Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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X X '• V rule juici3oe:i«. 'UBLISHKD TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. RY Ed. H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for tse views of correspondents. Oorrespondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 p^ r to insure publication; also eqjnday to get them to the office by and Thursday mornings, ased at five Obituaries will be pu’ cents a line. .ji be published Cards of thankf. as one cent a jes will be published fleading % line each insertion, at ten despondence should be ad- A1L to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. dc£—— . . NOTES and comments. A Boston poet says the world is bright up there. It is blazing down here. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Your name belongs to you but other people use it more than you do—especially if you are a candidate. The Bible tells us that the meek shall inherit the earth, but in these days the fellow who wants the earth isn’t built on these lines. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The meanest man living is the skilled hypocrite who uses religion to successfully work out his designs upon honest and simple-minded peo ple. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It is claimed that the horseless car riage will soon be put within the reach of everybody. It might prove best to put everybody out of reach of the horseless carriage. '‘Where ignorance Is bliss ’tis folly to be wise.” Wonder if Jim Tillman was ignorant of the fact that there were some men in South Carolina who were wise enough to expose bis dirty career. President Roosevelt is quoted as saying that “life is too soft.” He will probably meet with some hard stratas in it before his present term of office expires unless he is more for tunate han any of his predecessors. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ At the age of sixteen a girl wonders if a man is really good enough for her. At twenty she wonders which man is the most worthy of her. At twenty-five she wonders which of the several worthy men she has in time past refused will come back to her. At twenty-eight she begins to wonder what man she can get. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Kentucky’s brilliant star of jour nalism, Mr. Henry Watterson, re cently flayed the statesman from Princeton, the Hon. Grover Cleve land. Mr. Waterson is truly a great thinker and brilliant scribe, but in this instance his remarks have the air of jealousy about ib^m. Nutwi’h- standing the fact that all the politic ians in the Democratic oarty turned their backs on Mr. Cleveland and have continued to give him the cold shoulder and the marble heart, these two truths remain—he was the friend of the Bouth and he is the only man that has ever been able to lead the Democracy to victory during the past forty years. James H. Tillman may possibly t e in the second race, but Wr don’t be- lleve be will. It will take 20,(XX) votes to put this bise hypocrite in the second primary. There are forty counties in the Slate. In order for Jim to get in the second race he must receive an average of 500 votes in each county. We believe Richland, Spar tanburg and Cherokee are his strong holds, in the order in which they are named. We have no idea that be will receive 500 votes In Cherokee V\ e may mistake bis strength This is our forecast of the vote for governor in the State: Heyward 38 000; Tol bert 23,000; Tillman 18,000; Ansel 15,000; Timmerman 8.000. The campaign is over and the little ■now flakes that fell today will mean a frost-bitten ambition for some peo ple. It would be remarkable indeed were any one man so fortunate as to be able to pick out the successful . candidate In every instance. There fore it remains a fact that all are to be more or less disappointed. But it becomes each and everyone not to nursQ that disappointment. When the ballots are counted and the result announced it would be well for us to heed the biblical injunction to “re joice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep." Let us lay aside our disappointments and join bands with the successful men and give them all the aid within our power to make their administration a success in every way possible. r,ia ^ is the proper spirit to disr* 1 ^ an< * in displaying lh»t apir 1 you “ ll1 add to the glory ot y °“ r county, your ...u^ your nation. comes from Charlotte The new L _ , .outhern Railway Company that th' , , . . ^ .tiuble track its system from */ibington to Atlanta. Just think iif it! The very idea of a railroad in this section doing business enough to require two tracks to handle its traffic ! Do you realize the meaning of such a move on the partof this railway company? It means more and bet ter and faster trains—both freight and passenger. It means that you will not be side-tracked for a vegeta ble or fruit train when you get on a passenger train to go to Blacksburg or Thickety. It means eliminating the head-on collision and reducing the rear-end collision to a minimum. In short it means that this is a great country and that its great resources are being rapidly developed by the great people who live along the Pied mont belt and that the great South ern railway means to keep abreast of the times. It also means that Gad- uey is to be greatly benefitted in the matter of mail facilities, us it is cer tain that an increase in trains means more frequent mails. We extend the glad hand to the double track. HIS JEWEL TAKEN. Mr. Killian’s Little Ruby Gone to .loin Her Mother In the Great Beyond. On Friday last the death angel again visited Mie home (if Mr. J. R. Killian, at Chen.kae Foils, and re moved there from his little daughter Ruby, the jewel of his he*trt and his life, and bore her to Him who in the long ago commanded his disciples: “Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.’’ Ruby was only eighteen months old, and being deprived of a fond mother’s love eurlv in her little life, her helplessness appealed more than ever to her father’s love and tender care, and it is only natural that his heart should be bound to her in deathless tendrils that must reach far beyond the grave Th. body was taken to Mul lins, in th- .ewer partof the Btate, and laid n *i .* the moiher who was pl-ccu code .l. J une. Mr. Killian has the deepest sym pathy of a host t.f friends, und The Ledger heartily j dns in extending condolence to him in his double affliction. HE NEVER SPOKE AGAIN. The Dofr Thnt Served the Purpose of u Ventriloquist. The following etory is told of a ven- triloiiuist, now famous, but at the time of this happening so hard up be used to walk between the cities where he was to appear. On one of these tours he came to Philadelphia on foot, and on the road he picked up a miserable little dog “because it looked so much like he felt.” The story will explain what be came of the dog. The first house he came to was a sa loon, and of course he wanted a drink. He had no money, but went In anyhow to see what he could do. The proprie tor, a German, said: “Well, what will you have?” He said, “I’ll take a little whisky,” and then, turning to the dog, he asked: “What will you have?” The answer came very promptly: “I’ll take a ham sandwich.” The German was so surprised be al most fainted. He looked at the dog a moment and then asked: “What did you •ay?” „^ The dog replied: “I said a ham sandwich.” Hans thought it wonderful thnt a dog should he able to talk and asked who had trained him, how long it had taken, etc., and wound e.p with: “How much you take for him?” “Oh,” said Mr. Ventriloquist. “1 wouldn’t sell aim at any price, but 1 am a little hard up now, and if you will lend me $50 I’ll leave him with you till I bring back the money.” “All right,” said Hans. “I just want him for a little while so I can show him to some smart people 1 know around here.” So everything was settled, the money paid, etc., and as the ventriloquist went out he turned and waved his hand to the d g and said: “Well, goodby. Jack. I’ll come back soon.” The dog looked at him and said: “You mean son of a gun, to sell me for $."»0 after all I’ve done for you! So help me Moses. I’ll never speak another word ns long as I live!" And he didn't.- Philadelphia Thins. Dead Man Is Identified. Anbury Park. N. J.. Aug. 21.—The man who vas klllod last evening when a special train of the Central Railroad of New Jersey ran Into a train of the Pennsylvania road on th* New York and Long Branch railroad at Belmar, has been Identified as Richard B. Armond, of Orange, N. J. The other person killed was Alice Bishop, 8 years old. who had beea spending the day at Belmar with an uncle. Henrietta Granth was Injured. Coroner Jehn W. Black had a con ference today with Superintendent H. Blodget. of (he New York and I,on# Branch, Into the cause of the accident, and a hill Investigation will be held! Somehow g>ri- art in garrd to flriv log. HOT TIMES IN FAIIOFF A “Hundred in the Shade” and no Shade. EPIDEMIC OF CHOLERA. The Extreme Heat uiui Filth in China Have CaiiNed Cholera to Break Out and Thouit- anda are Dying-—Fearful Con dlitong Among the CeleHtlabi. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Chinkiang, China, July 22—Since I wrote you last we have plunged in to the midst of the summer and, as someone remarked, the main thing going on here now is the heat. It re minds me a little of what I read once about the man who, on the plains of southern Texas, asked a native cow boy. as he mopped the sweat from his brow, “Say, how hot does it get down here?” “Wall,” said the cow boy, “it’s 104 in the shade an’ they ain’t no shade!” It was reported more than a hundred in the shade a few days ago. Some one said the temperature of trees is much lower than the summer heat, and therefore a grove of trees with room for the breeze to circulate between is much cooler than other places. But trees are not very plentiful over here and there is a sobby, soaky steam about the heat that mukes all energy and move in you depart. A Chinaman in Shanghai the other day, talking of the weather, said when he sat down, “pu siang chi lai,” that is, “Don’t want to get up.” He is reported also to have said, “tso i sie, hao i sie,” that is,‘•sit a little, good a little.” The longer one sits the better. Did you ever see a corn field about two o’clock in the afternoon on one ot these hot days when the tas«els are beginning to come out and the blades are wilted? ‘ Wilted," that is the word, and that is the way the Chinese and foreigners looked to me the other day in Shanghai as I was passing through. They have been looking like that here too for a while, and we have wanted rain. The rain came last Sunday and when it did come it came in torrents, and every thing is now wet ami soggy. Most everybody is engaged just now in try ing to keep cool. At night, some times one will in unii »welter and oven the exertion of turning over is a bore and any kind of cirvering is eschewed. I had thought to give you a de scription of my trip to M » KanSun the mountain summer resort near Shanghai, but you won’t expect it of me, I am sure, this kind of weather. One’s thoughts have a tendency to do like the negative of a photograph I tried to take the other day. At first it was a good image, hut later in the day when I saw it, thejchemicais, image ana ail had run off. The im ages from one’s mind are upt to get soaked info shapelessness by the heat. Ijjmay tell you. though, that I went to the mountain resort on busi ness and only spent three days up thexe and had to travel about 800 miles to get there and, of course, as much to get back and about 150 miles of that was in u native boat and took two nights and part of three da)s--in July, you remember. The mountain is some two thousand feet above the sea level and mostly mis sionaries go there to rest during the worst heat in the summer. There I saw whole forests of bamboo, the hills were covered almost to the sum mils with the feathery coverings. The whole country here seems to •o b* suffering now from a ter rible epidemic of cholera. In the early spring there was an epidemic of scarlet ftver, and now it is cholera Von Har of |: in almost evtry place At s<>m v/ne said the wonder is, not • 1 at they do die hot, that they can live. The heat develops the MUells at d oih*’r things etui »he sanitary conditions are very bad, iu fact, there L no sanitation at all. They hove b.-en corning their gt.is through the streets htte, praying to have the pes tilerce stopped, and praying for rain hut, they go on eating raw melons and fruit and other u-iwholesome thii gs, and they go on leaving the pig atvs uor*er the windows, and the waste water standing, black and green and stagnant, in ihe gutter- all about the hous< s. You must re meinher that they ore heathen. Home one was saying that the Christians are said no! to have t'carly so many ca-es of cholera and such other dis t-Hst-s because they are being taught that, “cleanliness is next to godli ness.” It is pitiful the hard times the heathen have over here both physically and morally. It does not pay to be a heathen or a bad man even in this world. Let us say, •pity tntm, pity them, Christians at home." You know how it is with the cholera? They nearly all die * ho lake it, and generally it only takes A few hours. Thousands are oymg Borne of the foreigners have sjbu died In Shanghai. A terrible thing happened a couple of week- -•go In Cbefoo in the C I M sfti jol On a Sunday night they .hv- i L*-m some cold chicken pie and (he following week fourteen of the noys died fhev think it was a poi son from the pie. One boy was a son of * resident ol Chit kiang. The par- •-etn ■ f one of rue boys was in Eng land In one case It was an only son. Th* re are many sad hearts and ' omea and great sympathy ia felt for them. It win at home were to have aucb conditions as we have here you would uniat likely bare a panic and It would seem awfu ! , but poor old China has such m number of constant ills that you almost, feel i, i-* the normal con dition. I huve operod one new ststion in the, country and we are keeping up the regular services here I hope to have services at, the country station once a month Mr Pierce, of Yang- ch iw, is a so remaining at his post for rh. stjtnmer. I have been led to ask if i» is not h question who enjoy themselve* the best those who go avayforHie summer, ortbose who stay. But after a long heat ot work, one needs a change sometimes W E Crocker. Stevy Statements. Near Stevy, Aug. 18.—The revival at Macedonia wa- a great, success. Rev. A. D Davidson conducted the meeting. Thir y three converts were hapt zed and the « h le church r* vived The campaign meeting at this place on the 12th passed off quie'ly. The sea«on of very dry, hot weather has done much to cut off 'he cotton ana corn crop l b d A Card of Thanks. To our many very d'-ar friends we cannot thank you enough for your kindness shown us when our loving Father called upon us for our noble son. We cannot say affliction, for whatever God does mv d-ar friends is and must be for t,he btsr,. Bincerelv vours, Cecilia and John Y. Meetze 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. 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 may be good, but it can be seen only by travelers who go that particular road. Tbs 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, perhaps, can help yon if you will but ask na. 4 ♦ -» ♦ ♦ • ! Southern Kailway Schedule. Trains from Atlanta* Greenville. Spartan burK. etc., for Charlotte. Washington, etc pass Gaffney. H. C., No. HO. East Mail, (daily 7:20 a. ui, No. 12 (daily) 4:20 p. m; No. 40, Ex press. (dally) :t2 p. m; No. 2s. Limited, (dally) 3:40 p m. No. ,#t stops at Gaffney on signal to take on passengers for Washington and beyond. Trains from Washington. Charlotte, etc, for Spartanburg, Greenville, Atlanta, etc. pass Gaffney: No. 30, Express, (dally) 0:53 a. m; No. 35. East Mail, (daily) 11:42 p m; No. 11 (dally) 2:27 p. m; No. 37. Lin'd ted. (daily 10:50 a. in. Nj. 37 sle pt at Gaffney on s gna' to letoiT nassengeis it O Ul \V..,lil Through trains for Washington und th East. Connections at Atlanta fur all p tint. ♦20 minutes fordmner. Notk: Trains Nos 32 and 33 are operated dally. Trains Nos 34. 35, 11. 12. 13. 14. 15 and 10 are operated daily except Sunday. CONNECTIONS MADE BY SOUTBOUND TRAINS. At Marion: No. 32 connects at Marlon with Bon them Ky train No. 30 which arrives at Marion at 0-28a. m., from Chattanooga. Ashe ville and Intel mediate points. At Hlaeksburg: No. 34 and No. 11 connect with Southern Ky train No. 36 which arrives at Blacksburg at 7:45 a. m., from Atlanta. Greenville, Spartanburg and intermediate points. At Yorkville: No. 34 connects with C St N. VV. train No. 70 which leaves Yorkville at 10:4s a. m , for Gastonia. Lenoir and inter- medlatlpoints. At Rook Hill: No’s 32 and 34 connect with Southern Ry train No. 75 which leav. s Rock Hill at 3:30 p. in., for Chester, Columbia and Intermediate points. At Catawba Jet: No's 32 and 34 connect with 8. A. L. triin No. 32 which passes Ca tawba Jet at 7:54 p nl., for Monroe and inter mediate points. At Lancaster: No's 32 and 34 connect with L. & C. train No. M which lesves Lancaster at 4:45 p. m., for Chestei and intermediate points’ At Camden with A. C. L. (N. W. of S. C.) for Charleston, Sumter, Elorenoe. 1) .rltngton, Wilmington and intermediate uoints. Tram No. 08 which leaves Camden at 4:15 p. m CONNECTIONS MADE BY NORTHBOUND TH AINA. At Camden: With A. C. L. (N. W. of 8. C.) No. 71 from Charleston. Florence, Darlington. 'A ilrnlng'on and Intermediate points, which irt ives at Camden at 11:15 a. m ; with South- i-rn Kv train No. 77 whieii arrives at Camden at 11;55a. m. from Kingsville At Lancaster: No. 33 connects at Lancaster with L AC. train No. 16 for Chester and in termediate points. At Bock Hill: No’s 33 and 35 connect at Kock Hill with 8 mthern Ry train No. 34. leaving Rock nil atS:26 p. in., for Charlotte and points north. Ai Blacksburg: No. 33connects with South ern Ry trains No 12nt4:3Sp. m.. No. 38 at 7:05 u. rn. and No. 40 at 7;45 p. in. for points north. No’s33 and 35connecC with Southern Ry train No .15, leaving Blacksburg at 11:25 p. m.. for points south. At Marion: No33 connects with 8 uthem Ky train No. 35. leaving Marion at 11:40 p. m , for Asheville, Chattanooga und Intermediate points. Through car service without change l»e- tween Marlon and Charleston on trains No’s 32 and 33. t. U. SHAW, Gen. P'-as Agt Summer Resort Folder SOUTHERN RAILWAY Mucli valuable information ; mailed free to any address upon application to agents Southern Railway. W. H. Taylor, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. R. W. Hunt, Div. Pass. Agent, Charleston, S. C J. C. Beam, Dist. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga- V - 2 'A I » 1 mt ■ Hr >4 Zta&gSi i A rt' .’^Yv 'S LOOK THIS WAY, PLEASE . ::: THE v;- -- v:.v —• GAFFNEY LIVE-STOCK CO. has just received a big car load of the celebrated OLD HICKORY WmMS Thej are the best wagons ou earth, and we are going to sell them CHEAP for the CASH or ON TIME. Our buggy house is now full. We have buggies from the finest Babcock to the cheapest Perry, so come and help us make room for another car load that will he in in a few days. Yours truly, GAFFNEY LIVE STOCK CO. OR. MOPPB* fwiu.*# ASA p ^ TeethinA | Cures Cholera-Infantum, Diarrhoea,Dysentery, am the Bowel Troubles of [ULLinINv rOWPEKSll Costs Only 25 cents at Druggists, Children of Any Age. Aids Digestion, Regulate* the Bowels, Strengthens the Child and Makes TEETHING EASY mail 25 cents to C. 4. MOFFETT. M. D.. ST. LOUIsTmO. TidTJ? httn ‘ ,led . Dr - Moffett’s TEETHINA (Teething Powders) ever since it* flr.t introduction'm'the^iubllo Sow f r ,l e t i* ry ’P edl ? ln ®' an<1 oar tr:ul " ‘ n . 11 has steaddy increased fr-.m year to year until our orders th r .K 11 dred .® rro » s J ' ettr ’ whl< ’ J ' 18 a ver y strong evidence of its merit and Ihe satisfaction it ,0 the “Others of the country, for they say nothing so effectually mnlera. u the effects of the summer’* hot sun or overcomes so quickly the trouUes incident to teething. 8 IHE LAMAR & KANAIN DRUG CO., Wholesale Druggists. ‘For sale by all druggist. CLOSING OUT SALE OF WAGONS AND BUGGIES. Having decided to discontinue haiullinf; wagons and bun- gies, 1 will offer, until sold, my entire stock of wagons and buggies at actual delivered prices. The stock is as follows: Five Taylor wagons, one Stude- baker, one-horse wagon,’ several White Hickory wagons, buggies of the following brands, Tyson and Jones, Corbitt, v Goldsboro, Highland Buggy Company, etc. Now is the time and this the place to get a genuine bargain in high grade vehicles. My stock of General Merchandise is complete and prices right. See me before you buy. Yours for trade. J- I 818 Limestone Street. NOTE HEADS, 1000 FOR . . . $1.50 u H 2000 II • . . $2.50 it it 5000 II • . . $5.00 ENVELOPES, 1000 II A* • . . $1.75 a 2000 II • . . $3.00 n 5000 II • • . $6.25 LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEMEMTS, AMD EVERT KIND OF PRIRTIIG AT LOV PRICES. ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY FILLED. THE LEDGER, GAFFNEY, S. C. / V.