Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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H ' V >* - 1 Sts.' JL*Id-)GrEvlC« 8tratlon8 Jn t ^ ie,r Incipiency. For ^ years Colonel Britton has been ad* vocating law and order, and a liberal PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. VAGARIES OF WHISTLER A DAY AT SALEM. The Ledger is not responsible for tbe views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. , hR _ nnfi . Write short letters and to the point ol1 * 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 oe published at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. use of the troops in order to secure it, and for tbe past few weeks the : press of tbe country has been gradu ally taking the position maintained by the colonel, and demanding of the State authorities tbe prompt suppres sion of violence at the point of the Stories of the American Artist’s Eccentricities. AMONG OURSELVES. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Georgia has an office-holder who voluntarily retires from office after 14 years of continuous service. It’s strange how some men can suddenly leap into fame. —Dillon Herald. Lynchingsof negroes up North are multiplying—and they are being in dulged in for far less serious offences than down South. What is the The trust is controlling the A. D. T. country coming to?-Sumter Herald. messengers now, a majority of the' The Augusta Chronicle has an editorial on “Society versus Hell,” companies having been absorbed. It would be a genuine diversion to see Mark Hanna as a Salvation Army preacher. But the Hon. Marcus would prefer to be a political ex pounder. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ King Edward has been saying some very nice thing'to the jolly American tars in the European squadron, for which tbe tars gave his majesty a lusty three and a tiger. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A citizen said to us yesterday: “Hit the town council about the large stones in the streets. They are an annoyance to drivers besides the damage they do to vehicles.” So the town council will please consider itself “hit.” That county fair proposition seems to have taken bold of some of our people, but others are slow to take on. We cannot do anything success fully unless we unite on it, therefore The Ledger desires an expression from the people on tbe subject. It is not too late to commence for a fair this fall, but we haven’t a great deal of time to spare. Let us hear from the prominent planters throughout the county. Senator Tillman may in truth be giving our Western cousins some homely lessons on the race question, but the fact remains that we of the South have no desire to part company with Cully. iN e need him to plow 'wise and level head, our corn and hoe our cotton, to curry abundant evidence our horse and cut our wood, and when our friends of either the North or West come down here and try to per suade our “good niggers” to leave us our bosoms heave with righteous in dignation. If the emigration agent should visit the Senator’s farm and induce his help to leave we predict that he would be greeted with some thing more than a scornful look or a lie language.” tongue lashing. So long as they take the bad ones we do not object, and neither does the Senator, but when it comes to taking those who are faith ful, true, honest and industrious we each and every one protest. A Deep Thinking Old Lady, Ef some gals could put the same bubblin’ enthusiasm into rubbin’ clothes over a washboard that they kin into dancin’ all night, they’d be a sight less tired mothers ’round tbe ‘ end o’ wash day. A brother oi the quilt remarks that Ad , e( boye coul(1 (eel |t ^ the articles by Raymond, the Chicago j n > em 8 t rtt in ae hard to make the Tribune’s splendid Washington cor- old farm pay as they strain for six respondent, from the South on the dollars a week an’ a little hall bed- race question are remarkable as showing actual conditions and the divergence of opinion as to the pos sible settlement. The consensus of opinion just now seems to be that the South wants to be left alone to deal with the question. At tbe same room in one o' the big cities, thj law yers’d have a sight less work fore closin’ mortgages. Ef some o’ the people that pray the hardest and sing the loudest in church do seem a little bit worldly in their dealin’s durin’the week, most likely it’s because they use up their whole seven days’ supply o' Chris time many unlawful things are being tianity on Sunday. done that should be stopped and con ditions in many places, notably in Georgia, are not as good as they were before the war. la the light of forty years it would seem that a wrong was perpetrated when the negro was given the political power be now holds, and it is more than possible that the South can handle the matter even better than Northern enthusiasts and visionaries. At tbe most it can only fail, and then the North can perhaps devise some better plans than preserves, there’d be few jars—and 1 those in vogue for thirty years, which don’t mean preserve jars neither. have not resulted hoped for. as their promoter} Colonel Edward E. Britton, of New York, is one of the foremost advo cates of an efficient militia In the country, and it must be admitted that tbe recent actions of the mobs have demonstrated the necessity of maintaining such an organization. It is a lamentable fact that in a ma jority of cases when a mob becomes ugly the civil authorities become ALWAYS WANTED TO BE UNIQUE. but according to Sam Jones and one or two Georgia preachers there is ab solutely nothing antagonistic in the two.—Columbia State. We trust the New York Evening Post will not fail to note that an Alabama jury has brought in a ver dict of guilty against a man charged with holding a negro in a state of peonage.—Charleston Post. . Some of the papers are talking | about Roosevelt and Hillis for tbe Republican ticket next year. Hillis is the man who wanted to make up Booker Washington’s bed, and thU, it is thought, entitles him to the vice presidency if he wants it.—Anderson Mail. By his own confessions Brother Bigham of the Chester Lantern is ’ not a farmer. His paper cannot be | a lantern to tbe feet of struggling agriculturists, and though Brother Bigham is a fine editor and something of a humorist, he will never be able to get ahead in politics after his bu-, colic confessions.—Florence Times. Charleston will never submit to complying with the present provis- sion af the dispensary law, because it is not suited to its mixed popula tion, but we believe if the Legisla ture could give that city a license system with dispensary regulations, not as those regulations are now, but somewhat modified, the law would be enforced. We do not think it a wise policy to have a law on the statute books which the people of a community do not want, and which they believe is damaging to their interest.—Manning Times. The following is only one of the many evidences that the present edi tor of the Columbia State carries a He has given of his superior wisdom and ability; “The fellow who habitually borrows his neighbor’s daily paper is bad enough for severe punishment, out the person who re ceives his county paper for weeks, months and years—who gathers from f its columns all he knows of the hap penings in the county, state and the world at large—and fails to pay the pitifully small price charged, can not be suitably characterized in pub- Hartsvilie Messenger. Once Wished to Hare a Hansom -a - ... — Made of Goi-geoas DeslKn—Host He Prepared For a Party llreakfnst at a Famous Artist's House—One of His Flshlns Experiences—Novel Re ply to a Millionaire. Many contradictory traits blended in that strange personality, the late James A. MacNeill Whistler, the eminent American artist, are preserved in the anecdotes which will be known to pos terity as the Whistler stories, says the New York Herald. Whistler was inordinately vain, yet the things which he did were in a measure due to his peculiar philosophy of life. Those who knew him best and liked him maintain that beneath all that he did the painter who gloried in “the gentle art of making enemies’’ had a sound basis of reason. Ills leading appetency was a desire to he unique. “I’m going over to London," said he once to William M. Chase, “and there I shall have a hansom made. It shall have a white body, yellow wheels, and I’ll have it lined with canary colored satin. I’ll petition the city to let me carry one lamp on it, and on the lamp there will he a white plume. I shall then be the only one." One of the affectations of Whistler was his apparent failure to recognize persons with whom ho had been on the most friendly tenns. An American art ist once met the impressionist in Ven ice, where they spent several months together painting, and he was invited to call on Whistler if he should go to Paris. The painter remembered the in vitation. The door of the Paris studio was opened by Whistler himself. A cold stare was the only reply to the visitor’s effusive greeting. "Why, Mr. Whistler,” cried the paint er, “you surely haven't forgotten those days in Venice when you borrowed my colors and we painted together!’* “I never saw you before in all my life,” replied Whistler and slammed the door. Whistler’s habit of forgetting persons or pretending to do so, for nobody ever knew when the lapses of recognition were due to intention or absent mind edness, often tempted other artists to play pranks upon him. He was a man who resented a joke at his own ex pense, except on a few occasions, and this trait was often turned to good ac count. x He was at Naples shortly after the account of the experience of the Amer ican visitor had gained wide circula tion. A conspiracy was entered into whereby the Whistler worshipers there were to be unaware of his presence. He tried to play billiards with a company of young artists. They met his ad vances with a stony glare. “Oh, I say,” persisted lie, "I think I know something of that game. Pd like to play.” A consultation was held, and the art ists shook their heads, inquiring of one another, “Who is he?” Whistler re tired crestfallen, and a roar of laughter which rang through the room added to his discomfiture. “Oh, well,” he said, pulling nervous ly at his mustache, and his tone was petulant, “I don’t care.” Whatever whim seized James A. Mc Neill Whistler he lost little time in following it. His studio in Purls looked out upon a garden on one side, and un der one of his windows was a small tank containing goldfish. Whistler rigged tackle from string and a bent pin, and In the course of an hour he had landed every fish. He cooked the spoils and, finding them not at all to his taste, wrapped them up in paper and, after pinning to the packet a note to the owner of the garden that the fish were not fit to eat, threw the pack age on a path. Children'* Day Drew a Large and Orderly Crowd. (Ccrespondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, July 28.—It is current ly reported over this county that the ‘ wreckage party,” or whatever they call themselves, who are engaged in taking cotton from Pacolet river aod drying and repacking it, make it their business to pay off tber hatds on the Sabbath day, and that the holy day is one of the busiest in their camp. Shame, shame on any people who tolerate such conduct. It would be hard for us to believe this charge were is not vouched for by some of as good men, we think, as are in this , county, who claim to have seen it, and know all about it. If the people of this country are goiug to submit to such indignities, without a lawful protest, it’s time to tear down our churches, call home our missionaries, burn up our Bibles and make an un conditional surrender to his Hatanic Mayesty and beg bis pardon for ever having rebelled against bis authority. How any people in any country can expect to prosper in the face of such uncalled for and unprecedented conduct, even of a so-called rich cor poration, is a question for which we await an answer. A young man,who is no stickler on Sabbath observance, has been work ing for the company, but be says if be has to take his pay on Sunday they can keep it. Bully for that young man! If the written laws of our land are a nullity, the sooner we find it out the better for us. Mr. Sam Inman and family, of Yorkville, visited his brother, Mr. C. F. Inman and family last week. Those interested met at Salem t^oday and cleared off the graveyard. Our people are loyal to their dead. They honor them twice a year—me morial day and childrens’ day. For the life of us we couid never conform to the duties and rules that govern the work of the successful newspaper correspondent. To confine ourself to the task of gathering up and giving out through the press, tbe country gossip and neighborhood news is a work for which we are illy capacitated and in it we must confess we are a failure. The Ledger readers have long since learned to look for something else, whether it be of in terest or not, and that is our apology ft>r taking our readers into another field of thought which we think . eminently proper just at this time. The visiting season is at hand, and the poor housewives (or the majority of them) are in a dread all tbe time when looking for company. Every thing, they say,is so scarce they don’t know what they can fix for their com pany to eat. No butter, no hams, no beef, pork or mutton, only a few chickens and they too small to Kill, few, if any eggs and but little butter and perhaps no fruit, and so tbe cata logue of wants goes on ad infinitum] whether tbe families are willing to publicly acknowledge it or not. It’s bard, of course, for 'is to enumerate all the conditions that surround us, but they exist all tbe same, nevertheless. We would enjoy visiting our friends much more if we didnlt know that it costs our hostess anxiety besides sweating over a hot stove preparing something for us to eat. Tbe man sitting in the shade, perhaps glad to see us come, don’t often think of what a trial his better- to see yon, and not for my dinner. Now you just fix for me what you would for your own folks and I will enjoy it much better than anything you can give me. If roy visit is going to give you extra trouble I am going back home.” And she meant It, too. It was her rule and she never varied from it. j. l. 8. For Sale. iar~AdTertlHeinenis under this neiwl will oe Inserted for one cent a word each Inter- tloo. No ad Inserted for leas than ten cent* EVHl HALE—Old - 1 dred. Apply at this newspapers at offli-e. 10c a liun AS IT IS WRITTEN. U’OR SALE—All kinds of leiral blanks; such A as used by Magistrates and court oflW clals; deeds, mortgages, etc., as cheap as the-, cheapest. Apply at this office. Men Che A Llat of the Greatest Ten World Ha* Known. Who arc the ten greatest men tbe world bes known? Dr. J. McKeen Cat- tell gtvw Napoleon, Shakespeare, Mo- hanuned, Voltaire. Bircon, Aristotle. Goethe, Jnnus Caesar, Luther and Pla to. "Tbe method 1 foHowed,” says the author, “to discover the 1,000 men who are pre-eminent was this: I took six bi ographical dictionaries or encyclope dias — two English, two French, one German and one American—and found the 2,000 men in each who were al lowed the iongf-st articles. In this way some OyOOO men were found. I then sc lected the men who appeared in the lists of at leant three of the dictiona ries and from these selected the thou sand who were allowed the gr«*atest av erage space. Thus was obtained not only the thousand men esteemed the most eminent, hot also the ordei in which they stand. According to this list, the ten most eminent are given above. It is curious that these ten pre eminent men are s« widely separate in race and age—two Greeks, two French men, two Germans, two Englishmen, one Roman and one Arab and two In tbe fifth century and one in the first century before Christ, one in the sixth, one In the fifteenth, two in the six teenth and three in the eighteenth cen tury. The ten names last on the list are Oth<>, Hertorius, Macpherson, Clau- dian, Domitian, Bugoaud, Charles I. of Naples, Fauriel, Enjantin and Barbery, names hardly ever heard.” — Philadel phia Record. p ■ Uv saLe,—Hiibbltt metal, made from old 1 type remolted Into bars; the very best babbitt metal made. Apply at The Ledger office. ’ Wanted. WANTED 50t) head big fat cattle. Will exchange milkers for fat cattle Live .Stock Co. , Gaffney 7-:n-2t \A/ ANTED- -To make straight loans on city vv real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr *t-tf J. 0. Jeffecms. Found. TpGl ND—Bundle of clothing. Owner can - 1 get same by describing property and pay ing for this ad. Apply to Meek Good at depot. 7-28-lt Moved. 1VTY customers will hereafter tind me at my old stand on Hohinson J Talley. street S. \V. s-4-lt pd. Notice. TATE do the best of commercial printing at prices commensurate with first-class work. If you haven’t time to call telephone or write us and we will do the rest. Address The Ledger, Box J. Gaffney. S. C. TXfE print anyihing from a visiting card to ’’ a newspaper ora book, and our prices ] are as low as the lowest. Write, telephone or call on us. The Ledger. Gaffney, S. C. ShavinK Among the lllndoon. Tlie Hindoo is a contemner of beards, and oue-h«lf of his head is devoid of hair, he only leaving a long lock which grows from tbe back of the head. This is a relic of the belief that has taught Hindoos the angel of death used this etM to drag them to heaven. Women are great patrons of the bar ber, for the Brnhmanieal law is very explicit on this score and provides that widows must keep their heads shaved. TMs rule ts most rigidly enforced, and the unfortunate widow bas t to make heroetf as ugly as possible, and grace fully mUsnlfn to an operation which deprives her of her greatest ornament, for Braksaati women have splendid h«ads o# hair and their coiffure sets it off to exceptkmaJ advantage. It is put up in a oo(L The rich partially cover this huge knot with a thin platter of beaten gold, wtSlo the poor intwine in It the gorgooan flowers of the marigold. Money Loaned. L OANS on Improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent. Interest. No commissions. For information apply to J. 0. Jefferies, Attorney at Law. 11-22-lyr BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULDING. ALSO A FINE LINE OE Paints and Oils ? 50c to $1,110 per gal. COTO L. BAKER, Froor* That SIdk. In some cases the glottis of tbe frog presents a eonaWerabie analogy to the upper larynx of birds. Cuvier com pares tbelr mechanism to a kettledrum, Dr. Abbott to a steam whistle. Vari ous species of tbe hylodes, or tree frog, found most abundantly in South Amer ica, make tbe best apiiroach to song. Some of their sounds are flutelike, oth ers metallic, others again a clear, loud trilled rattle, sometimes piercingly shrill. That under certain circumstances the effects are pleasing we can gather from such a keen observer as Darwin. He says. "Near Rio Janeiro I used of ten to sit in an evening listening to a number of Mttls byte which, perched Seems to me, bringin’ up children is a good deal like firin’ one o’ the old-fashioned si ot-guus; ef you don’t keep a good, firm grip on ’em, they’re dreadful likely to kick back in a sur prisin’ and painful manner. Ef tbe average man spent as little time tbinkin’ about layiu’ up riches on earth as he does about layin’ up riches in heaven, there would be no end o’ SDendin’ money flying about among th.e women folks. Mebbe ef some women tried as hard to make their talk to their husbands as soft and sweet as they do their Among the anecdotes related about James MacNeill Whistler, the Ameri can artist, here is one dealing with a visit Whistler paid Fir Alma Tadoma, the famous artist. On the night of his arrival Whistler’s host announced that he intended to give a breakfast next morning. “There will be a number of ladies present. Whistler," he said, “and I want you to pull yourself together and look your best.” “All right,” said Whistler. Early the next morning Whlstler'a voice was hoard ringing through the on blades of grass close to tbe water, half is having to make our visit what sent forth sweet chirping notes In bar- he would have it be—a pleasant one. mony.”—London Answers. He knows his wife will attend to that, ; and be don’t even busy himself to rock tbe cradle or keep tbe squalling brat quiet while bis wife does her laborious work in tbe kitchen with tbe thermometer standing at 100 de grees, or upwards, in the shade. If the occasion be that of a big meeting tbe wife’s work is doubled! and her sacrifices multiplied. She comes home from preaching through the hot broiling sun and without a minute’s rest, is found in tbe kitchen preparing dinner for tbe preacher or o;her guests. And so her work goes on continually. She is cooking, ironing, washing, churning or sweeping ail the time—not a mo ment’s test. And after all this her husband will perhaps get up in the prayer meeting, a church conference on the state cf religion, or the Sabbath school and tell how completely we would take Coal Bln Measurement*. ▲ solid culric foot of anthracite coal i weighs ninety-three pounds. When ‘ broken for use, it weighs about fifty four pounds. Bituminous coal, when j broken up for use, weighs about fifty ! pounds. Tbe consequent rule for tbe | approximate measurement of coal in a bin or box is to multiply tbe length in feet by the height In feet and again by the breadth In feet and this result by fifty-four for anthracite coal or by fifty for bituminous coal. The result will equal the number of pounds, and i to find the number of tons divide by | 2,000.—Popular Mechanics. rospects For those who have decided to have their pictures taken here. Our photographs are produced by the fliost improved methods, give satisfaction in every instance of Clifton and local scenes of interest fo» sale. We carry a complete line of films and other supplies for amateurs. June H. Carr, 625 Limestone St. ’Phone 176. Residence 171. Firm Aiuerlcnn PrvraKe. It is recorded In a history of the United States that an Indian chief named Maute, after baptism, was made a peer, receiving the rank of baron and assuming the title of Lord of Roanoke, so far back as the year magnificent halls of the Tndema man sion: “Tadema! Tadema! I want you, of your household? the world for Christ if the women of this country would only do so and so. 1587. Somewhat later, in 1600, the Brother, what are you doing for title of Lord Delaware was granted Christ while your dear wife is doing by James I. to the new governor 01 all she can or knows for the comfort Virginia. Later still, In 1633, Charles * I., among his coronation houors, con- Ef everybody that tells all about tbe fine things they did last year, and intend to do next year was doin’ the same sort o' things this year, they’d never h»ve a minute to spend talkin’ and tellin’ us about 'em. A Flight of Oratory. lExciiange.1 This is from the Fourth of July oration of one of Roosevelt’s colored expansionists: “Mali frens, de Uni ted State am de greates' coan f ry— ‘ceptin’ Bouf Carliny—undar de shinin’ sun, an’ she am growin’ am expan- ter live ■Id' with the l'«l'H element. It le „ g , e kln ' n d „ 4Mth 0 , a shame and disgrace to our country Norf Longitude an’ dip his beak in that inch barbarity exists in tbe { de wa’m watahs ob de Gulf of Cuby greatest of all nations, and the only I wbl,# tall fedders flap de snow timid and their eyesight is suddenly greatah ebery day. 8he ac impaired. In many cases they openly «hunin’, an’ I fo’ one hopes r boa Ha Hacr va’av* Ha way in which it can be checked Is by promptly calling, upon tbe State troops to suppress all suob demon* white snow offen de tope ob Greelan’e Icy Mountalnge an’ hie penetratin’ eyes shall bab watch ovah de feebl’ flocks from Jewruslem t’o Jerrlobo.” Tadema!” Thinking nothing less than fire, Sir Alma rushed to the room of his guest. "For heaven’s sake, Whistler, what's the matter? You’ve waked up every one In the house. What is It?” “Oh, don’t get so exdted, Tadema," drawled Whistler. “I only wanted to know where you kept the scissors to trim the fringe of cuffs with. Thought you wanti'd me to pull myself together for the ladles.”—Ladles’ Home Journal. ■ • “A Colorado millionaire who was get ting up an art gallery once went to Whistler’s studio In the Rue du Bae,” said Vanoe Thompson in his Paris let ter to the Raturday Evening Post. *He glanced casually at the pictures on tbe walls—’symphonies’ in rose and gold, in blue and gray, In brown and green. “ ‘How mueh for tbe lot?’ he asked, with the confidence of one who owns gold mines. “ ‘Four millions,’ said Whistler. “ ‘What!* “‘My posthumous prices/ and the painter added. ‘Good morning.* ’* The ministers of our irrespective of denomination, are not a set of epicurean gormandizers whose whole thoughts are about something good to eat. There may doubtless be some, but they are the exceptions and not by any means tbe rule. Vouching for the ministry in general, we would say to tbe ladiei: Give your minister a bowl of cool butter milk and a corn dodger for bis supper. It’a|all be wants. It will prove a brain nerve tonic. He will preach a better sermon than be coaid do if fed on sweet cak'es, pies and other richly flavored nick-knaoks that be remembere only through tbe head* aches or sour stomach superinduced by indulgence in this more advanced catalogue of dietetics. What the world neede le fewer toil ing mothers Ip the kitchen and more worshipping Mary’s In tbe home. “Old Granny” Mitchell, whose table was never spread unless it was fit for a prince to eet down to, used to say when she visited any of her less fortunate neighbors: “I come churches ; ferred the title of Viscount Canada upon Sir William Alexander. K»H»y on an Editor. 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 be is a devil In a print shop; at 33 tbe editor of a country newspaper, at tbe head of every enterprise calcu lated to improve tbe town or enrich tbe business thereof; at 50 be is an emaciated and worn oat man, with boles in bis pockets and a gray head; at the age of 60 he is a corpse in a cheap coffin, and his resources left be hind are two cases of long primer type, an old Taylor handpress aod a subscription book with 500 delinquent subeorlberi, who line up and march past tbe coffin saying: “He was a public spirited fellow, but be couldn’t ■ave anything.” We discontinue each subscription prompt* ly at Its expiration. So Watch your label and tbe date and renew before ’tls too late. The Woman Of Taste Is very particular about the STYLE, QUALITY and FIT of her Footwear. That’s the reason she buys Queen Quality $3.00 Shoes at The R. S. Shoe Co.