Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher. THERE ARE OTHERS. The Nock Hill Record thinks the (s'ew Rra offers a slap at the York- rllle Enquirer when It says: "The late Mr. Hull, of the Rocb Hill Herald, once said that It Rave him the inclination to run to an open window whenever he saw a country paper fawning and flattering a big dallr Just in order to be noticed. It certainly does have a tendency to up set a fellow’s ‘gorge’ to watch cer tain weeklies carrying out this pro gram in order to get recognition from the city papers." We hardly believe this was intend ed solely for the Enquirer. The New Hra would not intentionally ignore the Gaffney Ledger in such a man ner. We clip the above, caption includ »d. from the Fort Mill Times. We regret that any reference we may | as to the result of said examination have made to the "big dalles’’ has l and of his recommendation thereon , „ , . T,f.H Times ari( l the reasons therefor, which shall been offensive to the esteemed Times. ^ aooompanio(1 1)V tho ori>r inal pro We have no desire to cause the green- wise, a site and cause to be erected H ereon a suitable building, inclullug | fireproof valuta .heating and ventoiat- ing apparatus, el valors, and anoroch os. for (he use and accommodation of the United States postofllce and other government offices in the citv of Gaff ney and State of South Carolina, the cost of said site and building includ ing said vaults, heating and ventilat ing apparatus, elevators, and ap- nroaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of sevenL ive thousand dollars. ProiKisals for the sale of land suit able for said site shall be Invited by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation Cor at least twenty P"- s prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals. Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall bo addressed and mailed to the secretary of the treasury, who will then cause the proposed sites and such others as he may think proper to designate to be examined in person by an agent of the treasury department, wh" sLal make written report to said secretary posals and all maps, plats, and slate- eyed monster to develop in the breast mi nts which shall have eomo into i rapidly, friend We hardly think I bis possession relating to the said yours.” San lifer had Th ' Ledger THE WILLIAMSON PLAN. The Essential Features Restated in Brief Form. The pecu iar or essential William- ! son plan features are: 1. Deep and thorough preparation of seed bed. The soil is not only broken to fully twice the depth to which it is usually broken, but is broken much more thoroughly than is the custom. 2. Deep p.anting of the seed. The seed are placed four or six inches below the soil level and almost or quite in contact with the subsoil, but covered to the usual depth. This aids in "stunting” or retarding the growth of the young corn and of grasses and weed" as we.l, since very nearly all the soil proper has been plowed away from the corn row and into the middles, and no fertilizer has been applied. 3. Infrequent and partial cultiva tion in earlv stages of growth. This is contrary to popular belief and prac tice and Mr. Williamson styles it "the most difficult [mint in the whole pro cess, requiring experience and judge ment “to know just bow much the stalk should bn stunted, and Plenty of m ■"e is required to hold bad:- your corn .'lien your neighbors, who fer tilize t planting time and cultivate ave corn twice the size of Style! Shape! Quality! All Perfect. What More Can Any Man Ask For? ’ of our Brother mind. He is now, and lias been f° r j an( j accompanying papers the seen years, a personal friend of the editor ■ t iry of the treasury shall deem fur-1 Williamson plan has a little more tnan r.f Thi* Ledger and while we may j ther investigation necessary, he may 17,300 sti Iks per sicre against a little ' r ,nt( r , 1 .o ( j 0 ! amioint a commission of not more more Urn 2.800 if planting is done have differed in some matters *t j t i ian thr0n , )0rsO ns. one of whom shall 'five by three feet, in accordance with "i"" " u he nn officer of the treasury depart- the ordinary practice. Theoretically. merit, which commission shall also; this wou’i 1 give 73 ami 20 bushels per j n I iironosed sites. | U Ati increase of dno per cent or t 1 -- ' ' j “• of stalks per ! If upon consideration of said report more in the number acre. With rows six feet by one the not. believe he would slap at us Bill suppose he did have referenci to us! Wo would like to know where j examine the can he the harm in alluding in a others complimentary wav to the achieve ments of one’s friends and acquaint nnecs’ said proposed sites and as the secretary of the treasury may designate and grant such hearings in relation thereto as may interest the editor of commission shall aero, respectively, and it seems,! from evidence at hand, that it is borne out in practice, assuming that each stalk will produce an ear and 100 ears wMl shell a bushel of grain, j i Postponing application of ferti lizers until corn is given its second , cultivation. In ordinary practice this j would he about the time corn should ] he worked the third time. The stalk of South Carolina and a goodly numb-; maps, plats, or documents taken by or i has been checked or “stunted” as de-' i x- t i 1( 4 first submitted to them, in like manner: sird and th fertilizer is applied when' er In North Carolina, that the "rst | ^ hero!nheforo , ir(ni( , ( . d i n regard the plant, needs it for tho develop-: work he ever did on a newspaper (] 1f , proceedings of said agent of mont of the > r. was under the editor of the Charlotte j] )(> treasury department; and the i f>. Intentional retardation of early Observer: that the last work on a j secretary of th > treasury shall there- growth of the stalk until its size is: upon fin ally determine the location J reduced one half one fourth its nor- ! of the building to lie erected. 1 mai development. — /v:vi> — The Times to know that the editor of I aftf T The Ledger numbers among his ac-j nor( quaintances 30 per cent of the editors mis 's. accompanied by ippossur; y: and said within thirt" ( days ation, make ♦ ♦ lie rufisury writtfM i re elusion in the pre- 1 by all statemi Mjt s. newspaper previous to the launching of Tiie Ledger was under the present editor of The State, who was at that time news editor of that, paper; that the product of Hie P< n of the editor of The Ledger has found its wav in- l^or xVIen j 1 Are “ii. 2 ’ Price $3.50 and $5.00. I C 1^01.1. ^ I5V Iv?* I I. •ar Augmented development of the i following retardation in stalk | same ! developed) by cultivation and heavy |applications of fertilizers made at 1 appropriate intervals. Since bv the Williamson p’.an corn is planted four to six inches below The eompenntion of said comtnls sioners shall In' fix •<! by the secre tarv of the treasury, hut tin shai] no* exceed six dollars ner day and actual traveling expenses: Pro vided, how* ver, that the meuieber "f to the columns of almost every dally sa j d commission appointed from the in this State without solicitation on treasury department shall he paid! the level and is laid by four to six j Ilia rnrt We are nroud to claim the onlv his actual traveling expenses. inches above the level, there is i , - ..y. No money shall he used for the pur eight to twelce inches of the stalk be- friendsliip of all the editors of blgl ^ mentioned until a valid title to low the surface when the cron is; dallies” in this Stat", and wo cnn 'i the site of said building shall be vest- laid bv and the roots probably per-1 eid<*r it on fawning or flattery when ed in the United States, nor until the i form their nutritive functions better, we occasionally make mention of I Stat- of South Carolina shall have than would he if a part of them were . . , . ^ fVititr! ceded to the United States exclusive them, and no condescension on their ! 1 „ risdict , on ovpr ttip sain e, during the part when they mention us. Wecon-| t j mp the iT nit(v1 gtates shall be or fesa, that as a general thing their j remain the owner thereof, for all pur poses except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein. The building! shall ho unexposed to danger from Are by an on^n space of least forty feet on each side, in cluding streets and alleys. We trust Mr. Latimer’s colleague. FOR SALE. views dovetail with ours. We eon- elder them pretty good company and are not ashamed to he caught as sociating with thorn. We realize that these “big dailies” have been kindly •Uspesod towards us and we are ap- A Maine Fish Story. A correspondent of Maine Woods j writes: “Seeing some of your fish FOR RENT and bear stories. 1 must confess some , good orchard; of them do siue.l a little fishy, and for ' Apply to J. G. Lipscomb, a change I will give you one founded | Jan. 18 tf. on facts. You see. it was this way. We were fishing on one of the Kes- Kight. room house; ;ood garden; barn FOR SALE—Good family horse. Apply to Dr. J. F. Garrett. tf. FOR SALE—A lot of cheap mules for cash or on time. Apply to J. I. Sarratt. t Jan. 15, tf. preejative. but we do not put such a .mall value upon our work that we Mr ' Ti,,,Iian ' ” r - an * hls think it too inferior to he beneath the notice of others. We hope wo are not .egotistical. We have a kind feel ing for all the editors, whether they ptiWsh “big dailies" or “little week lies.’’ and when we say this we do not / mean any slap at The Fort Will* Times. We do not measure a newspaper bv its size or frequency of injuie, but by the efforts of Its edi tor to be of service to his constituency Knvlpmment has all to do with the *lr.e and frequency of Issue. We might add that wo frequently allude to our exchanges of the weel> ly and semi weekly press, especially whop we can sav something pleasant about them, and If The Times thinks we are partial to the “big dailies’* It !• quite mistaken. We probably refor to them more frequent because fhof come oft ner to our desk than the weekly or semi weekly exchanges. We regard nearly all the South Caro lina editors as our friends—some of ♦fcori! very warm personal friends— ead we onlv wish we hau a more in timate acquaintance with the editor of T^ie Tlmos, for we are satisfied he would not. “s*lap” at us in the manner be does If he only knew us and un derstood our motives. For his benefit we win say that our object in running a newspaper is to contribute what we can to the upbuilding of our com mon country, tho carrying of news to our patrons, to live In harmony and INwce with our fellowman. and inci dentally to make a Hying for ourself, ibe wife and the babies. Perhans we have taken our friend too seriously, bat he has given us an opportunity to ■]*iAk a piece and we have grasped * We wish him well. He gets out •ne of the most Interesting papers In ike county of York, notwithstanding ♦be fact that he is on what we con- alder the wrong side of the dispensary question. colleagues will do all in their* power fo have this hill become a law. Gaff ney certainly seeds a rV'deral post- office building NOTES AND COMMENTS. exposed to the air. Fertilizer Per Acre. Mr. Williamson recommends the following amounts of fertilizers ap i plied to an acre: For 50 bushels of corn per acre: 200 pounds of cotton seed meal 200 pounds of acid phosphate 400 pounds of kainit 125 pounds of nitrate of soda A FEDERAL BUILDING FOR U8. to the Senate of the United States, on December 10, 1906, Mr. Latimer Introduced th« following, which was read twice and refered to the Com- imlttee on Pubbc Buildings and Grounds: A bill to provide for the purchase at a site and the erection of a build log thereon at Gaffney, in the State of South Carolina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the secretary of the treasury be, and he Is hereby, au- Uhortzed and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or other- MT J. Rut McGhee is The I^edger’s Columbia correspondent We are not going to boost Rut’s work; it will speak for itself, 'fhose of qur read era who fall to read his letters will only have themselves to blame for missing some mighty good reading. • • • We wish our people could realize the necessity of good roads until they would be willing to pay for them. Everybody wants good roads but mlrtity few want to pay for them. Well, there Is one thing certain and sure, and that is, w«j will neve;’ have them until wo are willing to pay for them. • • • J. H. Mason, representing the Char Observer, was in the cltv Fri day. The Obeserver’s patronage in this territory should increase now. as the paper gets here in time for break fast--when tho train is on time. At the risk of offending the esteemed Fort Mills Times we desire to add that Tho Obeserver is an ideal news paper, one of the best in the South, and worthy of the splendid patronage being accorded It. • • • *nie fourth series of the Cherokee Building and Loan Association opens the first Saturday fa February. We are greatly interesHnl in this institu tion and want to »e<* it succeed for three reasons, viz: It is the best way in the world for a wage earner to get a start in life; it is a home in stitution. offiowHl by home men who have the welfare of the community at heart; once a person forms the habit of saving through it they have laid the foundation for independence and consequently become better citizens. Every wage earner in Gaffney should take one or more shares and thus add to the wealth and prosperity»of the community. There is no better way for a wage earner to get a home than through the local building and loap. Look into the plan for yourself. 925 pounds costing about $9. For 100 bushels of com per acre: 400 pounds of cotton seed meal 400 pounds of acid phosphate 800 pound sof kainit 300 pounds of nitrate soda 1,900 pounds costing about $19. The total cost of fertilizers, culti vation. etc., for producing 50 bushels on one aero would vary from $15 to $20 and for producing 100 bushels on one acre from $25 to $30. These val uations are based on the market price of the fertilizers (assuming the acid phosphate to be 14 per cent, (roods) and the average price of la bor. The cost of labor vanes In dif ferent parts of the state and even on adjacent farms. If the cow pea crop grown with the corn produces one ton of hay, this cron, if left on and In the ground, would add to about $12 worth of nitrogen .phosphoric acid and potash. If tho cow pea crop would produce two tons of hay. this crop left on add $24 worth of these fertilizer ingredi ents. However, the value of the cow- pea hay for feeding purposes is dou ble its value for fertilizing purposes. If judiciously fed to animals, this hay will have a feeding value of about $24 per ton and if all the ex creta is saved and returned to the soil between 80 and 90 per c*‘nt. ($10.20 per Ion) of the fertilizing val ue of the cow pea bay will be given back to the land. An ordinary crop of cow peas may be made to pay the cost of cultivating Die com. or prob ably the cost of the fertilizer. A good crop should pay for both. wick lakes in the spring of ’93, and our catch had been enormous. About 3 o’clocb in the afternoon we heard a peculiar noise on the bank of the lake tearing of roots. So we went to investigate, and on nearing the FOR RENT—Palmetto Hotel, new j shore were surprised to find a large jy furnished, electric lights, water : black bear digging up the ground to ; works, all modem conveniences | beat nine of a kind. We lay low to Webster & Jefferies. Nov. 16-tf I watch: and what do you think he! 1 was doing? Why, he was digging FOR SALE—Two hundred and l worms, and after putting nice fat twenty-two acres of good farming angleworms on each of his forenaws, i land near Blacksburg; twenty-two ; h- ventured out in the lake on anises of which is good bottom land; i old sunken log. put down his forefeet; two comfortable dwellings; also out in the water and actually scooped out timbered. Apply huge trout so thick and fast that he to Ed. H. DeCamp, Gaffney. S. C. almost darkened the sun. After FOR SALE—2 secondhand Metta awhile, thinking them was enough & Weiss kerosene engines, 2 horse fish for us. we put an ounce ball ia power, cheap. Apply this office, his head. Talk about fish! Great ’ 1 Lf_1 heavens! There lay trout too feet; FOR SALE—A good secondhand deep, on which two young cubs were twelve-horse power boiler. Addresk goring themselves. Well, we skinned M. care The Ledger. Nov. 13-tf that bear, and, wishing to secure the j — cubs alive, I just threw the bearskin } FOR SALE—Maryland bine stem over me and got down on all fours, 1 seed wheat. Gaffney Hardware Co. and those cubs followed me right In- Oct. 23 tf . to camp, thinking it was mother -. no A _ _ .77 bear. The cubs I afterward sold for i m in v ^ h n ® W8paperB at - $25 each and the hide of the moth- offlc<> > 10c a hundred. er bear, which was a very large one, brought me $40, not too bad a day’s work Oh, yes, about those fish on the bank. Well, we went back the next day and barrelled up twenty- four barrels of the best of those trout. The rest were left to rot in the sun. We put those fish In cold storage, and wo have some of them yet.” FOR SALE. On Mon.lay, Febmary 4th, 190T, I will offer li ’fore the court house door to the highest bidder all my real e*- ♦ate. consisting of one lot of land con- | talnlng fifty acres, more or less, with j dwelling and outhouses thereon. .Terms of sale: One third cash; bal- j ance In one and two years, with flret I mortgage to secure payment. M. C. Perry. Jan. 15, 18, 22, 25, 28. Feb. 1. Fire Insurance! We represent some of t he largest an4 most substantia rompanics and woul4 like to Write your bustnes. 5-14-trf. Smith & Lipscomb, AgentsT The Biter Bit. (Llpplncott’s Magazine.) FOR SALE—First class babbit met al. Apply at Ledger office. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—A good farm. Apply to J. I. Sarratt. Jan. 11 tf. TO RENT—Office rooms over The Ledger. Apply to Ed. H. DeCamp. Nov. 2-tf, FOR RENT—My store house, and ,nL n. That’s the house the Doctor built, j The biggest house you see; l)hank goodness he don’t get our money. For we take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Ten —Gaffney Drag Co. A riJC ; ' d ^ TIenn Sweet er t i.'ny years a*ro was a raV-mnn • for .Joel (Jold- lh .v;: T ', ( 2,vet dc iler, of Boston. One tl.iv ic was called lo show car pets to .t i.tdy ulio had plans of all the rooms of a liou«e for which she wished to select suitable carpets. Thinking it a chance for a good sale, for two hours he showed car pets, helping her with his judgment to make a ^ood choice for each room, and, having decided on the carpets, he said, “Now we will have these cut off, and where shall we send them?” “Well,” tho lady said, “my hus band is looking at a lot, and if he buys it we shall build this house, and then we shall want the car pets.” Mr. Sweetser was too astonished to speak, and she walked calmly from the store after bidding him good morning.—Boston Herald. The board of trustees Is expected to investigate the fireworks escapade at the Virginia Military Instltuta. In the broad light, of day a would-! blacksmith shop and tools. W. T be highwayman sprang from the Thompson. Jan. 1. tf bushes that skirted’ "Big Road,” and. with pistol at Eli’s head commanded the wayfarer to hold up his hands. WANTED. Without hesitation Eli obeyed, grab-. ^ bing his hat in true darky fashion. | I WANT to buy one or a pair of while his hands were making the as- full blood Fox Hounds. Describe ful cent. Then he stood trembling, as if ly and give age. Jno. C. Porcher, in great fear, and said: j Oakley Depot, S. C. 15 18 22 np. “LawdV. Boss, what is dat you got?” : WANTED—You to know that we The highwayman replied. “It’s a have a pig 13 months old that weglhs bul’dog.” i ^ pounds and also some that weigh "Kin he bark?” asked poor EH. ! from 30 to 80 of the same stock. Call “Certainly.” was the answer. at once if you want pigs. Robertson “Boss. I’ll gib you a dollar des to; & Dempsy. Jan. 15 22. daWB bark wun8t '' ' ald | WANTED—Everybody to knot. • narntr ' .tent tho (tun. and tbe l ‘ b,t «>• Acme SlaUM Rink will hall wont crauhtns thronish tho woods. 1 JJfL .^‘es oolite EH pulled out a silver dollar and 1a.™*? handed it over to the wouldbe rob ber. —“Natures Cough Ramody" cure* Its sure* Its pure Gaffney Drug Co Subscribe for Th» Lodger; $1 a year. “Do hit ag’in. Boss,” said Eli. A second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth time the do- harked, and each time Ell paid a dollar for the fun. When the revolver had been emptied the darkey ashed pitifully: “Bose, can’t be bark no mo’?” On being assured that the dog could bark no more. Ell said: “Well, Boss, ain’t you got anuddah dawg?" The robber said he was sorry, but he did not have another. Then the darkey said, as he ran bis band In his hip-pocket: “Boss. I got one o’ dem dawgs mah se’f. an’ I ’spect’ I’ll let you hyeah mine bark some. Drap yo' dawg. Boss, an’ drap hit quick," he com manded. as be pointed bis gun at the would be robber's head. Down went the other man’s gun. "Now drap dem dollars right 'long side o' dat gun. Be quick,” said Ell. Down went the dollars. “Now you git, an' don’t yon look back. Step lively, an’ ef you das' to look bac’. you sho’ will hyeah aump’n impawtunt.” and capable attendants. Separate nights exclusively for ladles’ instruct ion. Admission 10 cents. Parker A Fort, managers. Jan. 22 It np. MONEY TO LOAN. 1 am prepared to negotate loans os Improved farm? for a term of years tn ar. ounts of $1 boo and upward, at 7 ner cent, and from $300 to $1,006 •! 8 per cent. Apply to J. C. JEFFERIES, Gaffney. 8, C. MONEY TO LOAN i’i sums of $ioo to J?v>o to members <M The Farmers Mutual Insurance Coo*- pay on first mortgage real estate. J. EB JEFFERIES, Secretary and Treasurer. HOLLISTER’S Rocky Mountain ’ea Nuggets A Busy Medicine far Busy Peopled Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific fnr ConKtipntfon. Indigestion, Mim and Kidney troubles. I implcH, Eczema, ImgaM Blood. Had Breath, Sluggish Rowels. Hen (isaha and Backache. Its Kocky Mountain Tea In M»- let fo'in. 3ft cents a box. Genuine made kg HotXiSTEU Druo Compant, Madison, Wia. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SAUOW PEOPlfi DON’T FORGET you eea be cured of Cancr, Ts- I mor or Chronic OKI Sores. Ten I thousand cases treated. It la tlM I surest cure on earth. Delay la I fatal How to be cured? Juet ff write I D. 8. GLADDEN Grover. N. C. I DR. W. K. GUNTER, I> E IV T I «T )ffice in Star Theatre Building. Phonk No. 20. Crow and bridge werk a Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 a year. LOST. LOST—A ladles Jacket; brown; be tween Gaffney and S. Q. Sarratt’a borne. Reward If returned to this office. Jan. 22 It LOST—Dark bay horse mule, weighing about 806 pounds. Finder please notify J. S. Moss. Cherokee Falls, 8. C. It pd. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, 8. C. WILLIAM S. HALL, JR, Attorney at Lass, Office over The Battery. Qaffnsy, Sb 0. Prompt attention give' to afl DR. J. F. GARRCTT. DENTIST. Moved to new office over Street Front of the Battery. ’Phone In Office end R FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, lH> PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN TUB STATE AND EVENTS OP INTEREST IN PORE ION LAND* TAKE READ THE LEDGER.