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■ V \ • ■ x WEEKLY LEDGER; GAFFNEY, S. C., JANUARY 23, 189G. i / 1/ GENERAL CONGLOMERATION OF NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL IN- TEREST. Some Short, Some Shorter tnd nil Too Short for t Heading, Yat None Too Short to Mention. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. !• four buslne.su outlook b«dr Make It better with an ert. —Printer*’ Ink. In the columns of Tna Lidc.ii Merchants both wise and clerer Achieve results indeed surprising their judicious advertising. Commercial clouds that gather Darkly in the skies Will show their silver lining If you only advertise. —Printer*' Ink. Energetic H. L. Parka, of the Pee Hive, has been a victim of the meas les the past week. We are glad to note he is improving. Bert Ramsey’s got the measles, He’s got them in his paw; Tom Camp’s got the mumps, He’s got them in the jaw One thing the Legislature of South Carolina should do is to pass a lav prohibiting the employment of chil dren under fifteen yearn of age in fac tories of any description. Frank, the little son of Mrs. Edna Easterly, tee love and pride of ‘’Uncle Tom,” is quite sick with the measles. He and “Uncle Tom” are missed from their accustomed haunts. U. A. Holmes A Co., have opened a staple and fancy grocery and confec tionary in the store-room lately occu pied by It. A. Jones. Popular Tom Clarkson is associated with them. R. A. Jones A Co., have opened up for business in the store-room lately occupied by the (iaiTney Wagon and Furniture Co. Messrs. Sumter and J. 1). Littlejohn are his associates. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Littla, of Chero kee Ford, have the sympathy of their many friend on account of the death of their little daughter, which occured Monday night. The remains were interred at Providence Tuesday. Among the good things Mr. Vassey. of Thickety. enjoyed with his fnends during the Christmas holidays was a melon kept over from the fall crop. A genuine watermelon on the 2Nth of December is something of a rarity. We have received another commu nication from “Cunning Little Joe” (H. L. Smith). Algood, S. C., which vrp cannot publish. Mr. Smith has deliberately abused the privileges ac corded him by Thk Lkugkk, conse- tjqentiy fprther privilege! art posi tively withdrawn. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. S- Kendrick has been quite sick with measles which terminated in a case of pneumonia rendering his recovery doubtful for sevoaal days. He is, however, improving now with pros- ipects of a speedy recovery. Just as the little infant began to feeoTei Mr. Kendrick's son, Vanderbilt, had the misfortune to get one of hit eyes severely injured, so much so as to tause the loss of sight in it probable. Vp hope for better result!. T. W. Wood k Sons' disoriptive catalogue of their high grade seeds and guide for the farm and garden for 1896 was received by Thk Ledgir this week. It Is a ragular up-to-date publication. It is beautifully illus trated and contains valuable informa tion for every tiller of the soil, be sides their seed can be relied on for all they claim for them. Give them a trial. This catalogue will be sent free on application. All we ask is to mention the fact that you noticed their ad in Thk Ledger. large hosts of Pond while in went to Clif- his appoint- Death of Mrs. Susan Blanton. Mrs. Susan Blanton died on last Sunday, January 19th 1896. Mrs. Blanton was nearly ninety years of age. She had been married twice, her first husband was Jas. Tate and hey second was Vinson Blaton. She was the mother of four children, two of whom survive her—J. 0. Tate and a daughter. Mrs. Blanton was born north of Pacolet, in Union county. She lived a few years in Alabama but soon returned to her old home where she spent the remainder of her busy, Christian life. She was an aunt of our estimable postmaster T. H. Lit tlejohn. Her quiet Christian life was indeed a model of purity and love and many will remember her for her de votion and self-sacrificing benevo lence. She had been a consecrated member of the Methodist church for fully seventy years and was loved and respected by all who knew her. — —• -- In Contemplatioa. The Ohio River & Charleston Rail way Company is contemplating build ing a branch road from Blacksburg via Cherokee Mills, Gaffney, Cowpens, Clifton and Pacolet Mills to Spartan burg. Col. A. N. Moleaworth, chi'f engin eer of the company was in Gaffney last Tuesday looking after the enter prise. Our people greeted him heart ily and furnished him the infotma- tion he wanted. Of course Gaffney is in for the road strong and when Col. Ifolesworth says the word will mani fest her approval of it in a substan tial way. • •- • — Death of an Infant. The two weeks old infant of Mr. find Mrs. Ed Lewis, %pd wi <fcy. Movements Of People You Know And People You Don’t Know. Messrs. Tom Camp, Bert Ramsay, Bro&d Gaines and R. O. Ballanger, were Gaffneyites who took the even ing train Saturday for Spartanburg. Mr. Ballenger stopped at Thickety. R. M. Jolly, of Grassy Pond was in the city Tuesday. Wm. Jefferies, Esq., of Home, brightened the city with his plesant agreeable manner Tuesday. O. D. Bailey, of Grassy Pond, was in the city Saturday on business Mr. Bailey joined the Lkdqerites of Grassj the city. Rev C. E. Robertson ton Saturday to meet ment at that place. Miss Lalla Blasingame, one of Spartanburg’s charming young ladies, was the guest of Miss Eva Sams, on Victoria Avenue last Friday and Sat urday. She returned home Saturday afternoon. S. R. Humphries, of Byarsville, N. was among the throng in the city Saturday. P. D. Phillips, the best miller in Home neighborhood, paid us plesant, visit Tuesday. Mr. Service, of Mercer, paid Thk Ledger a flyingjjvislt Tuesday. Junius Sparks, a prosperous farmer of Home, was in the city Saturday While here Mr. Sparks joined The Ledger host. Mr. K. C. Watkins atid his son, Joe E. Watkins, of State Line, have moved to Gaffney. They are stop ping with Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Little john at present. Mr. Watkins has secured a position with J. N. Lip scomb. Mr. and Mrs. P V. Gaffney spent several days last week at tiie home of Mr. Gaffney’s uncle, PL P. Macomson, of Mercer, where Mr. Gaffney went to recuperate. They returned to the city Saturday afternoon. Miss Mollie Montgomery, of Mer cer, is visiting relatives in the city. Miss Janie Hicks, of Henrietta, N. C., was visiting friends in Gaffney a few days ago. J. G. Kelly, of Keitou, was in the city a few days the tirst of the week. Mr. Kelly has many friends here who are always glad to see him and vie with eacli other as to win will enter tain him. Rev. A. 1). Davidson, of Beaver Dam, paid us a pleasant visit Mon day. The two old cronies—Billy Cap, Lipscomb, of Blue Branch, and Aus Humphries, of Grassy Pond—were in the city Tuesday haying the ! r usual amount of fun. Mark L. Gaffney, of Cherokee, was in the city last .Saturday, Cle. Phillips, of Druytonvil), was in the city yesterday even if it weather for fish, terrapin, etc. • «— 1 Mercer Mmutes. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Me roe- S. C., Jan. 20.—Mercer fanners « anxious to begin sowing oats but the land is too wet at pres ent, We have several eases cf measles in our neighborhood but none very serious. Mrs. J. S. Hammett is quite ill. Dr. M. W. Smith, of your city, has been visiting her. T. J. Patrick moved to Cherokee Falls a few weeks ago where his chil dren will work in the mill. Fox Dellinger has moved into the house made vacant by Mr. Patrick. Miss Bonnie McCluney, of Wilkins- ville, is teaching the Sardis school. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stroup are re joicing over the arrival of a fine boy at their home which we hope wMl be of much joy and comfort tu them. Miss Lula Senders, who has been visiting J[ M. Hampton’s family has returned to her home in Yorkville. Rev. J. T. Rrock will preach at Ar arat next Sunday Morning at 11 o’clock. Eureka. 1 I’ 14 CLU1 ROOT OF CABBAGE. Sy • Microscopic Parmilte—Propa gate! by Weed*—How to Fight It. Ito citib root of cabbage and the sev- «•! plaits of the cabbage family is a tNlI blown nd dreaded disease among Mfton farmers and gardeners. But vfclta mora prevalent in the eastern por- Cai of tha country it is also known in tfca west aid south, causing often heavy A billetin issued from the New Jer- ••j agricultural experiment station gives to Mail the results of experiments and iiTMtigatiois made on the station jraaads aid elsewhere, with a view to assisting farmers in fighting the club Index to New Advertisements. The following is the index to new advertisements and changes of some of the wide-awake, hustling people of our city. Patronize them—tell them you saw their ad in The Ledger and you will be treated right. Henry M. Holmes—Notice. B. A. Holmes & Co.—Notice. F. G. Stacy—For sale or rent. Carroll & Carpenter—Go to Corroll <fc Carpenter. R. A. Jones A Co.—Business an nouncement. Oil and Water, “I’m very unfortunate,” said the young artist. “Yon are deficient in one important quality,” replied his candid friend. “What is that?” “Tact. When Mr. Greesem came to seo you about a portrait, you never stop ped to think that he made his fortune out of a lucky streak in kerosene.” “Never. ” “And you told him he ought to have his picture done in oil, and he didn’t leave the order. ” “That’s so. ” “And when Mr. Skimker, who has prospered as a dairyman, called at your studio, you rushed from Scylla to Cha- rybdis and advised him to be done up in water colors. You’re a good painter, my boy, but what you need is discre tion. ”—Washington Star. DR. KING’S ROYAL GERMETUER This pleasant and perfect remedy, so delightful to take, so refreshing and exhilarating, stands in highest favor with all who know it best, as the great est of all medical remedies for both sexes, of all ages and in all conditions. /I Strange Wager Is the motive in our New Serial Story by Rodrigues Ottoleu- gui An Artist In Crime H L WHAT IT WILL DO FOR TOO. It will give you APPETITE. It will give you restful refreshing SLEEP. It will stimulate your DIGESTION. It will restore your NERVOUS ENERGY. It will put your KIDNEYS in perfect order. (twill purify your Blood. It will change your weakness into STRENGTH. It will bring you out of sickness into HEALTH. The hefo bets that he can commit a crime that will make a great sensation and escape detection for a year, proving that he is really met ■(AIR. CABBAGE PLANTS •‘CLUBBED." root. Many of the facts contained in this bulletin are of general interest to tbo eoltivstors of cabbage, turnip, kale, etc. Briefly stated, the malady is due to a microscopic parasite which infests the oolts of the roots, causing them to be soms swollen and distorted. The spores of tks fnngns. npon the decay of thopart affssted, become scattered through the soil, and from thence the enemy enters tbs host plant. The club root infests several plants of the cabbage family, in- olndinc tarnip, kale, radish, stock and candytuft. Two common weeds—name ly, shepherd’s purse and hedge mustard —are row to be added to the list of pleats infested with club root. Preventive measures must be relied npon, for the affected parts of a plant afe below ground and not readily reached by any fungicide. If the crop is diseased, rU refuse at harvest time of roots, stems and leaves should be burned. All seed lings from hotbeds, with signs of club root, should be destroyed, and, if pos- rfble, nse only plants from beds in which there is no disease. Cabbage, kale, Brus- sela ipn ate, kohlrabi, turnip or radishes •honld not follow each other on the same land if e ub root is prevalent. Lime add ed to the land, 75 bushels per acre, has proved effective. It is possible that some commercial fertilizers may be found to shock the trouble. Keep the land free from shepherd’s purse and hedge mus tard and ether weeds of the same family, as their roots become “clubbed” and thereby propagate the enemy. The Starveling’n Diversion. Plump—I declare, I’m glad I you. You seem awfully hungry. Lean—And well I might be. I hadn’t eaten anything for 24 hours. Plump—I’m afraid you are not hav ing things just as you would like them. What are you writing now? Lean—At present I am engaged in writing a work entitled, “Perils Which Environ the Wealthy.” At odd mo ments I add something to my “Epicure's Cookbook.” Do you know’, I take an immense delight in that cookbook. It is almost as good as eating.—Boston Transcript. NEW PACKAGE, LARGE BOTTLE, 108 DOSES ONE DOLLAR. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. MANCFACTUBED ONLY BY The Atlanta Chemical Co., Atlanta, Ga. WRITE FOR 48-PAGE BOOK, HAILED FREE. An Artist In Crime /?- This is one of the best American de tective stories ever written. That’s why we print it. That’s why we advise you to read it. jFeel | [Badly j [To-day? i 2 We ask ibis repeatedly because ® ^ serious diseases often follow trilling | ailments. ■ Brown’s | Iron I Bitters rr ■ weak Cowpen Chronicles. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Cowpens, S. C., Jan. 18.—I was so glad to know that you allowed me to enter your happy circle that it made my old heart bound with joy. Master Archie Caveney is down with the measles. We have them in abundance in this settlement. If any body wants a few measles come up. I think somebody is going to gum a rabbit from the way Mr. Henry Swafford has been acting for the post five months. He says he is going blind but we hope it is a mistake, James Willis and wife viiited E. T. Sellers Sunday. There was a ratling shindig at R. E. Sellars’ last Friday night and the young people seemed to enjoy it fine. If I am old and ugly I got struck on one of the young men that was there. I am not going to call any name but if you will come around I will tell you who it was. Many wishes to The Ledger. Pattie Pack. —Go to Carroll Ladies’ Hats. —Go to Carroll Milliuery. —Go to Carroll Ladies’ Dress Goods. —Go to Carroll <fc Ladies' Cloaks. —Go to Carroll Overcoats, to Carroll it of clothes ,to Carroll & & A Carpenter for Carpenter ftlt Carpenter foi Carpenter fof Carpenter for *r He«t In Incnbators. laeabators are usually run at 103 de- ’ms above zero. One very successful hatcher runs his at 1024 degrees, while aaetbsr almost or quite as successful raas bit at 104 degrees. Not a few fail- m ia hatching have been due to the incorrect registering of the temperature by the thermometer. If the thermometer indicates a less degree than 102^ degrees, no alana need be felt—the hatching may ba delayed a little, but that is not a seri ous matter—but if the thermometer goes above lit then there is good cause for ans. There is a possibility that absolute uniformity of heat may be a disadvan tage ia hatching, and yet few are willing to trast to much variation. The varia- tioa eecnred by the taking ont of theeggs far taming is considered ample for the refuiremente of a successful hatch, and the advice given by a writer in American AJfricultarist is to secure as great a uni formity of temperature as possible. ® E © p.u i ;• I r . i :t- hausK.1. : > ’is. ^ ha\c n > u,, > ille a and can’t work, g- bes;in at once tak- gj mu the m st relia- £ ble f trenuthenini; jg nicdi. ino, wliii li is £ it own Iron Bit- g, ■ns it • efit conics ^ f o: i the very tirst a _ dose. {£ S IT CURES g • Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver ® e Neuralgia, Trcuuics, A a Constipation, Impure Blood, ai J Malaria, Nervous ailments £ « Women’s complaints. • ® Get only the genuine—ii iv s crossed red ® lines on the wrapper. ® J BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MD. J We equal any in the world. Our patrons recommend us. THE LEDGER. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. The cheapest thing on earth--The Weekly Ledger at ond dollar a year. NOW IS YOUR TIME v< > Notice. N otick I Inivnlt-ft my iiot«'saii<i;i<v<>uiit> witli Mr. K. (i. Stacy for collect ion. Ml | nelsons indebted will nlc.ise pay him. Ileiirv \l. Holmes. j N OTICE llavinir opened tip a Staple and Esmey Grocery and Confectionary Store ei i t lie store room bcneat !i the Telephone E.\- elianire. We Invite you to call and inspect our stock and we solicit a share ofyourpat- roiiajie. Respectfully. H. A. Holmes A Co. I ADVERTISED some time auo for lo.txm 1 bundles of fodder. I have already boujrlit I ll.aOO, now want 10,000 more. Will have 1 ear i load of mules and horses next Friday that i must he disposed of at once; also 1 ear No. I i timothy litiv. 2 wcond-hand carriages and j harnesses, hack and three buggies. .E (j. I Spencer. FURNITURE. Never has there been such a demand for Furniture and prices lower. Bay something useful for X llliVW I Pictures of every description and many other things that will please you. Come and Inspect our Stock before the best is sold. CARROU. CARPENTER & HUMPHRIES. ■•blrrlgatlon In Greenhouse,. Subirrigation is the latest scheme for grwnhonM culture. It is astonishing to ft Boviec to see how glass gardening is tftCNftmng. Around the great cities are •erm of glam, under which are grown lettvce, encumbers, rhubarb—in fact, al- MMt all the outdoor vegetables. Pro- fftmor Ran*, who made the experiments ftt V**t Virginia, considers that subir- figfttioft in greenhouses is a pronounced ■ftCMM. H* considers it a more com- For Sale or Rent. T HAT splendid ; room bouse with Hue i;iir- deu. stables and out buildings, lately oe- enjiied by Dr. Holmes. (•ive room cottage on Limestone Street. Three room cottage op tin hies st reel: I a fire irnrden with vacant lot ndjoinini:. Two vacant lots on Gullies street. Three vneuht lots neareotton mill. For rent room rear Carroll A bank. For terms apply to F. G. in l.,e<L<lin$4' JL)ealci>* Furniture, Stoves, Buggies, Wagons and Coffins. Ma«*v -T AI ’ Y. Carroll & Transact a General Banking Business & Carpantfr for Carpentft* far ing pair of shoes, flurroll <fr Carpenter for 1L \\ \ \ sets from Carroll A DBVICB USED FOR SUBIRRIGATION. pltU system of watering than the usual •priakling, as with it the soil does not hiurdra, bake or dry ont. It saves time, labor and water and causes plants to run ■ore evenly. This under watering hastened the K wth of parsley and spinach and gave her lettuce, tomatoes anfT radishes. FaiMMu diseases were better held Jn check ta fact, lettuce rot, one of the want troubles in many greenhouses, teas prevented by snbirrigation. This sys tem of watering greenhouses is Well trorth the attention of those who try to 4»eoiv* plants by turning winter into the Ohio station similar experi- s have been conducted. The device far subirrigation in these experi- ita is a pipe with numerous holes that aroaad under the soil at the bottom 4f tbs Mi. At the top is a tunnel through which the Water may be ponred. CMCSSt'r allowed on Time Deposits Arrangement. by HPeJCiAL Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. Your I 3 £itroii£ij£e $"*oliciteci. i — STOVE The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company, Offer for Sale Building Lots in this Flourishing Town, CI'TY. Also Farms near by and in reach of the schools of Limestone Spring and of this place in lots of from 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates. Also Agricultural Lunds to rent for farm purposes. For full particulars apply to MOSES WOOD, Agent. N. B.—All trespassing on lands of this Company cutting and remov mber, fishing or hunting are forbidden under penalty of law. removing LIMESME * SPRINGS * LIME * WORKS, There lean opinion at Clip Amb* frown potato seed wi '■ton that 1 late CARROLL & CO., Lessees. -Manufacturers of- | BEE HIYEl. * PLASTERING * AND * AGRICULTURAL * LIME, -And Dealers In- Coal, Shingles, Laths and Plaster Hair. Dymamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps.