Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T 'Turc JL'F:i>o rUBLISHKU TUK8I>AY AND KRIDAY. RY Ed. H. DkCaMI*. The Ledger \b not renponaible ^or lb« views of correspondents. Cards of thanks wiJ* he published at od« cent a word. Beading notices will oe published At tea jents a line each insertion. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday •ad Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be pubinlised at five teats a line. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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. This paper is only sent to persons then paid for, so do not ask ns to credit you. The price is too low to allow us to do a credit business. THE CHEKKY TREE SWINDLE. The newspapers have recently had a good deal to say about the circu lars and advertisements of a supposi titious company somewhere in North Carolina professing to deal in cherry trees, and some of these papers as sume great credit for rejecting the advertisements and exposing the frauds of this bogus company. YYe haven’t thought it necessarj up to this time to say anjthiugor ti ■ ject to our i • ' rs - 1 vertist inents in'ntiof.t-c In'i not np- pearni in this paper. Y\'e now say however, that we r*j<'.-ud us main as three advertiseiut sent us h> this (-herr> coiiCern, r—unii g t 1 C; -h that atjcoinpanierl them, arid in forming tire send'TS tliat we cou'.l not insert such advertisements, un less we were assured of their honest j and good faith. T!i.-se advertisements are artfully Cor -truetrd so i.- to oa'ch ttie eye of the uriwurv, arid i s; * 'ily of women arid .iris, who art promised easy and pnfi'ahle ernploxm t at home. The offer is to pay .$20 00 u month just for a little writing each day and when the u.-suspecting victim ha- been attracted b\ the glittering bait she is informed that before the com pany can begin to pay the salary she must sell six f y cherry trees at twenty cents each and forward the money, $12 00 to headquarters, and tnen the regular , -atar> wi'l begin and will be paid promptly for at least. t vv el v t months Th e st j rvic.-s to be remit ■ rctl will t 50 n M i > • m writing four or !iv e letters I to ot L lers atser rnotit , | _ f shed by t h D eotin .any. Thf lelltM are int» nri t*(l to i induce otht • rs t • Ml t- at the 1 3 ii j no I 1);.it and th U- t) est it 1)1 ish rti i ii •ml J “ ’s ch tin of h -1 U-rs, each link of wh ich i s expected to be worth $12 00 to tire perpetrators of the fraud. So far as we have observed there | is nothing in either the newspaper advertisements nor in the private circulars that indicates what kind of j cherry trees are to be furnished, whether they are for fruit or for timber, for shade or for ornament, whether dwarf or standard, whether black-heart or morella, or May or Jut e cherries. Utie would think that such advar- tisements bear such palpable evi dences of fraud on the very face of them that they would deceive and take in nobody. Yet we have heard of several innocent girls who have been attracted by them acd who are now being swindled out of both their uiooev and time by the heartless scoundrels who are practicing on their trustfulness and credulity. The instigators and perpetrators should be hunted down and made to disgorge their iil-gotten gains, as well as to pay the full penalty due to outraged justice and honor. It has been rare in the past that such vile schemes have been con ceived and put into operation in the South, and we are loth to believe even now that these tnen are natives of a Southern state. This is sensible. The strange thing is that the size of the field could not be judged with approximate cor rectness before both papers were started. It is absolute folly to put money, time, and brains into a news paper for which there is not an ade quate field. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Fifty years ago farmers in this region would sow wheat in August. But It was found that wheat then | sown was much more subject to the ravages of the Hessian fly than that sown later, and the practice was gradually abandoned. Now, any time between the first, of October and the last of December will do for sow ing. In fact we have known January sowings to make first rate wheat. Let no farmer fail to sow because the season is well advanced. Wheat is the hardiest grain in the world, and there is plenty of time yet to make a good crop. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The long drought which had pre vailed over this section, and pretty generally over the country, for three months, was broken last Friday night by a steady, soaking rain. At no other season of the year could a drought have produced less injury | and bestowed more benefits. Though there was difficulty in wheat sowing, I and in some of the large cities the question of water was becoming a serious one, yet the favorable oppor- u:.ity furni.-bed for gathering the crop-tb is far out-.vi ighed any in convenience- that the drought ma\ have caused. Ihitgs are working about rignt afier nil ♦ ♦ * ♦ i The two women im rh* world whor* t ames, perhaos, are ju>t now mo-' conspicuous, are Mrs. Bonine, on tria< . ;n Washington for the murder ot young Ayers, and Miss Stone the missionary who is in the bunds of brigands in Bulgaria. The latter is i.t Id for ransom, and $00 000 has bet n ( (T r u t ir her releu-e without avail; the former, in a ii of joalour- rage, entered the r< m of Ajt rs and snot him dead arid is now fighting tor her own life and reputation be- i lore a court of justice. When a wo man undertakes to raise the wind ir politics, crime, or religion, she raises i something more than a gentle breeze. i There is probably not another town i in this State that is growing more j rapidly, steadily, and persistently, than the town of Gaffney. Building- are going up in all directions in such I numbers that wo lose the count of them. The stores aro multiplying, the big op in fiousi rising sky ward, and the w hole :.ir is full id' the eoun Is <>f growth and progress In a few more y> trs we shall want au *h-ctri car line running from Factory Hill to Limestom College, and will liav> it. Then it will be extended to Cher okee Kalis and on to Blacksburg, when the two towns will become vir tually one, and Broad river will cease to divide them. These things are all in the future and in due time they will be in the present. Conct-rnlnK our of Policy. Thk ueternihiatioii to place The Ledger on a strictly easli-ln-advance system will do away wlthltbo'iinpleusaiitnessof sending duns to our BUbscrltiers It will also do away with a few deadheads that we have tieen forced to carry every year.pind will put all on an equal footing. So hereafler no name will U- placed on our list without the <• ish accompanies t he order, and all names will he dropped upon expiration of subscriptions. Gaffney Ledger. We are glad to see this announce ment in The Ledger, and our respect for the paper will increase in propor tion to the manner in which it lives up to its determination. Whatever may be the apparent status of a news paper, its real standing is seldom out of proportion to its actual merit. The importance and influence of a newspaper is determined not by the number of copies circulated, but by the number going to bona fide sub scribers. By actual bona fide sub scribers we mean people who bay the paper because they want it, and be cause they think it worth the price asked for it. Under the idea that the mere matter of distribution counts for everything, too many pub lishers make the mistake of forcing their papers upon people who do not appreciate it, and of trying to collect trom alleged subscribers against whom they have no moral claim. Such conditions are invariably follow ed by a tendency upon the part of the publisher to look upon e large por tion of the public as being composed of deadbeats and scoundre's, while that portion of the public, with much better reason, is brought to look up on the publisher as a persistent mendicant against whom there should be some protection. Under its new arrangement, if it adheres to it, The Ledger will find that it will cot be called upon to distribute as many pa pers as it has been distributing. It aiIi be found that manv of the peo- llUVf m iti — Y on; but u t to! i that, its reV- •t-d a uoiler aiu. nee will be in is own estim;i iination of tb v11b K. quin r. The plan of the Gaffney Ledger tr cut off from its subscriptio;-. list the names of all those who do not pay in advance will receive close attention, and the result of the ■ xperimerit will inw even ••loser scru'iny from weekl' papers all over the State. I'he mat ter of back snbsarihers ia a -eri 'ii- nn to all newspaper pubiisln rs YY • \ill watch the n suit with p •culini Kid personal ntanst —Bat' b :rp Ydvocate. Is is no new experiment contem porary. The Free Lance has beei run this way for two and a half year)- and has made an unqualified sucrest- of the system. Any weekly or semi weekly paper that the people want ••an be run this way and those pub lishers who do not do it are standing in their own light —Spartanburg Journal. Dr. Itull's CoiikIi Syrup cures Hie most stulihorn ••oiiirhs. ••olds and Inns; affe.c- • ••>m«. K • m incinh'-'i (•••iisiimt)’'*" *>'*s lx • n sueoessfi Ily cured by t his ma clous remedy, .■suui icis »* • ootsiii .curl >*.i' - i ,i O' ISl S NOTES AND COMMENTS. “The Expanding Dlsprusury.” (.Spartanburg Herald.” The Gaffney Ledger has an excel lent article on the subject of the Has .icily and tb xibihty of rht South Guro !ina dispensary law. 4, \Ve are proud of South Carolina” says The Ledger ‘ She is a horn leader of States ” The Ledger does not claim to be familiar with all of the nice provisions and ad justments of the di-peusary law’, but judging from outward manifestations it appears to be self adjustible and suited to any and all emergencies. It is doubtful if there ever was just such another law enacted. The three di rectors seem to be in fact, a law unto themselves. They can create dispen saries, make rules for their regula tions, stock them at the State’s ex pense, and do pretty much as they please. They not only make the laws, hut consture them, and appoint their own agents to enforce them. As a political machine, Tammany and ail of the older organizations are com pelled in the face of the South Caro lina dispensary law to “go away back and sit down.” Let the strain of life relax for Thanksgiving on next Thursday. Close your stores and w rkshops, stop in the midst of y< ur busy schemes, and give one day to the contemplation of the untold bless ings tnat have be* n showered Upon you and yours. Y ou will be all the stn nger when the day shall have passed and you again take up the burden ul life. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The las* i-*sue of The Woodruff Re view announces that it and The New another pauer recently started at Woouruff. will consolidate and he known henceforth as The News Re view’. The reason assigned is that th. fioid is too stuail for both paper* The White House Dluner. (The Dillon Herald.] The following humorous poem. composed by a budding poetic genius i > Dillon, is the most hurnoroQs and ouggi stive comment we have yet seen • n tb*- famonr* Roosevelt-Washington dinner, and is entitled to the blue ribbon priz« : Oil! sav. ob. Itrn. Ko<xu*velr. I am Hilling now wi b you, Al I In-t abb* In llic W lnt'.-liuuse, I’ray tcil mu wliat's here to chew. Have you corn bread and bacon, oi 'nns-miii :iU'i talers Hue. Lb,<• f'ui used lo h tvliitf in home; In lb.il "iilK^er 1 -liiitiliK I'llnioV No, I have here hani and cldckeu, And wines and coffee and tea, •Oh! Hay, Oil! Mr.'Kuoseveil. This is too lunch for me. So. order If you (ileusc, Kir. So c sweet old Tilers hot. Ami ha ve liic social is|ijallty cook i'ut a 'possum In Uic pot. ' im.i a.” All stone fruit are considered to he injurous for thoes who suffer i from the liver. Dear Doctor: “THE COAT DOES BILL OI THANKSGIVIN < lytsters on Half Shell. Celery. Olives. ('hicken Salad. Baked Trout. Knast Young Turkey Stuffed. ‘‘Possum and Talers.” linked Goose. linked Guinea. « White Babbit on Toast. Cheese. Nuts. Fruit Cake. Mixed ( axe. Cabinet Pudding. Tea. Milk. Coffee. TRY=ME CAFE, MO Limestone Stm t. E. C. 3, Manager. L'K ICIC. 1611)8. 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 of all kinds. Nice candies of all kinds, Fish, Keg and Bottle Pickles, Pig Feet, and every thing nice at the very lowest prices possible. We sell strickly for cash. Yours for cash. Geo. D. Jefferies. We are running alio,id this year in number of prescriptions filled. We account for it this way : We do right work, use best materials, give prompt ser vice and charge a fair profit. You can count upon expected results if we do your compound ing. When you want Antitoxin you want it quick. We carry Parke, Davis & Co’s and con stantly have a fresh supply on hand. We are ready to furnish any likely formula in Hypoder mic Tablets. You can probably save time by coming here when in urgent need. Hypodermic Syringes, Clini cal Thermometers are also well represented in our store. We do not pretend to carry in stock all the New Remedies; that Yvould be almost an impos sibility. But we do keep our stock up to the demand for those preparations Yvhose claims for recognition appeal to the judg- • i >f t it pr fession. We are glad to supply any demand for any article. Order anything }'Ou Yvant ; we’l! suDtdv it gladly NOT MAKE THE MAN.” But a suit of our clothes will make a man look better and feel better than anything else will, and our prices will lea\’o more money in his pocket than any one else’s. We have nocheap or shoddy goods to offor you at absurdly low prices, but we give you j more 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, uew stuff. When it comes to Groceries, “We feed the people. 1 7 J The Company Store. “The Biggest and Cheapest Store in Cherokee County.” J(iq a tiw 0 ? ? &4 %/W am W i) C , * vie compound prescription- as we think 'you would like to have them compounded and a- yvo know they should he. Every prescription receives our best attention. We do enough hu-i- ness to keep the stock moving and you are sure of fresh in gredient-. Wo believe your patient- will get a more prompt benefit if we do your compound- ing. Orders by mail or telephone promptly tilled. Yours respectfully, CHEROKEE DRUG CO. ^ •» r*i MO * htUci For tire Building Seacon, L. BAKER Has just received a large stock of Sash, Doors, Mantelpieces and all kinds of Trimming, Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Box ing, Molding, Brackets, etc. No. 1 Heart Pine Shingles and a good stock John W r . Masury & Sons Guaranteed Paints and Varnish, all at the lowest rea sonable prices. Call and see him Yvhen you want anything in bis line. No charge for making estimates Just received, a good line Children’s and Misses’ Shoes made by The Queen City Shoe Co., which they claim are the World’s best by every test. Light and heavv bottom, Lace and Button. Prices, 63c 75c $ 1.00 and $ 1.25. Cold weath er is here and the children k. ; I V Yxi. I J ^ v 13 Don’t forget we carrry a big line Men's, Boy’s and Women’s Shoes, which we are selling as low asgood solid feather Shoes can be sold. Yours for good Shoes at low prices, J. R. TOLLESON & CO. I have just returned from Bal timore and New. York where I bought a nice line of Dress Goods, Waist Goods and a big lot of La dies, Gents and mm. Men’s undershirts, 5»>c to $1.50. Overshlrts 50c and up. Suspenders 5 to50t\ Pants !Wk; and up. New line men’s suits $5.00 to $15.00. Shoes for every body and at ail prices. Wench troods5 to |o ti, s and 10 inches. Kubher ladlinif. Children's Hosiery. Infants’ Sacques, 15c up. Infants' Caps, 25c to $1.00. 1 nfant llootees. 10c. Ladies’ Skirts. $1.25 to $1.50. Nice line Draperies. Embroidered Mull. Dress Flannels, 10 to 25c. Fleece-lined (roods. 10c. Series. I5c and up. Table Damask, 55 to 75c. Towels, 15 to 50c per pair. Linen Table Covers, S5 to $1.50. , 30c to Work Shirts, 20c to $1.00. Guns $ti oo to $25.0 i D'sc Harrows. ! Grain Drills, Butrtfies Wayons, 1$ a i ng I and Ties. All kinds Fertiliz ers for urain. j Harness, Collars. 15U) yards prints to (fn at 4e. I also have a rom- I plete line at my Go forth store. Please come to the front. Well. I have fine Tennessee Hors, and plenty of fine Beef. Fish, all Pork Sausage. Mixed Sausage. Fresh Bologna Sausage, Pork Chops, Pork Steak. Pork Hoast. Beef Steak, Round Steak, Latin Steak. Tea Steak. Chunk Steak and Steak of all kinds. Fresh Fish. Country Produce and Fruits of different kinds. Can Goods of all varieties. Christmas Candles and Christmas Goodecominff in dally. Come or call Photic No. 60 Your trade appreciated. Respectfully Y’ours, X*. VV. TVloOtiinn. Burnette Block. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Iffice over J. R. Tolieson’s new stor» In office from 1st to 26th of eaob joonth: See me before buying as 1 can save you money. j. i. 818 Limestone St. f Gaffney, S. C. 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, WHITE STONE LITHIA WATER READ YVHAT REV. JOHN T. McBUYDE. I). I).. OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF 8PARTANBFKG. AND DR. F. L. POTTS. HAVE TO SAY AS TO THE MERITS OF THIS FAMOUS WATER. Spartanburg, S. C.. July 27,1901. WHITE STONE LITHIA WATER CO., YVhlte Stone Springs, S. C. Gentmcmicn: I have prescribed White Stone Llthla YVater ttoth h* ft diuretic and uric acid solvent, and have been well pleased with Its results in each instance. FRED L. POTTS, M. D. Spartanburg, S. C., Aug. 16. !90i. WHITE STONE LITHIA WA TER CO., White .-tone jrinirs. S. C. 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 $ I 0.00 each. R. M. WILKINS & CO. I l 2, I 1 4, 1 1 6 Frederick St. Genti.kmus: I have tested the virtue ol White Stone I.lthla \Y iter ind 1 now most earnestly commend it to any one troublvd with any kidney disease, it has done more for me t han any water I have ever tried. I or years I have suffered at tlutes with the passiqreof I'rie Acid calculi, and have trled a nutnlxT of celebrated mineral waters, aniotijr them the Buffalo Llthia Water. Tate, Capon ScrliiKs, and Waukesha Bethesda, haviitj; spent two months each summer for eight succes sive summers. While 1 was somewhat )*c!.etlltod( I can safely state that I find no comparison In the ! action of White Stone Litjila Water, for In it I find that they act powerfully on my kidneys I in elear'wr up the urine and In thoroughly washing them out, when I drink White Stone Lithlu Water in mi fhelent q uant ities. llic the kidneys, then I call see lit) felts cuII, • t the fearful altacks of renal col hut W hite Stone Llthia. If what 1 lea rned front my'doctors Is true almut flood* i n why I should suffer any rie r*- with 1 rlc Add cal- ic. As loux as I can tret it. I shall try no other water Y'ours respectluIly, REV. JOHN T MrBRYDE. WHITE STONE LITHIA WATER CO., WHITE STONE SPRINGS. S. C. for sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Nov. 22-Inn