University of South Carolina Libraries
#'*’4 f 1 \ - •?- B •I The: jl,e:hoe:i*. J^TOBLISHBD TUESDAY AXD FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DeCamp. Xhk Ledger Is not responsible for tbs views of oorrespondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Sending notices will be published at ten jents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Look beyond your greatest troubles and you will surely find sunshine and happiness on the other side. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ One-half the world does not know how the other half lives, but the aver age married man keeps the better half guessing three-fourths of the time. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Gaffney has no room for loafers of any description, be they white or black. The loafer is a vampire that sucks the life-blood of industry, and we need no vampires here. A woman considers another woman 'eccentric if she does not talk when she has nothing to say, hence a very small proportion of the feminine world v would be considered eccentric. ♦ ♦ ♦♦ Oae acre of land well manured and prepared and sowed in oats now will -give from twenty-five to forty bushels of oats at harvest time. Five acres put in in the usual way will not do more. Try one acre this spring for each head of your work stock and note the difference in expense and profit. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ One hundred and sixty-four new subscribers, and the cash with (every one, during the month of February was doing quite well, but that is just exactly the number of new subscrib ers The Ledger booked. During yester day twelve new names were added to the list. For all of which we are;duly appreciative and promise in return our very best efforts. We under stand that some have been so un charitable as to discredit our state ment made two weeks ago. We in vite all doubting Thomases to call and make a personal examination of our cash book and subscription, list. ♦ ♦ ♦♦ Did It ever occur to you (what a difference there is between the man who makes a living by talking (and the fellow who does not? Take the average lecturer and he iejusually very reticent, in fact so much so that it is with difficulty that you can get him to talk at all. That is because .his talk is worth something. In other words, he gets paid for talking. On the other band, take the fellow whose talk has no commercial value and you will find that he is everlastingly jabbering like a monkey from the jungles. His talk has no commercial value and that is the reason he is willing to give it away. There are lots of people in this world who place no commercial value on their talk and they generally cause a great deal of unnecessary trouble. Young man, or young woman, if you wish your talk to have a commercial value don’t be too free with it. Gaffney needs and should have a local building and loan association. The one that formerly existed here did a very nice business for awhile, ' but the interest in it was allowed to lag and as a consequence it was;; al lowed to go out of existence. Char lotte owes much of her growth to the building and loan associations in her midst. The city of Philadelphians principally populated ^by.towners of homes who have acquired the) same through the building and loan associ ations of that city. As matters now stand Gaffney is patronizing several * outside building and loan associ ations, two of which are located at Greenville, and, by the way, it may be remarked that the Greenville as sociations are first-class in every re spect. One is represented’by Mr. J. 0. Jefferies and another by Messrs. Hall & Willis. While it Is a good thing to patronize these associations that are known to be reliable, still we think it would be more profitable to Gaffney if we bad a local associ ation. Let us investigate this busi ness and inaugurate a new enterprise that will not only bring profit to its promoters but to Its stockholders. STEEL TRACK ROADS EXPERIMENTING WITH THEM IN NEW YORK CITY. How Theae Hiahwaya of Steel Are Built and What They Coat—The Im mense Savina In Haulaae on Thla Style of Roadway. The rural, commercial and industrial interests of this country have been so much accustomed to depend upon ca nals and railroads to transport their products to market that they have ha bitually neglected the arteries over which nearly ail traffic originates—viz, the common highway. Farmers and other people living In the country are more interested than other citizens in the construction and maintenance of good highways, yet until a few years ago they displayed obstinate antipathy to help any movement in favor of im proving the country’s highways. The first systematic movement made to improve the country's highways was originated by bicyclists when that form of amusement was an active liv ing force, says a writer in the Automo bile Magazine. The bicycle fantasy has passed, but it has been succeeded by even a stronger movement—that of automobiiiug—and the people interest ed In horseless carriages are agitating strenuously iu favor of improved high ways, and the influence they exercise as a class promises to produce im portant results. All they need is the co-operation of farmers and others in terested in having good roads to haul their produce over. The Automobile Club of America has inaugurated a movement which is cal culated to effect a revolution in Inland transportation If it meets with the sup port it deserves. A few months ago General Itoy Stone, who has made a special study of roadmaking, in an ad dress before the Automobile Club of America strongly advocated the use of steel plates for making highways. His arguments were so convincing that Mr. Charles M. Schwab, president of the United States Steel corporation, of fered to provide at his own expense steel sufficient to lay a mile of the roadway recommended by General Stone. One block of that steel has been laid in Murray street. New York, a street noted for its heavy traffic, and tests of the road were recently made. The results were a remarkable demon stration of the value of the system. It was found by actual experiment that a tractive force GO per cent great er was required to draw a load upon the rough stone pavement than upon the track or that, taking the power nec essary to draw r the load upon the pave ment as the standard, exactly 37% per cent of it was saved by using the rails. In starting the load the advantage in favor of the rails was even greater, as but one-half or one-third of the usual force \va: required. The steel rails used in building these highways are forty feet in length and a foot in width. The upper surface is not polished. It is a rough Uulsh, hut not corrugated nor especially rough ened In any way. The section of the rails is like that of an ordinary chan nel bar, the turned down portions at either side being about one and a half inches in depth. Coarse broken stone laid In a trench about fifteen inches deep and of the same width constitutes the bod upon which the rails rest. A drain tile at the outer edge of the bot tom of each trench insures sufficient drainage. On top of the broken stone a layer of gravel or very fine stone and stone dust is laid, in which the rails imbed themselves firmly. Joints, consisting of flat plates of steel riveted to each rail under the wide tread and heavy fish-plates, bolted to the turned down portions of the rails on each side, af ford a continuous and smooth surface. To prevent spreading of the rails there are inserted in the roadbed at intervals Reel ties bent so as to clasp the rails and hold them securely in place. Every person familiar with teaming is aware of the great reduction of wheel resistance that results from the wheels of a wagon being run on the plates at tached to street car rails. If the day ever comes that the country roads are laid with steel runways, the saving to people who have to haul freight over the roads will be immense. Experi ments made by engineers of high repu tation have shown that a horse can haul on an iron or steel track fifty-four times the load it can haul in sand, thir ty-six times as much as on an earth road, thirty-three times as much as on a stone trackway, twenty-five times us much as on a plank road in good order and nine times us much as on a good macadam road. Most of the roads that farmers have to haul their produce over are earth roads, so the change to steel would increase the haulage eighteen times. The introduction of such an im provement ought to draw the cordial co-opcration of every person who wishes to see our agricultural communities prospering as they should prosper. General Stone says that this style of roadway can lie laid down for about $4,000 a mile and that this character of road Is as practicable for country as city use and that the cost would he ue more than for ordinary stone roads. Petroleum For Road Protection. The vast amount of damage that has been done to roads In the east and cen tral states by the heavy rains last sum mer calls attention rather forcibly to the great effect that petroleum has had on the California roads in preventing the washing of gullies across the roads. The matter is worthy of investigation. The Government and Good Ronda. As long as the government is com mitted to internal Improvement it could spend its fuoney In no way more bene ficial to the grestest number than in giving us good roads.—Extract From a Speech by Hon. C. A. Branan. IRON AND STEEL SITUATION. Iron Age Gives Resume of Market Conditions. New Yerk, Feb. 5.—Referring to the iron and steel situation The Iron Age eays: ‘•Preliminary meetings have been held by independent Lake Erie pro ducers which indicate that there will be an advance possibly on Mesaba ores to $3.50 for non-bessemer and $4.50 for bessemer, and on old range ores to $4.75 for bessemer and $4 for non-bessemer. The scale has not yet been definitely fixed, however. In the foundry iron markets buying continues on a moderate scale, consumers ad hering to the belief that they can only gain by waiting. Still, there is the very important fact that consumption does not seem affected by the higher cost of iron to the foundries v/ho gen erally represent business very active. Advices from abroad indicate a strengthening all along the line, the amount of business in Germany par ticularly being on the increase. Some cargoes of Middles borough have been purchased by importers, but this is due to shifting caused by disappoint ment in deliveries from other foreign producers. At home the freight blockade is still as ser.ous as ever. It is understood that conferences are taking place in the central west be tween some of the leading producers and the railroad officials'. “The first weekly report of the con stituent companies of the United States Steel corporation shows an ag gregate of orders of 5,509,000 tens, the largest in the history of the organiza tion. The bookings In structural ma terial, plates, rails and wire are very heavy, as is well known, but it is in teresting to note that the movement in tin plate, too, has been very heavy during January’. “In the sheet trade there are still complaints of cutting of prices and f to some extent this is true also in tin plate MEXICAN BANKS. Statistics Show Capital Increase of $9,000,000 In Past Year. Mexico City, Feb. 5.—The Central bank of this city, having decided to Increase its capital stock from $7,000,- 000 to $10,000,000, has within only a few days had the amount required heavily over subscribed. Bank statistics for the year show the capital of all banks with public charters to be $89,350,000, an increase of $9,000,000 in the past year. The present circulation is $86,145,000, an increase of nearly $15,000,000 in one year. The cash holdings of all banks on Dec. 31 were $57,521,000, of which $53,000,000 was silver dollars. The National Bank of Mexico will pay a 16 per cent dividend on the past year’s business. DEATH OF MRS. LOUISA WARE. She Was One of the Oldest Residents of Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa. Ala., Feb. 5.—Mrs. Louisa Ware, one of Tuscaloosa’s old est residents, is dead at her home which she never entirely recovered, in this city. About a year ago she suffered a stroke of paralysis from She was born in March, 1819 near Northport and for a long while had been a resident of Tuscaloosa. For a nuneber of years she had been a con sistent member of the Baptist church. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Lou Ware, two sisters residing in Tex as and two brothers, Colonel I. J. Lee, of Ensley, and Frank Lee The funeral services took place this morn ing at 1 o’clock, with the interment in the Northport cemetery. Alleged Murderers Brought Back. Centreville, Ala.. Feb. 5.—E. H. Crawford and Guard C. L. Cleveland, have returned from Ft. Worth. Tex., with Will Holley and Will Hollifteld, who were charged with the murder of I^ee Rogers at Blocton. a few days ago. These negroes killed Rogers less than two weeks ago, and made their escape, but were arrested in Fort Worth. Officers Raid Distillery. Pleasant Hill. Ga.. Feb. 5.—Revenue officers made a raid on some illicit distilleries some 4 miles north of here, seizing two stills, capturing 10 or 12 stands of beer and arresting one ne gro. The distilleries were being run by negroes, and a crowd had gath ered around to have a good time, but when the revenue officers appeared there was a regular stampede, all making their ascape but one. Car Barns Burned; Loss $85,000. Chagerin Falls. O., Feb. 5.—The car barns, repair and machine shops of the Eastern Ohio Traatlon company here were destroyed ity fire early to day. Eight large etectrie car* and a snowplow were burned. Low $85,- 000; partially covered by Insurance. The power house was waved by hard work. All traffic on the Mne is sus pended. Decision Is Reversed, Trenton, N. J., Feb. $.—Tlie court of errors and appeal* today unani mously reversed the decision of Vice Chancellor Embry which enjoined the United States Steel corporation from converting $200,000,000 worth of its 7 per cent preferred stock into 5 per cent second mortgage bonds. Cold Night at Dse Moinea Deg Moines, Iowa. Feb. B.—Des Moines last night was the coldest place In the United States south of Moorehead, Minn., according to the local weather bureau, the msraury res. istering 3 degree* below s*ro. THE BALKY HORSE. A Little Trick That, It I» Bald, Will Start Him Every Time. For the benefit of those who have been caused a great deal of anxiety by a balky horse, lost trains as well as tempers and sometimes even ruined the horse, the next time they have the experience to run across a bulky horse, no matter bow bad he is, let me tell you how to start him ninety-nine times out of a huudred. Of course it may fail one time in a hundred. When a horse balks, no mat ter how badly be sulks or bow ugly he is, do not beat him. Don’t throw sand In his ears, don’t use a rope on his fore legs or even burn straw under him. Quietly go aud pat him on the head a moment. Take a hammer or even pick up a stone in the street, tell the driver to sit still, take his lines, noid them quietly while you lift up cither front foot, give each nail a light tap and a good smart tap on tne frog, drop the foot quickly and then chirp to him to go. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the horse will go right on about bis business, but the driver must keep bis lines taut and not pull or jerk him back. If I have tried this once, I have tried It 500 times, and every time I have suggested it people have laughed and even bet $5 and bottles of wine that I could not do it. So far I have won ev ery bet. This may make you smile, but a horse has more common sense than most people are willing to give him credit for. The secret of this little trick is simply diversion. I am a firm believ er that with kindness and proper treat ment a horse can be driven with a string.—Horse Shoers’ Journal. The Little Finser Nall. Forty years ago in certain parts of the United States it was the custom to grow long nails. I well remember some of the swells and puffers who devoted more attention to their little finger nails than they did to their teeth, and often have I seen the fifth digit with a claw on it an inch and a quarter In length. The nail was car ried in a stall, and on occasion was split after the manner of n steel or quill pen, so that its w’earer could sign his name to a check with it, says a writer in the New York Press. The trimming of nails today is an art which gives employment to many pret ty women who style themselves mani cures. Nearly every first class, up to date barber shop has its manicure, who delights the man needing a shave or hair cut with an innocent flirtation. She dresses garishly aud has a strut on her that would arouse the envy of a saddle astride fox chaseress. Where Women Propone. In the Ukraine, Russia, the woman does all the courting. When she falls in love with a man, she goes to his house and informs him of the state of her feelings. If he reciprocates, all is well, and the formal marriage is duly arranged. If, however, he is unwill ing, she remains there, hoping to coax him to a better mind. The poor fellow cannot treat her with the least dis courtesy, nor has he the consolation of being able to turn her out, as her friends in such a case would feel bouud to avenge the insult. His remedy, therefore, if determined not to marry her, is to leave his home and stay away as long as she is in it. A similar prac- tlee to that in the Ukraine exists among the Zuui tribe of Indians. The woman does all the courting aud also controls the situation after marriage. To her belong all the children, aud descent, including inheritance, is also on her side. Unique Venice. Venice is unique and always as long as she exists will be unique. The city is built on 117 islands connected by be tween 350 and 400 bridges. There are streets, all very narrow except In the neighborhood of St. Mark’s, but the gondola is the universal means of transportation. When you leave the station, you find the salt W'aves of the Grand canal lapping against the mar ble steps and gondolas drawn up against them like cubs and buses. If you wish to keep all the illusions you Lave cherished about Venice, enter It at sunset, at the full of the moon—on San Marco’s night if the calendar permits— uiki depart before daybreak. Then you will retain in your mind a picture of the Venice of song, story and tradition —the ideal Venice. She Cornered Him. The city editor was troubled, not to say angry. “Hang it all,’’ he exclaimed, as he rend the letter addressed to his depart ment, “my wife lias been asking me that question for the last week, and 1 refused to be bothered”— He looked at the letter again and^’inped out of his chair. “Thunder im^guiis,” he cried, “it’s her handwriting too! Now that she has learned the trick she’ll make me settle every social, household and historical question that comes up, am I’ll be right on hand to take the blame if I make a mistake.” For n long time be remained buried in thought Then he resigned.—Brook lyn Eagle. His Appetite Forbids. “Why don’t you go to work?” de manded the man who had been asked for a dime. “Why, that would Increase my appe tite,” protested the beggar, “and I have a hard enough time looking after the one I have now.”—Chicago Post One Good Thief. “Thank heavens.” said Cheerful John, “that the man who borrows trouble never pays it back!” — Balti more Herald. The biggest building stones ever used are found not in Egypt bat at Rualbec. in Wyria. They measure 60 feet long and 20 feet square. i For Sale. EW~AdvertlsemeQts under this head will oe Inserted for one cent a word each Inser tion. No ad Inserted for less than ten cents Wilkins house and Apply to J. N. 2-24-tf POK RKNT—The G. O. V lot on Montgomery St Lipscomb. f*AMA0B PLANT? for sale at $1.50 per thousand: over one thousand $1. James Ray (ieraty, Youngs Island, S. C. 2-20,24,27:3-3,6 LV-tR SALE—One good work horse, or will A trade for gentle family horse. J. Eb Jef feries. 2-10-tf ■poll SALE—140 acres land In Bogansville Township, known as the Tolleson place, adjoining lands of Harnett, Mrs. Hughes et al. Will be sold on reasonable terms. , Ravenel & Gantt, Attorneys, Wf Spartanburg, 8. C. For Rent. F JR RENT—Lower floor of my residence, whole or part. Mrs. A. V. Montgomery. 2-2-2t —— Wanted. "WTANTED—500 cedar posts eight feet long. Apply at this office. Eeb.24-2t W ANTEB-Chickens, eggs and green hides. B. Q. Clay. Aug. 22. tf. W ANTED—To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several housand dollars to loan. Apr29-tf J. C. Jefferies. Notice^ UJEREAFTER we will only gin on Wednes- J - A day of each week, and grind at the roller mill on Saturday. Victor Cotton Oil Company. Jan. 23-tf. Money Loaned. L OANS on improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent. Interest. No commissions. For information apply to J. O 'efferles. Attorney at Law. 11-22-lyr LOANS NEGOTIATED FOR BORROWERS ON REAL ESTATE BUTLER & OSBORNE A1TORNBVS Gaffney Savings'Bank, Capital $30,000. NOW OPEN The organization of this institution is another important step in the progress of Gaffney, and we cordially invite every body in Cherokee county to open a sav ings account with this bank. INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS MONEY TO LEND This bank is prepared to act as Execu tor, Administrator, Assignee, Receiver, Trustee, Guardian, Agent and other capacities. F. G. Stacy, Brest. J. G. Wardlaw, V-Prest. I). C. Ross, Cashier. DIRECTORS F. G. STACY. W. C. CARPENTER. R. M. WILKINS, I). C. ROSS. WILLIAM JEFFERJES, J. N. LIPSCOMB. J.G. WARDLAW J.Q. LITTLE, J. A. CARROLL. O. E. WILKINS. I^or Building and Plastering Llmei Coal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pans Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on Liiestoae Springs Lime Works ’“CARROLL ft CO., Lessees.l Telephone ~ On the market Again to buy The best load of Big Mules can Be bought. We keep all Kinds and sizes. Come and see Us before you Buy. GAFFNEY LIVE STOCK COMPANY, H. M. Johnson, Manager. Advertising is called by some an art. ’ If it be an art it is the art of telling a story simply and convincingly. Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an establishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Other things being equal, nobody should be able to write more convinc ingly of the articles he of fers for sale. In a store where the employer sells foods side by side with his clerks it is rare that tha employer will not be the best salesman. The reason is simple. He knows the goods from A to Z. He probably has pur chased them. He knows his aims. His arguments carry weight because they are convincing. The same arguments pre sented in the same way, with the same enthusiastic spirit, the same knowledge of detail, would attract new customers if presented through the advertising col umns of this paper. If you have not tried it, why not begin? If you have tried it and are not aali*> fied, let us know about it No business can possibly be successful that is not adver tised. This is a sweeping statement, but it is true. There are some merchants in this community whose experience apparently 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 and have not attained the highest possible measure of success. A fertile seed planted in fertile ground, carefully watered, will thrive and bear 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 ss the other. The manager of one of the most successful furniture houses in Greater New York was asked to what one thing, in his opinion, the success of the concern was most due. He replied: “The founder of the firm was ■ great believer in advertising, and to this fiKt may be ascribed the enormous business we are handling. ” There is no business, however small, that cannot be increased by judicious, systematic, per sistent advertising. The giant oak does not gain its strength in a day. Magnificent buildings are not reared all at once, nor can their strength and beauty be appreciated until the finishing touches are put on. Is your business satisfactory? Are you making headway? Are you using to the best advantage the greatest of all business lev ers—advertising? If you are satisfied that you are, well and good; if not, drop in and talk it over with us. We have adverdang apace to eell, and advertising is a pert of oat borinaM. Perhaps we <aa help yoo.