Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDGER, Published Tuesday and Friday by Ed H. DeCamp. The Ledger Is not responsible tor 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication.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. Oblturaries will be published at five cents a line. All correspondence should be ad- dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp. Manager. 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. Beginning January 1st the price of The Ledger will be $1.50 a year. Those who desire to do so may take advantage of the $1.00 a year rate by paying $1.00 for another year any time before January 1st. OUT OF PLACE. Senator B. R. Tillman will speak in the court house at this place tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock on the subject of “dis pensary or no dispensary.” As a matter of fact it is un derstand he will defend the State barroom or dispensary. He boasts of being the “daddy” of this “great moral institu tion,” ami is contVsseuly proud of his cniid, in.I it m:t) be nx- p^ctrd that he will wax w.ura in »iis defense of it. ' Personally, Mr. Tillman is a Clean man. His private life is said to be spotless. He is a ue- vufed husband, a kind father and a good neighbor. He does not unnk alcoholic beverages of any kind, so we are told. We cannot, therefore, find a flaw in his personal character. It is, to us, a strange mixture of'humanity that courses through the make-up of this man. How a man of his habits and character can canscientiously defend a system of rum-selling that brings upon his countrymen shame, crime and disgrace is beyond our comprehension. There is only one answer to the question, and that is that he is either too arrogant to admit of the evils attendant upon the dispensary system, or that he is blind to them. Perhaps he thinks because he does not patronize his own institution that others would not unless they choose to do so. That is just it. Many a man who is otherwise a good man is too weak to resist the temptation to buy liquor when it is within his reach, whereas, if it were diffi cult to get it he would let it severely alone. The dispensary is no doubt an improvement over the old cross roads grog-shop system. What we desire is an abolition of the whiskey evil. We know this is a difficult thing to do and we confess that in order to mini mize it there must be a public sentiment against it. It would be entirely useless to vote out the dispensary and allow the the blind tiger to flourish like a green bay tree in our midst. Those who go out to hear the senator will listen to man who is gifted in the art of speech; a man who is adroit; a man who can turn words to his own use as well as any man. There are some things he should not lose sight of, however, and one of them is that the dispensary was started ns a temperance meas ure ; that we started with $3,00,000 and that the business has increased to a $3,000,000,- 000 one. A nice temperance showing, isn’t it? Another thing to be remem bered is the increase in crime, much of which is due to the whiskey evil. Another thing is _that the senator’s visit to Cherokee at this time is out of place. He will not confess it. We don’t expect him to. But we remem ber that when Senator Hamp ton came from Washington to take a hand in a purely local matter in this State which af fected Mr. Tillman, a great hue and cry was raised about a United States Senator interfer ing in local State affairs. And now we wish to know what right has Senator Tillman to come here and interfere in a purely local matter? Should not the people of the county be allowed to settle this question without his interference? We know be comes by invitation. We know he has a right as a free American citizen to go into any commu nity and speak on any subject with or without an invitation. But we submit it is with ill- grace that a United States Senator, elected to make laws for a nation, should interfere in a purely local matter that can not concern him, except that it may be that community is about to refute one of his pet ideas. It is out of place. We do not fear the result of the election. The people of Cherokee have made up their minds to do away with this dis pensary, and all that Senator Tillman, or any one else, can do will not change them. It is such letters of encourage ment as that of Judge John C. Bailey, of Greenville, which we publish in another column, that inspire one to renewed efforts in the strife of life. We have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with Judge Bailey, aud his letter was entirely un solicited. When men of his stamp recognize the merits of a paper it is difficult to conceive how people in the community in which the paper is published can fail to recognize them. And they do not. Today The Ledger enjoys to a greater de gree than ever the confidence of the people of Cherokee. Its constantly growing subscrip tion list and its ever increasing advertising patronage attest better than words the esteem in which it is held. We hold that this is due to the fact that the paper is indeed a newspaper; notan organ in any sense of the word. It strives to be fair and accurate in all things and towards all men. Mistakes we have made, and perhaps shall continue to make; but we shall try to profit by the errors we have committed and avoid them m the future. Now is the time to subscribe—-only $1 a year. We are still somewhat handi capped and working under a great disadvantage. We are expecting our new engine daily. Upon its arrival and installa tion we will resume our normal tranquility. In the meantime we are taking advantage of the kind offer of The Cherokee News and printing our paper on their press. All of which we duly appreciate. WOMEN AND SOCIETY. IN MEMOR1AN. [Address communications for this col umn to P. O. Box 304.] It docs not often happen that autumn , sees the most radical changes in fashions sucli are wore apt to come aixmt with the spring, and as a result w-e look for modi fications in our costumes of this first cool month rather than for anything abso lutely uew. Women have grown weary of the ex treme sloping effect, and there is a mark ed tendency toward more fullness at the upper portions of the sleeve and deeper cuffs. A waist made of Brussels net has a yoke of lace with a double ruffle of the net below trimmed on the edge with lace. The waist is tucked on either side of the front in such a way as to give it the appearance of little ruffles. The Shirt waist dress gains popularity with each incoming season and fills a need which nothing else seems quite to supply. One made of cadet blue mohair trimmed with Mack braid and ornamen tal buttons is quite fetching. • • • Mrs. Gilbert Wylie and daughter, of Buffalo, are visiting at the home of Mi. R. E. MeCraw. • • • Miss Susie Brian, of Yorkville, is a guest of Capt. and Mrs. Bell. • t • Mrs. Bryant Lipscomb and son, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lipscomb for some months, have return ed to ther home in Pensacola, Fla. • • • Miss Addie Brown, of Ravenna, was in town this week shopping. • • • Miss Nesbitt, of Georgetown, is visit ing her sister, Mrs. Claude Wilson. • • • Mrs. Ethleeu Wilkins has gone on a short visit to King’s Mountain. * * • Mrs. E. E. Andrews, of Spartanburg, will be the guest this w’eek of Mrs. Pierson on Race street. • • • Mrs. W. H. Smith delightfully enter tained her friends Wednesday 'afternoon with a three course luncheon. The game of guessing authors was indulged in and enjoyed by all. Those present were Mesdames W. C. Carpenter, B. B. Steedly, T. B. Butler, J. Boyd, Park Thompson, S. Lipscomb, B. Hames, W. F. Smith, F. Montgomery. In loving remembrance of our mother, Mrs. S. R. Bridges, who died October 17, 1901, at her home in Blacksburg, at the age of 65 years. “Oh, mother, how we miss you; Friends may think the wound is healed, But there's none who knows the sorrow Deep within our hearts concealed. “She is gone but not forgotten, Never will her memory fade, Loving thoughts will ever linger 'Round the grave where she is laid.” Her Children. As KAfreshlng As Sparkling Wine. Greenville, S. C., Oct. 8, 1904. My Dear Sir:—I have this day received a copy of your paper, The Ledger, for which I offer you my thanks. In it I find the sketch of the history of Salem Presbyterian Church, as read before the session of Enoree Presbytery on the fifth instant, prepared by J. L. Strain, Esq. Its prompt publication reflects much credit on your enterprise, and I feel as sured it will be eagerly read ^by all of your intelligent people. The celebration of this centennial, in the manner in which it was done, is an event of much importance and value, not only to that particular community, but to the county as a w hole. I am pleased with the contents and make up of The Ledger, and a knowl edge of the fact that so young a county as Cherokee sustains a journal of such high character as yours is, give me pleasure. I bespeak for you continued good fortune and prosperity in the pur suit of your high and honorable vocation. Journalism is, in my estimation, second to none other for opportunities in mould ing and elevating public sentiment and the advancement of lofty and correct principles. The happiest and most use ful days of my life were passed when I was striving to lead the public in right thinking on political and moral ques tions, in journalism—at the same time struggling with great efforts to meet cur rent financial expenses. Again congratulating you on your en terprise and wishing you continued suc cess, I am Very Respectfully, John C, Bailey. THEY “SICK” THE EDITOR ON. FOR 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 bone food, blood must have blood food and so on through the list. Scott’s Emulsion is the right treatment for soft bones in children. Littledoses every day give the stiffness and shape that healthy bones should have. Bow legs become straighter, loose joints grow stronger and firmness comes to the soft heads. Wrong food caused the trouble. Right food will cure it In thousands of cases Scott’s Emulsion has proven to be the right food for soft bones in childhood. Send for free sample. SCOTT 4k BOWNE. Chemlats. 409-416 Pearl Street. New York. SK. Md $1.00; all ssrassr •dr t£*lU $ ■ •'■.ip mmmm a <Oc,an<l |1<H at DniprliU BANK DEPOSIT How’. This? Weoffer One Hundred Dollar. Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be eared by Hall'* Catarrh Care. F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo. O. We, the anderahpied. have known F. J. Cheney for the last U years, 1 ly honorable In all bualnas transac- , and believe him isney pdrfectl Ilona and financially able to carry ont any obligations made by their firm. Wmt ATrcax, WholesalaDrugRlsts, Toledo, O. Waldimo, Kinman A Mabvih, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the aystem. Testimonials sent free. Price 7fc. per bottle. Sold by all Drug gists. Hall's Family Pills aro the host. FOR 4 Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. $5,000 fiEOM! Railroad Pare Paid. 500 mx Courses Offsrsd. Board at Cost. Writ# Quick BUSINESS COLUQE.Macss,8a. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office Over The Battery. 'Phone 8a 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 A CO., Lessees. Telephone 67. To Fight Something Which They Are Too Cowardly to Tackle. [Wilmington Messenger.] The woods are full of them. They are to be found in every town and city, and village where there is a newspaper printed. Their chief loaf ing place is the newspaper office. They drop in on the editor and busi ness manager at hours seasonable and unseasonable. They generally come in to have a grievance of their own carried through the columns of the paper. They insist on Instruct ing the newspaper men how to con duct the paper. They want the paper to be made “more spicy.” “Why don’t you put more life in your pa per?” they ask. And when the editor comes to sift the matter he will find that they want him to “pitch into” somebody, generally a public official, about a matter in which the public has no interest and which concerns no one except themselves. And when the editor tells them that it is none of his fight; that if they want a public grievance corrected to go in person to the proper authorities they get mad and declare the editor has no backbone and threaten to get up a joint stock company for the purpose of starting a paper which will “look after the interests of the people.” If the editor is foolish enough to take up the fight of such a man, thinking he is acting for the good of the pub lic he is very apt to find that he has allowed himself to be made a tool of and has been left with the bag to hold, while the men who got him in to the scrape are either displaying a remarkable degree of indifference to the welfare of the “dear people,” or have joined sides with the parties they wished roasted in the press and are criticising the editor for his hasty remarks. The Virginian-Pilot well describes such a man in the follow ing: “In good truth the man who always wants the newspaper to take up some row with which he has nothing to do is one of the funniest critters that ambles down the pike. Newspapers know this type. He is continually Insisting that the newspaper “sack 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 Lu nine cases out of ten, have to cultivate the underbrush with a fine- toothed comb or assault a hollow log to find him. But if a newspaper will r HEALTH is the Most Important The manufacturers of Royal Baking Powder have had 40 years of scientific experience. Every method of bread-and- cake raising has been exhaus tively studied in this country and abroad. The result is a perfect prod uct in Royal Baking Powder. There is no substitute for it. The purity and efficiency of Royal Baking Powder have been commended by the highest authorities of the world. These facts mean two impor tant things to all housekeepers: First: that Royal Baking Powder is healthful and makes wholesome food. Second: that Royal Bak ing Powder makes food good to taste. POVAT BAKING I\kJ I POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Just put up a scrap he will stand around with his eyes protruding like a sand fiddler’s and you can bet that none of the fun will get by him.” WHO IS SHE? Solid Gold The Kandy Kitchen Keeps in the lead with a fine assort ment of Domestic an Imported Can dies—fresh every day. California Fruits. A nice line of Apples, Oranges and Bananas—all ripe, sound and sweet. Come to headquarters for your Fruits and Candies. Cheaper than any body. S. R. Sober, Prop. DR. W. K. GUNTER, DENTIST Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. Crown and bridge work a specialty. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. Over Cherokee Drug Co. Phone 65. One Minute Gough Cure For Cougha, Cold* and Croup* Having recently placed an order for a complete line of pic ture mouldings and fittings, will be ready in a few days to execute orders for framrs in all sixes and styles in a most satisfactory manner. Look up the pic tures you have and would like tastefully framed, and bring them In now. Jont H. Carr, 825 Limestone 8t. Phone 179. Kes. 171. The Builders Supply Co. Successors to L. Baker. Will furnish you Building Material of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. i heart pine Shingles and Laths, and Devo’s cele brated Paints—guaranteed to go further aud last longer than any other in the market. When in need of anything in the building line, call aud see us; we’ll treat you courteously and mate your es timates for nothing. Iv. Baker, Vice-President and Manager. WALTHAM MOVEMENT FREE To the Prettiest and Most P5pu- lar Lady in Cherokee County, Married or Single. Every one of Coupon No. 1 cut from The Ledger and sent In to this office entitles you to a vote for the lady of your choice. It matters not bow many you can get just so they are cut fiom this paper as they appear between now and New Year's Day, 1905. COUPON NO. 1 THE LEDGER. Gaffney. 8. C. Gintlbmkn: I vote for M P. O. 1 believe sbe Is the prettiest and most popular lady In Cherokee County. Signed P. O No votes will be accepted after the last day of this year. All votes must reach this office on or before the last day of December, 1904. The lady receiving the largest num ber of votes cast will receive the watch. It will be ready for delivery to her at The Ledger office January 1st, 1905. Should there be a tie In the vote between two or more the tie shall be settled between the winners themselves. The names of the ladles and the number of votes they receive will be printed In The Ledger every week. The watch Is a good one, solid gold, and can be seen at Thos. H. Westrope's Jewelry store. Hr. Westrope guarantees the watch to be solid gold and the works to be of the best. How to Get Coupons. There are many ways of getting coupons. If you are a subscriber you will get coupon No. 1 every w»ek up to Issue of December DOtb, unless your subscription explrfis and your paper is stopped. If you can get papers from yonr friends containing coupon No. 1, that will be all right, you will be allowed to fill (tout and each one will count a vote when sent Into this office. Papers will be on sale at this office all the time, as many as you want at 5 cents per copy, 50 cents per dosen, or |4.00 per one hundred. If you subscribe for The Ledger or renew your subscription to the amount of 25 cents yon will be entitled to 5 votes; SO cents, 10 votes; 75cents, 15 votes; fl.00, 90 votes. Every 5cents paid on subscription to The I.eciger entitles you to a vote. It matters not how much you pay on your subscrip tion. You esn pay as much or little a* you like at a time and as often a« you like, but In esse of subscriptions you must always us# coupon No. t below: COUPON NO. 2 THE LEDGER, Gaffney, 8. C. Gentlemen: Enclosed find fi for months subscription to THE LEDGER and votes In the voting contest for the prettiest and most popular lady In Cherokee County. I cast my votes for M P. O Signed. P. O. There will be no restrictions to the voting other than laid down here. You may subscribe for The Ledger for a friend and vote for the lady of your choice. You may Induce a filend to subscribe and vote for the lady of his choice. The contest will be conducted with the strictest regard for fairness and Impartiality. Those living out of town (or In town, either, for that matter) need not send In their coupons No. 1-ach week unless they like. They can wait a few weeks and get a batch of them and send all at once, A strict and accurate account will be kept of all the votes, and each coupon will be Hied for reference should any dispute arise. After the contest Is over the winner and the two next closest to her will l>e requested to furnish The Ledger a photograph to publish the following week after the winner Is announced. ^ Remember, no entries will he made without coupons properly signed and sent la. Address all letters to THE LEDGER, Gaffney, S. C.