The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 30, 1899, Image 2
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OAFFN'KY’S GOI.DKN Ol’roRTt'NITY.
Probably the greatest wr ter that
the world has ever known said :
••Tliere is n tide In the ae.ors of men
Wliieli. taken at the Hood leads on to fot-
t une.
The same thing may be said of
towns, for what is a town but an ag
gregation of individuals? Last week
OalTney had a distinguished visitor
in the personage of Hon. Theodore
Jlierck. Mr. Bierck is a resident of
Europe, but he is interested in the
Oairney Carpet Manufacturing Com
pany. He came here on a visit to
his nephew, Mr. J. E. Bierck, the
president and manager of that com
pany. He has gone to Minneapolis,
Minn., now, and what we may say
may never reach him, and therefore
we feel more at liberty to express
our.-elf. He impressed us as being
a wide-awake, liberal^ gentleman.
He told us he was most favorably
impressed with Callney, and that al
though he had lived in Charleston
and Macon, Ca., some thirty years ;
ago he believed (Jaffney’s future was
as bright as most of these larger
cities, that he now had interests in
Callney and he wanted to see this
cily outstrip any other in the line
of progress. Mr. Bierck assured us
that there was capital in Europe
that was daily seeking investments
and that the promoters of enter
prises who went there from the
Pnited States never once mentioned
the great possibilities of this great
Southland—they were always talking
of the East and West and North but
the South was never mentioned.
Mr. Bierck wanted some printed in
formation about CalTney and Chero
kee county but we had none to give
him. He assured us that if we
would gather up some facts and
statistics concerning this section
that he would take great pleasure in
distributing this information among
his friends in Germany and interest
them in Gaffney, in Cherokee, in
South Carolina. Mr. Bierck returns
to Germany in about two weeks.
He has promi. ed to write some let
ters to The Ledger and we in turn
have promised to send him all the
information we can get. We want
him to become so deeply interested
in Gaffney that he will close out all
his business across the ocean and
move to Gaffney. We want bina to
become so deeply interested that be
will induce any number of good citi
zens lo move to Gaffney. We want
good citizens; the other kind we can
do without.
In this connection we would like
t) ask what has become of our Busi
ness Men’s Association? What has
become of the proposed descriptive
pamphlet of Gaffney? These things
must be kept alive and we want to
see them move to the front once
more.
The tide is rising and if our citi
zens are true to their record they
will take it at the flood. If they
i eglect it they will find the rest of
the journey, “in quicksands and
shallows” us tire poet has further
told us. Let that pamphlet be forth
coming. The writing and printing
can be done us soon as the facts are
gathered up.
TIIK SITt ATION.
The Cubans are sullen and dissatis
fied. Not even the three millions of
gold sent over by I'ncle Bam has
charms to soothe their savage breasts.
Ne one can tell exactly what form
tha.dissatisfaction will assume, or
exactv how it will express itself;
but it » certain that the work of pac
ification ^ Cuba is far from com-
rt^Jetc.
rn to the Philippines wo
find thorrtP^^BWSan-rttltTihg In and
our forces falling tack for lack of
men to hold the ground already ac
quired. Bo, just at this time expan
sion is not expanding. The elements
aje mighty warriors. Cold annihi
lated the grand army of Russia and
humbled the proudest conqueror of
history; darkness killed Stonewall
Jackson at Chanccllorsville and
checked and demoralized his charg
ing columns that were fast annihila
ting the “finest army on the planet;”
and heat and rain in the Philippines
are mightier forces than Dewey’s
fleet and Otis'and Lawton’s armies.
During the period of Rome’s “ex
pansion” the temple of Jannus stood
open for seven hundred years, there
by indicating to tiie people that their
armies were waging war all that time
in some part of the world, spreading,
us they no doubt claimed, t he bless
ings of Kwtnun civilization and relig
ion over the benighted regions of the
earth. No doubt further, Destiny
| look hand and impressed Roman
rulers with the overwhelming convic
tion of their duty to the out-lying
nations of barbarians.
History repeats itself. Tliere will
never be a time in the coming centu
ries when there will not bo the same
argument for still further expansion
as that which is now used—when the
fiats of Destiny will not be just as
arbitrary as they are now—and so we
see no reason why this expansion
business may not go on expanding
until it shall burst like the Roman
expansion did, and vanish in “the
eternal night of ages.”
AN IMPORTANT OKCISION.
An important decision has been
rendered by the state supreme court
affecting tiie maturing of Building
and I.oan stock. According to decis
ion, whenever a borrower shall have
paid up tiie amount borrowed with
legal interest the mortgage against
him shall be surrendered and the
debt cancelled. In a word, the court
holds that tiie borrower from a Build
ing and Loan is not a copartner, as
the companies claim, and is not re
sponsible for any part of the losses
which tiie company tnay sustain.
We believe that this is a righteous
decision and that it will afford great
relief to many who are in the clutch
es of the Building and Loan Associa
tion. Tiie decision, however, if we
understand it, will apply only to
cases in this state. Those who have
borrowed from Associations located
in other states will probably have to
seek relief in tiie I'nited States court.
NOTES and comments.
This is to notify the public in gen
eral and a few chronic kickers in
particular that Gaffney is going to
have a celebration on Tuesday, July
4th, 1899. We invite you all—the
public and tiie kickers—to join and
we will endeavor to make you have
an enjoyable time. We want all of
Cleveland, York, Lnion and Spartan
burg to join us, and as many others
as will. Let us make tiie Fourth a
day long to be remembered.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
The crop prospects within the lim
its of our observation are not encour-
aging. Wheat may be well headed
and grained, but is generally so low
that it will be saved with difficulty,
if saved at all. Without rain in a
very short time, spring oats will be a
complete failure, while the full oats
can hardly be harvested. Gardens
are sorrv and potato patches keep
them company. Of course tiie main
crops of corn and cotton are not suf
ficiently advanced to indicate how
they will come out.
The neat little monument erected
in 1852 on tiie field of Cowpens by
the Washington Light Infantry has
met witli ruder treatment at the
hands of man than of time. It has
been so defaced and mutilated that
it is no longer possible to read tiie in
scriptions, and it stands only as
a monument to the reckless deprav-
pravity of humun^ature, and, as an
Insult and a mockery to the noble sen -
timent tiiat placed it there forty two
years ago. We do not believe that
this desecration is justly chargeable
to tiie people who live around the
battleground. r«)ple who behaved
as they did ’ait Baturday are incapa
ble of sucli a meanness. We think
the work has been done by strolling
vagabonds and relic-seeking vandals.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Reports continue to come from
Manila to the effect that the affairs
of Aguinaldo and his followers are in
a bad way, and that the war is nearly
over. It is possible that if we could
hear directly from the Filipinos it
would be the Americans who were
showing signs of weakness. The af
fairs of the enemy are always in u
bad way according to the story of
the opposite side. It is assured
tiiat Aguinaldo actually weeps over
the situation. That may be true
and still no sign of weakness nor
defeat. We have known men to be
come so angry that they cried, and
they proved to be in a very danger
ous mood about the time the tears
began to flow.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Wireless telegraphy is one of the
probabilities of the near future in
fact it is already here on a small
scale, and tiie scale will almost cer
tainly be extended. At a recent con
vention of Railway Telegraph Sup
erintendents held in Wilmington, N
C., several successful demonstra
tions were made in this wonderful
art or science, or whatever it may be
called. Nature is giving up her se
crets one by one in these latter days
and there seems to be no practical
limit to the researches and triumphs
of the human mind. The wires at
tached to our telephones may soon
be discarded as encumbrances, and
no man can say positively that tiie
time will not come when a man may
put his mouth down to the
ground and rebuke a ‘ heathen
Chinee” on tiie oilier side of the
globe or start a sound wave through
the air that shall wake up some
sleeping sinner on the planet Mars.
THE '‘KERNEL" AT
THE REUNION,
Things that He Heard and
Saw.
INTEBESTING INCIDENTS
Tin- Mott! YerltuMe Cun federate Troupers
Were Ci\mp ClieatliHin, of Nattlivllle. and
tiie “Tar Heeli*”—The Pyroteclinleal llls-
play Wednesday Evening.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
We got a little off in our narrative
and should have said more of the
veteran parade, as that is what we
went to see and talk about more than
—or as much as—anything else.
While the troops were marching
and counter-marching, falling into
line wo were anxious to see the most
veritable looking Confederate troops,
and we think in this Camp Cheat
ham, of Nashville, Tenn., took the
lead. They wore tiie old fashioned
homemade clothes, dyed in walnut
root colors, had their canteens,
haversacks, blankets, guns and bayo
nets—just as they did while follow
ing thoir immortal chieftain. They
came up in columns of fours—all
robust, hearty, stalwart looking
Tennesseeans, from fifty to s seventy-
five years of age. Tiie cavalry wore
their sabres as usual, with yellow
cords around their hats.
Immediately in rear of tiie column
was the ('amp of Sons of Veterans,
from Nashville, dressed just like
their fathers, but without tiie accou
trements worn by the former. Tiie
boys had been drilled to know how to
perform their part in the scene.
While tiie band kept playing the old
veterans and boys “marked time” to
the music. They carried their old
battle-flags with Shiloh, Corinth,
Murfreesboro, Franklin and Cliicka-
nrmuga inscribed. These had been
riddled with bul.ets. No less than
six men had been shot down with
some of them. My attention was
attracted to a very small boy in the
rear file of fours and I made my way
to him to find out who he was and
all about him. His name was Frank
Anderson, aged six years, of Camp
Cheatham Sous of Veterans, of Nash
ville, Tennessee. He was doubtless
the youngest soldier in line that day.
I had tiie pleasure of going with
Master Frank in a row boat out to
board the famous war ship Raleigh,
which lay three-fourths of a mile
from the wharf.
Tiie Virgina camps, R. E. Lee, A.
P. Hill and Pickett, were beautifully
uniformed in Confederate grey, but
they were without tiie other accou
trements with which our Tennessee
brethren were supplied. Nothing at
tracted more attention than one of
the guns of Stuart’s light artillery.
The North Carolinians made a
splendid show, too. They wore tiie
old Confederate grey, with canteens,
haversacks and blankets strapped on
their shoulders. Each member of
one camp, (a large one, too), had
sticks about tiie size and length of
a hoe bundle, which they carried as
guns. On tiie top of each of these
sticks hung a small bucket about the
size of u snuff box. labelled “Tar” in
large letters. These, or most of
them at least, seemed to be farmers.
Its a fact, the Bouth Carolinian is no
prouder of the palmetto than the
North Carolinian is of ’‘tar,” an
amblem of their sticking qualities.
Before 1 get through I have much
more to tell of the “Tar Heel” at the
reunion.
Outside the states of North Caro
lina, Tennessee and Virginia tliere
was no great amount of State pride
shown, as we could see. All did
fairly well, though, but these three
excelled the others beyond a doubt.
Bouth Carolina had about 2,600
veterans enrolled, and perhaps that
same number scattered here and
there over the city sight-seeing.
Georgia claimed to have 8,000 veter
ans on the grounds besides a corres
ponding number of women and sons
of veterans.
It would be a great pleasure for us
to repeat in full Dr. Veddee’s ode on
the memorial occasion, but space
forbids. It was full of both learning
and pathos.
Just after dark on Wednesday,
10th inst., I went the baseball
park to see the pyrotechnical
display and witness the battle of
Manassas. More than we can imag
ine this was a realistic scene. Before
the battle began the armies could be
seen in camp in sight of each other.
Confederate bands played “Dixie,”
“Bonnie Blue Flag,” etc., while tiie
Federal bands played “Yankee Doo
dle,” “Star Bpangled Banner,” etc.
The troops began to maneuver.
Picket firing increased into a skir
mish, and then to a regular line of
battle. The different lines would fire
and fall back; then rally and come
back at the double quick, fire volley
after volley and retreat. Artilhry
was brought in that added greatly to
the magnificence of the scene. We
pity the martial spirit of a man who
does not admire the sublimity of an
artiilery dual. Cannons were placed
in porition and handled with all the
dexterity of veteran artillerymen in a
bona fide engagement. The fortune
of tiie day hung seemingly in an
even balance for a long time, first on
one side, then on the other. The
boys in grey at last made a charge
and routed tiie boys in blue, who
were scattered to the four wiuds, as
it were. Here tiie cheering was
deafening as the army marched over
the battle field in charge of its priso
ners to the tune of Dixie, played by
the bands. The sham battle in Co
lonial Lake that night was no less
interesting to all who saw it than was
the battle of Manassas. Fully ten-
thousand people saw this animating
scene. Tiie point, of attack was Fort
Bumter, built on Colonial Lake.
Beve.ul small boats, Hying tiie Con
federate Hag, stormedr the fort, and
to these were added four first-class
battle ships, four cruisers ani two
torpedo boats. As the huge fire
balls struck the sides of the fort
they would sputter into the water,
while the torpedoes would send a
cloud of spray into the air. For
nearly three-quarters of an hour this
bombardment went on. Tiie whole
ol the western part of tiie city was
beautifully illuminated during this
scene. It was more like a real battle
fought on sea than an imitation of
one.
Mr. George 8. Legare, of Charles
ton, chairman of the committee on
amusements, managed this scene
with great credit to himself and to
the satisfaction of the thousands who
witnessed it. j. i.. s.
WHAT A ROSE DID.
Mrn. Flaw Tlekli-n tin- OKI Mhii'h
Funcy Once More. f
This season comes the nearest a
suitin’ of my taste of any other sea
son in all the year. When I note
the green leaves an’ buds a growin’,
the daddy an’ mammy birds a singin’
of their sweet songs of summer to
cheer an’ animate the little hearts
of the little big mouthed pair of
twins they watch with unceasin’dili
gence, the bees a bummin’ in their
happiness of new life agaiiij when
the sweet flowers peep up in ail
beauty to breathe tha sweet refreshin’
air of spring an’ take on new life.
When tiie nimble squirrel seeks tiie
sweet red tasseled maple an’ jumps
from limb to limb a helpin’ of his
self to the sweet delicate dainties
which he may find there; when the
polk sallit ushers forth in ail its ten
derness an’ palatableness to supply
the wants of the poor au’ needy;
when tiie butterfly with his calico
wings an’ velvet body, Hits here an’
there workin’ diligently for the dew-
flavored sweets in every flower, when
the streets, churches, roads, and so
fortli are adored with sweet faced
women with their butterfly dresses,
bummin’ bird huts decked with the
exquisite beauties of art, an’ rosy
tinted ribbons tucked, vowed or
puckered up in tasteless beauty,
then it is tiiat ole Flaw wants to
take ids self back to his boyhood
days; when in calico body an’ knee
britches I used to go to Sunday
school, hunt birds nests, wade in the
branch;an’ hunt hornyhead’s beds
an’ watcii the little red minners a
swimmin’ over it, an’ when I used to
tarry long in the wild strawberry
patches an’ partake of tiie sweet
flavored delicacies God, in his
thoughtfulness, lias provided for tiie
pleasures an’ lit ppiness fer little
boys an’ girls, but hit is all over
with ole Flaw now. Tiie strawber
ries have lost tliaff delicate flavor
peculiar to olden times, my feet are
smothered an’ hot, my steps are
slower limn then, Sunday scliooi only
serves to run me back to boyhood
to lament of the bygone days of bliss
an’ happiness, whilst, ef I were to
pull off my shoes to play in the
branch now tiie sharp edged rocks,
which used to be round an’ smoothe,
would gore the blood from my feet
at every pace an, finally at last wind
up with u bad case of pneumonia,
ments, story telling, etc. In short
or somethin’ else, an’ a little Pick
er would be in every bend of tiie road
a cryin’ for bread.
In speakin’ of springtime, roses
an’ pritty women I wouldn’t forgit
to tell how tiie widder beat me into
tiie front yard t’otiier mornin’ an’
aginst I got out she had done an’ got
a priity rose an’ was a waitin’ to pin
it on my coat. W’hilst she was a
pinnin’ of it on she glanced one of
her familious glances into my face
an’ hit run my mind way back to
our courtin’ days which, you under
stand, was full of love, plots, uir-
casties, fool notions an’ so forth.
In them days I thought I didn’t need
a tiling else on earth but a wife;
thought 1 needed a wife to sew but
tons on my britches, now, bless gra
cious, I’ve got the wife ail right but
hits the hardest matter to keep
britches for her to sew the buttons
on that I ever tried to Jo. But as
I go on down to teli you, that
smilin’ glance she give me was some
what faded an’ careworn to what it
used to be but I could see in it that
same witchery what run me a fool in
my young days way back yander an'
it creates tiiat same feelin’ at the
heart to-day as then. After we got
married, you understand, tills pinnin’
on of roses an’ so forth stopped an’ I
tell you i.it was a surprise at this
late day to have tiie widder pin on
another rose. All through the day
I would notice the rose an’ every-
time I would notice it I would think
of tiie widder, raley, hit put me in
mind of my ole courtin’ days more
than anything that has happened in
a time. That whole day I listened
fer In r to ax me fer money to git her
a hat, new dress, pair of shoes, or
somethin’ else, but she didn’t; she
only wanted money enougli to go to
Charlotte on the 20th of May. Wo
men folks are awful sweet an’ good
at times but ef you’ll watch right
dost there’s somethin’ at the bot
tom of it every time.
Flaw Pickul
A New Church.
The second quarterly conference of
Gaffney circuit, Spartanburg District,
convened at Wilson’s Chape! on the
25th inst, and appointed a building
committee consisting of Rev. 8. T.
Creech, H. I). Wheat. I). J. Holt and
M. V. Fitzgerald for the Limestone
Street Methodist Episcopal church
South in this city. This is a working
committee and means that work will
soon begin and be pushed vigorously
till the church is finished. ,
Tiie plan is beautiful in design,
and is in every way up-to-date for a
house of worship.
Thomas Thurman, deputy sheriff
of Troy, Mo., says if everyone in the
United States should discover the
virtue of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve for piles, rectal troubles and
skin diseases, tiie demand could not
be supplied. Cherokee Drug Co.,
Gaffney, B. C., and It. 8. Withers,
Blacksburg B. C.
Tiie leaf of the banana is usually
six feet long by two feet wide. Tiie
flowers are pink.
Nothing t niial to I’hkki.v Ash Hitt mis for
m-moving thut sluggish. Mlious ft-i-llng, so
common In hot weather. It creates strength
vigor, appetite anil cheerful spirits, liolil by
(Therokee TirugCo.
THE LATEST COT
TON MILL NEWS.
Items of Interest to Textile
Workers.
OPERATIVE PERSONA LS
ROYAL
Absolutely'Pure
Bakino
Powder
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
HOVAI RAKINO POWOtlt CO., NEW VORK.
The linproveiiieiitH ami Atliuiiceii.entR of
the 1’attt Week in North anil South Caro
lina Cotton MIIIm anil IloMlery Faeto-
rlen. Etc.
| Soul hern ami Western Textile Excelsior.1
The Worth Manufacturing Com
pany Worthvillc, N. C., are building
a new mill dam.
.Some capitalists of Abbeville, S. C.
are moving to organize another cotton
mill company there.
The Elm Grove Cotton Mills, Lin-
colnton, N. C., are erecting an addi
tion 48 feet wide and twelve bays
long.
W. T. Ward has. since he left his
overseersliip at Gaffney, S C., been
setting up Mason frames at tiie Poe
Mills, Greenville, S. C.
Henry Penney, who lias been mas
ter mechanic at Roanoke Rapids, N.
C., lias given up bis position with tlio
intention of entering a locomotive
line of work.
Jno. M. Mehaffey has resigned as
boss weaver at the Moore Cotton
Mills, Taylorsville, N. C., and is now
located at Spartanburg, S. C. He
was succeeded by Samuel Austin.
Superintendent Arthur L. Ware, of
tiie Oneida Cotton Mills, Graham, N.
C., is off on a Northern trip, taking
in the Washington Peace Jubilee, and
visiting his former home in Philadel-
pha.
J. J. Rodgers, superintendent Eno-
ree, S. C., Cotton Mills is limping
about from the effects of running a
nail in his foot while attending the
recent Confederate’s reunion at Char
leston, S. C.
Ed. C. Holt, of Burlington, N. C. f
who is establishing the new $259,000
cotton mill at Wilmington, N. C., re
cently purchased a beautiful seashore
cottage at Wrightsvilie Beach, a few
miles from Wilmington, to which his
family liaved moved for the summer.
Dr. J. P. Ewing, of Dillon, 8. C.,
has recently purchased a knitting
mill outfit for the purpose of manu
facturing men’s half hose. Hie mill
will be lilted with fifteen machines
and will employ about twenty-five
operatives He expects lo begin
work at an early day.
Maurice P. Anderson, secretary and
treasurer of tiie Ada Cotton Mills,
Charlotte, is in had health, and iius
been granted an absence of 30 days.
He will go to his home at Statesville.
N. C., for the present. Capt. David
Clark lias been selected to fill the po
sition during Mr. Anderson’s ab
sence.
A. II. Bixby, of Lowell, Mass.. Ma
chine Shop, has finished setting up
tiie New Lowell cards in the Wal-
| halla, 8. C., Cotton Mills. The work
; is running lively there; Bass weaver
B. R. Westmorland lias swallowed up
the big pile of warps of C. E. Gail-
lard, boss cardes and spinner, but tiie
latter thinks lie will regain tiie ad
vantage
The $30,000 of improvements to
tiie Huguenot Mills, Greenville, B. C.
are now in progress Two additions
and a handsome office are being erec
ted. A 60 foot addition is being made
to the east end of the mill, and a 36
foot addition to the west end. The
increase in room will be utilized for
enlarging the capacity of the cloth
room, the number of spindles and the
loo i.s.
R P. Scruggs, the superintendent
of Henrietta, N. C., Cotton Mills No.
I, has given up that position and will
look after his farming interests for a
time. The mill is now in charge of
J. H. Pleasant, a young man of Ash-
ville, N. C., who has been studying
the mill business in several Northern
and Southern factories, and was
working through tiie Henrietta Mill
when he was made superintendent.
A correspondent at Greenville, S.C.,
writes that the recent annual meet
ings of mill companies in that vici-
nty showed fine profits. “For in
stance, the Amarican Spinning Com
pany, capital $125,000 shows net pro
fits of $37,000; the Piedmont Mills,
over $125,000; the Huguenot Mills,
$68,000, and others in like propor
tion. Now while these prifits seem
large, the profit for the current year
will be mucli larger. The Poe Mills
which made $24,000 for twelve
months last year is now making $6,-
000 per month net.”
Tiie stockholders of tiie Cherokee
Cotton Mills, Blacksburg, 8. C., held
their meeting last week. A dividend
of six per cent, payable July 1st, was
declared and also a dividend of six
per cent payable November 1st. The
mill was indebted in the sum of $40,-
000 at the commencement of the year
but the report of its officers allowed
that by January 1st next the debt
would be paid in full. This too after
just adding last month much new
machinery, including a complete
2.300 spindle equip merit, including
over 100 looms, which gives them a
total of 10,000 spindltui and 500 looms.
J. A. Carroll is president, R. P. Rob
erts, secretary and treasurer, and J.
C. Plonk, superintendent.
W. M Gallagher, of Bryan, Pa.,
says: “For forty years I have tried
various cough medicine. One Minute
Cough Cure is tiie best of all.” It re
lieves instantly and cures all throat
and lung troubles. Cherokee Drug
Co. Gaffney, B. C., and R. 8. Withers,
Blacksburg. 8. C.
A window glass trust has been
formed which will control 93 per cent,
of the productive facilites of the
United States.
There is a time for all tilings. The
time to take DeWitt’s Early Risers
is when you are suffering from con
stipation, biliousness, sick-head-
ache, indigestion or other stomach or
liver troubles. Cherokee Drug Co ,
Gaffney, B. C., and K. B. Withers,
Blacksburg. B. C.
CASE OF MRS. MAYBRICK.
Kugland IttTuscs to Purctoii lli« Uti-
fortiiunte American.
Washington - , May zy.—Great Brit
ain has again refused the request of the
United States that Mrs. Maybrick He
pardoned. This is the result of another
application made for her release by Am
bassador Choate, who has just cabled to
Secretary Hay the answer he has re
ceived from the British foreign office.
Sincere regret is expressed in official
circles that the British government is
still unable to see its way clear to free
ing the hapless woman. Despite the
discouragement attendant upon the re
iterated declination of Great Britain to
grant the request of this government, it
is the intention of the administration to
continue its efforts in Mrs. Maybrick’s
behalf.
I
I
Spain About to Hepudlatc.
New Yokk, May 20.—The Times’
London financial correspondent cabjes:
Poor old Spain seems about to throw up
the sponge and apologetically repudiate.
No one expected any government there
to admit bankruptcy squarely; your
Spaniard has far too much dignity to
do anything of the sort. But au indi
rect admission does just as well, so the
next debt coupon is not to be paid until
the cortes votes the new budget with
fresh taxes, which is not a job of light
ning express order.
* rn—m-j
Is Bay |
Tmim?
1 If so t there must be some |
1 trouble with its food. Well !
babies are plump; only the J
sick are thin. Are you sure f
the food is all right ? Chil* \
dren can’t help but grow; j
£ they must grow if their food *
I nourishes them. Perhaps a j
f mistake was made in the |
past and as a result the di- I
* gestion is weakened. If that j
i is so, don’t give the baby I
a lot of medicine; just use I
I your every-day common i
) sense and help nature a {
| little, and the way to do |
I it is to add half a teaspoon- I
? ful of j
SCOH’S i
EMULSION j
to the baby’s food three or!
four times a day. The gain |
will begin the very first day |
you give it It seems to {
correct the digestion and
gets the baby started right {
again. If the baby h nurs
ing but does not thrive, then
the mother should take the
emulsion. It will have a
( good effect both upon the
mother and child. Twenty-
J five years proves this fact.
Soc. an4 $1.00, all druggists.
J SCOTT & BOWNK, Chemists, New York. I
Storm ut .Hartoii, Iowa.
Omaha, May 29.—Chicago, Milwau
kee ami St. Paul railway officials hero
received reports today indicating that
last mght’a storm at Marion, la., was
not so serious as at first reported. A
severe thunder and rainstorm swept
througii the town, causing washouts
and other minor damage, but no one
was injured.
Adrian liraiiii Electrocuted.
New - York, May 29.—Adrian Braun
was put to death by electricity in Sing
Sing today for the murder of his wife.
Acurreutof 1,800 volts was turned on
at 9:17 a. in , and at 9:19 Braun was de
clared dead by the attending physicians.
A second sbo-k was given tor 10 sec
onds. The execution was successful.
A Frightful Itluoih-r
Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald. Cut or Bruise. Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve, tiie best in tin* world,
will kill the pain and promptly Inal
it. Cures Old Bores, Fever Bores,
Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin
Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth.
Only 2o cents a box. Cure guaran
teed. Bold by Cherokee Drug Co.
Educate Your Kuwels IVifh Cnscarets.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever.
10c, Z5e. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
CLINE & LEMMONS,
Livery, Feed and Sale Stables.
MONTGOMERY S OLD STAND.
Fii-st-ePiss turnouts: prompt attention;
and courteous attendants.
{•fZ We solicit your pat ronage.
“1 bav« gone 14 4*jrs at * time without •
■ oveateut of tbo bowels, not being able to
■nova tbeiu except by using but wuier Injections.
Chronic constipation for seven yenrt placed me In
this terrible condition; during tiiat lime I did ev
erything I beard of but never found sn> relief; such
n:ts my case until 1 began usInt^ASCARKTts. I
now Dave from one to three passages u day. and If i
was rich I would give tlOOW for cacti movement; It
ieeucha relief.' Ayi.mkuI. Hi nt.
MM) Russell St . Detroit, Mich.
CANDY
■ CATHARTIC ^
iXtdcamQ
TRAD* MANN RIOI4TIMO
Pleasant. Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do
Good. Never Sicken, Weaken, or Unpe. 10c. Wc. tfc
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
Ksrilag Rtasgy Csayaay, CUsags, ■satrsal, law Tart. Ml
It rests with you whether you enatlaoe the
■erva-kllltng tobacco habit. N W-TC “
reiuova. tha desire for tonao-u. r“'
out nervous dial rasa, asps,
Una, purifies tha blood, I
stores lost manhood.
t<r
In health, nervs
and pocket-
book.
boies
•Old too, 000
.a liny
euros
TO B AC from
„ own druggist, who
111 vouch forua. Take It with
_ . .pallrolly, persistently one
box.fil. usually cures; tboioa.t? M,
f inranteed to cure, or we refund money,
lagfiMaekyCa., (klesge. fio.ir.al, ken lark.
W. L. JOHNSON,
— TEACHKR OF -
Vocal and Instrumental Music. 1
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB.
Dentist,
Office over R. A. Jones & Co’s Store.
Can be found at office six days in t he week
NOTICE.
I carry in stuck a lino of Dry
Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats,
( rockery, Hardware, Tinware,
Glassware, Groceries, Tobac
co, and a general line of mer
chandise, all of which 1 sell
cheap for cash. I rv one of niv
safety oil earns ; cannot run your
lamp over, (’all to see me and
get my prices. Respectfully,
I. M. PEELER.
Letters of Administration.
I‘y -I L Webster. Esip, Probate Judge.
WlIRHKAS. .1. Ell. Jefferies, an ( Ik. C. C.
Pieii v made suit lo me, lo giant him letters
of adiiiiiiisiralionol il,.-. Mat,- (1 f and elf eels
of Mrs. A. <\ Loss, deceased.
1 liesc are therefore lo eite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
the said Mrs. A. (’. Russ, deceased, that they
bi‘ and appear hefoie me, in the court of
probate, to he held at Gaffney ( jty. S. <\,
on Monday. Jnly.td. bba. next after publi
cation thereof, at U o'clock in the forenoon,
to .show cause, if .my they have, why Hie
said Administration should not he granted.
Given underlay hand, tliis i'.uli day of May,
A. !>., IiWJ. .1. E. Wkbstkk,
5-22-6tfw Probate .lunge.
Ordinance Exempting Taxes.
AN ORDIN A NcK Exempt ing Maim fact or h h
from Municipal Taxes for a Period of Five
Years.
Hk it ORDAIN rn by the Town Council of
Gaffney City, in Council assembled and by
authority of tiie same.
Section I. That all manufactories Inn ing
a paid up capital stock of at least Twenty
Thousand Hollars, established within the
corporate limits of Gaffney City since tiie
time tiiat the Constitution of the State lias
allowed cities and towns to exempt from
taxation manufactories established within
their limits or to lie established at any
time hereafter up to tiie first day of January.
I'.W, lie, and the same are hereby, exempt
from municipal taxes, except for school pur-
IMiSes and license taxes, for a peri'm| of fi v*>
years from t he date of the estublishment of
such manufactories; and the word establish
ment is construed to mean the dutcufihc
original charter.
SEC. 2. That any bona tide Increase in the
capital stock or permam nt improvement or
addition made to any uianufaelory, or man
ufacturing plant, amounting to Twenty
Thousand Dollars or more, within tic cor
porate limits of GutTnry City since the time
that the Constitution of Hie Mate has al
lowed cit ies and towns to exempt from taxa-
tion manufactories established within ihclr
limits, or increased or made, as aforesaid,
hereafter up to the first day of January
I'.fJtl: shall lie subject to the exemptions pro
vided In Section I of this ordinance from tiie
date of the allowance of t he said increase of
tiie capital slock hy the Secretary of State.
Sec. j. Thut any and all manufactories
in Gaffney taking advantage of the exemp
tions herein granted shall, within thirty
days after tiie passage of ihls ordinance,
tile with tiie Clerk of tin* Town Council a
sworn statement of the date of its Charter,
all amendments thereof, tin* afiiount of its
capital stock, and all increase thereof, or
if it lie a new manufactory, It shall, within
thirty days after receiving Its Charlci of
incorporation, tile with the Clerk of tiie
Town Council, a sworn statement of tiie
amount of Its capital stockand the dateof
its Charter. Tiie Clerk of tie Ttiw n i'ounci 1
is hcichv rci|iilrcd to list the properly of
any manufacturing company for taxation
which full* to comply with lids Section.
Hkc. 4. Thai tie- exemptions contained ill
Sections 1 aiel 2 of lids ordinance shall ap
ply to the plants of manufacturing com
panies, including their real estate, tene
ment houses, factory huiidliig.x and ma
chinery, the raw materials used hy said
manufacturing companies In their husim-MK
of muutXfucturlug. and tin- manufactured
products of said companies, and nothing
TERMS REASON A 111,E, and
METHODS LATEST ADOPTED
IN CINCINNATI! COLLEGE
op Mimic.
SPECIAL RATES TO SCHOOL
OR CIIPRCH Cl.ASSES IN
SIGHT READING and SINGING.
:i-;x-;tmo
Done and rutitied in Tovyn Council
setiihly this I he I'Uh day oi May, |*.m.
V II. Lrm.EjoiiN.
\V. II. Ross, Clerk, Inteiidcii
J tiisordinance is subject to ratittealho
a majority of the <|.iall!!cd "doctors of
i.'wuof Gaffney cit> at an election to
Itch! for thut purpose on the ;<|»t day
May, IMw.
N. II l.rrri.Kjoiifi,
W. 11. Ross. Clerk. lutcudi u