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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., FEBRUARY 2, Ixm* 3 y» the flower seller. frtln and (ylnntine t)r the old love nnd the now I jind the columbine ith lt« cap nnd liell, for folly! ad the dufftHlil for the hop— of youth! Chd the rue for melancholy! But of all the bloKsouix that blow, Fair imllama all, 1 charge you to win, if may. This gentle quest, Who dreams apart in her wimple of purple and gray, Like tho BlcsHcd Virgin, with meek head bend ing low Upon her breast. For the orange flower Ye may buy a* ye will, bnt the violet of the wood Is the love of maidennood. And ho that hath worn it but or.ee, though but far an hour, He shall never again, though ho wander by many a stream — Xo, never again shall be meet with a flower that shall seem fio swedt and pure, nnd forever In after years. At the thought of its bloom or tho fragrance of its breath, The past shall arise. And bis tyoM shall he dim with tears, And his soul shall bo far in the gardens of paradise, Though no stand in the shamble * <,f death. —William Y'oung. A MISEIfS ROMANCE. Georgo Pilco was known as tho .stingi est man in Monroe county. He lived alone on u 200 acre farm, did his own cooking, washed his own clothes and mended tlx* Kante. At mend ing he was an expert, for it was com mon talk that he had worn one snit of clothes ton years. No one in the neigh borhood knew his exact age, bnt he looked to ho on tho shady side of 40. Neither did any one have authentic in formation ns to the extent of his wealth. He was afraid of banks and kept his thousands in some se ret hiding place about the house. That such a man should be a bachelor was quite in order. No doubt he looked upon the question of marriage in the same light that he viewed all other propositions—from tho standpoint of probable cost. Ho seldom called njKin a girl. Occasionally when he had ascer tained in advance that there would be no charge for refreshments he would at tend a church social, his grain leather boots bright with stove polish and his coat buttoned tightiy over his gray flannel shirt. Vests in his estimation were in the same class with wives— luxuries to he enjoyed only by tho reck lessly rich. At one of these church affairs he mot the daughter of a farmer who had re cently moved into the neighborhood. Hho was a lass of rare beauty, and it was no wonder that tho miserly bache lor exerted himself to outdo the younger men in witty sayings and pleasant speeches to her. As ho drove home in his squeaky spring wagon behind old Esau, the mule he had been driving for 17 years, the vision of the rosy cheeked, brown eyed maid dwelt persistently in his mind, and ho caught himself repeating her name over and over again: “Mabel Harvey, Mabel Harvey, Mab— Git np there, Esau!” * Ho interrupted his musings on tho fair Mabel with a savage swish of tho reins and a command to the aged ani mal, which had taken advantage of its master’s abstraction to slacken its gait to a slow walk. “I can’t bea-thinkinof gals and sick nonsense,” exclaimed the farmer aloud. “Wimmin is only expense and trouble anyhow. ” It was a bravo attempt to banish the memory of the girl, but it failed. Five minutes later Esau had resumed the slow walk, and the bachelor was gazing dreamily at the stars, going over in his mind the incidents at the church social with the pretty Mabel as the center figure. Several times in the night ho awoke from a restless sleep to think of the girl. He could not drive away the con stant contemplation of her. Whether in the fields or in the stable, the kitchen or the sitting room, Mabel Harvey was the subject of his thoughts. Two weeks passed. He met her the second time at tho church. On the way home that night Esau’s pace was abso lutely snailish. Pike ceased to try to escape from the fascination. But then a terrible battle arose between the imp of avarice and the love sprite. Through out his life the bachelor had denied himself every pleasure and the gratifi cation of every whim for economy’s sake. Why should ho break the rule be cause a certain girl seemed a thousand fold more attractive to him than all others': Then ho remembered how she had smiled at his witticisms, and his vanity was touched. Ho argued himself into the belief that if ho should want to marry her she would have him. “I'm richer than any single feller in the county, and ahe must know it,” ho mused. “Gals ’r great after fellers with money, an guoas she’—a good deal liko the rest of ’em. ” Bnt he oonld not come to a final de cision to inangnrate the courting. “Wimmin is powerful extravagant.” This thought invariably shattered his dreams of wedded life. One day an idea came to him. Ho would experiment and ascertain if he could afford, according to his notion of expense, to support a wife. “Every time I buy anything for myself I’ll jest git twice as much as usual, and I’ll party nigh know before long how Qinch it 'ad cost for the keep of a wife." He smiled complacently at what he considered the sure evidence of an ingenuity that would lead to the solu tion of the problem which was vexing him. “I'll try it for a month, and if it aint too exponsofnl I’ll go after that gal.” Such an idea was exactly in keeping with Pike’s character. He saw nothing ridlcuUms in it. It was u business mat ter with him, and he prided himself that he hud Jut upuii u method of satis fying his avaricious instinct on tho stubborn question of expense. Ho im parted his scheme to no one. This was not unusual. Ho had never been known to talk of his affairs. Some discussion was caused in tho town store when it was noted that hid purchases were precisely double what they had la*i n. This started the gossips, and it was common talk that the bache lor had loosened his purse strings. “Must Is* expeetin somebody ter visit with him." suggested .lason Brittiug- h uu, a grocery store whittler. “Most likely he’s lookiu for tho price of coffee and sugar to go up soon,” was the observation of Lihu Strong, the | town wag. No one guessed the truth. On** evening a neighbor dropped in j unexpectedly on the lone bachelor at Ins home. Pike was in the kitchen. He hurried to the door at the sonixl of tho knock and opened it just wide enough , to discern the identity of the caller. The latter thought he detected embar rassment in Pike’s manner. When he caught an unintended glimpse of the supper table, he was astonished beyond measure. There were two cups of coffee and two plates, containing pork and jto- tatoes. Uix* cup and one plate had !x*en partially emptied. The other cup and plate looked as if they had not been touched. “Got company?” he blurted out, be- fe»re he thought what he was saying. Pike had never been known to invite a guest to supper or any other meal. The bachelor's face flushed a deep crimson. For a moment he appeared to be unable to reply. Finally he stuttered out: “Well, no—cr, yes: I’m kinder ex- pectin some one. ” His neighbor observed his confusion and hastened to state th rt business that prompted his visit. Pike did not ask him in, and he departed without ob taining further light yn the cause of the presence of the extra cup and plate. ] The neighborhood now had a genuine | mystery. All sorts of vague rumors j were circulated. But tho bachelor kept his secret. “S’pcse Brown 'll toll what he seen and folks will talk some, but nobody’ll 1 guess what it's all about. ” ho chuckled. . It went much against the grain with him to cook twice as much at each meal as he would have prepared for himself | alone. But he consoled his economical | spirit by feeding what was left over to the hogs. “ ’Tain’t lost, after all,” he thought. The end of the month arrived. Ho had await* d the day with impatience. That evening he ate supper earlier than usual. lie helped the extra plate and filled the extra enp, representing the amount he would allow a wife—if ho had one—for the last time. And as he did it be pictured to himself the brown eyed Mabel gayly chatting with him across tlx* table. When he had finished tho meal, he took the old slate on which he had done his figuring since childhood and in a few minutes had ascertained to a cent the cost of the extra portion. “Four dollars and nineteen cents, four dollars and nineteen cents,” he re peated to himself, over and over again. , His brows were knit. The chill of avarice was creeping into his heart. “And that don’t include clothes. Bnt I reckon she'd have enough duds to do her for awhile.” It was tlx* first rule of the bachelor’s life to deny himself everything except I absolute necessities. For the first time ; he was dangerously near deciding to break the law which had become almost I second nature with him. Few men | there be indeed who would hesitate to j invest $4. It) a month in tin* keep of a wife who supplied in all respects their ; ideal. But Pike had courted the yellow ’ gold so long that his love was not to be changed easily. 1 Three days the battle endured within j his breast. It was the most miserable 1 period of his existence. Even after he ; liad made np his mind to seek the hand of the witching Mabel he found himself wondering at his own recklessness. But he was a man of stern resolve. Once 5 determined, it required more than hu- j man power to turn him from his course. On the morning of the fourth day ho 1 finished up the work about the place I earlier than was his custom and hitched ; Esau to the spring wagon. I “It's party nigh time I w*as bnyin a ! store suit, and I reckon this is a proper occasion for sich a purchase,” he solilo quized as he mended a break in the mule’s bridle with a piece of twine. An hour later he was examining the assortment of clothing in Smith’s gen eral store at Hill Top. “What sort of a suit ort a fcTor buy to git married in ?” he asked the pro prietor with an effort at a smile. The storekeeper roMiyed the inquiry ' as a joke. The idea of Pike desiring in formation of such a character to guide him in the selection of a suit did not 1 enter his brain. “Same sort you’d want if you was expeetin to be buried,” replied Smith. I “Pants, coat and v«*t. ” Then both langhed at the homely witticism. The bachelor drew it *nt of the store keeper without exciting suspicion that the young man who k«i participated in the most recent marriage in tho neigh borhood had worn a frock suit. “I ain’t never had no tail coat yit," he remarked in a careless way. “Believe I’ll just git one to surprise the neigh bors.” He fonnd a cutaway suit that pleased hiu in every r«*sp«*ct except price. Four teen dollars was mora than he was ac- customed to pay. But he again con quered his economical disposition. “I’ll be back this way in a couple of hours and you can have the bundle ready for me,” he said to the storekeep er and added, “When I git it, I’ll pay yon.” The drng store was his next objective point. The ai>othecary wasdnmfounded when the bachelor asked for a dime’s worth of peppermint drops. “Got a cold?” inquired the sallow faced druggist. Pike hesitated a moment. “No, bnt I may git cue,” he replied, I’yly avoiding an answer that would pod to tho discovery of his real purpose in pnrchicxng the candy. The package was done up in pink pa per, with a yellow cord about it. “Won’t that tickle her, though?” mused tho purchaser as he slipped the package into his pocket. As he p:x-s**d out of the store he saw a group of men discussing some matter with great vigor in ftont of the i>ost- oflice. Ho wandered over u> the liule gathering. THE CARVING KNIFE’S EDGE, a DESERTED MARBLE TOWN. Three or four addressed him f.imnl- tane* msly. “Heeled tlx* news?” they asked. “What’s up now?" answered the bachelor rather uneonoerm :lly. “S’pose Kom .body’s hogs is got tie* chulerer," he added, with an attempt at sarcasm. “No, siree!” Josiali White, tho post master, was speaking. “Worse than hog cholcrer, ” he con tinued. “At least, Tom Harvey thinks so. His pretty darter lias eloped with some young teller from the city, and they’ve teen married at tho county sea t. ’ ’ For a secon ,i he Pike’s breath left, hi he was entirely unnerved. “How do you know she's eloped? managed to ask. “Why, her daddy’s jest passed through town, going like wildfire to head ’em off at the county seat, but there ain't much chance he'll git there in time.” The postmaster looked at Pike curiously as he spoke. His com panions were likewise puzzled to know what caused the color to leave the bachelor’s cheeks. Pike broke the awkward pause that followed the postmaster's last remark. “I must be gettin home,” he said. “Good day to yon all.” He turned and walked abruptly away from the group and entered the drug store. “Mr. Smart, I d.on’t believe I can use these here drops. ” Tlx* apothecary mechanically received the package from Pike. He asked no questions, but emptied the candy into tho jar and returned the dime. The bachelor left the establishment without a word. He went direct to Smith’s store. “Needn't to mind about that suit,” he said to the proprietor. “I’ve con cluded I don't want it.” Esau is dead, but George Pike still lives in solitude on his farm near Hill Top. Although the incidents of the stcry narrated in the foregoing para graphs occurred 20 years ago, the old bachelor’s secret has never escaped his lips. Even at this late day old residents of Hill Top occasionally ask each other: “I wonder what caused George Pike to act so peculiarlike on the day that Harvey girl eloped?”—St. Louis Re public. UnallNli Ofliccra nnd Wine. This is, strictly speaking, an allow ance of after dinner wine, or rather the money to buy it, whereby those officers who cannot otherwise afford it may be i enabled to drink tlx* queen’s health. It ! appears that the “First Gentleman In Europe” was dining one evening with than the Dinirult? Af II nnd How It Should He Dour. “If you can't have tender beef, tho next best thing is n sharp knife,” said a cbophonse proprietor, “and a sharp knife and poor beef are much better than tlx* best beef and a dull knife. I know that from years of experience. ” The * mverration turned to the snb- jeet of carving knives, and the veteran said that “carvers” were harder to keep in order than the ordinary table knives b *cau'e tlx* one who carves does not make use of tut* steel as much as he should. “It may be an acid in the beef, or it may be the moisture, or the heat, or all three," said the expert, “but therein something about hot roast beef that takes the edge off a knife and makes it rip where it should cut, and the fact that tlx* knife* is not affected that way by mutton or by ham makes me think that the dullness is a result of the ac tion of beef ingredients on the blade." This view wa« confirmed by Mr. Cur ley. who said: “1 have handled carving knives as a manufacturer and at my table for many years, and I know that the best knives will not cut properly when u- 1 on hot roast beef unless the steel is r. *il .".iter every few cuts. The best wa v is tu use the steel aft r every cut. Toe steel need not be rough, as some p.'oplo imagine. In fact, a well worn steel is bettor than one with a rough surface, and a few passes over it with the knife produce a good edge. The man who rubs and manipulates a I carving knife for five minutes against a i steel before he begins to carve and thinks that now he has it all right and j may send the steel away makes a great mistake. He should keep the steel i handy, and pass tho knife over it light- i ly a few times after every cut or two. And even then he will accomplish i nothing unless he knows howto use the two instruments. A carver must bo held at an angle of 20 (|0 25 degrees on 1 the steel. One must be careful to have } the angle the same on both sides: oth- | ervvise the knife will be made dull in stead of sharp. The knife should bo drawn on the steel from heel to point ; against the edge, and tho pressure should be very light.” A carving knife gets “tired,” ac cording to the testimony of an old luncheon counter man, and must be laid aside to rest for awhile if the best service is to be got out of it. “The roast beef eater,” he said, “looksat the roast while it is being cut, and if the knife seems to pull or to halt he finds fault and, in many instances, kicks be fore the portion is served. To avoid this I put an edge on my knife after every cut, but even that will not keep me go ing all right, because tho knife gets tired, and unless I give it a rest and take up a fresh one there’s sure to be trouble. “I usually have six knives in use. They are of different lengths, and I use them in regular order, so that each one gets the proper amount of rest. All this is unnecessary with cold roast beef, which is much less trying on the knife hot article. I can carve the some regiment i ad after dinner noticed that some of the officers did not drink tlx* king's health. In reply to his in quiry he was informed that no disloyal ty was meant thereby, but that these officers could not afford to drink wine every night. The regent thereupon in stituted tho wine allowance which hears his name to this day. In most regiments the sum thus re ceived is paid into the general mess fund. In the marines, however, each dining member can either drink one glass of wine every night or else can be credited therefor in his mess bill. A cu rious anachronism arose dnring the Crimean war in connection with this custom. In those days the allowance, however mufh it might be, was divided among the dining members at tho mess, and, owing to the absence on active service of the large majority of officers, i of the few that remained behind each : received such a large share of the allow- i ance in cash that he was virtually I being paid a fixed sum per night to dine at mess. —Chambers' Journal. Tbe Power of Adaptation. Lori Seufurth, who was horn deaf and was one day to dine with Lord Melville. Just before the company ; arrived Lady Melvillle sent into the drawing voom a lady of her acquaint- i ance wm could talk with her fingers ; that aluMright receive Lord Seaforth. Presently Lord Gnilforth entered tho nxtm, and the lady, taking him for Lord SwErtfe, began to ply her fingers ! nimbly. Lord Gnilforth did the same. ! They had b**ti carrying on the conver- ; sation in ttis manner for ten minutes '• or more when Lady Melville joined ( them. I}er friend said, “Well, I have 1 been UMng away to this dumb man.” “Du^h!” exclaimed Lord Gnilforth. i “Bless me, 1 thought yon were dumb I” best part of a big cold roast without using the steel if the knife is in good condition when I begin, and that seems strange when cne considers that tho cold roast is much firmer than the hot one. But it’s tho heat and the gravy that tell on the edge. ” Cutlers have certain rules for sharp ening razors, pocket knives, etc., as well as carving knives. “A razor, ” Mr. Curley says, “must be laid fiat on the hone, because it is hollow ground and requires a fine edge. Bnt a pocket knife requires a stiff edge, and the mo ment you lay it flat on a stone, so as to touch the polished side, yon injure the edge. It must be held at an angle of 20 to 25 degrees and have an edge similar to u chisel.”—New York Tribune. A Cront IlurKiiin. The country store owned by Mr. Ja- bez Dodd contained such a motley con glomeration in the way of “stock” that a village lounger te day offered to bet that another man could not ask for any thing in ordinary, everyday use with out Uncle Jube’s producing it. the two men entered the store, and the challenged party said: “Got any false teeth on hand today, Uncle Jabe?” Without an instant’s hesitation Un cle Jabe put his hand to his month and a moment later held ont the hand with a set of grinning teeth in it. “There!” he said. “I’ll sell that set mighty cheap, for my gooms hev shrunk so they don’t fit mo no more, and I’m goin to have some new ones. If you want these fer’ ’— But the two men had fled, while Un do Jabe called after them: “I’ll let you have ’em fer less'n half price!”—Exchange. Gold Dlaoorery That Itnllt flrldK**- wnter In n Cnnatllan Wllticrnraa. “Up iu Ontario,” said J. W. Wheat- Icy, a civil -mrimx'r of Montreal, “there is a deserted town called Bridgewater, which is built entirely of marble. About 25 years ago a farmer s wife was search ing in tlx* woods for a pig that had stray.-I from the family pen. In a par ticularly dense part of the woods she for.nd a spring of crystal water. Being thirsty, hIx* stooped over to drink. As six* did so she slipped on a round stone which roll *1 from under her foot and fell into the water. Attracted by tho peculiar color of tlx* stone, she fished it out and took it home. It was found to be a 20 pound nugget of almost pure geld. “Bridgewater at that time was about 40 miles from the nearest railroad, and the site of the town was a howling wil derness. Bnt such was the effect of tho accidental discovery of gold that within six months the wilderness had blossom ed into a bustling, substantial city of 5,000 inhabitants and more a-coming. They came from every quarter. There were old forty-niners from the Pacific slop*, am at urs from England and tho United states, prospectors from every field. Shafts and tunnels were driven by hundreds. “In sinking a shaft one mile south of the town on theclaim of B Flint, a life senator of Canada, a vein of white mar ble was found. At tho suggestion of Senator Flint, who wanted little or nothing for the material, the town of Bridgewater was built solidly of mar ble. It has even to this day a court house, school, church, hotel, stores and private dwellings constructed wholly of white marble. One mile north of the town are an abandoned grist mill and an ax factory whose foundations are built of marble. “While the town was booming the entire country adjacent was prospected. Some of the shafts and tunnels driven were more than 100 feet in depth, but, : remarkable as it may seem, there was never sufficient gold found by tho pros pectors collectively to pay the cost of a single mine in the district. Still, the earlier disappointments only increased tlx* virul* ncy of the gold fever, which laid hold of the farmers around Bridge- water with a particularly tenacious grasp. In fact, so excited did they be come that many of them actually em ployed armed guards to prevent tres passers from picking up the loose gold which they imagined existed on their places in vast quantities. I “The place where the original nugget was found by the woman in quest of a pig was christened Aladdin’s cave, and j laud in its vicinity sold for fabulous prices. One farmer whose farm adjoined tho cave sold five acres to an English syndicate for $100,000 cash. The syndi cate spent another $100,000 in develop ing the claim, bnt never obtained a sin gle ounce of free gold. In all it mined about 100 tons of quartz. In return tho syndicate received a bill for about $575 smelting charges over and above tho value of the gold in tho quartz. It was the last shipment of quartz, for tho cost of hauling, shipping and smelting was in the neighborhood of $150 a ton more than the rock produced. “One old Irishman at Bridgewater, Patrick Kehough by name, received an offer of $125,000 cash for his farm, which consisted of 100 acres of rock piled, barren land, lie promptly refused the offer, holding out for $150,000, which ho never got. Today one could buy the property for almost anything over $1 an acre. “Within a couple of years it became patent to all that mining in Bridgewa ter would never pay. So silently, one by one, the prospectors stole away from their marble residences, to be followed^ shortly by the owners of tho marble stores, leaving the once thrifty town to settle down to a lonely, weed choked and futumess desuetude.”—New York Sun. THE AMERICAN SAILOR. Jack? flaa TWomo a Specialist amiaCreMS to the Navy. Jaefcy, who used to bo more sailor than gunner, is now more gunner than sailor. Just in proportion as he has ceased to he a part of tho great engine ou which he lives, so ho has como mote nnd more into the control of it, and as the cardinal purpose of a warship is to hit things with her projectiles Jacky has become a specialist in getting that work cut of her. He docs it in two places—at the guns and at the engines. Correctly pointed guns are of no uso unless tho platform on which they rest is put iu proper relation to the thing to bo hit and kept there. Equally it is usa- lees to get tho ship into proper place unless the guns are correctly pointed. Men who can do cither of thexo things must have natural capacities and be sus ceptible to education, and only men of this sort are eligible for our navy. Accordingly tho “beach cornier,” or the “rock teerpion, ” or any other va riety of that ruck of marine refuse which drifts around the great maritimo ports and ships iu any craft where “grub” is plenty and work light, no longer slings his hammock on Uncle tram's berth deck, as he used to do, to tho shame of the sendee, in years gone by. Nor can tho tramp nor tho jailbird ucr even tho incorrigible black sheep of tho family thus be provided for, to the relief of constables and long suffering relatives. No man or boy can now pass a United States naval recruiting officer unless ho is clean, healthy, honest, young, strong and intelligent, nor can he afterward get that advancement, which is Certainly open to him without fear or favor, unless he continues to show aptitude and ability.—Park Ben jamin in Independent Society. “What do these hero anarchists want?” asked Mr. Oilrox. “Todoaway with the rich?” “More than that,” said his guest. “They would do away with society.” “I don’t know,” said Mr. Oilrox, aft er a cautious glance to see if his wife were in hearing, “but what I’m with ’em.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Her SnK.veatlon. “Do yon know what is tho best way to kill time in the winter, Dick?” said an Alleghany girl to her steady com pany. “I know several ways. But which is the best way?” “Sleigh it.”—Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. JURY LIST. It is an old sayiffg that those who were born iu the last six months of the year will have a great change of expe rience every seventh year, and their dreams will have significance during the full of the moon. A PAaaMcrrlAl Timer. A littlb J*y street boy wan taken to church fife’ the first time a few Sundays ago. Hs Jfeyl Wen repeatedly cautioned to sit stfll and keep qniet His obedience A Mathematical Xante. A good story is told of the Rev. Otti- wellWood, a celebrated English preach er. Mr. Wood had to appear as a wit ness in a north country assise court and' was asked and gave his name in due course. “What?" asked the judge was most commendable, and when it peevishly, being rather deaf. Mr. Wood came tiaas to pass the contribution box repeated his answer. “Can’t hear you. he was intrusted with the family dona tion. Instead of silently placing the money where it belonged he held it be fore the e^s of the officiating collector that he plainly see it. “That's good, my little fellow,” came the ros]K»nsc with a view to pass ing the incident over withont embar rassment. ’Conrso it’s good, bnt I’m payin for all three. In they any change com- inV”—Detroit Free Press. Knalnntl'a Endlah. Here is an example of theqnaint mis use of words, the confusion of pronouns being, not many years ago, whatever may be the case now, qnite common among the country people of Hamp- Ihire, “If her wmn’t go along o’ wo, us Won’t go along o’ she.”—London L'hronicle. i Spell it ont,” snapped the judge. “O, doable T, I, doable U, E, double L, double U, double O, D. ” The judge threw down his pen in despair. Thin is even a more remarkable name than that of the late Admiral W. W. Wood, which the cadets at the Annapo lis Naval academy, when he was an in- structor in mathematics there, always wrote “W cube, O square, D.”—Buf falo Commercial. •cleMtlflcallv Correct. “And when I proposed to her she turned all the colors of the rainbow at once.” “How can yon make such a ridicu lous assertion ?“ “All the colors at once, if you have not forgotten your high school lessons, you ought to know make white.”—In dianapolis Journal. For La Grippe. Thomas WhitfieldCo., 24 ) 'Va bash avenue, corner Jackson street, one of Chicago’s oldest and most prominent druggists, recommend Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for la grippe, us it not only (gives a prompt and complete relief, hut also counter acts any tendency of la grippe to re sult in pneumonia. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. The Arkansas legislature has passed a bill prohibiting females and sons of members from holding cleri cal positions in the legislature. —- -• -*•*- — i,n Grippe is again epidemic. Ev ery precaution should be taken to avoid it. Its specific cure is One Minute Cough Cure. A. J. Sheperd, Publisher Agricultural Journal and Advertiser, Eiden, Mo., says: “No oue will be disappointed in using one Minute Cough Cure for La Grippe.” Pleasant to take, quick to act. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. It. £. Withers *fc Co., Blacksburg. South Dakota has a surplus of money in the State treasury. It re cently took up $70,000 of bonds not due until 1010. Petit Jurors for February Term. \V. T. Thompson. City. J. Brown. Gowdoysville. A. V. Carpenter. City. Martin Roberts, Wilkinsvllle. It. II. MclTaw. Maud. Moses Wood. City. W. T. Horton. Allgood. J. It. Pettit. 'I'. C. Huskey, Alljrood. A. J. McGill. Kind's Creek. W. T. Rrrnvn, City. ,1. V. Price, Macedonia. C. P. Huyirins, Lawn. W. S. Sparks, City. I>. II. Belcher, Maud. T. G. Chalk. Ravenna. C. K. Smith. Goucher. W. N\ Turner, Gafl’ncy. J. E. Foster, Wilkinsvllle. W. 11. Ross, Gaffney. I). A. Gaston, Blacksburg. R. S. Porter, Wrights. Thos. Sanders, Star Farm. J. It. Bridges, Blacksburg. C. M. Byars. Blacksburg. 1). H. Wylie, Blacksburg. A. H. Daniel. Powell. .1. It. Carter, Allen’s. A. J. McCraw, Grassy Pond. D.l. It. Blalock, Blacksburg. J. R. Wilkins. Ravenna. W. A. Turner. City. O. E. Wilkins, Cily. M. A. Ferguson. City. W. A. Dover, Grover. Henry Addis, Webster. GUANO JUROBS. Wm. Jefferies. Home. Martin Hardin, Grover. Edward Kerr. Wilkinsvllle. A. W. Smith. Allgood. Sump Littlejohn, Cily. W. Sam Lipscomb, Asbury. W. It. Islcr. Blacksburg. L. It. Sarratt, Grassy Pond. Wade Elmore, Gaffney, Win. Jones, Asbury. H. E. Jefferies. Gowdeysvillc. C. L. Whisonant, Blacksburg. 1 .. — ~~ J. E. WEBSTER, Attorney A.t> UBice In Court House. (Probate Judge's office) Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty. Thos. It. Hiiti.kk. Henry K. Osborns BUTLER & OSBORNE,'* ATTOIlWf KYH-A.T-I.A.W. Gaffney, S. C. Very careful and prompt attention given to all business entrusted to us. tfer-P radio* hi all the courts. Bright's disease i* more dreaded by physl elans than any of t he serious disorders with which they have to deal, because of Its In sidious nnd mu!ignant character, if prompt action were taken when headaches, urinary disorders and digestive troubles flrst appear much suffering and sorrow would be averted Phicki.v Ash Bittkhs will quickly stop the spread of thed,sense, quiet the intluinaUon. heal the kidneys and bladder, strengthen and regulate the liver, nnd drive isiisoiis and Impurities out ol the system by cleansing the bowels. .Sold by Cherokee Drug Co, • —• — To Cars Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cuthiirtlc. 10c or 2.1c. If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund muucy. D. It. Duncan. C. P. Sanders. W.S. Halil Jr. DUNCAN, SANDERS 4 HALL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office two doors above Ledger Office. All business attended to carefully and promptly. Special attention given toeolico- Kltiicr Maj. Duncan or MuJ. Sanders will be In the office on Saturday*. WALLACE & OTfS. - lawVers. .3 office ftver, Bridges A Benson’s Store. Practice in all courts State and FcAeral. -f J. C. JEFFERIES, GAFFNEY, S. C. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Practices I All the Court*. Collection* a Specialty. ■ trV