Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

The: JL-,e:i>oe:i*. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 published at five cents a line. , Gardsjof thanks wil 1 be published at one cent a word. . lt . . Beading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. GAFFNEY’S LATEST SENSATION. The following is from the versatile pen of Mr. Josephus P. Caldwell, the eminent editor of North Carolina s leading newspaoer, the Charlotte Ob server, and so cleverly hits the nail on the head that it would be com pletely buried were it not for the lack of veracity in the dispatch quoted : “The town of Gaffney, S. C., a hustling manufacturing centre some fifty miles south of Charlotte, has again come to the front. A dispatch from there under date of December 1st gives the particulars of the latest sensation, as follows: “ ‘The Broughton meeting, which came to a close here Saturday, has created a wonderful impression. It was held in the Star Theatre and all the churches united. Besides hun dreds who were converted the leading business men of the town have re solved to organize at once a \oung Men’s Christian Association and em ploy a general secretary. This was decided on at a 5 o’clock tea given in honor of Dr. L. G. Broughton at the Commercial Hotel Thursday by the businoss men. At this tea Dr. Broughton sprung the enterprise on the men and suggested that they lease the new theatre, which stops the shows, and turn it over to the Young Men’s Christian Association, which they had agreed to start. The proposition met with the universal endorsement of the stockholders, who were present, many agreeing to give their stock. The whole town is in a state of religious awakening. Dr. Broughton left on the midnight train to preach in hie own church Sunday.’ “Gaffney doesn’t propose to let an opportunity for an interesting time pass. It was there that the noted Tillman-McLaurin resignations were signed. It was there that wearying debate between a score or so of can didates of “campaign party No. 1” was enlivened by two of tne Luited States senatorial aspirants engaging in a physical encounter. It was also in Gaffney that Editor DeCamp en livened the proceedings of “campaign party No. 2’’ by intimating to Lieu tenant Governor Jim Tillman, in more or less direct terms, that the official, who was then a candidate for governor, was a, modern edition of a Biblical character by the name of Ana nias. The election over and politics for the time being dead even in South Carolina, where the respite from agi tation cootinues only a few month after each primary, it Is only natural that those who hate a dull time should take advantage of Dr. Brough ton's meeting. It looks, however,as if the movement to turn the opera bouse into a home for tbe \. M. C. A. were the best result from any sen sation yet pulled off in our neighbor ing town, and all good people will wish it well Those who are opposed to the change—if there be any—can console themselves by the fact that in future, if they can induce the At lanta evangelist to return now and then to see how things are progress ing, they will have a much better show than is afforded by the average opera house in any town, large or small.” NOTES AND COMMENTS. There is a real comfort in having ones eyes fall on a dude, when he gets fixed to bis notion. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The beautiful tiled floor in the ves tibule of the Star Theartre would be properly appreciated if the sanitary corps of the theatre was in working shape. The coal barons and their opera tives could not agree and the opera tives went on a strike. They coulc mand she could do much to help the poor if she would but follow the ex ample of America’s earthly angel, Helen Gould. But wdy talk about the good these immensely rich people could do with the wealth God has given them when so many in moder ate circumstances might also use what God has given them to help the poor? But this world is too cold and callous for such sentiment. The great majority are too selfish to try to help others, and so we go on day after day heedless of the good we may do and regardless of the fact that we have so much to be thankful for. MISS TURNER EXPLAINS. Leaves Her Father Kecause of His Brutal Treatment of Her. We clip the following letters from the Spartanburg papers. They will explain themselves: To tbe Public :—In justice to my self. I feel that I must correct the Depression made by some false re ports that are in circulation. It has jeen stated that I left my father's roof because he refused my associa tion with young men. I have not cared for, nor sought tbe company of young men, any more than any other voung >ady would do. But because of differences between my father and myself I felt that I must leave him and seek another home, in which I could be protected and have an op- jortunity of making my support by some honorable living. The check look shown by my father to a Jo irnal reporter, with its ‘stubs,ranging from seven to one hundred dollars,” was in my possession this past summer. The amounts withdrawn by me were all used by me to pay my expenses while here under the treatment of Dr. !)ean; and for nine weeks’ treatment n John Hopkins hospital in Balti more. My Illness was caused by mis treatment. His cause for mistreat ing me was his hearing tbe false re- jort that I was secretly married. He made no investigation to verify the report until I was prostrated. My character speaks for itself. I need not defend it. I will be greatly obliged to the public if they will cindly drop the matter, as I feel com petent to attend to my affairs. Lola A. Turner. Nov. 25, 1902. . In connection with the above beau tiful appeal, I beg to say that this lady sought refuge at this house, and found it. I have no excuse to offer for my actions. I have been taught that the noblest act of man is the de fense of woman. I did not nurse my mother’s breast to damn her kind. It is better that I should be deceived than that she should be damned. She is not a prisoner at my house, and 1 shall not ask her to leave, and I must insist that ail parties wishmt; to see or confer with her will first notify me of their purpose. All par ties are hereby notified to keep off my premises. George E. Ladshaw. I was much surprised and humili ated at reading a card in the Herald this morning, signed by my adopted daughter and in connection therewith the statement of Geo. E. Ladshaw. I shall not enter a newspaper con troversy over such an affair with either. I realize that the public have no concern with our domestic affairs. The good Samaritan does not resort to the newspapers to advertise his charity, nor the brave to prove their courage and manhood. 0. A. Turner. Fun With a Lawyer. [Columbia Record, i They are telling a good joke on the Hon. J. C. Otts, a prominent attor ney of Gaffney and former member of the legislature and an original simon- pure movement man, but who later studied law and is now successfully practicing. Mr. Otts wrote Gov. Me- Sweeney an application for a cueui who wanted a , job as a hquor constable, but Mr. Otts thoughtlessly signed his own name to the applica tion. Governor MoSwet uey saw the mistake, but to carry out the joke in structed Clerk Harris to write him that the ranks were quite full up now and there was no vacancy. Mr Crum, however, didn’t catch on and wrote Mr. Oite that be wouid favor ably recommend him to Gov rnnr Mo Hweeney, but ho didn't think he whs going to appoint more constables just now, hut added tbat he would tiki great pleasure in reoommendinpr hirr to Governor Heyward. Mr. Otts has been keeping postal clerks busy in sorting letters he has written straightening out the mistake. not arrange this private business mat ter themselves. Mr. Roosevelt ap pointed a commission to settle this private business and now tbe govern ment is asked to contribute $50,0U0 to pay this commission for its work. Hitherto arbitrators to settle personal business differences have been paid by tbe interested parties. In this case the operatives are poor and the coal barons are rich and the people’s money will have to go to pay their ar bitrators. ♦ ♦ ♦ By the death of the late Fredrick Alfred Krupp, the gun maker of* Essen, his eldest daughter, Bertha, seventeen years of age, becomes tbe richest woman in the world in her own right. What a splendid oppor tunity this young woman has to be of some service to poor suffering huma nity ! With $75,000,000 at her corn- illusion is the lovely fancies we have about ourselves, and delusion is the foolish fancies other people have about themselves. A man is worth what be is, not what he has; and that is true both of this world and of that which is i>j come. We may force the brain to do onr bidding, but it is not so with our heart. $ioo Reward, $ioo. The readers of thIk paper will he pleuKed to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has Ih-cii able U- -uro In all Its stapes and that Isfatarrh. Ilallst’atarrh Cure Is the only |>oslt ive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh belnjr a constitutional disease, requires a constitu tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, actlnir directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and kIvIiir the patient strength by bulldlna up the constitution and assIstlnR nature In doltiR Its work. The proprietors have so much faith In its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any ••use that It falls to cure. Bend for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. Cheney Sl Co., Toledo, O. Bold by Druiofists. 75c. Hall’s Family Fills are the best. BAY STATE ROADS. Some Facts About the Highway* of Massachusetts. It costs on nu average $9,000 per mile to build a state road In Massa chusetts, says the Boston Globe, but the actual cost depends on locality and conditions, hardly two eases being alike. One-fourth of the cost of a state road is borne by the county in which It is situated, the balance being contributed by the state. Tbe work of tbe highway commission has developed a number of high class professional roadbuilders. Many of the younger and more ambitious have entered the employ of the national gov ernment in Cuba. Porto Rico aud the Philippines in the same line of work. Most of the state roads are of broken stone, but a few are of gravel. The type of road built is determined by the engineer, who makes careful examina tion of soils, drainage, gravel, stone, grades and traffic. The thickness of stone on state roads varies from four to sixteen inches, the lesser being placed over good gravel or sand, the greater over heavy clay. The broken stone used on state roads passes through half inch, inch and a half and two and a half inch screens. The lar gest size is placed on the bottom, the second size on top of this and the crown is made with half inch material. All are rolled separately and thor oughly. Tbe cost of trap rock for roadbuild- Ing varies from $1.10 per ton to $1.00 per ton. The state owns seventeen steam rollers, which arc employed in shite roadbuilding. The standard width of stone roadways In Massachu setts built by the commission is fifteen feet There are some only ten and twelve feet wide, but they are not deemed economical to maintain. When a state road is constructed, It remains under the control of the state highway commission. The local au thorities are taxed an amount not to exceed $50 per mile for maintenance. Rnral Delivery and Good Roads. In regard to the fr<*e rural delivery Postmaster General Payne said recent ly that the system “In years to come will he extended nil over the entire country. At present we are only In stalling the system in the most avail able places. When application is i ude for rural free delivery, we send an In spector to look the territory over. Par ticular attention Is paid to the roads. If they are good, the chances are Just so much In favor of the system, but if the roads are of clay, wet and muddy most of the time, then that settles it right there. We have got to have good roads for the system at the present time.” HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS France and Switscrland Using Tar oa Tbeir Roads. Our consul at Lucerne, Switzerland, has recently made a report on a meth od which lias been adopted in southern France of oiling or tarring the roads for the purpose of laying dust says the Boston Herald. The process adopted is to take a well rounded macadam ized road and to wash and brush It on the day before the tarring operation to the extent of laying bare the macadam. After all trace of humidity has disap peared the tar, heated by a traveling- furnace, is sprinkled over the road by a fan shaped nozzle from a tank con taining about fifty gallons. When the- tar has begun to cool, fine sand Is scat tered over the part of the road thus- treated, and the street is closed to traf- tic for a few days. Experiments made in southern France and Switzerland of thus treating a macadamized roadway are said to have proved wonderfully satisfactory. The tarred surface is not slippery, and yet It is so hard that the horses’ hoofs leave no trace In it, while the tar has not been observed to soften in tbe hot test weather. Rainstorms cause no damage. The water washes off the surface without making it slippery and runs away rapidly without soaking into the road. The cost in France for the materials in this form of road treatment, with the price of tar reckoned at $9.65 per ton, is not much over 1 cent per square yard, and it is evident that a road pro tected hj’ an impenetrable surface from humidity and the grinding action of Imrses’ hoofs is likely to last much longer than where these two destruc tive forces are given full play. A4ICA. JL * JHLakes short roads. QREASE ^$^ood for everything that runs on wheels. Sold Everywhere. Usds by STANDARD OIL CO. RUTS The walking sick, what a crowd of them there are: Persons who are thin and weak but not sick enough to go to bed. “Chronic cases” that’s what the doctors call them, which in common English means—long sickness. To stop the continued loss of flesh they need Scott’s Emulsion. For the feeling of weakness they need Scott’s Emulsion. It makes new flesh and gives new life to the weak system. Scott’s Emulsion gets thin and weak persons out of the rut. It makes new, rich blood, strengthens the nerves and gives appetite for ordinary food. Scott’s Emulsion can be taken as long as sickness lasts and do good all the time. There’s new strength ind flesh in every dose. We will be glad to send you a few doses free. Be wire that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c. and $1 j all druggists. For Sale. ETOR 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. For Sale. IWAdvertisements under this head will oe inserted for one cent a worn each Inser tion. No ad Inserted for less than ten cents F oK UKNT olC SALK The Imildinj; form er v occupied by the Dispensary. Apply to .7. U. Ltpscr.mb. I>ec. 2-tf I will sell, or excliamre tnv house and lot on Pet' v stn < t for a good farm .1. II. Lipscomb. Nov.21, tf. F OU sALK Tin hotel properly now occu pied by >1 is. Agnes Wood. Apply to .1. t \ Lipscomb. 11-ls-tf F OK SALK One nice residence lot on Kut ledge Avenue. Apply to H. G. Clary. Nov. 11-tf. F olt SALK About twenty desirable build ing lots. Apply to K. O. Sams. HK’itf F OR SALK Lots convenient to schools. Apply to Mrs. A. V. Montgomery. Sept, -ili-tf. Lost. L OST A ladies double ease gold watch with photograph In front. Liberal re ward if returned to this office. For Rent. F OR RENT OR SALK Five room eottage near First Baptist (Jhureh. now occupied hy W. T. Poag. James A. Willis. 12-5 tf F OR KENT—Store room to rent on Fred erick Street. A. N. Wood. Get. 81-tf. F OR KENT—Six and one-half acres with two dwellings and stable, known as the Mortimer Sams property. Apply to R. O. Sams, ln-21tf Wanted. W ANTKD 500 head lK‘ef cattle- all sorts and sizes. Victor Cotton Oil Co, tt-58 tf. W ANTEL—Chickens, eggs and green hides. K.C. Clary. Aug. 22, tf. W ANTED—To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. A pr20-' f I. C. Jefferies. To Loan. T O LOAN Money on improved Real Ks late. Rutler .V Osborne, Attorneys. 10-:il-ly Trespass Notice. All persons are forbidden to trespass on any of my lands for any purpose. A. IIauims. Dec. 2-tf. All persons are hereby forbidden to tres pass on my lands in Vherokee or Union counties for the purpose of huntIng, cutting timber, etc., under penalty of the law. J. I> J KFKKKIKS, Jll. All persons are hereby warned, and for bidden not to walk over, through, or across rny land: or cut timber, hunt, tish, or In any oilier manner to trespass thereon. Any per son trespassing on the same will lie prosecu ted to the fullest extent of the law. Samuel Jefpkiuks. Nov. 21-tw. PAINTS - OILS John W. Masury’s Guar anteed R. R. White, and Colors, in pure linseed oil, at $1.25 per gal. F. 0. Pierce’s Cottage Colors in linseed oil guar anteed at $1.00 per gal I use these paints myself and know their worth. Come and let mo convince you. L. BAKER. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. FRUITS AND FLOWERS. Land cannot be too rich or too mel low for fruit*. Manure for tbe garden should be free from weed seeds. The head of a tree needs to be fairly open to admit sun and air for full growth of fruit The dahlias will never disappoint you. Pink, white, yellow or crimson, tall, dwarf or cactus. It is bound to flower. In the fall after the leaves have dropped is generally the best time for taking cuttings from quinces, but they may be taken later. Heliotrope should not be mixed with other eut flowers in water. They de cay quickly and have a harmful effect upon the other blossoms. Myosotis (forgetmenot) needs partial shading, but not the shade of a tree. Plant among taller flowers or around rosebushes, and it will do well. Plenty of yellow blossoms should be secured for places which lack sun shine. Yellow is good in almost every situation and is the cheeriest of tones. Good cultivation causes an abun dance of fibrous roots to be made. The growth of any plant is largely meas ured by the number of tt* fibrous, roots. Absolutely: Rare THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE It took thirty years to build the city hall of Philadelphia at a cost of $25,000,000. This is the finest and largest city ball in the world. r Monty to Loan. $ We bit re ihod. y ,o lean In any amounts on i £lty and county property and stocks and \ bonds. Interested to s per cent, according to k amounts. Terms to suit borrower. ■ Hall & Willis, Attys., I Gaffney, 8. O., A GOLDEN I have just opened an excellent assortmjnt of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, NOTIONS, ETC., in the new building opposite tlie Star Theatre. 1 invite evory- body to call and examine my goods. The quality is there and the prices are the lowest so be found in Gaffney. It is no trouble to show goods aud we take a delight in displaying them. I don t ask you to buy unless you feel sure of gutting your money’s worth. Everything just as represented or money refunded. Yours truly, J. M. NELSOIV. Frank IIammo-id. President. W. G. McDavid, Sec y. and Treas. THE CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST CO., GREENVILLE, S. C. Capital Stock - - $100,000.00. Real Estate Loans made on easy terms. Will buy you a home with rent money. Call on HALL & WILLIS, Local Attorneys. WRITE FOR SELECTION PACEAGE. We carry a complete line of Diamonds, Watches, Gold Jewelry, Sterling Silver Goods, Sterling Silver Toilet Sets, Fancy Art Goods, Fine Umbrellas and Canes, Fine China. Cot Glass. Write for selection packages and prices, will dupli cate any price made by any Jeweler or from any Cat alogue, when quality and reliability is taken into con sideration. J. C. ROBINSON, Jeweler, Successor to R. Bandt. 8. O- SPECIAL SALE. I will offer until closed out, a lot of Men’s Overcoats at Flat Cost: $10.00 Overcoats at $7.00; $5.00 Overcoats at $3.50. Ladies’, Misses’s and Children’s Jacket’s, and Infants long Cloaks to go same way. Ladies’ $5.00 Jackets at $3.85 ; Ladies’ $2.00 Jackets at $1.75; Children’s $3.00 Jackets at $2.25; Chil dren’s $2.00 Jackets at $1.65. See my line before buying an Overcoat or Jacket. Big lot of Trunks, Packing Cases, Satchels, &c., just received aud I have marked them very close. Trunks $1.10 to $7.50; Satchels and Bags 50c to $5.00. 1 carry as complete line of Shoes as you will find in the city. Don’t fail to see me when in need of Shoes for Ladies, Gents, Youths, Misses and the little Tots. 1 have them for all sizes. Come, look through, and I’ll convince you that my goods and prices are right. Don’t forget me when you go to buy that winter suit. My goods and prices win every time. Single Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, $5.00 and up. Double Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, $10.00 and up. Half-Patent floor $2.00. Better grades a little higher in price. Men’s Water-Proof work coats $1.00 to $2.00. See me if hunting bargains in anything usually kept in a first- clais general store. Same line at my store at Goforths at same price as here. J. I.