The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 19, 1907, Image 4
THE LEDOER.
Tuesday and Friday,
Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor ard Putoriahor.
W&tch your label ana tko data,
and renew before Tla too lata;
If there be an error, d^n*! get mad,
Report to ui—we'll make yon glad.
mber, 'tin our aim to please.
Cat errors are like peskv fleaw—
The? will creep In in spite of fate,
i'nerefore. watch your label and the
data.
—Original.
CITY DIRECTORY.
OflMalat
l. Q. Little ••
n. L. Spears Mayor Pro Teas
W. H. Row OH* Oter*
R. A. Jones Trsnayrsr
A. L. Hallman Health Ottear
T. H. Lockhart Chled Pollee
[. B. Bell City Attorney
Beard PuMIe Works.
A. N. Wood
J. N. Lipooomb
W. H. Roes
Board of Trade
hT. C. Hamrick
/. C. Otts
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| Do Von Want to Make
The Women Happy ?
Shopping by Mail is
vastly unsatisfactory to
the Female.
There isn’t a woman
in Christendom—or in
Islam—who doesn’t pre
fer ten times over the
trip through a store to
the trip to the postoffice.
Why, Lord bless
their hearts, the ladies
love to shop! It’s just as
unsatisfying and artificial
to shop by mail as to
make love by mail—and
that’s the limit.
But, while the women
love to walk through
aisles of bargains, they
love also to read about
the bargains. When a
newspaper comes to the
house, which page does
the woman peruse first ?
The page with the big
gest shopping ads. Sure
Won’t fail one time in ten. Test it and see.
communities where the merchants don’t advertise
big enough to tempt the women, what happens? The Mail
Order Catalogue comes al|jpg, full of attractive ads., with
prices put down in black and w r hite. The /omen read the
catalogue; they are tempted by the bargains offered; they
send their money by mail.
Tims thov miss nine-tenths of the glory and joy of
shopping. But what else can the poor ladies do ?
M
thing!
In
5?
Now, Mr. Merchant of Our Town, be good to
the ladies. Give them some interesting reading
matter. Print some of your bargains in your home
paper. Put the prices there in black and white.
K ;;
Isn’t it really a pity to deprive the ladies of one of their,
supreme delights—shopping, seeing things, inspecting be
fore taking?
K K
strengthened by having secured Mr.
Durham.
• • •
We have heard the expression aoout
DRAYTONVILLE DOTS.
Locals an,j Personals from a Thriving
Section.
Drayt nvllle, Nov. 13.—The weather
1,000 times lately, that "no chain is I is very disagreeable and the farmers
stronger than its weakest link.” Now, ! are having a bad time gathering their
late bottom land corn. >,
Miss Ellen Huggins is teaching the
McKown school. Miss Ellen is a
young teacher, being the youngest
this may be and doubtless is true, as
applied to a chain, but the people
whom we have heard using the ex
pression applied it to the association j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C P. Hug-
of certain individuals with various so- . . .
* . „„ . | Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Whelc lel made
cleties, etc. Now, if this is so, a : a shopping trip to Gaffney last Mon
church which has among its member- day.
There will be song and prayer sei
ship a thief, is no better than a thief.
If it has among its members a drunk
ard the whole membership is no bet
ter than a drunkard. If it has a mem-
vices at Draytonville on Thursday,
the twenty-eighth of November.
Everybody is invited to attend these
services at eleven o’clock and bring
ber who preys upon his fellow man a small contribution for the benefit
and make hi, living by gambling, the and G g SpeIlc(ir
yhole membership is no better tmm and Thomas Phillips, of Pondfleld,
he. If any society has upon the roll ! “took in’’ the show at Blacksburg last
of its membership a man who kills | Saturday night. They enjoyed their
another in cold blood, does it make
the entire society murderers We do
not believe any such tommyrot, and
we sincerely trust that we will he
spared this nauseating expression in |
the future.
trip very much.
Our Sunday school was not largely
attended last Sunday on account of
the disagreeable weather. Our super
intendent gave a very interesting
talk, which was enjoyed by all
present. Mr. Logan Jenkins was elect
ed treasurer of the Sunday school.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Owensby made
The victory of the A- and M- Col-| a business trip to Gaffney last Sai-
lege football team over that of David
son in Charlotte on Saturday does not
demonstrate by any means the superi
ority of the fomer team over that of
the latter. A number of persons who
are well versed in football, have said
that if there had been three minutes
more of play In the first half,
Davidson would have made a touch
down and tied the score; that when
the whistle blew for the end of the
first half Davidson had the ball on A.
and M’s one yard line. Again David
son in the first half made a touch
down hut the referee ruled that the
player who had the ball ran out of
hounds. Several gentlemen who saw
the play and who were much closer
to the player than the referee, said the
player did not go outside the line. In
the whole of the second half Davidson
kept the bail in A. and M.’s territory,
and it is the concensus of opinion
among the unbiased spectators of the
game that the defeat of Davidson was
due more to a series of unfortunate
occurences known as “hard luck,” than
to the superior playing of their oppo
nents.
• * •
For all local obligations, the Gaffney
clearing house certificates are as good
as gol^ dollars, and no one need hesi
tate an instant in accepuu^ then?.
Of course if you ow’e money outside
of this community you will need
United States money with wjdch to
pay. No man who has an f|tom of
business sense would hesitate to ac
cept the not of any or either of the
gentlemen who are connected with the
urday.
That was a strange accident that
happened to that young lady whom
correspondent “C.” wrote about last
week. She surely received a long
letter from her sweetheart or her bon
net was a very small one. We are
glad to see you back again, “C.,” for
your letters are very Interesting.
Mr, E. L. Whelchel took in the tau
nt Spartanburg last week. He re
ports a good time. Ed will have his
fun if there is any.
Mr. W. H- Elmore has bought him
a fine mule. Hil is one of our young
men who has started out on the tarm.
He is not afraid of work, and we
wish him and his companion a pros
perous and happy life.
Messrs. A. W. Phillips and J. W.
Wlhelchel attended the show at Blacks
burg last Saturday night. They had
a fine time and enjoyed the perform
ance very much.
There was a small crowd out at
prayer-meeting last Saturday night.
Several good talks were made, but
there could have been several more
if the young men had not been
ashamed of the young ladles. We
hope they will overcome that by next
Saturday night. The subject will be
“oy,” so let everybody attend and
take a part in the meeting.
Mr. Larkin Parker attended the
Farmers’ Union at Gaffney last Sat
urday.
The ’possum hunters were out last
Saturday night, hut they failed to
bring any in. They said their trip
was a cat hunt instead of an 'opos
sum hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Parker visited
their son, Mr. Roland Parker, of Gaff
ney last Saturday.
Mr. Luke Blanton and eon, Edford,
went to Gaffney last Saturday on
business.
How does the sailor know that the
moon’s made of green cheese? Be
cause when he has no wheat to grind
clearing house association; these cer- J* le can grind his teeth
Mr. and Mrs. Rog Spencer, of Cher
okee Falls, spent last Saturday and
BE GOOD TO THE LADIES AND YOU’LL BE
PROSPEROUS.
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MARKING AN EPOCH.
The closing of the year 1907 will
mark an epoch in the history of Gaff
ney. The beginning of 1908 will wit
ness the launching of one of the most
important and far reaching enter
prises which has ever been inaugu
rated in Cherokee county. We refer
to the use of electric power,, which
will be in actual service by the first
of the year.
Ten years ago where the Limestone
Mills now stand there was nothing.
This Is also true of the Irene and
Globe Mills. The same can be said
of the place where the Cherokee Foun
dry stands and of its Immediate vicin
ity. which is now occupied by com
fortable dwellings. There was noth
ing where the Isaac Turner building
stands, nor where the Settlemyer
building Is; coming up Limestone
Street to where the imposing Commer
cial Hotel building stands there were
two old wooden buildings. Just
across the street where the handsome
building occupied by the Gaffney Drug
Company rears its lofty head, there
was an old wooden building, which
was used In 1897 as the post office.
Where the massive National Bank
building stands were two or three old
wooden buildings. On Cherokee Drug
Company corner, which Is now occu
pied by one of the prettiest buildings
in the State, was situated a little
squatty building, which was occupied
by Clary & Kendrick as a beef market.
Going on down Limestone Street, we
come to the S- M Littlejohn brick
building, upon which there was noth
ing. We next come to the Spake block
of brick buildings, occupied In 1897 by
two old unsightly wooden buildings.
Across the street Is situated the M. C.
Lipscomb building, upon which there
wag nothing ten years ago. Just below
this Is the block of brick buildings
erected by Col. A* N- Wood, upon
we come to the Star Theatre or Led
ger building, upon which in 1897 was
situated a small one-story building of
two rooms, one of which was occupied
in 1897 by old man Javns Kimball
and the other by Col. T- B. Butler as
a law office. Across the street is the
Curfy building, on the site of the old
wooden buildings above referred to.
Next comes the brick block erected
by N- H- Littlejohn, where there was
nothing ten years ago. Crossing
the street again we see the handsome
post office building on the site of an
old wooden building formerly occupied
by Wlalter Baker. We next come to
the brick building occupied by W. J.
Maness, which was erected by L- Ba
ker, and next is the Imposing W. Sam
Lipscomb building, which covers the
place where a branch crossed the
street. We next come to the Gaffney
Live Stock building, and diagonally
across the street is the City Hall,
which stands as a monument to the
enterprise of a progressive city coun
cil. if our city Improves for the next
ten years in the game patio we will In
deed have a city beautiful: but we
{predict that our improvement will be
in a much greater proportion, because
| of the fact that we will have the bene-
1 fit of electric power with which to
drive the maehlnery which should be
established jn our town.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
—T
Postmaster Folger states that he
will accept clearing houst certificates j Monday,
in payment for stamps and money or- i
ders at thei r face value. You may
bet your life, sonny, if Uncle Sam
takes them they are all o. k.
tlficateg are backed by the association
as a whole and in addition there has
been deposited with the trustees col
lateral which amounts to 50 per cent
more than the face value of the certi
ficates. In other words, for every $1.00
certificate Issued by the Clearing
House Association $1.50 worth of col
lateral has been deposited with the
trustees, thus making them absolute
ly safe. This extraordinary measure
adopted to relieve the financial situat
ion means $50,000 additional money
with which to move the cotton crop.
The Ledger is reliably informed that
$5,000 which matured Saturday was
loaned the farmers pf this county on
their cotton crops and that the bank
could not have renewed this oaper ex
cept for the issuance of the clearing
house certificates. The banks are
now in position to take care of their
friends, ami they v'll certainly do
this.
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Me
Craw and returned home Monday.
Mr. W W. Whelchel, of Pondfield,
made a business trip to Cherokee
Falls last Friday. He is speaking of
going to Knoxville, Tenn., the first of
December, and if he likes the coun
try he will move his family out there.
We will miss “Little Bill” very much.
A young man told his girl that if
she did not marry him, that he won
giet a rope and hang himself right in
front of her house. “Oh, please don’t
do it, dear,” ahe «a!4, “you kno
father don’t want you hanging around
here.”
Some of the farmers are turning
stubble.
Mr. C. D. Barnhill went to, Gaffney
last Saturday on business.
I see that “J. L- J.” thinks that the
farmers are sticking better than
“School Boy” might think they are.
It is true that the farmers have failed
so far, but I did not say that the farm
ers at Evergreen were not sticking
together. They might be sticking all
Merchants, mechanics, manu light (I hope they are) now, just lik*
facturers, banks and artisans cannot !f^ ey j 151 '*’ ^ one in the past. I will
, , .. I nave to wait a year or two to tell if
get along without t.u larni**r and tno ^they stick here at Evergreen. Yes,
farmer should, and those who possess ; "School Boy” was raised on the farm,
a reasonable degree of intelligence do. I (gh'd to say it) and I think 1 have a
realize that the 1,ankers are their ' i 1 H :f t ‘* r 1 0 l' ini ? n of thf> farm than “J. L.
... . , , . - , . *.l. who said he was raised on the
friends, and none but a gourd head i iroa( , ,.j Vf , r teri . y
will listen to the braying of the dema- j The object of the Farmers' Union
gpgue who endeavors to instil any wa s for the farmers to hold their cot-
Iother idea into tlvdr lea's Uin tor better prices. He said for
"School Boy” to not measure his
bcdc/mua. o Ar,.,. ! ‘‘om in tbei r bushel. I am not going
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS- {to, and you need not weigh our cot-
i ton on your scales. We are afraid
Miss Jessie Cobb, of Charlotte, N.
C.. spent Saturday night and Sunday
with the family of Mr. Ed. H- DeCamp.
This is Miss Cobb's first visit to. Bfiff-
ney, but those who had the plrtlKre
of maetlrg her hope that it will by no
means he her last.
| Victor Lipscomb, who has been at
tending the Atlanta Dental College.
! is at home again.
I Mr. and Mrs. “Coz" Wood were in
; Gaffney Friday.
| Cadet Watson Bell, of Bingham
school, ha 8 b^n granted a week’s fur-
I lough on account of his eyes, and is at
home for a few days.
W. S. Hall, Esq., went to Chester
on business Friday.
Brian Bell, who Is a student of
Davidson College, spent Sunday at
! bom* with his parents. He returned
to Davidson yesterday.
J. B. Jones, from the upper section
of the county, called on The Ledger
Rev. F- C Felm^t railed on us Mon
day.
The Charlotte Observer has added
the Rev. Plato Durham/ id that city,
to its editorial staff. W^iile Mr. Dur
ham i» a most excellen| preacher, he
'la even a better
Important Notice.
Tl" re were several changes made
n the Conference Directory after the
forms for the Igjoklet were closed.
The list as it appears lii today’s Led
ger is accurate to date.
The Committee on Entertainment.
LOvd Barrels Flour
that your scales are so old that they
are eaten up with rust, and they will
not give us correct weight. You need
not mind It no way, for we will get
some of the Gaffney buyer’s weighers
to weigh it for us.
“J. L- J.” think* that I am unhappy
and have nothing else to do. I might
be unhappy but wait and see if he
does not be in the same state some
day. I suppose he is king of the
South and wants me to sing and cheer
his queen up. I have something to do
and I am going to give it my atten
tion and let the fanners go meet with
success or failure.
We noticed an article In the Chero
kee News concerning reheaded peo
ple. “School Boy” Is a redheaded boy
and is a poor boy, but yet I am glad
to say that It was not made red by
being beaten over the head with a
guano horn.
As “J. L. J.” has offered me terma
of surrender J will submit to them.
“J. L. J." Will bid yon farewell to
meet you on the other aide of the
beautiful riser.
With best wishes to The Ledger
and its readers, I remain.
School Boy.
—Base money by buying Carpets,
Art Squares and Rugs of Carroll 4k
Byers. it
The South’s Best Currency.
The following article, taken from
the Atlanta Journal and written by
Mr. J. K. Orr, president of the J. K.
Orr Shot; Company, is very applica
ble to situation in this community:
“A banker of Lagrange, Ga., asked
if his town would Issue Clearing
House certificates, answered, ‘We '
have a better way. We will advise
and influence our people to sell a
thousand bales of cotton a week, In
six weeks that will give us three hun- j
died thousand dollars, all the addi
tional currency we need; this will
leave our farmers with as much more
cotton on which to speculate on the
price.’
“Why is this not an example worth
while for every community in the
South
“One of our customers in Fort
Gaines, Ga., gave rue his cash sales
for last Friday and Saturday as
twelve hundred dollars. Evidently that
town, too, believes in making the best
use of its quick assets.
“Cotton i s the universal currency;
growing it is our talent—not exactly
our one talent, yet if we fall to use it
for circulation, are we not putting our
selves in the class of the unprofitable
servant who buried his one and only?
“The merchant or farmer who owns
cotton has the right to hold it for any
price he thinks it will bring. Mark,
we say what he OWNS. But, if per
chance, he owes money, is it wise to
withdraw that much from the general
circulation?
“It is well to remember that the
world’s record of low priced cotton
followed the panic of ’93; conditions
today are different. Unless there
comes a commercial and industrial de
pression there is every reason to be
lieve that the present price of the
South’s great staple will obtain
throughout the season.
“Therefore, while far from a proph
et, it would seem the part of wisdom
for the thinking men of each commun
ity to advise their friends and fellow-
farmers to get the benefit of present
prices, so far at least as will pay off
matured obligations, then hold the
surplus in cotton if they prefer that
Investment to a hank deposit, drawing
good interest which his banker or mer
chant today wdll cheerfully pay.
"Your merchant’s credit is the bul
wark you may need to make the next
crop. Help him to sustain it by con
servative, common sense co-operation,
—NOW.
“Better still; if we could enter the
new year determined and equipped to
make the next crop on a cash basis,
the South would not only dictate the
price of cotton, but in a few years be
come the bankers of the world. At
least that is our opinion.”
He Would Be Obeyed.
(Youth’s Companion.)
Ferguson’s wife has the upbringing
of their infant son. Ferguson says he
is away from home so much that it is
altogether simpler and better 1 that
Mrs. Ferguson should have the whole
management of Richard. Not that
Ferguson does not understand the the
ory of governing children. He has
simplified a whole lot of theories to
ins entire satisfaction.
“There’s no earthly need of a lot of
rules,” he often says; “implicit obeoi
ence covers all the ground. Tell a
child to do a thing, and make him see
that you must be obeyed. That’s real
ly all there is in bringing up any
child.”
When Mrs. Ferguson is away, Fer
guson has a chance to put his simple
rule in practice. He never shirks the
opportunity, it is only fair, he says,
that he should take his turn.
Mrs. Ferfuson was away over Sun
day recently, and when one of the
neighbors called late In the afternoon
she found Ferguson on the porch—
“in charge,” as he termed it. In other
words, he was reading a capital maga
zine article on the physiognomy of the
successful man, while Richard was
slowly but surely stripping a thrifty
fushia of all the leaves within his
reach.
“Oh-” exclaimed the neighbor at
the sight.
“What? Eh? Oh!” said Ferguson,
when he realized what the matter
was. “That’s mother’s pretty plant,
Richard.”
Richard agreed, in a cheerful gur
gle. Then, with an unexpected hitch,
he began to scrub off the porch steps,
one by one, till he reached the walk.
Then, with another unexpected move
ment, he threw himself on his stom
ach and scuttled off.
“There’s no sense in constant nag
ging of a child,” said Ferguson. “I
draw the line at repetition. Tell a
child once, and see that he obeys.”
“I think”—began the neighbor.
“Don’t you think—oil, Mr. Ferguson,
Richard ought not to be creeping, out
in that wet grass! The dew was fall
ing when I came over.”
•Richard, come out of that!” shout
ed Ferguson, delighted at the chance
to demonstrate his theory.
Richard glanced over his shoulder,
then, with a wild shout of delight,
scuttled along faster than before to
ward a flower bed. In an Instant he
was In the middle of it, where he ab-
rubtly circled, sat up under a gigantic
sunflower and challenged his parent
with roguish eyes.
“Come on!” began Ferguson, In a
tone of thunder. “Stay there!” he
continued, in a fatuous attempt to
safeguard his theory. “I will be obey
ed!”
Richard minded his father, and
stayed in the flower bed till the neigh
bor dug him out.
Bet and Jim.
(Fredericksburg Free Lance.)
In the northwest part of our coun
try there lives a well known Irish
magistrate. A man of liberal educa
tion and full quota of genuine wit. A
short time ago Jim and Bet, a colored
pair, called upon the ’squire to be
united for better or worse. The
squire having been notified of their
coming prepared and actually used the
following ceremony;
“Jim. will you take Bet,
Without any regret,
To love and cherish.
Till one of you perish,
And Is laid under the sod.
So help you God?”
All being answered in the affirmar
tive by Jim the ’squire turned to Bet
and said;
“Bet, will you take Jim,
And cling t 0 him,
Both out and in,
Through thick and thin,
Holding him to your heart,
Till death do you part?”
Bet acquiesced by a modest bow of
the head, and now the happy pair
was dismissed ag follows:
“Through life, alternate joy and strife,
I now pronounce you man and wife.
Go up life’s hill ’till you get to the
level,
And salute your bride, you black
rusty devil.”
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—One pair fine young
mules. Victor Cotton Oil Co.
Nov. 15 tf.
FOR SALE—A milk cow with young
calf. Apply to T. C- Petty.
Nov. 15 tf.
FOR SALE—One voke of oxen live
years old, well broken, weigh 2200
pounds. Apply to J. C. Spears, Jones-
ville, S. C-
Nov. 12 4t np.
FOR SALE—A $5 stove for $8; a
$20 double-barrel gun for $7; muzzle
loader, one-horse wagon, a tow bush
els of com. Apply to W. R. Lip
scomb. Nov. 5-tf.
FOR SALE—Building lots for gale.
Mr*, a. V. Montgomery.
Aug. 27th tf.
FOR SALE—Ten bulldlnc lots, al
so two housos and lots. J. j. Gaff
ney. Aug. 28 tt
fob SALE—First.class babbit a.«t-
al Apply at Ledger office.
FOR SALE—Old newspaper* at this
-uric* !0c a hundred.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT—Tenroom building
corner Depot street and Oakimd are-
nue, formerly occupied by Mr. Oscar
Shanks, city water; eleetrie lights;
good barn and garden. Applv to J.
L Sarratt
Sept. 18 tt
• O RENT—Office room* u**r liit
A^p.v to j2d. H. DeCamp
Nov. 2-tf.
VAUNTED
WANTED—Green bides and bees
wnx. L. W. McGuinn.
Nov. 12 tf.
WANTED—600 cords of wood;
highest market price paid. Gaffney
Manufacturing Co- Nov. 5-tf.
WANTED—Chickens, eggs, butter
country produce, green salted Udee.
Highest cash price paid. Clary 4k
Kirby.
LOST.
LOST—On the Gaffney hill, a plain
gold bracelet. Reward if returned to
this office. Nov. 19, It-pd.
Fire Insurance!
W» r>jyi •■>s«;nt some o' the largest and
■mr-tsul stauUal companies and would
like to write your busim-s. S-U-tf
Smith & Lipscomb, Agents.
MONEY TO LOAN
I am prepared to negotiate
loans on first mortgage on
improved farms for a term of
years, in amounts from I300
up. Call on
J. C. JEFFERIES, Attorn >
Sep 27-6m Gaffney, S. C.
DR W. K. GUNTER
l > e: IN. X I « T
iffioe in Star Theatre Building.
Phonk^No. 20.
vtowb sad bridge work a specialty.
DR- J. F- GARRETT,
DENTIST.
Office on Frederick street.
’Phone In Office eng Reeidenoe.
Hogs and Pigs For Sale
We will have a car-load of Hogs and Pigs
^liere next Saturday, November 23rd. • ;
rice tsSeven Cents*
Come quick and get the first choice.
2. A. Robertson anil W. H. Dempsey,