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In The Gaffney ledger. A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAf THE WORD IMPLIED AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OP THE PEOPLE OP CHEROKEE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1S64. QAPPNEY. S. C* TUSDAY, M^RdH 24, 190& |14S A YEAR. THE BOSTON SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION cooing. We are expecting some one'000,000 annually. This money would to hear a whippoorwill soon. Mrs. J. L. S., notwithstanding, she has been coughing for several days, scoured last Wednesday. It was Die full moon, and if such work isn’t done then its no use. trying it at any other time. The trouble with us is, be contributed by all of the people and be paid out as a bonus or sub sidy to a few shipowners. I am op posed to the ship subsidy proposition in every form. To my mind the pro position is indefensible from every viewpoint. It means nothing more C1R0UKMNS IT THE J SERIOUS PROBLEM. BUSINESS VISITORS. THE BLACKS OF THE SOUTH A she P ut >’ 0Ur correspondent to using. no r less than that where a business PROMINENT MEN OF THE STATE the mop while she poured the water, j is unprofitable on account of the pro- and its surprising how many places. tectdve tariff that parties engaged in she found nee.ded rubbing. Since this unprofitable business shall be she has been complaining she has authorized to go to the treasury of o ornmi been using a very simple and pala- the United States and receive enough Ext acts from the Speechs f p ta bie remedy for her cough—whiskey; money to make their unprofitable nent Sunday School workers ii nd sugar. She wisely tabes the pre- business profitable, in utter violation caution at night—to keep a glass <of KING'S CREEK NEWS. GAFFNEY ROUTE 9. Other Items of General interest. of Jefferson’s definition of demo cratic, “equal rights to all; special slaught on the treasury of the United States. “Why the bill discussed by my col leagues should be sent to the post- it on the opposite side of the bed from where we sleep. She don’t care how privileges to none.” The fact that it WJlkinsville, March -0.—^ rom muc h we sympathize with her in her (costs twice as much, practically what we understand the grand jury complaining but don’t care to trouble speabing, to build a ship in this coun- will be apt to have some matters to us to take the medicine for her. | try as it does in England or Continen- look after in thin sec'tlon at the next Some people think there Is more tal Europe Is tho reason for this on economy in long fasting than early term of the court, and those who rising, and they govern themselvek consider themselves as objects of accordingly. judicial wrath might do well to take Mr. Lewis Lanier, the most reliable time hv the forelock and correct ex- weat be-r prophet we know of, says if, office committee I am unable to un tune bj me ioreiock and correct ex it d(m . t raln durlng the , ight of t h e ; derstand. icting evils before hand. A wink is moon we will have dry weather.. j “When General Grosvenor, of Ohio, as good as a nod to a blind man. i The fellow for whom we have the' that simon-pure, rock-ribbed, fearless That's all. : most consumate contempt is the cruel j Republican entered into a discussion horse-master. The horse ,js man’s. of this proposition, or any other pro- “Eartb has no rage like love to hatred best friend among all the animal ere-1 position of interest to the Republican turned; ation, and the man who maltreats or'party, he made his fight, as I have Nor hell a fury like a woman scouru- abuses him is of the very lowest type (stated, openly and aboveboard and ed." , of humanity. He is a demon in hu-1 without resorting to a aubterfuge, as man form. Between the savagery of,is the case with bill 4068.” V We are requested to state that to bis brutal nature and the fiery tem-| When Mr. Sherwood asked him, the Sabbath School Convention at perament of the untamed gorilla the “And what about the full dinner Abingdon on the 29th the ladies are line of distinction is imperceptibly, pail?” Mr. Finley replied: exnecteri to brine their baskets and fine - Besides his usefulness as a do- ( ‘‘Mr. Chairman, the full dinner pail / d . f ^ mestic animal, the horse is a mill- song has served its purpose. I do not take care of their friends. This we tar y cre aturf. The roll of drums, the think that in this year of grace we Local Happening and Personal Notes “Pete” Score a Newspaper* and Officers of interwf. I on Dispensary Law. King's Creek, March 18.—It seems i Gaffney, Route 9, March 17.—No that spring has come at last after doubt those who read this letter win having had such a rough winter. (think that Pete it grumbling again, Spring days always are pleasant to | but i don’t want any one to think or me after the cold and dreary winter say anything of the kind. I do want, days have passed. j however, a word on this much talked The fanners are very busy now. 1 of whiskey question. They are plowing and preparing toj I am not going to put up a fight plant their crops. Some of the farm- for dispensary nor for “local option’* ers are still holding their cotton. j or “high _ licensed barrooms.” I A good many oj our people have'thought when our people voted out been sick with grippe. Some are get-1 the dispensary that surely they would ting better, while there are others try to do all in their power to stop who are still very sick. Beecher Me- the whiskey business, but on the waeKSnre* ,.01 O 1 Swain has grippe and whooping other hand Undoes seem to me that wasningion, March -l- coi. ii,iDeri cough now. There are many who a great number of the people of South have whooping cough. j Carolina are just sitting still and Mr. Rufus Randall began teaching saying not a word against whiskey 'singing school at Antipch Saturday,) drinking Col. E. H* Aull planning the (tinery of the south Carolina press Associa tion’s Trip to the Mountains. H. Aull, of Newberry, is one of the number of Carolinians at Die national V capital this week. He is nere on di-' - ; , ... . , „ .. , March 7th. He expects to teach every 1 blame all the people of the whole /erse matters of business, among Saturday till the school is finished., Slate in a measure for this great evil these an effort to secure a federal He is doing his best. I think he is tlat is doing so much harm to our building for Newberry, to plaa the Retting along very well for the first country. For well do l remember be- itinerary of the State Press \ssocia- Sf, hool. The little girls and boys, and fore the dispensary was killed all the . . . ‘ ‘ „ large ones too. are trying to learn, newspapers were crying out, “Away t on s trip in the mountains of West- ^-. e ] l0 , )e i, e . A .iu succeed in teaching with Tillman’s old State dispen* era. North Carolina this summer, and them all to sing, as we think it is very sary.” That is just what it takes to to get the postage on the officials or- important to 1 now music. He is get rid of anything that is bad, and gan of Pythianism in South Carolina, L ra( ' h , inR thi f, s ^ 1 () ,° 1 more especially that is calculated to do a great evil. ‘"Tho >* . j * . i fo1 the small children. I think that Get all the newspaper men and all of ine Pyinian, reduced to second j s that children be taught our preachers and most of our little class rate. All of Ahese matters have io sing wmen they are young, as they “politicians’’ during a campaign year, taken up his time in attending con- can take it up more quickly and will to get in behind a movement of any ferences and audiences in this, the not forget it so easily. kind, let it be good or bad, and pub- * Miss Everett Humphries school He sentiment in the country will be- most official city in the lmted States w j|j c ] 0se Friday, March 27th. She come such that dispensary or any- Col. Aull heartily agreed with a spokes- will have closing exercises Friday thing else will have to go. man in a crowd who ventured the night by the school. Miss Belle But now, as the dispensary is gone statement that it required about as Hnniphries. if nothing prevents, will f \ mouth* have ceased to do any- -„ , —- , - - .— -- .. - . . . . , , . . . be present and play. It is said that thing for that noble cause, temper- hardly think necessary as the women rattle of musketry and the thunder will hear any song of that tenor, nr-nch red tape and foi de rol to get pi^ys well. Some o£ ihe boys ance. Am l not writing the truth? of this country don’t have to be re- of artillery are music to him. He will WJiat the song will be I do not know, the ear and attention of a Washington and girls not attending school are Every word that has come from the minded of their duty on such occas- oharge through a line of bayonets to I can not surmise, but I will say this, official for a brief minute's presents- getting or trying to get a dialogue. It newspapers of Cherokee county and . „ ll0tt0r fall at the mouth of a cannon. In that the Republican politicians are— ti f g i mnle husln „_ s niattH .. as is very long and is hard to get up. If South Carolina is; Oh! what a glori- ions. But we know nothing better !jattle he , 8 controlled by pride more to my mind-about the smartest on ; lon a * In !' ,e bu j Jlae88 matte ' as they get it up they will act it. All ous record Cherokee county has, and to do than to obey orders. than fear, tfle sniffs the battle from the face of the earth (laughter), and to set a bill through Congress carry- wh ^ wol| j d jj ke to | <now w },at else is making; Not only do I blame the We spoke recently of the work of afar and is eager for the affray. He they sing a song that will suit if they ing a million dollar appropriation. S j ie has. come and see. I thing all editors, but the preachers as well, the Boston Sabbath School Conven- is not revengeful in his nature and can find one. What it will be gener- Col. Aull has for the past sixteen ^p,. pupils will trv to do their best. They too, are not doing what they , . , yet a low down dirty, cowardly skunk ally I do not know, but l am satisfied years acceptably served as president she has fortv-one on roll. Several of ought to break up so much of this tion and what we seen anu n ^ a ‘“ of a man will mistreat and abuse him of this, that no matter what their of the South Carolina Press Associa- them are out of school now on ac- whiskey buying and selling, there. In lookmg over our snort- ) jecauge can’t speak for himself. song is, no matter what pretense they tion, and he likes to talk “shop” when count of sickness Most of the largest Befotse the dispensary was voted bandd “ r Y old Mr ' Etites ' uaed t0 sa > r that a g,ve f01 ' the Republican panic that is it comes to the Palmetto Associa- scholars who attended last winter out you could hea r nothing in the pul- A" L a f L flr : y n -?nt^no?ieh to hor8e - mast er wa s always a bad now op the people will answ«?r them tion have not be{!T1 CO ming this winter. P»t but “temperance lecture*.” I’U L-edger m ordinary P‘‘“ l 77Uougn w clt j zen> and we believe the rule holds not with applause, but with an era- The next meeting of the Associa- Mr. Carl Hambright is off at school be honest with you reader I have phatic declaration at the ballot box tion will be held at Gaffney in July, others have been kept away for rot heard in Cherokee county one —-b-i — --j ciuzen, auu we oeneve me ri make a pretty good sized booklet. All g 00d without an exception. Wye never want to to attend such an d j tc b. occasion without bringing enough of Mattie Blackwell it home to satisfy, the .needs and two days this week UI uig me win auumusier mis govemuieiu in e,n mukj meir sessions, we win laae been together so long that thev seem county and State lines or watch the the interest of all the people. (Pro- a mountain outing. I think the ideal near to each other< thev too ’ thlnk express office in Gaffney, or even go and baby longed applause on the Democratic trip-you see the Association hereto- that they all will never be together into the back alleys or in the rear end L with her side.) j fore h<is been winding up its Ennunl nsain as thpv arp nnw r pv»p tpanhpr of mnnv nf nnr avwi work in the South, we reproduce the )riation bil] xbis bill carr i e s a Good Sermon. (way officials in this city, and am as- teaching the efr Is" and ho vs soneiTflii sible for'it'in “the CTeaPTiidirment * oB 2^ lng . . ■ $220,766,192. He says among many Dr. Simms preached a strong ser- sured of whatever courtesies and con- the school session which I think has day i fully believe it 3 * “The most serious problem of the other things: nion Punflay raornlng at the ^rirst, veniences can possibly be extended, been be^a^^^^^^^^ Our citv officia?s ai’e not Southern Sunday school work is the *.j n jti v nnlnlnn a nnmher. nf itoms Bantist r-hnmV, f«r>rr, fr»hn C>97 “T .a. 1 ^nnelatont- with tho Into-rctat^, onH . . ' . ' . ' ... _ problem of the blacks. How millions of these are in or out day school no man knows, but m me onl one of e jg b teen members of the unto everlasting life, which the Son sonville, N. C., where the Wlieeler ihe RihitTin ronPaT^vo™ uVArnin? road track ami In nnnv othor ninooa rr r .i° po S t-^ „ nto wm ho„ S e w.n b e ««. I we will take a trip to Biltmore and llext Saturday and Sunday as usual., their duty as they should. all do all we can for prohibi- the right kind. I wish that State of South Carolina were A Country School Girl. filled with men who are not afraid to do their full duty, and especially the Mercantile Agency Book. i officers, from magistrate to governor. 'Oh! that South Carolina had such a X ’ IIIivi.ee: Uli LUC puaLUiiicc auu ljuat" .tiaii nuau UULU >UU, North and South is vitally inte.ested. roads and i s a f ac t c ] ose S cru- has God the Father sealed.’ ly understood except by those whom being made to saddle the postal ser- on the part of the person making the expected to call on Mr. Geo. Vander-I it most immediately concerns, and d> vice witb what ig known ag a “ s hip contract. That a man might be able bilt while here in regard to this mat ! those who in the spirit ot Lnnst, are su bsidy’’ which he bitterly opposes as to write beautifully, still if he was ter, but find that he is out of the city.! looking upon ^ I be- is i n( |i Cat ed by his remarks. without character to back him, his We haven’t selected the annual ora- The Mercantile Agency Books for nVan an governor Ts "Robert ^ "ricnn 1 rchPR i T° uchin g a,on g thls line he says signture would be worthless. That a tor, but have a line on some of the the use of sellers, giving the names 0 j Nort} f Carolina I don't like to cially the Southern white churches among other things . good character is the most valuable brightest and most noted men in the and ratings of all dealers, etc., are, ta V^ut our Governor hnt\ r An there is a Tw kinde? feeHngs^be- “ In the nine y ea r« that I have been as « e t which any man can possess public eye. It is probable that Edi- universally known and used | sel k is to * smal f a man ’£ hold'that tween the two rac^ Jnd a stfonger in congress I have heard many f. ha t m olden times no one dared to tor Edmunds of the Manufacturer’s A Mercantile Agency Book arran*- 1 1)lace Pete rtecire tn ala in the nbition of the speeches on bills to give the country dis °hey a document which was seal- Record, will be one of us at this an- ed for buyers, enabling the user toi reie ' uesire to aiq in rne oOiuiion oi ine a subsidy. I remember distinct- ed with'the seal of the king; that the nual gathering. In fact he has pro- instantly find wno manufactures any- 1 ^ ^ _ fo exIS believe that y ther? are ^ the efforts of that distinguished, seal was the emblem and sign of au- mised to attend, if it does not con- f^ng desired, giving the capital rat*; Un 'J ue ® erv,ce f Cherokee Avenue, man^ fhonLnS^ in thp Ronth whose stand-pat. able, and fearless Repub- thority and the penalty for disobe- flict with his time and affairs. Then ing of each manufacturer is also very 1 The Young Womans Auxilary of TraXs X mv own were racked hv lican ’ « en - cha ’ ,e « H. Grasvener! of was death That the one who there will be others” vahial*. . i the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church rhP hamhT of slaved who look «non O h ‘°- He is a Republican without s ea, ed of God has life enriched by Then the conversation drifted back „ Tho , ma8 Register of American has succeeded in getting Mrs. W. E. tho hlAPk man ti-irn epnninp svrnnathv Kuile and the strongest advocate of the Edition of another person living to the good old days when knight- Manufacturers and First Hands is the Entyminger a returned missionary bruy were rehashed—end all gladly aid in any Tia _ -omnia nnpn the finni-a nf the ensnel h e was chairman of the committee on ua "* A - — ^ „ him ana his ehU(Iren Al-padva the merchant Marine and fisheries, That we know we are sealed by the gifted and lofty spirits came in for ^ names, addresses and rating of wrought for Brazil in seventeen stnmfT movement 0 on the nart of the be d * d h* 8 utmost to secure favorable sph'Rs bearing witness with our mention-Col. Bacon. Mrs. Virginia a ” the manufacturers of o r source of years wh?te phurah?« of the «oifth has be- a< -' tion '>y congress for this proposi- f 'P irit8 a h‘l because by the spirit’s p. Young (peace to her noble ashes) supply in any line desired. 2,200 It is not Mrs. Entyminger’s custom Mn ann Sail-/ iainin^T straneth tion. He did it, however, in a plain, "evealing Gods love to us. The fact Col. Robert Hemphill. Will Banks, Pages 20.000 names, 38,000 articles to speak before a mixed audience, But the harvest k ^reat and the la- straightforward, open, fighting sort of that wp a ‘\ sealed is also made ap- Ed DeCamp. Charlie Langston, A. W. and kinds of articles. but upon a special invitation from borers are flw The white chu-ches wa y- He plainly stated the pur- P ar e n t by the fruits which the spirit Knight. Billie Ball, August Kohn- H is complete. N o charge i s made some of the gentlemen, she has agreed for most Of the ^Pne : ations that‘have poses of the various bills'“intro- b, in S 8 fort h in our lives. The vital and others. It was a famous meet- publishing names and address. It to allow the gentlemen who desire to nassTdsince the^war have been bat- <laced aild advocated by him to Question for us all is; are we sealed ing; but the Col. is firm and un- should not be confused with any ad- hear her admittance, tline against their own novertv" and build up the American merchant ma- °f God ? .swerved in the prediction that the yertising scheme that publishes only A unique missionary collection has would not carrv fo-ward the great rine, and at no time to my recollection , As an unsigned document is value- Press meeting of 1908 will be the top th ose who pay for insertion. It is been planned. Eqvelopes will be and needed work among the black did be e\e r resort to the present me- f 88 - so , is man’s hope if he has not notchcer. use by the government at Washing- Riven out at the door, and each per- Vn man it a foni than ha thod, which I regard as a cowardly tbt ’ 8eal of Go<1 the Father. The ser-, ton. by the American consular service son is requested to write their full don’T want toV wise “When^gJS subterfuge in endeavoring to saddle rnon was enjoyed by all who attend- Washington, March 21.—“No; I’ll throughout the world, and by the lead- name on the envelope and eficlose as ance is bliss sweet is nunishment” thfc Postal service with this expense. ed the service and we regret that we not be in the r ace for Governor this manufacturers and merchants in many cents as there are letters -in Mr John Huggins of Gaffnet was “We all know, or at least those a [ e ” na b1e to reproduce the entire summer,” was the answer of Hon. the United States. ; the full name on this week selling who know anything about the postal bourse. Richard I. Manning to the pointed When the manufacturers of any It is hoped that as many as can will question at/the Raleigh tonight. This ,ine are wanted, it does not pay to avail themselves of the opportunity distinguished Carolinian is in Wash- s P** n d tim e looking through papers, of hearing Mrs. Entyminger before _ she returns to Brazil In April next. Card of Thanks. in this section this week selling wno Know anything about the postal feather beds. I service are well aware, that when Mr YV). C. Kirbv is selling seed ever an y unnecessary burden is im - — — „ , . . . . sweet potatoes at $1.00 and he can’t P° 8e d on the postal service that you . W ( ‘ ar ® sorrowing ones still sitting ington for a few days with a delega- ° r making inquiries, eupplv the demand at that nrice | cripple the service in more ways than tbe valley of mourning who wish to tion of 4 representative citizens of A C0 Py of the third annual edition A P few farmers are hauling their on< ‘- That, among other things, you ^ hanl - 0,, r kind friends and neighbors Sumter, who appeared before the (September, 1907). has been placed guano from Hickorv Grove and some mak ^ H impossible or difficult to ac- for their many kind deeds shown us Committee on Public Buildings and for tbe f ree « se <mr merchants and from Kellis complish at least the extension of the dunn S the i,,ne88 and deat h of our Grounds to give convincing reasons manufacturers who do not subscribe A RECORD BREAKER. Messrfe!* ^Foster and Blackwood jF r°' Vji.“nllfate PIanter S 0 Bank°' the MCrchan,s ani ' U ‘ouarenw' d “cur*, wr “cUterrh,*'’* note, and a ■ to a healthy A Touch of Winter. jaessrs. rosier anu niacKwoou *' v '"**** ^ ‘ niauftinanuu ui . " ,, - ------- ...... haven’t begun work on the bridge m ‘ w an d up-to-date innovations foil fb® noble doctors. Gladly would ive Federal building. The across Gilky’s creek which they have fbe good of the service, and particu- wr,te a11 their names. Gladder still Sumte-,- is interesting to the contract to build ba larly is it true that whenever action wou | d we be if the recording angle sure and safe index tc Larger Than Ever. The merits of Hyomei (the treat ment that cures catarrh without less than 'in effort OUr sdncere thanks and appreciation progress, and want the government the mutterings of thunder and the 1 ^^ and^hvsieiMi b in tectiveTariff "theory, P * R1 ^ and Children. ,10 give them the elbow touch with a flash of lightning. The rain fell all .i: ~ creditable atrncturp in kpenine witn r\\aht i^v>i«iovr wn _ In lllt3 couniry, Unclaimed Letters. creditabie structure, in keeping with night and on Friday it continued un- th e result thatlast veaAsales their handsome court house, will put til about H o’clock- when the rain larger than 1 * year * 1 every with were ' of The Gaffney Ledger and King’s now about V.OOO or 13,000, and these abroad in the land. But Thursday thu ^ U86 k. this neighborhood, has been lying ‘‘The ship subsidy proposition is on^^inrpr^thani^ ^« wiSh t0 8 P eak wide-awake people are in the game of night there was a change heralded by u c i y recommended hv leading 1 * drug very low for a long time. She can’t nothing more nor less t‘— — .«»--* OUr s ‘ nce r e thanks and appreciation nrogress. and want the irnvprnnrient tso mntiorino-o nt th..na A « -n.> ♦t.nti 1 . / . . enaea by leading drug possibly live mifch longer. She was, to apply the protective sick all of last year, and her bus-; of stand-pat Republicans to the ocean- band paid out a lot of money for; carrying trade of the United States medicine and doctor bills parently did no good. Thomas Mickle wenT to “‘Chester I United States Ts abso'iuteiy‘protected" 1 Gaffney ’vS* !?i* Ciai0r m l J ne lt « enai « ganeries mis county this week to move a family This is a local matter and American ... ^ .®P’ MI® 8 Hen» afternoon, and listened to Senator to the farm of Fowler Mrs. F- A- Goforth has attack of gall-stone, from suffered greatly. The equinoctial gales schedule thne last night. Tbe time and place of next State reunion of Confederate the purposes of protection, and re- Veterans hasn't yet been decided upon that we konw of, but the sup position is it will be in Greenville. We have had some very warm weather for the time of the year and vegetation is beginning to show it. Several days ago we heard a dove suits in enriching the few at the ex liense of the masses. Under the pre sent tariff law of the United States a ship subsidy law which would restore the American merchant marine would cost the treasury of the United States, anywise iflrom $80,0(Kr,000 to $90,-' Whiter Halmer, Lloyd Moore, (2), ky uallty and ability. Moss, A. L. Miller, Secy., M. R. Os teen, Sam Patet, O. D. Rhea, gorge Wood, J. M. Whitaker, Williams. Call for advertised letters, on* opinion "that the "united"'states Su”| cent due on each. i preme Court will sustain the State A. R. N. Folger, P. M. Supreme Court. Flke. f*r TM L«4g«r, |140 • y*«r. ing mel, for the Gaffney Drug Co. take all the risk of its giving satisfactloa and leave you to be the judge.