Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDGER, Publiahed Tuesday and Friday by Ed H. DeCamp. CLIFTON CHRONICLES. Personals and Local Happenings from Beyond the Pacolet. (’llMon. Oct. 111. .MIsk Lillie May \V< ■ .ince,-, ot’ h'‘Tncy, Is vi-:ii®^ li'-r schoolmate and friond. Miss Ava Ui claimed Letters. List of letters rcaialninf: undalme I in the postoffleo st Gaffney, S. for >veok ending October I’.lst, 19rtl. G. L. Anderson. H. G. Hartlc, Jes sie Dawkins. Rrooks Garter, Jcdin W. Davis, Charlie Gordon, It. A. Justice, S P. Jefferies. John Wesley Little john, Meter Littlejohn. D I! Uttle- john, Thomas Meter, 1>. O. Powers, Juno Wilson, Miss Lila Myers, Col., i Miss Mainmie Corry, Miss Mary I Crape, Miss Elizabeth Ldiston. Miss Marie Lachlo, Miss Aliie Littlejohn, i — • . , ' , i ' Miss E. J. Littlejohn Miss Mary Par- desaed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manaier.[ apent 8a turday night with her friend MUg , , . Royal MIs8 Anne tte — J1 ! Misses Mattie and Bdva A en. i sims. Miss Bell Tate. We invariably discontinue sending Dr. S. M. iiinPer, our l>oi»u ai >*< n - ]>) t . a s(' call for advertised letters. The Ledger when a subscription runs ist „ n d successful farther, spent Hi 0ne rt>1)t ,. ach . out, for we have no way of knowing | day night in Gaffney. . . i A. It. N. Folger, P. M. The Ledger is not res;)onsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri- Allen, bute regular news letters must fur- c , . , nisb their name, not for publication,, i,..!. 1 l> : ,iU '''Mm.ible but for identification. “ l . , 7 ^ ,S ' loW ' vith Obiturai ies will be published at . i« ^ ' n° i ^'"1“ r''' , Inany I five cents a line. I l 1 !* r ,n,,,s,M,R,tio11 w111 All correspondence should be ad- ' ,,, >r I u . ra v ( ‘”' - - -- Miss M: Me Nelson, of Spartanburg, r.» J / d WHO !© SHE ? Soi QoI4 y/ i-tcW waltham movement ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN that a person wants it except by re-1 AIis „ p ( . ar , Thnmason l;iki ceivmg h.s or her renewal. We ur-, hlIsill( , ss rollrs( , af the spartaiBnjrc I gently solicit a prompt renewal, on j i )V , s i m 'ss school. UrR — I a i*t**m4 * y . . 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 wiil 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. NOTES AND COMMENTS. One week from today the men of Cherokee will ha\e the opportunity to show what kind of stuff they are made of. • • • Good bye, Mr. Dispensary, good bye! Sorry to lose you, old boy, but your room is more preferable than your company. • • • Let every mother’s son who has a 'desire to make life worth living for mother and sister, and who desires to do something to smooth out the wrinkles on mother’s face, march up to the ballot box next Tuesday and cast a ballot for ‘‘no dispensary.” » • * The people of Cherokee are going to put the dispensary out of business so far as this county is concerned, and they are going to do it by a vote of about two to one. It will not do for those who oppose the dispensary to depend on others, however. Let every man be at his post and do his duty. If we can register a three to one or a four to one vote against it, so much the better. * * * More than one hundred thousand dollars is spent for whiskey in this county every year. In return we get $14,000 towards our taxes and the school fund. Would It not be better to pay that $14,000 direct and keep the remainder in our pockets? We would keep here about one hundred dollars a year that now goes to the distillers of other States. From a fi nancial point of view we would be a great deal better off. * * * The wives and mothers of Cherokee can do much to drive out the dispen sary by exercising their influence over their husbands and sons. If there is a good mother in Cherokee who does not desire that her son grow up a sober, moral man, we have not been able to discover the fact. One way to have your boy grow up sober and moral is to remove the tempta tion to become a drunkard. You help to remove this temptation when you vote against the dispensary. • • • Our time has been occupied for the past few weeks atttending to the dis pensary. We’ve got one more week, during which tim^ we wish to give it close attention. After the friends of sobriety put the dspensary out of bus iness in Cherokee we will resume the even tenor of our way and take up something else that will benefit the people. We like this business of bat tling for the good of the people. Nothing gives us greater pleasure than to work for the good of others. Miss Maggie Louise Montgomery, a popular young lady of Spartanburg, spent Sunday with her cousin, Miss Bessie Landrum. Rev. T. H. Harrison attended the Sunday school union at Gilead Bap tist church near Jonesville, last Sun day. Ho reports a large turn out and an interesting meeting. W. R. Boyd, proprietor of the Little Gem cafe, of Spartanburg, spent last Friday night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Boyd, of Coopertowm. Since the decline in the price of cotton in this section, many farmers are storing their cotton, with a view of getting JO cents or more. We hope their expectations will be realized. Mr. O. S. Parrish, formerly of this place but now of Easley, spent one day in town on business last week. Mr. Parrish is a successful business man and no doubt will succeed in business at Easley. The rock dam at Clifton No. 3 Is now cofnpleted, and the placing of ma chinery is satisfactorily progressing. The electric plant is being installed and from present indications it Is safe to predict that within a short time the hum of the spindle will be heard again, after a silence of eighteen months. Pacolet river Is said to be lower than at any time in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. The Clifton mills ar^ not running on full time as a it suit of the low water. It Is hoped, however, that this state of affairs will not continue long. W. C. Allen spent Saturday in Spar tanburg on business. A good delegation attended the comedy, “Silver Slipper,” at the opera house last Thursday night at Spar tanburg. Every seat was taken and the play was highly Instructive and interesting. Today is elrcus day at Spartanburg, where the Messrs. Gentry Bros, give two performances at 12 M. and 8:50 P. M. Present indications point to a large turn out to see the monkey. The steel bridge across Pacolet river at Converse was completed one day last week, and the public gener ally is very thankful for this conven ience. H. N. Parrish, a former Cliftonlan and popular liveryman, spent a few days last week with his broth ers, Messrs. M. F. and James Parrish. W. C. A. NOTICE OF OPENING OF OF SUBSCRIPTION. to the best bicycles as well as to the best — regulated families. But the bike acei- i dents are nol irreparable, for we can BOOKS tnake your wheel as good as new. There is nothing that can happen TO A BICYCLE Notice is hereby given that by vir tue of a commission issued by the A ]i a t we cannot repair. We can take an secretary of State to the undersigned, 0 id, broken wheel and fix it up so it will as board of corporators, the books of look like new. We don’t slight a small subscription to the capital stock of job, either. No matter how little your Austell, Lipscomb # Co., a corpora- wheel needs fixing, let us do it for you. tion to be formed, with its principal You will get a first class job at a cost "* ' ‘ which will surprise you by its moderate ness. Hurry up jolrs a specialty. Racket Cycle Shop, E. H. DURHAM, Prop. The Builders Supply Co. Successors to L. Baker. Will furnish you Budding Material of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. 1 heart pine Shingles and Laths, and Devo’s cele brated Paints—guaranteed to go further and last longer than any other in the market. When in need of anything in the building line, call and see us; we’ll treat you courteously and mase your es timates for nothing. Baker, Vice-President and Manager. place of business at Gaffney, S. C.. will be open at. the office of Hall & Willis, Star Theatre building, Gaff ney, S. C., on the 2nd day of Novem ber, 1904, at 10 o’clock A. M. The cap ital stock of said corporation will be Five Thousand Dollars to be divided in fifty shares of stock of the par value of One Hundred’ Dollars per share. W. N. Austell, Wm. Samuel Lipscomb, E. F. Lipscomb, Board of Corporators. 11-1-lt. A Card. -1 wish Air. Editor: lllf.\ing explanation: to make the foil" Senator Tillman did not have ref erence to me in bis speech on the dis pensary in the court house on the 22nd of September (as l understand u great many think lie didi.as to some county officials (ns published) falling to give him information concerni g the dispensary profits, etc., for my of fice has absolutely nothing to do with the dispensary profits or the workings thereof. The clerk referred to in the Sena tor’s speech was not the county clerk. No person ever asked for information kept in my office who didn’t obtain it in full and free of cost. Respectfully, J. Eb Jefferies, Clerk of Court. October 31st, 1904. Endorses Our Course. Clifton, S. C., Oct. 31, 1904. Editor Ledger:—We are glad that South Carolina has two editors and one preacher—the Messrs. DeCamp, Parrott and Rev. F. C. Hickson—who have courage and manhood to public ly denounce the dispensary us a de stroyer of progress, morals and Chris tianity. If every community in the State was favored with such men It would not be long before we could boast of having the best State in the South. Lay it on, brethren; you have the best men and all the women on your side. With such hacking prohi bition Is bound to carry. With the hope that Cherokee coun ty will on the 8th of November rise in her might and throw off the dis pensary yoke, I bog to subscrifto my self, W. C. Alien. DeCamp and His Engine. It is impossible to down a laljoring man. There is Editor DeCamp of the Gaffney Ledger, for instance. De Camp runs a mighty good semi-week- ly newspaper and a big job office. He has a linotpye machine and several presses, which he has been running with a gasoline engine. The other day the gasoline engine died on bis hands. It got out of fix, and all the machinists in Gaffney couldn’t make It run again, and it was decided that a new engine must be purchased forthwith. Now, hardware dealers do not keep gasoline engines lying around on their shelves, as they do handsaws and augurs, and it was necessary to order one from the factory. The fac tory was just out, and the engine had to l)e built. All this took time and a long delay stared Editor DeCamp in the face. But you can’t down a working man. DeCamp went to hustling. He tried everywhere, for both love and money, to get an engine, but It seemed that be was about to fail, and all the while that linotype and all those presses were standing idle, and The Ledger wasnt’ doing any good at all in com ing out. Finally DeCamp bad an inspiration. The county had an old traction en gine, which wasn’t in use. DeCamp borrowed it from the supervisor and towed it down into the middle of the street in front of his office. Then lie rigged up a belt, running it up the stairway and down through a hall way and around several corners into his press room. It was a triumph of engineering, both mechanical and civ il. and, best of all, it worked. The liu otype and the presses were started up successfully, ami now all is happy and serene in Gaffney. The Ledger is appearing regularly and in good j shape, and all the people of Gaffney j are happy. Amt the hosannahs of the traction engine in the street in front of Tlx Ledger office only adds to the joy of the situation. The gasoline engine will come! some day, but for the present Editor DeCamp and The Ledger and the traction engine are doing business at the old stand. And the old saying. I “you can’t down a laboring man.” i | true as it ever was.—Anderson Mail. [Owing to the fact that Brother Carpenter is several miles removed from the scent* of action he has his facts a little mixed, but in the main he is corect. The traction engine is doing the work and we are mighty proud of our achievement.—Ed.| JURY LIST. Writ of venire facias for thirty-six pettlt jurors drawn for special term of court November 14th, 1904: J. B. Burgess, Gaffney. I. G. Sarratt, Gaffney. A. M. Dover, Blacksburg. T. B. Petit. White Plains. G. W. McKown, Mercer. W. F. Smith. Gaffney. T. D. Tate, Allens. W. P. Shirly, Gaffney. W. N. Turner, Stevy. F. N. Wood, Gaffney. J. B. Fulton, Blacksburg. W. D. Williams, Ezells. J. S. Spencer, Gaffney. J. S. Harmon, Wilkinsvllle. R. E. Bachelor, Cherokee Falls. V. G. Price, Macedonia. Z. T. Spencer, Butlers. P. A. Price, Ezells. D. M. Gordon, Cherokee Falls. H. A. Turney, Antioch. D. C. Tindall. Thickety. J. J. Jenkins, Cherokee Falls. P. S. Webber. Wilkinsvllle. J. E. McDaniel, Cherokee Falls. B. F. Coyle, Timber Ridge. J. P. Proctor, Sarratts. J. L. Harris. Ezells. J. A. B. Smith, Blacksburg. C. A. Martin, Jr., Cherokee Fails. P, R. Byars, Blacksburg. J. R. McCulloch, Wilkinsvllle. J. M. Swofford, Grassy Pond. M. G. Pridmore, Sarratts. R. E. L. Goforth, Ravenna. R. M. Estes, Etta Jane. W. H. Wllkerson, Gaffney. Gaines White Rocks. The “Gaines White Rocks” which were sent from the Gaines Poultry Yards, of this city, to the State fair in Columbia, won prizes as follows: First cock, first pen: second hen, second pen; second cockerel.-No pul lets were shown except In pw which won first prize. Mr. Gaines has been quite success ful with his yards, and ho has some as pretty fowls as can he found in the country. Wo congratulate him upon the distinction they have at tained among high-class poultry. 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 F.ye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically, j* HgrOffice in Cherokee Drug Co., B’ldg. J- to present a drug imsi ness which lias dol lars and cents value to t h e drug buyer. We give you a good dii.is’: .-tiiiv with Fresh Meats and Groceries Don’t forget that I am still in the market business. I have a full line of nice. Fresh Meat and Fresh Gro ceries coming in daily. I sell at a living profit and sell a good article. Some people harp powerfully on 16 ounces. I would like to know what we would give if we did not give 16 ounces? It would he short weight. That’s the reason I can’t cut prices. I might cut weight, too; some peo ple do, and we all know it. Please call ’phone No. 183 when you want Fresh Groceries, Fresh Meats and Fresh Fruits. I am headquarters for the same. W. J. Maness □ v nDO”" To the Prettiest and Most Popu- lar Lady in Cherokee County, Married or Single. l-.vi i > one of Coiipm No. 1 eul from Tin- Letitrer and sent In to this office entitles you to a vote for she lady of your choice. It matters not how many you can get just so they sre cut fiooa this paper as they appear between now and New Year's Day, 10fH. rill'. l.KIMjF:J«\ Gaffney, S. Gexti.zubs: 1 vote for M P. O COUPON No. 1 No votes will he accepted after tbe last day of this year. All votes m jst reach this office ou or oefore the lastday of December, 1904. The lady receiving the largest num ber of votes cast will receive the watch. It will lie ready for delivery to her at The Ledger office January 1st. 1903. Sh<4ild there Ik- a tie Ln the vote between two or more the tie shall be settled between the winners themselves. The names ot tbe ladies and the number of votes they receive will be printed In The Ledger every week. The watch. Wi a good one. solid gold, and can be seen at Thos. H. Wostrope'S jewelry store. Mr. VVestrope guarantees tbe watch to be solid gold and the works to be of the best. How to Get Coupons. There are many ways of petting coupons. you are a subscriber you will get coupon No. 1 every w* ek up to issue of December IJOth, unless your subscriptkm expires and your paper Is stopped, tf you can get papers from your friends containing coupon No. 1. that will be all right, you will be allowed totill It out and each one will count a vote when sent Into this office. Papers will be on sale at this office all ihe time, as many as you want at 5 cents per copy, 30 cents per dozen, or per one hujidred. If you subscribe for The Ledger or renew your subscription to the amount of 25 cents you will be sntltled to 5 votes; 5C; cents, 10 votes; 7> cents. t5 votes; $1.00, 20 votes. Every 5 cents paid on subscription to The Ledger entitles yon to a vote. It mikfcters not how much you pay on your subscrip tion. You can pay as much or little as you like at a time and its often its you like, bub in case of subscriptions you must always use co ipon No. 2 below: I COUPON NO. 2 THE LEDGER, Gaffney, S. C. Gentlemen: Enclosed find $ for months subscription to THE LEDGER and .votes In the voting contest for tbw prettiest and most popular lady in C herokee 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 friend to subscribe and vote for the lady of his choice. The contest will bo 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 he kept of all the votes, and each coupon will be filed for reference should any dispute arise. After the contest is over the winner and the two next closest to her will be requested to furnish The Ledger a photognuph to publish the following week after the winner Is announced. Remember, no entries will be made without coupons properly signed and sent In. Address all letters to THE LEDGER, Gaffney, S. C. o'ltn.l LC'iutis am jioinl prices. : Cherokee w 00 o. R, VV/ecks of al’ kinds repaiied quick jf- Old vehicles made ,-.s good as new Rubber tops put on your buggies. Know that your cash lias its equivalent at my shop. Tell me vour wants; I will meet them. Ash, hickory, oak and poplar for your job Little breaks trouble make; I mend them Kindly I’ll meet you, genteel I’ll treat you. '• W. T. THOMPSON. IT IS OUR AIM To handle all business intrusted to us to the en tire satisfaction of our patrons. Call on us when you wish to deposit or borrow money. The National Bank of Gaffney, S. G. OPEN TILL 5 P. M. EVERY DAY WESTERN & ATLANTIC RY. Prescription Druggists. NOTICE I have moved my stock of goods into the Byars building next door to Carroll, Carpenter & Byers, and will continue to handle Gro ceries, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Crockery, Glassware, Light Hardware, and almost anything you need. I will open up a Meat Market in rear of my store on Oct. ist. Your patronage solic- cited. Yours to please. 1. M. PEELER. -AND- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railwai 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.