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DUEL WITH BOOMERANGS- The Conflict Between Two Men W'th punctillio 0 f a Duel. ‘I was visiting at Port August when the chief justice came to that town to hold the assizes." writes a j correspondent of the London Field. "Port August is almost on the; border of the desert. In the immedi ate neighborhood there was growing in profusion the salt bush,’ which supports the life of the sheep during the drought, ami the tempting •prick ly jack,' a weed good to look upon but accursed to the farmer, ns Its | pointed spur works havoc anions the i fleeces, (.’lose b\ we ^aw a prosper ous ostrich farm and a number of camels, with their Afghan drivers, about to start on a journey still fur ther north brother. “You tell me straight, no tell lies,” wag sufficient to emphasize the importance of truthful answers. Several peculiarities in linguistic us age came out during the examination. The witnesses used the word lose’ as a euphemism for ‘die,’ and ■kill' in place of ‘strike.’ it had the oddest effect to hear how one man would kill the other and then the other would retaliate by killing him. "The peculiar characteristics noted by tlie writers on aroriginal customs were illustrated in this trial. One was the blacks’ inability to count. At one point it was desired To ascertain what time elapsed bet ween the death of the victim and the giving of in formation to the magistrate. The man who had himself carried the news could give ii<> answe r when the man is thought equivalent to summon ing his ghost, and that to avoid such a calamity words once familiar will even be allowed to drop permanently out of use. In this case Billy Lee’s ‘1 ubra' never once referred to her dead husband by name in the whole of her evidence. She spoke of him invariably as ‘dead man.’ If it was' uncanny to hear of a man killing his antagonist afte r he had already been killed himself, it gave one no less of a creepy feeling when this woman told of how dead man’ ate his dinner or walked outside his tent or took up his boomerang." Ice Crea m for ocean Liners. i From Popular Mechanics.) With the steadily increasing demand for American made ice cream enroute ‘Tlie strange impn -ssion of this juxtaposition of ' old and new was d" cpciicfi by tl)( - natuia of the princi- - > ) case for l ,'i ah It was a charge <111 ainst Jimmy Vonyilta of the mur fi r of Billy Lee, both a borigines. The st, i*. of the crit ne was not complicat- t „.\ quarrel s eemefi to have arisen til rough the ref usal of the deceased, t!;, nigh of matin •e year s. to submit to ini tiatory rites whir ■b technically uie him a 'y< miua man.’ The wit- tic -'C. were ca; ■eful bi speak of liini v,t'. ' as a ‘bo) .' thou; ah it was lesti- fl- .j that he bad 1 a few grax hairs. The actual conllict between tlie tw o men was en induct ei 1 with much of t! < > punctilio of a duel. F.aeh of them w; tv armed wit h whal t is commonly called the ‘double boomerang'; strict ly ^peaking, it should rather be called a dub iu boomerang form. It is a lar-'. and somewhat heavv weapon. m>t intended as a missile at all. but ii-o i to inflict blows which must, be delivered only against the head. The inviolable etiquette of such cncoun tors demands that each combatant in turn shall bend hL In-ad lo the al tar) . not attempting to repay it until he '.uv- steadily siiff'wed hi' own eha- ii>. nn*nt. Blow thu- olemnlj alter nate' with blow, until tin* man with the stronger arm and harden head is left the victor, in this ordeal Bill} I ,• ’ ureumbed. The witnesses in this trial were u! eo .:.'*' mainly aborigine- lliemselve for the crime was committed in one ol ti.' i: camps. Their deun anor was ex- trenn !\ m vous. Again and aaain 111* \ had to be exhorted to hold up tl;ej beads am] to speah ch-arly. One of them, a strong man with dents up on his head, suggested a long expe rience of boomerang duels, fainted in the course of giving bis evidence and another collapsed as soon a- he had b it | lb* nux. Later witne-« > were tlier* fore allowed to Ht and were frequent 1 refreshed bv a glass of water, which the\ would empt\ at a single gulp. Their evidence was given in pidgin Kngiis'n. interpreted by a police in spectoi. who was protector of abo- rig.neg for that district. "The counsel for the defense had the advantage of having lived for -o • time among the blacks when a bry, and could con-equently niafce 1 • -e 1 f easily unde .stood b\ them. ‘You yabba longa nu now." was bis intimation (hat they were now to. .-ak to him instead of to bis learned The Artifical Tree. (Nashville Tenneseean.) "Each year there is a scare that Christmas trees are getting scarcer, and the price goes up,” said M. K. Hawkins, of Bristol, at the Utopia. "The harvest of trees must necessari ly come from a greater distance as the years go by. At the present time the supply comes mainly from the northern part of Michigan, but the forests are being rapidly denud ed, and it. is necessary to go still farther north. The growing scarcity of trees has led to the invention of an artificial Christmas tree, which will answer all the purposes of the natural article and at the same time tie everlasting. When it has fulfilled its joyous mission it may be folded up am] put away to do dut next season. The imitation tree consists of a base, a stem and plurality of su perposed foldable frame section, which resembles umbrella frames Thr- of these groupes are employed, the lower one being the largest so as to give the tapering effect to the Christ mas tree." Caught Rabbit in Ripe. (New York Times.) Tim bunting season being on, Phile mon McCasker, a New Jersey nimrod of note, who lives on the outskirts of Xutley, near Delaware, tells this; He was hunting in a wood near his home, accompanied by his hound, and u * •J/- . the animal start ed up several cotton ■ tails, but Met’a: ske ;• only wasted tils ■ : ■. cartridges. The n h »* stumbled over a log anfi sc raped hi* knee. As he fell feu his gun wi is dis eha rgefi and the shot • ■ narrowly < •sea pe d hitting the dog. It REV. S- A. NETTLES. question was put to him point Idank. He was next asked how main '-Jeeps ue bad during bis journey. This in quire was also ineffectual. "Lastly tiie layv.er proceeded in this fashion; Where you sleep .-ame night Billy l/o Wiled?' Me sleep So-and-so Creek.' was the prompt ati- syver. The place of sleeping night al- ter night was then elided until it wa easy to calculate the total interval. So. too. the time of day at yvliicb an> event happened was indicated not by mention of flu hour, but b> pointing to the quarter where the sun was. I’be other characteri'lic especially illustrated yvas the reluetance of tie friends of the dead man to mention his name after h< i.- --oil. |t is stat 'd by one of the latc>t authorities on aboriginal practices. X. W. Thomas, that to mention the name of a dead to and from (lu Orient, an industry lias sprung up in California which furnishes to nearly all the ships of trans-Paeitic lines ice cream in large block', sufficient in quantity and frozen solidity to last the entire trip to Hongkong and back to San Fran cisco again. To cater to the demand a plant has been constructed in which the ice cream is frozen yvithout the aid of iee applied in tlie usual way. The suTi- stitute i s cold brine, which circulates around the freezing tanks after com ing into contact with anionia pipes. By this process ice cream can lie turn- • d out at tlie rate oj a batch every eight minute:-. The capacity of the plant L l.uun gallons per day. Subscribe for The Ledger; 1$ a year. OFF TO HUNT BY BALLOON. Frenchman Makes First Step Toward Domestication of the Airihip. A feyv years ago a X'eyv York artist who was credited with being old fash ioned and unprogressive used to look out of bis studio yvindow, below Fifty- nintli street, and say that it would be only a little while before people stepped out of windows into airships to make calis. France, at any rate, yvill fulfill the prophecy soon at the rate of progress she is making, says a special cable dispatch from Paris to the New York- Sun. Perhaps not the most spectacular but certainly the most elegant use so far made of an airship was by M. Dcutsch de la Meiirthe, who invited a number of bis friends to bunt on bis estate He fixed a rendezvous and said be would arrive there by balloon. Tlie guests assembled at the appoint 'd hour and sayv a balloon approach ing. When it arrived over the rendez vous it descended easily, and M. Iietitsell, attired in bunting costume dismounted. The balloon, in charge of his engineers, then reascended amid enthusiastic acclamations. Some time later word came to tlie hunting party that tlie airship had re turned safely to its point of original departure. A Nighttime lob. Booker T Washington says that In the early history of the Institution of which he is tlie bead be decided to use u deserted henhouse of considerable size as a recitation room. While on t-hc way with some students to clean It he was stopped by an old colored man, who in a friendly inan.uer asked: "Wbar you goin’V” We told him the nature of our er- ra ud. "See here, said he, with im pressive earnestness, “you sho’ gwiue tor git into trouble. It am contrary to the habits of people hereabouts tocleau out chicken houses in the day-time." There is said to be more fun stored up in the new play, "Sis in New York,” than in any that she has had. There ig plenty of chance for good comedy, and her playwrights have proven in the past that they know the Hoosier funmaker with plenty of opportunity. If you are there when she and Zeke show Pierpont Mor gan how they dance in Posey county, Indiana, you will get your money’s worth. “Sis in X'eyv York" comes for one night only, on Monday, Decem ber 2nd. Gaffney lady’s Mill gold LOST—Between the and Limestone Mills, . —„ _ „ watch, with photo of young man in bad:-. Reward if returned to this office. Nov. 30-tf. yvas MeCasker's last round of ammu nition. but the dog, not knowing that, kept close to bis master’s side. Then a singular thing happened. .McCasker pa,] reached the edge of the wood and had taken a seat on a piece of discarded stovepipe. The pipe bent beneath Ids weight, leaving an opening at one end ami elosing the other. At that moment the dog feret- «'d out a ralibit and the rabbit, pur- siu-d by the dog. ran straight into the open end of the stovepipe. Mr. Mc Casker took it out with his hand and went on ids wav in triumph. Summer Fruits in Fall. (Yakima Dispatch to Seattle Post Intellengeer.) During the fall of 1(V>7 the Yakima Valley pas produced a supply of fruits which has been nearly as varied as that of the entire season, a picture taken by a local photographer giving a faint idea of the endless variety. There have been many varieties on the local market this season, the list including strawberries, melons, canta loupe. apricots, cherries, raspberries, blackberries, peaches, pears, prunes, plums, grapes, apples, and quinces. During Novombej a number of crates of strawberries, which have been on the market throughout tlie season, have been picked. A number of young men joined recently in a fruit display, made in the Methodist church at North Yakima, showing nearly all of these varieties of fruit. The record lias probably not been excelled in any other section of tlie United States. DON’T KAIL To VI No, 812 Limestone St. And <jet prices on KULNITI KK, 'SToVKS and RAXORS. Ooods delivered anywhere in the state it’the amount purchased will justify it. : : Shuford & LeMaster. f S. R. SURER MANUFACTURER j FINE CONFECTIONERY i l WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA AND TROPICAL FRUITS. GAFFNEY. SO. CAR. O GE Eli H Z Ui 0. tc < o 6 $ iu h o o z Ui o o cc UJ t- z Ui o. K < O 6 i Ul X h o o cc Ui I- z Ui a x < o 6 i UJ X h THE W- C- CARPENTER CO- THE W- C- CARPENTER CO THE W- C- CARPENTER CO- THE W- C- CARPENTER CO- 1 THE W- C- CARPENTER CO- I THE W- C- CARPENTER CO- THE W. C. CARPENTER COMPANY Saturday We Shall Inaugurate the Largest Sale Ever Held in Gaffney. Every department in this store will be represented in this wonderful sale. Now Is the time foriyou to save money on all your winter supplies in Clothing, Shoes, Dress Goods, Hats, Ladies and Children’s Cloaks and Underwear. The prices will be about one-half prices. Don’t miss this sale if you want to save money. Ladies’ Cloaks Ladies’ Cloaks in black and grey, trimmed in Velvet, were $4.50, Sale price $2.98 Ladies’ Long Coats in black trimmed in straps and Velvet, were $5.00, Sale price $3.98 A big assortment in colors of Child ren’s Coats, all ages, were $2.50, Sale price $1.98 A big line in Ladies’ Rain Coats at half price. Dress Goods 5 ard-wide all wool Suiting, value .’>5c Sale price 22c 54-inch all wool Broadcloth in all col ors, was 85c, Sale price 68c In this pj ) \vl m ;;i x w j t * ? sh) ,vin all the latest sc vies an l fabrics at low prices. We cann >t j i >ce all of the prices. Domestics Yard-wide unbleached Sheeting, value G l-2c, Sale price 5c Best quality Hickory Shirting, value 10c, Sale price 7c Yard-wide Bleaching, good value at 10c, Sale price . .. 8 3-4c Da^k colored Outing, s)lid colors, value 8 l-3c, Sale price .......7c Ladies 1 and Children’s Underwear L i lies’h? ivy !l j 1 Vests an 1 Pants, value 60c, Sale price ....42c l! We have a big line in Children’s Un derwear at a big cut in price. Ask to see the 12-4 Blankets at $1.68. Men’s and Boy’s Clothing Men’s worsted Suits, value $5.00, Sale price $3.25 Men’s all wool Suits, value $6,50, Sale price .... . .. $4.00 Men’s all wool Suits in all of the newest colors, value $13.50, Sale price $9.50 Boy’s fine all wool Suits. $3.00 values, Sale price $1.98 We cannot quote all the prices on Clothing. It would take all the space in the paper : Men’s Underwear Wright’s Health Underwear every body knows that it sells for $1.00 a garment, Sale price 75c Shoes Men’s Vici Blucher Shoes, value $1.50, Sale price $1.19 Ladies’ Vici Blucher or Bal, value $1.50, Sale price $1.19 If it is Shoes you want we sure can please you in quality and prices. We cannot give you all the prices on Shoes for we have the largest stock Gaffney. •j You have attended sales and sales in Gaffney, but we promise you in this sale real bargains. Don’t forget the date of the sale. It begins Saturday and will continue until the first of (he year. We positively will not charge goods at these prices. THE W. C. THE W C- CARPENTER CO- THE W C- CARPENTER CO- CARPENTER COMPAN THE W C- CARPENTER CO- THE W C- CARPENTER CO THE W C CARPENTER CC H X m o > JO TJ m z H m x o o H I m o > x tj m z H m x o o o > x X m z H n x THE \\ ■ C