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/ \ ' >\ jfr r.' ; td. THE QAFFNEY LEDQFR, Tuesday and Friday. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher The Ledger is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Watch your label and the date, And renow before ’tie too late; If there be an error, don’t get mad, Report to us—we’ll make you glad. Remember, ’tis our aim to please, But errors are like pesky fleas— They will creep in in spite of fate, Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. NOTES AND COMMENTS. A well known lawyer of the city, and a certain farmer who resides In the city of Gaffney, arranged with a certain county farmer some time ago to take some choice eggs which they had and raise chickens for them on shares. When the eggs in due course, were hatched, the lawyer and( his partner were so well pleased with the chickens that they prevailed upon the country farmer to surrender all of them, with the understanding that they would give him their value in eggs. The country farmer informed us that he asked several times for his eggs, but that they would in variably inform him that they had COL. BACON’S TOUR. CITY DIRECTORY. Officials. J. Q. Little Mayor H. L. Spears Mayor Pro Tem W. H. Ross City Clerk R. A. The Grand old Man of Edgefield Or* ganizes European Tour. Col. Jas. T. Bacon, the Grand Old Man of Edgeflled, Is organizing a par ty for a tour of Europe. He proposes visiting Norway, Denmark, Germany, Bavaria, Italy, Switzerland France and England, sailing on July 16th, 1908, by S. S. "C. F. Tletjen” of the Schandlnavlan-Amerlcan line. The itinerary will be as follows: July 16. Sail from New York on the twin-screw steamer “C. F. Tiet- jen" of the Scandinavian line. July 27. Due to arrive in Chris tiana, hours, HOUSEHOLD LETTER. Mrs. Newlywed’s Entertaining Her Stock of Culinary Reserves. (Written for The Ledger. One of the most difficult problems that confronted Mrs. Newlywed in her pretty but simple little home where she “kept house,’’ without help, except for occasional day’s work, was to find a way of being always ready for the occasional guest whom Mr. Newlywed liked to ask home for lunch or dinner and sometimes for over night. These were apt to be business friends whom it was impor tant to impress favorably, and as Absolutely Pure John relied upon his wife’s being Remain on shore about ten | equal to any reasonbale demand made visiting the university, old; upon their hospitality, she was de viking ships, etc. | termined not to be found wanting. July 28-30. Copenhagen. Carriage ' Usually the only notice that she had | drives and sightseeing. ! was a telephone call an hour or less July 31. Leave Copenhagen for | before her husband and his friend ar- just placed all the eggs which they h-iH in thp T in«niratnr Finnllv he. i G i edser ; fr0m the l atte r proceed by rived, so that there was seldom time had in the vinspirator. Finally 1 steamer to Wprnemunde in Germany, to get extra supplies from market, coming tired of this excuse, he said aI1( j thence by rail to Berlin. and catering, as she did, for only two to them. “D— your vinspirator, I want August 1-3. In Berlin, the city of people with as little waste as pos- my eggs.” He has made up his mind A. Tone*.". 7. . . 7. . .Treasurer j if he does not get his eggs, or the Li. ..allman Health Oflicer 1 value thereof In good and lawful T. H. Lockhart Chief Police J. B. Bell City Attorney Boar) Public Works. A. N. Wood.. .. .. .. ..Chairman J. N. Llpscom Treasurer W. il. Ross Secretary Board of Trade. W. C. Hamrick President J. C. Otts Secretary WHAT BECOMES OF THE MULES? Every spring there are hundreds of mules brought into Cherokee coun ty from the Western markets and sold to the farmers. Now what be comes of these mules? Certainly hundreds of them do not die annually, and it is equally true that hundreds of them are not sf Id to people out- palaces. Here visit the royal palace, ( slble, her planned menu was rarely the new museum, university, cathe- sufficient for an added vigorous ap- dral, Brandenburg gate. Charlotten- petite or two. burg, Thlergarten, etc. Culinary Reserves. August 4. Leave Berlin and arrive Mrs. Newlywed found that the best at Dresden at 11:06. solution of her problem consisted in August 5. Dresden. Visit the pic- having a stock of ready to serve ture gallery, green vaults, etc. foods of the best possible brands, al- August 6. Leave Dresden and ar- so as many preserved raw ingre- rive at Munich. i dlests as possible so she had always August 7. In Munich. Royal pal- material at hand fo r making up a ace, art galleries, etc. sauce or salad dressing, or for any August 8. Leave Munich and ar- quick and daity cookery at which Mr. Will Hope Adams, cashier of rive at Innsbruck, the capitol of the j she wag an adept. She was caretul the National Bank of Gastonia, N. C., Tyrol, where the night Is spent. | to confine herself in purchasing only is in the city visiting Mr. H. M. John- August 9. Leave Innsbruck for to those brands that she knew were son’s family. ! Venice. j reliable, since for many reasons those T -r August 10-12. In Venice, the “Queen | were the only sort worth purchasing, J. N. Roberts was a Gaffney visitor of the Aclri a tjc.” The canals are its the only kind that she could be sure > esterasy. streets and the gondola the vehicle. ! would reflect credit upon her as a Hamlet Lipscomb, of Trough, was In August 13. Leave Venice for Flor-. hostess, and be unrecognizable as the city yesterday extending the cnee. I “canned goods’’ by her casual guests, pleasantries of the day to his many August 14-16. In Florence. The j As these were men, for the most part, money within the next thirty days, to bring suit against the lawyer and bis partner, and if he gets judgment, it is his intention, as he says, to level on the d— “vinspirator.” PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. From Grapes, the most healthful of fruits, comes the chief ingredient of ROYALUUS POWDER The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Costs a little more than the injurious alum or phosphate of lime powders, but with Royal you are sure of pure, healthful food. _. A .* i-v friends. Sol Phillips was in the city yester day. W. C. Took, of Spartanburg, who side the county; th n what becomes has many friends in Gaffney, was here hills. home of Dante, Michael Angelo, Raph- \ they went away mistified by thequali- ael and Savanarolu. Visit Duomo, 11y of her cookery, considering that In Campanile, Pitti and Uffizi galleries. ; many cases their own more elaborate i Drives to Cascine, and San Miniato'establishments could furnish no such' and Fiesole, the ancient city in the 1 delectable fare. If they had known powder and of them? The mules that are brought Wednesday, to this market by Hu; dealers are from George Elmore was here wednes- three to six years old. They are day shaking hands with his many never over nine year", no mule for Mends. trading purposes eve r exceeded nine J. A. M- Estes spent Tuesday night years. Now it is a well known fact "'Hi J. Eb Jefferies. August Rome. 17. Leave I .... . - - 1 h al f teaspoon of salt munity hunting minks. He hag just her supply of culinary reset’- were mixed together and thoroughly been here one week and has caught Florence for Ives he r shelves that were always sifted, to this was added the yolks of four minks and one musk rat Ho kept supplied with the delicacies three eggs well beaten and three sets traps all along the that mules live to be twenty or even thirty years old: in fact, we once knew a mule to plough one whole sea son that was more than forty years old. and after pulling a plow for a whole day during that season, when J. B. Austell, of Blacksburg, was here on business Tuesday. City, tine T: August 23. in Naples. Leave Rome and arrive men that lay back of her success as was baked in well greased hot waffle not raise any chickens for theminlnf iahostress. irons. When Mrs. Newlywed had Some of the August 24-25. Naples. Visit Sor- _ _ . , - - - - of the farmers are sowing . , o! fi n. -ri« r»i S ° me E6se ' ,tials ’ hone y genuine maple syrup, she wheat since the ground has become Amain, Laprx, ine mue urouo, ^ few cans of fine soup were al- served these as a sauce, at other dry enough. It is late to be sowing Lysns Estes went to Hickory Grove Pompeii, etc. ways on the shelf, needing only to be! times especially for luncheon she wheat, but maybe it will make good on business V ednesday. August 2b. Leave Naples at 2 f>-: heated to serve, some especially fine made a sauce of white sugar and wheat after all. A. C. Izard, the clever and accom- ra ’. f0r ! lo ™ e ’ T to rei “ ain 0 ^ er "'-i beans and French peas for serving water to which lemon juice was add- Mr. .T. R. Dickson has the Berkshire modating soliciting agent of the South- August 27. LjenveKome J"’'^"‘““’ either plain or in saiads, jars of dain- « d. and often used these waffles for hogs. He kills five or six a year. He em Railway, was i s Gaffney Wednes- , August 1 “onLarai ty P rPse rves and fine jellies—these ! dessert at one of her hastily concoct- kills one every month in the winter, the negro was unhitching him to go jyy be seen the marvelous cathedral. | latter of home make thougll ^he could <“d dinners in place of a more elabor- That is a good way as he can have to the house, his muleshlp gave the , , , • Leonardo da Vincis ‘The l^ast Sup- * have bought equally good ones, ate dish, to th# delight of her guests, fresh meat all winter nerro a kick which put him (the ne- m ^y^ue^ Vgh "and We^ ^Ammst -9 Leave Milan and pro- Ch f°! a , te ? f bes V JUality ’ and th ® ’ ^’iully the masculine ones. Miss Beatrice Hogue visited , , . . tu J iuesaa> mgnt unu «ea August _J. ideate Milan ana P*'’ . materials for those fine sauces and Eleanor Francis. \’ c Mint/ last Sunday grot out of business for a fortnight., nesday. ; ceod via Lugano for Lucerne. relishes that go such a Ion- way to 7 ' MISS This negro said that this pa-ticular mule had lived too long, and reminded him so forcibly of his old woman, that he would never i.Iow him again, and he didn’t. But this is digressing. We started out to discuss the fate of August 30-31, September 1. In Lu- Here visit Thorwaldsen’s “Lion G. W. S. Hart, Esq., of Yorkville, w'as in the city Tuesday on profes- ceia,e ’ ,, sional business. ; of Lucerne,” etc. September 2. Leave J. C. Cline, of Blacksburg, spent Geneva. Wednesday in Gaffney on business. September 3. In Geneva. September 4. Leave Geneva Paris. September Lucerne for for make a dinner or lunch appetizing. As far as she could the young house-1 keeper kept herself supplied with every material and appliance that would conduce in any way to her success as a hostess. Sauces and Salads. .Mrs. Artie McClaine, who died King s Creek News. some time ago, left several children. King’s Creel:-, Jan. 27.—Rev. G. P. Arthur is the oldest boy at homrand Hamrick preached at Antioch last he is going to keep all the children 5-9. In Paris. Car- Gregg Susong was in the city Wed- iln mules that come into the county, nesday on business. and the problem has worried us to Miss Ethelyn Wilkins left the city ria'ge drives* and sightseeing. Excur- ferent and appetizing sauces and rel such an extent that we are fain to Wednesday for a visit to Spartan- s fon to Versailles, St. Cloud and crP roon seme of the men who should imr £- Sevres, be be ^ Xi general nf whom we can think at pre- W S- Hall, Esq., returned to the riage drives and sightseeing. Excur-1 pudding and the can of “Peerless city Tuesday after taking a business s j 0 n to Windsor Castle, trip to Columbia and Union. September 15. Leave London Rev. E. G. Ross returned trip to Greer Tuesday night. Saturday and Sunday. He is a good together. It shows he is goin; preacher and any one who goes to be a man some day. He is tryin’ hear him will get well paid for going, do all he can for his little bro ■ for he will tell you something that and sisters. A young fellow like filf. i help jou to live a better life. We js worthy of praise. I feel sure i all need to live better. This life is friends will aP upon seme of the men who should b »rg- Sevres. . ™ < ;® 0 , rts 2^^^“ B we Suf* i while hear in this world. Rev. Mr. T V„Td keen wri e well informed on muleology. The R- L. Owens called on The Ledger September 10. Leave Ua ped cream made i company dessert tlamrick will preach again next fourth quit for this time. , _ 7, Wednesday Newhaven and Dieppe for I>ondon. P^a cream mane a company aesoen, Saturday and Sunday. We feel sure e K t informed man upon things inf ,n h ,ay ’ September 11-14. In London. Car- of any an otherwise simple cake or. th 1 a > iU , d ^ l y crowd present . * _.1 ..4 \ir o Unll tv,#, ^#,.4 ♦#, tv,#. J, .x ‘ T7V, nndrlin#* an#* the nan “T>eerlooa wm Ue “ Ciuwu pieocui She knew ho w t 0 make many , au nee(] to nve be t t er. This me is friends will ever be ready to ishes and some of her most success-j ^ ’ t^ gemd ^7° can ^eed^lp. undertabing 8hould he -®^ I could keep writing but had bet Country LoverJ sent, is the “Sage of Eetta Jane,” and we hereby invoke his assistance to help us solve this momentous prob lem. from a Warwick. ,„ r S’ 0 (-om d hor lk re 8 e h rve rtll“maVfiE B.^mJswZ was elected Corlnth , weather IB THE VALUE OF B. AND L- ASSO- We know of no better method of saving money, than by investing in a few shares of building and loan stock. September 16. Drive to Stratford- at a few moments notice. She had on-Avon on ^y open the can and whip the Fletcher Smith went to Gastonia, September 17. Chester. whip ’ u ! Grover attended services at Antioch Very few of them Zre “sellin^Tt N. C.. on business Wednesday. September 18. Liverpool and home ing and flavoring the cream to suit, Giin/lotr \\7 r\ o <r\o A fr\ a \ra fhorr* » » ^ . as we ever saw it. e d assistant superintendent. Mfe see that the farmers are carry- Several of the young people from i ng their cotton to the warehouse. September 18. via White Star line. September 27. Due her need, just as if it haTbeen the! We are glad to have them Messrs. A. D. Goudelock and CSuM. in ; XIV» JUOfc 0-0 IL 11. UOU UV.V11 1.114. w j.l. New York, fresh material, to have a sauce that ; “ ’ Sparks, of the Rehoboth section, car^ The cost 'of tourArom New York to ^' il s as perfect ot Its kind « If im*.' “V** ^ Z ^ *- Gaffney Tueeday will , v „ | a Mr. Tommie and Miss Flora Ham- Mr jonn via Dry nas t Imes a Every requisite for a high-grade en- milk made by the same firm for all bli h Mr Joe and Misg Jennle Dick . chl ^ rc i a? {his writing during j0 yable tour is included in the cost of sorts of cooking as well as for coffee,, son are vlsiting Mr John pi ax j CO and Mrs Mamie Snen^ to ex- membership, viz: Transportation by j slnc , e Rb sweetness was an added ad- famll below yorkville. father *fr : t t Pruitt Mr. F. S. Spencer visited Mr. J. S. Spencer, of Greenville, recently. Mr. John Mabry has two very sick cream for this latter use. Cream Salad Dressing. A cream salad dressing for which she achieved quite - — and the old man too. for that matter, to save money which he would other- ved quite a reputation was d ’ mashing the yolks of three ™ ° 7, __ visited her father, Mr.I J. L. Pruett, recently. . ii v, x— tt#, Mrs - Mar y Owensby, of Star Farm, fortune to get his ear badly hurt. He j 8 a visitor at Messrs. T. S. and R. 8. stepped on a plank and it flew up and Spencer’s. hit him on the ear. He was able to Q ur school at Corinth has not yet Mr. Creech’s Lecture. Rev. gam T. Creech delighted his audience at the Star Theatre Tues- York will be $690 for a tour of from new cream, day night in his inimitable lecture seventj'-slx days. Almost any young man who has a - why Married Life Is Sometimes Job can save enough from his wages Failure.” Mr. Creech at times to carry a fe w shares of this stock. the course of his lecture rose io ex- membership, viz: Transportation oy i auucu , f am u v below While building and loan stock does ? { ^ ,0( J aence ’ a “ d at nteampshin and railway over the en- vant age r e pla C ag well ^ y Hambright had the mis t , g Lh others he Indulged In the most touch- tire r0Ut e. accommodations at first- +U4 “ not yield as much return as some j ng pathos. The lecture was much class hotels, admission fees to places other investments as far as interest enjoyed by all who were present, and 0 f interest, carriage drivps.’ fees to goes, yet it enables ihe young man, on “ f td f after hearing it that the en- hotel and railway servants, landing tertainment was something entirely and embarkation fees; transportation i umde by manning me juma mice ^. e d j d .p 0 ^ israr-’ 6,a,, °" 8 or ' ' ■ ir. s v™:™^ 1 « ’ s thout it- ! at Timber Ridge. She is a fine teach- loved by the people of Gaffney as he member.' a greater amount except on, whole well mixed. Next she stirred' vo^when 1 you W go g ^o qhe? d >2 J ,!5TJ d ^ was for a lime stationed here as sup- the Ueamer, n.ust be paid for ai ex- in by degrees four tablespoonsful of; a ” d we bo B mS it We wish it wf s l^,{ plv on the Gaffney circuit. ! oeBB baggage. It is advisable to car- the “Peerless” cream diluted with an, 8ee *1"® • f are t mMl you } V0 T h , U 8 that we couI l ry a, lint/ bPkkuke as possible as It «,„al ,„ap... y of water a ? d Onlahed; ,7 ™,„Ton ST “ ^ ^ Eyesight unnecessary. merely proves an incumbrance. by adding two tablespoonsful of vine- ^ and tell how y g u come n Ut ' ng Y a haillin - , Iinihai . Those who wonder how the famous t f) stewards and stewardesses s :, r drop by drop as lemon juice Is o#,#, ♦^ U 0 H^i a ^ .. i* - _ Ta i e 18 ba ulin S lumber blind pianist of Boston. Edward Bax- on transatlantic steamers, laundry, ndded to an oil dressing, the purpose of accumulating ter Ferry, who will be heard here on wines, bottled water or o’he r items Plain waffles. | , x ww-jj . started, but we hope it will soon open, not get the last Fnda> s Q ne 0 f OUr ^od old darl:4es, Bob The wise sjieud, and in that way the in- duced by Jtev. S. B. Harper in a short, vestment will yield a larger return than anything else. We thinb build ing and loan associations which are conducted purely upon a mutual t-asls should be exempted from tax ation of any kind, because these asso ciations are not conducted lor house. Mr. Creech is known and be- s „jt when you go to see the girls. jf r0m Mr. F. S. Spencer’s. I am glad Ben Hope, of Filbert, has Mr. Charlie Spencer, of Pondfleld, capital, but is loamid to the in- Wednesday, February 5th, at Lime dividual members as fast as It is paid stone College, can travel alone all ^ J * over the country upon his concert to the treasurer, and the money thus tours, filling between one and two loaned Is Immediately used for build- hundred engagements every season, strictly first class and will consist of ing homes, upon which taxes have will be still more astonished to learn three meals a day according to the to be paid, and If the business of the ! ba * be spent several years of study'„ hlI!1 ] bill of fare of the hotel, light, in Europe, making the voyage alone, r0 oms and attendance, and living in various foreign cities; Several weeks before sailing there also that, although totally blind, he xvill be furnished to the members for has been from boyhood an expert distribution among their oorrespond- swimmer, an enthusiastic skater, and gouvenir mailing lists which that in his summer vacations he rides gjyt* (he exyct time letters should he horseback dally. Mr. Perry gives the j n j^<. w York city in order to reach followirfg explanation of his means t i, em ., t any point abroad, of perceiving surrounding objects in Membership is secured by an order an article in the Centruy magazine: j () r pwprve berths on the outgoing and “It is n combination of the sense of returning steamers. The price of hearing and the sense of touch, both snpk reservation Is $50—twenty-five trained to extreme delicacy and unu- dollars per berth in each direction. unite to Yhe amount paid to secure berths will, of course, be counted as first payment on the price of the tour. The balance is to be paid at least six weeks before the date of sailing. In association Is taxed, and the houses which the business erects are taxed, It really amounts In a measure to double taxation. Numbers of houses In the town of Gaffney have been erected through and by the agency of these assoriations, thereby en hancing-the value of the property in their vicinity, to say nothing of the Independence which is attained by the individuals who thus acquire their sual services, so that they own homes, becoming betters citizens f (,r m a sixth sense, to which the echo ♦v .. . t . . # thrown back- from buildings, walls, thereby. an d reducing the number of and other RO „ d object8( and the in . people who are forced to depend up- creased density of the atmosohere on others tor horaej In which to live, compressed against such objects onRP a member must withdraw, the ordered at hotels not on regular’bill Mrs. Newlywed’s"waffles, for which | commenced writing for The Ledger.; was a visitor at F. S. Spencer’s Sat- oideied at hotels, not ^ ^ she wag faD10U8> were made with the I sure he will add a lot to The urday and Sunday. same cream as follows; Two cups of Ledger. School Boy, I saw where your prob- .,,m i.p flour, one teaspoonful of best baking! There is a young man In this com- l p m was worked by J. L. S. and Mill w,n De Boy says it is wrong. School Boy, If a man walks 211-2 steps a minute, how many steps will he walk in 131-1 seconds? Black Eye. of fare, rooms. Hotel are extra; accommodations when approaching, serve in place of a mount paid will be refunded in full, light and shadow, color and per*- ( 0 the steampshlp companies’ pectlve, enabling one to take cogni- regulations for the return of passage zance of surrounding objects and ni0n ,.v. of their distance, location, and size, delay should occur in making and to perceive the whereabouts of a ppi i( . a t ton ' fo r passage, as the sup- open doors, gateways and the like, ?lI of berths !s ] ini jt P( , and they are almost as readily and accurately as af . 8 j gnPd according to application. iiuiiM Hixi MnaiietMiiy aMi- t<. oir v out f th J 8 T". 6 .? 1 ! 8 Aw an arrangements are made In ad- obtiKuttoii- ri'm'l!i 5r theiVHr„;7 r V ° ut !luy the blind are enabled to find their v . tnce Q f tij e nailing for Europe and WkstA Tar txWiioU', .1 Toledo way all over familiar buildings and baxod on the number of members who 2.,e t!.i.n{o (, A ,A ’* VIN Whok towns With great facility; yet while h! , v ,. booked( no refund can be made this phenomenon Is so frequent as to aftPr the party ha8 Jeft New York . liow’H Till*? We offer ' )ri>- II uniiii I ilolInrN Uewttrd for any case of I’utiirrh Him - iitnot tm cured >y HallS* ’at.H r r h O ii re F .1. CM FMKV .V co Toledo. O. We. Hti- uod* r igi ed liiive known K. J. Cheney fo lie last 15 year-, an • In lleve him oerfectlv lio'-orat>le ill all liuslie*H tranaac- M Hal <’a'ii'rli < 'ur<- In ta '-n Internally acil iff flh Vdy u(>on tb> M >■ "I md rnuaxia S ir'i f thi sttio-rn Te.i iinonlala sent fre* - . Prli i.i'- oer Intfie, <*0 d l>y all Hrug- gtati become an everyday matter In hun- dre^ds of cities throughout the coun try, ft still remains a subject of won der tk the average person of sight.” For full Information and for regis- For all the news, subscribe fo r Th# Ledger, $1.50 per ysar. for The Ledger, $1.50 a tratlon, address. Col. con, Edgefield, S. C. James, T. Ba- We do not do all kinds of printing -wo do tho GOOD kind. * s & t Nursing baby? V ^ 4* ^ It’s a heavy strain on mother. A Her system is called upon to supply nourishment for two. Some form of nourishment that will be easily taken up by mother’s system is needed. Scoffs Emulsion contains the greatest possible’ amount of nourish* ment in easily digested form. Mother and baby are wonderfully helped by its use. ALL DRUGGISTS i 60c. AND SIjSS On Gaffney Route 6. j Gaffney, R. F. D. 6, Jan. 22.—W« had the pleasure of attending a pound supper given at the home of Miss Jane Hughey Tuesday night, January Zlst Misses Strawsie Guyton, Alma Latte-; more, Mae Belle Evans attendedl supper. They all report a nice Mr. Press Hughey, assisted by Mr. T. Spencer, gave music for the baj occasion. One of Mr. Smith Raines’ mules; Into a wire fence today and got very badly. Mr. Ratees said he didi believe the the mule would get It. School Boy, there has been soi answers to your hen problem there qo one who knows who is right think you ought to give the cor answer yourself. Mr. J. T. Spencer made a short tri to Gaffney today. Mr. R. M. Mason has moved to tl Ballenger farm near Corinth. Mr. Cabe McCraw and sister, Mli Beaufle, spent a few days in this ae tlon last week. Now, Mr. Editor, if you will be kin enough to print my few lines, as Is my first attempt to write, I wf come again. Maud. Gee!" ~ ‘v and Neatly We Can Do Job Work —One 50c bottle Nature’s Remedy will put an end to that no cure, no pay. Gaffney Drug Of 2 a w tf.