Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 ‘.'J' r i idger Readers lould Patronize Ledger Advertisers, The Ledger O To Reach Consumers in this Section Adver tise in The Ledger. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. VOL. Ill, NO. 29. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., THUKSDAY, AtJGITST 27, 1896. $1.00 A YE All, A VIRGINIA LADY’S OPINION, > SHE PAYS THE LEDGER A HIGH COMPLIMENT. * \ USd \ The “Kerna!" Desires to Shake the Paw of "Ole Flaw” and En dorses His Attack on the Minister. \ k°P (Conospondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jaxk, Aug., 24.—Thirty-one years ngo today Dr. Alexander White was murdered in his house near Wtfklnsville. He was shot down by an assassin who has never yet been found out. Cnpt. J. X. King has his force on the ground ready to begin work on the Thompson Mill bridge. The timbers have been ordered from Lex ington county. Report says a wedding is to take place in this community soon. J$y some oversight I failed to give notice of the sickness of Morgan Millwood and his family which has been right severe, but I am glad to 4 report them much better this week. I am always ready to speak of the for tunes or even misfortunes of our peo ple when I can do so with propriety, and I hope that none of the patrons of the paper will think that they are intentionally overlooked. They ought to let me know anything that will be of interest, and I will publish it with pleasure. The campaign meeting at Owen’s Ford last Thursday was a very quiet and orderly one with the exception of gome .perplexing points which pro voked a ripple of excitement, while the best of feeling prevailed espec ially among the candidates. On that day I am told that one of the candi dates approaclied my friend “Man” Parris and asked him if he couldn’t “Help him out on the 25th?” “Man” told him “He didn’t think he would need any helping out for he was already ‘out’—of the race.” Our farmers unanimously agreed at their meeting last Saturday to use the wire tire in putting up their cotton this fall. My goad friend and comrade J. H. Ufttlejohn, of Gowdeyville, who Avas present at the time and a member of the same company and saw Lt. James Norris wound* confirms what has •tfoady been ^..id by our corrcspon- <tents concerning his death. We hope other comrades will come to our stance in getting “truths and ootl ling but truths” for our history ie South Carolina troops. It is our purpose to give a general de- fcof the different battles, their re lists of casualties, etc., only so gpotir State troops were con- : «d. The general historian will that. Mr. Littlejohn is a man far the average in intelligence and can make himself useful in this work. There will be no exaggerations In his statements. He is the first old sol dier to turn on the light. Lot others do the same. James McKown, one of our fore most farmers, says upland cotton is off a half, while the cotton in bottom lands is not damaged so badly. Mrs. Kuthy Parker and her ton children visited the graveyard at Salem yesterday to look after the graves of loved ones. Prof. R. A. Foster closed his sing ing school at Mesopotamia last Sat urday. I did not get there until the closing hour. From what I saw and heard they had a very pleasant time. Miss Helle Powell, of I'nion, is vis iting Miss Pcarle Whisonant, of WHkinsvMle. Vernie Webber, of Wilkinsville, is quite sick. Several cases of sickness are reported since last week. From what I hear we will get a B tfcw county. Let all the voters of Hi ^lowdeyvillo township meet at Owen’s rd next Saturday at 4 p. in. and ct a strong delegation to attend meeting in Gaflney on the 1st x. am glad to state that A. G. Davis, ^ftose house was burned some time Mo, is building another. Ho is not tfie kind of a man to be dismayed at fortune’s look. He is a “hustler” when it comes to business, and is, withal, one of our best and purest citizens. His wife is an invalid and to resources have been taxed by alifortunc, but he will win without fail. lady in Richmond, Vn., who belongs to one of the best families of the Old Dominion says of Tim Lnkjek, (a few sample copies of which I sent her), “It is u paper which would be a credit to this or any other city. 1 am glad to see progress your state is making in development of its resources, and hing will aid you more than a d paper, and I see you have Terry Estes is getting some ter than ho was. We hope he will be out of danger. there are several cases of chills in community. Irs. C. W. Whisonant has man- id the large commercial business ter husband while he has been i • canvassing the county. If every man had such a wife as ho there would be a much better state of affairs in every home than there is. “Pro. Flaw” let me shake your old paw for pitching into that preacher last week for beating his wife. You know we are not in the habit of catching on to the same idea always, but you are right for one time, brother. So say what you please along that line. “I’m here,” and if you’ll be a “first rate” healthy boy I’ll take you up and have Mrs. Hettie Brown to cook you a good dinner. She knows how to do that and if you’ll defend the good women like you do in this case we’ll all think more of you. .r. l. s. — —• — OUR LOOKING GLASS. Does it Reflect the True Gaffney ot Today. Tiik Lkdgek does not carry enough local advertising to adequately rep resent the business of Gaffney, and why not? Certainly the rates are low enough. Look through our ad columns lust week and to judge from them there are but twenty-five busi ness establishments in the city when, in reality, there are about sixty. Our columns did not show a hardware store in town, neither did it show that there was a place to buy furniture. According to our columns there is but one livery stable, but five gro cery stores, and but four dry goods houses and only one drug store and notasinglc meat market. Isthisafair representation? Why certainly not. Now why is it that ti.e merchants don’t advertise? Every one of them, except one, tell us they believe it pays. It can’t be because the paper has been unfriendly to them. It can’t be because the paper isn’t worth anything to the town. Is it simply a desire to save a little money during the summer months? If ad vertising is worth anything at all it is worth something as a trade-getter, and if it is good in the full, winter and spring it is good in the summer. We observe that people Avear clothes and eat In the summer as well as the winter. Probably not to such a great extent, but, nevertheless, to some ex tent. The dull season is when a busi ness man should hunt trade. It is false economy to leave off advertising in the summer. Well, unless you support the home paper it will not be worth much to your town. Individ ually, the management would like to see it prosper and become u good property, but it is left to you. If you do not patronize it in its present form it will be compelled to reduce its size. Its present size is an ornament to the town. A smaller paper will not have the same effect on outsiders. Our people talk of Spartanburg. Spartanburg merchants support five ncAvspapers and every one of them have a magnificent local advertising patronage all the year round. If you want to emulate the example of Spartanburg you should patronize your home paper. We don’t propose to beg you to support it. We don’t propose to cringe to you to have you support it. But we would appreci ate your patronage and will endeavor to give you value received for your money. A paper cannot live on promises, it must have patronage and paying patronage at that. We can alford to give labor and energy and pusli so long as the people co-operate but when they manifest a disinterested spirit its time to change. This is a small place and to make a paper worth anything it requires everybody to support it. A large number of people owe us for subscription. They show a disposition to put off payment. Its as impossible to run a newspaper unless its patrons pay as it is to run any other business. If you owe us come in and pay us. If you have anything to sell let the people know it through Tmk Ledoeic. This is not a distress signal. Its simply a few facts which everybody who is interested in Gaffney and its future prosperity should he made ac quainted with if they think this pa per is worth anything to them. — • - - - — Death of Mrs. Sarah Hames. Mrs. Sarah Hames, of Glendale, died Saturday morning at 2 o’clock. Mrs. Hames was a sister to B. F. Holmes, of this city. She had been a member of the Methodist church since her childhood and was a good woman. She leaves two children be sides other kindred to mourn her loss. The funeral was conducted Sunday from the Methodist church at Glen dale by Rev. J. L. Harley, the pastor, and the remains were laid to rest in the Glendale cemetery. — — Free Pills. Send your address to H. E. Bucklcn <fc Co., Chicago, and get a fret sample box of Dr. Kings New Life I’ills. A trial will convince you of their mer its. These pills arc easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Constipation and Hick Head ache. For Malaria and Li ver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to he perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to ho purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, hut by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly Invigorate the system. Reg ular size 25c per box. Hold by Du I're Drug Co. I LATEST COTTON MILL NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST TO TEX TILE WORKERS. North and South Carolina Mills, Their Improvements and Their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. [The Lkdgek invites correspon dence concerning mills and mill em ployes. etc. We reserve the right to reject any manuscripts sent us and in no case will any article that may be construed us an attack on em ployee or employer be published.] [Southern and Western Textile Excelsior.] The Albino Cotton Mill, Mount Holly, N. C., is shut down a few days for repairs. R. 8. Holliday lias left the Clifton Mill No. 1 for the mills of the Pied mont (8. C.,) Mfg. Co. The boilers of the Elm Grove Cot- tor Mill, Lincolnton, N. C., exploded on Thursday night. Nobody hurt. W. A. West, of Henrietta, X. C., lias taken charge of the weave room of the Pearle Cotton Mills, Durham, X. C. Geo. R. Selby lias resigned as boss carder with the Clifton (S. C.) Mfg. Co., and gone to a nearby small yarn mill, J. Felix Smith, of Athens, Ga., is manager of the now knitting mill we mentioned as being established there. Cnpt. Dilllng, president of the Dilling Cotton Mills. Kings Moun tain, X.C., made a visit to Charlotte this week. The Great Falls Mfg., Co., Rockin- ham, X. C., is another firm shipping large quantities of goods to Shang hai, China. The new iron bridge over the mill race of the Altaniahuw Colton Mills, Klon College, N. C., is open to public travel. J. H. O. Carter, of Salisbury, X. 0., has taken the <*inl grlo4er> po sition at the Altamahaw Cotton AfUi, Elor, College, X. C. ^ J. M. I’arkor has resigned the su- perintendency of the Vance Cotton Mills, Salisbury, X. C., and will go into other business. The Odell Mfg., Co., of Concord, X. C., are putting in a filter at their bleuchery. This will give them good, clear water all the time. The 3,000 spindle Sumter (S. C.) Cotton Mills can bo leased on very reasonable terms. W. J. Montgom ery should be addressed. L. A. McCrickard, of the Victor Mill, Charlotte, has gone to Clifton [ Mill No. 2, S. C., to act as second hand carding in basement. L. C. Torrence, late carder at the Charlotte Cotton Mill, commences next Monday as boss night spinner with the Kings Mtn. (X. C.) Mfg., Co. Robt. L. Holt, of the Glencoe Cotton Mills, Burlington, X. C., gave a barbecue and brunswick stew to a coterie of friends near Glencoe last Saturday. The Ossipea Cotton Mill, Burling ton, X. C., was standing several days this waok so that the employes could attend a protracted meeting at Bethlehem church. The Elizabeth City (X. C.) Cotton Mills have ordered their first install ment of 5000 spindles, and they will be spinning yarn in the early fall. H. J. Smith is Supt. The Henderson (X. C.) Cotton Mills has all its machinery in place except the fine English speeder spin dles which will be shipped on or about tho 27th inst. The Nance Cotton Mills, Salisbury, N. C., have closed down night work ; still running daytime on old orders, hut when they are filled fliay shut down for a short while. The Monroe (X. C.) Cotton Mills have closed down in order to place their new machinery which doubles the capacity of their mill, and which Avill consist of 10,000 spindles. T. L. Sanders, night spinner at the Highland 1’ark Mfg., Co., Charlotte, has taken charge of the day spinning at the Dallas, (X. C.) Cotton Mill. J. V. Bridges is his successor here. James H. Thomas, formerly over- i seer of tho weaving in the Enterprise Mills, Kings Mountain. X. C., is now engaged to bo overseer of the weav- i ing in tho Southern Cotton Mills, : Bessemer City, X. C. Ben Nuttall, Jr., son of Supt. Ben Nut tall, of tho Dover Yarn Mills, ! PiiiOville, N. C., has taken a position i with the Pettee Machine Works, of Newton I'pper Falls, Mass., having left for that place Tuesday. Tho machinery is coming in for tho Avon Cotton Mills, Gastonia X. C., consisting of 12 cards, 5,000 spindles and 2(>0 looms, being all from the Whitin Machine Works. The pickers are from the American Machine Co., Pawtucket. R. I. The stockholders of the Charleston (S. C.) Cotton Mills will meet on Oct., 5. next, to decide upon what steps to take toward starting their factory again, which lias closed since spring. They have an equipment of 28,000 spindles, and 730 looms. J. E. Duval, of Charlotte, lias taken a contract for installing a 100O electric light plant in the Erwin Cotton Mill, Durham, X. C. Mr. Duval says business is good with him. It is a matter of fact that an energetic man can make business. The Spartanburg (S. C.) Knitting Mills, of wiiicli J. J. Gentry is at the head, write us that they elected offices this Aveek, and expect to be gin operations in October next. Half hose will be made to begin with. It is proposed later on the manu facture knit underwear of every de scription. Treas. R. It. Ray, of the Me Aden Cotton Mills, McAdensville, X. C., Tuesday drew his first check of the season for a bale of the new cotton. It weighed 422 pounds, graded strict middling and brought 7j(c. The same farmer sold this mill its first bale last year on Sept. 11th, and re ceived S.jc. per pound. Yorkvillc, S. C., now aspires to a knitting mill, (he head of the project being J. A. Tate. They ha\'e a fine piece of property with a brick build ing worth .flO.OOO. Tho parties in terested expect to expend from .flO,- 000 to $20,000 in a knitting mil) plant, and to this end have written the Textile Excelsior for information as to the probable cost, character and kind of machinery, profits, etc. It has not been decided what character of knit goods will be manufactured. The Avork on the Fingerville Mill Xo. 2, Spartanburg Co., 8. C., is progressing very satisfactorily; one- half of tho necessary brick has been manufactured, excavations for foun dations are being made, and nearly all the lumber is now on the ground. This will lie a 10,000 spindle weaving •*nill, driven by steam power. Mill J>o. 1 has been very successfully managed and operated, and when this new mill is completed, Finger ville will be one of t he prettiest mill towns in South Carolina. J. B. Liles is president. The Charlotte Cotton Millls are arranging tho balance of their 144 looms that arc 51 inch, on special goods, which they run through their new American napping machine, to produce a line of cotton blankets. Tho 1(>4 40-inch looms continue on sheetings. The new sketch-book of Charlotte gives tho Charlotte Cotton Mill 204 looms, when they have a total of 248. As soon as they receh’e a supply of black dyed yarns, many of the looms Avill be put on gray goods, using white warps and black filling, the cloth to run through the napper. A Family Reunion. On last Sunday the children of (). II. II. Clary, by his request, met at his home and spent a pleasant day together. It had been quite a time since all had been at home together. As soon as all had arrived, a nice rocking chair which.tiie children had bought for a present as a token of their 'ove and esteem was presented to Mr. Clary. He accepted the pres ent with a f?w appropriate remarks. Mr. Clary was master of ceremonies. A sumptuous dinner was prepared. When dinner was ready, Mr. Clarv marshaled, in the order of their ages, all iiis children into lino single file. Then as thus drawn up with him and Mrs. Clary in front, all marched into dinner and enjoyed the rich repast which had been prepared. Among the friends who were pres ent to enjoy the day with the family were Mrs. Jane Clary, Miss Hester Kirby, of Limestone; Miss Eva Tate, of Trough; and Mr. Calvin T. Nance. After dinner, and before breaking up, all gathered in Mr. Clary’s room and joined in prayer, thanking God for health, for life, for the pleasant occasions of association in this life, and especially for that time when all of God’s children shall be united never to separate, and praying that His benedictions may continue to abide on the family and friends pres ent. Thus ended a pleasant and happy day. ——- * • —■ Your Boy Won't Live a Month 8o Mr. Gilman Brown, of 31 Mill St., South Gardner, Mass., was told by the doctors. His son had lung trouble, following Typhoid Maiaria, and he spent three hundred and sev enty-five dollars with doctors, who finally gave him up, saying: “Your hoy won’t live a month,” He tried Dr. King’s New Discovery and a few bottles restored him to health and enabled him to go to work a perfectly well man. lie says he owes his pres ent good health to f he use of Dr.King’s New Discovery, and knows it to he the best in the world for lung trouble. Trial bottles free at Dul’re Drug Co. OLD FLAW DRIVES THE NAIL. WHEN IT ISN’T WIFE-BEATING IT’S STEALING. So Hot Till it is Actually Dangerous About Houses Falling to Staves in the Coaling Ground Neighborhood. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Dkaytonvim.k, Aug. 24.—Hit’s so ’onsarned hot an dry down here in the coalin’ ground till hit’s ackially dangerous about the houses failin’ to staves. When it aint wife-heatin’ hit’s stealin’ er somethin’ else that good church people don’t do. Last Satur day night two fellers come down here to the coalin’ ground a possum hunt in’ an broke into “Cle” Phillips’ wa termelon natch an stole three water melons an eat two of ’em but t’other one was too green to suit their taste. Then t’other day, bless gracious, Sweet William stole Wad Roundtree’s buggy whip an turned right ’round an give it to Hans Spencer, lie that hath not shall be given, an ho that hath shall be taken away even that which lie hath. Aint it so, Wad? Now Kernel, you keep cool about the above scripture, hit’s Sweet William’s translation. Now, here’s a nail which I want to dri\’e clean up to tne head: Last week, so the editor tells me, a man who lives near the city of Ravenna sent in his discontinuation to The Lkdgek, an that his excuse for havin’ it stopped was because he couldn't stand ole Flaw Picker. Now, all that don’t like to read ole Flaw’s foolish ness will please skip it. It aint wrote fer nobody to read who don’t want td read it, an you don’t haf to read the whole of the stulf through before you find out that it ’s Flaw’s hund-writin’. Don’t have your paper stopped jist fer that, fer there’s twice the amount you pay for of good readin’ matter in it besides old Flaw’s tomfoolery. I jist tole the editor that there was •ranks all over the world; that Jesus •ouldn’t please all the people an that ef he tried to do it he would come out at the little end of the horn. Fi.aw Pickku. - -«•»- •- THE PROPER TALK. "Limestone” Talks in Earnest About the New County. Editor Ledger : Last Saturday it was my great pleasure to read over the circular notice sent out by tho Town council of Gaffney city asking each township or part of township propose to be cut off into a new county to meet on 2'Jtli of August and elect five delegates from each township or part of townships, to meet the council at Gaffney on the first of September to discuss the formation of a new county and how Gaffney proposes to furnish the court house and jail. That is a capi tal idea and shows Gaffney’s desire not to go single handed and over look us country people. It is an other indication that Gaffney’s Citv Fathers are anxious to do away with any ill feeling between the country and town, if there was any, and we should give them the right hand of fellowship and put our shoulder with the city council’s and get this new county that will be of such great benefit to the country people—to the poor people who are not able, three times a year, to buy tickets on the railroad and attend court at Spartan burg at a loss to their interests at home. If Gaffney furnishes court house and jail we are in clover so to speak. We are the furthest away from Gaffney, not over twelve miles, of our Court House given us and we have the same offices to support in our own county that we arc support ing in I'nion, York or Spartanburg. Under the Constitution, which I read closely the other day, we have only our “proportionate part of the taxes” to pay. Why, don’t you see in Gaffney selling cotton, buying goods, etc., the \-ery same people that arc asked to vote for a county? Why not have a new county and go there to make our tax returns, pay taxes, register, have school claims approved, do jury ami witness duty, consult our own lawyers if we ever need one, and go home each night attend our home affairs, and if nec essary return next morning to con tinue our duties us witnesses and as jurors, a duty all good citizens owe their counties, and are liable to be called upon to go unp pay that debt any time however far and inconven ient it may he. If you should he called to Union, York or Spartan burg you can’t transact much busi ness and return the same day. The great cry is from a few, “taxes will be raised.” I ask how? Gaffney will furnish Court House and Jail, then what do you have to pay more for? Why are your tuxes to be raised when the Constitution plainly says each section of a old county cut off shall pay its just proportion of its old county’s debt—which means you pay in the new county that portion of the tax you paid in an old county. J notice Mr. T. L. Gantt says in the “Productsof the Piedmont” some time ago that Spartanburg would soon have no tax to pay and that she would build a new jail and has made no new levy. In answer to that I ask you Spartanburg people to go to your trial justice and ask for the acts of the last legislature and you will see on page 288 where in the tax levy for Spartanburg county there is in corporated the “one-half of one mill for the new jail.” Don't you be quelled by the sweet and honeyed phrases and false figures of your opponents. Our opponents say “we don’t blame Gaffney for try ing to get a new county,” which is a broad admission that we are right in trying to get one. They say we would do the same thing if wo were in like plight. Then its an admis sion we would be paying our tuxes Avhere they would be doing us the most good, where our roads would be worked with our own money and not taken away over to Woodruff or Landrum and we not get much. We are kinder in the tail end of Spartan burg county and the portions of York and Union proposed to he cut off are corners, and pray tell me how many times in election years do any of these taxoayers get an office? Yet. we pay to keep these very offices that had to he almost pulled here to allow the poor people to register, and the people around Gaffney are as gootj as any in South Carolina. Elect your delegates and go to Gaffney on the first of September to meet the council, and with the de termination of joining hands to get Limestone county Avithin the next six months and don’t expect Gaffney to build us the court house and jail before we leave town next Tuesday, but remember money is not as plen tiful and easily gotten as will be when we get Bryan and free silver, but from conversations I have had with the best men in Gaffney as well as the town council and they tell me tho Court House and Jail shall not cost us one cent. So let us all get together and work for our common good, tho rich and poor alike, and with united effort, a aolid front,town and country together with a long aad steady puR together we will help ourselves when wo get together and 4otc solidly for Lime stone county. Aug. 24. Limestone. One of Our Boys. Yesterday we parted company with Floyd L. Baker. It was with a feel ing of regret we did so. This genial, manly young man lias been associated with us for more than two years. During that time he has been faithful in every duty imposed. He 1ms worked at times when we knew it was not his liking or desire but al ways with an unselfish spirit. He never faltered and was always early at his post and stayed until the last. Ho has been a companion, not a slave; a friend, not a mere associate. We regret to part with him but he deemed it best to go to school that he might better equip himself for business. While lie Avill not be with us regularly he will assist us as his time Avill per mit, but his friendly counsel, his un tiring energy, his genial nature will be lacking during his absence. The Vestibule Stops. Ever Since the Southern R. R. Co. put on its vestibule limited train they have been gliding through Gaffney as though it was a little way station of no importance. But the town con tinued to grow and pressure has been brought to bear on the company to have this train stop, but to no avail until recently. Mr. H. I). Wheat re ceived a communication from Supt. Rider the other day announcing that in the future this would be made a Hag station for the vesUbule. We can assure the Southern Rail way Company that our business peo ple will appreciate this move on their part and we predict ere long this train will be compelled to stop regu larly on account of the increase in traffic. Still Rolling Houses. House Mover Hopper rolled a liousa last week the distance of about 230 yards, crossing the railroad, in about two and a half days. The house was the former office building of the Gaff ney Manufacturing Company, was plastered and tho work was accom plished without breaking the plas tering. Neither Do We. Is it u fact that Senator Tillman has made arrangements with Tom Watson whereby lie is to deliver tho electoral vote of this state to him for Vice-President? If so, can ho deliver the goods? Wo don’t believe it.— Newberry Observer. You cannot say that you have tried everything for your rheumatism, until you have taken Ayer’s Fills. Hundreds have been cured of this complaint by the use of these Fills alone, They were admitted on exhi bition at the World's Fa.rasa stand ard cathartic.