The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 12, 1902, Image 5
RESIVfOVAlv
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
DElVXieX
Is now located In his handsome new suit of
rooms In the Star Theatre building-
•Can be found In office six days In the week.
J. C. OTTS,
Attorney and Counselor.
Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and
Davenport.
Office and Residence .Phone.
Dr. D. P. THOMSON,
Dentist.
fyOfflce over National Dank.
William S. Hall, Jr. James A. Willis.
“HALL & WILLIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
STAR THEATRE BLDG.
®. C2.
Notary Public in|offlce. Prompt attention
given to all business.
DR. J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store
In office from 1st. to 26th of each
month:
Notice or ‘ ..
Notice is hereby given that I. as guardian
for Maggie Turner will make final settle
ment before the Probate Court of Cherokee
county, S. C., on Saturday, Sept. 27th next,
lOo’clock a. m. of said estate and ask for
,final discharge as said guardian.
L. Moody Turner.
Guardian.
Published In Ledger Sept. 5, 12, 19, and 26,
1902.
SHINGLES, BRICK, SASH,
DOORS, BLINDS
and all kinds of Building Ma
terial, Paints, Oils, Etc. for
sale at a small per cent, above
cost for cash. Estimates* made
without charge.
L. BAKER
Do Your Doty.
“England expects every man to do his
duty,” said Nelson at Trafalgar, and “duty
performed is tho subllmest achievement.’’
said R. E. Lee. Then why not insure your
property in the Cherokee Mutual Fire In
surance Company, and be happy, freeing
yourself from anxiety as to the effect a loss
of your house would curtail on yourself and
family also.
This Is the cheapest insurance known
among men and your money kept at home.
Instead of swelling the Cotrers of Northern
Co-operations to be used for enslaving the
many for the benefit of the few in the Gigan
tic Trusts which seek to control the staple
necessities of life, or is loaned to the despots
of Europe to bind the shackles of slavery
tighter upon the limbs of their helpless sub
jects. If you feel it your duty to insure, this
company asks that you consider the claims
it has upon you.
Kbv. A. D. Davidsoh,
and Frank McCluny,
Agents.
ITor-
Building aad Plastering Lime
Goal, and Plaster Hair.
Plaster Pans,
Bosendale Cement,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blasting Powder. Fuse
and Dynamite Caps, call on
Linestose Springs Lime Works
CARROLL ft CO., Lessees.
Telephone 57.
JUNE H. CARR,
ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHER
012 Limestone Street
Gaffney, S. C.
“Artist Proofs’’ are deservedly popular
because they stand without a peer for
beauty and originality of design and finish.
WE MAKE THEM.
Our complete line of photographic work
embraces the best materials, the best
methods and that painstaking care so essen
tial to good work. Our guarantee against
fading goes with all photos bearing our
name.
Bring us your kodak work, our prices are
low as the lowest. Remember us for any
photographic want.
iar-’Phone 176.
WOMEN AND SOCIETY.
[All communications to this column should
be addressed to P. O. Box 304. |
THE SOUTHERN GIRL.
Her eyes would match the southern skies
When southern skies are bluest;
Her heart will always take Its part
Where southern hearts are truest.
Her voice by nature and by choice.
E’en those who know her slightest
Will find as soft as southern winds
When southern winds are lightest.
Bright pearls, the gems of southern girls.
Her winning smile discloses;
Her cheeks, when admiration speaks,
Are only southern roses.
Her laugh, as light -as-wind or chaff.
Breaks clear at witty sallies,
Runs bubbling through thejnooks
Of all her southern valleys.
—"J. D.’’ In New Orleans Picayune.
In all probability the old fashioned
lace shawl will te revived as an arti
cle of dress since Alice Roosevelt ap
peared at a recent Newport ball and
wore one around her shoulders a I the
evening.
Mrs. S. M. Rice and little sons, of
Union, are on a visit to her sister,
Miss Inez Sarratt.
SJMiss Eleanor! Wolf, the charming
guest of Miss Mignon Walker, has
returned to her home in Fort Mill.
Mrs James McGowan, of Spartan
burg, was in the city Wednesday to
attend the funeral of Mr. Robert
Roundtree.
Miss Agnes Littlejohn left Thurs
day to visit friends in Batesburg.
Miss Blanche Wilson, the accomp
lished milliner for Carroll, Carpenter
& Byers, arrived in the city Wednes
day.
Miss Grace Willis, of Greenville,
has returned and will resume her
duties at the graded school.
Mrs. Ed. Gaines and children have
returned home after a delightful visit
to relatives in Virginia.
Mrs. Allie Lipscomb has returned
from a visit to Spartanburg.
The death of Miss Elizabeth Good
win has cast a gloom over our entire
community. Miss Goodwin was the
efficient stenographer of Mr. J. C.
Jefferies, and by her gentle ways had
won for herself score of admirers.
A young and beautiful life cut down
in the bloom of womanhood. Friends
knew of her critical Hines but hoped
the Grim Reaper would pass by.
Our heartfelt sympathies go out to
the stricken mother who is bowed in
grief beside her bier.
DEATH OF MR. ROUNDTREE.
I’afiaed Away at HU Home at Arkwright
Early Tuesday Morning.
(Spartanburg Herald.]
“Mr. Robert Roundtree, aged thirty
years, and bookkeeper for the Ark
wright cotton mills, died at bis home
at Arkwright Tuesday morning at 3
o’clock. He had been in very bad
health for some time, and the end
was not expected. A wife and one
child survive him.
“Mr. Roundtree was a man of fine
business qualifications and high char
acter. He was a consistent member
of the Presbyterian church and bis
dealings with bis fellow man were
upright and honest. He had many
friends. He was a member of Mor
gan Lodge, K. of P. He bad been
bookkeeper and manager of the com
pany’s store at Arkwright ever since
the mill started up. Prior to that
time he was bookkeeper for the Gaff
ney ooithn txffll.
“The followlhg gentlemen trill ac
company th6 body, apd aot as psll
bearers: T. P. Edwardi, H J. Jen
nings, J. B. Weathers. J. K. McGow
an, J. B. Carlisle, R. J. |Gantt, Henry
W. Thomas, Jos. D Stoppelbein.”
Mr. Roundtree's remain* arrived in
Gaffney on the 4:20 train Wednesday
afternoon and were taken at once to
the Presbyterian ebareb where the
taneral services were held, conducted
by Dr. J. 8. Watkins, of Spartanburg,
assisted by Revs. W. R. Potter and
W. H. Hodges, of this city.
After the funeral ceremony the
body was taken to Oakland cemetery,
preceded by theJKnightB of Pythias
in a body and a long procession of
sorrowing relatives and friends, and
was buried with the honors of the
order of which the deceased was a
member.
Mr. Roundtree was quite well
known in Gaffney, having been en
gaged in business here at one time,
and he had many friends and admir
ers among our people who deeply
lament his untimely end. He was
married about two years ago to Miss
Rosa Gaffney, daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. R. M. Gaffney, of this city, and
she and one child still live to monrn
for him.
To them and the members of his
own family we extend onr deepest
sympathy.
OILING HIGHWAYS.
A Proce«« That Gives Them a Hard
Surface.
Santa Barbara, Cal., has just com
pleted some careful and Industrious
experiments in the line of oiling of
public highways. Work has been fin
ished on eleven blocks of streets lo
cated in various parts of the city, and
private individuals are engaged in oil
ing streets in front of their properties.
The process used has been carefully
followed, says the Los Angeles Her
ald. There are several stages, and care
at each is the secret of the success at
tained. The streets are first of ail
brought to a clean round grade. The
dirt is made fairly fine, a spading har
row being used. This implement very
much resembles a gang of cutters with
deep notches cut from each cutting cir
cle. This grading does away with
chuckholes and makes the street as
even as possible before the oil is
placed. Sprinkling with water follows
the grading. On several blocks sprin
kling was omitted to see what the ef
fect would be. The best blocks laid
are those where the sprinkling was
done.
The oil was heated in its car to make
it run easily and was then hauled to
the streets in a sprinkling cart. The
cart is driven slowly over the street
and the oil runs upon the surface.
Then comes a second treatment with
the harrow and then a second coating
of oil. Harrowing for the third time
mixes the oil well with the earth, but
gives the street a very nasty appear
ance.
Next comes the chief feature of the
process used by the contractors. They
have rights to the use of a patented
tamping machine with which the oil is
worked into the street This machine
consists of a roller of wood into which
are set rows of iron spikes each a foot
long by two inches thick and each hav
ing a flattened head. The roller rolls
on the ends of these spikes and mashes
the oil almost out of sight into the
street. The treatment with this roller
hardens the surface and permits the
use of a heavy steam roller for the pur
pose of further packing and leveling
the street.
The amount of oil may be varied.
About a hundred barrels were used to
a 450 foot block of sixty foot street
Travel on these streets has hardened
them into almost an asphalt surface as
the volatile parts of the oil have evapo
rated.
STONES ON HIGHWAYS.
Law Makes Their Removal Obliga
tory In New York.
The road law as amended by the
last legislature of the state of New
York makes certain highway work ob
ligatory. The loose stones in the road
are always a cause of great annoyance
and make more work for horses, and
their removal is an improvement no
one can dispute.
The new law directs that the over
seer shall “cause all loose stone lying
in the beaten track of every highway
within his district to be removed once
in every month from the 1st of April
until the 1st day of December each
year. Stones so removed shall not be
thrown back into the gutter nor into
the grass adjoining such highway, but
they shall be conveyed to some place
from which they cannot work back or
be brought back Into the track by the
use of road machines or other imple
ments.
“Any person who shall violate the
provisions hereof or who shall deposit
or throw loose stones in the gutter or
grass adjoining a highway or shall
deposit or throw upon a highway ash
es, paper, stones, sticks or othsr rub
bish shall be liable to a penalty of $10.
to be sued for and recovered by the
commissioner of highways or, in case
of his refusal or neglect to act, by any
taxpayer of the town in which the of
fense shall be committed, and when re
covered one half of the amount shall
be applied by them In Improving the
highways and bridges in such town.
The other half ahail he paid the per
son upon whose written information
the action was brought" The path-
master is thus guilty of a misdemean
or if he neglects to prosecute to recov
er such penalties.
All Want Better Hlarhvrars.
Perhaps one of the most encourag
ing signs of the good roads agitation
and activity is the happy and harmo
nious blending of all interests, says
Harper’s Weekly. The farmer, busi
ness man and gentleman of leisure are
equally interested and anxious to at
tain the common end. In former years
there has been some friction and con
sequent retarding of the good roads
movement For years the cyclists have
worked for and agitated the subject of
good roads. For some reason, which
the farmer himself cannot satisfactori
ly explain, the latter did not co-operate
as he should and even opposed those
working for Improvement Now all is
changed, and while there may be indi
vidual cases of opposition the farmers
as a rule are strongly In sympathy
with the movement
A FINE COUNTRY.
What The Southern Field Sajrs of Cherokee,
Gaffney and Blacksburg.
The Southern Field tells in a
recent issue of the fine country and
hustling towns through which the
old Three C’s Railroad, recently
bought by the Southern, parses. This
is what it says of Cherokee county,
Blacksburg and Gaffney:
Most of Cherokee county is in what
is known as the Alpine section of the
State, which is a rolling tabls-iand,
broken and billy on the margin of
the streams, but scarcely anywhere
inaccessible to the plow, the general
elevation above sea level being from
1,000 to 1,500 feet. The soils are
produced by the decomposition of
gneiss rock and may be found as a
gray sandy loam with a red and
sometimes a white clay on the hill
sides. The bottom lands have a dark
loam, which is very produtive of corn,
grain and grass. The leading places
are Blacksburg, Gaffney and Chere-
kee Falls.
At Cherokee Falls there is a large
cotton mill.
Blacksburg has a population of
2,000. It is quite a manufacturing
town bavin* a $75 000 fertilizer fac
tory, a $50,000 sulphuric acid plant,
a machine shop, lime works, roller
flour mill, hosiery mill and cotton seed
oil mill. Near the town are iron ore
and manganese deposits. During the
past year n $25,000 bank was estab
lished, the hosiery mill completed
and placed in operation as well as the
cotton seed oil mill.
More than $10,000 was spent during
the year in residence improvements.
Gaffney, which is the terminus of a
ten-mile branch of this division, run
ning from Blacksburg, and is also on
the main line of the Southern rail
way, has a population of about 6,000.
It has a number of prosperous and
growing industries, the more impor
tant being the cotton mills of the
Gaffney Manufacturing Company and
the Limestone Manufacturing Com
pany, capital, $1 000 000 and $225,-
000 respectively, a cotton seed oil
mill, foundrv, lime works, roller
flour mill, carnet factory and cotton
mill supply iactory.
The town has two good banks,
good schools and mercantile houses.
Most of these industries are the de
velopments of the past two years.
The Gaffney Manufacturing Company
is now building a large finishing
plant. Last year $200 000 was spent
by the citizens in new residences and
other buildings. This town is a good
location for new industries.
In every town
and village
^ may be had t
WANTED
Scrap Iron. Brass, Copper, Green and Dry
Hides, Dry Bones, etc.
Save the junk and convert it Into money
by bringing It to
E. T. WILKINS A CO.,
8-86:1 mo GarmY, S. C.
Look out, rood people, mind what you do
with your money; don’t pay a high price
when you can get It for less I am the
man to buy your fish and beef from, where
you can get it for less money than you have
to pa? at a place that sells it so nigh and
charges so much. I find it a good plan to
buy for cash and sell for the same way and
save time and trouble too, and a great
many times hard feelings with the people
who don’t wish to be dunned for the next 30
days.
I will sell for cash the remainder of my
bicycles and other stuff at cost. Come and
get a good wheel for 112.50 cash; brand new.
’Phone 23.
W. J. Maness.
Notice.
Buy you a home with rent money; nice
building lots in town for sale; also Im
proved property for sale. Rents collected
promptly and returns made the 1st of each
month. Personal attention given to col
lecting. See me. Best Hallman.
DOUBTLESS
Pants, Shirts, Collars
or a good Suit or Cap.
We ha\/e them and hope you
will call. ::::::
Wilkins-Bristow Clothing Co.
The Boy 5 © JTriends.
PLANT WHEAT!
USE FERTILIZERS
BY-
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company,
“Largest TVIanufacturera
of Fertilizers on Earth”
-A® HW WLL IE SUPI1SED AT HIE IBUITL
THE VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL COMPANY,
CHABLESTON. S. C ATLANTA. 6A. ^
Seen the Buck’s Junior Range on display
at our store
Have you registered your name at our store
Are you getting ready to bake biscuit at
our store on September 1 8th ■
«
We furnish all material. Mothers and friends are invited
to see how well the little ones can operate one of those famous
BUCK’S RANGES
Work hard, little girls, it is worth more than your time to
try for one of these handsome stoves.
Our stoves will arrive this week—
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO (152)
Don’t fail to see us before buying.
Here is a Bargain.
Two excelent corner building lots within five
minutes walk of Carpet Mill. These lots will
be sold on the
Easy Payment Plan
of only $3 per month. Here is an opportunity
of a lifetime for working people. Apply to
J- w.
Has Just Returned from the Eastern Markets and
EXTENDS A CORDIAL INVITATION TO ALL
to Call and See the Splendid Values He
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