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•• c, THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JANUARY 6, 1898. LATEST COTTON MILL NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST TO TEX TILE WORKERS North and South Carolina Mills, Their Improvements and Their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. Kouthorn and Western Textile Excelsior. E. M. Hislop, of McAdensville, was visiting his brother, 0. F. Jiislop, at Concord, last week. W. G. Tice, formerly engaged at the Long Shoals, X. C., cotton mills, lias left that place. H. P. Torrance, formerly of David son College, N. C., is now engaged at the Louise Mill, Charlotte. Hugh Webb, of McAdensville. spent the holidays with Supt. Hislop, of the Bugalo Mills, Concord. The Atherton Cotton Mill, of Char lotte. is having five new houses built. J. L. Hargett has the contract. W. D. Sherwood, of the Spray, X. C., cotton mills, was in Concord last week to see his brother, C. A. Sher wood. Misses Lottie Moore and Onie McLester, of the Odell Mills, Con- < »»rd, are visiting relatives at VVudes- boro. A. G. Hathcock, of the "Stanley Creek cotton mills, Stanley, N. C., was visiting relatives at Concord last week. The Spray, X. C,, Cotton Mills, have just placed with the Whitin Machine Works an order for several thousand spindles of twisting. The 1). A. Tompkins Co., of Char lotte, have made and sold over 25 of their steam traps the past month, of which they manufacture all sizes. Still the work of beautifying the factory lawns is going on. Walter Green, a landscaper is hedging in the Odell and Cannon Mills, at Concord. Wm. Kimeryanu Miss Lizzie Callo way, of the Odell Mills, Concord, were married last Saturday. Quite a novel way to celebrate Christmas. Whitin Machine Works has just sold Jo Proximity Mfg. Co., Greens boro, X. G., 1 GO additional looms, and the mill will now run their spin ning both day and night. Supt. C. F. Hislop, of Concord, was the recipient of quite a number of nice presents by his help during the holidays. We will say that Mr. Hislop is much pleased with his em ployes. R. C. Hawkins has severed his con nections us night superintendat of the Linden Cot'on Mills, Davidson, N. C., and accepted the position of beaming in the Hope Mills, N. C., cotton mills. C. M. Cooke, night superintendant of the Southern Cotton Mills, .Besse mer City. N. C. spent Wednesday night in Concord on his return from Lewisburg, his former home, where he had been spending the holidays. The Kitson Machine Co., is re organizing the picker plant of the Wadesboro, X. C., cotton mills, tquiping them with Robinson’s patent nutomutic cleaning trunk, Cumnock’s patent sprinklers, etc. Geo. Sinclair, formerly overseer of the carding and spinning in the Keidsville, X. C.. cotton mills has severed his connections with said linn to accept the position of over seer of carding at the Cherokee Falls mills, Blacksburg, S. C. X S. Linden, who was engaged in Charlotte, X. C., for three years, also at Concord, X. C.. forsoiue time, and with Geo. Draper & Sons, of Hope- dale, Mass., setting up looms, is now employed at Mooresville, X. C., cot ton mills as overseer of weaving. The Kerr Bag Manufacturing Co., Concord, X. C., are putting in their mill one Butterworth drying can, also a starch mangier and spanker. Thos. Kirkman is superintendant. The above company are now prepar ing to go into the finishing of sheet ings, etc. The employers of the Kfird Cotton Mills, Albemarle, X. C., were pre sented on Xmas day by their employ ers with presents which included watch chains, cuff buttons, gold pins, etc. The presentations were made by that most excellent lady, Mies I’uttie Smith. D. E. Rhyne, proprietor of the Labutory Cotton Mills. Lincolnton, N. C.. presented all female employ ees in his mill a dress, the pick in bis store, and all the males a pair of punts, the pick in his store, besides a very pleasant Xmas treat composed of candies, nuts, etc. The Proximity Mfg. Co., of Greens boro. X. C.. is sending out a calen dar for '!»8 adorned with a picture of one of their weavers. We say "adorned” advisedly, as all who see the picture will agree. If all weav ers looked like this one all the men would like to be loom fixers. C. E Opry. who held a position as section hand in Xo. 4 mill of the Odell Mfg. Co., Concord, left on short notice last Monday night, leaving some of his friends in the soup, they having gone on his bond some time previously for his appearance at the next term of court for Cabarrus county. A M. Price, proprietor of the Ashby, S. C., cotton mills, has gone Xorth to buy 1,000 ring frame spin* dies, 500 twister spindles, also slub bers, speeders, reels and warp mill, shafting and banters. The new ad dition to the Ashby cotton mill is completed and ready for the ma chinery. The Concord Standard says that J. W. Cannon of this place, and presi dent of the Cannon Mills, this city, also president of the Efford Cotton Mill, Albemarle, X. C., has secured a company and will likely double the size of the present Albemarle Mill, ami will put up a new one that will involve $200,000 capital. < The Woonsockett Machine and Press Co., has sold to the Victor Mfg. Co., of Greers, S. C., the roving machinery required for their addi- tonal spinning machinery. It con sists of two intermediates and six speeders, all fitted with their pat ented self oiling spindle step, con tact gearing and all their latest im provements. It is reported that the negro cotton mill at Columbia will he in operation Jan, 10th, and that 800 hands will be employed. At the same time we are also informed that the machinery for the black mill is on the way. M e will give the managers of the black mill six months before there will be 100lbs of saleable yarn produced from the spindles. Stuart W. Cramer, Charlotte, N. C., has installed in the Glencoe Cot ton Mills, Burlington, X. C., in con nection with their raw stock dyeing plant, a compartment dryer for hot and cold air, similar to that used in the mills of the Canadian Syndicate and in many Xew England mills, and in connection with it a blower sys tem for handling and conveying both wet and dry cotton. He has also just sold a similar outfit to the Ran- dleman, X. C., Mfg. Co. The Columbia Ducking Mill au thorities. through their treasurer, Chas. K. Oliver, gave each operative a present of some kind. The girls received dolls, the boys toys, and all of the little ones were given candy, and all between the ages of six and twenty were given shoes and stock ings. This has been the most enjoy able Christmas in the estimation of the Columbia Mill employes that they have ever had. Everything passed off nicely, and everyone was more than pleased with his or her present. Lsat Friday Capt. J. M. Odell, president of the Odell Mills in Con cord and quite a number of other cotton mills, presented seven of his employes, who have been in his em ploy continuously for twenty years, a $5.00 gold piece. They are us fol lows: J. M. Raimer, H. C. Raimer, Miss Clarissa Raimer, Miss Sarah Deaton, J. H. Kizzah, C. M. Suther and Marshall Alexander, all of whom own their own homes, which proves conclusively that factory people can save money and build their own homes. A strong attachment exists between Mr. Udell and hia employes and for the latter's long and unswerv ing devotion he shows his appreci ation by using his private funds in rewarding them in this manner. The Christmas just past has been a very enjoyable one at the Columbia ducking mills. From our worthy treasurer down to the youngest em ploye, presents were the order of the day. The employes and operatives of the mills presented the treasurer, Charles K. Oliver, with a handsome gold-headed cane, suitably inscribed with his name, etc. At the same time they presented Supt. A. S. J. Boworsox with a very handsome and massive water pitcher, lined with gold, with his name, etc., suitably inscribed thereon. Robt. Davis, overseer of weave room Xo. 1, came next, lie was presented with a very handsome solid gold ring, and an Odd Fellow’s pin, by his assistants, all properly inscribed .Xext, Mr. Sidney Moak, the assistant of Mr. David, was presented with a hand some ring. In weave room Xo. 2, J. C. Kirby, overseer, was presented by his assistants with a handsome book case and writing desk. R. G. Mimms, assistant overseer of weave room Xo. 2, was presented with a handsome pair of cull buttons, solid gold. The overseer of the card room received from his assistants a fine meer schaum pipe. W. F. Floyd, over seer of spinning room, received from his assistants a beautiful tea set. Mr. Bushby, second hand in curd room, received from the same source a very serviceable overcoat. O. M. Durham, overseer of beaming room, also received a verj appropriate pres ent. The above presents were all de livered to the respective recipients by the superintendent. A. S. J. Bower- sox, who accompanied each with a neat and appropriate address, and none knows better than Mr. Bowersox how to do it. Beauty, Utility and Value Are happily combined in Hood’s Sarsaparilla Coupon Calendar for 1898. The lovely child's head in an embossed gold frame, surrounded by sprays of flowers in mosaic, the har monious pad in blue with clear fig ures, and the Coupons by means of which many valuable books and other articles may be obtained, make up the most desirable Calendar we have ever seen. The first coupon article is Hood’s Practlc 1 Cook Book, a handsome, useful volume of 850 pages. Ask your druggist for Hood’s Coupon Calendar, or send fi cents in stamps for one to C. I. Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass. ISLAND FORD ITEMS. If Rice dooms Oreuse don’t cure your aches and pains, burns, bruises and sprains, we pay you money back. DuPhb Druu Co. EdarataToar Itowals With .CMcarats. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 19c, Ss. U «. Q. C. fail, OruggiaM refund money. The Colonel and His Boarding House at Raleigh. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) I slant) Ford, Dec. 27.—We have been looking for Thk Ledger ever since Friday, till this morning, (Monday), when it came in all right, and I tell you we were all g'ad, for we do like to road it. I read the names of many persons and places that I remember to have heard my father and mother speak of when I was a child. They were born and lived in Union county in the Jefferies settlement until they were about thirty-five years old. Xmas has passed off quietly and some of our neighbors have gone to work this morning. A negro child about four years old and one about two, were left at their home, near here, last Saturday, while their mother was at the branch wash ing, when the older one’s clothing caught fire. The mother heard the screams and ran to meet the child, Its clothes had literally burned off of it. The unfortunate child lived till next morning, hut never seemed to he conscious of its suffering. There were several items I thought I would write you this week hut when the Ledger came this morning and I found that I had got such a dose from Rough on Rats I thought I would have to get some of it off my stomach. Now there is a box of the stuff sitting on the desk before me us 1 write. 1 look upon it and think how innocent it is, and it is just so with the dose we got this morning. I think it is still in the box, from the fact, it or (he) don’t know that I do not live in High Shoals township. Still he says the truth sounds best. Another evidence of his being in the box and the lid on is, that he says that I was ’lected a justice of the peace when I was appointed. And again, he says that I have quit using home-made tobj^eo. Whe! That ’ar Rough on Rats is shure in the box, and the dose I got shure come from the hand of some one else, but let us give Rough on Rats the credit. Maybe I ought to have said Colonel Durham. Mr. Editor, we did not tell you all the preparation that the Colonel made for the campaign and his stay at the Legislature just before our last election. I only told you how his good lady stopped him. But he went so far us to tell Mr. J. \V. Ford, a saw mill man. that he wanted a lot of slubs, and hired an old man with a hull and one horse wagon to haul them to Raleigh for the purpose of building him a “shack” to stay in iluring the session. Now, the Colonel was plenty able to pay his fare but his motive was to make money and he said he was going to curtail the salaries of all officers and he thought probably the members could not pay their board at the hotels and he would have him a place to stay, and he expected to take in hoarders. He went to Henrietta and tried to make a tr»*.de with Esquires Simmons, Dr. Hicks, John Haynes, Col. 8. B. Tan ner and Frank Logan, for all the cold biscuits and pie crust, scraps of meat and coffee grounds that they had left, and that he would come around once a week with his guano sack and collect them up. They wanted to know if he had many hogs to fatten, he told them yes, but they were at Raleigh and he expected to be one among them this time. But, Mrs. Durham kept him in the box, where Rough on Rats ought to stay unless, properly used, and as long as the good lady keeps him in the box and doses him out as he is needed, he can hurt no one. .Mr. Editor, I think the Colonel and myself will take a trip to Hickory Grove in a few days and will come by and see you and the good people at Gaffney. t. c. h. Gowdeyvijle Gossip. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Gowdeyville, Jan. 8.—I notice in the lust issue of The Ledger where Voter has nominated Col. T. B. But ler for Congress. We heartily agree with those who have placed his name before the voters of our district. Col. Butler has the brains and the ability to represent us in the hulls of Congress. He hud done much for Cherokee and should receive the unanimous vote of his county. J. H. Bentley and family, of As- bury, lias moved in our midst. Mr. Bentley is one of the best farmers in our new county and his interesting family will add much to our commu nity, especially Miss Lillie, who is the belle of Cherokee county. Jus. Brown, of Houlkey, Miss., is visiting friends and relativis in this community. It has been twenty years since he was here and his many friends gave him a warm welcome. Bony. hooks at* nlle&i TciZiiri The diffusion of these silent teachers, books, through the whole community is to work greater effects than artillery, machinery and legislation. The culture which it is to spread while an unspeak able good to the individual is also to become the stability of the nation.— Channing. Cloudy, dark colored urlu. with slight sed iment, frequent iaIIs hut diminished quan tity, Indicates trouble lu the kidneys. When these symptoms are present no time should he lost in adopt! Hi; proper remedies. A little delay may prove very costly, perhaps fatal. I>ecause Itriyht's Disease Is so rapid and de structive. Phickly Ash Hittkks has an es tablished reputation for curlntt the diseases that attack the kidneys. It heals and streiqrthens the kidneys so that they resume their urine gathering and hlood cleansing functions, regulates the liver, stomach Ihn! liowuls and quickly re-establishes a healthy Issly. It has cured cases of Bright's Disease that had Is-eii pmcth-ally abandoned by the sold by CttKliOKKK »'Twas ttio Nizbt Reforo Christmas.- Mr. Clarence Cook contributes to The Century au article on “The Author oi ‘A Visit From St. Nicholas’ Clem ent C. Moore. Mr. Cook says of tho ori gin of tho familiar poem: Mr. William S. Pelletreau, in tho in teresting account of Dr. Moore’s life which he has just published, tells ui that tho “Visit From St. Nicholas” was written in 1822 us a Christmas present for his children, and that a young lady visiting the family copied it into heral- ; bum and sent it, unknown to Dr. Moore, to tho editor of tho Troy Sentinel, who printed it without tho author’s name iu tho issue of that journal for December 2J, 1823. From tho newspaper it found its way to tho school readers and speed ily became a great favorite with chil dren all over the country. Mr. Pelletreau tells us that Dr. Moore was at first annoyed by the appearance of the poem iu print, as he hud not in tended it for tho public and thought it a mere triflo with but slight literary merit. No doubt it w r as with some mis givings that, 20 years later, ho gave it a place in the volume of his collected poems. With the proverbial blindness of writers ho probably thought this playful sally, written to please his youngsters at their Christmas merry making, far inferior to its nil forgotten companions, of which ho says in his preface, “Some of them have cost mo much time and thought, and I have composed them all as carefully and cor rectly as I could.” - -*•► - Miss Allie Huilhes, Norfolk, Va., was frightfully burned on the face and neca. Pain was instantly re lieved by De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve, which healed tho injury without leaving a scar. It is the fa mous pile remedy. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy. Blacksburg. It is a wise fish that can read be tween the lines. Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa., says: “My child is worth millions to me; yet I would have lost her by croup had I not invested twenty-five cents in a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure.” It cures coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. When cats light in the dark they always scratch a match. I It is easy to catch a cold and just as easy to get rid of it if you com mence early to use One Minute Cough Cure. It cures, coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and ail throat and lung troubles. It is pleasant to take, safe to use and sure to cure. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Httendlny physician Diuto Co. To Coro Coast'.pat ton Foreror. Take Caacurete Candy Cathartic. 10c or 28c. If C. c. C. full to cure, druggieM refund money. Love levels all things—with tho possible exception of the head. Prosperity comes quickest to the man whose liver is in good condition. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are fa mous little pills for constipation, biliousness, indigestion and all stom ach and liver troubles. Cherokee Drug Company, and Macon Thorn ton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. The iron grip of poverty is apt to make u man’s clothes look rusty. Mrs. Stark, Pleasant Ridge, O., says, “After two doctors gave up my boy to die. I saved him from croup, by using One Minute Cough Cure.” It is tho quickest and most certain remedy for coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy. Blacksburg. Straws in the hands of the small hoy show which way the cider barrel is. J. A. Perkins, of Antiquity, O., was for thirty years needlessly tortured by physicians for the cure of eczema. He was quickly cured by using De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve “the fa mous healing salve for piles and skin diseases. Cherokee Drug Com pany. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. ^There is nothing that can equal a woman’s scorn—especially if you step on it in a crowded car. Mrs. M. B. Ford, Ruddell’s 111., suffered for eight yi&ars from dyspep sia and chronic constipation and was finally cured by using De Witt’s Little Early Risers, tho famous little pills for all stomach and liver troubles. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton's Pharmacy. Blacksburg. Dentists often have u long pull and a strong pull, and their patients a painful one. A Fanciful View. He—Why is it that meu cau keep se crets better than women? She—Because men generally know n lot of things which they wouldn’t want told on themselves.—Brooklyn Life. After hearing some friends contin ually praising Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Cur tis Fleck, of Anaheim, California, purchased a bottle of it for his own use and is now as enthusiastic over its wonderful work as anyone can be. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by the Du Pro Drug Co, At a Scotch picnic there is more kilt than wounded. FLOATING FIRE ENGINES. The Powerful and Effective Equipment ol New York’s Flreboa i. Mr. Charles T. Hill, writing in St. Nicholas of New York’s fire depart ment, thus describes the pumps of tho fireboat New Yorker: These pumps have a throwing capaci ty of fully 10,000 gallons of water every minute, and under the best conditions they have been known to reach 12,000 gallons a minute—over 0,000 gallons more than any.other fireboat afloat. The water is drawn in through the sides of the boat, below tho water line, into what is known as the suction bay, mak ing an inner reservoir from which tho pumps are fed. There are about 10,000 little holes, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, bored in the sides of tho boat just out side these suction bays^ and through these holes the water is drawn in and filtered so that no foreign substance may get into the pumps. From th« pumps it is forced into an air chamber, thus equalizing the pressure all around, and then into a veritable water main 12 inches in diameter, which runs all around tho boat between docks and supplies the various outlets. There arc 42 of these outlets, including tho four standpipes or monitor nozzles, and they vary in size from 6 inches in diameter down to 2 ^ inches, the size of tho reg ulation fire hose. Two of the monitor nozzles are mounted aft, on top of the cabin, and a big and a small one on top of the wheelhouso. The two standpipes aft have 2 b, inch nozzles, the big one on the wheelhouso having a S'-j inch opening. From the latter a solid 8 b, inch stream can be thrown a distance of 320 feet, and if necessary this can be increased to a 5)£ inch opening, and a mighty stream of water having that width can be sent thundering out into space over 200 feet. If you could hear this immense stream as it pours into the bay, like a miniature cataract, you could better appreciate tho power of this remarkable boat. No body of fire could very long with stand a deluge like this, and it require;: only a few dashes of this massive stream to effectively quench a fire in the rig ging or in tho upper works of a ship. The small monitor nozzle, mounted on the other side of the wheelhouse, has a inch opening, and a powerful stream can also be thrown from this and of course to a much greater distance, for as tho stream is reduced in diameter it can go a great deal farther. To the outlets along tho side of the deckhouse and at the low and stern are attached short lengths of hose to fight fire at close range. The pumps of the Now Yorker are so powerful and the pressure of these outlets is so great that it would be impossible for men to han dle these lines if there were not some sort of machinery to aid them, and therefore an appliance known as a “rail pipe” is brought into play. This is something like a big rowlock and is set in the gunwale in the same manner that a rowlock is set in the rail of a row boat. It in fastened beneath the rail with a pin, and between the forks is swung an iron connection, oar fashion, pivoted at the sides. The short length of hose is attached to one end of this con nection and a nozzle to the other, and with this device one man is able to con trol and direct tho heaviest stream with ease. The monitor nozzles also can be managed by one man each. The fireproof construction of the New Yorker makes it possible to get very near a fire and deliver the powerful side streams at short range, and should the heat become so intense that the men are not able to stand by the rail pipes pro tecting shields are brought into u{ie, be hind which they can direct the streams with comfort. These shields sMde along inside the rail on a kind of railway, so they can be placed at any part of the boat, and there is one on each side. They arc made of two thicknesses of cor rugated iron," with an air space between, thus preventing tho inner lining from becoming heated. They are arched at tho top and in shape are somewhat like the shields used to protect the gunners while working at the rapid firing guns on our modern mcn-of-wur. There is an opening at tho bottom of these shields for the nozzle:: of tho rail pipes to project through and an oblong slot above for the fireman to look through and direct the water. With the aid of this protection for the meu, and because of her own salamandt rlike construction, the New Yorker is able to sail up close to a burning vessel or pier and deliver a broadside of powerful streams where the ordinary wooden fire tug oould not come with fighting distance, and her ability to do this ami her immense pumps mobo her without a doubt tho most complete and effective marine fire engine ever built. One Minute Cough Cure cures qulckiy. That’s what you want I Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’H Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Artificial Silk. The silkworm is threatened with tho loss of its eccupatiou. Tho insect, it seems, just dodderingly mixes mulberry leaf with a gummy substance and then spins its thread. A French inventor claims to have discovered that by reduc ing mulberry leaves to pulp by ma chinery and adding u gummy substance silk may be made in half the time and of more brilliant luster than that pro duced by the silkworm. The Greatest Discovery Yet. W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, III., “Chief” says: “We won’t keep house without Dr. King’s Xew Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Experimented with many others, but never got the true remedy until we used Dr. King’s Xew Discovery. Xo other remedy can take its place iu our home, as in it we have a certain and sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, etc.” It is idle to experiment with other remedies, even if they are urged on you us just as good as Dr. King’s Xew Discovery. They are not us good, because this remedy has a record of cures and besides is guar anteed. It never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles free at the Du Pre Drug Co. Grassy Pond Gossip. (Correspondence of The Lodger.) Grassy Pond, Jan. 3.—Christ is over and all is quiet. It has b very dull around here, but the people will soon begin work for another new year. We have a little sickness. Alio Bailey is still very low. Uncle Dick Jolly has had the grip. lit says he cannot stay in much longer. Mr4. Xaney W’ood, of Cross Ronds,, has been visiting her son, Clingman W’ood, at this place. Miss Alice Blanton, of Gaffney, has been visiting her sister at this place. Miss Onnie Jolly, of Mooresboro, X. C., has been visiting friends and relatives at this place and Byarsville, X. C. She is a jolly girl and we will welcome her back again. Toe W atkins, of Gaffney, was in this section spending the holidays with his friends. Bill Martin, of Martinsville, has been visiting Cabe Wood. Quite a crowd of young folks en joyed a straw ride lust Wednesday night to a party. The following com posed the crowd : Misses Xannie El more, Belle Jolly, Amie Jolly, Ednar L ov:re, Messrs Jim Lemonds, Miles Geddes, Monroe Lemonds, Clarence Elmore, and Arthur Peeler of Gutlney. It was a jolly crowd. Misses Belle Jolly and Xannie El more dined at I. M. Peeler’s last Thursday. Capt. J. J. Magness and wife, of Spartanburg, were down last week. W e learn that they will move back to their old home in the near future. Mrs. Jno. W. Bridges, of Gaffney, accompanied by her little daughter, B. rde, visited her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Jolly, at this place lust week. Miss Daisy Stacy, of Spartanburg, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jim Gaff ney. Miss Della Jenkins, of Henrietta, X. C., is visiting Misses Xannie and Arie Stacy at Cross Roads. Miss Hattie Camp, one of Cross load’s shining stars, is visiting Miss Pearl Camp at Grffney. Julius Jolly and wife are out enjoy ing the Christmas holidays. Rev. Landrum Ezell, of Woodruff, passed through this section and spent a night with W. C. S. Wood. Miss Mamie Harman, of W’ilkins- ville, is visiting her brother, Ed Har mon, at this place. We think she will make this her future home from the way some of the boys were talk ing to her last week. Alex, and John Jolly spent Xmcs at Shelby. Joe McOraw. accompanied by his sbter, Miss Minnie, has been visiting Miss Jennie Beason at Henriettr, N. C. Coroner MeCraw gave a turkey din ner to his children. All were present but two. I would like to hear from Martins ville again. Blossom ”4. f Martinville Minutes. (Correspondence of The Ledger ) Martinsville, Jan. 3.—Some the thrifty farmers have begun m .- ing preparations for another croj. Christmas passed off quietly wr ., little appearance of mountain dew. There was a display of fireworks at K. D. Edward’s last Tuesday night- Messrs. D. P. L, Martin, Elias Walls, and Edgar Martin and Misses Mary Walls, and Edna Martin furnished music on the occasion. Our schools will open this morning. We are anticipating an entertain ment at the close of Mr. Hammett’s school. John Horton is building a new house. J. D. Edward’s children died re cently of diptheria. John Paris and Miss Grazzie Can trell were married last evening at the base of the Monument on the Cow- pens battlefield by Rev. C. M. Teal. Madam Rumor has it that another wedding will be in our midst before long. Sankoy Cantreli, Sam Porter and James Hollifield returned home and stayed a few days during the Xmas week. Geat Potter will go to Clifton in a few days to work in the mill. I dare say that the girls will be lonesome when ho leaves. Well! Who ever heard of a writer for a newspaper get ting off the subject and talking about the girls. F. H. Cash, formerly of this place, has returned from Clifton, Tex., and is visiting relatives and friends. What has become of “Blossom” of Grassy Pond. I wonder if the cold weather has dried it up. Happy new year to ali and success to The Ledger. A Pupil. ^TAKE ONLY the best when you ■ need a medicine. Hood’s Sarsapa rilla is the best blood purifier, nerve and stomach tonic. Get HOOD’S. - ' 1 ....GOODS AT COST.... I have inany things that I will sell at Lost until the 1st of January, u'alicoes at 3c to 5c, jeans JO, l2|, 15, 20 and 22i cents, yard' wide sheeting 4c, hats at cost, shoes at the lowest prices possible, groceries and all other goods as low as they can be sold. I still handle the best keen clipper axes. Call and get ray prices #jn all goods before buying, yeryrespet., i. mApeelei I mm ■1 ■■