Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rilES PUBLISHED TOB:SDAY ANI) FRIDAY. BY - Ed. H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for tb« views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri- bate regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 telligence and education, but there is Two days will be consumed in argu ment. The Judge will charge the jury tomorrow morning and they will then deliberate. We have had faith in the courts of South Carolina, but should this jury acquit on the evi dence before them that faith will have received a terrible shock. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The people of Cherokee county are abovs the average of the State in in- SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. FOR A GKEATKR GAFFNEY. The attention of Ledger readers is directed to the communication ad dressed to Mayor Little to be found in another column of this issue. The principal matter to be consid ered at this meeting is the matter of freight rates. It will be observed by the table published that there is a vast difference between the freight rates of Virginia and North and South Carolina. In fact South Carolina pays from 9 to 14 cents more per hun dred than Virginia, and from C to 10 cents more than North Carolina There can be no good reason why such a state of affairs should exist, and a united action on the part of those who are compelled to pay these freight rates may accomplish something. Certainly no barm could come from an effort to better our selves. Gaffney has made most rapid strides in the direction of progress within the past ten years. In fact no town in the South has grown more rapidly. This growth has been a sub stantial nature. It is in no wise akin to the boom-town or mosh-roon variety. It has been solid in every respect. This growth has been due to a united effort on the part of our progressive spirited citizens. We cannot afford to rest on our oars on the bosom of a placid water. We must shove out ’nto the rushing tor rent of the stream, and in order to keep the boat from being demolished on the rocks and shoals, it is advis able that experienced men be in com mand. Therefore it becomes necess ary that every man who has had ex perience should be engaged. Within ten years Gaffney has grown from 2,000 co6,000 people, a net gain of 200 per.cent. If this per cent of in crease could be continued for another ten years we would have a population of 18,000 people. Of course such a gain is almost beyond question, but supposing that we could gain as much within the next ten years as within the past we would have a pop ulation of 10,000. Such a gain is neither impossible nor improbable. But in order to attain it we must all pull together. We cannot understand why there should not be a united effort to keep Gaffney going forward. We have everything to gain and nothing to lose thereby. Increased population means increased wealth, increased wealth means increased prestige, in creased prestige means increased glory. Bear in mind the meeting at the city hall tomorrow night and attest your interest in Gaffney by attend ing. plenty of room for improvement. No people can attain that degree of use fulness for which they were created without education, consequently if the people of this county aspire to the highest ideals of life and happi ness they must become educated. Therefore we say once more,‘• Send your child to school.” Give it the benefit of every days schooling possi ble. You may think that he or she is worth more in the cotton patch at this particular time, but an education is worth more to a child than all the cotton it can pick during the school period would be to its parent. GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. AMONG OURSELVES. When a man murders another in cold blood in South Carolina he es capes, as a rule, without punishment, yet if the railroad kills a man by acci dent it is sued for $75,000 damages. ! Then why not sue the murderers?— Greenville News. Tillman has told his story and it is not a pleasing recital, but men have been acquitted in South Carolina on less effective answers to the charge of murder than he has made, and the court conditions at Lexington were in his favor from the beginning.—Char leston Post. The newspapers of the State ‘are unanimous in their condemnation of the brow beating tactics of Col Croft of counsel for the defense in the Till man trial, who used language to Mr Kohn on the witness stand that he would not dare to repeat to his face out of court.—Sumter Freeman. The surest way to a lasting success is the way of honesty. The best capi tal a business ever bad is a reputation for honesty. The business man who is ready to choose doubtful methods to compass his ends may win a present success, but this he does at a severe loss to the success of the future.— Union Times. The Woodmen of the World meet tonight. 8. M. Littlejohn’s new brick store corner Limestone and Birnie streets is nearing completion. The many friends in Gaffney, of John Z. Mabry are pleased to learn that he has accepted a position with J. R Tolleson & Co. The city authorities are widening North Limestone street and will in crease its width fifteen feet. This is a move in the right direction and will add much to the appearance of the street and the convenience of the public. H. G. Nelson, who has been con nected with the local office of the Southern Express Co., has resigned his position here and will take up a run for the same companv between Charlotte and Atlanta. He goes to his new duties tomorrow. Friday night as the fast mail train No. 97 passed- through the city, it struck a horse belonging to Mr Geo. Bridges, a Thickety farmer, just I south of Birnie street and killed it. The train stayed on the track and as far as learned, did not sustain any material injury. Florence Robinson, who was put in jail on the 3rd inst., for cutting Manuel Elmore on accout of Elmore’s improved condition, was released from jail Saturday on bond. Her good character served her well in this case and made it easy for her to se cure bondsmen. There was a row about the middle of last week, across the Broad near Cherokee Falls, in which George For tenberry shot Bud Owens in the hip. All the parties are white and we suppose that Owens’ wound is not dangerous as we learn that be has run away. Fortenberry is in jail. The resignation of Mr. J. C. Hollis, agent at the Southern depot here, which was caused by his ill health, has been accepted, and his successor, Mr. O. L. Moore, of Seneca, arrived in the city Friday and assumed charge. Mr. Moore is an experienced man in his business and we extend to him a hearty welcome to our thriving city. At a meeting of Enoree Presbytery held at Spartanburg last week, it was decided to bold its next meeting at Limestone church in Gaffney. This meeting will begin on the 5th of April, 1904. Gaffney feels grateful for this action of the Presbytery and will wel come these good people to our city with grateful hearts into open doors. Harry Dean, of Spartanburg coun ty, the slayer of Miller McKinney, now in Spartanburg jail, will apply to Judge Townsend this afternoon at six The Southern Railway Will Make Special Efforts to Induce Location in South. Those interested in the develop ment of the resources of the South are, to some extent at least, conver sant with the methods employed by the Southern Railway Company in The Hypnotic Ad. [Mahlu’s Magazine.] Some people classify advertising with hypnotism or some other bane ful practice and, acting on that basis, try to influence others in ways op posite to their highest good. The palpable efforts of ceriain small mail order firms to defraud the public are mesmeric in their character. Sensi- advancing the material growth of the people are not<affected by them; shallow folks should learn to resist. country served by its lines. For sev eral years past the Company has made special effort to attract to the South a desirable class of German im migrants. While this work is one that requires time, labor and patience, the results have been fairly satis factory, and several settlements of tnat class of people have been estab lished along the lines of the Southern railway.. The success achieved by the Com pany has convinced it of the wisdom of redoubling its efforts, and it has decided to wage an active campaign, having for its purpose the location of a larger number of thrifty German farmers along the line. There is no better class Qf emigrant than the thrifty German farmer and such a settlement is always an important factor in the growth and development of the section of country in which it is located. The Southern Railway Company will soon publish an illustrated pamphlet in German, the object of which will be to give reliable infor- All such attempts must ultimately fail. One cannot build on lies. A strong and enduring business found ation was never laid in deceit. The really successful advertiser eschews such methods. He knows from ex perience that one wronged purchaser destroys the possibility of innumer able prospective customers; that the satisfied purchaser is an advertise ment which is cumulative in effect. THE OLD RELIABLE Fight at a Hall Game. , Editor Ledger :—Saturday at Boil ing Springs, N. C., the Masonic order laid the cornerstone at Green Bethel Baptist church, colored, and in the afternoon a ball game took place. Concord and Green Bethel were to play a match game. As they began to play a dispute arose between the teams and a fight followed in which rocks, sticks bats and knives were used. During the fight John Ross got cut just below the left ear and seriously wounded. John is of Cherokee county, and lives on Mr. Luther Sarratt’s place near Grassy Pond. Louis Robbs, also of Chero kee, got bit in the head with a rock. Officers captured one hundred half pints of whiskey recently in the dry town of Greenwood, shipped in a j o’clock for bail. This application crate as eggs, to a restaurant-keeper named Bolton. They will have their liquor in such towns, revenue or no revenue. Bolton seems to have been a dealer in eggnog, so to speak.— Orangeburg Patriot. THEI REAPER BUSY. Three of Gaffney’s Best People are Gath- { ered to the Fold. Death, (Treat proprietor of all.—YOUNG. Yes, death is the great proprietor of all. The Grim Reaper is no respec ter of persons and at last, whate’er we may have been on earth, ‘ death is the proprietor of all.” Mrs. Sallie Doggett, widow of the late Major W. A. C. Doggett, died yesterday morning at 7 o’clock at the residence of her son, Mr. A. VV. Dog gett, corner Logan and Depot streets, in this city. Mrs. Doggett had been sick for about two weeks, having be come ill during a visit to her sons in North Carolina. She was about sixty- one years of age. Mrs. Doggett was a most estimable woman. Generous in nature, kind of heart and a loyal ChristUn, she was a blessing to those j who had the sweet privilege of know ing her. Her presence will be missed by her friends and neighbors. Her loving disposition had made for her a large circle of admiring friends who will i deeply sympathize with her bereaved relatives. Mrs. Doggett was the mother of A. ! W., Goin, and Ed. Doggett, the lat-! ter two residents of North Carolina. Her death came somewhat as a sur-, prise to her many acquaintances, as only those who resided very near her i son were aware of the extent of her , illness. The funeral services will be held today and the interment will take The announcement in Friday’s place at Oakland cemetery, where the Ledger of the establishment of four remtliD8 wil! be deposited beside those of her departed husband and will be made in open court. The at torneys in the case are Stanyarne Wilson and Barber Hoke for the de fense and Solicitor Sease and Ex-Gov. John Gary Evans for the State. About three years ago a negro of Rutherford county N. C., named Wat son Freeman, was arrested near Ezell in this county, for violation of the dispensary law, and placed in the county jail He gave bond for his appearance but did not aopear and at the October term of 1903 he was tried in his absence and a sealed sentence Idft against him. Last Saturday he appeared in Gaffney with a load of ap ples and was recognized by Sheriff Thomas who arrested him and placed him in jail, where he will be kept till he learns the penalty imposed by the sealed sentence, when he will prob ably accept a term in the Cherokee good roads class. mation concerning each of the South- £ ee . g° c in tne bead with a rock. point out tQ hjs new , paper ern States tributary to its lines to all 1 he man «; h o cut John and hit Louis particu | ar |y if hi8 Qews p Hpi Germans considering the question of, vva3 * rom forest City, N. C. He made u nflfi ^ thr.oo f«Di,,.r 0 « changes of location. The pamphlet hia escape, after receiving several will be followed by other publications b l° W8 from bats and sticks, giving general information about this W. R. Sarratt. | territory which it is thought will be Llver the means of attracting the attention : of thousands of G -rmans to the Rydales Liver Tablets cure all liver South. troubles. They act specifically on ! These publications, besides having ( t be liver, the bile, bladder, and bile a general distribution, will also be duct, the intestines and bowels, sent in answer to all inquiries which They stimulate the liver and cause a Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE Position. (.Michigan Tradesman.] Unquestionably the best position in a local newspaper for a local store is on the local page. I never could un derstand why proprietors of patent medicines fought with merchants for position on local pages. Their adver tisements would find just as good at tention and perhans better upon a miscellaneous page. This is a fact that the merchant would do well to manager, paper manager is one of those fellows who charge the local merchant one price for a space and the patent medicine advertiser another and a lowe. one and give the outsider preferred position. A New Store Dr. Parker Pray’s Rosaline—an in valuable beautifier of the skin, for tinting the lips, cheeks and nails a rosy hue. 25c a box.—The Gaffney Drug Co. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at its expiration. So watch your label and the date and renew before ’tls too late. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Charlotte Evening Chronicle loses a most valuable man in the res ignation of Mr. Howard A. Banks. We wish him success wherever his lot may be cast. Gaffney will welcome Presbytery next year, while off but it’s not too gin to plan to make the the Enoree It’s a good soon to be- stay of the are now being received daily from Germans all over the North and West and in Europe. Too much stress cannot be laid up on the importance of the people of the South doing all they can to foster and promote this movement. Ger mans already located in the South can do much to promote this work. The Southero railway will be glad to have from each German located along its line his individual opinion of the country in which he is located as a desirable field for this class of immi gration. This information will be of special value in its negotiations with other Germans, and the result will be mutually beneficial. Undoubtedly there is abundant room in each coun ty of the South for German farmers, and it is hoped that the Southern Railway will receive the earnest and active co-operation of the people lo cated along its lines. This will re sult in producting a tide of immigra tion to the South of active and ener getic Germans, and will cause thous ands of that class of people to seek homes in this Southern clime. Mr. M. V. Richards, Washington, D. C., the Land and Industrial Agent of the Southern Railway Company, I ———■ will be glad to hear from those inter- r iin( i farming land, ested in the subject. Write him and Emits. J.J.Gaffney, send him the names and addres-es of your Gferman friends and relatives in the North and Europe so that he can send them the literature referred to. Filled with the best and freshest line of perfect flow of bile into the bowels, keep the bile duct healthy, increase the peristalic movement of the intes tines and thus restore a healthy ac- tion of all these organs. Rydales r _ . , Liver Tablets are easy to take, being r3l1C]f GrOCfiNGS SMl u0nf6Ctl0l)8ri6S small chocolate coated tablets. They act promptly and can always be de pended upon. Price per box of 50 tablets. 25 cents.—Gaffney Drug Co. 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. For Sale. fcar-Advertisements under this dead will oe inserted for one cent a word each inser- tlor.. No ad inserted for less than ten cents F Olt KALE—Fifty acres of land and one four-room cottage and outbuildings, one- half mile from depot, and wit liiu the corpor ate limits. Apply to John T. 1 lames. Oct. IJ-tf. F or sale- building Haines. -Four houses and lots, and four lots. Apply to Mr. Clara <’. Oct, IJ-tf. Fine building ust outside town lo-ia st pd F OR SALE—Legal Cap Bond Paper with numbered lines. At The Ledger OlHce. HAMLIN & RADFORD. Goods delivered free in any part of city. F^oi— Building and Plastering Lime Goal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pans Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, E use and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telenhnne Presbyterians in our midst a pleasant one. new free delivery routes on Novem ber 1st is an indication that Congress man Finley has not been idle in hia efforts to do something for his Chero kee constituents. ♦ ♦♦-«- Mrs. B. R. Tillman and son, B. R. Tillman, Jr., were injured by being thrown from a buggy last Tuesday. The sympathy of the people will go out to the senator and his family be cause of his misfortune. We trust the injuries sustained are not serious. The example of J. T. Burgess and Goodwin Pridmore in purchasing farm, of th.ir own la one worthy of e ‘ ve ” b !f 9 “ r ' 0 * ln e lm “ ba, ' d ... . / . land two small children to mourn their loss. They have the sympathy of a large circle, of frier ds, including son. Peace to her ashes, for her soul was as pure as an angel’s. Mrs. Charles Francis. Mrs. Mollie McGee, wife of Mr. Cate McGee, died at her home in this city on Friday morning, after an ill ness of two weeks, and was buried Saturday at Oakland cemetery in the presence of a large number of sorrow ing relatives and friends. The fun eral services were conducted at the grave by her pastor, Rev. G. P. Ham- i rick. Mrs. McGee was a consistent mem ber of Cherokee Avenue Baptist church, was a lady of higt character and a devoted wife and mother. The New Arithmetic. Harold has two rabbits and James has a black and tan dog. The dog be ing put into the yard with the rab bits—but of course you know that there was only one left. Three boys furnish the lemons, sugar and water to make a quart of lemonade and agree to divide it up. Jim drinks first then passes the pitcher to John, and John—well, John didn’t find any left. How many names did John and Peter call James? A tramp has twelve feet the start of a woman who is armed with a broom-stick six feet long. She moves eight feet while bo moves six. How far must they run before she can get a fair whack at him? A plumber charges an iceman with forcj-ftve minutes’ work a 1 ; 50 cents an hour, and tbe iceman is short thirty two pounds of ice ai 76 cents a hundred. Who is ahead of the game and bow much? There are forty yards of carpet to be beaten, and Henry beats one- fourth of a yard per day and then gets the backache. At that rate how long will he be at the job and how many backaches will be have? Letter to J. T. Kodgers. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir: We manage to get some fun out of 'paint. J. H. Kohlmey- er, Grove City, Pa, put-in Devoe. Along came a salesman of somebody else’s paint before ours had got there. Salesman said ours was short measure. Kohlmeyer weakened,hung- fire and flopped; stopped ours and took his. It was our turn now. We emptied our can into his and his into ours. The short-measure was his, not ours; and we kept our man. And, ever since then, that paint- manufacturer gives full-measure; his paint is not pure, but his gallon con tains four quarts. Go by the name; and the name to go by is Devoe lead-and-ziuc. Yours trulv F W Devoe & Co F UR SALK—Old newspapers at 10c a dred. Apply at tills office. huu •pOR SALE * as used AH kinds of legal blanks; such by Magistrates and court offi cials; deeds, mortgages, etc., as cheap as the cheapest. Apply at this office. I^OR SALE—Babbitt metal, made from -*■ type remelted into bars; the very 1 old ype remelted into bars; tne very best babbitt metal made. Apply tit The Ledger office. Ninety Per Cent For Rent. T O RENT—Good tvvo-horse farm with nice live room cottage. Apply to J. C. Lips comb. F OR RENT—The with ten rooms. \V. O. Lipscomb. R. M. Gaffney house Apply to F.G. Stacy. iu-^-:i-t F OR RENT—One two-horse and one one- horse farm, within two miles of Gaffney; Apply to (t-IW-tf. mostly fresh upland and bottoms. S. S. Ross. Wanted. F Olt SALE OR RENT—Five-room cottage opposite my residence. Mrs. A. V. Mont gomery. 10-!t-2t af all chronic headaches are due to eye strain. Go to Dr. GriffIth'at the Chero kee Drug Co.’s and have the defect in vision corrected, and thus be QUICKLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED. Glasses Fitted With Scientific Accu racy and all the diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat treated£according to the latest and most approved methods. BE IN THE SWIM There may he luck in getting chances; there is none in making tbe right use of them. W ANTED—Will do plain sewing ueai and cheap; work received from 8 to 10 a. m. and 1 to ti p. m. Oleo Cunningham. 201 East Bob!neon St. 9-22-t.f TXTANTKD—Boar J in private -family for ““ married couple; room furnished or un furnished. Apply 1*. O. Box074. !i-ls-tf Give me your clothes to cleau, press or dye and you will always look nice and stylish Old suits made to look like new. Experienced workmen and prompt ser vice rendered. W. H. ROBINSON, Tailor. Over W. TJ. Telegraph Office. A Cough la Only A Symptom. TITANTED—More Green Sa | "" anybody- Highest cash prices paid. B emulation. The county would be vastly better off if every mao who follows agriculture could own bis place than if the farm lands were owned by one man and rented to tenants. The evidenoe In the Jim Tillman trial.was concluded Saturday aod the argument commenced yesterday. The Ledger. ■ Mrs. Mollie McGee. Mrs. Charles Francis died at her home in tbe city on the 7th inst. after a short illness and was buried at Oak land cemetery by the side of her babe who bad preceded her but a few days. The bereaved husband has the sym* pathy of The Ledger, How Advertising is Viewed. AGoorgla Editor writes: The gladdest words of tongue or pen Are these: “Insert my ad again.” —The Bill Board. • And gladder vet, oh, Georgia sage, . . -’ft ‘ take a pageI” Infants’ Furnisher. Are these: “This monthl* —Women’ffand But better far, and sweet to hear, Are: "Insert nry ad another year." —Durham Daily Sun. —When you ride a wagon ride THE RYDER wagon. Sold by|Smith Hard ware Co. A girl never feels her engagement is ideal unless she is sure she is not good enough for him. Dr. Parker Fray's Ongallne—for Bleaching and Cleaning under the nails. It removes ink and glove stains from the skin. 50c a bottle.—T h e Gaffney Drug Co. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at Its expiration. So watch your label and the date and renew before 'tls.too late. A cough is not symptom of disease indicates that either i G. Clary. a disease, but a A caugh always 4X7’anted—500 dozen eggs; i ”, . I TT ens. /j. A, Robertson. iltcd Hides than id. B. 8-24-tf FAR AWAY the throat or also nice chlck- 8-21-tf. that I am 8-11-tf lungs are affected. When the mucous i W A s tm sellingg. cury lining of the throat or lungs becomes «■» ANTED—To make straight loans on citv inflamed the irritation causes cough- W real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr29-tf J. O. Jefferies. ing. Don’t neglect a cough. It may be a symptom of serious throat or, . long disease. Rydales Elixir kills F™aSX“i. feu | the germs that cause the trouble, soothes the irritated mucous mem brane, gently stimulates tbe nerves that control the respiratory organs and thus help nature to speedily re store normal conditions and healthy action.—Gaffney Drug Co. BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHIN6LE$, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORIND, SIDIN6, CEILING, ALSO A riNI LINE OW Paints and Oils 50c to H.30 per gal. COTO L. BAKER. VLTANTED—Ten thous- vv and pounds green or salted hides at once. Also, all kinds of hides bought at highest cash price. Z. A. Robertson. 8-21 -tf. Notice. The Woodmen of the World will meet to night in their hall. All members are urged to attend. G. W. Speer, Cl'lc. 10-13,1903 TI7E do the best of commercial printing Vt ni-inAH rrnnmnnMirate with Urst-cla prices commensurate with tirst-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. 8. O. 4X7E print anything from a visiting card to »» a newspaper or a book, and our prices are as low as the lowest. Write, telephone or call on us. The Ledger, Gaffney, S. O. 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. U-82-lyr there may be a charm about some pictures but they lose much of their interest on close inspection. Not so with the Pbotograpbs made at this studio. Far or near— glanced at carelessly or examined c a r e- fully they show the qualities that stamp them as superior. They are highly artistic without loss of fidelity to the original. The ligh and shade effects are charming. The whole tone is very 4 pleasing and it is permanent. By carefully study ing our subject we pose them to the best advantage. June H. Carr, 625 Limestone Street. 'Phone 176. Residence 171.