The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 06, 1906, Image 4
THE LEDGER.
Tuesday and Friday,
Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher.
Watch your label and tbe date.
And renew before ’Us too late;
If there l>e an error, don't get mad.
Report tc us—w’e'll make you glad.
Remember, ’tis our aim to please,
But errors a*e like peskv (leas—
Thev will creep iu in spite of fate.
Therefore, watch your label and tbe
date.
—Original.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
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THE VALUE OF GOOD ROADS.
n season and
ij eel ol good
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‘en little
presHion nia o far, still we are not
re ng to give up th fight. As every
wpi; inf.tnned man knows, Meckleti'
burg county, North Carolina, has the
fine roads in the South. Thev have
spent thousands utmn thousands of
dollars on road building, and yet they
are not. content, as they are soon to
vote on a bond issue for the purpose
of extending these roads. Siuinlv to
illustrate what the people up tin
think of good roads and to show the
value of good roads to the farmer,
we reproduce the following from a re
cent.issue of the Charlotte News;
Were you to pick up any citizen of
MeckIenbiir or county who is well in
formed on conditions of the county.
ask him what he
greatest advantage
We are sending out several hun
dred sample copies of this issue of
The Ledger. It Is an invitation to all
non-subscrib' rs to become members
of The Ledger family.
• • •
\n envious fe low "aid to ns recent
ly: “Why don’t you write something
original? Everything you put in that
;ig of yours is copied.” Wonder if
this eniginal (?) chap ever stopped
onsider that there was but (me
iriginal man—Adam. All the balane
ire base imitations.
o
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\Y(
would like to impress on our
? the fact that they can con-
im-j tribute to the newsiness of The L d
g ( >r by sending in or phoning local j upstairs rooms,
items. No item is too small for us
to handle and none too large. Kind
1> remember this jind do not hesitate
to give us the ne"‘~
been the man behind the gun. The
announcement Is made in the last is
sue. however, that Mr. Booker has
resigned to go to the Greenville I
Evening Herald We congratulate
the Herald on securing the services
of Mr. Booker and trust that the
progress of The Progress mav not be
hindered by his retirement.
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I Mayor Little’s order to enforce the
I vagrancy law is one of the best, things
he has yet done. There are too many
big strapping negroes lying around
this town for the good of the town
Besides, there is work to be done
and it's mighty hard to get a negro
to do it. If they won’t work make
! th’-m move on -Gaffney Ledger.
Yes. that’s a mighty good order, but
| it is incomplete. He should prder
a raid on the gambling goim T on in
line, let the chips
may." And now we
ot that fellow than
fore.
fall where they
think even more
we ever have be-
consi‘ , °'"' th<“
Mecklenburg
county has over the other counties of
the State and country at large and
from what source he considers mor^
blessings and benefits arise, without
a doubt he would r^’dy, "from her
rr^^r] roads.”
There is not a doubt but what this
answer would be correct. The public
road* of this county ' ave been for
years and an 1 now the chief source
of uride to our citizens and it is
through this channel that we have re
r-dved more valuable advertising
than bv any other means.
The citizens of this county are soon
to have an opportunity to make these
roads still better, to extend them
further, and we anneal to every oiti
" • interested in the welfare and up
building of his couidy to go to the
polls on ^Mtinu da> and vote tor
the bond Issue, which means prog
r^sg as trains! stagintion and de
cline
In conmK*!ion with the blessings
arising from good roads the New
York Herald, of a recent, date, pays
the following tribute to Mecklenburg
county roads;
“In an address at Mobile, Ala..
John Gaft, said that the cost to the
farmer® of the South is fifty ° nts on
each ha]e of cotton for an average |
haul of eight miles
“If there '"ere good roads the cost
would he reduced to sixteen cents a
bale. Estimating a crop of 1.000.000
bales, this would mean a saving of
$340,000 annually
With this issue we commence that
thrilling revolutionary story of Horse
Shoe Robinson, by John P. Kennedy.
Do not fail to read the first install
ment The second installment will
appear next Friday and is even more
interesting that the first, which is
merely an introduction.
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The Greenville News says it’s a
serious charge we bring against, the
grafters of Columbia. The trouble is
that it’s serious business. 1 et a fel
low get a hundred miles from home
with a little bit of money and no
n •dit and have to “dig into his jeans'
at every turn for about twice or three
times as much as what he ought to
and it becomes a serious mater "slio’
nuf.”
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Should Hearst be elected governor
of New York .and Arthur Brisbane
continue to be the power behind tne
throne things might not be so bad
A good haul could be
made, no doubt.—Cherokee News.
We confess our ignorance, but as
sure The News that Chief of Police
Lockhart or Mayor Little would be
"lad to have any information as to
gambling going on in upstairs rooms.
If The News doesn’t care to furnish
this information and will confide it to
The Ledger we will convey it to eith
er of the ofiicials.
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A farmer in this county for whom
we have always entertained a high
regard, but who it seemed difficult
fo- us to get as well aenuainted with
as we would have liked, stopped us
on the street the other day, and. after
giving us a news item, said: “My
subscription is about out but I want
the paper continued, or at least my
wife wants it to come on. I'ye al
ways liked you, but I’ll tell you one
thing I fell out with you about, and
that was that Jim Tillman affair. I
have noticed you for ye>ars and I
have never known you to be on the
wrong side of any question, but I
didn't like that, although I am ready
to admit that I now believe you were
right.” All of which is very gratify-
The Newsbo v Shocked.
(Chicago Journal.)
“It was awful, awful!” exclaimed
the newsboy, just as the groun of wo- j
men was passing down the platform i
“What was that which was awfui?
Has anybody been killed? Has there
be n a terrible catastrophe? What
did they Jo with the wounded? When
did the collision take place?”
Such were a few questions that, as
sailed tiie youth.
“’Twa’n’t no collision, ladies; but it
was awful all the same.”
"What was If. Don’t keep us in
susnense"
“Well, you sec. ladies, a gentleman
was standing rigid, here on the plat
form, and Just as the train started
he gave a jump—"
“And was crushed between the
whe ds. and his mangled corpse w-as
strewn for miles along the track?”
“Not exactly, inarm; hut the train
took his head right off."
Instantly the air resounded with
cries or horror from the feminine
group. When the boy could make
himself heard he remarked:
“I don’t see anything horrible about
it, ladies. The train took the man’s
body off. too. But he came awfully
near being left.”
As the women turned to move on.
the words “disgusting little creature!”
were borne upon the air. mingled
with a low chuck'e from the news-
body’s vicinity.”
Spread the World’s Table
along every line of longitude from
North to South; every parallel of
latitude from East to West; pile
thereon the foods of every clime and
Uneeda
Biscuit
will surpass them all in the elements
which make a perfect world-food*
In a dust tight,
moisture proof package.
as some folks predict, for it must be j ing indeed to a gentleman who con
scientiouslv strives to “hugh to the
admitted that a man who can com
mand the princely sum of $50,000
a vear for his services, as it is said
Brisbane does, must be a man of
more than ordinary ability. We are
not an admirer of Hearst but be
tween he and Hughes we would pre
fer the yellow journalist.
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An American heiress purchased a
"thing” in the shape of a man for a
husband because he bore an English
title. It set the world agog. That
was several years ago. The other
day the lady was divorced from the
count. And this has set the world
agog once more. We know nothing
of the merits of the case, having read
nothing more than the big headlines
Every thief admits at. the end of
his life that he would have prosper
ed better as an honest man
How’ll ThU?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Keward for
• ay case of Catarrh t hat cannot he cured by
Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
K. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. .1.
Cheney for the last 1.1 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all husinss transac
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by t heir tirin.
West ATrcax, Wholesale Druggists. Toledi
o. Wai.in.no. Kinnan ti Marvin. Whok
sale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall’sCatarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon tiie hlood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle, ^old by all Drug
gists.”
R tils Family Pills are the best.
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REAL ESTATE
Handled on Commission.
I handle lioth City and County property; pay costs of advertising and
making titles. If you want to buy see me If you want to sell see me. I
bring buyer and seller together The buyers nearly always come to me.
Those who have lands for sale will act wise by placing their property with
me for sale.
Z. A. ROBERTSON.
“It costs under the •'••(■sent road
conditions twenty-five cents to haul e I in the daily press, but it strikes us
ton of fertilizer a mile. With the
good roads the cost v ’1 be eight
cents a ton
"Mecklenburg county, North Car
olina. has the finest macadamized
roads, and it is being done with con
vict lab'’:. It costs an average of 25
centf) a dav to guard, feed and care
convict labor when it is managed
on business principles.
“As for the convict himself, statis
tics show that DO per cent of those
who are worked in the open air,
properlv fed and guarded, return to
their families and cease to be a men
ace or charge to the State, while of
those who are kept in prison, or
worked in mines, sawmills, or simi
lar places S5 per cent, become hard
ened criminals.
“Nor do 1 think it right to put the
honee* wage earner in competition
«dth convict labor, or the manufact
uring industry in competition with
the. one that hires cheat) convict la
bor.
“Indiana has more than 17,000 miles j thy of. their support
of good gravel roads. I remember ] • • •
when Indiana was considered one of |
the illif rate States o Dhe Cnion. To-j
day she is prosperous and her people
ar'' no long- r ignorant, but the Suite
is dotte i with the finest schools and
colleges j a
“Ma sachusetiv spends more money
than any other State on her public . .
roads. New York has just voted to s5 «' ia » a,,lli,v W|,h wnkh » >' a » bt
uiih.otMi for h r roads, to b< edit'd.
that out heiresses could put their
money to be” id be
much happie. ntent
themselv< s w ith a common every day
man
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The last issue of The Baptist Press
' •ntained an announcement to the ef
fect that Mr. I»uis Bristow b- ’ sold
an interest in the paper to Rev L. M.
Rice, of Union. The paper will he
moved to Union Mr Bristow will
retire from active journalism on ad
vice of his physicians. There is no
more concientioug newspaper worker
in South Carolina than Mr. Bristow.
We earnestly hope he may soeedltv
recover his health. In the meantime
patrons of The Baptist Press mav de
pend upon it that Messrs Masters
land Rice will give them a i>aper wor-
I thy of.their
Tbe Donalds Progress is a neat lit
Me five column folio which appears
weekly at Donalds, S. C. It i.; about
three months oi l, but has attracted
ood deal of attention by its neat
typographical appearance and the
issue *
spent
Jerse
been <>'
investi
is agit;
000 for
ince o:
miles «
Johi
roads
n the next ten year*. New
has tine roads, which have
groat benefit and ar the best
<*nt !.(,• ritute has. Missouri
i.ing a bond issue of $25.i»o0,-
her public roads. T,i Prov-
f)atari'), Canada, he - hi.ooo
THE PITCHFORK.
Mr. Harold
IP of
bat
Pitch!)
)tk. is a
red hot rag It is ope
of the
• most u
uique publications iu
thifs r
ountrv a
ud is destined to at
tract
eoiisidei a
Ire attention Every
thing
in it is
Meehanish. We can
not de
scribe it
\V« will not attempt
to do
so but «
simply to give one an
Idea 0
if its uniqueness we reproduce
thin ,/
A f
uragraph:
fiend of
The Pitchfork writes
God s
peed, bin
l ventures to say, "I
do not fancy
Why not ha\
your name, it is ugly
e a nice name?” Be
cam
to be
contrai
tie hell
whore
This
but no
John i
bod y v
the ho
a how
do lars
dollar
S. C
it Or
The ea
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The
Pitchforb is not designed i
“nice” publication; on the j
’ The idea is to raise a lit- !
in South Carolina, and about.
will do ibe most good,
mav be somewhat inelegant
e will deny its forcefulness.
an original cuss and every-
io knows him will entertain
* that his venture mav Drove
ng success. If you want a
worth of genuine fun send a
to The Pitchfork. Jefferson,
nd you will be certain to get
issue alone is worth price
toon showing Lyon scattering
r ters Is great.
FIFTY CENTS
IN some conditions the
■ gain from the use
of Scott’s Emulsion is
very rapid. For this
reason we put up a
fifty-cent size, which is
enough for an ordinary
cough or cold or useful
as a trial for babies
and children, in other
conditions the gain is
slower—health cannot
be built up in a day.
In such cases Scott’s
Emulsion must be taken
as nourishment; a food
rather than a medicine.
It’s a food for tired and
weak digestions.
Send (<»r tree mmpU
Scott & Bowne, 409 4I5 Pe»rl St
Cbcmuu New York
0OC. and $1.00. All druggist*
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NELSON, The Star Clothier.
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Have 3 Fit!
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A fit is necessary in Clothing satisfaction. It
not only insures comfort, but is imperative for good
style. My Clothing—with perfect fitting features
of a Made-For-Your-Appearance, and a Fabric that
gives fits to the other fellows—at my prices.
I Can Fit You; Try It. Swell Suits $4.00 Up to $15.00
The Category Complete
When the list of Men's Furnishings
is discoverable here. What ever you
want in the line of Haberdashery, here
it is. Shirts, Collars, (hills, Neckties,
Sox, Fancy Ve^ts, Suspenders, Neck
wear—whatever.
Moreover, you 11
Every Mother
Should Know
That everything her boy will need
in Clothes, Shoes, Hats and Fur
nishings for Fall wear is here at
NELSON’S.
make
no miss m
DUVlii' h* re
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arnlit* e my goods.
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Big line of
KNIT GOODS
Young Ladies l
Shoes For Fall Wear
As I show them are worth more
than one long look. Patent Leather
Gun Metal, Box Calf and Vici in heavy
and tine leathers are here in pleasing
prices, beginning at $1.50 from thence
on up to $4.00. My stock of Men’s,
Ladies’ and Children’s Shoes com
plete.
Smart Clothes For Young Men.
For the critical man who wants something entirely different, I am prepared to show
the largest Sine of Smart Clothes made especially for young men.
Merit Always Wins
Don’t fail to see my line
in 11cits ;ts well as everything
ot
else. Tlutt’s why no one
questions the quality of the
Shoes,
Hats 1 sell—meritorious
Hats
every time. If you have the
least interest in Hats—who
and
hasn’t this time of year—
you will treat yourself well
Clothing
if you see my line.
before you buy.
NELSON, The Star Clothier.
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