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THE GAFFNEY LEDGER, Tuesday and Friday. Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher J* * 1XK« U »o< IMPOWXI* tor u,. -low. ot «» oorroopo^r- CITY DIR1CTORY. omw* ..Mayor W. H* Rl0> * ’* •• - .. —— Z ~ Mayor TnTim ScVCr.: .v.. ..<^25 T. H. T. H. LockHsrt .. .. •*** ^.UHsllms. Butler ft Oeborae .. .. W w* Beard of A. N* Wood J. N. UP*** 1 * B. G. CUry Beard el Trode. W. C. BMnri«k J. a DEAD TRUST USED TO PREVENT U. S. ACTION AGAINST VENEZUELA. free sugar. Everybody is interested in buying just as cheaply as possible. That U one reason why the Democratic party advocates a tariff for revenue only.Jt is not everybody, in fact th very few, who understand the tariff question. We are not going to at tempt to discuss it because we do n°t know enough about it ourself to do ^ intelligently, but simply o muatra in such simple manner that anyon might understand the benefits to the consumer of “free trade,” we print b - low a little circular mailed by the Federal Sugar Refining Co-, Merchants Grocery Co., of this cit. . “With “free sugar,” the price f granulated sugar could be reduced two cents per pound. With an in creased business, handled at a reduc ed expense, you know what this woul mean to you. “If interested, we suggest calling the matter to the attention of your customers and friends so that the> and vou can advise your representa tives in Washington, of your desire for a reduction in the sugar duties. Just stop long enough to calculate how many pounds of sugar you use in a year and then calculate what yon would save if sugar was on the “free list.” Not only does this apply to sugar but to everything you use in your home. > NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Lancaster News comes to us enlarged to a six-column quarto, it is one of the best semi-weeklies in the State and Brother Conners improves with each succeeding issue. He in jects a great deal of pleasantry into his work, and each issue is a certain cure for the blues. • • • tfhe Ledger will appear Thursday instead of Friday, so as to give the loyal force a few rays off for the holi days. Merchants and others having announcements for the Friday edition will kindly hand them in not later than noon tomorrow to insure pub lication, and as much earlier as pos sible. • • • The two Greenwood papers, The In dex and the Journal, both issued most creditable Christmas numbers last week. The first named had thirty-six pages, while the latter had thirty-two pages. Both these editions were a credit alike to 'he respective pub lications and to the enterprising town of Greenwood. • • The Christmas edition of The Char lotte Observer made its appearance Sunday. It was a literary and typo graphical gem and reflected credit up on the editors and mechanical force. We well remember when an eight- page paper in Charlotte was a won der, but this edition contained forty pages and the publishers did not ex hibit an undue amount of pride in their accomplishment, although they might well be excused if they pawed themselves on the back just a little, which they did not. Bogy Rosurrectod by Asphalt Pro* motor to Foraatall Move on Behalf of Claimants Against Prsstdsnt Cas tro's Government. Little or nothing had l>een heard about the asphalt trust since Its col lapse in 1001 until the recent recrudes cence of the Venezuelan controversy. Then it was suddenly discovered that the trust was at Its devilish work sguln. This time It was trying to em broil the United Statrr ’n war with President Castro-or so efd his repre sentatives here—and in horrified tones his press agents asked, “Shall the United States go to war for u trust?" Perish the thought! E; iiecially should the nation avoid goiug to war for a dead trust, one that seven years ago was laid In the tomb bearing the In scription: “National Asphalt Company; born 1000—died 1001. Gone, but not forgotten by the stockholders.” It Is one of fate's choicest ironies that the unsavory reputation of the Nation al Asphalt trust has lately been dragged forth and used a bogy to scare off action on behalf of the American claim ants against Venezuela, one of these claimants being the New York and Bermudez company, a subsidiary con cern of the General Asphalt company that survived the bursting of the as phalt bubble in 1901. For the resurrectionist is no other than Amzl 1.. Barber, promoter of the National Asphalt company and since Its failure the associate of ['resident Castro in the asphalt business. In all the annals of high finance there is no spectacle to equal that of a parent bolding up the dissolute life of a bankrupt offspring as an argu ment to show that he (the said parent) should remain in possession of an im portant part of the deceased bankrupt’s estate. With the horrible example of the As phalt Company of America and the National Asphalt company before them the reorganizers who took hold of the Barber wrecks gave up the trust idea. They reduced the capitalization from, $5S,000.fKK) to .000,000, of which only $24,000,000 have been issued, end ed the era <»f collusive bidding and closed specifications for municipal con tracts and have succeeded in living a life free from scandal. But still the sins of the fathers of the old asphalt trust continue to be visited on a company and a manage ment who are In no way responsible for these sins. The General Asphalt company, still referred to as the trust. Is not only a legatee of the odium of the old regime, but the victim of the deal whereby its Venezuela property Is held in the possession of the Castro- Barber combination awaiting President Castro’s pleasure in referring the Ber mudez and other claims to arbitration. TEXTILE MILL OUTPUT IS OVER A BILLION A YEAR. Human Hearts the Same This article from an exchange is published because of the beautiful sentiment embodied In its lines: “Some young Christians seem to think that God imposes hardships up on those who follow the Christian life. This is not true. There are no restrictions thrown around the Chris tian life today that have not been there all along. Our lives are not dif ferent from the millions of lives that have gone before us. The head may learn new things, bur. the heart prac tices old experiences. Human hearts constituted just like ours have been on earth six thousand years. The sun which ripened the fruit plucked In Paradise by the first pair brought al so the blush of crimson to the cheek of the peach you ate last month. The stars which shone in brilliant ar ray on the plains of Shinar in the days of Nimrod are the same we see night after night. All that sickness can do, all that disappointment can effect, all that blighted love, inter cepted ambition, thwarted hopes, ever did, they do still, and no more. Not a tear is wrung from the eyes now that has pot for tfc^ same reason been wept over and over again In the long succession since the fated two step ped from the Garden and gave t)*eir posterity over to a world of sorrow and suffering. All that God does Is intended for the Christian’s good, and there is no restriction flung about one’s path but that Is intended for one’s good.” ^ Big Increase Coming From Addition of Linen Making to American Fiber and Fabric Production. Linen does not figure at all in the valuation of $l,2u0.00u.000 that the gov ernment places upon the output of the textile mills of the United States—cot ton, wool, silk and other fiber goods, in cluding the product of finishing and dyeing mills. Linen appears only in the list of imports at a valuation of about $22,000,uuo. It is a striking fact that the value of the annual output of the American textile r.'.ills amounts to very nearly as mu as the total capital invested in this industry, which is estimated at $1,342.224,005. The value of the textile output of the United States is exceed ed only by the value of food products and iron and steel manufactures. The annual dividends of textile mills exceed $80,000,0(}p a year, or $7,000,000 a month, not a dollar of which has been until now earned from the manu facture of linen from American flax. The next figures for textile production, however, will include the output of the linen mills just established in Masau^hoseiTti. ineso are the pio- n -er mills in the United States, em ploying a new process of Anftrican in vention which overcomes the obstacles heretofore presented to the making of American linens in competition with the cheaper lal»or of Russia. Belgium Ireland and other foreign countries. In’ addition to fiber and fabrics the Oxford mills make a linen machinery “waste” ami “oxolint” for surgical purposes. The latter product is one for which the medical profession has long been looking as a substitute for surgical cottons now In general use. Linen is preferred for the reason that It is more highly absorbent and noa- Irrltatlng. Town Gains Fame From Its Cakes. The town of Eccles. near Manches ter. England, has gained considerable fame from the fact that it Is the home of a currant cake that Is now known the world over by the name of Eccles cake. It is made in the following man ner: Rub into one pound of flout a quar ter of a pound of lard, one teaspoonful of baking powder and a pinch of salt. Make Into a paste with ice cold water, then roll out thin and spread little bits of butter over, and fold over and roll out again and spread butter over once more, and roll and then fold up. Take a pound of currants; wash and dry them. Then add a teaspoonful of van- nilla; roll out a piece of paste about the size of a large saucer, put In the center two tablespoonfuls of currants, a piece of butter about the size of a small nut and a tablespoonful of sugar. Wet the edges of the paste and gather them together, turn over on the board and roil to a round cake. Bake In • hot oven twenty minutes. [Copyright, 1906. by T. C McClure.] It used to take a good deal to sur prise a town in the far west such as Cheyenne or Dendwood. One of these towns was surprised at the arrival of Professor Henry Thorn, botanist, Ynlo college, and ten days later by the com ing of another professor, who regis tered himself at the same hotel ae ’Professor Charles WItbeck, Criminol- jgist Harvard College.” For an hour or two his name on the register ex-* cited some little comment That was because those who read it didn’t know whether his profession related to claim jumping or railroad engineering. The landlord (nally explained that a crim inologist was a fellow who had had to jump out of Texas for shooting a man and had arrived in Dakota to open a faro game and make a new start in life. That satisfied public curiosity and accounted for the professor stroll ing around the town day and night He also took in all the fine points and particulars. Tbe 4 wo professors under one roof fought shy of each other for a couple of days. Professors have theii jeal ousies as well as dime museum freaks, though greater efforts are made to con ceal them. At length, however, they Introduced themselves and shook hands and began to respect each other. Home professors of botany can’t be led to admit that there is anything inter esting in anything but their own spe cial hobby. So with professors of criminology. These two professors were different, however. They de ferred to each other. They made ad missions. They permitted each other to talk without interruption. The botanist held up a half withered violet that he had culled on the prairte and delivered an interesting lecture on its roots and stem and petals, and the criminologist desc -ibed the head and face of the criminal with such clear ness that bad there been an audience present none could have failed to se cure a mental photograph. The points he made were, first, a slanting fore head; second, a head that ran down hill on the back side; third, the nar row space between the eyes; fourth, a bulging over the eyebrows, ami, fifth, a cruel expression about the mouth. In addition to particularizing these points, he was good enough to say that Professor Thorn didn't betray a single one of the characteristics. On the con trary, an infant had only to take one look at him to know that be was as gentle and innocent as a woman. Professor Thorn couldn’t do less than return the compliment. He returned it by saying that all flowers represent ed human characters. For Instance, the Canadian thistle represented a chuckle headed man. the burdock a man full of envy and Jealotisv, the pig weed a weakminded person, the holly hock a conceited ass,> and so on. What typified the character of Profess or WItbeck was the lily. That stood for purity of soul and thought. A man that represented the lily was always subscribing to orphan asylums and buying “up old horses to turn out to pasture for the rest of their lives. Just what the professors said of each other when alone is a private matter. The first occasion they had to distrust each other was when they met at night In the vicinity of a clothing store. One of them had been examining the fas tenings of a rear window and the other the fastening of a door. Professor WItbeck observed that he thought the study of botany required daylight, and Professor Thorn replied that lie failed to see how the study of criminology could be pursued without the aid of a lantern. There was a second meeting on a second night, and from thence on the relations between the two great Institutions of learning seemed to lie ! strained. It was not to last long, however. One n’glit nftc- the botanist had spent i a whole hour to effect an entrance to a store bv way of a skylight and pho- I togranker’s parlors it was to come i upon the criminologist, who had got in by a door and was just preparing to i boro the safe. P^y the aid of two dark lanterns and the English language , sonic very sarcastic remarks were 1 passed as to hypocrisy and false pre tenses, and then they sensibly agreed to divide the labor and the boodle They were working with this aim and ; object in view when a third party crept out from bis hiding place and In- j terfered. He began by handling his gun in • reckless manner and introduc- ! lag himself as Professor Twister of Co- I luiubia college. He had been dis patched to the great plains of the west ♦o gather specimens of the bygone days when alligators thirty feet long and elephants twenty-four feet high used ] *o paddle up and down the river and ■ g&mbol o’er the meadows green. He had finally found a couple of choice specimens, and he bade them come with him. They didn’t want to, but I they had to. It was a late hour, but the enterprising and patriotic citizens w«e ready to turn out and build n big bonfire and throw ropes over the limbs i of trees. There wasn't much to be said. ' There was no particular novelty in it for the crowd, and the two men stand ing on the heads of bairels seemed to 1 figure that they had better save their wind for the uphill Journey. No one re membered much about it next day, but now and then to this day some stranger rends the double epitaph on’ tbe bead- board and is a bit curious: “Sacred to the memory of the two professors who tried to play It low down on another professor and this town. Don't no galoot steal this 'ere board." Kf. 4UAD. Unclaimed Letters. The following is a list of the un claimed letters that remain in the postofflee for the week ending Dec. 21, 1908: Mr. Fred Archer. Mr. Mai Atkins. Mr. Joseph Barlser. Pink Bailey. Mr. S. S. Bridges. Mr. Frank Burgess. Minnie Barnett. Mr. John Bridges. Mr. George Bowlin. Hattie Brownlee. Mr. Amos Black. Adeline Clary, Estate. Forrest Clary. Mrs. Nevela Clary. Miss Alice Carter. Miss Mar Dock. Jiinious Dakins. Mt. Henry Drake. Mr. Rome Elmore. J. J. Ervin. Miss Ida Fowler. Mr. T. C. Green. Mr. H. B. Gregory. Miss Annye Pearl Gaffney. Mr. Homes Gordon. Mrs. Gennie Gordon. Miss Mary Holt. Mr. Billio Harris. Mr. Oscar Horn. Mr. Doctor Himplll. Miss Julley James. Mr. E. A. Jones. Mr. Robert Johnson. B. F. Jenkins. Lees Juberry. Mr. Ganes Johnson. A. Jackson. Mrs. Lula Larock. • Will Lay. Mary Logan. Miss Alma Lattimore. Lewis Lee. John Lester. Miss Letha Montgomery. Minnie McCullough. Mrs. Corrie MfcCullough. Mr. Head Martin. Jones Martin. Mrs. A. J. Moone. Mr. E. A. Moore. Mrs. Carrie Porter. Mr. J. T. Peard. Mr. Elzle Parper. Hath Richiirdson. Mr. H. Reilley. Mr. J. C. Runyans. Miss Alice Richard. Miss Genobia Sarratt. S. T. Tucker. Mr. Robert Wood. Please call for letters advertised. One cent du" on each. Thos. Hester, Post Master. NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the owners and stockholders of the CAROLINA, CLIN CHFIELD AND OHIO RAILWAY, a corporation of the State of Virginia, and said rail road company desire to own prop erty and carry on business and ex ercise corporate franchises in the State of South Carolina and in partic ular desire to construct, acquire, operate and maintain a line of rail road from a point on the boundary line between the States of North Carolina and South Carolina at or near a point one mile south of Island Ford ferry on Broad river (which point will be the southern terminus in the State of North Carolina of the line of railroad of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway), thence by the most feasible route through the counties of Chero kee and Spartanburg and the town ship of Morgan in Cherokee county, and the township of Spartanburg and Cherokee and the city of Spartanburg, in Spartanburg county, State of South Carolina, and desire to apply for a charter an dbecome incorporated as as corporation of this State and have designated the undersigned as the persons by whom such application shall be made. Notice is further given that the un dersigned, who have been designated for that purpose by the owners and stockholders of the Carolina, Clinch- field and Ohio Railway, a corporation organized under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Virginia, and said railroad company, will make appli cation to the Secretary of State for the State of South Carolina on the 7th day of January, 1909, at 4 o’clock P. M. at his office in the capitol at Columbia, South Carolina, for a char ter for the owmers and stockholders of said railroad company, and said railroad company, and make applica tion that said owners and stockholders and said railroad company become in corporated as a corporation of- this State, and that the line of railroad of said railroad company which said company proposes to build in the State of South Carolina is the line of railroad above described from said point on the boundary line of the State of North Carolina and South Caro lina to the city of Spartanburg. If said charter is granted the corpora tion will have power to condemn lands for rights of way. WITNESS our hands this 7th day of Decmeber, 1908. Wm. H. Lyles, George L. Carter, Archer A, Phlegar. Dec. 11-18-22-29, Jan 5. The Central Market T. L. WILKINS, Prop. When in need of Fresh Meats or Country Produce of any kind, call or phone us. Prompt service always. Quick delivery is our mot to. Give us a trial and you are our customer. : : Phone 285. W. 0. JOHNSON’S OLD STAND Money to Loan! v am prepared to negotiate UUits in imounts from $300.00 np for a term of years on improved forms. Inter est 8 per cent. Call on 9-14-08-6m J, 0. Jefferies, Attj., Oaftne*. S. 0. If you need Job Printing, tend to us—Ours will make you emlle. The One Sure , Way to have money is to save it. The one sure way to save it is by depositing it in a responsible bank. You will then be exempt from the annoyance of having it bum holes in your pockets, and aside from the fact that your money will be safe from theft, the habit of saving tends to the establishment of thrift, economy, discipline and a general under standing of business principles essential to your success. This bank pays 4 per cent interest on all deposits compounded quarterly. THE GAFFNEY SAVINGS BANK, Office fa The National Bank of Gaffney, S. C. ?Farms for Sale! 52 acres, eight miles out from city, known as the Grigg place. 140 acres, four miles out, on Thickety road, and in a good state of cultivation. 101 acres, twelve miles out. Investigate this-tract. 83 acres, 6 miles out. Residential Properties. The W. D. Thomas place, house having six nice [rooms. Situated on Victoria Ave. Size of lot 80x400. The A.R. N. Folger place, house having 6 nice rooms, with city water, bath room and other conveniences. Situ ated on Buford Street near Methodist church. On Oakland Avenue, a nice 6-room cottage with all con veniences. This place is cheap ; ask about it. Desirable Lots. In several different sections of the city. For fuller de scriptions, prices, terms, etc., see or write S. Iv. FORT REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSURANCE. Phone 258. Office second floor National Bank Building. Gaffney, 5. C. I t ' i ~ v Buy a Home |i With Rent Money! fc! Ml You can do this by taking stock in the Cherokee Building and Loan Associa tion. This is the oldest Building and Loan Association in Gaffney. It is conducted along conservative lines. We can help you to the road of wealth. See any of our officers. Read our Booklet and learn our plans. Cherokee B.: L.' LTJ i W. W. Galfoej, Sec’j S Treas. C. A. Maries, Pmt, Ml The I. M. Pillar Shoa Store Remember I will save you money on Shoes and Hats. Call and see my prices. I. M. Peeler. Crepe Paper Half Price 110 cent roles at Scents. Very fancy, flowered with holly, regular 25 cents per box, reduced to 15 cents per box, two for 25 cents. Gaffney Drug Co.