The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 05, 1901, Image 2
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PUBLISHKD TUESDAY ANI> KKII'AY.
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Ed. II. DkOaMp.
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fhen paid for, so do not ask us to
credit you. The price is too low to
allow us to do a credit business.
KKAD THIS.
After msturt deliberation we have
finally reached the determination (<■
change the bu- ines- policy of I h 1 '
.Ledger so lar as iff- rela'ion to sub
scribers is concerm d. ^ «■* ‘•i>" , ».
and tired of the credit system I
entails hardships on the r-ubscriber
and the paper aiid caufes uopleasrnr-
ness that can be avoided. So here
after The Ledger will be seiit to no
one except it be paid for in advance,
arid then it will only be sent for the
time to whish it is paid
In order that The Ledger may go
into every home in the county ai d to
put it within the rea h of t ven bod>
we have determined to restore it to
its former price. #1 t>0 a year.
The determine'ion to place 1 h*-
Ledger on a strictly eash-n.-advance
system will no away with the un
pleasantness of sending duns to our
subscribers, it will also do away
"with a few dead heads, that wo hav»
been forced to catry every year, and
will put all on an equal footing. »So
hereafter no name will bo placed on
our list without the cash accom- s
pa flies the order, and all names will
be dropped upon expiration of sub
acription.
IN HK1KF.
When we had replied to the attack
of The And* non Mail and had waited
about two woeks without a hearing
j^from it. we had the right td conclude
that it had ignored our reply and to :
surmise what we pleased as to its mo
tives.
It turns out that it did publish
the greater part of our arUcle in its
issue of Oct. 20th, and -m Nov. 1st,
After we had called public attention
■♦o its dereliction, we received a copy
of The Mail of the 20th of October,
together with one of Octobi r 01st,
"the letter containing a denial that it
had failed to send us a copy of its is-
*ue of the 20th.
The Mail asserts that it did send us !
A marked copy of its reply to what it
called our “attack.” We cannot i
prove that it did not and have tin .
right to dispute its assertion. Ail
that we know is that The Mail was
looked for every day in our office and 1
did not appear.
The Mail suysi “We have never yet
run away from bigger game than The i
Ledger ar.d we do not propose to be- I
gin with anything as 'dead easy' as
It is ”
The editor of The Mail seems to be
endowed with a mind that finds no
difficulties anywhere, fhe most ab
truse questmriH in philosophy, tin
profoundcst problems in logic, politi
cal economy, and moral science, an-
all ''dead easy.”
*'A yellow cow'sllpon tin* river's lirlm
A yellow <‘ow-«ll|i is t*> him,
/<ni it i.* nothing more,”
n nn.grutulate The Mull on its
■elf-complacency and its profound
and rest lul self-confidence. iSuch a
type of intellect must open up to its
|M>sscHsor a world of pence „ lW j
faction, of ahich doubting intellect
ual Thomases cun form no concept
ion.
There is little In The Mai !'s second
attack which deserves notice. It i«
mace up mainly of a re-hash of its
first article, which, to ail impartial
readers, was thoroughly r* fund tty
us. Hut The Mail s<‘-nis to think
that iterations and reifert: ions arc
advances in argument. Like a man
iutiL in the woods, it trumps around
briskly in a circle and thinks it is
moving towards the open fields. I»
certainly has the virtue of persisten
cy. “E’en though vanquished it can
argue still ”
It is martally offended that we
ahould have mentioned the benefits'
that the editor hud received from the
cause he was advocating, and says:
“lie (The Ledger’s) personal r> f<*r
•nee to the editor of The Lady Alail
and his familv is n gross and outra
g.> iih violation of journali-Hic ethics
and is in the highest degree, unoourt
eons ”
In another place it says: “The
Legder haa ruthlessly and uncourt-
eously invaded the sanctity ot our
private life,” and declares in another
place that it will not notice The Ledg
er again unless an honorable apology
he made.
Now, here is our defence in a few
words: In a controversy, which The
Mail showed from the start was a
bitter one on its side, we had the
right'to show that The Mail was an in
terested witness, and we did it. It
was just what would have been shown
for it in a court of justice if the issue
between us bad been adjudicable in
such a court. Indeed, The Mail would
have been rejected as a juror in such
a case.
Again the question arises, if trans
actions, to which the editor of The
Mail and his family constitute one
party and the whole State of South
Carolina is the other party, are of
too private and sacred a nature to he
mentioned in a newspaper without
“a gross and outrageous violation of
j lurnaiistic ethics” and without
“invading the sanctity of private
iif-.’ - Here is where we stand. Re-
move these foundations from under
us and we will make the amende hon
orable as cheerfully as any man ever
diet
The Mail accused us of publishing a
tissue o f falsehoods—declaring that
our article did not contain a single
fact—not one. We showed to the
satisfaction of everybody but The
Mail and those like itself blind to
facts that our short article con ad d
as many as five distinct facts. I .m i
c wne back, and in regard to some of
tiio-i facts,chartn d us w ith quibbling,
for we knew, it sa'd, that “the gist’’
of it- charg> s was so and so.
To show further how nckless The
Mail is and how “dead easy” it is for
it to fly into the face of facts, we give
one oih« r sentence: It is a pure case
of malice aforethought, somewhat
akin to its (fhe Ledger’s) state
ments over a year ago about Win-
throp soliciting students from otner
coiieges which were proven to be ab
solutely false.”
Instead of being proven absolutely
false our statements were virtually
substantiated in all essential panic-
uIhi'h by i {fi nal explanations from
W inlbrop itself, and every newspa-
pcr.that dabbled in the controversv
was glad enough to drop it as if it
had been a live wire. And yet, now
comes The Mail with the above reck
less slander. But perhaps it ought
to be excused, when such assertions
with it seem to be so “dead easy.”
NOTKH AND COMMENTS.
1* ••turned
Mr. Brock of the Cotton Simply
Factory, has returned to the city with
a number of machinists and is hav
ing his machinery placed in position
as fast as possible.
This is a new venture in the South
and Caffney got it, The buildings
are complete, and as soon as the ma
chinery is installed work will begin.
We welcome Mr Brock and his friends
to the city and wish for them such
success as will make them glad they
came. •
A Lecture Tomorrow Night.
Dr. Edwin Hall gave a lecture in
the court house Sunday afternoon.
He will lecture again tomorrow
night He is a very good word painter
and his lectures are instructive and
interesting.
Dr. BuU's Cough Syrup cures overnight
the most stubborn cold as well as all Its
complications—tlt'kllnc In the throat, husky
voice and violent coughing. Ills the most
wonderful medicine science has produced.
Any person willing Hi adopt a five-year old
white girl child, or have it bound to them,
will apply to me and bring evidence of their
ability to properly care for it
.1 V. Whei.chet,,
10-2!»-tf County Supervisor.
Or. Wm. Edwin Nall,
(of New York City,)
Will Lecture
IN THE
Court House
—ON—
V/edisesdaji Everirg, Dec. Glh
at ts :M0 o’clock.
His lectures are relined, in
structive and entertaining, and
abound with pathos and Immoi .
Admission bOc, doc, 2be, and
Ibc. Seats on sale at A. I>.
(iaines’ Furniture Store.
Spice and
Pepper News.
Quality counts. Quality in
these goods has more than
doubled our sales in the last
twelve months. We sell only
the best. Saigon Cinnamon
has six or eight times the
strength of China and other
cheap cinnamons. Saigon cin
namon has spice and flavor that
China and other common cin
namon wholly lacks.
Flavorings.
Nothing N more often adult
erated than flavoring extracts.
For people who believe in the
best, we recommond our Vanilla
ami Lemmon Fxtracts as being
superior to any other they can
buy. Twice as strong and bet
ter flavored than the common
extracts, 10 cents a bottle.
Crsam of Tarlar.
It is equally important that
this should he a pure article.
In fact one cannol buy a com-
merchil grade ('ream of Tartar
that is pure. That which we
sell is perfect in every particu
lar. It always gives saiisfae-
tion in use and i> economical.
You will* he greatly pleased
with its results, 40 cents a
pound.
Pay your debts if you can, and if
you can’t, go and see your creditor
and make an honest straight forward
statement to him of your condition
and prospects. Don’t weit for him
to see you ; don't dodge him on the
streets; don’t avoid him in a crowd;
for he of all others is the man you
ought to see, and you cannot feel
yourself to be a man to the full ex
tent of the word, until you have met
him with your head erect, looked him
in the face and talked to him like a
man. There is nothing that will take
the manhood out of you faster and
more effectually than this dodging
and hiding from a creditor.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Now that Czolgoez is out of the wav
>.i d i he Tammany election in New
York is on to-day. and Miss Stone’s
'•use will soon be settled, some of the
new-papsrs are alarmed at the pros
pects of a dearth of news. No danger
of that, contemporaries. There is
Kinn' Edward VII with a cancer in
the throat, and there is the Franco-
I urkish imbroglio, and < ut in thf
Pacific there is a little job on hand
which will furnish material for gr.Mi'
leaders and long columns of new* *
it t ins for generations to come. No
danger of a news famine. The new-
*iil iasi longer than the coal beds
and if by any unforeseen accident the
supply should be cut off, what have
.he newspan* rs to do hot to make it?
—Optician Reese extends an invi-
’arion to all to call at W. Harrv
Dodenhcff * jewelry store and neve
lo ir * yes tested tree of charge, l»v
n exp. rt. Spectacles correctly fif-
ted.
Final Discharge.
Notice i- hereby iHvei; that I will apply to
Hon. .1. K. Webster, Probate J mitre forUhero-
kee < ounty, H. (?., at his office at the court
lions.. on Tuesday, lird day of I tei-cuiber I'JOJ,
for u iinal settlement ami discharif- as
executor of 1 lie estateof O. II 11. Clary de
ceased.-
A II persons holding claims airalnst said es
tate will present them on or Indore said date.
Nov tU IWI.
Eon k J. Ci.auv.
Kxo'r. Instate O. H. II. Clary, doc’d.
Nov. sill, I jib. ::Jd, and JIM In
V. J|
ih • A . • ; -p ’
W hen you want some Fine
Beef, Pork and Sausage, Coun
try Produce, Fresh Fish, etc.,
call on L. \V. McGuinn, phone
No. 60. I have it when it tan
be had. We know our business
and attend to it. Always at our
post. Respectfully,
L. W. McGUINN.
Watch and Pray!
Lest ye enter into the tempta
tion to take your watch or other
work to some one else besides
COOPER.
He’ll do your repairing on short
notice and tell you the truth
about it. Honesty is best al
ways.
J. R. COOPER.
Opening; of Books of Subscription,
Static or South Cakoi.ixa, <
COI NTY OK OHKHOKKK. (
Pursuant to a commission issued to the un
dersigned us corporators by M It Cooper, Sec
retary of State, on the JHd day of <)i , tober.
.Notice is hereby given that Ijook.s of sub
scription to the capital stock if tin* Mer
chants Oroccry Co will In-opened at office of
It. 1. 11 ames, in tlie city of (JatTii.-y, Slate and
County aforesaid, on NovemU r (iili, at II
a m.
The said propov-d corporal Ion will haven
capital stock f fin.cm. divined Into inn shares
of the par value of Alin each, with its princi
pal place of Inisiness at (.«alf'ney. S. c.. and
wib In- empowered to etnraye in I lie business
of wholesale grocers.
. F. u. Stacy.
T. L. Hkowk,
W. A. Tcknku,
It- L. II MKS.
J. N. Lipscomb,
< 'orporutors.
For the Building Season,
L. BAKER
H:i^ just received u hii'gc stock
of Sash, Doors, w ' eces
and .‘ill kinds of Trimming,
Flooring, Ceiling, Sidin', Box
ing, Molding, Brackets, etc. No.
1 Heart Pine Shingles and :i
good stock John W. Masury <fc
Sons Guaranteed Paints and
Varnish, all at the lowest rea
sonable prices. Call and see him
when you want anything in his
line. No charge for making
estimates.
Building and I’lasterlng Lime,
Coal, and Plaster Hair-
Plaster Paris.
Rosendale Cement,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder. Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, call on
Limestone Springs Lime Works
CARROLL & CO.. Lessees.
relephone 57.
Sewirag Machine Heedqiierters.
Buys the best sewing machine for the money
ever sold in Gaffney. Full line attachments,
and sold under guarantee that if it does not
give entire satisfaction you can get your
money back.
W, HARRY DODENHOFF.
AUTOMOBILES.
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,
J. R. Meson & Co.
81 I f J $
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Clo»o I^rioojs!
16 lbs Sugar !}!l .00.
White Fish, Ic.each.
6 large M.ickerol, 2-”> cts.
2 pkgs Arhuckle’s Coffee, 20 cts.
Jilts Pure Cre.tm Cheese, 50 cts. i
This is for cash only.
J. E. EZELL,
’Phone 1 32.
Prompt Delivery.
But a suit of our clothes will make a mar
look bettor and top] better than anvthinff else
^ O
will, and our prices will leave more mone}
in his pocket than auv one eise’s.
\\ e have no cheap or shoddy goods to offei
you at absurdly low prices, but we give voi
more good. honest value for every dollar that]
you can squeeze into one hundred cents any
where else.
We have the biggest, best,cleanest, cheap
est and mwM 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.”
The Company Store.
“The Biggest and Cheapest Store in Cherokee County.”
XT1* ICIC.
161bs. of best granulated
sugar with every cash purchase !
of $10.
Just received fresh lots of all
kinds of Fancy and Staple Gro
ceries.
Cocoanuts, Prunes. Fruits ol
till kinds'. Nice candies of all
kinds, Fish, Keg and Bottle ;
Pickles, Pig Feet, and every. I
thing nice at the very lowest '
prices possible.
We sell strickly for cash.
Yours for cash.
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 wiil 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 $ I 0.00 each.
R. M. WILKINS & CO.
1 1 2, 1 1 4, 1 I 6 Frederick St.
Fresh Seeded Raisins
Fresh Layer Raisins
New Currants
Fresh Oat Flakes
Fresh Wheat Hearts
Fresh Tea and Coffee.
Gso. D, Meries, S *o<eloi’ it
Final Discharge. Prompt Delivery. Phono 55.
Notli*,* Is hfi-t-br Kltt-n tha! I will iipitly to
Hon. .1 F Wi‘l»ht«T, Frobiiti* .1 uiL',-for Cht-io-
ki-n County, S. C, sit liU olll'-o In i. il'ricy.
S on thi' tith <1uy of Niivi-’nlwr, Wi ilt'.i s-
iifsibiy. i'.Nil, ut In ii'i’iiii'k n. in., for a tin t
H«tt it-nmnt anil disnliurtfi- as uiluiinistmor
of tin 1 i-stati' of .1 Lucian llo|i|M-r, iI»-i-i :im-(|.
All pi-rsons holilltnr i-laiins against sa.il c-
tati 1 will |in si nt tlu-tn on or iM-foi,* sitbi ilatn.
Octoljor r.'th. bul.
HAMITKI. L. lloi'Pflt,
Atlmr. i-htatr .1 Lui'lau lloppvr, di c'd.
Oft i.VJJ-Jil Nov. 5.
1 N. Wool Frealdent. r. r. Brown. Vlce-l'n-uldfnt.
IVlereli£tnt»* sind I*UinterH li^inU
OF (JAFFNEV. H. O.
OAI»IXAU #30.000.
State and County Depository.
Doi sa K' ni-ral Hnnkinp uul F.xrlniuiO' liusln* ss, is well ♦Uti-.l upwlth Fire I'nsif Vault and
Burglar Pr-Nif .safe, with AuUmiatle Time ! ork. We eolirlt the husineHS of vf all
oocup^tloiii.
O. XI. Culler.