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4 . THE QAFFNEY LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday. ■d. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publlahar The Ledger la not responsible for Che views of correspondents. CITY DIRECTORY. Officials. W. H. Rosa MAy° T W. O. Johnson .... Mayor Pro Tem George B- Hood City Clenc T. H. LitUeJohn Treasurer A. L. Hallman Health Officer T. H. Lockhart Chief Police Butler & Osborne .. .. City Attys. Board Public works. A. N. Wood.. Chairman J. N, Lipscomb Treasurer B. G. Clary Secretary Board of Trade. W. C. Hamrick President J. C. Otta Secretary NOTES AND COMMENTS. E. A. Trescot, Esq., of Charleston called on The Ledger Friday. Mr Trescot Is now on the staff of the Charleston News and Courier and Is making good as a reporter on that excellent paper. * • * The season in the South Atlantic League opened yesterday. We are going to root for the Game Cocks (Columbia) one time more, and trust that our rooting will not be in vain, as heretofore. • • • The convention of the State Sun day School Association at Union last week was an event of no small propor tions. The Columbia State and the Union Progress both contained splen did reports of the proceedings, the articles being 'profusiely fllust^ted. • • • Politics are getting somewhat warm over in the Tarheel State. There are three candidates seeking the nomina tion for governor. We are not ac quainted with any of them, but w^* are for Craig, because he is from Buncombe and carries the endorse ment of ex-Governor Aycock. • • • If you want to keep posted you must read The Ledger. If you can t afford to pay the price do like several hundred others are doing—borrow your neighbor’s copy. We would rather for a half a dozen families to nad one copy than for half a dozen to take It and none of them read • • • Dr. Simms took occasion to say from the pulpit last Sunday morning SAFE, SANE, SURE- that newspaper men sometimes made dnnToB errors but were not always as black The third series of the Peoples ..... MARKET REPORT. LOCAL COTTON MAKKET. Middling • 10.00 COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKET. 1 Market report corrected weekly by W. Kyle Davenport. Hens Frys Ducks Eggs Butter • •• Sweet Potatoes, bushel Irish Potatoes, bushel . :i0c to T'i .:jOe to HOc 20c 15c IT He $1.00 11.40 Turnips, bushel , ’'' c Corn, bushel Meal, bushel Oats feed. . u -hei . ■ >*: Oats, seed, busnel '-'c tu D ,M Peas, clay, bushel £.•« | Peas, white, bushel ■ Onions, bushei .. Ji.-hi j .. . „ r „ui|aA thov wore painted, and that they Building and Loan Association will * 1 ’ , . . , & . a . Anr n were often maligned, misunderstood open on next Saturday, April . „ ® . and this gives us an ^used. a ” ^ads us to tielieve that the Doctor must have had some very close association with newspaper men and printing offices during his career. weekly; which 1* altogether in their favor, but the Republicans refuse to take off the tariff on paper and wood pulp, the paper trust has raised the price to the point where there Is no margin of profit for the small pub lisher, and as a consequence there are revolutions in the business. Sunday’s Charlotte Observer contained the an nouncement of the suspension of the Wilmington Messenger and the con solidation of the Enterprise, of Ra leigh, and the Caucasian. The won der is how so many papers manage to exist as long as they do, when one considers how they are managed. It is generally accepted that newspaper men are the poorest business men in existence. • • • It is to be hoped that the students of Clemson College will now realize that the faculty of that institution have control. Ever since the college was established it has been an open question as to whether the student body or faculty were the bosses of the institution. The state of affairs is not peculiar to Clemson, but is characteristic of all like institutiens. The only reason which we can assign for this condition in State colleges is because of the fact that the student body is composed largely of a class of men who are entirely out of their element in an institution of that kind and a college Is no place to civilize people, but it intended to impart learning to those who are already civilized. Since the discipline com mittee has decided to take such de cided action, we hope that it will have a salutary effect upon the conduct of the students in the future. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. The county commissioners met yes terday. Nothing but routine business was transacted. An interesting bit of information was furnished the boai’d by Clerk W. H- Boss, who reported that the sinking fund had $43,200 loaned at interest, and that it owed $17,000, the most of wflich is not due until 1911. 1915 and 1925. So it will be seen that after this year there will be no necessity for the collection of the sinking fund tax. • • • Prof. D. A. DuPre. -of Wofford Col lege brought the two geology classes of that institution to Gaffney Friday io inspect the Boss tin mine and the IJmeston quarries. These, classes j cate, arc brought to Gaffney ,every year ( and the visit Is alway profitable to them, as well as a pleasure to the people of Gaffney. The young gen- tlemen conduct themselves In such an agreeable manner that we should be glad to see them oftener. • • • Complaint has reached The Ledger about the quality of the water being served the citizens. We are not on the board of public works and we are rot going to try to run the business of that body, but we want to suggest to them in a friendly spirit that the water Is *not altogether satisfactory end that there Is a possibility of typhiod feve r unless something Iq dene to relieve the situation. We We Will consider |t. (Spartanburg Herald.) The State Press Association will, in response to the urgent invitation of Editor DeCamp, of the Gaffney Ledger, hold its annual meeting in Gaffney this summer, the time desig nated. we believe, being the week be ginning June 15th. We are of course delighted that the newspaper men of South Carolina are to meet again in the Piedmont, and we envy Gaffney the pleasure and honor of entertain ing them. We hope, however, that Gaffney will let Spartanburg have the members of the association for one afternoon afld evening, in which we may show them something of our city and let them feel the warmth of a Spartanburg welcome. During that week we will have the ball team at .home, playing Anderson, the parks will he open, and an evening’s enter tainment will be arranged, if Gaffney will allow' us to enjoy her guests. The Gaffney meeting promises to be one of decided interest and much pleasure. It has been announced that Mr Bichard H. Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers’ Becovid, will deliver the annual address. The fcouth has no better friend nor stronger advo Wants t 0 Raffle the Baby. (Carolina Spartan.) Gaffney has children to spare. A new-born white Infant, unclothed, was left at the house of Lou Falls, a ne gro woman, Sunday night the 22 ult. The man who left the infant Said he was Dr. Pittman’s driver. He left $5 with the infant. Dr. Pitman knows all about the case and says the mother wishes to keep the birth secret. We suggest that Ed DeCamp take charge of the child and let the bachelors and childless married men of the Press Association raffle for it. 11th, opportunity to repeat what we have said once or twice before, and that is that the building and loan associa tion does more for a town than any ether institution. Why men will invest stocks and bonds that sometimes pay in 4, 5, 6 and 8 per cent, and sometimes pay nothing, when they can invest in building and loan stock that will pay 9 per cent and is perfectly safe in vestment is a mystery. In addition to the interest an investor in bulding and loan stock receives there are other considerations. This money is loaned to people who build homes, and the working man in a town who owns his home is a better citizen than the working man who does not, and for this reason, he is more in terested in the town. Every dollar invested in the building and loan as sociation helps not only the man who borrows to build his home, but it goes out into the arteries of trade and 'helps, the dealer in lumber, the con tractor, the brick mason, the carpen ter, the hardware dealer, etc. Aft^r the home is built then the furniture store comes in for its share of trade because new furniture must go into at least one or two rooms of the new heuse. The grocery man also gets his share, because the workmen who construct the bouse must have food. In the winter the coal dealer sells his coal and in the summer the ice dealer ♦his Ice, and the more building that goes on the more of everything that car- be sold. Have you ever noticed the differ ence between the home of the man who owns his home an dthe man who rents. To the man who owns there Is an incentive to beautify and make things homelike. The same man renting don’t care whether the place is kept up or not. fVe have in mind a man who rented for years and there was never the least sign of the planting of flowers, hedges, scrub- bery, etc. Some time ago this same man bought a little home just across the street from where he rented. He th.f business men of this town are not - .McBride, made an addition to the house, plant- giving this organization the support There was a party at ed schrubbery and set out a hedge it should have. The splendid oppor- ^i rs _ Alphie^ Rector dkd last Kri- and there is as much difference be- tunity for advancement along the ( | aj . an ^ wa ,. | )nr ied at Messopotamia tween the two places as between line s of manufacture and commerce Saturday. white and yellow. Why? Because; that is both present and prospective ^ Ir - Rufus Brewington, who has the man and his family, resting se- snould awaken enthusiasm in our has imm , d near Mr W jh walker’s, cure in the knowledge of a home— people, if we do not work to our own Miss Nettie Proctor sppnt Iasi an abiding place—wanted to make it advantage we cannot hope to have Thursday with he r brother, Mr. Le as comfortable and pretty as possible, others work for us. There Is no bet- ander Proctor and family, whereas, they had no incentive to te r way than united action on the Lew J g and granddaughter, ° Miss beautify and improve another man’s, part of our business men. Every Mary Vaughn, spent Sunday night property. | merchant, manufacturer, lawyer, doc- with Mr. Wm. White and family. Every business man should take tor. banker, clerk atid mechanic in stock in the building and loan. Its a Gaffney should he a walking, living, good, safe, sane and profitable envist- breathing advert>ement for Gaffney ment fo r him. Every working man and her Board of Trade, should take stock. It is the easist, • • • best and surest way for him to be- These be hard times on newspaper come his own landlord. The building folks. The Third Assistant Postmas- STATE AND EVENTS OF INTER and loan will come nearer helping all ter General says they can’t send their classes and building up a town than paper on credit for longer than three ^ FOREIGN LANDSi TAKE any other Institution. months, if a daily, or one year, if a AND READ THE LEDGER. George D. Jefferies spent Thursday in Spartanburg. C. <3. Hammett left last week for Beaumont, Texal, where he will make his future home. Mr. Hammett! hag made friends here who regret to: see him leave but wish for him much | success In the Lone star State. Dr. J. T. Darwin has gone to Lex-; ington, Ky. He will be absent fromi the city until the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Curry, of Lex-i Ington. N. C., are visiting in the city.; Mr. J. J. Carroll, of Yorkville, spent Sunday In the city, the guest of Mrs.j J. G. Holt, his mother-in-law. Mr. Carroll was accompanied by his son | Walter, a bright 'little fellow of thirteen. iT ; Mrs. J. C. Ratliff and little Eliza beth have returned home after an ex-; tended trip to New York and other eastern cities. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Ross and Mr.' W. N. Turner left yesterday for an extended trip to Hot Springs, Ark. J. L. Plaxico, of King’s Creek, was a business visitor io the city yester-| day. Mr. and Mrs. G. O- Doggett, of Charlotte, N. C., were the guest last week of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Dog- i gett. Mrs. Landrum Browm is expecting a visit Wednesday from her sister, j Mrs. A. S. Thompson, and Miss, Stokes, of Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. M. H- Jefferies, who has been 1 at the beside of her daughter, Mrs. I Burbage, of Charotte, N. C., has re turned to the city. Alfred Harris, one of the best, farmers of the Macedonia section, i was in the city yesterday. Hon. N. W. Hardin was a visitor to the city yesterday. Cabe Carleton, one of our good farmers from across the Broad, was here on business yesterday. M. C. Lipscomb, an extensive plant er from the Whitp plains section, was in the city yesterday. T. M. Littlejohn, president Evelty- body’s Bank of Jonesville, paid The Ledger a pleasant call yesterday. J. N. Cudd, of Spartanburg, was in the city on business yesterday. D. D. Gaston, of Blacksburg, was a business visitor to the city yesterday. A. M. Deal, Esq., of Columbia, was in Gaffney a fe w hours yesterday. Luther Bonnor, a hustling young farmer of the Ravenna section, was hero yesterday. James Pridmore, of Clemson, spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Goodman Pridmore. Magistrate Whisonant, of the Anti och section, called on The Ledger yesterday. Miss Ella Little, of Greenville, is visiting Mrs. J. E. Lipscomb. HOW HE HAS MADE A SUCCESS < L. T. Cooper Tells Chicago Reporter Why He Accomplishes So Much. No man In recent years has been more successful in restoring human health than L. T. Cooper. During his stay in Chicago, and while he was meeting thousands of people daily, he gave the following reason for the re markable demand for his medicine to a reporter: Mr. Cooper said: “My New Discov ery Is successful because it corrects the stomach. My theory is that few can be sick if the digestive apparatus is working properly. It naturally fol lows that few can be well with a poor digestion. “I know from experience that mest of the tired, half-sick people that are so common now-a-days have half-sick stomachs. Put the stomach in shape, and nature does the rest. The result is general good health. My medicine does this. That is why fifty thousand people here in Chicago are using it who never heard of me until a month ago.” Among the fifty thousand mentioned by Mr. Cooper who used his medicine in Chicago is Mrs. Hilda Pflueger, liv ing at 1203 Ainslie Avenue. This is the statement she makes concerning her experience with the medicine: “1 have been sick for six years with stomach trouble. I was always hn% gry, but did not dare to eat muoh, as I had severe pains in my stomach, and also through my body. I could not sleep at night and was very restless. I was also very nervous, and would have severe headaches. I was consti pated, and always felt bloated after eating. “I had tried many remedies, but could secure no relief, until one day I noticed in the newspapers what won derful results Cooper's medicines were accomplishing in Chicago. I decided to try them, and shortly after com mencing the treatment I began to feel better. I did not have those severe pains in my stomach, and I could sleep at night; my appetite improved, and I can now eat well.. I am feeling like a new woman. “I am very thankful to Mr. Cooper for what his remedies have done for me. They have restored me to good health, and I would advise any one who suffers as I did to try them.” We sell the Cooper medicines* They are easily the most celebrated prepa rations ever Introduced in this coun try, grewing in popularity dally. —Gaffney Drug Co. GowctoysyWe Gossip. Gowdeysville, March 30.—People very busy on their farms now. Mr. J. G. Kendercik Is building to his house which adds much to the ap pearance of it. Misses Bunnle and Amelia Garner know the hoard has its troubles and! spent last week in Kelton visiting their brothers, Messrs. J. and Sam Grmer, and also attended the Mt. Joy Convention Saturday ana Sum- that they are harrassed by Tom, Dick and Harry to do this and to do that and a lot of other Impossible things,, day. but it is a fact that the water we are: The State Convention is going on uriner is not as palatable as the deep; Mr E pj Garner and s j s ter, Miss well water. ' sallie, and Miss Janette Vaughn, at- A • • • ! tended the convention Sunday Bear in mind the Board of Trade Mr. and Mrs. Randolph spent Sat- urday and Sunday in Union visiting meeting next Friday night. Really. Mrg . Vaughan’s mother, Mrs. Mary Mr. D. R. Belle. FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM- PORT T HAPPENINGS IN THE Lemon Squeezers. We all know people vhose particular occupation seems to be to squeeze the sour out of everything. They never see anything sweet. Everything is bit ter to them. They cannot enjoy a friend because of his faults. His mis takes and weaknesses loom up so large that they cannot appreciate the good in him. They cannot see the man God intended, perfect and immortal. They see only the deformed, diseased, crip pled. handicapped man who, in their opinion, will never come to any good. Nor do they see the world that God made. 'J'he beauty that looks out of the landscape, from the trees that rus tle in the wind, that is wrapped in the flower, is lost to them. They only see the floods, the fire, the earthquakes, the lightnings, the wrecks which de stroy. They are blind to beauty. It is nil covered up in the ugly, the forbid ding. They do not hear the Infinite harmonics that entrance the ear that is In time with the infinite. This Is all lost to them in the discord of their thoughts. — O. S. Marden in Success Magazine. Letter to Carroll & Byers, Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sirs: The harde.st climate for paint is Florida; and Devoe is the longest wearing paint in that state. D G Smith, of Madison, Fla, says: “I painted my mother’s house Devoe 11 yoars ago, and today it looks bet ter than other houses in town that I were painted with other paint 3 or 4 : j years ago.” Three or four and eleven. ’Phis shows two things: (1) the low standard of paint in that part of the country; and (2) that Devoe is the paint that wears. It. doesn’t show the whole fact; which is: Devoe is the paint that takes least gallons to do the job, mabes first cost by a ratio of 2 to 3, 2 to 4, 2 to 5, 2 to 6, for the Job. Smith wasn’t thinking about the cost of the job; It was done a long time ago. He was thinking how well the house looks after 11 years wear in tjiat hot climate, and how long It will be before painting again. Yours truly 71 F W DEVOE & CO P. S. Gaffney Hardware Co. sell our paint. INTEREST APRIL 1st, 1908. The INTEREST for last quarter has been credit ed to your account. When passing have the amount entered on your book. We are now paying out in INTEREST annually over FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS to depositors. Are you getting any of it? If not, MAKE YOUR MONEY MAKE YOU SOMETHING by leav ing it with us where it will draw FOUR per cent. COMPOUND in terest and where you can get it at any time. One Dollar is enough to begin on. The Gaffney Savings Bank, Gaffney, 6. G. —For your suit go to tins Haber dasher and be measured correctly. Subscribe to The Ledger, fl.tO. Office in the National Bank of Gaffney. D. C. Ross, President, J. A. Carroll, Vice-President, Maynard Smyth, Cashier. IS OPEN FOR ! The Season i If you want .something realiv good to drink, let us serve you. It is j our aim to serve noth ing hut absolutely pure and wholesome soda. A trial convinces. .’. ■ Cherokee J | Drug Comp’y j Would YOU like for your Stationery to be neatly printed and promptly delivered? If so, will you let us prove to you that our work will THE LEDGER, Gaffney, S. C. Pleaso? ■ OXFORDS AND SLIPPERS G iV Of style and quality. New goods now ready. K O G L GH.S