Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tnrc IMMtl.lsllM) TUKSbAY ANI» FKI l>A Y. MY Kd. II. DkCa.mf. Thk Lkdokb if noi responsible for thv vit'Wb of correspondent!!. CaMs of thankw wi)' be published mt one rent h word. Reading notices will be published It ».en 3euts a line each insertion. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. All correspondence should be ad- iressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. CHI KCII OOING. It ought to be a vital question with our churches, especially those in the towns, why it is that so small a pro portion of the population attehd any cuurch on Sunday. That this is a tact, any one who observes will easily be convinced. The churches are ac tive in collecting funds for the sup port of missionaries in foreign lands, while there is a great field all around them which is neither explored nor cultivated \\V do not believe that ont out of four of the white population of Guff pey habitually attends church on Sunday, and vte have no reason to believe that the proportion is any greater in other towns. Not a few of these non-attendants arc quiet, sober, respectable people. ^ et they are never to be seen on the inside of a church. Oar observation leads us to the Opinion Hot the country churches are better attended than those in town. 11 this is true it may be part ly uttribuiuble to the social feutur* ot the church gatherings. The coun try people see little or nothing of one another during the week, or it may be during a whole month, and the church meeting affords an opportun ity for tin- people of the entire com- jnunity to come together and to min gle in pleasant social intercourse People 111 the country will frequently ride trom five to ten miles in order to bear a favorite preacher or to see some special friends. In town the distance of one block will often have greater effect ill deterring people from attending church services than mile* of indifferent roads in the country will have. In addition to the social feature of the country gatherings we believe that as a rule the spirit of worship is more alive in the country than in the town. Country life is more favorable to pious meditation and to a humble dependence on the great source of power and wisdom than life in the town or city. The farmer stands close to nature and through nature he learns to commune with stature’s God. He realizes constant ly that all around, above and beneath him, there is a great, mysterious, beneficent power in active and cease less operation upon which his wel fare—yea, the very existence of him ami loved ones—depends. He “sees God in the clouds and hears H im in the wind. 7 ’ His heart is gladdened by visible manifestations of a beneficent providence, over which be himself has no control, in the dews, the rains, the sunshine, and in the wonders of growing vegetation; And that same heart is awed and sub dued as if in the very presence of •that great power, when rains are withheld and the earth is parched, when tiie crops are withered like hu man hopes and all nature droops as if in sorrow and humiliation ; or when the black clouds gather ami the ter rible tornado leaps into furious life And sweeps forests and fields with the besom of destruction. The business man in town deals almost exclusively with his fellow- man. The wondrous beauties of autumnal mornings, are not 1 for his eyes; the gentle dean and ihe refreshing rains gladd< n his heart only because they stimulate the nope | that his debtors will he able to pay their bills in the fall; he jostles against sharp competitors on every side and he comes into contact with shicwd rascality and learns to look with cold distrust upon all that is no de and unselfish in his fellowman Kucli conditions must have a strong tendency to harden the heart, to sear the conscience and to paraiy/r moral and religious sensibilities and aspir ations. We mention these circumstances only as suggestions. There is doubt- lets a combination of causes that tend to produce religious apathy both In coutitry and town. Perhaps the political spirit of the age is nurturing materialism, perhaps unattractive preaching comes in for its share of responsibility, perhaps the coldness And wnrldly-mindcdness of church members must bear a large part, but whatever may be the cause nr causes Ihe subject presents a serious prob lem both to the churches and to all goo d citizens. The church that will grapple with this problem and make its solution the object of prolonged and earnest effort, will have made a long stride towards the fulfillment of its mission on earth. TH/lT HUKPLUS, There is a plethora of money in the , United States treasury, and the off! I cials are troubled to find room for it. i This, too, at a time when the govern ment is spending more money than ever since its foundation, except per- oaps during the war between the -dates. The war with Spain, the conquest of the Philippines still in complete, the enormous appropria tions to other purposes, have all de manded an expenditure of money which to any previous age would have appeared fabulous. Yet in spite of such conditions, or possibly by virtue of such conditions, the surplus money on hand is so great that the government is puzzled to know what to do with it. In the meanwhile the gigantic tar iff system is in full blast and the pile of surplus money is steadily and rap idly growing; the nation is taxed to the average amount of ten i’q 'ars « head for every man, woman and child to meet the expenses of one session of Congress; an average of 50 per cent, or one half of what the country buys and uses, is absorbed by the tariff and is paid by the con sumer; millions of laborers are strug gling for bread in grim restlessneKS and with gloomy forebodings; mil lions of otners are pinched and strained by reason of scanty in comes; and still the growth of tin great pile in the treasury is not checked. Every dollar of this money- lying there idle is withdrawn from circulation and from its legitimate uses among the people. Then, too, the great trusts are. thriving and fattening out of the very means that impoverish the peo ple and they go on accumulating and absorbing, until it seems but a ques tion of time when all the material resources of the country will be un der their control arid the happiness and prosperity of the people at their mercy. No wonder that to the average mind there seems to be somewhere a great wrong, a colossal injustice; that the spirit of unrest is abroad among the people; and that there is the sound of distant thunder in the mursy political air. NOTES AN!> COMMENTS. The State Fair is now on in Colum bia and the capital city this week is again the gathering place for the people of the whole State. The rail roads are selling round trip tickets at but a little more than one fare, and all who can should take advantage of the cheap rates and the fine weather, and make a dying trip to Columbia. The mingling of our citizens once a year is beneficial to all. It broadens intellect, diminishes selfishness, and cultivates a feeling of brotherhood. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The season is remarkably pro pitious. The whole land is basking in the glories of Indian summer, and the rich hues of autumn are every where Hashing out over field and forest in gorgeous and variegated splendor. We are near the first of November and right here at the foot of the Blue Ridge there has yet been no killing frost. Farmers never had a better time to gather and house or market tneir crops, and cotton never hud a better time to mature and to open wide its fleecy treasures. These favorable conditions go far towards making amends for the unfavorable summer, and every farmer should see that he gets the full benefit of them. At least a month’s food has been saved for the cattle, and all I crops can be gathered in first rate 1 condition. These are great gains and will count largely in reaching next summer. We believe, upon the whole, Cherokee county is all right. It will perhaps he remembered that H few weeks sgo The Ander-on Daily Mail made a vicious aitacS on an editorial paragraph in this paper, and that we repelled its attack jn a reply more or less vigorous and effectual We «< ut a special copy of our reply to 'I he Mail, but so far as we are informed The Mail has not deigned to notice it This |h the second tim- The Mail has played us such a trick, and we can easily surmisd a motive for such conduct. The Ledger does not ’ circulate much in Anderson county nor does The Mail circulate to any appreciable extent in Cherokee. We doubt if a half doz* n people could bo found In oither county who read both papers, it will be readily seen then that The Mail by withholding our reply from its readers can make them believe that it has utterly demolished The Ledger and save itself from the mortification of having them know that The Ledger has demolished it ' Well, if that game suits our coutem- ! porary it, may play it. In the mean time, however, we hereby serve notice j on The Mail that henceforth we shall , feel under no obligations to notice what it may be pleased to say. At LlnitMtoue College. [The Jeffersonian. | We went to deliver, on September 20. the commencement sermon de ferred from last June. The mag nificent auditorium, seating a thous and persons, was nearly full. It was a great delight to preach to that vast assemblage of youth, beauty, and intellect, attentive without an in stant’s flagging through a solid hour. Tnere was abundant opportunity to stuly the advantages of this splendid institution of learning. The build ings are on a grand scale, with many hundreds of feet of wide porches where exercise is taken in all kinds of weatner. Food in abundance, and of the best quality, is spread on i ah!* s in a spacious dining hail, each j table accommodating a group of six or I eight students and a teacher. One | rule alone governs. Not a command ! is heard, yet authority is feit. The most perfect libeity, with perfect , ohedieme, We found it a miserable : place to test, while the colli ge is m ! session. The very ^spwit of work gets into one’s bones^'Bo that he feel* he must teach, or study, and get the step of ceaseless progress. In vaea Lion, as a place for recuperation, the *i f uation and surroundings are ideal A mO'e exquisitely beautiful spot the Almighty never created. If a girl 1 in>r he happy on that lovely campus and the six'y acres of ground attached she would find contentmen’ -’'v-. hi re on this earth. On the edge D . college grounds are the re m s of a lintel where, in former e i s, the elite of Sou; h Oarolinu re sorted. A fine building for the Win- ni Davis School of Historv has been be.wn. and, if the I’n »idcQt lives, it is only a question of time w hen every budding needed for ever-increasing numbers shall be supplied. No in stitution m ire thoroughly educates its pup 1 ; tVhile ma y charge three times as much to • graduate” unfort unates who kn iw next to nothing. Of our deep appreciation of the love and kindness shown a stranger who did not remain a stranger five minufes after touching the soil, we have spoken in The Ledger, which covers the good city of Gaffney, and ihe State of South Car >lina. fnw’ft Htniiil the (.ohm. A moneyed m..o ot Detroit wassur- prised to receive » call from a rather seedy looking chai—an entire strsn- S ger—the other day. Having satis- ged the gaurds that he was not a book agent he was allowed to enter and state his bisiness, which he had insisted, in order to gain admittance, was important. “Well, sir? 1 as the worthy stepped in. ‘'VVhy,”*was the unabashed reply. “I’d like you to indorse this note for me.” The man of money examined the note critically, as heobsorved: “Why do you come to me? I don’t know | you from Adam. Why don’t you go to some one you know?” "Well,” was the cool reply, "I came to you because I knew yon could stand the loss better than a y- one else I know of.” LluifeHtoue Cull«K<* Choral Club. The Limestone College Choral ciety was organized Friday eve ning at an enthusiastic meeting held at the college for that, purpose. Fully seventy-five members were present and nearly as many more will be enrolled this week. Director of music, Mr Geo. Pratt Maxim, was elected president, Mrs. Geo. Pratt Maxim, trea>urer, and Mr. D. C. Russ secretary. The society enters into its work with ztal and will he quite a source of pleasure and benefit to both the college and city L_ A Correction, Er> Lepgkr:—In my card pub lished in yesterday’s paper in the last line of the second paragraph the word "never” is omitted which makes the wrong impression. It should read, "Atid there never will be ” j. L s Oct. 2b 1901 To my Friend, Auditor Camp. I called on my friend \V. 1>. Ami found him hlillieas one could he, The days of yore loomed up to view. Our years behind are mil a few. The army days are st ill in sieht. And butt tes sore that we did ii^ht: Hut we were spared from deal h->’ embrace. To battle in life’sstru^Klinn race. Many years should wisdom teach. And men should practice what they preach, | Ami knowledge iruin fromt'Uth i divine. And wiser grow from fleeting time \V. M. F. ; Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup never disappoints those who use it for obstinate cou^-lis, colds. I i and in itatious of the throat and lungs. It ( stands unrivaled as a remedy for throat and ' lung diseases. Sold by ail druggists at 25 cts ' “THE COAT DOES NOT MAKE THE MAN.” J>ut a suit of our clothes will make a man look better and feel better than anything else will, and our prices will leave more money in his pocket than any one else’s. We have no cheap or shoddy goods to offer you at absurdly low prices, but we give you mor< good, honest value for every dollar than you can squeeze into one hundred cents any* where else. We have the biggest, best, cleanest, cheap est and most up-to-date line of Dress Goods, Notions and Fancy Goods to be found in Gaffney. We have no old stock. We don’t allow it to accumulate, and only offer you fresh, new stuff. When it comes to Groceries, “We feed the people.” ^ A The Company Store. “The Biggest and Cheapest Store in Cherokee County. > 5 An up-to-date line of Caps, Jackets, and Automobiles, stylish and well made, bought direct from manufacturers at lowest figures. Will sell as low as the lowest, quality and style considered. Don’t fail to call and see them before buying. Yours truly, Saturday. Saturday was an ideal day; too fine to allow the Cherokeeans to leave i t heir farms just to come to Gaffney. ! But urgent business brought in many ! of the yeomanry and probably more cotton than any other day of the week which had been one of rather light receipts for a week in October. Short crops and the low price of cotton was a prominent theme of con versation among the farmers, but they congratulated themselves that Gaffney was still paying the highest price for the staple of any city in the State, and we trust that our mer chants and mill men will make thi* "highest price” fact one to boast of the entire season. Big preparations are being made for the small grain crop and many are putting in the ground. We were glad to hear that so rnaoy of our peo ple are fattcoirg good bunches of hogs, many enough for family use. A Prolific Cow. B. M. Poole, a thrifty farmer of this county, is the owner of a cow that ten months and a few days ago dropped a calf >nd within ten mouths afterwards became the mother of a pair of twin ealves. She is six years old and is the mother of five calves. In addition to ner value as a herd increaser, she is also a fine milker. Whltinj;-Morgan. Mr. Jesse Whiting and Miss Hattie Morgan, both of Paeolet, were mar- ri'-d in this city Sunday, 20th inst., b Wm Phillips E«q. Bridge to Let. I will let contract to build a bridge across branch near.John Allison’s, known as F.rwin Sarratt place, in Limestone Township to the lowest responsible bidder on Nov. 8th at 11 o’clock, a. ni. Kight reserved to reject any and all bids. J. V. Whecchki.. 10-21* 2t County Supervisor. SCREW TWO WAYS Ot GETTING GLASSES. One, to <ro to a First-Class Optician and have your oyns TESTED FREE I and gnl wbat yon need. Pile other, to #o to a mer- | chant who kneps spectacles, make a “trrab in a bag,” as it were, j;et a pair that don’t lit you (nltliougb it may seem so j for the moment), run the risk i of ruining your eyesight, and all tor a very small difference in expense. If you need the ser- i vice of a good optician call and see Dr, II. I) Roese, Kye Spoc- ialist of Baltimore, Md , who will he at mv store for Ten davs beginning Friday, Nov. 1st. Examinations Free. W. HARRY DODENHOFF. | Any person willinn to adopt a five-year old i white eirl child, or have It liouiid to them, I will apply to me and brlnir evidence of their ; ability to properly care for it J. V. WiiEi.cim,, 10 2!*-tf County Supervisor. Sheriffs Sale. State ok South Carolina, * Court of Com Cherokee County. ( mon Fleas. Jno. T. Kuppc, et al., Fluintiffs, against J. Clarence liames. et al.. Defendants. Order of Hale In Fartltion. In obedience loan order of Ids UonorGeo. W. Oane, Fresldinx Judge, bearing date June 2<»th, litol. I Will sell on salesday Ir. Novem- Iht, beinir the fourth day of November, A. D. Wol, before the court house door, at Gaffney, H. C.. between the lejfal hours of sale, one certain tract or lot of land lylnipand situated in the county and State aforesaid, coniain- Inn (U7H) ninety-seven and one-half acres, more or less, and lying on both sides of buck Shoals road, and bounded by lands of Jno. T. Kuppe, A. 1). Hay's estate, C. II. Kuppe and others, lielng a portion of the lands of the Daniel Kuppe estate, and sold by order of this Court for partition. Terms of sale cash, balance in one and two year with prlv'lege of paying all cash; purchaser paying for deed, mortgage. &c. W. W. Thomas, 10-15-22 29 Sheriff of Cherokee County. Sheriffs Sale. State ok South Carolina, * Court of Com- Chkkokbk County. ( mon Fleas. Joseph Walker, Plaintiff, vs. Carolina Martin et al., Defendants. P*y virtue of auth ’rity contained in a de cretal order of II is Honor .1 udge Krnest Gary, Circuit Judge. In the above entitled case, dated Oi-tober sth. 1901,1 will expose for sa e. to the highest bidder, in front of the court house at Gaffney. S. on salesday in No vemls-r. I!***l. the following piece, parcel or tract of land lying in Cherokee County, Sout h Carolina, it Is-ing James II. L/.ell’s home place whereon he resided, ixiunded by iund.> of General Champion. Itobeit Scruggs, Lee Martin and others, containing one hundred and forty acres, more or less. Terms of sale: One-half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months with interest from date of sale, credit portion to lie secured hy note or bond of the purchaser with mortgage of the premises, with the privilege of the purehaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for all papers. Octolx-r 14th, lirnl. W. W. Thomas, 10-15-22-29 Sheriff of Cherokee Count v. Final Discharge. Notice Is hereby given that 1 will apply to Hon. J. K Webster. Probate Judge for Chero kee County, S. c, at his office in Gaffney, j S. C., on liie HI h day of November, We.lnes- ; ueaday, I!** 1 !, at lo o'clock a. m.. for a iina 1 settlement and discharge as administrator I of the estate of .1 Lucian Hopper, d-censed { All persons holding claims against said es- latc will present them on or lie fore said date. October 12th. 1901. Samuel 1*. Hopper, Adrnr. estate .1. Lucian Hopper, doc'd. Oct 10-22-** Nov. 5. J. R. Meson & Co. Long Guns, Short Guns, Big Guns, Little ‘Guns, Double Guns, Single Guns. And don’t you buy a Gun until you see our New Line of Guns, Wood! Is worth money in this section, and the way to save wood and money is to buy you a Little Dany-Apex or Special Cook Stove, and it will prove a wood and money saver. We have just received the prettiest line of Winter Lap Robes ever brought to this market. From $3.00 to $ 1 0.00 each. R. M. WILKINS & CO. I 1 2, 1 I 4, 1 I 6 Frederick St. 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 saying, “There is irtme better made.” Come and let us tit you up with one. Wo have sizes to suit everybody, and prices are very low. SHUFORD & LEMASTER. \ N. Wood President. U. B. Brown. Vice-President. IVferdiiint© smcl Planters liwinU: OF GAFFNEY. 8. O. OA l^IT A JL* **30,000. State and County Depository. Dot sa general Banking and Exchange bu&lnesH, Is well fitted up with Fire Proof Vault and Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time ! ock. We solicit the business of pcouh- of all uccti nations. O. JVf. 0*«h1«r. Hie GaiTney City Land and Improvement Company Offers for sale Hulldtng IjotN in this flourishing town. Gaffney City; AUo Farma nea by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots of from 80 to 100 aer* 1 * on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. X'. 1* lit JVTT^T, iVurent. N. H —All tresspassing nn landsof this company, cutttn and amoving timber, flshlngov - M njr t« *•«. .»V of 1 • ir F. G. Stacy. President. J. O. Wardlaw, Vice-Pres'deot. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL, •ao.ooo. NLKPLCN AND PKOPITN. - 10,000. ^ Wtrttc. County nml CMty l>«‘po»itory. l>e|K)slts S4>11clted from Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others. Every accom- ru'Kluilon extended to customers that their business and responsibility will warrant. L>. C?. Cowhier.