The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 30, 1907, Image 2
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
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•11
carrying
an attr;
id
i v<*
lint* of
pai"
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itinounc-
Big the
comit):
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dy
favot ite.
which i
t
not h<
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a v«
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mv ha.
1)0 < <]
uitl an;
long i
rho
theatre-
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pOpl
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new *k
it
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in New
York,'
tin
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tthor I
♦ •♦•n
fit to
call it.
and it
is : it
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Moo. ji
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•(Uliil
in a
1
it well
suited l
o
her
peciilin
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local
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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
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tills day
•1)
the
thirst for
“i/h*
n; ion
in the
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is wide-
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the
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d (ysicht
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now!
p dge and
reai
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mpatliy i
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A mei
ican peo-
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and
lie got it
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and
pletity, as
his
boy s
would s
ay
4 *;
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Whitney
in (Mtim
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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.
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