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I J SfSi The Gaffney ledger. I m A NCWt^AFCfl tN ALL THAT TM« WORD IMPLIZt. AND DBVOTtD TO TH« BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE Of CHEROKEE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C. f TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1908. $1.50 A YEAR. LATEST NEWS FROM BLACKSBURG DOINGS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR SISTER CITY. A MODERN STORE. BUTLER & HALL. Shuford & LeMaster Now Occupy Their New Building. Tin* splendid new building which lias recently been erected and is now occupied by Shuford & LeMas-. ter calls attention at. this time to them and their business. Their his tory is one that illustrates what pluck and preserverance will ac complish. Ten years ago these young men decided to embark in business on their own account. They had both been employed up to that time iis clerks for Messrs, t'.irroll & Car penter. In a short time they had j built tip a substantial business and had an excellent rating in the east ern and northern markets. Up to August of this year they occupied quarters on Limestone street. Some months ago they realized that their 1 business had taken such enormous little Miss Ida, are visiting relatives j brides that their store building was i Brief News Notes and Personal Para graphs Gathered by Our “Iron City” Correspondent. Blacksburg. Sept. 28. -Mrs. Mary Earl returned home Saturday from Gaffney where she has been visiting her brother, Mr. Lee Little. Mr. E. D. Byars, of was in town Friday on Mrs. E. D. Houser Grover, N. C. , Friday, s Mrs. c. A. Stewart : w ent up to I in Spartanburg this week. Mrs. J. B. Blalock and son, Lee, j spent Saturday at Cherokee Falls, j Miss Lucy Knox, formerly of this! place but now of Charleston, is visit-i ing friends here for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shiver and child ren of Rock Hill, spent Saturday | nignt and Sunday in town with Mr. I A. M. Bridges’ family, on Pine street, j Mr. Dever Caldwell left Friday for, Charleston, where he will resume his studies at the Charleston 'ollege. i Misses Edna Healan and Tiller went over to Gaffney Saturday after-j noon. Miss Mamie Little, of Gaftney, visited her aunt, Mrs. Earl, on Pine street Saturday and Sunday. Miss Mary Anderson left Saturday morning to visit friends in Rock Hill. Mr. Bright Rataree, who is here in school, spent the week end at his home in King’s Mountain, N. C. Mr. .?. F. Babington, of Forest City, N. C., was in town Saturday night. Miss Carrie Ross Williams, of Gaff ney, will be here on Tuesdays and Fridays to give music lessons, both voice and piano. Mr. and Mrs. (Jllie Metis and little son. Louis, of the Buffalo section, u'ere in town Saturday and Sunday. Miss Maude Gettys left Saturday for Boiling Springs, N. C., where she will attend school. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Knox, of Spen cer, spent Sunday in town with the latters’ mother, Mrs. Randall, on Car olina street. Miss Eva Turner, of Sharon, N. C.. is in town, the guest of her brother, Mr. Ed. Turner, on Carolina street. Mrs. J. E. Sapoch, of the Mt. Paran section, was in towm Monday, shop ping. Mr. Mitcheoux, of Gastonia, N. C., spent Sunday in town. Miss Nellie Schorb, of Spartan burg, passed through here Friday night on her way to Yorkville to spend Sunday. not large enough nor well fitted to take care of the business in its in- creased form so they decided to build for themselves. They purchased a lot on Frederick street and their building is now completed and occu pied. They have now one of the largest stocks and most modern and A New Law Firm Recently Formed in This City. It will interest the people of Chero- i kee county to know that Messrs. Thos. B. Butler and Wm. S. Hall, Jr„ have formed a copartnership for the ' practice of law’ under the firm name ; of Butler & Hall. Both these gentle- [ men are well known in this county land the new firm starts out under j ihe most favorable auspices. Mr. T. B. Butler, the senior mem ber, has been practicing law in this county since its formation, with which i he had much to do. He s regarded as one of Hie best criminal lawyers in the State and his reputation has been achieved by his remarkable success in the criminal courts of this county. He has been identified with almost every important criminal case j in the county and has done valiant ! work for his clients. It’s a compli- i ment to him to say that he has suc- I c-eeded in minimizing the punishment ! or eliminating it altogether of a large THE METHODIST LOAN FUND MUCH GOOD BEING ACCOMP LISHED. sent the case of each candidate *o “The Methodist church is thorough- the faculty at one of its regular ly committed to the system of ex* meetings, taking the consensus of tending aid by loan rather than gifts. , opinion as to the scholarship of the This enables the receiver to develop individual and reporting it as ‘high,'! self-respect and self-reliance as no medium,' or Tow:' and also the con I other system does; and by the meth- sensus of opinion of the faculty as od of returned loans, it multiplies the to promise of service,’ forms, high,’ medium’ under the beneficent results of the found So and Tow.'| far as the loans are paid I portion of his clients. Mr. W. S. Hall, Jr., is a civil law yer of marked ability. He does not cater to criminal business, although he does not shrink from it, but as a , ^ , .civil and constitutional lawyer he will improved buildings of any undertak-1 . ... . 1 . a rank with the best. He is a close ing of their character in this part of , , . n . . . , ^ , ‘ 'student and retains much that he the country. They have seventeen j , , . , i reads and is rightfully regarded as t housand teet of floor space and every, a . TT . , , , , ^ , an authority on points of law. He foot of it is occupied with stock or,, . . . . . , ^ _ « ^ , ,ias recently been elected to the some accessory necessary for their business. The building is provided with an electric elevator, the only on in the city which conveys pas sengers and freight to the vailous At the Star Theatre Tonight. Tonight the International Concert and Vaudeville Company, Frederic LeFierre. manager, will appear at the Star Theatre, and a rare treat is promised. Count Fritz Christian!, the Danish Court violinist, does things on Lis "Stradivarius” unheard of by Paga nini. Novel imitations of other in struments never before attempted. He plays a tune on an old tin dipper that, sounds better than that “Sara- sate Fantasia” attempted by your violin teacher. Colonel James A. Joyce, late soloist U. S. marine band, Washington, D. C.. “has them all beat” as a cornet solo ist. He is a marvel. Flays: more notes to the minute than any other cornetist. Does double and triple tongueing and rolling till you can’t hear yourself think. The rolling Is his own Invention and has never been duplicated. Mt. Frederic La Pierre is an unsur passed pianoforte virtuoso and oper atic vocalist. He can play 12tbs as easily as many pianists play octaves, and trills like a bird. He is noted as a composer, dramatic author and con tributor to the magazines. His sing ing is the acme of art. This is a high-class popular con cert culminating in polite vaudeville. House of Representatives from this county, which attests his popularity with the people. The new firm will occupy the same quarters lately occupied by Butler & floors of the building. With no ca P*'i o g fo 0rne tal except brains and industry these! young men have built up a magnifi cent business and their career is an excellent object lesson to ambitious youths who are shown here what pluck and preserverance will accomp lish. Aid Extended by Loans Rather Than Gifts Enables the Receiver tc De velop Self-Respect. Wilkinsville, Sept. 2'>. - Wc promis ed our readers to give them an inter esting article from the pen of Rev. Thomas Nicholson, LL. D., which we hope they will appreciate. Here it Is; “The Methodist Episcopal church has created and administered one of the most successful of the Student promptly This is carefully reported to the'the money is used over and over board of education and the amount again, decade after decade, and forme given to the student, if the applicat- an attractive kind^of benevolence” ion is approved at all, is determined Mr. W, R. Walker has had a new by the rank in scholarship and roofing placed on the dwelling house ii,o of .-.e.n t,': •»!.or with^Jch ' at his Sunnyside farm. He will do othei- information or explanation as some other repairs on the building as may be in the hands of the secretary | well as have a new coat of pa'nt ap- of the hoard. plied. Mi "The candidate must he of Mr. W. B. Kirby expects to have a sufficient age to understand thorough-1 new store house built on the lot he ly the nature < f the obligation beyond ! bought at Sarratts. elementary studies. The limit of We hope the time will soon come loans granted is fift> dollars to any ! for Talinage’s sermons to reappear student not fulh ranked in college 1 in The Ledger. We miss them so to the requirements' much in our Sabbath reading. grade accordim of the I'nivorsitv Senate of the Mo- Loan Funds. In 1S69 a charter of in .. w • thodist Episcopal church, an organiz- corporation was obtained from the 11 . State of New York, and a constitu “Uncle Josh Jenkins.” "The Wizard of Oz” and the famous adventures of the “Scarecrow” and the merry “Tin Woodman” through the wondrous “Land of Nod” are tales familiar to all—big and little. Who among us has not followed them in their mythical wanderings. “The An Appeal for Funds. To the Democrats of Cherokee Co.: The Democratic national commit- ! ice is calling for funds. It seems : that tin* Democratic party has every 1 chance to win. But the heaviest ; work in the doubtful States must be , done between now and the election. The Republican party has unlimit* : ed funds. You will notice in the last j issue of some of the magazines, they I have from two to three pages of ad- i vertisements, which is costing hun dreds of thousand dollars. Can we not count on the Democrats of Chero kee county to contribute further to Scarecrow” and the merry “Tin Woodman” have both been brought; aid the national committee in doubt- real life in famous stage imper- fu j g tates ? to sonations that are startlingly real. tion and by-laws were adopted. In 187ft the board proposed to the An nual Conference of Hie church thal the second Sunday in June of ea<li year should be celebrated as Child ren’s Dav; thai a collection should be taken in i*ach of ihe Sunday scnools in the connection, the pro ceeds to be given to whai was to be known as The Children s J)a> Fund.' The General Conference of 1872 reaf firmed its approval of the board, of ficially, recommended the observance of Children’s Day, and asked for col lections in all the Sunday schools in aid of the Sunday school Children's Fund of the hoard of education. It also elected a corresponding secre tary with instructions to devote all of his time to the promotion of its work. The Rev. Dr. E. O. Haven, af terwards bishop of the church, was made corresponding secretary. “Among the secretaries who have administered to this fund in subse- R' plies Rev. T. B. Owen conducted a good meeting at Wilson’s Chape! this week. We are unable just now to re port results. We are under special obligations This limit of fifty !?o our colored neighbor, Frank How to students in 1 ell. for working out a section of road at ion which has tin* oversight of the grade and qualit' of rhe course of study offered by the different Metho dist institutions. dollars also theological schools whose scholastic in front of his bouse for our special acquirement^ fall below the require ments for full admission to college. Tin* limit for a student of full college grade and for a theological student of equal scholastic grade is one hun dred dollars per vpar The number convenience. Frank is a public spirited man. Mr. J. G. Garner has rented the mill place on Thickety from the Sar- ratt boys for another year. He will .run a farm in connection with hie of applicants is so great that the 1 milling business. limit above iv.*n are seldom reach*; Mr. F. A. Goforth, one of our town- ed. and in most cases a considerable 'hip commissioners, has been listing ‘-mm is loaned, indeed. smaller averatn amount thus fai below fifty dollars in a list of several thousand borrowers. “The full amount loaned to any one person is limited to five hundred dol lars and this limit has not been reached in one case out of fifty. The the!the i has .fallen 1 He found a dogs not returned for taxation. lot of them too so we understand. Mrs Mildred McDaniel, of Hickory Grove, who spent a few days with us last week, returned home on yester day'. Referring to one of our let'ers re- principle is to make such small loans oently published in The Ledger, one as shall supplement the power of self help for really worthy students who are trying to help themselves. These quent years, are three of the present . • , ,, u i nans must be repaid and the interest board of bishops, namely. Bishops . 1 Daniel A. Ooodsell, William F. Mc Dowell and William F. Anderson. The present secretary of this board at four per cent, accrues on each good lady said: “I don’t take any part of it as referring to myself.” Madam, we are glad that you don’t. Mr. Will Smarr, of Hopewell, haul ed a load of cotton seed to the Wil- note from date; but if the borrower! kinsville oil mill last Wednesday. Is the Rev. Thomas Nicholson. LL. D., and the offices of the boards are at 150 Fifth Ave., New York. “The total income from the Child ren’s Day collections for the last quadrennium was $303,735.36. The We have only sent in something 1 30urces ot income are: the Sunday In Uncle Josh Jenkins which comes Ijke ^ from ^jg county. Will you school collections indicated above; to Gaftney Saturday, Oct. .!, there is a, Ilot ca]1 af the Merchants and Plant . legacies, of which there have been young man, Mr. T — stage portrayal in Mr ' Cly< l'haro,'u-’r ^ake'"™ nanl ‘ l,!ttVC ymt cor " rll)u| - up »f the "Scarecrow’* is said to J I™ , R ' S ’ -ere- ' , a. . . 1 rw .a. ,ary? '' et be understood that this little short of marvelous. Grilles . . .. money is not for the purpose of pur- pronounee it as being a stage crea-1 r .,. , . . * ... Phasing votes, but is for legitimate tion beyond comparison, one that it , , . , t * . ■ , , campaign expenses, such as printing, must be seen to he appreciated. In makes prompt payment at the rate of not less than five dollars per year and thus cancels his loan within the five-year period, the interest is re moved. “The recent General Conference made a provision for the cancellation of loan to worthy people who had actually given five years of mission ary or deaconess service, whenever the circumstances commended thenar selves to the Judgment of the board as making such cancellation wise. “Minor details which are taken in- a number, particularly annuity funds; special donations; and the funds re ceived frbm the payment of loans. 'ine total amount received from the , , , hoard aloco Ifa organisation to the,'® account, among .he special condi- closo of If.07 was SI,986.112.94. The |‘ lo,ls ar ® tfcat ,he | a |K ™a.e moat have shown to the officers of the amount disbursed for the last school church of which he Is a member and . u « ^ ., « I ail <l circulation of literature, hall scarecrow language, he is described rent expense of noting and heating year was $120,802.34. loaned to 2,082 as being a person with a stuffy feel- hall rai)road fare and ing, at limes a little shaky on his n ,„_ CCQ „ v - necessary expenses for campaign - 'practice self-denial self-reliance and in foreign countries. The hoard is i p .. 8e,Iuen,al ’ ,ellance a ' ia pins. Some people take him for a man of straw, but. he doesn’t care a straw for that. And his wondrous broad smile is a sight to behold. absolutely different htudent.'In y.rlou. partsof 1 ' 0 "><* InatltuMon he camll 'I." I’ntted Staten, and a few of thef , ls <° speakers *-w. ^. ... ^ ^ l self-help. He must be fully advised Our people do not rea Ize how In- now ab,e t0 report that it has aided . .. . . , . ..... ,■ ‘ , , , , , 111 . ipoor rnnvaw,,,.* of the note and form of application the fight is in the doubtful to < ‘ atp 16.836 different young people , , , , , .. . States, and the Democrats or aoutb see king an education. ” ■■'■■**■"'" ” previous to his receiving the loan, so i f hat he may thoroughly understand < arollna should contribute* liberally 1 “The conditions under which these r j iaf . r j s J|0t to aid in winning success for the na- loans are granted are as follows a gift but a loan which he is expected to pay in full at the We Are Still Hopeful. It is a well-known fact that the tional ticket. , (1) .. The appli(;ant ra , tst be a earli . uraclI( . able date <'arollna, Ulinchfield & Ohio Railroad All contributions should be handed member of the Methodist Episcopal I “To this end the candidate fills out can be built by way of Gaffney at to Mr. R. S. Lipscomb not later than church and must nossess a well-estab- i i ,, ’ . , . r . . . . 1A ,. * , ^ < nun n ana must possess a wen-estao- and signs a blank form of appli« ation. much less cost than by any (the < i I ith so they may be sent to fished Christian character and such , f urni3b p d b lm by the proper officers route; and^ the P 60 ^ 1 ® °* ^ a ^ n ^ y ’ 1 1< ' na, *onal committee in time to he intellectual qualities and fondness 0 f tbe institution in which he is en- ’ U ~‘ ‘ ‘ ^ °"ailable. for study as give promise oi more ro fi fcdi whioh clearly sets forth these tho vm.r n S ,V»» h8 mat,er over w * h than ordinary usefulness. Formerly, conditions. lie must sign a note for the neighbors, menlton it to your the Loan Fund was confined to stu- each loan received. H« realizing that in building roads the available, promoters as a rule choose the least expensive route, have faith in proposition that (he road wfM come friends, and the first time you are in dents preparing for the ministry or special effort by way of Gaffney. The business town, drop in the bank and lea*e a for missionary work. Now It is open of the loan men who are at the head of the enter- contribution for your party. Very truly, J. C, Otts, County Chairman. Mr. \V. C. and Mrs. Jessie Black- well and baby went to Gaffney last Wednesday on a shopping tour and took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sparks and family at the Hamrick Mill. While an immense amount of corn has been destroyed on the low lands there is an abundant crop of it on the upland. It's only those farms on the streams that are hurt in their corn crop. But the cotton crop is general ly damaged to a considerable extent. Some estimate the loss at 2') per cent. Mr. Frank McCluney took a drove of beef cattle to Spartanburg this week. Our colored neighbor. Mose Tare, went ’possum hunting one night last week and caucht a fine, h'g one. They are not as plentiful as they were a few years ago. There is a disease among the hogs in this section killing the pigs Jimmie Strain has been working with only one hand gathering his crop. He has another carbuncle coming under his arm. He picks over one hundred pounds of cotter very day with one hand. We are indebted to MTsoames Sarah Ellen Blackwood and Mildred prise realize further that Gaffney Is one of the very best business points between Atlanta and Charlotte, and that the route by way of this point would he as advantageous from a business point of view as any other to say nothing of the saving in con struction. McDaniel for a lot of cornfield beans must make sont Mrs j g and f^jiy to pay the full amount T . ^ . Mrs. Louisa Texas Estes .isited as soon as practicable. He must keep the boa’d informed of Quick Settlement. We are informed that Mr. J. A. Gaffney carried a policy in the Farm ers Mutual Life Insurance Company, Yorkville. His death occurred September 21st, and proofs of death Bass-Lemmons. On Wednesday, the 23rd instant, Mr. Ira Bass and Miss Ida Lemmons were united in wedlock. The cere mony was performed at the home of the bride by Rev. (1. M. Teal In the presence of a number of friends of the contracting parties. The bride is one of Cherokee’s most attractive young ladies and a woman of sterl ing worth. The groom Is a conductor on the Southern railway and his home is In Atlanta. The Ledger Joins in best wishes for their future happi- new. A Former Gaffneyite Suicides. W. W. Reynolds, a well known sign were received at the home office on to any young member of the church who declares his purpose to engage b j 8 p )are of residence until all his in some form of Christian service, notes are paid. He must regard his , The interpretation of this item is obligation to the board as sacred and liberal so that any really worthy per- n s urgent as any other obligation son who is likely to become an act- which a man can assume, ive Christian layman can receive aid “The Methodist Episcopal church when properly recommended. considers this Loan Fund and ex- 12) “The applicant must be an ceedingly valuable and successful actual attendant of some one of the thing; and several of the Annual Con- schools of the Methodist Episcopal j ferences, such as the Newark, the church. A few rare exceptions of Central Pennsylvania and others of painter of Atlanta, fbrmTriy resident the 26th and the full amount of one' this requirement are admitted in the strong conferences in the East of Gaffney, committed suicide lit At- thousand dollars was paid on the date Case of professional students pursuing where therp are large populations lanta in the undertaking establish- the proof were received. studies not usually taught In the and great demands, have realized Mrs. S. F. Estes yesterday ami gave us a short call in the afternoon. When we tell her she looks better than she has for a long time she says we are trying to flarer her. But she has improved In health great ly and looks well. Dr. Mason W. Smith, of Gaffney, says he Is going to surprise his old neighbors down this way by paying them a social visit before long This he can easily do (and we will be one of the sttprised partiesl. This is his old home and the stamping ground of his youthful days and he hr» many ment of Harry G. Boole & Company, Tuesday afternoon by shooing him- S4*lf in the head with a pistol. Mr. Reynolds was familiarly known here about twenty years ago as “Bil ly" Reynolds and his obi time friends will regret to know of his untimely self-destruction. his better half welcome guests m their home. Come, “Dock." when- A Former Gaffney Girl Weds. Information was received in Gaff ney yesterdav to the effect that Miss Pearl Gaffney, a daughter of Mr. Henry Gaffney, who formerly lived here and who moved to Texas several 1 years ago, bad Matheny. Mrs. Matheny Is pleasant ly remembered in Gaffney. She Is a niece of Mrs. W. L. Johnson and Mrs. A. V. Motgomery. Also Mr. J. H. Blanton, of Cowpens, schools of the church. In Its admlnls- the great value of the fund, the llmi- make him and died September 12th, proofs of death tration this exception Is pretty rigid- 1 tations of the board: and, In addition were received at home office on the ly confined to those who have com- 1 to their contributions to the regular 2 !rd and the full amount of policy pleted a course in one of Lie qhuroh i board, have organized conference so- ‘‘ ver you can an, l WR W ^1 have T n- was paid on the same day. schools and are pursuing postgradu- j cietles on the general plan of the na- This Is one of the best mutual com- ate or professional studies in the, tional society. These conference so- panles and Is a home company, and ^ large universities. | cietles often raise more money than the liberal terms and regulations to | (3) "The candidate must have a policy holders and the prompt man-. recommendation from the Quarterly tier In which all business is transact ed, should commend it to all people desiring protection for their families and loved ones. Conference of the church of which he is a member or from two or three known and reputable ministers or prominent laymen, and from the It is a pleasure for us to publish | faculty of tlm institution which he - is tending. This latter must be re married Mr. C. E. 118 * ,y on< ’ , * M ’ 0 f1b bds of the com- peated each t< rut that he continues patty. to receive a loan, blank is provided —A Diamond ring give away at Gaffney Jewelry Co A special form of for this aud ihe worth $85 to | commiitee ol ihe faculty, having in chart* the loan, la required to pre is contlbuted to the national board, this loan fund is confined to students within the bounds of their own con ference. It may be said that the re cords of the office at New York show that the Interest of the national so- eiety are in most instances better eared for In the conferences where these local loan funds are operated titan in the more outlying districts. The pastors and people seem to re alize the needs and benefits more keenly. cle Sill” and a few other “old tuners’ to Join us and show the oting ••“ople how we still enjoy life even If r has Its burdens and perplexities. You will find Mr. and Mrs. J. T Moore- head. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Goforth. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Estes. Mr. and Mrs. John Estes. “Uncle Jake Prid- more, J. L. and Mrs. Strain, besides a host of others glad to see you. Friends have been scattered Like roses In bloom; Some by the bridle And some by the tomb. .J. L. 8. ■jM-M ■WifJMJZ ■ ^ -