The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 30, 1897, Image 3
THE LEDCiKK r OAFPNFY. S. C., SFPTEMHER 30. 1897.
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piarantped. Tho Piedmont View Co. j
ww c."!nltlislu-d three years n^o and
ha e done considerable business in
anl Wound IJiacksburg besides hav-'
work in ten other counties
ite. Tiie f'enial propietor
» man. full of pluck and
enTpy and deserves the success he
ha attained. We had the pleasure
of xaminin}* some of Ids work, which i
weat once pronounced first class in
stde and finish, He deserves credit
foiestablishing such an enterprise.
Xtwliere could he liave found a place
mere adapted to Ids business for it ,
seuns that mother nature has lavish- !
edmore than her share on the beau- ;
tifil little Iron City, in the way of
pr-tty landscape views,
R. S. Withers & Co.
deilers in drugs, stationery and fancy
tolet articles. Mr. Withers, the g°-j
nhl proprietor of this popular estab- i
litfiment, came Here from Vorkville
In and was engaged as manager
ofl)r. Darwins drug store, which po- j
sition he held for several years, when
hr bought out Dr. Darwin, and is
new conducting it himself. Mr.
Withers is a young man and is held
in high esteem both in business and
sodal circles, and enjoys a large pat-
roinge in his line, and his pretty !
little store on Main St., is well equip-
pel with an up-to-date line of all
golds usually kept in a first class
dng store and they are sold at rock
bortom prices. Call and examine his
sHck.
J. F. Whisonant & Co.
Thi* interprising firm began hu-d-
ne«s here many years ago an<l by |
close attention, energy and persever-
an-o togetlier with their fair and
lioiest way of doing business, secured
foi themselves a large trade and an
en.’iable reputation, they carry a
conplete line of general merchandise
ant occuny one of the most oommo- j
dicus brick building in the city. Mr.
Whisonant is the present mayor of
this thriving and prosperous litth
city, and
tbit office
Good KiiIfh for Living.
Much of late has boon written about
the various kinds of food which partic
ularly nourish or supply the waste of
the brain. That the labors of the brain
are exhausting to the animal economy
is very true, but the experience of tho
studious has proved that it is not so
much the intensity of the study as tho
b ugth of time spent on it and neglect
nf relaxation that produce the exhaus
tion. German students generally study
more hours than we do here, yet break
downs very rarely occur among them.
The reason of this is they take better
care of the body for the sake of the mind
—of the house because of the tenant
that occupies it.
The real fact is that the majority of
us rust out rather than wear out. That
the brain is affected both by the qual
ity and quantity of the food and drink
like other parts of the body—perhaps
more in proportion to the amount of
blood it contains—no physiologist will
deny. But that tlmre are cirtain kinds
of food—say fish and milk, as some
have maintained—which are specially
adapted to repair the exhausted brain
has never been actually demonstrated.
The best way to preserve the brain is
above all not to unduly tax it, to eat
temperately of such food as has been
found by experience to agree with the
stomach, to avoid late suppers and
night work and to sleep as much as na
ture requires.—New York Ledger.
iriving and prosperous litfl
discharges the duties of
in a most satisfactory
manner. All in all this firm is one
of he strongest and best in the city
and deserves the patronage of the
good people of Blacksburg.
A. H. Pollock.
Among those institutious which
contribute largely to Blacksburg's
we fare, is the store of A. 11. Pollock
who does a general merchandise busi
ness. Mr. Pollock came here ten
years ago, and is connected with
many other creditable enterprises in
the city, one of which is the firm of
Pollock A Moore who do a furniture
and undertaking business. Since
Mr. Pollock’s first appearance here
he has won many friends and does a
large business in his line. His part
ner, Mr. Moore, is a very pleasant
gentleman full of energy and push
and has won many friends. He is a
native of North Carolina having come
hesv- from Pineville X. C. He is a
vflung man and deserves all the suc
cess he has attained.
Quaker Honesty.
In the “Chronicles of a Kentucky |
Settlement” is given au instance of in
tegrity which dt serves to he made his
torical. It is related of three brothers
who were importing merchants in North
Carolina before the war of the Revolu
tion. They wore Quakers, as were many
of the early colonists of that state The
story, if true, goes to show that in this
country private honor is too often su
perior to the public conscience.
During the war North Carolina, and,
we believe, others of the colonies, passed
an ordinance requiring citizens owing
money to subjects of Great Britain to
pay the amount into the treasury of the
state, which thereby assumed the posi
tion of debtor to 'lie foreign creditor.
Harcourt Bros, owed at tho time a
large amount for goods imported, and
this amount they paid as soon as possi
ble to the state treasurer. After the
termination of tho war and the signing
of the treaty of peace, the English
creditors, unable to recover the amount
due them from the state, which had
been hopelessly bankrupted by the long
and severe struggle for independence,
demanded payment from the original
debtors, as they wi re allowed to do by
the terms of th** treaty of peace.
The ilarconrts, who were honorable
merchants, paid again in full, although
in so doing they were, in their old age,
left comparatively poor.
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Dealer in
goods line
Allie Osborne.
hooks, stationery,
confectionaries.
incioiencv oi
fancy
Since
about
owing
this linn
a year ago, Mr. Osborne,
to a manifest desire to deal honestly,
upon well defined business principles,
bus steadily inert . sod his scope of
trade, until now he stands without
an equal in this particular line. Hi-
ice cream parlors are the height of
good taste and fashion. His stock is
always replete with the choieest del
icacies in the way of confectioneries,
cold drinks, etc. Give him a cull.
Dempsey & Blanton.
This firm needs no recommendation
from us as it is too well and favora
bly known. Everybodv in Blacks
burg knows that if there is anything
ia the market that is good that
“Barney” will have it for them.
This enterprising firm have been suc
cessfully carrying on a general mar
ket and green grocery business for
some time past. They also run a
first class Restaurant in connection
and if you want a good meal call on
them.
Misses E. & A. Little.
These industrious and energetic
young ladies, hold a reputation in
Blacksburg that anyone might he
proud of, they carry a complete
stock of millinery and fancy goods
and when the ladies and misses of
that city need anything in the way of
headgear, they will find it to their
interest to consult with them before
buying elsewhere.
Edgar A. Trescott.
Attorney at law. This popular
young lawyer made his appearance in
the city several years ago since
which time he has been gradually
climbing the ladder of fame in his
profession and now he is recognized
as one of the ; most brilliant legal
leight in the c'ty. He is deep think
ing, sober and energetic and certainly
deserves the success he has attained.
Dr. B. C. Rediern—Dentist.
This clever and efficient young den
tist made his appearance in this
city several months ago and by strict
attention to business has made for
himself an enviable reputation in his
profession. If you have any work of
this kind to have done you will do
well to consult him.
A Cure for Bilious Colic
Rksoi Kf k, Screven Co., Ga.—I
have been subject to attacks of bil
ious colic for several years. Cham
berlain's Cql<c, Cholera and Diarrhoe
Remedy is the only sure relief. It
acts like a charm,
gives relief when all
fail.—G. J). Hiiakc.
Fre Drug Co.
Service* of tlie Went to Kiliieatiou.
The susceptibility of Americans to
new ideas is a notable element in tho
prosperity of the country. The people
are willing to try anything that is now.
This is specially true of the west, where
the enterprising inhabitants are always
seeking short cuts to wealth and to
knowledge. This adventurous spirit of-
teu leads to superficiality, but it has
also been very fruitful of new methods
of school education. The kindergarten
idea was taken up and developed in the
west. There manual training was first
tried on a large scale with satisfactory
n suits. And it was teachers in the west
who first brought about the introduc
tion of “literature” in the lower grades
as the b*-st means of interesting unde
veloped minds. In fact, they deiuon-
strated the truth that it is better for
the child to feed upon ideas, upon
thought, upon real stories, and the lives
of real people, and the stimulating sen
timents of all the ages, than upon the
inane sentences and jejune and success
ful effort to be childish of the reading
books.—Charles Dudley Warner in Har
per's Magazine.
KingM In Servant*' Clothe*.
The lord mayor of London has Ifi
servants, eight of whom are over (i feet
8 inches high. They are dressed in
sapphire blue velvet uniforms, with
heavy gold bullion lace. I once asked
an eminent clothiers’ firm in Ludgato
Hill, which seems to have the monopoly
of supplying uniforms to lord mayors’
and sheriffs’ servants, why they were
not handed on from one lord mayor to
another.
“They are the perquisites of the serv
ants, “ was the reply.
“And what do they do with them?” I
asked.
“They sell them to African kings,
though a few of them go to the theaters
for kings’ servants there. We once made
a crown to go with one of these uni
forms out to Africa,” continued the
clothier. “In fact, we have supplied
African kings with most things they
require, such as thrones, and so on,
from time to time.”—London Corre-
apondent
The Human Body.
The human body is an epitome in na
ture of all mechanics, all hydraulics,
all architecture, all machinery of ev
ery kind. There are more than a 10
mechanical movements known to me
chanics todey, and all of these are but
modifications of those found in the hu
man body. Here are found all the bars,
levers, joints, pulleys, pumps, pipes,
wheels and axlea, ball and socket move
ments, beams, girders, trusses, buffers,
arches, columns, cables and rapports
known to science. At every point man’s
best mechanical work can be shown to
be but adaptations of processes of the
human body, a revelation of first prin
ciples used in nature.
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PERFORMERS
GAFFNEY, Thursday, Oct. 7th
Eat Nice Fresh Groceries
Stop Where the Crowd Does
One dose of It
other remedies
For sale by Du-
Mot HU Lock.
Mrs. Peck—Here’s another case of a
man who forget to appear on his wed
ding day.
Henri Peck—And yet they call ab-
sentmindeduess a misfortune.—Phila
delphia North American.
and you’ll be sure to land
JVnd Oot IV11 . : at J. L. Alexander it Co’s, store where you will find Groceries of
j every kind as cheap as it is possible for them to be sold. Country
1 lie plaofMo hny, t t |< ‘ m ls ;it merchants will do well to buy their tobacco from us as we sell to
them at Jobbers’ Prices. Remember you can <ret 2 lbs of Ar-
i'ss & Sptvrks,
ICxoIuhIvo OrooorH.
‘Don’t forget tliis.
buckle coffee here for 25c.
Yours truly,
J. L. ALEXANDER & CO.
Furniture! 4
►f Furniture!
Furniture of all kinds, prices and description at
FEAGLE & PRICE’S,
Next door to T. Davenport.
RESIDENCE LOTS
FOR SALE BY
Cherokee Land Company.
We have some of the most desirable lands for residences any
where to be fou id. You can select just what you want. You
will not be surrounded by disagreeable neighbors. You can se
lect it so that,you will have no town taxes to pay. It is located
tiithiu 250 yards of Southern depot. Cheap prices and easy
terms.
N. H. LITTLEJOHN, Mgr