Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- ! > Get Ready For the Methodist Conference Which Convenes Nov. 27th, Now. All denominations expected to lend a helping hand. Carpets and Mattings made, laid and lined. Rugs cheaper than ever before. Table Linen, a beautiful assortment and cheaper than we can buy it on today’s market Lace, Tapestry and Snowflake Curtains, a beautiful assortment. Let us help you get ready now before the rush. :::::::::: GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA. * A FREE TRIP TO 4 n JAMESTOWN We will give away, free, a return ticket to Jamestown Kxposuiou. Every purchaser of a Buggy during the next thirty days will he given a coupon, a duplicate of which will be kept on file at our oflice, and when twenty (20) Buggies have been sold, these coupons will be placed in a hat and drawn ont by a disinterested child. The holder of the “lucky number” will get the KB EE TRIP TO JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. We Make and Guarantee Our Harness. I SMITH HARDWARE GOJ HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on the basis of the actuaries’tables of life expectation,i'amlj therefore, absolutely fair is the only kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company of Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” policies, no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, but strict and straight Life Insurance of the kind that takes care of, a man’s family by providing an immediate cash estate on his death, the time of all times“‘when they will need it most keenly. x x It is every man’s sacred duty to carry life insurance for the benefit of those de pendant upon him, and all men know this. But no South Carolinan need go out of his own State to get it. x x x x x x The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by the State of South Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws governing Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homesjjand interests are in‘’this State. It is an old line, l igal reserve. Straight Life Company of; tae soundest kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. x x Southeastern Life Insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, fc&S j!5££ LSI!: ££531 1 it OAfll OF SCIENTISTS How Biologists Face Death In Studying Coral Structures. DR. RAND IN GREAT DANGER. Stationery „ . ss*:- 'Srt xma&mm s A Writing is always 1.1 ir a pleasure when /tt you use nice sta- -i u t i o u e r y . Our *. •/ ft* ... stock consists of *1 " choice boxes from hi jrf HURLBDT’S AND Mar. Itith. l!Wh Spartanburg, S. C. An Attractive Proposition! The F*eople« Building & Loan Association 9 Oaffney, ts*. O. Invites Your Attention To The Subjeet ol "SAVING MONEY." Controlled by careful men and managed at a minimum expense. It will prove a great benefit to any investor. There can be no safer investment for earnings, and no more favorable opportunity offered for home building than through the medium of this Association. It will enlist the wage earner and business man alike, and serve as a savings institution for the farmer, and a safe and reliable investment for the later. It will encourage thrift, and in every way promite prosperity in Cherokee county. R. S. Lipscomb, cashier of the Merchante & Planters Bank is Secretary and Treasuier of the Associ ation, and either he or its President R. M. Wilkins, Vice President J. F. Garrett, or H. K. Osborne, its Attorney will give full particulars. ¥■ % LINES the most popular box papers made. Note Tablets and pound papers with Envelopes to match iu great va riety. : : : : j CHEROKEE j jDRUG company! Jones J. Darby Insurance Oflice Star Theatre Betiding ROM HILLMGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS Prof. Georg* B. Pfeiffer, M. A., M. S., Principal. Mr. It. C. Cribbln, Graduate of Cita- dol Academy, Aooiatant. Large and handsome buildings ; good equipment; military discipline; compe tent and experienced inatractors; thor ough course of study to prepare bo vs for college or business. Very low rales of tuition; board in dormitory with princi pals on moderate terms. School Open* Saptcmbar f 1 th. For further information apply to J. O. CORK, Sup*. City Schools, Rook Hill, S. C. Ang-Sept-itw-np. Th rilling Experiences of Cambridge Professor and Students on “Boiler” Reefs at Bermuda—Desperate Chances Taken In Jumping From a Boat. The biologists at Bermuda continue to pursue their researches, and their motor boat is often to be seen making its way Into harbor from the open sea about sunset with the spoils of the ocean. A little story told at Hamilton shows that scientiflc exploratioh has its dangers, writes a Hamilton corre spondent of the New York Herald. Around Bermuda, as far as the eye can see iu every direction, is the broad belt of blue sea, on calm days un broken by fleck or foam save where eight or nine miles off St. David’s Head a wild white swirl of breakers shows for a moment where the dreaded "boilers” lie hidden. These ‘‘boilers’’ ape the work of coral insects, the kind which build structures resembling the ancient round towers of Ireland. Every now and then a sudden whirlpool catches the eye, and the pilot says to himself, “There’s Jenkins,” or "Shags,” or “The Three Sisters,” for by such prosaic names does the sailor know these hidden sea traps. The sailor knows them and avoids them, for many a craft must have per ’shed in them before the days of gov ernment charts. But the seieutist, with his overwhelming curiosity, knows that what may be termed the inside of these “boilers” holds many a secret of nature. The tops nf most of them are within a foot of the sur face of the water, and because the wa ter may break upon them at any mo ment they are not particularly desira ble abiding places. Dr. Band of Cambridge and two of his students were not to be deterred by any considerations of this sort from examining them. Eng; ting an expori euced boatman, they bade him row up ns close as possible to the largest “boil er.” and. waiting until just after it had “broken,” they bade him pull the boat as close iu as possible, and then they jumped. It sounds a good deal easier thau it was and probably looked a good deal less dangerous. However, the three explorers landed on their feet and then quietly continued their researches ex cept at such times as the old boatman, •ho watched them closely, would call “’Ware water!" and then, Indeed, our three scientists would cling for dear life to the sides of the “boiler” and wait until the waves had subsided. How many times they did this and how many times they contemplated the prospect of death In some portion of the forty fathoms of water around them is not on record. Owing to the uncertainty of the “break” it was impossible to bring the boat clo.-e to the “holler” and equally Impossible to jump ou to it when the jumping place was below’ the ocean's surface, so they swum. Just as they struck out a big wave broke, and for a moment they experienced the sensa tion of being drawn into a whirlpool. However, it was but for a moment, and they reached the boat in safety. A N#w Problem. It Is reporte<l that more than 1,000 Hindoos have crossed the Canadian border Into the state of Washington re cently and have become competitors In the labor market of the state. Men of their race, who present a strange and curious type to most Americans, may l)e seen at work now on the rail roads of California, says the Chicago Record-Herald. They are made con spicuous even at a distance by their turbans. A gang here and there makes an Impression on the traveler without being noticeable because of Its size. But there is a population of 294,301,000 In India, an area <>f 1,700.543 square miles, as against a population that is probably considerably less than 100. 000,000 on an area of 1,532.420 square miles In China, and a population of 47.000,000 on an area of 147,655 square miles In Japan. Arkansas Peach Orchard. Arkansas will surprise the world this year with her peach crop, says tile Fort Smith (Ark.i Interview. The peach yield all over the country has prac tically been a failure this season, and. with the exception of California. Ar kansas will supply nearly half of the markets of the United States with this particular fruit, of which the Ameri can people are so fond. The Elberta is the peach on which Arkansas depends for this year’s output. Arkansas, by the bye. has the largest peach orchard in the United States, If not in the world. It covers an area of more than 3,000 acres and is located about 100 miles south of Fort Smith. This or chard will produce enough peaches this year to yield to its owner a small for tune. FOR SALK. . FOR SALE—Two valuable farma, about 60 acroo cacti, adjoining, part* ly Inside the Incorporate Umlta, In high state of cultivation, splendid buildings, waiter, timber, etc., near graded school and churches, at reasonable prices and on easy terms. This Is extra good property. Apply to J. Eb Jefferies. FOR SALE—Old newspapers at Gils office 10c a hundred. FOR SALE—Flrutclaae babbit met al. Apply at Ledger office. FOR RENT. TO RENT—Office rooms S^er The Lj;gtr. A^piv to Kd. H. mjCamp. Nov. 2-tf. WANTED. WANTED—To rent a house con veniently situated to Central school. Address Box 244, city. 8-20 tf. WANTED—Second hand for card room In cotton, mill. We have plenty of work for all if you have a family. Apniy to T. A. Sizemore. Supt Green ville, S. C. Aug. 13 Imo np. LOST. LOST—Gold medal between Dr. Garrett’s and E. H. Gaines’ residence. Name on back Alice L. Brown. R<* ward If delivered to E. H. Gaines. Aug. 20 tf np. hia Hotel Mantel Representing a State. Representative of the city of Seattle and the suite of Washington will be the mantel'and fireplace In the New Washington hotel, says the Seattle Times. It will l*e distinctive in that It will be the first mantel iu any hotel In the United States depicting article^ or places indicative of the city aiul state. Ou either side of the fireplace of unglazed tile will be totem poles seventeen feet high of the same ma terial. Above the fireplace will be an embossed representation of Mount Rainier, showing Lake Washington iu the foreground. Outside the totem poles on each side of the mantel will be three flr trees of tile, representing the state tree. The totem poles will be colored, as will the trees, the lake and every part of the elaborate de sign. The mantel, which will be sev enteen feet wide and seventeen feet high, will cost $5,000 ween completed August. Her captain's naim is Goldenrod ranks are in the fields. The asters are her couriers who Has i their purple shields; The corn, her mighty army, waves Us tas sels to the sky, And down the dreamful valleys misi., shadows flutter by; The milkweed grenadiers, with *11 their orange bonnets on. And snow up m the mountain, form t vanguard of the dawn; The grass Is gray with gossamer, and, tinkling line and sweet. The fairies d.,noe upon It with their srf ver cymbaled feet; The bees are In the barley and the birds are In the lane To watch the ghosts of April dance the minuet again; The river, like a mirror, gives us back the.brazen day With half the blue of heaven In Its breathless, molten ray; The afternoon is drowsy In the cool caves of the wood, And, oh, the lazy feeling that oomes o’er one Is so good. So calm, so sweet, so pleasant, when upon the wings of musk The west wind's cooling current flutton down the deeps of dusk! —Baltimore Sun. LOST—Between my home and Providence church, a small gold watch with my name engraved on inside of case, and black ribbon fob. Reward If returned to Ledger office. Miss Rosa Cooper, Gaffney, S. C. Aug. 13-2t pd. Fire Insurance! 'v>- rpprc'jcnt sfsnm th* largest and lostaUbstiifil'ir eoiiipitm's mi' would k‘ to wiiti i 'Usinos. 5-H-tf. Smith A. Ups'omb, Agent:. NOTICE. All persons are hereby notified that the bridge across Cherokee creek at the Sam Ross place haa been condemned and persons crosi* lug same cross at their own risk and the county will not be held respon sible for any damages incurred there by. E Felix Lipscomb, Supervisor. Aug. 13-16-20. Coming to Vassar fo Tea. Several Chinese women of high de gree are reported on their way to the United States to obtain a college edu cation. They have been graduated from China schools and will euter Vasear college, says the New York Press. Vaasar girls when they give their afternoou teas and chafing dish spreads this fall may serve tea of de lectable brew If these new arrivals will only show them how to do It. For the Chinese know a lot. Thsy know how to make tea aud. above all. how to keep It hot without resorting to setting the teapot ou the stove and poisoning the drinker with tannin. It Is hoped In Vassar that the newcomers may bring over some of those padded tea baskets, which are lovely enough to be used as jewel cases, to give to their college friends as souvenirs. Tin Patch on His Trousers. The New York police descended the other night on a big cave at Twenty- fourth street and the East river in which fifty hoboes were sleeping in a state of nature, says the New York World. Amid a pandemonium of yells and Imprecations the bluecoats after a lively chase captured fifteen. One fel low had a tin patch on bis trousers. Another wore a pair of tin tomato cans for cuffs. Six of the hoboes said they were married, but their wires were at the seashore. The Unruly Office Boy. To evolve a scheme for the man agement of the office boy would be no easy matter. It’s & safe prroposl- tlon, however, never to give more than two days' notice of discharge, writes Montague Glass in Success Magazine. In that short period he may contrive to do more damage to your office furniture and injury to your credit and good will than can be repaired In a year. An attorney In moderate practice, of the writer’s acquaintance, Informed his boy that h« would dispense with his services at the end of the week, and went to luuch rather proud of his own temer ity. He was a married man. Dur ing his absence the boy discovered that electric light bulbs screwed in and out of their sockets, with co rollary that when a bulb so removed fell to the floor It exploded in a most fascinating manner. Moreover, the Impact of such a bulb against the wall of the office building opposite produced an explo sion twice as intense as a mere drop ping In a floor, a succession of them sounded like a pistol fight of frontier days. The adjoining streets grew clog ged and traffic was suspended, while the crowd waited for the bodies of the victims to be carried out. In stead the office boy appeared unruf fled and debonair, although none too gently propelled by the attorney in moderate practice, a trifle breathless and red in the face. Many boys, however, are more literal than Hamlet’s gravedigger. The writer once entered an office occupied only by a small youngster, whose hair rose mistily above his broad collar like a cloud on Fujiyan- ma. “Is Mr. Smith In?” he was asked. “No, sir; he is not, sir,” he replied in a scared treble. “Do mu expect him In soon?*’ “No. sir; I do not. sir,” was the an swer. iWe both remained silent. “To tell you the truth, mister," he proffered. In a sudde n ,burst of con-1 fldenee, “you have made a mistake.: His office is next door.” Lette r to C. C. Harris. Gaffney, s. C. Dear Sir: Say milk is worth 8c a' quart. If 1-3 water and sold at 8c, the milk In it fetches 12c a quart. If 1-2 water. 16c. If 2-3 water, 24c. If 3-4 water, 32c. That’s rather too stiff for milk; but watered paint Is sold in all those proportions. Pure paint (Devoe) is soldi for $1.75 a gallon. “Paint” at that price and 1-3 white wash fetches $2.62 a gallon for the P«i»t part of it . “Paint” 1-2 whitewash fetches $3.50 a gallon for the paint in It “Paint” 3-4 whitewash fetches $7.00 tains. a gallon fpr the actna] paint It con- And neople are paying all these prices.for paint, when they bny adul terated paints. There are 200 each: .only 8 pure paints: only one Devoe. \ Yours truly <2 F W DBVOH ft 00 P. 8. Wilkins-WhUon Hardware Go. sell oar paint PARTITION SALE. On Sept 9th at 12 o’clock, on tha premises, we will offer for sale for the purpose of division the property belonging to the Ravenna Gin Com pany. consisting of lot, building, mar chinery&nd 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 th* unpaid portion, with privilege of paying all cash. Purchcaser to pay far all papers. Ravenna Gin Co. Aug 13, 16. 20. 23. 27and 30. OR. J. F. GARRETT, OENTirr. Moved to new oMe* over Frederick Street Front of tn# Battery. 'PH#n# in Office and Residence. DR W. K. GUNTER, 1 > NJ T 1 Si r »>ruce in Star Theatre Buudin^, Phone No. 20. Brown and bridge work a si Death to Fleas! Your dogs suffer. “Bloalee's Mane* Cure” will keep it dog free from fleas. Price SOc. 8-3-1 taw-Imo. Caffneg Drug Co., sou A S «nt*. BURNETT G. BLACK, SURGEON-DENTIST. Hickory Grove, • • S. C. In Sharon on Thurodaya and Fri days. 724-lmo Subscribe for The r. SI a vear. Did Yo Eer Think what a bargain you arc : getting when you get THE LEDGER one hundred anu % three (1031 time- n year for OiU Sl.Olf a Year?