Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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—- Tins i^ici>oici*. PDBLI8HKU TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. RY Ed. H. DkCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for tb« views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. NOTKM AND COMMENTS. Look over your waterpower on the smaller streams in the county. There are lots of small industries that they can run profitably. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The committee to raise money in this county for the Hampton statute will be ready in a few days to receive your subscriptions. Cherokeeans, go to its assistance and let Cherokee’s part go forth at once. * ♦ ♦ ♦ Young shad have again been placed in Broad river by the United States Fish Commisson. They were put in where the Southern crosses the river in this county. This thing has been done before, but there has been none of them seen or heard from after they were put in. While the shad lays its eggs in fresh water and the young are hatched there, it is understood that they soon seek salt water and remain there till laying time comes the next spring, when they ascend the fresh water streams to lay. This being the case, the shad recently put in Broad river will soon seek salt water, and when they attempt to re turn next spring, most of them will be caught in the nets which obstruct the river at Georgetown, and the few that the people of this section get, will be shipped from that place and sold to us at from sixty cents to one dollar each. None of them will ever be taken fresh from Broad river in Cherokee county, for if a few escape the devices for catching them at Georgetown—some of which are Slid to be unlawful—the damn ajrossBroai river at Columbia will prevent their further ascension of the river. Broad river will never have another edible shad in it above Columbia until prac tical fishways are placed in that dam. Lawn LocuIm. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Lawn, May 22.—We are needing rain now very badly in this section, having had hut very little rainfall for three weeks. However, farmers have a fair stand of cotton, with the ex ception of the early planting, which is poor. Mr. 8. J. Whelehel has been con fined to his room for the pa3fc two weeks, with mumps. “Sam” says that all may have mumps that want it, but he don’t wish any more in his. Mrs. Davis, of Birmingham, Ala., returned to her home last Monday, after spending a week with her mother, Mrs. W. D. Alexander, whom, we are glad to report, has so far re covered as to be able to walk about the bouse. Your correspondent and family, in company with R. G. Clary and family, went to Cherokee Falls yesterday on a fishing excursion—having the usual “fisherman’s luck.” Thank you! We prefer to buy our fish in the future. H. P. Gumtrek. Atteutlou, Farmers! The farmers of Cherokee who are interested in the Farmers Institute, are requested to meet at the city hall in Blacksburg on Saturday, May 30th, at 4 p. in., for the purpose of issuing an invitation to the faculty of Glem- son College to bold the Institute at that place at such time as may be determined upon. Phil R. Freeman, Clerk. CARNEGIE’S NEW MOVE Will Finance Project to Reform Our Language. NEED OF PE0N0UN0ING ALPHABET Fat Balanced It. Ad Irish soldier atteuding school, which is compulsory w’hen starting till after au examination has taken place, had great difficulty in bringing a sum to the correct answer. “You are a shilling out, Magee,” said the Inspector, “therefore you have failed again.” “Och,” said Pat, taking a shilling from his pocket, “take this, and it’ll make the sum right Hurroo! Succeed ed at last!”—Spare Moments. Weather a Danserone Topic. Newitt—Well, there's one thing about the weather—it’s always a safe topic of conversation. Borroughs—I thought it was today iwhen I met Lendham, but when I started to speak of It he said, “Yes, it’s unsettled, and that reminds me of that note of yours.”—Philadelphia Press. Phlloloel.’itn Have Won Sleel Mag- nate’n Help Toward IntroduelnK One and ChanfflnK the Speaking and Writing of l^ngllnh—Prettent StuttiH of the Movement. Andrew Carnegie lias come to the re lief of “the English language as she is spoke.” He has pledged his financial support to a movement which will bring about reform and correct abuses lu the speaking and writing of English, says a Washington special to the New York Herald. This Is in pursuance of Mr. Carne gie’s desire to have English the princi pal language of the world. The first step will be iu the direction of reform and simplicity.* Members of the vari ous philological societies who have been laboring for phonetic spelling and the creation of a pronunciation alpha bet aroused Mr. Carnegie’s interest in the matter, and he will finance the un dertaking until its completion to the extent of $10,000 a year. A meeting of educators, presided over by Melvil Dewey of Albany, was held in Columbia university, New York, on Feb. 21. Tins committee discussed the matter thoroughly, but so far as can be learned no definite action was de cided upon. W. T. Harris, United States commis sioner of education, who was invited to attend the meeting, lias been made aware of what took place and of the present status of the movement He said: “The need of a pronouncing alphabet for the use of the English language has long been felt. The movement has been fostered by the many philolog ical societies, and when the matter was brought to the attention of Mr. Car- uegie he consented to furnish the nec essary money if the project were han dled by responsible men. “At present a person is not able to tell tlie pronunciation of a word that is not common because of the fact that many letters have several—and in the case of the letter ‘a’ five or six—pro nunciations. Foreign words are intro duced iu our language, and their pro nunciation nas to be guessed at. There are many words that philologists de sired to have spelled differently or spelled the way they sound. “Take the word ‘though.’ It is ar gued that there should be a sign for ‘th,’ and the word would then be spell ed by using the sign determined upon for the first two letters and the letter *o.’ For instance, the English pronun ciation of the word ‘post’ is ’poust.’ We pronounce it ‘post.’ The accent on the vowel is almost lost That is due to the schoolma’ams of our land, who for the last 100 years have been telling John when he came to the word ‘post’ and was inclined to drawl over the ‘o’ to hurry up and not drag it out. “There are lots of things to be cor rected. The great result of this alpha bet will be to change the spelling of words to the way they sound (phonetic spelling). “Programme’wasandissome- times correctly spelled ‘programme,* but it is more generally spelled ‘pro gram.’ We save time and spell cor rectly the word we pronounce. “There are other slight and great re forms in English that there is a desire to establish, but they are all overshad owed by the move for the alphabet. Mr. Carnegie’s move is simply a plan to see what can be done along this line.” SHAW’S LATEST EFFUSION. Secretary Barsta Forth In Ver*e at Cabinet Meeting:. The poetry writing habit, which was given a boost by Pension Commission er Ware, has spread to the cabinet members, says a Washington special to the New York World. The president enlivened the cabinet meeting recently by reading the following from the pen of SecretaiT Shaw: “Go ask papa,” the maiden said. The young man knew her papa was dead. He also knew the life he had led, And he understood her when she said, "Go ask papa.” “That’s an easy thing to tell insistent office seekers,” mused Mr. Roosevelt as he ordered a bunch of copies of Secre tary’s Shaw’s effusion struck off on a typewriter. The president now is anxious to hear from Secretary Hay in verse. CORN HUSK HATS. Getting Even. Mrs. von Blumer—We must have the Biggsbys to dinner. We owe them one. Von Blumer—Of course. We passed an awful dull evening there, and it is nothing more than right that they should pass one here.—Brooklyn Life. linking It Enay. “You never allow yourself to read a book until yon have read a review of ttl Why Is that?” “Well, I prefer to use only predigest ed me^ Lai food.” Tin- Contly Panama to Have a Rtvnl Next Summer. Corn busks during the present season have been bought up for the purpose of utilizing them in the manufacture of a new style of hat which may become both fashionable and popular next summer, says the Philadelphia Satur day Evening Post. The material Is cheap, in fact, it is usually wasted. Properly cured corn husks are tough and may be folded without cracking. Dampened they can be made to assume any desired shape. The process of working com husks into hats is novel, somewhat Intricate, and is protected by patent. It is said that samples already turned out are artistic as well as light and strong. An element which enters significantly into tlie construction of the hat is the natural shape of the husks, which ta per in width from base to tip. When split, the parts maintain tins configura tion. as they parallel the fibers. This tapering of all the parts has been an important feature irt the man ufacture of the hat. The brim and top of the hat are formed by a series of layers of corn husks. To impart a nov el appearance the outer ends of some of these layers are pointed. Considera ble ingenuity has been displayed in the entire construction of the hat—even the hand is made of corn husks—and it is asserted that the result Is graceful and attractive and that, though it may be constructed economically to be sold at popular prices, more expensive brands requiring exceptional skill in the man ufacture will be turned out to meet the demand for hats at fancy prices. COTTON GROWING IN CUBA. Planter* From the United State* Are Inventifrating on the Inland. The question of the adaptability of Cuban soil to the culture of cotton is beginning to give the planters of the gulf coast states and Mississippi valley no little concern, writes the Havana correspondent of the Washington I’ost. Indeed, almost every steamer from New Orleans which enters the port of Havana now brings a number of prom inent visitors from the old southern “cotton belt,” the purpose of whose trip to Cuba is by personal investiga tion there to satisfy themselves upon this all Important point. Among recent arrivals in the Cuban capital are a party of Texans, experts iu textile matters, whose special object upon this occasion is to learn whether the insular cotton plant has ever suf fered from attacks by the boll worm, which has virtually destroyed the Lone Star State’s cotton crop this season. These gentlemen are visiting the sev eral provinces of the island iu which cotton has been produced and is now being grown to advantage, in none of which districts have they as yet been successful in their search for the de- ! structive insect which has troubled the planters of their own state. And in view of this fact it is anticipated that upon the publication of their report on Cuba in Texas many capitalists there who have heretofore hesitated to put money into this island may be expected to invest in the development of Cuban cotton fields. TUSK TEN FEET LONG. Rrlic of a Mammoth Bronght to Cht- (‘uko From the Klondike. A relic of a mammoth has just been brought home by a Chicago man from the Klondike, says a Chicago special to the New York Times. The relie, which speaks of a day wheu animals as large as houses trod the earth, is a petrified tusk of immense proportions, and its owner and discoverer is Henry Isaacs of Dawson City. It is over ten feet long. There are three tusks of prehistoric animals on exhibition at the Field mu seum. but none of them is as large as the one just discovered. In fact, the mammoth tusks, pronounced the lar gest in existence, measure i» feet C inches long, and were discovered in ITU!) by Schumaschoff on the shores of Lake Oncoul, in Siberia. They are now preserved in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Field museum is anxious to ob tain Mr. Isaac's prize for its prehistoric collection. Mr. Isaacs has also had of fers from private individuals to buy the tusk, one coming from Washington, but he will set no price upon it. Novellie* For Faster. There arc prettj things iu Easter novelties for the children. They are in the form of Faster eggs in wood, with decorations on the outside and inside, treasures in which children delight, says the New York Times. One egg contains a tiny tea set in red and white, another one in blue and white, and a third lias a toilet set. a wash bowl and pitcher of miniature size and a small glass carafe. In another of the surprise boxes is a work set, with nee dles, scissors, thimble, etc. There is a paint box, witli brushes, in another. Tops and drawing implements are in others. The eggs varj in size. Yew Map of Iceland. Geologists and geographers will be glad to learn that they may soon ex pect tlie publication of a new map of Iceland, on which Mr. Thoroddsen, whose labors in his native island are so well known, has been engaged for twenty years, says tlie Boston Budget. It is on a scale of one-six hundred thou sandth, or about twenty English miles to tlie inch, and thus affords at a glance an excellent picture of the general physical structure and geological char acter of the country. But it is also re plete with details which are expressed in symbols that take up little space and are readily intelligible. The map, of which we have seen a proof copy, is excellently engraved and printed in colors at Copenhagen and will be issued under the auspices of the Carlsburg fund. The title and table of signs and colors are in English. New York to Grow It* Own Ornnffea. H. J. Weber of the agricultural de partment at Washington declares that orange trees are now living and bear ing fruit in Baltimore and other places in a similar latitude, says the New York World. Mr. Weber predicts that before the department is through with its experiments with the hybridization of the orange the people of Pennsylva nia and New York will be able to cul tivate and market their own oranges. Good Work of Church Women. About a year ago the Rev. Walter A. Stirling, pastor of St. John’s church at Mount Morris, N. Y., gave a dollar to each woman of his congregation, asking her to invest it and bring back at the end of the year the profits. The fifty women have just handed in $411.80, the total earnings of the $50 invested. One farmer’s wife invested her $1 in a young calf, which she sold for $0 at the end of ten weeks. The $0 was Invested in poultry and returned $17 at the end of the year. Another sold popcorn at a local store and earned $10. IDEAS FOR SPORTSMEN Some Novelties For Use In the Coming Season. HEVER CASTLE’S HISTORY. Wanted. A DECOY DUCK THAT FLIES. It I* Provided With Metal WlnK* That Flnlter at a Slifrlit Pall of an Operating Cord—t'omhlnatlou Ice boat and SkininiinK Dixh Cnthoat. Gun* of Tiny Caliber. That “roughing it” as applied to the modern sportsman’s pursuit of fish and game, even in the wildest bunting grounds of North America, lias lost much of its meaning is one of the most evident facts demonstrated by the ex hibits at the recent sportsmen's show iu New York. Between the growth of luxurious habits among sportsmen, the efforts of makers of sporting goods to smooth the way and the inventive gen ius of gunners and anglers themselves the hardships that once were a feature of that form of recreation have been all but obliterated, says the New York Times. A veteran hunter of big game, be moaning this fact, declared that the only thing necessary now to bring to fitting completion the tendency of the time was for tlie sportsman to hire some one to do his shooting and fish ing. At the same time, however, he ex amined with keen interest an up to date camp outfit and made comparison between it and the half shelter tents and brush lean-to shacks of his own hunting experience that was much to the advantage of the modem equip ment. On every side were the evi- denoes of the advantages enjoyed by present day hunters and anglers and even the grumbling old sportsman made the admission, in spite of his contempt for the devices for ease and comfort, that with the novel aids in troduced each season hunting is more like sport and less like work than for merly. Some of the new ideas that will be put to use in the coming season actual ly compelled the veteran's admiration as promising help for the sportsman, a notable instance of this kind being a decoy duck that gave a fair represen tation of lligbt in response to the pmll- ing of a cord. Briefly described, the new decoy is provided with a pair of metal wings working oim hinge, which flutter at a slight pull of the operating cord, while a stronger pull causes the model to rise two or three feet in the air on a rod imbedded in a submerged platform, which answers as both bal last and anchor. Another creation of inventive duck hunters is a combination of iceboat and skimming dish catboat which while traveling on the ice has no need to avoid open water or breaks in the ice. for it floats as well as slides and, be ing well decked over, is equally at home on water or ice. In the boat line a distinct luxury is an “auxiliary” catboat which ought to find equal favor with duck hunters and fishermen. The smallest size of this craft that is made hardly exceeds the length of an ordinary dory and is fitted with a most compact one and a half horsepower gasoline engine. Another novelty in the form of a fishing and hunting boat is provided with a sheath ed screw so covered as to be perfectly protected from driftwood and ice. The sectional fishing boat which fish ermen have grown accustomed to see ing iu two parts, bow and stem, ap pears for the new season in four and five parts, so bulkheaded as to be prac tically nonsiukable even though one compartment may be opened at will and converted into a fish well or box, with water from outside the craft wash ing through. The parts may be sepa rated by the simple drawing of pins, and the sections then may be handled with great ease. The most distinct novelty in gasoline engines that has been put on the mar- ket for the season of 1903 is a device which provides an igniting spark with out the use of batteries or sparking coil. This equipment to a gasoline en gine generates its own electricity. The new things in guns include some that at first glance appear almost ridic ulous, the most striking novelties in troduced being iu guns of the smallest caliber made. An instance is a shot gun with a bore just equal to that of the familiar 22 caliber rifle. It looks a very suitable arm for the pursuit of humming birds or butterflies, and, in tact, it might be made useful for nat uralists or specimen hunters, though it appears the veriest toy. Another inno vation in small caliber arms is an Im provement on the older forms of mag azine rifle, resulting in a 22 gun which in miniature is like the military style of rifle in loading and is worked with the pump motion. In camp equipments the most decid ed innovation is in combinations of heavy waterproofed canvas with metal for kitchen utensils, the canvas folding flat on the metal base, so that practical looking pots and pails may be packed into the least possible snfce. Portable houses which seem excmiingly simple in construction will compete for popu larity with tents that really are canvas houses, the best pattern of up to date tent having a double cover all over and instead of a flap for entrance a framed and hinged door. Novelty in fishing tackle is represent ed among sportsmen’s supplies chiefly by elaboration of articles that are ac cepted as standard, lighter rods of all materials, reels of multiplied power and a few more varieties in flies, mak ing the only additions aside from a most murderous looking gaff hook, sup plied with more and sharper claws than others. FamiMin E*la(e In Fnalaml llaaKbt by Willlnm Waltlorf Anlor. Hever castle, near Seven Oaks, Kent, in England, which has just been pur chased by William Waldorf Astor, is situated in one of the most picturesque parts of the pretty county of Kent, not far from Pensliurst, says the New York Times. It is not large, but architec turally and in its associations it is one o‘ tin* most famous of the historical houses of the Fulled Kingdom. The castle is a very curious specimen of the domestic fortress and was erect ed by William de Hever, a Norman baron, who, under Edward III. (1327- ISbifi, obtained royal permission to for tify Ills manor house. His two daugh ters and coheiresses conveyed it in marriage to the families of Cobham and Brocas. The former acquired the whole by purchase and afterward sold the estate to Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy merchant of London, lord mayor of that city in the time of Henry VI. and great-grandfather of the ill fated Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII., on the death of Sir Thomas Boleyn, Knight of the Garter, earl of Wiltshire and Ormond and fa ther of Anne Boleyn, seized the estate in right of ids own wife and afterward enlarged it by purchases from others of the Boleyn family. The next pos sessor of the estate was Lady Anne of Cleves, and in the reign of Queen Mary the castle was sold to Sir Edward YVal- degrave. chamberlain to the queen's household. From his family the es tate passed to the Humphreys and finally to the Malieys, a Sussex family. Tlie castle as it exists now is a mass of buildings with buttresses, square towers, embrasures, square headed windows and one of the very few moats with water still existing in tlie kingdom. The great dining room, now used i« a kitchen, contains some of the furniture which was there in the time of the Boleyns. but the room which is most popular with visitors is that known ns Anne Boleyn’s bedchamber. It is beautifully paneled and contains the original furniture, including Anne Boleyn's bed. in it is a splendid pair of andirons bearing the royal initials H. A. and surmounted by royal crowns. Another room is said to have been used as a council chamber by Henry VIII. and has a curious stucco ceiling. There are many ancient stained glass windows in the castle, and tlie building contains dungeons, secret staircases and the other romantic attributes of a historic residence. Anne Boleyn lived at Hever castle up to the time she mar ried Henry VIII. A USEFUL HEN. Poultry Funner Claim* to Have Bred Oae That Doe* Work of Two. Charles Ilclmkc of Green Village, near Morristown, N. J., has a hen which lays two eggs a day, says the New York Press. The hen has been watched carefully for the last month and has not varied from that record since she was placed in a coop by her self. On two days siie has laid three eggs, but on the following days has laid only one. This hen is not a freak, but is the re sult of breeding experiments carried op for three years by Helmke. He had the idea it would be possible to pro duce a breed of hens that would lay every day in the year. He even thought it possible to produce hens that would lay two eggs a day. But he did not know how near he was coming to the desired result until March 1, when he placed this hen in a coop by herself for observation. Since that time she has laid sixty-eight eggs. Helmke is gathering the eggs for the purpose of hatching. He has three sit tings in operation. He believes that he has produced the greatest hen for com mercial purposes in the world. MT'AfivertlHemant* uuder tbU lit - i *111 o*. lutierled for one c.i nt a word i*iic1j .r,.o‘r- tlOL. No ad InNertfi] for Ipkk than t«*n cent# IXfANTKD Three good painter*; regular ’’ work; (food wiikis. Apply to A. H. Gaines, Gaffney, 8. C. 5-20-It. 'WfANTKD Three nice boarders; young men preferred. Apply to W. K. Thomas, 707 Limestone Street, \A/ANTK1> To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. AprSD-tf J. O. Jefferies. Notice. N OTD 'K Presli Marshmallows 20 cents the pound. Lipscomb & Richardson ft-liMf Jersey Bull. [KUSKY MILL For service at Oil Mil'. G. W. Itonner. 5-22-:»t-pd WANTED: To buy your milk, fat or poor cattle Will sell milk cows on installment or for cash, whichever you desire. Will ex change milk.cattle for beef or yearlings. 4-7-nno W. D. KIRBY & CO. ICE. CE---delivered anywhere in the city. W. O. Johnson. Phone 7. 5-15-tf Money Loaned. L OANS on Improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent. Interest. No commissions. For information apply to J. C. Jefferies, Attorney at Law. 11-22-lyr EY LOAJVEIY r ON COP NTH Y OK CITY t KEAI, ESTATE AT *» FEK CENT. G. W. 8PKKK, Attorney at Law. LOANS NEGOTIATED FOR BORROWERS ON R E A L E 8 TATE BUTLER & OSBORNE AiTORNEYS The manager of one of the most successful furniture houses in Greater New York was asked to what one thing, in his opinion, the success of the concern was most due. He replied: “The founder of the firm was a great believer in advertising, and to this fact may be ascribed the enormous business we are handling.” There is no business, however small, that cannot be increased by judicious, systematic, per sistent advertising. The giant oak does not gain its strength in a day. Magnificent buildings are not reared all at once, nor can their strength and beauty be appreciated until the finishing touches are put on. Is your business satisfactory? Are you making headway? Are you using to the best advantage the greatest of all business lev ers—advertising? If you are satisfied that you are, well and good; if not, drop in and talk it over with us. We have advertising space to sell, ari advertising is a part of oux business. Perhaps we can help you. The KIr*t Mo*qaHo. I'm the very tirsi mosquito of the year; (Hear my song.) I am singing tenor solos in youv ear Good and strong. I was bred on the Patapsco, And I’ll see where morning naps go; What care I where all your slaps go! Hear my song. Oh, hear my song! I’m the very first mosquito of the year. I’m the very first mosquito of the year; (Hear my song.) But I will not be the last one, never fear; You’re all wrong. For in April there ’ll be millions. And in May there will be billions, And by August undecillions. Hear my song. My high G song! I’m the very first mosquito of the year. I’m the very first mosquito of the year; (Hear my song.) Thought I’d beat your bed's mosquito cover here. Was I wrong? Always aim to strike the city Founders’ day, though the committee Doesn’t like my little ditty. Hear my song. My bugle songl I’m the very first mosquito of the year. When Lord Baltimore first landed, I was here With my song. And I did my cornet solo In his ear Good and strong. Never saw a fellow swear so. Fan the air and tear his hair so; He declared he couldn’t bear so Bad a song, My madd’nlng song. For 1 was the first mosquito of that year. Yea, I am the first mosquito of the year; (Hear my song.) And I'm happier than you are, ’cause Fm here With my gong. You may bar me, smudge and amoke me; You may slap me, you may poke me; You may curse me or may joke me. But my song Goes right along. I’m the very first mosquito of the year. They have found a bug to kill me, so I hear; (Hear my song.) But it cannot with my pleasure Interfere Very long. It will be the same old story When I tune my bugle gory, And I'll toot this bug to glory With my song, My killing song, For 1 am the first mosquito of the year. —Baltimore American. BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOOLGING. ALSO A FINE LINE OF Paints and Oils 50c to $1.30 per gal. goto l. BAKER of beautiful pictutes should arise wher ever the name of this gallery is seen or mentioned. Our PHOTOGRAPHS stand pre-eminent. Each one repre sents the thought, care and skill of the artist experienced in the use of the mod ern high class cam era. By studying our patrons we are able to pose them in a manner which adds much to their at tractiveness. June h. Carr 625 Limestone St. ’Rhone 176. Residence 171. nfiiiin iiniiinii