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t' \ tv I THE GAFFNEY LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday. X* H. oaCamp. Editor and Fvblleher ' •t r?*- '' “"jW' and press, did not tosume operations until last night. The boys have work ed all night long to give you this ts- ! sue. It is impossible to get out a pa was still higher—about twenty feet Mr. J. B. Mabry, of Asbury, spent a and we turned our course for the Iron short while here last week, bridge. Mrs. C. T. Chalk spent last Tues- We left Mrs. J. L. S. at the home day night at Asbury. of her daughter, Mrs. Mildred Me*, Miss Carrie Smitl^ of Spartanburg The Ledger Is not responsible tor per 1,ke The I ' ,edger usuall J r lB within Daniel, aud started on our long tire- county, Is visiting her relatives and less than twenty hours work. In this ; some journey to the iron bridge. The friends around voucher, instance we have had but about roads were muddy, the streams swol- Mr. Wofford Lipscomb, who i as the views of its correspondents. CITY DIRECTORY. OMelala. twelve. But we are thankful to be Ien on accouut . of the rain but we just finished out his term with the | went on, stopeu in a few minutes United States navy, has returned to able to give you this much. We only with Mr. aud Mrs. liobert R. Smarr, his home at Goucher. W. H- Ross .. W. O. Johnson Mayor Pro Tam hope our readers appreciate what we , 0 f Smyrna. Here we had to talk a C. D. Burgess has returned from a do for them as much as we are hap-i while though we were anxious to get pleasant visit to his sister, Mrs. A. A. py in the doing of it. All the honor!™. They put a lot of pears ami beets ’ Mathis, on lower Pacolet. Geo. H. Hood City Clark; belongs to the faithful and loyal Led T. H* Littlejohn ,, • • ,, ..Tssaanrar j^j. family, T. H. Lockhart .. .. ..Chief Pollee A. L. Hallman Health Ofleer Butler it Osborne .. .. City A ttys. Board er Public werfce. A. N- Wood Chairman J. N. Lipscomb B. G. Clary 1 in e> ur buggy with which to replenish Mr. \. G. Littlejohn, of Asbury, our home and table comforts is some came up yesterday afternoon to vate, dots of county" items which perhaps put as the 4 o’clock limit had been The effect of malaria lasts a long time. You catch cold easily or become run down because of the after effects of malaria. Strengthen *yourself with Scott's Emulsion. It builds new^ood and tones up your nervous system. ALL DRUGGISTS; SOc. AND $1.00. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHA • • • e Beard «f Trade. W. C. Hamrick .. , J. C. Otto B***«• •.A- MARKET REPORT. LOCAL COTTON MARKET. Middling 11.35 Hens 30c Frys 30c to 30c Ducks. 20c Egf* loc Batter 15c Irish Potatoes bushel SOc Turnips,bushel i 00 Corn, bushel 1.05 « eal, bushel 1.05 au, teed, bushel 80c Oats, seed, bushel «5e to $1.00 Peas, clay, bushel (2.00 Peas, white, bushel $2.25 Onions, bushel 00c » vfmnm will appear in our next letter, j As soon as we crossed King's creek a torrential down-pour of rain set in Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Langley, of an( j continued until we reached Lancaster, who have been visiting Blackabur g. H ere tat Blacksburg) Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jefferies, on Gre-, we j urue( j our course for the lower nard street, left Monday for their jrou bridge wWch we reached aud Sunday, home. ' crossed about 5 o’clock p. m. We got Rev. .T. W. Guy, our able pastor^ Mr. P. H. Pike, private secretary to Mr. C. A. Sparks' at tH<* Hamrick tr j fc . ( i t. 0 reach Pacolet yesterday so to Congressman Johnson, spent Sun- Mill at Gaffney about 6 o’cloclc, wet, as t o east his vote for Gov. Ansel, but reached, he was not able to vote. He j was very anxious to vote for Govern or Ansel. Victor Poster, Clide Furman. Oscar and Howard Horn and Johnnie Cook, of Pacolet, visited our Sunday school day in Cherokee county. If all re ports be true the genial secretary was not here on congressional busi ness. Mr. J. W. Sparks, one of Chera kee’s very best citizens, was in the city Thursday. Miss Tessle Byers, of Cowpens, No. 1, and Miss Marie Smith, of Gaff ney No. 7, are visiting friends and relatives in Marion, and on the coast. Mrs. S. C. Good and little daughter. Dee, are visiting friends at Hickory Grove. A PLEASANT TRIP. Meeting Old and Many WE DID OURSELVES PROUD. The Ledger office yesterday was u. almost as quiet as a graveyard. Not a wheel was turning and the boys were resting in order to take up the task as soon as power was turned on. The ‘‘Old Man” was feeling blue and it seemed as if there was nothing do ing in the world, and we fell Into a reminiscent state concerning the events of the past few days. For several weeks we have heard nothing but Ansel and Blease, and Smith and Evans and Rhett, etc., etc. It had been generally talked on tho streets that there was a posibillty, of the county going for Blease and when one would ask why the reply would be “Why the country people are going to vote for him.” And when asked why the country people were going to vote for Blease the answer would be: “Because newspapers are having so much to say about him and they think the town people are going to vote for Ansel and they are not going to vote with the town people.” We offer a petition of thanks that the answer was hot true so far as Cherokee was concerned. Blease carried six boxes in ‘this county, one of which was in town. Ansel carried twenty boxes, sixteen of which were In the country, three at Gaffney and one at Blacks burg. This shows that the people of Cherokee are united. There are prac tically no difference between the peo ple of the town and county, and this is as it should be. We are proud of the people of this county. They are a discriminating flock who love God. their country and their fellowman. Antioch is as white as snow, King's Creek is almost as pure, while there Is no fault to be found with the man ner in which Ezell, Butler, Grassy Pond, Pleasant Grove, White Plains and Woods acquitted themselves. Be It understood we have no word of cessure for the man who voted for Blease. That was his right. If he choose to vote for a man with an un clean record and he does so with a knowledge of that record then he Is to be pitied, not blamed. If he voted for him ignorant of his record then the only fault Is that he did not acquaint himself with the record. But Mr. Blease has been relegated to the rear for two years at least. South Caro- llna did herself proud last Tuesday and Cherokee has a beautiful position in the picture. Comrades Friends. Wilkinsville, Aug. 26—Home again, but only after a long muddy drive all round the world as one might say. We closed our last letter at Black- stocks, just before starting home ward on Saturday morning. Mrs. J. L. S. had been a little unwell during our trip which was all we had to trouble us or mar the pleasure of a delightful trip but she stood it finely and bore up uncomplainly. We left Mrs. Alice Bell’s, one mile from Blackstocks Saturday morning about 9 o’clock. Before we had pro ceeded far we learned that some of our friends were coming to spend the day with us and take us home with them. They all argued that we could stay until Monday morinng and then get home In time to cast our vote Tuesday. But the weather conditions were such as to make us feel other wise. We were sorry to leave them but could do no better. We stopped with our good friend and comrade, Washington O’Neal McKeown and family at Cornwells and spent an hour. Here our buggy was loaded with choice old time apples, grapes and other products of his farm and garden. We were loth to leave such choice fruits and relatives—they are dear to us and we want our readers to understand that we have kinsfolks who are not “scrubs” though we, our self, may be reckoned In that cate gory. We took dinner with Hon. J. K. Henry and family and spent .a few hours with them very pleasantly. They United us to come to the Con federate reunion there next year and make our home with them. Mr. Henry has no opposition for solicitor this time and we hardly think it’s necessary for him to have any, he is so popular with the people of his judi cial district. We came out seven miles to Mr- Joe H. Estes’ and spent Saturday night. He is one of the best farmers of his section and has enough old corn in his crib to do him another year. Many of his ueighbors are in the same fix. Sabbath morning the threatening condition of the weather made us feel that we had better make our wa; homeward—we don’t make it a habit to visit or travel on the Sabbath day unless we are compelled to do so and think we are Justified under the terms of the Fourth Commendment— works of necessity and money. We stopped with the Smarr fainiry and took dinner about one o'clock. Mrs. Lattie Smarr is still sufferi^ with typhoid fever, Has been down about eight weeks. She is getting better now, we are glad to say, though her fever Is still over 10o. Dr. Hood las so far been treating her case. almost, as a drownded rat. It was no time until Jenny Walker (Mrs. Sparks) had a rousing fiie started and gave us a dry suit of clothes to put ou and our comfort was complete though in a suit of Charlie’s clothes we looked and felt as if we had been melted and poured in them like a pair of old-fashioned candle moulds. We were soon regaled with a cup of good warm coffee and a nice sup per and felt as if things were as comfortable as we could wish them. We retired and had a good nights rest after a tiresome days travel and experience. Got up Ttfpsday morn ing as well as ever and ready for another day, though the weather was still uninviting and by no means pleasant out of doors. Mr. and Mrs. Sparks insisted on our spending the day with them but we couldn’t do so. Mrs. Sparks had dried our colftis nice ly and giving us a good overcoat we struck out for home and at 1 o’clock reached Wilkinsville where we cast our ballot for those we considered the best men in the race' tor State, county and federal offices. ■We reached home about 4 o’clock p. m. and are all right so far as we can see and feel, though sorry to see the crops along the streams covered with water and the rain continuing to fall. We will tell more of onr trip in a letter later on. J. L. S. as the water courses were high he could not reach that point. Rev. Mr. Guy is a fearless Christian preacher and one who speaks out when his duty calls. The Ledger’s editorial in last Friday’s issue was true as to Rev. Mr. Guy in regard to preachers taking a hand in politics, and that editorial should be clipped from Tha Ledger and placed in a scrap book for keeping. Owing to the high water yesterday our rural carriers did not reach us and from reports, it seems doubtful ( if they reach here today. Pacolet j river is very high and the corn on ' the bottoms is completely covered 1 over. Thickety creek corn Is report ed in the same condition. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lipscomb and family, of Goucher, visited our Sunday school Iasi Sunday afternoon. < Mr. R. E. L. Goforth is striving to reach Gaffney today with the boxes used in the election yesterday. Mrs. R. D. Hammett, who has been absent from this section visiting, has returned to her home. C. E. Pettit was a visitor to Gaff-1 ney last. Saturday. Henery Dover, colored, died yester day morning. He will be buried to day at Knuckolds Baptist church of which he was a member. C. RAVENNA READING. NOTEE AND COMMENTS This issue of The Ledger Is Just twenty-four hours late, due to the flood. We are pleased to get oat at all. The delay has not been half so annoying to our patrons as to our self. • • • The Ledger makes apology for Us short-comings this issue. The power plant on Broad river, on whom we de pend for power to run our linotype News Notes and Personals from Our Regular Correspondent. Ravenna, Aug. 27.—The flood of Tuesday and Wednesday morning did a lot of damage on Pacolet river. The two bridges at the Clifton’s and the one at Pacolet were swept away and we learn that the bridge at Grlndall. only a few miles below Pacolet, has also been swept from Its pillows and tarried away. The steel bridge at Pacolet was only recently ereci ed and cost about $8,000, and with the bridg es at the CUftons gone, will be a heavy loss to Spartanburg county. A flat was prepared to begin operations at Pacolet this morning. The loss of the bridge will be keenly felt by many from the surrounding country, as Pacolet was a good produce market. Reliable authority places the water about ten feet below the June freshet of 1903. The bridge over Thickety in this county, and the one near Charley Smith’s store, would have been wash ed away had not some on<- entered the bridge and knocked off some plank so as to let the water run through. By the re-election of E. Felix Lip scomb we believe the county has been greatly benefltted and the election of Mr. McKown gi\es us a new superin tendent of education. We are sorry our noble son, T. B. Butler, has been forced into a second primary as it seems we should have toned him through in the first election. Our protracted meeting is now in full progess and in our next letter wo will report the results, which we hope will be good. Miss Emma Garvin, of Gaffney, is visiting her friend, Miss Ella Brown. M. W. Brown and R. E. L. GofortU were Gaffney visitors yesterday. J. H. Goforih went to Pacolet yes-1 terday to see the high water. Your correspondent spent Monday morning in the Grlndall settlement. Crops are good but the roads are nof in very good shape. The cave-in on A Card. I desire to express my thanks to the voters of Cherokee county for their support in the primary election of the 25th inst. I assure them of mf appreciation of their interest in me. I feel that many of my friends and sup porters were deprived of voting last Tuesday on account of the inclement weather and I shall be very grateful to all who may aid me In the second primary. It matters not how they voted In the first I wish to urge my friends and well wishers to go to the polls on the 8th of September and vote and work for me, which I assure them I will highly appreciate and 1 promise the people of Cherokee coun ty, if elected, tc render them faithfifp/ and efficient service and no act of mine shall ever cause them to regret having cast their ballots for me. Respectfully, John E. Jefferies, Candidate for Co. Auditor. RAINY DAYS Come to everybody. Life has more ups than downs. Right now, while you are making, you ought to be saving; then when the down comes you will have something to fall back upon. Where is the money you have ,been earning all these years? You spent it and somebody else put it in the bank. Why don’t you put your own money in the bank for yourself — why let the other fellow save what you earn? BE INDEPENDENT AND START A BANK ACCOUNT WITH THE GAFFNEY SAVINGS BANK Office in The National Bank of Gaffney. CO How thankless is man’s attitude to me For the support I have bestowed upon him! Yet should I fail his pantaloons to trim What ludicrous and sorry si^ht you d see! When fortune smiles, I, with apparent glee Cling to brass discs on trousers wide of lira). And of a style that makes the sun look dim, So gorgeous is the plaid of which they be! But should misfortune overtake my man, I’m loyal still and hold to trousers thin By any sort of fastening that I can, Tho’ be it rusty nail or safety pin; Then should these fail, on me he’ll still depend, For round his girth he’ll tie me end to end. Bull Dog Suspenders CX t Wear 3 Ordinary Kinds 25 and 50 cents. Excellent Health Advice. Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379 Gif ford Ave., San Jose, Cal., says: “The worth of Electric Bitters as a gene ral family remedy, for headache, bili ousness and torpor of the liver and bowels is so prononuced that I am prompted to say a word in its favor, for the benefit of those Seeking relief from such afflictions. There Is more health for the digestive organs in a bottle of Electric Bitters than in any other remedy I know of.” Sold under guarantee at Cherokee Drug Co. SOc. Card of Thanks. I wish to take this method to thank my many friends who gave me such a flattering vote last Tuesday. I assure you that I appreciate in the highest degree, the honor you have bestowed upon me. Thanking you again, one and all, I remain. Very sincerely yours, E. S. McKown. What Shall Wa Hava For Ooaaoii? Trr.7F.LL O. the < ntnty, iippcttzlnx. eco- norniriil dessert. Can he prepared Instantly -.Implv add Milltnjr water and aervo when •<>: 1. Flavored just right; sweetened Just When we got to Howells ferry thei tilt* road just below the oldT’ryor place] (Takes enough dersert for a large fainily. river was up about nine or ten feet | 1k dangerous as the cave-in extends f F ”^ 0 wUh \he °F‘Sre Fb^Laws and we couldn’t cross. W’e went 1 under the road which may fall into r ft tvon: Lemon, orange. Kasptierry. straw- back to Mrs. Sallie Mitchell’s and j the big gully any time. We say again >0<i each ' to send the phaingang squad there. C. Stanyarne Wilson spent the night. Monday the river Sioo Reward, $ioo. The .-eaders of this paper will he pleased to learn that there la at least one dreaded dis ease that science has tteen able tc -ure in all ttsstages and that Is Catarrh. Hail sCut arrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh t>» ng a constitutional disease, requires a constlt .i- tlonal treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is . a taken internally, acting directly upon the N’dttdiionii,. blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by Ravenna, Aug. 26.—The election passed off here quietly yesterday and owing to the eontinuous down-poor of rain only a light vote wa--' polled. Henry K. Osborne Wilson & Osborne LAWYERS Spartanburg, S. C Will practice in Cherokee Courts. Coll Johnson’s School of Music Term Commences Week of September 1st. Pupils may enter at any time after above date. Terms $4.00 per scholastic month (4 weeks) payable monthly. No pupil received for less than 3 months. Instruction given on Piano, Organ, Violin or Guitar, and Cultivation of the Voice, either single or in class. Studio on 2nd Hoor of Spake bldg, opposite Star Theatre, Limestone St. 8-26-tf Desirable Property For Sale Four-room cottage with brick store room on lot (80x200) on Cherokee avenue. Valuable lot fronting Limestone St., 40x200. The V. E. Lemmons house in West End, Peachtree street, 150x250. A nice farm (the J. J. Jamison place) six and one-half miles from town. For prices and terms see : : : : SAH L. FORT, Real Estate and Fire Insurance, Phone 258. Office second floor National Bank Building. M. W. Brown spent Monday la by phone, telegraph or letter. 8-26-tf building up th<- I’onstltutton and assisting nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith to Its curative iMwors that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any ,’asc that It fails to cure. Send for list of testlmonlnis . ^ Address, F. .I.Cihsky A Co.. Toledo, O. Hold by Drogglfts. 75c Uall's ramlTV Pills arw the best Ming Minnie Baines, of Asbury, is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. (’. T. Chalk. Th** down-pour of rain for the last few (lava has almost broken up tho protracted meeting that begun at Goucher last Monday. J. C. OTTS R. A. DOaSON OTTS * DOBSON STTOSNCVS Practice in State and Federal Courts. Local and ’ong diatance phones. always contains all the latest local and foreign news. Subscribe now SI.-50 a Y e fc* r~. ,• ...... iMi , » i . 1. . **.. .