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m t y i y i t / s v sd > *y *y I k . ^Aw^riiiLj NOAHS LINIMENT Once Used AI way g on Hand 26C. EVCRVWHCflP [Sold and guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co- ii fittiENCY Democratic Nominee Defines His Idea of the Office. BELIEVES IN ONE TERM. Adverto’ng ig called by some an an. If it be an art it is the art of telling a sto:y simply and convincingly. Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an estao.ishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Ouier tilings being equal, nobody should be able to write more convinc ingly of the articlea he of fers for salt. In a store wiierc toe employer Mila foods side by side with hla clerks It ia rare that tha employer will not be the beat salesman. The reason is simple. He knows the goods from A to Z. He probably has pur chased them, He knows his aims. His arguments carry v/eight because they are convincing. The same arguments pre sented in the same way, with the same enthusiastic spirit, the same knowledge of detail, would attract new customers if presented through the advertising col umns of this paper. If yoa have cot triad it, why not begin? If yon havr tried it and an not aaOta Sad, Int aa know about k. « i Must Be In Sympathy With the Peo ple—Declarea Our Government Not a One Man Affair—Favors Vice Presi dent as Ex Officio Cabinet Member. Willbiiu ,J. Bryau, Democratic nomi nee for tlie presidency, has written an article for Collier’s Weekly on "My Conception of the Presidency.” It reads as follows: “The president's power for good or for harm is often overestimated. Our government is a government of checks and balances. Power Is distributed among different departments, and each official works In co-operation with oth ers. In the making of laws, for in stance, the president joins with the senate and the house. He may rec omuiend. hut he is powerless to legis late except as n majority of the sen ate and the house concur with him. The senate and the house are also in- dependout of each other, each having n veto over the other, and the presi dent li.is a veto over both, except that the senate and house can by a two- thirds vote override the president's veto The Influence of the president over legislation la therefore limited, lie shares re-piitislblllty with a large numk-r <»| the people's Ieprescnlatives. “Kven In the enforcement of law he Is hedged about by restrictions. lie acts through an attorney general, whose appointment must be approved by the senate, and offenders against the law must be prosecuted In the courts, so that here, again, the responsibility Is divided In the making of Important appointment, too, he must consult the senate and is of necessity compelled to exercise care and diacretlou The most important requisite In a presi dent, as in other otllciais, is that hLs sympathy shall be with the whole pe< pie rather than with any fraction of the population. He Is constantly onll«"l upon to act in the capacity of a Judge, deciding between the Importunities of those who seek favors and the rights and interests of the public, ru les* his sympathies are right the few are sure to have an advantage over the many, for the masses have no on to present their claims. They act onl\ at elections and must trust to their representatives to protect them from all their foes “The president must have a broad knowledge of public questions and the ability to discern between the true and the false. He must be aide to analyze conditions and to detect the sophi* tries that are always employed b\ those, who §eek unfair advantages. H< must possess the moral courage to stand against the influences that are brought to bear in favor of special In terests. In fact, the quality of moral courage Is as essential in a public of ficial as either right sympathies or a trained mind. “A president must have counselors, and to make wise use of counselors he must be open to convictions. The president Is committed by his platform to certain policies, and the platform Is binding. He is also committed to certain principles of government, and these he is in duty bound to apply In all matters that come before him. But there is a wide zone in which he must act upon his own judgment, and here he ought to have the aid of intelli gent, conscientious and faithful ad visers. The law provides these, to a certain extent, in giving him a cal)- inet, and the vice president ought to be made a member of the cabinet ex officio, in order, first, that the presi dent may have the benefit of his wis dom and knowledge of affairs and. second, that the vice president may be better prepared to take up the work of the president in case of a vacancy in the presidential office. There ought to be cordial relations also between the president and those who occupy positions of influence in the co-ordi nate branches of the government, for our government is not a one man gov erunient, but a government in which the chosen representatives of the peo pie labor together to give expression to the will of the voters. “But the presidency Is the highest position in the world, and its occu pant is an important factor in all na tional matters. If he is a devout bo liever in our theory of government, recognizes the constitutional distribu tiou of powers, trusts thoroughly In the people and fully sympathizes with them in their aspirations and hopes, he has an opportunity to do a splendid work. He occupies a vantage ground from which he can exert a wholesome influence in favor of each forward ■aovement. “The resjamslbilities of the office are so great that the occupant ought to be relieved of every personal ambition, save the ambition to prove worthy of the confidence of his countrymen. For this reason he ought to enter the posi tion without thought or prospect of a second term. “Willie the burdens of such an of fice are heavy and while the labors of the ofll e are exacting and exhausting, the field of service Is large, and, meas uring creutness by service, a presi dent, lo conse rating himself to the pulili • v. eni, can meke himself secure In lhe iifre« (Ions of hih fellow citizens while In* Ii’ < ' d rc-ite MmschT t permanent pin o in ids nation’s in- tor v” Th. •re are tw.i directly opposite r< sons whv mi ne people cannot ohtnn credit. One Is Vi-nise they arc no* known and the other because they nr ♦ k VICTORS IN OLYMPIC GAMES. How Cfubmates of Flanagan and Shep pard Regard Their Triumphs. New York athletes generally and Irish-American Athletic club members particularly have had a general Jollifi cation over the news concerning the success of John Flanagan, the hammer thrower, and Melvin Sheppard, the runner, in the first finals decided in the Olympic sports in London. While the wearers of the “winged fist” and many other close students of athletics anticipated the victory of Flanagan in his favorite game, the general excellence of Sheppard’s work in both heat and final of ttie 1,.'00 meter race was a much discussed topic. William L. Jones, a well known New York devotee of amateur sport, when he read the cable announcing the sue cess of his protege, said: It only bears out what I’ve always said about Melvin's running, and his world's championship in the 1,300 meters will b< supplemented by a victory in the 800 meters, which is the event he went over to win. While I have always considered him the greatest middle distance runner I've ever seen, barring I .on Myers. 1 did not think him quite up to taking the %neasure of the world's best rnilers, as he has just done. I look to see him put up a time per formance in the 800 meters, it was cei tainly a hardship for our team to have such men as Sheppard and Halstead drawn against each other in the trials. I feel confident our point column suffered because of the seeming unfairness of the draw, as Halstead's work in the Phila delphia tryouts, where he did 4 minutes 1 1-6 seconds for 1,600 meters, seemed to assure him a victory against Sheppard or any other runner. When Melvin comes home I will en deavor to have him assail the half mile figures of Kilpatrick—1 minute 63 2-5 sec onds—and the 1.O00 yard mark of Myers— 2 minutes 13 seconds—which have with stood attack for thirteen and twenty ■even years respectively. At the Irish-Auierican club's New York city home there was open house, and even the competitive enemies of the “winged fist” were well received. Patrick J. Conway, the organiza tion’s president, to a bunch of athletes interested in the success of the team. Individually and eolleetively, said: While our men are showing up In fine ; ■tylq, boys, it’s all for the good of th. i stars and stripes and only what I ex pected. Of course I rather looked for John to duplicate his fine work at Tor- rlngion last month, when he threw the hammer 173 feet inches, a world’s rec ord. In all likelihood when he gets on his native heath he’ll get It out 186 fee. : & distance I’ve seen him accomplish many times in practice. You know our boys intend to tour Ireland after the Olympic. John Flanagan had a novel expo rieuce a short time ago as he wa leaving New York to compete at some athletic games. Following the usual custom of weight throwers, he carried along with him his own weight, a six teen pound iron ball, with a thirty-six inch wire handle attached. On the way Flanagan met some friends, and they called in at a “cold tea house” to enjoy a couple of tall ones. Being painfully modest, John decided to leave the hammer outside, so that the folks inside would not get wise to the fact that he was a great athlete. A few minutes later along came a party of Italians talking in their native tongue. Suddenly from out of their midst came a fearful whoop, and the bunch scattered like wildfire, seeking places of safetj One rushed Into the cafe where John ami Ids party were stand ing and shrieked at the top of his Inngs: “Bigga da bomb!” “Black Hand!” “Runna fast!” With that he disappeared and was up the street in a Jiffy. Flanagan and his tr(ends stood in breathless silence waiting for the roof of the building to be blown off, but as no explosion came one of the number took courage and peeped out of the door to see what had caused the Ital ians to stampede. There, beside the entrance, lay the cause of all the furore—Flanagan’s sixteen pound ham mer. The Italians had mistaken the iron ball for a bomb and the long wire han dle for a fuse, so of course the laugh was on John Soda Water Gtas to Run an Auto. John Carroll, an inventor of Phila delphia. appeared recently in an auto mobile propelled by an engine driven by carbonic acid gas. Carroll dime the car up a hill, stopping several times on the incline and then starting again. When he got to the top he turned around and came down, then went up once more. The engine was crudely rigged up for the experiment, but there was genera! surprise at the simpleness of construction, and few could credit the inventor’s statement that the little engine, not half as big as an ordinary soap box, could develop a hundred horsepower. The machine seemed to have much speed and to be very easy to control. Carbonic acid gas is the substance used to charge soda water. A SURGICAL OPERATION 'M. v' IV— w / Tf \ S New Tennis Racket. A new tennis racket has been in- ! vented with a slot through the handle parallel to the Hat side. It makes the racket more resilient and enables the player to give a faster serve. It Is also excellent for ground strokes, as Its flexibility adds strength. Then, too, these slotted rackets allow heav ier weight wood to lie used without making the racket heavier, another point in their favor. It looks as though they would become popular. Taft's Favorite Flower. The Rev. J. Frederick of Newport. Ky„ vice president of the Evangelical Protestant Ministry alliance, wrote to William H. Taft, the Republican nom inee for president, asking him to name his favorite flower. He recently received a reply that the white carna tion is to the former secretary of war the most beautiful bloom. If there is any one thing that a vv' nmn - more than another it Ls a surgical operation. Vfo can state without fear of a contradiction that there are hun dreds, yes, thousands, of ojierations performed upon women in our hos pitals which are entirely unneces sary and many have l>een avoided by LYDIA E. PIN KHAIM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND For proof of this statement read the following letters. Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman, Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham: , “ For eight years I suffered from the most severe form of female troubles and was told that an operation was my only hope of recovery. I wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and it has saved my life and made me a well woman." Mrs. Arthur R. House, of Church Road, Moorestown. X. J., writes: “I feel it is my duty to let people know what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound has done for me. I suffered from female troubles, and last March my physician decided that an operation was necessary. My husband objected, and urged me to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and to-dav I am well and strong." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with di^xdaeements. inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid rumors, irre$ periodic pains, and backache. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE •TATE AND EVENTS OF INTER EST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. v y y .yJ yd yd yd yd yd .*•' 2# .-* d yd yd yd yd ». ■■ d j s'd yd yd. • d yd y'‘dy'd y' m d yj ■ 1 1 - t ■- <e t-'-o 1 ka? e>' c > o t ■ < •• VO' o v .o>-' .v ♦vq c ^ x’.y : .v q q o o HO HE? AND]| HOW |HAS| HEf MADE HIMSELF SO POPULAR? 't. ’i 1. A "mJk 11 rr • ’ - - * 4;:These two questions are to be answered by the people off Cherokee County. What we want to know is: Who is the most popular R. F. D. carrier m Cherokee County? We have a clever set off boys serving our rural route friends and there is a question as to who is the most popular. The Ledger is gomg]to give everybody a chance to vote on the subject, and toi the one who is voted the most popular we are going to present a handsome, up-to-date R. F. D. mail wagon, made by^Burns Bros. To the one receiving the second largest vote we will give a solid gold watch and to the carrier receiving the third largest vote we will give a carrier’s uniform.; The Conditions of the Contest are Simple Cut out the coupons printed in each issue off The Ledger and mail them to this office. At the expiration off the time set for the closing of the contest the votes will be counted and the awards made to the carriers receiving the largest number off votes. In addition to the above,'every^person subscribing or renewing will be permitted to cast votes for his choice as follows: A two months subscription entitles the subscriber to 25 votes; a three months subscription to 40 votes; a four months subscription to 50 votes; a six months subscription to 75 votes; an eight months sub scription to ICO votes, and a yearly subscription to 150 votes. Now if you appreciate the service your R. F. D. carrier is giving you, clip out the coupon and,begin voting. ' Vote early and often and give your carrier a nice, new up-to-date de livery wagon. In case of a tie the parties tieing will each receive a wagon. This contest will close September 1st. * * We reserve the right to continue this contest one month lomrer. COUPON I vote for as the most popular R. F. D. Carrier in Cherokee County. Mail all Votes to The Ledger, Gaffney, S. C