Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'■*. vf 1 . ■> ■;; ' :■ .-i’v > ••./. J. ••MBs?? m f THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, c d. H DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, A. V/. Griffith. Local Editor. The Leup-er is not responsible for the views oi correspondents. Corresnondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nieh their name, not for publication, but for IdOTtJflcation. A!' correspondence should be ad- desaed to Ed.. H. DeCamp, Manager. We invariably ciscontlnue sending r he Ledger when a subscription runs ;ut, for we have no way of knowing thrt J person wants it except by re ceiving his or her renewal. We ur gently solicit a prompt renewal, or the ground that the paper is 'worth the money. We are trying month by month to make it better and bet ter. WHY? Again we are called upon to record another probably fatal shooting in this county. Last Saturday after noon, so the story goes, an inoffensive negro woman was on the public high way of this county, when a licentious white youth insulted her. She resent- ed me insult by word of mouth, when a quarrel ensued, resulting in the white brute shooting her with a gun ne was carrying at the time. It is said that the gun was stolen proper'y. The defense will be that the woman •‘snapped” a pistol at the ruffian for insulting her. Shame upon such proceedings! Wnere in the name of common sense and decency are we going to land at if such highhanded deviltry as has characterized this county since its formation is permitted to continue? It makes no difference if this woman is poor, black, uneducated and defence less. More is the reason why she should be protected. There is a class of white people in this section who are reckless to the degree of criminalitv. They have lit tle or no education, are unacquainted with decency and imagine that every woman, be she white or black, is a harlot. The fault is not that this class is poor and illiterate. It is the en vironment in which they have exsisted. Reckless and dare-devil fathers and mothers who have not taken the time to properly train their children are mainly responsible. There is bu‘ one remedy to this state of affairs and that remedy it to instil into the minds and hearts of the children that crime is an awful thing and that they must shun evil eompainons. All the good mothers are not dead, all the upright fathers have not passed away. There is a great work to be done if the so cial condition of this county is to be this land the principle of tolerance this land the principal of tolerance an,l good will toward man and you have done much to elevate the social condition of the county* What must have been the early home training of such youths as the two that are re sponsible for the last two tragedies in this county? What kind of an at mosphere were they reared in? What were their environments that they should go through the land and hid people submit to their indignities, and because their advances were re jected shoot down those who dared | to resent their insults? We have all along maintained that j it is to our credit that we have had ' no lynching in this county. We hope j no such lawlessness (which is worse! than personal crime) will ever blacken the pages of our history, but we are afraid that our roles will not. long continue spotlessly white in this res pect if things continue in this vein. The people are becoming alarmed over the condition of affairs. There is no telling when a man’s life is safe. I’pon the least provocation men are shot down like dogs and their slayers either go Scott free or serve a light sentence for their inhuman acts. Why does this condition of affairs exist? It is summod up in two sentences, viz: “Our jury system is defective;” "The home training of the perpetra tors is defective.” If, perchance, there be a defect in our jury system that defect should be rem edied as speedily as possible. Wnat we want is less crime in our midst. IT we do not have less crime—why? PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. J. P. Francis, of Oklahoma City, I. T., is in the city visiting Solon Scog gins and family. Leo Little, of this city, who is with thr D. A. Thompkins Company of Charlotte. N. C., returned to Charlotte Sunday night after spending some days in the city with relatives. Wate C. Hamrick. Jr., returned to Wake Forest Sunday to re-enter col lege after spending the holidays in Gaffney. Mrs. J. A. Holt, of Fries, Va., spent last w’eek with Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bragg, on Limestone street. jShe is now in Spartanburg visiting Triends and relatives. # G. T. Bragg, who has been here for the past five weeks, has returned to his homo near Greer. Misses Ethel Strain and Maud Blackwell passed through the city last Saturday on their way to visit friends and relatives at Clifton G. W. McKown, of R. F. D. No. 6, ws a business visitor at The Ledger office Saturday. Jesse Sanders, of route No. 6, one of The Ledger’s oldest friends, was among the visitors at the office Satur day. He renewed for another year. A. P. Austell, of Shelby, N. C., is visiting his daughter, Mrs. T. C. Pet ty near the city. He called on The Ledger yesterday and renewed. Miss Gertrude Lipscomb, who has been spending a few r days with her sister. Miss Estelle Lipscomb, return ed to her home in Baltimore yester day evening. NOTES AND C 'MME JTS. Cherokee is making a most unen viable reputation as a bloodthirsty county. Not yet ten years old and there have probably been thirty kill ings in th county! • * » The latest tragedy in Cherokee was fiendish and brutal. It was committed by a 'vhlte youth of immoral charac ter. Had a negro committed this crime upon a white woman he would probably have never seen the inside of a jail. • • • Some facetious writer in the Spartan burg Herald refers to Gaffney as a “thriving subub” of that Windy City. Suburb, indeed! Such reference to Gaffney is shocking. Spartanburg was a hundred vears old before Gaff ney was born, but if she don’t look out we will eclipse her in the next ten years. We resent the imputation. At Grassy Pond. Grassy Pond. Jan. 4.—As the happy new year is here, I shall write to 4 he dear old Ledger once more. I am al ways anxious to get the good old Ledger, and I truly hope it will jneet with great success during 1906. I hope everyone has had a merry good Christmas; it passed off very nicely in this community, and it seem ed that all enjoyed themselves very much. There was very little drinking around here. Mr. Barney Huskey and Miss Bessie Ellis, both of Grassy Pond, were mar ried on the 26th of December. The happ" couple has the best wishes oi this community. Mr. Robert Huskey, formerly of Grassy Pond, now of Greenville, is visiting his narents, Mr. and Mrs. Landrum Huskey, of this place. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. William Burgess passed away on the 28th of December. It left behind its little twin, which is very sick. Mr. G. T. Martin spent Christmas in the Mount Paran section, and at Gastonia. N. C., with friends and rel atives. Mrs. P. C. S. Vinesett celebrated her sixty-fifth anniversary Christmas day. Her children and connections surprised her by coming in with a basket of nice things to eat. Every one present enjoyed the occasion very much; and all the writer regrets is that he cannot put his feet under such a table as that 365 days in a year. Mr. S. A. Humphries, of Shelby, N. C., is visiting friends and relatives in this community. Well, it will not be long till the sweet flowers of springtime will be here to sweeten the air with their per fume; and the plows will be running, turning the soil! What a happy time it is! It is often said we have the garden spot of the world, and I cer tainly believe It. I wish everybody success in this happy new year in whatever business ho may be interested. . What has become of all the cor respondents? I would like to hear from more of them. L. T. V. _ _________ v Schools for the Negro. Gaffney. Jan. 6.—Please allow me space in your valuable paper to speak a few words for this part of the coun- tv. The Christmas holidays, passed off quietly. There was not so much drinking of whiskey as heretofore, and those who onco drank to excess seem glad of the* removal of the whis key shops from among us. Now, if we can build good roads as easily as we got ri,i of the dispensary business, there ought to be an elec tion called, so the voters can get to their voting places before the roads get much worse. I am sure they would all vote for god roads now. It has been said that the white peo ple of the south are the best friends that the negro has; and I want to say that, they have proved it to us in Chrokee county in regard to our high school. The white people on the east ern side of Broad river, near Buffalo church, gave us enough logs to frame a school building forty by sixty feet, and two stories high. All we have to do is to cut the timber, pay for the sawing and load it. Those good peo ple pay tax to help the colored free school in their school district, just as all other people do. But they say by their gifts of lumber “That is not enough; if you colored people are go ing to build a school to better prepare your people, wo will help you.” and they did. And now we have nearly 3,0((p feet of lumber on our school lot, and the other is to he hauled yet: then we will be ready to begin the work on the building. I will ask the colored people ;o read The Ledger. I am going ‘o write to it, when I can get space, to inform the people of our school movement, hoping that they have the school at heart. I hope very soon to give the names of those good white people who gave us timber to build a school house to educate the young negro in. We also were made glad in our union meeting to hear Bro. G. V. Gaston read the names of so many of them on this side of ;he river who gave money to help us. Many thanks to them for their kindness. We ask the aid of all the good peo ple of Cherokee countv in this great undertaking, so that we may better (educate the negro. S. J. Lipscoiyb. Out on Bond. Mr. Rufus Byars, who has been in jail here for some weeks charged with the shooting of Mr. C. J. Hughes, near Grover, N. C., was released Fri day night on bond. Bond for this man has been pending for some time, be ing held up on account of the condi tion of Mr. Hughes, which, several times, has been critical. Certificates, however, have been given by physi cians stating that all danger had passed from the wounds in Mr. Hughes’ case, upon which bond was allowed. A NEW INDUSTRY. Southren Power Company to Operate in Cherokee. (Charlotte Observer.) The Southern Power Company has purchased another fine water power. It is located on the Broad river, in "herokee county. South Carolina, at what are known as “the 99 lands.” For the past several months negoti ations have been in progress and the announcement now conies that the deal has been completed. The con sideration is not given but it is under- sltfod that it will run in the hun- dreds of thousands. It is stated that the development will net from 10,000 to 12,000 horse power and will require the expenditure of at least $1,000,000. The full property rights have been se cured for some 5 miles up the river. The power is said to be a very fine one . It is located midway between Gaffney and Blacksburg and on ac count of its relative position to the mills it is all the more valuable. Tni. power is to be developed and will be used to supplement that coming from the Great Falls. The plans arep now being drawn. Work is to be started just as soon as the necessary arrange ments may be made. This means much to the upper sec- tioiL^of South Carolina. Already this is one of the milling centers of the South ap4 with the coming of electric- cal power in commercial quantities the manufacturing enterprises will receive fresh impetus. The Southern Power Comany is on of tne giant corporations of the State. No company which has been organized in Piedmont Carolina within the past several years is des tined to do so much good. The chief office is in the Trust building of this city and through it these deals are consummaied. The Southern Power Company holds ihe title to 8 different water sites. These are the Catawba power, near Fort Mill, S. C.; the Great Falls power, near Fort Lawn, S. G\; the Wateree power, near Camden, S. C.; a portion of the Landsford power, near Lancaster, S . C.; the Lookout Shoals, near Statesville; the Horse- ford shoals, near Hickory, and “the 99 islands” power, near Blacksburg. S. C. It will be noted that all of these pov ers, with the exception of the last, are situated on the Catawba river. When fully developed they may be made to yield at least 200,000 horse power. But one is developed, tho Ca tawba Power, near Fort Lawn, which has a capacity of 10,000 horse power. The work on the first of the three developments at Great Falls is in progress. This one development will give 45,000 horse power and the other two will raise this figure to something like 75,000 horse power. It Is evident that the Southern Pow er Company is determined upon no half-way measures. Having under taken the task of placing electrical power within the reach of every in dustry in the Piedmont section of the Carollnas, it is^making ready for the future by layng broad and deep the foundations. The Southern; Power Company is absolute master of the Catawba river and Its attention is now turned to other streams. A New “Dummy” Engine. A new engine has arrived in the city that will be used by the lime company in conveying lime from their plant just on the outskirts of the city to cars to he shipped. It will replace the antiquated specimen of a locomo tive now in use. The old oue. how ever. has been in service for many years and is. indeed, a familiar sight to Gaffney streets. It has almost be come a landmark and many old In habitants of Gaffney and Cherokee will be surprised to see a new engine running between the city and the plant of the company at Limestone. The horses, mules and others animal? of the city that have long been ac customed to the old one. must now break themselves into the sight of a new one, as in appearance tho new one is greatly dissimilar to the old one, resembling a locomotive in many respects where the old one was sad ly lacking. Agitation among these animals will probably commence today, when the engine will be placed in operation. NOTICE. To my clients and the public: During the session qf the Legisla ture my address will be Wright’s Ho tel, Columbia. S. C., where I can be reached by wire or long distance ’phone. Stenographer will be in my office daily and will attend to office matters, writing me fully as to any matters left with her. I will not leave my legislative du ties during the session to attend to professional or nersonal business. J. C. Otts. Gaffney, S. C., Jan. 8th, 1906. ♦ If anybody has a message for the people of this community he cannot deliver it to them so eilectually, so cheaply, so quick ly in any other way as through the columns of this paper. It is the business of this pa per to carry messages of one kind and another into homes. The message will be delivered, too, under favorable conditions, for few persons take up their local paper except in a pleasant and receptive frame of mind. The sign upon the fence board may be good, but it can be seen only by travelers who go that particular road. The message in the local paper carries itself to thousands, no matter by which road they travel. Select your space and put your message where it will do the most good. ✓ We, peihsps. can help you if you will bat ask m 1 «r » Be Good to Yourself! Use Only The Best. “Town Talk” tells its own story and in its]own way. There’s do other Floor just like This. For Sale by CARROLL & BYERS, Made by Lawrenceburg Roller Mills Company, Lawreneeburg, Ind. 1-9-12-06. To Remove Freckles and Pimples In Ten Days, Use .. IVaclinola.. THE COMPLEXION BEAUTIFIER. THE NADINOLA GIRL ^ADINOLA is a new disco very guaranteed and money will be refunded In.every ca^e where it falls to remove freckles, pimples, liver spots, collar discoloration, black-heads, disfiguring eruptions, etc. The worst case in 20 days' Leaves the skin dear, soft, healthy and restores the beauty of youth. Prlce50cts and $1.00. Sold In each city by all leading druggists, or by mail. Mrs.Etta Brown writes:—Nasbvllle. Ten Sept. 8, 1905. “I have been using yo^w Nadlnola, Egyptlon Cream, Soap and Nadi Face Powder and like them all very mud This is the summer since childhood that 1 have been without freckles. I am 24 ye ir- old and have a better complexion now tr. iu when a girl.” Prepared only hy Nafional Toilet Company, - Paris, Tenn: Sold In Gaffney by THE GAFFNEY DRUG COMPANY. And Leading Druggists. Furniture, Organs, Pianos and Automobiles ^ Gan be Brought to Lite and look fresh and new, by using Liquid Veneer. Cheap, durable, and handy; anyone can apply It success fully. Call at The “B. B.” Store and get a bottle; 10c and 50c. A Happy New Year nro TT-H People of County. I thank one and all for the patronage bestowed on me, and beg to say I will re main at the same place during 1906. Come to see me any time, I will always he glad to see you. Yours truly, Next to Postoffice, S. R. Suber, FO,R 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 A CO n Lessees. Telephone 67. NELSON The Star Clothier Wishes h i s Customers and the Public a happy and prosperous year. I have just closed my Fourth Business Year in Gaffney. I am glad to say 1905 was the most prosperous year of all, therefore I wish to say to the people that I will strive to merit their trade in the future as I have done in the past by giving satis factory goods at satisfac tory prices. NELSON The Star Clothier ft ■ ■■ 1 Perfect Complexion Beautifier WOOD! WOOD!! I am prepared to furnish either oak or pine wood, cut for stove or fire place, on shert notice. Phone 88, or 199. V. I. 8PURQE0N, At Scruggs’ Lumber Yard. Dec. 12-lmo-pd. warrantedJ|Jto produce a perfect Complexion, re- moving all facial blemishes, and it makes a pretty addi tion to the toilet table. Read their add in another column. For sale and guaranteed by us only, in Gaffney. Phone us or ask to see it when in the store. LADIES, ^ The Gaffney Drag Company, R. C. GARLAND, Mgr. I Oppositi Hollis and Dipot. For Sr.le 385 acre farm, $20.00 per acre | 67 acre farm in Yorkville $27.50 per acr«. ! Lot 72x100, 3 miles from Gaffnev I 83 acre farm, $14.00 per acre, ' 6 milM from Osffncy, l 7H acres $100.00 per acre. f*rni 4# miles from Henrietta and 25Lhnsides, 22 acres of it in timber, $16.- 50 per acre. HOUSES and LOTS. 8 room house and 6 acres in Blacksburg £1,300.00. Fine 6 room house,newly finished, <1 So© Lot 72x135, $700.00 down. 9 ’ 78 acre farm, $1,350; 2 years to pay for it. A arrpe I 1»1 nr*L O .1 ^ • y 4 acres 3 blocks from depot, $3,300.00. nd, $350.00* Lot 80x200, west end, Lot 2% acres, 4 room house, $1,050.00. b> ^ 3 blocks from de P ot . Lot 2oo\2oo, 4 blocks from depot, $700.00. 1-ine 6 room house, newly finished, near 1 gradtd school, 3 fine houses and lots near depot, $6,000 125 acre farm 7 miles from town, $13.50 per acre. ^ in timber. • ^ 8 j 185 acre farm near Pacolet Mills, $15.00 lor jj Cre ~ eDou K b timber on it to pay ! 185 acre farm 7 miles from Gaffney, $i S . 00 per acre. 2 > *> o> 140 acie farm near Cherokee Falls, 40 SL%tU bo,to, " s ' 60 acres ^ 114 acres dose to Gaffney, $28.00 per acre. 122 acre farm good houses, barns etc , J r» r ,VY orpora,e iin,its ’ • 125 acre farm near town, $1,350 00. 78 acre farm 3 miles out, $1,350 00 129 acre farm 3 miles out, £16.00 per acre. 84 acre farm extremely cheap. d h0USes ' « ood b arns, etc. Price $1,800.00; easily worth $12 - 00 per acre. 1 Hl i! h ° USe and lot > 5 rooms $510.00- the cheapest place in town for money.’ TiJ for ^ 6 o ° I- er month. The Charlie Stacy house, only £800 00 75 acres most all in timber ti ooo^- - - One fine lot right in heart’ o( $2 . One farm (extremly large) $10,250.00 50 acres, house, etc., edge of town. Price £4,000.00. “f- 6 . acr ® 3 0* land, new 3-room ^ \ C,rCUlar plazza - 4-acre orchard, good barns and outbuildings. Price from car line Lot SOxi 80 , corner Jefferies and Wee grade,i ’ cbo ° l 4 room house, barn, store room and 1 tn Til Ck 1 ty depot ’ |4 ^ 5 0 ' 0 - Lot 80x 20 0 in left of resident portion of town. Price $800.00. 147 acres (De Loach lands) $7.00 per acre. acr e aCreS (De L ° ach lands ) 17.00 per Pri C « aCr fi e * S ^ e r? ght c mIles from Gafln <*- bottomf Seventy-five .ere, Mn 316 acre farm six miles from Gaft- ney on r P . D> No ^ ]ylng on ~ C iTc k ‘ Twenty acr ®a good bet- toms, 125 acres In timber. Three Se Tw(? ie i n 5 S ' f Prlce * 15 P er acre. lo Jfo four blocks from depat. 75x300. Price $100 per lot. ^ Seven-rpom house, eight acres of ^ „ G<)od b&rn ’ out buildings, etc. The Morgan home, Price $4,000. One beautiful lot corner Meadow $175? renard Street8 ’ S° x2 00, Price, FOR RENT. 8-room house and one horse farm in town. House being fixed un. UNION COUNTY. One pretty new 6-room cottage In Union; nice barn and outbuildings. Yard and garden; nicely fenced; on Ward law street near E. Main. Only a short distance from railway station and school house. Young orchard, splendid water. Price $1,500. Two^ thirds cash, balance in one year. CHEROKEE COUNTY. One four-room cottage near Irene Mills in splendid condition, on nice lot. Is rented for $6.00 per month. Price $700. CHEROKEE AND YORK COUNTIES. 900 acres of nice land in near Smyr na, Hickory Grove and King’s Creek. 700 acres in nice timber only a couple of miles from R. R. station. 100 acres in good bottoms on King’s and Wolf creeks. Several settlements. Price $15.00 per acre. 700 acres of land on Broad river adjoining the above tract, nicely tim bered, two good settlements, in fine condition. Price $15.'00 per acre. 455 acres close to Smyrna and Hick ory Grove, good land, lies well, good settlements, near good school. Pri<y $15.00 per acre. 218 acres, good settlement, pretti land, lies abreast up to railway sta tion, well timbered. Very cheap at $15.00 per acre. 80 acres on Thickety creek, 33 acres in good bottoms, house, barns, etc, Being put into good shape, good soil, not rocky. Price $15.00 per acre. About 7 miles from town, close to school. Prices reasonable. R. L. Parish Or. S. H. Griffith, PHYSIC an; - SURGEON — OCULIST Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist,2 Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, of Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted "Accurately and Scientifically. J* Jt Office in Cherokee Drug Company! FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, cal! at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. \