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FACTS ABOUT NEW THEORY SECURED BY INTERVIEWS People Tell the Reason for Their Faith in Cooner’s Belief. An article from the Nashville, Term., B i:ner, published during L. T. Coop er * visit to that city, throws some li^ht on the remarkable success of the young man’s theories and medicines ir. vr.i ions cities visited by him during the past year. The article is as fol lows : “In view of the enormous sale of Cooper’s preparations now going on in this city and the intense interest uhi h Mr. Cooper has stirred up since his arrival, a representative of the Burner spent Thursday afternoon at the young man’s headquarters, watch- irg the swarm of humanity come and go- “During the afternoon the reporter interviewed many of the callers and obtained statements from all who cared to give them as to their expe rience with Cooper and his prepara tions. “The following are selected from those statements as being typical of the general expression of the people eeen: “Mr. B. B. Lasater, living at 1224 North Fourth avenue, when inter viewed, said: T have been troubled v ith my stomach for the past two years, and have had rheumatism for more than five years. Sometimes I could not walk, and there were times when I could not even move in bed. Hard knots would form on my mus cles, which caused me intense pain. Gas formed on my stomach after eat ing, which gave me much pain and distress, and often I was restless and tossed all night, losing much sleep and rest. ’“Hearing of Mr. Cooper and the great work bis medicine was accom pllshing for others, I decided to try it. I have taken it about two weeks, and find myself in a greatly improved condition. My stomach is in good shape, and does not trouble me at all. My rheumatism has nearly disappear ed, and I expect to resume work short ly, for the first time in twelve months. Mr. Cooper certainly has a wonderful medicine, and I am grateful for what it has done for me.' “Another caller was Mrs. T. J. Smith, of 505 Hudson street She said: T have been a sufferer from bladder and kidney trouble for twenty- five years. In that time I have tried many prescriptions and various kinds of medicine, but received little or no benefit from them. I seldom had a sound night’s sleep, my rest being bro ken at intervals throughout the night. I had pains in my back and burning sensations. “T heard so much of Mr. Cooper that I came to the conclusion he might be able to afford me some relief. I have now been taking the medicine about a week, and feel better in every way. The pain has disappeared, and I have no distress whatever. I have come here today to express my appre ciation to Mr. Cooper for his wonder ful medicine and what it has done in my case. I will take pleasure in rec ommending it to others.’ “In spite of assertions by various physicians that Cooper is a fad who will soon die out, the young man seems to be gaining even greater headway as his visit draws to a close.” The agency for Cooper’s celebrated medicines has been given to us. We are making a fine record with them. —Gaffney Drug U>. A SURPRISED SALESMAN. His Experience In Trying to Market c Big Stock of Bible;. This l< :i puhllnInT’s story of “one of Hie six liest sellers of the yt*;,!'.'' \ wholesale publishing house lunl boon niiinufaetttrtiig Bibles, rimgltig fro r the great illustrated tome with hhr k leaves between the two Testaments !or (he family register down to the poo et edition of the immortal work of t’.exl i I > covers and gilt edg'si leavos. Sud ienh lids New York hoii-e tie v at- w!) riiloil ti > r.o out of •in- incss . It stock ' >f B i’o!( S II iiiii IktIi •j 1 el 2 * o< ii i and 25. Hill VO nines. It ! *ci(! d If 1 l *.- s il»l(*. • o Hum * the -1 m k <i it at a > acri [ice if need In 1 for the p'lfp IS • a sk Hif sa Icsina M'! 11 to Chi 11 -*. to fl( the pnlsi r(*:it v. est > i.le luai I o •del* house 1 - aU* •ill; n 'lii bit 1 i.\t th e jo! 1. • I’wt* nty tb >ii* a •id Bit : It'S 1 Hindi:’ xv :t < ! is •oit •rat*.* ! e < tion nil tin* W.l y fr oin New Yorl t’n* ma 1 hi*.’ or ilau In • we it fro: d ; liiiii ding to wiol KT in ti ailing tin* bit,\ IT \\ ho In* t If. In ii'kdit at bis fig in* s. Bu dies s ins promp; •d ii :n to n *pr (•lit id.ns • a. 1 COSTLY PHOTOGRAPHS. * t f / A’* <V > f cC f , : Buy a Home With Rent Money! in d<> a salesman from a house which was in he business and which might have hi tended to remain in the* business in definitely. and on this b.t.Hs. s.howi e r his samples, the* sal •sr.ian talked. Fi nelly the buyer for the house excuse I hi 1 :se!f. evidently t> talk with sou* other ck’parii tent head, though tin salesman wasn’t tit all sneo that lie would not call*a patrol wagon to (tike away a dangerous lunatic. In a few minutes the buyer returned. “We’ll take the lot at the prices you mime,” said ho. "hut only on this con dition that you contract with us to do It'in within twelve of •Jo.ucm a month.” -smaii's impulse v, as trol wagon until it > him that by inar- >f thousands the Bi ting book that ever •inting press. Year dretls of thousands, uses are selling Bi every postoflice on ing stream until the popular “best seller” of the greatest literary press of the country looks the proverbial “.”0 cents.”—John Hamlin in Chicago Tribune. liver ■ 250,or ;q o uiunths attl !ie r: At which the to I un t or the was made clea gins of Inin id ret Me is the 1 liest came from the aflei r year. in 1 tin* mail oi rder Mes. They go the map in nnc You can do tins by taking stock in the Cherokee Building and Loan Associa tion. This the oldest Building and Loan Association in Gaffney. It is conducted along conservative lines. We can help you to the road of wealth. See any of our officers. Head our Booklet and learn our plans. : Cherokee B.:L.' M .. W. W. Gaffney, Sec’y & Treas, C. A. Jefferies, Prest. j!*!,- Is the cry of your good wife if your chim ney smokes or your roof leaks; why trou ble with them? We can make your chim ney draw better and stop your^roof from leaking. We do all kind of tin and gal vanized iron repair work. We can put you on a new roof or repair the old one. All work guaranteed. ’Phone No. 200. O, G. WILSON & CO Opposite Ledger Office. m m, .Ir', iirViirYdrVhr'i hr', hr', hr', hr', hrVhrYhr', , Sitocribe for The Ledger, $1.50 e veer Flag of Many Colors. “Probably tin* most conspicuous ob ject above the sky line on Pennsylva nia avenue,” remarked an army officer, “is the many lined flag on the building occupied by the international bureau of American republics, on Jackson place, opposite Lafayette park. That flag necessarily resembles a rainbow because it contains the principal colors displayed on the Hags of each of the countries represented in the bureau, comprising all the states of Central and South America and the United States. The present Hag supplants the one originally adopted, which had the form of tin elongated triangle and contained the initials T. B. O. A. It.’ The new Hag would Ik* square but for the fact that «>ne side lias a slightly swallowtail effect. The most impor tant change in the design, however, is the substitution of the words ‘Pan- American Bureau’ for the initials of the international bureau of American republics. Although the latter is the official title of tne bureau, it is consid ered too cumbersome and has been abandoned for the shorter and equally comprehensive title chosen in its stead.”—Washington Star. Old School Methods. Speaking to a gathering of teachers, some of whom had I teen complaining of the lack of proper school facilities in several sections of Philadelphia, Su perintendent Brumbaugh recently com pared the present with the past. Tak ing up the matter of text Itooks. the su perintendent described one of the first elementary schools in Pennsylvania. “Only three out of twenty-four pupils had any books when school started, and the teacher took a newspaper and, after smoothing It out carefully, cut it in equal parts. Each piece was used as a reader and speller. When the news paper wore out a thoughtful friend sent tlie teacher a bundle of handbills and posters. Flagstones found in the iKittom of a brook were valuable as slates, and soft stones were used as pencils.”—Philadelphia Record. Life Size Prints That Cost a Thousand .Dollars Each. Time was, and not so many years ago. when ordering cabinet photo graphs at. $10 or so a dozen was re garded its enough of a luxury to cause one to count over and over again the friends that really must be favored, while imperials, costing twice as much, were the height of extravagance. To day a photographer ha,; just perfected a eaniera whereby he Is prepared to take likenesses at $1,000 apiece. These photographs tire life size’ prints. To make these photographs the pho tographer has built a special camera, very likely the biggest ever, for such a purpose. It is really an entire room, the black walls, celling and Hoor of which correspond to tin* doth thrown over the ordinary apparatus. Within this room camera the operator can walk about and accomplish wonders hitherto impossible to him. Impressive as a thousand dollar pho tograph sounds, it is not so extrava gant in one way its it seems. The other day a man dropped into the same studio and, seeing framed and hanging on the wall a replica of a photograph of liimsdf for which ho had paid $200 for a single print, remarked: “I would rather have that photo graph at the cost of an oil painting of myself than an oil painting at the cost of lh<* photograph.” In other words, he and Ids family had got more satisfaction out of an ex- penditur.* of $200 than if he had paid a portrait painter the $2,500 or so that his means could as conveniently have afforded. What is true of the $200 photograph is correspondingly true of tile $1,000 photograph, for in the latter case tin* dimensions are brought up to the size of the conventional painted portrait. While the $1,000 photograph dis counts the future a hit, the $100 arti cle is already out of the class of rari ties. The finest made at this price each are carbon prints on canvas. An Indescribable softness Is furnish ed by tlds canvas, the texture of which is apparent at close range, and the general effect is that of a painting in monotone, a rich brown in countless shadings that blend into a perfect whole. Such a photograph should of course be absolutely permanent. The same photograph in a carbon print on Japan paper costs $150. The size is 25 by HO inches. As for photographs at $100 a dozen— exquisite platinum prints 11 by 14 Inches on large mounts that fold once —they are not merely an extravagance of the rich, hut the moderately well to do are indulging in them. Fancy a photographer getting tin order for $400 worth of work from one young ma tron! Yet neither the customer nor the photographer thought anything of it. Tills was not for a couple of high priced prints, hut for a miscellaneous lot of photographs, sittings of herself and her children. Men pay $100 a dozen for photo graphs quite as readily as women. Photographs at $45 a dozen and $.”0 a dozen have become a mere common place of extravagance and are only a luxury to people of moderate means.— New York Sun. MONEY TO LOAN I am prepared to negotiate loans on first mortgage on improved farmsfor a term of years, in amounts from $300 up. Call on J. C. JEFFERIES, Attorns v Sep 27-6m Gaffney, S. C. TECHNICALLY EDUCATED M. EJ N I* K E I> 15 t> ! The demand is far greater than the supply. Let the International Cerree* pendenee Schools, of Scranton, Pa., pre pare you. Postal *111 bring Information on 208courses. It’s free. 8-27-ly-np DR. W. K. GUNTER L> fi: I* T 1 » T Office in Star Theatre Building. Phonb No. 20. Crows ss4 bridfs work s tyeeisHy The Beauty of Richmond. Among the bishops who traveled from New England to the Episcopal convention at Richmond, Va., was one who asked a policeman what he thought of the convention. “A well behaved convention,” was the reply. “You listened to the debates, then?” “Can’t say that I did,” said the officer, “but I haven’t seen a drunken man yet” It was the same bishop who accost- •d another policeman with remarks on the beauty of Richmond and got for answer, “Richmond, yonr honor, Is God’s city.” “How’s that?’ queried the ecclesiastical dignitary. “Well, you see, In Richmond every citizen Is either a Baptist or a Methodist."—Boston 08TOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. DR8. W- K. AND E> B- HALE* Montgomery-Crawford Bldg., Spartanburg, 8. C. Osteopathy-Applicable to all curable diseases. We give especial attention to diseases of women, nervous disor ders, all spinal affections. Honrs, by appointment FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTER EST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. 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C No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” policies, no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, bat 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. :-: :-: It is every man’sjsacred 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 ont of his -own State to get it. The Sontheastern 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 w^ose homes and interests are in this State. It is an old line, legal reserve.JStraight Life Company of,’ tae soundest kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. Somheastern Life Insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Mar. Ifltta. 1908 Spartanburg, S. C. FARM AND TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE In OldjVIrginia. Do you want a grass, grain, stock, cotton, tobacco or combination farm? If so, we have it. We have the chocolate, red and gray soil with red clay snbaoil. No land in the South is naturally better or more easily improved than the land aronnd Chase City in Mecklenburg and adjoining connties. It can be bought at from $7.00 to $15.00 per acre. Why continne to work poor, small, high-priced farms when v « are offering for sale such land at snch prices? Come to see ns at once or write for land and timber circular. Oct. 29-2taw-3mo. Chase City, JEFFREYS, HESTER A CO., Ino. Real Estate Agents. Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. Red Letter Sale Goes Merrily On Rain or Shine. We positively will not sell at these prices after Jan. 20 CARROLL <& BYERS Gaffiiey, S. C