The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 14, 1908, Image 6
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THE LEDGER
one hundred and three
(103) times a year for
Only $1.50 a Year?
Press Association.
(The Dorchester Eagle.)
That trip to Gaffney was a mem
orable one. There are no people
anywhere who are more hospitable.
Six thousand is claimed to be the
correct population of that thriving
city, but judging from what we saw
there in the way of manufacturies of
various kinds, it would not seem
that ten thousand would be too
much to “claim.” There is more of
the real enegry and go a head spirit
in that town than one could conceive
of. We are not surprised that Editor
DeCamp was so anxious to carry the
Press Association to his town. He
knew what Gaffney possessed and
he wishes other parts of the world
to know it. Such trips do not come
often. Treated like the members of
the Press Association were, with
special trains, street ears, automo-
biles, carriages, etc., at their dispos
al. was far beyond the expectation of
any one.
.Mr. J. (’. Lusk, of Charleston, the
clever division passenger agent of
the Southern Railway, was a great
factor in making the trip from Gaff
ney through the mountains of West
ern North Carolina such a pleasant
success. The run was made via
Blacksburg, Marion, X. C„ and to
Asheville without a single mishap,
and upon reaching Asheville about
1:30 p. m. the press party were met
at the station with special cars and
taken directly to Battery Park Hotel.
Here we were treated most royally.
The courtesies were great and be
yond description. Mr. .1. L. Alexan
der, the big-hearted proprietor of
this magnificent hotel, was very gen
erous in his attention to the party,
and as he is a native of South Caro
lina, having gone to Asheville from
Walhalla, we appreciate his hospital
ity all the more.
Leaving Asheville we were soon
teh guests of Mr. S. F. Wheeler, at
the well known Wheeler Hotel in
Hendersonville. Here we were shown
every courtesy. Immediately after
dinner the mayor of the city. Col.
Michael Schenks, very cleverly ia-
vited the party to a drive over the
city. This was enjoyed immensely
and all were of the one opinion that
Hendersonville is a lovely place.
Lake Toxaway was reached about
7 o’clock Saturday afternoon and
there was a most delightful sojourn
until C o’clock Monday morning, when
the train pulled out for Spartanburg.
Lake Toxaway is a grand place. It
Is absolutely useless to attempt a de
scription of the scenery. Toxaway
Inn and the scenery surrounding it is
second to no spot in the world. This
is the decision of those who have
been abroad and know. Mr. Harper,
the genial manager, stated that the
hotel was erected by the Toxaway
Company at a cost of $300,000 and
was opened in 1903. The timber was
all manufactured from timber cut
from the lands which now are cover
ed by the lovely artificial lake. The
lake is fifteen miles around and is a
wonderful accomplishment.
Gaffney Settles a Serious Question.
(Carolina Spartan.)
Inasmuch as the writer was one of
the commissioners to lay off Gaffney’s
old field nearly forty years ago he
has always felt a decided interest In
the growth and progress of the place.
Until a town has about four or five
thousand people there is little social
cleavage. Every one knows all his
neighbors and all the people of the
town. The births, courtships, mar
riages, scandals all come in for com
mon gossip. But as population In
creases and new people move in and
money falls to the lot of certain ones,
they begin to settle Into social sets
or cliques in some way or other and
after a time the 400 is evolved. For
two or three years it has been a seri
ous question in Gaffney as to the peo
ple entitled to the 400 list. But re
cently a happy solution of the ques
tion has been reached. Hereafter
there will be no trouble. The line of
demarcation will be so plain that a
citizen of the "coaling ground” could
see it. Hereafter no one will be ad
mitted to the select, high-toned 400 In
Gaffney unless the family makes 75
to 100 bushels of corn to the acre af
ter the Williamson plan in the front
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yard or on a back lot or on a rented
lot. So hereafter no 100-bushel-to-
(he-acre family will play bridge or
swap scandals with any common fam
ily that is not in the corn business.
Of course the colors of this new set
will be “corn.” The special ornament
will be the picture of two stalks of
corn in full tassel and silk crossed.
Wonderful to See.
(Southern Christian Advocate.)
Rev. Dr. A. M. Simms, the Gaffney
Baptist pastor, seems not only to wish
to limit baptism and communion to
the Baptist church, but evidently he
is either afraid to trust the welfare
of the community to any but a Bap
tist lawyer, or he fears the communi
ty will suffer unless he gets a Baptist
lawyer to move and have his being in
that place! There was, until quite
recently, one Baptist Lawyer in that
progressive city, but he has moved to
Spartanburg, where the Baptist de
nominational atmosphere is not so
close, and now, mirabile dicta, that
city has no Baptist lawyer! Dr.
Simms a month ago had the follow
ing advertisement inserted on the
editorial page of the Baptist Courier:
"A Baptist lawyer who wants a
fine field for practice will do well to
write to Dr. A. M. Simms, pastor of
the First Baptist church, Gaffney, S.
C. Gaffney is a live, progressive
town, and Dr. Simms understands the
situation.”
The month has passed and yet Dr
Simms has not secured his Baptist
lawyer. As the Advocate scorns sec
tionalism and sectarianism, and U
unwilling that Dr. Simms’ denomina
tional scruples and pride should be
further mortified, we cheerfully pub
lish his advertisement free on our
editorial page.
ROLLER ARMED WITH SPIKES.
Machine That Rips Up a Road For Re
pair Work.
A big ma< liine has been at work on
the roadway at the north end of Lin
coln park, in Chicago. It is a monster
■team roller, with a double row of
spikes in one of the wheels, and the
function of the contrivance is to loosen
up the old material in the roadway,
preparatory to covering it with a
fresh coating of crushed stone. As the
wide tired wheel rolls on the road way
the spikes sink in the old stone ma
terial that lias hardened from many
years’ wear. This serves to loosen the
material, so that when the fresh sup
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piy of crushed stone is applied It may
be forced down into the old bed by
running an ordinary steam roller over
It. The spikes are removable, so that
the wheel may he used also for a pack
ing stint.
Scores of persons gather around tin-
big sharp toothed crusher and ask all
kinds of questions. When the puncher
has been ro!le<l along the road until tin-
rows of holes reach the width of tin-
driveway it presents the appearance
of a sheet of perforated postage
stamps, and the whole operation has
to be explained for the benefit of th«
onlookers.
Severe Cure For Prostrations.
“On these hot days 1 make the men
shut down every window and turn on
the steam heat.” said the owner of a
big factory the other day. “I know
that sounds like a crazy man’s act, but
it is the only thing to do. Working
away as they are. almost stripped, the
draft from ojhmi windows does the men
more harm than good. The thing that
nAkes them feel the heat is not sn
much the soaring of the mercury as
that of the humidity. Ninety-nine out
of every hundred prostrations are
caused by the humidity. By shutting
the windows to keep out the moist air
and by turning on the steam heat I
thoroughly dry that which is already
Inside. The temperature is driven r»
to 10 degrees higher by this means,
but the consequent diminntion of hu
midity more than counteracts this.
Before I caught on to this scheme 1
used to have employees prostrated al
most every day through the summer
months, and on very hot days I had to
shut down altogether. Now the men
work on the hottest days, and not one
has Iteen prostrated this year. I know
it sounds crazy, but you just try it and
you'll he surprised at the result.”
National Cemetery on Deer Island.
A new national cemetery analogous
to the Arlington cemetery at Washing
ton is to lie laid out on Deer island,
according to present plans of the war
department, says a Boston dispatch.
It will he reserved wholly for soldiers,
sailors, officers and civilians who died
while in the employ of the United
States. Many sailors who died of ship
fever and a number of soldiers who
succumbed during the war of 1812 and
the rebellion were buried on the island.
Subscribe for The Ledger. $1.50.
FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
I beg to announce my candidacy for
re-election to the office of Railroad
Commissioner. I un making my
campaign not on promises as to what
I will do, but on what I have done.
Those who have had business with
the Railroad Commission will testify
that I have ever been ready to dis
charge the' duties of my office fear
lessly, impartially, and to the best In
terests of the people of South Caro
lina, and that I have always been
courteous to those desiring informa
tion and relief.
I am the only Railroad Commis
sioner who has moved his residence
to Columbia to be in dally touch with
the work of the office.
During my term of office I have in
spected personally every line of rail
road in the State, often walking
cross-ties that I might be assured
that the conditions of the roadbeds
and trestles were safe.
I have been often in every county
in South Carolina, looking into the
conditions of the stations, and im
proving the conveniences of the
travelling public.
I have stood for lower freight and
passenger rates, better schedules, and
safer modes of travel.
The handsome majority you gave
me formerly has always been appre
ciated, and has been an Incentive to
a faithful performance of my duties.
I hope to have your support In the
coming election, and shall strive to
ever render you faithful service.
Yours truly,
BANKS L. CAUGHMAN.
Many a man is sorry he had his
own way after his wife let him have
It.
FOR ALL COUNTY NEWt. IM
FORTANT HAPPENINQ8 IN THE
•TATE AND EVENTS OF INTER
EST IN FOREIGN LANDS. TAKE
AND READ THE LEDGER.
Don’t Worry
If you are sick, don , t worry, but begin at once
I to make yourself well. To do this, we but repeat
the words of thousands of other sufferers from
| womanly ill*, when we say:
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For 60 years, this wonderful female remedy, has
jbeen benefiting sick women. Mrs. Jennie Merrick,
j of Cambridge City, Ind., says: “I suffered greatly
• with female trouble, and the doctors did no good.
* They wanted to operate, but I took Cardui, and it
J made me feel like a new woman. I am still using
^this wonderful medicine, with increasing relief.”
AT ALL DRUG STORES
$63 to $81 Pays Board, Tuition and Room Rent
At Piedmont High School for the entire session of nine months. The school is situated in
Cleveland County, at the foot-hills of the Blue Ridge. Magnificent scenery. Mineral water.
No malaria. Splendid community.
" viost heartily do I recommend the School to all who have sons and daughters to edu
cate."—Chas. E. Taylor. President, Wake Forest College.
"^i n ev t? e PitiRS-t^klng labor, thorough scholarship and
m .9mu ed . eXecutl , Te ability- —J- B. Carlyle. Prof. Latin. Wake forest.
"p-S‘ nst,ruct * on * 8 “ Ioroux * > and * nduence 8urroun< H n 8 the pupil excellent.”—R*v.
K. I?« XREDWAY.
“In my opinion there is no High School in this part of the country doing better tad more
thorough educational work."—E. Y. Webb, Member of Congress.
•It is the best and cheapest school In the State.”-E. M. Koonce. Mem. N. C. Legislature.
One of the best Preparatory Schools in the State.”—Cleveland Star.
President’s Office, Dnivehsity of North Carolina,
M ,,, r , „ „ Obapel Hill, N. C., May 9th. IMfi
Mr. W. 1). Burns, Principal Piedmont High School. Lawndale N. C.
a .B e , a , r y° un g men who have come to the Uni verslty from the Piedmont High
School have taken a good stand In their -lasses and have done faithful and satisfactory
work. Very truly yours, Francis P. Venable, President. July 10-2-mos
For catalogue write to W. D. BURNS, Lawndale, N. C.
Littleton Female College
One of the most successful and best equipped boarding schools in the
South with hot water heat, electric lights and other modern improvements.
58 boarding pupils last year. 27th annual session will begin Sept. 16. 190B.
For catalogue address J. M. Rhodes, President, Littleton, N. C
Central Academy
A high-grade I reparatory Schoo', for boys and
young men, with industrial and agricultural equip
ment. Located on 700-acre farm one mile from Littleton College and un
der the management of the same board of Trustees. For new. illustrated
catalogue address J. B. Aiken, Prin., Littleton, N. C. 6-i2-o8-Fri.-3m.
\ Desirable Property For Sale
Four-room cottage with brick store room on lot (80x200) on
\ Cherokee avenue. Valuable lot fronting Limestone St., 40x200
w* The V. E. Lemmons house in West End, Peachtree street,
150x250. A nice farm (the J. J. Jamison place) six and ont-half
i miles from town. For prices and terms see : : : :
^ SAH L. FORT, Real Estate and Fire Insurance,
Phone 258. Office second floor National Bank Building.
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Our stock of heavy Groceries is complete. We handle the best Flour at reasonable prices. We have just gotten a car of Melrose Flour.
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