The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 10, 1906, Image 4
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T iesday ana Friday,
(1 h t-'C-3rnfi. Editor ana ^tiMiaher.
J. Brian Bell, Neyy» Editor.
WE’VE SLIPPED A COG.
Soniet'iintt s’ems to be wronf
Cherokee. That emintv was the Am
to vote nit the dist)'*n-ary. and om
friend. I’d. Itet atop las
of the eood times
became effett ve
in
been tellins
in Cherokee
us
since pro' ibition
At one < f their county campaign mee •
ints the crowd broke up in a row with
some forty or llt.y knives am*»:
but fortunate]v no one was hint. .
comes that the mayor of
the report
Gaffney and his policemen bold regn
lar fisticuffs on tn> streets of <iaff
-Newberry Herald and News.
almost correct, brother,
‘somethins' seems to be
It would have
ney.
You are
when von sav
wrong in Cheroket
been quite co'r ct to say “the ma
chinery has slipped a cog in Chero
kee.” .Matters have adjusted them
selves, and it is to be hoped that tne
occasion will never a" in arise for a
similar story to go out from Cherokee
Too much of the “Oh. he joyful” was
responsible for the Mabry mill rack
et. We want to embrace this onpor
tunltv to exhonorate the good people
of that section from any blame foi
the trouble there. It was brought
about by persons who do not live in
that immediate neighborhood, and
some of them live outside the coup
ty. The only excuse for the town
trouble was a difference between the
parties involved which had keen
brewing for some time and which
culminated in a fisticuff when the lie
passed—a thing that is liable to hap
pen in almost any town unless the
men i*f the town are all too cowaidlj
to resent what we Indians call a per
sonal insult. It would have been best
if the men involved had resisted the
temptation to tight, but it is some
times difficult for men to curb their
anger when aroused. Me do not ap-
• laud the incidents. On the other
hand, wc deplore them. The Ledger
did not go into details about them,
our excuse bcin^ that we did not care
to 1 run dry our dirtv linen in public.
If. in giving a plain unvarnished
statements of the facts, without em
bellishments we erred, then the fault
is ours, but we cannot dismiss the
subject without saying that we would
rather err on the side of mercy than
on the side of violence, especially
where the good name of our com
munity is interested. This county
has been without the dispensary
two years and this is the first trouble
of this character. Would it have
been avoided if we bad the dispen
sary? And must we be censured for
these menses and not be credited for I Judge Lon
past good behavior? All we ask is a j .strong word?: “God Almighty reigns
fair trial by an impartial jury and
that all the facts be brought out and
We do not fear the verdict, not even
from our fri mis. the advocates of the
dispensary, let alone one so neutral
as our good friend Anil.
NO'.'liS AND COMMENTS.
Senator Tillman has closed his
campaign in this State, and the ques
tion remains Las the Senator been
if benefit to his people in delivering
these speeches in behalf < f his pet
scheme? if so. we acknowledge our
liability to see it. Haven’t we curs-
enough? It appears to us that the
Senator would have been of much
treater service had he attempted to
relievo us of some of the ills of which
vp complain rather than to force up
>n us an evil of which we would be
id.
* * *
Ere we neglect it too long we want
o acknowledge our indebtedness for
i he excellent service rendered this
taper by Capt. J. B. Bell and the staff
luring the absence of the editor on
his recent vacation. We are not
browing any boquets at ourself when
ve sav that The ledger was perhaps
he best edited newspaper for those
wo weeks of any piper in the
'tate whose editor was absent. Of
course we expected the boy 8 to spread
hemselves—we knew' they would do
heir duty—but we had no idea they
vere going to eclipse all previous
efforts and thus make the old man
ook like thirty cents. It all simply
toes to show that no one person need
navine he is “It,” for there are
fibers just as good, if not better. Its
.'ratifying to know that one has gath-
u-ed so able and trustworthy assist-
uits and that one cm rely upon ones
fiends in the time of need.
* * *
Over in North Carolina, where we
ire wont to point with pride to the
mpartial administration of the law.
i vicious, blood-thirsty mob. stormed
he fail and took out and put to death
hn e negroes who were charged with
he murder of the Lyerly family in
Iowan county several weeks ago.
A e are printing the press accounts of
lie lynching in another column. This
.inching was not only uncalled for,
• at it was an outrage against the law
>t is to be hoped that every man who
iad a hand in the affair will be pun
ished. It is such utter disregard for
law that is largely responsible
for the prevalence of crime. These
negroes were about to be tried. Their
conviction and speedy execution was
a foregone conclusion, and there was
absolutely no excuse. The fiendish
white brutes—equally as brutal if not
more brutal than the black devils
who murdered the innocent babes—
were simply determined to play “big
I lie’s” and show their contempt for
the law. Well the law should show
its contempt for them. In address
ing a crowd on the subject in the
itowau county court house Tuesday
gave utterance to these
HARD ON BLOCKADER6.
State Constables Keeping Hot After
Illicit Distillers.
Spartanburg. Aug. 7.—StHe Con
stables Mulligan. Miller and Hayes
ave returned from the Gowansville
section, which lies between thi* and
Greenville county, where two stills
were d ?stroyed. One was a liquor
al.int and the other was used ip mak
ing what is known as still beer. No
n, ” , e ts w r ere made, and the raid was
a quiet one, nothing having been seen
d the operators, though it w'as evi
dent that a run was about ready to he
uade. The officers poured out the
liquids on the ground and hacked the
fi-ills into fragments, which are
muglit. to town to he sent to head
quarters.
Of late illicit operators have been
Mt several severe blows by the of-
icers and the business has suffered
mm the inroads of the raiders. Sev-
■ral months ago it was reported that
the community in which the block-
niing has been carried on for years
ias decided to take up the work or
. viping out the busines and for six
>1’ seven weeks the officers have had
m easy time so far as that section
vas concerned. Several days ago they
eceived wmrd that the operators had
esunied their old stands and proceed
'd to make another and what proved
to lie a successful raid.
Corinth Chronicles.
Corinth. July 9.—The people In this
community are trying to get through
with their crops but it looks like they
•an’t get through, it has been raining
5o much, but the last f"'v days have
een pretty weather for hilling grass.
Mrs. P. C. Garvin, who got badly
nirt some time ago, is some better
ve are glad to say.
Miss Eva Tate, of Gaffney is spend
:ng several days with Miss Eliza Kir
ov of this place.
Miss Lillie Goudelock, of Pacolet.
is spending some tiine with. Miss
lay Bridges.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie A. Kirby, of
Shelby, N. C., are visiting relatives I
ind friends in this community.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Pettit, Mrs. !
Huth Pettit and Mrs. Nannie Pettit !
siient the day with Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
’Itry ami family lust Sunday,
Miss Eliza Kirby spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. B. F. Petty and attended service
at Beaverdant.
They have organized a Sunday I
school at the Clary Line school house.
Mr. Bob Kirby is the superintendent
and Mr. John Car er is assistant and
Mr. Claud Kirby is secretary and
treasurer and the teachers are Misses
Eliza Kirby. May Bridges and Maud
Kirby. They are having good atten-
,danee. It meats at 4 o’clock. Our
Sunday school is still improving at
this place.
Miss Kosa Kirby, of Gaffney, has
been spending a few days with Misses
Eula and Reheca Carter of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Petty, of Beaver-
dam. spent Sundiy night and Monday
with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Littlejohn.
Miss Eula Carter, who has been
sick for settle time, we are glad to
say is better. Brown Eyes.
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Miss Daisy Anthony is visiting
friends and relatives in Chattanooga.,
Tenn. j was attracted to a very peeulhr gar-
Miss Lucy Carp nter left Wednos-! m nt. by the excited comment that
lay for Jonesville where she goes to j it was attracting from two negro boys
visit friends for a few days. who wore just crossing the street.
.Miss Lula Gain it has returned I The garment in question was with-
from a trip to “the land of the sky ! out doubt intended as a waist, but
ind beyond.” beyond that it could not bo com-
Drs. Malcom Goudelock and Robt. ! mented upon with any great accu-
C. Garland were attendants at the; racy or an , certainty whatever. It
Something New in Waists.
White the Busted Bubbles man was; -pj K , noxt ge88 j on () f the Beaverdam
strolinu'- down Limestone street on j Kr j loo i
Saturday afternoon his attention
I min
meeting of the pkarmautical
asso-
■med to liave no end and very littb
ciation of South Carolina Wednesday. | heginnin ,r
B n Hill Brown, a prominent young
man of Cowpens, was in the city yes
terday.
It’s gen *ral appearance
was fluffy, very Huffy indeed, and
seemed to he adorned by ringlets
curving in al] directions at every turn.
Beaverdam High School.
ession of the Beav
will begin October 8th,
The school for the coming ses
sion will be under the management
j of Mr. M. M. Harrison, of Schenecta
dy. N. Y. Mr. Harrison graduated
. with the degree of A. B. from Furman
Cniversity in !9<i5. He comes to
: Beaverdam w 11 represented by the
j president and faculty of the universi*
j ty, and all friends and patrons have
t the greatest expectations for the pros-
; perity of the school under Mr. Har-
, rison’s guidance.
The school did splendid work under
ii. • management of Mr. \V. T. David-
and ilie law is still supreme.” We be
lieve the first, but our faith in the
Pondfield Paragraphs.
Pond field, Aug. 9.—Rev. E. G. Ross,
of Gaffney, closed a ten days meeting
it Draytonville yesterday during
which there has been considerable in-
latter proposition is wavering. Had I terest manifested and there lias be.-n
one determined man. with faith in I finite a number added to the church.
Good roads and compulsory educa
tion are two good things for any com
munity. Tl. one is a tax saver while
the oilier is a man maker.
* * *
It is commendable in anv man to
make money, provided, of course, be
does it honestly, but he who makes
money by falsely representing the
business of his competitor is not only
robbing his competitor but is also rob
bing hi:
customer.
* * •
Again we call attention to that Gas
ton Shoals bridge proposition. This
Is something that means progress for
the county. We wmuld like to have
those of our subscribers who may he
interested in the matter to express
their views on the subject through
the columns of this paper.
* * *
The Charlotte Observer in 4ts local
columns speaks of the large number
of copies of that paper which were
sold Tuesday because of the story of
the lynching, and yet we doubt not
that its owners would rather that its
circulation remain normal or even
become ineonsequental rather than be
boost 'd because of events' which
blacken the good name of tV; State.
• • •
Those Latin-American countries,
which occasionally indulge ir -evolu
tions. should remember that Secreta
ry Root, who is now in their vicinity,
baa tlie “big stick” with him and ^
God and a purpose in his heart to up
hold the law, and a good gun in his |
hand, defied that mob to do its worse I
but at the peril of the first man who |
made an attack, there would not have |
been enough cowards on earth to
goad him on to death. The shame of
that lynching re.->t upon the sheriff,
the jailor and the captain of the
military company for not doing their
duty singly and collectively. We
know its hard to give the command
to shoot into a crowd in which may
' some of our friends, hut the friends
of law-abiding citizens have no busi
ness in company with mobs fatally
bent on mischief and when they are
caught in such mobs they are a part
ol the mob and should he dealt with
as criminals—for they are nothing
less. May God speed the dav when
this fair land of ours may he freed
from the violence of mob law.
A Card from Dr. Anderson.
To the Voters of the Democratic
Party of Cherokee County:
While I felt, and still feel, grateful
to you for the very complimentary
vote you gave me in last y.'ir’s elect
ion. appreciating most sincerely the
confidence shown in and the honor
conferred upon me. and while for
these reasons I deemed it my duty to
•ffer to serve you again ii> th legis
lature. yet, on account of the serious
and prolonged illness of the two j
nearest and dearest members
family—my wife and mother—
seem that my duty to then
nrevent m > from even showing
. Mrs I. Y. Sige, of Atlanta
j turned to her home Tuesday after
having spent several days w-ith her
nother, Mrs. W. D. Alexander, at this
•dare.
The growing crops in this section
have been considerably injured by the
I recent continued rains. Cotton is
| ladly injured.
• The heavy rainfall of tha 1st and
I Jnd inst., did considerable damage
| 'o Mr. Thonns Spencer's mill darn
J 'hieh it is said will take something
like two hundred dollars to repair,
i Mr. and Mrs James McAhee spent
Saturday and Sunday with relatives
it Gowdysville.
Rev. J. B. Wilson, of Gaffney, is
holding a series of meetings at Wil
son's Chapel this week at Wilkins-
ville.
Our farmers did not get to finish
laying by their e-ops owing to the
continued rains, but the most of them
nave quit anyway H. P. G.
A Correction,
Wilkinsville. August 7th. 19dG.
Mr. Editor:—I notice in the report
of the Wilkinsvilh meeting last Fri
day tint the types make a skip from
’be first part of Virgil MeCraw’s ad
dress to the closing remarks of Kim-
sey O Huskey, candidate for the
'egisl lure, t.ius having out all the
candidates for sheriff and legislature.
How tiiis omission or inadvertence
came about we can't tell unless it
more time in which
s •venteen pages of
I to cover the report
Grindai Gossip.
Grindal, Aug. 'i.—Every one here
deplores the affray that occured al
Mabry’s mill Saturday and we as a
community, wash our hands of it.
We not only regret that it occurred
here, hut are sorry that a candidate
should be insulted among us, and
from what we can learn, this parti
cular candidate will win instead of
losing votes on account of it.
From our observation w« are un
able to sav which is best, the dispen
sary or prohibition, but one thing we
do know, times could not have been
much worse Saturday if we had had
the barroom system.
Rev. L. R. Gaines filled his regular
appointment at Rehoboth Sunday and
notwithstanding that the protracted
meeting was in progress at Giliard,
he discoursed to a full house.
Miss Nellie Parks, of Union, and
Mrs. Katie Jefferies, of Gaffney
route, attended services at Rehoboth
Sunday.
A movement is on foot to get up a
singing school at Rehoboth in the
Ga., re- | near future.
The smiling fare of Miss Pauline
Pettit, school teacher at. Gowdysville,
was a welcome addition to the congre
gation Sunday. Miss Pettit has forty-
two scholars enrolled at her school.
Mr. Andy Blanton spent Monday at
W. E. M. Kirby’s.
Mrs S. A. Hames and myself spent
i nleasant day at -fir. Will Hames, of
Not a Piece of the goods of which the i ^ ’ his |,ast year ' Esp '“ clal lv doea
waist was composed was aparent that
was not twisted and turned, presum-
itd> by some kind of machine. Last,
but mi; least, it was on the person of
a very fat black negro woman. The
comment referred to earlier in this
article was about as follows: ’Say, ,
nigger, do you see dat waist dat wo- ,
man is wearing?” “Sure; ain’t de
tiling a awful sight?” "Yes. but do I
you reckin site thinks the thing is;
pretty?” "1 spec site does, but site !
shore is wrong ’bout dat.” “Right
you is. boy:” and with this parting
* at the taste of the necress >hat
had aroused their ire by her select
ion of a garment for street wear the
negro boys passed on down Lime
stone and turned Into Frederick
street. The woman passe I on up
Limestone street, and until th cor
Ui'r whs Iv.iss< 1 (1 th<> Tifj^ro Imi v h^mh!
it chained and stared at tin -treat
ing apparition.
Shooting Affair in Monroe.
Monroe. Aug. 7 Van Flyer, son of
Ransom Plyler, of Buford township,
was shot in the ’.eg near the hip by
Jack Stewart la-t uiaht. the weapon
Dividson deserve credit for the
work done, it being the first year of
the school as a graded one Tiiis
school is the result of the consolidar
tion of the Midway and Beaverdam
public schools.
Galveston’s Sea Wan
makes life now as safe in that city
as on the highest uplands. E. W.
(ioodloe, who resides on Dutton St,
in Waco. Tex., needs no sea wall for
safety. He writes: “I have used Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion the past five years and it keeps
me well and safe. Before tint time I
had a cough which for years had been
■rowing worse. Now it’s gone.”
I’ures chronic Coughs, La Grippe,
•'roup and Whooping Cough and pre
vent; Pneumonia. Pleasant to take.
Every bottle guarmteed at Cherokee
lire - Co's drug store. Price oOc and
$1.00. Trial bottle free.
dgun. The news did
not roach Monroe until this afternoon,
A-chraft was called to at-
wo,in lei] man. The doctor
u
when
tend
■ing a
Dr
lie
t:
w
, I
the who11
ing lodge
ihat the
i very senou
load witli the waddiiu
1 near the bone. It k
affair \ia^ ilie r suit
; one,
; huv-
said
of a
’rough.
n: v
of
it did j
woul i
a wil
.vas tor went of
to set up th*
manusrri <t it to
d -he meeting.
Also I no;in* a
r wiiie i mak
i-tb of i is
i
: elf
Tuesdnv. A^so a pleasant
niaht at the home of Mr. Dock Lit
tlejohn’s Tuesday night. Aunt Tibia
has some of the largest cabbage heads
we have seen this year. She has
made two tubs of—how do you spell
it Mr. .1. L. S—kraut?
Mr. J. R. Kirby has announced him-
self r candidate for magistrate.
Dear me. we had no idea that the
“old man” had returned, or else we
would not have been so free with our
pen. Henceforth we will confine our-
^eif strictly to news (?) But we sure
njoy the description of his trip.
Wish he had spun it out longer.
Annie Laurie.
quarrel between
lich hard cider cut
tw (
a e
men, in
msiderahle
figure
In the mountains of Panay and
other Islands of the southern Philip
pines moths can be scraped up by the
quart. The natives have learned to
prize them as an article of food, and
they now collect and eat them in
large quantities.
The proper way to feed corn to
young chickens is to give in a crush
ed or cracked conJition, and it may
be fed dry or scalded.
i,
u J.
t
battle ship to back it up. This new !
style of diplomacy has not been rati- |
fled by the Unit d States senate, but j
anything goes with the present streu- j
uotis administrition.
fineness
to
serve my
SI
He and
county.
Hov e
■Vi r. since
till*
de.i’li ol
r q ,f mot!) 1
r am
1 tin* improved
state ol
my wife’s
i heal
th, and upon t!-
e tug nt
olieitatk
III 0
f a nun
her
of rav
f d nds, 1
nlid exc
1 felt.
that ! rn
for hohlln
mid
have no
irk an>
lonjior, !■
"andid'itc
HI
for
UIO’UH O j
re rlf ct ion
to 1
If a, a
House ol
!!orr(*8<n
fill IV'.
* \ sir iect
to
tin* pri-
nary el<-<
ttion.
Wm.
Anderson
i error in my regular
me give the voting
county 8.2bO instead
mention this in order to
right with our readers.
Respectfully.
J. L Strain.
t-t
01(1
ren.
Not Guilty.
(Columbia State.)
r Del’imp says that the Vau-
n’t know how to laugh, and
bile Norih ke longed for “a
uehing haw-haw.” We fear
ir f rien | DcCamp must hav?
jok • to bis Northern breth-
$ioo Reward, $ioo.
Tlif .waders of this paper will bt* pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease t hat sclenee has been aide tr -ure in all
Its slaves and that is< atarrli. Hall s< 'aturrh
Cure is the only positiventure now known lo
the medical fraternity. Catarrh lie ng a
consiituthuial disease, requires u ennsi it u-
iional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is
taken Internally, acting directly upon the
blood ami mucous surfaces of the system,
i lierehy destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength hy
Inillding up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curat i\c powers
dial they olfer One Hundred Hollars for'any
•ase that It fails to cure. Send for list of
lest Imoiiiais.
Address. F. .1. Cheney At Co., Toledo, O.
Sold hy Druggisis. 75c
Ij a 1 1’s r'itr.il v I’ll Is at < the best
Good Food Destroyed.
((’arolitt’i Spartan )
Cherokee county lias 40 candidtes
in the ti'dd. They will destroy lost
if good food as they roam over the
ouuty.
We like best to call
SCOTT’S EMULSION
a food because it stands so em>
phatically for perfect nutrition.
And yet in the matter of restor
ing appetite, of giving new
strength to the tissues, especially
to the nerves, its action is that
of a medicine.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOWN K, Chemista,
♦>9-415 Pearl Street, New Yak.
joc. and f 1.00; all druggist*.
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Crimson Clover
Vetches, Alfalfa
Seed Oats, Rye
Barley, Seed Wheat
Grasses and Clovers
Descriptive Fall Catalogue
mailed free, and prices
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Read and Take Notice.
There will be a great rally, barbe
cue, dedecating and cornerstone lay
ing of the Cherokee Normal Indus
trial Institute In the building of the
institute and on the grounds of the
same, in Gaffney August 21st. The
Odd Fellows will d'die He the Insti
tute and the Masons will lay the
cornerstone. Rev. R. Carroll and
Prof. A. A. Sims are the orators of the
day. We have already two or three
beeves and two or three hogs and
three or four sheep for the harbecue.
I Come both white and colored as we
: wish t-* make this dav one that will
j go down in history. Remember the
due. Tuesday, August 21st, 1906.
I General managers Revs. E. L. Beaty,
> A. E. Wright, C. F. Whitteuburg and
A. Norris.
! Aug 14, 21 nc.
Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 a year.
.it
all
7chi ziro invited to call and Inspect the Choicest collection of
'Th Tils
SL M
Winter' Woolens
Ever displayed in this town, which will be shown by Wm. A. McSherky, Jr., representing the celebrated tailoring establishment of M. Moses & Son, Baltimore, Md.
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August I Oth and llth at CflTroll & BVCTS Gaffney, South Carolina.