Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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F ■ THE LEDGER, Published Tuesday and Friday by Ed H. DeCamp. The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri- South appreciate that fact. It was go- j ing to lift this race, gently, sanely and in the proper way. It had the kindliest feeling for the negro. Per sonally, Mr. Williams said, he had this feeling, “and I am a man who is popular with the negro.’’ Mr. Williams is unquestionably right. Those of us who are to the town for a few days. .Miss Bthcl Boone, of bute regular news letters must fur- manner born have nothing but the [j'sHii"'’MCr<nv ^ nish their name, not for publication, k j m lliest feeling for the colored man, Laura Crow, of’ Kershaw, but for identification. an( i the sooner our fanatical friends visiting relatives in town. Obituraries will be published at of th(J North and West learn t his les- Mrs. Crawford Hippy, of Earles, five cents a line. jsf c., is visiting relatives and Write short letters and to the point " n ' H> so,,mi u 1 u * rfa ‘ friends at tliis place, to insure publication; also endeavor H is useless to wave the bloody shirt w’ill Moore, of Lancaster, was to get them to the office by Monday and harp upon the race question m town Wednesday night. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. The Tillman Jury. [Charlotte Chronicle.J Movements of People in the City Be- "Law Notes, we take it, is a repu- yond the Broad. table journal. We do not get it, but Blacksburg, April 14.—Mrs. I. W. the New Orleans States evidently Moore, of Lancaster, is visiting rela- does, for The States in a recent issue lives and friends at this place. copies a very interesting article from Mr. Will King, who lias been in its columns in reference to the mau- Greettville for some time, is home ner in which the jury in the case of , ex-Lieutenant Governor Tillman, who ( on verse kin e( i Editor Gonzales, of The Colum bia State, was “fixed.” The article in Law Notes, if true, shows that Good Health and Thursday mornings. All correspondence should be ad- dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. question” in the South than there is anyw'here else in this country. We invariably discontinue sending Whv the P eo P le of Kansas ' or The Ledger when a subscription runs any other state that makes such peo- fessions of friendliness of the negro, elect them to represent their people in the State and national govern- when really there is no more “race! Mr. Tom Gary, of Greenville, was in town last week. out, for we have no way of knowing that a person wants it except by re ceiving his or her renewal. We ur gently solicit a prompt renewal, on the ground that the paper is worth ments? the money. We are trying month negro representative 1S ; the methods of getting a jury that would he sure to acquit was as shrewd as it was remarkable, and evidenced careful planning by those who had the matter in hand. Before the trial a number of men represent ing themselves to be agents of a picture-enlarging establishment went over the county ostensibly with the object of selling a large picture of members of the households. The dozen men were lawyers in disguise Stewart went over to working in the interest of Tillman. Saturday to They carried as a sample of their work an enlarged picture of Tillman, Miss Bessie Reinhart, who is at tending Limestone College, Gaffney, spent Sunday with her father, Mr. A. R. Reinhart. Mrs. C. A. Spartanburg Junction visit Mrs. A. E. Woody. .... Mr. J. E. Morrissey, our former who was in jail. 1 hey would not We dare say there is not a depot agent, left Tuesday for Spar- deal with women, but insisted on tv. k'an ne taiiburg, where he will accept the talking with the man ot the house. hv month to make it better and bet- ' * ! agency for the Southern Railway at The exhibition of the Tillman por- by month to make it better and bet i legislEiture, while South Carolina has t j mt p| ac e. trai t led to a discussion of the Gonza- one. Certainly the Southern States Mr. A. W. Hudgins, formerly of l es assassination; the South Caroli- would have no objection to Kansas or Gainesville, Ga., took charge of the niuns v,<1 e questioned shrewdly t .. „ * i depot here Monday. about their feeling in the matter; the any cither State sending a negro to ^ R g Cooksey S p Cnt Wednes- results were duly noted; the whole Washington to represent them. Then ( | ay at i> a( ; ( ,iet with relatives. Mrs. county was canvassed, and when the why in the name of common sense, Cooksey, who has been over there trial came on the counsel for the de ter. choose? NOTES AND COMMENTS. ANENT THE COLORED MAN. Two weeks ago a colored man died at Concord, N. C., whose passing away deserves some mention. We refer to Warren C. Coleman. Warren Coleman was truly a benefactor of his race. Starting in life just after the war, poor, friendless and without distinction, he managed by industry, thrift and honesty to build for him-1 it is hard to give a girl a name self both fame and fortune. When now that she cannot change the origi- we first knew Warren Coleman, some | na i wa y of spelling it by inserting twenty years ago, he was engaged in the letter “y" in it. farming and merchandising. He was * • ♦ - quiet and unassuming. If we mistake 1 There was a rule in this State once | not, Warren Coleman was a Demo- j that prohibited members of the vol- crat in politics. Whether that be J unteer militia from wearing their uni- true or not, we do know that he was forms except when drilling, respected by all the people of his should they object to our sending for several days, returned with him tense had a complete list of all the . . .. „ ! yesterday. anti-Tillmanites and of all the Till- 31 ,cl, representatives ns we may • ^ ^ L|K|e acc()mpanlcd „ man sympathisers. It a man was her sister, Mrs. M. E. Earle, left called from the jury panel who was Saturday for their home in Green- against Tillman he was challenged or ville, stopping over at Gaffney to badgered into an admission that he spend Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Robert Davis and her sitser, Miss Hope Gibson, spent Wednesday in Marion, N. C. Mr. C. B. Cramer, master mechanic of the Charleston division of the Southern Railway, spent Tuesday ..ight in town. had disqualified himself by an ex pression of opinion, and the result was a jury box filled with persons whose judgment could he accurately foretold. “We do not remember to have pre viously seen this explanation of how the Tillman jury was secured. If town, irrespective of race. Later on he conceived the idea of erecting and operating a cotton factory solely with ! onstrated that the farmers can se Be wary of giving options on your n.ineral lands. Capt. Ross has dem- Mr. Robert Hippy spent Sunday at Law Notes is correct, then additional Earles, N. C. shame is cast on this incident in Mrs. Co"a Camp, of Gaffney, spent South Carolina’s history.” Sunday in town with her sister, Mrs. negro capital and negro help. He car ried his idea to a successful termina tion and bore the distiention of be ing the only man on earth who had the ability to carry out such a plan. White men have endeavored to run cure his ores at small cost and get all the profits on them themselves. The sentiment engendered by the verdict of the jury in a certain mur der case tried at the last term of the W. A. Blalock. Mr. Norman Whisonant returned to his home in Gordon, Ala., Sunday night on No. US. Messrs. B. G. and Starr Gaden left this morning for Atlanta, Ga. E. B. ADVERTISING POINTERS. We are too full of excuses, and all too slow about remedying our mis takes. An overdose of the good things of life is apt to make a man pessimistic. ' - ►' 'A Children Children especially are fond of dainties, and the housekeeper must look carefully to their food. As good cake can be made only with good eggs, so also a cake that is health ful as well as dainty must be raised with a pure and perfect baking powder. Royal Baking Powder is indispensable in the preparation of the highest quality of food. It imparts that peculiar light ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc., and what is more important, renders the food wholesome and agreeable to young and old. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK, N’o man ever prayed in vain: i'o” Labor’p true friends try to lead had he not been praying he might them, labor’s false friends drive have ben doing something that would them. Odd. too, labor seems to love land him beyond the reach of bail, the driver best, even. Zeal is a good thing to couple with All men love freedom, though they brains, but it is worse than dynamite may hug mental slavery. in an empty head. cotton mills with colored labor, but | court, in our opinion will make kill- their efforts have resulted in failure,; ing men in this community a rather and it remained for this descendant hazardous pastime in the future, of a slave race to demonstrate its We trust that the recent visit of the railroad commissioners and the officials of the Southern Railway will cause our people to awaken to the feasibility. At the time of his death he was very wealthy. He made his money honorably, so far as we know, and w r e have never been apprised of any dishonorable practices on his importance of some permanent or- part. With all ids success Warren ganization that will worthily repre- Coleman never sought social equal-j sent the business interests of Gaff- ity. He respected white people and ney. numbered among his friends some of ! ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ the most prominent white people of his State. He would have considered it an insult had a white person offer ed to sit down at his table with him self aflii y t we have no doubt that many a white man, and lady.too, for that matter, lias been served with refreshments in ids home. Dr. Chas Price, of Salisbury. N. was one of the most distinguished men of his day and time. He was as black as the ace of spades. He was a scholar, a linguist, a man of letters, and one of the most fascinating ora tors that it lias ever been our privi lege to listen to. We are certain Dr. Price was a Democrat. We are under the impression that he was offered the position of Minister to Liberia by In* the death of Mr. Manasseh M. Tate this county loses a generous, big-hearted and loyal citizen, and this paper a staunch friend. While <• did not always tldnk as we did ho was always frank, manly and cour ageous. We mourn with his loved ones his departure from our midst. State Line Statistics. Near State Line, April 9.—The fourth Sunday in March the Chero kee creek community met and organ ised a Sunday school at Cherokee Creek Baptist church. Officers wore elected as follows: J. H. Ruppe. su perintendent; P. Hammett, assistant and .1. B. McCraw. secretary and Money Loaned. L ()AN> on improveU or a tern. < year-, ai seven per »vnt Interest. N • mrnlssions For i>it v, "tT,a , .ion nunly to .T. < Jefferies. Attorney at Law. -1 r Some Good Ones by the Manager of the Kewanee (III.) Star-Courier. No store ever “fell behind” if the advertising was adequate, carefully Like the running brook, the planned, prepared and placed. i Ll nof ] t K at throucrh Mercantile advertising must be of reQ 01 O ocl iruic 110 ^ inrougn the “continued in our next” kind— the VClllS has to COlTie from that is, if today’s busy store is to be somewhere a continued story. f ... . A small amount of newspaper ad- 1 he springs ot red blood are j vertising space is the right thing for found ill the soft COl'C of th; a small business. That’s the only i n i kind of business it will fit. boilCS Culled tnc m.11 low and The merchant should not give the some SUV red blood also comes people the impression that on some f r0 m the snlcen Healtbv bone 1 days of the week there is very little 11UH1 lllL ’ r f caiin > g unL business done at his store. Spiritless marrow and healthy spleen advertising — reduced space — will are full of fat give such an impression. „ , ‘ . . A battleship with armor, armament oCOtt s i'.mulsion makes IICW i>l i l and crew would he pretty helpless if blood bv feedilV the bone ' OUT PnOtOgrSpnS without ammunition. A big store r & No Indication ctthat any one h een aide to produce holograph-- win; I •rpass nr ■ . i < < ■ those which are I turned out of this [ Studio. m , | treasurer. Teachers: the advanced President Cleveland, but declined to I ( !! larter J, y ’ , E v Ho " to ? : boy , s ‘, ! n ! erme - _ __ 1 i I diate, Fred X. Davis; girls’ interme diate, Miss Naoma Horton; boys’pri- accept upon the ground that he had a work to perform for his race that prevented Ids accepting. He was at the head of a female seminary and did much valuable work, in precept and example he was a prohobition- ist and Ids forceful arguments in be half of temperance will ever remain with those who were fortunate enough to hear him. He, like Cole man. did not believe in social equali ty. While writing about the colored man we have in mind the fact that the Republican party, in its eager ef forts to secure votes, never hesitates to raise the bloody shirt in campaign years, especially if, perchance, they have no issue to present to the peo ple. Last Monday in the National House of Representatives, Mr. Scott, of Kansas, Haunted the bloody shirt and read several letters from Kansas citizens to the effect that it was the boast of C. H. J. Taylor, a Kansas negro politician, that ex-President Cleveland had paid him social atten tion. This brought up a general dis cussion on the subject of while men entertaining negroes, and Mr. Barth- oidt, of Missouri, spoke of the fact that Thomas Jefferson had honored a negro with a formal Invitation to dinner at his family table. The only reason that fact is not generally known, he said, was because nobody thought anything of it, and no one saw fit to criticise Mr. Jefferson for It. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, refer ring to Mr. Bartholdi's statement that President Jefferson had dined a negro, provoked laughter and ap plause when he said that “every man knows that if the nigger ate at Monti- cello, he ate in Jefferson’s kitchen and not at Jefferson’s family table.” Unless the negro race was lifted up. Mr. Williams said, the entire race would go down. The people of the with goods and clerks and delivery system would he just as helpless without m vspaper advertising. Admittirg that newspaper advertis ing will y II goods and people have quit arguing about that—the question of how much advertising you should do becomes one of how much you want to sell. That's all there is to i'. The first big expenditure a mer chant makes for advertising makes his teeth chatter. It is the same ‘lien a hoy makes his first plunge .lii.i tries Li iearn to swim. But very \v pe iver lose their lives in ’ rni'ig t swim—very few. Even ■ ]f‘ number lose their fortunes in learning to advertise. marrow and the spleen with th e pur.; ana whose tiie richest of ail ials, cod liver oil. For pale school ^irls invalids and for ai blood is thin and pale, Scott’s Fmulsion is a ] ieasant and rich blood food. It not only feeds the blood-making organs but gives them strength to do their propc r ,v» •; ,c. Send U>r fn-c sample. S; iTT K Li-...,'... c.-.cmist*. 409-415 t’ea: I sr n . i. New York, joe. and$1.00 ; ail druggists. mary, J. S. Hammett; girls’ primary. Miss Susie Horton; card class, Mr;. J. T. Ruppe. Rev. B. M. Bridges filled his regnl r inpointment at Cherokee creek th ■ first Saturday and Sunday. On Sat urday Bro. Bridges preached an able sermon and on Sunday Rev. Jo! n Ruppe addressed a large audienc ■ We judge from the attention giver them that their congregations wo < much interested in their addresses. Cherokee was recently visited by the following people: Mr. and Mrs Giwset and others, from near Cow nons; Mr. A. B. Ruppe and othe « from Cliffside, N. C.: Mr. C. U Ruppe’s daughter and son-in-law from Forest City, N. C.; Mr. Tor Young, and many others we could mention, from Macedonia section. Chronic Sores Eating Ulcers .ire something more than mere mechani cal reproductions. The toucli of the artist is seen in the I pose of the sitter, the diffusion of light and shade and the toning of the finished picture. “ & Our pnotographs are truthful in a pleasing way. in 11b H. Gair, Phone 176. Residence, 171. I.’s Limestone Street." 1 $ Von are right If you have your prescriptions filled here, you may he sure that you have re ceived the best service available. S.B. Crawley & Co. S13 Limestone St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery Prescriptions Properly Filled ami Promptly Delivered - r, ? n *1 A Constant Oral# Upon the Systeifc Nothing is a source of so much trouble as an old sore or ulcer, ticularly when located upon the lower extremities where the circulatioa is weak and sluggish. A gangrenous eating ulcer upon the leg is a frightful sight, and as the poison burrows deeper and deeper into the tissues beneath and the sore continues to spread, one can almost see the flesh melting away and feel the strength going out with the sick ening discharges. Oreat running sores and deep offensive ulcers often develop from a simple boil, swollen gland, bruise or pimple, and are a threatening danger always, because while all such sores are not can cerous, a great many are, and this should make you suspicious of aU chronic, slow-healing ulcers and sores, particularly if cancer runs in Everybody is invited to attend < ’• your family Face sores are common and cause the greatest annoy- SfAn'C a"raX h T.eK S TV “ they are - W. y... 1.0,. members are requested to come c persistent ana unsigntiy jj)o m e yeara ago while at work, I fell over & truck the rules of the church will be re~, and detract so much from f nd » ev ® re fy h th« a o ?tor bl t 0 o 0 id c , . . r» i i . r> . , , , i became poisoned a» a reeult, and the doctor told Saturday, i reaching at _ o <• nc one s personal appearance. me i w ould have running aorea for life, and that p. m.. and ‘ - - - - - - . . . _ W e Have Just^Received .Oil*^ ^ car _ ry a large assortment of other Canned Goods—Peaches. Pears, Apricots, Pineapple, Tomatoes, and COLUMBIA RIVKR SALMON—all fresh and of the best brands. Pig Stock of POTTLliD PICKLES in all sizes, that we wish to close out cheap. Chunk Pineapple, 15c a can or 2 cans for 25c. Six Cases Snowflake Crackers Just Opened Up -fresh and crisp. We keep everything usually !• und in a first-class grocery store, and we can make it to your interest to trade with us. .1, S. & S. LITTLEJOHN, Sunday the church wn , 1 .r 1 ui 1 dor thl* amooura^ing report x ion Come one, come all: pl e aru ‘ those whose blood ment an( i r#BOr ted to the uee of S. S. 8. It* effeota Middle aged and old peo- if they cloeed up the remit would be fatal. Un- , , 1 Li i dor thie di*ooura*mg report I left off their treat- each Sunday, we need your help. The recent rain has stopped plowing for a little while. Some of tin* people in this section have finished putting in guano. There lias been no corn planted in this immediate settlement, as we have heard of. Wheat is beginning to show up pretty well hen*. SubscrP er. IS contaminated and taint- were prompt and gratifying. It took oxxly a ahort . , , .., ,, t • while for the madicine to oura up theaorea, *ndX th"' ed with the germs and poi- am not dead as the doctor intimated I would be. *on of malaria or some pre- neither have the . , ..L u- r 8omel2year«haveelapaedeincewhatIhavedn- vious sickness, are the Chief eorlbed occurred. tottt* ur wTTWTvrn sufferers from chronic sores 0are 8ohmuIbaoh Brewing Oo and ulcers. While the blood remains in an unhealthy polluted condition, and the sore will Th<» rattlepate zealot is always the loudest in condemning the weak pots of another’s faith. 111- i’ll 1 l - Ihii.om* sr'irrl. Pi <i,k s< iminti ifnuiiirv tli hi :i. I mi lii'i (iiscp.,1 1), mill iinill in, l;.si I,-,, ic 11 vv..■■ suti|i !>•• Pi'Mir Hi 1 > in 1 ,y y, in, it . t<ir> prououutvi' it 1 NmmI Uim-usc. hii • '> rtln'. loi'M rt-riK-iii. - .1 py cousi n >1 falUmr in cure « >|| « trelit•nei i 1. ikiiiiic'iI it hicuntiic - i <• Ins m,vc '•atari"'to ne h "•iin.lltiii Imii 11 <I1m'ii e .,,1 therefore rcqtilr s si e 1,11 c ., tr mhi Ial ’s ('ata*rh I'llri . 1,1 -ii , Hi*lur"«l it 1 Clienev.t t'o . T iled.. Ohio, is 1 lie .inly .. HtilUllonal cure on lie- rnaikei. P - 1; kc Internally in do cs 'rom In d ops 1 1 1 , . •poonllll It ai",- Ulrci'tlv on t tie l> i»m1 inn’ mucous surface, of tliexyMlein Tin > ifi , one hundred dolhirr for nnv case It rails m cure, .-end for circulatN itnii rest linoiiinls. Address. 1'll ENKY \ I'o , To . 1, o Su'd hv Il. iiifglst s. T.»c. II ilTsFaiidly t his are the best. I continue to grow and spread in spite of washes and salves, for the sore is the outward sign of some constitutional disorder, a bad condition of the blood and system, which local remedies cannot cure. A blood pu rifier and tonic is what you need—something to cleanse the blood, quicken the circulation and invigorate the constitution, and S. S. S. is just such a remedy. It counteracts and removes from the blood all the impurities and poisons, and grad ually builds up the entire system; and when the blood has been purified the healingprocess begins and the ulcer or sore is soon entirely gone. S. S. S. contains no mineral or poisonous drugs of any description, but is guaranteed purely vegetable, a blood purifier and tonic combined and a safe and permanent cure for chronic sores and ulcers. If you have a slow-heaK ing sore of any kind, external or internal, write us about it, and our physicians will advise you without charge. Book on “The Blood and Its Diseases ” free. THE MWiFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GAm The Mrs. Jane Hopkins Line of Boys’ Clothing Can't Be Beat. Stop in and select one of “her make” and you will buy no other. Also a complete line of Men’s Clothing and Furnish ings that can’t be out-classed in the town. :: :: :: :: :: :: Wilkins-Bristow Clothing Gaffney, South Carolina.