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I 0 f* - ii a Handkerchiefs! Handkerchiefs! o There is nothing that you ran give for a Christ mas present that will be more useful and appreciated than a dozen or half-dozen nice Handkerchiefs. If you are not able to give a doz'*u or half-dozen, less quanity will do. We have them in large quantities, in plain white with narrow and medium hems, with lace edge and embroidered edge. Price, 2 l-2c to $1.00 each. Ladies’ Kid Gloves. These, too, are nice to give yourself or your friend for Xmas, or before. Grays, tans, whites and blacks. $1.00 to $1.50; best $1 Glove on the market. « Umbrellas! Umbrellas! We have just received lots of these for holiday trade. Sterling Silver, Pearl, Heavy Gold Plate and Crook Handles. You can give your mother, your sister, your brother, or friend one and be sure that it will be appreciated. Dress Goods! Dress Goods! Come to us for your Dress Goods. We will give you close prices on many goods to .close out. -- SOME PRICES:- 12 l-2c Worsted for 10c. 20c Worsted for 15c. 25c Worsted for 19c. Auto Cloth, worth 48c, reduced to 39c. Heavy Skirtings, 39c, 49c and 75c. Many other things that we can’t mention just now. Prices are low ; let us convince you. Millinery! We will give you in the next ten days some as tonishingly low prices on Millinery. Don’t want to carry over much in this department. Special reductions in Ladies’ Coats and Jackets for the next few days—big values in handsome and stylish goods. Bettor avail yourself of this splendid opportunity. W. J. WILKINS & CO., GAFFNEY, S. C. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. IV. * f: J LIST ■READ OUR and then while the information it imparts is fresh in your mind, come straight and inspect our splendid line of Stoves and Heaters. Our Stoves take the shine off all other Stoves. They make the kitchen look like a sitting room. They are not only t.he very best* in ouality and fitted with all the modern conveniences, but they are ornaments as well. They have pleased others ; they will please you. YOU MUST HAVE A HEATER of some <ind—you can't stand the cold without one. Let us show you what we have in Heaters. A severe winter is predicted—better prepaie for it now. R. M. WILKINS HARDWARE CO. “We are selling Stoves and Heaters lower than eaer before. The "chemically pure” whs spread >nt yesterday. ‘Fuss X” has been going gallon a’ tie time lor a few days I he people got here again ycster day and our merchants were happv. The stores in tGIToev ar* full of Clir Minus goods, and the people ar >uv mg t hem. Kven section cf Cherokee co.nt> hoi representatives in the through t oe oil y Tu-'sday Our merchants bought a big stock I Christ mas goods this fall and the p*ople bought t.iem yesterday. fhe Merchants and Planters and the National Banks will close Christ mas and remain closed till Monday. A regular Christmas crowd was in the city Tuesday. All busy, all quiet tnd beginning the holidays as a civ ilized people should. While most of the cotton crop has been ginned and sold occasionally we -iee a few wagot loads of seed cotton g 'it'g to the ginneries. The State’s ‘ great moral institu tion” in Uoffney did a “thumping business” yesterday—as Es-quire I. Sarratt would express it. Charlie Sam Copeland’s pe^ dog dbd Tuesday night. Charlie thinks it wa- poisoned His little friends deeply sympathize with him in his bereave ment. The mills of the Gaffney Manufac taring Co. and the Limestone Mills will shut down to-day at 12 o'clock and b->gin operation again Monday morning. In your contributions to the or phanages in the State this Christmas do not forget the nearest one to us— the A. R P Orphanage at Hickory Grove in York county. Phone who have predicted a dry Christmas for South Carolina, did not have in their calculations the thousands upon thousands of gallo- • of “Fuss X” she has provide l for her children. In the last issue of The Ledger we stated that the Bazaar in the Little john building was for the benefit o< a Christmas tree at the First Baptis' church, when in fact it was to furnish a room at the Connie Maxwell Or phanage at Greenwood. The press of work with the builders in the city this year rendered it im possible for them to get on to the First National Bank building that the bank intended to build on the east corner of Limestone and Fredrick streets. But it is first on the pro. grame for 1904 It will be 510 feet front, 90 feet deep and three stories high. When finished it will be the most imposing structure in the city. We have just completed an adver tising contract for the Bobbitt Chem ical Co., Baltimore, Md This c>m- patty manufactures Rheumacide, which is said to possess unusual mer it. and makes permanent cures of that dread ctsease, rheumatism, which is a very common, painful and danger ous disease. Our business dtaiings with the company have been pleasant and entirely satisfactory in every respect. >•« of Kxi-cfitlvf ItoHrd. The >x imi tv,- hur t of the Br > d Rv.r B.otHt A'soeiation irn-t in G IT y f r th- purpose of electir, ry w irk i R • v .1 I) Bail 1 Mr .1 A -'till- 1 III • io d » iiii«-ii I Ije ,1 - - i • i h 11 . R • v • h - e 1 • <• ■ t mud r>i i-r A 111«, ‘ f: nr • H- r q j.-< . cr-'ni , •• i i •■m Tt) > ■ i r « is ful \ : q, . i n i i 11 v u s 11 a v i i" i! It i k« < | lilt- -'Ml l.\ i m t- n h ; nm'i. " 11 m v u lit- w , > rk. His pri iMililtll' u-ly anct-pied () i o:*,toil) h mee'iog wh« appoinlt <i to cor:v i,h .,r I’r -videoee church or the Zv it SunTi> io Mmv. 1904, ano Friday aiei Saturday before, to or gauiz it Snndav School Conventim in the Broad Rver Association Revo .1 I) Bsiiey , G P. Hamrick, F C Hickson and A VI Sims wen upooitiied a committee to arnng> program The Foundation 0! A Cooks Reputation Is the Shortening She Uses The quality of your food is all important, as any good cook will tell you. It isn’t so much what you eat and how much you eat, but, rather, how it is cooked and how easily it digests. Food coeked with lard isn’t the right sort of food for any stomach; it is sure to cause trouble sooner or later. On the contrary, the most delicate stom ach can digest the richest sort of food if shortened with Cottolene. Driitli of Dr. .VinlrewH. Dr. W. P. Andrews, un old, prou • nant and wealthy citizen of Shelby, N O., died at hie home in that city Tuesday. Dr. Andrews was the father of Mrs. T. D i ven port, •of this city, and had many friends here and in Cherokee county Mrs. Davenport and her children, Kyle and Mies Winnie, attended the funeral in Shelhv Wednesday * * Let the GOLD DUST TWINS do your work •» Naturrs Gift (ram (he Sunny South Millions of \ in...-*, ^ women have f F , already (// 111 learned that more than -» rajivi one-half the f (V weI^ic actual labor of housework may be saved by using v GOLD DUST GKVKRAT, USES FOR GOLD DITSTt Scrubbing floors, washing clothes and dishes, cleaning wood-work, oilcloth, silverware ana tinware, polishing brasswork. cleansing bath room, pipes, etc. .and making the finest soft soap. GOLD DUST MAKES HARD WATEli SOFT Cottolene is pure, palatable, nourishing, is made from refined vegetable oil and choice Leef suet, and contains nothing but that which is healthful and easily assim ilated. Just throw your prejudice for untried things to the winds and ask your grocer for a pail of Cottolene. If you ever go back to lard, we’ll miss our guess. USE $$ LESS. Cottolene being richer than either lard or cooking butter, one-third less is required T7TJT7T? Sem* us a two-cent stamo A to pay postage and we'll mail you a copy of our book,” Home Helps." edited by Mrs. Rorer, which contains 300 choice recipes from the country’s noted cooks. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY Dept 548 Chicago Star Theatre, MONDAY Q D E C. C5 .IOj-KI'** « TS \< K'X El A BOR TE RkVIVAL OF SHAKKSlM'.AKh S MAdTKKl’lKCE, 8} WE WISH YOU- Funeral of Rev. Carter, The funeral services of Rev John G. Carter were conducted at the reel dence of his daughter, Mrs. D P. Sides, on North Granard street, Tuet-* day morning by Rev. A. C. Cree, after which the remains were followed by a large concourse of friends to Provi dence church where they were placed in their last resting place. Peace to his ashes. of Venice.... AN-ALL STAR CAST, SUPPORTING THE OELEHRATED ENGLISH STAR MISS CLARA SIDNEY 25c - 50c - 75c - SI A Merry Christmas — and A Happy New Year Our trade this year has been immense and we want to enroll you as one of our custo mers. Start the new year right by giving us your drug trade. :: :: S. B. Crawley & Co. 8 I O Limestone Street. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery. Prescription* Prop erly Filled and Promptly Delivered. * All kinds of Job Work done at The Ledger office neatly and at Seats on sale at the Cherokee Drug Co. I prices Commensurate with high grade WOlk- Try US. An Advertisement in The Ledger is a Business Builder and You Need it in Your % Wm -h ‘if, i %/,;% ■■ 1 Christmas Shoes F'oi' Clnr'ist m. as SPiojopei's Lciin F'or tine Old, 'V'Qmmg and F'ancy Dresser’s / . ' Our line of Wool Hof / ' cannot be surpassed. Gaffney, South Carolina- ...iVl'ways Olaxl to fesee You... S. LIPSCOMB Gaffney, 9 South Carolina. I ^ , . ^ a-Wh