Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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III tC itwi 4 -! I ’rBUSHKP rDKSPAY AND KKIDAY. «Y Kd. [1. DkOamp. Thk Lsdokk 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for tne views of correspondents- Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 to insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be published at five cants a line. f Reading notices will be published a* ten cents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. not have met his untimely death In the manner he did, for it it possible that the men responsible for his death might have secured the whiskey elsewhere, but we do say that had there been no dispensary every citizen of Cherokee would not have been a party to the crime. A CRIMSON STAIN ON CHEROKEE SOIL (CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE.) With this number we begin eleventh year. We have had there again, and asked me the same questions and also asked me had I seen George, and I told him whore I the country and has been working on farms since. Now the questions left for the courts to decide a'o: Who inflicted the fatal wounds that caused the death of George Brown? Were the wounds indicted in the public road and did George Brown walk a quarter of a mile and lay down in the cotton patch to die in his own blood, or was he hauled there after he was stabbed? May a kind Providence assist the jury to arrive at a just verdict is all that the people will wish for. SEE US before you buy your Mules. Wagons, Bug gies, Harness, Turn Plows of every kind. Plow Shapes, Single Trees, Chains, Axes, Nails, &e. We are at all times full up on the best Flour, Sugar, Coffee Molasses, Meat Meal, Corn, Hay, Canned Goods of all kinds. Why do we ask you to see us? ist—Because we have the best selected stock of Mules, Buggies, Wagons,Harness, Farming Implements, Groceries, Guano, &c„ to select from. 2nd—We offer you as ’ow prices as anybody and may be lower prices, as they are too numerous to mention. trials and tribulations, but, thanks to had seen him last. He asked me if he God,the clouds have passed away and cut anybody last night and I told • him I did not know. He asked for the future promises well. By strict so rne whiskey, and 1 told him I had attention to business and an earnest none. Ho then left like he was going tn mprir the home. 1 never heard George say any thing about being cut when he hollered “Oh Lordy! Lordy!” When I struck the match they were all mixed up effort to please we hope continued favors of the public that has patronized us in the past and invite those who have not bjstowed their favors upon us to join our ranks, making no other promise than that we will discharge our duties with a due We invariably discontinue sending The Ledger when a subscription runs out, for we regard to mankind and only in the have no way of knowing that fear of God. 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. A HURTFUL UKACTICK. The Spartanburg Journal, usually ■of unsound mind politically, espec ially in its advoc ’.cy of the dtmagogic principles of Mr. Billy J. Bryan, Mr. Billy R. Hearst, and Mr. Benny R. Tillman, and the isms and vagaries of the Chicago and Kansas City plat forms, contained a very sensible and altogether proper argument last Wed nesday on the foolish practice we of South Carolii a engage in of changing our congress! ien sc often. When we get a man ir office that is hurtful we should have the manhood and back bone to ge* him out at the first op portunity t hat presents itself, but we hardly all v a congressman to get his seat ^ arm before we oust him. We can see no sense in deposing a congressman just about the time he becomes acquainted and gets in a position to be of service to his con stituents. We append the remarks of our esteemed contemporary, and commend them to the careful consid eration of the electorate of the Fifth South Carolina Congressional Dis trict : It is probable that every congress man from South Carolina flflll have opposition in the democratic prima ries this year and it is not unlikely that some of them will be defeated. In this lies the reason that our repre- seutatives iu o k gress do not have more influence. We do not let them stay there long enough to learn how to be congressmen and establish the acquaintances and friendships among other congressmen necessary to their effective work The office of con gressman seems to be considered a soft thing that no man must be per mitted to enjoy for more that a short time. It is then to be passed around and distributed among the faithful so that there may be a division of the good things. There is no sense in this practice. Contrast it with the customs of New England and the middle western states, wnich return their represen tatives to congress time after time, as long as they will accept the office in fact, and as a result they become forceful and experienced officials, ac quire a high standing on the commit tees of the house and in the estima tion of their fellows and the result is that they are able to serve thtir con stituents to much better advantage. It does not take a brilliant man to make a good congressman. It takes energy, faithful work and experience, and acquaintance and familiarity with the work of the house of repre sentatives. The latter is only ob tained by allowing members of the house to remain there long enough to acquire it and then to keep them there. It is a foolish polio? to con tinue sending new and inexperienced men to congress only to be retired in favnr of other new and inexperienced men as soon as they have placed themselves in a position to render good service to their constituents. NOTES AND COMMENTS. A lie may possibly serve its pur pose for the time being but in the! end it will act like a boomerang upon the person who is responsible for it Someone, we know not who, ar.d care less, has seen fit to start a lie on the editor of this paper in regard to the present municipal campaign. We will state for the benefit of those concerned‘that we have not in any manner, whatever, either directly or indirectly, been responsible for a single man announcing his candidacy for any office. We have too much business to attend to, to engage it political matters. together with their legs entangled and their knives in their hands and open." Dr. Brown testified that a man wounded in this manner might live several hours, but the rule is that death would follow immediately. The following is the testimony of Drs. Brown and Jefferies: “On examination of the dead body of one George Brown, we find four stab wounds, one just to the left of median line, between third ami fourth ribs. Said wound penetrated and punctured those of the Ri3hm<'nd eont-mpi rary. It Whh I>ii« to “Jockjaw.*' (Charlotte Obacrver.l The oth- r day Trie Oh erver spoke ! of Editor Zach McGhee, of The Spar- “ tanburg Herald, as “Zach Mitch I,” and The Gaffney Ledger i- puzzled to know whether this ams due to the! idiocy of the linotype or—or to s une- thu g el-e. (Joi Mergt-u haler was responsible for this decoration of <!ol. j McGhee with a new naim—'ht.t’s honest. r l fie Richmond Turns I);-- patch s» .s that on account of 'he names wrising from to- war in the East ail linotype- in this country are ‘in dinger of taking tne j ickjiw.” The Obst rver’s macnit es, as well as J. C. Lipscomb & Co., the thoracic cavity and percaidum Also punctured right side of heart. This wound was sufficient to cause death. Second wound in the left hack, between eighth and ninth ribs, punct uring plural cavity. There are two minor wound.-’, one on the right shoulder posterior, and one on the left arm, about midway between the shoulder and elbow.” Luther Roberson, being sworn, sain: “I live on Capt. Snead’s place in this county. We overtook this crowd in the road and stopped. George came to get in the wagon and said "I’m struck.” He got in the wagor and got out when we stopped to let those peo ple have their things and immediately went across the cotton patch and af terwards came back into the road. nave already taki-n * j ckjaw Thw l*roctuce Market. [Corrected weekly by W. K. Davenport,.] Eggs 17£ »u 20 cts rioz Chickens, hen-....2’) ro 111) cts apiec* Chickens, fri e .... 15 to 20 cts ap ece Butter If) on p-r lb. Rihbits. cleaned 1 3ts per lb H>i\ .fl 00 per hundred Corn 80 cts per hu-hel Oi<« CO cts’per hu-hel Turnips CO cts per bu-hel I Onions $1 00 per bushel S. p 'tutoes SO c s per hu-hel Irish potatoc- $1 41) per bushel i White peas $1 25 per oushei C. peas $1 00 per bushel ABNER DANIEL The Ledger’s Serial Story which has charmed and cap.ivated hundreds of readers in Gaffney and Cherokee. :: :* : ELEGANTLY BOUND IN CLOTH, Stamped in Green and Gold, and printed in large, clear type. Would make a handsome present to a friend. :: :: :: :: ;; IP r~ i c e Only 31.50 We can supply our readers with the book at above price. THE LEDGER, Gaffney, S. C. EVERY FOUR MONTHS The interest your deposits have earned is added to the interest-earning principal, begiuing at once to draw interest therewith. 4 per cent, is Our Rate. The Ledger last Friday contained the exclusive news of the disappear- This was the last 1 saw of him. They were all drinking. All three had their knives in their hands. George Brown A Wonderful Saving. The largest Mt-thodist Church in ance of George Brown, which, it mu e t; had his knif in his hand at the time j ** eortr ' ,i - ralculaft-d t0 use ov - r OLI <‘ u a u iniorooHno i he said he had lost it. I never saw | hundred gallons of the usumI kind of be adm t y . ^ | George Brown go about Mr. Allen. I mixed paint in painMng their church. heard George hollering after I got They used onlv 32 g»ll'ins of the home and while I was ungearing the Longman & Martinez Paint mixed mules. When we struck the matches j with 94 gallons of linseed oil. Actual and found the men they were about I .. „ . . „ „ _ 4 or 5 feet apart from each other. All e08t of ptil * tutlde *** lbll£j ^ 20 p,sr three had their knives open. George ! gallon. came out of the cotton patch into the : Saved over eighty ($80 00) dollars road about 25 steps from the lumber in paint, and got a big donation be- pile. I heard George Brown say he | sides, was struck twice—once before he got into the wagon and once after he got to the place whore they were taking news item. This only goes to show that The Ledger, when it comes to serving the news, is to be relied up on. A very bright young attorney, who, by the way, does not read this paper, remained in ignorance of the affair until Sunday morning, and there were doubtless others in the same boat. TLe moral is: If you want to keep up with what is going the goods out. I did not see any blood . . . ! in the wagon where the men rode. I on in Cherokee county you must read heard no t fe hreats/ . its most enterprising newspaper. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Some people seem to take it as a LeperThompson, being duly sworn, said: “I live at Mr. Allen Jefferies. I w’ent out to the wagon to get my personal affront when we discontinue things from the wagon. Mr. Allen their paper at the expiration of their £’ as si tting on the side of the road. F K - Brown was in the wagon. Brown said: subscription. We sincerely trust that:-where is Mr. Allen?” Cal told him no one will so regard it. It is sior Mr. Allen was out there, and Brown . .... „ H7„ „j : said let him ride. Cal said: “No, I ply a matter of business. We adopted don . t want you to get together.” I the system two years ago and many went to the other side of the wagon. people, we are pleased to note, agree Mr. Phillips was in the wagon, and . , , .i had a knife, and said: “Dam it, I with us that it is the only correct ^ on >t W ant to see you take Cal’s EVERY CHURCH will be given a liberal quantity whenever they paint. Many houses are well painted with four gallons of L. & M. and three gallons of linseed oiljmixed therewith. Wears and covers like gold. These Celebrated Paints are sold by Smith Hardware Co., Gaffnej ; Black-burg Drug Co., Blacksburg p. a ‘ , l*yi.co / tt Bank, Gaffney, s. c. way co run a paper. So when your time is out and your paper stops simply regard it as an invitation to renew and bring in or send in your renewal. This paper is too cheap at $1 00 a year for us to take the slight- things,” and struck at me with his knife. I told him they were my things. I told him he ought not to act that way in front of Mr. Jefferies’ house, as he (Mr. J.) was very sick. I got my things out and started off. but heard Brown say “O Lordy! Somebody has stabbed me with a knife.” I took the 1,000 e f'f'cmt/ Young Mon TO QUALIFY FOR GOOD POSITIONS GUARANTEED IN WRITING. 500 FREE SCHOLAKSHIPS OFFERED GA.-ALA. BUS. COLLEGE. MACON. GA Home Savings Bank will be fumisMd with jour first deposit of fi.ooormore. Secure one aud save your nickels and dimes, when the bank is opened there will be dollars inside. flerchants & Planters Bank, Savings Department. Closing Out Sale Notice ol Public Sale. On Thursday. February 11. 1 will sell at my residence In Cherokee county, about 3 miles west of Gaffney, to the highest bidder, my household furniture and farming tools. -OF WINTER GOODS! chance Besides it isn’t a aues- lantern and looked but could not see and all other property not otherwise sold est chance. Besides, it isn t ques. ^ ^ ^ ^ { then ^ ^ ^ before that ;.hu ; . u bi-i, consists of mules. tion of our doubting a man s^onesty, to corae on an{ j g 0 h ome . All three , 2-“-:5t pd " ’ ’ w. S. Hill. Come in and| see our linotype at work. Some one remarked the other day that “that thing sure must have brains.” ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A bright exchange remarks that “almost any man can start a news paper or a family, but it takes a hus tler to keep them going.” ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The people of South Carolina asked for prohibition. But her dictator is sued bis ukase for whisksy, and the general assembly regardless of tbe people’s will made the dictator’s edict the law. Now we have bis “great moral institution” in all its hidoousness and graves, county jails aud the penitentiaries contain its fruits. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The horrible death of Geo. Brown is directly traceable to whiskey. We don’t say that had there been no dis pensary in Gaffney Brown wonld it’s business, purely business. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Senator Tillman has made a vigor ous protest against the classification by the press of this State of the two hundred and odd killings in this State last year as murders. We don’t wonder at the Senator’s disclaimer, but by what other term be would call a killing than that of murder, we are unaware. Perhaps the Senator is beginning to realize that the per nicious legislation enacted under his had a knife. I did not see anyone cut. I did not see any blood, although I went all the wey around Brown. After I got my things and started off I did not see any more of Brown, but after wards heard him holler. They were all drunk and had their knives open.” Nile Reid, being sworn, said: “I live on Mr. Billy Cap Lipscomb’s place. When we reached the men the mules shied. Mr. Phillips asked if that was Cal. We stopped. Mr. Phil lips and Brown got in. Mr. Allen did not get in. We drove on to Leper’s house. When the matches were struck the men were standing up. I never heard Mr. Brown say anything about being stabbed or cut. I left the wagon guidance—we refer to the dispensary jn the road and went to Leper’s house, system—is largely responsible for the stayed a short while and went on Notice of Sale of Mill Stock. By virtue of terms of a. eollattral note made to the National Bank of Gaffney. Gaff ney, S.C., by tlielate S. L Outtitur, and by consent of all parties interested therein, in tiie estate of the said S. L. Cutting, deceased, \VK WILL, on the 19th day of February, Ititq, at 11 o’clock, A. M. SELL, at public auc tion. FOR GASH, to the binbe-l bidder, in front ot tbe National Bank of Gaffney. Gaff ney, 8. C., the following stocks, which .were assigned to the National Bank of Gaffney, as collateral security: Twenty shares of stock in the Orient Mf#. Company, Charlotte, N. V. Six shares of stock in the Gaffney Mfg. Company, of Gaff ney. S. C. Gaffney, S. Feb4th. l'.K)4. National Bank ok Gaffney. Feb. 9 and 16. In the face of 1C cents cotton. killings in South Carolina, and there fore he is becoming sensitive on the subject. Then again a member of his own family has joined the list of murderers. All these facts are em barrassing, we know, but the truth still remains that South Carolina’s reputation for lawlessness has vastly increased since 1893 If Senator Tillman would will that South Caro linu rise in tne scale of sobriety an.i obedience to the law he must first begin by sweeping before his own door. His assertion that tbe press is responsible for the unenviable repu tation the State has gained is gratui tous and without foundation of fact. Millionaire's four Stomach. The worn-out stomach of the over fed millionaire is often paraded in tbe public prints os a horrib'e exiuipie of the evils attendant un the pos-ts-ioi of great wealth But millionaires ar.- not the only one* a u.-are -fflole.i with bad stomachs. !'if proportion is far greater amor g tb. toilers Dts pepsia and indigestion «r r inpant among these people, and they -off t far worse tortur.s chtnine inulmn- aire unless they avail th> ms. tv« e of a standard m.-dic'ne oka Green’s Aug ust Flower which has been a iavor- ite household remedy tor all stomeon troubles for over thirty five yearo. August Flower rouse- the torpid liver thus creating appetite and insuring uear Mr. Tabor Petty’s place, perfect digestion. It tones and vital izes the entire system and makes life home. I never saw any knives. Mr. Phillips was cursing.” . Brooks Carter, being sworn, said: “I was in front of Cal’s wagon, and heard the chains of another wagon as I passed the men, but it was so dark I was unable to see anything. 1 heard Allen say: “They thought they would beat me, but I have it all in my own hands.” I heard another voice call, with a d’Uitken man’s groan, Allen to come tb him. and Allen re plied all right And the voice replied: "G— d— your d— s— of b— soul, if you are going to treat me right come to.me.” Mr. Allen replied: “All right, old fellow, all right.” Then Mr. Phil lips called “Ben” twice. They were about 300 yards from Mr. Allen's house. I heard something strike the wagon, but don’t know what it was.” Lizzie Montgomery, being sworn, said: “On the night of the trouble, after my people come home, I went to the window and heard some one holler: “Oh Lordy!” several times. It was between 8 and 9 o’clock. Mr. Phil lips came in and set there until he became nearly sober, when he went home. I was out hunting pine yes terday afternoon. It was nearly sun down. My little boy was with me and he discovered the dead body and called my attention. I was scared a«d be gan to give the alarm.” After listening to the evidence, the jury returned the following verdict: “We, the coroner’s jury, upon ex amination of the body of one George Brown, find that he came to his death by wounds from some sharp instru ment inflicted upon his body at the hands of J. W. Allen and I, W. Phil lips on the Gth day of February, 1904, We are daily receiving our beauti ful spring goods— Percales, Prints, Toil DuNords, Chambrays, Mercerized and Silk Waistings in lovely designs, Insertions, Embroideries to match in short lengths, bought at a bargain. Will give you the a<j vantage of our purchase. In order to make room for spring goods will sell Ladies’and Chil dren’s Unoin Suits at prices that will look cheap when next season comes. Buy -good Underwear for the School Children and save many colds and sore throats. Good Shoes, Stockings and Rubbers save many doctor bills and these are to be had here cheap. Now is the time to buy goods. They are advancing daily in the markets, and you hear every body talking high prices except at our store. Here we have anticipated the advance and bought early. Come quick and get the pick. Res pet H i“y. Tho manager of one of the most ^ successful furniture houses in ^ Greater New York was asked to what one thing, in his opinion, the success of the concern was most due. He replied: J. O. I^ipscomb & Co. * There is little known of the victim in this section. From the best infor- .. .. . . mation we have been able to get, he worth hv g, do matter what your aud lam j] y came to Gaffney in last atation. Inal bottle, 2oc; regular, j u ] y) f rom Asheville c? Hot Springs, aixe, 75o. Cherokee Drug Co.; L. J. n. c. He worked in the carpet mill Allison, Cowpena, 8. C. I here about two months, then went to “The founder of the firm was > great ^ believer in advertising, and to this fact 1 may be ascribed the enormous business j we are handling. ” £ There is no business, however small, that cannot be increased by judicious, systematic, per sistent advertising. The giant ^ oak does not gain its strength in * a day. Magnificent buildings are not reared all at once, nor can their strength and beauty be appreciated until the finishing touches are put on. Is your business satisfactory? Are you making headway? Are you using to the best advantage the greatest of all business lev ers—advertising? If you are satisfied that you are, well and good; if not, drop in and talk it over with us. We have advertising apace to sell, and advertising ia a part of oar baafan Perhapa we can halp joa. Have You A Garden? If not, you miss a great deal of both profit,^pleasure and exercise. A few cents for seeds, a lit tle work at odd hours and your table is supplied with the best of fresh vegetables. list terry’s Garden Seeds. New Onion Sets. S.B. Crawley & Co. 813 Limestone St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery Prescriptions Properly Filled and Promptly Delivered FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. In Bankruptcy. In the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. In the matter of j T. Davenport, \ In Bankruptcy. Bankrupt, j To the creditors of T. Drvenport, of Gaffney, in the county of Cherokee, and , district aforesaid, a bankrupt, Notice is hereby given that on the nth day of Feby., 1904, the said T.Davenport was duly adjudicated a bankrupt; and that thr first meeting of his creditors will be held at Gaffney, in my office, on the 26th day of Feby., 1904, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, at which tinfe the said cred itors may attend, prove their claims, ap point a trustee, examine the bankrupt and transact such business as may proper ly come before the meeting. G. W. Speer, Referee in Bankruptcy. 1 2 16 04 it.