Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"• * « / . ' 3 +$f' ‘^Vi P-? P?fT->T‘, t THE LEDGER. Tjesday and Friday, Eri, h DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. W. Griffith, Local Editor. IMPROVE YOUR HOME. ITndiustlonably this is the greatest era of prosperity this country has ever experienced. Never before in its iiisrory have the farmers—as a who j e _been in better circumstances. There are fewer mortgages, liens, etc., and more farmers have money in the bank or loaned out at inteiest than ever before, and there are less time accounts to be met than heretofore. Cotton is bringing a good price and the prospects are that if the farmer continues to keep a stiff backbone it is going to be better. All this is ex ceedingly gratifying and we want to see these conditins continue. T. e Ledger never attempts to tell farmers how to farm, merchants how to merchandise or bankers how u> bank. We have been content to try to tell the people in our limited way what we believe will be to the best interest of the community as a whole, to preach the doctrine of self-denial, helpfulness to others, temperance in all things, good roads, purity in poli tics ‘ruthful-ess, honesty, education, liberal mindedness, thrift and in dustry. And now we want to add another theme—that of civic im provement. There is a woeful lack of pride in this county. The people have plenty but do not seem to apply it properly. We would like to see those who live in town and on the farm take more interest in their sur roundings. Every farmer should have a well kept front yard, with some cul tivated flowers and a nice walk lead ing to the front door. It makes no difference if the house he an humble log cabin the yard may be beautiflea and thus the place will he made more attractive. If there is not a dearth of paint in the county the ar ticle certainly must he at the painr dealer’s place of business. It is not on the houses, where it was made to go. A few gallons of paint on a house does not cost a fortune, and if you get good paint it will save more than it actually costs, besides improving the appearance of the house. We ought to have a civic improve ment club in the county. Let everv- body improve his home just a lit tle and it will advance the price of property more than you have any idea of. We know of ap iece of prop erty that once sold for $1,200. The purchaser spent It s inhn CIO" on improving it. the uioai o. it being in paint on the house, and In less than six months that same piece of prop er" v was sold for $1,800 and not'iin- caused the increase in price except the paint put on the house. Let. us wake up to the fact that we ought to improve our homes—especially oui country home-. reasonable and sensible men to be af fected in any way, much less to al low their passions to become in flamed, by the mere reproduction upon a stage of events, either real or Imaginary, which transpired or were supposed to have transpired years ago.—just about as foolish as to be come incensed or aroused at some tragic event depicted in a dime novel, and harbor ill feeling or resentment against the imaginary perpetrator of the crime. We saw the pla, in Char lotte last week, and it was witnessed by perhaps the largest audience ever assembled in the Charlotte opera house. Every availab.e seat was oe cupied. and even standing room was in demand; and if there were any de monstrations of an incendiary na ture, save a few hisses fired at Governor Shrimp occasionally, when he would “weaken” under the dic tatorship of Lieut. Gov. Lynch, we never heard, nor saw, them. Perfect order prevailed everywhere through out the house, and the frequent spirited applause, with numerous encores, gave evidence of a well pleased audience, which evidence wa* further strengthened by many re marks of a complimentary nature heard after the play was ov^ - . Thoughtful men, and women, should remember that The Clansman is only a pfey—a drama—presented by act ors who are “paid so mvich per” to perform their parts, and who have no interest in it except tneir salaries, and a certain pride which their profession inspires in them, and while the play itself may not be particularly refining in its char acter. we do not see why it should cater to the evil passions of any one who witnesses it. especially to the extent of creating bitter animosity or stirring up factional feeling, nor have more than a passing influence of any character, whatever—any more than any other play presented upon the boards. DRY DOCK’S LONG TRIP. Hnlf Mile Tntrllne to He I wed In TaLInx Strncture to Cavite. A new Idea In navigation is to be employed in taking the huge floating dry dock now anchored near Balti more to Cavite, In the Philippine Is lands, says a Washington special dis patch to the New York Times. A col lier which can carry a large supply of coal will lie used to tow the l»ig strue- turo, and a tug will be taken as a tender to help steer in narrow chan nels. The collier will be placed about half a mile ahead of the dock to avoid be ing smashed in case of a gale. Half of the line connecting the two will he wire and the other half rope in order to secure great strength and elasticity. The dock In fair Weather will la* down about six feet in the water, but in a storm she will be sunk thirty feet, and the collier and tug will ride at anchor tied to her. It is believed that the dock at this depth will ride as quietly as If in calm water. The distance to he traveled is 15,000 miles, and at the rate of 100 miles a day it will take five months to get to Cavite. The dock is 500 feet long and 134 feet wide, 03 feet high and weighs 11,000 tons. Unless she is driven on a lee shore there is little fear that she will meet with any trou ble. The start will be made In Octo ber. THE CLANSMAN. We notice that some of the news papers of the State are criticising, in no very mild terms, Thomas Dix on's play, The Clansman, which is now making a tour of the South —not so much the actors nor the manner of presentation, hut the na ture of the play itself. The trend ot the criticism is that the play is cal culated to fire the passions of South ern white men, stir up the old "race prejudice.” and wield an evil influence in g' neral upon the citizenship of the Southern States. It has even been said that during certain parts of tin. play in ti ■ Columbia theatre there were evidence, of this influence among the audience expressed in angry muttering.-, nisses and dark looks and some even went so far as to make a displav of shooting irons Now. with duo regard for the utter ances of our esteemed contempor aries. and of others who have ex pressed themselves against “The •Clansman,” we must say that it ap pears to us very foolish indeed for We don’t blame the people for noi patronizing the theatre more than they do. It certainly is a shame for I people to pay their money and he re quired to sit through two hours of boresome would-be acting. We aic-i getting sick and tired of seeing a lot | of punks trying to act and fake tin- people out of their money. Of course] ti.e loc-d management knows nothing of the merits of a play or the players! before they arrive, but so long as the! present short-sighted policy of re-1 fusing to pay a reliable booking 1 agency to scad montonous attractions orevaiks .he theatrical patronage in ibis town is going to continue to he poor. We can’t expect bum shows to create business any more than we could expect hum newspapers to create business. Impossible to Form New Cabinet San Francisco. Oct. 18.—The South ern Pacific. I'nion Pacific and Illinois Central and New York Central rail roads are preparing to take across the continent tne largest shipmnet of blooded horses ever made from San Francisco to New York. The horses are to be shipped on Nov. 19. next, from J. B. Higghi’s famous ranch Del Paso, which is to be sold in small tracts for farming purposes. The ship ment will requir* four trains of 12 cars each. The railroads will get for this shipment 512..100 in freight charges. Oth. r expenses will bring the cost of seniliac this big shipment east up to S.lo.i'Ou. There are about COO horses con. 1 -.'sting of 503 brood mares and about .*7 stallions. Bottling Plant for Gaffney. Gaffney is to hav a ne .• enterprise' in a short w].*f . The Coco-Cola Bot- i’.ir:.; works of Gaffney i:a> applied to rh, «oeetary of State of South Caro- ’ imr. for a charter. 'J' 1 . - capital stock is said to ho $5.0'.i0, incorporatet ^ .re E. H. Gaines, of this city, uui J. W. Allen, of Spartanburg, S. C. The new cone* m will bottle coco cola and other beverages in Gaffney. Mr. Gaines, who will have charge of tiie enterprise resigned recently a manager of a district for the R. .1. Reynolds Tobacco Company. His resignation will go into effect Jan uary 1. 190G, and In* will probably give this his attention then, in connection with his brokerage and commission business in which In* will also en gage. afte*" the first of the year. J 'LJJ Tor Vour Protection we place this label on every package of Scott’s Emulsion. The inan withafishon 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 trembles In infant or adult. Scott’s Emul sion is one of the greatest flesh- Imilders known to the medical world. IVe’/l scad you a sample free. SCOTT S, BOWNE, Tliri’i is ri’ore ('adirrli in tli's sertiuri fiiic country than all other Uiseast s put together find until tin* last few years was supposed to be incurable. Fora ureat many yearsdo.*- tors pronounced it a loeal disease, and pn- seiibed loeal remedies, and by constantly tailing to eure with local treatment, i rei- nouneed it ineurahli . Seleuco lies proven eatarrh lo he a constitutional disea-e. amt therefore requires eons ; t it ion >1 treatlin t. Hall’s Catarrh Cnte. mMiiutaotured by !•. .1. Cheney \ Co.. Toleii'■. Ohio, is tie only con stitutional eure on tli e market. It Is taken Internally In (loses from pi drops to a t* i- -poo'iful I' acts directly on Ihe hlood lit il mucous surfaces of i lie system. Piny oll'i r one hundred dollars for any case i' fa 's t • cu*e. Si nd for ci'"ciCars and ■ -tlmonl .Is Address. CIIFNF.Y A CO., Toledo, C>. Sold hv Druggists. Hull's Family I’ii Is is the best. Ui/AS OL Double Tragedy in Oregon. Portland, On*.. Oct. 18. — News has arrived here of the killing at Marsh field yesterday of Mrs. J. O. Stoops, by J. A. Armitage. Both were mar ried. and had families. Armitage seems to have been infatuated with the woman, and when she repulse ! him went to her home and broke into the house. She rshol him in the forehead as ne was ascending the stairs but he used his revolver with fatal effect and returned to his own home before he died. Mrs. Stoop’s family with the exception of her husband, witnessed the tragedy. An Itallan'M Idcii ut IleNtltntion. Signor Vincenzo Florio, who recently committed suicide at Naples, left u fori uue of 4.000,000 lire, says the Westminster Gazette. Ills will was found on a table in his room. "I took this money from the rich by advancing loans on interest. The rich took it from the poor, and to the poor I wish it to be restored.” Before taking his life Signor Florio threw away the key to the safe which guarded his fortune from a fear that the money might be stolen. An Autumn Prayer. When the (Tend leaves quiver earthward In the twilight of the year Comes the time of love and dreaming, when the days of days appear. Purpling distance, mellowing sunshine, trees aflame with red and gold. Air brimful of life's elixir — nectar on Olympia old Was as water in Its weakness when compared with this, methlnks, And I wish life’s chain were endless, with sweet days like this for links. Music greets my every footstep in the dead leaves rustling here. When the ripe leaves quiver earthward in the twilight of the year. When the leaves come trembling earth ward In the gloaming of the year, Then this life's perennial sweetness seems a 'housand times more dear. Yet the million gorgeous death scent that emblazon every wood As the leaves in splendid shroudings quit their dying brotherhood To return to earth that gave them in the spring so tearfully Breathe a prayer like an incense through the very heart of me. "When life's sap is flowing feebly and my rest Is drawing near. May my time for trembling earthward be the gloaming of the year.” —S W. Gillllan in Baltimore American. Cemented Sidewalk*. Street Overseer Cook has a force of hands at work on a portion of Fred erick street, extending from Lime stone to corner of R. M. Wilkins & Company’s hardware store, prepar ing tiie sidewalk for a coat of cement. Mr. A. N. Wood is having the work done, and it is also his purpose to cement the walk in front of the Wil kins building and that occupied by R. S. Cook, on Limestone street, and around the Merchants and Planters bank, on Limestone and Frederick streets This work will add greatly to the appearance of both streets anu buildings. V 4 Excursion Rates via Southern Ry. i On account Piedmont Fair, Greetf- ville, S. (’., Southern Railway will sell excursion tickets to Greenville, S. C. and return, from Charlotte, N. Chester, Columbia, Augusta, El her ton, Gainesville, Asheville, For est City/and intermediate points at rates of one first class fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. Tickets to be sold October flbtli-.'llst, November 1st, and for morning trains Novem ber 2nd, final limit November 3rd, 1905. For additional information, apply to any ticket agent, or R. W. Hunt, D. P. A.. Charleston. S. C. “Watch the Kidneys.” ‘‘When they are affected, life is in danger,” says Dr. Abernathv the great English physician. Foley’s Kid ney Cure makes sound kidneys. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Dr* J* M* Hunter, of Rock Hill, S. C. Makes a Specialty of Cancers, Tumors,Chronic Ulcers, Diseases of the Liver, Kidneys, Dyspepsia and Indigestion, and Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs. : : : : : Treat? Without the Knife. Loss oi Blood, j and Little Pain to Patient. Terms of Treat- ! meat Satisfactory. 25 years of practical experience. 20 Jan 06. Letter to Acme Furniture Co. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sirs: $20 difference. Two neighbors painted their houses—De- voe; lead-and-oil—difference $20. houses about alike. Mr A H Howard, Nelson, N. Y, is the one who painted Devoe and saved thr* $20; don't know the other. A neighbor of both, Mr J H Hughes, expected to use 5 gallons Devoe; took •>, Devoe goes further; its least meriF; but that amounts to half sometimes. It costs two or three times as much to paint as to buy the paint. Good reason for not painting often. Paint Devoe, then. Yours truly F W Devoe & Co 130 P. S. R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. sells our paint. Be Sure to Use Only Cream of Tartar Baking Powder Food made with alum baking powder carries alum to the Stomach unchanged. Scientists have positively demonstrated this and that such food is partly indi gestible and unhealthful. Attorney General Youmans is pre paring indictments for the arrest of a prominent man who is charged with having caused a defalcation in the office of the S‘ate treasuer. The shortages in many counties, showing an aggregate of over $100,000. will cause a political uprising in this State. The shortage in the State treasurer’s office has existed several years undiscovered. State bonds were purloined. Don’t forget the carnival Novem ber 6th to 11th. —Big lot of Quilts from 85c to $2, at J. I. Sarratt’s. Don't forget the carnival Novem ber Oth to 11th. NOTICE. I have made arrangements with the publishers by which I can sell one hundred copies of “Reminiscences of the Civil War,” By Gen’I. John B. Gordon, — for $1.25 less than heretofore. — That is, $2.25 for the cloth and $2.75 for the Morocco binding; or I can furnish the book in paper binding postpaid for $1.50 upon receipt of that amount or its being deposited to my credit in either of the Gaffney banks. J. L. STRAIN. Oct. 10, Imo. Abbott Bros. Furniture and House hold Goods. Full line of Organs and Sewing Machines and Sup plies. LIMESTONE STREET, GAFFNEY, S. C. Opposite Maness’ Market sssiK-iv. ■: K ** The LiK’ffi.T’a Circle j -/Tv A*v^ * Am vour Ktun* Liu* i or Hi;id- «li t- HlVetuilV I i > *. n t*.1 our ^uar- aiiicu: $25 00 Pew ird \Vi* of'/ <•'.’> 1 ' ri- v.i >• i 1 • v <•>,(* oi K' iii* ' i'l i. ;i '<lt*r trou- • 1 1 1 i- 1 red l»y 11 va F< 1. IL*** .1 TO IntetsiO '"nical O', j For sak* by 1;. itIrncri'. Md. | Wdbern jr Go .1. >. r. ■ i.. .. ■ PICTUI®!." / A .U i \ >- v ; ...... • . JUST RECEIVED. New assortment picture mouldings, making niy stock larger and better than heretofore! A frame to suit any picture can be found here, including 1, 2 and 3 inch Silver Gilt High Hacks suitable for water colors, oil paintings, elc. It dosen’t matter how pretty the picture is, il it is not framed half of its prettiness is lost. Our charges for framing are awfully reasonable. JUNE H. CARR, Gaffney, S. C v $ 1 V ¥ Of your Neckwear friends our fall assortment can add worthy members. The late New York styles are here. Fancy Vests in fancy styles. If you see them you’ll like ’em. New Underwear of heavy and mediun weights, “Wright’s Health” and Men’s Suspenders at your call. Your new fall Overcoat is very likely in our stock, only you will have to pick it out. $2.50 to $12.50, ideal satisfaction guaranteed. Get The Habit—Go To NELSON. The Star Clothier. ,;,w AC&tfCklju! u wmmM yy a t is C i V ■A CLOTHING «aca«aaHL.s. c ft m m Our stock of Clothing isall new and mar ked at r asonable prices. Boys’ Knee Pant Suits, Youth’s Suits, Men’s Suits. See us on all of these before you make ycur pui chases. We are giving good values in Shoes. The Shoe and Leather market is much higher 'than when we purchased our stock. We are giving our trade the benefit of our close buying Our Ladies’ Highland Calf Shoe is the best in the city for service. W j have the cheaper and finer grades in Shoes also. Ladies’ Long Coats from $5.00 to $ 1 8.00. Ladies’ 26 and 28 inch Jackets, $2.00 to $ ! 0.00. Misses’ Short snd Long Coats. Our Millinery department is full of good things at prices that can’t be beat. Sea Miss Peek in this line, as she can certainly please you. Our Dress Goods stock is larger. You have a nice variety to select from here, and Braids, Appliques, Laces, Persian Trimmings, and Buttons for Dress Trimmings. : : S3 $ $ $ $ J. Willcins & Company Big Store on The Corner, - Gaffney, South Carolina.