The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 31, 1903, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED FEB. 36. 1894
GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1903.
FHROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE.
LITTLE GIRLS.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
We Want Two TliMUtiaud of them to
TIiIm Content.
Id another Column of this issue of
The Ledger is an advertisement of
that popular house furnishing estab
lishment of Gaffney, the Acme Fur
niture Co., that should prove inter
esting to every little girl in Cherokee
STATE .•^county. It is a contest for one of
. 'itb'pse po'pular little ranges of the
Events that Have Taken Place from One Buck’s Stove and Range Co. The
End of the state to the other Culled from advertisement tells all about it,
Scores but we wish to say this contest is
open to every little girl that reads
The Ledger, whether she resides in
! this county or not, and we are par
ticularly desirous that the little girls
Knter i People
THROUGHOUT THE
TAR HEEL STATE.
T tems of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Exchanges for Quick Reading by
of Busy People.
Judge Gary has appointed Senator
J. Quitman Marshall, of Columbia,
receiver of the Alliance Exchange
fond.
M. A. Pean, a prominent young
business man of Anderson, died in
Charleston on Tuesday after an
operation for appendicitis.
. The 13-year-old son of Jno. VV. '
Simpson, Pendleton, was bitten by
a mad dog one day last week and was
taken to Atlanta for treatment.
Mr. J. A Sullivan, of the re-
porU>rial staff, and, in the absence of
Mr. John H. Marshall, acting city
editor of The News and Courier, died
suddenly Monday night at 9 :301
o’clock, in the reporters’ rooms.
There was a head-on collision of
two freight trains Wednesday after
noon at Westminster on the Southern
railway. Three or more persons were
seriously*hurt, but there were no fa
talities. it required several hours
to clear the track.
Mr. Frank C. Whitner met with a
runaway accident at his farm near
Rock Hill Monday afternoon, and had
the misfortune to have one of his
arms broken. Mr. Whitner is one of
the cleverest and most popular
take an interest in this contest. If
you do not live Gaffney simply mail
your answer to the Acme Furniture
j Co. as you receive each issue of The
Ledger. Remember that it costs you
nothing to enter this contest. It is
absolutely free. All you have to do
is to guess at the pictures and send
; in your guess.
In addition to the prize offered by
the Acme Furniture Co., The Ledger
will give twelve months sMbscription
to the second best answer and a six
months subscription to the third best.
The Ledger will be governed by the
committee who has the matter in
charge ana tbe paper will be sent to
the little girls who come out second
and third best in their own names.
Revival at Duutou Chapel Closes.
The revivaljwhich has been in prog
ress at Dunton Chapel (colored) Meth
odist Episcopal church closed last
Monday night. Rev. R. C. Campbell,
the faithful pastor, and a strong
preacher of the gospel, was ably as
sisted by the Rev. V. M. Massey, of
g yn ‘ ; Charlotte, N. C.
tlemen in that section and bis many
friends sympatize with him.
A colored section hand named eey as well as Rev. Campbell preached
HailTpton was taken to Columbia " or( i pure and simple, the result
Wednesday night with a fractured w ^'ch was thirteen converted,
skull. Hampton had some words
Yon Know and People Yon Don’t
Know
John P. White, a prominent cotton
man of Yorkville, is in the city cir
culating among his friends.
Mrs. J. w. Lipscomb, who is From the Mountains to The
spending the summer at Asbury, and _
Miss Julia Wood, of that place, were Sea.
in the <dty shopping the iirst of the
week.
Ed. Belue was over from Blacks
burg Wednesday looking after his
business on this side of the river.
P. C. Lavender, of Earls, N.C., was
| in the city Tuesday and paid us an
appreciated visit. Mr. Lavender is a
brother to “Dock” Lavender, the
efficient overseer of the lime kilns at
Limestone.
Mrs. Jessie Kingsley left the first
of the week for a visit to relatives in
j Greenville.
Mrs. Nancy Forbs, of McAbee, is
in the city visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Parris, on “Fall” street.
‘ Dink” Machis, of Trough, was in
the city yesterday.
Wm. Tolbert, the “Bachelor,” of
Buffalo, spent several days in the city
this week.
Miss Fannie Corry, who has been
: teaching in Indian Territory, has re
turned to Gaffney, where she is
greeted by a large circle of acquaint
ances who are glad to have her in
, their midst once more.
Charlie Harris, of Algood, was in
town yesterday.
Mrs. T. C. Pett7 returned this.
week from a week's stay at White- !
stone Lithia Springs.
George D. Scruggs, Esq., of Ezells, ,
was in the city yesterday.
Hon. Judsoa Sarratt spent several
days in the city this week.
Jeff Vassey, of State Line, was a
city visitor yesterday.
W. A. Jones, of Buffalo, spent -sev
eral days in the city last week. Billy
| Interesting Items Concerning Oar Neigh
bors Beyond the L.lne Which May Prove
Entertaining Reading (or Hundreds of
Ledger Readers
The postoffice at Claremont was
broken into Tuesday night, the burg
lars securing $100 worth of stamps
and $8 in money. There is no clue
to the parties.
i Two severe electric storms occurred
at Raleigh Monday night. Light
ning destroyed the home of Dr. Hay
The occupants escaped, saving
of the furniture. Lightning des
troyed most of the roof of the house
of A. E. 8. Lindsay. Three inches
of rain fell.
forty years old, was struck by a train
near Old Fort Monday morning and
; injured so badly that the doctors say
i he may die. When discovered Kelly
was very bloody, his face being badly
cut and his arm injured. Despite
! this he was soon able to walk and
when placed on the train held fast to
one of the two jugs of whiskey which
he had when the accident occurred,
the other jug having been broken.
| Kelly’s acquaintances ridicule the
idea that he may die and and cite the
fact that he recently fell 50 feet off
Swannanoa trestle and has been in
numerous difficulties without serious
results. He was taken to Old Fort.
Gen. Julian 8. Carr, of Durham,
has been engaged to deliver an ad
dress at the Confederate veterans’
reunion and picoic to be held at Mt.
Zion church, near Cornelius, 'on
August Oth. In the evening Senator
Lee 8. Overman, of Salisbury, will
deliver an address.
Mr. John Potts, a farmer living
nine miles south of Charlotte, io
Steele Creek, has a family worth
bragging on. Mr. Potts, who is him
self six feet and three and a half in
ches in height, has two sons who go
him a half inch better, each being
six feet and seven inches high. The
average height of Mr. Potts and his
njoat | four sons is six feet and four inches.
He has an 18-year-old daughter who
is five feet and eleven inches high,
an'd she is still growing. The other
children have not yet attained any
phenomeral height, but they will
probably be heard from later. Mr.
Potts is the faffier of ten children and
he says they have not cost him an
average of $5 each in doctors’ bills.
He has not paid a doctor’s bill during
i the past five years.
HOW ABOUT THE FAIR?
The life of a child one year old was
saved at Raleigh recently by a piece
of beef The child was on the point
of swallowing this when it fell into
a tub of water and was found there
with its head and bodv in the water opposed to a county fair in the usual
I The Intercut Seems to he Whether or No to
Attempt It.
“ A county fair properly conduc
ted would be a good thing, but I am
piece of
from en-
The congregations were large from n, ^ — -
the beginning to the close. K * v Ma9 . Tolb^t .9 suthority lor the statement tfndic , | nl0 the Digh(
& & that Mr. Jones has plowed but two crowd of
and
three accessions to
with a section boss named Ross and
the negro had been struck with a
heavy iron pinch bar, such as is
^Ksed in track laying and rtoairing.
He was in a very serious condition.
While engaged in excavating for
some work being done at Glendale by
the mill company, workmen dug up
an old etymon ball which it is believ
ed was made at Glendale years ago by
the old iron works plant there. The
ball discovered recently is about four
inches in diameter and has been con
siderably disfigured by rust which has
formed on the outside
Monday afternoon, while bathing
in Hunt’s mill pond, just below
Huguenot Mills in Greenville. David
Cochran, the 14 yvar old son of John
Cochran, a carpenter, was drowned.
The boy was unable to swim and
while standing on a rock in the mid
dle of the pond, lost his balance and
fell into the water. l)e«pit> the
efforts of his companions the youth
was drowned.
The county good roads convention
met at Yorkville Monday. .John G.
Anderson acted as chairman atd VV’.
D. Grist as secretary. There was a
full representation and an harmonious
meeting of the body favoring the
per capita tax and a special levy for
improvement of highways. The
meeting also recommeded the abolish
ment of the State farms and the apply
ing of the money thus expended to
working the roads.
State Constable Holmes, of Charles
ton, was in Columbia Monday night
in conference with the governor, at
torney general and Chief Hammett
and the situation in Charleston was
discussed. Chief Holmes reported that
the illicit sale of whiskey had de
creased in Charleston. It was de
cided to make war upon the so-called
social clubs in that city who operate
blind tigers under the pretense of
being social organizations.'
Daring a violent thunder storm at
Spartanbur^ Tuesday evening about
8:30 o’clock, Mr. Tillman Duncan
was instantly killed by a stroke of
lightning. Mr. Duncan was at his
home in the western part of that city.
He had just finished eating supper,
and had started to rise from the table,
when the lightning struck the win
dow and he was burled to the floor
He was dead when he was reached by
Drs. Leonard and Cudd. Mr. Dun
can’s mother, who was at the table
with him, was terribly shocked, but
escaped without serious injury.
A young man named Cleveland
Wood, from this 8tate, lies in the
jail hospital in Atlanta dangerously
wounded as a result of au attempt to
rob a drug store a day or so ago.
Wood and a professional crook named
Sobmidt were seen to enter the store
and the proprietor fired upon them,
wounding Wood severely. Shmidt
and Wood were both taken to jail and
the latter’s father, who lives in Edge-
field, read of the affair in the papers.
Mr. Wood is a poor man, having
eleven children, and has a hard time
In making ends meet, but the ladies
of Atlanta, bearing of bis condition,
and feeling sorry for the boy who has
been led aitray, have interested
themselves and will endeavor to keep
the boy out of the penitentiary.
there were fifty
the church
Dunton Chapel has the reputation
of being the leading cofored Methodist
church in Cherokee county. The
pastor. Rev. R. C. Campbell, is clos
ing out his seventh year. He is be
loved by the members of his church
and is held in high esteem by the
other denominations and the white
people of Gaffney.
Mr. Moore In Tennessee.
In a private letter to the editor of
The Ledger Mr. I. W. Moore, form
erly of Lancaster, but now of Le
banon, Tenn., says:
“Dear Sir avd Brother:—Will
you kindly change the address of my
valuable little Ledger from Lancas
ter, S. C., to Lebanon, Tenn., as I
think that I will make this my
future home. My health seems to be
improving and I am well pleased with
the country. I have recently been
promoted to the position of assistant
road master for the Tennessee Cen
tral railroad.
I think that I will drop the Led
ger a few lines occasionally.
Wishing you and The Ledger a
prosperous future.
By all means, Mr. Moore
hear from you occasionally. The
Ledger is always delighted to hear of
the prosperity of its friends and al
ways relishes a letter from them.”
A Ntvt’et SololMt.
The following from a Raleigh paper
will be read with much interest by
all Gaffney people :
“A most enjoyable feature of the
service at the Edeuton Street Metho
dist church Sunday morning was the
music, and in this the solo of Miss
Eva Ross, of Gaffney, 8. 'C , was
charmingly rendered.,Mimi Ross, who
is here at the summer school, has a
very sweet voice, and in her rendition
of “The Good Shepherd,” by Van de
Water, she captivated the congr na
tion.”
Miss Ross is one of Gaffney’s sweet
est singers, as well as one of our most
popular young ladies; a^d we are
pleased to learn of her triumphs in
other cities.
I’reachliiK at \VttHl«yaii Hall.
On account of illness Rev. D. <>.
Powers was unable to come to Gaff
ney to preach, as was announced In
last issue of The Ledger. He will
probably be here Saturday and will
preach In the W’esleyan hall Satur
day night, Sunday morning at 11
o’clock and Sunday nignt at 8 o’ciock.
Meeting at AMlmry Ctiapel.
Rev. Jas. W. Kilgo will hold the
third Quarterly Conference lor Paco-
let Circuit at Asbury Chapel, Aug.
18th. Preaching Saturday morning,
Saturday night and Sunday. The
public are cordially invited to attend.
Slight injuries often disable a man
and cause several days’ loss of time
and when blood poison develops,
sometimes result In the loss of a hand
or limb. Chamberlain’s Palo Balm
Is an antiseptic liniment. When ap
plied to outs, bruises and burns It
causes them to heal quickly and with
out maturation, and preventa any
danger of blood poison. For aale by
Cherokee Drug Co.
days this year. He says Mr. Jones is
not Uzy but that he has a dislike for
work
Lee Patrick, of VVilkinsville, was
among the comers to the city yester
day.
Postmaster Oliver Hames, of State
Line, spent yesterday in the city.
Mrs. Rosa Roundtree and little
niece. Daisy Wilkins, left Wednesday
morning for a few days visit to
Blacksburg and Cleveland Springs.
J. Palmer Lockwood, the irresisti
ble, was in the city yesterday. He
brought with him a new stock of
; “yarns” and Jim Bell was a heavy
| purchaser.
i Alex Smith, of the Cowpens section
of this county, was a city visitor yes
terday.
Hon. C. W. Whisonant, of Wilkins-
ville, was in the city yesterday on
business,
J. IWBlackwell, a quiet and unas
suming citizen of Buffalo, was among
the visitors to the capital this week.
Dr. Sid Sarratt came up from Union
to vi it his brothers and sisters t this
week.
J. R. Matheny, of Mooresville, N.
: C., wt s here this week, the guest of
S. M, Scoggins.
Df. Arthur Lynn, of Rock Hill,
spent several days in the city this
week visiting relatives and friends.
OV^H Norman, a prominent Union-
e lt Q' v ^ La 5,1 tbe cit - y Sunday and Mon
day, >he guest of his sister, Mrs. J. D.
Jones.*
M.iss M. Emilie Sharkey, of Char
lotte, is the guest of the Misses Hop
per, on Logan street. Miss Sharkey
was formerly a resident of Union, but
for the past six or eight years sht^has
been studying in the hospitals ofBai-
timore, Philadelphia and New York
for ajprofessional nurse, and having
graduated is now located at Charlotte.
Hon. T. B. Butler returned to the
city Wednesday. Mrs. Butler and
little son will remain with Mr. But
ler’s parents in Union county for a
couple of weeks. During their ab
sence Tom will “bach.”
VV. B. Blackwood, of Sarratts, was
a city visitor Wednesday.
Will McAbee, of Grindall, was in
the city Wednesday. He was accom
panied by his little daughter, Mittie,
a bright little miss of seven.
B M. Evans, R. P. Gladen find T.
E. Blanton, of Blacksburg, were over
yesterday.
A. G. Susong, of Star Farm, was in
town Tuesday.
Hon. Wm. Jefferies, of Home, was
in the city yesterday.
J. B. Wilkins, of Cowpens, spent
Wednesday in the city.
E. G. McCullough, of Star Farm,
came up to town Tuesday.
Dr. John T. Darwin, of Blacksburg,
spent a few hours in our midst Wed
nesday.
D. A. Allison, of Cowpens, called
In yesterday and joined The Ledger
ranks.
Miss Marie Montgomery, of Spar
tanburg, who has been visiting Prof.
Griffith’s family at Limestone, re
turned to her home Tuesr ay.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Eisou have re
turn d from a visit to relatives at
Jonosville.
T. C. Petty will leave tomorrow for
Waynesvllle, N. C., on a several days’
trip of business and pleasure com
bined.
and was pulled out. The
beef prevented any water
tering its throat.
All day long Wednesday and ex-
a medium
negroes, led by an
elder, has been in the county court
house at Washington praying and
singing and passing a petition to
Congress to pass the Hanna bill in
troduced into the last Congress for
the purpose of pensioning the ex
slaves. They have been loud in their
lamentations and are led by an eider
who is duping them.
Tuesday night, between 10 and 11
o’clock, during a violent thunder
i storm, the Linden Cotton Mills were
struck by lightning and a lot of loose
cotton in the carding room was
ignited. The fire
discovered by
called for help, and although it
burned fiercely lor a few minutes, was
soon extinguished. About four bales
of cotton were lost. The total loss
amounts to about $300.
The Lily Mill and Power Company
was organized in Shelby last Wed
nesday under the charter granted by
the Legislature. The principal
stockholders are: Messrs. John F
Schenck, Chas. C. Blanton, H. F.
Schenek and Robt. L. Ryburn. This
company owns the famous Stico’s
way. Such a thing should be made
beneficial for the entire people and of
especial interest to the farmers, and Frulted'and^tiM growing and
uot a Cheap John advertising
scheme.”
The above is what a leading busi
ness man of Gaffney said to a Ledger
representative yesterday when in
terrogated about the county fair
proposition. The Ledger wants a
county fair, but it wants a fair that
will be of benefit to the people; a
fair that will encourage the farmers
to strive for better results on the
farm and a fair that will encourage
the manufactuer to go on with his
industry. We do not want a mere
makeshift simply to get the people
together to have a good time, but we
want cue that will in reality show
i the diversified industries of our coun-
was immediately jy anc j possibilities of our ag-
the watchman, who ricultural and mechanical industries.
There is no good reason why we
should not have such a fair. Read
the communication in another
column concerning a fair and then
let us have your views on the matter.
County Superintendent of Educa
tion Walker said to a Ledger man
yesterday:
“IJ see youjkeep referring to the
county fair project. I trust you will
succeed. It is one of the best things
yet proposed for the farmers of Chero
kee county. There is no reason why
$1.00 A YEAR.
CROP BULLETIN.
Report of Condition of Different Crops
Throughout the State.
Columbia S. C., July 28.—The
week ending 8 a. m., Monday, July
27th, had a mean temperature of 81.5
degrees, which is practically normal.
There were no very cool nights, nor
very hot days, making the temper
ature conditions quite favorable.
The winds were generally light,
variable and very dry. There was
more than the usual amount of bright
sunshine. The relative humidity was
unusually low throughout the week,
that caused vegetation to wilt con
siderably in the day time, hot it gen
erally freshened during the nights,
but this condition was favorable for
ridding fields of grass by cultivaton.
The week’s rainfall was very light,
averaging only 0 14 inch for the State,
ar.d consisted of widely scattered
showers. These showers were benefi
cial where they occurred. There is a
need of rain indicated for all parts of
the State, although early corn is the
only crop that has as yet suffered to
any material extent. The rain is
needed to counteract the severe work
ing that crops received in ridding
them of grass. Laying by is either
finished or well underway, and but
few fields remain grassy. The
drought is most severe in York and
adjacent counties.
Corn is firing 5 i the eastern coun
ties. In places dd corn is safe, in
other places it ir in a critical condi
tion for want of rain. Young corn is
generally prom.sing, but needs rain
to maintain t iis condition. Some
fodder has bee pulled.
The conditio of cotton is variable
to an unusual xtent. A number of
reports indicate steady improvement
and a now promising concition, well
bloom
ing; in places there is considerable
shedding, with unsatisfactory bloom
ing, fruiting and growth, indicating
no improvement, and even deteriora
tion. A general summary of condi
tion shows that on clayey lands, and
over the western counties, the crop
ban improved, hut that on sandy
lands, and over tne e -rn counties,
except parts of Hampton, BarnwelL
Orangeburg, Sumter, Marion and
Marlboro, the conditions are less
promising. The cotton crop would
be beoeficted by a general rain. Sea-
island cot on is in excellent condi
tion.
Tobacco curing is making rapid
progress, and in places is nearly fin
ished, the crop is abouthalf gathered.
Some is ‘ burning” in the fields.
Marketing is underway, ard prices
arc unsatisfactory.
Early and late planted rice are
doing well, while intermediate nlant-
ings are poor and grassy in the Colle
ton district; the Georgetown and coast
districts report an improved condi
tion. Minor crops, pastures and
gardens need rain. Planting fall
truck crops continues. Peas are not
doing so well.
Who la HoT
Who la It that makes the Fewer-
gallons; wetrs-longer paint?
Shoal property and will begin at once
developing this power. Electric pow
er will be transmitted to Shelby and
all the cotton mills in this section
may be furnished power. Later on
the company will also build a cotton
mill.
A report on the convicts, made by
a State prison official, shows that
there are now at work on the rail
way in Mitchell county 108, at Dover
54, on the Raleigh & Cape Fear Rail
way 50, at the railway stone quarry
at Hillsboro 82, on the Wilksboro
turnpike 50, at the State farm on th .*
Roinoke 400 and in the penitentiary
100, making a total of 844, which is
about 500 less than the total number
of convicts 25 years ago. The great
decrease in the number of State^con-
victs is of course due to the sentenc
ing of prisoners to work on county
roads.
R. L Nichols, ex-sheriff of McDow
ell county, an abscouder, has been
captured at Mangum, Oklahoma
Territory. vVhile in office Nichols
misappropriated several thousand dol
lars, which amount had to be made
good by his bondtraen. He left Ma
rion some six months ago, and since
then his whereabouts have been a
mystery. A detective was put on
the case, however, and he succeeded
in tracking his man to Mangum,
where he arrested him a day or two
ago. Requisition papers have been
forwarded to the Governor of Oklaho
ma and Nichols will be brought here
to stand trial for embezzlement.
Bntler Christopher, who was re
cently tried for and convicted of
keeping a disorderly house, and sen
tenced to four months imprisonment,
to be worked on the roads M Gaston
county, escaped from the county jail
Tuesday afternoon, not more than
one hour before an officer from Gas
ton county came to remove him and
other prisoners to the roads. Chris
topher is an old man, and being ap-!
parently simple-minded, he was not
kept in the cells with the other
prisoners. A couple of hundred yards
from the jail, going at a brisk gait,
he yelled to some one passing :“I am
going home; I will be back to-mor
row.
Bud Kelly, a white man about
we should uot be able to hold a most
successful county fair here each year.
It would encourage the agricultural
interests of the county as nothingelee
would do. Besides, it is a source of
pleasure as well as profits and will
serve to make our people better ac
quainted and more sociable. Every
farmer, business man and citizen, no
matter what his calling, should en
courage the county fair.”
Matter of Concern to Executors, Etc.
As a matter of information to the
public, sections 2555 and 2G72, stat
ute law 1902, Vol. 1, of this State, re
quire that all executors, administra
tors and guardians shall make and
file in the office of the Probate Judge
of the county their annual return
(showing fully the receipts and ex
penditures in behalf of the estate
represented) before the 1st day of
July of each year. Failing to make
such return, said executors, adminis
trators and guardians, under the
terms of said section of the law. shall
forfeit their commissions as such, be
sides putting themselves in such posi
tion that their letters testamentary
of administration or guardianship, as
the case may be, may be revoked.
Died at Hanley.
Mr. H. Jackson Sarratt, a former
resident of Gaffney, died at Easley
Wednesday morning of fever. Mr.
Sarratt was about twenty-seven years
of age. He was a son of Mr. Henry
Sarratt, of this county. Deceased
leaves a wife and two small children
to mourn for him. The remains
were brought to Gaffney Wednesday
afternoon and carried to the country.
The interment took place yesterday
at Macedonia burying-ground.
Mr Sarratt left Gaffney about ten
months ago and went to Easley,where
he has since been residing. He had
a large circle of friends here who re
gret to learn of bis death.
Working Night And Day.
The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Dr.
King’s New Life Pills. These pills
change weakness into strength, list-
lessness Into energy, brain-fag into
mental power. They’re wonderful in
building up tjjie health. Only 25o per
box. Sold bf'Cherokee Drug Co.
FREAK OF FLOOD.
Valuable Iron Mine Unearthed Near Spar
tanburg.
Spartanburg, July 28 — The
strange freaks wrought by the recent
flood seem to be inexhaustibe in num
ber and in peculiarity. The latest
development in this line, says the
Journal, is the uncovering by the
waters of what appears to be a valua
ble vein of iron ore on the lands
owned by the Tucapau cotton mills
about eight miles from the city.
Recently Col. T. E Moore, who is
interested in the mill, was out look
ing over the property, when in a sec
tion of the land where numerous gul
lies abounded, he noticed a large vein
of iron ore. The ore had been un
covered by the recent high waters
which washed away the earth that
concealed the iron, leaving the latter
exposed to be a rich and valuable one.
A gentleman who has investigated
the find says that the vein is at least
four feet thick and is cc mposed of al
most pure ore.
Strange to say, it is known that
an old iron mine existed in the same
locality a hundred years ago and was
i operated by citizens of this county.
The newly discovered ore is believed
to be an outcropping of the old mine.
The owner of the property where
the vein of iron ore has been dis
covered will have a full investigation
made and if it appears profitable to
work the mine extensive develop
ment will follow. Iron mining is
generally carried on in the vicinity of
coal mines and limestone deposits, as
both coal and limestone are required
to serve the iron in shape for com
mercial use. However, the richness
of the veins discovered may make
the running of the working of the ore
very profitable.
KniphuHlzen ltn Supenorltv.
The best test of an article is the
way it sells. Bransford Mills, at
| Owensboro, Ky., where “Clifton”
flour is made, run night and day,
and yet they cannot supply the de
mand for “Clifton.” In tils city, as
elsewhere, It is the standard by wbicb
other flours are guaged, and the
‘ statement that “it Is just as good as
Clifton” only makes its superiority
the more pronounced.
W. J. Wilkins & Co.
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