The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 21, 1908, Image 4
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THE QAFFNEY LEDGER.
Tuesday and Friday.
Ed. H. DeCamp. Editor and Publisher
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
We admire Editor Keoster'g loyalty
to his friends, but we condemn bis
judgment. Any man who takes the
position that there has not been
“graft’' in the conduct of the dlspen-
cheaper than we can obtain wood and
coal. The. use of electrldty for cook
ing purposes Is so muoh neater and
can be used with so little of the
drudgery usually connected with
cooking that the ladies of the city
can do their own cooking, and not be
dependent upon the cook ladles who
Get to work and secure the prizes in
order to keep our Insurance money
at home and not let it go north.
Mr. George McCraw said he want
ed us to get him a pair of spectacles,
for his eyes were not getting any bet
ter. We told him we would, but we
are afraid that he would shoot them
to pieces for a rabbit.
We noticed in Tuesday’s issue of
do ag they please as to whether or i The Ledger that it had entered upon
not they will be on hand when the i fifteenth y®®*’ an d wa s going to
.. . . . in.. _ publish a better paper for its readers
weather is not exactly to their liking, i an( j wan ted the aid of the efficient
If the results from this powpr is all correspondents. We have been a
that is claimed for it, the ladies of; weekly correspondent for The Ledger
months and we tak-e pleas-
hls
sary In the face of the convincing j Gaffney (and the men too, for the for 8 few
prool that has been advanced had; maUer of that) ha « good raason j w^ha^'made many
just as well acknowledge that he; to !
course, read it when I first got it,
but it is one of those rare books
which may be read and re-read with
advantage. The author’s name is
not published, but whoever he is, he
has truly written something that is
noble, uplifting and inspiring in sen
timent in ‘‘Little Prida.” Long may
such books live!
Washington’s birthday, the national
holiday for this month, is the day on
which a great nation honors the mem
ory of a great man.
Buckhorn has been swollen to such
an extent by the recent rains that
it is almost a raging torrent this
(Saturday) morning.
‘rise up and call the power com
cannot be convinced against his be- p an y blessed.”
lief no matter what the character of
the proof. . Draytonville oot»-
* * * Draytonville. Feb. 18.—There is s
The object I have in wMtlng book
and magazine notices for The Ledger
erros and said manv things that we; is, that I desire to arouse an Interest
should not have said. We are going in literature of the right sort,
to strive to help The Ledger in every The answer to one of your ques-
way we possibly can. As The Leo- tions, “J. L. S..” is this; The com-
ger has a large field of correspond
ents. let us get down and make It
Gaffney has had to contend with an considerable change in the weather the best paper published in the State
unusually protracted spell of cold since last week and we suppose the for one dollar and fifty cents.
weather recently. For more than ten
close for fear of the waste
School Boy.
men year is 363 days, five hours,
forty-eight minutes and forty-eight
seconds in length. So every four;
years almost one day more is added
to 365. And hence leap year—366
days. \ r ow there you are.
By the may, Mr. J. L. S., are you j
not “Mammy's Boy.” who used to
write for the old Yeoman from Etta
I will
get to sowing oats as soon as the basket,
days the murcury has been below ground will permit plowing. We
freezing in the early morning and all hope there will be a very large crop Buckhorn.
through the day the cold has been s o"n this year, as that is one good Filbert. Feb. 17.—According to my
severe enough to make the use of ^ n n p that does not teke much cnltiva-; promise to give our readers a detail-1 Jane?
.. T .. tion. ed description of the Buckhorn sec- For some reason or other I see that
wraps a necessity. If cold weather R ev pj (j p oss 0 f Gaffney, filled 1 tion. which I made in a recent letter, my regular letter failed to make its
in February is a sign of a good fruit: his regular appointment here last [ will now proceed to give Buckhorn appearance in last Friday’s Issue of
crop we should have an abundant Saturday and Sunday. He delivered a “write up.” It will, I trust, be of The Ledger. Perhaps it was crowded
iHoia thp pomtne- «.n B nn and if /.nm two good sermons and the services interest to the readers for them to out o r failed to reach you in time.
y . ... ’ were largely attended. He spoke on hea r something of one of the sections I will close for this time, as I
weather at this season is necessary Sll bject of “Temptation” Sunday | which The Ledger visits twice a haven’t much news to write. But I
to a good crop of fruit, most of us will morning and preached a sermon that
be willing to endure the cold w’eather wa s full of enthusiasm.
In order to reach that result. Mr. J H. Oallman, the wide-awake
; merchant of Pondfleld, spent last Sun
day at Gaffney with his parents, Mr.
The general assembly of South and Mrs. E. ,T. Gallman.
Carolina for the year of our Lora,; Mr. Jeff McGuinn, of Limestone
1908, U, been the most extravagant | here
in its appropriations of any session Miss Ellen Huggins taught school
since the state was wrested from the st Evergreen last week for her sister,
hands of the scalawags and carpet- j Miss Ellen Is a young teacher and the
baggers. Verily our lawmakers seem
If there ever was
to have gone mad
a time when
should be conservative it is now, and
yet they have increased salaries and
appropriations until they will be
forced to largely increase the tax
levies or force the State to borrow
larger sums than ever before in or
der to meet the obligations which the
State must pay. We sincerely hope
that this extravagance will not lead
to anotuer political upheaval as dis-
asteroui as the one from which we
have been striving to recover since
1892.
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The Ledger is not a kicker, but
there is one thing that we desire to
call to the attention of the patrons
ol the Gaffney postofflee, especially
the people from the country who are
not on to all the tricks of the trade.
It is simply this; When people go to
the office for the purpose of buying
stamps, the clerks (and the postmas
ter himself, for that matter), will put
off on the unwary, old stamps which
they have had on hand from three to
six months. Probably the clerk in
the office who is the worst for this is
Ed. Staoy. Unless you call Ed. down,
popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
IP. Huggins.
we«k. must say. however, that it pleases
I live seven or eight miles west of me well for the other scribes to men-
Yorkville, near a stream called Buck- tion me in their letters occasionally. |
horn. It got its name In this way: Ben Hope. |
Many years ago, when this section — — -
was, practically speaking, a wilder- Gaffney, R. p. D- No. 4. >
ness, the deer, which then infested Gaffney. R. F. D. 4, Feb. 17. We i
the country, used to meet somewhere i, ave a disagreeable week. This i
on the banks of this stream, to shed morning is bright and clear and the
their antlers. This animal, I believe,, w j n( | jg plowing at a heavy gale. I j
drops its antlers every year. Hence am R ] a( | see this as it is drying
the name Buckhorn. r "' L —- *-
ROYAL
Baking Powder
The only Baking Powder made
with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
—made from grapes—
Insures healthful and
del 'cious food for every
home—every day
Safeguards jour food against
alum and phosphate of lime
There is also un the earth. No work on the farm
another stream, not far from the to this date has been done,
place I live, that Is called Silver \i rs< l Hollman died of pneu-
Miss Nettle Marsh was the guest of; creel:-. It is smaller than Buckhorn, rnonia Thursday. She was a good
our representatives | her friend. Miss Alma Lattimer, of ( but clearer and more silvery looking woman and a consistent member of
Pondfleld, last Sunday. when seen on a sunny day. Hence the First Baptist church of Gaffney,
Mr. Donald Huggins, who was call- j its name, Silver creek. The waters w here she lived for a number of years,
ed home from Spartanburg, where he j of Buckhorn and Silver creek once g^p a t the home of her brother!
is attending school at Wofford Col-' contained an abundance of fish, but jtev. A. J. Bonner. Mrs. Hollman was
lege, on account of the illness of his : the time when fish were to be found
seventy-one years of age. Mason and
In this section has long ago passed Miss Mary Bonner attended the far
away. as also has the time when this na i R p r vices which took place at Pied-
section was infested with hears, deer mont church the 14th inst.
and the roving Indian tribes. Ah! Mr. George Bryant, son of Mr. T.
truly hag time wrought many chang- j,. Rryant. died on the 12th inst. of
es. some of which, I must say, are pneumonia.
for the best, while others, alas! are q. A. Bonner spent Sunday with
for the worst. But such is the way hj s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bon-
class; of the world and such is the way of n p r>
I life. Nearly the last vestige cr the M r , E> Bonner’s children who
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Huskey spent fine timber which this section once ] ia( ] scarlet fever, are improving
brother, returned to Spartanburg
Monday to resume his studies in col
lege.
Mr. John Rains, who has been
speaking of going west, has bought
the stock of goods belonging to Mr.
C. C. Hammett, of Gaffney. Mr.
Rains has had experience in the husi
ness and will conduct a first
grocery store.
Friday’s issue of The Ledger, and we
are anxious to hear from him about
the boys.
Mr. Roland R. Parker, of Gaffney,
he will invariably give vou old stock services here Sunday,
ne wm invariably give you old stoex. .. Farmerg the ^ have not
contained has. i am sorry to say, al- slowly.
most disappeared with the ravages of Mrs. Anna L. Turner and children
time and progress. Our section con- spent a few days with Mrs. Turner’s
tains no railways, telephones, or an- p a rents last week-. They returned to
tomobiles, and has but one store, but their home in Spartanburg Sunday,
the R. F. D. from Filbert, about five Mrs. Bonner, her mother, and her
or six miles from this place, reaches brother, Tom Bonner, accompanied
once a day, except Sundays and holi- j H . r home where they will spend ^a
days. So. you see, this truly Is a f ew days.
backwoods section. But I love it E Bonner made a business
nevertheless. Those who form the fp cowpens last Thursday,
population of this near section today, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lipscomb
and won’t know where we were left are the families of Caldwell. Love, W ere Pacolet visitors last week. They
at. i Hogue, Brown, McCarter, Wallace werft vising' their sons, Messrs. H. S.
We think that was a good lecture and Watson. Somewhere in the re- an(1 Charles Lipscomb,
for the girls that J. L. S. gave in last glon west of us lies a section of ter-
last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Elmore.
Messrs. Claude and Hoy Hammett,
of Wllklnsville, attended religious
services here last Sunday.
We stated in our last letter that
Mrs. Vader Parker had moved to her
father’s place and was going to farm,
but we were mistaken and we take
the pleasure to correct It. It will
not do to depend on “hear says”
every time. If we do we will he left
id A a
Ip
Charlie Clary and Miss Snead are
not quite so bad, but they are by no
means too good to resort to this kind
of thing, while old man Folger gives
them instructions to this effect. We
predict from this time forth the pat
rons of the postoffice will be treated
differently, as this matter has never
been given any publicity before.
• • •
The death of Senator A- C. Latimer,
whose term of office was about to ex
pire, will result in a large number
of candidates offering to succeed him.
The Junior senator was very popular,
and was one of the most plausible
stump speakers that we have ever
heard. In his last campaign he wae
opposed by men who were far and
away his superiors in Intellect and
ability, and yet he was successful,
and his success was due to the tact
that he knew how to reach the hearts
of the people who are in the majority
In Sonth Carolina. Senator Latimer
possessed the art of getting votes In
an eminent degree and he went about
It systematically, and with a degree
of method and Intelligence which Is
rarely seen in these times, and If he
changed my name yet hut I am look
ing for them to change it at any time
from Mr. School Boy to School Boy.
Please do not forget that If they do
change my name I will continue to
write for The Ledger.
Wte were sorry to learn that the In
fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Harmon, of North Carolina, had the
mlefortunte of swallowing a blaze of
fire last week. The child was lying
before the fire, and by some means
the quilt on which the child was lying
caught fire. The child is In a very
serious condition and there Is little
hope of its recovery. Mr. Harmon
Is the son of Mr. John Harmon, of
WUklnstllle. and a brother of Mrs.
Adolphus Phillips, of this place.
Islah Corry, colored, went to Gaff
ney today and bought him a pair of
mules. They are a good looking
pair, and he said the price was bet
ter looking than the mules.
The buyers of cotton seem to like
twelve cents very well, hut the farm
ers do not like It. - They s®pm to he
resting with ease in this dRUlon, hold
ing for a little more ftyi twelve
cents—fifteen cents.
Mr. A. W) Phillips has a very sick
child. It has something like pneu
monia.
Mr. John Rains, of Gaffney, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Rains, of this place.
Mr. Joe Rains had the misfortune
^t fiJM t^ perxon iho atoftSl i *■
that he lived in “The Nation,” al- Our R. F. D. mall carrier is a nice
though It is said to be considerable i and sticks close to his busi-
In area. So much for Buckhorn and ness. He is very accommodating to
“The Nation.” ^ l8 patrons.
Because of the bad weather, there| Rev. Guy filled his appointment at
was no school at the Beersheba | Gaucher yesterday. He preached a
school on Monday and Tuesday of good sermon ojn Saturday and Sun-
last week. i day. Mr. Baker, a blind preacher
Snow, sleet, rain and mud! Yes, j from North Carolina, was with us at
plenty of It. this meeting. H® was selling a song
Since the letter containing my al- he composed himself. He sang the
lusion to Dr. Saye was printed, I song and then sold about ten dollars
learn that some parties intend to re-1 worth. This Is the way he Is helped
stock York county with floxes, If by the people which enables him to
they can. So perhaps his bill is not live.
out of place after all. i Rev. Mr. Wharton, an able divine,
I have a little book, “Little Frida, Is assisting Rev. Mr. Guy In a meet-
a Tale of the Black Forest,” which ing at Pacolet Mills. He Is doing
was sent to me several years ago by some good work and much interest is
Rev. L. H. Query, a traveling eol- manifested in the meeting. He will
portur. And the other day I took up Continue the meeting until Thursday,
this little hook, not laying It aside | Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Anstell were
until I had read it from cover to .Goucher visitors Sunday,
cover, It Is so interesting. I had, of j iMr. Oscar Myers and Miss Lillie
Goforth, of Gaffney, were visitors Bishop Duncan |il.
at nS? UC ? ier The news that Bishop Duncan, of
This Is my first letter and should Spartanburg, Is critically ill, will be
it escape the waste basket, may write received with sorrow by the people of
again. Gaffney. He has many devoted
May success attend The Ledger. friends and admirers in this city who
hope that he may recover and be
spared for a long time to come.
B.
Economy in 1908.
Pure Linseed Oil costs much less
sold from the barrel than It does put
up in Tin Cans as Mixed Paint—In
the first instance you pay 60
l)er gallon—in the second 11.60
Sufferinq and Dollars saved.
E. S. Loper, of Marllla, N. Y., saye:
“I am a carpenter and have had many
cents s ® Ter ® cuts healed by Bucklen’s Ar^
w ^ Now uica Salve. It is by far the best heal*
mix's gallon of pure linseed oil with ln S salve I have ev ®r found. Heal*
4 gallons L. & M. Paint and you have, burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, eo-
ready fo r use, 7 gallons of the best J!ema an d P llea - 25c at Cherokee
paint made costing only $1.20 per gal- Dr ug Co.
Ion. Done in 2 minutes. Smith Hard- —
ware Co. L. & M. Paint Agents. —The Gaffney Drug Co. has the
- biggeet stock of Garden Seed ever
—Compare 5 cents worth of garden carried in Gaffney,
seed bought from us with one of those Feb. 21 Frl. tf.
little 5 cents papers—only about three
times as much. You are wasting Mrs. Rose Politzer, of Chicago, has
money to buy your garden seed in 6 legally adopted Mrs. Julia A. Horman.
cents papers. Gaffney Drug Co. Th® foster mother Is sixty-five years
Feb. 21 Frl. tf. old and the foster child forty-firs,
and has a husband.
Is your baby thiil» weak, fretful?
Make
baby.
a Scoffs Emulsion
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had lived to serve out his term, the i to lose a fine cow last Sunday nlght.4
Cows seem to be very scare and
/
man who was elected his successor,
would have had to defeat him at the
poles regardless of the number of
candidates who were in the field.
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The attention of our readers is call
ed to the article in another column
when a man loses one he Is left in
a bad condition.
Mr. Forest Huggins is * still Im
proving, we are glad to learn, and
he will be able to come home before
many days, providing he continues to
improve.
Mr. Grover Patterson, of Cherokee
of this paper containing the state- was a visitor at Draytohvllle
ment of Superintendent DuPre of the 8 wilison i B on the sick list
dty waterworks and electric light at this writing. He has grippe. There
system. If the superintendent’s seems to be a good many cases of
statement Is correct (and we have no i griPP® In this section.
Messrs, “Crate” and Ed Pattersc^
Scoffs Emulsion it Cod Liver Oil
and Hypophosphitai prepared so that it it
easily cGgested bwlittle folks.
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reason to doubt Its truthfulness) It
will mean much to Gaffney. In these
days of high priced fuel and scarcity
and inefficiency of help, It sounds al
most too good to be true, ^ien we
are told that we can obtain the use
of electricity for cooking purposes,
D'jrfneftft Own not bo Cored
by Um-h’ h :i8 they •cannot ruach
wio dlwiiMd portion of the ear. Th' r" Is
oUIt one way.to cure deafnea*. and tlmt Is
by CO’iHtitu Ilona I remedies, nenfne.. i M
cuiu'ed ov Inflamed condition of the mucous
Doing of the Kuataehlan Tube. When *Ms
lube getd Inflamed you have ;i rumbling
sound or imperfect bearing, mid when it Is
entirely closed deafness Is the result, aud
unless the Inflammation can )>e taken nm
and this tube restored to Its normal coudl*
tion. hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ■m areeausodby catarrh, which
la nothing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
ease of Deafness (cased by cate rrlpthat can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars, free. _ , . „
F. J. CHUNKY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggesttfr 7Sc.
Hall’s Famllv Pills for constipation.
were visitors to Gaffney Monday. i
Mr. J. J. Jenkins began teacU
the Corinth school Monday morj
Mr Jenkins is a young man aj
his first school to teach and w*;
that he will meet with succestj
great work. Logan Is a
reader of The Ledger.
We extend our deepest s:
to the bereaved family and 1®/
of Mr. Drayton Allison, wh'j
misfortune to lose his wife
urday morning.
Ben Hope, your letter
Issue (Tuesday) was an,
one. I enjoy reading yc
agree with you about ’4
forests. If the destr
forests continue like
the past few years,
so people will have
made of stone, but
Mr. Elzle Parker
Springs where he
work for the
We notice that
tual Benefit
some good prli
sjifly the baby that is fed on
\mulsion is a sturdy, rosy-
fellow full of health and vigor.
ilSTS; OOc. AND SI.OO.
Wood or Iron
ica string, to the wheels
ks, at EZELL’S. : :
Ing a Specialty.
FOR SALE
Valuable Business Property
... ON ... >
f MONDAY, MARCH 2nd,
I Will Offer at Public Outcry
before the court house door at GafTuey, S. 0., immediately
after the sales of the county officers, the following:
One two-story brick store house only four doors from
pofetoffice, on Limestone street. The lot is about 21x200
feet. Come in and examine the property before day of
sale. This is valuable property.
Terms of sale: one-half cash, balance one year from
date with 8 per cent, interest. Purchaser has privilege of
paying all cash. I would entertain proposition for private
LIPSCOMB.S
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sale.
Feb 21-3t
CAROLINA MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSN.
Gaffney, S. C.. February 15. 1908.
Dear Sir:—
Our prize offer of January was such a success that we have decided to make
another offer that will make it worth while for any one to spend some, if not all, of
his time in working for n« Ine next few months.
On the 15th of March, April and May . respectively, we will give to the person
bringing in the greatest number of members during the preceding month $50.00 ; to
the one bringing in the next greatest number, $25.00; and to the next, $10.00. In
addition to this, on Jnne 15th, we will give to the person writing the greatest num
ber during the whole four months, $200.00. In order that every one may be well
compensated for his time, even should he not receive a prize, we will allow a com
mission of $r.oo for every member accepted by the Association, a member in two
divisions counting as two members. This commission will be paid at the close of
each month’s contest.
No one is excluded from this offer and the only conditions are these:
I. Policies MUSf BE PAID FOR IN CASH WHEN THE NAME OF THE
APPLICANT IS HANDED IN TO THE HOME OFFICE. The money will be
returned to any person rejected by the Association.
II. Commissions must not be given to applicant. If it is proved that any penon
is giving his commissions off, he or she will be debarred from competition.
III. The applicant MUST sign a certificate signifying to whom his membership
shall be credited, which certificate shall be deliverea to the medical examiner to be
forwarded to the Home Office with application. Certificates filed at any other time
will not be accepted.
You have nothing to lose—you have much to gain—so begin today. No safer or safer
insurance can be found, besides keeping the money for same circulating at home.
If there is Anything you do not nnderstand, come tb see us or write at once and
we will take pleasure in explaining~same. We will appoint medical examiners in
reach of every one entering the contest, but it is requested that all who can, shall
come to the Home office for examination.
Do not delay one moment for every minute counts. Winners of prizes and num
bers will be published only at the close of each month’s contest, but during the
last month of the final contest numbers will be published in each issue of The
Ledger and Cherokee News,
With best wishes for youf success, we remain,
Very truly yours,
CMBA—MF CAROLINA MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION.
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