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v Z r 81 ) r ' 'i ■ ^ ■ The > i A NEW9PAPCR IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIED. AND DEVOTED TO THE BEET INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1908. 61.60 A YEAR. MORE PRAISE FOR SHERIFF NICHOLS DEFENDED THE JAIL AND HIS OFFICIAL HONOR. “J. L. S.” Has Nothing But the High- eet Praise Tor the Action of Spar tanburg’s Sheriff. Wilkinsvillp. Oct. 17.—In talking with a very intelligent gentleman on the subject of good roads in which he Is greatly interested he said: “In olden times people generally built their houses on hills and they wanted the roads to come by their houses and this accounts for why they are In so many localities so hilly.” We don’t know but his idea is correct. It does seem that they were more In terested in direction than In route, at least they didn’t seem to consult the grade so much as they do at the present day. The other day we learned some thing about fox hunting we never knew before. An old hunter told us that it’s no uncommon thing for a rested fox to take the place of a tired one in the chase and especially Is this the case that the “mammy" fox will drop In ahead of the dogs to save her cub which will lie down or take a dlEerent direction to avoid the dogs. This ruse is mostly played by the gray species of the vulpine family. The reds are seldom if ever known to adopt this kind of tactics. ■nrly risers this week could see In tte Rastem sky one of nature’s most beautiful sights—two very bright stars in close proximity to each other—so close, in fact, that the one seemed to bedim the other hut the two combined made a very brilliant light Just before daylight. Fhrhaps It was this beautiful phe nomenon to which the Almighty re- fenWd when He challenged Job to show his ignorance by asking him: “Where was thou when the morning staRl sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for Joy?” Another grand free show is in store j for the people of Gaffney and Chero kee county sometime soon. Mose Tate, colored, proposes to ride Sam Strain’s buggy horse “John,” through the streets of the town just to show people how he can move when he has a flMm on him who knows exactly how to ride. Terry Estes wants Mose to get a deep red saddle blank et, martingale, etc., and have John otherwise caparisoned so as to make hiia appear to the best advantage. John Is a spotless gray and on such an occasion would step as if he dis dained the ground upon which he treads. Were It not for the color of the man and the horse the old Confeder ate aoldiers would automatically raise their hats and extend the military salute as they were want to do in days of youre when General Robert EL Lwe on his famous horse Traveller would ride along the lines. If Mose won’t pass for a Robert E. Lee or John B. Gordon, he ought at least to come up to standard of a Marshal Ney In equestrian accomp- llshksent. Last Thursday, 15th inst., Archie and Ruth Strain celebrated their birthdays—Archie seven and Ruth two years respectfully. Masters Da vid Mwlngston and Herbert Finley and Misses Lr uise and Leala were the eepeclally invited guests. Mes- dames Jessie Blackwell, Mamie Strain and Mrs. J. L. S. were the chaperons. They had a very enjoyable time and all went on merrily. Several of our neighbors, we under stand, went to the big show at Spar tanburg today. Mose Tate, colored, went too. We have nothing but the highest praieee for Sheriff John Nlcholls, of Spartanburg, for defending the jail and'his official honor in the late at tempt by a mob to take those prison ers from him. Some may think he did wrong hut we don’t. He stands by the laws of his country and any maa who does that can be trusted in any emergency. If all the civil of fices of our State were made of such material as John Nlcholls is, raiding jails aad lynchings Would soon be a thing of the past. Sheriff Nichols is one of the men who followed General Lee la more dangerous places than facing and fighting off a mob. Mrs. J. T. Moorehead has for a long time been nursing a broken wrist which she received while at tending to her cattle. It has given her great pain but she is now able to use her hand some, though it Is like ly never again to be of much use to her. We hope, however, for a better outcome. Mrs. Moorehead is one of our best ladles and her many friends will hate to hear of her misfortune. Mr. Walter Kirby is getting along nieely. He is able to be about some and to take such nourishment as he needs. The machinery of the Wllklnsville ginnery since its overhauling runs like a spinning wheel and It will, with no mHibap, soon make up Its lost time. We learn that Mr. F. A. Goforth and Rev. T. TV Owen have bought an engine and will soon have an outfit for gtnntng, sawing, etc. Mr. Owen Is a trst Hats machinist and can keep the machinery In proper condi tion to work. No man who hasn’t a knowledge of this kind need to think ke can succeed like one who has. For several days your correspond ent has been unwell and not able to make bis letter as readable as he wou14 like. Hope Its shortcomings will be excused and the space occu pied by more interesting matter. We are not having as many chills in this community as people were looking for after the freshet. That’s (be way generally. People that trouble kills die from the effect of those troubles they never live to bee. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Blackwell went to Gaffney yesterday on a shopping tour and spent last night with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sparks at the Ham rick mills. Notwithstanding the cry of hard times, short crops, low prices, all onr merchants are doing a fair business in their line and are making ready for a* good fall and winter trade. As many as three drummers have been at Wllklnsville at one time and with most of them orders are placed. Other merchants are doing a fairly good business too. Mrs. J. L. S. sticks to her wheel and cords and spins her stocking yarn. This Is fast going out of date, or rather it’s not coming into the work of the present day house keepers. Their thinking it too slow a process Is only an excuse for lazi ness and idleness—that’s all. The death of Hon. William G. Aus tell was quite a shock to us, though for a good while we have been aware that he has not been enjoying good health. He was the kind of a man for which we have an admiration. He was true to his convictions and uncompromising with the agencies of evil. To his grief stricken family we extend our heartfelt sympathies in this dark hour of sore bereavement. Place him down, O. gently, comrades; He’s a veteran worn and gray; Fold his hatids across his bosom— One by one we pass away. Smooth his locks out softly, comrades; Close his eyes, now dim, but true; Kiss him for the friend that’s absent, Bid him for that friend adieu, n With your tender hands, dear com rades, Place him gently ’neath the sod— Like a soldier leave him resting On his armor, with his God; Let him rest. The boom of cannon, Nor the battle’s stern array. Rushing squadrons ne’er disturb him Till the great reunion day! J. L. S. In Memoriam. Mrs. Sallie Carol hers Walker, widow of Capt. Samuel Sidney Wal ker, died at Union Thursday the 8th inst., from heart failure while sitting in her chair reading a newspaper. She was lad to rest Saturday in the family plot at Skull Shoals cemetery, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. D. W. Keller, pastor of Grace Methodist church at Union. She was seventy-six years of age. Such a profusion of beautiful floral tributes was never before seen in our country and they bore silent but impressive evidence of the affection of her many friends. An exquisite wreath was sent by Ginn ft Company, of New York. Relatives from Union, York and Gaffney attended the funeral as well as a very large number of her friends in the country. It was quite touch ing to see so many colored people present to show their respect. • Mrs. Walker came of a long line of ancestors, distinguished both in edu cation and religion. Her father, John Carothers, was an Elder in the Pres byterian church for forty-seven years, and two of her brothers were Princeton graduates, one a Presby terian minister, William Washington Carothers. Her mother, Rachel Ross Burriss, was a cousin of Betsy Ross who made the first Continental flag for Washington. Mrs. Walker was educated at Salem Faraale Academy in North Carolina, one of the most famous schools for women in the country. So hoi h by inheritance and by training she was superbly equipped for taking a leading position in whatever station she might be called. She was an ex ceedingly brilliant woman and this, with her other graces and rare attain ments, made her one of the most re markable women that we have known in our generation. Her husband’s and her home was always open to ministers of the gospel and what preacher did not remember with pleasure the fact that he had been entertained by this hospitable couple? Her husband died In 1890 and a few years later she moved to Union where she lived til! the end. It has been our pleasure to know Mrs. Walker for many years and we feel deeply the loss sustained by our country and the church. When a per son of such piety and accomplish ments passes away there is a void in our life and it Is a loss that cannot be lillod. She was a noble Christian lady and wo will miss her so much. “She hath done what she could." She is survived by her son Mr. W. R. Walker, Southern agent of Ginn & Company, of New York, and one of the largest planters In Cherokee coun ty and by her daughter, Miss Minnie Lee Walker so well known In literary and artistic circles. Jest as she was being laid away me sun burst forth from the clouds and we could not help but remark. “What a beautiful day for our friend to go home—to her home In glory. In the sweet fields of Eden, where the tree of life Is ever bloowing.” James I,. Strain, Wllklnsville. g. C.. Get. 15. 1908, CONSUMPTION. Prof. Fisher Declares This Disease Coats Ue a Billion Yearly. Washington, Oct. 14.—Prof. Irving Fisher, the eminent political econo mist of Yale University, who in one of his papers before the recent Inter national Tuberculosis Congress In Washington, declared that consump tion costs the people of the United States more than a billion dollars a year, is preparing an exhaustive re port for the Natlonationl Conservat ion Commission, which will contain not only these figures but similar data on the economic loss to the country from all other preventable diseases. Prof. Fisher is a member of the National Conservation Commission and for many years has been carry ing on studies along these lines. The commission received letters from physicians all over the country urg ing It to consider the bearing of pub lic health on the economic efficiency of the nation in its efforts to ascer tain the resources of the country. The commission from the begin ning has contemplated reports on the economic aspects of several phases of the conservation movement which affect the duration and effectiveness of human life, but Prof. Fisher has undertaken to prepare a comprehen sive statement of the whole subject of the relations of public health to the general field of conservation, and especially as to the waste from pre ventable diseases and unnecessary deaths. Dr. Fisher is professor of political economy at Yale University ana chairman of the “Committee of One Hundred” of the American Associat ion for the Advancement of Science, which has for a long time been car rying on propaganda for the Increase of national health through the elimi nation of preventable diseases. This Committee of One Hundred is com posed of physicians and men engaged in active sociological work In every part of the country, and the results oi their investigations and experience are all available to Dr. Fisher, so that his report ought to he the most thorough-going and complete sum mary of the situation ever made. At the Tuberculosis Congress, Prof. Fisher declared that 138,000 persons die of consumption every year. The cost of medical attendance and tne loss of earnings before death average at least $2,400, he said, while If to this is added the money that might have been earned with health, the total loss In each case Is about $8,- 000. He pointed out, also, that the disease usually attacks young men and women just at the time when they are beginning to earn money and cuts off their .tarning power for about three years on an average, be fore they die. This subject of the economic value to the country of a general raising of the average health came up in the Governor’s Conference at the White House In May. Dr. George M. Koher in his speech on the "Conservation of Life and Health by Improved Wat er Supply” at the conference, pre sented figures which showed that the decrease In the “vital assets” of the country through typhoid fever In a single year Is more than $350,000,000. Typhoid is spread by polluted water largely so that the death rate from this disease can be directly reduced by the purification of city drinking water. Dr. Koher quoted statistics to show that the Increased value of the water to the city of Albany, where the typhoid fever rate was re duced from 104 In 100,000 to 26 by an efficient filtration plant, amounts to $475,000 a year, of which $350,000 may be considered a real Increase to the vital assets of the city. Census bureau figures show that the average annual death rate from typhoid In cities with contaminated water sup plies was reduced from 69.4 per 100,- 000 to 19.8 by the substitution of pure supplies. Dr. Koher cited estimates showing that the average length of human life in the sixteenth century was be tween 18 and 20 years, and that at the close of the eighteenth centry It was a little more than 30, while to day It Is between 38 and 40—indeed the span of life since 1880 has been lengthened about six years. '" ‘ NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. i At the Buford Street M. E. Church, j Rev. 8. B. Harper, the pastor of the Buford Street M. E. church, occu pied his pulpit Sunday morning and evening, preaching two splendid ser- 1 mons. The morning sermon was from Matthew 13:12: “Whosoever hath to him shall be given, who hr not shall be taken that he hath.” From this text the preacher drew many pictures applicable to every 1 day life and applied scriptural en- junction. The music was splendid, especially the rendition of “Savior i lead me lest I stray,” by Mr. and Mrs i Chns. Hames and Miss Williams. Or. Brown Shot. Last Thursday night about 12 o’clock Dr. B. R. Brown thought ho heard some one at his wood pile. Ho started out with a pistol In his hand. Tn passing through (ho double door one door dosed on his sleeve, and In his effort to pull away the muscles of his hand in which he carried the pis tol contracted, causing the weapon to go off. The ball went into the doctor's foot, causing a slight wound which will keep him In the house for a few days. His friends are glad It Is not serious. : Reviva. at Buford St. M. E. Church. A series of revival services will be gin at the Buford Street Methodist church next Sunday. The pastor will , be assisted by Rev. E. K. Hardin, of fhester. Mr. Hardin Is a forceful and entertaining speaker and all who hear him will he delighted. Two services will be held dally. The hours will probably be 4 and 7:45 p. m. A very cordial Invitation Is extend ed to the public generally to he pre sent and enjoy these gospel meetings. The G. K. Club. The younger set met at the home* 1 of Miss Ethel Dudley recently and i organized a club. The club will meet! next Friday afternoon at the home of Miss Sura Carpenter. The members are: Misses Ruth Littlejohn, Maude Lavender, Sadie Lipacomb, Daisy WII ' kins, Edith Cook, Ethel Dudley, Mary Shuford and Sara Carpenter. Recent Happenings in and Around the City and Other Events Gath ered by the Local News Editor. Cotton brought 8:90 yesterday. Mr. Rufus Reynolds has a fine field of oats, August sowing. Today is circus day. Take the children to see the animals. Carroll and Byers are painting the front of their store, making a great Improvement. Rev. Bonner McSwain has the fipest field of young crimson clover to be found In the comity. Miss Mattie Simms has just re ceived word that she took three pre miums on hand painted china in the North Carolina State Fair last week. Prof. W. L. Johnson, who has been the organist at the Buford Street M. E. Church, has resigned that position. For the present Mrs. A. N. Wood will do the playing. Lumber for Mr. A. C. Pridmore’s residence has begun to arrive in car load lots and Contractor Baker hopes to push the building now without further delay. The fall term of court of General Sessions and Common Pleas com mences next Monday. There are no capital cases and the criminal docket is exceedingly light. The Lodge Historical Club will hold a public meeting in the Lime stone auditorium on Wed^sday eve ning, October the 21st. Dummy will run. Everything free. The many friends In Gaffney ot Mr. and Mrs. W. M. WebstM will be pleased to learn that they have moved back to this section from Georgia. They will make Cowpens their home for the present. Mr. C. L. McLean, advance guard of Howe’s Great London Circus, reached the city yesterday. He call ed at The Ledger office and we found him to be a very afflable gentleman and one who understands his busi ness. His stay was short but pleas ant Mrs. L. R. Flack and family arrtv ed in the city yesterday from Shelby. Mrs. Flack Is going to occupy one of the cottages belongtaf to Mr. A. ' Doggett on Depot street. Mrs. Flack is the mother of Claude Flack, the popular young druggist at the r ney Drug Co. Prof. Spears, superintendent of the city schools, requests The Ledger to impress upon the parents and guard ians of children the importance of having them wear rubbers and wraps whenever it is damp and wet. The new system of heating the school building has done away with the stoves and while the buildings are comfortably heated there is no way of drying the feet or clothing quickly. Street Overseer James Coylft and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Poole, near Draytonville. Jim says Will invited him down to take dinner with him and they met at Draytonville church, but when Will saw what a herd Jim had brought down he slipped off without saying anything further about dinner. Jim wouldn’t stand for this kind of work and went on to the house where he was greeted by Mrs. Poole, who is a woman of stout heart and who had prepared a most excellent dinner for her guests. The only way Will can get even with Jim is to come to town some day and bring the whole neigh borhood and take them to Jim’s house for dinner. The following are among those who went to Spartanburg Saturday to see Rlngling Bros, circus: Waite Hamrick, Paul Morgan, Edgar Par ker, John Snead, Luther Kirk, Ralph Gaston, Roy Osborne, Bub Service, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Burgess, Jim H&mll, Will Darby, “Dee” Parris, J. O. Sparks, J. Q. Little, J. B. Bell, Dever Little, Stanyarne Little, L. Y. Ran dall, Junius Parrott, W. B. Sparks, L. W. Walker, C. M. Smith. Ed. H. DeCamp, Miss Lucy Wood. Miss Wil lie DeOamp, Mrs. W. C. Hamrick. Miss Volina Hamrick, Mr and Mrs. F. R. Parker, W. H. Ross, Clint 1' bins Will Broom and little James Wilkins. A Silver Tea. A silver tea will he given at the residence of Mrs. W. C. Carpenter Friday evening, beginning at 8 o’clock. The entertainment will consist of a musical program, recitations, ece. This entertainment will be given un der the auspices of the Woman’s Club and the proceeds will go to the public library. This is § most worthy object and everybody should patro nize it. Go and contribute your sil ver offering at the door—10c to $1. At the First Baptist Church. There were two good services at the Pits! Baptist Chucch Sunday. Two fine eougrevatons. some good music, one received under the watch care of the church and a good offor* log tor State Missions. The Sunday school also was good. FILBKRT NCWS. Review of Events from One Onr York County correspondents. Filbert, R. F. D. 1, Oct. 15.—Mrs. Sue Cain, of Yorkville, spent a few days with Mr. John G. Brown recent ly. “The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sear.” —Bryant. "Music, when soft voice die Vibrates in the memory.” ‘ —Shelley. This is the truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things.” —Tennyson. There's an “aching void,” as the poets say, in this knight of the pen's life which he feels will never be fill ed in this world. Fain would he tell all about ii here, but he cannot just yet. Tis a thing too profound for proper expression. Mr. Sam Watson and Mrs. Milley Therrill, of Beth-shiloh, were visiting in tins section recently. What is a good, practical education, land how may it be acquired? Let these quotations answer: Says Ever- jett: “To read the English language i well, u> write with dispatch a neat, i legible band, and io be master of the j erst riles of artithmetic, so as to | dispose of. at once, with accuracy, every question of Jigures which comes up in practice,—1 call this a gqod education. And if you add the ability i»o write pure grammatical English, PON DFI ELD PARAGRAPHS ¥ rnrnmmmm Interesting News (temp and pprppnal paragraphs. Pondfield, Oct. 17—Thought it ssems rather late to mention the death of little Rheba Martin which occurred on the tenth day of this month, never theless do I deem it my duty to bp- stow some immortal flower upon the amiable little deceased one, who sow looks back and says: “I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless. Ills have no weight and lean; no bitterness. Where is death’s sting? Where grave, they victory? Little Rheba was the three-year- old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Morton, of this place. To those bereaved ones, we extend a propitious and helpful hand that they may, In this, their great affliction, retrieve themselves of such a loss. Our Sun day school superintendent, Mr. W. F. Huskey, conducted the burial ser vices of last Thursday at Drayton- ville. The Lord watch between me and thee. The Lord watch between me and thee, When we are absent. When we are absent. When we are absent One from another, Amen. The new church is going up with marvelous rapidity. It will be res4y for use very soon. Rev. E. G. Ross is conducting a series of meetings at Draytonville this week. He will close the meeting to morrow. , .. ,, Why do not all you members of Lregard it as an excellent education. | Draytonville help a little? Now is Ihese are the tools. lou can do the accepted time. If you fttwi at much with them, but you are help less without them. They are the foundation, and unless you begin with these, all your flashy attainments are cepted time. If you atm at ever helping, and are one that does his duty before it is too late, come on with your mite. . i Cotton is getting thin in the field ostentations rubbish. tor. as Pope i k u t the most of it remains unsold. \ cry properly says, ' just as the twig j This is good is bent the tree's inclined.” ' ’ Says Ruskin: "i tell you earnestly, 'Y hv c , a " the farmers not see the ... ,nut i..,„ .i... i—i.:. obvious fact, as it were, that by Just a little sticking they can win? and understand the you must get into the habit of look ing intensely at words, assuring your-i a K llu,e SI1 ^ K mg tn self of their meaning syllable by syl-i", 1 ' <an the ^ ?? t . .. ..— - - liable, nay, letter by letter. A well j e ? es U , P °P w * lch J* 6 potto “ 1 ^ U5r - educated gentleman may not know e , ,s ha\e fallen to hide In oblivion many languages, may not be able to j ^ se ? re ‘ °I th ® farmers union? Is ; speak any but his own, may have j I” r o « L 0 b uft a u d , b ™? r P 01 ! read very few books, but whatever! L n ca P a 9^y • This Is wh&t the i language he knows, he knows pre-: buvers are doing- i cisely, whatever word he pronounces,! Some box-headed, long billed shite- ! he pronounces rightly. Let the a c- 1 P 0111 . 8 ^. “The low price of cotton is I cent of words be watched, and close- j ly, lei their meaning be watched more ! closely still.” “‘No book is worth anything which is not worth much, nor is it service able until it has been read and re read.” 'This, herein specified, is the real education. This, herein speci fied, is the way In which it can best be acquired. Says The State, quoting from another paper: “There is an Increas ing demand for newspaper writers. not hurting the farmer dishonestly-” If I were so fiimsily and loose con structed about the brain cells as this man I should hold my piecey- J. u. I. Timber Ridge Topics. Timber Ridge, Oct. 16.—It has been some time since we have written for The Ledger from this section. We think the paper improves with each Issue and Is the best In the coupty. _ _ The voting contest of the mall car- Now, this is, to say the least, very j riers was interesting. We are very encouraging to young writers. sorry though that our faithful ear- The farmers have begun to sow! rler, Mr. Albert McKown, did nor get the first prize. He deserved it If any one did. Most of the schools In the country have started, though the Timber Ridge school has not yet. There will be an entertainment at Corinth school house on Thursday, October 22nd at 8 o’clock p. m., con sisting of a beautiful exhibition of scenes from the life of Christ, and “Around the world in eighty minutes.” illustrated songs, etc. The entertain ment. Is highly Instructive and we hope a large crowd will attend Mr. Dixon, of the Gaffney mills, has moved down near our section. W. B. Tate spent Monday light with Rev. T. B. Owen and family of Wllklnsville. Rev. T. B. Owen and daughter. Miss wheat and oats. “Knowledge comes; wisdom lin gers.’’ A negro woman, who lives in this vicinity, >gave her hog some newly grown com the other day. After the hog had made sure that it was corn, she says, it looked up at her and said: “Where in the devil did you get that com?” We have a young girl in York county who picks over three hundred pounds of the fleecy staple every day. Beat that, Cherokeeans. Your crowd are no doubt good pickers, but the York crowd is better. You are evi dently “some punkins,” but we are v more punkins.” This to the editor: j Now, you don’t mind one’s boosting | his own section in your paper, do you? You know, if one doesn’t do i Myrtle, spent. Thursday night with ! his own boosting himself, it isn’t like- Hon. E. J. Clary and family. | ly to ever be done at all. We have had some sickness la our Miss Mary Katharine Caldwell, lit-! vicinity recently hut think most i tie daughter of Mr. W. L. Caldwell, cases have about recovered. | is attending school at Yorkville. B. F. Tate and B. F. Jam isos at- Mr. Earl Chambers and Misses tended services at Asbury Sunday af- ! Mannie and Lena Hogue, of near Beth-shiloh, visited the family of Mr. ! J. R. Hogue Saturday, returning I home Monday. Messrs. Lynn Hogue and Tom Bradford, who used to be residents of this section, took dinner with Mr. H. S. Love Sunday. ternoon. We learn that Messrs. Ross and Parker will have a musical entertain ment and magic lantern show at the Timber Ridge school Saturday Bight, October 24th. The fanners In cur section say.the cotton crop Is considerably short this The regular amumn meeting was ^.121 of ,hem are hol4lnf ' Fridav* nlght ShC Baturd»» rCl1 Bi w - R T!>le a ” 1 ' Mls “ °P hella Iam| . night and S^W Ue pStor Re^ H *>* fended ■•rrice. at Asbury Bun- Mr.^Swann? 1 of B^K.^ The. WrinWuX dayf bift owing foThe^th^f^"fet | m the ^o'SS/S low-minister, Rev. J. A. McMurmy, it be t? ® le ^wi° n.it had to be postponed a day. And, too, i « ch Mr. Mills was called away on Saturn' ^ K,9S ® w day afternoon by th« sudden illness mlsfor J UTie ^ *** ber .J®* of his father, so he could not be pre- rrnt’hJhef aent (or communion aorvlcea the next °< $J U ' fJ.Hejohn haa been ’ . .. making molasses this week. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Caldwell went Mr j F Jamieson, of this place, i lo Bowling Grewi Saturday. ; has sold his plantation here apd^on- No man is wholly bad. templates moving above Gaffney. We This scribe failed to receive his t0 h ave Mr. Jamieson and his , o°S y ° f J he u ed ^! r for 0c ‘ ober the estimable family leave us. ) 2nd, so he should appreciate the we congratulate The Ledger on kindness very much if some one will the efficient corps of corresponfieat* send him another copy. He doesn’t want to miss a single issue. Ben Hope. It now has. Ben Hope’s letters are particularly Interesting. The members of the Gethsemnae , Methodist church are trying to raise funds for the purpose of erecting a Reubin Going to Town. About two hundred Gnffneyltef new building. Went over to Spartanburg Saturday Miss Virginia Tate has been spend- to see Rlngling Bros. Greatest Show toff ■ome time with relatives at Paco- on Earth, and they got the worth . their money. Among the passengers Wlth man y Kood wishes to the dear were Nat Burgess and “Dee” Parris, I a ®dger. Blue Eyes. Parris seldom rides on a train, espec ially a first-class train with be <>’ . j —A beautiful don to be given simy mirrors. After the train started off by Gaffney Jewelry Co. “De«»’ turned around to Nat and said: There’s a fellow over there that looks . T->in.„ wnr +», tsc m a mighty heap like you.” and Nat “ A Dla,n ® nd 7° rt “ t0 looked down the length of the car sway at Gaffney Jewelry Co. only to see the reflection of himself ■■inn. In the mirror. And the joke was on —Finest watch repairing and on- “Dea." • graving at Gaffney Jewelry Co