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■ Mi ■ V- ' ; .;:,f . 4 ■ »: ) The Gaffney ledger. A NEWBPAPCR IN ALL THAT THK WORD IMPLIZt, AND DEVOTED TO THE BEET INTEREET OP THE PEOPLE OP CHEROKEE COUNTY. /r ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8> C., FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908. $1.50 A YEAR. RED LETTER DRY FOR LOWER CHEROKEE. THT BIG PICNIC AT WILKINS- VILLE LAST SATURDAY- Young Ladies Applauded for wearing Home-Made Hats—Personal Para graphs and News Notes. Wilkinsville, May 12—We attended the picnic at the school house last Saturday and enjoyed the occasion as much as it was possible for us to do while not feeling very well. The day was cool and the w'nd and dust was all there was to complain of. so. The parties are#stlll living and i ratt attended the meeting of the can speak for themselves If they wish to. For our part we don't know what name to give such conduct unless we call it “heroic insanity” or agricul tural suicide. It’s perhaps a little of both. Mrs. J. L. S. had her first mess of Irish potatoes yesterday. Some of our neighbors had them last week, we understand. Farmers Union (local) at the school house, and saw the new members ride the goat. Mrs. "J. L. S.” is making soap. The moon is all right now whether the soap is or not. Miss Eliza and Mrs. J. H. Bigham and children, of Sharon, came over to tbe picnic last Saturday and staid un- STATE PRESS WILL I til yesterday morning. j — — If your watch is keeping correct j Dr. Talmage’s sermon was ver y; Editor DeCamp Has Charge of Ar- time and you hold it so that the hour I much missed last week. We hope j hand will point towards the sun, half | that The Ledger will be ready to re way between the hour hand and 12! sume their publication as soon as he It Is a fact that too many of our peo ple are ignorant of the varied and many resources of this part of our HAVF fiRFAT MFFT state and this feature wiu im P re88 AllILfl I HILL I k jlesson which we will all take home with us. “All of the members who have not MR. AULL TALKS OF THE MEET-1 j ianS ] )0r t a tion should advise me at ING IN GAFFNEY. ' ° nCe by which route the 7 desire to 1 j go and I will take pleasure in secur ing the transportation for them. I hope also that each member will bring with him some member of his family will be directly south. j returns from his eastern tour. He rangements and Good Time. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS. Twelfth international convention $8 Meet at Louisville, Ky. Union, May 12—The Sunday school workers of South Carolina, who 8 month ago had such a large and en thusiastic and helpful meeting ant Convention in this city, are now turn ing their attention to the Twelfth In ternational Convention, which meets at Louisville, Ky., June 18th-23 indn- sive. This International gathering of Sun- This Means a as I am exceedingly anxious that this t shall be one of the best meetings that day school workers promises to bo the association has ever held. | the largest and best yet held. On too Columbia, May 11.—Mr. E. H. Anil,; “ In regard to the trip into western! program’ are some of the most dlo- yard at Salem met last Friday morn-j he gets back. W.e pity the literary edit0r Qf the Newberry H era i d ^ North Carolina it seems to me to be tinguished men of this and other ing and cleaned it off for the mem-1 taste of the person who sees nothing The parties Interested in the grave-, will have something good to say when orial services. About hands did the. work. “Winter still lingers in the lap of spring.” We often hear people say News, was in the city today in atten- Superintendent of Education J. L. they never saw such and such one of the most delightful as well as twenty-five T interesting and Instructive In these *“ *“ 0 ne of the most inexpensive trips that sermons of Dr. Talmage. I dance on the convention of the fourth ■ t be association has ever had. The J. L. S. 'district covention of the Knights of | itinerary of this trip was printed in - ■ i Pythias. Mr. Aull, wno has been for j the News and Courier of Monday, and Organ Dedication. | years president of the South Carolina 1 will be mailed to each publisher to- Walker acted as master of ceremo nies. A large crowd was present and the best of order prevailed. Hon. R. weather. This in most cases, is doubt- counties. Captain J. Adger Smyth, Jr., tho wide-a-wake Chairman of the StatO Executive Committee, in an inter view with the press representative says; “South Carolina is entitled to Tuesday night, May 26th, has been press Association, is now hard at morrow. I hope that those who In- twenty-nine delegates. These mnat be less a mistake, for we don’t remem- decided on as the date for the dedi-! work on plans for the meeting of the! tend to take this trip will advise me' active Sunday school workers or pat- b er from one years’ end till another cation and opening concert of the new association next month at Gaffney,: as requested not later than the fifth; tors and I am very anxious that thla C. Sarratt and Hon. J. C. Otts were unless it is of some very renjarkable P^P® organ at Limestone College. A and he hopes to have a large atten- of June so that the special train can State should have her full quota at the speakers. The house was crowd- circumstance. Fifty years ago it was brilliant program is being arranged dance not only of members of the as- be ordered.’’ ; the Louisvillle Convention. It will ed to its utmost capacity and some reported that frost was seen In the by Mr. Ix>ring, the director of music sociation and their families, but also MEETING CLOSES* mean much to each Individual del* were unable to get inside. The speak- upper part of York county on or about a * *be college. Frequent rehearsals of other newspaper men not members, | gate and Sunday school and to the ers for nearly two hours kept their the fourth morning in July. It hurt are being held, and everything points as the session of the convention will Was Very Successful anq Much Good worb at large In South Carolina, audience interested in what they had the cotton crop some. This beats a *o a most Interesting concert. be open and interesting to all news- Accomplished. “While the railroads have not yet to say on the subject of education, cold snap in May. V 7 - Loring will demonstrate the paper workers. | The meeting at the First Baptist j announced their rates, it will be aboul school, etc. A synopsis of their Our old friend and music teacher, numerous tonal effects which may be There i^ no newspaper man in the church which has been in progress one and one-half far* for the round speeches would be interesting could we Mr. G. B. Humphries, was in Gaffney' P ro ^ uce ^ upon this beautiful organ, State more popular with the newspa- for two weeks, will close tonight, trip, which will be about $20 round give it. But that is impracticable in last Wednesday on business and mak-! an ^ ln order to show the wonderful the short space at our disposal and, ing enquiry about your scribe. | orchestral qualities of the instrument besides, we couldn’t possibly do Hoeing and thinning corn is now ! be will play several of the most either of them justice in any attempt part of the farm work in this section, i f am ous orchestra compositions, among to do so. Good stands are generally reported, these being the march from “Tann- per men generally than E. H. DeCamp, The meeting has been a successful trip from Union; about $23 from Co- editor of The Gaffney Ledger, and one, and the members of the congre- lumbia, and about $23 form Charle* the fact that Mr. DeCamp is in nation feel that much lasting good ton. While in Louisville entertain charge of the arrangements for the has been accomplished. Mr. Hines is ment can be had on the Harvard plan, entertainment of the visitors is suffi- an earnest and consecrated Christian, that is, lodging add breakfast will bo The proceedings were opened with It’s said that seed corn dipped in hauser’’ by Wagner, selections from dent to draw the newspaper men from -and the people of Gaffney, irrespect- furnished and delegates can get din- prayer by Rev. T. F. Boozer, after kerosene oil will not be pulled up by f be standard operas, and several every section of the State. In addi- ive of denomination, hope to have ner and supper wherever they pleaso. which the band played, “When the the crows and that cut worms are not| ino( ^ ern compositions by MacDowell tion to the meeting itself, President him with us again. “Already we have a few appllcn* roll is called up yonder I will be so bad after It. Some of our people ian d Guilmant. The Limestone Col- Aull has arranged a very attractive Up to the time we go to press ten tions from delegates who wish to &t- there,” etc. . are trying it, and as soon as we hear Choral Club will sing, being ac- trip into North Carolina, and since persons have been received for bap- tend, but not for the full number. I The table was fifty-five feet long the result we will mention It in our companied by pianos and organ. Miss under the rate law it is now seldom tism and there have been a number am especially anxious that the Sun- and well ladened with good things— letters. Tb‘ w an< i Miss Churchill will play an that a South Carolina newspaper man of others who have professed faith, day schools of this State be repreaent- the best the soil and climate pro- one of our neighbors has a turkey attractive waltz for two pianos, duces. To this all present did ample that has laid forty-six eggs this sea- Among the most Interesting featur- justice and plenty was left. Our son. She is a perpetual layer. It' 68 °f be program will be the vocal ladies know how to take care of a seems. solos by Mrs. Hames, and the con- crowd at meal time, especially. | Mrs. Sam J. Strain and daughter, i cert0 by Miss Loulie Potter, accom- Throughout it was a veritable ‘Ted Misg Ruth, are spending a few days panied by Miss Eloise .Potter at the can get across the state line, this Also a number of Christians have ed by their most earnest, active and trip will doubtless come as godsend been greatly refreshed. interested workers and it seems that to the hard-working Scribes and any Dr. Simms expects a number of it would be a good investment for any Pharisees that may be in the profes- others to join at future services of school to offer to defary the expenfiee 3lon - the church. of its Superintendent or leading teachr When seen today in reference to Mr. Hines spoke yesterday after- 1 er, for in inspiration and helpful letter day’’ for lower Cherokee with with Mrs. Strain’s parents, Mr, and second piano and Mr. Loring at the the meeting Mr. Aull said: j noon on “God’s Ruaways,” and last methods that could be secured and a portion of York, Union and Chester Mrs. T. B. McCulloch, In lower Chero-1 or £ an - “The offeial programme for the an- night on “The Lord’s Battle.” There brought back, the school would bo counties thrown in. kee. T bis concert will occur at a time nual meeting of the South Carolina will he two services today, at 4 p. m. more than repaid. The Hickory Gitove string band Two of the young lady members of when Gaffney will have many com- Press Association has been published 1 and 8 P- m. At the night service the Schools adopting this plan or in* was present and added much to the our Sabbath school were wearing mencement visitors, and there will j in the newspapers and will be sent ordinance of Baptism will be adminis- dividual's wishing to go as delegatee, pleasure of the occasion by disoour- their new homemade hats last Sab-. undoubtedly be present one of the out tomorrow. I am exceedingly anx- tered. ’ will please make application to me sing sweet music. bath. These hats are made of shneks l ar &cst crowds the auditorium has ious that every publisher in South Mr. Hines has made a host of or to General Secretary J. M. Way, Cupid was on the ground and his and are, fop beauty (to say nothing of eve *’ h ®^- j Carolina, whether he Is a member of' friends since coming to Gaffney. He at the State Sunday School Head- darts flew thick and fast and no donbt service) ahead of the nondescript la-1 the Association or not, shall attend has taken a deep Interest In our peo- quarters, Pelzer, S. C., at their earl- did execution. dies’ headgear shipped here frdm the Election of Teachers. : this meeting this year. The program- pie and the feeling has been respon- test possible moment.” Just before 4 o’clock, p. m. the north or elsewhere and sells for more The following teachers have been me presents some very attractive fear sive. crowd (or a good portion of It) re- than is necessary to give for a full e, ®cted to teach in the graded schools tures and I am sure that every pub- paired to Salem church where It met dregs with all the other paraphenalia! °f Gaffney for next year: with others who had come to mem- of fashion thrown in. orial service and decorating of the in the face of the war now being soldiers graves. This meeting held waged for farmers rights, this exhi- in the church was opened with prayer bition of modesty and handiwork puts Central School.—Misg Gus Brohaun, Mrs. Edna Harris, Miss Mary Bram- lett and Miss Julia McSwaln. Cherokee Avenue School.— Prof. F. WAR ON SOCIAL CLUBS. by Rev. Mr. Boozer and the singing U8 i n rememberance of Confederate' E - Shuford, Principal, Mrs. F. E. Shu- ford, Miss Ida Crocker, and Mrs. G. P. Hamrick. Colored School.—R. C- Campbell, of “Nearer my my God to Thee,” by times when the ladles made their the Sabbath school congregation. own wearing apparel and sung: Hon. R. C. Sarratt made an ad dress after which Mr. Boozer pro- My homespun dress Is plain I know,, Principal, Bessie Archer and Eliza nounced the benediction and the My hat’s Palmetto too; ; Littlejohn. march to the cemetery wag made they do show what Southern girls • where the graves of the Confederate F°r Southern rights will do. j Annual commencement Address. Express company protests. Columbia, May 12.—The Southern Express company is getting worried Usher will be fully repaid for the time and expense of attending tbe associa tion at Gaffney. Lyon Forwads Orders to cbarteetoif over the recent order of the railroad “Mr. A. L. Law .he, Third Assist- to close Certain Cluba. commission on paid and collect pack* ant Postmaster General, will meet Columbia, May 11.—There is going ages. The commission ordered that with us and talk to the publishers on to be another war on the so-called so- 011 Intra-state shipments sent collect the subject of the PostoflDce depart ment and the legitimate publisher. Mr. R. H. Edmunds, editor of the dal clubs. The attorney general to- a label be attached, showing the day forwarded to Charleston ten tern- amount and that on paid shipments porary orders from the court which a label be attached showing that It Manufacturers’ Record, will also be: closed ten places alleged to be main- was paid. The express company to- prsent and deliver an address. We talning nuisances in that they sold day asked that the order be modified have also secured the service of Miss' liquors in violation of the Carey- Coth- stating that the enforcement of* the Mary T. Nance, who is doing a great ran law. This is a plan originated entire order delayed the shipment of soldiers were literally strewn with From the report of the meeting of ‘ annua l commencement address work in this State in arousing an in- by the attorney general for cinsing packages and caused congestion in flowers by the ladies and children. York county commissioners we j Limestone College will be deliver- terest In developing our rural schools, places In counties where convictions the offlees. The company has sug- ’ " ----- - i am sure every editor who will listen' cannot be obtained by Jury trial. That seated that the “collect” part of tho This ended a day of real pleasure to c] , the followln yery significant ed 011 Wednesday night. May 27th, by all who took part in it paragraph from the Yorkville BSh- th ® Rev ’ 07 William Heth Whitsitt, Nothing whatever occurred through- uirer of lagt Fr iday, May 8th: | formerl y president of the Southern out the day that we knew of to mar „ Mr w s wu^reon, of Hickory Bapt,8t Theological Seminary, but desk a stronger friend of the devel- the pleasure of either one of these Gr0 A ve appeared" before the board now Professor of philosophy at Rich-1 opment of the common schools and * to her will become imbued with her enthusiasm and will return to his occasions and we are glad to note this with a numerously signed petition mond. warm supporter of he r efforts. it works Is shown hy the decision of | order be rescinded the supreme court which made In an other cases the injunctions perma nent and stopped such places as the Isle of Palm« and the Charleston Ho tel from dispensing drinks. The In junctions also act against the property Officer Shoots Negro. Greenville, May 12.—A negro named Charlie Myers was shot and danger ously wounded here this afternoon abont 3 o’clock by Constable Myers. tact. If. a real pleasure to do so. (rom cltUcna of WMtenl york a8klng Dr. Whitsitt I. one of the most “In addition to these features the Mr. Junius Parrott of the Cherokee f0r the ^st^tion of a 9 teel bridge tamon * 80holar8 in the Baptist de- Mergenthaler Linotype Co., has ar- News, attended the exercises at the over Broad near Howell’s ferry, nomination, and a speaker of great ranged to install one of their junior a * well as against the proprietor so The negro resisted arrest and the of- school bouse and we hope he will be proposition was that York and bower. Other announcements later. machines at Limestone College and It that It is Impossible for the owner to Acer had to fire upon him in self- able to give his readers a good counties each pay half the ) is pr0bable tba t arrangements will transfer It to someone else and mabe defense. Three wounds were infllct- “write up of the occasion. The late- fcost the nialn and that I * Steam plow. be made to Issue a daily paper during a new Injunction necessary. ed. A slight scalp wound, a wound ness of the hour prevented him and county . construct and maintain '*• J® 11 ^ 118 - of Grover, N. C., has the meeting. Ed. DeCamp has an- Sometime during the present week la the back and one in the leg. Mr. Qtts from attending the memorial approaches on its own side of the ROII, ® bottom lands in Cherokee which nounced that he did not Intend to do there is going to be some injunctions Though dangerously wounded, it Is exercises at Salem. Something we rJver The board pa3gf , d a reB oi ut |on he ,s P r ®P arln £- as motive pow- any work during the meeting of the against some Columbia clubs and in believed the negro will recover. were sorry they couldn’t do. approving the proposition on condi- or a 173011011 engine. We have heard association, but I am satisfied that several other points in the State the tion that the commissioners of Chero- from tho8e who have seen th ® work we can 8ecur ® th ® assistance of his prosecutions will be waged. operate to such an extent as a fair He P u,,s e,Kht P lows at a t,me ’ and 14 U> P 70b able that we will have some divide may require of them thus a large araounot of land Is pre- operators among the members in ad-' Spartanburg, May 12.—The cotton Now gentlemen, of the Cherokee pared ,n a Rhort t,me - Th,s ,B ** ,n ' fl,tlon 40 4he e*P«rt who will come raM* of this county have commenced Half of the sickness and A wedding star of the first magni tude ha s recently made its appearance shall be" billing' to co- R0,n K on that It Is very satisfactory. : office force in printing the paper and in the matrimonial sky. To whom the ' " ... .... honor of its discovery properly be longs we are unable to say, as several telescopes were focused on this part of the connubial heavens about the same time its presence was first an nounced. Evidently the discovery was made by the women, and as wo men are not apt to give out the re Stockholders Meet. county board, this puts our' claims novat,on « n ^ ^nnty and may be from the factory. The only difficulty fairly before y ou r body and we hope, 4be P reour8 °r of greater things. which We will be met with will be to you will see vour way clearly to take . . . ~~~ in UCf! some ot t ' ne numbers to act favorable action on it. __ L,me8tone Commencement. | asjeporters and editorial writer* It CURE THE CAUSE. How to Remedy Much of the Buffo* ing in Gaffney. suffering - - , ,.. ) V G » preached on Sunday, May 24th, by the j iseue a model paper during the ses- suit of their Investigations (except to ‘7 01 1 J 1 ^ tt,e of Spotsylvania Rf?v Dr w , n , ain Carter Lindsay, 0 f sion of the association, and I hope a few of their most confidential f ' 0,,rt b 0,,fi ®- ' irginia. , Columbia, one of the most eloqueat j that the suggestion will be acted friends) we will not be able to say Messrs. Forest Huggins, of R. F. I ministers in the South, much about it until the result of their D. No. 6, and George Goforth, of Gaff-1 u r . Lindsay is a man of rare schol- discovery is fully established. j nf ‘7. attended preaching services at arship, rite wisdom and magnetic per Mrs. “J. L. S.’’ is the happiest wo- Mesopotamia last Sabbath. Come | sonallty. man in lower Cherokee. Her cow, again, young men, the girls of lower holding their semi-annual stockhold- in Gaffney comes from a weak stom- ers’ meetings. Meetings of the stock- ach. holders of the Clifton, Glendale and Cure the cause by using Mi-o-fUt _ Tucapau mills were held here today. Stomach Tablets and be well and hap- The baccalaureate sennon will be will be a unique feature If we could Tucapau declared a semi-annual divi- py. dend of four pe r cent, Glendale three Even the most chronic cases yield “Daisy,’’ brought up a new heifer calf Cherokee will be glad to see you and yesterday morning. She is as fond we older ones won’t object to it. of heifer calves as one of our neigh Rev. T. B. Owens preached to a bor men is of girl babies. large congregation at Mesopotamia We have often heard it said that last Sabbath. His text was 1st cotton won’t grow to do any good un- Samuel xv:22, “To obey is better than til the nights get warm enough for a sacrifice. Miss Belle Vaughn is the person to steep comfortably without bod clothes. It was also reported that one of our neighbors, once during a cool snap, nearly froze himself to death trying to sleep without cover in order to give his cotton a chance to grow. We don’t know that this was organist at Mesopotamia. Yesterday was the forty-fourth an niversary of the mortal wounding and death of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, C. 8. A. Hon. R. C. Sarratt and son, Prof. C. M. Sarratt, spent Saturday night with Mr. J. H. Fowler and Mr. Bar- Valued same as Gold. B. G. Stewart, a merchant of Cedar View, Mias., says: “I tell my ensto mers when they buy a box of Dr. King’s New Life pills they get the worth of that much gold In weight, If afflicted with constipation, malaria or biliousness.’’ Sold under guarantee at Cherokee Drug Co. 25c. and a half per cent, and Clifton three to Ml-o-na. W. C. Worrell, connected acted P er cent with the Lake Shore Railroad for i J- P®l z ® r » Sr., of Charleston, who years, says: "For fifteen years 1 had In addition to these special feat- ha s been a director in the Clifton sente stomach trouble and nothh* ures 1 do not know that 1 am reveal-; mills for many years, retired on ac- helped me. A friend recommended ing a secret when 1 8 ay that I under- count of his advanced years, and his Ml-o-na and two boxes entirely cured stand that the people of Gaffney pur- F. J. Pelzer, Jr., was elected to i me.” pose to serve,to the members of the All the vacancy. J. G. Evans was al association provisions which are »o elected a member of the board, grown exclusively in Cherokee coun- —Clem son College authorities claim that Teosinte Is the greatest of all forage crops for milk cows. Can be cut every Iwo or three weeks. Pro duces a naturally rich yellow butter. Seed at Gaffney Drug Co. ty. Flour from wheat grown and —There is nothing so rich as IJb- ground in Cherokee, chickens, bam, eggs and butter, the products of Cherokee. Table linen from cotton grown and manufactured in CheroW bey's Cut Glass. The patterns are all exquisite, and are easily picked out from among other makes of cut glass. Compare for your own satis- md pure spring water from tv hilU- ’’action. Gaffney Drug Co. of Cherokee, served in vessels mined from the rich mines of Cherokee. In other words to show by practical demonstration the wonderful re sources of this section of our State. —Sorghum Cane, Orange Cane, Silver Drip. Cat Tail or Pearl Millet, German Millet, Teosinte. Our seed Is the best. Gaffney Drug Co. Cure the cause of your suffering and be well and happy. If the stomach Is weak and yon have indigestion, flatulence, dizziness, headache, etc., get a 50-cent box of Mi-o-na from The Gaffney Drug Oo. They give an absolute guarantee to refund the money unless Ml-o-na cures. —The Rocky Ford Cantloupe is the most prolific and the sweetest of all cantaloups. Try onr seed. Gaffney Drug Oo.