The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 29, 1908, Image 1
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A NCWt^AFCfl tN ALL THAT TM« WORD IMPLIZt. AND DBVOTtD TO TH« BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE Of CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
GAFFNEY, 8. C. f TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1908.
$1.50 A YEAR.
LATEST NEWS
FROM BLACKSBURG
DOINGS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR
SISTER CITY.
A MODERN STORE.
BUTLER & HALL.
Shuford & LeMaster Now Occupy
Their New Building.
Tin* splendid new building which
lias recently been erected and is
now occupied by Shuford & LeMas-.
ter calls attention at. this time to
them and their business. Their his
tory is one that illustrates what
pluck and preserverance will ac
complish. Ten years ago these young
men decided to embark in business
on their own account. They had
both been employed up to that time
iis clerks for Messrs, t'.irroll & Car
penter. In a short time they had j
built tip a substantial business and
had an excellent rating in the east
ern and northern markets. Up to
August of this year they occupied
quarters on Limestone street. Some
months ago they realized that their 1
business had taken such enormous
little Miss Ida, are visiting relatives j brides that their store building was i
Brief News Notes and Personal Para
graphs Gathered by Our “Iron
City” Correspondent.
Blacksburg. Sept. 28. -Mrs. Mary
Earl returned home Saturday from
Gaffney where she has been visiting
her brother, Mr. Lee Little.
Mr.
E.
D.
Byars, of
was in
town
Friday on
Mrs.
E.
D.
Houser
Grover,
N.
C.
, Friday, s
Mrs.
c.
A.
Stewart :
w ent up to I
in Spartanburg this week.
Mrs. J. B. Blalock and son, Lee, j
spent Saturday at Cherokee Falls, j
Miss Lucy Knox, formerly of this!
place but now of Charleston, is visit-i
ing friends here for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shiver and child
ren of Rock Hill, spent Saturday |
nignt and Sunday in town with Mr. I
A. M. Bridges’ family, on Pine street, j
Mr. Dever Caldwell left Friday for,
Charleston, where he will resume his
studies at the Charleston 'ollege. i
Misses Edna Healan and Tiller
went over to Gaffney Saturday after-j
noon.
Miss Mamie Little, of Gaftney,
visited her aunt, Mrs. Earl, on Pine
street Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mary Anderson left Saturday
morning to visit friends in Rock Hill.
Mr. Bright Rataree, who is here
in school, spent the week end at his
home in King’s Mountain, N. C.
Mr. .?. F. Babington, of Forest City,
N. C., was in town Saturday night.
Miss Carrie Ross Williams, of Gaff
ney, will be here on Tuesdays and
Fridays to give music lessons, both
voice and piano.
Mr. and Mrs. (Jllie Metis and little
son. Louis, of the Buffalo section,
u'ere in town Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Maude Gettys left Saturday
for Boiling Springs, N. C., where she
will attend school.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Knox, of Spen
cer, spent Sunday in town with the
latters’ mother, Mrs. Randall, on Car
olina street.
Miss Eva Turner, of Sharon, N. C..
is in town, the guest of her brother,
Mr. Ed. Turner, on Carolina street.
Mrs. J. E. Sapoch, of the Mt. Paran
section, was in towm Monday, shop
ping.
Mr. Mitcheoux, of Gastonia, N. C.,
spent Sunday in town.
Miss Nellie Schorb, of Spartan
burg, passed through here Friday
night on her way to Yorkville to
spend Sunday.
not large enough nor well fitted to
take care of the business in its in-
creased form so they decided to build
for themselves. They purchased a
lot on Frederick street and their
building is now completed and occu
pied. They have now one of the
largest stocks and most modern and
A New Law Firm Recently Formed
in This City.
It will interest the people of Chero-
i kee county to know that Messrs.
Thos. B. Butler and Wm. S. Hall, Jr„
have formed a copartnership for the
' practice of law’ under the firm name
; of Butler & Hall. Both these gentle-
[ men are well known in this county
land the new firm starts out under
j ihe most favorable auspices.
Mr. T. B. Butler, the senior mem
ber, has been practicing law in this
county since its formation, with which
i he had much to do. He s regarded
as one of Hie best criminal lawyers
in the State and his reputation has
been achieved by his remarkable
success in the criminal courts of this
county. He has been identified with
almost every important criminal case
j in the county and has done valiant
! work for his clients. It’s a compli-
i ment to him to say that he has suc-
I c-eeded in minimizing the punishment
! or eliminating it altogether of a large
THE METHODIST
LOAN FUND
MUCH GOOD BEING ACCOMP
LISHED.
sent the case of each candidate *o “The Methodist church is thorough-
the faculty at one of its regular ly committed to the system of ex*
meetings, taking the consensus of tending aid by loan rather than gifts. ,
opinion as to the scholarship of the This enables the receiver to develop
individual and reporting it as ‘high,'! self-respect and self-reliance as no
medium,' or Tow:' and also the con I other system does; and by the meth-
sensus of opinion of the faculty as od of returned loans, it multiplies the
to promise of service,’
forms, high,’ medium’
under the beneficent results of the found So
and Tow.'| far as the loans are paid
I portion of his clients.
Mr. W. S. Hall, Jr., is a civil law
yer of marked ability. He does not
cater to criminal business, although
he does not shrink from it, but as a
, ^ , .civil and constitutional lawyer he will
improved buildings of any undertak-1 . ... .
1 . a rank with the best. He is a close
ing of their character in this part of , , . n . . . , ^ ,
‘ 'student and retains much that he
the country. They have seventeen j , , .
, i reads and is rightfully regarded as
t housand teet of floor space and every, a . TT
. , , , , ^ , an authority on points of law. He
foot of it is occupied with stock or,, . . . . . , ^ _
« ^ , ,ias recently been elected to the
some accessory necessary for their
business. The building is provided
with an electric elevator, the only
on in the city which conveys pas
sengers and freight to the vailous
At the Star Theatre Tonight.
Tonight the International Concert
and Vaudeville Company, Frederic
LeFierre. manager, will appear at
the Star Theatre, and a rare treat is
promised.
Count Fritz Christian!, the Danish
Court violinist, does things on Lis
"Stradivarius” unheard of by Paga
nini. Novel imitations of other in
struments never before attempted.
He plays a tune on an old tin dipper
that, sounds better than that “Sara-
sate Fantasia” attempted by your
violin teacher.
Colonel James A. Joyce, late soloist
U. S. marine band, Washington, D. C..
“has them all beat” as a cornet solo
ist. He is a marvel. Flays: more
notes to the minute than any other
cornetist. Does double and triple
tongueing and rolling till you can’t
hear yourself think. The rolling Is
his own Invention and has never been
duplicated.
Mt. Frederic La Pierre is an unsur
passed pianoforte virtuoso and oper
atic vocalist. He can play 12tbs as
easily as many pianists play octaves,
and trills like a bird. He is noted as
a composer, dramatic author and con
tributor to the magazines. His sing
ing is the acme of art.
This is a high-class popular con
cert culminating in polite vaudeville.
House of Representatives from this
county, which attests his popularity
with the people.
The new firm will occupy the same
quarters lately occupied by Butler &
floors of the building. With no ca P*'i o g fo 0rne
tal except brains and industry these!
young men have built up a magnifi
cent business and their career is an
excellent object lesson to ambitious
youths who are shown here what
pluck and preserverance will accomp
lish.
Aid Extended by Loans Rather Than
Gifts Enables the Receiver tc De
velop Self-Respect.
Wilkinsville, Sept. 2'>. - Wc promis
ed our readers to give them an inter
esting article from the pen of Rev.
Thomas Nicholson, LL. D., which
we hope they will appreciate.
Here it Is;
“The Methodist Episcopal church
has created and administered one of
the most successful of the Student
promptly
This is carefully reported to the'the money is used over and over
board of education and the amount again, decade after decade, and forme
given to the student, if the applicat- an attractive kind^of benevolence”
ion is approved at all, is determined Mr. W, R. Walker has had a new
by the rank in scholarship and roofing placed on the dwelling house
ii,o of .-.e.n t,': •»!.or with^Jch ' at his Sunnyside farm. He will do
othei- information or explanation as some other repairs on the building as
may be in the hands of the secretary | well as have a new coat of pa'nt ap-
of the hoard. plied.
Mi "The candidate must he of Mr. W. B. Kirby expects to have a
sufficient age to understand thorough-1 new store house built on the lot he
ly the nature < f the obligation beyond ! bought at Sarratts.
elementary studies. The limit of We hope the time will soon come
loans granted is fift> dollars to any ! for Talinage’s sermons to reappear
student not fulh ranked in college 1 in The Ledger. We miss them so
to the requirements' much in our Sabbath reading.
grade accordim
of the I'nivorsitv
Senate of the Mo-
Loan Funds. In 1S69 a charter of in
.. w • thodist Episcopal church, an organiz-
corporation was obtained from the 11 .
State of New York, and a constitu
“Uncle Josh Jenkins.”
"The Wizard of Oz” and the famous
adventures of the “Scarecrow” and
the merry “Tin Woodman” through
the wondrous “Land of Nod” are
tales familiar to all—big and little.
Who among us has not followed them
in their mythical wanderings. “The
An Appeal for Funds.
To the Democrats of Cherokee Co.:
The Democratic national commit-
! ice is calling for funds. It seems
: that tin* Democratic party has every
1 chance to win. But the heaviest
; work in the doubtful States must be
, done between now and the election.
The Republican party has unlimit*
: ed funds. You will notice in the last
j issue of some of the magazines, they
I have from two to three pages of ad-
i vertisements, which is costing hun
dreds of thousand dollars. Can we
not count on the Democrats of Chero
kee county to contribute further to
Scarecrow” and the merry “Tin
Woodman” have both been brought;
aid the national committee in doubt-
real life in famous stage imper- fu j g tates ?
to
sonations that are startlingly real.
tion and by-laws were adopted. In
187ft the board proposed to the An
nual Conference of Hie church thal
the second Sunday in June of ea<li
year should be celebrated as Child
ren’s Dav; thai a collection should
be taken in i*ach of ihe Sunday
scnools in the connection, the pro
ceeds to be given to whai was to be
known as The Children s J)a> Fund.'
The General Conference of 1872 reaf
firmed its approval of the board, of
ficially, recommended the observance
of Children’s Day, and asked for col
lections in all the Sunday schools in
aid of the Sunday school Children's
Fund of the hoard of education. It
also elected a corresponding secre
tary with instructions to devote all
of his time to the promotion of its
work. The Rev. Dr. E. O. Haven, af
terwards bishop of the church, was
made corresponding secretary.
“Among the secretaries who have
administered to this fund in subse-
R' plies
Rev. T. B. Owen conducted a good
meeting at Wilson’s Chape! this
week. We are unable just now to re
port results.
We are under special obligations
This limit of fifty !?o our colored neighbor, Frank How
to students in 1 ell. for working out a section of road
at ion which has tin* oversight of the
grade and qualit' of rhe course of
study offered by the different Metho
dist institutions.
dollars also
theological schools whose scholastic in front of his bouse for our special
acquirement^ fall below the require
ments for full admission to college.
Tin* limit for a student of full college
grade and for a theological student
of equal scholastic grade is one hun
dred dollars per vpar The number
convenience. Frank is a public
spirited man.
Mr. J. G. Garner has rented the
mill place on Thickety from the Sar-
ratt boys for another year. He will
.run a farm in connection with hie
of applicants is so great that the 1 milling business.
limit above iv.*n are seldom reach*; Mr. F. A. Goforth, one of our town-
ed. and in most cases a considerable 'hip commissioners, has been listing
‘-mm is loaned, indeed.
smaller
averatn amount thus fai
below fifty dollars in a list of several
thousand borrowers.
“The full amount loaned to any one
person is limited to five hundred dol
lars and this limit has not been
reached in one case out of fifty. The
the!the
i
has .fallen 1 He found a
dogs not returned for taxation.
lot of them too so we
understand.
Mrs Mildred McDaniel, of Hickory
Grove, who spent a few days with us
last week, returned home on yester
day'.
Referring to one of our let'ers re-
principle is to make such small loans oently published in The Ledger, one
as shall supplement the power of self
help for really worthy students who
are trying to help themselves. These
quent years, are three of the present
. • , ,, u i nans must be repaid and the interest
board of bishops, namely. Bishops . 1
Daniel A. Ooodsell, William F. Mc
Dowell and William F. Anderson.
The present secretary of this board
at four per cent, accrues on each
good lady said: “I don’t take any
part of it as referring to myself.”
Madam, we are glad that you don’t.
Mr. Will Smarr, of Hopewell, haul
ed a load of cotton seed to the Wil-
note from date; but if the borrower! kinsville oil mill last Wednesday.
Is the Rev. Thomas Nicholson. LL.
D., and the offices of the boards are
at 150 Fifth Ave., New York.
“The total income from the Child
ren’s Day collections for the last
quadrennium was $303,735.36. The
We have only sent in something 1 30urces ot income are: the Sunday
In Uncle Josh Jenkins which comes Ijke ^ from ^jg county. Will you school collections indicated above;
to Gaftney Saturday, Oct. .!, there is a, Ilot ca]1 af the Merchants and Plant . legacies, of which there have been
young man, Mr. T —
stage portrayal in
Mr ' Cly< l'haro,'u-’r ^ake'"™ nanl ‘ l,!ttVC ymt cor " rll)u| -
up »f the "Scarecrow’* is said to J I™ , R ' S ’ -ere-
' , a. . . 1 rw .a. ,ary? '' et be understood that this
little short of marvelous. Grilles . . ..
money is not for the purpose of pur-
pronounee it as being a stage crea-1 r .,. , . . *
... Phasing votes, but is for legitimate
tion beyond comparison, one that it , , .
, t * . ■ , , campaign expenses, such as printing,
must be seen to he appreciated. In
makes prompt payment at the rate
of not less than five dollars per year
and thus cancels his loan within the
five-year period, the interest is re
moved.
“The recent General Conference
made a provision for the cancellation
of loan to worthy people who had
actually given five years of mission
ary or deaconess service, whenever
the circumstances commended thenar
selves to the Judgment of the board
as making such cancellation wise.
“Minor details which are taken in-
a number, particularly annuity funds;
special donations; and the funds re
ceived frbm the payment of loans.
'ine total amount received from the , , ,
hoard aloco Ifa organisation to the,'® account, among .he special condi-
closo of If.07 was SI,986.112.94. The |‘ lo,ls ar ® tfcat ,he | a |K ™a.e moat
have shown to the officers of the
amount disbursed for the last school
church of which he Is a member and
. u « ^ ., « I ail <l circulation of literature, hall
scarecrow language, he is described rent expense of noting and heating year was $120,802.34. loaned to 2,082
as being a person with a stuffy feel- hall rai)road fare and
ing, at limes a little shaky on his n ,„_ CCQ „ v -
necessary expenses for campaign - 'practice self-denial self-reliance and
in foreign countries. The hoard is i p .. 8e,Iuen,al ’ ,ellance a ' ia
pins. Some people take him for a
man of straw, but. he doesn’t care a
straw for that. And his wondrous
broad smile is a sight to behold.
absolutely different htudent.'In y.rlou. partsof 1 ' 0 "><* InatltuMon he
camll 'I." I’ntted Staten, and a few of thef , ls <°
speakers *-w. ^. ... ^
^ l self-help. He must be fully advised
Our people do not rea Ize how In- now ab,e t0 report that it has aided . .. . . , . .....
,■ ‘ , , , , , 111 . ipoor rnnvaw,,,.* of the note and form of application
the fight is in the doubtful to < ‘ atp 16.836 different young people , , , , , .. .
States, and the Democrats or aoutb see king an education.
” ■■'■■**■"'" ” previous to his receiving the loan, so
i f hat he may thoroughly understand
< arollna should contribute* liberally 1 “The conditions under which these r j iaf . r j s J|0t
to aid in winning success for the na- loans are granted are as follows
a gift but a loan which
he is expected to pay in full at the
We Are Still Hopeful.
It is a well-known fact that the tional ticket. , (1) .. The appli(;ant ra , tst be a earli . uraclI( . able date
<'arollna, Ulinchfield & Ohio Railroad All contributions should be handed member of the Methodist Episcopal I “To this end the candidate fills out
can be built by way of Gaffney at to Mr. R. S. Lipscomb not later than church and must nossess a well-estab- i i ,, ’ . , .
r . . . . 1A ,. * , ^ < nun n ana must possess a wen-estao- and signs a blank form of appli« ation.
much less cost than by any (the < i I ith so they may be sent to fished Christian character and such , f urni3b p d b lm by the proper officers
route; and^ the P 60 ^ 1 ® °* ^ a ^ n ^ y ’ 1 1< ' na, *onal committee in time to he intellectual qualities and fondness 0 f tbe institution in which he is en-
’ U ~‘ ‘ ‘ ^ °"ailable. for study as give promise oi more ro fi fcdi whioh clearly sets forth these
tho vm.r n S ,V»» h8 mat,er over w * h than ordinary usefulness. Formerly, conditions. lie must sign a note for
the neighbors, menlton it to your the Loan Fund was confined to stu- each loan received. H«
realizing that in building roads the available,
promoters as a rule choose the least
expensive route, have faith in
proposition that (he road wfM come friends, and the first time you are in dents preparing for the ministry or special effort
by way of Gaffney. The business town, drop in the bank and lea*e a for missionary work. Now It is open of the loan
men who are at the head of the enter- contribution for your party.
Very truly,
J. C, Otts,
County Chairman.
Mr. \V. C. and Mrs. Jessie Black-
well and baby went to Gaffney last
Wednesday on a shopping tour and
took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Sparks and family at the Hamrick
Mill.
While an immense amount of corn
has been destroyed on the low lands
there is an abundant crop of it on the
upland. It's only those farms on the
streams that are hurt in their corn
crop. But the cotton crop is general
ly damaged to a considerable extent.
Some estimate the loss at 2') per
cent.
Mr. Frank McCluney took a drove
of beef cattle to Spartanburg this
week.
Our colored neighbor. Mose Tare,
went ’possum hunting one night last
week and caucht a fine, h'g one.
They are not as plentiful as they
were a few years ago.
There is a disease among the hogs
in this section killing the pigs
Jimmie Strain has been working
with only one hand gathering his
crop. He has another carbuncle
coming under his arm. He picks over
one hundred pounds of cotter very
day with one hand.
We are indebted to MTsoames
Sarah Ellen Blackwood and Mildred
prise realize further that Gaffney Is
one of the very best business points
between Atlanta and Charlotte, and
that the route by way of this point
would he as advantageous from a
business point of view as any other
to say nothing of the saving in con
struction.
McDaniel for a lot of cornfield beans
must make sont Mrs j g and f^jiy
to pay the full amount T . ^ .
Mrs. Louisa Texas Estes .isited
as soon as practicable.
He must keep the boa’d informed of
Quick Settlement.
We are informed that Mr. J. A.
Gaffney carried a policy in the Farm
ers Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Yorkville. His death occurred
September 21st, and proofs of death
Bass-Lemmons.
On Wednesday, the 23rd instant,
Mr. Ira Bass and Miss Ida Lemmons
were united in wedlock. The cere
mony was performed at the home
of the bride by Rev. (1. M. Teal In
the presence of a number of friends
of the contracting parties. The bride
is one of Cherokee’s most attractive
young ladies and a woman of sterl
ing worth. The groom Is a conductor
on the Southern railway and his home
is In Atlanta. The Ledger Joins in
best wishes for their future happi-
new.
A Former Gaffneyite Suicides.
W. W. Reynolds, a well known sign were received at the home office on
to any young member of the church
who declares his purpose to engage b j 8 p )are of residence until all his
in some form of Christian service, notes are paid. He must regard his
, The interpretation of this item is obligation to the board as sacred and
liberal so that any really worthy per- n s urgent as any other obligation
son who is likely to become an act- which a man can assume,
ive Christian layman can receive aid “The Methodist Episcopal church
when properly recommended. considers this Loan Fund and ex-
12) “The applicant must be an ceedingly valuable and successful
actual attendant of some one of the thing; and several of the Annual Con-
schools of the Methodist Episcopal j ferences, such as the Newark, the
church. A few rare exceptions of Central Pennsylvania and others of
painter of Atlanta, fbrmTriy resident the 26th and the full amount of one' this requirement are admitted in the strong conferences in the East
of Gaffney, committed suicide lit At- thousand dollars was paid on the date Case of professional students pursuing where therp are large populations
lanta in the undertaking establish- the proof were received. studies not usually taught In the and great demands, have realized
Mrs. S. F. Estes yesterday ami gave
us a short call in the afternoon.
When we tell her she looks better
than she has for a long time
she says we are trying to flarer her.
But she has improved In health great
ly and looks well.
Dr. Mason W. Smith, of Gaffney,
says he Is going to surprise his old
neighbors down this way by paying
them a social visit before long This
he can easily do (and we will be one
of the sttprised partiesl. This is his
old home and the stamping ground of
his youthful days and he hr» many
ment of Harry G. Boole & Company,
Tuesday afternoon by shooing him-
S4*lf in the head with a pistol.
Mr. Reynolds was familiarly known
here about twenty years ago as “Bil
ly" Reynolds and his obi time friends
will regret to know of his untimely
self-destruction.
his better half welcome guests m
their home. Come, “Dock." when-
A Former Gaffney Girl Weds.
Information was received in Gaff
ney yesterdav to the effect that Miss
Pearl Gaffney, a daughter of Mr.
Henry Gaffney, who formerly lived
here and who moved to Texas several 1
years ago, bad
Matheny. Mrs. Matheny Is pleasant
ly remembered in Gaffney. She Is a
niece of Mrs. W. L. Johnson and Mrs.
A. V. Motgomery.
Also Mr. J. H. Blanton, of Cowpens, schools of the church. In Its admlnls- the great value of the fund, the llmi- make him and
died September 12th, proofs of death tration this exception Is pretty rigid- 1 tations of the board: and, In addition
were received at home office on the ly confined to those who have com- 1 to their contributions to the regular
2 !rd and the full amount of policy pleted a course in one of Lie qhuroh i board, have organized conference so- ‘‘ ver you can an, l WR W ^1 have T n-
was paid on the same day. schools and are pursuing postgradu- j cietles on the general plan of the na-
This Is one of the best mutual com- ate or professional studies in the, tional society. These conference so-
panles and Is a home company, and ^ large universities. | cietles often raise more money than
the liberal terms and regulations to | (3) "The candidate must have a
policy holders and the prompt man-. recommendation from the Quarterly
tier In which all business is transact
ed, should commend it to all people
desiring protection for their families
and loved ones.
Conference of the church of which
he is a member or from two or three
known and reputable ministers or
prominent laymen, and from the
It is a pleasure for us to publish | faculty of tlm institution which he - is
tending. This latter must be re
married Mr. C. E. 118 * ,y on< ’ , * M ’ 0 f1b bds of the com- peated each t< rut that he continues
patty.
to receive a loan,
blank is provided
—A Diamond ring
give away at Gaffney Jewelry Co
A special form of
for this aud ihe
worth $85 to | commiitee ol ihe faculty, having in
chart* the loan, la required to pre
is contlbuted to the national board,
this loan fund is confined to students
within the bounds of their own con
ference. It may be said that the re
cords of the office at New York show
that the Interest of the national so-
eiety are in most instances better
eared for In the conferences where
these local loan funds are operated
titan in the more outlying districts.
The pastors and people seem to re
alize the needs and benefits more
keenly.
cle Sill” and a few other “old tuners’
to Join us and show the oting ••“ople
how we still enjoy life even If r has
Its burdens and perplexities. You
will find Mr. and Mrs. J. T Moore-
head. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Goforth.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Estes. Mr. and
Mrs. John Estes. “Uncle Jake Prid-
more, J. L. and Mrs. Strain, besides
a host of others glad to see you.
Friends have been scattered
Like roses In bloom;
Some by the bridle
And some by the tomb.
.J. L. 8.
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