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THE GAFFNEY LEDGER, Tuesday and Friday. Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher thanksgiving- Last Thursday marked the passing of one more Thanksgiving day. do not know the origin of observing this day, but it is a beautiful custom. It was observed by several States for a long period before it became a na tional custom. It is a public acknowl edgement op celebration of divine goooness; also a day set apait foi religious services, specially to ac knowledge the goodness of God. eith er in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordi nary dispensation of His bounties. The most unfortunate individual of our acquaintance has something for which to be thankful. We saw a letter in the Columbia State of a few days ago from a young man, who had been confined to his room for a long period of time, that was full of cheer, and which showed a wonderful resignation and a perfect wilingness to accept his place in life without a murmur. Those of us who are in possession of nealth and strength and who find fault and grum ble when things do not go just as we think they should, ought to feel ashamed of ourselves when we com pare this young man s condition w '.th our own. THE LOYALTY OF THE LAYMEN- There ha- been a good deal said about dissatisfaction among Metho dist laymen in South Carolina—much less of such talk now than formerly. There is no sign of such dissatis faction in the present conference— just the contrary. The laymen fix and pay the preachers’ salaries. I hese salaries are larger now than ever be fore and are paid more promptly. Anfi the conference collections are more fitly paid. In fact there is un precedented liberality all around. No such reports were ever heard on the conference door as have been made thk week. The laymen are more fully aroused t 0 their duty than ever before and art doing more and better work in every line of church enter- prisf where they can take bold, loyal to the church and to its constituted authority, and liberal of their means. And the indications are that still bet ter things may be expected ot them in tlie coming year. NOTES AND COMMENTS- There has been no session of may or’s court held -ince conference has been in session. There is very little rough element in our city at any time, and during the session ot con ference it is conspicuous by its being wholly absent. * * * The fair city of Laurens has been chosen bv the annual .Methodist con ference for its next place of meeting, jf the delegates behave themselves as well in Laurens as they have in Gaffney it will be a pleasure for that city to o\t< nd |o them her hospitality. • • • The Spartanburg Herald is print- in,, Ilir ,re conference news than .ill the other papers of the State combined, except the pally Ledger. The Herald is one of the most attractive and read- abh* paimrs in tin • State. Its im- proven.ont mule r it n present man il incut has been r nu r felons. * • • Win n it was 1 car ned that the a' nrni- al conf< ('lice oi tin Methodist chi ircli had selected G; tffm : *\ as it* men tin ir place in 1!("T k r w: as looked upot .a stupendous u mb' rtaking. Inde pd jt was predicted ft bv some ,v)k i flid not know - the p <’(>]» le of Gaffney. we would not pi OYf equal If) tin t Il -!' . They said "G; ;iffn (*v is too sm; 11 to take car- of all 11H * people who 1 r*om- pose T he con! A’llC e. \\ • hav- rle- mon>trated our abilit\ to care for tho peopb who havt * CO me into oUi’m hist. anil a large mu r of tin* deleft !at< s have told us th Gaffney has enter- tainefi before nml that they- w onld he delighted with the idea of cot ning again to our til irivi ing little city. Of course such exj ires -ion- as these are most gratifying to the people of our town, and to Tin* Ledger. Ga! Tney has lost nothing by having these noble men among us. AY V feel that w* • arc better because with us. w*< have bad t MMI) To Re-open jb' 5 Afternoon. Mr M. S. Buckingham has purch ased tiie Kdi-on moving picture the atre of Messrs George Hayes and P'vr. Holmes. For several days the place has been closed and painters and workmen have been engaged in renovating and improving the house The reopening will take place this afternoon, when a new lot of pictures which hav neve,- before been shown be.< will be exhibited. Among the infer, -ting films to be shown tills af- t< noon and night i- one entitled “Phased by his mother in-law,” a very arnu-ing picture There are others, besides new -lides and Uustrated songs. Mr Buckingham 1- going to make the price strictly cents to every body. He i going to see to it that the house is kept elean and that the exhibition is also clean hon. w. f. mcarthur. A Beautiful Tribuie Paij by Hi* Pastor. Hy Rev. S. B. Harper. Brother McArthur gave me the pic ture from which the cut on first page was made, on the occasion of my last visit to him, October 14. Two days later he had passed to Tils re ward. When we parted Monday af ternoon ho seemed to be in perfect health. Little did we then dream of it being our final parting. He mani fested great anxiety for his wife, who wag then critically ill with typhoid fever, but expressed the hope that she would be well and strong w'ithin a few weeks s<, that she might enjoy the coming of their conference, guests. We rarely met during the past few months that he did not mention the approaching session of the confer ence. He anticipated it with all the pleasure of a man who loves his church and he r ministry devotedly. For over a quarter of a century he was actively identified with the work of the Methodist church in Gaff ney. \,< Sunday school superinten dent and teacher; as steward and trustee he rendered intelligent and faithful service. His religion was more to him than a mere form; from his own lifts I have heard the ac knowledgement of his daily fellow ship and communion with Christ. His nature was deeply spiritual; his heart as tender as a child’s; a man of chosen words and purest speech, lie lived a life absolutely above re proach. He has gone to join the church triumphant; hut ere he went he blessed and enriched the church mili tant. A worthy son. Professor \V. C. Mc Arthur. succeeds him in his official relation to the church. May it be that upon him will fall bis father’s mantle. At the fourth quarterly conference the following resolutions of respect were adopted, as had been previously done in church conference: RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. Whereas, our Heavenly Fatht^* has seen fit. in His divine providence, to remove from our midst our highly esteemed brother, co-worker ami fel low citizen, Hon. W. F. McArthur, therefore be it resolved; 1. That in his death, not only our church hut the community at large and State have lost a worthy and val uable Christian gentleman. 2. That we. with his family, bow in humble submission to His will, who is too merciful to inflict willing ly, and too wise to err. That we extend our sympathies to bis bereaved family with a prayer that the\ may be sustained in this, thei; dark hour of affliction. 1. That a copy of these resolu tion.- be sent to the family, recorded on the church register, published in the Southern Christian Advocate and the two town papers. A. X. Wood. Chairman, L. Baker. .1. F. Garrett. L. G. Potter. W. B. DnPre. .1. V.’ Sarratt. .1. C. Otts. R. A. Jones. R. m. Gaffney, R. C. Littlejohn. W. S. Hall. Jr. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brother .[ .W. Hamel, of the Ker- -haw Era. is enjoying a few days of recreation in Gaffney. There is a dspensary in his town. Poor fellow! Rev. li. K. Boyer, the popular pas te; of Tryon Street church. Charlotte, is visiting the conference. Rev. Harold Turner, one of the ag gressive young preachers of the West ern North Carolina conference and as sistant secretary of that body, now stationed at Brevard Street church. Charlotte . is here attending confer- ence. Tommy’s Experiment. (Popular Magazine.) Miss Passe was present at the Thanksgiving dinner. A - soon as Tommy had finished his -eeunij piee, of pie and given up hope of obtaining a third, he ticked to be allowed to leave the table for a mo ment. Permission was granted him. oid ite slipped out of the room, in i fi’w seconds he returned with the dainty- Dresden clock from th< park,.' mantlepiece. "Cracious, child'" exclaimed the mother. 'What mischiei are you up to with that clock . “Goin’ to try a 'spcriim nt n p;b d Tommy with importance. Miss Pa.-se tittered. "The dear little fellow i- aoin. to try ati experiment!" she gush-d. "How clever of him! While Mis- passe was speakii Tommy had carefully placed the fine! on the table in front of he,. Wit.i a mysterious Jure ]) o laic i hi s tingei on bis lips a it d dijoned ilon o*. No one sit! r<*<l After a i tout two n iin'it< •s '1 *o:!i rny‘* strained (• xpr< ssion r'-iav' Of j ami fie “lapped hi s hands in o X U1 tation. “It goes he crl) •fl ) 1‘ inm ]iiiant ]y. "It goes , f You are v vrolILT . pa ! P*t ’ Tomn < fa the r si (id n othi ing. but looke,] ; ipprelu •nsi v«*. ''Oi (■ nu. ' S (* J it got*.* . chi 1 d. laughed Miss pa SS( Whitt i nude YOU , fatjior think it \v ouldn't?" "Well fcpl ied ti , , . ] j | It!)* fallow. simply. “la 1 ■ aid you: /ac'c \V<) uhl stop a clock. The 1 till If) I ( is hav « ’ i J4 • •11 carrying an attr; id i v<* lint* of pai" *r r itinounc- Big the comit): - r of it oom* dy favot ite. which i t not h< * <*\t a v« ig;,nt to mv ha. 1)0 < <] uitl an; long i rho theatre- uoar.s in pOpl lim it;.. Tht wkwanl. |iigtaile< 1 1 loo- ■i. , la -sic s" with- til a lot ih* c I. /,«. ♦ j j . * Posey countv tl i end* a i ( ann< > injfi 1 * 1 ) n a new *k it tlii in New York,' tin 1 • f{ | tthor I ♦ •♦•n fit to call it. and it is : it i«i io ;oa! fh«* Moo. ji *oni< •(Uliil in a 1 it well suited l o her peciilin n- sty li* ( >t come- dy. Th 4 local 1 date i- foi • ll< •\t Mon- day nig lit. Dei cemhr 2im1. We do not do all kinds of printing —we do the GOOD kind. BAGGAGE ABROAD. The Slipshod Method of Handling It In Great Britain. Even a iiied< O ly enterprising American is not infrequently aston- j ished at the eonM*rvatism of the Brit- i Ish people, shown in their long and . quiet submission to sbiflless and dila- i tory methods of business. While in ! some respects and directions the Eng- | llsbinan is much our superior and can | teach us valuable lessons in demand- j ing and securing at all costs bis per sonal rights, in others the patience and ; Stolid indifference with which be sub mits „ s and actual j abuses which might easily be correct ed are amazing. Just now the British public is going through its semioeeasiona! fermenta tion over the absence <d’ e*.v efficient system upon the railways of the king j dom for handling tin* b.ig'jage’of trav elers over their lines, and this may serve as a sample and illustration of what wo have said. The American , public is so accustomed wlyn setting out upon a journey, long or short, to make a formal transfer of its baggage to tin* railway company in a moment's time, placing responsibility for its safe delivery at the end of the route and furnishing means of mutual identifi cation of property, owner and public carrier, all by a single act, that it can not easily realize the fact that Britons, who still persist that their railway i systems are in all respects superior to out’s, am almost totally lacking In methods for the protection and identi fication of the baggage of the traveling public. The American system, originally sim pie and good, lias been improved until ; a traveler with much nr little baggage may receive cheeks for each piece in Ids quarters in a hotel, say in south western *'.••lifornia. dismiss all thought of it from bis min i and make bis jour ney to his homo in Maine assured that bis belongings, though never seen eii route, will faithfully follow him all the way and w ill meet him tit his journey's end. In the very rare cases when his baggage* is lost he will receive full compensation for it. The trave l*!* In Great Britain deliv ers his ba ggag* * to tin* rtiilway eom- pnny at tb i* oil! -i*t of IBs journey, hut gets ncitht r cln- ck nor other means of ideiit ifica! i- >n in return. Tin* company assumes m i fi• * i •pmability. At the jour- ney's ctnl it is dumped from the lug gage van. • u* im: g.-age car. up'Ui a plat- form in a ! a.-p- s of similar parcels. from wlii' l i tin* owner or any one else may hunt it 11* it and carry it away. ’ Fir-1 a*. lir st served." i* literally the ruh*. The word of a thief is of equal \vcig ;iil u i'ii that of the proper owner, a: I one ; statnls an equal chano.* wit li 11n* other o f gaining possp-ssion ot a \;ilu.i!*;<* i ruiiK In case of a missing parov tin* ra i! u ay company denies al! knowledge of tl) (* delivery of any such pai'< )*; to it . anti tiic owner ha * neither check in*!' ; | f) Y other means of proof that In* ; * i!t* an y such delivery. Small vvoinler tin i! tin* fts of lugga go increase fr<)in ye.ar ! ♦ • y ear and that the con- stunt ruml, comphiiuts gi-piws occa sionaliy in! > :: tlir)*;it(*n!': ; uproar. The British im * Invl. to honor it with a name win •ji jt hardly deserves, pre- S'l])p< isi 11 < * '.i; ’ cij of common honesty which tin* r plo not justify. Tints far no acceptable remedy bus j been fo |. For some inscrutable reu. ' son British railway managers will not ' adopt the* American system, though a ! majority of thorn have personally tak- eii advantage of it and their patrons ! have in large numbers been demanding i It for years I’erbaps they will even tually make use of it. When they do 1 we shall expect to find them soon after 1 its adoption insisting that it originated with them. Rochester Herald. Half Thousand Skyscrapers. A cotiut of tin* sky'- ■Tapers on Maii- hattan I- .in il lias Ik* en intide, and it shows that r. to huih lings of ten or more st,pr •• 11 a ■ e |,e c:i i ,e ted since 1890 -• -t .l ie* i* th* favorite uim ■ i* *... i ati; : :Ti*n?ly. tor the buildii * ivcord shows that lb*.i • o.y strictercs have b.-i*n ' i *■ : . • t ... under way .Ma • ;**ti [•: ; ... c .; .lias the fact a , o . • i* only ’; .•'•n thir teen si. 1 - j , ■ t han a do/, en ; i > c * nicricMii Sure- it,SI I. X'ov lies. . 11 e \l|*tro;r,I||j;u 1J i <*, Mow mei *r • 'i 'M. \ ' hreak the ieo or I w : i eich'. 'i'h** iINcovciw of y-cnira po.- il ■ steel is t did i dodoi-u i proofing moth '•I i ': g t'' * to: v ith unhuru able 'i rr. * ot .* si n- ing the same man .. . 't 1 •■ns and ]• iriitioiis and in !'• g tie • or shafts and stair- . a m !e he hy scrapers perfectly sal’.*, i’ll!:-burg Dispatch. Sir Thomas ;s a S'y Advertiser. S 'll".. Liptoji is a shrewd ad- Vel : o; 1 .i k I ot In speak Unfriend t.'ii '•> d**ny I ,s possession of sports- manly qualities, bill to declare that he l ure ill I * st its my admiration .’is oj)0 of t In* elevei V‘|! of pro -' agents \ (M i in tills day •1) the thirst for “i/h* n; ion in the ! :t* W :j or" is wide- ^1.14 •ad :• ml lever !-ll. { »e U nderslooil p»*rl ectly till* colli liliMl IIS - ’ \ 4 * J ning rac- in^ for t l)<* Amor 14*11 > P Ml). ib* knew full well till) tile V i » V • \ • * ’’ K t ’.•idit dub foil! d ti<* t nccotit !,U 4 * i 1 J n* ef last month v ' } ♦ ; 1 ‘ • % th i* precDe pro' - ■»f tlie (!♦•( *<1 t ,4’ ift under \\ In If !UI< ill.II) of the fa* iii<u jiJI... blit i.ipt on ren k< lined on a aln *eppi>ri 1 i »i*t • i 11V- ♦ • of the glait ha n • 1 In* h i* uaf. lilin -ly llU!) g out for the nev paper Ini; \ s and hecausi* of tlie KUI.p •1 liri. d (ysicht iii^* k now! p dge and reai ly BJ mpatliy i )f the A mei ican peo- pie. and lie got it JT* ♦♦ )<] and pletity, as his boy s would s ay 4 *; i'par Whitney in (Mtim g Magazi nt* HE COULD SHOOT. Bishop Talbot’s Surprise For the Eng lish Gamekeeper. Bishop Talbot, long and lovingly known its the “cowboy bishop,” but now bishop of central Pennsylvania, won the devotion of the rough men of tin* west because, although holding strictly to ehurchly standards when ever principle was concerned, he was never in the slightest degree a “ten derfoot" or “mollycoddle.” He could shoot straight and ride and stand hun ger and fatigue ami was, in fact, a man among men. Ills book of reminiscences, “My Peo- nle of the Plains," has been received with cordial enthusiasm in England, and he himself is warmly welcomed there whenever lie cun find time to cp>ss the ocean. A year or so ago ho was one of a party, say- Harper’s, among whom were the Duke of Newcastle and the bishop of Loudon, at a country seat in fhe north of England, lb* knew that the estate, which was one of great size, was noied for iis game preserves, and so he smuitied a desire to go out and shoot, whereupon his host prompt ly assivneil to him lln* head gainekoop er, and the two sallied forth. The head gamekeeper eotild not quite believe that a bishop could shoot — he did not know that Bishop Talbot Is "it miglity hunter ! cfore the Lord”— and so it was with much mist ing that he first led the way to where there would be rabbits. He liked the bishop, its everybody does, ami was j keenly solicitous over what ho feit sure would be failure. “Does your lordship" In* thought ev- 1 ery bishop a lord bishop in the absence of proof to the contrary “does your lordship think tin* rabbits—ahem!— will stand slill enough while your lord- ship shoots'.'" he asked with deepest respectfulness and meaning to present the difficulties of the ease. Then, with deferential insinuation. "If I can In* of any help to your lordship" “I thunk you. John, but 1 used to handle a gun om*e in awhile, and I guess I'll make it try at it." “Well," with a half sigh of mingled doubt and resignation, "of course if your lordship can really hit 'em once In aw hile a-mnnin' of course there’s a chance!" And tin* look of deepening amaze ment on tin* face of the gamekeeper was a study as the bishop went on bowling the rabbits over until be had a total of forty tw<t by Itim-bcon time! Cats Fcr* the Plague Rats. Twelve 'a;< embarked recently on board tin* K'im iaig at Victoria docks, London, bourn! for India on a *-trsgg» mission. They an.* going to make .1 fight against tin* plague and to try to succeed where medical science has met w ith not very great success. The eats were sen: under the cart* of tin* Salvation Arm; authorities and came from a cat.’ Iimne at Hammersmith. They an* i cing cat to the army colony ut Muktipa uu h r tin* special care of a Russian i i'* , ii! ia* • i tin* army. Each cat has a separate cage. Their menu on the voyage i- likely t< meet with, their entire appro al. Large cans of sardines were taken for their exclusive use as well as tins of herrings, fifteen large tins of condensed milk, some New Zealand mutton, forty pounds of rice and, among a variety of other delica cies, several boxes of puppy biscuits. The pla gue commission in India proved Hast year that plague is spread by rat fleas. The cats will, it is hopied, grad ually kill the rats, and lluis eventually exterminate th** chief medium by which the bacillus is communicated from one being to another. A Catholic Temperance Idea. The leading Roman Gatholie paper in Great Britain, the Tablet, has had it letter from an Irish correspondent named MncDermott. who may yet find himself famous, lie hits an idea, and it's an interesting, striking idea. He sugge t< a revision of one of tin* time honored precept' of the church. His sugg’c'tion is that Roman < Ut holies throng! i nt the world be required to abstain on Fridays and other days of obligator;. itb*-tinem-t* from alcoholic beverage' instead of. as now, from meat Archbishop Walsh of Dublin Is disposed to think veil of tin* 'Ugges tion, and the t' tliolic Transcript of this * By seci ,' to regard it as worth cousin.-ring considering seriously too. The iMiihor of it advance* an array of argun.ont-:. cme of which certainly appear to have point and weight. “No greater bom could the church extend to her faithful children in our north ern eliiims." la* writes. “No such op portunity has fallen to the lot oi any pope since predecessor sent 1’atrick to Ireland and Augustine to England.” Hartford Courant. Got Twenty Dollar Nugget For 25 Cents Among those who have made lucky finds at curio stores. Charles Kkell, a retired shoemaker, is the latest to at tract attention. On an investment of 2- r > cents he realized a profit of HIM) per cent, or received property to the value of 520. Ekell's good fortune was through the medium of a stickpin. The other day he was looking over the stock of goods In a store on D street when his atten tion was drawn to o pin that appeared to m* motintc i in a go! 1 nugget. I'pon asking the price of the article he was Biirpri-ed t i learn that fi cust only 2a cent 1 Vitim g!i i .rietor was of the opinion that I'u* metal was not gold. Kkell thought dill’erently. He lost no time in making the purchase, and had the pin turned over Immedi Htely to an a-sayer to be tested. The test resulted In confirming his opin ion. He was offered for Ids treas ure by the assayer, but refused the amount, lb* says the pin will be his lucky piece and that he does not in tend to part with It -San Diego Un-j Ion. DELEGATES WELCOME! While in the city and not otherwise engaged dele gates are invited to make The Ledger their home. Here you will find writ ing material, desk room, water and tooth picks and a warm welcome. COME IN AND CHAI WIIHOS THE LEDGER