Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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This JL*rei)GrECK. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND KKIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. A STEP IN THE KIUUT DIRECTION. Every citizen of Cherokee should takeoff his hat to our hororable Board of County Commissioners. The board held a meeting yesterday in ihe supervisor’s office and decided to give an order for $7,286 worth of good road machinery. This outfit will embrace a traction engine, rock crusher, rollers, dumpers, road raa- ■chines, elevators, plows, ect. The county proposes to go into the good roads business on a large scale. It is calculated that with the one mill commutation tux and the work of the chaingang the county will he able to keep this machinery in oper- ration throughout the year. At present the county has six mules They will probably dispose of four of these mules, as the traction engine will do the work. In fact, it will do one-third more work than the mules and at less cost. It will likely be several months before the machinery is de livered and put into practical opera tion, but the movement is one in the right direction. Once the work is commenced it will be continued until the county is a perfect net-work of good roads. This will be a great educator to our people and everybody should lend their sup port to the county commissioners. It may be two or three years before the good effects of this movement will dawn upon the people, but once they get the ieda they will all agree that it was a wise and thoughtful move, and people living in sections where the good roads will not have penetrated will be clamoring for them. Now just a few words of admonition. Don’t get impatient if you do not get the good roads first. Remember that large undertakings require time and a great deal of it. It will be yearn before the county can be traversed, but in good time the good roads will reach your door. This good roads question is one that is absorbing the attention of all thoughtful, earnest men. The little tax paid will never be felt and once begun, and the peo ple get the benefits of a few miles, they will be willing that the tax be in creased for good roads. Our board of county commissioner:* is composed of a set of practical busi ness men. They have the welfare o the people at heart and they are moving as fast us possible with tht means at their disposal. The proper thing to do is to give them more means and more latitude. Senator Butler is giving the com missioners his warmest support. He expressed to a Ledger represen tative his entire satisfaction of the board and said he could see no reasons why a change should be made. We certainly agree with him, however anomalous it may seern to some people. When you get a good, faithful man in a public position, one who really and truly looks after th< best interests of the whole people you serve your own best interest when you keep him there. THE FAKIRS. It is very discouraging to be mit- understood. Home people have mil- understood us and misconstrue 1 our motives until at times we have be come sick at heart and begun to bt- lieve that there was no use to try to accomplish anything for the benefit of other people. Sometimes we have felt that the maxim of P. T. Barnum, the showman, “the people love to be hum-bugged,” was true.* And in 'a large measure it is true. Last Sat urday and again on yesterday the town was visited by two slick-tongued fakirs. These^fakirs robbed the peo ple out of about two hundred dollars. In exchange for this money they left several so-called “electric” belts and a few cakes of soap. But they got the coin and the poor deluded people who parted with their hard- earned money got—a little experi ence. Of course these fakirs should not be licensed, but they obtain their permit to rob the people by mis representation—in other words, they fake the authorities as well as the people. But it all brings back the old adage, “A fool and his money are soon parted.” If these people would spend their money for good books or newspapers they would Ob'- lain something that would stay with them. Instead they prefer to be faked. Then there is the political fakir, the social fakir, the moral fakir and a host of other fakirs. These fakirs are bad enough; but there is another fakir who Is even worse—we refer to the ecclesiastical fakir. This fakir, robed In the cloak of religion, appeals to the prejudices pf the people with bis tongue and is Mt^l^saine time putting bis hand deep down into tbeirjpockets and filch ing them, not to further the Interest of religion, but to gratify bis own greed. But>hat’s the use to write about such people? Some people say none, because the people will always bite at such schemes. We admit the task is a difficult one, but by the grace of God we propose to cry out against such evils so long as we live and are permitted to do so. Watch out for the fakir in whatever garb he may clothed, for he cometh with a very seductive tongue and robbeth you before you are aware of it. NOTES AND COMMENTS. If our people would devote more time to study it could not help but bring about a better state of af fairs. We need more education and that education should be along agri cultural and mechanical and indus trial lines, as well as literary. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It is qow Governor D. C. Heywara. He went into office week before last without any great display or blare of trumpets. He is a modest, unassum ing gentleman, one that is calculated to give the people a igood administra tion, and The Ledger wishes him well. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The deadlock in the North Carolina legislature has been broken and Lee S. Overman, of Rowan, has been chosen to succeed Senator Pritchard. Mr. Overman is no doubt a gifted gentleman and will prove a worthy Carolinian, but somehow or other we cannot but believe that North Caro lina has lost much in the retirement of Mr. Pritchard. Miles B. McSweeney retired from the governorship week before last the best loved governor So^th Carolina has had in two decades. He did not have the enthusiastic followers that some have had, but he was loved by all. He made a good governor and he retires without having engendered bitterness and strife. He did more to bring the people of South Carolina together than any other man. His private life will be as glorious as was his official life, because—he is a man. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ There is general sympathy for the young people who were improperly married Sunday in this county and most people hope that some adjust- mt i.t <.f ;>e <•;•».; will he arrived at t i i »* \, the young man of the heavy pjnalty which the law im poses in such a case. But they all re alize the impropriety of children mar rying and hope that this case will make others reffect and prevent the recurrence of similar ones. People are also inquiring if no penalty at taches to the minister or officer who officiates at these unlawful marriages? Again we say, young man buy land. Any white man who has business enough about him to keep good work stock to work rented land and pay the rent can buy land and pay for it. Try it; get out of the renter’s field into the laud'ord’s field and at the end of the year look back and see what you have done. See what you have provided for the next year that you would have turned over to the next renter if you had still been one. Buy land and then you will know when you build an ushhopper who will drip lye out of it the next year. Mr. Swltz«-r Moved to CiHlTney. Mr. Morris Switzer, for a long’time a prominent business man of Green ville, and the proprietor of “The Dixie” and “The Outlet” establish ments in this city, has decided to make Gaffney his home hereafter and Friday moved his family over. They are now occupying the R. A Jones residence on Frederick street. We welcome Mr. Switzer and his family to Gaffney and hope their stay in our city may be both pleasant and pro fitable to them Letter to ,1. J. Darby. Dear Sir :—Your business is, when a house burns down, to give the owner some money to build a new one. It is a good business, (^ueer that the world got on so long without it. We paint thd one that burnt down and the new one too. What is better, we paint the houses that don’t burn down. You insure the houses that burn; we insure the houses that don’t. You have the ashes and smoke; all the houses are oujrs. We paint Lead and Zinc; Devoe. We sell the paint to painters; we don’t paint. Lead and oil is the old-fashion paint. Devoe is zinc ground in with the lead and linseed oil: the best paint in the world: and the cheapest, because It takes fewer gallons than mixed paints and it wears twice as long as lead and oil. Nobody wants poor paint; there’s lots of it, though, in the world. A. M. Griffen, Plainfield, N. J., writes: Mr. Aaron IIIkkIuh. of Halnllold, always used 15 gallons of mixed palm, for bis bouse. Last Spring bo bought 15 gallons of Devoe and bad 4 gallons left. Yours truly, F. W. Devoe «fc Co., New York. Sure Cure Catarrh In Its ...Every Phase... PRICE S1.00 Tolotan Company, TT ill j SOLD BY S. B. Crawley & Co. All Quiet Along the Potomac may have been true enough, but it expresses just the opposite of the condition of our store. We are always busy; the reason for which is the fact that we always give the people what they want—good service, courteous treatment and prompt attention. S. a. CRAWLEY & CO. S13 Limestone St. Druggists, Perfumers and Stationers. Prescriptions Properly Pilled and Promptly Delivered. . One Figure more or less in the price paid for pic tures may mean beauty and perma nency or entire lack of it. The path of safety lies between ex travagantly high a n d ridiculously low prices and leads right to our studio. We make PHOTOGRAPHS at fair prices. These pictures combine good art, perfect portraiture and high finish. We guarantee that they will not fade. June H. Carr. M2 LIMESTONE ST. 'Phone 17ti. Notice to Stockholders. .A meeting of the Stockholders of the Mer- ehiints .y Planters Hank, ot (iatt'ie y, S. is hereby culled lo meet in the .star Tlieaire building on the tith day of February I'.toa, at 11 o’clock a. 111., to consider a resolution (it the Dlrcetors to Increase the capital stock of said Merchants I'lanters Hank, by Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, making the tolal capital stock of said bank .Seventy- Five Thousand Dollars. \Y. F. Hamrick, U. A. .Ionks. It. M. V\ IRK I NS. (*. E. \V IRK INK. W. F. faiu'kntiur J.Q Littrk, It. It. Hkown, A. N. Wood. F. M. Smith. Hoard of Directors of the Merchants and I'lanters Hank. .Ian. 13-lawk-4wk-Tuesdays. Ninety Per Cent of all chronic headache are due to eye strain. Go to Dr. Griffith at the Chero kee Drug Co.’s and have the defect in vision corrected, and thus be QUICKLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED. Glasses Fitted With Scientific Accu racy and all the diseases of the Ivye, liar, Nose and Throat treated according to the latest and most approved methods. - GREAT - OPPORTUNITY WALDENS BUSINESS Opens Wednesday, Janoary 28 It occupies convenient and desirable quarters over Uk- old Dispensary stand, Carroll & Carpenter block, Gaffney, S. C. Day class opens at 9:00 a. 111., night class at 7:30 p. in. It offers to the public a full business or shorthand course in the most thorough manner, in the shortest time possible and at the least expense. Our courses are equal to the best and superior to mauy. Notice to Bridge Builders. ■ 1 will beat Buffalo Creek, near Bridges’ Mill, in Cherokee Township, on Friday, Feb. 13th, 1003, at 11 o’clock a. m., to let contract for covering the bridge. Plans may be seen in rtiy office. Con tractor must give Ixmd for the faithful performance of his duty. The right re served to reject any or ail bills. J. V. WilKLCHKL, County Supervisor. 1-30-21 I WORTHY STOCK - REMEDIES V I diseases of horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry are now treated as scientifically aud successfully as human ills. < nice a hit-or-miss condition powder was about the only remedy to be had no matter what kind of an animal was to be treated nor what the disease was. I oday we have stock remedies of actual medicinal value; foi distinct, specific purposes. Be sure to see us whenever you. need any kind of remedy for stock or poultry. Recipes for Stock Medicines are Comopunded as Carefully here as The TVIi lost Delicate Prescription Cherokee Drug Co. LIMESTONE AND FREDERICK STREETS IS TOe Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company Offers for Hal*i Building Lots in this nourishing town, Outfney City; Farms ne/ by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this plal e, In lots of fron SO to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm yur poses. For full particulars apply to J. V r . N. B.-AU persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of thii company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, und r penalty of law. A_N. Wood. President. ]{. R. Brown, Vice-President THE MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK, OF GAFFNEY. S. C. Established 1901. Capital $50,000.—Surplus and Profits $8,500. STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY. Does a general Banking and Exchange business. Is well fit ted up with Fire Proof Vault aml^urglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Lock. We solicit the business of people of C. JVX. 4AMITH. Cashier. Frank Hammond, President. W. G. McDavjd, Sec’y. and Treas THE CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST CO., GREENVILLE, S. F. .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. OA.F'H'IVEY, C. Gaffney Savings Banl, SHOE FOR MEN Copyrighted. Sold only by J. R. TOLLESON, 806 Limestone Street, Gaffney, S. C. Notice to Creditors. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DIS TRICT COURT OE SOUTH CAROLINA. In tub Matter of | D. D. Gaston, r In Bankruptcy. Bankrupt. ) To the creditors of D. D. Gaston, of Blacksburg, in the County of Cherokee, and district aforesaid, a bankrupt. Notice is hereby given that on the 31st day of January A. 1)., 1903, the said D. D. Gaston was duly adjudicated bank- mpt, and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at Gaffney, in my office, on the 17th day of Eeb. A. D., 1903, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, at which time the said creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt, and transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting. G. W. Si'KKR, Referee in Bankruptcy. Eeb. 3rd. it Money - to Loan. Wo have money to loa 1 In any amounts on city and county property and stocks and bonds. Interest ti to s per coni, according to amounts. Torms to suit borrower. II At,1. & W J tit.is, Attys., Gaffney. S. (5.. Capital $30,000. NOW OPEN = FOR = BUSINESS 1 he organization of this institution ; another important step in the progress c Gaffney, and we cordially invite even body in Cherokee county to open a sa> mgs account with this bank. interest paid ON DEPOSITS MONEY TO LEND This bank is prepared to act as Exect tor, Administrator, Assignee, Receive] Trustee, Guardian, Agent and othe capacities. F. G. Stacy, Brest. J. G. Wardi.aw, V-Prest. D. C. Ross, Cashier. DIRECTORS F. G. STACY, w. c. carpenter, R. M. WILKINS, I). C. ROSS. WILLIAM JEFFERIES. J. N. LIPSCOMB, J.O. WARDLAW .1.0. LITTLE, J. A CARROLL, O. K. WILKINS. On the market Again to buy The best toad o Big Mules can Be bought. We keep all Kinds and sizes Come and see Us before you Buy. • Notice to Overseers. The overseers of the several sections oL the county will please repair the road# wherever repairs are needed. 9 J. V. Whrlchkl. County Supervisor. I-3o-2t GAFFNEY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, H. M. Johnson, Manager.