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. v •’ 5: % ■■ •: - ■ ,»■> 5 ' r • -■ ; • THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JUNE D, 1898. LATEST COTTON HILL NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST 1 TILE WOKKF.RS TEX- North ami South Carolina Mills, Their Improvements and Their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. \Vt>hl in Textile Mxei Isior.l tuck isr.iu'tl l>y the Kins- now nmottnls m [Soutliern am The total ton X. Cotton ' to ^oT.lloO. Jes?e Smith, n youni» man em ployed in the Alpha Mills. Charlotte, a liuiul bac <0 had a Jia: cl budlv luce.at ’d in nu:- ctitnerv on May 27. ■ i Win. T. Storey, boss weaver at Mo- denaC't’ n Mills, Gastonia, '.C., j tie- t panied by bis \sIfe, Is vi dti g friends and rou'.tives at I’iedinont, i S.C. A correspondent at <‘harlestcn, S C., writes us that the Charleston , Cotton Mills uianagement think oi' bonding tlu' plant lor $l2o,tMHt to se- j cure nmre money for operations, Lawrence S. Holt. ! r. prietor of Aurora Mili , Uurlington, X. v.dio , with his wife and daughter, lias be'-n ! spending some titn • in Halt imo; ,• and Washington, has returnccl honie. E, C. Holt, Sec. ann Vivas. Elmira •Cotton Mills, Uurlington. X. C., is at Eayetteville, X 0., with his brother j Walter J.. Holt, manager of the Holt i Morgan Mills, who is quite sick with fever. ■ The Wadestoro X. C., Cotton ; Mills have just finished rvork on tin ir new cistern. It is of vast propor tions and will contain loO.OOO gal lons of water. The mill is running I steadily, and have plenty of orders on hayd. The Manchester Cotton Mills. Rock Hill, S. C., are shutting down many looms, and changing some of their spinning frames into twisters, by which they can place ply yarns on the market, while yarns are up and cloth down. \V. J. Gordon, who has been over seeing Patterson Mill Xo. 1, China Grove, X. C., in daytime is now over seeing the company’s Mill Xo. 2, in daytime in place of J. A. Shinn, who went to Rock Hill. The above arrangement will probably prove a permanent one. Capt. J. H. Montgomery, of Spar tanburg, S. C., president of the Paco- let and Spartan Mills, has returned from a visit to the Xorthern markets. He says that the outlook for South ern cotton goods is excellent, ana he does not anticipate that the war will work any serious damage to Southern mills. The engine of the Darlington, S. C., Cotton Mills, gotout of order at noo.. on May 24th and the mill was com pelled to shut down until the engine could be repaired by an expert work man from Rhode Island, liow long the shut down will last is not known at this writing, but it will probably not be many days. Link Perry, a 12-year-old boy was drowned in the Louise Mill pond, Charlotte, on Saturday, May 2S. He was employed in the factory at night, and was a son of Geo. O. Perry, also an employe of the Louise Mills. The bov went in bathing, vio lating the orders of company forbid ding fishing or swimming in the pond. The first fire alarm at the Modena Cotton Mill, Gastonia, X. C., occur red June 1. It was in the picker room, from whence it flashed into the basement. Within 50 seconds water was playing on the flames, which in five minutes were extinguished without doing any damage. So quickly did they check the lire that the sprinkler heads did not melt. The Wnlhalla, S. C., Cotton Mills produced in the month of May 1,700 yards of cloth more than any previous month, and will beat that, so says Geo. H. Ptckham, superintendent. The overseers are li. (.'. Giiiurd, card er; VT. R. Walker, spinner, and 15. I*. any colors. They expect to run day and night. The marriage of David Franklin 1 Cannon to Miss Ella Williams Drown will occur at Salisbury. X. 0., on I Kriday evening. June bib, at the hone* of the• bride. Mr. Cannon is president of the Cannon Mfg. Chi, | and of the Cabarrus Cotton Mills, at Concord. X. C., and is regarded as one of the best cotton manufacturers in North Carolina. His bride-to-be lies been the accomplished organist I of the First Presbyterian church of .-alisburv, whose pastor Rev. Dr. Jethro Rumple, will perform tiie cer emony. Immediately after the cere- 1 mony* Mr. and Mrs. Cannon will b*i've for Niagara Ealls and Northern ci:j *». Tii y will be absent month an,| upon their return will make their home in Concord. Written from Webster. (Corre ponilencc of The Lodger.) M’ n i:u. June (J.—Crops are look- ; jug tine in tliis community. Farm-! ers, as a general thing, arc up with j their work. riji* r.iin of last Tuesday and Thurs day was highly appreciated. The oat crop is nearly u failure. Mrs. II. A. Tate is very sick. EJnnind Pvt lit spent Thursday nig!;’, with E. 1. Tate. Rever.a Reading. (CorrMponrienee of The Lodger.) Ravknxa, June 7.—Miss Mary Sim mons died last Thursday and was buried at Goucher church Friday af ternoon. viite a large crowd \.vs there to pay their last respects. A short funeral sei vieo was conducted by Mr. Thomason, of Paeolct, on the occasion. Mrs. C. E Kitchens wor t to I'nion Sat urday and return ‘Monday. Sin* visitecWchit ives t here. ’I he convicts have put our roads :n splendid condition for trawl, thoiif b they are quite diMy on account >*f the long spell of dry weather. An old colored man v.as out hoei: last Sunday morning by sun up. When told it was Sunday he would not believe it. Among the visitors at our school last Sunday we notiei ! two y* urg gentlemen from Rutherford county, X. C.—Messrs. Toms and Maize. Mitchell Drown, colored, is quite Sir! The Woman's Missionary Hoe jet; of Goucher Creek Church. ft (>ur ^ is flour: On ; vices ut undrtvscime: at Timber Ri<ig .n We bad quite an at- uay afternoon. i of the quarterly con- | >re was is going to i furnish one of thr new halls at the C mnie Maxwell Orphanage. The so- ! ciety is a band <>f workers. Miss Laura Pettit returned from Paoolet last \wek. Fh wiii r; . nd this week wit!; her parents and Gun go to the Convert College Counner- ! eial School to take a course in sten- i '•graphy and honk-keep:tv. th no se Gethsemune Sunday. * 'n s JPanch Tate visited Misses Fannie, Edna and Yirgie Tate Fri day. '! tie debating society at Timber Ridge has adjourned through the busy season. Sin c l oo rain farmers will have to think lets about the Cuban war and more about the war they will have with General Green. J 1$. Goudelock, of Trough/ vis ited his sister, Mrs. H. A. Tate, Sat urday and Sunday. Axonymous. -*•*. •*— “One Minute Cough Cure is the best preparation I have ever sold or used and 1 can’t say too much in its praise.”—L. M. Keunon. Merchant, Odell, Ga. Cherokee Drug Company Gaffney, and Macon Thornton's Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Faith without works is about us useless as a watch without wheels. Rachel XorrV I very ill for some Mrs. duo. S. j hand by a eaif condition. colored, has been time. »rown got bit on the uml it is in a serious a. u. c. Mice Feel n r> I sal) led Cut. The story Is rather strange. To begin with it is strange that a wide awake, agile, up to date cat should permit it self to. be run over by a wagon. That is what happened to a iinn M.dtrro owned by Jones. Mr. .lanes, when ho heard that tlm cat had t* c-u disabled, chucked it into the cellar. NubiMy care d for the poor thing, and in a few days Jones went to tl:i cellar to remove what ho in lii ved was a dead cat. He was astiui- iilied to i'ml the animal (■till alive, and mere n:'cni.shed-tp tea a heap of fk!» and meat I on s in the corner in which it lay. The cat was una'. ie to crawl, nobody in tlio house had supplied it with food and the windows of the ce l lar were tightly clcsed. Mr, Jones was puzzled, but he deter mined to investigate. Placing some scraps of t read and meat on a plate, ho laid it in the center of the cellar, pud, taking a position at the near window, he awaited developments. He had not long to wait. In a miunte or two lie saw a mouse creep cautiously toward the plate, aiid then Brother. Hciziug a large piece of meat, they partly dragged and partly rolled it to where the oat lay, and, squatting themselves on their haunches waited until the hungry pursy had eaten it. They then brought anoth er piece in the same way, and then piece after piece uhtil tko plate was cleaned. When tin* < at had finished, the mica nestled alongside 1: r and were f( i.dh d as tenderly as if they were a pair of kittens. Mr. ,b vs t; hi tlm strange story to bis neighbors, and now people from squares around rro to sea tin* two mice care for the helpless, bus evidently grateful cut;,—Philadelphia. Times. New line of V [l, i *•* &*!( if 'ii W tftif Late to bed and early to rise, pre pares a man for his home in the skies. Early to bed and a Little Early Riserr the pill that makes life longer and better and wiser. Cher okee Drug Company. Gatlney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. A recently discovered spot on the sun is said to be 30,000 miles in diameter. The Cuban question and political issues sink into insignificance with the man who suffers from piles. What he most desires is relief. De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures piles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy Blacksburg Farinelli could sing 300 notes without drawing breath, while 50 ex haust most singers. The human machine starts but once and stops but once. You can keep it going longest and most regu larly by using DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous little pills for constipation and all stomach and liver troubles. Cherokee Drug Com pany, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Food, drink and tobacco cost the people of New York City $1,LOO,000 and over per day. S. E. Parker, Sharon, Wis., writes: “I have tried DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for itching piles and it always slops them in two minutes. I oon- sider DeWitt's Witch Jluzel Salve t he greatest pile cure on the market. Cherokee Drug. Company, Gaffney. Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy,Blacks- West iu >r via ad, \\ e;tv. r. Mill uen who bnvp vi-ib-i the m ill (:| ...' P -;i V they arc* making aa nice -1 y ards goods a* they ever sav/. The Gaffney, S. C., Mfg. Co., re- ( n: a, bO onq spindle cotti mill, which ■ mplovs children makes a profit of 10 per cent. cently decided to divert their atten tion. temporarily at least, from print cloths, and manufacture I). A- T. yarns for the market. They have therefore begun the erection of a 75 by 00 feet addition, two stories, to be filled with twister spindles. Work is now rapidly progressing on this build ing, and it will be quickly finished and the new twister frames installed. The Monroe, N. C., Cotton Mills are daily expecting the arrival of one Providence speeder and two Lowell cards, which they ordered recently. These mills are now changing from single to double roving. Whitin gravity spindles have been purchased for four spinning frames to replace part of the spindles now in use. The mill is running nicely, and the 8,320 spindles are kept humming day and night. The Victoria Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, 8. C., will not start up their 320 harness looms. They will operate their 8,000 spindles on yarns for the market. If they decide to go on to D. A T. yarns they will probably change a few spinning frames into twisters. Though the probability is that they will | tp. in a cone winder and make hosiery yarns. This mill is already fixed to make roost any kind of single warp and filling yarns, and—having a large dye house—in 8. C. 1\ Jones, Milesburg, Pa., writes:—“I have used DeWitt’s Little Early Risers ever since they were introduced hero and must say I have never used any pills in my family during forty years of house keeping that gave such satisfactory results us a Juxative or cathartic. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacks burg. Procrastination is the thief of time, and industry is the only police man that can catch up with him. 8. M. Geary, Pierson, Mich., writes: — “Dewitt’s Witch Hazel 8alve is curing more piles here to-day than all other remedies combined. It curse eczema and all other skin diseases. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney.Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. A man never sees all that his mother has been to him till it’s too late to let her know that he sees it. On Minute ia not long, yet relief is obtained in half that time by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. It prevents consumption and quickly cures cold, croup, bronchitis, pneu monia. I* grippe and all throat and lung troubles, Cherokee Drug Com pany, Gaffney, Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy Blacksburg., 11 kiMs but never cures. Sleep in peace! by using Sure- Pop Bed Bug Killer. Cherokee Drug Co. only. The Old i’ari.h. The word “parish” indicated origi nally the geographical area over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extended. It was not till a later time, and when that area had been subdivided into smaller areas, each of which was com mitted to the oversight of a priest re sponsible for such functions as only a priest could discharge, that the smaller area got to be called the parish, while the larger area, comprehending an ag gregate of parishes, was called the bish op’s diocese. As time went on, by a Japanese Indoor Canics. The indoor sports and nmn'eTnents for evenings at homo .are mainly card games and stery telling. The father tells his sons the tales of the mighty ■ heroes of past ages, relates Japanese history and teaches reverence and obe dience to the mikado, the “heaven ap pointed ruler;” or the grandmother, gathering the little ones in a circle around the brazier tilled with hot coals, tells them wonderful fox stories, stories of demons and gnomes and clever fables about animals. Their game of gomr.n is like our checkers, but it requires 360 pieces in stead of 24. It is played on a raised stand. In the game of chess they have 40 pieces. There are several ways of playing backgammon, and it is very popular. Private theatricals are a very confusion in language, of which abnn- common form of amusement; among dant examples might bo given, the name, which was strictly a designation of the geographical area, got to he ap plied to the coinmuuity inhabiting that area, and thus the word parish is, even iu our own days, used sometimes to in dicate the area inhabited by the com munity and sometimes the community itself. In the latter sense the parish was a purely religious organization, distinct iu its origin, its working and its aims from the manor, the township or the tithing, though composed of the same personnel, man for man. “The parish was the community of the township or ganized for chnrch purposes and subject to church discipline, with a constitu tion which recognized the rights of the whole body as an aggregate ami the right of every adult member, whether man or woman, to a voice in self gov ernment.—Rev. Dr. Jessup in Nine teenth Century. Thinkers Live Long. Statistics as to the effect of occupa tion on longevity concur to show that men of thought are commonly long liv ers.—Baltimore Sun. YOU MUST have pure blood for ■ good health. Hood's Sarsaparilla purities the blood. Take Hood’s Sar saparilla if you would BE WELL. both boys and girls, and, like most of their sports, are frequently shared by their elders. As the children are often taken to the theater they readily imi tate what they have seen there.—Ida Tigner Hodnett in St. Nicholas. In th« Chemistry Lecture. Professor—What happens to gold when it is exposed to the air? Student (after long reflection)—It’s stolen. —Fliogende Blatter. FIRST CLASS HEARSE —F'ore— Funeral Occasions. Gentle Horses, Careful Driver. Town or Country Served. Trices Reasonable. Call on M. G. MONTGOMERY, Corner Montgomery and Petty Sts. $10 in Gold To be given away to our subscribers. We v. ill give io t’ic . • I iulvcrtisfononis of ( I. $10 in. iokl,' vi/.: 1). Ci'llK 4 ‘iV.w merelutms •'a-\ve,the la test num- 1)0tween Jun<* 1 and e w ill funiisli each merchant who advertises in thi paper with a register for the piirpo.ay>f registering the nuinos <>1' those who come, in answer to iln Ir advertisements and at the end of the lime specified above we will go around and get all these registers and the person who has registered the greatest number of times will receive $f> in gold i. the o|ie who has registered the next great est number of times will receive $3; and the third, $2. % Every purchase, no matter how small, just so it is in answer to a Ledger ad, will count. _ All you have to do is to tell the merchant or dealer you saw- his ad in The Ledger. Endeavor to win one of these prizes. -It will cost you nothing. Just tell them that you saw their ad, and they will do the rest. RESIDENCE LOTS FOR SALE BY Cherokee Land Company. We havd some of the most desirable lands for residences any where to be found. You can select just what you want. You will not bo surrounded by disagreeable neighbors. You can se lect it so that you will have no town taxes to pay. It is located within 250 yards of Southern depot. Cheap prices and easy terms. N. H. LITTLEJOHN, Mgr, Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Oxford Ties Just Received, and they are Marked at prices that will sell Them. : We have also received another Lot of sample goods to sell at Cost. Young men if you wish to keep Cool come and buy one of our M ^ W rV- ^ ti fell ^ ii id 'ijp i,* ! i. They are handsome, Stylish and durable. R. Joiiesoa k Co. T 1 r~T.zr.-z tnr r—•. - yrran-r^n— 1 - -tr* ■ j tjayaa ; i rr-.—artrMimrrmry ora**—;r-.- TUPAEU •VjT'-TZ rTV-ruuTTT- c -rarsrrx-jrrr. -r. * •icsrxErwna CANDY CATHARTIC JOc 25c 50c ALL DRUGGISTS M. G. MONTGOMERY, BWH /Fait A7N1> FURNITURE DEALER. The prettiest selection of picture mouldings, window shades and wall paper ever shown in Gaffney, just received. ItfF\SEK OUR NEW LINE OF REFRIGERATORS. Our Furniture stock is now complete in every respect. M. G. MONTGOMERY. Big line of 't Crepe Paper For decorative purposes Just received at I >111*1*10 I>I*TO CO. Buy Your Corn, Hay, Oats, Cotton Seed Hulls and Meal “ T. DAVENPORT'S Cheap Store. IF YOU WANT TO BUY rVIltlOS-i, "W clJi’OllSS). , <3rxia.no and JLcid X > liospliates Cheap CALL ON J. I. N. B.—Oak wood delivered at 75c per load. JETor-^ Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, Shingles, Laths and Plaster Hair, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse aud Dynamite Caps, call on THE LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORK#?: 'Telephone 37. CARROLL & CO., Les$tKf'§ /he Gainey City Land and Improvement Company Otter# for salo Butldlnjr Dot* In thla ftouiiNhlnir town. Gaffney City; Also Farms near by and In reach of the Schools of I.lmestone H|>rtnini and of Gil.t place, in lots of fronr. an to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Airrlcultural Lands to rant for Farm puf pones. For full particulars apply to woom A.Kent. N. B.—All traaapasslng on landnnf this company, cutting and removing timber, Ashing or hunting, are forbidden under penalty of law.