Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ Tub: JU h:i >o re i*. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. RV Ed H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents* Correspondents who do not contri* bnte regular news letters must fur bish their name, not (or publication, but for Identification. Obituaries will be publnlised at five •ents a line. Cards of thanks wll 1 be published •I one cent a word. Reading notices will be published •t ten cents a line each insertion. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor lo get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. SOME OOH’TH. Don’t make it a habit to borrow your neighbor’s paper. The paper is loo 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 refusing. ♦♦♦♦ 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. A HRAY. Jim Tillman, son of George D. Till man and nephew of Benjamin Ryan Tillman, and Lieutenant Governor of this State, has achieved considerable notoriety of late by sending a tele gram to President Roosevelt. Major Jenkins, a Virginian, was a member of Mr. Roosevelt’s regiment in the Cuban war. His gallantry was such as to cause Mr. Roosevelt to sp^ak of him in very warm terms in a book he wrote concerning the little spat with Spain. The Lieutenant Governor conceived the idea of rais ing a fund with which to purchase a sword and have the President present the sword to Major Jenkins on the occasion of the President's visit to the Charleston Exposition. The Lieu tenant Governor raised the fund, pur chased the sword, had a suitable in scription engraved theceuu, cxcouUca an invitation to the President to pre sent the memento, and the latter had accepted the invitation. Previous to the McLaurin-Tilhnan fisticuff in the senate the President had extended an invitation to Sena tor Tillman to be present at a state dinner at the White House in honor of Prince Henry, of Russia, who was visiting this country, but was forced to recall the invitation because Sena tor Tillman had placed himself in contempt of the senate by his fight with McLaurin on the fioor of the senate chamber. This action of the President, forced upon him by Senator Tillman him self, so angered }he latter that be consulted with his nephew, and as a result of that conference it was de cided that in order "to get even” with the Presi lent the invitation f or him to present the Major Jenkins sword should be withdrawn; so a tel egram to that eff .ct was sent to Presi dent Roosevelt by Jim Tillman. And fwr this action Jim Tillman is being severely condemned vVe doubt very much whether Jim Tillman would be so severely criti cised if he had rot signed his tele gram as Lieutenant Governor. The matter of raising the fund for the sword was a purely private one with Jim. It was not done in the name of tiouth Carolina and if he wanted to mane of himself an animal with en- Jongated ears he had a right to do so, but he should not have dragged the whole state into the mess. His braying in no sense represents the true man hood of South Carolina. Good manners is the badge of a gentleman, and there was no indication of good manners in this act of Jim’s We fear that too much importance has been attached to the unpleasant incident already, but poor old South Carolina is des tined to aulfer so long as such animals sre permitted to run at large and bray. Major Jenkins has displayed excel lent taste by sending a telegram de clining to accept the sword in view of the muddle. This is well and will bring the incident to « close. NOTES A NO COMMENTS. Judge Watts, upon being shown an article in The Ledg-r of a few issues since coocerning the criminal cases, remariod that "he generally ran coart to suit himself.” We do not doubt it, and we had no Idea that he would consult os or take our advice About the matter, but we see no rea son why it should not suit him to run it in the interest of the people who pay his salary and the expenses of the court; and we believe he will do this, as he announced yesterday af ternoon aft Q r an attorney had made a motion to continue a case, “While I am not going to force any one to trial who has a valid excuse for continu ance, I now give notice that in order to have the case coutinued the accus ed must give a valid excuse. The jail is full and the docket heavy, and things need a general cleaning up.” We may add that we did not mean to be impudent or offensive to Judge Watts, or any otuer judge, but stat ed a few simple facts and endeavored In our feeble way to point out a rem edy. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A strong petition will be presented to the County Commissioners today urging the building of another bridge across Broad river at the point of Young’s island. This will be a proper expenditure and tbe County Commis sioners could not do better than to erect this bridge. It will be a great con venience to the people of the Buffalo neighborhood and will open an accessi ble route to North Carolina. By all means, gentlemen of the county com- hiission, erect this bridge and then let your next step be tbe erection of another in tbe lower part of the county. Then add to your laurels by devising ways and means to give the county good roads. You can do no better service to your people than to give them what they need above all else—the best roads, roads that are permanent structures, roads that will stand as monuments to your enter prise and energy. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a The throng of people in tbe city in attendance upon the court and other business this week, the many evi dences of progress to be found on ev ery band, and tbe bright outlook for the future of Gaffney and Cherokee county, arc conducive to make one feel proud of the fact that be is a citizen of Cherokee, notwithstanding the undesirable notoriety recently at tained by the State. While tbe lamp holds out to burn there is hope of a brighter morn. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Is there a man in Cherokee who had to come to town yesterday that would not have been willing to pay two dollars additional taxes if he could have come over a smooth, hard macadam road-bed instead of through the mud and m're ? VVe doubt it not. If ever the condition of the public roads demonstrated the need of im provement along that line they are loud in that demonstration at this particular time. Let the cry be "good roads” until they are attained. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Thirty-four new subscribers to The Ledger since last Friday is no bad record. The cash accompanied every one of them. In fact, that i* the only way we take them now, and when the time for which the paper is paid is up, we discontinue at once. But The L->dger gives «17 440 inches of matter in one year for f l 00, and dq. other 8outb Carolina paper ap proaches it in point of service render ed for the price of subscription. ♦ ♦ ♦ The battle of tbe ballots is on to day. May the majority of the fleecy white slips uuide into office men of * fleecy white souls and characters, who will steer the ship to the white shore of honor aoct prosperity. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • A community can only thrive by being populated with workers. Chero kee needs no drones in the bee-hive. B'.> up and doing and thus prosper and cause those around you to pros per. PERSONAL'PARAGRAPHS. A eunday Marriage Sunday morniog at 9 o’clock, Mr. T. B. Seay and Mrs. Carrie Burgess, of Trough, were quietly married in this city by Rev. W. T. Thompson. The newly married couple left imme- diaiely on the 9:53 train for Ashe- vil.e, N 0.. to spniid a few days be fore returning to tb-dr future home at Trough. Mr and Mrs. Seay are both worthy people, and they have our best wishes for a bright and prosperous tuture. Public sale4. There was not much property of fered yesterday . The probate judge sold the Sender’s laud in Cnerokee township, 35 acres to J. G. Holt for !);91 00. The clerk sold a house and lot in Black-bu'g to Jones it Whisnant.for $510 00 0.e-fifth interest in 285 acres of Unu ,.u Suck cree« bv assignee to R. 0. Sarratt l >: $200 00 A New Pont Office. A new potteffije has bee" estab lished at Supervisor Wnelchel’s house about four mi es west of the city. It i* named "Jeter” ard we J^aro that Mr. Wbelcbei will be postmaster. People You Know auil People You Don’t Know Going Doggett, a popular traveling man of Charlotte, was in the city yesterday. Miss Lois Anderson, a sweet little Miss of Woodruff, is visiting her sis* ter, Mias Carrie, at Limestone Col lege. E. G. McCulloch, of Star Farm, came to see The Ledger yesterday and subscribed. Hon. Wm. Jefferies came up to the city Saturday. J. L. Plaxico, a prominent business man of Cherokee Falls, wm Ip the city yesterday. Walker Moss, from over the Broad, was a city visitor the laet of the week. G. W. McKown, of Mercer, was in tbe city Friday on business. J. L. Allison, of Cowpeus, was in the city yesterday and subscribed for Tbe Ledger. A. C. Price, of Maud, was a Ledger vietor Saturday. A. 8. Smith, of Algood, was in tbe city yesterday. Reuben Green, of Autiocb, spent Friday night in the city, tbe guest of Sheriff Thomas. Ed. Durham was in Spartanburg Thursday. Dr. Wm. Anderson, a prominent citizen and physician of Blacksburg, was a business visitor in tbe city yes terday. Rev. Simpson Blanton, of Star farm, was au appreciated Ledger vis itor Saturday. J. H. Ruppe, of Maud, came to see us yesterday and subscribed. Will Phillips. o f Spartanburg, spent Sunday with his family on Lime stone street. J. P. Kinsey, of Spartanburg, was in the city Saturday night and Sun day. S. E Case, of Thickety, paid The Ledger a pleasant visit yesterday. G. W. Bonner, a prominent Grassy Pond farmer, spent some time lo the city Saturday. W. J. Davis, of Mand, came in to see us yesterday. Mrs. J. J. Wbisnant, of Blacks burg, was chopping in tbe city Fri day. M. W. Brown, a prosperous young merchant of Ravenna, came up to tbe city yesterday. Kinyon Blanton, a good farmer of Maud, was in tbe city Saturday. Chief of Police T. H. Lockhart, of Blacksburg, spent yesterday in the citr among his many friends. Albert Bettis, a prominent citizen of Mount Paron, was a business visi tor in the city Friday. Walker Moss, from over the Broad, paid us a visit yesterday and sub scribed. Wallace Foster, of Gowdysville, a bright young boy, was a Ledger visi tor Friday. Mr. and Mrs G G. B\ers have re turned to the city from New York. P. C. Thomas, of Cuwpens, called to see The Ledger Suturaay and sub scribed. John R. Martin, of Cherokee Fat s, came in to see us yesterday anu sub- scr bed. James Gibbon, a young farmer of Mount Paron, paid us a visit Friday. W. P. Love E-q a prominent cit izen and owner ot Love’s Springs was iu the ciry yesterday on businos®. J. L Starnes, an over tbe-Broad farmer, paid The Ledger an appre ciated visit Saturday. J. H. Turner was in Spartanburg the 'ast of tbe w^ek on business. Jett Gibson, a farmer boy of Gow- dysviile, came in to see The Ledger Friday. Dr. James H. Diviney, of Gsines- viile, Ga.. was in the city a short while Saturday on business. Kbett Coleman, of Spartanburg, spent Sunday in the city with rela tives. Oliver Haines, of State Line, was a city visitor Saturday. Magistrate J no. W Alexander came up to the city Friday on official bus iness Mwj A B Woodruff, a distin- gnished citizen of Spartanburg coun ty, is in the city the guest of hia nephew, Capt. H. P. Griffith. J J. Gibbons, an over-the-Broad farrnt-r and good friend of The Led ger. spent Friday in the city. C. S. Whisonaut, of Blacksburg, was iu town yesterday. Sam H. Rippy, of Mount Paron, came over to the city Friday on busi ness and favored The Ledger with au aporeciated call. I) G Martin and L. P. W’ilson, two young farmers of Mount Paron, were in the city yesterday. E. R Sapocb, a prominent citizen ami planter of Mount Paron. was a business visitor in the city Friday. Edward Lipscomb, an old and highly respected citizen of Goucher, came over to the city yesterday. W. B Isier, a sterling over-the- Broad farmer, was a business visitor in the city Friday. He called to see The Ledger and renewed. Capt. J. H. WMiner, of Birming ham, contracting engineer of the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company, was in the city yesterday. Capt. VVhituer is a South Carolinian and a memner of that grand old family of Wbuners that has served South Cai- olirm well and done her honor in peace and in war. John McSwain. of Cherokee town ship, spent Friday in the city. Albert Whisonant, a prominent business man oi Blacksburg, was a ealeeduy visitor yesterday. Rufus Randal, of Cherokee town ship. cume over to the city Friday on business. Mrs Fulton Moore, of Mount Paron, is in the city visiting her parent, Esquire and Mrs. I. G Sar- ratt Ed Rippy. a successful farmer of Cherokee township, made bis first visit to Gaffney Friday, Mr. Rippy whs well pleased with the city and was astonished at its magnitude, its big business houses and stocks of goods and the active business appear ances. Come uftener Mr. Rippy. G. M. Champion and "Uncle” Joe Price, of Ezells, two of Cherokee's best citizens, were in tbe city yester day. Hon. C. W. Whisonant, merchant and farmer of Wilkinsville, came up to the city Friday. M. W T . Littlejohn, of Ravenna, was in to see ns yesterday and renewed. N. G. Littlejohn, a prominent plan ter of Ashnry, was a city visitor Fri day. Magistrate W. E. Mabry was in tbe city yesterday. Local Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on tbe Gaffney market today: Good Middling 8 37$ Middling 8 25 Use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup .at once, If your child hascroupor bronchitis. Was e no time; delay may be daURerous. Dr Bull's Cough Syrup cures at once It is a safe and infallible remedy. All druggists sell it for 25 cents. t’* We believe thoroughly in advertising. To prove it we are going to use this space for our own pur poses. We have advertis ing space to sell, and we know it will pay a good return upon the price we charge for it if it is prop erly used. Our paper goes into the best homes in this community. It has been going week after week and year after year until each issue is welcomed as an old friend of the family. The news it brings is news of neighbors, of per sonal affairs in which all have more or less of a com mon interest. If one of our readers called upon you, a merchant, you would do the best you could to con vince him that what you had for sale was the best he could buy. You would show him the new things you had got in recently. You would tell him why he should have them and why they were better than he could procure elsewhere. You procably would make a sale. Your effort, however, would be con fined to one person. You could tell th« same story just as eflecrdvely to every reader of this paper in each issue. You do not believe it would have the same ef fect? If you told tbe story in the same way it would. We are ready to do our part to prove it. Do you ca#e to try it? Hank sUatemeut. Report ,>f the condition of tbe National Bank of Gaffney, at Gaffney, tn tbe Stateof South Carolina, at the close of business. Feb. 25th, 1!H'2. KKSOCHCKff. Loans and discounts ?1M0,702 10 'Overdrafts, secured and unse< ured .1.1ms 07 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 12.500 00 Furniture and fixtures tika 00 Due from National Banks (not lie- serve Aicents) 1,171 *2 Dae from State Hanks and Bank ers 010 02 Due from approved reserve agents 2,052 74 Internal Revenue stamps 04 50 Checks and other cash Items «,t»22 01 Insurance premiums due this bank 547 Ki Notes of other National Banks * jf 510 00 Fractional paper cur rency, nickels ami cents. :i7 19 Specie s.7:i2 00 LcrhI tender notes :>4 no— 9,5t>.'t 1!) Redemption fund with II. S.Treas. 025 00 Toto 1 i.i A in i.iti Ks. Capital stock paid in J50.000 00 Surplus fund 10.000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 9..;'.M 90 National Bank notes outstanding. 12.500 on Due to other National Banks ... i 4,820 37 Due to State Banks and Bankers 1.353 54 Dividends unpaid tin on Individual deposes sub ject to check fl04.4'S 37 Demand Certificates of deposit 10 00 lime certificates of de posit . to. 145 10 Caslder’s checks out standing 1.155 H—122.039 19 Notes and bills redis counted 25.000 00 Total. |22s .931 15 1, D. C, Ross Caslder of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is tr ue to the best of my knowl edge and ladlef. D. C. Ross, Caslder. Subscribed and sworn to Itefore me tlds 4th day of March, 1902. W. H. Ooodi.so, N. F. Correct—Attest: F. G. Stacy. G. Warplaw, R. M. Wilkins. Directors. When you are in need of anything in our various lines. We don’t propose to work on your imagination by “glowing adjec tives and gusli”—we buy the kinds of goods that sell on their own merits. WE CAN SATISFY YOD 1t» In Clothing, Shoes, Men’s Heavy Underwear, Rubber Shoes, Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Farming Implements, Crock ery Ware, Patent Medicines. Flavoring Extracts—and, in fact, everything kept iu a General Merchandise Store. We carry the BEST AND BIGGEST LINE OF UMBREL LAS to be found in the city, and we have added to our immense stock a FULL LINE OF SHOT GUNS. Yours for business, J. I. SARRATT & CO. Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledger office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us your orders. MADE-TO-WEAR SUITS. When in need of a suit call on J. i*. tox^i^jssoin: and get a made-to-wear made by M. BORN & CO., of Chicago, the world’s best tailors. A. N. Woou President. K. R. Brown. Vice-President. rVIoreliiintfc* sind X^liintcrei I UmU OF GAFFNEY. 8. G. CAPITA t# **50.000I* PLUS* **-|.,o<><>. State and County Depository. Does a jrenerHl Bunking und Exchange business, is well tirt-d up with Fire Proof Vault and Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Lock. We solicit the business of people of all occupations O. TVf. I'TM. Oshter F. G. Stacy. President. J. G. Wakdlaw. Vice-President. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL, a.IO.OOO. SURPLUS AMD PROFITS, - 10,000. t3la.te. Oounty a.n<l Oity Depository. Deposits solicited from Farmers, Merchants. Manufacturers and others. Every accom modation extended to customers that their business and responsibility will warrant. D. C. CftHhier *•.>•.>.931 15 J. I. SA.IiI4iVTT. My stock of General Merchandise at Go forths, S. C„ 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. 1 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 I 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. I* Sarratt.