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’ I ,, ..ja ’■' r ' Annual Fehrnani Win Sale, Febrnam 4lli In Fenrnani 9th, 07 Everyone who has attended one of our WHiTE SALES knows what to expect. Xhoae who have not, should take advantage of the BARGAIN we offer. SEE THE NEXT ISSUE OF THIS PAPER FOR PRICES ■ ■ ■ ■ • CARROLL <& BYER.S. )i.u\ rx ’i- n L BU GAFFNEY, OUTH CAROLINA. PHONE 166. CARROLL A \ IsTherna How much did you pay on it last year? We can help you pay it off if you want to help yourself. * Do You Want a Home? We can explain an easy .vay to get one. We have helped others™why not you? Are You Saving Anything? 25 cents a week is welcomed and it pays you 8 per cent. PerhapSjYou Do'Not Know What a Purely Mutual Building and Loan Asso ciation is. We can explain it. We sell stock to colored people as* well as white people. > Cherokee Building and Loan Association, DIRECTORS: C. A. Jefferies, J. Kb. Jefferies, W. W. Thomas, D. C. Ross, Kn. H. DbCamp. W. H. Gooding. i^ouhtTii tmow HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on the basis of the actuaries’taMes of life expectation, and therefore, absolutely fair is the only kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company of Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” policies, no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, but strict and straight Life Insurance of the kind that takes care of a man’s family by providing an immediate cash estate on his death, the time of all times when they will need it most keenly. ... ... It is every man’s sacred duty to carry life insurance for the benefit of those de pendant upon him, and all men know this. But no South Carolinan need go out * *f his own State to get it. The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by the State of South Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws governing Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homes and interests are in this State. It is an old line, ligal reserve, Straight Life Company of tae soundest kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. Southeastern Life Insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, ltK Spartanburg, S. C. Get Goods Where you get Presents. Every person that spends one dollar cash or more with mejthisj week wil get a present free of charge. This is asurelfact. It is no faike like you have red of or heard before. Come one come all. I can furnish you with what you want for Xmas. All kinds of Fruits, Toys and Fireworks. Watch my windows this week and see what I give away. Come and see w . J . NT A N EC S S o A. One entire block on Depot and Logan stree s, with two o room cottages and a 7-room House on same. See me quick if you want a bargain in the block. This property must lie sold One city farm, containing 13 acres with good house on same. One lot just off Depot street, i< 0x120, very de sirable location. One lot on Fredrick and Logan streets * 180x200. a beauty. One farm 8J4 mile.- out with be t im provements, containing 200 acres. One farm, containinif 140 acres, miles out. : ; ; . . FOR RENT—Two city farms. SAM L. FORT, Real Estate and Insurance. 10 ' ’T ... £ w V , „ « A NEWSY LETTER ’ 'ZiT i .1 MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. ■wwrirrffi—wiMii i, ihnaB^ r* REAL ESTATE Handled on Commission. I handle Iwth City and County projerty; jujcrctsof Bd\eriisir.y end making titles. If you want to buy see me. If you went to fell fee me 1 bring buyer and seller together.; The buy era nearly always come to me Those who have lands for sale will act wise by placing, their property with me for sale. . : ; ; ; Z. A. ROBERTSON. Personal Paragraph* Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of that Section. Wllk’insville, Feb. 1.—“Lest we for get; lest we forget” is motto of the John Hames Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy of Jonesvllle, which has given out a contract to the McNeil Marble Com pany, of Spartanburg, to erect a monument in the town of Jonesville (Union couty) to the memory of the Confederate soldiers of that county. We haven’t got the plans or dimen sions of the monument, but it is to be made of Fairfield granite, and will, in every respect, be a suitable re minder of the value of the men whose memory it is designed to commemor ate. and perpetuate. It will stand on a prominent site near the Southern depot where the streets cross each other. It will cost nearly $2,000. The John f Hames Chapter U. D. C. was organized in August 1901—the first one In Union County—and It has been working ever since and it has accumulated a sufficient amount of money to let the contract for build ing the monument: believing that the remainder of the money will be in hand by the time the McNeil Com pany has promised to complete the monument—in April, this year. The chapter has never solicited help outside its own members and the town of Jonesville but now it asks that those who wish to pay a debt of gratitude and a tribute of love to those who gave their all for their country to send their contribu tions to Mrs. A. H. Eison, treasurer, John Hames Chapter U. D. C.. Jones ville. S. C., and it will be thankfully received and gratefully acknowledg ed. Many of the families of lower Cher okee are (or should be) intenjsted in tihs laudable enterprise and we trust that this notice will not bo altogether in vain. It is now thought that the monu ment will he ready for unveiling hy April or during the early summer months of which due notice will be given. , Too much praise can’t, be given the noble women who have w r orked so faithfully and unceasingly to build this monument to our comrades and they deserve the plaudit of well done good and faithfully servants. Bright angels look from the skies Behold no holler spot of ground: — Thou where defeated valor lies, By woman’s love and beauty crowned He who perishes in a had cause is a Victim; he who dies for a good one, lost though it he, is a blessed mar tyr. Miss Mamie Millwood is at present lying very ill with pneumonia. Dr. L. R. Black is treating her case. Travis, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs T Ben McCulloch, had the mis fortune one day this week to get one of his toes shot off by the accidental discharge of a gun. Suoerlntendent of Education J. L. Walker and Mr. W. R Walber. pass d here Wednesday on their return from York county. Mr W. R. Walk er Is much interested In cattle rais ing. He has made it a special study 'ind he has the largest and bestequip- oed stock farm In the State. If we had more such men our mate would “oon "pull out of the old ruts" and tik<> a prominent stand among Its '"ore*aggressive and progressive sis ters. Besides, he Is always ready and willing to aid in anv enterprise that has for its object the betterment of the educational, financial, agrlcultur- M and social interests of his less for tunate countrymen. Ash Wednesday this year comes ^ehrunry 12th. the day before St. Valentines day. It has been a long rime since this has taken place be fore and It will tiot occur again soon. As an exercise in mental artithme tic—think of anv ^number you Please double it. add 15, divide by two ad subtract the number von first thought of and the remainder will be TVj. The late Daniel R. McPearson was a member of Cant Aleck Walker’s company of cavalry from Chester. Ml«s 7. ’la Blackwell Is very un- wen with sore throat. Mr Sam f,ec and his <*hlld. Ruth, are both sirk D r I,. R. Black was ca 'ed vesterdav to treat 4heir cases. Among the great discoveries of the present century (or any of Its nrode- cessors) nothing is more Ingenious than the art of “Killing time” dis cover d and practiced by some of the ■to called laboring classes—especially those who protend to work for wages tm the farm or elsewhere. " o need our vagrant laws more rigidly enforced than thev" are. But wlnt is everybody's business Is no body’s. Every stout, ablehodled man In the country, (white or black) can find Plenty of work to do If they will do it Fanners need lalsir for which they are willing to nay iusflflhle prices and the man who hasn’t got a ,1o)i don’t want It and won’t have It. But of all the detestable beings on earth, a lazy, no account woman stands at the head of the list. Some times too lazy to talk. Mrs. J. L. S. scarcely ever sits down at home with out work or a book In her hands un less sihe has company. Mrs. Amanda Lee who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Mattie Wright, at Shelby. N. C.f was called home by ’phone yesterday on account of the sickness of her son, Sam Lee, and his child, Ruth. Wle understand that there is no chance to get Rev. Mr. Hoffner to preach at Salem this year. His peo ple won’t give him up. Mrs. J. L. S. spent yesterday with the family of Mr. W. C. Blackwell. Hon. C. W. Whisonant Is quite sick. He has been sick several days. A citizen of Indiana lately told us how they came to be called Hoosiers. It was this: When the country was first setting up the people lived in log cabins, and when a visitor knock ed at the door the inmates would ask: “Who’s here?” before they opened the door. We take off our hat to your Raven na correspondent. “C,” and thanb him for the kind words he has said of our feeble attempt at journalism. We only regret that we can't make our letters more interesting and read able. We would be glad to see some of the bright hoys and girls come up and take our place and give our sec tion a better write up than we are able to do. We know our frailties hut we have that confidence in the reason and good sense of our readers that, they will take the Interest for the act and excuse all our short comings. If is a bachelor (as our Clifton correspondent intimated some time ago) we would advise him to come down this way. as we have a score of beautiful young ladies on our list who—well, were about to say, were candidates for matrimony, hut maybe we had better leave that off and say would be glad to see him. We have thought for a long time that “C.” wife some of those beauti ful Ravenna girls whom the world can’t, beat for their excellent quail ties. If we have to acknowledge. She is a poor judge of a journalist—tak ing us for one. W«> know many of them personally and they are among the flowers of the land and could be nothing else, for they are the daughters of a noble set of mothers, and that is no reflection whatever on the rest of the dear wo men of our beloved Cherokee and neighboring counties. “C.,” if you are a bachelor sure enough and can't, find a wife there to stilt you. you must be harder than the rest of your sex to please. How- “ver. it may be. as we heard a young lady say once. “I have a word in that.” Wp have no idea that applies in “C/s" case, for we think he Is all tight or else he wouldn’t know so much about the fair sex of his neigh- borhood with whom, though his in teresting letters we feel are more or less .tcq.tMuled J. I . i» CHILD UBOH IS ON ISSUE. SENATOR BEVERIDGE’S SPEECH Discussed. j Hi* Duty. He was a scrawny, shaggy haired individual. His clothes were ' glossy and patched. He walked to the hack door of the little farm houso and knocked. The door was opened by a Pleasant looking old woman whose smiles betokened that she entertain ed no fear of the tattered structure '■''nfronting her. “Well, what do you want, sir?” she asked him. “Beef-and. mum. with a bowl of hot water washed in coffee grounds. I’m starvin’, mum, and 1 was just chewin’ 110 that oak tree In front of your house when I saw the tidy shades In vour windows, and I thought a lady what was so neat would help a.weary traveler t 0 get work.” “Work?” laughed the woman. “I’ve heard that excuse before. One like you asked for some victuals to get w’ork, and when I Ailed him up and asked what kind of work he was go- iuir to do. he said he was going to cut holes in the atmosphere to let balloons go through easily.” “Culprit! Is R possible? I should have blown the rags from his spinal column and applied the horse whfp, I assure vott. mum—” “And another horrid creature, like vou too. got. a good meal from me once so’s he could have strength to g t to work, and when I asked bfhi " hat the work was he said he was to 'dte Christonher Columbus’ initials In barber poles.” “Vile villain! But. mum, not so here. I am to work for a large con- ^ruction company in New York, and if you’ll—” “Well, h're are some sand witches ■"id cake and fruit loft over bv the hoarders that you’re welcome to. What are thev to const met?” After devouring a sandwich with two hits, th' hobo ronped: “We are to construct a building three times higher than any skyscraper ever erected ” “And what will your particular dti- tv then lie?” asked th' 1 kind woman Innocently. The unkemnt fellow did not reply ’’"t 1 ' nil the eatables had disappear ed. Tb n, ns he began to walk awav he sM(j smilingly: "Mv duty, mum? n ell. to he honest with yon. I’ll elucidate. I’Ve pot to go up In an '>|’-«h|o and shove the stars to one He <--n that the bultd'ng can g°t thrrvfh. Thanks awfully’” 'nd with that the Impudent fallow •tcanpeared around a bend in the road. —Remember The Seed Store when '•on co to buv vour garden seed '"laffney Drug Co. The Washington Chapter of the Clem- son Alumnj Banquet at the Riggs Hotel. Washington. Jan., 28.—Child labor has become an interesting issue in National, as Well as State, legislature. The speech of Senator Beveridge last week in the U. S. Senate has been generally discussed, and all kinds of speculations are set forth by the advocates, pro and con, on this measure. The interesting informa tion as to the extent of child labor, is published in a Bulletin just issued by the Census Department, and the statistics are for the year 190)), relat ing to children who are bread winners. In the United Stat°s there are in round numbers one million, seven hundred and fifty thousand children who earn their bmad “in the sweat of their brow.” Bread winning is de fined as those earning money regular ly by labor contributing to the family support, or appreciably assisting in mechanical or agricultural industry It is as agricultural laborers that the children are multitudinous, as compar ed to other lines of work, there being one million, fifty-four thousand, four hundred and forty-six thus engaged. Next in importance comes, the domes tic service, BlS.OOo children, mostly girls, being employed as servants, waiters or waitresses. The number of children employed under fourteen years of age was 790,- 023 . Of the total number of child bread winners from ten to fifteen years. 72.2 per cent, were boys and 27.8 per cent, girls. The per centage of bread winners is much greater among foreign born children than among the native born. The cotton mills, of course, furnish employment to children to a greater extent than any other manufacturing or mechanical industry. The number of children employed in cotton mills in 1900 from ten to fifteen years, was 44.427. There w'ere 71,622 messenger and errand and office boys in the United States. The occupation of the textile worb- er. or the needle trades, furnished employment to 35,070 children be tween ten and fifteen years, of whom 5,136 were boys and 29,934 girls. To tal number of children ten to fifteen years engaged in the tobacco and cl gar factories was 11,462. Of the 49,998 glass workers j-eport- ed in 1900, 5,365, or 10.7 per cent, were from ten to fifteen years old. Washington. Jan., 28—The Wash ington Chapter of the Clemson Alum ni Association gave a banquet, at the Riggs Hotel Saturday evening, which was largely attended by the loyal sous of that institution in this city, and which proved a most delightful and enjoyable social gathering. Mr. R. Grant Forsyth, now of New York City, a Clemson graduate, came down for the occasion, and aside from the Alumni the only guests were Senator B. R. Tillman and Congressman A F. Lever. The committee on arrangements had an eb-gant and sumptuous dinner served, including all of the substim- tials and delicacies that appeal to the Carolina Epicure and gormand and after sufficient attention had been given the feast, and the cigars had been passed around, the company were entertained by several interest ing and beneficial addresses. Sena tor Tillman, the principal orator of the occasion, delivered a highly in structive address to the association, i recounting the history of the large and flourishing institution he founded, j and which has proved such a potent i factor in the developing of the minds j of young men in South Carolina and 1 equipping them with practical, com 1 aion sense knowledge to battle In life. I He emphasized the importance of ed- 1 ucation and the need of men with I gixid common sense and practical ap- I plication to meet tin dail/ problems ! of Ijfe. He commended the spirit of I interest and enthusiasm evidenced by the Alumni association here, in | perpetuating the association and ! ideals of their Alma Matter Con j gressman Ixjver. the next sP“aker. de livered a highly ent rtaining address, acquitlng himself well as a postprand i la! orator. His words was received with enthusiasm. The following members of the Alumni chapter ah-o ; Z.dgler, and Messrs. Pear man. Ward ind Raw). Each of thes- young men , in their talks earnestly advocated the ' interests of ‘heir Mma Mater urfit:;; : the association to b over willing anti j ready to voice forth the merits and advantage* of Clemson ns an educa tional Institution. | The Mumnl pres nt were: Messrs. E B. Boykin, J. T. Rrazcale. A. M. Ohreitzborg L. K. Boykin. W. F. Cole, | 7. E. Harrell, D H. Hill. G. F. Klngh, ! VV. J. Latimer N. F'? Zeigl r, j' A McCrary. C. P. Mitchell. S. D. Bear man. B. H. Rawl. X..G H Swygert, Thos. E. Stokes. A. I) Talbert. J. P. Tarbox. B R. Tillman. Jr.. S. M. Ward, | J. C. Wylie, T. R Young. . —we are pushing seed just now. Everybody knows that we are In the drug business Gaffney Drug Co. i Couldn’t Show It. “A New York woman,” said Homy Clews at a recent dinner, “saw in l shop window on Fifth avenue a col lar of pearls that she liked. Sbe stopped the carriage and sought out the shopkeeper. * ’ * “ ‘What is the price,’ she said, ‘at that pearl collar in your window?’ “ ‘Six thousand dollars, madam,* said the shopkeeper, and he drew forth the collar and displayed Its beauties to the dazzled woman “She took out her checkbook. “ ‘I’ll tell you what I’ll do,’ she said. 'I’ll give you my check for $3,000, and I’ll send my husband here to see the collar this afternoon. Don’t tejl him It Is $6,000, tell him It is $3,000. Then, maybe, he will buy it for'me.’ “The jeweler bowed and smiled. He had seen this sort of game played many a time before. “ T wish you luck, madam,’ he said, and the lady departed. “Her husband she found in his of fice in a mood unusually tractable. He had sold certain stoebs at a grand profit that morning. He consented readily, therefore, to go and look at the necklace. “That evening his wife dressed for dinner with unusual care. She wore her most beautiful gown. She dream ed. as she dressed, of an affectionate husband clasping about her white throat a collar of pearls. "And—‘ bought that pearl collar.’ were the man’s first words when ho got home. “ ‘You char.' slie exclaimed, ‘Let me see it.’ v ‘Can’t, said he. I had It sent to my mother’s. You know it is her birthday tomorrow.’ ” DON’T FORGET I you can be cured of Caner, Tn- f I mor or Chronic CM Bores. Tea f I thousand cases treated. It U the I I surest cure on earth. Delay Is f I fatal. How to be cured? Just V I writs I I D. B. GLADDEN. Qrevsr. N. C. I HOLLISTER’S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brings Bolden Health «nd Renewed Vigor. A specific tor Constipation. Indigestion, Uhm and Kidney troubles. Pimples. Eczema, Impun Blood. Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowels, Headache and Backache. ItsRocky Mountain Tea in tab let fo-m. 85 cents a box. Genuino made ty Hollistkh Drug Companv. Madison, Wls. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALI0W PEOPLE FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. 1 If anybody has a message for the people of this community he cannot deliver it to them so effectually, so cheaply, so quick ly in any other way as through the columns of this paper. It is the business of this pa per to carjy messages of one kind and another into homes. The message will be delivered, too, under favorable conditions, for few persons take up their local paper except in a pleasant and receptive frame of mind. The sign upon the fence board may be good, but it can be seen only by travelers who go that particular road. The message in the local paper carries itself to thousands, no matter by which road they travel. Select your space and put your mes >age where it will do the most good. We, perhap* can help yoe if yvu wu * bet uk ee- Old Yu Ever Tliink what a bargain you nr getting when you -et THE LEDGER one hundred and three (103) times a year for Only $1.00 a Year?