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’ THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith,•’Local Editor. The Ledger Is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Oblturaries will be published at five cents a line. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. All correspondence should be ad- dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. COMING BACK TO HIS OWN. Two years ago Hon. John Lowndes McLaurin, a man of independent NOTES AND COMMENTS. The next series of the Cherokee Uuilding and Loan Association will open next month. Bear this fact in mind and determine to add to your savings by taking a few shares of the stock. • • • THE REAL “FOURTH OF JULY.” Cannot be Handled With Clean Hands. The Piedmont'has been favored in Adams ^^ ,d 48 H ^ V o e ur ^^ ' , ;[ , e e r pendenCe late years as the field for Senator I Day 48 Hours Earlier. It was, (Leiand Haworth, in Harpers Maga- Tillman’s star performances, at Gaffney, it will be remembered,: zine.) that he and Mr. McLaurin performed On the 3d of July l.iG, John Adams, their celebrated “resignation” act; j then one of the representatives of and again at Gaffney that the senior Massachusetts in the continental con- senator. miscalculating the ajiti-dis-j «ress, wrote to his wife Abigail: ^ „ _ .. pensary strength in Cherokee, made: “Yesterday the greatest question The publishers of the. Shelby Dally > h j s a p pea i f or j] le retention of the) was decided which was ever debated News have announced the susnension of the paper after a month’s trial. This thing of running a daily in a weakly town is not what it is cracked up to be, anyway. • • This weather Is calculated to take the energy out of the most energetic, thought who refused to come and go ^ j us j. ag water calculated to take the at the beckoning of the political ring that controls affairs in this State was disbarred from participating in the politics of the State because he dared express himself on matters that were of moment to the people he represented. He was maligned and mistreated by some, and misunder stood by others, and was eventually Great Moral Institution—an appeal j > n America, and a greater perhaps I which was a few days later over- i never was nor will be decided among whelmingly denied by the people. 5 men. ; In view of the threatening condi-: I n a second letter written the same tions in Greenville and elsewhere, day,Jie said: mu # Senator Tillman will probably not re-| “But the day is past. The -d ot peat his Gaffney dispensary speech. July will be the most memorable ep- He doubtless recognizes that only rad-! oc h in the history of America. I am ical reform in the dispensary system! a Pt t° believe that it will be ce e- can save it in a part of the State. He brated by succeeding generations as may charge the people with responsi- the great anniversary fes i\a . I bility for failure to have a “good law” 1 ought to be commemorated as the We Are Not On the Witness Stand. (News and Courier.) The esteemed Gaffney Ledger re marks: “The Spartanburg Journal is against the dispensary, but wants some kind, of liquor law to substitute because, forsooth .Spartanburg is such a large city that prohibition can-j not be enforced. We have all along thought Spartanburg was getting too big for her pajamas.” What Spartan burg may do ab< at the dispensary is important, but of urgent importance is this new issue of pajamas, abruptly injected by The Ledger. Is Spartan- bnrg a pajamas town? Can The Led ger prove it? STATEMENT OF THE MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK *,A FFNEY. S. C. Atthe closcof business June ijOth, 1905, in ae coruance with an act of the General Assem bly of South Carolina. • KKSOCKCEt*. Loans and Discounts 1204.367 76 Overdrafts 1,025 07 Furniture and Fixtures 1.11H 08 Due from Banks and Cash on Inind 33,609 68 Total. kin do. * * • This is the clay we celebrate ney started entirely too late herself justice in this matter, but the best that could possibly be done in retired to private life. Some said he , the short time has been done and we deserved what he got, others thought trust all who join in the celebration differently. At any rate he no longer | will lend a helping hand and make figures in The political affairs of South the day one long to be remembered, Carolina. Being a farmer—a cotton notwithstanding the difficulties under raiser—and a man of practical busi- which the committees have labored, ness experience he desired to do • • • something that would benefit every Attention is directed to Magistrate cotton planter in the South. ! Gold’s card in another column. We Before submitting the ^ subjoined are satisfied that there is a mistake letter we wish to state what every in- somewhere in this matter. Mr. Gold telligent odtton grower probably al- was in the city yesterday and gave ready knows and that is that China hi s version of the matter. We do not starch out of a stiff shirt. The only »intj ^ *»•- - . , ,, h n f thing to <lo Is to try to keep cool "Ud* trapmSy to God Almighty. It might like the Hindoo, do the best that you com i uc ting a great, institution, but he to be solemnized with pomp and pa-1 will not claim that it is what he prom- ra(,e > ' vi,h shows, games, sports guns, i ised it would he. Excuses, v promises tells, bonfires, and illuminations trom irate. Gaff- and appeals will be made and—as has 01 ' end of this conrinent to the other, ale to io been (lone already by those responsi- from this time forward for evermoie. ’ ble for the present conditions—the peo- \\ hen the resolution was a '' * pie will be urged to come together and al1 the State s e^’l’t 1 ev. wash the thing clean. All these dis- \ or ^; voted , to T ‘* n pensary advocates forget how they a the - ,1 ,la -V of Jiuj 11 .G the iml-p n- fow years ago condemned those who deuce of the Thirteen I mted Coh> attempted to expose the corruptions; i nies lr<,in the throne of Great l^'it-1 forgot how they assisted in sup- am was definitely decided upon. I h pressing discreditable incidents in the -d. and not the Ith, may be called the management of the dispensary and true date of the separation. M e could stoutly maintained its purity. They with propriety celebrate the Fourth forget, too, that tar cannot be handled two days earlier. 1 nat the partici- ivith Hnnn hnmls ff Senator Tillman Pants in the work considered the 2d —Ladies’ and Children’s White and Tan Hose at the Shoe Store. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OFTHK NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY, OAFFSKV. S. At close of business June 30th, 1900. resources: Goans and Discounts including Overdrafts D. S. Bonds to secure circulation. 5 per cent, Uedemption Fund.. Banking house Furniture and Fixtures Cash in Vault and with Banks . 1.1 ABILITIES Capital Stock Surplus I noivlded Profits Dividend No. 8, payable JuD Rediscounts Deposits 75,000 00 5,000 00 11,626 16 3.000 00 30,000 00 115,492 43 Total 1240.120 59 1240.120 59 • » I 1, 1905 | 1*9.096 12.500 025 20 00 1 Ml i ' State or South Caroliha, 1 Cherokee County. * 1 I. C. M. Smith. <.'ashler of the above named : bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowl- 1 edge and belief. C. M. Smith, Cashier. Sworn to before me. this the 30th day of : June, 1905. \V. W. Gaff.vbv, (L. S.l Notary Public, • Cerrect Attest: Fi. M. Wilkins. A. N. Wood, It. A. Ji nes. - Dirt e’ors. tij IvO.N'V 1 FOR with clean hands. If Senator Tillman , ^ ^ . is wise he will disown his tar baby. as thf> truo lla,e ^ shown by (he let, | tens at beginning of tnis article. The An Outrageous Bill. popular fancy, however, seized upon (From the Greenville News.) r ^ e 4th. the da‘e of the acceptance Some official explanation may be °f Jefferson s more dramatic rloclara- offered as to why a bill for $52 was tion of the reasons for the separa- rendered bv the county of Greenville ti on ' as the proper day to celebrate. | against the Southern Railway for . th ^. d ^ um „ ent f ^ ( s . Total f263,731 97 LIABILITIES: Capital slock paid in.. $50(!<w» (X> Surplus and Undivided Profits (m l) 34 614 Dividend No. 16 2,'»iit 00 Circulation 12,500 00 Deposits 151.117 75 Rediscounts 13,500 00 • • • f 2*i:4, .31 9, run on interminably at any other sea son of the year: hut the weather was oppressively warm, and the hall in which the deputies sat was close to has been using a great deijl of the see the necessity of prolonging the connected'‘~wi‘th *an ’ inquest continued until the afternoon of th cotton goods manufactured by the 1 discussion and if the drawing of at- j ovei . tlie bodies of the victims of the i 4th .and, says J''fferson, inight hav mills of the South. *■ On account of the ; tent ion to the matter does nothing law excluding Chinese fymi this more than cause more vigilance along country they have become resentful this line, what The Ledger said last and as a result have declared they Friday will not have been said in will not buy any more of our product, vain. It was this state of affairs that • • • prompted the subjoined letter by Mr. j it may be depended upon that North McLaurin to Secretary Metcalf of the Carolina will come as near meting out; ed'upon"ttTpay the Coroner?' Certain- Department of Commerce and Labor: justice as any commonwealth in the iy not, and yet the same principle is a stable, “whence the hungry flies: swarmed thick and fierce, alighting on the legs of the delegates and biting hard through their stockings, they “I have yours of May 25th, saying r n ion. One D. L. Arey. a distiller at involved in this other case. lat my letter to the President on the. g a ]is5 Ur y was convicted of violating Tll * s '"isiin's-, ma> 1 •« threatened boycott by . . . . . 1 to a gratifying verdict broui that, my letter to tne rresiuem uu 1 Salisbury, was convicted „f violating, t 1 "“I”; --^ tjate ^ack cti.hWt of a threatened boycott by' , , t . . 1 to a gratifying verdict brought in by Chin? of American goods, had beenl^ revenue laws and sentenced to | a jliry agalnst the sa ne railroad com . referred to your department. I note serve t wo years in prison or pay a fine pany because a woman claims that that vnu «av that the act of 19^2 was, of $5,000. Of course this was United: she happened to bo hugged by a pas- mai y - • , ....... *1,™ 1 We should give the South- the bill is but when it Ogden wreck, but according to our way of thinking there can be none which will satisfy an honest public. We have not fallen so low that we must appeal to the outside world for such a paltry sum as that. It is out rageous. If John Brown is killed on the public highway by John Smith., . ^ ... must the family of Mr. Smith he call- "'ere brought to the declaration with- - out further amendment. It is a mistake to suppose that the | document was signed by the dele- i gates on that day. It is impossible that any signing was done save by John Hancock, the president of rhe congress, and Charles Thompson, rhoi secretary. Total State or South Carolina, r County of Cherokev. 1, Maynard Smyth, Cashier of the above named hank, do solemnly swear that the a Dove statement is true, to the best of my knowled ge and belief. Maynard Smyth, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of July. 19C5. W. Harry Goooino, [L. S.] Notary Public. merely a continuation of laws then, g ta ) es justice, but it occurred in North' S( ^Tro^'deaI ^'if mav b‘ that friction comes ( arolina, and, if we mistake n °L! righteous it will he paid, from the rules adopted by the Bureau .Judge Boyd and the jury wore North } s unjust we hope that the company of Immigration, you can easily rem- Carolinans, therefore the credit be-, will refuse to pay it, and so doing it edv this situation. longs to that State. wil1 act in - accor,,ance with the ]aw ; * * * 6-4'i v\r u: .vi iz tn t Of condition of GafTnoy Savings Bank, at close of business, June 30th, 1!NJ5. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts fs5,02f> !•> Casli on hand s,421 56 Total $93,447 68 LI A III LITRES. Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair, Plaster Paris, Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse, and Dynamite Caps, call on LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS. CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone 57. Capita) Stock Undivided Profits (net)... Deposits Total, . ... .30.000 00: 2,076 31 61.371 37 $93,447 66 SPONSOR APPOINTED Miss McIntosh to Represent the First Brigade U. C. V. Brig. G«n. Zimmerman, of Charles- Moreover. it must he a queer sort of ton, has announced the appointment _ . . . , 1 j. ' A- T» IAr» t*. legal advice which would prompt 1 of Miss Rosa Evans McIntosh, of Dar- The county commissioners yesterday ; guch a financ j a i statement. jGreen edy this situation I noticed in the press reports from Boston on June 2nd, that a par ty of wealthy and influential Chinese . , ^ . . . , ^ ladies and gentlemen, returning to authorized the county supervisor to ville county is not so poor that, it China from England, after a three-, confer with the supervisor of Union must resort to such practices. Don t years’ course at college, were refused, count y and replace the Skull Shoals 1 l ,a >’ lt - McManus. held 1 passports an^iatCrfmm aS!!The coEtmissioner, did the. Mr . Gold’s Version, hassador Choate It is not surpris- proper thing. If they would agree to fo the Editor of The Ledger: , ing when such things “afe of frequent operate the good roads machinery Dear Sir: In the leading editorial ( olumhia. occurrence that the Chinese should j cons tnict permanent roads they your paper ol ^ Il,,ay ’ J*’'' seek some method of retaliation. I ..... June. It is stated, and I pres lington, as the sponsor of the 1st brigade of Confederate Veterans, with the privilege of selecting her two maids of honor. Miss McIntosh has i named as her maids of honor Miss Lucile Mclver Norment, of Darlington, and Miss Floride Calhoun Barron, of: State of South Carolina, > Oounth of Cherokee. ( I. Maymirtl Smyth. Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the uliove statement is true to tlie best of my knowledge and belief. Maynard Smyth, Cashier, Sworn and subscribed to before me this the : 1st day of July. 1996. VV. Harry Gooding. Notary Public. the 30th of oi- tsitnio mot non (H rutamtuuu. i ,, , „ , , i June, it is stated, and I presume upon “If the present rate of export! woul,i fl ° another go ° fi tlung - 11 13 i what you considered good authority, keeps up, we will this year from argued that it costs too much. There that a negro having plead guilty of Southern mills send over thirty mil- : are as sensible men in Cherokee as I violating the dispensary law was lions of cotton goods to China and anvwhere aml if other coun ties find! l ” ),,lu 4 over to court. an d the magls- with the almost limitless opportuni- ' f h] operate -mod roads tra,e at the insta l n( '° A he ne ? u ’® ties there for expanding our trade, jt Profitable to operate „oo(l Ioa<ls i awy or, went to the solicitor and re- anything that would interfere would machinery there is no reason why quested him to set aside the case. be a national misfortune. 1 we should not. A mile of macadam The name of the magistrate is not “I do not Intend a criticism of the' oa(1 ig wol . th thirty miles of dirt ,,ut iT is v0 [ y ( ' vi ''°'V w ' , ' a ' .' Bureau of Immigration, hut I do say: , , am the one reterred to, as the negio that our treatment of China is net! lo ' ul - ; was arrested and hound over at such as to promote those friendly re- You Make Us Blush? Blacksburg and I am the only magis- lations so essential to trade develop- Why °° Y0 “ lv,aKe us B ' usn ' trato there. . ment and the rules of the Bureau of (\orkville Enquirer.) Now, 1 wish to state in justice to Immigration are in entire accord with, A representative of The Enquirer m yself and my desire to keep the decided upon the unjust and greedy spirit in which *Pont a few hours in Gaffney a few rec ord straight, that I was not advised! all the leading nations deal with China j'lays ago and had the pleasure of, bv the negro’s lawyer and really did 1 “Mv understanding is that under 1 being entertained by Editor Ed. H. T1 ot Know that he had a lawyer em- the* rule- of the bureau, when a Chi- DeCamp of The Ledger. That Editor ,,i,,yod: neither did I advise the solic- naman arrives In the United States DeCamp is most pleasant and agree-jjr,,,. t() ro lease the negro. The whole Miss McIntosh is the daughter of; the late Lucas McIntosh, who served with distinguished gallantry during the Confederate war as captain of ar-! tillary. Miss Norment is a grand daughter of Gen. Davis, and Miss Bar-j ron is the daughter of Mr. Jacob T. Barron, of Columbia, and a grand-! daughter of that brilliant and distin guished soldier, the late Col. James: H. Rion, of Fairfield. These young ladies will represent j the brigade at the next reunion, which will probably be held some time dur ing the fall. The place where the re union will be held has not yet been Promptness Guaranteed. Picture Framing, Sign Writing, Paper Hanging, Houae ami Carriage Painting L. R. Gaines ’Phone No. 47. WANTED! 1 All y«ui clothes that need brightening up bring them to us. We will make them look fresh and new. Ail work done by expert tailors. See u» and join our pressing club. W. H. ROBINSON, Tailor. Over W. D. Telegraph Office. Phone No. 43. To Nelson’s Glo- rio us Fourth Celebration ! Get the Habit—go to NELSON * The Satr Clothier. he is stopped at the border line by a, 'le company goes without saying, statement is false, and your author an officer who prevents him from 1 Everybody knows that; but to sug-i i ias drawn upon his imagination and communicating with anyone. He is gt'st this as the most striking impres-j not upon facts. In conclusion I will examined : n private and denied thejsion that the representative of The right of consulting either friend or i Fmquirer received from his visit would attorney: he can onlv have such wit- ' ,e unfair. I he Ledger printing office nesses as may lie selected by the offi-! is one of the best equipped in the cer, ami even the witnesses are pri- ^tate, and Mr. De( amp is certainl\ vatelv examined / j entitled to congratulation on account “I‘see, for Instance, that these la-1 <»f the remarkable strides he has made dies and gentlemen from China, who during the past dozen years. As pro- were deta iled in Boston, were invit-1 gressive r.« is the town of Gaffney, it ilthv and influential resi- ! is still years behind The Ledger. which, as has been proved time and again, is one of its most valuable in stitutions. ed by a dent of t’i .t city. They had letters from Mr. Choate to the collec’or of the port saying they were all right, and yet a government official refuses them permission to land, tuts them photographed and requires a bond as though th . were criminals. With Oriental i leas of caste it is peculiarly offensive to the high caste of China men to be placed on a level with the coolie entering here to open a laun dry, and with their peculiar. notions on female seclusion one can under stand how offensive must have been the experiences of these Boston trav elers. Under such star chamber pro ceedings. I do not see, even if the Chinaman were an American citizen, actually bom in the United States, how he could prove it with no pro- vi ion for employing counsel or sum moning witnesses. I understand that in case an appeal to you, where he is allowed i.:i attorney, that the latter is denied a copy of the evidence tak en by the immigration officer. “I sincerely trust that friction over the enforcement of this law will not affect our commercial relations with China, and I feel sure that you are endeavoring to avoid such a result. “With assurances of my highest respect. 1 am, etc.” When the Dam Breaks. (Newberry Observer.) They can dam up the stream, but the water is gathering all the time, and when the dam breaks—as break it must—everything in its path will be swept away. When the people set their heads to have a thing they will get rt. in spite of all opposition: and the dlspensaryites should not for get It. A Trial Justice Versed in the Law. (Aiken Recorder.) Apropos of the reconstruction period the writer was residing in Summerville about 1809, and ignorant of the town law against cutting down pine trees, had five cut down on his lot. The next morning a negro contsable called on him with a summons to appear before the negro trial justice. Upon his ap pearance the justice said: “Mr. , you have been reported for cutting New Enterprises. down five pine trees. The fine is $5 the concerns commissioned j for each, makintr $25. What have you Fridav lTy the Secretary of State were! got to say?” The writer replied: two of Columbia, with $20,000 and i “Well, Justice, I have only to say that $10,01(1 capital, respectively, and all did not know of the law, or.1 would $Gt),000 Charleston company. say that no one is more willing to aid in the enforcement of the law than Yours truly, B. O. Gold. Anions Getting Jealous. (Anderson Mail.) The Gaffney Ledger said the other day that the people of Spartanburg wear pajtimas, and the Charleston News and Courier calls on The | Westcoat Hardware Compan.y of Ledgei to prove It. The News and [ Charleston, with $G0,000‘capital. E. A commission was issued the Pal metto Paint Company, of Columbia, having a capital of $20,000. The cor porators are W. \. Turnander, W. B. Low ranee and W. .1. Murray, all of Columbia. The company intends to do a wholesale paint business and will start-business soon. A commission was also issued to the Lv tie!*Let ton Company, of Colum bia, with $10,000 capital. C. J. Lynch ami J. B. L. Ron are the corporators, and the company nroposes doing a general drayage ami livery business. !t mav he of interest to state that they have bought out the entire drayage business of T .1. Harper, who has con ducted business here for over thirty years. A charter was issued the Marshall- not have violated it.’ “Well,” the trial justice replied, then a man can’t be expected to obey it, and cannot he punished. You are discharged.” “Thank you,” the writer replied, “that is good law. and I am glad to see we have a trial justice who Is so well versed in the law.” Will He Do It? ((Hartsvllle Messenger.) If B. R. Tillman has not lost his po litical astuteness he will help the good people get rid of the dispensary. To take any other course would he disas trous to his political future. When a man seeks notoriety ho usually finds more than he can use in his business. ■THE Union Central Life Ins. Co. Of Cincinnati, Ohio. Company Lowest Premiums, Biggest Dividends. CHAS. P. LIGON, District Manager. Gaffney, S. C. ELLIOTT ESTES, Gen. Agt. ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr., Cashier, Spartanburg, S. C, 6-20-Aug 30 Courier is jealous of Charleston's dis tinction along this line . McLaurin to Run? (Sumter Herald.) If John L. McLaurin decides to en ter the political arena again and runs against B. R. T., won’t we have a warm time? And it is more than likely that John L. will run. H. Pringle is president and treasurer and G. T. Pringle secretary. The Sumter Cotton Ware House, with $25,000 capital, was commission ed. and the Woodalde Cotton Mills, of Greenville, increased its capital stock from $200,000 to If.OO.OOO. A pun is a sharp thorn in the side of the man who can't make one. Recklessness of a young fool is only surpassed by an old fool’s ob stinacy. 1 “ If people were given all they pray for the world would have to be en larged. At least half the people who go to law are fully convinced that justice is blind. The Gaffney Citv Land and Imprnvemenf Gn. Offers for sale. Building Lots in this flourishing town,'Gaffney; also Farms near by and in reach of the Sehools of Limestone Springs and nf this place, in lots >of 30 to 100 acres n liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lauds to rent for Farm purposes For 1 part ulars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of this company, cutting and removing timber or Ashing, hunting, under penalty of law. i * i i OUR IDEAS OF BUSINESS We believe in selling only such goods as give entire satisfaction. We believe that the satisfaction of our customers means our continued success, and that small customers often grow to be large ones, and their welfare should be studied. Therefore, you know it is best to deal at our store where you select the best for the least money. Every department in our store is complete. Cut prices on all summer goods. THE COMPANY STORE &