The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 09, 1908, Image 2
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THE GAFFNEY LEDGER,
Tuesday and Friday.
Ed. H- Decamp, Editor and Fubllahor
The Ledger is not
responsible for
the views of its correspondents.
CITY DIRECTORY.
Officials.
W. H- Ross ..
W. O. Johnson .. ..
Mayor Pro Tern
Geo. E. Hood .. ..
..City Clerk
T. H. Littlejohn .. ..
. .Treasurer
T. H- Lockhart ,. .
. . .Chief PoUce
A. L. Hallman .. ..
..Health OlQcer
Butler & Osborne ..
.. City Attys.
Board of public works.
A. N- Wood
, ..Chairman
J. N. Lipscomb .. ..
B. G. Clary
Board of Trade.
W. C. Hamrick
J. C. Otto..
..Secretary
MARKET REPORT.
LOCAL COTTON
MARKET.
Hens
Frys
Ducks
Esrs-s
Butter
Sweet Potatoes, bushel
Irish Potatoes, bushel
Thrnips. bushel
Corn. Dushel
Meal, bushel
Oats, feed, bushe
Oat-s. seed, bushel
Peas, clay, bushel
Peas, white, bushel
Onions, bushel
Strawberries, quart.
35c to 40c
20c to 30c
20c
174c
15c
11.50
11.40
1 (HI
05c
95c
80c
85c to $1.00
52.25
$3.00
$1.40
Ktc
Gen. R. B. Lee’s army to have brought
him here, but on this occasion his o ly
escort was his daughter, “A little re
bel girl." He said that he had seen
many filings that once he never a.-
vertlsement of the government for
proposals for a site for Gaffney’s $50,-
000 poptoffice building. If you have
a piece of property suitable for the
postoffice It might pay you to read the
pected to see, and one of them was a j advertisement and submit a bid.
Confederate captain speaking In the! • • •
capital city of Ohio. Everybody should go to the ball
Judge David F. Pugh spoke for the!l ,ai 'k this afternoon to see the game
G. A. R., and other civil war veterans I between the locals and the Blacks-
associations. A1 G. Fields, the mins-1 burg contingent. It will be a good
trek also delivered an address. Mem-1 same and the boys need the money
bers of the Grand Army of the United to purchase uniforms, etc. All the
Confederate veterans made up a large I rooters should be there as th° home
portion of the gathering. 1 boys may need encouragement.
And in the same paper we read of • • •
LET US BE FRIENDS.
It is gratifying to note that the sec
tional feeling which at one time was
so bitter in this country, is rapidly
disappearing. In the News and
Courier of Sunday we read an Asso
ciated Press dispatch from Columbus,
Ohio, which gave an account of the
annual memorial service held at the
Confederate cemetery at Camp Chase,
where 2,260 soldiers who wore the gray
are burled. The speaker on the part of
the Confederacy was the Rev. Ed
ward O- Guerrant, of Wilmore. Ky.,
who was captain in the 1st bridge,
Kentucky cavalry, under Gen. John
H .Morgan, the famous raider, who
was captured with some of his men
and confined for a time in the Ohio
penitentiary, from whence he escaped.
The Rev. Mr. Currant said that 43
years ago it would have taken all of
a “Dixie’’ party at West Point. On
Saturday West Point was thrown
open to the Confederate Vet
erans' camp of New York city, the
United Southern societies, the Dixie
Club and the Daughters of the Con
federacy and their friends. The par
ty arrived by boat late today. There
were about a thousand persons in the
party and in honor of their presence
the corps of cadets was turned out for
dress parade.
Such occasions can but create
friendly relations between the North
and tlw South. We have little pa
tience with those who cannot remem
ber anything but the bitterness en
gendered by the war of '61-05. We
yield to no one in devotion to the
South. It's our beloved land. Our
kindred shed blood for the “Lost
Cause,’’ and we love every hallowed
spot of Dixie but we remember that
there are brave and true men in New
England and that they too fought for
what they believed was right. Let us
be friends.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Fifty thousand dollars taken from
the treasury of the United States and
put into circulation in Gaffney will
help the situation wonderfully.
• * *
The voting contest is, proving very
popular, twenty subscribers to The
Ledger having been received Satur-I 1 ^® u '' made
day. Be sure when you send in your
subscriptions to vote for your choice
of R. F. D. carriers.
» • •
In this issim will be found the ad-
On a recent short trip into the
country we were gratified to see a
large number of fields of corn. We
suspect that the offer of the Mer
chants and Planters Bank is largely
responsible for a large part of the
corn that is planted in the county.
The crops both corn and cotton are
looking well, and although the grass
is beginning to grow, in the majority
of cases the crops have been well
worked out and the plants are grow
ing finely. Everything points to a
good crop so far as we are able to see
at this time.
• • •
Certain young men of the city £ave
organized a cornet band. They have
a set of- splendid instruments but
lack an instructor. These young men
for the most part, are dependent upon
their daily labor and are therefore
unable to employ an instructor. They
have purchased a splendid solid gold
watch and chain from the Howard
Clock Company, one of the most re
liable firms in the jewelry business in
the United States. The price of the
watch and chain is $160 and it is the
purpose of the young men to raffle
the watch an,' chein. A first class
cornet band in our city would add
greatly to the enjoyment of our peo
ple and everyone who can do so,
should help the boys out in their ef
forts to raise money for the purpose
of employing an instructor. The de-
publi
lays.
• • •
Mectric
tre. Practical experiments with this
power has demonstrated that its use
is cheaper by at least forty per cent
than steam. In large quantities the
saving would be more because the
more power that i$ used the lower
the rate. There are a great number
of •small industries throughout the
country that art handicapped because
of tho fact that fuel is so high. If
these industries could be assured that
they could, by bringing their ma
chinery to Gaffney save from forty to
fifty per cent by using this power
they would not hesitate to do so, and
if our Board of Trade would get into
communication with these people and
show them the facts in the' case, it
would very likely result in bringing
some of them at least to our city. It
is true we are greatly handicapped
on account of having no sewerage
system, but we* hope before very long
to see an effort being made to reme
dy this serious defect. \Vith an abun
dance of good water, a sewerage sys
tem, and cheap electric power there
would be no more desirable place in
the United States for establishing
manufacturing enterprises than Gaff
ney, and if the Board of Trade will
pardon the hint, we would suggest
that the proper committees be in
structed to move at once in the rnat-
i ter referred to in this article.
days, i suppose the candidates are
studying up theit|i“stumn speeches."
Everything seems to be the direct
duty of everybody else, to the sup-
poser; notuing seems to fiuctnate hit
consilidated thoughts, which con
stitute an abomination of desolation
made up of heterogeneous elements.
We are having some good weather
wherein to stick out potato slips.
There are a good many already set
out In this section. Look ^>ut for
’possum and “tater”.
I believe Mr. D. C. Phillips has the
finest piece of up-land corn in our
section. Mr. Phillips is a bustling
farmer.
As news is scarce, l have to close
for.this time, but will appear again
very soon. J. L. J.
5 Libirty.
rk of
h iii -as .Mr-
Obesity S«,v-j_E
Tin- mel i i , . ,
Eng!:imis ro:;-iin..i i
pus act, beca; t* a law f . ;njw i.-iaa.h
able Si) grave a hb.ter.4ti . iJ.sb
Burnet relate-- that it was carried l»y
nn "odd artiti-e Lords Urey and
Norris were named to be tellers Lord
Norris, being a man -ubjeet to vapors,
was not at all times aueutive to what
he was doing; so. a \cr> fat lord com
ing in. Lord Urey eounO ;! him tor ten.
as a jest at first, but si-fing that Lord
Norris had not observed it ho went in
with ills misreekoning of ten. so it was
reported to the house and declared that
they who were for the hi!i were in the
majority —London Chronicle.
Thri e Cmcat Rivers.
HUMAN HANDS
DO NOT TOUCH IT.
From the time t he raw materials reaeh onr
faetory they an- handled entirely \<j ma-
•ehinery, kept •erupuioUHly clean. No
ehauee for
Jell-0 ICE CBEHm Powder
to become eon laminated. It is strictly
pure and wholesome. Our factory is as
clean as your klt'-hen.
ICE CREAM la Easy to Make.
1 quart milk.
1 package JKI.I. O ICR CREAM Powder.
Mix, and freeze without cooking.
Riinpte, isn’t it I
This makes two quarts of smooth, vel
vety icecream, deliciously flavored, in 10
minutes at cost of about 1 cent a plate.
Flavors: Chocolate, l'anilia, Straw-
berry. Lemon anj Unflavored,
Sold by your groci-r 2 packages for 25c.
“Enough for a gallon. 1 ’—or by mail if he
does not keep it.
The Genesee Pure Food Co., Le Roy, N. Y.
ESTATE NOTICE.
All persons holding claims agaiast
1 the estate of Mrs. Rosunna J. H-itn-
i rick deceased, will present same to
i me, duly proven, on or before July
j 11th, 1908. and all persons indebted
«d said etati- will please make pay-
; ment at once.
'J EB JEFFERIES,
Admis, ofV said Estate.
Pub. .June ii, ig and 25.
PONDF1ELD PARAGRAPHS.
Interesting News items and personal
paragraphs.
Pondfield, June 5—Since the re
cent showers it is some cooler, hence
it is more pleasant to work. The
reader is informed of my detestation
to excessive heat.
CrojiS are in very good growing
condition, which we are glad to see
and note.
Draytonvllle will have Childrens’
Day on the fourth Sunday of this
month. The public is cordially invit
ed. There will be a good dinner serv
ed at noon. All will please not for
get to bring baskets along and come
rejoicing and go back singing praises.
It is with our sincere and heartfelt
The three river-
garded from :i <-
view m-; the must
fairs of the world
the three greau-U
Tiie Thu .
its O.OI V U iOl) i • ; ,i
ieug’li of 2L
the mouth of
4.000.000 of ;
□
nines.
sympathy that we learn of the death
in a few | of the little child of our pastor, Rev.
j E. G- Ross of Greer. May the Father
see fit and permit the bereaved family
to retreve their loss. In this, their
affliction, we extend our altruistic
rnile^. Gaffney has an opportunity of j e mpathy, feelings and thoughts.
tiecoming a great manufacturing c*n- nf politics we hear very Tittle these
With
ower within five
\\ hi Mi may be re-
imiercial point of
.portant in the af-
,rt- those on which
•Lie* are situated,
h London, with
is located, has a
The Hudson, at
hi'-h is New York, with
iple. is about 3.'o miles
long, while the Seine, on which Paris
stands, with h'-r 2.000ti</) inhabitants,
is 407 miles long. -New York Tribune.
Wny She Couldn't.
“Oh. J couldn't ove him."
“Why not?"
“lie wears a wi” The very idea!"
Then tin- den creature removed two
rats, son-e pelfs n coronet, braid, a
pompadour, a switch and sat down to
peruse a a-..el.—St. Louis P.epublic.
Like a Dog.
“Your hnsr, nd says lie works like a
dog." said one woman
“Yes: it’s very similar.” answered
the other “He comes in with muddy
foot, makes himself comfortable by the
fire and waits to bo feiL”—Washington
Star.
NOTICE CF MEETING OF STOCK
HOLDERS OF MERRIMAC MILLS.
Notice is hereby given, that iu con
formance with a resolution heretofore
passed by the Board of Directors of
| Merritnac Mills, that a meeting of
the stockholders of tne said corpora-
| tion is called to be held at its office
j at Gaffney, 3. C . on the 9th day of
July. 1908. at 3 o’clock, p. m., at
1 which -laid meeting there will be
submitted to a vote of the stockhold
ers the question of amending the
charter - of the said corporation, by
sabetituting som» other name there
in. and therefor, in lieu of the “Mer-
rimar; Mills," such name to be voted
on and selected a; said meeting.
J. C. Jefferies,
C. M. Smith.
W. C. Hamrick,
J. A. Carroll,
D. C. Ross
A. N. Wood.
E. R. Cash,
J. X. Lipscomb,
r. a. Turner,
Directors.
June 8th. 1908.
!. 23, 30.
laffney, 3. r '
Ti**s. June 9. 1*
When used as a cloak religion is a
misfit on most people. — St Louis
G1 obe-Dem ocra t
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Kvsmuami
WHO IS HE?
AND HOW HAS HE MADE HIMSELF SO POPULAR?
N ' - " , /
These two questions are to’be answered by the people of Cherokee County. What we want to know is: Who is the
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most popular R.T. D. carrier in .Cherokee County? We have a clever set of boys serving our rural route friends and
there is a question as to who is the most popular. The Ledger is going to give everybody a chance to vote on the
subject, and to the one who is voted the most popular we are going to present a handsome, up-to-date R. F. D.fmah
wagon, made by Burns Bros. To the one receiving the second largest vote wefwill give'a'solid gold watch and to the
carrier receiving the third largest vote we will give a carrier’s uniform..
The Conditions of the Contest are Simple
^Cut out the coupons'printed in each issue of The Ledger and mail them to this office. At the expiration of the time
set for the closing of the contest the votes will be counted and the awards made to the carriers receiving the largest
number of votes.
. tin addition to the above, every person subscribing or renewing wljl be permitted to cast votes for his choice as
follows: /
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A two months subscription entitles the subscriber to 25 votes; a
three months subscription to 40 votes; a four months subscription to
50*votes; a six months subscription to 75 votes; an eight months sub
scription to ICO votes, and a yearly subscription to 150 votes. Now if
you appreciate the service your R. F. D. carrier is giving you, clip out
the coupon and begin voting.
Vote early and often and give your carrier a nice, new up-to-date de
livery wagon. In case of a tie the - parties tieing will each receive a
wagon. This contest will close September 1st. *
* We reserve the right to continue this aontev n utti !onz*r.
COUPON
June •*, 1 SOS
I vote for
as the most popular R. F. D. Carrier in
Cherokee County.
THIS SALLOT NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE I STM
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Gaffney, S. C.