The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 18, 1900, Image 7
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THE LEDGER, GAFFXEV, S < DECEMREK, 18, 1*100.
Christinas Air Inspires
to Acts ot Generosity.
Our Moderate Prices Inspire
to Quick and Cheerful Buying.
J. R. TOLLESOH & CO.,
•DEALERS IN-
Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes,
Groceries and Notions.
'IIS a JUbilant Time, Come
Join the Merry Buying Throng,
And Share in the
Spirits of Christmas Joys.
Just One Week and it will be Christmas. The Choosing is Greatest Here! We doubt if many of you realize how quickly these six
shopping days will glide away. Why, we can hardly realize it ourselves. If you want to do careful, economical, satisfactory shopping, do
'it this week. If you do not know just what you want come here. Inspirations and suggestions spring from every corner. Any article you
may think of we will show it to you in a great variety of styles, and at prices that will surely meet your approval and leave money in your
purse.
Cloak Department.
Plush (’.-UN'S, "ilk liu'-'l. Till] sweep. iS\ to •f:>.oO.
Kersey Cloth Capes, at fiom ."Pc. to .l! 1
Women’s Shoes.
Ail Styles, till Sizes, all Widths, till Leathers, and an immense
range of pric -. running from Toe. to iLLod.
We are exadusive dealer- in the Celebrated DkWITT Sho** for
Ladies, $2.00.
Special.—100 pairs of Women's Shoes, sizes 2i to 4, formerly ! to .f.I.OO
from .+ l .dO to $0.00, now 50c. per pair to clear.
Gents’ Furnishings.
Rugs--Special.
I* our-in-I I ands.
Collars, Cull-, Shirts, Socks, and everything that good dresser'
need.
Men’s Shoes.
Children’s Shoes.
iAIso the famous Walkover Shoe. $2.50 to $4.0o.
tecial.—50 Pairs of Men’s Shoes, sizes 0 to
$1.50 to $:L50, all to go at 9Sc.
WV an. just 11S w,.ll l>n-i«m-<! to slu,o tlu-uominu men ami wo- Lamb’s Wool Blankets,
men a> their elders at prices not to he beat, 2-»c. to $1..>0.
, ... , . New lot, 10-4 size, at from 75c. to $4.50 per pair
The Celebrated 1)i:\\ I 1 1 >boe lor ( hihlren, $1.00.
rad*
Smvrna Ruli
S strictly
all
wool
. mai
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■cut si
zes.
Brice:
s raiuje from 75c.
to $3.50,
B<
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Wilton Rug'
new ]
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rus
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it
color
ings,
50e.
to $3
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Best (jtiulit
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and
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■>0c. to $3.00.
WOMF
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and MF.N’S
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full
line
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•w goods.
Price
s ra
nge from 50c.
to $1.25
Wool.
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ollar.
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good, -
ervicr
‘tilde
Liar mem
in a variety <•
f colors,
$ 1.2
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$8.50
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A <T(
•fits for the ju
stly crlel
•rate
d N<
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Still
Hats
and
Lave
con
stantly on hand a full
line
at $
2.00.
«m , Men’s and Boys’ Clothing. ^ . i m
Mens Underwear. Dry Goods and Notions.
.... i All sizes, stylish garments, well made. Our stock i- full and!
Wright’s l nderwear, the sort that mean- warnjth, with comfort com] ,] ot( . i n a u details. Prices to suit you. Black Dress Goods, Colored Dress Goods, Serges, Cheviots, Flan-
aud health, jtei--uit, $2.no. j Men’s suits from $3.50 to $15.00. 1 nels, Homespuns, Venetian Suiting, Ribbons, Laces, Ladies
Cotton Fleece, ; very desirable and -erviceable suit of underwear, Boys’ suits from 08c. to $5.00.
$1.00; other- from 50c. up. I We also make to order suits, overcoats and fancy vests.
Hosiery. You will find us prepared to fill your every want
in these lines.
In the GROCERY DEPARTMENT we offer a superior list of attractions. Every item represents the pureest and best of its class,
COFFEES.
P< iTATOES.
EGGS.
TEA.
FLOURS:
CHEESE.
BEANS.
GRITS
SODA.
MOUNTAIN (TTY MILLING CO.’S.
CHOW CHOIV.
PEAS.
STANDARD MILLS’ FANCY PATENT.
MOLASSES.
I CATSUP.
HAM.
SOAP.
MUSTARD.
BACON.
JAMS.
VINEGAR.
THE GAFFNEY MANU-
FACTUBING COMPANY.
The Pioneer Mill of Cherokee
County.il
RANKS WITH THE BEST.
The Pint Will Win Tilt m 0|><‘ratioii In IM!»:i
ami ('oiihUIimI of Only Two Storh-H. In
IHIMIaXew Adilillon was Pr«M-tt-U. Making
It out- of tlif l.nrgfrtt in the South.
In 181KJ beamier Oaker, who has
been conspicubous in (iaffi ey for
push* energy and progressiveness,
began the agitation of the organiza
tion of a cotton mill. The encour
agement was meagre at first, but on
June 3"th, the subscribers to
the capital stock of the Uattney Man
ufacturing Company held their first
meeting. H. I). Wheat, who was at
that time Superintendent for the
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Col. J. G. Wahhi.aw,
Head bookkeeper for the Gaffney
^ Manufacturing Company.
i erected in the south. For two years
after the mill was put in operation it ;
j run day and night, employing two
j sets of operatives. Mr A. X. Wood
1 was made president of the new* enter-
prise, and Mr. If. I>. Wheat was made
treasurer and general manager.
Tiie capital stock of the company
was increased from time to time until
at the present it is $800 000, and
there is u rumor to the effect that
tiiis is to he doubled in the near fu
ture. The capacity at present is
02,000 spinning spindles, .'*0,000
twisting spindles and 1.101 Northrop
looms.
In January, 18'JS, Mr. Wood re
signed us president of the company,
an 1 Mr. II. 1). Wheat was elected in
his stead, and has held the position
ever since. He is a capital business
man and ranks as one of the foremost
mill men of the south. He has so
successfully managed the mill that
with the dividend to be paid in Jan
uary it will have in seven years paid
its stockholders ON5 per cent. This
is a record unprecedented. Dunn’s
Clifton Manufacturing Company,
was interested in the new enterprise.
It was proposed to organize with a
capital of $1<H),00() but when the
meeting was called to order it was
found that only $44,800 of the $!<H),.
000 was represented. The enterprise
looked like a failure, but the promo
ters were made of sterner stuff than
is in the make-up of men who fail
and by hard work the remaining
$5'*,2(K) was secured. The mill was
-built and put in operation in 18011,
and it consisted of the little two-
story structure which is represented
on the left hand side of the accom
panying illustration. It had a ca
pacity of 7000 spindles and l.'*0 looms,
ind was the first fine goods mill ever
was for some time
superintendent of
the Newberry mill.
He came to Gaff
ney from Newberry
in’Novemberof last
year. Mr. Wilbur
has made many
friends since he
came to Gaffney.
The new mill,
that portion which
is four stories high,
was started in 18'Jf*.
As an evidence of
the ability of Mr.
Wheat to accom
plish great under
takings and also an
evidence of the
faith he has in him
self it may he stated
that at the time
the new mill build
ing was started
only $S0 (H)0 of the
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two-fifths of the
population of the
city. These one
thousand employ
ees are paid oft two
times a month in
cash, thus enabling
them to purchase
their goods from
any merchant they
may see fit. The
company runs a
store hut there is
coercion of em
ployees to trade
there. The store
relies upon its abil
ity to successfully
cope with other
merchantile estab
lishment for its
trade.
Hiram l>ana AAlirat.
Hiram D Wheat,
the president and
Hikam Dana Wiikat,
I'resident and Treasurer of the Gaffney Manufacturing Company.
Clifton,|Mr. Wheat formed an intimate
association with that prince of South
ern mill men, D. E Converse, presi-
dent of Clifton and Glendale Mills,
from whom he gained much valuable
information and assistance. After
continuing in successful charge of
the spinning at Clifton for four years,
Mr. Wheat decided to accept the
superintendecy of the Morrotock
Mills at Danville, Virginia, but was
in a few months recalled by President
Converse and installed as superinten
dent of the I). E. Converse Co., at
Glendale, S. C., in the summer of
1SS:{ In 188S he was transferred to
a larger field and became sperinten-
dent of the Clifton Manufacturing
Co . extending his control also over
mill No 2, upon its completion in
1889, having assisted in its erection
and directing the placing of the ma
chinery therein. In 1892. Mr. Wheat
came to Gaffney, S. C., where he
planed, built and managed mill No. 1
: of the Gaffney Maunfacturing Com
pany. being elected a director and
! treasurer, and general manager of the
ha-
directors of the company, but
since resigned from this board.
Mr. Wheat is a director in D-e Na
tional Hank of Gaffney, and was fo
two years an alderman of the ciD
of Gaffney. He is a Knight o
Pythias, having been initiated ii
Myrtle Lolge No. J at Columbia, 8
C.. in 1880.
Mr. Wheat has also found time t<
direct the building of an exceeding!;
handsome Presbyterian church a
this place, to which he gave not on’;
his time, but most liberally of hi
means.
In June, 1888 Mr. Wheat was mar
ried to Miss Anna S. Cannon, 0
Spartanburg county. They have tw<
interesting children.
Mr. Wheat is a quiet, unobtrusivi
gentleman. His one fault is tha
he attends strictly to nis own busi
ness and has no suggestions to maki
to others about theirs. Once ac
quainted with him you will find bin
easy to approach and exceedingl;
sociable. He i’s very public spirite!
and liberal. He gives much of hi
means to church and charity am
rarely is he ever asked to contribut
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commercial report gives the mill as
high a report as that of any other
mill in the country and the stock is
selling readily at $12.'* a share. The
product of the mill ranks with that
of the best and finds a ready market.
In January. 189.’*, Col. J. G. Ward-
Irw, who had for six or seven years
been serving in the capacity of head
book-keeper for the Clifton Manufac
turing Company, came here to ac
cept a simi'ur position. He has been
an able assistant to Mr. Wheat and
much of the credit for the successful
management of the mill is due Mr.
Wardlaw. Mr. William Webster and
Mr. J. H. Crews are able and efficient
assistants in the office of the com
pany.
Mr. E. H. Wilbur, the gentlemanly
and capable superintendent of the
mill, is a native of Massachusetts.
He came south several years ago and
$♦*00,001) capital had been taken.
Hy the time the building had been
completed he had sufficient capital to
stock the mill. It is said, however,
that as a consequence of his anxiety
there are one or two more gray hairs
in his head than there would other
wise have been.'
As an indication of the fact that
the gentlemen who took the census
of Gaffney did not perform their duty
as well as they might have done it
can be stated that the mill has nearly
one thousand people on its pay roll.
For every person on the pay roll it
may safely be said that there is an
other that resides in the mill village
that is not on the roll, so it will be
seen that that portion of the popula
tion itself represents nearly two
thousand. We do not believe we ex
aggerate when we say the mill popu
lation does not represent more than
treasurer of the Gaffney Manufactur
ing Company. Gaffney, South Caro
lina. was born at Saluda Factory,
Lexington county, S. C., just across
the river Lorn Columbia, on the <*th
of August, 1859. He was the only
son of B. A. and Sarah Wheat.
Mr. Wheat began working in the old
Saluda factory at an early ago, stop
ping in the winter to attend the com
mon schools of the community, and
again resuming his work in the sum
mer, thus gaining the rudiment of an
education and an accurate knowledge
of the mill business. He made such
rapid progress in the textile art that
at the age of seventeen he secured the
Dosltion of overseer of spinning in
the Natchez Cotton Mills, Natchez.
Miss., where he remained until 1879.
when he went to Clifton, 8. C., and
took charge of the spinning of the
Clifton Manufacturing Company. At
company. This was the pioneer mill
in the South to run on medium fine
yarns, and was so successful as to
enable the compay to build a much
larger mill, known as No. 2. in 181M*
In addition to his duties as treasurer
of the Gaffney Mills, he was for sev
eral years manager of the Tucapau
Mills, near Wellford, S. C , which
position he resigned ir* 18%. He has
had wide and varied experience in
building mills, dams, tenements,
warehouses, etc., and in managing
help.
In 1897 Mr. Wheat was made presi
dent, and has since filled the dual
position of president and treasurer of
the Gaffney Manufacturing Company.
He was largely instrumental in or
ganizing the Gaffney Carpet Manu
facturing Co., the first carpet mill in
the South, and was elected one of the
E. B. WlLRI’K,
Superintendent of the Gaffney Manu
facturing Company.
to a worthy cause that he does not
respond liberally. He believes in
advertising his town, and while it is
true that he spent several months
in Charlotte this year and we thought
we had lost h‘m as a citizen, he only
went there for the purpose of secur
ing treatment for his little son. He
and his family are once more in Gaff
ney and there is no one here who de
sires to see them reside anywhere
else but here.
The population of the state of New
York, as officially announced, is
7.268.012. as against 5 997,853 in
181X1.
Snow is from 4 to t* feet deep at
Vancouver, B C., an unprecedented
condition at so early a date.