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GAFFNEY, «L O. TUESDAY. JULY 23, 1907.
SljOO A YEAR.
A NEWSY LETTEI
FROM WILKINSVIiL
MOVEMENTS OF “HE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Personal Paragraph* Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Items of
that Section.
Wilkinsvllle, July 19.—The Good
Book tells us: "I am fearfully and
wonderfully made.” tPsalm 139: 14.)
In this the psaralst was no exception.
This is true for one reason that it Is
the teaching of Holy writ.
But how is it with woman? Isn’t
she, If jjossihle, a little more so,
generally speaking? Take for in
stance, a man’s wife, and she thinks
her husband sees in her a combina
tion of beauty and grace as “perfect
ion absolutely perfected” and she
thinks his judgment is absolutely
faultless. But let him see the same
quality in another woman and she
tells him he is a poor judge.
The late Capt. John W. Mitchell
used to say that while courting his
wife he would go unexpected to her.
He would frequently come up on the
backside of the house and in at the
hack door to see how she went when
not expecting him. But he always
found her in a nice, clean, tidy dress
and often with her sleeves rolled up
to her elbows kneading dough or
throwing tho pots around, or. per
chance at the wash tub with a big
days washing and she was never
ashamed of her work.
From this he concluded she would
make any man (and himself in par
ticular! an ideal wife, and so she did.
for no smarter or better woman ever
lived or died in Western York than
Jemima Plaxico Mitchell. She was
one of our life-long friends.
This same stamp of women are
not all dead yet. There are thous
ands of them in the land today, and
there will be thousands when we are
all dead and gone.
But there is a noticeable contrast
between this and another class.
These latter keep their company
dresses hung in a convenient place
where they can grab them on the
run. When they peep out and see a
suiter (or prospective suiter) or
other well dressed person coming
they shoot off into another room, dis
robe themselves of their unsightly
garments: throw their oid shoes (if
they have any on) under the bed or
behind a trunk, comb their dishevel
led and unkept hair and in less time
than it takes to tell It. reappear in
fagionable up-to-date attire just as if
it was their custom to wear it all the
time, and the “gumpish” wife hunter
never finds out the trick until after
he is a married man. He then wants
to kick himself all over the yanj for
being such a fool. But often the tfirl
gets worse fooled than s he has been
aole to fool somebody else and the
result is only one unhappy home in
the community when them might
otherwise have been two.
Now “Bud” we don’t want you nor
"Sis” to think we are throwing this at
you. Its the other fellow and his girl
we intend it for, of course.
Next we shall perhaps deal with
the "frying size” coxcombs and
“short dress flirts” who make nearly
every public occasion memorable by
their presence and exploitations.
If our ministers while visiting their
congregations, spending nights and
taking meals would only use a little
tectics they could find out much
about the home life of their parishion
ers that perhaps they don’t fully
known. If when the man of the
house, or other members of the
family hands him a Bible and asks
him to have prayer he would excuse
MnNself and say he prefers to Join
them (the family). In their devotions
rather than to lead in them himself,
he might be successful in establish
ing family altars where there are
none.
Then, again, when ho » ft ts down at
the table and “the blessing” is to be
asked, confer that function on the
head of th e family, or some one else
at the table—a visitor, if one he
],resent, would be a good subject to
work on. In other words, when min
isters are among their people they
should "he company” part of the time
at least. This plan, though a novel
one, i* worth a trial, brethren.
Mr. C. W. Wflaisonant sa y s he would
rather his children would make good
Baptists or Methodists than poor
Presbyterians.
Mr. Henry Procter has some fine
watermelons very near the road—
too near we think to ever rot in the
patch-
Mr. Charley Foster don’t want, any
body to get done "layng by’’ before
he does, or to think he has grass In
his crop.
‘Housewives have made good use
of the season in gathering and can
ning blackberries From five to
twenty gallons can be found In al
most any home and they are still at
work, canning.
The season for big meetings will
soon be on hand, and usually it’s one
that the women do their hardest
work. They get up In the morning,
and after getting their house and
home affairs arranged they must
dress their children for church and
nurse the baby and look- after the
other children during service. Then
they go home through the heat and
over a hot stove get dinner, and have
everything In "Up top” order. to en
tertain their company. Then prepar*
r upper and go through the same
routine of dreutng themselves and
their children for th e evening ser
vice. Go to church and by the time
they get home its perhaps 10 o’clock
p. m. Drop down In bed and get
only a few hours rest before they
have to get up and go through the
same rouUne of work Tor the next
day and so on as long as the meet
ings lasts when they are completely
broken down and have not realized
any benefit from. It and often they
turn up sick for a few days in conse
quence of overwork.
Just a sufficiency of plain, substan
tial victuals to keep hunger away is
all they or their minister needs, and
he will preach better sermons and no
doubt endorse our suggestion. If he
doesn’t we think ho ought to. When
ever the time comes for him to make
you a plain straight visit that’s the
time to put <•« your airs If you must
do so.
Mr. J. Ij. Wlalker has put up a mail
box at his Watola farm on R. F. D.
No. 9.
Most of the children who will take
i part In the Children’s Day exercises
at Salem are from the York side of
the river and belong to the Hopewell
Sabbath school. This branch of‘the
work has been conducted by and
through the efforts of Miss Lyl
Smarr, who has been ably assisted
by Mr. Erwood, superintendent, Mrs.
John Dowdle and other efficient mem
bers of that school. , While every
body isn’t interested as wo would like
them to he we have a sufficient num
ber of the right kind to make the
occasion a success.
If satisfactory arrangements can
be made a hand will be present to
furnish music for the occasion and
every effort will bo mflde to make the
occasion a pleasant and happy one
for all who feel an interest In it.
Rev. S. C. Byrd. D. D.. president of
Chicora College, Greenville, will
make an address on the occasion and
other distinguished speakers have
been invited.
REV. MR. CROCRER
IN SCOTLAND.
the ship becomes a little world. \
found * large number of people on
their way back for a visit to England
or Scotland or Ireland after a stay
In America of thirty, forty, or more
years. Most of them had gone over
! poor, and were now going hack with
! plenty of means to see relatives. All
INTERESTING LETTER FROM THE of them, I think, had return tickets.
! Many a conversation we had with
MISSIONARY different ones. Sometimes orf relig
ious subjects. On Saturday night a
' big Concert was given in the First
Class, and a good many of the Second
SHORT NEWS ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTEOEST.
EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER
OKEE.
SOUTH CAROLINA TIN.
Graphic Description of the Voyage
Across the Atlantic, anj Happen
ings of Shipboard. *
cabin passengers went. On Sunday
there was what they called "Divine
Service” in tho First cabin at half
past ten j n the morning. The Cap
tain reads the Episcopal ritual l n a
Crail, FIfeshre, Scot., June 29. monotonous way, and that is all. ex-
Here we are at last four thousand cept they sing two or three good
miles from Gaffnev awav i n the far hymns. Several wanted a preaching
„„ . .* . . service at night In the Second caJiin,
North country. I went out for a an d it fell to mv lot to do Ik Wien
walk yesterday afternoon and it wm fhp ass( . n ^ rs get Into the dining
cold enough to wear *n °yercoaL | SaU)0n it is i iU e a church well filled.
1 ne da>s are long here, and the sun wer( , twelve or fifteen hund-
does not got In his best work in this ' re( j people on board, I think. On
region, though he has more time \f ont j a y night they got round to the
given him to work at it. I could have j r ,, Cert for the Second (’lass. They
read plain print easily last night at hafl songs an(1 recitations,
half-past eleven o’clock. r)ne day about mid ocean, suddenly
We boarded the train In Gaffney j there were somt quick sharp toots
Sunday night. June Ifith, about half- 1 from the whistle, and we saw men
past seve n and finished our journey , letting down one of* the small boats
over the side, and the ship began to
whirl around in a circle, and we knew
Thursday afternoon June 27th, after
the most pleasant long journey we
have ever taken. We were both a that some one had either fallen or
little train sick from Gaffney to New ! j um ped over the side into the sea.
York, but let me tell you a wonder- ; -The boat was lowered into the sea.
ful thing; We crossed the Atlantic and went bobbing up and down in
without being sea sick at all. The the waves as the men rowed away
ship was the best, in three points, hunting for the lost man. He could
that we have ever traveled on. First, not be found. He was a man work-
there were no smells, second, it was ing his way over, and for som e un
clean, and third, it was steady. Some ' known reason jumped overboard,
wit got off a joke on the name of j One day it was foggy all day long,
the ship, the “Carmania,” which will and about night the engines stopped
suit Gaffney just. now. He said the and we went creeping slowly along
company was going to present him j in the deep mist, for they heard an
with a motor car at the end of the other whistle from anothed ship, and
t' „ D^ck whose illness j J 0 '>mey, because the company had | you know a collision at sea is the
NTr8 - Dr. L. It B “ C 1 T’^"letter is car-mania. worst danger of ocea n travel. About
r.m sLhT We understand that last. I Opting aboard a ship for a voyage night the other ship passed us close
Wednesday Drs Steedlv and Jefferies across the sea is not quite so simple by
rl^rmed -in oneration on tier for as going aivoard a train. First, you, Tuesday morning we got glimpses
™£ndrttes operanon follow the signs set up here and through the mist of cloud and rain
Sam Strain had the tribe of Devi ; there, "to second class." till you of the Irish land. Our voyage was
hoeing cotton for him yesterday.
Mrs. Ethel Blackwell is doing some
cutting and sewing for our folks. As
a knight of the scissors and need e
she is a chip off the maternal block.
Mr W C Blackwell, who we re
ported on the sick list, is well again.
To se© some people P’ 1 * on airs
and hear them brag, makes us feel
sick.
come to a little bridge leading on to
the ship. A man standing at the
bridge, with uniform, reaches out his
hand, “Tickets, please.” and you
divest yourself of numerous and sun
dry packages, bags and bundles, pull
out your pocketbook. look carefullv
nearly over, the land was In sight,
and “good-bys” w-ere said. Oh! these
“Good-bys,” they keep crossing our
path!
Our stay at home in Gaffney was
made exceedingly pleasant by home
folks and friends alike, and many
new- ties were made and old one
strengthened. For myself, it in some
way, seemed harder to leave this
time than ever before. We wish to
express our appreciations of*the many
that you don’t drop something out
of it, get out your ticket, hand It to
If all the deceit, conceit and him, and he at once hands it hack to
ignorance was taken out of them j you- and you pass on to the deck of
tiiopp wouldn’t he much of them left, i the great ship. "Second class!” why.. t i vn *
wt w hrVn having a good deal how can an American travel second hearty kindnesses received while at
sSSSr “
Was Delilah excusable in betray-, looking up saw these words, “Reserv- . „ _
! n qomson is a fine question for for first class passengers only,” _. * M “ ch Better Team.
in g Samson, ts ^ dls .; and she exclaimed. That galls me following
‘That galls me.
was taken from the
Sabbath school wi.iv«u..bu B - ^ don , t 1Jke ^7, — p ' Spartanburg Herald of Sunday:
'"nor Mend Mose Tate, colored, au- ourselves with the thought that we. . “ Mr Editor: In yesterday morn-
I D’ r rn ( ! „„„ hM th - pest I of course, wer e first class people and lr| K K l ,a P er there was an article de-
i thorizes us to say he has th e heat that there we % a \ ot Qf S g^d nyin* that the team which went to
i "m? W [^Walker has a field of aristocratic, high class, people, like Oaffiey Friday was a Y. M C A
1 about tortv acres of corn on his 1 ourselves, on the deck, so being com- ™m now cal,e J **• c - A T ”" ,f ; r8
S mnvslde Vrm that is simply fine. ! forte, I we were not “galled,” as the hut a much better team. All the
SiHinjsiae 1 *i,«nmighlv nre- woman said. members of this team were Y. M. C.
lared-just ^ke a^ garden-and it.! There is a l ot to do before you can I A inPn - 30,1 3,1 ^cept one or two
1 wnT pay any one who likes to see dow n on deck and watch the ' VPrp Y M. C. A. team players. Here
I . P \. isi ; hls farm an d take a look !£ ,ftln * scenes, and strange people. is thP trouble: the m an who wrote
; aMt Whife of course. It has been Eirst Find your cabin, and deposit ; ’>'e article this morning, beard of
i well manured It has had that other | ^r hand bags in it. Second. Go 0,,r ^ feat a " (l d d K not havp * rit
most essential help—elbow grease: hack on the docks and see and have: enOURh to grin and bear it
and brain power apK to it. What 1 felled your heavy baggage, so they _ v “One of the ’Imposters ”’
iwe have said from time to time about oa " I*H It o n hoard. Third. Get ThP 3hovP ls of local interest be-
this farm is no part of buncombe, the ^'r odd cents of American money cauR * >t , r f lateR ‘o the team which
! goods are there to show for them- i changed into English money. Fourth p!ayfJ(1 Friday afternoon at Limestones
STven ,ton t take our word for It. Go on the ship again and find the score being 14 to 9 in favor of
| j l,. S. steward and buy ticket for dock chair Gaffney. It must he confessed, how-
for each. Pay him a dollar for each I PVf,r - th at. the Gaffney team rather
Changes in Route 8 Effective Auq 1»t. . F,fth - Take your steamer "hogged” the Spartanburg bo^H by
U 9 * ,n , , a 1 nf “Cket in your hand and ringing in some of the first team
The following is a description of „ , ' go to ]he , „
rrmte No. *. a* amemlM by <b* P<»‘- th* X y °” r reat » t ' ?
office department- - n '
fic e department. thecar- Sh p and 8ee how nmich deck room w - °- w - Monument Unveiled.
Beginning P° 8toffl v m' have, and satisfy vour mind' Cherry Camp No. 74 Woodmen
rier will go thence. .about your quarters, and smile at the ! the Wor,( I- unveiled the monument
S. E. to ’- 1 mile N and stewar <le88, If you have Sunday at Oakland cemetery whjph
E ‘ /-R ? Ve 7™, , ra a c F to ,ad,e *. ,n ‘he party—for these stew- had been erected by the order to the
E. to Globe Mill and retrac t s - E ft B | ards can make vour voyage nnpleas- memor >’ °f lohn H. Noblett. There
Globe Mill corner 8 tnile. S. E. ant if they try—and you will have to was an imT *iense crowd at the ceme-
south to Draytonville 2.G mik% S. - give them something more than a ter y 10 witness the impressive exer-
on river road to Parker’s corn - smile before you are done with them ! C,8P8 of G 1 ® unveiling. The chief
miles, N. E. and north by Cherokee Seventh. Go find your deck chair features of the exercises were the
ford to Peter Gaffney’s corner 3 miles. m , n t a quiet come/ where v«n /an
N. E.. east and N. E. by Cherokee se e the mo8 f that is going on /Zd
bridge to Globe mill lane 3.7 miles, proceed to keep cool !£? sa
south to Globe MM and retrace nort.i there watching the crowds comJn*
to public road 6. southwest to Teague on, one steward, leaning against a
comer .7. west of south to Limestone ; trunk near us. presented to us pasted
Mill .4, northwest to Gaffney postoffice , on hls hack, "Wanted on the voyage,”
,'l mile. , ^ 11 v a tnie 8ayinR He had got one minutes held his audience spell-bound
length of route, 17 miles; houses of the trunk labels stuck to his back by the magic of hls eloquence. The
on route. ICO. hi« T** 8 carr J rln * J t- We called; oration was pronounced by all who
a te °G°n to It and Joined in the heard It to he an absolutely perfect
Lie* of Letter*. . r , n at just six minutes past; speech for the occasion.
: The following I* the list of nn- bridge^and^n. 80unded . on ‘he after
claimed letters remaining In -.he „ ta f ^ a u cried out, ‘‘Let
of
oration by Hon. Joseph A. McCul
lough, of Greenville, and the beauti
ful music which was rendered by Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Haines, Mrs. Oscar
Shanks and Mr. McBrayer. The
eloquent speaker chose as hls theme,
"The Fraternal Spirit,’’ and for forty
A Double wedding.
Watkins. Stanley Blohoskl, Sumter
j Black. V. G. Blanton, C. Caldwell,
J Sam Cole, A. E. Oonnan, j. B. Dur
1 ham, Miarshall Durham. H. R. Kurdy,
G. M. Miller. (2), J. H. McEntire.
1 Worrter Nance, Robert Sparg, J. J.
F. Quinn.
Call for advertised letters. One
cent du* on each.
A. R. N. Folger, p. M.
Gaffney postoffice for week ending ”” Kt /l' 8i „* a . nd a half minutes Sunday night two young couples
July 22. 1907: ' move and thf began , t ? came In on No. 40 from Spartanburg,
i Sallle Boyd, Mrs. Mary Bobins,, th ’ ,, an ji >a8M!n * erB 4 crowded They were Mr. J. B. Mitchell, of
Miss Mary Dugless, M. O. Gregory. | handkerchiefs answerf/ wav,n ^ Spartanburg, and Miss May Holliday,
Mliss Mollle Goforth. Mrs. Henrletter , w j handkerchief 8 ^ a , of °f Greenville, and Mr. J. W. Hill, of
Jahson, Mrs. Mattie Jafnes, Mrs.; an a d were nff i/ ho^ v° ck . 8 ‘ Spartanburg, and Miss Ella Cham-
Birtha Miller, (2), Mrs. Alma Rus-, Ne Y ork h,it «,heTi beeD h0t i n ber,edge - ot Greenville. They went
sell, Mrs Belle Thompson. Mrs. Lena gea it ’ I j” 1 jot out to ^ the Commercial Hotel and sent
had to be brought ont We lo/ked aft ^ r Wagl8trate B - p Camp ’ wbo
about us and found a giod ™rn/?^ j per f or,ned * doab ; e . G>e
had our chairs put there before “7 p f rlor # 8 of bote IJ n Pr e8ence
one should take the place We keDt ,of a few adm,r,n * friends. The new-
it that day. but the next morning i ly wedded couples left yesterday for
our fine comer was occupied by two' 8partanb,,rg ’ the,r future
Episcopal nuns, with hood and gown. I “
The first day out you think a lot' Mlnetrel Tonight,
about the weather, and have a feel-: Tonight Gaffney lovers of music,
ing of dread lest you are sea sick, ] mirth and merriment will hav e an op-
and you watch the people who seem portunlty to enjoy themselves If they
all alike In some respects. "That i *0 to see Small Brothers and Rude-
one looks like a preacher” aome one »«ll’a great minstrel show. The per-
oald, and that long bearded old man I formance 'will take place In the eve-
has a little the loob of a prenchcer i t^ng under canvas, which will be
too. I approached the "preacher” 1 pitched on the depot lot. The man-
and found him a Baptist D. D. from J agers promise a clean and refined
Philadelphia, making * visit with hls j Aow, one that will not offend the
wife to the old country. The other most fastidious. In fact It is said to
Dr. Edwin R. Taylor, dean of the
University of California, doctor and
lawyer, ha* been elected mayor of
San Francisco In the place of Smldt,
convicted of all sorts of corruption
in office and put out
—Go to the "Seed Store” for your
Turnip seed.
lit takes a lot of courage to enable
a woman to admit that she Is homely.
man was a Swede,
visit to the old
passengers gathered into kftots and
companies after their own kind, and
de, going back for a
land. Gradually the
be a show for ladles, children and
gentlemen.
far The
r. fl ■
Recent Happenings | n and Around
th* City and Other Events Gather
erf by the Local New* Editor
A. W. Clary is now with the
( Gaines bottling works.
1 Miss Mnry Bramlett is teaching
! the Timber Ridge school again.
-
j Rev. W. T. Tohonipson filled his
I regular appointment at Unity Sun-
1 day.
The ladies of Buford Street Metho
dist church will serve ice cream at the
| city park Wednesday evening at 5
I o’clock.
There will he an illustrated lecture
Ion the "Life of Christ” at Timber
i Ridge school house Fridav night
iJuly 26th.
Rev. E. G Ross began a series of
meetings • at Draytonville Sunday
morning and will continue for this
w’eek and possibly longer.
A party of four young men passed
through Gaffney Saturday in an ele
gant touring car. They were from
j Atlanta and were going to the Maine
I coast.
I
j L. C. Warmoth, Miss Dora Scott,
Miss Lily Goforth and Miss Edna
Brown attended an all-day singing at
Arrowood Sunday. They report a
grand time.
J. F. Kitchens, a former Gaffney
I boy who has been living at Concord,
j N. C., is now in the city for a few
; days. He will move to Monroe, N.
| C„ In a short whle.
A sepcial meeting of the Board of
Trade is called for Thursday night
at 8:30 p. m. Let every member be
; present, as the meeting is of vital In-
i terest to the town.
1
Street Overseer Coyle. i s again
I cleaning off the city hall park which
adds much to the pleasure of the
many visitors who frequently drop
by for a few moments recreation.
The Ladies Aid Society of Grover,
will give an ice cream suppe- Satur
day night, July 27th for the benefit
of the aew Baptist church. Every
body is cordially invited to attend.
Magistrate Bridges last week tried
Will Byars, white, for trespass after
notice, and upon finding him guilty
sentenced him to pay a fine of $15
or work twenty-five da vs on the
pang.
C. T. Clary, the shipping clerk of
the Gaffney Manufacturing Company,
is all smiles now. With the coming
of yesterday also came an eleven-
! pound son which makes him one of
I the happy fathers of Gaffnejr.
, There will be Children’s Day exer-
! cises at Macedonia next Saturday,
I -T'lly 27th. Dr. a. M. Simms and
Prof. Shuford are expected to make
speeches. Dinner will be served on
the ground. Everybody is invited to
attend.
Dr. Vf. c. Hamrick and Mr E.
R. Cash, left on Saturday night for
the north where they went to pur
chase machinery for the Merrimac
mills. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Hamrick and Miss Ethel Ham
rick who expect to spend a week or
ten days at Atlantalc City.
The (?) Club was *»nt@rtained by
Miss Mjarion Morgan at her % home
last Thursday afternoon. Miss Mor
gan Is a charming hostess, and the
afternoon was most pleasantly spent.
A dainty salad course, followed by
Ice cream and cake was served. The
next meeting will be held with Miss
15th el Ross.
Magistrate Camp heard two cases
last week in his court, one against
Dennis White, a young white man
for vagrancy, and one against Rome
Self, white, for gelling whiskey. White
was sentenced to work on the gang
ten days or pay a fine of $5, while
Self was bound over to the court of
sessions. Forrest Pennington was
also arrested for selling whiskey but
his case was continued until this
week.
A Short Sketch of the Rote Tin
Mine.
In last weeks Issue of the Mlanu-
facturers’ Record appeared the fol
lowing Interesting item from the pen
of Oapt. J. B. Bell:
“Justl outside of the corporate
limits of Gaffney, In Cherokee county,
South Carolina, is the Ross tin mine.
Capt. s. S. Ross, the owner, has n
tract of 890 acres in one body, upon
which the mine is located. Oapt
Ross has had considerable experience
in handling minerals, and on one oc
casion in 1903, In riding over this
pro|>erty after a considerable wind
storm had passed over this section,
he noticed at the root of a tree which
had been blown out of root a sub
stance which he did not recognize.
He concluded after a close examina-
tion that It was hematite, but later
concluded that it was casitarite. Up
on investigatigation he found that
there wer e quantities of th e mineral
in proximity to the spot where he
made the discovery. He secured
enough for samples and sent It to the
chemist at Clemson Agricultural Col
lege. and wrote Professor Hardin,
the chemist, that ‘he guessed he
would be laughed at, but that he
thought he had discovered caslterite
on his farm near Gaffney.' Capt
Ross was delighted to receive a let
ter from Professor Hardin some time
later assuring him that It was casl
terite. and that it contained some
thing like 80 per cent. tin. He next
took some samples to Pittsburg. Pa.,
and was assured that he had a very
fine quality of tin ore. He then com
menced in a very crude way to get
out the ore, and in a short rime had
secured enough to make a carload,
which he shipped to Cornwall. Eng
land, for which he received about
$10,000. He has sunk the shaft to a
depth of 150 feet, and at different
levels has found the ore in large
quantities. With the crudest meth
ods imaginable he has taken out and
shipped about 55 tons of ore, and has
enough in sight to guarantee a like
quantity. He got out the last car of
or» with the help of three men, and
they did it in less than stx months,
and when It Is considered that a car
of this ore is worth now from $12,-
’•OO to $15,000 it will be seen that
Capt. Ross has a ‘good thing’ in hie
At the 150-foot level he
struck the largest vein of all. It is
hard to understand why Capt. Ross
does not install up-to-date machinery
at the mine, which would enable him
to take out the ore in larger quan
tities and with much more sase. In
getting the ore ready for shipment,
after cleaning it, he puts It into
double sacks which hold from 125 to
150 pounds. The car which he is
loading now will arrive in New York
next week, and Capt. Ross and his
son, Col. D. C. Uoss 4 will go to New
^ °rk in order to be on f he irround
when it arrives.”
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS,
Misses Nettie and Ha McKenzie,
who have bee n visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Lipscomb some weeks, left yes
terday for their home in th** lower
part of fhe State.
Mr. and Mrs R. l. Himes, who
have been solourning in northern
cities, returned home Sunday.
Mr. W. L. Davis, of the Southern
f Power Company, was in Gaffney Sun-
! day, and reports very - satisfactory
1 progress at the Ninety-Nine Islands,
i Messrs. Anderson and McDaniel,
two of the young gentlemen who are
connected with the construcion work
at Gaston Shoals report that very
satisfacory progress is being made
J with the work at that point
Miss Inez Spears, of Jonesvllle, is
in the c tty visiting friends and rel
atives for a few days.
Col. P. Mortimer Moore, of Yori>
ville. was a Gaffney visitor vester-
day.
D. D. Wilkins, a member of the
Suttle-Wbshburn Lumber Company,
of Shelby. N. C., was in town yester
day.
Bridge McCulloch, of Star Farm,
was in the city Friday.
Cheap Rate* to Charleston.
There will be a special train to
leave Gaffney at 6 a. m. July 30th,
via Blacksburg, Rock Hill and Kings
ville, returning, leaving Charleston
on any regular train up to and in
cluding Thursday, a. m. August 1st.
Rates round trip $3.00.
For further information address J.
E. Ezell, Gaffney, 8. C.
—Don’t feed imparities to your
family. There are no articles of food
on the market that are so universally
adulterated as ground apices and
flavoring extracts. The Gaffney Drug
Co. absolutely guarantees their apices
and extracts to be pure and of full
strength.
—When toe machinery of the Pure
Food laws gets In operation to the
refuse pile will go stacks of ground
spices and flavoring extracts which
are still being used by the unsuspect
ing public.
Tale of * Mouse.
“Oh. do send a man out here.
There’s a mouse In my desk.” Thus
spake Miss Ida E. Edgerton. principal
of Scranton school, to Secretary
Gammel over the telephon* a day or
two ago. says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
“Oh. a mouse Isn’t so dangerous.”
said Gammel soothingly. “May be
one of the pupils can catch
“Oh, but It’s dead.” exclaimed the
agitated teacher. 7 ~TJ|
“Dead!” repeated Gammel: “don’t
mean to say yourire afraid of a dead
mouse?” He repressed a chuckle at
the Idea.
“Oh. no, no.” assured the teacher;
“yon see, it seems to have been dead
some time. It—It must have died
here in the desk. Itr-”
“I see,” said Gammel promptly;
“It’s been dead so long, you wish It
were alive s© It could run away.
Wb’H send a carpenter out at once."
—Begin to get ready to plant Tur
nip* and Rnta-Bagaa. Buy all such
seed from the Gaffney Drug Co., the
“Seed Store,” where you can get any
kind of seed you need In bulk.
—Why buy Turnip and RvU-Ba^i
seed In those small 5c paper, when
you can buy them in bulk from Gaff
ney Drug Co. and save over half th*
—Go to the “Seed Store” for your
Turnip seed.