The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 10, 1908, Image 1
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the Qaffneyledger.
A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES, AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
QAPFNEY, S. C« TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1906.
|1.60 A YEAR.
BOXER INDEMNITY
BEFORE CONGRESS
THE BOXER UPRISING CAUSED
CONSIDERABLE LOSS-
China and Japan Trading Company
Had Millions of Bales of Cloth Tied
Up at shanghai at Uprising.. ....
■Washington, March 7—A measure
pending before the United States sen
ate in which the large mill indus
tries of Piedmont Carolina are inter
ested is the claim of the China and
Japan Trading Company upon the
Boxer Indemnity Fund. This com
pany is the vast distributor for the
Southern cotton manufactured goods
throughout the kingdom of China; its
business was established at Shanghai
about the year 1847. For forty years
the company has been importing in
to China cotton cloth, chiefly from
the United States. This business
grew to such large proportions that
at the time of the Boxer uprising in
May, 1900, that the company had in
port and arriving at Shanghai cotton
goods to the value of Shangha taels
2,609,767.88. The quantity and
amount in value of such goods did
not exceed the regular demands of
the trade. Immediately upon the
Boxer outbreak it became impossible
to move the gof\ds out of Shanghai,
and all negotiations for their pur
chase were dropped by the native
merchants and the company was
compelled to hold these importations
until the market in north China for
which tWese goods were intended,
and in which only they could be sold,
were opened again to trade by the
suppression of the anti-foreign out
break. There was no trade what-
ey&r out of Shanghai until March,
1901, and goods did not begin to
move in the usual volume until the
month of June, 1901. The company’s
importations were finally sold at a
serious loss to Chinese merchants
and by them forwarded to .North Chi
na markets. From the time of ar
rival of these goods at Shanghai, they
were held stored in that city by the
company until sold and delivered.
The company used every means to
make an early sale of the importa
tions. The Boxer movement was ex
pressly directed against foreigners
and foreign goods, and it was one of
its purposes to prevent the importa
tion of foreign merchandise into
China. So the products of the mill
suffered by this unexpected demoral
ization of trade and commerce.
The great world powers holding
that China was responsible for this
Boxer uprising and the damage at
tending it, fixed an indemnity of
$333,900',000, which the Chinese
government accepted. The portion
of this lump sum for the United
States was $24,440,778.81, on which
the government has received (prin
cipal and interest) $6,518,034.75.
The president has requested authori
ty from Congress to release China
from the payment of all but $11,655,-
492.69 of the $24,440,778.81. This
amount to cover the military and na
val expense of the United States in
the relief expedition, estimated at
$9,655,492.49, and the round sum of
$2,000,000 already paid by the depart
ment of State upon the individual
claims of American citizens, includ
ing merchants, missionaries and oth
ers. It is along with this class that
the China and Japan Trading Com
pany seeks to recover damages. The
company’s claim as originally pre
sented was for $559,285.48. A sup
plemental claim, comprising advances
made to Chinese merchants to enable
them to beep their contracts, was af
terwards filed for $5,493.72, but dis
allowed. The amount $559,285.48
comprised losses and expenses caused
by the enforced detention of the com
pany’s goods at Shanghai, owing to
the Boxe r uprisng. Of this amount
they have been paid $63,612.74. Now
the bill pending in the Senate calls
for the payment of the remaining
$495,672.74. Senators and Con
gressmen from the section of the
Union where the cotton mills are es
tablished are being Importuned to aid
in its passage.
Washington, March 7.—After la
borious days spent in shaping and
working out its manifold details, the
committee on postofflees and post
roads has prepared its annual ap
propriation bill, and Chairman Jesse
Overstreet has introduced the meas
ure. The worb of mapping out this
measure falls on the sub-committee,
an<i South Carolina is reperesented
on this sub-committee by Hon. David
E. Finley, of Yorkville, the dean of
the Palmetto State’s delegation in
‘‘Congress. The bill carries an appro
priation for 1908 of $220,765,392. So
that will give the average citizen an
idea of what it actually costs Uncle
Sam to keep the mall matters in
regular running order throughlout
the United States. The postofflee de
partment, in its estimates to Congress
recommends a total appropriation of
$230,441,016, but the committee has
scaled this amount down to $220,765,-
392, being $9,675,624 less than the
original estimates of the department
The amount appropriated for 19Q8
was $212,019,193. The amount now
recommended for the fiscal year
1908 exceeds that amount by $8,674,-
199, an Increase of 4.09 per cent. The
appropriation for the fiscal year 1908
wa« 10.65 per cent Increase over the
appropriation for 1907 (this Increase
in per centage was largely occasion
ed by the increase in salaries of post
al employees) and 11.66 per cent in
crease over the expenditures for 1907,
which expenditures were $189,935,242.
The receipts for the postal service
for the fiscal year 1907 were $183,-
585,005, which was 9.3 per cent in
crease over the receipts for the fiscal
year 1906, which receipts were $167,-
932,783.
While the expenditures for the fis
cal year 1906, amounting to $178,-
449,799, exceeded the receipts for
that year by $10,516,995, still the re
ceipts for tha fiscal year 1907, amount
ing to $178,449,799, exceeded the re
ceipts for that year by $10,516,996,
still the receipts for the fiscal year
1907, amounting to $183,585,005, real
ly exceeded the expenditures for the
prececfing fiscal year of 1906,* $5,-
135,206.
The expenditures for the fiscal year
1907 amounted to $189,935,242, or
$6,350,237 in excess of the receipts.
The average appropriation for
eleven years shown an increase of
7.15 per cent, the receipts for the
same period increased an average of
7.6 per cent, while the expenditures
show an average increase of 6.83 per
cent.
The reduction made by the com
mittee in the last session of Congress
in railway mail pay and railway post
al ear pay have shown good results,
the saving in railway mail pay reach
ing almost $2,000,000, or 3.63 per
cent; in the car pay a saving of near
ly $1,000,000, or 9.65 per cent; by the
withdrawal of supplies from the mails
a saving of $800,000, 1.77 per cent has
been effected.
In the item of appropriations "di
rectly under the postmaster general,
recommendation is made by the com
mittee for an appropriation of $10,-
000 for purchase an installment of
mechanical conveyors and equipment
in the Washington city postofflee; al
so an appropriation of $10,000 to be
used in the investigation and testing
of mechanical and other labor-
saving devices which may be of
benefit to the service generally. A
recommendation is also made for the
reduction of the force of postofflee
inspectors by twenty-two. The testi-
money before the committee seems
to warrant such reduction, and it is
believed no impairment of the se*
vice will follow.
While the committee has made re
commendation for no increase of
salaries of postal employees other
than required under existing law, suf
ficient appropriation has been mad©
for every branch of the service so as
to provide for what may be reason
ably expected in the increased vol
ume of business, and to make proper
and sufficient appropriation f# all of
the various branches of the service.
Fike.
Porto Rican Forests.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Porto Rico
will soon have its only national forest
under administration. Mr. M. Reth-
kugel, of the United States forest
service has just sailed from Now
York for the island, to make a study
of forest conditions and outline a
plan of management of the Loqulllo
national forest.
The Loquillo is the only national
forest in the insular possessions of
the United States, and while it was
created in 1903, provisions for its ad
ministration were not made until
early in January when the comptrol
ler of the treasury affirmed the juris
diction of the department of agricul
ture over the forest.
The forest takes in a little less
than 66.000 acres and is located in
the northeastern part of the Island.
Mr. Rothkugel, who goes to make
the plan of its administration 1 and
study of its forest conditions, is emi
nently fitted for the work, having had
long experience in forest work both
for the government and for private
corporations. Mr. Rothkugel, on
reaching Porto Rico will.confer with
Governor Post, who has been ex
ceedingly anxious that the forest be
put under early administration. He
will spend three months studying con-
dltions and making his plans and will
report to Forester Gifford Pinchot.
While in Porto Rico he will select
and appoint native rangers picking
men who have a thorough knowledge
of forest conditions iu Porto ilioo.
This is in keeping with the govern-
men’t policy of putting all national
forests under administration of local
officers.
Many of the laws governing the re
gulation of the national forests in
this country will not apply to Porto
Rico, forests because of the different
conditions. It is exepected that the
Loqulllo national forest will be put
under actual administration next fall,
by which time the details of forest
agent Rothkugel’s plans will have
been worked out and approved by the
forest officers in Washington.
8ETTLEMYER-HOLT CONTEST.
Both 'Parties claim Election for Al
derman. v
When the retiring city council met
Friday night, they were confronted
with a contest between two candida
tes from ward 1, both claiming that
they were entitled to be seated as al
dermen from that ward. They were
Dr. W. L. Settlemyer and D. J. Holt.
W. S. Hall, Esq.,' who represented
Holt, alleged in his petition that the
supreme court having decided that
Holt was the nominee, in the pri
mary, that he was the only legal can
didate, and that the votes cast li-.
for Settlemyer should not be count
ed.
H. K. Osborne, Esq., represent
ing Settlemyer. took the position
that as Settlemyer had received a
large majority of the votes in the
general election, and having come in-ITjT
to the meeting with the certificates u
of the managers of the election that
he was elected, that the council had
no jurisdiction in the matter, but that
his man was entitled to be sworn In
as alderman from that ward. After
exhaustive argument by counsel the
contestants were asked to retire, and
a majority of the council decided
that it would be for the best interest
of all concerned for\both candidates
to withdraw, and let some one else
be elected. Tlolt seemqd to be wil
ling to act on the suggestion but Set
tlemyer said that inasmuch as he had
received a large majority of the
votes in his ward it would not be
treating his people right to wifhdTaw.
The new council was theft sworn in,
Dr. Settlemyer being sworn in with
the others as alderman from Ward 1.
CRAZY MAN CAUGHT.
Jk
One of Escaped inmates^rom Mor-
ganton Found at oAfney.
The Charlotte Observe^ of Satur
day says;
“ ‘To be conscious that you are go
ing insane is a thousand times worse
than being dead,’ was the rather rea
sonable remark made yesterday by
Frank Haynes, one of the four in
mates of the asylum at Morganton
that escaped last Monday night from
that institution. Haynes was appre
hended Friday night at Gaffney, S.
C., to which point, according to his
own statements, he went direct from
Morganton. His feet were sore with
the roughness of his travels and his
aged frame was bent with weariness
of his long journeyings. He stopped
off here accompanied by the parties
for the most part absolutely without
sense to an Observer man who went
to the Southern depot with him. To
his disillusioned mind he is .the geat-
est discoverer of any age, ranking far
beyond any genius of this or any
other century, Edison, Lord Kelvin,
Pasteur and a host of others to th%
contrary, notwithstanding.
“ ‘What is your discovery?’ ventur
ed The Observer representative.
“‘I have discovered that what man
is depends upon his knowledge of
himself and this is made perfect by
electricity. Effective in one • way,
electricity paralyzes the body. Ef
fective in another way, it makes it
perfect and unchangeable. There is
certain mechanical action in every
effort which makes it possible for a
man to be conscious as to what he
i*.’
“The newspaper man followed him
as best he could in this elaboration,
but finished his pencilings without
the least idea in the world as to what
the crazy man meant. Further than
this, Haynes said that he was a farm
er near Winston-Salem prior to his
confinement in the asylum, which was
due to' nothing in the world except a
desire, an insane desire, on the part
of some people to torture other peo
ple.
"Haynes was the last of the escap
ed inmates to be discovered. The
other three have been landed and are
now back in the asylum. One was
caught at Lenoir and the other two at
Asheville.”
CHEROKEE COUNTY’S
NEWEST INDUSTRY
FLINT HILL GOLD MINE SOON TO
BE IN OPERATION.
yVill no Doubt Prove Remunerative
to Both Its Operatives and Em
ployees—Some Reminiscences.
Wilkinsville, March 7.—The North
Pacrlet Interdenominational Sabbath
Sch 1 Convention will meet at Wil
son’s Chapel oh the fifth Sabbath of
tenth—the 29th—at 10:30
o’clock a. m. The programme will
appear next week. It is hoped that
all the schools within the bounds of
the convention will be represented.
Mr. J. N. Strain has been laid up
sick foi a few days with grippe.
The Yilkinsville ginnery is finish
ing up the rqmnant of the crop. The
oil mill will then be run on full time.
Our friend, Mr. Syd Miller, was
overhauling a graphophone last Tues
day. Syd *is a mechanic who under
stands hifc business, especially when it
comes to talking machines. He is
the only (besides one other) who has
ever told how the records are
made to k<!k or sing.
Miss Ma y McCulloch is at home
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Whisonant, at Wilkinsville.
Mr. Vernie Webber is trading cows
—(buying and selling.
Mr. p. S. Webber is working in his
wood and 1 ’acksmith shop a good
part of his time. He has all the work
he has time to do. He is one of The
Ledger’s staunch friends. He tells
»y
he don’t claim
very often the other fellow.
Mr. Beauregard Patrick has moved
to Mr. I. G. Wofford’s where he will
farm this year. Mrs. Patrick and
Mrs. Wtofford are sisters of our es
teemed friend, Mr. w;. T. Mabry.
There are some farms in this sec
tion needing hands.
Mr. Harrison will finish painting
Mr. s -P- Estes’ house this week if
he has good weather.
Mose Tate, colored, caught some
fine fish last Tuesday in Thickety
creek.
Mr. H. T. Estes, who was one of
the second week jury, came home
possible for them to prove to the
world that they belonged to a race
whose courage history had made in
disputable. Every nerve was strung
to its utmost terition. Nothing stirs
an Irishman more than to appeal to
his race, his country and his nation
ality. Time and again like an ocean
wave they dashed against that fiery
wall until the ground was literally
covered with their dead bodies and
night drew he r sable mouth over the
scene. They were not fighting for
Abraham Lincoln but for Ireland.
A gibberish Kiri seated at the organ
was trying to show how much she
knew about music, asked a visitor,
“Ho w do you like this refrain?” He
answered. ‘‘Fine; the more you re
frain the better I like it.”
i&hed the exercise.
MRS- J. T- DARWIN DEAD.
That dealer is a clever lad—
He’s noble, kind and true,—
Who every promise he has made
Is sure to try to do. *
Though' at ten cents a pound he sells
Fish old, and rank, and tough,
Or three cents fo;- a dozen smells v
When one smell is enough.
Money is not valued for what it is
so much as for what it does.
With the installation of nqw ma
chinery at the Flint Hill gold mine,
opens a new industry in this section
which we have no doubt will prove
renumerative to* its operatives and
employees. For at least three-quar
ters of a century it has been known
tha’t there were rich deposits in that
The End came at Rome, Ga n Sunday
Afternoon.
The sad intelligence reached Guff'
ney Sunday night that Mrs. J. T. Dar
win had died in Rome, Ga., that af
ternoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Darwin
went to Rome about three weekg'ago,
where she underwent an operation.
While grave fears were entertained
as to her recovery when she left Gaff
ney the intelligence of her death came
as a distinct shock to her many
friends in the city. She wag Mlsg
Mary Fleetwood, of Rome, Ga., before
her marriage to Dr. J. T. Darwin on
the 5th day of December, 1891. She
was a most devoted wife and mother
That fin-1 and wa s a lovely Christian character
and was a consistent member of Bu
ford Street Methodist church. Since
coming to Gaffney from Blacksburg
about three years ago, she had made
many devoted friends in Gaffney, who
feel desolated because of her death.
Truly the death of this good woman
will be a calamity to our city, as she
wag prominent in the social life Qof
the city and the work of her church.
She leaves a devoted husband and
four children to mourn their loss.
The funeral services will be held to
day and will be conducted by Rev. S.
B. Harper, her pastor.
mine and much has been *one to de-1dots^
Cowpen 8 Callings.
Cowpens, March 2.—As there la no
one writing from this part of the
county I thought I would give yon a
space
many good jokes on himself in which
to be the hero but
who found him at Gaffney. -
Hayes talked without reserve anfr Tuesday night. We wouldn’t be sur
prised if this dallying in the court
cases don’t call for an extra session
about the time farmefs get busy with
their work.
Isn’t it about time the’ r names of
candidates were being annoiunced by
their friends? •
Ash Wednesday was several kinds
of weather and we don’t look for it
to have caused any great change in
the wheat and flour market. \
“Aunt Lena” Wood, colored, totfe
of Levi Wood, is lying very low at
this time. She has been in bad
health for jgore than a year. \
Some of our neighbors have been
finding dead chickens about their pre*
mises. Look out for cholera, and oe-
gin doctering in time.
Rev. T. P. Boozer will preach at
Salem on the third Sabbath—15th
inst, at 11 o’clock a. m.
A light rain on Tuesday night stop
ped the plows again.
Rev. Cromer, colored, is teaching
at the colored school house near here.
The roads have been greatly* Im
proved by the few days of dry weath
er.
Miss Ruth Sarratt, who Is teach
ing at Abingdon Creek, was sick last
Tuesday and dismissed school for
that day, on that account.
We, are always gled to get items
of news from our friends that we can
use in our letters to The Ledger. If
those who favor us in this way don’t
get our acknowledgement direct they
may look for it in the paper. Ac
counts of accidents, marriages, deaths
and sickness, specially solicited. The
A Splendid Sermon. venerable R. M. Stokes, editor of the
Dr. A. M. Simms preyed one of ^ ars °
his usual strong sermons Sunday at j ^ at Account °f a dog fight would
the First Baptist church from John, .^ead with interest by people at a
6:27, "Labor not for the meat which, dl8 * a ®® e * r ?® Q the Bc ® ae -
perishetb, but fimv that meat which', ^ a ki n g Hf® ft* well as making a
endureth unto everlasting life, which i 1 ' , ’ ng should be the aim. of every
the Son of man shall give unto you; |° ne -
for him hath God, the Father, sealed.’ , cannot think wH5n heaven Is won
Dr. Simms said in part that it is ai-; x^at we will hear the glad “WeH
ways easier to submit to unjust ac- *•
cusations and to unwarranted criti- Unle88 here are satisfied
to TT« V n 4 d « Ca i? yo, i? eIf ’ “J i That the dear Lord will say “Well
velop it and we are satisfied tHat it
has paid those who have managed it
properly and that it wifi continue to
‘'Vne of these flne days we will pre-
sent onr readers with a short (ye. “'i ^
incomplete, history of this mine as erouna.
your valuable paper.
We have had the roughest winter
I believe I eve r saw. March hks
come in very nice but I don’t Ipow
Zl * e L l L fr r°“ n,L d .. Wh i yesterday on business,
long been familial with it. Within ^ Horace Webber went to Gaff-
mtr own recollection the proper^ I
has changed hands several times. It
is now. and has been for several I
years, the property of our esteemed | f™ day aftern0011 wlth y° Ur correS *
friend and neighbor. Mr. Gadberry B. i \fr J L S von sure cave the
\\ right, one 0 f our progressive farm- i”
ers. who lives and boards at home. > ys a good le8Son If they wI11 onl7
We do not propose to conclude our A , y „
sketch of the Flint Hill mine without r f f
giving some reminiscences of other w 8 4 4 S * e hls be t
places and people along both sides of . T ’
Broad river they %ngseat them- ( ‘ e°l°y reading aw totters
selves as proper readable matteirand r ™ , 7 !?**** S *
may prove interesting to others, es ; t a ~^ e ’ *v. e your i©t*
pecially the younger generations. Of and 4 w sb you wou4<4
this work it is too early as yet to i i t • «
make any definite promises as to It’s <3.^ _i* b o S 4)eco r 1 ® of ^ft ura ‘
character and scope. Suffice It to Sh ® 1 1 etters '
say it will be entirely free from any kIT ‘ e ^ oIc,ng over
unpleasant allusions or recollections.
Mrs. J. L. S. has been quite sick w
for a few days with gripper and Sam Dd ^ y W tb t4le r brother «
J. Strain has been complaining. m t *
Measles are reported a s making ^ ^! an ^ on an<4
their appearance in this neighbor- ^!? dS Q°'’ N ‘ £1” 8 J )e, ? t
hood and there are several families h rrt thor f W a t4l r( ^ ra ‘ ? * nt °u *
to ’have them. - j br ^? er T ’Fa^ 8 ?® tter and 4
The hoard of township assessors ®!?f dford has Tepalred hls
were at Wilkinsville yesterday ex-! house,
amining the ta x returns of Gowdeys- ,, pef * ),e of this section have not
ville township. done ver y mu ® h P Iow,ng y^- owing
Mr. Willie B. Kirby, who we re- to much rain.»
4>orted recently as being sick, Is up ' It' ^V-, 1 an ? wait ing to here
and at work again. He is one of our ; v , e gIrls a Q I ® sson ’ for 801116 of
most promising young men, and some u . , n *1 T «
good girl would do well to set her J "L” ill* ZV? K t ? ,s
can trZ fcim i T. a m,8 f es the wa8te basket 1 will try
again. A/ L. C.
Mr. Jim Emry went to Cowptns
cap for him.
J. L. S.
„ Tr>PP ln a «n River. T*. W(W. Club.
Mr. F\ Gi. Proctor; who lives on xhe Woman’s Club held its regu-
Broad river, in Cherokee county, is lar meeting Thursday afternoon at the
engaged in trapping on that stream, home of Mrs. W. C. Carpenter. There
He has between seventy and eighty was It full attendance. In the near
trap* which he uses for catchng future the ladies will have the fed©-
minks. He never visits his traps in ration club pin, as this matter was
the morning without finding one or discussed and decided upon,
more minks. He ha© therefore The program which was especially
caught large numbers of them this good, was as follows*
season. He preserves the skin, and r 0 h call, “Natural resources of
makes a shipment to .New York City Russia and where found.”
once a month a ®d receives for them Paper, “Economic situation in Ras-
flfty-four dollars per doxen. Mr. 8 ia,” Mrs. B. Gaffney.
Proctor also captures large numbers Reading, Mrs. S- H- Griffith,
of opossums, and receives for their, Paper, "Rjussian industries,” Mrs.
hides four dollars and eighty cents Boyd Hames.
per dozen. It will be,seen that Mr. Talk. “The ne w woman in the in-
Proctor’s business would be prollta- dustrial world,” Mrs. W. P. Humfth-t
ble if he only averaged one mink/ties. * *
skin per day, as the expense of trap- Delightful refreshments were serv-
ping them is nearly nominal. Mr. ed by . Misses Sarah Carpenter and
Proctor says that he will discontinue Daisy Wilkins. The guests for the
trapping in about thirty dws, as at afternoon were; Mrs. Dent, Mrs. C.
that time these animals will begin c. Humphries, of Gaffney,’ and Miss
to shed their fur, when, the hides are Inez Sarratt, of Union, Mrs. J. K. Car-
no longer valuable. penter. r *
that God in His infinite goodness and
mercy takes care of the man who
makes his living by the sweat of his
‘tried.’
Remember that in doing a duty we
To Disregard Pritchard’s Ruling.
Asheville, N. C., March 7.—Judge
Pritchard today named Hon. Joseph
A. McCullough, of Greenville; C. K.
Henderson, of Aiken, and B. F., Ar
thur, of Union, as permanent receiv
ers of thp South Carolina dispensary
fund. The receivers are directed to
take charge of all the personal pro
perty, now in charge of the winding
up commission, including money in
benks, and give a bond of 825,000. D.
W. Rountree, of Atlanta, council for
the commission, gave formal notice
for its members that they will refuse
to deliver the property to the court
and announced Its desire to appeal
the question of the courts’ jurisdic
tion to the supreme court of the
United States. Counsel for the credi
tors objected to skipping any legal
steps.
Augusta, Ga„ March 7.—Attorney
General Lyon, of South Carolina, to
day says he has Instituted proceed
ings to compel the dispensary com
mission to disregard United States
Judge Pritchard. His office will ab
solutely disregard Pritchard.
brow, and that the man who always, are only sowing the seed of a delight,
gave a square deal to hls fellow man I a hand in the pew is often worth
would surely get a square deal from as much or more than ten arguments
God, the Father. That In our deal-, from the pulpit
logs with our fellow man we should | Wise people fear pride when they
always give value received; that those: hear praise. No man is powerless
who gave light weights and short unless he is purposeless,
measures would surely have to ans-. When Napoleon was told by his
we r at the Judgment bar for their chief engineer who had exploded the
shortcomings. Taken as a whole it passes of St. Bernard that it was im-
was a splendid discourse and we possible fo r him to take hls artillery
wish every inhabitant of the city
could have been present.
across the Alps, he replied: "There
shall be no Alps. Impossible is a
word found only in the dictionary of
Death of Mr- Wood. fools.” He gave the command, "For-
Mr. W. S, Wood, whose home was, ward,” and at the head of 30,000 men
in Cleveland county, N. C., while on he swooped down upon Italy like an
hls way to Gaffney Friday, was seiz- Alpine eagle upon its prey.
ed with paralysis at the home of Mr.
Jud McCraw, near Gaffney, and only
Wlhen Gen. Ambrose Everett Burn
side overruled his council of war and
Will Turn on Current This Week. 1
It is probable that before another
week passe© away, the Electric Pow
er and Manufacturing Company will 1
have turned on the current, and the
people of Gaffnev wiH be supplied
with electricity from the works at
Gaston Shoals. Few people realise
the wonderful possibilities which the,
advent of this power means to Gaff
ney.. We will no longer be dependent 1
upon the coal fields of the west for
our supply of fuel, but we can getj
power for running machinery, heat
ing, lighting and cooking from this
power. Of course,our people will
have to be educated along this line I
before theJt will take advantage of j
their opportunities. With the high,
prices of fuel, it will only be a short
time when the people of Gaffney will
find that thev can install this power
in their dwellings, and use same for
domestic purposes at a smaller cost,
than they can purchase fuel, to say
nothing of the convenience and clean-!
llness of electricity as compared with
coal or wood. We expect to see with-]
in the next two years electric power,
in three-fourth of the houses in our
city. *
livedabout three hours ofter the ordered the assault upon Maryesj
seizure. The remains were carried Heights at Fredericksburg, Decem-
to the undertaking establishment of her 13, 1862, he assigned the task to*
Shuford & LeMaster, where the body j Meagher’s Irish division. The Con-
was embalmed and then carried to federate Hne\ (part of McLaw’s dlvi-
his home. The funeral exerclkes sion, Longstreet’s corps) were be- j
were held at Camp’s Creek church j hind a rock wall supported by sixteen
Sunday. Mr. Wood owned large guns of the Washington artillery dh;
property and was well known in. the Heights. That brave commander
Gaffney. He leaves a wife and four harangued his men in impassioned,
children to mourn their lose. If the { language, he pointed to the Heights
had lived until last Sunday he would as the prize for which they were to 1
have been sixty-nine years of age. I contend. He told them that it was
The Lyman Twins.
The Lyman Twins played Saturday
night at the Star Theatre to a very
good house. The show was good.
There was noi a dull moment during
the entire performance. It was a
laughing, rolicking comedy full of
rich situations. The specialties were
first class, as good as you will see in
Irage cities. These people will al
ways draw liberal (patronage when
they come to Gaffney. ,
TO CATARRH SUFFERERS.
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Good Advice and Liberal Otar From ’
a Well Known Gaffney Druggist. 9
The’ Gaffney Drug Co. has been ad* *
vising all who suffer ftom any of the
symptoms of catarrh, such as offen
sive breath, dryness of the nose, pain
across the eyes, stoppage of the nose,
discharges and droppings in the
throat, coughing spasms and general
weakness and debility, to use Hyomei.
The Gaffney Drug Co. go so far as to'
offer to refund the money to any user
of Hyomei who Is not perfectly satis
fied with the results.
Quick relief follows the use of the
Hyomei treatment; the stoppage of /
the nose is removed, the dropping ^
ceases, the breath becomes pure ana
sweet, and the catarrhal germs are
destroyed ftnd their growth prevent
ed.
JHyomei Is the surest, simplest,
quickest, easiest and cheapest way to *
cure catarrh. It does not drug and 1
derange the stomach; it goes right to
the seat of the trouble, destroying
the catarrhal germs and healing and
vitalising the tissues.
Go to The Gaffney Drug Co. today
and buy a complete Hyomei outfit for
$1.00 with the understanding that If
it does not give satisfaction, your
money will be refunded.
—The report we get from our Na
ture's Cough Remedy and Grip Tab
lets are very gratifying, being our
own preaerlptlona. We give an ab*
solute gnlrnntee that both taken to*.
tether win aura nay ease of paid In '
the hepd, er sough. Oaffhoy Drag
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