The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 21, 1905, Image 2
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The Wsy This Pretty Little Children’s
POem Ca*ne to be Written. |
The “Mary who had a little lamb’’ |
■was a Massachusett: little girl. The |
lamb was thrust out of the pen by its
unnatural mother. Mary took care of
It, and it became a great pet.
/ One day when the lamb was to be
taken to the pasture no lamb was to
be found. Hearing Mary singing on
her way to school, her pet had quietly
trotted after. On reaching the door
Mary carried it in and hid it in her
desk. There it lay perfectly quiet,
covered with Mary's shawl, until Mary
•was sent to her spoiling class. The
lamb trotted after her, and, as child
ren then were very much like child
ren now, of course they laughed. The
teacher reproved Mary until she ex
plained the situation, when she allow
ed her to take her pet homo.
It happened that on that morning a
young man named Rawlston, who was
preparing for Harvard, was at school.
A few days later he produced three
verses of the poem. How they came
to be published is not known. The
young man died soon after, not know
ing of the immortality of his verses.
Mary’s lamb lived many years and
finally came to its death at the horus
of an angry cow.
Inconsistency.
(Dumb Animals.)
In the winter she rode to the meetings
oft.
That were held for objects good.—
To protect down-trodden and suffering
ones
That needed clothing and food.
But little she thought as she rode
along,
In her soft, rich furs equipped,
• That she’d robbed her horses of win
ter clothes
Bv having them “fashionably clip
ped.”
In the summer time when the days
grew hot.
And people needed fresh air,
She did her best to establish funds,
That the poor might have proper
care;
But she didn’t think how the tortur
ing flies
Her horses’ efforts mocked,
For they had no means to drive them
away,
With mane and tail both “docked.”
Accomplishment of an Iowa Girl.
' Miss Clara Schwem, daughter of
Charles Schwem. northwest of Tripoli,
la., is acquiring skill in the art of
playing musical Instruments known I
to but few people, says the Tripoli
(la.) Leader. She has had an organ
for several years, and since mastering
that her father has bought her a
piano, and now she has moved the
two instruments together and plays
them both at once. This seems like
an impossibility, but it is a fact. She
plays the organ with one hand, and
the piano with the other nnd makes a
grade of music that is very pleasing
to the ear.
Some people never pray “forgtve us
our debts,” except when the offering
Is being taken.
Start a Bank Account.
The following article, which has
been printed in a number of our ex-1
changes, is one of the best arguments
in favor of young men starting bank
accounts that we have ever seen:
iJave you a bank account? If not,
why not?
Your wages are small? Saving is
impossible?
Pardon us, for saving is not impos
sible. The saving may not be large.
It may be beautifully small at the
first trial, the saving will be a begin
ning, and it will grow. r i here are
several reasons why you should haio
a bank account, however modest it
may be. , ,, ,
Let your gra«y matter assimilate
that, and then read on:
First of all, some day you will need
some ready money. Sickness, loss of |
work, a alight turn in the wheel of i
fortune—what will you do?
Another reason may be found in
content and peace of mind. He who
has some savings feels more secure
than does the spendthrift. Discon
tent and worries dog the footsteps
of the man who lives up all of his in-1
come.
But the big reason is this: The
saving habit is reflex in its action. It
is an index of character. It is easy
to spend money. It requires effort to
save it. The flabby-minded man lets
go his money recklessly. The strong
man resists the strong temptation to
spend more than he can afford and in
resisting his temptation, he grows
stronger.
You needn’t let your heart get
crusted; you needn’t grow stingy and
parsimonious.
But go to the savings bank ^d
start an account, however small.- it
may be. It is the habit of saving that
is more important than the saving
itself. Get the habit.
Essays of Little Bobbie.
(Milwaukee Sentinel.)
Society is whare you go when you
are invited wlcf> alnt very often un-
les you have the doe to spnd. if
you have the doe it doant maik no
differens whare you got it you can
go to all the dances and dinners you
want to but if you aint got the doe
you can only go to the dances they
have on Saturday njtes and that so
ciety. it is only 50 cents for gents
and ladies free and you bet society
costs more than that.
If a man & his wife and thare chil
dren want to git into society thay
maik tha*e money and then move to
sum other place whare everyone aint
on to them and thay go rite into so
ciety. Sumtlmes thay go to church
too, hut the moar doe thay have the
less thay have to go to church. Pa
and Ma doant go in society Pa says
Ma can keep him broak easy ennff
without that and I guess ho is rite
beekaus 2 days ago the groser told
Pa we eudnt have any moar stuff
unless we seteled up our Bil at bis
store and so Pa setled up. Then he
are keaping my nose to the grind
stoan all rite and Ma sod well I did
n’t marry you to set down and look
at you so go out and maik some
chink.
HALL & WILLIS*
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
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Notary Public In oWce. Prompt atteotk
<lven to all business.
Awe-Inspiring.
(Philadelphia Telegraph.)
A Bostonian was praising, the dther
day, the astronomical work of Perci-
val LoweU.
“Before the last total eclipse of the
sun,” he said, smiling, “Mr. Lowell
observed to an old colored man whom
he liked:
“ ‘George, if you’ll watch the chick
ens out at your place tomorrow morn
ing about 11 o’clock you’ll see them all
go to roost.'
‘“Hi! hi! George laughed. ‘Hi!
hi! Dat’s a good joke!’
“He thought, you see, that Mr. Low
ell was fooling him. But. when at
about 11 o’clock the next morning the
sun darkened and the chickens did go
to roost George was amazed and some
what horrified. He sought Mr. Lowell
out and said.
“ ‘Wot you don tol’ me was true,
sab, ‘Mah chickens went to roost, sah,
just laik you said dey would.’
“ ‘Yes, George, I suppose they did,’
the astronomer returned.
“ ‘How long, sah, did you kno‘ ’bout
dls? said George.
“ ‘Oh, a long time.’
“ ‘Did yo’ know dey would go to
roost a year ago?’
“ ‘Yes. fully a year ago.’
“‘Well, dat beats all,” said George
in an ived voice. ‘Dem chickens wuz-
, zent ? atched a year ago.’ ”
Setting Himself Right.
(Lippincott’s Magazine.)
Oeorge Washington Thomas, an
able-bodied negro of Sleepy Hollow,
appeared before Magistrate Nuss-
baum charged with stealing chickens.
The negro was accompanied by his
lawyer. Col. Simmons, a rising young
white attorney. The old judge saun-,
tered into the dingy court room,
where he had reigned for more than
twenty years, and after calling for
order, looked around on the little com
pany there assembled. Seeing George
Washington Thomas, he pointed to
him and said:
“Be you the defendant in this case?”
Quick as a flash George was on his
feet, and not understanding legal
terms, he exclaimed politely:
“No. sah: ,no sah: I ain’t de Ten
ant: dar’s de Ten’ant ovah dar.” And
he pointed to his lawyer. There was
a general laugh about the room, in
which the queer old judge joined
heartily. The darkey feP abashed.
He was visibly embarrassed, and
thinking to correct the mistake, if.
mistake it were, said again pointing
at his lawyer: “Yes, sah; he’s de
Ten’ant,” and pointing to himself, he
said. “Pse de gcnt’man what stole de
chickens.”
DR. W. K. GUNTER,
i.) e 'r i js x
Office in Star Theatre Building.
Phone No. 20.
Crown and bridge work a specialty
DR. B. L. ALLEN,
Physician and Surgeon.
Offices In the Star Theatre building. Si
J. Cl. OTT'T©
Attorney-at-Law, Notary in Office. 8^
Office removed to New Bank Building.
Or. D. P. THOMSON, |
Dentist. ^
Over Cherokee Drug Co. Phone 66
J. F. GARRETT.
Dentist.
Office Over The Battery.
’Phone 82
J. NELSON RICARDO, M. D.
Pathologist and Diagnostician.
Special Attention paid to Diseases of
the Throat, Lungs and Stomach.
Offices and Laboratory, 20G Buford St.,
Gaffney, S. C.
Local ’Phone.
Stonewall Jackson’s Battles.
(From Mrs. Roger A. Pryor’s “Rem
iniscences.”)
Stonewall Jackson’s negro body ser
vant knew before anybody else when
a battle was imminent. “The Gener
al tells you, I suppose,” said one of
the soldiers. “Lawd, no, sir! De
Gin’ral nuver tell me nothin'! I ob-
I servates de ’tention of de Gin’ral dis
way: co’se, he prays, jest like we all,
mornin’ an* night; but when he gits
up two, three times In a night to
pray, den I rubs my eyes an gits up.
too, an’ packs de haversack—ca’se I
done line out dere’s gwine to be old
iboy to pay right away!”
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R. A. JONES
| General Merchandise
Ei Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Hardware, Wagons,
£ Tobacco, Cigars, Guano and Cotton.
Gaffney, S. C., March 1st, 1905.
^ TO THE FARMERS:—
If you are going to buy fertil* ^
SZ- izer.5 thi* season, I would recommend that you get ^
^ the best, instead of an inferior grade at the same price. 3
^ I can conscientiously recommend the old reliable ^
“Plow Brand” and “Etiwan” high grade guano manu- 3
factured by the Etiwan Fertilizer Co., of Charleston, ^
S. C. and the Atlantic Guano and Atlantic Cotton 12
SI Grower manufactured by the Atlantic Chemical Co., 3
E:: Norfolk, Ya., as being the very best on the market. I ^
8^ have handled these brands for years and know what ^
^ they are, having sold them to the be^t farmers of ^
^ Cherokee county who recommend them highly and con- ^
^ tinue to use them, which, after all, ‘is the best recom- ^
8^ mendation yet.. Gallon me and examine goods and ^
^ get prices before buying. Respectfully yours, ^
t K. A. JONES. 3
MONEY TO LOAN,
i am prepared to negotiate loans on
improved farms for a term of years
in amounts of $1,000 and upward, at 7
per cent, and from $300 to $1,000 at
8 per cent. Apply to
J. C. JEFFERIES,
Gaffney, S. C.
MONEY TO LOAN.
We negotiate loans on improved
farm lands at 7 per cent, interest, on
amounts more than $1,000, and 8 per
cent. Interest on amounts less than
$1,000. Long time and easy payments.
HALL & WILLIS,
Gaffney, S. C.
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