The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 09, 1906, Image 2
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THE LEDGER.
Tuesday and Friday,
Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher.
Hereafter no adver.isemer.t* will be
accepted at this office after 9.30 o'clock
on Mondays and Thursday*.
Watch your label an,i the date.
And renew before 'Us too late;
!f there be an error, lion’t sret mad,
Report te —we’ll nvke you elan.
Renumber, 'tls our aim to please.
But errors are like neske fleas—
Thev will creep In in spite ^ate.
Therefore, watch your label and tin
dare.
—Original.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Push Gaffney and Oherokce. We
tavp the uatvHa' advantages but wo
n little push, just the same.
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Our local column tells a gratifying
uory. short, but to the point, about
rnffnev as a cotton market. After
Ml there no better place than (laff-
ley at v.hich to sell cotton.
* * *
We haven’t any admiration and
mighty litt’e respect for the “knock-
»r.” This world is very, very wide
uul the best thing a man can do
when be is dissatisfied with condi
tions is to pack bis trunk and hunt a
more congenial clinic.
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weeks
odd we ithor
to gather
r-rnn. and
With a f
ur planters should lie aid
he major portion of th \-
vhile they are not going to make a
bumper” crop still if thev don t have
my more had weather right away
hey will lie able to
mckle rneet with
irices.
mgue and !
t
nrt'v ulmg
The Ledger's advertising coiumn:
resent ;t ivnarkablv heaui y apiicr
nee lids issue. In truth
'.enchants are liberal advertis
hey make a bid for your pa
hrough The Ledger,
r patronizes the hono
‘.use i>e knows if the
ffney i
> and
mage |
ra- Wist buy ;
niiTchant be j
;oods he bn.
o not give s'*tisiaction be can make !
uv reasonable demand ution the |
>cal merchant and it will lie gralifi- j
d. but when he sends his money I
broad ho is compel ed to take any |
Id tiling put off on him. Patronize
ie home merchant a’l the time.
* * *
The Pee Dee Advoeat indulges in
littlr
fun at the expense of The
edger and the D"!-in-ton News, b >-
tuse \v<> loth used the id< utieal par-
graph sent out In . Washington
uitributor in our editorial erd'inms.
and tiroflt by it The Ledger would
i- glad to publish communications
from any one on this subject—either
ipo op con. We are so confident that
the matter will bear the closest sent
tiny, tint it is a movement that
leans more for the upbui ding of the
•ommunltv and tile cood of humanity
than any other before the peonle. that
w> are willing to champion it and
•itiblisli the vi ws of those who oppose
if. If good roads are not good things
to have, let us know the reason why.
Good Advice to Negroes.
Mr. Hditor: — Wi 1 you give me
pace in your valuable paper to say
something regarding my race?
It looks like the only chance for the
negro is to classify ourselves. If we
don’t we will be put in the trash pile
together with the good and the bad.
i find that we must come out from
among the low-down class of negroes
that are going around committing all
Kinds of low down crimes, ami we
aiust use every effort we can to cap
ture them. When we do that the
res 'ectable white People will respect
us ami not be our foes. And they are
right, in so doing. Just as long as the
negro cloaks and shelters that class
of low-down negroes that are doing so
much devilment they will see a hard
time, and the colored preachers must
preach it from the pulpit and the
colored teachers must 4 "‘ieh it in the
(.’• py-dav schools, until the colored
race practices it. It may take a long
time to put it into practice, but they
must go to work.
Mr pppmp, i wi i tell you what 1
1 i xperieucetl myself. It won t. do
to cloak or shclt r anybody, be white
op hi ic!;. 1 kept a man at. mv house |
■(' had broken out of iheS
and came to mv house, j
ini a week ami boarded j
sh riff was hunting for
1 not. tell where he was
■ le't my house he stole
lollies. It learned me a
vr since that time if a j
white man does any- |
to 1 he la ws of our |
y always dodges me.
■ do so, for 1 wib sure|
i don ’ e i re who ne is. I
dm McCraw was sheriff
dwa.-.s came to me for instruction
and he always got it when I knew it.
Yours respectfully,
A. !I Hop ier.
(ialTney, S. (’.. Oct. h»bb.
Eminently Qualified.
(Tne Tri-State Odd Fellow)
Several of our State contemporaries
hav nominated "Fd." DoC’arnn lor
rP rl: of the senate, and for a few j
rea a iit The Tri-State Odd Fe low
would like to second the nomination.
\Y, do not claim that “Ed.” is a
saint, or that there are indications
iruut ing wings, bu; we have
CHEROKEE COUNTY ROADS.
Which Shall They Be, Good Macadam
or "Mud Sloughs”?
Editor of The Ledgar: —
Shal’ Cherokee "omity have better
oads or go on with the makeshifts
”e have? There is no doubt but that
letter roads will cost money, but ex
travagance is not how much money
we spend, but tbe manner of spend
imr it. We ire now spending $7,bOO
annually for roads In this county,
and there is no permanent work be
ing done. We may go on for the next
twenty years, spending from $7,000 to
$10,000 annually, and we will he where
we started. Nothing to show for it.
Ml of it spent for temporary and
makeshift roads. Is that economy?
Is that, wisdom?
The experience of the United States
government and other States is that
it costs $2,00u per mile to grade and
macadamize a mile of highway upon
the average. 1 know that, Cherokee
snent more Ilian that per mile: and if
tile county was to build roads on the
haphazard wav the public do"s bus
iness, it will cost more. But the way
for us to build roads is to get a road
engineer from the United States, se
reted because he is competent and
not because he is a “hand-shaker,’’ or
because he will buy picks, shovels
and mules, feed. etc. from the mer |
chant who helps to elect him to the |
position. Let the engineer survey the j
roads, make pi ms and specificat ions, j
and then iet the roads out to the
highest bidder, requiring contractor!
* give bond that, the road will he
built according to the blue print mans
To Ihe Public!
We have just fitted up a
you were going to move and had the
choice of going to a county with mac- j
adam roads or going to one with
“make shite” mud roads that curse
our county year after year, would you
not nay more for land on macadam
roads? Would you not expect, to find. . ..
better homes, more i itel emnee b<?t DUllding at the rear OI OUr
ter schools and churches on macadam r' a*. i j
raids than on “mud smughs”? : P urniture Store and moved
Other good people are like yoi t Jhey | our Complete Stock of Coffins,
tele-1Caskets and Undertakers’
The
more
fo •
sue i
will pay
Churches and schools, rural
phones, and our public sch''^ 1
improving
ncl our public sch<’ r >’ system o r • i. -i. rru •
?. together with It. F. D. mall, | Supplies into it. LhlS gave
means an ideal condition tor country | us considerable m016 room
life. Good roads wi 1 bring to the
markets our timber, wood and pro-| for
duce that are how too fir a wav bi
cause our roads are “mud sloughs.”
Who pay the taxes of Cherokee
county? The railroads, mill- and
banks. Years ago ve taxed ourselves i • i , .,
t- induce them to com -. w e gave which our constantly mcrea-
them bonds and exempted them from | s i n g ^ ra( J e (lemantis. This
I ^
| that
taxation to en
among us. No
our farmers’
tie differenc
chants wb ,, t
bales or eit
.mirage
th<'r>! to come |
<nv let th-in be taxed for [extra room we have filled
> to our mills dr mer- I up with the very best values
" ‘'. a . !,r: 'T r 5 ,wo 1 in Furniture and Stoves that
ii. imlos oi cot ion at n
makes
good
sal- *
« ads. You will never use *
% 2
I any other olive oil after i
y j you have tried 5
h;;H 1
to the
,T’ili(
travi
was 1
♦ ! I
il r.iakes a deal of differ nee
.;’n who 1*1:1 s it and tne same
!•) wood, r i-tHize-, eti When
was little the old style road
.• 'led
den.'
r ., but the roads are
h now. We must, lun
(lie time. 1
H-niteutiar.
uni I kept !
,i:n, and tin
lim. 1 won'
"1(1 Wllell '•<
iiy suit of «
• ■-son and
dack man o
iliing ((mtiaip
-liati’ he genera
up! he had bettc
ell on ibm. I
Wli n Mi
a
a
since In* was a kid in
Of ill.;
Known
.un i- pants, and m ill these years "Ae
lave never known liini to turn liis
back upon ti friend or his lace from
an enemy; from long association in
ft y, m.an alive, this is patented stuff I ^ Preservative w e know him to
lie enunentiy tiualified for the posi
tion: and. should further reason be
required, well—we helped to make him
an Ond Fellow, albeit he fell from
grace, back-slided!
id Kollock and DeCamp own tbe
• tents. W e don’t often use this stuff,
it once and a while when M e “old
an” becomes lazy and neglects to
ipplv the linotype oneritor with
ipy, he ertmes in and picks up any-
ting he can find. However, it wasn’t
id stuff, but it can’t be successfully
beled “te enathy.” The joke is on
ho News and The I .edger, but neith
r of us stole the stuff.
« * *
We invite every resident of the
uintv to read the eommunioation of
Progress” to be found in another
jlumn This is on a ib.ieet tint is
ory close to us—good roads—and
e hope you wi 1 read it, study it,
South s Increased Manufactures.
In the amount of capital invested
in manufacturing and in the value of
manufactured products the South has
advanced in the oast five yeirs, ac
cording to the returns just made pub-
’’ by the factory census of the
United States, at a greater speed than
tny other section. During this five
vear period the perc mtage of increase
in tlie South in capital—Go—and in
the value of products—44.4—were
greater than in anv other division in
the country.
of sil V'
/ey.
Th('r<
-> will lie
no no]it
ical
"•ip o
r f:tv
■oritism in it.
Build
tust
lik(> r,:
lilroad pontractors.
Thy e:
epe
lirnro
is th
at in
all i- r ovoi
•nment. w
ork
it cost
s t'.r
(' LK)V
ernnipm
•noro to
0<
• ho \v
or!;
t han
it. does
indivi lu
:1s.
Tbo 1
’nit. i
! St it
(»S t^OY' 1
rnmont.
lias
roacic
,! Hu
> no in
t in Hm
Panama
oa
mil wl
loro
Mr. Shouts ur
gos font]
ract
V- OI tv.
Xow
i i o
olio 1
hinks it
pvactjo’Y
I to
raise Jlail.;
direct, t
axes for
Hu
•urpos
o of
build]
ing good
mads.
t »nt
til * t \Y
ould
build
sovonty
live mile
- <)!
road.
whic
ll WO
il(l CO VI
t th(‘ n
liiin
t runk
road
S Id
Gaffncv
and Bia
cl: s
burg.
This
done
, we ivoi
il l have
per
manen
r "o'
ids! ;
'ml U:e
cross rc
rids
could
1? • ii
iiaintaiiH'd by
Iho ch
aiu
u aipj; ;
:nid
be in:
icadaini'/
0(1 I.ltO”.
If
we vo
to $1
r.ti.mm
i;i r.i.nl
bonds |
pay
in
i fort
y yoai
■y. th y o
an bo Ho;
110(1
tor 1 i
)W C(
■III. S(l
i tin' inn
■rest chai
■gml
would
bp $
P t aunt
nil, so w
h o n
wo got till
Wo won
Id ha vo
SO >•-
onty li
VO III
lilies
macadaii
i roads
for
$ l ,oo,i
loss
p r :
iiinuni i.
han wo
now
ri|(fnd.
But
the (
•ry of
‘ pav oa?
di as } on
w i ‘ w a
,nt. n<
) Imuh
Is.” will
be raised
! 1
admit
t hat
tho S-'
oted foV
rail-
roads
by Spartan
burg and
I’nioii c
mn
ty I’oi-
the
Air'ine and
the Spartan
burg a
md i
tnon
Railways
; was a
lo.ir
o. ml sloughs.”
Don’t "cuss” the
more lo me din. ai
to the road in th
and deeper mud
11(■ winter freezr
nia,- id twice
yt ;i <io now tutllii
(ui wii: havi
and tinws.
is much money a:
t; dirt in the road'
id one sumni r’s Hood or whiter'.
,'<ve, with the increasing travel, wil
mlcr our reads almost imnassable
a I. ing it necessary to do the sam
ork over agiin each year— travel
money can buy. So we have
i no iiesitancy in saying that
j we are better prepared for
your trade than ever before.
Now, come and let us show
J unimer , 'h i :' ! m.)r!1y ou tlirou £ h whether you
ready to buy now o
I not. We know most every
I one expects to buy some
4*
V
ur Impelled
Which
sunerv
(hall it be?
(or. The
with I;i)'n
You
Furitiiiirs or a Slov
,i
a
• top
mo
OlCf
we
i.ow
■t •on
with i:
cat' .
Il, USO<l
the h
;e r :mi'
I "t ns
disc,is-
w on
ml
.attire woi
nros i - ion.
a again u
pend wil
I’m bonds
isiness am
- that mar
oral i • 'a
profes
our fa
l have
TT()])-
dun
iomil
•Ulf'I’S
long
11 giv
• the m
or I wi
the rimnev.
Progrt
1.
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some time, and if you will
look through our stock care |
fully, for it will bear close]
inspection, we feel sure wej
will sell you when you do
buy. Don.t forget we are ]
-1 the only one selling the cele- j
f 1 brated
*
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It is made from the
finest olives that grow
in the world. Every
care is used to make it
i he finest oil.
75 Cents Hie Pint.
w
u
11
pi
Subscribe fop The Ledger; $1 a year.
experience and we should profit bv it. ;
But in that case our people made the j
mistake of taxing themselves to do ;
what private enterprise must have !
don ' in building the Airline (now j
the Southern) Railway to the South; j
and worst, of all, in building the Ashe
ville road in North Carolina, where |
even the taxes paid go to another |
State.
But in the matter of roads this is
strictiv a matter of taxation. There
Is no other means for buildings them.
Suppose we issue the bonds. The
money will be spent mostly for stone
and labor—put in circulation and will
liver up business here at home. Our
farmers can sell their stone and hire
themselves and teams for hauling the
material for the contractors at leisure
times. And when the roads e-A built
they will be permanent; grade and
’’’a “mud tax” will* be repealed for
n ” time. The lost time, broken wag
ons and injured stock would pay off
the bonds five times over in the next
twenty years. But that is not all. It
means increased value of farming
lands, thrift and enterprise. Suppose
had
better to Sheriff W. W. Thomas.
Gaffney. S. ('.
Dear Sir: Some people get disap-
inted in painting; it doesn't come
t is they thought, it wond.
I! Edwards, of Edwards A Brough
i, printers. Raloirrh. N C, painted
i house Devoe tlmm years ago; he
■d MO gallons paste paint, before
and bought M" gallons Devoe. Had |
IG left.
Paste paint is extra thlck-with-
w bite-wash.
Mayor \V \Y Carroll. Monticelo,
Florida, says: My painter said it
would take Mli gal ons to pain* my
house; it took 2t) gallons Devon. His |
house is the best faint, job in town;
and lie says Devoe is the whitest
white of all white paints
Jones & Rodgers bought 5 gallons
Devoe to prime Mr Pratt's house at
Merkel, Texas. It painted two coats.
The reison for nobodv guessing lit-
1 e-enough Devoe is: thev learned in
a had school: other paints.
Yours truly
12 F \V DEVOE & CO
P. S.—R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co.
sell our paint.
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Matchless Ranges
ii
—Plant Clover, Rye, Alfalfa, Onion
Sets and Cabbage now. Seed at Gaff
ney Drug Co. Sept. 25 4t
Yours for business,
Shuford & LeMaster,
Furniture, Stoves and Cmkrtaking.
NOTICE
To Farmers
We are prepared to
store and insure your
Cotton and to advance
i *>riig
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All County School Books
-- and—
School Supplies.
jr. iistn v-.A.'-ja
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money
on us.
on same. Call
—Arrived today, one car celebrated
Gold Medal Flour. T. Davenport.
A. N. Worn! &D.W. Hicks
Sept. 25-im.
Are You
Needing a W ell ?
If you are thinking of drilling a
well on our pretni-es, consult
Lee Bros., Gaffney or Spartanburg.
S. C , as to the merits of a drilled
well. We^are now drilling a well
for the Victor Cotton () 1 Co , in .
this city, and will he p eased to
furnish any information desired
on the subject of wells. - . . .
Lee Bros.,
Gaffney or Spartanburg, S. C.
52SBI
New Cioa
fC3
New Tailor-Made Suits
New Millinery
We Are Offering Big Lines at Very Close Prices.
See our $3.48 and
$5.00 Pattern Kats.
Oar roll Sc
Caffney,
South Carolina.
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