Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tv- ■■-'vrSVv. • r f The: J-<e:i30b:i«. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for ti e views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri- bate regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 mills or their operatives. This is good, and we trust that if there is a siogl e person who is base enough to steal one cent’s worth from those wreched mill oompanies, or one of their impoverished, to say nothing of the dead, operatives, that that person will be caught and the severest punishment imposed on criminals of his class by the laws of South Carolina will be given him in full. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The response to the call for aid to the flood sufferers was magnificent. The contributions came from every sections and all classes. The prompt ly IS DENOUNCED HERE. Flood Story In Out of Town Paper Creates Stir In the City. [Spartanburg Journal June 10th.| A sensational and highly colored story in an out of town paper telling of Vthe suffering of the operatives SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Fanners cut a great deal of their wheat this week. A heavy rain fell Wednesday two miles j west of the city. A good many young chickens are com at Clifton which" has been' bitterly in « in an<1 the y brin S K ood P rices - intense for the past few hours”— June 9, is exciting a great deal of talk and denunciation on the streets today. The article was sent out from Spartanburg yesterday by a member of the staff of the paper in question who bad been sent here to handle the Hood story. A portion of the article is reproduced: “Many of the operatives are not One of the county’s ti action engines was brought to the city Wednesday. Workmen are making fair progress on Col. Wardlaw’s new house on Limestone street. Lockhart mills in Union County es caped with only $1000 as damages and are at work. A number of our people continue to go to JPacolet and Clifton every day to see the ruins. only without shelter or clothing, but 1 arifn roiiinh iKa rvannia roonrmrlpH went to bed supperless and Rev. J. M. Steadman wnll preach Sun- ness with which the people respo they ^ ave w i t hout bread for the day morning on “Some lessons that we shows that a fellow feeling exists in part of the time since the dis humanity. Two contributions worthy aster. are those from “Judge Williams and a Mr. Mor rison personally of special mention Gainesville, Ga., recently visited by a cyclone, and from colored people. It must be remembered in this connec tion that few colored people are em- should learn from disasters. Additional contributions to the Gaines- T1N ORE. The discovery of tin ore in Chero kee county of a rich quality and in paying quantities, is exciting much interest, and has already put our own people to work and brought prospectors among us from a distance. It is known that Cherokee county contains more minerals in her soil than any other county in the State, and while much mining has been done here and many thousand dol lars worth of gold and other valuable metals and stones have been dug out, all of the mining that has been done has been in the most primitive man ner. Yet often it has been profitable. The prospecting now going on for tin ore will very probably not only bring more tin ore, but will open up de posits of other valuable mineral de posits. Our people are usually alert and are adequate to business emergencies. But it seems to us that it would be well, at this juncture, for them to be cautious and not give option on their lands supposed to contain minerals. If you give options, your land may be put out of use to you for several years, while if you retain control of them, you can hunt minerals your self or allow others to do so on terms wore concerning the that will require immediate work and district, which were copied from Ihe enable you to utilize the results in a State aod due credit given. The next practical and busiuess way. host story by a semi-weekly contained 1,100 words of original matter and . " ville tcniado fund not previously repurt- went through the e( j are) \ ^ Wood $5. and S.|S. Ross $1. 3 of Clifton No.l, 2 Jim Dumps’ young wife while yet a bride Some biscuits made with greatest pride. Jim looked with fear upon the food, But to a bride one can’t be rude. “Let’s eat ‘Force ’ first, dear, ’tis ray whim,” It saved the life of “ Sunny Jim.” Force The Ready-to-Serve Cereal A practical civil engineer to lay off mid half work for our good road machines would )e worth three mill districts _ . . . . and 3 today and they simply confirm ea ^ n .that the county authorities the information cootaioed io theee ‘feS"' 8110 " ? f hilv : n « » ,. ... . . . man who knows how to work road ma- dispatcbes yesterday that there are c hj ne s ployed in cotton mills, and they are of^UrvatioS^but’ab^utdy With light rains alinost every day, the only men to do the heavy work, yet wit b 0 ut shelter or homes.” S rou ” ( . i 18 too wet to| plow, farm work the colored people have contributed “‘After this great trouble on Sat- j^emj^muc i iehind and grass is grow-- nobly to the relief of the unfortunate urday, (aid Judge Williams, all of us whites. This in itself is enough to 8°t together and a personal canvass ., , .. . ,. was made of the sufferers around us coovioce the race fanatics of the bere s( m|11 No 3 W(j diTided (Qr North that the whites and blacks of f 00( j 1DC i made every arrangement that we could for the sufferers tempo rarily, thinking that something would be done for their comfort by the mill owners in a day or two. Nothing has been done, however, and Rev. Mr. Boozer will preach at the the conditions are getting very bad P iresb yA er,an c . hurch next Sunday morn- wlth us here. But they are nothing compared to what they are at Mill Nos. 1 and 2. “ ‘At the latter place the suffering is terrible, and why the committee when in doubt, eat it the South are not at enmity and that so far as they are concerned there is no race issue with them. We trust it will not appear im modest to refer to our report of the Pacolet valley flood in the last issue of The Ledger. No other newspaper in the entire country contained in a be worth more to the county than a dozen fellows who want a jqj). The mills of the Cherokee Falls Manu facturing Co., at Cherokee Falls on Broad river, suffered only very slight damage by the great flood and are at work. All “Sunny Jims’* Row. “ In our household ‘ Force ’ is as fa miliar and welcome as ‘Sunny Jim,’ and that’s saying a good deal, for wo aro all ‘Sunny Jims’now. “R. L. Stoni.” W—6 mg. No services at night. The pastor will conduct services at Blacksburg. single issue as much about the dieas- i 1° Spartanburg does not loosen up ter as did last Tuesday’s Ledger. No more X ^ D \ understand. . ,, . , These people need food and money, other semi weekly paper has pub- The y are not being treated right at lished one-fourth of original matter all. Something should be done and as did The Ledger. The Ledger con- done at once. If it isn’t we will have tained 7,500 words concerning the a. lot of starving people on our hands. story of the flood, besides a column m, . . » .u ,. . „ The body of a man was taken out of The chairman of the relief com- PacoIet riVer Wednesday near H. D. , mitcees, B. H. F. Chapman, speaking Mathis’farm. It was taken out on the editorial. Five thousand words of 0 f the above said that hw had visited south side of the river, and we were un- the story were written by Ledger both Clifton and Pacolet and had able to learn if it was indentified. men, one of whom spent the whole of talked personally with the relief com- ^ Irs Wm McCraw died at her home Sunday on the scene of the flood, and “ittees of those towns and that they near Fizells last Sunday after a long ill- . . - . ’ , stated that if there was any suffering ness, and was buried Wednesday at New two thousand five hundred words amon g th e operatives such as is de- l>1 —-—* - l u ' r, •" e ' : — Lawn Locals. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Lawn June 8.—W. W. Wbelchel and R G. ( lary went tLiiiug one day last wjck, with an old to.v oaek seine, The county chaingang is working in and they report the catchiug of one now. Mr. Fill Clary has hundred and twelve fijh, some cf which were as large as one’s little finger. Mrs R G Clari’ oe -b'-tled In r 19th birthday, last Si. M rday, hy t ik ing dinner with L t r mother, Mrs. Wm. Penningror; The rmeut heavy rains h!iv r > rlore considerable dtimag® to tf Q crops io this section. Our farm°rs are now wanting to see dry weather fully as badly as they were wanting to see rain two weeks ajjo. “Gum” and “Bel” and the little “Gums” spent last Saturday and Sunday with relatives at Jeter, S C. two sections charge of one section on the east side of Broad river, and Mr. Hal Jefferies at Gil- key mountain. The first train to pass through on the Southern after the flood was No. 35, which went south Tuesday night and 36, due here at 7:20 a. m. arrived here an hour late Wednesday. CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS W* _ •*I "311-,'\4il.i* ;i in ji.m! and '» •*<» tneuuiic oo.ves, sealed with blue ribbon. Fawe no other. il . iu.a.v. "f your Druggist, > *end Io. in sr,,.,nrv f - -iiji, , Tontl- and "tvonoi *o l.n-Ho-.. “ n Wter, - -eiw-it WitH. 1<V'oo ■. amount s. i-jld by ■u: OrUKKIStS. CHICHEET3It OTIEIilCAT OO. lino jHuiIImoii ^quarv. 1 PA. Mentlor ;■ .sie The funeral services By keeping control of your mineral J. C. Blanton, of the Ceuterview Pucolet mills scribed above they did not know of were conducted by Rev. I). O. Powers, of section, has the finest field of wheat i The it. These committees have gone over he Wesleyan Methodist church. that we have seen this year. Ir the situation thoroughly and think R. B. Powell was before Judge Bridges the bear(ied variety. “Jonas’ is one that they understand what they are Wednesday charged with violation of the doing. The committee is accomplish- dispensary law. After investigating the ty ing all that can be done. Ample case, the judge committed him to jail to is of i one of the best farmers in Cherokee coun If it keeps on raining for anothir Dr. Woolley's jasers of morphine opium, laudanum. Oil | PAINLESS | PIUM AND Whiskey Cure Ixlr of opium, co caine or wnlskey.a large book of par ticulars on home or sanatorium treat ment. Address, B. M. WOOLLEY CO., 104 N. PryorStreet, Atlanta, Georgia. land ?t>nerallv vou will have access 5,500 words of copied matter, making money and supplies have been sent await trial next week in the court of gen- week, somjbody’s going to have sotre o thfrlt'o 5 , th „ » or , d which a total of 0.600 words against 17,500; j to Clifton and Pacolet to meet all ds- -J— He was released on bond grass, and don't 700 forget lu take! or 1,100 words of original matter, maDtls usds upon the committee. <> 1 M. P. UUMlREh. I the average Ghf>rnk r, ean can care of him- dim yuu will keep against 5,000 for The Ledger. The posted on ( nioo 0 and be in better Ledger feels proud of its achievement shape than our monazite miners who and thanks its friends for thrir words Letter of Thanks from Gainesville. by take what is offered them for mcna- zite in the Real market without acy more knowledge of its value in the general market than men who never heard of monazite. of praise abilities. concerning its newspaper The following has been received W. H. Ross cityjclerk. Headquarters Relief Association. Gainesville, Ga., June 5, 1903. | To Our Many Sympathizing Friends: Like Niobe of old, Gainesville, Geor- Cherokee county is profoundly thank ful that the floods passed through her without taking the lives of any of her people or destroying much of her prop erty; and she is also thankful that she has been able to contribute aid to her The State board of railroad asses sors, at its meeting in Columbia last week, decided to increase the assess ments on railroad property, and nearly every line in the State has felt NOTES AND COMMENTS. If report be true some of the mill people in the flooded districts have desolation, hearts burdened with grief, acted verv badly. There is a rumor are everywhere about us. As though sorrowful for the destruction they have wrought, the elements seem to weep gia’s Queen City, sits weeping for her off in her house with her husband, son children. Clouds of sorrow, scenes of j and daughter and all drowned in the suffering neighbors. the increase suggested by the board. Mrs. Augusta Calvert, who was washed The9e ri are 8ub i ect to P rote8t that able bodied uninjured men flood at Clifton,was a sister of our worthy fellow citizen, Mr. I). W. Cooper. Her husband and herself had hosts of friends in Cherokee who mourn her fate. A teacher has appeared in New York who says that work is repug nant to the soul. He must belong to the “smart set” or the hobo clan. Colonel Albert A. Pope, who made millions of dollars in manufacturing bicycles, attributes bis phenomenal success to extensive advertising in the newspapers of the country. A well-known authority says that a great deal depends upon the finish- gathered at the company store of the with us; scarcely a ray of sunshine has Several hundred bolts of goo ds washed Clifton mills and dje m a n d e d V ie e T aden sbles slnce that fate- out f rom p aco let Mills and gathered up what thev were oleased to term their fl : d Monday, June 1, and our beautiful by the farmers on Pacolet river in this what they were pleased to term their city is constantly drenched with “tears county were hauled to the city Tuesday from the skies. Out of the clouds ot an( | so j ( ] f or t ] le ni in company, gloom and sadness with which we are 1 - - • - share of the contributions sent io. The money contributed was for the relief of those actually in need, those All of it , , , . , , was wet, and much of it was in bad con- f ll ^ r i OUn< t< i bo ' vever ’, a 'Oice has come, dition. Our oulv regret was that the bidding us be of good cheer. Georgia s company could not realize full price for who had suffered loss by reason of the « reat heart has responded nobly to our it 1 . call for aid and from city and hamlet let- , 01 ters of sympathy, bearing evidences of The court of general sessions and com- the brotherhood of man, in the shape of mon pleas will convene here next Mon checks and drafts, have come to feed the day. Judge Klugh will preside. We are hungry, relieve the suffering and bury , glad to state that the judge will find the dead. To every one who has contrih- light dockets in both courts. The case uted of money, stores or provisions, of the State vs. Upton for the killing of sympathy or words of encouragement, Philips will probably come up and will Gainesville returns her heartfelt thanks elicit more interest than any other case flood, or those who had by reason the destruction of the mills been thrown out of a means of livelihood and had nothing to go on. Of course there was a feeling of sympathy for all, but it was not intended that the and revision, but if the recommenda- ; tion of the board is finally adopted the State’s revenue will be increased ! $20,000 or 5 mills on $400,000 Tills j is indeed a substantial increase, for the railroad property was valued at but $12 000,000 last year. contributions shonld go to those who and prays God’s richest blessings upon ing touches of a toilette. That may had loBt not hi D g and had money or the giver thereof. be so, but most meu are of the opinion that the touches are all about the same, beginning and finishing. •♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ “Progressive Matrimony” is the game that just now absorbs the at tention of the smart set of New York and Newport. We have reason to be tbanfcful that our forefathers were plain, stupid—and respectable. Andrew Carnegie is'playing in hard luck. The Canadians won’t have anything to do with bis gifts because Andrew said they would eventually be annexed to the United States. The truth quite often hurts. He might find some relief by sending a handsome contribution to the Paco- let-Clifton sufferers. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ “Smash the machine,” is the cry that Is going up all over the country. The commou people could not do a better thing than to smash every political machine in existence, in every political party. So long as machine politics are permitted to rule, the public will receive scant courtesy, and as for their rights— well, the people will never have any. Smash the machines and let the voice of the people rule in this free repub lic. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We learn that the Clifton and Paco let mill companies have deteotives all along down the river, and io towns and cities, looking after the interest of the companies, and that they will prosecute to the full extent of the law every person found appropriating to bis own use any of the goods of To citizens of Gaffney, S. C., we hereby acknowledge the receipt of $105.25. Gratefully yours, Z. T. Castlebury, Treasurer Relief Fund. that will be before the court. son College closed Tuesday and all our boys got home Wednesday and all of them have made creditable records. provisions on hand. This unfortunate occurrence serves to bring out the widely divergent instincts of hu manity. Some of these people would starve before they would beg, some of them would seize upon the occasion to play upon the sympathies of others who are|less fortunate than they. It’s a strange conglomeration of humanity that exists and it would tax the wis dom of a Solomon to properly dis- promoted to 4th captain, Vernon Baker Shoe Store, will hold a relief sale at criminate between those who deserve to 5th captain, Lawrence Wood to 2nd their respective stores tomorrow Five to be helped and those who do not. line sc’-geant, and M. B. Sams Vernon per cent of all sales will be contributed Phillips and J. S. lurner, ot the city, to the Pacolet Valley flood sufferers. Ihe worst is over, however, and after , Wm. Anderson, Jr., of Blacksburg and This is a commendable move on the part Ed Porter, of Buffalo,“are promising G f the Messrs. Switzer and they should students of whom the county may well enjoy a large patronage for this occasion, i be proud Mr. W. Lipscomb' 1 Wood, an aged and highly respected citizen of Spartanburg county, with many relatives and friends , ' in Gaffney and Cherokee county, died Wednesday morning at 2 o’clock, after a ; long and painful illness. He was buried Cieintiou Boys at Home. at Pacolet yesterday. Many relatives and The commencement exercises at Clem- friends from Gaffney and the county at tended the funeral. Disease takes no summer vacation. If you need flesh and strength use Scott’s Emulsion summer as in winter. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 409^15 Pearl Street, New York. 50c. and £1.00; all druggists. Wood’s Farm Seeds. Cow Peas *»> Soja Beans 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 information about these crops. We carry large stocks of aM SEASONABLE FARfl SEEDS, Seed Corn, Hillet, Sorghums, Teosinte, Late Seed Pota toes, Crimson Clover, Buckwheat, etc. Wood’s Seed Book and Special Circu lars giving prices and seasonable in- formation, mailed free. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seodsmon, • RICHMOND,* VIRGINIA. 40 V PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM Cle»n«es and beautifies the hair. Promote, a luxuriant growth. Never Falls to Bestore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cure, scalp discnac, a hair tailing, trie, and 11.(11 at Dniggiitl Wintbrop College Scholarships and En trance " The examinations for the award of vacant scholarships in Wlnthrop College and for the ; admission of new students will be held at the : County Court House on Friday. July 10th, at i !) a. m. Applicants must not lie less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July 10th, they will be awarded to those making I the highest average at this examination. 1 The next session will open about Septem- 1 U-r 10th. 1903. For further Information and a catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C, A Kellef Sale. Morris Switzer, proprietor of The Dixie Samuel L. Jefferies, of the city, grailu- Cxootls, Clothing and Shoe Store, and All /at tn/i rwAve tYQcefwl in rn^ir ated. All of the boys passed in their ex- .. , , ^ • , aminations. Lafar Lipscomb has been ^Switzer, of the Outlet Clothing and WATER ALWAYS SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ all the real losses will fall upon the stockholders, for whom there will be no contribution. Corinth Mission Kally. The members and pastor of Corinth church invite all friends who are in terested in missions to worship with Mr. Curry Hurt. Last Saturday,while superintending the work of putting in the new white pressed brick front of J. I. Sarratts’ store, on Limestone street, Mr. J. H. Curry had the misfortune to be struck on the side in order that the contribution may be a large one. Similarly, when High-Class Furnishings are wanted the fastidious customer seeks our mammoth establishment them on next Sunday. There will be of the head by a mass of falling brick two services, with dinner .served be- and mortar. Mr. Curry was knocked tween, and all are cordially invited senseless and had to be transferred to his home, where he received medical treatment. The injury, while painful, was not serious, ami Mr. Curry is again about his building operations, but as a result of the accident he has a very badly discolored face. to attend. UROGRAM. 11 a. m.—Service of Soug. 11:30 a. m.—Sermon, Rev. C. F. Felrnet. 12:30 p. m.—Dinner. 1:30 p. m.—Service of Song. 2 p. m.—Mission Address, Rev. A. C. (Jree. We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for OUT EstSlblishmSIVt, OUT StOCk, OUT VfllliGS, OlIT Msth — iny case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by . . _ _ , ..... . .. . Haii’scatarrh curej^^ & ro To| ( q ods and Our Record sustain this sweeping statement. We, the undersigned, have known F.’ J. 1 __ uAinr -runr — Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him _ wE NOw HAVE THE — perfectly honorable in all bustnss transac- _ _ 4 _ rTT 1-, 4 Most Up-to-date Line of House Furnishings in West &Tkdax, Wholesale|Druggists, Toledo, ; * 0 O. Walding, Kinnan & Makvin, Whole- 1 sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh 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. Only Intelligent. To intelligent mothers we recom mend Scott’s Emulsion as a help for weak children Nature does its best —but a child oftt n stays weak (or the lack of help. Little daily doses of Scott’s Emulsion bring strength. — Russia consumes a large portiou of: the world’s output of olive oil. It is used extensively in the ceremonies of the Greek church. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at Its expiration. 80 watch your label and tbe date and renew before 'tls too late. Gives 'Dorfont Full y nine-tenths of the ills ol mankind can be €?G L traced to irregularities of the stomach and bow- Health els< When these important organs fail to act A A regularly the system becomes clogged with impurities, and perfect health is impossible. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir in a pleasant lemon drink which acts gently and thoroughly cleanses the system. It is the perfect liquid laxative, and is good for every member of the Ti/t family. Fifty cunts a bottle at all drug-stores. MoMley’t Lemon Hot Drops are without any equal LBfTlOtl for coughs, colds, bronchitis, sore throat, etc. . Elixir the Upper Part of the State. We can furnish your home from kitchen to parlor. Wr carry Furniture, the famous Buck’s Stoves and Ranges, Tinware, Wooden ware, Crockery, Glassware, Silverware, Cut Glass, Trunks and Machines; in fact everything to furnish your home. Call and inspect our mammoth stock and be convinced that we undersell all competitors. Respectfully, THE ACME FURNITURE COMPANY Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledger office, Gaffney, 8. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us your orders.