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I To Mr. Sherman Is attributed the ‘War is h—1.” We wonder if he was ever cornered race. • • • in a three- Already the effect of the work at Ninety-Nine Islands is being felt in this community. Pc will stimulate trade and add greatly to our busi ness. • • • We were intensely interested in the proceedings of the first day of the General Assembly, but from the ex plosion the subsequent proceedings will hardly claim our attention. • • • We wonder what Congress meant by appropriating fifty thousand dol lars for a Public Building for Gaffney. The appropriation v is made almost a year ago, and Gaffney has heard nothing from the matter since. Truly Uncle Sam takes his time when It comes to paying money out of the National Treasury. • • • No, Carriegiene, the “Old Man” >vill not act as Clerk of the Senate for the next two years. Although about one-third of that body looked upon the wooing with favor, for which we acknowledge our appreciation, still there was a more favored suitor. Aull things went along Mann-ly until the eleventh ballot when it was seen there was no show for the “Old Man,” so he DeCamped. • • • The cotton mill management of Gaffney are with one accord optimis tic over the outlook for the present season. The mills have labored un der difficulties for several months in that the demand for their product at living prices has not been good. When the mills are in difficuhies it af fects all lines of business and the de pression is felt by all who have any business dealings. The commission men in the North and East reflect the optimism of the mill people them selves, and we cannot help but be lieve that times within the next few months will show a marked improve ment. • • • We deeply appreciate the many good wishes and the regrets extend ed by our friends. There is a satis- fa<tion in all things and we take pride in the character of the gentle men who supported us. It's no flat tery to say they were the cream of the senate and we regard It an honor to have had them support us and dis play their confidence in us in the manner in which they did. Every nyui who voted for us did so volun tarily. without solicitation on our part, therefore the honor is that much the greater. They let the other fel lows know they had been in a race, too. We trust our future course in life will be such as to cause them no pang of regret at having one time looked up us with favor. Good luck to you, gentlemen, and may pros perity, plenty and peace be yours. • • • We are printing the full text of the speech made by Senator Tillman In the United States Senate last Mon day. It is our judgment that Mr. Tillman failed to make out his case. We do not believe he did anything more than the most of us would have done to secure some of that land and we do not think him guilty of any crime in this connection, but he ad mits that he was after the land at the very moment he declared he was not after it, and that is all the presi dent charged him with, as we under stand it. There was no wrong in his attempting to get the land. The wrong lay in denying that he was af ter it when at that very moment he was complying with all the condhions laid down by the brokers in order for him to get it. We do*not believe the president attemptied to convict Sen ator Tillman of stealing, but he adopts this contemiyiible method to convict him of telling a falsehood and he succeeds beyond question, as tho senator admits iM in so many words. We have no admiration for either of the gentlemen in question. We re gard the accuser as an erratic, im pulsive individual who is carried away with his own vanity, while Vhe latter poses too much as the only simon pure honest statesman In the country. We haven't as much confi dence in his honesty as we have in some other people we know. There Is more Catarrh to this section of the country than all other diseases-put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doc tor* frononuced It a local disease, and pre scribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pro nounced It Incurable. Hclenoe has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constltutlonol treatmnt. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney ft Oo.. Toledo, Ohio, Is the only con stitutions! cure on the market. It Is taken Internally In doses from li> drops to a tea- spoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It fails to cu»e. Hend for circulars and testimonials. Address. J OHKNF.V ft OO.. Toledo, O. Noway NotM and Paraonals Prom Our Ragular Corraapondant. Ravenna, Jan. 13—Messrs. William and Alexander Hames, of Asbury, vish.cd our Sunday school last Sun day. Rev. Mr. Guy, from Lynchburg, Va., who Is visiting his brother, Rev. J. W. Guy, at Pacolet, preached at Goucher last Sunday morning and In the afternoon he preached to a good congregation at our Sunday school from ‘the words, "One thing thou lackest;” a clause from the 21st verse of St. Mark. Mr. Guy included in his sermon the several verses pre ceding his text and preached a fine sermon. He concluded his sermon by the following illustration: In the cky of Boston there lived a little news boy and on enerlng into a street car and selling all the papers he could, started to alight and was thrown under the wheels of the car and almoac killed. A policeman who happened to be standing close by, saw the little fellow and assisted him all he could. After some little time his name was learned and was soon at a hospital. His mother was called and on receipt of the message, was soon by her little son’s side. A phy sician informed the mother her little boy could only live a few hours more and soon his face turned white and his finger nails purple and he put his little hand into his mother’s, and said, “All for thee,” and into her hand fell three little pennies, his day’s work. Mr. Guy said if we could only say the same thing to our Savior how happy we should be. An invita tion was given for prayer to all un saved and back-slidden members, but. none came forward and after prayer, the services were ended. Mrs. Charles Smith and daughter, Miss Minnie, of Goucher, visited our Sunday’ school last Sunday. Mr. T. J. Hames, of Asbury, was among our visitors Thursday. M. W. Brown, one of our prosper ous merchants, was a business visit or to Gaffney last Thursday. C. P. Chalk and B. J. Green spent, last Sunday with their friend, Alex ander Hames, of Asbury, and attend ed religious services at Asbury. Your correspondent called up “A.,” of Asbury, over the ’phone and Ht 1 has promised to again report Asbury and vicinity for The Ledger. We make this announcement with pleasure and hope to soon see “A.” with us again. Mrs. Florence Thomas and sister. Miss Johnnie Burgess, spent last Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Harvey and family, in Gaffney. Howard Goforth, of Goucher, spent last Friday night with Carville Chalk. Mr. John T. Baines, of Asbury, visited our section last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Prater Smith, of Goucher, visited our section last Sun day. Messrs. Tom Lipscomb, E. R. Go forth, S. S. Littlejohn, Calvin, Mason and Charles Bonner, of Goucher, visited our Sunday school last Sun day. Misses Fannie and Eunice Smith, of Goucher, and W. B. and J. B. Brown and Ebbie and Junie Smith, of Goucher, attended religious ser vices here last Sunday. Mr. John H. Mathis, of Goucher, was in town last Saturday. In our last letter the types made us say “Mr. Coffee Gossett” which should have been Mr. Coffa Gossett, was supplying us with mail during Mr. Littlejohn’s absence. J. M. Green, one of our popular merchants, spent some time at As bury last Sunday evening. — Yesterday Robert Wilkins, colored, while climbing a tree after a squirrel, fell out and tAruck a limb, punctur- ng his jaw, which had to be dressed jy a doctor. He is suffering very much at this writing. Miss Irene Bonner, who attended the Piedmont High School before Christmas, is home again. J. A. Gofoith spent last Sunday with Mr. Sam Wood, near Pacolet. Felix Gregory, of Pacolet. is visit ing his grandparents, Mr. and *Irs. Felix Littlejohn. Mr. Thompson, the bridge contract or at, Pacoltk, attended religious sor vices here last Sunday. Mr. Ben Hammett, of White Plains, visited his best girl here last Sun day. In yesterday’s issue of The Ledger we noticed a reply to one one of our Itvters of recent date, and asking us some questions. Now. Mr. “S.." we hope you have not had your feelings hurt by anything we have said in re gard to lhe low price of cotton, for if you are the person we think you are. we have a kind feeling toward toward you. You say “the spinners watched while we slept and took ad vantage of the situation and formed a combination and this gives us low prices.” Mr. “S.” seems to think vhe Farm ers Union took a good sleep and while doing so, the spinners formed, a combination and put the price down. We are afraid the farmers will again sleep and let the spinners put vhe price down. Again Mr. “S.” says ir> cents is nqt too much for cotton and illus!rates by one of his tennants. Well, Mr. "S.,” you know some renters will be in debv should cotton bring 25 cents a pound and in fact, Vhey will always be “in the hole," if they have credit. I am still inclined to think we can raise cotton for 12 1-2 cents a pound, and am honesv in thinking so. Yes, we agree the mills by shutting down have made a large profit and right here we believe the farmers were sleeping and not thinking of the shut down. Of course we all make mistakes and we firmly believe,* vhe Farmers Union and Association made a mis take that is now falling heavily on us poor farmers’ shoulders. Mr. “S.,” I am inclined to thiak the farmers have slept too long to i *ih realise the needs of strict organiza tion and if we will, you and I, left them sleep quietly a while longer, maybe they will “get right” and stay right. Let us all hope so any way. We hope this will ettt out the con* troveray between Mr. “8.” and my self which we have been carrying on for some time. Mr. “8.," “way down in my heart I have a feeling for you,” so let’s be good once more. Mrs. H. A. Payne spegt Monday and yesterday with relatives at Paco let. Mr. J. M. Green was a Pacolet visitor Monday evening. We hope Mr. DeCamp will be elect ed clerk of the senate today. The beautiful weather was broken yesterday by a shower of rain. The past week has seen many changes in movers and moving, and all of it is not over yet. We hope “J. L. S.” will keep his regular twice a week correspondence for The Ledger, bifc we know how hard it is to keep up with all the happenings of one’s neighborhood. We correspondents, (and especially country ones), have a tough time. Any one taking and reading the Columbia StaVe will find lots of newsy items from the able pen of Brian Bell. He is an interesting re porter and being a good base ball player, should aid wonderfully In securing “dope for Game Cock read ers.” Mr. L. D. Bonner got the contract for building the llb.-ary at Goucher for $115. Mr. J. T. Kitchens is having lum ber sawed to build a new house. C. P. Chalk was a visitor to Re- hoboth Monday. Mrs. M. M. Mize was a visitor to Gaffney yesterday. We like “Luciie Lee’s” letters very much. Success Vo The Ledger. C. KITCHENS BECOMES GOVERNOR- New Executive at Helm in the Old Nort State. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 12.—The in- auguravion here today of former Con gressman W. W. Kitchens, of Rox- boro, as Governor of North Carolina, elected by the Democracy, proved to be one of the most brilliant In the history of the SVate, and attracted over ten thousand visitors. Twenty military organizations took part in the parade, among them being naval tnarines and State cadets. The inaug- aral exercises were entirely in the open air, great platforms being erect ed for the Legislature and the officials. Tonighv a public reception and inaugural ball closed the exer cises. In his address Governor Kitchens declared for the regulation of natu ral monopolies, for increased pen sions to Confederate veterans, for a legalized State primary, saying that now the expense of nomination was growing so a poor man would be de terred from seeking office; and for a compromise State bank guarantee, the guarantee Vo become effective for such banks as desired it when sixty per cent of the/banks, controlling at least 50 per cent of the oapival stock, petitioned for such a law. A Hard Language. (From Vhe Democratic Telegram.) “Leesten!” said the perplexed Frenchman. "When you give a sing, you cannot keep ’eera! So?" "So,” said the English instructor. “But when a hones’ man gives ’ees word, ’ee keep ’eem. So?” “So,” said the instructor. "But when ’ee give ’ees word, ’ow can ee keep ’eem? Does ’ee Vake ’eem back?" “No,” said the instructor. “But if ’ee keeps ’ees word ’ee does not give ’eem!” "Oh, yes! If he does not keep his word he is not an honest man.” “Ah, I beegeen to see! ’Aving given ’ees word and not taken ’eem back, ’ee keep ’eem al ze while?” “Oh, la, la, la! WhaVa language eez ze Englishe!” House Burned Near Hampton. Hampton, Jan. 12.—The residence of Mr. J. H. Adams, near Furman, was destroyed by fire yesterday af ternoon. As far as could be ascer tained vhere was no insurance on the house, making Mr. Adam’s loss about $5,000. It seems that the fire started in an upper story, but the origin is as yev unknown. Fireman’s Hall was the scene of a very enjoyable dance, given by the members of the Hampton German Club last Friday evening. The Jer- inimo Band furnished excellent mus ic for the occasion. The dancers made merry into the wee small hours of the morning. The dance was a success in every , particular and Vhe large crowd present report a fine time. No further developments have tak en place in the matter of the short age of the county vreasurer, blit it is the consenus of opinion that the Hampton delegation to the Legisla ture will have “someVhing doing” within the next few days. CATARRH CURED. Arrested on Grave Charge. Charleston, Jan. 13.—Police defect ives here last night arrested, on Line street, Robert Minor, a young white man, on a telegram and description received at police headquatters re cently from Deputy Sheriff B. E. Weathersbee. of Langley, Aiken coun ty. charging a man of that name with criminal assault. The man was lock ed up av the station and will be kept there until further advices are receiv ed from Langley. No particulars were available last night at police headquarters. The Augusta correspondent of The News and Courier, on inquiry from Vhe of fice, sent the following dispatch: “A warrant has been sworn out in Au gusta against Robert Minor, alleging assault in Richmond county, Georgia. WarranV is dated November 29, 1908. Chief of Police Henry Howard, at Aiken, knows of no charge against any Robert Minor.” The prisoner yesterday evening de nied the charges. No Cure, No Pay, is a Most Gener ous Offer. To get an antiseptic strong enough to kill catarrh germs and not destroy the tissues of the membrane at the same time, has been a problem which was never solved until the discovery of Hyomei (pronounced High-o-me.j Hyomei is prepared from eucalyp tus, the most powerful yet healing antiseptic known. Breathe it through the inhaler over the inflamed and germ-ridden membrane four or five times a day, and in a few days the germs will disappear. The inflamed condivion will go, too, and the snuffling, hawking and offen sive breath, and the discharge of mucous and crusts in the nose will cease. Then why should any catarrh suf ferer hesitate, when The Gaffney Drug Co. has such faith in Hyomei that Vhey offer to return your money if, after a fair trial, Hyomei does not cure catarrh. A complete Hyomei outfit, includ ing the inhaler, costs $1.00, and exVra bottles, if afterwards needed, cost but 50 cents. Hyomei als<) cures asthma, croup, sore throat, coughs, colds or grip. Pottle Justieo. (Richmond News-Leader. There is some poeftic justice In his position today. Time after time members of the South Carolina Leg islature, gentlemen of sensibilities and fastidious concern for their own characters and the proprieties, have arisen and with burning faces and broken voices, almost with tears of against them by Tillman while he was governor. On one or two occas ions in Vhe early days of his career sterner measures were adopted, and he was required to swallow very completely slanders he had uttered against clean and high men. No human being probably ever attacked character more wantonly or vindic tively or recklessly than he. After the driftwood Legislature he went on the stump, being yet governor, de manded that the people give him the Legislature he wanted, and virtu ally picked out his own Legislature. Every candidate was required pub licly to swallow the “Tillman yard stick,” to promise in all ' kings to obey Tillman. By this means vhe dis pensary horror, divised, engineered and constructed and bossed by Mr. Tillman, was forced on the State. In the course of years of service in the United States Senate, Mr. Till man has succeeded in establishing about himself a kind of tradition ac cepted by young men, who have fail ed to read history, and even by older men, who have forgotten. He has come to be regarded as a kind of rugged Roman type, a somewhat coarse, rude and violent man, but of the most rigid Of Interest to Women. Don’t slave at the wash-tub! A new invention which does away with hard work on wash-day. In order to Introduce our pump and have your neighbors know all about It we offer for Vhirty days, our $3.00 washer al most free. It saves your hands, time and temper. All you have to do is to put clothes in tub and move the handle of the pneumaVic clothes- washer up and down. The pump does the rest in half the time. It does the work easier and better than the $4.00 machines. Send $1.00, send now for Vhis washer—providing you agree to demonstrate it to your next door neighbors. Money returned if not satisfied. Send 25 cents more if you want us to pay express. 'Descriptive pamphlet sent on request. Write at once to Pierce & Baker, f!54 Washington street, Buffalo, N. Y. This Is the trade-mark ot Scott’s Emulsion and is on every bottle of it sold in the world—which amounts to several millions yearly. W/ry-Because it has made so .a/ sickly children strong and well—given health and rosy cheeks to so many pale, anaemic girls and restored to health so many thousands in the first stages of Consumption. Send this advertisement, together with j -me of paper in which it i>ppears, yonr address and four cents to cover postage, and we will send you a '.oriplete Handy Atlas of the World.” iCOTT & BOWNB, 409 Pearl St., N.Y. ■v-mm Biggest ’Possum Ever. (From the Spartanburg Journal.) The biggest ’possum ever seen in Spartanburg was that received by A. Dillard yesterday from riauci H. Hill, who is now living near Hatties burg, Miss. The ’possum Vipped the sc-alos at 18 pounds. There have been ’possums and ’possums in Spar tanburg, but never before has there been such a ’possum as Mr. Dillard’s. It is a whopper. Mr. Hill formerly lived in Spartanburg and, knowing Mr. Dillard’s fondness for ’possums, sent him one as a Christmas pres ent. Cures Dy Negro Falls Through Trestle. Lexington, Jan. 11.—Coroner B. D. Clarke returned from Cayce last nighv, where he held an Inquest o- < r the dead body of Julius Morse, a ne gro, who, it was alleged, fell through the Seaboard trestle on Saturday night about 9 o’clock. From the evi dence adduced a', the inquest it seems that Moise and another negro were coming over from Columbia, and when they had reached a distance of about forty yards on tills side of the river Morse fell through a hole, which was caused by a erossUe being out. Morse fell a distance of twenty-eight feet, his head striking a large rock below, causing Ins’ant dea'h. The negro who was with Morse Fated that he was under the influence of whiskey at the time of the accident. The verdict of .he jury was that Morse came to his death by mis fortune or accident. It is said that Morse was for a long time drayman for W. T. Martin and was well known in polite circles of '.hat city. Sevetal amendments to the postal vavlngs hanks bill were presented in vhe senate. Your money back if U don’b Gives im mediate relief from heartburn, sour stom ach, stomach distress and sick headache. SO cents a large box at Gaffney Drug Company. Still Bleeding. (From Harper’s Weekly. “I had supposed until yesterday, doctor, that the days of vhe bleed ing of patients were past.” “And so they are. But what chang ed your mind?” “The bill you sent me.” Always keep your dogs and cats nights where they will not disvurb the sleep of your neighbors and so come in danger of being poisoned. Baltimore oil men told of the Standard’s fight Vo get business there at the New York hearing. 1 Brave Fire Ladies often receive severe burns, putting out fires, then use Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and forget them. It soon j drives out pain. For Burns, Scalds, i Wounds, Cuts and Bruises it’s earth’s ! greatest healer. Quickly cures Skin j Eruptions, Old Sores. Bolls, Ulcers, ! Felons; best Pile cure made. Re lief is instant. 23c at Cherokee Drug Co. A Horrible Hold-Up. “About ten years ago my brother was “held up” in his work, health and happiness by what was believed to be hopeless Consumption,” writes W. R. Lipscomb, of Washington, N. C. “He took all kinds of remedies and treatment from several doctors, but found no help till he used Dr. King’s New Discovery and was whol ly cured by six bottles. He Is a well man today.” It’s quick to relieve and the surest cure for weak or sore lungs, Hemorrhages, Coughs and Colds, Bronchitis, La Grippe, Asthma and all Broncial affections. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. Subscribe for The Ledger. $1.60. SUMMONS OF RELIEF. State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee. Louis R. Gaines, in his own right, and as administrator of estate of* Bertie Gaines, deceased, and Tillmai_ Gaines and L. R. Gaines. Jr., by their guardian ad litem, plaintiffs, against Carrie Lee Hughes, defendant. To the Defendant, Carrie Lee Hughes: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said com plaint on vhe subscribers at their of fice in Gaffney, South Carolina, with in twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint wivhin the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. OTTS & DOBSON, Plainviff's Attorneys. Date Jan. 9, A. D., 1909. To the Defendant, Carrie Lee Hughes, and John Hughes, with whom she resides: Please take notice: That the com plaint. in this action, 'together with the summons of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, at Gaffney, S. C., in the County of Cherokee, and VlM State of South Carolina on the llu» day of January, 1909, and that unless you procure the appointment of a guardian ad litem within twenty days after the service hereof upon you, we will move before Hon. James E. Web ster, Judge of Probate for said Coun ty and SVate at 10 o’clock, A. M., or as soon thereafter as counsel can he heard, on the 21st day exclusive of the day of service, after the service^ hereof upon you for an order appoint ing some competent and suitable peiv son guardian ad litem for you, and authorizing to appear and defend the above stated cause in your behalf. OTTS & DOBSON, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. Jan. 15, 22, 29 .09! Dec. 5, 12, 19. The kind of photograph a woman thinks is good of her is one her own mother couldn’t guess who it was. 165 Bum* For 650 IN ALWAYS KEEPS A BOTTLE THE HOUSE. , “About ten days before < Christmas I eot my hand hurt so badly that I had to stop work right in the busy time of the year,” says Mr. Milton Wheel er. 2100 Morris Ave., Birmingham. Ala. “At first I thought I would have to have my hand taken off, bift °omeone told me to get a bottle of Sloan's Liniment and that would do the work. The Liniment cured my hand and I gladly recommend It to everyone." Mr. J. E. Matthews, proprietor of St. James Hotel, Corning, Ark., says: —“My finger was greatly inflamed from a fish sting and doctors pro nounced tt blood poisoning. I used several applications of Sloan’s Lini ment and it cured me all right. I will always keep a bottle of Sloan’s Lini ment in my house.” Mr. J. P. Evans, of Mt. Airy, Ga., says—“Afteggbelng afflicted for three years wtth rheumatism, I used Sloan's Liniment, and was cured sound and well, and am glad to say I haven’t been troubled With rheumatlam since. My leg was badly awolenfrom my, hip to my knee. One-haii a bot tle took the pain and swelling out." FOUR BUSINESS LOTS FOR SALE. Pursuant to a resolution of the stockholders of the Farmers Ware house Company passed at a meeting held on December 24th, 1908, a ma jority of the stock being represented in person or by proxy, said meeting being called for this purpose, due no tice of which was given according to law, we will sell on Monday, Feb ruary 1st, 1909, salesday, before the Court House door at Gaffney, 8. 0., during the legal hours for sales, the following property, to wit: Four fine business lots fronting 24 feet each on Frederick street, Gaff ney, S. C„ and running back 132 feet to alley 16 feet wide, and bounded by said street and alley and another al ley next to Albert Kirby’s lot, and the old S. C. & G. E. R. R. tracks, the same being the front part of the Farmers Warehouse Company’s lot, the warehouse being at the rear of the property to be sold. TERMS OF SALE: One-half cash, and balance payable November 1st, 1909, wKh Interest at 8 per cent, se cured by mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay for papers and re cording, and may pay all cash. - Plat of same can be seen at the Merchants and Planters Bank. R. C. Sarratt, President. W. C. McArthur, Secy. 4b Treas. Gaffney, 8. C., Jan. 13, 1909. Pub. Jan. 16-23 and 29. DESCRIPTION. It has Leather Quarter Top, Leather Back and Cushion, Long Distance Axles, Wheels have Screwed Rims, Triple Braced Shaft, Quick Shift Coup lers. Guaranteed 12 months* See us for Buggies and Har ness* Smitli Hardware Company.