The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 10, 1903, Image 4
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f PrBLISHED TUESDAY A.ID FRIDAY.
RY
Ed. H. DeCamp.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
IN LOWER CHEHOKEE
From Our Correspondent at
Etta Jane.
PERSONALS AND LOCALS.
Charity is the greatest of virtues,
but there seems to be a great lack of
it in certain quarters.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Every good newspaper man tells
the truth, but if he had a million dol
lars back of him be could afford to
tell the whole truth all the time. In
that event some people who think
quite a good deal of themselves might
have occasion to either change their
opinion or their manner of living.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Jim Tillman was to have been ar
raigned Wednesday for the murder of
N. G. Gonzales, but on motion of
attorneys for the defendant the trial
was postponed until the June terra of
court. Let all honest men pray that
when it does come up there will be no
abortion of justice. It is very appar
ent that the defendant is not so
anxious for a trial as he made out to
be. It may be that South Carolina
may yet return to her former'self in
the dispensation of law and justice.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Yesterday, the 9th of April, was
the 38th anniversary of the surrender
of the Army of Northern Virginia,
when Gen. It. E. Lee at Appomattox
surrendered 11,000 ragged, foot-sore
and hungry, but fighting, soldiers to
Gen. IT. S. .Grant and his army of
100,000 men. The ranks of that 11,-
000 have been greatly thinned since;
only a minority of them remain, but
there is not one of them whose bent
form does not straighten a little and
whose bosom does not swell with
pride, when he says, “I surrendered
with Lee.”
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
There is a physician in Gaffney who
is too modest to allow us to exploit
bis deeds of charity and too noble to
withhold the helping hand from the
deserving poor, but who is doing the
will of the Master in an unostenta
tious manner by giving his time and
talents to relieve the distressed.
This man’s methods put to shame
the loud-mouthed professions of those
who profess much but who are in
reality grafters This good man will
some day wear a diadem while the
others will be calling for a drop of
water to cool their parched tongues.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
The development of the water
power at Cherokee ford on Broad
river, as announced in our last issue,
means much toward the material
prosperity of this county. Messrs.
Plonck and Roberts belong to the
class of men who do something, not
only for themselves but for mankind,
and they deserve the success they
have already attained, and that in
store (or them, because they work.
Many an idle man will criticise such
men and talk very loud about their
methods, while they themselves do
nothing but talk ! talk !! talk !!! We
need fewer talkers and more workers.
•- ♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. Joseph P. Caldwell, the versa
tile editor of North Carolina’s fore
most daily, the Charlotte Observer,
has accepted the invitation to deliver
the annual address before the South
Carolina Press Association which
meet* at White Stone Lithia Springs,
in Spartanburg county. It will be
interesting to note what will become
of ‘‘16 to 1” and the ‘‘initiative and
the referendum” when The Observer
and the Spartanburg Herald lock
arms and go cavorting around the
winding paths and sit in the shady
nooks of White Stone. It is to be
hoped that this close companionship
may ultimately add another to the
Sheriff party in “this Dart of the
moral vineyard.”
Catarrh Cannot in- Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, utt t hey can
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
Is a Mood or constitutional disease, and In
order to cure It you must take Internal rem
edies. Hall’s Catarrh Curt) Is taken Inter
nally, and acts directly on the mucous sur
faces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is not a quack
medicine. It was prescribed hy one of the
best physicians In this country for years,
and Is a reirularproscription. It Iscornuosea
of the I test tonics known, combined with Hit)
Itest Mood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two Itiirredlcnts Is what produces such
wonderful results In curln# Catarrh. Hend
for testimonials, free
K. J. CHUNKY & CO., Props.. Toledo, O.
Hold hy druggists, price 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Interesting Paragraphs and Recent Hap
penings in Lower Section of the County
Gathered Up by Our Regular Correspon
dent for Henelit of Ledger Readers.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.!
Etta Jane, April 8 —Mrs. R. A.
Miller, one of our neighbors, spins on
an old-fashioned little wheel. It’s f a
great curiosity to the young people,
and many middle-aged people don’t
remember ever seeing a spinning
wheel of that kind
The George boys have cut down
ihat big oak tree at the ‘‘Granny Mc-
Kown” place. It has stood the
storms of centuries, and under its
spreading boughs many happy family
and friendly reunions have been held.
Several generations have enjoyed its
inviting shade. For many miles
around it could be seen lifting its ro
tund top heavenward. It has a
history that would read almost like
romance had we the time, space and
ability to write it properly. With it
goes one of the faithful reminders of
Uncle Johnnie and Aunt Betsy Mc-
Kown and their once happy home
and family. Under or near it in
1861 met a nucleus whose numbers
finally swelled to UompaLy D, Hoi-
combe Legion Cavalry, afterwards
Company C, 7th S. C.Cavalry,(Gary's
Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia.
Here the loved and lamented com
mander of that famous command,
Col. 1. G. McKissick, made his first
and only war speech. Among other
things he said: “I’ll drink all the
blood that will be spilled in this
unholy war.”
Three years later when he was
brought home wounded -shot through
the thigh—Uncle Johnnie McKown
went to see him and said: ‘Tke, by
granny, I thought you were going to
drink all the blood spilled in this
unholy war; what do you think of it
now?” “Oh, go away, old i'antru
bogas,” said Col. McKissick. ‘‘That
fool Chestnut and John 8. Treston
said that when they were going round
here making their war speeches and I
thought 1 ought to say it too.”
During our recent visit to Gaffney
we had the pleasure of meeting our
old friend and comrade, Dr. M. W.
Smith, and his estimabfe wife, and
enjoying their hospitality. They
live in one of the most delightful
sections of the city and their home
to every appearance is all that that
word implies.
During the first year of the war
Dr. Smith carried bis musaet and
followed that military thunderbolt,
General Micah Jenkins, as a private
of the Jatper Light Infantry, 5th
S. C Regiment. He was then taken
from the ranks and assigned to duty
as assistant surgeon in the hospital
under that princely gentleman, phy-
* mn and surgeon, Dr. J. Rutus
i/.a-toi., Wiiete he was trained in ail
the duties of his profession. Some
times, under great emergencies, as for
instance the Wilderness campaign,
he, with other subordinates, was
sent to the battle-field to attend to
the wounded. Here they were thrown
upon their own responsibility to de
cide upon the treatment of the vari
ous cases falling under their care.
Mr. Thorn Millwood has a sick
child; but we are glad to say it is
not bad off. *
We are glad to see that Col. M. P.
Tribble has been appointed to finish
the Confederate rolis for publication
by the Federal government. We
know no one better qualified to do
this work than Mitt Tribble.
We met quite a number of our
friends and acquaintances from dif
ferent parts of the county at Gailne)
last Monday and they all make about
the same report of the farming out
look. Farm work i* generally be
hind, but with good weather and
health, with plenty of pluck and per
severance the 1st of May will find
them not so far behind after all.
Rev. W, H. White preached at
Salem last Sabbath and Suboath
night. The communion service will
be held there at his next appoint
ment, preparatory service beginning
on Saturday before at ll o'clock
The session and congregation have
about decided to extend an invitation
to Enoree Presbytery to hold its next
meeting with them. The church has
been repaired and nicely painted, aod
as it has the good wishes of all other
denominations we think the meeting
of such a distinguished body of
Presoyters will he greatly appreciated
by our enure section. And we be
lieve th< member* of other denomi
nations will take great pleasure in
entertaining tne visitors. So le^ us
have the PreshyL r> this fall.
We think tbit Camp Jefferies will
enroll its full tdreu.m before the
meeting in New Orleans W. J. Mul-
ilnax of 1'roy, S C., form Oy of this
county, ha* requeued to he enrdhd
as a member of Co. B, 4Uj S. C Re
serves.
Fur tho information of all it con
cerns we publish t tie following ex
tract from a letter of Col. R. W.
Hunt, division passenger agent
Southern Railway, in speaking of
the New Orleans Confederate Re
union, he says:
“The rates from Union and Gaffney
will be about )|II4 35 each. Our
through trains, making direct con-
j auction through to New Orleans, will
lea7e Gaffoev 9:27 a. m. and 11:57
p. m. The 11:57 p. m. train is a
solid train through to New Orleans
without change every day in the
year.”
The chilly condition of the weather
this morning makes fires and thick
clothing comfortable. Some fears
are entertained that the fruit crop is
badly damaged if not entirely de
stroyed.
We can scarcely pick up a paper
without seeing some account of the
work of the ready pistol, the deadly
razor or shot gun. This is not sur
prising when we learn that men in
high positions set the example. We
heard just the other day of a colored
minister (without, to us, any seeming
provication - ) speaking of putting
five balls into another man. We
repeat no more, but if any one the
shoe fits will just speak we will ex
plain. A hint to the wise is sufficient.
We understand that Miss Clara
Flemming’s school is making prepar
ations for an entertainment about the
first of next month. This is one of
the schools we have *o often spoken
of as being, in oar opinion, a model.
It is the principal one in the only
graded school district we know of
anywhere outside of an incorporated
town.
If the editor of this paper or any of
its readers who know nothing except
what they have learned from this
correspondence, will visit that section
and see what a pride those York
county people take in their schools
and school work they will be ready to
say: “The half has never yet been
told.”
The boys have got their debating
society started. Last Saturday night
the subject was: ‘‘Resolved. That
General R. E. Lee was a greater gen
eral than Stonewall Jackson.” It
was after a hard fight decided in
favor of the affirmative. They meet
Friday night next. j. l s
George Corry in Trouble Again.
George Corry, a colored drayman,
was arrested here Monday charged
with raising freigh; bills. His plan
seems to have been as follows:
Wneu he would receive freight
at the depot to deliver to f mer
chants he would be given the
freight hills to collect the freight
He would then erase part of the
figures and raise the amount. He
would then collect according to his
figures and pay the agent the amount
of the bill us issued from the office—
and keep what he had added to it.
He was indicted in two cases and
bound over to the Circuit court in
both in the sum of $300 in each case.
He gave bond and was released. We
learn that several other raised freight
bills have turned up against him and
it is probable that other indictments
will follow.
Will Hegiu Work.
Cherokee’s new good roads ma
chines will begin work next Tuesday
in the southeast suburbs of Gaffney,
near the residence of Mr. Sumter
Littlejohn. We trust that every ma
chine will be in the hands of a man
who knows how to manage it, and
that the work will be laid off in a
scientific manner.
Consumption
The only kind of consump
tion to fear is “ neglected
consumption.”
People are learning that con
sumption is a curable disease.
It is neglected consumption
that is so often incurable.
At the faintest suspicion of
consumption get a bottle of
Scott’s Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use of Scott’s Emulsion
at once, has, in thousands of
cases, turned the balance in
favor of health.
Neglected consumption does
not exist where Scott’s Emul
sion is.
Prompt use of Scott’s Emul
sion checks the disease while it
can he checked.
Semi fur free sample.
SCOTT .V DOWN E, Chemist*.
409-415 Pearl Street, New York.
50c. and fi 00; all druggists.
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CROP (BULLETIN.
Report of Condition of Different Crop*
Throughout the State.
Columbia, April 7The week end
ing 8 a. m., Monday April 6rh, aver
aged about 20 degrees per day cooler
than usual, due to low temneraturcs
at irs beginning and again at its close,
while during the middle of the week
u few days had about normal tempera
tures. There was Mightiy more than
the usual amount of cloudiness. The
winds were light until the night of
the 3-4th, when easterly gales pre
vailed. Frost occurred on the- morn
ing of the 5th, light in places and
generally heavy to Killing, especially
over the western count ies The result
ing damage to fruit, tobacco, grain,
gardens, trur-k and tender vegetation
generally, cannot now be accurately
determined, but was not serious as
far as known.
Heavy rains on the 29th of March
rendered the ground unfit for plougn-
ing, and farmwoik wa« further de
layed by rain on the night of t' e 3rd,
that caused the preparation 01 lands
to be suspended for the remainder of
the w’eek.
The weather conditions since early
in March have been favorable for the
rapid growth of vegetation, owing to
that month having been unusually
warm, in fact the warmest March of
record, but it was also unusually wet,
and had an exceedingly small percent
age of sunshine, and light a-inds.
These latter conditions caused lands
to dry out slowly, so that ploughing
and preparation of lands in general
were delayed, making the season, to
date, a late one, except over the up
lands of the eastern counties where
the conditions were more favorable,
and where planting operations are al
most as far advanced as usual. Rice
is an exception, as the low lying
lands have been continuously too wet
to work
In the eastern counties corn is well
under way, in places nearing comple
tion, and some corn is up to stands
Some cotton has been planted, but
this work is not general. Tobacco
plants in beds are ready to transplant,
and some have been set out. The
acreage devoted to tobacco is being
increased, and the territory extended
well into the central and western
counties.
To the westward of a north and
south line through tho middle of the
State, little planting has been done,
and preparation of lands scarcely be
gun, owing to the wet condition of
the soil. Labor is scarce in some
sections.
The oat crop suffered severe injury
from a grain louse that infests fields
in the eastern, central and a few west
ern counties. The plants turn red
and soon wither where infested by
the louse. The wheat crop looks fair
ly promising.
The fruit prospects are good, with
the exception of regions in the central
Savannah valley, where nearly all
peaches are killed, and the crop will
be a small one at best. The truck
season is about two weeks earlier than
usual, and heavy shipments of straw
berries, asparagus, peas, cabbage, let
tuce and beets are being made, but
the recent cool weather affected ten
der vegetables unfavorably, necessi
tating much replanting. With the
exception that the soil contains plenty
of moisture, the conditions at the
opening of the crop season are not en
tirely favorable.
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opium, laudanum,
elixir of opium, co
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M. WOOLLEY CO.,
104 N. PryorStreet,
Atlanta, Georgia.
We are
Now closing out
our entire Stock
of Buggies cheaper
than they have
ever been sold. ;:
Don’t fail to see
ns before you buy.
Top Buggies at
$40 aud upwards.
Gaffney Live Stock
H. M. Johnson, Mgr.
GROVER GOSSIP
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The Farm Im the Life ami Support of All
Human Ueiucrt—Local IteniM.
^ Grover, April 8:—We have often
heard it said that the farmers feed us
all; and it is a true -aying. Were it
not for the farmers ah otner business
would soon have to shut down.
Most of the poor fanners are looked
upon and scorned us a poor, io/z-down
class of people by a lot of the busi
ness men; hut what would become
of them if it were not for the farmers?
Here is the great, trouble without
country today : There are too many
having the farms and hunting jobs.
It would be much better for a great
many young men, and older ones too,
if they would go to work on the farm,
rather than be loafing around the
cities and towns.
The farmer could dress fine, and
have a little money to jingle in his
pocket, too, if he could fix his own
price on his produce and get it, as
the merchants and manufacturing
companies do. They make their own
prices to sell their goods at, and fix
the prices an the farmer’s produce,
also, and he has to take it. It seems
that the farmers ought to have the
liberty to set the prices on their pro
duce, as tho merchants and manu-
■turers do.
The farmers are being delayed in
their work again by the recent rain
fall.
Mrs. Martin Hardin, the widow of
Martin Hardin, and Miss Willie Har-
d n, both of Cherokee Falls, are visit
ing relatives aud friends in this com
munity.
Rev. J. D. Bailer filled his regular
appointment at the Baptist church
here Saturday, Sunday and Sunday
nig.it. Mr. Bailey is preaching a
series of sermons from the book of
Revelation.
Preaching days at the Baptist
chur -h here have been changed from
tho third Sunday to the first and
Saturday before. ‘‘Striker.”
THE OLD RELIABLE
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&AKIH0
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
In MaKiHlmte Hrlclces’ Court.
Magistrate Bridges trie i m assault
and battery case Wedr e-’ay. Two
young men named Blantu.i and their
father were charged wi f h es-n.nlt and
battery on the percon of a much
younger rnan nume.l Manor. Mr. J.
O. Otis apnear-d for tue defendant
and Mr. J. Emile Harley for the
State There was a strong effort made
on both sides. After the argument
by the attorneys Magistrate Bridges
declared the two young Blantons
guilty and filed th^n fir • dollars nr
ten days each on the county chain-
gang The elder Blanton was ac
quitted.
A $3 000,000 oyster combine has
been organized at Providence, R. I.
‘•Clifton”
Are you acquainted with “Clif
ton?” A sack will convince you
that it is the best Hour manufac
tured. W. J. Wilkins & Co
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Suits That Suit
We have a large assortment of fine quality,
high grade “Superb” Clothing, which for style,
fit, finish and price, can’t be duplicated in this
market. We want to show you this Clothing, for
we know a look at it will convince vou of its merits.
EXTRA PARTS ARD SPRING SHIRTS
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Shoes and Slippers. We have them in all grades
and sizes—FRESH NRW GOODS—and an assort
ment to please any man’s fancy. They were bought
to sell, and we have put prices on them that are
bound to move them.
We have so much that we can’t mention every
thing here. Our goods are all of the best grade
obtainable, and you won’t .grumble at the prices.
We invite inspection of both goods and prices be
fore you buy elsewhere.
Al. IV olson,
OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE.
...BICYCLES AND BICYCLE FITTINGS...
We either carry it in stock, will get it, or it isn’t made. You know as well as *• A
we do that there are others who claim to sell bicycles as cheap as we do, and you ^
know as well as we do how much truth there is in such a claim.
From April 10th to 20th
we will sell for cash the following bicycles
for Exactly what we Pay for them.
We will not charge you one cent profit. We do this as an advertisement.
Columbias, Hartfords, Clevelands and Westfields. Crawfords
and Reading Standards, Ramblers and Ideals.
We have the largest shop in the county and are prepared to do all kinds of work.
We have.'an expert workman who has had several years experience in repairing guns, ♦
pistols, sewing machines, making keys, etc. In fact he is right up to the notch in
general repair work. All work guaranteed.
8c TOI^I^EDSON,
Gaffney, S. C., 118 Limestone St.
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JAM