The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 20, 1905, Image 2
Say Plainly to Your Grocer
That you want LION COFFEE always, and ho,
being a square man, will not try to sell you any
thing else. Tou may not care for our opinion, but
What About the United Judgment of Millions
of housekeepers who have used LION COFFEB
for over a quarter of a century ?
Is there any stronger proof of merit t than the
Confidence of the People
and ever Increasing popularity Y
LION COFFEE Is carefully se
lected at the plantation, shipped
direct to our various factories,
where it is skillfully roasted and
carefully packed in sealed pack
ages—unlike loose coffee, which
is exposed to germs, dust. In
sects, etc. LION COFFEE reaches
you as pure and clean as when
it left the factory. Sold only In
1 lb. packages.
Lion-head on every package.
Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums,
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE
WOOLSON SPICE CO.. Toledo, OUo.
BIG BOOM AT BULLFROG COMBINE OF FARMERS
Expert Tells of Gold Finds at
Nevada Mining Cqmp.
Noith Carolina Antitrust Con
gressman’s Argument.
GEEAT PROSPECTS OF RICHES.
Read! ProtectYourself
While I carry almost anything in a
general jline, I am now making Shoes
and Groceries my leading lines and will
save you money on your Shoes. I have
opened up my meat market where you
can get all kinds of fresh meats at rea
sonable prices. 1 will have fresh Fish
on Fridays and Saturdays. Give me
your trade, I will treat you right.
Yours to please,
Against loss bv accident, sick-
O
ness, fire, storms, and leave
I M P 6B 1 6 T yourfamilycomfortabl ^“ fixed ”
—^— when you die, by investing in
TAX LEVY.
Below note the tax levy for 1905: an INSl RANGE .POLICE . 1
For State purposes oYs mills.
'Constitutional school tax .. 3 mills. . ., , .
Ordinary county 3 mills, represent the best companies.
County road tax 1 mill.
New bridge % mill.
Permanent imp. of roads .. 1 mill.
Total 14 mills. • • •
Sinking fund, Draytonville and Gow-
deysville townships, 1V2 mills.
White Plains, Morgan and Lime
stone townships, 1 mill; Cherokee
township. 2 mills.
Interest on Railroad oonds, Chero
kee township, 2 mills; Draytonville
and Gowdeysville. 2 mills; White
Plains, Morgan and Limestone, 'h
mill.
Special School Levy.
District No. 9. 3 mills; No. 10, 2^
mills; No. 14, 2 mills; No. 22, 4 mills;
No. 23, 2 mills; No. 25, 2 1 / £ mills; No.
20. 2 mills.
Poll tax is payable by every male cit
izen from 21 to Cl yfears. Confederate
soldiers exempt after 50 years.
Road tax payable from 21 to 50
years by all male citizens not exempt
by law.
W. H. Gooding,
County Treasurer.
D. C. ROSS.
BLACKSMITHING.
I have opened a first-class black
smith shop next to McGuinn’s
market, where you can have good
work done at moderate prices.
Horseshoeing and Wheelwright
work a specialty. Give me a call.
9-15-lmo. M. V. Fitzgerald.
DR. J. E. CRIMM,
The Famous German Eye Sight
Specialist,
is permanently located at Spartan
burg, S. C. Corrects the most com
plicated cases of eye troubles.
Examination Free.
All glasses at the most reasonable |
prices. Cross-eyes cured with glasses
without cutting.
Office hours. 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Office, 90 W. Main, Opposite Spartan
Inn, Spartanburg, S. C.
9-2G-tf.
WILLIAM S. HALL, JR.,
Attorney at Law,
National Bank Building,
Gaffney, S. C.
Prompt attention given to all business.
J. C. OTTS
Attorney-at-Law, Notary In Office.
Office removed to New Bank Building.
J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist.’
Office ..Over The Battery.
’Phone 8a
DR. W. K. GUNTER,
l> r: in 'r i« t
Office in Star Theatre Building.
Phonk No. 20.
Crown and bridge work a specialty.
THE PIEDMONT INN
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Is the place to board. Plenty to eat
Nice Rooms. Hot and Cold Baths Free.
Rates, $15.00 per month, fr.oo per day.
7-25-tf
NOTICE of auction sale of lands of
estate of Elizabeth de Loach, de
ceased.
Under and by virture of the terms
of deed of trust executed by all the
heirs at law of Mrs. Elizabeth de
Loach, deceased, we will offer for
sale at public auction, before the
Court House door at Gaffney, S. C.,
on Monday, the lith day of November.
1905, the following described tracts of
land, each situated in Gowdeysville
Township, Cherokee county, and be
ing the same lands conveyed to James
E de Loach and Elizabeth de Loach
by C. H. Peake, Master, by his five
several deeds, each dated the 4th day
of January, 1892, and recorded on the
29th day of January, 1S92, in the of
fice of the Register of Mesne Convey
ance for Union comity, in Book 1.-30,
pages 443-451, to wit:
1. Tract A., according to survey
made by George C. Perrin, dated De
cember, 1891, containing 201 and 7-10
acres, and bounded by lands, now or
formerly, of Mrs. A. A. Sarratt, es
tate of Irwin Wood, Pacolet river,
and others.
2. Tract C. according to survey
made by George C. Perrin, dated De
cember, 1891, containing Three Hun
dred and Eighty acres, and bounded
by tracts E., D. and B.. and Pacolet
river.
3. Tract D.. according to survey
made by George C. Perrin, dated De
cember, 1891, containing One Hun
dred and Fifteen acres, and bounded
by lands of John Spears, John J. Ken
drick and tract C.
4. Tract E.. according to survey
made by George C. Perrin, dated De
cember 1891, containing One Hun
dred and Forty-seven and 1-1 acres,
and bounded by lands of .John Sp' irs,
tracts C. and F. and Pacolet river.
5. Tract F.. according to survey
made by George C. Perrin, dated De
cember. 1891, containing Ninety-five
and 14-100 acres, and bounded by
lands, now or formerly, of Jolih
Spears and tract E. and Pacolet river
Terms of sale; One-half cash: bal
ance on a credit of t welve months,
with interest from date of sale, se
cure,! by purchaser’s bond and mort
gage of the premises. With the privi
lege to the purchaser to pay greater
portion, or ail of his bid in cash.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
W. B. Wilson,
J. L. Glenn,
Trustees.
Oct. 14 to Nov. 3.
Dr. S. H. Griffiti),
PHYSIC AN - SURGEON - OCULIST
Former pupil of the celebra
ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J.
Chisolm, oi Baltimore. Has
also taken special post-grad
uate course in the Eye, Ear,
Nose and.Throat Hospital of
Baltimore.
Glasses Fitted Accurately and
Scientifically, Ji Jl
liT Office in Cherokee Drug Co.. B’klj,
Former l nltr«l StaleH Senator VVII-
lliini M. Stewart Exitectn Mnrvcluus
Output Will Make the Town Anoth
er Cripple Creek—Sujm the Oppor
tunities Are Tremendous — linn n
I’ninee In the Desert.
Former United States Senator Wil
Ham M. Stewart of Nevada, who up to
March 4 of this year had worn the toga
almost uninterruptedly for three dec
ades, is the hero of one of the greatest
booms that has ever been known to
strike a western mining camp, says a
special dispatch from Goldfield. New,
to the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A stampede is on to get into Bullfrog,
sixty-five miles south of Goldfield,
where sensational gold discoveries are
being made almost daily. Scores pass
en route daily through Goldfield, going
into the new diggings.
Amid draperies of chintz and hang
ings of geranium colored silk, with
double curtains of white satin, you are
ushered into the desert home at Bull
frog of the former senatorial Titan, In
dian fighter, miner and speculator.
Massive chairs and settles of carved
oak, Florentine cabinets freshly re
touched, costly specimens of Sevres
and Limoges china meet the eye on
every side*. The walls are covered with
small pictures, chiefly portraits and
miniatures of great men. Though long
past threescore years and ten. Stew
art's massive frame and huge, patri
archal white heard indicate prodigious
vitality and energy. He is built like a
Stalwart, hairy as Samson and strong
as Milo. He is earning thousands in
fees as a practicing mining lawyer in
Bullfrog at tlie age of seventy-eight.
Stewart bought a lot at Bullfrog a
few months ago, before a score of
people had settled In the town that
now harbors a few hustling thousands.
When tents were at a premium for or
dinary purposes of subsistence the
lumber and furnishings that have con
tributed to make his palatial desert
home were being drawn across the
desert from Tonopah. ninety miles to tin*
north, via Goldfield, by mule teams.
“It was enough for me,” he said re
cently, “to see the great dikes on Ladd
mountain, Bonanza mountain and
Montgomery mountain, that lay hard
by this town of Bullfrog, to realize
that on this spot, where the town site
lias been platted, must arise in time
the greatest mining camp the west
has ever seen. In Goldfield, on the
same stretch of mountainous desert,
eighteen months ago town lots sold
for and $o0 that have since fetched
all the way from $5,000 to $8,000.
Goldfield is a great camp. It abounds
in great gold mines that have already
made their mark and seem destined to
contribute to the world’s gold supply
at the rate of anywhere from $T».0OO.-
000 to $20,<*00,000 per year.
“I think I gave Goldfield as careful
an examination as any man could
who had at his beck the best talent
among the country's mining engineers.
I believe in Goldfield. But when I
came here (Bullfrog) I saw what struck
me as the opportunity of a lifetime.
It has come to me late, but even in
my advanced years I could not forsake
what appeared to me to be the great
est opportunity of a man’s life.
“If I had twenty grandsons I would
plant them all here and let them grow
up to he millionaires during the course
of this present decade. There sire
more surface Indications on Ladd, Bo
nanza and Montgomery mountains of
great mines to he than mining his
torians have ever chronicled within
so small a radius of territory-three
miles. The opportunities are tremen
dous. I have interviewed a dozen of
the country’s greatest mining engi
neers who have been here, and not one
hut says the showings are marvelous.
“In the first year of the Comstock,
which ultimately produced nearly
three quarlc;-.; of a billion in bullion,
only >'■! <),*'i 1 worth of ore was mar-
!:< ted. That was before they had the
mills. Ami in the seeund year of the
* >instock only s_’,*m'i. , hki was realized.
Here in Bullfrog, notwithstanding the
fact that at the beginning we were
nicety miles away from any railroad
and are now within a few days of be
ing sixty-five miles from one at Gold
fiVi 1, where water has only been re-
centiy developed in sufficient quanti
ties to minister to tin* thirst of man.
beast and mill; where only the most
hardy could hope to survive at the be
ginning. more ore has been shipped to
the smelters in nine mouths than in
the lirsl year of tin* Comstock, and
more ore has 1h , cii blocked out under
ground by millions than in Virginia
City at the same period.
“When the mills of a thousand
stamps capacity, now planned, shall be
in operation and the work begun of re
ducing the ! mud led s of thousands of
tons of on* that the surface indications
and early development work already
indicate arc emboweled in these three
wonderful mountains that neighbor
the town of Bullfrog, then the country
will know that another wonder gold
camp has been born. By Oct. 1 the
boom will he at its height, and I look
to see the early days of Cripple Creek,
Tonopah and Goldfield duplicated.”
PLAN TO BOOM COTTON PRICES.
Fitruiorn Who liny From Tru*t«
Should Form 11 Trunt, SnjK Hrpre-
aentntlve Kdwtird W. Pou — Nature
IIax Provided Vienna For Piantera'
Proteetion — Comfort For Many
Ilomea of Men Who Toil.
Representative Edward W. Pou of
North Carolina Is In Washington advo
cating the organization of a fanners’
trust, by which the amount of cotton
to be raised each year may he limit
ed, thus securing high prices for the
staple, says a special dispatch from
Washington to the New Orleans Times-
Demoerat. Mr. Pou is unalterably op
posed to all industrial trusts and de
nounces the administration for failing
to break up the unlawful ones, but he
has come to the conclusion that the
trusts are here to stay and so urges
the agriculturists to get into the game
with a trust of their own.
“Providence,” said Mr. Pou the other
day, “has given to the southern cotton
planter the benefit of a natural trust,
and if he will take advantage of it he
will he able to five at ease for the rest
of his days. Only about 2,000,000 hales
of cotton can he raised outside of the
south. The British manufacturers, unf
ed by their government, have spent
thousands of dollars trying to raise
cotton in Africa, hut little has come of
their efforts, and today our cotton
farmers of the south are masters of the
situation if they will only use the pow
er a gracious God has put in their
hands.
“They can raise 10,000,000 hales and
get 10 or 12 cents a pound for it, or
they can raise 1 .",000,000 bales and get
5 cents a pound for It. They have the
land. What per cent of North Carolina
do you suppose is under cultivation?
Only about 20 per cent. 1 examine 1
the* figures prepared by the census of
fice showing the per <• at of cleared
hind in each sta.te. Here are th * per
centages of chain d lands: South Caro
lin 1, 2!).0; Xor.h Car. na, 20.8; Gr <r-
gki. 28.1; Alabama, 2.'>.2; Missis..ipp’.
L'5.0; Ti xas, 11.7, an 1 Arkansas, 20 5.
“Mow, much of this cleared lend 1 ■
lanled in other things than cotton. S 1
the southern farmers hare laud 0:1
\ hicii l > 1 .ise 4U.000.(M!(> bales o' c t
; an. I am glad that they are organiz
Every one of them ought to be in
an orginizaiion, and on the 1st la., o
.ry in eu-h year he <1 ig’ii t 1 in ike
Horn t 1 the proper ol.icia.s of his or
a mization li >w much land he intend.-
! ’ r.t in >!:<>n. When tin* p • ■*> >- *
go L s’ tied tni if i: appears tbs'
■ ■ amount of a -reage will p-.: . ;<•••
a o 1 cnttc i than the wor! i will take a*
a ] ' t. ' ie J aic then t ere .1 nil be
1 uu'.'air. 1 ai. all do .11 th * 1 n .
“If we :* 1* to leiv ■ t 1 ' el - b v
on * t"us; that wifi bring enuif.i * t > tin
d •: d f «.f th :•• * wh * toll
- m-f. ■ . far :• t T !:j >w. hr. ■ y '
a i -'Ur’. ! Jirrai’.ge.ei I! to lie ill vi
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a it in a tin t 1 > >
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Do Not Hide Your Money
Away in chimney corners nor bed ticks, where
it may be burned, lost or stolen, but put it in
the BANK where it is ABSOLUTELY SAFE,
the BANK will give you a receipt for all
moneys deposited and you can withdraw any
part, or all of it, at any time. No one caji draw
y°ur money except upon an order from you.
1 his service will cost you nothing. Open an
account today. : ; :
We Loan Money on Cotton.
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Merchants & Planters Bank
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $90,000.00.
Fire Insurance and Bonds Written.
The Dixie Department Store
Wants everybody to know that we
have bought for the fall trade, the
best and cheapest line of Staple and
Fancy Dry Goods and Notions that has
ever been brought to this market, and
the goods must be sold. Our motto is
quick sales, to say nothing of profits. The
above is applicable also to our enormous
line of Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Caps,
Trunks, Valises, Lap Rohes, Quilts, Tin
ware, Hardware, Ladies’ Skirts and
Cloaks, and everything in Groceries. Get
our prices before you buy.
Littlejohn Bros
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i'hikuhdpliia Public Ledger. L ■ 1:
b» win ai* ptv-i i. Ik's favo.’ am; o'.;.. >
a 1 ition in the uavy yard .: ..
ing on.
A i-fer from Oy.<tev I‘.ay \> A
cd ng ihe r.vo’pi of tin* l.iy arr' o', a
1 I.l.ts ; 1 g > ll'ol.i i>: J ’. L I'ii . ;lo'
big • <rotary to the preside!;;. Th. - !y
• to i : fi *et high . ’.id v. i ig . i ..
1,’:) 1 >un It cujislstotl of thirteen
1 ebi!.-. ()u thi’ inside iind at the top of
each of those were painted thirteen red,
white and bln • stars representing the
thi.ae "i < riginal slates.
I’.gnatoro is employed at the shops of
tin* Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com
pany.
To Start a Poppy Farm.
Gustave o. Schar e of Milwaukee, a
chemist, is endeavoring to secure forty
.• fifty acres of land near Denver for
ti.n purp .,•.(• of ida . :ng and cultivating
he Asiatic pop;iy. it is his purpose to
plant as man a> res as possible and by
a ys'em of solar evaporation extract
tie* morphine mid co line alkaloids and
at tin* same time preserve the seeds of
ihe plant, says a Denver dispatch. Un
der the present p ration of chemists,
including mi incision in the unripe
ca; ;uk‘ of the 1 which allows all
the juice to exude, to bo gathered up
after t-’ii or twelv hours’ standing, Uie
seed is destroyed.
F"or* Scilo.
THE ROGERS HOME PLACE on the corner of Rut-'
ledge and Pine streets. Seven-room house on lot 160x200
feet to 20 foot alley in the rear; good well on back porch;
wood shed, chicken house, barn with six stalls, crib and
hay loft. Fruit trees, grape vines, shade trees in front
and back yard. Premises fenced. In other words, a
complete homo. Price $2,500.
You can easily sell off an 80 foot lot, and have left a
very cheap home.
For further particulars address
J. W. ALEXANDER, - - Spartanburg, S. C.
GPOLKA»DOT»CANS»,
'EAUTSFY Y0mH0ME\
Tat ,.«.cin u ir.< tapent no i a> fBioutg A joX coapir.e*
■ r . 11 i .. r.f r wilt ite t»v: ‘ pilot, coding $40.09
($40 00labor, $ . . . r $20 00pain()
«ih iui cniy inn jem T ' .ibe p«>-ye*i imi ct ik £.*><1 i.i.uri » jvb u $.2 UG-it* f*x» pt.&iei'i $&).00
Important Memorandum
A small inveMmcm in paint adds gtcally to the value :.nd beauty of your property and
makes you a "j>ood neighbor" by making a good neighborhood Good painting is one ot
the best investments and pays big returns in improved values. It’s a saving, not an tapente.
But svher. you paint--buy only
MOUSE f»ASNT
Theie's one indisputable reason why, a reason every honest painter w.l! acknowledge
■"The Oil is the Life vf Pami" and the sure svay to get good oil is to buy it fresh and
pure from the dealer's barrel, not from the ready-mixed paint tan The paint that is ready
to mix with linseed oil, gillon for gallon, is KlNLOC H FAINT, and we recommend us use
for every good reason we know
Gaffney Hardware Company
TcNLOCh^ainj^companY ^
S|)f«’itil Stamp For Korea.
Since July 1 Korea has had only
Japanese postage stamps. A special
stamp Las been Issued to commemo
rate the postal union of th® two coun
tries.
.\ntomol»lle«i on Ger n-in Wall Kontesi,
The German pixtal authorities, who
have for some time been experimenting
with automobiles, have decided to put
these vehicles in use on rural deliv
ery routes and have placed an order
for several hundred of them with a
large German automobile manufactur
er, says the Railway and Engineering
Review. In several districts where
railroads are scarce and where pas
sengers are still transported in postal
stages the horse drawn stagecoaches
are also to be replaced by automobiles.
The Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Compy.
“Duringthe present Insurance investigation in New York, Mr.
Hughes, the counsel for the investigating committee, called the
Actuary of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, of New
Jersey, to the stand anti asked if the expenses of his company
Were not about 25 per cent, of the income like those of the other
concerns under investigation; and wfTen the Actuary replied that
the expenses were only 15 per cent, of the income, Mr. Hughes
excused him from further testimony, and made no inquiries
about irregular deals and rake offs, such as have been keeping
the officials of the big concerns on the anxious seat.’’ From an
article appearing in The Literary Digest, Oct. 7th, 1905. :
For Rates and Specimen Policies, see Jones J. Darby, Agent, Gaffney, S. C.
Indla’H Ntanriard Time.
Railroads In India recently adopted
a standard time, which la five and a
half hours ahead of Greenwich.
The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Go.
Offers for sale- Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farms near
by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Sprints and of this place, In lots of 30
to 100 acres n liberal time rates; also Agricultural bands to rent for Farm uurooaes
For 1 part* ulars apply to ^
J. V. SARRATT, Agent.
N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on, walk or rtde through or over the lands of this
company, cutting and removing timber or fishing, hunting, under penalty of law.