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Iv- ' ■ / ■ A.• .*-.V*- -/ |py.. - ma THE GAFFNEY LEDGER, Tuesday and Friday. Si. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher CITY DIRECTORY. Officials. W. H. Roes IftTor W. O. Johnson .... Mayor Pro Tom George B- Hood City de*k T. B. Littlejohn Treasurer A. L. Hallman Health Officer T. H. Lockhart Chief Police Batler & Osborne .. .. City Attys. Board Public works. A. N. Wood.. Chairman J. N. Lipscombr: Treasurer W. H. Ross Secretary Board of Trade. W. C. Hamrick President J. C. Otts Secretary MARKET REPORT. LOCAL COTTON MARKET. Middling H- 00 COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKET. Market report corrected weekly by W. Kyle Davenport. H nn a 30c to 40c Frys ’ 30c to 30c Ducks. 7*?® ,-J^ Sweet Potatoes, bushel Irish Potatoes, bushel * l |40 Turnips, bushel Corn, bushel.... Meal, bushel Oats, feed, bushel .‘ft. Oats, seed, bushel to ll.oo Peas, clay, bushel Peas, white, bushel fr -?” Onions, bushel. and that if he can put the price low enough that the fanner will either hare to put up money to save his cotton or let It go. Now if this cotton was not in existence the speculator would not be in a position to manipulate the price, and the farmer would be en abled to say “We have some cotton but you will have to pay what It Is worth before you can get It.” As we urged in the article of last week, the only way to deal successfully with the situation is to curtail the production of cotton, by raising your own sup plies at home and planting cotton as a surplus crop. SHIP SUBSIDY AGAIN. The following statistics were given in a speech the other day in the United States senate by Setavor Sim mons. of North Carolina, which bears out our recent article upon the need of ship subsidy: Mr. President, some of our South ern cotton mills are largely depend ent on foreign markets for the sale of their products. In recent years they have been making strenuous ef forts to sell their surplus products both in China and South America. With the aid of our consuls in thosp countries and that of the special in- vestigators sent out by the govern ment they have learned what kind of goods those markets require, and they have been making their goods in accordance with those require ments. What, Mr. President, has been the result of these efforts. With China we started off well. In- \ 1903 we sold her cotton goods t° t* 16 value of about 110,000,000; in 1904, about $9,000,000; in 1905, $30,000,000; but as soon as we began to be trouble some to our competitors in this mar ket. through their control of our means of transportation, they put the screws upon us, and our trade with China began to fall off. In 1906 lt fel ^ to $20,000,000, while in 1907 it fell to less than $3,000,000, while in the lat ter year Great Britain's sales to her advanced to about $43,000,000, Japan’s, which in 1905 was only about one-sixteenth as great as ours, ad vanced to nearly the same figures as ours. In South America they have not let us get much of a foothold at any time. In 1906 Argentina bought about $29,000,000 worth of cotton goods. Wle sold her in that year only $271,500 worth. In that year Brazil bought about $15,000,000 worth of cot ton goods, of which we sold her only $479,300. In that year the countries of South America bought $74,712,400 worth of cotton goods. Of this amount Britain sold in round numbers $47,- 000,000; Germany. $11,000,000; France, $5,400,000; Italy, over $7,000,000, and the United States only $3,630,100. DIVERSIFIED CROPS. In an article last week we urged upon the farmers the importance of raising their supplies at home and raising cotton as a surplus crop. The very next day an article was publish ed in the daily papers from the presi dent of the cotton association urging upon the farmers the same thing. With all the organized efforts of the farmers themselves, and those who are in sympathy with them, the price of cotton has gone down and no man can say where the downward move ment will stop. We believe the ,i reason for this is because the specu- . lator knows that a big crop has been made, he knows that there are in the hands of the farmers and in the warehouses many thousands of bales of cotton. He knows further that in many instances money has been ad vanced upon this warehouse cotton Tlien; Is more Catarrh In this section r.f the country than all other dlseases-put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doc tors yronouuced It a local disease, and pre scribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to curt: with local treatment, pro nounced It incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutlonol trfatmnt. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, Is the only con stitutional cure on the market. It Is taken internally In doses from 10 drops to a tea- spoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mueous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars tor any case it fails to " ’ circuliTrs and testimonials. REPLY TO “PETE.” In Tuesday's issue we published a communication from “Pete” in which he takes occasion to score the of ficials, editors and preachers for not doing their duty in enforcing the laws against the sale of whiskey. Let us see if “Pete” is doing his duty. We agree with him when he says that it is the duty of every citi zen to do all in his power to stamp out the whiskey traffic, and if he has been in the back alleys and In the rear end of the grocery stores and seen people violating the law then he is derelict in his duty as a citizen if he does not report same to the proper officers and himself bear witness against the violator. The editor of this paper has on at least three different occasions sworn out warrants against persons for sell ing whiskey on information and be lief and stands ready to do the same thing at any time. It makes us tired to hear people continually harping about violations of law, that they know of themselves and at the same time making no effort to bring the guilty one to justice except to ar inadvert against others for not doing their duty. Now, “Pete,” if you are honest in wishing to have the law en forced, come forward with your in formation and we are very sure that the officials of the town and county will give you all the assistance in their power. NOTES AND COMMENTS. It is a subject of remark on the part of strangers who visit our city of the lack of flowers in the yards of our houses. In most of the towns in this section the people take great pride in having a profusion of flowers in their front yards. Beautiful flowers will add more to the attractiveness of our homes than any other one thing, not even excepting paint, and we hope that all of the residents of the city will plant flowers in their yards so that by the time the State Press Association meets here in July we can point with pride to the beautiful flowers which adorn our homes. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. STATE ROAD IMPROVEMENT. Radical Changes Recommended to New York Legislature. Radical changes in the methods of construction, supervising and main taining higbwhys in New York state are recommended in the report recent ly transmitted to the legislature by the s[ scial legislative highway investi gating committee appointed by the leg islature. e The more important recommenda tions are: The creation of a department of highways, to consist of three members appointed by the governor, to have su pervision of highways, now in the bands of the state engineer. The recodiflcation of all existing highway laws into one statute and the repeal of all existing laws on this sub ject. The establishment of four systems of highway construction, representing two now unknown in this state and continuing in force the present Higbie- Armstroug and Fuller-Plank systems. Of the four systems of construction proposed perhaps the most radical is the first, which provides for the con struction of thirty-five trunk highways, connecting the larger localities of the state and to be built entirely at the expense of the state. At present the state does not undertake the construc tion of any roads unless the county and towns pay a proportionate share. These thirty-five trunk routes would extend to ali parts of the state. The second and third systems arc the present Higbie-Armstrong and Fuller systems, which have long been in operation. The fourth is what is known as the French system and pro vides for the construction of purely lo cal roads, the expense to be borne by the counties and towns, the state tak ing no share of the burden. A bill accompanies the report, but re lates only to the highway code. Pro vision is made for the imposition of a provisional tax on automobiles to de fray the cost of maintenance. SETTLING DUST NUISANCE. Treatment Used at an Automobile Factory That Improves Roads. At an automobile factory in Toledo. O., the manufacturers believe they have settled the dust nuisance and pointed a way to a phase of road im provement. The plant covers a large area. At the rear of the factory build ings is a circular speedway, while be tween the buildings are driveways. These roads are subjected to very se vere use from testing cars constantly passing over them, going out and re turning to the factory, generally at high speed; heavy traffic of large trucks heavily loaded, touring cars and other vehicle's. Naturally these drives and the speedway created lots of dust and required constant repair. Much experimenting has been done, and the factory people say they have finally hit upon a good treatment which gives excellent results and is very eco nomical. The factory has its own steel treating furnaces, some oil heated, and it is the sediment from the crude oil used in the beaters, sprinkled with an ordinary can over the surface of the roads that has improved the neighbor hood of the plant. Three treatments a, season, it Is said, makes the roadbeds waterproof, lays the dust and prevents ruts and breaking of embankments. Mr. and Mrs. Wl Gist Tolleson, of Spartanburg, visited relatives and friends in Gaffney this week. Hon. John Gary Evans was here on business Wednesday. The “Old Man" ha£ gone to New berry to attend a meeting of the ex ecutive committee of the State Press Association. Col. T. Bothwell Butler spent Mon day in Yortydlle gn profesisonal busi ness. W, S. Hall, Esq., spent Monday in Spartanburg. Mr. Billie Wilson and family, of Charlotte, N. C., are in the city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Landrum Brown. H. K. Ofcborne, Esq., was in Spar tanburg Monday on business. M. C. Lipscomb, one of the most ex tensive farmers of the county, was here on business Tuesday. Gregg Susong, one of our promi-; nent young farmers, who is very po pular with the ladies, was in the city Tuesday. , R. J. Foster, of Gowdeysville, paid The Ledger a very pleasant call Tues day. E. K. Belue, a mendacious citizen of Blacksburg, was in the city Tues day shaking hands with his many friends. Alfred Harris, of the Macedonia neighborhood, one of Cherokee’s best known citizens, spent Monday in the city. Good Work In Illinois. President Miller of the Galva (111.) Good Roads association stated recently that over twenty-five miles of road had been graded and as much dragged un der the auspices of that organization, lie said further: “We have specimens of road where the grade was complet ed in this manner and draiutilu land where the water line was within one foot of the surface and through which for many years people waded bub deep in mud in the spring and sometimes iu the fail when it rained. But these por tions of tlie road are now firm and as good as any we have.” He also stated that the highway commissioners had been making contracts with the farm ers for dragging their roads at $8 a mile and that the cash system of road working is heartily approved by both the taxpayers and road users. ODD CASE OF SOMNAMBULISM Arthur Neil, a Davidson student, is at home for a few College days. Sleeping Girl Read and Wrote In the Dark—Studied Harmony. The -particulars of an extraordinary case of somnambulism were recently- communicated to an English medical journal by Dr. James Russell, assist ant physician at the Birmingham hos pital. He says that a girl twenty-one years old, who is a teacher of the type writer and a student of music, entered the hospital to be cured of sleepwalk ing. While under observation there she habitually left her bed after three or four hours’ sleep and busied her self iu various ways, including de scending into the music room ami playing the piano, tuning a violin and fitting new strings to it and crochet ing. Her most remarkable feats, how ever. were reading and writing In the dark. If there was even a faint artifi cial light in the room she would avoid it and go to the darkest corner, whoiv she would read various books, study the theory of harmony and write let ters. One of her letters was addressed to her music teacher. It contained a short essay on “The Sonata Form.” which was accurate in sense and con struction. Another letter she wrote was in German. When she was awake she did not In the least remember writing or reading. An examination of her eyes did not re veal the reason for her being able to see in the dark. She has now left the hospital, her condition having improv ed. but she occasionally walks in her sleep still. RESULT OF A JOKE. Rich Church Makes False Report Good by Feeding Hungry Mob. Some enemy of the fashionable Sec ond Presbyterian church in Pittsburg recently played a joke with surprising results by circulating a story that at the morning service a good breakfast would be served to 150 of the city’s needy. Long before the time set for service the vestibules and halls of the big church on Eighth street were crowded with the worst looking lot of people who had ever been inside the doors. They were hungry and had come to be fed, though neither the pastor nor any of his flock knew what was expected. Pastor S. Edward Young soon found out, however, and. starting the collec tion with a dollar, which he said would find breakfast for ten men. .he went through the church and soon had enough to feed every one and have a surplus for permanent Sunday morn ing breakfasts. Now every one is in vited each Sunday morning to eat in the basement at the expense of Pastor Young’s “Breakfast Brotherhood club.” One Advantage ot New Style Lars. One of the greatest blessings of the pay-as-you-enter cars is that the ques tion of how women shall get off cars is solved. The so called grab handles are on the front sides of the door only. A woman leaving the car must face this handle and consequently must get off facing in the direction in which the car is going. While it kills one of man’s greatest arguments against suf frage, the fact that women will at last make a graceful exit from a car will cause a sigh of relief from every lover of the beautiful In art—or nature. To Toach Horse to Pose For Statue. Edward C. Potter, a sculptor of Greenwich, Conn., has found a Ken tucky thoroughbred at Wabash, Ind., which he considers a suitable model for General Custer’s horse. He will teach the animal to pose and use it in his statue of Custer Ho purchased the horse from Edward Shoider. Absolutely Pure From Grapes, the most healthful of fruits, comes the chief ingredient of ROYALS The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Costs a little more than the injurious slum or phosphate of lime powders, but with Royal you are sure of pure, healthful food. ESS23SSX2ZSB PRAISE FOR SPECULATION. Cornell Professor Says It Is a Species of Insurance. E. W. Kern merer, a Cornell profess or of economics, in speaking of stock exchanges the other night at Ithaca. N. Y., said: “Exchanges are big insurance com panies in which every member of so ciety is a member and the speculators are the managers. They assume great risks, and their position requires abil ity. and therefore society must pay them highly. Although there is un doubtedly evil in dishonest manipula tion, it is more than overbalanced by the good which speculation brings to society in the form of this insurance. “In obtaining advance information as to the condition of crops and the political conditions, the speculators are able to keep prices firm and to pre vent sudden fluctuations and thereby are insuring society against a sudden drop or swift changes.” Darwin Centenary. The centenary of Charles Darwin Is to be celebrated at Cambridge, Eng land, during the fourth week in June. The report of the council In favor of a university commemoration of this ail nlversary has been confirmed by the senate. Koad Maintenance Scheme. County Engineer George F: Horton of Houston. Tex., has introduced the stitch in time system on the roads un der his supervision. Inspectors are em ployed by the month whose duty it is to patrol the roads at regular intervals and repair all damaged places and care for the ditches and culverts. Stations are established along the highways where supplies are stored. It is expect ed that this method of maintenance will prove far less expensive and keep the roads in better condition than the old way of leaving them until they re quire almost entire rebuilding. Mr. Good For Everybody. Norman R. Coulter, a Silver Aluminum Jelly Moulda Free. Individually Molded desserts are now considered the proper thing. The moulds are hard to get outside the large cities, but users of JELLO, The Dainty Dessert, can get them abso lutely free. Circular in each pack age explaining and illustrating the different patterns. JELLO Is sold by all good grocers at 10c per package. Do not accept a substitute or you will be disappointed. promi nent architect, In the Delbert Bnlld- Ing, San Francisco says: “I folly en dorse all that has been said of Hleo- tric Bitters as a tonic medicine. II is good for everybody. It corrects stomach, liver and kidney disorders In a prompt and efficient manner and builds up the system." Electric Bit ters the best spring medicine ever sold over a druggist's counter: as a itls one - - - - Mood pnrlfler it Is unequaled. Cherobee Drug Co. SOo at Gold For Good Road Prizes. The King drag road meeting held recently at Williamsport, I’n.. was ali that could be desired. Eight hundred voters wedged into the auditorium al the courthouse to hear D. Ward King of Missouri speak on “Good Roach Right Now.” Deputy State Highway Commissioner Ensign spoke in the morning. The audience contained men from all the surrounding counties some of whom came seventy-five miles The board of trade raised $1,000 in gold for good road prizes. ea**e. Send for cire _ _ Address. J CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, ^c. He’ ’sFitmily Pills are the beat. Best Healer In the World. .. , r. ^ Re v - F. Starblrd, of Bait Raymond, n-poudelork and little ^ a j ne> sa y 8; «i have used Bucklen’s Jnnnmn r '^ m' 6 b ’ Jen Arnica Salve for several years, on my r*.t 111 t Se \v, ra ? ee i s in 1 . H;utmiore \ old army wound, and other obstinate returned to the city Tuesday. sores, and find It the best healer In Mrs. N. W. Wilkins, of Cowpens, the world. I use It too with great was a visitor in the citv yesterday. success In my veterinary business." ‘ Price 2Be at Chertkee Drug Co. Girlhood and Scotfs Emulsion are linked together. --K. . The girl who takes Scoffs EmuU sion has plenty of rich, red blood; she is plump, active and energetic. The reason is that at a period when a girl’s digestion is weak, Scott's Emulsion provides her with powerful nourishment in easily digested form. It is a food that builds and keeps up a girl’s strength. ^ ALL DRUGGISTS! SOo. AND $1.00. Flower Pots —AT— W. Kyle Davenport's Subscribe for Tbe Ledger SI.50 a Year The New Shoe Stc re. I am receiving New Shoes nearly every week and will give you new, fresh stock at the very lowest prices. Try me and be convinced. Yours to please, 1. M. Peeler. OSTOFATHIC PHYSICIANS- DRS. W- K. AND ■* * HALE. Mbntgomery-Cimwtord Hf., Spnrt&abmrg, a a Octeopathy-ApplleabU to oil ownUo <Lmom§. Wo glvo oopooUl ottootloo to ilooMog of women don, *11 iplnnl ofootlono. Boon, hy appointment. A Grand Spring Opening of Millinery * and Dress Goods and Trimmings. Tailor-Made Suits and Skirts. OAITIJ-IVISY. SOUTH U iVK O U IIV fctfi ■iliiTii-iiMaMilfllia ^ V.J. i it