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m ■ i ■■ .y' Hi PH 11 » * THE GAFFNEY LEDGER, Tuesday and Friday. be ready to follow any person on a downward road, especially If that person Is known to be weak in the Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher; eg8ent j a ] s of judgment and discretion. | — DRAYTONVILLE DOTS. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Be a ‘‘Boster' ney." for a ‘‘Greaver Gaff- DISCARD8 NAME. “Pete” of We wonder what kind of a Bible dictionary Elder Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer, uses? • • • Pu’s now United States Senator Ed. Smith, and no longer “Cotton” Ed. Smith. The Ledger wishese him well and believes he will “make good.” • • • It Is our opinion that another bridge across Broad river would be nefit the county. It is a movement along progressive lines because ft helps to develop the out-of-the-way places. • • • The South Carolina legislature is having a time electing a circuit judge to take the place of Judge Ira B. Jones, elevated to the Supreme bench. One thing certain, and that is the material at hand is good, therefore there is little chance to make a mis take. • • • A stock company headed by Mr. James A. Hoyt, has been formed to establish a new afternoon paper in Columbia “to fill a long felt want.” We welcome the new paper, but take the liberty to advise the promoters thay will find it cheaper to buy out The Record. The establishment of a new paper in a field already occupied is no easy task. • • • The Victor Cotton Oil Company is going to make an effort to induce the farmers of this county to use their guano products and at the same time benefit themselves. The Victor Com pany is going to give a prize of $150 for the best acre of cotton in Chero kee county this year. The only stipu- larcion is that the grower must use the Victor Company’s guano. Here A Review of Events by Our Regular Correspondent. Draytonville, Jan. 27.—Rev. Ben L. Hoke, of Blacksburg, filled his pulpit at Mt. Ararat last Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. There was a large at tendance and the pastor delivered one of his logical and enthusiastic ser mons. Your humble scribe did not attend this service, but he was told about it by some of the young people of the neighborhood who were pre sent. We certainly enjoyed the articles that “W. A. C.” and “A Cherokee Carrier” penned last week about how the R. F. D. carriers were treated. We know by experience that the in cidents in those articles were real. People w r ho have never had any expe rience in riding the rural mail do not know what it is to be engaged in this work. We shall take time to give you an idea of what a good time (?) we had when we were engaged as carrier. One morning we were called upon to serve the patrons on an R. F. D. route and it was raining very hard, but the poor carriers had to make their trips just the same. We start ed on our journey at nine o’clock and Won’t Stand for Name President’s Dog. Gaffney, S. C., Jan. 20, 1909. Editor Lfedger:—In scanning the late papers and magazines a few days ago. I came across an article from “The White House” which told of how "Pete,” the pet dog of’the President, was badly abused in a “scrap” with one of his fellow dogs. I did not know until I read that arti cle, that Mr. Roosevelt’s dog’s name was “Pete.” I have been writing let ters to the papers of our county for several years and have used “Pete” for my fictitious name. I have liked Grindall Gossip. Grlndall, Jan. 25.—If the editor would publish my letters as fast and jui& as I should like to send them in, we would enlarge The Ledger or do away with it one. But as every thing has to be condensed, will only say that the predictions for the year 1908 were fulfilled to the letter; but the end is not yet: for there is going to be a reckoning day in which “An nie Laurie” will figure prominently, and more than one estate may roll i into her possession. We are having some beautiful weather now, and we are all making the most of it. Some gardening has been done in this neighborhood. Mrs. W. I. Blanton, of Gaffney the name fine, and regret very much, „, , „ , „ .... at this late date, to change it, but Z'lzJitL J S?! Roosevelt's dog and I can’t have the same name. If I, myself, had have named “Pete” indeed, I would have felt very much like changing it. I can’t see how any true Southern man can like the name of Roosevelt or Taft, much less that of their dog’s name. Mr. Taft’s mission now seems Co be, if possible, to break the “solid South.” If he succeeds in doing so, I for one, will be ready to leave the “solid South.” If the election were to come off again now I don’t think Mr. Jaft would get so many votes in our coun ty as he did, as the little farmers and merchants have been so badly had just gone a short distance, when; disappointed m not getving fifteen we looked ou: of our little window | cen ( S f or cotton just as soon as the and saw the signal notifying us of| 0 ] ec tj on • vva3 over. A reasonable, some mail for us to collect. When we approached the box we found three letters and four post cards, and we began to fish for pennies. It •was pouring down rain, remember, and when we succeeded in catching the last little “brownie” we were somewhat wet. We went on our journey until we came to a box that we knew we should have to unlock, so we got our key out and went to work with the old lock, which had note been oiled for one or two years, and after a few minutes—not sec onds!—we succeeded in getting It unlocked. We continued on, with our arms wet, and came next to a box so close 'co the ground that we nearly cut a somersault out of our wagon trying to put mail In it—and so on to the end. We could tell a great deal more, but have not the time to of rural mail man. thinking man did not expect cotton to go up if Taft was elected, but there were numbers of old greedy, close-fisted men who looked for a great rise in the fleecy staple. Mr. Editor, I want to say “Amen” to Mr. “S.’s” article in in reply to Mr. “C.’s” letter about cotton. Mr. “S.” told the whole truth in his let ter and I can't see how any man that makes cotton can see it otherwise. Cotton can be grown in Texas for less very profitably, but it certainly can not in South Carolina. Men who grow cotton in South Carolina, now Is the time to. stop and think about what you are doing. Don’t plant the stuff! That Is the bes& way to make the* mill men give us fifteen cents for it.. What is the use to make cotton at a loss? The farmer is not all the man that is hurt! Look at the business men who parents, MT. and Mrs. W. E. M. Kir by, returned to her home Sunday. A good crowd was present at Sun day school Sunday, thanks to the nice weather. Among our new neighbors are Messrs. Will Jones and Wesley Whel- chel, of Gaffney. Mr. Jones is from the city while Mr. Whelchel is a prominent farmer from near there. We are glad to have such good citi zens in our neighborhood. Mr. M. E. Kirby will no longer “fol low the plow,” but can be found at “The Palace Cafe,” Gaffney. Mrs. S. A. Hames is spending a few days with her son, J. A. Hames, at Gowdeysville. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hames attended ‘■ervices at Asbury Sunday. Mr. Hames’s position in Sundav was filled by Mr. Jno. Kirby. GRAPES, from their most health ful properties, give ROYAL its active and principal ingredient (Roxair BaJcinc Powder Absolutely Put* It is economy to use Royal Baking Powder* It saves labor, health and money. Where the best food is required no other baking powder or leavening agent can take the plr.ee or do the work of Royal Baking Powder. .1 Observe the bee; it alights on flower or shrub, absorbs its sap, its strength and its quintessence, assimilates these and produces a delightful honey schooi whicl1 is ne ltber different and wholly its own. Similarly we should draw It is**rpleasure Yo^us^on'returning from good books their very marrow Later on we shall give the readers are hurt, and badly hurt, in our own the names of the R. F. D. carriers j town—Gaffney. Farmers, be men! and their substitutes, who serve vhe , Gc. fifteen cents for cotton or not different routes from the city of 1 make it at all. is an incentive for every the county. farmer in The Charlctcte Observer Inadvert ently opened its columns to a discus sion of the whiskey question to a correspondent. Of course a fellow on the other side had to reply. Now The Observer watfes to charge all Gaffney. Gaffney has a good set of working carriers and we guess they are as good looking as any other lotc o frural mail men. Mr. John Raines, of Gaffney, spent Sunday in this section with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Rains. Mr. John Childers and Misses Net tie Marsh and Bertha Pennington at tended religious service at Mt. Aarart Sunday. Mr. D. C. Phillips and son. Hyder, There are numbers of young farm- no , )rincPSi that “Cinderilla ers in my neighborhood who did not make one cent out of their corton crop this year, and are working every day in the cold this winter to pay for the mule they bought last year. They are doing this in order to have some thing to plow the next, year’s crop with. I could name more than one man that is doing this. They toil day in and day out, for not more than a dollar per day. to pay the debts made to find young men who formerly oc cupied “back seats,” now taking act ive part in the Sunday school work. That’s right, boys; “us girls” are watching you. I would like to tell you of some Christian young men whom T met in Columbia, biri would be digressing. Certainly “not all that glitters is void,” but— Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kirby have moved out on a farm. While in Columbia we ran across a Russian coin owned by Mrs. Bliss, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., which bears ♦ he following inscription: “I Markka 1874-9448 Kappaletta Naulasta Scl- naa Hopeata.” We also saw a yard of hand-made lace flftv-four vears old. Should this be published perhaps we shall relate to you a true store of Cinderilla and the “glass slipper;” only there are' so many princes and jno slippers, and lots of slippers and is des pairing of ever being “fitted up.” We are contemplating spending a few days at the home of our R. F. D. carrier, Mr. Cameron Littlejohn, in the near future; and if we hear no objections from Uncle Sam, will make the entire round. This is a trip that we have longed for ever since we have had the route. Annie Laurie. and life with which to nourish our souls, from our judgments, clear our consciences and rectify our wills; in a word, make their contents. Subscribe for $1.50 a year. The Ledger, only Future Is Be- are working at Gaffney at this writ- last year, thinking that cotton would ing. They are putting down a saw bring a fair price. Think of all this, and then some one like Mr. “C.” will write in the papers that fifteen cents is too much for cotton! Yes, Mr. “S.,” you are right, when others who wish to add to the flame mill for a business man of that city. 20c a line, whereupon The Chronicle Mr. R. E. Parris has erected a new * x x , .u i » - dwelling-house for himself, also has oflers to take the wmk at the ra ; a new i) arn "Boss,” as he is called, , 19 l-2c the line, but we notice there js ono of Cherokee county’s good and you say the Farmers’ Union made a is a dearth of matter pertaining to the indu&rious farmers. mistake in not putting the price to discussion. In fact it stopped short. Rev. B. L. Hoke preached at Ross twenty cents instead of fifteen. If tho Grove, last Sunday afternoon, to a 'hat had been done, the mills would ft is funny how people imagine the ^ conRregatjon [have been giving fifteen cents now publisher can afford to carry on their This section is growing in thrift | without a word. Don’t get out of wars unless they provide ammuni- land energy, and setting to be quite a . heart, however, brother farmer, we tion, and it takes a whole lot of it to lively community. It has a good are learning every day. We are go- iroon a nnner srnine 'school house, which is also used for ing to continue to do so, and the Keep a paper » ^ | a church; a thriving Sabbath school time will come just as surely, when is. conducted here by Mr. Sherman the “tillers of the soil” will be res en-' Q u ’ nn > an( l also a public school con- ; pected and honored as all other men. . „ . . , , ducted by Mr. Quinn. Religious ser-' Whirtler. couragement in his efforts to bring Prof. Sims is meeting with , vices are held every third and fourth Booker T. Washington and Richard Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. | Carroll to Gaffney. The white people j by Revs. E. G. Ross, of Greer, and B. are responding liberally to his solid-! of Blacksburg. 'Six x ^ . . . _ I The work on the new church of tations. We have heard Carroll, th j s pj ace j S go ing right along, and) speak. He preaches a doctrine tnat jf there is no trouble in raising money HE SHOULD HAVE LIVED. Hundred-Pound Porker Would Have Been Lesson'to Farmers. The following is from the News cannot but be beneficial to the color- 1 it will not take very long to finish the I antl Courier of Wednesday 'nonnlp if thev will but heed the 1 e( R fice - The 0,(1 church has been l "The other day, says the Anderson ed people if he> *111 but heed the ^ ^ torn away 'Intelligencer, in one of our lower preaching. We know the other man Stanley Wilson went around j counties a hog was killed which is only by reputation and have no fault with Mr. Walter Garvin, carrier on said to have broken all records. to find with him except that he so route seven, last Saturday. They! weighing, dressed uio pounds, and far forgot himself as to dine with a white man. Otherwise he seems to rou #; es thaf g 0eR out f r om the city of | riety. be a very decent sort of colored : Gaffney, and that he has some of the That hog should have lived. It man. There is no question about! prettiest young girls on his route who should have been carried around the his ability. He is qualified to occupy k J™!._ r0 r,* b ^5 States as a proof of what South Car- the position he holds. • • • The Road to Joyville. (Durham Sun.) If you want to go to Joyville take the Smiling high road past Gladsome creek. Keep to the right all the way. Tf you meeti a poor woman with a basket, carry it for her. When you meet a man, say “Howdy!” If you stub your toe, whistle. If it rains croon a song. If you are cold, run a little and think about something that will make your heart glad. If the way is long, recall how you trudged every Sunday night to your best girl’s house and never got tired. If a dog barks at you, don’t throw a stone at him. Snap your fingers and say, “Good doggie!” If you feel like cry ing, laugh jnstead. If you do all this, you’ll get To Joyville. all right—and it’s about tfae only way you ever will get there. If you wish to be a success start a Saving Bank account today. FOUR per cent interest compounded four times a year is paid on all money deposited with the THE GAFFNEY SAVINGS BANK _ GAFFNEY, S. C. J Office in National Bank of Gaffney, C. f ARE YOU GOING TO FENCE YOUR GARDEN? had a nice, time, and Stanley says not yet a year old. The. accounr adds that Mr. Garvin has one of the best "it was of the common scrub va- . • ^ rtr>a '' ri ® and M ,sa Ma'' ;o ij na can jo j n t h e porcine way. vie McFarland, of Gaffney, attended 0ur farniers need comfort and the would religious services at this place and t ArRr&t Sundav I' may be well for the youthful j Mips Sallie Mason spent Sunday band of “night riders,” as they are with her school-mate. Mis- Made pleased to term themselves, who have Wilson sight of this record-breaker hate been consoling. As is well known, our farmers are much depressed over i he general con Horse Thieves in Walterboro. (News and Courier.) That there are horse thieves In the town of Walterboro may be a surprising announcement, or it may not; but there are, says the Colle ton News. Wednesday evening a horse hitched to the front of the Col leton News office was stolen imme diately after dark and, after a search of some hours, was found hitched in a nearby lot. Such practices are said to have been common here in the past, and is referred to as a “joke” by that brand of yandal termed “the bad boy.” but in this instance the em- r ha tie statement is made that crlmi- will follow if the If so, let us show you our^Pittsburg Perfect Poultry Fence. It will make you a strong, serviceable and permanent fence. -f WE /lSQ4- have Poultry Nettiiw, every yard of it is well woven, well galvamzed and every yard of it will give perfect satisfaction. rjsa !:al prosetuion W e are norrv to loam that Mr v RR° n ’hat the) do not* understand 1 hid van be found, and reward is be- been operating in the vicinity of the s , aii]ey I ? t £- of 0 Ga n a ™ f i3 go ^ 'heir business. Hu y do not know '“K t,jr that information. Central graded school recently, to t0 iea\e for the State of California,, how to raise cotton, as every non-1 ■■ _ i-_ — . 1 consider whether or not they can gain j where he has secured a position. ‘ farmer, editors included, is con- anything for themselves by such i "Stan” is a good, jolly old fellow and stantly telling 'ho, and we have an •■operations." It, as wo learn, their if'L 1 'JS i'„ a " ,a "; j <lepar.mf.nt at , , ’ _ ’ . We wish him God speed in his work; i Washington, ami a smaller under leaders have gotten themselves into.but hope that he will not make Cali- study in Columbia, which by forever trouble and have been disciplined, byTomia his home. talking about improved breeds, Berk- expulsion, or otherwise, in school, it M r - 'V. R. Wilson has “sm himself shires, White Chinese, etc., is saying would seem the part of wisdom for fhey <1 ° not know hovi ’ to makf ’ P° rk - them to so denort themselves as to !' Pt !. ng ,0 P a , m a a, f 8< P of . ° ’ The sight of this huge razor-back them to so deport themselves as to ton this year to pay for the mule. | wouIt , have b een comforting to out- secure their re-intftatement, for If; Mr. and Mrs A. J. Parker spenfc agr|cultural interests. It would the school authorities have the back- Sunday at Gaffney with their son, j "un-lifted” them It would bone that we think they have, such . jhave been a In mg, moving, grunting conduct as has been carried on in *' ai u evidence that 'the kind fit hog which the nast few davs will remove the f’ Monday, bv getting it , jj„ (1 (he smolie houses of our fath- paSt u f , * I t! C l U ^ t bf>tWe0n 3 ,ree am1 a wag0n ers can distance the Berkshire, of opportunity for such remedy. It wheel. I England, and the pink paragons of Scott’s Emulsion I Wilkins-Watson Hdw. Co. 3 vAiVtlff/e would be well for our boys if a little more personal pride could be instill ed into their minds and If they would elect to act according to their own better judgment rather than accord ing to the example of those unworthy to set an example for them. It Is a deplorable evidence of weakness to Miss Lula Childers, of Gaffney. t h e Orient, if spent Sunday in’.his section with herj ( . b ance friends. Misses Lula. Ethel and Eva ( ThaV hog should have , ived to - rnorf • speak for himself, but being dead his Success to The Ledger and Its niemory should survive. Onlv “of you give it half a 1 many readers. School Boy. President Helps Orphans. Hundreds of orphans have been helped by the President of The Indus-I' ies There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases-put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be Incurable. Fora great many years doc tors pronounced It a local disease, and pre scribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pro nounced It incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constltutlonol treatmnt,. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co.. Toledo, Ohio, Is the only con stitutional cure on the market. It is taken Internally In doses from 10 drops to a tea- spoonful. 11 acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars lor any case it falls to cu^e. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo. O. Sold by Druggists. 75c. HI He! ’sramlly Pills are the best. trial and Orphan’s Home at Macon, j Ga. who writes: “We have used Electric Bitters in this institution for something of a hog, himself’ nine years. It has proved a most ex- the common scrub variety,” a mere contemned South Carolina razor-back, and yet he broke the record.” In one of the State’s upper coun- which same is Cherokee—a porker was weighed 701 recently pounds! killed This that was cellent medicine for Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles. We regard it as one of the best family medicines j on earth.” It invigorates ihe vital organs, purifies the blood, aids diges tion, creates appetite. To strength en and build up thin, pale, weak children or run-down people tt baa no equal. Best for female complaints. Only 50c at Cherokee Drug Co. Subscribe to The Gaffney Lodger, only $1.50 a year. A Graceful Thrust. (Abbeville Medium.) We no’e In the Gaffney Ledger that a socirty lady one night last week en tertained a few of her friends at “Flinch.” We wonder if that fasci nating game has just reached there or have the Gaffney ladies grown weary of “Bridge?” Subscribe to The Gaffney ofily $1.60 a year. of Cod Liver Oil with Hypo- phosphites should always be kept in the house for the following reasons: F/rsf—Because, if any member of the family has a hard cold, it will cure it. Secomf—Because, if the chil dren are delicate and sickly, it will make them strong and we!!. Third—Because, if the father or mother is losing flesh and becoming thin and emaciated, it will build them up and give them flesh and strength. Fourth—Because it Ik the standard remedy in all throat and lung affections. No household should be with out it . Send thk xtertfeemttt together wkli name of paper in which tt appoH, your addreat and four cent* to cover postafl* and we will (end you e “Complete Handy Atbe of the World. ” > SCOTTft BOWNE, 409Fori 8L. New York nui!!! '-•-.ft M \A New Year’s Suggestion tkat should not be overlooked is the impor tance of paint for beautifying and preserving yout houses and dwellings. It is a very good habit to keep them well painted, and New Year’s is a good time to commence. Uee Railroad Paint if you would use the best and most economical. From now on all materia will be sold strictly for cash. W H. Philson, The Lumber Man, June 30-08-ly A CARD. We have the pleasure to announce to the people of this city and section that we have just moved into more convenient quarters, between the Cherokee Drug Co., and S. R. Suber. We invite our friends and customers to call on us in our new quarters. Jan. 29tf GAFFNEY TRUST CO. ■ '<■ U- r ii nr iM - «: