The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 19, 1902, Image 2
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PDBL1SHKI) TUESDAY AND FKIDAY.
BY
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DO VOLK DUTY.
The election is one week from to
day, and every South Carolinian
should do his duty. That duty con
sists in going to the polls and cast
ing his ballot for the most honorable
and upright and capable men who
are offering themselves for office,
either county or state. A good citi
zen will not go about it in a flippant
or careless manner, but, having the
welfare of his state aod county at
heart, he will go about it in a delib
erate and thoughtful manner and
with earnestness. The most impor
tant of the offices to be filled is that
of governor. Did you ever stop to
think what the duties of the governor
are? They are numerous, and im
portant. He is the head of the State
government—the executive. That is
to say that he executes or carries
out the laws as enacted by the
General Assembly. In this Slate he
has charge of a contingent fund of
$5,000 a year. This fund is used at
his discretion in the payment of re
wards, advertising and incidental ex
penses. He also has charge of
about $1100 for stationery, stamps,
etc. He also has charge of a small
sum for the repairs to the Governor’s
Mansion. The governor is chairman
of th* beard of trustees of the South
Carolina College, of Winthrop Col
lege and of the colored college ai
Orangeburg. No claim against the
latter named institution can be pal 1
by the president of the college with
out the approval of the governor.
The last legislature appropriated
$50,000 for the Charleston exposition
and made it obligatory that no claim
of any amount should be paid until
approved by the governor. He is the
sole judge when it comes to pardon
ing criminals. These are some of his
official duties. His social duties are
also numerous. He is called upon
to attend many state functions and
honors of an unusual nature are be
stowed upon him. Bearing all this
in mind should we not be cautious
when we cast our ballot for governor.
There are five men in the race for
governor. Four of them are pure
and good men for whom anyone
might be proud to cast his ballot.
The other is a renegade, a proven
liar, a defaulter, a gambler, a drunk
ard, a man who does not command
the respect of bis next door neigh
bor at home and who has no prestige
abroad. Surely honorable South Car
olinians will not support him. What
a reflection on the proud old State if
such a character were elevated to the
governorship. Jim Tillman would
never have thought of offering him
self for governor but for the fact that
bis Uncle Ben has the„confidence of
the people. Put your finger on an
other character like him who would
dare offer himself as governor of any
State. You can’t do it. Yet there
are some men who will vote for this
man. But when they do it they
cannot give a single reason why
they should. They will do it simply
because his name happens to be Till
man and not because there is a spark
of manhood or a particle of good in
the man. We don’t ask you not to
vote for him because he takes u drink-
If that were his only fault we might
overlook it. But we ask you not to
vote for him because of his known
bad character, and by. that we mean
all the evil traits be possesses.
Some people think we have op
posed him from personal prejudice.
Such is not the case. The man
never harmed us in his life. We
never spoke to bin before he came
here to speak, We had no acquaint
ance with him and had no reason to
oppose him except that we knew him
to be utterly un'fit for the high honor
he sought. We knew that from his
past life, from bis record at home
and abroad, therefore we opposed
him.
For the benefit of our readers, and
partly In order to show the people
that we are not alone in our opposi
tion to this man and that we are not
peraecutlog him, but almply telling
the truth on him we append the fol
lowing article clipped from our ex
changes :
The Kershaw Era, a reform journal
edited by Mr. John W. Howei, who
has been a member of the legislator
' from Lancaster county for several
times and who is a pronounced re
former, says:
It is the common pr<*c ice of the
friends of a candidate with an un
savory reputation, as '-veil as of the
candidate himseli, to cry persecu
tion, prejudice and conspiracy on the
part of those who se* k to defeat his
election by revealing his true charac
ter. Hence it is that the newspapers,
whose peculiar and pariicular duty it
is to appriss the voters of the b*u
character of a man who seeks their
suffrages for high and responsible po
sition, are so roundly abused by Un
friends of an unworthy candidate for
office. And the more notoriously
had their candidate is the harder
they work the sceme
Xow there is j ist one striking fact
to which we want to call the atteu-
ti tn of the voters whom the Era
reaches. Not a paper in the 8tate is
saying a word against either Col.
Talbertv. Mr. Ansel, Mr. Heyward or
Dr. Timmerman, dardidatee fnr
governor, nor is a single paper in the
nt&te, not even his home papers, say
ing a good word for Jim Tillman.
This of itself is enough to make them
pause and think. Why is it that not
a single newspaper has had a word to
say against the first four gentlemen,
and all are agaiust the last named
candidate? It is because they want
to do their duty and at the same time
be fair in doing it. They realize that
it would be a calamity upon the
State to elect such a notoriously bad
character as Jim Tillman for gover
nor, and they are unanimous in sim
ply fulfilling a duty to warn the
voters against him by exposing his
evil deeds. They relize further that
either of the other candidates would
make a good governor ai d each have
their friueds, and the newspapers are
not trying to dictate who shall be
governor, but are willing that every
man shall vote f->r the candidate of
his choice. Of course each paper
has its particular choice among the
candidates, some being for Ansel;
some for Heyward; some for Timmer
man and some for Talbert but not a
single one for Jim.
Furthermore, and what is more
striking, the charges against Jim
Tillman have been direct, specific;
and have not been made by inuendo.
He knows exictly what the charges
against him are and he knows exactly
who has made the charges, yet he
has so far failed to disprove a single
one, nor has he sought redress of any
kind against any of his accusers.
Now. wbat'does all this signify?
The election is only two weeks off,
and we ask the voters in all serious
ness to reflect upon these facts.
While we have a preference, Hey
ward being our favorite as we have
previously stated, we doj.not say he
is the only candidate fit to be gover
nor. But we do say most emphati
cally that Jim Tillman is totally un
fit and unworthy to occupy an office
in the gift of the people, and we
again express the hope that every
voter in this vicinity, whether he
votes at Kershaw or at some other
box, will do himself and his (State the
honor of voting for some other can
didate than Jim Tillman for governor,
and use his influence and actively
interest himself to see that be does
not get a vote
•'PEHSRCUTION.”
The following Is from the Aiken
Recorder, edited by Mr. Arthur P.
Ford, a true blue Reformer:
Of all the sensational stuff we have
heard during the campaign, among
the most sickening is the cry of “per
secution” raised by J. H. Tillman
and his friends. Nobody has perse
cuted him. Fact* detrimental to his
character have been started, and
proved. This has been enough to
condemn him with any self-respect
lug voters.
If James U. Tilimen should, by
any chance, receive enough votes to
put him in the second race, it will
show a degratdaiou o f the moral sen
timent of our people st.irl to a degree.
The disgraceful facts proved against
him show him to be the most un
worthy candidates w ho has presutn- d
to a-ik office of the people within
late years.
The Columbia Record, a Reform
paper, says:
We don’t see how Jim Tillman
can be quiet in reference to
the demand mace oa him that he ex
plain what b came of money sub
scribed and given to him by leg in
Utors and stale officers for the Con
federate monuu;<int. A governor Ini:
several thousand dollars In his charge
which he can expend at his discret i- n,
and the people want to know that the
man they elect shall not handle
this money carelessly, to bay the
least.
Now we have simply done our clut\
as we saw it. We are not sorry t!ia f
we have attempted to expose this
man. We are sorry, however, that
such a man has the daring to put
himself up for the office of governor of
this dear old commonwealth, and we
hope Cherokee county will ibow her
manhood and cast her vote for men
of character and honor.
The Statesville Inn was practically
deatroyed by fire earlyj Thursday
morning.
Inspector! of the Bristol (England)
factory district have figured it out
that more than 5000 miles of ma
chine made cigarettee are turned out
weekly from the dlatricts aforesaid.
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
Put your name on the Club Rolls
by the 20th.
We heir of more brick blocks that
will he started in Gaffney, in the next
few weeks.
J\Ir. TIioniHft ExplaiiiH.
Editor Ledger:—After seeing Mr.
JtlTsries piece in print I desire to
make Explanation to the public.
The certificate I give Mr. Jeffries
makes mo say that 1 did sign the
certificate to which ail names of the
The weather has moderated greatly
since the rain Saturday night. Yes
terday morning was delightfully cool.
Cecil & Curry have the contract
to make ttie brick for the new mill at
Glendale.
We see men nearly every day look
ing out for a chance to buy lots 'u
Gaffney.
O. S. Kendrick & Son, will open
a first-class meat market in a few
days, on the corner of Limestone and
Meadow Street.
Work is delayed on the Spake and
Curry block because of the delayed
shipment of Ibe iron and plate glass
front.
We regret to learn that Claud
Duvis. son of Mr. Ohas. Davis, of
Mercer, had the misfortune to get
out of his eyes put out last week bv
a piece of glass.
The County Candidates will speak
in the court house here Saturday
Aug. 23. The ladies are invited to
attend. Good order will be observed.
The barbecue will be on the vacant
lots adjoining the court house.
A scaffold fell yesterday at the city
hall and precipitated some of the
masons to |the ground. The scaffold
wus only about ten feet high and no
serious damage was done. Mr. Cbas.
Cooper received a few slight bruises
Under flarng head lines Saturday,
♦ he Spartanburg Hertld gives
account of tie storm at Gaffney
Thursday afternoon. The account is
copied literally trom The Ledger of
Friday but The Ledger is not credited
with it.
We learn that the ginnery of Mr.
W. Sam Lipscomb which wus
being built at Smith’s store near
Goucher was blown down last Thurs
day and that Mr. Smith’s store was
slightly moved on its foundation.
Much corn was blown down and the
cotton was of course injured some
Large quantities of fruit was blown
off the trees, much of it too greet; to
use.
Thomas Long who was killed
during a storm at Monarch Mills at
Union some days ago by falling tim
bers of a house destroyed by the
storm, was a son of Mrs. Chas. Davis,
of this county. He was a worthy
young man and had many friends >
who realize their loss and sincerely
sympathize with his bereaved mother
and otbar relatives.
The county campaign continues
most harmonious. The candidates
spoke at the Cowpens battleground
Friday, at Maud {Saturday, yesterday
they were at Grassy Pond aod today
they are in Blacksburg. They will
then take in Kings Creek and
Antioch this week, and on Saturday
they will have the final meeting in
Gaffney.
SCHOOL REPORT
Of Ui«trU-t No. 0 Oy Count/ Nuperlnteudeut
of Education.
Editor Ledger :
Will you be so kind as to publish
below my report for Buffalo School
District No. 6? “Bachelor” has
written several articles during the
past two years which reflect on me as
an officer. Let the figures answer
pensioners appeared in the Ledger of
August 1st. This I most positive
ly den) . I did not sign the certificate
whereon appears the list of names in
The Ledger and I positively state that
I did not authorize Mr Jeffries or any
one e'se to sign it for me. The cer
tificate that I signed for Mr. J-ffries
that appeared in the last issue of the
paper I understood to be merely a
certificate to the effect that he did
not charge me for paying over my
pension money to me and nothing
more, and 1 take pleasure in futher
stating that J. Eb Jeffries has de
ceived and misled me into signing
his paper, taking advantage of my
old age and infirmity, and deceived
me into signing a paper that has been
published as an affidavit and express
ing what -I absolutely repudiate
now and here. I signed the piece for
Mr. Ross and I heartily repeat every
syllable of it now. J. Eb Jtffries
knew that when I signed his paper
that appeared in the last Ledger that
I throught it was to the effect that
he had not charged me for paying me
my pension. I am having one of
my sons to write this in order that I
may not be misrepresented.
J. M. Thomas.
P. S —Please do not understand
me to state that I did not sign Mr
Jefferies’ original list which stated
that he did not charge me anything
for pensions, for I did sign that, but I
never authorized him to put my
name to the list for publication that
appeared in The Ledger of Aug. 1st,
1902 This is nearest the truth of
the whole matter that I can give.
Hoping this will he sat sfacti r.v to
all, I will positively nut ha**- any
thing more to say about the mat'er.
J M T.
MartiiiMvllle News.
MartinsVILEE, Aog. 11.—Crops are
very good in this section, though we
are needing rain now.
We have had a fine meeting at
Buck Creek, which closed yesterday
with twenty convictions for baptism.
Mr. Moss is a good worker in big
meeting, and if they cun be got at he
will get them.
Well, I will tell you that this
c.unty ie)a|tuad ofjthe lower counties.
I left home on ihe 29th of July,
went through Union, Laurens, and
Newberry. I found lots of piac.-s
that twenty years ago were consid
ered ahead that now has gone to
waste. One 1 will mention is the
old Peak place in Union that u-e to
make forty or fifty bales of cotton
and now don’t make ten. Then I
passed the Murphy place on the
Tiger river and it iook-d dishearten
ing. From there I went to the Ray
place near Kedalia. There I saw
twenty acres of cotton which 1 think
will make about a bale to the acre.
After a short distance of traveling
I came to the Thompson place where
I saw some fine cotton and corn, as
fine as I ever saw, and 1 lived in that
settlement nearly thirty-one years.
I also visited J. D. Graham’s and
found good crops there.
I also saw a house log that was
hewn out by my father, Bailey Law-
son, about 1818 and it was as sound
as it ever was. I saw a gbit post
that I planted when I was a small
boy, some forty ye-»rs ag". It was as
solid and fast in the ground as ever.
R. T. Lawson.
for themselves. If he can compre
hend figures as well as he can the
imagimry defects of hi* neighbors
and superintendent of education he
will be able to enjoy a few nights
good sleep.
Report of W. F. McArthur, super
intendent of education for Cherokee
county, 8. C., on Buffalo School Dirt-
rici-No. 0 for year beginning July
1st, 1900 and ending June 80th, 1901.
Receipts.
Balance from year 1899 19<X).$ 72.15
From poll* 53 00
From 3 mills levy 2-10 50
From uie; - nsa. y lend 3108
Total $390 73
1)1 - IJL'RbMENTS.
For while teuelcTS(liev Hamrick and
wife) $280 00
For negro t •ueberrt 57.00
l'V-r gcnnol furniture 25 26
Total $302 25
Balance lo year 1901-1902 ... 31 -18
Report of W F. McArthur, super
intendent of education for Cher kee
county, S. C., on Buffalo School Dis-
i riot No. 0 for veur beginning July Ist,
1901 and ending June 30th, 1902.
Receipts.
Balance Iroin year 1900 1901. $ 34 48
From polls 03.75
Fmiu 3 mills levy 250.80
From dispensary fund . .... 10 05
Total $859.74
Disbursmkntb.
For white teachers (Rev Hamrick and
Assistants), $225 00
For negro teachers 36.00
Total $261.00
Balance to year 1902-1908... 98.74
Y’ours truly,
W. F^ McArthur.
Supt. of El.
Count/ CMiupaljr" Meetings.
Blacksburg Aug. 19
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King’s Creek
Gaffney
Betting on the results of the recent
municipal elections at Rome was per
mitted by the government. The
wagering was conducted on the pari-
mutual system.
Goodbye is a contraction of “God
be with you.”
THE STORY OF
STONEWALL JACKSON.
I liavc taken the afrcncy in Cherokee
county to sell ihe Sto-y of Stonewall Jack-
s >n a narrative of his career from written
and verbal aeo n iis of his life. It Is ap
proved by bis widow, Mary Anna Jackson,
and dedicated to Julia Jaessou and Thomas
Jackson Christian, KrundcldldrtMi and sole
suiviviiur descendnu s of General Jackson,
who are bet.i-ticiarles In the publication of
this Isjok. written by William ( . Chase. The
book bus 500 paces with over 150 illustrations.
This is a work of the Confederate veterans
and sons and daughter# of Confederate vet
erans to show some taiiKlhle proof of their
appreciation of the hi>Hi Christian character
and soldierly qualities of their Illustrious
chieftain. Stonewall Jackson, by helping bis
sole descendants, who are to be the beueti
claries of this work.
Here is what Geu’l. c. I. Walker, comman
der of the l,\ C veterans army of Northern
Virginia, says:
Cokesburv, S. C , June 4th, 1902,
To my Comrades:—
This will introduce Comrade J. L. Strain,
who is euitoged in the patriotic work of pre-
suntinK to our people “The Story of Stone
wall Jackson," which sets forth with won
derful dearness the noble life, hlga charac
ter and magniScent services of bur great
Christian hero. The grandchildren ofGenT.
Jackson are directly Interested in the sale
of the hook and will is: benetitted thereby.
I have consented to take charge of this
work in South Carolina. Any favor or cour
tesy you may extend Idm will he to my per
sonal ad vantaye and) will appreciate most
highly any assistance you may give him.
Yours very truly,
C. Ikvine Wai.kkk.
Fit/bugb Lee. W. L. Cabbell and otherf
of It the book is its own exhorter. Tin
character of this great man is a hcuedli
upon the world of mankind, and sboul
read and studied by every hoy and girl
only in Cherokee county hut throug
Christendom.
I expect, as soon as poftsible, to ma!
canvass of Cherokee county with the 1
hut in the meantime would boglad to till
orders I may receive for It and wllldelh
at the earliest convenient moment.
The price of the hook Is: On fine
are/ * “
On pi
Inf.
Address
J.L. STRAIN,
Etta Jank, I
, cloth and silver emlx>sstng, -
i plain morocco and gold emboss
Funeral Service of Mr. Eugene Meetz.
The funeral services over the re
mains of Mr. Eugene Mcetz were
conducted Saturday morning at the
home of the family by Father Costi-
gan, of Greenville. The father
preached an able and appropriate
sermon and the beautiful service of
the Catholic church was concluded
at the grave in Oakland cemetery
where the body v. a-i laid to rest in
the presence of a i> rye concourse of
loving relatives aod friends.
The pall-bearers were John Lynch,
F G. Stacy, J G. Gallowav. J. C.
L'pscomb, Mr. Agnew and Ado phus
Gaffney
Montgomery County Tax Values.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. H.—The r*
port of the board of equalization »
Montgomery county for the tax yeai
1902 has been transmitted to Probat*
I Judge J. B. Gaston. The value of th«
; real estate of the county is fixed at
114,705,747, against $14,477,628 in 1901,
making an increase of $228,219. Per-
| sonal property is estimated at $6.50S,-
i 192. against $0,194,056 in 1901, an in
crease of $312,136. The total value
of property In Montgomery county is*
For 1902, $21,211,939; for 1901, '$20,
Ci 1,584, an increase of $540,355.
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Or mail cent* to C. J, MOFFETT. M. D„ ST. LOUIS. MO.
We have handle.! Dr. Moffett’s TEETHINA (Teething Powders) ever sincefufcn^t^ucUoa to th^ihlln
and trade ai a proprietary medicine, and our trade in it has Kt>-a l,ly increa.ed fram year toTi untd -Ior oni,^
l« 0 clvin^ in *h° tW °,i! r llir T *!. undre<1 Bro ‘ 8 lJtr > ear > whic, ‘ ili a v.-ry strong evidence of its merit and the satisfaction it
tothe mot hers of the country, for they say nothing so effectually counteracts the effects of the summer’a
hot gun or overcomes so quickly the troubles incident to teething. «. e enecis oi summer g
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