Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ . Tub: i^e:i>oe:i«. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for the 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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. Beading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. the most the South employed THE RISE AND FALL OF A KINO. About fifteen years ago a ruddy faced, rotund youngster, employed in a cotton mill near Charlotte, was acting as correspondent for a labor paper published in that city. He was a ready writer, and. recognizing his own ability, gave up the spindle and the loom, moved to Charlotte and purchased, on|time, the paper for which he had corresponded. He conducted it with more or less suc cess until he became involved in a law suit with Gen. Julian S. Carr, the tobacco king, when he sold his principles for a few paltry dollars, and allowed the suit, which he had commenced in the interest of poor, suffering humanity, to be dropped. Later he conducted a news bureau, furnishing to the northern and east ern and western, and some southern paners, the most uncanny and absurd ly ridiculous stories that his imagi- hation could invent, never hesitating to distort the facts to make a story readable, even if he had a fact as a basis for th's story. Later on he secured from Chas. R. Jones, the one time brilliant editor of the Charlotte Observer, the title to that paper and ran it as an afternoon paper. But C. E. King’s heart was not right. His chief ambition seemed to be to do something wrong. Henry Howran, perhaps brilliant newspaper writer ever produced, had been on the evening Observer before King secured control ,of it. Howran was an unfortunate fellow who could not control his appetite. When King took charge of the paper Howran lost his job. He wandered back to Charleston and did assignment work on the News and Courier. His father, a Methodist minister, had educated him for the ministry. He graduated with honors at an early age and feeling that he was too young to take up ministerial work, went into the newspaper business, became one of the boys and finally drifted to the bad. After returning to Charleston he was converted and announced his purpose of taking up the work for which his father had educated him. He did so, and his brilliant oratory, and deep earnestness won for him the admiration of all who fell under the sound of his voice. King heard of Howran’s conversion and the wonderful success he was meeting with as a preacher, so he wrote him from Charlotte and asked him to come up and hold a meeting. Howran accepted. King took charge of everything. The meeting was held in the old academy of music, later a hotel, but now used as a hos pital. The meeting continued a week or ten days, collections were taken up with due regularity and the people contributed liberally. At the end of the meeting King presented Howran with a statement, showing receipts for hotel bill, hall rent, railroad fare, etc., and turned over to Howran a pitiful sum as the balance left. Howran, meek as a lamb, accepted the offering without a murmur, but from that day he lost faith in human ity. He returned to Charleston, got.on a spree and died of delirium tremens. King finally ran his course in Char lotte and left for parts unknown The next thing the writer heard of him he was employed on the Atlanta Journal. Finally he drifted West and then North. He conceived severs swindling advertising excursions and carried them into execution, the cities of the South and West being his victims. For a while he was lost from view. Some months ago we saw in the Sunday edition of the Charlotte Observer a wonderful ac count of how King had become the bead of a multi-millionaire concern called the Klng-Crowther Co., owners of Urge oil well regions in Texas. The story was to the effect that he had organized this gigantic concern which was to build railroads, con struct pipe lines, etc. He had opened an office in Boston and was doing a land-loan business selling the stock of this concern. The story was so plainly a paid advertisement that we wondered why so careful a paper as the Observer would publish it withuot first verifying its truthfulness. A few days ago the New York World celebrated its twentieth anniversary under the management of Joseph Pulitzer. That edition contained the wonderful story of the rise of King. It was copied by many papers, among them being the Charlotte News. And now comes the interesting part of the story. The Charlotte Observer of a recent date containedlseveraljclippings from the New York Commercial ex posing the gigantic fraud of the King- Crowther Co. This story goes on to relate that they have no oil wells in Texas, that they have no oil field. Even the land they were supposed to own has never been paid for and the entire assets of the concern are said not to exceed $2,000. Yet King, by advertising, has managed to sell several million dollars of worthless stock. It is said be owns a palatial residence in the suburbs of Boston, that he keeps several stenographers busy answering letters and acknowl edging receipts of money. Now the question arises: WT11 C. F. King ever be made to pay the penalty of his crime? More than likely he will be permitted to go scott- free with his stolen millions, while a negro thief who was caught stealing a chicken or a peck of meal would be sent to the chaiugang for a year. But after all there is little sym pathy for those who invest their money in these get-rich-quick con cerns. Still it would be interesting to know what the Charlotte Ooserver thinks of Mr. King and his opera tions, and why did it publish his ad vertisement of the fraudulent scheme as pure reading matter? NOTES AND COMMENTS. CROP BULLETIN. Our “street sprinkler” did excellent wont Wednesday and yesterday. In fact, it seemed to be in operation over the entire county. One thing The Ledger agrees with Mr. Wm. J. Bryan on, and that is the good roads question. In that respect the Nebraskan is eminently correct. Some one has facetiously remarked that this is not a good year for lieu tenant governors, since Missouri has one indicted for bribery, Florida has jus: had one killed and South Caro lina has one in jail for murder. One thing that we have observed while traveling is that the prettiest young lady on the train almost in- variablyjreceives the politest attention of the conductor, the newsboy and the entire crew. It’s funny, isn’t it? The literary address to be delivered )y Dr. Edward Farquhar in the audi torium of Limestone college next Wednesday evening will be one of the greatest literary treats that will be offered to the people of the State. None should miss it. Another white gentlemen in South Carolina has oeen convicted of man slaughter, this time in Greenville. Good! If a few of those now in jail on the charge of murder were hung, it would be an indication of return* ng reason on the part of jurors. Our county commissioners are mak- ng a mistake in entrusting the costly road machinery into the hands of in experienced men simply because they can hire them cheap. There is more economy in paying a good man money to take care of and secure results from machinery than there is in pay ing out money to repair it after being broken up by novices. Take the hint, gentlemen, we charge you nothing for it. Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, D. D., pastor of Plymouth church, Brook lyn, formerly Henry Ward Beecher’s church, may be a brilliant preacher and scholarly gentleman, but he is daffy on the race question. He has created u great deal of comment by bis declaration that he would con sider it an honor to make up Booker Washington’s bed. This remark was provoked because a white chamber maid in a Kansas hotel refused to make up the bed Booker Washington had slept in. Mr. Hillis has a right to his opinion and there is no occa sion for Southern people who differ from him to go iuto hysteri js over the matter. If Mr. Hillis chooses to act as chambermaid for colored peo ple let him come to Gaffney and we will guarantee that we can secure him a job that he will remember to his eying day, and it will be several days before he will be relieved of the fum even if uses a liberal amount of eau de colonge. Report of Condition of Different Crops Throughout the (State. Columbia, S. C., May 26—The week ending 8 a. m., Monday, May 25th, had a mean temperature of 79 degrees, which is 5 degrees above normal, making this the hottest week of tne year,as well as the first,since the crop season began, that was warmer than the normal. There was a gradual increase in warmth from the begin ning to the end of the week, at which temperatures above 90 degrees were observed over the entire State. The sunshine was largely in excess of the usual, and averaged about 90 degrees of the possible. The winds were light westerly to southerly. The warmer weather was favorable to crops and bas given corn and cotton a healthier look, and started a rapid growth wherever the ground con tains enough moisture. The condi tions were also favorable for the rapid progress of the farmwork. The week’s rainfall consisted of generally light, scattered showers, that fell on the 21st and 23rd. Por tions of Hampton County had exces sive precipitation, while the north central and western counties had none. Light hail fell in Kershaw. The need of rain is felt over the whole State, but only in the north, central and western counties has the drought become serious. In these sections, the lands have become too dry and hard to work, and generally they break up cloddy. Complaint is widespread that recently planted corn and cotton cannot come up until it rains; and that all crops are suffering for want of moisture, with a consequent fall ing off in condition, and that growth is at a standstill. The weather conditions were fa vorable on cotton, and a rapid im provement is indicated, ^but stands continue to be irregular, and in a number of localities the plants are dying out, while recently planted seeds are slow in coming up. The early planted came up poorly, with much replanting still being done, whole fields being, it some in stances, plowed up and planted over. Chopping is general, and in a few localities nearly finished. Fields are clean, as a rule, except in Beaufort county. Sea-island cotton has im proved in condition, stand and color, but all cotton is small for the season. The condition of corn is variable, but with a general improvement during the past week, due to the more favorable weather. Worms con tinue to destroy stands of young corn. All corn is small for the sea son. There is still much to plant in the north central and western coun ties. Fields are well cultivated and clean. Tobacco improved under the in fluence of bright sunshine and the hot weather. It is “buttoning ’ low m Florence, and the stalks are spind ling in Kershaw. The crop as a whole is quite promising. Mino." crops show marked improvement, es pecially melons and rice, but they stand urgently in need of rain. The fruit prospects suffered slight im pairment from dropping, although an average crop is still indicated Wheat continues poor, but the reports on oats are more favorable, and indicate a larger crop than has heretofore been expected. They are ripening and some have been harvested. Chinch bugs have damaged oats in York county. Lete truck is doing well, and beans are being freely shipped. Early peaches are being marketed. Pastures are failing. MRS. BYERS ENTERTAINS w ! th Japanese lanterns, with chairs, h issocks and rugs scattered about. After a while frozen punch was served to the ladies The young ladies were very enthusi astic in their expressions of the good time they had. The young ladies en tertained by Mrs. Byers were : Misses Marie Montgomery. Florence Griffith, Marion Satterwhite, Lucy Barton, Beulah Howerton. Moore, Blakely, Henderson and Harley Burriss. Delightful Recitals. Two delightful recitals took place at Limestote this week. Tuesday afternoon Miss Lucye Littlejohn gave a pianoforte recital which embraced a selection from the best known musical composers. The renditions w re exquisite and refleeted.credit up on the young artist and her instructor, Prof. Maxim Wednesday evening Mi s Lucy Barton gave a vocal recital, assisted by Miss Ruth Cooner, who also ren dered several musical selections. The programme consisted of the latest airs, and the rendition was pleasing in every respect, (^uite a crowd attended from Gaffney. Dr. Ford »t First Itaptist Church. Dr. Rufus Ford, of Bennettsville, who is to preach the commencement sermon at Limestone College next Sunday, will preach in the First Bap tist church Sunday night, services beginning at 8:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend the services. Electrical workers in Ohio met in Cleveland recently and formed a State association. Never pick a quarrel before it is ripe. mnm Shylock was the man who wanted a pound of human flesh. There are many Shylocks now, the convales cent, the consumptive, the sickly child, the pale young woman, all want human flesh and they can get it—take Scott’s Emulsion. Scott’s Emulsion is flesh and blood, bone and muscle. It feeds the nerves, strengthens the digestive organs and they feed the whole body. For nearly thirty years Scott’s Emulsion has been the orreat criver of human flesh. O w We will send you a couple of ounces free. SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists. ♦09-415 Pearl Street. New York. 50c. and $1.00; all dcuggiaU. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS Complimentary to MIhh Montgomery and Her College AHHoclate*. Mrs. George Garrett Byera’ enter tainment Tuesday evening was a pretty compliment to Mits Marie Montgomery, one of this year’s col lege graduates, and eight of her col lege friends. Yellow and white was the color scheme used in the dining-room— daisies being very tastefully uaed as decorations. A three-course supper was served, the guests finding their places by the very dainty little name cards, with the hostess’ monogram at each place. Baskets of spun canny filled with yellow and white bon-bons, made pretty favors. The waiters employed for the oc casion were: Messrs. Wofford and Walter Humphries, Maynard Smyth and Tom Clarkson. More efficient waiters are not to be found. The young ladies were very much sur prised on entering the dining-room to find these gentlemen prepared to wait on them at the table. For a little while the girls were so over come with surprise and laughter, that supper was neglected. The gentle men were very dignified, however, and would answi r no questions except about the serving After supper the guests repaired ot the parlor, there to find Messrs. Avery, Swofford, Osborne, Hames and Harratt waiting to receive them. Another pleasant surprise. After greetings were exchanged, Mrs. Byers invited her guests to the lawn and veranda which were prettily lighted o' Always reliable. Ladien, ask PnigKlst for CHM'IIENTEK'M KNULIttll in Kerf and « >»d metallic boxes, sealed with blue ribbon. Tawe no other. Keftioe dwiiirerou* aubatl- Uxtionaand imitatlona. liny of your DniKKist, )< send Ic. In stamps for Pnrl.rularw. Teatl- nnninlw and - Kelirf for Ladim,** in /rftrr, •' return Mail. 10,000 Testimonials. Sold by •u; Dnigglsts. CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO. Mutliaon Nquare, i’ll 11.A., FA. Mention thl* paster PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM IfUatnoi and beantiflet the hair. I Promote* a luxuriant growth. (Never Fail a to Beatoro Gray I Hair to its Youthful Color. ICurea aralp di.ra.ra & hair falling. ^iOCjand^L«^aM)niggirti^^^ Wood’s Farm Seeds. Cow Peas and It Is indeed a wise big own business man who knows ia Beans How’a Tit la? We oiler One Hundred Dollnrs Reward for my case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hair* Catarrh Cure. F. .1. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last IS yearn, and believe him perfectly honorable in all bunlnss transac tions and tlnauclally able to carry out any obligation* made by their Hrm. West ATkoax, Wholesale|l)rugglsts, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall’sCatarrh Cure Is taken Internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Drug gists. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Two of the most important crops for farmers everywhere. Write for leaflets entitled “ Soja Beans vs. Corn” and “Cow Peas—The Clover of The South,” giving special inforuntion about these crops. We carry large stocks of aM SEASONABLE FARfl SEEDS, Seed Corn, nillet, Sorghums, Teosinte, Late Seed Pota toes, Crimson Clover, Buckwheat, etc. Wood’s Seed Book and Special Circe- Inrs giving prices and seasonable In formation, mailed free. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, ^ mCHWOHP,. VHQIHIA. | MmnONEY^TAR “OSS’* Early Rlaara The famous little plUfe THE OLD RELIABLE ’ q-- pV-H-y j] -- Pi/'-' .-'.. . m m Absolutely Pure THERE IS MW SUBSTITUTE Native Orange ItlosHorns. At the pearl wedding of Mr. and Mrs. vV. H. Smith, last Monday even ing, Mrs. W. H. Smith, Mrs. W. W. Watt and Mrs. W. P. Smith wore orange blossoms, sent for the occa sion by Miss Fannie Littlejohn, of Asburv. Miss Littlejohn is quite a horticulturist and her beautiful orange plants take one back to the everglades of Florida. The following names were inadver- ter fcly omitted from the list of al- tendants: Brot Claude McArthur, Messrs. F. G. Stacy, D. C. Ross, A. C. Rridmore, Dr. Chas Jefferies, Misses Mary Jefferies, Alie Ross and Margarite Hart, of Yorkville. This was also the one-hundreth an niversary of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the eminent author. When you want, a pleasant nhys'C try Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by Cher okee Drug Co ; L. D. Allison, Cow- oens. | TIME TOl | PLANT ® 1 TURNIP | SEED. $ B Get an early start m and have a good §2 crop, we have seed M of all the choice tlj varieties. Don’t Pj wait till they are jg all gone. 1S. B. Crawley & Go. i j|j 813 Limestone Street ^ Si Druggists, Perfumers ami Sta- M tioners. Prescriptions prop- M erly filled and prompt- ^ ly delivered. IDLEYSHONETHCAR FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. You Must* |Try Our Soda • • • We can’t tell you how delicious our 9odawater£is;7you*Jmust try it for yourself. But it is just as good as we know how to make it—or as anybody else knows how to [make it. We have studied the soda question thouroughly and have put into practice all that we have learned. One of the most impor tant soda truths that we fully ap preciate is, that the making of per fect soda requires perfect mate rials—nothing less than the very best. This reduces profits, of course, but profit is not everything. • • • CHEROKEE DRUG CO. Prescription Druggists, Limestone anti Frederick Streets. Faculty Reception this Kveninj;. The commencement exercises at Limestone College begin this evening with the faculty reception, for which elaborate prepirations have been made. A faculty reception at Lime stone is like ■ill other events there, cannot well be missed. The whole- souled manner in which guests are taken hold of and handled from be ginning to end, almns* take, the young off their feet, increases the interpaf n f the old in the college and overwhelms them all with pleasure. After la tirlppe. Lest a worse thing befall, rebuild the consumed tissues and renew' the supply of red blood corpuscles with the quickest digested and mos; nutri tious flour made—Clifton. It is the product of native Kentucky wheat. W. J. Wilkins Sc Co. Notice, The stockholders of the Hlacksburjr Spin- 1‘int' and Knitting Mill are re uirsted to nieet at the City Hull. Blacksburg, S (’., on Tues day .1 une :toth. URN, ak ten o'clock a. ni , to act upon the three following propositions, con tained in a resolution passed Ity the Hoard of Directors on May 27tli, im to-wit: To in crease the capital stock of said mill to $luo.- nM. or si less sum; to issue flr.’.'Rtn of preferred stock divided into l^’o slisires of the par valtu) of flfsi each, on which a dividend of 8 per cent, per annum is gustrsinleed; or to issue bonds amounting to $12,000. bearing 0 per cent, in terest secured by a mortgage on the proper ty: lime of i he payment |ol whiclt to bte;fixed Jie ... by the Board of Directors. May J O. Ki.ack, Wm. Am.kuson, II. A. Tkipp, D. K Bnto, 20, June .V 1:2to M. II. Mottaow, G. M. I’l.lNE, N. W, 11 AKD1N, Directors A Shirt Tale That Will Interest Y ou • • • We have u large lot of Shirts at 60c—not $1.00 Shirts for 07|c—or 75c goods at —hut a guaranteed value for 50c—or your money back. The length of the Shirt is extra; it is cut full across the shoulders ; has heart-skaped neck band that won't force your collar up to your ears; the sleeves are cut regulation [lengths—i f you get your size the Shirt will tit you. * You should see these Shirts. You know how it is with us—your money back if not sat isfied. WILKINS- BRISTOW CLOTHING COMPANY. All that’s good in Men’s Wear.