Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m ■ i rilBC PTIBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for views of correspondents. 1 /orrespondents who do not contri bate regular news letters must fur n^sh their name, not for publication but for identification.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. ^ibituaries will be published at five 0;nts a line. Heading notices will be published &<-. »i*n oents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. HAS mSTANCKt) TILLMAN. Senator Latimer, of South Caro lina, has widened the breach between himself and his colleague by making $100,000 in Mexico mines.—Washing ton Post. The Post is evidently ignorant of ex-Senator McLaurin’s declaration, to-wit: “Senator Tillman, if all re ports be true, you are guilty of steal ing something of far more intrinsic value than a sermon.” The allusion was to whiskey rebates; the occasion, a debate at Gaffney. Time, May, 1931. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The man with one idea is always in danger of being laughed at by people who have none. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The South won’t let the negro vote, but permits him to work for a living; while the north permits him to vote, but won’t let him work. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Dr. Parkhurst has been praising Oleveland. It is about the first time he ever praised any one but himself. Parky must have an axe to grind. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The mountain ftream is regarded as the emblem of purity, but it is generally crooked as a rail fence and always has a downward tendency. ♦ ♦ ♦ •♦ Mrs. Cleveland is said to be opposed to her husband re-entering poli tics. If the wives of some senators and congressmen would take a simi lar stand the country would be better off. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A French count who has arrived / in New York thinks he can give ar istocratic societv something to think about. Any old scate with a handle to his name can do that, the “silk stockings” not being very particular these days. The “lily whites” have been de feated in Alabama, and the “black and tans” will be at the next repub lican national convention with the same old delegation for sale. Mr. Roosevelt’s negro policy will avail him naught if some man is there who wants the nomination and has the coin in his pocket. Charlotte has a new afternoon paper, The Chronicle. We have not had the pleasure of viewing a copy, but are satisfied that it is a news paper in every sense, because it is being edited by that prince of writers, Mr. Howard Banks. It is being pub lished by the Observer Company, which is a sufficient guarantee of its typographical excellence. We wish it much success. ♦ ♦ ♦ ■• That postal ring at Washington seems to be about the rottenest gang of thieves that ever disgraced the government. The rascals should be ferreted out and punished to the ex tent of the law, regardless of the ef fect it may have on any political part/. The people have a right to demand an bon st administration of the affairs of the department, and they will insist that this be done. We want no screening of the guilty because they have powerful political backing. That but adds to the shame of it ♦ ♦ The daily newspaper dispatches last week contained an item to the effect that a secret organization had been formed in Boston for a great negro exodus from the south. Southern people who depend upon negro labor need not become alarmed at this an nouncement, because the only ne groes who will migrate to the north are the worthless class, and we can well afford to get along without them. The really good negroes are doing fairly well, are happy and contented, and the inducements that would tempt them to leave would have to be flattering indeed. Speaking for our self, we don’t care how many of the worthless element they induce to go north. And they need not confine themselves to the colored raie when making their selection along tbet line; but Miss Dixie has room for and need of all the industrious inhabi tants she can get, be they white or black. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We are not sure that our people have a proper conception of Lime stone College, its aims, its purposes, its accomplishments and its great work. We are too prone to loon up on it merely as an institution which affords a livelihood to a few profes sors and teachers, when in fact back behind it all is that magnificent principal which aims to be of lasting service to humanity. The salvation of a nation lies in education, and it is no less essential that its women be educated as well as its men. Tomor- row'night the citizens of Gaffney will have an opportunity to show their ap preciation of the college and its work ers. We are to have with us Dr. Ed ward Farquhar, of Columbian Univer sity, Washington, D. C., one of the leading educators of America. It is seldom an opportunity to hear so dis tinguished a scholar presents itself, and the people of Gaffney and sur rounding county would do themselves and the college a great injustice were they to fail to show their appreciation by not attending in full force. When the hour arrives there should not be a vacant seat in the auditorium. We hope it will be taxed to its utmost capacity. Farmers in many sections of the country are beginning to face the usual serious proposition of a scarcity of help in the cultivating and har vesting of the crops. Notwithstand ing advertisements are run in the city papers dai’y asking for hired help, the demand is twice the supply. Men who are idle in the city ser-m to have no desire to go to the farm for work, regardless of the fact (bat a good home, plenty to eat and reason able pay await them And a majority of people lose sight of the principal reason for this state of affairs. The fault to a great extent lies with the young ^farmers themsolves. As a rule, as soon as they attain their ujr- . jority the first thing they think of is | to rush to the cities, where, in the minds of many of them, money is plentiful and a gay life awaits them. This reduces the force ou the farms and in itself prevents young men from the overcrowded cities seeking homes in the country. It is hardly to be expected that men from the cities will take kindly to farm life when young men who have been reared as farmers rush off to the cities. The remedy lies with us. Let us make our home life desirable to our young men. Encourage them in their worK and offer them every inducement pos sible. The labor of a son is fur more profitable to the sire than the labor of inexperienced men from a city. And our young men have a better opportunity of making a name by re maining at home and using industry and thrift than they have in rusning off to the city and becoming u non entity in a place where there are ten men for every opening. The farm is the best place alter all. PLEASANT GROVE. Lawn LocalM. iCorrespondence of The Ledger.) Lawn, May 22:—“A great many negroes are leaving the farm, e.nd while there are a few good ones left, as a whole those who remain are mighty trifling and only stay there because they are not smart enough to make a living in any other way.” “And practically the same may he said of the poorer class of whites”— Editorial utterance of The Ledger, May the 19th. Now I am very sure that it was not the intention of The Ledger to cast any reflection upon the white people of this county. Therefore I will ask him to explain what he really did mean by the above utterance, before I undertake to criticise it. W. W. Whelchki- [If Mr. Whelchel had continued the article to the end of the paragraph he would have seen that no reflection was intended upon either the indus trious white or colored people, bo they ever so poor, for later on wo said : “God bless them, for they are the salt of the earth, and they are not to be classed as trifling or indolent.” No man has a higner regard tor the industrious poor man than this writer, but no man has a greater con tempt for idleness and laziness, and Mr. Whelchel is too intelligent to not know that wo meant no reflection on the honest and industrious poor.—Ed] Blast furnaceraen in Lancashire, England, hnve been given notice of a reduction of ihree and ont-fourth per cent. After lit Grippe, Lest a worse thing befaM, rebuild the consumed tissues and renew the supply of r-ol blood corpusfli-s with the quickest dilated and tnos-, nutri tious flour tnadi—Ollfton. It is the product of native Kentucky wheat. W, J. Wilkins A Co. Farm Work Frogrenslng Nicely—Good School* In the County. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Pleasant Grove, May 20.—News is very scarce in this county, now. The best thing we know of is that the ground is in fine fix for plowing, and the farmers are getting a move on themselves. As badly behind with the farm work as we all are, if we can get only a few fair weeks to work, we will get as much planted as we ought to plant, for if we are any judge as to how to farm, we think thai a great drawback to most farmers is plant ing more than they can well work. We would certainly like to see all of the farmers in this country decrease the number of acres they plant, and especially in cotton. Everything that the farmer raises to sell, now, he can get a good price for it—just a milk cow will sell for forty dollars, and a pig, only six weeks old, will sell very readily for three dollars. Now doesn’t it look like any common farmer might have a few cows and pigs to sell at such prices as these? There are more ways to make money now, for the young man or woman who is ready and willing to work, than have been for years. What we need now, is boys aod girls, men and women, who are educated and pre pared to fill all of the places that are awaiting them, and there is hardly any excuse for a boy or girl to grow up without sufficient educatioo% to transact any business with which they may come in contact. We are having good common schools in the country, good high schools in the towns, and the best of colleges in the cities all over the country. What we need is, as Thomas Dixon says, the Will power. If we will only try, we may succeed. Others have succeeded aod why can’t we? Roadster. A DOUBLE TRACK Iluntfa at Work on a Prallel L*nt> for The Southern. The J'ollowing article, taken from the Charlotte Evening News of the 29th, iost., is of interest to Cherokee- ans, and shows the growing impor tance of the section through which the Southern passes: ‘lu a very short while the Southern Railway will be given very active cd- eration looking to the double track ing of the entire line from Washing ton to Atlanta. In a quiet way, without the sound ing of any trumpets, this great rail way system has had a large force of hands at work between Washington and Orange, Va., laying the second track. Though this work was only com menced i short while ago, nearly 20 miles of double track has been com pleted and trains are daily running over the new roadbed. For more than a year the Southern has been contemplating the building of a double track. The large and con tinued increase in both passenger and freight departments has made it well- nigh impossible for this road to handle its present business. That section of the Southern roil, between Washington and Orange, Va., is by far the most congested of any. It is therefore very essential that the dou lie track be built at the north end of the line, first. A prominent official in discussing the matter with The News man this morning stated that the great increase in the business of the Southern makes a double track an immediate neces sity. From another source The News learns that this work will begin not later than the first of July all along the line. The officials are very anx ious that the additional trackage be completed as quickly as possible, and it is also very much desired that the work be|in at once.” Powell PttraKritpliN. iCorrespondenc® of The Ledger.) Powell, June 1:—The farmers have been getting a move on them selves for the last, few days. Corn and cotton are looking fine since the rain set in, and wheat is far better thnn expected Mumpt has Deen , ‘tMking a through” around here for the last month; out side of that the health is very good Mr. T. J. Oglesby, of this place, dieda few days ago with Bright’s disease. Mr. Oglesby was one of the most respected citizens of this com munity. He was a man who stayed at home and attended to his own business and let of her people’s alone; and while we regret very muih to lose a man like him, we must submit to the will of Him who doeth every thing well. Mr. Oglesby lea/es a wife and four children to mourn his loss, and to them we extend our sym pathy. Mr. Brigham Young passed through here Sunday en route to Mr. R. A. Bridge’s. Brigham says if any one wishes to see nim enjoy himself, just give him a good dinner and a half plug of “Ely” to put in his mouth, then he can “chew to set.” Mrs L. E Dorman and daughter visited Mr. VV. P. Love’s last Sunday. Mr. Summie Alexander has been qui'e sick for the last few days, but it is reported that he is some better today. x. A Towel In Addition. There is no use going to the dry goods store to buy towels when you can get a good GO-inch towel by buy ing a 48-pound sack of Clifton Flour When you buy Clifton you not only get the best flour made, but get the towel in addition. VV. J. Wilkins A Co. OWEN MEREDITH. A Giinic-r Spcecti «»t 111m That Elicited 13 owls of Dei-iaion. I niR-e sut at a banquet given in Lon don by \\ Ison Barrett to Lawrence Barrett, says a writer in an English magazine. Earl Lytton presided, a curled, oiled, e.,\ minute, supercilious fop. lit* h::d a Ibnnan tragedy to sell to Wilson Barrett. That was why he came. Ho eulogized Wilson Barrett In a speech. “I believe,” he said, “that Mr. Barrett won some success with fi piece called (consulting his notes) ‘The Lights of London.’ I suppose it was the work of some dramatic hack.” George Sims sat facing him and never said a word. Then his lordship went drawling on: “I next find ou the list of Mr. Barrett's successes .something called ‘The Silver King.’ Here again I know nothing of the authorship. The names of those dramatic carpenters do not interest me.” At which Henry Arthur Jones glared and a flush came into the face of poor blind Henry Herman. “Finally,” said Lord Lytton, “Mr. Wilson Barrett lias placed on his boards what ho humorously calls a Bo- man tragedy. I refer to ‘Olaudian,’ at tributed to one W. G. Wills, of whom I have never heard.” This was too much for the banqueters. All of them were personally acquainted with Irving’s pet poet, the modest Wills. So they howled derisively. And Earl Lytton’s tragedy, produced a month later, was a dismal failure. Superstition Abont Cats. In the Monferrato it is believed that all the cats who wander about upon the roofs during the month of Febru ary are really witches, whom it is law ful and even necessary to shoot. A German superstition lias it that if a black cat sits upon the bod of a sick man it is a presage of his death, while if after Ids decease it is seen upon his grave it is enough to arouse doubts as to the locality to which his souT has departed. In Hungary it is thought that cats generally become witches be tween the ages of seven and twelve years, A French belief concerning the cat is that if the animal be carried in a cart and the wind blow from it to the horses they immediately fall tired. If any part of the horseman’s clothing be made of cat’s skin, the horse will feel as though It carried a double bur den. In other countries, however, su perstition is favorable ratber than ad verse to the cat. A variant of the fa mous story of the Kilkenny cats is found in Piedmont, the cats being, however, replaced by wolves. Life SuvltiK Devices. Mimicry among butterflies, moths and other insects would be comic were it not a matter of life or death. Not a few- moths have at the hinder ends of their wings a black mark and two or more tails resembling the horfla of their own heads. A veteran in warfare not seldom has these portions missing, a jltoof of the value in having saved Ids life. Thus the lizard’s brittle tail, which, first attracting the enemy, comes off at ids touch, lots his would be prey escape. When at hay, crabs distract the enemy by throwing off their claws; and lobsters do the trick more neatly by seizing the enemy with a claw and then throwing off limb and enemy. Thus the bushy tail of the squirrel is accounted for^PThere is a chance of escaping the enemy minus only a mouthful of fur. The MlMNlwunry Apple Tree. In the rectory garden of Pysford, near Woking, England, there stands what is familiarly known as the missionary apple tree. The tree is a large one and of a good age and has been so named for the reason that for many years past it has been the custom of the rec tor of .the parish to collect the fruit, sell it in the best market and devote the proceeds to the missionary socie ties of the Church of England. Quite a large sum of money has been raised in this way, and the apples, which are of the Blenheim orange variety, always find a ready sale at excellent prices among the gentry and fanners of the district Afriean Native* and Salt. To obtain salt the Bakalulua and oth er African natives burn banana leaves and certain grasses and. collecting the ashes, place them In a large funnel in geniously made from large banana leaves. Through this they percolate water and then evaporate the filtered water by boiling, obtaining a fairly white salt composed of a very small amount of chloride of sodium and a very large amount of chlorate of potasli and other salts. Prior to the advent of the traders and the missionaries this was the only salt they had to satisfy the natural craving of a vegetable eat ing people. Inseparable Word*. “Say,” asked the red faced man in the hotel writing room. “How do you spell ‘unmitigated?’ ” “Why,” replied the stranger next to him, “it’s u-n-m-i-t—say, my friend, I wouldn’t advise you to call a man a liar of any sort in a letter. You’ll get yourself in trouble.” — Philadelphia Press. A Born Growler. “How’s all tlie folks?” “AH well, but—the measles Is In the neighborhood.” “Well, you orter be thankful you’re a-livin’.” “I reckon so, but—we’ve all got to die.”—Atlanta Constitution. A RAZOR’S EDGE. The Repeater. Jim—Would you call a man who steals another man’s funny stories or his plots and uses them a literary thief? Jams—No. I would call him a second story man.- Baltimore Herald. Minnie Teeth, Like Those of a Saw, Muke It* Keenne**. The edge of a razor consists of in numerable points or “teeth,” which if the razor is of good material follow each other throughout its whole length with great order and clearness. The unbroken regularity of these minute “teeth” goes to make up the blade’s excessive keenness. The edge acts upon the board not so much by the direct ap plication of weight or force as it does by a slight “seesaw” movement, which causes the successive “teeth” to act rapidly on one certain part of the hairy growth. The best razors, according to the microscopists, have the teetli of their edges set as regularly as those of a perfectly set saw. This explains the magic effect of hot water ou the razor’s blade—the act of dipping it thoroughly cleansing the teeth of any greasy or dirty substance with which they may have been clogged. Barbers often claim that ra zors “get tired’ of shaving and that they will be all right after awhile if permitted to take a rest. When in this “tired” condition a microscopic exam ination of the edge shows that con stant stropping by the same person has caused the teeth or fibers of the edge to all arrange themselves in one direc tion. A month of disuse causes these fine particles to rearrange themselves so that they again present the hetero geneous saw toothed edge. After this little recreation each particle of the fine edge is up and ready to support ids fellow, and it again takes some time h spoil the grain of the blade. Verdi Wu* HIkIiI. When Verdi was putting the last touches to “II Trovatore,” he was vis ited in his study by a privileged friend, wlvo was one of the ablest living mu sicians and critics. He was permitted to examine the score and run over the “Anvil Chorus” on the pianoforte. “What do you think of that?” asked Verdi. “Trash!” responded the con noisseur. Verdi rubbed his hands and chuckled. “Now look at this.” he said. “Bubbisb!” said the other, rolling a cigarette. The composer rose and em braced him with a burst of joy. “What do you mean?” asked the critic. “My dear friend,” cried Verdi, “I have been making a popular opera. In it I re solved to please everybody except the purists, the great judges, the clas sicists like you. Had I pleased you 1 should liava-pleased no one else. What you say assures me of success* In three months ‘II Trovatore’ will he sung and roared and whistled and bar rel orgaued all over Italy.” And so it proved. A Safe ProceedliiK. Lord Lyons, English minister at Washington during the civil war and afterward ambassador to France, was a diplomatist to the core, lie was ex ceedingly tactful in action and had the rare art of keeping his own counsel. When- Sir Edward Blount called upon him one day at the embassy in Paris lie found that a well known journalist had preceded him. The visitor was lay ing down the law in a loud tone, and when, after Ids departure, Sir Edward was received, lie took the liberty of saying: “May I he allowed to ask if it is quite wise to discuss state secrets in such a loud tone? I heard every word that was said, my lord, as I sat in tho ante room.” “Ah!” said Lord Lyons. “But even then you could uot hear what I said, for I said nothing.”—Youth’s Com panion. The Cherokee* and Polytheism. The Cherokee Indian was originally a polytheist To him the spirit world was only a shadow r y counterpart of this one. He hud no great spirit, no happy hunting ground, no heaven, no hell—all of which ideas were first in troduced to the American aborigines by Christian missionaries. Consequent ly death had for him no terrors, and he awaited the inevitable end with no anxiety as to the future. All his pray ers were for temporal and tangible blessings—for health, for long life, for success in the chase, in fishing, in war and in love, for good crops, for protec tion and for revenge. Dream* Explained. “Dreams," says an eminent lecturer ou theosophy, “cousist of recollections of the combined impressions received and workings of the physical and as tral minds. The soul and subconscious ness are independently active, and it is the confusion arising from the con founding of the thoughts of the soul with the exaggerated interpretation of Impressions received by subconscious ness which makes it so ofteu impossi ble to remember dreams.” Softer. “I have no doubt you have heard some stories to my discredit,” he said. *T don’t like to put it In that way,” she quietly replied. “How then?” he hopefully asked. “I have never heard any stories to your credit,” said she.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Precodoa* Yoath. Walter (aged five)—Papa, when I grow up may I get married? Papa—My son, I regret to see you an ticipate trouble so early in life.—Chica go News. One on the Minister. Rev. Tubthumer—I’ve been preaching this morning to a congregation of asses. Lily Sugarstick—Yes; I noticed you called them "beloved brethren.”—Ally Sloper. After a man passes fifty he finds that his hopes have to be jacked up and re painted twice as often as ten years be fore.—Atchison Globe. . 7' Seasonable? i Why, Brushes Complexion, Bath, Tooih, 5c to 50c; Nail, Lather, Baby, Cloth, Flesh, Paint, Shoe, Hair, 15c to $5.00— in fact anything in the Brush line you will find it here. Combs, Combs and Combs, 5c to $1.00. \ S. B. CRAWLEY 4 CO. 813 LimeStvie St. \ Drugs, Perfumery and StaCnnery. Pre scriptions Properly Fillev' and Promptly Delivered List of Petit Jurors. Writ of Venire Facias- for Thirty-Six Petit Jurors for June Term. A. I), iqoi. first week. J. L Perry.. Gaffney. K. R. Sapoch, Blacksburg. R. I). Jones, Gaffney, I). G. Cline, Blacksburg. J. W. Allen, Allens. J. L. Alexander, Gaffney. W. B. Isler, Blacksburg. J. F. Jolly, Grassy Pond. J. B. McCraw, Maud. Ivd H. Humphries, Gaffney. J. W. Byars, Macedonia. J. J. Allison, Gaffney. B. C. Wood, Maud. J. C. McSwain, Blacksburg, J. E. Gault, Littlejohns. II. C. Guyton, Draytonville. M. R. Stuard Mercer. Sam Ray, Maud. W. J. McGill, Rings Creek. O. H. Sarratt, Cherokee Falls. M. W. Littlejohn, Ravenna. J. M. Cox, Blacksburg. Green Humphries, Ezells. A. J. Burgess, Gaffney. R. C. McSwain, Gaffney. .S. M. Littlejohn, Gaffney. B. L. Painter, F>.ells. Aaron Hardin, Antioch. D. L. Yassey, Thickety. W. J. Vassey, Ezells. Jno. T. Ruppe. Maud. J. G. Wright, Abingdon. Lem Patrick, Wilkinsville. W. S. Hill, Turners. Richmond Stacy, Macedonia. J. D. Fulton, Blacksburg, COLLEGE OF GiiARLESTON CHARLESTON, S. 0, MATH YEAR BEGINS SEPTKMUER. 25. Letters, Science, Engineering. One Scholarship to each County of South Car olina. Entrance examinations held at Gaffney byjCounty Superintendent of Bal neation and Judge of Probate on July 10. Tuition #40. Board and furnished room in Dormitory, iio per month. All can didates for admission are permitted to compete for Boyce Scholarships, which pay 5100 a year. For catalogue, Address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. 0 Gaffney, S. C. You Must. Try Oar Soda - j • • • We can’t tell you how delicious our sodawaterris-'you^must 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 QO. Prescription Druggists, Limestone and Frederick Streets.