The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 31, 1907, Image 1
i he Gaffney ledger.
A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES, AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OP THE PEOPLE OP CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1864.
OAPPNEV, S. C., TUESDAY' DECEMBER 81, 1907.
•1.00 A YEAR.
THE FAIMERSWHO
FARM THE FARMERS
crop. Help him to sustain It by con
servative, common sense co-operat
ion.”
If this is not putting the cart
ahead of the horse, the mountain
traveling t oMohammed with a ven-
gence, then it must be nonsense. The
merchant is all right when he at
tends to his affairs and so too is Mr.
Orr, but must the gentleman be re
minded that the Bulwark of the mer
chant and everything else in the
south today, is tho cotton grower.
The Mid Men can P»y 15 Cents per J he merchant, including Mr. Orr, Is
r here because the cotton grower is
COTTON IS THE SOUTH’S
VERSAL CURRENCY.
UNI-
Pound for the Lint Without Dis
tressing Anyone.
(The Cotton Journal, Atlanta. Ga.)
Farmers who farm the farmers are
been to offer advice to the cotton
grower, telling him just what to do,
and if he hits the nail on the head,
all well and good, and If he don’t. It
don’t cost anything, only the cotton
grower suffers
his house Is afire, to carrying out the
bird-cage when he is needed at the
pump.
Individuals, however, age not the
only ones engaged in this reprehend
ed practise. "Hoarding by banks,” says
The Wall Street Journal, "is infinite
ly worse than hoarding by indivi-
duals, and yet eome of the banks
throughout the country are practic
ally hoarding excessive sums of
money, doing exactly what they
would themselves condemn in indi
viduals.” The Philadelphia Nortn
American, similarly, blames the Wall
street interests that have been ac
cumulating cash for months as war
Tunds for "crowding weaker rivals
ALL HATS OFF TO
THE FARMER'S WIFE
here; he is here to pick up the chips
that fall on the floor and to make an
occasional plunge on the market.
He Is not a producer, the cotton; to the wall when the situation be-
grower is a producer, and ’tls a most' came acute and in acquiring control
absurd proposition for any one to! 0 f properties which they had long
suggest, even, that the # actual pro- j looked upon with jealous eyes.” The
ducer should be called upon to sell banks, too, “have cramped and crip-
the result of his labor to the ( manlpu- pled commerce by persistent calling
later, who needs it, for the price the of loans unnecessarily,” while their
manupulator is willing to pay, ignoring : '‘ranb offense" is "the failure of so
the rights of the producer and going so many 0 f them to issue their rightful
Mr. J. K. Orr, wholesale shoe man J a i’ aa to suggest the producer gull- 1 share of the country’s currency.” It
of this citv, Is one of those city farm-1 *7 °f treason because he will not adds:
ers furnishing tips to the cotton ; 8 »it>mit to a sale at prices below that j if t aB Th e Evening Post declares,
grower, publishing hl 8 advice In bold wh,ch ls P r °P*r and right. Does Mr. the withdrawal (by depositors) of
face type and paying the printer too; 0r r sacrifice his shoes by selling that $50,000,000 because of the alarm
and, in that smooth method under- the m at what anybody wishes to pay. caused by the revelation of dishonest
stood so well by this class of agricul- aln »Ply because he owes somebody trustees, chains of banks used for
turists, suggests that the dear farm- something? Or does he compel his gambling, traction thievery, and Bar
er sell his cotton and loan tae pro- crP( 1itor to wait until he can find rimanism, ig chiefly responsible for
coeds to the banker and merchant, purchasers at fair and honest prices the stringency, there has been no
Mr. Or r is a clever debater and de- and t ^ en retire his debts? Of course mo nth of the eighteen past when the
lights to al r his ordinarily clear views, sb ? e business is a very little national banks could not have re
but when he talks cotton, he Is dls- *p comparison, but the prin- placed that $50,000,000, with millions
cussing the greatest product in the c iP ,e 4 ,s J 1 *® H ®*P t the more for good measure,
land from a cash standpoint, and lit- Ye8 ’ . he, P Mr 1 ® rr 40 ® ollec * It is generally conceded that much
tie side issues like the shoe trade his f ® w P p nnie 8 by selling cotton at of the trouble is due to hoarding.
Should be content t 0 let the Southern a P rice below its true value and The amount sequested by the general
planter and Ne w York Cotton Ex- ^ use a a * 1 ° 8B °f m,1Uon8 of dollar! to pub ii c lg a matter of speculation,
change fight it out, without interfer- the Southern larmer and for that The bankers’ spokesmen place It at
ence. The producer has a tremen- miltte r cause a positive loss to the $50,000,000. That Standard Oil and
dous task to perform in coping with commerce of the entire country; but it8 anieg have been hoarding on an
the unholy horde in New York, and in that 8 tt 6 h extens1ve scale ls believed in many
the spirit of fairness, the Southern ® r crook the8e f arDiers wh ® fa ”“ the quarters. But it is not susceptible
’ shoe man, even though he be a bear, an . of proof at P re8ent
should keep out of the deal. S 0ne defllllte ’ concrete, undeniable
The situation recalls a circumstance J*? ^ n ? n ^ )■ fact doea stand forth ' however: The
which took place in the Rockies some bl8 JILJ" 1 iL fhl ban,<s have boarded and are hoard-
years ago. A hunter after a long, before the big spinner and the , ^ the exact ftX tent of the circu-
hard day’s tramp, was about to build b g co ton p anter will be d tdnf hush tl( f n they have not taken out .
hig camp Are fo r the night. His gun ne8s ' then f the dependent industries Tq banker> merchant, manufactur-
was leaning against a drunken ™ a y c ®“ ie . h forw ^'' , t . aad ‘m'wthe er ’ and workingman alike The North
spruce, and over a jutting point of c®*® 8 - ln tb® meantime, remember the American puts this straight question:
Jock he had huig hirrevolver belt S, d t b ° yB may be **** What do y S u think of a bank that has
■ hut not heard. ti.„ nnurt*. tn taana /t.ir-rnTW... an/* W U1
glad for the moment to be freed of its DU l.“ ol a a ®r™ n . nf ti: ® P°wer to issue currency and will
weight. In picking up some dry »h<^ industry is of course of not do lt bftcau8fi jt C an make a lit
twigs, he had gone about a dozen ‘“ p0 ^ tanc f’ fn? Since tle more mon ®7 out of th ® nation’s
graces from the proposed camp Are. S ,!r hbS ?n' nece88ltle8 ’ at a t,me wheD the great
when without warning he looked up Jcoe rmounted to $T223 f ‘>56 d ?fli e ,ndu8tr ! es and commercial interests
and there coming toward him, and . la f 6 A a «mnii hv nrndnct °f tbe land are facing a possible stop-
hetween him and the camp site, was iSdustr^ Luorseed ^ of the whee,S ’ bloc, ^ d b >’ D0
a big cinnamon bear. Our hunter ‘J® ^ rrn lack of 076(1,1 ® or but
friend had been gently reared and ol1 ’ for 1906 was |13 ’ G73 ’ 370, solely by lack of actual cash?
IS t T ct,^d j THE EIN OFHOAROINa
C.M onTau Sncf r»a«K “ '• D,n0unM 'i *•“»'” Btrblrtc
in the Rockies and if you will get _ T .
me cut of this scrape I will never was
csJU on you again. If you can’t help „Jeted wiTh^foud Cheers a few days w,th,n a week - 11 "bows no disposl-
mtf please don’t help the bear, but f 7061 ®? „ J" J oud cheers a few days t j on to j Mue a ,i 0 i] ar 0 f new money.
toy low, ot, Lord, aid yo« will aea Mo“h« “ AiLlatkfo m T<,t « '■ 'X<“ "n’ bank
the ncttest fight you ever saw. Jr. 18 A c n during the last fortnight has received
« p" "Ito b>. rto« a^w'ir.^ — Ibo na-
la* Statea who to torn aall then'to '“ha’re^oS’d'be* wlthto“twMity- ^ 1,0 ba " ker blmaolt Into
the cotton growers, therefore, In vL ® r ^ IL the belief that the workingman and
equity this shoe man should en- 8 a .*“. 0 a all other citizens, unskilled though
ther be ,h • Mm " e?u,e8 0 '
situation or change things materially.
The bulls and the bears, the dogs and
the hares are each looking out to
take care of number one. It’s not the
one who is the strongest, but the one
who runs the longest that will win in
the end.
"School Boy," if you will consult
THEY ARE THE POWER BEHIND your common school geography you
will find answer as to whether the
THE THRONE# earth Is longer from east to west
than from north to south. Wlhlle you
are on the spheroidal shape of the
The North pacolet Sunday School earth we will ask one question con
cerning it:
Convention postponed Unit! janu- How high above the earth must
- .. _ 4 . . one he to ref ^ne-fourth part of Its
ar v 22—Othe r Notes. surface?
Wtilkinsvllle, Dec. 27.—Another “School Boy” in last Tuesday’s pa-
,,, , , . . , ,, . P e r speaks of our nrotracted prob-
hristmas day has been added to tne ] erri *. wben ^ ghouls pave been print-
cycles of eternity .and still "Old ed “practical problem
Father Time” plods along in the I^ast Sabbath night v e had quite a
even tenor of his ways. storm of wind and ra and Broad
In taking a retijospective view r t v ® r was four feet higher than It
many things loom up in the mind— was dur ng ^be freshet of two weeks
many of them pleasant—many sad. ag 2;.,
Among the latter are those of sad . The flat at Howell s ferry got loose
reflections that to many thousands f"®® ,a hitching place and came near
it brought no pleasure, but sorrow. Rettmg away. It lodged on the bank
Just think of the many wives and when tne river began t( fall and It
children who, Instead having it to, { no K sevP *’ a ' hands to put It back In
in a way, memorialize the personal , w 4 er ’ , ,
advent of the world’s Redeemer were ^bickety creek was high Monday
compelled to witness the orgies of and *^ ll ^ 8<la i r ‘ T|| e ma ^ could not
drunken bestial husbands and fath- gP I If to G°wdeysville on Monday,
ers who, lost to all the sensibilities ^ e . want 1° say to those who have
of loving husbands and fathers, madt* g ® r 0,1 ^P pr,dat * , }K on cotton; Take
it a season of terror and sadness. °ff , you 1 r hats, gentlemen, to the fann-
Shame, oh shame, on such a state of Prs . w'ves and children when you
affairs. The blood revolts in our me6t t" 6 ®- Their labor ami toll has
veins when we think of such; yet ® ad e you rick. Many of then haven’t
there are thousands of cases in which ad dec ent, comfortable c^elhes to
this is true—absolutely true. wea r and have lived hard. The wives
Readers, if you are one in this J 1 ? 8 * aot ,n e Y er y instance have done
category, don’t think this is aimed ! ie pl° w i n K' hoeing and picking but
at some one else. It is for you- tne >' ^ care ® f ! he household and
thou art the man we have in mind— g jl' 0 heir husbands and chi ren a
nobody else. chance to do that.
ft’s a sad, sad commentory on our 4 . db T c ^°tb represents
race that the Hosannas fo the angels ^ b ® abor of ^b® f a r® er s wife and
on that natal morn should, after a hi Aren as well as that of the mill
lapse Of nearly two thousands years "If” 8 /.® 7 ? and employees whose sweat
have its echo in the orgies of drunk- d ° lia f poured the gold into your
en howling rabbles as if the world’s coffers. Were it not for these com-
Redeemer wa s not worthy of all b,ned forc ?f 1°"* speculating adven-
praise and honor, and glory from’J,V PS ' vou, d have gone for naught,
those whom it was His mission to ar e the ones upon whom you
save. Yet wo must not write or say must d 4 pend 10 carr y your adven-
anything against this "Salt of the nto effect and realize a profit,
earth” as they are willing to call ^ hen you meet one of them raise
themselves your b ats - lor they are your equals
Owing to the cold, bad day the ^ ^ora In the bread
North Pacolet Sunday School Con- bu8 ™ff 8 ’ 4 .
ventlon did not meet at Wilson's . M,8s Vit Pa y Wbisonant. who is attend-
Chapel on the 22nd, but continued Chlcora College In Greenville, is
the meeting to embrace the first Sab- ^ home spending her vacation with
bath of January. The same program bi ^ pa7eat8, ^,„^ Dd ^„ Mr8 ’
will be used, and all schools are re- ^ h sonant, at Wllklnsvllle.
Mr. Banker, how do you defend quested to send representatives. C- Roberts, of Shelby, N.
this? *• r> t--* -*
One New York bank, famous as
oue of the strongest financial institu
tions on this continent, could add
$2,500,000 to the country’s currency
T” n be ~ mpelled 10 ,h,,t UP 8h ° P - who are causing tiie panic, or. at any
•Inf! , , , „ . rate, delaying its end. The New
“Cotton is tne universal currency; York Evenlng MaI1 imagines the
finance, will not be able 'to under
stand this matter. Technicalities
will not aave you frem the condem
nation of all right-thinking Ameri
cana. The truth Is too plain, the
I
growing it is our talent—not exactly MWl fL mo..** . T guilt too palpable, to be screened
our one talent, yet if we fail to use mongyr. 1 ahd reolies fro ® P ub,,c TlB,on by th ® u8ual long *
It tor circulation, are we not putting that. "hecan noT, because It is not ^ lnd ® d aTld I®trtcate sophistries of
ourselves in the class of the unprofit- h .. _ nn /, v >• Tt tbpn nn oinii. f he money mart,
able servant who hurled his one and dat _ Bad and unpatriotic aa the Indlvl-
on,y T . . The currency that he calls Ills own daal boarder is, he Is not clothed
Cotton Is the currency of the pro- . a t of i bG /.ircifttin,, medium wlth th e hoarding banker’s moral ob-
duoer. It is his cotton not Mr. Orr’s 1 the P oniintTT we haa an tntereatln ,lg8tlon - an d Is less unpardonable an
cotton; no more than Mr- Orr’s shoes , t r and a ^ upo Jit. yet it Is a loff ® nd ®r aga,nst hl8
b ^“* *° ‘b® P«bHc while they are |malI intarMt and clalm . Hl . ahare , countrymen.
owned by Mr Orr. If It Is so de- ^ the that passes through ~T
slrable U> put the cotton grown by handg , H ., b y out ha ,f of the fl V e or A Ne w partnerahip.
the planter into circulation, why not wot interest he expects to Dr. B. B. Steedly, one of Gaffney’s
miggest to the mill owner and the „ pt or peagonahig conservative in- I'eat known physicians, and one who
New York Cotton Exchange and its ve8tmenti when ho locks up specie ha s made quite a reputation since
members, who have waxed rich and and gre enbacl?fi in a safe-deposit vault coming t® Gaffney several years ago.
plethoric from the toll of the cotton hld thPai awa ttt bome be l8 has formed a co-partnership with Dr.
planter during the past many years, the common” of free cur- G- Pittman and the business will
to advance the price from what it rency He , g ukin „ to h , s own u8e hereafter he conducted under the
is now selling at to 15 cents, thtls what chlof! j, e long to others. Arm name of Steedly & Pittman. Dr.
giving new Impetus to the wheels of f ^ tg appear at once in a Pittman is a native of Georgia. He
®®®®erce and adding, by so doing, comparative statement of the whole « a brother-in-law of Dr. Steedly.
$20,000,000 of surplus money to the gtock of mone , n l)Rf , ln thls coun . For the past year he has been In
circulating medium in the country t and )tg tota | weu )t b . On the first New York taking a special course,
wearing Mr. Orr’s snoes? Qf 0ctober there was $2,805,859,878 of U® contemplated settling In Tennes-
The mill men can pay 15 cents per money In circulation, exclusive of s °e hut at the urgent solicitation of
pound for the lint without distress- that “held in treasury as assets of Dr. Steedly decided to cast his lot in
ing any one, but to asfc the grower the government.” The national Ihe growing and progressive town of
to sell tor less Is asking the farmer wealth as represented in railroads '’>Rlfn«!y.
to make a tremendous sacrifice, a and farms and mines, factories and
■acriflce the cotton grower should real estate is at least $120,000,000,- INVITE A TEST.
not hear alone. It will be observed oop. The proportion of money to -
Mr. Orr employs Biblical language wealth Is little better than one-flf- Gsffney Drug C®. Ask C«t»rrh 8uf-
and hence 'twill not be out of place tleth. Every dollar of currency has ferers to Try Myomei on Th*lr
. to suggest that the profound writers to do Its part in the exchanges of Ousmntee.
/n Biblical days always conveyed the business In representing nearly $50 Gaffney Drug Co. invito all who
Impression to the writer that self- of wealth. When a man hoards a suffer from any form of catarrh
preservation was one of the first dollar as hla own he i 8 asserting the troubles to get a Hyomei outfit from
laws, and are not the cotton growers right of exclusive possession over them with their absolute guarantee
fighting valiantly for their own something to which the busittoss that If It does not give perfect satis-
against the combined forces of New community lias forty-nine times as faction, the money will be refunded
Task Southern bears? much title as he has. upon request.
Space it , limited, but the cotton if the savings-bank depositors of There Is no other treatment tor
grower produces the crop and has this state alono should each assert catarrh that In any way resembles
the right to make the price. He has his right to hoard “my money,” there Hyomei, none that gives such quick
a right to ask for an extension of his would not be a gold piece or a gold curative results and lasting sattsfac-
. notes or accounts if he has any; all certificate, a sliver piece or a silver tlon, no medielne that can take Its
business men expect and obtain ex- certificate, a bank-note or a copper place, none that oaa be sold on a
tensions when needed if they can put cent left in the country. The hanks guarantee like this, to refnnd the
up security and no one can furnish of deposit, the subtreasury, and the money unless It cures,
better security than the cotton grow- pockets of the people would be swept Catarrh Is a germ diseaae and cee
er. if commerce demands the cotton, as hare ag Mothe r Hubbard’s cup- be cured only by breathing Hyomei,
let commerce advance the price to hoard. so that the most remote air cells In
an adequate one and thus N satisfy her That it why hoarding is properly the nose, thrdat and Inngs are reach-
demands. If the entire fabric of the denounced as both barbaric and ed by Its antiseptic healing powers,
shoe business depends on the cotton wicked. It is foolish besides, be- In this way all catarrhal germs are
industry it would he wise for the shoe cause the utmost it could do, barring killed, the irritated mucous membrane
men to make arrangements along the decimating effects of fire and is healed and catarrh 1$ driven from
that line and not expect the tall to theft and accident, would be to pre- the system.
wsg the dog. a cent a pound in- serve about one-flftletb of the nation- This wonderful medicated air treat-
crease means more money than the al wealth, while sacrificing a large ment doss not drug and derange the
entire shoe business foots up to in part of the remainder-by the paralysis stomach, but is breathed through a
gros« money daring an entire year. it wonld entail on production and the little poeket Inhaler that goea with
Mr. Orr remarks in that exceed- destruction It would carry to the every dollar outfit,
tngly smooth way of his as follows: learning power of capital. The man The unusual way In which the Oatf*
"Tour merchant’s credit is the bul- who boards Is about as wise as the ney Drug Oo. sell Hyomei attests
wsrk you may need to mske the next 1 man who conflnee his sfforts, when its eonfidsoe# In the remedy.
Rev. Mr. Owens will preach at W11- p” w a s down last week looking af-
son’s Chapel on that day and his t6 w b ,nt ® re87 ‘
sermon will be part of the exercises. ^ < 7jOWei 7 ,8 c,erk,ng ! 0T
The bill Introduced by Senator j* 7 * ^ ^ WMeonant, whose store has
Ben R. Tillman In the United States b ®e n crowded tor 8 ®^er a 1 days wlth
Senate will, If enacted Into law, put pe 2 p l e g ® tt,ng the, r Christmas tricks,
a stop to ordering liquor from othpr ®®T e7al y® ar8 ago somebody posted
States and put the cap stone on the ^ advertisement tor one of our coun-
prohibltion temple. Bully for Till- trj merchants which read thus:
man. we always thought he would . . .
do something to make himself remem- J* 7°JL * a , 70117 fortline ® aa ® ,
bered by both friends and enemies, g? ^l™**
The bill provides: ^® be has hisses,-
That all fermented, distilled, or S?™«J 1 "?
other Intoxicating liquors or liquids « a map ,P,f figure
transported Into an 7 State or territory. 1 7 °S.!S t V le V ,u ^-
o r remaining therein for use. con- J* 8 E ,d * b ? t bg p «* Mosely dic-
sumptlon, sale or storage therein, J*® d tb ® ^ whlch ®° m ® ™
shall, upon arrival within the bor- ^? n e l? e a f ° T !!°r In J > ; n w
ders of the State and before or after r ? aak 8 , a ™S n vi3?° h £?„
delivery to the consignee In such g b ,f pa Jl 4 80,1 t' j’b b ® w 111 ■ell low.
State or territory, enacted in the ex- Be , 8 »il 7 ° u cbe ®*® thats old and
erdse of its police powers to the 5 0l I§*L .. . _ „
same extent and In the same man- At 6 a 81116,1 and on ® 8 ®® llB
ne r a R though such liquids or liquors Y f ^ ..
had been produced In such State or i *2237“
territory, and shall not be exempt Jb»t thirty inches make a yard;
therefrom by reason of being Intro- ®f ld ® 8 a ^ 8h( ^ hls honor «ound f
duced therein In originial packages He 1:1768 th lrteen ounces for a pound,
or otherwise. it**
Mr. J. J. Kendrick, whose Illness
has been mentioned in this eorres- DRAYTONVILLE LETTER,
pondence. died last Tuesday evening
«? d ,, w ^ buried on Wednesday at Movements of the people of * Thrlv-
Sbull Shoals church of which he had j n g ec tion.
been a life-long member. He was rw. o-r ,#4..
a good old man—a member of one of whelehei nna
the oldest and most highly respected ^„^ a f • l 5S; i ? 1 S a 5! d . E Sri;
families in this section. Jhl. wS " relatives here
t lfe s duties done, as sinks the day. There was a prayer service at
Light from its load the spirit flies: Draytonville church last Wednesday
While heaven and earth combined to morning at six o’clock. The service
s a — was largely attended. Christmas
"How‘blest the righteous when he services are very seldom held at the
dies.” churches In the country, but we think
these services should be held at th«
Mr and Mrs. Ram Strain and Miss churches both In the country and
Ruth attended the hirthdav dinner ,n town. We heard one man say
of Mrs. Ben McCulloch vesterdnv. that the attendance at the services
They had an enjoyable time. was v ery much larger than It waa at
Misses Olive and Wilma McDaniel one of the churches in town. We are
and Master Otto, of Hickory Grove, not boasting, but we say that the
are visiting us. church here is much stronger at the
Mrs. J. N. Strain is visiting Mr. and present time than it was two or three
Mrs. H. B. McDaniel, of Hickory years ago. It haa a better Sabbath
Grove. school and Is growing In every line
Mrs. R. A. Poster and children sre of religion,
visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Estes. * Mr. Bert Gordon and sister, Miss
Cn to this time (Priday morning) Lela, of Gastonia, N. C., are spend-
we haven’t seen a single drunk man I08 the Christmas holidays with rela-
or any evidence of liquor, though we tive* here.
Icam a good deal of It has been or- Messrs. Dossle Patterson and Adoi-
dered to r Xmas. :‘hus Phillips visited relative* and.
We received a kind invitation from friends at Wilkinsvilte Wedat).
Mr. H. F. Horton, of Bullock’s Creek Mr. D. C. Phillips had a shooting
to take dinner with him yesterday, match at Draytonvllle mountain last
and regret that it was not possible Saturday.
for 11s to be there. Mr. W. T. Whelcbel has bought the
One of the weddings looked for farm of Mr. Horace Painter near
Xmas hasn’t yet come off—the old Smyrna
folks are In the way It seems. Mr. John Rains has decided to
Some of the good ladles or this spend the holidays at home and
neighborhood gave Mr. Tillet Hart- start to Indian Territory next week.,
ford a pounding on Christmas day. The Sunday school at this place
Masters Horace, Guy .md Miss Ma- had a nice Christmas tree last Tues-
bel Foster, of Hickory Grove, paid day afternoon at three o’clock. The
us a visit today, weather was very gloomy but the
its many beautiful presents. Mr. Ar
thur Parris acted as old Santa
Claus. When all the preseats wera
distributed the congregation was Ala-
missed by Rev. a. O. Rosa. The
crowd went home saying that they
had enjoyed the afteffioon. Mr.
Ross did not get there until the pro
gram was nearly finished on account
I of some Important business he had
( to attend to—marrying a young
' couple. The school made up money
i and bought their superintendent, Mr.
W. P. Huskey, a nice watch. He ex
pressed his appreciation to the school
for their kindness. Mr. Huskey thanl>
ed the people tor their good conduct
and attention. Mr. Huskey said that
he had been workng in the church
In the music line for five years and
that the Draytonvllle school was the
first school to show him such kind
ness tor his great undertaking.
Mr. James Coyle, of Gaffney, was
a visitor here last Wednesday.
Mr. Thos. Spencer met with a pain
ful accident last Saturday. He was
going into his house and in some way
became overbalanced and fell off the
stepg and hurt himself very badly.
He is a very old man and there Is
some doubt of his recovery. Mr.
Spencer lives near his grist «1H
known as the Bates mill. He la the
father of Mr. R. 8. Spencer, who Uvea
at Pondfleld. We wish Mr. Spencer
a speedy recovery. -
Miss Frankie Kiser, of Gastonia,
N. c., is visiting relatives here this
week.
There Is very little interest taken
in the election that comes off next
Tuesday, but some man will be elect
ed to fill the office and we hope a
wod one will be elected.
Miss Mamie Little, of Gaffney, at
tended the Christmas tree here last
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Huskey de
lighted a few of their relatives and
friends on Christmas day with a hig
turkey dinner. The following were
present; Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Hus-
l:-ey, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bailey, Mr:\
Bee Huskey and daughter, Ethel and
Mr. Stanly Wilson. All enjoyed the
occasion. Mrs. Huskey is one of tho
best cooks that ever cooked, if you
don’t believe it Just go there and see
for yourself.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Parker are
rejoicing over the arrival of a big
£irl*
One of our farmers ordered his
Christmas whiskey from the still
near King’s Creek but the still waa
captured by Sheriff Thomas and
others and he did not get his whis
key and he said that he did not hare
any for Christmas. We think it would
have been a good thing if all the
people had depended on that still tor
their “booze.”
There will be prayer service here
next Saturday night and we hope to
see a good attendance out. The sub
ject is a good one and we hope to
have some good speakers.
Mr. Charley Gilmer, of Greenville,
spent Thursday with his grandmoth
er, Mrs. Martha Macomson.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Huskey were
, the guest 0 f Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Par
ker, Thursday afternoon.
The Pondfleld public school had a
Christmas tree last Monday. Mlaa
Daisy Crocker, of Gaffney, is teach
ing the school and she is an excellent
teacher. She is loved by all of her
scholars.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gaffney, of
Gaffney, visited Mrs. Gaffney’s moth
er, Mrs. Marth Macomson Christmas
day.
Mr. Dossle Patterson and Miss Bes
sie Poole were married today at the
residence of Rev. J. B. Wilson. Mr.
Wilson performed the ceremony. The
groom Is the son Mr. T. C. Patterson,
of Cherokee Falls, and the bride Is
the charming daughter of Mr. e M.
Poole, of Wllklnsvllle. We wish
them a happy future.
Hoping the readers of The Ledger
had a merry Christmas.
School Boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Kirby had a
slmdnsr at their home last night.
people did not mind that. The com
mittee met at twelve o'clock and be-
Mr. Tom Kirby, of Clemson, la gan to decorate the tree. Presents
spending his vacation with his | were received from twelve to half
parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kirby, past two o’clock. The program open
ed by singing, M Joy to the world’' by
Prom the signs of the times it ap
pears that there is very little change
in the rottotf situation and men can
speculate as much as they please but
they can do nothing to overcome the
the school. The next thing on the
program was speeches by the Sun
day school scholars. The children did
splendid while the tree groaned with
Class Reception.
On Thursday evening, Dec. 26th,
the teachers of the tour organized
classes of the Cherokee Avenue
Baptist church gave a delightful re
ception to their classes.
The reception was held In the Sun
day school looms. The rooms we r e
beautifully decorated with ferns, hol
ly and evergreens. Among the holly
and evergreens, that were draped
overhead, mistletoe was hanging here
and there. The girls had to beware?
Oysters were served In plenty, and
ambrosia and different kinds of cake
were used a 8 desert.
We are sure that those who were
so fortunate as to have been mem
bers of these classes certainly didn’t
regret it.
After supper a social hour was
spent. During this time the pastor,
Rev. G. P. Hamrick was called on to
say a few things. Of course we all
know that Mr. Hamrick is always
very loving with nice things to say
and he certainly proved It that even
ing, for he made an excellent little
social talk.
There were about 100 members of
the classes present. Some were out
of town, and therefore missed the
pleasure of being there. There is
close on to 150 members enrolled in
the tour classes. The names of ^
classes and teachers are: Senior
Baraca, Mrs. G- P. Hamrick; Junior
Baraca. Miss Katherine Ellis; Phlla-
thea„ Mr. C. E. Hamrick; Fidelia,
Mrs. J. 8. Wells.
These classes are doing a great
work in Sunday school, and we hope
they will prosper in the next new
year.
Contractors paid $100,000 to the
pout office department tor fallnre to
maintain the standard of paper in
quired In stomped envelopes and
wrappers.
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