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NEWSY DRAYTONVrLLE LETTER whoaoever Is deceived thereby 1h not I wise,*' ProT. 20:1. Movement, 0 f the People Of a Thrlv- W> noticed that J. L. 8. Rave a The Inn Section. problem for the school boya and girls to work. The problem was: If one- COTTON SEED PRODUCTS- Cotton Perfumes Varied Uses to Which Seed c ari be Put. nmvtnnvUlo Nnv 2fl Wp have wum. iuo viuuit-uj who. »■. uuc- f n a ponversation on (he subject of ' ’ . . | third of Ove la three, what Is one- cotton sf*<*d products and the want of bad some bad weather, but It 1 8 very of twenty? We are not well their appreciation at home. Mr. D. A pleasant at present and the farmers „p on such catchy problems, but we Tompkins said approximately as fol- are rushing to get their crops gath- have worked at It and wc And nine | nwg . ered. We have alwava heard »t said he the fourth of twenty. ' ,s ‘•Sometime along about 1S8I I was , . oI1 nnH hPi ' r fr ° m ao,,,e of the b°y» >‘*>‘1 ffirls. offered a place as master mechanic in “there is a t.me for all things, and Mea8r8 . D C. Phillips and W. S , pI , t !. ^ss works. After some ne- we think last week was the time for. W'ilson went to Gaffney last Monday gotiation we traded and r went to It to rain. on business. work. One of the ph uses of the Mr. D C Phillips hauled his cotton |<ev. B. L. Hoke, of Blacksburg. p j at< , p I;ii , s business that most forcl- to Gaffney last week to have It stored will lecture to the farmers at the Me |,l v attracted my attention was the in the warehouse for a better price. Kown school house on the fourth Sat urday night of next month. He wishes for all the members to be present. Mr. Hoke is a good lecturer HON. $. B. HERMAN IS WELL AGAIN Mr. Will W Whelchel has moved to Cherokee Falls. He w‘l! leave for Tennessee about Christmas. Mr Lewis Poole spent last Satur I da. niuht with Mr. Ray Huskey. Mr. O. H Whelchel has put him up nomenclature of the product. The glass wa.s divided according to qua! tty into four parts. The best quality we made was railed French glass. Noted Oregon Statesman Restored to Health on Recent Eastern Trip. and it wil pay you to give him your The next best German plate, next presence at the lectun The farmers have some tin por ■ This Week We Are Offering | 1 choicest perfumes o t js E lbe leading makers at b half the usual prices. fl 150 and 75 Cts. an Ounce | A free sample will he B given to every lady whether she buys or _ not. Now is the time ■ to gel the best perfum- es at a song. i g Box Cigars Free Each Week |, a mail box. Lon says he got It to eps to kill in this section, receive duns in. There will be services at Drayton Wo notice that "Blue Blfd" Is ville on Christmas day. Wo will an- writing from this place. Come again, uounce it late r on. We hope to have “Blue Bird." we are glad to hear from a large attendance, you. There were some mill boys down This s p etion is in a flourishing con here last Monday hunting. We do dltion and we hope to see the tim** not think they were the boys wh when it will be connected by a rail- '‘lilue Bird wrote about, for we think The road with the neighboring towns. Miss Nettie Marsh spent last Sat urday night with Miss Ola Bailey. Tomorrow (Thursday) is Thanks giving and we hope The Ledger’s readers "'ll have a nice time. We suppose the men. especially the young men will go hunting. We hope they may have a nice time—but don’t for get* wh it Thanksgiving Day is for Mr. Ray Huskey spent hist Sunday ^ith Mr Stanley Wilson. Last Saturday was a rainy day. hut the farme.s made their business trips to Gaffney in spite of the rain. Some got a good soaking hut they rid not mind that, and w<‘ hope they are used to the rain and will 1“- able to gathe r their crops this week Mrs George McCraw and children visited Mr and Mrs. W. S- Wilson and family las* Sunday. Mr. Harrison Whelchel. of Chero kee Falls, visited helatlves here last Saturday night and returned home Sunday evening. The praye r meeting was no' ’arge- ly attended last Saturday night, on •••ccount of the disargeeahle weather. There wa 8 a good meeting an i v»as enjoyed hy ill present Th‘ -oitdect was ‘•Influence.” and Mr W. F Hus key gave a good talk on the subject. Sr me of :he farmers have mb gath ered their late bottom corn, an 1 n account of the rainy weather it wMl he about the last of the week before they can gather it. The cron Is very good and we think they will make enough to do them until next year. Mr. Logan Jenkins has accepted a position with Messrs. Lf>.T.v*" r of Pondfield ... ! ne will he glad for his friends to call around and see him. Mr. and Mrs. Huskey spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. D Drlskoll. We have learned that Rev. Ernest Ross, of Gaffney, has accepted a po sition with Mr. T) J. Holt, of Gaffney. He will start to school after Christ mas. We think it is a low-down act when young men lie along the public roads with the intention of frightening or harming children going to or coming from their daily work. The best thing that can he done is to catch they returned home without any rabbits. Wl-hiitg The Led) Thanksgiving day. ‘‘r retide a nice School Hot. Well Worth the Price. Mashmaville, Miss., Nov. 22, 1907. Editor Ledger:—As my subscrip tion is near f o a close 1 will renew today. Enclosed you will And two dollars, i am well pleased with your paper and think it Is well worth its subscription. If suits me better 1" pay for two years in advance, and I hope this will reach you in time so that I won’t miss a copy best English, and all yellowish, bul ish, spotted or otherwise defective glass was called American plate. The production of buyers made this neces- ary. As people learned to know about it the prejudice gradual/ dim inished and ultimately died Today any dealer would have a contempt for the man who would insist upon buying glass according to the old system of naming. \ first class clear article brings the best price regard less of the country in which it is made or alleged to he made. It has been practically the same wit), cotton seed products. Immense quantities of cotton seed oil has been exported from the 1’nited States to ftah- and prance, where it has been refined, put up in foreign packages Hon. Shiller R Herman, distin guished statesman and legislator of Portland, Oregon, who was recently on an eastern trip, is among those strong ly in favor of L. T. Cooper, in the dis cussion over Cooper and his medicines, which lias raged for the past year in cities visited by the young man on his educative campaigns, as he calls them. Cooper was explaining his new the ories and medicines to Boston people during the Oregonian's visit to that city, and in a recent interview Mr. Herman said: “My trip east accom- i lished more for me than I ever be lieved possible. It has actually been the means of restoring my healih. "While in Boston I heard a great deal about this man Cooper and his medi cines, and one morning I talked with a Boston banker who told me that he hid been rtdieved hy Coopers medi- sia. For the past twenty years I have lieeri a fearful sufferer with nervous dyspepsia. It has been so bad that it arid re shipped to the rnitCfi States. < jn t . s after ten^years’ chronic dyspep- with foreign brands and labels and as an olive oil. Quantities of it go to Holland to he used in butter mak ing. Holland butter stands high In all English markets. The pure food laws in England require That import ed butter shall hi* wholesome and in every particular clean and pure. Tn- prejudire *‘I was feeling wretchedly that mom* ing, and 1 made up my mind to try the medicine. I had seen leading pby« siciaus without numhc both East and West. They had been unable to help me in the least, and J no more ha* lioved this Cooper medicine could help me than it could bring a dead man hack to life. 1 really don't know why I bought it. It was like a drowning man clutching at a straw. ‘ To make a long story short, it baa been astonishingly successful kt m|r case. Today 1 am enjoying a sound stomach and perfect health lor the first time in twenty years. I can ect heartily without the slightest kiconve* nience afterward. T have a fine appe tite, and sleep well. I am n, longer moody and depressed, and my nervous ness has entirely disappeared. ‘‘Any man who has chronic dyspep sia owes it to his family to try this mt , dicine. ,, In all our experience as druggists, we have never seen anything to sur- aII hut forced mo to resign from thei pass tho famous Cooper preparations, glskiture. I—Gaffney Drug Co. I have been a subscriber since your stead of prejudice a*, paper wag established, and expect to so, ‘'l e* 1 ' s regarded be one of your readers as long as 1 live, and 1 hope that I will read it longer in the future than L have al ready. You know- I like to stay where I am well acquainted, and I know this part of the world- Mississippi. The crops in Mississippi are short. We had a kite spring, a good deal of rain and cold weather, then the drouth set in the first of June and we did not have any rain until the middle of August; although the crops are much better than we expected. We tire like (Tide “Billie Cap” says, have plenty of hog and hominy. And I'll add potatoes. I made about 200 hushelg of the nicest potatoes. I hit- ten nty hogs on them, l had rather raise potatoes than corn for hogs. Alfalfa in some localities was fine. Peas wag mellolalus was also fine. 1 have had a niee lot of velvet beans. 1 ’like li: h-n*'* better than peavine hay and it improves the faster than pea.- and stock like it equally as well. I want to say to my old friends that in this country l almost everything W" eat. except wheat, and it is as healthy here as it is on top of the Blue Ridge. I have been here since 1K80 and I have paid out not more than $75 f n r doctor hills, and I have been marrh d 20 years. 1 have . two boys, one 19 years old, the other catt,p a L a11 ln . m .? 8t s ,0 !? ilnst it. cotton as of very su perior value for cleanliness, purity and wholesomeness, it is only in the Fnited States, where if is a home product, that people are prejudteen against it ami that so-called oleomar garine laws arc* made to hinder Its extensive use hy the people.. In the past there may have been some reason in the objection or preju dice against home consumption of the home article direct from the home factory. Form* rl> the American re finers did not thoroughly understand the refining of the oil for table or cooking uses. Now. however this ts different. There tire refineries where the oil is made as perfect for salads or for cooking as any olive oil. The value of rhe cotton seed meal is also very inadequately appreciated at home. The fullest practical ap preciation of these values were first reached hy the Germans, who have perhaps developed agriculture on more scientific lines than any other people. They grind the meal very fine, almost a? fine as flour. In this shape they use it io feed cattle- and sheep. Then they regain the cattle manure and use if as fertiliser for various crops. They get double val ues from it In meantime our people use it rnainlv as a fertilizer, or if fed to Let Us Put NEW You On ROOF - W.W. ■ JT ~ 'Ir JEal f-fcA. We do all kinds of roofing, slate, tin and metal shingles, and guaran tee all to be water-proof. We do all kinds of tin and galvanized iron work, galvanized cornice, gutters, skylight, ridge roll valley, etc. Write or phone us. : : : : r • «27* •. & zzstj mmeL~ ■■ a* ■ i . a t sr 15. My oldest boy Is in Mississippi College at Clinton. This is his second yea r tmd he has not had a demerit. tli«. Uni/ OllftC OTftDC thinff that can be done Is to cnlcb year ~,,T, ,, ,, . Pic .III brlu. about a N | in/ NHIIr ^ I nr such men and g'-nd them to the peni- ie ~ ' * ^ .. economic advantage. i hlii onut oiunt, ,ju .h n c«. «*. ^ sr.h^h^.'Tha.fr.a«!n "it '? tl.in.c else to do. . . ..r people thought it came r 1 lltiv. >loi‘» in •HIllillUO Notion- Shoe- new :in<l 'or cash. rnv jirice opened up a new S.ioe tile Ko'iRer-i Jewelry <* * Will also cany >onie in connection with Kvorytiuno Ire-It and at rock bottom prices Se*. m v hKIs a nd jo t • •.epflf lllivmo. to make something of my dug —- - . Mrs Bryson Pennington and expect, 4 ^ . They had ^ % fe "The!" 1 Will be prayer-meeting next than paid for my pains with my hoys^ at Draytonville at I would appreciate a visit from my The subject old South Carolina friends. I always and we hope look anxiously for my paper our- truly . PEELER. Saturday night half-past six o’clock, will be on “Idleness,’ there will he a large crowd out. Mrs O. H Whelchel visited her mother. Mrs. W S. Wilson, last Sun day. The wood haulers are hauling wood but they s ay there is not much de mand for It. Rev. Ben L. Hoke, of Blacksburg, filled his regular appointment at Mt. Ararat last Sunday. He preached an excellent sermon. Mr W- C. Whelchel. of Smyrna, was a visitor in this section last Mon day. Miss Sallie Huggins of Ararat. Is teaching the Evergreen school this session. She is a very popular lady and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C. I* Huggins. Some of the farmers an complain ing about their pot a toe rotting. There was a v tv good crop m '1" in this section. \1 r. (' M Par! « r has decided to farm with hi- father, Mr. A. J. Par ker, iH'Xt y> ar. cleve is a good work- t r and has started out in married life in the right wa> that is working on the farm. The f. rm is the best place ftir young men to start out in lit*- Young men. stay on the good old farm. Mrs. Q. V. Patrick is quite ill at this writing. We wish h*‘r a speedy recovery. Mr. A. W Phillips had the mis fortune to get his buggy shafts brok en last Saturday hy a mul** stepping on them. He went to town Monday Irown and bridge work a specialty. ,,, g pt Mieni repaired The farmers did not have any meet ing at Evergreen last Friday night on account of the inclement weather. They will meet next Friday night if the weather Is agreeable. One (if The Ledger's readers said when your scribe began writing to The Ledger that the paper would in crease in price to one dollar and twenty-five cents per year. We see that It has increased fifty cents per from all the different places and peo ple. Wishing you and aJl The Ledger readers success and happiness, I am, Respectfully. J. B. Watkins. tilizer by neglecting to save It. A proper appreciation of these American products by American poo- He Pl e will bring about a tremendous When goo# French.” and people thought it came from France, it was high priced and few people could afford it- As soon as it was appreciated that fine clear glass could he got from the home factories, the stores in small towns adopted it for common use. So when the value of cotton seed to'hear °N i8 appreciated for salads and for cooking, then people may live better and at less cost. So also when the values of the meal and hull Is appreciated the production of cotton, both for dairy use and beef, will become profitable and extensive In the cotton region C. WILSON & CO. Opposite Ledger Office. mm Jones J. Darby Insurance Office Star Theatre Building and the resultant manure will be an Draytonville Locals. advantage to the cotton crop in the Draytonville. Nov. 25.—Sunday was nature of a clear gain. Instead of a beautiful day and our Sunday buying beef from the West, the South school wag largely attended. will not only supply her own beef There will he prayer meeting at hut produce beef or the Northeastern Draytonville Thanksgiving day at 11 markets and for export.” •vbodv is invited to at- Huskey spent Mr. and Mrs. o'clock'. I tend Mr am] Mrs. \V. F Sui.i; afternoon with A. D. Driskill. Miss Nettie MarHi and liBle Wil lie B. Huskey spent Sunday afternoon with M‘-- Bretlia I’enineton. Mis- iila Biiil<’\ was t ie guest of Mi-r J.ijla RHnes Siind;. fat- rnoon. Mr ;i’M Ms. Chi lili .■ SpellCi' ■ are .uv v: -itiiig M,. S;i'- n •( ■r's father . Mr. T T S]i(-n(-('i :>t \ >i Ararat K'-v Hok< fib d id.- re Liul.'ir iippoi: innent :i? Mt. \ r araf Snnd ay. M ■. ii.es v (ill Hart ws t (be 1 r,th i>; Decembe: ||e wants to S11' • 1 i ’ 1 ■ ■ tma in t! a Indian Ter- DR W. K. GUNTER i > f; rv 'r i «■* t* lili b in Star Theatre P/inldib*. Phonk No.20. d Philip:- and daughter, -ervlce at Mt Ararat DR. J. F- GARRETT, DENTIST. Office on Frederick Street. ’Phone In Office an^ Residence. Hoke tool dinner with .1 T Speneer Sunday. A. Little, Smith Haines Spencer expect to go hunting Thanksgiving day. Mr. J. C Hancock, of Cherokee Fills made a short trip to Gaffney Tuesday. Come again, “Blue Bird,” you did well? ‘Little Bill,” you must not quti writing. I enjoy reading your l*t- Gowdeysville Dots. Godeysville, Nov. 21- It ig raining today and people are busy hunting. I have been neglecting my letters as i have been off visiting relatives and friends. Miss Sue Crocker and your corres pondent spent Saturday night at the lioMic of Mr Robert Gregory and fa mil' which was very much enjoy 'd. W’t will try and not make this our la. t visit. Then was a large crowd at the unveiling of the late John D. Lake’s monument which took place at the I’nion cemetery last Sunday. Mr. Lake died suddenly in Columbia last January. The Union Progress stated that there wore twenty-five hundred people there. A carnival is going on at Union this week. Messrs. Ernest and Earl Morris spent Tuesday and Wednesday In Union, taking in the carnival. Mr. Jeff Vaughn spent Sunday with his best girl. Mr. George Foster and sister, Mil dred. spent Sunday with Misses Het- tie and Louis Garner. We enjoy reading “J. L. S.’s” let ters. I think everybody, old and young, ought to tale The Ledger. It is such are found in our store in Watches, Diamond Rings, I’nir. at d Brooches. Largest assortment of Brae-let-, Chains, lobs, Rings, Bins, Neck Chains, Lockets. Charms, Bags, Buttons, Cuff Buttons, Stick Bins, Hat Bus and Hair Ornaments, Everything new in Swastika goods (good luck j, Hand Painted Vases, Jewel Boxes, Card Cases Caiidlesti k', Disk SeO and Smoking Sets. Beautiful line of new China, the very lies', and newest designs. See the Dinner Sets, 1 ish Sets and Turke' Sets We can’t name ail in our different lines. I inest display of Silverware in Coffet and Tea Sets, Water Sets. Bakers, Chafing Dishes, Cups Waiters, Candle sticks and many others. Bins, Knives, Porks, Spoons, Ladles, and all other 'able goods : : : : Clocks of evert kind. All kind of Cut Glass We will e pleased to have \on sec our entire line We are ready for Christmas business and want you to see our large stock. Gaffney Jewelry Co. TECHNICALLY EDUCATED iU 15 IN IN K IC 1> 15 I> ! The demand Is far greater than fh>- supply Bet the International Corres pondence Schools, ol Scranton, Pa., pre pare you. Postal will brim.' Information on-Os courses. It’s free. s-^T-ly-np year, but w don’t suppose it was on trl[) t() Ga jfney Tupsday. account of our interesting letters. \t r fin ,, \t ra Ttniunz FOR ALL COUNTY PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTER EST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER tors very much. Misses Lula and Davie Raines went a good family paper, to Gaffney Tuesday, shopping. Wonder what Is the matter with Mr. Paul McKown made a business “C.’’ and Annie I^aure? They don’t come very often. account of our Interesting letters. an<1 Robing Little are We are sorry to have to give up The Ledger i s the best home paper visiting his father, Mr. L. A. Little, our neighbor and friend, Mr. Wade published and it is well worth one 0 j, Q a ff m .y. Pridinore and family, but wish them dolar and fifty cents. Friends, read p or j ear of ^ was t e basket, I will much happiness In their new home. The l/elger for the host county r j nf , n fj j] ev ]y| P Owen filled his regular news. wishes to The Ledger and Its appointment at Mesopotamia Sunday. We learn there was a .great de- 1( ., u iers. There wasn’t any preaching at Skull mand for whiskey in Gaffney last Farmers Daughter. Shoals Sunday . — Mr. J. L. Vaughn and family spent One 50c bottle Nature’s Cough Sunday with Mr. R. D. Vaughn and Remedy will put an end to that family. cough; no cute, no pay. Gaffney 2 a. w. tf. Saturday, hut there was but little to be found. This speaks well for our NEWS, IM- county seat. We are sorry to say it. but before the dispensary was itnocft- (*d In the head, there was many little p ni g Go children who suffered from cold and for something to eat The man who jtch cured in 30 minute* by Wool* drinks ought to study and get the f on i* g sanitary Lotion. Never fails, meaning of these words: "Wine is a g 0 ] d ^ Gaffney Drug Company, mocker; strong drink It raging, and lO-iP-ta pd. I will close with best wishes to The Ledger and Us readers. Belle. HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to the family at p^uuium rate-, fixed on the basis of the actuaries’tables of life expectation, and therefore, absolutely fair is the oni_\ kin<l of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company of .Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred” dividends, no "participating" jiolicies. no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, hut strict and straight Life lusurance ot the kind that takes care of a man’s family by providiug an immediate cash estate on his death, the time of all times when they will need it most keenly. 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. :*: 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 homes and interests are in this State. It is an old line, Hgal reserve.lStraight Life Company of,’ tae soundest kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. :*. Southeastern Life Insurance Compy, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Open up that head with a 25c box < ? Grip Tablets; sold 1 by Gaffney Drug Co. only. 2 a. w. tf. Mar. 1Mb. ihok Spartanburg, S. C. f