Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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•/ v ' WSSNwRtv A " X THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCarnp, Editor # and Publisher, ‘ A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. The Ledger Is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Obi turn ries will be published at five -ents a line. ■) Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news let,u*r8 nmst fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Ail correspondence should be ad- dessed to Ed. H. DeCarnp. Manager, j THE BIG DIAMOND. The following from the Atlanta Jour nal relative to the big diamond recent ly found in South Africa is full of common sense and sound logic: The largest diamond in the world was found in South Africa the other day. The stone weighs 3,032 carats— about a pound and a half—and is valued at $4,000,000. Wish you had it? Of course. But what would you do with the precious thing? You would not eat it. Nor wear it as clothes. As it is you probably could not use it even as a tool to cut glass with. It would not be ornamental until cut and polished. And you would live in hourly anxiety lest you might lose it in some way. You would sell for the $4,000,000. That would put a different face on the # problem but you would still be troubled. Few persons are strong enough to he entrusted with $4,000,- 000. Especially if it should come to them suddenly. The possession of $4,000,000 would cause many persons to lose their heads or spoil their indigestions. They might spend it in riotous liv ing or make had investments or spec ulate and lose it. When a big fortune drops into one’s lap it is not so easy to sit down to three meals a day and the wearing of decent clothes. You would do good with it? The suggestion does you credit. But you would be up against another problem. Many have given away money only to find that their giving has done more harm than good. Helen Gould, the good woman, devotes all her time to find out how to give wisely. She confesses to frequent dis appointments. The troubule with all of us is the old, old one—we do not know what riches consists of, or knowing, forget. Remember the story of that desert traveler who was famishing for food and who eagerly seized a bag which he thought contained bread. Upon op ening It he cast it from him, saying: “Oh, It’s only gold.” Diamonds, money, property—these are not real riches. Health, buoyancy, work, affection—these are riches; and we only know what they are when we lose them. NOTES AND COMMENTS. A subscriber writes us that his sub scription expires on February 29th, and that as there is no 29th in this month, he thinks he is entitled to the paper until next leap year! ' • • * The city authorities are having cin ders placed on the sidewalks that lead out to Limestone, and it is their in- tentioon to carry the work as far as the college. This will be a great help to the walks during rainy weather, and only those who live out in that end of the city can fully appreciate the action of the council. • * * The farmes and business men of Gaffney and Cherokee met in the coun ty court house Saturday and perfect ed the organization of a cotton grow ers’ assoclatioon for Cherokee. The meeting was a very enthusiastic one; and every one present seemed imbued with the determination to put forth his best efforts toward bringing about a better state of affairs for the farm ers, the county, and the south. The bankers of the south have taken up the cause and, indeed, the prospects for the cotton growers are growing brighter and brighter. Does He Exist? Brethes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, “My trade of late is getting bad, I’ll try another ten-inch ad.” If such there be go mark him well; For him no bank account can swell; No angel watch the golden stair To welcome a millionaire. The man who never asks for trade, By local line or ad displayed, Cares more for rest than worldly gain, And patronage gives him pain. Tread lightly, friends, let no sound Disturb his solitude profound, Here let him live in calm repose. Unsought except of men he owes. And when he dies go plant him deep, So naught can break a dreamless sleep. Where no rude clamor may dispel The quiet that he loved so well. And that the world may know its loss, Place on his grave a wreath of moss, .And on a stone above, “Here lies A chump who wouldn’t advertise.” Did Not Advertise. The story is told of an old bachelor who bought a pair of socks and found attached to one a paper with these words: “I am a young lady of twenty and would like to correspond with a bachelor with a view to matrimony.” The name and address were given. The bachelor wrote and in a few days got this report: “Mamma was mar ried twenty years ago. Evidently the merchant wtiom you bought those socks of did not advertise, or he would have sold them long ago. My mother handed me your letter and said possibly I might suit. 1 am eigh teen.” COMPULSORY EDUCATION. A Teacher Announces that He is Now and Always was Opposed to It. Maud, R. F. D. No. 1., Feb. 7.—We j are a little neglifienuin ovu- writing j to The Ledger; we are still at our j post, though, trying to instruct tie young as best we can. Oh how many trials and difficulties a fellow gets into while following that occupation, too. There are many, things to contend with that are not | pleasant some of which I will men-1 tion just here. The first one is this: He has to be there rain or shine, if he pleases the people. The next thing j Is keeping all the pupils interested; j keeping them all in books and in something to do. ft is left now (and it is justly so) with the teacher to buy all the books that the pupils need, and to do that he has to go to town every Saturday that comes and where they live so iar away irom town, as I do, and have to walk and go through as much rain, hail, sleet and snow as I have had to do for the last two winters, I tell you it is rough enough. I say the teacher ought to buy the books. Why? When the pa rents buy them, half the time they get the wrong hooks and there is an other trip to make. The teacher can tell just what kind of a book is need ed and one trip is sufficient. Some one will say, you don’t have to walk to town; you can get a horse and buggy to ride in. Sometimes he can find such luck and again he can not; then we will have to pay some thing for it (or ought to, at least) and many of our fellow teachers know we don’t have much money to give away, out of the salerys that the country school teachers get. There are many other things that I could mention just here, but will not. There are many things that I like in the school room, so I will be con tent for a while longer at the present p: ices and so on. Now, while I am on this subject and as there is being a great deal written and said about compulsory education, I would like to say just one word. I am just a mean schoolboy my self and don’t claim to know what is best for us, but I am trying to give that one subject some thought I am, and always have been, op posed to compulsop^ education. I am opposed to compelling a man to do anything. If you want to insult an American just try to make him do something that he doesn’t want to do. If you want to tare up a church just tell the members that they must pay so much or we will exclude you from the same. I am in favor of education. I wish our people were all better educated; but don’t say you must go to school whether you want to do so or not, never! Our fourfathers fought for freedom and some people want It yet hut there are many that are trying to take it away from us just because they think it is the popular idea. All the foreign nations that are on the wane have compulsory education; everything is compulsory, their church affairs as well and what is it profiting them now? I have been watching children In school now for the past few years when you have to make that child go to school he is doing no good. I don’t believe in sending a child to school, too young anyway. The parent should learn them at home all they can and keep the child at home until he is eight or ten years of age anyway. I have in my mind two boys, one has been in school all of his life as much as eight or ten months in every year from the time he was five years old untill he was sixteen. That made eleven years that boy was driven off to school against his will; his parents were good people and wanted to see their boy educated as young as pos sible. The other boy I mentioned was in the same school, he didn’t want to go to school either, nor his parents would not make him go; he went to two three months schools from the time he was eight years of age until he was twenty. He was offered a job at twenty In Gaffney and in two weeks he found out he could not keep it as he did not have the learning, so he gave it up and went back home and went to an eight months school and just before that school was out I saw this same boy working a prob lem for the boy I first mentioned. Think now about a boy that had been to school only fourteen months work ing an example for one that had been in school eighty-eight months or all his life! Now was that not walsting time and money? To get along In this life we must have some edu cation, but we don’t have to be driven off to school to get it. Some of our greatest men have never been to school very much. “Patrick Henry” did not want to go to school when he was a boy, hot when he became a man he wantA to read law which he did and became the “synomus of eloquence. Now I think Mr. Editor, if you will just think for a moment about the editorial in your paper a few days igo, surely you will sav that was say ing too much. The bill in the legisla ture was killed on compulsory educa tion and I, for one, rejoice at its death. The time Is coming when we will have that law, but I will alway oppose it. We do not .have hut very few men In our country that will not send his children to school as much as two or three months in the year. Now I know you will bring up such Stales as Louisianna, Alabama and South Carolina that stands so low in illiter acy. There are several reasons why they do so. Take Louisianna, take that great city, Now Orleans, the biggest half of the population of that State live In that city and what are they? Threeflfths of them are Spanish, Cu bans, Mexicans, Germans, French and people from all quarters of the globe where they have always had compul sory education. Go out of the city and what do you find, the African by the thousands, in the cainflelds. That is why that State ranks so low in education and the same will apply to our own South Carolina and still a few legislators and editors want just such a state of affairs for ! popularity sake. Speak out boys, that are on my side, and let’s retain our liberty that, our fourfathers gave us. “Pete.” (We publish the above communica tion verbatim et literatim. We have nothing but the kindest feelings for the writer, and therefore refrain from criticism.—Ed. I TREFZER FOUND DEAD IN CREEK His Body Had Been Pierced by a Pistol Bullet. Union, Fet* 16.—Mr. F. G. Trefzer, the well known jeweler, who myste riously disappeared from Union on Tuesday afternoon, February 7th, was late this afternoon found in the Fair Forest creek and evidently committed suicide while in a state of mental ab erration, as a wound was found near his heart. For a week the keenest anxiety has prevailed and searching parties have scoured the country, but though many indications pointed to his body being in the creek, nothing could be really done, as the stream was greatly swollen on account of the recent melt ing of the snows, and not until this afternoon was it possible to take out a boat and institute a thorough search. His body was discovered about 4:15 this afternoon and the wound near his heart was apparently made by a 38 calibre pistol bullet. The discovery was made by J. E. Mabry at the bend in the creek, a stream about six miles west of Union, half a mile below the big Rice bridge. The body was kept under water by some willow trees. His body had been pierced by a pis tol ball, apparently a 38 calibre, which, however, has not yet been found, as it was evidently lost in the stream. His body is thought to have floated down some distance from where tracks were previously discovered. In 1886 he married Miss Florence Foster daughter of Maj. and Mrs. W. M. Foster, and of this union five chil dren have been born, the youngest three years old and the eldest, Miss Fannie, 17 years of age. About 1891 Mr. Trefzer left Union for Elberton, Ga., where he conducted a jewelry es tablishment for ten years, returning to Union about three years ago. (Mr. Trefzer’s wife is a first cousin of Mrs. N. C. Snead, of Gaffney.) Goucher Gossips. Goucher, Feb. 18.—I thought as there had not been anything written from this section for some time, I would give you a few dots. La grippe is making strong head way this cold weather. The schools in this district. No. 16, are all doing well. We have six white schools. The enrollment of each school Is about fifty scholars. We have as fine teachers as any schools in the county. Our teachers are Mr. T. G. Ohalk, Ravenna; Miss Addle Brown, Goucher; Miss Pauline Pettit, Blue Branch; Miss Eliza Martin, White Plains; Miss Annie Chalk, High Point; Miss Effie Bird, Corinth. We have good school houses all over our district. There has been but little farm work done yet, but people are getting very anxious for the weather to moderate so they can begin work. Mr. John Spencer and son, Robert, have rented Mr. C. E. Smith’s black smith shop at the old Goucher post- office and are doing a good business shoeing and repairing. Mr. Prater Smith has moved into the house formerly occupied by J. C. Brown. He and his brother, C. E. Smith, are running a store in the name of Smith Co. Wishing The Ledger success in the future, as it has had in the past. Neighbor. Child Burned. A little two-year-old son of Mr. T. N. Graddlck an employe of the Dar lington Manufacturing company at Darlington, fell in the fire Wednesday morning daring the absence of the mother from the room and was burn ed to death. The child lived only a short while after being rescued from the flames. About 12 o’clock Monday the little two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lucius Brown, of Darling ton happened with a similar accident. Although severely burned about the head the little one will recover. The child was rescued by its brother, a little booy of only a few years. Arrival of Trains. For the convenience of the people og Gaffney and vicinity, we publish below a correct schedule of the ar rival at Gaffney of the passenger trains on the Southern railroad: GOING SOUTH No. 39 arrives at 9:10 A. M. No. 37 arrives at 10:57 A. M. No. 11 arrives at 2:52 P. M. No. 97 arrives at 6:43 P. M. No. 35 arrives at 11:50 P. M. GOING NORTH No. 36 arrives at 7:22 A. M. No. 12 arrives at 4:40 P. M. No. 38 arrives at 6:43 P. M. Vo. 40 arrives at S:30 P. M. No. 97 is a mail train orfly, and Nos. 37 and 38 are “the vestibules;” and none of the three stops at Gaffney. All the others make regular stops. Mail Is sent from Gaffney on all trains except Nos. 97, 39 and 40, and b received from all except Nos. 39 and 40. The mails close at the post- office thirty minutes before each train is due to arrive. Truckers and Gardners Should Plant Largely of Early Peas. The severe weather which we have experienced during February, and which bos extended far down into Florida, is going to make a consider able shortage in early green vegeta bles. and on this account our markets will be very bare of green vegetables until late in the season. Indications ere that the earliest crops of green vegetables will sell at good prices, both in home markets and in the larger cities North. The opportunity presented to our southern truckers and gardners, to make money out of peas and other early truck crops is one that they should not fall to take advantage of. Early peas are one of the first kirops to come In and can be safely planted Just as soon as the ground cln be gotten ready. ltd the Bum B I take this method of announcing to the people of Cherokee County that I am still engaged in the general mercantile business, and occupying the same store in which I made my initial bow as a merchant years ago. It is not necessary to introduce myself you know me. In making this announce ment, I wish to impress upon the people of Cherokee County, that it is my aim to conduct a straightforward business. Making a bid for popular pat ronage needsjnojdiplomacy, finesse or sharpness in its management. Plain, cfiSry honest'methods are what the people tie to. These methods, you will always find in|force at my store. 1 :\ i I am "here to serve you faithfully. I want my store to be pointed out mid spoken of as the place where all classes of the community may come and feel that they are being dealt with in absolute fairness. wMBEach^department |is being recruited as fast as freights arrive. Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Men’s Furnishings, Dry Goods, Millinery, Notions, Novelties and Staple and Fancy Groceries. I will appreciate a visit from you, and will personally conduct you through my store. Very respectfully, W. C. CARPENTER. LIST OF PETIT JURORS. Writ of venire facias for thirty-six petit jurors for March term of court, 1905: J. W. Sparks, Littlejohns. W. I. Vaughn, Sarratts. Wofford Price, Ezells. J. E. Sarratt, Gaffney. L. R. Ross, Gaffney. * E. P. Macomson, Mercer. N. Guyton, Kings Creek. J. A. McGill, Kings Creek. C. A. S. Campbell, Turners Eb. Whelchel, Aliens. J. A. Harris, Macedonia. G. D. Hambright, Antioch. Oscar B. Cooper, Ezells. J. F. Jamison, Timber Ridge. W. W. Gaffney, Gaffney. R. E. Sarratt, Macedonia. W. W. Whelchell, Lawn. J. C. Camp, Grassy Pond. J. G. Garner, Stor Farm. J. F. Parker, Allens. W. T. Mabry, Littlejohn. J. H. Godfrey, Maud. J. V. Price, Macedonia. James R. Huggins, Mercer. Andy Wilson, Blacksburg. J. G. Holt, Buffalo. Will Collins, Antioch. J. W. Goforth, Sarratts. G. N. Roark, Blacksburg. D. H. Sprinkles, Ezells. A. J. Blalock, Blacksburg. Banks Patrick, Gaffney. V. Webber, Wilkinsville. J. D. Kell, Blacksburg. Wm. Gardner, Sr., Macedonia. W. A. Donalds, White Plains. i if 3 You LIST OF GRAND JURORS. Writ of venire facias for twelve grand jurors for March term of court, 1905: G. W. Humphries, Macedonia. C. N. Teal, Ezells. O. S. Kendrick, Gaffney. J. C. Pettit, Gaffney T. L. Robbs, Wilkinsville. J. N. Caldwell, Kings Creek. M. H. Bell, Antioch. C. F. Inman, Sarratts. W. S. Alexander, Macedonia. Ed. Turner, Blacksburg. E. F. Lipscomb, Gaffney J. T. Martin, Blacksburg. NOTICE OF ELECTICN. State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee. It appearing to the satisfaction of the County Board of Education, that more than one-third of the voters re siding within the proposed School District, who return real or personal property for taxation, have petitioned this Board asking that an election be ordered to determine whether or not an additional levy of four (4) mills be voted for the purpose of supple menting the regular constitutional and other school tax of School Dis tricts Nos. 19 and 22; which districts shall have the boundaries as set off by survey of G. B. Fowler In 1905. It is, therefore, ordered by the County Board of Education for said couftty and State: That such an elec tion be held at Mabry’s mill ?r i Hughes’s store, in said districts, on Wednesday, March 1st, 1905, at which election only such electors as re turn real or personal property for taxation, and exhibit their tax re ceipts and registration certificates, shall be allowed to vote, as provided in Vol. 1, Section 1208 of the Civil Code of South Carolina. « Those voting for such additional school tax will use a printed or writ ten ballot on which 1j the word “Yes;” those voting against such ad ditional school tax will use a printed or written ballot on which is the word “No.” For the purpose of conducting said election the School Trustees for School Districts Nos. 19 and 22 are appointed managers. By authority of the County Board of Education for Cherokee county, South Carolina, February 4th, 1905. J. L. Walker, Chrni. County Board Education. | Sufferer From some Kidney, Liver or Bladder trou ble, try Hot Springs Kidney and Bladder JU Cure. Just one 50c iU $ cine of wonderful cur- w ative power. Gaffney I Company. | £ Prescription Druggists. £ Opposite Hotels. iiUiUiUiUiUiUiMiUiUiUi Subscribe for The Ledger, only $1.50 si «^m.owr Ordains Refined elegance in Sta tionery, Visiting Cards and Invitations. We fill orders for Invita tions with the finest in laid cards, engraved with artistic simplicity. We Excel everyone else'tTin our assortment of [Box and Pound Paper—Tablet goods a specialty—and have just received an elegant line of these goods. : ; : : : Parisian Dimity, 25c per Pound, Ripple Bond, 25c per Pound, Holly Bond, 25c per Pound, French Voile, 35c per Pound, College Tablets, 10c each. Gilbert Heads and all the newest designs in Box Paper goods that you can’t buy elsewhere. It is proof of faultless taste to select your pur chases here, and we will be glad to show you the best things before you buy. ; : : : : Cherokee Dreg Company Opposite both Banks# •iw' Merchants & Planters Bank Gaffney, S. G Offers all that is to be had of any safe, reliable^jank—courte ous treatment, promptness, efficiency, liability, and all the at vantages of extensive connections and unlimited facilities. Wi would be glad to serve you. A. N. WOOD, CHAS. P. LIGON, C. M. SMI President. Asst.-Cashier. Cashier. Fire Insurance and Bonds Written.