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I '• I THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. FERRUARY 4, 1897. TEST COTTON MILL NEWS. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. f » EMS OF INTEREST TO TEX TILE WORKERS. North and South Carolina Mills, Their Improvements ana their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. [Southern uiid Western Textile Excelsior) Seventeen car loads of machinery arrived last week for the new Spar tan No. 2 mill, Spartanburg S. C. The Wilson (N. C.) Cotton Mills mot and elected R. U. Briggs, presi dent, and Jas. Lipscomb, Sec. and Trcas. The Wnlhalla (S. C.) Cotton Mills -toirre placed an order with Lowell Ma chine Shops for more spinning ma chinery. I). K. Cecil, tin; mill contractor of Lexington, N. C., is finishing up the buildings for the Edgefield (S. C.) Cotton Mills. The Laurel BlutT Cotton Mill, Mr. Airy, N. C., have ordered an electric lighting machinery oullit from J. E. Duval, of Charlotte. The York Cotton Mills, Yorkville, S. C., gave the contract for rootling their factory to C. P. Abernathy, and the machinery by May 1. It is reported that the prospect for the “sixth” cotton mill in Rock Hill, S. C., in which Thos. L. Johnston was said to be interested, has been abondoned, The stockholders annual meeting of the Victor Cotton Mills, Charlotte, was held Tuesday and Prc'9. Goo. E. Wilson and See. and Treas. A. C. Hutchinson were re-elected. Wm. Smith leal, X. C., who lost $88,000 in the failure of llio Yadkin falls Mfg. Co., attempted to commit suicide the other day by taking lau danum. The physicians revived him, Sherill Dean, of Spartanburg, S. C. arrested Mack free, a weaver at Spartan mills, on Tuesday charged With breach of trust in Sevier county, Tonn. He was taken back to the scone of his misdemeanor. Someone writing from Ridgeway, 8. C., a few miles south of Winns- boro, says that within four months the Fairfield Colton Mills CWinnsboro) will be in operation, and then pre dicts that “in a short time you will hear from the Ridgeway Cotton Mills.” G. II. Sass has boon appointed by Judge Benet, Special Master for the ||aloof the Charleston (S. C.) Cotton r%Iills, which has been ordered to take place on Feb. 18. U. H. Sampson & Co., the New York and Boston com mission’ firm, hold the mortgage on the property. The Columbia (rf. C.) Mills Co.'s duck mill has been shut down for several days past, so that the coller dam between the mill and the new power house could be removed. The mill will start up as soon as tha water flowers regularly over the great turbine wheels at the power station. Stephen A. Aldrich, formerly en gaged in the Adamsdale .Mfg. Co.’s cotton mill, Adamsdale, Mass., for some time, has been engaged to come South to take charge of the spinning department in the Manetta Cotton Mill, Lando, S. C. Said fac tory contains 5,000 frame and 810 twister spindles, 6 spoolers, G reels and one Denn warper. The boilers, and the fans for heat ing, cooling and drying have been placed In position in the now Abbe ville (8. C.) Cotton Mills, and the men have no doubt arrived by this time to place the engine. President B. F. Baily has returned from the North, where he completed the pur chase of machinery. There wlU he 10,000 spindles and looms to start. Families of help arc moving in the mill cottages. Ill health seems to attach to the position of scretary and treasurer of the Patterson Mfg. Co., China Grove, N. C. Death removed the last occupant, and now W. J. Swink the present secretary has been very near that door. Hois reported now to be a little belter. There is also so much sickness—8 r ‘PP° and mumps —among the operative at the Pat terson factory that they have stop ped night work. The Lancastt * (S. C.) Cotton Mills have installed 500 additional warp spindles, bringing the total spindles up to 10,500, and the order has been placed for machinery to double their weaving rooms, which now consists of 270 40 inch looms. The new looms are to bo 50 inch, and will bo installed as soon as the additional operatives’ cottages can bo built, and which are now In course of erection. The spinning will then be run night and 3L Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salvo in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by The DuPre Drug Co. People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Mayor A. N. Wood and Prof. It. 0. Sams left Tuesday for Columbia, where they go in the interest of the new county. Prof. Sams did the surveying and knows mor* about the boundary and territory than any man on earth. Mrs. II. L. Parks and Miss Lucia Parks left yesterday morning for Chharlotto and Harrisburg, N. C. Miss parks lives at the latter place and has been hero some time vis'ting Mrs. Parks and the Misses Thompsons. J. G. Haines, and J. \V. Hamrick, of State Line, were in the city Satur day on business. They paid The Ledgeu a pleasant visit while here. J. F. Foster, of Spartanburg, is stenographer at the oiliee of the Gaff ney Manufacturing Company, vice Miss Emma Sams, resigned. E. T. Johnson, of Asbury, was among The Ledgeu’s callers Friday. L. B. Davis was among the pro gressive planters in the city Friday. J. F. Jemison, of Webster, was in the city Saturday on business. Dr. J. F. Garrett returned Friday from a professional trip to Kings Mountain, Grover and Blacksburg. Prof. R. O. Sams returned Tues day morning from Ninetysix, where he went to address a union meeting of the various Sunday Schools of that town. The Professor reports an en joyable time notwithstanding the ex traordinary bad weather. Col. T. 15. Butler came from Co lumbia Saturday, • spent Sunday in the city and returned to the capital Monday. ‘Both” says the new county is reasonably sure but that It is not an absolute certainty. R. S. Lipscomb took a trip t6 Shelby last Saturday in the interest of the Gaffney Manufacturing Com pany. W. C. Whelchel was among the crowd in town Tuesday. R. B. Lanastor, of Pine Grove, was in the city Tuesday--aa. business. Col. R. M. Jolly, of Grassy Pond, was among the numerous jolly fellows that called on The Lkugek yester day. E. P. Macomson, the accommodat ing postmaster of Mercer, was among the crowd in the city yesterday. J. E. Bratton, of Wilkinsville, was among the progressive lower Chero kee county planters in the city yes terday. Jno, m: Smith, of Clover, visited Fletcher Smith several days the past week. He returned home Monday. ——— . -*o+- - — — . J.C. Klugh. The Hon. J.C. Klugh, of Abbe ville, who was elected lust Friday to the judgeship ol the Eighth circuit, to succeed Judge Earle, will qualify this morning and immediately pro ceed to FUronco to continue the work of the court of general sessions for that county lift unfinished by his predecessor. The new judge has held a high place at the bar of Abbe ville county and his friends predict that he will make a fine record on the bench. Judge Klugh is not quite 40 years of age, and is a native of Abbeville county and was reared on his father’s farm, lie was educated at Cokes- bury school and Wofford college. Af ter teaching school awhile he was admitted to the bar in 1882. He held the position of attorney and clerk of the board of county commissioners for two terms and in 1885 was ap pointed by Governor Thompson, mas ter for Abbeville county, which po sition ho has held ever since. Ho was a member of the last constitu tional convention and did some good work in that body. In the course of a busy life ho held various positions of trust and confidence in the commu nity where ha resided and has always been active in advancing the educa tional and material interests of his town and country. He has been for some years a director of the National Bank of Abbeville and is president of the Abbeville cotton mill, and ho also successfully conducts largo farming operations near Abbeville. A man with such a past record will undoubtedly bo an ornament to the bench of the state and one who will preside with fairness and dig nity.—Columbia State. TERMINATION OF A ROMANCE. — -*• V * — .are —Carroll Carpenter & Humphries giving their customera soino ial bargains now in Furniture, '63, Wagons, Buggies, Harness many other things. You had go there and get yours. rter He Has Endorsements. , Seven years ago when Dr. Lowe, the oculist, was here, ho was given a certificate of recommendation to the public by Drs. Holmes Bonner, Gaff ney, Fort and Smith. Look at the changes since then. Some have died and some have moved away and so many have moved in Dr. Lowe says, although he has been hero over a week, ho has not met all the Doctors in Gaffney yet. — -• . An Ex-Revenue Officer’s Downfall. T. A. Phillips, an ex-revenue officer, was arrested Saturday by the police for illicit retailing. Plulllps was tried Monday morning before Mayor Wood and fined .$25. Ho took an appeal, but in default of u $20(1 bond was sent to the little house around the corner to await further developments. — - Sabbath Breaking. Sunday afternoon David Destnfflno and George Thompson got into a dis pute near the mill. The affair culmi nated in several shots being fired, but fortunately no one was hurt. At last account Destaffino and Thompson were making a hasty exit from the city in the direction of broad river. They eluded capture by the police. —• -* . \\ by will you buy httti“r, uauwutliifr tonics when Grove * TutelMa Chill Tonic In us pbrns- unt us I,onion Syrup? Your druioGst I* nu- Miorlzid to rcfuml tho money In ovciy cusu wIkto It fulls to cure. Mr. W. J. Wilkings Weds Miss Bes sie Montgomery. Several month ago Miss Bessie Montgomery, a charming young lady of Jacksonville Ala., visited her aunt, Mrs. J. V. Sarratfc, in this city for several weeks. Miss Montgomery was the object of a great deal o f at tention from the young gallants of Gaffney while here. Among the most ardent of her admires was our general friend, Mr. W. J. Wilkins of the firm of 0. E. Wilkina &. Bro. A short while after Miss Montgomery returned to her homo it became whis pered around that she would soon return again, but not as Miss Mont gomery, but as Mrs. W. J. Wilkins. Early last week Mr. Wilkins left the city. A few of his most intimate friends knew whore ho had gone but he was so modest that he did not let it become generally known. On Wednesday afternoon January 27th at 4:45 o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents, at Jacksonville, Mr. Wilkins and Miss Montgomery were made one. Tho affair was a quiet home marriage, pretty in its simplic ity. After spending several days with relatives and friends Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins departed for Gaffney, arriving here Tuesday evening on the vestibule. They were met at the de pot by a crowd of admiring friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins will reside with Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Sarratt, on Limestone street, for the present. The Ledger joins their host of friends in tho wish that their matri monial lives may be full of happiness and good cheer. Index to New Advertisements. People who live at other places as well as those in Gaffney should read the advertisements which appear in oach issue of The Ledger in order to keep well posted as to where they can obtain the best bargains. We consci- enciously assert that if you will keep so posted by reading its ads it will be the means of saving you many a dol lar in the course of a year. The following is a list of the new advertisements and changes for this week: DuPre Drug Co.—Special agents for Harris’ Lithia Water. J. C. Jefferies—Attorncy-at-Law. Daniels A Co.—Jewelers. Byars & Sparks—Are your biscuits like door knobs? C. C. Ramsey—Strayed. W. O. Lipscomb—Final discharge. S. B. Crawley & Co.—Are better prepared than ever. J. D. Goudelock—Big slaughter sale for spot cash. — — — Unclaimed Letters. List of letters remaining in office uncalled for to date : Miss Ann Brooks, Mrs. Laura Cantrell, Mrs. H. C. Gausnell, Miss Fannie Gidncy, Rev. J. H. Johnson, Mr. W. S. McSwain, Mr. E. C. Ramsey, 2 letters, Mr. H. E. Tindall, Mr. J. C. Wallace, Mrs. Carrie Wood, 2 letters. N. B.—Persons calling for these letters will please say advertised in The Ledger. T. II. Littlejohn, Feb. 4, ’97. P. M. —* — Lost His Arm. John Pennington, an employee of the Cherokee Falls Manufacturing Company had the misfortune to lose his left arm by having It caught in some machinery in the picker room Monday afternoon. Drs. Miller and McKnown were called in and ampu tated the injured arm just below the shoulder. Mr. Pennington is re ported as resting easy. Mr. Pennington is a quiet, unassum ing man and is well liked by all who know him. He is a poor man and that makes his misfortune doubly sorrow ful. Killing in Polk Co., N. C. Last Monday night Joe and Will Gunnel attacked Claud Jcukins in the road while on his way home from his father-in-law’s. Tho Gunnels’attact with knives and Jenkins resisted it with his knife and cut Joe Gunnels’ throat the first lick and knocked him down. He then sprang at Will Gun nels who met him sternly, but Jen kins pulled his pistol and shot him through tho head and killed him. Jenkins received a number of cuts and is in a precarious condition. Duff-May. J. W. Duff of Blacksburg, was mar ried last evening at 0:80 o’clock to Miss May. The wedding took place at Rock Hill, the homo of the bride. Mr. Duff went to Rock Hill in a private car and will return to Blacks burg today. The groom is one of Blacksburg’s most prosperous young business men who numbers his friends by tho score, while the bride is a lady of excep tional graces and charms. How’s This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any esse of Catarrh that cannot be neeured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHF.NY & CO,. I’roiis., Toledo, O. Wo. tho undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for t he last Is years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and linanclally able to carry oat any obligations made hy their llrni. Wkst A Thuax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo. O. Wai.hinu. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, (). Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upiin Ihchlood and mucous surfaces of thesyslem. I'rlooTIV. per Lottie. Hold hy all druggists. Testimonials free. -«•*- •- —Go to Carroll A Carpenter for oesd outs, Merit Is what gives Hood’s Sarsaparilla its great popularity, Its constantly increasing sales, and enables it to accomplish its wonderful and unequalled cures. Tho combination, proportion and process used In preparing Hood's Sarsaparilla arc unknown to other medicines, and make Hood’s Sarsaparilla Peculiar to Itself It cures a wide range of diseases because of its power as a blood purifier. It acts directly and positively upon the blood, and the blood reaches every nook and corner of the human system. Thus all 1 the nerves, muscles, bones and tissues come under the beneficent influence of Sarsaparilla The One True Wood 1’iirifier. $1; six for $5. i-j lr curu Liver Ills; easy to nOOU S HlllS take, easy to operate. 25c. Another Negro Cotton Mill. The number of cotton mills pro jected in the South by and for ne groes continues to grow amazingly, but we never hear of actual build ing operations ever having been com menced. Negro mill schemes have now been started at Anniston, Ala., Concord, N. C., Houston, Texas, Jacksonville, Fla., and this week the epidemic has broken out at Atlanta, Ga. The daily papers there say that prominent negroes in Atlanta are considering an enterprise which is intended to be an ocular demonstra tion of the fact that negro labor is competent to do the work in cotton mills. It has been contended that negroes are not fit for this business, even after training, and the negroes propose to show that this is not true. The Southern Ago suggests an or ganization according to the following scheme: “The plan is to have a capital stock of $25,000, divided into shares of $25 each. Let twenty such men as H. A. Rucker, Bishop II. M. Turner, W. A. Pledger, Bishop W. J. Gaines, John T. Schell, H. L. John son, Rev. E. R. Carter. C. C. Wim- bish, F. J. Wimbery, C. C. Carter, James Tate and others obligate themselves to take ten shares each, and secure four persons each who will take from one share up. Let one-half of their subscriptions be paid down in cash and the balance, say, in ton months or a year from organization. By this means enough can be paid down to commence build ing and to complete the work. Once get tho building and tho machinery will come as a matter of course. Indeed, inquiry has developed the fact that machinery of the best kind can be obtained under the most fav orable terms. The main object is to get the building. One thing certain : the effort to organize and com mence work will bo undertaken and it is, believe that success will crown these efforts.” —Many do not see as well as they should; others see well, but their eyes soon become tired : some suffer with constant headache, which medi cine does not relieve, because it comes from eye-strain. The remedy is a good pair of glasses properly fitted. See Dr. Lowe in Dr. Garrett’s office next week. He can furnish glasses at all prices. —New goods are arriving daily, which are being sold by Carroll, Carpenter A Humphries so cheaply that it was fitly remarked, “They must be selling out.” —Dr. Lowe, the well known eye specialist, can be found in the office of Dr. Garrett any day next week. Eyes tested free for glasses. Editor MoCullaglTa SncoesAor. St. Louis, Jan. 2(5.—Captain Henry King, chief editorial writer of tho pa per, has been appointed to succeed the late Joseph B. McCollagh ss editor of The Globe-Democrat Captain King has been in practical charge of the paper for the last two years. No change will be made in the policy or stylo. Eonglnff For • Soaker. Hobbs—Queer, isn’t it that it never rains when one wants it to. Dobbs—Garden in need of rain. Hobbs—No; it’s myself. My wife gave mo a now umbrella for a birthday present, and it hasn’t rained since. Detroit Free Press. When tho sewing machine was in vented, tho prediction was made that it would lighten tho labor of women. Asa fact, it increased the number of frills. [no question Iabout it. The builder who use the woodwork manufacturedby have no doubt in his mind ol the uitl mate satisfactory result. In our DOORS, SASH & BLINDS department ~eh.ve found It nec». •ary to cnlnr«« our faculties to meet the increasing demund-and we ar now preparing for th. reaterpW- ductlon ol all kinds of ornamental woodwork, porch work, stair work, exterior and interior finwhin* mater rough and dressed lumber, shingles, &C., at low PRICES. AUGUSTA LUMBER CO.. _ AUGUSTA. GA. The Gives the best up to Date news, including Local, county, state And national. It Prints tho most Entertaining special Letters, including Bill Arp, the Georgia Satirest; and the funny Rufus Sanders, and The great Talmage’s Sermons, in short, it is The best weekly paper In Upper South Carolina at $ 1. a year. If you don’t take it You should. The Ledger As an advertising Medium is unexcelled, Going into the homes Of nearly every family In Cherokee county. If you don’t advertise In it you should. The Ledger * Meets all reasonable Competition in fine, Neat and fancy job Printing of all kinds. Send us your orders. Address The Ledger.