Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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v THE GAFFNEY LEDGER, Tuesday and Friday. Ed. H. DaCamp, Editor and Publisher Watch your label and the date, And renew before ’tls too late; If there be an error, don’t get mad. Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Remember, ’tls our aim to please, But errors are like pesky fleas— They will creep in in spite of fate, Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. CITY DIRECTORY. Officials. J. Q. Little Mayor H. L. Spears Mayor Pro Tem W. H. Ross City Clerk It. A. Jones.. Treasurer A. L. Hallman Health Officer T. H. Lockhart Chief Police J. B. Bell City Attorney Board Public Works. A. N. Wood.. .. .. .. ..Chairman J. N. Lipscomb Treasurer W. H. Ross Secretary Board of Trade. W. C. Hamrick President J. C. Otts Secretary Certainly Appreciate It; She Certainly Will.” Have you read “The Southern Maiden’s Reply?” It is a touching little love poem by Mr. Charles Frederick Stansbury, now going the rounds. Under the magnolias the youth is telling his love in language hot as lava from Vesuvius. He speaks thoughts that breathe in words that burn to the extent of about thirty lines of verse. “And this is what the maiden said— Her words were choice and few: *1 certainly do appreciate it; I certainly dc.'" One of the things that women certainly do appreciate —they certainly do—is i /I a full page advertise ment of bargains in a store near enough for them to visit. !u the big cities sue!, pages ap pear daily. Why? Be cause the merchants know that the women appreciate it. They cer tainly do know it. All women are very appreciative in the mat ter of shopping bar gains. They are so ap preciative that they make mental note of the things they want, as ad vertised. and make a bee line for the store that keeps those things on hand and lets them know about it. If the merchants in the smaller cities and towns—this one, for in stance—would do more of this kind of advertising, the women certainly would appreciate it; they certainly vtould. Ur '2 MERCHANTS CERTAINLY WOULD BE BENE FITED; THEY CERTAINLY WOULD. OUR FIRST CENSUS. The Way ihe Population Wa» Classi fied When It Was Taken. By ordor of <■<uiurt^< tlu' names of the heads of families living in Amer ica at the lime the first census was taken in 17!Mj are to In* * published in printed voliimus. Three of these inter esting documents, containing the names Of those who lived in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maryland, are ready and on sale at the census office in Washington. Census taking in ITlto was no such complicated business as it lias sinci become. Nowadays an enormous num ber of questions are asked by tin? enu monitor, so that practically every do tail of the' life of a eiti/.en which can be of use to the student of economies Is recorded. But when the scrond ses sion of the First congress obeyed the constitutional mandate to ••make au enumeration of the people" it required little more than the hare oouniim.. “Free white males, sixteen years and upward, including heads of families; free white males under sixteen; free white females, Including heads of fam ilies; all other free persons; slavcs"- so reads the list prescribed. The counting was left to the t'nited States marshals in the several dis tricts, and no blanks wore furnished them. The marshals found tlndr own paper. As a result, in the bound vol umes of the original schedules at Washington then 1 are some sheets three feet long and some not more than four inches. These are ruled by hand and with the names of the lists at tin* head of columns written by baud When the British burned tin* eapitoi in the war of 1S1J th,. schedules of several states were lost tlmso of I nd- a w a re, • leorcia. Kentucky, New .b*r- Bey. Tennessee and Virginia. The rest are included in twenty-nine hound vol umes. Students of history and genealogy have long desired access to the e lists, Binec the information thev contain as DOWN ON “SISSY" RELIGION. Bishop Candler Says He Doesn’t Blame Men For Staying Away. “A ‘sissy’ religion delivered by a ‘sissy’ preacher is driving men from the church,” said Bishop Warren Fan diet - of the Methodist Episcopal Church South iu an address to the Methodist preachers of Atlanta, says a special dispatch to the New York Times. “No wonder the men don’t go to church," continued the hishop, “when they are forced to listen to a lot of ‘sissy’ talk. There is too much of this effeminate religion. “I have often thought. What does the average man think of this offend nate religion and dainty lullabies? I don’l mind telling you what I often do when 1 uii to a church like that. I gel Into some eomfortalile place and go to sleep. When a man trifles with reli gion it’s a good thing to do P.uf you mustn't snore. 1 “There must be virility In religion if the men are to he hold.” Plan to Pay Debt on Church Organ. The choir of a New .tersev Fongrega Chicken With Wooden Leg. lewis Ives of Winsted, •'onn., has ; chicken that wears u wooden leg, says the New York American Mr I v e^ best silling non Icbbed out a tine She ft d It Mflchamcally. A ectuin wo;:,an In a < mineetieut • »\\ !i ii;i^ rrjHif‘i siii^i*r t fu'-or. Bait year sl*c sang at PIT ■ lliese lugubrious functions Not on I v along and nl< lost leg ai the stump davs Inter |C ngi the wooden n*g. A Post Card Ch tin. A post I'.irii chain is cheaii INinrli a bole through cm ■ cards ami suing thcii; , montbft | M\vn 1 II. I*(lt ] ilia "'ex an d citlc- rat came , or l ii'**- . ;t P’ mi fill. 1 *”*■ qm>l;i> In r St • | ’ \ j(*t *s : "T tin ! , •!1 s 11 ('11 ( >.vr;4 • kms. Ea rli last spri , es cut a , lie woin: in furswn »«• I’nncra Is anti whittled , vent ana \ f.»r ;i ; i> ation 1 *1‘V tla\ ■1 of the ificr her i*4*!?i ni slit* iii«*t a in >0(1 It t(» id three . 1 i r • 11 < • i •„'! , . ;;, —■ i m t k i forty, th in and chicken „) ( in.ruing M ! art It:. ” 8 ail the Ii au am- g. Since l Mr. Ivm| not herthi •’Ma s dc taoi’iiing’? ■ad." draw - i “Hutv f.l Marti ti is \i»ir lengthen! "(Hi 1 u Tan I he i i -. i of an\ a-- ,'<*.<S not/ S " -aid i’i» i 'L-Hn , e • 1 Mart Ii singer. *r. more 1 nt than \\ In n i ; our ?no! i ! f * 1 f < » 1 it * 1 , ■ii -ted ?’’ uni, says 1 Maga- i ' • i - 1 d M.’U’iliii. u l.o in •b coi ner ! * ’ \ V 11! 1 ! v cj; { : ' ,|.,1 tin' -.aigcr. "\\ [|V, on two! j S ' I c i hear ai 'lytliitig ribbons, putting the ribbons through ! upper holes iron, the underside and ! then across the ends of the cards and ’ down through the lower holes. String V. I, rt she .ill ? ' to the actual rosponsililo eiti/.en the time ol the beginning of (he tiona! government i*. of inotin; value Tin* single state volumes also prove <>i interesi to the ue-.- ants ol those listed therein and may tind in them that pleasure \. I’arsou Wilbur's children found looking up tlie name of their laila the quinquennial catalogue of college." The total population ai the the first census was :;. , .r_»i.*j| p area of the country, which > did no include Florida ••r West m1 the M -i-'-ippi. vva- and less than a it 111 $2oU will have been raised. Decorating Rudyard Kipling. (Hudyar.! Kipling, it is said, will get the Nobel literary prize.—Press Dispatch.] ‘‘What arc the authors sneerin’ fur?" said Bookworm on Parade. “To call him down, lo call him down,” the nature fakir said. “What makes ttall Caine so blooming mad?" said Bookworm on Parade*. •■fur* frettin’ Vmise he lost the prize,” the nature fakir said. “For thev re giving it to Kipling, and the crowd is shrieking; ‘NiF‘ And fforky and his fellow Slavs don't like the deal a hit, \nd Bernard Shaw lias sneaked a wav to throw a liulo fit, While they're decoratin' Uudynrd In the mornin'." “What makes Dick Davis turn so pale?" said i; ok wi>rm on Parade “A Jealous twinge, ;i Jealous twinge," tlie nature fakir said. “And what makes Doctor Twain so glum" said Bookworm on Parade. "Jt ain’t no joke to him. [ guess,“ the nature fakir said. “For tie* ink pots are a-bissing. and the pens are scratching hard, And (In t'pewriters are a-timmpin’ with' out b ar or regard. And thereTl be bricks thrown, I’m thinlu In’, from each author man’s back yard When they’re decoratin’ Rudyard in tlie mornin’.” —Denver Republican. novel plan on is man.i c;m ' as you please one ’ s i 1 •gan. They ah • ■(> the " lie!. like the links of a »:>»!• Of tl * congii“ga eh.i n Tie tlu* wo ribbons tug •i her ‘ )*!t It.’ the church at < *acii coiner i >f tin* lirst and last •I iriw.vs if pennies. can and t"'d in book form, anil you f !; *, J; jf \\ and when ha v * your cards in convenient. eom- ; j S » < 11 i \\’; necessary pact and ittracti e arrangement. hree neral." N. thin g- most dc- ired. since the post o ’I York T didn't li yo • '-opin’ u! ’ ic- fll- oll card is so popular, so numerous and so beautiful at the present time. Automobile Canal Goats. "Our canals, nearly worthless today, will he - very valuable in the future.” said a railroad magnate. "Empty now, j they will one of these day s be covered j with automobile canal boats a crowd j of swift passenger expresses, slow j freighters and shining and luxurious 1 pleasure craft. Automobiic canal boats! ; A funny idea, isn’t it? Yet this is | what the trend of motor invention ! promises us. and when the automobile eanal boat eon,es cam a I stocks wil! g> up with giani leaps, freight rates wi ! j fall many per cent and canal hcaiiing will be one of our most picturesque j and charming ways of travel," Los Angeles Times. Lon g W. idee 1 Spicches. C;i i)i Ida's snpt etue court Ita- t;.;e(f a m:i •. in lU.il < >f three 1 loin’s for c'oiiusel’s mitir * Wllicil d. ' i "c has recalled som»* t if "veri'-i ig -l '( cepes ‘ i • »r\ is tod of a •’•oiinsel who pi’e-s' if iii> a rguniei H f'.r a \e>*\ long t inic ' ’ ’ ! ’ L; fn qlldlt rept tiiion. "Mr. — <•» it! the iodgi i'. ’’i.'ii 'iave said mt '• )ore. "!iave I. my lord • re lied • ->>::)<e! apologetically I am cry sorry: I forgot ii. "Ibin't apolo- i/.e. 1 ,|' : uo judicial l’e^pe; “it a- . •>ug ago." longed '■pec. ii ,it hr i ventured to eX- I>rc"c , timt be was taking up too much rim*. “Oh. never mind time.” observed the judge, “but for goodness’ sake do not trench upon eternity.” ; ^ eiitIt s Foinpanioii. NOTES AND COMMENTS. T! ■ address of Rev. Mark L. Car lisle Tuesday night before the Histor ical "society of the South Carolina Methodist Conference, upon the rela tion of the bishops, presiding elders and the laity to each other, was one of the most comprehensive and able ad- dresse, that it has ever been our good fortune to hear. His handling of the .subject showed exhaust*v** research and profound consideration. To lay- nien, a- well as to a lot of preachers. seiousness that it is well with his soul; that he has made his peace with his Maker, and that his name is written in the Tgimb’s Book of Life. • * * All the delegates with whom we have conversed expressed themselves as beinp pleased with our progres sive and enterprising little city. Some of them said they were astonish ed to 'Co such modern and well equip ped establishments, that they looked i ion (iiilTney before coming here b iii"- a verv small town, and that Queer Things Seen In Canadc. Among the odd things and custom.- Been by a re’ trued traveler during .. recent trip t«i Montreal and nuehc were two wheeled milk wagon-, w! k guards over the wheels like an .11110 mobile’s, the milk cans sitting in im* wagon without n cover; oilcloth oom-; - on house steps (hat ran into the street; trolley conductors puking their moiu boxes for fare in pa sengers’ lace' a- they entered the cars; many trolley- car- having entrances or exits hi tin- middle, there being no Inmi or back entrance: everybody talking I’renrh aud smoking cigarettes; one horse Ian duu- that would hold four persons; little houses and big churches; small sized thin women and men; ladders on the roofs of slanting roofed houses for use of firemen and chimney sweepers; farms in the suburbs ilitn feet wide to a mile in length; policemen unable to talk any language except French; only a single colored man in both cities; horse- used in carriages and ealech*- big eu ugh for draying use; church"- well tilled on Sunday mornings ami hall games on Sunday afternoons.- I’hiladelphia Record. She Stopped the Astronomer. An editor was talking about the f - mou- F.mk-’i astronomer. Sir Robe Ball. v. h.» : ;m r.-ently declared th.. radium pi"' - ilu* earth to be s<F ol . Seeing the F’owers Grow. Photography has caught the fastest express train in motion by means of the cineniutograph, and it also shows the growth of a flower. A bud which bursts into bloom in. say. sixteen days I- exposed t i a camera every fifteen minutes during the sixteen days, and when the pictures developed from the til:. - are n--emblcd in order In the moving picture machine the observer may -ee, t<> Yts delight, all in a min utc or two the gradual breaking of the bud. the blossoms open, close by night ami reopen in the morning, the leaves grow under the eye, the stamens peep from cover and Anally the full blown flower. Exchange. For the Preachers of the South Caro lina Conference— Important Notice-- it was e,i sp< a revelation. The (listing’ ?aker told us things in eon nec- tlid even had doubts its L. provide accommoda to our ability iat. tion for tne tion * vi”: ; the subject of whiF. \ve ngi* number of dt'legan as to the con- ‘ hud f . v thought before, and w e I’erenee. \V(* told tin -e gentlem n of ! • ’ ;i 11 1 > its lirst e- were much pleased to notice that the installment of eP ectric power ■ ad In sonn ■ 1 the daily papers oi the which would soon occur in our town. ^ he It re State published the same in full. As and also of the eonteiv iplated instal- ;; and ;•; the same the ii [formation contained ’he rein lation of a system of s t‘\vera *, also t*.; i. the Clterokee ^ •r re ! -civ ii’..'* dr- on r - ere.lit ill! the:. .' will >■ of inestimable vain to our of the establishment of 1 i > i 1 14 . \’ (* Aletho list brethren, not only th;-o ugh- countv fair, and promised them if . . . \ i a; p, i' 1 • lly 11 In* landlady replie'!. 1 years since you wn OUT t he entire State, but wher iver they would pay us a visit twelve , Iif'i'i .• I c 1 gli. and ymi lefi wit! it. th di-in is known. * * * months hence we woul a vast improvement ovi d show them i);iI T ouv |)i’esent . nil | I”’ F! 1 tl-Mv t Settle the (j!l P y.iii with the new.'" The members of the conference us condition. U is a sou < u muih a rule are a jolly, good humored body gratification t" ‘U • l.’ 1-e; .ml to of men. They evidently do not be- t * 10 people oi Oaftne,. that lieve in the cold austere religion pressions which our tout which characterized the Puritans who u P on ^e delegate a:-c came over in the Mayflower. We do ^ is our heart!cli n ir*- not believe in a religion which takes l f ‘K a to have a -.a ’ all the joyousness and pleasure out of recollection ot "is vi-it . life. We believe that the preacher ye/-*.';.'’ 1 will give a com- pl.imentary oolicy of insurance to every circuit rider on his horse. See me at once. JOHN M. MIL LI FORD Manager Of the Farmers Live Stock Insurance Co., Subscribe for The Ledger; 1$ a year. Rock Hill, S. C. On Life’s Sea 'storms overtake old and young alike, but the young man who takes his trick at the wheel of the good ship Life Insur ance is steering the right course—one which will bring him to a commanding positition if he lives to old age, nnd if he dies prematurely, will perpetuate to his farnilv the income value of a life fully lived. To concretely state the above abstract truth is to say that at the age of 30, 18 per cent, of your salary, on an average net cost basis, computed for purposes of illustration, on the assumption that the company’s present dividend scale will . be continued without change, will certainly continue to your widow or estate 50 per cent, of your salary annually for 15 years, or 40 per cent, of it annually for 20 years, or 34 per cent, of it annually for 25 years, should you die before reach ing the age of 55. Should you live to the age of 55 payments to the company will cease, and tho company will certainly pay you 50 per cent, of your present salary annually for 15 years, or 40 per cent, of it annually for 20 years, or 34 per cent, of it an nually for 25 years. This means, if your P resent salary is $2,000. that your widow’s certain income in the event of your death within the next 25 years, will be $1,000 a year for 15 years thereafter, or $800 a year for 20 years, op $685 a year for 25 years, and if you live to the end of 25 years you will receive as an old- age pension like amounts. In addition to these guaranteed sums, your widow would receive dividends in addition, as would you if you live to the age of 55. If our current dividend -eale were cut in two, these dividends would amount in 20 years, on the 20 years income plan, to $1,059.9 4. A Mutual Benefit Policy is worth more living and cost less dying than that, of any other company. Jones J. Darby, Agent Gaffney, S. C. j. E," ' Agent Director Columbia, S. C. l."ii'i'»n T; At Commercial Hotel, Gaffney, this week. j m . Forty-five additional coal compand • , were made defendants in the govern has m<«< “ mont su j t against the alleged An icasant, and t lira cite Coal Trust, that no de- unpleasant , Gaffney. M. M. MATTISON, Slate Agent ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. wh" has a cheery word for his fellow- man ithe one who is calculated to do th' most good in this world. Cer- tinh an unpopular minister of tlie go.-p. ! vill !)( the means of making !» w ■ .1/verts. It is the preacher who is alv iys cheerful and who is always by ?,, extend the helping hand to id i -l ing brother, who is popular, and i Playground For Tito children -F families are to ha' i the sane as Urn ** children, says th Georg-.I .Hit’ t* IM ‘I'A'&L'MCVMffrai j;l ft is the popular preacher who jjquirt' in most good. Why should it up ip < the i‘it ■ sinirg ! ir ' • ’ 1 > ’. Im- been ap''"’ '■ ' t IS " ■ to put th" pin ""’ > 1 1 A large and e ; i wov'Liig"’dor. is .• pi"t (i ground S has b "*n < '.t 1 • • ! •' tiw fa-iLonible rtj DELEGATES WELCOMED HERE SPECIAL PRICES TO ALL c:.- and will he fitted me manner as are ■""in uoe not make a man feel good to acquire the puld that which is more precious than sil- ^ ■ v . Id oi precious jewels—the con- Subscribe for The Ledger; 1$ a year 804-06 LIMESTONE STREET. Carroll Byers GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA.