Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" tv vM P * j ' V j THE LEDGER Tuesday and Friday, f&eCamp, Editor and Publiaher, 5. Brian BeM, New* Editor. Fin MAYOR WITH A PURPOSE. Mayor Sam -McNinch, of Char- fiatte. we feel a kindly Interest. We were school boys together and as we remember'him at school he was a bright scholar, always standing at the hew.l of his class, always doing some- tWng. He acquired the habit of “do ing things’’ early in life and he shows no indication of changing in that re- afjfy't. After school he went into business and while the majority of hts old schoolmates were running around over the country living a devil- may care life and squandering all they eouH get hold of, Sam began to ac quire a competence. The first thing wo knew he was a partner in the business and then he acquired other business interests until he began to be looked upon as a big business man, and then he drifted into politics, and was elected mayor of the best citv on earth, barring Gaffney. And Sam keop s , m doing things. He is doing something for Charlotte. He is mak ing the best mayor the town ever had. Aad be desires to do more. He de sires to do something for all the peo ple of this magnificent Piedmont coun try. He desires that our forests be preserved, that lowlands be protected fron. the overflow of - the mountain streams. With that end in view he and his associates sent out eight hun dred copies of the invitation printed bedow to people who are likely to be interested in such matters. And with all iiis success he has not forgotten old school-mates, has not gotten the “big” head, but has shown the man in him by wearing with becoming miss; the honors that have been placed upon him. The invitation and programme of exercises follow: You are Cordially Invited/ to attend an Inter-State Meeting Charlotte. North Carolina, ip. the interest of the passage of Legislation bv Congress looking to the establishment of . National Forests Reserves in the Appalachian Mountains and the establishment of State Forestry Associations. S. S M’NINCH, Mayor of Charlotte. Ex-Officio Chairman. ly a man without guile, with a heart full of love to his fellow man. He uullded a character as well a? a for tune. and he did it without any erafty. deceitful or cunning artifice. He was small of statue bu f large of heart and brain. We wish we were capable of placing a tribute upon his bier that would be as enduring as the charac ter he builded. We feel proud to chim him as our friend and we mourn at his passing away. The community can ill afford to give up such men as William Jefferies. • • • Senator Tillman appeared before the dispensary investigating commit tee at Columbia one da v lasi week. He failed to tell the committee any thing new, but did sav that the cir cumstances pointed to theft on the nart of the board of directors. He and Hubby Evans had some words but did not come to blows. All we have to say is this: Some sweet day, bye-and-bye, the thieves will fall out and then the unsophisticated people of South Carolina will know who have been getting the rebates and rake-off from the dispensary since it start 0 '* There has been stealing going on from the first. By the very nature of the business—the whiskey business—Wiere can be nothing good, pure, upright and honorable in it. and any man. be he ever so strong in character, will vield to its baneful influence sooner or later. * • * There appeared in the Columbia State of Sunday a remarkable article setting forth the defense that will be put no for George Hasty. It purports to he from the pen of C. S. Hervey. There is something fishey about this article not to sav anything about the correctness or uncorrectness of the story. The same story was sent to the Charlotte Observer and that paper tried to locate Hervey. He claimed to be a New York newspaper man. rep resenting the New York Journal, and < was wintering in Augusta. Ga., and chanced to be in Gaffney at the time of the tragedy. Examination of the hotel registers of the city stamps this as a lie. No such man was in Gaffney that day. or for several days before or after the event. If there was such man here he did not stop at any of the hotels or any of the private board ing houses. This is a story faked for the purpose, and circumstantial evi dence is that it was written by a Gaff ney man interested in the case. Reception—11 a. m. to 1 p ..m—South ern Manufacurers’ Club. Afternoon session—2:30 to 5:30. Governor R. B. Glenn, of North. Carolina. Presiding. Address: Gifford Pinchot. Chief For ester. of United States. Washington, D C. Address: Alfred Akerman. State For ester, of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass. Address: Alfred Gaskil, United States Forestry Department, Washington, D. C. Short Addresses bv the Governors and Official Citizens of Maryland. Viruinia, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama. Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky. Florida. Address: Governor R. B. Glenn, of North Carolina. Evening Sessions—8:20 to 10:30. Academy of Music Illustrated Lecture: Prof. .1. A. Holmes, State Geologist, of North Carolina. Short Speeches. NOTES AND COMMENTS. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. V/Innsboro Item*. Winnsboro, Feb. 17.—Last Wednes day was valentine day and the youne neople of this place have been enjoy ing themselves greatly by sending and receiving valentines, especially the school children. While mentioning valentine day let me tell of the mar riage of Mr. Clifford Smith and Miss Lilia Robinson, who were married last Wednesday night at the home of the bride Air. Smith is a young man from Longtown, S. C., and is a hard working young man. Miss Robinson is a voung lady from near Ridgeway, and is known among a good number of the people of this county. They have our best wishes that thev may have a happy life together, and that they may lead a future home for good. The farmers are doing around pret ty lively now, as It is getting time for farming business to be started and it seems almost an impossibility for some people to stay away from tovyn three days at a time Some will come good or bad weather. They are going to come, it makes no difference how work and weather are. A lot of guano has already been hauled out from town; judging by that, the farmers are fixing for a good deal of it this year. A couple of clerks have changed treir places of business since Christ mas. Mr. Earl Smith, who had been clerking for Messrs. .1. D. McCarley & Co. has changed and is now with Messrs. H. B. Refo & Co. Mr. Will Vaughn, who was working for Clark & Co., has gone down and accepted a position with Cathcart & Co. at the cotton mill store. Messrs. Smith and Vaughn are two busy young men and we hope that their business will be a success to them. The people of Winnsboro gladly welcomes Mr. Scruggs from Columbia to be with us. He was working at Columbia and now clerking for Mes srs. D. V. Walker & Co., of this place. Mr. Scruggs did not do like a good many people do. because they are at. a strange place stay at home or at their boarding place. We noticed him at church last Sunday. , Mr. R. T. Mathews has recently moved into his new house on Zion street. Mr. Mathews has lately built this house and has had bad weather to do his work in. though he now has it finished and is now living in it. P.c-v. Byrd did not fill his appoint ment at the Presbyterian church last Sundav on account of having to go to his mother’s, at Kershaw, who was dying. Rev. Ross, of Columbia, filled his pulpit here. Court begins here Monday. Febru ary 19th. I hope to he able to give some few dots of its result next week. Luck to The Ledger and its readers. Willie B. Kirby. The dispensary investigating com mittee have enabled the ''eople to see through the glass contracts of the Carolina Glass Company. • • • Cherokee is not to have the chance at good, roads this year, except what our meagre taxes for that purpose will afford. Now. let Mr. Hardin frame a bill that will meet all the requirements and get some one to present it at the next session the legislature, provided, of course, he is not there to present it himself. You know this is campaign year and there will likely he a change in the dele- e-ujou from this county. « • * The legislature has adjourned and for all the good it done it might never have met. The article in our news column- tells in a concise manner the result of the session. The House wanted and tried to do something, but the Senate acted as a scotch. The «at- elites of Senator Tillman were in pow er and they used it for all it was worth. Perhan.s the most noteworthy t’.iuir done was the defeat of Hull Evans for chairman of the dispensary board. • • • Tho article on corn growing by Mr. E. Mclver Williamson, wnich was pub lished in last Friday’s Ledger, is one that is of benefit to every farmer in Cherokee. We want every man who run> a farm to read and study that article and be benefitted by it. It alone is worth many times the price of one year’s .subscription to The Led ger to cny man who will read It and profit b> ii, but is not worth a penny to anyone who mav read it unless they attempt to profit by It. m • m In the death of Col. Wm. Jefferies tWa community loses one of its best and most useful citizens. He was tru- Brian Bell, of The Ledger, was a business visitor to Spartanburg yes terday. J. H. Allison, of Smyrna, was in the Jty Saturday on business. Mr. Alli son added his name to The Ledger list while here. John U. Dixon, an old Confed from Pacolet, was among the visitors to the city Saturday. It. A. Westbrook, of Smyrna, was in the city yesterday on business, and while here shoved up the date on his label for The Ledger. J. F. Stacy, of Bradly, Miss., arrivel j in the city Sunday and will remain here a short while. Harvey M. Hall and Frank Becker, of New York, who are now stopping at the Piedmont Springs, Paul Gaff ney’s magnificent resort for pleasure seekers and invalids, were in the city Friday. J. D. Garlington, of Sparttanburg, was a business visitor to the city Sat urday. A Birthday Dinner. The children and grandchildren and a good many relatives and friends, met at the home of Mrs. R. Ann Waters the 7th instant for her sixty-seventh birthday. A more en joyable day we seldom see. Mrs. Waters was well and ready to receive every one that came with a heartv hand-shake and a smile, as is her customary welcome. Everyone brought a present and somethin.? nice to go on the table, such as cakes, chicken, ham, and all that ?oes to make a good dinner. The presents were such as a nice dress, kid gloves, and all th-* ?oes *o make a real "ood suit. When the guests were eettinr- readv to leave. Mrs. Waters had (hem sing “Praise God from whom all blessings flow.” ami when, thev were ail seated around the long table, she said:. "Let us repeat the Lord’s nrayer” It was very touching to hear so many voices together led bv tho mother and grandmother. May we all meet with her again on a good many birthdays. One Present. Precursors of Development. (Columbia State.) Trolley lines from Columbia to Ai ken and on to Augusta, and from Asheville. N. C.. to Gaffney. S. C. are reported to be projected, with excel lent assurances of success. These trolley lines, here and there, which are being built or being talked of, are but *he precursors of the development in direction that is to follow. Men now past their majority will live to see a network of trolley lines con necting town and country and ci* * throughout South Carolina and the South. And the industrial develop ment that follows will be unparal leled. Notice. Men wanted for general work. Wages range from one dollar and twenty cents to one dollar and forty cents per day. Wages paid in cash once each week. Apply in person to T.'S United States Leather Go. OM Fort, N. C. Feb. 13 jw. Hazer Pardoned. Washington. D. C.. Feb. 12.—Mid-: sbipman Minor Meriwether, Jr.. of| Louisiana, a member of the third j class, convicted and sentenced to dis missal for hazing, has been pardoned | bv the president. Annapolis, Md., Feb. 12.—Minor - Meriwether, Jr., who was convctod of hazing and sentenced to dismissal from tV' navel academy, but who has : been pardoned by the president. ”'as released from arrest this afternoon. Meriwether, however, will continue under the sentence of one year’s con finement to the academy limits in con formity with the sentence of a former courtmartlal which tried him on charges resulting from the fistic t u- counter which was followed b' r the death of Midshipman James R. Branch, Jr., of which sentence Meri wether has served a bom two months. —Don’t fail to see the three real bargains offered by Nelson. —Shoes for everyt)od> at siaugiitei price* at J, I. Samtt’s. —Dig lot of Quilt*- from 83e to $2 at J. I. Sarratt’s. THE CRIPPLE’S LJMENT i*!) CONSOUTIAN. (With apologies to Life.) Oh, I lost a leg bv trolley. And a hand and arm eloped, In a head to head collision When the trains were telescoped. By a premature explosion. When I happened to be nigh, i was shot across some houses And came down without an eye. In a hotel conflagration All my hair was burned away. And thev found me mid the ruins. Bald as on my natal day. Rendered somewhat slow of motion By these accidents, I failed To escape an automobile. And my left toes were denailed. And since then I have made my prog ress. Remembering these daring feats, In a carriage which a servant Pushes slowly ihrough the streets. Though i am very soru and batteretj. There is one comfort midst my ills, Under my accident insurance The AKtna pays the hills. Be sure to secure a Combination Disability Policy in the Etna Life In surance Company, that guarantee* you an income if you are disabled. JONES J. DARBY, District Agt. For Sale • 3&5 acre tarm, $20.00 per acre 67 acre farm iu Yorkville 50 per acre Lot 72x100, 3 miles from Gaffney. *>3 acre farm, $14.00 per acre, 6 milei from Gaffney. 17^ acres $100.00 per acre. acre farm 4^ miles from Henrietta and JSCliffsides, 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, $1,800 Lot 72x135, $700 00 down. acre farm, $1,350; 2 years to pay for it 4 acres 3 blocks from depot, $3,300.00. Lot 80x200, west end, $350.00 Lot 2 l /i acres, 4 room house $1,050.00. Lot 135 feet by ^00, 3 blocks from depot, $725.00. Lot 200x200, 4 blocks from depot, $700.00 Fine 6 room house, newly finished, near f raded school, ne houses and lots near depot, $6,000 125 acre farm 7 miles from town, $13.50 per acre, % in timber, 185 acre farm near Pacolet Mills, $15.00 per acre—enough timber on it to pay for it. 185 acre farm 7 miles from Gaffney, $15. Ofl per acre. 140 acre farm near Cherokee Falls, 40 acres in fine bottoms, 60 acres virgin timber. $15.00. 114 acres close to Gaffney, $28.00 per acre. 122 acre farm good houses, barns, etc., part in corporate limits, $4, 100.00. 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 aero farm extremely cheap. 202 acre farm, good houses, good barn, etc. Price $1,800.00; easily worth $12.00 per acre. The Hill house and lot, 5 rooms $510.* 00 the cheapest place in town for money. Would rent for $6.00 per month. The Charlie Stacy house, only $800.00 75 acres most all in timber, $1,000.00. One fine lot right in heart of town, $2,000.00. One farm (extremely large) $10,250.00. •50 av.res, house, etc., edge of town. Price $4,000.00. 41 2-5 acres of land, new 5-room house, circular piazza, 4-acre orchard, good bams and outbuildings. Price $2,350. 100 yards from car line. Lot 80x180, comer Jefferies and Laurel streets, near graded school. Price $376. 4 room fconsft, Lara, store room and 1 acre land At Thickety depot, $425.00 Lot 80x200 in left of resident portion of town. Price I80J.00. 147 acres (De Loach lands) $*.00 per acre. 380 acres (De Loach lands) $7.00 per acre. 518 acres eight miles from Gaffney. Price ,6$250. Seventy-five acres In bottoms. 316 acre farm six miles from Gaff ney on R. F. D. No. 1, lying oa Bar ratt’s creek. Twenty acres good bot toms, 125 acres in timber. Three settlements. Price $15 per acre. Two lots four blocks from depot, 75x300. Price $100 per lot. Seven-room house, eight acres of fine land. Good barn, out buildings, etc. The Morgan home, Price $4,000 One beautiful lot corner M^^iow and Grenard streets, 80x200, price $1,750. 118 acres all in timber 8 miles out Lies good. Price $16 2-3 per acre. 67 acres 4 miles out. 2-3 In timber, on R. F. D. and public road. Lies well. $850. 281 acres on Thickety and Gilkey creeks. Lies fine, fine buildings, high ly improved and good timber. 128 acres, 8 acres original forest, plenty of 2nd growth pine timber, houses, etc., has well, $12.50 per acre. Nice house 112 acr^, of good ground, near depot. Price $2,000. 8-room house and nice new barn, 5 acres, beautiful land In Blacksburg, $1,100. 6-room house, lot 150x150, good barns and out buildings, $600. Will exchange for farm. Nice brick store room, bouse and vacant lot in Gaffney, is rented for $15 per month. Price $2,176. 5-room house and 1-2 acre ground, fine orchard, $1,225. FOR RENT. 8-roora house and one horse farm in town. House being fixed up. UNION COUNTY. One pretty new 6-room cottage In Union; nice bam and outbuildings Yard and garden; nicely fenced; on Wardlaw street near E. Main. Only a short distance from railway station and school house. Young 'rchard, 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. Pric* $15.00 per acre. 218 acres, good settlement, prett; land, lies abreast up to railway sta tion, well timbered. Very cheap at $15.00 per acre. 85 acres on Thickety creek, 35 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 The Oliver Visible Writing, Rapid Escapement, Superior Construction, Interchangeble Carriage. The Art Catalogue Tells All About It -Is Free on Request. J. G. Crayton & Co., Gen. Agts. Trust Bldg. Charlotte, N. C. July Mth-pd. Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailoring. Having secured the services of an ex pert Tailor from New York, I am now prepared to cut and make Suits for Ladies and Gentlemen in the very latest styles. LADIES’ TAILORING A SPECIALTY. A full line of samples of the newest fabrics always on hand. Have your clothing made in your own town where you can lie sure of a fit. All work guaranteed. Give me a trial Clothing altered and remodeled. W. H. Robinson. Upstairs over Settlemyer building fhe Builders Supply Go. Successors to L. Baksr, Will furnish your Building Material of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. 1 aeart pine Shingles and Laths, Guar an teed Pure White Lead and Zinc, and Pure Linseed Oil. Nothing better to paint your house with and cost« 'ess than mixed paints. When In need )t anything in the building line, cal and see us; we’ll treat you cour reonsly and make your estimate* for nothing. 1^. H ti 1c o i', MANAGER Take Care OF- The Gents And the dollars will take care of themselves. Some people make fun of “thirty cents” but it is an account worth saving, nevertheless, and that is what we can save for you ever time you buy ten Electric Light Globes 4,8, 16 and 32 candle pow er from us. It’s this way, we have made arrangements with the manufacturers whereby they allow us three cents for all old burnt out globes returned, and in stead of putting this money in our pockets as many merchants would co, we give it to our customers. Bring your old globes to us when you come for the new ones and we will allow you three cents a piece for them. If you can’t come ’phone us. ^ The ^ Gaffney Drug Company, R. C. GARLAND. Mgr. Hotels and Depot. HOLLISTER’S Rocky Mountain 'ea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, Live* and Kidney troubles. Pimples, Kczema. Impure Blood, Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowels. Headache and Backache. Its Kocky Mountain Tea in tab- 1 let form. 35 cents a box. Genu In 3 made by Hollihtkk Ditno Company. Madison, Wis. } GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALIOW PEOPLE horseshoe Robinson Upon reee |»t **f $t 50 or fo^’tliat amount deposited in either of the Gaffney hanks to my credit I will deliver (postpaid; a copy of Horseshoe Robinson, hy F. Kennedy to any address In the United States. .1 L. Strain, Wllkfnsvlile. !*. C Blue Ribbon A bon-ton, upper crust, gooB enough for anybody, GINGER ALE Try it. Ask for it Anywhere in Town. P»ottled by CHEROKEE BOTTLING WORKS. Jan.SB-tf. There’s Money In It| BANK hr The man of exper- ——I -.*a ience will tell you that = the only way to save is to deposite it in a bank. When an account is started the saving habit grows and useless ex penditures are curtail ed. < : "Plie; G&fTxney Oeirxl-c Not only takes care of your money, but pays FOUR PERCENT. INTEREST on all deposits COMPOUND- ED FOUR times a year. : : : J ‘; ; I The Gaffney Savings Bank, .’♦] Office in The National Bank of Gaffney. '{♦j m £ Stop, Look and Listen. The best .nstallment house you ever heard of. Where is it? Just stop when you get to the W. Sam Lipscomb big store and ask them where W. J. Maness keeps and they will tell you next door. You get the best Sewing Machine there for the lowest price you ever heard of. Clocks, Trunks and most anything you can mention, and money will buy it as cheap as you can or der from any house in the world, and I can give you a price to suit the times and the way you wish to pay. Come and see my goc as. If you want a good Talking Machine, Records or Need les, I keep them. ’Phone No. 183. W. J. MANESS’S Big Store. Vv /ah