The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 01, 1904, Image 4
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PDBLI8H - I' I'U KSI< A Y AN I* KKIDAY
BY
Kd. H. DkCami*.
THINGS THEATRICAL.
We invariably discontinue
•ending The Ledger when a
subscription runs out, for we
have no way of knowing that
a person wants it except by
receiving his or her renewal.
We urgently solicit a prompt
renewal, on the ground that
the paper is worth the money.
We are trying month by
month to make it better and
better.
THK .SMALLPOX SITUATION.
The Charleston News and Courier
and other State newspapers recently
published communications from Gaff,
ney to the effect that there were one
hundred cases of smallpo* in Gaff
ney. There have been several cases
—perhaps as many as twenty-five—
prinjipally among the mill popula
tion, but to say there are one hun
dred cases in Gaffney is, to say the
least, a terrible exaggeration. No
one about here seems to be alarmed
over the situation, except, perhaps
some who would like to make capital
out of it. The city authorities have
advised the people to be vaccinated
and many have followed the advice.
The writer does not know of but one
case of smallpox in the city
limits. There may be others, but
we do not know of them. It’s fool*
hardy to assert that people are parad
ing the streets with the disease.
Once in a while cne comes in con
tact with a person on whose face yet
remain evidences of the disease, but
there is absolutely no occasion for
alarm and needless exaggeration.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
New and Novel—the siy le of show h Starting
the New tear.
Ntxt Thur-day Uigtit at the 8t«r
Theatre, the first show of the new
year will be seen when “Railroad
.lack,’’ t*'e sensational comeax
drama, will be presented. In the
course of tne play one of the most
thrilling and startling elimux-s t-v<-r
pioiucxdon the stage will be seei
when a beautiful girl is actually
thrown inti the cage with a large and
ferocious lion and rescued from under
his very paws by the tramp, who is
one of the strongest characters in the
show.
This act is the acme of realism and
surpasses all sensational climaxes
ever before attt mpted.
The company is an all star cats of
trgh-class artists, full of fun, pathos
scenic effects and red hot specialties
Fitzgerald the artist who Hep 1 New
York guessing as to hew he did it,
will be at the Star Theatre on Jan
11th, presenting his aptly named
“Nightman,” for surely it is a night
mare. when one sees such sudden,
startling and bewildering changes in
such snort time, as the famous
Fitzgerald takes to make them He
is supported by a company of New
York artists who have never been
seen in the south before.
HufTalo Lodge Installs Ofttcers.
Buffalo Lodge 2u2 A. F. M. held a
meeting last Saturday night, it being
St John’s day, the regular time for
the installation of officers for the
ensuing year. The following officers
were installed : Phil R Freeman, W.
Vt ,Geo. 0. Nutting, S. W . Dr W
E. Anderson, J. W., P. V. Mays,
Secretary, A. M. Bridges, Treasurer.
Pap Sht rer, Tyler.
At the conclusion of the installa
tion the brethren indulged.in a ban
quet which was attended by the local
WOMEN AND SOCIETY.
IAU Ooinmuuluallons to this column should
be addressed to F. O. Hox .104.1
Mrs. Botnar, of npartanburg, who
nas been to Shelby to attend a
family reunion, spent a few daysii
>ur city with Mrs A V. Montgomery
in her tet^rn home.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. H Pridmore has returned
from a vist to Spartanburg.
Mrs. Ed McArthur, who has beet
spending a few days with her parent
al r. and Mrs Poag, has returned to
her home in Laurens.
Mrs Jack Norman and Mrs. Mur
ohy, after a pleasant visit to Mr-
Dudlv Jones, have returned to then
homes in Union.
Misses Agnes and lone Littlejohn
are at home for the holidays.
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Mrs. Rosa Round iree and Mi-s
Myrtle Gaffney have gene on a vist
t > Monroe.
Miss Raymond Tolleson, of Spar
tanburg, is the guest of Miss Stella
Hamilton.
Miss Volina Hamrick entertained
four of her college friends Wednes-
day evening. A delightful time was
spent by all.
Miss Ethel Sarratt will leave Mon
day on an extended trip to San Fran
cisco. Cal., at which place she will hi-
the guest of Capt. and Mrs. Oliver
Sarratt.
Mrs. Sumter Littlejohn gave a
dinner Tuesday. Those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Littlejohn and
family, Mr. and Mrs. R A. Jones and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Smith
and son, Mr and Mrs Durbin Jones
A Mi •■»!(« from Mt«*nurl
Sknatobia, miss Df-c 27, 19<)3.
Mk Editor:—I will write the good
old paper at home one more letter,
as I haven’t written one in a long
time.
1 hope all my friends in d-^ar old
South Oarnliiitt had a merry Christ
mas and that a bright and prosperout-
new year lies before each and everv
one of them. I think of them often
and long to be among them again.
A boy doesn’t know what a friend
he has till he leaves his home and
his mother. I want every boy to re
member that the best friend he ha-
on earth is his mother, and when she
if- gone, or he leaves her. he realizes
1 he truth of this and longs for her
presence again.
With best wishes for The Ledger
and all my.olil South f’arolina friends,
M ab ion B Porter.
A New Year I'ean.
IGreeuvIlie News-l
The old year with its grief, its re
grets. its sorrows and its pangs of
unhappiness and gloom will die to
night, and tomorrow the New Year
bright with promise and pregnant
with hope, will dawn gloriously, mak
ing all the world glad. Instead of
resolving to be good when we will
not, let us he cheerful, casting out
•he darkness and the unutterable
woe, hoping always that we will find
the new days brighter than those
that are dead, thinking not of the
'•anses that made them so
Now for the New Year!
Start it right by com
ing to us for your ::
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Canned
Goods, Cigars.Tobacco,Fruits,
and Confectionaries.
members and a number of visiting and Messrs. Littlejohn, of Asbury.
brethren, ihe affair was a mos. —This season is propitious for ac- rt i- *-n i , j
Pleasant one and altogether hitmg <,^0^ They are , iMb | e to occur ut Our lines are still complete and
any time, whether you are traveling contain nothing but the fresll-
or at work See Jones J Darby about
an Accident Policy which insures you
against loss if you get hurt.
MALARIA
Germ Infected Air*
Malari.\ is not confined exclusively to the swamps
and marshy regions of the country, but wherever there :s
bad air this insidious foe to health is found. Poisonous
vapors and gases from .sewers, and the musty air of damp
cellars are laden with the germs of this miserable di -ease,
which are breathed into the lungs and taken up by the
blood and transmitted to every part of the body. Then
you begin to feel out of sorts without ever suspecting the
cause. No energy or appetite, dull head.xhes, sleepy and
tired and completely fagged out from the slightest c;ccr-
tion, are some of the deplorable effects of this enfeeblin '
malady. As the disease progresses and the blood becomes
more deeply poisoned, boils and abscesses and dark c r
yellow spots appear upon the skin. When the poison is
left to ferment and the microbes and germs to muitinly in
the blood, Liver and Kidney troubles and other serious complications oiten
arise. As Malaria begins and develops in the blood, the treatment to be
effective must begin there too. S. S. S. destroys
the germs and poisons and purifies the polluted
^ blood, and under its tonic effect the debilitated
constitution rapidly recupe: at« s and the svstem is
soon clear of all signs of this depressing’disease.
S. S. S. is a guaranteed purely vegetable remedy, mild, pleasant and
harmless. Write us if you want medical ndv ee or any special informa
tion about your case. This will cost you nothing.
THE SWIfi -LPZetrtG C<L* a , ATIANTA, GA.
All kinds of Job Work done at The Ledger
office neatly and at
prices commensurate with high grade work- Try ns.
and appropriate.
Gool morning, and
you,19041
good lock to
A New Year’s Carol.
(Children's Friend.]
Across the frozen fields, rings out
The north wind’s shrill, exultant song;
Thu pines arc chanting on •the hills
Their hymnsot victory, wild and strong;
The year, ihe year, i he glad New Year
Comes blithiy In; on our repining.
“Speed on," ll, ci ies, “to larger 1 t'c.
Degrading thoughts and aims resigning.”
What dost thou bring, O fair New Year!
The hay of lame, the laurel wreath?
D • orange huds or cypress leaves *
Thy snowy pages hide beneath?
But whether bliss or pain come forth.
Should tierce storms beat against the roses
: That fringe our paths, no 111 can crash
I The soul t hat in Its God reposes!
est and the best.
HAMLIN & RADFORD.
May 1904 prove to be your
eet and best.
bright-
Farewell, old year! You have
served vour time and right well have
you performed your task.
Salt pork is a famous old-
™ * ,. , . -vi_ rji fashioned remedy for con-
Have you subscribed for Ihe Led*, . _ J .
ger for 1904? If not, you could not sumption. “ Kat plenty of
begin the year in a better way. ! pork,” Was the advice tO the
consumptive 50 and 100
years ago.
Salt pork is good if a man
can stomach it. The idea
behind it is that fat is the
food the consumptive needs
most.
Scott’s Emulsion is the mod-
The Gastonia Gazette has attained
its twenty-fifth year. Here’s to your
health, contemporary. May you live
to be as old as, Methuselah and all
your days be happy ooas.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Do what you can in an honorable
way to advance th 1 interest of your
self and those dependent upon you
this year, and you will be happier
disboueat).
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The cotton manufacturers are hold
ing meetings for the purpose of de
vising some means whereby they can
beat the poor farmer.—Georgetown
Outlook.
It appears to us that John Plough
man has the cotton null by the
horns, and the insinuation of our
seaside friend is uncalled for.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Barring a broken skull or two and
several tremendous headaches Cher-
WE
WISH ^YOU
when the year closes than if you had em met j loc t 0 f feeding fat tO
gained the whole world by deceit and , • d 1 *
the consumptive, rorkistoo
rough for sensitive stomachs.
Scott’s Emulsion is the most
refined of fats, especially
prepared for easy digestion.
Feeding him fat in this
way, which is often the only
way, is half the battle, but
Scott’s Emulsion does more
| than that. There is some-
okee people survived the holidays, thing about the combination
It’s a pity, indeed,that all our people of Cod liver oil and by pophos- i ivi
oanot be sober .bd Ibduetriou.. but; phites j,, Scott's Emulsion
we suppose this world would be too '. i-r •
much like a paradise if they were, so that puts new llic into the
we have to take the bitter with the I weak parts and has a special
action on the diseased lungs.
A Happy
New Year
And if you are not
a customer of ours,
you ( ought to make
a good resolution,
that of allowing us
to be your prescrip-
tionists for this New
Year.
S.B. Crawley & Co.
813 Limestone St.
Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery
Prescriptions Properly Filled
and Promptly Delivered
$50!
As we are overloaded with wagons we
will sell, for the next 60 days, the cele-
1 brated Old Hickory two-horse wagon,
I with bed and brakes complete, for #50.00;
I the Taylor one-horse wagon for #25.00.
j This is a great slaughter but our loss is
your gain, so come and buy while they
are cheap.
Mules!
Mules!
Mr. H. M. Johnson is in the West buy
ing mules and will be in by Jan. ist with
a load of the best.
Respectfully,
Brought to Our Bargain Counter
We have made A BIG CUT IN PRICKS in several of our lines in order
to get ml of the stock and make room for other goods. If you want some
good wearing apparel at a small cost, NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Clothing
Extra Pants
Cut-r ite prices to close out.
#12.00 Suits at #9.00
10.00 Suits at 8.00
5.00 Suits at 4.50
#4.00 Pants at #3.25
3.50 Pants at 2.25
2.00 Pants at 1.60
1.50 Pants at 1.20
1.25 Pants at 95
Hats and Caps
High Grade Shoes
#3.00 Hats at #2.75
2.25 Hats at 2.00
1.25 Hats at 98
See our “Highstepper’’ Hat, worth
any man’s #2.00, cut to #1.50.
Big Line Boys’ Winter Caps—
“Warm Things.”
Just got another lot of those
“Maid Marion” 98c Shoes that
have given such perfect satisfac
tion. Also new line of “Equiva
lent” Shoes—best on the market
at the price. An extra good Shoe
is the kid-lined "Phonograph”
Shoe—we have it. See our line of
best dress Shoes.
Some Bargain Offers in Dry Goods
30c White Twilled Flannels at 24c a yd. 25c Red Flannel at 24c. Few
more pieces Waist Goods cheap while they last; several pieces Skirt Goods
at a sacrifice; some broken pieces Danish Cloth left—all profit knocked off
to run them off. GOOD LINE 25c UNDERWEAR TO CLOSE AT 23c.
Come early and get better choice.
LIMESTONE
STREET.
Sam W. Clary.
4.- 1
Mfg. Co .J
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Gaffney Live Sfock Co.
Liberal Treatment
Prompt Service
Absolute Safety
are some of the features of our service guaranteed to
patrons of this Bank. We want your business.
Call on us at any time.
National Bank of Gaffney.
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while under the influence of the
chemically pure, insulted thio news
paper and an attache thereof. We
don’t know how long it was before he
realized that he had made an error,
but the other day he apologized in a
manly way for his conduct. Of course
we never held feny malice toward him,
and we only mention this to illnetrate
that a man whose heart is right will
make reparation for misconduct
while in a condition which, to a de
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nrillS Company announces that is has issued during the year 1903,
over 170,000 policies in the sum of over
325 MILLION DOLLARS
of insurance on which the first premiums have been paid to the Com
pany in cash. This is
23 MILLION DOLLARS
more new insurance than the Company placed in 1902, and the Com
pany now has over
1.745 MILLION DOLLARS
of Paid-for insurance in force, which is over
191 MILLION DOLLARS
more Paid-for insurance in force than it had a year ago.
TOURING the year the Company has paid in death-losses on the lives
of over 5,300 policy-holders, more than
16 MILLION DOLLARS.
During the year the Company has paid to its living policy-holders, in
maturing policies and other cash benefits, over
$18,000,000.
During the year the Company has loaned direct to 32,000 of its policy
holders, on the sole security of their policies, upwards of
$12,800,000,
at 5 per cent, interest, without fee or other charge.
During the year the Company has paid .to its policy-holders in divi
dends over
$5,500,000,
which is #1,250,000 more than was paid in 1902.
Total Insurance in Force, - _ - $1,745,000,000
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