Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I / \ k k V V . THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. Tl.c I.ci.g* ' ts not r?s;)onslble for th< v i jv oi c<•rr '<iK»rulenttt. OM .naric t will be publlabod ut five cents a lln-:. Cm er v.or..ier.t!? vho do not contri bute opiiaT news letters must tnr n -; • - nunm, not for publication, bit l' 1 ■!' i'c tlftcntlun s it* cfr;e ponilenco should he ad- . d to Ed, 1'. D«Caitl9, Manager. We invariably c.iscontlnue sending ^he Ledger when a subscription runs uut. for we have no way of knowing that a person wanti 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. PURGE THYSELF, OH, SAINT! “The esteemed Gaffney Ledger is fuming because somebody is running n licensed distillery up in one corner of Cherokee county and, it seems, cannot be made to stop, although the dispensaries have been voted oui of the county. If all we hear is true, that is not the only distillery in op- ci alien in Cherokee county. There are said to be numerous illicit dis tilleries there which are not disturbed because the constables have all been withdrawn from Cherokee county and the enforcement of the law left to the local authorities at Gaffney. These make some sort of a show at preventing the sale of whiskey in the town, but little is done at enforcing prohibition in the county.” The above 4s from the Spartanburg Journal. Fuming indeed! The Journ al displays more ignorance, or a more willful distortion of the facts, in the above paragraph than we even an ticipated it was capable of. In the first place, there is no licensed dis tillery in operation in this county! If The Journal had read our ‘Turn ings” with intelligence it would not have been lead into this error. In the second place, we believe its ‘ru mored information” in regard to il licit distilleries is but the ravings of a distorted imagination. It’s a strange ' thing to us that The Journal knows so much more about the illicit distil leries of this county than those who reside here, or the officers of this ' county know. Sheriff Thomas and his deputy, and every magistrate in the county, so far as we know, with the possible exception of one, is in , sympathy witjji the law, and they are doing all in.-ineir power to enforce the law; while The Journal, which is out side of the county, seems to be using its influence and talents toward mak ing the operations of the law of no avail. We would respectfully suggest to The Journal, if it has any informa tion of illicit distilleries in this coun ty. that it furnish us, or our officials, with said information. If that paper! does not care to go on the witness stand and give this information, let it give the source of it-' information. That would be the manly thing for The Journal to do. Let it lend us its assistance toward carrying out the law, and it will be doing a better work than lending its influence to-; ward making it. ridiculous. We in vite this co-operation and assure Tb" Journal that, it need not publish the! information, nor it - source, but give, it to us in a private letter and we will { take it upon ourself to see that the officials get hold of it. If The Jour- nsl cannot, or will not, do this we would suggest that It retract its ut terances, else it might have attributed •to it the same motives it attributes to others in the following sentence from its cc lumns, in the same issue in which the first paragraph occurs: "The anxiety of the express com mies, as betray' d in editorials in spired and paid lor appearing in va rious large dailies, would indicate that they are alarmed at the proba bility of a parcels post law'.' In other words, The Journal may have it said of it, in view of the fact that it was at one time against the dispensary, that its editorials in be half of that Institution and the liquor interests were “inspired and paid for.” We don’t want to believe this; but The Journal having laid itself open to suspicion, should purge itself. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Cherokee farmers make a grave mistake in not raising more hogs and cattle. There is no reason why the butchers of Gaffney should be com pelled to buy Tennessee hogs or Western beef for their trade. Certain it is that the home raised meat is the best « » • We have all along believed that it was the monetary influence that * # prompted The Journal to advocate the dispensary and the following clipped from that paper bears out the belief: When the people of Spartanburg county part with $42,000 a year they will have to be pretty well satisfied that they are going to get what is promised for it. * * * Last Saturday Gaffney presented as pretty an appearance as any city of its size in the country. All day long the streets were thronged with people and trade was good in every line. The sun was bright and warm and springlike to perfection. In the afternoon the crowd grew larger, aug mented by the ladies attending the display of the National Biscuit Co. There was absolutely no drunkenness, nor do disturbing element, and all In all, it made one glad to be a resident of such a thriving little city. exaggerator—he is abroad in the land and no amount of criticism will make him change his wa>s. * * « Whenever you do anything that you feci you should not have done, make an effort to undo it. If you can’t undo it, do what you can to atone for the wrong you have done. And do it at once. The longer you put it off the harder it will be to make reparation. There is none of us who does no: mak/ 1 mistakes in life. There are few, if any, who have not done some wrong that they would give" worlds to mdo. Be generous and just and try to avoid a repetition of evil deeds as well as atone for those already committed. There are fe\V people who will not forgive, even If they do not forget; therefore endeavor to merit for giveness. • * * Mr. Hall Martin, who is canvassing for The Ledger, ia doing some good work. Ho is raking the county with a fine tooth comb, so to speak, but s i.vs The Ledger goes into so many homes that it’s difficult to find a new place for it to enter. And Mr. Martin is a young gentleman of character, and would not knowingly tell a lie for The Ledger under any circum stances. We don’t want him to bear false witness, and if we thought he would vc w uld Jis.onse with hi* 4 services without ceremony. We do not mi‘an to boast, and merely mention these facts to show that this news paper is read by the people despite what others may say. The Lipscomb Family. Editor Ledger:—William Lipscomb and Sue his wife had sons and daugh ters born to them as follows: Thomas, born August 19th, 1753, died young. William, born February 12th, 1756, died September 5th, 1802. Davy, born May 14th, 1759, died June 3rd, 1816. John, born October 31st, 1761, died November 17 th, 1827. Mollie, born December 28th, 1766, died December 31st, 1828. Nancy, bom November 17th, 1768, died August 30th, 1846. Nathan, bom December 15th, 1770, Smith, bom November 10th, 1772, April 25th, 1851. The above named from the main branches of the family tree, with its iiero div ons and sublivisions. Mollie man led Thomas Littlejohn and was the mother of one branch of the Littlejohn family. Nancy married James Wood and is the mother of a mi men us postcrily iu this and other l .U s, ami li J for a long time on the farm owned by Alfred Harris on Thickety creek. She was the grandmother of Mr. James Wood, of Pacolet. T. M. Littlejohn. Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a year. r 7 ’ ' C 'H When a newspaper gets to abusing its local contemporary it usually means that the said contemporary is coming on in the business. The rack et seems to have started in Green ville.—Columbia State. If we remember aright The State did not argue in this style in 1892 when the Columbia Register, by pad ding iis list, secured an official ad vertisement that the law said should go to the paper published in Columbia with the largest circulation. We must remember Mr Webster’s fable about the gored ox. • • • The Greenville News throws its hanxion into its evening contemporary about plagiarism and the latter’s false claims as to circulation in a fashion that should cause that paper to wince. But The News ought not to be so hard on The Herald for its plagiarisms, for if we remember aright The News stole a whole column on the subject of birds from The Ledger about a year ago and credited it as an inter view with a Greenville county farm er. The Columbia State copied the article from The Ledger, giving us proper credit. As to the circulation Uneeda Biscuit—the kind of food that makes a nation strong. Made of wheat, baked with the utmost skill and packed in a way that keeps them fresh. For hearty eaters and delicate appetites Uneeda Biscuit are equally wel come. They represent a happy union of strength and light ness. Si The best soda cracker mads ft; The goodness of Uneeda Biscuit is retained by air tight packages, which keep out the damp, the dirt and the dust, and keep in the crispness, the flavor and the original purity of the biscuit. A package of Uneeda Biscuit costs but ^ NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY D'H CARROLL BYERS THE LEADING CLOTHIERS AND SHOE PEOPLE OF GAFFNEY-NEW SPRING STYLES NOW READY. f/rl Clothes That Wear and HoM Thair Shaps-8osi a Trills M n at First but are Cheaper in The Long Run t infiietion or Vour IVlonev ^>■1 1: - - urn m f6r; if/ ! i .11 ill Oxfords that are Cool,Styl ish a n d Comforta ble. S 1: o e s that are (r u a r a n- teed. Sat isfaction ABOVE AU. m’ BAREY5H0E $3\50 G> $ 40O s li o e s with Snap and Style. *. j Shoes that Fit the feet a n d feel Good. TOR OVRE i I Wfil'T -WHO [TO PRE15 WELL \ X™AGOQ£) 804 and 806 LIMESTONE STREET rroll & Gaffney, So. Carolina. 804 and 806 LIMESTONE STREET.