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- V ' V THE LEOOClt Tue«d«y an# Friday, »-d. H DeCamp, Editor ard Fufcllahar. and betwee Q that age and <%alre tor half fare. Anything above an Infant In Its mother's arms mast have a sent when it rides on a train, and usually occupies as much room as a grown person—and often, much more—and H would seem but Just, regarding It In that light, to charge Hereafter no ^dver.iaements will hojfull fare for U; but the railroads are accented at this office after •.SOo’cloek ! generous In that respect. Anyway r Ledger Is not’ responsible tor >.i < of correspondents. SOME REASONS Another Story From Real Life. In December, 1897,, a woman named Augusta Nack .wag sentenced to <ho penitentiary of New York for fifteen years for killing William Gul- densuppe. She was discharged In Mondays and Thursday*. Watt'll your label and the date. » id renew before ‘tie too late; f 'L« re b« &n error, don’t get mad Report to us—we ll make you glad Ft *11, ruber, 'tta our aim to Please, F? j* errors are like peskv fleas— "*jec will creep !a In spite of fats. Therefore, watch your label and the date —Original. the Southern could have retaliated by raising its fare for children, and It deserves credit for not doing so. personal, paragraphs. CITY DIRECTORY. Official a Mr. Wm. Phillips and daughter, Bertie, are visiting relatives in Chase City, Va. They will take in the ex position before returning. 'Mrs. A. P. Austell, of Shelby. N. C.. who has been visiting Mrs. T. C. Potty for the past two weeks, has returned to her home. Clester Hopper, of Clifton, spent Sunday in the city with his mother, Mrs. Dora Hopper. C. E. Pisher, local agent for the Southern Express Company, return ed to the city Saturday after speiid- For Collecting In Advance Telephone Exchange Rentale. To The Public: To collect In advance telephone ex- — •- change rentals Is no new departure. July, 1907, after ten years’ service. Rents are so collected by all tele-1 The man who with her conspired to phon fc companies and have been for, entice Guldensuppe to a lonei--house many years. This Is one of the last ar ) there to kill him was hanged, companies to adopt this rule. Mrs. Nack returns to the world to | This company has about 2,500 sub- find all the world turned against her. scrlbers, one or two hundred of whom The story of her Hf p follows her move or go out of business every wherever she Roes. From the mo- month and leave the companv to hold ment she left the Auburn prison the | the bag. These people cannot be photographers followed her, and her found and If located cannot be col- picture appeared In the New York tlected from. The object Is to try to papers, with the story of her t.ime stop this monthly loss. told again. When her Identity was The State laws require indiserimi- established s he was asked to leave nation and equity towards its patrons one hotel after the other. Every- hy a corporation. when; she wont her past rose to con- Therefore to collect in advance front her and punish her. She found from one man, we must collect in ad- herself an Ishmaellte, a stranger In ' vance from all. The person who In- a strange world which she had dark- tends to pay does not object to lend ened with he r crimes. Only through his assistance to make those enjoy- charity could she find shelter and Ing like benefit as he, pay for them, protection. She was not an old wo- The telephone company Is not going man. but crime had made her old. out of business within thlrtv days. She was garrulous, broken in mind If It should, or if it falls to give you and in spirit. She told the reporters th • service paid for. It will refund that her mother was still living In a... ” * * “ j. Q Little •• Mayor; lug his vacation In Georgia. r t Snears Mayor Pro Tom ; n. W. Hardin, of Blacksburg, was n L “- 1 r*l«rV> a Gaffney visitor yesterday. Chalmers Daniels, of Spartanburg, ,'^ij i ',ji <i . '>» i' SHEET METAL WORKERS 'Vi M L.. avcmim f»1«rb W H ROSS tj » | r> npa Treasurer a i Health Oflleer I was in the city yesterday. » u' t vv!«r+ ’ ”' 1’ Chief Police H. K. Osborne was a Spartanburg T * *' .‘.'City Attorney visitor yesterday. T. B. Bel. M j Sg c ora B e ]j Clarke, Miss Lil- Board Public WorK *; U an Clarke and Charles Hames. of A. N. Wood i; Ca" oleen . N. C., are the guests of J. N Upsoomb I Mr. N. W. Clarke, on Granard street. W. H. Ro?s Germany, whom she had deserted years ago; that mother was the one person in all the world willing to re- railroad edve her and shelter her. The wages of sin Is death. This woman has found the truth of this proverb. . Secretary Board oi Trade r7. C. Hamrick Pretrtdcnt J. C Ottc " Spake Hunter, of Greensboro, N. C., is in the city, the guest of Dr. R. ' _ C. Garland. Secretary Floyd Spake has returned from a visit to Mt. Carmel. . . ir , -rtourw-ra i , B - SamS - who Is stationed at NOTES AND COMMENTS. j the Mary Louise Mill near Cowpens, was in the city yesterday. The attention of patrons of the city Frank Gilmer, of Greenville, spent scnools Is called to the article of Saturday and Sunday in the city, j Superintendent Walker, which ap- Turner is in the eastern mark- pears in another column of this Issue f0r her flrni p arroll & R y ye f s g of The Lt'dger. Miss Mavme Stacy left yesterday • ♦ • for Jamestown and New York. After Bamberg will hold an election to- . tlie big shows she will assist day To vo't. on .be d.epensar, 'asue *• "•* ». In that county. It Is thougut Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Byers and James the town Is slightly in favor of Carroll Byers, left last night for 1 ‘ 1 n t r V Tamestown and f he your money. You pay In advance for life insur ance. Yu pay In advance for fares. You pay In advance for newspa pers and magazines. You pay i n advance for theatre and hall games. The Vanished pays. You pay in advance for bread tick- (Atlanta Georgian.1 ets, ice tickets, street car tickets. Lav the lest about the julep In the mileage, coupons, and manv other camphor balls at last, things very similar to telephone ser- Cor the miracle has happened and vice and which are hard to collect olden days are past; after the service is rendeded. That which makes Milwaukee thirsty How many fares could a railroad does not foam in Tennessee, conductor collect at end of his run? the Hd in old Missouri Is as * We are ready for business. We do all kinds of Sheet Metal work, Cornice, Finials, Cresting, Tanks and anything else you need. All kinds of repair work. We make a specialty of Roofings. Slate, Tin and Metal Shingles, and are prepared to do all work promptly. All work guaranteed. We ask you to share your busi- with us. Phone 200. ; : : ; : Yours for business, V [DUDLEY & WILSON \ Opposite Ledger Office. - ~ — u VJL .***« *11**. Or a gate keeper after the baseball game Is over? Or a life or fire in surance company after the year has expired or the policy has lapsed? We wish to thank our subscribers tight-locked as can be— O the comic naper colonel and his cronies well may sigh For the mint is waving gaily, but. the Fouth Is going drv. that the dispensary while the country north. Mrs. By ers and James * - # AM. people lean towards the prohibition ., p i. n ^“m 0 sT of thrT time Bark. N. J., while Mr. TB side. Carroll expect to me at Asbury Byers will en- * ~ toy the cool sen breezes with them 1 Governor Glenn of North Carolina, at night and into the city each was tendered a' reception in the buy goods for his establish- North Carolina State building attne j NTrR w N Austell left Sunday for Jamestown exposition Thursday, j r^e Northern markets where she will Handsome invitations were issued purchase her fall stock of millinery, and sent to the Governor’s friends Messrs, j. h. Clarke, of Jackson- „ /-.id North State ville. F la., W. J. Clarke, of Caroleen, throughout the Old North btai*. N r Ra , r , h R ctark, of Augusta, Ga.. and N. Vernon Clark, of Houston. There will be a very important Tex,, are in the city, the guests of meeting of the citizens of Gaffney and Parents, Capt. and Mrs. W. N. Cherokee in the county courthouse on- ^ r and Mrg H g> Mlgg Wednesday, the 28th inst. Business Q] a Lmi e and Mis 3 Gertrude Ballen- of the greatest interest to all Chero- ger, left last night for New York and keeans will be brought up at this < ’ , ^ | r H^thern cities, meeting; and ever, male reeldeatol "S the county is urged to be present. returned to her home at Clifton. • * • Miss Minnie Wtessinger and little Mr E C Elmore, county superin* sisters left yesterday morning to undent ot education Spartanburg. " mW Zl WeT^Tr“n,, gon a will speak before the Cherokee Ave- rnfton to spend a few days with nue school next Saturday night, on friends. " Ql m AAt_ 1*6011 Gaffney returned for the loyal mannerTn which they R stlll8idp on the h niside in have helped us by paying their bills - Kent kv nl i j „ u]] W advance. Ninety per cent bave the oiiiv damn rofreabment must r. 'I 8 ..\'T y . '1 " bn dlppi,! „„ from the rill; acl1 refuse to pa No’th Ca’lina’s stately ruler gives his until they understood thoroughly the ” . shovp cause of the change. Then these And discusses local option with the alsr> came manfully to our rescue po-ii n o rnv ■ for which we are grateful. We are , ? S J ] o] ^ th T fo , n be glad to say that on account, of not w , T1 , v f 1 .i nf being abte ,o collect in advance, we tbe cocktail glass’is dustv and had to take out or discontinue only fbp Q f ?R „ oin d Phones ' POrCen Se ° f ‘ It is water, water everywhere, and is V n e a nfp™ ni t Ze V° Serv n Tini We no longer^cnr ^'mmuslc of the is our pleasure to d 0 so. By being mellow crystal clink sss«^ Ma, " r and are worb'^ir the tmTSlwSS >» rtbe^beS,“oTcT 1 T™T me and’ ZZ'iXf 3 ’ ** we charge a reasonable compensa- . , t .T > r>e jT S K R0 , n , ^r a ray ’„ Q f <riT .^ tion for it- making only a reasonable ^ "T gT" C ^ W "n n ' ll conservative return uixm the money ^a d be Sou h Is going dry. invested Id our business. : the occasion of an educational nae® , fr0m a v j git ^ pi e d mon t springs. “mighty fine’’ man. • • • yesterday ii.g. All who hear Mr. E £ am ijp SCOmb jj as returned from hear something worth listening to; a trip to Lancaster. and all who meet him will meet a J. Frank Lanev has returned to his home in Monroe, N. C., after a pleas ant •••Islt to Capt. and Mrs. R. M. Gaffney Mayor Little and the city council Miss Daisy Wilkins is visiting In have done a good thing In acting cord. N. C.. the guest of Miss favorably upon the petition ^ntthem ^ o la J^ ney who ^ been by a number of colored people ot the , visiting Dr. Pemberton’s family in city to put a stop to so much loafing; Concord. N. C., will return to her on the streets and the flagrant dese- home in Monroe, next Friday. craliop of tbe Sabbatb by so ruany ? 0 ''5 <)Dr , 0 e n t', T” atteT’p^tog of fhe young colored boys. It is an some time here, impenetrable mystery, any way. how Earnest Poole, of Cedar Springs, these loafers live and thrive and n the c lt7 visiting relatives and grow tat. and have everything, seem- MlsP Rtt}p Kirby of Cedar g Yours to serve, Piedmont Tel. & Tel. Co. By R. B. Babington, General Manager. All the nightcaps now* have tassels and are worn upon the head— Not the nightcaps that were taken when nobodv went to bed; \nd the breeze above the hluegrass is as solemn as is death, Arrival of Mail Trains. p or j t bears , no pungent clover-tang The following Is a correct schedule on i ts odorifle breath. C' ffn 6 , arr va ^ a raa ^ trains in i ^ n d each man can walk a chalk line ,7. N0RT H BOUND. j For 7»e Sa i2 Si at5;^ $: SS: ^ Sou,h 18 m,ne iTJ No. 3g due at 7:08 P. M. ; T.ay the Jest about the Julep ’neath I i ■*— SOUTH BOUND. No. 39 due at 9:45 A M. No. 37 due at 12:43 P. M. «« *« - j 1 the chestnut tree at last. For there’s but one kind of moonshine and the olden days are past: *.*— * - ■ ■■ * . : anq rne oi _ No. 43 due at 10:43 night For the water wagon rumbles through Mails for above trains close thirty I the Southland on its trip, “ :i t -i— — . w m (/till (/,▼ | minutes before train is due, except j No. 43 which closes nine o’clock at night. New Steel Bridge. The county officials have decided to build a steel bridge across Broad river at Stacy’s ferry. The matter w r as acted upon at a meeting of the board of commissioners yesterday; and the contract for the erection of the bridge will be let right away. V* ' «* -VK» v**|#* And it helps no one to dron off to pick up the driver’s whip. For the mint beds make a nasture and the corkscrew hangeth high, All is still along the stilB'de and the South is going dry. —Begin to get ready to plant Tur nips and Ruta-Bagas. Buy all such seed from the Gaffney Drug Co., the “Seed Store.’’ where you can get any kind of seed you need In bulk. ingly. that their hearts desire or their needs demand, and, yet, are never known to work! § is in the city visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. j. N. Lipscomb are spending sometime at Hot Springs. Ark. " ’ * ; J. B. Hutchinson, of the Spartan- Earnest Peeler, familiarly known burg Journal, was i n the city Satur- amonk his friends and associates as j <la £- t „ tt . ..r, , ,, uJ #/.« o . « RevR - w - T. Dereux, J. K. Hair and ; Boots, who fc * long time R p Eitsterling were in the citv Sat- connected with The Ledger force as ,mj ay en ronte to Greenville from bookkeeper and general office man, Beaverdam where they had been at- has severed his connection with this I tend j^ the Baptist association in paper and gone to Greenville to take Horace Watkingi of Cedar S p rings> a similar position with a large whole-; t s the city visiting relatives and sale house. We, and the entire force, j friends. sincerely regretted to have Earnest p rof. Griffith spent two days in . , , . . . oV ,-_ nfnr . 0 Woodruff last week, visiting relatives leave us; but the best wishes of one and o]d friends and ail of his former associates went Rattle Zimmermann, <tf Cedar with him to his new work: and we Springs is visiting relatives and hope be will succeed beyond bis ex-j ,riPII(l8 In the city, negations Mr ’ J - C - ^P^mh has gone to 1 c au 8 Tennessee on a visit to her husband, * * * the genial j. c. Lipscomb, who is en- “Can a woman become an angel?’’ baged in railroad work In that State, is the subject of t. Sunday editorial Misses Sudie Lyon s and W L. Hill. 1 of Houston, Miss., are the guests of Miss Blanche Corry, on Victoria avenue. Wofford Guilep, Spartanburg, S. C. Henry Nelson Snyder, M. A. t Litt. D., LL. President. Ten Pep-rtments.—GymnaMum under competent director. Athletic Grounds. Library and Librarian. Science Hall, l-’ifty-fourtu year be gins >eptetnber i8, 1907 For catalogue a- dress J. A. Gamewell, Secy. ►N V 1 V U tv, - Waffsui College Filling school, Spartanburg, S. C. | J nree N- w Brick Buildings. Steam Heat ano Electric Lights. Indi- v'duai attention to each student. Next Session begins September 18th, 19 )7. k-.r catalogue and information address A. M. DuPRK, Headmaster. Auv. ^ l mo-pd. » , , **/ Jk..*/ m « / ».. >• A.. A -d • g.'S!gJL.i ^ I' O R /V Lv FT in a New York newspaper. The man newly enamored will reply with the oi.ery, “Can a woman become a wo-' ^ ma.,,-)'* Th© State Mlss Blanche Gorrv has returned Woman la a aood actor. To tte 1» vlalt ^ rcl!1,lv, ‘ 8 '« distorted vision of the unsophJstlcat- ed, sentimental young man whose List of Unclaimed Letter* system is Inoculated with the malady The following is the list of un-, .« known a? the “first dream of love,’’ r '* malnin ^ in ‘he ^ , Gaffney postoffice for week ending \ h*-! fia ^ *2 she may sometimes appear as an Allest jg 1997; ’ ““ ^ angel; but in the world of realism Geo. n! Alsop, (2). I^attle Care. R. it is well known that she cannot be L. Gordon. Tom J. Lewis, T. H. Miles, Two 5 room cottages. One 7-room residence. T «vo city farms. Seven beautifully located lots that are not five minutes walk from depot. Farms and ioU c-vervwhere. s FOR RENT—One 10-room dwelling with water, baths and electric lights. Biick store room with rooms overhead. If you are contemplating building a new house, call at my office and iu.inv new plans. see „ SAM L. FORT, Real Estate and Fire Insuranoe OFFICE OVER NATIONAL BANK anv one thing for two whole days in succession, and, therefore, her wings do not have ^time to sprout!—th&t’s what “they say!’’ • » • In the face of the new rate laws being enacted against It. it !■ com mendable in tbe Southern Railway Company that it has not changed Its rule governing the fsrs for children on passenger trains, but will con tinue, as heretofore, to haul children under five years of age free of Charge, A. J. Peeler, Willie Borders, Feathes- ton Sullivan, j. B. Thom, Tom Ting, E. D. Watten, Lela Wade, Miss Ora : Brooks. Miss Emma Dwcan, Miss Wlreen Lophs, Miss Hattie l/ee. Miss Mirtle Moore. Miss W P. Shorg, Miss Veola Smith, Miss Bessie Smith, Mrs. Deanna Smith. Mrs. Mlttle Smith. Mr*. Eliza White. Miss Anna Woders. Call for advertised letters. One 1 cent due on each. A. R. N. Folger. P. If. W« do not do oil kinds of srintlno -we do the GOOD kind. — ■ ' "' " ——— Littleton Female College Splendid location. Health resort. Hot water heat. Electric lights and other modern improvements. 240 bearding pupils last year. High standard of scholarship, culture and social life. Conservatory advantages in Music. Ad vanced courses in Art and Elocution. Business College, Bible and Normal courses Health record not surpassed. Close personal attention to the health and social development of eacn pupil. Uniform worn on all public occasions. CHARGES VERY LOW. 26th Annual Sassion will haflin an Saptampar 16th 1607. Far Oatalagua, Addraaa. REV. J. M. RHODES, President, Littleton,N. C. SPECIAL RAZOR SALE SATURDAY, AUGUST 24th Next Saturday—don’t forget the date—vre shall have a ing cutlery display in our window. We are going to have a special sale of Razors, Knives, Razor Strops, etc. An expert razor man from New York will have this exhibition and sale in charge. Ail those havingClarbo Magnetic needing attention can have them put in first cla-- condi tion fr« e of charge. Remember it costs no hing o n to attend this Special Sale. . • : : : : GAFFNEY DRUG COMPANY j The Only SemLWeekly Newspaper in South Carolina At SI .OO^" READ THE LEDGER. FOR ALL THE LATEST COUNTY, STATE AND FOREIGN NEWS 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 Its subscription IDt is a bona fide one, each subscriber being paid iu advance. The cir culation is in no sense padded and names are lifted from the list whenever time paid 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. The Wise Advertiser Will Take The Hint! ► >V v