Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher. Hereaft e p no advertisements will b# accepted at this office after 9.30 o’clock on Mondays and Thursdays. Watrh your label an,I the date. And renew before ’tls too late; If there be an error, don’t get mad, Report to us—we’ll make you triad. Reno tnber, ’tls our aim to please, But errors are like peskv tleas Thev will creep In in spite of fate. Therefore, watch 7onr label and the date. —Original. ORGANIZATION NEEDED. Th° recent election mav tairlv be called a drawn battle, for while the Democrats lost ‘ ground in some Sink's, thev gained a’ ,r >ut twenty five s'ats ih* 1 * house of representatives, reducing th* 1 Republican majority from over one hundred to about fifty. The general trend of the elections showed gains for the Democrats in the cities due to the aid of organized labor and a stand still vote in the country, which requires more infor mation before accounting for it. It k hardly probable that farmers en dorsed the standpat tariff doctrine, which plunders them and enriches the trusts and eornorations. yet many farmers were evidently too busy or too well satisfied to take the trouble to vote The mov complete organizations and the money of the tariff protected trusts enabled the Republicans to bring out the vote for their regular sunnorters, while the lack of the nec essary money to pay for teams and ) n the North and West, led to many Democrats staying awav from the Polls. The result of the election, therefore, shows that the great need of the Democrats is a more thorough organization and this work should at once be undertaken by the party com mittees who are in charge of the or ganization. Such work can he but vf’-y partially accomplished in the heat of a campaign and k> put it off until a presidential nomination is made is to invite another defeat., There is no < ,rt ubt that more than half the voters of the United States are either Democrats, or believe in Democratic policies, but if unorgan ized thev cannot be brought to the polls and counted. Instead of watt ing, however, for the leaders to move the Democratic workers in every township and county should take ac count of stock and find out how many reliable Democrats there are in their locality and then urge action by the State committees to supply the nec *-ssary literature and arguments to win over the douV*'"’ "nd indepen dent voter. There is lots of work to be done In the next two years and patriotic Democrats will have to do it s’’' 1 thus enthuse those who otherwise would lag la the reforms that are so much needed. lard, on account of the death of his be oved wife,’Mrs. Eva V. Cargile, who died on the 30th of October. Mr. (’argile is an excellent man. an ear nest worker, an advocate of those nrinciples which tend to make life worth living, and his wife was a •’>b>m!id helpmeet. * * * President Roosevelt should call the attention of the first assistant post- raster general to the Republican campaign bool;, in which it is declar ed that the cost of living has not in creased percent ibl.v. That hardy agrees with the official request for in creased pay for postal clerks due to the increase in the cost of living. Those who are paying high trust uric es can hardly have much faith in Re- nublioan statements which have evi dently been manufactured to deceive them. * • * There is but one clause in the fran chise granted to the Electril Manu facturing and Power Company to which we object, and that is the clause which prflhibits that company from selling less than twenty-five horse power to the consumer. To our mind the consumer of small power is the one that should not be discrim inated against. He should not bo favored, but he should have equal rights with the large consumer for the reason that he is struggling to build up a business. It looks wron" to us. There are a number of users of small |K)wer in Gaffney that need to be encouraged. We unlerstand thev can buy power from the city, but we see no reason why they should be made to pay the city a royalty sim ply because they are not consumers of lar« r e power. * • • Over in North Carolina a vicious negro entered a residence, rang the telephone to attract the attention of the owner and then shot him but did not kill him. It took the court two days to try the case. The prison er was found guilty and sentenced to be hung. He will pay the penalty of his crime one month from the time of its commission. We like that kind of work by the courts. In this State a man kills two men. is tried by the courts and sentenced to life in the penitentiary. His attorneys take an appeal and for almost a year the sen tence of the court is a bare chance that the sentence of the court mav never be carried out. Its this tem- Itorizing with justice in this State that brings us into disrepute. Once a jury arrives at. a verdict it should be allowed to stand, unless, of course, it should develope that there has been a miscarriage of justice. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. Knocking the Knocker. (Carolina Citizen.) Ed. H. DeCamp says he has might / little respect for the “knocker.” If ho knocks the knocker, he’s a knock er. too. but certainly the “old man” can’t be losing respect for himself. j ue tl<X 1 ii litjvv u*- uiaiitib iviiow ■' ia>» oil cCUAio-nj, cvtJii At Vvtic noiuiiit oi Uitj iii. *> b ot uaiure. u> Newsy Items from the Iron City Be- ! yond the Broad. Blacksburg, Nov. 11.—On Thurs day night th > drug store in the Iron I City building, recent y occupied by | Dr. Ward, and now owned by Dr. E. j F. IJell, was entered by a burglar through a back window and a most! unusual depredation committed. The I two diplomas of Dr. Bell, one as phar- naceutlcal chemist and the oth r as naster of arts, veer both destroyed, )eing literally ci t to pieces and left ' lying on the uroneription case. Sever a! very valuable pharmaceutical for i mulae, which Dr. Bell had made while in the wholesale drug house of! Crutchfield &. On., of Spartanburg, j were stolen. Nothing was stolen , from the stock of goods or , cash draw* | FOR SALE—Two hundred and er. Dr. Bell has only recently lo- twenty-two acres of good farming cated here. He has an exceptionally land near Blacksburg; twenty-two record as a most exemplary young acres of which is good bottom land-: man who hasn’t an enemy in the! two comfortable dwellings; also out- world and the mystery of the burg- houses; land well timbered. Apply lary lies in the fact that the object | to Ed. H. DeCamp. Gaffney, S. C. of the thief was to wreak vengeance upon Dr. Bell. No clue to the per- —Gaffney Jewelry Co sell watches and clocks on installments. The Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. For 61 Years FOR SAL FOR SALE. M. care The Ledger. Nov. 13-tf. FOR SALE—A good secondhand petrator of the deed has been dlscov-1 tweive-ho^se power boiler. Address ered. The Nineteenth Century Club held its regular semi-monthly meeting with Mrs. Wm Anderson. There was a full attendance of the member ship and the time having come for the annual election of officers of the FOR SALE—.*) -room house, wide hall, water works, good barn . and garden, near jail Sumter Littlejohn. FOR SALE—Second-hand Meitz & Weiss kerosene engine. 2 horse pow- club the following ladies were chos-1 er c hrap. Apply this office. FOR SALE—One horse; one two lorse wagon; one set double wagon arness; one set double buggy har ness; one buggy pole. Apply to T. W. Jones, Gaffney, S. C. Nov. 2, 6, 9, 13-pd. FOR SALE—First class babbit met al. Apply at Ledger office. en for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Otis Osborne; vice president, Mrs. Wm. Anderson (both reelected); secretary, Mrs. P. H. Freeman; treas urer, Mrs. W. F. Moore. The usual program of the club was then carried out. the author for this meeting being Milton, after which refreshments were served. The club has lost one of its first and most ef ficient members in the removal last week of Mrs. J. M. Guyton from this placf to Anderson. Before her de parture Mrs. Guyton was given a most deserving and worthy token of the esteem and love of the club for her. At a special meet in" held at the home of Mrs. Otis Osborne, which was beautifully decorated for the occas ion a delicious nenu was served such as the members of the club are famous for. The toast of the even ing was given by Mrs. Guyton and the response by Mrs. Wm. Anderson, both effusions being delivered with much feeling Prof. W H. Hand, of the University of Soutn Carolina, delivered his ad dress on "Secondary Education" here last Friday night in the town hall. There was a goodlv number of citi- j WANTED—Butter. Chickens, Eggs '"ns in attendance, but there would Green Hides. Highest cah price paid. This company has rtood for all that is best in American Life Insurance. I It has proved that it is possible to up hold what is right and oppose what is wrong and succeed in building up and maintaining a great business. The recent investigations show these facts The large annual dividends, low pre mium rates and liberal policy forms make the contracts of The Mutual Benefit the most desirable to be had. We sell you more insurance for less money than any other Life Insurance Company doing a legitimate business. In justice to yourself and family see a representative of this comuany before you buy Life Insurance. To convince you fully of these facts we ask for an interview with Jones J. Darby, One nine room house ami 17 acres of land just out of town limits Place known as the Wilkins place and sit uated near J. J. Gaffney’s on public road An excellent place for dairy or produce farm Place will be sold at public sak ,n first Monday in De cember if not sold before. Apply lo D. C. Ross or J. J. Gaffney, Catlney, S. C., or F. D. Hunter, Simpsor.yille, S. C. Oct-26-im-pd KELP IS OFFERED TO WORTHY YOUNG PEOPLE GAFFNEY, S. C. We earnestly request all y aiutr persons no matter linw limited their means or education, who desire a thorough business tralnln/and good p sitlon. to writ* 1 at once for our great hall rats offer. Sucee-s, independence *nd probable fortune guaranteed. Don’t delay--- write today. Nov 6 St Ca.-Ala. Bus. College, Macon, Ca. DON’T FORGET I you can be cured of Cancr. Tn- I I mor or Chronic Old Sores. Ten I I thousand cases treated. It Is the I I surest cure on earth. Delay la I I fatal. How to be cured? Juat I I write 1 I D. B. GLADDEN. Grover. N. C. I FOR SALE—Maryland blue stem seed wheat. Gaffnev Hardware Co. Oct. 23-tf . FOR SALE—All my farming instru ments. one and two-horse wagon, two buggies F. C. Hickson. FOR SALE—Old newspapers at this office, 10c a hundred. FOR RENT. TO RENT—Office rooms over The >eJger. Apply to Ed. H. DeCamp. Nov. 2-tf. WAITED. MEN’S FINE SUITS PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. have been more if more extended no tice of Prof. Hand's coming had been 1 given and they had known more of his gifts and attainments ;» a pub lic speaker. Theaddress, which was instructive j and entertaining, was delivered in a | graceful and pleasing style and cov- : ered fully the whole “system” of com mon school education or teaching in South Carolina, while, showing in a 1 clear, forceful and sometimes amus ing way the many imperfections and weak pjlaces in the practical educa tional work- of the State. B. G. Clary. Gaffney. S. C. Sept. 28-2mo. | LOST. LOST — Saturday, November 3rd,! in or near Blacksburg R. R. station, a eold medal, containing these words on back: “R. R. Caldwell;” on face, “Best, contribution to Erskinian, 189(5.” Reward offered by owner If ’• turned either to himself or to this office. R. R. Caldwell. Nov. 9, 13, np. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The failure of two savings banks in Washington in one week shows that Republican prosperity is not uni versal • • • The endorsement of Senator Bailey b” a large majority of the Democrat ic State committees of Texas indi cates that his implacable enemies are more noisv than numerous. * * • The Athens Evening Call, edited by th‘ Hon. T. Larry Gantt, formerly of the Spartanburg Headlight, says the country is Republican. When the Hon. T l^irry admits it. certainly it is tim » for the balance of us to con cede it also. » * • The bewildered policy holders of the life insurance companies are now being bled * elect their own of ficers and only two y<-ras th <-v wore being bled to elect Roosevelt. Their lot could be no worse if they were Federal officials. W S. Wood, a prominent Cherokee county farmer of R. F. D. No. 2, was in the city Friday on business. A. A. Crocker, of R. F. D. No. 4, was among the many planters who visited Gaffney Friday. Horace Ezell, of Woodruff, is visit ing his brother. Ed Ezell, of this city. Mayor Little returned to the city Saturday from Charlotte, where he spent several days. Dr. Jessie Green, formerly of this citv but now of Spartanburg, spent Sunday in the city. J. B. Pettit, of Maund. was a busi ness visitor to the city Saturday H. E. Jefferies, of R. F. D. No. 5, was in the city Saturday on business. John M. Cooper, of Maud, came in and added his name to our mailing list while in town Saturday. J. B. Huskey, of upper Cherokee, was a business visitor to the city Saturday. Elbert Houser, of Blacksburg, was | in the citv Sunday. Misses Juanita Pinson and Minnie McCraw snent Sunday in Charlotte N. C., with friends. S. Quinn, of this place, left yester day for Cherryville, N. C.. whore he will spend several days on business. Mrs. Meek Smith, who has been | visiting her parents. Capt. and Mrs S. S. Ross, returned t<> her home at Grover Friday. Miss Floy Miller .of Charlotte,! I spent Sunday and yesterday in the city with her sister. Mrs \V. C Me This and That. Now and Then. Editor Ledger:—It is not as it used to be when I was a boy. I had to go to bed soon and get dp soon, hut how is it with the boys now? They go to lied late and get up late, missing all th-> good, fresh air. And what are they—little puny, honey, shad owy. no-count boys, who do not help their fathers. Now about the girls. Oh me! such good wives they will make the no- oount boys with their white shoes and stockings. They can’t make a decent pot of coffee nor wring off a chicken's neck. Now about the negro cooks. Oh me! oh me! how trifling they are! And who is to blame for it all? Oh. mothers! are you not to blame? I think so. Make your sons and daughters get up out of bed and get the fresh morning air; get an appe tite for breakfast and they will be sure to have one for dinner. Moth ers. make your daughters domestic, and then thev wi'l make some man a good wife, that he need not hire a 1 trilling negro cook. You must teach j your daughters to be domestic. If I you will do it you will not need im- I migrants. Did Fogy. Fire Insurance! We reurt’svnt some of the largest and inostsubstantUil companies and would like to write your busines. 5-14-tf. Smith & Lipscomb, Agent3 MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotate loans on Improved farms for a term of years i- amounts of $1,000 and upward, at 7 per cent, and from $300 to $1,000 at 8 per cent. Apply to J. C. JEFFERIES. Gaffney, S. C. II COTTON WANTED. This is to notify all parties owing the Gaffney Live Stock Co. for mules, buggies and wagons, that we will pay 10 cents per pound for cotton --- same. Gaffney Live Stock Co. tf. On sale in our show window for ten days only for $10.00 With each suit we give a handsome suit case free. 25 suits, all beautiful patterns. Grasp the opportunity. Another Kicker. (Bamberg Herald i T.ie Gaitney l>*dger last week had a strong editorial in reference to the game of "hold up” p-ayed by the hotel and r st-turant keepers of (’:> lu.nbia timing fair week. T.iere was a local item in this m wspaper in re e nd lo the sani* Giing Tae < ditor WDI I ICTFB’Q Rocky Mountain *ea Nuggeto A Busy Medicine far Busy People. Brings Golden Health »nd Renewed Vigor. A specidc for Constipation. Intiiie-'-tion. T.lvet * | and Kidney troubles. Hmrles, Ecv.'-ma, Impure blood. Had breath. Sluggish bow-. Is. Headache and backache. Its Kooky Mountain Tea in tah .et fo-m. 35 cents a box. t;enuin3 made by Hollisteh Dmco CoMPAjty, Madison, VVK GOLDEN NI GGETS FOR SALIOW PEOPLE Company Store did not go tu lb home and work titers get t;.n in He sra.t- h r to let reporter at to * * * over But few tears are being shed the troubles of tin* Wall street specu lators. since it is known that Secre- j tary Shaw, with the approval of I'res ; idont Roqsevelt. lias loaned them all the surplus money in the United States treasury, without interest. * * « The sugar trust very naturally de murs to being indicted for receiving rebates from the railroads, but the evidence shows the managers are iniilty. hut under the extraordinary antics of the administration the trust will b“ fined and the real law break ers go free. • • • Secretary Shaw in a speech at Buff alo in the late campaign defended the Standard Oil trust and John D Rockefeller, and yet the Republican leaders ar-j trying to make the peo- Arthur. r turnin o I'r.dr otte y*‘H- us 11' a t . ♦»V \\t re Tnost outrageously tonlay a fternoon 1 held u j* b\ lie bearding house and W. F Kenne l> l.iAor ('li'i okee. restaui •an t. keep •rs and oth rs. In as in the eit> •rday on btisi fact i1 / stated the only thing to be MOSS. H. C. K had i: i!() uni ila at a reasonable Pi ol uox "the j i on if Kor.” 1 m ice wa s fruii We have not at- of Gr<-*-r was in ffi 4 city Sunday He i tended 'j .S11M e fair in years as at i liimcd to Gre< r J esterdaj this li. n of the year we are too busy T. G Hopp< i from down on the to go r.v iv on l deasure trips, but the H* v vas in t city yes terdf iv on voiinj? •:i wno told us of these mat- busim-ss Haynes ters ? re absoltt telv reliable. If Co- li. J vror ih, ol t u* ( roon i lum nia wants the people of the vilb* bar was in Hu city ye‘ Herd av on Stale to visit her, this practic; of busin< ss extort! on must he stopped for most Hoi. Manyame \V lison. of Spar- assure d \ we w ill advise the citizens tanburg. was in the city yet >terd av on of Ha nb erg to stay away next year legal bu si ness. ohe unless tl .ere is some r asonable as John K. Ste ns. ol Ker shaw, suran< that th ev will not be charg- spent Sunday in Mb e city. 2.1 out r.ageoug prices for everything. Miss Bertha Walker of A|>| ieton. Limestone College Buys pie believe they are frightening the I S. C.. a graduate of Limestone Col lege. is visitng at, the college. Miss Bertha is on her wav home from an European trip. Harry Schirmer. formeriy of this citv but now on the road for Walker, Evans A- f oksi^ell, of Charleston, was in the city yesterday. “Big" Parrott as Junius is famil iarly called by his best friends. '•"'*nt a portion of Sunday in Spartanburg. By and by, if the things keep up. we may expect to see the; divorce cases written up in the society trusts. Scratch a standpatter and columns of th<- newspapers, iust like vnu will And the trust brand hidden j the weddings, somewhere. • • * Our sympathy goes out to Brother A. B. Cargile, of the Saluda Stan- When girls do not know anything else to do, they genera’ly know enough to do something foolish—and lose no time in doing it. Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters in Gaff ney, S. C, postoffice for week end ing November 12th. 1900; Mrs. J. Mat Bridges. Miss JuJa Brown, Mattie Cook, Julia Fawcet, Miss Docia Grigg. Miss V ra Houseal, Miss Janie Littlejohn, Miss Nottie Littlejohn. Miss Ara McDonell. Miss r ’athern Ray, Miss Mira Rich, Miss Alice Stone, Miss Fred Williams, O C. & C. B. Blanton, A. B. Brown. Robt. Carver. Clarence Dais, Jim W. Elders, Jno. Gosnett, Paul Green, I no. Green, care Jim Burus. E. T. Harrlll. C. C. Jenkins (3), J Oscar lackson, Mario Kennedy, Nathan l>ookhart. A. L. Painter. M. Shanks. Lifls Willis. Lum Watkins, Serkekl Williams. One cent due on each. A. R. N. Folger. P. M. A LARGE AMOUNT OF GROCERIES. 500Pair“Em-Eff” Trousers ARE MANUFACTURED DAILY. 9 I have just received a shipment of “EM-EFF” up-to-date Trousers. These cele brated Trousers are sold by all the leading and popular C/lothiers from New York to San Francisco, and all over the South. I am handling these popular Trousers at popular prices. Don’t fail to see them NOW ! ::::::::::: NELSON - The Star Clothier.