Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tub: £^e:i>oe:i*. rDBUSHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkOamp. The Ledger is not responsible for tbe 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 and Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be pubinlised at five cants a line. Cards of thanks wil 1 be published at one cent a word. Reading notices will De published at ten sente a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. THE last appeal. Next Tuesday is election day. Let every mau consider well for whom he votes, remembering that the ship of state is only carried to a safe harbor when fair breezes prevail. You can not vote for a renegade and elect him without expecting a renegade govern ment. It is beyond our comprehen sion when it comes to the point that men will deliberately step up to the polls and cast their votes for a man whom they cannot possibly know to possess a single good trait, when there are men without a blemish running for the same office. And yet we are perfectly aware of the fact that some men in this county, men who are in telligent enough to discriminate, and men who are not vicious or mean, who are going to vote for Jim Till man, the renegade. We can’t, to save our lives, understand what in the name of common sense they mean. Surely it cannot be that they have been deceived into believing that this man has been misrepre sented. If they go and blindly vote for him under the impression that he Is a reformer they are being deceived. The record is that he voted for Shep pard and against tbe standard bearer of the reform party—his own uncle— B. R. Tillman. And yet there are men who believ*.' be is, and always has been, a reformer. We submit the following from the Anderson Llail, edited by Mr. D. H. Russell, who is one of the stanchest Ben Till man men in South Carolina: "Jim Tillman ignores the charges of falsifying the public record of the senate by inserting in the journal the statement that he had been sustained in his ruling by the two highest par liamentarians in this country and that he had telegraphed them and found a wide divergence of opinion about it and parades before the peo ple the fact that the senate passed a resolution of thanas commending him for his fairness and impartiality. This resolution of thanks is a purely formal and perfunotony matter and Included everybody employed about the senate, even the negro laborers. But there is a little inside history connected with this particular case that has never been given the public, and we give it on the authority of a gentleman who was there and if this statement is called in question will confirm it over his own signature and with tbe testimony of others. "He informs us that it is a fact the matter of passing this resolution was freely discussed by the senators and that it was seriously proposed by some that they be omitted because of the insolent and insulting treat ment tbe senators had received at the hands of the presiding officer Some said they would never oiler it and others said they would absent themselves rather than vote on it. As a matter of fact when it was known that Senator Hough was about to oiler the resolution a number of tbe senators took refuge in the com mittee rooms and in the lobbies and that less than a dozen senators voted out of the forty, not a quorum to do business by any means. And the journal of the senate shows that im mediately afterward on a cal) of the roll thirteen senators voted on the passage of a resolution.” The Columbia Record, a reform ifewspaper, says: "One stands appalled at the brazen effrontery of Jim Tillman in his falsi fication. We find him defying any one to prove that he ever said that Henderson and Fry sustained his senatorial ruling, when be himself has admitted it on the stump and de clared the same thing repeatedly to almost every senator. It cannot be conceived that they are false and Jim Tillman true. If he did not tell sen ators that, how is it that Senator Blakeney wrote them and asked them about their opinion, and how is it that they replied that Tillman had wired them, that they had replied and that Tillman bad falsely repre sented their views? It is said that a ■nccessful liar must have a good memory, but Jim Tillman is an ex ception to tbe rule. He is good with or without a memory. At one of the campaign meetings he declared that be bad said that Henderson and Fry bad sustained him, but that be said It as a joke. There be again prevari cates, for not only did be not say It as a joke but he pretended to be greatly elated over tbe fact that be bad ruo tbe committee oo rules into a hole and bad smoked them out. He went so far as to carry bis "joke” into the proceedings of the senate when be declared that these two par liamentarians bad sustained him. It is impossible to keep track of Till- man’a falsehood’s and one must siand in awful wonderment at the easy fa cility with which he brushes aside facts and piles one falsehood upon another. Yet this is a man some peo ple will vote to pit oe in tbe guberna torial chair.” "The Kershaw Era, a Reform newspaper says: "At the campaign meeting at Kiagstree last Saturday Jim Tillman for the first time denied in direct and unmistakable terms that he had mis represented certain dispatches re ceived by him as presiding officer of the senate, regarding a certain ruling made|by him. He denied ever having said that he was sustained in his rul ing by Speaker Henderson and Sena tor Frye, and asserted that he always stated just the contrary.” "Jim Tillman certainly Js playing a bold game. He may succeed in convincing many voters that be is being grossly misrepresented, but there is one thing he will nsver be able to do, and that is convince the senators over whom he presided that he did not produce the impression upon each and every one of them that he was sustained by these parliamen tarians whose names are given above, whether he said so in express terms or not.” "A new phase is njow put on the question, taking him at bis own word. He made a ruling not sus- taiced by parliamentary law. He wired ex-Speaker Reed, Speaker Hen derson and Senator Frye regarding his ruling, and by his own admission, made in bis speech Saturday, was not sustained by either of these authori ties, yet he had entered upon the journal of the Senate a statement that he had asked the opinion of and was sustained by lending parliamen tarians of the country. Now the question arises and it is incumbent on him to answer, by whom was he sustained? Probably he will try to turn the whole matter aside as a practical joke he tried to play on the senators. "It is a fact, and our information comes from a Senator who is well known in this section as a man of soberness and undoubted integrity, and who was closely connected with the whole transaction, that the im pression made upon the entire body of Senators was just what we stated above, that Tillman’s'claim was that he was sustained by the veryauttior- itiesvhomlie now asserts did not sustain him. In fact, so strong was this impression and at the same time so unreasonable was it to believe tbe statement true, that a senator sent a request to one ot South Carolina’s delegation in Congress to procure from Speaker Henderson and Senator Frye their opinion or ruling in their own handwriting, which was done, and both stated the position of Till man to be wrong and volunteered the iuformatioD that he had w red them and they in return wired him the same thing they now had written. And this information was communi cated to the newspaper reporters in Columbia before the adjournment of the legislature, and was told us in Kershaw the same day that publi cation of it appeared in the State "Our informant of this and other matters concerning the behavior of Jim Tillman and his undignified and disrespectful treatment of Senators, was one along with Senators Shep pard, of Edgefield, Aldrich, of Barn well, and other Senators of whom Jim Tillman was very careful not to ask questions in his tourof the State, but who would have answertdhim very freely and frankly had he sought information at their bands.” Now fellow citizens of Cherokee county and South Carolina, as tbe aspiring candidate says, we leave the case with you, YVe have earnestly and fearlessly endeavored to do our plain duty by stating facts and noth ing but facts, against Jim Tillman. \Ve were prompted solely by the love we bear to this dear old state and a desire to see her raised in the estima tion of the world and in her own esti mation. If wo have been harsh it was not because it was a delight, if we have been unjust we are not aware of it Go and vote for the man of your choice, hut we appeal to you in honor to yourselves that you vote for an honorable ard clean man. In lie Mr. TIioiiiak. Editor Ledger In reply to the piece of Mr. .1 M. Thomas iu Tues day’s paper will -Ry, that his expla- nation in his postscript exp'ains the matter, but he stated in his piece that I deceived and misled him into signing the affidavit, iu which he is mistaken, for 1 can produce cert Hi cates of at least four disinterested parties to the effect that he stated everything contained in it to be facts, and also, l can produce a certificate from Mr. J. C. Otte, notary public, that it was carefully read ov u r to him and he told Mr. Otts; that it was abso lutely correct. J. Eu Jefferies, t’l. rk of Court. Contain* Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the «ei smell mid completely derange the whoh tern when euterlliK it throu/h the mu. surfaces. Such articles should nevi used except on prescriptions from repu physicians, as the datnaKUthey will do fold to the uihmI you can possibly tj from them. Tlall’s ('atarrh Cure, man turpd by F. J. Cheney A Co.. Toledo, O. tains no mercury, and Is taken Interi actliiK directly upon the blood and mui surfaces of the system, In huyliiR I Catarrh Cure be sure to Ket the kciiuIii is taken Internally, and made 11 Toled by F. J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials fr« Sold by DruitKlsts. price 75 cents per b Hall's Family Fills are tbe best. CORINTH CHRONICLES, f-. Corinth and Faeolet Flay a One-Sided Game of ltanel>all. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Corinth, Aug. 20.—The Corinth baseball team and Pacolet crossed bats yesterday at Pacolet. It was a very interesting game and at the end of nine innings the score stood 3 and 10 in favor of Corinth. Both teams CROP BULLETIN. Condition of Carolina Crop* A* Reported by itepartment of Agriculture. Columbia, 8. C., Aug. 19.—The temperature averaged nearly normal during the week ending Monday, Aug. 18th, with a mean of 78 degrees, a maximum of 102 degrees at Anderson on the 11th, a minimum of 02 degrees at Columbia on the 10th. The first did some excellent playing. The battery for Corinth was Elmore and Phillips, who did their duty, as usual. It was a quiet game and the wood choppers and the fodder pullers re turned well satisfied with their trip, only they were very hungry. They said that canned goods and soda crackers did not eat as well as chicken, eggs, etc. Pacolet will come over and give our boys a game on their ground soon. Miss Eloise Moorehead, who has been very sick, we are glad to say is at her school duties. Mr. and Arthur Bridges, of King’s Mountain, arrived last Saturday and are the welcome guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Bridges. YY’e guess that our candidates are getting restless these nights, as next Tuesday will tell the tale as to who will take the office chair and who will make second race for these chairs. As to that high and honor able office of governor we think that our good people should be very care ful in casting their ballot and not cast it for a drunkard, a liar and a rogue. \V 7 e don’t mean to say any thing against the one that has been charged of this, but we do say that if he is guilty of such things he is not capable of being in a governor’s seat. Quite a severe storm passed over this section last Thursday which did considerable ,damage to the crops and timbers. Misses Y’innie and Tenoic Clary, of Spartanburg, were in our community last week visiting relatives and friends. On the oth Sunday of this month will be children’s day at C ,rioth and the young folks are practicing for the occasion, which will be an assured success. Come all and brng well filled baskets and we will promise the good ladies that we will look after their baskets for them. Mr. Editor, we cordially invite you to be with us. Lola May, th«- little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Clary, has been very sick for the past week but is at this time improving Hollifi-Harr. [Greenville News,-1st.1 “Mr, Geo. T. Barr>nd Miss Leila Hollis, both of this city, were mar ried yesterday afternoon at 6 o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents in Manley avenue, the Rev. E. P. Tay lor, pastor of the Buncombe Street Methodist church, officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by relatives and a few intimate friends. Shortly after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs Barr left over the Southern for tbe North, where they will spend a mor.th visiting Washington and Balti more, Philadelphia, New York, At lantic City and other places. Upon their return to Greenville they will be at home to their friends at Mr. Barr’s residence in North Main street. Mrs. Barr is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs E. P Hollis. She is a young- lady of many excellent traits and numbers her friends by the scores. Mr. Barr is one of Greenville’s most prominent merchants, being sole pro prietor of the Barr dry goods store. He was formerly a m n mber of the well known firm of Stradley it Barr. His many friends in the city and throughout the state will be glad to 1 arn of his marriage.” 5 Mrs Barr is a native of Cherokee, is a memb'er of one, and is connected with several of our oldest and most h'gtily respected families. She ha« many friends at.her old home who extend congratulations to her and Mr. Barr and wish fur then 1 lo >g lives of happiness and prosperity. The girl who b >asts of being a good ‘ fellow” either marries a fool or re mains single all her life Kvery hu*on* -h i- capable of expan ding, and the only v.ay to insure ex- ansion is to advertise. Yloi-t of us k»-er> out of mischief *«h long hs we can keep out of getting caught at jt. Dr, Woolley's PAINLESS PIUM AMO Whiskey Cura [SENT FREE to all users of morphine, opium, laudanum, ellxlrof opium, co caine or wbiskcy.a large book of par- itlcuiars on home or sanatorium treat ment. Address, B. M. WOOLLEY CO, 104 N. Pryor Street, Atlanta, Georgia. KIDNEY DISEASES n———n are the most fatal of all dis eases* or money refunded* Contains remedies recognized by emi nent physicians as the best lot Kidney and Bladder troubles. PRICE 50c. and $1.00. One Minute Cough Cure For Goughs, Colds and Oroup. part of the week was much the warm est, and the close of it quite cool. The sunshine was deficient to a slight, but not harmful, extent. High winds accompanied thunder storms on the 14th and loth, doing considerable damage to crops and buildings over much of the western half of the State, destructive hail occurred in Anderson, Pickens, Greenville, Saluda, Union, York and Kershaw counties, with less damag ing bail in a number of other counties in the nothern half of the State. Rain fell somewhere on every day except the 13th and 17th, heaviest on the J4th and 15th, and most general over the central portions of the State. The rains did not reach the coast ex cept as light showers, and there were localities in the middle Savannah val ley that had no rain. Many places in the central and northeastern sec tions had from two to nearly four inches, and the average for the State was 1 82 inches. These rains were very beneficial to peas, sweet potatoes, forage crops, late corn and cotton, and for putting the soil into good condition for fall planting of vegetables and truck. Early corn is ' eing gathered in places, and all fodder has been strip ped from it. Some fodder was spoiled by the rains. Young corn, and that planted on bottom lands, improved materially, and are generally quite promising. Where the rains were light or absent, the corn crop is very poor. The rains did not help early cotton on sandy soils, and it continues to rust and to shed all but nearly ma ture bolls, with some premutue open ing. Late cotton, and that planted on clayey soils, has started a new growth, and continues to bloom. The new growth will put on a top crop, but many correspondents do not be lieve that this will have time to ma ture before frost. Mature bolls are opening fast, and picking has begun in all sections. This work will be general in the next ten days. Sea- island cotton continues to bloom, but needs more rain. Very late tobacco was injured in places by the heavy rains; the last curing is nearly finished. Rice har vesting will begin in a week or two. Upland rice has improved slightly. Forage crops will be better than ex pected, especially peas and grass. Sweet potatoes and cane gained ma terially. Turnip sowing is undt r way, but where sown earlier poor stands have been secured. Late peaches, pears and grapes are plentiful. DON'T WAIT. If you knew how SCOTT’S EMULSION would build you up, increase your weight, strengthen your weak throat and lungs and put you in con- dition for next winter, you would begin to take it now. Semi for free sample, and try it. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. 409:415 Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and jr.oo; all druggists. CURE ALL YOUR PAINS WITH ^ Pain-Killer. A Medicino Chest in Itself. Simple, Safe and Quick Cure for [ CRAMPS, DIARRHOEA, COUGHS, COLDS, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA. j 25 and 50 cent Bottles. ! BEWARE OF IMITATIONS- BUY ONLY THE GENUINE. PERRY DAVIS’ If anybody has a message for the people of this community he cannot deliver it to them so effectually, so cheaply, so quick ly in any other way as through the columns of this paper. It is the business of this pa per to carry messages of one kind and another into homes. 1 The message will be delivered, too, under favorable conditions, for few persons take up their * local paper except in a pleasant and receptive frame of mind. The sign upon the fence board f may be good, but it can be seen only by travelers who go that particular road. The message in the local paper carries itself to thousands, no matter by which road they travel. Select your space and put your message where it will do ^ ^ the most good. We, perhapa, 70a if you wi can you will but This is one of the strongest lines in our big store. We make it a point to give you the meat, the vitals, the value, in other words your money’s worth in every pair. Ladies’ Kid Shoes in Lace, Button, Cap and Plain toe, Heel and Spring Heel, good as any $1.25 shoe, at 98c. All solid high grade Kid Slices, every pair warranted, in all the styles, $1.50. Berings Fine Shoes, none better made in the United States for the price, $2.25, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50. Women,s Heavy Shoes, in Lace and button, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. -A-J A A- I A ' * X .4 A J A A. 1 -I .4 A.* A. A KJ A 4 IVlen’s S^lioes. Two standard lines of grades that you know and I know and we botlrknow that they are all right, Hamilton-Brown’s and Douglas’. Behind each pair is the warrant of these big factories. Hamilton-Brown’s $1 50, $2.00, $2.25, $3.00 and $3.50. Douglas’, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. If you have bought shoes from us you know. If you have not, come and buy them. You are always welcome here. Gaffney, S. C., Aug. 22, 1902. DR. MOPFETT’A Teethin A JJUMMTW *Ufl i u lli run v.rvwvtioji Costs Only 25 cents at Druggists, Or mail ‘25 cent* to C. J. MOFFETT, M {Cures Cholera-Infantum, j Diarrhoea,Dysentery, and I the Bowel Troubles of ChWdrznof Any Age. Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child and Makes TEETHING EASY. . D.. ST. LOUIS. MO. Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 19.1900. We have hawlleil Dr. Moffett’* TEETHIXA (Teething PowOers) ever gineeit* first introduction to the public and trade a* a p/oprieiury medicine, and our trade in it ban steaddy increased from year to year until our orders now amount to two or three hundred tiros* per year, which i« a very stronsj evidence of its merit a ml the satisfaction it is Kivinn to the mothers of the country, for they say nothing no effectually counteracts the effect* of the summer’* hot sun or overcome* so quickly the troubles incident to teething. THE LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG CO.. Wholesale Drugtjists. fW*For sale by all druggist. Here is a Bargain. Two excelent corner building lots within five minutes walk of Carpet Mill. These lots will be sold on the Easy Payment Plan of only $3 per month. Here is an opportunity of a lifetime for working people. Apply to ICI>. II- 1 NOTE HEADS, 1000 FOR . . . $1.50 u u 2000 “ . . . $2.50 ii it i 5000 “ . . . $5.00 ENVELOPES, 1000 “ . . . $1.75 ii 2000 “ . . . $3.00 ii 5000 “ . . . $6.25 LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEMEMTS, AID EVERY KIND OF PRINTING AT LOV PRICES. ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY FILLED. THE LEDGER, - GAFFNEY, S. G.