Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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‘T'llFO -L,rci>OI£l*. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FKIDAY. RY Ed. H. DeCamp. 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 cents a line. Cards of thanks wil 1 be published at one cent a word. Heading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The acquittal of Barney Evans has been announced without any sug gestive headlines. Don’t expect the world to grow better until you make some improve ment on yourself. There are small men in high places the world over, and South Carolina is no exception to the rule. This day week,the 4th of Nov., will be the time of the general election. It is the duty of South Carolina Democrats to turn out and poll the full vote of the party. Cherokeeans, give your nominees, State and Coun ty, your 2500 votes in full. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A dear, good old minister from North Carolina says in the course of a personal letter to the editor: ‘ I am proud of the position you man- lam in your editorials. The worid needs all the help it can receive.” All of which goes to prove that our efforts are not entirely in vain. is -v * The trouble about the people who ; know how everything ought to be , done is that they cannot do it them selves. There ure more people who j know how to Jrun a newspaper than j any other business in the world hu: mighty few of them are willing to j put up the necessary “stuff” to run; it. It is amazing to note the gullibility of the masses O it in the gr i' tr ; . die west a r.-ii n ? fakir ns .1 ■ 1). •- ie has established a city and induced thousands of people to join him and put their money at his command. In London another religious fakir has declared himself the second Christ and has induced his followers to pay him thirty thousand dollars a year. The astonishing thing about this business is the', a great many of the people who follow these strange gods are supposed to be well-to-do and in telligent In this enlightened age it does look like the people would have better sens;—out they haven’t. Just so long as the world stands and chil- j dreu are born into it, just so long will fools continue to inhabit the earth. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ They are having a warm time over in North Carolina The constitu tional amendment adopted two years ago practically eliminated tho negro vote in that state, but the Democrats were so accustomed to.adopting ques tionable methods to keep down Coily that they cannot realize they have things their own way, and some of the registrars have gooe out of their way to deny registration to the few that are qualified. This has brought forth a righteous and vigorous protest Again, the D mocra»s h ivo placed a man named Ciark<on their ticket as a candidate lor supreme court judg--. It seems that Clark bears an unsav ory political reputation and that his official conduct heretofore has no 1 been any too good. Some of the Democratic newspapers have bolted Claik and as a consequence have been read out of the party. It’s a mighty healthy sign when life long party men are hold enough to defy tne political bosses when the bosses become so intoxicated with power that they disregard common decency and place questionable men on their tickets. It certainly looks like the democracy might afford to make the best men in the party their standard bearers. “AT COZY CORNERS.” Miss Adelaide Thornton Dellghta a Larce CharleNtoii Audience. The following is from the Charles ton News and Courier of Oct. 24th : “Dainty little Miss Adelaide Thurs ton was at the Academy of Music last night in her new play, ‘At Cozy Corners.’ The house, which was quite a large one, left no doubt as to its approbation of her or the new ve hicle provided for the expression of her talents. The winsome little star was given a most cordial reception at her entrance in testimony of Charles ton’s pleasant recollections of ‘Sweet Clover,’ and during the course of the evening there were more curtain calls than one could have counted on the fingers of both hands. Add to this fact the frequent bursts of applause and laughter which greeted saliies by Miss Thurston and her associates and you have convincing testimony of the fact that from a popular standpoint ‘At Cozy Corners’ scores success. The play, which is described upon the program as a comedy drama, was written by 1’auline Phelps and Ma rion fc’hort. It deals with the joys and sorrows of the folk of a small New York village, to which comes a fam ous girl violinist to capture the heart of the young parson of the Congrega tional church. The incidental char acters are broad types of rural life. The viliiany is supplied bv a deacon with a Diortge?.- or a church and a 1 far from being so* flawless as a mas terpiece. To the little New England village in which the scene is laid comes a world-famed violinist, with whom the minister of the Coogrega- tioualist church falls in lore, greatly to the consternation of his people, w’ho cannot forgive her for her silk- lined dresses and other ‘citified’ at tributes. Some irresistible comedy situations are created by the village characters directly concerned in the affairs of the minister and his love, and these characters are especially well enacted by the excellent com pany surrounding Miss Thurston. “The play is remarkably well staged and the accompaniments per fectly natural. Almost, but not quite, it is worthy of the young artist for whom it is written. Miss Thurs ton herself feels, however, that neither in this year’s part nor that of ‘Hweet Clover’ is she as happily at home as ‘The Little Minister,’ and in an interview graciously granted by the charming little lady yesterday afternoon she said she was still looking for her ideal character and was almost tempted to try to write a play in which the leading part would be one sue would know herself capable of presenting us it should be done. Con sidering the vividness and the deli cacy 01 the imagination displayed in her acting, it seems reasonable to suppose that she wdll have no diffi- cully in speedily developing the at tributes of the successful playwright. defer little woman's originality and wit, ‘^nd she can tell a story >n such a fascinating fashion, and her laugh rings out like the tinkling of silver bells. Another thing Miss Thurston especially admires about Southern women is their deep, rich voices, and when told that her accent- was thor oughly Southern she seemed quite pleased, and in her piquant way sard : “ ‘Do you really think ao?’ “As the autumn twilight was foot deepening F hud to say adieu until next season, when Miss Thurston says she will again greet her Augusta friends She|haB a warm place in the hearts of our people and her sweet, gentle, unaffected and thoroughly charming ways have made her a prime favorite with young and old alike. On future visits she can be assured of hearty welcome aEd the memory of her will last always, like the fragrant ‘Clover Blossom.’ ” Miss Thurston will be at the Star Theatre in this city tonight. The* ad vance sale indicates that there will be a large audience to greet her. The attraction is one of the best that will he here this season. No artist has ever pointed a phrture so pretty as the prints of a baby’s fingers on the window pane. STIR THEATRE ONE NIGHT TUESDAY, OCT, 23, Pretty, Dainty, Petite * -i ml itr $k mm -■■ST W I. LV: £ ■sum 'm Tirston -<&i Mj if- A m ' J A mm (SWEET CLOVER in tlio immensely suecessful comedy drama a t 3 wgm b uuaU* Splendid Scenery Superb Support. Prices—$1.00, 7.5c. f>(V., 3,5e > \ m ■ • .V \ ♦ **: mm ■' ‘ / IT’S 6 GOOD THING YOU WAS RESCUED A BRAND FROM THE BURKING AND SET DOWN IN THE PARSONAGE CHOPPING MiNCE-flEAT A SCENE i KOM ACT TWO, COZY CORNERS ' t!SS Thu sio; eior-ss-.-s herself b'-ing deli htfL-Uy gfttelui fur the manager of concert ardsts. Optming in a delicate vein of humor, the action of the play quickly runs into the i posi dve ovai ■•nib giveo. her iu ail the fnelo-dramatic aituations which make | So- h rn ci' ■ » she js touring, and the most strenuous demands upon j says her audiences’sympathy is her Miss Thurston’s abilities. j constant source of inspimioi:. Her “There is no gainsaying the fact | am ual visit, to Augusta is. in the that the play contains in abundance . op moa oi in*.-v, ‘he urns: important ro’* bale •" Adveriisunn'iits under tins head vC- •- insertcu for one eenr u word each inse r - No ad inserted for less than ten cent.- CVCISAI.K l.'>ol»;iles nice wIn-atstraw: big * !<-t jteavilie hay; ?j bushels line wlieat, r \ ahiahle ihiii^r-, all cheap. Call at hi Mrs. W.O. Lipscomb, if. that quality denominated ‘riisart, in* | ev< ut of tho t 'lea'-rica 1 ►eos toresf’ The broad lines of the hum- 1 he. next orotis character -k -tches stand out in j sharp relief against the liner pencil- I icg of the drama enacted by the pirn I cipals. The audience laughs and ap- ! plauds by turns and in fairly equal 1 measure. The applause is eveaed iu the good, old fashioned way—the triumph of the good ovr;t evil—virtue vindicated and viiUuny confounded. And through it ail there moves the charming tittla lady, with the sym pathetic voice aim lovable person ality, bhc gru.vs almost as dear to on, and coming is eagerly antici pated.” A reporter for the Augusta Chron icle interviewe 1 Mies Tnursion Sat urday and publishes the following: “Saturday is usually a very busy day, tut one coul i never be too busy to enjoy a chat with little Miss Thurfctou, so uf'er the matinee I paid her an informal call. She received mein her dregs' 1 :;g room, surrounded by all those viToub of gowns that she wears to such advantage in ‘Cozy Cor- nerw.’ Upon meeting Miss Thurston tho audience a- she was to the parson | or e is impressed with her cordial, and the good folk ‘At Cozy Cor -dn ere ma net. Soe is so natural, nets.’ ” ; so artless youinata: tly say: ‘Charm- The following is from the Augusta j ing in her swoet simplicity. Although Chronicle of Sunday : Miss Tnurston was born in Duluth, by “As was, of course, expected, all who ki ow the charms of her, and the witchery that holds spellbound everyone who sees her, Adelaide Thurston was greeted by packed houats at both the afternoon and eve ning production of ‘At Cozy Corners’ yesterday, and equally, of course, both these audiences were completely carried away with an enthusiasm that Minn, she is a loyal littie^outherner. On her mother’s aide ebe is descended from the Puritans, but ahe adds with a tiny little grimace, ‘They are so narrow in their views—now the South,’ and here she clasped her bunds with enthusiasm. ‘Why L love the South and her lov dy women.’ While the women of the Nor h may feel as deeply and tenderly us the insisted on many curtain calls, and South'rner, yo* they u j out show made f >r the fascimiti-jg little aetr<'us tn ir tIf - t" ,t in the charming way suen a warm welcome as is seldom Card of Thauk«. We desire to express thanks to our friends who so much helped and com forted us during the illness and death of our dear daughter, Bertha. May It be long ere you know such sorrow, and may God bless you all. Mk. and Mrs. Anthony Hopper It would be easier to believe the doctrine of transmigration of the aoul were it not for the fact that we cannot understand how the souls of gome men could muster up enough energy to find a new lodging. accorded any artist. “That Mi.->s Thurston is thoroughly deserving, both us a lovely woman and a giitco player, of all the ci ran.' expreHfdons of smccrest admiration bestowed upon her, is bu^ htt.t im pressing a ract which everyone agrees in substantiating. We have had an opportunity of seeing her in three ‘ entirely different roles, and find her 1 as equally pleasing in ail, with possi- ! bly a shade of preference given her Lady Babbie in ‘The Little Minister.’ The new pUy. ‘At Cozy Conn rs,’ written especially tor Miss Thurston, by two of our hiO-i capable dra matists. affords a wider scope for the display of her peculiar mlent* than did‘The Little Minntir' or ‘Sweet Clover;’ and is a ir urh more »«-v r- test of her capabilities, a.-, in the.new play, cormdy and pathos ar.- stracgeiy mixed with melodrama far removed from the ridiculous only through tne mediation of Miss Thurs ton’s consummate art. “‘At Cozy Corners’ has been said to be an Americaniz d adaptuticn of ‘The Little Minister’ and there is a great deal about it that suggests the great Scotch classic, although it is the women of ibe South :lo.’ ‘ ‘ 1'b« S lut-hern women are my idei. » of all that is sweet and charrn- ng ’ We then fell to chatting about .i-.v- ct Clover’ and ‘Cozy Corners.’ Mi<s Thurston prefers ‘Oozy Corners’ to tne clover blossoms, for iu that says she, “I had to cry all the time, and 1 really don’t like to cry. I pra t.-r tu laugh (Jozy Corners’ gives me scope for comedy and doesn’t w>ary and tir« me out.’ Said I: ‘And how long have you been on the stag ?’ Just six years. I wasCarey’s understudy in ‘Alabama’ and my m-xi appearance was as Bessy in a ‘ L'exas Steer.’ You know so many peo ple seem to think there is little or no work attached to a stage career, but when one has ambition one must work, conscientiously and untir ingly.’ “A gentle tap-tap-tap was beard and when Miss Thurston opened the door there stood a small army of children. ‘Yes, dears,, in a moment. You know the little ones all like me and 1 am so fond of them. In Savan nah they formed a lane for me to pass through when I was leaving the thea tre ’ “I was deeply interested with this F ull SALK ()m> lot, -’I \ I't-t-’, on NorUi Limt-si one si reel. N. \. .SainJi-i s. Lime stone Mills. in gi-fitpu C*uU SAl.l. .M-oui t wetilv deslrnlilc build- * luxTots. A pplytoU o. Sains. m-.'iir ! AM olTei'In^ for s:ilt* live sluires of Viotm- * I'otlou Oil Mill stock ai l:.V> persimre, also l ii shiires oi Limestoi e Millssicok ;u |i per simre, ;tlI subject to s.ile. Henry NV, Thomp son, 1, iutd liond Broker, Spiirtnnl>urj. r . S. • \ . ■ • t |n-1l-41-s^v F ‘olC SALK Forty neres line fiirminif and buildim: land one mile from court house: terms onsy. J. J. Gaffney. li 1 -ii-s| i ,o sAl.K A tliorou^liL-ivd hull, E twt-lve months olrl. of registered slo.-k. Apply to Kugom- Black. 10-14.17,-1,:B F i HI s.VLK Farm contaiulUK'Hh acres on Thlckety Creek raid one mile from Thh-ketyHlatioii. Ternis liberal. See \V. Hamrick, Qaffney, 8. O. Oct. tO-tf. F oil SALK Lots convenient to schools. Apoly to Mrs. A. V. Montgomery. Sept. :M-tf. F OIt SALK One hundred and six acres near Drayiouvillc Mountain. Joe K. McA rthur. if. For Rent. F ull IlKNT Store room to is^ut on Fred erick Street. A. N. Wood. Oct.'34 th COB RENT *'If SALK The T. I. Walker E iurnlier yard at "u &<i. E. depot, with convenient oflice. Storehouse and lumber racks. J Kb Jefferies. l('-:.Mlf F ob UI- NT Six and one-half acres with two dwellings and stable, known as the Mortimer Sams property. Apply to If. <» Sams. 10-2ltf Wanted. W anted .'»,000 bushels good corn. w. 11. Boss. Oct. ,'s-tf. W AN l’KIt Ari enterprising young can vasser; must be a hustler, not afraid to work; no druukard wanted. Apply at this • 'lice. W ANTED Beef cattle, sheep, hogs, chi sk- eus. egg-, ami green hide-,. .1. II. Lip scomb. at Kincken’sotd stand, to-i-tf. w ANTKI) jiW head beef cattle all sorts and sizes. Victor Cotton OH Co. U-23 i f . W ANTED 10 food, sound straight chest nut poles s In'-lies top. 50 ft. long; 10 polesK Inches top, 4n ft. long; 20 poles' inches top. :15 feet, long. Will |iay good pri es for tlrst-dass poles. (iatfney Telephone Co. W A N'l'KL—Chickens, eggs and green hides. B.O. Clary. Aug. 22. tf. W ANT LD—To make st raight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr21i-tf J. C. Jefferies. Trespass Notice. All persons are forbidden to trespass on my lands for any purpose whatever. Wai.kek Moss. Oct. 28-3t-pd. Notice. N OTICE-Last day for Wa Hoo at 2f>e Is Nov. 1st., 1902. Oct. 24, 2s-pd. Wanted at Once. Ten car loads of old Iron and Castings delivered at Gaffney for cash. Money to Loan On Real Estate at 7 per cent. J. C. O T T S, Attorney. Money Loaned. L OANS on improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent, interest. No commissions. For information apply to J. C. Jefferies. Attorney at Law. 11-22-lyr Money to Loiin. We have money to loan in any amounts on city and munty property and stocks and bonds. I n to rest ti to H per cent, according to amounts. Terms to suit borrower. ll.u.i, & Wii.i.is, Attys., Uaffney, S. C., J. L. Alexander. 10-14-Im ♦ ♦ We believe thoroughly in advertising. To prove it we are going to use thi* space for our own pur poses. We have advertis ing space to sell, and v;e know it will pay a good return upon the price we charge for it if it is prop erly used. Our paper goes into the best homes in this community. It has been going week after week and year after year until each issue is welcomed as an old friend of the family. The news it brings is news of neighbors, of per sonal affairs in which all have more or less of a com mon interest. If one of our readers called upon you, a merchant, you would do the best you could to con vince him that what you had for sale was the best he could buy. You would show him the new things you had got in recently. You would tell him why he should have them and why they were better than he could procure elsewhere. You probably would make a sale. Your effort, however, would be coe- fined to one person. You could tell the same story just as effectively to every reader of this paper in each issue. You do not believe it would have the same ef fect? If you told the story in the same way it would. We are i> ady to do our part to prove it. Do you care to try it? e Nothing can take the place of youi county paper. For county news and for county pride it should go into everv borne. Hut for news from the caril- of your State and e -i \ county it South Carolina, serve-] ?n -h * ' day; for daily news from \V s.Hngion the rnited K; ies :.nd quarter of the gin! • . nr-th’ng <•; i the place In Nouth r.ii >!i ... h'«- The Dally State. Theae are niomciitoin - n. tory. We are in the nf i t of ••• strikes and political c m Importance. The nc\t legislature, with lh< ; ;i n a new governor, \> i'! ha 1 ;> terest. Man or \ ’ with the times, m - hlntory of the v., • 1 & <-orded In em it in' . st I • i-i State. The S'ale ‘ - • ' $S a year, $♦ for ii i ■. '- •' months, or just a fn cl. -n t • : '! of a postage stamp for one 1- tt- • a day! Cheap education and uf a tlon for a family for 2 1-5 e nls a ds»> isn’t it? But if you can’t atTo-d that, then* is Tho Semi-Weekly State, issued Tues days and Fridays, each issue contain ing the most iinpo’ ant news from all South Carolina and the world at large for that day and the preceding days since the last issue. And this may b« obtained for $2 a year, J1 for G month*, or just a fraction over a half cent a day! No family in South Carolina Is too poor to take this paper. No money eaa be spent to better advantage by a pooa family. It Is a necessity. SubacrtbS NOW—TODAY. Sand postal or express money order, registered letter or check to TOT BTATH COMPANY. , Columbia, S. C. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. Astound of selling $20.00 suits at $10.00, $15.00 suits at $7.50, $10.00 at $5.00, $5.00 suits at $2.48. OUR CLAIM IS Giving yon Clean, Up-to-date Desirable Clothing AT VALUE PRICES, m m ■ 1 We will sell you a suit with more real meat, snap ami get- Uj> in it than you ever bought, .and our prices ;ire not “any old prices'' ; we can get from $5.00 to $0.00, hut $5.00 to you and to ALL. Same principal in our suits that we olt'er you at $7.50. They are all woo], made to lit men; shapely, well tailored and feel good about the neck. No room for birds to build be hind the collars. Then we carry high grade good suits, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $10.50, $18.00 and $20.00, goods that give you the appearance and lit of made-to- order suits that cost from $25.00 to $50.00. You feel good in them because they lit you gooil and ycu will always feel glad in them because they wear, and give you honest wear at that. When you are looking for your suits, hats or furnishings come where we handle nothing else. If you want hardware you go to a hardware store, 'or grocer ies to a grocery store, etc. So when you want clothing —the very best—come to The Clothing Store. No three prices nor two prices, but ONE uniform cash price to all. You buy them no cheaper than anyone else and you may rest assured you pay no higher. Wilkins- Bristow Clothing Company, Outfitters (or Hen and Boys. GAFFNEY, S. C.