Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tins PUBLISHED TUESDAY AKD FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point atray dogs, babies and other obstacles to insure publicationj also endeavor U p 0D it and i8 eu bject to sudden and less miles per hour, have b*en known to run off the track, to col'ide with other trains, or to run into a cow, with more or less damage to property and passengers. The road-racing automobile is fre quently heavier in proportion to its bulk than the locomotive, and has even a greater horse-power for its weight than has a steam engine. It is driven along a road which may have gullies, stones, limbs of trees, ROMAMTIC EDINBURGH. ami 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. AN APOLOGY. It is sometimes difficult for one to do the proper thing at the proper moment. The editor of this paper, like all mankind, has his faults and short-comings. A very grievous fault is his impetuosity. With a mind fatally bent on resenting any real or fancied wrong he sometimes allows his judgment to become warped and acts with undue haste. In publishing an article on “ingratitude” in last Tuesday’s Ledger I sought to draw a lesson, with no idea of the subse quent events that were to develop. I withheld the name of the person I had in mind and declined to give it to several enquirers because I had no desire to hold him up to public ridicule. The action of the paper over which he presides forced me to reveal his name or stand convicted of falsehood. I responded to the call. In ray judgment Mr. Littlejohn’s open letter was unwarranted. He certainly made several statements that were without foundation, among them that I have an idea of running for mayor (for I am inclined to tbitk the “nigger is in his woodpile” instead of mine), and that the newspaper Over which I preside is unclean, and he insults the intelligence of a large percentage of the people of the town of Gaffney and the county of Chero kee (including himself, for it hasn’t been so long since he quit taking it) when he makes that assertion. He mistakes independence for arrogance and true business principles for ego tism. 1 realize that the publication of my article was uncalled for. It was un kind and ungenerous, and it was tak ing advantage of a former personal relationship that should have Leen held more sacred. Taking that view of the matter I regret having allowed my temper to get the better of my judgment, therefore I offer my apolo gies to the public in general, and to Mr. Littlejohn in particular. Two wrongs do net make a right. The public may never understand the cir cumstances that led up to the pub lication of the article in question. Perhaps were they laid bare it would serve to palliate the offense. But that is neither here nor there. I have come to the conclusion that I was too hasty and took undue advantage of Mr. Littlejohn, hence there re mains but one course for a man to pursue, and that is to apologize as pub licly as the offense was committed. Ed. H. DeCamp. dangerous turns. On the railroad track the engineer is at least positive that no other train is attempting to pass him from the rear; he is reasonably sure that no other train will come toward him bead on. He knows that most people of sense are aware that a railroad track is a dangerous place on wich to stand, and he is also confident that every thing that can be done is being done to protect him and the lives in his charge. Nevertheless, accidents happen, and happen with un quency. Is it then, anything more than what is to be expected that miniature road locomotives driven in competi tion at speeds even far in excess of the railroad train should have ac cidents not only frequently, but al most invariably ? If the men who consider such pro- i ceedings elevatiugto the sport they are intended to and_cannot be brought to see matters in a humane light them selves, is it not time for civilized peo- pie to demand that legal restrictions be placed over i|ll such manifesta tions of unsound minds? The FancInAtlDK Home of John Knox Mary Queen of Scots. Dear Mr. DeCamp:—In deference to the wish of many of our mutual friends. I have written this sketch for The Ledger. We are enjoying our tour, seeing many famoue places, and studying British character; however, we have not forgotten our many friends at home, and we hope to be among you soon again. With best wishes for yourself and the Gaffney people, I remain sincerely yours, G. Croft Williams. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People You Know and People You Don’t Knon Miss Louise Gilmer returned to the city Saturday from a visit to friends in Greenville. Miss Maud Whitlock, of Jonesville, who has been spending some time in the city with Mr. and Mrs. James T. Brown, on Montgomery street, returned to her home yesterday. Capt. J. B. Bell and Dr. B. Alien went to Columbia Saturday on busi ness. Landrum Brown, of Charlotte, N. C., came to the city Saturday to visit bis numerous relatives and friends here. He is a native of Gaffney and Any one who has read the work of no man can enter her gates and get a Sir Walter Scott must feel a tender- “ore cordial greeting from everybody ness for Edinburgh. Everywhere in than has Landrum, for his friends are legion here. this fascinating old city you see the Ira Hardin) Efrq . a promiQent places that inspired the great “Wiz business man of Blacksburg, whs in ird of the North.” Those who love the city Friday and favored The Led- romance can revel here amid the g er w *th a call. haunts of the beautiful and unfortu-! John Pridmore, a White Plains nate Queen Mary. The good Calvinist ’ f arur, o r i wa s a business visitor in the may see the home of John Knox still c ‘ t - v Saturday. For Sale. Wanted. W anted To noiio- atrateht loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr21»-tf J. 0. Jefferies. Notice. * TiOTHF, PUBLIC—We will shoe horses for -f- 45c all round at Fortenberry’s old stand. Tom Henderson & Co. T-7-tf preserved in its original style, or he may go to St. Giles’ church, that sturdy monument of religious liberty. The person whose thoughts are guid- re. , ed by the poetic muse can walk the nleasant fro- streets that poor Robert Burns once anc f ^ arm ® r Algood, was walked, and see very much the visitor Iriday. same kind of people who refused to Jesse Wright, J. V. Sarratt was a visitor at Pied mont Springs the first of the week. C. C. Webber, of Cherokee Falls, was a city visitor Saturday. L. C. A. Clary, a sterling citizen a Ledger NOTES AND COMMENTS. is now called “The • fha Republican Mark Hanna Grand Old Man” of the National Committee. * ♦ ♦ Rather than keep in the hick- ground, Indiana is having a little set- to with the gentlemen of color. give him bread, but after his death reared great monuments to perpetu ate his name. Indeed, Edinburgh is a city of wonderful memories. Holyrood Palace attracts mauy tourists because of its having been the home of Mary, Queen of Scots. Here are her apartments, with some of their regal furniture. The bed in which the Queen slept, the chair in which she sat, the table from which she ate, are still preserved. One can also see the place where Rizzio was stabbed to death while talking to the Queen. All the glory and tragedy of those far-off times came vividly to mind, and as we looked at the faded tapestry and shab by furniture, and ; thought ;of the great lords and ladies who once held courts here, we could not but reflect upon the fickleness of human pomp and circumstance. From Holyrood one instinctively turns towards Edinburgh Castle, a once powerful fortress whose origin is unknown. In this castle James I, of England, was born. Cromwell Sir yThomas Lipton says he has spent $2,000,000 in trying to lift that cup He can havr the bloomin’ thing for half the money. The physical collapse of Charles M. Schwab, owing to the tremendous de mand made on his vitality, is a re minder _of the good axiom waraing men against burning the candle at both ends. The result is quick ob livion. Wise William B. Allison turned a cute trick in switching tariff agitation in Iowa. If the Democratic party had more “Wise Willies” and fewer “Sages” and “Silver Kings,” it would be better than a 20 to 1 shot in presi dential elections. Mariot. Harland say that no girl should be ashamed to do housework; it is a most womanly accomplish ment. One can never be a really good housekeeper unless one has a practical -knowledge of even the hum blest work in tne house lacy, for no one can command well who has not served. Learn to do and know how to direct. is A PUBLIC PERIL. Public attention in America being drawn to the folly of country-racing” by antomobilists, a custom so disastrous that some de cided action is needed to restrain it. The time has not arrived for taking this means of killing off the human race. We are not ready to die. And we don’t want to go to glory by way of the automobile route. If we did, we would get one of our own, wind it up and speed to the land of eternal rest. The machine in itself is all right, and iu time will answer a good pose. ' But the man who runs it at break neck speed is a nuisance. He is more; he is a public peril, and should be suppressed. There is no class of people more thoroughly stirred up over the “fly- A Michigan paper says that in Chillicothe they are telling a good story on a young man who holds a over- k unQ M e position in a printing office, says the Kansas City young man is very fond of the daugh ter of a minister, but his devotion to her is comparatively new. The other was feasted, and the Earl of Argyle was beheaded. Here are kept the crown jewels and royal regalia of Scotland; though not as Valuable as those of England, yet there cluster about them many stories filled with glory and tragedy. The castle is situated on the top of a mighty hill of rock, about two hun dred feet high, that rises precipitously on three sides An unmilitary man would think it impregnable, but the soldiers said that a modern battery would soon dismantle it. Another relic of Edinburgh’s past is John Knox’s house, a quaint building banging over the street. Here the thunderer of Scotland lived and studied. He was a right noble man ; one of God’s inspired preachers whose sturdy independence, love for truth, and magnetic personality, have made an indelible impression on his people. As we stood before bis house we thought of his brave and fearless denunciation of sin; nor would he brook contradiction from even the Queen herself; for once when she de manded of him why he preached against her marrying a Roman Catho lic and what he was in the common wealth any way, he made answer in words that can never be forgotten : “A subject born within the same, It is a fal- Madame; and albeit I be neither Earl, Lord, nor Baron within it, yet has God made me, how abject soever I may be in your eyes, a profitable member within the same.” Scotland is prouder of John Knox than of any other of her noble sons. As we walked down High street one day a workingman who bad summed us up as Americans came up to us and said : “Before you go back home you must Star. The 8ee this one thing that I shall show you.” He led us to Knox’s grove. One of the most prominent sights in Edinburgh is Gallon Hill. This hili has several noiiCHable monuments hustling young Broad river farmer, was in the city Saturday. Hon. R. C. Sarratt visited his family at Piedmont Springs Sunday. John Price called to seet The Led ger Saturday. P. S. Webber, merchant and farm er, of Wilkinsville, was a business visitor in the city yesterday. Taylor Petty came to the city on business Saturday. C. Cash, a prominent and success ful farmer and merchant of Ezells, was a city visitor Friday. James T. Burgess, of Grassy Pond, was a business visitor in the city Saturday. H. C. Knox, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday looking after busi ness. Swan Paris, a prominent farmer of Ezell, was a Ledger visitor Saturday. Mrs. R. C. Sarratt and children are at Piedmont Springs for a season. G. W. Lemaster, of Wilkinsville, was in the city Saturday. Willie Watkins, of Ezells, one of Cherokee’s very bett citizens, spent Friday night in the city, the guest of ex-Treasurer Littlejohn, on Granard street. Miss Mary Service, of Mercer, was shopping in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Nathau Lipscomb will leave the city this morning for White Stone, where they will spend some time recuperating. Our old friend Lem Cobb, of Maud, paid us a visit Saturday and renewed. M. J. Hicks, a popular planter and citizen of State Line, came to the city Friday. John E. Mosteller, a prominent farmer and citizen of Grassy Pond, made a business visit to the city Saturday. Dr. C. T. Lipscomb will leave the city this morning for White Stone to attend a meeting of the Soate Denial Association. Albert McKown, a young Broad river farmer, of Mercer, came to the city Saturday. Mr. James iVestbrook, one of the county’s worthy and oldest citizens, wan in the city yesterday. John H. Fowler, a successful farmer of Surratts, made a business visit to the city Saturday. J. Cleveland Robbs, of Grassy Pond, was a city visitor Friday. S. A. McCraw, of Jeter, was an early visitor of The Ledge* Saturday morning. He renewed. John S. Harmon, a successful fa m- er of Wilkinsville, was a city visitor Friday. Mr. Jno. R. Service, of Wilkinsville, was among his friends in the city Saturday. Magistrate R. W. Lee, of White Plains, came to the city Friday on business. County Comraissionei W. C. S. Wood spent some time in the city Saturday. He called on The Ledger. M. C. Lipscomb, a prominent White Plains planter, was a Ledger and Mr. J. W. Conder came Sunday. They are the guests of thu latter’s brother Mr T euriu Pn* rler on Fred- IT’OB SALE—Babbitt me till, miule from old urocner, Mr. l^ewis UOf-Uer, on rrea- r type remelted Into burs; the very best erick Street. babbitt metal made. Apply at The Ledger “Uncle Marion” Harris of Chero- ofBce ’ kee Falls, was among his friends in A N EXCELLENT family horse for sale, the city Saturday. A. N. Wood 7-i:t tf Shield Allison was in the city Sat- urlay looking after business. ^,0. E. Wilkins, of Yorkville, came back to his old home city yesterday. We were glad to see him. Will McAbee, of Griadal, was in to see us Saturday. He says the wreckers are still at work on Pacolet river, getting cloth and cotton from the river and rafts. W. H. Martin, of Ezell, was in the cityjSaturday looking after his lumber contracts. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. O-tborne and children, who have been spending some time with relatives iu the North Carolina mountains, returned to the city yesterday. Bryson Humphries, p, bright young farmer of State Line, was u city visit or Saturday. Jonas Blanton, a prominent farmer of Stevy, came over to the city Satur day on business. W. D. Byars, a prominent Algood farmer, spent some time ia the city Saturday. J. J. Jenkins, of Cherokee Falls, came to the city Saturday morning. O. P. Hill, manager of the cou*ty farm and home, was in the city Sat urday morning. NO FOUL PLAY. 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. ll-iMyr No llrulsns or Scratches Fouiot on Vjiu Brad ley’s Body. Hicksvii.lk, N C., July 17, 1903. Mr. Editor:—Please allow me space in your valuable paper to re ply to a letter which some one wrote concerning the death of Van Bradley, who was drowned in Floyd’s creek on June 6th. « Bradlev was trying to save his stock from being drowned, ut the time, ci..d was himself accidently drowned. Mr Georg» Bird. Mr. Geo. Hawkins and mvs> !i found Brarib-y s body. I think I saw it all over and there was not a bruise on it, nor on his head. I washed and dressed him and know that there was not a bruised place on the drowned man; and I am surprised that ary man, or woman, around Ezell should write such a letter to your paper. We people who live there and wsre neighbors to the drowned man know that there was no foul play in the death of Bradley; and I want the people to bear in mind that there was not a bruise nor a scratch on bis dead body. I have been living neighbor to the Bradleys for six years, and I always found them to be agreeable people. I heard his widow say, since Van was drowned, that there was never a cross word passed between her and her husband during the eight years that they lived together. I say again, that there was no evi dence of any foul play in the death of Van Bradley, and the one who wrote that letter must have willfully made the insinuation. If any one desires any further information about the matter, let him write to Mr Banks Webster, Hicksvillc, N 0., as Bradley lived on his land. Bradley’s father, mother, brother and sisters were all there and are ac quainted with the facts, and they are very much hurt about this false re port which is going over the country J D. Scoggins. BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULDING. ALSO A FINE LISE OF Paints and Oils 50c to $1.30 per gal. £2™ l. BAKER. In Tfie Good Old Summer Time when feverish ami sleep less conditions prevail, that is when you need some good tonic, one that stimulates and r e j u v e- nates. Our own Hypophosphites, Pineapple Tonic — both are good, none are better. Madame Lee Roy’s Vege table Compound for all Female Diseases. S.B. Crawley & Go. 813 Limestone St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery. Prescriptions properly filled and promptly delivered. sell and hang paper f paint carriages, wag ons and buggies; also do house painting anywhere in the city or country. We use paint that has an iron dad guarantee. Lot us " your work. S’-Di.noo Fire at Lauriubari;, Laurinburg, July 10.—A very de structive fire visited our town this morning at 3 o’clock, totally destroy- ingt be Hotel Morgan, three stores lo- cated io tj» hotel block aod the reel- price5 as |ow „ th( ., denc« of W. L. fields. The stores £ c-mo-i-*oc , were occupied by J C. Morgan, J. H. for FIRST-CLASS work. McDuffie and J. W. Mason, respect- Yours for business, ively. J. C. Morgan is the greatest ^ « DAIV/IQC'V eing the owner of the hotel I IN tlo ^ nAlVIoC.Y, Sunday he went to church to hear qqq 0 f these the beginning of a large v * e *^ or fndity the father of his inamorata preach, building onlhe plan of tiulParthenon, Beaty Morris, a Gowdysville farm- and unfortunately sac down where gives an Athenian appearance to the er, was a city visitor Saturday. place; hence Edinburgh is known as Juo. 8. Mmtz, a prominent planter everybody could see him. The text | was: “My daughter tormented with a devil.” , (“the modern Athens.” is grievously i8 not a m i Bnomer \ ot However, n the dry from across tbe Broad, spent a short time in the city Friday. He called famous the world over for its devo on The Ledger aod renewed. ing devil” than the farmers, and they will read with considerable satisfac tion the following from Tbe American Inventor: If, as it would seem to iudicate, accidents happen to the most careful and experienced of drivers, men who have devoted years to managieg and steering the machines, what can be expected of the comparatively ama teur, who has handled his speedy machine for a comparatively short time? It never surprises the American public, at least, to hear of some frightful railway accident. Trains going fifty, forty and even Lawn Locals, Lawn, July 20:—Most of our farm ers will finish up their crops this pur- week; and, while cotton is small for ' the time of the year, the weed is look ing healthy, and, with favorable! seasons from now on, we can see nothing to hinder there being a fair crop of the fleecy staple yet made. Rev. George Huggins, of Laurens, is spending a few days with relatives in this section. Rev. A. D. Davidson, tbe pastor, will begin a series of meetings at Mt. Ararat next Saturday, 25ih inst. Mrs. Bessie vVhelchel has been sick for some days, but is now some bet ter. Mrs. Eli Spencer was on the sick list last week. We had the pleasure of meeting the Rev. George Huggins yesterday. w. Another Fire. On Saturday afternoon a tenant house on Mr. R M. Gaffney’s place just north of the city caught fire from a defective flew and but for the energetic work of those present would have been consumed. The* house was saved and no great loss was sus tained. tion to learning “for sweet learning’s sake. Hume, tbe historian, Ramsav the poet, Scott the novelist, Kuux the preacher,Stewart the philosopher, all knew this as their home nor has the fmighty spirit yet been quenched, for wherever the cultiva ted Edinburgbian there is also found a pure phere of literature and philosophy. The city is beautiful. You feel that many centuries of noble thought has chastened its architecture and made lovely its parks and avenues. No flashy show is here, no endeavor to make a gaudy appearance; there to D L. Vassey, of Tbickety, came the city Sa;urday. Jonu -R. Crocker, of Blacksburg, is iu rhe city visiting bis son. Our old friend Scott Hill spent some time in the city Saturday. • jVernou Baker, who has been mak- is found today in 2 an extensive tour of New a pure atmoa- ’I 6 ™ 8 ?’ Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland, returned to the city Fri day much pleased with his trip. Robert Sarratt, of Butler, a pros perous farmer and stock raiser, made a business trip to the city Saturday. Miss Vinnie Harmon left the city Saturday morning to spend several is only classic simplicity. Thi schol- ( I a y 8 I* er re * ati I ve8 fti:< I Wends in ar, whose tastes are the purest, finds '’k® coun ^y- in this capital of Scottish religion,! Frank Beam, a sterling citizen and loser, being property, including three store rooms. The fire was discovered in the rear of the Fields residence and is sup posed to have been of incendiary origin The total estimated loss is $22,500, partially (not half) covered by insurance. Hawk Caught In a Trap. Trough, July 18 —On the 16th of this month a hawk caught one of my chickens and I frightened him so by hollowing that be dropped it and flew away. I then took a big rat- trap, which I bought from Mr. I. M. Peeler, of Gaffney, seventeen years ago when he kept store at Pine Grove, Union county (now CheroKee) and set it. The hawk, failing in his first attempt, came back again, and I soon had him saf- from doing further harm to my biddies W. G. Patterson. House Burnt. Mr. Summy Bridges, a brother of our worthy townsman, Mr. J. W. Bridges, had the misfortune last week to lose bis house aod household goods by fire. It is thought that the fire was caused by a defective flue. This is a severe loss to Mr. Bridges, but he is a good man, in a good neighbor hood and these, oondicions will go far to minimize big loss and distress. Next to Pearl Steam Laundry. literature aod political life an ideal home. May Edinburgh be preserved in this noble character through tbe many ages to come, an inspiring monument to tbe highest feeling and thinking and a rebuke to the purely commercial spirit for which so many of our modern cities are seeking. A race riot is threatened in Evans ville, lud. The whites threatened to exterminate the negroes who are armed and terrorizing part of tbe city. Tbe exoltemeot was caused by the shooting of a white boj by a negro. farmer of Grindal, made a business trip to tbe city Saturday. Roy Scruggs, of State Line, was among bis friends in tbe city Satur day. Ed H. Gaines spent yesterday In tbe city with bis family. Dr. R. F. McKown, of Cherokee Falls, was in the city Saturday. Wm. Spake, of Ezells, was a city visitor Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Prater Smith, of Gouoher, were shopping In tbe city yesterday. Mrs. J. W. Conder and children, of Columbia, arrived Iu tbe city Fridav For those who have decided to have their pictures taken here. Our photographs are produced by the most improved methods, give satisfaction in every instance Stereoscopic Views of Clifton and local scenes of interest foi sale. We carry a complete line of films and other supplies for amateurs. June H. Carr, 625 Limestone St. 'Phone 176. Residence 171. ttAAAAAA AAA AAA AAAAAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA A WANT ADVERTISEMENT, ...PLACED IN... • THE LEDGER .ALWAYS BRINGS RESULTS