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■■ V fm THE QAFFNEY LEDGER, Tuesday a«d Friday. Kd. H. D«Camp, Editor and Publisher Th« Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Watch your label and the date, And renew before ’tie too late; It there be an error, don’t get mad, Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Remember, ’tls our aim to please, But errors are like pesky fleas They will creep in in spite of fate, Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. CITY DIRECTORY. Officialc. J. Q. Little Mayor H. L. Spears Major Pro Tern W. H. Ross City Clerk R. A. Jones.. Treasurer A. L. Hallman Health Officer T. H. Lockhart Chief Police j. £>. uell 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 fact that they are sometimes unfairly dishonest. It may be trne that many lawyers are willing to resort to any ex pedient, however questionable In or der to acquit a client. It is an unfor tunate fact that there are lawyers who hold themselves bound by no wished the ground hog had staid in his hole Instead of coming out and going; bacb to cause all the bad weath er that we have been having lately. We took occasion to Inform the lady we averaged about four homicides per year, or about thirty-eight or forty since the county was formed In 1897. We believe Cherokee county and the city of Gaffney to be as free from vice as any county and town in the State. • • • Mr. Bryson, a prominent Republi can politician of Ohio, who is familiar with conditions in that State, says that the cause was nearer home, that consideration of conscience or morals we placed the responsibility upon our representing either side of a. c^ 8 ®- local weather prophet, Mr. W. Hamp But after all, none of these things count for a great deal as against a 1 rmmore. jury of high class, honorable gentle- • • • men, whose purpose is single only to the object of doing that which Is The Ledger prides Itself upon Its, ^ ^ , right. corps ot correspondents. We do nol » Tajt Is nom.nated for preslden with twelve jurrraeh hentonlyon hosltat(i (0 tiat tl] are ab(m , by the Republicans, Mr. Bryan will trying to do that which is right, there , . . carry Ohio. If Mr. Bryson is correct, ear he no miscarriage of justice. But f he average correspondents of the should know what he Is talk- wherethe jurymen are corrupt-where; country,newspaper. “J. L. S.” is the a,m ’’ “ wnal he 18 ta,R ♦hey are influenced by any considera-‘ nean our correspondents, having i’" K about ’ the Democrats havea S° 0fl ♦ion other than a determination to do . , . T , n/>Q chan ce to be successful in the next right, they are likely to do incalcula-: been wlth The I ^ ed « er a,nce the flrst - — — — — number came from the press. He is presidential election, for that Taft LAWYERS ARE NOT ALL ALIKE. The following excellent article on the supremacy of the law was clip ped from the editorial columns of our esteemed contemporary, the York- vllle Enquirer, a paper for whose views we have great respect, but we think the Enquirer’s statement “that many lawyers are willing to resort to almost any expedient to acquit their client,” is rather too broad. That this is the case with some lawyers we will not deny, but the number of those who do this is the exception and not the rule. The article says further that ‘‘it is an unfortunate fact that there are lawyers who hold them selves bound by no consideration of conscience, or morals in representing either side of a case.” Now this is doutbless true. There are some law yers who will take any case or any side of a case regardless of the right, just so they get a fee. But take the ar ticle as a whole. In the flrst part where the term “many lawyers” is used and the Enquirer is hardly just to a profes sion which can boast of as many honorable men as any other, not ex cepting the high calling of that of minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We know some lawyers who persis tently xefi>se to take cases where they know or believe the defendant is guil ty. and who have refused to repre sent clients in civil cases after one of the parties thereto had disclosed his whole case disqualifying himself from representing the other party to the action. Now this is palled Quixo- ‘ ti 0 by some members of the profes- j sion, but the large majority of them say it is right, but unfortunately the whole profession is made to suffer in reputation because of the practices those who are known as systers. We quote from the Enquirer: That the law is not observed in iouth Carolina as it should be is a act that is generally recognized and ieplored by a large proportion of the ntelligent citizenship of the State; )ut the reason for this condition of iffairs is a proposition upon which :hese same people find It more or l© 88 lifficult to agree. - Discussing the situation with this writer one day an able and broad ninded circuit judge expressed a view ibout like this: “There is no use to try to deny that there Is not as much respect for law In South Carolina as there should be. If asked to mention the counties in which jurors stick most conscientiously to the law and evidence In rendering verdicts, I would place the big county of Spar tanburg at the head of the list and the smaller county of Horry next. I could mention several counties in which It is very difficult to get an honest ver dict against combinations of family Influences. The juries are not gener ally deceived by the pleas of the law yers or the testimony; but they are Influenced by family and factional prejudices, sometimes coming flown from the days of the Whigs and Tories, before the Revolution. We have not seen proper to mo tion anv name in connection with this observation for the reason that it was not understood that the view quoted was being expressed for publication, hut knowledge of the condition men tioned Is one of much value to those who would aim to secure reform along the lines suggested. No reasonably Intelligent man can •very well afford to deny that the sur est guarantee of public peace, pros perity and happiness lies in the strict est and most impartial enforcement of all laws, and If there Is a keynote to strict and impartial enforcement of laws, that keynote lies In the honest conscientious discharge of duty by 4 ".rieB. may be true that judges some- make mistakes. It may he a it is a gratifying fact that the aver-j particularly valuable as a correspond- ''' II bt tbe e of tbo age York county juryman is all that| ent> COV ering fully all the local hap- ,icans is a foregone conclusion. We ♦ip should he. He seeks to discharge i , , „ . , say this because Taft is the choice of the obligation he incurs with his oath, i ,e oings in his community, and he has prpsklpnt Roosevelt and the and does not allow himself to be n- written some exceptionally good * fluenced by considerations of preju-, things. His advice to girls in this usually ger s wnat he uants. it dice or friendship. That I s Ih® ru ' e >! issue of the paper is excellent, and ls . 0< | ua J rei am 13 ^ r ’ B r >an and there ^ reason to hope that som 6 - we egpeclallv commend that part of will be the nominee of the Democrats, day the verdict of a jury in this conn ,. He is the only logical candidate, and ty Will be .^ a ®^|y t acc 0 e | P t ® d eh a t 8 C _ 0 n D d OUr y0ung y no one else will be seriously consider- elusive establishment of right ana readers. , kjatice | ed, and with Mr. Taft opposing him ! and Ohio in the Democratic column, j NOTES AND COMMENTS. Unless there is a killing in this it really looks as if we have a cahnce ! county between this and the conven- to win, at least we will throw up our The Argus, of Louisville, Ky., says; ing of our next terms of court which; hats and claim that we will w in any- that President Poteat, of Furman will sit on the 24th of this month, way. University, has been called to the pas-1 there will not have been a homicide • * • torate of one of the largest churches! in our county in almost two years. some years ago before we aspired of that city. It is hoped that South i Comparing our early record with this, to the dignity of a metropolitan city, Carolina may not lose so good a man. we are to be congratulated upon our there was a certain negro boy who * * * marked Improvement. If our figures made himself obnoxious to certain A lady told us Wednesday that she are correct up to two years ago wh i te boys of the town These boys decided that the proper thing to do was to chastise the impudent negro, and one of the boys who Is now one - »- ^* Confidence when eating, that your food is of highest wholesomeness—that it has nothing in it that can injure or distress you — makes the repast doubly comfortable and satisfactory. This supreme confidence you have when the food is raised with B»&iE'idiKBg RowcIi IP««K*e * The only baking powder made with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar There can be no comforting confi dence when eating alum baking pow der food. Chemists say that more or less of the alum powder in unchanged alum or alum salts remains in the food. M Don't neglect your cough. Statistics show that in New York City alone over 200 people die every week from consumption. And most of these consumptives might be living now if they had not neglected the warning cough. *f* V* jF: You know how quickly Scott's ^ Emulsion enables you to throw off a ^ A cough or cold. ^ ^ * ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND $1.00, ^ j of our prominent business men, was « selected to involve the negro in a fight and if he should not prove competent i to the include, or adequate to the ca- $ pability, the others were to sail In ! and help. The fight started according V to schedule and the negro proceeded ^ to lay It on to the white hoy at a ^i lively rate, and he noticing that the A hoys were not coming to the rescue, «• ; according to programme, said: “You jv S ee how things are going, don’t you V boys?” Several of our citizens who I were boys at tho time, remember the j occurrence vividly and the story A never fails to elicit a hearty laugh ji when told. Nashville and other points. They will be gone about ten days. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood, of Virginia, are in the city for a weeks visiting relatives. Albert Alexander visited relatives at Shelby and Fallston, N. 0., last week. Mrs. A. P. Austell, of Shelby, N. C., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. C. Petty, on corner of Johnson and Race street!. Our Local Weather Prophet. Mr. W. H- Prldmore’s latest weath er forecast was given out yesterday morning and is as follows: “On Fel^ ruary 20th certain stars will be clus tered around the moon, and on that date the weather will b.e either very wet or very dry, being hot or very cold.” With as much territory as he has covered in tho above progrostlcar tlon it would look as if he might come reasonably near hitting the nail on the head this time. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. J. L. Llghtsey, a former resi dent of Gaffney, was here the flrst of the week shaking hands with his many friends. A. Gregg Susong, who has been in Tennessee buying mules, returned to the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carroll left Wednesday morning fox Chicago, Thought He Had a Ne w Disease. Yesterday morning The Ledger ’phoned the Merchants Grovery Com pany of which the genial Tom L. Brown is a member, to know how Mr. Brown passed the night. Arthur Pridmore, who answered the ’phone, ii-formed us that Tom was consider ably better. Upon being asked if he was convalscent, Arthur answered that he hoped not, that if he had that he was satisfied It would kill him. Tom should fall afoul of Arthur and be at him as soon as he gets up. Suffering and Dollars saved. E. S. Loper, of Marilla, N. Y., says: “I am a carpenter and have had many severe cuts healed by Bucklen’a Ar nica Salve. It is by far the best heal ing salve I have ever found.' Heals burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, ec zema and piles. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. —One 50c bottle Nature’s Cough Remedy will put an end to that cough; no cure, no pay. Gaffney Drug Co. 2 a w tf. GREAT ANNUAL SAL WHITE! of Beginning Monday Morning, February 17th and Continuing Until the 22nd We will put on sale th« best and largest selection of Undermuslins ever shown by us. Also Muslins. Embroidery, Lace, Waistings, Ginghams, Wash Silks, etc. In fact, everything white in the house. 100 pairs Lac<- Curtains slightly imperfect, at less than half price. 40-inch Sea Island, worth 1 Oc, to go in White Sale at just half price, 5c. 1 Oc yard for Lawnsdale Cambric; 10c yard for Fruit of the Loom Bleaching, ten yards to a customer. It mes Ilt-itfiw-Hh Cannot hn Ciirt t* See our white Waists at $1.00 worth much more. At $12.50, worth $15.00. Newest things out. 6 3-4c yard for Lancaster and Amoskeog staple Ginghams, worth I Oc, bv .utza’ apDlicnttons. w they caniiot rvach ; I *h<. t"st nt»t'<l port Ion <>!’ the «ur. Tht -f K only one way to deafnetia. and tustl if. i by < <institutional reiuetlles. Ih afness Is • •autovi by Inllaniwl fondltlon of tho mnootis titlin 'of tlie Kustneblan Tubo. When tills June "fts In flu aieil you have a lurnhllmr ! sound or Imperfect hearing, aurl when It Is L cnlir. lv Host il deafness Is the result and i unions’the inflammation eati he taken oul 1 and this tube ft stored to Us normal eon 11-, tior bearin'.: will be destroyed forever: nine Cant s out of mi ^reeansed by catarrh, which I is nothing Lit an Inflamed condition of the, ■tucoua surface*. , , We will give One Hundred Dollars for any i, •ase of Deafness (cased iiy catarrh) that can- I not t>e cored hy Hall's Catarrh Cure, ricud 1! i.„ To , ri „. o. Sold biDruirgests, 75c. Hall's Fho,Mv PUN for c u n»tipation. Bargains in all White Goods February 17th to 22nd CARROLL RS