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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
W. H. and M. L. Austell spent Wed
nesday in Spartanl>urg.
J. E. Funderburk, of Jonesville,
spent Thursday in the city.
W. Y. Wilkins, (if Cowpens, s in
the city yesterday.
•J. D. Hattarer, Chester, was in the
city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. 1). W. Smith and son.
^Watson, returned to their home in
^Charlotte Wednesday afternoon froma
visit to Mrs. Smith s mother, Mrs. It
M. Jolly, of this city, and her sister,
Mrs. J. W. Bridges, of Spartanburg.
James It. Littlejohn, of Ashury, was
In the rity 1 uesday on business.
R. W. Nance, formerly of Grindal,
but now of I’nion, was in the ciiy yes
terday.
Mrs. O. A. Davis, of Pacolet, was vis
iting her si.-ter, Mrs. C. A. Wood, on
Frederick street, this week. She re
turned home yesterday.
, Isaac Turner, a prominent merchant
of Converse, was in the city Saturday.
Albert Lipscomb spent Sunday in
Mooresboro, N. C.
R. B. Black, of Lockhart, was in the
city Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Hon. Wm. Jefferies, of Home, was in
the city Tuesday.
A. Urquehart, of Blacksburg, was in
the city Tuesday on business.
C. P. Huggins, one of our thrifty
farmers of Mercer, was in the city
Tuesday.
Miss Lucy Thompson, of Blacksburg,
spent Monday afternoon in the city
shopping.
Ed. Linder, a prominent merchant of
Maud, was in the city Monday after
noon.
THE HOME IN FRANCE.
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
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Stilt Wai:.iii« is .‘nolt-nt.
Strange stiu> arc those used by Jap
anese and t iiinese boys. Instead of
having side blocks, like tin* American
boys, they have foot rests mortised on
the stilt stick and projecting backward.
These stilts can only be used where the
Japanese boys’ feet are bare, for the
stilt stick must be grasped between the
first and second toe of each foot.
Spanish boys are great stilt walkers,
and they invariably use sticks that
roach to the hips and are strongly
bound there as well as at the ankles.
In some of the islands of the south
Pacific ocean very rough sport is en
gaged in by boys on stilts. Perched
high on their thin support and with
their faces and skins grotesquely paint
ed, these semisavage lads, sometimes
as many as twenty at a time, meet and
try to trip each other up or knock each
other down.
Like most sports and games stilt
walking is of very ancient origin. Cut
in the stone which forms one of the
oldest Pharaoh’s tomb there is a crude
picture of a man leading a procession
and walking on stilts. This ancient
stilt walker must have been very skill
ful, for he is holding no side sticks,
but is using both hands in holding a
great horn to his mouth, which he is
apparently blowing.—'Washington Star.
Mainly nn A«l uact
thv Onl<l«l«*.
The father and mother in Paris eat
at home when they do not cat out. but
absolutely no informal social inter
course invades the apartment, which is
more' than anything else a sort of fac
tory in which is produced whatever
the family needs for life outside. A vast
amount of sewing is done here. French
girls of even wealthy parents, after
they finish school, attend courses of
dressmaking and millinery and to a
great extent the Industry which turns
out the French woman as a model of
good dressing, to be followed by the
world, is carried on by the women of
♦he family in what would be the home
if the French knew the meaning of the
word.
A reception day is rigorously kept,
and much entertaining at dinner and
dejeuner may lx* lone, but always of a
formal character. A person having the
penetrating qualities of a book agent
might venture to try "dropping in” on
a French woman on a day when she is
not regularly receiving, but In the nat
ural course of ordinary social experi
ence In Paris this would never happen,
says Flora McDonald Thompson in
Harper’s Bazar.
Such order of living readily permits
great economy. One has not to waste
time, good clothes or house room in
daily preparation for the unexpected
guest. Six days of the week a French
woman may run her sewing machine
in the middle of her salon if she likes
secure from the interruption of chance
callers. It is said that the chief func
tion of the petit salon of a Paris apart
ment is to provide storage room for
ball gowns which on reception days are
taken down from the chandelier and
locked up in a bedroom till the guests
have departed.
WEDDING PRESENTS.
Some
Kings nml IlnnilicrnftM.
George III., when not engaged in per
forming the operations which had so
much to do in gaining for him the
popular nickname of “Farmer George,”
amused himself at one period of his
loqg life with the making of buttons
uf d attained a very respectable degree
of skill in the manufacture of the dif
ferent varieties then most in fashion.
George IV., his son and successor,
affected another sort of unkingly dis
traction for idle hours and particularly
prided himself on the perfection with
which he could “cut out” a pair of
breeches. Outside the glorified ranks
of the fashionable outfitters of the day,
the Stultzes, the Meyers, the Schweit
zers and Dandrons, only Beau Brum-
mel was thought to be his rival at the
shears, but for elegance and accuracy
and style the king considered himself
the Beau’s undoubted superior. The
unfortunate Louis XL was an expert
locksmith, with a general turn for
mechanics, and spent whole days in his
forge, as did one of his predecessors
on the throne of France, Louis XIII.
Produce Market.
The following prices prevail on this
market for all kinds of country pro
duce. Quotations changed weekly by
W. K. Davenport:
Hens 20 to 30
Fries 15 to 20
Turkeys, Gobblers $1 to $1.50
Turkeys, Hens 75 to $1
Ducks 20 to 25
Geese 25 to 30
Dressed Rabbits 8 cents each
Eggs 20 cents doz
Butter 15 cents lb
Sweet Potatoes 50c a bushel
Irish Potatoes $1 a bushel
Turnips 50c a bushel
Cabbage 2 cents a pound
White Beans $2 a bushel
Cow Peas 75c a bushel
White Peas $1 a bushel
Bran $1.35 a hundred
Corn 70c a bushel
Oats 50c to GOc a bushel
Wheat $1.25 a bushel
Hay $1 a hundred
Meal 75c a bdshel
Dried Apples 5c a pound
Dried Peaches Gc a pound
Onions $1.00 a bushel
Walnuts GOc a bushel
IlintN About How and What
and When to Send.
It is a golden rule to send your wed
ding gift in good time, the first to ar
rive being much more appreciated than
that which is one of the many pouring
in from all quarters during the last
week.
By adhering to this rule you are also
saved the annoyance of hearing that
the saltcellars are charming, the third
set already received.
A month before the wedding day is
not too early to send the present, which
should be accompanied by a visiting
card, to be placed on the gift when dis
played among the others.
The package should be addressed to
the bride if you are intimate with both
the happy couple, and to the bride's
house, addressed to the bridegroom, if
it is he witn whom you are best ac
quainted.
Most people wish to give something
novel, useful and pretty. The future
circumstances of the happy couple
should infiuenee the choice.
If they are going abroad, do not give
anything unsuitable to the require
ments of the climate or so cumber
some that packing and conveying it to
its destination will amount to half the
value of the present.
If the recipients will not be particu
larly well off, it is only kind to select
some useful present. In these days,
when artistic taste is shown in all the
necessaries of life, this should not be
difficult.
If the happy couple are likely to re
ceive many presents, it is safe to give
something which will not be amiss i?
received in duplicate, such as silver
sweetmeat baskets for the dinner table
or a set of afternoon teaspoons or a
bronze or china ornament.
Jewelry; Pearl Collars; Pend
ants: E'egant Furs; Fans.
But few genuine novelties are ap-
I parent in ne.v jewelry. Pearls occupy
; the foremost position, either in collars
of many stands, kept in place by dia- ,
inond cla^p-', or in long ropes, wound
i many tunes around the neck. So
gi at is Hie rage for wearing jewelry
I that init .titios have reached a re-
| marl, !>•] • r g, o ' of perfection, and
| those who cannot afford the real, re
sort to the imitation, usually diffl-
| cult, to detect. Small watches remain
matvolous of beauty as ornaments for
i elegant waists, and the sole novelty
I is a small diamond hall, containing a
I tiny watch, which is attached to the
end of a long chain.
Pendants
occupy a prominent place in popular
favor, and are attached to bracelets,
brooches, necklaces and sometimes
to rings. The variety is immense, and
range in prices from costly and ex-
i quisite jeweled creations to—well,
| there must he something for the bar-
! gin counters. One of the newest
''harr." for a necklace or bracelet is a
motor lamp, the light a ruby. Chain
bracelets are much liked again, and
never seem more charming than when
supplemented by a dainty watch set
with jewels. Bracelets of heavy
chain, set with mock jewels are af
fected by many well-dressed women.
Of brooches, the variety is great, but
there are no distinct novelties this
season.
Keen Blasts
render furs the important topic of the
hour. What nature provides against
cold, must always take precedence
j over any substitute, therefore all good
i managers are taking advantage of C.
j C. Shayne’s January offers, and pur-
j chase at a reduction. The more so,
■dnee his reliability is beyond question,
! a fact which cannot be too strongly
i emphasized, as in fur the buyer must
depend upon the rectitude of the deal
er. The woman of moderate means,
| who has looked longingly at a Persian
lamb jacket, or a black lynx boa, may
now possess if, at a price far below
i what it was early in the season, as a
liberal discount is now allowed on
every kind of fur.
For Evening Hosiery
embroidery in small, neat designs is
approved, the binzaree note is ban-
j ished and daintiness reigns supreme,
j Hand embroidery on silk hose, inser
tions of lace medallions, supplemented
| by incrustations, wrought with small
gold or steel heads and spangles,
j reach the acme of elegance and are j
j shown in both black and white. Af-
j ter being regelated to comparative j
obscurity for two or three seasons, j
the ostrich feather is again revived,
but a good deal smaller than hereto
fore. The empire fan comes in span
gled gauze, handpainted designs on a
filmy foundation and also in the rich
est lace. They owe their popularity
to some extent to their convenient
size, and then, too, everything per
taining to that special epoch in
France, possesses a certain prestige.
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Majors, Captains, Admirals, Eminent Physicians,
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tions, and thousands upon thousands of those in
the humbler walks of life.
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SALE OF BABIESr.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
State of South Carolina,
County of Cherokee.
By J. E. Webster, Esquire. Probate
Judge.
Whereas, John C. Llprcomh has
made suit to mo to grant him Letters
of Administration of the Estate and
effects of Joseph D. Kuppe late of
Cherokee County, deceased.
ThVso are thcrofore to cite and ad-
and singular the kindred
___ editors of the said Joseph D.
RufTpe ci' < c ased, that they ic- and
appear before me, In the Court of Pro
bate, to be held at Cherokee Court
House, Gaffney, S. c, tin Wednesday,
Jan’y. 2fifh next after publication
thereof at eleven o’clock In the fore
noon, to show cause, if any they have,
why the said AilminlstriMlon should
not he granted.
Given under my hand, this nth day
of January, Anno Domiiil,
J. E. Webater,
Probate Judge..
Pub. In Gaffney Lei ger Jany.. 13 ft
20, 1905.
IMckwieLn In Livery,
The dignity of some fat coachmen
in New York is very impressive. Their
development is outlined distinctly by
their coats. They have swelled steadily
and persistently year after year, and
every now and then the coats have
been let out and the buttons moved to
accommodate increasing Inches of
girth. A coachman’s figure has a great
deal to do with his success. The at
tempts of fat men to look lean some
times verge on the humorous. They
hold their heads high to escape the
imputation of obesity and puff out their
chests heroically. But with all their
hauteur, pomposity and pretentious
bearing they look only like very fat
men in tight clothes, reminiscent of
Pickwick in livery,—New York Press.
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The Dead Man’s Threat.
Returning home recently, a woman
who had taken out a summons against
her husband, a painters laborer, on ac- j j s eagerly welcomed by its many ad-
count of his ill treatment, saw by the i mirers, and comes in heavy or sheer
lace, and combinations of colored
This pretty evening waist, the illus-
tiation of which is supplied by the
Modes Fashion and Pattern Co., of
New York City, is developed in blue
mousseline, trimmed with black chif
fon velvet. Evening waists are this
season made either moderately low
with elbow sleeves, or else extremely
decollete, without even a suggestion
of an arm covering. Fichus, espec
ially the Marie Antoinette, are a
charming accessory, and scarfs of
crepe, mousseline or chiffon, the ends
stamped in lovely ttoral patterns, ri
val the Pompadeur scarfs, which, al
though beautiful, appear harsh by |
comparison.
The Graceful Jabot Collar
light of the moon her husband stand
ing. as she thought, behind the door
ready to strike her. She ran away,
hut It was afterward discovered that
the man was hanging by a rope from
a ventilator over the door with his feet
almost touching the floor. He was
dead.—London Mail.
Philnriolphla Coroner Say* There In
Xo Way to Stop It.
While the buying and selling of in
fants carried on at 203(1 M ost Dauphin
street, says the Philadelphia- Press, is
only one instance of the shameless
tratlic in humanity in this city, there
is at present no law by which those en
gaged in the business can be prose
cuted.
Coroner Dugan said recently when
a particularly flagrant case was
brought before him:
“There is really no law against the
buying and selling of infants. The
only way we can get at the case Is
under the law of cruelty. When we
can prove that the children are In
humanly treated then we are able to
convict the keepers of the houses, hut
very often It Is proved that the chil
dren are better off when adopted than
in the hands of their own parents.
“But it is degrading to allow infants
to be bartered and sold like animals.
The act in itself ought to he illegal.
We thrashed this subject pretty thor
oughly in our crusade against baby
farms last spring, and the result is that
out of twenty which one of our men
visited recently eighteen have been
closed.”
Coroner Dugan also said that he
knew of instances where babies had
been loaned overnight for $5 and re
turned the next morning. In one case
a woman bought a child for $15, kept
It overnight, and upon returning It the
next day received $12 back.”
Without Trimming*.
Payne, an examiner at Cambridge
university, whose questions were al
ways of a peculiarly exasperating na
ture, once asked a student at a special
examination to “give a definition ut
happiness.”
"An exemption from Payne,” was
the reply.
crepe de chine as well. Other styles
formed of delicate colored or white
silk folds, on a chiffon foundation,
sparkle with tiny gold, silver or crys
tal beads, and many of these have one,
two or three tabs, conveying a par
tial jabot effect, but not the softness
or grace of the true jabot.
Lucy Carter.
The Hmiplest Man.
"Marse Tom should be de happies’
man in de roun’ worl!”
"Think soV”
“I sho’ does He spends three-fourths
t*r Ills time umtin’ an’ de yuther fo’tb I Theatre Co
entin* what
stitution.
he hunts?”—Atlanta Con-
It is said that It takes three genera-
tions to make a gentleman, but five to
insure perfect and patrician hands.
NOTICE
OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Star Theatre Co., held in the office j
of Hall & Willis on Wednesday after- j
noon. Jan. 11th, a resolution was in |
troduced and passed authorizing the
president of the company to call a
meeting of the stockholders of the com-1
pany for Wednesday afternoon, Febru
ary l.'.th, 1005, at. 3 P. M., at the Mer
chants and Planters Bank, for the pur
pose of authorizing the proper officers of
said corporation to negotiate a loan of
$10,000 on the property of the Star
at a rate of interest not
to exceed 8 per cent per annum, and to
execute a mortgage- over all of the
property of the,said Star Theatre Co.,
to secure the same, on such terms and
for such time as the said officers may
deem proper.
W. C. Carpenter, Pres.
Jan. 13-1. a. w.-4t.
The Happy Schoolboy.
Bill Shakespeare tells a little tale
About a boy who always whined
When school time came and whom a sn&Q
In speed could leave a block behind;
Who'd rather stay at home and play
And sit around and mope and dream—
But, then, you know. In William’s day
They didn't have a football team.
Now'days the boys, look forward to
The morning when the bell disturbs
The autumn air; there's no boohoo
At thought of parsing Latin verbs.
J. Caesar’s bridge can't make them fret
Nor crafty Euclid's hardest scheme,
For after school will they not get
A chance to make the football teamt
Vacation time Is full of Joy,
But Jim’s not sorry It has passed.
This year he’s not a little boy;
He’s twelve pounds heavier than last
With snail-like speed does ho approach
The school? Not much! He’s full of
st earn—
Perhaps he can persuade the coach
To put him on the football team.
—Cincinnati Commercial Tribun*
THE STATELY STORK.
His IniincnNP I’ower on the Wing
it ml IIIn Lack of Voice.
In Holland the nos.s of storks are
generally on the summit of a tall post,
put up on purpo.-e lor Lieui, on which
is fixed an old carl wheel. Says an
English writer: "A Dutch gentleman
of my acquaintance lias one tiuch pos!
in his grounds within sight of ids li
brary window, hut he improves on the
cart wheel by having an iron frame
work for the reception of the nest. The
first year it was put up, toward the
end of June, a solitary young stork
used to come daily and inspect this
framework. I saw him there myself
one day. standing in the empty recep
tacle exactly like a would he Benedict
inspecting an empty house, contem
plating the view and wondering if the
drains are all right. The verdict was
apparently favorable, for next season
saw the nest occupied by the newly
wedded pair. Their power of wing is
very fine, and on hot days I have
watched them ascending spiral circles,
hardly moving their broad, black
wings, till they have looked no bigger
than flies. After the young are hatch
ed they appear to be suspicious of one
another and unwilling to leave the
nest unguarded ”
Storks have no voice. The only noise
they make is “klappering” (snapping
their great red mandibles rapidly and
loudly). Thus they greet one another,
generally by throwing back the head
nnti! the upper mandible rests on the
back, but occasionally “klappering” Is
performed with the head and bill In
the former position.
STORIES ABOUT HARCOURT.
(low Sir William Surprised a Brltlitli
Hu OleMhip'N Steward.
Not a bad little story is told of the
Into Sir William Hareourt. the British
statesman, says the New York Post.
Some time ago he visited a man-of-war
lying off the Hampshire coast and, aft
er having spent a solid hour in exam
ining the vessel, accepted the captain’s
invitation to dine on board. Before the
meal was finished a violent storm had
come up, making the sea very rough
and all prospects of the former chan
cellor’s return to land that night im
possible. So it was arranged that Sir
William should occupy the berth of the
captain, a small, wiry individual.
The steward was not notified of the
change of berths, and the following
morning at G o’clock he brought a cup
of coffee to the captain's door. Knock
ing twice without receiving a reply
was most unusual, so he hastily push
ed open the door aud inquired, “Don’t
you wish your coffee this morning,
sir?” Sir William gave a snore, and the
Bteward was amazed to see a huge fig
ure turn over under the bedclothes.
Smash went the cup and saucer, and
the frightened sailor tore off to the
surgeon's office. “For heaven’s sake,
sir,” he gasped, “come to the captain.
He’s speechless and swollen to ten
times his natural size!”
Women of the Spanish aristocracy
have given jewels valued at €15.000
to mgke a new crown for the reputed-
There is a boat in a canal north of
London which is entirely “manned”
by women.
A Practical DcinonHtratlou.
“See this valve,” said the officer.
“You will always have to open that be
fore turning the faucets for the sbow-
’T. Should you fail to open it you will
get no water.”
“Aye, aye, sir,” said the sailor, stand
ing at attention, with a solemn look.
The officer, fearing that his explana
tion might not be understood, stepped
under the shower and turned on both
faucets
Some one had opened the lower
valve, and when the young officer
opened the faucets the water came
down through the shower in a deluge,
soak'ug his uniform.
Still standing at attention and with
the most respectful look of interest in
the proceedings of his superior officer,
the sailor watched the practical demon
stration of tiie working of the faucets,
never allowing a smile to cross his face.
“I think I understand the ■workings
of it now, sir,” he said.—Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
In society Sir William added salt to
any dinner table. If the conversation
turned serious he was likely to dogma
tize—to do that was in him—hut when
it was playing about men and affairs
he was quick and shrewd in his judg
meats and he gave them just bite
enough to make their truth savory,
says the New York Globe. He had
known political society in particular
and society in general in London and
Oxford so long that he had endless an
•cdotes of the men and women who
had figured in it for fifty years and
endless details of the great affairs of
that half century. When he told them
his knowledge was the fullest and his
wit gentle. It could be genuinely play
ful. On the terrace of the house om-
summer there was talk of a certain
knight who wearied dinner tables with
his talk of his ancestry. "Ah, It.,” said
Sir William, “you remember Addison's
hymn:
“And nightly to the listening earth
Proclaims the glories of his birth."
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Louise Michel, the famous French
j Anarchist, has almost entirely recov
ered from the severe attack of pleur-
pneumonia which nearly ended he •
stormy career recently. She is sev
enty-four years old.
Lots of people pray for the poor—
and let it go at that.
A young widow is never satisfie 1
until she can call herself an ex
widow.
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