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G THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. Ct APRIL 8*Vl89a 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. l.vxitliurti and Western Textile Excelsior.] Wm. Waldrop, a mill man of Spar tanburg, S. C., died on April llith. S. Bryant, agent Naomi Mills, Ran- diemun, N, C., was in Charlotte iast on business. The annual meeting of the stook- hoiders of the Abbeville, S. C,. cotton iniil will take place on Thursday, May the 5th. The Avon Mills. Gastonia, N. C., have put in a freight elevator, built by the Paik Manufacturing Company, Charlotte, X. C. T. B. Gibson, president, r.nd Chas. Iceman, superintendant of the MiColl, S. f'., cotton mill, visited Charlotte last week. R. B. Miller, of Shelby, N. C., does not contemplate building a mill there rod there is no prospec.tthat a cotton unll will be buiit there soon. The Fayetteville Cotton Mills, Fay etteville, N. 0., have placed an order with thp Whitin Machine Works for x lot ( f new twisters and reels. Reuben Tate, an employe of the Billing Mills, Kings Mountain, X. C.. was struck by u Southern railway train on April idth and badly broken up. W. H. M. Woods, formerly super intendent of the Alpha Cotton Mill, Charlotte, is now, it is reported, en gaged at the Bamberg, S. C., cotton mills. of the set- machinery bring bis Mass., to .1. H. Mayes, overseer ling up of the Whitin £t>uth, lias concluded to family from Needham, Charlotte. Dr. J. A. Tyson, secretary and treasurer of the Norwood, X'. C., co*- tnn mills, will have an equipment of f» nOO spindles, arid manufacture only cotton thread. Ciias. Moore, superintendent of 4i.e Bacolet, S. tl., cotton mills, vis ited bpertan Mills, Spartanburg, S. C., on April 14tli to see theXorlhrop- Draper looms. Robt. MoGann, an employe of the I). E. Converse Mill. Glendale, S. C , dieil April 14th,the cause of Ids death hting excessive cigarette smoking, lie was twenty-one years old. .1. H. Rennet has resigned as loom- tixi.-r with the Ft. Mill, 6. C., Manu facturing Company, and will prob- ably take a similar position at the Highland Park Mill, Charlotte. Mr. Hedgepeth, overseer of night warding at the Lancaster, 8. C., cot ton mills, is leaving there to become second hand carder in day time for the Camden, S. C., cotton mills, Jesse Jackson, boss weaver Spar tan Mills No. 1, Spartanburg, S. C., bus purchased a bicycle for his wife. As soon as he cun ride alright of course he will buy another one for idenseif. W. W. Owens, formerly superin- teudent of the Monroe, N. C., cotton mills, and Harden, N. G\, cotton mills, but for the past few months boss spinner at Cawthon Mills,Selma, A la., has resigned. John C. Leslie, of Charlotte, X. C., hu« been elecied secretary and treas urer of the Wiscasset Mill, Albe- qjhiIc, X. C., and is selling out his clothing business here to take the management of the new factory. Wm. Giliillen, an employe of the York Cotton Mills, Yorkville, S. C., met with a bad accident last week. His left band went through a glass door, and both were shattered: he iud to return to his country home. The Henrietta. X. C.. cotton mills, are repainting all their operatives’ cottages, and their snow-like white ness will present a pretty contrast •utrounded with Nature's fresh green The company will have painted every building belonging to them by May day. W. J. Hunter, the long time boss •lasher of the Highland Park Mill, Charlotte, whose serious illness was anted in the lust issue, will go to Kocxvillo, Tenn., with his daughter and remain ther during his conva lescence. Joe Donahue is filling his pli.ee in the mill. I*. W. Goodrum, overseer of card ing and spinning at the Highland park Mid, Charlotte, 'ant Monday im k charge of the Anchor Cotton M ils. Huntcrsviil*, X. O. A. H. Bobbins, who has been filling the hit ter position, took Mr. (iondrum’s pince at the Highland Park Mill. J. V. Thomas has become overseer »,f weaving at the Roanoke Cotton Mills. Roanoke Rapids, N.C., suc ceeding C. R. Ashmore, for whom lie tm> been second hand about a year. Mr Thomason was formerly of Clif ton. H. C. Uii* brother, L. W. Thom ason. is loomllxer In the Charlotte, h. C., cotton mills. The Fuyetville, X. (’., Observer m;»’- "There was a gentleman here lait week looking over the Held with * view to eitublishing a cotton fac- iory. After u tour of the city and Kuimdiute vicinity, he expressed lum-ft*!' os much impressed by our aiivantugcs. He will take the matter under serious consulcruliou and will return to make further investigation. We are not at liberty to give his name at present." A. C. Haskell, formerly draughts man one and a half years for Lock- wood. Green «fc Co., Boston, Mass., D. A. Tompkins Co., Charlotte, four years, and lately for S. W. Cramer, Charlotte, has been appointed to the superintendency of the Enoree, S. C., cotton mills. Wo are all sorry that Mr. Haskell is leaving us, for he is a young man who has the good will of j all men who have had the pleasure of ! being acquainted with him, and the general hope is that the your.g man will be successful in bis new under taking. Powell Personals. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Powell, April 20.—The best way to discipline one’s heart against scandal is to believe all stories false which ought not be true. Most men are generous to a fault when the fault happens to be their own. Over zealous patriots seldom get so full of patriotism that they have no room for dinner. Planting is progressing rapidly and will soon be over. The school at Macedonia closed last Friday with imposing exercises. The recent cold weather lias injured the fruit crop somewhat hut there is olenty left yet. Small grain is looking well R. A. Ford and family of Hicks- ville. X. C.. visited relatives here re cently. Sam Powell, of Ferry, X. C., visit ed his brother, R. R. Powell, a few days ago. Hugh Wilkins visited relatives here Sunday. E. C. Moore and family,olThickety, visited J. R. Moore apfl family Sun day. Je tier son Oglesby and family visited Mrs. C. P. Wilkins Sunday. ,1. L. Clary went to Gaffney yester day on business. Cokxckackkk. A very largo proportion of the glass used in the United States is made in Pennsylvania. Thirty-five years ms*e a genera tion. That i* how long Adolph Fisher, of Zanesville, O.. suflere i from piles. He was cured by using three boxes of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Cherokee Drug Company, Gullney, and Macon Thornton's Pharmacy, Riacksburg. A man will not stoop till he has hit his head.—Telugu. It is a great leap from the old fashioned doses of blue-mass and nauseous physics to the pleasant little pills known as DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. They cure constipa tion, sick headache and biliousness. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Riacksburg. REPARTEE AND WIT. GOOD EXAMPLES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMMONLY QUOTED. Qnlck nn<l Rriglit Made by Politician!!, Judges, Prof* ssors and Lit erary Men—Scotch and Irish Wits Seem to Excel In This Particular Field. That it is not an easy matter to Bash nut a suitable repartee at the right mo ment most disinterested persons would admit. A good repartee requires not merely talent, hut something of genius and, what is as rare as genius, presence of mind. All will agree on this point, but at the same time, in a world in which each is proue to imagine him: elf a genius, the significance of thin truth is apt to pass unremarked, and hence the enormous stock of repartee on rec ord, varying from the readiest and wit tiest down to those which, in Macaulay’s phrase, “every schoolboy knows. ” Tko New York Post has already gathered from “Lord Tennyson’s Life" and other sources some b n;mots of the higher or der, and perhaps the following may be given as helping to swell the ln.t of really good repartee: At one of the recent general eleetlous in England the Earl of Carlisle, I be lieve, was a candidate. The earl is ex ceedingly youthful in appearance, and during ono of bis speeches he was inter rupted with the question, “Docs yo’ir mother know you’re out^” Quick u:i He who scatters thorns should go barefooted.—Italian. not Children like it, it saves their lives. We mean One Minute Cough Cure, the infallible remedy for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, grippe, and all throat and lung troubles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Riacksburg. There is a deal of sole-stirring mu sic in squeaky boots. lightning the earl replied, “Yes, and tomorrow she’ll know’I’m in." Another political speaker who was stigmatized by an irate questioner as uct having the manners of a pig had the presence of : mind to retort, “Sir, I am sorry to see : you have.” On a similar occasion rher- i idan was informed by one of his ques tioners that the answers given by him ! were so unsatisfactory that he (the ques- . ticner) could not give him his ocunte- | nance at the election, whin upon th- j orator replied, “Sir, I am very giud. j for an ugli< r countenance I nev« r did ' see." Turning from politics to literature, j we have the (unions eacounti r of Sir j Walter Scott and Robrrtsou, one of tlio 1 Scots judges. Between these two there ; was a notorious feud. O:io day, in pass- j Big Robertson, Scott remarked io a ] friend, “There goes Peter of the j paunch!” Robertson was equal to th? | occasion wPh, “And there goes Peveril of the Peak!" Scott'a forebe.'d, oi cotV'P>, was very pointed, while the pc- i culiarity of Lord Robertson’s figure may be easily gutvsed from the story. | What i« it that constitutes a success- j ful repartee? Undoubtedly cue of the main elements is the rapidity of produc- ! tion. Of course all quick replies or ra- i marks are not repartee, but the follow- ' ing borders so closely on the genuine repartee that there is no reason why it fhould not find a place in the list: ; There is true wit in che reply of the 1 Irishu him Nominates Mr. Butler. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Wilkixsville. April 27.—In a re cent publication of Tiik Leikjbr we noticed a sketch of Mr. T. B. Rut- ler’s life. A great deal has been said about his untiring efforts in working for the new county. It is now time to show our appreciation for his work, ability and fitness, not by words only hut by sending him to the Senate. We have abundant proof that no no selfish motive prompted him to work for the new county. Mr. Butler is in everyway worthy and capable of representing Cherokee county in the Senate and we fed he would be a credit to the county. The interest he takes in his clients and in public affairs and his forcible argu ments assure us that he would not be a silent member in the senate. Let us send a man who will speak out when our interests are at stake. Let every voter who appreciates the advantages the new county has brought, not only vote for him but convince others that .Mr. Butler will be the right man in the Senate. There are other y.orthy men but none who more deserves the office hor bet ter understands the position and in terests of the whole people than Mr. Butler. 1 feel certain that I voice the sen timent of a large majority of this section when 1 place the name of Thomas R. Butler in nominal ion for Senator. Citizen. He I)i-J It CriMefuII.r. Upon cue occasion a few years ago, when a subject in which the peoplo were taking unusual interest was befera the senate, says The Chautauquun, Mr. Morrill auuouuced that he would upon the following day address the senato upon the proposed measure. Such noti fication from a senator known to read his speeches served almost invariably to give the senators an informal recess iu the cloakroom and to leave the gallery free to the unwary tourist. The vener able Morrill, however, found few empty senatorial seats and he saw that the galleries were Well tilled. The seuators staid and the visitors came to listen, not to oratory, hot to an essay. The compliment clearly was pleasing to Morrill, for as he rose with his manuscript iu his hand he bowi-d al most imperceptibly, yet in graceful ac knowledgment, to his associates, and then he spoie an informal sentence or two with his face turned toward the rear gallery. It was plain that he was thus testing his voice and that it had occurred to him that if these visitors had como to hear him speak it should not bo his fault if they failed to bear him. Then he turned to his manuscript The farmer, the mechanic and the bicycle rider are liable to unexpected cuts and bruises. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is the best tiling to kecqj on hand. It heals quickly, and is a well known cure for piles. .Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney. Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Riacksburg Better waver about taking the druik than wabble after getting it. I J— ~ * 1 M. L. Yocum, Cameron, l’a M says: T was a sufferer for ten years, try ing most all kinds of pile remedies, i but. without success. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve was recommended to me. 1 used ono box. It lias ef fected a permanent cure.” As a permanent cure for piles DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve has no equal. Cherokee Drug Company, Gullney, and Macon Thornton's Pharmacy Blacksburg. had been in ;i belter r.ll day long your face would bo white loo.” As the ques tion was put as a test of an ordinary Irishman’s readiness, the questioner ought to have b' t'ii satisfied with th:i result. Prc-ernincut in this domain is th-i name of Sir Richard Bethel!, bi tter known as Lord Westbury. In his own day this great lawyer was famous i;os only for the readiness but also for the savagery of his replies. It is said that when one observed to hhn that a cer tain brother judge never sat alone ou tie bench, but always along with other judges, Bothell replied that this wau doubtless due to the dislike of all chil dren to being alone iu tho dark. Can this be beaten? Even when prodding on the bench Bothell did net restrain his tongue. Cue day a case involving tho -ome >. mines waa br mg co:. Plenty of work and good digestion is a good remedy for the blues. Thousands of sufferers from grippe [ have been restored to health by One Minute Cough Cure. It quickly cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, ' pneumonia, grippe, usihma, and all throat and lung diseases. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon I Thornton’s Pharmacy. Riacksburg. The man who lias not an enamy may be u good mun, but whnt is he good for? A little boy asked for a bottle of “get up in the morning as fust as you can.” the druggist recognized u household name for "DeWitt’s Little Early Kisers," and gave him a bottle j of those famous little pills for con stipation, sick headache, liver and I stomach troubles. Cherokee Drug , Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton's Pharmacy, Blacksburg. There are u million reasons why a man can love an heiress, and each one of them is the size of a dollar. property of ducted befn o Liiu. Cuo of thefivo law yers instructed for th“ defondui.t opened his speech with iky obeervaticu that his client hail b. t u at consid uLlo ox- peiisu in boring, whereupon tii ■ judge blandly n.i;u:kj>1, “So I see from j.ho number of conn 1 he has employed. ’ Along with Rt thell's name may bo coupled that <:f lu.' thi r judge, but this time a Scot' h one, ITr.:ry Ersklno. Er- skiue’s replies wo:(; quite as quick us Bctbill’s, mid certainly they were not marly so t .vugc . Ou cuo occasion Er- skine was ovcrtnkui in the street by a friend who iutrouu. *<1 to him a g ntle- mr.n. This gentleman expressed a de al ro to witners an ::a:nple of Er,-kino’s wit. “Well, then, what is to be ilia sub- joet?” queried Er.o'.ino. “Oh, tho king." “I b*;» your pardon, sir, the king is not a subject," was the instantaneous reply. To conclude this article, let us take two examples of university wit. Tho first bonmot is attributed to u certain famous professor of Greek at one time in Glasgow college. His olatrroom at Glasgow was directly uud r that of tho professor of logic, and tho energy of tho gestures uad actions of this latter pro fessor caused little bits of plaster to fall on the Greek professor’s desk. One day when more than tho usual quantity of plaster had fallen the Greek professor paused in his lecture to obterve, “Pro- fesscr ’s iuaming the logic profess or) conclusions are bringing down my premises.” In the second story the sal ly came from the students. Tho profess or had explained at length the nature of an octahedron to a class consisting of numerous male students and eight la dies iu the front bench. “Now do you understand that an oetohodren is a fig ure with eight regular plane faces?’’ “Oh. yes, sir, the front bcueh!” Surely Burke was right whin he said that the age of chivalry was past, but let us re member, as Rome com. usation, that perhaps the ago of wit is still with us. Can’t Do Without It. Isom Dawkins, a worthy colored man of Asbury. was in the city Mon day and subscribed to Thk Ledger. He said he had been reading his fathers and wns so well pleased with it that he wanted a copy for him self as he could not get along with out it. We have quite a number of colored people on our list and they pay up better than some of our white brethren. —» -«•» Do Yon Want Your Paper Changed? Postmaster Robt. B. Powell, of Powell, was in the city Saturday. He requested us to say to those sub scribers of The Ledger who live in the vicinity of the new postoffice that it will be a pleasure to both him and the paper to have their papers changed to the new office if they will only notify us. and we take pleasure in stating that we will cheerfully comply with any such request. Bright rich blooil nourishes the body and lijuiataius streutrth ami enerjzy. i’uicauv | Asn Hitt mis is a marvelous t>Ioo<i purilier i and system regulator. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Suffered 20 Years. V , , , and began: “Mr. President, when a rishman .o t.ie gentleman who asked ; jy wor tij doing at all, it is worth im why hi - nurse was so white in the doing gracefully,” and in the spirit of face. . hure. .son 1 , and if your head q Ua ii t y t h e address was written and in its manner delivered, so that it seemed for the moment that not in the senate chamber, but in some peaceful audience room, a congenial company had come together to listen to something that was far remote from tho intense world of statesmanship and politics. Yet this address was as earnest and per suasive as auy Morrill ever made, and was afterward declared by oue senator to have been “rocklike in its logic.” The Unchanging Snowdrop. There is no more constant timekeeper than the snowdrop. It seems constitu tionally insensible of temperature, for although hard frost may retard the blossoms by making the ground like iron, through which they cannot be thrust, they mako their appearance si multaneously with a thaw. On the other hand, this curious little plant will not respond to abnormal warmth, natural or applied. You may coddle the bulbs in pots and put them in a warm frame with crocus, hyacinth, uarcissuH and lily of tho valley—these last will re ward you by anticipating their natural season by many weeka Not so tho snowdrop. Unless tho outside bo really frost bound the protected ilowers will beep exact pace with those iu tho lawn turf. Botanists do not admit the snow drop as a true native of Britain. From the Caucasus to central Germany, they say, is its legitimate range, but there is no pretty weed which has established itself so firmly as a British colonist, in those districts, at least, where soil and climato suit it. In tho Scilly isles, strange to say, whore bulbous plants are cultivated to produce hundreds cf tons of early blossoms, the snowdrop will scarcely live, while 400 miles to the north, on the misty Atlantic sea board, it spreads from garden to lawn, from lawn to woodland and sheets the banks with mimic snow.—Pall Mall Gazette. A torpid liver rob» you of ambition mid ruins your health. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers cleunscH the liver, cures constipation and all stomach and liver troubles. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Proved. Husband—I don’t see why itwasnoc- essary to call the doctor when the baby bad only u trifling cough. Wife—Well, dear, I asked tho doc tor, and he said I did right.—London Fan. Gr«at<*at Mooonjrnt to Man’s Handiwork. “The greatest structure ever raised by the hand of man, ” writes William George Jordan of “The Greatest Things In tho World,” in The Ladies’ Home Journal, “is the great pyramid of Cheops, foonded 4,000 years ago and measuring 740 feet square on the base and 440 feet high. It took 20 years iu construction, 100,000 men working for throe mouths, and being then relieved, were sm , ceed‘'d by an equally largo corps. Thu massive stones were brought from Arabia, 700 miles away. Tho cost of the work is estimated at $145,000,- 000. ” Kepartee. Ho—I don’t believe iu a higher edu cation for girls. The one I marry will know nothing of Latin and such non sense. She—Perhaps not. I can readily un derstand that tho girl who marries yon must be very ignorant indeed.—Chicago News. Servian kings were formerly all called eleazars or lazars. In Memory of the Dear Departed One. There is music over yonder On the bright eternal shore. Where the saints shall dwell witli .Jesus. All the hriedit forevermore. All these years of sorrow ended. Where no nhrlit eim everrome; They ure siueine- sweetly sineine In their glorious home above. Tiiere is fnusie oyer yonder. A nd t he sones shall never cease. For l he sain is shall dwell forever With their Lord in perfect peace. Soon we hope to .join the chorus. Over on the shining siiore. Where the saints sliiill dwell with .Jesus. All the hritrlit forevermore. Dedicated to my sorrowing friends, Mr. and. Mrs. Black Scruggs. Austria is the only empire in the world which has never bad colonies, or even transmarine mines. No receptacle for soiled clothing, even if handsomely decorated, should j be kept in a sleeping apartment. —— —- «»» -— SIXTEEN YEARS M RS. MARY LEWIS, wife of a promi nent farmer, and well known by all old residents near Belmont, N. Y.. writes: ‘ For twenty-seven years I had been a constant sufferer from nervous prostra tion, and paid large sums of money for doc tors and advertised remedies without bene fit. Three years ago my condition was alarming; the least noise would startle and unnerve, me. I was unable to sleep, Lada number of sinking spells and slowly grew worse. I began using Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills. At first the medicine seemed to have no effect, but after taking a few bottles I began to notice a change; I rested better at night, my appe tite began to Improve and I rapidly grew better, until now I am as nearly restored Xo health as one of my age may expect. God blessDr.Miios'Nervine." • Dr. Miles' Remedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle benefits or money re funded Book on dis eases of the heart and ,[ nerves free. Address, DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, ind. Or. q Miles? _ Nervine •i Restores HoeSth His Wife Had Been a Chronic Invalid. Cured at Last. Mr. J. T. Scott, Cherokee. Texas, in writing to Dr. Hartman, stated: “I had kidney disease for about fif teen vears and had got so bad that I could hardly get about and could not perform any kind of labor. I had tried quite a number of doctors and had taken nearly a wagon-load of patent and proprietary medicines, but continued to gradually grow worse. Also, my wife had been an intalid for about sixteen years, and you doubtless remember when I wrote you about her, there was hardly ever a day that she could sit up all day. We tried a great many reme dies. but neither of us was ever ben- efilted, only temporarily, till we be gan taking your Pe-ru-na and Man-a- Pn, as instructed in your letters to us. It bus made u healthy man of me; I never felt better in my life and my wife is almost like adilleraut per son, she is so much better. The Pe- ru-na is the most wonderful medi cine I evtr saw ; for la grrppe it is a sure cure. I know this and have had my neighbors to try it.” Hundreds of similar testimonials may be found in a little book entitled “Facts and Faces.” which will be sent free to any address by the Pe- ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. What Is tho Age? At v?bat ago are women most attract ive to meu of genius? The two rec* nt biographies of Lord Tennyson and Eliz abeth Barrett Browning reveal tho re markable fact that the two famous pccts both married middle aged women. Elizabeth was just 40 when she aston ished her family by arising from a sick couch and eloping with Robert Brown ing, and all the world knows that theirs was oue of tho happiest marriages ou record. Tennyson’s biography tells fcow he first met his wife, when she was u slip of a girl of 17. At that time, iu 18:J0, many girls wore brides at th.-.t age. i-i:-; years later there was an engagement between them, but it was broken cif becauHO of lack of means to marry ou. Tennyson was dependent ou his widow ed mother and suffered from poverty till 1850, when his publishers were able to pay him enough to make a homo of his own. Though it was 20 years since he had first met Miss Sellwood, when he agaiu met her in a friend’s house his old admiration awoke, ho proposed, was accepted and they wore married immediately. Tennyson was supremely happy with his intellectual and charm ing wife. Lord Beaconsfield's marriage was one of tho happy ones, though his wife, who was a widow when he married her, was many years older than himself. Na poleon was really attached to but ono woman—Josephine—whom he divorced for state reasons. She was 33, and that is middle aged, when be married her. At 40, when ho divorced her, she wa.i still so attractive that he never forgo: her, but frequently called to see her even after his marriage to Louise. Buy Your Corn, Hay, Oats, Cotton Seed Hulls and Meal at T. DAVENPORT’S Cheap Store. akOll? 120 lib P’k’gs. Roasted Coffee for $1.1 COLD STUFF | In (lit* shape of Soda Water, Cocoa Cola, Bon Boils, Lemonade, &c., are “on tap" now :it our fountain. £;ill,on us when you get thirsty. Don’t forget us when you want pure drugs. THE DuPRE DRUG CO. -»§ M. G. MONTGOMERY,^ U NDERTAKER FURNITURE DEALER. II The prettiest selection of picture mouldings, window shade* and wall paper ever shown in Gaffney, just received. OUU NEW LINE OF KEFKIGKUATOKS.^J Our Furniture stock is now complete in every respect. M. G. MONTGOMERY.}