. L. Brown. Paper. “What the people read in kindred cases) is , .. . , Mrs. J. T. Darwin. «+ 0 , the J 11155 ©™ 6 Followed by a delicious ice course nt ?•* a s P f r ^ 0 *. ^ nvy begotten creara } n foj.^ n f c amlle sticks with of prejudice. It reminds us of the illlirnlnate< i ca ndles. If States shall never float oyer a coun- Tiding fo r compulsory education; the ing to submit the question to a special f! ’ble of Aesop about the dog in the Th house wa<? nrettilv decorated a !L d bills relating to Insurance election in July, prior to the primary, panger—he couldn’t eat the hay witb red an(1 wb jt e carnations club The house has several special or- wa s paired with Senator Walker, nay. , c j 8 ni ^ a s evidenced in this and all ders on its calendar which will likely There are others measures of slmi- - ^ .. . . ... be disposed of during the next few lar import before both house and sen- that with the rank and file of his The flag of these shining stars of the days. Among these are the bills nro- ate. Senator Otts has a bill p'-opos- party he is their accepted leader. If .0,011 _u«_ . - -- - ... the average American is a hero-wor shipper, and we are sometimes twit- horseback usurp the functions of jus ; matters, of which there - are about and Representative Richards proposes himself and he wouldn’t let the ox "Vor^oePthcr"“with^the^soft^eht ted as being such, by the phlegmatic tlce, liberty and constitutional law. ten; two bills providing fo r a system that a special election on the subject eat it. from^he manv red candles L beauti- Englishman, the stolid German or the (Loud and long-continued applause on 0 f rural police. be ordered for the same day as the! “Bud.” get right in your conclusion,! m^e a most effSSve bouyant Frenchman, still he seeks the Democratic side.) The bill t 0 provide a new dormitory first primary in August, when the and help solve this great problem oci n ^ St ^ 8 Sng iLlKa we-e Mrs among his countryman a high ideal on Fike. at Wmthrop College went through Democrats will all come out and that has been perplexing the best Mrs Butler Mrs PUmaVand which to bestow his admiration, and the house without any objection, ex- vote. minds in the land for ages. The ans- Mr* Rte^dlv ’ he must know and feel sure that this THE VALUE OF COTTON SEED- ©©Pt a warning from Mr. Aull against The house has indicated that it Is wer Is In sight and we want yon to * Individual, far and above all else, has, extravagance. The bill carries an ap- not disposed to pass a compulsory help do the shouting; Solomon says: J v ft | d T : me fiddlers Mi8S Ze,ma Huskey Write s Splendid r r0 t ^ r v tion ,® f tl ? l 48 ’ 000 ©f which half education bill. Two bills on this line, j “As a man thinketh in his heart so The ^ playing as it ’ will in and love for suffering humanity., rom *itinn , is to be paid this year and half next bv Mr. Kershaw and the other by is he.” he „d h ,T* Ir Don Amati Richardson to°r W ' He is f^nYus ^vJnLe fhl — J .. I i! a lL and a . n . additIo ." a J of $12,000 is to Mr. Anil, have been special orders on We made a hurried trip to Gaffney, ^ spinel? Sautiful be , ^ on c - - . ‘ th e three best es-; be obtained from the Peabody board, the house calendar for some time, and last Wednesday and for a few mo- trnsT to°the*^en^eral” musf^to 5 be most remarkable man who ever filled says on the uses of cotton seed pro- The bill by Mr. Nash to establish the Kershaw Mil was taken up Frt- 1 ments called In The Ledger office and SS ^ the ofden tim? t)layers at the exalted position of chief execut- ducts inaugurated by the South Caro-1 the office of State health officer was day, when Mr. Milev moved to con-1 shook hands with the boys and the ^eflddle^ convenSon These con Ive. And somehow or someway he Hna Cotton Seed Crushers Associa- passed by the house, after some dis- tinue the bill. This motion is not de- “Old Man.” ' tbe flddlers convention, ihese con has created the idea in the heads and tion ended February 1st and awaros — - * - minds and hearts of the average citi- have been made as follows: sens that he fights the battles or the First prize: $26, awarded to Lloyd people. So great a champion doth Hollingsworth Smith, Easley, S. C. he appear that many Democrats think Second prize: $15, to R. Emmett him a good Democrat. But that’s a Broadwater, North Augusta, S. C. oy luc uuuse. axter some dis- unue tne Dili, tdis motion is not ae- uiq Man. ventions have nrovided real joy on cussion and objection on the ground batable and the vote was accordingly , There are quite a number of cases pv _ orrasinn Mr Richardson be- of economy. The bill devolves on the taken with one discussion, the hill ho-1 of erippo reported in the neighbor- ]j eveg the part ’ p i ace 0 f fiddlin' is neaith officer the duties now perform- ing continued, and hence killed, hr a hood. Nearly everybody Is suffering ag distlnct and t 0 ‘itself as is anything v b 7 . , secretary of the State vote of 54 to 34. Mr. Aull asked that with a cold, more or less. tbe Q . of foik-sone and folb- r/ d ^ liea ^ and lm P° 8 es other du- bis bill be passed over and it is still We are glad to say we were raisin- j . h deems it as much an art ^ ;ties, and provides a salary of $3,000 before the We. formed in regard to Rev. T. F. Boozer .Tits own field as is that of the vlr- grievous error. There never was a Third prize: ^10- to Miss Laura; per year, the appointment being made' The appropriation bill has not been , being called home from his school on t uoso t be lauded master of the finest more striking exponent of *be Hamil- Rigdon, Pickens, S. C. J by the State board of health. The considered yet, as it has been held , account of sickness in his family. «_ b i s aUf ed 11133 er ot 6 ne ^ a nv a mn,pnt n t thphcad foiinwiuc cnmnoRition was . . back in order to make some changes Our informant wa s one of his pupils vi ^ r n ^ c b ardson ls an ar ti 8t of the in the committee. As it now stands who thought the report was true and beau (ij 11 i j n and i n technique, the bill carries the $30,000 asked for she had not been attending school on A southerner who has enjoyed wide by the University of South Carolina that account. i advantages in the way of a musical the same amount by the Citadel, and We are sorry to learn that Mr. For- educa tj 0 n, he has won recognition other items not included when men- rest Huggins, the mail carrier on R. ^ those whom the whole world — — ... , . . ,, . , , a.,i+i .,,,, - —rs i ecu in mi ii t?u tion was made of the hill last week. It E. D. No. 6. has been sick for a few PJ ,ii m-eat and hi* determination to to be righted, all right enough, but From the beginning of cotton ll .: the bill by a vote of 54 to 51, which seems likely that In order to raise the days and not able to attend to his -gyjyg^the’lost art of fiddlin’ markrf he, absolutely and untrammelled, to yation in this country wrtto* 1 . ee^ kills the measure. The bill had form- amount carried bv the appropriation duty. His assistant, Mr. Ned Hug- ,. ereater At each fiddlers’ tonian Idea of government at the head The following composition was appointee is to be a physician of this republic than Theodore Roose- written by Miss Zelma Huskey, of After having passed the hill >! v r velt. He believes in all laws eminat- School District No. 11, this county: ; Rucker, to require a license of secret ing from, being administered by and The Industry 0 f Cotton Seed Product, societies, in order to stamp out neurrn personally controlled, in one branch Doubtless a great part of the wealth secured organizations, the house Wed of the Federal government, and that of the United States is due to the; nesday reversed its action and on branch the executive. If wrongs are utilization of the cotton seed crop.; motion of Mr. Nichols recommitted right them. If malefactors of great had been in weight a relatively 1m- wealth are to be hauled up, then he portant, but in value, a worthless will haul them up. And a man of product of the cotton belt, constltut that type, remarkable, wonderful, a ing in weight two-thirds of the seed genius though he be, as president of cotton as picked from the boll. Each tiie United States, is the most danger- annual increase in valuable cotton ous man in this country. If not, then lint resulted in double the increase of the whole system of our government worthless cotton seed, is wrong, Thomas Jefferson was a a few years previous to the Civil blooming failure, and the lines of de- war something like 2,000,000 tons of erl 7i.P a ®f® d by a vote of 56 to 46. ; bill the levy will be fixed at five and gins. Is carrying the mall for him._^ convention" which he will hold even greater. Tim bin coating the eleventh judi- 1 one-half mifls, and perhaps it will be ” Mrs. Sam J. Strain is complaining ^“oughout the^entirT South, Mr. J' a CIr ^ u . lt als ® f ent through the i placed at six mills. If the latter the 0 f feeling unwell. R*chardson will appear and will play house without a fight, after the strong! idea of putting the State on a cash Mr. V. C. Comer, of Jonesville. ^ c al]ow the peop je to note the dif- presentation of Mr. Tompkins, of basis could be carried out. I came down last Monday. He will, as {erence and th e ^ distinction which Kicniand, In regard to the congestion There has been no argument be- soon as possible, move to the Dr. cha - ac terized each nart of the art of the docket in this country. The tween the two houses on the farm Black farm which he h^s rented. : *« s a i so trying to collect some spe- bH forms a new circuit of Lexington, labor contract bill, but the senate bill MV are still having bad roads to JJ n f th y 0 ^ d bome . ma de fiddles, Saluda and Edgefield, taking Edge- has been given three readings in that contend with. There are some holes - • field and Lexington out ‘ . . - - - .. . taking Edge- has been given three readings In that i contend with. There are some noies number D f which are scattered about .—77” ■- . , , - , „ . , ~ , . „ OD . _ 0(m i t of the present body and sent to the house, where it in the Hammett lane that a few loads . _ _ t f tbe country. markatloD are obliterated toreverand this useleM prod^ctjras ^re.Ht^of j fitth e reolt and Saloda out ot the is ifelnu cohsldered by the Judiciary rock would greatly Imtrrore It '"^''i'i^e^' couyeuHo^ tor Chero. jirPRont Aich+i. r.mu. committee. The house bill is on the thrown in them right at once. . county will be held in the Star senate calendar with an unfavorable gam Strain has got a fine young T u t Fehruarv 24th and 25th. rgtrtnrt miiia whi/tVi he has been trying to aye. . each year s harvest,_ beyond ^ me; pr e B ent eighth circuit. The fifth committee Then there’s so much inconsistency small quantities used for cattle feed- circuit under the bill will be about the man that people who ap- ing and fertilizing. It was afterward composed of only Richland and Ker- plaud his utterances about taking used as a cooking oil, and in the s h aw A new j udge of the eleventh care of the poor little overworked manufacture of soap and other fats. c i r8U jt w iij be elected bv this een- ahop girl, or the rights of labor The building up of an export trade, Pra ] as8e mbly, if the bill passes the vniona, don’t stop to ponder. Roose- W a 8 hindered by the liability of the senate, and he will appoint a steno- velt was born an aristocrat and to use seed to heat in transportation.. A Kra pher, but Solicitor Timmerman a popular expression, very trite in fe w years after the war a few mills w jii become solicitor of the eleventh this instance, he’s a Hamiltonian were erected and equipped with hy- A solicitor of the fifth will be selected bred, and that’s no Jobe. Like old draulic presses. Hamllcar carrying the toddling little Interest became centered in the ex- Hannibal to the altar of the Cartha- port trade. The foreign demand In- glnian gods and making the little one creased with each successive year, •wear enternal hatred to the Romans; and soon became the chief support of •o Roosevelt was Instilled from in- the new Industry, fancy with the centralization ideas of About the year 1881 the discovery government—taught that the people was made that cotton seed oil mixed at large were not capable of and with certain animal fats made an. ac ceptable and valuable substitute for This resulted in making one of should not be trusted with the grave problem of making the laws for them selves. But in manhood he spent years with the ranchman and on the plains, and came in dally contact with nls fellows—whom he found to be pretty good fellows. So the result is, his Impulses are line, all right, but his past and present environments are against legislation that would be nefit humanity at large or disturb the existing conditions of the favored. But in my opinion, he’ll be put up .by the Chicago convention, and the peo ple of this country will have to choose between him and Bryan; for the Re publican party will have to shove up the best m shop against the Nebras kan. They all know it—those who talk different and. write in another strain. The Democratic party, it is ■aid, always plays the fool at the right time for its enemy. But if the Demo- lard. _ _ _ the most important industries of the Southern States. A domestic demand sprang up that consumed the entire out put of the mills, and foreign trade dwindled almost away. Since 1880 new mills have been con structed year after year throughout the South until they now number up ward of 600. New uses found from time to time for cotton seed oil have added to both foreign and domestic demands. Zelma Huskey. —The report* up get from our Na ture's Cough Bemedy and Grip Tsb- lets are very gratifying, being our own prescriptions. We give an ab- •oluta guarantee that both taken to gether will sure any ease of cold In the head, or cough. Gaffney Drug uo. * a w tf. by the governor. Of course there are applicants for these positions already. Mr. McMaster’s bill to punish usury, aimed at the money lenders who operate in such cities as Charleston and Columbia, passed the house. It make 8 it a misdemeanor to charge over 20* per cent. The senate has passed the bill ap plying to intrastate commerce the federal law applied now to interstate commerce, limiting the hours of the railroad employes to 16 hours out of 24. The general assembly has accepted an invitation to visit Charleston on Saturday, at which time the members will be guests of the Citadel academy and the citizens of Charleston, and will be entertained by the Citadel and the Commercial club. report. mule which he has been trying Both houses adjourned Friday af- the plow. We wouldn't be surprised ternoon and the members accepted | if the mule don’t like it better than the invitation to visit Charleston on the man. Saturday, to inspect the Citadel. The ifa art sorry to learn that Col. W. house held no session on Thursday, d. Camp is still confined to his room out of respect to Representative Ma- 0 n account of the Injuries he received FROM THE PINE WOODS- Hyomei's Aromatic Air •• Guaranteed to Cure catarrh or Coat Nothing. Jor, of Greenwood, who died the night f r0 m a fall some time ago. ^ M th^al-^von ^breathe Ys^Uke^that on the previous of pneumonia. A committee Mr. Evins Estes, who we reported *7®®.. - aboTe sea i eve i wber « «• ^ W in our l«t litter. 1. able t. «rSl“ IS " p S S, d e 0 S Tr uelgbbor. hare bad m.tlc b«Uln f tb« glTe. l£lth^ .. ._ nq + (ninrAdi bv flies but not strength to those suffering from Mr. Perry’s Recital. Jbeir meat J ba d this trouble diseases of the respiratory organs. In spite of the disagreeable weath- t contend with. Brfeathed through the neat pocket to- er, a fairly large audience attended D m ’ a de a business trip to haler balsams of Hyomei /each tha the recital by Edward Baxter Perry Ga(fneT ] a8 t Wednesday. most remote air cells of the throat, at the college last Wednesday night., M y ..j t g» bag been making>onae and lungs, destroying all catai^ Mr. Perry's playing was artistic, and tbat ' o8 t delicious and health-pro- rhal germs and girtog quick relief and his analysis of the pieces he played -.-hq. called “sassfr&s tea.” cure. were of great Interest. Many who Wp ^ M1 „ ht we enough of H in the Hyomei has performed almost mlrs- have heard Mr. Perry play before say g « xt j eg t 0 do us the rest of our life. cnlons cures of cataiTh, often restoi> that they never enjoyed him more Bob and T ^ yd called to see Mrs. "J. ing health in chronic cases that had than they did at this recital. We T Q .. i aBt Tuesday, hope to have him with ns again. given up all hope of recovery. Its be made on a special train over the Atlantic Coast Line, leaving here at 7 o’clock Saturday morning and re turning that night. Hoyt. Farm hands are scarce and many best action is at the start of the die- of them are dear at any price. No ease, when the breath is becoming of- —Open up that head with a 25c w 1 OTlde farmers think they ought to fenstve and when discharges from the box of Qrlp Tablets. Sold by Gaffney bave fl fteen cents for cotton. nose, droppings in the throat and frs- Tbe trip will; Drug Co. only. 2 a w tf. j n speaking of raising corn for q U ent sneezing or spasmodic cough- Colombia, Feb. 10.—The legislative week ended with the sensational scene of dennciatlon in the senate cham ber Friday, when Senators Blease, Earle, Weston, Raysor and Sinkler gave their opinion of an editorial to home use and especially in competi- f ng be gin to make life a burden. At —One Me bottle Nature's Cough tlon w j th those who enter the contest tbe fl7gt eymptom of catarrhal trouble, Remedy will put an end to thateongh; f the prize offered by the Merchants uge Hyomei and see how quickly you no cure, no pay. Gaffney Drug Co. and planters Bank, some “doubting get jeiief and core. 2 a w tf. Thomases” say they haven’t time to j be complete outfit costs hut $1.M prepare their land. This is no ex- ^ j, ^ by the Gaffney Drug Co., —Mince meat and sour kraut at ^se a# every contestant is in the al , der guarantee to refund the Bramlett’s. Feb. 10 2t np. gnTT , e fl X . Tbe result of your work jf r does not give satisfaction. depends upon your “set np." It’s as Subscribe ft* The Ledger, $1J0 a fair for one as the other, and. brother year. 1 farmer, one good feature of It la yon We de not do ell klnde of printing -we do the GOOD kind.