The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 25, 1908, Image 5
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STATE ATTORNEY
OF TENNESSEE.
THE LITERARY
EDUCATIONAL
DEPARTMENT.
HON. LAPS. 1>. M’OOBD.
H on. laps. l. mocobd, 1325 g st^
Washingtou, D. C., Ex-Adjutanl
General State of Tennessee, and State's
Attorney at Nashville, is an ardent
friend of Peruna. He does not hesitate
to give public endorsement to this very
excellent remedy.
As a tonic Pernna has no superior.
But it is as a catarrh remedy it has
achieved its world-wide notoriety and
success.
Any catarrh remedy to become per
manently effectual in the cure of ca
tarrh must contain tonic and invigorat
ing qualities with its anti-catarrhal
qualities. Catarrh is always an expres
sion of nerve weakness, either local
or general. It is, therefore, important
that a catarrh remedy should possess
reliable invigorating qualities in order
to thoroughly rid the system of catarrh.
Pe-ru-na for Colds.
Hon. B. S. Byan, now residing in
Nome, Alaska, was formerly a member
of the English House of Parliament
and Secretary to the late Irish patriot,
Charles Stewart Parnell. His Wash
ington address is. New Willard Hotel,
Washington, D. C. He writes:
“I have used Peruna and can recom
mend your remedj* as a very effective
cure for colds ard catarrhal com
plaints. K. S. 11} an.
Ask your Druggist for a Free Pe
runa Almanac for 1909.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—A gentle horse and
good buggy. Apply to Wm. Dobson
at J. F. Carson & Co. 12-lS-tf.
FOR SALE—Mules, corn, fodder,
hay, wood, lumber; will also exchange
sawdust for manure. ’Phone 113 or
apply to W. C. McArthur.
Dec. 15 tf.
FOR SALE OR RENT—House and
eleven acres land on east Frederick
street on reasonable terms. See C.
M. Smith. Dec. 4 pd.
FOR SALE—Jellico block coal; de
livered anywhere in the city. J. R.
Tolleson. Dec. 11 Imo.
FOR SALE—A lot of second-hand
piping. Apply to Ed. DeCamp.
FOR SALE—First-clues babbit met
*1. Apply at Ledger Office.
FOR SALE—Old newspapers a
this office. 10c a hundred.
WANTED—One thousand new sab
scrlbers to ^he Ledger.
FOR RENT.
TO RENT—Office rooms over TV
f^edger. Apply to Id. H. DeCami
Ncv. 2, tf.
WANTED.
WANTED—Fifty Rhode Island Red
hens. Address “C. C. B.,’” care Led
ger, Gaffney, S. C.
WANTED—Green hides; hlgbes 1
cash price paid. Clary 4 Kirby.
Aug. 14 tf.
LOST.
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LOST—On Robinson street be
tween railroad and Logan street,
package of stockings and lace. Re
turn to this office. Get reward.
It pd.
Fire Insurance!
We represent some fu the largest aurt
most substuntlal comoanles and wouId
like to write your business. 5-14-tf
Smith & Lipscomb, Agents.
WOOD.
FOR SALE—Dry oak and pine
wood, sawed for stoves, in yard in
rear of postofflce. Delivered. ’Phone
225. Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
Dec. 11 tf.
Address all communications Intend
ed for tills department to.I. Stanhope
Love, Filbert, S. C.. R. F. l> No. 1.
CHAT.
I have just finished reading “The
Life of Sir William Wallace,” which
is a story of early life in Scotland/
It is a wonderful book, in more than
cne retpect. Scottish history has
long possessed a peculiar fascination
for me, and I enjoyed the book im
mensely. But I am not, as yet, schol
ar enough to say, postively, that all
of this book is true. There are some
parts of it which I couldn’t under
stand, although I read it twice. That
it is a book worth while in several
respects cannot be denied; but I will
venture to say that it is a book which
does not interest the average reader
to any great extent. It is written in
loo profound a style for the average
mind to grasp. Not that our readers
are not intelligent, but I believe I
speak ihe truth when I say that most
•eaders like something light and
nappy. They don’t like to wade
through a vast amount of what seems
almost unnecessary stuff, just in or-
'er to get a little entertainment. Sir
A’illiam, the hero of this book, is a
ire character, finely drawn; but I
/onsider It rather too ponderous. It
is necessary for an author to write a
rood character sketch if he wishes to
be worth while, but in this instance
it occasionally seems that Sir Wil
liam Wallace’s has been overdrawn.
This, however, is only my opinion;
ard T do not pretend to speak with
authority. 1 am just learning, like
most other young people should be
doing. And I desire to assist others
!! I can.
I lead several good newspapers;
that is, I read the editorial pages of
them, as I don't pay particular at
tention to all the pews. I don’t have
the time for reading all that I get to
read; indeed. I could not read every-
thing which I receive if I had nothing
dse to do. So I just read the best of
it. And the editorial page is always
the best part of any newspaper. But
I always read The Ledger from “cover
to cover.”
I herewith enclose an article clip
ped from The St. Louis Semi-Weekly
Star, which, by ihe way. is one of the
best newspapers 1 know of. It ex
presses my own sentiments so well
that I reproduce it here. I wish that
more of our editors were capable of
handing out such “dishes” to their
readers. Of course, they are capable;
but I make the point that they do not
make use of their ability along this
line just as often and persistently as
they should. Now, I do not mean to
offend when I say this; I am only try
ing to make some of the errors in
journalism more apparent to my ^co-
lahorers in the work of entertaining
and instructing the reading public.
The clipping follows:
"A minister of the gospel has at
tacked those wealthy citizens, men
and women, who go among the poor
of large cities doing charity work;
slum workers and the rich supporters
of the social settlements of the crowd
ed and congested city districts. The
motives of such workers have been
impugned, many of them being class
ed as Pharisees who seek to shield
i heir own foibles and weaknesses by
an apparent interest in the sufferings
of their fellow human beings. In a
matter so difficult to pass upon as the
inherent motives of others, but little
can be justly said. What might be
truly charged in one instance might
prove the most rank injustice in an
other. No sweeping assertion as to
any considerable number of people
may be received as truth in matters
involving their controlling motives.
I I or years there have been various
charges against the men and women,
many of whom are people of sub
stance, who go about among the poor
of the great cities seeking to amelio
rate the deplorable conditons obtain
ing among such people. Young so
ciety women who have gone into
the slums seeking out eases of suf
fering to relieve, and young men who
ha\e joined in this laudable endeav
or, have been subjected to all sorts
of unwind remarks and innuendos;
their sincerity has been questioned,
and the efforts put forth by them
have been declared as serving but as
a diversion, a fad for the rich, in
fact. There doubtless are people’en-
gaged in this work of relieving the
poor in all the large cities whose in
terest in the people they go among is
but faint, and who do use this char
itable endeavor as a sort of cloak for
'heir own sins. Pharisees are just
as abundant now as in the days of
( hrist. They and their kind will al
ways abound. Yet, because of their
existence and their movements, the
really honest, true, faithful men and
women who do strive to bring about
a betterment In the lives of those not
fortunately situated should not be
discounted nor frowned upon; oblo
quy should not be cast upon the con-
seientious efforts of really good peo
ple. whether they happen to be weal
thy butterflies of fashion or other
wise, who go out among the high
ways and lanes seeking to bring re
lief to others, simply because of the
insincere people who circulate in all
the walks of life endeavoring to draw
themselves credit and honor which
they do not deserve and should not
be accorded.
There are good people among the
slum workers; good women and true
tfTen among the rich who, at the ex-
nense of time and money, seek to
help their fellow beings. There may
be a humbug sandwiched in now and
then, but this does not stultify the
motives of the right sort of people
The sufliciency of methods may well
be questioned, and the negation of
their efforts by their unconscious air
o£ superiority may be considerable,
but this does not necessarily impugn
their motives. It is good work for
them or any others of really generous
hearts, if not always the best in re
sults, and will continue in spite of
carping criticism, even though the
critics may speak from the pulpit—
the last source from which anything
hut kindly criticism would be expect
ed.”—St. Louis Semi-Weekly Star.
This is the third installment of our
new department. I hope that it is
growing in interest, information and
entertainment; for I am devoting my
very best efforts to it. I was obliged
to begin it on a very small scale, but
if our readers will be patient for a
few weeks they shall be well reward
ed for their very kind indulgence. I
hope that the editor can read the
foregoing pages of my manuscript.
It is not nearly so well prepared as I,
myself, should like. This will close
my labors until after Christmas, as
I wish to enjoy the holidays. I have
prepared sufficient stuff, to last sev
eral weeks, in advance. This is dated
for Monday, but I am sending it to
day (Friday*)
I have just completed a study of
one of the books of Hutchinson’s
“Physiological Series.” I enjoyed it
very well. It is a study which should
be in every school; because the in
formation pertaining to the human
body that it gives is invaluable to
everyone.
Another work that should be in
every school in this country is Hunt’s
“Progressive Course in Spelling.” I
know what I am talking about when
I say this; for I have this year mas
tered the entire contents of it. We
need more English, and less Latin
in our common schools.
Let everybody contribute to the de
partment; and do send us some new
subscriptions.
Henry Ward Beecher once said.
“Flowers are the sweetest things God
ever made and forgot (?) to put a
soul into.”
Sometime ago “Ben Hope” ijlcame
so ambitious as to desire becoming
connected with The State in the ca
pacity of weekly scribe, and as a re
sult of his efforts in that direction
he is now receiving the paper free.
It comes to him regularly, daily and
Sunday.
Jf there are any authors aim ng onr
readers, I should like for them to
send me some of their writings.
A recent issue of The S\i'e con
tained a fine, scholarly-looMng pic
ture of .Vr. Zack McGhee, the well-
known Washington “knight of the
pen.”
“Ben Hope’s” Filbert news letter
will “come up smiling" on the morn
ing of January the fourth. Some of
it is already in course of preparation.
I intend to close my “chats" every
week with some such expression as
this: Civility is certainly inexpen
sive, yet it is the most invaluable at
tribute that one can possess.
Wishfng each one qf my readers a
merry Christmas, I am.
Your devoted knight of the pen,
. J. S. L.
request of the editor of The Ledger
and also some of our friends, we have
again decided to represent Ravenna
and vicinity for The Ledger next
year. Now, friends, one and all, re
member all of us make mistakes and
should you find any I have made let
me know and I’ll correct them.
To all our brother and sister corres
pondents we will say we are glad to
be back with The Ledger family again
for 1909.
We are in receipt of an invitation
to an entertainment at Rehoboth
school house Wednesday evening, 23
inst. We hope to be able to attend
these services.
So bright and early next year we
again join The Ledger family.
All news ’phoned us will have our
prompt attention.
Best wishes to all. C.
When you find a good husband, the
women nearly always say: “His
wife does not care much for him.”
Many a man looks for work only
where he Is reasonably sure of not
finding It.
Medicine That is Medicine.
“I have suffered a good deal witn
malaria and stomach complaints, but
I have now found a remedy that
keeps me well, and that remedy is
Electric Bitters: a medicine for stom
ach and liver troubles, and for run
down conditions,” says W. C. Kistler,
of Halliday, Ark., Electric Bitters
purify and enrich the blood, tone up
the nerves, and Impart vigor and en
ergy to the weak. Your money will
be refunded If It falls to help you.
50c at Cherokee Drug Co.
Are You Administrator
RAVENNA READINGS.
Newsy Notes and Personals From Our
Regular Correspondont.
Ravenna, Dec. 22.—We were not
thinking of causing any panic when
we expressed our opinion on the low
price of cotton, and would not have
written it should we have thought of
being replied to.
First, we wish to say to “S.” that
he being a Farmers Union man, caus
ed him to see fit to ask us a few ques
tions. We, you seem to think, are
mistaken about the Farmers Union
being the cause of the low price of
cotton, and we only said it was our
opinion. •
Second, if a 12,500,000 bale crop
this year and 2,000,000 bales of old
cotton held by the Farmers Union,
did not force prices downward, then
what did?
The Farmers Union, in our opinion,
ruined things when cotton was al
ready bringing 12 and 13 cents a
pound and then passed resolutions
setting the maxium price at 15 cents,
and requesting farmers to hold until
it did reach that price. Has not cot
ton fallen off ever since these figures
were set? We say it has.
Now, “S.,” we are in harmony with
the Farmers Union and believe they
have done good, still you know we ail
err.
Again you ask “what caused the
low price of cotton in other years”
We cannot now recall the causes and
by the way. we are too busy to hunt
them up. What w'e were driving at
was this: In our honest opinion we
think the Farmers Union made a
mistake by placing the price too
high.
“S.,” do you not think 15 cents is
too high a price for cotton? We do
and know it can be raised for less.
A lot of cotton being held now by
the Farmers Union and Association
members will be held again until next
year and should farmers plant a big
crop, look out for 4 cents cotton
again. x
The moral we draw is this: It will
not pay the poor farmers to try to
make the spinners and big moneyed
men do a thing when they can shut
down their mills and afford to pay
their hands for idle time. Money
runs the world, and we guess every
body knows It.
We are glad “S.” reads The Ledger
and hope he will excuse our poorly
gotten up reply to his good article.
We wish also to announce that at the
and have the settlement of an estate? If
so, request of the Judge of Probate that
your advertisement be placed in :: :i
It has the largest circulation of any paper
in the Fifth South Carolina Congressiona
District.
Crepe Paper
Half Prioe
10 cent roles at 6 cents.
Very fancy, flowered
with holly, regular 26
cents per box, reduced
to 15 cents per box,
two for 25 cents.
Gaffney Drug Co.
always contains allthe
latest local and foreign
news. Subscribe now
Si.50 a V e fci JT.
SHOES
The I. M. Peeler Shoe Store
Remember I will save you
money on Shoes and Hats.
Call and see my prices. . \
I. M. Peeler.
ilio Central Market
T. L. WILKINS, Prop.
When in need of Fresh
Meats or Country Produce
of any kind, call or phone
us. Prompt service always.
Quick delivery is our mot
to. Give us a trial and
you are our customer. : :
Phone 285,
W. 0. JOHNSON’S OLD STAND
NOTI
To the Friends and Patrons of The Battery:
We wish to thank you one and all for
the liberal patronage accorded us in
the past, and promise to do all in our
power to merit a continuance of your
patronage.
A Square Deal
The Battery’s policy will continue to
be a square deal; one price to ail, and
your money back quicker than we
took it if you want it. We shall en
deavor to give you more for your
money in 1909 than ever before. . .
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas
and Happy and Prosperous New Year.
The Battery
J. C. RATLIFF, Proprieior.
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