Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mMnssmxmsMssEaEK ADVANCE STYLES NOW READY IN MEN'S, YOUTH'S AND ROY'S CLOTHING Don’t fail to see our “College Boy’s’’ Suits. They are'the nobbiest Suits foryoung ineu on the market. Everything that is new and nobby in Hats for Boys and Young Men. Dress Goods suitab. i for Suits and Skirts. Plaids, Cravenei.s, Novelties and Black Goods. Best French Percales, 10c. Dark colors. load just received. We can save you money on Trunks. Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases—a car 1906-7 patterns in Mattings. 20c joint- loss China Matting, 80-pound quality, lined and laid for Inc. We try to shew new style goods first. Give us the first look and we will save you money. Gaffney, South Carolina. ■^DsaESO C'A IV & BYEKiS. 804-6 Limestone Street. Half —THE— The world over is the result of Savings. Spec ulative wealth often takes wings and is gone. Our Savings Bank stimulates. Systematic Savings. —- - It’s “OWL wise” advice when we advise you to open an account with us. No matter how prosperous you may be, it will be a “nest egg” that will come in handy when least expected. Do it and you won’t regret it. The Gaffney Savings Bank Pa^s FOUR per cent, interest on ALL DEPOSITS compounded FOUR times a year. Office in The National Bank of Gaffney. D. C, Ross, Prest. J. A. Carroll, Y.-Prest. Maynard Smyth, Cashier. SOUTHEASTERN LIFE INSURANCE CO., Of Spartanburg, S. C. You Should Take a Policy With This ~ . . Because— First: It is the first and onl / old-line Life Insurance Company in South Carolina. Second: It is officered and controlled by home people, and keeps money in the State. Third: Its Policies are simple contracts, free from speculation as to results, each item and figure being guaranteed. Fourth: Its premium rates are lower than most old companies, and yet it furnisher just as much, just as good and just as safe insurance. Fifth: Its Elective Investment Policy combines Investment, Insurance, Endowment and Annual Income, and is proving a winner. ELLIOTT ESTES, President. GILES L. WILSON, Secretary. DIRECTORS. A. H. Twichell, President and Treasurer Clifton Mfg. Co. and D. E. Con verse Co. J no. B. Cleveland, President C. & W. C. Railroad and Whitney Mfg, Co. Jno, A. Law. President and Treasurer Saxon Mills and President Central National Bank, L. E. Carrigan, President People’s Bank of Darlington. W. S. Montgomery, President and Treasurer Spartan Mills. Stobo J. Simpson, Attorney-at-Law. Aug. \Y . Smith, President Woodruff Cotton Mills and Bank of Woodruff. A. L. White, President Merchants and Farmers Bank. Elliott ESTICS, President. Medical Directors—Geo. R. Dean, M. D., Geo. W. Heinitsh, M. D. Reliable, Energetic Man Wanted as Agent in Gaffney. ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr., General Agent, Spartanburg, S. C. / Dill Yov Em Think what a bargain you are getting when you get THE LEDGER one hundred and three (-103) times a year for Onl; $1.00 a Year? I>I*. J. Yl. UTIIVYBI*, Oi Rock Hill, South Carolina * a snecialty of Canct-m, Tumorn, Chronic Ulcers, Scrofula and Rheumatism, of Liver, Kidneys, Dyspepsia and Indigestion and Makes a s Diseases of Liver, Kidneys, Dyspepsia and Indigestion and Diseases of the Genito urinary Organs. Treats without the Knife, loss of blood and little pain to patient, Terms of treatment satisfactory. Twenty-five years, of practical experience. Reference To A Few Cases Treated U. A. Olark, Gunrer of niMM) Itork Hill, M. U. J. J. Neely, Oanrer of neck. TtrMh, I. 0 Mrs. J. D.WIUtauis. Oancerof fin e Ttrsah.H. C. Mrs. H. K. Nelson. Ganror of noae.Ogdon, H. (’. Miss Ida Van Tsssell, Cancer of breast Uuth- rlesvllle, K.0 W.A Muillnai, Cancer of face King’s Creek, d.O. W. W Mtroup, Cancer of face....Lowell, N. 0. Mrs IlitrlNiry McG’raw, Cancer of forehead Uitffuey, H. O. b. H Hanna, Cancer of neck Gastonia, N. O. David Hawkins, Cancer of noseUaffney, S. O. .1. I* Itiuran, Cancer of face.. .Gastonia, N. C. Mrs. KlUalietb Tracy, Cancer of breast Gaff ney, 8. 0. MICE IN MEDICAL RESEARCH. Thousands Used in Cancer Experi ments in Laboratories. (London Tribune.) The statement made at the meeting of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund last week that 100,000 mice had been examined during the past four years draws attention to the use belne made of vermin for scientific purposes. “Mice,” said a prominent bacteriolo gist. “are used in cancer experiments because that disease occurs spontane ously in them. The work in which they are used began in Copenhagen. It was then taken up by the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and subsequently in Frankfort. In the last named place £5,000 worth of mice have been used for experiments in sleeping sickness and cancer. “Certain breeders who have a stock of cancer infected mice have found almost a fortune in the trade, for such specimens have a fancy value. Mice, however, are by no means the only vermin used. Rats, for example, are largely employed in experiments dealing with plague. One investigator used between nine hundred ana a thousand last year. They are employ ed to a great extent in India. “It must not be supposed, however, that the knowledge derived from ver min is only applied to men. It is largely used in ridding us of the pest of vermin. In South Africa, for in stance. it was found that when there was a great deal of plague the rats which were regarded as disseminators would only take a mineral poison for a certain time. If one might say such a thing, thev seem to set tired of it. The only thing, then, was to find a bacterial poison for them. Now. there is actually a bacterial culture known ag Danysz’s on the market for the destruction of rats. Danysz’s v, r ork was originally done in the sewers of Paris, and the rats were poisoned in large numbers. Subsequently the same method was used for killing off field moles, a pest to the farmers. Men at the Pasteur Institute were deco rated for the services they had ren dered in this way. “The plague spreading rat is one of the problems In which men are working In India now. Squirrels likewise spread the dreaded disease in India, and so do the monkeys, but the native veneration for the latter is so great that monkeys must not be openly destroyed. Inoculated ani mals are. therefore, transported into the jungle: and the result desired for protective purposes is achieved.” American Gunner Leads the World. (Washington Star.) “The progress of gunnery made by our navy in the last few years has been simply wonderful, and it Is diffi cult for me to conceive how any other nation could have improved faster. You cannot speak too highly of the improvement we have made.” The above statement was made by Rear-Admiral Bradford today, while discussing the comparative records made by the British and American ’V"-ies in target practice. Many other American naval officers are unani mous in declaring the American Run- r r '~ i^ads the world in marksmanship. It has been suRRested by some of these officers that the American navy desig nate one ship, preferably a battleship, manned with picked gun crews, and for the British navy to designate a similar ship, and for both to be sent to neutral waters, with a non-nartisan judge and referee, and hold a shooting tournament. Officers expressed the opinion that such a contest is entire ly possible, and that the resulting score would demonstrate there is not ^ navy which can compete with that of the United States. Admiral Brad ford stated that it was his under- -♦andine that the tests in the two services are entirely digerent in con ditions. and that it is also Impossible to make comparison between the two. Regular Eating. Many a housekeeper does not eat at noon unless she has company. Too much cannot be said in favor of regu lar hours for meals. A luncheon serv ed for only one or two should be just as dainty as the most formal dinner. A napkin or doily spread on the bare table is sufficient if one is in a hurry. If left overs are to be the lunch they should be served in an appetizing and savory manner. A glass of milfc and a piece of cake, taken standing in the kitchen, is a foolish luncheon. When one has eaten a hearty breakfast a light luncheon is all that is neces sary, but if a very little breakfast has been partaken of a good, substantial meal at noon should be eaten. To© Late to Change. “I hear you have a little sister at your house.” said a Chicago grocer to a small boy. “Yes, sir,” said Johnny. “Do you like that?” was queried. “I wish it was a boy.” said Johnny, “so I could play marbles with him, an’ baseball,” “Well,” said the storekeeper, "why don’t you exchange your little sister for a boy?” Jonnv reflected for a minute, then h- said rather sorrowfully: “We can’t now. It’s too late. We’ve used her four days.” Art and Business. Summer Boarder—It is so pictur esque to watch the cows come home. Farmer—There’s more monev in it when they stay on the railroad track. EDISON’S GREAT SERVICE. Has Helped to Make This Nation’s Prosperity. (Jas. Creelman in Pearson’s Maga zine.) Turning from the sweep an<i glitter of American prosperity to the men who have made it Possible, one thinks of Thomas Alva Edison. His is “the honest life.” the useful life, the friend ly life, that deserves earnest atten tion in this astonishin 0 ' year of moral incendiarism. “We are groping on the verge of another great epoch in the world’s history,” he said to me not Ion" ago. “It would not surprise me any morning to wake up and learn that e<~me one - or some group, of the 300,- 000 scientific men who are investigat ing all over the earth has seized the secret of electricity by direct nrocess, and began another practical revolution of human affairs. It can be done. It m be done. I expect to se’' it before I die. I expect to see airships flying before mv death. Such a discovery will make it possible to drive ships across the sea by electricity at a rate of forty to fifty miles an hour—three days across the Atlantic from shore to shore. “I worked as a Western Union ope rator in Detroit. Memphis, Louisville, and Boston,” said Mr. Edison “and all the time I studied and experiment ed with electricity. The first serious tiling I invented was an electrical machine to count vote® in congress. I had been handling press reports as ap operator, and I noticed it took a long time to count the votes after each roll call. My machine would show the total vote a few seconds after the roll call. I thought the de vice was a good one. and I think- so now. But when I went to Washington and showed it the chairman of the committee said. “Young man. that works all right, but it’s the last thing on earth we want here. Filibustering and a delay in the count of the vote are often the only means we have for defeating bad legislation.” I was sor ry: but I ought to have thought of that before. My next practical inven tion was the quadruplex telegraph. I started in to work it on the Atlantic and Pacific telegraph line between itochester and New York. But there was a chump at the other end of the wire and the demonstration ended in a fizzle. It was years before the quadruplex was adopted. * * * Then I joined hands with ,a man named Callahan, and we got up several im proved types of stock tickers. These improvements were a success. When the day of settlement for mv inven tions approached I began to wonder how much monev I would RPt. I was pretty raw, knew nothing about bus iness. but I hoped that I might get $5,000. I dreamed of what I could do with big monev like that, of the tools and other things I could buy to work out inventions. But I knew Wall street to be a pretty- bad place, and had a general suspicion that a man was apt to get beat out of his money there. So I tried to keep my hopes down; but the thought of $5,000 kept rising in my mind. “Well, one day I was sent for by the president of the Gold and Stock Telegraph company to talk about a settlement for my improvements. He was General Marshall Leffers. colonel of the Seventh Regiment. I tell you, I was trembling all over with em- barassment, and when I got in his presence my vision of $5,000 began to vanish. When he asked me how much I wanted I was -afraid to speak. I feared that if I mentioned $5,000 I might get nothing at all. That was one of the most painful and exciting moments of my life. My. how I beat mv brains to know what to say! Finally I said, ‘Suppose you make me an offer.’ By that time I was scared. I was more than scared: I was paralyzed. “ ‘How would $40,000 do?” asked General Leffers. "It was all I could do to keep ray face straight and mv knees from giv- in" way. I was afraid he would hear mv heart beat. With a great effort I said as calmly as I could. T guess that’ll be all right.’ “Wi^i that monev I opened a new shop and worked out apparatus for the Western Union Telegraph compa ny. My automatic telegraph, which handled 1,000 words a minute between Now York and Washington, was bought out by Jay Gould and the Western Union company. It is in lit igation yet. “Then the quadruplex was Installed. I sold that to Jay Gould and the West ern Union company for $30,000. The next Invention was the mimeograph, p copying machine. “When Bell got out his telephone the transmitter and receiver were one. Professor Orton, of the Western Un ion company, asked me to do some thing to make the telephone a com mercial success. I tackled it and got up the present transmitter. The Western Union company eventually made millions of dollars out of it. I got $100,000 for It. “Looking over the whole country.’’ said Mr. Edison, “I have come to the conclusion that the greatest factor in our progress has been the newspaper mess. Russia is much bigger than this country in every way. She has a tremendous population and Immense natural resources. Yet she is fifty times slower. Why? because she lack-s the power of a free press. She cannot unite or harmonize her forces. But when we want to do anything in America the new papers take it up. Everybody readr the newspapers, everybody knows the situation, and we all act together." SONG OF THE SHIRTWAIST. Watch This Column. Some Dressmakers and Shoppers Mak e $12 and $14 a Week. (Woman’s Home Companion.) The apprentice in dressmaking has to work six months for nothing or perhaps a mere nitance as errand girl. Then she starts on linings at $4 a week. Next she does oversew ing and finishing at $6. Trimmers on skirts or waists receive $12 to $14 a week, and fitters from $15 to,$18. A small establishment is considered better than a large one for learning the trade, as more personal attention is given apprentices and there is quicker advancement. Any woman who sews neatly by hand or does fine embroiderv along popular lines can secure a position in a shon with out difficulty, and the fall rush in dressmaking opens up on Septem ber 1. A girl with the shoppin' gift can usually secure a position with a dress maker as shopper. Her first duties consist of matching thread, buttons, linings, etc., and later she is intrust ed with trimmings, laces, etc. She starts at $4 a week, spends most of her time in stores and usuallly be comes a professional shopper. Operators in suit and waist facto ries do piecework principally, and as a rule make $12 a week. Finishers, who sew on buttons, etc., receive not more than $7 a week. In underwear factories girls start the trade by running ribbon through beading, ironing, running buttonhole machines, and gradually learn to sew on insertion, tucking, etc. They quickly work up to $<‘> a week. An expert in underwear makes $12 or $14 j a week. One house In fine condition, $700 cash, $1,200 In one and two years at 6 per cent. Several fln fl pieces of property to be put on block In July Twenty^even acres of fine land In town for a song. If you would like to have a fine In vestment In a plantation come and see me, 500 acres, some good timber and in good shape. Must be sold even If It does not bring but $3,000. 250 acres of pretty land at $10 per acre, lies fine. Town lots of all shapes and de scriptions. Over 200. Houses galore, and 20,000 acres of land. 50 acres of land, lies well, '6 miles from town, $11.00 per acre. 55 acres, fairly good house, barns, etc., very cheap, 6 miles out 53 acres, orchard, house, etc., lies very well, cheap. 4 room house, good shape. In Gaff ney; price $475. 6 room house, good surroundings, nice yard and conveniences; price $1,250.00, one-third cash. The Gibbs Brick store room, 5- room house, and vacant lot 80x200 in west end, $1,800. Buy the house you live in for the rent you are paying. Representative of Sun Fire Insur- ranee Co., The American Surety Co., The Standard Trust Co., who lead money at o per cent to buy and build homes with ten and half years to pay It back if you want. R. L?tta Parish. CHEAP EXCURSION RATES via Had Charged Before. The battle was over, and th-' moon light lay like a silvery pall upon the battlefield. The soldier whose gal lant charge at the head of a mere handful of men had turned defeat into a glorious victory stood in the pres ence of the great Napoleon, who. for getting his wonted reserve, commend ed in glowing words the deed of the brave cavalryman. “It was .a desperate charge, a gal lant charge!” he cried, ardently. “But for your valor the lilies of France this eve would lie in the dust. But tell me.” he continued, fixing his piercing eye upon th« soldier, “had you no thousrht of fear as you charged so madly?” The soldier modestly bent his head. “Sire,” he replied, humbly, “I am deeply honored by your commenda tion. No tear was iu my lie-art at the time, for it was not the first fearless charge of my life. Before I took up arms for la helle France, sire. T was a plumber.” H e Didn’t Look It. Seven-year old Johnny had cheeks like red apples; he weighed eighty pounds, and looked the picture of ro bust h< alth. One day, however, he was suffering from an ulcerated tooth, which affliction, instead of detracting from, rather added to, his robust ap pearance. The constant chug-chug ging of a steam road roller at work just outside his window increased his misery. Suddenly a bright thought seize him. Slipping from the couch he ran outdoors. “Say mister,” said he. as the heavy engine came to a standstill at the nearest corner, “would you mind roll ing some other street this afternoon? There’s somebody awfully sick at our house, and the noise distrubs him.” “We could stay at the other end of the block.” replied the man eveing Johnny reflectively. “But who’s the invalid?” “I am,” said Johnny. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Rates open to all. On account of the special occasion* mentioned, the Southern Railway will sell round-trip tickets to points named below at greatly reduced rates, a* follows: To Mexico City, Mex. and return.— Account International Geological con gress. Tickets on sale August 14th to 31st, limited to return 90 days from date of sale. Rate, oue fare plus 25 cents for round trip. To Roanoke, Va. and return.—Ac count Meeting of National Firemen’s Association. Tickets on sale August | 12th to 13th, limited to return August : 31st. An extension of this limit to September 15th may be obtained by depositing ticket with special agent and paying a fee of 50 cents. Rate, To Richmond Va. and return.—Ac count Meeting True Reformers. Tick- ; ets on sale September 2nd to 5th, lim- ! one fare plus 25 cents for round trip. ! ited to return September 13th. Rate, one fare Plus 25 cents for round trip. For full particulars regardin" above j call on any Southern Railway ticket agent or write R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. Low Rates to New York and Return. On account of the homecoming of Hon. Wm. J. Bryan, the Southern Rial way will sell tickets to New York City and return at the rate of one fare plus $2.25 fro mall coupon tick-'' stations. Tickets on sale Au gust 28th and 29th, limited to leave New York returning on September 4, 1906. The Southern operates on all through trains pullman drawing room sleepers and Southern Railway dining cars—high back vestibuled coaches. For full Information consult any Southern Railway ticket agent, or write Laundry Lines. Colored goods should be ironed on the wrong side. A little borax in the last rinsing water will make handkerchiefs easier to iron and look better when done. Never pin delicate materials on to the clothes line without placing a piece of clean paper between the fab ric and the clothes pin. When coarse lawns or other cottons fade white a dainty pink color can be given them bv usinr- the petals of an old artificial rose in the starch water when laundered. By putting an ounce of sal ammoni ac in the last water in which muslins or cottons are rinsed or a similar ouantity in the starch in which the' f are stiffened they will be rendered uninflammable. When the water is too muddy to whiten the clothes it can bp cleared very quickly by stirring in a little corn meal. The meal will go to the bottom as soon as it is thoroughly wet and will carry the solid particles with it. R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. G. B. ALLEN. Asst. Gen. Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. The Builders Supply Go. Successors to L. Baker, Will furnish your Building Material if the best that the m&rketa afford an4 it the lowest Hying prices. No. 1 Heart pine Shingles and Lathe, Guar- inteed Pure White Lead and Zine, ind Pure Linseed OH. Nothing better m> paint your house with and costa !ess than mixed paints. When in need if anything in the bnilding line, call end see us; we’ll treat you cour teously and make your estimates for aothlng. Lv. Baker*, MANAGER. Oxen Against Railroads. (Railroad Gazette.) In the Cape of Good Hope colony many of the short railroad branches and extensions do not p«ay on account of ox wagon competition. In the re port for the year 1905, recently is sued, the traffic manager of one of the lines reports, i regard to a new nineteen miles branch, that, as there was a very plentiful supply of grass during the season, ox wagon rates ruled low and the railroad secured lit tle general traffic. The recommenda tion to meet this competition is to have main Instead of branch line rates Introduced on the new line. —Be sure to come In and see our line of the most stylish Hats ever shown In Gaffney. Company Store. DON'T FORGET I you can be cured of Cancr, Tu- I I mor or Chronic OM Sores. Ten I I thousand cases treated. It Is th* t I surest cure on earth. Delay Is I I fatal. How to be cured? Just I I write * • I D. B. GLADDEN. Grover. N. C. 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