Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, c d. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith. Local Editor. THE GAFFNEY DELUSION. The Gaffney Ledger tfives some fig ures to show the great prosperity of Gaffney partially due to voting out the dispensary. The editor of The Ledger is a very pleasant gentleman and in the dis cussion of public questions does noi fly off at a tangent, and use unseemly language, as is the case with some newspaper men. His judgment is good generally, but is not exactly sound in questions pertaining to the dispensary. Comparing the cash in the Gaffney banl s on July 31st, 1904, and July 31st. 1905. he finds the difference in favor of July 31st, 1905, to be $74,409.70, or in other words there is that much mo^e money in Gaffney than there was a year ago. Giving the reason for this increase The Ledger says: “Can we be allowed to attribute a small portion of this increase in bank saving's to tne voting out of the dis pensary? Let us see. We spent about $9,000 a month for whiskey under the dispensary, the most of which went to whiskey dealers outside of the State. A liberal per eentage now would be $900 a month, which still goes to whis ker men outside of the State. Nine times twelve is one hundred and eight, making $10,800 per year sent out as against $108,000 under the dispensary, or a saving of $97,200 per year. We have been without the dispensary nine months. Nine into $97,200 will give about $10,800 per month. The hank reports show we have not saved quite so much as this, bur it must be re membered that some of the money saved has been spent for clothing, food. etc. At any rate the cashiers of the banks inform us that people are now carrying bank accounts who nev er knew what a bank account was while the dispensary was here.” The Ledger says we “spent about $9,000 a month for whiskey under the dispensary, the most of which went to wh'skey dealers outside of the State.” According to the last annual report of the dispensary the one at Gnffn sold $45,484.42 in whiskey dur ing tl z year. This was about $3,540 per month or $5,400 per month less than The Ledger estimates was spent. The sales at Blacksburg are not in cluded as The.Ledger’s estimate was of tl e banks in Gaffney alone. If Gaffney spent $9,000 a month for whi \ey under the dispensary she in vest *d >5 400 more for whiskey from a distance or contraband than she paid Into tiie disnensary and this out side traffic must be responsible in a great measure for the turbulence and bloodshed complained of. Tiie per capita drinking in Cherokee county under the dispensary was $2.93, while the per capita in the whole United States is $18.33, which is a very good showing for Cherokee. The above is from the Abbeville Me dium, which is el;t“l by r.iat excellent gentleman and soldier, but incorrigible <t. It is not vour fault that such is , the case and wo are in perfect accord* with the last sentence of your reply, but you will have to weed out the ras cals first. \V e would also direct the Aurora's I attention to the fact that 1 he Ledger, is a semi-weekly. There may not lie much difference to the reader, but to the publisher it is quite marked. RETRACTION. During the firsi campaign for office in this county our good friend Sam Sarratt ran for coroner. Sam is a thrifty citizen, a successful farmer and a staunch friend of Senator Till man, and we only relate this little story about him to show that ho ami the Senator think along the same line. The campaign had hardly opened, in fact the announcements had not been put in the papers, when Sam met The Ledger man at tiie cashier’s window of the National Bank. Mr. F. G. Stacy was at the window, and the fol lowing colloquy took place: Sarratt—"Say, DeCamp, can’t you publish my announcement for less than $5.00? You know that is a migh ty little office I’m running for.” Before The Ledger man had time :o reply Mr. Stacy said: “Sam, that won’t do. Don’t you know if people wore to find out that you were trying to Jew’ The Ledger they would say you were a cheap man and wouldn't vote for you?” Sarratt—"l gad! Fred, that’s so. Say, DeCamp, I’ll take that back.! We candidates say a heap of tilings! we’ll take back.” So it seems that Senator Tillman. and Mr. Sarratt are men of the same 1 i iind, the reference being to Senator Tillman’s accusation of the rottenness of the dispensary board in his speech at Dillon and bis retraction when John Bell Tow ill directed his attention to his error. Food Value of a Soda Cracker THAT LICENSE BUSINESS AGAIN. The Columbia Record says "under the dispensary law in Cherokee Gaff ney had one place where liquor could i o bought. Now there are three, there ! oing that many revenue licenses tak- oiit in Gaffney.—Georgetown Uut- look. The Outlook published tin; above ov-ral days after the Gaffney Ledger proved, and The Record admitted, that The Record was mistaken about those licenses, and that there are none in Cherokee county, it shows what un fair means the dispensary people used io advance its interests. But maybe the editor of The Outlook read only /hat was said on his side of the ques tion—Pee Dee Advocate. And the most surprising thing about i the whole business is that '1 he Outlook ! has so far neglected to make .Jie I Don’t forget Graham Crackers Batter Thin Biscuit Social Tea Biscuit Lemon Snaps You have heard that some foods furnish fat, other foods make muscle, and still others are tissue building and heat forming. You know that most foods have one or more of these elements, but do you know that no food contains them all in such properly balanced proportions as a good soda cracker ? The United States Government report shows that soda crackers contain less water, are richer in the muscle and fat elements, and have a much higher per cent of the tissue building and heat forming properties than any article of food made from flour. That is why Uneeda Biscuit should form an important part of every meal. They repre sent the superlative of the soda cracker, all their goodness and nourishment being brought from the oven to you in a package that is proof against air, moisture and dust—the price being too small to mention. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY dispen ary advocate. Col. Robt. Hemp j amend honorable. We incline to the hill. We want to assure Col. Hemphill, belief that this is an oversight on the part of Brotner Dear rather than a determination to ignore the truth, and mist that he will nrove equal to the •mergency. •* of our appreciation <>f his very flatter ing c miplimcnt. t’oming as it does f’-om ' • o experienced in life and who lis - li.i l such a wide experience with men, it is no small compliment, we are sure. Mr, Hemphill lias, how ever, misconstrued our language or we have >een so unfortunate as not to make our meaning quite clear. W T e did not claim that the entire increase was due to the voting out of the dis ponsary, but we dl l beg permission to attribute a portion of ihe increase to the voting • mt of the .1. p-msary. Of course wo were speaking of ti e entire count , when we said we sp »t about $9,000 a month, and we meant to in- elude the dUpenscry at Blacksburg and the local beer dispensary sale^. The Colonel will find that we have been careful in our estimates if he will secure the figures of the three in.-ti- tutlons. In fact we have made an er ror in fa or of the dispensary, for v.e neglcc: -d to get the increased depos its of Tiie Bank of Blacksburg to in clude it: mr figures. Colonel, we hate to do i for God l.no.vs we love you, but the fact is that we have got it, on you so far is an argument goes, and we must d-d ml our position however much -ve might dislike to put you in a hole. NOTES AND CcMME 4T8. Rifle Range for South Carolina. John Meehan and Us. Adjutant General Frost is making j (From the Falrfaix Enterprise.) efforts to secure a government rifle Vv hat has become of the idea of range in this State to be located prob-j p intink Col. Bacon’s letters in book ably at Aiken. Some time ago the 1 orm? Surely the thought is too good We want two printers acquainted with job and stone work. We don’t want to take any help from our con temporaries, but il tiny ot our ex changes can put us in touch with a collide of good men we woul i appre ciate it. We don t want any booze a: list or cigarette fiends. the overnment decided to establish four of t • range<. on<* in Illinois, one at to be abandoned. What about it, Mrs. Editrix? Wev do not wish to be «le- • sea Girt and one in tlii- ^ec ion of j prived of such a rare treat, and you the country, in the meantime mem-i ! i nee in the meantime, ail Courier of Align t 12, 1905i. and militia might get Just be Patient, (Spartanburg Herald, i The following is taken from Beaufort Gazette of last week: "Our esteemed local contemporary • ., 1( arks in this week’s issue, ‘Some ..ne came and whispered in our ear ,t the dispensary investigation will , choked oft in the Sapreme Cou t I if,m too many big iella.vs ire in t 1 :(.| ooi, and a boil would tin* scum. Possibly.' Vr•• of i’O Georgia militia bad seen tli ' site lor an ideal range mi. \iken and the State of Georgia appropriated '! ,5 in id-r a: that tie ill prueiice The matter was taken up •vith General Frost, and in a few days he, witti Colonel Fuller an Captain Hyde, who has charge of the range vork. v.iil take -he mai er up with j He book printing. now we will stand bv to :he last ditch.- Gaffney Ledger. She is Mrs. Editor, by your leave, • no "trix,” as proved in The News die ic ready to begin editing those fie M diUnl letters of our South Carolina ■.i'lid: Twain as soon as the Messrs. pi h- • a sufficient amount of the spondulix that has to ttnder- fhe prope io •rim In- n -f) AS ANOTHER SEES US. "L. H. Wells, a clever represenia live of the Si.eihy Aurora, spent yes terday in the city. The Aurora is one of tii few Republican papers in the South that have succeeded and its succe-s is due to the fact that il sometimes correctly states matters ounce ning the Democrats." The above is from the Gaffney led ger, which, by the way, is one of the best weekly papers in the Piedmont section of North and South Carolina, and we appreciate tho compliment notwithstanding that it is a back-hand ed one: however, we fully appreciate what a hard matter it is for a South Carolina editor to compliment a Repub lican paper under any circumstances. They will yet learn in that State that a live- clean, aggressive Repub lican party would do a great deal toward purifying their politics.—Shel- b* Auroria. Wo hast 'ii to acknowledge our appreciation of the compliment paid! us by the Aurora, but regret that if looked at our remark as a back- handed compliment, as it was not So intended. You seem to think we are incapable of giving the devil his due, brother. We beg you to remember that the days of hitter partizanshJpare past and were it not that your party is gn-atly handicapped by the pres ence iff the brother in black and so many unscrupulous white men who would only use him a., a tool with which to pull the chestnut from the fire, your number would be groat- "It will take mu: lie. n tiie Saptvm' (jiirt io ciiuke off t;ie investigatin'! ifommitU: . Do not bekalarmed.' Mr. Neils Christensen, Jr., is ta -1. e B G .■-leans what iie says and the investi -ating committee will get around th< | "big places” in due course of tim | it sounds pretty big and bold to sa> I 'I: will take more tiian the Sup.'emo| Vu.'t to chojte off the investigating emnittee,” but that committee lias been talking tbrougii its hat, ;t u saving 1-. Get SCOTT’S Emulsion Now, Brother Ed, please pm your own strong shoulder to the wheel, and take the project proceed. Stir the nien-Editors up. A'ou and John Mee-j ian are the men to do it. not Makes Him Weaty. (Bamberg Herald.) This newspaper does not favor pro j hlbltlon, but it. make- us very tired] .vhen these dispensary papers have so Much to say about blind tigers in Gaff 1 •icy and other places which have no dispensary. Suppose a few men an | arrested for selling liquor in dry | tu.vns, what of that? Ta re are laws against stealing, murder, and a num- n r of oiner crime-, yet they five vio I lated every day. Because whiskey is; sold HI'' ally i no argument against | nrohibltiou. for no on.* expects to see any law on the statuie books stand in violate. The very fact that there ’’.re In- io »vi in >'nisi ment for nch acts is conclusive proof that peo ple will break them. Nobody ever i" uni of a law whie.i was not broken. When you go to a drug store and ask for Scott’s Emulsion you know what you want; the man knows you ought to have t. Don’t be surprised, though, f you are offered something slse. Wines, cordials, extracts, tc., of cod Rver oil are plenti* r ul but don’t imagine you are getting cod liver oil when you ake them. Every year for thirty years we’ve been increasing he sales of Scott’s Emulsion. Why? Because It has always ?een better than any substitute or It. One Editor Who is a Farmer. (Spartanburg Herald. ) Editor DeCamp. of the Gaffney Lod- r, has declined the appointment by vernor Heyward as a delegate to • National Farmers’ Congres; now -es-ion in Richmond. Va. The reas- n as dgned is that, he is not a prae- icil farmer himself, or, in effect, that i :i an* other far better farmers in Choi ikeo county than he. As a rule !i •!*: arc not good farmers in prac- • ■ t ! nigh thev may lie expert in ip rs, but Spartanburg can fur- ono notable exception. Capt. ' Betty, of The Spartan, is not prai Heal, but an enthusiastic uccc .-ful farmer. His opinions ily valued by real farmers and • 'iiliin 1 nup.-rs and arc pub- Hen. Ed Durham. (News and Courier.) Our Gaffney correspondent thinks it worthy of note that we refer to Ed Duriiam, acknowledged one of the :m > t peristent tiger men in the • hole county of Cherokee, as “Hon. Ed Durham.” Bui why not? Does hi* not deal in whiskey? Has it not ' ■ n the custom in Soul h Carolina for twelve years to apply the term "Hon orable" to (he gentry employed in the •'•'it; '.cy traffic? If that be not “hon in South Carolina, then by th of the prophet what is? Noi has Hie fad tiiai the Hon. Ed lias been and is in jail any!king to do with the case, for is ii not wri't a in the book of the chronicles of Lyon and Chris tens{ I hat a host o! the ‘honorables” lad if they had their must p itively ref» ? again i the "honor men* aisfortuno it i era :• be t r< would be in du *s? No, . to (liscri:iii!i .. allies" whose to ms V !|| 'icv r available Send for free sample Ciliinot Ml-t'lireil y Iih'h apiilii' * tonn, us t hey csiiilint reiicli • Ii-- dlHCHhcd iMirtlon of tin* cur. Tlnu’i' Is -nlv eim way (o I'uri 1 ie afni-ss. and Dial Is !>y r‘ni‘ili'-s. Ilettfie-ss is •ausisl bv infl.oni'il I'ondltIon of tin- inucmis Piling of the Kustaidilan Tuhc. Wli.-n thl, tub** gi ts Intlaiiieil you have a rumbling siiun-l or iriiperfert bearing, and when II I' entirely el ei -| <|ea(ne>s Is t be result. Iiiul unless tli • InMamiruition ean be taken nut •mil tlilii tube ri , *tori*d in Its normal condt* Hoi., bearing will be ih-st r<>y<-rt forever: nine rases out of ‘-i are - i iisisr) by rat arrh, wldcli I* nolhimt but un loll lined rundltluii of tin- mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars f u- any case of peafnes* (cased by catarrh) that can not lie cured by llall's i atarrh I'ure. Semi for circulars, free. F. J. til F.N K Y k OO., Toledo. O. Sold by Druggcsis 7V. Hall's Fanfflv (Mils are the beat. SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists C3-415 Pearl Street, New York SOc. and $1.00. All druggists CR. J. E. CBIMM, The r-nmous German Eye Sight Specialist, !» iicnumie illy located at. Spartan burg, S. C. Collects tho mom corn- p.k' do | '( i os of (>>o t rotibloH. Examination Free. \!l gins "< u tho m i ; r<*a ,unable pricoi, Cfro scyos cured with gla.ssq.s without cutting. t Office* hours* 9 A. M. to fi P. M. Cffice, 90 W. Main, Opposite Spartan Inn, Spartanburg, S. C. 9-2<l-tf. ] | BANNER SALVE th# most hsaling salve in ths world. Seeking Cheap Advertising. (Gastonia Gazette.) The Gaffney Ledger well knows ;d tin* Charlotte Chronicle’s cartoon was nothing but another desperate bid >.r nevfcr'i.Hng at the expense of the -Teat pnncipl** of cold . toragi*. The principle can afford to wait it.nyeds •io libel c-ilis t«> vin-iicate It. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. S -ite of South Carolina, County of Cherokee. By J. E. Webster, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Samuel Sanders has made lit to me, to grant him Letters of VlminiKtration of Ihe Estate and ef fects of Henry V. Sanders, deceased. These are therefore to cite and ad uoiiish all Dp* singular the kindre.f and • redibora of the said Henry V. San ders. deceased, that they be aq 1 ap i. ir before me, in the Court of Pro-1 b ite, to be held at Cherokee Court i Homo, Gaffney, S. C., on Wedne day, ()e‘ iber 4th, next, after publication thereof, at eleven o'clock In the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 18th day of September. Anno Domonl, 1905. J. E. Webster, Probate Judge. Publish in Gaffney Ledger Septem ber 22nd and 29th. 1905. languish in our prL m Frenzied Facts. (Atlanta Journal.) Frenzied statesmen Frenzied scads. Frenzied funcie Frenzied fads; Frenzied finance. Frenzied rocks. Frenzied bonds and Frenzied stocks. Frenzied pulpits. Frenzied .<• hows. Frenzied pugil Istic blows; Frenzied prices, Frenzied books. Ft enzie.l weddings, Fren/ie'l crooks. Krenzi *d t ab ^ of Frenzied scenes In the frienzied Magnzim Frenzied vvrather- I do vow Every!bine is Frenzied now. Extravagant Printing. I Wa-hing on Dispatch to New York Herald.) In putting the Keep commission to work on affairs in the government printing office President .Roosevelt is generally regarded as bavin - start'*-! the commission where extravagance and red tape in government bu iness have their principal headquarters. The big shop costs $7,0o0,0Im a year, which is believed to be $2,000,()('() more ti.ian the work done should cost. Roll Call Meeting. Editor Ledger:—Please announce that there will he a roll call meeting at Providence church on next Satur day’, beginning at 11 o’clock, and that every member is expected to be pres ent and answer to his or her name. Tli -> is in order to correct our roll, which has fallen into disorder Any person failing to answer in nerson, or by message, needn’t lie urprisod to l td his or her name left off tin* roll. F. ('. Hickson, Pastor. Gaffney, S. (’., Sept. 28, ’05. Help the Blind. To whom it may concern: T . L. Martin, Limestone's piano tuner, is soliciting work in Gaffney. Please patronize him, because he un derstands his business, because his is trying to help himself, and because he lias a wife and six children to support. If you help him he will appreciate it. God never intender that his unfortu nate children should lack for any good things. Respectfully. T. L. Martin. The love of God is th. only tiling that will make you love till kinds of Ti e negroes of Florence are con siderably excited over the alleged ap- •marance of a “writing spider.” The negroes have figured out that the spi le;- writes on the ground the letters, "W. B. IT. T. C. R.,” which they inter pret as meaning, "Woe be unto the ro’oi'ed race.” people all the time. It needs very little wit to draw an uncharitable inference. I'liaciuro "typewriter, is a candidate for your of fice. Elect it!! AnHonest Machins at an Honest Price, (Read t)<is from ''The Houv- hold." Boston. July i:»i0:-) "'Ac have been usiiu "Tilt! OHlCAUO" Typewriter unit cert'inly liml many fine n .Inis in ttits mai'lilne which . if i trin advance of the oid sty•»•*. It lias every ar.van- tsuri* of (he old typewriters and several essential points which cannot be found in any ot her." VISIBLE Wr.lTINC Gold Medal Paris Kxposi tion. :: CHAS. H. CARLISLE, Agt., $o5.00 Saved in.Price!!! Whew !! SPARTANBURG, - - S, C. For Information* and to nee the ma- elili.e call on • CHAS. L. WALKER, National Bank of UafTney, Oatfncy, S. C. Aug. tilt mo. _____