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J^TOBLISHBD TUESDAY AXD FRIDAY.
BY
Ed. H. DeCamp.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.