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'•r \ BBEBEBE0EBEBBB©S6H333aaS3SaS3aS Our Purpose It is our purpose to handle any business entrusted to us in such a fair and liberal manner as to make the customer’s re- 1 a t i o n with this bank satisfactory and profitable. Aside from the excellent facilities afforded, this bank has the advantage of a large Capital and Surplus. The National Bank of Gaffney Gaffney, S. C. PERSONAL PARAQRAPHS. Your Last Chance Three days more in which to do your Holiday shopping. It is not too late to get a nice, good, appropriate present from our stock. A few of our choice articles in the several lines are still here. We offer you a splendid line of High Grade Goods at fairest prices—well adapted to the wants and requirements of our patrons. Come and look at our Holiday Goods. They have the merit. They will please you. For the Right Present For the Right Person At the Right Price Come Right to Us. mm Charokea Drug Co. Christmas Muyler’s. Messrs. Lynn Littlejohn and Sam Lipscomb left Wednesday for Wash- inRton, Baltimore, New York and other points east, where they will spend several days. Rev. Amos Clary, who formerly lived in Gaffney, but who is now in charge of the Lynchburg bureau of the ^Religious Herald of Richmond, is in Gaffney for the holidays. Mr. Clary has many friends in Gaffney who are delighted to welcome him to our city. Mr. James O. Wilkins, a prominent planter of Ravenna, spent Tuesday and Wednesday in the city. Mrs. Littlejohn, of Jonesville, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. L. Spears, at Limestone, returned to her home yesterday. Miss Nanti Bess Thompson, of At lanta, will arrive in the city this even ing to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Thompson, on Victoria avenue. Miss Marguerite Anderson, a teach er in the Gaffney graded school, left yesterday for Chester, where she goes to spend the holidays with her parents. Miss Addie Stancil, of the graded school corps, left yesterday for her home at Sally, to spend the holidays. Mrs. W. M. Webster and children, of Huckleberry, will arrive today to spend the holidays with Mrs. Web ster’s parents, Prof, and Mrs. R. O. Sams. Mrs. Walter Brown, of Pacolet, is expected to arrive in the city today. She will spend the holidays with her parents, Prof, and Mrs. R. 0. Sams, on Victoria avenue. Mr. Edgar Peeler, who has been working in I^exington and Saluda counties, is home to spend the holi days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs W. A. Peeler, on Grenard street. Mr. J. Q. Little spent Tuesday in Spartanburg with friends, of whom he has a number in that city, as well as elsewhere. Miss Sarah' May Davis, of Balti more, visited her sister, Miss Annie Fields Davis, in this city, Tuesday. Mr. C. F. Inman of Wilkinsville, was in the city yesterday on business. Miss Annie Fields Davis, the effi cient and attractive milliner at Car- roll & Byers’ store, leaves today for her home in Baltimore, where she goes to spend the holidays. Is There a Santa Claus? (This article was published years ago in The New York Sun and has gone the rounds of the press every year.) We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the com munication below, expressing at the same time our gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor—I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says: "If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth: Is there a Santa Claus? Virginia o’hanlon. 115 West Fifty-Ninth street. Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see, They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, In his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intel ligence capable of grasping the whole truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion ex ist, and you know that they abound and give to your life Its highest beau ty and joy. Alas! How dreary would he the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginians. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance, to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which child hood fills the world would be extin guished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! ^ ou might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christ mas Eve to catch Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? No body sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not; but that’s no truth that they are not here. Nobody can conceive or im agine all the wonders there are un seen and unseeable in the world. You may tear apart the baby's rat tle and see what makes the noise in side, but. there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strong est man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever liv ed, could tear apart. Only faith, fan cy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and pic ture the supreme beauty and glory beyond. Is It all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else so real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives and he lives forever. A thous and years from now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. The Contest Closes. The Ledger’s voting contest for the most popular lady and most popular gentleman mill operative in Cherokee county came to an end Tuesday night. Miss Watola Roberts, of Cherokee Falls, gets the lady’s watch, and Mr. W. M. Broom, of the Limestone Mills, gets the gentleman’s watch. Miss Quilla McCraw gave Miss Roberts a close race. Twenty-five thousand, two hundred and fifty-six votes were cast in this contest, of which Miss Roberts received the largest number, 7,864. Mr. Broom came second with 6,442, and Miss McCraw third with 5,857. The remainder were divided between the other contestants. The Ledger wishes to express its appreciation of the work done in its behalf by the contestants. As a re sult we are printing the largest num ber of papers we have ever printed since the establishment of The Ledger since the adoption of the cash-in-ad- vance system. The Verdict of the Jury. The jury of inquest into the death of Will Cox, the negro who was shot Sunday a week ago at Brooks’s camp, on the C. C. & O. railroad now under construction in this county, near the North Carolina line, brought in the following verdict: "We, the jury, find that the said Will Cox came to his death by a gun shot wound at the hands of Ed. Thomas.” Immediately after the shooting Thomas made his escape, and, so far, has managed to elude the officers. The Dance a Success. The closing dance pf Prof. J. S Roberts’s dancing school Tuesday night was a social and artistic sue cess. About thirty couples partici pated, and the general verdict is that it was one of the most enjoyable oc casions of the holidays. Comstock’s Orchestra furnished the music and did it in a manner that reflected cre dit upon the members of the organi zation. Prof. Roberts left yesterday for his home in Atlanta. His engage ment here has been all that could be desired. To Take Unto Himself a Wife. Mr. S. A. Cathey, the obliging and efficient telegraph operator at the Southern depot, left Monday for Nor folk, Va., where he goes to take unto himself ft v^ife. We could not learn the name of the fortunate young lady other than that she is a Miss Bar ringer. Mr. and Mrs. Cathey will ar rive in the city in a short while and will go to keeping house at once. The Ledger joins in welcoming Mrs. Cathey and in good wishes to the happy young couple. Lost a Mule. Mr. J. M. Swofford, who lives near Grassy Pond, lost his good mule, “Diva,” Tuesday which died of a wound it received on the Friday be fore, by snagging itself against a plank. Why Refer to Doctors Because we make mediciaes for them. We tell them all about Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, and they prescribe it for coughs, colds, bronchitis, con sumption. They trust it. Then you can afford to trust it. Ask your own doctor. The best kind of a testimonial— “Sold for over sixty years.” I M MadabT J.C.Aj JW Also man m [Alters We have no aecreta the formulas of all i J. Ayer Oo., Lowell, If ass. manufacturers of SARSAPARILLA. PILLS. , HAIR VIOOR. secrets! We publish all our medicines. Hew Sntebebt Quatfel Bepenb ~We Siay Gm/umnded < ueab~ Aind jhcfrCfas fW0,000.00 Ayer’s Pills greatly aid the Cherry Pectoral In breaking up a cold. A'.. > -i V Bargains ii Shoes In order to reduce our stock before taking our annual in ventory and to close out cer tain well known brands of Shoes which we will not sell in the future. We will offer the following makes at prices unparalleled: 50 pairs $5.00 Crossett Slices for men at .. .$4.00 100 pairs $4.00 Crossett Shoes for men at $3.20 75 pairs $3.50 Crossett Shoes for men at .. .$2.80 25 pairs $4.00 Queen Quality Shoes for women at $3.20 80 pairs $3.50 Queen Quality Shoes for women at • -$2.80 50 pairs $3.00 KrippendorfShoesfor women at $2.40 300 pairs assorted for men, women and children at the same astounding reduction. Lotsofodds and ends worth $ 1.25 to $ 1.50 at 89cts., and $1.20. These shoes are all new fresh goods and consist of the very best shoes manu factured for the price. Now is the time to get bar gains in shoes. These goods will not last long so come early and get the pick. ! Humphries Shoe Co. Md YOU like for your Stationery 10 he neatly printed and promptly delivered? If so, will you let us prove to you that our work will THE LEDGER, C«Hn*y. S. C. Please? CUT PRICE SALE! Commencing Dec. 5th Lasting Until Dec. 30th Men's styles in Clothing change radically from season to season. Recognizing this fact, it is our policy never to carry over any goods, but to close them out at the end of the sea son, regardless of price. We therefore offer the odds and ends of this season’s selling at sharp reductions. While there may be only a few Suits of a kind, there is a complete assort ment of sizes and models, so that the tall man and the short one, the stout man and the slim one—any figure—can be fitted and suited. Every Suit included in this sale is from our regular stock —no cheaply made merchandise bought for the occasion-- the same high grade materials, superior styles, perfect fit and workmanship which characterize all goods we sell. SUITS THAT WERE: $ 9.00, out to $10.00, out to $12.00, out to . . S 6.00 . . $ 7.00 . . S 9.00 022.00! out to $16.00, out to • $18.00, out to 020.00, out to . . . . 019.70 011.00 014.76 010.00 COMPANY STORE