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r ' . . Tub: PUBLISHED T0E8DAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DeCamp. A STUl’II) THINH. We were mortified beyond expres sion yesterday to have our attention called to the following personal, which appeared in last Friday s is sue : “Jack H. Littlejohn, the miser of Gowdeysville, came up to the city Tuesday.” When our attention was directed to this article we instinctively knew that there was something wrong. It is practically impossible for one man to know everything that goes into the columns of the newspaper; especially is that the case when the paper is hurriedly gotten up like it is in this office. We at once began an investi gation of the matter, thinking that perhaps the local writer might have written some word which the com positor took for “miser,” so we in quired as to who set it up and that illusion was dispelled by being in formed that one of the best composi tors in the office bad handled the copy. A search was made for the copy and it was found. An examina tion showed that the item was origin ally written: “J. H Littlejohn, of Gowdeysville, came up to the city Tuesday.” That is the way it was written by Mr. Thomas, but someone had added after “J” the letters “ack,” and in serted between “Littlejohn” and "of” the words “the miser.” We confess that we were surprised that the compositor set up these inser tions and doubly surprised at the proof-reader letting it go through, but when we remember that with them the work is almost entirely me chanical, they having so much to do that they cannot at all times have their mind bearing directly upon the matter in hand, we are not so much surprised at them. We then set about to unravel the mystery of the insertions. The hand writing was positively not that of anyone connected with the business office, so we carried the copy to every man in t!ie office and asked him per sonally about it. £ach one emphati cally denied 1 ing done It. Not be ing able to locate the blame we are forced to the conclusion that some one visiting the office happened to see the item hanging on the hook and took it off and added the letters and words, either through downright cus sedness or in a spirit of fun, thinking it would be detected before it got through the paper. That is the only conclusion we are able to reach, and we have our suspicions as to who did it, but we have no proof, except the handwriting. Whoever did this should be man enough to own it. If done in a spirit of fun it was mighty poor fun and showed a lack of good judgment on the part of the perpetrator. If done maliciously, the person who did it is a dirty coward who lacks manhood and honor and we don’t ex pect him to own it. If he were so cowardly as to attempt to strike Mr. Littlejohn over our shoulders he cer tainly would not be man enough to acknowledge it. Whether done in fun or with malic ious intent, the person who did it did us a grave injustice. Mr. Jack Littlejohn is one of the best citizens in this county, or in South Carolina for that matter. We have known him for a number of years and have always been proud to claim him as a friend. He is always on the side of right, be it popular or unpopular, and we venture that he has done more for the upbuilding of his community than this wag, for we are inclined to put the most charitable construction on the affair, has ever done or ever will do. He couldn’t hurt Mr. Little john, but he hurt us. The very idea of anyone connected with this news paper beiD n ' so foolish or devilish ! If we bad a man in our employ who would stoop to such a little, mean, petty piece of business we would dis charge him so quickly that it would make his head swim. We offer our humblest apologies to Mr. Littlejohn for the incident and kindly thank the gentleman who called our attention to the article for doing so, and we trust that all will accept this explanation. We have in our possession the copy as changed and would thank anyone to help us identify the handwriting. Should he Intereatlug. [Prlnteri*' Ink.] When an advertiser complains that his advertisement does not interest the readers of a paper, he might do better to change bis ad. writer than to change his paper. The public is anxious always to be interested, and if the advertisement fails to do it the fault probably lies with the advertise ment and not with the public or the newspaper. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People Yon] Know and 'People You [Don’t Know Wilks Brown, a prominent young merchant of Ravenna, came up Thursday night to witness the play at the theatre. W. G. Tolleson, of the Crutchfield- Tolleson Co., Spartanburg, was in the city Saturday. Willis Hames, liveryman of Pacolet Mills, was up yesterday with a load of “passengers.” M. B. Brissie spent Saturday in Spartanburg on business. “Gad” Sparks, of Pacolet Mills, was among the comers to the city yesterday. M. M. Tate, of Webster, was in town yesterday. Hon. Stanyarne Wilson, of Spar tanburg, came over yesterday on pro fessional business at court. W. Sam Lipscomb, of Asbury, one of Cherokee’s most successful and most extensive planters, was in the city yesterday attending court. George Brown, who has been farm ing this year at Ravenna, spent a short while in town yesterday. R. M. Northey and Misses Mery and Alice Northey, of near the city, called on The Ledger yesterday morn ing. Miss Mary added her name to our mailing list. Gilliard Cline, of Blacksburg, popu larly, familiarly and affectionately known as “Gilly,” spent Sunday and a portion of yesterday at Cherokee’s capital. Robt. Goforth, of Ravenna, was one of the comers to the city yester day. J. C. Thomson and D. 8. Ramseur, two popular young men of Blacks burg, spent yesterday in the city. Rev. G. Croft Williams, of Blacks burg, was in the city Sunday. Dr. J. T. Darwin, of Blacksburg, was over for a short while yesterday. Luther Bonner, a prominent planter of Goucher, spent yesterday in the city attending court. Misses Rosa and Laura Kirby left the city yesterday for Hot Springs, N. C., to enter school. Hon. William Jefferies, of Home, spent yesterday in town. Boyd Brown, a successful farmer of near Trough, came up to town yes terday. W. T. Montgomery, of Grover, N. C., was in the city yesterday and called on The Ledger. John Dillingham, of Cherokee Falls, spent yesterday in the city. J. J. Montgomery, a prosperous farmer from near Blacksburg, was over yesterday and paid us a visit. Joel Bennett, of Spartanburg, came over Saturday to visit relatives near the city. He called on The Ledger while here and returned home yester day morning. Hamlet Lipscomb, a prominent and successful merchant of Trough, was in the city yesterday attending court. P. T. Sapoch and wife and Mrs. J. £. Sapoch, of Mt. Paron, were inter ested Ledger visitors yesterday. Miss lone Littlejohn has returned from a visit to relatives and friends in Spartanburg. C. E. Smith, a successful merchant and fermer of Goucher, was in town yesterday. Dr. H. B. Tate, of Trough, was among the visitors in the city yester day. Moses Littlejohn, of Ravenna, was in the city yesterday, stopping with his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Thomas. Gaston Listlejohn, a prominent citizen of Trough, was in the crowd of visitors here yesterday. T. E. Burgess, a popular young man of Ravenna, called on us yester day and had us put bis name on our subscription list. Quite a number of prominent Cher- okeeans who are good judges of a good thing, came in yesterday and subscribed for The Ledger. E. R. Sapoch, one of Grover’s prominent citizens, is here attending court. B. G L. Pettit, an extensive and successful planter of Ravenna, was in the city yesterday. J. B. Hambright, of Grover, N. C., called on us yesterday and gave us two subscriptions for The Ledger. J. S. Ruppe, one of Maud’s worthy and progressive citizens, added bis name to our subscription list yester day. Mrs. Sallie Lipscomb has returned home from a visit to her father, Mr. James Wood, at Pacolet. She was accompanied home by hersisser, Mrs. W. F. Bryant. Isaac Fowler, of near Trough, is in the city this week attending court. Cameron Littlejohn, of Ravenna, is attending ' ourt in the city this week. Felix Litteljohn, of Ravenna, was in the city yesterday. John R Webster, of Cowpens, was in the city yesterday and, as is his custom to do. remembered The Led- ger. T E. Burgess, of Ravenna, gave us a pleasant call yesterday and sub scribed for The Ledger. Jno. J. Moore leaves today for Hot Springs, N. O., where he will attend school. Before leaving he left his subscription for The Ledger. Miss Annie May Brown left yester day for Hot Springs, N. C., where she will enter school. Arthur Hopper, now of Spartan burg. who is fast gainnig fame as a baseball pitcher, spent Sunday in Gaffney with relatives and friends. William Goforth, of Ravenna, spent yesterday in the city. Photographer John Green, who recently moved to Gastonia, N. O., from this place, was back among his friends here Sunday and yesterday. We are always glad to see John. Mr. Fred Brown, of Martinsville, Va.. is visiting bis sister, Mrs. Ed. H Gaines on Victoria avenue. Misses Kate and Annie Brown, of Martinsville, Va., accompanied by Miss Pigg of Chatham, Va., have re turned to the city to enter Limestone College. R. W. Lee, of White Plains, was in the city yesterday on business. W. T. Montgomery, of Antioch, was among the visitors in the city yesterday. Muyor'it Court. For the past week or more Mayor Little has cot bad very much to do in his official capacity. It may be that either nearly all the “chronic offenders” are already doing time on the gang, or that the recent “big meetins’” have had the desired effect in tending to “soothe the savage breast.” Whatever the cause, there have been but few sinners before the city’s tribunal within the past week; and yesterday (Monday) morning there were none—not even a plain Saturday-night drunk—something that is very unusual, indeed. On Friday morning two colored damsels were before His Honor for having indulged in a little disorderly conduct all to themse'ves. After each had told her tale of woe and given “her side” of the affair, the mayor gave them respectively $2.00 or five days and $4.00 or ten days. Of course they paid up, though it is very probable that neither of them had a cent before the occurrence. It is really wonderful, and somewhat amusing how some of the “colored population” of this place who are never known to have any money and are always "on the borrow” manage to always pay their fines in the mayor’s court. A plain, ordinary drunk was the only other case on docket for the morning, and the lone reveler paid a dollar for his jag outside of the cost of his liquor. Saturday morning there were only two cases on docket. One was for disorderly conduct and the obstrep erous gentlemen who was guilty of the charge forfeited a bond of $5.00 which he had put up for his appear ance—be failed to appear. The other case was a common drunk and the accused was dismissed. No one was present at the court yesterday morning except the mayor and bis officers. Ingratitude. Mr. Editor:—In your issue of the 3rd, in personals you state that “Jack H. Littlejohn the miser of Gowdeyville” had been in town. Why does The Ledger call the atten tion of the public and point the finger of scorn at one of Cnerokee county’s best citizens by casting such epithets at bis good name? Is it because Mr. Littlejohn does not clothe himself in purple and fine linen or dance to the tune of the beau brummels that your paper should attempt to brand him? Or is it ingratitude that prompts the charge?—he having done more to build up the public enterprises of your town than any man in the county, thus giving work to the idle and bread to the hungry. Appropos: I often see on your streets an edu cated man with grimy hands and face, In laborer’s garb, redeeming his financial pledges one by one that business adversity left him—another honest man, the noblest work of God. To such a man as this, and Jack H. Littlejohn, I feel like lifting my hat, lor they, like oases in the deserts, are rare and restful these times, when man’s moral powers seem per verted—lying, stealing, cheating, de frauding, defaulting, embezzlement* and assignments being characteristic of the day. l. Mr. HrUaie Agalu In OafTnej. Mr M. B. Brissie, a former resident of this place wno has been in busi ness in Greensboro, N. C., since leav ing here, has returned to Gaffney and will make this place his headquarters hereafter. Mr. Brissie is prominent as an insurance man and is now en gaged with the Virginia Life Insur ance Company, whose representative he is in this territory. We are glad to welcome Mr. Brissie back to Gaffney and hope he may prosper here. A CaU for the Kolls. The committees of the different townships are hereby requested to re turn the rolls of the Confederate sol diers who enlisted in their townships on or by the 15th of this month, or as soon after as possible, to the clerk of court, Mr. J. Eb Jefferies, that he may condense them and place them in a book alphabetically to be sent to the historian in Columbia. Any per son having a list of Capt. Jake Car penter’s company is requested to fur nish it to Mr. D. A. Thomas, who will be thankful for same. W. D. Camp, Chairman of Committee. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. W. T. Burris, (col.), a staunch Li dgerite of Sarratts, called at The Li iger office yesterday and renewed hi* subscription. W. A. Young, until recently a resi dent of this place, but now of Cam den, sent in a correct answer to our teu-acre problem a short time ago, and is thus entitled to three-month’s subscription to The Ledger. His name has been placed on our mailing list. On® Important Thing. (White's SayluKs.] load, writing, as in everything else, there is one most important thing—the genius covers it and most of the other points, while the (rsak lays such stress on an unimportant detail that you never see the point. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Presented by Hanford and Drofnah to a Large and Knthuiilaiitlc Andienee. “Mr. Charles B. Hanford and his well selected company went up against a bard proposition last even ing in following immediately upon the appearance here of the Gordon- Shay Opera, which played on a guar antee fund, and for which a strenuous and successful canvass had been made to secure an audience adequate to the necessary pledge. It was therefore no small tribute to Mr. Hanford and Miss Drofnah that a large and excep tionally intelligent audience was pres ent to witness their representation of Shakespeare’s popular comedy. “The Taming of the Shrew.” The adaptation, which was made by Mr. Hanford himself, is judiciously ar ranged and follows the original text very closely. The cast is a very strong one, and while, of course, Mr. Hanford and Miss Drofnah have the leading parts as Petruchio and Kath erine, they do not dwarf the others into insignificance. Admirers of Mr. Hanford who have seen him only in heroic impersona tions were naturally dubious as to the outcome of the part he essayed last uigbt. But these fears were soon dissipated. Mr. Hanford is no novice in comedy roles, and his Petruchio last night was a brilliant success, full of bustle, animation and action in the fantastical extravagancesof a madness that had a well defined vein of method all through it. It was an ideal inter pretation, and won a most enthusi astic recognition. And the same and more may be said of Miss Drofnah as Katherine. She held the mirror up to nature in every gesture, look and tone, and whether as the spoiled, self-willed and unman ageable child, or as the resisting and finally submissive wife, she was true to the traits of womanhood, and was a fine example of the type that would rather have her hand taken by one whose will power was superior to her own than give it to an inferior. Grumio, the finest comedy charac ter in Shakespeare, fell to Mr. Rob ert Lee Allen, and it was in good hands. In acting and in personal appearance be bears a remarkable re semblance to Eddie Lawrence, so well remembered by theatregoers here as Sir Andrew Agne-Cheek, the delight ful simpleton in Twelfth Night, when Julia Marlowe appeared here in that play. Mr. Allen’s Grumio is a fit companion-piece to the Petruchio and Katherine of the leaders of the cast. Mr. Browning’s part as the tailor certainly deserves more than a casual mention. Trivial and unimportant as it is in the text, Mr. Browning created for it au interest peculiarly its own, and made the audience regret that there was not more of the part. Mr. Browning has the distinction of having played this part to Edwin Booth’s Pe truchio. As a substitute for the prelude or induction to “The Taming of the Shrew,” the company gave a charm ing and pathetic little sketch entitled “The Old Guard,” an episode of Waterloo, which served to show Mr. Hanford in the serious character of an old man of eighty years, in strong contiast with the rollicking, madcap young fellow of the play which was to follow.” The above is from the Petersburg, Va., Daily Index-Appeal. Mr. Hans ford will be in Gaffney next Thursday night. This will be the best high- class theatrical engagement until Tuesday Oct. 28th, when Miss Ade laide Thurston will present “Cozy Corners.” In a private letter Mr. Hanford says he cannot hope to make any money during his Gaffney engage ment as his company is too expensive for a town of this size, but the local managers sincerely trust Mr. Hanford may be agreeably disappointed and that the people will show their appre ciation of the effort to secure high- class shows for Gaffney by giving Mr. Hanford a large audience. Gaffney, 8. C., Oct. G, 1902. Editor of The Ledger, Dear Sir: A party of eight including myself spent a most enjoyable afternoon to day reading Shakespeare's merry com edy “ The Taming of the Sbrbw.” We all intend to attend the performance of the same, on next Thursday night, and feel sure that we will be better able to appreciate the play having read the book, and we advise those who have not read it to do so at their earliest convenience. In conclusion we want to thank the mauagemeut of the Star Theatre for presenting such high-class attractions. We are, Very truly yours, “Eight Ladies.” During the second act of “A Colonial Girl” last Thursday night, wl ile Miss Creighton was acting a very pathetic part, some one in the gallery spoiled the effect of the scene by indulging in “horse play.” It is to be hoped that this will not be repeated. There is a city ordinance against such and it wilt be enforced if it is found neces sary to arrest the offenders. The audience is expected to show its ap proval or disapproval by applause or hissing, but nothing is desired that will disturb the effect of the scene. Of “Cozy Corners,” which is to be here Tuesday, Oct. 28th, the Hartford papers say: “The new comedy ‘At Cozy Cor ners’ was played at Parson’s Theatre last night before a good sized and well pleased audience. The makers of the play have drawn some very good char acters indeed so good in fact that the play appeal to the audience fully as much when the plot is not developing as when the principal players hold the centre of the stage.”—Hartford Courant. “The characters are drawn with clear crisp dramatic feeling and each one is a study of life as it really ex ists in the country. The scenery was tasteful and attractive. The play will be repeated to-day and deserves the capacity of the house.”—Hartford Telegram. Voting: Content. The contest ends tomorrow night and the result will be announced Thursday morning by being posted on the bill board in front of the theatre. The plan of voting is simple. Cut out the coupon printed at the bottom of this advertisement, write the name of your favorite in the blank space and send or bring it to The Ledger office before Oct. 8th. The following is the vote up to go ing to press: Miss Lillian Jones 28 Miss Beenie Peeler 26 Miss Florence Griffith 22 Miss Lillian Wood 20 Miss Kate Hamilton 19 Miss Myrtle Sarratt 17 Miss Eva Ross 13 Miss Helen Brohawn 12 Miss Lillian Hopper 10 Miss Frances Fort 8 Miss Louise Jefferies 6 Miss Edna Sarratt 5 STAR THEATRE ONE NIGHT ONLY THURSDAY OCT. ENOAGEriENT OF Charles B. Hanford accompanied by HRS. flARIE DROFNAH with a Magnificent production of The Taming of Shakespeare’s The Merriest Shrew Con,edy under the management of F. Lawrence Walker. Free List entirely suspended during this engagement. Carriages may be ordered at 10:45. Prices 25, 35. 50, 75, $1.00, $1.50. Reserved Seats on Sale at The Ledger Office. For Sale &T~Advertisements under this head will oe Inserted for one cent a word each Inser tion. No ad Inserted for less than ten cents A NICE lot for store and residence, west Gaffney 011 Mills Gap road. Write .John 1*. Fowler. Mauldin, S. C. !l ;10; 10-3.7,10 V ALUABLE suburban property for sale— I will sell or rent my home place one mile from business part of town. Nice 10- room bouse with hot and cold water and all modern Improvemynts, with lot! acres of land in high state of cultivation. Will exchange for factory or hank stock. W. O. Lipscomb 9-30-1m ' F OB SALE -Lots convenient to schools. Apuly to Mrs. A. V. Montgomery. Sept. St-tt. F OU SALE—One hundred and six acres near Draytonvllle Mountain. Joe E. McArthur. tf. For Rent. F OB BENT-One 4 room cottage. Apply to .1. B. Jones. Oct, 3, 7, 10-pd. Wanted. W ANTED— Beef cattle, sheep, hogs, chick ens. eggs and green hides. J, U. 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