The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 12, 1904, Image 2
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Til K IRONY OK KATK.
Some days ago we picked up the
Charlotte Observer and read with a
feeling akin to sorrow that Dr. J. P.
McCombs, one of the Queen City’s
best known physicians, had experi
enced an attack of paralysis. This
was the second attack of paralysis
Dr. McCombs had experienced, the
first being a slight one from the effects
of which he had entiiely recovered.
There is nothing unusual about per
sons being stricken with paralysis.
Almost every day someone becomes a
victim to this most distressing mal
ady. Put we could not suppress the
thoughts that came to our mind con
cerning this particular man. In early
life Dr. McCombs was small of stat
ure. He served his country faithfully
as a surgeon in the Confederate army
and when the war ended he weighed
scarcely 1U0 pounds. Now he weighs
more than 200.
Looking back into the dim years of
the past we see him astride a beauti
ful pacing bay horse as he rides from
the abode of the humble poor and the
log cabin of the faithful negro ser
vant to the more pretentious home of
the well-to-do, ministering to the ail
ments of poor suffering humanity
wherever he found it. We watch him
as his Creator gives him health and
happiness in his work and providence
smiles upon and blesses him, but we
never see him deviate from the path of
faithfulness. At last be becomes so
fleshy that he is compelled to dis
mount from the saddle and ride in a
buggy. It makes no difference who
calls for him or at what hour he is
summoned he is almost always ready.
We see him us he administers to a
hopeless epileptic year after year
without hope of reward in this world
so far as the epileptic or her relatives
are concerned. We hear him say as
he advises a poor woman with a can
cer to let him operate on her and she
complains that she cannot pay him :
•‘My dear, good woman, it would give
me pleasure to do anything in my
power to relieve you of one moment’s
pain, and I know if you let that can
cer remain it will cause you a horri
ble death, while if you have it taken
out you may be saved for many yeu.s
'of usefulness. I’ll take it out and
not charge you.” We see him as an
other poor woman goes to him com
plaining that a sick relative is a bur
den and we hear him say in gentle
tones: ‘‘I sympathize with you and
will do all I can to relieve your rela
tive.” We see’this man going about
doing good wherever he can and never
have we known him to ask for pay.
And yet he was paid. He is in fairly
good circumstances so far as this
, world's goods go, although be began a
poor man and in all Ms long practice
we have never known nim to ask any
one for a single dollar that was justly
. due him.
* And now we turn to the other side
Of this man’s life. He lived the life
of a bachelor until a few months ago.
when be married a beautiful and
deserving woman. True, he was get
ting up in years, but there was no
reason why, in the ordinary course of
events, he should not have enjoyed
life and happiness for twenty or
thirty years to come. His unpreten
tious bachelor quarters were located
In one building for years. He pos
sessed habits that most men possess
who are not surrounded by family
and loved ones. He sometimes swore
a little, he enjoyed taking a drink
but never became intoxicated, he
patronized the theatre and was a
lover of legitimate sports. But now
his lifework is ended, so to speak,
for while these lines are being writ
ten be may have passed to his reward.
We pause to ask In all seriousness,
“Can anyone tell what the eternal
reward of this mao will be? Is there
one wbo will say that bis will not be
a rest of peace?” We cannot but
believe that It will. And the irony
of It all is that this mao who has
done so much for suffering humanity
fchould be stricken In his last days
with an aliment beyond the skill of
’ human hands. We Join with the
earnest wish of thousands of friends
that his Creator may restore him to
his former seif and let him live many
more years of usefulness. But we
fear bis end is here.
It! NOTKS ANO COMMENT*.
Go the first of July the cotton
mills all pay out their semi-annual
dividends. These dividends amount
in the aggregate to immense rums of
money. Pelzer paid out $40,000 and
many other large mills paid nearly
it wiil
bener
rge.
The Industrial Art Supplement to
the Columbia State issued last Tues
day was a monumental specimen of
typographical art and of newspaper
enterprise. We doubt if in mechani
cal workmanship the edition has
ever been equaled in the south or
surpassed in the north. Some of the
editorial parts of it are not exactly
to our taste, but if the editor, or
compiler, had pleased us in every
particular, he would probably have
displeased a great many more than
he has. In newspaper as well as in
other kinds of work, what pleases one
man may displease dozens or hun
dreds of others. Upon the whole
the supplement is a gaudy feather in
the cap of the Columbia State; it de
monstrates the wonderful skill and
resources of the State Printing Com
pany and puts it easily ahead of all
competitors in the highest class of
artistic work.
The hot wave has passed and we
are having a breath of old fashioned
summer weather—hot enough for
crops yet cool enough to keep man
and beast at their best. According
to the weather bureau this summer
is hotter than the last, and the last
was{hotter than the one before, and
'fcome people infer that the climate
is gradually changing and that the
time is approaching when this great
country will be parched and wilted
with heat beyond all adaptability to
the existence of animal and vegeta
ble life. But it is more than proba
ble that we are on a little meteoro
logical cycle which will be completed
in a succession of years, and then we
shall take a new start with a new
variety of weather. The Columbia
State in discussing this subject wisely
adverts to the fact that ail our reports
of the weather are from the cities and
in them there are varions causes that
tend to generate abnormal heat. In
the country districts which we do
not hear from, the weather is per
haps all right.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
The crop report for South Carolina
is anything but encouraging. Cotton
is slightly improving but the plant
is unusually small and it is thought
that the crop as a whole cannot pos
sibly attain to normal conditions,
however favorable the weather hence
forth may be. The corn crop is re
potted as being the poorest in many
years and over wide areas approxi
mating a failure. The weather and
crop bureaus, however, have no au
thority in this business of crop mak
ing and lack a great deal of knowing
everything about it. Every farmer
knows that it takes a very short
while under favorable circumstances
for cotton to put on a full crop and
that a rank growth is not always
necessary to a large yield. He knows,
too, that corn sometimes ears well
under favorable conditions, though
the stalk may be low and dwarfed.
Let every farmer put his crops into
the best possible condition, and
courageously hope for the best. If
the worst should come he will have
consciousness of having done all he
could to prevent it.
The people of Gaffney now have
the opportunity of realizing what a
comfort, convenience, and necessity
our telephone system, with all its
imperfections and exasperations, has
been. The new company has cut all
of the connections and are putting
up long lines of stately poles and
new wires in all directions. The pew
poles are of the best cypress, stately
and superb, aud not one of the little
puny looking, rickety old ones will
be left standing. We bear that it
will be at least a month before the
new lines will be ready for operation*
Daring all this time our people will
have to transact their business in the
old, way lovers must meet face to face
(no great hardship), sick people must
send a messenger for the doctor, and
a thousand and one inquiries that
were made only because it was so
convenient to make them, must for
the time cease altogether. Even
progress has its setbacks, and one ef
feet of them is to make us appreciate
more the real advantages which true
progress has brought us. After feel*
ing our loDeiluess sod isolation for
one mootb, we shall put a oew ulus
on our telephone service, and pay
our dues, though they will be higher,
more promptly and willingly than
we baft ever done before.
ttoftfncM Cannot iMt Cored
b* WwaI AppjicatlnnH, as th«*y rannut roach
the 'liaoaawi portion of the ear. Thom la
onl* one way to cure deafnesa, aoil that i«
by conatltullonul rcmodlcn. IleafneMH 1»
caused hy Inflamed condition of the mucous
IbiluK of the Eustachian Tula*. When this
tulsi acts inflamed you have a ruinblinx
sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It Is
entirely closed deafness Is the result, and
unless the intlammallon can l>e taken out
and thistul>e restored tolls normal condi
tion. hearing will lie destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten arecauMttl oy catarrh, which
is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Hollars for any
case of Hcafijess (cased hy catarrh) that can
not be cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars, free.
. V. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, O,
Bold by Hruggests, T#e.
UaU'sYamlfv Pillaara lb« best.
that put up heT?
goods p^e situated in
West, but the great
piog factorieb in the South
ized generally. There is
terest manifested In the South
in this important line of work, espec
ially where truck farming and fruit
growing have so rapidly increased
during the past few years.
After giving this matter some
study, I am convinced that a number
of canneries would pay well in each
county, if managed properly. A can
nery run in connection with a large
truck farm or orchard, would practi
cally insure the grower against loss
in canning his products. When the
prices in the markets go down below
the figures at which the grower could
market his products at a profit, they
would be easily canned up and saved
from loss. Home markets could
then be supplied with home-canned
goods instead of paying the freight
from Baltimore or some other north
ern market. There is no reason why
goods of high quality cannot be put
up on southern soil, where various
fruits and vegetables grow success
fully. The peacli is making an envi
able reputation in the great markets
of the north, but instead of supply
ing this increased demand for only
one or two months in the year, why
not put up some of these fine peaches
on the soil where they are grown, and
have some to send to the markets
each month during the year?
Then, again, there are frequently
large quantities of small fruits which
would not pay to ship, but could be
used for canning. All these manufac
tured articles are very valuable, and
could be put up south in good form. A
;ood reputation for such fine home
made products might not be difficult
to build up in the south.
When we begin to use these vari
ous means of providing against loss,
irrespective of the conditions of the
markets at the time of ripening, hor
ticulture will make more rapid pro
gress in the south, and we shall hear
no more complaints about freight
rates, express rates and commission
men. The nurserymen will wear a
broad smile, and members of the
family will have some of the color
of the peach in their cheeks.
I will not take into consideration
the growing of the products for the
cannery, for it is presumed that no
one would think of starting a cannery
without iirst making ample arrange
ments for the products to can. These
arrangements can either be made by
a joint company, or by an individual.
I would say preferably the latter. I
would recommend the establishment
of rather a moderate cannery, and
enlarge the capacity after more expe
rience is obtained.
Two of the most costly items of
canning houses is the house and
steam supply. An ordinary bui'ding
will do for a canning house. The
kettles can also be set up in brick,
which does the same good work.
The south is fortunate in this re
spect, in that there are a large num
ber of cotton gms through the south
that lay idle during the canning sea
son. Nearly ail the additional ex
pense then, that would have to be in
curred in setting up the cannery with
them, would be simply that of con
necting the boiler with the kettle.
It is hardly necessary to state that
good water is necessary for the can
nery, aud that cleanliness is very im
portant to put up good of this quality.
New hands will need constant watch
ing in this respect, until they gain
experience. Canning will pay in the
south. You have the things, which
with good management and persever
ance, will make canning pay in the
south, as it is paying in a grand way
in so many other states.
The Prouuksbivk Farmer.
New*ptt|>erii himI the News.
It is simply a matter of impossibil
ity to please everybody, and the man
who tries to do so is sure to lose
friends and make enemies. This is
particularly true with a newspaper.
The following Iron an exchange is to
tb? point:
"In the past newspapers strove to
please individuals, and were careful
not to say anything that would wound
the feelings. They smothered truth
if it offended. Today newspapers
strive to give the news. Formerly
nearly every paper wore the yoke of
some dogma or creed. Now the paptr
bears the yoke of truth only, and
gives the news if it bleeds the heart
of a friend. The people must be
served rather than the individual.
To be sure, every individual must be
treated fairly but there his rights end.
The individual no more makes the
people than the drop of water makes
the ocean. But it is characteristic of
each individual to think that he is
the one drop that rides on the crest
of the wave.”
paid
THt-
SPECIA
THE value
OFFERIN
SEASONABLE GOODS FAR BELOW THEIR WORTH.
You have three hot months in which to use these goods befo^fe
the winter.
Ladies’ black trimmed sailors, 25c value, 10c.
Ladies’ black and white trimmed sailors,
35c to 50c value, 25c.
Ladies’ trimmed hats, 60, 75 and $1.00 m
grade, only 50c.
Big reduction in up-to-date dress hats.
Striped and checked white goods, 7c to
8c value,
colored dimities in polka dots, striped
and flowered, real 10c quality,
Fine French organdies, 25c grade, at 1 Oc.
Colored lawns, batiste, etc.; worth 10c,
12>6c and 15c, at 8c*
WIMMICK K
Ladies’ unbleached vests,
Ladies’ bleached, tc\pe neck and arms,*
Three for*
Ladies’ bleached, silk tape, neck and
arms; 25c value, 18c,
Three for 50c.
Ladies’ tan oxfords; the $ i .50 grade,* * $ 75
The $2 grade 1.00
Misses’ tan oxfords and sandals; the $1
grade $ 50
The $2 grade at 1.00
All lines ladies’ and men’s oxfords, and ladies’ sandals at much
below their value.
Large line ladies’ and men’s summer shoes in vicis, kids, velures
and patent leathers—up-to-date in style and at and under cash
price. Visit us for bottom prices in every line of goods.
t HL VALUt yrORt,
th£ value MORt
t he valul yroRt
Local Cotton Report
The following are the prices
for cotton in Gaffney today:
Good Middling....73
Middling l]
The Sonny South, Atlanta, Ga ,
says: Sort the clothes carefully, put
ting the finest white clothes in ons
pile, coarsest ones In the second, and
colored clothes in the third. Put the
white clothes In two tubs, pour water
over them and let them soak. Id
the morning run the first lot through
the wringer Into a washing machine
containing a suds made by dissolving
Gold Dust Washing Powder In hot
water. Work the machine vigorously
a few minutes, and the dirt will be
removed. Scald them a few minutes
ond rinse twice, with a little bluing
In the second water. Starch the
piecee that need It and bang all of
them on the line. The second lot of
white clothes receive the eame treat
ment. Dark colored prints end ging
hams should not be washed in very
hot water and should be turned wrong
side out before drying them, to pre
vent fading.
t'oi.L'MUL’H, Oa., Auk- 24,1*72.
Hr. C. J. Moitistt- iH-iir l)«x;U>r: We nave
vourTEETHINA (Teethluif I’owden) to our
little Krandctilld with the huppIcNt results.
The effects were almost uiaKleal, aud certain
ly more satisfactory than from anythliiK we
ever used.
Yours very truly. JOSEPH H. KEY,
Pastor of 8t. Paul Church,
(Now Bishop Southern Methodist Church.
yof sale by Cherokee pmg go,
We Have Jest Completed
Our July Stock Taking,
and finding a few pairs of shoes in broken size lots we have
thrown them all out on our bargain counter to go at prices that
will make your pocket book glad :
I^ot lNx>. 1.
Ladies’ slippers in all the newest and best styles—Drew-Sel-
by make—sizes 1J to 5, widths E, D and C, $1.80. These were
$2.25 and $2.50.
Lot IVo. 2.
About 75 pairs of ladies’ shoes in lace and button, sizes 2£
to 4. A few were $2.50, most of them were $3. You may have
any one pair of them for $1.95.
Lot No. 3.
Ladies dongola lace and button, all sizes, slippers also, 95c.
Lot No. 4.
Men’s shoos, all sizes but only a few sizes of any one kind.
Any of them go at cost—from $1 to $2,75.
The Company Store.
NOTE HEADS,
1W0 FOR .
. . $1.50
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2000
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. . $2.50
It tl
5000
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. . $5.00
ENVELOPES,
1000
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. . $1.75
II
2000
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. . $3.00
a
5000
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. . $6.25
Summer Prices
On Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry, Cut Glass,
Fine China, Jardineres
All Goods at Reduced
Prices.
W. Harry Dodenhoff.
LETTER HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
STATEMENTS,
AID EVERT KIND OF PRINTING AT LOW
PRICES. ORDERS BV MAIL PROMPTLY
FILLED.
THE LEDfiEt,
GAFFHEY, S.
Here is a Bargain.
Two excellent 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
ICI>. H. JDeGAlVir*.
A N. Wood. Pmldent It. K. iiHowir. VIce-l’rmldMnb
IVIereliu.ii tei und 1*1 untern IJunlc
OK GAFFNEY S. 0. i
CAPITAL $$50,000.
State and County Depository.
Dom* {eu«rai Bunklar and Exchange bualOMn, l» w„ll Sued up with Fire Proof Vault und
Burglar Proof 8*f„, with Automatic Tima Lock. Wa solicit the bualneMt of peopla of ail
C. XI. mXtlTH, Cashier.
occupation*