The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 29, 1900, Image 3
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SSriv i\Maay a school-
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|pjf‘ be lazy and f>
shiftless
w h e n s h e
doesn’t deserve
IllP^rthe least bit cf it.
P;!? She cr;:i’t study, easily
falls asleep, is nervous
^ and tired all the time.
^ And what can you ex-
ri pect? Her brain is being
fed with impure blood
J and ^er whole system is
1 suffering from poisoning.
Such girls are wonder-
^ fully helped and greatly
changed, by taLing
Li
M
. Hundreds of thousands ^'
A of schoolgirls have taken %
4 it during the past SOyears.
h j Many of these girls now L,
►J have homos of their own. ^ |
They ren!embe t ' what
<1 cured them, and now M
M they give the same medi- /J
^ f cine to theirov/n children. L ij
j Yeti can afford to trust a L'
4 Sarsaparilla that has been r •
t
este 1 for half a cemury. fA
Sl.ro a bottle. All d.-iiftli'a. 'i
If yonr towels arc const!- -<j
pried t '.'ie Ayer’s Pit is. You !>■ ,4
can’t Lave coocl Itcaiiii unless f-, *i|
you have daily action of the id J
bowels, :3 c:?. a hoi. £4
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Plain
acts.
I will pe’l '.on for cash any
thing in my lint' consisting of
Pry (ioods, Nolions, Shoos.
Hats, (irooermy Slielf i!a!(!-
warc, and almost anvihinit car-
rietl in a <j;em ral siuro,as cln aj»
as any house in the cily.
Wlum in uecti of goods see
my prices.
Yours to please,
I. M. PEELER.
Teachers’ Exarninatioa.
'I'iir* r,yru : ai* Inuli.in f.t!- triiclii'is’
r: i ■« I cs Inr ('||(*r'i!vi*!.* cmility will lx* liold
'i'iilii ■-lay I i; lay. .1 illy (itli and till, I'.ISI.
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1 ’I in will null .i tin* yiiidi (1 si-liool Imlldliij;
at Oa. in.
w. r.: i Ai!.nr«.
5-:.’l •-upt.uf l.d.
DR. J. F. GARRETT
Dentist,
Gaffney,
S. C.
Office (c.i r J. •*. lo’iitsou’s new siorf
In ;•??. ■ fr,'in Inf *•> 2(11,L of eacii
month •
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
O'licc over n. A. Joiiet. & Co 'h btfre
Can la. f..' ndnf ’.*> d.tvs in t lio »•( «•,
)). U.i>uii‘ , iiii. i . I’.Sii'Klrrs. W.S. Hull, Jr.
DUNCAN, SANDERS 5 HAIL,
/fttorneys-at-Law.
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Tiiop. i(. Ill ri.i ii.
I i.MI V K. ( •.-iiOHNK
BUTLER £> OSSCBNE,
LAV/YERS.
Prori'jit ntti nti. n -ivnii nil liiisliu’.'.s on-
truslcd to U".. Xuliuy I’ulilp in otilri*.
J. E. V/E3STER,
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Otlloi •nCi/iii’t Iion .*. (I’r'.haLi- .1 udn<“ m -r
Gaffney City, 5. C.
J’ra< ticett in .*]! Un court a. Of-IIec-
tiioict a ('i.coiiiity
SERMON ON ST I! IKES.
DR. TALMAGE TAKES THE LABOR
QUESTION FOR A THEME.
Wonlil Ilrln» About u Better FeetinB
lletween T!nijiloyer and Kmiiloyee.
, Uoyecttints iind Violence Never
I’ny, Says the Divine.
Washington, May 20.— At a time
vhen in various districts labor trou
bles arc existinj; or iinpcndiiiK the ef
fort Dr. Talniiitfe makes in tliis dis-
course to bring about a better feeling
between both sides of this ditlicuU
question is well timed; texts, Gala
tians v. To. “Hut if ye bite and devour
one another, take heed that ye be not
consumed one of another,” and Philip-
pians ii. 4, “Look not every man on his
own tilings, but every man also on the
things of others.”
About every six months there Is a
great labor agitation. There are vio
lent questions now in discussion be
tween employers and employees. The
present “strikes” will go‘into the past.
Of course the damage done cannot im
mediately be repaired. Wages will not
be so high as they were. Spasmodical
ly they may be*higher, but they will
drop lower. Strikes, whether right or
wrong, always injure laborers as well
as capitalists. You will see this In the
starvation of next winter. Boycotting
and violence and murder never pay.
They are different stages of anarchy.
God never blessed murder. The worst
use you can put a man to is to kill him.
The worst enemies of the working
classes in the United States and Ire
land are their demented coadjutors.
Years ago assassination—the assassina
tion of Lord Frederick Cavendish and
Mr. Burke in Phoenix park, Dublin, in
the attempt to avenge the
-i-J. C. JKFFHRIE:S4-
GAPFNEY, S. C.
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lii-4«l Kit a Iri l.iiie.
Money to loan on ajipr ua il security.
JAMES A. WILLIS,-
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
< J A. 1 ^ 1 •' I C V . t-'.. t_\
Notary I’ulillc In ofllee. I’rompt. attention
given to all business.
Onion ovor it. A. Jones it <’o.’s store.
J. Ci ormi Wai.i.acp.. J. ounkmos Oi is.
WALLACE & OTTS,
LAWYERS.
All IntstiM lot rusted t<> us. vlvee iirnmpt
stni \ i .e >i us all etiuri. (lilice n p si all s. next
(•> Iv. A jlities .» Cn. 'l‘llOII" ..
HARDIN & HcWHORTER,
.A.11orm\v** iit
GAFFNEY, - - S. C.
Mom y U> loan on oily real estate.
Dili :v over It. A. Jones & Co.'x Store.
wrongs of
Ireland, only turned away from that
alllieted people millions of sympathiz
ers. The attempts to blow up the house
of commons, in Loudon, had ouly this
effect—to throw out of employment
tens of thousands of innocent Irish
people in Hngland. In this country the
torch put to tin' factories that have dis
charged hands for good or bad reason,
obstructions on the rail tracks in front
of midnight express trains because the
offenders do not like the president of
tne company, strikes on shipboard the
hour they were going to sail, or in print
ing otiiees the hour the paper was to
go to press, or in the mines the day the
dial was to be delivered, or on house
scaffoldings so the builder fails in keep
ing his contract—nil these tire only u
hard blow on the head of American la
bor and cripple its arms and lame its
feet and pierce its heart. Traps sprung
suddenly upon employers and violence
never took one knot out of the knuc- j
kies of toil or put a farthing of wages
into a callous palm.
Snbmlt to the Law.
Frederick the Great admired some
land near Ids palace at Potsdam, and
he resolved to get it. It was owned by
a miller. lie offered the miller three
times the value of the property. The
'miller would not take it because it was
the old homestead, and he felt about
as Naboth felt about Ids vim-yard when :
Ahab wanted it. Frederick the Great
was a rough and terrible man, and lie
ordered the miller into Ids presence,
and the king, with a stick in his hand—
a stick with whieli he sometimes struck
the officers of state—said to the miller,
“Now, I have offered you three times
the value of that property, and if you
won't sell it I’ll take it anyhow.” The
miller said, “Your majesty, you won’t.”
“Yes,” said the king; “1 will take it.”
“Then,” said the miller, "if your maj
esty does take it 1 will sue you in the
chancery court.” At that threat Fred
erick the Great yielded Ids infamous
demand. And the most imperious out
rage against the working classes will
yet cower before the law. Violence
and defiance of the law will never ac
complish anything, but fighti ousness
and submission to the law will accom
plish it.
But gradually the damages done the
laborer by the strikes will he repaired,
and some important things ought now
to he said. The whole tendency of our
times, as you have noticed, is to make
the chasm between employer and em
ployee wider and wider. In olden time
the head man of the factory, the mas
ter builder, the capitalist, the head
man of the firm, worked side by side
with their employees, working some
times at the same bench, dining at the
same table, ami there are those here
who can remember the time when the
clerks of large commercial establish
ments were accustomed to board with
the head men of the firm.
All that is changed, and the tendency
Is to make the distance between em
ployer and employee wider and wider.
The tendency is to make the employee
feel that he is wronged by the success
of the capitalist and to make the cap
italist feel: “Now, my laborers are only
beasts of burden. I must gl. > so much
money for so much drudgery; just so
many pieces of silver for so many
heads of sweat.” In other words, the
bridge of sympathy is broken down at
both ends. That feeling was well de
scribed by Thomas Carlyle when lie
said: “TMugson of St. Dolly Under
shot. buceanccrlike, says to his men:
‘Noble spinners, this is the hundredth
thousand we have gained, wherein I
mean to dwell and plant my vine
yards. The hundred thousand pound
Is mine; the daily wage was yours.
Adieu, noble spinners! Drink my
health with this groat each, which I
give you over and above.’ ” Now. what
we want is to rebuild that bridge of
sympathy, and I put the trowel to one
rf the abutments today, and I preach
more especially to employers ns such,
although what I have to say will he
appropriate to both employers and em
ployees.
Re .Inst to I.nlior.
The behavior of a malt it tide of labor
ers toward their employers during tbo |
Inst three months may have induced !
•nine emnlovcrs to noeioet tl o real
Christian duties that they owe to those J
whom they employ. Therefore I want ;
| to say to you whom 1 confront face to j
j face and those to whom these words |
may come that till shipowners, all cap- i
italists, all commercial firms, all mas
ter builders, till housewives, an* hound
to lie Interested in the entire welfare of j
their subordinates. Years ago some
line gave three prescriptions for becom
ing a millionaire: “First, spend your
life In getting and keeping the earn
ings of other people; secondly; have no
anxiety about the worrlmouts, the
losses, the disappointments of others;
thirdly, do not mind the fact that your
vast wealth Implies the poverty of a
great many people.” Now, there Is not
a man here who would consent to go
Into life with those three principles to
earn a fortune. It Is your desire to do
your whole duty to the men and wom
en in your service.
First of all, then, pay ns large wages
ns are reasonable and as your business
will afford; not necessarily what oth
ers pay, certainly not what your hired
help say you must pay, for that is tyr
anny on the part of labor unbearable.
The right of a laborer to tell his em-
plo-er what he must pay implies the
right of an employer to compel a man
Into a service whether he will or not,
and either of those Ideas is despicable.
; When any employer allows a laborer to
1 say what he must do or have his busl-
; ness ruined, and the employer submits
to it, he does every business man in
the United States n wrong and yields
‘ to the principle which, carried out,
would dissolve society. Look over your
affairs and put yourselves iu imagina
tion In your laborer’s place and then
pay him what before God and your
own conscience you think you ought to
pay him.
“God bless yous!” are well In their
place, but they do not buy coal nor pay
house rent nor get shoes for the chil
dren. At the same time you, the em
ployer, ought to remember through
What straits and strains you got the
fortune by which you built your store
or run the factory. You are to remem
ber that you take all the risks and the
employee takes none or scarcely any.
You are to remember that there may
be reverses in fortune and that some
new style of machinery may make
your machinery valueless or some new
style of tariff set your business back
hopelessly and forever. You must take
all that Into consideration and then
pay what is reasonable.
The Employer’ll Dpty.
Do not be too ready to cut down
Wages. As far as possible, pay all, and
pay promptly. There is a great deal of
Bible teaching on this subject Mal-
achi, “I will be a swift witness against
all sorcerers and against all adulterers
and against those who oppose the hire
ling iu his wages.” Leviticus, “Thou
shalt not keep the wages of the hire
ling all night unto the morning.” Co-
lossiaus, “Masters, give unto your serv
ants that which is just and equal,
knowing that ye also have a Master in
heaven.” So you see it is not a ques
tion between you and your employee
so much as it is a question between
you and God.
Do not say to your employees, “Now,
if you don’t like this place, get an
other,” when you know they cannot
got another. As far as posihle, once a
year visit at their homes your clerks
and your workmen. That Is the only
way you can become acquainted with
their wants. You will by such process
find out that there is a blind parent or
a sick sister being supported. You
will find some of your young men In
rooms without any lire iu winter and
in summer sweltering in ill ventilated
apartments. Y<m will find much de
pends on the wages you pay or with
hold.
Moreover, it Is your duty as employ
er, as far as possible, to mold the wel
fare of the employee. You ought to ad
vise him about investments, about life
insurance, abfeut savings banks. You
ought to give him the benefit of your
experience. There are hundreds and
thousands of employers, I am glad to
say, who are settling in the very best
possible way the destiny of their em
ployees. Such men as Marshall of
Leeds, Lister of Bradford, Akroyd of
Halifax and men so near at home it
misfit offend their modesty if I men
tioned their names—these men have
built rending rooms, libraries, concert
halls, afforded croquet lawns, cricket
grounds, gymnasiums, choral societies
for their employees, and they have not
merely paid the wages on Saturday
night, but through the contentment
and the thrift and the good morals of
their employees they are paying wages
from generation to generation forever.
deciding that man’s destiny for two
worlds.
One of my earliest remembrances Is
of old Arthur Tappan. There were
many differences of opinion about his
politics, hut no one who ever knew
Arthur Tappan, and*knew him well,
doubted his being an earnest Christian.
In his store in New York he had n room
where every morning he called his em
ployees together, and he prayed with
them, read the Scriptures to them,
sang with them, and then they entered
on the duties of the day. On Monday
morning the exercises differed, and ho
gathered the young men together and
asked them where they had attended
church, what had been their Sabbath
experiences and what had been the ser
mon.
Trne Chrlutlnn Clinrncler.
Samuel Budgett had the largest busi
ness in the west of England. He hud
In a room of his warehouse a place
pleasantly furnished with comfortable
Beats and Fletcher’s “Family Devo
tions” and Wesleyan hymnhooks, and
he gathered his employees together ev
ery morning, and, having sung, they
knelt, down and prayed side by side—
the employer and the employees. Do
you wonder at that man's success and
that though .‘50 years before he had
been a partner in a small retail shop in
a small village at his death he be
queathed many millions? God can
trust such a man as that with plenty of
| money.
Sir Titus Salt had wealth which was
beyond computation, and at Saltairo,
England, he had a church and a chapel
built and supported by himself—the
church for those who preferred the
Episcopal service and the chapel for
those who preferred the Methodist
service. At the opening of one of his
: factories he rave a great dinner, and
there were S.oOO people present, and In
his after dinner speech he said to these
people gathered: *T cannot look around
me and see this vast assemblage of
friends and work people without being
moved. I feel greatly honored by the
presence of the mfideman at my side,
and I am especially delighted at the
presence of my work people. I hope to
draw around me a population that will
! enjoy the beauties of this neighborhood
—a population of well paid, contented,
happy operatives. I have given in
structions to my architects that noth
ing is to he spared to render the dwell
ings of the operatives a pattern to the
country, and if my life is spared by
divine Providence, I hope to see con
tentment, satisfaction ami happiness
around me."
That Is Christian character demon
strated. There are others In this coun
try and in other lauds on a smaller
| scale doing their best for their em
ployees. They have not forgotten their
own early struggles. They remember
how they were discouraged, how bun
gry they were and how cold and how
tired they were, and, though they may
, be 00 or 70 years of age, they know
Just how a boy feels between 10 and
20, and how a young man feels be
tween 20 and 30. They have not for
gotten It. Those wealthy employers
; were not originally let down out of
1 heaven with pulleys of silk in a wicker
| basket, satin lined, fanned by cherubic
wings. They started In roughest cra
dle, on whose rocker misfortune put
| her violent foot and tipped them into
i the cold world. Those old men are
sympathetic with boys.
God Will llcineinber.
But you are not only to be kind to
those who are under you—Christianly
kind—hut you are also to see that your
boss workman and your bead clerks
and your agents and your overseers in
stores are kind to those under them.
Sometimes a man will get a little brief
authority in a store or in a factory,and,
while they are very courteous to you,
the capitalists, or to you, the head man
of the firm, they are most brutal In
their treatment of those under them.
God only knows what some of the lads
suffer iu the cellars and in the lofts of
some of our great establishments. They
look well after the physical health of
their subordinates. Do not put on them
any unnecessary fatigue. 1 uever could
understand why the drivers on our
city cars must staud all day when they
might just .'is well sit down and drive.
It seems to me most unrighteous that
so many of the female clerks Iu our
stores should he compelled to stand
all day and through those hours when
there are hut few or no customers.
These people have aches and annoy
ances and weariness enough without
putting upon them additional fatigue.
Unless these female clerks must go up
and down on the business of the store,
let them sit down.
Then 1 would have you carry out this
sanitary idea and put iftto as few
hours as possible the work of the day.
It seems to me all the merchants in
all departments ought, by simultaneous
movement, to come out in behalf of the
early closing theory. These young men
ought to have an opportunity of going
to the mercantile library, to the read
ing rooms, to the concert hall, to the
gymnasium, to the church. They have
nerves, they have brains, they have
Intellectual aspirations, they have Im
mortal spirits. If they can do a good
round nay's work in the eight or ten
hours, you have no right to keep them
harnessed for 17.
But above- ail I charge you, O em
ployers, that you look after the moral
and spiritual welfare of your employ
ees. First, know where they spend
their evening-;. That decides every
thing. You do not want around your
money drawer a young man who went
last night to see ".lack Sheppard!” A
man that comes Into the store iu the
tnomlng ghastly with midnight revelry
is not the man for your store. The
young man who upends his evening iu
the society of refined women or In
musical or artistic circles or in literary
improvement is the young man for
your store.
Do not say of these young men, “If
they do their work in the business
i hours, that is all I have to ask.” God
has made you that man’s guardian. I
want you to understand that many of
i these young men are orphans or worse
than orphans, flung out Into society to
struggle for themselves. A young man
Is pitched into the middle of the At
lantic ocean, and a pinnk is pitched
after him, and then he Is told to take
that and swim ashore. Trent that
young man as you would like to have
your son treated if you were dead. Do
! not trend on him. Do not swear at
him. Do not send him on a useless
errand. Kay “Good morning” and
“Good night” and ‘LGoodljy." You are
Again. 1 counsel all employers to fiave no one to appeal to. The time
will come when their arm will be
strong and they can defend themselves,
but not now. Alas, for some of the
cashboys and the messenger hoys and
j the boys that sweep the store! Alas,
for some of them! Now, you capitalist,
^ou, the head man of the firm, must
fook, supervise, see those all around
you, investigate all beneath you.
And then I charge you not to put un
necessary temptation in the way of
your young men. Do not keep large
sums of money lying around unguard
ed. Know how much money there is
In the till. Do not have the account
books loosely kept. There are tempta
tions inevitable to young men. and
enough of them, without your putting
any unnecessary temptations in their
way. Men iu Wall street having 30
years of reputation for honesty have
dropped Into Sing Sing and perdition,
and you must he careful how you try a
lad of 15. And If ho do wrong do not
pounce on him like a hyena. If he
prove himself unworthy of your confi
dence, do not call in the police, but
take him home. Tell why you dismiss
ed him to those who will ; ' him an
other chance. Many a y.uu.g man has
done wrong once who will never do
wrong again. Ah, my friends, I think
we can afford to give everybody anoth
er chance when God knows we should
all have been In perdition if he had not
given us 10,000 chances.
Then, if iu moving around your fac
tory or mill or barn or store you are
inexorable with young men, God will
remember it. Some day the wheel of
fortune will turn, and you will he a
pauper, and your daughter will go to
the workhouse, and your son will die
on the scaffold. If iu moving among
your young men you see one with an
ominous pallor of cheek or you hear
him coughing behind the counter, say
to him, “Stay at home a day or two
and rest or go out and breathe the
breath of the hills.” If his mother die,
do not demand that on the day after
the funeral he he in the store. Give
to he excused from military duty that
he might attend the holy sacrament.
He was excused. A few days after
Ziethen was dining with the king and
with many notables of Prussia, when
Frederick the Great In a jocose way
said, “Well, Ziethen, how did that sac
rament of Inst Friday digest?” The
venerable old warrior arose and said:
“For your majesty I have risked my
life many a time on the battlefield, and
for your majesty I would .be willing
ary time to die; but you do wrong
when you insult the Christian religion.
You will forgive me if 1, your old mil
itary servant, cannot hear in silence
any insult to my Lord and my Sav
iour.” Frederick the Great leaped to
his feet, and he put out his hand, and
he said: “Happy Ziethen! Forgive me,
forgive me!”
Ob, there are many being scoffed at
for their religion, aud I thank God
there are many men as brave as
Ziethen! Go to heaven yourself, O em
ployer! Take all your people with you.
Soon you will be through buying and
selling, aad through with manufactur
ing and huildiug, and God will ask
you: “Where are all those people over
whom you had so great lufluence? Are
they here? Will they be here?” O
shipowners, Into what harbor will
your crew sail? Oh, you merchant
grocers, are those young men that un
der your care are providing food for
the bodies and families of men to go
starved forever? Oh, you manufac
turers, with so many wheels flying and
so many hands pulliug and so many
new patterns turned out aud so many
goods shipped, are the spinners, are
the carmen, are the draymen, are the
salesmen, are the watchers of your es
tablishments working out everything
but their own salvation? Cau it he
that, having those people under your
care 5, 10, 20 years, you have made uo
everlasting impression for good on
their immortal souls? Gcd turn us all
back from such selfishness aud teach
us to live for others aud uot for our
selves. Christ sets us the example of
sacrifice, and so do many of his dis
ciples.
The Ilteht Spirit.
One summer iu California a gentle
man who had just removed from the
Sandwich Islands told me this inci
dent: You know that one of the Sand
wich Islands is devoted to lepers. Peo
ple getting sick of the leprosy on the
other islands are sent to the Isle of
j lepers. They uever come off. They
; are iu different stages of disease, hut
! all who die on that island die of lep
rosy.
On oue of the islands there was a
physician who always wore his hand
gloved, and it was often discussed why
be always bad a glove on that hand
under all circumstances. Oue day he
came to the authorities, aud he with
drew his glove, and he said to the olfi-
cers of the law: “You sec on that baud
a spot of the leprosy and that 1 am
doomed to die. I might hide this for a
| little while and keep away from the
! Isle of lepers, but I am a physician,
! and I can go on that island aud admin-
I ister to the sufferings of those who are
further gone in the disease, and I
should like to go now. It would be
selfish In me to stay amid these luxu
rious surroundings when I might be of
so much help to the wretched. Send
me to the isle of the lepers.” They,
seeing the spot of leprosy, of course
took the man into custody. He bade
farewell to his family and his friends.
It was an agonizing farewell. He
could never see them again. He was
taken to the Isle of the lepers and there
wrought among the sick until prostrat-
| ed by his own death, which at last
■ came. Oh, that was magnificent self
! denial, magnificent sacrifice, only sur
passed by that of him who exiled hlm-
j self from the health of heaven to this
leprous Island of a world that he might
physician our wounds and weep our
griefs and die our deaths, turning the
Isle of a leprous world Into a great
blooming, glorious garden. Whether
employer or employee, let us catch that
spirit
[Copyright, 1900. hy Louis Klopsch.>
linn Hla Ailvnntaires.
I’ilson—I don’t believe there is much
difference between genius aud Insan
ity.
Dilson—Oh, yod, there Is a heap. The’
lunatic is sure of his board and
clothes.—Columbus (O.) State Journal.
More to Ilia Arivnntnice.
“Dicky, people should live to help
one another.”
“Yes, ma; but I’d got more pie ’f
poll’d' let me help myself.”—Chicago
Record.
him at least a week to get over that
which he will never get over.
Set a Good Example.
Employers, urge upon your employ
ees, above all, a religious life. Bo fur
from that, how is It. young men? In
stead of being cheered on the road to
heaven some of you are caricatured,
and it Is a hard thing for you to keep
your Christian Integrity In that store
or factory where there are so many
hostile to religion. Zlethcif, a grave
general under Frederick the Great,
was a Christian. Frederick the Great
was a skeptic. One day Ziethen, the
venerable, white huUci] general, asked
+
No business can possibly be
? successful that is not aJver-
* tiseJ.
This is a sweeping statement,
but it is true. There are some
merchants in this community
v/hose experience apparently
1 * contradicts the statement.
The contradiction, however,
is only apparent. If they have
attained any degree of success
they have advertised. They have
let people know what they had to
sell, what they were here for and
what they proposed to do. Just
in proportion to the thorough
ness with which they have done
this and met the conditions of
their competitors they have suc
ceeded.
If they have used the newspa
pers they have worked with the
best tools so far as getting pub
licity is concerned. If they have
worked without the newspapers
they have been handicapped <md
have not attained the highest
possible measure of success.
A fertile seed planted in fertile
ground, carefully watered, wnl thrive
and hear fruit.
A properly organized business,
in any inhabited place, well advertised
will succeed. The law of
growth is as certain and inexorable in
one case as the other.
n
Ktar Farm Statements.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Stak Fakm, May 26.—We are hav
ing plenty of. rain this week. We
have a fine stand of cotton, and corn
is looking pretty now. Wheat is
very good and will soon be ripe.
We had beans for dinner today and
Irish potatoes are large enough for
use.
Mr. Wm. Sparks visited your city
Thursday. Your correspondent also
made a hurried trip to your town last
Wednesday. Little Dickie.
MillionM (liven Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern in the
land who are not afraid to be gener
ous to the needy and suffering. The
proprietors of I)r. King’s New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, have given away over ten
million trial bottles of this great
medicine; and have the satisfaction
of knowing it has absolutely cured
thousands of hopeless cases. Asth
ma. Bronchitis. Hoarseness and all
diseases of the Throat, Chest and
Lungs are surely cured by it. Call
on Cherokee Drug Company, Drug
gists, and get a free trial bottle.
Regular size 50c. und$l. Every bot
tle guaranteed, or price refunded.
Since 1868 the corn production of
this country has increased more than
152 per cent,, while the production
of wheat has increased nearly 35 per
cent.
The easiest and most effective
method of purifying the blood and
invigorating the system is to take
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the
famous little pills for cleaning the
liver and bowels. For sale by Chero
kee Drug Company.
Over 1,000,000.000 feet of logs were
cut in the pine forests of Minnesota
during the season just closed. Tl e
industry in the state employs 16 -
000 men.
Fire!
“After suffering from severe djs-
pepsia over twelve years and usirg
many remedies without permanent
good I finally took Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. It did me so much good I
recommended it to everyone.” writis
J. E. Watkins. Clerk and Recorder.
Chillicothe. Mo. It digests what
you op.t. For sale by Cherokee Drug
Company.
Statistics show that more money is
spent in the United States for eggs
‘han for flour. Fjrmers went to
look after their poultry and improve
it by getting better stock.
S. C. & G. E. R. R. CO.
Schedule No. 4.
In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday.December 24th, ‘99
Between Camden,S.C. and Blacksburg,S.C.
WEST.
EAST
32
X
X
X
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X
X
X
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O
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EASTERN TIME.
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1* M.
1*. M.
p. m.
8 211
12 30
CAM DEN
12 25
5 30
8 50
1 15
DEKALIi
12 02
4 50
!l 30
1 27
. . WEST V IEEE
II 5(>
4 30
10 50
1 40
KERSHAW
II 35
4 10
11 20
2 10
HEATH SPRINGS
II 20
3 15
11 If.
2 15
PLEASANT HILL
II 15
It CO
12 30
2 35
....LANCASTER
10 55
2 35
1 00
2 50
.RIVERSIDE
10 40
1 00
I 20
3 00
. SPRINGDELL.
10 lio
12 4o
2 30
3 10 CATAWHA JI NC’N
lo 2o
12 20
2 50
3 20
LESLIE
10 hi; II 00
3 10
If 4(» ROCK MILL
10 00
10 to
4 10
3 55
.... NEWPORT. ..
9 35
8 20
4 43
4 02
. Tl R/.A II
!! ltd
8 00
5 30
4 20
... YORKVII,LE ...
0 15
7 30
0 ini
4 •C*
SHARON
•I 00
ti 50
6 23
4 50
HICKORY GROVE
8 45
« 20
C» .T>
5 00
SMYRNA
8 35
ti 00
7 00
5 20
.. HLACKSHCRG.
8 15
5 30
P. M.
P. M.
A. M.
A. M.
Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,N.C.
*
WEST.
EAST.
11
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1*.
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I\ M .
8 10
5 30
.. BLACKSBURG ..
7 48
ti 40
8 30
!> 45
EARLS
7 32
. ti 20
8 40
5 501 PATTERSON SP’GS
7 25
ti 12
!» 20
0 <Ni
SHELBY
7 15
1; 00
10 00
ti 20
... LAT H MOKE.
ti 55
4 Till
10 10
t; 28
MOORESBORO...
ti 4i*
4 40
10 23
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.. .HENRIETTA ...
ti 38
4 20
10 50
li ....
FOREST CITY .
ti 20
3 50
11 15
7 10
KUTHERFORDTON
<i 05
3 25
11 35
7 22
MILLWOOD
5 53
3 05
11 43
7 351 GOLDEN VALLEY
5 40
2 50
12 05
7 40
. THLKMAL CITY
5 37
2 45
12 25
7 58 . GLENVVOOD....
5 17
2 20
12 30
8 15
...... MARION
5 00
2 00
P. M.
P. M.
A. M.
P. M.
WEST.
Gaffney Division.
EAST.
1st Class.
1st Class.
IS.
13.
EASTERN TIME.
14.
1(1.
= -:|
STATIONS.
ill
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Cv; a
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1 on
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BLACKSBURG
7 50
3 »>0
1 20 tl 20
CHEROKEE FALLS
7 30
2 40
1 40
U 40
GAFFNEY
7 10
2 20
P M
A M
A M
. P M
Tniin No. 32 leaving' Marion. N. C., at 5 a. in.
making close connu<'tion at Hlurksljurir. S
C.. with tiie Son! hern’s train No. .'ki for < 'Inir-
lotte, N. U.. and all points East, and connect-
Ing with the Southern's vestibule uoirarto
Atlanta, (Ju., and all jmints West, and will
receive passenners Koliijr East from train
No. 10on the V. & N. W. It. It., at Yorkvllle,
S. O., at M.45 a. m., and connects at Camden,
S. ('., with the Houthcrn's train No. 7H arriv
ing In Charleston, S. at 8.17 |». in.
Train No. 34 with passenirercoacL attached,
leaving IllackshurK at ;>.:io a. m.. and eon-
nectinir at Itoek Hill. S. (!., with the South
ern’s Florida train for all points South.
Train No. 33 leavlnjr Camden, S. c , at 12.M
p. m.. after the arrival of the Southern’s
charleston train conneets at Laneaster, S.
('., with the L. ft C. K. K.; at Catawba Junei
Inu with the S. A. I,., ituint; East, at Ris k
Hill. S.C.. with the Southern’s train No. 34
for Charlotte, N. C., and all itnints East.
Conneets at Yorkvllle, S. (’.. with train No. 0
on the C. A N. W. R. It., for Chester, S. C. At
ItlaeiiHhuri; with the Southern's vestibule
iroliift East, and the Southern's train No. :g»
Kolntf West, and eonnectlmr at Marion, N. C.,
with the Southern isith East and West.
SAMLKL HUNT.
I’resldeiit.
A.Tiurr,
' iperliiteu
N. H. LUMl’KIN,
Call on L. BAKER and buy you a (food
Extension Ladder and have it on your
premises In case of fire.
Good Extension and Step Ladders for
sale, but little aliove cost. Made of Itest
Norway Pine aud well painted. Only a
few left. *
L. BAKER.
A. N. WOOD,
BANKER,
does a genera] Banking and Exchange
business. Well secured with Burglar*
Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock.
Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate
rent.
Buys and sells Stocks andBonds.
Buys County and School Claims.
Yonr htminoBs solicited.
Gold and Fresh.
I have flic Tec, and Beef, and
Fork, Sausage, Country Pro
duce, Vegetables and Poultry
can be bad.
Fresh Fish ou Thursday and
Saturday. How much will you
have?
A ^ood wheel to ride when
you want exercise.
Conic or call phone No. GO.
Good Cattle wanted.
L. W. McGUINN,
Repairing,
roUshing and Engraving of fine Watches.
Clocks and Jewelry promptly done at very
moderate prices. No charge for examining
work. My work guaranteed.
J. It. Cooper.
At Carroll & L'aruenter's.
Rutledge St. Smith Shop.
¥ can do your shoeing, tire setting, wheel
oiling. Vehicles and implements repaired
aud painted. 1
■Vty 11 i vou give me a trial. Lame
^ *■' horses and mules examined
free for all patrons. Your
TV / rOFltf lk 'V k’et you good value.
Yours for pleasantness
w. 'r. T110N.1
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger Train*.
In Effect May Oth, 1900.
Ves.
Xa lb.
FstMa
Northbound.
N’t?. 12.
Xo. 38.
Ex.
Xo. 3d.
Daily.
Daily.
Sjin.
Daily.
Lv. Atlanta,CT
7 6)a
12 (Om
4 30 p
11 50p
“ Atlanta.ET
b 60 a
1 Oop
5 30 p
12 50 a
Norcros*..
0 HO a
0 23 p
1 20a
“ Buford
10 05 a
7 03 p
1 58 a
“ Gnim-avilk
10 35 a
2 25 p
7 83 p
2 18 a
“ Lula
10 58 a
2 4a j>
8 OOp
2 88a
“ Cornelia....
11 26 a
8 30 p
“ Mt. Airy...
11 Ikln
8 85p
Lv. Toeeoa
11 53 u
8 H3t>
9 O01>
3 28a
Ar. Kila-rton...
Lv. Eilierton...
9 00 a
5 40 p
11 45a
Lv. W"minster.
12 31m!
4 08a
“ Kencea.
12 62 p
4 lap
.
4 28 a
” Central.....
1 42 p
4 55a
“ Greenville
2 34 p
5 22 p
6 Oita
“ hpar’burg.
3 37 p
6 IHp
........
7 03a
“ Gaffnev....
4 20 p
6 40 [.
7 45 a
" Blai-ksburg
4 38 p
7 02 p
8 02 a
“ King's Mt..
5 U3p
5 26p
8 27 a
“ Gastonia...
. „
8 51a
“ Charlotte..
0 30 p
8 18 p
......
9 50 a
Ar. Gru'ns’ooro
0 55 p
10 47 p
....
12 23p
Lv. Gre’nsboro
Ar. Norfolk ...
• • • •
11 45 p
8 25 a
•••••••*
Ar. Danville...
11 25p
11 53 p
1 58 p
Ar. Richmond..
0 00 a
6 00a
6 25 p
Ar. W’hlngton.
0 42 a
8 50 p
“ B'moreP.K
8 00 a
11 2ap
“ Pli’dclphia.
10 15 a
2 50a
“ New York.
12 4.,m
0 28a
FstMa
Ves.
Southbound.
No. 35.
Xo. 37.
Xo. 11.
Daily.
Daily.
Daily
Lv. N.Y..Pn.K.
12 15 a
4 30 p
“ Ph'dolplda.
3 50 a
G 65 p
••••••••
“ Baltimore..
0 22 a
9 20p
" Wttnh'ton..
11 15 a
10 45 p
•
Lv. Richmond..
12 01 n
11 00 p
11 00p
. ....
Lv. Danville....
6 48p
a 50a
8 10 s
Lv. Norfolk...
9 00a
8 25 p
Ar. Gre’nsboro
ti 35p
5 15 a
Lv. ftre'nsboro
7 10 p
7 05 a
7 37 a
Ar. Charlotte..
9 45 p
9 25 a
12 G6m
Lv Gastonia...
10 42 p
10 07 a
1 12 p
“ King's ML.
1 38 p
” Rue kslmrg
11 25 p
10 45 a
2 OSp
“ Gaffney.
11 42 p
10 58 a
2 24 p
t < . • »
“ Hpar'bnrg.
12 20 a
11 34 ft
8 15 p
“ Greenville
“ Central
1 80 a
12 30 p
4 80 p
5 27 p
•* Beneca
2 32 a
I 80 p
5 53p
Ex.
” Wminster.
6 lOp
Sun.
“ To-coa ^
3 28 n
2 15 p
6 451»
Tufa
Lv. K'hiTtoij..
9 00 a
1 30p
Ar. Elbert on. .
11 45 a
5 40 n
I... Mt. Airy..
7 2sp
0 boa
“ Cornelia...
T
7 32 p
6 85a
“ Lula
4 18 a
8 14 p
8 Oop
0 67 a
” Gainesville
4 3*1 a
3 33 p
b 20 p
7 20a
“ Buford. ..
6 02 a
b 48 p
7 48a
“ Norcros*.
5 25 a
9 18 p
8 27 a
Ar. Atlanta,ET
ti 10 a
4 55p
10 OOp
9 80a
“ Atlanta,CT
5 10 a
8 56 p
9 00p
8 80a
Between Lula and Athens.
fco. 11.
Ex.
Sun.
b 5up
_o :up
Note clo-e connection
main lino train*.
“A” a m. “P” p. m. “M’
Xo. 13.' STATIONS.
Daily.|
No. 12.
Daily.
No. 10.
Ex.
Sun.
11 05 a Lv .Lola .Ar
11 80 a 1 “ Maysville “
11 62 a 1 “ Harmony “
12 3op Ar. Athens .Lv
10 60a
10 19a
10 08 a
9 25a
7 85 p
7 09 p
• 8bp
soup
noon. “N" night.
Chcsaitenko Lino Steamers in dally servloe
between Norfolk and Baltimore.
No*. 37 and 3b—Daily. Washington and
Southwestern Vestibule Limited. Through
Pullman sleeping car* between New York and
New Orleans, via Washington, Atlanta and
Montgomery, and also between New York and
Mi inntiis, via Washington, Atlanta and Bir
tniiigham. Also elegant Puixmax Libraut
OnsKKVATio.v Cams between Atlanta and New
York. Flnttclas* thoroughfare coache* be
tween Washington and Atlanta. Dining ear*
•ervo all meals ea route. Leaving Washing-
iugton Moueays, Wednesdays and Friday*
• tourist sleeping car will run through bet wee*
Washington and Han Francisco without ehaage.
Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars bets
c. ('lose 1
Grcenslsiro and Norfolk.
1 connection *1
Norfolk for Old Point Comfort.
No t. 35 and 3ft—United States Fast Mall rano
solid totwoon Washington and New Orleans,
via tvmthrrn Railway, A. A W. P. R. R. and
L. <V N. R. R., being composed of eoachsa.
through without change for passenger* of ail
classes, Pullman drawing room sleeping ear*
Is twi cn New York and New Orleans, via At
lanta and Montgomery and between Bir
mingham and Atlanto. Dining ears sarv* all
meals cn route.
No*. 11, 33 . 34 and 12—Pullman sleeping can
between Richmond and Charlotte, via Dan
ville, snuthlxmud Nos. il and M, northbeaad
Nos 34 and 12.
FRANK H.OANNON, J. M. CULP,
Third V P. Ac Gun. Mgr. T. M.. Washl
W. A. TURK,
d. H. HARD'
U. P. A., Washington. A. Q. P. A,,
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