Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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v- A.' W' --r/ 1 .•.* ‘ > •jp j I L^f-Cl • b'ggest man in the United States, and people of whom we admire everything he says and an ‘* 11 does. We would like to see him nom inated again and if he were we feel ^ that we w .uld eee him president Thk Lkdokk ia not responsible fo | ^\d we live long enough But we tite views of correspondents. ; don’t want him to create a distur- Oorrespondeuts who do not contri- bance. He has. since retirement, °nBLISHEI) TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCa.mp. bate regular news letters must fur- been rea30na bly quiet, and we want nlsh their name not for publication, ^ to 8t go We waot hi8 admir . but for identification. , ^ L .. Write short lettersand to the point ers to do the trick without his aid or to insure publication; also endeavor consent. If he were disgustingly to get them to the office by Monday se ekicg the nomination, as are some and Thursday mornings. others, we wouldn’t have any admi. Obituaries will be published at five .... . * is „ ration for him, and we don’t care to oents a line. Reading notices will be published have him even look like he wants it— at ten cents a line each insertion. convicted, egroes of whom 55 were convicted Fifty-six white peo ple and G7 negroes were acquitted. VIost of the crimes were committed bv negroes and the record gives no cause for belief that the courts deal differently with negroes and whites VVe believe that the remarkable and deplotable number of homicides in South Carolina is attributable to the racial conditions peculiar to the State and especially to the preponderance in numbers and the ignorance and thriftlessuess of the negroes. In this connection it might be mentioned that the counties in which most crimes were committed were Green ville, Barnwell, Orangeburg and Lau rens, these four being credited with Announcements. An Election. Cards under lids head will he Inserted from now until tin- election at the following rates: For Mayor. $5; for Alderman, fcl. Faoh an nouncement must las accompanied hy the cash. An election is hereby ordered to be held on Tuesday, March 1st, 1904, for the purpose of electing a Mayor For Mayor. for the town of Gaffney, S. C., to serve At the so (citation of many friends I an- 1 for a period of two years, and until his | nounee myself a candidate for mayor at the successor Is elected and mialifled- ensulnir t'lcciion. and promise. If elected, to .. n ’ I do everything in my power for the best In- J ‘'** 1111 Alderman lor each of the terest of Gaffney and all the people. ; six wards of the town of Gaffney, S. i 1; v '•aunky. c., to serve for a term of two years, 1 To the Citizens of Gaffney : j and until their successors are elected ' and qualified. Also an election is hereby ordered j to be held on the same day for the purpose of electing a school trustee ! for school district 10, in Ward 2, of the town of Gaffney, S. C., to serve ; for a period of four years; also one from Ward 3 to serve for a period of four years; also one from Ward 4 i After having so much encourajfemcnt, ! from your cordial support. 1 again offer my- st It a candidate for re-election to the re sponsible position of Mayor of the city of Gaffney. 1 believe I can do as much good for the city and people for the next two years as any man here. If you honor me ! again with the office 1 will serve you with renewed zeal and energy. J. Q. Little. for which we are reasonably sure he does 05 or n*earlv"one-third of" the who e ,,f 'jaffm y, ami v)i l i(- , it t t'i| l e MippoVt L < 1 ) ! ir t 7 ears: al . so one from Ward 4 to ho nd . do, or nearly one-®Dira oi me w.io e of the qualified voters, promising, if elected oil the unexpired term of L. G. By- All correspondence snouia oe at QOt We want to vote for a man who number; Greeuville has a population a fair and impartial administration of the ars, deceased’ ‘ ' dressed to Ed. H. DeOamp, Manager. . q Kl<w j n 0 jj,. of 83.(XX) whites and 19 (XX) negroes ‘ Gaffney Land Sale. I will sell, March 7, 1904, 13 desirable building lots in Gaffney, with three ten able houses thereon. Don’t let this op portunity pass to buy dirt in this educa tional centre. tw Mar, 3 II. S. Lipscomb. BRING THEM TO US Mow aimul those old suits that are too good to throw away, and yet need hrijrhtenlng up a little? UKING THEM HM S and have them overhauled—wo will make them look fresh and new. (’leaning, pressing and tailoring done experts. ROBlliSON S JOKES, Tailors. Ove- W. U. Telegraph Office. Set- us and join our Pressing Club. Sic is too big to seek tbe office. , , . ~ . I er words, we want the office to seek We invariably discontinue fche m(in aod we believe it is seeking sending The Ledger when a Q rover Cleveland, subscription runs out, for we have no way of knowing that „ „ , , ^ t , a person wants it except by ^ ^ The state the Greel ville receiving his or her renewal. jj ewS( Jbe Charleston Evening Post, the We urgently solicit a prompt Spartanburg Herald, the Spartanburg renewal, on the ground that Journal, the Anderson Daily Mail, the the paper is worth the money. Laurensville Herald, the Florence Times, We are trying month by ; he , Di5pa ‘ ch '. ‘"' G.Sne, ^ u 4.4. A Ledger, the keowee Conner, the Bam- month to make it better and berg Herald, the Manning Times, the better. Newberry Observer, the Newberry Her- — '-j" aid and News—we do not know when, if NOTES AND comments. ever before, these, and a few other papers, — 1 which we do not now recall, have agreed Don’t wait until your friends die to upon a matter of South Carolina interest, send them flowers. Send them while political interest. Yet every one of these they live and they will be appreciat- newspapers, representing every shade of ed a great deal more. political opinion and every political fac- ^ ^ tion of the past and present, has heartily The alacrity with which oor fire de- 1 commtn.M the selection of Mr. E. J. partment attack, a barning building Wa ‘ so ' 1 “ commissioner of the net. de- ., . ... „ partment of commerce and immigration. would indicate that none o them £ hey have sai d nice things about him as have any ep' oial love or t. e e ement ^ —his probity, his intelligence and which is said to predominate in hades., the success he has achieved _ and have declared tliat he is the very Barnwell has 10,000 whites and 25 - 000 negroes; Orangeburg has 18 000 whites and 41,000 negroes; and Lau rens has 15,000 whites and 22 000 man In this ward. negroes. Where negroes outnumber tbe whites, they become insolent and engender race feeling which precipi tates part of the crimes, but by f ar ; r ‘' ,urn 10 affairs pertaining to the office. John 1. Sakkatt. most of it is among the themselves and is caused by idle habits, ignorance, drunkenness and recklessness and the ever ready concealed weapon. South Carolina, with less than one-balf as many white oeople as North Carolina, has 100,000 more negroes, and despite the reputation of tbe fire-eaters of tbe Palmetto State, there would be no more peaceful State in the Union if tbe negroes were removed. The only alternative and the only remedy for the prevalence of crime is tbe education or training of tbe negroes in such a way that they will go to work to accumulate property and to make something of themselves— something they will never do of their own accord. and also one at large to serve for a period of four years. The following persons are appoint ed to act as managers of said election: Ward 1.—T. J. Patrick, T. M. Cald well and W. Stegall. Polling precinct: , r . ... . ,,, . . —Sam W. Clary’s store. I he citizens of Ward One hereby present i Want 9 \\ f a t m tt,._ the name of Dr. W. L. Settlemyer for re-elec-! ” ar<i W. A. Peeler, J. T. Hum- tion from that ward, believing that his > Phnes and G. W. Speer. Polling pre faithful service should be recognized by a cinct:—National Bank. Ward 3.—J. V. Sarratt, D. A. Thom- For Aldermen. '(e. *he voters of Ward 1, hereby announce W. Charles Durham a candidate for Alder- □ezroes The friends of M. L. (‘Dock ) Uoss hereby _ « . present ids name as a candidate for Alder- tbeir man In Ward No. 2. I hereby announce myself as a canoidate for Alderman from Ward No. 3. Maynard Smyth. The friends of J. F. Fincken hereby an- nounce him as a candidate for Alderman in Ward No. 3. The friends of W. W. Gaffney hereby an- nounce him as a candidate for Alderman in Ward No. 4. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Alderman from Ward a at the approaching municipal election. W. F. Smith. The friends of W. F. Brown hereby an- nounce him as a candidate for Alderman in Ward No. 5. I hereby announce myself a candidate from Ward Six, and solicit your support. Gxo. W. Wkbstkr. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the position of Alderman from Ward 6. j. a. Gaffney. The manner in which our esteemed I selection that Gov Heyward could have contemporaries showered boquets at U i ade _ This is very gratifying to Mr. us is calculated to swell our cranium, i Watson, as it is to The State, of which Up to the present time, however, we he has been so important a part, yet we are wearing the same old derby, but remark upon it not for the purpose of ex- the band is a “leetle” enlarged. pressing our gratification or Mr. Wat- son’s, but to direct attention to the re* When a man becomes so egotistic markable unanimity of the commenda- that he begins to think a community tion which has greeted Gov. Heyward’s or a business can't get along without a Ppointment.-The State. him, he gets to tbe point vhere bis usefulness to that community ot ™\nnglh\sm*tterooeotvoMi C *\\n- business is at an end. But when he tere9t - As we understand it there 't get ‘ 8 D0 P 0 ** , i C9 ‘ n 't. However, we would not feel uncomfortable if po- Tbe People Should Know tbe Record. I Kershaw Era.l Senator Tillman’s gratification and they . HI timed criticisms of the South Car- best olina newspapers for pertorming their For Sale. COB SALE—Barred Plymouth Bock and * Brown Leghorn Kgg*. 11.00 per setting. M rs. J >. P. Sides, G affuey, S. C. 3-1 -2t pOR SALE as and H. Gibson. Polling precinct: — O. S. Kendrick’s store. Ward 4.—Moses Wood, J. S. Lem mons and W. S. Sparks. Polling pre cinct:—City Hall. Ward 5.—S. M. Littlejohn, W. L. Morgan and H. D. Carr. Polling precinct:—Wall’s store. Ward 6.—I. W. Newberry, G. M. Huskey and J. L. Perry. Polling pre cinct:—Cary’s Hall. Polls will be opened at S o’clock ! a. m. and closed at 3 p. m. By order of the Town Council of i Gaffney, S. C. J. Q. Little, W. H. Ross, Mayor, Clerk. Sewing Machine Needles, Oil. Attachments for all machines furnished on short notice. Abbott Bros.. Limestone St. 3-l-4t pOR SALE—50 good Organs. Guaranteed 10 years. Pears, half price See Abbott Bros., Limestone St. 3-l-4t Keefer To go at 3-1-tf pOR SALE—Abont 200 fruit trees Apples 1. M. I and Peaches. Peeler. The State makes tbe mistake of duty in directing the minds of thoughtful people to our unenviable record of murders for 1903 has called forth some deserved comments upin the senator himself, which be has not been slow to reply to. His de fense is, as usual, filled with old rant about “my enemies and everybody , _ knnwa thnir ftttitnHn toward mp " 1 Dhcrokcc avenue, Good bam and stabies Knows tneir attitude toward me, on premises. Apply to Hail & Willis, \t- etc And the ruling passion is also torneys. 2-!»-tf. displayed, be cannot forego the op- j COR SALE-Cows and Calves. SeeSamq Ul ”” portunity for a little self laudation Sarratt. 1-12-th 1 • ep on as well. The senator will find that be is I^or—• Building and Plastering Lime Goal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pans Shingles, Portland Oement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Gaps, call on Just Received; Carload of Fine Mules that we are going to Sell Cheap! Gaffney Live Stock Go. pOR SALE—Lot and six-room house on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL ft CO., Lessees. For Rent. begins to think that he can’t get along without the town or business, he is just getting to the point wherd 1 c * a S ht ln 6Qch compauj ; ‘ he is becoming of some value to the Htical community in which he lives and the business with which he is connected. mistaken when he seeks to help to pOR RENT —Four-room house,neareuough the law and order conditions In for factory operative*, c. M. Hmlth. better the law and order conditions by counseling silence upon the rec ord of lawlessness. The people should know the record, and the record soberly 3-1-4-b-n standpoint, only that our ought to make them think Sir Charles Henry, might an d seriously. Some time ago we mentioned tbe fact that this town would do the handsome thir i: bv < rectlng a monu ment to Michael Galfoey, who first friend make an effort to convert us to Bryanism and Hearstism. Otherwise we might get along famously. But, levity aside, we see no reason why * very newspaper in South Carolina cannut heartily endorse this appoint- CHEROKEE DRUG CO. SUC CESSFUL. F OR RENT—G. C. Wilkins bouse snd lot. Apply to Geo. M. Phifer. 3-l-tf F OR RENT—A good two-horse farm with a neat five-room cottage. A pply at once to J. C. Lipscomb. 2-l*J-tf F or RENT -Store room on Grerun! street- Apply to Harry Byars. 5- IiMiuced Dr. lloward Company Special Price. After a great deal of effort and cor respondence. the Cherokee Drug Co., settled in this neighborhood, and who ment. Mr. W atson is in no sense of the popular druggists, have succeed- once owned all the land around here, a politician, and he is eminently ed in getting the Dr. Howard Co. to and for whom the town was named, qualified to render the State a valu- make a special half-price introductory . , . . , offer on tbe regular fifty cent size of able service as commissioner of this ^ . , , ^ ^ . c ' , tl department. 'p’OR RENT—Cottage on Race street, j A 1-15-lmo F. G. .Stacy. „ , pOU KENT—My residence corner Race and to Make 1 Johnson streets. W. 11. Smith. l-»-tf was No one seemed to give the idea a second thought. Are we not getting big enough to begin to erect a few monuments, beautify our town, and otherwise show our appreciation of tbe many good things we eojoy? Let us have expressions from our citizens in regard to this subject. Wanted. W ANTED—To r.ijake straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr29-tf J. C. Jefferies. Tax Notice. GIVE IS PROPER CREDIT, PLEASE. Saturday’s Columbia Ktate con tained ar, editorial lamenting the very diecredit&ble showing the people ^°- are willing to return . u ^ 1. , .. paid in every case where it of (South Carolina have made in tbe Had Mr. Watson been secretary of the Charleston Commercial Club instead of give relief. matter of the Hampton Monument ^ rfea ^ \ B the demand for this fund. The State says : specific, that the Cherokee Drug Co. “One year ago the legislature appro-, have been able to secure only a .7 rvwi,,.v.» rhutni, rV.f (Vmirtif-t™ and $20,000, to become available limited supply, and every one who is the Columbia Chamber.,,f (.Omni, 1 ^ ^ vo , unlaril sub _ troubled with df epepel. eouetip.tion scribed. This voluntary fund now or li.er trouble should eal upon them at once, or send 2o cents, and get amounts to $6,779.28, leaving $3,220.72 H i xty doe e 9 of the best medicine ever yet to lie subscribed. Three counties—• milde) 0D t hi« special half-price offer, Richland, JDarhngton and Charleston—, w jth their personal guarantee to re- are credited with contributing half of the fund tbe money if it does not cure. total. Of the 28 counties represented in the published list, 17 have given less The Canadian Manufacturers’ As- their celebrated specific for the cure of constipation and dyspepsia. Dr. Howard’s specific has been so remarkably successful in curing con stipation, dyspepsia and all troubles, that the Cherokee xziut ° 1 “ rebiuary the penalty is 2 per cent.; dur ing March (to 15th, last day) the penalty not! i 8 5 per ce nt. - - - by law. December 31st is the last day taxes are I liver P a J ,able without penalty. During Janu- Drug * Ty . tlle P? nalt y is 1 P er «nt.; fluring tbe price does had be been for 13 years a member of The News and Courier’s staff instead of The State’s, perhaps the name of one other newspaper might be added to the list of those which have given a just recognition to his qualifications for the office and to the personal qualities which make him so popular among fellows of the press—for 1 . , , ... ZL of whom has h e done more, gratui- & oach-Edg«6dd beiug credifed .omaflou. a fer esrsfu luquiry amoug f tRan ffir THt- New* and 1*011 tier b at $ 2 - But there are 13 counties ,be m«n j b‘rs, hod that there are to ly, f ' r f ie * C ' that do not appear as having given a dol- 4 40y W0<Den iQ C ‘‘ D ‘‘ di ‘ lD Has Tbe lar t° war Hs the building of a monument ' to Wade Hampton. T.iey are Abbeville Millionaire's Door Mtumach, Chester. Chesterfield, Cherokee, Dorches- The worn-out stomach of the over ter, Florence, Georgetown, Kershaw, i fed millionaire is often paraded in t be Lancaster, Oconee, 1’ickens, Saluda and Williamsburg. It is likely that numbers of residents of these counties have sent This schedule prescribed W. Harry Gooding, County Treasurer. —Columbia State. You are wrong, brother. News and Courier ever said anything in approval of the appointment of Mr. Norment as private secretary to tbe Governor? In fact,has Mr. Heyward ever performed a single act that has Execntor’s Sale. By virtue of |an order passed byj. E. Webster. Probate Judge, oud February 24th,. 1904, I will sell in front of office of J. C. Jefferies, Ivsq., at Gaffney, S. C., on the 12th day of March, 1904, at u o’clock a. m., the following stocks, belonging to ; the estate of Seymour L. Cutting, de- ; ceased: g » , 4 Ten shares of stock in Gaffney Carpet Mfg Co., four shares of stock in Gaffney Mfg. Co. Terms of sale: Cash. February 24th, 1904. Mrs. Emma C. Cutting, Executor of Estate of Seymour L. Cut ting, deceased.. 3-J-8 Special! C. C. Humphries having en gaged in other business, which throws the entire .work of carrying on the business of the 1 Acme Fur niture Co. upon the present mana ger, who, on account of his present state of health, does not feel able to perform it, it was decided at a recent meeting of the stockholders to make prices that will sell the stock as rapidly as possible. This includes everything now in stock and goods bought to arrive. If you need FURNITURE, STOVES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, TRUNKS, SEWING MACHINES, or anything in our line, can] you make your cash count. Yours truly, The Acme Furniture Go. Your Watch is Right Today; Will it be Right Tomorrow? When your watch needs the attention of a first-class waich repairer bring it to WESTROPE. He [can make a good timepiece out of it, even if you think that impossible. Westrope’s Watches Set the Time for all the Others. A full line of Watches and Jewelry always on hand. Thos. H.Westrope. 3¥f)p t f! £ £ * S K ill ti 'I,-; TONIC na r 4 A RF.AL CURE FOR It has recently been discovered that the .germs that produce Malaria, breed and multiply ia the intestines and from | there spread throughout the system ! by means of the blood. This fact ex- i plains why Malaria is hard to cure by the old method of treatment. Quinine, Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves ami 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, freoin" 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 rxh and healthy. RYDALB’S TONIC is a blood builder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria destroyer. Try it, it will nob disap point yon. GAFFNEY DRUG CO. public prints as a horrible example of the evils attendant on the poKseasion of great wealth. But millionaires are not the only ones who are afflicted with bad stomachs. The proportion is far greater among the toilers Dys pepsia and indigestion are rampant met with the approval of The News contributions to the United Daughters of and Courier? If it has ever had a the Confederacy, whose total collections kind word for the Governor or his from all over |the south amount to $841.- prlvate secretary we have overlooked 25; a few may have contributed through among these people, and they suffer it If we are In error we offer our Columbia and Charles- far worse tortures, than the million- .. h.,~,kio nVi^iaanna vn Tha Vo-u t" 11 * but Hie fact remains that in 13 coun- a ir e unless they avail themselves of a mow bumble 0b6ie.De. toTbeNe.e lie ,’ lllt . re ha , ^ no or ,J,,,,,,! to -teorterd medicine like (ireeo'e Aug* aud Courier. meurecontribution., mid Ihatta 17 otbet u.t Flower wbieb b.« been e l.ror- .. .. . . . ite household remedy for all stomach counties the evidence of such organ,za- troub , fc(4 for over thirty-five years. tion is not inspiring. ^ August Flower rouses the torpid liver, Cherokee Daa contributed about $70 thug creating appetite and insuring to tbe monument fund, which hai perfect digestion. It tones and vital- beeo acknowledged t ( rough I he Led ger. aid will continue to contribute until all she hue b eu aeKed for will be given. Eviaei, ly Ghtrokee ha- not been given proper creui' for what she bus contributed. It is ofteotimes difficult for one to express bimstlf in language that will convey tbe intended meaning. Last Tuesday we bad a reference to Mr. Bryan, Mr. Watson and Mr. Cleve land (hurriedly written and hurriedly printed) that did not Intelligently ex press what we were endeavoring to drive at. In this article we said, in effect, that these three gentlemen were disturbers in tbe Democratic party and that we conld get along better without them. Wbat we meant to say was that neither can say or do anything that will meet with tbe ap proval of tbe other, therefore when they aay or do anything it creates a discordant note. It would be better for tbs party for all three to remain perfectly quiet. We are a Grover Cleveland man. We believe he is tbe izes tbe entire system and makes life worth iivlrg, no matter what your station. Trial bottle. 25c; regular sixe, 75c Cherokee Drug Co.; L J. Allison. Cowpene. H C. Httgruf, l|c»<>riiuce> mimI Crime. LCtiarloue Chronicle,! The detailed criminal sralislice given by Attorney General Gunter of South Carolina, present the best foundation for study o' criminology and tbe negro problem that has re cently come to onr notice. In 1903. 222 murders were committed in tbe : State, 201 of tbe alleged murderers were tried, and 102 were convicted. Of tbe cases tried, 79 were of white Notice. N OTICE—On Thursday, Mareh 3d, we will close ourk'lnnln/s anon, and we wili|only Kin»ou Thursday Jof each week up ,to taht date. All persons havnli;cotton to |rl» will please hrliqr it in before March 3d. Victor Colton OH Co. 2 12-tf Eskridge’s Blacksmith Shop, (Fortenberry’s Old Stand.) First-class Blacksmith, Iron and Wood work at reasonable prices. Your Patronage Solicited. 1903 Seeds FOR 1904 Planting. It is said that seeds have been found in Egyptian tombs which though thousands of years old still preserved their|vitality. However, in planting for profit, it is wiser to demand seeds of later crop. Seeds can’t lie too fresh, which means that you must have those grown last year. Here are a few growers you can depend upon to supply them: WOOD, FERRY, MAY. We have a full line of these, Ixith in field and garden seed. You can buy them with confidence, know ing they are true to name and per fect In every way. Cherokee Drug Co., Prescription Druggists, Cor. Limestone and Frederick Sts. GAFFNEY SAVINGS BANK. Statement at the close of business January 28th.. 1904 : RESOURCES: | Ll ABILITIES: Loans and discounts, .£5s.(V>7 23 I ('apital strs-k paid In, $3n,xP 01 Cash on hand 1 (’■O 45 I'ndlvUlcd profit* l.y<2 Mi I Deposits, 2K442 77 Total 160.325 tiH | I Total $01,325 68 We paj 4 per cent, interest on ALL deposits If you are not already a patron of this bauk we would be. pleased to have you open an account with us. The RIGHT time to do so is NOW. D. C. ROSS, Cashier. * • F. G. STACY, President- R. M. Wilkins Hardware Go. We have just received a car load of Barb Wire, Wire and Cut Nails; also a big lot of Garden Wire and all kinds of Farm Tools. We stand ready to serve you when you come. M. Wilkins Hardware January 2sth, 1!I04. The Gaffney Cify Land and Improvement Co. Offers for sale Building Lou In this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farms near by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In loU of 00 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm purposes. For full particulars apply to J. Y. SARRATT, Agent. N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or orer the lands of this company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, tnder pepalty of law.