Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ THE LEDGER, Published Tuesday and Friday by Ed H. DeCamp. A Musical Triumph. [Rocent reports from somewhere In New England state that caterpillars have beet killed by the playing of a brass band People who have heard brass bands of the village variety will have little difficulty In The Bishop’s Popularity. [From the Chicago Chronicle.] Bishop Isaac Lea Nicholson, who has for so long been in charge of the Episcopal diocese of Wisconsin, is one of the most kindly of men and commands the respect and admira- — tion of all classes of people, even ir- crediting the reports.] The Ledger Is not responsible for respective of their church affiliations. j| T . SIC has charms to soothe the the views of correspondents. He is big bodied, big hearted and S! , V age breast," Correspondents who do not contri- brainy—qualities that command uni-1 AT A At least so we have often bate regular news letters must fur- versal respect. A man of culture, his heard it said, nish their name, not for publication, public utterances are marked by such And yet for soothing savage* out west iH't tor identification. \ simplicity that they cannot Ml o ^ taiTSteS V-i'TlJSfcSi Obituraries will be published at understanding. His kindliness oi five cents a line. both speech and manner has frequent- All correspondence should be ad- ]y been the subject of comment. Peo- dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager, pie who have spoken to him about — it have received the laughing answer We invariably discontinue sending that "a pint of honey will go further The Ledger when a subscription runs than two quarts of vinegar, and out, for we have no way of knowing exemplifies that bmief. by re- Recently on finishing a sermon to We ur- a country congregation he was ap proached by a farmer after the ser vice, who said: “Bishop, that was a mighty good sermon.” A few min utes later another farmer came along and said: "Bishop, that was a mighty good sermon.” “What was there about it that you liked so particularly?” asked the Bishop. “Why, I liked it so well because d—d common.” that a person wants it except by re ceiving his or her renewal 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. The packing of a county convention is one thing, and the packing of a you were so State convention is another. The hole that one bores is in accord with the gimlet one uses. See? Another Celebration Advocate. Blacksburg. S. C., 5-18 1904. Mr. Ed. H. DeCamp, Dear Sir:—Will you kindly allow me a little space in your valuable pa per to express my appreciation of the articles and letters in the past few issues of The Ledger regarding the celebration of July 4th. 1 think that Gaffney should make Independance Day celebration an annual event, believing that the cele brations of the past have been of great value to the entire county. Gaffney being the county seat as well as the largest town in the coun ty, makes it the proper place for the celebrations to be held. I am willing to contribute my mite to defray the expenses of such and I believe that these sentiments are ap proved by all my fellow citizens this side of the river. Whoop her up and let us have the time of our lives as well as showing the visitors, of whom there should be many, what a lot of hustlers Cherokee county has. I am yours respectfully, “Over the Broad.” Will Help Vote It Out. Mr. Editor:—I saw in The Ledger a few days back where some good man had spoken of the curse of whiskey to our town. I am ready to join that • • • Some of our contemporaries crowed too early over the defeat of Hearst in California. It seems as if that gen- Iteman secured an instructed delega tion by “the skin of his teeth.” * * * We note with peculiar pleasure that Kershaw Era, is a candidate for the legislature. All we’ve got to say is that if elected the South Carolina legislature can boast of at least one gentleman. • • * The cry of the hour is: “Give the other fellow credit for having some sense!” How in the devil and Tom Walker are you going to give the .other fellow credit for having some sense when he continues to make a fool of himself? * • • This “one man” newspaper busi ness ain’t what it’s cracked up to be by a jug full. But never mind, our day will be here bye and bye and we’ll at "any time to' vote" the old let Drew and Picker and Floyd and ro tten, filthy, dirty stuff out of the Nat and Bill and the devil and the balance of the boys sweat while we are having our fun. * * * A negro complains because a con stable searches his mother’s house for liquor, and the constable kills him. One white man orders another not to •walk across his field. He does it and is shot down. Of course the plea will he self-defense. Dead men tell no tales.—Newberry Observer. And this occurs in South Carolina the land of the chemically pure and Pitchfork Ben, and yet we boast of our civilization, our wealth and our religion! • • * Just let us say one thing, please, and that is, any sort of a local news paper is worth any man’s dollar for twelve months. The people who know nothing about the making of a newspaper know nothing of its worth or the work incident to the making thereof. Of course we think every man should take the best local paper he can get for his money, just as he would buy the best flour, the most meat or the best pair of shoes or the best piece of cloth. But if you are not willing to buy the best you can get, why buy some kind of a paper anyway. A man who doesn’t read is an ignoramus, and an ignoramus is the worst kind of a ‘ varmint.” Read a local paper: read a good one if you will, but if you don’t read a good one read some kind anyway. In other words, if you don’t read this paper for the news, read another; but don’t be an ignoramus. savage is most soothing when he’s dead. Which same is why we never tried to fill him With harmony, but figured how to kill him. Yet this does not disprove the adage, for If we had tried on him a modern chorus We might have saved the shedding of his gore And changed to wholesome dread the hate he bore us. He would have found our music worse than war, And to escape he would have fled before us. By taking thus an opera along We might have had the country for a song. ’TIs wonderful the “Music has charms.” sway That it has held o’er warriors, bards and sages. Across the past we hear it far away. Its sweet strains wafted down from dis tant ages. Yet it has shown a greater power today I Than has been chronicled In history's pages. The erstwhile charmer now becomes a killer And knocks the tar out of the caterpillar. The forest waltzed when Orpheus played his lute; The devils, charmed, forgot their devil- hood. When Pan upon his pipes began to toot There fell a panic through the fearsome wood. Such skill had the Pled Piper with his flute That even rats the music understood. Our players show a magic still more fetching. The ..orms succumb unto its spell be witching. —J. A. Edgerton In New York Times. Children as Actors. The pupils of the first grade of the Gaffney graded school gave a very interesting exhibition last night. Miss j Catherine Richardson is the teacher in this grade, and deserves much credit for her painstaking care of the little tots under her care. The fol lowing is the program of the even ing's entertainment: “Grasshopper Green,” song, by the ; grade. “My Ma, she knows,” recitation, by Sam Jefferies. [ “Betsy Ross,” recitation, by Alma Hamrick, followed by "Play Song.” “Playing Grandma,” recitation, by Edna Earl Hams. “Tragedy of the Ten Little Boys.” "Slumber Song,” by the little girls. "Wish’d I was a boy,” recitation, by Mable Boyd. "Sunshine and Shower,” tableau. “Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?” song by Alma Hamrick and Bonneau Steadman. “The Young Artist,” tableau. “Leap Frog John,” song, by grade; frogs, Elwell Littlejohn, Elwyn Por- j ter, Harry Brown, Sam Jefferies, Roy Wilkins, Columbus Phillips. "It Hurts so bad,” tableau. Umbrella drill, by sixteen little girls. “A little school,” recitation, by Ro sie Nelson. Topsy Turvy song. Selections from Hiawatha, by the grade. An Invitation. The Ledger acknowledges receipt of the following invitation, with the compliments of Prof. D. B. Johnson: The Senior Class of Winthrop Normal and Industrial College requests the honor of your presence at their Commencement Exercises May twenty-ninth to thirty-first nineteen hundred and four Rock Hill, South Carolina. UMLASM AN INVISIBLE ENEMY] TO HEALTH Malaria is a slow poison, but the most stubborn and deeply rooted when it takes possession of the sys tem. We breathe into the lungs the polluted, germ- tainted air; the little microbes then enter into the sys tem, and feeding upon the red corpuscles of the blood, soon reduce this vital, life-sustaining fluid to such a weak, watery state that the patient becomes listless, pale and anaemic, and men tally and physically de- . _ Antory, j > /, • ^ , About flftesn ysars e pressed. Malaria may be- and took a course of 8. gin with slight rigors or an< t sntirely cured me of /-kill.. a *° 1 suffered with Malarls, and remembexina chilly sensations, followed h OW much roo< i s. 8. 8. had done me, I del *S by fever and thirst; but mined to try it again. I am glad to say that th# i. ii ii results were all I could have desired. Since then gradually all parts of the I take S.B.S. every spring, and have no attack <3 system are affected; the Malaria. Last summer I spent most of the timf liver becomes torpid, and ^“toigbee bottom having timber cut. dark or yellow splotches ' mpiji, appear upon the skin; . stomach fails to properly digest the foo<S^ and there are frequent headaches, dizziness, bad taste in the mouth* constipation and a general worn-out, tired feeling that only a suffer^ from Malaria can describe. Other and more dangerous symptontyl are apt to follow where this disease is neglected, such as nervous profs tration, palpitation, sleeplessness, enlarged liver, weak kidneys, boi!| and risings and dangerous-looking soVes and abscesses. Malaria ’i» all the more dangerous because of its insidious and stealthy nature. It i# an invisible atmospheric poison, and the germs and microbes that ary lodged in the blood are propagating and increasing in number all tfet while, clogging the circulation and gradually wrecking the health* What is needed in Malarial troubles i| a blood purifier and tonic. S. S. S. purifio# the germ-infected blood, tones up the stoa*» ach, improves the appetite and invigorate# the entire system. It stimulates the to sluggish organs of the body, enabling theq| to properly perform their functions anjt Msklnsr a Date. State. i wish to call the attention of The Ledger readers and Christian people, and ask what is the reason good preachers will not visit a good meet ing when it is at their door and noth ing to hinder them from going and lending a helping hand. I am some what surprised at the ministers of the gospel when they act so selfishly with each other, and will not go and help each other in the different meet- I think it is lack of love in mgs. their hearts, readers? What do you think, W. J. M. Called Down Again. [Kershaw Era.] Bro. DeCamp of the Gaffney Led ger. usually very accurate, is way off in his history regarding the Hon. T. Yancey Williams being the speaker of the South Carolina house of rep resentatives. That honor belongs to Camden’s distinguished son, Hon. M. L. Smith. He is also mistaken in say ing that Mr. Finley has served eight years in congress. He has served only six years, exactly the same num ber of years as Dr. Strait had served when he was defeated by Mr. Finley. the entire system. It stimulates the tor^i<$* I A— 1 C a.t •* r n . • w Our New Depot. _ . _ _ r # The improvements at the depot are carry off the poisoppus secretions and health-destroying matter that hav#i more attractive than we at first been polluting the blood and clogging the circulation. S. S. S. cons' thought they would be. Happy Cal foino «« ct™™ kn* i B „ ... j_. _ vi„At Parrish, ever thoughtful of the wel fare and comfort of the traveling pub lic, interposed in behalf of the people and as a consequence Supt. McManus has had doors cut in the lower side of the waiting rooms. This will make j it more cenvenient and much better ventilated. Altogether the improve ments are not to be sneezed at. tains no strong minerals, but is strictly a vegetable remedy, a bloo4! purifier without an equal, and the greatest of all tonics. If you hav#| #ny symptoms of Malaria, write us, and medical advice will be fuii Oiahed without cost. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, 04, ^or Sale. r*af:*'2 Even a hedgehog says his young ones are weak. I^ff-Advertlsementh under rblh nead will 00 inserted for one cent a word each insei- tlor.. No ad Inserted for less tban ten cents F OIt SALE A yuan? cow with calf. W. L Spake. May S0-2t-pd, Student—Bring your bill in a month. Tailor—And then— Student—Then I will give you an other appointment—Fliegende Blatter. Soft and crooked bones mean bad feeding. Call the disease rickets if you want to. The growing child must eat the right food for growth. Bones must have hone food, blood must have blood food and so on through the list. Scott’s Emulsion is the right treatment for soft hones in children. Littledoses every day For Rent. F oil KENT—Itwidllnir on I'rfdoiiek street- Apply to R. A. Jones. May JO tf. M Y seven-room house on corner llepot and Eo^au St. Oily water. Permanent tenant To Physicians And The Public. can ^et attractive price. 4-1-Fri. tf. A. \V. Dougett. F OIt KENT—O. O. Wilkins house and lot. Apply toUeo. M. Phifer. 5-J-tf. F OIt KENT—A five-room cottage. Apply to J. I. Sarratt. tf. puK KENT—Four-room house, near enough in for factory operatives. C. M. Smith. 4-JU-tf. A Firm Stand. The mild business man was calmly reading his paper in the crowded trol ley car. In front of him stood a little woman hanging by a strap. Her arm • ,i rr i i was being slowly torn out of her body, the Stinness n.nd shape her eyes were flashing at him, but she that healthy bones should have, constrained herself in silence. Kow ] e g S become Straighter, F OR KENT—The John White house, re*r Smith Hardware Co. Also my residence corner Race and Johnson streets. W. II Smith. j-jj-tf poll KENT—Nice h-room cottage, with ail When you have a difficult pre set iption or one that is to be used in a serious case of ill ness, bring it to us. We fill every prescription exactly as it is written. None but licensed and gra duates in pharmacy employed in our prescription depart ment. plv impr toJ. C. Jeffci ies. »-l-tf S UITES of rooms to let in the Star A. N Wood. of Presbyterian Church Notes. Communion service will he held Sunday at 11 a. m. Preparatory ser vice Saturday at 11 a. m., in the Sun day school room of the church. Preaching at 4 o’clock Sunday af ternoon. Collection for foreign mis sions at the morning service Sunday. The children to he baptized may be presented before the pulpit either Saturday or Sunday morninga t 11 o’clock. Finally, after he had endured it for twenty minutes, be touched her arm and said: “Madam, you are standing on my foot” “Oh, am IV” she savagely retorted. “I thought it was a valise.”—Lippin- cott’s Magazine. loose joints grow stronger and firmness comes to the soft heads. Wrong food caused the poll KENT -A good two-horse farm wiili a neat five-room cottage J. C. Lipscomb. Apply at once to J-id-tf Wanted. W ANTED—To buy a good second-hand Iron safe. J. Kh Jefferies. it. Appropriate. Interest in Tin Mining. [Spartanburg Herald.] The Spartanburg corespondent the News and Courier says the tin interest has not abated about Gaffney. The man who does not carry a sam ple in his pocket is rare. The pro moters working at Kings Mountain are pleased with the outlook. It is probable that all the land between Gaffney and Broad river will be ex amined during the summer. Many visitors are drawn to Gaffney to in spect what is known as a pocket in gold mining, for a paying vein has been found. About sixty years ago some miners found on the slope of a hill near Wilkinsville about $2,000 In gold. About 1850 Jake Moore took out a solid piece of gold over in York county, about four miles below Blacksburg, which was worth about $2,000. He found a considerable quantity of smaller gold. No vein was ever discovered. The gold belt runs from Mecklenburg county, N. C., to Kings Mountain, and near Smith’s ford, on Broad river, to a little be low Gaffney, and on through Spar tanburg county, by the Ham met mine, on Pacolet. It remains to be seen whether tin follows the same direc tion or not. A Business Change. Mr. L. P. Radford, who has been associated with Mr. Berry Hamlin, has moved to Lockhart Shoals, where he will engage in business. Mr. Ham lin will continue the business at the old stand. Berry is one of the very best fellows in this country, and he deserves to and will succeed. The Ledger wishes him all manner of suc cess. “And so the minister delivered a ser- right food for Soft IjOBCS in mon especially for the baseball team childhood this morning, did be?” * “Yes, and the services were arranged Sena for free sample, so as to appeal to the audience.” SCOTT Sl BOWNE, Chemists, “How’s that? Did he make grand 409-415 Pearl Street, New York. Stand plays?” 5°c. nn.l f .oo; nil drugginU. “Something on that order. The choir had only a first, second and third bass, and the sermon came to a short stop when the players saw the plate.”— Judge. trouble. Rightfood will cure it. Vi/ A NT E 1>— Fu rnisiied couTge mdr cent7r In thousands of cases Scott’s £ oflown - Emulsion has proven to be the iwanted—to make stnuent iomsod ouj • ,1,i. r„_,1 r, 1 I— W real estate. No commissions. Several Cherokee Drug Co*, Prescription Druggists. Cor. Limestone and Frederick Sts. If you get it at the Cherokee it’s good thousand dollars to loan. AnrJy-tf j 1 " J. O. Jefferies Notice. I liereliy forbid anyone from iiirin^r Tillman Scott, as he is under a contract with me. 2t. T. C. Petty. N OTICE—We will imy cotton seed until Saturday the 21st inst. Victor Cotton Oil Co. 3-i:»-:jt. Specimens of Tin. All anyone who doubts the exist ence of tin in Cherokee county has to do to become convinced of the fact is to call at the Cherokee Drug Co.’s store. A neat case in the front of the store contains a number of speci mens of pig tin smelted from ore tak en from the S. S. Ross mines. The indications are that there are “mil lions in it” for somebody. Ilia Duty. “Whenever our crowd goes fishing.” said Guzzel, “and the follows begin to think of having a drink they invariably have to call upon me.” “Get out!” replied Frankley. "You never bought a flask in your life.” “No, but I always carry a cork screw.”—Philadelphia Press. Found. F OUND—Between lay residence and Gro ver. some money. The owner can get same by ide ntifying and paying for this ad. l-17-2t pd. C. C. Hughes. Execator’s. Notice. All persons holding claims ffgainst the estate of W. Alfred McDaniel, deceased, are hereby requested to present the same to the undersigned, duly attested, on or before the first day of July next. May nth 1904. A. J. McGill, (Smyrna, S. C.,) Executor estate W. Alfred McDaniel, deceased. Published in Gaffney Ledger May 13th, 20th and 27th, 1 </>4. Money Loaned. OANS on Improved farms .or a term of years at seven per cent, interest. N. ommissions. For Information apply to J. C efferles. Attorney at Law.- One of the greatest blessings a modest man can wish for is a good, reliable set of bowels. If you are not the happy possessor of such an out fit you can greatly improve the effi ciency of those you have by the judi cious use of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are pleas ant to take and agreeable in effect. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaff ney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. A basketful of gold is not so val uable for a son as instruction in one of the classics. Quick Arrest. J. A. Gulledge of Verbena, Ala., was twice in the hospital from a severe case of piles causing 24 tumors. Af ter doctors and all remedies failed, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly ar rested further inflammation and cured him. It conquers aches and kills pain. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. ANNOUNCEMENTS —5 Linen Collars for 25c, Pluett, Coon & Co.’s make; all linen, 4-ply, sizes 13 to 17V&. At J. C. Lipscomb & Co. The higher the mountain the deeper the valley. Big Profits. [Easley Progress.] The daily profits of a dozen la borers In the Cherokee tin mine is over $500. This mine is only sixty miles from us and was accidentally discovered about a year ago. There will he exhibited from this mine at the St. Ixiuis world’s fair a nugget of tin ore weighing l,00d pounds, the largest the world ever knew, as well as the purest. Time waits for no man, but men waste a lot of time waiting for wo men. Winthrop College Scholarship & Entrance Examination. A . Chinaman’s “Howdy.” The examination for the award of va in China, the customary greeting is cant scholarships in Winthrop College “How is 'our liver?” If Rydale’s . and for the admission of new students Liver Tablets were as well known will be held at the County Court House there as In some parts of America, on Friday, July Sth, at 9 A. M. Appli- the answer would be: My liver is all cants must not be less than fifteen years right, I use Rydale’s • Liver Tablets, of age. When scholarships are vacated These tablets cure constipation, bll- after July 8, they will be awarded to iousness and all liver troubles. *Gaff- those making the highest average at this Drug Co. j examination. Scholarships are worth fioo and free m No business can possibly be ^ successful that is not aciver- t Used. • _ This is a sweeping statement, ^ but it is true. There are some T merchants in this community 7 L whose experience apparently f contradicts the statement. 7 The contradiction, however, 7 is only appaient. Ii they have <, Cards under thi8 head wi „ be in . attained any decree of success serted from now until the primary for they have advertised. They have # $5 00 each for county officers; mag- , 7 , . . ill.; istrates’ announcements, $3.00. All let people know what they had to sell, what they were here for and ^ what they proposed to do. Just £ in proportion to the thorough- ^ ness with which they have done * this and met the conditions of their competitors they have suc ceeded. If they have used the newspa pers they have worked with the best tools so far as getting pub licity is concerned. If they have worked without the newspapers they have been handicapped and have not attained the highest possible measure of success. A fertile seed planted in fertile ground, carefully watered, will thriv* and bear fruit A properly organized business, in any inhabited place, well advertised will succeed. The lew of growth is as certain and inexorable in one case as th* othes. r fees must be paio in advance. I hereby announcement myself a candidate for the office of Supervisor, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. Wm. (Chris) Phillips. For a change, R. M. Jolly for Su pervisor of Cherokee county. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Supervisor of Cherokee county, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic party. J. V. Whelchel. For Congress. I iim a candidate for Contm-ns, from the Fiftli C'oiiKri-aalonai District, subject to the result of the Democratic primary election. T. Y. WILLIAMS. When the ox has broken through the stall repairs are first made. tuition. The next session will open Sep- teuilier 21, 1904 For further information A single high wheat stalk Is not aml catalogue address distinguished from the rest In the PRES. D. B. JOHNSON, Rock Hill, S. C. field. June 14. foh Up-to-Date JobJPrint- ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. We Have Just received Our third Shipment of Childrens’ Slippers. Call and look Over what We have. The ► Shoe Store.