The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 18, 1899, Image 3
H umors, piinpirg mui hii
eniptioiiKart; tint* In inipiirc blood,
and by purifying tlio blood villi
Hood s Sarsaparilla they me CURED.
A CHALLENGE.
Drup your duinty heads awhile,
Klowi is rieh hikI rare.
Ere you meet my lady's smile
And (ind you are not (air.
O'lIiC
tlio (ii..c lias |> isl ami unin' ttln n MK'li
liiyli iiriecs wi ll' eliarirwl for inMiils. ."ini
iiiimi Ihm-hiiio rlrli. Mv prims roniiiin I lit'
same at all limes, to all alike, anil are
rinisistenl ivilli liont'sl "-oimIs at honest
prici’H. I'lie
I>AC3C >
said hi! hail lost inoney std 11 Htt peaeln s at
ftc. ••:!,;ii. |,ut wliotlier 1 lose iiioney or not
I uni selling It tianaiins for 5o. .lust, re-
eel ved on i lettant line t'tikes and t raek-
ers, Conleetiom ry. etc. (linger Stutps tit
lie. per Ih; (.•tleen Mixed l akes land idee
eiiouirii for the (pieen) at l:." s e. per III.;
nice Lemon Siiuare Cruekers at 7*,e. per i
lb. Who tdse in town
IH
doinir that V So eoiue alotiit and brlntr
your friends and do your tiadinyat the
l.ittle Iron Store hi fore all these yniud
t iling's are
CiONK.
Also keep mi hand a niee Hue Staple and
Faney (■ roi'erles. Vours to pleasi*.
WILKES F. THOMAS.
Next to(ireen's 1‘liototrraph (Jallery.
Everyltiing
New and Fresh
The longer we do business the more wi
le.irii ahout our business. 'tdidmittake
us a it real while to learn that our eus-
toniers demanded it a sh jioods. We soon
learned not to overstock ourselves in
anylliiinr. We would rat her buy in stiuill
ijuantit ies and have t biug's fresh I lian to |
buy in large iiuautilies and have a lot of |
st ale goods on band. We received. Mon
day. a hit i I fresh I'hoeolale eatidy direel
Irom the faetory by express. All staple
and I'rtney groceries, conleet ioneries. ci
gars and I ibaeeo tluit we sell are guai-
antetd to lie as we represent them and if
not found to be so we icftllld money.
Out drinks are as void as the eoidest
and as lag as the biggest. Hive us a call.
J. R. Sparks & Go.
LOOK HERE!
CLARY & KENDRICK'S
is I he place to gel your meats always
oil lee. Also we will pay the highest
cash price for
We are going to make Hides
a Specialty.
J. E. WEBSTER,
J^ttornc^r-^Vt- I w,
Ofliee in Court House. (Probate .1 udge’soHlee
Gaffney City, S. C.
Practices in all the courts. Collec
tions a specialty.
C. JEFFERIES*-
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Practices in
All the Courts. Collections a Specialty
J).R.Ibiocaii. (k P.Sanders. W'.S. llull,.lr.
Attorneys-at-Law.
Office t wo doors above Ledger t iffiee.
All business attended to carefully and
prompt !y. Special at I entiou g i von to col lec
tions.
The Pearl
Steam Laundry
is opcraMng on I til I tune and turning out
IIrst-clas'» work. IP'inember us when you
want work done. We will call for your
puck age. We also have in operation
A First-Glass Grist Mill,
We respectfully solicit your patronage
and ask the people out of (own to bring
their corn along when t hey come in to dn
their shopping. Will make your meal
■while you are busy here and you will lose
mo time.
rt'orn ground just as soon as received
•every day in the week.
Bros., Props.
Sale of Bankrupt Stock.
Having purchased the bankrupt |
stock of 1). L. Itrown, of Hlucksburg, !
I have decided to give my customers
the benefit of Ihe low price at which
these goods were purchased. I can
and will sell these goods at less than
the merchant ean purchase from the
wholesale dealer at this time. This
stock embraces Flour, Coffee, .Sugar,
Molasses, Itice, Soap, Crockery ware,
etc. This is no fake sale. Every
thing guaranteed to be ns represent
ed. Don’t fail to call on me before
buying elsewhere.
R. S. COOK.
must have tt photograph iictdc. I have a
new camera, lenses and backgrounds. My
mcTURBei
of buildings, landscapes and group work
can't !«• I>ea1 at Ihe prices. Hid you ever
see a Hash light picture
IVliVI>JLC
at night? It is jolly good fun; try one.
Snap-shot work should be made
itirr w icic iv
nine a. in. and four p. m. to gel Hie lieut
results. Hon't worry Is-cause ihe baby
It is natural for some people to kick !
aliout their pictures. I guarantee wurk-
uiaiiMlilp and linlsh.
Yours to please,
JOHN GREEN.
At the tent, nett door to W. I)'. Thomas.
Fly away, you iitlle hiials.
Tuneful tlirouts o( spring,
Lest )ou hear my lady's wouU
And leuru you cannot sing.
Call iho clouds to cover you,
Faroif summer skies,
Or you'll see a deeper blue
Within my lady's eyes.
Things below and things above,
All things ev’iywhere,
Challenge not my ladylove
Or perish in despair.
—J. A. Flynn in St. Paul’a.
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Over iu the lounging room for the
trainmen at the terminus of one of the
trunk lines In Jersey City several train
men were exchanging stories of hair-
hreadth escapes,fast rides and Instances
of presence of mind, while waiting to
Ire summoned to their duties. Finally
it came the turn of a small, gray
haired, keen eyed man.
"Well, yes,” he said, taking a chew
of his neighbor's tobacco. "1 had one
excitin trip. It was long hack iu ’fsS,
before the cumin of these double
cabbed Mother Hubbard enjlucs on
which, if you want to speak to the llre-
man, you have to stop at a telegraph
station Ti send him u message or else
slap the air over iu the ’mergency
notch ’n bring him up to you whether
he wants to come or not. Never did
like these pesky double deckers. 1 was
doing stunts on the (107- a good old
mogawl she were, too. Just out the
slurp, where she'd been overhauled 'u
had the airbrakes put on her.
"1 left the other end of the division
on a trip right after pay day ’n my reg
ular fireman had reported ill. I’d seen
him the night before ’» he looked
rather weak ’n tired, 'u 1 thought he’d
been taken 111. They used to have a
gn at trick doin that after they’s got
their niuii. 1 had a fellow by the name
of Conroy In his place, ’n we hadn’t
got along very far 'fore I came to the
conclusion that he was a mite under
the weather, too, ’n he couldn’t make
the old HOT steam nohow. The outcome
of it was that we laid down several
times on the trip ’n barely caught
the steamer with our export freight.
Old Nut head, the eujine dispatcher, he
made me walk the carpet, ’n said if 1
didn’t do better’ll that he'd drop me
back on coal again. I hadn’t been ruu-
niu fast freight very long ’n 1 left him
feelin rather testy, but 1 didn't say
anything ’bout Conroy, as 1 thought
that duriii our lay over in this end he’d
kinder pound his ear ’n sleep off the
booze ’n be all right goln hack.
“We caught train 71> for the return
trip with about l.’t ears perishable stuff
for Chicago which were rigged up
with the air, which was a purty good
string of airbrake cars for those days,
’n about 15 scabs, without air. I was
thinkin what a stop you could make on
short notice with them, ’u how you
could turn things over In the caboose.
Old Joe Hoffman was our conductor,
’u he was an awful man to swear ’u
cut up high jinks if everything didn’t
come his way.
“We hadn't moved out very far along
the menders when l saw as how I’d
have to do some tail ligurlu to git that
train in on time. Soon’s we'd git to a
little grade I'd drop her down a notch
or two, ’n she’d kick up her heels ’u
lay right down for want of wind. Con
roy, instead of slcepin while he was off
duty, had gone out ’u put on some tlu-
Ishin touches 'n made It worse.
“You can Just guess I was mad clean
through, ’n 1 thought to myself as how
I would get Mr. Conroy about 30 days
in which to rest ’n p’raps end his little
railroadiu career soon’s we got home
again. When we got to the llrst wa-
terin tank, about 40 miles out, we had
used up Jest 2 hours ’u 13 minutes.
The regular runnin time was only 1
hour ’u 45 minutes, so you see we’d
lost 30 minutes on lu miles almost lev
el ’n with a light train. The outlook
was that we’d never make the heavier
grades on the western end unless Con
roy took a brace. While I was oilin
around Hoffman came runnin up cuss-
iu like one mad ’n says;
" 'Hlaukety blank blank, you, what
the blank’s matter widjer? I wanter
git home In.time for church Sunday.
Here’s a message from Jersey which
says as how if yer don’t hurry up
they’ll take yer off here at the nex’
plug ’n give us a respectable man.’
“As this was only about midnight
Tuesday night his speech got my dan
der up, ’n I told him us how he ’u Jer
sey could both go where nsbestus cloth-
ln Is a boon ’n the broiliu sun never
sets. Hut I climbed up on the tank, 'u
maybe 1 didn’t give that fireman a
settiu out.
“ ‘You long, lanky blunderbuss,* I
says, for he was a big codger, much
bigger’n ineself, ‘If you don’t take a
purty sudden brace ‘u keep the wind
Up on this mogawl till we get in you
might as well sit right down here ‘n
•end your regrets to the super, ’cause
I’ll report you soon’s we git iu, or my
name ain’t John Stafford.'
“He give me a kinder reproachful
look ’ii coiiiHieneed likin his fire. As I
turned to put my oil can iu the box I
spied a bottle of whisky. I grabbed
that bottle ’u turned rouu to Conroy.
’Aha!’ 1 says, ‘so this Is the cause of
our gaspin for breath every five min
utes, is it? Well, here she goes,’ ’u I
plugged that bottle over on the track
'n broke it Into 50 pieces, not without
foine regrets, us It had a pretty good
smell, ’u I’m not dead set against the
stulf myself, lint 1 let her go.
"We got started again *n walked
away up the hill from the (auk as easy
as Willie Hryan makes a nice, long
speech, ’u I noticed an Improvement
In the sieam gauge right away, 'n I
eotume:> *ed to let ’er out at once to
make up for lost time. It was purty
good, even goin then for about 20 mil**,
then up an incline of about 3 mile 'n
down (lie mountainside 12 mile. When
we struck the top of that 12 mile hill
1 kept her wide open for about a half
mile to give us a good start down Hie
bill Ti then shut her off ’u let ’em
buzz.
“The old 007 was a stem winder, with
a holler runniu right through the cab
to the hack, dlvldin the fireman and
engineer's side. The airbrake valve
was placed right on top the boiler, to
ward the buck end of the cab, so’s you
could reach it nice 'u handy while Hit-
tin in the seat. I'd no more 'n shut her
off when a shudder fell over my shoul
der, ’n I turned quick, ’u Conroy sprung
on me.
“ ‘You dirty blackguard!’ he scream
ed. Til (each yer to chuck my booze
overboard. Report me. Is it? You
dirty rug! Sliure ’n you’ll never live to
see the super ag'in.’
“As he leapt on me It took me back
so that before I could do anything he
grabbed me by the shoulder, 'n I fell
backward alongside the holler, my
head on the front doorsill of the cab,
my back on the door ’n Conroy on top
of me. Although I was partly stunned
by the full. I had mind enough left to
get my arms around him ’n hug him
close to me.
“All this time the train had been
galnin headway down that hill, 'n we
were fairly sizzllu, the old mogawl
swayiu to ’n fro as we swung around
turns. The space between the boiler
’n the side of the cal) was so narrer I
couldn’t turn Conroy off me, 'n I
didn’t dare let loose of him for fear
that he’d get hold of my throat. He
was so crazed by the liquor that he’d
drunk 'u his cravin for more that there
was no reasouin with him. He was so
big 'n heavy that 1 couldn't do much
the way we lay, my hack Hat on the
lioor, hemmed in by the side of the
eab on one side ’u the boiler on the
other 'u 1 huggln him like a long lost
brother, the ears behind us meanwhile
doln the ragtime down that hill.
Things were gettln rather excitin, as
there was likely to be somethin ahead
of us, ’u at the foot of the hill was an
other water plug. It was a branch sta
tion there, ’n the engines were switehln
there at all times. If we ever hit any
thing at that rate of speed, I don't
think Joe Hoffman or any of us would
ever get iu a church but once again, ’n
that would be ahead of the mourners.
I couldn’t depend on the train crew to
do anything, as you know a crew on
these fast freights draw their money
for sleepin ’n playin penuchle lu the
caboose durin trips.
“We flashed by a station half way
down the hill, goln so fast that I
thought as how that dispatcher in Jer
sey City would giggle with delight if
he saw what good time that perishable
freight was mukin toward Chicago. I
racked my brain to think what to do.
As the light of that station flashed
through the eab I spied the engineer's
valve of the airbrake. I figured as
how 1 could reach it with my right
foot, using my toe as a hook, ’u jerk
the valve around to the ’mergency
notch ’n stop that train with a bang
that would make Joe Hoffman ’u his
crew in the caboose think we’d run
into a stone wall. I wriggled ’n got
my leg loose from under Conroy, ’n
with a mighty effort give him a raise
’u kicked out at that valve. As luck
would have It, my foot just caught the
valve in the rebound ’n Jerked It
around In the ‘incrgeucy, ’n, say, you
would have thought we had been las
soed. The jar broke both our holts,
’u Conroy staggered to his feet, fell
backward through the l»ack cab door
'n rolled off the tank. ’N that end
ed his railroad career then 'u there
without any special assistance from
me.
“Hoffman came runnin up from the
caboose wlien we had stopped ’n
yelled: ‘Well, dash yer, whatcher
stopplnhere for? Can’t you keep steam
uuf to drag ’em down hill?'
“ ‘Oh,’ I said, ’Conroy, my fireman, ’s
got a sick sister livin back up here in
the woods, ’u I guess he's gone to see
how she is.
“We went hack 'n picked Conroy up.
Ills skull had been fractured by strik-
lu a milepost, ’u they put his body in
the caboose, ’n I got another fireman at
he water plug, 'n we went lu on time."
Just then the messenger hoy ertme In
and yelled, "Stafford, they want you
fer train 81,” and, taking a farewell
chew of tobacco, he left.—New Y’ork
Sun.
Skylark’* (ilortoa* Sonic.
Need I say a word about the skylark
and Its wholly Joyous song? It In
spired one of Jeremy Taylor's most
beautiful and best known passages—
the lark rising from his bed of grass
and soaring upward, singing us he
rises and hoping to get to heaven and
climb above the clouds; singing “as if
It bad learned music from an angel as
be passed sometimes through the air
about his ministering here below.”
And It Inspired, too, one of the finest
odes In the English language, Shelley’s
finest work, bis “supreme ode.” Hut,
as may be said of another ode, it is
“not In tune with the bird's song and
the feeling it does and ought to
awaken. The rapture with which the
strain springs up at first dies down
before the close Into Shelley’s ever
haunting melancholy.
Like Keats’ “Ode to the Nightingale.”
It Is no key to the bird's song. It does
not tench us anything of the thought
and feeling which inspired that quiver
ing. ascending embodiment (if Joy. that
pilgrim of the sky, hiding itself iu the
glorious light of the summer heavens.
—Minneapolis Journal
..•* .iniGiiiatlc Tragedy.
”1 got a pair of those automatic sus
penders the other day.”
“What are they?”
“They are a patent contrivance that
adjusts itself without outside aid.”
“Adjusts itself?”
“Yes. 1 put ’em on and went to call
on Itcssie Clinker. They were all right
us long as I stood up, but when 1 sat
down they Immediately shortened up.
And when I stood up again they
wouldn’t let go.”
“What did you do?”
“What could I do? I sat down again,
uml they shortened up some more.”
“Must have been awfully unpleas
ant.”
“I should say so. My trousers were
three inches above my shoe tops when
1 finally said good night.”
“Then what did you do?”
“Walked home on tiptoe.”—-Cleveland
I’laiu Dealer.
A II n t Ion ti I Arauiurnl.
“You once said you would die for
me, Jonas, and now you refuse to cut
the grass.”
“That's perfectly logical, Minerva.
If I died for you, I’d be done with It,
but If 1 mow the grass once you’ll
make me do It every two weeks.”—
Chicago Uecord.
A FEARLESS CONVICT.
STEADMAN'S DARING ESCAPE FROM
SAN QUENTIN PRISON.
One of tb« Most Ilcniarkahlo Canon of
Jail Breaking on Ilecord—Arcoiii|»liahed
by a Feat Which Almont Bordered on
the Miraculoun.
It is one thing to catch a thief and it
Is another thing to hold him. During a
meeting of the chiefs of police of all the
larger cities of the United States and
Canada, which occurred at Milwaukee,
there were reminiscences of remarkable
captures and of escapes which bordered
clcaely upon the miraculous.
“Tlio most remarkable escape from
prison that I can recall,” said William
A Pinkerton, “was that of Frank
Steadman from the San Quentin prison.
Hut I'll not tell you about it, for hero
is John lllass, who caught Steadman
and sent him hack to San Quentin.”
Chief Glass pinched the brown im
perial on his under lip reflectively for
u moment before ho responded to the
looks of inquiry bent upon him bj those
not familiar with the story.
“The escape to which you refer, Pin
kerton, was made after I sent Steadman
to San Quentin and not before. I was
not the fortunate oue to get him after
that last wonderful break. And to tell
the truth, I have never taken to myself
much credit for taking him tko time I
did, for it was to a considerable degree
a matter of good fortune. You see, wo
were just at that time keeping our eyes
open for a bank robber by tlio name of
Dames, who had gone into ono of tlio
banks out there, covered the ono man
who happened to he alone iu tlio place
at the time, locked him up in the vault,
and then coolly walked o; t of the bank
and out of sight with all the funds be
could get his bands on.
“One day a man answering closely
the description we had of Barnes step
ped off the train at Los Angeles. Wo
took him iu tow at once, but found
we did not have the bird we were after.
However, wo managed to hold him
long enough to tiud out that ho was
Frank Steadman, who had become no
torious even at that time as a successful
Jail breaker. Ho had four or five escapes
from prison In southern Indiana credit
ed to him, had got away from Joliet
and had still seven years to do at the
Illinois prison; had also been at £ah
Quentin, and had escaped from there
with five years unfinished.
“Steadman was a machinist hy pro
fession, and a burglar by inclination.
When he was sent hack to San Quentin
to finish his time, ho was put to work
with other convicts in tho engine room.
It was hero that an idea came into his
brain that for absolute daring and fear
lessness was typical of the man. Ho had
noticed that every evening at the time
the men working In the engine room
were lined up to bo marched away, the
machinery was stopped at exactly the
same moment Ho had observed us well
that a window leading to an adjacent
roof was not far from the top of tho big
driving holt of tho engine. From that
roof it vas possible to roach the outer
wall ( tho prison. Beyond the wall
was freedom. Uo had escaped so many
times that his mind reverted again and
again to tho window high up on tho
wall of tho engine room. Apparently it
was beyond all possibility of being
reached. No ladder was to be obtained.
Had such a thing been even standing
in place against the wall, to break
from tho line and scale it with catlike
dexterity, although tho work of hut a
few seconds, he well know would bo
futile, possibly fatal. Bullets travel
faster than legs, and tho guards were
not bad shots. But desperate deeds de
mand desperate means. Some minds
may work with an ingenuity born of
despair, bnt Steadman’s was of a differ
ent caliber. His plans were the out
growth of steadfast optimism.
“Ono day there came to him as if by
inspiration the thought that the big belt
might he tho means of carrying him to
his goal. He found that it was impossi
ble to count tho revolutions of tlio driv
ing wheel, but there were lacings in
the broad belt, which ho was able to
distinguish as a sort of blur as it passed
a given point. For days and days he
counted, and in his cell at night he
spent his time in calculations. He dis
covered tho exact number of revolutions
the wheel made j»er minute. He learned
also hy constant observation just how
many times tho belt went round after
the engine was shut down.
“One evening, when the Hue had
been formed as usual at the close of tho
day’s work and as tho big wheel began
to lose its momeutum, suddenly a con
vict sprang from the line, leaped to the
belt, with outstretched urms grappling
both edges of tho broad leather. Ho had
calculated well tho strength that would
be required, for the terrific wrench did
not loosen his grasp. Outward and up
ward ho swung until be reached the
topmost point of tlio circumference. The
nicety of his calculation had reaped its
reward. The belt stopped. Ho leaped to
his feet, sprang through the window
and was gone before convicts or guard!
had recovered from their astonishment.
He caught up a guard’s coat ami hat,
dropped from the wall and got away in
the dusk of tho evening. I am inclined
to believe that as a mathematical propo
sition that was about as perfect a piece
of work us any man ever accomplished. ”
“And did bo get away without re
capture?” some one a>ked.
“No, I am almost sorry to say, be did
not, ” answered the Los Angeles chief,
“for that ought by rights to be the de
nouement of such £ story, which com
bines so much of during and cleverneAa.
Steadman was taken again iu a short
time and put to work at his old job.
There are burs over that high window
above the big drive belt now. Not long
after this Hteadmuu cut sad nearly kill
ed cue of the other convicts and is now
serving out an additional sentence fot
attempted murder at the Folsom prison,
which is situated some 28 miles from
Ha( rameuto. ” Chicago Inter Ocean
To prepare a girl tt) bo u wife, and
a wife a mother, give her Bimmons
Wquaw Vino Wine or tablets. For
sale by J. It. Tolleson it Co.
Three aged men, once partners in
business, have just died within sixty
; hours. John Gray died at Columbia,
I H. C.; J. U. Cunningham at Abbe-
I ville, 8. and Col. G. McD. Miller
in Mississippi.
Make Baby’s Birth Quick, Easy
and almost I’uinlesH by taking Sim
mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
For sale by J. it. Tolleson A' Co.
WRITTEN FROM WEBSTER.
(.'<iiii|>luiut About llx* MiiIIn him) ii ItutHi of
New* Iteum.
Correspondence of Tne Ledger |
Wkbbtku, August 13.—Mr. Editor:
—Being engaged training the young
mind at this place, ye scribe has had
opportunity to sec a large portion of
the crops in Cherokee and I nion
counties. There is a section within
the radius of Webster, Asbury, Star
Farm and Home that as it appears
the clouds have forsukened. Tho last
general ruin fell on the 30th ult.
Crops are far below the average,
but as fanners are the most hopetul
of any class of bread earners they
anticipate that all will end well.
Schools are yet opening here and
there. One hindering cause or ano
ther prevented a uniformly. But as
crops are short and will evidently he
late, probably the schools will get in
good work.
Cotton is beginning to open, but
we need not be alarmed. The crop will
likely he short as indications point in
that direction.
Several wells are being dug in this
community. If the frequent report
of the explosives can be utilized as
reliable information the downward
progress is being slowly mack.
Among those thus engaged may be
mentioned, Dr. Douglass, John Jef
feries and 1\ D. Jefferies.
Webster is a very inconvenient
postoffice to get Ihe North bound
mail from the Columbia and Ashe
ville railroad direct. All mail sent
to Webster reaches there on the third
day aftir being taking out at Jonis-
ville. While if sent direct to Gaff
ney, it would be received at Webster
on the second day after arriving.
It is an unpleasant inconvenience
and should be attended to. The
matter should be looked after by the
proper authorities.
The train’s crew and passengers
appeared to be in no humor for jes
ting us tho lb:o8 South bound vesti
bule slowly steamed across the 1’aco-
let bridge near Clifton on last Satur
day. There is being built a new
bridge and while the operation is
being performed travel and trade can
not wait. Several times while cros
sing, the train was brought to an
apparent standstill to insure steadi
ness, lest at any moment the bridge
would go down and burl hundreds of
souls instantly into eternity.
During the excitement of a revival
at Jonesville on last Monday, an old
colored woman, Margarett Farr, be
came over heated, and exhausted was
taken out of the church. Being
previously ufilicted with heart dis
ease, she died immediately. While
preaching npentencc a majority of
these preacher should add—v-e-n-t-i-
1-a-t-i-o-n.
Tn* Ltdger is highly appreciated
wherever it is introduced. The
change from a weekly to a semi-
weekly did not affect its newsy items
Lkixikk Ukaukk.
TIioiikIO* from Thlckcty.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Thicklty, August 11—liev. A.
1). Davidson tilled hia regular
appointment at Beaverdam yester
day. Ho preached a most able
sermon.
Protracted meeting will begin at
Beaverdam Wednesday the Kith.
Crops are very good through out
this section.
Thickety bottoms have line corn
on them this year.
We haven’t much fruit but plenty
of roasting-eurs and chicken to eat.
Mr. John M. Tindall and little son,
of Whitney, visited II. E. Tindall
and family Sunday.
A. D. Davidson has been repairing
his out buildings. He is to soon
commente building a new addition to
his already comfortable home.
Your correspondent is a dear friend
to The Ledger. I never get too hun
gry or tired to read The Ledger.
11. K. T.
During the civil war, as well as in
our late war with Spain, diurrhu.-a was
one of the most troublesome diseases
the army had lo contend with. In
many instances it became chronic and
the old soldiers still suffer from it.
Mr. David Taylor, of Wind Ridge,
Greene Co., Pa., is one of these, lie
uses Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrlnea Remedy and says he
never found anything that would give
such quick relief. It is for sale by
Cherokee Drug Co.
Wm. Henry Joline a well known
horseman of Long Branch, X. J., was
kicked by one of bis horses and so se
verely injured that he died almost
instantly.
Always destroy the Dread of be
coming a mother by taking Simmons
Squaw Vino Wine or Tablets. For
Sale by J. R. Tolleson A Co.
Take Nott’s Little An-
tibilious Granules for
constipation and liver
complaint. Cherokee
Drug Co. . 2t
Real Estate For Sale.
Forsalc. on lilx-ral terms, five tractsj of
land lid Join liar Limestone properly. Tracts
vary in aerenge from l(»!a lo 7u ;>-li).
Also eltrlit lots of Hie hotel property at
IJmcHtone. Excellent iMilldiiic siti s mid
Client). The old hotel :ihd lot is ;ilso for Caleb
Apply to
It. O. Sams.
TllOfl. Ii. liUTI.EK. IlKMIiY K. OSIIOKNV
BUTLER & OSBORNE,
AT'rour* if yh-at-i, A w.
Gaffney, S. C.
Very (':troful and prompt attention kIvcd
to all busInoH* entrusted to us.
I^F'l'metlec In all t he courts.
DR. J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office over J. It. Tolleaon’s new store
In office from 1st to 20th of each
month;
f. l'l.()i:()H W'Al.I.ACfc. .1. ('OKNRI.IUS OTTS.
WALLACE & OTTS,
LAWYERS.
All I •indium* liitruMlcd lo us, given prompt
and vlgoruM attention. < >lflee up slalrM, next
to It. A. Juue» & Co. T’lioiic s7.
1‘loiiKli Deep for Wlirut.
[News and Courier j
Mr. J. B. Hunnicutt suggests in
the Texas Farm and Ranch, that
Southern fanners should grow not
only wheat and oats, but rye and bar
ley, and that “iherc is no reason
why they should buy any o f Hie
small grains or their products.” Not
much rye or barley is used in South
Carolina, we believe, but there is a
large demand for both products in
the world's markets, and it would he
interesting to learn whether or nut
they can he grown profitably in this
•State.
The main point in Mr. Hunnicutt’s
letter, however, relates to the cultiva
tion of wheat, or rather the prepara
tion of the ground for the crop, ami
what he says is of timely interest, in
view of the meeting of the Wheat
Growers Convention, at Greenwood,
to-day. It is as follows:
‘ We say emphatically, break the
soil deep, and the subsoil, too, if it is
hard and dry. Wheat roots will
grow four and a half feet down into
Hie earth, if given a chance to do so.
I bus, you furnish so much more
feeding room for the plants bv
ploughing deep, soil broken twelve
indies furnishes about ten times the
feeding space it does when broken
only four. When you plough only
four inches, there is a hard layer of
earth, called hard-pan, which practi
cally prevents the roots from growing
through and limits them to four
W. T. THOMPSON,
Blacksmith and Wood Shop.
' All kinds of work done on short notice.
, Slioeinjr, Tire Sett Injf. Wheels in lloiiinif Oil
I a .Npcciiilty. Wood i feet lonif. Hickory
i Oak. I’oplar and I’ine Lumber and all kinds
of market aide* produce Liken in payment for
I work. Come let us restson together. I or
my repn senlative always :it shop. Ik’d fla t.
I west of dummy line on Rutledge street.
Horseshoeing a Spcialty
Having secure I H e s( r . ice^ f one
! of the most practical borsesboers in
Ibis part of the ooontry. nre who has
but recently been in the employ of
■ J. W Wadesworth Sons of Charlotte,
I am now better prepared than ever
; to render the best practical service to
j my customers. All kinds of black-
smithing promptly executed; Horse-
I shoeing a specialty. Give me a call.
J. J. WARREN.
.--o-l mo.
Tornado insurance.
am prepared lo ruinish
Tornado insurance
in (irst-rlass companies. Avoid possibb
I danjfer l.y seeming a policy before the ey
. . iri i ^ — •**••■* «» i»wniy uen»re . ne cy-
mclies, but when the plough breaks j elcne comes. Can also furnish the most at-
twelve inches, it gets below this hard
pan, and permits the roots to reach
the porous earth below, and go on
down us deeply as they wish to go.
In such cases they will grow forty-
eight inches or more. Four divides
into forty-eight twelve times. Thus
we see the importance of deep break-
ing.
“There is another grout gain.
Blunts are largely water, cannot grow
without water. The deep preparation
enables the roots to reach the earth-
water, almost always abundant a few
feet below. Tho four-inch prepara
tion does not do this. Hence, every
litllc drought injures the shallow
ploughing, but not the deep soil.
1 bus we have grout gain, both in the
food and water supply, by deep prep
aration.”
I’robably shallow ploughing ac
counts for moat of the failures with
the crop in thistState. Mr. Hunni
cutt’s emphatic advice is, emphati
cally, “break the ground deep,” for
the good reasons he gives. It is a
good text for the Convention to dis
cuss.
—
j tractive Uv.clliii” House i'elicy or other iiiv
, iiisur;iiicM*. * ozisull nit* bt'J'orc insuring. My
| atfency represents .Sjtkco.oin in capital anil
| surplus.
F. G. STACY.
s
OUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
EXTENSION R. R. COMPANY.
Schedule No. 2.
In Ellect 12:01 A. M., Sunday, June 18th, 1899
Between Camden, S. G., and Shelby, N.C,
w.st. as.
Last.
1st
EASTEKN TIME.
Is! (
Pass
r|
l*a si
ih
Ex
lily.
4 , C|)t
STATIONS.
i>Tr.
Ext
ept
Sunday.
Sundav.
1*. M.
A. M.
13 05
1
CA M DEN
II (5
13 35
DEKALB
II 13
13 3;
WES’l YILl.E
II 00
13 5i*
K EBS1IA W
|o 45
1 15
HEATH Sl’KINGS
10 30
1 20
PLEASANT HILL
10 35
1 40
LANCASTER
10 05
1 55
HIV EHS1DK
9 50
3 06
SPBINHDEld,
9 40
3 30
CATAWBA .1 I N' TION
9 :t0
2 30
LESLIE
9 30
3 5o
BOCK HILL
9 10
3 05
NEW I’OKT
8 38
3 13
TIB/A II
8 33
3 35
YOBKVILLE
* 30
3 40
sllABON
8 INI
3 .53
HIC'KOBY GBOYE
7 45
4 <i3
SMYBNA
7 30
4 35
BLACKSBIKG
7 10
5 uo
EABLS
0 50
5 00
PATTEBSON SPBINUS
0 40
5 15
SHELBY
ti 30
1*. M.
A. M.
Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,NX.
\> 0*
. l l
East.
1*2.
3d (
lass.
KASTKHN TIME.
' 1 HinS.
A. N. WOOD,
BANKER,
does a general Banking and Exchange
business. Well secured with Burglar-
Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock.
Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate
rent.
Buys and sells Stocks acdBonds.
Buys County and School Claims.
Your business solicited.
THE OLD RELIABLE...
(iF.T Yot'IC SASH, HOOKS, BLINDS
AND ALL KINDS Of BUJLDINii
MATF.ltIALS FBo.M ME.
Polished Oak Cabinet Mantels
ToSuit Ail Glasses
J I N FST 11 FA I tT PIN K SHI NO LI :s
IN THE MARKET. CALL AND
SEE THEM.
Very Uespct.,
L. BAKER.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Mixed.
I»aily.
Except
Sunday.
A.’m.I
h ml
s :ioj
S loj
!• L’i»
III
III !•■;
m 'J..;
in .v
11 r.
11 :n!
11 »'•
n.il
STATIONS.
:o
I”
1: .vi,
I*. M.
BLA< 'KSlir
I. Ah'IS
I’ATTFUSON SPKINO:
SHELBY
I.ATTIMOUE
MOOUI.SIIOHO
HiiNKIfj I'A
El lit EST ('IT V
HI THEIM'OKDTON
MILLWOOD
HOLDEN VALLEY
THKKMAL CITY
0 LENWOOD
MAKlO.N
W LS I
1st Class.
in. 1 a. ;
>,=.£•
I* M
4 :m)
4 .Vi
;• la
I* M
A M
f» HI
:.’(i
n
A M
Gaffney Division.
KASTKHN TIME
STATIONS.
HLA< KSHEKO
( HEKOK EE FALLS
(iAITNKY
Mixed.
Daily.
Except
Sunday.
Il-.M.
<• Id
S .VI
S Wl
7 :ji»
; 7 •.")
1 7 co
Ii lift
ii or.
| .7 .VI
•> :j5
.-> VI
i 5 1 Ci
4 t r.
11*. M.
EAST.
1st Class.
It. Hi.
2 s z 2.?. ~
■ **'•/. 7
A >1
7 in
Ci 40
li 30
A M
1* M
0 ;»i
ii 10
50
.* Mj
Trains Nos. It; and itt connect at lilacks-
burjf with trains imi the liatVney Division.
Train No. Ii:.’ leaving' Shelhy at iSiiio a. m..
eonneetsat Blackshurfr witfi train No. dllon
the Southern Ity.. tjoiu^ North, with twenty
minutes margin for t ransferrintr. i tc. I’as-
seneers leaving any points on tids line be
tween Shelhy and lllaoksburjr can *ro to
Chariot tc. N. c. and return the same day.
having three hours and twenty-live minutes
for t lie t ran sac t ion of I nisi ness in Ciiarlot le.
N. ('. 11 eon nerts also with the Vest Ihulc on
Hie Southern L'oinn South, and connects a!
York vlllc. S. c . v. itli the North Ixiund train
on the C. & V W. K K . with thirty minutes
marxiii for transfcrrinn. and connects at
l{ock Hill with t rain No. IU on the Soul hern
Ky.. itointr South, with ample margin of
t ime for t ransfi rrin^. etc. The hest connec
tion this‘lain make-, at Catawba .(unction
with the S. A I... troiiia North *rl\es eleven
hours lay over; stoina South, twelve hours
anil forty-three minuies, hut nearly all the
lay-over is in (layllfrht. Connects at Lan
caster. S. (’.. with trains on the L. X C.
|{. i;., for ( hestcr, with a lay-over of a li! t ie
over three hours, and eonnects at Camden,
S. ( .. with the Charleston Division of the
Southern By., for all points South.
Trains No. Ti leaving Camden at 12:05 p. m.
•joinu North makes close connection at Lan
caster, S. with the I. X C. B K., for Ches
ter, S. C. Connects witli Ihe H. A. I... at
Catawba .1 net ion. hotli Nor'h and South,
with a lay over of about six hours. Con-
neetsut Bock Hill with Inin No. 54 on tin*
Southern By., troiu/ North. This fives a lav
over of live hours In dayliitht at Bock Hill,
which will prove a pleasure lo passengers.
Makes eonuect Ion at Yorkvillo with train on
l In - C. x S'. U . B. ID. foinir Soulh, and makes
•-lose connnctlon al Ulaeusburj* with train
No. I.’ on the Southern By.foinf North.
Also with I h«* Y.*stlhule train on tlieSouth-
erii Bv-. foliif North.
Trafn No. II. leavinir Blaokshiir;- at s:lu
a. m.. will get pass''lifers from tin* South
from 1 rain No. Vi on the Southern Builwiy
for all points Ih'I weell Blacksluirg and Mar
ion. V ('., and will eonneel al Marion. V ('.,
wit Ii tin Souihcrn Bailway. Iioth East anil
Wist Train No. I'.’, leavinir Marion al 4:45,
after the arrival of the Southern By. train
from Ihe West, makes ko* d connection at
Hlacksburjr with the Southern By., lu both
d i rt'clions.
s\mit;i..iii NT,
President.
A. TIlll’P,
Superintendent.
H. It. LI MPlil.V
UeuT. PuDkeugcr Agent.
is
•y*
Condcnted Schedule of Pat'engor Tralitb
In Effect June 11th, 1899.
Northbound.
No. 12
Dally
Lv. Atlanta, C.T.
7 50 a
" Atlanta, E.T.
8 6J a
** Norcrott*
9 30 a
“ Buford.
10 05 a
“ Gainesville...
lo 3.5 a
’’ Lula
10 58 a
“ Cornelia
11 25 a
Ar. Mt. Airy
11 3J a
Lv. Toecoa
11 53 a
“ Westminster
12 31 in
Yes*
“ Seneca 12 52 p
" Central 1 4tJ p
“ Greenville... 384 p|
“ Spartanburg. !i;)7 pj
“ Gaffneys
" Blacksburg ..
“ King's Mt
“ Gastonia 5 25 p|
Lv. Charlotte..
Ar. Ureeusb >ro
Lv. G reensborO. j
Ar. Norfolk . |.
Ar 1 )nn vide 1
Ar. Kieinnoud ...
Ar.Washington .j.
“ Hnilin'e PRH.i.
“ Philadelphia.;.
“ New York ...|.
No. 38
Daily.
1‘2 GO in
1 00
P
2 22
P
2 42
P
8 GO
p
8 3J
P
4 13
1>
5 22
1)
II 13
p
0 40
P
7 02
. .
P
8 18
p
10 47
P
11 «
P
8 20
a
1 i .’*1}
p|
0 00
u
(1 42
1
a
8 UU
as
10 15
a
12 43 m 1
No. IH
Ex.
Sun.
4 85 p
5 95 ji
fl 2»p
7 u»|>
7 43 p
if It) p
H 35 p
8 40 p
t) 05 p
1st. Al 1
No. M
Daily.
11 80 p
12 50 a
1 30 *
2 25 a
2 50 »
3 42 a
4 20 a
4 37 a
5 02 a
5 50
fi 45
7 25
7 42
8 05
8 28
9 25 >1
12 Oti p
i t:
ti 8ft
| 9 05
111 25
j 2 56
, ti 23
Houthbmiud.
rw.y. v p.ii.'ii.
“ Philadelphia
“ Baltimore...
" Washington.
Lv. Hichinoinl..
Lv. Dnuvillu .
Lv. Norfolk.
Ar Greensboro.
1st .511 Yes. No. II
No. 35 No. 37 Daily
Daily. Duilv. j
\2 I.) a
3 50 u
C 23 a
4 .O p
6 55 p
9 20 p :
H 15 a 10 45 p
if 0!nn 11 00 p II 00 p
6 0'. 1 pi 5 50 jt 1 610 a
.... | 8 35 p ..
.... 5 15 a ..,
T
Lv Hrecnsboro
Ar. ('harlot lu ...
Lv. Gastonia
" King's Ml ..
“ Blacksburg .
" Gaffneys
*• Spartanburg
“ G1 ecu ville...
“ Cent nil
“ Si iicch
“ Westminster
*• Toecoa
** Mt. Airy ....
“ Cornelia
“ Lula
“ Gamosvlll#..
** Buford
Norcruss
7 24 p 7 ho >*. 7 37 a,
dObO p 9 25 ai 12 05iii'
10 49 p 10 07 a 1 12 p!
I ! 1 38 pi
11 31 p I.) 45 a 2 01 p
11 4»1 p 10 58 a 2 24 p
12 2ii all 34 it 3 15 p
1 25 a 12 ») pi 4:<0 |> “.lT.
6 32 p
2 38 1 p 5 45 p ’ "
. 8 00 p ! _LLi-.
8 17 a 2 18 p, 8 30 p; OO., a
.... 7 12 p »
3 00 p 7 10 p 'f 35 '•
| 4 08 n b 18 p; 7 3* pj 6 57 *
3 37 pj 8 2s jt 7 2J •
: b 10 p 7 4s *
j 9 15 p 8 27 *
4 30 a
4 . r i0 a
5 25 a 1 . .
Ar. Atlanta, K. T. 6 10 u 4 55 plOOOp 930 s
Ar. Atlanta, C. lv 5 10 a 3 55 p 9 00 p 8 20 *
"A” a. m "l*” p. in. "M" noon. "N" night.
Chesapeake Line Steamers in (lady service
bet ween Norfolk and Da tinioi o.
Nos. 07 and38—Daily. Washington and South
western Vestibule Limited. Through Dullnri'i
•leeping cars between New York and New tn-
leans, via Washington, Atlanta and Moutgont
•ry. and also Is*tween New York and Memphis,
vinWiisliington,Atlanta and Birmingham. A: -4
elegant CULLMAN LiBBAKY OHSKBVA-
TION CABS between Atlanta and New York.
First dnss thoroughfare coaches lietweea Wash
ington and Atlanta. Diningcars serveali ine.T.l
en route. Pullman drawing-room sleeping carl
between Wreenslsjro and Norfolk. Close •-o'1
ueetion at Norfolk forOLD POINTCl>MFOR i\
Nos. 35 and 3ii—United State* East Mull
runs solid Is* ween Washington and New (Or
leans, via Southern Kailway. A. & W. P. K. It.
and L. to N. K. K., being composed of Isiggag*
car and coaches, through without change for
j assengers of all classes. Pullman (irawimi
room sleeping cars between New York and
New Orleans, via Athintuund Montgomery a.1 i
between Ciiurlotte and Birmingham. AHo
Pullniau Drawing Uoom Buffet Sleeping Curt
between Atlanta and Asheville, N.C. Lcaviiif
Washington each Tuesday and Friday, •
tourist sleeping cur will run through between
Washing!...1 and San Francisco without oliaiigo,
Dining cars serve all nieahs enrouto.
Nos. 11,33 . 34 and 13 Pullniau sleenfirg car*
between Kicliinoudaiid < 'hurlol te, vi 1 lain vibe,
MiuihlKitind No*. 11 and 33, northbound No*
34 and 12
FRANKS. GANNON. J. M CULP.
Third V P. to ti. i, Mgr., Traffi. M'c'r.
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. GL
W A. TUKK, S. H HARDWICK,
Ucn'lPnss Ag't , Asa'tUou'l Pus*. Ag't..
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