Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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• ’ L . £Do K. •esday and Friday, -.o p fcaito' .ml Publiahe* i Brian Bell, News Editor. Hereafter no advertisement* will be accepted at this office after 9.30 o’clock •n Mondays and Thursdays. Watch vour label an,I the date. And renew before ’tls too late; If there be an error, don’t Ret mad Report tc us—we’ll make you glad. Rpm. inber. ’tls our aim to please. But errors are like pesk'’ fleas Ttiev will creep In In spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and tin date. — Original NO’"liS AND COMMENTS. Let’s see. It was the Gaffney Led are.r. we believe, that said Ur. Lyon wQtild win ban Is down.—FV»rt Mill T’tnes. Yes we said it. Are you »UI1 igno rent of the resu’t 0 It appears to us that the la.’xh is on you, oM boy. * * * It is a puz/le to us to knsw why it is our peop’e will put ut> with tkeir public roads. We are told that tliey are in Rood conditio* now. We went over a portion of lli**m Satur- ^and we must say that, if they are a sample of the best roa.l» in the country may the good Lh<1 deliver us from haying to go ov.m the bad ««es. * * * Here’s one that J. Rutledge Mc Ghee, of the Greenwood ladex, drop- wed us on a private mailing card last Wednesday; “Well! I guess that’s hne business f:*r Cherokee! “Ben Tillman’s ‘mouth waji’ store iMt out of commission.” Mouth wash store hohi<L better than either dispensary, G M. I. or barroom. * * * The life of the late Thomas Wood i, a splendid example for young men L* follow. His must in<lo.*d have h'en an exemplary life wh 'n nothing »Hit good and kind words are spoken at his death. He was a modest and i* '.assuming Christian country gentle man in whom there was no guile. G e < iliose who would leave a good name follow the example set by George Thomas Wood. * A * The re appearance of Thomas Gix- o-„ Jr.’s play. ‘The Clansman,” brings to mind the fact that Mr. Dix- •*. was at one time a minister of the gospel. One question tha! naturally presents itself to the mind >i the lay man is this; If Thomas Oixon. Jr., was divinely called to preaefc the gos- IKrl could he have been diviuely call *•,« to renounce the "ospej ro write novels and playg for gold **•! a plaud- ert world? * * * The Southern Cotton Association at its meeting at Hot Spnigs, Ark., named ten cents as th** minimum price for cotton. Well, that's cheap estousd 'nd all hands should lie sat isfied. One thing the association did wliich. in our judgment, *?is wrong was in whit-washing Cheatham. No •rganization can command the re ect of UK* masses whe* it white washes a known traitor, •nd tins is what Cheatham proved to W* when he d*t>bled in futures. * * * Charlotte lias tost anoth'f luminary fctim its journalistic world the victim •f the black horse of death this time being Mr. Claud Matthews, <*f the staff •f the Charlotte News. Mr. Mat- tliews was a splendid as well as faith laborer and bis death i„ a source •f deep sorrow on the part of those with whom he labored and those who k*ew him. He was a young man to g*ve up the fight, but in <lie short awace allotted’ to him o* »arth had proved his worth. Our sympathy goes p«t to his relatives and late associates «> their loss. # • « We regret to note the death of Mr. I**hn Carnegie, editor of the Polk •winty. N. C., News. He wv, one of the most modest and unassuming men we ever knew. He was bora in Eng land, came to New York with his pa norting his speech the following par- \graph occurred; "Senator Tillman was discussing the combines and the millionaires. ‘These u n.’ he asserted ‘don’t know within 100.000,000 how much they have got. How did they get it?’ He bent double, thrust out both his hands, md shouted with the emphasis on the long o, ‘They stole it!’ The house Plundered. He remembered that Wai •ole said tint every man had his price, and scratched his head thought- uliv and disagreeably." Is this an ad nission on the part of the Senator that he has his price? A’e are Inclined to accept him at h.s word. • • • The other day when jocosely ac cused of having the big head since >eing elected to the legislature. Rep- rosentative-E.ect Clary said: No, indeed. 1 realize that I have some thing to do now, and it is my purpose to give all the thought possible to the ueods of Cherokee county and try to lo something that will be of benefit to the people. It has become a -ions matter with me, and I am begin ning to realize that it’s not a jesting natter." Certainly Mr. Clary is in earnest and it can be relied upon that nothing will receive his endorsement »r condemnation without first having received serious consideration at his hands. dairy markets. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Clcmson Expert Want* Farmers to Help Him in the Enterprise. For over a year the writer has been critically studying the dairy markets of this State and the information se cured may be summarized as follows; Most of the cities of the State fur nish exce lent markets for a limited class of milk and cream producers. This class of producers usually reside within a few miles of the city and make a specialty of dairy farming. In many cases these producers are not able to meet the demands and the shortage could he profitably supplied l>-- farmers farther removed from the cities, if they would take the pains to handle and cool the milk and cream nroperlv so that these products could be shipped by rail. , The bulk of the milk and cream, however, is produced by farmers more distantly located from the cities, and. as a rule, is converted into butter selling at from 15 to 30 cents per pound. The average price of this butter ranges from 15 to 20 cents per pound. Those who are suitably equip ped and take pains in looking up mark ets usually have no difficulty in secur' ing an average of 25 cents per pound the year round But those so situated and equipped are comparatively few. The w’riter has been hard at work for a year or more trying to find for the producers of the 13 and 20 cents butter markets tiiat shall pay them better profits. The market for this class of producers is a greater cream plant, to which the cream from various parts of the State may he shipped | and made into high grade butter Such a cream plant of creamery we have had under contemplation for a long time and plans are now nearly ready for its construction. The cost Harry C. Wheat left Saturday for Port Deposit, Md.. where he. enters Jacob Tome Institute. j of such a plant will approximate Misses Alice, Eliza and Ellen Gaines | pon and requires an expert to run have returned from Edgewood. Va., where they were the guests of their grand father, Hon. John R. Brown Miss Gussie Ehoff. of Baltimore, snent a few days in the city last week while enroute to Newberry. She was the guest of Mrs. J. C. Lipscomb . Dr. and Mrs. W. B. DuPre and little son John returned yesterday from a short stay in Spartanburg. Mrs. Dwight D. Hartlove, of Balti- nore. Md., is visiting Mrs. Flojtd L. Baker, on Granard street. T. B. Butler was a Spartanburg vis itor last week. A. M. Aiken, of Chester, was in the city Tuesday. J. T. Plaxico, a railroad man of jherokee Falls, was in Gaffney yester day. Miss Lydie Folger. of Easley, was in the city Friday, returning home from a trip to Washington. I^‘e J. Hammett was in the city Sat urday pnroute for Virginia, where he is instructor in a military institute. Elias Johnson, formerly of this city, but now of Grover, was in the city yesterday. Messrs. Clyde Peeler, Kimsey Hus key and Forest McCraw leave today for the Fork 1 Union Military College to enter college. A. R. Potts, of Charlotte, was in Gaffney Saturday. H. K. Osborne spent yesterday in Spartanburg. E. C. Ray, of Charlotte, was in the city Saturday. Leon Gaffney has returned from a visit to Samuel Lipscomb at Asbury. Misses Allene Cudd, Idell Brown and j. .1 Cr,d | .lave returned to Spartan burg at: • visiting relatives in Gaff ne/. Ciiar.es E. White, ot Charlotte, was the city Saturday. J. C Otts was a visitor to Spar tanburg yesterday. G. W. Gibbons, an advertising ex- nert of Charlotte, was in the citv yes terday. .1. C. Jefferies was a visitor to Greenville yesterday. Miss Dot Erquhart, of Blacksburg, was the guest of Miss Laura Duff, of this city, for several days last week. State Geologist Holmes is in the citv inspecting the different mineral interests about this section, especial ly the Ross tin mine. J. W. Tolleson has returned from a trip to northern markets, where b< purchased a big fall stock of goods. W. J. Wilkins is home again from the North and East. Billy was look ing after the intersts of his patrons while away. * Carl Sarratt was a Spartanburg visitor Sunday. Philip Epstein, of Columbia, special igent for the Southern States Trust company, is in the city. Miss LPa Sarratt Las recently re turned from Snartanburg where sh has been visiting friends and rel itives. Miss Evelyn Sarratt contemplates leaving for New York in the near fu ture where she expects spending th< winter with friends and relatives. Dr. W. K. Gunter will leave tomor- -ow night for At ant a. where he goes attend the annual nveting of the National Dental Association. He will Market the Crop Slowly. The recent m eting of the Execu tive Committee of the Southern Cot ton Association held at Hot Springs, Vrk.. fixing the minimum price on otton, basis midli»» r . at Interior points it 10 cents is as low a price as any armer could be asked or advised to iold his cotton. Ten cents per pound s practically the bread and meat line and cotton sold below that figure, jowever slight, barely represents the cost of production. There is no necessity and no kind f sensible reasoning why the South should sacrifice the present maturing crop of cotton at anv price under ten cents per pound. There is no good A Card to School Patron*. I am often asked the question: “Why is it we can’t get books?’’ Immediately after the adoption of looks last June. It was decided to have a central depository in Colum bia. Soon after this an injunction was filed acainst the State ixiard of edu cation that had for its object the an nulling of that part of the contract referring to the State depository. While his injunction was held against the State board the publishers would lot take chances on h viug the looks made for this special adoption, lowever after several weeks, the in ’ inction w s dissolved, but not ii 'Tie to ha'’" the hooks on sal 1 for thf reason why this crop should sell for I opening of the schools. Notwithstand- ess than that of the last crop which averaged a little over eleven cents per pound at the ports. Since Sep tember 1st 19111 to September 1st 1906. there have come into sight 25,- 500,0)0 bales of cotton, and of this enormous amount, all had been prac tically consumed except about 800, OOii bales. Average Price Good. Pile past two years, showing the largest production both years in the history of our cotton production, sold it an average price of ten cents per pound, or the grand total of $1,250,000 - 000. With the consumption of these two unprecedented crops soiling at an average of ten cents, we still find the demand for finished goods enormous and the full capacity of the mills un able to supply the trade at very high prices for manufacture. Since August the first, heavy and continuous deterioration has taken ing. orders for great numbers were placed six week's ago. Some of these books are now in and bills for others have been received, and it is hoped tbit the whole number will be on hand in a very few days. Please note the following letter: Columbia, S. C.. Sept, 8, 1906. Mr. J. L. Walker, Co. Supt. of Education, Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir:—Yours of Sept. 8th reed., and in replv will state that we are shipping out the books to the agents just as rapidly as possible. Some of them we have not, as yet received from the publishers but hope to have them all by Monday next, when all or ders will be filled. Yours truly. The R. L. Bryan Co. The above named firm have charge of the book depository. I trust that this explanation will FOR SALE. If you want to buy a good house ;"nvenient to graded school and Jin^stone College, address “House” •are Ledger. Sept. 3 tf. FOR SALE—Seed wheat. Apply to I. V, Sarratt. Sept. Ytf. FOR RENT,. FOR RENT—Two store rooms on obinson street. Webster & Jefferies March 6 tf. v u ■ Eu,. WANTED—White woman to do cooking and housekeeping for small family. Address ledger X. Y. Z. WANTED — 200 cords of good pine wood. GLOBE MFC. CO. Aug. 3-tf. place in the fruitage of the crop over prove satisfactory to all parties con it. The problem, therefore, is: can a sufficient amount of cream be oh tained in the State to warrant this er'endituro of money? This is f° r vou to settle. We urgently request every reader of this article who has had difficulty in finding a market or has been sell ing his butter at low prices to write us at once, stating the number of cows from which he may wish to con tribute cream. it may be stated roughly that the •rice which the creamer/ can nay Ps latrons for butterfat would average about 25 cents per pound the year ound. This price is net at the far mer’s station. The cost of shipping md the manufacture of butter is paid by the creamery. This price is con siderably higher than the bulk of farm butter sells for, besides there is the saving of the labor in making the butter, an item of no little conse quence. Moreover, such a creamery assures all producers a permanent market for any amount of cream. To those who will send us their names and the number of cowg from which they wish to contribute cream, we will send a circular describing in full all details connected with the cream plant and its management. For example, it will tel! you that the pat rons of the creamery will receive pay for their cream weekly and that no farmer is under any obligation what ever to patronize it anv longer than he wishes. It will contain a complete schedule of prices for every month of the year, and many other things too numerous to mention here. We must know about how many cows can lie counted on. If interested at all you will certainly tell us by let ter or postal the number of cows available on ./our farm. This infer mation is absolutely necQssary. and we trust ihat for your own interest and for the sake of aiding the devel opment of the dairy industry of the State you will do us the courtesy. Address: — John Michaels, Div. Animal Husbandry & Dairying. Clem son College. S. C the entire belt. The splendid expec tations of an unusually large yield, so bright a month ago, have now dwindled to anticipations of only a normal yield. To meet the conditions whidh confront the cotton growers at the present time, there is but one thing to do, and that is to sell the crop slowly and refuse to market, the staple rapidly during the next, three months. cerned. The fault is not ours, and certainly not the fault of the agents who handle the books for the State. J. L. Walker, Supt. of Education. A Card from Mr. Ruppe. To the Voters of Limestone Town ship Gentlemen, I thank you for your Eve’ y farmer who can do so I vote on the 28th of August for mag- should store and hold his crop off the market until the price of ten cents at least is offered. The present price of cotton is far below the true value of the staple and t. c people are hereby appealed to not to submit to such an unwarranted sacrifice of the product of their labor. Prices are sure to ad just themselves to higher levels when the trade at large begins to iully realize the extent of the present and recent heavy deterioration in the crop all over tho cotton belt. Yours truly, Harvie Jordan. Pres. S. C A istrate in the Grassy Pond section. I appreciate your votes the same as if I had had ever so many competitors. Respectfully, J. H. Ruppe. September 10th, 1906. Subscribe for The Ledger; )1 * year. 1 FOUND. FOUND—Bunch of keys. Same can be had by applying at this office and paying for ad. 918 It. Fire Insurance! We represent sorm-of tbe largest and most substantial companies and would like to write your busines. 5-14-tf. Smith & Lipscomb, Agents NOTICE. Parties submitting free milling or sulpherde gold, copper and silver ores for tests must furnish not less than fifty pounds, or over one hun dred. All samples or ores submitted must be from owners of the property, as we will deal only with the owners. L. U. Cambell. Sept. 4, Imo. MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotiate loan* on mproved farm* for a term of year* n amounts of $1,000 and upward, at 7 er cent, and from $300 to H.OOO at t p*r cent. Apply to J. C. JEFFERIEb. Gaffney & C. Coal! Coal! Coal! Our Excellent Paper. Henrietta. N. C.. Sept. 13. 1906. The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney. S. C. Gentlemen: — Please find P O. mon ey order for one dollar to pay for one year's subscription to The Ledger. My subscription expires some time this month and 1 do not want to miss any number of your excellent paper, with best wishes for you and your naper, I am. Yours resuectfully P. G. Mahaffee. We'll Do It, Old Boy. (Columbia Record.) Most of the anti-dispensary news papers. feeling fine over their victory in the nomination of Ansel, are gen erously forgiving to the dispensary ad vocates and are calling for a united front in the work of upbuilding the State. The Gaffney Ledger, with a softened heart, includes even The Record in its list of those whose course, if says, ought to be forgotten. We appreciate the spirit, but we are in no need of consolation or forgive ness. We are not at all ashamed of our course, but are rather proud of it, because we fought from unbiased con viction and for what we believe to he the best interests of the State. Our motives have been outrageously im pugned, hut we are pleased to say by no man whose opinion was worth any thing or anv newspaper’ whose direc tors had the ordinary instincts of a gentleman or the decency of character which makes one respectable. Some of these little echo sheets continue to insinuate, but as we have already pub licly named the writers on those pa tiers as malicious liars, which has not been resented, we cannot lower our selves enough to pay any further at tention to such blackguards. While, as we have said, this paper does not need any commisseration and certainly asks for none nor for forgiveness, still we admire the spirit of that class of nress referred to and willingly join them in forgetting politics and work ing for the greater and best interests of the State. As for the editor of the Gaffney ledger, we want to shake hands with him over the bloody chasm by handing hinj those dough nuts “he win.” Come down and let’s celebrate. and Cold Weather Coming!* I am delivering first-class Jellico Black Lump, Red Ash and Blue Gem Coal direct to your house, at very low prices for this month; prices will be higher next month. No loss in weight; no dust. Leave orders at my store. I O IV E ^ . Sept iS-2t /.a* rants when five years of age and later j return Friday night oast his lo* with the peopi** of Polk a aunty, for whom he labored by pub lishing a paper. He could not possi- have been renumerated for his services in this world, so let us hope that he will receive his reward in that ••discovered country from whence no •raveller returns. • • • Tomorrow is Bryan Day m Colum- M4 Mr Bryan is a very big man hut be is not our ideal of a statesman and we are not going to hurrah ourselves fcoarse or throw up our hat at the eeming of Mr. Bryan. The Democrats •fcauj mighty little show of winning hi 1906 anyway, and if they put up Mr Bryan they’!i stand just G>out as anch of a chance to win as a snow I hall to remain a snow ball In a Gaff- *<»v lime kiln furnace. No, we are ••' enthusiastic about Mr. Bryan. We want men like Aycock and Folk on wir ticket. • • • Senator Tillman spoke at the Char- IwUe Chautauqua last week In re- Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm J. Goudelock arrived in the oil/ Friday from Balti more, Making the “Old Man" a Politician. (Wm. Banks in Columbia State ) In the senale the lieutenant gov ernor will have no committees to ap point and chief interest will cent r in the selection of a c erk and rer.din"' clerk. Gen. R. R. Hemphill is push ing his candidacy for clerk. The name if Mr. E. H. DeCamp has been men tioned in connection with the office. Mr. \\*. 11. Stewart, of York, who his been opposing Senator Brice in that county, is the reading clerk of the ■enate. It is not known whether or not he will offer for re- lotion z. A. ROBERTSON The Real Estate Man Charleston Gives U s Her Proxy. (News and Courier) The Columbia Record observes that “Charleston and Cherokee seem to have voted almost as one mind." Yes, vhenever Charleston can t attend the ne ting Cherokee shall be Its proxy. —Cherokee Cafe Dinner House P. C. Little. Manager, 114 Frederick St. A Card I adopt this method of returning grateful thanks to my friends for their renewed confident' j ex.presse: in the recent p.imar/ elections, and who, by t.ieir ballots, landed safely for the fourth time their choice as nominee for probate judg i of Chero kee county. It, is my wis. that one and all the citizens of Caerokee county may so work together in con cert that the succeeding four years of her exist mce may lie the brightest and best for al the people of the count v; .! E Webster. Gaffney. S. C., Sept 17th. 19u6. A Card. I wi; a to express to the Democratic voters of Cherokee county my sincer appreciation of the confidence 1m posed in me as expressed at the noil list Tuesday and assure each and every one that it will be my aim to "ender the county the best possible service of which I am capable. 1 shall attempt to lie the supervisor of the entire countv without regard to fac tion or section. U spectfujly, E. Felix Lipscomb. I^ady—My housemaid has eot o.ie of her eyes red and inflamed. What would you advise her to do? Doctor—Tell her to stop looking through keyholes. Has desirable property for sale in all parts of the city. Wc do not do all kinot we do the GOOD kind. —Be one of the boys and wear a Hat from the Company Store. Herk—What kind of a hammock do you want, Miss? Summer Girl—Oh. a little ore. just about big enough for one—but—er— strong enough for two. The Co’onel—I ftney your wife lost her temper today. Smith—Not a tilt of it. She has an inexhaustible supply. FOR SALE—Old news papers at this office at 10c per hundred. Back! Back! Back! Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York With tons and tons of Merchandise following. Never before in the history of The Battery have we been in a position to offer such matchless bargains. Buy ing for cash f«>r two large stores enables us to handle quantities which enables us to ge rock bottom prices. Selling for cash enable: us to quote pri os on Merchandise at le.-s than the average merchant pays for his^oods. So come, and come quick to the greatest bargain feast ever offered in Gaffney. Sires, Clothing. Hats, Dress Goods, Notions, Millinery. The Battery, J. C. Ratliff, Prop, Gaffney, So. Car,