Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'The: fUBLISHEU TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. RY Ed. H. DbCamp. 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. heading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. PeOamp, Manager. WAR ON BLOCKADRR8. We learn that State Constable Scoggins and Chief of Police Duncan, of Blacksburg, destroyed a big block ade whiskey making plant in one of the big canyons adjacent to King s Creek in this county Monday night, but they were not in time to get tbe blockaders. It is said that it is next to an impossibility to perfect plans for a raid on one of these stills with out the fact being communicated to the law breakers before the officers can get to the place, and it is said that if they happen to run up on “Wild Mose” he can disappear like mist before the morni ig sun. We would advise these blockaders to quit their unlawful business. They will certainly, sooner or later, be brought to judgment. They will surely have to suffer the penalties of their unlawful work. The law de mands that they be punished The good order of their neighborhood de mands it. So let it be done soon and with a severity that will put these destroyers of body and soul out of business and deter others who aspire to their calling from entering this business. This business must be stopped. From this time on let there be unrelenting war on blockade stills in Cherokee county. That men have got rich blockading is no excuse for continuing tbe business. notes and comments. Dr. Broughton is doing something that no theatrical troupe has yet been able to do—tax the capacity of the Star Theatre. And be seems to please bis audiences better than any of tbe companies that have been here. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A lone bandit walked into a gamb ling house in Minneapolis the other day and he»d up the inmates, secur ing $2,000. That is the only way one is liable to get money out of the average gambling house. As a rule their ends are the same as the high wayman but, their methods are a lit* tie different. That’s all. •■ ♦ ♦ ♦ Wilcox, tbe alleged murderer of Nellie Cropsy, has been granted a change of venue. This Is a strange case and although no one would like to see the untimely death of Miss Cropsy go unavenged there can be no question about the fast that the evi dence against Wilcox, as produced at tbe first trial, was such as to warrant the judge in granting a new one, and that public sentiment had much to do with the conviction of the .unfor tunate young man The evidence was entirely circumstantial, and there Is a reasonable ground for doubt as to his guilt. Therefore if he be guilty it would be better to let him go free than to take tbe chances of hanging an innocent man. A horrible story of suffering on the high seas is coveyed in the dispatch which follows, and it also gives a faint idea of tbe sweetness of human life and to what extreme measures some people will go to preserve it. "The correspondent of The Daily Mall at Wellington, N. Z., cables, that eight survivors of tbe steamer Ellmigate, who were rescued on a raft by the British survey steamer Penguin, admit that while thf Ir minds were unhinged by hanger some of them prolonged life by drinking tbe blood of their companions. This was mostly done by mutual consent of two parties, incisions being made in their skins and each sucking the blood of the other simultaneously. Those of the castaways refusing to do this were ‘tapped’ while they were asleep, and it is alleged that the stewardess died of exhaustion through loss of blood taken by this process.” But how cheap Is human life, after all, in South Carolina? There is hardly a day that the press does not chronicle one or more murders, and it seems that no law that can be en acted will deter a man from taking the life of his fellows. —Carroll, Carpenter <fc Byers are arranging to make a big special sale of silks and velvets on Tuesday, Nov 25tb. This Is unusual at this season and should be largely attended. Prices are to be cut to the QUICK, which means quick sales. SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. Snap Shota In a New Field—Saving the Lob ster-Novel Decoration of Glass. Submarine photography is not likely to become a popular pastime. But it is introducing us to unknown regions, and M. Louis Boutan, who began by investigating the animal life of tbe waters, has become an enthusiastic sea-bottom camerist. Borne of his remarkable photographs of submarine scenery have been re- of dehydrated sodium carbonate, five of sodium chloride, one of magnesium sulphate, 500 of strontium carbonate, and 150 of sulphur. Tbe well-mixed .materials are kept white-hot for three hours in an air-tight muffle. Etchings From Etta Janer (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Nov. 18 —Yesterday Mr. W. Q. Fowler, of the Cherokee board of county commissioners, and W. 8. Williams, of the York county board, awarded the contract for run- oently published. He uses a hand camera, which is enclosed in a tight copper box having a plate-glass win dow, and is mounted on a castiron tripod. Suitable mechanism is pro vided to expose and change the plates. The pressure of the water, incon veniently great even at twenty or thirty feet, was an early difficulty, but this was counteracted by means of a rubber ball, bolding about a gallon, from which air was forced through a tube into the box as the pressure increased Light fades rap idly in sinking below tbe surface, daylight exposures being impracti cable at a depth of twenty five feet. Magnesium powder is burned in oxy gen in a suitable glass globe, and by this powerful illumination instan taneous exposures are made with in teresting results. The biological stations of the New England coast have solved tbe problem of lobster culture. Several thousand of the young fry are put into a cylindrical scrim bag about three feet in diameter and four feet deep, and the water in tbe submerg ed bug is constantly agitated by a dasher driven by a gasoline engine. This prevents the fry from smother ing or devouring one another, at the same time keeping their food of soft- clam fragments within reach. In nine to sixteen days from tbe eggs the creatures are able to take care of themselves, this stage being reached by sixteen to more than forty per cent, of the fry. although no previous experiment had even one per cent, of survivors. . That certain substances adhere so tenaciously to glass as to bring away scales was observed long ago by Prof. Cailletet. For etching he applies two coats of thin glue, and after twenty-four hours places the article on a kitchen range at not over 105 d F. The glue will detach itself with nu merous flakes of glass. The designs may be varied by adding various salts, the best results being had from glue containing alum. The electric target of Capt. Chas Chevallier, of the French army, is a serbs of metal segments. When a projectile strikes a segment, an elec tric circuit is completed by one or m^r* «prlng-supported rods at the h-ick, -in'! i oh exact spot struck sign.*.led upon an annunciator. About fifty earthquakes yearly dis turb the world throughout its mass Prof. John Milne notes that between January 1, 1899 and January 1,1902 the world-shaking earthquakes num bered 196, of which twenty five origi nated west and south of Alaska, four teen west of Central America, sixteen west of the Antilles, twelve west of the Andes, twenty-nine east of North Japan, fourteen south and east of Java, seventeen north of Mauritius, twenty-two on the east side and three on the west side of the North Atlan tic, three in the North Atlantic, and fourteen in the Balkan, Caucasian and Himalayan regions. These sources—all submarine but the last three—are near the base of the steep est flexures, with boundry ridges mostly lined with volcanic peaks. Both on land and under sea, tbe great earthquakes seem to attend a deepen ing of tbe furrows, and an elevation of tbe flankin n ridges; and the eleva tion may re-open long-sealed volca noes, as in the eruptions lathe Ar- tilles in 1698, 1718 1766, 1797. 1802, 1812, 1836 an.i 1902. The smalt earthquake-—of which 10 000 a year are recorded—nnve no aensible con nection with volcanoes The new image-transmitting ap paratus of a Belgian engineer in cludes two synchronous motors, each tbe tdz» of au egg. which are mounted at the two stations and are driven by the s .me current at the saa.< speed of 500 revolutions a second On each armature is a small itmo which in every fifty revoluu.iu* Ooci • lates five degiees. from the sx'eg. Toe transmitting lens tuna “ticea” over a circie of ten degtee« t and tin- variation* o* light and shad* in to. spiral path are instantly trans mitted through a HeicOiUtn ceil to tbe same points on the re ceiver, and are thrown on e torenn hr the second lens, ine entire spnai being passed ten timi-s a si con. , h> image on the screen appears con tiouous. Tbe smsilesc vert. bia'«» hittn.u known bava been severs! of »h' Southern States, the shortest ab<>iir an inch long. A new guOj—nameu mlatlchthy* loionenais—is repnrti d from a leke of southern Lnsoo, and averages only about hall au men in length. Caught in great numb. r,. by the natives, this tinv apfHes is a food-fish of some importance. Various metallic suhs'anc. s are pulverized in the elec*Tlc fnvnaoe bv heating to volatilisation, and then foroini; Into a collecting chauiocr by a j-t of air or Inert gn* Among me. ful powders produced are those of bronze, tin and aluminum; uf litu- arge, or lesd oxide; sod of chrome steels, used as abrasives. Variations of tbe process give such compound« as white lesd. The improved self-luminous mix ture of a French chemist, claimed to require only very short exposure to light end to be unusually brilliant and lasting, consists of twenty parts nirg tbe free ferry for the coming year to our efficient and past accomo dating ferryman, Mr. W. O. Comer. No one could serve the public more faithful in tbe administration of tbe pub ic affairs of the two counties than has Mr. Comer. But neverthe- letjH he will puli the Topes for tbe next twelve months, (and the general traveling public will be greeted by his smiling face again. So mite it be. Enoch Littlejohn, a colored em ploye who works for Mr. J. Q. Ken drick, at Sarratts, with bis public gin, bad a narrow escape from death yesterday afternoon by being caught in a belting and lacerating the flesh on bis arm and shoulders very badly. So that a painful and ugly wound was made. A great fox bunting fever has struck the huntsmen of our section. They give these beast of tbe field a great de^tl of uneasiness. A M. Groves, of Hoodtown, has moved with his family to Gaffney, where he engages in the mercantile business. Dame Burner has it that wedding bells will ring in this section soon. But for this we can’t vouch. Mr. Dreg Sousong, of tbe Star Farm neighborhood, was here one day last week. The C E Society met at tbe home of Mr. W G. Fowler’s last Sunday evening with an unusual attendance. Thanksgiving day will be observed here by some kind of service in Salem church on that day. Sambo. Asbory Anihema. (Correspondence or The Ledger.) Asbury, November 16, 1902 — Although tbe public schools of Cherokee county may compare favor ably with the schools of many coun ties in the State, yet they are very far from what they ought to be or what they might be. One of the greatest hinderances to the success of our common schools is, we have too many schools for the money ap propriated for their support There are too many of our people that strive fora public school in their own imine diate neighborhood, regardless of tbe qualifications of the teachers ap pointed to teach. We need to be educatfd to the j4rea ailvanta^i-n nl a centralization of our school houses and the employment of tbe very best teachers at a salary commensurate with their qua'ific* tions. With no allusions to any teacher in the county, we would be infinitely better prepared to educate every boy and girl in my part of Draytonville township, who desires an education, if we had only one cen tralized school building instead of thi- three poorly equipped schools that we are trying to run a few mouths each year at a salary that the best teachers can’t long accept. Que 0 f the leading men in tbe extreme cor ner of my township remarked to me recently, “the talented men of the county are all moving to towo to educate their children. What are we to do to educate our children?” I replied, work for fewer schools, bet ter equipped schools and a longer school term each year. He said, "that is what I want.” Again I assert, If we bad only one good school bnilding m my part of the township between Pacolet and Tbicaety, and that school centr" ly 1 Cat d, v^e could bav>- h first class '.' r *di d school for nin- *non na every year end w.e would n > o*- forced to send our children atic money to the iow,t schools, but COU • ItUI <i Up om own country iom s or live mure couieuleu y. N (i I 1TT1.E.IOHN His ‘robablt iu l) luitiliMi. • \V. -t P int, G > , ,\ . ID — .. exo* cnien* Wis ci.u*.c.i >> uM.roj !"»? Taiu on tbe Web Point route v» Hue t'(inductor .I oh i Harrison was lani.gup licketf m . -e-u. r nr .... Mo. c .n j 1 ' ained i h. t -ma i> eteiollng »• the si p . n.- car ii Ai.iai.ba imd ta M-r ;i.im yer'. roughly. The oo 1 «io • i r i u mat '*■ w «> ' h» duty o 1 i. i r a in ii mii to o k evt-rv passergei , n,. v u, fore S* • i c u the trail O ', if -tmHHon With great gU|i o . p ms nger r nlied: 'Peri. Upa you .1 in’* know you are tu k njr jo Sei'Mtof I’niman, o' South Oarollna.’ it was at ter ward* learned from tbe flagman that la reply to the question, •Where are you g - > g?' the senator repuea, T do no k mw w ere I sm g >iog. I might »•- g .lug to bell.’ Ph' senator oaa ui»-n requested to show his tiok« i before get'log ou the cars. He lett the train atLaGrange.’ .o uM.r.-vontw-rn m mis sectionn country thiin all other dUeanes put toge and until the last few years was suppos be Incurable. For a great many years tori* pronuiin ed it a local disease, and scribed local remedies, and by consti failing to cure with local treatment, nouncou It Incurable. Science has pr catarrh to be a constitutional disease, therefore requires constltutlonol treatn Hall s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by 1 Cheney A Co.. Toledo, Ohio, Is the only stltutfonal cure on tbe market. It is t Internally In doses from 10 drops to a spoonful. It acts directly on the blood mucous surfaces of the system. They one hundred dollars for any case it fall cure. Send for circulars and testlmonli Address, F. J CHENEY A OO., Toled Hold by Druggists. 75c. Hall s Family Pills are the best, SENATOR TILLMAN. The South Carolinian Looking After his OU Wells In Texas. [From tbe Houston Post.) Senator Ben Tillman, of South CJaro- lins,spent a few hours in Houston yes terday and left via the Southern Pacif ic lai-t night for New Orleans, with tbe intention of stopping over to day a' Beaumont The Senator hnA been vUiting Mid dle Texas point* ami lectured iliurs- day evening at Unuieron He spent yesterday mornii g at Galveston, com ing ti Houston no the aflernuon train. He met quite h r umber of gentle men at the Ru e Hotel last night, be ing introduced to *ev- ral of t in- promt ncut citizens b> Col. R M. J >hnson, who has known tbe Senator for many years. Spr-nking it the late elect ions, Sena tor Ti'ltnan said he rather expm'ed the out-come aod remarked that he did not know but that it was just as well that the democrats lo*f the House, because, with the Seriate and Presidency both in the hands of the Republicans, the Democrat* c uld aucomplish little, if anything, by having the popular branch of Con gress The Senator said that he had not tak< n a great deal of interest iu politico since Cor gr**s adjourned. He asked many questions about Texas, its resources, prospects, geo graphy, etc., and said that his own State of South Carolina is growing rich on cotton manufacturing; that he knew of instances were investors had made from 80 to 90 percent, the first, year in the factory business, or, in ottier words, practically got their money back from th. ir original in vestment, within that time. The Senator looks to oe in splendid health, ana exhibited ntn character ist'c congenialitv to those with wh'm he conversed. He is one of the most picturesque uf all our public men and though a fighter all the way through, is personally very popular in the American rtenate. UlackHburic Hreviten. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg, Nov. 20—Mr. Oris Anderson and Miss Blanche Wilkey, were quietly marrit-d at the Metho- di.-t parsonage Wednesday evening at Su'cioik. in the presence of a very few intimate friends. R-v N. B. Clarkson performed the ceremony. Miss Wilkey is both attractive and accomplished and has hosts of friends in the city. Mr Anderson is conn -c- ted with the Acme Furniture Com pany at this place and is quite popu lar in social aod business circles The happy couple have the b -st wishes of the entire community for a long and prosperous married life. Mr. (i H’lmhright of Grover, soent Sunda sint Le i-it \ Mr. E ii Furntr, of Greenwood, spent a lew days in the city this week Mr. E i Hardin a popular empiox e of the S lUthern Rclvay at. Pinner* Po t V i., sspeu log * v al days n tb ■ city. Miss Annie Davia. of Atlanta is the guest of Mis* Cathern* Deal. Mr. H J Ma'S,of Pinners Point. Va , was in rhe city Thursday on his w to Mobile, Ala., to take charge of a fertil z r plant for the Virginia- Carolina Cht m’e>iI Company at that pirn. Mr Mays formerly had 1-hirj.S 'f 'he acid *ork* here, and dun' g is residence m the citv made maox friends "bn will be glad to learn of hi- promoM >t. M'SRns Edna Heaian, Mary Pollock aod Pauline Wbi*onant, who are at tending Winthroi College, spent a few daye with their parents this week. * Mrs. James E Brewer ofEiberton, has returned home after spndlng several weeks with her mother, Mrs. Mi?> M Freeman p. R. p, —Do you want a gu • mtee wa'ci \ d-Ol.U l ELY FREE? If *n, i, u *f> (H) w r'h of clothing net ween Nov 25'u a'd l)*c. 2 d, ine iv. at Car- l •’ rponter«(; Mv< r**. R rh atore*. Soft Harness Too eaa maka pow ba* mm as soft aa a store and aa touch aa wire by uolng EUREKA Baj* aaaa Oil. Toa can taagtbn its Ufe-naka* last twloa as long aa II ordinarily would. HmmssOH m a soar looking bar- ilk* now. Mad* of para, baavy bodlod oil, «§• JEShtfSSSlr* ■old orerywbMU tnenuB-HBUskMa. ■ail b| STAMMRD (Nl CO. For Sale. fTOR SALE-The place 1 known as the Bap tist School property; two lots 80x200 inter section of Logan and Smith streets; will be sold separately or to gether. Apply to F. G. Stacy or R. O. Sams. 10-21 tf Delightful Supper, A delightful liti') supper was ser ved to a few of her friends by Mi«s Effie Hopper Thursday evening. Among those attending were: Misses Anna Anspach, Alie Ross, Ethel Rose Inez Barratt. Nell Wood, Helen Brohawn, Agnes BeVilie, Rosa John son, Edna Sarratt, Lillian and Mittie Hopper. Birthday Celebration. At the home of Calvin Jackson Daniel on last Sunday an enjoyable celebration was held in honor of big 71st birthday. There were about seventy five relatives present con sisting of chi'dren, grandchildren, neices and nephews. Out of fony- two graudch ldreo, thirty-nine were present Every one present seemed to et j y the occasion heartily. Near two o cluck a bountiful dinner was spread in the beautiful grove near the house The waiters were Misses Carrie Allison, Alma Lavender. Nola Daniel and Lizzie Daniel What can, or should children en- j >y more than to gather around their oid grayh> aded parents and try t« h dp them enjoy their few short days in this world? One Present | We congratulate Mr. Daniel on ♦ hat pleasant event and wish him many more such —Ed | Startling, But True. “If every one knew what a grand medicine Dr. King’s New Life Pills i*,” writes D H. Turner, Dempsey- tnwn, Pa , “you'd sell all you have in adiy. Twowe>ks’use has made a new man of me.” Infallible for con stipation stomach and liv<r trouble, 25 • at Cher kee drug -tore Salt pork is a famous old- fashioned remedy for con sumption. “Eat plenty of pork,” was the advice to the consumptive 50 and 100 years ago. Salt pork is good if a man can stomach it. The idea behind it is that fat is the food the consumptive needs most. Scott’sEmulsionisthemod- ern method of feeding fat to the consumptive. Pork is too rough for sensitive stomachs. Scott’s Emulsion is the most refined of fats, especially prepared for easy digestion. Feeding him fat in this way, which is often the only way, is half'the battle, but Scott’s Emulsion does more than that. There is some thing about the combination of cod liver oil and hypophos- phites in Scott’s Emulsion that puts new life into the weak parts and has a special action on the diseased lungs. A sample wiN be sent free upon request. Be aure that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & 4 BOWNE, CHEMISTS, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. and $1; all druggists. SEE MV PRICES. See my prices on Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, Groceries, Axes, Pocket and Table Cut lery, and all other goods. Just received a lot of new Shoes and will sell for a short profit. Call and examine. Yours to please, 1. M. PEELER. Receiver’s Sale In the Matter or D. J. Holt in ke Green Bros. A Co., Bankrupts. In obedience to an order of Hon. William H. Brawley Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, dated Oct. 24th. 1902,1 will offer for sale at public auction in the town of Gaff ney, S. C., In front of the store lately occu pied by Green Bros. & Oo., at eleven o’clock a. m.. Wednesday, Nov. 19tb. 1902, the entire stock of merchandise of Green Bros. A Co., consisting of Drv Goods, Notions, Olotblng, etc., appraised at 13,368.36, also fixtures valued at 1300.50. The stoca of merchandise will be sold In bulk for cash to tbe highest bidder. The fixtures may be sold either at private or public sale. An inventory of tbe stocks of merchandise and fixtures may be seen at the store of Hughes Bros., in Gaffney, 8. O. An excellent cash register for sale; to be sold at any time. C. J. Huoheh. Kcceiver, ll-4-5t Gaffney, 8. 0 THE OLD MUMBLE . AbsolulefvPnre THEME fS NO SUBSTITUTE Dr. Lodge Nuggesred. [Spartanburg Journal ! A sugge-xion has been made that Dr. Lee Davis Lodge of Limestone College be elected president of Fur man University The Ltmeutnne peo- o'e nil iq.f.oae that, ina-muoh a* Dr. Lodge ha- «»dvaric«(i toe afaMinrd of that instiii t on increased the patron age and ex ended a decided interest in it« suce-aa amongst Baptists all over the State. Ancient paintings 4000 years old show plows harrows and land rollers in o* in Egvpt THE KANDY KITCHEN is giving Special Prices on Fruits THIS weiejic. Northern Apples, mellow and sweet, at 10c. 15c and 30c a dozen. Florida Oranges. 30c and 25c a dozen. Fine Bananas at 10c. 15c and 20c a dozen. Don’t fall to come and buy fine fruits for a little money I have Just received a large lot of fine Nuts and Dates. Don’t forget about* my fine Chocolate Almonds at 40c per pound, at R. tuber’s. J. EMILE HARLEY, Attorney-at-Law, Gaffney, - - S. C. Notary public. All business receives prompt and careful attention. MONEY TO LOAN ON HEAL ESTATE. wr- Money to Loan On Real Estate at 7 per cent. J. C. OTTS, Attorney. House and Lot For Sale. On salesday In December, 1902, In front of the court house door at Gaffney, South Caro lina, immediately following the sales by the Clerk and Sheriff, I will offer at public auc tion to the highest responsible bidder that certain residence and lot situated In Gaffney, on Frederick street of said town, boanded by lot of Smith Hardware Company, lot of R. S. Cook, a broad alley and said Frederick street. A guaranty title will be made. Pur chaser to pay for papers. Terms cash. Nov. 7 to 38 J. P. White ITor—^ Building and Plasterlnu Llm* Ooal, and Plaster Hah. Plaster Pans. Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fust and Dynamite Gaps, call ot. limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL ft CO., Lessees. Felaphone 67. Every One Is Interested in tbe pictures made at this studio. The fidelity to nature, tbe pose of the subject and the' high-class finish of our 1 Photographs 1 are very pleasing. We are especially suc cessful with children. The finish of our pho tos insures permanency They will not fade. W e are showing a handsome line of en larged portralta and frames at moderate prices. JUNE H. CARR. 812 Limestone St. Phone 170. New Shop in Town. We have opened up a shop In brick build ing next to Pearl Steam Laundry and are prepared to do all kinds of work dofie in*a first-class, up-to-date Blacksmith Shop. Horaeahoeinff by at.0pecialiat We solicit your patronage and guarantee satisfaction. 30-1m a u tier Ac Xhackaton.