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Tins x^e:i30e:k. FUBLiBHEl) TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. RY Ed. H. DeCaMP. This paper is orly sect to persons when paid for, so do not ask us to credit you. The price is too low to illow us to do a credit bnsiness. kducation and the mills. Believing that few of our people know and appreciate what the cotton mills are doing for the cause of edu cation, we have recently taker the pains to look into the matter and to obtain from two prominent mills Pacolet and Spartan, some detailed information. Here are the facts: Pacolet under the 3 mill school tax pays yearly $2,020 into the free school fund and$550 poll tax, making $3,170 contributed by tuxes In addition to this the mill has voluntarily expended the following amounts for the special benefit of its own people: On school buildinj? and lecture hall. 000 ttehool furniture Teachers’salaries yearly . loon pedal lectures 800 $7 550 The school is open for ten calendar months of the year and tuition is ab solutely free to all who will attend. Further there is a system of free lectures provided at stated periods by ttje company and all are urged to at tend. There are three churches in the mill town which cost about $10,000 of which amount the company con tributed $S OoO. In addition to this the company contributes about $300 annually to the support of these churches and bunday Schools. The Spartan mill is located within the corporate limits of Spartanburg and its educational interests are covered by the city graded school system. Yet the mill donated a house and lot to the trustees for the establishment of a graded school for the operatives, and contributes yearly by taxes and otherwise $4 702 50 to the school fund, while its own school costs the trustees of the graded sys tem only $1,200, leaving $3,502 50 ■contributed by this mill to the edu cational interests of the country at large. We mention what these two mills are doing only because we have had opportunity to learn the facts. We have no doubt but that most of our great mills are doing about as much. The figures here given are well worthy of consideration at this time by our law-makers and by all who have been accustomed to think that the mills are grinding the poor and oppressing the needy. Do such facts as we have given in dicate a spirit of oppression and ex tortion? Do they not really indicate that the mill authorities are doing •II that they can do for the moral •od intellectual welfare of their em ployees? Do they not prove clearly that the children here are provided for in these respects far better than they are on the farms—nay far bet ter than the State can or will provide lor them? Is it reasonable to sup pose that meu who voluntarily and generously provide for the moral and intellectual growth of the children, will at the same time dwarf all physi cal growth, or permit it to be done by others, by unreasonable demands on bodily strength and endurance? And finally is it not better to let such -^aen alone and leave them to pursue 4helr own plans, than to be hamper ing and restraining them in their •perations, by useless and ill-con sidered laws, especially when the operatives themselves are well satis- afied and never utter a complaint? These are legitimate questions that -oriee out of the facte. Consider them •rail before you begin to ciy oat for •gainst heartless and soulless rporations. on whisky and tobacco, while the tariff in laid on almost every article that a man buys or uses. Octavus pays a tariff tax on every suit of clothes that he buys for himself or his family, on every hat that he wears, on every pocket knife that he carries in his pocket, on every table knife and fork that he uses at his meals, on his ax at his wood-pile, on the plow that turns his soil, on the spoon with which he’stirs his coffee— in fact it would be hard to mention many things that he uses on whieh he does not pay a tax levied on him by the tariff. Yet Octavus says that, * Tillman ism caused the common people to be gin to think for themselves, and in thinking for themselves they dis covered that the tariff was the muiu- tainer of prosperity.” He says fur ther: ‘‘We have learned to know that we are contributing all along, every day, to the internal revenue taxes, but rarely, very rarely, to the tariff taxes.” We are sorry to hear this. We as serted at the beginning of this article that Octavus is a muu of temp, rate habits, and now he says that he is contributing ‘‘all along every day” to the internal revenue. We know not what else to make of this than that he and his friends are buying and using whisky and tobacco pretty freely, as these are the two main articles subject to the internal rev enue tax. We admit that a man may use these in moderation and still maintain bis reputation as a mao of temperate habits, but when it comes to using them ‘‘all along every day,” there is a strong probability that the danger line will be over-stepped. IfTillmanism has led our valued correspondent and his friends into such a course of living as here indi cated, it is surely one of the most unkind things that Tilimanistn has accomolished Dr. Itull'H CoukIi syrup nil! ••lire throat I und lung trouble without fail. For grippe. influenza uij(1 a deep seated cough or cold, it I is the best ren edy offered to the public. The ! doses are stuitll and a bottle costs only :75c. Local Cotton Marker, The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good Middling 7 50 Middling 7 37^ ! WATCH Your label and the date, And pay before Tis too late. | Or. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. lone* & Co.'a Store Jan De found at office six davs In the weet G. W. SPEER, AT'roi* IN ICY-AT-L,AW, GAFFNEY, S. C. | Office in Auditor’s office at Court House. J. I. SARRATT “THE COAT DOES In order to close out my entire stock of WAGONS I will offer them away below regu lar prices for the next Thirty Days. Nice line Top and Open Buggies which I am now offering very cheap. See them before buying as I can save you money. If in need of Bagging and Ties see me. I will make it to your interest to do so. Disc Harrows and Boy Dixie Plows cheap. Winter White Seed Oats. Shoes for everybody at prices in keeping with the times. Ladies Coats, Jackets and Cloaks and Misses Jackets to go at Slaughter Prices. Up to-date lineof Trunks, Valises and Trav eling Bags which were not bought to keep-- and that means that they must be sold at some price. Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Clothing, and in fact everything in my varied line to go at greatly reduced prices. Now is your time to buy if you want to save money. Yours for business, J. I. sSA.I*I*;VTT. OCTAVUS AND THE KKVKNUB. Our esteemed friend und corres- ’fiondent, Octavus, let his gun go off Islaf cocked last week, when be leveled <44 at our editorial paragraph ou the •Mirplus in the United States treasury. What is worse, the gun being a regu lar blunderbuss and loaded with -squirrel shot, the bull’s eye was left Intact while the woods all around rat tled with the falling shot and by standers were subjected to momen- tary alarm. If we did not have every •aeurance that Octavus is a man of 4«mperate habits, we should suspect 4hat he was at the time put into a buoyant and highly conciliatory mood by the stimulating effects of revenue products. But such we 4oow was not the case, and hence we are at a loss to account for his partiality for the tariff and his hos tility to Internal revenue. internal revenue is collected mainly WALLACE & CITS, LAWYERS. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Javenport. Phone 87. J. E. WEBSTER, 11 or*ne v- A. t> dice In Court House. (Probate'Judife s office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the oourts. Oollec- tons a snecialtv JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. O A. I-rtr tsi tc V. a. cs. Notary Public In office. Prompt attention driven to ah business. Office over R. A. Jones A Oo.'s store. D. K,Duncan O. P. Handers. W.8. Hall. Jr DCKCil, SAIDERS ft HAIL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office — *. W ■'’•'O'-a--,.-•( A •V* •• Qa/W* Building and Plastering Lime, Goal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Paris. Rosendale Cement, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder. Pose and Dynamite Caps, call on limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL ft CO., Lessees. Telephone R7. Do You Want Money? Save it by buying your Gro ceries, Fruits, etc., from me. I will save you money for the next thirty days. Come to see me and be convinced. J. E. EZELL, ’Phone 1 32. Prompt Delivery. for one of those handsome, new Bedroom sets we are showing. Why not rpiM Her. Don't say you can’t afford it, but come in and let us convince you that you can. Come and see ihe Handsome Bed Boom Suites we have just received. They are Beauties. ACME FURNITURE CO. it* Everybody, who has tried one, will tell you that Leader Stoves and Ranges are Hie Best. You can profit by others’ experience. We sell and guar antee them. And it will pay you to call and see our complete line of FURNITURE which consists of too many articles to mention, all of which we will sell you at live-and-let-live prices. SHUFORD & LEMASTER. Store Phone 53. Residence Phones 94 and 95. rbe Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company Offer* for sale BulldlutrLrfna In tbla flourishing town. Gaffney City; Alao Fam a t to by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lots of froir 80 to 100 aorea on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. V. iV^ent. fl.B.—All tresspassing on lands of this company, outtin and amoving timber, gshlngot Long Guns, Short Guns, Big Guns, Little Guns, Double Guns, Single Guns. And don’t you buy a Gun until you see our New Line of Guns. Wood! Is worth money in this section, and the way to save wood and money is to buy you a Little Dany- Apex or Special Cook Stove, and it will prove a wood and money saver. We have just received the prettiest lineof Win ter Lap Robes ever brought to this market. From $3.00 to $10.00 each. R. M. WILKINS & CO. 1 1 2, 1 1 4, 1 1 6 Frederick St. NOT MAKE THE MAN." Your' \Y 1 fo I^onirinxr But a suit of our clothes will make a man look better and feel better than anything else will, and our prices will leave more money in his pocket than any one else’s. We have no cheap or shoddy goods to offei you at absurdly low prices, but we give you more good, honest value for every dollar than you can squeeze into one hundred cents any where else. We have the biggest, best, cleanest, cheap est and most up-to-date line of Dress Goods, Notions and Fancy Goods to be found in Gaffney. We have no old stock. We don’t allow it to accumulate, and onlv offer von fresh, new stuff. Wlien it comes to Groceries, “We feed the people.” The Company Store. “Ihe Biggest and Cheapest Store in Cherokee County.” The World’s Best By Every Test. Just received, a good line Children’s and Misses’ Shoes made by The Queen City Shoe Co., which they claim are the World’s best by every test. Light and heavy bottom, Lace and Button. Prices, 60c. 75c. $ 1.00 and $ 1.25. Cold weath er is here and the children Must Have Shoes. Don’t forget we carrry a big line Men’s, Boy’s and Women’s Shoes, which we are selling as low as good solid leather Shoes can be sold. Yours for good Shoes at low prices, J. R. TOLLESON & CO. THE WEST END STORE. We are almost out of town, but that doesn’t cut any ice. We are selling the stuff and sell it fast and close. We keep it fresh, too, not to look at but to sell. We want to tell you in this ad what we have to sell you for vour J J Tliaiiksgfi’V'iiig; IMimer. We have Seeded Riiisins, Layer Raisins, Currants, Shred Co- coanut, M ixed Nuts, New Prunes, Almonds, Cocoanuts, Citron Gelatine, Breakfast Cocoa, Grape Nuts, Postum Cereal, Cranber ries, Dates. Please remember us on the above and 'phone us your order,and it will be delivered to your door. We keep our wagon running from sun-up to sun-set. We can also supply you in anything in tho fancy and heavy grocery line at close prices. Please remember this. Country Produce is coming in and we get it, so be quick to send in your orders. Special attention given ’Phone orders. Remember the West End Store, and save money on your pur chases. We guarantee our stuff to he Fresh. Very respectfully, W. THOMAS Ac CO. P. S. We also keep on hand a complete line of Drugs and Patent Medicines. Phone 28. white:::::::;::;::;.::: READ WHAT REV. JOHN T. McBRYDE, D. D., OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SPARTANBURG, AND DR. F. L. POTTS. HAVE TO SAY AS TO THE MERITS OF THIS FAMOUS WATER. Spartanbdko. S. 0., July 37,1901. WHITE STONE LITHIA WATER CO., White Stone SprlnpH, S. C. Genti.kmkn: I hiive prescrllKwl White Stone Llthla Water both an a diuretic and uric acid solvent, and have l>een well pleased with its results in each Instance. FRED L. POTTS. M. D. SPARTANBfRU, a C., Aug. 16, 1901. WHITE STONE LITHIA WATER CO., White Stone Springs. 8. C. Ge.nti.kmkn: I have tested the virtue of White Stone Llthla Water and I now most earnestly commend it to any one troubled with any kidney disease. It has done more for me than any water 1 have ever tried. For years I have suffered at times with the passage of Frio Add calculi, and have tried a number nf celebrated mineral waters, among them the Buffalo Llthla Water. Tale, Capon Springs, and Waukesha Bethesda, having spent two months each summer for eight succes* slve summers. While I was .somewha* beneHtted. I can • afely slate that 1 find no comparison In the action of White Stone Llthla Water, for In It 1 find that they act powerfully on my kidneys In clearing up the urine and In thoroughly washing them out, when I drink White Stone Llthla Water In sufficient quantities. If what 1 learned from my'doctors Is true almut flood ing the kidneys, then I can see no reason why I should suffer any more with Uric Add cal culi, or the fearful attacks of renal colic. As long as I can get It, I shall try no other water but White Stone Llthla. Yours respectfully, REV. JOHN T. McBRYDE. WHITE STONE LITHIA WATER CO;, WHITE STONE ^SPRINGS. S. C. For sale by Cherokee 17>rug Co. no..»-■.».