Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TrillC XwBIMJSKM PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND EKIDAY. ny . Ed. H. DkC'a.mu. The Ledger i» not responnibit for |b« viows of correspondents. Cards of thanks wi)‘ he published at one cent a word. Reading notices will he published £t *en cents a line each insertion. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. . Obituaries will be pubinlised at five cents a line. Correspondents who do not contri* bote regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. SOME DON'T*. Don’t make it u habit to borrow your neighbor's paper. I he paper is too cheap to do that. Don’t make it a habit to lend your paper. You might want it some time when it’s away from home. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Don’t ask us to credit you. We don’t want to hurt your feelings by relusing. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Don’t be a clam, but take your county paper like a good, industrious citizen and keep posted on the hap penings of your section 1 DEATHS OF EMINENT MEN. It is seldom that a town or citv loses by death in one week three such citizens as Spartanburg has lost dur ing the present week. Major Dun can. Col. Walker and Kev. Dr. McCul lough have all passed from this earthly scene into the mysterious be yond. Two of them were gallant Confederate soldiers, and the other was an able and faithful soldier of tne cross. All of them were strong fac tors in different lines of life, one in business, one in law, one in religion. Each in his sphere left the impress of a strong, manly character on the work that he accomplished—an im press that will not soon be obliterated by the ebbs and Hows of the restless tide of life. Dr. McCullough was not a resident of Spartanburg at the time of bis death, but as he bad lived there through the most important period of bis long IDe and as Spartanburg was the principal theater of bis labors, he is naturally associated in mind with the other two. When such men die the world is impressed with the absolute impar tiality of death—with the inexorable destiny of the whole of mankind. Ac cording to our ideas of relations and proportionate adjustments the strong minded, clear-headed, sure-footed men who lay broad plans and execute them, who wield wide, uplifting influ ences over men and women, who bring rich tributes of thought to the channels of industry or high moral and social ideals to human society, should have higher privileges and a longer lease of life than the weak, the obscure and the vicious. But the hold that the autumn leaf fluttering in the wind has on its support, Is do frailer nor more uncertain than the hold which all great and small, strong and weak, wise and foolish among men, have upon life. Whether at sixty or at eighty, or in the first blush of young manhood or womanhood, or in fair, innocent childhood, or in the pride and strength of life’s prime, that hold is always, so far as revealed to human ken, frail, fickle and inse cure. It does seem that nature in her stern decrees often mocks at human plans and puts the seal of her depre ciation upon human works. She calls for the man who is filling a wide space in the public gaze and who is in the midst of broad fields of unfin ished work, as if she should say, '‘the man is all, the work is nothing.” Yet she ordains ‘hat when a good man dies, bis spirit shall linger long in this land of shadows to encourage and strengthen the faint-hearted and move the thoughtless and sluggish to wisdom and energetic action. There are stars in the firmament so remote from us. that if they wtre blotted out of existence they would continue to look down upon this earth gently and sweetly for hundreds of years to come; so. a strong pure, broad and onauly life will shed Its beneficent and strengthening influences upon men long *Der that life shall have been transported to a nor her sphere. NOTr-S A>D COMMENTS. passed the house like wildfire. This was patriotic and heroic, and indi cates a sentiment worthy of the past. Let the Soldiers’ Home alone. We don't need it. Let the senate ratify j this bill and make the State’s old heroes comfortable and happy. Then men can hold up their heads and Ui,ain be proud that they are citizens of South Carolina. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Col. Blake, of Greenwood, has a pointed and vigorous article in the News and Courier condemnatory of the free school system in South Caro lina. The same writer has attacked the system before in the public prints without evoking a single reply. He will get no reply to his present argu ments. because they are unanswer able. But the spirit of socialism and of fanaticism is up and will run its course even to the wrecking of the manhood of the State and obliterat ing the last vestige of a strong, sturdy, self-reliant citizenship. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Rumors of an uprising of •■he Irish against their English oppressors are rife in Enrt pe and are exciting much uneasiness and dread. It is thought | ♦hat the Irish see in the conditions in South Africa an opportunity to strike once more for freedom. There is the rumbling of discontent, too, that comes :rom India. Australia has re- fu-ed to furnish more troops for the war, except on condition that she shall have a voice in negotiating terms of peace England may yet learn the truth of the wise man's maxim. “A haughty spirit goeth be fore a fall.” The cla«s of men and hoys in our town who have the hardest time dur ing the fierce weather that now and then sweeps down upon us, is th- drivers of the merchants’ delivery wagons. Customers should remem ber this fact and do what they con veniently can to relieve them. Many an order is 'phoned in weather which the person ordering would not think of braving himself for the goods he wants, and which he could easily do without for at least another day. Then frequently the merchant is re quested to send some insignificant ar ticle a long distance on a cold day, and he does it, knowing at the same time that the delivery is worth three times more than the article itself. A thoughtful, generous customer will not take such an advantage of his merchant. It is unjust and unfair. The golden rule applies here as well as everywhere else. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We are opposed to the establish ment of a State fertilizer factory which appears to be right popular among our legislators Such an en terprise would utilize convict labor and probably cheapen fertilizers for the farmers, thereby rendering them a temporary benefit. But we oppose it both as a principle and a policy. The State bas no right to monopolize any business nor to enter into competi tion with enterprises already estab Msbed. She had just as well estab lish a cotton factory as a fertilizer factory. She had better go into the grocery business than remain in the liquor business, for the former is more respectable. Convict labor should not be brought into competi tion with honest free labor in any in dustry. Let the convicts be employed on the roads and on such works as are intended for the benefit of the whole people, and let the State look after the legitimate objects of govern ment—in other words mind her own business. S«»«re Weather. ^ r. The cold wave was on time Tues day. By noon a light rain was fall ing and freezing and continued through the day. night and Wednes day. Wednesday morning every thing was covered with ice and many telephone wires were broken down. The temperature rose some during the day. causing the ice to fall from wires and trees. It however, re mained quite cold and a light ram fell most of the day. Few out-of- town people came to the city and from appearances it was one of the dullest business days Gaffney has had this winter. At last our legislature has awaked to an eppreciation of the men who wore the (fray. A bill appropriating $‘200,OOO to Confederate pensions How’n This? W<‘ offer One IIuntired Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh Unit cannot he cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. K. J. CHENEY A CO., Drops.. Toledo, O. We. the understood, have known F. .1. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliKuUons made by i heir ttrm. West & Tkcax. Wholesale DruitKlsts, To ledo. O. Wai.iunu. Kixnan & Mahvin. Wholesale Oru/irists, Toledo. O. Hall's i'at.arrh Cure Is taken Internally acting direct !y upon the blond and mucous Surfaces of the system. I'rtce 75c. per bottle sold by all drugglstt Testimonials Ire**.. Hall* Family IMtlm re the best. —Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla are ibe fi ivoring extracts most folks use. —3iu° Ribbon lemon and vanilla extracts flavor deserts perfectly. Important Facta to Voting Men. Correspondence of Tne Ledger.| Young men you are wanted from the street corners, from the salojns and the playhouses, from the loafers' rendezvous, the idlers’ promenade. Turn your steps in to the highway of noble aim and earnest work. There are prizes enough for every successful worker, crowns enough for every hon orable head that goes through the smoke of conflict to victory. But why do so few young men of early promise, whose hopes, purposes and resolves were as radiant as the colors of the rainbow, fail to distinguish themselves? The answer is obvious. They are not willing to devote them selves to that toilsome culture winch is the price of great success. What ever aptitude for particular pursuits nature may donate to her favorite children she conducts now but the laborious and the studious to dis tinction. Great men have ever been men of thoughts as well as men of actions. The barefooted boy of fifty years ago has been thinking and thinking aright and thinking with no ordinary mind. He has placed the impression of his character upon his age. His industry, his business habits w*-re developed in round full and beautiful character. The bare footed boys of fifty years ago are now the prominent millionaires, the prom inent business men, the prominent lawyers, the prominent statesmen and great influentia' preachers, and our successful farmers. Young men and ladies, don’t b? ashamed of the farm. The greatest men we have ever had were born ar.d raised on the form. Why can’t we do like those people did’ Simply be cause we don’t try. There have been men that started out in life without a cent.but have made t heir way by being honest and truthful and have eut wood for their night’s lodging rather than to b g for it. Some of us are too proud arul high minded to adopt and take that chore in life, hut if we don’t mind poverty will bring us to it vet Y >ung men and young ladies, study and think. Study right and think right Don’t be tod fast or too slow, but be moderate and follow the slow but true method and you will make life a success. Bond is the man or woman that can deny them selves till they get able to run their own business and get things that they can’t well do without, and sit in their homes rainy days and comfort them selves with ease. Away young men and illuminate yourselves to that great culture and help to swell the tide of virtue. Apply yourselves to some good work, or rather don’t get discouraged. Don’t entertain no such a thought as that If you at first don’t succeed try again. j w. b. The Tnm Thumb AWdUlrg Postponed. The Tom Thumb wedding has been postponed, but will be pulled off at an early date of which due no tice will be given in The Ledger. Local Cot ton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good Middling 8 05 Middling 7 87$ Dr. HuU'it CouKh Nyrap eon<|ueni croup at once, cures the child, iind thus saves many a life. Mothers need not fear that dreadful disease, if they have this reliable remedy at band. It Is solo by all druggists for ^5 cents. —Try Blue Ribbon lemon and vmilla flavoring extracts once and see if you don’t prefer them to the ordinary kinds. WATCH Your label and the date, And pay before Tis too late, Wood’s Seeds BEST FOR THE SOUTH. Every Gardener, Farmer and Trucker should have Wood’s 1902 Descriptive Catalogue. It not only gives reliable, practical, up- to-date information about all Seeds, but also the best crops to grow, most successful ways of growing different ertips, and much other information of special inter est to every one who plants seeds. It tells all about Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, Tobacco, Seed Corn, Cow Peas, Sola, Velvet and Navy Beans, Sorghums, Broom Corn, Kaffir Corn, Peanuts, HU let Seed, Rape, etc. Catalogue mailed free on request. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOM, • VIRGINIA. F'or— Rutldlnir and Plastering Lime, Ooalj and Plaster Hair. Plaster Paris. Kosendale Cement. Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and 'Dynamite Daps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone 57. Mnnar.lte. The monazite miues in Cherokee county are being extensively worked this winter and this ram mineral is being collected in quantities which make it a lucrative business. Much of it is m-deaned in the Monazite Mill in Gaffney before shipment, but there are a few notable mines from which it is obtained in such a pure state that re-cleaning is unnecessary and the products are shipped as they are taken from the mines. We learn that most of it is ship ped to Germany and that best grades are sold for 10 cents per pound. Weight for weight, oriental rubies are valued ten to twenty fold the price of diamonds The best come from China Ceylon and India. MOME AMD CHIL Does, your horse “feel his oats”? What a difference be tween the grain-fed and the grass-fed horse! The first strong and full of ginger, the second flabby, weak ar.d tired out before he begins. The feeding makes the difference. Children are not alike either. One is rosy, bright-eyed, full of life and laughter, another h pale, weak and dull. The feed ing again is responsible. Sickly children need special feeding. They don’t “feel their oats”. Scott’s Emulsion add* just the right richness to their diet. It is like grain to the horse. The child gets ne^ appetite and strong digestion. Scott’s Emulsion is mere than food. It is a strong medicine. It rouses up dull children, puts new flesh on thin ones and red blood into pale ones. It makes children grow. Scott’s Emulsion makes ordi nary food do its duty. This picture represents the Trade Mark of Scott’s Emulsion and is on the wrapper of every bottle. lend for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St., New York 50c and all druggists. DRUG CO. Soaps, Brushes, Powders, Waters, Perfumes, Sponges, Lotions, Rubber Bags, Every- Our stock of Toilet Requisites includes everything desirable both for COMMON and UNCOMMON use. We handle only iioods that we know to be reliable. Our customers have come to regard the fact that anything found on our shelves is evidence in itself of reliability. Please reme m b e r that we are not under sold, uptown or down town. We are always glad to sliow goods. CHEROKEE DRUG CO. Ninety Per Cent. of nil chronic headaches are due to eye strain. Go to Dr. Griffith at the Cherokee Drug Co’s, and have the de fect In vision corrected and thus be Quickly and Permanently Cured. Ol asses fit tea with scientific accuracy and all diseases of the Kye, Ear, Nose and Throat treated accordlni; to the latest and most approved methods. Beware of Traveling Frauds who Advertise Free Examinations. Teachers' Exsmiiiaticii. The regular examination of teachers will he held lu the court house Friday. Kelt. 'Jl IISU. All persons wishing to apply tor lA'urh er’s certificates or to have old ones renewed will please take notice. Gaffney. N W. F. McAhtiU-'r. Jan.21, IWKI. Pupt. of Education. Qatffe /y A fi? H >8 ^ ♦ // £/' * sr */ 8 / ;? m? i A Ef s m M A JF 4 . ft £ to < ABOUT LITTLE THINGS. ' It is the little tilings that annoy us. The little things that piensc us. The little smile. The little nod. 1 he little kind word. The little favor. It is the num erous little things that make up life. The bright little things make us glad. The dark little things make us sad. So in life. So in the mercantile. It is the little things that count. In your buying you want quality and value. Little things too numerou- to mention in our big store. J s. Ladies high grade kid gloves, every warrant on them that is on higher priced ones, at $1.00 per pair. Black, Tan and Grays. Cashmere Gloves, 15, 25, 40 and 50 cents. I i Lad it 's ! ligh gi rad< , <loi ible sole a i id heel i a k-Z (T: fast black a i id stai uless , we ■11 w ■irth 31 He , pn ice 25 cents. Fast hh'i ick an» 1 stai nles is In )se, the • Ik ‘.J; <t ood Is obtain- ahlr for tl he price. 10c. 12 i< J, 1 • 3c and 20' cent “S. Larg. u ii ne Mi> s.ses f tnd Boy s Hose Mis SOS and boys 1 a* t b auk > eamle ss ai id ( loin sle km at 10c Better ones ,, 124 , L ’> and ! 25c. (’oi'Sl its, (’oml »s, Bi •ush es. Collars rr , l ios a lu l a lum- dm] and OIL e little articles you will ti lid her ■e, and our method is not how cheap price we can give, but how good an article for the price. All through our big store thG is done. Do all your buying from us and at the year’s end you will have saved money. v J A standing welcome to all. A. N. Wood President. R. R. Brown. Vice-President. JVIerclijAiit® and IrManters Uank: OF GAFFNEY. S. 0. OAPITAL, *$30,000.—SUI*PLUS *$4,000. State and County Depository. ^ Docs a general Banking and Exchange business, Is well fitted up with Fire Proof Vault aM Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Lock. We solicit the business of people of nil occupations C. XX. jawri'TW. Csshler F. G. Stacy. President. j. G. Wardlaw, Vice-President. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL. ....... •50,000, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, • 10.000. State. County rind City .Depository. Deposits solicited from Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others. Every accom modation extended to customers that their business and responsibility will warrant. D. C. Caohiee foe Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company Offers for sale Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney Olty; Also Farms n«* by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots of from 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pnr« poses. For full particulars apply to J. V. SAlitKATrr, JVjcent. P.B.—All tresspassing on lands of tbls company, cuttin and amoving timber. Ashing or rutin* M w /■>* i <» J. I. SA.R.H.A.TT. My stock of General Merchandise at Go forths, S. C. f is more complete than ever be fore and owing to the hard times I will sell at greatly reduced prices. I handle almost every thing in Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Hardware, Etc, I also have about 30 head of Horses and Mules which I will sell cheap for cash or good paper payable next fall. Also three good Milch Cows with young calves on same terms. Don’t forget that 1 am still handling Tyson & Jones, Corbitt, Cincinnati and Studebaker Buggies, and Taylor, White Hickory and Studebaker Wagons at Goforths, S. C., and will meet any honest competition. Syracuse and Southern Harrows and Farming Im plements. Fertilizers of all grades on hand and to arrive soon. See me before buying. ^f. i. tt.