Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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« )*-■' ■ - ■ I rilK I^ICDOICl-t. PTTRM8HKI) TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. • BY Ed. H. DkCaMP. The JjEDGER in uot responsible for tb« views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri" bute regular news letters must fur- nisU their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Beading notices will be published j at ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad- dressed to Ed. H. OeCamp. Manager. We invariably discontinue sending The Ledger when a subscription runs out, for we have no way of knowing that a person wants it except by receiving his or her renewal. We urgently solicit a prompt renewal, on the ground that the paper is worth the money. We are trying month by month to make it better and better. growth of varying age, but nobody had set the pace for engaging in for est conservation as a money-making investment “Opportunity for young men? The great South literally bristles with op portunities. The young man with energy and some means who will ex ercise the faculty of foresight has no ground for complaint that opportuni ties are lacking in the South. The fact that so many of them are “lying around loose.” unapnreciated, should commend them all the more strongly to the sharp, self-reliatt young man who wants to be something more than a camp follower. Don’t wait for the other fellow—hustle to get ahead of him ” NOTES and comments. to the Collectorship of Charleston. We have no idea that Senator Tillman will be able to defeat Crum’s con firmation unless he can keep it from being acted upon until after the Presidential election.— M a n n i n g Times. We hope all the little folks will be so good that Satta Claus will not fail to reffiember ea h and every one. Don’t Want Coinpotltlon. [Yorkvillc Enquirer.] We don’t know any thing about the merits of the Antioch distillery ca^e ; but beg to suggest that if the 6ppo nents of the distillery can show that it is competing with the dispensary at Guffney or Yorkville the board will forthwith proceed to do what it can to put it out of business. OPPORTUNITIES. The young men of the present day are prone to complain of the lack of opportunity. Never before in the history of the world was there greater opportunity for young men. On every side the great arm of God’s store- hcuse^of plenty stretches out, offer ing from the hand the golden apples of opportunity. All that is required is to reach out and grasp it. Bight here in Gaffney we can point out men who worked on the Southern railway during its construction (then the At lanta and Charlotte Air Line) at 75c a day who are now reputed to be worth from $100,000 to $250,000. These men grasped the opportunities that came to them Along this line the Southern Field for January will contain some inter- •sting and instructive articles. We use the following from an advance ■beet for example: Several years 'ago a geologist step ped off a train at a way station down in Alabama and chipped off a piece of the out-cropping rock in a railroad out. After he had examined it and announced to the world the discovery of a geological formation constituent- ly identical with that at Denver, which had for hundreds of years been yielding the world’s supply of Port land cement, did investors tali over each other in the race to develop it? No; it literally went begging for years; for, while it had been made the subject of one or more learned essays, which had been duly embalm ed in official publications by the State, who wanted to invest in a lot of wild land that wouldn’t yield de cent supoort for a Harlem goat? Moreover, what assurance was there that the real commercial value of the discovery had not been obscured by the enthusiasm of the discoverer? In the course of time the Southern Railway came into existence and with it was inaugurated the policy of rational promotion. The cement rock of Alabama took its turn with other dormant interests requiring atten tion; English capitalists were in terested in the long neglected dis covery; and, finally, there was erect ed, near the spot where the geologist chipped off the rock years before, a Read The Ledger for 1904. It will give you more for your money than any other paper in South Carolina. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It is wonderfully strange how well a fellow that has failed at everything he ever undertook can tell an editor how to run his business. Many a poor fellow who works on a thirty-nine cent salary basis has been worrying his brain over how get a diamond ring for his girl’s Christmas present. The get-rich-quick methods are con demned by everybody except those wbe operate them, but it is difficult to keep people from patronizing them If they have the least idea of the scheme panning out. The Southern Railway seems to have more business than it can han dle. We suggest to it to make a double track from Washington, D C., to Atlanta and put on more cars and engines. The traffic demands it.. The Evening Herald is a new after noon paper at Florence. It is being published by our good friend Ragf • dale, and it is unnecessary to add that we c wish him success. The in itial numbers are very creditable and show the ear marks of a newspaper man. Young man, as you approach the dispensary with quick steps, bright eyes and steady hands to get a Christ mas supply of the State’s “chemically pure” observe the halting steps, the red eyes and trembling hands of the old souls that it has about put out of business, an you will see a condi tion that will surely be yours, if you continue to drink whiskey. To say nothing of the loss of character, self- respect and the respect of others who would like to honor you, that goes with this debased condition as surely as the night follows the day. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Aneut the formation of a new judi cial circuit the Spartanburg Journal says : ‘ ‘The Gaffney Ledger does nt t want Cherokee organized with Spar tanburg and Union because, it says, Spartanburg, having more voting strength than Union and Cherokee combined, would elect the solicitor That ought not to be any objection as Spartanburg has been electing good solicitors right along.” We haren’t VVe Didn’t Say It. [Easley Progress.] The Gaffney Ledger 8a> s there are about 100 cates of smallpox in that city and that no precautions are tak en against the spread of the disease. Will Not Lae. [Hambere Herald.] The interests of Masonry in South Carolina will surely not lag with such an able and diligent cratfsman as Bro. Jno. R Bellinger at its head. conduct as presiding judge; that we wish for him a long life and useful career (2). That a copy of these rrsolu- ' tions be spread upon the minute of the court, and ihat a copy be sent to ; the Hon J, P Carey under the seal of the court; and that these resolu tions be published in the daily papers 'of the State, and the county papers of Cherokee and Pickens counties J. E Webster, Pres, of the bar Cherokee Co ! W S. Hall, Jr., Secretary. Local Cottou Maraet. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: flood middling 12.25 Middling 12.00 We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at its expiration. So watch your label and the date and renew before ’t.ig too late. Notice. All persons in Gaffney are requested to be vaccinated at once Those who com- « ply with this request and afterwards con- U tract smallpox, will be cared for by the ? town. Vaccine points will be furnished 3 by the town. 11-27-tf * Star Theatre THURSDAY, DEC, 24th HOLIDAY SENSE The Season American 's Event in Every THINGS THEATRICAL. For Sale. ftf~Advertisements under this Head will )C Inserted for one cent a word each inser tion. No ad inserted for less than ten centt, ■pOU SALE—Lots in desirable part of city. - 1 See M rs. A. V. Montgomery. RJ-iJ-tr Portland cement plant coating a mil-' anything to say against the solicitors lion dollars. What are the poten tialities of this great resource of the State of Alabama? The other day, in Senate Chamber at Washington, its geographical situation and commer cial outlook were discussed with re ference to the construction of the Isthmian canal, and Senator Allison, of Iowa, declared that in this respect it is of the utmost importance to all the people of the United States. “A sportsman was going through a strip of woodland down in North Carolina, when he encountered a par ty of meo engaged in sawing pine logs. While conversing with them he casually fell to counting the growth rings in the logs; this led to inquiries which established the fact, indubitably, that the forest was just 80 years of age; and the men pointed oat to him the marks of the furrows where cotton had grown before the field was “turned out” to grow up in pine. It was an eaty matter to learn what the land is “worth,” or what it could have been bought for when it was “turned oat,” and of course the value of the growth commercially, the cost of conversion into lumber and the marketing were all factors of a simple problem in arithmetic which was not hard to solve. After com putlng every possible element of ex pense in carrying an Investment in old abandoned farm land from the bare ground up to forest trees of com mercial size, this investigatiDg bunts man was amazed to find that the in vestment figured out several hundred per cent, and on its face appeared to be the safest and most profitable form of investment that bad ever oome under his notice. There was just one thing against—a thing which counts with the undisoerning multitude, but which cuts no figure with the mao who is competent to take advantage of genuine opportuni ties—no body had gone into that sort of thing; great districts In that eeotlou were covered with young Spartanbnrg has been electing, but there can be no telling whether or not Spartanburg will keep up the standard. Besides did it ever occur to our friend that gehers would like to share iu the distribution of favots? If Spartanburg bad it all her way she might become greedy. AMONG OURSELVES. Shall we celebrate Christmas as be- cometh Christians iu a Christian country, or shall it be celebrated with fire works, profanity, whiekey drink ing and rowdyism?—Johnston Moni tor. If any of Teddy’s friends were around, when he got the returns from Boston, we guess they saw some in dioation of a change in that “smile that won't come off.”—Florence Evening Herald. A North Carolina celebrity in an interview in the Charlotte Chronicle says that Mark Hanna t* the r-t Paul of Americao politics v* hat disiin guished Georgian was ihai St. P-itii had to dine with him the mhet d»v Was it Ham?—Spartanbin^ II ra d Much indignation has be--'i exi r. ss ed by Southern R publ'Cii.a n- w ington over th- fact, tint J.-iw G Capers attended a na q>j<-t given b> Senator Hanna and -a: nt the same table with the ne^ro n ut treasury, Judson Lyons man lies down with dogs tin g.ts with fleas.—Columbia R cord. A New Stage Sensational the Star Theatre Thursday Night. Manager Knox is to be congratulat ed on the engagement of those sterl ing artists, Mildred and Rouclere, in the new travesty The Flight of Prin- cessjlris, who will appear at the Star Theatre on next Thursday night. This is the most pretentious company of its kind on the road, numbering some thirty people. They carry their own concert band and symphony Orches tra and travel in their own thirty thousand dollar Pullman Palace Cur “The Mildred,” which is a veritable French flat on wheels. Amongst the many specialties introduced between the acts may be mentioned “The Colonial Trio” in their tioest singing and dancing ‘comedy effects inter spersed with lightning changes of costumes. The Great Belmont, the beautiful Electrical Fire Dancer. Cain and Hunter, the well known Musical comeuians. Sherwood, Fox and Warda. in a little playlet, Aunt Matilda’s Visit, Rumania Bros, in ii lustrated songs, Logue The Tramp Juggler, and several others. All in all this is one of the strongest or ganizations that will visit us this sea son and certainly ought to draw u good house. Did you ever see the class of amuse ment that is furnished to the Em peror Francis Josenb, the Czar of Russia, the King of Italy. Queen Vic toria and the Royal families of Eng land, the Shahs and Pashas of the Orient, to the Vanderbilts, Astors, Goulds and the Rothschilds, the mon ey kings, to the Nobility of Blood and the Nobility of money? You did not? well you shall. Artists of the greatest skill are monopolized by the Crowned heads and the money kings; they are engaged from year to year and can be seen by invitation only ; the public at large is rarely aff( rdtd the chance to see them. Mildred and Rouclere, the greatest exponents of magic, illusion and telepathy belong to that class. Until this season when by the enterprise of American man agement these marvelous people were placed before the public their en gagements have to a great extent been given to Royalty and their guests in private life. The Journal.^Newbern, N. C., Dec. 9th, says: “Those who were at the Mildred-Rouclare entertainment last night and disposed to think lightly of vaudeville must have to change their opinion, for certainly the acts pro- dued last night were most assuredly wonder workers. It was beyond doubt the best vaudeville that has ever vis ited this city aod it has artists vho stand at the head of their profession. Rouclere as a slight of hand manip ulator was a marvel which few can equal. His act was one as puzzdrg as it was pleasing and pleasing as it | was puzzling. The act consisting of | the Flight of Princess Iris was com ; posed of a series of illusions of aston- ! isbing cleverness The Kitamura- Trouoe of Japanese , acrobats won the admiration of the house. Particularly in the drum bal ancing feature which *i»s performed with perfection and to the entire sat isfaction af all the epeciaturs. KeaolatiouH by Cherokee liar. Monday morning following the r. • cent Court of Common Pitas, at which Hon. J. P. Carey, (t Pickens presided, a meeting of the bar was 1 held in the office of Butler &. Osborne. Judge J E. Webster, president of the association, presided. T. B. Butler offered a set of resolu tions in regard 10 the presiding judge which were unanimously adopted. The following are the resolutions: RESOLUTIONS. Whereas upon the unanimous peti tion of the bar of Cherokee county, Hon. J P. Carey, of Pickens, was ap- p tinted us special judge to preeide at tne special term of court for tbie c iunty ; And whereas,for the past two weeks lijrtg* Carey lias beeo presiding over tic Court of Common Pleas of said : county with marked ability; with in.nuss ai.d firmness, grasping the most delicate as well as intricate ■CiOR SALE—Lot of line W. D. Kirby & Company. isda Tennessee Pl»rs Tuesday Nov. 17-1 a. w. tf TX/'AN TED—One hundred head of young “ > cattle from tf W. D. Kirby & Co. three to twelve months old Tuesday, Nov. 17-1 a. w.-tf For Rent. F OIt RENT—One good two-horse farm F G. Stacy. 12-18-6t. F OR RENT—Mv cottage, corner of Johnson and Buford streets; water in house: yard and garden: bath room; house open for in spection. Apply to J. C. Otts. 12-lltf City. Mildred and Rouclere Presenting the Travesty “The Flight of the Princess Iris" 30 People in the Cast Interspersed with specialties headed by The Colonial Trio CAIN and HUNTER, ROMANI BROS., SHERWOOD FOX and WARDA, BELMONT and others Prof. Jones’ Challenge Concert Band will give grand street parade at 12 o'clock, noon. 25c, 35c, 50c and 75c. Secure seats early at Cherokee Drug Co. 1 Each succeeding holiday time more and more buyers come to our sundry department. In a large majority of cases, especially for family giving, such common-sense gifts as Hair Brushes, Cloth Brush es, I-an c) r Combs, Hand Mirror*, ioilet Articles, Pocket Books, Purses, etc., can lie wisely given, i liey are useful, they are needed, they are appreciated. Buying these tilings here helps a lot at a season when there is never money to go around. PERFUMES. Perfumes you will give of course. Always .in good ,taste, always ac ceptable if the quality be right. We carry the very best goods made, and supply them at most reasonable prices. Cherokee Drug Co. Limestone and Frederick Streets. F^oi—^ R ENT—My residence opposite Graded School: large lot; convenient house; fur nished with electric lights and water. Apply at once to H. K. Osborne. 12-11 F OR RENT—One t wo-horse farm situated live miles north of Gaffney; ten-room house in good condition; lands mostly fresh. Apply to S. S. Ross or D. O. Ross, at National Bank of Gaffney. 12-1-tf. F OR RENT—Five-room house No. 307 Rut ledge Avenue. J. T. Rodgers. 11-3-tf Wanted. W ANTED-Sltuation as housekeeper or cook. App y between 24th anu 28th Inst. Mrs. M. J. Garner, at Limestone Mill. 12 22-lt-pd. TIT A NTED-Young ladles for the stage, those with a knowledge of music and singing given preference. T., Box 430, Gaffney, S. O. YyANTED—Music pupils for piano and gan; have had ten years experience teacher. Aptdy to E. L. Warth. Nov. 24-27, Dec. 1-4-8 nd or- as a Ho For Christmas! Don’t worry about where you shall buy vour Fruits and Confectioneries for the Christmastime, but CO/IE STRAIGHT TO US—our line is complete and of the choicest varieties. CANDIES OF ALL KINDS, ORANGES, APPLES, BANANAS, NUTS, RAISINS, MALAGA GRAPES, FIGS, CAKES, COCOANUTS, ETC. All fresh, sweet and luscious. A select line of FLAVORING EXTRACTS for your Christ mas Cakes. Come and see what we have got for you. HAMLIN & RADFORD. Building and Plastering Lime Goal, and Plaster Uair. Plaster Pans Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on biniestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees. T eephone TyANTED—Family of sufficient force to work a two or three-horse farm. Dr. Fort. 11-6-tf W ANTED-Persimmon, Dogwood. Hickory and Holly Logs Freight paid on car loads. James Coekshott, Carolina. Charleston. South Oct. 20, 4 mo. W ANTED—To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr29-tf J. O. Jefferies. Notice. rj.ENTLF.MEN will not, YOU MUST not hunt either of my dogs. 11-3-tf T AKE your chickens and eggs to the Star Cafe, opposite posloffice for the best cash prices. 12-22-tf Notice. Look Out for Old Man Mancss. He Is coming and don’t you forget it. We are in the swim—come swim with us. Just let us tell you good ladies, what we have got to eat: Fresh Pork, Picnic. Armour and Gold Brand Hams, Dried Beef, Bologna and all other kinds of Sausage, pure Pork Sausage when called for. Hogshead cheese, pressed Pig’s Feet, Sliced Hum, tresh Fish every day in the week, and Beef to beat the world, cut just to suit you. We also carry atulllineof Heavy tnd Fancy Groceries; Fiults and Thos. B. Butler. Vegetables of all kinds. Oysters most any day you want them. Don’t forget the place. Just call telephone No. 23 and the old man: Maness will answer quick and deliver goods promptly. We want one thousand dozen Eggs at once; also green Hides Will pay the ; highest price, cash. Don’t forgot the old man ! Maness. next door to I. M. Peeler and Carroll. 1 Carpenter & Byers'Grocery store. The old el table meat cutter, UP TO I UfTE do the best of commercial printing at prices commensurate with tirst-class work. If you haven’t t ime to call telephone or write us and we will do the rest. Address The Ledger. Box J. Gaffney, 8. O, W. 0. W. Meeting. THE Woodmen of the World will meet to- -*- nig] Bell, C. C. It G. W. Speer. Clerk. W. J. MANESS, Proprietor. Notice. All persons holding claims of any kind or character against the late Seymour L. Cutting are hereby notified to present same to the undersigned proper ly proven, and all persons indebted to him are requested to make payment at once to me. Mrs. Emma C. Cutting, Executor of the Estate of S. L. Cut ting. BRING THEM TO ME Thu cold season Is approaching. How about those last winter suits that are too good to throw away, and yet need brightening up a little V BRING THEM TO ME anil have them overhauled—I'll make them look fresh and new. Clean ing. pressing and tailoring douo by an 1 Xpert. W. H. ROBINSON, Tailor. Over W. U. Telegraph Office. 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. 1-22-lyr •V:luam s. Hall. Jr. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. STAR THEATRE BLDG. OA.FCFT m. c;. Notary Public In office. Prompt attention riven to all business. RYDALE’S TONIG A REAL CURE FOR IglA-Xj-AK/I-A. It has recently been discovered that the germs that produce Malaria, breed and multiply in the intestines and from there spread throughout the system by means of the blood. This fact ex plains why Malaria is hard to cure by the old method of treatment. Quinine, Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves and build up the blood, but do not destroy the germs that cause the disease. Rydale’s Tonic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, freetn" them from all disease breeding mi crobes. It also kills the germs that infest the veins and arteries. It drives from the blood all poisonous matter and makes it rich and healthy. RYDALE’S TONIC is a blood builder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria destroyer. Try it, it will not disap point you. GAFFNEY DRUG CO. IT MEANS S0METHIN6 when you speak »f being up-to-date. It means that y«u will find Our Photograpks “present time” pic tures in every way. They have that soft finish and delicate tone which tells «f the touch of the ar tistic and the fidelity to the nature and de tails which the cam era alone will n*t give. Eacli sitter is carefully posed. None of the beauties of face or figure *re I lost. JUNE H. CARR 625 Limestone St. 'Phone 176. Residence 171 From Grime to Cleanliness J Dr. S. H. Griffith Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. 'Office over 0])erokee Drug Co. up Senator Tillman 1 as introduced a resolution to investigate the power of the President’s recess appointments. The main purpose being to throw oh staolee in way of conferring the noml nation of Crum, the colored appointee ttr of tnr , qiu-stiun of law; exhibiting in his rul- 'Vhen a ll ,y S) nod instructions to the jury, an unusually thorough and compre hensive knowledge of the law, Be it resolved: (1). That the bar of Cherokee ccucty extend to Hon. J. F. Carey our unanimous thanks for bis kindness, courtesy and con sideration, and express our eiteem for, and appreciation of his legal abil ity, judicial mind, aod impartial >. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office Over The Battery. ’Phone 82. PHYSICIAN-SURGEON-OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, of Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. H^Office in Cherokee Drug Co. BTd’g. BUILDERS' SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHIH6LES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLIHDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULDING. ALSO A FINE LIRE OF is a sure transition for your linens and other garments that require water, soap * and muscle to get them back to their normal condition. Knowledge, skill, care and attention on our part do the business, and our price list is anything but formidable. It will repay you well ; to bring your washable garments to us for regular renovation. Your orders asked. Pearl Steam Laundry, Pbone 122. Gaffney, S. C. Save Money by buying goods from I. M. Peeler. 1 am now making a run on Shoes and will save you money on them. I have just received a lot of the best inserted Steel axes, see them before buy ing. Groceries and all other goods at bottom prices. Give me a call. Paints and Oils 60c to $1.30 per gal. ^ GO T0 L. BAKER I. M. Peeler.