Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 • \ * it.’ L<rei>OISW. with the thrain after he catches And It reminds us somewhat of the ficey people we often hear barking at the locomotives of progress. They can do nothing but bark. It’s amus ing, indeed. THE SENATOR EXPLAINS. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DbCaMP. The Ledger is not responsible for tne 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 Father! Mother I Guardian! Send that child under your care to school. The respoosibility.of its receiving at least a common school jducation rests with you You are committing to insure publication; also endeavor ft gin by depriving ic of the advan- to get them to the office by Monday afforded by the (retJ 8chool 9y8 . and Thursday mornings. ^ Obituaries will be published at five tem and it it grows up in ignorance it cents aline. will be your fault. Do not let thij Reading notices will be published guilt rest upon you, but send the at ten aents a line each insertion. child to school and thus prepare it All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. for the battle of life. adopt a business method. Ledger readers patronize Ledger In a rect nt issue the Spartanburg advertisers; that is why our adver- Herald discussed free passes in a very concise manner, winding up with this sentence: “It would be far better if every newspaper which publishes sched ules and other notices of the railroads had a specified contract, space be ing charged for at the regular ad vertising rates, paid for in cash, all newspaper men paying their regular fare when they ride on the railroads. We believe it will come to this in the near future.” By Gatling, that is the stuff! The Ledger gives the Southern Railway about .$00 worth of advertising a year and uses the pass just to go to Spartanburg or Charlotte about once a month andjto Columbia about once a year. It gives about $00 for about $30 worth of riding,and‘yet everybody exclaims: ‘‘How nice, to have a pass on the railroad whenever you want to go any where!” The truth of the matter is.we would be better of! with out a pass, because we wouldn’t go as frequently as we do, therefore our business would receive 'hat much more of our attention. Away with the free-pass, exchange* of-courtesy business and let’s get down to a common-sense business method. Newspaper folks, as a rule, have very little business sense at best, and it’s a puzzle to us bow in the world the most of us manage to get along as well as we do. With the exchange advertising methods of some and the credit system of the majority of the papers published in this State, the wonder is that most editors have a dec*-' t -mtof clothes or sufficient food for tne * able. Get out of the rut, men. and adopt a business method of doing business. tisers use the columns of this paper. They want to tell you of their wares and they want your patronage. You can secure better bargains from Led ger advertisers than fro., anyone else. It’s the progressive merchant who advertises and it's the progress ive merchant who gives the best bar gains. He does it because he want! your business and is perfectly willing to make inducements to get it. AMONG OURSELVES. More than anything etse it looks as if the Democratic party is going to have a choice between Cleveland and defeat.—Yorkville Enquirer. Letter to Carolinian In Norfolk in Matter of Lost Press-Tass Episode. [Special to The State.] Norfolk, Sept. 7.—Ic a letter to W. E. King, a Turkish bath manager in this city, who comes from South Carolina and who wrote Senator Till man that he would not believe the latter accepted free passes and franks unless he had verification over the senator’s signature, Mr. Tillman avers the matter was a Republican move to direct attention away from the man ner he was pushing Senator Burton in the race question debate. Senator Tillman writes under date of Sept. 1 from Trenton, S. C.: “All the b jliabaloo which has been kicked up recently had for a founda tion- the fact that I lost a card case containing passes over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy system which I had never used. I notified the rail road so they could protect themselves from any impostors. My record in Washington will show whether or not the use of such courtesies has influ enced my actions or utterances. A man who can be bought with a pass can be bought with money. My opin ion is that the great notoriety and publicity given to the simple incident grew out of the fact I was pushing Burton very hard on the race question and the Republican papers seized on this opportunity to create a diversion and it is notorious that my enemies never let slip an opportunity to abuse and misrepresent me.” CHEAP RATES. For Sale. The State officials skimp and save* a few hundred dollars on the public printing l ill, and waste thousands on other well nigh useless expenditures But this Herald is economy!—Bamberg Columbia is now making demi johns, South Carolina is filling them and there are hundreds of suckers over the State who are emptying them. Thus it goes ad infinitum.— Edgefield Advertiser. It is poor economy for a parent to make a child hoe, and plough, and work in a mill, to the neglect of its education, for one with an educated mind will not only do more, but bet ter work.—Union Progress. The dispensary at Hampton was burned last night, and the whole stock was destroyed. It is said that fire was caused by rats, more likely its origin was spontaneous combination One X is powerful fiery stuff —Charleston Post. A WOMAN AND A This story is from Senator Tillman’s explanation of that free pass matter given his Nor- DO( . folk admirer will have to be modified . , a little when he gets before the wool ° D hat boys at home. It is a good bluff Greenville News and it is so complete that m'gh' have worked if the senator that it needs no comment: had not used the free pass as a lever “Without home or friends, a to prize good men out of office a uum- wotnan who had once occupied a high her of years ago in this same State.— by Rev. L. C. Ezell, of Woodruff, pas- Up to-Date Editor. The editor of a rural newspaper happened to be in New York city about the time the shooting of Presi dent McKinley occurred. Passing along the streets he no ticed bulletins hanging out in front of the newspaper offices, announcing the condition of the nresident at dif ferent hours of the day. When the editor returned home he learned that his neighbor, Deacon Jones, was very sick, so he decided to follow New York style. Hastening to his office he tacked up the fol lowing bulletin : 1.30. P. M.—Deacon Jones is se riously sick. 2 30 P. M.—Deacon Jones has a re lapse. 3 30 P. M. summoned. 4.10 P. M.- and gone to Heaven. Later in the evening a traveling man passing by, read the bulletin and wrote th> following: 5 30 P. M.—Great consternation in Heaven. Deacon Jones has not yet arrived. Walter Moseley, Seymour, Ind. liurial of Mrs. Turner. Mrs. Susan Turner, who died at Limestone Thursday morning, was buried in Oakland cemetery Friday in the presence of a large number of relatives ancklriend^ who had known and admired tee good woman during her long and useful life. A short service was conducted at the residence -Deacon Jones’ friends -Deacon Jones is dead position in the social life of New Y T ork, died the other day in a hovel, where she had eked out a miserable existence since reverses had come, like a thief in the night. There was no kind, generous hand to provide a decent burial. Out in the Potter’s field a grave was dug and she was consigned to the dust, unhonored and unloved. The cheap Dine coffin was lowered without ceremony or prayer, no tears were shed, and the human fragment was left for its eternal sleep, relieved of the cares and the worries Florence Times. The Hon. Grover Cleveland con tinues to be the most prominent, among those mentioned for the de mocratic nomination for president next year. It is believed by the knowing ones that he can carry New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Indiana against Roosevelt, and these states, with the solid Boutb, would elect him. There will be no trouble about bis carrying the South if he is nominated. Let us have four years of life, after she had lost the joy of more of Grover.—Darlington News. living. j “Not far from the place where a SountU Like Henry mount, board marked her grave, there was [Wilson News.l another funeral, in striking contrast They were passing an ice cream with the pauper’s. While women 88 [oon and the bold and daring escort and children wept, a dog was buried j rv J 6 “ ” , summoned up his courage to a heroic with pomp and ceremony, and the!. r mound was covered with flowers. The iodurance and asked her to have some dog was honored and a marble shaft! ice cream. And this is her answer: was erected to its memory. And the The extract of the female member of thousands of who people read of the the bovine species being carried event had little thought for the dead , through a state of effervescence and woman who might have enjoyed the then being congealed is relieved of same luxury had it not been for the that lacteal acidity of the bueteriae i.-tVAdvertlseiueiivs uuiiur this lie.<d will i •)<• Insert,«>.] for >ne -eut .t worn e:.cli In»er- Mot.. No a,d Inserted for less than len f ente UV)K SALE—A Smith Premier Typewriter; in good order. Apply this office. 8-utf TfORSALE OR RENT—One nine room house x within twenty minutes walk of Court House, small farm attached. Kobe It. Wtl-| Wins. ii-lt-law-tf i POR SALE—Legal A num‘ imbered lines. P-'per with he Ledger Office. Cap Pond At T POR SALE Old T Ore dred. Apply at tills newspapers at ' s office. 10c a hun pOR SALE—All kinds of legal blanks; such ; x as used by Magistrates and court offi cials; deeds, mortgages, etc., as cheap as tlie cheapest. Apply at this office. poll SALE—Babbitt metal, made from old J - type remelted into bars; the. very best | babbitt metal made. Apply at The Ledger office. FOR SALE. Any quantity of framing lum ber. See Joe A. McCraw, at McCraw, N. C., or Virgil Mc- Craw at Carroll, Carpenter &' Byers. Aug. 24-1 m Via u outhern Kailway to Various Points lit the North and South. The Southern Railway will sell tickets for delegates and members of the following named meetings at rate of one and one third fare on the Cer tificate Plan, for the round trip: Atlanta, Ga —National Convention of Congregational Workers, Sept 19 23, tickets on sale Sept. 10 21 final limit 8ept. 26th, 1903 Charleston, 8. C.—United Daugh ters of the Confederacy. Nov. 11 14 tickets on sale Nov. 7-15, final limit Nov. 18 r h. 1903. Chattanooga, Tenn.—W o m a n’s Home Miseionarv Society of the M. E. church, Oct. 28-Nov 5, tickets pn sa'e Oct. 24 30, final limit Nov. 9 h. 1903. Washington, D C —National Asso elation of Retail Druggists, Oct. 5-8. tickets ou sale Oct. 1 7, final limit Oct. I2‘,h 1903 Washington D. C.—National Spirit ualists Association, Oot. 20 25, tick ets on sale Oot 16 22, final limit Oct. 27th, 1903 r . e Southern Railway will also sell open roundtrip excursion tickets, to points named below: Baltim'' e, Md.—Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O F. Sent. 21-26, tickets on sale Sep 18 20, final limit Sept. 28th, 1903. ne fare for round trip plus $2.00. Greensboro. N. C.—Reunion Non- Resident North Carolinians. Oct. 1213. One first-class fare plus $1.00 for round trip from points beyond a radius of 30U miles of Greensboro. One first-clHhfe fare plus 25 cents for round trip fro.a points within radius of Greensboro One first-class fare plus , $l.00, tickets on sale Oct. 9 10, with final limit fifteen days from date W^ttu sellim-(;’ nliry that 8-lLtf of sale. One fmt-class fare plus 25 — cents, tickets on sale Oct. 10 11, and vv real egta for trains scheluled to arrive in thousand dollars to loan. Greensboro before noon of Oot. 12th, ^bron-tf J. O. Jefferies. w-hfina! limit s ven days from date ANTED—Ten thOUS- New Orleans, La —American Eco nomic Association and American Historical Association, Dec. 28. ’03 Jan. 1, ’04, tickets on sale Dec. 26 27, final limit Jan 5th 1904 One first- class fare plus 25 cents. For full information apply to any agent, or to. W. H. Tayloe. R. W. Hunt, Asst. Genl. P. A. Div’n P. A Atlanta. Ga. Charleston, S. C STAR THEATRE h. C. KNOX, Lessee and Manager. Barlow ONE NIGHT ONLY Wanted. WANTED-To sell some nice Household ” Furniture; only been used ;i few months. ! Lewis Conder, Gaffney Live Stock Co. !H5-lt AXTANTED—Wanted to buy a good second- band iron safe. J., Box 420. Gaffney, !> 11-21. S. O. WANTED ” tin A few pupils to take lessons on Ty to Miss Fannie Thursday, Sept. 17, ’03 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c. Seats on sale at Cherokee Drug Company. lie piano. Apply Corry. i 9-15-18-pd. XU A N T E D— More Green Salted Hides than anybody. Highest cash prices paid. B. G. Clary. 8-24-tf W ANTED—500 dozen eggs; also nice chick- | ens. /.. A. Robertson. 8-21-tf. i W ANTED—To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several days from date tyANTED--Ten v and pounds green or salted hides at once. Also, all kinds of hides bought at highest cash price. Z. A. Robertson. 8-21-tf. A Card of Thunks. Cowpens, S. C , Sept 10. 1903. Editor Gaffney Ledger:—We, the under-signed members of the Green Notice. ‘M'OTICE- Have removed my ofBce to the building occupied by Jas. It. Littlejohn. J. B. Bell. u-4-tf. TXTE 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. „ , o .. . . u / i j TXTE print anything from a visiting card to Bethel Baptist church (colored) de- VV a newspaper or a book sire to express our appreciation and thanks to our County Board of Com missioners and Supervisor, who through their efficient overseer, Mr. Lee Lipscomb, have put the public highwav which runs by our church in the best and most thorough condi-| tion it has been in for the treveling public during the past twenty years, which some of Ua know to our own knowledge. Rev Wm. L. Lipscomb. Prof W L Patterson. Rev W R. Lipscomb. . . , and our prices are as low as the lowest. Write, telephone or call ou us. The Ledger, Gaffney, S. C. 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 .’efferies, Attorney at Law. lt-22-lyr Star Theatre, H. C. KNOX, Lessee and Manager. The Big Glittering Extravagant* Comedy Success Happy Hooligan Sept. 21st One Night only. 50 = PEOPLE = 50 tor ot Limestone Baptist church, of which the deceased was i member, uud another at the grave, in which the pastor was assisted by Rev. A. C. (Tree, of this city. i^The pall bearers were: W. C. Car penter, R. M. Wilkins, N. H. Little john, A. O. Pridmore, W. H. Smith and L Harmon. The family of the deceased have the sympathy of a host of frit nds in their great bereavement. Ice Cream Festival. There was an ice cream festival Saturday night on the lawn in front of Mr. S. L Cuttir g’a residence, held for the benefit of the Limestone Light Infantry. A good crowd was present and about twenty dollars realized from the sale of cream. T O I > iV Y Call up Mrs. W. J. Manoss for any and all kinds of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Cigars, and Tobacco. Fine smoked Pork and Bo logna Sausage; fine Armour and Gold Brand Hams; the very finest Honey Drips. 50c per gallon: 1000 Waterproof Matches for 5c. Coupons bought and sold. Mrs. W. J. MANESS. FOR Uo-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. BE IN THE SWIM Give me your clothes to clean, press or dye and you will always look nice and stylish. Old suits made to look like new. *,« Experienced workmen and prompt scr- vice rendered. W. H. ROBINSON, Tailor. Over W. U. Telegraph Office. m ill-fortune of life. The two aides of the great gulf between a rich man’s dog and an outcast. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The whistle of the peanut parcher ! would be annoying if it were not that : it is the sound of industry. which supplements hyposulphate of but&rie oxi.i and precipitates the fermentation of the bisulphate into the culmination of stumakuke, but yet 1 will his nice cream* take and run the risk for your dear sake. If Brother Pollock does not mind Senator Tillman will have him read of the Democratic party for daring to suggest that we could stand four nrore years of Grover. But Pollock wouldn’t give the snap of his finger for a million Ben Tillmans. The Hampton Guardian, owned and edited by ex-Gov. Miles B. Me- Sweeney, has recently completed its twenty-fourth year. Mr. McSweeney Is one man of whom public office has not made a fool. He is ajwell-balanced individual and is just as much at home in a country newspaper office now as he was before he served four years as governor. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We have heard a story to the effect that an Irishman, who was riding on the train, observing a fice running alongside of the train and all the time barking furiously, said: “1 wonder phat the dlvil the dorg will do Goo<l Advice. [Oconee News.l i The con, crop of the west is said to , be short and the prospects are that the price will run up pretty high | next year. Tne all-cotton farmers will feel the effects of a short corn crop. If they ^should get a good price for their cotton they would have to pay most of it out for corn. Better make your corn home. Let your cotton be a surplus crop, then whatever you get for it will be profit, | minus the cost ot production. A bushel of corn in the crib at home is worth two in the west. Meeting at Grover. Rev. J. D. Bailey, of Cowpens, has been holding a very succesful pro tracted meeting at Grover. As a re sult of the meeting fifteen have been baptised and quite a large number re claimed. Mr. Bailey declares that he has seldom seen so much genuine interest taken In a meeting and he Is of the opinion that the result will be lasting and beneficial. The meeting closed a week ago yesterday. Get your medicine from the new drug store—Gaffney Drug Co., nevt door below ft. and P. Bank. Have Your CLOTH,ES CLEANED and PRESSED AVERY BROS, are prepared to do the work to your perfect satisfac tion. Competent workmen, and all the i necessary articles to make the work a success. Special attention paid to Ladies’ work. Personal care given every article. See us for club rates. Yours for business, Avery Bros. L'lsj l V I ..V • Visionary , Jdeals of art are no ^’permitted to inter fere with the prac tical production of High Grade Photographs. Our pictures are artistic, beautiful in tone and finish, 1 faithful portraits, 1 and absolutely per- : manent. Films and other ; ^supplies for ama- ! teurs. Uune H. Carr, 625 Limestone St. ’Phone j 76. Residence 171. To School Trostees. I can now make arrangements with the Central Campaign Committees to hold an Educational Meeting, or Rally, in two or three, and possibly four' different sections of the county. These meetings will be for all communities desiring to consolidate schools, build new school houses, levy special taxes, start libraries, or make any forward movement in the cause of education. If any school dis trict desires such help, please make it known to their trustees, and we can ar range a program. Through this committee I can aid the speakers to the extent of paying all traveling expenses. Now let us have a general educational revival as far and as much as we can. The children need it, the county needs it, and it is our duty to assist in anything that will help our youth. Everyone should he, I believe, interested in this matter. I will get the very best practical speakers available— preferring local talent. Let me hear from any district wanting such aid, es pecially the large school districts—Nos. 15, 12, 4, 16, 22 and the smaller ones where there is only one white school. I am sure a few meetings like this will be of great benefit to the entire people. J. L. Walker, A New Store Filled with the best and freshest line of Fancy Groceries and Confectioneries in the city. Stand below Commer cial Hotel on Limestone street. Prices right in every particular and prompt service (rendered. Give us a share of your patronage. HAMLIN & RADFORD. •Goods delivered free in any part of city. Free estimates on all kinds of Painting, Paper Hanging and Decorating. All work done promptly. Satisfac tion guaranteed. Give me a trial. D, M. GAINES. Next to Pearl SteamfLaundry. OFFICE DAYS. Until further notice I will be in my office on Friday and Saturday of every week and every first Monday. J. L. Walker, tf Co. Supt. of Education. REPORT Of the condition of the National Bank of Gaffney, at Gaffney, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business, Sept. 9th, 1903. ItESO PUCKS: Discounts |209 817 08 182 71 500 00 100 08 785 00 840 10 955 79 512 95 To all Teachers in the County. The regular fall examination for all teachers will be held at the Court House on [Friday,^September i8th. There will be no examination for teachers after this one, until the 3rd. Friday in May, 1904. All teachers are required to have certifi cates, and those whose certificate will expire before May 1904, are required to stand this examination before they can teach the coming fall. These examina tions are never very difficult, so let eveiw k. teacher be 'ready to get his or her certin- 1 cate in a lawful way, so there will lie no friction between the teacher and the trustees. J. L. Walkkr. 9-1-4-8-11-15-18 Supt. of Education. Loans and Overdrafts, secured and unsecured U. 8. Bonds to secure circulation Stocks, securities, etc. Furniture and Fixt ures Due from National Banks (not re serve agents) Due from State Banks and Bankers Due from approved reserve agents Checks and other cash Items . .$ 134 7s Notes of other National Banks 2 550 11O Fractional papercurrency. nickels and cents 132 27 Specie 11 785 r* Legal-tender notes 2 400 (H) Redemption fund with U. S. Treas urer (5 per cent, of circulation) Total $244 333 92 LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid In 50 000 00 Surplus fund 10 000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid State Bank notes outstanding Due to other National Banks $ 2 019 9*2 Due to State Banks and Bankers 1 221 34 Due to approved reserve agents 288 10 Dividends unpaid 33 00 Individual deposits sub- 17 002 55 025 OO 800 57 500 00 lect 10 check.. .. ...... 83 337 80 rfn Time certIficates of deposit ... . Certified checks Cashier's chec k s o u t- standlng 368 59 108 527 35 Notes and bills rediscounted 45 500 00 20 548 50 110 04 Total |244 333 92 State of South Cakolina, l County of Cherokee. t * I, D. O. Ross, Cafhier of the above named hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowl edge and belief. D. O.Iioss, „ . Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of Sept. 1903. W. U. Goodiko. Notary Public. Correct Attest; F. G. Stact, W. o. Carpenter. R. M. Wilkinh, Director*.