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GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THURSDAY, AVGUST 0, 18JHL
*1.00 A YEAH.
NOTHING EQUAL TO A BOY.
PROVIDED YOU TAKE AWAY
THE GIRL.
"If a Boy Ever Amounts to Anything
He Must Get Acquainted With
Some Nice Girl,” Says
Rev. B. F. Jacobs.
(CorrcsiiomU'iicfe of The Ledger.)
Etta Jaxk, Aii}?., 1.—Some one lias
smSiI tliut it lias rained on, or in sight
of every spot on the habitual globe
on the first day of August for the
last seventy-five years. Who will
prove it?
The time for sowing turnips is at
hand and our people ought to make
good use of it.
The mechanics haven’t yet got the
boat ready for launching which is to
riHi from the D.trwin place to Lock
hart Shoals.
Mrs. Jane Bishop visited Mrs. J. L.
Strain last Friday 31 inst.
The road overseers arc putting the
public roads in goal condition
throughout this township.
On last Saturday Robert Lipsy and
Miss Morn were married at Etta
Jane by W. L. Littlejohn. Esq., in
the absence of .1. L. Strain, Magis
trate.
As all useful papers are public ed
ucators I have drawn upon Tiik Lkii-
ukk heavily for space to reproduce
Rev. B. F. Jacobs’ address to the
pages at the Boston Convention. I
hope this address will be read and
studied by all the little folks that
{•pad this paper, and that they will
pmdel thfh’ lives and eharacters after
tjjqse great men and wotpen the
ijepfot of whose sijcpess is so plainly
up jilted out. We have just as good
hoys qitd |{iFls U!H'»ngst us todiiy us
liny of those who hitVe ‘tmjned sueh
» W'orldrwide reputation.
The chills and fever qre raging jn
different portions of thjs section.
The county campaign is progress
ing with its usual results,few
pleasantries with a slight mud-sling
ing times.
Several young ladies and young
men, too, haveeomo to my assistance
In tlie work of getting up historical
data for the forthcoming history of
the South Carolina troops during the
late war. Home of these papers—
even from juvenile writers—-will com
part favorably with those of Bancroft,
Mwlnton, Davidson op anyone else.
And, besides, it is the very mutter
we want—the personal experience of
private soldiers In the ranks—both
in and out of battle.
An account of the bombardment of
Hilton’s Head and Bay point by the
federal fleet on the 7lh day of No
vember, ISlil, as given by a young
lady, (lie daughter of a soldier who
was there at the time, is one of the
most graphic pen pictures it was ever
my pleasure to see.
The same writer goes on and gives
other details making honorable men
tion of men well known to Hie readers
of Tiik Lkduku, amongst whom I
recall Lt. Moses Wood, (i. Wasli Me-
Known, J. T. Moorehead, T. D.Goudo-
lock, (Japt. J. R. Jefferies. J. R.
Hughey. Jswell Stroup, Azuriuh and
•‘Bali" Horn, 1’. S. Webber, Azariah
Spears, Jas. Garner and a long list of
otiiers, all of whom will appear in
their proper place Wt the work when
completed. As a literary work the
manuscript of ten pages of legal cap
is absolutely faultless. I only regret
Matt tills work is progressing so
slowly and that those wild ought to
feel the greatest interest are so back
ward in it.
|^f one thing we may rest assured,
generally, that the most conspicuous
figures lor their gallantry and devo
tion to duty were, (many of them),
||{p humblcsj, men in the ranks,
fpany of whom p»day are fjghting t|{e
$'olf of poverty froip thqjr doors.
jn pjs address to the pages at the
Boston Sunday School Convention
Rev, B. F. Jacobs said;
Boys I am appointed by Hie Sun
day School people of the I'uited
States to say to you that we are very
glad to see you. There is nothing in
this world equal to a boy unless it is
a girl. (Laughter and applaufc)
And tlicro is nothing comparable to a
Christian boy unless it is a Christian
girl. I wisli to ttll you that all these
people that are here, and all the
Sunday school people of America are
here for you. We come for you and
for the other boys and girls that like
you form a part of this land. This
whole country depends upon you,
boys, and the boys that are with you,
We will soon be gone, and you are
going to take all the responsibility,
and we have just two or three things
to say to you. We expect the boys
tliut are coming after us will do a
great deal better than any of us have
done. You ought to be ashamed of
yourselves if you don’t know any
thing better to do than we have ever
done. You certainly must do better.
^There are a few things absolutely in-
lispciiHible, if you are going to do
'the beat possible. There Is a man in
this country by the name of General
H6ward, a soldier with’one arm and
no e^epty sleeve, one of the highest
officers that the United States lias
ever had. When lie was a hoy lie be
came a Christian, and lie went to
West Point to learn to be a soldier.
When lie got there ho said lie found
it was very bard work to be manly
and be true to Jesus Christ, because
of the temptations that come and
the jibs and sneers of the hoys. He
said: “I did these thing. I gripped
my Bible, and I shut my teeth and I
thought of my mother and went on. ”
(Applause). And the boy that will
do these things, that will grip his
Bible, shut his teeth, ai d think of
his mother and goon, will go up. and
nobody can tell how high he will got.
(Laughter and upp.ause.) I here was
a soldier that fought against us in
the lute war. Robert E. Lee. the
great general of the Confederate
army. It Is said of him that no boy or
man ever heard him swear, or ever
knew him to use an unclean word,
over knew him to smoke a cigar or
chow tobacco. In all the army there
was not a man that ever met bl n.
Confederate or Union soldier, that
didn’t believe that Robert E. Lee was
a true and splendid gentleman, as
well as a great soldier. (Great ap
plause.)
I am going to have you think what
character does for a man, and what it
is to be a true man. Oh, it takes a
good deal of what wo call grit to do
that, and I want to have you think
of it. Ladies and gentlemen, it is
said of Robert K. Lee tliut the only
word lie ever’uttered against us was
“Our friends the enemy,” and that
when he went out to view the Union
lines, he said, “I want to see what
those people over there are doing.”
That was all.
I have taken these two soldiers
from these two great armies because
they are both Americans and both
speciinens of what a boy ought to try
|je. ^qd I want to tell you of
tynqtJ)er man that was ulsq a soldier,
but j am pot speaking of him simply
pep^qsp i{p was a sojdicr. He went
pi}t l)efe in Ajassachusetts to a college
qt q place called WilHamstqn that
sqiqe qf yoq have heard of am] ho
Was popr, and he went to the teacher
and asKed iput if there was anything
Hwt a hoy popld do in Williams ooL
jpge to help liiiq get through, ‘‘Well,
said he, ‘‘You might sweep thp
floor.” ‘‘Where is the broom?'’ said
he, Somebody said in a day or two
‘•(Jot a new janitor, I guess. We
never looked like this before. Who
swept this outy” Pretty soon he was
told thst he might ring the hell If he
wanted to. Home thought it was a
new bell, and wanted to know who
Wfts ringing it. They were told the
boy’s neme.
You can sometimes tell that a boy
U the right kind of u boy by the way
he rings the bell, you can toll bv ihu
way he sweeps out t lie school house
or the store, After a time this coun
try wanted a man to till a very big
place, and us I stood upon the stand
in Chicago and heard the booming of
cannons I was told that James A.
Garfield had been nominated for t he
presidency of the United Stales. He
was the boy that swept the school
house and rang the bell. (Applause).
If a boy ever amounts to anything
In this world he must get acquainted
with some nice girl. (Laughter and
applause). It is as true as you live.
I tell you. a good deal of your life
will depend upon what kind of u girl
you get acquainted with and stay
acquainted with, and you wan’t to
know that there is something to a
good girl besides a magnificent hat or
a gorgeous belt. There was a woman
in one of our schools, a young
woman ; and she was going to gradu
ate. It was this time of year when
the young ladies were going to grad
uate and one s name was Carrie.
There was another girl in the class,
whose father had failed in business,
and she came to Currie anil said to
h«r, “I cannot graduate with the
rest of you.” Carrie said, ‘‘Why
wbat’s the matter?” She said, “Pa
pa has failed, and we have hud hard
Vfork Jo get mo through this term,”
and she Began to cry, and I tell you
hoys, that good girls do cry sotne-
timcjj. Carrie said, “NYhat’s the
matter?” She said, “I cannot get a
dress, You know they always wear
gorgeous apparel when they gradu
ate,” Carrie said, “Will you leave
It me?” “Oh, yos.” Carrie said,
“I’ll fix that.” She went to all the
other girls and said, “Here is this
pqor girl, she cannot get u nice dress.
J want to ask you if you won’t all
wear just the cheapest kind of a
Nlfflpltf white dress, so that she can
have one, too, and graduate.” They
laid avide their beautiful dresses and
ghe graduated herself, too. And ope
4ay they wanted to get a woman in
the White House that everybody
loved and nobody was afraid of, and
they put Mrs. Carrie Hcott Harrison
up there. (Applause}.
We want some of.you boys to ho
the President of the Massachusetts
State Sunday School Convention, or
If you will come out fo Illinois wo
will make you president of the Illi
nois State Convention. Wo want
some of you to bo chairman of the
Executive Coinmittee, like Mr. Harts
horn, to whom some of us owe so
much. We want some of you to be
like our splendid president here—Mr.
Capets. Wo want some of you to
DOie the place of Mr. Reynolds and
Dr. Randolph on the lesson commit
tee. We expect you to do better
than we all have done, and we want
you to begin to get ready now to do
all these things and wo hope that
God will greatly bless you. I want
to shake hands with every one of
you. I want to tell you that when I
shake hands with you there are thir
teen million people shaking hands
with you. (Applause.) Now then, if
the ushers or the committee will see
that these hoys’ names are all given
to the secretary we will put them in
to the report, of this convention and
mail every boy a copy. j. i.. s.
Trough Shoals Trinkets.
(Correspondence of The Ledaer.)
Troi oh Siioai.s. Aug.. 3.—Recently
the dwellers on the outskirts of our
town were treated to a foot race.
Prince Wise, a man of color, had
been heating his wife and step daugh
ter and they had put their complaint
in the proper channel. When officer
John Petty went to arrest him Wise
ran and the officer pursued, both being
swift on foot. At first it looked as if
it would be an even race, but the
marshals succeeded in roping him
when on the second quarter and had
the satisfaction to deliver him into
the keeping of the jailer of Spartan
burg Company.
Perrin Thompson, who has so long
filled different positions in the office
of the Paeolet Manufacturing Com
pany, has given up his position and is
going to attend the Eastman Busi
ness College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
A Mr. Metze, of Spartanburg, will
take his place at the office of the
Company. Mr. Thompson was wel! and
favorably known here as one who
could turn off as much work as any
one and at the same time be polite
and affable to all he came in contact.
Rev. W. J. Langston left yesterday
tq assjst Bey. J. K. Covjngtot) jn a
meeting at Landrum. Rev. Lhnga-
tqn hits nqt been 'V‘th us long hi|t l|0
i.i finite a favorite will) all Christian
people:
.lodge Thompson amlH. T- Handera,
of Spartanburg, lectured here last
Saturday night on the merits of the
junior orderof the “United American
Meohaniea.” Not lung since a club
was organised here and bids fair to
be the coming order,
One <lay last week Barney Bridges
in company with aomo companions
saw a large snake of the copperhead
tribe escape in her den. They pro-
cured picks and dug her out and
when struck forty.nine young cop
perheads about a foot long ran out of
her mouth. AH were dispatched,
making even fifty snakes, and It was
a bad day for snakes at that.
Tillman Devinny, the man milliner
who lias been hero so long and lias so
’many friends among us, has left us.
He is now on a visit to his mot tier In
York County. I understand that lie
will shortly sot up business for him
self at some larger place.
Prof. Johnson, of Washington, I).
C., a noted instrumental music !
teacher, who lias taught hero before,
is with us now wc undcretand for the
purpose of teaching a class on the
organ. We wish him much success.
Rev. Felmet, pastor of Brown’s
Chapel, (Baptist), held protracted
services last week. His labors have
been blessed by several accessions.
The mills at this place are grinding
up cotton now pretty fast. 225 bales
last week and no person overworked
either. Homo.
-*
Maud Matters.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Mai d, Aug. 27.—Our pastor, Rev.
A. Bonner, will begin a protracted
meeting at Cherokee church next
Thursday. He is also conducting a
revival meeting at (’amp’s Creek
church this week which will close
next Wednesday.
Mr. Bank Scruggs and Miss Frona
McCraw was married Sunday. It
was a runaway match. They werp
pursued by her brother and others,
but their race was in vaip. The
yoqt.g couple having tlje advantage
\yon the race.
U\ It. Horton is at wi rk on the
public roads iq this settlement. The
Furnace mills is doing slow work on
account of water,
R. E. Linder wont to the county
sent Monday on business.
A. C. Painter has in his possession
a large rattlesnake which lie brought
from the mountains. Hu is a tine
rattler and plays well ids part.
A. F. Ellis paid us a pleasant visit
Friday. He reports good crops in
Cleveland county.
J. 1). Ruppe and family paid us a
pleasant visit Monday.
Willie Horton went to Spartanburg
last week on business.
(Juite a large crowd met Saturday
at the Buck Pond, near W. P. Self,
to witness a mutch game of hall be
tween the Buck Pond boys nod the
Byursville boys. It was a lively
game of two picked nines. The score
stood 22 to 11 in favor of Buck Pond.
W. 8. Jolly is hauling lumber and
improving his outbuildings.
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“Mamma, was that u sugar plum
you just gavo mo?” asked little Ma
bel. “No, dear, it was one of Dr.
■ Ayer’s Pills.” “Please, may j have
another?” “Not now, dear; one of
those nice pills is all you need at
present, beeaueo eyery dose Is effect
ive.” ' '
EXTRA SESSION RUMORED.
CLEVELAND ANXIOUS TO SEE
BRYAN DEFEATED.
Middle-West to Determine Whether
McKinley and the Gold Stadard
Shall Prevail or Bryan
and Free Silver.
(Correspondence of The Lcdper.)
Washington*, I). C., July 31.—One
of the most interesting rumors of the
week was that saying President Cleve
land hud fully made up his mind
about Cuba and intended to call an
extra session of congress in Septem
ber to act upon his recommendations
on that subject. This rumor was ex
tensively discussed by the politicians
of all parties and quite a number of
them expressed the opinion that there
was probably something in it. While
op : nion differs as to what would be
the effect of culling an extra session
of congress just ns the Presidential
campaign gets into full swing, to act
on the Cuban question, it is practi
cally unanimous us to the object that
would he behind such an act on the
part of the President—to detract pub
lic attention from the silver question
by a war scare, or even an actual war.
Although about one-half of his cabi
net are inclined to support Bryan, it
is known that President Cleveland is
anxious to see him defeated, and that
the only reason Ids opposition has
nnt yet been publicly shown is that
he has not decided in what way he
can act Ui be sure of doing him Hie
niobt harm. It is benause they know
of this fueling on Hie part of Mr.
Cleveland tliut (lie politicians have
given serious attention to lids Cuban
extra session rumor. Whether an
extra session of congress woo'd au
thorize the absolute recognition of
Die independence of Cuba, and
whether, if it did, that recognition
would result in Spain declaring war
against the United States, and, in
case >of war, which political party
would bo most heiudilted, are all
questions upon which much can he
said, and about which nobody could
be certain. The Republicans are
very positive in their belief that a
war scare or a war would help them
the most.
The difficulty of getting at how any
particular class of men are going to
vote this year is strikingly illustrated
by Interviews with General Secretary
John W. Hayes, of the Knights of La
bor, and President Geo. W. Meyer, of
tlie Journeyman Stonecutter’s Asso
ciation of North America. Mr.
Hayes suyes that organized labor will
vote for Bryan and free coinage of
silver, and Mr. Meyer that the work
ingmen, even those who favor free
coinage, will vote for McKinley and
protection. Both of these gentleman
occupy positions which should enable
them to keep posted on the trend of
sentiment in tlie ranks of organized
labor, yet they express opinions di
rectly antagonistic.
If negotiations now under way are
successful, a series of the most inter
esting joint debates on the money
question ever held in this country
will he a feature in this campaign,
hut the success of the negotiations
are not regarded us probable by many
people in Washington. The names
mentioned by the negotiators are
Bryan, Senators Vest, Teller, Allan
and Morgan, and ex-Oongressman
Warner, of Ohio, and WilRaiqs, (\{
III., and Goy. !Ro.. 'oq thp
part of ti(o silver men, aqd McKih*
ley, ex-President Harrison, Speaker
Reed, Senators Rhermaq, Allison and
Bodge qq the part of tho gold stand
ard uten.
The requests for official informa
tion on the silver question received
by the Treasury department have
grown so numerous that It was im
possible for the clerical force to an
swer them with individual letters,
so a clrculsr has been prepared, which
Treasury officials say answers as many
of the questions asked as it is possi
ble to answer, and will be sent in re
ply to all inquirers. The writers of
most of these inquiries do not seem
to bo inspired by partisan motives,
but by an honest desire to get at the
truth about our present financial sys
tem.
Outwardly the Republicans main
tain tlieir confidence of winning, but
among themselves they admit that it
will require the hardest sort of work
to do it. They now reaPze that while
they had been making fun of the two
silver committees, in addition to the
populist committee, which have been
engaged for more than a year past in
sending out free silver literature,
those committees have been project
ing the organization of silver men,
especially in the middle-wost, where
the victory is this year to be won or
lost, until today the silver ipen in
that section liaye a tyettyr organ lo
tion than any qf the political parties
have ever hqd. (\lthoqgh there are
lots of other sort of talk those best
Informed, In all the parties, believe
that McKinley will carry tRe entire
east, and that Rrvan wjll curry the
south and the extreme west, leaving
the middle-west to determine whether
McKinley and the gold standard shall
prevail or Bryan an the free coinage
of silver come out on top. Carefully
going over alf sorts of available infor
mal ion it becomes apparent that if the
voting wits to he done now instead of
three months hence the result would
be in doubt, with the chances slightly
in favor of silver. Three months is a
long time, and great changes in sent
iment may take place before election
day.
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Algood Items.
(Corros|<on<l« ncr of The Ledger.)
Au;(K)i>, S. 0., Aug. 3.—A. M. Dan
iel has been on the sick list for sev
eral days. It is feared that his sick
ness will terminate into fever.
Many of our citizens are going to
attend the campaign meeting attlaff-
ney this week.
The Interdenominational Township
Sunday School Convention convened
with the Macedonia church last Sat
urday, and owing to it not being ad
vertised in time it was almost a fail
ure.
Some of our horse traders attended
the live stock exchange at Spartan-
ourg yesterday.
Commissioner Clary 1ms about got
our public roads worked out.
Robt. B. Powell, our hustling
county merchant, went up to North
Carolina last week on business.
J. L. Clary went to the county
seat one day last week on business.
J. A. Harris spent last week at the
county seat attending court.
Oeum Stacy, of Maud, is teaching
the public school ot Macedonia.
Good rains and line crops makes
farmers feel good. We have received
the rain and we have the crops you
bet. Corn is good and cotton is par
ticular fine—v.hich will make corn
cheaper than ever next fall and cot
ton l(i pounds to the dollar.
John S. Byars, of Cowpens, lias
been sick and staying here with ins
parents for a few days. He is im
proving.
William J. Cox and wife, of Spar
tanburg, visited here Inst Sunday.
Miss Alice Smith, of Paeolet, vis
ited A. W. Smith and family re
cently.
A. W. Smith and family and Misses
Laura and Lizzie Tindall visited W.
T. Horton’s Sunday.
Prof. W. F. McArthur and W. T.
Thompson were at Macedonia Satur
day.
By the way, old Corncracker was
at a corn shucking last Saturday
evening, and the corn was raised this
year.
Hurrah for Flaw Picker and Curly
Bill! CoKKCKACKKK.
White Plains News.
(Correspondence of The Lodger.)
White Plains, Aug., 2.—We have
just closed a most glorious meeting
at lids place which has been the
most successful meeting ever held
here. Rev. P. Q. Hopper, of Gaff
ney, conducted the servicees. Bro.
Hopper completely captivated our
people. The spirit c«f Christ was
with us from the very first meeting,
and the meeting continued to grow in
interest to the end. Sinners were
convicted of sin and about twenty-
five wore converted and about ten
backsliders reclaimed. About fifty
people came forward for prayer the
last day of the meeting.
Our crops are as good as heart
could wish and if they tire not dum-
aged in some way wo will fill our
barns and cotton houses full to over
flowing.
The health of oqr people Is very
good at present. There is but little
bickneas in our neighborhood., tv.
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Cepterview Chronicles.
(CoriVspondt nee ot The Ledger.)
Ckntkkvikw, Aug . 3.—Miss Emma
Peeler, of your city, is teaching school
at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jolly and chil
dren. of Dellinger, N. C., is visiting
friends and relatives hero this week.
The meeting at Grassy Pond closed
last Saturday with twenty-nine con-
vertions.
Miss Belle Jolly, of Grassy Pond,
visited the Misses Blanton lust week.
J. C. Blanton and his daughter,
Miss Minnie, visited friends in Ruth
erford county last week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pennington and
children are visiting friends in Union
county this week.
Mrs. John W. Bridges, of your city,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. R. M.
Jolly, of Grassy Pond, this week.
Master Ben Blanton has recovered
from the effects of a broken leg.
Clyde Hopper is very ill.
The Seventh Simtkji.
-• ■+++ •—
Best Family Medicine.
Mr. C. N. Jones, Girard, Ala., says,
May Hi, 1895: “I was sufferin^from
Catarrh in the head and waft cured by
King’s Royal Germeteur. We keep
it all the time, and heliovo that it is
the best family medicine there is on
the market today.”
Gennotuer suits all ages in the
homo.
It is so pleasant to take that ail
Rke it.
U cures when all else falls. New
package, large bottles, l(JK doses, 81.
for sale by the Dupre Drug Co.
TO AMATUER CHRISTIANS.
LOTS OF REVIVAL MEETINGS
IN THE COALIN’ GROUND.
►Flaw Picker Gives a Lot of Advice to
Young Christians Which, He
Says, He Derives from
His Experience.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Dit.tytonville, August 4.—A mer
chant may go out of bisness, yit he
is competent to givo you some good
pints along that line. If he got
busted, he is able to warn you from
the dangers that busted him. A me
chanic may throw down his hammer
an’ give up the bisness, yit ho can
stand over the amateur and give him
some lessons that mouglit be ob
served as useful. A sinner may givo
up his job as a bad one, an’ yit bo
capable of tollin’ to the world the
horrors, misery an’ fears it brings on.
A Christian may retire from the hap
py life lie is a livin’ and yit be capa
ble of givin’ the amoteur Christian
some mighty good pints, in my esti
mation, an’ right along this pint is
where I want to dwell.
There have been a lots of revivals
in this here coalin’ ground precinct
tliis season an’inany have bin con
verted an’ is red-iiot, ns it were, but
most ginr.erally thev git cooled off
through the winter an’ a pipe freezes
an’ busts, cr somethin’ like that gits
wrong an’ the preacher has to come
along an’ patch ’em up again next re
vival season in order to keep most of
’em in motion. 1 believe they start
out with an earnest heart an good in
tentions, an furthermore, 1 believe
they have bin, most of ’em, truly
converted, but you know some people
can't, or won’t, hold to a resolution
as long us you cun hold to a rod-hot
stove pipe, so to speak.
Flaw has bin in the Christian bif-
ness in his day an time, an has ex
perienced a downfall or bust to his
sorrow, an fer the benefit of-tiie am-
atuer here’s a few “don’ts:”
Don’t start out with too big a loud
to start on er you muby moughb git
tired of it, as you huf to tout it a long
ways some times.
Don’t think that So an So does
somethin’ that you wouldn’t do, er
they maby might return the compli
ment some day.
Don’t esteem too many things to
bo unclean, fer “lie that esteemelh a
tiling to be unclean, to him it is un
clean.” You’ll have a mighty big
load to manage ef you do, an ynu
maby can’t manage it all yit a while.
Don’t try to be too good at the
start er you can't substantiate it. but
‘grow in grace” us it were. The
plant that rushes up in a night or two
ginnerully withers in about the same
length of time.
Don’t he too cureless about guard
in’ aginst lying. I’ve bin all along
the line an I know hit's dangerous
in regards to besetments.
Don’t fergit tliut an<;cls can only
do the best they can. You can’t do
more.
Don’t fergit that Flaw Bicker bids
you God speed but tf you ever turn
back er aot the hypocrit an I find it
out “your lii«r slate shall be worse
than the first.”
Curly Bill, you ain’t worth a dose
of butter, an’ and I ain’t goin’ to give
it to you. I had u mess for you but
1 changed my mind. 1 had a regular
serment fixed up an’ was goin’ on to
say fer my text that us Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness, jist
so would ole Flaw lifts up Curly Bill,
then I was goin' to hung you up an'
show to the world wliut kind of a rep
robate you was, how vile an’ false
you was an’then pint down to the
bottom of that stuff where you wound
up by suyin’ “Yours in Christ,” but
I come to the conclusion that every
sane reader could see how false you
was by reading the letter an’ then
comparin’ that lust line, “Yours in
Christ,” with it. You ain’t worth a
mess of butter, an’ my time is too
precious to waste it on you, fer it
puts me in the mind of ole Trust a
barkio’ at Fido or Tip.
Flaw Picker.
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and no certainty about advertising,
except that it Is expensive. The
principal requirements for the prep
aration of advertising are a fair
knowledge of the English language
and intimate acquaintance with the
thing advertised, good judgement In
the selection of mediums, and a deep
Insight into human nature. Of these
four requisites, the first three are
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quired. After skill and judgement
have been exercised to the utmost,
one may contemplate the finished
work with satisfaction,and say. “this
advertisinent ought to pay”—bat
that is all. No one can suy with
absolute certainty, “This advertis-
ment will pay.’—Art in Advertis
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