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/ :, ' ' THK QAFFNEY LEDGER, Tuesday and Friday. Ed. H. DaCamp, Editor and Publlahar The Ledger la not responaible for the views of correspondents. Watch your label and the date. And renew before ’tla too late; If there be an error, don’t get mad. Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Remember, ’tla our aim to please. But errors are like pesky fleas— They will creep in in spite of fate, Therefore, watch your label and the d*iie. —Original. are lighting the forest reserratlon will get up some clear morning after they shall have returned uome and look to the North they will see in the distance mountains and hills from which flow a number of 1 streams which water the fertile fields of our sister State. We are utterly aston ished that the representatives of a progressive and wide atoake State like Georgia, and which has for its metropolis a city like Atlanta, should oppose a measure that would be of such incalculable benefit to their constituents. Even if Georgia should only be remotely benefited by the I # > PRITCHAR6 TAKER JURISDICTION. (Continued from page one.) pensary commission by the Paul Jones Company. Counsel for the Wil son Distilling Company made the point that the Paul Jones Company was not a party to the suit, and had not come in and surrendered Itself to the juris diction of the court. Attorney General Lyon, at this point, arose an said that the Paul Jones Company and the Anheuser peorple had admitted that they had over-charged the dispensary, and in effect cheated the State out pf CITY DIRECTORY. Officials. J. Q. Little v . ..Mayor H. L. Spears Mayor Pro Tern W. H. Ross City Clerk R. A. Jones Treasurer A. L. Hallman Health Officer T. H. Lockhart Chief Police J. B. Bell City Attorney Board Public Works. A. N. Wood.. Chairman J. N. Lipscomb Treasurer W. H. Ross Secretary i Board of Trade. thousands of dollars; that they had measure it would be ungenerous asj SU b m itted to the auditing of their ' well as unwise for her repr^fcenta- j claims. He said that the Anheuser ' tives to oppose a measure whlchc If P e °Pl e had been directed to over- of so much benefit to Maryland, Ken The attorney . g enera ] referred to the determination of the State to ap peal, and suggested to the court In effect that in order to avoid any un seemly clash between the State and Federal authorities “your honor re frain from ordering any specific acts to be done until the question of juris diction is settled.” Judge Pritchard to this suggestion “This court is not go- tucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. M. J. Hicks, one of the prominent farmers of the Ezell section, was In the city on business Saturday. Detective Haynle, of the Southern! made reply Railway, was here Saturday. W. M. Brown, of Ravenna, came to Gaffney Saturday on a business trip Norman Jones, who is a student at W. C. Hamrick President Davidson College, is spending some J. C. Otts Secretary days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ! J. D- Jones. Mrs. Gilbert Wylie and children, MARKET REPORT. LOCAL COTTON MARKET. Middling 11.65 COUNTRY PRODUCE V1ARKET. Market reoort corrected weekly by W. Kyi - Davenport. Hens 25c to 35c Frys 20c to 30c Ducks 20c Eggs 174c j Butter 15c to 25c ! Sweet Potatoes, bushel 80c | Irish Potatoes, bushel fl.40 ; Turnips, bushel 50c Corn, bushel 80c Meal, ousbel —85c Oats feed, bushel : 75e Oats, seed, bushel...' S5c to SI 00 Peas, clay, bushel 12 00 Peas, wMte, bushel $2 50 Onions bushel $1.10 FOR DELEGATE AT LARGE. of Buffalo, who have been bpending some days with the family of Mrs. Wylie’s father, Mr. R. E. McCraw, returned home Friday. Col. Sam Reed, of the Clifton Chronicle, called to see us Friday. Jesse Wright, of Wilbinsvllle, was a business visitor to the city Friday. J. L. Piaxico, of King’s Creek, was a business visitor to Gaffney Satur day. Tomas H .Hester has moved to the J. I. Sarratt house on Depot street. Wilks Brown, a prominent young merchant of Ravenna, paid us a pleas ant call Friday. R. J. W. Moss, one of King’s Creek’s good farmers who boards at home and stays at the same place, called on The Ledger Friday. who wishes every- ing to do anything to provoke a con flict, but at the same time the court is going ahead and do its duty.” Judge Pritchard said there was no necessity or reason for a recurrence of the unfortunate incidents whicn oc curred in North Carolina last year. He said that this court is as much a South Carolina court as any court, and incidentally that it is presided over by a Southern man. Judge Pritchard instructed the Paul Jones people to have their,claim cer tified as correct by the dispensary commission, stating that the court would then order the claim paid. Judge Pritchard remarked that he wished all th# claims could be ad justed at once, that they might be or dered paid. After the court had announced that it would take jurisdiction in the dis pensary matter the Wilson case was called up. The case came on for hearing on petition of the Wilson Distilling Com pany and other creditors against the dispensary commission for the ap pointment of a receiver for the $800,- 000 dispensary fund. The application for a receiver is Carolina* with the following date*: March 7, Spartanburg, 8. C-; March 9, Salisbury, N. C.; March 10, Char lotte, N. C., matinee and night; March 11, Asheville, N. C. After these dates the celebrated play will not be seen again hereabouts until the year 1911. Mr. Dixon has announced his sintention of accom panying “The Clansman” on part at least of its tour around the world. He will go with the play next May to England and will present the South ern side of the great racial problem with his customary force and elo quence. Carolinians are agreed that’ “The Clansman” was never better present ed than it is this season, with its big company of forty-five actors, the squadron of cavalry horses, and the immense scenic production direct from New York and Chicago. The prices of seats are 50 cents and $1.50 nights, and 50 cents and $1 matinees. Out of town theatre-goers will have “Clansman” tickets promptly forward ed them if they will send order to the manager of the nearest opera house, enclosing the proper remittance. Those who (lo not send their orders in early, however, are likely to be disappointed and have their money returned for lack of room, so order your seats Immediately. STOMACH IS SEAT OF HUMAN Mew Theory Advanced by Young Man te . Spreading Over Entire Country. It is a little early to make nomina- Wm. Wisher, tions for the electoral delegates to be body well, called on The Ledger Fri- chosen by the coming State Demo- day. cratic convention, but it is a positive ^ j^dgej. a pleas- fact that the convention will send an ant caU Saturda y t Goucher Gossip. Goucher, Feb. 27.—We have had a few days this week which were nice and some few farmers sowed oats. Mrs. E. Lipscomb is quite ill at her son’s, Mr. H. S. Lipscomb. Mr. E. Lipscomb spent the day with B. F. Bonner's family yesterday, but was called home on account of the illness o this wife. Mrs. R. P. Martin and children are spending a few days with Mrs. Mar tin’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bon ner. Misses Carrie and Lila Goforth spent the night with Miss Lucile Bonner recently. Mr. T. G. Chalk, the superintendent of Goucher creek Sunday school, was at his post last Sunday and gave us good lecture on the lesson. He is a good teacher and an excellent man. Much interest is manifested in the school. We have a prayer-meeting In connection with the school. Mr. Mason Bonner left for Wood ruff Monday where he will be engag ed at work. L. T, Cooper’s theory concerning the human stomach, which he claims to ,..ove v/ith his new medicine, is being &*Yua more respect and comment every dnv Cooper claims that 90 per cent, of a-1 ill health is due to stomactf trouble. V. hen interviewed about his theory re- c^ntly, he said: “Stomach trouble is the great curse of the 20th century :;o far as the civilized races are con cerned. Practically all of the chronic ill health of this generation is caused !.;y abnormal stomachic conditions. In earlier days, when the human race was closer to nature, and men and women worked all day out of doors, digging their frugal existence from the soil, the tired, droopy, half-sick people that are now so common, did not exist. “To be sure, there was sickness in those days, but it was of a virulent character, and only temporary. There was none of this half-sick condition all the time with which so many are afflicted nowadays. “I know positively that every bit of this chronic ill health is caused by stomach trouble. The human stomach in civilized people today is degenerate. It lacks tone and strength. This weak ness has gradually come through a sedentary existence. I further know that few people can be sick with the digestive apparatus in perfect shape. The sole reason for my success is be cause my New Discovery medicine tones the stomach up to required strength in about six weeks’ time. That is why I have had more people come and thank me wherever I have gone to introduce my medicine, than I have had time to talk with.” Among the immense numbers of peo ple who are now strong believers in Cooper’s theory and medicine is Mr*. M. E. Delano, a prominent resident of the suburb of Brookline, Boston, Mans, She says: “For several years I was broken in health, caused primarily by stomach and nerve troubles. I gradu ally became worse, until recently I was compelled to go without solid food for days at a time. I had sour stomach, palpitation of the nerves of stomach and heart, dyspepsia, and extreme ner vousness. I suffered terribly with in somnia, and my liver, bowels and whole system gradually became de ranged. I felt instant relief the first day I began this Cooper medicine^ I now feel like a new being. Today; I walked all over town, shopping—f something I have not done for years. “I make this statement wholly from a sense of duty. I feel I owe It to anyone who might find relief ftm* renewed happiness as I have dona.'*. The record made by the Cooper med icines is astonishing. We will taka pleasure in discussing it with anyona who wishes to know about them. —Gaffney 'Drug Co. L. _ _ ^ Mr. G. A. Bonner, of Trough, spent made on the ground of alleged breach i l 33 *. , w ^h his parents. He is a of trust. business visitor to Gaffney today. DR. W. K. GUNTER i> rc j>* t it-< 'r Office in Star Theatre Build in Phone No. 20. Crow* &M brtds* work • spoeUJty FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTER- t EST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE iAND READ THE LEDGER. instructed delegation for Bryan. In view of this fact, it seems fitting that delegates should be chosen with some regard to fhe support they have given Mr. Bryan. Among those con spicuous for their loyalty is Capt. W, Hon. E. J. Clary called on The Led ger Saturday. Clayton Phillips, an industrious farmer of the Corinth section, called It was agreed that this hearing go over until next Saturday, when ar gument on the ment of a re^ Judge Pritcha Misses Fannie Smith and Mary Bonner are visitors to- Gaffney this estion of the appoint- i wee ^ > ver will be heard byj Your correspondent has been con fined to his home on account of grippe. J. M. Lipscomb and Thompson Bros, are building a bridge across Thickety creek at Thompson’s ford. There is some sickness in this sec- GOVERNOR PARDONS DYING MAN- Life Convict on Edgefield Chaingang Free. Columbia, Feb. 29.—Stating that he ^ on a * ; ^^ing, did so “as an act of mercy and hu manity,” Governor Ansel today grant spicuous io r ineir ioyauy is w. on Th j^dger Saturday. E. Gonzales, editor of The State, and The Index here and no4l: places him Clarence Gray, a former Gaffney in nomination as one of the four de- boy now located at Greenville, where .... legates at large for this State to the he is connected with the Southern <|d a pardon to Arthur Holloway, un- national Democratic convention which Express Company, spent several dfiya der life sentence for murder, who is is to meet July 7th, at Denver, Colo- in the city last week with his family. sa id to be in extremis with pulmonary Tado. Mr. Gray returned to Greenville Fri- Capt. Gonzales would reflect credit day. upon his party and State.—Green-1 c p Sand ers, Esq., of Spartanburg, is here attending court of common pleas. wood Index. The Ledger takes pleasure in sec onding the nomination of Capt. Gon zales. He is a Democrat from the crown of his head to the tips of bis toes, and no man in the State will en deavor to do more for the good of the State than he. Wt trust the De- • mocracy will fof once side-step th$ profession! politician and elect a patriot to this honorable position. NOTES AND COMMENTS. It is estimated that the State of South Carolina will be forced to bor row half a million dollars this year In Hon. C. W. Whisonant ,of Wilkins- ville ,was in the city yesterday on business. Mr. Whisonant is one of Cherokee’s most progressive citizens and his friends are always delighted to shake his hand. Mrs. S. O. Walker and little Miss Lettita, leave this morning for Stone wall, Miss., to visit Mrs. Walker’s daughter, Mrs. J. H. Crews. John B. Brown, of Ravenna, one of the best farmers in the county, was here yesterday. R. M. Roark, of Grover, N. C., was in town yesterday. o.der t 0 meet the appropriations ma e ^ Barnwe ^ g p en t Saturday and by the last general assembly. In Sunday in the city, these days of “hard time # s” it does Migs Juanita Cokei . of Centrali ls se< m that the legislature was a little a ^ Limestone College for a few days free in its appropriations. ' visiting her sister, Miss Mamie Coker, * * • 1 who is a student in that institution. The Ledger calls the attention of R. L- McGhee and Emil Johnston, of those of its readers who dwell upon Greenville, spent Saturday night and «.» lam to the produce market pub- wlt >‘ w - Sa “ L “' 8comb 8 llehed on this pa*^ ^ Pjopoae «O i N w Hard|n ^ m ^ iahmg mate this a standing feature of the , n the clty yeBterday 0 n business. paper in order that our friends in the countr- mav keen nested on the price I Miss MBtlie Jones and C.<*udeSpaik, The Academy of Mus'c at Wiilming- coumr, may Keep posx a on ne pno Qf Agbury * ore v i ri4 .. n - 5 . 0 th- Cty| ton was Rol / n , lt ^ before the of their produce. y, gterday. tuberculosis, Holloway was tried with his broth er, Charles Holloway, in Edgefield, and convicted with a recommendation for mercy in 1905. In 1906 an appeal was made to Governor Heyward to grant a pardon, but it was thought that under proper treatment' Hollo way might recover his health. He was later transferred from the State prison to the Edgefield chaingang, where he now is. On the showing made by his attor neys, Sheppard & Sheppard, that he is in a djdng condition, the governor granted the pardon. Every convict sentenced to life imprisonment must die some time, as must all men. Whether death comes two or twenty years after their conviction, and whether it comes from consumption or some other disease, it is all one under the law. A sentence for life Is a sentence until death, be death near or be It far. But it is doubtless dif ficult to permit a dying man to re main In prison or on the chaingang, and Governor Ansel’s action in grant ing a pardon on the grounds of hu manity will doubtless meet with gen eral approval. Mrs. Tom Porter is critically ill at he r home on Mr. C. E. Smith’s place. Mrs. C. E. Smith Is sick, with grippe at her home at Thictety station. May success attend The Ledger and its co-workers. B. F. B. PLAYING TO CROWDED HOUSES- Death of An infant. Gowdeysville, Feb. 28.—Monster death has again visited our communi ty and chosen as its victim Charlie, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Fowler. This was a great sboqjt to the community when it was reported that little Charlie had been found dead in bed Wednesday morning he having died sometime between midnight and day as Mrs. Fowler had turned him over in bed Tuesday night at 12 o’clock and Wednesday morning Mr. Fowler got up and made a fire and Mrs. Fowler started to get up and she noticed that something was the matter with the baby and called Mr. Fowler. They found that the lit tle fellow had passed away. From all appearance they thinks that he had a spasm. He had never been healthy, although he looked so. All day Tues day he wag playful and appeared to be all right. Charlie was Just five months and twenty-two days old. The little body was laid to rest Wed nesday in Gilead churchyard beside the grave of his little sister, Irene, who died last June. The grief strick en parents have our sympthy in this Adverse Business Conditions Failed their darkest hour of sorrow, to Affect “The Clansman.” “The Clansman” continues to play Another little lamb has gone To dwell with him who gave; to enormous business in this vicinity. ] Another little darling babe ton was sold out two days before the I day of the engagement, and all re- L. M .Cook who has been with the j cords for show business promise to be Not with the purpose of throwing Company store for some time is now broken in Raleigh next Tuesday bouquets at ourself but simply to V. I. Spurgeon & Co., where he wil' when Gov. Robt. B. Glenn, of North direct attention to a fact, do we call be glad to see his friends. I Carolina, attended by bis official staff. amount of SAFE BLOWN AT BLENHEIM- your attention to the genuinely interesting reading matter in this issue of The Ledger. No other Yeggmen Secure $69 from the Store paper In South Carolina gives so much of J. j. Hood, for the money as does The Ledger. Bennettsville, Feb. 29.—Safe blow- • o • ! ers at Blenheim, a small town about. AM .kAdtto;. „ko are should vote in the city ele^ iion which p] a ce, last night and got away with : takes place today. Although there is about $69 in cash. There is no clue, no contest every qualified elector to the robbers. ,ko n >a «erc, r Mr right o, by going to the polls and casting his w ent to the store to open up. On ! ballot for the nominees. This is De- opening the door he saw the doors of! mocratic, and we should thus renew the safe lying on the floor and paper and other debris scattered about, j The safe is a total wreck. Investiga-; tlon showed that the robbers must An effort is being made to secure have entered with a skeleton key, as either a new trial or pardons for Mrs. tb© door of the store was closed as Josephine Robinson ana Doe Morgao. i “S'* 1 tlie clerk . went to open up. who were 1 convicted in the court of j Further investigation showed that session last week of breaking and j the yeggmen had gotten their tools entering the house of Sam Lipscomb, ! from the blacksmith shop of W. J. with intent to steal cotton therefrom. appeal. ' will witness the performance, j Mr. Thomas Dixon’s play will close its very sucessful farewell tour of the Is sheltered in the grave, God needed one more angel child # Amidst His shining band, And so He bent with loving smile, And clasped their darling's hand. A Friend. For all the new*, •ubaerlbo f* P Tho Ledgar, $1.50 ptr year. HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on the basis of the actuaries’ tables of life expectation, and therefore.'absolutely fair is the only kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company of Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” policies, no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, but strict and straight Life Insurance of the kind that takes care of a man’s family by providing an immediate cash estate on his death, the time of all times when they will need it most keenly. It is every man’s sacred duty to carry life-insurance for the benefit of those-de- pendant upon him, and all men know this. But no South Carolinan need go out of his -own State to get it. The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by the State of South Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws governing Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homes and interests are in thi* State. It is an old line, legal reserve. Straight Life Company of tae soundej kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. Southeastern Life insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Spartanburg, S. C. Mar. 16th. 1»08 W. E. BURNETT, President A. W. LAWTON, Vice-Prest. A Mgr. A. O. SIMPSON, Secy. A Treas. J. P. LAWTON, Superintendent Owned by Dealers and Consumers - Independent ot any Trust FARMERS’ FERTILIZER CO. CAPITAL STOCK PAID IN SS0.000 — Manufacturers at High Grade Fertilizers Our Specialty-Goods Without Filler SPARTANBURG, SO. CAR. Feb. IS 1 mo W Local and Lon* Distance Phones: Office S46; Factory 41 • ■mmF -98 NEW SERIES OF THE 9*- our allegiance to the party, a a a Farmers and Mechanic Building and Loan OPENS APRIL 1st, 1908 Association ^8 9«- robbery. a nee* some one familiar with Atkin son’* shop must have been concerned We hope that the effort will b^ suc cessful. In view of the discovery of certain testimony since the trial, I in the robbery; that the traces left —what. *bowed that some one had run their there Is grave doubt as to whether •they were guilty o| the crime charg ed, and It Is a sad commentary upon the administration of jnstlce In Cher okee county when two while women convicted and sentenced to terms the penitentiary when there is A table doubt as to their guilt. / a a a Georgia friends In the nar arm under the dooi and raised the latch and entered and secure the tools. After drilling hole* dynamite was used to force the doors, and all the work was done and the thieves van ished without any one seeing or hear ing them. The telephone line was down this morning when the officials at Blen heim tried to reach the officials here, and it was late In the day when the The success off this institution has been most gratifying and there is a standing invitation ffor investors and borrowers to Join And lend their aid towards the de velopment off the town and county. There Is no safer Investment, no surer or better method to obtain a home in town or country on the easy payment plan. It appeals to every business man; to every wage earner. Quit paying rent and buy you a home with your rent money. See our secretary and treasurer or one off our officers who will take pleasure in explaining the workings In detail. : : : : of representatives who matter was known here. Farmers $ Mechanics Buifdipo b Loan Association Over Carroll A Byers Store, N. H. LITTLEJOHN, PaasT. J. L. WALKER, V.-Prkst. Gaffney, South Carolina. J. G. PRIDMORE, Secy, and Treas. J. C. OTTS, Attorney. $