The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 20, 1898, Image 4

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THE LEFOKK! GAFFNEY, 8. C., JANUARY 20, 1898. the SOME FIGURES. According to the report of State Superintendent of Education, the State, during the fiscal year end ing December 31st, expended $967,- OGS.85 on so-called free education. That, in round numbers, we may call a million. Will our readers oblige us by try ing to form a conception of a million of dollars? If this amount were in t dollar pieces and you were to count one every second, and count steadily ten hours a day, it would take you within a small fraction of twenty- eight days to count it. If it were in silver dollars, it would take a train of 62 wagons hauling 1000 pounds each, to transport it, and there would be a one-horse load of 500 pounds left behind. Whence comes all this money? With the exception of a few thou sand, it is raised by taxation, either direct or indirect. It comes in part from every man who has a head on his shoulders and is not past CO years old. Another part of it comes from the profits on dispensary whiskey. This part comes finally from the men who are least able to contribute it. The bulk of it comes from the hard earnings of the men who live by raising corn and cotton. The owners of money and bonds and stocks can hide away the evidences of their wealth, but the land and its appurtenances cannot be hidden. Is this vast expenditure a debt or a charity? If the state owes it to the people to furnish them an education In Order that they may become better and more useful citizens, ought she not to extend the work so as to in clude the furnishing of lands and mules and horses? Other things being equal, is not a man who owns property a more profitable citizen to the state than one who owns none? Is the work a charity? Then are there not other objects and condi tions that appeal with much greater force to every feeling and impulse of charity than this one? The suffering thousands in Cuba, the starving millions in India, the poverty and need, the sorrow and distress within our own borders, the battered old veteran who upheld the honor of South Carolina through dan gers and hardships that this genera tion has never known; are not all these more worthy objects of charity, to Say nothing of gratitude in regards to the last named, than any intel lectual condition that exists now or is likely to exist among our‘people? It is true that the Legislature has doled out $100,000 to the needy vete rans, for which we’ll try to be thank ful. But does that look well by the side of $1,000,000 for tree education? Let us think on these things. ENTRIES FROM OUR DAY BOOK. In our opinion the people are now facing the hardest year that this country has experienced since 1846. In 1846 no rain fell over a large por tion of the state from April to the latter part of August. Many crops were planted, cultivated and gathered —where there was anything to gather —without a drop of rain. Such a failure of crops now would be follow ed by actual suffering. But it was not then. The wants of the people then were simple and few compared with those of the present day. It is not what a man has but what he wants that settles the question of poverty or wealth, with him. A mere living, when brought down to an actual necessity is a very insig nificant affair. Some of us have lived three days and nights on a dozen or more wheat heads plucked from the fields and shelled out in the hands and eaten without grinding or baking, and we did pretty well. Wo knew a young man some ton years ago, who lived in Gaffney on $1.60 a month, and he lived well. We re peat, a mere living is a small affair. There is enough provisions in Chero kee county now to keep its people alive for five years. But, conditions have greatly changed since 1846. The artificial wants of the people are almost as ^rong in many cases as natural ones. Things are necessities now which then would have been luxuries, neither attainable nor desirable. Unfortunately, credit has been strain ed and many are in debt. The worst feature of the situation is, that it brings temptations to dishonesty on the part of the debtor, and to injus tice and extortion on the part of the money lender and creditor. If you are in debt, pay what you can, and make an honest, manly statement of what you cannot pay. Don’t lie nor dodge, but f.ace the issue squarely; preserve your manhood; keep an honest heart in your bosom; and look the whole world in the face. “An honest man is the noblest work of God. ♦ ♦ ♦ -* Hon. W. E. Gladstone, England’s “grand old man,” has passed his 89th birthday. He has succeeded in more directions—in more depart ments of learning and activity per haps. than any other man that has ever lived. Ten years ago he was considered by many to be the great est living man of the world. He says now his only difficulty is, one with which he has had to contend through his whole life; he never wants to go to bed and never wants to get up. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The legislature .ias extended the time for collecting taxes without penalty. This will be a great relief no doubt, to the many delinquents, reported from some of the counties, though it is hard to see how a man who has been unable to pay up to this time, will be able to pay by April. It seems to us that the ex- tention this time is an ex post facto law which all republican constitu tions expressly forbid. But there is no danger that any delinquent tax payer will have the law tested in the courts. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mr. McCullough, of Greenville, pushes his bill in the legislature to force mortgages to be returned for taxation. That may be just, but there is a wrong somewhere, when a mortgage and the property it covers are both taxed. Hold up on the property, gentlemen of the legisla ture, if you are going to tax the mortgages. To tax both is to tax the same property twice. The State of South Carolina, like many a man who staked his all on cotton, comes out of the fiscal year badly behind. There is a $100,000 deficit, v Inch nobody seems able to account for. It was the low price of cotton that swamped the farmer; it cannot be the low taxes that hurt the sia^e. The Columbia Register, with its entire plant, subscription list and good will, has been sold for $5,000. The paper has been running twenty- three years, and it is said to have lost an average of $17,000 a year. This, too, when it had a monopoly of the State printing for four years, for which it was paid about $150,000. Would it not be wise for our city fathers to appropriate some money for the purpose of having those vac cinated who are unable to pay for it? Other towns are doing this, and it seems that common prudence would demand it here. We are on a great thoroughfare, and the contagion may appear here any day. ♦ ♦♦-♦■ The catalogue for 1SU7 of the Win- throp College, at Rock Hill, cost $554.00. A neat catalogue for the largest denominational female col lege in the state need not and does not cost more than $50. A score of 554 to 50 in favor of free education and state colleges. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The legislature seems to be taking hold of business in earnest. The Jim Crow Car bill is up again, of course. So is the time honored Salary Reduc tion bill with its invariable proviso not to apply to officers now drawing salaries. Just so. p 1 $ioo Reward, $ioo. Tho readers of tills paper will Is- pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has tieen able to cure In all Its st ayes and that Is Catarrh. II all's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh beinK a constitutional disease, requires a constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, actlnjr directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and fiU'lotf the patient strength by hulldltiK up the constitution and asslstlntr nature In dolna its work. The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative nowers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to cure. Staid for list of Testimonials. Address. F. J. Che.nkv & Co., Toledo, O. Hold by Druiofists. 75c. Hall’s Family Fills are the best. He Fraists Our Mill. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Clifton, t*. C., Jan. 10.—I wan passing through Gaffney on the train not long ago, very early in tho morning. The large mill was bril liantly lighted, and presented a very handsome appearance. A passenger exclaimed. “What a beautiful mill! ’ “Yes,” said another, “1 often pass here, and never tire of looking at and admiring it.” Indeed this building is a model, and in fact the men that run it are model mill men. The out buildings. grounds and surroundings are entirely in keeping with the at tractive appearance of tho mill, while the store, presided over by our old friend Ed. Eison, is a perfect little gem in the line of mercantile archi tecture and is strictly modern and up-to-date. Hon. A. X. Wood, Capt. H. I). Wheat and Col. J. G. Wardlaw, who are at the head of this splendid enterprise, are very progressive busi ness men and quite prominent in the textile world. We regret that our limited space precludes a more ex tended notice, for wo have many friends connected with the mill, some of wnom have attained enviable positions. Capt. Cutting is, we be lieve, the superintendent, and a very efficient one be is. E. R. Cash, (an old Clifton boy), holds an important position with the compa ny. E. J. Barnette is the affable and able superintendent of the cloth room. Capt. G. Baxter Byrd, for merly captain of the Morgan Rifles of Clifton, has charge of the card room. C. W. Moorman is a rising young mill man in the employ of the company. W. G. Gregory is the en gineer, and he is “one of the finest” in his line. We have not the pleasure of an acquaintance with all the gentlemen connected with this magnificent mill, but they have a fine set of officers and employes, and we would be pleased to meet them. Seaton. “Problem” Play* Tabooed. The Neues theater i« Berlin will bo opened in 181)8 by Frau Nascha Butze, who has rented it for ten years and in tends to conduct it herself. Tho plays perfonned therein will be of the most orthodox order, “problem” plays being strictly tabooed. $ * * Blood it i Where the blood loses its intense red—grows thin and watery, as in anemia, there is a constant feeling of exhaus tion, a lack of energy—vitality ****%» •»£****** Scott’s Emulsion $ of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo- jg phosphites of Lime and Soda ft) is peculiarly adapted to correct $ this condition. The cod-liver oil, emulsified to an exquisite * fineness, enters the blood direct $ and feeds its every corpuscle, % restoring the natural color and giving vitality to the whole * system* The hypophosphites £ reach the brain and nerve * centres and add their strength- % ening and beneficial effect. ^ If the roses have left your * cheeks, if you are growing thin and exhausted from over work, or if age is beginning to tell, use SCOTT’S Emul- 0) A A A A A sion. A Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion 2? All druggists; 50c. and ft.00. X_SCOTT & BOWKE, Chemists, New York. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. • Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 26th of each month; At Blacksburg Thursday morning each week, returnine to office at 2:30 Rice’s Goose Grease Llnament. cures nil aches and pains. Sold and guaranteed by Ctittitokicc Duct) Co. Don't Tohsrfo Spit nml V.»'>ke Totr Lire Anuy. To quit tobacco easily and forever, koirag netie. lull of lile, nerve and vigor, take Vso-To- liac. the wonder-worker, that makes weak meb strong. All druggists, 60c or II. Curu;uar*n- teed Booklet and sample free. Addreas Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago er New York. Tax Returns FOR THE YEAR 1898. According to the law. the tax liooks for the returns of the real and personal property for the fiscal year 1*'.#*. will open on January 1st and dose February aitli, inn*, after which time the fifty per cent penalty will attach to all property both real and personal whose owners haye failed to list for taxa tion. For the accommodation of the tax payers of Cherokee county for said year IKIW. I will attend at the following places at the fol low ing dates below named, to receive tax re turns: _ , At Gaffney. Auditor’s office. Saturday 1st January to Saturday sth January. At A. 11. Moore. (Moore's Cross Roads) Monday the loth January. Blacksburg. Tuesday and Wednesday. January 11th and 12th. Grover (or Whitaker) Station. Thursday January 13th. „ _ .. Cherokee Falls Factory, Friday January 14th. , Dray ton vllle, Monday, January l.tli Wllklnsvllle,Tuesday, January lath. Surratt's store. Wednesday. January 19th. T. D. Littlejohn's store. (Dawkin's Cross Roads) Thursday. January 2ntb. Timber Ridge. Friday. January 21st Allen’s (or Hollnsvlile) Saturday January 22nd White Plains, Monday. January 24th Tlilckeiy Station. Tuesday, January 25tb. Macedonia, Wednesday. January 2tith Ezell's, (Battleground) Thursday, January 27th. Maud. Friday. January 28th. Grassy Pond. Saturday. January 29th. The Auditor’s office. In Gaffney, from Monday January 31st. to February 29th, at which time the IxMtks will close and the lifty per cent penalty will attach. The poll tax attaches up to BO years of age. except Confederate Soldiers where said taxes at tache* up to 50 years of age All land owners are requested to ascertain the num- ls-r of acres they own on the 1st day of Janu ary IHtx. and its value, the number of build ings and their value, all new structures and their value, also all real estate liought or sold, who from or to. and price paid or re ceived for same, all uiercliauts and bankers are required to make their returns on blanks furnished from this office and are requested to call at the office for them. W. I). Camp. Auditor Cherokee Co. STOCKHOLDERS TO MlET. The Stockholders of t. e Liiiestone Printing and Publishing Conpnny will meet this afternoon in th office of The Ledger at 3:30o’clo<k. a ' full meeting is desired as matfcrs of ; importance will c nne up for diposi tion. II. P. Griffith, Prs. W. H. Ross, Clerk. Grassy Pond Gossips. (Correspondence of The Ledger.; Grassy Pond, Jan. 17.—Rev. 1. J. Tute filled his appointment at h's place Saturday and Sunday. He md a large congregation Sunday. Tiie ladies of this community live organized theV.ves into a Womt s Missionary Society. The young men and boys have a debating society at the Grassy Pod schoo' house. They had a livey time Saturday night. The subjet was: “Resolvtd, that eloquence s more exciting than music.” The/ had some able speakers. Rev. Jae: Tate was there, also Yirgel McCraw o J Gaffney. McCraw was on th affirmative. Rev. Tate was on tin negative. After a hard fight th< affirmative gained the victory. |£j\Ye have a school at this place taught by L. E. Wood. Koyi.1 makes the food pure, wholesunae i V • * J.0V4i mmm Absolutely Pure ROYAL DAKIf.G PCWCtR CO., KEW YORK. Must Not Publifth Advertisements. The minister of tho integer has is sued an order prohibiting four uewspa pers—Tho People, The Echoes of tl World, The Sou of the Fatherland and tho German St. Petersburg News—from publishing advertisements. This is a disciplinary penalty imposed upon them for having reproduced from the Svet a seditious letter written by seme .stu- Three miles dents of the Warsaw university.—Lon- north of this place is a school taught don News, by B. J. Jones, at Hickory Grove; school house. Jack Jones and two of his boys, of North Pacolet. are on u visit at this place. I tflOOD’S Sarsaparilla is the One >* ■■ True B Ollie Boly is still on the sick list, and there is little hope entertained for him. Padget. food Purifier, Cieat Nervel Tonic, Stomach Regulator. To thou-i sands its great merit Is KNOWN, A. N. WOOD; BANKER, I had the rheumatism so badly that I could not get my hand to my head. I tried the doctor’s medicinfe without the least benefit. At last I does a general Bankingand Exchange thought of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm ; the first bottle relieved all of the business. \\ ell secured with Burglar- pain and one half of the second bot- Proof 8afe an(1 Automatic Time Lock, tie effected a complete cure—\\ . J. Holland, Holland, Ya. Chamber- Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate Iain’s Pain Balm is equally good for sprains, swellings and lameness, as well as burns, cuts and bruises, sale by DuPre Drug Co. jrent For I DR. CHAS. A. JEFFERIES, Physician and Surgecn. SPECIALTIES:—SURGERY, EYE, EAR and THROAT. r«T Office. Cherokee Druj; Co’s Store Telephone No. 40. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. Jones &. Co '« Stcre. Buys and sells Stocks amlBonds^ Ruys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. Can be found at office six days In the week. J. E. WEBSTER, Office In Court House. (Probate Judge'soffiec( Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a snecialtv. IV. W. HAl*r>IIV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ]Sln.ckHl)ur(” find O-tiffney, tr». C. W ILL practice In all the Courts. lean be reached over the 'phone from Car- roll & Stacy’s Bank, at my office in Blacks burg. at any moment. Medmont Savings and Investment Company, GREENVILLE. S. C. rids company has money to lend on Guff- ny real estate. Our loan plan is cheaper ad more satisfactory than the plans of any blldliiK and loan association offer f in the Site. For our loan circulars, wtdclii tell all akut our loan plan, call on J. C. Jefferies. E(.,our local attorney. 8-10-tf * SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Coden.ed Schedule of UaMenc*r Trains. Ill Effect Janaary Ki, 1898. Vee- Mi. 18 Fst.Ml! Nrtbbouud. j**°-12j}fo. 3S Kk. ,No. 30 Dally Daily. San. Dally. O. L. SCHUMPERT. TnOS. B. BCTI.KIt. vvm. McGowan. SCHUMPERT, * BUTLER * & - McGOWAN, ATTOIll* BYWAT-I.AW. Union and Gaffney, S. C. Very careful and prompt attention ffiven to all business entrusted to us. {3e r_ Practice In all the courts. Ohio River and Charleston Railroad. The timk tabi.k of the Ohio River and Cluirluston Kail way company, in take effect Monday October 18th. itt 8.50 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. Dally Dally Except Except Sunday Sunday GOING SOt’TH. No. 32. No. 34. Lv. Marlon 7 IX) a m 1 30 p m Lv. Rutbcrfordton 8 06 '• 3 05 '• Lv. Forest City 8 20 " 3 35 •' Lv. Henrietta. 8 35 “ 3 55 “ Lv. Mooresboro. 8 50 *• 4 10 •’ Lv. Shelby 9 20 •• 5 00 *• Lv. Piitterson-Springs 9 :w *• 5 4»> ** Lv. Earls 9 35 '' 5 50 •• Arrive at Blacksburg. 9 50 '' • 10 •• Leave', Gaffney. ti 50 a m 7 15 p m Arrive Blacksburg i 7 50 •’ Lv. Blacksburg 10 10 a m k IX) a rn Lv. Smyrna 10 30 '• 8 25 '• Lv. Hickory Grove — 10 45 “ H 45 “ Lv. Sharon 11 00 “ 9 10 “ Lv. York vllle 1115 ” 9 40 “ Lv. Tlry.iib 11 27 '• 10 05 *• Lv. Newport 11 33 " 10 15 *• Lv. Rock Hill 11 45 •' 10 40 “ Lv Leslies 12 05 p rn 1 00 p m Lv. Catawba Junction 12 15 " 1 15 •' Lv. Lancaster 1 or “ 3 .V) •• Lv Kershaw 1 45 *• 5 30 ’• Arrive at Camden. ... 2 50 '• II 40 " GOING NOfi'l II. No. XI No. 35. Dally Dally Except Except Sunday. Sunday. Lv. Camden 12 05 p m 9 (si a rn Lv Kershaw . 1 05 " 11 Id " Lv. Lancaster 1 45 ” 1 00 p m Lv. Catawba Junction 2 30 “ 2 to •• Lv. Leslies 2 40 *' 2 55 '' Lv Rock Hill ** 4 30 •' Lv Newport 310 •* 5 18) “ Lv. Tlr/.ab .... 3 15 '• 5 20 " Lv York vllle 3 :vi “ 6 18) ** Lv. Sharon. 3 45 " li 20 ** Lv. Hickory Grove 4 It) ” « 40 •• Lv. Smyrna 4 15 " 6 55 '* Lv. Blacksburg 4 35 '• 7 30 •’ Leave Blacksburg n 00 a m •1 30 p m Arrive Gaffney 0 40 '• T 0ft •• Lv. Earle's 5 05 p 111 Lv. Patterson Springs 5 10 •• Lv. Shelby 5 ’20 “ No. 33 No. II. Lv. Mooreslsiro 5 47 a m Lv. Henrietta . . .. 5 55 *’ Lv ForestM'lty 6 12 “ Lv Rutbcrfordton. II 27 " Arrive at Marlon 7 30 p m CONNEt moNs. No. 32 has connection with Sontbern Rail- way at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. sit < atiiw- Lv..Hants, C. T. “ !lnnta, E.T. “ oreroaa " uford. ... “ iiinesville.. .ula Ar.'-'irnelia. Lv.it. Airy “ ' joooa “ A"cstminster * k-neca “ 'entrsl ** ireenvtlle ... “ Ipartanburg. * 4affm>ys •• llaoksburg . •’ (Ins eMl . “ iaatonia..... LyJharlotte ... Ar Junville 7 50 ft jo 8 50 u i , 9 90 ft;. '10 05 ft 10 B5 a 2 10 58 a 2 11 25 a 11 80 s ill 50 a 12 81m 12 52 p 1 4fl p 2 84 p 8 87 p 4 20 p 488 p 5 03 p 5 25 p 880 p 00 -a 00 p Ar.'.icbmund . Ar .'ashlngtq* sltm'ePRR. fiilsdclphia. •tw York 4 8Sp|U 60 p 6 85 p 12 50 a 6 2xp 1 27 o* 7 Ubpl 7 43 p 8 08p 8 fcAp 2 20 2 40 600 a 8 80 p 4 15 p 6 22 p 6 10 p 6 44 p 7 00 p 6 22 p 11 51 p 6 00 a 6 42 a S 00 ft .. 10 15 a 12 43 m 0 25 p 9 35 p 11 Hft p 2 56 a 6 23 a Fst.Ml Tee. Sodiboand. jf 0 . 35 j« 0 . 37 Daily. Dally. . rTTr-p-inr rrrr-s tstp *' Rlsdelphla 8 50 s 6 55 p “ Ftimore. ... 6 81 a 9 20 u, “ V.shinjfton. 11 15 a 10 43 p No.ll Dally Lv. hhmond 12 00 m 12 Oont 1200 nt Lv. Diville . 6 15 p 5 50 a 60S a Ar. Cirlotte 10 00 p 9 25 a 11 '•& a Lv.Gitonfa ;10 40 p , 108p “ Kir’S Mt.... ] I lf» p “ BFksburg .. 11 81 p 19 45 a 2 (Tip *' Gfnoys 11 46 p 10 58 a 225p “ Kirtanbar*. 12 26 a 11 34 ai 8 16 p •• Gr nvilie.. 125 a 12 30 p 4 05 p “ Oral 545 p " ftex-a ... 2 80 n 1 38 p 6 15 p ** Wtmlnster 6 88 p “ To«o« . 325 a 2 18 p 7 16 p Mtklry | .. 7 42 p " Oifclia " LuT “ GaLevilla... “ Bufd - Nofoe* Ar. Atbtft, E. T Ar. AtUta. C. T 6 25 6 10 6 10 7 46 p 6 35 _ 8 16 p 8 13 p, 6 87 al 837 p 8 40 p 7 20 si 9 11 p 7 43 s* 9 48 p 8 27 fti 4 65 p 10 80 p 9 80 a 1 8 .55 p 9 30 p 8 80 • bu Junction. No*.:M and 35 will carry passenger* Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marlon with Southern Railway At Roddey*. Old Point, King’* Creek and London, trains stop only on slcnal S. B LUMPKIN, G P. A. A TRIPP, Superintendent SAM'L HUNT, General Manager. "A" an. "P' p. m. “M" noon. "N” night Not. Bind 8b—Dolly. Washington end South- westenf mitibule Umlted. Through Pullmao •li-eplnoars twtwc-en New York and New Or leans. rtWashlnirton. Atlanta and Montgoa- erjjftndJso bat ween New Yjyk and Meaphia, viaWashgtou.Atlanta and Birmingham. Fir# , class ihoughfarc coach** between Washing ton and tlalita Dtmr* ear* serve all ramla J an route. ' No*. 3and 86—t nltM Htatr* Past Mall run* sol) between Washington and New Or- leans, vtaouth'rn Railway, A. A W P ft. &, and L A . h... belli* composed of baggag* car and i-ehet, through without change fur paseersf^f of all class*# Pullman drswlu* r<*)T» sleeng cars l>etw«-«n New York ana N-'W OrbXs, ns Atlanta and Montgomery. Lea ring Wtf.lnKton ea-h Wednesday sod Hat- nrday, a tint sleeping car will run through between ’sshlagtou and ban p r an without nnge. No*. 11, aad 12—Pullman sleeping cars bo-J tween RIcL.nd and Charlo'te. vl, 1'anvlllg^ aouthbounNos. ll and 37, northbound No j The Air ge Belle tram. Nos 17 and IS, ' tween Atlta and Come.la, Ga. daily eept Hunria » « «ANJN, J M. CULP. Third V IV Gen. Mgr., Tia». M g'r.. Waahlnta, D. C. Wash! .’ton. D. 0.1 W A TUhl H H HAULlWl. K. ' Gen'l Paa* B t , Aas t Uen l Pas . Af*t„ Washing, p, q ) AtlantI, (k