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• ' /l i p**. THE QAFFNEY LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday. Ed. H. DeCamp. Editor and Publisher NOTES AND COMMENTS. We admire Editor Keoster'g loyalty to his friends, but we condemn bis judgment. Any man who takes the position that there has not been “graft’' in the conduct of the dlspen- cheaper than we can obtain wood and coal. The. use of electrldty for cook ing purposes Is so muoh neater and can be used with so little of the drudgery usually connected with cooking that the ladies of the city can do their own cooking, and not be dependent upon the cook ladles who Get to work and secure the prizes in order to keep our Insurance money at home and not let it go north. Mr. George McCraw said he want ed us to get him a pair of spectacles, for his eyes were not getting any bet ter. We told him we would, but we are afraid that he would shoot them to pieces for a rabbit. We noticed in Tuesday’s issue of do ag they please as to whether or i The Ledger that it had entered upon not they will be on hand when the i fifteenth y®®*’ an d wa s going to .. . . . in.. _ publish a better paper for its readers weather is not exactly to their liking, i an( j wan ted the aid of the efficient If the results from this powpr is all correspondents. We have been a that is claimed for it, the ladies of; weekly correspondent for The Ledger months and we tak-e pleas- hls sary In the face of the convincing j Gaffney (and the men too, for the for 8 few prool that has been advanced had; maUer of that) ha « good raason j w^ha^'made many just as well acknowledge that he; to ! course, read it when I first got it, but it is one of those rare books which may be read and re-read with advantage. The author’s name is not published, but whoever he is, he has truly written something that is noble, uplifting and inspiring in sen timent in ‘‘Little Prida.” Long may such books live! Washington’s birthday, the national holiday for this month, is the day on which a great nation honors the mem ory of a great man. Buckhorn has been swollen to such an extent by the recent rains that it is almost a raging torrent this (Saturday) morning. ‘rise up and call the power com cannot be convinced against his be- p an y blessed.” lief no matter what the character of the proof. . Draytonville oot»- * * * Draytonville. Feb. 18.—There is s The object I have in wMtlng book and magazine notices for The Ledger erros and said manv things that we; is, that I desire to arouse an Interest should not have said. We are going in literature of the right sort, to strive to help The Ledger in every The answer to one of your ques- way we possibly can. As The Leo- tions, “J. L. S..” is this; The com- ger has a large field of correspond ents. let us get down and make It Gaffney has had to contend with an considerable change in the weather the best paper published in the State unusually protracted spell of cold since last week and we suppose the for one dollar and fifty cents. weather recently. For more than ten close for fear of the waste School Boy. men year is 363 days, five hours, forty-eight minutes and forty-eight seconds in length. So every four; years almost one day more is added to 365. And hence leap year—366 days. \ r ow there you are. By the may, Mr. J. L. S., are you j not “Mammy's Boy.” who used to write for the old Yeoman from Etta I will get to sowing oats as soon as the basket, days the murcury has been below ground will permit plowing. We freezing in the early morning and all hope there will be a very large crop Buckhorn. through the day the cold has been s o"n this year, as that is one good Filbert. Feb. 17.—According to my severe enough to make the use of ^ n n p that does not teke much cnltiva-; promise to give our readers a detail-1 Jane? .. T .. tion. ed description of the Buckhorn sec- For some reason or other I see that wraps a necessity. If cold weather R ev pj (j p oss 0 f Gaffney, filled 1 tion. which I made in a recent letter, my regular letter failed to make its in February is a sign of a good fruit: his regular appointment here last [ will now proceed to give Buckhorn appearance in last Friday’s Issue of crop we should have an abundant Saturday and Sunday. He delivered a “write up.” It will, I trust, be of The Ledger. Perhaps it was crowded iHoia thp pomtne- «.n B nn and if /.nm two good sermons and the services interest to the readers for them to out o r failed to reach you in time. y . ... ’ were largely attended. He spoke on hea r something of one of the sections I will close for this time, as I weather at this season is necessary Sll bject of “Temptation” Sunday | which The Ledger visits twice a haven’t much news to write. But I to a good crop of fruit, most of us will morning and preached a sermon that be willing to endure the cold w’eather wa s full of enthusiasm. In order to reach that result. Mr. J H. Oallman, the wide-awake ; merchant of Pondfleld, spent last Sun day at Gaffney with his parents, Mr. The general assembly of South and Mrs. E. ,T. Gallman. Carolina for the year of our Lora,; Mr. Jeff McGuinn, of Limestone 1908, U, been the most extravagant | here in its appropriations of any session Miss Ellen Huggins taught school since the state was wrested from the st Evergreen last week for her sister, hands of the scalawags and carpet- j Miss Ellen Is a young teacher and the baggers. Verily our lawmakers seem If there ever was to have gone mad a time when should be conservative it is now, and yet they have increased salaries and appropriations until they will be forced to largely increase the tax levies or force the State to borrow larger sums than ever before in or der to meet the obligations which the State must pay. We sincerely hope that this extravagance will not lead to anotuer political upheaval as dis- asteroui as the one from which we have been striving to recover since 1892. • • v The Ledger is not a kicker, but there is one thing that we desire to call to the attention of the patrons ol the Gaffney postofflee, especially the people from the country who are not on to all the tricks of the trade. It is simply this; When people go to the office for the purpose of buying stamps, the clerks (and the postmas ter himself, for that matter), will put off on the unwary, old stamps which they have had on hand from three to six months. Probably the clerk in the office who is the worst for this is Ed. Staoy. Unless you call Ed. down, popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. IP. Huggins. we«k. must say. however, that it pleases I live seven or eight miles west of me well for the other scribes to men- Yorkville, near a stream called Buck- tion me in their letters occasionally. | horn. It got its name In this way: Ben Hope. | Many years ago, when this section — — - was, practically speaking, a wilder- Gaffney, R. p. D- No. 4. > ness, the deer, which then infested Gaffney. R. F. D. 4, Feb. 17. We i the country, used to meet somewhere i, ave a disagreeable week. This i on the banks of this stream, to shed morning is bright and clear and the their antlers. This animal, I believe,, w j n( | jg plowing at a heavy gale. I j drops its antlers every year. Hence am R ] a( | see this as it is drying the name Buckhorn. r "' L —- *- ROYAL Baking Powder The only Baking Powder made with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar —made from grapes— Insures healthful and del 'cious food for every home—every day Safeguards jour food against alum and phosphate of lime There is also un the earth. No work on the farm another stream, not far from the to this date has been done, place I live, that Is called Silver \i rs< l Hollman died of pneu- Miss Nettle Marsh was the guest of; creel:-. It is smaller than Buckhorn, rnonia Thursday. She was a good our representatives | her friend. Miss Alma Lattimer, of ( but clearer and more silvery looking woman and a consistent member of Pondfleld, last Sunday. when seen on a sunny day. Hence the First Baptist church of Gaffney, Mr. Donald Huggins, who was call- j its name, Silver creek. The waters w here she lived for a number of years, ed home from Spartanburg, where he j of Buckhorn and Silver creek once g^p a t the home of her brother! is attending school at Wofford Col-' contained an abundance of fish, but jtev. A. J. Bonner. Mrs. Hollman was lege, on account of the illness of his : the time when fish were to be found seventy-one years of age. Mason and In this section has long ago passed Miss Mary Bonner attended the far away. as also has the time when this na i R p r vices which took place at Pied- section was infested with hears, deer mont church the 14th inst. and the roving Indian tribes. Ah! Mr. George Bryant, son of Mr. T. truly hag time wrought many chang- j,. Rryant. died on the 12th inst. of es. some of which, I must say, are pneumonia. for the best, while others, alas! are q. A. Bonner spent Sunday with for the worst. But such is the way hj s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bon- class; of the world and such is the way of n p r> I life. Nearly the last vestige cr the M r , E> Bonner’s children who Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Huskey spent fine timber which this section once ] ia( ] scarlet fever, are improving brother, returned to Spartanburg Monday to resume his studies in col lege. Mr. John Rains, who has been speaking of going west, has bought the stock of goods belonging to Mr. C. C. Hammett, of Gaffney. Mr. Rains has had experience in the husi ness and will conduct a first grocery store. Friday’s issue of The Ledger, and we are anxious to hear from him about the boys. Mr. Roland R. Parker, of Gaffney, he will invariably give vou old stock services here Sunday, ne wm invariably give you old stoex. .. Farmerg the ^ have not contained has. i am sorry to say, al- slowly. most disappeared with the ravages of Mrs. Anna L. Turner and children time and progress. Our section con- spent a few days with Mrs. Turner’s tains no railways, telephones, or an- p a rents last week-. They returned to tomobiles, and has but one store, but their home in Spartanburg Sunday, the R. F. D. from Filbert, about five Mrs. Bonner, her mother, and her or six miles from this place, reaches brother, Tom Bonner, accompanied once a day, except Sundays and holi- j H . r home where they will spend ^a days. So. you see, this truly Is a f ew days. backwoods section. But I love it E Bonner made a business nevertheless. Those who form the fp cowpens last Thursday, population of this near section today, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lipscomb and won’t know where we were left are the families of Caldwell. Love, W ere Pacolet visitors last week. They at. i Hogue, Brown, McCarter, Wallace werft vising' their sons, Messrs. H. S. We think that was a good lecture and Watson. Somewhere in the re- an(1 Charles Lipscomb, for the girls that J. L. S. gave in last glon west of us lies a section of ter- last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wade Elmore. Messrs. Claude and Hoy Hammett, of Wllklnsville, attended religious services here last Sunday. We stated in our last letter that Mrs. Vader Parker had moved to her father’s place and was going to farm, but we were mistaken and we take the pleasure to correct It. It will not do to depend on “hear says” every time. If we do we will he left id A a Ip Charlie Clary and Miss Snead are not quite so bad, but they are by no means too good to resort to this kind of thing, while old man Folger gives them instructions to this effect. We predict from this time forth the pat rons of the postoffice will be treated differently, as this matter has never been given any publicity before. • • • The death of Senator A- C. Latimer, whose term of office was about to ex pire, will result in a large number of candidates offering to succeed him. The Junior senator was very popular, and was one of the most plausible stump speakers that we have ever heard. In his last campaign he wae opposed by men who were far and away his superiors in Intellect and ability, and yet he was successful, and his success was due to the tact that he knew how to reach the hearts of the people who are in the majority In Sonth Carolina. Senator Latimer possessed the art of getting votes In an eminent degree and he went about It systematically, and with a degree of method and Intelligence which Is rarely seen in these times, and If he changed my name yet hut I am look ing for them to change it at any time from Mr. School Boy to School Boy. Please do not forget that If they do change my name I will continue to write for The Ledger. Wte were sorry to learn that the In fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harmon, of North Carolina, had the mlefortunte of swallowing a blaze of fire last week. The child was lying before the fire, and by some means the quilt on which the child was lying caught fire. The child is In a very serious condition and there Is little hope of its recovery. Mr. Harmon Is the son of Mr. John Harmon, of WUklnstllle. and a brother of Mrs. Adolphus Phillips, of this place. Islah Corry, colored, went to Gaff ney today and bought him a pair of mules. They are a good looking pair, and he said the price was bet ter looking than the mules. The buyers of cotton seem to like twelve cents very well, hut the farm ers do not like It. - They s®pm to he resting with ease in this dRUlon, hold ing for a little more ftyi twelve cents—fifteen cents. Mr. A. W) Phillips has a very sick child. It has something like pneu monia. Mr. John Rains, of Gaffney, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Rains, of this place. Mr. Joe Rains had the misfortune ^t fiJM t^ perxon iho atoftSl i *■ that he lived in “The Nation,” al- Our R. F. D. mall carrier is a nice though It is said to be considerable i and sticks close to his busi- In area. So much for Buckhorn and ness. He is very accommodating to “The Nation.” ^ l8 patrons. Because of the bad weather, there| Rev. Guy filled his appointment at was no school at the Beersheba | Gaucher yesterday. He preached a school on Monday and Tuesday of good sermon ojn Saturday and Sun- last week. i day. Mr. Baker, a blind preacher Snow, sleet, rain and mud! Yes, j from North Carolina, was with us at plenty of It. this meeting. H® was selling a song Since the letter containing my al- he composed himself. He sang the lusion to Dr. Saye was printed, I song and then sold about ten dollars learn that some parties intend to re-1 worth. This Is the way he Is helped stock York county with floxes, If by the people which enables him to they can. So perhaps his bill is not live. out of place after all. i Rev. Mr. Wharton, an able divine, I have a little book, “Little Frida, Is assisting Rev. Mr. Guy In a meet- a Tale of the Black Forest,” which ing at Pacolet Mills. He Is doing was sent to me several years ago by some good work and much interest is Rev. L. H. Query, a traveling eol- manifested in the meeting. He will portur. And the other day I took up Continue the meeting until Thursday, this little hook, not laying It aside | Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Anstell were until I had read it from cover to .Goucher visitors Sunday, cover, It Is so interesting. I had, of j iMr. Oscar Myers and Miss Lillie Goforth, of Gaffney, were visitors Bishop Duncan |il. at nS? UC ? ier The news that Bishop Duncan, of This Is my first letter and should Spartanburg, Is critically ill, will be it escape the waste basket, may write received with sorrow by the people of again. Gaffney. He has many devoted May success attend The Ledger. friends and admirers in this city who hope that he may recover and be spared for a long time to come. B. Economy in 1908. Pure Linseed Oil costs much less sold from the barrel than It does put up in Tin Cans as Mixed Paint—In the first instance you pay 60 l)er gallon—in the second 11.60 Sufferinq and Dollars saved. E. S. Loper, of Marllla, N. Y., saye: “I am a carpenter and have had many cents s ® Ter ® cuts healed by Bucklen’s Ar^ w ^ Now uica Salve. It is by far the best heal* mix's gallon of pure linseed oil with ln S salve I have ev ®r found. Heal* 4 gallons L. & M. Paint and you have, burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, eo- ready fo r use, 7 gallons of the best J!ema an d P llea - 25c at Cherokee paint made costing only $1.20 per gal- Dr ug Co. Ion. Done in 2 minutes. Smith Hard- — ware Co. L. & M. Paint Agents. —The Gaffney Drug Co. has the - biggeet stock of Garden Seed ever —Compare 5 cents worth of garden carried in Gaffney, seed bought from us with one of those Feb. 21 Frl. tf. little 5 cents papers—only about three times as much. You are wasting Mrs. Rose Politzer, of Chicago, has money to buy your garden seed in 6 legally adopted Mrs. Julia A. Horman. cents papers. Gaffney Drug Co. Th® foster mother Is sixty-five years Feb. 21 Frl. tf. old and the foster child forty-firs, and has a husband. Is your baby thiil» weak, fretful? Make baby. a Scoffs Emulsion 7 had lived to serve out his term, the i to lose a fine cow last Sunday nlght.4 Cows seem to be very scare and / man who was elected his successor, would have had to defeat him at the poles regardless of the number of candidates who were in the field. • • • The attention of our readers is call ed to the article in another column when a man loses one he Is left in a bad condition. Mr. Forest Huggins is * still Im proving, we are glad to learn, and he will be able to come home before many days, providing he continues to improve. Mr. Grover Patterson, of Cherokee of this paper containing the state- was a visitor at Draytohvllle ment of Superintendent DuPre of the 8 wilison i B on the sick list dty waterworks and electric light at this writing. He has grippe. There system. If the superintendent’s seems to be a good many cases of statement Is correct (and we have no i griPP® In this section. Messrs, “Crate” and Ed Pattersc^ Scoffs Emulsion it Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphitai prepared so that it it easily cGgested bwlittle folks. '0. reason to doubt Its truthfulness) It will mean much to Gaffney. In these days of high priced fuel and scarcity and inefficiency of help, It sounds al most too good to be true, ^ien we are told that we can obtain the use of electricity for cooking purposes, D'jrfneftft Own not bo Cored by Um-h’ h :i8 they •cannot ruach wio dlwiiMd portion of the ear. Th' r" Is oUIt one way.to cure deafnea*. and tlmt Is by CO’iHtitu Ilona I remedies, nenfne.. i M cuiu'ed ov Inflamed condition of the mucous Doing of the Kuataehlan Tube. When *Ms lube getd Inflamed you have ;i rumbling sound or imperfect bearing, mid when it Is entirely closed deafness Is the result, aud unless the Inflammation can )>e taken nm and this tube restored to Its normal coudl* tion. hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ■m areeausodby catarrh, which la nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of Deafness (cased by cate rrlpthat can not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. _ , . „ F. J. CHUNKY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by Druggesttfr 7Sc. Hall’s Famllv Pills for constipation. were visitors to Gaffney Monday. i Mr. J. J. Jenkins began teacU the Corinth school Monday morj Mr Jenkins is a young man aj his first school to teach and w*; that he will meet with succestj great work. Logan Is a reader of The Ledger. We extend our deepest s: to the bereaved family and 1®/ of Mr. Drayton Allison, wh'j misfortune to lose his wife urday morning. Ben Hope, your letter Issue (Tuesday) was an, one. I enjoy reading yc agree with you about ’4 forests. If the destr forests continue like the past few years, so people will have made of stone, but Mr. Elzle Parker Springs where he work for the We notice that tual Benefit some good prli sjifly the baby that is fed on \mulsion is a sturdy, rosy- fellow full of health and vigor. ilSTS; OOc. AND SI.OO. Wood or Iron ica string, to the wheels ks, at EZELL’S. : : Ing a Specialty. FOR SALE Valuable Business Property ... ON ... > f MONDAY, MARCH 2nd, I Will Offer at Public Outcry before the court house door at GafTuey, S. 0., immediately after the sales of the county officers, the following: One two-story brick store house only four doors from pofetoffice, on Limestone street. The lot is about 21x200 feet. Come in and examine the property before day of sale. This is valuable property. Terms of sale: one-half cash, balance one year from date with 8 per cent, interest. Purchaser has privilege of paying all cash. I would entertain proposition for private LIPSCOMB.S S' sale. Feb 21-3t CAROLINA MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSN. Gaffney, S. C.. February 15. 1908. Dear Sir:— Our prize offer of January was such a success that we have decided to make another offer that will make it worth while for any one to spend some, if not all, of his time in working for n« Ine next few months. On the 15th of March, April and May . respectively, we will give to the person bringing in the greatest number of members during the preceding month $50.00 ; to the one bringing in the next greatest number, $25.00; and to the next, $10.00. In addition to this, on Jnne 15th, we will give to the person writing the greatest num ber during the whole four months, $200.00. In order that every one may be well compensated for his time, even should he not receive a prize, we will allow a com mission of $r.oo for every member accepted by the Association, a member in two divisions counting as two members. This commission will be paid at the close of each month’s contest. No one is excluded from this offer and the only conditions are these: I. Policies MUSf BE PAID FOR IN CASH WHEN THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT IS HANDED IN TO THE HOME OFFICE. The money will be returned to any person rejected by the Association. II. Commissions must not be given to applicant. If it is proved that any penon is giving his commissions off, he or she will be debarred from competition. III. The applicant MUST sign a certificate signifying to whom his membership shall be credited, which certificate shall be deliverea to the medical examiner to be forwarded to the Home Office with application. Certificates filed at any other time will not be accepted. You have nothing to lose—you have much to gain—so begin today. No safer or safer insurance can be found, besides keeping the money for same circulating at home. If there is Anything you do not nnderstand, come tb see us or write at once and we will take pleasure in explaining~same. We will appoint medical examiners in reach of every one entering the contest, but it is requested that all who can, shall come to the Home office for examination. Do not delay one moment for every minute counts. Winners of prizes and num bers will be published only at the close of each month’s contest, but during the last month of the final contest numbers will be published in each issue of The Ledger and Cherokee News, With best wishes for youf success, we remain, Very truly yours, CMBA—MF CAROLINA MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION. ft.