Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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s THE LEOOER. Tuesday and Friday, K4. H. OeCamp, Editor aM FubllaMr. Tfce Ledger Is not responsible for ae t’pws of corre pondenta. and dampllnca. hotter and milk en* corn bread and other good things to e&t in Mecklenburg and Iredell coun ties than we have seen lately—un less n be in Cherobee. But they have It on us in the matter of roads. They don’t say “How far it Is to Charlotte?’’ — — i any more. They just say It’s five. He^aft* r no ^dver'.leem^.ts will be! ten > fifteen, twenty, thirty, forty-five ecceoted at this office after MO o'clock ! or sixty minutes, as the case may in Mondays and Thursdays. be. With the rankest kind of a steed one can g 0 five or six miles in an hour, ana with a fairly good horse or ! mule there are few homes in Meck- • lenburg which are more than one and a half hours from Charlotte. Those magnificent roads cost money and time. They have been building them for the past twenty or twenty-five Watch your label and the date, And renew before ’tls too late; 1 f there be an error, don’t get mad Iteport to us—we’ll make you glad. }>em« mber, 'tie our aim to please. Hut errors are like peek/ fleas— hev will creep in In spite of fate. years and they cost all the way from 'Tierefore. watch your label and the $1 800 to $8 000 p er m i] e to build them, so we were Informed by W. M. Long, the chairman of the Board I of County Commissioners for Meck- , lenberg county. And, yet when we j asked a farmer wbo bad reached his three-score years as to the amount PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. A. N. Wood was a Spartanburg vibitor Wiednesday. Misses Annie, Pauline and Emma Sams Jeave today for a visit to loneu- vllle and other points. Misses Annie Laurie and Eleanor Alexander are visiting relatives at Shelby and Fallston, N. C.. this week. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McArthur, of Ijaurens, are visiting in the city. Mrs. Joe Daly and daughter, of Columbia, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Wheat. C. M. Smith Is spending a few weeks in the north. Misses Loulie, Bessie and Eloise Potters are visiting friends in Spar tanburg. Misses Winnie Davenport. Jessie Lipscomb. Floy Sarratt, Wilma Gaff ney, Lula and Freeman Garrett, Pearl Crawley and Stella Hamilton are spending a few days in Shelby, N. C., the guests of Miss Fay Webb. Tank McArthur, who is engaged in railroad work in Virginia, spent the first of the week In the city. Miss Carrie Stuart is visiting the Jamestown exposition. Robert Johnson has returned from i n uttift '* Mayor he had contributed towards the good; the mountains of North Carolina li. L Spears Mayor Pro roads he said, I do not know, but I D A A Watson, of York, vas in W. H. Ross would rather pay ten dollars a year the city Wednesday, the guest of his Health Offlew aml have them than 10 be without NEW GOODS! Arriving by every freight and Express. New Clothing for men, young men and boys. New Hats in stiff and soft. A Hat to suit every head and pocket book. New Mattings, Carpets and Rugs. dste —Original CITY DIRECTORY. Officials. New Shoes for men, women and childre Ne^ Dress s Goods and Silks, Imported and Domestic. Every- that is wanted in up-to-date goods. • A L Ha'lman ‘ Health Offl^ aml have th(?m than 10 be T H. Lockhart Chief Police them. It’s worth two dollars to drive T B. Bell ClfY Attorney home on them any day It rains and Board Public Worke. the road gets muddy.’’ A N Wood Chairman We went up to Black Mountain and J. N. Lipscomb Treasurer walked fifteen miles down the West- W. H Secretary f ;rn North Carolina railroad do Old Board of Trade Fort. Night came on us at Graphite- J. C. Hamrick Preeldent ville, about half v/ a v and we had to J. C. Otts Secretary plead with a section hand to allow 1 1 us to spend the night with him. His RAMBLING IN NORTH CAROLINA, name was Tom Raflleld. and he prov- For more than two weeks we have ed a very congenial host. Tom is a been rambling around in North Caro- typical mountaineer, but he seemed llna_amld scenes of our boyhood to fea r us. We prevailed upon Mr. days—and now we are back again to ( and Mrs H. E. M. Wiese, a German take up our work. Never before in couple, to furnish us with supper and our life bave we been brought to breakfast, as Tom would only con- i realize so fully the unimportance of sent to give ue lodging. We were a single individual. We used to think j glad to accept the hospitality of Mr. that the printing of every single issue and Mrs. Wiese and Tom Raflleld. of The Ledger depended entirely up-! The scenery along this point is as on our individual efforts. We bave fine as we ever saw. In some places at times even thought it was impos- 1 the road makes a perfect horseshoe. Bible to get out a paper without our i A t one place we asked a colored wo- ald and we have presumed that the raan h OW far it was to the next sta- preservation of the nation and the tion and she replied: perpetuation of he universe depend- daughter, Mrs. j. B. Bell. E. L. Eison left Wednesday for the northern markets where he will re present the Gaffney Jewelry Com pany. J. W. Tolleson is in the northern ] markets buying fall goods for his j establishment. Misses Bessie and Irene Curry have returned to their home In the city , after several days visit to friends In i Chmarlotte. N. C. J. A. Mullinax, of Spartanburg, was ♦ in the city for a short while Wednes day. C. E Thomas, of Spartanburg, who i wa s formerly a resident of Gaffney, \ was in the city Wednesday .1. Hampton Smith, of Our buyers ar in the eastern markets now and are sending us the new things. Come and see them. We are glad to show you through. CARROLL & BYERS “BUSTED” BUBBLES By Brian Bell The Sad Death of “Liz.” A one-lino announcement in The Led-er a few days ago conveyed the Bowling ^intelligence of The Ledger’s many readers that ou e “Liz” had shuffled I from this mortal soil. Owing to her Green, was a Gaffnev visitor Wed nf'sday. Miss May Calvert, of Spartanburg, -J dVaTh 'occurring just at the hour that the big presses were about to close on the reading matter intended for the readers of that issue, more than the arrived in the city yesterday after noon. She is the guest of Mrs. T C. Petty. Mrs. j. H. Crew's, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S O Walker, will leave Monday for her home at Stonewall. Miss. Oscar Shanks soent Wednesday in Spartanburg. Miss Helen Thomas, of Columbia, “One nna a is visit5n s her uncle. Mr. J H. Thom- un e ana a ap ln West End bare mention accorded “Liz” was im possible. Since that time “Liz” has been buried with a ceremony befit ting one of her exalted rank and pres tige this community which she was •oud to call he r home. For fifteen years she has been one sympathized with her ed upon the coming out of The Led ger. In other words, the sun, moon and stars might vary in their celes- tirai course, but The Ledger must ap pear. Bu* as men grow older and put away childish thoughts they are j forced to a realization of their little ness. oi their unimportance. They are orought face to face with the fact that there are other people i n the world and that other people can do things just as well as they. For the last B ix issues of this sheet we haven’t written a single sentence and we are ready to admit that the bright young gentlemen who have had the making of the paper in charge and the bright young gentlemen who have had control of the mechanical department have done just about as well if not better than we coudhave done. While away we would run across a Ledger here and there and every issue seemed belter than the one preceding it. Perhaps the con stant reader is not so much in love with the paj»er as we are. and there fore canni* appreciate it as we do. This is due to the fact that he does not understand the amount of labor necessary to produce a single issue of the paper. We realize that oftimes it seems as if there was nothing in it; that it is nu.ckly read and easily digested or swailowed whole, but when such is the case the reader must remember that nothing of an eventful nature has taken place in the community. But back to the subject—our trip. If you have never visited Western North Carolina you have missed much. We first went to Charlotte, and then out into Mecklenburg coun ty, the county of our nativity; went to old Back Creek church, where, years ago. we gat and listened to the expounding of the word by that good man. Rev. L G. McLaughlin. He passed over the river some months ago but we know his reward was great. In Bach Creek graveyard lie in peaceful slumber the remains of our kinspeople, therefore the place is sacred to us. We visited the old home. It is weatherbeaten and almost tumbled down. The woodland hag been clear ed and there remains little to remind us of happy boyhood days. From Charlotte we went to States- of us and _ _ halt mile, by the railroad and half; nr wk/o,inter leaves ° mile down the trail.” We asked | Greenville, Tenn., and other parts sailed upon by Fortune. No reason wbiep he will not divulge, therefore i can be assigned for “Liz’s” death, about snakes and were assured that we were sojourning at the home of the deadly rattler. We asked our eompanion which he would rather do, i around the railroad or take the trail, and he replied: "I’d rather wall five miles around the railroad than to meet Mr. Rattlesnake. I don’t care to make his acquaintance at all.” So we walked the mile and a half rather tha n take any chances on meeting Mr. Rattlesnake in his lair. We might go on and fill un a page with this kind of stuff and tell about the picnic at Newells, the ocean wave, the red haired gentleman who transported us from Derita to Uncle Hope’s and the fun BUI and I had at the ball games, but we haven't the spacf- nor the time to put it all in type. We cannot stop without saying the speeches of Hon. Locke Craig, Mr. Morrison and Rev. Plato Durham at the Newell picnic were great. There was an absence of demagogueism, an appeal for the uplifting of humanity and the Old North State. May God bless her and her people, its a great State and a great people. We can benefit greatly by her experience if we only will. Our opportunities are much greater and if we neglect to take advantage of them the fault lies with us. will not be in his office for a week. Not a case appeared in mayor’s which was sudden. Up to the time of her demise she was in her accus- court Tuesday. Wednesday or Tburs-; r.omed health. The funeral was con- Paul V. Gaffney was a Charlotte visitor Wednesday. Mr.* and Mrs. J. N. Lipscomb have returned from a short stay at Hot Springs, Ark. Wm. Hill, of Houston. Miss., who haR been the guest of A. S. Corry and family, left yesterday for his former home In Chester county. A L. Curry has returned from a business trip to Lexington. N. c. Mrs. Nettle Wells and Miss Eula Boyd, of New York city, have been spending some davs with familv o' Rev. J. B. Wilson, 0 n East Fred erick street. Mrs. Shelby L. Davis and nephew. C:oswel Davis, of Manning, are the guests of the parents 0 f the former, Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Wilson. S. M. Wood, of Spartanburg, was in the city yesterday on business. W. T. Jetton, a former Ledger em ployee, and his sister, are visiting friends In the city. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge went to Spar tanburg Monday to make an address before the Spartanburg Baptist Asso ciation, in session near that city. Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Boyd, of Edge field, are in the city, the guests of building. ducted by those who knew her best and a fitting tribute was paid her at the last rites and a beautiful stone marks fcer resting place. Although black to all outward appearances, the blackness ended there, for within was true affection and honest loyalty for the manv throughout Gaffney and Cherokee county who were proud, and justly so, to number “Liz” among those whose friendship was sought and treasured. Though gone, her memory will be revered for all time. Although it is hardly necessary, on account of her widespread popularity and lar^e circle of friends, to eo Into detail as to who “Liz" was, for the benefit of the newly arrived. It is best to explain that “Liz” was the digni fied, polite, and beautiful cat that for fifteen years had made her home, where until yesterday the “B. B. Store” has stood. Some In advancin ' an explanation for “Liz’s” mysterious death, are of the oninion that ’twas from a broben heart on account of the impending evil of having to change locations and move her home of many years, which is being removed to make way for the erection of the new postofflee PAYING THE PtNAlTY. The Way Beckmann Begged Franke!** Pardon Before Witnesses One day Beckmann, the coujii- a -tor was induce 1 to take off a well knowi newspaper editor, Frank-1 by naai. one of the characters he was repre sen ting in Berlin. He perfur aeu I - task so clever!;.- that at lln- cl<< , tie audience br"!.o out into loyd e.-iils for Frankel. 'Hie journalist brought an action, arid Beckmann was condemned to go to the Louse of the iM.suItefl par ty and there beg his pardon in the present* of wltncssi -. At the hour np pointed IT ni.el s it in the circle of his family, together with a number of re lations and friends who had been mn- voned for the oc asion. waiting the nr rival of the delinquent. He tarried long, and half an hour had passed io weary suspeiw when at last the door opened, and Beckmann put bis bead m and ask( 1: “Does Mr Meier live here?” “Oh. no.” answered Frankel. “Tie lives uexr door,” “Ah, then. I t>eg your pardon,” said the actor aad hastily withdrew, hav ing thus a i.uitted himself of the Im posed penati'c. to the great annoyance of Franke! and the intense amusement of the assembled witnesses.—London Tit-Bits Stationery Mrs. M. P. Pierson. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The prospects for Limestone Col lege are still brighter than ever for the coming session. Nearly all the available apace has been engaged, and it is only a little while now till the girls will begin to “roll in.” • • • While the city council is looking after the street loafers and Sabbath desecrators. it might be well for It to put a cl eck upon so much promis cuous shooting of firearms around Limestone, before some seriou.-’ acci dent results from it. It is said that shooting at night is a frequent occur rence in that part of the citv. and that, on Saturday nights it is very common. In Coi!s of a Python. Mr. Cocklin. walking in tbHk grns 1 near the Marioo river. Becbuanaland. was thrown to tli. ground Ly a four teen foot python, 'bich colled around bis legs and then tried to drag hhn to a hee near \ v . so that, by coll ig it tnli around ti e tru: !;. it might proceed to cru-h hi::, !<> Wh'ii within two yards of the tree Mr Cocklin got a hand free and shot the snake, w hich was so heavy that it needed three men to lift it—East Lon don Dispatch. don't you Where Ar* Our Senator*? A Ledger man heard a well known Hardly. Miss D.—Angelina, why marry Lieutenant Y.? Miss A.—First, because he has no brains, flnd be can't ride, dance or play tennis. What could we do with him? “But he swims beautifully.” “Ob, yes. But one can’t keep one’s husband in an aquarium, you know.”— London 'Jit-Bibs. The Poor Doctor. “Bay. Weary, here's a doctor dat says do best kind of exercise is walk in’ to your work.” “Is dat so, Linapy? Den I suppose d<* doctor gets his exercise by visitin de cemetery on foot.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Poor “Liz” sacrificed for such a nnny thing as a postofflee building! AN ALLY TO CUPID. ville and spent a week with “mother,” Pr^uerou* farmer ask the ques- ar A . .... . tion, yesterday: Where are the and grandpa.’ and the children, and Unlted Slatert frorij f 4 ^ the dog, and the cow and the horses,; Carolina?" When informed that one " here micht master, justice Is and the cat. and the chickens. My! of them was traveling In Europe and servant.—Oe.Tmn Proverb. my! how that country seems to lhat the oth< - r Wa » lecturing for, fl>urlfcb. There .ere more roaetleg i »'“»<*“« The L-*»r. «l . >w , ears, tomatoes, fried chicken, chicken Hampton turn in their graves to see ' such a thing as the office of United Cuniiot n« c*red States senator prostituted to a mere bv lor apphcutioiiK, a» tlwy cun not rctn-l, * ^ bem ® ^ 0r money.’ tue.div portion of ttu car. Ttier*- l. onlvotit way o, cure ij'-afnc*.. ano Uiat U hy cofibtii utionaJ rcno-dU-*. I>< afnc*» u enured by inflam' d condition of tin- diucouh Hntng of the Kuietactiiaii Tut e. When thin <atd* - — toon entirely Expreesman Makes Specialty of Han dling Sagpage For Elopers. A bevvhiskered f upid in the guise of an expressman h:is opened headquar ters at 4414 Easton avenue, a fashion able section of St. T/)u:s. Over his door is the legend: “Runaway Couples’ Friend." Charles Cornelius is the Cupid, and he is willing to help all elopers who apply for aid. says a St. Louis dis patch. “it’s a difficult tiling to steal away and get married.” he said, “unless the expressman is on to his Job and car- ri«*s off the baggage quietly.” He tol l of an experience in which he was caught. He stumbled on the stairs and woke the family up. “1 managed to make away with the trunk all right.” be said, “but after waiting at tin* Enion station for an hour the young man in the ease came to me with a long face and said the game was up. He saiu the girl had been captured and locked in her room. “I was afra’d to !ak<* *he trunk back ! an i face the father, but !n a few days he came in- and said he had reconaid ered. He told me to check the trunk for Denver, along with several others, as the entire family was going to Tun away’ to see the daughter gat mar ried.” Subscribe for The Letfoor. $1 a year. tr •K- “Everybody Should Know” fi ay8 C. O. Haya, a provbient busl- ic-ti* inflamed you have a rumbitior ties* man of Bluff, Mo, fast Buck- is s j**,*"** •» unl^sn tb** ififlHrrjrnatiofj f!an b#* taken out nealing palve fever applied V) and tut*-rcnu,red to its normal condl- i a acre, burn or wound, or ;o a case Uon. hearing will be destroyed forever; niae I Af D (] ea py. i t and Lno-j. what CMOS out of 'i, ar. caused by catarrh, which . 1 i» nothin* but an inflamed condition of the 1 m talking about. Guaranteed by mucous surfaces. We wii) give Oue Jtuf '’.red Itollar- for any i cateof Beafnenv .. ed by that can not tie cured by Hair* Catarrh Cure. Send for circular*, free. F. J. CHENEY k CO.. Toledo O. Uoid uy Druggest*. TV: Hal”* Fatnllv Fill* are be*t. Cherokee Drug Co. 25c. The same opportunities make a hero of one and an ass of a nob or r. fl a The effect of malaria lasts a long time. You catch cold easily or become run down because of the after effects of malaria* Strengthen "yourtelf with Scott's Emulsion* It builds Posters In Paris. From L L:— gives the authorities of every village and commune complete control over posters. “No one,” writes our consul general, “is permitted in France to deface streets and public places with crude, ostentatious an nounce! r or. is of his business or other subject. Billboards are infrequent in Paris uiid • generally built perma nently into a wall, where they are tax ed according to their superficial area When a building is in construction and board screens are erected to shield the public from dust and other annoyam < Fuoh temporary screen will soon Im covered with posters of amu-.eineuU and other business, but each poster so displayed has been previously submit ted to the authorities, a license obtain' ed, and each sheet bears the cancelea revenue stamp, according to its size.” system. new^ftood and tones up your ALL DRUGGISTS t BOc. AND SI.OO. Notice to the Public! On and after September 1st, 1907, I will sell no more bread or bread tickets on credit. My reasons for establishing a cash basis are too numerous to men tion, however, will mention a few: First. The material from which bread is made is bought strictly for cash, and must be sold accordingly. Second. Bread is sold for too small a margin to pay for carrying an entry through the number of books it must go when chgfged. Last, fut not least, purchas ers of tickets frequently receive bread from the driver without giving him a ticket, as they are not convenient, and when bills are presented they are under the impression that tickets have been given in exchange and unpleasant feelings are caused when such bills are presented to both purchaser and collector. I Irust you will thoroughly understand my position and realize it is to the best interest of both purchasers and myself that I establish a cash basis, and always send cash when you want tickets or bread, and I shall continue to strive to de serve your patronage. Respectfully, J. F. Finckbn. m Writing is always a pleasure when you use nice sta tic u e r y . Our stock consists of choice boxes from i EATON HOELBUT’S 1 ’ AND WHITING'S LINES the most popular box papers made. Note Tablets and pound papers with Envelopes io match in great va riety. : : : : j CHEROKEE j •DRUG COMPANY; : If anybody has a n anybody has a message for the people of this community he cannot deliver it to them effectually, so cheaply, so quick ly in any other way as through the columns of this paper. ♦ It is the business of this pa- ♦ per to carry messages of one 4 kind and another into homes. + The message will be delivered, ▲ too, under favorable conditions, ^ for few persons take up their local paper except in a pleasant . and receptive frame of mind. The sign upon the fence board * may be good, but it can be seen * only by travelers who go that * ■ ' particular road. The message ♦ in the local paper caniea todf ♦ to thousands, no matter by which i road they travel. 4 Select year apace aad pot 4 your mesage whan it will do the moat good. * • J