The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 11, 1901, Image 2

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I n ic >o iok. OY En. II. DkGamp. v'nBU8HKl> TCTBSDAY AND FRIDAY SUHSCKII'TION PK1CK: (:ash ‘.n advance, per year |1.50. Thk liKDGER is not responsible for the views of correspondents. OoTospondents who do not contri bute re^ulur news letters must fur nish their nun.e, not for publication, but for IdentificRtion. Writs short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Cards of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Heading notices will be published at ten jents a line each insertion. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeOamp, Manager. NOTES AND COM .HUNTS. The rcapportionment bill has pars ed congress and the e ffort to cut down the repre.-entition of the South met with ignominious defeat. It is well to remember, however, that there was a strong sentiment in the house in favor, as shown by the fact that the measure received over one hundred votes. It looks like there will be no < xten- sion made of the time for paying taxes, and those who have trusted to the time honored extension may be left in a bad box. It is hard enough to have to pay the regular levy, but when that is increased by 15 per cent., all on account of a little tardi ness, it will be enough to keep a man in a bad humor for half a year. The man thus caught will hardly be caught again by the same bait. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Governor McSweeney’s message is a lengthy document—so lengthy that we have not found the time to read it carefully. We note that it touches upon a great variety of subjects and seems to have been carefully pre pared. So far as we have read we are impressed that it is an able State paper and that the measures recom mended are well argued from the governor’s standpoint. We do not endorse all of those measures—in fact are opposed to some of them— but we can accord honesty of motive to the governor and admire the abil ity which he displays in advocacy of his opinions. We may have some thing to say further on, when some of his recommendations come to be con sidered by the legislature. ♦ ♦ ♦ A man who takes several of the big dailies, the New York World among them, and who knows a news paper when he secs it, told us not long ago that the first page of The Ledger usually gave him about all that he got out of the dailies, and gave it, too, about as early. He spoke in very complimentary terms of the variety, arrangement, conden sation, and freshness of this page, and of how admirably it answers the purpose of a daily for those sub scribers whose means or mail facili ties will not justify them in paying the price of a daily. Have many of our readers thought to read the first page of The Ledger critically? We feel sure that whoever has done so, has not thought of kicking because the price bus been advanced to $1.50. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The demands for money in large amounts before the present legisla ture are, or will he unusually numer ous. Charleston wants $50,000 for the exposision and under all the cii> cumstances ought to have it; the colleges ail want more money and will probably get it. Mr. McMahan wants $200,000 more lavished on the free school** and it remains to be seen how obsequious the legislature will be in regard to his modest re quest; and there are various other interesting enterprises thal must ijuve more money. Our biu.e govern ment is spending money about as lavishly as the carpet-baggers and scalawags did. Tte only relief is that the people are better able to hear it. It used to take about $100 OOM to run the State government one year. It now tuK.es in the neighborhood of two millions, and we haven’t half us good a government at thal. There is something rotten in the state of Denmark. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The winter thus far has been favor able to business of all kinds. The weather has been cold enough to vin dicate the reputation of winter, hut there have been very few days dur ing which out-door work was entirely suspended. During this week there have been some fine days for plow ing but tve doubt it many of our farmers have taken advantage of them. OatfVHown during this month ttod m It will tisiiudy do w« ll, pro lu :i K a ccitain < r nan those sown in (tie fall, tuough the grain is not often so heavy as that of the early sowing. Then there is little doubt hut that deep winter plowing will improve the land and bring handsome profits in protecting the crops against the summer droughts, and thereby insuring a greater yield. One of the greatest advantages of our climate i» to he found in ita immunity alike from the scorching heat of the tropics and the excessive co'd of the northern statt'*. While the northern funner* must remain housed for at leatt three months in the year, it is rare here that there are many days in succession during which a farmer cannot do out-door work. •<’llAN41KN OK .IOKRNAI.ISM* Mr. M. L Clark, who lias so ably conducted the Marion Star for the past six years, lias retired, having disposed of his interest to Mr. J. C. Maee. Mr. E C. Coker will do the editorial work and will doubtless keep the paper up to the high stand ard set by Mr. Clark. While we re gret to lose Mr. Clark from the field we extend the right hand of fellow ship to Messrs. Maee and Coker. Mr. J. Frank Fooshe has taken charge of the Winnsboro News and Herald and changed it from a tri weekly to an all-home print semi weekly. Already an improvement is noted in the paper. Its former edi tor was a lawyer who grudgingly gave it what little time he could spare from his law practice and as a result the paper never has been what it should have been. We wel come Mr. Fooshe into the rank of semi-weekly journalism. Drath of 8. It. Lumpkin. [Shelliy Aurora.] Mr. Samuel IL Lumpkin, for the past ten years connected with the South Carolina & Georgia Extension railroad, through all the changes in ownership of that property, died at his home in Blacksburg last Wednes day morning. Mr. Lumpkin had been in failing health for more than a year. He made a trip to Hot Springs, Arkansas, and consulted various eminent specialists, without material relief. A few weeks ago he went to Charlotte for examination with a view’ to going to a Baltimore hospital should he be promised any hope of final recovery. In Char lotte, however, the physicians in formed him that bis condition was hopeless, and that his malady, can cer of the stomach, would probably prove fatal within a month. He went hack home and awaited the end with as much resignation as he could. At the time of his death, as he has been for a number of years before, Mr. Lumpkin was general freight and passenger agent of his road. He was a man of remarkable energy and had very broad and liberal ideas in the prosecution of his work. His one ambition was the development and expansion of the railroad for which he was working, and all his opera tions were conducted on the theory that to develop the railroad he must develop the country from which it got its support. He did much valuable work along this line, and a detailed story of his achievements for the people who live on the road would fill a large volume. He continued to plan and work, even after he was unable to leave his home, and after he realized that hia days of usefulness were nearing an end. It is a fact that many of his plans came to naught; but this was generally because of the limited means with which he had to work. Notwithstanding his wonderful activ ity in business. Mr. Lumpkin never lost sight of the fact that there is a hereafter He believed in the Chris tian religion and practiced it more consistently than do many who make stronger professions than he did. He died in the full confidence that all would be right. His remains were taken to Fairfield county for interment. All of his co-laborers on the railroad and hundreds of friends throughout the state deeply feel his loss. Mr. Lumpkin was only fifty- six years of age. His wife, who was Miss Laura Brice of Chester, died in 1892. There are four surviving children—Mr. 8. E Lumpkin, of Charlotte, and Mr. Don and Misses Emma Lai *"1, and Mary Lumpkin, of Blacksbur ( ltorroH'iii|[ I'upent. lYorkvllle Kntiulrer.j The following is clipped from The Enquirer of 1870, in which it had been republished from the Charleston Courier. It had a sharp point then that has not since been appreciably dulled, and is deserving of publication again: Ever since the publication of the first newspaper the world has been b'^herd with neighborly people, who borrow the newspapers, and ever since that time ihe victims of these neigh bors have been devising means of ridding themselves of the nuisance. The method resorted by a subscriber of The Courier, we think, is a good one. and can scarcely fail to have a salutary effect. For many months our friend was bothered by a borrow ing neighbor, and for many months he bore his affliction with Christian fortitude. At length he became desperate, and finally hit upon the following expedient: He came to The Courier office and ordered The Daily Courier sent to his neighbor. This was done, and at the expiration of a month the beghbor aforesaid called at this office, and stated that the paper was being gent to his house, when he was not a subscriber. He was told that Mr. (the neighbor from whom he had been in the habit of borrowing the paper) had ordered It to him. and that the aubscrip- lion prnv would be paid by him (Mr. -) The eye* of the bore were opened d that man bus since been a -t d -iibec; h r of The Courier, G c . . again irrowed h pa er. $ioo Krwaru, $ioo. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis ease that science lias been able to care in all Itsstatfeaand that Isi'atarrh. Ilall'sCatarrh Cure islhcoiily iHmiiD«■ cure now known to • he medical fraternity. Catarrh Udng a constitutional disease, require* a constitu tional treatment. Hall’s « alarrh < U |.u is tasen Internally, aetinK directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and idvirpr the patient streutfth by building up the constitution and asslstinfr nature In doing Us work, The proprietors have so much faitli lu it* curutivo power* that they offer fine Hundred Dollars for any rase that it falls to cure. Head for list ol Testimonial*. Address, i J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o. bold by Druggist*. Tic. liaii'it r amily PHI* are the best. Life A Centory Ago. [Memphis Commercial Appcal.1 One hundred years ago a man could not take a ride on a steam boat. He could not go from Washington to New York in a few hours. He had never seen an dectric light or dreamed of an electric car. He could not send a telegram. He couldn'iQtalk through a tele phone, and he had never heard of the hello girl. He could not ride a bicycle. He could not call a stenographer, and dictate a letter. He had never received a typewrit ten communication. He had never heard of the germ theory or worried over bacilli and bacteria. He hud never looked pleasant be fore a photographer or had his pic ture taken. He had nver heard a phonograph talk or saw a kinetoscope turn out a prize fight. He never saw through a Webster’s Unabridged dictionary with the aid of a Roentgen ray. He had never taken a ride in an el evator. He had never imagined such a thing as a typesetting machine or a type writer. He had never used anything but a wooden plough. He had never seen his wife using a sewing machine. He had .never struck a match on his pants or anything else. He couldn’t take an anaesthetic and have his leg cut off without feel ing it. He had never purchased a 10-cent magazine which would have been re garded as a miracle of art. He could not buy a “paper fora cent and learn everything that had happened the day before all over the world. He nad never seen a McCormick reaper or a self-binding harvester. He had never crossed an iron bridge. In short there were several things that he could not do and several things be did not know. Death of Little Roth Blalock. Little Ruth Bell Blalock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blalock, of Blacksburg, died on Friday morning, December 4th, of blood poison. Lit tle Ruth was sick only one week and all that loving hands could do availed nothing for her Master had claimed her as his own. Ruth was only six years old and had just begun her school days. Oh, how hard to give her up. 8he will be greatly missed in her home, school and Sunday school, but she has gone to join the happy choir in the beauti ful realms of the blest. Sad, sad are the homes where death comes and takes our loved ones. No one but those that have been bereaved can feel the deep pangs, but we must all submit to our Father’s will. "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh, blessed be the name of the Lord.” The parents and relatives have the sympathy of a large number of friends. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. J. D. Bailey and the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Blacksburg. “Oh: you’ll nils* me, yes you’ll mis* me In the earthly home we love, But your Ruth will be singing In the paradise ulxive. •‘Colder, colder I am growing Chilly waters round me roar There’s my Savior, blessed Jesus Smiling on the other shore. Farewell, dear on*s. I am going See the ungels coming near How they crowd around me How they do my spirit cheer.” She Is not dead, she 1* not dead, She has only crossed the cold dark river VYe shall meet her once again We shall meet her once again With Jesus In our home forever. J. F. Our Xmas Edition. [Clevelannd Star.] The Gaffney Ledger issued a splen did extra edition the week before Christmas. It was replete with handsome portraits and entertaining and instructive matter relative to Gaffney and her enterprises. Beat Ont of an Increase of HI* Pension. A Mexican war veteran and promi nent editor writes: "Seeing the advertisement of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, I am reminded that as a soldier in Mexico in ’47 and ’48, I contracted Mexican diarrhoea and this remedy has kept me from getting an increase in my pension for on every renewal a dose of it restores me.” It is unequalled as a quick cure for diarrhoea and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. General Macabalos, a former Phil ippine chief, tells Gen. MacArthur that he can catch Aguinlado with 100 picked men. backed by American troops. Aguinaldo is said to be in Northern Luzon. I »«■ Dr. Bull’* Cough Nyrup at once, If your child has croup or bronchitis. Waste no time; delay may Ihj dangerous. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup cures al once. H is a safe and infallible remedy. All druggists sell It for 2i cent*. * Notice, Notice is hereby given that the Book* of Subscription to the Capital Stock of the Mer chants' and Planter*’ Bunk, of Gaffney, 8. C , will be opened at Bunk of A. N. Wood. Gaff ney, S. C., on Friday, January II, 1U01, from 12 n». to I p. m. A. N. Wood, Chah. M. Smith, O. E. WlI.KINS, H. A. Jones, W-C. Cabpem eb. 1-^*H Board of Corporator*. Nev Shipment Ginger Just arrived. Fresh Chocolate Candy Every week. Armour's Smoked Ham Fresh and sweet, at PEELER & LEMMONO. Rfcenail % R heumatic pains are the cries of protest and distress from tortured muscles, aching joints and excited nerves. The blood h-.t been poisoned by the accumulation ol waste matter in the system, and can nc longer supply the pure and health sustain ing food they require. The whole system feels the effect of this acid poison ; and not until the blood lias been purified and brought back to a healthy condition will the aches and pains cease. Mrs. James Kell, of yoy Ninth street, N. K. Washington, D. C., writes as follows: “A fe« months ago I had an attack, of Sciatic Rheums tism in its worst form. The E ain was so intense that I ecame completely pros trated. The attack was an unusually severe one. and mv condition was regard ed as being very danger- ■fW' V ous. I was attended by - x / •» -W’u one of the most able doc tors in Washington, who is also a member of the fac ulty of a leading medical college here. He told me to continue his prescritn tions and I would get well. After having t' fillef twelve times without receiving the slighte.-i benefit, I declined to continue his treatment ani longer. Having heard of S. S. S.(Swift's Sp< citiq recommended for Rheumatism, I decided, ulmo-j in despair however, to give the medicine a irial and after I had taken a few bottles I was able U hobble around on crutches, and very soon there after had no use for them utall, S. S. S. having cured me sound and well. All the distressini pains have left me, my appe-tile has returned and I am happy to be again restored to perfed health. the great vegetabh purifier and tonic, is the ideal remedy in al! rheumatic troubles. There are no opiates oi minerals in it to disturb the digestion and lead to ruinous habits. We have prepared a special book on Rheumatism which every sufferer from this painful disease should read. It is the most complete and interesting book of the kind in existence. It will be sent free to any one desiring it. Write our physi cians fully and freely about your case. We make no charge for medical advice. £ THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. 'jr 01*1*0 urn rxrrv For Rent. Ely Advertisements under this bead will be inserted for one cent a word each inser tion. No ad inserted for less than ten cents F OR RENT Five-room cottage on Mont gomery street. Apply to Mrs. A. V. Mont gomery. 1-ll-tf *OK RENT -Two-horse farm, nedy, Blacksburg, S. <’. J. I). Ken- 1-s-lt-pd !*OR KENT -Nine rooms Bank. F. G. Stacy. over National *10-;>-tf For Sale F OR SALE—One hundred building lots in different parts of the city. J. J. Gaffney. 12 18-tf F OR SALE-One reasonable. 11-23-tf splendid mule. Terms F, O. Stacy. Wanted. W ANTED to make a special loan of two thousand dollars on city real estate. No charge for papers. Interest s per cent. Will loan for term of three years. 1-K-tf J. t'. Jefykhiks. W ANTED—Active, energetic men and women in each township: steady em ployment, good pay. Call on or address I). II. Russell, Anderson. S. C. 1-11 W ANTED—Copy of The Ledger for Oct. 201 b and Dec "tb, inert. Anyone having a copy of either of these issues will confer a favor by bringing it to The Ledger office. Notice. I will sell to the highest bidder on salesday, February 4th, 11101. b fore the court bouse door, my lot on Limestone street. No. kill and 81014, front 22 feet by 2(K* feet, occupied now by F. G-Briggs in the restaurant and bakery business and by St .John Butler in the bro kerage business, also bouse on alley now and generally used for restaurant. Now is your chance to get a valuable lot In the center of the business part of town and a lot that will pay you a big Interest on your Investment. It has Iteen renting from $4o to $15 per month. Terms cash. Apply to me for further information. 1-11 It W. A. Pffi.er. Notice. All persons are hereby forbidden to hire, shelter or feed my son. stewait Dawkins, Jr . or Walker Goudelock. bulb co'u.ed. who left my home on Friday following Christmas day. Both are minors, about half grown, ginger- cake color. Stewart has scar across nose anti Walker Is one-eyed. Both dreeeed In jeans clothe!* Stewart bad on red hat and Walker black bat. A reward of $.'>.nrt w ill be paid for information which will lead to their capture. Stew a ax Dawkins, 1-11 Asbury, S, C. Money Loaned. L OANS on improved farms for a term of years at reasonable rates. For Informa tion apply to J. V. Jefferies, Atty at Law. 12-18 to Oct. 18,1901 Money to Loan on City and Farm Prop erty and Mill Stock. J A NIKS A. WIKKI», Attorney. Bakery and Restaurant. I have bought the Bakery and Restaurant formerly run by W. A. Feeler, and will be f ’lad to serve the public with anything in my ine, at the same stand. Best attention given to customers. F. G. BRIGGS. ju&'r iiV. Dainty Designs in STEHLING SILVER; Quaint Conceits in HIGH GUT GLASS; New, Novel, Artistic, Ornamental, Serviceable, Economical, the most ap propriate things for wed ding gifts. See my display, the most complete yet ex hibited in Gaffney. T. H. WESTROPE, Watchmaker and Jeweler. Prompt Delivery. Phone as. Your House is on Fire! may be the warning you receive sorn night as you awake to find your ALL ready to be consumed. Are you then Insured V If not. write to Rev. A. D. Davidson, Gaffney, or Frank McLuoejr, Abingdon, Agents of the Cherokee Mutual Insurance Co. to come and write you a policy on your prop erty at once, for delay Is dangerous. The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co of Cherokee » ounty is a ll'H^e enterprise. Is perfectly solid, and gives you the cheapest insurance in the world, and wants all the people in the county to share in Its la in Ills. Do You Want Insurance ? I am prepared to furnish poli cies in the very best companies at the lowest rates. If you want a bond I can make It for you. See me before you insure. F. G. STACY. UM jSp H we W 'H have closed out all our stock of muslin underwear. wv-Uh-? lU U&ju If you want some of the extraordinary bargains offered below you must hurry- STOP! AND CONSIDER THESE LOW PRICES. Ohopryp the variety of the garments we offer, and notice the elegant finish and UUOtjIvu varied styles. It will convince you home sewing is the veriest drudgery and you will wonder how we can sell these goods so cheap. Economy tells you to buy your underwear ready made when you can buy at such low prices as we offer in this sale. So well done for go little money is a rnarve!. The garments speak for themselves. Listen to them. These pictures give but a hint oi the values offered at this sale- Chances like this are seldom found. Take your choice. Lot S 75 Cents. Ma i ■ :fM Milk v,ii,y Mmm M hmim | 3 ,i » i i i < i ; *♦' 1 1 n ^ fir' If you have any doubt about great value for little money, come and see our goods. Only at this Sale can you get so good value. Lot 6 $1.00. 3 ■> j 1 LLj _ i, ■ \ i M I , I- • / r T r K* I ■! I \ ( i ,/ ! ^ Latest styles and shapes. H you fail to supply yourself now, you won’t get another chance. Take a few while they last. JUST FOLLOW THE CROWD TO THE BUSY IRON STORE FOR BARGAINS J. C. I J Oaffnev, O. The Dawn of the NewCentnry N ew F urn jt U re Store and _ Establishment. finds us with a full stock of j New Century Goods. We in-1 tend to do more business this I year than ever before in the his tory of our business career, and we ask our friends to stand by : us. We thank one and all for , past custom and wish them a j bright, happy and prosperous New Year. Yours for 1901, Sparks & Humphries. We are now daily receiving and opening up a com plete line of Furniture, Stoves, Tinware, Coffins, Robes, etc., all New Goods. While we heartily thank you for your past patron age we specially invite you to come to see us in our new place. SHUFORD & LeMASTER, In Bridges & Beason’s stand. Look Out YOU THE Exchange Meat Market next to National Bank. I will soli fieef. Fork and Sausage as cheap as the cheapest man in town, and will have chickens, Egg* and But ter when they can lx: gotten. Call and see me; If you don’t buy it won’t cause any hard feelings Is tween us. I have a tlrst-closs mar ket. Good Beef Cattle w anted. The old meat cutter, W. J. MANESS. Telephone No. 17. What Lite Insurance Does. It lifts mortgages. o o It educates orphans. It preserves the family. It cultivates saving habits. It lightens the load of care. It gives repose to the rich man. It gives courage to the poor man. It builds a harrier to the alms house. It supports the credit of the business man. It enables a man to live up to Ids income. It lays the foundations of home and independence. It encourages the marriage of prudent men and women. It keeps embarrassed estates out of receivers’ hands. It certifies to a man’s affec tionate regard for Ids family. It places the widow above the id *’d of m?iit} dig ho’ a home. It adds to a man’s years by freeing him from apprehension. It saves orphan girls from the necessity of working out. It heightens the esteem in which wife and children hold a man. If you are interested in the ah VD !»ldljl i rf « Mil JONES J, DrwKBf, Insurance and Real Estata. F. G. Stacey, President. J. G. Wahui.aw, Vice-President. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL., ------- ».>o,ooo. sturias AND PROFITS, - 10,000. State. County mid Cit.v Ueponitoiw. Deposits solicited from Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others. Every accom- mcJaliou extended to customers that their business and responsibility w ill warrant. D- C. KOSfcS. Ciinhier. Are You Contemplating Building ? If so you cannot do better than consult with me about the materia! you wish to put in your house. I handle everything in the Lumber line and can save you money. I also carry an excellent line of Paints of all shades and can suit you in every respect. T. I. WiVKKIDTi. u * ? Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledger office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us vour orders. * ■ e*l« " MAN’S WORK is not only at shop, office or store— pienin of odd jobs about the house which require a masculine hand, and that hand needs tools, saws, hummers, hatchets, screwdrivers, • etc. Here you can buy the several \jk and separate articles, or a nice lY combination of everything needful 1,1 household tools, put up in a well arranged box or tool chest. Yon can supplement the box com- jP bination with anything you like from oar stock. Smith Hardware Co. The GaiTney City Land and improvement Company Offer* for *al« Building l/H* In tM* flourl.blng t«>wn, G tffn**y rity • \ Im, Farms nt-ar by and In r<*acb of the School* of Limt stone Spring, and of ihl. place, In lut* of from itrt to Irtrt aerr* on lllwral llmt< raD**; a!** 1 Agricultural Luii.l* to r«,nt for Farm unr- l"l "K ‘ 11 f N-tt.—Ail ti’to..pK..iii>, ou iai.Uaof lb!* cutlln and emovln* timiasr, ftatiing or bunting are forbidden under penaMy of law