The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 07, 1908, Image 1
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The Gaffney ledger.
A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES. AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED FEB. 1C. 1894.
GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY ’ FEBRUARY ’ 7, 1908.
WHAT BEffiMES OF
STOCK SENT HEBE?
“SAGE OF ETTA JANE 1 ' GIVES
PROBABLE SOLUTION.
They Are Shipped to Low Country
Farmers Whe Use Them a While
and Then Turn Them Out to Die.
Wilkinsville, Feb. 4.—The young
man who promised not to come to see
his mother until she got her new
teeth, can come on now. She has
them, and they are all right. They
make her look fully ten years young-
er.
Last Friday and Friday night we
had the heavest sleet of the season
so far. The timber was considerably
broken up and orchards injured to
some extent.
Our old friend and schoolmate, Mr.
Robert M. Plaxico, of the King’s
Creek settlement, was down visiting
his Hickory Grove relatives and
■friends last week.
The postofflce department is send
ing out circulars of inquiry about the
roads over which the mails are now
being carried. We are sorry that in
most cases the roads can’t be report
ed very favorable at this time.
In behalf of Camp Jefferies U. C.
veterans we are indebted to Wm. B.
Mitchell, adjutant general and chief
of staff United Confederate veterans,
New Orleans. La., for a copy of the
official report of the committee on
Confederate flags which, to the stu
dent of Confederate history is an in
valuable aid. The price of the little
booklet is 25 cents and can be (we
suppose) had on application to Gen.
Wm. E. Mickle, adjutant general of
fice, U. C. veterns, New Orleans, La.
It, with the several cuts, is a souvenir
well worth preserving.
Cards are out for the marriage of
Miss Maggie Estes and Mr. Irl Black
torbich takes place at Salem church!
on Wednesday 19th inst., at 6:30
o’clock P- m.
At a meeting of the Farmers’ Union
(local) held at the Etta Jane school
house last Saturday Messrs. T. J. Es
tes, H. T. Estes and Willie Blackwell
were elected delegates to represent
the union at Gaffney on Monday Feb
ruary 3rd.
Just as soon as the ground and
weather conditions will admit the
sowing of oats will be a leading fea
ture of farm work.
The sleet of last Friday night was
a forceful reminder of that of Fen-'
ruary 11th, 1858—just fifty years ago.
This was followed by a good crop.
' , During last month (January) Sam
* J. Strain handled 4,450 pieces of mall
matter rn his route, No. 9.
The Ledger wants the “Sage of Et- 1
ta Jane’’ to tell what becomes of all i
the mules that disappear so myster
iously each year. Hundreds are ship
ped into the country every year and
but few of them are known to die,
and the question is what becomes of
them?
This is one of the unsolved mys
teries we have never yet been able
to fathom and must give the matter
up. We would, however, refer The
Ledger to Mr. Syd Miller, who, if he
can’t tell, Hhe Ledger must remain in
blissful ignorance. We usually re
fer such mooted questions to Syd or I
some one of co extensive knowledge.
Mr. Terry Estes says they are ship
ped “down the country” and sold to
the low country farmers who use
use them for about a year or for one
crop and then turn them out in the
range to make their living the best
they can, and many of them are never
again seen or heard tell of by their
owners. We don’t know but what
Terry is about right. Only when they
are lost sight of by their last owners
may find their way into the hands of
packing houses who convert them into
different kinds of canned goods (no
tably chipped beef) and are sent out
into the market as table delicacies.
Male beef was a popular diet with
Lee's army. The stubborness with
which it contended against fearful
odds was one proof of its “mulish
ness.”
While there will no doubt be sever- j
al contestants for the prize offered
by the Merchants and Planters Bank
for the best acre of corn raised in
Cherokee county this year we hope
the National Bank (or some other;
strong financial institution) for the
best four or five acres will offer a'
a similar prize. Farmers will learn
•mnething from this year’s experience
Jr If they can only get pro per lv interest
ed. Last years fanning on the Wil
liamson plan has taught them that it
is possible to make more on the same
land than thev usually do.
“Uncle Jop*’ Spears said many
years ago: “I want to learn my son
Ben that it’s possible to raise corn
on upland.”
Owing to the cold weather only a
small number of scholars attended
the Sabbath school at Salem church
r last Sabbath—February 2nd.
There are several people complain-
.. lag with colds and grippe but fortu-
nately none seriously ill, as yet.
from his school last week on arc uint
of sickness in his family.
“Country Lover,” we heartly en
dorse what you say about Mr. Arthur
McClaine taking cave of his small
brothers and qjsters since the death
of their mother. Too much praise
and encouragement can’t be given
such young mpn. They are already
too scarce in this county. Such boys
make their mark in the world. The
man or boy who isn't kind to his
brothers and sisters (if he has any)
will be mean to a wife if he ever gets
one. We know from sad experience
what it is to be a motherless boy.
We want to see that young man and
give him a hearty hand shake. The
child that loses its mother losses its
best earthly friend—though she may
be what the world would cal! a poor
mother she is its mother and that set
tles it.
At the last meeting of the U. C.
veterans in Columbia some of the
townships in Cherokee county were re
ported as not having finished the en
rollment of the soldiers wiio went
from their respective section. It’s
hoped this matter will be attended to
before the meeting this spring.
Mr. Forest Huggins, carrier on R.
F. D- No. 6, took sick yesterday on
his route and his brother brought the
mail to Wilkinsville for him. Forest
has made a faithful and efficient car
rier, and, besides, he is a high-toned
gentleman.
Mrs. Ethel Blackwell, who we re
ported sick last week, is well again.
We know of but few bales of cot
ton yet to gin.
Both Thlckety and Gilkey creeks
A GREAT EVENT.
The Old Time Fiddler’s convention
on February 24th and 25th.
Whatever the best of violinists can
produce has its immediate counter
part in the work of that rarely gifted
and appreciative violin virtuoso, Don
Amati Richardson. Young in years
and advanced in the cultured follow
ing of his loved profession, Mr.. Rich
ardson has already accomplished far
more than many "men of his work
have won in a life time. The mas
ters of music over the whole wide
country have placed his name high i>
on the roll. He has enjoyed such
musical experience and structural
privileges of culture as has been al
lotted to but few. In the capacity of
a virtuoso, then, Mr. Richardson will
appear at the fiddlers' convention and
will render selections that are clas
sic. This will be to show by con
trast the difference between old time
fiddlin’ and the violin playing of the
band and bead trained in the dtffieult
schools of the land.
The success of a fiddlers’ conven
tion is assured, and Mr. Richardson
will travel the whole South in his
new work'. He believes the crude or
unfinished rubbing of the strings of
fiddle and bow is art itself. He does
not bellittle it, and it is for such a
purpose he enters among the fiddlers
from among the realm of noted
violinists, and will tell through Ids
strings what that difference is.
Mr. Richardson is a North Caro
linian who has woven his own chap
lets by Ids irrestible tone work and
the generous and clear demonstration
PASSING AWAY OF
AN EX-OFFICER.
DEATH OF CART WILLIAM B.
GOODING.
'O0
The End Came Afte r An Attack of La
Grippe. He Was a Captain in the
Confederate Army-
The following article relating to the
death of Capt. W. B. Gooding was
taken from Monday’s issue of the
Charlotte Observer:
Captain William Bealle Gooding
died yesterday shortly before noon at
his home in Charlotte. The funeral
services will be held tomorrow morn
ing at H o’clock from the late resi
dence. No. 4t)6 West Trade street,
Rev. Harris Mallinckrodt, rector of
St. Peter's Episcopal church, officiat
ing. interment will be made in Elm
wood Cemetery. The pall-bearers
will be chosen from his comrades of
Mecklenburg Vamp, U. C. V.
I Captain Gooding was a native of
Virginia, and was born March 9th,
IX.fit, in Fairfax county. He was the
second son of the late William H. and
Margaret Gooding, and of that imme
diate family one brother. Mr. Phil
Gooding, of Cairo. Ilk, survives him.
one other brother, Jacob Gooding,
having died many years ago in Salt
I
to return to his home in Virginia, and
he again made his way back to Mc
Dowell county, in this State. Later
he removed to Columbia, 8* C* where
he was employed in the railroad
offices in a responsible capacity.
It was during that residence in Co
lumbia, S. C., that Captain Gooding
met the wife of his choice. He was
married November 12th, 1868, to Miss
Mary C. Boozer, of Lexington, s. C.,
who is a daughter of the late Dr. J.
M. Boozer, and a niece of Judge J. M.
Boozer. Mrs. Gooding survives, to
gether with the one child of that union
Mr. W. H. Gooding, of Gaffney, S. C.
Other near relatives are Dr. W. P.
Malone, Washington City, D. C.; Mrs.
R. R. Pharr. Fairfax county, Virginia,
and Mr. William Malone, of Char-
lette. /
Subsequent career'
On leaving the railway offices at
Columbia. Captain Gooding went to
Alabama, where he was largely en-
g: ge ( i in railroad contracting. He
there amassed a considerable for
tune. virtually all of which was
swept away from him by the panic of
IS?:!. From Alahauln. he removed to
Charlotte, where he had since resid
ed For 11 years Captain Gooding
served the city of Charlotte as tax
collector, and was ever known as one
of the most thorough of officials, and
a man whom all recognized and re
garded highly for his gentle and
splendid qualities. He was brave as
a soldier, having won the commenda
tion of his superiors and army asso
ciates. In dometic life there was
about him only the actuality of con
siderate and unselfish devotion to
$1.80 A YEAR.
THE MARVELOUS FAYSSOUX.
Wonderful Rowers Diiplaybd by Boy
Hypnotist.
That Fayssoux, the boy hypnotist*
is possesses of wonderful power, no
one who witnessed his pertonn&noM
at the Star Theatre this week / * an
deny. On Monday night, assisted by
a committee of gentlemen, selected
by the audience at random, he did
some things that had the appearance
of being a little short of marvelous.
He first gave two gentlemen a cigar
and a match and told them to go to
some one in the audience, put the
cigar in the mouth of the person se
lected, and then to make a pretence
of striking the match and of HghUny
the cigar in the persons mouth, then
to hide the cigar and match. He was
then securely blindfolded, and turned
his back to the audience while the
two gentlemen carried out his in
structions by putting the cigar in the
mouth of Mr. Jeff Sparks, anu one of
the gentlemen made the pretence of
striking the match on the seat just
in front of Mr. Sparks, and lighting
the cigar. The cigar was then tAimn
from the mouth of Mr. Sparks
hidden with the match in the rear of
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DON RICHARDSON, Director of the "Fiddler’s Cehvention," to Be Held at the Star Theatre, Feb. 24th and 25th.
were high from last Friday’s rain and
sleet This winter will go down in
history as one unprecedent for high
waters in this rivers and small
streams. J. l S.
The Jumping Off place.
Consumption had me in its grasp;
and I had almost reached the jump-
. ing off place when I was advised to
Iwe have promised two beautiful try Dr. Klng’g New Discovery; and
I want to say right now, it saved my
life. Improvement began with the
first bottle, and after taking one doz
en bottles I was a well and happy
man again,” says George Moore, of
Grlmesland, N. C- As a remedy for
coughs and colds and healer of weak.
and smart yonng ladles of lower
Cherokee to pick them out a nice
beau apiece. None need to apply but
the very best of young men. They
say they are willing to risk our Judg
ment
Mr. Evans Bates Is on the sick list.
Ope of the banisters on the Thom
son mill bridge baa fallen down and
should be replaced at once.
The little motherless babe of Mr.
8am A. Lee is getting along finely
since its mother’s death.
sore lungs and for preventing pneu
monia New Discovery is supreme.
50c and $1.00 at Cherokee Drug Co-
Trial bottle free.
of what his genius has done for him.
The fact that he allies with him
other artists in his Southern
tours will mean far more than
the mere stroking of string
against string. Mr. Richardson will
endeavor to collect a few specimens
of the aged home-wrought fiddles
which may be found here and there
in some of the remote parts of the
Southern States. These he will add
to his collection of violins, which al
ready embraces some of the rareet
and best toned instruments in a wide
area.
The fiddler’s convention will con
vene at the Star Theatre February
24th and continue through the 25th.
It will bo the event of the season.
B*v. <T- F. Boozer wm celled ewey year.
SubeeHbe for The Ledger, $1.50 a
—One 50c bottle Nature's Cough
Remedy will put an end to that cough;
no cure, no pay. Gaffney Drug Co.
2 e w tl.
I*ike City, Utah. On leavin^his old
; Virginia home Captain Gooding came
I to western North Carolina and was a
! resident of McDowell county when
the latent hostility of the section
: broke forth into the war between the
States. He enlisted in the company
| known as “McDoweW Boys,” one of
the first military organizations of
1 that period in North Carolina, In
j April, 1861. and was appointed order-
| \y sergeant of what was afterwards
known a 8 Company K, Twenty-second
North Carollndh Regiment. After
serving one year that company was
reorganized and he was advanced to
the post of second lieutenant, and
later was honored with the captaincy
of his company.
Wounded in Battle.
In the thick of battle action, at hi*- \
toric Gettysburg, Captain Gooding re-;
ceived a wound so serious in nature
that amputation on the field was nec-!
easary. Held back by hostile troop*'
of the North, be was not privileged
home and duty. As a Christian pro
fessor, Captain Gooding wm A .de
voted Communicant in SL Peter’s
Episcopal churcb, in Charlotte. He
was a member of the Royal Arcanum,
and a devoted member of Mecklen
burg Camp, United Confederate Vet
erans.
For the last four winters M many
successive attacks of grip had weak
ened the constitution in other yeare
inured to harihood. After having
been out on the streets a week ago
last Saturday he grew suddenly ill,
slowly wearing away until 'the hour
of summons yesterday.
Suffering and Dollars s*ved.
E. S. Loper, of Marilla, N. Y„ says:
“I am a carpenter and have bad many
severe cuts healed by Bucklen’t Ar
nica Salve. It is by far the best heal
ing salve I have ever found.’ Hials
bums, sores, ulcers, fever sores, •©*
zeraa and piles. 25c at Cherokee
Drug Co.
the house'. The two gentlemen then
returned to the stage where he aafred
them to grip his wrists tightly and to
think where they had hidden the
match and cigar. Without a moment’*
hesitation, he went to where the ar
ticles were hidden, secured them and
coming back, went straight to Mr.
Sparks, placed the cigar in his mouth
and then struck the match on the
seat in front of him, and stuck it to
; the enq of the cigar. Two other mem
bers of the committee were then in
structed to take a pin, stick it into
the wail, mjtrk the place where they
did so, and hide the pin. When they
returned to the stage, Fayssoux, blind
folded as before, went to where the
pin was hidden, secured it, and went
to the place it had been stuck into
the wall, and stuck it into the hole.
He then selected two other memberi
of the committee, and instructed them
to select four cards from a full pack
and to hide each card in a separate
place. When they returned to the'
stage he found each card in turn and
before the hoodwink was removed,
gave the suit and name of each of the
j fou r cards. After this he excused the
special committee and called for vol
unteers to come on the staga^to be
hypnotized. He succeeded inputting
to sleep about 60 per cent 0 f the per
sons who went up, put them through
seme of the funniest stunts imagin
able, such as crowing like roosters,
, fighting fire and finding quantities of
money. He succeeded in getting Ed.
Durham wholly unde r his influence,
and made him do many funny things.
He then proceeded to throw his as
sistant into a cataleptic state, in
wnich condition he remained until
8:30 o’clock Tuesday night. At that
hour he was taken on the stage, and
a rock weighing 464 pounds was
Placed upon his chest after he had
.been put upon two chairs, his head
on one and his feet upon the other,
and two heavy blows were struck
; with a sledge hammer, but owing to
| J! 16 character and shape 0 f t^e rocb,
, It could not be broken. The young
man was then awakened, and seemed
.none the worse for his experience.
Fayssoux then proceeded to give
another exhibition of mind reading
; w ’ h,c h was fully a s wonderful as the
night before, finding a hidden ring and
Placing same back on the same finger
! of the hand from which it had been
taken. After which he called for
i people to come on the stage as on
the night before. Ed. Durham, who
had furnished most 0 f the fun the
night before refused to go, but Fays
soux who was near him, suddenly
tunied to him snapped his fingers
! an ” sa,d “come on.” Ed stiffened up
.and for a moment resisted, but in
! ӣ lte of himself followed Fayssoux on
the stage, where he did as many fun-
! n y things as on the night before.
The performance Wednesday night
wa s equally as astonishing and re
markable as were those of the pre-
i virus nights, and all who attended
the entertainments expressed them-
I selve s as being perfectly satisfied.
GAFFNEY POISON FACTORIES.
j Y°u Will be Surprised to Learn How
Many There Are.
Did you ever feel stupid and dull
after eating a hearty dinner?
When food is retained too long in
the stomach, because of stomach
weaknesses, the poison factory works
overtime and there is giddiness, con
fusion of thought, despondency, heart
burn, sleeplessness, nervous trouble
and other forms of indigestion.
The general use of Ml-o-na stomach
tablets puts within the reach of every
one a reliable and positive cure tor
all stomach neakness. Ml-o-na quick
ly cures the worst case of indiges
tion, and the pain and distress which
Id often felt after meals will soon dis
appear, such is the wonderful curative
power of this little tablet
Ml-o-na acts upon entirely differ
ent principles from any of the other
remedies that have been used in sto-
maph trouble. It is taken before
meals, and hag a specific strengthen
ing action upon the muscler of the
etomach. increasing the flow of diges
tive juices and making the stomach
get to work and digest easily and nat
urally the food which is eaten.
Gaffney Drag Co. have seen so
many cures made by Mi-o-na that
they give a guarantee with every I0e
box that the remedy cost nothing 'Un
less It cures.
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