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. ■. ?ter V. r * THK LIDOCIt Tuesday and Friday, Id. H. DeCamp, Editor ard FubHahor. Tke i ©dyer Is not responsIWo tor he Tlewg of correspondonta. Hereaft«r no <^dv«r:lsementa will be accepted at this office after 9.30 o'clock Mondays and Thursdays. Wau u your label and the date. And renew before ’Ms too late; T f there be an error, don’t get mad llepo? t te us—we’ll make you glad j*tL oiber, 'tla our aim to please. Mat orrora are like peskv fleai , T*hev vin creep In In spite of fate ~herefore. watch your label and the date. -Original CITY DIRECTORY. Officials. J. Q. Little „ •• H. L. Spears W. H. Rote Clerb R. A. Jones V ’ A. L. Hallman Health . T H. Lockhart Chief Police -I. b. Bell City Attorney Board Public Works. A. N Wood Chairman j. N. Lipscomb Treasurer W. H. Board of Trade C. Hamrick J. C. Otts Secretary THE TROLLY LINE. Elsewhere in this Issue will be found an account of a meeting which was held last night to discuss the feasibility of building a trolly line whtch will connect Gaffney with the surrounding towns. The present industrial awakening of our country is the most important economic event which has ever oc curred to us. In every town in the South the people are building homes, schools and better streets. In almost every local paper in this part of the country may be seen “more houses are needed in this town More labor is needed. W e have a commissioner In Europe now seeking men to work in our mills and to till our lands. There are thousands of farmers in the South who were in debt d ve years ago that now have healthy bank accounts, and who are sending their sons and daughters to the best colleges. All this denotes progress, and the right kind of progress at that The trains are daily crowded with people, the railroads cannot haul the freight then why in the name of all that is reasonable, would not a trolly line pay and pay well? The argu ment that it would have a tendency to divert trade from Gaffney to other ‘towns is absurd. It would bring twice as much trade to Gaffney as it would take away, and if this line should connect with a road waich competes with the Southern we would save as much in freight in a few years as the line would cost. There is a Seaboard conection at Spartan burg. and the hauling of light freight for a distance of twenty-one miles would result in a big saving to our shippers. All in the world that the company, dhrougb their agent, Mr. Hannon, asks Is that we will give the scheme our encouragement and to convince them that the project will pay. Let every man who has the progress and welfare of the city at heart, pull every pound he can to in duce the building of this line. NOTES AND COMMENTS. lands on Broad river means much for Gaffney and Cherokee county. The mills already established in our midst should be able to obtain power at a much cheaper r at.e than they are now paying, and new enterprises should be encouraged to establish their plants here. With our excellent rail road facilities, our unexcelled climate, our progressive population and cheap power, there is no reason under the sun why Gaffney should not become one of the most important cities of upper South Carolina. Death of Capt. E. S. West. Spartanburg, July 24.—Capt. E. S. West, station agent of the Southern railway in this city, who suffered a stroke of apoplexy yesterday, died early this morning at the city hos pital. The body was taken to his old home at West Springs this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mr. West was a Mason, and a number of Masons of Spartan burg lodge, of which Mr. West was a member, accompanied the remains to West Springs. Couldn’t Stick Him Again. A bishop, accosted in Fifth avenue, New York, by a neat but hungry stranger, took the needy on e to a ho tel and shared a gorgeous dinner with him, yet, having left his episco pal wallet in the pocket of a different episcopal jacket, suddenly faced the embarrassment of not possessing the wherewithal to pony up. “Never mind,’’ exclaimed his guest, “I have enjoyed dining with you and I shall be charmed to shoulder the cost. Per mit me.’’ Whereupon the stranger paid for two. This worried the pre late, who insisted, “Just let me call a cab and we’ll run up to my hotel, where I shall have the pleasure of reimbursing you." But the stranger met the suggestion with, “See here, old man! You’ve stuck me for a bul- iy good dinner, but hanged if I’m going to let you stek me for cab fare!” The Way of Reform. In a little Alabama town a score of years ago there was a shiftless colored boy named Wash Jones, who, after being caught in a number of petty deliqueucies, was at last sen tenced to a short term in the peni tentiary, where he was to learn a trade. On the day of his return home, says the Woman’s Home Com panion, he met a friendly white acquaintance, who asked: “Well, what did they put you at in the prison, Bill?’' Dey started into make an honest boy out’n me, sah.” "That’s good, Bill; and I hope they succeeded.” “Dey did, sah.” "And Low did they teach you to be honest, Bill?” "Dey done put me In de shoe shop, suh, nailin' pastboard enter shoes fo’ soles, sah.” MAY BE TEDDYVILLE. Wholesale. An old gentleman stopped over night at a small hotel in western Pennsylvania, and in the morning asked for a drink of brandy, saying that he was not feeling very well. The landlord produced the brandy, and the old gentleman helped him self. He poured out a glassful and drank it. Smacking his lips, he said: “That is pretty good; I guess I will have some more.” tilling up the glass, he again drank tiie contents, and handed the land lord a quarter. The latter gave him back 17 cents. “You have made a mistake,” re marked the lodger, gazing at his change. “You have given me back too much. I usually pay io cents and you have only taken eight.” \Vell,” drawled the landlord, “It is cheaper at wholesale.” i The “Old Man’’ is off at Piedmont Springs this week kicking up his heels and worrying “Uncle Sam” Hopper. We will do the best we can while he is absent. We expect him back about Friday provided “Uncle Sam” is able to tell him the time the northbound train Is due. • » • The development of power at Gas ton Shoals and the Ninety-Nine Is- Mt-afne** Cannot lx* Cnr**«l by loci' applicHtlons, as they cannot r'-acli the di.s portion of the ear. Th< i* i- only one wav to cure deafness, and that !s by constitutional remedies. Deafness is cauioMi'tiy Inflamed condition of the mucous Unlng of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube jtets inflamed you have a runitilliu.' •ound or imperfect hcarlnif. and when It, Is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can t>e taken out and this lute-restored tolls normal ebndl- tlor,. hearing will be destroyed forever; nin-' case- out of *n are caused by catarrh, which Ib not l.lntt but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will stive One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (cased hy catarrh) that can not he cun d by Hall’* Catarrh Cure. Sej d forclrculars. free. V J. CHENEY k CO.. Toledo O. Sold by Druyirests, 73c. Hall's Famliv Pllle are the best. Much Simpler. At a country lair ^ man went up to a tent where some elk were on ex hibition and stared wistfully up at the sign. “I’d like to go in there,” he said to the keeper, “but it would be mean to go in without my family, and I cannot afford to pay for my wife and seventeen children.” The keeper stared at him in aston ishment. “Are all those your child ren?’ he gasped. “Every one,” said the man. “You wait a minute,” said the keep er. “I’m going to bring the elk out and let them see yon all.” Gothenburg's Floating Dock. A floating -lock t > he stationed ui Gothenburg i-> now being built at Kiel, for the working of which a company has been formed will) n capital of 1,000 kroner, says Engineer. The state and the city of Gothenburg have pro vided most of the capital between them. Certain privileges will be grant ed to war vessels Alabama Town, Which Has No Race Suicide, Wants a Naw Name. Presidents have come and presidents hate gon**, but Up* great question that has been uppermost in Town Greek for generations lias not been solved, says a Town Greek (Ala.) special to the New York Times. There Is hope now, how ever, that it will !>e, and some citizens are already practicing writing Tedrly- ville as their home address. Long ago some pioneer who had no Imagination fixed upon Town Creek us the name of the future metropolitan City of Lawrence county, Ala. Nobody changed it in time, and it sticks; hence an air of scorn that has been assumed by the citizens of Tuscumbla, who have always said probably that no- Ixxly could mistake whether they were talking of a town or stream when the name of their home was mentioned. This spirit lias spread also to Yocoin, Mehama, Igoburg Oplee. Basham. Pebble. Tavern, Motes. Step. Prick and Arctic, while the attitude of Die Progress people has been unbearable Lots of tim<*s lltere have been propo sitions to change the name. Leading citizens have pointed out that a town that has a schoolhonse. two churches »nd a railroad running through it should not be looked down upon. Ev erybody agreed as to that, but nobody was aide to rally a sufficient following for his particular name. A few days ago some of the good housewives of the town gave an insni ration to the leading citizens that is likely to solve the whole problem. Five sets of twins and three sets of triplets were bom in that time. Nov- n campaign is under way to have the town called after the president, the enemy of rnec suicide. Limestone county had got in ahead with the nn • Roosevelt, but what Is the matter with Todd-ville? A petition enlllng for Its adoption is being largely signed. “Minister" Barrett’s Story. John Barndt. ihe new director of the bureau of American republics, tells a good story on himrelf. Some years ago he was asked by a friend ho make a speech at a big barbeeue which was to he held at a distant town. His friend was to have been the prin cipal speaker, but owing to illness was unable to attend, so ho sent Mr. Bar rett instead. He telegraphed the chair man of the i arbecue that “John Bar rett. ex-minister to Siam, would deliver the address of the day.” The chair man. being acquainted with minister;', of only one kind, was some what astonished that Mr. Barrett should be sent. When the time came for tin speech ho went to the front o? the platform to introduce the speaker. After consulting the telegram again to he sure of the name he said: “It gives me great pleasure to intro duce the principal speaker of the day. The Rev. John Barrett, ej-missionary to the Itenichted heathen of Siam, will now speak.”—Youth’s Companion. King Edward's Memory. A story is being told which Ulus trates tim king’s marvelous memory for minutiae of detail. A certain yeo manry officer came up for presenta tion at the ln c f levee and In honor of the occasion ordered a brand new uni form. The :>’-my tailor who made the uniform slipped into some slight error with regard to straps and buttons. The officer himself did not notice it. and it also escaped the eye of his colo nel. who presented him, but as he passed the throne the king observed It and sent an official after him to tell him what was wrong and that It mu«t be altered. Another story Illustrating the king’s good memory for details Is that on the morning after Queen Victoria’s death, when the new king went to Portsmouth, he noticed that the royal standard was flying at half mast high. This was, of course. In tended as a mark of respect to the deceased sovereign. But In the pres ence of the reigning sovereign the roy al standard must always fly mast high, and the king pointed out the error at once.—Dundee Advertiser. The Japanese. “Evety time the papers say sonx thing anout Maps’ it hurts the Japanese people,” said n Japanese. “We call our country Nippon, pronounced in the Jap anese tongue ‘Nihon,’ and a Japanese man Is ‘Nihon,in.* Foreigners say Jap anese and Japan because they don’t know how to pronounce the rc.i) words.”—Now York Sun. Practicing on Ministers. “I counted seven girls taking down my sermon In shorthand Sunday morn ing " said .i - ’buiban mlnisffir “I am gc’ing tired of tills business of turn* ii , r chur •’< into school. It Is a desecra- tb n of the sabbath and of the sanctu ary. and it gets worse year hy year. "When tin* thing first began, T admit that I was flattered. I thought the sol- itury shorthand writer In my front pew was a reporter. I took unusual pains that morning, and I searched all f * newspapers the next day—In vain, of «curse. The shorthand writer was ui >rely it student of stenography, using me to practice on. “. indents of stenography should practice on actors and on lecturers. But. no. that would cost money. Noth ing suits them but ministers, and every Sunday all over our land young men and women, with their pads and foun tain pens, go to church solely to im prove their shorthand.”—New York Press. Shrewdness In Love. Down the winding country road walked a strange trio—a comely and perfectly composed looking maiden an,j two men. on each of whose faces one could perceive the influence of the green-eyed monster. Their names, the reader will be interested to hear, were Miss Jones. Mr. Brown and Mr. Robinson. Suddenly, as they say in the novels, a severe thunderstorm came on. Lightning flashed, and Mr. Brown re marked that he was frightened. Here was Robinson’s chance. “What are you afraid of?” he an swered, contemptuously. “I am as cool as can be.” “Why, of course,” answered the as tute Brown. “If j were alone I should be the same; but I am afraid for Miss Jones In this lightning. You see, she is so attractive!” Robinson is still a bachelor, but Brown Is not. DP J. F. GARRETT. DENTirr. Movft* to new offic# ever Frederiefr •treat Front of the Battery. 'Phene in Office ana Reeldeaoe. General Kuroki at Jamestown Fair. It Is announced from Tokyo that General Kuroki will represent the Jap anese army at the Jamestown celebra tion In June. The Raleigh city ticket agent of tb Southern has been arrested for failure to sell tickets at the new rate, he refused to give bond and went to Jail. Consumption is less deadly than it used to be. Certain relief and usually complete recovery will result from the following treatment: Hope, jest, fresh air, and—Scott'j Emulsion. ALL DRUGGISTS; SOc. AND $1.00. 50c IN CASH FOR 100 COUPONS FROM Do Wo Want lir.iriortality ? Where among the educated and the reil: ed, much less among the masses, do we tind any ardent desire for a fu- tu '• life? It is not a subject of draw ing room conversation, and the man whose habit It Is to buttonhole his ac quaintances and Inquire earnestly aft er their souls Is shunned like the An cient Mariner. Among the clergy It Is not thought polite to refer io so deli cate a topic except officially from the pulpit. Most ominous of all, declares t)r. William Osier In bis book on “Sci ences and Immortality,” as Indicating the utter absence of Interest on the part of the public is the silence of the press. In the columns of which are manifest dally the works of the flesh. if »• ** THE CIGARETTE OF QUALITY 2 Coupons in Each Package! Coupons also Redeemable for Valuable Preseoti Premium Department AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. JERSEY err \ X. J. ST. LOUIS, MO. 1 What She Called Him, * (San Francisco Chronicle.) The discussion was over the proper pronunciation of the word “chauf feur.” They were all Native Rons and the argument was entirely friendly. “It’s ‘show-fir,’ declared one.” "Never.” insisted another; “it’s ‘chaw-fur.” “Not much,” interposed a third; “it’s ‘chef-fear.’ ” “A," interrupted another, ‘‘here comes Bruce Cornwall. He’s a promi nent member of Stanford Parlor, law yer, and all that; and. besides, he runs a machine, so he knows." “Sh,” cautioned one of the group. “Bruce has only been married a few weeks, and the thing that would please him most, would he to asbhlm how Mrs. Cornwall pronounces ‘chef- fear.’ ” “Hello, Bruce, old man! Glad to see you. Accept my congratulations! Say by the way, what does your wife call the fellow that drives her auto?” “Well.” and Cornwall crimsoned, “we’re all Native Sons together, and T don’t mind telling you’. She calls him ’dearie.’ ” Just Over the Line in Cleve land County, N. C., is Situated PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL $63-$81 Pays Board, Tuition and Room Rent for the Full Session jof Nine Months. | |Eleventh session. Never a case of serious sickness in school. Mineral water, magnificent scenery, splendid community, experienced teachers. WHAT PROMINENT PEOPLE SAY OF PIEDMONT. The School is one of the best preparatory schools in this State.—The Cleveland Star. Most heartily do I recommend the School to all who have sins and daughters to educate <’. E. Taylor, Fix-President Wake F’orest Oollege * S no Hlgh Seh001 ln D'ls part of the country doinir more thorough educational work. E. Y. Webb, Member of Co.gresT a re al J Pi'-itsed with the progress made by the boys, and If nothin* happens they wlh return next session. It is the best and cheapest school In the State. y FI. M. Koonce, Member N. 0. Legislature. drmeHn^uTL 0 )!^ not °? ly (J<, “ e * n le *t books, but work equally as good has been (J >nc In training the morals and developing the character of students. T. J. Kamsauh, Treasurer of Cleveland Cotton Mills. marked 1 exLenMtr. S -a W iit';» 1<le i n L‘'n of b a . Uent : Painstaking labor, thorough scholarship and marked executive ability. I believe the school a good one and worthy of liberal patron- j. B. CARLYLE, Prof. Latin, Wake Forest College and I’tedmont High School warmly to those who desire their children to be taught the true idea of education and to be lead up into a higher life of usefu 1 manhood and womanhood. J. A. Anthony, Ex-Superintendent ^hoo!s ti jn of l 8 i. hor ® UKh and Influence surrounding the pupil excellent. The loca- ^ fine, because of elevation and witter, and the community is one of the most refined In Western North Carolina. It. F. Tkedway, Former Pastor at Shelby Mr. W. D. Bums, Principal Piedmont High School. 11(001. UlM. - I I Chapel Hill, N. C., May ft, 1905. : * 1 **«*<'»M«*j rieuuJUiJfc Jllgll 9CU001. Jhe young men who have come to tho University from the Piedmont High . ( bool have taken a good stand in their classes, doing faithful and satufiictory work. F\ P. Venable, President University of North Carolina. «L t «H e „ p, ‘i aSl i r . e * n bearing testimony regarding the Piedmont Hlg^Schwl^'^have spent some time in this school and found the work of the class rooms to be thorough, practical and far reaching In Its scope. The teachers are devoted to their work and thoroughly no effort in making the class room a place of Interest to the pupil. The school has an excellent literary society. One of tne strongest high school de- ’ } a™ -^ n e d to was onegiven by the members of this society. In my opinion this State, and f < ,— rr viiyj jut lum in i/i iijis *uuit?i/y. in my school deserves a pUce among the best schrjoJs in this part of the State, and I commend It to all the people. B. T. Palls, A. M . County Superintendent public Instruction A Wonderful Happening. ' Port Byron, N. Y-, has witnessed one of the most remarkable cases of healing ever recorded. Amos F. King, of that place says; “Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured a sore on my leg with which I had suffered over 80 years [ am now elghty-flve.” Guar anteed to cure all sores, by Cherokee Drug Co. 23c. Session Opens August 12th. For Catalogue write to W. D. BURNS, Lawndale, N. C. June 38-Aug2-ltii w. Are Yon Administrator and have the settlement of an estate? If so.'request of the Judge of Probate that your advertisement be placed in :: :: It has the largest circulation of any paper in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional District. s 2m m *' m *1 V The Embroidery Sale! We h'ave dt ck ed > contmu our sale for the next ten days. It will be greatly to your inter est to come an i o , through this beautiful line of Embroideries at cost. : : : : : 20 per cent off on low cut Shoes. The kind that’s hard to wear out. Fhe Company Store