Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V.' The: PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for tb« views of correspondents* Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday tod Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be pubinUsed at five tents a line. Cards of thanks wil 1 be published at one cent a word. Beading notices will be published at ten dents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. SOME DON TS. Don’t make it a habit to borrow your neighbor's paper. The paper is too cheap to do that. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Don’t make it a habit to lend your paper. You might want it some* Mme 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. [ position chisels the countenance into the same unpleasant expression, be cause it shuts the whole being from the light of the spirit,—that dfvine seif which is the real self of each one of us, and which so many people im merse within a wall of selfishness and ignorance. •‘Not very long ago there was a sensational upheaval in Washington society, and a war in feminine ranks, over the subject of social supremacy. One woman felt bitterly insulted and aggrieved because snother woman bad taken precedence of her at a state function ; and, again New York social circles were at one time wid>y agitated over a disturbance, in a private family, regarding the manner in which the ladies bad their cards engraved. For instance, we will say that there were several branches of the Smith family,—Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Thomas Smith, Mrs. William Smith, etc.,—and two 01 these ladies assumed the right and privilege of beingknown merely as ‘Mrs. Smith !” Each felt that the other should use her husband’s Cdristiao name, and that she, alone, should be known as ‘ Mrs. Smith.” Over this mighty question, j two continents became agitated, and bitter and lasting enmities were engendered. Here we have greed,— pitiful and contemptible, at once. “Think of even one day of this beautiful, brief life of ours, spent in such ignoble strife! Think of people blessed with wealth, and place, and power, wasting their magnificent opportunities for setting the world an example of splendid, cultured woman* hood, and placing themselves on a par with eruae sciiool children! ^‘’The very first great truth which LOWER CHEROKEE LOCAL CULLIN6S. People Prosperous and Sick Ones Improving. OWENS BRIDGE HATTER. toys and playthings. When her \ comrades •■play school.” she always wants to be the teacher, and usually ! applies the ruler unsparingly. A* a | young lady, she wants to monopo* lizt ali the available beaux, and to “go ahead” of all her mates. “I think parents and teachers are often in fault for fostering this it is a foreign as as problem in Sam k rit. Every day, we see poor, blind human beings reaching out to obtain results which they have-* not won,— riches they have not earned, fame they have not merited. I have known men and women to pay authors liberally to write bo<k* to which they cians and actors to use every means in their power to obtain newspaper praise for successes which they never made. This is ali greed,—and the most fooii-h pha*** of greed.” tendency in children. Ihey do not j might sign their names, and rnusl analyze it, and imagine it to bt merely the commendable oesire to make progress whici stirs the ambi tious young mind, instead of which it is the greedy impulse to outdo a rival. Every noble should rise above the petty ambition to surpass competitors.—to put others in the shade,—and rest on the worthier de sire to do bis best. One should do right because it is right. ‘T have seen a boy st school so eager to obtain the prizes that he showed absolute pleasure when a competitor was confined to his home with a cold for a few days. I have observed a display of a similar emo tion in a class of girls, about to pre pare for examination, wbeo tbe brightest scholar was absent; and, again and again, I have seen satisfac tion gleam on tbe countenances of boys and girls when comrad«-s failed in their answers to questions, because it brought their own chances of suc cess nearer. They were envious. ‘‘This is an incipient greed. It has nothing to do with the commend able desire to make tbe most of one self. If there were fifty scholars in the class, and forty were bright enough to receive a one-bundr»d-pcr- cenc. rating, it would be ju«t as much to the credit of each one of that forty as if forty-nine of the num ber had fallen below the mark, and only one had been successful. “R-al success in life lies cot in surpassing others, but in bringing out the very best within ourselves. This can never be done while we at- Llmeatoue Collette <>trU. iCharltston Post.] The students of Lime-tone College, (j. floey, ti. C., will visit The Exposi tion April 10 This college is one of the oldest and most flourishing female colleges in tbe fstate and its reprseo- tation from the counties in tbe 8tate is large and the gathering of so many young ladies from different parrs of the Htate and South will be notable. The Limestone young ladies will spend several days in the city. An Opportunity, [Yorkvllle Knijulrel The reported candidacy of Dr. loho G. Black, if true, gives Cherokee an opportunity to become a dominating factor in the state senate Dr. Black po*>e-se* ( to a remarkable degree, all the elements of an influential and useful statesman. Meartac the Plnliih. "How long has the minister been preaching?“ whispered the stranger who liiMl wandered into the t-burch and sat down away back. “About thirty years. I believe." re plied the other occupant of the pew. “That being the case." rejoined the stranger. “I guess I'll stay. He must be nearly done.”—Chicago News. Strange Miaapprebenalon. Borus—iiow do you like that last po em of mine’: Naggus—First rate. It’s so restful, so soothing, don’t you know. Borus-Restful! Great Scott, man! It’s an epic! Naggtis—Good heavens! I thought it tempt to push another behind u*, or | was a lullaby!—Chicago Tribune, while we rejoice at his inirfortuue. If is tiooA Wife. Dr. Price—Your husband's trouble Is melancholia Now. you'd help him ma terially if you'd only arrange some pleasant surprise for him. Mrs. Sharpe-1 know! I know! 1*1; tell him you said lie needn’t bother about fiaying your hill till be feels like The best in us must be reached by overcoming, not our rivals, but De bater qualities within ourselves. All forms of greed are bosc. Nothing 1 hardens one’s nature, or his face I more than a grasping, avaricious 1 propensity. Lot k at the counte-i it -Philadelphia Pro**. nances of some of our weli-known financiers, men who have given up every other aim and purpose, and ai- most, every principle, in order to V amass a vast fortune ; men who have ^■worked far into tne uigti*. ana then ^nsioed awsk - for hours, plotting. Jotting, plotting for a few more tiousands! Their faces snow the lamantine walls they have bunt atwut their sums. They shut out the 'sunlight of life. ‘i Have seen the same look in th* faces of worldly women,—‘vomen Who Jive with no higher aim than to outdo or to outshine rh^ir associates. Whether their ambition iie in tbe UiUiiai or tiie social realm, this dis- The Critics Editors. (.Southern Publish) l.| A new wei k y has just been started at Bla.kburgby L .1 Turner N W Hardin and R .J Balfour The name “f the pap*T is the Chen k-e Critic; size four column quarto letcal I'oiU>n Market. The following prices pr-vail on the Gaffney mark-t todaj : Good Middling is < 0 M irtddng S N7A Or. Ifull's Couifli syrup sa gre/tl me dill I e of iiurtriRii- worth. It rem -veb a rough nr cold quickl > ;>nb cutes s vere tbrott iinc, lunir affections In an asUttilnh'iigiy slu r/ lime. Sold by ali di-uaidsts foruih) g'tctv —Some of ihe-e 'ays you’ll/iri BUi* Ribbon lem >n and vanilla ex rrnr-t--, •> d aflt rwards you’ll u«i io other mod ' ENVY HITS ITSELF. “We usually think of greed as a masculine vice.” writes P^lla W heeler Wilcox, ‘but it affects woman as well as man. The greedy man is avaricious for gain, for more of earth’s benefits than his neighbor | every young woman and young man has, or political and financial su- should a/isorb i- thati it is not what premacy. The greedy woman wants the worljd thi< u-. or calls us, but to outdress and outshine her neigh- ( we are. mat counts. It is an hors, fche begins, as a young child i 0 |fj fact, hoary with age. yet. to the in the nursery, by wanting all the ; minds of the great maj rity of people, Tbe Bridge Not Built by Cherokee Author- Ittes Bat Kept In Testable Condition by Them—Quotations from Examiners Com panion oa ‘‘Motion to Adjourn,** (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane. April 5 —Mr. Joe Estea, one of Cberokeea beat young farmers, aaya a man ought never to uae a dull plow. It givea tbe borae the weight of tbe mao to pull who triea to make it do good work. Joe'a right too. Tbe aick io our sommuoity are get ting aloog very well—do new caaea that we bear of. Lewia dmarr, a colored man, who lives with Bam Lee, bad a baby to die suddenly last Wednesday. It had been aick for some time. We are glad to see our people tusk ing out as well as they are. At one time w« thought there would be a great deal more destitution among them than there ie, on account of the short crop of last year. Mr. Jesse Wright and Miss Ida Stroup were married yesterday near Mercer postoffice, by Eiwiu 1*. Ma- comson, Notary i’ublic. Venus in conjunction with the moon was one of me grand sights in the eastern sky rhis morning about daylight. We pity tbe littleness of the soul that sees nothing in tbe celestial phenomma that speaks its Altker’s praise. ' in speaking of the Owens’ ford bridge in our letter of the 2‘J.n uit., the types link- us say it was limit by tbe Ufurusee county authorities when it should have been, was not built by the Cherokee authorities. It’s an old Union county “lay-oui” and our Cherck -e authorities have been trying to k ep it in passanie condition. No doubt some people would b<- glad to pack it oil on Gbero k e county. Also, in tbe same letter the name John A. Cranford snouid be John A Cranford Mr Cranford is well known to many Ledgerites. [It Mr. *‘J. L «$.” would only wrhe so people could read it there wouid be no mistakes made by the com positor.—Ed ] * “etudeui” is laboring under a menial delusion witu regard to the problem to which he calls our atten tion. Had ne written us privately we could have given him the desired information wiin less emuairai-sment than we can possibly do tnrough Tbe Ledger columns, wmen is our only means of reaching him. It’s no “catch question,’ as hit teacher seems to think it is. It’s based upon simple mathematical principles and its solution involves only a knowl edge of fraction)-, which every teacher ought to Understand. Remaps he has made that discovery by this time. If his teacher siili persists io his first formed cuuciubioh we wouid advise him to go to school uutii be is pre pared to teach. Tbe young laay who sent the first answer ia not sixteen years old yet. This should be en couraging to “riludeui, ’ and espec iaily to Lis teacher if he has tbe pride io his profession he ought to have. We have heard the Jim Tillman Rooseveit-Miuab Jrnkius-Frye-Hei - dersoh incident “cu&s>d” ana dis cussed, bashed and reiiashed until (like old Parson Blackwell was by preaching and praying) we are sica and tired of it. Can’t our payers find something else to fa k about? Let th-rn dii-cuss the right and wrong of ttie runng and let the matter of v. • racity settle its if of its own accord. We ‘uliy agrte with ihe YoikviUi- Yeomau that these newspapers are gmug to k ep on uutii they elect J.' H. iillmau governor of South Caro lina—the very thing they don’t want to do. How about the ruling anyway? a motion to postpone iudtfiui’eJy Datable ? Almost any school girl ought to answer it HAre is what the Examiher’s Companion has to say ou {ag -41 1 A motion to j o tpi ne mo* hi iteiy is to !.e dendeo wituont debate. 2 Wtyen a inoUoo lo postpone lodehoitejy le d»-Clded in the affirmative It removes toe ques lion betore the asseuibiy. A mo tion to postpone to a day beyond the .-itting of the ass^uDly is of the same ffeet as inu Jiiyveiy postponement. 4 V\ h-n a m. tj^n is posip.nel to a time hx>-d, whfn that time arrives it will uc io oriV; to resume iis cot - Sideratiob. ft A motion to postpone is e t h>-r intp fi i e or to a i ime certain. Thei , ’Jgc.j , i.* the New Common .School (laecimn Book, by Asa H. Cra’g, ia,.. qui stion is »-ked and an sweteJ /p-g . jr>li and 473: “-s(io • —U out le the result of an inu. ih it*- po-tponemeht ? Ai/s*-: — 1 h- oi j^ct is to suppress i* m/u.ifj euiireh , and an indefioi:e ponement is equivalent to a disun ion The i ff c of the motion, when ieu, IS to q .ash the proposition eh ; if los , the decision has do -rtV:t wu-lever. jod news comes from Nebraska /ne wiieat crop there is very promis- g and is estimated that, with invol ute weath*r the winter wheat will yield forty million hushtls, while ihe spring wheat will exceed that amount cone d -rabi; . 'if e secretary of war bas been au thor z-d ro fnr .isH tents for the Con- fed) ia e veterans at tbe Dallas re union. That looks tike the war is over. Mr. James H. Carr, of Gaffoey, has answered the problem in last Tues day’s paper. It ie 40.9G0 acres Here is another; who will give its' correct answer? A copyist can transcribe 3 pages of a certaio work in an hour and a half. How long will it take 3 men, working only half as rapidly, to copy 3t> pages of another volume, the pages of which contain £ as much again as those of tbe former? Mr. Bridges, of Blacksburg, and Mr. W. S. Wiikerson, of Hickory Grove, were around this a m., in the interest of a telephone line from this place to Hickory Grove. Tbe proba- bilMes are that it will be built soon. Mrs. Jane Clary and ber grand daughter, Miss Ellen Kirby, of Bowlinsvilie, are visiting friends and relatives io this section. They al ways have a welcome among our peo ple. j. l. 8. —Don’t experiment with cheap flavoring extract , Blue Ribbon l*-mon and vanilla are endorsed by the best co« ks everywhere. —Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla flavoring extracts have stood the test and are pronounced the best. FREE! FREE! FREE! A Thirty-Five Dollar Rambler or Featharstone Wheel Absolutely Free. Here are the conditions : To the person sending in the great est number of names and ad dresses, during the next sixty days, of persons wanting to buy Bicich'S. either npw or second hand, we will give, absolutely free of cost, a new Rambler or Featherstone wheel. The terms an* easy, try for it, may he the lucky one. All names and addresses must lie written. PARKER & TOLLESGN, “Th8 Rambler People,” Dealers in Bicycles, Bicycle “ " j Y/heels Repaired, Shop 109 Frederick, St Limestone St. near Southern Kalluay 8<-h<-<lul«-. Trains from A'lantM. Grw-nvllle. Spartan burn, et*-., for < li.ii oil*-. ufcliinirton. i-t**.. pass Gaffney. H.C., Xo. :v;. Fast Mail, (daily) 7:31 a. rn; No. f-.’ (daily) 4:3) p. m : No. 4n. Ex press, (daily) 7p rn; No. >. Limited.(daily) <!:♦<> p rn. No. 3s slops at Gaffney on signal to take ou passengers for Washington and Irevond. Trains from Washington. Charlott®, etc. for Spartanburg, Greenville. Atlanta, ete , pass Gaffney: No. ‘.fit. Express, (daily) 9:53 a. m; No. 35. Fast Mall, (daily) 11:42 p. m: No. 11 (dally) 2:27 p. no; No. 37. Limited, (daily) ;«:5« a. in. No. 37 stops at Gaffney on s gnal •o let off passengers from Washington. Through trains for Washington and th East. Connections at Atlanta for all polo t We believe thoroughly in advertising. To prove it we aie going to use thij 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 (t is prop erly used. Our paper goes into the besf 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 hecould procureelsewhere. You piobabiy would make a sale. Your effort, however, would be con fined to one person. You could tell the same story just as effectively to every reader of this paper in each issue. You do not believe it would have the same ef fect? If you told the story in the rame way it would. We are ready to do our pirt to prove it Do yoa care to try it? 1 | 4 i j Big Lot Molasses in barrels, half barrels and Sand 10-gallon kegs, which must go, so come and we’ll make the price that will move them. Boy Dixie Plows, Slides and Points, good assortment of Plows as low as the lowest. Guano Horns, D. M, Ferry & Co.’s garden seeds. Nice line of Hats and Shoes for every body. Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Umbrel las: Trunks, Valises, etc., all which will be sold cheap for cash. J-1. SARRATT & GO. PREPARE FOR THE CONVENTION. We have $500 worth of First-Class Fresh Meats, Fish, Roe Shad, Eggs, Vegetables, Etc., on nand and are prepared to meet your de mands. - Come right along, one and all. Don’t forget the place. SPECIAL PRICES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. THE PEOPLE’S MARKET. ’Phone No 17. X. II. A sin ill l‘»t .if iId: iiest quality <-:inn>-d vegetables and fruits .m 1 ami. Fee GaJnej City Land and Improvemeni Company v for sal- Hutldtng (.otsla this nourtfthtuir rowu. Oaittiey City; ,vise Farms q«« *<y »cd In r«*s*‘.-h of t) ^ Schools of Limestone Springs and of r.Vs p ace. In lor* of trua 4f i Hi' acr-s on dbera! Mme rates; also AgncuIturai Lands to rent for Farm pur pose).. For full particulars apply to J- v . A. K re A.T k HT, TV trt-nt. M. 8.—All treHspasKinx on landsof r.hiscotnpsnv eim-tn »n*i -movir.e timber, fisbtn^or TtflTlni/ '4r*-**.-»rFttf?nrir ‘.nr .x# ' «s«w HARDWARE! M —Here we come with what you neeu— ♦ iVT GOOJL> Barbed and Smooth Wire, Poultry Netting, Pittsburg .Steel Plows and One and Two-Horse Turners, Bellows', Blowers, Hammers, and in fact everything in Blacksmith tools. We call your special ATTENTION to our Garrett Guano Dis tributors and Cotton Planters. Ask any one that ha^ ever used one of them and they will tell you they are the BEST on the Market—worth two of any other kind/ R- LVI. 'Wilkins & Co. F. G. Stacy. President. J. G. Wardlaw, Vice-President. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL, ...... •50,000 SURPLUS A3CD PROFITS, - 10,000. £4tnte. County anil City Oepouitory. Deposit* solicited from Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others. Every accom- modaiion extended to customers that, their business and responsibility wL, warrant. * U- c. CaHhi^r A. X. Wood President. k. K. Brows. Vice-President. IVlercIiiin and Planter© I Janie OP GAFFNEY. 8. O. CAPITAt, 50.000 -^L7 j*^,ooo. State and County Depository. Poesa general Banking and Exchange business, is wtL fined up with Fire Proof Vault and -afe. with Automatic lime lock. 5le solicit the business of people of all Burglar Proof Safe occupations C ’Vf SiW.-ff'rT?. n.ahlee SOUTHERN RAILWAY Tf/E GREAT HIGHWAY OF TRADE AMD TRAVEL. Uniting the Principal Commercial Centers and Health and Pleasure Resorts of the .South with the ^ <0 NORTH, EAST and WEST. HitfH.Cl^fpa Vwstibnl* Trains, Through Sleeping.Cara Latwaa** Naw York and Maw Crlaans. via Atlanta. Cincinnati and Florida Points via Atlanta and via Asheville. Wow York and Plorida. olthor vIa Lynchburg, Danvillo and Savannah, or via Richmond, Danvillo and Savannah. Superior Dining.Car Sorvico on all Through Trains. Excellent Service and Low Ratos to Charleston ac count South Carolina Intar.State and Waal Indian Exposition. Winter Tourist Tickets to ell Resorts now on sale at redueed rates. For detailed Information, literature, time tables, rates, ate., apply ta nearest ticket.agent, or address S. H. HARDWICK. General Passenger Agent, Washington, D. C. K. W. HUNT, Die. Passenger Agent, Charleston, J. C. rasauAsv is, isos. W. H. TAYLOE. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, On. J. C. BEAM, District Pass. Agent, Atlanta. Sa.