The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 12, 1903, Image 2
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The Universe Made For Man
Alone, Says Dr. Wallace.
EASTS AT THE OENTES OF ALL
One Hundred Thousand |* N * RVEL0US THEm '
is the amount of insurance written in Cherokee county by
the agents of the
Penn Mutual
Life Insurance Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.
^ince JVIarcli i«t, 1003.
This is sufficient evidence that the Penn 1 policies are be
coming very popular in Gaffney. Fifty-six years exper
ience with ner latest improved policies account to a great
extent for this vast amount of new business. Rates are
the same for both sexes from 16 to 68 years.
FOR RATES, TERMS &c. APPLY TO
D. H. HALL,
DISTRICT MANAGER.
LIMESTONE STREET - - - - GAFFNEY, S. C.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Slipping Slones to Prosperity
THE SUCCESSFUL PLANTER
‘ FERTILIZES HIS LANDS
The Virginia'Carolina Chemical Co.
"Manufactures the best Fertilizers on Earth*.
Virglnia-Carolina Ohemical Cow
CHARLESTON. & C.
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The Gaffney City Land and impmement Company
Offers for sale BulldlnKLotsln this flourisbliijr town, Gaffney City; Also Farms neai
by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone SprluRS and of this place, In lots of fron
30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur
poses. For full particulars apply to
J. V. £9 A^urent.
N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on, walk or ride through or over the lands of this
company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, under penalty of law.
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Straw Hats and Slippers. Q
I^have Idecided |to close outKa r dot |of Straw Hats
REGARDLESS OF COST. Also a lot of Men’s, La
dies’ and Misses’ Slippers to go AT YOUR OWN
PRICE. See them; they are rare bargains.
A few 5 and 10 gal. kegs Tennessee Sorghum left. It is the
genuine article and only 35c a gallon in 5 gallon kegs.
Biggest line of Shoes in town at lower prices than you pay
elsewhere.
Clothing, Hats, Dry Goods and Notions at prices in keeping
with the times.
I have as complete stock of General Merchandise Jas can be
found in the city and only ask that you call and get prices and I
am sure of a customer.
Respectfully,
J. 1. SARRATT.
1 /^v A |WT ^ Made on Real Estate in City of Gaffney and
County of Cherokee. Abstracts furnished.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Star Theatre Building.
Famona Enaliah Sciential Exponnda
StartlinK Vlewa, Statins That the
Inhnbltauta of Thla World of Oura
Were the Caiiae of Creation—Stara
Limited In Number.
Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, the emi
nent scientist, who was credited by
Darwin himself with having discov
ered the theory of natural selection,
has again centered the attention of the
scientific world upon himself by a re
markable article in the Fortnightly
Review for March. In this he advances
the startling theory that the earth, or
solar system, is the physical center of
tlie stellar system and adds that the su
preme end and purpose of this vast
universe are the production and devel
opment of the living soul in the perish
able body of man, says a special cable
dispatch from Loudon to the New York
American.
This attempt to unite religion and
science is entitled “Man’s Place In the
Universe,” and, while it is impossible
here to give in full the absorbingly in
teresting details of Dr. Wallace’s the
ory, the chief features may be out
lined.
Dr. Wallace recalls that to the early
astronomers the earth was the center
of the visible universe, but that as
progressive knowledge of astronomy
further enlightened men of science
they were driven to the other extreme.
Recent astronomy reduces the impor
tance of the eartii to comparative in
significance by enlarging upon the
vastness, variety and complexity of
the* stellar universe. It is also recalled
that modern skepticism points out the
diflieulty of believing that the Creator
of all selected one of the smallest of
Ids created orbs as the scene for the
tremendous sacrifice of his Son in the
scheme of redemption.
Dr. Wallace’s lirst question is, “Are
the stars inlinite in number?” By a
fascinating argument, in which he cov
ers the progress made in astronomy
during the past fifty years, lie estab
lishes a strong case in favor of the lim
ited extent of the stellar universe, quot
ing, by the way, Professor Newcomb
and others, who affirm that if the num
ber of stars was inlinite their com
bined light would be fully equal to the
sun at midday, while as a matter of
fact starlight is but one-fortieth as
powerful as moonlight. His conclu
sions on this point are:
The result so far reached by astrono
mers as the direct logical conclusions
from the whole mass of facts accumu
lated by means of powerful instruments
of research, which have given us the new
astronomy, is that our sun is one c^f the
central orbs of a globular star cluster
and that this star cluster occupies nearly
the central position in the exact plane of
tlie Milky Way, but I am not aware that
any writer has taken the next step and,
combining these two conclusions, has
stated definitely that our sun is thus
shown to occupy a position very near If
not actually at the center of the whole
visible universe and therefore, in all prob
ability, in the center of the whole material
universe.
This conclusion no doubt is a startling
one, and all kinds of objections will be
made against it, yet I am not acquainted
with any great inductive result of modern
science that lias been arrived at so grad
ually, so legitimately, by means of so
vast a mass of precise measurements and
observations and by such wholly unpreju
diced workers. It may not be proved
with minute accuracy as regards the ac
tual mathematical center. That Is not of
the least importance, but that it is sub
stantially correct there seams to be no
good reason of doubt, and I therefore
hold it right and proper to have it so
stated and provisionally accepted until
further accumulations of evidence may
show to what extent it requires modifica
tion.
Passing from this part of his subject,
Dr. Wallace takes up our position in
the solar system itself as regards
adaptability for organic life.
“Here, too,” he says, “I am not
aware that the whole facts have been
sufficiently considered, yet, there are
facts that indicate our position in this
respect to be as central and unique as
that of the sun in tlie stellar unb erse.”
His conclusion on this point is:
The three atartiing facts that we are In
the center of a cluster of suns and that
that cluster is situated not only precisely
in the plane of the Milky Way, but also
centrally in that plane, can hardly now
be looked upon us chance coincidences
without any significance in relation to
the culminating fact that the planet so
situated has developed humanity. Of
course the relation here pointed out may
be a true relation of cause and effect and
yet have arisen n$ the result of one in a
thousand million chances occurring during
almost infinite time; but, on tlie other
hand, those thinkers may be right who,
holding that the universe is a manifesta
tion of mind and that the orderly develop
ment of living souls supplies an adequate
reason why such a universe should have
been called into existence, believe that wo
ourselves are Its sole and sufficient result
and that nowhere else than near the cen
tral position in the universe which we
occupy could that result have been at
tained.
Lucy Cobb commencement clos«<d
last night.
Macon is again discussing the ques’
tion of annexing suburbs.
The annual regatta of Yacht dull
at Savannah took place yesterday.
I. B. Merriam, wholesale grocer, al
Chattanooga, Tenn., has filed a pett
tion in bankruptcy.
The administration has decided to
notify Colombia that she must act and
act quickly on the canal treaty.
W. W. Dudley, notorious for his con 1
nection with “blocks of five” may lx
dragged into the postofflee scandal.
The three candidates for the govern
orship of Mississippi had a joint de
bate at Macon in that state yesterday,
W. H. Babbitt a leading citizen ol
McDowell county, N. C., commit* sui
cide by shooting himself through flu
head.
Prince Justav, crown prince of Swe-
den and Norway, has announced hia
intention of visiting the St. Louie ex
position.
A young man by name of Walter
Martin, employed at the power planl
of Raleigh, N. C.. was electrocuted by
touching the copper at eleven hundred
volts
James M. Watson, a clerk in the au
ditor’s office of the District of Colum
bia, has been arrested on the ohargs
of embezzling between $40,000 and
$75,000.
In a wreck on the Louisville and
Nashville, 30 miles south of Louis
ville, the fireman was killed and thir
teen persons injured 1 . Dr. Thomason
of Atlanta, aided in eai^ng for the
victims.
At the International W. C. T. U
congress in Geneva, the address ol
Lady Henry Somerset was read. She
declares that the governments of the
world are awake to the necessity ol
lessening the drink traffic.
At today’s session of the WVwld’s
Woman’s Christian Temperance union
at Geneva, Father Hyacinth addressed
the delegates urging an agitation in
favor of submitting international difii
cullies to the international tribuai.l |
at The Hague.
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ICE AND MEATS.
I am now prepared to deliver Ice and
Meats together or separate. I am still
selling some fine Beef and Pork, and my
Sausage is double ground, fresh each
day. Domestic Bruits, Lemons, Oranges,
Bananas, Country Produce when it can
he had. Fresh Fish Fridays and Sat
urdays. Canned Goods of all varieties.
Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Cigars and
Tobacco. Fat Cattle and Green Hides
wanted.
Mr. B. F. Green takes a delight in wait
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ALMOST A MIRACLE.
Dillon, 8. 0., Aug. 18th, l«tt.
Gentlernen :—In September, 1899, I took rheumatism In • very bad form.
In a month after the disease started I had to give up my work and go to
bed. It continued to grow worse until my arms and hands were badly drawn,
so much so that I could not use them. My legs were drawn back until my
feet touched my hips. I was as helpless as a baby for nearly twelve months.
The muscles of my arms and legs were hard and shriveled up. I suffered death
many times over. Was treated by six different physicians in MoColl, Dillon and
Marion, out none of them could do me any good, until Dr. J. P. Ewing, of Dillon
came to see me. He told me to try your ** Rhkumacide.” He got me one bottle
or the medicine and I began to take It and before the first bottle was used up I
began to get better. I used five and a half bottles and was completely cured.
That was two years ago, and my health has been excellent ever since. Have had
no symptoms of rheumatism. I regard “Rheitmacidi" as by far the best
remedy for rheumatism on the market. I cannot say too much for it. I have
recommended it to others since and it has cured them.
,, D say further, that I began to walk in about six days after I began to take
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to take it, I could walk as good as anybody, and went back to work again.
Very truly, JAMES WILKES.
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The liver must be gently stirred 8o that
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National Bank of Gaffney,
Capital Stock, - - $50,000.00
Surplus and Profits, - 25,000.00
Stockholders Liability, 50,000.00
Total, - - - $125,000.00
Deposit® Gtli, i9°3, $209,603.73.
We solicit the business and good will of everybody in Cherokee
county.
F. G. STACY, President, D. C. ROSS, Cashier,
J. G. WARDLAW, V.-Prest„ MAYNARD SMYTH, A. C.
Cure a Cold in One
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A. N. Wood. President.
It. It. Bkown. Vice-President
The Mehchinis and Planters Bank,
OF GAFFNEY. 8. C.
Capital $75,000.—Surplus and Profits $1 0,000.
STATE, COUNTY AND CITY DEPOSITORY.
We solicit the business of people of all occupations.
We pay ^o/, on deposits in our
*r/d Savings Department.
Deposits accepted from $1.00 up.
C. SMITH, CMhlar.
EnitlHnd'a Food Supply.
An association has been formed by
some of the most prominent men in
England to force parliament to au
thorize the formation of a royal com
mission which shall investigate the
question of feeding England in time of
war, says tlie New York Commercial
Advertiser. In a recent manifesto it
is pointed out that more than half of
the 41,000,000 who make the popula
tion of the country have an income
which averages less than 50 shillings a
week. Seven million do not average
23 shillings. In ease of war even the
fear of shortage would immediately
bring food to famine prices, and It
would he but a short time before the
conditions became intolerable. The
idea of this new association is the ulti
mate establishment of great granaries
which would hold a reserve supply of
food.
THOUSANDS DAILY REGRET
WASTING THEIR MONEY.
...Not One Ever Regrets Saving It...
Resolve to save and you can save. A firm determination opens the way. We invite everybody to open an
account with us, and we will make it profitable for you to do so.
Deposits of $1.00 or more received and interest paid thereon at the rate of 4 per cent.
F. Q. STACY, Preaidant.
D. C. ROSS, Cathiar.