Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The: X-*E:oCrE:i*. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for tb« views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. 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. Reading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH AT SHELBY. [Special to the Charlotte Observer.] Shelby, July 4.—Shelby was in gala attire today. Hunting and national colors hung from every portico and the town was full of patriotism. The feature of the celebration at Shelby was a game of baseball between Gaffney, S. C„ and the home team on the local diamond. Shelby scalped the Chero kee Indians to the tune of 9 to tt. The above would have appeared in the Charlotte paper, but as the scalp ing was done by the Indians the Shelby correspondent of The Obser ver forgot to send the special. Great is the local correspondent of the big city daily! NOTES AND COMMENTS. As a general rule a smiling face depicts a pure heart and a clean con science, but there are always excep tions to the rule. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ There will be hot t'mes in the old town, but it isn’t a marker to what it will be next February when the mayoralty contest takes place. Those who can’t look on the sunny side of life these days must either be terrible old croakers or confirmed invalids. It’s not the sun’s fault that you can’t look on him. What a soft snap ye country editor has in “the good old summer time!” With nothing to do but sit in a cool office and have the sheckels roll in, is there any wonder that so many people delight in the profession? ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Gaffney missed her Fourth of July •elebration ar.d many people were the wall ’ and the poor deluded victims lose their money by intrust ing it into the hands of unscrupulous robbers, while the thieves escaoe. Such is justice! No wonder there is so much rascality when the courts find themselves unable to cope with designing scoundrels. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Over in York County is a gentle man who has made quite a reputa tion as a marriage artist. He is known as ’Squire Bailee. The Char lotte Chronicle devoted a column editorial to him the other day and demanded that his commission be revoked because as a result of the ’squire’s performances the divorce courts of Mecklenburg had begun to grow to alarming proportions. We can’t see that the accommodating ’squire is to blame. When folks get marrying into their head they never rest until they take a dose of the medicine, and very often they don’t rest then, therefore it makes little or no difference who ties the knot. LOCKHART LOCALS. No Celeeratlon on Fourth Except the Mer ry-go Round—Personals. (CorreeDondenc* of The .Ledger.) Lockhart, July J4.—This is the Fourth, the glorious Fourth! On the day when independence was declared, 127 years ago, John Adams said: “It (the Fourth of July) ought to be com memorated as a day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Al mighty. It ought to be celebrated with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illumination from one end of the continent to the other.” Since that time it has greatly de teriorated and debauchery has taken the place of the innocent sports that once were the amusements of the day. In the South the negro has come to the front and captured the day. But why that race should see anything for them to celebrate is more than this scribe can tell. The bell that proclaimed liberty to all did not pro claim any liberty to them. The white man might as well undertake to cele brate “Emancipation day.” At Lockhart we are not celebrating much. Most of the movable ptople are gone to other places to celebrate. They have taken advantage of the ex cursion rates and the stoppage of the mill and are visiting friends and rela tives at other places. The only amusement that we can boast of is a “merry-go-round” that is receiving a very liberal patronage among the boys and girls of the town. An occasioral gray beard is seen PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People You Kuow aod People You Don’t Know We had the pleasure yesterday of a call from Mrs. Willie Goforth, of Goucher, and Mrs. John H. Lip scomb, of this city. They looked through the office and promised to return and see us print some time. Walter Baker spent the 4th in Charlotte, N. C. Roland Gaines, who has been on a visit of some weeks to his sister in Georgia, returned to the city Friday. He reports a fine time, and while he did not say so, he looked like he would make another visit to Georgia soon. County Commissioner J. A. Scruggs attended a meeting of the board yes terday. Albert Bettis, a prominent citizen and successful farmer of Mt. Paran, across the Broad, made a business trip to the city yesterday. John G. Goins, of Cherokee Falls, paid The Ledger a visit Friday. Mrs. J. C. Spears and two children, of Jonesville, returned home Monday after spending several days with her mother, Mrs. Agnes S. Wood, on Granard street. County Commissioner W. C. S. Wood came to the city yesterday. E. P. Macomson, Esq>.. a’ promi nent planter of Mercer, was a busi ness visitor in the city Friday. M. M. Tate, of Webster, came to the city Saturday. He reports great improvement in the appearance of both corn and cotton since the hot weather set in. Also that the crops about Webster are pretty well worked out. Ed. Hames, of The Ledger, was among the rooters for the Cherokee Indians in Shelby, N. C., on the 4th. Capt. A. Urquhart, of Blacksburg, was a city visitor on the 4th. County Commissioner T. L. Bryant favored The Ledger with an appre ciated call. E A Trescot, Esq., of Blacksburg, spent some time in trie city yesterday on professional business. Henderson Carroll, a prominent Kings Creek farmer, was a city visi tor yesterday. C. A. Spencer, a successful farmer of the Corinth section, came up to the city yesterday. Dr. D. S. Ramseur. a prominent physician of Blacksburg spent some time in the city yesterday. Misses Xell and Emma Wood left yesterday for Knoxville. Tann., to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. 0 Lipscomb Col. Martin, of Martin’s Falls, one of the old Broad river fishermen who loves to talk of the good old days when he could catch fish, paid The Ledger a visit yesterday morning and renewed. Miss Maggie Bryant, of near Trough, is visiting Misses Maund and Nancy Thompson, on Victoria avenue. Miss Bryant will visit other friends and relatives in the city be fore returning home. J. D. Jones went to Spartanburg yesterday. Mayor Little spent some time in Spartanburg yesterday. Magistrate W. E. Mabry was a business visiter in the city yesterday. E. K. Belue was an appreciated Ledger visitor yesterday. T. T. Goforth, a successful Goucher creek farmer, came up to the city yesterday. J. A. Whisonant, supervisor of reg istration, came to the city yesterday on official business. County Commissioner Edmond Pettit came to the city yesterday on business. J. L. Strain was a Ledger visitor yesterday. Lost. Advertisements under this head will oe Inserted for one cent a word each Inser tion. No ad Inserted for less than ten cents J^OST—Gold link cuff button with "S. L engraved thereon, left at this office. Suitable F.” reward if Notice. T O THE PUBLIC—We will shoe horses for 45c all royind at Fortenberry’s old stand. Tom Henderson & Co. 7-7-tf Wanted. TITANTEI) -Iliils on the old Alliance ware- house—either to buy or to tear down. J. Eb Jefferies. 7-7-lit W ANTED—To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr29-tf J. 0. Jefferies. For Sale. FPlln SALE—Pigs and milk cows. Andrew tBonner, Grassy Pond, S. C. ti-JO; 7-3-pd F OR SALE—House and lot near Second Bap tist Church. Butler & Osborne. 5-29-tf For Rent. F 0K A iri wi RENT—A three room cottage with good well water; next to my resideece. J. I. Sarratt. tf Money Loaned. L OANS on improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent, interest. No commissions. For information apply to J. C. Jefferies. Attorney at Law. 11-22-lyr “°NEY CENT. i at T .o ON COUNTRY OR CITY REAL ESTATE AT 0 PER W. SPEER, Attorney at Law. New Painters. We are not exactly new painters, having oeen in the business for several years, but we are a new firm in the painting business, yesterday. i Experience lias taught us that the laborer | does the work while the contractor gets the . - .. — 1 credit and the money. We want the credit and the money for the work, so have formed a co-partnership to do a general painting . . • i . . business. We solicit the work of the people yesterday on omcial gifleg exemption from tuition and of Gaffney and surrounding country, prom- .. , . ,, , , , T .. i Ising first-class work at the lowest living other fees, is provided by the Legisla- prices, guaranteeing satisfaction. Carriage painting a specialty. THERE’S VIM AND ENERGY in every glass of our Egg Phosphate. Some time when you are hun gry and “all fagged out” let our dispenser -mix up one of these “fatigue dispellers’’ for you. Nothing so good to brace one up in a hurry as a good egg drink. Ours are better than most because we are careful to use only freshest of eggs and then the drink is made right too. They don’t have the flat taste that ordinary egg drinks have—they’re sim p 1 y delicious. :: :: :: :: CHEROKEE DRUG CO. Limestone and Frederick Sts. For a Loan of S300 on Gaffney Real Estate Apply to J. C. Otts, Atty. A Chance for a Young Man. A scholarship of ijGO in money, be- pMMkMDMMhMMMMWWM disappointed. Don’t let it occur on the go-round with his silver locks again. Our people are too patriotic and too active to take a back seat. Hereafter Gaffney must celebrate. ♦ ♦♦-•- The merry-go-round and* the holi ness tent left Gaffney on the same train. We don’t know which fur nished the most excitement while here, but the fact remains that we haven’t had a sensation since their departure. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ OBooker Washington is no doubt the brainiest man of his race. Yet at the same time he is the greatest grafter in the world today. With the cun ning of his race he succeeds in filching from the benevolent rich all over the country. Go it, Booker, you are an artist, and no mistake. Twenty new subscribers to The Ledger since last Friday morning is a very good record for the "good old summer time,” especially when you take into consideration the fact that the office was closed on Satur day. Thirty-five was the total for the week. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ From press opinion it is evident that if Jim Tillman were tried by the newspapers he would receive his just deserts. But that gent has very lit tle use for newspapers and the news papers have less for him. Whatever may be said of us, we are not given to lionizing questionable characters. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Spartanburg, Yorkville and Colum bia are jealous of each other’s climate. If it’s not hot enough for either of them we would respectfully suggest that they visit a section of the coun try about balf|a mile from Savannah, where Rev. Sam Jones is said to have located the abode of His Majeety with forked tail and horns on bis bead. The South Carolina State Press Association meets tonight at White Stone Lithia Springs. We hope the boys will not so far forget themselves as to Indulge in anything liquid but Litbia water ice tea, etc., daring their stay with Brother Harris. We are satisfied they will not unless they visit Spartanburg, as Mr. Harris bears the distinction of being a prohibition ist. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Kiog-Crowtber company has come to grief. The Texas court has granted the application for receiver and revoked the charter. Tbua an other get-rich-quick concern goes to and flowing beard flying in the winds. Old people love recreation and inno cent amusement as well as the young. But enough on that score. I will try to give The Ledger the personals, or at least those that will be of inter est to its readers. Mrs. J. M. Harris and her accom plished daughter, MissNorrie Wilker- son, are visiting at Gaffney this week. They are old residents of Gaffney and are possibly having a nice time visit ing their old acquaintances. Mies Minnie Maness, of your town, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. E. B. Huskey, but she has returned home. Your scribe feels at a loss when it goes to hunting up society news, from the fact that his bump of inquisitive ness is small and he never cultivated the habit. Taking the above, with the known stay-at-home-mind-your- own-business habits of the writer, to gether with the limited amount of adjectives on hand, no wonder he is at a loss. Lockhart’s baseball nine bxs gone to Union today to tackle one of the Union teams. The Ledger comes to us twice a week laden with news, and we feel like complimenting the editor on hav ing placed that paper among those who are in the front rank. Homo. 5 Essay on an Editor (Exchange.] We look into a cradle and behold a male child. At the age of 10 he is a noisy kid, with half the buttons off bis pants, and an eye for meanness. At 15 he is a devil in a print shop; at 33 the publisher of a country news paper, at the head of every enterprise calculated to improve the town or en rich the business thereof; at 50 he is an emaciated and wornout man, with boles in his pockets and a gray head; at the age of 60 he is a corpse in a cheap coffin, and bis only resources left behind are two cases of long primer type, an old Taylor hand- press and a subscription book with 500 delinquent subscribers, who line up and march past the coffin saying: “He was a public spirited fellow, but couldn't save anything.” Coroner Yineiiett MarrlttH, Coroner John 8. Vmesett and Miss Sallie George were married Bun lay in this city by R. F. Gibson, notary public SVe congratulate the Coroner on his good fortune in securing the band and heart of Miss George, one of Cherokee’s most estimable women, and wish for tht-ra both a happy voyage on the sea of life. Durham-Uoyle. Mr. Mike Durham, of Btate Line, and Miss Della Coyle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coyle, were married in this city Sunday by Hon. T. B. Butler. They are worthy young people and have the best wishes of a host of friends, Including The Ledger, for their future happiness. was in the city business. W. T. Poag, of the Gaffney Live Stock Co., who has been in some of the mountain cities of this State and North Carolina with some of the companies’ fine saddle and harness horses, returned to the city Friday. Prof. H. C. Knox, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. J. A. Nantz, of Spartanburg, visit ed relatives and friends in the city on the 4th. Will McAbee, of Grindal, came to the city yesterday. Baxter McAbee, a Ledger boy, visited his parents at Grindal Satur day. W. E. M. Kirby, Esq., of Grindal, was in the city Saturday,the guest of Hon. W. D. Kiiby. A. B. Holmes, formerly of Gaffney, but now superintendent of the Orient Cotton Mills in Charlotte, N, 0., came over on the 4th to see his many relatives and friends in Gaffney. Rev. R. D. Davidson spent a short time in the city Friday morning. C. Cash, a prominentjmerchant and farmer of Morgan township, came to the city on business on the 4th. Paul V. Gaffney, who has been on a business trip to Richmond, Va., re turned to the city Saturday night. E. H. Gaines spent Sunday with his family at his beautiful home on Victoria avenue. Thos. B. Clarkson and Anthony Sarratt, who have had a two weeks’ outing in the “land of the sky,” re turned to the city Friday. P. S. Webber, a prominent citizen of Wilkinsville, made a business trip to the city Saturday. Lem Blanton could not leave his fields on the 4th till the afternoon, when he spent a short time in the city. Magistrate R. W. Lee, of White Plains, was among his friends in the city Saturday. Mayor Little spent the 4tb in Char lotte, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Littlejohn ar rived in the city Friday and are spending a few days with Mr. Little john’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Littlejohn, on Limestone street. Mr. and Mrs C. K. Gould, of [Spar tanburg, who have been visiting Mrs. Pratt Pierson, on Race street, left Gaffney yesterday to visit relatives in : New Hampshire. Lawaence Wood returned to the city Sunday from Laurens. Alfred Harris, an extensive of Algood, came to the city day. Miss lola K. Foster, of Atlanta Ga , is in the city and will spend some time with her friend, Miss Nancy Thompson, on Victoria avenue. County Commissioner T. M. Little john was in the city yesterday and favored The Ledger with a call. Mr. Turnipseed, of Florida, a native of Newberry county, South Carolina, and a member of one of her oldest and most highly respected families, is in the city visiting his son, Mr. George Turnipseed, a prominent cot ton mill man and one of Gaffney’s best citizens Mrs. Wm. Smith Lipscomb and her little granddaughter Miss Carrie Stuart, left yesterday for Knoxville Tenn., where they go to visit ture for on'’ young man from each county to pursue a one year normal course in tne South Carolina College. Examinations will be held on the 10th inst. before the County Board of Edu cation. Applicants should he at least 19 year-) of age, and preferably teach ers. Write President Benjamin Sloan, South Carolina College, Columbia S. C , for blank on which to apply before the 10th. Besides this valuable scholar-hip the college aho offers to young men in each county two normal scholar ships good for four years and exempt ing the holder from tuition and other fees. Moreover, teachers, women as well as men, may take the one year normal course without fee of any kind. Much ostentation and much learn ing are seldom met together. The sun, rising and declining, makes long shadows, at midday, when he is high est, not at all.—Bishop Hall. New Scholarships for Men Teachers at *lie South Carolina College. Clause from Appropriation Act of Gen eral Assembly. 1903: “That one thousand six hundred and , forty doliars be appropriated to be used t# provide forty-one scholarships in the Call on or write us and we will Rive you prices that will make it interesting. CAINES & RAMSEY, Shop next door to Steam Laundry, GAFFNEY, S. C. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CHARLESTON S. C. I I.STH YEAR BEGINS SEPTKMBKR 25. Letters, Science, Engineering. One Scholarship to each County of South Car olina. Entrance examinations held at Gaffney byjjCounty Superintendent of Ed ucation and Judge of Probate on July 10. Tuition fjo. 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. FILMS We are now carrying a complete line of Films in the various sizes to fit all standard makes of cameras. Favor us with your orders for Films and we will furnish you new, fresh goods of unsur passed quality. :: :: June H. Carr, 625 Limestone Street. ’Phone 176, Residence 171. Normal Department, one from each of the value of forty dollars, tuition and .oounty, besides the remission of j matriculation fees, the beneficiaries tfl be selected under regulations to be pre scribed by the Board of Trustees.” This means MO in cash to tbe student, besides remission of MO tuition and ol ,3X8 matriculation term fee. Thus the scholarship student will receive from the College 8& a month for eight months I to assist him in Ms necessary living REGULATIONS BY THE BOARD. 1. Applicants shall be young men al 'least nineteen years of age. The pur pose of the Getfciral Assembly being t« I encourage men teachers, preference I will be given to those who furnish sat isfactory evidence of having already taught for at least one session, and with success; but If from any oounty there be no suitable applicants who .have taught, the scholarship of that , county may be awarded to a young man who only intends t« teach. 2. Applications shall be made to the President of the College, at Columbia, before July 1st, upon prescribed blanks furnished by the President or by County 'Superintendents of Education, upon re quest. These blanks shall provide tot information and references as to the applicant's age, physical condition, gen eral character and ability, educational advantages, financial circumstances, .teaching experience, and purpose in ! taking the special normal course. Tbs information thus submitted will be re garded as a preliminary examination, and those who xeceive permits to stand the later examination win be credited with the combined results of these two ; examinations. 3. The later and formal examination shall be upon English Grammar and Composition, History and Geography, Arithmetic and Elementary Algebra. (Algebra, however, is not indispens able.) The Normal Scholars hip Cotn- ■sutee of the Faculty rimfl prepare tips questions and mark the papers. Tbe County Board of Education of each .county is requested to conduct this ex amination at the same time with tbs entrance and othdr scholarship exam- Mra. inalions of the South Carolina College 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 pay % 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 city and only ask that you call and get prices and I am sure of a customer. Respectfully, farmer yester SARRATT. Are You Administrator and have the settlement of an estate? If so, request of the Judge of Probate that youradvertisement be placed in :: :: :: N Lipscomb’s son, Mr. W. O. Lipscomb, and bis family. Magistrate A. J. McCraw was a business visitor in tbe city yesterday. Magistrate Rush Torrence, of Cherokee Falls, came up to tbe city yesterday. Dr. R. F. McKown, of Cherokee Falls, was a business visitor in the city yesterday. A. Culbertson and J. H. Crews went to White Stone Springs Friday. W. D. Gaston, a prominent planter from across tbe Broad, was In the city yesterday. You bet be was on busi ness. Stephen B, Brown, of Gouober came np to tbe city yesterday on business. Magistrate B. G. Gold, of Blacks burg, was In tbe city yeeterday and and of Wlitthrop College (which this year will be on Friday, July Iflfh). The County Board wMl receive the questions Mom the President at tbe College, and :feS requested to return the answers to Man, at CokunMa, forthwith, by mad or express. | ,4. A standing Committee on Beholar- Mttpe, appointed from tbe Board, in con junction with a standing Committee llrora the Faculty, shall select the seboi- ; oishrip students for each county upon ,tbe results of the examinations re- P<wt«d by the Faculty Committee, and oil the other information submitted. |The proper saaouansmtatt shall be It has the largest circulation of any paper in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional District. A. N. Wood, President. R. It. Brown, Vice-President P The Merchants and Planters Bank OF GAFFNEY. 8. C. Capital $75,000.—Surplus and Profits $1 0,000. STATE, COUNTY AND CITY DEPOSITORY. We solicit the business of people of all occupations. s. ir Use incumbent that. In his We pay on deposits in our Savings Department. Deposits accepted from $1.00 up. C. AC. S&ftlTH, Cashier.