Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDGER. from nowhere. Be yourself. Listen t anH Friday t( > ttie voice within. There Is room Tuesday and y. ( for improvement In e\-ery profession, E.d, H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, ( jn ever y tra( i e an( ] } n every business. A. W, Griffith, Local Editor. world wants men who can do • —— i things in new and better ways. Don’t 1 tllinli because your plan or Idea has no The Ledger Is not responsible for precedent or because you are young ihe views of correspondents. ani i inexperienced that you will uot Obituraries will be published at Set a hearing. The man who has any- ta „ . ine | thing new and valuable to give to the five cents a line. wor f d wiU , )e listened to and will be Correspondents who do not contri- f 0 n 0W ed. The man of strong individu- bute regular news letters must fur* a ]j t y w ho dares to think his own nish their name, not for publication, thought an d originate his own method but for identification. and who is not afraid to be himself, All correspondence should be ad* not a cop> of some one else, Qtiicklj dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. We invariably discontinue sending ▼he Ledger when a subscription runs <»ut, for we have no way of knowing that J 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. ets recognition. Nothing else will at tract the attention of your employer or the rest of the world so quickly as originality, especially if they are effective.’’ THE SOUTH’S GROWTH. The remarkable growth of the South and the’ equally remarkable de velopment of the statistical depart ment of the Manufacturers’ Record, which enables that publication months in advance of the census reports to present a close approximation of Southern growth, is shown in some comparisons presented in its last is sue. It is also shown that the Manu facturers' Record always makes a rule in its statistical estimates to under state rather than overstate real con ditions, its aim in this being never to give exaggerated estimates. Dis cussing these facts that paper in its issue of April 28th says: From time to time the Manufactur ers’ Record, in order to spur Southern industry and to encourage Southern endeavor, publishes estimates of crops or of other economic efforts in the South. Not infrequently such esti mates are heralded by individuals ac customed to gain statistical knowl edge by absorption as wild exaggera tions, the Manufacturers’ Record has encountered obstructive criticism from the time it began, more than twenty vears ago, to point to the fu ture of the South. In many cases that future has become a past, and what some thought were “wild dreams” and “exaggerated estunates” have become accomplished facts or ultra-conserva tive statements. For example, on March 21, 1901, the Manufacturers’ Record made the following forecast of what the census would show as the total value in 1900 of the agricultural, manufactured and mineral products of the South in 190ft: Agricultural products... SI,220,500,000 Manufactured and miner al products 1.543,500,000 be a hard man to beat should he en ter the race. We sifggest to him, however, that it would be a good thing to retire some of Newberry’s gubernatorial candidates. Several candidates for State offices from one county might prove embarrassing.— Bamberg Herald. Never mind about Col. Aull retiring the Newberry gubernatorial candi dates. The voters will take care of the retiring business. What we want to do is to elect the Colonel to the position of Secretary of State. He would make a good one, and we will gamble on it that there will be no necessity for an investigating com mittee to jerk him up on his book keeping, either. Let all vote for Aull for Secretary of State. • • 9 We have taken occassion to refer to the improvements at the park sev eral times, and now as they are about complete we wish to add a suggestion. Let the city go to work and erect a band stand and arranife with the band to give one or two open air concerts a week, say on Tuesday and Friday nights. We feel confident the band “We understand,” says the esteem- would entertain a proposition along ed Gaffney Ledger, “that a certain j that line The gentlemen composing man in this county thinks so much of time his baby that he won’t allow a neigh- U have devoted much of their time bor to kiss it.” But who wants to! and attention to the work, have in kiss the brat?—Greenville News. j vested their money in instruments Why, the candidates, of course— ‘ an( i w }u W e are sure, give us the con- especially young ladies who are can didates for matrimony. • • • AROUND ANTIOCH. WOMEN AND SOCIETY. Movements of People in That Corner [Address communications for this col- NOTES AND COMMENTS. Clean up your premises. It not only looks better to have everything neat and clean, but it is healthier. Don’t wait until the mid-summer sun causes the vegetation to decay and make the air foul; but do it now and save a doctor’s bill. • • • certs. As a matter of fact, they should have something to compensate them, i They don’t want or expect much, but We have before us the initial copy appears to us that arrangements of the Carolina Field, published at Georgetown by the Field Publishing Co., with James Henry Rice, Jr., as editor. The purpose of The Field is to advertise the industries, resources, situations and climatological advan tages of Eastern South Carolina, and we know of no man better equipped for the work than Mr. Rice. We wish the venture unbounded success. • * * Brother Sims, of the Orangeburg Times t^nd Democrat, and Sister Voting, of the Fairfax Enterprise, have been coying with each other quite extensively here lately. Better watch out, brother. The most trouble we ever got into since we entered the wedded state was by telling another woman how # sweet and amiable she was. Your taste is all right, but you are showing very poor judgment. • • • We would like to have a few’ more correspondents from different sections of the county. The Ledger is essen tially a county paper. It is the medi um through which the people of the county become acquainted wdth each other and the happenings of each neighborhood. In other words, we are one great family and we want this newspaper to be the medium of com- Total $2,704,000,000 By August 7. 1902, or seventeen months later, the available figures of, miini^Hon by the members of the the census showed the following: ; . Agricultural products.. .$1,271,054^73 J 1 -' Manufactured and min could be made to raise some funds by entertainments, public subscriptions, etc., for the band. We respectfully suggest that Mayor Gaffney and his official associates take up this matter. And w’e desire to add that we have not heard the least criticism in re gard to the expenditure made on the park. Perhaps there has been some but we are pleased to state that we have not heard it. We regard it as the best money the town has spent, and if we can have band concerts In the evening it will go further towards making an ideal place for the ladies and children, and men, too, for that matter, to spend an evening. By all means let us have the band concerts '• • • A Farmers’ Meeting. There w’as a meeting of several of the representative farmers of this county held in the court house Satur day, May Cth, to ascertain as nearly as possible the number of acres plant ed in cotton compared with last year, and also to find out the amount of fertilizer used under cotton compared with the same year. The unanimous opinion was that the number of acres planted in cotton is from tw’enty to twenty-five per cent, less, and that the increase in the number of acres of corn has been from twenty-five to thirty-three per cent., and an equal in crease of fertilizer under corn of Cherokee. Anf'och, May 10.—We have been having some very rainy weatlier for the last week. King’s creek has been out of its banks for the first time in a long time. Mr. Lee Dover and Miss Corrle Wilkins, of Elbethel, were married at Grover last Sunday the 4th, by Rev. Mullinax. We wish them a long and happy life. Rev. Mullinax marries more people than anyone else in Cherokee county. Miss Julia Mullinax entertained a fetv of her friends Saturday night in honor of Misses Jessie and Belle Gib son, of Patterson. The guests were: Misses Dora Gaston, Ada Goode, Maude Turner, Maud and Jessie Ham- bright, Jessie and Bell Gibson: Mes srs. Bob Mullinax, Geo. P. Turner, Ed gar Patterson, Carl Hambright, .Lester Herndon. Charlie Hardin, Bob Moss, Clyde and Frank Oats, Charlie Bor ders. Mrs. Nora Hardin, of this section, was bruied at Antioch May 4th. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved relatives. Mr. K., come over the Broad one more time and we will prove that we are right about the acreage reduction. Owing to the wet weather last week, Saturday was a busy day for Grover. Mr. and Mrs. Clary, of Gaffney, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bird. They attended Sunday school at Antioch Sunday. Mr. Eddie Hambright and sister, Miss Ancie Hambright. spent Sunday with Mr. J. B. Hambright. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Hambright have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Dick son. » Miss Lillie Westbrooks spent sev eral days with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Hughes, of this section. Miss Cleo Dover gave a reception Saturday night, which was enjoyed by all. She gave a nice prize to the one that w r as the tackiest in the party. Miss Mary McSwain received first prize and Mr. Pink McSw’ain second. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Roark attend ed services at Grover Sunday. Mr. Push Dover attended service at Blacksburg Sunday. The Sunday school at this place is doing fine work. Mr. George Bridges and Baxter Wells spent Sunday afternoon at Mrs. Sallie Hambright's. ‘■'harlie Hardin sp^nt Sunday after noon with Mr. Tom Hambright. Mr. C. J. Hughes, of this section, lost one of his hogs last w r eek. It got its left leg broken and had to bo killed Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hardin attended service at Grover Sunday. Mr. W .R. Hardin, of Cherryville, N. C., came down Sunday to see “a friend.” He returned to Bessemer Monday, where be will be loca ted for a while. Mess. Carl Hambright, Ed Patter son and Joe Dickson went to Grover Sunday afternoon and attended ser vice Sunday night. ' Wishing success to all, C. H. umn to P. O. Box 304.] The use of a separate little coat of cloth to match a frock of silk, or vice versa, is extremely Frenchy, and the trimming of silk with cloth is more popular than ever. Borders of velvet ribbon are much in evidence and are effective when cleverly introduced, although a rather crude form of trimming when awk- ardly handled. The surplice front continues its prestige, and even upon plainly fitted, borices a flat surplice effect is often j introduced. The closely moulded bodice of high er bust line is unquestionably the prime favorite with the fashionable m some authoritative quarters, al though mercifully, the softly draped bodice is still the rule. * * * Mrs. Geo. G. Byers and little son have gone to visit Mrs. A. C. Cree in Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Gilbert Wylie, of Buffalo, spent Sunday with her father, Mr. R. E. HEALTH is the Most Important The manufacturers of Royal elect, and plain, tight-fitting seamed Baking Powder have had 40 basques have put in an appearance 1 r • years or scientific experience. Every method of bread-and- cake raising has been exhaus tively studied in this.country and abroad. The result is a perfect prot^- McCraw . uct in Royal Baking Powder. Mrs. E. E. Andrews, of Spartanburg,! There is no substitute for it. and Mrs. J. H. White, of Johnston, are . j re • i guests this week of Mrs. Pratt Pier- ^ * le purity and ettlCiency Or s 00 - Royal Baking Powder have been commended by the highest authorities of the world. These facts mean two impor tant things to all housekeepers: Mrs. Clarence Gray and son, of Ok lahoma, are visiting Mrs. W. F. Mc Arthur. Miss Healan, of Blacksburg, was in the city Wednesday shopping_, Mrs. Howard Littlejohn and son have returned~to their home in Bates- burg. Miss Pearl Whisonant, of Wilkins- ville, w’as in the city Wednesday. A Pleasant Event. Editor Ledger:—On Saturday night. May 6th, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hardin gave a reception to a number of their warm friends and relatives in honor of Mrs. Hardin’s brother, Mr. Elijah Hardin. The event was indeed a glo rious success in every particular. The ] guests vere first shown to the parjor. which was beautifully arranged and handsomely decorated with many nice and charming flowers, where they enjoyed many nice and lively games, which afforded much pleasure and amusement. After they had spent some little time in this cheerful way, they were led to the dining room, which was artistically decorated with roses of several colors and ever greens, where they were served with some excellent cakes, strawberries, candy, bananas, lemonade, ice-cream, etc., which added much to the enjoy ment of the occasion. After these re freshments they were again shown to the parlor, where they enjoyed a “conversation party.” The evening was very pleasantly spent and every one left, with heart laden with joy on account of being one of the guests. A motion was unanimously adopted i\r\ with vonr corres-! tn make an earnest effort to get the ( ome on A\ith your c r cotn panies using tow sacks to use cot- al products 1.572,992,167 Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a year. FOR BOTH One disease of thinness in Total $2,814,646,440, There was conservation in esti mates to the extent of $80,000,000 in the total of $2,844,000,000. Another children is scrofula; in adults, j pondence. Especially is this invita- j t0n sacl{s instead, tion extended to the young folks. R. C. Sarratt, Chm. * • • — Thot tiu' tarmers or this section are Meeting of Question Club. . r> *.i u The Question Club held its regular | consum ptlOn. Both have poor with Miss Nell blood; both need more fat. . T , Wood. A pronoun contest was in-j ’I'Lpop thrive on lenn instance of conservatism is in the cot- ness in a businesslike manner. It. 8 I dulged in ’ ’ —•* ’ llie8e mint, uu icuii ton es’imate made in the Manufactur- no infrequent thing for a planter to all.” a “How Come?” (Columbia State.) The Gaffney Ledger has discovered an editor up in Polk county, N. C., by the name of Carnegie. But the happy fellow is not wrestling with the problem of how to get rid of his money. Something Wrong. [Greenville Herald.] Wo all have our weakness. The whole world is one great lunatic asy him and every person living is more or less insane.—Gaffney Ledger. Something’s gone wrong in old Cher- Flrst: that Royal Bakin; Powder Is healthful and makes wholesome food. Second: that Royal Bak in; Powder makes food ;ood to taste. DfWAT baking i\\J I POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Needs the Dough. The following from a North Dakota paper fits this office exactly: “It Is reported that one of the fastidious newly-married ladies of Harvey, N. D., kneads bread with her gloves on.” Editorial comment: “The incident may be somewhat peculiar, but there are others. The editor of this paper needs bread with his shoes on; he needs bread with his shirt on; he needs bread with his pants on; and unless some of the delinquent sub scribers to this ‘Old Rag of Freedom* pay up before long he will need bread without a thing on, and North Dakota is not a Garden of Eden, either, in the winter time.” in pretty good shape financially there i. no doubt. And they are doing busi- j ^ r e ^ ns * call at this office and say: “I want ers’ Record of December 10, 1903, that “the value of the present crop, includ- , T , ing seed, may be safely estimated at] io renew my subscription to The Led- $625,000,000.” The official figures of ger. .lust write a check on biich and the census, nearly five months later, ] KUch a bank and i>n gig n it.” We placed the value of the crop, including . , t seed, at $660,549,230, a conservative Llke to hear tneni calK inar ' wa ’’,, underestimate of $35,500,000 in a total because we are getting the dollar, of $660,500,000. ! 1 ut because we glory in their pros- perlty. The other day wo overheard ORIGINAL FORCE. SO me business men talking about the The following by Orison Sweet Mar- progregs th£> country was maUlng den in Success is such a splendid expo- when one mnarked: .. And the farm-1 sition of the subject of original force; ors of Cherokee are raaking as muC h that we cannot help but reproduce it i with the hope that each of our read- ] ers—especially the young folks—will give it careful reading and profit therby: “No human being ever yet made a success trying to be somebody else even if that person was a success. Success cannot be copied, cannot be successfully imitated. It is an origi-1 berry Herald and News, is being spok nal force, a creative process. Every en of as a candidate fqr Secretary of man will be a failure just in proportion , state. Col. Aull is president of the as he gets away from himself and South Carolina Press Association, and tries to be somebody else and to ex- is deservedly popular with the pencil press somebody else Instead of him-! pushers. He is well and favorably self. Power comes from within or known throughout the State ,and will How to Ward Off Old Age. The most successful way of ward ing off the approach of old age is 1o means of kmaintain a vigorous digestion. THs A pronoun contest was In- ']^ iese diseases thrive on , and it was much enjoyed by , , two-course luncheon was 1 ness, rat is the best niei overcoming them; cod liver oil oau 1)e (,ont! b >’ eating only food suited makes the best and healthiest ^ a„,l occupation, an<l whon fat and served. Marechal Neil roses were given as souvenirs. The next meeting will be held at Miss Annie Johnson's. A Card of Thanks. I desire to publicly tender my warm est and most sincere thanks to the many good friends who were so kind and attentive to Mrs. Goode during SCOTT'S any disorder of the stomach appears I take a dose of Chamberlain’s Stomach • and Liver Tablets to correct it. If you havo a weak stomach or are I troubled with indigestion, you will find these Tablets to be just what you | need. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. her long illness, for the valuable aid! j ? II 7T T T T O T TV T they rendered, and for their many XVX 1*4 ^4 X X ^ expressions of condolence and sym-1 pci thy i # # Clint s. Goode. , is the easiest and most effective xJ i form of cod liver oil. Here’s n ^ There Is more Catarrh In t.ils section of the Strictly Genuine. ' Most of the patent medicines testi monials are probably genuine. The following notice recently appeared in the Atchison (Kan.) Globe: “Joe Tack, a well known engineer, running on the Missouri Pacific between Wichita and Kiowa, lately appeared in a big one, with a picture, and when he was in this office to-day, we asked him about it. He says he had terrific pains in his stomach, and thought he had cancer. His druggist recommend ed Kodol and he says it cured him. He recommended it to others, who were also cured.” Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and cures all stomach troubles. Sold by Chero kee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. —I have a line of samples from Globe Tailoring Co. See them and have your measure taken for a spring suit. J. I. Sarratt. progress as anybody. They are using improved machinery, studying advanc- j 0 J/‘^ r e v ^j natural order of thing* that ed methods, and today the farms of ;ui<i until the last few years was supposed to show* whv Scott’s Emulsion is 1 , , .. he incurable. For a/rent many years doc- n 11 "‘v a-.iiiuioie/n in i. this county are in better shape than tors pronounced li a local disease, and pre-i much VfllllC ill 0.11 CUSCfl of ' ” And pach a nd every one* of scribed local remedies, and bj constantly r» i i ,. . fAd. And ear.1 ana evei> one : f(llllll>r , () ( . ur ,. with local treatment, pro- scrofula ail(l Consumption. More t his listeners readily agreed with him. , nounced It Incurable. • Science lias proven , -tx • i . ; , j catarrh to be aconsfltutlonal disease, and hit, lUOI’e Weight, m Ote nourish ment, that’s why. Col. E. II. Aull, editor of the New- proven ise, and therefore requires const Itutionol treatmut.. 1 Mali’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co , Toledo. Ohio, is the only con stitutional eure on the market. Ills taken Internally In do»es from 10 drops to a tea- spooufn!. It aets directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any ease it falls to cure. Send for "Ironlars and testimonials. Addresv ‘’..l CIIF.XEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 7!te. Hall'll Family I’lilsare the best. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists 409-415 Pearl Street, New York 50c. and $1.00 t: tt tt « All druggist* I>o n’t IT o r- e t I am selling Flour so cheap you woud think I am about to give it away. K. F" I N C PC E; IM, Second Door From Postoffice. W. WILKIES eo. things at bottom prices. Why pay more for your Hat somewhere else when you can get just as good here for less money, and better for same money. Our stock of Ladies’ and Children’s Slippers has been right up to date in every respect. The ladies have shown their appreciation of this by giving us a liberal show at their business. 1 TO THE MEN AND BOYS We are prepared to serve you with the best line of Shirts, Ties, Collars, Handkerchiefs, etc. The best 50c and $1.00 Shirts offered by anyone at 25c and 39c. We can show you some hummers. Our of Boys’ and Men’s Shoes are the best that can be offered for the price. Hamilton- Brown, Douglass and other good makes. We like to give you values. We have recently put in a line of fine Clothing bought at underprices. In this line we are prepared to give low prices and good values. Men’s Suits from $5.00 to $12.50: and Boys’ Youths’ Suits from $1.25 to $7.50. w. lig Store on the Corner. Gaffney, S. C.