Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher. Watch your label and the date, , And renew before ’tla too late; If there be an error, don’t get med. Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Renumber, ’tla our aim to please. But errors ere like peskr fleas— They will creep in In spite of fete. Therefore, watch your label end the date. —Original. (MOTES AND COMMENTS. The news comes to us that No. S7, the fast mail from the North to the South. Is to be discontinued. We regret this because it was a -eat convenience to the entire South be sides. it looks like a step backward. • * • iMrs.Hoke D. Meehan, the success or of Mrs. Virginia D. Young as edi tor of the Fairfax Enterprise, Is a very talented woman Mrs. Meehan is making a very creditable paper indeed, of the Enterprise. * • • Mr. William Wilson Finley has been chos^.i president of the South ern Hallway Co. Mr. Finlev is a Southern man—a Mississippian by birth—and his assurance that there will be no change in the plans to improve the Southern is indeed grat ifying to the friends of the great kS-stem . * * » We feel warranted in saying that the engagement of Dr. Guy Carlton Lee as the first number of the Star Course at the Star Theatre tonight will he in the nature of a social ■event. Those who attend’ need not anticipate meeting a buffoon. Dr. Leo is a scholar, an educator, a his torian. an orator and his audience may anticipate a treat. • • • Brother DeCamp, of the Gaffney (S. C.) Ledger, savs that working on Thanksgiving Day is “not what it is cracked up to be.’’ He save that there will be no more working on Thanksgiving for him. What is the matter. Brother DeCaimp? Did you feast too much on turkey and other good things?—Durham. (N. C.) Sun. Nope! We simply became disgust ed at observing the ease with which our fellow townsmen observed the dav, and got hot in the collar be cause we couldn’t have as ea’" time •as they. • * • We may not be able to help our selves. but we are becoming disgust ed with this eternal talk aiwu' the race question A few men whose only stock in trade is to try to create discontent are continually harping on the subject. Let the negro alone until he commits a crime and then punish him for it and stop talking about the matter. All this tail:- does more to stir up the meanness that is in a mean negro worse than any thing else. Spend the time taken up in discussing the race question in teaching him to understand that whenever he does wrong he will be punished and then more will be ac complished toward making him a bet ter citizen than any amount of bit ter denunciation or inuammatorv dis cussion of the matter. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. W. J. Hodge, of R. F. D. No. 5. wa« in the city Wednesday. Mr. G. W. Owens, of Cherokee Falls, was in the City Wednesday. Mr. J. T. Griffin, of Pacolet, spent Wednesday in the city. Mr. A. N. Hippy, of King’s Creek, was in the citv Wednesday. Mr. B. G. L. Pettit, of Ravenna section, was in the city Wednesday. C. E. Thomas, of Spartanburg, was in the city yesterday shaking hands with his numerous friends. Dr. W. E. Anderson, of Blacksburg, was in the city Wednesday. Wm. Borders, of King’s Creek, was in the city yesterday on business. Thos. V. Mays, of Blacksburg, was a Gaffney visitor Wednesday. Miss Ella May Venable, who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. Row land Gaines, left Wednesday morn ing for her home In Jeffereson. Ga. Card of Thanks. The friends of my son, W. N. Camp, will please accept my sincere and heartfelt thanks for their cour teous and kind treatment while in Gaffney and the courteous attend ance at his burial and their kindness and sympathy for me and his family for the loss of my beloved and duti ful son. who has gone to meet his be loved mother, who I believe is in Heaven. W. D. Camp —Our Holiday Price is no higher, the goods are the best. Cherokee Drug Co Five of fourteen ice dealers iudict- ed for conspiracy in Philadelphia, entered pleas virtually admitting their guilt and were fined. Resolutions of Respect. Whereas, it has pleased an all-wise and mysterious Providence to re move from our midst our beloved friend and classmate. Hamlet LeMas- ter, and Whereas, this dispensation of the Creator is doubly sad to us because of the fact that he was about to complete his college course and gave promise of entering upon life’s du ties fully equipped, therefore, be it Resolved, first. That we as the S enior Class of Furman University Senior Class of Furman University feel deeply the loss of our fellow laborer and while mourning his de parture. nevertheless bow to the in evitable decree of an Infinite Power. 'Second, That we commend to his fellow students and to all men the beauty of bis life and the Integrity of bis character. Third, That we extend our heart felt sympathies to his bereaved par ent and other members of thq^ family. Fourth. That a copy of these reso lutions be handed his family, that a copy be published in the Furman Echo, in The Greenville Dally News, and in The Gaffney Ledger. C. V. Stansell, Janies M. Mitchell. A. 9. Pack, Comfmittee. OeafneNM Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach he diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by inflamed condition of the mucous 1'ning of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi tion. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of an are caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Iteafness (cased by catarrh) thatcan> not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send forclrculars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold byDruggests, 75c. Hall’sTamliv Pills are the best. —Rutter's Baked Beans at Bee Gaffney’s. For Thin Babies Fat is of great account to a baby; that is why babies are fat. If your baby is scrawny, Scott’s E m u 1 s i o n is what he wants. The healthy baby stores as fat what it does not need immediately for bone and muscle. Fat babies are happy ; they do not cry ; they are rich ; their fat is laid up for time of need. They are happy because they are comfortable. The fat sur rounds their little nerves and cushions them. When they are scrawny those nerves are hurt at every ungentle touc h. They lelight in Scott’s Emul sion. It is as sweet as wholesome to them. Send for free sample. Be sure that this plctur* in the form of a label is on the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy- Scott Sr Bo tune Chemists 409-413 Pearl Street Hew York 50c. and $100 Ail Druggists TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby notified not to trespass, hunt, cut Umber or allow cattle to run on my premises, under penalty of the law. Mrs L. L. Service. Nov. 30. Dec. 7, 14 pd. Gov. Heyward has received the report of the commissioners on the Fairview county matter, but he has not had time to investigate it. He is allowed twenty days in which to make a decision. It is understood that the report of the commissioners is favorable to the creation of the v- county. We Have received a large ship- mentof midwinter Shoes for Men and Women which must be sold be fore Christmas. We’ve never had better styles, better leather and better made Shoes for the money. It is the wear that holds the trade. It is style that makes the sale, leather, not paper shoe makers, not brick makers, that is what makes them wear, good honest materialthrough- out, and good honest shoe making by manu- ufacturers who know how to make Shoes, that is the combination that makes Shoes that wear and Shoes with style. We buy our Shoes from makers that have succeeded for 50 years. We do not sell unless they fit. We will be pleased to show you. Humphries Shoe Comp’ny. Dealer* in Solid Shoes. S NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY This is the trade mark of identification which appears in red and white on each end of the package. This is the name of the Company that stands behind both the trade mark and the package—a name synonymous with all that’s best in baking. OYSTLRETTES—A different kind of an oyitef cracker, with an appetizing flavo ojtten, aoup and salad. SOCIAL TEA BISCUIT—A light, crisp little biscuit, baked to an appetizing brown and slightly flavored with vanilla. •aLTHsaw'Lisa.'iuea.'iusa.'Gi W. C. Carpenter A big reduction sale in our Millinery de partment. We rarely make such tempting $ 1 V v. V V v V w V V V V V V V V V V V ¥ i s V v V V V V V y ’♦I V V v V V V v v V v but to reduce stock quickly we will sell many of the best styles this season at half the price. We are going to make a Clean-Up Sale by the first of January, and we would be pleased to have every lady in Cherokee country to inves tigate this sale as we feel confident that the beauty and elegance of will convert you into a purchase. Just Received By express a big line of Mexican drawn work, just the thing for Xmas gifts. W. C. Carpenter | You Are To and Am Forced To I have made the greatest reductions in prices upon seasonable merchandise ever known to the trade. In a few weeks I want my store empty, and until then you can look for a regular landslide of bargains in every department. This ad. and my last week’s sale is a mere hint of what I am going to do in the way of cut prices. I am going to reduce my fall and winter stock to the lowest possible figure, and I am not going to wait till the first of January to do it. Read this ad. carefully and watch my ads. clocely for the next few weeks, and I’ll show you that I am in a position to save you money. This event comes at a time This Great Reduction Sale Will Continue Until My Entire Stock Is Sold And that won’t be hut a few weeks at the rate I sold last week. NELSON, Opposite Postoffice. Flio Star Clothier. Look For Big Sign. Gaffney, South Carolina.