Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rr‘ 1 v- 9 THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher. Th3 Ledger Is not responsible tor ns rlews of correspondents. Hereafter no adver.lsemsr.ts will be accepted *t this ofBc® after 9.30 o'clock on Mondays and Thursdays. Watch your label and the date. And renew before too late; »f there be an error, don’t Ret tand. In;port to us—we'll make yon *lad. Renumber, 'tls oui aim to please. But errors are like peak* fleas— Ther will creep in In spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. notes and comments. Let every man put his should er to the wheel and push Gati- nev. • • We an ready to admit that Editor John Temple Graves makes a good deal of fuss to be so small. In {act, he seems to be all fuss and feathers. e • s If we had a hundred miles of macadam roads in Cherokee, this would be the greatest county in this country. What’s the matter with realizing this pos sibility? # • At last Miss Hummer Time is about to get here, notwithstand ing the numerous knock-out drops administered by Old Man Winter. In three weeks a merry shout in the gladness of school let out will arise from the happy cMldren who have so nobly earned a vacation. Hail ^nd good day to the good old summer time, with its base ball, fishing frolics, picnics and full length baths. • • • Senator Tillman was in New England recently, talking on his favorite theme—the “nigger* — to a crowd of educated whites. He took a primary—or rather tried to take one—but the audi ence wouldn’t vote. And Sen ator Tillman is as mad as a hornet because the Yankees don’t agree with him. Well, we like his nerve, but must con fess that he displayed a wonder ful lack of judgment. themselves up in their own shell and never look out to see what is going on, and then com plain about the lack of enter prise in the town. We dare say that to half of our people it would be a revelation should they take a day off and visit the various industrial bee hives of the city, and see what is really being done. Thank God, how ever, the croakers are few, and that they really do not amount to a hill of beans. • • • Those of our readers who en joy real good things will not miss the speaeh of Capt. H. P. Griffith, which appears on the first page of this issue. As a public speaker Capt. Griffith has few* equals, and when it comes to portraying that period in the history of the South that tried the souls of men and made heroines of our women, he has no superiors. In truth, it is one of the most readable •peach- es we have ever seen in print. We consider it a privilege to be permitted to reproduce it. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. • • • • * The Piedmont Observer, Blacksburg’s new' paper, is crowing over Gaffney already by quoting figures on freight business. They pick out the biggest month in the year with them—when they are hauling fertilizer from the factory at that point—and compare it with our smallest month. Well, that is all right. We don’t mind if our 'neighbor beats us one mouth in twelve, but she ought not to crow so lustily over it. • • e The Ledger trusts that every business man in Gaffney will take the intetest and time to attend the meeting be held at the city hall this evening at 6:30, for the purpose of organ izing an association to promote the business interests of Gaffney, and to exploit the town’s possi bilities. Without question we have a great future before us if we will simply grasp the oppor tunity and go to work and make an effort to bring people here to help develop our undeveloped resources. • • • There are some people in this town who, like a terrapin, shut There was a dispenser named Wolfe in the city of Columbia who defaulted. He was arrest ed, but upon the recommenda tion of the solicitor for that cir cuit was discharged upon mak ing good the defalcation. At torney General Lyon then steps to the front and, like a man, says; “No, this man cannot be allowed to violate the law and go free simply because lie or his friends pay up. He must be prosecuted for violating hin trust.” So Wolfe is re-arrest ed, and we hope the next time we hear from him he’ll be wear ing tiie stripes. Any man who is mean enough to sell whiskey and then steal the money ought to wear stripes. Thos. Hosier, who has been sneml- imr sonu* days in Tennessee on busi ness, has returned to the city. N. Guiton. of BlaeksburK. called at The Ledger while in the city yester day. D. F. Phillips, of Ninety-Nine Is lands. was ip town on business Tues day. J. A. Randall, of Clevolad county. N. C.. was in town Tuesday and Wed nesday. Sill Black, of Wilkinsville, was among the visitor to the city Wednes day. Mrs. Lightsev left Wednesday for Spartanburg to attend the May festi val. Miss Annie Snead was one of Gaff ney's visitors to the festival in Spar tanburg. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Shanks left to day for Spartanburg to attend the May festival. Mesdames W. P. Breeden and Ma- reen Dowell, of Bennettsville. and Cheran. with their daughters. Helen and Eloise. of Converse college also Miss Kisther Breeden and Mareen Jackson, of Wofford college, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. ’N. Wood this week. Wait Hamrick, the popula.r back stop of the Wake Forest team, spent Tuesday in the citv with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Hamrick. E. P. Hollis, of Greenville, spent several days in the citv this week. Mr. Hollis is very popular in Gaffney and always receives a cordial greet ing. Fncle Tommy Spencer, of Lawn, was in the citv yesterdav shaking hands with bis friends, of whom he has a multitude. X. W. Hardin and J. F. Babbing- ton of Blacksburg, were in the city vesterdav on business. A. T. Dillard and bride, of Lynch burg. Va.. were registered at the Commercial Hotel yesterday. Dillard is a representative of Armour & com pany. K. O Huskey and I. C. Peeler, of tlaffney. have tven appointed mar shalls for the commencement at the Piedmont High School Lawndale. N. C.. April 24th to 20th. Col. T. B. Buter. a member of Gov. Ansel’s staff left Wednesday for Jamestown to join the Governor and his staff to be present at the opening of the exposition and to attend Gover nor Swanson’s reception. Rev. G. P. Hamrick, pastor of the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church, is I^aurens this week assisting in a ’•rotracted meeting. Logan Ellis r turned Tuesday night from a week’s visit to friends and rel atives in Cleveland county. N. C. He reports wheat looking flue, but the fruit all killed. DRAYTONVILLE DOTS. A Venerable Confederate Soldier. The Confederate Vetran for March contained the following interesting sketch of Mr. James Wood, of Paco- let. well and favorably known In Gaffney: “Doubtless one of the oldest Con federate soldiers now living is Mr. James Wood, of South Carolina, who was born November 2C, 1812. He is therefore now in his ninetv-flfth year, and retains his faculties of memory to a remarkable degree. Mr. Wood was reared on a farm in Spartanburg district, and pursued fanning until a few years past. He is a typical South Carolina gentleman, dignified, and of strict intergity. possessing those noble qualities which make him friends wherever known. As a man. he is honorable and pure; as father, affectionate and bind: as a soldier, he was faithful and brave. He now resides at Paoolet. S. C.. with a daughter, Miss T. E. Wood. His other surviving children are Mrs. At lanta Bryant, of Pacolet; Mrs. Sallle Lipscomb, of Gaffney; Mrs. R- R Brown, of Cowpens. and Messrs. A. N. and Moses Wood, of Gaffney, both of whom served in the Confederate e-roy. “Comrade Wood was given his cross of honor in January. 1904. by the Spartanburg Chapter U. D. C.. and has worn it contluallv since t]jen. He served in Company A. 7th South Carolina Reserves: its third lie u ten- '•it at the close of the war.” Beware of OlntuM-uta for (.'alnri-li tliat Contain Mrrt ury tta ii e-curjr will auiely <l<-*troy th<- M-ni»e of s;yd«>, sineil aiid(X>iijplet*-ly a<-ran^«-th«‘ a liolt- -y^- m-iij wii<-n *-nt*-riijirn tlnoucli lie- niavou* Mirfvi-n rtmPi articles hhould never la- UM-d ‘-xi-ept on provripiIons from e ubyaiclau*. a» tlx-damage they wil I do 1* P-n fold to the good you cm jatasitly derive from thenu. liall'h Catarrh Curt-, inanufac lurt-d by K. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. O.. con tains no mercury, and i»> taken mterna'ly acting direct!v upon tic- Mood and tnucou* tturfat^ n of the ryMein. in buying liali’a ' a»arrh <'ur«'be hurt-1 j get tin- genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, O by F. .1 .Cheney a Co. Testimonial free. Sold by Druggists price 7.v- per b title. Mali's Family Piiis are the lie«t. To Adjust Mr. Nelson's Loss. Mr. J. W. Spitzer. of Columbia, was here Wednesday representing the Union Assurance Society in the mat ter of J. M. Nelson’s recent fire loss. The Union Assurance Society accapt- ed Mr. Nelson’s offer to leave the matter to a board of arbitrators, and so far as this '-omnany is concerned the matter will be settled. The C ar P" lina Mutual, with whom Mr. Nelson also carried a policy of $2,000. retusej to accept this proposition. The ap praisers found the salvage worth $1,131.28. * First Baptist Church Note*. Regular service next Sabbath by the pastor at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sabbath school at 9:45 a. m. The church has just finished taking up its offerings for foreign missions and it is the best in the historv of the eburdb—about $G50. On the first Sabbath in Mav Dr. Simms expects to begin a protracted meeting in which he is to be assisted by Rev. T. T. Martin, of Mississippi. Sentenced to Take Baths. Jndge J’i'-’b r in :i Cleveland police court has sentenced a man to a year and a half of cleanliness. John Artl. arrested for ic-glectiiig bis four small children, hasn't taken a bath in ten years. Huni'me OfTieer Poole told the Judge. “I have nrre-ted him on almo«t every minor ehnrg*.*’. the officer said, “and hare tri«*d for ten years to make him keep clean." “Unwa Vd for ten years, eh?” com mented tb" e eirt. “I’ll fix him so be won't is* d’rl • for a long time. I shall “end you to tb" workhouse with in- stnietlon* i * the superintendent to keep you •’ ebrhteen months and put you to ’hilt l-dior and have you •crobiM-* i 'be a day during your in- on rcer - ''! e " Draytonville Sunday School Organiz ed Last Sunday. Draytonville, April 24.—I will write a few lines to your paper as I think It is the best paper publish^ In Cherokee county. The farmers have planted some cotton seed, but it Is very disaeree- abU weather for the seed to be put in the ground. Rev. E. G. Ross filled his regular appointment at Draytonville Sunday. He was accompanied by Rev. Talr>v- r Stacy, who. preached on Saturday. The Draytonville Sunday school was organised last Sunday. Mr. \Vm. Hus! y was ilected superintendent. < \Vias] ie Childers, assistant su^rin- tepde it and Stanley Wilson, secretary and treasurer. Thev will meet next Sunday at three o’clock in the after noon to g°t the books. Miss Sallie Painter, of Midway, at tended services here Sunday. Messrs. Ralph and Rafe I>eM3»*er were among the visitors here Sunday. Mr. Ragan Huskey, of Buffalo, is visiting his sister. Mrs. W. S. Wilson. Ragan is a fine fellow and m{ikfs many friends wherever he goes- Mr. Henry Sellers and sister. Mis§ Pearl, of Wilkinsville. atteded re ligious services here Sunday. "Mr. R. R. Parker, of Spartanburg, attended preaching here and sp'-nt Moi day with his father. Mr. A. J. Parier. and returned home Tuesday morning. Mr. Jack Owens, of Cherokee Falls, attend'd services here Sunday. Mr. W. S. Wilson is hauling stock to build him another house. Draytonville has seven committees out raising money to buy an orcan and now benches for their church We hope thev will succeed in tneir work. Misses Imia and Ethel Elmore, of Sunnyside. '--'ent Saturday night with their brother. Mr. W. H. Elmore, and attended services here Sundav. The young people are very w>y writing April fools. The w-oods je some places look like they have been burned. The frost has killed almost all the fruit around here. W*heat is looking fine but oats are mightv sorry. Mr. W. C. Parris and his best girl, of Gaffney, attended preaching here Sunday. Mr. Roan Jennings and family at tended religious services here Sun day. Mr. Stanley Wilson is selling song books. “Hyms of Victory.” Mr. Dossit Patterson and his sister. Mrs. Hughey, went to Gaffney on business Friday. Mr. Ed Lee Whelchel went to see his bf-st girl Sunday. ATonday was a rainy day and the mows will be stopped for a few days. Mr. Geo. McWhlrter w'ent to Chero kee Falls last Saturday to s-e his be~t girl. Mr. Bub Pugh and sisters. Mrs. May White and Miss Dora, attended ^-eachi- here Sunday. Mrs. Martha Macomson. who ffdl and cot hurt, is able to go on crutch es. Miss Eva Little, of Gaffney attend ed services here Sunday. We agree* with you. Mr. Editor, on good roads. We are getting tired paving money for good roads and have to travel bad ones. Mr. R. S. Spencer and son. E. B-, went to Gaffnev Saturday on busi ness. Mrs. Marlon Owejsbv Is ill at this writing. Messrs. Steady Painter and Jdge Turner, of Midway, attended preach ing here Sundav. Rev. W. E. Crocker will preach here the second Sunday in May. There will be two sermons, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Dinner will he spread on the ground. I will close for this time. Mr. Editor. If this escapes the waste basket I win write again. Plow Boy. FOR ALL COU Tt u* * * '• OORTANT H ApPfc NiwCfc r- f ~ *1 ATE AND EYED”-. Of in » two ,N FOREIGN LANDa. TAKt /•*. READ THE LEJA.l*. S ■! on Sea Net a Been, firn* < ' * : '(> *• eatijer bureau exi*erts In Was' :iiri<*ii. Professor Alfred J. Hen ry. lias given a Mack eye to the wide ly prevalent belief that evaporation from the Salton w»a accounts for the re-narknt]- h«*avy rainfall In Arizona during the greater part of the last two years, says the New York Tribune. He calls attention to the fact that the downjiour re-iily liegan about three months iiofore there was any serious inundation of southern California from the Colorado and then says that the eve als.ve the normal precipitation throrglioiit the territory In 1905 repre sents a volume of water twelve times as great as that which accumulated is the Fallon basin. lntern?ticnal Swimming Contest. Manchester-by-tbe S<-a. near Glouces ter. Mass., promises to be the scene of an Interesting swimming contest this summer, when America, repre- sentisl by Miss Eleanora Sears, and Russia by Baroness Elizabeth Rosen, daughter of Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassador, will battle for suprema cy. says the New York Tribune. The baroness is an anient young sportswo man. and in every contest in which she has entered in the past she has proved her ability against all comers. Miss Sears is also noted as a long dis tance swimmer. Delicious Hot Biscuit MADE WITH ROYAL BAKING POWDER are the most appetizing, health ful and nutritious of foods Much depends upon the Baking Powder royal BAKING POWDER CO , NEW YORK. 7 What Englishmen Read. To my relief there are no 100 page Sunday paper* here. The only news from America in the papers is about how Buffalo Bill chases desperadoes or bow masked men held up and rob bed travelers in Colorado or how a bank was broken into in Arizona, and I suppose this accounts for a shop keeper telling me that we have only one or two trains a day over there and for bis a king me if I always carry a revolver when I travel In America. Nearly all the papers give pages to crime, and the magazines are full of detective stories. People do not sub scribe to magazines by the year as freely as we do. They say it’s extrava gant, and in some cases they’re right. —From “Mr. Buggies Writes Home From Abroad” in Bohemian Magazine. Order For Bachelors to Wed. Tin* city council of Guilford, Md., has passed an ordinance requiring all un married male citizens between the ages of eighteen and sixty years to wed, says the New York World. Should any stubborn minded masculine believer in the single life refuse he must either pay a fine of $10 or become an Inmate of the town calaboose for thirty days. Try one can of Argo Red Salmon, and you will use no other. April 22-26. We do not do all kind* of orlntlna —w© do the GOOD kind. Women and Cards. ’llic craze for card playing was dwelt , upon by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman | in a recent lecture before the women , of his congregation. In the course of I his remarks he said: 'Truly it Is a sad commentary on the times that many 1 women devote their days and nights j to gambling—a form of pastime to J which, we had thought, it was bad enough for some men to have become addicted. When women stoop to wager money at the card table and forget, in i the excitement of the play, their homes, their dear ones, their ideals, their worn- j anbood, tL-*ir religion, their duties to God, to their family—then surely is the : eleventh hour of spiritual degenera ■ tion.”—New York Tribune. A Truss —THAT IS ALL— Comfort. ACTUALLY CURES CATARRH. It is one thing to claim, but another thing to back uo the claim by a state- i ment that if not proven true, there will be no charge* for the service or 1 the goods. It is in this way that the Gaffney Drug Co. sell Hyomei for they have so much faith in its power j ro cure al] forms of catarrh and bron chial troubles that they give an ab-, solute, unqualified guarantee with ' every outfit that if the remedy does | not cure the money will be refunded, i A complete Hyomei outfit costs but j $1.00. making it not only a very pleasant method of treatment, but most economical. fi Every woman appreciates a beau tiful complexion, so much desired bv men. Such complexions come to all ”'ho use Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. —J. W. Abbott when you want a New Home Sewing Machine. The most reliable sewing machine manu facture. There is no article of food more nu tritious or healthful than Argo Red Salmon. As a brain and muscle bulki er. it is far ahead of beef or other meats. 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. 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. ■ CHEROKEE IDEOG COMPAHY L— C A. MATTINGS A.IVD R.T7GS VELVET RUGS, AXMINSTER RUGS, KREX RUGS, MATTING RUGS, ALL AT SPECIAL PRICES. CARPETS AND MATTINGS MADE AND LAID. /- 804.06 LIMESTONE STREET CARROLL & BYERS GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA