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Kverjone wlio has autiuleu one ol our W 1J i r J K ^ A1. E> kn w \\ !ii u*e.\i <• i 1 win htw not. -Im i<i 1 k' mivantage ol the BAR(tA1NS we off?r. SEE THE NEXT ISSUE OF THIS PAPER FOR PRICES. ■ ■ • * CARROLL ®. BYERS. GAFFNEY. "() LM 11 » AKuLI.na. PHONE 165. CARROLL ®> BYERS. The Southeastern Life Insurance Company. SPARTANBURG, S. C. '(U-'FfCKRS. RULIOTT Kstfs, Presi.l :it. A. H. TwiTCHKLL, 1st Vice President. Giles L. Wir^sox. Secy, md Tres. John B. Cleveland, and Vice President George R. Dean, M. i>.. and Gkor(;k W. Heinitsch, M. I)., M-dical Directors. DIRKCTORS. . A. H. Twichell, President and Treasurer Clifton Mfjjf. Co. and D. R. Converse Co Jno. B. CLEVELAND, President C. it W. C. Railroad and Whitney Mf>;. Co. Jno, A. Law, President and Treasurer Saxon Mills and President Central Nations Bank, L. E. Carrigan, President People’s Rank of Darlington. W. S. Montgomery, President and Treasurer Spartan Mills. Stobo J. Simpson, Attorney-at-Law. Aug. W. Smith, President Woodruff Cotton Mills and Bank of Woodruff. A. L- White, President Merchants and Fanners Bank. ELLIOTT Estes, President Southeastern Lift Insurance Co. A corporation charteied by the State of South Carolina, founded and eontrolle' by South Carolina men, and writing stiiatly non-speculative, straight Life In surance of the safest kind only. A South Carolina home company for the protectioi of South Ca olina homes. AGENT WANTED FOR CHAROKEE COUNTY. ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Spartanburg, 3. C. Mar. itit n> r.in; NEED OF NEEDLES. The Dully Output Wouldn’t M«* 1.0*1 t£><*ii in n Ilur'stuck. One needle is a pretty small item, but ! the daily eonsn'iijilion of soiuethiuc ! like 3,0O<».0<‘ ne i s nil over the world uiakes a pretty leg total. Every year 1 the women of the United States break. ; lose and use about BOO 00.000 of these ! little instruments. Our need lea are the ft ’’shed product of American ingenuity, si and work- ! man.ship, and yet how many people ; threading a needle or taking a stitch ! have ever given a thought to the vari- ! ous processes through which the wire ! must pass ere it comes out a needle? , The manufacture of a sing <» needle in cludes some twenty-one or twenty-two ! different processes, as f illows: Cutting tin wire into lengths, straightening by , rubbing while heated, pouting the | ends on grindstones, stamping itnpres- I siou for the eyes, grooving, eying, the j eye being pierced by screw presses; I splitting, threading the doub'e needle | by the eyes on short lengths of tine wire; filing, removal ■ the “eh ek” left I on each side of the eye by si imping; bn-iking, senarating the two needles ip •>§ r" < > r \ E l<- Uuc entire block on Depot and Logan .stive s, with two 6 room cottages and a 7 room house on s ime. S 1 me quick if \ou want a bargain 111 tlie block. This prope tv must l>e sold. One city farm, containing 13 acres witli good house on same. One lot 311st off Depot street, 1. 0x120, very de sirable location. One lot 011 Fredrick and Logan streets, 180x200. a beauty. One farm 8' 2 mi es out with be t im provements, containing 200 acres. One farm, containing 140 acres, 4},4 miles out, : : ; : ; FOR RENT—Two city farms. f SAsVf L. FORT, Real Estate and insurance. u r ■ ••-r. v '- ' ■ ■ .. mtm The Only Semi-Weekly Newspaper in South Carolina At SI .00 READ THE LEDGER. FOR ALL THF LA 1 EST (’(HJNTY, S PA'1' 1-: A N I) F()REI(iN N E VVS THE LEDGER. Is The Best Advertising iVledium In Upper South Carolina It enjoys the LARGEST CIRCULATION in the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina and has A LARGER CIRCULATION In Cherokee County Than Any Other Paper Its subscription li-t is a bona fide onn, each subscriber being paid in advance. The cir culation is in no sense padded and names are lifted from the list whenev* r time, paid for expires, thus saving the annoyance incident to dunning the people for back subscription.* In other words, it reaches the people who have money to buy what they want. The Wise Advertise! Will Take The Hint! TO BOOM PLAYGROUNDS. tVatlonnl Convention to Ur Held «l CliicitKo Next .lime. Chicago, the greatest public play ground city In the world, will enter tain guests prominent i:i the movement from cities on two «outlnents at the tirst annual convention of the National Playgrounds association next June, says tile Chicago Port. Although tiie movement is compara tively a new one, its significance may be judged from the fact that President Roosevelt is tlie honor o-y president of the organization. Among the visitors will be Jacob Rlis of New York, Joseph Lee of Boston. Dr. tiulick of New York and “up- . lifters” from England ami Germany. doierm ton of Engiisl c!os.- French (of i i- the U-Cl oil-cure Dictionary i 'oribiii-.ely the.- his* • or ’ “iii' irc.''’ ro far o- rcrreV Toward the e -Jit; v! eentnrv the i tlie word pitjue-nique derivation) tor a social 1 entertainment t<> which each guest contributed a shar*. Earlv in the next century ih<- 1-htglish appeared to discover that this form ,of so cial co-operation was well adapted for excursions and open air repasts, middle of the was dissociated private theatri- »ng it- an entertain- open air it was a i f - materials were not.—Lon abotii ti word and so that century tin from suppe cals, and mein was in 11 picnic, wliether •O Fire, Life, Accident, Health Insur- it is possible President Roosevelt will attend the convention. On the Chicago I jointly contrih ;od or committee are Miss Jane Addams, Mrs. ! don Skf-ti h. Emmons Blaine, Miss Mary E. Me- i Dowell and Frederick Greeley. “We intend to inaugurate a move- j Main ment.” said Mr. Greeley recently, “to stimulate Interest In playgrounds in every city In America. Playgrounds i ance Only an Appetizer. vears ago dried so!; in geese, on the one length of wire; leading, heads filed and sm »ot!u J to remove the good. Much of the crime perpetrated bur left by stamping and breaking; today Is the work of gangs of young hardening in oil. the needle belt tints hoodlums. As children they have no made brittle; temponnsr: picking, opa- place, except tlie streets. In which to rating ttiose crooked in hardening; play. Their energies are misdirected, straightening the emoked ones, scour- | They break windows, rob freight cars ing and polishing; bluing, softening i and commit petty thieveries. They are the eye- by hv.it; drilling or cleaning 1 not viclou out the sides of the eye; head grinding; point setting, or the final sharpening; final polishing, then papering and final- ly labeling. For wrapning purple pa- from the Orkneys, used to be in-. ported into Scotland, says the au- ... , , ,u , . i thor of “Mv Strange Pets,” and do not cost much, and they do much I , ,. 6 .. ’ ' m.,..k ..<> ,i.^ 1 served there as an appetizer, a mor- ! ael beinc- enten at the J»e"inninjr of a meal. A worthy fanner jjave a dinner to some of his neichbors and in the course of it asked one if he would have “another portion” of the roast. ‘‘I think 1 will.” replied tlie oth er. “I ate a hit o’ solan goose afore I left ha me, and it has made me Surety Bonds.i Jones J. Darby per is used because if prevents rusting. There are many sorts and kinds of needles. First, there is the surgeon's grewsome outfit—the probing needle, made for tracking bullets or hidden cavities of pus; the harelip needle, the long pins for pinning open wounds, the postmortem needle of tern. Some of these littlr by nature and would have turned out differently had they had the advantages offered by playgrounds. “In these little amusement parks they are brought into contact with good influences. They find a friend In the athletic Instructor. They become Interested In the organization of ath letic teams. “Hundreds of children would be at a loss for something to do in the long vacation if it were not for these play- r-ttrious pat- ' grounds. Opportunities are offered for instruments the girls to loam basket weaving and very hungry.” “I dinna believe in the solan geese,” broke in another guest. “I et a whole one afore T cam awa, and T dinna feel a bit the hungrier for it.” Is called by are thin, some are thick. Others are long and straight. Others again curv > once, twice or three times. The vet erinarv sui-geon has his special outfit also. fully. needle meat made ter or The cook’s needles are wonder- fearfully made. His larding i used to sew large pieces of • ; ,-r. The trussing needle is i sewing and for the hoys to show their ' skill In handiwork. The playgrounds provide healthy exercise and reerea- j tion for thousands. “It is o .- boast that Chicago leads in the number of playgrounds. The south • park commission has been active In se curing a dozen or more on the south side. The west park board already i lias begun to co-operate with our as —Remember The Seed Store when ou go to buy your garden seed laffney Drug Co. to the There is pl« i cago, ami portance of the work to lie done yet in Chi north and west sides ;t ptr-p tso to insert molted hut- •satu-c right into the vitals of a Christmas turkey. It is hollow an I has I soeiation, and the north side is waking a large opening, into which the snuee ! U T ) tlie In is poured. Not- less interesting are the needles which the upholsterer uses. Some are half curved and some have j wl11 be olir objective points of attack.’’ round points. He has needles with | curious eyes—long, round, egg and FOR HUDSON CELEBRATION countersunk eyes. The same kind of | needles are used by collar makers. Then there are the uelicate needles used by wigmakers, gloveniukers and weavers. These are often as fine as a hair. The glove needles are splendid special. • ns o f skillful workmanship The liiK -st of them h ave three cornered points. Tie- grer t ■odl needle, which hits to be p’ tr hed with a stee! p-.tltn. would puzzle most p eople. So. too, the 1 uooimuaker' s neetll. , 'hich must also he pash ed w I th a s' cel palm; the curi- ot-.s knitting tnaclii. . ’ neixlle, with its Ic.tchet; the a rraseu <* ml ( rewi 1 nee- dl-s an d th * needli * for shirring ma chines. the \\ eiver's pin for picking up broken thren is, with an open eye in the hook. The long in strument used by mi iliner S t ! ’ ( • neetll • of the rag baler. tlit* kni To p« )int ham needle used ii\ the sto< 'K, It I* 1 iIs, the astrakhan needle these at ill otli ler varii .•ties do not enll for special Tlie needle as we see it today is the evolved pro! m-t of centuries of Inveu- tion. It t its | irimltiv c form it was made of hone , I VO! ■y or u mod. ’Hie making of Spa nish neiHlle; t was introduced Into En land (luring tlie reign of Queen Eliza be th. I •oint h y point tlie niami- facture has i mprove. d until the little in- strumei it is one of the highly finished product h or niir'tc enth century ma- chinery and skill -S d-'cntiflc American. IliMorir Frtffnte to lie Darned. The hull of the United States frigate of war Expounder, which has been in 1 service tor many years as a coal barge, was recently sold to John Hogan of Providence, ft. I., who will hum It after removing the $(>00 worth of cop- per which It Is supposed to contain, says the Boston Post. The Expounder Igured in several historic incidents In the civil war. For nearly a year sine* the hull of the old frigate was abau dotted as a coal barge It has been lying at a dock in Providence. Last Fourth of July It was planned to tow the barge to Gaspee point and burn It In commemoration of the burning of the tl am port Gaspee off that point, hut for some reason the plan was afterward given up. Hitr An|>le Crop. The American Agriculturist gives the apple crop of 1!X)fl as 30.120.000 barrels ss against 2-1.000.000 barrels In HKI5, an Increase of 12.l5o.000 barrels but 8.Rso,000 barrels short of each of the crops of the three years prior to lOo." The figures arrived ft are the crystalli zation of returns from correspondents In every nnple producing section east -»f the Rocky inount.iliis A good ninny »00fl apples sre available for winter •torage Great .Natal IKsplu)' and Illumina tion of tlie Diver 1‘robahle. Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan, chair man of the subcommittee on naval pa rado in UXj9. made a report to the trus tees of the Hudson-Fulton celebration commission the other day, says the New York Times. He said that the only place where large ships In fleet could he properly maneuvered after once goiug up the river was in New burg hay. It was too far, however. ; for the fleet to proceed to New urg and I return on the same day, aud they | therefore recommended that the ves sels designated go up the river, an chor at night in Newburg hay, have an I Illumination of the ships on that night and he prepared to deliver the Half I Moon and Clermont to vessels com- | Ing from Albany in order that they i might o<* taken on to Albany. The fleet of meti-of war and other 1 vessels would then return from New | burg, anchor off New York aud lie pre pared to take part In the Illumination ! of the entire fleet on the second night. Foreign governments would he asked to send naval vessels to take part. Admiral Coghlan said the govern ment would he able to anchor from thirty to thirty-five men of-war off New York at the time of the eelebra tion. William Berri proposed that signal fires he lighted along the whole Hud son river from New York to Albany at places to be established by the com mission and in sight of each other. These could be lighted simultaneously upon a signal flashed from Washing ton by the president, aud each signal fire would be the rallying point for local celebrations with appropriate ex ercises along the entire river. The suggestion was received with favor. The reports of the other working committees showed that the celebra tion will occupy practically the wholt of the week beginning Monday, Kept. 20. 1909 FOR U >-to-Date Jot\ Pr ' 'n«. r '.PW O" We do not do all kinds of printing | —we do the GOOD kind. AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF ANY LIQUID IN THE : TOWN OF GAFFNEY CONTAIN-! ING ALCOHOL AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR SAME. Be It enacted by the town ctfuncil >f Gaffney in council assembled and I )>• authority of same. That from the passage of this ordi- lance it shall be unlawful for any erson or persons, firm or corporation o sell, exchange barter or syst-mati ally give away any preparation ot iv character whatsoever known af i'defines or beverage which contain icohol. Provided that it shall not he con iered unlawful for persons, flrnu corporations to se 1 such prenara ms as medicines to p rsons having ‘•scriptions from Tegular practicing ysicians and who are in hone fide tendance upon th“ person to whom <-h preparations are sold. \nv person or#pers<>ns. firm or eor r-'tion, violating this ordinance all. upon conviction before th u.vor or town council, pay a fine of t more (Inn one hundred do Jars >r less than twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty vs nor l**ss than fifteen davs * Done and ratified in council assemb- 1 this eleventh day of January. r.*o7. J. Q. Little, . Mayor. V II Ross. »wn Uierk. n 1 r > Advertising some an art. If it be an art it is the art of telling a story simply and convincingly. Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an establishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Other things being equal, nobody should be able to write more convinc ingly of the articles he of fers tor sale. In t store where the employer sell* goods side by side with his clerks It is rare that t! « employer will not b« the best saJ -sman. The reason is simple. He knows the goods from A to Z. He probably has pur chased them. He knows his aims. His arguments canj weight because they are convincing. The same arguments pre sented in the same way, * with the same enthusiastic spirit, the same knowledge of detail, would attract new c stomrers if presented through the advertismg col umns of this paper. if you have not tried it, why not b'-^h? Il y a h*v • tned it and are hed, iet un know about U. vr { ♦ 4. * * A* o., A v * i *> t i v V L T< Trt X * -utfoiAi. Ai a, •.{•* v ?***. b % EAL ESTATE Handled on Commission. I f J I bundle both City ami County' jrojt-Tty; jeyccMsof juKertiMBg and making titles. If you want to buy see me. If you want to tell ^e me. I bring buyer ami seller together. The buyers nearly always come to me. Those who have lands for sale will act wise by placing] thtir j rojerty with me for sale. :::::::: Z. A. ROBERTSON. Cet Goods Where you get j Presents. Every person tint speu Is oue dollar cash or more with me this week wil get a present free of charge. Tiiis is a sure fact. It is no faike like you have red of or heir 1 bffore. Come one come all. I can furnish you with wiiat you want for X-nas, All kinds of Fruits, Toys and Fireworks. Watch my windows this w-*e< and see what I give away. Come and see XV . J . M A N EC SS S Swm—mmammmmmmm ... J