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ESTABLISHED FEB. 1C, 1894.
GAFFNEY CITY, 9. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1898.
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DOWN AT SALEH CHURCH.
THE N. P. I. S.S., CONVENTION
MET.
The President Delivers an Eulogy on
the Life of Robert Lowry
Coleman—The Full
Precaeedings.
The North -I'acolet Interdenomi
national Sunday School Convention
met at Salem, Sept. 23th, at 10:30
a. m. and was called to order by
President S. L. Strain.
Song and praise service conducted
by R. A. Foster. Devotional exer
cises by Chaplain Simpson Blanton.
Brief reports from township su
perintendents and superintendents
of schools were made. The president
gave notice that the roll of sehools
and delegates would be called at 3
o’clock p. in., and only those answer
ing roll call or having obtained leave
cf absence would be reported. J. C.
Jefferies, R. A. Foster and T. J.
Estes were appointed as a committee
on leave of absence. The following
schools wore represented by the fol
lowing delegates at 3 o’ulock p. m.
Abingdon Creek—Wesley Cement
and Miss Jessie Kerr.
Ararat—J. R. Service and E. O.
Macomson.
Corinth—(Would report by J. C.
Thompson.)
Gethsemane—C. G. Phillips, Misses
Ellen and Della Kirby.
Messapotamia—S. W. Foster. Miss
Alice Gofortii and Miss Moliie Kirby.
Salem—Miss Mattie Estes, Miss
Ethel Strain, R. A. Foster, Miss
Maud Blackwell, Miss Mattie Lee.
Wilson's Chapel—C. W. Whiso-
nant and Byars Whisonant.
lot Query—••What kinal of pro
gressive work bus each school pres
ent taKon up this year!” Discussed
by J. L. Strain a d C. W. Whiso
nant.
2d Query—‘‘Our present nesds and
liow to meet them?”* Discussed by
rt. M. Rice. Jr.. E. IJ., and others.
Rev. J. X. Isom then addressed
the eonvention on the nepd of thor
ough work in the Sunday School and
especially the good resulting in In
terdenominational work.
After prayer an intermission of
on hour was taken.
Evening session opetned by singing
and prayer by chaplain, Simpson
Blanton.
3d Query—‘‘What a Sunday School
should be and do.” Discussed by
S. M. Rice, C. W. Whisonant and J.
M. Horton.
4lli Query—•‘Value of teachers’
meetings.” Discussed by J. C.
Thompson, Brothers Rice and Whiso
nant.
5th Query—‘‘Value of Interde
nominational work in the Sunday
School.” Discnssed by brothers
Strain, Thompson, Whisonant and
Rieu.
Address on the value of time by
Morgan Horton.
The following uueniorial address on
the Christian life and character of
Col. Robert L. Coleman late of Union
county, was delivered by J. L.
Strain.
Bkkthkkn : Will the convention
pardon rue for assuming to speak of
the Christian life and character of
our deceased brother. Robert Lowry
Coleman, late of Union county, and
thus put upon record our high ap
preciation of him and his service in
our Chirtian work.
Brother Coleman was born within
the city limits of Ashaville, N. C.,
on the 8th day of October, 1835, and
died May 2'J, 181)8.
His life was devoted to usefulness
in his church and community, and
lit never lost an opportunity to serve
his fellow-man as the dictates of con
science prompted him to action.
His private, as as well as public life,
is worthy of mention and in study
ing It there are great lessons for us to
learn.
Of all the solemnities of which the
mind can conceive, death is the
greatest. There may be here and
there an empty heart and thought
less brain, across which no such
meditations pass for months, or
even years; out these are excep
tional characters, ami how unaffected
the truth that no ^reflection comes to
man such uniformity and power as
thought that, in a few years, he. too.
shall return to mother dust. Death
comes alike to all, and makss us all
equal when ha comes. The ashes of
the oak, upon the hearthstone, are
no epitaph of the tree. It tells us
nothing of how high it was, or how
large it was, what flocks it had.shel
tered or what storms it withstood.
The fate which overtook the tree is a
fit emblem of death, which in its re
sistless course, levels alike the king
and the peasant, the wise and the ig
norant, His rich and the poor, ths
ypnng and th# old.
» The history of the past is a record
e^ the triumph of the ‘‘King of ter-
fbcrf.” There is no pathway of life
where the destrov' r may not, be met
at any time. Thar* is- no hams
whore the grim shadow of death oan
be shut out. The bloom of youth,
the strength of manhood, the glory
cf age, are withered in bis icy breath
as the iats flowers wither in the
frosts of autumn.
It is our sad duty today to an
nounce that death has stricken a
great name from the roil of the Sab
bath School army. The providence
of God is over us and round about us
and we bow reverently to the dis
pensation, even though the bonds of
brotherhood be broken. The mortal
remains of Robert Lowery Coleman
lie buried under the soil of his be
loved State, North Carolina, where
they await the resurrection morn.
His record as > soldier cf the Cross
is finished. His career, with its
earthly toils, its struggles, and its
anxieties is completed. We turn for
a few moments from the discharge of
our duties to make this last sad
offering to the memory of that ex
traordinary man, aud his name and
fame are ready for the historian.
He was plain and simple in his man
ners and tastes, and if it were possi
ble for him to axert a controlling in
fluence over the solemn exersises of
this hour, he would prefer the words
of truth and soberuess to the exag
geration and extravagance of eulogy.
My acquaintance with Brother
Coleman began »ore than ten years
ago, but It did not assume the type
of intimacy until She meeting of the
Union Connty Interdenominational
Sunday School Convention, at San-
Inc, in 1892, when, to him and my
self was assigned the duty of discus
sing the query : ‘‘How is the Sab
bath to be sanctified?” I well re
member what he said on that occa
sion, ansi his high appreciation of
the sacredness of the Sabbath
strengthened my confidence in his
Christian ftdallty. From that day
to the day of his death I hold no
man ia higher reverence for his
Christian qualities thau I did Robert
Lowry Coleman.
That our late brother was a Chris
tian gentleman none will dare to
dispute; indeed his remarkable life
and character is enough to establish
that two*. In my opinion, it is not
extravagant to say that he had but
few equals and uo superiors ia his
day. Although history has penasd
aud transmitted to us the names of
man born In obseurity and the hum
blest stations of life who attained
the vein}' higheal positions in their
wonntry, yet in most instwices, if not
in every one, thsss men were thrown
up ae frl were by rise force of great
events with which they were in some
i way conneeted, ami in most cases
these remarkable essents of men
from obacurity to dietinctren were of
military characters. History in
forms ns that several of the Emper
ors of Rome, when it was the mis
tress of the civilized and barbarous
world, were born in slavery.
•Thun; are some spirits truly Just,
Fnwarped l»y prif or prlrte;
Groat in the culm, hut tfreatt-r still
When pressed by adverse tide.
These hold the runk no kliiK can irlve.
No slut Ion cun dlssracu.
Nature puts forth her ^unt lemon
And monarch* must alve place."
It would be a source of great pleas
ure to me were I able to pay a just
tribute to the Christian life and
character of our distinguished and
well beloved brether, Robert Lowery
Coleman, who labored so long, so
uarneatly and faithfully in the vine
yard of his master. First and best of
all, it could be truthfully said of him
that he was a Christian. With him
the one supreme word in our lan
guage was “Duty.” To him it was a
word of imperial command, from
whleh there was no appeal. He did
not seek to participate in tho ga
ieties, and much less the frivolities
of a tsshionable social life. His life
and example may ever be examined,
and examined only to be approved.
Friend and foe alike must admit his
steady, unshaken love of Christ; his
constant devotion; his simple integ
rity and honesty; his unbounded
and unfailing charity; his courage
and eoiifietiim that never faltered.
All these are worthy examples for
the emulation of our youth. These
home bred virtues induced a life of
slmpncity and Christian duties. His
hands were clean even from the sus
picion of improper gain, and in his
public career he was preserved from
the temptation that so often warps
men of strong passions and vigor
ous character from the path of duty.
“He not to mlMed. thsutrli another
succeed him.
To rc.ip down the Helds which In sprlntf ho
hn» sown.
Uo who plow* and who sow* 1* not missed
hy tbw reaper.
He Nonly remembered hy what he hu*
dwu*.
"We’ll priKso him, and love iilni, and never
for>r<*i him.
Ilia nat.nw aud epitaph wo'II engrave on a
stone;
The things he he has lived lor. lot them be
tlio utory,
And lie be rvmetiibered for what he bus
dono.”
How beautiful is his lifs described
by the Itevclator: "Blessed are ths
good which die In the Lord from
henceforth; Yea, saith the spirit,
that they now rest from their labor»
and their works do follow them.”
To thu Christian death is but sweet
repasa. The separation of body and
aooi '.a but the beginning of hHi eter
nal joys. He ie a new born creat ure
in the aplrit family where U's abid
ing place it-made permanent and hit
joys are endless and fail of glory.
I verily bsliwee that Robert Lowdy
Coleman, la today a glorified saint
bZ n o ^ t l; h e e l ^”^ 8 o, 0 L h d , E fhr„”°t r FROM LOWER CHEROKEE.
us take new life and courage and
fight the battle of King Immanuel,
until us conquerors, through Him
who gaveblraeelf for u»,we too, shall
join the celestial choir in the New
Jerusalem.
THE SAGE SENDS THE NEIGH
BORHOOD NEWS.
We'll bathe his uruvo with teurs and sighs,
W’hilu loving hands adorn the sod.
Which murks the place where the ashes lie.
Of one whose soul Is with his God.
11N battles fought, his rletorys woo,
’Neath sasrsd soil his ashes sleep.
W hile liis U-jOt-eu >r says "well donu."
Aud takes btwln MS arms to keep.
We’ve heard the bell, by curfew tolled.
While lovlni; hands did soothe his brow.
The angel in his book enrolled.
His name, bis life, his Christian vow.
No w’lndinsr sheet, no funeral son*.
Nor earthly cortege ever »iven.
Can make our life complete as Ions
As wo rsmuln unknown In heaven.
J. C. Jefferies then offered the fol
lowing resolution which was unani
mously adopted by a rising vote.
Resolved, That this sonver.tion
having hsard with profound regret of
the ths death of Ero. R. L. Coleman,
we humbly bow to the will of Him
who doeth all things well, and ex
tend to the family of our deceased
brother our heartfelt sympathies
and pray that (iod in His divine wis
dom and merey bless them.
Bro. 8. M. Rice then made an ad
dress on tesopenanue which closed
the exercises of the day.
Wilson’s Chapel was chosen as the
next plaee of meeting and December
2(>th as the time.
The preside*# thanked the choir for
their invaluable assistance in the
work and the congregation for its
patience and good behavior during
tho exercises end after benediction
convention adjourned to meet at
Wilson’s Chapel Dec. 25th, 1898.
Pewell Personals.
(Con eflpondenoe of The Ledger.)
Powkll. Sept. 20.—Rev. F. C.
Hickson filled hie last regular appoint
ment at Macedonia.
Apple Smith, accidently broke his
right arm Sunday morning.
Messrs. W. B. and D. C. Prioe
went to Gaffney yesterday on business.
J. L. Clary went to Gaffney one
day last weefc otv Kuainess.
U. P. Rleh*r<i» went to Cowpens
last Thursday on business.
Your cornapoadent went to Cow-
pens last Tuesday on business.
-J. V. Price went to Gaffney last
Wednesday up kueiacsH.
Our public school have closed for
the present.
Prof. Martha's voea! music school-
at Macedonia etoeeVi last .Saturday.
Fodder puiliag is over, but still we
hare oik hisirth full. Cotton is ope-
nin gnicvly.
Ed. Gardena*ahd family of .Martins
ville vi si trd 0atotfves here Saturday
and Sunday.
J. Gardner visited the Martinsville
neighborhood Friday and Saturday.
Wtn. Gardner and family visited
relatives at Spartanburg recently.
Miss Sarah Byars spent several
days in Spartanburg recently visiting
relatives and friends.
Marco Gardner and family of Mar*
tinsville visited W. T. Horton's Satur
day ami Sunday.
Crops are fine. Cotton will give •
fair yield and corn la extra good.
The health ef our community is
good. COKXriUCKKK.
Limestene College.
tBaptist Courier.]
The Limestone College opened its
eighteenth annual session on Wed-
nesday, lithUvut. There was a good
attendance of boarding pupils the
first day, and the number has steadliy
increased. Indications point to a
more prosperous session than that
of last year. The teachers are all at
their poets and the work is starting
off harmoniously. The college is on
a broader foundation than ever be
fore and plans are on foot to equip it
in a manner equal to the best female
colleges in the South. We hope that
those plnue will mature and ..tat the
eollege in its future work will eelipae
even its sphks^jd-eeeoid in the past.
The Same Thing Applies to Gaflncy.
[Grwr* Kvuord.]
Greers ii large enough for her
merchants to begin to handle epeeial
lines of goods and confine ’heir stocks
to these lines. Annuslly thousand*
of dollass perhaps 90 ho oar neighbor
ing towns t>r elofblng; we will say,
simply becaM*o*v merchants cannot
keep a very large line of this kind in
a general merchandise stock. There
is no necessity for a single dollar
leaving our town or eomiuuaity. Let
our merchants bestir theineeles and
remedy tbit matter at once.
An Enterprising Druggist.
There are few men more wide
awake and enterprising than Dnl’re
Drug Co., who spare no pains to se
cure th* best of everything in their
line for thels soany customer*. They
now have the Valuable agency for Dr.
King’s New Dlaaovery for Consump
tion, Coughs and Colds. This Is the
wonderful remedy that is producing
such a furor all over the country by
itg many startling euros. It abso
lutely cures Asthma, Broachltis,
Hoarseness sod all affections of the
Throat, Chest and Lungs. Call at
above drag store and get a trial bottle
free or a regular eixe tor 50 cents and
$1.00 (Aturauteed to cure or price
refunded.
He Talks About the People, the Crops,
the Freshet and Indulges in
a Snake Story—Neigh
borhood Gossip.
(Correspondence of Tke Ledger.)
Eit.vJank, Sept. 2ti.—On Wednes
day of last week Mr. Thomas Mill-
wood’s house was burned with about
a bale and a half of seed cotton.
Most of the household furniture was
saved. The lire was caused, I under
stand, from a defective stove flue.
About the same time, the same
day, Mr. Albert Harmon, of the As-
bury section, had the misfortune to
lose his house, together with its con
tents and his only child, by fire. I
learn that Mr. Hannon saved little,
if anything.
We fully sympathize with both
these unfortunate families and espec
ially the latter in the loss of his child
in so terrible u death as it met.
Mrs. Massie Mott, whose illness we
reported a few weeks ago, died last
Wednesday and was buried at Skull
Shoals last Thursday.
Mr. Julius T. Howe, on the Y'ork
side of Broad river, is now very low,
and has been so for a long time. His
physician has no hopes of his recov-
•ry, so I learn.
The equinoctial gale came in on
schedule time last week. The rain
fall amounted almost to a cloudburst
or waterspout. Tho creeks and riveis
overflowed their batiks and did much
damage to tho crops. Much of the
corn on Broad river is completely de
stroyed.
I spent a few days with friends on
the York side last week and recrossed
the river Maturd&y morning while it
was about eighteen feat high. Messrs.
Will Howe and Sam Lae managed the
boat.
Our thanks are due my friend
James Proctor for a mess of his ohl-
foahioned corn-field beans. He tells
me he has thousands of them if they
are not destroyed by the freshet.
Miss Grace Whisonant has returned
from an extended trip to tho lower
ctunties of the State, where site has
been visiting friends aud making new
acquaintances. She is one of Chero
kee's most charming young ladies
and its a great pleasure for me to re
port for her a most pleasant trip.
Our old friend and comrade, Mr.
Thos. D. Goudeiock. attended the
convention at Salem yesterday.
The Camp JekTeries U. 0. V. held a
meeting at Wilkinsville Academy
last Saturday and elected G. Wash
McKowu, John A. M. Estes and P. 8.
Webber as the township pension
board for next year.
Mrs. Carrie Estes is having chills.
Several others are afflisted with the
same trouble. There are more chills
in this sestiou than ever was known
before, so say the old folks who ought
to know.
Mr. James Garner has put a gin in
the Thoinpaon mill house and will
run it with the wheat mill machinery.
Henry McDaniel killed an upland
mocsosin In our well yesterday. It
had stretched itself out on the wall
and he ran a pitchfork through it
and brought it out. Henry handles
a pitahfurk with as much dexterity
as Marse Ben Tillman.
Cotton is opening very fast and
farmers are getting it out as fast us
possible. The crop in this section
will aot turn out us well as last year.
Mr. James Morris is quite unwell
and haa been so for a long time
Mr. Waddy Dement went to Trough
dhoals Isst Saturday.
Our people are making molasses.
The cane, this year, is not turning
out a hue sample, generally.
The large landed estate of Hon. J.
8. U. Thomson, deceased, in this and
Torn counties has been divided
among Die three children of the de
ceased, and Mr. II. W. Thomson drew
the lot to whteh Howell's Ferry be-
langa.
i Mr. T. M. Klttlajohn, of Star Farm,
is pulling a coat of paint ou his
house.
1 spent tho night at Mrs. Sinarr’s,
at Hopawell, lust Friday night while
1 was ia York county. Thia is a
model home whtre the children and
grandchildren of a devoted mother
gather to spend the evenings
In singing and playing on the
organ or reading good books
and paper. They are fast friends
ef Thu Ledukr and 1 think it
ought to have a regalar correspon
ds nt on that side of the river. Hup-
pese Jim or Miss Lil tries it. Billy
Brown can write a good letter if he
undertake# it. and Miss LU can tell
her neighbors how to raise chickens.
She has more chickens of different
kinds, sties, colors and deuuinina-
•tions than anybody 1 know of.
Will'the editor or some of oor
readers please tell us what ought to
be done with a young lady who suf
fers a pup to tear a hole in a minis
ter’s hat—a flue Derby. 1 think,
myself, he ought to marry her to
some crusty old bachelor who is so
penurious that he wouldn't walk
locked arms with her for fear she
might wear out his coat sleeve.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel came
over yesterday to see Miss Jessie
Strain, who is sick.
Mrs. James Bishop is quite unwell
at this time.
Flaw don’t like so much of this
visiting, and every time we speal of
it he gets mad. Will Thr Lkdgek
correspondents lelp us to keep him
stirred up for awhile.
I learn that plenty of whiskey is
being hauled down towards Lockhart
Shoals on the Y’ork side of the river.
Blind tigers look out. We may have
them on this side. j. l. s.
A Letter trom Texas.
Dear Lkhgick: By your permis-
si< n I shall now tell your readers
some things about eastern Texas. I
am located at Neches, Anderson
county, not very many miles from
the boundary line of Cherokee coun
ty. Neches is a little village on the
International and Great Northern
Railroad, about twelve miles north
of Palestine, a city of about twelve
thousand population, the county seat
of Anderson county.
In regard to the county’s geogra
phical position on the globe, I feel
like saying what another fellow once
said. He had never been any dis
tance hardly from home until he took
a journey 01 twenty-five or fifty
miles. When asked after his return
what he had to say about bis trip, he
replied, “If the world is as big every
way as it is the way I have been it is
a whopper.” 80 I feel like if the
world is as big every way as it is from
South Carolina tp Texas, its a whop
per too.
The topography of central Texas,
at least as much of it as 1 have seen,
is much like upper South Carolina,
forests, hills, little mountains, etc.
True there is more uncleared land
hero than in upper Carolina, and not
nearly so many rocks, no flints at all
as 1 have seen. That there are hills
in Texas may be news to some people
who have read of plains and prairies
and have always thought of it as a
great prairie. Nevertheless it is true.
East Texas is broken and hilly, even
has its Draytonville and Thickety
mountains.
Since this is a hilly gsetion you
would suppose that there is an abun
dant supply of good water. So there
is. And having excellent drainage
and good water it is a healthy section.
Eastern Texas gets the name of be
ing the poorest part of Texas. Berhaps
the soil is not as fertile and it may
not therefore produce quite as wei
as some of the black lands in other
sections of the state. However, as
compared to land in upper Carolina,
the yield is large. Here, as in Miss
issippi, they use no commercial ferti
lizer. Yet they get as ranch or more
per acre than we get in Carolina no
matter how well tho land is improved.
Of course cotton is the staple pro
duction hePt. About enough corn to
supply the home consumption is
made. Very little if any wheat is
raised in this part of the state.
Fruit culture is beginning to re
ceive considerable attention. Just
now n Cherokee county is a large
fruit farm. Several thousand trees
were planted out last season within
a mile and a half or less of Neches.
Fruit growing bids fair to become one
of the leading industries of this
section.
I have not been in Texas a suffi
cient length of time, nor have I seen
enough of the state to say, taking in
to consideration the healthfulness,
good water etc, which is the best
section of the state. But I have, I
believe, been here long enough, and
e»en enough of Texas to say if I had
decided to raise four cents cotton the
remainder of my days that I would
tome to Texas to do it. Because I
believe it can be done more esily and
cheaper here.
There ase bargains in land here
now. Another thing, there is /nap
and huatle in all kiuds of business
here. A. Clary.
Finley Wears no Man’s Collar.
(Newberry Herald und News.]
The papers have a great many very
kind wards for Hon. D. E. Finley
who has just been elected to Con-'
greet. He hai beeo a reformer sinee
1890, but he was not a party slave
and did not wear the collar of any
boss. He voted and acted indepen
dently and won the respeet of those
who didmot agree with him and at
th* same time retained the good
opinion of those who did not agree
with him. We say this without dis
paraging the ability of Mr. Wm. A.
Barber. We have thought he whs
one of the brainiest and best men who
hav# been prod need by the revolu
tion of 1890. There is jet a bright
future in store for him.
Bucklen’e Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cute, Bruises, Sores, Ulcer, Salt
Rheum, Fever St •vs, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Come, and all
Skin Eruption, and poetlvely miree
Bile* or no pay required. It is gura-
anteed to give perfect eatls/actlon or
monsy refunded. Brlee 25 cents per
box. For sale by The DuBre Drug
Co.
Gowdeyvtlle Gossip.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Gowdeyville, Sept. 20.—Mr. Edi
tor : When we begin to study about
the condition of the country at large
it is enough to arouse every thinking
man. When you come to work hard
all the year and then come out behind,
it is enough to discourage the whole
world. The people around here are
making not more than half a crop of
cotton, then getting half price for it.
I tell you it is war times in camp.
Cotton is without doubt shorter than
it has been in ten years. Corn will
be very good if the water courses do
not overflow it.
I noticed in you last issue a letter
from R. W. Davis in regard to a tele
phone. I should say the convenience
is unlimited to our part of the county.
Wo are cut off from all the benefits
of the railroads, and I think our sec
tion should be remembered in some
way while the world is on such a fast
wheel of time. We are robbed of all
the benefits. I must admit that
times are hard but every man can help
run the line if it is only by putting
in his own work. Home cun assess
themselves so much and pay it in
posts; such as cedar, chestnut, or
oak, aud deliver them to the places,
and the line can be run principally
by the citizens themselves. So every
one caa.help whether* he has any
money or not. Suppose they have a
meeting of the citizens who are in
terested in it, say one club at Gowdey-
vilie, one at T. D. Littlejohn’s store,
one at Webster, and one at Allens.
Let each club elect a secretary
and so many men to go around and
see the people and find out what
they will give, and in about thirty
days hold another meeting and see
how much they have subscribed. Le^
us hear from all who are interested in
this phone.
It is onr painful duty to report the
death of Mrs. Massey Mott, who
passed quietly away last Wednesday
evening. Her trouble was cancer.
She had been a sufferer for only a
few months when deatlt relieved her.
She was the mother of six children
all of whom snrvive her. Her hus
band died about five years ago and
left her with the battle to fight alone.
She has raised her children with cred
it to Qtem and to horsdf. She was
a mother worthy of the name. Hho
showed it by the brilliant start she
had made in life since the death of
her husband. j. u. it. i
Lockhart Locals.
COorrespomlwioe of The Ledger.)
Lockhart, Sept. 2ith.—Superin
tendent Edward C. Beach severed his
connectionjwith us on the IGth inst.
The management and help threw in
and made him a present of a coin
silver set of forks and spoons. The
presentation was made by tresurer
John C. Cory.
Elias Shealy overseer of weaving
left us on last Thursday to take a
similar position in the Cranby Mill,
Columbia, H. C. His help also pre-
seats him with a silver water set.
John Mahaffer overseer of the cloth
room made the presentation. In
conclusion he said you will find this
large vessel a good recepticle for beer
and when yon fill one cup and drink
to yourself then fill the other and
drink to Lockhart.
Miss Sallle Baily has finished a
business course at one of the Spar
tanburg schools and is now open to an
offer from Htty party or parties who de
sire the services of a first clacs steno
grapher.
Jessie Huffstickler who has been so
long overseer of spooling and warping
has secured a good position with the
Eureka Mill, Chester, 8. C.
I state on the authority of Dr.
Montogomery that Lockhart has had
a shower of babies.
The river is now on a boom, possi
bly higher than it has been in three
years.
Dr. J. C. Brawley took a trip to
Alabama last week in answer to a
telegram ‘‘come quick.” The Dr.
has it bad. I mean heart desease.
No not exNctly (bat. Heart affection
is the word I want.
Herbert Wilburn who has been
very ill has so far recovered to be
able to go to his home tit Yoric county.
W. W. Shealy, superintendent
of the Crowder’s Mountain Cotton
Mill le at ttie home of his father at
this place, suffering from an attack of ‘
malarial fever. He is somewhat
improved. Homo.
Haw to Look Good.
Good looks are really more than
skin deep, depending entirely on a
healthy condition of all the vital or
gans. If the liver is inactive, yon
have a bilious look; if your Htomach
is disordered, you have a diepeptio
look ; if your kidneys are affected, you
have a pinched look. Hecure good
health, and you will aurely have good
looks. “Electric Bitters” is a good
Alterative and Tonic. Acts directly
on the stomach, liver and kidneys,
purifies the blood, cures pimples,
blotches and bolls, ami gives a good
complexion. Kvery bottle guaran
teed. Hold at DuBre Drug Co.’s. *
5U cents per bottle.