Friday, March 12, 1909 TRUE FRIENDSHIP Affection of Friends of Blind Man Handsomely Demonstrated The following news item, which appeared in the Charlotte Chronicle of last Tuesday, will be read with a great deal of interest and pleasure my many Gaffney people who are acquainted with the gentleman mentioned in the article as being remembered by his friends. The article was written from Lancaster and was as follows: "MR. PAUL G. McCORKLE, the cotton man of Chester, was not a little surprised a morning or two ago when information that a sum of $3,505. was to his credit in the Bank of Lancaster, as he does business with the bank and knew of no way in which the sum or any other sum, could have been placed to his credit . The explanation came later, however, and is as follows: Some time ago MR. McCORKLE became imbued with the desire to build a house, and with this in mind purchased a lot on Reedy street and he began to make his plans. While he was planning, though, COL. LEROY SPRING and several other friends became acquainted with his intentions, and persuaded him to desist , saying that they would attend to the matter for him. Thinking that they were in better position to buy lumber at a good figure and make reasonable terms with architects and contractors, MR. McCORKLE desisted and so the matter rested, so far as he was concerned. His friends however, who had got hold of his plans , got busy . It was their way of attending to the building of the house. Along with the letter from the bank, there is a list of those who testified to their friendship in the substantial way. The list is a long one, comprising the names of friends in Lancaster, Chester, Charlotte, Rock Hill, Yorkville, and New York. MR. McCORKLE was overcome with this evidence of his friends kindness and friendship and wrote each one a letter expressing, as far as he was able, his deep and earnest gratitude. Since the terrible accident of a few years ago..those who are acquainted with him remember the sad accident that befell him , which resulted in the loss of his eyesight. While out driving a spirited horse, in company with his wife the animal took fright at something and ran away, throwing the occupants out of the buggy. On the list on which each friends signature appears is the statement; ' For we know that under similar circumstances he would do the same for us '. --- nancie o. - { can someone tell us more about this man and his family ?}