The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 12, 1907, Image 4
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THE LEDGER.
Tuesday and Friday,
Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor ard Publisher.
THE MAN OF THE SUN.
D those in authority over him, and
his respectful bearing, he won the
heart of not only his immediate em- Venerable Patri arch Who Spends His
ployer, but of every man in the of* | Yean Staring at Old Sol.
~” flee. When the news came on Wed* I have to-lay, writes a correspondent
The Ledger is not responsible for nesday evening that Henry was dead *t Messina, in Sidiy, been aflorded an
che views of correspondent*. there was a hushed stillness about opportunity of interviewing one of
.the strangest characters in the world,
the establishment which plainly in- ^ l8 known to ov . t>n , >ody bere as
Hereafter no -tdverllMmOnt* will b* dicated the sorrow in the breast of * TUomo , lel Sole - (tlje Iuan of tbe
accepted at this office after 9.30 o’clock each Individual. We drop a tear on Bun j
on Monday* and Thursdays.
Watch your label and the date.
And renew before ’tJs too late;
!f there be an error, don't get mad,
Report to us—we’ll make you glad.
Kenu mber, 'tls our aim to please.
But errors are like peskv fleas—
They will creep In In spite of fate.
Therefore, watch your label and the
date.
—Original.
his grave because we loved him. If In appearance he is a venerable
the entire negro race were composed patriarch, with a ia< e tunned almost
of such as he, there would be none of the fierce rajs of the soutli-
.. . ... „ „ era sun and with loug snow white
this so-called race question. . ^ * . . .
hair falling to ins shoulders from both
ITT. aides of Hie dividing line in the middle
Comments 0 n the Mills Verdict of tbe head Thls as well as , )ts lon r
A murder conviction in Cherokee . , ,
the Mills of the gods whIte ,K?ard 18 alwa - V8 wel1 brushed.
j suggest that
grind slowly, but they grind exceed
ing fine.”—Spartanburg Journal.
This man spends his time from morn
ing till night in worshiping the sun.
He gazes with wide open, unblinking
The “unwritten law” don’t cut eye9 at t t, e hall of lire daily flooding
much of a figure w,t h Cherokee ( .| ty j n t )r iiii ;in t sunshiue. He will
juries unless ’he woman in the g aze fixedly for hours at Old Sol and
case” is above suspicion. They are j n do i U g so t . iirry on u conversation
right. Orangeburg limes and Demo- w j^ b j t and utter prayers invoking tin*
protection of his god. He does not
The juries of Cherokee county have suffer in the slightest by tbe terrible
a reputation for convicting criminals gaze, and to prove it lie has, after
in that county, when the evidence is half an hour’s fixed stare at the sun.
string, no matter what the standing timed by the watch, seen plainly and
of the accused may he.—The Lexing- descrilted the smallest article I have
ton fS. C.) Dispatch. pointed out to him.
Scientists, physicians, oculists and
surgeons from every part of Italy
have come to examine his wonderful
eyes, which look as if they were at
tacked by some dread disease. They
are, however, as good as those of the
average man, but not Die same. His
Them old-fashioned juries up there orbits are remarkable by reason of the
v, ’ n f 'borol>oe has sent another man abnormally large pupils. Tbe white
J. C. Otta Secretary * 1 i‘l p r to the penitentiary for life. If part of the eyes is crystal-like and
*hey don t quit that kind of thing they ntrancely bloodshot,
will run every pistol 'eter out of that Camarroto, the patriarch, is elghty-
THEIR VALUE INESTIMABLE. moora^t ^ ranpo ),ir g Times and Do- g | x yoarg 0 f n g P of medium height
Commenting on the remarkable ‘ “ and robust, eating and sleeping well,
strides made by the building and loan The conviction of W H. Mills of The people of Messina have the great-
, ; r-v,. u no Croon- th<1 murder of Deal at Blacksburg, est respect for him, and woe betide
associat.ons of h.ir ) though coupled with the verdict Is a the youth who takes it into his head
vllle Daily News remarks as follows: recommendation to mercy, has the to ridicule iTomo del Sole. The men
The people of Charlotte are now sav- needed effect of showing that there at work in the port, loading and dls-
ing in building anil loan associations is still a semblance of law and jus- charging ships. Join together In mak
alone more than a million dollars a t.iee in the land—Union Progress. j nt , a we «*kiy allowance out of their
year. The total shares in force in
CITY DIRECTORY.
Officially
J. Q. Little Mayor
H L. Spears Mayor Pro Tem
W. H. Ross City Clorfc
R. A. Jones Treasurer
A. L. Hallman Health Offleor
T. H Lockhart Chief Police
T. B. Bell ....
Board Public Work*
A. N. Wood Chairman
J. N. Lipscomb Treasurer
W. H. Ross BecreUry
Board of Tilde
,7. C. Hamrick President
PERSONAL PARAGRAPH*.
Th e Gaffney jury convicted Mills,
City Attorney who shot a man about his wife And
the jury did right. There is no
necessity for killing a man because
another man’s wife came to his room
—Abbeville Press and Danner.
Mrs. Kit Carpenter and sons, Jake
and Frank, are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Carpenter.
Mrs. J. N. Cudd of Spartanburg,
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. w. C.
Carpenter.
Mr. R. H. Hood and family from
Winnsboro, were in Gaffney last
week visiting friends and relatives
and also enjoyed the 4th. Robert’s
friends are always glad to see him
in Gaffney
Mrs. J. B. Garrison, of Daytona,
Fla., arrived in the city Tuesday and
is now the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A.
B. Kirby. Mrs. Garrison will spend
the summer here among friends and
relatives.
C. A. Wood, formerly of Gaffney
and always a popular visitor, was in
the city Wednesday.
Mrs. J. B. Bell and little daughter,
Nan, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Watson in York
B. R. Debits, of Hock Hill, was in
the city Tuesday.
A. W. McByrd, of Charlotte, N. C.,
was in the city Tuesday.
W. A. Huiet, of Greensboro, N. C.,
was in the city Tuesday.
Watson Bell is visiting friends and
relatives in York county.
Mrs. s. K. Suber and children are
visiting relatives in Greenville.
Preston Wood, of Macedonia, was
in the city yesterday.
L. M. Price, of R. F. D. 7, was in
the city yesterday on business.
Mrs. Isaac S. Miller and daughter,
of Bishop, Mrs. j. C. Spears and
daughter, of Jonesville, and Mrs. A.
T. Smith, of Glenn Springs, are the
guests of Mrs. Agnes Wood, on Fred
erick street.
D. A. Uattelo, of Spartanburg, was
in the city yesterday.
W. E. Benlow, of Greensboro, N.
C. , was in the city yesterday.
J. C. Lipscomb, who has been
spending some time in West Virginia,
is at home again.
Miss Fannie Hopper left yesterday
for Chick Springs where she will
spend a few weeks.
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Jersey City, N. J. St. Louis, Mo.
that city now is 35,000, which at par A Cherokee county jury failed to uea f<* r to the sun worshiper,
v^hL is $3 500 000 The Chronicle recognize the doctrine of the “un- who Is also called In the Sicilian dia-
gayg counting the population at written law’’ in the conviction of lect “u fllusurn’’ (the philosopher).
35 000 there is an average of one Mills for killin,; Frank Deal. And in His coat is always unbuttoned to
*har ($100) in force for each man, ! th,s refusal the Jury has followed the give prominence to a remarkably
woman and child in the city. Contln- worthy example set by other juries colored waistcoat. His socks are al-
uimr, that paper says; "Every man- ^ that county. Cherokee’s punish- ways the same. One is white, the
ner of citizen uses the building and nir ' n t of crminals is an example other red. One is short, the other
loan associations for making install- worthy of emulation in every county ] on{ . and ti iey o ver like gaiters the
ment savings and for building homes. in South Carollna.-Oreenvllle News. ends of hls 1r . )US( , r8 . The rlffht foot
Charlotte has through their influence Gaffney Ledger says Will Car- Is 8 k° d with a patent black boot, his
become a city of working people s i penter hag c j eaiied U{) a c ] f . an m j]. left with a brown shoe,
homes. The one nil 111 on dollars sub- ljon lQ tbe pagt few months and d , dn . t At ,i ie head of ids stick are tied three
scribed this year will be collected ^ ^ have to work hard, either. He and handkerchiefs of different colors. He
installments inside tne next j 1- b j g brother. Kit, with a Winchester, calls this his talisman. With It
years and the larger propotIon of it Ky r<;al estate dealer h 0 „ Khl yearly he stops tempests, hurricanes and
will go into home building fhe use- a quarter million acres timber and thunderstorms, which he snvs are
fulness of building and loan is not coal i andS) and ^.goid them to a 8 j„ ns of t j l0 furv and ancor 0 f hi s
"A?ordwork\ne neorde^ huMs* advan- *>'"'^0 at a profit of ^d. the mu>. When it rains he comes
! 2T n ,i "" ar8 - nar ' ,h " a Sllar - out hntlos-s. n„,Hs „ stroots of
merchant, doctor, lawyer, publisher Messina, with arms extended, and cries
and in fact, to everybody. It is pecu- The ] aw fi as won another victory “Basta, has a, oh, sole mio!” (Enough,
liarly advantageous for training jfj Cherokee county in the conviction enough, oh, my sun.) The tiaflic re-
children to save and the responslbil- r) f Mills, the slayer of young Deal, spectfully stops until lie has finished
ity of p’ompt and regular payments.’’ From what we understand of the his prayer and the waving of IDs magic
Greenville has an association of c aS o there was absolutely no shadow wand in the air. “If it were not for
this kind in Greenville the hind 0 f provocation for the killing; but me. <>h, panle mol, what would hap-
that is purely cooperative and while “unwritten law” experts stepped pen to poor Messina, to poor Sicily, for
it has been in existence about flf'een in w p b fbe p] Pa now r become it would mosi certainly be destroyed
months ’he .'-'riiks it is making '' s,, fashionable and the verdict is prob- by torrenis .,f water:”
phenomena! Tins is because Green- ably as much as could he hoped for if j ie stvs ., ). ldv i 1( ,| d ., p ar a S ol f
vllle is a growing and prosperous i , mdpr the circumstances.—Chester ram am do will -mutch it •m«! close it'
community whose values are real. It Roncrter 1 Gam.undo wiji snatch n .irut close it.
is doing a great work here and the ' “Infamous <u'»! ’ ho cries. “Why walk
benefits from i* "’ib increase with While there is no good reason to
each succeeding month. suppose that the conviction of Mills, . . , , ,
All of which is not only true, but who killed Deal, is more than atom* toes*, but the sympat «,f crowd and
of inestimable value to their respec- Porary s 0 p to the law, still n is grati- ,1r<? il11 v i,[l ,!lf * 11)8,1 v ho ( ‘ an
live communities Gaffney has two fyin * to know that a Cherokee look at the sun ■Mth open eyes. The
jury has been able at last, to rise rent tbe hot o wherein he lives is
splendid building and loan assooa- a y )0ve sentimental fog that has paid for him; the food he at any
tions, viz: The Cherokee Building wrought so much injustice along the restaurant, the wine be drinks are all
and Loan Association and the F eo ' sam t: l ;n o and recorded a verdict in given him gratis by (he proprietor,
ple' s Building and Loan Association. ; , ,f co ^ anc ? . w,t bJ aw - We are not go- who Is honored by the presence of the
ing to claim that we believe that gun vvorsbiner
They ar doing much to further the Deal has bee n altogether blameless, Wlth lt dimcuIt j lnduced hljn
advancement of Gaffney in the way for that Is a matter of which we have to ak a] ' M)lif hiujs , dl
of building homes and teaching peo- no ^ n ^ led ^®; ^eV'vul* ‘T am the sou of the sun!” he cried
pl 0 the value of saving money. We 0ut provocatIon( elu er But it doP8 once he was roused. "I was l»orn with
wish every man, woman and child in not seem to us that the case was one bis blessing I speak to the sun, the
Gaffney would take stock In one or calculated to give a reasonable ex- iM of Dm world I a in his chosen,
the other of these local associations n,se for ,1iurder - It is easy to -see sent by him to preach hls power, nnd
that there is a ground for difference I shall continue io do so forever and
jof opinion in the matter as to whether ever, for 1 sha'i not .lie ! sh ill travel
NOTES AND COMMENTS. {or not the jury did what it should overall tV world, to France, to Eng
have have done. But we think It did j and> to A merica, to follow the sun.
to preach Its p iwer, to gaze at it, to
be bathed in ;: >h , e:i Imhi
“I am <! i!i'!'ciidii: r m.v fellow men
from the Mi!!. They ungratefully call
me mad. Let them do sn They can
not look at it for hour and hours.
They won'd die They would be blind,
because tl . \ are unworthy m profane
in the shade when the sun is out?”
n:av Indignanth -r-ok rf ''
The lady
The Greenville News says It is com- , I' f ' proper thing, and as the result
paratlvelv cool in that burg Won- ['J , its verdict - evf * n though that ver-
diet may be eventually turned down,
de r how high the mercury has to or a maudlin sentiment may eventu-
climh in Greenville before it is warm? ; dly he triumphant in the securing of
• • • a pardon, the law has gained some-
r , , „ , i ^ , thing. Take it as it is, or even sup-
Bring a new member to th e Board pose Mill8 has b(ien asquiUed. what.
of Trade meeting tonight. There are individual or what principle, it you
hundred 0 of clerks, mechanics, and please, j s the better off for that hor-
artisang in Gaffney wlio could help
push the ship of progress, and every
little hit helps. Gome on men. and
Join the procession.
• * •
The Board of Trade meets tonight
at. the city hall. Every business man
In Gaffney who has Die Interest of
the town truly at heart should he
there if possible. It is .-aid that op
portunity knocks at a man’s door but
once an d if slighted passes on never
to return. What is true of individual
Is also true of a community or na
lion Opportunity has begun to
knock at the door of Gaffney. Let
us welcome her with outstretched
ril/le murder?—Yorbville Enquirer.
Mont Expensive Auto Track.
•’* i < i < >1 -
track which :ia° been in coiir-c of con
sirnctii n ai \\ iii.luc in Sinrev will
open, says a London
New York Wo. Id 1* !
!o but be' «. phi
I p 'll M!c c *al ■
tin- 1 ! in b" ■■o'istriii
1 an! oeni built in pi n .
- me pi:- 'In* embankment
Dio Inrt \ feet iiigh The
the
Sen
snn w iI b their look
Tbe Gnrr.o of Net 0
T •! . . I • : :
. ., . i 1 i • ol III
I’, iliimon
1', a fi-li
’ r g oiind
From Morgan's Office.
William H tkirrison. well known
among New Y" 'l limiiieiallt and '<•
daily elect, hml a caller not long since
who was nniioiiiiccd by Ids name as
“from .1 I’ Morgan’s otiiee."
“I told my man to usher him in. and
soon a tall stranger entered. I prof
fered a chair and drew forth my besi
box of perfectos.” said Mr. Garrisnn
In telling of tbe incident. "The stran
ger lighted a cigar, settled himself
easily in his chair and pulled two
long puffs, while I said, with all the
deference at my command. ‘Now, what
is it that I can do for Mr. Morgan?’
“He puffed again and then, reaching
into ?i long pocket of ids coat, replied.
T have just come from Mr. Morgan’s
office, whore I on !• a wired to interest
him in the pur base of this unparallel
ed little work'— I ifiteriupted him,
but it was of no use. He showed his
prospectus, and 1 voted him then and
there the sharpest book agent that I
had ever soon, ami many there are
too.’’
‘ Did you buy?” was asked of Garri
son
“Of course.” tie replied. “Gould 1 *
throw a wet blanket upon genius of
that magnitude?” -New York Globe.
Black Walnut Furniture.
Will old fashioned black walnut lur-
aiture ever be valuable?
Not -o many years ago people were
melting up their old |K*wter and using
old blue plates in the chicken yard and
have since regretted it. Neverthe ess,
writes Dalton Wylie In Country l.ife
In America, ! think I am safe, in say
ing that black walnut furniture will
never be eagerly sought by the col
lector and will never be valuable.
Old furniture takes its chief value
from Its intrinsic beauty, the fame of
its make* or its historical associations.
American black walnut furniture is not
Intrinsically beautiful, there were no
famous cabinet makers In the day of
Its manufacture, and it possesses no
interesting historical associations. Fit'
tv years ago. when black walnut was
at ID height, we wa re passing through
a peri s' of s r ehitoctural depression
We had no style worthy of the name
Tie* tall bo ik'-nses. huge sofas and
armchair-', wlirtnots. rocking chairs,
marble top Maml-. chamber suits and
hat t ■ e- wcic on ii level with florid
brt]--el'. cai|Mds. red. green and amber
drinking t ia-ses ami Jigsaw cottages.
I c.'inn- i iniag'ine these pieces being
sought for a-- we seek for the hand
some old mahogany
The Spartan Soirit in Cherokee.
(Spartanburg Journal.)
The conviction of Mills at Gaffney
for the murder of Deal taben in con-
nection with the Hasty and other
cases, shows that Cherokee inherits
a good deal of the Spartanburg spir
it in regard to homicide and that ner
people look with severity on the tak
ing of human life. No such flimsy
| pleas as that ma le by Mills or that
I made by Hasty will be taken as jus
tification for killing a man in Chero
kee. Hasty is serving a life term in
the penitentiary and Mills will short
ly follow him with a similar sen
tence.
It might be noted in connection
with the -Mills case tnat. th»* first step
toward a correct determination of it
was taken by Judge Hydrick wnen
he refused bail to Mills. The grant
ing of hail to white men in murder
cascy lias become by practice to be
almost taken as a matter of course
in South Carolina, although the pr^
visions of the constitution defining
the granting of the writ of habeas
corpus are quite clear and Judge
Hydrick, following this, properly r^
fused bail to Mills. It would be well
for all of the judges, both of the
supreme and circuit benches to be
more careful in granting bail In hotni-
eide cases, as their action in grant-
ing bail Is given great weight by the
juries in their determination of the
cases.
Cherokee county is to be congrat
ulated not only on a righteous vet
diet, but for showing to the world
that human life in her borders is pro
tected by law and the law enforced.
Q Convalescents need a large amount of nourish- Q
ment in easily digested form.
Scott 9 s Emulsion “is powerful nourish
ment—highly concentrated.
It makes bone, blood and muscle without
? putting any tax on the digestion.
^ ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND $1.00.
i
1—miiif HiTiir if ~ it I inimvi*i ■ iisiiiiiiiiiiwm———i ——n
If you want to know about
nriie Peoples
Building & Loan Association
Ask such men as
J. F. Garrett.
R. M. Wilkins
A. N. Wood,
T. J». Butler,
f has. Baber.
E. R. Cash,
T. Robbs,
Ed. 11. l>eCamp (
Dover Little,
W. E. Anderson,
H, K. Osborne, R. < . Garland.
Who are shareholders and some are serving a» officers
without a cent <>t’ -alary to help you and their community.
C. G. Parish,
T. E. Moore,
L. D. Rippy,
a. N. Lipscomb,
W. W. 1 iatlhey.
R. M. WILKINS,
President.
R. S. LIPSCOMB,
Sec. and Treas.
soon r • ti
di I ; •■Ii In
.i ! iiMln*d I
built
,i • - !■ i
t'tl Mild MU I-
lion. In
i- iiitii't*
iTMt-k 1>- 0 l ! I" In' tin- Ii ' f \pi-lisi i
in Dh- uni, I imvi — in tlx* l':u| i.i:it a'!
iron bri'lgi- ! :ii| III be iiiill over the
river We\ io make i eoritiiiiioiis route
in ,
mi 1 ,i frieui' Gi\ • v friei <1 Die net
mi 1 tr« ■■r" \ ,'ri! ■ >!b*y drive at
In 'i. I.et i ior Ii Ii tlx* drive
w ilb Du* . I: i xeliM'e «• ithpleiuents Mini
I* lii:n io;- lien t!,i e .it you. When
< I I il • i • ttbe eli.irill of net
bull will ir,: io be |»l,ilni''i and
you v, II iit* , i i look into the wny
ill W lliell ’l . pi ei i Til* guine llil>
t !, “ e C’k ,1 ol l(* , i| otiiloor sport,
bi t il is without the walking Mini wait-
in of g )’f. the vioieliM* of basket ball
or tin* e"ille - r , f tennis
SUMMER NECESSITIES
Everything Needed For Summer You Will Find Here.
in 1 * ! i !i oi niiis; alway - eonsider the
Argo Hod Salmon has :he “Moor- n.arrow 1'mits po‘ on the splendid
arms, remembering that she only ish” taste, the more you eat the driv ing p *w et-of tie* rackets. The joy
helps those who attempt to help more you want.
themselves.
• • •
W f . are grieved no little today be
cause of the death of our faithful
helper, Henry Lipscomb. True, hls
skin was black, hut a true heartbeat
beneath the black breast. He was
loyal to every trust Imposed in him
by us Without education, except
jAtGifiH*** t auiiot
>y 1<>«*it 1 a|>pi irut i< »r* ^. ;i^ tl»ry r;i f,||(»| j rarl
t hr (jisraMHj j»(»r • Pm t.f th* * ;if 'l lirn i*
Hilvonr way to run* rirufrirs*. and that \*
>y ron^t it ut um.il r. frr tlir'v. iirafniMah i*
of tin* !on^. fn*c vollo; 0 f m.t i. :1 u
is a gr<*at part of the giuie, and i iis
leads io inaiiy inioro-i; — variatiia .» in
Die w .*y of driviirr aiid lu lling cmitcsts
and varied i.irg i i-oi ipiditions In its
various forms Dm- garni' i- adapted to
pai- il i»v inilami ii I'lmliiii n ,,f Un tmiroii-. all ages and conditions of iuimi, women
!:i ; ::er.:!, as with all
bilrij; of llie klistai'lilan Tubi- Winn l|ijs r>1inti*e*i
mjIh gi-'s iiiMain<-i| you ti.i.i- a iiilunliiig
sound or liuiii-rfei't hearing -irul wlu-n l»
• tnlin-ly i'Iosi iJ (ieitfiu-M, i•, tni- resull. unit
intess 1 hi-lii(lHnini:ilIon run In talon out.
uni tills lut»»* ri-stored to ii-, noi uiat i-iiinti-
new game.:, expr-i.-im n.iivf work out
its salvation. Tin* game I- most
elastic: handicaps iuminieralile may la*
that obtained by association with the aue-sout of^'-ri'ur/cuuslV^vi' .'rirrV,'wMi's nsri1 ll "‘ il,, ' ,, ‘'st and to
white people with whom he labored. < ,u, brI,, « , ' Ja v “ rK vai ' 5 i ^ HbiU ^ to '
he had no opportunity except that
which befalls the lot of any well be
haved colored person, and yet, by hls
devotion to duty, his gentle demeanor
Oiui'ous surfaces.
Wc will give One IIumlrcd Hoii ir-. for any
•sse of I leaf ness n-nuiil l, v im ta •'•I') t'i'<| cm,
not he i-uied hy Hull s< ai.irrli I ur. K „ti
for-rlrrnlars frr«*.
K J (HENKY A. i it., i*u j,.. u.
hy 7tr
Hall s fanilly Pib. ale 111# i,vst.
bilily
getln*r. I’l .•; witn tho good nature
that on; h’ i j ule all games It 1« bound
to b” a g- ad'iit' ci to fuitdoor life
and its sports -Gilbert Tompkins In
Indoors and foil
Mosquito Netting
Mosquito Netting, all colors.
Fans
haus of all kinds at bargain prices from 5 cents
up to 51.50.
Parasols
Parasols in white and colors to match your suit
at prices to surprise you.
Sheer White Goods
Our stock of White Goods is always complete
and you can get just what is needed for this warm
weather from us.
Dimities
All patterns for toe, 15c, 20c, 25c, 50c
and 40c.
French Lawns
Extra values for 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c 40c, and 50c. I
Persians Lawns 1 *
Special values for 15c, 20c, 25c, ; c and 35c
India Linens
best values for 10c, I2>$c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 30c au i
35C-
Gauze Hosiery
Special values for 25c and 50c.
Gauze Vests
Extra values for 10c, 15c and 25c.
Muslin Underwear
For women. Good go<xls at old prices
Oxfords and Ties for Men and Women. Delayed shipments just
arrived. Best styles and best goods for the money to be had.
CARROLL & BYERS,