Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The: PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. The Ledger 5 s 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 cents a line. ,, ^ , Cards of thanks wil> be published at one cent a word. Reading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. NOTES AM) COMMENTS. While climbing up the ladder of success don’t forget the laws of grav itation. You might possibly start downward sometime. A man never gets so busy helping others that he does not find time to help himself, and the more he helps others tbe more God will bless him. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The man who considers himself enlightened because he sees a defi ciency in others may be very ignorant because he has not studied his own deficiencies. One half the world does not know how the other half lives, but the husbands keep the better halves guessing all the time. The voting contest wa^ very spirit ed Wednesday afternoon and it was not until late that the contest was decided. No one was allowed to know how any contestant stood, so it was a fair and square race until the end. It gives us pleasure to be able to announce that the person who made the insert in copy, which was com plained of Tuesday’s Ledger, came in and acknowledged theideed. He is a young man for whom we have had and still entertain a warm regard. He explains that it was a mere joke that he intended to perpetrate and had no idea that it would go through the paper at the same time manfully apologizing for the same. We accept his explanation and apology, and thus close an unpleasant incident. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Gaffney is being advertised all over the country and we venture the as sertion that it is ihe best advertised town for its size in the South. With her magnificent cotton mills, carpet mill, banks, oil mill, monazite refin ery, fiber mill, mercerizing plant, lime works, theatre, hotels, graded schools, Limestone College, The Led ger, Grit and Steel (which circulates in every English-speaking country in the world) and her well-known pro pensity for political disturbances, she has the distinction of being “a hot town,” and don’t you forget it. Exitay ou N«-wsyupern. [Weekly Chief.] “Newspapers are sheets of paper on which stuff to read is printed. The men look it over to see if their names are in it. I don’t know how news papers came into the world. I don’t think God does. The Bible says no thing about editors and I never heard of one being in heaven. The first edi tor I heard of was the fellow who wrote up the flood. He has been here ever since. Some editors belong to the church and some try to raise whiskers. All of them raise hell in their neigh borhood. Some times the paper dies, and then people feel glad, but some one starts it again. Editors never went to school, because editors never get licked. Our paper is a mighty poor one, but we take it so ma can use it on our pantry shelves. Our editor doesn’t amount to much, but paw said he had a poor chance when be was a boy. He goes without un derclothes in winter, wears no socks, and has a wife to support him. Paw has not paid his subscription in five years, and don’t intend to.” Has a Sort of Convincing Sound, [Printers’ Ink.) If there is one thing a woman will stop and admire more than any other In a newspaper, it is the picture of a strong, heroic, handsome fellow, dressed in a suit of clothes that en hances tbe strong points in tbe mas culine figure and face. Not only does the woman admire tbe picture, but ardently longs to associate with a man dressed like the man in the pic ture. Every time you make an impression upon a woman by some striking cut used in your newspaper advertisement you may be sure her men friends are going to hear about it. And if your advertisement cuts are regularly strik ing and strong, you will soon have a reputation among the women that will be worth all the trouble and ex pense the advertising entails. COMING SOUTH. Work of the Southern Hallway for the Ter ritory It Traverses “The cry of the time is for cheap land, cheap in price, but rich in pro ductiveness. Land has become so high in the middle West that farmers are looking elsewhere for a more favor able location where they can become owners and not renters. The south ern states are offering some excep tionally good bargans in land values and in locations that are easily acces sible to railroads. A demonstration of what these lands can produce was exemplified in the fine exhibit shown on the Iowa State Fair grounds last week by the Southern Railway. Fair visitors were amazed to see what can be raised in southern states, and es pecially was this noticeable in the many varieties of grain grown. The showing of fruit could not be excelled anywhere, and the grasses grown for fodder were the equal of anything in that line. There is a fine field for the northern farmer in the south, and many of those who have gone down there have made a great success of their farming. These lands are suit able for every branch of agriculture and can be purchased at a very low figure. This is especially so m the states of Virginia, the two Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. Mr. John F, Olsen, who had charge of this fine exhibit on the fair ground, said to a representative of “The Homestead” that the people of the North were fast finding out that a good farm in the South was very val uable, and that other grains besides cotton could be grown at a profit. No section in the United States can offer a better place for stock raising, at a less cost, than the South. Water and pasture are in abundance. Not an acre of this land requires irrigation to make it productive. If any of our readers are seeking a home where land is cheap and very productive, the cli mate genial and healthful, educational facilities good, and where success can be most easily obtained, they should write to Mr. John F. Olsen, land and industrial agent of the Southern Railway Co., 22,) Dearborn St., Chi cago, 111., and he will be pleased to answer all inquiries and furnish maps and pamphlets descriptive of this new South.” The above editorial which appeared in “The Homestead,” Des Moines, Iowa, dated September 4, shows the work being done by tbe Southern Rail way Company in the Northwest. ArivertiKinic Multiplier Wants, [Kurne.l The difference between primitive people and those advanced in their modes of living is marked by the number of their desires. Now. modern advertising has increased these to a wonderful extent. To get along without things is to go back ward, unless it is done temporarily to discover the north pole or to ex plore some unknown continent, while multiplying one’s wants is pushing forward the car of progress. Poor Policy. I Progressive Advertiser) It is a poor policy to take chances upon disappointing customers. Nine out of every ten intelligent persons know just what they want when ask ing for certain brands. But give them something else than what is asked for, and there is an entering wedge to the loss of the customer’s trade. The merchant had better keep in stock the articles which are extensively adver tised, for they are the ones that are sure to.be called for. Play to the OrclioMtra Seats. [Advertising Experience.] There are all sorts of people in the world, and we suppose there are some who admire sensationalism and vul garity in ads. But people of this sort bear about the same relation to the great mass of the public as the riff raff in the top gallery of a theatre bear to the rest of the audience. As a rule, they have little money to spend, and are therefore not worth catering to. DeafueMH Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There |s only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by inflamed condition of the mucous I'niiiKOfthe Eustachian Tube. When lids tube nets inflamed yon have a rumblin'; sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can lie taken out and thistubfe restored to its normal condi tion. hearing will he destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an inflamed condition of tiie mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (cased by catarrh) that can not he cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. Sold by Druggests, 75c. Hull’s Family PHIsare the best. Wood’s Seeds. VA. GRAY OR TURF liter Sown in September nr October, make a much ia/ger yv iii ' niui more profitable crop iu:; . Wheat. They ca:: also begru/.-il ihe winter a* o early •)•. , . in! yield just as hi’ ' -ly o; pri 'M :;H. rv.ards. Wood’k F-d’ CahjJ'.jfne tills all about VegiU-e'e nid Seeds for F .! d Wheat, < at.*-. s. A.ir .cy, Vetches, O ' .1. . " CJover Seeds, v. Write for Catalogue s.ml prices of any See 1. d» :. F. IV. WOOD c£ SOUS. Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. Wood’s Fall Catalogue nlso tells about Vegetable and Flowe Seeds, Straw berry and Vegetable Planta, Lawn Orasa, Hyacinths, Tulips, etc. Catalogue mailed free upon request. WAR ON THE BILLBOARD People Hard Headed. [Progressive Advertiser. 1 W. C. T. U. to Improve Advertising Signs No More Women In Corsets. [The Baltimore Sun.] No longer will the woman in cor sets stare down from high places, and the likeness of the man who mixes a highball will be banished from tbe billboards, if the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union has its way. Believing with Justice Shiras, of the United States Supreme Court, that all pictures and literature are either decent or indecent, and that the representations of women in scanty apparel fall in the latter class, with many other pictoral advertise ments, members of the union will be gin a reform crusade. They will start tbe work of purify ing the signboards and the advertise ment pages of the monthly and week ly periodicals, under the decision of Justice Shiras, that there is no mid dle ground between decent and inde cent pictures. The campaign is in the hands of the Department of Work for the Promotion of Purity in Litera ture and Art. Mrs. Emile D. Martin, of this city, is at its head. The campaign will be opened at the Woman’s Christian Temperance Un ion national convention in Portland, Me. on October 17 to 22, when a reso lution will be offered that Congress and the Legislatures of all States and Territories be petitioned to take ac tive measures against all indecent pictures and literature, especially di recting the work against advertise ments. In New York State the action will be through the district attorneys, who have the power to decide in the absence of specific laws by the com mon law whether or rfot a thing is indecent. If the object in question is decided to be indecent to have it seized and destroyed by the police. “What tends to corrupt society is indictable at common law,” is tbe clause upon which this is based. Mrs. Martin is confident of success. “We rely greatly upon the law, of course,” she said, “but public opinion is even stronger than the law. In this the Woman’s Christian Temper ance Union is strong. So great are its numbers that it can sway the pub lic to a large extent by tbe most in direct methods.” Tbe average person is hard-headed and expects the merchant to give him what he asks for. Usually the article called for, if of a proprietary nature, is one that has been well advertised. SOFT CORE Like tbe running brook, the red blood that flows through the veins has to come from somewhere. The springs of red blood are found in the soft core of the bones called the marrow and some say red blood also comes from the spleen. Healthy bone marrow and healthy spleen are full of fat. Scott's Emulsion makes new blood by feeding the bone marrow and the spleen with the richest of all fats, the pure cod liver oil. For pale school girls and invalids and for all whose blood is thin and pale, Scott’s Emulsion is a pleasant and rich blood food. It not only feeds the blood-making organs but gives them strength to do their proper work. Semi for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNR, Chemists, 409-415 Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and #1.00 ; all druggists. Dr. Woolley's PAINLESS AND Whiskey Cure SENT FREE to ai users of morphine opium, laudanum, elixir of opium, co caine or whiskey, a large book of par ticulars on home or sanatorium treat ment. Address, B. M. WOOLLEY CO., 104 N. PryorStreet, Atlanta, Georgia. Do Your Duty. JL* " JHLakes short roads. that runs on wheels. “England expects every man to do his duty,” said Nelson at Trafalgar, and “duty performed is tha sublimest achievement." said II. E. Lee. Then why not insure your property in the Cherokee Mutual Fire In surance Company, and be happy, freeing yourself from anxiety as to the effect a loss of your liouse would curtail on yourself and family also. This is the cheapest insurance known among men and your money kept at home. Instead of swelling the Coffers of Northern Co-operations to be used for enslaving the many for the benefit of the few in the Gigan tic Trusts which seek to control the staple necessities of life, or is loaned to the despots of Europe to hind the shackles of slavery tighter upon the limbs of their helpless sub jects. If you feel it your duty to insure, lids company lisks that you consider the claims it has upon you. Uev. A. I). Davidson, and Frank McCduny, Agents. I^or Sold Everywhere. Made by STANDARD OIL CO. ALWAYS KEEP ON HAND tfSin’Killeri t THERE IS NO KINO OF PAIN OR • ACHE, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, THAT PAIN-KILLER WILL NOT RE- LIEVE. LOOK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND SUB STITUTES. THE GENUINE BOTTLE BEARS THE NAME, PERRY DAVIS & SON. On Saturday, October 18tli, Building and Plastering Lime Coal, and Plaster Hair. Piaster Pans, Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone 57. Notice. Buy you a home with rent money; nice building lots in town for sale; also im proved property for sale. Rents collected prompt ly and returns made the 1st of each month. Personal attention given to col lecting. See me. Bein'H alum ax. 1 WILD SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION in vaeani lot opposite R. M. Vllkins A C siore, 1 pair mules I tw -hoi 1 v* anon. I set wagon li.inu ss. “ plow ttocks. e lu es Terms cash. 10-15 J. V. S \ RRAT P. A at. for Sal . One hundred Hint iai •• acre:, of land known :ts thc'ildom plan • e:n- K. Bridges on Thiekety cicck, 'Tm 01. ee eouijiy, with good six room house, . 1 h tis (> . Well of good water and Iorty -is s «.f tim- bottoms U-low the bridge. 'I' let. o ut. Price JR’OO cash. T M I.itti.c.ioii Agent. July -5. :in»o. D uttio’ s Early Risers The famous little pills* dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. Thid preparation contains all of the diffestanu and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to.cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. Is unequalled for the stomach. Child ren with weak stomachs thrive on it. Cures all stomaoh troubles Prepared only by E. 0. DeWitt AOo., Chicago The $1. bottle containaStt times tbe 60c. also. When you want some fine Beef, Pork. Mutton nnd Sausage, Fresh Produce and Fresh Fish, go to or phone {. W McGdinn, the up-to-date Market. You can get some thing to eat :k» days In the year. Orders filled and delivered promptly, soon and late. Wanted: Good fat cattle and green hides. Phone No ISO. Every day—Apples, Cabbage and Potatoes. JUNE H. CARR, ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER / 812 Limestone Street, Gaffney, S. C. “Artist Proofs’’ are deservedly popular because they stand without a peer for beauty and originality of design and finish. WE MAKE THEM. Our complete line of photographic work embraces the best materials, the best methods and that painstaking care so essen tial to good work. Our guarantee against fading goes with all photos bearing our name. Bring us your kodak work, our prices are low as the lowest. Remember us for any photographic want. tar^Phone 176. Our magnificent stock is now complete, and from top to bottom our store is piled with the very best and most desirable goods from American and Foreign pro ducers. We can fill your wants better than ever. No one buys them for less; no one sells them for less, if you consider quality. When we are higher in price, our goods are better. If we say it is so, ’tis so. Fine Millinery. If you have not visited this department, you are invited. If you have been, come again. Full of art, style and beauty. No better stock is shown, lleady-to-wear Hats, Trimmed Hats, (copies of real French productions) Misses and Chil dren’s Hats. Dress Goods, Made in America and Europe. High grade exclusive pat terns, the $1.00 grade, at 7r>c, and better ones at $1.00 and $1.50 per yard. Yard wide wool Dress Goods at 15c; the best the market has, 25c, all colors. Beautiful Black Cash- mere, 40c value, at 25c; 44- inch all wool Henrietta, 50c. Black only. New Waistings. Silk Waist Patterns, 75c, $1.- 00 and $1.25 per yard. Beauti ful Flannels, stripes and plain, 50c, 74c and 89c per yard. Cot ton Waisting, 7{.c, 9c, 10c and 15c. Coats and Jackets. Fine “Monte Carlos,” the very latest Castors, Tans, Blacks and Blues, $7.50 to $18.- 00. Black, Tan, Castor, Blue and Garnet Jackets, $3.50, $5.- 00, $6.50, $7.50, $8.00 and $10.- 00. The best yet is our $7.50 jackets, all colors, at $5.00. Large line Misses and Chil dren’s jackets. Silks and Trimmings. Fine Black Silks for dresses, waists, and separate skirts. Silk in all colors, 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.25. Braids and Ap pliques, in many new and beautiful patterns ; more beau ty for the money than we have ever before shown. Braids, 1c, 2c, 31c, 5c, 8c, 10c, 15c, 25c and 50c per yard. Appliques 10c to 50' . Hosiery. Misses’, Ladies’, Children’s and Men’s. Gloves and all the little things that go to make the notion department complete and one of the dependable kind. If we say it’s so ’tis so. October 10th, 1902. 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 opportunit} of a lifetime for working people. Apply to I£I>. H. l>eO>?VIVXF\ NOTE HEADS, 1000 FOR . . . $1.50 tt it 2000 II ■ • . $2.50 H ii 5000 II ■ $ . $5.00 ENVELOPES, 1000 II a • . $1.75 H 2000 II • • . $3.00 it 5000 II • • . $0.25 LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEMERTS, AND EVERY KIND OF PRINTING AT LOV PRICES. ORDERS BY HAIL PROMPTLY FILLED. TIE LEDGER, - GAFFNEY, S. C.