Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publlahar. TMe Ledger Is not responsible for the rlews of correspondent!. Hereaft«r no advertisement* * will be accepted at thle office after 9.30 o'clock en Mondays and Thuredaya. Watch your label and the date. And renew before ’tie too late; If there be an error, don't get mad. Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Remember, 'tie our aim to please. But errors are like pesky fleas— They will creep in In spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. CITY DIRECTORY. Officials. J. O. Little Mayor H. L. Spears Mayor Pro Tem W. H. Ross City Clerfc R. A. Jones Treasurer A. L. Hallman Health Officer T. H. Lockhart Chief Police J. B. Bell City Attorney Board Public Worka. A. N. Wood Chairman J. N. Mpscomb Treasurer W. H. Ross Secretary Board of Trade W. C. Hamrick President J. C. Otts Secretary EASY HOSPITALITY. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Ledger wants a correspondent in even- nook and corner of Chero kee. Here is an opportunity for some bright boy or girl to develop the latent talent that lies dormant within them. Send The Ledger the news of your neighborhood. • * • The Ledger is indebted to Mr. W. N. Clark, to Prof. R. O. Sams and to Mi. Frank Parrott for vegetables grown in their respective gardens. It is such courtesies that make the sunbeam? of life brighter and help add fragrance to the perfume of the rose. • • • Gaffney i? on the eve of a wonder ful business revival. The growth of this town and the business incident thereto bids fair to exceed anything of he kind ever known in this section. But this exception will not be realiz ed unless ‘here is a united effort on the par- of the people to bring it about. • • • In the death of W. C. S. Wood this countv loses on^ of its best citizens. Mr. Wood had hi* imperfections, as most of u? have, but he was a genial soul, a true friend and a good neigh bor. We are glad that we were privileged to call him friend and brother. The world would be bright er if there were more like him. • • • The Board of Trade meets next Friday night. This will be one of most interesting an 1 important meet ings in the history of the organization and every business man in Gaffney, regardless of w’hether he be a mem ber of the organization or not, should be present as some matters pertaining to the welfare of the town are to be discussed. • • • W© have never known a season when the farmers did not complain about the condition of their crop and this season the complaint has been unusually loud. While we admit the crops are not as forward as we have seen them in years gone by still there is no justification for needless alarm. At this particular writing the evidence-s are that the farmers of Cherokee will make ajj average crop. • • • The Carolina Sparta n asks; “Why does not Gaffney get busy with an electric railway to meet one building, or to be built, from Charlotte to Gastonia? Then it is only about 13 miles to Clifton, joining her with Spartanburg. It would be great to be able to go from Spartanburg through Gaffney to Charlotte by trolley.’' This is a splendid sugges tion and is sure to become a reality at no very distant day. Mr*. Newlywed’s Entertaining; Easily Served viands Prepared In Advance* Keeping house as she did without any regular help Mrs. Newlywed j used her wit to devise ways to light en the labor and to make it possible to offer hospitality to John’s friends and her own without entailing so nmch extra work that the pleasure 1 was lost both to her guest and her-1 J self. An Emergency Shelf. The clever little girl wife had a shelf that she kept stocked with special prepared foods that could be quickly served in an emergency to, piece out a meal that might be ample for two but would bo scant for four. A soup, a salad and a nice desert, will carry almost any repast | through with eclat, and the ingre- ilients- or producing these in short; order were never lacking on her shelf The Best Grade Foods. Only the best grade foods were bought In this form, for Mi's. Newly wed knew that as a rule you get only what you pay for and in the end it was real economy to buy the re liable, high class brands, if you are particular as to your table. In a | very few minutes a can of soup (the kind with a picture of a little chef was Mrs. Newlywed’s choice) could be heated and an assortment was kenT on hand so that she could select substantial mock turtle or delicate consomme to ^uit the other articles 'on her menu, and the taste of her guests. As both members of the Newlywed family were fond of sal- i ads she always kept a supply on hand of lettuce, ondlre or water cress, tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers, beets or other vegetable materials. Chicken, Lobster, Sardine. Shrimp. Her canned stock contained whole chicken in jelly, lobster, sardines, shrimp always and often a much longer list of edibles that could be readily served in the shape of an appetizing salad. Tv o chafing dish es were among the most useful wed ding presents that she had received, and John was more of an expert in this fascinating form of cookery than she herself was. Nothing pleased him more than to have an opportunity to show his skill with the “Blazer,” and as everyone knows nothing lasts quite as delicious as goodies cooked before one’s eyes in this way. Even simple scrambled eggs assume an unusual attraction so prepared, but John’s performance , went far beyond such elementary cookery. A Jelly Omlette. He could turn out a jelly omlette that made a desert fit for a king, and had a knack for concocting sauces that made the simplest rechauffe of left-over meat or fish a dish to be marked with a red letter ever after ward in the memory of his guests. ! Never was hospitality more gener ously offered than by these young married people, and however simple the repast might he it was always gaily shared, and served with & grace that shamed many more pre-, tentious establishments. Sunday Night Tea. Sunday night tea was invariably planned with the idea of being in readiness for the friends sure to ’ drop in or this much appreciated bit of homeness that the Newlyweds shared with all who came. It was an occasion when the hostess was expected to act only as a consulting member of the party. The table was in readiness for a bouffet tea, and the various dishes had been pre pared in advance, so that they need ed only to be placed on the table. Picnic Teas. “Picnic teas” were what Mrs. New-! lywed called these, and she availed herself of every convenience that the n ame suggested to make this A1 Fresco feast go off easily. Paper napkins—the all white rather sub stantial ones that can be had at any store where Oriental goods are kept —replaced the linen napery. All the | hot dishes served were made in the "Blazer,” and at the end the gay party cleared the table in short order I placing the dishes in Mrs. Newly wed’s patent dish washer, but that must be told another time. Eleanor Frances. WORSHIPERS OF FIRE. RAVENNA READING. Mysterious Sect of Well Educated, Ap parsntly Intelligent English People. Only the other day did I make tin* strange discovery Hint there exists in London a mysterious sect of fire wor shipers not foreigners either, but well educated and apparently intelligent people of granl social position, writes a London eorresjxuuleut of the New York Herald. I was out at Balham, a suburb of South Ixmdon, when a friend, pointing to a big house with windows heavily shuttered imdde said, “Do you know what piac« that is?” “According to the calendar,” he pro ceede.d, “this is the longest day. Inside that house there have heen assembled since sunrise ubont ”'•<» people who call themselves the ’Faithist tVunmnnity-’ and there, with all the light of day shut out, they are bowing low or kneel ing before a little oil lamp, worshiping the sun. “Their ordinary days of worship are Sundays and Mondays. Their rites are said to follow closely the lines of wor ship of the I'arsees, a race which some sixteen or seventeen hundred years ago was driven from Persia to seek a home on the western shores of India. They worship fire and light and are directing their praise naturally to tie* sut, as tin* greatest emblem of lire and light. Their shrine in that big, dismal, ■lesertol looking house is the little oil lamp referred to, which is carefully watched ami never allowed to go out.” High Court Judges. There is no society for the prevention of cruelty to judges, and the gentlemen of the l»eneh have no journal whs h is exclusively devoted to voicing their grievances. In the name, therefore, of <«ir eotnnxei humanity we ap|>oal fora cessation of the sweating of the jiuli ciiwy. A miserable Nnlar> of j it week, and the onlj holidays the poor fellows are allowed are fhreo paltry months In tho summer, a miserable three ujeeks at •‘hristmas, a uioan fori night or so at La ter and a despicable week or ten days at Whit sun No womler there Is a cry for more fudges. —London latw rierk. Subscribe for The Ledger, $1 a year. Newsy Note* and Personals of a Thriving Community. Ravenna, June 28.—Our section was visited by one of the hardest rains of the season yesterday after noon between 5:30 and 6:30 o’clock. Igtml was torn to pieces and con siderably washed up, while on Mr. D. Mathis’ plantation a severe storm ! accompanied by rain, blew his corn Hat to the ground. Mr. Mathis is al ways very conservitive in his reports and when you learn anything through him you may count on it to he very accurate. Farmers here were alreadv behind but the rain of yesterday afternoon puts them still more so behind with their work. General Green has al ready got a good hold on our farm ers and as long as this wet condition of the ground continues, he will be right up with his bat, batting home runs off us poor farmers, for what ^ood can we do when it too wot to field our places? Quite a crowd of our people at tended the closing exercises of the Cedar Springs Institute last Wed nesday. All attending report a royal good time. C. E. Pettit has. we are sorrw to say, decided to work out his vacation in Gaffney with his brother. *J- B. Pettit.' M. Wl. Brown, our popular mer chant is attending court at Gaffney this week, serving as a juror. The rain will no doubt knock a lot. of our people out from attending tho Fourth of July celebration at Limestone next Thursday. MYs. R. G. L. Pettit spent last Wed nesday with Miss Sallie Chalb. The chaingang squad continues with us and they are improving our roads considerably. Supervisor Lip scomb is expected here today or to morrow with a new set of hands who have been tried this week at Gaffney. There is considerable talk heiv just now a bout mad dogs, but on inquiry by your correspondent, we learn it is till bosh. C. It a girl has indigestion, she thinks it’s sign of a great romance. 50c IN CASH FOR 100 COUPONS FROM 2 * . in fach Package! Coupons also Redeemable for Valuable PrefleolS Premium Department AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. JERSEY CITY, X. J. ST. LOUIS, MO. OR « 3«- Music has charms in the country witei,. ttie houses are a mile apart. \Ye should never suspect how good •one people are if they didn’t tell us. Two 5-rooin cottages. One 7-room residence. Two city farms. Seven beautifully located lots that are not five minutes walk from depot. Farms and lots everywhere. FOR RENT*«*One 10-room dwelling with water, baths and electric lights. Brick store room with rooms overhead. If you are contemplating building a new house, cal! at mv office and see many new plans. SAM L. FORT, Real Estate and Fire Insurance OFFICE OVER NATIONAL BANK J Rickets. ^ Q Simply the visible sign that baby’s tiny bones Q q are not forming rapidly enough. Q <Qi Lack of nourishment is the cause. <Q> Scott's Emulsion nourishes baby’s entire system. Stimulates and makes bone. ^ Exactly what baby needs. Q ALL DRUGGISTS: 50c. AND $1.00 r h hz i^ FxrX xp^Fe always contains all the latest local and foreign news. Subscribe now $1.00 c i Y c l 1'. We Have Just Received Another Car Load of the Celebrated LEADER STOVES AND RANGES Er - iSvTt'iji .>5, Imagm j Mardc-r Society. Tl» inprubaeJL'j of tin* *-\r«rerw'e of Buvli a murd* nni* :rr«tfTrrtl<ni as the People's le*yu* di-u-rfl*.] In J A. Mltchcir* mmano*. •*T1* Rfhmi War,” wu* out* of the severest erffinsn** vis- ! Ited sjx>n that widely rend wnusk. It wn« said Hint «iK-h a -wioiMy. whose object whs the reiimval of tffir-w* op. posed to the interests of kilxrr, <*011111 not exifrt f<r a iisenent. If fimv is any more i>r<xef needed that truth is stranger than fiction, it is given in this Instance by the testimony of Orchard, in the Idaho murder trial. M - Orchard is to be believed, Mr. Mitchell*» Imag-! luary murder society was a Sunday j sch<K)l class in comparison with the real thing ns it existed in the western mining states. / - 'J - ■ . / ^1* i _ -*-*k*i?,i - 4 !. 1 The “Star Leaders,” “Crescent Leaders” and “Matchless Ranges” Need no introduction in this county, as we have been s«H- >?. atf'jrF >n ».r-v eel- J rnrjiv-JS The Automatic Man. The death at t’nrlsbnd of Theodor Rosefifehl reminds the Neue P'reie Presse of the fact that he was tin man who some years ago set all Vieti na talking about King Fu, the "auto malic man.” This “most wonderful piece of mechanism ever produced by human bands’ was In the form of a Chinese giant, posed on a pedestal. In the latter there was a complicated cioqlr.vork, w hich was wound up by Uoseufeld at tiie beginning of each performance. Then people in th<* audi ence would ask questions, and the me chanical man would write the answers on strips o' paper. The performances were so clever that King INi and his master wife invited to the imperial residence, where they mystified all who saw thi't' The contrivance was slmi lar to t!: 1 * one show n in Vienna a linn dre I \ 1 before by Wolfgang von Ke- •• . I'tiiy liN was a chess play In- - | 1 in both cases a dwarf con- fedcra’, a n! net the < loekwork did tin* Louisiana Wacys For Africa. At tin* request ,„f tii« Pa>»teur iiksti tute of France a cargo of Lmt^iana wnsps known as “horse guards" will be shipped on July 11.’ by tin* I/xiisbiita crop pest commission to Algiers to er terminate Itorsefllcs, saws a New Or leans disjiatch to Die New Y«rk Trib une. The wasf>s, which were gathered In Cameron parish, will lx- sent hi re frigerated baskets, with tho pupae of the Insect. 1 Wx* r * Hfe- T*. Dcarnmn t'aimot l>c CtarrS bj local aiiplicatloiis. a-, t lo-y eanaot rr-Hcti tne diseased port ten <<f the ear. Then- ta onl? one way to rure ileafne-s. and that la tiy constitutional remedies OeafnnM It caused tiy Inflamed eundition c.f lie- aiurou* bn in,: of the l''.ust acldan Tube. When tbia tube tfets Inflamed you have a ruinhllnK sound or imperfect hearinif. and when tits entirely closed deafness is the result, ^nd Snless the iuflauiination can he taken out Vid this tube restored toils normal rondl- tioti. hearing will b - destroyed forever: nine cases out of en are caused by catarrh, which is nnthtmr hut an inflamed coadittou of the mucous surfaces. We will Rive One Hundred Hollars for any case of Deafness (rased by catarrh) that can not tie cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Si nd for-circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., t'oledo. O. Bold by DruKftests. "5c. Hall'sYamlfV Pills are tba best w .'«• V •! a- f ^*. s ‘V-* r ';v! ing.the “LEADER” Stoves for nearly twenty years and they give entire satisfaction as to service and fuel savers. In buying a Stove or Range, first consider the QUAL ITY, then the PRICE. We have them to suit everybody ranging in price'Trom $10.00 UP TO $50.00. Each Stove has its'price, and that the lowest’’to] al alike. Come let us show you through our stock, whether you are ready to buy now or not. Our Stock of KII K. ]>i IT XT R. E Is always complete. New goods always arriving. SHUFORD & LeMASTER FURNITURE, STOVES, UNDERTAKING.