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E »• A A. THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday! Ed. H. DeCamp. Editor and Publisher. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. The Ledger is not reaponalbla for the views of correspondents. Hereafter no adverllsemanta will be accepted at this office after 9.80 o’dook e« Mondays and Thursdays. Watch your label and the date. And renew before ’tis too late; If there be an error, don't set mad. Report to ns—well make yon triad. Renumber, 'tie our aim to please. But errors are like peskv fleas— They will creep In in spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date —Original. CITY DIRECTORY. Officials, J. Q. Little •• Tf. Jj. Rnears .. W. H. Ross ... R. A. Jonog .. A. L. Hallman T. H. lyy'lrtiart J. B. Bell .... Mayor Mayor Pro Tem City Clerk .. .. Treasurer ,. Health Officer Chief Police .. City Attorney Board Public Work* *. A. N. Wood Chairman J. N. Lipscomb Treasurer W. H. Ross Secretary Board of Trade W. C. HamHok President J. C. Otto Secretary NOTES AND COMMENTS. Tho Cotton St Ik Fiber Company hag been organized and work is to be inaugurated at once. It will not be many months before the machine'; will be on the market and a ereat many cotton planters will he able to sell their cotton product ppxt, year from th'» root, to the top—cottop, cotton seed and cotton stalk. • • • The Board of Trade meeting Fri day night w a s one of the largest and most enthusiastic yet held. Every body is awaking to the Importance o£ doing somethin^ to promote the materia] prosperity of this town. With our great natural advantages and a little push we can do an im mense amount of good • • • There is no use in talking about it, the people of this county are deter mined to celebrate the Fourth of July every year and Gaffney may Just as well make up her mind to do the honors. We must entertain our friends at least once a year. On be half of the committee we extend a cordial invitation to all the people of this and adjoining counties to come and help celebrate Independ ence Day. • * * The Methodist Conference meets in Gaffney next November. Isn’t it about time that the committee on en tertainment began to get busy gather in'*' chickens for the event? While the resources of Cherokee are almost limitless, still, as everybody knows, it will take a monstrous heap of chickens to feed that Methodist crowd for one whole week. But we’ll prove eqaal to the emergency and don’t you fail to recollect it. • • • The Old Man has just returned from the Isle of Palms. The enter tainment accorded him was so grand and the reception so cordial that it in a great measure atoned for the disappointment In not being permit ted to «e e Bugs perform In the box. We are so Intoxicated over the fact that the boys and girls of the press are to meet here next year that we cannot attempt to tell of the good time we had just now, but will add thai Major Hemphill. Cols. Ball, Waring and Morris and a host of other good fellows covered them selves with glory and won the lasting friendship of everyl>ody. We don’t know that we can ever repay them, but we’ll never forgive them if they don’t pome up next year and give us a n opportunity to reciprocate. • • • The thirty-third annual meeting of the stare Press Association was held at the Seashore Hotel, Isle of Palms. Charleston, last week. It was the mos- largely attended and success ful meetings in the history of the as sociation. The association accepted an invitation from the Gaffney Board of Trade to hold its next session in this rfty. There were some misgivings ,on theffiart of some of the members Uty of Gaffney to properly e cere of so many at one time. They will no doubt be agreeably dis appointed afte - they come here. We want to assure them that they will receive a royal welcome and that there is not a man or woman in this ^,4 town who is not rejoiced and en thus'd at the prospect of their coming. On behalf of the people of the town extend thanks to the associa<ioa. Mrs. Arch C. Cree, with her child ren, of Nashville, Tenn., has arrived in the city for an extended visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Car- roll, corner Robinson and Logan streets. Mrs. c. P. Ligon, of Spartanburg, ig visiting relatives in the city. W. E. Kerr, of North Carolina, is visiting his sister, Mrs. C. L. Mc- Guinn, who is Just recovering from a severe spell of sickness. Mrs. T. E. Wingate has returned to Asheville, N. C., after spending some time with her sister, Mrs. C. L. MeGuinn. Hon. C. W. Wnisonant, of Wllkins- ville, was in the city yesterday on business. Victor Gaffney, of Concord. N. C., is in the city visiting his mother, on Granard street. F. S. Mosher, of Caroleen, N. C., was among the visitors in tl\e city Sunday. W. S. Wilkerson, of Hickory Grove, was In the city Friday. A. L. Crutchfield, of Spartanburg, was a business visitor in the city Friday. Mrs. A. M. Carlton and Misses Pennington and Rudasill, of Caro leen. N. C.. spent Sunday in the city with relatives and friends. E. P. Campbell, of 99 Islands, spent Friday and Saturday in the city. W. B. Jenkins, a popular traveling salesman, representing the Cincin nati Cordage and Paper Company, spent yesterday i n the city in the in terest of his house. J. W. Mullinax, of Troy, spent yes terday in the city, the guest of his brother-in-law, Prof. W. L. Johnson. Mr. Mullinax once resided In Gaff ney. and he devoted a portion of his time while here to calling on old friends and looking up old acquaint ances, all of whom were pleased to greet him again. H. Fay Gaffney arrived in the city Friday, and will remain here until today. Mr. Gaffney always receives n warm welcome in Gaffney and The Ledger would be glad to learn of any change in his business plans that would keep him at home permanent- ] V. W. S. Hall, Esq., left for Chester Sunday afternoon. He returns to day. Mr. W. J. Wilkins and family are :i: Piedmont Springs for a month. Col. T. B. Butler who attended court in Union last week has return ed home. Col. Butler went to Union to assist in the defense of the negro who shot and killed Constable Gist at Carlisle some weeks ago. The case however was continued. Thad McArthur <and family, of Marlow, Ind. Ter., are visiting rel atives and friends in this city and county. A Midday Ncp Club. "What we need down here (Philadel phia) in the rushing office district is a midday-nap club,’’ said a lawyer of large practice recently to a reporter of the Philadelphia Record, “a place where a fellow- can run in for a few winks of midday sleep without the danger of being awakened by some er ratic caller. A quiet lounge, in a se cluded room, every fellow to himself and a man to call you at the moment designated, and I venture the thing would be a success. Moreover, I be lieve a few winks of sleep in the mid dle of the day would do much to re lieve the nervous tension under which most of us labor, prolong onr lives and avert many a case of nervous prostra tion. I make the suggestion iu all se riousness and hope soon to see it put into effect." FROLIC OF RICH MEN Dressed as Hoboes, They Start Out to Settle a Wager. BEG AS AUTOMOBILE WAITS. Ho, For a Hundred Yearsl [Any one who dies beforu he Is a hun dred disgraces himself.—Dr. Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Department of Agricul ture.] The grave has no allure for me; My life I value highly. I'd like to live a century Along with Dr. Wiley. When young and Ailed with health and hope. I thought perhaps I might. Rut since I've studied up the dope My chances don't seem bright. I breakfast on formaldehyde; For lunch I take a snack Of talc, with alum on the side And flavored with shellac. These viands, plainly labeled "Food'’ May make short work of me. Yet they are fortified as good By U. S. guarantee. Stray rocks from blasts in cellarways Repeatedly turve shot me. And often trucks and vans and drays Have pretty nearly got me. In ferry crashes I have been Accounted with the-lost At. J Juat aped t® mingle in A subway holocaust. In dodging motor cars I’ve got Most iVr-adfu’ly cxeltr-d; I’ve stood two Inches from the spot Wh re falling safes alighted. To all these things perhaps I will In time become inured, i may live out that h-.mdred—still. I keep my life Insured. —James J. Montague in Now York Airier- j lean. Ths Honduran Mule. Forlorn of ages, can It be That Time, repenting of the past, Hafh tardily accorded thee Thy due at last? The heavy buaden and the lend The wosld hath heaped upon thy back ■ave four* reward in cuss and goad And sounding whack. The horse hath pranced through- rhyme j and so ? (E’erveno of wood at Troy got fame). But who hafii tried In history long To boost thy game? But ;»ow across she wires we’re told Of how a thief with burgl'ous tool Attacked^ stable, plncbedTin "old Hortduran mule. And how the Nicaraguan wko ’ Purloined that mule unchained ffr* door Which freed, although be never knew. The dogs of war. So dusky brakes nhmfi soak the *nrth With brunette gore.In many a pool, Aifd all to demonstrate thy worth. Illustrious mule! —Philadelphia ledger. Arvo Bed Salmon can be prepared in nearly a hundred different ways, it is on- of the mor.t nutritious and healthful foods sold. At all grocers. June 18-21. Garden City, N. Y., Lavishes Colo Victuals on Them—Tramp Who Got Big Lemon Won Bet—Then Auto Party Dines at Loser’s Expense. Chadwick E. Sawyer is twenty-one years old, lives in Garden City, N. Y., and doesn’t have to work. Patrick A. Fogarty Is twenty-two years old and lives iu New York. He feels that he does a hard day’s work when he winds up his automobile and runs out to see Sawyer, says the New York World. In the refreshment room of the Gar den City hotel the pair are considered men of promise. They were in there the other afternoon after a day of ar duous golf when Fogarty pushed the button and remarked amiably to Saw yer that he looked like a tramp. Fogarty sprang up and—looked in the glass. Then be came back and said to Sawyer: “You say I look like a tramp. I know you look like one. Now, let us get into tramp clothes and go out on the Jericho turnpike. You take one side of the pike and I take the other side, and we’ll call at the back doors of the plethorically rich and the front doors of the worthy poor, and the man that gets the biggest handout is stuck for dinners for everybody in this room. It’s a sure thing that the bigger the handout a man gets the more that man looks like a tramp. Are you on?” Sawyer pushed the button again in his inimitable way and replied that he was “on.” Everybody in the room joined in a mighty shout of approval. A couple of dishwashers supplied the proper raiment. Fogarty and Sawyer got themselves into these clothes, rubbed enough of Mother Earth into their faces and hands to complete the makeup and said ihey were ready. A few more pushes i f the magic button and a select party drove away from the rear of the hotel in Fogarty’s tour ing ear. Arrived at the Jericho turnpike, the two adventurers alighted. The rest of the party cruised up and down in the automobile. Sawyer, looking truly footsore and weary, with a note of heart rending appeal In his voice, begged his bread from door to door. At the farmhouse of Thomas Wicks he got four biscuits. Mrs. Grin Pear sall gave him a ham lx>ne, and u Ger man family at his third stop gave him two slices of rye bread and butter. At his fourth, fifth, sixth and sev enth stops he received so much more that he was compelled to stop the auto and ask his friends to take care of it. How about Fogarty? Well, he got plenty of cold pancakes, prune pie, canned corned beef and left over tapi oca pudding, but it was at the farm house of Orlando Titus, near West- bury. that his “handout” won the bet. Titus has a daughter that everybody in the party agreed ought to be hang ing out in the orchard, “she is such a peach.” Instead she was hanging out clothes when Fogarty came slouching Into the yard. For full five minutes she listened to his Arabian tale of the widowed mother and the seven little children In the Bronx who would Stan ■» to death in their cheerless rooms if some kind lady wouldn’t give the on;y support of the family (Fogar ty) a piece of bread so that he should be strong enough to work and earn money enough chopping wood to get back to the Bronx and maybe get a job that would keep the wolf from the door of the widowed mother and the seven children. Then Miss Titus said’: “I don't think anything you say Is true. I believe you drink liquor and are afraid of work.” Fogarty reiold the story of his sad estate. “Weil, all right" replied Miss Titus, “I'll u’v* ; the woe as I give all the tramps that come here If you'll prow.! :o to e:t it.” “Gladly, m ” said Fogarty. ‘Tin that starved I coulil eat dog." So Titus went Into the house and retrr.ie ' with a pWite covered with a snowy na; k'n. "Put your hard un-’er the napkin,” she onunninled. “It won’t bite yon. It isn’t dog.” Fogirtr complied and drew out—a nhs* siuoo'h, r oni' 1 1-T.oi!. Wb<**i ho git out on the road he pro cl by k tl -’t F- wyer v,-ns more of a trr’.’U"* then lie. F > Lawyer c'.ii .hec aboard, ami !’• -y all drove back to Garden City and <Hiieil on Sawyer. To Russi* For a P.-rasite. Dr. I.. Lov.urd chief of the bu reiiu < f ent >mn!< gr, department of ag- rlc iitnre. hrs gone to the Crimea to Tirit the e -C••••«*• F." • ►v.i e*uo*v''!®'rFt M. .VobbrslieNky and confer with him abort a p:ir.isbe that preys upon the sliknTonn the pusslnn having recently disco-1 ••I'd what he claims to lie the* natural enemy of the destructive silk worm parasite, says the Washington Herald. Dr. Howard is convinced that if the Russhru's discovery Is genuine the way will soon be opened for a thriving silk industry in the United States. He left Washington armed with the neceosuxy authorization to apply to the American embassy at St Petersburg for assistance In procuring the privilege to exisirt various breeds af parasites from Russia, from which he is hopeful of obtaining one variety that wifi check the ravages of the silk worm’s foe In this country. Exports declare that as soon as an effective method icr the jireservation of the silk worm’s life is discovered silk n,anu- fhctvrlng in the Fulled states will be come on Important Industry. Lunching c i the Curb. Luncheon served In carriages linoil up along the otirbst me Is Hu* latest fad Introduced in L'lii ' dphla. This in novation w;m witr es ed when a car riage confab 'ng a man and a woman fashionably dresse! was stopped iu front of a (M,‘start street restaurant. The coachman got t own from Ida m d and hastened into the restaurant, and In a short time a waiter appeared on Pu* sidewalk with a tvnyful of edibles. The food was ha idod Into the car riage. end the occupants fell to eating In full vie v of passershy. The idea promises to become popular among shoppers, who. ns a rule, lind the pub lic dining rooms crowded just about the time they watd their luncheon, «nvs the Philadelphia Record. Everybody's Hifle Range. The proposition to establish a gov ernment range for rifle and revolvr practice merits the commendation of everybody, for it j; proposed to permit civilian clubs and individuals as well ns military organizations to shoot over it under proper restrictions. Just where it will be located, says Forest and Stream, will be decided by the commission of army officers appointed for the purpose, but It is probable that it will be in one of the middle Atlantic scans. AN ORDINANCE REGULATINGTHH RUNNING OF AUTOMOBILES IN THE TOWN OF GAFFNEY AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF GAFFNEY IN COUN- CILj ASSEMBLED AND BY AU THORITY OF THE SAME: That on and after the passage of this ordinance It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of an auto mobile, or motor car to maintain a greater rate of speed while within the corporate limits of the town of Gaffney than eight miles per hour, and it shall be the duty of any per son having the control of such ma chine to bring the same to a stand still when any horse or mule is frightened thereby, and so wait un til the rider or driver can pass or turn aside into another street; and it shall be the duty of every person in control or charge of every such ve hicle when desiring to pass any such animal from the rear, to pass the same slowly, and without unneces sary noise and to come to a stand still If the animal about to be pass ed becomes frightened and difficult to be managed by reason thereof. Any person violating this ordinance, upon conviction before the mayor shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or be Imprisoned for a term of not more thao thirty days. Done and ratified in council as sembled this the seventh day of June, In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven. J. Q. Little, Mayor. W. H. Ross, City Clerk. The Secret of A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION Now Revealed FREE! What beauty is more desirable than an exquisite complexion and elegant jewels? An opportunity for every woman to obtain both, for a limited time only. The directions and recipe for obtaining a faultless complexion is the secret long guarded by the master minds of the Orientate and Creeka. This we obtained after years of work and great expense. It is the method used by the fairest and most beautiful women of Europe. Hundreds of American women who now use it have expressed their delight and satisfaction. 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O.. and are also agents for some of the largest and best FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES in the world, and write the best Accident and Health poli cies that can he written. See us for REAL ESTATE, whether a buyer or seller. Before placing your Fire Insurance phone No. 170. Oaffney Trust Go. OFFICERS. D. C. Ross, President. C. W. Hames, Sec and Treas. J. N. Lipscomb, V.-President. J. C. Otts, Attorney. Office in National Bank Building 7 t t • * Si. * * S ■* S * < > / / / / / / / > l( You Owe Monev on your home or wart to build, we are pre pared to make loans on easyjpayments. You can pay it back and hardly miss it. Start in now with a few shares. : : : : : : *1 A * Building & Loan Association R. M. WILKINS, President. R. S. LIPSCOMB, Sec. and Treae. Office Merchants and Planters Bank. HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protectiotwko the family at’premium rates fixed on the basis of kh* actuaries’tables of life expectation, and therefore, absolutely fair is Gw wi^r kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company of Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” poliwea. no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, bat and straight Life Insurance of the kind that takes care of a man’s fanfiy by providing an immediate cash estate on his death, the tint* of all times'^ wtae they will need it most keenly. It is every man’s sacred duty to carry life insurance for the benefit of tboae (la- pendant upon him, and all men know this, hut no South Caroliuan need out of his own State to get it. M The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartOMMi uy the State of South Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws gwu—#ig Life Insurance. T t is direeted'hv men whose homes and interests are hi tlifc State. It is an old line, legal reserve. Straight Life Company of tae soiwaAst kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. Ms Soniheastern Life Insurance Coopy, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Uar. 1610. loot Spartaaburg, S. C.