Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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It •-••.v . s '.Ptw . IIP < The; I-<Ri)C5isw PUBLISHKD TUESDAY JkUD FRIDAY. Ed. HifDKCAMP. THE CHEROKEE NEWS. Last Friday's Ledger contained an Mvertlsemeot announcing tbat books of subscription tp. the capital stock of the Cb^rbkee Fuhl&bing Company would be openec at the office of But ler & Osborne on a& lifter Saturday, February 14,1908. The purpose of the organization 's tp publish a semi weekly newspaper, The Cherokee Newk. Mr/§. F. Parrott, of Laurens, is to be the editor. Thiels One of the results of this newspaper’s having opposed certain men for office during the last cam paign. That is the principal reason for its establishment—in fact the true one. Aside from this there are sev eral really good reasons why Chero kee should have another paper. For some time there have been business men in Gaffney who did not patronize The Ledger because they did not agree with its editor. These busi ness men should have a newspaper through which to advertise their wares. Again, quite a numbar of people have been sending their jo) printing out of town because they did not desire to patronize The Ledger. These gentlemen should have a print ing office at horns and not be forced to send their work elsewhere. Again, there are more than 22,000 people in Cherokee county, or about 5 000 fam ilies. The Ledger only goes into about 1,200 of these homes. The other 3 800 need a newspaper, and need it badly. If Mr. Parrott and his associates can induce all or a part of the non-advertisers and non-news paper'readers and those who send their job work away from Gaffney to patronize them, they wiy have not only done themselves a service, but they will have accomplished some thing toward the betterment of the citizenship and the upbuilding of the commercial and material interests of the county. Properly conducted, there should be room for another newspaper in Gaffney. We shall welcome the es tablishment of the Cherokee News. At first we believed that it would prove detrimental to The Ledger, but after weighing the matter we have reached a different conclusion. Of course it is possible for the new paper to take some of The Ledger’s patron age, but on the othtr hand the new paper will stimulate advertising and create new readers, and we have enough confidence in ourselves to be lieve that we can capture some of this newly created patronage. Mr. Parrott is a clever young gen tleman and will doubtless prove a welcome addition to our business in terests. We welcome him and will treat him kindly. The only thing we ask is that he reciprocate in kind, and should the field prove inadequate for two papers it will only be a case of the survival of the fittest, in which event The Ledger will endeavor to prove equal to the emergency. NOTES ANO COMMENTS. The purchase of scientific road making machines by the county will make it necessary for the county to adopt scientific road-making methods. Such machines as CheroKee has bought should be directed by master heads and hands. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ There is a bill before the general assembly to prevent dealers from sell ing dynamite to persons to kill fish with. The time was vhen such a law would have been of use in this country, but since the dam was built across Broad river at Columbia any man who would buy dynamite to kill fish in an up-couutry stream might enjoy the fun of the explosion, but he would get no fish. Is it right for fish to be cut off from the up-country waters? No, it is not. Every dam that extends across Broad river and other large streams should have fish ways put in them, and all dams made In the future should have them put Id when built. Written from Webster. Webster, Feb. 11.—Rain has been 4he program here, for quite awhile, and the weather is very disagreeable at this writing. The roads are very muddy now; but people will go to town, just the same. The Sunday school at Mt. Zion is progressing splendidly under the guidance of its new superintendent We trust he may meet with contin ued success. The people of Mt. Zion are doing all they can to organize a library association. All over the county we can hear the question, "Where can I get a pig?” Iftose who have pigs now can easily get rid of them If they so desire. Everyone who can pay $1 00 should go to The Ledger office and subscribe for this paper. It comes to Webster twice a week, Wednesday and Satur day. a. b o. Bad BOWLINSVILI Rata-ds > l , ronBlM—Panonal It >GET. I ■g—Scboo (Correspondence of The Ladlper.) Near BoWj, tsville Feb. 7—It is row ruining We are having‘quite a severe"winter, although we have bad m»ny worse ones;’ We haven’t had any Ihow yet, but our farmers, we think, would be heuefitted by having a six-inch Snow, especially the wheat growers. Wheat has a good appear aoee so far. Farmers haven’t had the opportunity of plowing any since December^ Mr.’ E. l^ettjfeb went to Gaffney last Friday onf business connected with bis Lipsie fertilizer. Edmond is one of our tbost prominent young men, aod Prof.- Lipsie was fortunate in employing him to sell in these town ships. Misses Nettie and Ina Clary, of Gaffney, were welcome visitors in our communify last week. We are sorry to say that Mr. Jesse Nance, one of our old and highly re spected citizens, is very ill. Miss Della Kirby, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. B. F. Petty, has returned home. Mr. Brooks Carter has been on the sick list for the past week, but is im proving now. Crawley, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. Porter, who has had an attack of pneumonia, is also improv ing. Mr. Geo. Petty, one of Beaver Dam’s most promising young men, was in our community last Sunday. We think it our duty to appeal to our now superintendent of education to take special notice of and vis:t some of our neighboring schools. We made the same appeal to the other superintendent of education and that school had one visit from him in three years. What can our parents do to reme dy the trouble in our schools? Some object to tbe trustees and some ob ject to tbe teachers. Now, as for my part, I think it would better for the parents to meet and select their teachers. What do we need’ is tbe question. We need better teachers and better trustees. Our school has been taught for the last few years by some girls and boys, who, if some of them were to stand a thorough exami nation, couldn’t enter the seventh grade in the graded school ac Gaff ney; and yet, they have first grade certificates! Parents, take this matter up; it you don’t you can but little for your children. We need more interested men ; and let our children study their lessons at school, instead of fighting, etc. Marion Phillips has moved from Cowpens to the plantation of Mrs. E. Pettit. We welcome Mr. Phillips to our midst. It is a must time to sow spring oais, and we hope that our farmers will plant a good crop. Billy. a Relic. Mr. Moses Wood has left at The Ledger office an old gun whi;h is still in good condition and is a relic of the days of tyranny and misrule in South Carolina, ^his old gun was taken by the Kukluxjfrom Gov. Scott’s negro militia wL^the patriots of the State made up OWir minis to submit to misrule nl^mger. After the Kualux took this yon they threw it, with an other like it, into Mr. W’ood’s front yard near Pucolet. Mr. W’ood gave the other one to ('apt J. Bank Lyles, now of Texas. This one he has kept and vill in a few days turn it over to the Winnie Davis Hall of History at Limestone College, together witn his old army baker and a sword which he captured from the enemy and wore in the glorious days of the sixties when ho was in the fore front of bat tle asserting and defending his and his country’s constitutional rights. A New Magistrate. Mr. Charles T. Bridges, of this city, has been appointed magistrate by Governor Heynard and will enter upon his new duties at once. Mr. Bridges was suggested by the voters at the last primary election. We learn that his office will be near the corner of Limestone and Birnie streets. Dt afnt-HH Cannot be Cured by locii'applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There |s onlv one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by Inflamed condition of the mucous I'uingofthe Eustachian Tube. When this tube nets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or inipqrfect hearing/ and when it is entirely closed deafness Is tho result, and unless the inlfammatton cau be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi tion. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out oft *n are caused by catarrh, which is nothlna but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (cased by catarrli) tbat can not lx- cured l>y Hall’s Catarrh Cure, fiend for Circulars, free. F. .1. CHF.N’F.Y & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by Drucgests, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Dr Wnnliaw’s SEXT nirs to u. Ill* VVUUHOy 9 users of morphine. PAINLESS opium. J»’J«ianum, 611 AND WMskifCnre Ixlrof opium, co caine or whiskey, a large book of par ticulars on home or sanatorium treat ment. Address, B. M. WOOLLEY CO, KMN. Pryor Street, Atlanta, Georgia. Silberman Bros. Largest Par House la Aaierlea. Bra aches All Over Europe. Highest cash price paid for all kind* of raw furs. Hold your shipment until you get our price list. /*r it to-daj. We mail it free. SILBERMAN BROS* tOto U8 Michigan St.. ChloefO,lll. SAND AND CLAY. A New Process of Rock-Making with Which Experiments will be Made. (.Charlotte Observer.! A Lexington man tells of a new process of road-mukiug that is under cosideration at that place. The peo- pleof Lexington township arc interest ed in tbe question of issuing bonds for good roads, and it is probable that the new process, which consists simply of using sand and clay instead of macadam, will be tried. A Co lumbia, 8. C , man has offered to build a mile as an experiment While the new process is much slower than macadamizing, it is a great deal cheaper, the average cost not exceed ing $200 a mile. The average cost of macadam runs from $1,500 to $2,000 a mile. The experiment of buildig roads with sand and clay has been tried in the vicinity of Columbia, 8. C., and it is said that the results are entirely satisfactory. Contrary Wives. There was never a crime commit ted. never a hard word said, but what there was a cause. I imagine I see the homes of those contrary wives. First, I see a little 2x4 rent home with about forty acres of land to cul tivate. Again, I look and see two hired hands, six dogs, eight children, three or four old horses and one old cow that is too poor for any use or ser vice on the place. Next, I ask, Where is the man of the house? Oh, he’s gone to town, as usual. Do you won der at contrary wives? I should say not. As for woman,God bless her. Where would the world be if it were not for woman? She is queen of sympathy, equal to all men in intellect and su perior in all her principles. Shame to the men who cause their wives to be codtrary ! I will guarantee that if men will keep tbe same sweet and amiable disposition they had when they were trying to win the “contrary wives,” their homes will be far differ ent. T. J. Stacy. Lockhart Locals. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Lockhart. Feb. 10. —Miss Kate, dauglfler, of Mr. Bud Bailey, who re cently moved 10 this place from the Pea Ridge section, is reported this morning as being very sick He has another daughter, Annie, who^s ver< sick. Some time after our former super- inteudenj, J H Williams, resigned his position, the overseers of the mill took him on surprise by presenting him with a fine Remington double- barrelled hammerless gun m aporeci- ation for his kindness to th>-in ! un derstand that Mr. W. appreciates the gift, very much. Born, on tbe 9 h inst to Mr and Mrs. H J. Weathersbce, a r-on. Homo. Will Open Otlicc The Postal Telegraph Company will open an < dice in Gaffney the first of March. The offi -e will be in the Limestone street side of the Central Hotel. Mr. Elmer F dger will be in charge. Local Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today : Good middling 8 90 Middling 8:75 PISO’S CURE FOR ... CURES WHERE Alt ELSE FAILS. IgA Best Couiih Syrup. Tastes Uood. Pro Frl In time. Sold by druggists. The Cherokee Publishing Company. Notice. Notice is hereby given that the hooks of subscription »o I he capital slock of The Cher okee Publishing Company will be open on and after Saturday, Feb. 14, l!K):i. at the of- ficesof Butler and Osliorne. Gaffney, S. (J. Proposed capital stock, five thousand dol- la s, the shares to he of the par value of twenty-five dollars each. Purpose o( the organization, to publish a semi-weekly news paper, Tbe Cherokee News. Mr. S. F. Parrott, the editor, who will take two thousand dol lars stock, proposes to the extent of his salary and dividends, to guarantee 7 per cent, dividends. 2-lith-lOtli. PROFIT The matter of feed is of tremendous importance to the farmer. Wrong feeding is loss. Right feeding is profit. The up-to-date farmer knows what to feed his cows to get the most milk, his pigs to get the most pork, his hens to get the most eggs. Science. But how about the children ? Are they fed according to science, a bone food if bones are soft and undeveloped, a flesh and muscle food if they are thin and weak and a blood food if there is anemia? Scott’s Emulsion is a mixed food; the Cod Liver Oil in it makes flesh, blood and muscle, the Lime and Soda make bone and brain. It is the standard scientific food for delicate Things We Like Best Often Disagree With Ue Because we overeat of them. Indi ces on follows. But there’s a way to escape such consequences. A dose of a good digestant like Kodol will relive you at once. Your stomach is simply too weak to digest what you eat. That’s all indigestion is. Kodol digests the food without the stomach’s aid. Thus the stomach rests while the body is strength ened by wholesome food. Dieting is un necessary. Kodol digests any kind of good food. Strengthens and invigorates. Kodol Makes Rich Red Blood. Prepared only by E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago, The ti bottle contains 2^ times tbe 50o. else, SCodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat* children. Send for free sample. Be sure 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 $11 all druggists. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. IWOfflco ovcrJNational Bank. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. 0*ct upstairs, between R. avenport. A. Jones and Office and Residence .Phone. LOANS NEGOTIATED FOR BDHROWERS ON REAL ESTATE BUTLER A OSBORNE A TORNKYS Notice to Teachers. The re-;nl.ir e\.uiiiiiatioii lor Ic-.iciierH wilt lie held in Hie court lion e on Fri day. I eh. AH w ho have no ceriifi- ente are required lo si.ind lids exninina- lion. I hope there will l>e a full alleitri- anee. as I am anxious (o meet, and be come pei 'Dually nqmdnted with all Hie teachers The while teachers will ineel in my office np rLtirsal the court hopse. The c dored ieiUdiers will meet in liie court room. J. L. Walkhk. Feb. 10-13-17 Snpl. of Fahicalion. One Figure more or less in the price paiil 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 p r i c|e s 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. 812 LIMESTONE ST. ’Phone 176. On the market Again to buy The best load of Big Mules can Be bought. We keep all Kinds and sizes. Come and see Us before you Buy. GAFFNEY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, H. M. Johnson, Manager. M ecklenbarg’s Uood Roads. [Baltimore Sun.] Mecklenburg county, North Caro- linain which Charlotte ig the princi pal city. haH long been held up as a model by advocates of road improve ment. That county has for many years been laying excellent macadam roads that the makers believe will last for generations. A recent statement of Superinten dent of Roads H. T. Stowe shows that 118 miles of these macadam roads have been constructed and are now in use. The saving to tbe farmer in trans portation has been great, as he can send his produce to market in any kind of weather, his teems draw several times the loads they could over the old '■Hrt roads and there are so few break downs that tbe cost of repairs has been greatly lessened. Farm property along these roads has largely inereas< d in value, and the farming sections are more prosperous. The roads are made by convict labor, tbe sounty u«ing the latest improved roads-making machinery—crushers and rollers. Rock found near the road is utilized and trained men superin tend the work. Bonds were issued to pay for this work and the cost has been consider able, but that it is regarded as a pay ing investment is shown by the fact that preparations are being made to macadamize more than 100 miles more so that all the principal roads in the county may be joined in a complete system THE OLD REUABLE &AKIN0 POWDER Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE TheJBschelor-Maid club, which was to have met at Mi«s Lillian Wrod’s on Saturday. Feb. 21 tt, will meet in the parlors of the Commercial Hotel instead. Same hour and date. Women get headache over missing love letters the way a man does over missing his dinner Nobody is half so sorry for a widow as she is for those who aren’t widows. ft Matchless Valentines : Valentine next week. You tines and you might assortment of the latest day comes will want valen- afc well pick from an apd best ones. Not h- ing new but what we have, *and the prices are also the best to be had. Anything you want from one cent up. Some of the card mounts and boxed creations this year t are truly superb. Nothing gained by waiting; better make your selections'while the assortment incomplete. Comic ones? Y e s o f > cour se. \ Cherokee Drug Co. LIMKSTONE AND FREDERICK STREETS. \ V £ LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST. . V \ Ifit’s the best you are looking for in fertilizers this is the place) to buy. 1 handle only the best grades and guarantee prices] against all honest competition. I still have a'few wagons and buggies which I will selll cheap to close out. Wagon and buggy harues-. • I am proud of the record I have made in the shoe business. Yearly every sale makes a permanent customer. Honest goods at fair prices have done the work. We often hear expressions like this, "I get better value in those at J. I Sarratt’s than any place in the city.” I continue to keep my stock of farming tools and farmers’ sup plies up to the standard and will save you money on anything in either line. NOW IN STOCK , Seed oats for spring sowing. Lean save you money on Clothing, Dry Goods, Hats, Trunks, Valises, Satchels and Bags. See me before buying, I liave several good farm mules which I will sell cheap for cash or on time for good papers. Respectfully, J. I. fse Gaffney City Land aod Improvement Company OfTera for sale Building Lots in this flourishing town, Gaffney Olty; Farms ntsa by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots of from 40 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur- u'mes. For full particulars apply to J. V. JV^ent. N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of thif company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, under penalty of law. A. N. Wood. President. R. R. Biiowji. Vice-President THE MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK, OF GAFFNEY. S. C. Established 1001. Capital $50,000.—Surplus and Profits $8,500. STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY. Does a general Banking and Exchange business. Is well fitted up witn Fire Proof Vault and Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Lock. We solicit the business of people of all occupations. O. 1*1. fleshier. Fkank Hammond, President. W. G. McDavid, Sec’y. and Treas THE CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST CO., GREENVILLE, S. C. Capital Stock - - $100,000.00. Reel Bstete Loans mads on easy terms. Will buy you a home with rent money. Call on HALL & WILLIS, Local Attorney^. c.