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THE LEDGER.
"i uecday and Frida
Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher.
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Hereafter no adver laemert* will ba
accepted at this off ce after 9.30 o clock
e» Mondays and Thursdays. _
Watch your label and the date.
And renew before ’tls too late;
If there be an error, don’t ftet mad.
Report U> us—we’ll make you elad.
Renai mber, ’tie our aim to please.
But errors are like peskv Haas—
Thev wll! creep in In spite of fate.
Therefore, watch your label and the
date.
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clci.r running water.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Thaw trial was to have
heen resumed yesterday. Let
us hope there will be uo‘repeti
tion of the disgusting details
heretofore made public.
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* The jlast legislature passed
two hundred new laws. Just
as if w r e didn’t have enough laws
Already. What we need is a
more rigid enforcement of the
laws now on the statute boaks.
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The Columbia State of Sunday
contained a write-up of the men
who engineered the county op
tion bill. One of the most promi
nent of the group is our own J.
Cornelius Otts. Mr. Otts cer
tainly has occupied a position of
honor in the contest just closed
and h£ acquitted himself nobly,
thus rellecting credit upon him
self and his constituents.
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The Ledger would be particu.
larly pleased to see Mr. Opie
Read greeted by a large house
to-morrow evening. He is a
■ewspaper man oy profession
and has contributed some amus
ing fiction to the world’s litera
ture, chief among which is
“Old Ebenezer,” “Len Gan-
s&i*” Aud “Ernrqett Bonlore,’
•ach li which has for its hero a
country newspaper editor No
wonder we are partial to Mr.
Read.
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As can be seen from the rag
ged appearance of this issue
The Ledger was in all kinds of
trouble yesterday. Our type*
•etting machine bucked yester
day morning and we were una
ble to get it to work before very
late in the afternoon. We re
gret that it becomes necessary
for us to send out such a paper
as this, even once and a while,
but accidents will happen and
this office is not immune. We
expect to be in good shape be
fore the next issue is due.
iyx'tits Gil ill. .>'i
lUuiiu'ii tlieiv had !«’
fbariiaiilc «tnter|iiisf
fore. In the liritis’i 1
by Mr. Wbitbre; .
bad beeu definittiy formulated saving
Instituti ins wore rapidly iucorpora.ed
in vireai iliitai'i auu within a few
years in other countries of Europe.
The United State's was not far Ik.*
hfuu in adopting Fie u tw seheme. T!ie
estalilisbment of the fir t of .the in-titu-
tbr. s i f the kind in this country dates
back to Decern , i, IMG, '.viie i the
Provident Institution For Savings oi
liocton was incorporated. It opened
its doors to depositors in 1S17. just
ninety years ago. It proved to be a
success from the start, and similar sav
ings banks were soon opened every
where. There are now alioiit DliOb
sik-Ii hanks in tills country, taking
rare of the savlnes of n- ar’y 7.. r >00.0b0
depositors.
Some idea of the growth of the de
posits may be gained from the state
ment that in 18.10. fourteen years after
the opening of the first American sav
ings bank, the total of deposits was
.'’'5.973,304. At the .opening of the < ivi;
war it had mounted to about $150,00< .-
0o<t. and l>> ISOo it liad grown to ten
times that amount It Is now consid
erably in excess of three billions, being
equal to more than three- times the
interest bearing debt of the United
Mates. The state of Massachusetts
alone has deposit exceeding SGOd.OOO,
000, <>r more than was contained in the
savings banks of the entire United
States in 3*75 and a sum surpassing
the- assessed valuation of the* city of
Chicago. A single savings bank in
New York city has deposits that are
rapidly approaching the hundred mil
lion mark.
In nearly all American states the in
vestments that can be made by the
trustees of savings banks have been so
safeguarded that these institutions are
.egurded as the most stable and con
servative of all banking enterprises.
It is. in fart, the well known integ
rity of their management which has
given rise to a proposal now being
made in several states to permit the
savings banks to introduce depart
ments of industrial insurance. In
Massachusetts, a state which has al
ways been a leader in matters affect
ing savings Institutions, a bill is about
to be introduced into the legislature
which, if it becomes a law, will an
tborize the 1X9 savings banks of the
Bay State to undertake* industrial life
. : .v.sv.w.*.**«'** ii.M.py- ih(» Mic/iervlsinn of. a
state actuary. The promoters of this
plan say that life insurance is simply
a specialized form of savings and that
the savings banks may very well es
tablish departments for dealing in in
dustrial insuranee in small amounts.
4cor 'ug,tP u ...
j Vi l lage:' mei ft
chlir have )!•»
i first V* .some
lauadre>over
tin* c-lotiiing in
il !.
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The legislature fiuished its
work Saturday night—or rather
Sunday morning. The most
important piece of work execu
ted was the decapitation of the
State dispensary. We are not
prepared to say that we admire
the county dispensary plan any
bettor than the State dispensary.
The truth is that we are “agin”
any kind of dispensary. Certain
it is, however, that it is more
democratic to allow each county
to say what it will have rather
than that one county shoula say
what another must have. In
other words, we believe iu each
couuty being allowud to govern
itbelf. We believe that it would
be better for the whole state to
have prohibition. Weceitainly
do not believe it right for the
state or the county to deal in
liquor.
A tissue builder, reconstructor,
tullds up waste force, makes strong
nerves and muscle. You will realize
aft?r taking Hollister’s Rock Moun
tain Tea what a wonderful benefit it
will be to you. 35 cents. Tea or Tab
lets. Gaffney Drug Co.
—One 25 cents box of Grip Tablets
will olid that cold In the bead. Ho
cure, no pay. Gaffney Drug Co.
Next Time.
“Yes," said Mrs. Malaprop. talking
to a friend about her daughter Emily’s
wedding, “I'm glad it's all over. If it
had lasted a second longer 1 should
have had nervous palliation or some
thing! Why. what do you suppose?
When the minister called before the
wedding. I asked him whether it was
necessary to have two cassocks for the
bride and groom to kneel on. He
smiled and said be thought that somfr
thh.g thicker would be better, and Em
ily laughed right out and left the
room. Well, of course 1 knew I’d said
something wrong, so I corrected my
self. 'I didn’t mean cassocks,’ I said.
I meant two Cossacks.' And what do
you suppose be said?"
“Asked you whether you desired a
foreign military effect?’’ ventured the
guest.
“No; be said that, judging by the
present state of affairs iu Russia, be
doubted whether he’d be able to get
them, and even if he could he doubted
whether they would be agreeable to
be knelt upon, judging by the way
they were fighting oppression. Ob, I
was go mad! You can bet the next
time I won’t beat around the bush.
I'll come right out and ask whether or
not we need two pillars!’’ -Harper's
Weekly.
Use of Profane Language.
Unless something Is done to check
the evil, Americans must soon become
known as the most foul mouthed i*er
sous on earth. It will first 1m* neees
sary to determine the cause of the n.-e
of profane language before any real
cure can be applied. One cause is uu
doubtedly the lack of a sufficient vo
cabulary to express one’s thoughts or
what he conceives to be his thoughts.
It is this faulty vocabulary that in
duel's females to describe as “awful"
things entirely dissoeiJb*d from an;
feeling of awe and as "funny" that
which is merely odd The male, wit’*
his greater freedom of speech, uses an
oath to express the same idea, which
is not an idea, b'd merely a futile at
tempt to express that which is not con
eeived and which consequently cannot
he adequately expressed.- New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
pounding it a great >.eal with a wooden
■ paddle and using plenty of good white
I soap.
The clothes are next rinsed and iu a
'dampened condition returned to the
■ home (<f the laundress, where the lye
j washing takes place in a tub, prefer
ably wooden. In the middle of the tub
j is a hole dosed with a cloth wound
! block, so that the liquid contents may
^ seep away very slowly. In the bottom
1 ar<* placed the coaise common articles
[ and thou the finer things. The towels
i are placed on top. so that dainty lin
gerie shall tie protected. Lastly a spe-
! cial coarse linen cloth is put over the
surface and around the edges to put
vent the wood ashes, which are to
, he added, from working down into the
articles below.
On top of the coarse linen cloth is
strewn a layer of choice wood ashes.
In the south of France they prefer the
ashes of the olive wood or the truffle
oak. Oftentimes i * laundress adds to
the ashes some roots of the iris plant
or other secret aromatic herbs. Now
the difficult work begins. First is pour-
i ed into the tub, very slowly, some cold
clear water, then an equal quantity of
tepid water, then warm water and
finally boiling water until from the
tub arise moist clean odors. If this
operation In-gins, - y, at 2 o’clock, and
If the week’s work is important and
the workwoman vc y conscientious, so
slowly d m?s she pour the water that it
is sometimes 11 at night before she
is through. Then the asbis are remov
ed, and the water drips through the
bottom of the tub until the following
morning, when the contents go again
to the riversHe. in l>e a second time
: washed with soap. I nit never twisted
' or stretched, in clerr cold running wa
ter. Nothing remains after this but
| to dry the linen upon bushes, grass or
a clean gravel brook bed, to be finally
: gent home white, fresh and sweet
I smelling and turned over to another to
Iron.
In the cities modern progress has in
terfered to some extent with these
methods, in the shops there are to be
found large galvanized iron tubs which
I do not drain from the middle. Into
these are piled the clothes which have
been first cleansed with soap, and on
top of them are placed thr* ashes,
j Finally cold water is added, and a
1 tire fs figlifeaTtirt<ier the tub. and the
whole mass is boileJ until d"iie. These
metallic tubs are tn^'itioned without
enthusiasm, the best families opposing
them., They are sold in large numbers
nevertheless.
The large city laundries use machin
ery and provide that luminous, gummy
polish upon collars and cuffs calk'd
“glace Americain.” because Americans
do not like it. In Marseil es there are
many firms operating iu this whole
sale manner, particularly for naviga
tion comj anies. The washers get 77
eents to $1.16 ner day and the wom
en wiio run tin* machines 48 to 67 cents
f»er day.—-Consular Report.
THE DAINTY DESSERT
into a pint of boi'in »v: y. >,• Il have pre
pared a dessert which uiil s .r. . .-e and dt Mit
a.l who taste it. When ft In - become cold it
will jellify ami be re 1., o < t. y a more
elaborate dessert try the !■ •ilov.\*jg:
Banana Crcirnt,
Peel five large banana , reb smooth with five
tea-poonfclti of sugar. Add one cup sweet
cream iieuten to a stiff froth, then one package
of Lemon Jell-0 dissoh vd m one and ,uc-half
•ar——= < opt< of boiling water.
iv:\\ -cv\ 1>our 1,1 mold or iwwI
OwL.VrVJ» \ and when :o'd garnish
•
w/.h candied cherries.
\\ Serve with whipped
A\ cream.
Jo .nitifnlly illustra-
’ted recipe book free.
Address
The Genesee Pure Food Co.. Le Roy, N. V.
Expectorant
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NOTICE.
Or) each Tuesday and Saturday of
n ach week we will grind your corn
or wheat on short notice. Sastiyfact- !
ion guaranteed. Your patronage so
licited. '
Yours for business,
W. J. Daniel & J. S. Spencer.
FOR SALE.
I will offer for sale to the
highest bidder on the first Mon
day (salesday) in March immediate- ,
ly after the legal sales, before the I
court house door, the oropretv known
as the Gooding house' on Logan :
street. This is a five-room cottage,'
city water. Sale subject to mortgage
of J. Q. Little.
Mrs. Minnie Cox.
Feb. 19, 23, 2(5, Mar. 1
Ramsey & Coyle
Painters, Paper Hangers and Decorators
Gaffney, S. C.
We have just received the largest and:
most complete line of samples of Wall
paper, Sin-O-Wall andSanitas ever shown
in Gaffney. We also paint. Esti
mates and references cheerfully fur
“isked. Feb. 5-imo.
RAMSEY & COYLE
There are hundreds of
satisfied users of
Dr. Wolford's Expsctorant
F or Coughs and Colds
here in Gaffey. : ;
If it does not do better
than we claim, your
25c is here for you.
We have sold it here
for the past six or sev-
" en years under this
strong guarantee, and
have had only one bot
tle returned. : ; :
Solve the diflicult problem of combiatcq>
in one and the same bird, utility witn
the fancy qualities. I have had the Red*
eight years, and have tiled all other kind*
•ind find the Reds the he^t all-purpose
fowl of all others. I have spent hundreds
of dollars to find out w hich was: tne best
ami to get the finest in the country, aod
tiie Reds fid the bill, ami I have as fine
| stock as can be found in the United
States, not only the Reds, also Buckeye
Reds, M. 15. i urkeys and Toulouse Gee*e.
To all who can do so, come and see mm
, birds. ^
CHEROKEE POULTRY YARDS,
E. R, CASH, Prop. -
Feb5-12-19 26-Tues.
Fire,
Life,
.Eating House.
When in town give us a call.
We will do all that is in our
power to please you. Fresh
Oysters served in all styles.
Parkei’s Eating House
Opposite Postofiice.
tf
| Accident,
f Health Insur-a
CHEROKEE
DRUG COMPANY.
once
Fresh Garden Seed.
■ i
j Surely Bonds.
■Jones J. Darby
The 0 rr.ircuc Strength of China.
The Ohlucso hnve the best food in
the world, rice; the best drink, tea. and
the best clothing, cotton, silk and fur,
and possessing these staplta and their
Innumerable naiive adjuncts the.v do
not need to buy a cent's worth else
where. while their empire is iu itself
so great and they themselves so numer
ous that sales tj each other make an
enormous and sufficient trade aud ex
port to foreign countries is unneces
sary. Let those who still preach the
gospel of force beur what John China
man says and w!rt. iu the opinion of
this writer, is goon to be realized;
“Yes. it is we who do not accept it
thar j>r*( j-e the ; ospcl of peace; it Is
you who acecj t it that trample it un
dcr foot, and -h uy of ironies—it is the
nations of Christ -mlom that have come
to us to teach us by sword and fire
that th* rigli; iu ibis world is power
less unless it is supported by might.
Oh. do n t doubt that w shall learn
the Ics-in! An 1 *v.;e to ^urope when
we have acquired it! Y«i: are arming
a nation of RKi.OOO.OUO. d nation which
iiniil vou <aiue had n^ tietter wish
themselves
name of
call to
ins we re
spond."--Fort.m
DON’T FORGET
I you ern be cured of Cancr, Tu- i
• mor or Chronic Old Sores. Ten !
l thousand cases treated, it Is the •
I surest cur« on earth. Delay Is 1
i fatal How to be cured? Just
» write 1
• O. B. GLADDEN Grover. N. C. •
until \ou <ame had n^ tiette
tlia'i i » live at |H*ace with ther
and all the world. In an* m
Christ you have soiindcdlthe
arms; in the name of Confd'ins
—Remember The Seed Store when
you go to buy your garden seed
Gaffney Drug Co.
Electricity and t’ne Hair.
“If I wanted to be an inventor.’’ s lid
the manager of a telephone exchange.
*T should certainly look into the effect
of electricity and light on the hair.
We rarely have a girl operator whose
hair is not abundant and beautiful. It
may be due to the free electricity in
the air around a switchboard, or 9
may be that the hair, ilk’* a tree. h*;s
its growth sllffiUlc'p'l by the electric
light, but the fact Is undoubted, and
It Is certainly worth Investigating.”—
New York Post.
Wh?t the Church Should Do.
That it is the mission of the church
to revolutioni ;e the selfish conditions
of the present life, leaving heaven and
hell to take care of themselves, was the
substance of a recent vigorous ad,iress
by the Rev. Dr. < harles P. Fagnafii at
a ma-s meeting of lalioring men. , He
is r! lit, The church th it has thq eu-
thnsias:*) of Christ will seek to riiake
n*.»*u feel and act like brothers in Uhe
life that now is. It will make war^br>-
o.i all the conditio us that enslave/ and
degrade men. It will prea b a^ospel
for the body as well as for tMe soul.
It will not rebuke, but enco Ag®. the
noble unrest that leads laboBps men
to desire better wages. bcttA homes,
better opportunities for intellALual de
velopment, ai*l It will teaclB?uiture
and wealth that increase of ^Bwer is
increase of resnousibllity. I®Is the
business of the church to brin»teaven
down to earth, instead of « o-«o;iing
salvation to the future. The CbBVan
ity of t hrist tna’e* men realiJ “that
the welfare of each is the conwrn of
ail.”—Leslie’s Weekly.
MO* fe IQTFD'Q
Rocky Mountain "ea Nuggets
A Busy Medicine far Busy People,
Brings Gulden health Renewed Vigor.
A specific for Constipation. Indigestion. Llvei
and Kidney troubles, l imples. Eczema. Impure
Ulood. Bad Hreatb. Sluggish Bowels. Headache
and Backache. Its Kocky Mountain Tea in tab
.et to'Tn. 35 cents a box. Genuins made by
Hollisteu Oitco Company. Madison. Wis.
GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALiOW PEOPLfe
DR. W. K. GUNTER,
DENTIST
)ffice in Star Theatre Building.
Phonb No. 20.
Crow and bridge werk a specialty
OR. J. F. GARRETT.
DENTIST.
Moved to now oMc# over Frederic^
Street. Front of th# Battery.
’Phone Office and Residence.
WILLIAM S. HALL. JR*
Attorney at Law,
Office over The Battery.
Gaffney, S. C.
( *roinpt attention give*- to all baslneao
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Gaffney, S. C.
HONEST INSURANCE
Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on the basis of the
actuaries’tables of life expectation, and therefore, absolutely f air 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 striat
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 whw
they will need it most keenl y.
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 oat
of his own State to get it. >;
The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by
the State of Sm h Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws governu^
Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homes and interests are in thi*
State. It h an old line, 1 gal reserve, Straight Life Company of tae sounds*
kind, and should have the support of the people of the State.
Southeastern Life Insurance Company,
ELUOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent,
Spartanburg, S. C.
Mar. IStb. 1907
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