The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 24, 1896, Image 4
THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., SEPTEMBER 24, 1896.
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OUR COUNTRY HOMES.
A traveller passing through our
county is struck with the lack of at
tention bestowed on ouj- homes. It
is not that we are lacking in industry,
nor that we are not a prosperous peo
ple. The tax books show thrt, ex
cepting the metropolis of the state,
Spartanburg pays more taxes than
any other county. We are too much
disposed to live in the old style of
our fathers and are too easily satis
fied. Except in isolated sections,
the spirit of improvement is rare.
A beautiful country home is a
charm to the eye and a delight to the
soul. It need not be an imposing
residence two stories high with fluted
columns and encompassing piazzas
and verandahs to make it a home
where father and mother, brothers
and sisters may meet amid scenes
calculated to arouse the sense of
beauty that too often lies dormant in
the soul. Even the humble cottage,
with but little outlay of capital may
be changed into a thing of beauty
when the eye sees and the inner man
feels the throb that calls for some
thing better. Would that a spirit of
improvement possessed our thrifty
farmers. The wilderness would be
gin to blossom as the rose. Farm
life would be dignified. Gradually
the stream would cease flowing from
country to city and to factory and in
creased prosperity would invite de
velopment. The earth under our feet
teems with hidden treasure awaiting
the hand of the diligent.
THE PROSPEROUS SOUTH.
From the North and West often
comes the cry of depression. Large
enterprises fail to be remunerative
and “shut down” to avoid failure.
Capital is timid and withdraws her
self into burglar proof vaults and
comes forth only when enticed by
“gilt edge” securities and the offer
of high rates of intesest. Of course
the South is bound to Lei to some
extent the pressure that is so severe
in other sections, but siie always
forces through the storm with colors
flying and stronger than when she
entered it. One reason of this is that
she depends more upon herself. Her
strong self-reliance makes her to be
more respected by capitalists, and
favors are more willingly granted her.
It is even so now. The Southern
merchant at the centres of trade,
North, are yet sought after, while the
Western man pleads, but pleads in
vain.
West, further West has been the
c.’y for decade after decade, until the
wave from the East has met that
from the West and men have time to
think. The Atlantic Seaboard has
sent colony alter colony to Alabama,
Mississippi,[Louisiana and Texas, but
no section of this great country is
being more closely watched than the
lands that slope south-east from the
Uluo ridge. Her brightest days are
yet ahead of her.
though the line is short, it brings us
in touch with a system that competes
with our only present outlet and re-
iluced|rates will assurodlyjbc given us.
Another advantage is had in the
proposed road running nearly paral
lel with the Southern. Except at
the factory on llroad river there will
not be a station established where
business may develop that may lake
away from Gaffney’s trade. Our peo
ple are pulling together with great
unanimity, and wo look for yet
brighter days in the near future. ■j
GENERAL LEE IN CUBA.
Our people express uneasiness
about our Consul General in Ha
vana. He is in a position of exceed
ing delicacy, and there is no doubt
that there is danger to his person
from some crank or over-zealous Cas-
tillian, but there is none from the
government of Spain or from her rep-
i resentative on the Island of Cuba.
General Lee is a discreet man.
This he showed as a distinguished
officer of tfce Confederacy, as Gov
ernor of his own state at a critical
period of her history, and as a con-
i servativc man in all the relations of
life. The Spaniard is excessively po
lite, he is punctilious to a fault, but
General Lee knows how to meet him
and bo at ease.
Because General Weyler may ob
ject will not prevent him from per
forming his duty to his government
in seeing that a just trial is given to
her citizens who happen to fall under
the displeasure of Spain. The ( n 1 of
the struggle is not in sight even
though Spain is gathering her
strength for the coming campaign.
MEM AND MEASURES.
THE CZAR AND CZARINA.
The crowned heads of Russia are
on a tour of observation. They pass
from kingdom to kingdom and are
being received with the honors be-
comingjlie Czar of all the Russians.
Russia is the growing power of the
world. In Europe, her territory em
braces forty degrees of longitude and
thirty of latitude, while in Asia one
hundred and ten degrees of longitude
and thirty of latitude hardly encloses
her vast domain.
The Siberian plain has been looked
upon as a barren waste, a lit place
for her exiled subjects to expiate
their crimes under hard tusk masters.
Not so now. The hand of enterprise
has built railways and opened to set
tlement lands that vie in fertility
with Manitoba and Albhrta. The
Czar is still reaching out after more
territory. He views Turkcj with a
critic’s eye, while, Argus|like, he never
sleeps over his interests opening up
on the I’acific coast.
RAILROAD TO BLACKSBURG.
Railroads arc sometimes a neces
sity. They are important factors in
the growth of cities, and in the de
velopment of countries. They help
to bring different sections of the
same country cloicr together. This
is particularly needed when water
ways, broad and difficult of passage,
separate its sections. While the pro
posed railroad from Blacksburg, via
the factory, to Gaffney is nob a ne
cessity. the advantages that will ac
crue'to us arc so many that the re
quired outlay of capital should neces
sary readily bo secured. In
the event fo Gaffney being
the county seat of the pro
posed new county to bo carved out
of Spartanburg, Enion and York, ac
cess to Gaffney from every point of
the proposed an u should be made
easy and pleasant. Then, too,
The Henrietta Cotton Mill No. 2.
The land upon which the Henrietta
(N. C.) Cotton Mill No. 2 is built was
sold a few years ago for four dollars
per acre, yet when the Henrietta
company bought the land aforesaid
they had to pay something like $1
000 per acre. Theretore the land for
some distance around jumped up f>0
per cent. Such is the outcome where
cotton mills are planted. Nor is
that all. The farmer in such locali
ties get a market for his product,
and a placowhere his family can
find employment. Yet we are told
that the farmers are not satisfied,
that they want the earth, yet will
not do a hand’s turn to obtain it.—
Southern and Western Textile Excel-
sor.
In a recent letter to the Manufac
turers Mr. W. F. Benjamin, Editor
of the Spectator, Rushford, N. Y.,
says: “It may he a pleasure to you
to know the high esteem in which
Chamberlain’s medicines are held by
the people of your own state, where
they must he best known. An aunt
of mine, who resides at Dexter, Iowa,
was about to visit me a few years
since, and before leaving home wrote
me, asking if they were sold here,
j stating if they were not she would
1 bring a quanity with her. as she did
j not like to be \vi|!ioiyt them.” The
medicines referred to are Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, famous for its
I cures of colds and croup; Chamber-
j Iain’s Rain Bal.n for rheumatism,
lame back, pains in the side and
I chest. and Chamberlain’s Colic,
1 Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
bowel complaints. These medicines
have been in conotunt use in Iowa
for almost a quarter of a century.
The people have learned that they
are articles of great worth and merit,
and unequaled by any other. They
are for sale here by DuRro Drug Co.
Things Said and Done About Politics
and Politicians.
Ralmer hopes to split the Demo
cratic vote in the doubtful states.
Ho will make a magnificent success
of splitting the gold-bug vote.—The
South Side.
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The state dispensary, now having a
bad odor attached to it, should have
a scrupulous and impartial examina
tion and the public should got full
benefit of the results,—Yorkville Yoe-
man.
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Now is the time for genuine Re
form. The word has been abused for
a long time and has lately become a
by-word and reproach. South Caro
lina politics never needed reforming
more than at the|present time.—Dar
lington News.
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During this year in campaign cir
cles we have, Democrats, Baltocrats,
and Hannacrats, but it seems to us
that most of the politicians in this
state are Selfocrats as they dispose
of all doctrine and take up the rule.
Do or be done.—Honea Rath Chron
icle.
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Mr. W. i>. Bynum, who occupies
the neutral position of Chairman of
the national committee of the Rul-
mcr-Buckner democracy, classes Ill
inois, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan as
“doubtful states,” and adds that “we
look to the East to make Bryan’s de
feat certain.”—News and Courier.
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It seems to us Gen. Earle went out
of his way to compliment the people
for electing Mr. Ellerbe. Mr. Ellerbe
is a good man and we believe will
make a good Governor, but what has
the election of General Earle to do
with the tlection of a governor for
South Carolina.—Newberry News and
Herald.
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Mr. Ellerbe’s assurance that when
inaugurated he will be “the governor
of the whole people, knowing no po
litical factions and cherishing no ani
mosities” will do much to restore to
the state government some of the
old-time dignity and draw to him the
sympathy and support of all the peo
ple of the state.—Rock Hill Herald.
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At the dispensary investigation the
other day, it was brought out in the
evidence of Colonel Mixson that the
pivsent state board of control was
suspected of getting rebates. Rossi-
bly Mr. .Scruggs, the personal repre
sentative of Governor Evans, is keep
ing a sharp eye on the members of
the board. He has the same oppor
tunities of watching them that he
had of watching Mixson. Let every
dispensary man he on guard.—Green
ville News.
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Wo are sorry for John Gary Evans,
sorry that he has had this great si
lent knock down blow when least
prepared for it; sorry that he has
been relegated to private life with un
denied charges hanging over his head.
We hope he w'll find a lesson in de
feat ; will set to work and clear him
self in the eyes of the world, if he
can, and will use what ability he
possesses to better advantage than
he lias in the past.—Aiken Journal
and Review.
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ll is well that Mr. Bryan has come.
It was a pleasure to have had him.
Those of his fellow-partisans who en
dorse him entire can work for him
with increased enthusiasm; those
who cannot, can vote for, him with
greater cheerfulness. All can unite
on the ground that he is able and
honest; that he is a patriot; that he
means nothing but good to his coun
try in all its sections, and that he
has the strength, the poise and all
the furnishing which fit men lobe
Rresidents.—Charlotte Observer.
$100 Rewarr',!j)ioo.
The readers of this paper will he
pleased to learn that there is at last
one dreaded disease that science, has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
tha.t is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting di-
rc'dly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of t lie disease, and
giving the patient strength by build
ing up the consilitution and assisting
nut tire in doing its work. The pro
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fails to cure. Send for list of testi
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Sold by druggists, price 75c.
In Unity There is Strength.
In all measures tending to the up
building of our town and country,
our people are generally very enthu
siastic, which is ail well enough as
far as it goes, hut in some enterprise
something more substantial is re
quired than this. In any business
undertaking something must he put
up a* collateral for investment, some
sacrifice must he made, some risk to
he taken before we can expect to
reap any profits on an investment.
Our people, in mass meeting, passed
resolutions authorizing tiie Town
Council to take such steps as they
thought best in the interest of our
new county movement.
After a thorough canvass of the
situation, anti by legal advice and
consultation with representatives
from the various townsitips proposed
in the formation of a new county and
at considerable individual self-sacri
fice. the Town Council has formulated
a plan that, in their judgement with
all the lights before them, promises
success.
Now, unless the citizens of the
town will come up and back us finan
cially in pushing the matter to a con
clusion our efforts will amount to
nothing. There is no use grumbling
and saying “I am tired of so many
meetings,” and
won’t sign anv
DR. J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office ovor J. R. Tolleson’s new store
In office from 1st to 24th of each
month;
o I.. ih mitht. Tiios. IS. ISiiti.ku.
So!, all .Itidiriiil ( iri'iiit. I!. S. Com.
Wm. McGowan.
SCHUMPERT,«-BUTLER • &« McGOWAH,
A T TO l< >► l£ VH-AT-J < A W .
Union and Gaffney, S. C.
oili.-c <l:iys ni iiiilTiicy, Friday and Sutur-
f day of cai-l. w i ck.
\ cry calrf 111 and |>rnin|>t uttciilioi: glvcii
In all lilisliicsN i-iilrimtcd to »s.
;< ' I'ruc-tli'f in all tin: courts.
more papers,” and “I don’t believe
it’s necessary,” and all that kind of
talk. Who in reason has the best in
formation on the suoject, and know
from all points in the premises?
Who was delegated by the people to
engineer this project? Is it not the
Town Council? Are we, as individ
uals who compose the council, to get
any more benefit from a successful
termination of the enterprise than
any other citizen? Do we not take
individual risks also, by personally
endorsing notes and other papers to
carry the movement on successfully,
and why? Because we have conti-
dence in its success, and know that
the only way to safely, push the en
terprise in the limited time and in
the face of opposition is to come to
the mark when money or security is
necessary. There is no time to dally
witli this matter, and if we should
lose the opportunity we now have to
get a new county, I oelieve it is our
last. Other sections are looming up
and claim a right in part of the ter
ritory involved, and if they succeed
we are done for.
Now all the council asks of the cit
izens of the town—if you have confi
dence in their judgement and ability
to steer this enterprise for you. as
you have commissioned them—when
they call upon you to back them
with your na.no to a subscription or
other guarantee. If you have any in
terest in this town or ever expect to
have any, why sign the paper with
out a long argument and all kinds of
excuses. Why should you not?
This is as much for your interest as
ours, and you should at least lend us
your aid; and unless you do, we can
not accomplish the desired end.
You may say you want a new
county as much as anyone and wish
it success, etc., but unless you will
risk something and help to pay for
it, your wishes don’t amount to a
row of pins.
Suppose you were to say I would
like to have a good home, or a suit of
clothes, <>r any other comfort (I wish
for it), but can’t risk anything to get
it. \\ hen do you suppose it will be
long to you? Do you expect your
neighbors to join in and pay for them
for you? Try this awhile and see
how it will pan out. Yet this seems
to he the plan that some of our en
terprising (?) citizens have fallen
upon to get the great benefits of a
new county, new railroad and other
necessary enterprises. You fellows
go in—I wish you well, but I will wait
awhile. (And if it fails, I told you
s«.) The Lord helps him who helps
himself. He who helps his neighbor
helps himself. Enrich those around
you that you may share in the gen
eral prosperity. Cut oil' the source
of income in a community, and you
beggar yoursel f along wit b I be ot hers.
Why kill the goose that lays the
golden eggs?
Now is the time to work for your
interests and to help others in all
and every way possible. Take bold
and hold on, for in unity there is
strength. We ask you to do that
only which we, ourselves, as individ
uals, are doing and will do. j,. in
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The Discovery Save! His Life.
Mr. G. Gaillouette, Druggist, Bea-
vcrsville, III., says: “To Dr. King's
New Discovery 1 owe my life. Was
taken with La Grippe, and tried all
the physicians for miles about, but of
no avail, and was given up and told
I could not live. Having Dr. King’s
New Discovery in my store I sent for
a bottle and begun its use and from
the first dose began to get better,
and after using three bottles was up
uud about again. It is worth its
weight in gold. We won’t keep store
or house without it.” Get a free
trial at The DuRro Drug Co’s., Drug
■Store.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
ABSOLUTmif P3J8ZE
Waverly Dots.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Waveiu.y, N. C., Sep. 1!>.—John
Martin went to the sneaking at Char
lotte last Thursday. *
Joe Watkins visited his old home
last Sunday. We would like to have
him visit oftener.
Mrs. Beckie Amos, of near Gaffney,
is visiting her * brother, Edmond
Haines.
Charlie Cash has purchased a new
buggy, and from all appearances he
is a candidate for matrimony.
Ed Scruggs is assisting Mr. Yassey
in hailing his wood to town.
Cube Wood was in this community
last Sunday.
There will be a few days meeting
at State Line church, beginning the
third Sunday.
Miss Addio Kay is very low at this
writing.
Miss Julia Clary visited Misses
Lola and Talula Davis last Tuesday.
Miss “Sis” McCraw visited her
sister, Mrs. Queen, last week.
1 he family graveyard at Joe Mc-
Craw’s old place has been paled in.
Mrs. Martha Davis is confined to
the house. She is suffering with her
back.
While your humble servant was
writing these few lines, a large pilot
attracted my attention just in front
of the door. A crowd of us women
killt'd it. SalJok.
Asbury Locals.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Amifky, S. C., Sep. 13.—At pres
ent the weather is very warm and
rain would be very acceptable.
Reople are very busy now picking
cotton and making up molasses.
The sad death of Mrs. Sarah Koon
occurred September 10. She was in
her 07lh year. She has been a con
sistent member of the Presbyterian
church every since childhood. ' She
lias been in feeble health for several
months. The last words she spoke
were that God was with her. The
funeral was conducted by Mr. l^prig-
ner, of Jonesvillo. The remains were
entered in the family graveyarl near
her home. She leaves seven children
to mourn her death.
Miss Cora Haines, of Asbury, is
. visiting in North Carolina.
| , Misses Maggie and Ola Foster, of
| I rough Shoals, are visiting relatives
I and friends near Gowdeysvillo.
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From all accounts Chamboriain’s
Cough Remedy is a God. on ! to the
aHUeted. There is no advertisement
I about this; we feel just like saying
it.—The Democrat, Carrollton, *Ky.
For sale by DuRro Drug Co.
Sent It To His Mother In Germany.
Mr. Jacob Esbenscn, who is in the
employ of the Chicago Lumber Co.,
at Des Moines, Iowa, says: “I have
just sent some medicine back to my
mother in the old country, that I
know from personal use to be the
best medicine in the world for rheu
matism, having used it in my family
for several years. It is called Cham
berlain’s Rain Balm. It always does
the work.” 50 cent bottles for sale
by DuITe Drug Co. i
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