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THIS LEDGER: GAFFJTEY^ ». C., AUGUST 25, 1«98. LATEST COTTON MILL NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST TO TEX TILE WORKERS North and South Carolina Mills, Their T mprcvenients and Their Ad vancements—Opera tive Personals. I .Southern and Western Textile Kvelstorl J. M. Creekmor? has resigned a* Mills, Lando, S. C., which he had commenced to superintend, been transfered to the suptrintendency of their .Monroe. N. C., Cotton Mills, where lie was formerly outside su perintendent. The owners of the Wayne Cotton Mills, Goldsboro, N. C., express their willingness, in case their present factory of 40,000 spindles and 100 looms, pays, to double or treble the size of the enterprise. They are run ning their spinning day and night, weaving daytime only, producing yarns and 4 yard sheetings. A CARD. night carder at ton Mills. Monroe, N. C., Cot- The Monroe X..C., Cotton Mills have just added two new Lowell re- volying flat cards. D. i\ Phelps, loom fixer, has changed from Lockhart ton Mills to Gaffney, S. C., Cotton Mills. On the first of August the Whitney 3. C., Cotton Mills commenced on 4^x48—2.85 standard sheering for •Shanghai, China. The Aiken Manufacturing Co., Lath, S. C., hav* put in 40 additional Mason looms. These were shipped iii June and July. T. W. Bishop, engineer at Hen- ritta, N. 0., Cotton Mills, has re moved to Gaffney, S. C, He was suc ceeded by Bud Cooper. •C. A. McKethan, formerly over seer of the finishing room in the Sal isbury. N. C., Cotton Mills, lias moved ins family to Charlotte. The Red Bluff Cotton Mills, Clio, S. C., are installing a new Corliss en gine and two return tubular boilers to supplement their water power. The Victoria Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, S. C., finding yarns so reduced in price, are starting up their ging ham looms and have about t>0 in operation out of 320. Superintendent W. K. Cheswell, of the Courtenay Manufacturing Co., Xewry, 3. C., accompanied by his wife, has gone on a trip to Niagara Falls and other northern points. Mrs. George B. Hiss, wife of the well-known Charlotte lubricating oil lealer, is visiting the family of John F. Schenck, Superintendent Cleve land Cotton Mills, Lawndale, X. C. C. A. Davis, son of Superintendent T. A. Davis of the Xewton, X. C., Cotton Mills, is now boss spinner at the Southern Cotton Mills, Bessemer City, X. C., succeeding Mr. Tucker. T. A. Shipp, Jr., who we reported iiad resigned as superintendent of Tuscaloosa Mills, Cottondale, Ala., is booked to go to Winnsboro, S. C., us superintendent of the Fairfield Mills. There has been added to the Bam berg S.C., Knitting Mill seme new machines, such as ribbers, etc., and will add a new dye house, and every thing necessary to turn out a high grade of hosiery. The Enterprise Manufacturing Co.. Coleridge, X. C., have bought a 150 light electric plant to install in tiieir ii,5U0 spindle yarn mill. The mill company has lately built a new store, a very complete one. W. H. Norris will at the end of the month, give up liis position as boss spinner at the Monroe, X. C., Cotton Mills, and will take a similar place with the Henrietta. X. C., Mill No. 2, succeeding J. T. Morcdund. The Lexington S. C., Manufactur ing Co..have bought two new Saco- Fettee revolving flat cards, two spin ning frames, and will add the re nowned metallic drawing rolls to tiieir drawing and railway heads. G. Fl» ining. setter-up for the A. T. Atherton Machine Co., Pawtucket. 11. I., started from Charlotte on the 17iust.. to go to Aiken Junction, 3. C., to set up 10 pickers and lappers jn the Warren Cotton Mills, War- renville, 3. C. W. C. Coleman, Secretary and Treasurer of the Coleman Manufac turing Co., Concord, X. C., writes to a Charlotte colored man that the en gine and all the machinery for his cotton mill has come andjwill soon be ready for work. The new school house on Factory Hill, Union, 3. C., is beautifully lo cated in the Oak Bluffs and is a fine roomy house. The mill children should remember President Duncan for giving them such elegant quar ters.—Union Times. The employes of the Kings Moun tain, X. C., Manufacturing Co,, held a picnic on Aug. 12 at Cansler’s Springs. The affair was arranged by J. S. Mauney, secretary and treas urer of the mills, which were closed two days for repairs to floors. When R. H. Smith resigned as boss carder and spinner at the Florence Cotton Mills, Forest City, N. C., on last Saturday, he was presented with a cane rocking chair and mat by the employes. The affair was conducted by a music festival at his home. L. W. Buck, Superintendent of the 'Spray, Lerksville and Nantucket Mills, Spray, X. C., has been off on a trip and returned home on Ang. 12. His wife and daughter are now visi ting Mrs. F. H. Hoover in Charlotte, .and he is there often with them. The Manchester Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, 8.C., has added more power in tho shape of an upright tubular boiler, 110 h. p. They are etill selling yarns, while some of their looms are standing. They expect to weave some very fine white goods. Benj. F. Houston has. since the burning of Health Bros. Manet‘.u Powell Items. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Powell, Aug. 22.—Rev. F. C. Hickson assisted by Rev. R. A. 3ub- lett are carrying on an interesting series of meetings at Macedonia. “Robt.B. Powell, our accommodating 3 C ! postmaster, went over to Clifton Tues- 1 day on businsss. Jas. M. Richards went to Cowpens Monday on business. C. C. Scruggs, of Gaffney, was in this section Saturday on business, W. R. Price went to Gaffney last Friday on business. D. C. Price went to the county seat one day last week on business. E. H. Byars and family of Marion, 3. 0., are visiting friends and rela tives here. W. A. Moore and family, of Cow- pens, visited this section Sunday. L. G. Byars, of Gaffney, visited relatives here Sunday. Many of our young folks went to the picnic at Grassy Pond last Friday. They report a fine time. Miss Nannie Stacy, of Maud, is visiting relatives here. COKXCK VCKKK. When you call for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve the great pile cure, don’t accept anything else. Don’t be talked into accepting a substitute, for piles, for sores, for burns. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thorn ton’s Pharmacy. Blacksburg. The expensive pensive husband. wife usually has a tickling in A stubborn cough or the throat yields to One Minute Cough Cure. Harmless in effect, touches the right spot, reliable and just what is wanted. It acts atonce. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Men believe with the eyes and wo men with their ears. when Little easy, cure You invite disappointment you experiment. DeWitt’s Early Risers are pleasant, thorough little pills. They constipation and sick headache just as sure as you take them. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Whenever foolish men get there is apt to be trouble. angry For broken surfaces, sores, insect bites, burns, skin diseases and es pecially piles there is one reliable remedy, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. When you call for DeWitt’s don’t accept counterfeits or frauds. You will not be disappointed with De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Chero kee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Ma con Thornton's Pharmacy, Blacks burg. The louder a man talks tho more sound judgment he possesses. Truth wears well, People have learned that DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are reliable little pills for reg ulating the bowels, curing constipa tion and sick headache. They don’t gripe. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and .Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Time and tide wait for no man— but it’s different with some women. More than twenty million free samples of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve have been distributed by the manufacturers. What better proof of their confidence in it’s merits do you want? It cures piles, burns, scalds, sores, in the shortest space of time. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Some men they never broae. are so unbend dignified till they that are One Minute Cougli Cure surprises people by its quick cures and chil dren may take it in large quantities without the least danger. It has won for itself tbe best reputation of any preparation used today for colds, croup, tickling in the throat or obsti nate coughs. Cherokee Drug Com pany Gaffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. Railway trains are not of tho femi nine gender, yet lots of people miss them. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve has the largest sale of ary Salve in the world. This fact and its merit has led dishonest people to attempt to counterfeit it. Look out for the man who attempts to deceive you when you call for DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve the great pile cure. Cherokee Drug Company (taffney, and Macon Thornton’s Pharmacy, Blacksburg. It kills but never cures. Sure-Pop Bed Bug Killer. Cherokee Drug Co. only. Mr. Jefferies Addresses the Voters of Cherokee County. To the Voters ok Cherokee Cou.vty :—Inasmuch as it bus been impossible in the short time allowed me to address you at the different campaign speakings, to give you a detailed account of my administra tion of tho affairs of the office to which you elected me last year, I have concluded to try to reach you in the following circular letter. I thank the voters of Cherokee count))' for the kind support given me, and for the confidence thereby reposed in my ability to conduct the affairs at such an important office; and have endeavored to merit the same by faithful discharge of the duties of the office. It is an honor of which I am duly appreciative and proud, and I hope the citizens of the county will never have cause to regret their choice as first Clerk of their noble County. The office of Clerk of Court is a very honorable and responsible one and the duties of the same are verv numerous and arduous, and it requires a great deal of hard work and study to carry it out successfully. As the people of the County know, 1 have labored under many disadvan tages. in having to take hold of the office in its very incipient 1 )', and open up all of the books of the office with out having a single copy of any to go by. The work in this office has been much harder during the sixteen months that 1 have been Clerk than it will ever bo again, as the office is now running on as smoothly and nicely as it seems that it possibly could. I, being a very young man, and inexperienced in this kind of business, made it doubly hard on me, but by tho kind assistance of attor neys at Gaffney, and also by the as sistance of the Clerk of Court of Spartanburg, Union aud York, I was enabled to successfully open up the office and work it up to where it now is. 1 visited the offices of (Berk of Court of Spartanburg, Union and York, and spent some time at each place, at quite an outlay of expense, and thereby got au insight into the workings of these oiSees. The trans ferring of the Court records from the old counties entailed a great deal of work, for a very little pay. Owing to the fact that L have reduced the fees of my office so considerably, and also to the fact of having to do so much gratuitous work in opening the office, and also- of the spring work all having been done and sent to the old counties for record last year be fore I opened tny office, and to the fact of having nothing but new busi ness to come up, and to tlie fact of not having done but very little civil work in the court and also having to go to so much unnecessary expense in the way of extra help and for a grea* - many other reasons, it has been almost impossible to make very much more than expenses during the time that I have held the office. My cf- iice is one of fees alone and I do not get any salary at all, hence my re muneration is controlled altogether by the amount of work done, and the county being small there hasn’t been very much paying work to do. The county dosn’t furnish me anything but the books and furniture of the office, hence it necessitates a great outlay of expense in furnishing a supply of legal blanks, fuel, lights, stationary, and a great many other expenses too numerous to mention. The law compels my office to be kept open all the time, hence it necessi tates keeping a competent and respon sible deputy clerk, at some consid erable expense. I have been courte ous, kind and obliging to everybody and as far as I know have given no one any reason to be displeased with my conduct in oLlce or with my ad ministration of tho affairs of the same. When not prevented by sick ness I have given my constant per sonal attendance upon the office to serve the people at large. I have discharged the duties of my office, and carried out the law, faithfully, fearlessly, and impartially, regard less of all influences or opposition brought to bear on me. I am now perfectly familiar with all of the workings of the office and with all the proceedings of the court and feel that I am better qualified and fitted for a more earnest and faithful discharge of the duties of the office, than if I had not had the sixteen months experience that I have had. I have always found it a pleasure to wait on and serve the people, and no doubt have saved them many dollars in the way of extra work, besides the reduction of the fees of the office, which of course is just keeping that much money in the pockets ofjthose having the work done. I have reduced tbe fees on real estate deeds and mortgages from $1.50 to $i.00 and on chattle mort gages from 40c to I5c and nearly all other fees in proportion. Again thanking tbe people for the kind support given me in the last election, and for tho confidence there by reposed in me, and earnestly so liciting a continuance of the>same. I am, yours very respectfully, J. Eh. Jefferies. Clerk of Court. Card of Thanks. We desire to return our sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for much kindness shown us in our re cent bereavement and assure them that it is duly appreciated. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Westkokr. Fortify I ho Uxlv to roiiUt niithirhil ifnii* by puttlnir tho NytH-m In porfoct order. I'llii ki.y Ash Hittkhs Is it wonderful system regulator. Hold by t'horok BLACKSBURG BUDGET. Campaigners Hold Forth in She Iron City. (Correspondence of The Ledgw.) Elacksbcru, Aug., 23.—The ceunty campaign meeting took place here Saturday in the presence of about three hundred people. The candi dates spoke from a nice stand in Berkley park. After some cairhy music l>y the Auitiochband and a Pew remarks by the chairman, Mr. Tres- cot, the meeting was opened with prayer by the Uev. Mr. Cauthe.T. The meeting, as :v whole, was quite a success, acid would have been a peace ful one but for the influence of somo of Tillman’s “chemically pure,” which manifested itself during the- speeches of the Senatorial candidates. With the exception of the first meeting at Owen’s Ford your corres pondent ha:* been with the campaign party and it gives birr great pleasure to say that he was treated every wliere with the greatest kindness and con sideration. Cue fact above all others forced itself upon his attention, and that was, that in spite of tho efforts of certain small, petty, pot house politicians to array class against class and town against country, for politi cal purposes, tho people were stand ing together. At every meeting the prevailing sentiment was, that the hullabaloo about the court house hid been gotten up simply to further the political advancement of certain in dividuals who had suffered political death in tho old counties. The peo ple of Cherokee county (and God be praised) have made up their minds to condemn the action of certain small office-seeking politicians They mean on the 30th day of August to cut the political throat of such pestiferous creatures at their first flutter. Tuesday morning about 5:30 Mrs. C. L. Kingsley was awakened by some one about her pillow. looking up she saw a negro man and screamed. Her husband, who had been reading until late and had laid down upon a lounge in an adjpining room, was aroused, and rushing to his wife’s room he saw u negro go out the back door. It seems as if the midnight intruder entered through a window opening on the piaz:.u, unlocked the back door, went to kitchen and after eating what he relished looked for money. The chief of police was at once no tified and his dogs put on the trail, but failed to catch the culprit. However, about fir*© or six hours later a negro by the name of Lowery, answering the description, was ar rested below Blacksburg in the di rection the burglar is said to have taken. Upon being brought before Mrs. Kingsley he was identified and is now in the lockup awaiting a prelim inary hearing. Excitement is running high, especially as this is the second time in the iast six weeks that Mr. Kingsley’s house lias been burglar ized. aside from tbe fact that an ef fort was made Tuesday night to enter tho home adjoining that of Mr. Kings ley’s, and the-Merchant’s Hotel, kept by Mrs. J. \Y. Thompson, and a few weeks ago the dispensary was robbed. The people have not forgotten the career of the burglar Speaks, who terrorized this community sometime BLOSSOM TIME. ago. e. a. r. Flimsy. Wickwir*—Say, I have been carrying those I O U’s of yours until they are almost worn out. Mudgo—Don’t they make a miserable qnality of paper nowadays?—Cincinnati Enquirer. Always Worn. Sprocket—I’ve just joined the Be ginners’ Cycle club. Handlebar—What are your colors? Sprocket—Black aud blue.—Chicago Record. There are about 2,000 persons in Franco who are set down as anarchists and are under tho constant watch of the police of tbe various European ooun- tries. CATARRH Catarrh of the bowels, be- cause it is most prevalent in th • summer months, is called summer catarrh. Itsurpriscsmany that bowel trouble is catar rhal. Dr. Hartman's books make this plain. Write to the Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus, O., for them. They tell all about catarrh and how Pe-ru-na cures it wherever located. “I had chroniediarrhuea for fifteen years,” writes Mr. T. E. Miller, Grand Prairie, Tex. “ I tried ( , f ,j many medicines and l doctors in vain. At lust Pe-ru-na was recom mended, and It relieved and cured me atonce.” Mr. John Harting, G33 Main St., Cincinnati, O.. writes: “ My wife and myself took your Pe- ru-na for chronic diar rhoea and it cured us. No doctor or medicine we tried before helped *»u ” ns. Mr. Edward Wormack Ledbetter, Tex., writes: “ Pe-ru-na for bowel troubles is unequalled by anything in my ex- Ct nerience. I owe my life to Pe-ru-na, and ib all always recom mend it to those suffer ing as I was.” Mr. John Edgarton. 1030 Third Ave., Altoona, Pa, nays: “I suffered from dysentery for three years 1 took Pe- ru-ua and au now well,” nwas * Hlcrh STwvs 1.1 the ifantPp t im The bcei are LilJlnu a Jubi3k». The time is M/iy, aii'l tho trt^a sbloona. And th<rirtr is ew®** -wMi Hit-pare porCume. “We need’ not wnfrt for the fra'Mo grow," 'The been hum tmatly ns they grt ‘“The blomoin* urv sweet, and fie wind ’* sly, Hs loves to scatttsr Utusn L*’ and by!" High above, 'inon-; the blossoms pay. The bees nre gathering sweets today. And Robin wisely shakes his head, “They're wsleome; 1'U wait for tbe cher nod!” —Agnes'Lewis Xitchill in st. Richolat. THE GIANT CACTUS. Mexicans and' Indluns Make Many Csea ol Mie L'gjy Plant. Southern Now Mexico and \mona and southwof-teru Texas embrace a re gion totally unlike aay other section of the United States. This portion of our country boars evidence of its Mexican origin in its swarthy population and its low built “adobe” houses, while its bleak mountains, hiding treasures of precious metal, and its sandy deserts, among whose greasewood and mesquite bushes live tho poisonous tarantulr, tho venomous rattlesnake and the stinging scorpion, seem but part and parcel otoui sister republic on the south. That which strikes the traveler :nost firircibly,however, ia journeying through the sandy wastes is the wonderful luxu- jiance of the oactna family, which ap r pears to grow everywhere, the lowly cholla (ebeyyah), Che retxllike ocalilla (a-kah-lee-yak) and that unsightly giant, the great «»hnuni{sah-wah-rah). The drier the sand and the hotter the ran the better the cactus seems to flour ish. On some mountain sides the chollas grow so thick one cannot pass through them, so fierce are the sharp spines of the oholla ‘ ‘ halls. ’ ’ Curved at their ends like fishhooks, these little spines pierce leather and fasten upon the skin of the foot, causing the most intense pain. Rough aud repulsive as these various kinds of cactus are, however, yet a use has been found for most of them. After treating the stems of acme of the smaller varieties furniture is manufactured from them—chairs, tables and other small articlea The tall, graceful stems of tho ocalilla are gathered and woven into fences, while the weird, uncouth Babuara is put to a number of uses which will require a more detailed description. The sahuara,. easily She king of the cactus family, is peculiar to Arizona, in tinted columns, with ita gaunt, upward growing arrms. oovexteg the deserts in some places like a \ eritablo forest. II is often 20 feet in height, and its heart is a watery pulp protected by long par allel strips of tough, fibrous wood, reach ing from base to top, the whole covered with a thick, green skin which success fully turns tho sun’i rays and prevent! tho evaporation of tbe water within. Where the sahuara gets this water is a mystery, since it grows in the driest of places, whf.m rains come, if they come at all, at almost yearly intervals. This- water, however, is of no use to man, a.e many a poor prospector has found to his sorrow. It is astringent aud bitter, serv ing only tyi increase thirst. The Indians of live oountry—Apaches,. Pimas, Rupagoes, Maricopas—use tiift straight, flexible poles which form the skeleton, of tho sahuara in the construc tion of their huts. Like the prickly pear, tho giant cactus also bears a 'ruil which ((rows on tbe very tips of tho par ent stalk and its branches. This iruii is nearly the size and shape of a kea’f egg. When ripe, it is of a scarlet hue and splits open into four lobes, disclos ing a pulpy mass about the consistency of a fig and filled with minute black seeds. The Mexicans aud Indians are passionately fond of this fruit—aud so are the birds. The former, if so fortu nate as to get ahead of their leathered rivals, take long poles aud knock the fruit from the top of tho stalk. Tho In dian squaws dry it ami prepare it into a dish resembling fig paste. But there is a use to which thu squaw} put the fruit which is not so commend able. It is pressed in wide, shallow baskets and the juice collected in pot tery ollas (o-yahs), vessels of native manufacture. The ollas are then stored in a small room where a fire is kept buruiug until tho appearance of a white froth on tbe surface of the liqnid indi cates that fermentation has commenced. It is then a strong drink called “tiz- win,” for which tho Indians show a de plorable fondness. In former years the government always expected trouble from its red proteges in “tizwin time” aud extraordinary precautions were tak en to hold the savages in check during those particular periods.—Detroit Free Press. of wtater So the falling of tile hairttdls of the approach cf age and declining power. No matter how barren the tree nor how leafless it may seem, yon confidently exptet leaves again. And why? Because there is 1'fe at the: roots- So you need not werry about' the falling of your hair, the threatened departure of youth and beauty. And why ? Because if there is a spark oi life remaining in the roots of the hair Th« Alligator'! Dinner Hour. Miss Vera Gould of Thirty-ninth and Baring streets has a pet alligator which was sent to her from Florida. Since the arrival of tho alligator, which is about 18 inches long, Miss Gould mourns tho loss of a pet kitten, and thereby hangs a tale. Mr. Alligator usually receives tno best of attention and after a good square meal is at peace with thu world, doz ing in his tauk until mealtime comes again. The tank is located in the din ing room, and tho other day his midday meal was forgotten—that is, forgotten by everybody except tbe alligator. He proved, however, that he was not en tirely dependent upon others when bia appetite was assailed. About 8 o’clock in the afternoon Miss Gould heard a series of feline yells is suing from tbe kitchen, and on appear ing on the scene she was perfectly hor rified at what met her gaze. There on the floor waa her pet alligator vainly •udeavoring to get the head of a kitten In his month, while the mother of the victim was perched on the back of tho alligator, clawing and biting it in a vi cious manner. After rescuing the kit ten and chasing the other pet into his abode Miss Gonld discovered that she Ivas minus a kitten and concluded that the hungry alligator had eaten it It was afterward necessary to keep tbe mother cat in tbe cellar, as she attempt ed several times to wreak vengeance on tho destroyer of bar family.—Exchaugs, will arouse it into healthy acriv- ity. The hair ceases to joric out: it begins to grow: and the glory of your youth is restored to you. we hare a book on the Hair and its Diseases. It is fre®. |«* Iha Scat MdvSco Free. ** Vt you do not obtain .-ill tho Smf-fits yon oxpovted from tlm use of the Vij.-.r write the doctor about It. Krobahly there is some difficulty with your Ken- oral system which may bo easily removed. Addrei*. OR. J. C. AYER, Lowe!!, Msct. Ravenna Reading; (Correspondence of The Letfser.) Ravkxna, August 25th.— Lillian Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Brown, fell down the steps not very long ago and broke her arm. It is now improving. Mr. Jno. T. Kitchens, of Atlanta, visiteil his mother, Mrs. C.E. ^Jtcbens, last week. Mr. D. Shippey of Clifton, visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday. M:ss \ iegie Littlejohn is- speeding this week with relatives- at Clifton and Cowpens. Axnong the visitors to oar Sanday school last Sunday were Messrs. Jno. B. W ilkins. of Cowpens, Darney Clary, of Gaffney, and Robt Sparks, of Elbethel. A e learn that Sylvester Spake has gome to Forest City, N... V,. M. W. Brown A Co., are having a well dug at their store. ijuite a number of our people are going to Cowpens to take in the association. Mr. Hickson being away in a pro tracted meeting his pulpit at Goucher was tilled iast Saturday by Rev. A. D. Davidson. Mr. Hickson was un hand Sunday, however, and his con gregation had the pleasure of bearing him preach one of ids most excellent sermons, his theme being “The Sabbath.” Mr. T. C. Graen has not entirely recovered. I heard that the Ravenna and Asbury boys are to have a game of base-ball next Saturday afternoon. A. b. c. Robbed the Grave. A startling incident of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject, is narrated by him as follows : “l was in a most dreadful condiiion. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continu ally in back and sides, no appetite— gradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given line up. Fortunately, a friend advised trying “Electric Bitters,” and to my great joy and surprise, the first botile made a decided improvement. I continued their use for three weeks, and am now a well man. I know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of an other victim.” No one should fail lo try them. Only 50 cents per bottle at DuPre Drug Company. School Notice. To thi-Trusti-cs of Cherokc* County: Ih-iiiK sick ! have iH-t-n unable to visit -Monm of t he new school districts this week n> i tool expected. W.F. McAHTttVR, Auk-. 3. W. GAFFNEY HIGH SCHOOL... SESSION 1898-9. BEGINS, AUGUST 31 stl