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Do You Want A Buggy?
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If so, call and consult us. We have just received a car load of Anchor Buggies,
Phaetons and Surreys—and have them on exhibition on our second floor—and be
fore you buy come and let us show you through our stock. Our Buggies have the
best body for holding a top of any Buggy on the market, and this is the thing you
want when you buy a top Buggy. Yours truly,
R. M. Wilkins Hdw. Co., Gaffney, S. C.
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Merchants and < Planters Bank
Capital
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!- $75,000.00
Stockholders , Liabilities
;75,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 1 5,000.00
Protection to Depositors - $ 1 65,000.00
Your Patronage Solicited. Fire Insurance and Bonds Written. W< Pay 4
Per Cent. Interest in our Savings Department.
A. N. WOOD, Pres. R. R. BROWN, V. Pres. C. M. SMITH, Cashier.
Directors.
J. Q. Little, W. C. Hamrick,
R. A. Jones,
W. C. Carpenter,
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O. E. Wilkins,
R. R. Brown,
R. M. Wilkins,
C. M. Smith.
HINDOO CREMATION.
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The Funeral Pyre and the Ititen He-
fore the llurnintt.
Toward the upper end of tie* ghats
In the burning ground. There are no
Hteps here, but a slope of beateu dirt.
Stop half an hour and you may see
every step of the cremation rites. Sit
ting on stone ramparts above, to the
right and left, are friends and relatives
Of the dead ones. The figure to the
right, huddled up in a bright gm u
wrap, is of the lowest caste of Hindoo
and keeps the mat shed near by, where
the sacred tire for igniting every corpse
is for sale. You hear hoarse, loud cries
of “Knm! Uuuuiiiu!” and, henoid, a
burial procession is coming down the
slope. lour men carry the corpse
slung between two bamboo poles and
cry to the g >d U.im. He is tin* personi
fication of tilinl love, and thus it is
meet that they should call him V* wit
ness. They sv> ing down to the river
atal immerse the corpse, it is wrap
ped in a white shroud stained with red
blotches. Then they lift iln* head
slightly out of the water ami remove
the shroud from the face, splashing
water live times upon the mouth.
Others in the meantime are building a
wooden pyre, made of fagots sold
near by and when finished standing
three feet or more above ground. The
corpse, its dark color showing through
the dripping shroud. Is lin n placed on
the wooden altar and covered with
fagots. This done, all hut two mount
the ramparts and watch tin* tinal ••ere
mony. Of the two remaining, one
pours oil upon the wood from a small
clay dish, while the other goes to the
fire house above. He soon returns with
a long straw wisp, blazing at one end.
He advances to the corpse’s head,
touches it with the wisp and then cir
cles the pyre five times, touching tin*
head each time until the fifth, when
he places the blazing wisp beneath the
feet, and tin* whole pile bursts Into
flame. When all Is consumed the ashes
are raked Into the river and float away
to bliss eternal.—F. J. O. Alsop In Out
ing.
THE UNDER MARRIAGE.
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WeildlnK Castomn and Frolics Thnt
1'revnil In Holland.
In Holland two weeks before a mar
riago takes place cards are sent out de
claring that the banns have been pub
lished. This is called an “under mar
riage.” The card also announces when
the final marriage is to take place. The
wedding itself Is a small affair, and
the civil marriage Is the only one roe- |
ognized by law. A church wedding is
usually looked upon as a concession to
either fashion or sentimentality and is
called a “consecration of the marriage.”
The couple enter the church behind the
family members, bridesmaids and oth
er attendants. They are shown to scats
before the whole assembly, and the
clergyman comes in with two witness
es long after the others have been seat
ed. He first makes a prayer, then de
livers a sermon on a suitable text,
which usually brings the bride to tears.
After that the couple are married. Then
a hymn is sung and the blessing given.
The whole occupies about an hour and
a quarter. Before leaving the church
a huge Bible is presented to the bride
groom. During the two weeks of wait
ing between the “under marriage” and
the real marriage all the wedding fes
tivities take place. The happy couple
are literally surfeited with dinners,
halls and theater parties, and all man
ner of practical jokes are played on the
pair. jU the dinner toasts innumerable
are given, an 1 at each the whole com
pany rises from the table to sound and
touch glasses with the bride and groom,
who never rise. Among their friends
the idea is not to allow the couple a
night of sleep, if possible, before the
wedding day.
A MIGHTY “LAND GRABBER.” £
Chenunceatix Itiitlt at the HidUinic <»i ?>'
Diana of Poitiers.
Chenoneeaux was one of the cat-lies, ,
chateaux that represented tin- ne*. s; i
It. Jt was buiit on the sift* of tne old j
feudal fortress in a sort of fie. k of the ijl
sense of opportunity. It was meant t > 1
give room and verge enough to a g. n !
eration bent on having a good time in
hall and bower. It was still a fortres> : 1 -.,
>f a kiiiA, hut this only as an after
thought. In the main it was a palace ,
for sport and festival. It might have | r
stood on dry land; It preferred to; >
bridge a river. There was no want of *
space in other directions, hut this seem
ed best as a stroke of constructive im
pudence. The nivhiteet at the bidding
of Diana of Poitiers jumped the Cher
as a schoolboy would have jumped a
brook. The huge arches never carried
anything of use to mankind at large, j
not even a right of way. | ^
At first most of them had no super- r
structure, and the bridge might have | m
been called “Diana’s folly.” .hit she I
knew what she was about. She was a
mighty man subduer, with a heart as v
cold as the stone of her new dwelling
and a face and form kept beautiful for
ever by the studious avoidance of ev
ery pang—a wonderful creature with
al, for she contrived to die in her bod.
though she cro. sod the path of Cather
ine do’ Medici. She ruled a king by the
usual methods and by studious defer
ence to him kept him her obedient, hum
ble servant to the day of his death. She
Inspired one of the greatest sculptors
of her time in his creation of a Venus
that rivaled the antique.
She was one of the mightiest land
grabbers of his!ory, adding chateau to
chateau with a purpose that never fal
tered and by methods of smooth, un
emotional persist once that never failed.
She started uhh everything against
her m that epoch of the worship of
youth when sh ■ began her siege of the
heart of tin* dauphin of France. She
was a widow, aai a widow with a
family, yet sin knew no pause in her
triumphant ear • r till she had married
and dow --red i nil and provided
herself v. iih a - e of pnia.-es for her
Oo-Garts
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FoMiug Hods
It will cost you more than $100.00 to IniiM another
room to your house , hut one of our Haudsom
will save you that ox; ense.
Chune to see our Ranges. They make cooking
a pleasure during the hot summer davs.
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Furniture, Stoves and Undertaking
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BLACKSBURG
TAKES THE PEACE OF CACOMEE
PRIGS 35 CENTS. AT ALL DRUGGISTS.
GAFFNEY DRUG CO., Gaffney, S. C.,
CHEROKEE DRUG CO., Gaffney, S. C.
DRUG CO., Blacksburg, S. C.
For sale by
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DON’TS FOR BACHELORS.
Don't sew up your pockets while try
ing to sew on a hut ton to stay.
Buy a thimble that tits. Don't push
your needle through witli your teeth.
Don’t start a piece of sewing with a
thread long enough fo hang yourself.
Don’t attempt to push a No. 3 needle
through a No. 10 hole. Profanity is had
form.
Don’t be afraid of a needle. It will
not stick you unless you attack the
wrong end of It first.
Select the proper size button before
you sew it on. Don’t cut the button
hole larger with a penknife so as to
make it fit the button.
And don’t—oh, don't—leave the needle
in your chair when you are through
sewing. You may discover it unexpect
edly.—Kansas City Star.
Always
Within Reach
ist he money to your credit in
the Gaffney Savings Bank.
But remember that it is your
reach only that it is within;
your written order is neceasary
to obtain it. Burglars and
thieves have no chance to
get it.
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The Gaffney Savings Bank
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kc to open an account with yen. One dollar
do for a start, your own pride will make
ii grow. We pay four per cent, inter
est on all deposits.
The Gaffney Savings Bank.
Office in The National Bank of Gaffney.
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Are You Administrator
and have the settlement of an estate? If
so, request of the -Judge of ‘Probate that
your advertisement be placed in :: :: :
TIMC LEI>OEK,
It has the largest circulation of any paper
in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional
District.
Canny John Sherman.
The hue Secretary John Sherman
showed his talent for financiering at
au early age. lie uuu two of hia
brothers had been given a sum of
money with which to pay their board
while on a shooting trip for a week at
the house of a farmer near Lancaster.
O.. their home.'
The week ended, John ordered the
wagon and paid Ids board. But the
farmer refused the money, saying that
the sons of Judge Sherman would al
ways lie welcome guests. When John
found that he did not have to pay ids
board he sent the wagon back to the
barn and stayed another week.—Lip-
oincott’s.
Rewards For Charcheolng.
At Holsworthy, in Devonshire. Eng
land, the prettiest girl who attends
church gets well rewarded for doing
so. About fifty years or so ago it struck
the Rev. Thomas Meyriek, who was
then vicar of tie parish, that the young
ladles there did not attend church so
often as they might do. So he left a
sum of money, and this, according to
the terms of his will, was to be put out
at interest. The annual Income from
it was to he gi\'en each year to tie*
prettiest young woman at Holsworthy
who had attended church regularly for
that year.
Gettlrr; :i Pointer.
Bosky—I say. doctor, I want you to
look at a horse up here at the stable
and tell me honestly Just what you
think about him—whether he is sound
or unsound. Veterinary—I always tell
just what I think. By the way, is it a
horse you think of buying or one you
have for sale?- Boston Transcript.
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Fincken’s New Store
Always giving good prices on some
thing. Watch his ad.
Good Cream Corn, 3 for 25c.
j. i . if rivore isiv
Two Doors from Post Office.
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Looks RIGHT When You Buy it, and STAYS Right When You Wear it.
Hats
If it’s a new Block—if it’s a new shade—we have it. All the
latest Spring styles in Straws and Derbys.
Neckwear
In all the best shapes and handsomest colors. Also
long 50-inch Four-m-Hands, Strings and Tecks, ^
every wonted style.
TO the >ieed iri Weeix-ing AjDjDax'el.
New lot of Ladies’ Oxfords just arrived. See them before you purchase. Few pieces of Jap and China Matting left that we are selling at
way down prices. We want your business,
THE CO MEA.MY STORE.
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