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The Gaffney
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A NEWSPAPER in all that the word implies, and devoted to the best interest of the people of cher6kee county.
ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
GAFFNEY, 8. C-, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1908.
$150 A YEAR.
SHORT NEWS ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
THICKETY TOPICS.
THE FIGHT ON GONZALES.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
RAVENNA READING.
THE WOMAN’S CLUB.
Interesting co mm unicatioin prom Our j “Pete” says He Did Not see Any M rs - B. C- Paul and little daughter,
Regular Correspondent. Fight Made. Spartanburg, are visiting in tbM
Thlckety, May 30.—A fine rain fell Editor Ledger:—"We can see In the guest of Mrs. Carl Sarratt
■ ; in this section yesterday afternoon reading over the many newspapers Jno. T. Noll, secretary and treasurer
which was needed very badly. Crops both county and State, so much being °f Cohanfey Glass Company, of
EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER- are lookiUg very we ii, although they j said about the editor of The State, Eowningtown, Pa., sepnt Sunday
are a little backward. I Mr. W. E. Gonzales being defeated * n the city, the guest of E. H. Gaines.
Mrs. Jessie pinson and two of her, as a delegate to the convention which M. B. Scruggs, Esq., of the Battle-
little daughters, of Cfeffney, are spend- meets in Denver on July 7th. ground section, paid us a pleasant
ing this week with relatives in Thicb- The thing that so amuses me is,. Friday.
OKEE.
Recent Happening* in and Around
the City, and Other Event* Gath* et y
cred by the Local Naws Editor.
that these little newspaper editors J- G. Haines and daughter, of Grin-
Mrs. J. R. Graham and Miss Mil- whose minds are so prejudiced against! Shoals, were in the city Satur-
dred Graham and your correspondent i some of our politicians that they (la >'> shopping.
Cotton brought twelve cents on lh« attended the commencement at Lime-' can’t, nor won’t write what they laiow Magistrate J. W. Alexander, of
local market yesterday. Mr. Carroll stone College last Sunday. is true abput the whole business, j 1 - <awn * was in the rnty Saturday on
bought forty bales from on e man and Mr. G. J. Williams, third trick tele- Now these editors say that Cole L. business.
several scattering bales. grapher here, left last Wednesday for, Blease and a few others beat Mr. A - C. Robbs, of Grassy Pond, was
his home in Reidsville, N. C., being Gonzales. They claim that there was j In *be city Saturday.
Yesterday was collectors day, and re ij e y e( j M r< Clyde L. Cox, of a terrible fight made on the editor of Thomas Humphries, merchant and
the town was in possession of these Jamestown, N. C. the Columbia State. The Writer of fa rm p r from near Byarsville, N. C.,
gentry, judging from the smiles on The colored people are having a this article was one of the delegates was i n town Saturday on business,
their faces, the collections must have vevival at Mountain View this week.! to Columbia, and he certainly failed B - K - Heine and son. of Blacksburg,
been fairly good. Mr. C. E. Smith and Miss Minnie to see any such fight going on. There vva s in town Saturday.
Good progress is being made on the Sniit b attended‘the unveiling cermo- was not a single man asked me even ! Vernon Baker, of Schenectady, N.
Shuford & LeMaster building on Fred- nies at CorJnt:i la8t Sunday. who I was going to vote for. In a lit* V- is in the city.visiting ins parents
erick street This building when Miss Kosa Wessinger, of Gaffney, tie meeting of the Cherokee delega- Mr - an d Mrs. L. Baker, on Granard
completed will be a credit to the was a visitor at the Thlckety Sunday tion on Wednesday morning, one of street.
owners and an ornament to the town. sch ° o1 last Sunda y the members asked all the others Messrs George and Dick LeMas-
Miss Cleo Lipscomb passed through what they thought of all the candl- ter - w ere in town Saturday.
The first cotton square of the year 0 ur burg last Thursday returning from! dates who were running. I was the Prater Smith, of Goucher, was a
was brought to this office Saturday Limestone College where she has last one approached, and I told him business visitor to the city Saturday,
by W. G. Patterson, a colored man been in school. there and then that I was not, nor W. Byars, from the Love Springs
from White Plains. This means that Mr. Henry Savage, of Cowpens, never had been for Gonzales, but un- section, was in town Saturday,
we will have cotton blooms by the spent some time ki Thlckety last der the present circumstances, I was Miss Mattie Mae Pierson loft Fri-
20th of June.
Monday. going to vote for him, not that I liked (,a y for Spartanburg where she was
. . Mr. C- Lee Lipscomb has several Gonzales, but on account of the hard Joined by Mrs. c. K. Gould. From
Boyd Sarratt has purchased tnei- thousand feot of flne oak lumber on i fight he had made for Bryan. We th ere they will make an extended
f Chance W son, n e a. the here. He cut this lumber; all voted for Gonzales and we did tri P 10 Clark’s Hill. Augusta, Ga., and
inspector so on our own accord. We were not ntber points.
Miss Lena Collins, who has been
terest of
ber shop at the corner of Robertson
and Limestone streets. The shop will
he conducted in the future by Hop
per & Sarratt.
Mr. O. R. Campbell sent to The
for export, but when the
came they failed to agree and Mr. asked by any one to vote for him nor
Lipscomb has the lumber left on his against him. He was defeated and t,ie guest of Miss Irene Wheat, has
hands. i have not a word to say. returned to her home In Spartanburg.
Mrs. j. R. Graham and Miss Mil- The time has been when the editor Misses Lucy Wilkins and Julia Sar-
N*w* Notes and Personals from Our 1-384 Meeting Until Fall Held With
Regular Correspondent Mrs. Gaffney.
Ravenna, May 30.—Lawrence Bon- On Thursday afternoon the Wo-
nor, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. man's Club held its regular meeting
| Bonner, died last Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. F. B. Gaffney,
and was laid to rest yesterday in the This being the last meeting until A
cemetery at Goucher. The fittle fel-; reorganization in September, there
j low was only about five months old wa» quite a good deal of business to
! and had not been in good health be transacted. It was decided to
i during his short life. It was one of have a “Tag Day” during the Press
j the twins. The burial exercises were Association meeting here in this
'conducted by’Mr. T. G. Chalk after month, the proceeds to go towards
: which the interment took place and the library fund,
the little form sleeps sweetly beneath The Wloman’s Club can loob back
a grave covered with beautiful flow- over the past years work with great
era. The happy family circle is satisfaction. Thels study course has
broken and the spirit of little Law- been both profitable and pleasurable
rence has returned to his Maker and all look forward with keen delight
to be one of His little angels. Mr. to the first meeting In September,
and Mrs. Bonner have our sympathy The program for the afternoon vraa
in their saddest hour of deepest sor- as follows:
row. Roll call, “Cities of Japan, location
M r .and Mrs. R. Baines, of Asbury, aa d population.”
spent a few hours with Mrs. C. T. Paper, “Artistic Japan,” Mrs. W.
( Chalk last Thursday. W. Gaffney.
M. W. Brown, our leading merchant, Reading, “From the light of Asia,”
spent spent a few hours in Gaffney Mrs. S. H. Griffith.
, yesterday on business. Paper. "Industrial Japan,” Mrs. B.
G. A. Bonner, of Pacolet, spent Gaffney,
some time in this section yesterday. Oral sketch, “Twenty years of pith
Miss Ruble Kirby, of Charleston, gress in Japan,” Mrs. W. F. Humpb-
is v'ting friends here for a few days. ides.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B- Pettit and child- Music song, Mrs. Chas. Hames.
ren. of Gaffney, are visiting here for Discussion, “What we know about
some days. Japan.”
Mrs. T. G. Chalk, who has been Delightful refreshments were served
visiting her children at Greer, returns and the club guests were Mrs. E. H.
to her home here this afternoon. Andrews, Asheville, N. C., Mrs. Paul
A good rain fell here yesterday and Gaffney, Mrs. L. Bhker, Mrs. Chas.
fill vegetation looks revived. t Hames and Mrs. Gibbs Pridmore.
If prohibition does as much good in —■ ■—
North Carolina as it did in C&erokee Held f 0 *’ Larcency.
county, the “Tar Heelt” will have There is a house in Kendrlcksvllle,
Ledger office yesterday a small radish dred Graham, Mrs. C. E. smith and of The State almost controlled the j ratt an d Mr. ^ Chance Wilson spent much cause to rejoice. We speak the wel1 knowon colored suburb of
, from past experience, for when the wherein reside Wade Mfr
which bears a striking likeness to a
human hand. The wrist, back and
palm, together with all five fingers
are there. The freak may be seen bj
any one who calls at the office.
A an
\
dfrom Spartanburg to Augusta over
the C- & W. C. railroad is a distance
of 13$ miles, and on a trip from one
city to the other recently, we noticed
We are glad to see the fruit trains
passing through. This means a little
ii.crease in business for the railroads.
Messrs. C. E. and Victor Smith
made a business trip to Gaffn -y yes
terday.
Mr. and Mrs. N. H- Littlejohn and
hundreds of acres of cotton, and not Master Claude Littlejohn, of Gaffney,
exceeding twenty acres of corn. This 1 are vi slt i n g ln Thlckety.
does not look as if the South’s cotton
crop was being curtailed.
Preparations for the Fourth of
July celebration go steadily on and
the indications are that this will be
one of the most enjoyable events held
at Limestone in a long time. Arrange
ments are being made to have some
of the best speakers of the State
here, and the other numbers on the
program are being put in shape.
Several stands have hem engaged
and persons wanting privileges should
put in their applications at once. In
formation can be had by applying at
The Ledger office.
Lem Blanton, one of Cherokee’*
best farmers, brought twelve bale* of i weighed two and a half pounds,
cotton to Gaffney and deposited It i» Mr. M. H. Smith, second trick tele-
the warehouse. He wa* offered twelve! grapher at Gaffney, Is off on the alck
Miss Minnie Smith attend the com-1 members of all the conventions and yesterday in Spartanburg,
mencement at Limestone last Wed- even the members of the legislature.: ^ r - an d Mrs. J. J. Littlejohn, of
nesday night. He can’t do that now. No oije man | Jonesville, spent Sunday in the city
ought to do so. If Mr. Blease and a' guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher
“few” others have whipped him It is 1 Sm ith.
all right. I am sure they have not Mlss Lillian Jones left yesterday
written or said any more about Mr. ^ or an ex tended visit to Greenville.
Gonzales than he himself has said Mi. 88 Irene Foster, who has been at-
of- them, and especially, about Mr.; ten ding commencement at Linwood
Blease. I am sure there has been College,Hs visiting in the city,
more falsehoods written about Mr. i Wash McKown was In the city
Blease, (Tillman not excepted) than •' es torday.
any other man In this State. All this s - F - Estes, of Wilkinsville, paid
has been done too, by men who differ- T^ 16 Ledger a very pleasant call yes-
ed from him In politics. It Is strange : terday. Mr. Estes 1* seventy-six
“hat men will be so narrowminded, y ea rs of age, but is still a young man.
Wessinger of Gaffftey, passed through | ro little as that at this day and time. 1 James Furman Dobson, son of Mr.
our town today. To a man, who will stop and think Wm - Dobson, has just graduated at
Mrs. I. m. Smith was a~~ Gaffney 1 for one moment, It Is not so strange the Laurens High school and has ar-
visitor today. that Mr. Gonzales was not elected,' rIve d ln the city.
Mr. T. G. Chalk, of Ravenna, was knowing that he and Mr. Willie Jones
were from the same county. These
men were chosen from the different
counties all over the State. To think
that two men could have been chosen
from the same county, would he to
think that the people in that county
were hoggish, selfish o r that all the
delegates were all fools one of the
three. Pete.
Mr. H- S. Mulllngs and Miss
Florence Mulllngs are visiting near
Cowpeng today.
Mr. Joe Spake and Miss Minnie
in Thlckety this afternoon.
The colored Benevolence Aid So
ciety of Thlckety Is going to have a
society march and a big time tomor
row and tomorrow night.
Mr. L. M. Thompson caught an
eel in his fish basket in Little Thicb-
ety creek one day this week that
measured four Inches around and
Mrs. Wm. Dobson Is attending the
commencement at Wlnthrop College
where her daughter. Miss OUIe, grad
uates.
Miss Bertha McLendon, of Tim-
monsville, is visiting Miss Jessie
Lipscomt). Miss McLendon it a for
mer Limestone student and one of
the most charming young ladies in
(the state.
Miss Jessie Llpsoomb has returned
from an extended visit to Washing-
dispensary wets at Gaffney (.md we his wife, Alberta, and one
live bn the public highway from Gaff- J°h n McCurry. Friday morning MZB.
: ney at all times of the night you could ^ cduD ^ n went Into the room occu-
hear drunken people passing, and P* ed hy the aforesaid McCurry and
many of them cursing and beating a hstracted from beneath his pillow, a
their animals. Prohibition does pro- purse containing the sum of $45 la
hibit ana the old North State must be g00d and law * a l currency of tha
congratulated. United States. McCurry soon dli*
The “blind tiger” that has been co ?ered his loss, and Immediately ao-
operating In and around here for cu8e d the aforesaid Mrs. McJunkln
some time, seems to be dead, for a °* being the thief. The lady realizing
I while last winter he was very active, ner and fearing that the
so we learn, and did a good business. ®Rhy lucre would be found upon her
lit is said he did the most of his P er8 on, by a slick piece of legerdemain,
; devilish work under the cover of transferred the purse to her husband,
darkness and through several of his | w ho immediately left the house. Mo-
agents. It would : ay the sheriff to ( -' urry ’ w ^° ^ as an ®7 e R^e an eagle,
i visit our section sometimes and see; saw this bit of by-play out of Yhe tall
l for himself, as we only state what °f ki» eye, tag at OM* started la
we have learned through others. <,u tt °t the perflddious McJunbln,
We are sorry to see In Friday’s taking good care not to lose sight of
1 Ledger where "School Boy” has de- the gentlemen. When they came in-
cided to only report every two weeks. t0 the buB 7 crowd of pedestrians
Let us have your weekly letters, wb,c h rna J r always be found on Lime
stone street, McCurry spied Officer
Service who was, as usual, keeping
Ultima Thule.
They were discussing wanderings I ton, D. C.
cents for the lot, but preferred to pat | list. He is relieved by Mr. w. C. Wil- ,n wild an untraveled regions. "I Jones J. Darby has, at length, (and
it in the warehouse and hold for a (son. (have been,” said the first traveler, long length at that), returned from
better price. Mr. Blanton is a farmer ] Best wishes to the grand old Led- j “where were o£ly vast fields of ice;
■who farms. He holds, end correctly ger and Its readers. Cx. | where the foot of man had never be-
so, that cotton is worth more now i
than it was years ago, because farm i
land 1b worth more, mules are worth
A Predicament Reversed.
fore trodden; where human habita
tions were unknown; where were on-
‘The late Bishop Fowler,” said a '7 arctic beasts and birds, and where, j tion.
big visit to the grand lodge K. of P.
Brian Bell, who Is a ■ student at
Washington and Lee University, has
returned home for his summer v&ca-
more, and labor costs more, therefore, | Buffalo Methodist, "was a broad-mlnd- 1 P e ”haps, the echo of a human voice
It costs more to raise oottaa tfeaa J - -
ever before.
E. R. Walker is engaged in teach
ing a colored school not far from
Gaffney. Isom Dewberry has a daugh
ter who has been attending this
school. Dewberry claims that Walker
ruined the girl and taxed him with
the crime. Walker denied the charge,
but the girl insisted that he was gull-
Mrs. A. r. Brown, nee Miss Virginia
Bates, of Sumter, and Mr. Charles
Bates, of Clinton, yislted Mr. W- F.
ed man. Bigotry he abhorred. Creed, had never reverberated from the ice
he claimed, should never hedge one hummocks.”
good Christian from another. Sincere K was agreed that he had been In i Brown’s family last week,
creeds, no matter how diverse, should aa unknown and untried land. M. W. Brown, 0 f Ravennh, was in
on the contrary, bind Christians to- “I have been,” said the second, “In the city yesterday on business,
gether. the heart of the jungle, where all was Joe Green, of Ravenna, spent yes-
! “Bishop Fowler used to tell about j a luxuriant wilderness of foliage; , terday in town,
a young Detroit couple, John Smith where the lion was monarch of the Mrs. G. W. Byars picked and sold
I and Hannah Jones. fastnesses, where the slimy folds of ten gallons of beans Saturday, and it
( “John smith was a Presbyterian, i the constrictor were occasionally vis- wasn’t a good day for beans, either,
tv Dewberry smarting nmiPr thA frannah Jones was a Rapth*- They ihlj from the trees; where the stream Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Johnson left
disgrace and infuriated h / the denial hesitated about marrying because trickled and flowed, their babblings, yesterday morning, Mr. Johnson for
fired on Walker takine off a niece of thf y feared that ,n later llfe ’ when DeVer bef ° re heard by human ear8; 1 Lancaste r and Cheraw, and Mrs.
his ear a war-ant 6 as worn nut the llttle oneB came ’ relI Sl° U8 d, 8* wbere th e savage knew no habitation, Johnson to visit her sister at Chapel
"School Boy," for they are very In
terestlng and newsy.
If some of the correspondents will b ^ 8 ®T e skinned for Just such fellows
give us “Ben Hope’s" address, well as McJunkln. The officer proceeded
appreciate it. 40 arre8t b,m 411 d he was discovered
It seems like our supervisor should; lD tbe act of counting his 111 gotten
I attend to the "cave in" nearly oppo- ! £ a lns- McJunkln and his wife were
,site where the road turns to go to carrled ^tore Judge Camp, who, af-
Dawbins’ mill, also near the old ter mature deliberation, decided that
Pryor place. This place, so near our tbe dignity of the courts must be up-
public highway, is a disgrace to beld and tbat tbe Iaw mu8t be vlndl *
Cherokee county. This will no doubt cated * beld tbem for trlal at c 01 *
(the cave in) furnish some good ing court of sessions under the
, campaign gossip, and should be told.! cbarge of £ rand ,arcen 7-
The road from the “cave In” to J. R. sincere thanks
Littlejohn’s store Is in an awful con- SINCERE thanks-
ditlon, besides many other places.
Your readers will be glad to know
that we have a good Sunday school :
here. Our superintendent, Mr. Tom
If You Have Catarrh, Aathma or Bron*
chltla, Read what Thankful peo
ple Say About Hyomel.
i „„ „ . . . J Mrs. M. A. Drake, Utica, N. Y n
.Green, has eaueo to be prend of It ^ Bpea)t ^ .
; Tour correepondent I. about well. ,
again after several days illness. 1
Success to The Ledger and all our
correspondents. C.
his ear. A warrant was sworn out
against Dewberry charging him with
assault and battery with intent to kill T^T ^
, * a . church. John Smith grew bald and
and u© was bound over to the court B
. „ Hannah Jones
of sessions, and now comes the Se- „ au
quel, walker feeling tbat be bad raou,h “ d
putes might arise. Thus the years but the caves, and where never before
passed. Neither would renounce his waB tb e earth trodden by human feet.”
It was agreed that he had been In
Hannah Jones developed lines about! regions remote.
Hill, n. C.
H. M. Sbillinglaw, of Smyrna, was
in the city yesterday.
eyes. It was a com
plete deadlock, the world said.
been badly treated, procured a fowl
ing piece, hunted up Dewberry and
planted a load of small shot In his
back. Thereupon Dewberry hied him- ^ ' ,
*v * . . x. 7 *7- Towards the year s end, by a re
self to the seat of Justice and swore . .. . , ’ y , ^
out . warrant for Walker, and bo too, | n “’ k “ b ' e "T; T,
waa bound orer to tbe court of ar- :f om the other a ,ettM ' “ e *»» let -
•Ions under tbe* charge of assault
with intent to kill, and also under
another and graver charge.
Twenty-five cents will pay for a
two months subscription to The Led
ger. Subscribe now and get the re
mainder of "The Man of the Hour.”
"I have been," said the third, "in
the midst of far mountains, where the
Then John was sent abroad for a forests echoed no sound but their
year by his firm to buy fancy goods. i°wn sighings; where the light of civ-
He and Hannah corresponded regular- Hization had never penetrated; where
the peaks had never bnown strife of
human endeavor; where the vast
crags and cliffs rose as they were
fashioned by the Creator, and where
eagles alone claimed dominion.”
It was agreed that be had been In
lonesome places.
"Where have you been, beyond the
pale of civilization?’ they demanded
Twenty-five cents will pay for a
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mainder of "The Man of the Hoar.”
We de net do ell klnde of printing
•eve de the OOOD kind
ters crossing in the mail. They said:
" ‘Dear John; The obstacles that
stood In the way of our marriage have
at last been removed. This day t
was received in full membership In
the Presbyterian church.—Hannah.’
“ ’Dedrest Hannah: We have nol°f him.
longer any ground for delaying our' Still he sat silent, thinking,
union further. I united myself this
day with the Baptist church.—John.’ ”
—Washington Star.
Twenty-five cents will pay for a
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ger. Subscribe now and get the re
mainder of "TTie Man of the Hoar.”
"Speak," they demanded.
"I have been far, far, farther than
all of yon,” he declared.
"Where?" they asked In chorus.
"I have been,” he aald, "where
there were no sonvenir postal cards."
It was agreed that he had been far
ther than all of them, Indeed.
The Bank Holldaylet
Tired and dusty the excursion was
returning from the Banb Holiday trip,
and Simklns, a little bald man with
big ears, overcome with his day of
happiness, dropped off to sleep. In
the hatrack above another passenger
had deposited a ferocious crab in a
bucket, and when Simblns went to
sleep the crab woke up, and finding
things dull In the bucket started ex
ploring. By careful navigation Mr.
Crab reached the edge of the raca,
but the next moment, down It nfil,
alighting on Simklns’ shoulder. Not
feeling quite safe, It grabbed ths vol*
nmloua ear of Simklns to steady it
self, and the passengers held their
breath and waited for developments.
But Simpkins fnly Shook his head
slightly.
“Let go, Ell^st” he murmured. "I
tell you I have been at the ofioe all
the evening. N —/nt-Blts.
A Correction.
Dear Ledger.—I am sorry that my
i attempted pleasantry in the "play of
words” should have caused such a
serious contruction as to raise
the alarm that my better half was at
"death’s door.”
It is all my fault, however. 1
j should have added tbat she was "dye
ing” quilt linings. The linotyplst
gave me Instant relief. Hyomel will
cure Catarrh and Bronchitis If used
as directed.”
Lodwlck Edwards, 1323 Madlsoa
Ave., Columbus, O., writes: “I will
let you know what your Hyomel In
haler did for me. I feel very thank
ful to you for your valuable medi
cine.”
Mrs. Bertha Weekly, Ple&santvllls,
Pa., writes; "I want you to know I
used your Hyomel for Hay Fever with
good results, having suffered with It
for many years, and this is the first
overlooked the spelling of the word i xi,. . - . x.
which C.q«d the trouble or ^
«relf*re 1 m 7^ U t*St lt rei Womel' win our. Cetarrh. Brofr
•play .mart” any more. Glad to\ay Cou * i ;"
she 1. In excellent health and atao Ti * *7
glad to know .he ha. .0 man. Mend.!
; It Is a pleasant remedy, and gives re
lief instantly. Jnfct breathe It ta
through the pocket Inhaler that comes
with every $1.00 outfit. Extra bot
tles for subsequent treatment are
First Baptist Church Notsa. ° nly 60 cent “;
Dr. Simms reports two good con- Twenty-five cents will pay for a
gregations and one received tor hap- two months subscription to The Led-
tlsm in the morning and fire baptised ger. Subacribe now and gst the re-
at night and good music by tbe choir matnder of "The Man of the Hoar."
Also one of the best Sunday schools
and sympathizers.
Yours very sincerely,
J. L. S.
Wilkinsville, May 30,
of the roar.
Wednesday night meeting at 8:1$.
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