Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. , ^ Obituraries will be published at Write short letters and to the point that time within what aie now the to insure publication; also endeavor confines of Cherokee, played a gallant to get them to the office by Monday I)art iu tho ma kj n g () f revolutionary and Thursday mornings. _ m ^ hi8tor y we should not be unmind- i brating the Fourth of July. The no toriety thus attained was in a degree helpful to this growing little city. ! After a few years the people began to tire of the experiment and for several ye irs we have lapsed into a state of innocuous desuetude as regards pa triotism, so to speak, it seems fitting that we should revive this celebration and keep it up. No people have a better right to celebrate the Fourth of July than the people of Cherokee county, for the people who resided at PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People You Know and People Don’t Know. Sunday school con- You J. E. Gault, of Gowdeysville, passed through the city Saturday on his way to Greenville to see his son, Vance, a| student of Furman University, who he had heard was quite sick. Thos. G. Chalk, Esq., a prominent citizen of this county, spent a short time in the city Saturday morning. Clarence B. Turner, of Grassy and Baxter Bettis, of spent Sunday in the N. Austell spent yesterday vention. Messrs. Will Earles, N. C., city. Mr. and Mrs. W Sunday at Pacolet. Misses Ethylene, Carrie and Banna Wilkins and Maud Hamrick spent Sunday at Boiling Springs, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. it. W. Dickson, of An tioch, were shopping in the city yes terday. Hon. Wm. Jefferies spent some All correspondence should be ad- dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. ful of the sacrifices made by our fore fathers. Our children should be Pond, came to the city Saturday j time in the city yesterday, morning. H. Z. Hicks, a prominent farmer of Ezell, was an appreciated Ledger vis itor Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Nat Guiton, of Kings Creek, Were shopping in the ciiy Sat- unlay. T. J. Haines, a suece.-sful farmer of Asbury, w r as in the city Saturday Mrs. Gilbert Wylie, of Buffalo, is in the city visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. It. E. McCraw, corner of Petty and Montgomery streets. 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 re ceiving his or her renewal. We ur gently 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 bet ter. NOTES AND COMMENTS. taught to revere the part taken in and favored The Ledger with a call. The British museum seven feet high of .he tury. It is supposei to hook in the world. has an atlas fifteenth cen- be the largest Some men run a dual race for office and the penitentiary, and the only reason they wear official robes in stead of stripes is—they are too foxy. • * • The administrator of an estate who will rob the orphans of their heritage deserves the condemnation of all mankind and to roast forever in that brighter and hotter world below. * • * The Abbeville Medium is a Hearst boomer from the heart. Colonel Hemphill is a mighty nice old fellow, indeed, but he shouldn’t allow himself to be blinded 1 y the glitter of Willie’s gold. * * • We wonder if Messrs. Parker and Hearst employ a clipping bureau. If these gentlemen could see half what is said of them by the papers they would be fit subjects for the mad house instead of the White House. * * * Before we wftuld advocate a man for office whom we believed to be corrupt we would resign our job, sell the press and type for junk and ap ply for Charley Dowdle’s job. There is no honor and very little profit in being the tool of any man or set of men. * * * The political wire pullers of Chero kee bungle their work in a horrid manner. There is nothing of the fin ished artist about them, and their work is so coarse as to allow the merest novice to detect it. An infal lible sign of a packed convention is lack of enthusiasm, an absolute sub mission to everything. The work of the county convention yesterday was so palpable as to he positively painful. * * * The Winnie Davis Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy will lay the corner stone of a monument to mark the heroic lives of the gal lant soldiers of York county on May 10th. A cordial invitation is extended to Chorokeeans to be present. Col. Asbury Coward will deliver the me morial address. Let Cherokeeans go over and help our sister county cele brate, and then follow suit and erect a suitable monument to her Confed erate dead. * * * We have heard of a fellow called “Coal Oil Johnny,” who struck a rich' find in the oil regions of Pennsylva nia, but who squandered his quickly acquired millons and became penni less. if William Randolph Hearst goes after the presidential nomina tion many more times in the same style he has this year his inherited millions will melt like ice in hades. If he can stand it we can. In this con nection, however, it would be interest ing to know how much of his gold is being distributed in South Carolina. • * • The Augusta Chronicle has engaged the services of Col. T. Larry Gantt, the most facile writer that ever en gaged in newspaper work in these parts. The late J. L. M. Irby once said of him that he was the biggest liar in the world, and on this recom mendation Col. Gantt was engaged by Col. Irby and Governor Tillman to edit the Columbia Register. Col. Gantt has in a measure reformed, but readers of the Chronicle will begin to think that paper is published in Chi na if the Colonel is allowed full swing. * * • Those who have read that charm ing little story, “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” will be interested to learn that the original of the story, Mrs. Bass, of Louisville, Ky., has been arrested for throwing the contents of a slop tub on a finely dressed sympa thetic lady who recently called ujion her and offered aid. We admire the spunk of the original Mrs. Wiggs quite as much as we do the philoso phy of the character set forth in the book. The woman who can go through life displaying the courage of Mrs. Wiggs should not be bothered by meddlesome philanthropists, even if they are well-meaning. • • * Gaffney derived a good deal of ad vertising several years ago from cele- American independence by the sturdy sons of this section. We wonder how many boys and girls there are in this county over twelve, and how many men and women, for that matter, there he in this county who have even a faint idea of the history of the bat tle of Cowpens. Every man, woman am. child should cherish the history made glorious by the sacrifices of our departed ancestry. • Let us lay aside politics and business and stop in the mail strife for fame and for tune long enough to pay a deserved tribute once a year to the gallant he roes of old, for in so doing we broad en our lives, come in closer contact with each other and incidentally pass a day free from care and full of pleasure. What say you all? PARAGRAPHS OF THE PRESS. was l Sat- with Mer-1 days Etta Fri- Perhaps one human reason why a lot of people wish Roosevelt’s defeat is that they know he yearns for tho jolr.—Columbia State. If some men had to run for office on their own merits to be sure they would not get out their front gate before they would get defeated.— Johnson News. Indiana is going to have a “pyramid of corn” as a feature of her exhibit at the world’s fair. South Carolina might have a pyramid of corn liquor as hers.—Newberry Observer. Senator Tillman says the Hearst managers are not justified in placing South Carolina in the Hearst column. All of which South Carolina has been knowing for some time.—Newberry Herald and News. The Rev. Taylor, a minister of Des Moines, has just been sent to the penitentiary to begin a four- year term for bigamy. And yet two days before his arrest this snarling hypocrite preached a sermon denounc ing polygamy.—Greenville News. The people of the second congress ional district of South Carolina ought to have their congressmen designate their successors by will and then perhaps ambitious statesmen would not be so rude as to contest with the legatee for the place.—Spartan burg Journal. A man in the upper part of the State has named a fine Jersey calf Heyward and has written the Gov ernor of the incident. Governor Hey ward’s fame is, therefore, secure. It is an evidence that a man is tolerably high up on the ladder when people begin to name their children after him; but when they begin naming calves and puppies after him he may know he is way up towards the top.— Orangeburg Patriot. Hill, Mrs. “The poet’s wife,” a recent address. Genlun and Matrimony. According to Mrs. Kate Upson Clark, the way to be happy, though a genius, is never to marry, said Mrs. Clark in *uoes not care for poetry after the first week, any more than the grocer's boy does for figs. She never wishes to tell of the neighborhood’s gossip but she in terrupts some great thought of her hus band's; then he imagines he is bereft of sympathy and looks for it In the wives and daughters of his neighbors, and if he be handsome be usually finds It. The genius should not marry. A woman wants her husband—not his art. Genius is insanity. In order to be gen ius it lives most of the time in a world of deep emotions. It is hard for people f artistic temperament to conform to ordinary rules. Thus divorces, suicides, drunkenness and impulsive vices are found among people of genius. The Irrepressible temperament seems to be absolutely necessary to art.” A IVcnllar Will. The entire fortune of Moses B. Clem ents of Portland. Me., amounting to about ?100.<K)0, has been left to trus tees, who are directed to distribute it “to benefit society, relieving distress and assist worthy and deserving reli gious, charitable and benevolent asso ciations. objects and individuals.” The matter of distribution is left entirely to the discretion of the executors, the only restriction being that they shall have disposed of the entire estate in the manner indicate 1 within ten years. Good Spirits. Good spirits don't all come from Kentucky. Their main source is the liver—and all the fine spirits ever made in the Blue Grass State could not remedy a had liver or the hun- Jred-and-one ill effects it produces. You can’t have good spirits and a had liver at the same time. Your liver must he in fine condition if you would feel buoyant, happy and hopeful, bright of eye, light of step, vigorous and successful in your pursuits. You can put your liver in fine condition by using Green’s August Flower—the greatest of all medicines for the liver and stomach and a certain cure for dyspepsia or indigestion. It lias been a favorite household remedy for over thirty-five years. August Flower will make your liver healthy and active and thus insure you a liberal supply of “good spirits.” Trial size, 26c; reg ular bottles, 7. r »c. At Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens S. R. Thackston, an Asbury farmer, was among his many friends in the city Saturday. John M. Daniels, of Thickoty, a business visitor in the city urday. He favored The Ledger a call and subscribed. Miss Mollie Montgomery, of cer, has been in the city some visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lee. of Jane, were shoplpng In the city day. James A. Pierson, who has been spending some time with friends in the lower part of Union county, re turned the latter part of the week. He reports a good time and fine fish ing in Tyger river. W. P. Ixive, Esq., of Love Spring, made a business trip to the city Fri day. Judge Webster, Dr. J. E. Green, J. Eh Jefferies and Albert Harris took in the festival in Spartanburg last week. W. C. S. Wood, of Grassy Pond, was an appreciated Ledger visitor Saturday. Wm. H. Gault, a prominent citizen of Union county, was in the city Fri day the guest of Capt. J. C. Otts. The many friends of J. H. Little john were glad to see him in the city Friday. John R. Service, a prominent farm er of Mercer, was among his friends in the city Friday. W. M. Spake, a young Battleground farmer, was a Ledger visit' " Friday. C. W. Whisonant. of Wilkinsville, made a business trip to the city Fri day. Posey Guest, of White Plains, was in the city Friday. He called on The Ledger and renewed. M. W. Hicks, of State Line, was a city visitor Saturday. G. W. Spake, a prominent Ezell farmer, was a city visitor Friday. Lem F. Blanton favored The Led ger with a call Saturday and Sub- scrihed. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Phillips were shopping in the city Saturday. Isham Richardson, of Rock visited his parents, Capt. and W. H. Richardson, on Victoria avenue Sunday. Capt. D. K. Cecil was in the city Sunday and yesterday, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Curry, on Buford street. James Richardson, who has been buying cotton in the west the past season, returned to the city the last of tiie week to spend the summer with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Richardson. L. U. Campbell came down from his monazite mines in North Carolina Saturday* and spent Sunday in the city with his family. Ed Haines, one of The Ledger’s mainstay boys, pulled out of the harness Saturday morning and went up to State Line to visit relatives. He came in yesterday morning in good shape, reports a fine time and talked all day yesterday about good eating and fishing. It. W. Dickson, a prominent citizen and farmer of Antioch, was in the city yesterday. N. W. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, was a salesday visitor in the city yesterday. J. D. Kennedy, of Blacksburg, came over to the city yesterday on busi ness. R. M. Roark, of Antioch, was a prominent visitor in the city yester day. Wm. Caldwell, of Kings Creek, member of the county board of reg istration, was in the city yesterday. Our old friend, Mr. Henderson Car- roll. of Kings Creek, paid The Ledger an appreciated visit yesterday. Dr. R. F. McKown. county commis sioner from Cherokee township, was in the city yesterdty. County Commissioner T. L. Bryant was a prominent visitor in the city yesterday. M. C. Lipscomb, of White Plains, spent some time in the city yesterday. E. A. Trescot, Esq . of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday on legal business. Matt Allison, a prominent citizen of Blacksburg, was a city visitor yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Borders, of Kings Creek, were visiting friends and shopping in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bettis, of Mt. Paran. were shopping in the city yes terday. Mr. E. R. Sepoch and his daughter, Miss Georgia, were shopping in the city yesterday. J. F. Whisonant, of Blacksburg, was i business visitor in the city yester day. Miss Lizzie Howard, the popular milliner of the Morris Switzer Dixie Store on Limestone street, much to the regret of her many friends in Gaffney, lias returned to her home in Greenville. James B. Payne, of Greenville, was in the city Sunday and yesterday visiting his wife, nee Miss Ava Spake, who is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Spake, corner of Johnson and Jefferies streets. S. R. Humphries, of Byarsville, N. C., with large farming interests in this county, spent some time in the city yesterday on business. C. Cash, a prominent merchant and fanner, came to the city yesterday on business. Hon. W. Judson Sarratt was a busi ness visitor in the city yesterday. Misses Ida and Ophelia Jamison, of Timber Ridg<\ paid The Ledger an ap preciated call yesterday. RYDALE'S TONIC A REAL CURE FOR 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. R> dale’s Tonic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, freeing 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. FOR Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair, Plaster Paris, Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS. CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone 67. We believe thoroughly in advertising. To prove it we are going to use this space for our own pur poses. We have advertis ing space to sell, and we know it will pay a good return upon the price we charge for it if it is prop erly used. Our paper goes into the best homes in this community. It has been going week after week and year after year until each issue is welcomed as an old friend of the family. The news it brings is news of neighbors, of per sonal affairs in which all have more or less of a com mon interest. If one of our readers called upon you, a merchant, you would do the best you could to con vince him that what you had for sale was the best he could buy. You would show him the new things you had got in recently. You would tell him why he should have them and why they were better than he coul d procure elsewhere. You probably would make a sale. Your effort, however, would be eon- haed to oue person. You could tell the same story just as eifectively to every reader of this paper in each issue. You do not believe it would have the same ef fect? If you told the story in the Mine way it would. We an ready to do our part to prove it Do you cere to try it? Commercial Printing Ol every description executed with neatness and dispaten at r i iik Ledger office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us your orders. BUILDERS' SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS. FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, ALSO A KINK LINK OF Paints and Oils 50c to f 1.30 per gal. G° T ° L. BAKER LET US SERVE YOU There’s an abun<l:inee of excellence here for the one who wants “rare thlii/x at rare prices.” We watch the buy mg and seilin„- eii'i of 5t lie business and the satisfaction comes from taking advantage of what we have to sell. WE HAVE THE GOODS All our departments are complete we have the la-st thimrs in Dry Goods. Himes Hats, Groceries, Hardware and (‘'aruiing Implements, and our line ol MIM.I>KEY is superb. t\ e would like to show vou just what we have and giveyouafew prices— we want you to call on us and see for yourself. Austell & Lipscomb {'•fT'Wenow have Miss Kthellne Wilkins in our Millinery and Dress <loods department and she is eager to serve her friends. We Have Just Received A full line Armour’s Caunetl Meats—the best on the market. We also car ry a large assortment of other Canned Goods—Beaches, Bears, Apricots, Bineapple, Tomatoes, and COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON—all fresh and of the best brands. Big Stock of BOTTLED BICKERS in all sizes, that we wish to close out cheap. Chunk Bineapple, 15c a can or 2 cans for 25c. Six Cases Snowflake Crackers Just Opened Up fresh and crisp. We keep everything usually found in a fir^t-class grocery store, and we can make it to your interest to trade with us. J, S. & S. LITTLEJOHN, The Gaffney Gify Land and Improvement Co. Offers fur sale ,’Itullding-Lots in this nourishing town, Gaffney; also Burins near by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots ol 30 to 100 uert s on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Barm purposes Bor full particulars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. 1L—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride tiirough or over tiie lands of this company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting', under penalty of law. 4 i New Dress Goods For the Hot Days That Are Doming Beautiful styles in Swisses with wreaths of blue, green and pink flowers, picot stripes with large flowers in dainty colorings. Organdies with large flowers that have the very touch of spring. Knicker Zephyrs in 'grays, blues and greens that are so stylish this seaeon. Ginghams and Mercerized Chambrays for making the shirt waist suits. Something new in Crepes with the daintiest of flowers, pink and heliotrope, .which seem to vie with nature in the botanist garden. Come and see them, as it is hard to describe the beauty of these new spring and summer Dress Goods. Our line of wool Dress Goods is unsurpassed in this city and would do credit to a much larger place. We are always in line on Slippers and Shoes, soft sole for the tiny baby. Sandals and Ox fords for the Child, the Miss, the young Lady, the middled age Lady and the old Lady. Our Millinery Department is growing in favor with the Ladies who want stylish up-to-date Headgear at correct prices. We try not to overlook anything in this depart ment, something to suit all pocket books. W. J. Wilkins fit. Co. Gaffney, S. C. i'S