The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 15, 1901, Image 2
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PUBM8MK!) TUKHDAY AND FKIDAY.
BY
En. H. DkCaMP. |
>KWHl’Al’EK TALK.
The newnpaper business is very
(ascioating both to those who engag<- (
iu the mechanical part of it and to
all those who think (and who does
not?) they hi»vt > something of itnpor* ,
tance to say to the public. When one ■
has stood at the case and handled the
types long enough to become imbued
with the charm of seeing words grow
out of the single letters picked up in
different boxes and sentences and
paragraphs full of meaning grow out
of the words completed one by one
in the composing stick and at last
imprt-»r«ecl indellibly on the white
page to be seen and read by thous
ands, it is a rare thing that such a
one will ever turn bis back willingly
upon the case and look out for other
employment.
Tnere is education in the very air ;
in a printing office; knowledge is dis- i
sected into its primordial forms and
each minute form is handled and
scrutinized in close familiarity as it j
is being put into its proper place un
til the whole is restored in perfec
tion. The printer knows a word or a
sentence when he has set it up be
cause he has handled each character
that enters into it as a whole, and in
a few months he will learn more of
the minutiae of composition than he
could learn elsewhere in years.
The proprietor listens to the clash
ing of his presses as he would listen
to entrancing music, for it calls up
visions of his broad sheets being
spread out in hundreds of homes, of
eyes sparkling with pleasure over the
news that his diligence and enter
prise have gathered, and of the re
turning tide which shall bring floods I
of dollars to replenish his empty
pockets.
The editor toils at his desk when
other men are asleep, taxing his
brain fnr both subjects and thoughts
bouyed up with a sense of his own
importance as a factor in moulding
public opinion and fascinated with
the hope that his articles will be
eargerly read by a wide circle of ad- j
miring readers and that his opinions
will be adopted by all lovers of truth
and admirers of candor.
8uch is the fascinating side of the ^
business; but there is also a dark
side which many have learned to
their sorrow. It is safe to assert
that a large majority of the news
papers of today are having a hard
struggle for existence. Especially is
this true of the county papers and
the papers published iu small towns.
There are too many of them lor all
to prosper. In most of the county-
towns there are two and in some of
them four or five weeklies and semi-
weeklies all dependent mainly on the
patronage of one small county for
support. They all manage to pick
up a scanty and precarious living
somehow but journalism under such
conditions is certainly an up-bill
business, and would not be followed
a day by any prudent man, but for
the strange inherent attractions
which the business seems to possess.
Under the best of management the
money goes out in bulk and comes
back, if it come at all, in driblets—
in single dollars, halves, and quar
ters. The very smallness of the sum
which each subscriber owes is a con
tinual temptation to him to neglect
its payment, while it is contrary to
the creed of some ever to pay the
subscription price of a paper. They
will take the paper until the pub
lisher loses all patience and stops it.
and then they are ready to abuse him
and bis paper both.
The editor ought to* know that one-
half of the subscribers never read the
editorials which have cost him so
much thought and labor, and that of
the half that may read them, some
few, perhaps, appreciate them, others
regard them with indifference, and
others still are mortally offended by
them.
Upon the whole, the newspaper
business, so tar as both material
profit and spiritual satisfaction are
concerned, offers one of the least in
viting fields for effort that a man could
well enter. But as farmers are fas
cinated in some strange way with
cotton and will continue to raise it
even at a loss, so, there are many
captivated with the strange spell of
journalism and will pursue it to the
bitter end.
The country has recently had a
prominent example of newspaper
failure in the case of the Atlanta
Daily News. This paper starteloff
twelve months ago with a great ,
fi lurish of trumpets. It had plenty
of money behind it and was directed
by the best newspaper talent that
could be secured. Its news service
was wide and effectual ; its editorials
were vigorous ami able. It was per
haps the best paper published In
Atlanta. Yet it has suspended,
never to be revived, simply because
it proved to be a losing business, and
it was a losing business simply be-
canse there was no adequate field for
it, and it could not create one. The
lesson is that no amount of talent
nor of money can make a newspaper
self-sustaining, much less profitable,
where there is no field open to it. A
newspaper can cultivate a field after
it has one, but it cannot create one,
any more than the farmer can create
the field which he cultivates.
THOSE QUESTIONS.
Our highly esteemed friend, Mr.
T. M. Littlejohn, gave to the readers
of The Ledger in last Friday’s issue
only a partial list of the questions
sent out to the mills by the Comp
troller General, and by not stating
that it was a partial list made the
impression that it was complete.
We note only twelve questions in
Mr. Littlejohn’s enumeration, where
as on the blank in our possession
there are seventeen besides the name
of the county, town, and corporation.
What is stranger still, the questions
as given by Mr. Littlejohn se« m to
be an entirely different set of ques
tions from those on our blank. Mr
Littlejohn must have copied his
from the wrong blank. The one in
our possession is headed, ‘ Rkti’KN ok
Mankfactir xg Enterprises in
t'Ot’TH Carolina to the Comptroller
GkneralofCapital Invested Value
of Plants (.) antity of Haw Mate
RIAL ( ONSUMED, ETC., FROM JANUARY
1st., to December ijlsT. and here are
the questions: D.ite of organization
capital stock, when organized, prrg
ent capital stock, bonded debt, value
uf plant, number of bales of cotton
consumed annually, number of
pounds consumed annually, charac
ter of product, amount of product
annually, number of spindles, num
ber looms, number of employees
power used, steam, water, or both,
of steam, how much horse power?
Estimated population of mill settle
ment, assessed value for taxation,
remarks’
The reader who will take the
trouble to compare these with those
given last Friday will find the two
lists widely different, both in num
ber and character; and the man who
bestows any thought upon these will
wonder why they are asked, when
the Board decided to tax the market
value of mill stock instead of the
property as heretofore.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Sunday edition of the Char
lotte Observer was a gem. It was
worth anybody’s nickei. It is easily
the best daily newspaper between
Washington and Atlanta, and richly
merits the splendid patronage it re
ceives.
Kectlal at Limestone College.
Next Friday evening at 7:30 at.
Limestone College, Miss Mary E
Williams, the efficient vocal teacher,
will give a recital. A cordial invita
tion is extended to all the friends of
tiie college to be present and the au
ditorium should be taxed to its
utmost capacity, as there will be no
charge for admission. Miss Williams
will be assisted by Prof. Maxim and
Mrs. Maxim.
MuMiral And Literary Entertainment.
Bv request Dr. T. A Lafar, of Pen
sacola. Fla , will deliver bis famous
lecture on the “Genious and glory
of war contrasted with the glory of
p»»ace” and “The self made man”
at Limestone College on Thursday
night next at 8 o’clock.
Half of the proceeds are to be given
to the Winnie Davis School of His
tory.
Taken Place Thin Evening.
This evening at f> 30 at tne First-
Baptist church the nuptials of Rev.
Arch C. Cree and Mrs. Virginia Car-
roli-Copeland will be celebrated.
The event is being looked forward to
as one of the society occasions of the
season and the church will in all
probaoility be filled to its utmost
capacity by the many friends of the
popular young couple.
A Runaway.
A mule ran off yesterday on Mr.
W. C. Carpenter’s farm some three
miles above the city with a full load
of negroes, one of whom, Joe Rich
ardson’s wife, fell out- and received a
serious fracture of one arm. Dr. Jef-
ferie-* whs called and gave the woman
proper attention and left her comfort
able last night.
A Call ng Scrape.
We learn that some ‘’fuss X" troub e
occur d up the Mills Gap road yester-
lay afternoon in which one man was
severely cut over the hea-l by another.
'Vs have been unable to g-t par'i mi-
1 rs but it is not thought the result
will be aeriou-i.
Dr. linll'H ('migli Syrup In uiit|ueNtlnnahly
tin rctnitrkalile remedy ever produced
for tiie cure of throat and luntr troubles. It
It,is ruled thousands, and has done wonders
in many cases of Incipient consumption.
A NEED OF THE SOUTH.
The Southern Hallway Company to Oper
ate a Good ItoadN Train.
|(’orrespondence of the t'liiirlotte Observer.]
Washington, Oct. 11 —Negotia
tions which have been pending for
some time were closed last week by
which the National Good Roads As
sociation, assisted by the office of
public road inquiry. United States
Department of Agriculture, will run
a 'Good Roads Special Train” over
the lines of the Southern Railway,
stopping at various points for the
purpose of building sample roads and
holding meetings with the view of
educating the people along the line
in practical road building. Those ar
rangements were perfected bv Presi
dent VV H Moore, of the National
Good Roads Association, with the
Southern Railway Company. It is
planned to spend several days at each
point, giving ample time to construct
a road from one-half to a mile long.
President Spencer, of the Southern
Railway, is taking a great deal of in
terest in this subject of good roads
for the South. Ever since the organ
ization of the National Good Roads
Association, the Southern Railway
has been represented at its national
meetings and many of its public de
monstrations ; and this train is dis
tinctively a Southern Railway under
taking. to be carried out at a heavy
expense to that company and is in
line with the development policy so
persistently followed in building up
the country tributary to the lines of
the Southern Railway.
The train will leave Washington
about November 1. It will consist of
about ten cars, on which will be
transported all necessary machinery
for the building of roads, officers,
road experts and laborers. The trip
will consume several weeks.
So much has been said and written
in regard to this subj '<:t of good roads
that the people of the South are prac
tically in thorough accord with the
idea that good roads are an acquisi
tion to the country. It is hoped that
every citizen of the South will, if p:»s-
!-ible, attend these good roads meet
ings and witness the modern and up-
to-date methods of building public
highways.
As the lines of competition are be
ing drawn closer and margins of pro
fit narrower, every element looking
to the economical production and dis
tribution of the products of the
country should be employed, and as
it has been thoroughly demonstrated
that good roads are the prime factor
in the upbuilding of every section of
the country, every citizen of the
South should take a personal interest
in this subject. The South needs
oetter roads; every farm would be
benefited thereby, the public will
appreciate the advantages thereof,
and it is hoped the educational fta-
iure carried on by the National Good
Roads Association, supported by the
Southern Railway Company, will ac
complish the purpose of this move
ment.
The South can have good roads if it
will and the sooner the citizens get to
gether and work along some well or
ganized and practical lines these re
sults will be reached the quicker.
There is nothing that will do more to
increase the value of lands and ad
vance the development of the rural
districts than well-constructed roads.
L'he improvement of tbe road system
will have a wonderful effect in stim
ulating tbe settlement of people on
farms, and as these settlements are
being made so will the value of the
land increase.
Whenever a city or town is found
possessing well-made roadways lead
ing therefrom, the business of that
point will be found in a prosperous
condition. Therefore, the citizens of
every town in the S mth will be pro
moting bis own interests if he gives
Ibis movement his moral and, if nec
essary, financial support.
Every State, county, city and town
officer should give this subj- ct of bet
ter roads serious consideration, take
the matter in hand immediately and
show his constitutents that the
movement for better roads will re
ceive his utmost consideration and
co-operation.
It is universally decided that good
roads are wanted. In order to se
cure th^m. all must pull together,
working systematically and on prac
tical lines. This grand tour planned
by the Southern Railway Company is
a signal for action. If tbe States vis
ited are not aiive to this end and do
not avail themselves of the opportu
nity to secure information afforded
by the ‘ Good Roads Special Train,”
no one will be at fault except tbe cit
izens of the States in which the ex
hibits are made.
Let it be resolved to have good
roads and to put that resolution in
effect at once.
For tbe purpose of interesting the
citizens of the communities adjacent
to the points where these meetings
will be held in attending them. low v
round trip rates will be made from
points in tbe territory tributary to
the central meeting places
I have Moved My Shop
to the store of A. B. Gaines,
where I will he glad to have my
old customers and many new
ones bring their
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
to have them repaired.
J. R. COOPER.
GujiI Work ut Mndt-rate Prices.
Looking Your Best!
Every man who reads this should come and see the
array of good wearables we have for men. Our Hat
and Shoe departments are filled with the newest line
of fashionable fall shapes, but the special feature to
which we invite your attention just now is the famous
Ah Kirschbaum Clothing.
You know this celebrated clothing, at least by repu
tation; thousands know it by actual use as the best
ready to wear clothing on the market.
An elegant line of men’s fashionable fall suits in
black worsted beautifully tailored and trimmed. These
suits sell regularly at $5.00. To start the season we
are selling them at $4.00.
Another Line of High Orafle Stylish Fail Suits
all wool, striped and checked in pretty colorings and
designs, elegantly tailored and trimmed, regular price
$7.00 ,special offer $5.00.
These two lots are worthy of investigation. We
have plenty of others, up to $ 1 8.00.
__This clothing is made on different lines to any other
make of ready to wear because the greatest care and
thought isdisplayed on the insides (“VITALS”) where
every safeguard is found to give the garment solidity
to withstand the elements and long wear.
Carrol & Carpenter.
Your photograph is your rep-egentative
and it Mmuld show you at your test.
CABINETS, £i.5n per dozen.
JOHN GREEN.
REMEMBER
I sell Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats,
Caps, made-up Pants. Shirts,
Groceries, and a general line of
merchandise, all cheap for cash.
I make shoes a specialty. I
have just received a lot of the
very linest cheese.
Yours for business,
I. M. PEELER.
F 'or
Building and Plastering Lime,
Coal, and Plaster Hair,
Plaster Paris,
Rosendale Cement,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder. Fuse
and Dynamite CapsJ! call on
Limestone Springs Lime Works
CARROLL & CO.. Lessees,
f»7.
The Best Thing in Life Insurance.
25-Year Four Per Cent. Gold Bonds
Ninety Per Cent.
of all chronic headaches are due to
eye strain. Go to Dr. Griffith at the
Cherokee Drug Co’s, and have tiie de
fect in vision corr eted and thus be
Quickly and Permanently Cured.
Glasses fitted with scientific accuracy
and all diseases of tiie Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat treated according to the
latest and most approved methods.
Beware of Traveling Frauds ! I
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
Office over R. A. lone* ft Co.'a Stor*
an r>r rnimfl at office six davs In the week
ISSUED BY
The ^Etna Life Ins. Co.,
OI^ HAKTF'OKIX CTOIVIN.
The rates are more reasonable titan those of other good companies and thus afford a bet
ter investment. Write for information.
JOJMKS* J. OARBY. Agt.
The Gaffnej City Land and Improvement Company
Offers for sale Building Lots in this flourishing town, Gaffney City; Also Farms n*>.
by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place. In lots of fron
30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agrlculturb' Lands to rent for Farm pur
poses. For full particulars apply to
J. V. ts-y iV WJHt iXTrnr. A.u:e:nt.
N. B.—All tresspassing on landsof this compHnv. cuttle and otnovtnff timber, {tshlnrot
G. W. SPEER,
1VE) Y-AT-Iv A w.
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Office over J. W. Tolleson’s Store.
WALLACE & OTTS,
LAWYERS.
Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and
lavenport.
Phone 87.
Don’t you forget tiie Lynchburg and Watt Turn Plows are tiie best on tiie market; try them
and vou will be convinced. One look at the Triumph Disc Wheat Drill will convince you
that it is the most Complete Drill on the market.
r****"*—
wiLKiiv®* hardware; btowe;.
We are still in the lead with
“Leader Stoves and Ranges,”
which are sold under a positive guarantee, and hundreds of cus
tomers in this town and county will hear us out in laying, “There
is none better made.” Come and let us tit you up with one. We
have sizes to suit everybody, :md prices are very low.
SHUFORD & LEMASTER.
R. 0. SAMS-Real Estats Agency.
Ik) choice building lots in different parts of the city.
4 farms of 50 acres each near Limestone.
.‘1 tracts on Metal road.
A few of tbe Thomson lots not yet sold. No better building lots anywhere.
J. E. WEBSTER,
cetn Oourt House.(ProbateJudge sofflee
Gaffney City, S. C.
Practices in all the courts. Colleo-
inn*» a •mocialtv
JAMES A. WILLIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WY. O.
Notary Public in office. Prompt attentkm
given to ali business.
Office over R. A. Jones ft Oo.’a store.
D. K. Dun can 0. P. Sanders. W. 8. Hall, Jr
DUXCAI, SAIDERS i HALL,
Attorneya-at-Law.
OffieA J. R 1V>It»noi»*(, A Oo ••
JR. J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - . S. C.
Ifflce over J. R. Tolieaon’s new store
In office from 1st to 26th of eaoh
nonth•
Spectacles and Eyeglasses
SHentlfieally fitted for the correction of a
defects of vision.
H. R. GOODELL, Optician,
SPAKTANBURG. 8. O.
No charge for examination. 1A-1&-4
H
Black and White.”
"Black and White” Is the name of a a<
system of drawing In crayon, so simple tti
any one can learn it.
Any sort of picture can Ik* enlarged to *
Nlze; landscapes sketched from nature or a
houettes drawn from life.
A pupil who has never had a lesson bef<i
can make life-size portraits In from one
throe weeks practice.
A child eight years old can learn. By tl
method every family can have itsown arti
1 here are no failures. Large classes wh,
ever presented. You are Invited to visit l
studio and see for yourself. Overinndra
ingson exhibition. Each pupil Is taught st
arately and success assured. Portraits ma
to order atiictly free hand work,
btmio over O. K. Wilkins' Store.