The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 09, 1899, Image 1
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GAFFNEY CITY, S. C.. TIRSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1899.
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DOWN IN LOWER CIEROKEE
ITEMS CONCERNING/THRIFTY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
ii8 wis tert and
us tear from
Talmage's Sermon is Vorth Ten
Times the Price of TheLedger.
Miss Ella Davidsa at
Salem Church.
Etta Jane, Feb.,’6.—\ud! mud!
mud! is scarcely a name lx the situ
ation out-of-doors. Farm work and
travel are practically at astandstill.
Mr. James L. Walker of Sunny-
side, was called to Yokvillo last
Wednesday to see his siste*, Mrs. Dr.
M. J. Walker, who is quitesick.
In cutting down our fetter last
week the the editor left cut our an
swer to ‘TupilV’ question of week
before. While the questioi seems to
be outside of arithmetical principles
our most logical constructim of it is
that the woman was thro times as
old as the man at the tine of mar
riage and in ten and a-half years his
age was half as much as hef’s; hence
she was thirr.y-oiM* and n-ialf years
old at marriage and
a-haif years oid. Let
you again, brother.
Rufus Estes, one of our young farm
ers, bought a 100 pound farm hell
last week with which he kiocks the
sleep out of liis neighbors at early
dawn.
Farmers are much disposed to
enclose their waste lands inpastures
Tliis, with a general posting of lands
and better protection to the birds
will necessarily reduce the kiseetifcr
oud crop in the future.
C. F. Hug<jins. Esq., Eddie and
Josh Ivrhy, John Taylor, Go. Brown,
Misses Lillian Blanton, Mieio Brice
and Dora Hodges have sent answers
to our question of week befiire last.
The funner had 125 acres id cultiva
tion, 200 acres in pasture land and
1,000 sheep.
Hon. R. M. Lofton, Representa
tive from Charleston, has our thanks
for a copy of the report of tile Histo
rian of the Confederate recorls to the
■General Assembly of South Oarolina.
The troops reported are as follows :
Infantry—14.4815; Cavalry—0, 04 2;
artillery—8,075; State troops—4,928;
total—(50,3:11. '
Miss Sallie Craig has give* an an
swer to our scriptural question. The
promises of a Saviour is found in Jer
emiah 23:5; 33:14-15; Ezekial 31:23;
37:25.
Despite the cold, wet wcataer last
Tuesday a goodly number turned out
to meet Miss Ella Davidson at Salem,
and hear her give an account of the
missionary work in China, from
whence she returned last simmer.
She was listened to by a large and
attentive audience while she spoke of
her work together with the heathen
ish customs of the antipodes. It was
not our pleasure to be present and
hear her, hut from what we learn sire
made it very interesting for those of
her sex who did attend. She spent
the night with us and several of our
neighbors came in to pay their re
spects to her and to bid her God speed
in the great work in which she is en
gaged. She has spent seven years
already in China, in the missionary
work, and returned home for a year
to recruit her failing health. She ex
pects Vo return to her work in China
next July. She brought with her
quite n number of trophies, such us
'dol Gods, incense and numerous
other things characteristic of the
heathen and their worship. She lias
with her some books—Bible, Testa
ment and song books—printed in thf
Chinese language. To this we might
add their costume. But toe manner
in which they treat their women more
than anything else excites our indig
nation. The torturing bandages ap
plied to the feet of girl children to
give them a graceful appearance for
Chinese fancy is an insult to igno
rance and Indian cruelty. Add to
this the fact that it is customary for
the native to sell their wives and
children as slaves to the most cruel
masters; then, again, for a father to
throw his infant girl child into the
river rather than provide for and raise
it, is something too shocking to think
about. If the women of our country
would only appreciate what the
Christian religion has done for them
they would take hold of the mission
work and strike the shackles of sin,
superstition and cruelty from the
hearts, minds and limbs of their sex
on the opposite side of the world.
Will they do so? is the question for
Whicli we want an answer.
Through the politeness of Co). J.
Rufus Poole, of Sunnyside, we are in
possession of an old book called the
“Tutor’s Assistant.” It is an arith
metic printed in London in A. D.,
1796. Francis Walkingame is the
author. The “f’s” and “s’s” (except
at tho end of a word) are alike. It
• has been well bound with leather and
is well preserved. Here is one of the
problems in permutation which we
from it for our readers to solve—
; it:
fA young scholar coming into
town for the convenience of good li
brary, demuAdp of a gentleman with
whom ho lodged what his diet would
cost fora year; who told him £10,
(ten pounds,) hut the scholar not
being certain what time he would
stay ask him what he must give him
for so long as he should place his
family, consisting of six persons (be
sides himself) in a different position
ever day at dinner. The gentleman,
thinking it would not be long, tells
him £5, tojwhich the scholar agrees.
Wiiat time did the scholar stay
with the gentleman?”
Hon. William Jefferies, commit
teeman for Cherokee county to help
raise the necessary contributions for
entertaining the U. C- Veterans who
attend the Charleston reunion in
May next, is at his work. The com
mittee of arrangements have asked
this county for the following contri
butions or their equivalent in money,
to wit: 950 pounds of meat, one
barrel of grist, one barrel of meal,
two barrels of flour. 130!bs of butter.
Of course Charleston will entertain
tho visitors anyway, but if the people
of the different counties wish to help
this opportunity is afforded them to
do so. The local committee wants to
know what the different counties will
do first, (whether anything or not)
and then they will know what to call
on the city for. No one should look
upon this as the city of Charlestou
begging for help. The veterans will
be the guests of the State and not of
the city, unless the people of the
State permit it. Let all do their
part. Those who attend will find a
royal welcome and have a good time.
A man-of-war from the Nonh Atlan
tic Squadron will take the visitors
and veterans out upon the bay and to
the various fortifications about the
historic city, free. We hope that
those bilious, miserly critics who
taK.e so much trouble to criticise the
action of their friends and to throw
dampness on such laudable projects
as that now in the hands of this vet
eran committee will run down to
“the city by the sea” next May and
partake of the State’s hospitality and
return better and wiser mtn.
We received a letter from a young
friend over in Halifax county, Vir
ginia, asking us to send him u quart
or half gallon of “Mean’s grass” seed
for his neighbors. Our better-half
tells us to tell him he may have every
vestige of that grass now in her gar
den if he will gather it up.
We highly approve the notion of
Representative Lofton, of Charleston,
as to the best manner of getting a
fair and impartial history of our
State’s troops in the late civil war.
In fact his is the most practicable idea
w T e have seen suggested by any of our
law makers yet. And the News and
Courier follows it up with the follow
ing well timed editorial under the
caption “Too Long Delayed Already,”
from which we clip the following ex-
tracts:
“We do not know what are the pro
visions of Mr. Lofton’s bill, but the
desirability of passing some such
measure at once scarcely requires to
he argued. Every year’s delay in
the preparation of such a history in
volves the loss of valuable material,
and there lias been too much of such
delay and resulting loss already.
Many of tho leading actors in the war
have passed away, and their number
is still lessening almost daily. The
history should be prepared and print
ed while there are yet some of these
well informed oflicers and soldiers to
correct any of its details if necessary,
and to add others which it will sug
gest to them. It would have been
better to begin the work of writing
and printing the record as soon as the
war closed. The best we can do now
is to have it made up at the earliest
practicable date, and no reasonable
effort or expense should be spared to
that end. * * * * i* t i Jf) d es j roi ]
history is ever to be written, the
sooner it is written tho better. If
the proposed bill is ever to bo passed,
the sooner it is passed the letter. 1c
should be passed now, small ap
propriation can be made begin the
work, and can be followe by similar
appropriations, year by jear, as sug
gested. Let the present Legislature
provide for making a beginning ut
least. ‘Well begun is half done.' ”
The Washington Post of the 31st
ultimo contains a story of Appomat
tox written by Col. Charles Marshall,
Gen’l. Lee's chief of staff, which de
nies much that has been accepted as
history and which the writer wishes
to correct. Among other things ho
says: “Gen’l. Leo did not meet
Gon’l. Grant in the McLean house on
the morning of April 9,1865, for tho
purpose of then and there effecting a
surrender of his army. On the con
trary, it was simply for the purpose
of hearing Grant’s terms. As a mat
ter of fact, if they had not suited
Gen’l. Lee he would not have ac
cepted them; but Grant’s offer was so
liberal, so magnanimous, and so chiv
alrous that it was accepted forthwith.
It is well to add that had Gen’L
Grant’s terms been less favorable
than those he made Gen’L Lee would
not have accepted them, no matter
what the circumstances‘might have
been. ***** \e< hen Gen . K
Grant had written his letter in pencil
he took it to Gen’l. Lee who remained
seated. Geu'l. Lee re;cd the letter
and called Gen’l. Gr/nt's attention
to tho fact that he required the sur
render of the cavalry as if they were
public horses. He told Gen’l. Grant
that Confederate cavalrymen owned
their horses and they would need 5
them for planting a spring crop.
Gen'J. Grant at or.ee accepted the
suggestion.”
Uncle Reuben Jenkins, an old-
weather prophet in his day, used to 1
say that just so far as tiie sun shone
into the house on the 3rd day of Feb
ruary just so far would the snow blow
in before the winter broke. Our
readers will note and look for results.
Hon. C. W. Whisonant, our Rep
1. AND MRS. FLAW PICKER
1EY VISIT GAFFNEY’S ARTE
SIAN WELL.
rs. Picker Prefers the Water from
the North Side of a Spring to
that Heated With Fire
and Brimstone.
resentative, came up home last Sat-|t
urday. Ho will
tomorrow.
Mr. Editor: I most ingerally turn
return to Columbii^P at the right place—at the right
nn, fer the right purpose,
Master Marion Foster, of McOonU^ b tH thu is one time j
nellsville, has been spending a few . . iL . , ,
days with relatives and friends in thiP nt turn fer nothm nohow ’ ifc
section. He is a young man who ha£ ee,n3 * Outside of a few little inci-
been well raised. He is a munlliences what’s happened immediately
without any symptoms oj n the Picker family I don’t know
'nothin’ fer certaint, but mostwise
little man
bigotry too
his age.
often found in boyt
We hope that all our readers wij there ^.always somethin’ a happenin’
read and and re-read Dr. Talmage'in every family, if the plain, naked
sermon of last week until they njtruth was told right down flat-footed,
duee its teachings to practice. Oij to cause n0 en( j 0 f conflabulationa.
of the most commendable features f „ ,
The Ledger is the plait, clean, cle* . Tother n, g bt Mrd ’ P,cker 6 ot it
type with which it presents the * n to her head to see that deep artea-
sermons weekly to its readers. Th ian well which they are a diggin’ of
alone is worth, to the appreciati 1 j n Gaffney an’ also which you under-
reader, ten or even a hundred tim A , . . , ■ , .
, -ju.iu-cu wm 8tan d ( she had beam so much talk
of of late. Of course nothin’ would
the price of the paper.
The Christian Endeavor Socle
held its consecration meeting at tl
home of Mr. S. F. Estis yesterdi
evening with a full attendance of tl
active and most of the associa
members.
On last Saturday night we had
great deal of rain. It was little shd
of a water spout and the lands w«
washed considerably in places.
Our friend Willie I. Howell is f
joicirig over the arrival of a yoig
ferryman ut his house. His n(t
move in the right direction will bco
join The Ledger bond. J. L. s
State Line Gossip.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
State Line, Feb. 6.—Mr. L. 3.
Barnett and Miss Meda Simm-s.
of Henrietta, N. C., were mared
yesterday, by Mr. P. Ray. N. P. Te
wish them much success and a hg,
happy life.
A near neighbor was going bne
the other night after having heeput
calling and saw something/ lie
imagined to be a bear. The olect,
whatever it was, chased his dojaud
our friend nimbly climbed a tre'
We all would he pleased to se the
Cowpens battle-ground turned ito a
National Park. Ifc would he] this
part of tho country.
The roads are in a worse conition
now than they have been inbome
time.
The farmer will be late gefcng to
start his crops this time.
G. i II.
Ezell Etchings.
(Correspondence of The Ledfr.)
Ezell, Feb. 6.—The Ledgd is a
most welcome visitor in our family,
everybody seems to try tolee who
can get it first.
It rains, rains, rains, and there is
hut one mud hole between jere and
Gaiincy, and that is all the iiiy.
The weather is bad on the jehruury
oat sowers.
There was a quilting ai J. G.
Jolley's, Saturday night. Ti^ young
people had u splendid time.
Mr. Julius Melton and Mis Texas
Grayson were united in no holy
bonds of matrimony by M. D Scruggs
at the hone of the squire mew days
ago. It was a runaway maJch. May
the blessing of God attendiheir hap
piness. /
IS. H. M.
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Piles or no pay required. It is gura-
anteed to give perfect eitisfaction or
monev refunded. Price i!5 cents per
box. For sale by Tho DuPro Drug
Co.
It’s as hard to acquire a good
habit as it is to break off a bad one.
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup never disap
points those who use it for obstinate
coughs, colds and irritations of the
throat and lungs. It stands unri
valed as a remedy for throat and lung
diseases. Sold by all druggists for
25 cents,
Men love women for what they are
and not for what some of them try to
be.
W. H. Xisbet, Cash’s Depot, S. C.,
writes: I had Dyspepsia; used Zeilln’a
Liver Regulator, but it did no good.
I then tried Dr. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine ; the first package did
me good. I continued ita use, and
was cured.
Our idea of a hopeless fool is a man
who continues to do things the most
difficult way.
For Overwored girls and Feeble
women, Simmons Squaw Vine Wine
or Tablets are nature’s greatest boon
do hut Ole Flaw must dance to her
tune of go, an’ go we went; an’, good
folkses, as I go on down to tell you,
she liked to a give out the notion of
gittin’ there after she started. We
had to cross a ditch hue before we
got to it she says, says she, “Flaw,
there’s no tellin* at the mud we’ll
haf to go through, let’s go back an’
come some other time.” “Nary
time,” said I. “Nothin’ would do
but I must go, an’ now we go,” an’
by gatlins, I jist ushered her right on
into the fabrication wherein they
were a diggin’ of it, an’ that good
Mr. Perry Andrews & Bro. what’s a
diggin’ of it, handed over his onliest
stool of comfort fer her to set on
whilst we tarried an’ watched, an’
Mrs. Picker says, after lookin’ around
a while, says she :
“Flaw, what on earth do you
reckon they want to dig a well so fel
oniously deep an’ so little atjthe top
for?”
“Well,” says I, “hits to force the
waters from the bowels of the earth,
as it were, in orderment to git an
abundant supply. Ef they dig hit
deep enough the water will spout up
out b. the top at a felonious rate;
yes, ef they dig hit deep enough hit
will throw tho water hundreds of feet
in the air—hot water at that.”
“How deep would they haf to dig
it fer that?”
“0, a couple of thousand feet, I
suppose.”
“What would make it hot water,
Flaw?”
“Well raley I don’t know, ceptin’
hit comes from somewheres not far
from them bottomless pits what you
read of in the Bible,
ten times hotter than
want to be, as it were
tother day what they
over here an’ he tole
from anything you jist haf to knock
’em cold with a chunk like you would
a hound purp when he’s a runnin’
of a rabbit at nights whilst you are a
possum huntin’.” Flaw Picker.
Clifton Chronicles.
(Correspondence of The Ledser.)
Clifton, 8. C., Feb. 6.—Miss May
Justice will teach a music school at
Clifton No. 2.
There is a great deal of sickness
here now.
Miss Effie Owens, daughter of J. P.
Owens, is very sick with asthma.
Your correspondent has been very
ill, but is getting better now and al
most ready for work again.
Mr. C. F. Brown went to Spartan
burg u few days ago on business.
Mr. T. J. Digby, overseer of weave-
room at Clifton No. 2, received a
nice present Christmas from his
weavers, section hands and second
hands. His present was some of the
carpets of the Gaffney Carpet Manu
facturing Co. Ho was very proud of
his present. Mr. Digby is a good over
seer.
Rev. Mr. Spigner preached at Clif
ton No. 2 Hall, yesterday morning
and last night. The congregation
was large and quiet.
James Emory, the unfortunate
man who had his foot cut off at Spar
tanburg some time ago. is getting
better, he can get about very well on
his crutches.
Miss Ida Coleman visited Miss Ora
Brown, Saturday night and Sunday.
Our Sunday school is improving
very fast, Mr. A. D. Cooper is Sup
erintendent and Mr. Pinkney Daugh
erty the Organist.
Hughey Ellis who has been sick for
some time is improving.
Mr. Groce, of this place, died Sat
urday night at 9 o'clock. He leaves
two sons and two daughters to mourn
his loss. His wife died about seven
months ago.
There was a singing at Mr. C. F.
Brown’s yesterday evening. It was
enjoyed by all the young folks.
We are going to organize a debating
society next Thursday nigofc. We
hope it will be a success, and think
it will be a good thing for the young
people of Clifton.
L. C. II.
PEA
HAY CULTURE.
FARMER’S FRIEND TELLS
HIS METHODS.
OF
He Also Urges the Farmer to Abandon
Cotton and Diversify His
Crops.—No Lien Law
Necessary.
wore
diggin’
what’s heated
they raley are
I axed a man
were a doin’
me that they
of the devil some
lights.”
“Well, Flaw,” Mrs. Picker contin
ued, “I raley wouldn’t drink a drap
of that water fer no money. Give
me the nateral ole spring water
what’s bin dipped out of the north
corner an’ you needn’t go any deeper
fer me, fer I don’t wane to drink no
water what’s bin heated with fire
an’ brimstone, as it were. Let’s git
away from this ho!o.” An’, by gat
lins I jist had to git up an’ git with
her or be left there to go home by
myself.
Another little incident which, I
would respectfully call your careiul
an’ undivided attention to in the
Picker family isa ooucerniu’ t ofPicker
No. 1.
Tother day whilst I was off about
my daily avocations, you understand.
Picker No. 1 fell heir to a nickel some
how or other, an’ by gatlins, I bet
every doggone cent I ever will he
worth that not a man, woman, or
child what’s a readin’ right along
hero now can stop an’ guess how an’
fer what he spent that tiiar nickel.
Now, mind you, he’s only a lad of a
boy about—let me see—about 7 years
old I bleeve. He jist politely goes at
this gatne-of-chance business an’
draps bis nickel in a slot machine fer
segars. No. 3 rolls up—the highest
number on the machine—an’ he is
the winner of three cigars fer a
nickel. Now, mind you, ole Flaw
knows nothin’ of this ontel Pickers
No. 1 an’ 2 falls out an’ gits to quar-
relin’, when No. 2 aps an’ tells me
all about it as near as he could, then
I raises thunderation with Granny
an’ Mrs. Picker fer standin’ still an’
seein’ of the child go to destruction
in any sitch of a style, wherein, you
understand, Mrs. Picker says, says
she: •
“Flaw, I wanted him to smoke ’em
every one up before he stopped so hit
would make him sick an’ wean him
from the very jump go, you under
stand.”
•‘Mrs. Picker,” said I, “don’t never
try to wean a Picker offspring from
nothin’. - Ef you want to break ’em
Blacksburg Budget.
(Correspondence of Tho Ledger.)
Blacksburg, Feb. 6.—Mr. Editor :
I am a reader of your paper and like
it very much.
There has been so much rain for
the last two months we would be very
glad to see it quit for a while, if it is
the will of the Lord.
Miss Clco Byars and Miss Antha
Morton are visiting their relatives
and friends near Gaffney.
Mr,, Dick Eskridge, who runs a
brick machine near Grover, has
about decided to move his machine
to Blacksburg, for convenience in
shipping brick. w. L. m.
•
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bash avenue, corner Jackson street,
one of Chicago's oldest and mo
prominent druggists, recommend
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for la
grippe, us it not only gives a prompt
and complete relief, bufc also counter
acts any tendency of la grippe to re
suit in pneumonia. For sale by
Cherokee Drug Co.
You may mend a broken reputa-
-.on, hut your neighbors will keep
their eyes on the crack.
La 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 unc
‘No
y Advertiser, Llden, Mo., says
Tline will be disappointed in using one
Minute Cough Cure for La Grippe.’
Pleasant to take, quick to ict
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Withef#& Co., Blacksburg.
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It’s too much trouble for some
men to make up their minds not to
let their troubles trouble them
— >■ —
Dr. Bull’s {Cough Syrup furnishes
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to consumptives; works most won
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A fool always boasts of what he is
going to do, but a hen never cackles
until after she lays the egg.
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To insure a happy new year, keep
the liver clear and the body vigorous
by using De Witt’s Little Early
Risers, the famous little Pills for con
stipation and liver troubles. Chero
kee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. S. Witu
ers Jc Co., Blacksburg.
The work of reducing the military
forces of the United States to a peace
footing is progressing slowly, but
steadily. <
To relieve Mental Worry, cure
Despondency and give Refreshing
Bleep, use Simmons Squaw Vino
Wine or Tablets.
Lancaster, S. C , Feb. 4.—Mr.
Editor ;—Through yourjkindness, my
letter of.the 19th of January in re
gard to practical diversification of
crops, etc., was honored by being
pieced among the front columns of
your valuable poper.
As I gave your readers some prac
tical experience in pea culture and
the results, etc., I now wish to giv*
them my mode of curing my vines,
etc. I would start my mower about
eight or nine o’clock in the morning,
after .the dew was off. Then I would
start my rake close behind my mower.
Next with my one horse wagon behind
the rake distributing stakes to shock
the vines on. Then my fork men be
hind the rake stacking the vines. I
cut my stakes three and one-half
feet long and drive them six or eight
inches in the ground and pile my
vines about two feet high on the top
of the stakes, allowing the vines to
hang down to the ground. When my
mower stops at night my vines are
all raked and shocked on those stakes.
Some of your readers may say that
won’t do if there should come a wet
spell, hut there is where the mistake
is. I mowed about five acres the
first day and it began raining that
night and rained for two days. I
never saw nicer cured vines in my
life. I let my vines stand in the
shock a little more than two weeks.
I then hauled them up and put them
in barn. I never saw nicer cured
vines and they did not shed their
leaves at all. I did cot put my hay
on the market until the first of Jan
uary and it was impossible for me to
fill the demands and by the first of
February I had scld my entire crop,
still receiving orders every day for
pea vine liny. My customers all say
it was the finest pea vino hay they ever
bought, and 1 could sell as much
more right here in our little town if
I hud it.
This process is a little expensive in
regard to curing the vines, but it is
the only safe way and I know it is
much the best. My vines are per
fectly bright and yellow, while others
that cut and let them lay on the
ground for a few days were black
and quite a lot of the leaves dropped
off. Some of your readers will say,
if we all raise pea vines there won’t
he any sale for them. Just think of
it! How much of this northern and
western hay is there shipped to South
Carolina every year and sold from
seventy-five cents to one dollar per
one hundred pounds and you raising
five cents cotton to pay for it. I av
eraged nine dollars per acre, clear
profit, last year in oats and peas.
Did any of you cotton farmers do
that in cotton. This was done on as
poor land as there is in Lancaster
county, almost.
I venture to say there isn’t the
tenth farmer in South Carolina today
but what has sold cotton seed at ten
cents per bushel and will buy guano
this spring and pay from fifteen to
eighteen dollars per ton. Say the
average farmer will use at least two
dollars worth of guano to the acre,
by the time your crop is made your
guano is exbausfcd. Why not take
twenty bushels of cotton seed that
you already have and put it on one
acre. It will make equally as much
if not more than the same amount of
guano and then it will improve your
land at least ten percent. Do let us
look ut these things square in the
face and use more of our own ferti
lizers.
I see the legie’nture is still pulling
for the lien law. Now let us kill the
accursed lien law by raising our own
supplies and making our own fertili
zers. It’s all folly to say I am com
pelled to run on a lien, for the first
year after the Confeder. to war we
were all as poor as Job’s turkey and
I paid 15 cents per pound for meat
and $1.25 per bushel for corn, and I
did not get it on a lien either, but I
got it on my muscles. As long as we
buy things on a lien we will buy
things we could do without. Do let
us raise more of our own supplies and
buy less on time.
Farmer’s Friend.
The man who is always harping on
the beauties of honesty will bear
watching
Dangers of the Grip.
The greatest danger from La Grippe
is of its resulting in pneumonia. If
reasonable care is used, however, and
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy taken,
all danger will be avoided. Among
the tens of thousands who have used
this remedy for la grippe we have yet
to learn of a single case having re
sulted in pneumonia which shows
conclusively that this remedy Is a cer
tain preventive of that dangerous die-
ease. It will cure la grippe In less
time than any other treatment. It is
pleasant and safe to take. For sals
by Cherokee Drug Co.
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