Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m x THE LEDGER. However much Bro. SlmK may be sat- ^ j — criw.w ' that The Record knows what , jetday ana r y. j s ttl |klnK about assure him that £d. H DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, Tim Record speaks withou* a true on A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. The Ledger la not responsible for the vlj a of correspondent* *. Ohltnranes will be published at five cents a line. Correspondents who do not contrl- .lerstandiiiK of the situation, and alhjo that it will be a difficult matter for Lira to buy even a little bit of mean whiskey either day or nittht. But. tnen what is the use of trvlng to con vince these hard-headed fellows that they are wronR? They arc determin ed to advocate the G. M. I., so Ko it, 'Millies. Some of you may realize that bute i<-imlar news letters must fur nlsh their name, not for publication, you are wrong.’’ By reference to our but foi identification. i eighth page- Bro. DCearap will see All conespoudence should be ad- th'U we have done the square thing dense to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager, md put Gaffney In a proper light be- fore our readers. The Record was ~~ | so positive in its statement that we Wr .-variably c iacontlnu* sending accepted it without question, but we T he Lidatr when a subscription runs! see now where The Record was hon- nrt n f estly mistaken, which the explanation art, fc. we .lave no way of know ng ^ Ledger makes very plain. We that .» person wants it except by re- t he fight Bro. DeCamp is so ceivmg his or her renewal. W# ur- fearlessly making In his excellent pa- gently solicit a prompt renewal, on ’ ,or f(,r enforcement of the pro-j ^ hlbitlon law in his county and we the ground that the paper is worth t w1 jj 8uccee( j j n banishing the the money. We are trying month ] ast G f whiskey from its border*, by m nth to make it better and bet- We are no partisan of the dispensary. . er ! W T e are really and honestly a orohibi- tionist. and only favor the disnensarje. spent for clothing, food. etc. At any rate the cashiers of the banks inform us that people are now.rarrying bank j iccounts who never knew what a >ank account was while ‘.ho dispen sary was here. We know this county s better off without the dispensary ban‘with it. The people are more sober, more Industrious and in ever> respect bet'er citizens, If a county simply votes out the dlspjensary to get rid of it and does not make an ?arnest effort to inforce prohibition it were be*tor to retain the dispensa r-. Wo want the law to be enforced as strictly as possible and where the officers, such as we have, do their du ty the law will he enforced as rigidly as any other law on the statute. It is, therefore, folly to assert that pro hibition will not prohibit if the peo ple desire it to do so. NOTES AND CuMME 4T8. THE RECORD RETRACTS. ^ In reply to a statement In The Rec ord that three men in Gaffney had paid the internal revenue tax for this year, The Ledger again denies it and in addition sends us two of the li censes in order to show that they ex pired .Tune 30. The third has been de stroyed. but it was in the same cate gory with the other|. The Ledger in forms us that these men had been sell ing whiskey labeled as Jamaica gin ger. Council compelled them to stop. The sellers not having paid the reve nue tax. it was suggested that they be haled to the United States court. Rather than have to undergo that honestly administered, because under that law, according to our judgment, less whiskey would be used than un der a prohibition law. Beyond that •ve have no use for the dispensary or any other whiskey law. If public sentiment In South Carolina would enforce a prohibition law we would advocate prohibition, but we are sat isfied that public sentiment has not been sufficiently educated for that yet. and we think It best to hold on to thp lispensarv law for awhile longer, if any county or town wants to try nrohibition we wish them success in the experiment. That is the feeling we have for the peopld of Chrokee. and we shall he very particular that trouble and the ignominy of being they are not placed in a false position tried on such a charge they i»aid the by us again.^—Orangeburg Times and revenue license for the eight months Democrat. in which they ha.) been selling liquor.' Now. this is as handsomely done as The licenses sent us are dated July j \\> know Bro. Sims Is a h Iftok that being the beginning of | w hat he says the fiscal vear. Across their face, """ written in red ink, are the words: j md says what ne believes. We want “Columbia. S. C., July 11, ’ui>. Issued i to suggest to him. however, tiiat if fo- the last eigiit months of year emh Q-angeln w il! vote out the dispon ing June Jo, 1905. Micah Jenkins. ' ... rv „„ i.o,.,! collector.” Pervious to seeing those ■"T a"' 1 tne om/ens »ill try as hard tax receipts with their endorsements hs they ought to. he will he convince; we consulted the revenue office’s u f the effectiveness of prohibition, books in which the names of all such Thf) ftrt j c ] e n ro sj ms alludes to on persons are kept. Each one of these ^ of his was ox . particular names is down in that , ' T , , , book as .having paid, on July 11, 1905, 1 tracts from Tne Columbia Record and the tax as retail liquor dealers. Noth-] The I idger. In ' hie':) he places Chero- ing in that particular booh show-! in t j lp corre ct position. tng thv.t the licenses were retroactive., , w rj ht liere we want t 0 Nothing 'viia!ever but the entry as ’ stated. We are not familiar with the j apologize to the Times and Democrat book! eping methods of that office.] md The Record for saying in effect We presume the officials knew what ( j iat t | lov W ould not stand corrected, the entries meant or had some other in <i‘, ma tion was unwarranted on record of it. They are not permitted *“ ‘ to give information about such mat- our part and the only excuse we can ters, hut the books are open for pub- offer is that we had become irritated lie inspection. Seeing the entry made at . lie continued misrepresentation of that the tax had been paid July 1l | ftffah . a ln Cherokee bv the dispensary ten days alter the beginning of the 1 fiscal year, it was natural that we press. Accept our apologies, gentle- j men. and we will endeavor to avoid i re'>0! it ion of the offense. should conclude that tho tax had been paid for that fi 1 • ' r a part of it, for the ful! t * • \yas not paid. With that book before us we were llkl ^ __ TLlie , positive that our position was right. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? and that our contemporary was mis- The other day a representative ot taken or was not fully Informed as to The ledger was discussing the ef- the facts. | feet on the business of Gaffney by So our conclusion from those par-! . J ticular premises was wrong, and as] voting out the dispensar with a gen- we would not intentionally do any | tleman. and The Ledger man advanced .man an injustice or wilfully misrepre- op { n j un that there was more mon- sent any community ^ make this t banks of Gaffney mev than statement of the facts In the case. • * The editor of The Ledger personally al an >’ ot ber time, and that it was informs ns that if ever a town was partially due to the fact that the peo- “dry” Gaffney is. Since the people 1 t1 ] e W er(“ learning to take care of their want it that way, we trust that it wilL h , ess was 5einp s , )eilt continue to lie so. though as a general I • , , , propo* •' u we have no faith whatever ^ OI " whiskey and other luxuries. Any in prohibition. There are exceptions i me with any experience at all knows to almost any rule. i tb a t a f,>w drinks will make a poor We had hoped that The Record nia „ wnnderfultv rich and that while would make its retraction in a better in the p ro per condition he will spend spirit. However, it says “Our conclus i a n he has. To test the strength of ions from those particular premises 1 tlK , j dea advanced the two went into was wrong," therefore we will not be Ille different banks of the city and re- too hard on it. There is one state- Que *ted the cashiers to give a com ment The Record makes which is wrong, and we trust that it will retract it. It is to the effect that “The Led ger informs us that these men had been selling liquor labeled as Jamaica ginger." What we really said was this: “The three drug stores in Gaff ney were indicted by the city authori ties for selling Jamaica ginger which they believed they had a right to s^U. • * * * They did not believe they parative statement. And this is what we got: Cash in banks July List, 1904. National Bank $131,507.00 Gaffney Savings Bank .. 37,951.00 M. and P. Bank 115.o30.59 Total, 1904 $285,090.19 Cash in banks July 31st, # 1905. National Bank Gaffney Savings Bank . M. and P. Bank $ 138,003.9k 72,435.40 2.278.19 140,788.20 $359,505.89 were violating the law when they sola Jamaica ginger; they do not believe ( M- a ud P- Time Deposits now thai they violated the law, as ' . , , Total. 1905 T every other drug ?tore in South Caro-; T((tal 19ft4 285,090.19 lina seiD it. but rather than be a par- j ’ ‘ ‘ ’ ty to an evil practice they agreed to j difference in favor of 1905 $ 71,409.70 mu sell ir. Neither of them have it will be noted that the greatos: | ever sold alcohol since the dispensary increase was with the Gaffney Sav- was closed and they did not take out the licenses for selling alcohol.’’ We would like for The Record to tell why it takes every apparent op portunity to discredit prohibition If It desires that the people get what they want? ings Bank which showed an increase of $34,470.80, while tae time certifi cates and saving department of the M. and P. Bank showed an increase of*$2,278.19, or a total increase of Lie savings of these two banks of $30. 755.05. The individual deposits, sub- We know its hard to have the truth J ject to check of the National bank rammed down our throats when we show an increase of $0,550.98, while ] prefer to believe something else, but that of the M. and P. bank was in thL case the good name of Chero- $31,157.07, or a grand total increase I \V would rather see the good roads machinery wear out than rust out. • • • Congratulations to Newberry on voting out the dispensary. Now if they will leave Cole Blease at home next year they will add to then lustre. • • • Senator Tillman may be unwilling to die with the dispensary, but unless he gives up the sinking ship it is go ing to carry all on board down to the bottom of the sea. ■ • • And now we suppose the jocular press will let up on our friend Hus key. We did not vote for him but we have felt for him. Heaven knows he iias been the butt of enough ridicule to dissuade him from making the race the other eleven times that he has coming to him. a • * Do not neglect to start that child of yours to school on the very fb'- s i day and keen i‘ there until the close. It were better that you live hard for a few years to educate your child than that you live moderately well for a time and the child go through life an ignoramus. • • • An election on the dispensary sub ject has been ordered for Spartan burg county to take place on Novem ber 14th. That is a good while off but we suppose Supervisor Miles wanted to allow the grafters as much time as possible. As it is it is simply a matter of days with the institution in that county. • • * We are not an admirer of the statesman from Newberry—Senator Blease—but we must confess thai his utterances on the voting out of the dispensary were all right. Ho showed more manhood than we are accustom ed to attribute to him, and in justice to him we quote it: “I am a Demo crat. It seems from the vote that a majority of my people are opposed to the dispensary, and I for one hope that the minority \frill join hands witii the majority and see that the will of the majority will be carried.” Con tinuing, Senator Blease said that lie hoped there would he no technical at tempt to thwart the vote taken Tues day. which shows unmistakably the temper and will of the people. Johnnie Come to Town. (Honea Path Chronicle ! John McGaha, who has given the authorities trouble <>n several occas ions. drove into town last Saturday night about 9 o’clock and proceeded to paint things red. He drove, up and down Main street several times, yel'- ing and cursing, and the citizens, knowing him to lie a desperate char acter when drunk, hurriedly sought shelter in the stores, many of them hiding under counters, behind box-s "•nj a few oven crawling into the cel lars. Policeman White cilled on him to halt and upon his refusal to do so fired two shots at Mm. Several of the brave'- citizens name to 'he officer’® i««i«nnce and for a while if ‘lymeri t»nf q regular battle was ragin". The firin ' only incensed McGaha and he j '•onDnued ils w'ld ride through the 1 •Dents. At Inst he was thrown fro t« | buefre and was promptly arrest'' - ’ j and locked 'in. He was tried in the mayor’s court today on two charges—disorderlv con luct and rekcleas driving—and D' j birv found him gnIMv on both charge Mayor Humbert fined him $1hh P each case McGaha’s attorney®. A srs. Martin anj Dagnall, gave notie of an apneal and the case goes to t’’ / 'j circuit court. McGaha’s bond wa-1 fixed at $000 and was signed by .7“*' M. H. Ashlev. The town was renre sented by W. N. Graydon, of Abbe ville. A Bad Man. O. C. Gentry, of Asheville, who was shot ami killed by Will Barber Sun day evening, was a narvy and a Ian geroitH man. He came from Madison county and bore a reputation for be ing always ready for a fight. Accord ing to a story told Monday by a gen tleman acquainted with the facts, Gentry and the town marshal of Mar shall, Madison county, eighteen years ago engaged in a P’istol duel on the streets ot Marshall that, but for an accident, would have cost Gentrv his! life. At that time Wesley Sawyer,) now in the revenue service, was mar-1 shal. One day he started to arrest Gentry. The latter resisted ami th» two men, standing on opposite sides ; of the street, emptied their si' shoot ers at each other. One of the bullets | the marshal’s gun struck Gentry in the center of the abdomen, hut tne top button of his trousers saved ids life. The bullet broke the button to pieces and, following a course around Gentry’s waist, came out at the back, inflicting a flesh wound. Gentry, it is said, had figured in other scrapes. Shortly alter the Marshall duel he is alleged to have struck a negro on the he;'-I with a spade, splitting his head and inflicting a dangerous wound, l lie negro, however, recovered. The vicitm of Thursday’s tragedy also had trouble at Asheville with several men. He was called trom his house one night and badly beat up. Autos Kill Many Chicagoans. Chicago. July 25.—The Tribune today says that seven persons killed ami 54 Injured is the record made this year so far by automobilists in Chicago. Al though the year Is hut little more than have over, the figures show an appal ling increase over last year’s record of one killed and 73 injured. An Kleetrlf Line In All electric ruilroad lias been opened between the Japaivse cities of Kobe and Osaka. The distance is nineteen miles, and thirty five stops are made, the third class fare being 10 cents. The steam railway, which covers the ins tance In half the time fforty-five min utes). charges <; emits more. The K leker. "‘Music hath e!i«;r’!is to soothe tin” savage breast.’” quoted the young lady with a simper as she seated her self at the piano. « “That may be,” muttered a savage bachelor, “but there are some of us in tills crowd who are civilized and de serve a little consideration.” Rnrc IiinIkM. Jobson—Miss Blank looks awful!; frivolous to me. What makes you think she has so much hard sense? Robson— • I Just heard her refuse au invitation to a card party because she couldn’t play cards.—Detroit Free Press. He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.—Porteous. A man wno Mushes for his religion is only wasting his emotions. The Better Way The tissues of the throat are inflamed and irritated; you cough, and there is more irrita- ; tion—more coughing. You take a cough mixture and it eases the irritation—for a while. You take SCOTT’S EMULSION and it cures the cold. That’s what is necessary. It soothes the throat because it reduces the irritation ; cures the cold because it drives out the inflammation; 1 builds up the weakened tissues because it nourishes them back to their natural strength. That’s how Scott’s Emulsion deals with a sore throat, a cough, a cold, or bronchitis. WE’LL SEND YOU A SAMPLE FREE SCOTT & B0WNE, 400 fttreet Ntrw York kee Is at stake and we propose to keep the record (and The Columbia of $74,1(59.70. Can wc be allowed to attribut Our loads are always lighter if we will at least look at; though we like.: them. a Record) .straight if it is poaeible to small portion of this Incn e in do so. . bank savings to the voting out, of the dispensary? Let us see. We spent THE AMENDE HONORABLE. about $9,(M)d a month for whiskey un- After copying our remarks on the, ( [ ( > r the dispensary, the most of which Columbia Recoids chaige that three w „ nt IO w hj s i<ey dealers outride of residents of Gaffney had taken out revenue licenses to retail liquor, The State. A liberal per cen age now Gaffney Ledger says: “Why Bro. would he $9n i a month, which. sliM Sims would rather accept the state- imes to whiskey men outside of the ment of I ne Record, published more ^ fat<> Nine times twelve is one hnn- than .>.• hundred miles from the , Beene of action, rather than accept the Jrerl making $1».8h0 per statements of local pipers, citizens year sent out as against $108,000 in and officials is past understanding, j p. r dispensary, or a saving of The « liter of The 1 lines and Demo- ggy^on p,. r y Par . We have been wlth- crat we regard as one of the host men . in south Carolina. We believe him ,h e dispensary nine montns. Nine to h'thoroughly honest. And yet he into $97,1'00 will give about $10,810 is so partisan toward the dispensary per month. The hank report shows that he cannot allow himself to give we have not saved quite so much as pity tha-'Ueh 'men' should get on the but 1 ‘ mu8t b * remen.hered that wrong*'hie of a great moral question, some of the money saved has been OriifneKM I'ttnnot It* Cured by liN-a’applications, as they ciinnot rom-h tie' diseased portion of tin* car. There Is only one way fo cure deafness, und that Is hy constItilttonnl remedies. DcnfncsK 1- caused hy inihimed condition of I he moconu lining <>f the Vuslitchlan Tube. When Ihb tube gels inllamed yon have a rumblin', sound or imperfect hearing, and when ii I* entlrelv elo-ed deafness Is the result, and unless tho Inftamnialinn can he taken out and this tube restored tolls normal mndi- tlor., hearing will he destroyed forever; nine cases nut of ;n aie caused hy catarrh, which is nothing hui an inllamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Wc will give Or o Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (cased hy catarrh) licit can not he cured i>y Hull's t'aturrh Cure, fd-ni! forclrcubns fee. V. .1. t'HKNF.V k t’O., Toledo. O. Hold hy Druggesis, 7'c. Hall's r'amilv '’L'lure th*' (test —Umbrellas from 45c to $2.25 at J. I. Sarratt. — ■„ # “Get the Habit,” go to NELSON’S. Subecrlbo for The Ledger; |1 a year. "Wood’s Seeds. Crimson Clover. Our Southern Fanners can save fer. tlliser bills and Increase their revenues MILLIONS OF DOLI ARS, by sowing Crimson Clover at the last working of their Corn and Cotton crops. It is t^ie best time to sow and you savean extra prep aration of the land. Crimson Clover makes land rich in humus or vegetable matter and puts it in excellent condition for the crops which follow it. It also makes I fini winter cover crop, An eicellent grazing crop, A good early forage trap, A splendid soil-improving crop. Plowed under early in the spring, it increases the yield of corn, to bacco, cotton or other crops which follow it, to a wonderful extent. Our Mlea of Ciimaon Clover need are Increasing enormously every year, and vie are to-day the largest dealers In this seed in the United States. Write for prices and circulars giving Information about this valuable crop. I.W. Wood & Sons, Soodsmon, MeHMOM, . VIRGINIA. Wood’a Descriptive Fall Catalogue, lastied In August, tells about all Farm and Carden Seede for Fall Plant- Ing. Mailed free on request. Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot we say again— f Forget it Not Uneeda Biscuit NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Don't for git Graham Crackers Batter Thin Biscait Social Tea Biscait Lemon Snaps Thia space belongs to CAROLL <5. BYERS, The up-to-date merchant*. 'N 'AMRRRMMsesmiMiMarwMmaMMm 1 ho vpewriter, is a candidate for your of fice. Klect it!! Machine at an Honest Price, (Read this from “The House hold.” Boston. July IHOO:—) "Wc have been using "THE CHICAGO" Typewriter und certainly find many Hne points in this machine which are far In advance of the old styles. It has every <e van tage of the old typ“writers and several essential points which cannot he found In any other." VISIBLE WRITING Gobi Medal Paris Exposi- :: tion. :: CHAS. H. CARLISLE, Agt., $(>5.00 Saved in Price!!! Whew!! $PAUTANBl T RG. - - H, C. For Information and to srh* the ma chine call on - CHA5. L. WaLKEK, National Bank.of Gaffney. UaHncy, S. C. A ug. £2 :t mo. All kinds of Job Work d<me at The Ledger office neatly and at prices commensurate with high grade work Try us Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a vear