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H umors, piinpirg mui hii eniptioiiKart; tint* In inipiirc blood, and by purifying tlio blood villi Hood s Sarsaparilla they me CURED. A CHALLENGE. Drup your duinty heads awhile, Klowi is rieh hikI rare. Ere you meet my lady's smile And (ind you are not (air. O'lIiC tlio (ii..c lias |> isl ami unin' ttln n MK'li liiyli iiriecs wi ll' eliarirwl for inMiils. ."ini iiiimi Ihm-hiiio rlrli. Mv prims roniiiin I lit' same at all limes, to all alike, anil are rinisistenl ivilli liont'sl "-oimIs at honest prici’H. I'lie I>AC3C > said hi! hail lost inoney std 11 Htt peaeln s at ftc. ••:!,;ii. |,ut wliotlier 1 lose iiioney or not I uni selling It tianaiins for 5o. .lust, re- eel ved on i lettant line t'tikes and t raek- ers, Conleetiom ry. etc. (linger Stutps tit lie. per Ih; (.•tleen Mixed l akes land idee eiiouirii for the (pieen) at l:." s e. per III.; nice Lemon Siiuare Cruekers at 7*,e. per i lb. Who tdse in town IH doinir that V So eoiue alotiit and brlntr your friends and do your tiadinyat the l.ittle Iron Store hi fore all these yniud t iling's are CiONK. Also keep mi hand a niee Hue Staple and Faney (■ roi'erles. Vours to pleasi*. WILKES F. THOMAS. Next to(ireen's 1‘liototrraph (Jallery. Everyltiing New and Fresh The longer we do business the more wi le.irii ahout our business. 'tdidmittake us a it real while to learn that our eus- toniers demanded it a sh jioods. We soon learned not to overstock ourselves in anylliiinr. We would rat her buy in stiuill ijuantit ies and have t biug's fresh I lian to | buy in large iiuautilies and have a lot of | st ale goods on band. We received. Mon day. a hit i I fresh I'hoeolale eatidy direel Irom the faetory by express. All staple and I'rtney groceries, conleet ioneries. ci gars and I ibaeeo tluit we sell are guai- antetd to lie as we represent them and if not found to be so we icftllld money. Out drinks are as void as the eoidest and as lag as the biggest. Hive us a call. J. R. Sparks & Go. LOOK HERE! CLARY & KENDRICK'S is I he place to gel your meats always oil lee. Also we will pay the highest cash price for We are going to make Hides a Specialty. J. E. WEBSTER, J^ttornc^r-^Vt- I w, Ofliee in Court House. (Probate .1 udge’soHlee Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty. C. JEFFERIES*- GAFFNEY, S. C. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Practices in All the Courts. Collections a Specialty J).R.Ibiocaii. (k P.Sanders. W'.S. llull,.lr. Attorneys-at-Law. Office t wo doors above Ledger t iffiee. All business attended to carefully and prompt !y. Special at I entiou g i von to col lec tions. The Pearl Steam Laundry is opcraMng on I til I tune and turning out IIrst-clas'» work. IP'inember us when you want work done. We will call for your puck age. We also have in operation A First-Glass Grist Mill, We respectfully solicit your patronage and ask the people out of (own to bring their corn along when t hey come in to dn their shopping. Will make your meal ■while you are busy here and you will lose mo time. rt'orn ground just as soon as received •every day in the week. Bros., Props. Sale of Bankrupt Stock. Having purchased the bankrupt | stock of 1). L. Itrown, of Hlucksburg, ! I have decided to give my customers the benefit of Ihe low price at which these goods were purchased. I can and will sell these goods at less than the merchant ean purchase from the wholesale dealer at this time. This stock embraces Flour, Coffee, .Sugar, Molasses, Itice, Soap, Crockery ware, etc. This is no fake sale. Every thing guaranteed to be ns represent ed. Don’t fail to call on me before buying elsewhere. R. S. COOK. must have tt photograph iictdc. I have a new camera, lenses and backgrounds. My mcTURBei of buildings, landscapes and group work can't !«• I>ea1 at Ihe prices. Hid you ever see a Hash light picture IVliVI>JLC at night? It is jolly good fun; try one. Snap-shot work should be made itirr w icic iv nine a. in. and four p. m. to gel Hie lieut results. Hon't worry Is-cause ihe baby It is natural for some people to kick ! aliout their pictures. I guarantee wurk- uiaiiMlilp and linlsh. Yours to please, JOHN GREEN. At the tent, nett door to W. I)'. Thomas. Fly away, you iitlle hiials. Tuneful tlirouts o( spring, Lest )ou hear my lady's wouU And leuru you cannot sing. Call iho clouds to cover you, Faroif summer skies, Or you'll see a deeper blue Within my lady's eyes. Things below and things above, All things ev’iywhere, Challenge not my ladylove Or perish in despair. —J. A. Flynn in St. Paul’a. /'v/X/V/N/NyX/VN/X/N/N < STRUGGLE ON 5 < AN ENGINE. > S ### x ( How an llnginfier on I1U Hark, y' y l.oeked With an Knemy, Stopped X X tlie Train. y' X/VX/VX/V'V'VVX/V Over iu the lounging room for the trainmen at the terminus of one of the trunk lines In Jersey City several train men were exchanging stories of hair- hreadth escapes,fast rides and Instances of presence of mind, while waiting to Ire summoned to their duties. Finally it came the turn of a small, gray haired, keen eyed man. "Well, yes,” he said, taking a chew of his neighbor's tobacco. "1 had one excitin trip. It was long hack iu ’fsS, before the cumin of these double cabbed Mother Hubbard enjlucs on which, if you want to speak to the llre- man, you have to stop at a telegraph station Ti send him u message or else slap the air over iu the ’mergency notch ’n bring him up to you whether he wants to come or not. Never did like these pesky double deckers. 1 was doing stunts on the (107- a good old mogawl she were, too. Just out the slurp, where she'd been overhauled 'u had the airbrakes put on her. "1 left the other end of the division on a trip right after pay day ’n my reg ular fireman had reported ill. I’d seen him the night before ’» he looked rather weak ’n tired, 'u 1 thought he’d been taken 111. They used to have a gn at trick doin that after they’s got their niuii. 1 had a fellow by the name of Conroy In his place, ’n we hadn’t got along very far 'fore I came to the conclusion that he was a mite under the weather, too, ’n he couldn’t make the old HOT steam nohow. The outcome of it was that we laid down several times on the trip ’n barely caught the steamer with our export freight. Old Nut head, the eujine dispatcher, he made me walk the carpet, ’n said if 1 didn’t do better’ll that he'd drop me back on coal again. I hadn’t been ruu- niu fast freight very long ’n 1 left him feelin rather testy, but 1 didn't say anything ’bout Conroy, as 1 thought that duriii our lay over in this end he’d kinder pound his ear ’n sleep off the booze ’n be all right goln hack. “We caught train 71> for the return trip with about l.’t ears perishable stuff for Chicago which were rigged up with the air, which was a purty good string of airbrake cars for those days, ’n about 15 scabs, without air. I was thinkin what a stop you could make on short notice with them, ’u how you could turn things over In the caboose. Old Joe Hoffman was our conductor, ’u he was an awful man to swear ’u cut up high jinks if everything didn’t come his way. “We hadn't moved out very far along the menders when l saw as how I’d have to do some tail ligurlu to git that train in on time. Soon’s we'd git to a little grade I'd drop her down a notch or two, ’n she’d kick up her heels ’u lay right down for want of wind. Con roy, instead of slcepin while he was off duty, had gone out ’u put on some tlu- Ishin touches 'n made It worse. “You can Just guess I was mad clean through, ’n 1 thought to myself as how I would get Mr. Conroy about 30 days in which to rest ’n p’raps end his little railroadiu career soon’s we got home again. When we got to the llrst wa- terin tank, about 40 miles out, we had used up Jest 2 hours ’u 13 minutes. The regular runnin time was only 1 hour ’u 45 minutes, so you see we’d lost 30 minutes on lu miles almost lev el ’n with a light train. The outlook was that we’d never make the heavier grades on the western end unless Con roy took a brace. While I was oilin around Hoffman came runnin up cuss- iu like one mad ’n says; " 'Hlaukety blank blank, you, what the blank’s matter widjer? I wanter git home In.time for church Sunday. Here’s a message from Jersey which says as how if yer don’t hurry up they’ll take yer off here at the nex’ plug ’n give us a respectable man.’ “As this was only about midnight Tuesday night his speech got my dan der up, ’n I told him us how he ’u Jer sey could both go where nsbestus cloth- ln Is a boon ’n the broiliu sun never sets. Hut I climbed up on the tank, 'u maybe 1 didn’t give that fireman a settiu out. “ ‘You long, lanky blunderbuss,* I says, for he was a big codger, much bigger’n ineself, ‘If you don’t take a purty sudden brace ‘u keep the wind Up on this mogawl till we get in you might as well sit right down here ‘n •end your regrets to the super, ’cause I’ll report you soon’s we git iu, or my name ain’t John Stafford.' “He give me a kinder reproachful look ’ii coiiiHieneed likin his fire. As I turned to put my oil can iu the box I spied a bottle of whisky. I grabbed that bottle ’u turned rouu to Conroy. ’Aha!’ 1 says, ‘so this Is the cause of our gaspin for breath every five min utes, is it? Well, here she goes,’ ’u I plugged that bottle over on the track 'n broke it Into 50 pieces, not without foine regrets, us It had a pretty good smell, ’u I’m not dead set against the stulf myself, lint 1 let her go. "We got started again *n walked away up the hill from the (auk as easy as Willie Hryan makes a nice, long speech, ’u I noticed an Improvement In the sieam gauge right away, 'n I eotume:> *ed to let ’er out at once to make up for lost time. It was purty good, even goin then for about 20 mil**, then up an incline of about 3 mile 'n down (lie mountainside 12 mile. When we struck the top of that 12 mile hill 1 kept her wide open for about a half mile to give us a good start down Hie bill Ti then shut her off ’u let ’em buzz. “The old 007 was a stem winder, with a holler runniu right through the cab to the hack, dlvldin the fireman and engineer's side. The airbrake valve was placed right on top the boiler, to ward the buck end of the cab, so’s you could reach it nice 'u handy while Hit- tin in the seat. I'd no more 'n shut her off when a shudder fell over my shoul der, ’n I turned quick, ’u Conroy sprung on me. “ ‘You dirty blackguard!’ he scream ed. Til (each yer to chuck my booze overboard. Report me. Is it? You dirty rug! Sliure ’n you’ll never live to see the super ag'in.’ “As he leapt on me It took me back so that before I could do anything he grabbed me by the shoulder, 'n I fell backward alongside the holler, my head on the front doorsill of the cab, my back on the door ’n Conroy on top of me. Although I was partly stunned by the full. I had mind enough left to get my arms around him ’n hug him close to me. “All this time the train had been galnin headway down that hill, 'n we were fairly sizzllu, the old mogawl swayiu to ’n fro as we swung around turns. The space between the boiler ’n the side of the cal) was so narrer I couldn’t turn Conroy off me, 'n I didn’t dare let loose of him for fear that he’d get hold of my throat. He was so crazed by the liquor that he’d drunk 'u his cravin for more that there was no reasouin with him. He was so big 'n heavy that 1 couldn't do much the way we lay, my hack Hat on the lioor, hemmed in by the side of the eab on one side ’u the boiler on the other 'u 1 huggln him like a long lost brother, the ears behind us meanwhile doln the ragtime down that hill. Things were gettln rather excitin, as there was likely to be somethin ahead of us, ’u at the foot of the hill was an other water plug. It was a branch sta tion there, ’n the engines were switehln there at all times. If we ever hit any thing at that rate of speed, I don't think Joe Hoffman or any of us would ever get iu a church but once again, ’n that would be ahead of the mourners. I couldn’t depend on the train crew to do anything, as you know a crew on these fast freights draw their money for sleepin ’n playin penuchle lu the caboose durin trips. “We flashed by a station half way down the hill, goln so fast that I thought as how that dispatcher in Jer sey City would giggle with delight if he saw what good time that perishable freight was mukin toward Chicago. I racked my brain to think what to do. As the light of that station flashed through the eab I spied the engineer's valve of the airbrake. I figured as how 1 could reach it with my right foot, using my toe as a hook, ’u jerk the valve around to the ’mergency notch ’n stop that train with a bang that would make Joe Hoffman ’u his crew in the caboose think we’d run into a stone wall. I wriggled ’n got my leg loose from under Conroy, ’n with a mighty effort give him a raise ’u kicked out at that valve. As luck would have It, my foot just caught the valve in the rebound ’n Jerked It around In the ‘incrgeucy, ’n, say, you would have thought we had been las soed. The jar broke both our holts, ’u Conroy staggered to his feet, fell backward through the l»ack cab door 'n rolled off the tank. ’N that end ed his railroad career then 'u there without any special assistance from me. “Hoffman came runnin up from the caboose wlien we had stopped ’n yelled: ‘Well, dash yer, whatcher stopplnhere for? Can’t you keep steam uuf to drag ’em down hill?' “ ‘Oh,’ I said, ’Conroy, my fireman, ’s got a sick sister livin back up here in the woods, ’u I guess he's gone to see how she is. “We went hack 'n picked Conroy up. Ills skull had been fractured by strik- lu a milepost, ’u they put his body in the caboose, ’n I got another fireman at he water plug, 'n we went lu on time." Just then the messenger hoy ertme In and yelled, "Stafford, they want you fer train 81,” and, taking a farewell chew of tobacco, he left.—New Y’ork Sun. Skylark’* (ilortoa* Sonic. Need I say a word about the skylark and Its wholly Joyous song? It In spired one of Jeremy Taylor's most beautiful and best known passages— the lark rising from his bed of grass and soaring upward, singing us he rises and hoping to get to heaven and climb above the clouds; singing “as if It bad learned music from an angel as be passed sometimes through the air about his ministering here below.” And It Inspired, too, one of the finest odes In the English language, Shelley’s finest work, bis “supreme ode.” Hut, as may be said of another ode, it is “not In tune with the bird's song and the feeling it does and ought to awaken. The rapture with which the strain springs up at first dies down before the close Into Shelley’s ever haunting melancholy. Like Keats’ “Ode to the Nightingale.” It Is no key to the bird's song. It does not tench us anything of the thought and feeling which inspired that quiver ing. ascending embodiment (if Joy. that pilgrim of the sky, hiding itself iu the glorious light of the summer heavens. —Minneapolis Journal ..•* .iniGiiiatlc Tragedy. ”1 got a pair of those automatic sus penders the other day.” “What are they?” “They are a patent contrivance that adjusts itself without outside aid.” “Adjusts itself?” “Yes. 1 put ’em on and went to call on Itcssie Clinker. They were all right us long as I stood up, but when 1 sat down they Immediately shortened up. And when I stood up again they wouldn’t let go.” “What did you do?” “What could I do? I sat down again, uml they shortened up some more.” “Must have been awfully unpleas ant.” “I should say so. My trousers were three inches above my shoe tops when 1 finally said good night.” “Then what did you do?” “Walked home on tiptoe.”—-Cleveland I’laiu Dealer. A II n t Ion ti I Arauiurnl. “You once said you would die for me, Jonas, and now you refuse to cut the grass.” “That's perfectly logical, Minerva. If I died for you, I’d be done with It, but If 1 mow the grass once you’ll make me do It every two weeks.”— Chicago Uecord. A FEARLESS CONVICT. STEADMAN'S DARING ESCAPE FROM SAN QUENTIN PRISON. One of tb« Most Ilcniarkahlo Canon of Jail Breaking on Ilecord—Arcoiii|»liahed by a Feat Which Almont Bordered on the Miraculoun. It is one thing to catch a thief and it Is another thing to hold him. During a meeting of the chiefs of police of all the larger cities of the United States and Canada, which occurred at Milwaukee, there were reminiscences of remarkable captures and of escapes which bordered clcaely upon the miraculous. “Tlio most remarkable escape from prison that I can recall,” said William A Pinkerton, “was that of Frank Steadman from the San Quentin prison. Hut I'll not tell you about it, for hero is John lllass, who caught Steadman and sent him hack to San Quentin.” Chief Glass pinched the brown im perial on his under lip reflectively for u moment before ho responded to the looks of inquiry bent upon him bj those not familiar with the story. “The escape to which you refer, Pin kerton, was made after I sent Steadman to San Quentin and not before. I was not the fortunate oue to get him after that last wonderful break. And to tell the truth, I have never taken to myself much credit for taking him tko time I did, for it was to a considerable degree a matter of good fortune. You see, wo were just at that time keeping our eyes open for a bank robber by tlio name of Dames, who had gone into ono of tlio banks out there, covered the ono man who happened to he alone iu tlio place at the time, locked him up in the vault, and then coolly walked o; t of the bank and out of sight with all the funds be could get his bands on. “One day a man answering closely the description we had of Barnes step ped off the train at Los Angeles. Wo took him iu tow at once, but found we did not have the bird we were after. However, wo managed to hold him long enough to tiud out that ho was Frank Steadman, who had become no torious even at that time as a successful Jail breaker. Ho had four or five escapes from prison In southern Indiana credit ed to him, had got away from Joliet and had still seven years to do at the Illinois prison; had also been at £ah Quentin, and had escaped from there with five years unfinished. “Steadman was a machinist hy pro fession, and a burglar by inclination. When he was sent hack to San Quentin to finish his time, ho was put to work with other convicts in tho engine room. It was hero that an idea came into his brain that for absolute daring and fear lessness was typical of the man. Ho had noticed that every evening at the time the men working In the engine room were lined up to bo marched away, the machinery was stopped at exactly the same moment Ho had observed us well that a window leading to an adjacent roof was not far from the top of tho big driving holt of tho engine. From that roof it vas possible to roach the outer wall ( tho prison. Beyond the wall was freedom. Uo had escaped so many times that his mind reverted again and again to tho window high up on tho wall of tho engine room. Apparently it was beyond all possibility of being reached. No ladder was to be obtained. Had such a thing been even standing in place against the wall, to break from tho line and scale it with catlike dexterity, although tho work of hut a few seconds, he well know would bo futile, possibly fatal. Bullets travel faster than legs, and tho guards were not bad shots. But desperate deeds de mand desperate means. Some minds may work with an ingenuity born of despair, bnt Steadman’s was of a differ ent caliber. His plans were the out growth of steadfast optimism. “Ono day there came to him as if by inspiration the thought that the big belt might he tho means of carrying him to his goal. He found that it was impossi ble to count tho revolutions of tlio driv ing wheel, but there were lacings in the broad belt, which ho was able to distinguish as a sort of blur as it passed a given point. For days and days he counted, and in his cell at night he spent his time in calculations. He dis covered tho exact number of revolutions the wheel made j»er minute. He learned also hy constant observation just how many times tho belt went round after the engine was shut down. “One evening, when the Hue had been formed as usual at the close of tho day’s work and as tho big wheel began to lose its momeutum, suddenly a con vict sprang from the line, leaped to the belt, with outstretched urms grappling both edges of tho broad leather. Ho had calculated well tho strength that would be required, for the terrific wrench did not loosen his grasp. Outward and up ward ho swung until be reached the topmost point of tlio circumference. The nicety of his calculation had reaped its reward. The belt stopped. Ho leaped to his feet, sprang through the window and was gone before convicts or guard! had recovered from their astonishment. He caught up a guard’s coat ami hat, dropped from the wall and got away in the dusk of tho evening. I am inclined to believe that as a mathematical propo sition that was about as perfect a piece of work us any man ever accomplished. ” “And did bo get away without re capture?” some one a>ked. “No, I am almost sorry to say, be did not, ” answered the Los Angeles chief, “for that ought by rights to be the de nouement of such £ story, which com bines so much of during and cleverneAa. Steadman was taken again iu a short time and put to work at his old job. There are burs over that high window above the big drive belt now. Not long after this Hteadmuu cut sad nearly kill ed cue of the other convicts and is now serving out an additional sentence fot attempted murder at the Folsom prison, which is situated some 28 miles from Ha( rameuto. ” Chicago Inter Ocean To prepare a girl tt) bo u wife, and a wife a mother, give her Bimmons Wquaw Vino Wine or tablets. For sale by J. It. Tolleson it Co. Three aged men, once partners in business, have just died within sixty ; hours. John Gray died at Columbia, I H. C.; J. U. Cunningham at Abbe- I ville, 8. and Col. G. McD. Miller in Mississippi. Make Baby’s Birth Quick, Easy and almost I’uinlesH by taking Sim mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. For sale by J. it. Tolleson A' Co. WRITTEN FROM WEBSTER. (.'<iiii|>luiut About llx* MiiIIn him) ii ItutHi of New* Iteum. Correspondence of Tne Ledger | Wkbbtku, August 13.—Mr. Editor: —Being engaged training the young mind at this place, ye scribe has had opportunity to sec a large portion of the crops in Cherokee and I nion counties. There is a section within the radius of Webster, Asbury, Star Farm and Home that as it appears the clouds have forsukened. Tho last general ruin fell on the 30th ult. Crops are far below the average, but as fanners are the most hopetul of any class of bread earners they anticipate that all will end well. Schools are yet opening here and there. One hindering cause or ano ther prevented a uniformly. But as crops are short and will evidently he late, probably the schools will get in good work. Cotton is beginning to open, but we need not be alarmed. The crop will likely he short as indications point in that direction. Several wells are being dug in this community. If the frequent report of the explosives can be utilized as reliable information the downward progress is being slowly mack. Among those thus engaged may be mentioned, Dr. Douglass, John Jef feries and 1\ D. Jefferies. Webster is a very inconvenient postoffice to get Ihe North bound mail from the Columbia and Ashe ville railroad direct. All mail sent to Webster reaches there on the third day aftir being taking out at Jonis- ville. While if sent direct to Gaff ney, it would be received at Webster on the second day after arriving. It is an unpleasant inconvenience and should be attended to. The matter should be looked after by the proper authorities. The train’s crew and passengers appeared to be in no humor for jes ting us tho lb:o8 South bound vesti bule slowly steamed across the 1’aco- let bridge near Clifton on last Satur day. There is being built a new bridge and while the operation is being performed travel and trade can not wait. Several times while cros sing, the train was brought to an apparent standstill to insure steadi ness, lest at any moment the bridge would go down and burl hundreds of souls instantly into eternity. During the excitement of a revival at Jonesville on last Monday, an old colored woman, Margarett Farr, be came over heated, and exhausted was taken out of the church. Being previously ufilicted with heart dis ease, she died immediately. While preaching npentencc a majority of these preacher should add—v-e-n-t-i- 1-a-t-i-o-n. Tn* Ltdger is highly appreciated wherever it is introduced. The change from a weekly to a semi- weekly did not affect its newsy items Lkixikk Ukaukk. TIioiikIO* from Thlckcty. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Thicklty, August 11—liev. A. 1). Davidson tilled hia regular appointment at Beaverdam yester day. Ho preached a most able sermon. Protracted meeting will begin at Beaverdam Wednesday the Kith. Crops are very good through out this section. Thickety bottoms have line corn on them this year. We haven’t much fruit but plenty of roasting-eurs and chicken to eat. Mr. John M. Tindall and little son, of Whitney, visited II. E. Tindall and family Sunday. A. D. Davidson has been repairing his out buildings. He is to soon commente building a new addition to his already comfortable home. Your correspondent is a dear friend to The Ledger. I never get too hun gry or tired to read The Ledger. 11. K. T. During the civil war, as well as in our late war with Spain, diurrhu.-a was one of the most troublesome diseases the army had lo contend with. In many instances it became chronic and the old soldiers still suffer from it. Mr. David Taylor, of Wind Ridge, Greene Co., Pa., is one of these, lie uses Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrlnea Remedy and says he never found anything that would give such quick relief. It is for sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Wm. Henry Joline a well known horseman of Long Branch, X. J., was kicked by one of bis horses and so se verely injured that he died almost instantly. Always destroy the Dread of be coming a mother by taking Simmons Squaw Vino Wine or Tablets. For Sale by J. R. Tolleson A Co. Take Nott’s Little An- tibilious Granules for constipation and liver complaint. Cherokee Drug Co. . 2t Real Estate For Sale. Forsalc. on lilx-ral terms, five tractsj of land lid Join liar Limestone properly. Tracts vary in aerenge from l(»!a lo 7u ;>-li). Also eltrlit lots of Hie hotel property at IJmcHtone. Excellent iMilldiiic siti s mid Client). The old hotel :ihd lot is ;ilso for Caleb Apply to It. O. Sams. TllOfl. Ii. liUTI.EK. IlKMIiY K. OSIIOKNV BUTLER & OSBORNE, AT'rour* if yh-at-i, A w. Gaffney, S. C. Very (':troful and prompt attention kIvcd to all busInoH* entrusted to us. I^F'l'metlec In all t he courts. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. It. Tolleaon’s new store In office from 1st to 20th of each month; f. l'l.()i:()H W'Al.I.ACfc. .1. ('OKNRI.IUS OTTS. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. All I •indium* liitruMlcd lo us, given prompt and vlgoruM attention. < >lflee up slalrM, next to It. A. Juue» & Co. T’lioiic s7. 1‘loiiKli Deep for Wlirut. [News and Courier j Mr. J. B. Hunnicutt suggests in the Texas Farm and Ranch, that Southern fanners should grow not only wheat and oats, but rye and bar ley, and that “iherc is no reason why they should buy any o f Hie small grains or their products.” Not much rye or barley is used in South Carolina, we believe, but there is a large demand for both products in the world's markets, and it would he interesting to learn whether or nut they can he grown profitably in this •State. The main point in Mr. Hunnicutt’s letter, however, relates to the cultiva tion of wheat, or rather the prepara tion of the ground for the crop, ami what he says is of timely interest, in view of the meeting of the Wheat Growers Convention, at Greenwood, to-day. It is as follows: ‘ We say emphatically, break the soil deep, and the subsoil, too, if it is hard and dry. Wheat roots will grow four and a half feet down into Hie earth, if given a chance to do so. I bus, you furnish so much more feeding room for the plants bv ploughing deep, soil broken twelve indies furnishes about ten times the feeding space it does when broken only four. When you plough only four inches, there is a hard layer of earth, called hard-pan, which practi cally prevents the roots from growing through and limits them to four W. T. THOMPSON, Blacksmith and Wood Shop. ' All kinds of work done on short notice. , Slioeinjr, Tire Sett Injf. Wheels in lloiiinif Oil I a .Npcciiilty. Wood i feet lonif. Hickory i Oak. I’oplar and I’ine Lumber and all kinds of market aide* produce Liken in payment for I work. Come let us restson together. I or my repn senlative always :it shop. Ik’d fla t. I west of dummy line on Rutledge street. Horseshoeing a Spcialty Having secure I H e s( r . ice^ f one ! of the most practical borsesboers in Ibis part of the ooontry. nre who has but recently been in the employ of ■ J. W Wadesworth Sons of Charlotte, I am now better prepared than ever ; to render the best practical service to j my customers. All kinds of black- smithing promptly executed; Horse- I shoeing a specialty. Give me a call. J. J. WARREN. .--o-l mo. Tornado insurance. am prepared lo ruinish Tornado insurance in (irst-rlass companies. Avoid possibb I danjfer l.y seeming a policy before the ey . . iri i ^ — •**••■* «» i»wniy uen»re . ne cy- mclies, but when the plough breaks j elcne comes. Can also furnish the most at- twelve inches, it gets below this hard pan, and permits the roots to reach the porous earth below, and go on down us deeply as they wish to go. In such cases they will grow forty- eight inches or more. Four divides into forty-eight twelve times. Thus we see the importance of deep break- ing. “There is another grout gain. Blunts are largely water, cannot grow without water. The deep preparation enables the roots to reach the earth- water, almost always abundant a few feet below. Tho four-inch prepara tion does not do this. Hence, every litllc drought injures the shallow ploughing, but not the deep soil. 1 bus we have grout gain, both in the food and water supply, by deep prep aration.” I’robably shallow ploughing ac counts for moat of the failures with the crop in thistState. Mr. Hunni cutt’s emphatic advice is, emphati cally, “break the ground deep,” for the good reasons he gives. It is a good text for the Convention to dis cuss. — j tractive Uv.clliii” House i'elicy or other iiiv , iiisur;iiicM*. * ozisull nit* bt'J'orc insuring. My | atfency represents .Sjtkco.oin in capital anil | surplus. F. G. STACY. s OUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA EXTENSION R. R. COMPANY. Schedule No. 2. In Ellect 12:01 A. M., Sunday, June 18th, 1899 Between Camden, S. G., and Shelby, N.C, w.st. as. Last. 1st EASTEKN TIME. Is! ( Pass r| l*a si ih Ex lily. 4 , C|)t STATIONS. i>Tr. Ext ept Sunday. Sundav. 1*. M. A. M. 13 05 1 CA M DEN II (5 13 35 DEKALB II 13 13 3; WES’l YILl.E II 00 13 5i* K EBS1IA W |o 45 1 15 HEATH Sl’KINGS 10 30 1 20 PLEASANT HILL 10 35 1 40 LANCASTER 10 05 1 55 HIV EHS1DK 9 50 3 06 SPBINHDEld, 9 40 3 30 CATAWBA .1 I N' TION 9 :t0 2 30 LESLIE 9 30 3 5o BOCK HILL 9 10 3 05 NEW I’OKT 8 38 3 13 TIB/A II 8 33 3 35 YOBKVILLE * 30 3 40 sllABON 8 INI 3 .53 HIC'KOBY GBOYE 7 45 4 <i3 SMYBNA 7 30 4 35 BLACKSBIKG 7 10 5 uo EABLS 0 50 5 00 PATTEBSON SPBINUS 0 40 5 15 SHELBY ti 30 1*. M. A. M. Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,NX. \> 0* . l l East. 1*2. 3d ( lass. KASTKHN TIME. ' 1 HinS. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does a general Banking and Exchange business. Well secured with Burglar- Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock. Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate rent. Buys and sells Stocks acdBonds. Buys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. THE OLD RELIABLE... (iF.T Yot'IC SASH, HOOKS, BLINDS AND ALL KINDS Of BUJLDINii MATF.ltIALS FBo.M ME. Polished Oak Cabinet Mantels ToSuit Ail Glasses J I N FST 11 FA I tT PIN K SHI NO LI :s IN THE MARKET. CALL AND SEE THEM. Very Uespct., L. BAKER. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Mixed. I»aily. Except Sunday. A.’m.I h ml s :ioj S loj !• L’i» III III !•■; m 'J..; in .v 11 r. 11 :n! 11 »'• n.il STATIONS. :o I” 1: .vi, I*. M. BLA< 'KSlir I. Ah'IS I’ATTFUSON SPKINO: SHELBY I.ATTIMOUE MOOUI.SIIOHO HiiNKIfj I'A El lit EST ('IT V HI THEIM'OKDTON MILLWOOD HOLDEN VALLEY THKKMAL CITY 0 LENWOOD MAKlO.N W LS I 1st Class. in. 1 a. ; >,=.£• I* M 4 :m) 4 .Vi ;• la I* M A M f» HI :.’(i n A M Gaffney Division. KASTKHN TIME STATIONS. HLA< KSHEKO ( HEKOK EE FALLS (iAITNKY Mixed. Daily. Except Sunday. Il-.M. <• Id S .VI S Wl 7 :ji» ; 7 •.") 1 7 co Ii lift ii or. | .7 .VI •> :j5 .-> VI i 5 1 Ci 4 t r. 11*. M. EAST. 1st Class. It. Hi. 2 s z 2.?. ~ ■ **'•/. 7 A >1 7 in Ci 40 li 30 A M 1* M 0 ;»i ii 10 50 .* Mj Trains Nos. It; and itt connect at lilacks- burjf with trains imi the liatVney Division. Train No. Ii:.’ leaving' Shelhy at iSiiio a. m.. eonneetsat Blackshurfr witfi train No. dllon the Southern Ity.. tjoiu^ North, with twenty minutes margin for t ransferrintr. i tc. I’as- seneers leaving any points on tids line be tween Shelhy and lllaoksburjr can *ro to Chariot tc. N. c. and return the same day. having three hours and twenty-live minutes for t lie t ran sac t ion of I nisi ness in Ciiarlot le. N. ('. 11 eon nerts also with the Vest Ihulc on Hie Southern L'oinn South, and connects a! York vlllc. S. c . v. itli the North Ixiund train on the C. & V W. K K . with thirty minutes marxiii for transfcrrinn. and connects at l{ock Hill with t rain No. IU on the Soul hern Ky.. itointr South, with ample margin of t ime for t ransfi rrin^. etc. The hest connec tion this‘lain make-, at Catawba .(unction with the S. A I... troiiia North *rl\es eleven hours lay over; stoina South, twelve hours anil forty-three minuies, hut nearly all the lay-over is in (layllfrht. Connects at Lan caster. S. (’.. with trains on the L. X C. |{. i;., for ( hestcr, with a lay-over of a li! t ie over three hours, and eonnects at Camden, S. ( .. with the Charleston Division of the Southern By., for all points South. Trains No. Ti leaving Camden at 12:05 p. m. •joinu North makes close connection at Lan caster, S. with the I. X C. B K., for Ches ter, S. C. Connects witli Ihe H. A. I... at Catawba .1 net ion. hotli Nor'h and South, with a lay over of about six hours. Con- neetsut Bock Hill with Inin No. 54 on tin* Southern By., troiu/ North. This fives a lav over of live hours In dayliitht at Bock Hill, which will prove a pleasure lo passengers. Makes eonuect Ion at Yorkvillo with train on l In - C. x S'. U . B. ID. foinir Soulh, and makes •-lose connnctlon al Ulaeusburj* with train No. I.’ on the Southern By.foinf North. Also with I h«* Y.*stlhule train on tlieSouth- erii Bv-. foliif North. Trafn No. II. leavinir Blaokshiir;- at s:lu a. m.. will get pass''lifers from tin* South from 1 rain No. Vi on the Southern Builwiy for all points Ih'I weell Blacksluirg and Mar ion. V ('., and will eonneel al Marion. V ('., wit Ii tin Souihcrn Bailway. Iioth East anil Wist Train No. I'.’, leavinir Marion al 4:45, after the arrival of the Southern By. train from Ihe West, makes ko* d connection at Hlacksburjr with the Southern By., lu both d i rt'clions. s\mit;i..iii NT, President. A. TIlll’P, Superintendent. H. It. LI MPlil.V UeuT. PuDkeugcr Agent. is •y* Condcnted Schedule of Pat'engor Tralitb In Effect June 11th, 1899. Northbound. No. 12 Dally Lv. Atlanta, C.T. 7 50 a " Atlanta, E.T. 8 6J a ** Norcrott* 9 30 a “ Buford. 10 05 a “ Gainesville... lo 3.5 a ’’ Lula 10 58 a “ Cornelia 11 25 a Ar. Mt. Airy 11 3J a Lv. Toecoa 11 53 a “ Westminster 12 31 in Yes* “ Seneca 12 52 p " Central 1 4tJ p “ Greenville... 384 p| “ Spartanburg. !i;)7 pj “ Gaffneys " Blacksburg .. “ King's Mt “ Gastonia 5 25 p| Lv. Charlotte.. Ar. Ureeusb >ro Lv. G reensborO. j Ar. Norfolk . |. Ar 1 )nn vide 1 Ar. Kieinnoud ... Ar.Washington .j. “ Hnilin'e PRH.i. “ Philadelphia.;. “ New York ...|. No. 38 Daily. 1‘2 GO in 1 00 P 2 22 P 2 42 P 8 GO p 8 3J P 4 13 1> 5 22 1) II 13 p 0 40 P 7 02 . . P 8 18 p 10 47 P 11 « P 8 20 a 1 i .’*1} p| 0 00 u (1 42 1 a 8 UU as 10 15 a 12 43 m 1 No. IH Ex. Sun. 4 85 p 5 95 ji fl 2»p 7 u»|> 7 43 p if It) p H 35 p 8 40 p t) 05 p 1st. Al 1 No. M Daily. 11 80 p 12 50 a 1 30 * 2 25 a 2 50 » 3 42 a 4 20 a 4 37 a 5 02 a 5 50 fi 45 7 25 7 42 8 05 8 28 9 25 >1 12 Oti p i t: ti 8ft | 9 05 111 25 j 2 56 , ti 23 Houthbmiud. rw.y. v p.ii.'ii. “ Philadelphia “ Baltimore... " Washington. Lv. Hichinoinl.. Lv. Dnuvillu . Lv. Norfolk. Ar Greensboro. 1st .511 Yes. No. II No. 35 No. 37 Daily Daily. Duilv. j \2 I.) a 3 50 u C 23 a 4 .O p 6 55 p 9 20 p : H 15 a 10 45 p if 0!nn 11 00 p II 00 p 6 0'. 1 pi 5 50 jt 1 610 a .... | 8 35 p .. .... 5 15 a .., T Lv Hrecnsboro Ar. ('harlot lu ... Lv. Gastonia " King's Ml .. “ Blacksburg . " Gaffneys *• Spartanburg “ G1 ecu ville... “ Cent nil “ Si iicch “ Westminster *• Toecoa ** Mt. Airy .... “ Cornelia “ Lula “ Gamosvlll#.. ** Buford Norcruss 7 24 p 7 ho >*. 7 37 a, dObO p 9 25 ai 12 05iii' 10 49 p 10 07 a 1 12 p! I ! 1 38 pi 11 31 p I.) 45 a 2 01 p 11 4»1 p 10 58 a 2 24 p 12 2ii all 34 it 3 15 p 1 25 a 12 ») pi 4:<0 |> “.lT. 6 32 p 2 38 1 p 5 45 p ’ " . 8 00 p ! _LLi-. 8 17 a 2 18 p, 8 30 p; OO., a .... 7 12 p » 3 00 p 7 10 p 'f 35 '• | 4 08 n b 18 p; 7 3* pj 6 57 * 3 37 pj 8 2s jt 7 2J • : b 10 p 7 4s * j 9 15 p 8 27 * 4 30 a 4 . r i0 a 5 25 a 1 . . Ar. Atlanta, K. T. 6 10 u 4 55 plOOOp 930 s Ar. Atlanta, C. lv 5 10 a 3 55 p 9 00 p 8 20 * "A” a. m "l*” p. in. "M" noon. "N" night. Chesapeake Line Steamers in (lady service bet ween Norfolk and Da tinioi o. Nos. 07 and38—Daily. Washington and South western Vestibule Limited. Through Dullnri'i •leeping cars between New York and New tn- leans, via Washington, Atlanta and Moutgont •ry. and also Is*tween New York and Memphis, vinWiisliington,Atlanta and Birmingham. A: -4 elegant CULLMAN LiBBAKY OHSKBVA- TION CABS between Atlanta and New York. First dnss thoroughfare coaches lietweea Wash ington and Atlanta. Diningcars serveali ine.T.l en route. Pullman drawing-room sleeping carl between Wreenslsjro and Norfolk. Close •-o'1 ueetion at Norfolk forOLD POINTCl>MFOR i\ Nos. 35 and 3ii—United State* East Mull runs solid Is* ween Washington and New (Or leans, via Southern Kailway. A. & W. P. K. It. and L. to N. K. K., being composed of Isiggag* car and coaches, through without change for j assengers of all classes. Pullman (irawimi room sleeping cars between New York and New Orleans, via Athintuund Montgomery a.1 i between Ciiurlotte and Birmingham. AHo Pullniau Drawing Uoom Buffet Sleeping Curt between Atlanta and Asheville, N.C. Lcaviiif Washington each Tuesday and Friday, • tourist sleeping cur will run through between Washing!...1 and San Francisco without oliaiigo, Dining cars serve all nieahs enrouto. Nos. 11,33 . 34 and 13 Pullniau sleenfirg car* between Kicliinoudaiid < 'hurlol te, vi 1 lain vibe, MiuihlKitind No*. 11 and 33, northbound No* 34 and 12 FRANKS. GANNON. J. M CULP. Third V P. to ti. i, Mgr., Traffi. M'c'r. Washington, D. C. Washington, D. GL W A. TUKK, S. H HARDWICK, Ucn'lPnss Ag't , Asa'tUou'l Pus*. Ag't.. Yt aaUuuOou. D. U AUauM. <4%