Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editcr and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. STOP THIS FOOLISHNESS. Smru* twelve months ago the South Carolina Railroad Commission and the officials of the Southern Railway met in Gaffney to discuss the matter of e new depot for Gaffney with the bus iness men of this place. If our memo ry serves us right, several notices i ]- eys were published In The Ledger cop 1 cerning their coming and the business men of the cliy were requested to meet with the visitors. Those who were tiring of the old depot and who realized the need of a more suitable one m< t the delegation and discussed tlfe matter. Accompanying the offi cial- •> visit was made to the proper- ti. if the railroad company. The ad vantages and the disadvantages ol the ptesent location were discussed. The railroad men. almost to the man, ncvi'-e.l locating the depot on the old site, giving as a reason that it would entail a great deal of additional ex pense to place the depot on the oppo site side of the railroad because of the necessary changes in the track construction that would follow. Fi nally it. was agreed that the old depot should be moved and some changes made for the present and that a new depot should be built within eighteen months. As to the matter of location the railroad officials advised that they could promise nothing, but that they would send an engineer here to survey the land and report to them and they would lie guided by what ever report that gentleman should make. After waiting a year we are Informed that the work is to be com menced within a short while. With out knowing, or without earing, where the new depot is to be located we en deavored to commend the Southern for carrying out its promises. Imme diately upon publication of the fact burn them. Don’t display aany weak- i ss to the Southern Railroad Compa-I :n and make a laughing stock of Gaff ney because you think the location of the depot at one place will help some one else. There is but one thing we should attempt to urge upon the railroad company—and that is the importance | of building a depot that will be com mensurate with the progress of the 1 town and the business given that rail road company. Let us not make don- aevs out of ourselves by trying to suggest to a concern that knows more about the business in hand than we could possibly know. A Ledger representative called on several of the gentlemen interested in ihe matter and it was finally agreed that a public meeting be held in the city ball today at 12 % o'clock for the purpose of making an effort to get the conflicting interests to agree on a course to pursue. It is hoped that every business man in Gaffney will attend this meeting. This is one of the times when it is essen tial that we display wisdom. Consid er the matter carefully from every standpoint before any step that is likely to retard the new depot be taken. on NOTES AND COMMENTS. So Pickens has followed the lead of Cherokee. Hurrah for Pickens! We extend to you the glad hand. Pick ens. You have proved yourself worthy of your illustrous namesake. If given but a half showing every county in the State that loves freedom and in dependence will throw off the dispen sary yoke. It was undoubtedly the most iniquitous piece of legislation ever enacted by any legislative body, and the funny part about it is that those who made the law—or at least a large proportion of them—were per fectly honest in it. * * * Interest in tin mining circles is be- ng revived by the purchase of the l J Cl l. V l J V* * A I' ~ ~ I hat the new depot is about to be con- j Kings Mountain properties bj Mr. tructed certain gentlemen begin to 1 • Campbell, of this city. It ma> he irculate a petition asking the railroad depended upon that If there is one o place the depot at a certain place.! man in the country who will put the md then certain other gentlemen, tin deposits of this section in shape tart, a counter petition asking that to be properly developed that man will be Mr. Campbell. He knows his busi ness and is not afraid to take chances. He is in some respects a plunger, but he generally plunges in the right di rection to make money. There is no one who will wish Mr. Campbell more good fortune than The Ledger, for he is a royal good fellow. he depot be placed on another site, t reminds us of a lot of children who 50 out to play and one says, “Well, if can’t he queen of the May I won’t day.” and another says. “If I can’t ie queen of the May, T won’t play;’ so finally the game is broken ip because of the selfishness tihat lominates their little souls. Men should be broader than Mat. The j oration of a depot will not affect the n-operty of any one man to an- great ‘xtent. We can sight you to numer- >us cities that are bigger than we ever ;xpect Gaffney to be, where the denot s so far removed from the business ;entre that the people do not know here is a depot in the place except vhen they have to go to it. Do you gentlemen have any idea vhat effect this squabble you are en raging in will have on the officials of he road, ? Have you ever stopped to ;ive it any consideration? We have air preference for the depot, but we sre nor going to let our preference for me site lead us to sign a netition isldng the Southern Railway Compa- iy to comply with our wishes. We ire only too glad to get the depot. Phe property, is theirs. They have he right (and will, no doubt, exercise t) to put the depot where they please, md all the petitions from Gaffney should not, and probably would not. ianse them to change the site. It night do this, however; It might :ause them to indefinitely postpone he building of the depot. We sin- •crely trust the company will not ac- ‘ept this squabble as an excuse for tostponlng the matter. But the of- ieals of corporations are human be- ngs and they have some cranky no- dons just like the balance of us, and hey might take a cranky notion not o build the depot at all since the people are not agreed '>n a she. Take n those petitions, gentlemen, and A Terrific Assault. (Charlotte Observer.) The Columbia State, remarking that Cherokee and Pickens counties, S. C., ! have voted the dispensary out and; that Spartanburg county is soon to take a vote on dispensary and prohi billon, says: ••The great moral institution has i been weighed in the balance and in sober judgment a reunited people, unbiased by passion, find it wanting. It has proved a blight. It has bred drunkards and thieves and murderers, and has lowered State pride and State dignity. All that can be claimed for it is its money-making properties; yet taxes have increased and the State gone deeper in debt since its inauguration. It must go. It is al- nost time to determine upon its suc cessor.” The only argument in behalf of the, great moral institution that deserves | to claim for a moment the attention of men. is that it is a money-maker, i If it be true— and of course it is— that “taxes have increased and Jho State goes deeper in debt since its inauguration,” then, indeed, it is left without a’leg to stand on. But isn’t that a terrific asault upon it by The State? There is more Catarrh in this section' f the couutry than all other diseases put together and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doc tors pronouuced it a local disease, and pre scribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pro nounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to he a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constItutlonol tr-atmnt, Mall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. .1. Cheney & Co . Toledo. Ohio, Is the only con stitutional cure on the market it is taken Internally in doses from to drops to a tea- -jioonfnl. It acts directly on the hlood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It fails to cure. Send for cireulars and test imonials. Address. «•'. J CI1KNEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75c. HaU’sFainlly Pills are the best. SLIMS AND STOUTS. They Will Display Their Agility The Diamond Next Friday. Tomorrow week the baseball event of the season will take place. On that day and date, at about I P. M., the Heavies and the Feather Weights will clash In gladiatorial style. The fats declare that when they have finished witn tie* lean aggregation that lias dared to dispute their prowess there will not bo enough left of them to extract sufficient grease to sensor a mes" or cabbage, let alone make a pound of soap, while the leans are equally indignant that the pompous, boastful fats should for a moment as sume to occupy the same class as athletes. One of the stipulations is that no fan weighing less than two hundred pounds shall think of playing on the fat side, and no one weighing over one hundred and fifty shall play on the lean side. Fatty Kirby ami Fatty Parrott will be the star perform ers for the heavy weights. Both of them are daily practicing the Kelly slide and it i thought they will have things down right by the time the game starts. It is absolutely certain that they will be down all right be fore the game closes. For the leans it is thought that May nard Smyth and Wofford Humphries will hold the points. The only trouble about them would he that it would be necessary to have a background in the shape of a dark uniform, becatise they are so light that the hall might not know they were present and take a notion to go on through. Fatty Will Doggett is trying to get out of the playing. He wants to do the “rooting’ for his side, but the chance.-- are that he will be pressed into service. The Fats are: Will Doggett, Junius Parrott, W. D. Kirby. Smith Cook. Baxter Harvey, Henry Smith. Claud Jefferies, W. C. Carpenter and Aider- man Gus Abernathy (provided the latter ''an make the weight limit.) In case Gus can’t get in. Policeman Lloyd Austell will he substituted. Ar thur Pridmore and Boyd Hames will be used as substitutes. The leans have so many to draw from that they hardly know where to commence. Besides Smyth and Hum phries, they have a score to draw from, including Charley Humphries, Walter Humphrios, Harry Gooding, Harry Byars. Charley Hames, Louis Wood. J. T. Smith, and others too nu merous to mention. On with the dance; let joy be un- eon fined! ummer Acne, Tetter Eczema tSalt Rheum Psoriasis Nettle Rash terror TORMENTING ECZEMA. Kansas City, Mo., May, 1S98. In 1S96 I experienced nt times patches on the insideof my hands that itched and burned, causing much dis comfort. As time went by it grew worse. I had read medicine in my early twenties (now 50 years of age) and was convinced that I was afflicted with a type of Eczema. I consulted several physicians and a number of specialists, and used several external applications, one of which was claim ed to be a certain specific. I confess, however, I had but little faith in external applications, yet I used them, receiving but slight temporary relief. In February I decided to try S. S. S., and in less than a month I experienced a change for the better, and by May of that year all symptoms had dis appeared, and I found myself entirely cured, and have had no return of the disease since. W, P. Brush, Station A, Kansas City, Mo. or check the outflow of the escaping poison THE ITCHING WAS TERRIBLE. Escondido, San Diego Co., Cal., Oct 1900. Dear Sirs—My body broke out with ft rash or eruption. The itching, especially at night, was simply terrible; it would almost disappear at times, only to return worse than ever. I had tried many preparations with out benefit, and hearing of S. S. S. determin ed to give it a fair trial; a few bottles cured me entirely, removing every tf-mish and pimple from my body. L. Mar NO. BAD FORM OF TETTER. For three years I had Tetter on my hnndft, which caused them to swell to twice their natural size. Fart of the time the disease in- our His Rinhteous Kick. "A wo r.an in tin : town.” says the Hickory Ridge Missourian, "whose husband owes us $9.75 on subscrip tion, bad the swellest hat that, was ^ecn at church last Sunday, while our' wife had to make a new hat by tar ing her old one inside out and putting) on 25 cents worth of trimming she bought at a remnant counter. It is! such things as these, brethren, that cause the iron to enter our soul and make us regret that we spoiled a promising career as an auctioneer by becoming an editor in this durned town." Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 a year. An itcniiig, Iniining skin disease during tlic hot, sultry summer weather, is a positive t and a veritable demon of discomfort. The intolerable itching and stinging are tantar hznig almost beyond endurance, and the unsightly eruption and rough, red skin keep one , e • , e • . miserable night and day. Eczema, Tetter, and diseases of this tjpe a.e caused by acid poisons in t.ie blood, which the heat of summer seems to warm into li.fe and renewed activity. ilicse fiery acids keep the hlood in a riotous and sour condition, and the skin unhealthy and feverish—they inflame the pores and retard perspira tion, when the whole body feels like an over-heated furnace, and the escaping poison burns and blisters like liquid fire. To the skin disease sufferer, summer time brings no joy, but is a season of unrest, sleep less nights and incessant pain, resulting in shattered nerves, physical exhaustion and gen eral derangement of all the vital forces. Scratching is a pleasant recreation to one tor mented and almost distracted by an aggravating itching skin eruption. Some find tempor ary relief in bathing and the application of lotions and salves. A few hours respite is gained by such methods, but nothing applied externally can alter the condition of the blood burning fluids through the skin. Only persistent and faithful constitutional treatment can do this. The acid poison in the blood, which is the real cause of the eruption, must be attacked, and when the blood has been cleared of all accumulated impu rities and restored to a healthy condition, then, and only then, will a thorough and lasting cure be effected, and for the accomplishment of all this, no remedy equals S. S. S., which contains all requirements for cleansing and building up the acid blood, and invigorating and toning up the system. S. S. S. completely and permanently eradicates every vestige of poison, thus effectually preventing a fresh outbreak of the disease. Cases that have resisted ordinary treatment for years, yield to the purifying, cooling effects of S. S. S. upon the blood, and when rich, pure blood is again circulating through the system, the itching and stinging cease, the eruption disappears, and the red, rough skin becomes soft and smooth again. Skin diseases appear in various forms—sometimes in pustules or blisters, sores, rashes, or red, disfiguring bumps and pimples—but all are caused by a bad condi tion of the blood, and for which S. S. S. is a safe and effectual cure. No bad effects can come from its use, because it contains no Arsenic, Potash or other harmful drugs, but is guaranteed a strictly vegetable remedy. If you are a sufferer from some summer terror like Eczema, Tetter, Acne, Psoriasis, Salt Rheum, Nettle Rash or kindred disease, write us about it, and medical advice or any special information wanted will be given without charge. 0,i r Book on Skin Diseases will be sent free to all desiring it THE SWIFT SPEOiFlO COMPANY, ATLANTA, QA. was in the form of running' sores, very paii ful, and causing me much, discomfort F01 doctors said the Tetter had progressed too far to be cured, and they could do nothing f*T me. I took only three bottles of S. S. S. and was completely cured. This was fifteen years ago, ami I have never since seen any sign of my old trouble. Mrs. L. B. Jackson, S37 St. Paul St, Kansas City, Kan. for four Protection we place this laloel on every package ot Scott’s Emulsion. The man with a fish on his back is our trade-mark, and It Is a guarantee that Scott’s Emul sion will do all that Is claimed for It. Nothing better for lung, throat or bronchial troubles In infant or adult. Scott’s Emul sion is one of the greatest flesh- builders known to the medical world. I We’ll aead you a temple free. SCOTT &BOWNE, 40, N P o n ;To R A re#t NOTICE OF ELECTION. 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 he ordered to determine whether or not an additional levy of two (2) mills he voted for the purpose of supplement ing the regular constitutional and other school tax of School District No. 22, which district shall have the following boundaries, to-wit; The boundaries as set off in recent survey by Prof. R. O. Sams. It is, therefore, ordered by the County Board of Education for said county and State: That such an election be held at Love Springs precinct in said district, on Saturday, Juno 10th, 1905, at which election only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation, and exhibit their tax receipts and regis tration certificates, shall be allowed to vote, as provided in Vol. 1, Section 1208 of the Civil Code of South Caro lina. Those voting for such additional school tax will use a printed or writ ten ballot, on which is the word “Yes.” Those voting against such additional school tax will use a print ed or written ballot on which is the word “No.” For the purpose of conducting said election the trustees of said school district are appointed managers. Let every voter in the district se cure registration certificate from Su pervisor of Registration on first Mon day in June at court house. By authority of the County Board of Education for Cherokee county. South Carolina, May 19th, 1905. J. L. Walker, R. C. Sarratt. J. C. Jefferies, County Board Education. 1785 1905 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, Charleston, S. C. Entrance examinations will be held In the County Court House on Friday, July 7, at 9 A. M. One Free Tuition Scholarship to each county of South Carolina awarded by the County Supt. of Education and 1 the Judge of Pro bate. Board and furiished room at Dormitory, $10 a month. All candi dates for admission are permitted to compete for vacant Boyce Scholar ships, which pay $100 a year. For further information and catalogue, address Harrison Randolph, President 5-26, Imo. Plost Anything And a little of everything is now being shown in my line: All the new conceptions and fads . % : ; ..In The Jewelry Line.. From the cheapest worth having to the very finest specimens and grades. Re pairing done by an Expert. Thos. H. West rope. Next to Shuford & LeMaster. FOR Up-to-Daie Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney. 3. C. MAY - JUNE SALE From Friday Morning, May 26th, to Saturday Night, June 3rd, 1905. « \V 12 i: 1* IIV Ci RtCDTTOTIOlIVS Begining Friday Morning we will offer for sale special bargains in Millinery. Some lines in this department will be sold regardless of cost, and substantial reductions all through the department. This line of goods is so varied it is impossible to give prices, but you can save from 25 to 60 per cent, on your purchase. During this sale 10c colored Lawns and Battistes will go at He; (>£c Battistes at 5c; 10c Knicker Zephyrs at 8c; 15c Kuicker Crepes at IHc; 12i Knicker Zephyrs at Of. All Remnants, Wool Goods, Silks and Wash Goods to be sacrificed in this sale. Good things in Embroideries to be put on sale at cut prices. IN OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT there will be many bargains in SHOES AND SLIPPERS. One lot of Ladies’ Shoes, sizes from 1 to 4, worth from $2.25 to $3.50, to go at $1.00, $2.00 and $2.25. Other things in our stock cheap. W. J. WILKINS BIG ON THE CORNER. CO. GAFFNEY. SOUTH CAROLINA.