Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher. The Ledger la not responsible tor fJie news of correspondents. Hereafter no advertisements will be accepted at thla office after 9.30 o'clock on Mondays and Thursdays. Watcb your label and the date. And renew before 'Us too late; If there be an error, don’t get mad. Report to u a—we’ll make yon glad. Remember, ’tls our aim to please. But errors are like peskv fleas— Ther will creep in in spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. OUR WAYWARD CHILDREN. The Beaufort Gazette can always be depended upon to be making some building Is a greater distance from is being decorated and preparations made for many visitors. Spartanburg is to be congratulated upon her auc- cess In this particular, as she has al ready achieved the distinction of be ing the music centre of the South. • • • Mayor Sam McNlnch was last weeb re-elected to preside over "Greate" Charlotte” for the next two years. Mr. McNlnch has made Charlotte an excellent executive, if we may be al lowed to Judge from the very high praise accorded him by the press of the Queen City, and we do not (Jpubt but what he will continue to push the pride of his heart in the future as he has in the past. No town could help going forward with such a man at the head. • • • Dr. W. C. Hamrick, one of the schoo] trustees calls our attention to the fact that the lot seleced bv the school trustees for the new school effect toward uplifting the citizen ship of our State. Its editor. Senator Niels Christensen, is a pure-minded, high-toned gentleman, who aims at Gie railroad than the present build ing. We were misled about this mat ter. as our informant said the site was nearly opposite the pregaat a]’, the best things in life. In the last S ohool building and adjoined the rail- issue of that paper the following earnest appeal for a reformatory' for South Carolina’s wayward children appeared: A few days ago a lady, who is known in this community for her road. Wie take it all back and apolo gize to the trustees for “butting in" to a matter of which we were so ignorant. • • • The ledger is a friend :<> the auto- wise benevolence, asked us if there, . Is a State reformatory. Upon our re- | mobillsts of tnis city, our only regret plying in the negative she expressel being that wp cannot “sport” one our- much regret, and explained that she | wo rannot refrain from ut- knew of a negro boy' whose parents l ^ f , r j n£r a protest against the anoarent- had died and who had become so un manageable that his kinfolk jyere at a loss as to what they could do with him. He had committed no crime, but the path he is following will lead Into it any Jav. Keformatories are not experiments. iv indifferent and reckless manner in which sev- ral of them drive their cars about the city'. On Sunday' a horse attached to a buggy in which were a lady and gentleman became They have been tried for many years frightened at the approach of an au- and in all sections of this country, j tomobile and the driver of the ear did machine. This is the second Georgia, North Carolina. Alabama. | p V pn slacken the speed of Tennessee and most of the other , ^ States have such institutions. They ' Tno J 4 - have proved that boys and girls with time we have observed instances of criminal tendencies can be reformed. ] this kind. Some of these davs a Only about three per cent have gone ^ orS p j s going to run aw'av and some- back to evil ways. There are minis- bodv be hurt ani! | no one w in pe ters of the gospel. Judges of note,.con- ^ .... . Pressmen and hundreds of men in no- ^et it more than the automobillgts. eitions of influence and tru$t who The citv council will pass a speed have been saved to the States by. je- j aw if the drivers of cars cannot formatories. The economic value of , exbjb j t more concern for the safety r„ ae ar n e S “,eS of o«,or s It wo„M W bettor for the Be it said to the shame of South citv council to pass a speed law be- Carolina that she has none. Tore any serious damage is done. It Shame would certainly have color-j wou]d , )e better f or a ii, however, if ed the cheek and Pit stirred theheart automobiles would ex- of anv true man who could have wit- UK,3W „ , . nessed a scene at the State peniten- ercise a little care and slow down tiarv we happened to see last wipter. While waiting in one of th.e of&ces, six new prisoners were marched io by a guard to be entered on the re cords. Two w r ere negro men. two were negro bovs and two were white boys. Dressed in striped suits In stocking feet, their heads shaved, thev marched in end sat together on the benches in the prisoners pen. One bv one they were called out. .stood under the measuring machine, their heads felt over for bumps and scars which were duly recorded along adth their name. age. home, crime com mitted. sentence and other such data. their machines when they observe that a horse is becoming frightened. • • • PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Jefferies, of Gowdeysville. were The white boys were youngest, lit- the city Saturday. Mrs. Agnes S. Wood has gone to Jonesville to attend the marrtagg of her granddaughter, Miss Beulah SpC i 3.I*S. W. T). Gaston, from across the Broad, was a business visitor io the citv Thursday. Mrs. Adam Goudelock and Mrs. K-. in tie chans, fourteen years old. sent uu for four to five years for store break ing. and came from a cotton Mill town. They did not have bad. faces. George H. Burbage, of Charlotte, N. C.. spent Sunday in the city, visitr ing his wife who has been spending some time In the city with her moth- one sat stolid and resigned, the other ' er, Mirs. M. H. Jefferies, looked wistful and there was an un- i Mrs. M. H. Jefferies and her son, conse'ous appeal about his slim lit-1 Mr. J. Eh, will return from Charles- tle figure ad his eyes that will haunt ton today after an absence from the writer for many a day. It is im possible to understand all the mean ing of such a scene until one has wit nessed it. It all seemed so wrong- citv of several days. Mrs. M. E. Britton, of Spartanburg, who is on her way to Norfolk, stoo ped over Sunday and Monday, with ful, so downright foolish. The im- 1 Mrs. W. C. Wilson., pulse was to take that child In vour , Mrs. W. S. Hall, who has been vi arms and rescue him from the brand- iting in Chester, returned to the city Ing he was suffering, and the four last Tuesday. years of stripes during which the Clint Robbins, who has been ~ brand would bo seared into his very ,ing school in the eastern pail O' - a soul. State returned to the city Monday. South Carolina, aroused bv her J. Brian Bell, who has been attfind- women. voted, through her legjsla- ing Clinton College, returned to the ture, to establish a reformatory. ; citv Sunday for a brief stay. Forty-five hundred dollars was ap- R. P. Scruggs, boss spinner a propriated to start th'> work. That Oaroleen. was in the citv yeshirday. was in 1906. This last winter the Chance Wilson, of Spartanburg, Senate put $15,000 in the annropria- oamo down Sunday, returning yester- ♦ion hill to establish this institution. I day. The House conferees struck it out Guy Bonner, who is running as ex- during the last hours of the session. ; press agent from Atlanta to Washing- These three men who set on that ton. spent Saturday in the citv. . committee are personal friends of the ' Col. Jas. L. Strain, the Sage of Et- writer and political friends. But we , ta Jane, was in the city yesterday. must sav that in our opinion they * committed a great wrong and out- Importance of Greek, rage. The more our knowledge is widened They snick this item out, it is the more clear Incomes the importance said, because the appropriations were of Greece and the Greek language, already far too large. Yet they gave >,’ot only Europe, hut the east, shows #10,000 to place a monument of Cal-: their influence. Every brunch of hu- houn in the capitol in Washington. niau thought owes its first inspiration Is it diffteult to imagine what that ^ (j reece . Theologians nre. at lust statesman ^euM have to such i jonrnlng that Christianity can only lie economy? They save *15JV)0 to lm- imdenjto , )(1 , n the llpl / of r(>nteiniK >. ^ ".ry IleUenUtn. A» In pl.llonoi.by, .6 thes» improved grounds. whose | ,n »«tronomy. mathematics and geog- aiesthetic eyes feast thefmselves on ruphy ’ ,n ,n f dlctne ftud nalurH, ^ the lawns and shrubs and flowers. en< ' e * the modern spirit finds itself remember the children working in •trines in the Juvenile penitentiarv across the Congaree on the hills of Lexington. clorely linked with the ancient.—Clas sical Review. NOTES AND COMMENTS. An Op#ra by a Monk. It is not often one hears of an opera composed in the cloister: fine such is. however, to be shortly placed l>efore This is the kind of weather that the public. It comes, too, from a mon- ehould remind Gherokeenns of the i astery hitherto associated In men’s fact that they need macadam roads. • # • Gaffney continues to decline to make the best of her opportultles by neglecting to organize a business men’s organization to promote the fraternal Interest of the town. # • • This is the week of the South At lantic MKiflic Festival at Spartanburg. The Indications ana that the eyent will be the moat notable of tfea many •ttractlTa onaa so far bald- The oltj minds rather with hardship and priva tion than the pleasures of worldly melody—namely, the hospital of the great St Bernard. The author of the opera is one of the hardest working mocks in the Alpine community. Brother J. Gross. He has entitled hie work, which Is la five acta, ’The Old Valais.”—Lloyd’s Mews. BUTLER ON JAPANESE. The Alaska Packers Association give the heartiest support to the Pure Food Laws, and guarantee their pro ducts to meet all the requirements. . April 22-26. Disagrees With President’s Stand on tnc School Question. Nicholas Murray Butler, /resident of Columbia university, return**, from hi.* honeymoon trip to the Pacific coast full of impressions of Ran Francisco and t'nllfornlrf. says the New York Trib une. After personal observation Dr. Butler says that he disagrees with President Roosevelt’s stand on the Jap anese question. He believes that the people of San Franctsco are fully Justi fied In excluding them from their schools. Dr. Butler ssys most of the Japanese who try to enter the schools are grown men, and he thinks there Is no doubt that the policy of placing them side by side with little children is bad. “The California sentiment on the Japanese question has not been thor oughly understood In the east and lias not been made entirely clear here.” said Dr. Butler. “The whole school question, about which the recent dis cussion arose, turned in reality uihmi the admission or opposition of adult Japanese side by side with little chil dren in the public schools learning the English language. As to the unwisdom of this there can hardly be two opin ions. In southern California the senti ment appears to be very critical of Ran Francisco’s position as to Japanese Im migration as a whole and not in sym pathy with It. Moreover, the people of San Francisco are by no means unan imous, uud differing opinions are fre quently expressed. “'Hie feeling against Japanese which has been voiced largely by the Japa nese and Kot|pan Exclusion league did not have a particularly creditable ori gin. but has been strengthened among certain classes who fear the Japanese as competitors. The more thoughtful Californians, however, believe that the so called problem of oriental Immigra tion can be more satisfactorily settled on national rather than on local lines and thus conserve the best Interests of the United Rtates and the dignity of the people of China and Japan. The more violent expressions In regard to this matter seem to me to he the least representative.” I)r. Butler also told something of the process of rebuilding the city that is now going on. “Knowing Kan Francisco as well us I did,” he said, “having followed the fire by the dispatches and on the map, I was not prepared for the amount and completeness of destruction, nor was I at all prepared for the work done since the fire. Whole sections of the city, especially to the north and south, have been completely or almost com pletely rebuilt The more fashionable and expensive residence sections have been practically untouched and remain Just as when the fire left them. The business sections are rapidly rebuild ing, although as yet nearly every im portant business house In San Fran cisco is in a temporary habitation.” TWO CENT FARE POPULAR. A Dozen States Have Reduced the Railroad Passenger Rate. The following exhibit of passenger rate legislation the past winter, or within the past year, and rate reduc tion by decree of commission shows how generally the two cent standard, or an approximation to it, has been applied rigidly to the widely varying conditions of railroad travel in the United Rtates: Pennsylvania—Two cent bill passed by the house and is pending in the senate. Ohio-Two cent law enacted last year. West Virginia—Two cent bill passed. North Carolina—Two and a quarter cent bill passed. Alabama—Two and a half cent bill was passed. Arkansas—Two cent bill passed. Kansas—Two cent bill passed. Nebraska—Two cent law enacted. North Dakota—Two and a half cent hill passed. South Dakota—Railroad commission authorized to order two and a half cent rate. Indiana—Two cent bill passed. Illinois—Two cent bill passed the house. Missouri—Two cent hill passed. Iowa—Two cent hill passed applying to roads earning $4,000 a year gross per mile. Minnesota Rate of 2 , /j cents fixed by railroad commission. An Appendicitis Scrapbook. Probably the oddest scrapliook in New England is that of William F. Fernald of Cld Orchard, Me. It Is de voted exclusively to newspai»er notices of upiMMidicitls cases. Mr. Fernald figured In an operation himself, and it was a fellow feeling for the rest of the appendicitis legion which made him commence to collect clippings. “Awhile ngo,” he said to a Boston Herald man, *T talked of organizing an appendicitis club in Maine, its mem- tiers to lie com[wised of persons who have been under the knife. A number of persons to whom 1 mentioned the project approved, but I didn’t get around to carrying it into execution. I think I shall revive the scheme.’’ Baseball Deye Are Near. They ar« coming nsarer, rooters; Nearer to us day by day, And In fancy now I hear you Shouting tn the good old way: “Hit ’er out! A homer! Kill It!” Fans are yelling one and all, Dace they hear the umpire calling: "Batter up! All right! Play ban!” They are coming nearer to us. It will not be many days Ere we’U have a chance for cheering As we eee the lightning plays. So get ready for the opening— Oh. the magic of that Call To the playera from the umpire: "Batter up! Ail right! Play betir --James T. Sullivan in Boston Globa. What’s a Democrat. Colonel Justin M. Leavitt for twenty years register of deeds for York county, and now liquor com missioner for the State of Maine. Is well known as a successful political evangelist says the Boston Herald. Some years ago. during one of the State campaigns, he was up in the northern part of York county doing a little log rolling for the tickets. At one of the small villages he was ob liged to hire a team to drive out some four miles to see his man. The day was cold and rainv. and he wa^ nret- tv well chilled when he returned. Having an hour or so to wait for his train he entered the small tavern near the station, and seated himself in a comforable chair In front of the big wood stove. In which was a good fire. With his heavy ulster on he soon became a lltttle drowsy. The four or five “setters” about the room soon began to interest them selves in the stranger, who sat nod ding before the stove. “Who is he?” said one. “Don’t know. Too bad. ain’t it.” replied an other. “Well.” said the man with the clay pipe, “he’s in had shape. Guess we better call William,” naming the landlord. “Yes, we’d better take care of him, as some one may come in, and his condition might cast some reflections on ‘Bill.’ ” Just then a lanky fellow sitting on the edge of the table drawled out: “Of course, take care of him, he’s probably one of your good Demo crats.” At this point Colonel Leavitt push ed his head up over his high coat col lar and said: “Look here, my friend, I have all the symptoms, hut thank God. I haven’t got the disease.” Present Name. (A. B. Lewis in Judge.) “Friend, what's your name?” quer ied the farmer’s wife of the tramp who had asked for a meal. “De name I wuz christened, lady, or de name I now have?” “Good lands! Have you more than one name?” “I have had so many, lady, since me adventuresome career began dat I can’t remember dem all. Let’s see now. I wuz christened George Red- dingham Smith, an’ den dev called me George. When I wuz about ten I got de niebname uv Smithy. Den "pe day some guy got trash an’ call ed me Fatty, an’ it hung fer me until I could fight a lilt. At de age uv twenty-one 1 wuz addressed as Mr. Smith bv some, as George by others an’ as Fathead by a few choicg frien’s da^ wuz bigger’n me.” “And what are you called now?” asked the euriojs fanner’s wife. “I’m jest coinin’ ter dat. lady. When 1 reached Jo tender age uv thirty-one nie cruel an’ unnatural par -its sent mo out inter de cold world alone ter earn me own livin’, an’ dat’s how I drifted inter dis biz- ness. I got so thin at first workin’ at me trade dat me name wuz Skin ny. but after a few years dat wuz charged ter Weary Willy. Nqw de boys call me Camel.” “Camel? What do they call you that for?” “I guess, lady, dat it’s because I kin go «o long widout water.” And then she whisteled for the dog, and Camel had to get a hump on him self. Ironical Honesty. (Tit-Bits.) The whip-flicking hero of this story had driven an Irascible old fellow a good three-mile Journey in the me tropolis. When the fare climbed stif fly out and slowly produced a big pocketbook. cabby drew a deep breath and prepared to be sarcastic. ,A watch ful constable standing near prevent ed all thought of his relieving his feelings by the use of picturesque terms. Cabby watched the fare make a lengthy mental calculation of the dis tance he had been driven, select the exact legal fare, count it twice ovet and then proffer It to him with an ex pression on his face plainly indi cative of “Now then, you dare dis pute It and I’ll take your number!” But cabby didn’t dispute it. In stead. he promptly accepted it. but slipping his hand into another pock et he produced a farthing, which <|e handed to the fare. “What’s this for?” demanded the old fellow’. “One farden. currint coin o’ the rel- lutn. sir.” said cabby, gathering up his reins. “I druv yer Jest the exapt distance represented by arf of that there shekel under the three mile on reckoned. I ain’t got no arf-farden about me. hut it don’t matter. You can keo the change. I ain’t mean. Good-bye. sir. and God bless you. Gee. up, ’orse!” Whose Was It? (Denver Post.) In a certain Denver church one Sunday a bright new half dollar was noticed In the aisle by a woman In one of the pews. She was wondering how she’d get it. and in glancljig around to see if her discovery had been noticed she saw a woman di rectly behind her looking at the coin. The first, woman feard the second would “beat her to It.” so she put her hand over her mouth and whls- J)6rQd • “How shall I get that half dollar I Just dropped?" “You didn't drop that. I dropped it.” replied the other. The women were both wondering how to get the half dollar when a map came along with the contribution box. As he offered her the box a wom^in across the aisle from the other two said to him: “I just dropped a half dollar on the floor. Would you be so kind as to hand it to me?’’ The man picked it up and gare it to her. The other two women, al though they are neighbors, haven’t snoken to each other mince. fihrery woman apprcdaAas a tlful complexion, so mooh desired by men. Such complexions oome Id nil "’ho nee Hollister's Rocky Tea. Sf cents. Tea or Vablele. W« do net do all Unde of bHnttae —we de the GOOD kind. The Generoue Boy. ‘Times are cfc nged,’’ said Mark Twain, speaking oi Washington. “I doubt nowdays if a man of Washing ton’s unswearing Integrity wpuld be able to get on. “A rich lawyer, after dinner the other night, went into his den lor a smoke. He took down from his pipe rack a superb meerschaum, a Christ mas present from his wife: but, alas, as he started to fill the pipe It came apart In his hands. The bowl had been broken in two and then careless ly stuck together. “With loud growls of rage the law- Vf T rushed from his den and jemand- ed to know who had broken his new meerschaum. His only son. a boy of eleven, snoke up bravely: “Father.” he said. “I cannot tell a lie. I did it.” “The lawyer praised his Washing tonian veracity, but that night op his oillow he groaned and went on ter ribly about the incident “Heven help me,” he said, “It has been my life’s dearest wish to rear up mv son to my own profession, hut n ow—al as—al as—” Ic« tor 1 Icate of . la Mi plate. The Man. Who does not advertise simply be cause his grandfather did not ought to wear knee pants and a quene. . The man who does not advertise because it costs money should quit paying rent for the same reason. The man who does not adverise because he tried it once and failed should throw away his cigar because the light went out. The man who does not advertise because he doesn’t know how .him self ought to stop eating because he can’t cook. The man who does not advertise because somebody said it did not pav ought not to believe that the world is round because the ancients said it was flat. Dressing Room in an Auto. The zenith of luxury has almost been reached in automobiles. The newest of ail in the auio line in which luxury crowds luxury is un attachment to a magnificent limousinecarwhlch a prom inent society belle received as a wed ging present from her father, says the I’hiladelpbia Press. Apartment would lie a more appropriate w’ord than at tachment, for the novelty Is a tiny boudoir, a boudolrette, as the makers call it, built Into the body of the car. The little apartment is really a dress ing room. It can lie shut off from the rest of the tonneau by sliding panels, and it has barely space for the fair owner and her maid to squeeze inside. Small as the room is wonders can be accomplished therein. The owner when touring can lie greatly refreshed from the effects of a long spin by retiring to her boudolrette and submitting her self to the skillful hands of her maid. A line dressing case swings from the wall, a miniature lavatory occupies a corner, mirrors line the whole interior and the boudolrette is lighted with softly shaded incandescent bulbs. The auto lias all the other conveniences known to the wildest flight of the gasoline wagonmaker’s art—a buffet, a kitchenette and even a smoking room. WlGt a pity they can’t pnt a shower bath in an auto and bowling alleys on the ocean greyhounds! Prepares For His Reincarnation. Heralding the fact that he will lx; reincarnated 500 years hence, Herman Lyman, sixty-five years old. a wealthy retired farmer and Biblical wiseacre of Muskegon, Mich., has built a solid ce ment sepulcher, surrounded by a wood en structure, In a dense forest of oak trees on his farm. He has prepared a burial excavation place that will allow his txidy to rest one Inch under ground with his face showing. The sepulcher cost $1,000 and is lined with silver. Lyman alleges that “earth is hell;” hence he does not want to be covered with earth when buried. Indians Cling to Tribal Language. The Euchc* Indians, 500 In number, who live In a remote part of the Creek Nation, cling to their own language and marry principally among their own tribe after being conquered and ab sorbed by the (’reek Indians more than 200 years ago. In some cases an Eucbe may marry a Creek, and the children will speak to the father In the Euche language and to the mother In Creek. Noah Gregory, a well known Euche Indian, In recalling some of these cir cumstances, says he can remember when bis father used to punish him for talking Creek at home. The Creeks conquered the Euches In Alabama so many years ago that the story is only tradition, the latter being given the full rights and privilegas of the Creek citizens. Most of the tribe are full bloods, owing to the fact that they marry principally among themselves. The district In which they live Is In i he mountainous region of the Greek ration, which lies between Weelocha and a point southwest of Bristow.— Muskogee Cor. Kaneee City Journal. Letter to W. L. Johnson, Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir: People ask how many square feet a gallon will cover. De pends on condition of building. There Is a great deal of lying on this point. The stock claim of lying paints Is 300 square feet, two coats. It’s a He. as a rule. Devoe covers 300 to 500, our agents think. We think 300 too low and 600 too high; though doubtless, they both occur. How much the other paints cover is equally doubtful; we guess 100 to 400. The truth is found in another com parison. Devoe is all paint, true paint, strong paint, and fuD-measure; the others in general are. at the best, diluted, adulterated and short-meas ure. They cover according to body and measure. Ton can’t paint with clay Unas chalk tend barytes water or air—no body In them. Go by De voe. Tours trtfly 6 F W> DEVGE A OO ' P. S. Wilkins-Watson Hardware sell our paint Jenelce Cream Powier into ft quart of milk and freeze, without heating or cooking. Simple, isn’t It f Saves the cost of eggs, sugar and flavoring. Saves measuring out ingredients and cook ing. Does away with all uncertainty, and In sures the best and purest ice cream poeMble to produce. Failure impossible. Nothing to add except milk. One package costing 13c. makes nearly two quarts ice cream. Flavor*: ChoeolaU, Vanilla, BtrawUrry, benum and UnJlavored, t paeka<f€* 86e. If yoar ;-rocer ^ oe8 not keep it send ns bis name and 25 cents for two packages by mail. New IL ustrated recipe book mailed free. The Genesee Fire Food C^, Le Key. M. Y. F. S. J)rliei(iv» Crrarn Pvildivg can aim b* node from JtlUO ICE CREAM Pmcdcr. I I I I I i A Truss —THAT IS ALL— Comfort If you have to wear a Truss you want it to be as comforta ble as possible. Our Trusses have the latest improved shape to fit. They are made for com fortable service. Unless they are properly fitted desired results are not secured and comfort is not acquired. W e guarantee satisfaction in fitting and ad justing. j CHEROKEE I I DRUG COMPANY Comparison New York Standard Policy and The Mutual Benefit Contract. The Mutual Benefit Policy cost much less and guarantees a great deal more. Ita cash value, loan and extention provisions become effective 2nd year instead of the 3rd. We will even make a loan to assist in paying the second premium. The New York Standard Policy offers no cash value—only loans. If a man, age 35, should take out, at the same time two 20 payment life policies for $10,000 each, one in the Mutual Benefit, the other in the New York Standard policy form, he would pay a premium for the New York policy which would exceed that of the Mutual Benefit by 621.20 per aunum, a difference, which improved at 6 per cent, compound intereat, would amount in 20 years to 6826.63. Then if he wonld sur render both policies, The Mutual Benefit would pay him $609.20 more than the New York company, making a total dif ference in guaranteed results of 61,435.85* The above takes no account of divi dends, the amount of which,must depend on future management, intereat rates and mortality. Place your insurance with the Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co., through Jonas J. 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