Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDGER, Published Tuesday and Friday by Ed H. DeCamp. The Ledger 13 not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings, but for identification. Obitura, es will be published at five cents a line. All corr jspondence should be ad- dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. We invariably discontinue sending The Ledger when a subscription runs out, for wc 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. FOR THE COTTON-GROWER. The Southern Farm Magazine of Baltimore in a double-leaded editorial in its July issue says: “For many years the vast financial interests in Europe and the North in terested in cotton manufacturing, as well as most of the cotton speculators in New York, have combined to beat down the price of cotton, having no interest in the welfare of the South and no concern as to whether South ern producers became impoverished by low prices or not. These ‘bear’ spec ulators, whether they simply be the ’bear' operators on the cotton ex changes of New York and Europe or the ‘bear’ manufacturers who could make more money out of low price than out of high price cotton, have used every power at their command to create the impression throughout the world that the high prices of the last i twelve months have been unjustified ! claiming that they were due to gan.b- i ling operations of Mr. Sully and his j associates. Even Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department went out of his way last summer to denounce j as gamblers the operators who were I fighting for higer-price cotton for the South, leading spinners not to buy tin til prices could be hammered down. "When by the combined influence of these great operators, who are the : worst gamblers that have cursed the cotton trade, Mr. Sully was whipped out. they won a victory against the South which has already resulted in a movement for still lower prices. The departments at Washington seem to I be working somewhat in sympathy | with the ‘bear’ gamblers in trying to j convince the public that Europe is go- i ing to become independent of the i South for its cotton, and the papers of all sections are Hooded with false re ports about that situation. The fact that mills in New England and in Europe have had to close by reason of an actual shortage of cotton in the world’s sup- ply is held up as an illustration of the disastrous effects of the ‘bull’ movement in throwing operatives out of employment. Great care is taken to avoid telling the actual facts, name ly, that i. - ■ closed because cotton cannot i . i the supply being prac tically exhausted, and equal care is j used to avoid pointing out the fact that while some thousands of operatives have been thrown out for a few months by reason of the closing of the mills, on the other hand, high price cotton brought millions of cotton growers out of poverty into comparative pros perity. The tremendous fight made by Sully, W. P. Brown, Frank Hayne and others last summer and fall against the combined influences of the United States department of ag riculture and cotton ‘bear’ gamblers in mill managers and speculators against high prices forced the price to a point where the farmers got the benefit of the advance early in the season, and gave to the producers of the South $000,000,000 for last year’s crop against $326,000,000 for the crop of 1808, the largest ever produced. Today the same tactics are being used as heretofore to break down the price of cotton. Every effort is be ing made to create the Impression of an enormous crop, simply because of a larger acreage. The uncertain ties of the weather, the lack of suffi cient labor to properly cultivate a large acreage, and the still greater lack of labor in picking a large crop are ignored, and already reports are being sent broadcast of a possible crop of 14,000,000 bales. This is all done for the purpose of breaking down the prices during the summer in order that the mills and the gamb ling operators on the ‘bear’ side may be enabled to buy the new crop at a low price in the early season, that they, and not the farmers, may reap the benefit of any advance later on. Mr. Sully represented an idea which has waked the South to its pos sibilities, and though he has been temporarily downed by the combina tion against him, the Southern Farm Magazine believes that he will again become a powerful factor in other fluids of activity in which equally as much can be accomplished for the good of the Southern farmers. The Southern Farm Magazine is in the fight for the Southern cotton grower. It invites from its readers throughout the cotton section of the South correspondence bearing on every phase of he cotton industry, such as conditions affecting the crop, labor, seed and soil deterioration, and everything else which would throw' a light upon cotton—today the dominant subject of discussion in the business world. hasn't taken a hand in the row. That very level-headed contemporary re plies that it is a Democrat and there fore does not believe in meddling in a man’s affairs as long as he keeps off other people’s toes and respects other people’s rights. It doesn't just see, therefore, why it should offend its friends who think like it does to oblige its friends or enemies that think like it doesn't—an observation that tends to confirm us in the con viction that the Charlotte paper has. in the slang of the baseball rooter, a head like a tack. “ ‘In good truth, the man who al ways wants a newspaper to take tip the cudgels in some row which it has nothing to do with is one of the funni est critters that ambles down the pike. All newspapers know this type. He is continually insisting that the news paper soak somebody. He wants to hear the rat-tat of column rules upon the slats of some foe of the dear public. But when it comes to toeing the scratch and putting up a fight himself, you will, in nine cases out of ten. have to cultivate the underbrush with a fine-toothed comb or assault a hollow log with an axe to find him. But if a newspaper will just put up the scrap he wil stand around with his eyes protruding like a sand fid dler’s and you can bet that one of the fun will get by him.’ “This suggests two trains of thought. The writer has been through two fierce prohibition fights in his life, coming out with no thanks and many enmities, having estranged friends of a life time. Further than this, The Observer announces where it stands upon all matters and be yond this, cui bono? As to the man who proposes to work the newspaper, he is a familiar citizen. He begs the paper to take a position which he will not take himself. He urges upon it a line of policy up to which he will not live. He asks the paper to stand in the open and take the fire while he enjoys the retirement of the sha !e, and. when it comes to voting day, perhaps vote on the other side. God pity the paper which is influenced in its policies by popular clamor.” The only thing in the above that we could possibly take exception to is the apparent contemptuous reference to the “country weekly” by the Nor folk Virgina-Pilot. We can under- stand how some country weeklies make themselves obnoxious to the big city dailies by asking impertinent questions, and it was no business of this particular “country weekly” in question whether the Charlotte Observer chose to express itself or “stand pat” on the prohibition-dispen sary-barroom question. If, however, the “country weekly” had been a careful reader of the Observer it would have known that paper’s posi tion, and would not, therefore, have laid itself liable to the sarcasm of the big fellows. But what we started out to remark was that there is a tendency on the part of some of the big dailies to be ironical in regard to the little fellows. This is exceed ingly bad taste. It shows conceit, and that is the most abominable trait in humanity. We belong to the small fry and are rather sensitive, and we can see no reason why any of the big dailies should so far forget their manners as to attempt to humiliate their less fortunate brethren. A DELIGHTFUL EVENT. NOTES AND COMMENTS. TWO VIEWS. The following from the Charlotte Observer of last Sunday so cleverly lescribes a local condition that we jannot resist the temptation to re produce it: "A recent editorial in this paper ap pears to have attracted the attention >f the Norfolk Virginia-Pilot, which remarks u|>on it as follows: •‘ ‘North Carolina, like Virginia, has >een having a temperance spasm, ind a country weekly wants to know >f The Charlotte Observer why it A good deal of crimination and recrimination was indulged in yester day in regard to the management of the Fourth of July celebration The Ledger is slow to accuse without ev idence. We would not knowingly defend wrong doing even in a friend, so we went to the person most in terested and suggested that an item ized statement of the receipts and disbursements be made. This will be done in next Friday’s Ledger and will have the official endorsement of the executive committee. In the meantime we would suggest that the most charitable thing to do would be to avoid too harsh criticism until af ter the statement is made. Capt. Otts’ Statement. Gaffney, S. C., July 5, 1904. To the Public: I am informed that certain parties sold tickets at Limestone Park on July 4th, 1904, for the drill of the mili tary company, and that same was for the benefit of the Limestone Guards. I wish to say, most emphatically, that such sales were without knowl edge and wholly unauthorized by the military company. All the part the military company took, or intended to take, in the alleged program was as a part of the parade to the college park and their own target practice. And the sale or offering for sale of any ticket for or In behalf of the military company was a fraud, not only on the public but on the military company. I regret that this stateinent is nec essary, but no one shall defraud ihe public on the credit or under the name of the Limestone Guards while 1 have command of the company. J. C. Otts, Commanding. Reception Tendered Dr. and Mrs. Wofford Humphries. Friday evening one of the most pleasant social events of the season was held at the pretty home of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Brown, on Smith street, when they gave a reception in honor of Dr. Wofford V. Humphries and his accomplished bride, who had arrived in the city the day before from their wedding trip. At an early hour the guests began to arrive, and soon the elegant and handsomely decorated parlors were filled with the elitq of Gaffney, and each was given a most cordial wel come by the hospital host and charm ing hostess, who seemed as happy and as joyous as the young bridal couple. Dr. Humphries received the hearty congratulations of his many friends present, and his charming bride, whose quiet, elegant manners, beauty and accomplishments was the center of marked attention. The bride and groom received many handsome and costly presents. The dainty and luxurious delicacies and refreshments, all prepared in tempting and sumptuous manner, formed a most delightful feature of the happy occasion. The invited guests were: Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Humphries, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Humphries, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Sarratt, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gaffney, Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Griffith, Dr. and Mrs. B. R. Brown, Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Crawley, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. N. Lipscomb, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Gaff ney, Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Garrett, Mrs. W. C. Carpenter, Col. and Mrs. T. B. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilkins, Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Simms, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wil lis, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Pridmore, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Poag, Mr. and Mrs. A. R N Folger, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Littlejohn, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Littlejohn, Dr. and Mrs. J. N Nesbitt, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Lip scomb, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Hamrick, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gooding, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Humphries, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Doggett, Mr and Mrs. G. G. Byers, Mr and Mrs. Boyd L. Hames, Mrs. John Swgert, Dr. and Mrs. D. P. Thom son, Mr. Andrew Griffith, Mr. Will Johnson, Miss Annie Johnson, Miss Eva Ross, Miss Alie Ross, Miss Ethel Ross, Miss Lillian Wood, Mr. Louis Wood, Mr. D. C. Ross, Miss Inez Sar ratt, Miss Ethel Sarratt, Miss Edith Fort, Miss Mattie Simms, Dr. Gunt er, Mr. Junius Parrott, Mr. S. F. Par rott, Miss Christine Goudelock, Mr. Malcolm Goudelock, Mr. J. N. Little john, Miss Bessie Kendrick, Miss Ve- reen, Mrs. Howard Kroh, Baltimore; Miss Brohawn, Baltimore; Miss Nellie Wood, Mr. Lawrence Wood, Mrs. Rosa Roundtree, Miss Myrtle Gaffney, Mrs. Ernest Humphries, Miss Susie Parker, Mr. Alex Poag, Mr. Ed Byars, Mr. Har ry Byars, Dr. Chas. A. Jefferies, Dr. M. P. Burnham, Dr. B. L. Allen, Dr. C. T. Lipscomb, Mr. J. R. Osborne, Mr Jim Richardson, Messrs. Horace, Jamie and Bon Hill Brown, Cowpens: Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Cudd, Spartanburg: Miss Idelle Brown, Spartanburg: Mr. Paul Brown, Spartanburg; Prof, and Mrs. H. P. Griffith, Miss N. Cora Richardson, Miss Carrie Sams, Miss Eva Sams, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. H. De Camp. Mr. Maynard Smyth, Mr. Chas. Hames, Mr. R. M. Rogers, Mr. Robt. Munro, Mr. J. F. Carson, Mr. W. V. Humphries, Mr. A. C. Pridmore, Mr. .las. A. Harris, Mr. J. Eb Jefferies, Mr. John E. Jefferies, Mr. C. P. Ligon, Mr. C. M. Smith, Mr. Jesse Green, Mr. R. C. Garland, Mr. R. M. Wilkins, Mr J. W. Tolleson, Mr. Anthony Sar ratt, Mr. W. H. Ross. Mr. Thos. Lock hart, Miss Louise Sarratt, Mr. Howard Gaffney, Miss Blanche Wilson, Miss Blanche Peeler. Statement Requested. As there is considerable dissatis faction over the Fourth of July cele bration, we, the undersigned contrib utors to the celebration fund, respect fully request that those in charge make an itemized statement of the receipts and expenditures of all mon eys for said celebration, and request that same be published in the county newspapers: Merchants Grocery Co., Gaffney Live Stock Co., T. Davenport, S. B. Crawley & Co., C. C. Humphries, J. R. Tolleson, R. M. Wilkins, Hall & Willis, A. N. Wood, Wm. H. Smith, W. F. Smith. Boyd Sarratt. A Card of Thanks. We desire to publicly tender our warmest and most sincere thanks to the many friends who came to our as sistance in our recent affliction and for their many expressions of tender sympathy with us in our groat loss. We assure them, one and all, that we are deeply grateful for their unremit ting kindness. S. L. Hopper and Family. J. F. GARRETT, jDentist. Jffice Over The Battery. 'Phone 82 Or. D. ,P. THOMSON, Dentist. over Cherokee Drui: Co. Bank Statement. Stsitement of the Merchants A Planter* MmiK. of tralfney, ,K c.. a t hus hes* J u e;fiitli I'.mi in liccorUiun'e »i:|i 11,1 A'‘t of the General Assembly of South Carolina. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts i^iaiui m Overdrafts " e'avi m, Furniture and Fixtures.... j,ih;; in, Due from Hanks and Cash on hand * 1 s 07 Stocks M bond* -ji,, , FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTEREST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. I.IABIMTIEX. a LIAMS. Hall. Jr, James a. Wulis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTOltNKYS AT LAW. STAR TtiKATKE BLOL. C* A NK. Y, ». CJ. Notary Public In'otHce. Prompt attention i\ en to all business. Caoltal Stock Surplus Undivided profits... Ke-discounts I'eposits, (Individuals) Due Hanks $ 75,000 ini 5,000 no »,50tt 50 .in,non on $l£!.520 115 j.zor 54 pjii,*** 4:1 i-MO.JlU llti DR. W. K. GUNTER, D IC >* T I !S T Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. Crown aud Bridge Work a specialty. WANTED! All youi clothes that need brightening up, bring them to us. We will make them Took fresh and new. All work done by expert tailors. See us and join our pressing duo. ROBINSON & JONES, Tailors. Over VV. 0. Telegraph Office. Phone No. 45. State ok South Carolina. < ■ Cherokee County. i I. C. M. Smith. Cashier of the above named Hmk. do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowl edge and belief. C. M. ~MITH. „ , „ Cashier. Sworn to before me. this the 1st day of .luiy, 1H04. James a. Willis, [L. s 1 Notary Public. Correct Attest: R. M. Wilkins. W. c. Hamrick, A. N. Wood. Directors. ffijaasaaMtsiMa-asissiiK*.-- • C. Eskridge B 4 U Have your ItlackKiiiithlng I) me. All Smithing, Iron and Wood Work done in first-class style and at reasonable rates. (Fortenberry’s Old Stand). To be up to date in legal, local and foreign matters read The Ledger. Rain is a good thing to help you find the leak in the roof. Matrimony is the destroyer of many pleasant engagements. Many a man retains his friends hy refusing them loans. A Card of Thanks. At the request of Mr. Fred Stacy, made a few hours before his death. I wish to express his appreciation of the many kindnesses shown to him during his Illness by the people of Gaffney. For your dally inquiry as to his condition, for your express ions of sympathy, for your attentions to the family and the offers to help nurse him, he wished me to thank you one and all. He wished also to like wise express his appreciation of the repeated inquiry as to his health by his friends who did not live here. To friends in the country and friends In the town, to residenters and non-resl- denters, one aud all. to you in his name and in the name of his mother and sisters. I return thanks and pray God’s blessing. A. M. Simms. Faith without works would not do for a watch. Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist. Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the Rye, Kar, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glas&es Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. «>*«>•«#• (^Office in Cherokee Drug Co.. B’ldg. RYDALFS TONIC A REAL CURE FOR jVCJlL.A.IRIA.. It has recently 'oeen discovered that the germs that produce Malaria, breed and multiply in the intestines and from itiere 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. Rydale’s Tonic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, freein" 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 COMPANY. We Want Everybody In Cherokee County to know from actual experience that— ▲ Porter's Atiseptic Healing Oil Is the greatest remedy of its kind on the market. It re- lieves instantly pain, itching and inflammation of the parts to which it is applied. For cuts, burns, boils, bruises, eczema, corns, chapped hands, piles or all ulcers or sores of the skin it is a sure and per- manent cure. One or two ap plications will cure mange on dogs. Liverymen will find this oil without' an equal for the cure of scratches, halter burns, old sores and collar galls. The oiiginal prescription for Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil was written by the ‘Surgeon^of the Louisville & Nashville'rail- road. It is a most wouderful heal ing remedy for Man or Beast. 25 Cents a Bottle. For sale by The Gaffney Drug Go. Prescription Druggists. Look for the Horseshoe Sign. Per fumes We sell the brands of all the leading makes. Spiehler’s Queen of Violets leads them all S.B. Crawley & Co. 813 Limestone St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery Prescriptions Properly Filled and Promptly Delivered 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 4 4 A- t ♦ ♦ <> A Y 4* * A V 4/ 4 4 4 We believe thoroughly in advertising. To prove it we are going to use thi» 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 hirn the new things you hsd got in recently. You would tell him why he should have them and why they were better than he could procure elsewhere. You probably would make a sale. Youi eifort, however, would b« con- fined to one person. You could tell the same * story just as effectively 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 same way it would. We are ready to do our part to prove iL Do you * care to try it? +-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4> The Gaffney City Land and Improvemenf Go. v OfTers fori sule {Building'Lots lu this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farms ne by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots of 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm purposes For lull particulars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of this company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, under penalty of law. WESTERN & ATLANTIC RY. AND Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway TO St. Louis and all points West and Northwest. Three solid trains daily with Pullman Palace Sleep ing Cars, Atlanta to St. Louis, without change. Only through car service, Atlanta to Chicago, with out change. Close connections made at Atlanta with the Sea board Air Line Railway, Central of Georgia Rail way and the Southern Railway trains. For map folders or other information write to Thos. R. Jones, T. P. A., No. 1 North Pryor St., Atlanta, Ga. H. F. Smith, Traffic Mgr., Chas. E. Harman, Gen. P. Agt.