Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i / r THE QAPFNBV LEDGER. Tuaarfay anrf Friday. Ed- H- D«Camp. Editar and Rudllahar TENDENCY OF THE TIMES. The tendency to leave the farm for t the town and city is growing upon people. It is Idle talk to deny that such a state of affairs exist and un less the migration is checked it will PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. W. H. Bird, of Grover, was a visitor to the city yesterday. Mr. T. J. Hames, of Asbury, was in the city yesterday. Mr. C. F. Inman, of Maud, was a Gaffney visitor yesterday. Mr. H. P. Macomson, of Mercar, was among the Cherokeeans in the city yesterday. Mr. Jim Bean, of Spartanburg, was in the city yesterday on business. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Horton, of not be many years until the agrlcul tural pursuits of the South are left! Maud, were visitors to the city yes- almost entirely in the hands of the terda y- . . . .... . , Mr. J. D. Jefferies, of Asbury, was colored people and the tenant class . . iji the city yesterday. of whites. The reason is plain. Just, Mr ^ Mrs j T , Harmon, of Wfl- as soon as a man accumulates a few kinsville, were Gaffney visitors yes- thousands dollars on the farm he 1 terday. breaks up and moves to town, often | Mr. F. A. Goforth, of Sunny side, ..... . , was in the city yesterday. leaving his farm property in the . „ | Mr. Luther Bonner, of Goucher. hands of an ignorant, careless and was a Q a ff ne y visitor yesterday. indifferent tenant who works it on Mrs. W. C. Carpenter returned the share plan. The result is the yesterday from Barnwell where she house is allowed to go to ruin, the ^ as been the K 1168 * °* ^ r8, J- lis land I. washed away and abandoned Hon „ w whisonant. of Wilkins for agricultural purposes and the v ille, was in the city yesterday. Draytonville Dots. Draytonville, Oct. 8.—The so long talked of new church is now being built. It will extend for sixty feet from the front door of the old church. The size of the new church will be 60x40 feet. After its completion the little knoll on which it stands will be more beautiful and charming to the eye. Newspapers are the very button on a community’s cap as to progress. By newspapers we can ascertain the conditions of the public at large and very readily abstract from past ex perience, good policies to be persued. For instance: If a community has a good Sunday school and the corres pondents ignore their duty to forcibly and vindicatively represent their SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Served.) State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee. J. A. Gaffney and C. H. Gaffney, as Executors of the estate of T. W. Gaffney, deceased, and in their own right, J. Eb Jefferies, L. R. Ross, Et ta Ross, Lizzie Ross, M. L. Ross Mary Ellen Little, Edna Crocker, Almond Northey, Clyde Northey, Frank Nor- they, Joseph Northy, Pearl Hender son and Vlrgie Broom, Plaintiffs against Lenora Harril, A. J. Gaffney and Winnie Arnold, infant, and Daisy Guthrie, infant, Defendants. To the defendants Lenora Harril, A. J. Gaffney and Winnie Arnold, in school in the columns of some good, fant, and Daisy Guthrie, infant: paper, you are apt to see that school You are hereby summoned and re- precipitate. i nuired to answer the complaint in People, as a whole, hold old “Honest quired to answer the this action, of which a copy is here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said corn- owner, the tenant and the community suffer How many people living in Gaffney and owning farm lands take the time to go out to the plantation to aee how matters are getlng along? We do not know, but we suspect there are a good many who never see their farm more than once a year. There should be more interest taken in the rural life of our county. Our county schools are perhaps as good as they are in any county in the State, but they should be the best We should have the best school buildings and our people should live closer together, that is the houses should be nearer to each other. There is too much drudgery about farm life, too much isolation, too soli tary. People love to mingle with each other. Our observation has been that one hundred laborers on a public work will perform more labor than will one hundred laborers scat- • tered one and two on a Job. There is not enough interest taken in farm life. People seem to think that all they have to do is to prepare the land, plant the crop, work it a speci fied number of times and then gather and market it. Give more heed to the social side of farm life and the boys and girls will not yearn to leave it. The old fashioned log rollings, house raisings, wood choppings, corn sbuckngs, etc., seem to have gone out of fashion. We realize they were in augurated by some shrewd fellow who wanted to get a days work for nothing but they served another pui> pose, and that was to bring the peo ple together in a social way. We have gone to a corn shucking and shucked corn until our fingers were so sore we could hardly use them and then dance until daylight, and never Mr. J. C. Lipscomb, who has been railroading in Virginia, arrved in the city Saturday night and will spend several days with his family and friends. Mr. Newton Littlejohn, of Asbury, was among the Cherokeeans to visit Gaffney yesterday. Mr. M. H. Morrow, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday for a few hours. Editor Remsen, of the Greer Ob server, was in the city yesterday morning for a short while. Mr. Rem-i sen is giving Greer a good paper and is being well supported. Mrs. J. F. Garrett and Mrs. Floyd L. Baker went over to Spartanburg Saturday to spend Sunday with Miss Freeman Garrett, who is attending Converse College. Mrs. Sidney Bragg and children an rived in the city Sunday to take up their residence here, Mr. Bragg hav ing preceded them several days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. H. Westrope j and Mrs. H. D. Wheat spent Sunday 1 in Greer. Mrs. M. J. Harmon, of Lynn, N. C., is in the city visiting her daughter, Mrs. N. S. Burgess. established truth that a negro is a human being and that laws are en acted to equally protect each and every citizen enveloped by the bounds of the jurisdiction line of the country wherein the laws were en acted. What a fame, a notorious fame, would our country have had today had she, like all other nations, not overthrown slavery. How can we, flimsily or rigidly, confonn our sentiment to the motive—an irresist- able motive—that slavery was an abomination to the eyes of all civiliz- i ed nations? Alas! it was too soon a 'date for the people of the sixties to see the necessity of the wresting from themselves certain rights, but as time ripened and the minds of citizens enlarged, milder measures were enacted over the subjects of countries. Slavery in all of its capa cities is to be protested and detested. The Sunday school at Draytonville turned a new page yesterday and en tered the fourth quarter. May much be said that will ameliorate the con dition of this work in the country. There will be services at Drayton ville Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday, Saturday night and Sun day of the third week In this month. Mr. J. L. Mooney left yesterday for Douglasvllle, Ga., where he goes to construct a ten-room house. Thus it is that Gaffney contractors spread the fame of this fair city. Rev. J. D. Bailey, of Cowpens, spent yesterday in the city. Mr. Bailey is one of the leading preachers in the Broad River Association and has many friends in Gaffney. Mr. Smith Williams, a well known Blacksburg citizen, spent yesterday in the city. Miss Maud Thompson is spending several days in the country with friends. Billy Spencer, the man of all work at Piedmont Springs, was in town yesterday shaking hands with his friends. Mrs. E. A. Farrow, of Charlotte, N. Abe” responsible tor the overthrow of slavery. This is a mistake. The , , A .. . A _ , x!. plaint on the subscriber, at his office overthrow of slavery was the result (; _ ^ " , “7 . .. . . , ... 1 in Gaffney, South Carolina, within of a thorough study of the Bible, the 1 . . *1.. I twenty days after the service hereof, cruel laws of the ancients and of the . .. . . ^ , , exclusive of the day of such service, | and if you fail to answer the com plaint within the time aforesaid, the plantiff in this action trill apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Date Sept. 14, A. D., 1908. OTTS & DOBSON, Plaintiffs Attys. To the above named Winnie Arnold, and Daisy Guthrie, minor Defend ants: Please Take Notice: That unless you procure the appointment of guar- dian-ad-lltem to appear and defend this action for you and in your be half, within 20 days from the service of the summons herein upon you, we shall move before His Honor, James E. Webster, Probate Judge, for said county and State on the 21st day af ter the service hereof upon you, ex clusive of the day of service, at 10 o’clock, A. M., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, for an or der appointing some suitable and competent person as guardian-ad- litem, authorizing and directing him to appear and defend this action for you in your behalf, and for such other and further relief as may be just. Sept. 14, 1908. OTTS ft DOBSON, Plaintiffs* Attys. To Leonora Harrill and Winnie Ar nold, non resident, defendants: Please Take Notice: That the foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of J. Eb Jefferies, Esq., Clerk of Court for said county and State, and that a copy, and the original summons and complaint are on file in the office of Clerk of Court, to gether with the original order dated Sept. 14, 1908. OTTS ft DOBSON, Attorneys for Plfts. Sept. 14 law 6w. „ „ ' Rev. Ben L. Hoke, of Blacksburg, Me..nx Obediah Tata and Hanrr, condacUd a seriea of Bulce wont over to Cowpens Sunday a , cheroltee Fal , 8 . baptised to visit friends. flinch from working the next day. C., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. N. Wood. Maybe they do that now, but if they do we never hear of it. There have been thousands of bushels of corn raised in this county this year, gather it. Now let us hear of corn shucklngs, accompanied by chicken pie and pumpkin custard and locust and persimmon beer, and quilting parties, and the old time fiddler. Let the country take on new life, rejoice and be glad. Crops have not been as good as we would wish, but there is plenty of hog and hominy in the land, people are not so heavily burdened with debt as in former years and all in all we are in good shape and have cause to feel happy. C. C. Robbins was a visitor to State Line yesterday. Mr. W. D. Gaston, a prominent Cherokee farmer, was in the city Soon it will be time to! yesterday. Mr. Moses Littlejohn, of Goucher, was a Gaffney visitor yesterday. Mr. E. Hardin, of Mt. Paran, was among the Cherokee fanners to visit Gaffney yesterday. Mr. G. E. Boney, a prominent in surance man of Yorkville, was a busi ness visitor to the city yesterday. three young converts at Cherokee Falls ysterday. Mr. M. J. Guyton, of Wilklnsville, visited his brother, Mr. Henry Guy ton, of Lawn, Saturday night The scheme upon which falls the greater portion of lurks to make a living, reminds us of an expression made by a dreadful lazy fellow, viz: “While in this shade I He, though pricked by the thorns from yon limbs, am much more comfortable than spending the time in midday walks would be to me.’* J. Xj. J. DR. PORTER AT LIMESTONE. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The action of the Holly Grove Union in condemning so-called night Well Known Speaker Meets With i Great Success at Limestone. i Dr. S. J. Porter, secretary Baptist i l-oreign'Mission Board of Richmond, Va., addressed a large number of enthusiastic Limestone students in the college auditorium Friday eve ning. Dr. Porter is making a tour, j speaking at the leading colleges and ' universities and paid Limestone a : riders shows that the membership ^ signa | compliment when he said that I Miss Loney Manley. la made up of men of the proper'ids message was ‘ recieved at Lime-1 Mr. Willie Ourtha. List of Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters remain ing in the postofflee at Gaffney, 8. Cm for week ending Oct. 6, 1908: Alfred Burgess. Mr. Wylie Bobo. Mr. J. H. Bonner. Miss Queen Clinton. Miss Elmira Champion. Miss Mollle Corry. Mrs. M. J. Cooper. Miss Lillie Duncan. Mrs. Lizzie Dizzard. , .Tod Falls. Fulie Foslis. Miss Julia Grant. M. T. Gaffney. Miss Minnie Grant. Mr. Body Hopper. Miss Ema Holt. Mrs. Bailie Anthony Hamrick. Miss Nancy Jefferies. Miss Savanah Jefferies. Miss Daisy I ipscomb. Mr. I). H. I ipscomb. Mr. W. M. J.eigh. Miss Loire Tailor, Route No. 7. Mr. John VcCluney. Mr. Marcy, Route 9. Box 37. Mr. Johnny. McClenon. Mr.,Jophset Mace. A. Marcuse. Dr. S. H. Griffith, Physician—OCULIST—Surgeon Office Over Gaffney Drug Go’s, Store Hours: 9 to 12 a. m. 2 to 5 p. m- Phones: Office, 204 Residence. 215 Have a pair of the beautiful new /Tofic” lenses fitted to your Eyes. HAVE YOUR ELECTRIC WORK DOME BY THE Lawrence Electric Co. Office next door to Pearl Steam Laundry. We guarantee all work to meet the requirements of tho Underwriters Asso ciation. •tamp. The salvation of the country stone with more ferver and ehthu- rests in men who abide by the law siasm than an > r ha* and frown upon law breakers yet vlsited - When U is taken lntocon ' • • • cause you haven’t got what people want or don’t let them know you have it. There is about $30,000,000 spent in this county every year for advertising and those who spend the money get the business. ^deration that the speaker has visit-j ed nearly every well known college | If you don’t sell anything it is be-! in the South, this is a compliment! •hat means something. His subject! was “Missions" and Iih wav 1 borough-1 iy capable of giving this important , subject justice. He is one of the most eloquent, speakers who has fcver visited Limestone and possibly there j is no speaker better acquainted with \ ! his subject than Dr. Porter. In a| j talk in which his beautiful language j j was especially appealing, he railed for a response from the Limestone students for work in the cause lie ad vocates. His visit will 110 doubt re sr.lt in much good both for Limestone PBEFARED INSTANTLY. Simplyboh- and thp cau8ft h** forth »»«•«- tog wsiter. cool and serve. ISc. per package at tifully all groeerj. 7 flavor*. Refaae ell aubatitutea. Bubscrlbs for Tbs Lsdffsr. 8149. —A beautiful doll to be given away by Gaffney Jewelry Co. Miss Maud Pennle. Mr. Flether Pitts. Mr. John S. Prather. Mrs. A. C. Phillips. Mr. C. Pierce. Miss Jab Riges. Mr. Chas./R. Shule. George Sprouse. Miss Lizzie Stroud. Mr. Zima Smith. Mr. Calvin Smith. M. B. Smith. * Mr. George Smith. Miss Addle Sawyer. Mr. Tom Snyder. Mr. F. W. Talley. Mr. Lester Frazer. (2). Mr. H. F. Fergum. Mr. Charley Wilkins. Mrs. Laura White. Miss Precious Wilkins. Please call for advertised letters. One cent due on each. Thos. Raster, Good Bargains I have just received a new ; stock of Shoes that I am selling at very close prices. A good heavy Shoe for Men at $1.26 Call and see for yourself. Yours to please, 1. M. Peeler. FIST ROE —AT- V. Kjle Davenport's What is learned in the cradle lasts till thegrave Cultivate the saving habit in your children by opening a sav ings account in their name. Teach them to save their pennies —a child’s pennies are a man’s dollars. A dollar or more starts an ac count and earns 4 per cent, inter est compounded four times a year. THE GAFFNEY SAVINGS BANK GAFFNEY, S. C. Office in The National Bank of Gaffney, S. C. A good wagon is made of good wood, it is well painted, it is strongly braced, where there is wear, strongly plated, it is well ironed, it is built by skilled workmen. Last but not least,it is light draft. The Piedmont wagon has all these good points and many others. Let us show them to you. Wilkins-Watson Hardware Ga. The Gaffney Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. Merchant:'., why do you buy Pepsi-Cola, Ales, Soda Water, etc. from us ? Not only because you want to patronize home industry, but yoa know we have the best equipped plant in Upper Sonth Carolina, Spar tanburg not excepted, and make the highest grade drinks in the coun try. We manufacture all drinks from Piedmont Mineral Springs Lithia Water and also deliver water to residences. Water on sale at. Cherokee and Gaffney Drug Stores also. Wagon delivers goods at all hours of the day. Cleanliness and satisfaction and prices guaranteed. Both local and long distance phones. Let ns supply youu. ;: :: The Gaffney Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. s. For Bargains in Real Estate’’ In City Property See S iVIVdC Iv. F'ORT Phone 288. Office second floor National Bank Bonding. MUSIC!^° Miss Carrie Ross Williams, (Bachelor of Music, Syracuse University.) Private instruction in Piano and Voice. Chorus classes for adults and children. For information call at MS. J. C. JEFFERIES, ■apt 14 tt Two hundred dollars reward will be paid by the undersigned company apoo conviction, for information leading to the arrest and sufficient for the conviction of anybersou interfering or tampering with the towers, poles, electric wires aad he- snlators of its transmission lines bttwasa Gaston Shoals and Spartanburg. ^Ii-ias Electric Mtg.&Powr Ci. *'ri