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Till: LEDGFR. <;AFFXE> , S. C., DECEMBER IS 11)00 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ CHRISTMAS GREETING. T HE past year has been a most successful one for the First Wholesale Grocery Establishment of Gaffney. A little more than a year ago, we started the business with misgivings as to its ultimate outcome, but by perseverance and strict attention to business we * have done a remarkably good business. Now, that the first stages of experiment have passed and the business is an assured suc cess, we propose to branch out c nd do a larger business this year than ever. In fact, it is our purpose to do more business the coming year than has ever been done by a single wholesale grocery business in the upper part of the State. The only way to do this is to map out a plan and adhere to that plan. We have done that, and the plan is simply this: GIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE BARGAIN TO EVERY CUSTOMER. We start the new year with increased facilities and all orders will be filled with promptness. Any business entrusted to us will be judiciously executed. We Do Not Retail. WE ARE JOBBERS OF ALL STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES AND MAKE A SPECIALTY OF Flour, Grain and Hay. We Carry in Stock a General Line of Everything Sold by an Up-to-Date Grocery Store. Secure Our Prices Before Making Contracts for the New Year. We can Save Money for You. Wishing a!! a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year, we are Yours truly, rill 1 - Oo W holojsj i lo 'i-.. K J. » jk L. , O CA'3 3 ' hT.. /' C " V A . •— i- V . fi, i,.* V Vm,' i ^ f , / \v i. t .jy - H C y- lr : in thi' ih.in •r iiinl u'.iyi 1 1 I I ■ If III I • ’. i" i > \v; i. ,ii s l ur < 'In t: /I ll II «:if I t' I ills I in U. .'ll ’ u u, mr i ••\.r L •>. i>..; tL s . il in a h ( C it(i n w iinil n!; ■n I in no V, h* tur - . s’.* •V t lien- w a- 11;; 1 t ,r Indian < rn. whieh eeii in tlu. • ’ ,} w ■> r v r .-\ th* Kun ; •\ Irr * * ^ ■»! i:: v ■■ t * *. 1 ta ha i a . 1' 111 w 11 i a 1 her !. .•1 1: it eat- **> . n A *r. 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A jjooil Liv; loom was parti ti • <1 r lor in** in on** front <-orn*T -r- i an-jf*! al -im' tin- Sill v • ti* a run wav l>*-l,iml tln-ni. ami in ' -tails acioss tin- fartln-r *-inl "■ t< /‘-lira tin- *-li-pli:iut tin- rain «-l anil tin- sinI row A tnotisti-r r*-<l h (-1 <i I* v --t 1 v<- sluoil m tin- mnlilli- of’ tin- ttai sj.;n,-. with a lary*- Itniirli Imht i t Alttiiintln-r it was as warin. -it 'lean ami rln-rtv a plarr as . il want to si-*-, as rvrrylMnlv sail! win -aw it. ami wr ha<l a go*n| inany vi t I * - . Mianais tM-ronn* r*-stl*--s if lot** n,. a I | n*>\*-i went out iih.iv than a 1 n.i ia iwi at a tiiiu-. hot <-\*-n at that I toijl. a ^ .oil many lon^ walks foi .m ii is*- ami to s*-»- tlu- city, leaving ii Sam my helper- ami th*> two ra^i i-ham-rs for tin- animals to look a’ t’ ii as time ran along to near ( 'n ist ma- 1 seemed to lose heart foi i I.: d I <1 t> i:\ 11 ! ’ c 1 e!. Ml \ Y f! % 1 fit ; VT 1 CK IF :> i v k i \*. III ■: IN M V VliMS a u illi i ■ j f 11 l. a » • ■ lla-ni w i (li •r.ellll f V > fa-t Mouilav i!.'- :ne:i .-Igene's :l , p.- . •* a lit* ■ size pa hi ded p-.>ri i an "i 11 ih-a r, A: - . 1 ! i 11 ll’ ! Ii lh«* w. •si 1ndies ami fur *i i ('hri-: mas dim er at ii""!i was lost Lizzie 1 d never Ii ad t lie e - msiiljt- s< • Dill Aim •rifa 1 found m\ 1 ha V \ i\ . i • sure li* he good I’ 1 in* that lime lion < nf a like lit -ss "t her and si i : ig tier Li /./if had bff n run dow ,n I • \ a I in nab c.-i :ne wa- had a l"t "I v ! -it trs. it ice p- i > l a<*f. w *-arin U the gelltl f. 1*. i IH | i . smile w, IN si age a ml 1 wiled ,v m 1 whai hail Cli- • ivhn had seen 1 •el,'- -tory and i knew and loved so Will l;i vi- me hi •c< >! 1 it • III 111 y - Wee! f nil. by j-i ii*. a iiinl ig tliem vver<- a li ne wbit*- lii-ad- d such a turn l! iat a lain 1 Ilf >S ( » \ « ream** Je UU "idy 1 y •nr- "id mid "1-1 . i-ntlemau vvlm in tn idiieed hi ins* 1 f me. and t <: lit ipped on a r t rent !«• il h •• 1 ha I w, a :»• i» N’ < •a!" b ark as Ii ; 11 'nun I’.idw elf and Ins ad«)p; <1 tiling :and wi li: i my eyes t lid ot b al's. bl :l ii** Vf f s! Ilff have 1 If ll aii\ If ss dang liter a splelldi< 1 looking gin. Mi i-n that splendid girl wi - hail •a ri >i alii I "iiely tl ha n ulif n m \ Luck ,dv we w«-re in ""(I sliape t" re- been standin u b)-tiind m e. put In •i arms yi i*-t w a- I n-si, and m the wintei along ilmiit ' 1 r.-tmas I always feel n i In- anil ,al- a- I sat lirood ng t*y the sf11Ye. -eelin**I to I,HoW I Was III troll till- and teel sofi v !ol me I In-V Wol!l*| staml •'dl a loim lime looking at i.n- and the elephant I in sure ti :ei| to ask I>\ Ins littl*- sijin-aIs what was the mat ter < in v ih-ii nn-an eninel si.*-w*.*! up a - in i srorilttlllik*-. as || In- didn't '•are a eiiss win* tell had. which In- cor ta :il\ ilnln't i t dav morning the thinJ day hefor* <'hr.stmns lack Ileiu|i-rs*in a young ej -iitei ilr<-hpe*| m as he often did. . ' iiappein-d t" remark “It seems hard to he imprisoned tor lit*- without .in n'a~;oiinl liappv day to vary tin- n.i■ i i ag< i! r. h als oii_,lif to tia ' holidays " i -'t nn thinking attei in- was - .ne and I made up my mmd tin- men agent- uinlei lll\ eliarge -hollld to) iin i ay w'a.\ na' e a < hr.-t n:a- I eon s,in red what ever> hint ami iteasi in tin- lot liked hesl and llio-tly lievel got a’ d all those things I meant the\ should nave on t’hristmas ila\ lluii iitternoon I went out huying ami Ulugh i d to mys* It w hen I thought I wa- :e tih.il> ptireluising t'liia-ti a.- present- foi a lot oi folks w in* would he sun- h appreciate tie-in I got for the birds all sorts of eh it*-* fruits, nice seeds, ants’ eggs iiical worms, and so on. according to their several tastes, ami for the monkey* more tine fruit, lig paste, candy ami ceive tln-ni Sam wore a ucv had given him I !i«-i-ag*-<d, am-r iht 1 we--** so washed and draped up the> hardly recognized eaeh o'liet and I wa- got up w ith as much style a- a ringmaster myself. I'rcciseh at mum wo sprung our glad surprise on the aiiimals If >011 imagine those hirds ami leasts didn't notice any eluinge in their hill of fare, you are wrong You never saw such joyous excitement among feathers and fur They jabbered, chattered, shriek ed and toared tln- t delight in all their various mod* - of spe,-*-h Tlu* moil keys seemed half <-ra/v ami even tlie sedate eh-phant danced. Mapped his ears like fans ami sipicaled. (inly that nu-an camel was indifferent and at*- his fancy dates with a sneering twist of his nose, as if ho meant to say “You can't soft sawder mo" The sight i f the general happim-s gladdened *-v**ryhoil> .ami nom- more than Id I'.idw* 11 ami Id- daughter, who staid until till the other visitors wore gone, talking with me ahou! the animals ami. as i afterward remom- bered. it good di-itl more iilioiit my-elf. Near dark, just when I was thinking of going out to a restaurant for my dinner !*r I’..dwell came back, am' nothing would do hut I must iko with him to get a glass of eggnog We wort* not gone more than halt nn hour, but by the time we returned a trausformatli had been worked m I my room In the center a big table was set with dinner fov •four the best around my neck ami -aid You shall never be alone in the world ant more, dear lather!" "What." I cried taking m-i in my arms "you yon. my litile Jennie: Oh, is Ooil really and truly so goo*l to me after nil7” It so-med Impossible tun was true. When l hud grown calmer they told me how hr Itidu t-ll. then praetii :ng in New York was with my dcu! wife when she died and. .-it her rei|U*-st. took charge of her littl* daughter 11*- and h:s good wit*- adopt*-*! hoi imi always hoped to liml me soiu*- time, tor her I child heart never forgot oi ceased to love me. ami they were too good to l wish us kept apart, and at last Jack’s Ktorv told them w here I w its Still l go my way each tenting sea son '.id as I am for show lit*- gets Into th*- blood and irresistibly draws one who ha- lived it so many years as 1; but wherever I may be. nevci more am i lonely or unhappy, for winter al ways nrings me hack to my dear Jen ill*- And note this that none of this great happiness would have come to tm- had I not given the animals a Christ tua- \ sort ol l-tmllt**** 4'ltnln. "<'l.risi mas eoim-s but once a year.’’ "Clad you think so What with sis 1 tors and eotisin- ami aunts It has come 1 to m*- loin hull bed and forty eleven times already with waiters bootblacks, barbers am) ottl* •- boys to hear from ’’ ’.id l; The • luii.b v. > ,iT! l! mas*i i' foi * -. a u-1 In •ing. for o V-. ■/. 1 J ' . ■ *4 ■ .*> "■'j-yj. k fk V. I i ii J *v;‘ • m y i TH K KT11ST Cll HISTM AS 1)1 N X UK IN AM hllll A. mas eve, 141(2, he Imd lost his Mag- ship. tin* Santa Marin, which had run on a reel on tin* north coast of Haiti Fortunately for him and his crew, the native Indians of tin* island were friendly, and they not only eam*- to l.i- rescue, but saved all the wreckage of his vessel, which they pile*! up on tin heacli iit Cuarico, near tin* present city of Cape Haitian. The Indian eiici<|iie did all lie could to allay tin- grief of tin- Spaniards ami on Christmas day spread a ban<|Uet to which they were Invited and at which many of hi- p*-o pie acted in the capacity of servants. This was tin* tlrst (’Ini tma- dinner in America, ami at tin- uboiigniul ’’spread" so many new ami strange nr tides of food wer** offered the Span lards that Columhiis mail*- a not*- of them, so we are enabled to state exact ly what they were. In the tlrst place for a an . ell t ’jf 1-al, th*- ■ bui it i> d . . in it i It* pi 'tat > wa - on the festal board, though it may as well i have been found in tin- highlands of ' Haiti as in South America, where it is i said to have been discovered long aft* er. Anyway, there were several new fruits, ail tropical, such as the guava, custard apple, sapota ami pineapple, and m meats there was a great varie ty. for tin- Indians shut and trapped tin- wild parrot, pigeon, doves, agouti, | iguana and tin- utia, tin- three last named being animals indigenous t" th'* ' inland. There was one function at that ban quet which Columbus may nave in dulged in. though h<* has left no record of having been suddenly indisposed, and that is tobacco smoking Me had seen Indians on the coast of Cuba roll up dry leaves of a plant unknown to him and after lighting one end of the roll inhale and puff out the smoke thereof with evident enjoyment Hut at this banquet he was astonished to see the chief and his hig men cram portions of tli** weed into a curious pipe, with a branched stem shaped like th** letter Y and after Inserting a stem into each nostril proceed to fuddle themselves with the narcotic, to the great disgust of the Spaniards, who had a few vices of their own. even then but did not smoke It was only because they did not know how. but Co lumbus lost an opportunity for adding another laurel to Ids immortal wreath, and left to Sir Walter IJalelgh the In troduction of smoking into liurope a gcidury later The main object of this article is to point out that down in the West In dies where dwell mir nearest foreign neighbors, and v\ here we have a tidy Ittle island of our own in I’orto Ulco. th*- first Christmas anniversary In Ana-rit-n was celebrated and the tlrst dinner eaten with aboriginal Indiami as the host*.