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The Gaffney t A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES, ANS OIVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. STRICT VIGILANCE IN EMIGRATION LAWS, OAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1908- 1150 A YEAR. English, irish and Germans MOST DESIRABLE CITIZENS. Certain Classes from the Far East Are the Very Essence of Anarchy and communism. Wilbinsville, June 17.—In company ■with Mrs. J. L. S., your correspondent spent last Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel and family of Hickory Grove, and attended preaching at the A. R. Presbyterian church on Sabbath. Rev. J. L. Oates chose for his text Joshua, 10:12 and 13, ‘‘Sun, stand thou still upon GIbeon; and thou moon in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.” The speaker did not care to discuss this subject except in Scriptural sense or to prove or disprove anything about the mo tion of earth or whether it was a sta tionary. God had the power to sus pend the laws of nature if He chose to do so in order to accomplish His purposes. And this He did. In his opening prayer Mr. Oates asked that he might be enabled to preach the truth in its simplicity. This he did for he emphasized the fact that a good nian engaged in a good cause has power with God. That God will hear and help him even if He has tq suspend the laws of nature to do so. He had stopped the sun in its course in order that Joshua’s victory over the combined forces of his enemies might be made the more complete. He cited numerous other instances in the Bible to show that this was not the only time in which God had yielded to the request of good men and assured his hearers that He is always ready find willing to do so. In this connection (but by no means part of it) this text recalls a mooted subject which has produced a lot of so-called Scriptural controversy and we hope it is not sacrilege for us to so speak of it. Joshua’s commanding the sun anq the moon to stand still has been brought up to disprove the theory that the world moves instead of the sun. Our neighbor, John Robinson, tells a tale t 0 illustrate the points in ques tion. He says: “A fellow (and an Irishman, at that, who, by the way, is always equal to any emergency), made application to teach a rural school. The patrons thought they would examine him to'see what he knew about the work. They were an arthodox people and one of their num- ber v (who, for the sake of a fuller name, we will call Squire Jones), was to conduct tfie examination while the others sat round, listened and took notes. The squire asked him if he could teach, ‘‘readin’, rltin’, rithmetic, jag- gafy,” etc., to which he answered In the affirmative, "Yes, sir.” “Well," said the the squire, “In joggofy do you teach that the earth is-, round or flat?” “Oh.” said the candidate, “it’s round, of course.” “Do you believe the Bible?’’ continued the interrogater. “Yes,” was his reply. “Then,” said the other, “You think the earth moves and not the sun?” “Oh, yes, of course it does,” said the fellow. "Then, how do you explain Joshua’s commanding the sun to stand still when we are told in the Bible it did?” “That’s a matter that don’t enter into our school studies.” “It’s a phenomenon which science can’t explain ‘and nobody has ever undertaken it,” said the Irish man. Seeing the dilemma he had got into, the teacher went on to explain? “You see, squire,” (he continued), “investi gation has proved that the earth Is globular in form, with an imaginary line running through the center of it from North to south which we call its axes. Upon this axes the earth re- ▼olves once in every twenty-four hours giving us day and night. It has also another motion which we call Rs annular or yearly motion In which *t goes round the sun once in every 3651-4 days. This gives us the dif ferent seasons of the year—spring, summer, autumn and winter and that to about all we know of the diflsrent motions of the earth, and the causes of the seasons." ■When he got through with his ex planation the squire told him they couldn’t employ a man to teabb their school who didn’t believe the Bible by teaching that the earth moved instead of the sun. To this the fellow replied: “That don’t make any difference—I can teach it round or flat either, just as you wish.” About that time John had to go out to laugh and he don’t know how they came out—whether they employed the fellow to teach their school or not. Incidentally we have refered to our emigration laws and advocated the strictest vigilance in their enforce ment. This seemg not to meet the approveal of some people who feign to differ with us—in that we need them to build up our country. This do *f we can only get the best ele ment—those who will make good and useful citizens. But under present conditions we can’t do that always, and the consequence Is we get the very worst element of people in all Europe. Take those unspellable and unproDouncable names from the far east anu we get the very essence of anarchy, communism, etc who, as soon as they get into this country and catch the first whiff of American independence, are ready to ply their vocation and disrupt our institutions of law, society and religion. No, we don’t want an influx of such people. They can never become desirable citi zens and we can well get along with out them. If we could get good Irish, English, French, Germans and others of their kind it would be all right. From these countries our population is largely made up. They are (some of them at least) among our best people. We have enough of home-raised ruffians without calling on Europe for a sup ple. Our foregiu missionaries ar fc doing a great work in the East and through them .we can do more for the Chris tianization and civilization of these people than by inviting them to this country to become citizens. Crops are looking well where they have been properly worked out. In some places cotton hasn’t been chop ped out. to a stand and has b^en poorly worked. In Friday’s Ledger the type mis quote us in saying “we have an idea” who the successful contestant for some of the prizes will be. It should have been “we have no idea.” The men who get the most votes of eouree, will be the successful ones. Raising chickens and turkeys Is an up-hill business with housewives where cholera, hogs and hawks get among them. Mr. Morgan Millwood was running a two-horse sulkey plow in his com last week. Will Sawyer Is his over seer. Will is a full blooded Indian— a descendant of the Catawba tribe. He is one of the best workers In this country—can do more work and do it cheerfully, than any one vre Know of. Overseer John L. Blackwood has been working bis road since the rain. When Judge Gary gets through with Roscoe Conkllng Ashford, the of fending juror in the Farmer-Sellars case for murder, in Columbia, we hope that men will find it is no small matter to trifle with the mandate of a court. Just such men cause a mis carriage of justice and should he punished to the fullest extent of the law and we believe that Judge Gary will do his full duty In that matter. It's part of their legal tactics with some lawyers to get the most cor ruptible men in the pannel to set on cases th’ey want to win at the ex pense of law and justice, and we hope the time has come for this practice to be stopped. There will be an annular eclipse of the sun on the 28th inst. I^ast Saturday Mr. C. W. Whiso- nant came near being killed by get ting his clothing caught in the ma chinery of his mill. He was “shaken up” considerably and made uncon scious for a while but no bones were broken. He wag bruised up a good deal and had his clothing torn badly. He made a narrow escape from being instantly killed. Last Sabbath evening, and again at night, this section was visited by heavy rains accompanied by light ning, thunder and wind. The land was badly washed in places but very little damage was done otherwise. We leam that a mule belonging to one of the Stroups was killed and five bales of cotton was burned by the lightning. Our neighbor, Mr. Bob Stinson, just across the river at Howell’s ferry, has the best cotton crop -we have ever seen at this season of the year on the ferry place. His com is in fine fix, too. Bob to s worker and a fanner betides. By next week we expect to send some ootton blooms to The Ledger but can’t tell from whom we will get them yet. Measles have made their appear ance this section. Miss Grace Whisonant, who has been teaching in Lancaster, is spend ing her vacation at home at Wilkins- ville. Rev. Robert Adams, D. D., presi dent of the Presbyterian College at Clinton, has consented to deliver an address at Salem Children's Day. The next general reunion of the Confederate veterans will be at Mem phis, Tenn. This, we hope it will be our good fortune to attend. Next to Richmond this Is one of the most his- tric places in the late (Confederate States. Nathan Bedford Forrest, is to Memphis what “Stonewall” Jack- son is to Richmond. For the last forty-eight hours the cool winds have indicated the pre sence of hail somewhere during the last rain storm. Farmers are cutting their oats and hay. The spring sown oats are gen erally short but well filled. At last accounts Mrs. Maggie Estes Black was getting along nicely. Her sister. Miss Ola Estes, is still with her. Rev. G. R. Rachford will preach at Salem next Sabbath—June 21st—11 o’clock a. m. The public generally is invited to attend the service. Several cases of typhoid fever are reported on the York side of the river, among them Jlr. “Bub” Leech. Tomorrow is the ninety-third anni versary of the battle of Waterloo where the allied English and Prus sian troops under Wellington and Blucher, respectively, defeated the French under Napoleon II, which led to the latter’s downfall. (Blucher is pronounced Bloo-kair). In two weeks time the State Press Association will be in full blast in our capitol city and our people will have an opportunity to see and make the acquaintance of some of the State’s intellectual giants. We are much flattered by the^many kind references made (by our corres pondents especially) to what we have said to the girls from time to time. Wie have promised to give the boys a talk but think it best to make that a personal matter. It will he best. But, girls, we will not forget you. You will hear from us again. It’s our intention to visit different sections of the county this summer and we hope to see and wake up an acquaintance with many of you who read our let ters, and speak so kindly of them. J. L. S... SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER- % OKEE. Recent Happening* In and Around the City, and Other Events Gath ered by the Local News Editor. Eat all the beans you can and can all vou can’t. BLACKSBURG WON. pleased to go anywhere to consult people wishing anything In his line. The Yorkville Monument Works Is one of the most reliable concerns in the State. Richard Jefferies left Wednesday for Columbia, where he goes to ac cept the position of traveling solici tor for the Farmer’s Union Sun. He will also act as organizer for the farmers union. He will tour the State with the candidates for State! to get t 0 second while trying to offices in the interest of the publica tion. One of the Closest Games of the Sea son played Tuesday. in a game of ball that was simply a battle lie tween pitchers, Gaffney went down in defeat before the strong Blacksburg team Tuesday by a score of 1 to 0- Blacksburg made her only- run in the initial inning by a combi nation of wild throws. Ward, the first man up, walked. Ward managed Dr. Simms spent Wednesday down at Mr. E. P. Macomson’s and reports Take a day off and come to Lime- the road from here there in better stone on the Fourth of July and meet shape than he has ever seen it, Felix your old friends and acquaintances Lipscomb is improving the roads. The and wear off that “blue” feeling. Doctor reports the crops looking well and notes great improvement in the Get busy, boys, and be in shape to methods of farming in the four years take a day of recreation in the beauti- he hag be<m here ful shades around historic old Lime stone springs on the Fourth of July. The June term of court of general sessions for this cduntj. convenes next Monday. We are glad to say ; that the criminal business is not !heavv. Howard Littlejohn, who has located at Wenatchee, wash., came home last week. After spending a few days here he went back to his adopted home, taking his family with him. make third Lipscomb threw the ball about four feet over Spake’s head, and Ward went on home. From that time on there was nothing doing in the scorin- line, although both sides got a man as far as third base several times. In only one inning did Gaff- i ney have a “look in” for a run. j Campbell, first man up, talked and went to second on a wild pitch. He i also managed to get to third, but Be- !ue made tnree Gaffney swetters swat the atmosphere and pop up a weak fly thus preventing Gaffney l from crossing the pan. That man Hauser, who occupied the third sacb | for Blacksburg, is a bandit robber Mr. Littlejohn is enthusiastic about an( * on t r i lt to g et a IRe time sentence the Great Northwest. Gaffney regrets * n P r * SOD i°r the way in which he We are glad to know that young to give him up permanently but he r,M, h p d Little of a hit. Ross had a i Albert Cook, who was so severely carries nothing but the best wishes * a " ' ,uc l ie t in center field and almost injured at the baseball practice is im- of a large circle of friends, The Led- t' ,ne Gaffney hit the ball it fell proving rapfdly. His friends hope to gor included, with him to his new see him out soon. home. There will be no service at Provi- At a meeting of the directors of ^ donee Sunday. Rev. L. M. Rice, the the National Bank of Gaffney held pastor, cannot be here ami all efforts Wednesday afternoon a semi-annual on his behalf to obtain a substitute have been fruitless. in the tar bucket. Bird caught a good game. Belue struck out nine raen. For Gaffney, Susong and Wyatt formed the battery and right well the.- did their work- Susong had a shade the better of tho pitcher’s ar- gument. He struck out twelve men dividend of six per cent, was declar ed and ordered paid. A dividend of ;, »d besides speed, possesses all man- The Scruggs Lumber Comanpv are flve P er cPnt was b >’ this bank in ner of curves ’ dr0 » )S ' etc ' Wa y« removing their place of business from January ' The National Rank of Gaff ‘ c,, ’ ,ght a I )retty S anie ' but ' va s a Ilttle i near the old Three C’s depot to F-ed- ney 18 one of the safest aml best fi ' oft in hls P eg « in S to se cond, although rick street below the store of J. R. nancial institutions in the State, and he caught two. There was nothing Tolloson & Company ’ ' | those who are so fortunate as to own for the Gaffney outfield to do as only stock in same are indeed fortunate in one fly ball was hit to the outfield by The Spartanburg ball team which the investment. Blacksburg, and it was a hit to left- i played here yesterday is composed of field. Only two hits were secured on i gentlemanly young fellows. It is a lotto;* received in this city from either side, one each by Harris and very great pleasure to have this class ® am Jefferies, who is on the bat- Hell for Gaffney anq Belue and Byars of young men to visit our town. tleship Missouri, of the United States f 0r Blacksburg. naval fleet, which is now at San Fran-! cisco, Cal., brings the intelligence Dr. Simms had a ripe tomato from bis garden Monday. We suspect the that they will start for japan in about credit for a good garden is due to a week. The fleet will visit China and ’ Mrs. Simms, although the Doctor is Australia, encircle the globe and re- Li P sconib > lb - The following is the box score GAFFNEY. AB R H PO going around bragging about his fine garden. v The work on the big Shuford and LeMaster building is progressing amazingly, if nothing occurs to re- Wyatt. c. ..3 turn to Hampton Roads, Va. It will take about twelve months to make ^ arr ^ s ’ ss * 4 Bell, If 3 ..4 ..4 ..2 the trip. Mr. Jefferies is a son of ueu ’ ^* • Mrs. Mrs. M- H- Jefferies, of this city, Little - 2b. and is Cherokee's contribution to the S ,Ison £. P Campbell, Sunday school Convention. The North Pacolet Interdenomina tional Sunday School Convention will meet at Mesopotamia church on the fourth Sabbath—June 28th—at 10:30 a. m., and be opened with a song and praise service conducted by the chap lain. Schools and delegates will be enrolled and reports made from the various schools. Review of the quar ter’s lessons conducted by some mem ber of the convention appointed for that purpose. Sermon by Rev. T. B. Owens. 1st query. “How can we best en courage systematic Bible study?” 2nd. “Do ministers ana church of ficers generally fully relaize the great Importance of the Sabbath school worb?” 3rd. “The Ideal Sabbath school.” 4th. “How to prepare and teach the lessons so as to get the best re sults.” 5th. Question box. Gth. Miscellaneous business. All Sunday school workers are re quested to attend and take part In the exercises. An intermission of one hour will be taken for lunch and refreshments. Volunteer speakers are expected to take part in the discussion of the various subjects. The exercises will be interspersed with music led by the local choir In which all are invited to take part. Let no one Identified with the Sun day school work feel that he or she Is not a part 0 f the convention. C. W. Whisonant, For Com. on Program. tard the work it will not be long be- navy ' and a splendld one at that ' fore the building will be ready for occupancy. cf. Spake, 3b 3 One of the most delightful social Littlejohn, affairs of the week in Gaffney social George D. Jefferies has assumed cir cles took place on Wednesday eve- Ti the management 0 f the Gaffney Pepsi-' nin & Miss Lula Mae Littlejohn Cola Bolting Company, and is putting 1 enter talned a number of friends in j rf. ..3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 A 1 * 3 0 2 3 0 o 0 BS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 goods to their line. is the guest of her sister, Mrs. S. B. will vote her additional laurels. having the room which was formerly occupied ag a barber shop by Boyd Sarratt, repaired and renovated. They are also having some repairs made of the guests during the evening. De- Rhyne, on the exterior of the building. licious refreshments were served by The young man Robinson, who was \ MiBS 10,16 Littlejohn. Tota: struck by the train, ami brought to ! 0 c Dorman , /„ tormer c , tlzen o( Sc “ re he city hospital Is doing finely and Ga)rney , lju t who has recently been „ la . haul 58 86 ,htok M *: wnplornd »t the Beverly Rock Quar chances fnr recovers atp <rrw-»H . CjanncM 1 .. .. 0 2 24 12 5 BLACKSBURG. AB R H PO A E 2b- .. .. ..2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 1 P- .. . 0 1 1 3 0 B., cf. .. ..4 0 0 3 0 1 lb. . 3 0 0 9 0 0 . 3b. . 0 0 0 3 0 If. .. .. ..3 0 1 *> 0 0 , ss. .. .. ..3 0 ,0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 27 8 2 jy innings: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x- -1 ’ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 father is wtth him aTthThoCal. “' ! ^."'rT^sday. ni a Caml “’car 6 , 8t ™ C * ° U ‘ tridge which had been le t in the sun song 2 off hlt batt 3a . - — exploded near him. frightfully lacera-, ^ Belue , j. stoIen tases Wafd In the country, has established a! “ ns 1,18 , “ ce " 0 "“ <| i n l' hl8 h “ < ‘ s ' Bell, Campbell; left on bases, Gaffney branch of their business in Gaffney. V” was ^"“Sht to Gaffney Wcdnes- u Blac k s bu r g 6; time of game, on» Their plant will be on the site for- ,a ^ en lo * he residence of hour a nd fifty minutes; umpire Mr. John Byars, of whose daugh- Brown 1 ter he married. Dr. Nesbitt, ‘ who was called to see the young man Undertaker J. P. Shuford went to on hlg arrival here says that the The Alderman Lumber Company, one of the largest lumber concerns merly occupied by the Scruggs Lum ber Company. “Blind Tom” Dies In Hoboken. Blacksburg yesterday morning and! chances are that he will lose hls wJnnwunT. T ? D, 'i exhumed the remains of an infant right eye, and &at while his injuries t - _ Generations of child of Dr. and Mrs. Darwin and are serious there is no reason at this t . _ . « . , PaYgQe.s, —n, a „ me to apprehend fatal rerelu. tLi t iS» ‘ ’ i’ : ne has been living for years in retire ment anq subsisting on charity. Thomag Wiggins is the name given Our superintendent of education | in his burial certificate, but the sur- A Grand Family Medidns. “It gives me pleasure to speak a good word for Electric Bitters,” writes Mr. Frank Conlan, 0 f No. 436 Houston St., Jfew Yorb. “U’s a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver complications; while for lame back and weak kidneys it can not be too highly recommended.” Electric Bitters regulate the digestive functions, purify the blood, and im part renewed vigor and vitality to the weak and debilitated of both sexes. Sold under guarantee at Cherokee Drug Co. 50c. D. W- Cooper will can Tuesdays and Fridays. June 16 St pd. brought the body to Gaffney to re inter beside that of its mother at Oak* land cemetery. Miss Volina Hamrick, and her guest, Miss Wilma Correll, of Con cord, N. C., have gone to Abbeville | where they will act as attendants at , the marriage of Miss Sara Henry. ! These young ladies are all former students of Limestone College. Mrs. S. N. Brandford. wife of the popular second-hand of spinning in room No. 1 of the Gaffney Manu facturing Company, has returned to the city from the Chester sanitarium greatly Improved in health, which is a pleasure to her many friends. S. Q. Sarratt is visiting North Caro lina quite frequently these days. He is also wearing a white vest, some thing never known before, and hls usually beaming countenance is brighter than ever. Dame Rumor has it that there is something in the wind. Attention is called to the advertise ment of J. Furman Dobson in this is sue of The Ledger. He will be To the Teachers of Cherokee County hag secured for our summer school, the services of Miss Mary T. Nance, of Columbia. This is very fortunate Miss Nance is ~ president of the School Improvement Association of South Carolina, and devotes all he? time to school improvement work. This is a fine opportunity for us to come in contact with her, and get some of her enthusiasm, i trust that not a teacher .in Cherokee county will miss it. We can’t afford to miss, even the short time of two weeks, even to further prepare ourselves for our work, and especially of advanc ing the school Improvement move ment. During the session of this school we will organize a County School Improvement Association, al so a County Teachers’ Association. Let every teacher he present. The school will open June 29th and end July 10th. Miss Bonnie McClnney, Pres. Co. Teachers’ Asso. name was one whch the famous pianist adopted. He was bom a slave near Columbus, Ga.. about 1830. In early childhood, Tomr who was born entirely blind and more than half idiotic, showed himself remark ably Imitative, frequently stealing in to the house of his master to repro duce on the pianoforte pieces he had heard played by others. In 1861 he became so proficient on the Instru ment that he was taken to New York and 'exhibited as a phenomenon and later was widely~heard in the United States and Europe. The Beet PHI Ever Solti. “After doctoring is years for chron ic indigestion, and spending over two hundred dollars, nothing has done me as much god as Dr. King's New Life Pills. I consider thdm the best pills ever sold.” writes B. F. Ayscne, of Ingieslde, N. C Sold under guar antee at Cherokee Drug Co.