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1 THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C„ APRIL 15, I8!>7 r> LATEST COTTON MILL NEWS. OF INTEREST TO TEX- TILE WORKERS. South Carolina Mills, Their •ovcments and their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. ! 1.1 : . * lit; Tor iv. «i' V. I a;i: h: l. , ■ ii i \V« stern Toxtilo Exoi-Islor-l ton (S. <’.) Mfg. Co. are ; ■ ttarge their Xo. 1 mill. > n rokee Falls Mfg. Co. >1 . 6. C‘, is adding 24 new . zv a few looms in the Char- ■ itiou Mills, this city, waiting wpens (S. C.) Cotton Mills :.5ly soon.add d.OLKJ spindles looms. .argley (•’ i . C.) Co., i-a itiree spinning frames, - poolers. Uryent forn.orly overseer of lt n t Supt. of W alhaila Cot- - nits resigned, lancliinery in the Victor, ! Highland Park mills, of :s fully engaged. .'’riand, representing the , % , .-Co., Iliddeford, Me., has . - a .-oiiiliern tour. ... iiuirin has been promoted now silent, but all the narrow looms are picking on towels and crashes. D. J. Richardson is overseer of the weaving and J. H. Crowley is pro prietor. The Cherry.ille (X. C.) Cotton Mill is running day and night under the direct management of the pleas ant Sec., J. M. Rhodes, Jr., Wm. ; Hendric overseer of carding, and I). A. Kelly overseer of spinning. The work runs well, and the mill is kept as clean as any in the country. The D. A. Tompkins Co. of Char lotte, X. C., is doing a magnilicent business in textile machinery re pairing. One day wo notice boxes of spinning rolls from Texas coming to work again. This appeared in the Textile Excelsior, and weie now note that the white labor have decided not to allow any negro to go to work at tile mills. It was whispered among t i e men that the mills would resume on March loth, and on that morning the white men assembled in the vicinity of the mills to put their threat into execution if necessary. The mills did not resume on that day so the i angry men went home peacebiy. I March 22d the white men again as sembled at the mills, but. afterwards found FARMERS’ INSTITUTES. What Are They, and What Benefit to Farmers ? There is so much perplexity con cerning the Farmers Institut- to be i held at Gaffney for Cherokee county, on the Charleston Xews and Courier which On I better explains the matter than we Friday, April 2«Id, wc reproduce an article on the subject from the i cation to President Craighead. Ap pointments have already been made for Chester. Greenville. Spartanburg. Edgefield, .Marlboro, Newberry and llarnwell. They should be made for all the other counties. [The institute for Cherokee county will be held at Gaffney on Friday, April 5>:>d. Let every farmer at tend.—Ed.] Ilorr to Ki^rcso cf Thul Coin*. Tccklrtn:—Seme cue gave me a bad could All farmers should take an inter- ' yesterday, and I didn’t know what out that tha mills would not | est in this mutter and give it tiieir i to do with :t. | resume work for several months, attention to-morrow week. '1 he fol- This announcement quieted them for lowing is the article in question : the time being, but it is said that they We received a few days ago the intend to be on hand when the time ! following letter from a correspond- the Company's shop to get cushioned ' comes in weaving to • v upt. o. ; application and covered, and on another, we see ring spinning frame cylinders from Georgia lying in goodly numbers to j bo soldered and trued up. F. M. Zemp, Pres. Camden Cotton Mills, Camden, S. C.. was in Char- i I lotte on Thursday to buy a boiler, an ; underwriter’s lire pump, and other j additions to his steam plant. He i placed his order with Stuart \V. , ; Cramer, dealer in cotton mill mach inery and equipment. Mr. Zemp is ready to buy such valves, piping, j pipe covering, etc., as are required to 1 complete the job. j L. It. Hines is now overseer of weaving at the Enterprise Cotton j ; Mill, Kings Mtn.. X. C.. and he has j all tlit new looms started up, milk ing a total of RJlf looms. Mr. Hines ; wont to Henrietta in 1SS1), and by Some of the hands have left ; ent in York county by their the city, but will return immediately, i To the Editor of tin* NVivu mid Courier:- Will you kliuiljr fctute ttiroug'ii ilie t'olunin> it is said, if summoned bothers and sisters. MISJUDGED HIS COMPANION. Queer Experiencr of n Traveler on a fctcattH r. “Sneaking of u.: judging people, ? * remarked the young mun who hru money and ena tr.L'‘ pleasure trips whenever ho feels like it. “I i. *.! • 'Miss) Cotton Mills. :c!ii::ery. -~> Singer sewing has arrived for t lie t Mfg. Co.’s pants factory, X. C. • Cotton Mills, Graham, X. , have iieen running on iialf several months, will run on 11 " 1 li • Harris is leaving Concord, , io i .iion, ?*. C.. to take r :i -action in the spinning .\ a. : in 1 > Cotton Mill. to mill work became in IMT), head loom fixer at the Hilling , Mill. Kings Mtn. From thence he transf; red in August, 1S0(>, to be come overseer of weaving. The Trenton Cotton Mills. Gaston ia, X. C., had the annual meeting of their stockholders on Tuesday, the (ith. That it was satisfactory may be imagined when the dividend declared was 20 per cent. What it would have been in good times, instead of the hard times we have hud, we do 1 not know. The capital stock is about h'0, J. L. Falls being pro si . j aooui a. r..rails oe.ng prcsi- ;ii ’!:■» Lockhart C.j dent and G. W. Kagan, Sec. and i ro u e ! 2 '7.Co-) pounds | q'jeas. i IV ■; amount nr i- ' .until was L ♦(* - i*. V f o ruK'i •!y second • ; 'Otn at V. ’itlhaliH (>-. i .M 1 i * ^ ;ow ha s char;,'.* of i ii: tiny '. i me and 1>. K. :.<i ;tl ui gl,t. his right haini ; \it - Wall mllu (S. C.) ( iy (ill i: ist W. (lac-day by i ' c;il ant ii one of the ■ s :i Siie ' iil p iv;er room. Branson formerly over- v.vavingin the Empire Hi, ;!i raint. X.C., is now v. living i;. t!:o lligh- (' >. mills. Charlotte, he !ucapau S. <' . cxp< , <;■ and i’: . i!, Mint cloths. Cotton Mills, Well- - t soon to add .'i'(X> i looms, bringing up to 20,010 spin- thr >p-Hraptr looms . A * piili V i, . cni’t >•.. SlU ,( *< ■ i f ! i il/iiity v. new (S. c :on Mill. Charlotte, ?nc satisfaction of •ui-t. Woods has ice h<* lias h -mess, vill tell. L:ke blood, • t 4 •. •! L J i.c ior; K * t i • ; -,: rei.:i-» < ’if l ie. i i !i''y •s U.: •. i’.cir ( i IlC ('.li in <f t i ■;: on '..! il;s. w: ’ 1 t r ' S ? . i • '» *IU . * Ij L • • . . .4 •V.* ;i •* ui::* t;. : i! erected by the An- Cotton Mills is m-ar- Tiie company m- I dfteen acres of land will soon erect cot- apenitives. the Camden (S. C.) waslu d away Mon- 1 ;:i consequence tiu; down about il days duistmint of their ic.i'.’. i ! a:.t rue.uly put in. ’ iCotton Mill Co.. Con sidered two spiniiing in- Whitin Macliine vide. Mass., and it is the above mill will in ihe mar future !c enlarged. j ‘ev men iroui the shops are j p..u:lug t..e ma' , '.; : .i.ery in th« - newGas- | . r. C. •to:; M.h. at Cherryville, X. i C J. M. r...n l-s. Jr. of the j \iiy w i. I) • ti e Supt. The mill is .i mo ii-1 of beauty and excellence. i. L‘-i.ksv:l;e Cotton .Mills, of | C.. i.as piac<d an order for i /iiw s'.' hying machinery with! Stuart W. Cramer, Southern Agent i j u* t!» if ;att ler-Weldon Dying Ma- Co.. of Amsterdam, New York. | in reference to the- t-ilk for a cot- i ton mill at Moore’s, S. C., Col. T. J. Moore of that place writes the Tex- ! tile Excelsior that nothing will be done at prese nt. He says that the project was based upon the procuring of a splindid siioai m-ar there. Since j tin* talk about a factory began, the owner of the water power has died, and by will tied up the property j from sal - for two or three years, which ends die matter just now. The Avon Cotton Mills, Gastonia, X. C.. held their first annual stock holder* meeting on April (i. The following from Charlotte attended: A. J. Summerville, J. A. Durham. Wm. Anderson, and Geo. 11. Hiss. Oil Co. Tin* showing made by Geo. A. Gray. 'i re.* , and riupt., and J. E. Love, tse^. and Trees., was a highly satisfactory one, and the company, we surmise, will make a good return after having been in operation a year. J. W. Manly, overseer of weaving has been promoted to be Supt. of Mill Xo. 2, Henrietta, X. C. It. 1*. Scruggs, who has been overseer of spinning for several years at Hen rietta Mill Xo. J, has been promoted to Supt. of same. T. R. Brinkley, cf Raleigh, succeeds Mr. Manly as over seer of weaving at Mill Xo. 2, with E a p< - culiar exp nemo v*hi r 1 terk th** st»am or trip up the lakes. I van little late in applying fur a berth, and the clerk in- ienued me that . ry si ate: a m was t c- capied, and lie \v< aid l ave to give mo r« h*. rth in the i a;: - >-t. ;t < m v.ith an other per.-- n. I lidu’t particularly like the idea, Lut it w.;s da bi-s; I could Co. acd, being very tind, I turned in. I saw nothing cf my rrum.mati, and, he having tin t cht iee <f 1. rtk;-, and pre- sumiug that he would cheese the lower cm-, I chmbi d up above. “I wend red what mt of a naan h" ! would prove to be, and to be cn the s:ife ; side I took my gold widt h and peela t- bcok and placi d them cart fully undi r my pillow. I tried to stay av. idn until he came in, but the nioti n i f the 1* at lulled me t- i sh < p in spiti* cf n.yrt If. and I didn’t wake up until i: ■ r::i: y. The oth<r person had turn'd in v.lti - r.t i.isturTing me. I^heard bin :.{;mu.,* ar. and in the lower bin!;, (.'autiously i slippi d my baud ttudi r the pilh v.a L< th nit' picket Look and watch v.tie gene. Tin n was i*o C nyi:.-, it. I :-i an } i d tki lx rth ran felly and quietly. There could tc no n i mhe. My h.ardM me timei.kcc and .*<►.:a! hsa.e.trd d< liars in 1 ills xven* gone. 1 lay .-;ii! i r a long time, wi ndi ■ iny what I v.* r! ! do. 1 v- hav.s he had hark d tlr piv.m.ia into ti c* of the Neivs and t ourier for the Iwncrtt of the up-cOuutry f:irtin rs what are the "fariiMn*’institutes" whieti are be lux held tlirouxhou! the -lau- by tin- faculty of fleiiisoii t'oliexe. and ior what pur|M>M-s they are ‘ie!dV A Itcanail. We explained the subject briefly a few days ago in connection with the published amioucemeiit that an in stitute would be held in any county on npplicu'.ion to President Craig- j head, but knowing that it is of gen eral interest, and that many farmers in every part of the State would be glad to have the particular in tor- iimtion which our correspondent re quested. we refered his letter to Tresident Craighead for attention, and have received from him the fol lowing letter.: To th'-- i-ilitor of The News and Courier: \ our timely editorial ou i hi-i>t'.r’)->s< and vaaicoi la liners’ iii»t!iutes leavui, ilule Io he sain. Oar oi'jeei : > liriuy the j>r.i<-liea! r* >uits of selenee witiiin reaeiiof ihei>eoyl,'. We are j itiuiiux U> xA'e lo (In farniei- the advanlaire I of expert Uliowle-Xe. esja ei illy hi liio.vde- 1 p-iriniei.is of « •ie!ice v. liieli are eloM-’y rela- ! ted to ayrii-ulture. Wo u isli to hi iue to Ids aid lie- work i* :L< clierni: t. i ae x *d »- si. | tin* liotaidst. the veterinary suiieon in j snort, of the vast army of worker.-, in all lauds who are toiiiiix ,o sulioue i lie earth ..mi i*) make i! minister to human needs atm <• ttnforts. Wha.t t i.e fanner nereis naweall in is k: o .. !e i"e. get ;er met ho is of cul- tiv.itinx and improving t he soil. I he has: ami iim-,. i.r piov. o lorn: o, irapleiii -nts. the kiaM ut fortlliz r best idapted to • .• )i variety o soil, tie- I.* ••dsof.iomtstiero iai ils.ttieeui- iivatioti of f; ini ero;,:.. ;l;e r itits of ex in -uts \«ith m-.v vurnuies of truits and viv- * i a hies ; in s • an- suloeets in widuh a'.! la- ell<vre:it fame .s. re Interested. < Yen Biumor—Couldn’t yea pa?s it? Tackleti'n—Not fur a long time. The fir.it man I tried it on reas a ticket clerk, and he refused it with scorn. Vou Biumor—Why diiiu^ you try it cn a chemist? Their profits are s,i great they’re likely to be careless in money matters. Taeklcton—Oh, I did, but it wasn’t any use. Then I tried to buy a newspa- pi r with it, but the boy wouldn’t have it. I went to buy a drink, but that wouldn’t do. I was almost discouraged, old man. Von Biumor—I should you might have been. But you in:ally passed it, didn’t you? Taeklt ton (proudly)—Oh, yes! Von Blr.mtr—On whom? Taeklcton—On u friend cf mine.— Boston Traveller. More Disastrous Than Dissipation. Gorman—You know B Iky? Well. In* has :am through with alilhat money ins father left him. Midget—Dissipation? Gorman—Started a newspaper.—Bo v ten Transcript. I f itiei* Cin-.;-,'' dun’t caj-i your :i<-ln s aad iiaies. mirii.-. lirui>,es and ■.iir;*::)-.. we pay you nionev buck. Uri’itE Inicii Co. i’rou!».‘’opis. LaGripp*' and Sore Thro t. eureti ny (ju >„»• Gre:i>e--iio euro no pay. I)ci*Ki: i iiiiro Co. News From Lawn. (Correspondence of The Ledger ) Lwvx. April 11.—The weather is fair now. and the farmers are glad to see it. for they are badly behind with their plowing. A. 15. Kennedy filled his regular ap pointment at Corinth to-day, (April 11th.) There was a large crowd in attendance. R. S. Spencer’s children, while play ing lust Thursday, found a white mouse. I iM-ver heard of a white mouse before, but have seen white ra’s. Dr. Martin passed through this sec tion Saturday. The Dr. likes to comt around tiiis way. Spencer it Jefferies’ mill dam is al most completed. It was washed away by the big rain. Aaron Seif is on the sick list. Mr. Thomas Spencer fell last Sat urday and hurt his hack b;. lly. Miss Bel! Service is staying with her sister, Mrs. Spencer, while she is sick. ' The hoys and girls are having fine times, buggy riding Sunday evenings. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Seif is visit ing Mr. Self’s sick brother, Aaron Self. Ben Cnrry. colored, lost one of his children by death, last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Spencer visited Mr--. Spencer’s mother and father, last week. Skcojti) I)ut;iiti:k. [Second Daughter will please only write on one side of the paper hereaf ter.—En,] • rei.h Wf si’’’ :m<i iruaruiitre liiiH-'.s Go«isi> Gre Linaiiii-u; - in> cur.- in> pay. I UKUOKKG i'l'.VC. Cl). Kiev's Gimim- Grease Linaau-nt. cures all aeiiivi aim pain . Si/iu anil 'fuara-.us : by CHKKOKi.M llltrii Co. We are better prepared than ever to \j '7\ SAVE OUR CUSTOMERS MOHEY - s !n orra c. I iT'.t irrct:;- bat.i.- i f a cc::Ii lif«alt. I iuc. Anyway, I would i pc ter to the ciqrt.'.iu. I rat rp i with cudili i: n tdvo. & pit young muu v. as hittiiig, u.::, on tb" bAvi r berth. “ ‘I’ve 1 un waiting f< r yen to \ tip,’ 11* said. *E:.' t! tki::,'- : beli: you?’ He was holding up watch. ‘‘‘Yes, Eir, Huy do,’ I answer d sc- vcn-lv. “•‘Well, the blame th;:; dmvn i n me i}.' me: ;;;in::d - ... bi .' Tt- I want; u to wake up. Tin: warn. str.n 1: mi: Liir. cu tb :::.l ot lc. o and the watch m r.r*y ckxd nv fr- nt ti cth cut. I was i;< vi rso ut ait led In mr life.’ ’•] look'd sbeepifh, I puppese; Ico- tainly felt so, for, turning the pilbr.v down, I found that the springs were of wovi u wire and larked « vcrul ii.chis of filling in the space at the hi ad of the | birth. My prcputy had simply slid through and droi pi d upon the .ce of : mystartUd KtaMcom compuiiou. He i took mattirs very gcod milurculy, and ! we got to be good friends before we get ; to Duluth. He was a wealthy young i .t ike n.at- :: my berth :. c ai.t fa*. d ’ *■. '1 -. -,.. to pur.-o and piumpi d an Li :r *: v .t,,, Our intitules urt* por/cc Vv tii)]."' O' : Ii t • i ]:i v :!i: ! tc i-cclvi'lut’*i- ni:it!i>n. W •'iiivilo in.-iuiry. Wc ti.-r > anii.ii.i In - inn •>;•». iiii-1 tiill- jrivc.-x ry ri..!fi tm op», x: unity i«, Un;i , pist v. li.it uf -|’-*'-::il iuti'j-c-ts In liiin. At every just:- 11.: • ccr illfert.i:iit ii.u pr ivo lo I# \:i!li ;• • at Ml'-. -Icr^ : :i-l It ut'->. Tin;-, til.:'' ..i-li>»;.c to s.: -y-i euiii I i/c our v.o. 1; : I'l.'ua '.c l-:.i P ait-It's •IH-i-c.i kl.o. - . .•-li.-i- [i*.'itt-iiy "tail. Tiie iu-t ;l ut c a-eg;,; J : i r purj"- . It ante.’- th e 1 "pic t li:.T. i. Mitioout.- tlto rr-ii' || •nvrit.-i-i!'. t- now -f.- ot yatioti. It oug! in time to rai-e :ui ni-a-.y •>. in\n.iior-. S. do ?. it>i iiiiter *.-. r ip . tin- < i:U r e:i-.to:iy. le'-ii . eir. ilrm ttu flit eint* S mnki i* farm lift* <iist is teful to ll.c i i-.,.. j -r*,t*.ioil. I: c* a r>*.* tiia.ji'att imiiictiei- f- cl >i hi Itr..' Site «*. ilc routiu rn : irciei-. oC.; . ■ ■ I .. A j,. I! 1 • in addition to this stat?n out we :nv iniormed that one important feature of the* institutes, and one which on Drags, Paints, OH, Glass, etc. • Also n. full line of School Miscellnnicrs. Wo give a special discount to Teachers, and can sell you hooks as cheap as anywhere in the United States. Parties buying in large quantities for schools will also receive a discount if all are bought together. Our Line of-— 2 3 lOT 2. - 2S.K «• is complete, and the Jar ^2 O ^ I > ITS: C x ;est ever brought to Galhiev are prepared to furnish any kind cf frames with workmanship as can be had anywhuv. Bring ]ietures. should of great practical interest | and "aiue to aii farmers mri to oj.tr; Q U j. Prescription Department i citizens as w !. who arc concerned • in ill? proper treatment of cattle. * 1 horses, etc., is that Dr. \\’y;> inr. j I college veterinarian, devote:? an hour | ; every day to the treiittncnt, free* of charge, of •‘diseased animals” which j are brought to him lor the purpose, j The object lessons so afforded in the right treatment of which are usually blunderingly treated, are alone ITectcd stock, so wrongly and is tilled with the purest and freshest Drugs and Chemicals, and we have a licensed Pharmacist in charge who will take pleasure in compounding all prescriptions brought to us. lie will also compound family “medicines and home receipts” at the lowest cost. Hot Soda wjll knock the cold wave out of. vou. ' 5. B. CRAWLEY & CO. W Cantrell as secondhand. J. W • : Englishman taking ]:>.£r.'t trip thnugh McDade is still overseer of weaving | our west* m country, itx.king itr invi st ilt Mill Xo. 1. with J. L second hand. Hamrick as moi’ta, and I found bim :• v; ry cry. pau- ionable fellow.”—New Yrrl: Tribune. lit* liunalo * < n : C.. h:i :-J*.ii;>. \\ • n porti 1 Liid cii.r \V. E. Fal.m* is overseer of the cardii a and. spinnmg at the Enter prise Mill, f*a!un% ;■* ; •iSnliiie*. v <'j. Aui. % ' '.i <*. The Charleston (S. C.) Cotton .Mills are now thoroughly cn their feet again, and ready to begin renova- ; ting the plant preparatory to putting it in operation. The new stockhold ers met early this week and u board of directors was elected, C. <>. Witte, * Charles Litscbgi. W. J’. Carrington, j F. (,). O’Xi-ill and Earl Sloan being now chosen to constitute it. Sub sequently C. O. Witte was elected | [’resident, and E. H. Sparken Secre tary and Treasurer. The Gold Crown Hoisery Mills, ; Charlotte, report business dull, there fore are only runnir.gj'50 of their knit ting machines, and 92 are standing idle. K. M. (dates, Jr., declares that he expected that when McKinley was nut in the chair that business would flow on like a de^p and unruffled river; but now he ie so dissatisfied with the present condition of busi ness that he purposes to bore u hole in the near future and creep into it and draw the hole in after him. work of sufficient value to warrant the holding of an ’•institute” in any com munity, and these lessons are only one of many good features of the meetings. There are other lessons, notably in horse-shoeing, in butter- 1 making and its preparation and pack ing for sale, in cheese-making and in ! •“dairying” generally, in the ••care” of horaes, discussl n and instruction i regarding fertilizers, regarding gar- , d ining and truck farming, regarding flic* protection of drinking water from LISESTOE * SPRKGS * LIME « MS, A Nortlicn.fcrlan Women's IKci. A Ncrthunkriau woman who-i lay in the fields, w ho cnine of a l ig race diseusc-pn ducing contamination, in ! regard to the care of fruit trees and Kings Mtn., X. C. Mr. i - hew .>f the late Win. -> uwm* i Wright’s old mill civvk in York county, S. TI.*- ■‘hatting is now being put up •t in- ii.ghhii’d Bark Mfg. Co.’s cot- irlotte. to run the dO that will be placed company is also put- Will n; hi. ci da S' ■» ij loom* t her ■ i * . The 1 ing n :i ca <1 •.’“S rt aient. !):: :->upt. / umb ta s. C. M. Davis of the Col- Mills Co. has been 1 bin king somewhat of taking hold of iIk* old Congaree Mills at that place Mid operating it. Former Weaving <• 'racer Bowersox is now superin- t'-oding tin) Columbia Mills. Richland upibia. S. C.. have run night and intermission, since Dec. 1. iS'Jd. Their Many Southern mills have had a little too much water for the pa.-t few weeks, from the excessive rainfall. In South Carolina the Bacolct river is very high, hut it does not interfere with operations ut Bacolet Cotton Mills and Clifton Cotton Mills. The bridge at Pel/.er was swept away. The new electric water power plant being erected at Burt man Shoals, on Seneca river, which will furnish pow er to the Anderson Cotton Mills, was damaged to the extent of ♦IpTOO. Supt. K. McKown lias resigned at the Enoree (S. C.) Cotton Mills, and in the near future will take charge of the new Arkwright Cotton Mills. Spartanburg, IS* 0 lias been promoted to Supt. at Enoree, and second hand J. K. Dodson has been advanced to Loss weaver, while I J- K. Franks has been made second I Cotton Mills, Col- ! hand and W. D. Westmoreland Asst. ! and ullayid htr uv.u hearty uppi tire with cutmeal porn 'go and i.;ilk, \va- naturally br.xcm and blowsy, and had u gait and manner that belonged to kir vocation. Yi a could not expect niucli delicacy cr rtfim ment there. Yet imuiy of these' big, strung, awkward women had a Ein.plo kindness a:.d ulli ctionute- ccss that belonged, equally with their faults, to an unsepkistioate d natnre. I spi ak of the old style—change has been proceeding rapidly during tin last dec ade: cr two. The gangs cf worm n now to lx: seen are paler in color, raon stunted in sizes and, I am told by these v.hc employ lit*m, less capable worki rs than their prcdeccEEcr*. And this, by a kind of paradox, is an i ffi et of bi tt: r times. It is to a laigt- < xtent due to diet. Bincii wheat lua? fallen «i nmch in price ticiur has supplanted oatmeal, and milk has been ousted by cheap tea. The new food may be more- genteel, but it is net so nourishing as the old.—Longman f Magazine. no until * dPE™' CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Manufacturers of BUILDING, * PLASTERING * AND * AGRICULTURAL * LIME And Dealers In Coal, Shingles, Lathes ‘and Plater Hair. Oymsmite. Blasting Powder. Fuse and Dynamite Caps. — ■■■■ I ■' ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ ,1 ■< - - The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company, Offer for Sale Building Lots in this Flourishing Town. O JV IT IT I Y OimUY. Also Farms near by and in reach of the schools of Lime>i‘>7ir) Springs and of this place in lots of froc: H>J to iOO acres on liheral time rates. A1 o Agricultural Lands to rent for farm purposes. Tor fill particulars a; :ly ti MOSES WOOD, Agent. X. B.—All trespassing on lands of this Company cutting end removing timber, fishing or hunting are forbidden under penalty of law. Tin? Wolf Deg cf Ireland. Dublin has .sustained mr' rious Iofs in the death cf a splendid ^piciiueu of the Irish wolf dog. Ccugal was of the* purest breed of this almost extinct brand of dug, and. though the slaughter of the last Irish wolf 100 yours ago might have been expected to di prive him of his con dition and ferex-ity as of Ids raison d’etre, he was as fine a beast as any of his more fortunately situated ancestors could have been. It is related that the late Professor Huughtou, a constant vis itor to the zoo, used to say that if he were walking in the gardens and a keep- ... , cr told him that the royal Bengal tiger ,, 0f '’ er8 ; bad broken loose he would answer de voutly, “Thank God, it is not the Irish wolf dog. ”—Westminster Gazette. .ny without -! irtiug up eoiispi lent of 12.000 spindles and 720 j lion. second hand. They are busily'en- gnged at Enoree getting the new ma chinery to running in the new uddi- .-irtiirop-Draper print cloth looms «u*Mt probably he doubled thin year. T..o Or iwley Towell Mill. Charlotte . .uiihi:; four more dobbies to their Juums. The lirtn’s broad looms are Objections to the proposed employ ment of negro labor in re-starting the Charleston (S. C.) Cotton Mills have been repeatedly voiced by the former white employes who are waiting for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Fleer, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Kruntinns. and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 2d cents per box. For sale by The Dul’re Drug Co. ] flowers, in regard to poultry, bees, i tobacco, grass, machinery, sluep ;.nd ! wool, fattening hogs, bacon curing. 1 j hog cholera—in regard, in short, to 1 i anything and everything that inter- j ests the'farmcr or his wife*, or both, ! I or that relates to their welfare acd , ' prosperity. It will be noted that one of the fea- | tures of every institute, as President ! | Craighead explains, is the • question- j box.” Any farmer can drop into the 1 | box any question about which he de- ; ; s'rcs especial information, and it will j be answered by the experts, cr by \ any other funner whose experience j will enable him to answer it. Presi dent Craighead fays frankly that the professors at the College attend the j institutes to learn as wJl as to teach, i i They and the farmers are interested j j together in the ‘‘improvement of i I farming,” in the* discovery and ad- { j vertising of the best methods em . ployed by successful farmers for the ! . , , ... , « ; benefit of all. That is the substan- as we nave the prettiest line of tia! and main purpose of the insti tutes, and it will be Inst subserved ; by the meeting of progressive and i practical farmers with the scientific men and a general interchange of knowledge and views. What the pro fessors K-arn at all the meetings is applied at each one. What the farm ers learn at each one they can apply on their farms. It is a great work for the farmers of South Carolina that is being done at and by the institutes. Every farmer should attend them who can, with his wife and his hoys and girls. They will make good farmers of poor ones, and better fanners of good ones. The institutes, it is to be noted finally, are held free of cost to the communities in which they are held. There is no charge for admis sion; no collection to pay the lectur ers. They are free to everybody. One will be held in unv countv on aonli- . -1 i ■ .. - — fjJOOD’8 Sarsaparilla has over and " over again proved by its cures, when all other preparations failed, that it is the One True BLOOD Purifier. T who fails to buy her hat from us : this season will make a mistake, MILLINERY GOODS To be found in Cherokee County, and at the most popular prices. Our Miss Noble will be glad to show you through our stockatany time and help you to make Your selections. Call and see this line, even though you do not buy. Carroll & Carpenter. (