The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 27, 1907, Image 2
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THE LEDGER.
Tuesday an# Friday,
Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor ard Fubllaher.
Tke Ledger is not reeponsthlo for
t i* of correspondenta.
lion receives $300. That's progress
for you! $900 a year salary tor one
man to damn souls, blight homes,
make widows and orphans and to
raise the devil in general, and $300 a
y'ar to one man to make men and
women out of boys and girls. We’d
COTTON SEED IN INDA.
Hereafter no sdver.leemer.ta will be
accepted at this offlce after9.S0 o'clock
* n Mondays and Thursdays.
Watcb your label and the date.
And renew before ’tls too lata;
If there be an error, don't get mad.
Iteport to us—we'll make yon glad
renumber, 'tls our aim to please,
Km errors are like peskv fleas—
Thev will creep in In spite of fete.
Therefore, watch your label and the
date
—Original.
Mr. D. A. Tompkins to Exparlment In
Charlotte.
Columbia, Aug. 21.—Special Agent i
J. Graham Clarke, in reporting on !
the cotton seed industry in India, >
states that there is only one native
- “ uu s**' 0 - ”''“!mlll and that the seed 1* largely ex*
rather be the educator at the salary ported and that the average price ]
he receives, but we ca n’t refrain from paid for a long ton of cotton seed is
saying that the county which pursues $1* 50.. This mill sells locally all of
* NEM GOODS!
CITY DIRECTORY.
Officials.
). Q Little May6r
H. L Speers Mayor Pro Tem
W. H. Hoe# City Clarb
R. A. Jones Treasurer
A. L. Hallman Health Oflleer
T. H Lockhart Chief Police
J. B. Bell City Attorney
Board Public Works.
A. N. Wood Chairman
J. N. Lipscomb Treasurer
W. H. Rosa Secretary
Board of Trade
,7. C. Hamrick President
J. C. Otts Secretary
such a course is doomed to the same
place where the boy put the frog that
jumped up one foot and fell back
three.
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The Ledger has bad no talk with
the gentlemen who arc to control the
letting of electrical power in small
quantities in Gaffney, therefore has
no means of knowing what rate they
propose charging, but we take the
liberty of suggesting that It would
be to the best Interests of the town
to make the rate for the small user
as low as possible. Certainly the
town I s not In business for the pur
pose of making money out of Its citi
zens. It should raise its revenue by
taxation alone and It should ba borne
in mind that if the minimum rate is
offered the sq|$.ll Industries It will
induce them to establish here; and
then the city will reap the reward by
the Increase in tax values.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
the oil it can manufacture, cotton
seed oil being preferred fo lard for
culinary purposes, even by those who
are not of the Mohammedan faith.
The Indian oil is not as clear and
pure as the American oil, nor is it ex
actly of the same taste and color, and
It is not so well suited for table use.
The people of India seem to know
a good thing when they see It. but
the building of oil mills in India is
not encouraged by the British gov
ernment. reason that the large mills
located i n England are dependent up
on the supply of seed from India and
Egypt, and the erection of oil mills
In these countries would cut off such
supply. The native papers are all In
favor of local manufactures and they
claim that the Increasing export of
cotton seed from India is a great
drain on the fertility of the country.,
and also that If they were manufactur-!
ed In India it would give employment
to a large number of people.
A sample of Indian cotton seed was
sent by Baroda State to the United
States to be worked up in one of our
mills. Mr. Whitenack, who is the
economic adviser of Baroda State,
and a n American,
NEW GOODS! |
Arriving by every freight and Express.
New Clothing for men, young men and boys.
New Hats in stiff and soft. A Hat to suit every head and
pocket book.
New Mattings, Carpets and Rugs.
New Shoes for men, women and children.
NOTES AND COMMENTB.
Th men who get the most out of
life & re those who work, not for self
alone, but for the good of all.
• • •
The indications are that this years
corn crop will be the bumper crop so
0 far as Cherokee is concerned.
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It .AW not be a great while before
the schools open. Begin now to make
preparations *0 send that boy or girl
to school. Education is the key
which unlocks the door of prejudice
and r>o\erty. Don’t deprive your child
of an education.
• • •
If you love Gaffney and Cherokee
county you should put your shoulder
to the wheel and help push. If you
• do not love your town and county
you should pull up stakes and move
to some place you can pull for. No
community is benefited by a grumb
ler or bnocker.
• • •
Editor Frank Cain, of the St. Math
ews Commercial Advance is making
a noble fight for a new county. If the
people of the proposed county of
Calhoun are wise to their best Inter
ests they will present a solid phalanx
at the ballot on election day and set
up housekeeping for themselves. We
know what we are talking about be
cause we have tried It.
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The defect of the bond issue for
good roads in Spartanburg county is
regretable. We had entertained the
hope that the people of Spartanburg
; county had gotten a sufficient taste
of good roads to make them crave
more. It's strange reasoning to us
why a man would vote against a bond
Issu* that could only prove profitable
to him and his posterity.
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t teern.-; like it would be only just
aud, proper for one. or moj-e, of our
police officers to make an occasional
visit to Limestone, say one night in
a week. The people of that part of
the city pay their thAe», and, there
fore. are entitled to police protection;
and if the visit were made at Irregu
lar intervals the law-breakers there
would not know when to expect the
officer, consequently, the uncertainty
of big appearance would put a con
siderable check upon the boisterous
ones in that community.
is sending over
large quantities of cotton seed to be
„ . _ | made into cake and oil. so as to as-
Misses ‘Toots and Mamie Barnett, | cei .t a j n practical results and as to
Forest City, N. C.. who were the w ] ie ther American machinery cap be
adapted to the smaller and fuzzier
Indian seed. Mr. D. A. Tothpbins,
of Charlotte, N. 0.. has a shipment of
Indian seed which he is going to work
up in this way. and the results will
be available for publication.
The question naturally arises if
England can import cotton seed from
India and Egypt, why can not the
mills in the United states do the
New Dress Goods and Silks, Imported and Domestic. Every
thing that i$ wanted in up-to-date goods.
Our buyers are in the eastern markets now and are sending
us the new things. Come and see them. We
are glad to show you through.
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CARROLL & BYERS
of
guests of Prof, and Mrs. W. L. John
‘ton last week, left Friday for Green
ville to enter college. The Misses
Barnett are daughters of Superin-
| tendent E. J. Barnett, of the Forest
i City Cotton Mills, and once resided
in Gaffney. >
.Miss Lorene Johnson, of Greenville,
was in the city last week visiting
her grandparents. Prof, and Mrs. W.
L. Johnson.
Tom Clarkson, of Union, wa* in the thing? There are two answers.
city a day or two last week
E. W. Carmichel. a prominent drug
gist of Mullins, is in the city for a
few days.
Miss Edna Byars, of this city, has
been visiting her friends and relatives
in Greenville.
George Mabry, who has been spend
ing some time in Orangeburg and
other cities in the lower part of the
State, is at home again.
Dr. G. F. Lee, mineralogist, of
Blacksburg, wag in the city yester
day.
Dr. w. K. Gunter is spending a few
days in Tennessee. During his ab
sence his offlce is in charge of Dr.
Victor Lipscomb.
Miss Clara Boyd, of Edgefield, Is
spending gome time in the city, the
guest of Miss Myrtle Gaffney, ou
Limesone street. Miss Boyd was
once a resident of Gaffney, and has
many warm friends here who are
always glad to have her in their
midst.
Pink Dellinger of Shelby, N. C.,
was a visitor to the city yesterday.
While in the city he was the guest
of M. L. Ross. Mr. Dellinger has
many friends in the city who were
buisly engaged in giving him the glad
hand.
Mrs. R. p. Roper leaves today for
Rock Hill, after spending some time
in Gaffney. Mr. and Mrs. Rope?,
formerly residents of Gaffney, are
now living in Rock Hill.
C. G. Foster, of Anderson, is visit
ing his sist*>r, Mrs. J. G. Braralette.
A n Interesting Exhibit.
One of the most Interesting exhibits
ever held in Gaffney fs the display
of possibilities and results of a course
in the International Correspondence
School, of Sranton. p a . One of the
large windqws of Carrol] & Byers’
store is used to advantage to show
the people of Gaffney what this in
stitution is doing for ambitious men
and women. Founded sixteen yean
ago by its present president to edu
cate the miners of Pennsylvania to
pass the State mine laws, with one
course only, and a few thousand stu
dents during Its first year, n has pros
pered and grown until now it has
over a million students scattered all
over tiie English speaking world and
gives instruction in over 20.) different
subjects. That its Instruction is suc
cessful Is shown by the fact that new
students are being enroued at the
rate of over 10,000 a month; most of
whom are Induced to enroll by ol 1
students. Quite a number of Gaffney
men are graduates of this school and
speak of it in the highest terms.
Messrs, j. s. Cook and E. B. Walker,
JT. are here in charge of the display
and are surprising our citizens by the
Friday was the anniversary of the evidence 0 f good accomplished by fit-
r.f crav<* 1 Rim whirl, was 1 n,J n, ° n for hl & he r salaries and
battle of Gravel Run. which was positions in the world With a capital
fought jus t forty-three years ago. and 0 f $<;,000.000 and a force of 3,000
in which Butler’s cavalry won dis-j*rained men in its employ; the im-
tinction and honorable mention in 1 uiensity ran better he imagined than
the — i^tated.
reports of that fight. An ex
change says: “The engagement was
fought just two miles west o f Reams
Death of M’\ Jameu Good.
Mr. .Tames W. Good, who has been
Station'and Butler’s cavalry fought i critically ill for some time, died
Gregg’s division of cavalry and in-! Tuesday night. Mr. Good moved to
, . , i . i Gaffney a short while ago from Blairs-
fantry and drove them back several ville anf , ha . be( , n , K . r0llIiil . !v , )lllor .
miles. This fight was managed by j nmate since, he or his family having
Gen. Butler alone and while not re- ^ been ill almost the entire time. Mr.
corded generally in the histories was 9°°:^ wah a ld f> us.f hristian man and
. . . . * during his short days in Gaffney, had
one of the warmest skirmishes of the m . lde many friends whi , ft in YorK
year.” county he numbered hie friends by
• • • the scores. His rernam^ were car-
Mr J. O. Hubbard was in the city Salf * tn wherf ' th( ' v w( ‘ rr ‘ in
yesterday afternoon exhibiting a •
crane which he had Wiled on a creek
about two miles from the city. The F Cotton Boll,
crane was four feet long from head Tl *« cotton bo! 1 of the season
to foot, and the distance from the ^ far - was brought to The Ledger of
end of one wing to the other was six ™ J[ HS '‘ n ,v f<f ‘ v K? 8 ®:
foot. Tie bird wa. a Drett, i from" a ^fleid Mr a F
Inman, in the lower section of the.
First, the Egyptian seed is badly in
oculated with the boll weevel; and
second, the people of the United
States have not yet reached the point
where they consume all of the pro
ducts of the cotton seed manufactur
ed in this country. There is no
doubt but that they should do so and
they will dfl sq as soon as they be
come acquainted with the products
of the cotton seed India alone would
consume the whole production of cot
ton seed oil now made in the United
States if it were available for them.
WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN
Fo r the Week Ending 8 A. M-. August
19, 1907,
The mean temperature was slightly
below the normal. The daily maxi
mum temperature rose to 90 de
grees. or above, on from one to three
days over practically the entire State.
The dally minimum temperature
ranged In the seventies in the eastern
and the southern portion, from 67 to
74 in the central portions, and gener
ally below 70 in the northern border
counties. The temperature extremes
were 96 at Bowman on the 14th, and
58 at Darlington on the 15th and 16th.
The rainfall was poorly distributed.
Many widely separated sections re
ceived excessive amounts, ranging
from two to over four inches, that, in
places, flooded low lands. The pre
cipitation was lightest in the middle
Savannah valley counties where the
amounts received were generally less
than an inch. The average precipita
tion for the State was above the nor
mal.
The percentage of sunshine was
highest during the fore part of tho
week. The weather was generally
cloudy during the latter part. The
'ivera«v sunshine was much below
the normal.
Sign of Eearly ang Lena Winter.
(Philadelphia Record.)
“The report from Cape May that
an enormous gathering of swallows
had been observed there, after which
the lot flew southward, with tho con- |
sequent augury’ for early and long
winter,’' said a weather sharp, ‘‘is i
rather discouraging in these days of ;
high-priced coal and other expenses,
hut. if it. must be, ne 11. The old
saying that a single swallow does
not make a summer may be amend
ed by adding that a conference, or
mass meeting, or convention, or what
ever you may call it. of swallows can
not make a winter Just what the
Gape May swallows detected In the
August weather conditions to induce
them to fly southward I am at a loss
to imagine. We were having a bit
Of cool weather, to he sure, but not
enough to chill even a swallow—at
least it doesn’t affect the sparrows
who haven’t anv more feathers than .
swallows The careful observer will
probably note in a few days that the
swallows are coming north again, *
evidently realizing that they started |
( >n a false alarm.”
TICKER FOR CONGRESS.
Tapes In Al! Committee Rooms to Re
port E/ents on Floor.
Tin* ticker for congress is the latest
wrinkle devised to lighten the burden
of the heavily laden congressman. In
struments quoting the market ol the
New York Stock Exchange will be
placed in the c ommittee rooms when
the new offic • buildings are completed,
says a Washington special to the New
York World.
The distance between tho offlce build
ings and tho enpltol is several hundred
feet, aud the ticker will save the con
gressman walking Ibis distance many
times a day. The idea is to employ a
trained newspaper man to watch the
prccceedlngs on the floor of the house
and senate and send the reports out on
the ticker. The house offlce building
will bo ready for use during the next
congress.
That some ambitious congressman
might accidentally have his tape ma
chine connected with the Wall street
tickers is a suggestion of wickedness In
a national legislator that is purely con
jectural.
KEY BENDING BEETLE.
London Zoo's New Insect Which Lives
on Rotten Fruit.
The insect house of the zoo in Lon
don recently received a rare and curi
ous acquisition, says a special corre-
spondeni of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. It is a fine specimen of the
Goliath beetle from South America,
which ou account of its size and fierce
appearance would send the British
housemaid Into hysterics.
It is nearly five inches long and looks
like a miniature parson in a white
surplice and black stole. It is not
poisonous nor intentionally ferocious,
but there is a spot between the net k
and shoulders which acts like a vise.
A finger placed in this aperture would
be broken. The other dny a keeper in
serted a key there. Goliath bent il
almost double by merely shrugging
his shoulders.
This great beetle is the most inex
pensive guest In the zoo, for he feeds
entirely off fruit that Is completely
rotten.
SHEET METAL WORKERS
We are ready for business. We do all kinds of
Sheet Metal work, Cornice, Finials, Cresting.
Tanks and anything else you need. All kinds
of repair work. We make a specialty of
Roofings. Slate, Tin and Metal Shingles, and
are prepared to do all work promptly. All work
guaranteed. We a«k you to share your busi
ness with us. Phone 200. : : ; ; :
Yours for business,
DUDLEY & WILSON
Opposite Lodger Office.
HONEST INSURANGE
The White House of the Moors.
Casablanca, the scene of the latest
Moorish troublp, is so called in Spanish
as the equivalent of D’ar el Baida,
which in English is simply white house,
says the London Chronicle. The town
and its name date only from the end
of the sixteeuUi century, though a fa
mous city called An fa formerly stood
on the same spot. Captured by the
Amir Yakub II. In 1200, Anfa became
one of the moat Imnortum trading cit
ies In Africa; bn^ aftlt combined pirac
with legitimate business. Alfonso V c
Portugal sacked and destroyed it i
14i'8. It remained a,meiv colieetion
of ruins nnt!l the Portuguese relmii
it with its new name just over a eon
ttr\v afterward.
Anderson Mail
Here is another case for Mr. Rice,
of the state Audubon Society, to look
after. Was the bird killed Just be
cause it was a “pretty one'*’* No
doubt the trophy was exhibited with
the same pride that inspires a savage
to exult over the scalp of hts inno
cent and helplaaa victim!
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The Dorchester county dispenser
receives a salary of $900 a year while
the county superintendent of edoca-
eounty. and said there WFre a dozen,
or more within the range of his vision
in the same field.
Gobbler’s Unusir’l RjIi.
ILuik Titr.s at lic!le'«,i:i ii'i •. O.. r -
centiy missed lii.4 old turkey v > >V •.
and senre'i iwmled tin* bird h.iMi j'
out thirteen guinea eggs, says a
fontaine special to the Indianapolis
Nev/s Ail the eggs batched save one,
and the gobbler is now caring for the
llttlf guineas.
Arrival 0 f Mall Trains.
The following is a correct schedule
of the arrival of all mall trains in
Gaffney;
NORTH BOUND.
No. 26 due at 8:05 A. M.
No. 12 due at 4:20 P M.
No. 38 due at 7:08 P. M.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 39 due at .. .. .. .. 9:45 A. M.
No. 37 due at 12:43 P. M.
No. 43 due at 10:43 night
’lulls for above trains close thirty
minutes before train is due. except
N > 43 which closes nine o’clock at
night.
In water Color.
t Harper’s Weekly.
Among the students taking the ant
1 course at a certain Boston oducatlon-
'al Institution are two impecunious
vouhs from a south<i(;n city To re
duce their expenses the young mea
from Dixie share an apartment, to
which is attached a sort of kitchen
where they prepare most of their
own meals.
One morning the elder of the atn*
dents appeared »t the kitchen door,
palette on thumb and frown on brow.
“Wtoat’s the matter with be coffee.
Dick?’’ he asked. “Isn’t It ready?"
“A little patience, old man,'’ to*
nlied Dick, “and I’ll noon fix it. It’s
already ‘sketched’ In.’’
A Lincoln Anecdote.
(Exchange.)
On one occasion when he was busy
President Lincoln received a delega
tion of men who were endeavoring to
hurry the passing of some petty bill.
Wbe n they entered Linconln looked
up gravely and uald:
“If you call the tail of a sheep
leg, how many legs will the sheep
^have?’’
“Five,’’ said the spokesman.
“No," said Lincoln, “it would only
have four. Calling the tall a leg
wouldn’t make it one.”
The delegation departed in dlsoom
flfurc.
Letter to J. T. Spears,
Gaffney, S. C.
Dear Sir: Here’« another problem
for those arithmetic and algebra
scholars:
If Devoe Is worth $1.76 a gallon,
and spreads a half further than aver
age paint, and wears twice a« long,
what is average paint worth a gal
lon put-on painters’ wages being $3.60
a day and a day’s work a gallon of
palni
The answer Is minus $1.73 a gal
lon. That Is: you could afford to
paint with average paint If somebody
gives it to you and pays half the
painters’ wage*.
Yours truly
44 F W DEVOE ft 00
P. s. Gaffney Hardware Company
sell oar paint.
We do net do all kinds of srlntlnn
—we do the QOOD kind.
Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on jtbe basis of tiir
actuaries’ tables of life expectation, andf'therefore, absolutely fair is the only
kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company >:
Spartanburg, S. C* No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” policies, no
schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, but stric-
and straight Life Insurauce of the kiml that takes care of a man’s family by
providing an immediate cash estate on iiis death, the time of all times whe:
they will need it most keenly. :-: :-: :-:
It is every man’s sacred duty to carry hfe.insurance for the lienefit of those de
pendant upon him, and all men know this. But no South Carolina!! need go out
of his own State to get it. :-: :-: :-: -:
* The Southeastern Lift InsiTrance Comp my is a home institution, chartered b -
the State of South Caroiin.. and subject to the South Carolina laws yoveruine
Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homes and interests are in tfai-
State. It is an old line, Lgal reserve, Straight Life Company ofj tae souu'les’.
kind, and should have the support of the people of the State.
Southeastern Life Insurance Company,
•m
ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent,
Spartanburg, S. C.
Mar. 16tli. UlO-
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Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C.
Henry Nelson Snyder, M. A., Lift. D„ LL. D., President.
Ten Departments.—Gymnasium under competent director. Athletic
Grounds. Library and Librarian. Science Hall. Fifty-fourth year be
gins September 18, 1907 For catalogue a'.dress J. A. Gamkwkm., Secy.
Wofford Collogo Fitting School, Spartanburg, S. C.
Three New Brick Buildings Steam Heat and Electric Lights. Indi
vidual attention to each student. Next Sesthon begins September 18th,
1907. For catalogue and information address A. M. Di.Trk, Headmaster.
jug. 2 I mo-ph
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Splendid location. Health resort. Hot water heat. Electric lights and
other modern improvements. 240 boarding pupils last year. High standard
of scholarship, culture and social life Conservatory advantages in Music. Ad
vanced courses in Art and Elocution. Business College, Bible and Normal
courses. ,
Health record not surpassed. Close persoaal attention to the health and^L
social development of each pupil. Uniform worn on all public occasions.
CHARGES VERY LOW. /I
SBtti Annual Session will begin Str
eptemper 18th 1B07.
reaa.
Far Catalogue,
REV. J. M. RHODES, President, Littleton,N. C.
All kinds of Job Work d “ ne lt T , he
«mo« neatly and at
siieea eommeneorate with klrh *rade work Trr nt.
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