Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T . -»’• -s-sl TlIH> 1wK1>0 ICK. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. KV Ed. II. DeOamp. 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not for publication, but for identification.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 lo insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be pubinlised at five cents a line. Cards of thanks wil 1 be published At one cent a word. Reading notices will be published •t ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. PeCamp. Manager. on this mundane sphere and a rich reward in that future we know not of. Although he has been abused and, we believe, at times misrepre sented, still we feel that he has al ways had the welfare of his people at heart and everything that he did was done with the view for the better- i ment of the State. He is not a Chris tian Neither is he a heathen. He : is a hail fellow well met who pos sesses a big heart, wants to enjoy life and wants others to ei j'*y it with him. Therefore we like him. SOMK.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 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 you county paper like a good, industrious citizen and keep posted on the hap penings of your section NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Campobello people are moving for another new county which is to be composed of portions of Spartan burg and Greenville counties. Both of the old counties can well spare enough territory to form a new coun ty and if it is formed we hope it will be named for some hero of the “Lost Cause” who Mves, or did live, on the territory of the new county. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The do-nothing and talk-much ele ment of a community is more detri mental than any other element. Some people wouldn’t be happy in the New Jerusalem. If they should ever manage to get there they would see some industrious angel doing something and then they would com plain that there was something to be done in heaven. It’s the workers here below that reach the goal and if you ever expect to be anything more than a green persimmon you must quit finding fault and join the working CfcW. Come to the celebration on July < 4th. Gaffney will extend the giad band and no marble heart will greet you The celebration is gotten up for the benelit of all, both town and country, and surrounding territi>ry Besides the athletic program arranged there will be speaking, a braes band and red lemonade and a birbecue. The speaking and brass band will be free to ail, while the red lemonade and barbecue will be dealt out at the lowest possible price consistent with good business principles. Come one, come all and get your cold Ice lemon ade, each and every glass of which will contain a lump of ice as big as a baby elephant; it will cool your tongue, curl your hair and send you on your way rejoicing. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Next to North Carolina this State is classed as the most ignorant in the Union. Of course both North Caro lina and South Carolina have to bear this odium because of the large negro population that has hud little or no opportunity of education. Still that does not alter statistics. But the negro is making greater strides along educational lines, all things considered, than the Caucasian. These are facts and we need to arouse ourselves to the Importance of these facts. Education and wealth go hand In hand, and while we are making rapid strides in both directions still there is room for improvement. We need more and better schools, a com pulsory school law and good roads for the youth of our land to travel to school over. These are vital ques tions that affect the welfare and fu ture of our country and the sooner we grapple with them the better of! we will be. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Governor Mcriweeney has decided not to be a candidate for office this year. Mr. McKweeney did right. He has been honored by South Carolina, snd while he possesses no marked traits of brilliancy he has made a good governor—In fact the best gov ernor we have had fur a good many terms—and he can well retire on the laurels he has won. Had he run again we would have cheerfully voted for him, but we believe his determi- naMon not to run Is wisdom Itself. In private life he will succeed, as he '.has always succeeded, and we wish ~ jbim a Jong and prosperous soj jurn CHILDREN’S DAY. Ontytonvllle anti NelKliborinfc srliool* Hun ger Attractive Program. Last Sunday was children’s day at Draytonville. Several neighboring Sunday schools were present. The program was well arranged and the proceedings were directed by such ardent Sunday school workers as our old friends Mr. J. C. Thompson and J. L. Strain, E ? q. There was a large collection of bright children accom panied by iheir parents and friends. A number of speakers were invited to be present. Senator R C Sarratt, Prof. W. F. McArthur and Mr. W. D. Kirby each delivered fine addressbs on Sunday school work. They were instructive, well listened to and ap preciated. The singing by the chil dren, which was participated in by 'the congregation, was fine and much enjoyed. About midday a ret • s- 1 whs taken when a splendid spread of all the good things which appease the crav ings of the inner man was made to which all present were invited to par take. And they did so with a hearti ness which manifeste'd a relish and a keen appreciation of the good things before them which Draytonville had provided. After dinner the Sunday school convention was oall.-d to order by J. L. Strain, Esq . and Senator R. C. Sarratt was requested to act as sec retary The convention was address ed by Prof. McArthur, Hon. C. VV. Whisouant, J. L. Strain, E-q.. and Superintendent Thompson After the addresses there was more singing by the children when, as evening was wearing awav, the benediction was pronounced and the convention ad journed. There was a large gathering of good people present and it goes without saying that the best of order pre vailed. Such meetings have and last ing influences on communities and too much cndit cannot be given fo the good men and women who {.ei them up and carry them through suc cessfully. Draytonville’s proverbial hospitality and general attention to her guests was apparent on all sides, and ail who were present are proud of the day they spent with her good people and are lavish in praises of them. WESS MARTIN’S MISTAKE. IIIh ExitKl-ertttetl Idea* of C'lllxeiioliii* Cost Him Forty Day*. The mayor was confronted yester day morning with probably as large a docket as has ever appeared before his honor at one sitting. There was seventeen cases entered. in some in stances more than one case against one offender. Most of the cases were for minor offences which only called for a few days or a few dollars which were mercifully imposed on the offen ders as their cases demanded. But there was one offender up whose out rageous conduct Saturday afternoon made his case the most important and consequently it attracted moat attention. This was the city against Wess Martin, col. The matter was fully investigated by the mayor and on two charges Wess got twenty dol lars or 40 days—we suppose the heaviest that his honor could impose. Wess Martin on Saturday afternoon seemed to have very exaggerated no tions of his rights as an American citizen, even admitting be is a negro citizen, and the prompt and vigorous but merciful manner in which he was bandied should convince him that his “nigger” ideas cannot be successfully executed in Gaffney, and the light sentences imposed by the mayor should make him feel thank ful. We hope not to see such scenes as Wess produc'd, enacted in Gaffney again. But Wess and his kind may rest assured that there will always be willing hands present to promptly put an end to them and that they will do it. Au |.ut 1/ mi; Worker for ClirlHt. Rev Arch C. (’ree. the able and Sts work.ng pastor of the First Bsptist church, is not only doing fine work for his church, with and among his members, but he is devoting his spare time to the advancement of the cause in the county. Nearly every Sabbath afternoon we hear of him in some church In the county advo cating the cause of missi ns Mr. Cree’s henrfc Is in his work and his Known ability and piety, his great energy and earni-stness, is bound to mako him a power for good among us. Gaffney and CheruKee county appreciate,- his good work, and all wish him thru success which his great cause and an honest effort deserves. Mufllt* Mi-tlmfU. ll'rlnterV InU.l The up to date advertiser not only . studies methods of advertising, but | he makes a thorough s*udy of human I nature as it exists in his constituency. FAST FlYING CAB CATCHES ON FIRE At High Speed Trolley Is En veloped In Flames. PANIC AMONG THE PASSENGERS Fuse Burned Out and Explosion Fol lowed—Many of the Occupants Were Badly Burned, One Fatally—Other? Were Injured by Jumping. New York, June 23.—While running at high rate ol' speed a Myrtle avenue trolley car in Brooklyn took fire, bu’u- ing the niotormah and five passengers, one probably fatally. Other passen gers were badly inju jumping to es. cape the flames which swept the full length of the car, being carried by the wind. Those injured were: Grace Von Birkland, 17 years of age, burned about the face, arms and legs; will die. Oscar Von Birkland. Mrs. Grace Von Birkland, Thomas Huff, motormau; Philip Ross, Jr., and Frank Loretti, all burned about face and hands. The car was making a return trip to the Brooklyn bridge from the Ridge way picnic park. It was loaded to the utmost limit, the conductor's register showing 110 pasengers, when there was a report that was heard throe blocks in all directions, and which al most lifted the car from tne track. A fuse had burned out, and a flame im mediately caught the woodwork and also burst through the motor box. This flame was carried up over the front dashboard, and, being caught by the draught, caused by the car’s speed, swept back, burning all who were un- aide to throw themselves into the street. The motorman, although much injured, stuck bravely to his post and applied the brakes, bringing the car to a slop. Miss Von BirWand received the full forr-e of the flames, and was uncon scious when the car was brought to a standstill. Her father and mother were so badly burned that for a time it was feared that they might not recov er. The car was almost entirely de stroyed. TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE. At Full Speed They Come Together In juring Ten Persons. Chicago, June 23.—Ten persons were hurt in a tiolley car collision last night. The accident occurred at Clark and Twelfth streets, a south bound Wentworth Avenue and a west hound Twelfth street car meeting at the crossing. Each motorman thought he had the right of way and both cars were going at full speed. The Injured: Aronhouse, Louis, head severely cut. Cohn. Harry, severely bruised. Cotter, James, motorman, left arm broken. McLaughlin , Mrs. Anne, back se verely wrenched. McLaughlin. M. L., side cut bv splinters McLaughlin, Duke, head bruised. Oster/.etzer, Bennie, severely bruised, Ridner. Lee, severely bruised. Schmidt. Miss Lena, bady bruised. Sucher. Mrs. Jane, wrenched and rlously bruised. No arrests were made. FOU.R PICNICKERS DROWNED Boys Were Riding in a Boat When It Capsized. St. Louis, June 23.—Four boys were drowned by the capsizing of a boat at Fern Glen, a resort 15 miles from here. They are; Eddie Flynn, 17 years old. Robert Regan. 10 years old. Peter Larkin. 17 years old. Alphonse Kerns. 10 years old. The drowning occurred at the annual picnic of the St. I^ouis Turnverein. Crazed by Cudahy Kidnaping Case. Omaha, June 23 —Mrs. Kate Feeley, who became mentally deranged a yeai ago over the Cudahy kidnaping case, has been taken to the insane asylum at Clarinda, the commissioners having decided she was insane. She was’ brought here from Troy. N. Y., by Dep uty Sheriff Askin. of that city. Shortly after the Cudahy kidnaping case Mrs. Feeley became seized with the hallucination that she had wit- nessed the perpetrators of the crime di\ide the $25,000 paid by Mr, Cudahy foi the return of his son ami that in eonseouence they were following her whh the Intention of murdering her. Big Gun Ready for Trial. New York. June 23.—A 16-inch gun. the largest In the world, will be com pleted at Watervlllet arsenal by Wed nesday and n ut to the United States government proving grounds at Sandy Hook. Its operations are expected to astonish the world. It is the most powerful weapon yet devised by man and is expected to revolutionize th« ai t of gun making. '] Ik> work upon this gnn has been going on for years. Monster cranes have been constructed In order that the various parts of the record breaking gun may be conveni ently shifted. MAN AND WOMAN BLOWN TO ATOMS Deadly Explosive Is Placed Under House. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. TRAGEDY WORK OF ENEMIES. Cold Snap In towa. Des Moines, Iowa. June 23.—Unsea sonably cold weather continues, and fires are being rendered necessary. The seriousness of the crop condition has been further augumented by an In'h and a half of rainfall within 2i hum a. Explosion Occurred While Occupants Were Asleep—Baby in the House Was Thrown Quite a Distance but Escaped Injury. Knoxville, June 23.—A special io The Sentinel from LaFollette, says a terrific explosion occurred at the rail road camp of William Park, 4 miles from that place this morning about 2 o’clock. Herd Jones and Martha Chapman were literally blown to pieces and the house in which they were sleeping was demolished. A baby also in the house was thrown quite a distance but was unhurt. Lour cases of dynamite are reported missing from the maga zine, and it is thought these were placed under the house by enemies of the Parks. There is now no clew to the guilty parties. SIX BLOCKS PREY TO FLAMES. Conflagration at Portland, Ore., Cause* Loss of $600,000. t Portland, Ore., June 23.—A fire that stalled shortly before midnight Satur day night in the Phoenix iron works, formerly the Wolff & Sewicker plant, burned for four hours and destroyf i six blocks of buildings, valued at SOOfi,- 000. It was long after daylight before the fire burned itself out. The principal losses: East Side Lum ber Company. $100,000; insurance $30,. 000. Phoenix Iron Works, loss $8o,- 000, insurance $45,OuO. J. H. Johnston, shipyard, $75,000, insurance $40,01*0, Portland City and Oregon Railroad Company, $30,000, insurance $20,000. Madison stret bridge. $25,000. City ot Portland roadways, $20,000. Standarl Oil company, $15,<*00. Parlen Oren- dorff & v>o.. $15,000, insurance $10,000. Torpedo saloon and hotel, $10,000; mis. cellaneous, $30,000. Ten minutes af ter the fire was discovered the entire plant of the Phoenix works was if flames. The fire spread to Johnston s shipyard and to the East Side Lumber company's mill, destroying both. SHOOTING AT JENNINGS, FLA. Robert Alderman Probably Fatally Wccnded by a Negro. Jacksonville, Fla., June 23.—News was received here of the shooting of Robert Alderman, a white man, at Jennings. Fla., by a negro named Jim Hood. The shooting occurred in the heart of that town. Hood escaped to the woods after the shooting and has not been seen since, though a posse of white people are scouring the woods for him. The ball entered Alderman’s stomach and produced a wound that will probably prove fatal. A telegram v.as sent to Valdosta asking for track hounds to trace the murderer, but there are none available, so the pur suit of the negro had to be carried on without the dogs. It is said that there is much indig nation over the shooting, and if Hood Is captured it will go hard with him. He is said to be a black negro, about 5 feet tall, quick-spoken and weighs about 125 pounds. B° in Grtffney on the 1 h. For county news take The Ledger. Saturday was the longest day in the year. Sunday Htid yesterday were'quite cool for June. John VV. Humphries, of Abington, s-mds some cotton blooms which were plucked from h field of six acres on the iS h inst. He says his cotton in that field will average more than knee high. Mr. John Gaffney went to a lake on Broad river just above the iron bridge a few days ego, and says he saw and counted 204 tarrapins in it. Also that it was not a good day for tarrapins. i Deputy Sheriff Bobo, of Union, canoe to the city yesterday and this morning carried a man named Taylor back to Union. Taylor had been ar rested here by Sheriff Thomas on a warrant sent up from Union charging him with disposing of mortgaged property. Last Friday a young man named Charley Harper got a bicycle from W. J. Maness’ to use a few min utes, and iie nor the bicycle have not been seen or heard of since. It is hoped that he may be captured, the bicycle restored to Mr. Maness and Harper properly punished. The Dull SeuHon. Au increasing number of establish ments, says the 1'nilarlelphia Recorrl, have adopted the rule of making spec ial efforts to stimulate trade in the duller seasons of the year. One ad vertieer said that he coutd count on all the business he could do at the holiday time, but what he wanted was to inducH peopie to buy at other times. He found h profitable to pay unusual attention to his newspaper advertising in the -‘urarm-r months. Deitth of Mr. (ieorge Muuro. Mr. George Munro, cashier of the Merchants and Planters National Bank of Union, died at his home in that city Sunday afternoon. Mr. Munro had been cashier of the bank for twenty years, was a tine business man and a most excellent Christian gentleman. He is a bro r her of Miss Maggie Munro and an uncle of Mr. Robt. Munro of this city. A Clear-IIt-Hilt U Cotoml Man Trough, June 21.—Please find en closed a cotton bloom which I had on the 20:h inst. You published the challenge I mane to the colored farmers of Cherokee county last winter. I only know of one who has taken it up. He is Mr 8amue! Robinson, a renter on Mr. T. L Bryant’s place near Trough. Mr. Bryant is a skillful farmer and he is doing his best to make fiam beat mt. 1 would have been glad for a dozen to have grappled with me in the con test. I nquired that each contes taut be a subscriber to the county paper. Mr. J. B. Brown, of Ravenna, says that he is going to beat me. All right. Mr. Brown is a man who plows with his head, and such a man is hard to beat. There is another thing about Mr. Brown. He is what 1 call an independent farmer. He sells his cotton when he pleases and if all toe farmers of the South could do that, they couid change M e interoga- tion poim of the world. It would be: “What will you take for your cot ton?” instead of “What are you pay ing for cotton?” I have the finest acre of cotton that I ever saw at this time of the year. A Ledger friend. VV. <x Patterson Lost Man’s t: !! By Anna Katharine Green ♦ f ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * A Marvelous Detective Story t: FASCINATING ii MYSTERIOUS || . STRONG j Soon to Appear :: I in this Paper ♦♦ H Anna Katharine Green, the I - author of “The Leavenworth : Case,” needs no introduction * ♦ ♦ • to fiction lovers. She has made *♦ a reputation that puts her in • ♦ the list of the strongest writers ♦ ♦ jj of the day. Cur readers have ;♦ a decided treat in store, in this : : her latest work, which has all h the characteristics that have < ♦ U made her other stories famous. I Be Sure to Catch || the First Chapters A This thrilling story w l! com mence in our issue of Friday July 4th. WIRELESS SYSTEM PLANNED Wil! Connect San Francisco with Ha. waiian Islands. Chicago, June 23.—John D. Spreok, els. multi-millionaire, who controls a great share of the industries of the Ha waiian islands, is contemplating con necting the islands by wireless teleg raphy with San Francisco, according to the Chronicle’s Los Angeles anJ Catalina island. 40 miles out in the Pa cific ocean. If the work here is entire ly satisfactory Mr. Spreekete will at once begin figuring on the Hawaiian system. Mr. Spreckels is owner of the Ocean. |c Steamship company, whose four ves sels also will be fitted up with wireless apparatus. Young Roosevelt Awarded Prize. New York, June Ik.—Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., of the second form, was awarded a prize for punctuality at the graduating exercises of the Groton school, says a Groton. Mass., special to The Herald. Miss Alice Roosevelt, his sister, was present. Chancellor Cobbs Drops Dead. Birmingham, Ala., June 10.—Ex- Chancellor Thomas F. Cobbs, of the western district of Alabama, dropped dead at his home in this city this morn ing. He was 77 years old. .m*. S - Advertising is called by sorr.e an art. If it be an art it is the art of telling a story simply and convincingly. Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an establishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Other things being equal, nobody should be able to write more convinc ingly of the aiticits he of fers for sa;e. In a store where the employer sells goods side by side with his clerks it is rore that ti.e employer will not le the best lalesrnan. The reason is simple. He knows the goods from A to Z. He probably has pur chased them. He knows his aims. His arguments carry weight because they are convincing. The same arguments pre sented in the same way, with the same enthusiastic spirit, the same knowledge of detail, would attract new customers if presented through the advertising col umns of this paper. If you have not tried it, why not begin? If you have tried it and are not Mti»- fied, let ua know about it Kansas Populists Gathering. Topeka. Kans.. June 23.—Many lead ers of the populist party of Kansas, in. eluding Congressman A. M. Jackson and Senator L. A. Harris, are in Tope ka today in conference 24 houis in ad vance of the state convention, wblch w ill assemble in this city Tuesday with 71*1 delegates. It is expected that tho convention will indorse the nomlna tions made by the democrats at Wichi* | ta recently and fill in the remainder o! the ticket themselves. The offices are three justices, lieutenant governor, treasurer, attorney genral, superinten dent of Insurance, superintendent of instruction and congressman at large. HOT? COOL OFF! HOW? GOME TO THE CHEROKEE DRUG CO.’S FOUHTAIN. Meet your girl here and the future is no longer in doubt. WAise plenty of ice, pure fruit syrups, rich cream and well charged soda. Our syrups are kept in gla-s or china and cannot become contaminated. Whenever you want a glass of extra tine sod a, you will want ours. Saw Mill Burned. Hartselle, Ala., June 23.—L. J. Wal drop’s saw mill, three miles west of town, was destroyed by fire. It is supposed to have caught from the fur nace. This morning he could not give an estimate as to the loss. There was no insurance. rue Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company Offers for khI* building Lots In this nourishing town. Gaffney Otty; Also farms nn* by and in reach of th*- Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In ;ots of froai Vi to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. I or full particulars apply to J. V. g* A. W Jht A.TT'T, Atfent. N. B.—AU tresspassing on landsof this company, onttln snd smorlng timber, flshlngor -vswiHnf? *s v v>An «» ’ * v 1 ■« sa- Three Killed at a Crossing. Seattle, Wash., June 23.—Miss Hel- len Stratton, M1hh Emma Rametead and M1h* Jane Miller were killed by a Northern Pacific passenger train at O’Brien last night, while crossing the rails In a buggy. A. N. Wood President. K. K. IIkown. Vice-President. Merchant!* and Planter** lianlc OF GAFFNEY. H. C. CAPITA!-, <#50,000. >41 PLUS <#4,000. State and County Depository. Hoes a general Hanking and Exchange business. Is well fltted up with Fire Proof Vault and Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Lock. Wt solicit the business of people of all Burglar Proof Safe, w occupations C. ML. Osahtar.