Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pi lie I^i^i POBLISHEU TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. RY Ed. H. DkCamp. people have something. Go to work, thou sluggard, and make some heart rejoice that thou hast been created, or else go put and end to thyself that your room may be occupied by some thing more worthy to exist. ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ L’he Ledger is not responsible for In the course of his speech in be- toe views of correspondents. half of murderer Jim lillman, asking Correspondents who do not contri- [ or a change of venue.a lawyer named bute regular news letters must fur- 3 JC b antt n, said to be a judge, is msh their name, not for publication, dited with lhi8 laDguage: .‘The but for identification. . . Write short letters and to the point p-ess is a cowardly institution, and to insure publication; also endeavor there is not a man in the court room Co get them to the office by Monday w jj 0 doeg DOt p a y deference to any and Thursday mornings. little $8 a week scribbler." If ihe Obituaries will be published at five 'v H circumstances warranted the asser- oents a line. ' , , L ....... . Reading notices will be published tion this man has indeed paid a high LIFE AND INDUSTRY IN HICKORY SECTION. People Alive to the Necessity of Good Roads. FARMING AND MINING at ten cents a line each insertion tribute to a poorly paid profession, All correspondence should bo ad- or ^ ^ on the charac « a 1T TTV _A T v\ dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager NOTES AND COMMENTS. First respect yourself if you would have others respect you. * ♦ ♦ ♦ The men who slip about and sell blockade liquor to boys on Sunday will some day be shown up to be the vile wretches that they are. L. Baker has in the past been prominent in promoting some big enterprises here. What is in the way of his organizing a general wood working plant and furniture factory here? Furniture factories pay well in other cities in the State and cer tainly can do as much in Gaffney. We wish to say it gave us no pleasure to write the baseball article A New Feature of Importance to All Faera in another column. We never like to of Machinery in the south. ter of those who were in the court house, including himself. If he was wrong he has established a reputation for veracity second only to the dis tinguished criminal he represents. In either case Jit is a deplorable state of affairs. But th i truth is that Bucbam n deviated from.the horizontal bar of rectitude in order to prejudice his bearers and the courc. He aid the scuttle-fish act—muddled the water, in order to keep oti.ers from seeing i what a bad case he had. But it will not work. As sure as a just God reigns supreme, so sure will Jim Till man be made to pay the penalty of his crime, unless he buys the jury, and we do not believe enough Lexington- ians can be purchased to acquit him. ! MANUFACTURERS’ RECORD. engage in Ja controversy or write anything that anyone might taae a contrary view of, but justice to nine While the Manufacturers’ ILcord : of Baltimore is of great value to > ver" j one interested in the material inter- I just as it occurred. Another cotton mill for Gaffney! That’s tae proper thing. The mills brave young gentlemen, who worked ests of the South, there is one depart with a will characteristic of noble- ment of that paper which is simply men, compelled us to state the case invaluable to every uu« engaged in manufacturing or mining, or in any way concerned in having machinery, i This feature is known as its •Goa- slruction Department,’’ and in that is published a list of every new manu- must come to the cotton fields and f,ieturing, mining or railroad enter- Galfuey is in the midst of the cotton prt.je, the enlargements of established mill belt <4 the Piedmont, therefore p tots, municipal improvements to bej , . . . . ... made, etc. Leading manufacturers | she must have her share of the mills ’ ® All honor to Mr. Cash and his a;so ciates for this project o' mi’chinery. engineers and con- | tractors, ami others throughout the May they live ; country, watch this feature of the; long and prosper, for they are num bered among those who do things. The Spar' ■■ urnal states that $2,500 ims uen» distributed by the central reliel committee for the relief of the flood sufferers among the famers of the county. If the central relief committee has any more funds on hand, would it not be well for it Manufacturer’s Record very closely in order to keep in touch with South ern development. Southern machin ery buyers are thus enabled to secure withuu. '■cwt io themselves competi j five bids from many manufacturers and contractors. It often happens that announcement of the starting of a new enterprise brings a hundred or more letters from the North and West, as well as from Southern manufac tures, thus proving of very great to distribute some of it for the reliel value to people who want to get the ol the flood sulterers among the farm- lyr ' 0 " ,e9 , t P rloe!i , “ D ri ® , The Manufacturers Record invites ers on the 1‘acolet in Cherokee and information of this character from Union counties? everybody in the South, without re- ♦ gard to whether they are subscribers The charges of the counsel of Jim or not. It wants the earliest news to Tillman against the Columbia State ! bt3 had regarding new mills factories, „ , , , . ,, mines, buildings, municipal improve- were so flagrantly false that they as- met t ) lhe isgl f iog of boDd9 fo r county tonished all well informed peop.o aucl O roiiy improvements, enlargements reminded them of the speeches of pol - to established enterprises, etc, and ticians of a decade or more ago when particulrrs about any kind of maebin- they made assertions regardless of er,> P urc>lttaed - facts,and won on them. The counsel Wants The Ledger, pretended to be trying to avoid pred-1 Harts Bi.ii-t, Tex,.June 21, 190.1. udice, when to observers they seemed Editor Ledger :—I you to please send write to ask me a paper to be resorting to old tricks to create that has ao account of the flood, the it. damage to property and all about the recent disaster. Crops look sorry in thij country, and very late. It rained here till the first of April; then quit and has not rained any since. Lots of cotton to chop in Texas yet. The crop is late : Judge Townsend may have had grounds to grant a change of venue, but he erred in stating that Attorney Nelson had done nothing wrong in reading just enough of an affidavit to and mighty little corn; can’t make carry his point and leaving off the re- anything here unless it rains a iol . , ^ and at once. I live with the same mainder. I be truth, the whole trut i man that I first began to work for and nothing but the truth should w hen I came to Texas. 1 have 3,500 prevail in a court house and it is just acres of laud under my super vision— as much of a lie to leave off part as if a considerable farming and stock the whole thlog were a lie, Judge r “ ncb - “ kee P s hustlin 8 ^ . 7 around over it. lownsend to the contrary notwith- One day last week I killed a rattle- standing, for it was Nelson’s intention snake six feet and seven inches long, , with seventeen rattles and one but ton. I send you 25c; please send me The Ledger three months. James R. Ri.ackwood. to deceive. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It may be intemperate, but it’s the truth. The law’s delay is responsible to a great extent for many of the Jyncbings in this country. Just men become outraged at the tricks of the CowpuDK 1’icnlt-erM Cowi’ENs, June 28—Yesterday, morning, the 27th, a merry crowd lawyers and the connivance of the jgft; Cowpens for Thickety mountain courts. Jurors are selected oftimes, spend the day and have a jolly not for their knowledge and fairness, time picking huckleberries (and fight- but for their ignorance and prejudice, ing “chiggers” the next day). We It has become an easy matter for a bttd S ood things to eat, criminal with money and influence to Thickety mountain is situated in! escape the gallows, while now and Cherokee county and is a fine piaoe then a less prominent white man or for a picnic. Cherokee people ough' negro is executed by law to give some be P roa( l °f *ucr» a fine nbrne tor semblance to Its mandats and dig. Up0 '' We had a tine tim - « 'ini'iir h nne We stopped on the rad and To hear some people talk one the young Rdi-s had supp-r spread would think that it is a disgrace for a out before u-*; and you r.un gu-ss man to make money. Let us put this whRt was flonM ,,,xr - Attt-r rt-fr.sh- bug in your ear: ‘‘The fellow who does not make money in this day and time will have very little ice for bis tea.” We have infinitely more re spect for the honest money maker y° n wbo does something than lor the J^rOTdet y 'Don't iat fault-finding croaker wbo loafs about | nrxt t j ine and is always grumbling because other W. J. Wilkins & Co ing ourstlvus w<- pr.needed homeward. __Zig Zag Oh, Y«h! You wish you had ordered Brans- ford's ‘‘Clifton’’ flour for to-day, but D isn’t our fault; we to deliver at get caught napping Hickory Grove Moving AIoiik in a IJulet Way with Improvements Now anti Then— Gootl Koatls Meeting and Town Election Held—Gold Minlni; and Other Items. vCorret,pondence of The Ledger.l Hickory, June 23.—A number of copies of your valuable paper reach this office and as no one represents The Ledger here as news reporter, we will give you a few items. Hickory Grove is moving along in a quiet way. No improvements made in the last few months except the new residence of Mr. B. F. Scoggins in the extreme upper part of town, con venient to his farm. The residence is a large two story house of modern style and is an ornament to that por tion of the town. The enterprising spirit seems.to be at a low ebb here— we don’t even hear it talked of. There was a good roads meeting called for last Saturday afternoon; about twenty responded to the call and attended the meeting. Severa. prominent farmers were present. Rov. J. L. Oates was called to the chair, witn W. T. Slaughter as seer • cary. Every one present was called upon to express his views on the sub ject of good roads. Most of those present responded in a few words. Seven delegates were appointed to meet the county convention in York- viilc the first of July. Another meet ing will be held here before the coun ty meeting in order, if possible, to nave a much larger attendance of the people. Folks appear to have been ih'.nking on the importance of ha ring good roads, which are so much needed in York county, and it is hoped that some plan will be adopted whereby good results will follow. Our public roads ure in a deplorable condition in York county, except where they have been worked by the chainguug. We visued the farms of the Smith Bro&. ou iast week. We found that the recent overflow had entirely de stroyed the crops. They are now planting cotton and corn again and hope to at least make one-half crop of cotton on bottom lands where they made two bales per acre last year. It will be the first of July, with fair weather, before they can finish plant ing. They will re-preparo land before planting. We also were at Mr. W. S Wilkersou’s. He was busy planting corn ou his bottoms where he had not planted. His early planted corn was being plowed, also, at same time, His bottom, consisting of about seventy- five acres, is on what is known as ‘‘Sandy Branch.’’ He has his bot tom land well drained and in fine condition to make good crops Where he once had large fields of cotton he now has fields of cane. In fact he told us that he was not letting cotton trouble him much. He makes large quantities of syrup which he has canned in half and one-gallon sizes. This he sells by wholesale and retail an I has no trouble to find purchasers. He has a modern equipment of ma chinery to convert his cane into syrup. Mr. Wilkerson is a wide awaKe farmer—one who thinks, reads and acts, and good results follow h*s judgment in all he undertakes. Mr. Scott Cobb bought the old Morrow farm last wint r and has made a noted change in the appear ance of things around there. He had been with Mr. W. S. Wilkerson for years before he bought this place. Ii would be a fine thing for eve.ybody if the country were full of such farmers as Scott Cobb. All branches of busi ness would be fabulously improved and life would be worth living. Last week was a fine one for farm mg business and ihe farmers worked like tigers. We had a very fine rain lasting an hour or more, at this point last Mondat evening. Messrs. J 1). Whitesides & Bro. constitute a new firm of merchants in Hieaorv Grove, l uey opened witn t, line ot groceries and farm supplies but are now putting in a full stock of general merchandise for the trade Mr. Whitesides runs a large farm and also has cotton gm, corn and saw mil s in Hickory Gr >ve. He is very popular and gets his share of the business. There are now seventeen ehiidn n in Hickory Grove A R P. Orphan age. Rev. J. H. Simpson still holds the position as superintendent, with Miss Beatrice Mills, of. Chester, as matron. Mr. Simpson runs a small farm in connection with the orphan age. We have two R. F. D. routes—No. 1 is carried by Mr. Joe Leech and Mr. J. H. Wylie is carrier on No. 2 These have added to the revenue of the postoffice of which Mr. J. K Allison is postmaster. The rural route system we think is, or can be come, one of the greatest civilizers of the age ami should be given all the aid and encouragement possible. We are giad to see that the authorities at Washington saw the error of their ways, even under compulsion, and decided to not discontinue these routes, and to establish more of them. The Woodmen of the World have a camp of about fifty or sixty members at ibis place. Mr. W. T. Slaughter, who is State sovereign, resides here, and quite a number of agents are working from this point and report good results Mr. Henry Leslie, who has bad typhoid fever for about eight weeks, is now fast convalescing. His daugh ter, who bus also had fever we are glad to say is improving and her friends hope to see her able to be out scon. Dr. find Mrs. Sun Cade, of Bor deaux. S. C., were visitors of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Slaugh ter, last week. Election for town council is pro grossing today ( Tuesday) Ticket is withou: opposition. For mayor, J D Whites des; wardens: J. 8. Leech T. H. Leslie, A. T. Helton and W T. ! Slaughter. There has not been an election of this kind here for over a year. The old council threatened to resign, so an election was ordered for Friday. Mr. John Dowdle, of Hopewell sec tion, is in town today and looks much better than we expected to see him He sayi he is able to work some and can eat as much as be ever die. Wheat and oats crops are reported very light. Rev J. L. Oates, pastor of the A. R. P. church here and at Smyrna met his appointment it the latter place last Sabbath. In connection with this charge he conducts services at the Cherokee Fal's Mills every first and third Sabbath evening. He reports bis wortc at that point en couraging and has a fu'l house at each meeting. Rev. Oates is a young man with an excellent wife and two little girls in family. He is a hard worker, fine preacher, and he and wife are much beloved by all wbo know them. Riv. A. I) Davidson, who has be°n supplying the Baptist church at this place monthly, met his last appoint ment l8°t Sabbath and that evening It was announced that night that Rev. H. P Jordan, a young man just out of the seminary, would locate here the first of July and take up this charge in connection with or bet churches. He is a young man wUh no family. We extend him welcome and wish him abundant succ-ss in this his first field of labor for the Master. Gold mining is ir. operation a‘ the Magnolia and the Schlegellmilch mines n* ar Mere on the Smith BroV propertv. Mr. R. A. Lewis, of th- Magoolia Mine Co , is superinteodent of this work. He and family, to gether with Mr. J. L Daniel, who is to place the macniuery which is ex pected early, are at Mrs. Belle Smith’s. The machinery will be a three-stamp mill with the capacity ot a ten-stamp mill of the old kind, and will be located at the Magnolia mint They now employ about twenty men, but later on will employ a large force of men at good wages to carry ou their work. They will all need teams to freight the ore from the mites to the plant for reduction. This enterprise will, we hope, prove of great value to the community. Dr. T B. Whitesides, of Blacksburg is here looking after the interest of his farms one mile south of Hickory. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Whisonant, of this place, have charge of the Pied mont Springs. The springs wears her old garb. No improvements having been made for this season, although the company have promised a new hotel for several seasons past. The water is fine and we believe peopfl have been benefitted by the use of it. The air is pure a* d we believe that Mrs. Wtrsonaut will cater to ttn- inward man satisfactorily. We wish them success Mrs Grundy reports that, there will be a union here soon of a May H iwer to a divine wbo is in the Decemb'r time of life. Nothing ike it. Yours truly Bland Wanted. Advertisements utnler this head will oe inserted for one cent a word each inser tion. No ad inserted for less than ten cents WA NTEI) -Scrap iron, brass, etc. E. T. Wilkins & Co. tt-2-tf W ANTED—To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. ApriM-tf J. C. Jefferies. For Sale. ■T lBonner, Grassy Bond. S. C. [H)U SALE Pics and milk cows. Andrew 0 :xi; 7 .{-pd for sale. Wtn. G-liti-t’t. QJOME fine cows and calves ►J Jefferies, Home, S. n. F OR SALE House and lot near Second Bap tist Church. Butler & Osliorrio. 5-2li-tf BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,! FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULDING. A I,SO A riSE LINK OF Paints and Oils 50c totl.30 per gal. L. BAKER Money Loaned. L OANS on Improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent. Interest. No commissions. For information apply to J. O. .'efferles. Attorney at Law. 11-il-lyr JY ILOAJtKP OR city 6 PKR CENT. G. W. SPEER, Attorney at Law. ON COUNTRY READ KSTATK A’l Meeting. E VERY MEMBER of the Woodmen of the World is requested to Ik- present tonight. The morning degree will be conferred on some of the members. All members not pay ing heir assessments by the 1st will be sus pended till they do so. ti-:i0-lt G. W. Sf'KKK, Clerk. White Man’s Restaurant. We have opened up a Restaurant in rear of our Cycle Shop, on Limestone ; Street, where we will serve at all hours the best that the tnarket offords. Every thing will be kept neat and in first-class order and meals prepared by competent cooks. LET US SERVE YOU. LOAN'S NEGOTIATED FOR BORROWERS ON R E A L E B T A T K BUTLER & OSBORNE AiTORNEYS 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. 4-7-1mo W. D. KIRBY & CO. A Charm Above The Ordinary about the pictures taken at this studio. They have the fi delity to the origi nal which the cam era alone can give but show also ar tistic individuality. Photographs made by us are beautiful in every way. Long exper ience enables us to pose each sitter io the best advantage. In tone, effect, fin ish and lasting qualities, these pic tures are unsur. passed. JUNE H CARR, 635 Limestone St. ‘Phone 176. Residence 171. '.ifnti f|W' s i& IS Cost Sale Having bought out, the Poag Mule Co., we offer the entire line of Buggies and Harness at and be low cost. These buggies are new and up-to-date and if you are in the market to buy now is the time. Caffney Live Stock Company. New Painters. Wt* are not exactly new painters, having oeen In the business for several years, but we are a new linn In the painting- business. Experience has taught us that the laborer does the work while ihe contractor gets the credit anil the money. We want the credit and the money for the work, so have forme a co-partnership to do a general palntit, business. We solicit the work of the peopl', of Gaffney and surrounding country, prom ising iirst-cluss work at the lowest living prices, guaranteeing satisfaction. Carriage painting a specialty. ('all on or write ns and we will give you prices that will make it interesting. GAINES & RAMSEY, Shop next door to Steam Laundry, GAFFNEY, S. C. if You Want The People To 5ee Your Advertisement, let it be legal advertising or otherwise, you must necessarily place it, in The Ledger. It is the only paper in Cherokee county read by the masses. 'A PARKER & TOLLESON, Winthrop College Scholarships and En trance Examinations. The examinations for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 10th, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July loth, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination. The next session will open about Septem ber 16th. t9o:i. For further information and a catalogue address Pres. 1). B. Johnson, Rock Hill, 8. C COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, S. C. IISTII YEAR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 25. Lelters, Science, Engineering. One Scholarship to each County of South Car olina. Entrance examinations held at Gaffney by'County Superintendent of bal neation and Judge of Probate on July 10. Tuition $40. Board and furnished room in Dormitory, $10 per month. All can didates for admission are permitted to compete for Boyce Scholarships, which pay $100 a year. For catalogue, Address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. Straw Hats and Slippers. I have decided to close out a lot of Straw Hats REGARDLESS OF COST. Also a lot of Men’s, La dies’ and Misses’ Slippers to go AT YOUR OWN PRICE. See them; they are rare bargains. A few 5 and 10 gal. kegs Tennessee Sorghum left. It is the genuine article and only 35c a gallon in 5 gallon kegs. Biggest line of Shoes in town at lower prices than you pai elsewhere. Clothing, Hats, Dry Goods and Notions at prices in keeping with the times. I have as complete stock of General Merchandise as can be found in the’eity and only ask that you call and get prices and I am sure ofja customer. Respectfully, J. I. SARRATT. T A 1VJ ^ Made on Real Estate in City of Gaffndf al *-*yj**l * **? County of Cherokee. Abstracts furnished. Ac ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Star Theatre Building.