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y . ISI—‘ilMil’i * THE LEOaBM. Tuesday and Friday, Ed. h. DeCamp. Editor ard FubMaMr. m- Ledger 1« not i-esponelW* tor -ie'vr of correspondents H,r..n.r no 'O''*'' “ ..c.ot.0 •« thltomc, ««or •.» o clock on Mondays and Thursdays. Watch vour ls»>«l and tde dH«- in , roo.B Mfom ttt too Uto- error, don’t net mad If the-e be an Report to u8_ we’H mafes you alsd Rett tnher, 'Us our aim to P»s^®. But errors are Thev will creep In In «Ptt* ot fats. watch Tour label and the T'hereto r e. date -Ortalnal CITY OIRECTORY. OlVlclaia Mayor J Q Uttle v^yor Pro Tom H. L. Spears cierfc W H Rom Treasurer R. A Jones . • Health A. L Hallman c^ief PoUoe T. H l>-<;khart • •• attorney 1B Be S..,d p»w A N Wood ••• Treasurer j u Upsoomb Becreiary W H Rosa J Trtde Board of president ,7. C Hamrick secretary 3 C. Otta Onion, says that the operators bars been trodden upon long enough and that they will now use all their Htrength to enforce their demands. No one can tell when the trouble will end, nor the outcome. • • • A writer in Omaha, Nebraska, Is authority for the statement that there I s to be no more hugging In waltzes and other round dances In the fashionable social circles of that city. He says that dancing teachers there have agreed not to teach hug ging (Ib It an art?) to their pupils, and gives the correct positions of the ‘new form” that they will be requir ed to observe toward their partners in the dance. The dancing-masters as -ert that these changes In position will be quite an Improvement over the "old way" so far as gracefulness is concerned; but we venture the as sertion that if this most attractive and fascinating feature of the waltz he eliminated, that popular dance will soon become decidedly unpopu lar with the ‘‘fashionable social cir cle" of Omaha—and any other place where the “new and correct" posi tion is adopted—and will ere long drop into disuse altogether! PERSONAL PARAGHAPW8 TO RAISE BABY BOY. our SLAUGHTER OF BIROS- Yicartlly endorse wnat •We hearu Y Cherokee esteemed “ e ^ 0 7’ th f \hoo.ms o( N e„. destruction of doves and the wanwn mrVlr, general, and la beyond me P ale °' hl c lvl- atandlng wby “J i” b “ e a.,x- llted Cnriattan ^l ^iswate- ,00,er - 0r d“l„ In innocent creature ly S T a "er harmed Mm In any that has nev.r nm)are nt motive way, ™ 8 re cnM5l instincts and desire to takelife. in this l-d of plenty there * no excuse whatever ^ or e killin g them birds even for food; but ^ tor so-called sport shows a P baruaric cruelty and an utter ^ welfare of the Innocent creatures that God hn» put cere for a good and wine purpose i hat would Blmme an Apache "Tearncr pigeon, Cher Mown from gard for the and beautiful lR tle • a. \xrct V tO its OWD its course on its "ay L o . , , tic home, or stopping for a drink of quench its thirst, is sighted Miss Ruth McGuinn is visiting in Spartanburg. Misses Bessie and Irene Curry left the city Sunday to spend two weeks or more in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. m. B. Brissie has returned to Spartanburg after visiting in Gaff ney j. C. Ratliff was a Spartanburg visitor Friday. Refer,j Little. William Lipscomb and Ralidi Sarratt left Saturday for Asheville, N. C„ where they will spend a few days. Miss Anna Harmon left last week to spend several weeks In the moun tains of North Carolina. Kimsey O. Huskey, of Grassy Pond, was in the city Saturday. Whitt. Hamrick has returned from a visit to Gastonia. N. C. Mr. and Mrs- C C. Kirby were in attendance at. Mesopotamia on Chil dren’s Bay. C. A. S. Campbell, of Midway, was in the city Friday R. T. Clary, of Corinth, was a Gaff ney visitor Friday. Talmage Stacy, C. C. Kirby and Miss Daisy Harmon left last week for Mars Hill, S. C„ where they are attending school. Mr. and Mrs| w. J. Maness and children have returned from a visit to relatives at McCormick, Miss Florence Ross, of Spartan burg, Is spending a few days in the city, the guest of her friend, Miss Ola Byars. W. D. Kirby and daughters, Ruby and Ixmise, have returned from Costs Parents of Middle Claes $25,000, Says H arvard Man. The millions of pm-ents of the middle cliiss. whose lives are one long struggle to keep up appeifranecs, know today on tht* very hijfli aulli >rMy of John huin Brooks, prole sor of economics at Harvard, that the fat baby rnak- il^ frantic efforts to eat ills toes as he lies in his cradle, will cost them $‘2.U>00 before he hits reached the stage of wage earning Independence, says the New York Evening Word. This revelation was recently made in ■ u address delivered by Professor Brooks at the Chautauqua assembly. “I have devoted years of considera tion to this subject, having regard to the conditions of modern life, the in i-rvase in the cost of living, the tenden cy of the average American parent to make an idol of a beloved sou,” said Professor Brooks, "and as the result if a careful estimate I am able to say that each child will cost his parents sg.'.OOO from the day of ids birt4 until In* reaches economic independence.” To the unwillingness of parents to assume the burden of increased cost of training a hoy In the way he should go Professor Brooks ascribes the slow decrease in the Infantile population among the middle class. "I hesitate to revive the question of race suicide," said Professor Brooks in another part of his lecture, "hut It Is a dismal fact that the Increased expense of bringing up children in cities where the people either ehoose or are com pelled to live is largely responsible tor tlie great deerease in the birth rate among the middle classes.” FUN LOVING CHIMES RINGER. Flayed “The Good Old Summer Time” on a Hot Night. Indiana university has a humorist lu the person of John P. Foley, who is the official chimes ringer, says a Bloomington tlnd.i special to the In dianapolis .\ev,s. Mr. Foley is an ex cellent musician, and he frequently gives concerts on the chimes, which are in the student building and consist of eleven bells. In addition to the con carts,the plays on special occasions, and this is where Ids humor comes in One night a short time ago, when the j mercury of the thermometer seemed glued at tile nineties, he played “The Good Old Summer Time." During the j recent medical commencement at Bloomington one of Ids selections was "Massa’s In the Cold, Cold Ground." I The other night one of the professors, j who was recentl.\ married, gave an ad j dress Itefore the summer school, and | as an Introduction Mr. Foley played , "Home, Sweet Home.” When any of the university’s athletic j teams win, Mr. Foley’s favorite piece j is "There'll Be a Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight," and if the teams lose lie plays a funeral march. At tin* term socials in- plays “Call Me Thine Own" and "Ixive Me and the World Is Mine.” 50c. IN^CASH 100 Coupons FROM The Cigarette ot Quality 2 Coupons in each Package Coupons also Redeemable for Valuable Presents “TAKE LID OFF ST. LOUIS.” wa^r to Q grown-up visit to Gastonia and Dallas, N. C. bv some imp or a noy, j) M. Smith and children 0 f Pan* cub of the old gentleman « , Jnei are visiting relatives in the .urn* fame. »«. *» thoBFh were clty a terrible monster or a running ttt large and wild b63.&t destroying evervlMn* In Its palli. a rush Is made for a Bhoignn. and the Hule harm ess unsuspecting creatifre is ^ down, taken home in triumph, an rrobably thrown to the cat or e on the ground to decay. Of course there lb a law against the killing of birds, hut, like many other laws, it is seldom enforced, but a kind nature, and a common feeling of humanity towards the feathered innocents should afford them amp ‘ protection, regardless of all the laws that may be enacted for that purpose. It is rather singular that there is no specific law governing the wanton and wholesale destruction of pigeonr; by members of gun clubs, who butcher hundreds of them every year merely for sport and to test, their marksmanship! What a tra vesty upon rhristianity and the civi lization of mankind when such bar barous practices are indulged inl and permitted by the law! in a civilized country, and by grown men fashioned in the image of the Divine Creator! The Audubon Society is beginning its work in ibis State, and it is to ^^ (f be hoped that th" slayers of birda will be compelled to abandon their cruel war upon the feathered tribe, | if they will not ston It of their own accord. Mrs. W. M. Turner, (nee Miss Lula Wood), of Manning, Is visiting Mrs. J. c. Otts Dr. and Mrs C. T. Lipscomb, of Greensboro. N. C„ were in the city yesterday. Dr. Lipscomb is a former resident of Gaffney and he and Mrs. Lipscomb are always welcome visit ors to Gaffney. Dover Little and Joe Osborne were vistitors to Chick Springs last week. Mr j. Q. Little, Miss Cleo Little and Miss Rosa Little have returned from a visit to the mountains of North Carolina. Sam Lipscomb left Friday for Lan caster where he will spend the week end as a guest at a house party, Leon Gaffney spending the week at. Piedmont Springs, the guest of friends. Lowerey Walker has returned after a few days spent at Wrlghtsville Beach. N. C. Miss Marion Folger, of Pickens, and Miss Lyda Folger, of Easley, are visiting i u the city. iymis Wood has returned after few days spent at Atlantic City. Girl’s Suggestion to Improve the City’s Business Wins a Prize. "Take off the lid; let it stay off for ever," Is one of the suggestions of Miss May Healey of fit. I/>uis, a ste nographer. in the prize winning answer to the question: “If you owned St Louis, what would you do to Improve It and better its people?” And she declared the other day that she had got her Mens on running a city in New York, says a St. Louis special to the New York Times. She is a former employee of a jew elry company in Maiden lane. The contest was conducted by the West End Business Men’s association, the prize being .SIM. Here is her most sensational and. she declares, her most Important suggestion: "Take the lid off; let It stay off for ever. Permit racing, saloons and a!! that will help to bring business here instead of driving It away. I.et all business keep open day and night Sunday and every day. It will give employment to many and incre.'v <• revenue for St. Louis. "It will put life into the city. As it It now. nothing doing, more like a vil lage in a wa; compared to other cities not near as old or half Its size. "Governor folk is a good man. hut I don't ag;ce with him in his Ideas of closing up tiie town. I’ve beard that he takes a highball whenever lie j lease . V' 1 ’ . mliln’t he be w illing for others to do the same?” THE SUMMER DRINK. Buttermilk’s Popularity Is Growing Everywhere, Say Traveling Men. The demand for buttermilk as a re j freshing, cooling summer drink is lie | coming so great that the dairymen are ! • ' having some trouble to supply the de ; •*. maud, says the Kansas City Star. V Practically every bar iu Kansas t’ity and all the restaurants and cafes serve V cold buttermilk. A group of traveling men were dis cussing summer drinks the other morn ing In the lobby of the Hotel Balti more In Kansas City. All had been tempted by the sign reading “Fresh Buttermilk” in the hotel liars in all parts of the country. "The most cooling and refreshing drink that Is served today is cold but termllk." Ralph Bradshaw of Pbiln delphi i. a ti n reiing man, said, which appeared to voice the sentiment of the others. •It is coming forward rnnldl’ r as a popular summer drink and is now nerved at every up to date liar in the eountrv. Beer bents the body, and lee cold lemonade Is a perspiration pro ilucer also. Oilier drinks do not '•err- pare favorably with buttermilk. It’s no longer a fail, but a sensible, health giving, eooilng drink." Premium Department AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. Jersey City, N. J. St Louie, Me. Woffoid C'lilegg, Spartanburg, S, C, Henry Nelson Snyder, M. Litt.-1).. LL D., President. I en Departments. Gwiir, : , uii- -t competent director. Athletic Grounds. Library and Librari u S. eiue Hal! Fitty-fourt t .e*r be gins September i8. 1907 For ctlalwgiu- t dress J. A. Gamkwki.L, Secy. y Wofford College fitting school. Spartanburg, S C. Three New Bric k Building- Merim Heal and Electric Lights. Indi vidual attention to each student. Next S< ssion l>egins September 18th, 1907. For catalogue ami information address A. M Dui'RE, Headmaster. •Vug. 2 I ni(, pd. 1 I . «» - , V->* ‘' ' •- re ev* «•»*«*>**»• tsrrer-vs-wvw* 1 LJ * * - « * A » * • A * , r • 4 A * The Only Semi-Weekly Newspaper in South Carolina At SI .00' & M tn'- r. s:- b cd I'l • ,W One ’ with «t:ii;o ’ The tub w and «i!! t!i“ v / , • ' -i . brooms. «• m :met- > I n’h'.brg :it • ■ ; !..Viii.i»hi. , • 1 in <•; 1 i-.ive , ■ 1 'he roiif. - e ■, shcL, 1 ■' 'I be I - •••! , e.e!i*ji- T'ie tloor will -if iiiu- ; color. IOWA CRIPPLE’S SACRIFICE. Pawned Hia Teeth and Leg to Raise Mon*y For Sick Wife. The desperation which aoinetlmcH seizes the poverty stricken seldom has had a more thrilling exemplification than In the case of Charles Blank of Des Moines, la., who. In an effort to get money to send to his sick wife, who, he says, is In Chicago, laid two gold teeth and a wooden leg on the eoimter of Zachariah Woolf, a pawn broker, and iiegged for a loan, says a Des Moines dispatch. Woolf says he knew Blank years ago when he was prosperous and had con fide nee in Ids word. Accordingly lie handed Blank 8 s , and the latter, minus a part of ids numtient- hig and locomotion organs hobbled to a bank and bn ighi a draft to send to ids a! iitted one. Chinese Studying Language!. “China i ; doing more to ndvanee her self in tin e lu< ational way than ever PARTITION SALE. On Sept. 9th at 12 o’clock, on the premises, we will offer for sale for the purpose of division the property belonging to the Ravenna Gin Com pany, consisting of lot, building, ma- chineryand accounts due the com pany. This property will be sold to the highest bidder. Terms of sale—One half cash; bal ance on December 1st, with mort-, gage on the property to secure the unpaid portion, with privilege of paying all cash. Purchcaser to pay far all papers. Ravenna Gin Co. Aug 13, 16, L0, 23, 27 and 30. READ NOTICE. THE LEDGER. KOR ALL THE LATEST COUNTY, STATE AND FOREIGN NEWS A special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners is called to meet August 19th at 10 a.m. All persons seeking to be excused from road duty on account of nhysi- cal disability, will appear before the | Board, with certificate from the county physician, which will be pass ed upon by the County Board of Commissioners, B. F. Lipscomb, County Supervisor. W. H. Ross, Clerk. Aug. 13-16. d M 1! .ll IU dug :■ ig of Sba 1 : i\v sdi. ;tiid to!i;. Auto NOTES AND COMMENTS. Is it hot enough for you? The mer cury keeps climbing toward the cen tury mark. • • • “Tak<- not in sport that life you cannot give, for everything has an equal right to live.** • • • The union commercial telegraph ere of the United States an| Canada are out on a stribe. National Secre tary Russell, of the Telegraphers Mv t>np' M- I,..' Wi- -.•<• t ■ 1 ■ Aral linked i ”1; Wi-’re !'>n«Hor • I Lon* siiinc, >• ’ • My hnnrd" !'• h • My bo ll** can t - And ho 1 1 Wfre lorn-' > l/mi’Horn M**'h ii>- • ' To law Ho enn't J* Hie; Th<- It Hlllll S' ng. •V- nulo; -l'-r 111' • ear; tor « :ne one 1 v lu-n- we are. 1**. • '.nr<- wo are. <• :i - :'i; I'.i-r the ear; • • o working, wl.ere w«- are, • |, 1 re we are. f r m ,-ne one 1 r*ir<- <l-i rk * - i > siiarklng. ■ ., v, < plug. . rk. i- it Free 1'rr-ns. Subscribe for Tho L«do«r. $1 „ year. bef1 if hill, a en, to II ( olTc-qnili lent of the VY.isii ington Hi ritld. ■•There L any number of colleges in Shanghai where Kir.dish is tauglit. and Mii.-* is also true of four universities in and around the same city. Tin* jieiiib* of my land, and more particular!;, tin* students, are anxious to learn tin* language and are taking up ill * work ail over the country. In addition to the colleges and universl- : ties there are hundreds of missions ' where hoys and girls are taught to , talk as you do in tills country. Even ' . • coolies, the laboring men around t’v hotels and public stations, who tome in contact with the traveling tourists, have picked up parts of the language, and one would be surprised how well be can get along in Bhang iitii, although he may not be able 4 • .speak our tongue ” Subscribe for Tho Lodgor, $1 a year. NOTICE. ; All persons arc hereby notified j that, the bridge across Cherokee i creek at the Sam Ross place has been condemned anfi persons cross ing same cross at their own risk and I the county will not he held respon- sitde for any damages Incurred there- by. B. Felix Lipscomb. Supervisor. Aug. 13-16-20. OR. J » Of. NTt«T. Moved to ■•Vo. ov« r Preoori** ^treri a* th« Battery ’FhOr*’ * Offtr.• frtd W—idewce THE LEDGER Is The Best Advertising Medium 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 It* >ubscri|ition ILi i* a L >na fide one, each .'ub.sefiber being )»aid in advance. The cir culation is in no sense padded and names are lifted from the list whenever time pain 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. Kalsomining and White Washing. 1 in here for the purpose of repairing broken vialls. Kalsomined, white washed, plastered walls, houses and fences. Cali or leave word at the Cherokee Cafe. RUTHERFORD LITTLE. The Wise Last Call This Week Only STRAW HATS AT HALF PRICE. 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