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ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
GAFFNEY, S. C.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1907.
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A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WILKINSVILLE.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Items of
that Section.
Wilkinsville, Dec. 28.—A happy
New Year to all our readers. The
old year with its troubles and trials,
with its many pleasures, successes
and blessings we consign to an eter
nity of the past and will try to im
prove the present and future from our
experience in the past.
Your correspondent has been quite
unwell since his last letter was writ
ten, but he now feels that he is him
self again. Christmas was an unusu
ally quite one in this neighborhood.
Notwithstanding the report that
“oceans of liquor had been ordered”
by our citizens we have yet to see
the first case of drunkenness or dis
orderly conduct. We don’t mingle
with that class and some may think
that is the reason of our being no bet
ter posted on such matters.
Since our last letter Mrs. Lizzie Prld J
more, of Sardis, has been called to
her last resting place. She was not
only one of the oldest ladles in this
section, but one of the most univers
ally admired. We have known her
for a long time as a plain out spoken
woman. No one ever had any doubt
as to what she thought about any
matter of importance. There was
not a particle of deceit in her. What
she thought she spoke. In this re
spect she excelled the average wo
man. We are told that “an honest
man is the noblest work of God.” The
same applies to woman also.
“Immortal glories crown her head,
While tuneful hallelujahs rise,
k And love and joy, and triumphs
spread
Through all the assemblies of tbe
skies.”
Mr. Jacob Pridmore. her husband,
we are sorry to learn, is lying very
ow at this time. Mr and Mrs Prid
more are the parents of Messrs. W. J
Pridmore. Mason Pridmore, Mrs. J.
H. Wilkins, and of your townsman,
Mr. Hamp Pridmore, all of whom
have our heartfelt sympathies.
“Santa Claus” made his visit to
many home in this community and
made the little folks happy with his
presents.
The Ablngton Creek people had a
treat for their Sunday School scholars
on Christmas day. We are sorry we
were too unwell to be present on
that occasion to help make the little
folks happy.
Mr. W. R. Walker is spending the
Christmas holidays on his Sunnyside
farm.
Mr. Sid Miller, one of our right-
hand men came up from Union to
spend Christmas with his parents at
’ Smith’s Ford. Sid has been in busi
ness in Union for the last several
months.
Rev. R. T. Liston preached a very
able and interesMng sermon at Salem
on last Sabbath from the text: “For
unto you is l>orn this day in the city
of David a Saviour, which is Christ
the Lord.” Luke 2: 11.
On last Saturday night there was a
supper given at the school house
near here and $12.CO wan realized for
the library.
A good many people are spending
t leir Christmas holidays in visiting.
• Our oldest and most observant
readers will remember that in 1883
some quasi astronomer of Europe pre
dicted that in the year 1907 the Star
of Bethlehem would make its appear
ance in the East. Those who will no
tice Venus one of these clear morn
ings just before daylight will con
clude that it has an unusually bright
appearance and the prediction is
coming to pass. It will be the moving
star till the middle of September ’07.
Th * practical abandonment of the
"spelling reform” will be hailed with
joy by all governmental employees,
who are conversant with the long es
tablished authorities on lexicography.
( The inquiry made through this cor
respondent for a child three to six
years of age, which some of our
friends (who have no children of
their own) wished to adopt was
promptly answered by a Christian so
ciety and negotiations are now on
foot to carry out the object. As soon
as the matter has been settled we will
give a full detail of the transaction.
There are, no doubt, many orphans,
s who with little trouble, could be
placed in homes with good people
who will take care of them and
raise them rightly.
Mr. L. M. Hartford has the contract
for running the free ferry at Howells
next year. He took charge of it last
week. “Lillit” will make a good fer
ryman, we believe.
Messrs. Jack and Jim Smarr, of
Hopewell, are both on the sick
1 list. They were unable to attend
■" preaching service at Salem last Sub-
bath day.
Mr. S\m J. Strain expects to cele
brate his 28th birthday on January 8.
It will also he the 100th anniversary
of the birth of his grandfather, Wm.
Strain.
Mr. James G. Garner, we learn, has
a notion of moving to Capt. A. H.
Foster’s in Union county to take
charge of his mills.
We attended the meeting of the
North Pacolet Interdenominational S.
S. convention at Sardis last Sabbath.
The dav was very cold and but a
small number were in attendance, yet
notwithstanding, it was a good meet
ing. The Sardis choir under tho lead
ership of Prof. A. G. Davis, made ex
cellent music, and an abundant din
ner w-as spread by the ladies to
which all did ample justice. The
Sardis people am good entertainers.
They know how to hake their visit
ors enjoy themselves. Cherokee coun
ty should be proud of such citizen
ship.
Hon. C. W. Whlsonant killed two
very fine hogs Wednesday, one weigh
ed 39G pounds and the other 390. Cal
vin doesn’t do thing by halves. He
never falls to have fine hogs and
plenty of them when killing time
comes. Besides his oil mill enter
prise, he runs the largest mercantile
business in this section, which is
managed by his son. Mr. Boyce Wlhis-
onant, than whom there is not a more
business man in the county, and one
in whoso honesty and Integrity the
patrons have unbounded confidence.
Uncle Sill Estes Is a pretty good
doctor. He came in the other day
while your correspondent was wrest
ling with a “buck ague” and admin
istered to his comfort like a veteran
disciple of Esculaphlus. They may
say what they please about “Uncle
Sill” but he will attend to the sick.
Mr. Walter Kirby started to Ra
leigh, N. C., last Wednesday where
he will enter school for the coming
season. It’s very unfortunate that
this state after furnishing so much
money for school purposes can’t ed
ucate its young men at home.
With all the parade that is made
about our schools one would think
that a young man or woman could
get all the education they wanted at
home, unless they desired to graduate
at some of the hi«h grade colleges.
Miiss Louise, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. Ben McCulloch, came near
being badly burned one day last week.
Her clothes caught fire when they
were heating water to scald hogs. It
is a striking coincident that the
same thing took place a year ago in
the same way at the same place and
on the same occasion. Two wrongs
don’t make a right. The first four
verses of the 6th chapter of Ephes
ians should be the constitution of
every happy household in the land.
J. L. S.
ALLEGED RACE RIOT
NEAR MOUNT ZION
HUNDREDS OF ARMED MEN
ANSWER CALL FOR HELP.
RAVENNA NEWS.
Personals and Local Items of General
Interest.
Ravenna, Dec. 31.—The exercises
at tbe Ravenna school last Friday
evening were very much enjoyed by
all present. Each scholar carried out
his part most beautifully and all in-
all a real nice time was enjoyed. Our
school opens again on Monday morn
ing.
The Christinas tree at Goucher
was a success and many present say
It surpassed the one they had last
Christinas.
Quito a crowd of our young peo
ple attended the Christmas exercises
at Pacolet Mlills last Friday night.
Miss Bessie Mathis gave a mose
enjoyable “fruit supper” last Wed
nesday night, and all present seemed
to enjoy it very much. The Raven
na concert band was present and
rendered some beautiful music. We
would like to give all the names of
those present but could not get a
complete list.
Miss Irene Bonner, of Waco, Ga.
formerly of this place, is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Bonner.
Mr. C. E. Pettit, a student of Fur
man. and a good friend of ours, is
spending his Christmas vacation
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. G.
L Pettit.
'Dr. J. E. Chalk, of Iwingley, is here
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.
G. Chalk.
Mrs. C. E. Kitchens is spending
Christmas at Spartanburg with her
son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Kitchens.
Your correspondent has returned
from a visit to Clifton-and surround
ing points. We would like to have
met ”S,” our Clifton reporter.
We most heartily thank' “J. L. S.”
for his kind mention of our letters,
wo most highly appreciate. If we
had more correspondents like “J. L.
S.” we could have a real newsy
paper.
Misses Edna and Minnie Brown
and Lillie Goforth, of Gaffney, have
returned after spending Christmas
here.
Miss Maggie E. Goforth and broth
er, Jonathan, spent last Wednesday
at Goucher. the guests of Misses
Fannie and Eunice Smith.
Mr. G. W. Chalk made a business
trip to Gaffney last Saturday.
Married last Sunday: Miss Julia
Mathis, daughter of John H. Mathis,
to Mr. Rolland Reynolds. This couple
have our host wishes through life.
Christmas passed off very quietly
here and a more still time could not
have taken place.
Mr. Charley Clary, our excellent
mail carrier on route 1, from Gaffney,
delivered mail through this place on
Christmas day.
This letter finishes up our last
communication for the old year, and
we hope that during our re|>orting
we have not hurt anyone’s feelings.
If we decide to further correspond
for our hustling county paper, we
shall try and do better.
C.
—We thank the trade for the/ lib
eral business that has been given us
and extend to one and all a Happy
and Prosperous New Year. We will
be pleased to have you call and see
us at all times. Yours very truly,
The Gaffnev Jewelry Company.
-Toys by the cart load at Carroll
4c Byers.
—“Grip Tablets” will cure your
cold. They are guaranteed by the
Gaffney Drug Co.
Not a Negro to be Found Who Could
in Any Way be Connected With
Shooting.
I
(Spartanburg Herald.)
“I am penned in the block house
surrounded by negroes who threaten
to kill me. For God’s sake send aid.’’
■This message from Operator Porter
at Mount Zion, a small station six
miles east of the city on the main
line of the Southern railroad, flashed
into the train dispatcher’s office at
this place, at Gaffney and at Cowpens,
started wild rumors last night, of se
rious race riots, and caused fully two
hundred men from along the line to
the scene of the supposed bloody con
flict
The Mount Zion race riot turned
out to be very much of a farce and
all that was found by the wayside
station was a scared operator, who
beP'-'N the night was out told several
stories that varied to some extent.
There was a large posse on hand
during the greater part of the night
which did everything possible to dis
cover those who did the “shooting
up” of the block house, but although
there were several negroes arrested
and examined nothing definite could
be learned of the men who fired the
shots.
Porter's Story.
The operator at Mount Zion block
house, which is four miles north of
Spartanburg, on the main line of the
Southern railroad, was G. W. Porter,
of Des Moines. Iowa, who yesterday
afternoon arrived at, the block house
on No. 11 to take charge of the night
shift. Porter says that soon after No.
11 pulled out he was hailed by two
negroes and instructed to dance. This
he proceeded to do in the best style
1 he could command. He said that the
j negroes finally let him go and that he
j came on up to the block house. Upon
arriving there he greeted tho day
men and stated that if he had had a
gun he would have killed some of the
negroes. This was in the presence
of Rowand McWhorter, a neero, who
attended to the switch lights.
Bullets Near Him.
McWhorter left as did tho white
men and shortly after supper Porter
states that he was accosted from the
outside with an Invitation to come out.
This he declined to do and he said
that the negroes on the outside then
proceeded to shoot up the house.
There were counted in all twelve bul-
^e* holes in the house, although some
of them appeared to be old. One,
however, crashed through the glass
window and Porter states nassed very
near him.
Porter says that when he opened
the door he was dragged out and
choked and kicked about the back.
The man, however, had no bruises
whatever on his person. He stated
that after they had told him if he
threatened to kill any more negroes
they woud kill him, they then cut
across tho fields and Porter lit out the
other way. He then came back to the
block house and commenced to send
the message up and down the line
which caused the excitement.
To the Rescue.
Within a few minutes after Por
ter’s wild call for assistance there was
a rush of men from all points. From
Spartanburg there started posses in a
freight ear drawn by the yard engine
under Deputy Sheriff W. J. White.
From Cowpens and Gaffney another
crowd started.
By that time the excitement in
Spartanburg was great and it was un-
I derstood that the sheriff was going
, down. There was a rush to the sta-
| tion from all sides and soon there was
a mob at the station There were fire
arms, from a shotgun to a t wenty two
: rifle. Sheriff Nicholls and the assfst-
, ant deputy sheriff were on hand and
I carried down on No. 38, which was
stopped at Mt. Zion by permission of
the Southern.
Negro Gotten Out.
When the sheriff and his party
reached Mount Zion they found Por-
| ter In charge, and after heading his
j story the negro Rowland McWhorter
| was first rousted out of bed at his
i home a quarter of a mile away and
j earned back to the station. Rawland
stoutly denied all knowledge of the af-
| fair. The sheriff determined to sift
i the matter to the bottom and two ne
groes were arrested and questioned.
1 After questioning all it was thought
that a good clue has been obtained and
a three mile trip was made to the
home of Will Rogers.
A portion of the party remained at
j the block house, the others going on
I the long tramp. Deputy Sheriff White
and his men had by this time joined
the sheriff’s men and the Cowpens
an- 1 Glendale men had returned on No.
40.
1 After a long walk the negroe's
■ house was reached and a negro wake
! was found in progress. There were a
i bundh of negroes in the house and in
the corner was the body of a dead ne-
i gro over which the party of darkies
were keeping a watch. Will Rogers
also denied knowlod*"' of the shoot
ing- and told a straight story which
concluded with accusing Porter of be
ing drunk. The negro stated that he
had seen the man that afternoon and
that he was drunk. This Porter de
nied.-'
The chase being futil ethe trin was
taken back to the block house.
When the party arrived there it
was found that a portion of th^ narty >
which had remained at the block
house had come on to Spartanburg on
Xo. 41, which was several hours late.
Gave It Up.
Every endeavor was made to lo
cate the culprits and these having fail
ed it was decided to return to Spar
tanburg, and the remains of the com
bined posses took the specie 1 train,
consisting of a shifter and a box car
and had an uneventful trip to Spar
tanburg, arriving here at 2:45 a. m.
There are several side issues to the
affair. Porter was thoroughly scared
and admitted being so and it was
thought by many that while he may
have been frightened by the negroes
there was no necessity for the wild re-
norts which were sent out. He stated
that in the afternoon he had been
loaned a pistol by the day man, Jim
Savidge, to protect himself with, but
that upon finding it unloaded he re
turned it.
There was one thing clearly devel
oped by the occurrence last night and
that was that although there was a
gieat alarm about nothing: that the
county officers were in their place and
that they had the backing of a large
number. If there had been serious
trouble last night at Mount Zion It
would have been handled in the best of
manner by the sheriff, his assistants
and the numerous members of the
posse. There is little doubt but the
negroes got a little gay at Mount
Zion but it is safe to say that they
were pretty thoroughly scared un.
The Southern Railway last night
was of great assistance to the officers.
A special was operated consisting of
a box car and engine No. 9738. 40 and
41 were all stopped and the members
of the posses were not charged -rail
road fare. Preparation - were made
to handle the situation in a creditable
manner but fortunatey thero was no
need of the arsenal carried down.
In Spartanburg all during the night
excitement was at a fever heat and
the telephones were kept busy. Many
wild stories Rot afloat concerning the
affair.
There was a ready response to the
call for assistance and many of those
anxious to go were turned down.
Among those who went to Mount Zion
from Spartanburg were the following:
Sheriff J. M. Nicholls. Deputy Sheriff
W. J. White and Assistant Deputy
Becknell; Police Officers Bullington
and Johnson; Messrs. M. L. Bennett.
Tice Kirby, S. J. Nicholls, Operator
Rector of the Spartanburg office: Jesse
Wood, Lancaster, Bob Brice. John
1 Worth and Loekman. There were in
al] about fifty from Spartanburg and
twenty from Cowpens and other
towns. All were armed and meant
business. There were no casualties
and the threatened race riot is all
over.
NEWS ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTEREST,
COTTON MARKET EVILS.
EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER-
OKEE.
Ministers and Their Wives.
(From the Springfield Republican.)
Some of the most pathetic failures
in the ministry, observes a Baptist
paper, are directly traceable to tho
minister’s wives. It says: In excep
tional cases the minister’s wife is ab
solutely without sympathy in the
work that the husband is doing All
of her Influence is on the side of that
which is worldly. She scoffs at her
husband’s devotion to the Kingdom of
God, and avoids the church and its
services. Fortunately such instances
are few. In a large number of cases
the wife is incompetent. She may
be w^l 1-meaning, but she is unpopular.
People do not detest her, but they do
not respect her. She has no hold up
on the admiration and affection of
those whom her husband serves. The
minister may be able to carry the
load and win out despite the burden;
but he is terribly handicapped. In
stances are known where the wife
imagines that she is the pastor. She
comes to the front and crowds the
hen-pecked little husband to one side
while she assumes the functions be
longing to the minister. Such a wo
man bold of face, peremptory in man-
| ner, “bossy,” unlovable, can spoil the
ministry of the best man in the world.
To watch them is to long for a re
turn of the reign of the “ducking-
stool,” or for the invention of some
form of punishment that shall nut a
quietus upon them.
What Was the Matter With Him?
(Harper’s Weekly.)
A Richmond man has in his employ
a colored man of advanced age who,
by reason of his thrifty habits, had
accumulated enough money to defray
the cost of his son’s tuition at a ne
gro college in Alabama.
When the darky’s hoy returned to
Richmond after the completion of his
course, he proceeded.'much t,o his pa
rent’s disgust, to air his opinions on
various subjects in a more or less dif
fuse and florid style of speech.
One day the old * man took him
aside and addressed him as follows:
“Richard Thompson Jenkins. Ise
l>een listen’ to yo’ fo’ seberai days,
an’ it’s my opinyun dat yo’ talk and
talk- an’ talk. Yo’ doan’ reach into de
stummick of yo’ subjeck: but yo’ jes
argufy. Yo’ doan locate, Richard
Thompson Jenkins, yo doan locate!”
The Australian Government will
prosecute the American oil combine
under the Anti-Trust law.
—We have on our shelves about
25 different kinds of cough medicines.
We always recommend “Natures
Cough Remedy" because we know
its pure and good. The Gaffney
Drug Co. guarantee It to cure.
—“Natures Cough Remedy” cures
Its sure, its pure Gaffney Drug Co.
—Fine Clothing and Overcoat* at
under price at Carroll & Byers.
—Rutter’s Baked Beans at Bee
Gaffney's.
Recent Happenings in and Around
the City and Other Events Gather
ed by the Local News Editor.
G. B Daniel has accepted the posi
tion of bookkeeper with the J. C. Lip
scomb company, where he will be
pleased to have his friends call.
The young people of the Sunday
school of the Limestone Street Pres
byterian church were treated to a
Christmas tree on Frida/ evening.
Carl Sarratt is wearing broad
smiles these days. He has a new
commer, a big girl. Patrons on R.
F. D. 8 need not he alarmed if their
mail should be a little late now.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Merchants and Planters Bank,
held last night, the regular semi an
nual dividend of four per cent was
declared, payable January 1st, 1907.
The Public schools of the city will
resume their work tomorrow . after
the interruption made necessary by
the Christmas holidays. Supt. West
urges pupils to be present at the us
ual hour for the opening.
A notice posted at the Southern
Passenger station announces that on
January 6th., all trains on the South
ern will change their schedules and
that new trains will be added. The
tints ut which these trains will arrive
in Gaffney is not yet aiinouticed
It’s AH your Fault at the Star The
ater Saturday evening. This compa-
I nv with Chas. Stone and Miss Olive
Evans in the leading roles has a long
string of successes to their credit,
among the number a record breaking
run of six weeks at th- Lancy Thea
iter in New York City.
There Is renewed discussion of a
modern hotel for Gaffney in the near
future. The genetlemen who own the
Grenard street property are being
strongly urged to put some of their
idle capital into this enterprise. They
are all men of ampe means and could,
without inconvenience to themselves,
erect a structure which would be an
ornament to the town and fill a long
felt want.
An enjoyable event of the holiday
season was the reception given by
Mrs. J. C. Otm - Sunday school class
of young ladies to their friends.
The reception was given in the Sun
day school : of 'he First Bap
tist church, ./v.^.ons refreshments
were served. The evening was one
of unalloyed pleasure and will be re
membered as one of tbe most pleas
ant events of Christmas week.
Mr. Hilliard H. Bonner, son of Mr.
Luther Bonner, and formerly with tbe
Gaffney Hardware Company, left on
Sunday for Reed, Oklahoma. He was
accompanied by Mr. Byron Smith, of
Union, but formerly w'th the Battery
of this city. Mr. Smith joins his par
ents who already reside in the city
of their destination. Gaffney regrets
to give up these two popular young
men, but wishes for them all success
in their new home.
All trains yesterday were delayed
more or less, mostly more, until after
noon. on account of the freight cars
derailed at the same spot the wreck
occurred on Friday, viz, where the
spur track leaves the main line for
the Dravo Contracting Company’s
• ''wer plant. When a Ledger man
reached the scene the temporary track
now in use, was clear and several
hundred laborers were, trying to clear
the main line.
Mr. L. Y. Randall, proprietor of the
Cherokee Foundry, together with
some other business men of Gaffney,
are making an effort to have a bridge
erected at Gaston Shoals on Broad
liver, where the Dravo company is
erecting a power dam. Mr. Randall,
who is nothing if not practical, says
j that a bridge can be built at the dam
at a very reasonable figure, and that
| it would accommodate large numbers
: of people who live beyond the river,
I to sav nothing of the fact that it
would be the means of bringing a
large amount of trade to Gaffney
which now goes elsewhere.
The accomplished Miss Eunice
Johnson, who has been in charge of
the millinery department of Barr's
department store during the season
left Sunday for her home at Gaffney,
S. C. Miss Johnson has the best
wishes of numerous friends in and
around town with whom she formed
acquaintance while here and all look
forward eagerly to the day of her re
turn. Business relations have been
quite pleasant between her and her
employers and it Is to he presumed
that should she see fit to appl ’ for the
position again next season, hers
would receive a preference.—Lees-
ville News
Mayor's court yesterday morning
was far from the usual tame affairs
that form this part of the city govern
ment Joe Vincent, white, was pres
ent and had the offense of raising a
hot time in Stumptown fastened on
him For this diversion he paid two
and a half plunks William Phillips,
white, had engaged in a scrap and
paid five dollars for his i 'igilistic ex
ercise Charley Gordon, colored, paid
ten dollars for wife-beating Florence
Gist a negro wench had used about
two dollars and a half worth of dis
orderly conduct and accordingly paid
that amount D M Smith paid one
slmoleon for disorderly conduct.
Some Radical Changes In Regard to
Bucket Shop.
New Orleans, Dec. 31.—It now ap
pears evident that some radical and
far reaching reforms in cotton market
methods will follow in the wake of
the current widespread agitation, two
of which are of greatest Importance
to the cotton producing states. The
farming interests of the South have
determined that New York’s unfair
contract which enables the speculator
to “bear” the price of the staple
through the tender of undesirabe cot
ton at unwarranted values must be
eliminated and that the New York Ex
change henceforth must be onerated
hi the manner and under the fair
rules that govern the conduct of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and In
the event this reform be not forth
coming means will be employed to
bring federal pressure into play in a
effort to put the New York Gotten Ex
change out of business. To this end
the Southern Cotton Association has
announced its intention of caling up-
or the Pcstofflce department to issue
a fraud order against the New York
Cotton Exchange.
The second reform the South,
through its State Legislatures, will
demand is the complete elimination
of the bucketshops an'* of buebetahop-
nin”' a way having been found by the
Minnesota Legislature to successfully
accomplish this end by means of a
provision that reads:
“It shall be the duty of every com-
mlsion merchant, co-partnership, as
sociation. corporation or broker, do
ing business as sucb, to furnish every
customer, or principal for whom such
commission merchant, broker, co-part
nership. corporation or association
has executed any order, for the ac
tual purchase or sale of any of the
commodities hereinbefore mentioned
(grain, provisions, cotton, petroleum
stocks and bonds) either for imme
diate or future delivery, a written
statement containing the names of
the narties from whom such property
was bought or to whom it shall have
been sold, as the case may be, the
time when, the place where, and the
juice at which the same was either
bought or sold, ami in case such com
mission merchant, broker, co-partner-
| ship, corporation or association fails
i to properly furnish such statement,
| the fact of such failure shall be prima
j facie evidence that such property was
not sqld or bought In a les-i**-—
manner.
The act above quoted defines a
bucketshop to be a place where com
modities are traded in without inten
tion to effect a delivery. A severe
penalty is provided for violation of
the law .
Competent authorities in Minnesota
assert that since the new* law was en
acted every bucketshop in the state
has closed up but what the legitimate
and necessary business of future tra
ding has not been adversely affected,
nor has the extensive news service
maintained by authorized brokerage
houses, and which during recent vears
has a very valuable adjunct to buy
ers and sellers of grain, cotton, and
stocks and bonds all over the coun
try, been curtailed by the law’s re
strictions.
Within the part two weeks many
letters have been received from Tex
as. Alabama and other Sout^rli
States by representative Ifew^Orteans
cotton men asking information as to
the best methods that may be employ
ed to drive the bucket-shops out but
without injuring the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange which represents the
producer’s intere t in the, struggle for
cotton price control.
List of Unclaimed Letters.
List of Letters unclaimed in the
postoffice at Gaffney, S. C., for week
ending December 31, 1906:
Author Byors, W. McGill. Mary
Owens. Rich Osborn, L. J. Parker, Abe
Smith, (2), Miss Vola Conley, Miss
Jannet Duncan. Miss Ida Gilbert, Miss
Katherine R. Leeze, Miss Flora Peeler,
Miss Eliza Wood, colored. Miss Car
lie Young.
Call for advertised letters one
cent due on each.
A. R. N. Folger. P. M.
No Delay.
(From the Chicago News.)
Old Raraeses had just completed
the ••.eat canal between the Nile and
the Red Sea.
“Wonderful achievement,” exclaim-
the visitor, “what is the secret of
your success ”
“Why,” laughed old Rameses , "I
lauded the man with the spade and
behead'd the man with the muck
rake.”
Mutiny in the Ranke.
(From the Cleveland Press.)
“The bugler aounded the iet:eat.’*
said the old soldier, “but more than
half the men In my company paid no
attention to it.”
“Disobeyed the order?”
“Yes. You see they were Dutch
and didn’t believe in either treating
or retreating.”
Never Give Up.
(Philadelphia Record)
‘My motto is ‘never give up’ said
Mr. Closeflst.
“Yes.” remarked the good deacon
“I’ve noticed that when I pass the
plate in church.”
Mgr. Seton. of Newark. N. J., was
received in private audience bv the
Poj>e at Rome.
—$1.50 Jeans coats for only 98c.
at Carroll & Byers.
—Try Bee
Buckwheat.
Gaffney's Mountain
—$5.00 all wool opercoets for $2 9$
at Carroll and Byers.