The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 25, 1908, Image 8
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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.
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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.”
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[Alters
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manufacturers of
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Pectoral In breaking up a cold.
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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.
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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
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