Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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™ ysrzqfirk. pf- ■ f* I V Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. .PF'Offlce over Nutional Hank. J. E. WEBSTER, Attorney J*Lt> fficein Court House. (Probate>Judpe s office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. loses * Co.’s Store. Osn be found at office six dare in tbe week OR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 26th of each month: William-S. Hall, Jr. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS / X LAW. ». CS. Notary Public in office. Prompt attention frlven to ah business. Office oeer R. A. Jones A Uo.’s store. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Davenport. Office and Residence .Phone. G. W. SPEER, ATTOR NE: Y-AT-I* A W. GAFFNEY, S. C. Office In Auditor's office at Court House. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of the digestante and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never lails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive etomachs can take it. By Its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. Is unequalled for the stomach. Child ren with weak stomachs thrive on It. Cures all stomach troubles Prepaivd only by E. 0. DeWitt &('n., Chicago 'Tno |1. bottle contains2% timet. tbcSOc. size. GREAT SOOTHERN AND S, C, & G. E, Former Altitude of Southern Towards Latter Road. A CASE OF STARVATION. The Sonthern Railway Han Practically Owned the S. C. A U. E and Purposely Gave It Barely Enough to Keep it Alive —The Peeliug lu Blacksburg. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg. Feb. 20:—We do not think the people of Cherokee, or our representatives in the General As sembly, have been sufficiently alive to the importance of the legislation recently enacted by which it was at tempted to grant tbe power to the Southern Railway company to ab sorb tbe South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad company, and thereby remove their only competi tor in this section. It was a remark able thing for tbe legislature to do, and a very remarkable thing for our people to permit them to do without giving them a stiff, hard fight and ail the facts in the case fully set forth. The amendment in tbe house pro hibiting the dismantling or taking up tbe track ou tbe Gaffney branch was very well as far as it goes, but really amounts to very little, as tbe Southern can make jt a dead letter practically. But as Blacksburg had no direct representative, she should not ask the legislature to include an amendment to prevent the dismant ling and removing the railroad shops at this place; and this would have been eminently just and fair, as Cherokee township voted $25 000 in bonds to this road, with tbe express promise that tbe shops would be located at Blacksburg; and our peo ple will be paying taxes on these bonds for the next generation. The argument which seemed to in fluence the legislature was that tbe South Carolina and Georgia Exten sion railroad is unable to sustain it self. Has it not been evident, even to a superficial observer, that since tbe purchase of tbe South Carolina and Georgia Extentiou railroad by the Southern that the latter company has owned or controlled the S. C. & G. E , and has given it bsrely enough to keep it alive—a oasje. of slow star vation with a distinct understanding that it was not to look elsewhere for bunioess. When the fruit becomes ripe for tbe piucking, the Southern asKB our legislature to nullify the ef forts of the people of Cherokee to se cure competition and to practical!) confiscate all the tuxes paid in the past, and those to be paid in the fu ture. arnl give the property to the Southern; and the legis'ature did it, without, so fur as I know, any effort to defeat it. Only one despairing ef fort to prohibit the tearing up of the track of the Gaffney branch. However, we have one thing left us that siiuuid keep us from feeling that ail chances of securing justice are not lost. The Slate constitutional convention of 18D5 provided that no railroad company should lease, con trol or operate any competing or parallel line of railroad; acd the is sue as to what should be deemed a competing or parallel line should be left to the decision of a jury. This is a resource for us to fall back upon if the Southern Railway atteufpts to so order matters as to do ao injury to Gaffney, Blacksburg or any other part of the county. We think Gaff ney should feel an interest in Blacks burg, and should assist ia prevent ing, if possible, any act which would depreciate tbe value of her property if such a thing should be attempted. Blacksburg, though a small place, without capital, has probably done more through the efforts of her citi zens in the line of railway develop ment than any town in tbe State of her size and means, and she has not been selfish in it, as she reached out a helping hand to Cherokee Fails and Gaffney; and who will say that these two towns would have had the branch road if it had not been for Blacks burg’s initiative and efforts? We shall see what they propose to do. If they propose to tear up and de stroy, we should meet them in the courts and before a jury of our peo ple, as tbe couutitutiou provides. If they show a desire to help us build up, lot us meet them half way. A Citizen. Attention Veterans! Camp Jefferies, U. 0. Veterans, is hereby called to meet at Wilkinsville ou Saturday, March 15th, at 11 a. m. sharp. Business of importance makes it necessary that all members attend, and come prepared to pay tbeir an nual dues of 15 cents, 5 cents cf which goes to the State and 10 cents to tbe General Confederation of U 0. Veterans. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected, also delegates to tbe forthcoming U. C. Veterans re union. The meeting will have rn^e - consideration , the proposals of the different railroad^ to take its members and their friends to the reunion to be held in Dallas, Texas. April 22-25. Also the board and lodgings offered in the city during the meeting of the reunion. By order of J. L Strain G. W. McKown. Acting Adj’t. Conuns' der Etta Jane. S. C!.. Feb 22 1902. Local Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good Middling 8 25 Middling 8 15 Machinery vh. Muscle. (Corrctjoondenc'c of The Ledger.) Asbury, Feb. 18—From the early settlement of South Carolina until the great civil wur. our forefathers main ly depended unon the muscle of the negro to do all tbe work on the farm. But when the fanatical spirit that prompted John Brown at Harper’s Ferry, and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” permeated and materialized in Yankee-land. citizen ship was forced upon an unprepared and an incompetent race. The Southern farmer (ever equal to every emergency) uses his brain for the saving of labor, and as the faith ful “Aunt Dinah’s” fire dies in the old brick kitchen, we see the cook stove in the dining-room for the wife and daughter. Improvement upon improvement in machinery has been made, until now instead of the mus cle of tbe faithful old negto of ante bellum days, we find tbe prosperous Southern farmers using the range, the hydraulic ram, the mower, the reaper, the telephone, and a thous and other labor-saving and mechani cal devices—the outgrowth of the white man’s fertile ^rain. While the faithful old servants of humane and Christian masters have been disappointed in life and are fast passing away, and their posterity coming into the world, strangers to the ties that existed between the whites and their faithful servants, soon learn to spurn law and order and give themselves over to, lives of the grossest immorality. They are rapidly retrograding and* their destiny is one of the dark problems for future solution. We. the white people (with the improvements in machinery), are far better off than our forefathers were, and we should teach our children to be self-reliant and to learn the use of the labor-saving machinery and in ventions of the day if we would have them abreast, of the onward and upward movements of our time N g L I)r. Buli’t* Cough Syrup overnight the most stuh'»oni eold ;is well ;is all its e-im plications tickling in the throat, husky voice and violent couching, it is the m st wonderful medicine science hits produced. n fiew Store, New Goods, Spot Cash, Ono Price. BRISTOW, MCALLISTER & PEELER invite your attention to their New Clothing. 11 ts and Gents Furnishing G.tods* / Store, New Front, Hit! Limestone Street, where they are receiving daily a splen- fi did stock of Men's and Hoys’ Wear direct from the liest manufacturers in the z)/ K trade. We w;int your business. ;uid will be ready at all times to show you the >2 best stock In this section of new, fresh goods, and up-to-date styles. One pr'ce and spot cash to everybody. We shall ever be jealous of our reputation and /) (j hope to merit your patronage. • Yours truly, BRISTOW, MCALLISTER & PEELER. '(I The only exclusive Clothing and Gents Furnishing Store in Cherokee Count/ 1 . ENDURING STRENGTH. Sure Cure Sarsaparilla Restores Wasted Nerves; Sustains Vitality; Keeps the body free of poison ous matter; Helps the system to renew strength. We Rccoraraend- We advise you not to wait till you are run down, but be gin early to fight that tired feeling. LISTEN! FRESH SURE CURE SARSAPARILLA —as the best spring medicine.— Doubtless you have used many sorts of remedies, but it does not yield, it is too deep-rooted. It may wear itself out in time, but more than likely it will produce la grippe, pneumonia or a very serious throat trouble. You need something that will cure it effectually, DR. CRAWLEY’S WHITE PINE SYRUP will do this when everything else fails. Both for sale at Gaffney’s Leading Pharmacy. S. B. CRAWLEY & CO., 813 LimtslMt street. every day at Miii.i.- Mark t and all other goo>; meats O at the f k*> wish to e.tt. such as Kausee* Cit> Beef, Fork and Lggs. Fresh Butter tind a lot <>’ other things that I won’t, mention- All I ask is tor .you to come after reading this advertisement anu you wll 1 he convinced Mint 1 ke,-p the Ix-st and cheapest market in town, i will mention a few prices: Cholc- Kansas City -teak at lg',4- per pound; the other steaks luc; till good sausage 10c per pound, - tew meats an I r -asr* from to 10•; eggs 2t>c for single Oo/.en; hu ter-(l per sing c pound. BiC)cits anci sun i ies fo r sal • a’ my office. 'Phones and s'J. W. J. MANESS. BLACKSBURG PEOPLE Come to THE PEOPLE’S MARKET. To buy their meats—Why Not You? “if you don’t you lose.’’ The reason is plain— We Sell the Best and "Sell it For Less." We handle both Kansas City and home-raised beef. Don't forget the place. Phone No. 17. THE PEOPLE’S MARKET. Irer-ra W : "" 1 " — ” ” " r ~ 1 11 ■. ». i, , „„ ■ .... - , , , , ■ — —— • . _ . ■. t> _ * * * q>. a . a A. A. a. /i *—m m -X—a. A .a ^ a m m m A j> A m M-M m m A j>. at A Jt. /• . t- i a a a a a 4-J s • w 11 T nxAMrmat' a ..■»a THE GREAT BARGAIN FEAST, Dyer Mill-End Sale, continues at the Big Store. People come once to see. They buy and come again and buy. This is the peo ple’s sale; buying goods at half and some at less is a grand opportunity. If you have been you can testify that the half has not been told. If you have not been come. Only one week more, and this Great Bargain Feast will close. You will find your neighbors have bought goods at just half what you will have to pay for them if you miss this opportunity. Those that have been to this sale can see with half an eye the tremendous values. New Goods coming every day and all going in this stock at Mill-End Prices. ONLY ONE WEEK MORE And remember every thing in our store, during this sale is going at under prices, prices never offered by us before. rr r~r -n h i am m , i 5c. 3}4c. Fine Lawns, Dimities, Swis-ses, Etc., worth 7%, 8, ! 0 and 12>icat Fine Foulards, 7c goods at Sheeting at Calicoes at • Ladies’ Fast Black Hose Men’s Half Hose, Black and Colors Misses Heavy Ribbed Hose Ladies’ Fine Handkerchiefs SHOES, HATS AND CLOTHING-MEN’S AND LADIES’ FURNISHINGS. Thousands of goods going in this Mill-End line. Do not forget that you have only one more week of this Great Bargain Feast. The Muslin Underwear has arrived and is now on sale. These goods are real values and you make no mistake in making a selection from this depart ment of the Mill-End Sale. '-2 WII jy 5 a 1 '* — — » m m + -A -AL mm*** -maTja