The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 04, 1900, Image 2
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BY
Ep. H. DeCamp.
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rial.
FOOTBALL.
The Greenville News of last Friday
contained a full account of an ex
citing game of football played by the
Wofford College and the Furman
University teams on Thanksgiving
day. The geme was played in Green-
ville and resulted in a score of 0 to 5
in favor of Wofford.
We make tkese statements, not for
the purpose of giving the event wider
publicity, but in order to open the
way for a few comments.
No one can read the account of
the game as written for the Green
ville News, without being impressed
with its thrilling details. There is
vivid coloring that a veteran war cor
respondent would give to the picture
of a great battle—the gathering of
the hostile forces, the marshaling of
the combatants, the fiery onset, the
shouts of the battling hosts as they
surged to and fro over the crimson
field, the final death grapple and
the loud, long cheers of victory that
went up from the triumphant army
when the field was won.
According to the News about eight
hundred people witnessed this game.
Several hundred we from Spartan
burg and many frou. other neighbor
ing towns. It is further stated that
“the young ladies from the Green
ville Female College, Cbicora College,
and Sans Souci were out in full force
and were enthusiastic in the support
of their favorite teams." In all, it
was estimated that three hundred
ladies were present. The excitment
among the spectators was intense
from start to finish, and at times it
ran so high as to interfere seriously
with the progress of the game, the
crowd rushing in upon the field and
greatly reducing the urea set off for
the players. The press was more
than once so great that the game was
near to being called off.
Such in brief outline was this game
of football, which is but a fair sample
of match-games that are taking
place between college teams all
over the country. Whether
these games should be permitted
is a question which now en
gages the thoughtful mind and no
doubt presents a serious problem to
the college authorities. It is plain
that in such a game as that played
at Greenville there is much danger
to life and limb. But to our mind
that la not the most objectionable
feature. This is to be found in the
attendant demoralization, in the wild
excitement which prevails and whieh
at the time is a species of intoxica
tion as intense as that caused by
whisky and in its effects perhaps
more lasting.
To say the least, there is nothing in
such a contest to excite healthy
thought nor to refine and elevate
human feeling among either the
players or the spectators; while there
is much to blunt the moral percep
tions, deaden the sympathies, and
brutalize the passions of all who en
ter fully into the spirit of the game.
We do not positively know that
there was betting on the game in
Greenville. Buch a feature would
hardly be reported by the local pa
pers. But we do know that such an
exciting contest with its chance of
termination about evenly balanced,
presents all the temptations to bet
that any exciting game of chance
presents, and when we know that
at other places, bets of large amounts
are openly offered and accepted on
the issue of similar games, it is fair
lu conclude that hundreds and per
haps thousands of dollars were lost
and won on Thanksgiving day at
Greenville.
Yet after all, while we deprecate
some of these features of football, we
are not yet prepared to condemn the
game in unmeasured terms. Neither
are we prepared to endorse the main
argument used by its advocates in its
favor. Such a game is certainly an
exhaustive test of physical strength
and endurance,but we doubt seriously
if it is a promoter of healthy physi
cal development. The intense strain
to which the muscles are subjected
is weaenking and destructive initsfi-
nal effects. Prize fighters are old men
at thirty-five and are seldom, if ever,
long-lived, while our octo-geuarians
and nona-genarians are usually men
who have lived temperate and equa
ble lives free alike from mental ex
citement and muscular strain. The
plea then for athletic sports of this
character on the ground that they
are requisite to sound physical de
velopment, will not bear close inspec
tion, or strict analysis.
But in the curriculum of the col
lege there must be a vent somewhere
for the pent up spirits and surcharged
enthusiasm of youth, and the loca
tion and direction of that vent must
be left in a large measure to the boys
themselves. Compulsory gymnastics
is enervating and depressing, rather
than strengthening and exhilarating.
Some boys demand and must have
just such mental and physical excite
ment as that furnished by base and
football, and if these be interdicted,
the danger is that they will seek
some other outlet for their exuber
ance, which may bo beset with still
greater evils.
There are a great number of boys
in every college in whom the physi
cal nature largely predominates.
Many of these will never acquire a
finished literary education because
their desire for it and their apprecia
tion of it are not sufficiently great to
induce them to undergo the labor and
privation necessary to obtain it.
These boys long for the out-door
activities of life, and many of them
take their places among the best and
most useful citizens of the country.
These are the young men mostly
who play match games of football
and who get their arms and legs
broken and their heads pummeled
and bruised. We doubt if many of
the close laborious, ambitious, suc
cessful students are ever found tak
ing an inordinate interest in any
athletic game. The football team is
composed of only eleven players.
This number cuts a small figure in
the student body of Furman or of
Wofford. Let the boys alone, until
you can suggest something better
for them.
MILL PRES DENT DEAD.
XV. L. Llttlejoliu, of tiouenville, Expired
Till* Moruuig.
[SparlanburK Journal]
Jokksville, B. 0., Nov. 30.—
(Special.)—W. L. Littlejohn, presi
dent of the Alpha cotton mills, died
this morning at 11 o’clock from
typhoid fever.
No man in our town will be more
sorely missed, as he was always in
the lead in everything looking to the
upbuilding of the town.
| Mr. Littlejohn was well known in
Gaffney, having kept books in Mr. A.
N. Wood's bank for a long time, and,
besides, was a frequent visitor to the
city, his home being only a few miles
below here. He was an industrious,
straight, forward business young man
who had the esteem of everybody
who knew him, and his many friends
here were much pained to learn of
his death.
He was fast climbing the ladder
of success and had almost reached the
top when he was cut down.
We deeply sympathize with his
bereaved family.—Et> 1
Kt-iuitrlutbltt Reiutui).
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield,
HI., makes the statement, that she
caught cold, which settled on her
lungs; she was treated for a month
by her family physician, but grew
worse. He told her she was a hope
less victim of consumption and that
no medicine could cure her. Her
druggist suggested Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption; she
bought a bottle and to her delight
found herself benefitted from first
dose. Bhe continued its use and af
ter taking six bottles, found herself
sound and well; now does her own
housework, and is us well as she ever
was—Free trial bottles of this Great
Discovery at Cherokee Drug Com
pany. Only 50 cents and $1.00,
every bottle guaranteed,
It is mockery to pray that your
children may be gathered home in
eternity while you do nothing to keep
them at home in time.
When you need a soothing and
healing antiseptic application for any
purpose, use the original DeWitt’s
Witch Hazel Balve, a well known
cure for piles and skin diseases. It
heals sores without leaving a scar.
Beware of counterfeits. Cherokee
Drug Co.
A man’s wealth may be measured
by his capacities, not by his coin.
DeWitt’s Little Early Ulsers are
dainty little pills, but they never fail
to cleanse the liver, remove obstruc
tions and invigorate the system.
Cherokee Drug Co.
There is only one single step from
the level rock over the precipice of
ruin.
The most effective little liver pills
made are DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers. They never gripe, Chero
kee Drug Co.
Local Cotton Report.
The following are the prices paid
for cotton in Gaffney today :
Good Middling 9 :G2i
Middling 0:60
Always Took Foot! Before rieatilng
Dr Brunton, one of the most famous
physicians of London, tells of a patient
of his who was a noted barrister and
who always took a full dose of cod
liver oil before pleading a case. This
barrister did not believe in stimulants
and never used them while engaged in
mental labor. Yes he always took
his dose of cod liver oil because he
said it rendered his mind much more
active. Without doubt cod liver oil
Is a most remarkabfe food, especially
when partly digested as it is in Scott,s
Emulsion. It certainly strengthens
the memory and feeds and builds up
the whole nervous system to a most
remarkable degree.
PSty
and
Beauty
The most beautiful thing in
the world is the baby, all
dimples and joy. The most
pitiful thing is that same baby,
thin and in pain. And the
mother does not know that a
little fat makes all the differ
ence.
Dimples and joy have gone,
and left hollows and fear; the
fat, that was comfort and
color and curve-all hut pity
and love-is gone.
The little one gets no fat
from her food. There is some
thing wrong; it is either her food
or food-mill. She has had no
fat for weeks; is living on what
she had stored in that plump
little body of hers; and that is
gone. She is starving for fat;
it is death, he quick!
Scott’s Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is the fat she can
take; it will save her.
The genuine has this pictureon
it, take no other.
If you have not tried it, send
for free sample, its agreeable
taste will surprise you.
SCOTT & BOWNE, •
Chemists,
409 Pearl St., N. Y.
50c. and $1.00
all druggists.
Look Out!
FOR THE
Exchange
Meat
Market
next it) National Bank. I will sell Beef. Pork
and Sausage as chcan as riio cheapest man in
town, and will have < hlekens, Eggs and But
ter when they can lx- gotten. Call and see
me; If you don't buy it won’t cause any hard
feelings Ix’l ween us. I have a first-class mar
ket. Good Beef Cattle wanted. Tne old meat
cutter,
W. J. MANESS.
Telephone No. 17.
Do You Want Insurance ?
I am prepared to furnish poli
cies in the very best companies
at the lowest rates.
If you want a bond I can make
it for you.
See me before you insure.
F. C. STACY.
Notice.
Cheap for Cash.
I carry a line of Dry Goods,
Notions, Shoes, Hats, Caps,
Groceries, Hardware, Crockery,
Glassware and almost anything
carried in a general store. All
at rock bottom prices for cash.
Remember I sell the best axes
for the least money.
Yours to please,
I. M. PEELER.
All pm-Kons Indebted to the firm of Bc&son A
Holland, bankrupts, of Gaffney. 8. C.. either
by ltook uecounts or note, will please settle
the same with the trustee by Dec. 10th, I1W0,
or they will Iks collected according to the
statutes. Please hear this in mind.
W. C*. II am kick. Trustee.
Nov. 16 to Dec. 7. Gaffney, S. C. ♦
XT’or
Building and Plastering Lime,
Coal, and Plaster Hair,
Plaster Paris.
Uosendale Cement,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder, Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, call on
Limestone Springs Lime Works
CARROLL & CO., Lessees.
Telephone 57.
Mail Orders
Carefully Filled.
LIPSCOMB’S.
Piano Drawing will
Occur Jan. I, 1901
La
Grippe.
1
The grippe cough is
^ the exterior sign of na
ture’s efforts to dislodge
the mucus exuding from
the inflamed lining of
the bronchial tubes. The
remedies that are claim
ed to “cure in one night”
contain narcotic drugs
that partially paralyze
nerves that control the
cougli spasm. As a re
sult, the mucus accumu
lates and nature is hin
dered, not helped.
Our expectorant (25 cents) does not cure in one
night, but effects a gradual though permanent im
provement by helping expectoration in the inflamed
surfaces and stimulating the bronchial tubes to
healthy action.
While Others Complain of Backward Season We are Very
Very Busy, Our Remedy for Dull Trade Being
Great Valoes in Great Quantities,
Why shonid We not be Busy with Valnes such as these ? If it’s Good Valoes Yoo are After
Cherokee Drug Company.
Ladies’ Plush Capes, silk Mens’Overcoats, smooth Mel-
lined, fur trimmed, formerly tan, serge lining, well made,
formerly $5, now $3.50.
Menr Overcoats, Black and
$1.25, now $ 1.00.
Black Astrachan Capes, fur
collars, full sweep, good value,
formerly $1.50, now $1.25.
Mens’ Suits, well-made, full
tailored, formerly $5, now $3.50.
Other suits, in variety of
goods and styles, $5.00 to $1B.
\ on should see my line before buying, as I guarantee that
you get 100 cents worth for every dollar spent with me. Con-
Blue Kersey, silk lined, hand
somely finished, $5.00, formerly |
$7.50.
Buckskin Gloves, wool lined,'
special for wood haulers, $1.00. |
Big line of Trilby Hats, for
merly $2.50, to go at $1.90.
sider the following
Infants' Coats
Ladies’ Capes
Ladles’ Jackets, latest styles
Ladies’ Dress Skirts in Black and f'auc
Ladies’ Silk Underskirts
y I’laids, from
*1 5h and up
.. 7.V to <j.oo
St :<o to fr.no
fl.r* to fs.no
ri.A'i to fj.no
BIG LOT WINTER WEIGHT UNDERWEAR.
Fleece Lined, Silk Trimmed, at $1.00 per suit.
These goods are reduced from prices originally unapproach
ably low in order to secure space for the proper display of special
purchases, for the brilliant Holiday trade just ahead. Every ar
ticle will be a splendid acquisition, and those who buy may right
fully enjoy the satisfying experience of having saved money
wisely.
J. C. Sc 1*1*0.
SHOES for everybody, that will be sold for a very small margin of profit:
Ladies’, Misses’ and « hlldren’s Rubber Overshoes
Men’s Kuhtier Overshoes
Men’s Arctics
4b.• to :.k-
ijfk;
£1 .:J5
A OOMi'LETE LINE OF NOTIONS.
Blankets
Comfortables
Lap Robes
CIJ/THING DEPARTM ENT.
Boy’s Suits ,
Youth’s Suits
Men’s Suits
Men's Overcoats
Youth’s Overcoats
Men’s Overall Pants
Men’s Waterproof Coats
fl.:U toSJ.00 per p'tir
i*l 10tofl.‘r>
£1.00 to fi.nn
fJ-.V) and up
. $3 00 to f.-on
fS.OO to rlootl
.f'l.OO to £inj«i
fi.OO to *7
.. 40c ( • ■
Il.tN) to |1.£»
One lot on southwest side of Jefferies St.,
containing 100 feet front and 160 feet deep.
Fine location in desirable part of the city. For
information and particulars apply to
JONES J. DARBY,
General Insurance and Real Estate.
WAGONS AND BUGGIES.
I have on hand at all times Wagons of all sizes. Buwries, Surries and Phaetons, and my
sales in the past are the best evidence that my prices are right.
MY GROCERY DEPARTMENT is full of bargains.
I also have in stock a ^ood assortment of Hardware, Wooden ware, Glassware Crockery
W a;ron and Buy try Harness, and last, but not le ist. I can furnis .uiy yrade of Fertilizers to
those in need of this class of yoods for yraiu as low as the lowest
Bly lot genuine TEXAS RED RUST-PROOF SEED OATS at 45c per bushel by the sack.
Thanking all my friends and customers for the very liberal patronage bestowed upon mo
in the past, and soliciting a continuance of the same, I am, yours to serve,
J. I.
INSURANCE.
Life, Fire, Sick Benefit and Accident.
Bakery and Restaurant.
I have Ijou'fht tlii* Bakery and Restaurant
Ask why State Life of Indianapolis can formerly run by W. A. I’eeler. and will bt?
save you 10 per cent, of your premium? i U} s^rve the public with anything in my
I hue. at the same stand. Best attention given
B. D. WILSON. : to customers.
Commercial Hotel. F. G. BRIGGS.
Well Dressed Men
Wear Lyon Brand Shirts, Collars and Cuffs.
You cannot feci dressed if ill at e.-ise; you cannot be at ea.se if your collar doesn’t fit; your collar cannot fit you unless it fits the
shirt, and you cannot get collars and shirts in one brand fitted to each other with cutis to match unless you buy Lyon brand collars,
culls find shirts. They exhibit the best of workmanship applied to the finest goods. Two collars or two cuffs cost 25c—it doesn’t
pay to pay more. Shirts $1 to $1.50, depending on the kind you want. The width and length of the bosom of a shirt are the most
important points when comfort is considered. We can give you any width or length, with the prope** sleeve.
If your taste runs towards the high band collar take your choice of a
Smoking is a Luxury
when you use some of my spec
ial brands of cigars—
Benj. A. Franklin,
After the Bath,
Santiago Crooks,
Orange Maid.
Other brands kept in stock
and fill are excellent.
Try them. Yours for a
good smoko,
W. F. THOMAS.
PHONE NO. 20.
Insure Your School Houses
In the Cherokee Mutual.
Nero fiddled and danced while Rome was
burning; Kroputktn fired Moscow while the
French were looting the city, freeing the
erlmlnals to do it and hasever been regarded
by his countrymen as a patriot, while Nero
Is stumped as the monster of the ancient
world.
As a trustee you may learnwome morning
that your school house lias vanished Into
smoke and ashes, injuring not yourself hut
the It11le tots who arc dependent upon your
foresight and provision lor their mental and
Intellectual development. Delay Is danger
ous. The weather Is getting cool and fires
may be expected. Write
Ukv. A. D. DAVIDSON,
Gaffney, or
FRANK McLUNEY,
Abingdon, 8, 0.. Agents.
Letters ot Administration.
State or Houtii uabouna, i
OOl'KTV or OHKHOKKK. f
By J. E. Webster. Esquire, Probate Judge.
Whereas Emanuel Littlejohn has made suit
to me to grant him letters of administration
of the estate and effects of Strap Llttlejoliu,
deceased,
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
the said Strap Littlejohn, deceased, that they
Ik* and appear before me, in the Court of Pro
bate, to be held at Cherokee court house,
Gaffney, H. C„ on Saturday, December Kth,
next after publication thereof, at eleven
o’clock lu the forenoon, to show cause, If any
tiny have, why the said 'administration
should not Ik* granted.
Given under my hand this 23d day of No
vember, Anno Domini, IMtNi,
J. E. WKMT Eli, IL. H.]
Probate Judge.
Published In Gaffney Ledger in Issues Nov.
27th and Doc. $ih, iy o.
“Bayonne,” 2 7-8 in. high, square point.
“Sly Fox,” 3 1-4 in. high, round point.
“Geton,” 2 3-4 in. high, round point.
Should you prefer a regular standing collar of the style the very “swellcst of the swell”
wear take either a
“Glendolen,” 3 1-4 in. high, square point, or a
“Lakota,” 3 in. high, round point.
Cull’s to match in single or double link, square or round point.
Nobby Neckwear.
When you drop in to get your shirts, collars or cuffs ask to see our new line of up-to-date neckwear. Club ties, square or pointed
ends, 25c. Imperial, 50c. Narrow, four-in-hand, 50c.
Knit to Fit,
is what wearers of our latest lot of fancy Lisle thread half hose say. We have them in white, blue and red plaids, 50c; polka dots
and stripes, 25c. It will be a Merry Christmas all the year round to the man who wears the
Superior Eagle Make, or Uecle Sam Suspeaders.
We have them in silk, all fancy colors, at 45c, strong, durable, comfortable, fashionable.
To the Man who wears a Hat:
tiitc iiiiiViii mu eeiemau’u 1x0^^^1111 t**
» * • t X A A
we extenu a coruiai invitation to inspect our
shapes and shades, “Marketo” $1.50, “Arkona” $1.50, “Balmoral” $1.25, “Scope” $1.75, ‘'Beaumont” $2.00.
The Overcoat Oft Proclaims the Man
who knows what to buy and where to buy it. There are more overcoats worn on these streets from our store than from all the
rest combined. We have paid special attention to the requirements of tbe young men and have been rewarded by their apprecia
tion expressed in dollars. We have them ranging in price $3.00 to $18.00 in tbe “Chesterfield Fly Front,” “liaglanwtte, Kaglan,
and the regulation Top Coat,” which “neither time nor place” can prevent from leading as a garment of fashion. These coats are
made in brown, tan, olive and oxford grays, light and medium weights.
CARROLL & CARPENTER