The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 13, 1907, Image 2
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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.
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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.”
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Coupons also Redeemable for
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Is it hot enough for you? The mer
cury keeps climbing toward the cen
tury mark.
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“Tak<- not in sport that life you
cannot give, for everything has an
equal right to live.**
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The union commercial telegraph
ere of the United States an| Canada
are out on a stribe. National Secre
tary Russell, of the Telegraphers
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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.
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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.
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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
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$5.00 Panamas,
$2.50 Splits and Mi
$ 1.00 Sailors, eto.,
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