The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 11, 1908, Image 1
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the Gaffney ledger.
A NEW9PAPBR IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIEt. AND DEVOTED TO THE BEET INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1864.
WORKING THE ROADS
NEAR WILKINSVILIE.
OAFFNEY, s. On FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1908.
•ISO A YEAN,
SOME NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS
AND CHANGES.
One Road Being Moved and Others
Put in Good Shape—Other Local
News from Lower Cherokee.
Wilkinsville, Sept. 8.—Mary Mc-
Culloch, the three-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John R. McCulloch,
died with pneumonia at their home
at Wilkinsville last Saturday and
was buried at Salem on Sabbath.
Rev. T. B. Owens conducted the
funeral services. She had been sick
but a short time and her death w’as
a great shock to the community. A
large number of friends and relatives
attended the funeral. Our heartfelt
sympathy goes out to the bereaved
parents and family in this their great
sorrow.
The little crib is empty now—
The little clothes laid by;
A mothers love, a fathers joy,
In death’s cold arms doth lie.
Rev. C. M. Teal began the pro
tracted meeting at Abingdon creek
last Sabbath and (D. V.) will con
tinue the whole or the greater p^rt
of this week.
The new church building now go
ing up there hasn’t yet been finished,
but is sufficiently advanced to be
used for the purposes of the meeting.
When finished it will be one of the
most beautiful country churches In
the county and will reflect great
credit on the congregation and those
who have taken a part in Its com
pletion. It’s now nearly thirty-five
years since the first building was
erected there under the ministration
of Rev. John Tolleson, who was Its
founder. The spirit of enterprise
shown by those taking the matter of
having a new and more up-to-date
building to take the place of the old
one Is truly commendable In that
they have done most (if not all) of
the work themselves. They employ
ed an architect and master carpenter
to lake charge of and superintend
the work, and we are told the money
outlay will not exceed $400, all told.
This shows what a community can
do when they set their heads and go
to work. We would suggest as an
additional improvement the opening
and maintainace of a public road
from the Guyton ford on Abingdon
creek to Mr. J. D. Hughes’. Thus
placing the church and graveyard on
the public road.
Through the courtesy of Mr. J. M.
Way, general secretary, we have re
ceived a copy of the first Issue of the
South Carolina Sunday School Pro
moter published at Pelzer in the In
terest of the Sunday school work in
this State. It Is a well gotten up
pamphlet. The price of a single
annual subscription is 25 cents; in
clubs of ten, ten cents each; and
with twenty annual subscriptions af
10 cents each, $2.00, one extra copy
will be sent free to the one who
makes up the club. There is uo good
reason why this paper should not be
In the hands of every Sunday school
scholar In the State, or elsewhere. It
will be a great help to them.
Another storm of rain and thunder
passed over this section last Satur
day evening. The river was too
high on Sabbath evening to ferry.
“Ben Hope” a good many people
in this section want to see you and
make your acquaintance. They read
your letters with great interest. You
must come down this way and spend
a few days. We don’t suppose you
are a married man, and if you will
come you will find some pretty girls
who would be glad to see you, and
they will help to make your trip a
pleasant one.
Cotton is opening and picking is
the work of fbe farmers.
One of our neighbors tells a good
Joke \>n another who has always been
considered very close. Several years
ago he and another man went and
took dinner with this miserly fellow.
It was about this time of year and he
had plenty of beans and other vege
tables. When they finished their
meal the fellow said: /
“This makes fifteen meals eat at
my house outside of my own family
since the first of last January."
“Oh,” said the other, “you may
make It seventeen for we are going
to stay until after supper.”
Before this letter i ppears in print
the second primary election will have
been held and the county will have
resumed the tenor of its ways and
everything will be going on as usual.
We hope so, however.
The churches of Salem and Lime
stone (Gaffney Presbyterian) we un
derstand will be without a preacher
after the third Sabbath of this
month. Mr. Ratchford, we under
stand, is called to another field.
There Is no good reason why we
can’t have a preacher to remain with
us longer than they do. We think
our people pay all they can and they
do it promptly, and they must be an
average people, at least.
We fully endorse what The Ledger
says of the brutal, cowardly attack
on Editor Dave Grist, of the York-
ville Enquirer. We know- nothing
of the parties who made It and don’t
care to. We have been reading the
Enquirer for half a century and pro
nounce it one of the best and most
consistent newspapers In the land.
Yesterday was “Labor Day” and
the mail riders and other government
employees had a rest day.
The cotton crop will be an unu
sually light one this year, and much
of the lint will he cf a poor variety,
we thin&.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel and
children spent last Sabbath on *hU
side of the river.
Road overseer H. T. Estes has
given the hill this side of the Brown
ford on Gilkey the best working it
has had since we knew It.
Mr. W. C. Sparks has also given
the hill between the Jim Burgess
bridges and Littlejohn’s cross roads
a splendid working. This is a hard
section of road to keep up anyway.
On their return from the burial
of Mr. John McCulloch’s child last
Sabbath, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Webber
stopped and spent a few hours with
us.
The Thomson mill hasn’t been run
ning since the freshet of two weeks
ago.
Pitching horse shoes is the lead
ing game with the boys nowadays.
It seems to be a very exciting past
time with them.
Prof. R. A. Foster is teaching a
singing school at Mesopotamia
church.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes visited
friends and relatives at Sharon last
Saturday and returned yesterday.
Messrs. Vaughn and Kelly have
bored a well for Mr. T. J. Estes.
They made three efforts before they
got a good vein and head of water.
The county commissioners have
located a new and better road from
the Owens’ ford bridge on Thlckety
to near Mr. G. A. Byers’. The road
is now out of reach of the high water
in Thlckety.
The Messrs. Brewington are going
to set up a saw mill on the Douglass
place and supply this section with
lumber.
The next State Sunday School
Convention will meet In Orangeburg
February 16-17-18, 1909, and we hope
Cherokee county will be well repre
sented.
The North Pacolet Interdenoml
national Sunday School Convention
will meet at Rehoboth on the 4th
Sabbath of this month—September
27th. The programme will appear
next week.
Unless some untoward event takes
place the State election will finish
its work today and the political heel
ers will be out of a job for two years.
J. L. S.
THE LATEST NEWS
FROM
DOINGS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR
SISTER CITY.
Brief News Notes and Personal Para
graphs Gathered by Our M lron
City” Correspondent.
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Whlsnant visit
ed relatives In Rock Hill the first of
the week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. ,M. Verdin, who
came here some time ago, have
moved back to Greenville, where
they will reside in the future.
Dr. W. A. White and Mr. R. B.
Smith, of Greenville, are the guests
of Mr. L. F. Fowler. '
Mr. Oren Moore left Tuesday after
noon for Charlotte, N. C., to attend
the Medical College.
Prof, and Mrs. E. A. Montgomery
returned to their home here Monday
afternoon after spending some time
Blacksburg, Sept. 9—Mrs. S. A. I in Columbia with relatives.
Moorehead went over to Gaffney i Miss Sallie Camp, of Gaffney, Is
Thursday on business. spending a few days with her cousin.
Rev. and Mrs. I. T. Newton and Miss Mamie Blalock,
children left Thursday morning for! Master Tally Albert returned to his
i Fallston, N. C., where they will re- h°nie in Rock Hill Tuesday night af-
j side In the future. Their many; *er spending a week with his grand-
friends here regret to give them up mother, Mrs. Martha Moore.
' but hope they will like their new j Mr. Adam Metts left Monday af-
home. Mr. Newton is principal of ternoon for Spartanburg where he
the school there. has accepted a position
MR. COOPER CHARMED ALL.
MR. BOLL WEEVIL.
He Exemplifies the Secret Work of
the Knights of Pythias.
One of the best and most interest
ing meetings in the history of Lime
stone Lodge Knights of Pythias was
that which took place last Monday
night. The lion of the occasion was
Mr. Frank P. Cooper, of Charleston.
Besides an exceptionally large num
ber of local members present there
were guests from Blacksburg, Char
lotte, Greenville and Greensboro.
Mr. Cooper is chairman of the
Thornwell Memorial Commission, and
lie is doing a great work. He is one
of the brightest constellations of the
Pythian heavens. He has learned
well the lesson of friendship, charity
and benevolence and he practices it
in his daily walk. Mr. Cooper came
here at. the invitation of Chancellor
Commander Gunter. Mr. Gunter met
Mr. Cooper in Boston, at the meeting
of the Grand Lodge, and he became
with the 1 so impressed with the brightness of
Miss Connie Baber, of Gastonia, N. Morgan Iron Works at that place, i his intellect and the purity of his
C., Is the guest this week of Miss Mr. Jack Roberts left Sunday night j Pythinism that he concluded that
Marie Goforth. for Great Falls to resume his work. Limestone Lodge should enjoy an
there with the Southern Power Co. I evening with him. Mr. Cooper came,
Mrs. S. E. Lucas is in Baltimore, | saw and conquered. From the mo-
Md., this week buying her fall stock ment he landed in town until his
of millinery, notions, etc. smiling fare was lost to view around
Mrs. J. C. Ross is visiting relatives the bend of the Southern railway
in Spartanburg this week. track there was nothing too good for
Mr. James Lucas, of Baltimore,' llim - His visit will be remembered
Md., spent Wednesday here with Mr. b .v all present so long as life may
E. K. Belue and left that night for! ,as L He exemplified the secret work
Easterday, of Forest San Franc!sc °. Cal., where he will | f o perfection. We don’t assert, it as
,J spend a few days. true but it seemed to us that his soul
Mr. J. C. Ross spent Wednesday in must have communed with the soul
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. White and
i children, of Statesville, N. C., spent
i Wednesday night here with Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. Douglass, on Mountain
avenue, and left Thursday morning
for Hickory Grove where they will
visit relatives. Mr. White preached
to a good congregation at the Baptist
church on Wednesday night.
Mrs. C. M
City, N. C., has returned from Gaff
ney where she visited the Misses
Hopper ahd is at the home of her
j mother, Mrs
; kee street.
if at
. D. p.
I
p. Gaston, on Chero-
Spartanburg on business.
Misses Jennie Mae and Bessie Tur-
of Rathbone and that the latter im-
. parted to the former its innermost
j ner, of Grover, N. C., spent Tuesday t
: secrets. Every little detail
was
THE OFFICIAL COUNT
committee of election results in this county Tuesday:
thought of and there was rational
meaning for every color, sign and
signal.
Mr. Cooper acted as Chancellor
Below we give the tabulated statement of the executive j Commander and he filled the chair
as it has never been filled in Lime
stone Lodge. He has a splendid bear
ing. a smooth, modulated tone, and
the ‘words fall from his Ups like wat
er flowing down the course of a
mountian, now and then as still and
smooth as an eddy and then spark
ling like spray In the sunshine. His
pictures were beautiful, his expe
rience rich, and he tells in a most
charming style.
I As a token of esteem Limestone
Lodge presented to Mr. Cooper a
pretty watch fob with a K. of P. em
blem.
Just to give you an insight into
the lovable character of this modest
man we will append the following
note which he left on our desk Just
before he left town:
"Goodbye Ed, God bless you and
all the Gaffney boys who have been
so good to me. I shall keep the lit
tle souvenier always until “time”
shall be no more.”
Sincerely,
“Frank P. Cooper.”
The Bad Little Insect Is Headed Thle
Way, Says Mr. Bundy.
Mr; Joe Bundy, a former resident
of Gaffney, now residing at De Kalb,
Texas, in a private letter to Mr. M.
L. Ross, of this city, has the follow
ing to say concerning the condition
of the cotton crop and the boll
weevil:
“What about the flood in SonUt
Carolina? We read in the papers
that all the rivers in your State have
been on p cr
known before. Saw where Broad
river had been forty-nine feet high.
We are suffering from drouth. The
thermometer is standing up in the
nineties every day. Five weeks ago
cotton all through this couuty loo\-
ed as though a bale and a half would
be made to the acre. Along about
the first of August the boll weevil
struck it and today it is thought that
it will take from four to twenty acree
to make a bale. You see no blooms
in the fields now, and there have
been none in some fields for five
weeks. In some fields they went to
work the 15th of July. They becamo
general by the first of August It
don't take them long to ruin a field.
They first work on the tendereet
part of the plant and stay right there
until they reach the grown holla
ready to open.
. "We expect to leave here if we can
sell out. Lots of people are leaving
on account of the weevil. You see
they will be here possibly for five
years. By that time you all will
know what they are. They will sure
be with you. They have crossed the
Mississippi river. They will be
1 thick in Mississippi next year, and
I the followng year no cotton will he
made there.”
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Miss Vic Mlntz, of the Buffalo sec
tion, is in town visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Vic Gaston.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ross, of this
Death of Mr. Richard H. Garrett.
King’s Mountain, N. C., Sept. 9.—
In the death of Richard H Garrett on
Monday evening this community lost
one of its best citizens; the Metho
dist church here, her leading mem-
Mr. F. A. Reinhart went to Earl, N. ber, and the Masonic lodge of our
C., Thursday on bulsness. town a most useful member.
Miss Julia Solomon, of Charleston, ’Squire Garrett was born and raised
here with friends.
Mr. Folger Moving.
It is a certainty that Gaffney is to
lose Mr. and Mrs. A. R. N. Folger as
residents, at least for the present.
Mrs Folger has been here for several
days packing up and Mr Folger ar
rived yesterday morning to help.
They will move to Seneca, where Mr.
Folger has the position of ticket
agent for the Southern and Blue
Ridge railroads. Gaffney regrets to
give up Mr. and Mrs. Folger. They
have been with us a long 'Hme and
have made friends during their stay
in Gaffney. Good luck and prosperity
to them is the wish of The ledger.
place, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard arrived here Tuesday and will teach in Edgecomb county and was in his
: Ross, of Logan, W. Va., spent Thurs- in the graded school this year. 77th year.
j day in Gaffney with relatives. Mr. W. W. Duncan returned from The surviving children are Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Revier return-1 Rock Hill Thursday morning after John F. Garrett, of Gaffney, S. C.;
ed to their home here Wednesday; spending a few days with relatives. Mrs. Walter E. Hall, of Rock Hill, 8.
night from Shelby, N. C. f where they 'Mis. Duncan and little Ruth are both C., and Mr. Joseph F. Garrett, who
j visited relatives. sick in bed and they will not be able lived with his father. He has one
Miss Maud and Mr. Willie Greens- to return for several days. brother living, Mr. John Garrett, of
lade left -Monday morning for At- j Mrs. Wm. Borders, of King’s Creek, Concord, N. C. He is also survived
ianta, Ga., after spending some time ig here to see Mrs. Tom. Whisnant, by his wife, who, before her mar-
here with Mrs. A. Urquhart. who is very sick. riage was a Mfes Mercer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Crquhart spent j^ttie Misses Maud and Ruth and Mr - Garrett had a stroke of paraly-
Wednesday afternoon in Gaffney on i Master Frank Hayden have returned sIs about one y ear a So, from which
business. ,from Chimney Rock, N. C., where he never ,un ? recovered, but was
Mrs. M. E. Shiver, formerly of this spent geverg] ,j a y 8 w jth rel- ab,e t0 be on the streets occassion-
ELECTION RESULTS.
Smith Elected Senator and Finlay
Elected Congressman.
Columbia, 8. C., Sept. 9.—Accord
ing to the latest ’ tabulation oi
turns from Tuesday’s primary the
result is as follows:
For senator—Evans 36.^94. Smith
63,095.
Superintendent of education—Mel-
lichamp 43,367, Swearingen 54,106.
Railroad commissioner—Cansler 48,-
086, Caughman 48,490.
For solicitor the vote is as follows:
Fifth circuit, Cobb 3,289, Rembert
3,438.
Tenth circuit—Bonham 9.405, Mo-
Swain 8,030.
Third circuit—McLaughlin 3,098,
Stoll 2,-780.
Twelfth circuit—Quattlebaum 3,-
749, Wells 6,323.
For congress: Fifth district—But
ler 6,192, Finley 8,701.
Sixth’ district—Ellerhe 8.720, Rags
dale 8,468.
It will take an official count of the
vote of the executive committee to
determine who is railroad commie-
sioner. Caughman and Cansler are
running neck and neck but the for
mer is slightly ahead and may break
all precedents by being re-elected to
that office for a term of six year*.
There are no changes In other re
sults.
place hut now of Rock Hill, came up a ti veg
How to Get Strong.
P. J. Daly, of 1247 W. Congress St.,
Chicago, tells of a way to become
Hlrong. He says: “My mother, who
is old and was very feeble, Is deriving
so much benefit from Electric Bitters,
that I feel it’s my duty to tell those
who need a tonic and strengthening
medicine about it. In my mother’s
case a marked gain in flesh has re
sulted, insomonia has been overcome,
and she is steadily growing stronger.”
Electric Bitters quickly remedy stom
ach, liver and kidney complaints. Sold
under guarantee at Cherokee Drug
Co. 60c.
The Grand Army of the Republic
decided to meet at Salt Lake City
next year.
Wednesday and will spend some
time with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Essie Ware, of King’s Moun
tain, N. C„ spent Thursday here with
her sister, Mrs. A. Whlsnant.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Nichols and
little daughter, Sue, left Thursday
morning for their home at Dillon, af
ter spending the summer with Mrs.
Nichols’ parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. G.
Black.
ally.- He had a second stroke last
The Ladies Mlsslonarv Society of whlch ’ wIth the ‘“Annity of
the Baptist church entertained a old a * e ’ (au8ed h,s death yesterday
evening.
The funeral services were held this
evening at 3 o’clock. The Masonic
order buried him.
He was a charter member of the
Masonic lodge here. Only two of the
charter members survive him, Capt.
Freno DllUng and Auditor B. F.
Dixon.
number of their friends at a social
meeting on Tuesday night at the
home of Mrs. J. B. Ross. The lawn
was lighted with Japanese lanterns.
Quite a good number of the ladles
with their husbands were out and all
voted thanks to the hostess for a
most delightful evening. Ice cream
! and cake was served.
A New Business.
Mr. D. A. Young has opened a res
taurant and confectionary in the
store room next to Mr. T. H. West-
rope. "Doug,” as he is familiarly
known, Is an old hand at the busi
ness and looks familiar at his old
stand. He will handle cakes, pies
and bread from Fincken's Steam
Bakery. He proposes to run an up-
to-date establishment and we wish
him success.
Cherokee’s First Bale.
The first bale of the 1908 cotton
crop in Cherokee county to.be placed
on the market was brought In Wed
nesday by Mr. Prater Smith, of the
Goucher section. This bale was gin
ned by the Victor Cotton Oil Co
weighed 580 pounds, and was i-ur-
chased by Mr. J. A. Carroll, the price
paid being 91-4 cents.
It
Misses Belle and Willie Blalock
are spending this week at Llncolnton, •'^ r - Hardin left Tuesday
N. C., with relatives. morning for Clemson College where
Miss Mabel Quincy, who has been resumes his studies
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. G.
Cousins for several weeks, left
Thursday morning for her home in
Charleston.
Mr. Ailie Osborne spent one day
last week In Shelby, N. 0 H on busi
ness.
Mr. R. C. Gettis end daughter,
Maud, spent Monday night and Tues
day at Rutherfordton, N. C., with rel
atives.
A Bure-enough Knocker.
J. C. Goodwin, of Reldsvllle, N. C.,
says: "Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is a
sure-enough knocker for ulcers. A
bad one came on my leg last sum
mer, but that wonderful salve knock
ed it oat in a few round* Not even a
scar remained.” Guaranteed for piles,
sores, burns, etc. Me at Cherokee
Drug Co.
A Peculiar Accident.
Mr. R. Clarence Jones, who lives
In the western part of the city had
the misfortune to lose one of his fine
horses on Wodnesday morning. Mr.
Jones had hitched up his team to a
mowing machine, and the breast
chain becoming loose, slipped out.
the machine advancing on and the
blades cutting one of the horses’ legs
entirely off. The horse had to be
killed. The animal was a very fine
one and was only about seven years
old.
A Paying Investment.
Mr. John White, of 38 Highland
Ave., Houlton, Maine, sajfe: "Have
been troubled with a cough every win
ter and spring. Last winter I triad
many advertised remedies, but the
cough continued until I bought a 50c.
bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery;
before that was half gone, the cough
was all gone. This winter the same
happy result has followed; a few
doses once more banished the annual
cough. I am now convinced that Dr.
King’s New Discovery Is the best at
all cough and lung remedies.*’ Bold
under guarantee at Cheroksa Drug
Co. 60c. and 61.00. Trial bottle free.
s.