The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 27, 1908, Image 4
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the qaffnky ledocr.
Tuesday and FHday.
Ktf. h. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher
Tfce Ledger la not responsible for
the views of iU correapondeata.
GO OUT AND VOTE.
Next Tuesday the people of the
United States will determined by
their ballots whether Wm. J. Bryan
or Wm. H. Taft is to occupy the
White House for the next four years
We are constrained to believe that
Mr. Bryan will be elected if there' Is
no buying of votes in the States that
are close. Judging from past per
formauces, however, the Democrats
will have to keep a sharp look-out in
order to prevent the Republicans
from purchasing votes. In South
Carolina there will be practically no
contest. The air is so Democratic
around here that It is almost poison
ous for a Republican to breath it
Every Democrat should go to the
polls and cast his ballot so as to
make the general vote for Mr. Bryan
that much greater, and to stop the
Republican howl about reducing the
South’s representation in Congress.
In order that readers of The Ledger
may not become confused as to the
presidential electors we print here
with both the Democratic and the
Republican national ticket.
The Democratic presidential elect
ors are:
Thomas B. Butler.
R. H. Timmerman.
J. D. Bivens.
Charles Carroll Simms.
M. L. Bonham.
T. B. Crews.
S. W. Heath. .
R. B. Scarborough.
John T. Sloan.
Be certain the ticket you vote has
the above names thereon.
The Republican presidential elect
ors are:
Leumas W. C. Blalock.
A. C. Kaufman.
Lawson D. Melton.
George R. Mayfield.
Isaac H. Norris.
Thomas F. Brennen.
James Powell.
Thomas L. Grant.
Jonathan A. Baxter.
Be certain the ticket you vote has
none of the above names On it.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Every reader of The Ledger should
save the coupons and vote for his or
her favorite mill operative. Those
gold watches will make handsome
Christmas presents.
• • •
Judge Klough yesterday issued an
order prohibiting persons from spit
ting on the floor or throwing litter
of any kind upon the floor of the
court house or indulging in any other
acts or conducts abusive to the pub
lic property or calculated to disturb
the good order or interfere with the
good order of the court. Any one
violating the order shall be subject
to a fine. Judge Klugh is to be com
mended. Thoughtless people abuse
public property, not. because they do
not know better, but because they do
not cares and they should be made
to have a regard for the county’s
property and the comfort of others.
We have never seen a court house
that did not resemble more or less a
hog pen. because of the indecency of
tobacco chewers in expectorating up
on the floor. It’s unsanitary and
therefore, unhealthy, and we applaud
the order of Judge Klough.
• • •
Capt. (’has. Petty should hang his
head in shame for Spartanburg coun
ty. According to the Columbia State
that rock-ribbed, hot bed of Demo
cracy, that proud and haughty abode
of statesmen, soldiers, scholars, finan
ciers. railroad magnates, musicians
and manufactors has contributed the
paltry sum of $58.10 toward the De-
fnoeratic campaign fund. And just to
think that Spartanburg, the home of
the brave, the chivalrous and daunt
less, with six thousand white Demo
crats, to say nothing of Us beautiful
women and lovely children, should
give up the magnificent sum of $58.10
for the cause of good government
Oh, ye tight wads! Go ye and repent
in sack cloth and ashes. And the
pity of it all is that Col. Heron^Capt.
Petty and Gen. Henry Abide with we
and cannot cause ye to loosen up.
Diminutive Cherokee, with less than
three thousand, gave almost twice as
much. And yet you think you are en
titled to the main line. No wonder
the C. C. & O. handed you the branch
line.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. Jones J. Darby went to Ches
ter yesterday.
Mr. S. J. Pryor, of Midway, was in
the city Saturday. ,
Mr. Tom Green, a prominent mer
chant of Ravenna, was in the city
Saturday.
Mr. M. H. Smith, the popular tele
graph operator*t>f the Southern Rail
way, was a visitor to Gastonia Sun
day.
Miss Bessie Kendrick, who is
teaching at Laurens, spent Saturday
and Sunday in the city.
Chas. Boyd, a former Gaffney boy.
now engaged in the mill business at
Mayesburg, N. C., was visiting friends
in the city Sunday.
Mrs. T. A. Wilkins, of Gastonia,
was shopping in the city Friday.
Miss Edith McLeon, of Gastonia,
was shopping in the city Friday.
Mr. Joseph McGee, of Greenwood,
was visiting friends in the flty last
week.
Mr. Chance Wilson, of Charlotte,
was a city visitor yesterday.
Miss Lucy Wilkins, who has been
visiting friends and relatives in
Anniston, Ala., for several weeks,
returned to the city yesterday.
Mr. W. C. Whelchell, of Smyrna,
was in the city yesterday on business.
“Billy” is one of Cheroke’s best farm
ers and a splendid fellow.
Mr. Z. V. B. Starnes, of Kings
Creek, was among the good over-the-
river farmers to visit the county seat
yesterday. Vance, as he is familiarly
known, is a substantial citizen.
Mr. J. N. Strain, of Wilkinsville,
was in the city yesterday on business.
He is a chip off the old block.
H. K. Osborne, Esq., of the Spar
tanburg bar, Is in Gaffney in atten
dance upon the court of session and
is being greeted upon every hand by
his numerous friends who regret that
he left Gaffney.
Mr. D. H. Hall, a prominent farmer
of York county, is in attendance up
on court here this week.
Mr. G. O. Doggett, of Charlotte,
was in the city Saturday.
Mr. R. A. Hawkins, a prominent
farmer of Midway, was in town Satur-
day.
Col. J. R. Graham, of Thlckety, was
in the city Saturday.
Mrs. H. D. Wheat went to Atlanta
last Friday.
Miss Mae Crouther, of Abbeville,
on returning from a visit to her sis
ter in New York, is spending a few
days with Miss Winnie Davenport.
Miss Crouther is an old Limestone
girl and was given a hearty welcome
by her many friends.
Mrs. C. M. Lattlmore, of Shelby,
was shopping in the city last Friday.
Mr. E. P. McSwain and daughter,
of King’s Creek, were welcome visit
ors at The Ledger office yesterday.
They expect to be jn the city several
days.
Col. Jas. L. Strain, of Etta Jane,
was among the visitors to the city
yesterday. Mr. Strain has been on
the sick list recently but looks him
self again.
Mr. Ira Hardin, one of Blacksburg’s
best citizens, was in the<city yester
day on business.
Mr. P. S. Webber, merchant and
planter, of Wilkinsville, was a visitor
to the city last Saturday. Mr. Web
ber called to see us. He is classed as
among our oldest and best friends
and we are always pleased to seq'him.
Dr. Sidney Sarratt, of Union, was
in the city yesterday.
Mr. L. Hames, of Union, was in
the city yesterday.
Miss Mary Roberts, who has been
stopping with her ujcle. Prof. R. O.
Sams, for some time, left yesterday
for Ninety-Six. her home.
Mr. J. H. Turner, who has been
buying cotton at Covington, Ga., is
spending a few days at home with
his family.
Yesterday being the first day of
• he October term of court there was
a considerable number of people in
own.
Another Mad Stone Patient.
Sam Parker, a white man who re
sides at Pacolet, was bitten by a dog,
supposed to be afflicted with hydro
phobia, last Saturday. He was
brought to Gaffney Sunday and Mr.
Brown Lowe’s mad stone applied.
The stone adhered twenty-four hours.
Mr. Parker was taken back to Paco
let yesterday apparently none the
worse because of the dog bite.
RATIONAL CURE FOR ECZEMA.
^lo More Dosing the Stomach—Cure
the Skin Through the Skin.
When j ou have a scratch on your
hand you wash it and then the skin
cures itself. You do not take blood
medicine to cure a festered wound.
The best skin specialists today are
agreed that the only way to cure the
skin is through the skin.
i his fact that eczema is a skin dis-
- ase and not a blood disease is evi
dent from statistics which show that
nearly all eczema suffers are per
fectly healthy in all other ways ex
cept as to their skin. If the eczema
patients were really suffering from
an inward malady, the entire body
and not only the skin would be dis
eased.
You can prove immediately the re
lief of a true skin cure by using oil
. of wintergreen as compounded in D.
D. D. Prescription.
This liquid, attacks the disease
germs, numbing them while building
•up the healthy tissue of the skin. We
have now handled this meritorious
and thoroughly scientific remedy for
so long and have seen its reliable re
sult so many times that we freely ex
press our confidence. Gaffney Drug
Company.
FILBERT NEWB.
Review of Event* from On* Our Y*rk
County Corv—Ponduto.
Filbert, R. F. D. 1, Oct. 22 —
“Night is the time to weep;
To wet with unseen tears
These graves of memory where sleep
Tht joys of other years.”
—Montgomery N
How many of our readers have
ever had the toothache? All that
have ever had it, no doubt consider
it very unpleasant company. Says
Shakespeare, the great poet:
“For there was never yet philoso
pher
That could endure the toothache pa
tiently.”
“I was born an American. I live an
American. I shall die an American.”
—Webster.
These words were spoken before
“Beji Hope" came into the world,
else he himself might have been the
author of ihem, they express his own
sentiment so forcibly.
Cotto” picking and hay-making are
making tine progress at this pen
ning.
Said one fellow to another: “Want
to know how to make a dollar mighty
slick?”
“Yes, I do.” wao the eager response.
'‘Well, I’ll tell you, grease It.”
Then he moved on to “catch” another
unsuspecting person.
This scribe received a nice letter
from The Columbia State the other
day. It pleases him to be noticed by
such a bift^ publication as The State.
Mr. W. L. Caldwell killed a fat
steer for beef, Saturday morning,
selling the most of it out to his neigh
bors.
The farmers of this section are
holding their cotton off the market
wonderfully well, this season, jvery-
thing considered.
If cotton were fifteen cents a pound,
business would just hum with ac
tivity.
It is said that some of the mer
chants are closely pressed just now.
This is due to low-priced cotton.
Therefore let the farmer be urged,
and urged, to raise more of his sup
plies at home. Would that every
farmer in South Carolina could raise
corn sufficient for his needs for at
least one year!
Mr. John G. Brown is visiting at
the home of Mr. Bob Ferguson, near
Filbert.
"Ben Hope” spent Saturday night
and Sunday at Mr. J. B. McCarter’s.
Miss Belle Love spefit Saturday
night with Mrs. Rachel Burns.
Mr. Jno. R. Hogue spent Sunday at
Filbert.
Little Miss Mary Carroll, daughter
of Mr. W. A. Carroll, is visiting at
the home of Mr. J. R. Hogue.-
Late apples are now bringing one
dollar a bushel in the Yorkville
market.
There is an abundant crop of peas
to gather this season.
Let all the farmers sow plenty of
wheat and oats, this fall.
Your correspondent has a sever?
pain in his neck this (Tuesday)
morning, and so it is rather difficult
for him to write.
Yes, “Country Lover,” this scribe
feels sure of making a success of it
in journalism. The way is long, and
the path strewn with obstructions.
But if he lives and his health con
tinues to be as good as it now is, he
is • confident of success. Where
there’s a will there’s a way. As our
readers know by this time, he is un
able to perform manual labor; but
he considers himself capable of do
ing newspaper work. He is enthu
siastic, but note-gotistic.
It seems that the people are very
liberal in contributing to the cam
paign fund.
Miss Belle Love and Master John
Grady, spent Tuesday with Miss Mat-
tie Love, at the “Locust Hill.”
The next Filbert letter will be
dated November 2nd. Your scribe
had intended writing twice a week,
and while he can very easily do so,
he has, for reasons of his own, de
cided otherwise. Within a few
weeks, he may decide to again write
t wice a week, as he did several weeks
ago. He is certain to continue his
writing for The Ledger. He hopes
to soon have a place as country cor
respondent on some big daily, but
this won’t hinder him from writing
to The Ledger, at least occasionally.
But perhaps he is rather too enthu
siastic, after all, for the big dailies
are wonderfully deaf to young and
inexperienced writers. Some of
them can see nothing smaller than a
city, or nearer than a man who has
a finished education, acquired in some
college or other institution of learn
ing. But a thorough knowledge of
the contents of Wheeler’s “Graded
studies in English" will enable* any
one to write in a faultless manner, if
one will take the time to read other
things after having studied it.
Ben Hope.
PONDFIELD PARAGRAPHS*
Interesting News |tom« and Personal
paragraphs.
Pond field, Oct. 23.—We are glad to
know that the price of cotton is go'htg
upward. But nine cents is not
enough, nor do we think that is all
we shall get.
Mr. D. C. Phillips is doing a great
deal of grinding these days. He
grinds on Saturdays. To go to mill
there once is evidence of the fact that
you will go again.
We can hardly decide who Is
the mod popular mill man in Chero
kee county for Die GaffneV Ledger,
but do not think anyone should lose
a vote by casting it for Mr. R. . Rob
erts, of Cherokee Falls. If some of
those hoys would, they could prove
this statement to be true by getting
new subscribers. Why, I know they
(the boys) could very easily make a
dollar per day when they get 25 per
cent, commission. Mr. Roberts is
one of those men who knows nothing
of the taste of whiskey and one of
those men that are amiable wherever
they go. Why not vote for him?
We have had some inclement
weather for the last few days, which
we fear, might be the cause of some
sickness.
We do not fancy the news that
“Blue Bird” will move from our midst
very soon. Blue Bird is a fine old
chum of ours and for this reason we
regret to see her go.
“I went to the show and saw about
half as much as I expected to see,”
is the cry with the majority. Maybe
their eyes were closed.
We are ever ready to appreciate
anything said in the behalf of our
Draytonville pastor, Rev. E. G. Ross,
who is trying to make his mark in
the world. Since he came to Dray
tonville there has been many changes
and improvements. J. L. J.
How to Provont Nightmare.
Referring to the frequency with
which unpleasant dreams, and more
particularly the classical nightmare,
occur. Dr. Kehrer. the Munich special
ist says: “Persons who are subject to
disturbances of this sort should allow
throe or four hours to elapse between
the last meal and going to bed; should
not let this last meal be too hearty a
one and should make It a point to
avoid all indigestible dishes and alco
holic drinks with the evening meal.”
Beyond Her Sphere.
Mrs. Finicky—Norah, I Just read that
a celebrated German doctor says a
broom is full at bacteria, so hereafter
you’ll have to give your broom an anti
septic bath each day. The Maid—I’ll
do nawthln’ av the kind! It’ll likely
git worse soon an’ thin rayqulre alky-
hol rubs, massage thratemints, byp-
pyrdermlc injtctions an* hot wather
bottles at night, an’ I’ll have ye under-
sthand right now that I’m no thralned
nurse!—Puck.
% Religious Facts and Figures.
Church statistics for 1M*» show the
get gain In all denominations, in the
past year, as 4.300 m.'listers, 3,635
churches and 870.380 communicants.
The Roman Catholic church claims the
largest gain, 2.">0.fi48, after which fol
low in proportionate order Methodists,
Baptists, Lutherans, Presbyterians ami
Disciples of Christ. Forty-four differ 4$
ent religious or ethical denominations
are recdfcnized, aggregating 32.283.6r>8
communicants. 207.707 churches and
159,503 ministers. Included in this
enumeration are Christian Scientists,
with 663 churches; Salvation Army,
883: Spiritualists, 748; Theosophists, 72;
Communistic Societies, 22; Society For M
Ethical Culture, 5; Sehwenkfeldlans. y
8: Latter Day Saints, 1.328: Jews. 570;
Friends of the Temple, 4; Chinese Bud
dhists. 47: Japanese Buddhists and
Shintolsts. 0—Rev. Dr. Carroll in New
York World.
Missed the Fun.
“What are you crying for, nj 7 little
boy?”
“Boohoo! Pa fell downstairs!”
“Don’t take so on, my pet. He’ll get
better soon.”
“Sister saw him fall all ihe way. I
never saw uuffln.”
A Beautiful w*m*n.
H*r sumraadlmg* should b* hi har
mony, tad eaa best b* mad* ao by a
well kept bom*. Th* L. £ M. Pur*
Paint make* the horn* beautltuL It
proaerrea It aad preranta decay. The
cost per gallon ready for ua* hi only
It w**n for tea yean aad
longer. Thirty-three yeara of eou-
tlnaous use la evidence. Smith Hard-
ware Oo. L. £ M. Paint Agenta.
Method will teach you to win time.—
Goethe.
Remember the two big dolls at
Gaffney Jewelry Co.
To Washington for Treatment.
Rev. E. A. Wright, a respectable
colored minister of this place, left
last night for Washington. He was
accompanied by his son, Samuel
Wright, and Rev. E. L. Beaty, anoth
er well known colored minister of this
place. The latter two are being
taken to Washington for the purpose
of being treated at the Freeman’s
Hospital. Rev. Beaty has been in de
clining health for several years. The
younger man has a deformed limb
which it is believed can be straight
ened.
Letter to J. B. Pettit.
Gaffney. S. C.
Dear Sir: Volumes canuot say
more:
Every job painted Devoe takes less
gallons than of any other paint.
Here’s the proof:
Paint half your job Devoe. the
other half whatever you like. Ilf the
Devoe half doesn't take less gallons,
no pay.
Yours truly
90 F W DEVOE & CO
P. S. Gaffney Hardware Company
sell our paint.
SubacHh* far
L*dftr, glje
List of Unclaimed Letters. .
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the postofflee at Gaffney, S. C..
for the week ending Oct. 26. 1908:
Miss Rachel Avery.
Miss Mary A. Blackwell.
Mr. Arthur Barnett.
Miss Jose Bonds.
Mrs. Stella Beeker.
Mr. Walter Allen.
Miss Lottie Edwards.
Miss Zora Brown.
Miss Omego Bobo.
Miss Lucawood.
Mrs. Caldonia Colams.
Miss Carrie Clary.
Mrs. R. M. Crocker.
L. B. Daniel.
Mr. James Dover.
Miss Emmie Dogan.
Miss Emma Duncan.
Mr. Loyd Davis.
Mr. W. B. Earl.
William Elmore.
Miss Andey Farmer.
Mr. J. L. Griffin.
Mrs. J. Sellars.
Mrs. W. C. Gentry.
Mr. W. W\ Hardin.
Mrs. Lee Henderson.
Mrs. H. C. Hopper.
Mr. W. L. Humphries.
Mrs. Pearl Humphries.
Rev. A. Jefferson.
S. J. Jolly.
Mr. Claud Jefferson.
Mr. Hamstead Jones.
Mr. Tanney Kirby.
Mr. John Kirby.
Mr. Peter Kitchens.
Mrs. Gillie Lane.
Mr. L. B. McDaniel.
Miss Flossie Moore.
W. M. Martin.
Miss Fanny Mason.
J. O. Moore.
Rev. M. Martin.
Miss Blanch Nickles.
Mr. O. K. Oakes. '
Mrs. S. F. Owens.
Mr. W. D. Penley.
Miss Maggie Pearson.
Mr. Jas. M. Pennington.
Miss Mary Price.
Miss Belle Porter.
G. W. Peeler.
Mr. A. E. Pooth.
Mr. J. M. Porter.
Mr. Frank Pal moon
Mr. J. C. peace.
Miss Made Peth.
Adolphus Roberts.
Miss Ella Robbins.
Miss Elder Ross.
Mrs. Alice Sanders.
Mrs. Elisabeth Sparks.
Mr. Louis Smar.
Miss Selena Smith.
Miss Florence Smith.
Miss Laurlene Smith.
Mrs. Lula Wilson.
Mr. Davis Wilkins.
Mrs. Cinda Wiliams.
Mr. Levi Woods.
Miss V. Wilkins.
Mr. Will White.
Please call for advertised letters.
One cent due on each.
Tflos. Hester,
Postmaster.
—A Diamond ring worth $35 to
give away at Gaffney Jewelry Co.
—Two log cabins and dolls for two.
little girls at Gaffney Jewelry Co.
“WHERE THERE’S A WILL
THERE’S A WAY’’
Is an old and a very true
saying, and in nothing does
it apply with more force than
in the matter of saving mon
ey. Everyone should save
some part of his earnings,
as it is not what one earns
but what he saves that
makes wealth. Start a sav
ings account this month with
THE
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