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1 THE GAFFNEY LEDGER, Tuesday and Friday. Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher NOTES AND COMMENTS. Don't fold your arms and then grumble about the dullness of the times. Do somelhing to brighten things up and you will not have time to complain. • • • The Columbia fans seem determin ed that • that city shall remain in the Sallie League. The amounts subscribed by the fans and the inter est taken by the ladies look very much like S. A. L. ball will be played in Columbia after all. Go it, Colum bia' Ain’t we wid you? • • a Mayor W. H. Ross deserves the plaudits of the people of Gaffney every time he says “$I00 or thirty days" for violating the liquor law. And Chief Lockhart and his men are to be praised for the diligent manner in which they run down every blind tiger. Keep it up, gentlemen, until those who would violate the law learn by experience that you are not to be trifled with in this matter. • • • It may interest many of our read ers to know that both the city of Gaff ney and the county of Cherokee are practically free of debt, except the bonded indebtedness, and that the county will soon have enough money to retire its bonded debt. The city is soon to commence the creation of a sinking fund with which to retire its bonds also. It Is evident that our finances are being properly handled. • • • About the speediest piece of news paper work ever executed in this State took place in this office last Monday. At 4:49 we received the telegram announcing the appointmets for Gaffney, Blacksburg and Gaffney circuit from Laurens. It was passed to the linotype operator and set up, and at 4:55, just six minutes after it had been received in the office, it was on the press and papers were be ing printed. That is what we are pleased to term electrical-like work! • • * Everybody in Gaffney, irrespective of denominational ties, is pleased that Mr. Harper has been returned to Bu ford Street church; also that Mr. Owens has been returned to Gaffney Circuit. Both these men are doing their, part in advancing the intel lectual welfare of our people, and when the time does arl%ve for them to depart they should receive the plaudit ‘‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” We sincerely trust the coming year will prove the most pleasant, and profitable of their lives. • • • That item which we publish in this issue of The Ledger concerning the letting of the contract for the con struction of the power plant at Ninety- Nine Islands is cheering. The under taking means the expenditure of a million dollars or more, much of which will go for labor. Now let Gaffney business men get to work and make an effort to capture as much of the local business resulting from this work as possible. There is no need of a dollar going elsewhere if we but make the proper effort and offer the proper inducements. Let us go after this 'business in a busi ness-like manner, and all of us will feel the effects of this work within a very short while. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. after spending several day* In the city with his family. Mr. R. C. Burgess, of Grassy Pond, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. J. J. Quinn, of Grassy Pond, was a city visitor Wednesday. Mr. Shade Wood, of the Grassy Pond section, was a city visitor Wed nesday. Mr. J. T. Burgess, of Grassy Pond, was a visitor to the city Wednesday. Mr. J. C. Pryor, of Midway, was in the city Wednesday. Dr. H. E. Fiefleld, of Wilkinsville, was in the city Tuesday. Mr. C. B. Turner, of Grassy Pond, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. D. C. Anderson, of Spartan burg, was in the city Wednesday. Miss Jessie Lipscomb returned to the city Tuesday after spending several weeks in Sumter and Tim- monsville with friends. Mrs. Johnson and Miss Jeter, of Spartanburg, were In the city this week, the guests of Mrs. L. G. Potter, on Buford street. Mr. George Hoover, of Derlta, N. C., spent several day’s In the city last week with Mr. S. Q. Sarratt. Mr. Hoover is a young farmer and made a good impression upon those of our people whom he met. He returned home Monday. Mr. Frank McCluney. of the W’il- kinsville section, was a city visitor Tuesday. Mr. Clade Webber, of Gaston Shoals, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Ed Harmon, of Pleasant Grove, was a city visitor Wednesday. Mr. Horace Lipscomb, of the Corinth section, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. J. M. Swafford, of Grassy Pond, was in the city Wednesday. Capt. J. J. Magness, of Grassy Pond, was a city visitor this week. Mr. J. D. Carter, of Timber Ridge, was a business visitor to Gaffney yesterday. Mr. Forest Austell, of Earls, N. C., was in Gaffney yesterday. Mr. Luther Bonner, of Goucher, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Alfred Harris, of Macedonia, was in the city yesterday. Miss Julia Littlejohn, of Spartan burg, is visiting friends in the city. Mr. H. C. Linder, of Clifton, called on The Ledger yesterday. service was concluded and they got ready to go home, he went to hitch up his mule, but when he reached the buggy, he found that his mule had broken loose and gone. The young gentleman was very much abashed, but the girls had to walk back home. Messrs. D. R. Parris and A. D. Driskill attended the old-fashioned singing at Sardis Sunday. The voting contest is warming up and the contestants are working these days. We trust that the people will take the good old Ledger and cast their votes for their favorite. Susbscribe now, and we assure you you will get your money’s forth. The prayer-meeting that is being conducted at this place every Satur day night was largely attended last meeting, and Mr. Huskey made an excellent talk. The hour of the ser vices is 6:30 o’clock and everybody is cordially invited to attend and take part. Your humble scribe took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Elmore Sun day. IVfr. J. Logan Jenkins is teaching school at Corinth. Mr. Jenkins is a young teacher and he says he likes teaching very well. Wishing the many readers and The Ledger force a merry Christmas. School Boy. DRAYTONVILLE DOTS. Chief of Police J. C. Duncan, of Blacksburg, spent a short while in the city yesterday on business. Mrs. David Thomas, of Spartan burg, is in the city visiting her daugh ter. Mrs. L. G. Potter, on Buford street. Mrs. R. E. LeMaster and Mrs. H. F. Pridmore have returned from a visit to relatives in Spartanburg. Mr. Prater Smith, of Goucher. was in the city Tuesday. He came up to bring his daugtfter, who is attending school at Limestone College. Mr. R. M. Roark, of Grover, spent yesterday in the city on business. Mr. G. W. McKown w’as a business visitor to the city yesterday. Hon. W. S. Hall Is in Columbia this week. Mr. Joe Osborne is in the city for a few days. Mr. Luther Bonner, of Ravenna, spent Tuesday in the city. The “Old Man” went to Columbia on business yesterday. Dr. W. K. Gunter will leave next Tuesday, the 8th, for a ten days or two weeks stay at his old home in Aiken county. Mr. W. Harry Gooding, who is traveling for a New Orleans firm, left Wednesday afternoon for his territory Dwafnenft Cun not b « Cnreil hy loon' applications, an they cannot reach the. diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused hy Inflamed condition of the mucous Pnlnjr of the Kustachlan Tube. When this tube gets Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It Is entirely closed deafness Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored tolls normal condi tion bearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of mi are caused by catarrh, which Is nothlna but an Inflamed condition ofthe mucous surfaces. . , r. „ « We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (cased by catarrh) thatcan- not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Bend for c.lrcularS j free. FNFv & c0 „ Toledo< 0 . Hall‘s^Famlfy PH?s for constipation. A Review of Events by Our Regular Correspondent. Draytonville, Dec. 1.—Some of the farmers seem to be getting a little discouraged at the price of cotton and they are putting it on the mark et for the pitiful price of nine cents. The farmers can not make a living at this price, so they had better raise more corn, grain and raise more hogs than they do at present. A rumor was out that Mr. D. C. Phillips was going to grind last Sat urday and that would be his last for this winter, but we were Informed oy the miller, Mr. Hyder Phillips, that was a mistake. Mr. Phillips was speaking of moving his saw mill up about the iron bridge section, but he has not decided whether he will move it or not. Cleve is a hustler. Thanksgiving has passed and every body in this section had a good time in some way. There were services ield at Draytonville church by Mr. j \V. F. Huskey. There was a very good attendance. Sonv* passed off the day by hunting, while some work-j ed as usual. Our friend, John Raines, of Gaff-: ney, came down here last Thursday to go hunting. He had just bought a new pair of tan shoes, an ! he went out for the big hunt, but bis shoes would not. permit him to tramp long, so he killed a bluebird and returned to his father’s home, where ne staid by the f.re until bite in the afternoon, j when he returned to the city to re sume his business Friday morning. Mr. f’leveland Parker and family | moved to Gaffney yesterday, where | h* is engaged in working in the mill. Mrs. Laura Pennington celebrated her thirty-sixth birthday last Friday. Your correspondent was not present but was informed that those present had a nice time and enjoyed the oc casion. Those that were present were Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Parris, Mrs. O. V. Patrick and some relatives. The dinner was a good one and every one enjoyed this part of the occas- sion. Mrs. Pennington is a * good friend of your scribe and a good neighbor, as well as a good Christian woman. We wish her a merry Christ mas and a happy New Year. Mrs. Pennington is the wife of Mr. Bryson Pennington, who is a good man and will have his fun when he gets wllb your scribe. We are told that to remove warts use a salve made by mixing com mon table salt with the yolk of an egg. Change the application daily,; and within a week they will drop out,: all the roots having thoroughly de cayed so that they will never reap pear. Mr. John Austell, of the Midway section, and Mrs. Polly Busbee, of Buffalo, Union, were in this section ; Monday afternoon. Mr. R. E. Parris killed his good dog, “Frank,” Sunday morning. The dog was having a lit and Mr. Parris thought (hat he was , going mad. Frank was a good dog and we an* sorry to hear of his death. Misses Ethel and Eva Elmore spent i last Sunday with Misses Lula and i Maggie Childers. From the present looks of the weather we will have rain soon. Mr. W. F. Huskey, with several of, his small Sunday school scholars, at tended the old-fashioned singing a* 1 Sardis last Sunday. They renort a; good time and that Mr. Huskey’s j choir received much praise. Mr. W. C. Parris, of Gaffney, was 1 in this section for a short while yes terday on business. Messrs. Larkin Parker and H'der Phillips attended Sunday school at Ross Grove Sunday morning. The man who cannot go to church without sleeping has the remarkable power of keening his eyes open at a political meeting. It ‘will not be long until another year will have been recorded on the century record and the best wav to make it a success Is to put away all bitter feelings and brooding over slights and wrongs, no matter from whom received. Forgive, and thus nut vourself in that attitude toward God that will help you start the New Year right. A young gentleman of a certain community carried some airls to Macedonia Notes. Macedonia, Dec. 1.— ‘Jack" came over last wek (very much to our de light) and we “kinder” made a prom ise to each other to take it time about sending in news; or, probably, I should say letters, to our paper, The Ledger. We are a little shy about putting in so much about who visits somebody and who doesn’t, but re ceives visitors, etc., we are afraid the many readers are not interested in our visiting. The union was certainly a success —such beatiful weather we had for it! We enjoyed being with the peo pie from the visiting churches. The crowd on Sunday was very large. We are having a rainy day of it to day. Mr. Ed Byars has about finished moving to his father’s new house. We are glad to have Mr. Byars and his excellent wife back with us. Mrs. Mary Parris, of Clifton, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Price, to assist in waiting on Mr. Charley Price, who has been down sick some time with measles. He is some better ifow. Miss Garfield Price has also been down with measles; but Is about well again. There was a singing at Mr. J. A. Harris’s Saturday night, for married people as well as single. After sing ing «he colored minstrels came and gave the crowd some fine music and songs, which created much laughter. We think all had a good time. Misses Tessie and Daisy Byars, both, are right sick with measles. We were glad to see some of the Gaffney people up to our union Sun day. We certainly think more ought to have come. Several of the good Goucher people were up; we did not know all the boys, but some we did. The Goforth boys and Mr. Brown, and Misses Nannie, Leila and Ila Mathis came. Miss Nannie Mathis is spending this week with her sister. Mrs. John Clary. Airs. P. H. Byars is visiting her son. W. D. Byars, this week, helping to wait on the sick. The Woman’s Missionary Society will meet right after services the second Sunday. We urge the ladies to stay and join us. They will enjoy the meetings if they will only give it a trial. We find the meetings do us good in various ways: and we do not see how any harm can come of join ing. As to the money feature of the society, we will say it will not “break" the poorest purse. Mr. Champ Cooper and Mr. Richard Huskey were out. visiting the measles patients yesterday. Mr. Apple Smith will move this week into the house that Mr. Walter Young vacated Inst week. Zill. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypo- phosphites should always be kept in the house for the following reasons: First—Because, if any member of the family has a hard cold, it will cure it. Second—Because, if the chil dren are delicate and sickly, it will make them strong and weli. Third—Because, if the father or mother is losing flesh and becoming thin and emaciated, it will build them up and give them flesh and strength. Fourth—Because it is the standard remedy in all throat and lung affections. No household should be with out it. Send this advertisement together with name of paper in which it appears, your address and four cents to cover postage, and we will send you a “Complete Handy Atlas of the World. " SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St, New York < V 'solutely Pure C. C. & O. To Become Trunk Line. (Johnson City Staff.) The Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railway, the first modern, high class railway for coal-carrying ever built in the South, will be completed be tween the Clinchfield coal properties at St. Paul, Va., and Marion, N. C., about the first day of January and a regular freight and passenger ser vice will be then inaugurated be tween the Clinchfield coal district and the Carolinas. It is officially an nounced that this road is now com pleted between St. Paul and Marlon with the exception of the steel bridge at Kingsport, Tenn., and work on this bridge is being hurried. New engines, passenger coaches, steel coal cars and other rolling stock have been ordered, and a part of the equip ment is soon to be delivered. The road was constructed to get the low est per centage of grade possible, re gardless of the cost, and as a result amount $50,000,000 have been spent In its construction. Instead of wind ing through the valleys this road takes its course on a direct line across the country, in place follow ing the tops of the mountains and passing over great ravines on steel bridges two and three hundred feet high. Mountains have been tunneled in order to maintain the percentage of grade, the longest tunnel being nearly a mile In length and passing through a mountain of solid stone near Clinchport, Va. No trestle werk can be found along this road, steel bridges having been constructed over all the larger streams, whMe the smaller ones are spanned hy ennereto atebes. It is easily the be-t road ever constructed In the South. Its importance is better understood when it. is known that it was constructed with the view of delivering coal for Pacific points, thromrh the Isthmian canal, and when It is stated that the nromotors will lose no time in ex tending it northward to the Great Lakes, and providing connections for Cincinnati, Chicago and other cities in the Northwest. OYAL .tMHHMin Why these grapes ? Because from the healthful grape comes the chief ingre dient of Royal Baking Powder, Royal Grape Cream of Tartar., Alum-phosphate powders are made with harsh mineral fvfr and ipust be avoided. In announcing the estimate, Mr. Wat son says: “Our estimate, which is based on. telegraphic reports received from all the States save Georgia, whose com missioner is absent, from the State, dated November 19, and on the gin- Over Twelve Million Bales. The cotton cron of 1908 will amount to 12 551,086 bales, aceordin'r to the estimate made by Commissioner Watson, chairman of the cotton com mittee of the Southern States Asso ciation of Comm iso loners of Aerleul- ture and Other Agricultural Workers ners’ reports of November 14, is 12,- s * x ,owns as follows Greer, I 551^)56 running bales, exeludin: Mnt- Duffalo. Gainey, Gowpens and Warts Un-Stsie League. Tne following communication ap peared in a roe,■in issue of the Greer Observer: I policed an article some time back regarding an up-Stnte League, stat ing the league would be composed of Easley, Pick ers. This conclusion is reached after ons - R a ' so listed that a meeting due allowance for the weather and would be hold some time in Novem- other crop conditions for 190^. Were ,,, r to organize the league, bail next, the estimate based entirely on amount season. This is what we want, and of cotton ginned to Novenunr 11, in | onlc Greerites take an interest years whop sbitio £inr»o!'s’ rosults ' ** hut the wnolo surrounding com* were shown, the 1908 crop would be immity. We are .anxious to hear 13 ‘ r i8.S79 hales. Put conditions have m ove on this subject and also the re- not been the same in ihe varying i suits oi the meeting held in Gaffney, years. Were we to take the average * think league ball would be a great amount of cotton for the past four; a *traction for Greer and would more seasons to be ginned after November ! 1 ban pay Inr itself. 14, we would have to add 3,704,157 Fan. bales to the 9,630,563 bales already ^ ^ ginned, and get a total crop of 13,- Clemson Boys Suspended. 334,157 bales. If we add to the Anderson, Dec. L—As the result of amount already ginned in 1908 the a little hazing feast held at Clemson amount ginned after November 14 In i two weeks ago in which How- 1905, to which year 1908 conditions I arf i C |ar k. son of Hon. W. A. Clark, closely correspond, we will have a 1 Florence, was severely bruised total crop for this year of 12,631,925 an, i otherwise mistreated, three stu- balos which, it is seen, closely ap- 1 ^ ents have been suspended. Ifr. nroximates the estimate of 12,551,- ; Gi ar k was here today on his return 086 bales that the association’s com-; f rom Clemson, where he went to reA^ lyjittpo considers n fnir one.** 1 his son 3.nd to uppesr Before ' the faculty. He said that all Is set- j tied now and that no more hazing is Medicine That is Medicine. | expected for a time at. least. Young “1 have suffered a good deal with j Clark had been at home since the malaria and stomach complaints, hut. T have now found a remedy that keeps me well, and that, remedy is Electric Bitters: a medicine for stom ach and liver troubles, and for run down conditions,” says W. C. Kistler, Of ITalliday, Ark., Electric Bitters purify and enrich the blood, tone up the nerves, and impart vigor and en hazing occurred. Marked For Death. “Three years ago I was marked for death. A graveyard cough was tear ing my lungs to pieces. Doctors fail ed to help me, and hope had fled, when my husband got Dr. King’s New Discovery," says Mrs. A. C. Williams, orgy to the weak. Your money will j of Bac, Ky. ‘‘The first dose helped be refunded if it falls to help you.! me and improvement kept, on until I 50c at. Cherokee Drug Co. j had gained 58 pounds in weight and I my health was fully restored.” This v„„ ...in medicine holds the world’s healing a nr™t i r ™'» r d for coughs and colds and lung a present at Cherokee Drug Company. anf j throat diseases. It prevents pneumonia. Sold under guarantee at Cherokee Drug Co. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. —Most, popular lady gets diamond ring. Gaffney Jewelry Co. & f <r.-1 tri ? xfs ♦ cmmmrjm. ailor-Made Suits and Cloaks Our sales on Tailor-Made Suits and Cloaks have been the biggest in our history. Our Furs have just arrived. We have priced them for quick selling. We have new arrivals in this department almost daily. Give us a chance to supply your wants. We will save you money. preaching one night and when the 804-6 Limestone Street, Gaffney, S. C. f • f > > > / re / ■ (.v \ .y * M (•> . > / > 4 > i > /