Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I— 1 t SHORT HEWS ITEMS GAFFNEY CITY AND OF LOCAL INTEREST. CHEROKEE COCNTY EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER- GOOD WATER. AN IDEAL CLIMATE OKEE. AND FINE FARMS Recent Happenings in and Around A Short Sketch °f Our Thrivin a City the City, and Other Events Gath- and count v and He r Business, Social ered by the Local News Editor. and Educational Advantages. Brother Whaley says that Mr. George Garrett Byers Is the most po lite man in the State. This afternoon at 3:1!0 the laymen will have a mass meeting which will be addressed by Dr. John R. Nelson and Dr. Snyder. One of the delegates on meeting a local man of this paper last night called him Rothchilds. He must have meant John D. Morganfeller. The daily State newspaper will be on sale during the session of confer ence at the Cherobee Drug Com pany’s store opposite the M. & P. Bank. The daily Ledger is in such de mand that our supply of extras soon became exhausted. We hope from this time on to have enough to sup ply the demand. One of the delegates, who is not accustomed to being in a large town, got lost last night, but fortunately met a policeman, who directed him to hL hoarding house. Who was the prominent preacher who not long ago gave an eloquent description of the roaring of can non and rattle of musketry in the battle between David and his son Absolom? Rev. T. R. Wilson, who is one of the m"-T popular preachers in Gaff ney. and who is noted for his love of aniredoto. has not told a joke since conference convened. Cheer up. Brother Wilson, we will hope for the best. Quite a number of persons have called -it The Ledger office to see the sample of wire grass which we have on cxhiblton. They were unan imous in saying that they had always thought Bermuda grass was wire grass. Tonight will be the anniversary of the Missionary Society. The address will be delivered by Dr. Jno. R. Nel son. one 0 f the missionary secretaries of the church. Those who heard Dr. Nelson give a short talk yesterday, are looking forward to one of the richest treats of the conference. Rev. J. M. Roadman, who holds a warm place in the hearts of the Gaff ney people, received a registered let ter Tuesday night after his arrival In Gaffney. The letter contained an enclosure from an old widower re questing Mr. Steadman to marry mm to a widow*. Brother Harper, whose sunny dis position iw a household word iu Gaff ney. almost gave out under the bur den of his multifarious duties incident to the assembling of the conference delegates. After conference got un der wray however, he returned to his norma! -tate. The Ledger has printed some sta tionery for the use of the delegates who come to the office to do their writing. The stationery has printed on it "South Carolina' Conference, November 27th-December 2nd, 1907. Gaffney. S. C.” This stationary is for the free use of the delegates. By M F . To Methodists, and more especially those readers of this paper who are attending the annual conference, probably a short sketch of Gaffney will not prove uninteresting. Thirty-five years ago there was no Gaffnev twelve years ago there was no Cherokee county; today there is no more thriving town in the State than Gaffney—no more prosperous county than Cherokee, standing, as it does, eighth in the State in order of wealth, with a tax rate the lowest in spite of the indebtedness inherited from her parent counties. Gaffney, the county seat of Chero kee county, is a hustling business town of upper South Carolina, with a population of (1,000-7.000. It is light ed by electricity ami has a good sys tem of water works, owned by the city. Situated in the Piedmont belt at the foot of the Appalachian mountains, with an elevation of 800 rr- Rev. T R Owen, who has been in Gaffney ;ust long enough to get into the good graces of all who have be come vquain’ed with him, is going around I<" king as if he had lost his best f: '• ■ • The Ledger and his con- gregation sincerely hope that the bishop m;i c< •• his way clear to leave him ii hi- p ••sent field. Dr Jno. R Nelson, who has charge of the f> n* Mission department of the Board of Missions, gave the con- ferencf -.ho r t talk on his work. He is one of 'h< few ire n who can give statisth ; ml he eloquent at the same time. jf. will address the public la*er and fr>m ■ sample given, a rare treat is in -e.i-p for those who attend. Tin pipe through which the steam is transe itte,i to the presses of The Ledger sprungaleak Tuesday night and it for a while as if we were out of business. Fortunately Tuesday's paper had been printed he- for the accident happened. The break hits ht '-n ’•ep Jr*-j and we are still doing -usim-- at the same “old stand.” Postm .s*er Folder, who is always accommod 'tlng. has had printed at his nv: • ;pense, cards containing a schedule ' f the arrival and departure of all n. o! t ilns. Those cards will prove great convenience to the d*‘legat- ~ w! > are. of course, ignor ant of the time of the arrival of mall trains at Gaffney. On behalf of the delegate- fh* Ledger extends its thanks *o Mr. Folger for his thought fulness. Rev. J. M Steadman Is probably the only m nister who ever performed a marri. g*- ceremony with an inter- rnis' lo’ \bout this time last year he w. - awakened one night about 11 o'clock with the request that he perform marriage ceremony. He was snrfe : ng from nervousness, but es ayed the t.isfc hut before h« could conclude announced that he would have to -'op The bride suggested to Mr- Steadman. ‘‘Rub him with camfire’’ After a short recess he flni- Mi the ceremony and the cfju;>!* at on their way rejoicing. —Ha\• our eyes weighed in the evescop* Gaffney Drug Go e. o. d. We do not do all kinds of printing _we dc the GOOD kind. REV. JNO- O. WILSON, president Lauder coHege. feet, it is sheltered from the cold and biting winds of the northwest and at the same time is free from the malaria of the lowland and coast dis trict; hence, the climate is ideal, while an artesian well of ">50 feet deep bored through 400 feet of solid granite furnishes as pure water sup ply as can he found in the State. It is located on the main trunk line of the Southern Railway, be tween Pacolet and Broad rivers, which gives it. the best railroad fa cilities and a water power that is un surpassed in the South. The Gaston Shoals dam, just being completed by the Dravo Construction Co., which is to furnish electricity for mills in Gaffney, Spartanburg and other towns is on Broad river, in Cherokee coun ty, and only four miles from Gaff ney. Just below this dam the Southern Power Co. is developing the power at Ninety-nine Island, sev- eral miles from Gaffney and also in Cherokee county. All these tilings, with the fine farm ing lands and mineral resources, to gether with a live and energetic peo ple, have contributed towards mak ing the town and county among the best of South Carolina. Manufacturing plays a very impor tant part in the business of the place, there being four cotton mills within a. radius of two miles and a fifth in process of erection. The oldest mill, the Gaffney Manufacturing Co., with a capital stock of $800,000.00, the Limestone Mill, with a capital of $187,500.00, the Globe, and the Irene Mill, which makes an excellent line of damask, have made enviable rec ords in the manufacturing world. The Merrimac mill will be complet ed by the first of the year and will he operated by electricity from the Gaston Shoals. In addition to the cotton mills, there are a cotton seed oil mill, an ice plant, foundry and machine shops. ! 'mess shops, planing mills, wood shops, two monazite refining mills, two bottling works plants, all of which do a good business. The lime works at Limestone operate their own dummy track and do the larg est lime business in the South. The mercantile houses, of which there are about CO, will compare fa vorably with those of towns many times as large. There are two newspapers. The la-dgej. issued twice a w* < k, and the Cherokee News, weekly, both of which do a good job printing busi ness. The Gaffney Trust Co., three Build ing & Loan Associations, the Caro lina Mutual Benefit Association, and the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co., serve not only to keep our money circulating at home, hut bring in much from other sections, while they fur nish safe protection and assistance to those needing the same at a mini mum cost. Th* National Bank with a capital stock recently increased from the un- divid**d profits to $100,000.00 and a surplus of $10,000.00, and the Mer chants & Planters Bank with a capi tal stock of $75000.00 and a surplus of $25,000.00. and two savings hanks easily take care of all the financial interests of the town and county and pay liberal dividends to the- stock holders. A Farmers' Warehouse Co. has re- . cently been organized with a capital stock of $8,000-00. They have pur chased one of tli«' most valuable lots in the city and, as soon as their Im mense warhouse is completed, will store cotton from several counties, thus benefitting the farmers and draw ing thousands of dollars into our sec- , tion. ; A county Fair Association has also been organized with a capital stock of $10,00000, and they are planning for an annual fair to bring our pro ducts before the people of the State. It is also the intention of the Board of Trade to push all the Interests of the town and county until they make Gaffney and Cherokee rank with any town and county in the State. Nor are the business interests ahead of the social development of the place. Gaffney has long been noted for its schools. Limestone College, founded in the days of the Curtises, claims many of the moth ers of our Southland for its daught ers. It. is a beautiful, historic old place and will be interesting to visit ors. It numbers about 350 young la dies—more than since the struggle between the States^and its future is now brighter than ever before. The system of public schools is a good one. There are five schools numbering about 1,200 pupils. The school district recently floated bonds to the amount of $25,000.00, which funds are being used to make addi tions to the oh] buildings and to erect a handsome and commodious new one. Within the corporate limits of the town there ar* 1 seven churches for the white people, representing the four Protestant denominations. All are prosperous, active churches and have opened their doors to the visit ors. The court house, city hall, county jail. Star Theatre, and postofflee are up-to-date public buildings. The professional men, most of whom are young men, have made wide reputations, and are not to be excelled. Several women's clubs are doing much for the social development and culture of our people. Members of the conference, you will not he disappointed in our town. Gaffney welcomes you as a city. Her churches, her homes, her busi ness and professional men all welcome you. Come to the conference, to her churches, come into her homes, visit her schools, her mills, her water- powers, her places of business. REPORT OF BOARD OF MISSIONS Of the Methodist Episcopal Chuch, South. To the Bishop and Members of the South Carolina Annual Conference: Dear Brethren: We are pleased to come to you with an encouragirig ac-: count of the operations of tin* Board of Missions lor the year 1906-’07. The reports show an increase in for eign fields of 881 members, a growth of five per cent. Our greatest growth was in the Orient. The increase in Korea was 38 per cent; in Japan 10 per cent; in China G per cent. Total growth in these three fields, 711. or l(i per cent. A like increase at home would give 204,000. The Sunday schools added 1.325 pupils, and the day and hoarding schools 405. Eleven new mission aries were sent out. 29 churches erected, and 102 congregations or ganized. leaving 73 unhoused. The total amount contributed in foreign fields was $42,795, an advance of $0,045. Six churches reached the point of self-support the past year, making a total of 21 In the self-sup porting column. For the first time in the history of the church we swept beyond the as sessment independent of specials. Thirty thousand, two hundred and twelve dollars more was raised on assessment this year than last. The total increase of income from all sources was $51,370 . Our church contribufed for mis sions, including under that term the women’s societies, church extension, and domestic missions, $1,144,465. ■ May, feeling that the hour had struck for a more decided advance, unani mously resolved, “That we endeavor to raise a half million dollars this year as against $385,838, the amount paid on assessment last year.’’ This is so reasonable and seasonable that it should arouse the whole church to make good. It means an Increase of less than $115,000. An average of thirty cents a member, and it Is done. The more thorough organization of our conference boards, the Increasing activity and influence of our confer ence missionary secretaries, the growth and efficiency of our young people’s department, the Increasing •zeal and liberality of the church, and the disposition to go beyond the as sessment so increasingly manifest, make such an advance logical and timely. The home department Is grappling the problems of the home land, and we stand confronting a situation that calls for a broad, wise and liberal i policy, while the open doors of an awakened, restless, inquiring heath enism invite across the seas. Half a million is hut a poor response from a great, prosperous and growing church to the needs and opportuni ties, such as never faced the church in any century before. It ought to he done. If it ought to be done, it can be done. If it ought to he done and can he done, by the grace of God. let us unite in the re solve: “It shall be done.” I^et this ho our slogan for 1907-08: “Half a Milion on Assessment.” We are respectfully, Your brethren, Walter R. Larnbuth, W. W- Pinson, Jno. R. Nelson. PLANT TREES. The Scheme is a Long Time Invest- merit, but It Pays. "Plant ';v<- <m waste places” is the j ! igaii which the American Forestry ! as-i'ciatioii lias adopted. "If timber cutiing and timber waste go on at ihe present rate." said Sec iv: try of Agriculture James Wilson, will*, among other things, is the presi dent of iho Ameriean Forcsti/ associa tion, "and there is no forest planting in the meantime, we will In tweuty- five or thirl\ years he a treeless na tion." < >f course ihe TTiited States will wake up some lime on tin.* subject of trees and forests. There appears to he con iderahle ethical interest through out the country now. hut when wood ; becomes as scarce and as high priced as R is in Germany, for instance, we can depend upon It that there will he u rush to plant forests, because trees will he of more crop value than wheat, even on the best wheat laud. But it is the waste, unused places- land that is not considered tillable— that should receive the first tree plant ing attention. There are vast areas of such lands, in the aggregate varying in extent from plots of a few acres to huge tracts, that can lie successfully ; planted to trees. The time is noi far distant, as the average man imagines, when the in- I creased price of lumber will make nee- i e.'sary ihe planting of trees even on good agricultural land. The price of | timber lands is dffubling every few ; years. The Philadelphia Coifitnercial ! museum is authority for the statement that within the past six years lands in the southern Appalachian timber re ; gions have increased from 8. T > or $6 an acre to $15 and $20. But the man who gets in now and plants to trees any waste land is the mau who will have a bank account, all right, when his forest begins to yield. It takes forty or fifty years to grow big logs, hut It takes only twelve, fif teen or eighteen years to grow fence posts, railroad tics and telephone pop's, and die prices for these are increasing by leaps and bounds. The forest service at Washington is issuing a lot of little leatlets. each de scriptive of a trei* species. If you have a "wn-te" a -re or ton of them drop a line to Giff inl Pirn-hot. chief forester, and you will g.-t some advice that may be helpful. Part of your taxes, the indirei i «.| • . goes to support tin- gov ernment fnv service. It Is a most ad mirable in-til :tiou. which ought to be I). C Ross. I’rtM. J. A. Carkoi.i,, V.-Prest. Maynard Smyth, Cashier. TI11C National Bank of Gaffney Gaffney, S. C. Capital Stock, *- - . $ 50,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, 45,000.00 Stockholders 1 Liability, - 50,000.00 Protection to Depositors, $145,000.00 The State of South Carolina, the County of Cherokee and the Town of Gaffney deposit with us. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. J. A. Carroll, C. W. Whisonant, H. M. McAden, DIRECTORS. T. M. Littlejohn, Dr. Chas. A. Jefferies, B. L. Haines, R. M. Wilkins, J I). Jones, IP I). Wheat, D. C. Ross, Maynard Smyth. S-A-V-E Part of what you make and deposit it with the Gaffney Savings Bank Where it will make you FOTR percent, interest. Make your money make you something, don't run the risk of losing it by keeping it at home. Start an account with us at once. ONE IM>I.LAIt is -ufHcient to begin with. We pav fun per cent, interest on ALL deposits compounded FOLK times a year. The Gaffney Savings Bank Office in National Bank of Gaffney 1). C. Ro.sS. Prest. J. A. Carkou., Y.-Prest. Maynard Smyth, Cashier. 9K£ The W Carpenter Co Lr -at Clearing Sale of Millinery and Trim med Hat'. All Trimmed Hats, Baby Caps amt Children Tani' at <>XE-HALF price. A rare opportunity fur you to -ay** money on your Hat for th" winter -ea-un. I wi* its is, hut If \*.;i have a REV. W. H. BAYS. D- D- This is au average of 68 ca nts per member. Exclusive of church exten sion, the totul was $1,032,559, an in crease of $78,836 for missions alone. Nineteen annual conferences cross ed the assessment line, as against seventeen last year; 134 districts took their places o« the honor roll, an increase of thirteen; and 3,634 charges wiped out the deficit, 407 enjoying that distinction for the first time. There are 98 missionaries support- ed directly on the “living link” plan. Seventy of these are supported by churches and leagues, sixteen by dis tricts. and twelve by individuals. Others build churches, and support schools, share in the “station plan," anil otherwise indicate a growing sense of individual responsibility. The increase in the circulation of Go Forward is encouraging. The hearty responses of pastors and pre siding elders to our effort to add 25.oik) subscribers has brought 8.000 names to Our suoseription list in the past four months. Wo expect shortly t 0 reach the 25.000. We have added new features recently, and are planning others to increase Its ef fectiveness. Help us roll up 25,000 subscribers to the big paper with the little price. The board at its annual session In , patch of laad v Inch should he in trees and which l.-m't you ought to decide to plant it ami ihcn g > after the govern intuit a: 1 g. i at lt*a>t your share of re turn from your forestry t.ixts. And the forest servlet ce;i tell you that tree planting d. es pa\ u.,- :iU |y on waste land, 1 ■: e\ eu on goml land where other crops eml*', he grown. How do s the following statement of the growing of .-ai.ilpa posts and poles on the Yaggy plant tion near II;:',■bin- aou. Kan., strike youV Catalpa ma\ not he the most suitable tree for plant ing In your section, though it has a very wide range, but it Is part of >hc business of the forest service to a>s st every farmer to know just which is the most profitable tree for his climate and land. In 1^90 Mr. Yaggy planted tdghty acres of cutalpas in rich soil During the next twelve years the total cost of the project, Including rent of land, planting, cultivation anil even marketing, was $56.54 an aero. The value of the crop, however, was $.’;!o s; tin acre, a net return of $25s.»;7. or an average annual return of $21.6.5 per acre, and with very little work or wor ry. Catalpa posts and poles are the longest last Jig. according to govern ment foresters, of any wood in the country, and they are worth more to day than they were in 1 , .mi2, and they will he worth far more twelve years from today than they are now. The fact that it is going to take ten or fifteen years to get trees Into mar ketable condition shouldn't deter any one from beginning to plant. If he sells Ids farm, with a part of it in trees, half grown to ties or poles, that plantation as a pan of the farm will he worth and will bring its real cash value just us when a man sells his farm with a crop of wheat or corn half made.—I'hlladelpbia Record. The W. C. Carpenter Co, •DON’T FAIL T< > No. 812 Limestone St. And <B*t price' on i l LNlll BE, ST*»YL> and KANDES. (ioocl'delivered any where in the 'tate if the amount puivha'ed will jti'tify it. : : : Shuford & LeMaster. S. R. SUBER MANUFACTURER — FINE CONFECTIONERY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA AND TROPICAL FRUITS. GAFFNEY, SO. CAR.