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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., FEBRUARY 17, 1898 <; MILL NEWS. *TEMS OF INTEREST TO TEX TILE WORKERS North and South Carolina Mills, Their Improvements and Their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. C. H. Butler is now fixing looms in Spartan Mill No. 2, Spartanburg S. C. The Frankville, N. C., Mfg. Co., have a-liled 10 bag looms to their plant. The G. W. Patterson Mfg. Co., Con- eord, X. C., has placed an order for 10:12 twister spindles. A bobbin factory is proposed in Spartanburg county. S. C., by l.ugene t'arver and a Georgia man. M. K. Macotnson, cloth room over- aeer at Bacolet S. C. Cotton Mills, is on duty again after his illness. T. H. Fairchild has left Gastonia, X. €.. t) taKe tiie overseership of tarding and spinning at the Camdon, S. C., Cotton Mills. Leonidas Williams, a Charlotte dry goods clerk, has entered the employ of ihe Highland Bark Mfg. Co., to learn the mill business. The wife of M. E. McGuinn, over seer of weaving at Clifton, S. C., Mill No.;l. died last week, aged 53. She ksis buried on Wednesday. Miss Giles got her hand caught in s gear in the machinery of the Faoolet ¥>. C., Gotten Mills, a few days ago, and lost one of her fingers. At their semi-annual meeting of the Cannon Mfg. Co., Concord, X. C. Feb. 3, their usual t per cent, half yearly dividend was declared. M. A. Smith is figuring on estab lishing a knitting mill at Scotland Seek, X. C. which would make the M'cond knitting factory there. " The Worth, Mfg. Co., Worthvilie, S. C., has benight fiUO Whitin gravity tpindles, 22 llowell plain looms, and 4 bag looms. They are on the way. J. H. Mayes who has control of the jetting up of the Whitin machinery South, has left Charlotte, X. C., to IfKik after the above company’s business. It is reported that the $50,000 has been raised for the proposed knitting mill at Kinston, X’. C. J. F. Taylor ■end W. S. Herbert are the actjve or ganizers of the company. U* The Wudesboio Cotton Mfg. Com pany, Wadesboro, X. C., will soon put in their mil! a fan to drive their nocks from breaker to picker, also pat in some additional sprinklers. The Crowders Mtn. Mill, King’s Mtn., X. C., have added a Foster cone winder, and will in future not run their-looms at night, but ship their • itra yarns to the market on cones. H. D. Andrews, setter up for the Woonsocket Machine and Press Co., Woonsocket, R. I., landed this week in Charlotte, from Troy, X. ('., and left for the Victor Cotton Mill, Greers, S. C. Wm. N. Rea, engineer and master jaachinist of the Wadesboro, X. C., Cotton Mills, has been in Charlotte, X. C., for a lew days on account of sickness, ile will soon return to his duties. The Cherokee Cotton Mills..Blacks burg, S. C., have added rope ma- viiiuery to work up their waste, with v,e audition of a little good cotton, and are making various sizes of cord and rope. John Crowley, towel manufacturer. Charlotte, X.C., has been compelled to shut down his mill on account of bis help having been vaccinated. Mr. Crowley could only run half of bis 104 looms. Frank J. Adams, setter-up for tV’nitin Machine Works, has finished fitting the twister frames at Eno Cotton Mills, Hillsboro, X. C., and gene to Piedmont, 8. C.. to put some uice touches on Whitin machinery. Early Grover, boss weaver at Abbe ville.8. C., Cotton Mills,has accepted the position of overseer of weaving at tLe Charleston, 8. C. Cotton Mills. He formerly worked with superinten dent J. F. 8chirmer, at Selma, Ala. The Hardin Mfg. Co., Hardin, N. will add to their capacity 2G7 twister spindles and one A. T. Ath erton, of Pawtucket, R. I., finisher. The above company contemplates doubling their capacity within one jear. M. G. Stone, the long-time super- intend.-nt of ihe Spartan andPacolet Hills, will succeed J. J. Rodgers as •uperintendent of the Enoree S. C. Ouiton Mills. Mr. Rodgers will take his old place back us overseer of the W. A. Johnson, who had his legbad- iy mushed in an accident at the Gen ual, S. (’., Cotton Mills, is slowly im proving at Augusta, Ga. He is yet unable to put his foot on the ground, to bear any weight, but it is slowly getting well. The Wadesboro Silk Yarn Mfg. Co., Wadesboro, X. C., has purchased laud near the railway depot in the above place for the purpose of build ing another silk mill, it is reported that the ground for the same will be broken in the spring. The Sterling Cotton Mill at Frank- finton, X. C., is to be enlarged by the addition of 1,500 spindles. To ac commodate the machinery an addi- dition of 100 feet will be made to the end of the building. They are now running their 2,800 spindles night and day. The Piedmont Pants Co., of this city, has awarded contract to the I). A. Tompkins Co., for a 15 K. W. Westinghouso Multipolar Generator and K. W. Motor for lighting and power purposes for their new factory just starting up. This will bo an up- to-date plant ot its kind. Sam Jones, a young employe at the Van:e Cotton Mills, Salisbury, X. C., was playfully pushed by a friend while at work in the mill. His head struck against a card and a bad gush was made. The young man contracted ery sipelas and is in a very dangerous con dition. His head is frightfully swol len. Ihe cornerstone of the Cileman Cotton Mills, Concord. X*. C., was laid last Tuesday, with loud acclaims and the triumphant music of three negro brass bands. The only negro Congressman in America (White by name) delivered the address. It is said that the building is nearly fin ished. An illustration of the thorough fire equipment of the modern Southern mills, and their well trained lire bri gades, was given recently at the Holt’Morgan Mills, Fayetteville, X. C. What might have been a big fire broke out in the picker room, but was extinguished before the city firemen could reach the mill. Wade Heritage,«on of J.H.Heritage, met with a painful accident Tuesday at the Windsor Cotton Mills, Bur lington. X. C. He got his left hand caught in a spinning frames in such a manner that it tore his hand up pretty badly. Dr. Stafford was called in to attend the wounded boy, and found it necessary to amputate his thumb. The F. W. Poe Mfg. Co., Green ville, S. C,, say of the sample new Mason Xorthrop loom which they have in operation that it is the best of the new types of automatic change shuttle looms yet put on the market. They are built by the Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Muss., and is handled in the South by D. A. Tomp kins Co., Charlotte, X. C. A very strong guaranty is given with each loom. The proposed $200,000 cotton mill at Albemarle, X. C., mentioned again in these columns last week as having been named the Wiscasset, has re ceived its State charter as the Wis casset Mills Co., with privilege to extend capital stock to $500,000. The incorporators live in Concord and Albemarle and are as follows: I). F. Cannon. J. W. Cannon. J. S. Elliott, K. J. Davis and J. S. Efird. The 30-year charter is comprehensive and allows them to spin and weave both cotton and wool. The directors of the Roanoke Mills Co., Roanoke Rapids, X. C-, cotton mill held a meeting last Friday. They are receiving large orders on colored goods and in order to fill them they will have to erect a dye- house which they will do at once. They will also increse their capacity and work a night and day force. This company being deslrious of being abreast with the times wishes to com pete with the Eastern mills. They will erect about twenty houses be tween now and June the first. P. M. Grimes, Superintendent of the Yorkville, 8. C. cotton mills, vis ited Charlotte, X. C., last week for the purpose of getting a new pulley to replace one that broke on one of the counter shafts in his spinning room. The above company are con templating adding to their capacity, cards, spinning and twister frames, speeders, etc., to mate'll. It is not decided as to what make of machin ery they will adopt. Present capac ity of the Yorkvillo is 3,120 spindles, from which is spun 24s to 30s. Bus iness Al. Charlotte is to have an electric transmission plant. The new Pied mont Trouser Company will be oper ated by a seven and a half horse power motor, receiving current from a 25 horse power generator. The generator will be located in the Shaw building and will furnish current to light the Shaw-Howell harness fac tory and also current to light the Piedmont Trouser factory and to op erate the motor for the factory. The contract for the entire plant has been made,by a Mr. Paul Chatham,sec retary and treasurer of the Trouser Company with the D. A. Tompkins Company, of Charlotte. We are anxious to do a little good in this world and can think of no pleasanter or better way to do it than by recommending One Minute Cough Cure as a preventative of pneumonia, consumption and other serious lung troubles that follow neglectedcolds, In sunshine and in rain the um brella protects the borrower. - What pleasurr j There in life with a headache, constipation and bilious ness? Thousands experience them who could become perfectly healthy by using DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous little pills. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon 1 hornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. The bird family must have a jolly time—they have so many lurks. Children and adults tortured by burns, scalds, injuries, eczma or skin diseases may secure instant relief by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel 8alve. it is the groat Pile remedy. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Knrw Him by the Color of III* Kyo«. Colonel Ford generally judged of a man's military qualities by his eye. A young man who had graduated from Oberlin college, actuated by a . pirit of adventure, drifted to Brownsville aud found himself stranded. In the latter condition he walked to Colonel Ford’s camp, about six miles south of the city, aud, addressing himself to the com mander, said: "Colonel, I have nothing to do aud want to join the rangers." "I liko tno color of your eyes and will give you an opportunity to distin guish yourself," tho colonel replied, after gazing carefully into tho eyes of tho young man, which were steel gray. Tho next day tho young ranger was sent to Brownsville with dispatches. Returning ho captured a noted Mexican desperado, who had slain several Amer icans and for a long time had eluded the rangers. Tho Oborlin boy brought tho desperado to the colonel, who said: "I don’t care to see him.” "Como along," said the ranger, ad dressing his prisoner, whom he forced to go in front of him nntil they entered a small patch of chaparral, in which they disappeared. A moment later a shot was heard. It was the deathkuell of tho Mexican criminal. Tho classical young ranger returned to tho colonel’s camp and reported: "Escaped.” " ’Tis well,” was tho colonel’s reply. In those days, when tho road t;i civ ilization had to be blazed with tho six shooter or carved with the sword, tho trial of despen.does was deemed im practicable, unwise and without good results.—Dallas News. STAGE REALISM. Afghan Slaves. Afghan slaves, says Tho Ladies’ Pic torial, have not, as a rule, the position that the Antislavery society is formed to combat. Thero is nothing pitiable in their condition. Afghan women are usu ally indolent and useless, except as tho mothers of children, whom they abso lutely neglect. It is the slaves who man age everything. (Generally in a rich house there is ouo chief slave, a sort of housekeeper, rather a graud person, whom it is always wise to conciliate if you intend having many dealings w ith that establishment. In summer she is always dressed in purest white; in win ter, velvets rmd brocades are not beyond her reach. She is generally an elderly person, with considerable influence aud a good deal of authority. Then thero is another who is a sort of maid to tho lady of tho house. Sho is another person that it is not wise to quarrel with. 8ho in always very much in evidence. Sho it is who prepares everything for her mistress’ toilet, as also for her master’s. It is tho wife’s special duty aud privilege, however, when tho things are being prepared to wait upon her husband when ho is dress ing and to pour the water over his hands r.ud feet during his religious washings and to spread his prayer carpet. Where to Fled It. The story is told of a minister that a member of his congregation, by name Miss Helen Hunt, picked up a small Bi ble lying in tho aisle of the church one Sunday morning as she W’as hurrying Hut from services. As there was nothing in tho hook to indicate to whom it be longed, sho spoke to the pastor and sug gested that he announce the fact of the flud on the following Sunday. He did it in this way: "The person who dropped a small Bible, in flexible cover, in the main aisle at last Sunday’s service can go to Helen Hunt for it. ” Theube won dered why everybody smiled.—Ohio Pa triot. A thrill of terror is experienced when a brassy cough of croup sounds through the house at night. But the terror soon changes to relief after One Minute Cough Cure has been admin istered. Safe and harmless for chil dren. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy. Blacksburg. If the doctor orders hark hasn’t the patien’t a right to growl? There are three little things which do more work than any other three little things created—they are the aut, the bee and DeWitt’s Little Ear ly Risers, the last being the famous little pills for stomach and liver troubles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Phar macy, Blacksburg. The prompt paying subscriber is a sugar beat; the delinquent is a dead beat. A Series of Krrltlnr Incidents That Wes* Mot on the Itlll. Several unrehearsed aud highly excit ing incidents occurred at tho initial production of "The Prairie King” at the Lyceum theater, Sydney. The play is one of the wild west order and is full of sensationalism, which the manage ment sought to make more intense by the introduction of a "real” water scene and a collapsible bridge effect. A mischance begun just before the last beat of the drum in the overture, when a canvas tank, which fills so many func tions during the performance, burst aud the water escaping into the magazine below the stage the management had to send an apologist to crave the indul gence of the audience while repairs were being effected. The performance crawled along some what sadly, as if tho escaping water had washed the heart out of the actors, un til it was known that the tank had been refilled. Each member of the company then played up to tho great abduction scene in the second act. Tho part of tho heroine was filled by Miss Maud Wil liamson. Her final escape was to have been made across tl>3 unlucky tank, and up to this point all seemed to bo going off admirably. An Indian warwhoop rang through tho theater, aud the hero ine was dragged shrieking across tho stage, and finally flitted breathlessly into a canoo moored to tho side ot the tank. Then came a mighty splash, tho canoo having capsized. Miss William son fell head over heels into tho tank. The audience was appreciative of the realism of the situation, for it did not know that Miss Williamscn had been caught in tho canoe and was in most imminent risk of being drowned. Some of the performers kept the play going, but Mr. King Hcdley aud some stage hands groped anxiously aud un successfully for tho leading lady. Then the curtain was rapidly rung down, and a fireman and a stage hand plunged in to the rescue of the distressed heroine in real earnest. Exactly how long sho was submerged cannot bo said, but when pulled out from beneath the canoe she was uncon scious. Though the shock was consider able Miss Williamson insisted upon re appearing, and the audience, which had by this time become acquainted with her mishap, received her with rapturous cheering. Then there followed a hitch'in the bridge scene through Mr. King Med ley's alleged mustang refusing to face tho risk of plumping down into tho tank. The star, however, seized the un tried horse and forced him at tho bridge, which collapsed exactly at tho right moment and let him down with a huge splash into tho tank. Tho play was thus converted by sheer courage and quick wittedness from a threatened fail- uro into a hugo success.—Melbourne Argus. Th6 Great Rat Dance of 1874. During the fall of 1874 rats became a serious menace to tho farmers of Jack- son county, Kan., and one night at a meeting of the literary society in tho Coleman schoolhouso it was proposed to organize a hunt. Sides were chosen, and it was agreed that tho losers were to pay for a supper aud a dance. Three weeks were fixed as the limit of tho bunt, but this was reduced to ten days when it was discovered that warm weather was making it impossible to preserve the tails, which were to be used in making the count. At tho cud of the ten days both hunting teams assembled at tho schoolhouse with their tails aud a count was made, with the result of showing 6,350 dead rats in total. More than 1,000 of these had been killed on tho farm of G. W. McReynolds alone. After the count supper was served, and a dance followed until daylight. Tho affair is still known in local annals as the great rat dance.—Haltou (Kan.) Signal. AFFECTS EVERY ORGAN, Don’t annoy others by your cough- ng, and risk your life by neglecting a cold. One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs, colds, croup, grippe and all throat and lung troubles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. And now a biscuit trust has been organized. It must be beaten in some way. After years of untold suffering from piles, B. W. Purseil, of Knitnersville, Pa., was cured by using a single box of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Skin diseases such as eczema, rash, pim ples and obstinate sores are readily cured by this famous remedy. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Commercial travelers should go to Burma!)—images of brass are wor shipped in that country.—Orange Va. Observer. Whooping cough is tiie most dis tressing malady; but its duration can be cut short by tiie use of One Minute Cougii Cure, which is also the best known remedy for croup and all lung and bronchial troubles. Cherokee Drug Compan/ Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Does That Most Dreadful of Diseases Chronic Catarrh. Over half of the the people have ca tarrh in some form or another, and yet probably not a tenth of these peo ple know that their disease is catarrh. One person says he has Bright’s dis ease; another liver complaint; an other consumption; another female complaint. These people would be very much surprised to hear that they were all suffering with chronic catarrh; but it is so, never theless. Each one of these troubles, and a great many pjore, are simply catarrh; that a, chronic inflam mation of the mucous lining of whichever organ is affected. Any internal remedy that will cure catarrh in one location will cure it in any other location. This is why Pe- ru-na has become so justly famous in the cure of catarrh diseases. It cures catarrh wherever located. Its cures remain. Pe-ru-na does not palliate; it cures. Dr. Hartman has recently compiled into book form several of Ills lectures on chronic catarrh, which he has delivered at different times at the Surgical Hotel. This book is called "Winter Catarrh,"and will bo st*nt free of charge on application to The Pe-ru-ria Drug Manufacturing Com pany, Columbus, Ohio. -• -*•*■ * Dr. W. H. Wakefield, of Charlotte, X. C.. will be in Gaffney at the Lip scomb Hotel, on Thursday, February 17th—tliis one day only. His prac tice is limited to the eye, ear, nose and ihroat. To fur* ConktlpaUnn Forever. T»u« CitNi-areis Candy Cathartic, loo orSBo. It C. C. C. lull u> cuic, druicuu rcfuml tuouey. King’s Creek Ctmniclei (Correspondence of The Led»#r.) Kings Creek, Feb. 15.—J. Hminott Plaxico and Miss Julia Borders were married at the residence of the bride’s parents on the 9th inst. by Rev. J. P. Knox. On the same day A. A. Love, of this place, and Miss Sallle McKown were married at tho bride's home, near Hickory Grove, Rev. J. H. Thacker officiating. Miss Mildred Whisonant, who for some time has been taking music J lessons in Blacksburg, has returned , to her home at this place. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Caldwell, of | Carps, 8. C., visited at T. P. Whiso- nant’s lust week. There was a singing at Alex Love’s last Wednesday night. Some of our young people attended a Valentine party at E. Hardin’s, in the Antioch neighborhood, last ’ night. The working at the “little” trestle is progressing very nicely and, if nothing prevents, the culvert will soon be completed, c. — . ——• — • — Did Not Stay Empty Long. When DeGraffenreid and Banks left for the penitentiary Saturday at 11 a. 111., Cherokee jail was empty, but before 1 p. m., several of Gaff ney’s skin game negroes had been ; turned over to the hospitable hands of Sheriff Ross, and were resting se- ! curely behind the bars. Cotton Market. The following prices prevailed in the local cotton market yesterday. Middling 5.80 Good Middling 5.70 —— —• • One of the Ameer’s latest acts was to order that funeral expenses be cut down, because of a ver^e of the Koran which condemns prodigals to the lower world. »-mm+i — Twenty drops of I.ai.i.kmaxp’h Specific for Khecmatism taken throe times a day for a rousoiiuhle time will eurethe most severe case of chrome rheuinnt ism or neuralgia. It kills the disease by destroyin'.’' the ;rerrn in the hiood, eases pain <|Uiekly and contrib utes strength to the joints and <|Uiet and ease to the effeeted parts. Price 11.00 per bottle. Sold by Cherokee !>rugCo. CapL Jas. A. Duffey, OF TOLEDO. OHIO. Y Fhe Great Railway Detective Telle What Dr. Milee* Remedies Have Done For Himself and Wife. It Vs lx n§ if J D ETECTIVE work requires constant vlzllance, steady nerves, a clear head and actlvo brain. Ayearazo,” writes Capt. Duffey, of 631 Orchard St.. Tole• do, Ohio, ‘I overworked myself was in such a condition sleep was impossible. I was so nervous I could not lie in bed; my arms and limbs twitched and my system seemed completely exhausted. I began using Dr. Miles’ Nervine and the fourth bottle restored me to health, Mrs. Duffey had suffered for eighteen years with heart disease, had tried every remedy with out avail until she took Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure two years ago. For the past year she has been free from the trouble.” Dr. Miles’ Remedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart and Nerves sent free to all applicants. DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. Miloa’ Health DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 2Gth pf each month; At Blacksburg Thursday morning , each week, returning to office at 2:30 Is a remedy of sterling value. It positively cures all Bronchial Affections, Cough, Cold, Croup, Bronchitis and Grippe. You can always rely on it. DR. BULL’S COUGH SYRUP is indispensable to every family. Price25^ts. Shunall substitutes. Chew LANGE'S PLUGS.The Greet Tobacco Antidote.10c. Dealers or mail,A.C.Meyer & Co., 8alto..Md. CANDY CATHARTIC CURE CONSTIPATION ALL DRUGGISTS aw. To Buy Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Lard, Meat, Tobacco, Hay, Seed Oats, Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls, Coal, Steel Plows, barbed Wire, Nails, Shovels, Mattocks, Picks, Axes, in fact a full line of Hardware, Shoes, Dry Goods, Groceries, etc , for the least money IS AT if ‘Goods delivered to any part of the city. Teh phone No. R9 IF YOU WANT TO BUY Alules-s ’Wajiroiis, Oxiaiio 3ii<l JYoid T*li os-»] > 11 tit Olieap CALL ON j. i. N. B.—Oak wood delivered at 75c per load.