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Pi 110 I-vfC I >Crl£K $1.00 per Year. pnnnsiiKD titksday asi> fkipay BY Ed. II. PkCamp. Tmk Lkdoeh is not rosponsible for ^ho views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. All correspondence should bo ad dressed to Ed. H. DeOainp. Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Heading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. rcXI'KKIICNCK WITH I..IWYKKS. G. W. M. Williams, a lawyer of Denmark, S. C., and a prominent politician and a member to the Leg islature from llurnwell county’, has been disbarred by a decision of Judge Uenet from forever hereafter prac ticing his profession in the courts of South Carolina. The charge of dis honesty in handling money for clients was brought against him by the bar association of which he was a member and the charge being su.-- tained, the judge decided as stated. We hope this case is the forerun ner of other similar ones or of a higher standard of honesty’ among the lower class of lawyers. We do not say that the profession of the law does not contain as many high-toned gentlemen in proportion to number as other professions, but we do say that it contains many un worthy men in this State, who ought to he serving terms in the pent ten- tiary. The public little knows how much money is stolen by these sharks and deadbeats from confiding and helpless clients. We have been told that in the lower part of the state the practice has been noto riously common, at.d we have a per sonal experience along that line, which would incline us to believe the report is true. About five years ago wo sen! an account for sixty dollars to a lawyer at Walterboro for collection, and we have never been able since to hear a word directly from him. After try ing to reach him by letter for per haps a year, we wrote to the man who owed the account to know if he had ever paid the account. He replied that he hail paid our lawyer IjitT.oO of the account and held his receipt for the same. We then in formed the lawyer of the fact and threatened to prosecute him if he did not make an immediate return, but the threat did not move him. We reported him to the Solicitor of tne circuit and asked for advice us to how to proceed, and were informed that we should have to go to Colle ton and swear out a warrant against him before the Solicitor could take bold of the case. This implied fur ther that we should have to attend court at Walterboro for perhaps two or three terms as prosecuting witness at our own expense, and after spend ing perhaps .fl.'tO in (iTorts to get •tlT.oO and to get the scoundrel pun ished. be at last defeated on some legal technicality, and suller all the punishment ourself. We finally concluded ju rf as many another wronged client concludes, that we hud belter lose the account than to spend three times a greater amount in trying to recover it. Yet the name of that lawyer stands on the reference books as that of a reliable attorney, who makes collections a specialty and prompt returns a matter of con science. About the same time wo sent an other account for sixty-five dollars to a well-known lawyer in another part of tin* state, who assured us that be could collect it without any trouble. We kept after him for about two years, and finally received a check from him for #25.00 without explanation or comment. This is the last we have heard of him, though we have repeatedly written and begged for a final return. Wo suppose he has charged us #40 for collecting the account of #(»5. In lK9o we placed a considerable batch of accounts in the hands of still an other lawyer in a different part of the State, who made several partial returns, and then ceased to pay any attention to our requests for a final settlement. For the last two years wo have not had a word directly from him. Such conduct on the part of lawyers unjustly brings re proach upon the entire profession and the men who practice it ought to be discarded by the profession as the bar association of iiurnwell dis corded Williams. They are draw backs and dead weights—a disgrace to the profession and to humanity. NOTES AND COMMENTS. comply with his request. This man’s courage is of the true mould, but bis foresight is rather dim. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ (Ion. Joe Wheeler is on his way to Manila, lie talked all along the route to Sun Francisco, and bus since been kept busy in sending back denials and explanations of what he was reported as saying. General Wheeler is talking too much, and his oppnrent eagerness for notoriety adds nothing to Ins well-earned fame. There are thous ands of brave men In Ids native South, who would prefer to remem ber him only us the daring and brill- iunt cavalry leader of the dark days of thirty-five years ago. The Internal Revenue Department announces that banks will not be al lowed longer to stamp checks for the drawers, but will be required to re turn unhouored all unstamped checks. The department says the reason why this practice has been tolerated was that the people might have time to become acquainted with the workings of the law. How it can make any difference l-o the government who puts the stamps on the checks, provided it gets the pay for them, the people cannot see or understand. Perhaps it was a little too convenient as it was, and it is desirable that the people he sub jected to a little more trouble, “lest they forget, lest they forget.” The crops of Cherokee county are sulTcring severely for rain. The rains that have fallen have been very partial and circumscribed, and many farms have not had a good rain in over a month. Where the partial showers have fallen they have evapa- rated so quickly that they have ap peared to do little or no good. The conditions are discouraging but not hopeless. Bountiful rains by the first of August, or even as lute as the Huh of August, will do much to wards reclaiming crops that ap peared to he lost. Then we have such a thinly populated country, and our climate and soil are adapted to such a variety of productions, that there need he no fears of actual famine. Some may be forced to learn some useful le.-sons of econ omy. That is the worst to be dreaded, and that of itself may prove a blessing. According to the Greenville Moun taineer Dr. J. B. O. Landrum lias been over in Greenville searching the files of the Mountaineer for in forma- political move- in 1S52. tion in regard to the BLACKGUARDS AND BULUESSCORRD, Misconduct at the Fourth of July Celebration. “ELOPMENT EPIDEMIC.” One lone patriot in South Caro lina writes to the Governor that he wants to enlist for Hie Philippines us a private, and requests that the Governor make the necessary ar rangements with the recruiting of ficer. The Governor will kindly merits in South Carolina Dr. Landrum is doing a good work for the State in getting out the sec ond volurnne of his history, and should receive the encouragement and support especially of the people who live in the country embraced originally by Spartanburg county. Our own section Is within that area, and we hope that some of our older citizens will gather up any facts con nected with our local history worthy of preservation, and send them to Dr. Landrum, at Campobello, S. C. It will be remembered that the first volume of his history, already pub lished, contains an account of Colonial and Revolutionary times in our State, and the facts wanted for the second volume are those of more recent date, many of them within the memory of persons now living. The annual re-union of the State Division of I’nited Confenerate Vet erans will take place at Chester on Wednesday 2(»‘h inst. The Chester people arc making extensive prepa rations .or it, and will give the vet erans a royal welcome. Read Gen eral Walkers announcements and try to obey his instructions. We hope the delegates elected from the dillerent camps of the Cherokee regi ment will all go, and that we may have one more rousing time. Our comrades are falling fast. Colonel Miller of Greenwood county died a few days since. Some of us once knew and honored him as “the fight ing Colonel” of Orr’s regiment of Rifles. Others are fall'ng every day. us brave and true as ho was. You can hardly open a newspaper that does not announce the passing of some bravo spirit that once dared all and suffered all for home and native land. Let survivors draw closer to gether as*the great host melts away. Only a few more times will the op portunity be afforded. Twenty years hence there will hardly be a man left to remember the dead Con federacy and its heroes. Itt'iiiHrkiiblf KeNciif. Mrs. Michael Curtain, I’lainfield, III., makes the statement, that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs; she was treated for a month I by her family physician, but grew worse. He told her she was a hope less victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefltted from first dose. She continued its use and af ter taking six bottles, found herself sound and well; now does her own housework, and is us well ns she ever was—Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at Olierokeo Drug Com pany. Only f>t) cents and #1.00, every bottle guaranteed, MluUtt-nt nn<l Officials SitouM l*c ltcs|>t»n- Mlblo to Irate rurcnts W lien Tin-}' I nllc Youthful ( olipleM Tin- Confederate IJc- union lit tin Htcr Next W eel;. .Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane. July 17.—In one week the annual convention of the S. C. Division of U. C. Veterans will meet at Chester. Great preparations are being made by the good people of 11.at patriotic town and counly to make it one of the grandest meetings in the history of Hie Confederate Veterans’ Association, and they have the pluck, energy and zeal to carry out their de termination. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and many Other distinguished guests (both male j and female) Will.be there, and every thing is being done that can be done to make the occasion a suitable bene- | diction to the closing century. From an outline of the programme I now before us we see no chance for a ] failure. The veterans will occupy the { opera house and the Sons of Veterans 1 the court house. The John Bratton Chapter of the Daughters of the Con federacy will tender a reception to the sponsors and visiting Daughters J of the Confederacy on the night, of the 20th. On Thursday night, 27ih, there will be several entertainments throughout the city, and on Friday night, 28th. a grand buii will close the festivities of the occasion. On Thursday morning the grand parade will form in front of the city hail and march through the principal streets, halting on West End street at the park entrance, where a big free barbecue will be given. This park consisto of about fifty- two acres of original forest, just across the street from the artesian well, it is a beautiful place for a barbecue, picnic or other public gatherings. On the grounds a grand stand lias be en erected with raised scats for t lie spon sors. General M. C. Butler will deliver an address. Gen. M. L. Bon ham, Jr., and Gen. Francis Weston will speak for the Hons, and Gen. Hampton and Gov. McSweenoy and others, too, will speak. We hope that the Cherokee regiufent will lake part in the jubilee and that its every member w ill be represented—not only Cherokee county but the very best elements of the people of the State, by showing that they are no less gen tlemen in peace than they were sol diers in war. We would be very much mortified to know that a single representative of Cherokee county had so acted as to show himself unworthy of the in spect of the noble people of Chester, to say nothing of other portions of the State and the Confederacy at large. Let every veteran keep sober, and be in line and help do !ho shouting when the convention adjourns. Last week the Union Vindicator made a good point under the heading “Elopement, Epidemic.” It ought to be read and re-read by every parent and guardian as well us child. When ministers, magistrates, notaries pub lic and other olficers degrade their positions by joining mere children in the holy bonds of matrimony there ought to be some remedy in the courts for such actions. The idea of a boy of 15 years of age and a girl of 14 years becoming tiic husband and wife of the same house hold is revolting to common sense, to say nothing of the higher attributes of the divine law. Our courts ought to be open for the parents and guar dians of such minors to seek redress for their grievances. It is no wonder that the scale of morals is so low, when magistrates and ministers, whose office it is to foster, advocate and maintain the temporal and eternal interest and welfare of their constituents, degrade themselves and their office by lending u helping hand to the storm that is wrecking the happiness of homes within their jurisdiction. We ought to have a law to punish with severe penalties any official — whether clergymen or others—who, without the express permission of the parents or guardian, join any mi nor or minors in marriage. When the marriage vows (or rather mockery) are consummated what consolation has the grief stricken parents, except that which comes from miserable comfort ers : “It can’t be helped now; you must make the host of it,” etc. Time and again we have referred to this matter of u general marriage li cense law, but have been met each time with the argument that we must have a divine law, too, if wo have a marriage license law. They say the two are inseperable, etc. We can’t see it in that light. We very much regret td hear that at Limestone Springs on the 4th in stant certain parties, so-called gen tlemen, made themselves ridiculous by their indecent, unbecoming ami irreverent language in the presence of women and children in the park and about the spring. It is very, very low down in a man, drunk or sob. r, to use unbecoming language in the presence of refined ladies any where, and especially upon grounds so sacred as those about Limestone Springs, where the best of our people resort for pleasure, and which lias long been noted for its historic surroundings, its institutions of learning and the noble women it has given to the world. Why men who were within earshot did not call the rnlliuns down I am at a loss to know. If drunken, swaggering bullies and blackguards cun insult ladies and children with impunity by their disgraceful pres ence, talk and conduct and go unpun ished it is time for us to quit boasting of our manhood ami patriotism. We were not at the celebration on Hie fth, neither were any members of our family there; glad they were not. But we consider our information re liable, and those who feel that the shoe fits them may put it on and wear isfied that neither the town council nor Chief Camp, or any of his assist ants, knew of this misconduct, or it would have been summarily attended to. Because we are in a new county and have set up housekeeping to our selves is no reason why people of other States and counties should come in and run over us rough shod. It is unpleasant to speak of things we are often compelled to, but its a duty, and we feel that every time we strike for the right that God will bless the blow. If people don’t want to he criticised in the public prints they must behave themselves. The fool killer has employed the cigarette to do his work, and he can rest easy now. The gossip is like a well kept Led ger—always posted. We should not he ashamed when we discover that we have made a mis take, but we ought always to be ashamed to repeat it. We ought not to judge a man who fails in business, for some men are reaily too honest to succeed. Uncle Johnnie Webber (Pink’s brother) used to say: “Its bad tt> be poor but worse to be honest.” When a man dies it is usually asked what property he left behind him; while the angels ask what good deeds has he sent before tim. .1. L. s. IH-utli of it ItriKlit Little Hirl. It is with much grief and sorrow that I announce the death of Jimmie Borders, who died at her home in Blacksburg, July fird, at 5 :40 o’clock a. in , and was interred in the B ticks- burg cemetery the same afternoon at 7 o’clock there to await the resurrection. She passed away with that dreaded disease typhoid fever. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Borders and leaves father, mother, two brothers and two sisters to mourn her death. A new tie binds them now to the home on high. They can go to her but site can’t come to them. May God com fort and sustain tin* sorrowing family and may pure,{sad, longing thoughts follow the bright \isionofher short life to t lie throne of God. Truly the BEN TILLMAN IN A NEW ROLE. The So(> tli <'Arolln:i Heim tor Huh! to Im ii Yh-tlm of the Atli'tliiii il.ihlf. | Waslilnv ton ' of, of the <'l>|(‘:i;{o .lotirnul I Washington is a great place for auctions. There are auctions for the sale of everything—furniture, new Htid second hand, jeweiry, ditto, 25- com diamonds, and the genuine article, tapestries, bric-a-brac, an tiques, pictures, unclaimed express packages, old junk, real tftale and the miscellaneous aggregations of tin- pawn shop, it is a place of transient abode. People come, stock u house, and go, leaving everything to be sold under the hummer. The socially ambitious sometimes come hero to spread themselves, and finding that money will not do the trick, or, the supply of money running out, they disappear and a large stock of expen sive truck is offered at a bargain. At all auctions there are certain regular patrons. They are recogni zed by the auctioneer and their trade is highly valued. They come because they enjoy auctions, not because they want any of t he articles sold. They 1 ike the mild excitement of the bidding and the search for bargains. They are victims of the auction hal.it. Senator B. R Tillman, of South Cari- lina, is one of these auction fiends. He has been known to buy in vast quantities of second-hand furniture, bed springs, old chairs, kitchen tables, and what not, the only recom mendation being that they are cheap. What lie ever does with the truck be picks up nobody seems to know, though some say lie ships it to South Cutulina to be distributed among de serving constituents. First Assis tant Postmaster General Perry Heath is anotht rjauction fiend. Last spring Gen. Healli spent ncarlyevery after noon at an auction of jewelry on F street, and his purchases must have amounted to several thousands of dol lars. lie generally had a young man with him who appeared to lie an Royal Absolutely'Pure Absolutely'Pure Mokes tho food more delicious find wholesome po/ai g/KtHO f •>wr,rn co., vont'. on Lone Pre pr< gr made s merits inaugurated Mr. Lodge cured the services of M Lurry Luntt on Mi. Itlurk Hlurirxiil, lLurry <<ituIt in SpHrlnriliuirr I n-i Lunr<- | I don’t like to he inquisitive, but will some one please tell me what bus become of t bat great Blood and Thunder enterprise, tin Black Dia mond Double Track Railroad, that was to rend our mountains asunder, span the swamp and lagoons of the low country, and make what is now the wilderness of the old Palmetto State blossom as a rose? The last I heard of the Black Dia mond road, one end was. pinned down on a sheet of paper in Cincinati, and the other end wa c flopping in the air. Every day the newspapers changed the terminal facilities of the Black ! College is again to ,1 Linn stone. in noli if nob Colic go To I ddent l.odg isive, and Lime a hit when they secured his rvlces. .Not content with itnpr rve- has secured the services ofM .j jr J. W. Powell, of \\ Hshitii on ) for a Diamond, and it has been moved to every port and inlet from Savannah to Charleston, and was then migrat ing northward in search of new fields When some city, town, village, hamlet or even mud-hole felt like get ting up a wind inflated boom, all that the enterprising citizens had to do was to kill a chicken or catch a ’pos sum, and write or wire Cui. Boon and his right bowser, Dickerson, that they were going to set up free hash on a certain day. The Black Diamond road would then bt gin to t '.island wig gle like a black snake, and the news telegraphed all over the country that Col. Boon had decided to change the line of his projected railway enter prise so as to go by Sapsucker. But after exhausting the supply of free grub, and drinking up all the diine liquor that the innocent course of lecturi-s at t he college. The date has not been fixed but will te announced in due time. Major Powell is at the head of the Bureau of Ameri can Ltbrnology, and is the most dis- tingished scientili *mati in Washing ton. lie is a man famous.in Europe as well as America, and Limestone be congratulated. Itaunhall Crunk* in I ne busabaii cranks are getting rrady to be taken to Columbia under Hie protective care of Sheriff Thomas or a deputy \vl o will turn them over to Dr. Babcock fur a season. From the talk now going nn we expect the job of conveying them will have to be turged over to the sheriff of York county, provided, of course, the boys administer the do‘etotlm Yurkville boys I hat the Vorkville bojs on the Fourth. Live us •oik. o’clock expert, aud whenever an article failed i and guileless Sapsuckerites were able to tind ready bidders among the audience Perry and his friend would heve a look at it and very likely bid gn at Reaper gatln rcth into his gar- ! "i. He seemed indilferen* whether t? (Rn the young as well as the old. Life is uncertain, death is sure, so while we remember that death is no respector of person may we all be making preparation for that solemn event before it is eternally loo late. “Jim” was a sweet and affectionate child and loving sister. She was a favorite in her home ami among her school mates, a sweeter and ’more 1 affectionate child I never knew. I shall never forget how sweetly she ! smiled and repeated these words once j to me. | •‘Two lit t IHoukIs for loving ill'll til»irs iri ven. | Two Mile led to walk 1 lie i-oail fo heaven, I Two lit! le eyes to read (iiul's holy word, Two little l:ps lo praise the blessed Lord, One lltl le Soul to serve with all tny tiiiKht. So shall I live always in ,l( sus .sIkIu." If is hard for such a devoted child to be taken from us, but God cloeth all thin; for the best. all lire’s less have been foim I line when learned, And the sun and stars for. ver liaveset. The things whieh our weak judgements hen have spurned. The things over which we grieved with j lashes wet. Will Ihish liefore us out of As stai s shim- most in (h- And we sliafl sec how all rlfld. And how what seems cruel was t rue. life'sdark night, epesl tints of hi lie, tiod's plans were hu e inosl n he content. poor heart, • lillies, pure and white. it; its theirs, not ours. We aro sat- | pany Druggist. Hu! not to-day. tin tiod's plans, 1 if; unfold, We must not tear thoclosc shut lea ves apart. Time will reveal the calyxes of gold. And if through patient toil, we reach Ihe laud. Where tired feet with sandals loose may It St, When we shall cleat ly know and understand, 1 think we will say, "Hod knew the best." R. H. You are KIkIiL Itrothcr. i Winnshoi'o News and Herald.] The man or the woman who wants a free advertisement is a fatnilar ac- | quuintance in every newsbaper office. I We observe that some of our con- ! temporaries are writing about this familiar acquaintance, and some of them are advocating that “the ac quaintance should be cut,” and are discussing the best way to do it and to what extent “the cutting” should proceed. During the last few days, no less than half a dozen have applied to us for an advertisement, but not a word was said about paying for it. The applicants were not represenatives of any charitable institutions. Some of f hem rej rt sented rich corporations which had things to sell, and they had the uflrontery to suggest that the paper would assist in making sales. We were to furnish the paper, ink, type, printers and nay a reporter to j write the advertisement, in order | that the public might know what a | good thing the seller bud ! It is often I said that the successful man is the | one who understands how to use j other people to do his work, and we j knew of no class which acts more I thor 'Uglily upon this principle than the dead-head advertiser, for ho uses the newspapers without paying for it, and newspapers are foolish enough to tolerate it. The remedy for the evil is in the newspaper office. They Have ••roily” the Olad Hand. The old joke about the dead son of Erin and the Englishman and He- bre was played in Gaffney Sunday. Two local sports were altering to back their judgement on the merits of the Vorkville and Gaffney ball teams. One had a check for #2500 the other had a check for #27.00. Our Hebrew friend, Poliakoff, stepped in and offered to pay the two dollars diffen nee and take both checks a se curity, but tiic boys were on to “Polly’s” game and gave him the glad hand. Story of it Shiv**. To he bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George I). Williams, of .Manchester, Mich., tells how such a slave was made froe. He says: “My wife has been so helpless for live years that she could not turn over in the bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully improved and able to do her own work.” This supremo remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This mira cle working medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Kohl by Cherokee Drug Com- it was a ring, a clock, or suver set. If it was going at a bargain he bought it. As Mr. Heath is known to be a pretty shrewd speculator, it is presumable that he was not buying entirely for diversion. 'I lif Viiliif of CorMtulk 4. The following articlj from the “Baltimore Sun” will be read with no little interest: “Our farmers have reason to regard with aversion our numerous tariff-protected trusts, but the farmers on the prairie lands of the West at least will probably view with favor the fifty-million-dollar cornstalk trust which is being or ganized, it is slated, to make a mar ket for the 250,000,000 tons of corn stalks that go to waste every year. The cornstalk is to be developed by the new trust into a commercial commodity, as cotton seed were a few years ago, and it is believed that “there are millions in it.” According to the “.New York Commercial,” our farmers have hitherto been throwing away #01X1,000,000 a year .n stalks. The tii Id of stalks averages three tons to the acre, tbe acreage avera ging 80,000,000, and but a fraction of this is utilized as fodder. During lbe last twenty years our farmers have destroyed, it is estimated by the ‘Commercial,’ #18,000.000,000 worth of their product—a value equal to the sum total of t heir mortgages plus the public debt. 'I bis sum the new trust proposes to enable the farmers to pul in their pockets during the next score of years. Six different commodities are now being manufactured from cornstalk?—namely, cellulose, worth #100 a ton, used by the Government as an automatic hole-stopper for is to winning such a help meet. to supply. Col. Boon and his outlay j Crocker | of “great developers” would, like unto the Turk, quietly fold their tents and steal away,’ in search of fresher lulds j and pastures green. 1 have given this Black Diamond | railroad project a good deal of care- j ful study, and I am thoroughly con- i vinced that these railway projectors 1 have eaten more free grub, on the ! promises of carrying their road by! certain towns, than Lee’s army had ] at the surrender. They have been j feasted, fondled, caressed, wined and | A l asliionablf C.'mintry Wcdi Tomorrow morning at 10 j the Rev. Eivin Crocker and Miss Bes- ; sie Thackston will plight their troth n‘ Llbethel church. Miss Thackaton i is a, winsome little lady and Mr. be congratulated on a charming <lol!l. drl by every town and battleships, ( -lie tine grade fouudut ion cattle food of eurUhoard, a paper, an untquuied for dynamite, a patent and a superior glue. The value of the cellulose lining for warships is well known. When a leak develops the cellulose swe! « in such a manner as to automatically close it. With fifteen tons of stalks, worth one ton of such ecliuh se is made, for which, as already slated, the Government is now paying at the rate of #40'.> a ton. Two factories— | one in Rockfort, Jib, and another in Owensboro, K.\.—are now making cornstalk cellulose, together with other products of Uss value. As respects the cornstalk cattle food, it is stated that the stalks, w hen ground to a coarse meal, cooked, sweetened with molasses, and pressed into cakes, form one of the most nutritive and valuable foods yet placed on the mar ket. The absorptive power of cel lulose dint fits it admirably for the manufacture of dynamite by mixing with nitroglycerin, such dust being superior even to gun cotton. Five factores, says the ‘Commercial,’ are to be at once erected, in addition to those already in operation. The more the better. It is the good fortune of the proposed combine that it will, if successful, have for its object to enlarge, or, in fact, create, an indus try not to stifie it.” A ItUHillfHM CIlllllK*'* The announcement of the change in the linn of W. (). Lipscomb A Brjs., in the last issue of The Ledger was in the nature of a surprise to many of our people. For quite a while Mr. W. (). Lipscomb’s health has been of such a nature as to rtquirc active out door work and is was for that reason he went into t tie railroad business. He has found it ?o bem ti. ial to his health and remunerative that he lias concluded,to continue in it. Mr. J XT Lipscomb likes the merchantile busi ness and so it was decided that the firm be dissolved and each allowed to follow liis cnoico in business. We bespeak for the successor Hie contin ued liberal partrouage that lias been bestowed on Hie old firm and ft el as sured that John will deserve and command his share of business by continuing the wide and liberal pol icy that has chucteri/i d his manage ment of the business the past few years. The past success of Mr. W. o, Lipscomb is a suffieh nt guarantee that be will succeed in the future and wo feel sure that all his GalTuy friends will wish him all the iucv( ** he deserves. dined from the coal fields of the West to the tide waters of the Atlantic. And not only this, but even were the Black Diamond built’ and all the promises made the different towns carried out, it would be imposible to keep any train of cars ever yet con structed on the tract. Why, an old fashioned worm fence would be a reg ular Indian arrow compared with the Black Diamond. A train before go ing live miles, would be tied inio a dozen how knots. When I first read of the great dou ble truck railroad scheme of Col. Boon, 1 in all kindness, i.dvised the good pioplo of the western section of our Stale, and who were so enthuse l over the projects, not to put off hav ing t lu ir shoes half sokd under the hallucination of taking u ride on the Black Diamond. For this kindly ad vice my paper was threatened with a damage suit by Col. Dickerson. But it now begins to look as if I am either a profit or the son of a profit. But as fried chickens are beginning to get ripe, and the people along the Black Diamond have had time to replcnlish their larders, emptied and depleted by Col. Boon, Dickerson A Co., per haps the enterprise will be resur rected, and the Black Diamond again begin to (hitter around. But m all earnestness, I would ad vise the people who are so hunger ing for the Black Diamond, that if they really want a railway, and must have a railway, to open negotiations with some projector in the planet Mars, for I think that such a line will be equally as feasible as Col. Boon’s proji cted road ; and at the same time, they will not find die Marsites such inveterate free hash fiends. So if they don’t succeed in getting that ae rial road they will save their rations. Not a Liver Town In tin- ririlmout ll«-lt. lYorkvilte Yeoman.] There is probably not a liver town in the Piedmont belt than Gaffney. With her other improvements she is not neglecting the all important mat ter of education. Limestone college, which has enjoyed a good reputation fur half a century, is tojopen out next session, reorganized into a school that will he as good as the best in the Stale. The new management is w ide i awake and progressive. Dr. Lee Davis ! Lodge, who has charge of the college, j has quite a reputation us an educator, and Prof. Wade 11 Brown, late musi cal directorial Winthrop will look after the music department. Pure, dean blood and a healthy liver result from the use of DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the “famous lit tle pills.” They cure constipation, biliousness and sick-headaciie. Cher- | okee Drug Co., Gaffney, S. C., and R. S. Withers, Blacksburg, 8. C. M To Cure Cuii*ll|iutlou forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. if C. C. C. fail to cure, drut'KisU refund money. W «r<ls Of W i- Lu not mlvi-rtl-,i' ; uid s1i>!>, , Hill udvi-i-t ise ami siny, 1-or t hose who saw your ad last week. Will look for it tu-dny. Thomas Rhodes, Centerfield, O., writes: “I suffered from piles seven or eight years. No remedy gave mo relief until DeWitt’h Witch Hazel Salve, less than a box *of which per manently cured me.” Soothing, healing, perfectly harmless. Beware of counterfeits. ’ Cherokee Drug Co. Gaffney, S. C., and R. S. Wit hers, Blacksburg, S. C. Educat e Y our Itowol.s Wit h Cascarotfr. Candy (’at hurt ir, ciuv constipation forever, loc, Cjc. If c. c. C. fail, druKEists refund money. I he cost of experience is never rea lized until one goes to law. Contentment i- step above. always on the next Arc You Vrouitlcil An,I do Your Trouldcs to '1 v Av You Want 5 ou have suffered worlds of trouble, Pain, and you hardly anxiety and know what ail businei s goes time very - you. Sometime your wrong, and for a long you have been feeling physically badly. Don't know what is the malior? Of course you don’t, or else you would gi t some medicine. The trouble is with your stomach and liver, ryner’s Dy.-pt psia Remedy will do a vast amount of good ir. helping this trouble if you will use it. Price 50 cents per bottle. For sale by all druggists. Faint heart often wins fair lady, with a little artful assistance on her part. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers bene fit permanently. They lend gentle a-sistnnee to nature, causing no* pains or weakness, permanently cur ing constipation and liver ailments. Cherokee Drug Co.. Gaffney, S. C., ami It. S. Withers, Blacksburg. S. C. Ilovv Are ‘Ycur K.ltlneyii t Pr Ilobks' Snaracus Pi Us cure all kidney ills. Sam ple free. Add edcrliuK Uumedy Co..Cbicatcoor N. V. ! have been mid nm still luntdliiiK one of the nicest, eli,-nit si and Iwsi stock of (roods in my line that is in tiic city. To see my Slapleand I'ancy (iroccries, Confection eries, Oijrars, etc., i. siitlieient induce- nicnl to claim you as a customer. Any Girl who drinks at my soda fountain is (le- liirhtcd at the excelIcncy of the drinks I serve, (live me a call. All (roods guar anteed. TOM L. BROWN. Crackers and Cakes For Everybody. d I’ornier Price. 15c Itreati wl:li you whether yon continue th^ n- r*. -Mlliiuf tol-acro hatiit. N O-To-UAf reiouvo (lie denro for tobera-o, witfe "" nut nervous dint ruts. u.peunicce^J - ., _ _ line, Jaurilius the blood, stori « lo.V mmihooU. qg V I boxeg niikcs you si rouif^^'V III A vB^sold 400.000 in heietn. n-.-rvu^^^^M kj ITLw^rasa . -'llltd liny Mhl TO-It AC from hook, r^^wl^your own drupvixt who rillvoui-h f»rns. Take itwith _ Tv will, patiently, persistently one box.tl, usually euros; :< boxes, $2 i0, fniarmteed to cure, or we refund money. SUrUac 0*ia»<_- Ca., CMcsrs, ■o.irsal, k.n t.ri. •fumbles assort- Penny \\ heels .... Linger Snaps t> rah a in W a fers Vanilla Wafers Iced Honey .1 umlde <'hocolutc M irslimellou o.’h.* Ikc Marshmellow Wafers £*.• Pkr Alphabets COc tic- VariiiKUt'-(I Finirers.... enc i.V- ('racknel Is... iv iso f'needa itulMctilt 5c Snow l-’lakes 15c Fhdsclitnan's Iresb Compressed Yeast kept on hand regularly. LIPSCOMB & ALEXANDER. You’ll Be Sorry When you see your neighbor standing ahead of you in the Class of Progress. Then you" will regret that you did not keep abreast ofthe times too by reading The Ledger. jay*;: *.