Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'Pit 10 Iwl01>0101*. $1.00 per Year. TI'KSPAY AND KK1DAY BY Ko! H. PkCamp. PUHL1RMK1) Tun IjKDUKu in not responsible for tho views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri- Vute regular news letters must fur- nigh their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to tho point to insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. All correspondence should bo ini- dressed to Rd. H. DoCnmp. Manager. Obituaries will be published at live cents a line. ... . , Cards of thanks will bo published at one cent a word. Heading notices will bo tmblished at ten cents a line each insertion. to be at- Till: I IUAKKTTK. The liny cigarette refuses downed. In spite of frequent tempts to crush it out of existence it still retains its wonted equanimity, its enemies fire broadside after broadside into it and from the sup posed wreck it bobs up serenely again, with colors Hying and all the confidence of victory perched on its hrow. It lias been assailed from the pulpit with all the power which eloquence could command. Its bane ful influence on body, mind and soul has been expatiated on time and again by pulpit orators. It has been denounced by them as an emmisary of the Devil—the destroyer of all things good—the “no plus ultra of all things bad. The power of the press has been exerted against it in vain. Whole columns of newspapers have been tilled with graphic pen pictures of its victims turning all the colors of the rainbow in rapid succession, and dying in horrible convulsions. The strong arm of the law has been called into requisition to accomplish its overthrow—State and municipal governments have united in their ef forts to protect tho youths of our land against this evil and to success fully veto the further existence of the cigarette. Stringent laws have been enacted, making its manufacture and sale to minors a misdemeanor punish able by a heavy fine or imprisonment. The heaviest batteries of medical science have been turned loose against it and after an ineffectual bombardment have been at length silenced by the mocking echo of their own guns—and still the cigarette lives, moves and has its continual being. It generously forgives its enemies, pities their weakness and ignorance and continues on in the even tenor of its way. 11 still visits the hut and the palace with an equal assurance of welcome. It is still the bosom friend, the inseparable companion ol the rich and the poor, the high and the low. It continues to hold its position as the banisher of loneliness, the true and tried com forter in sorrow, the never failing source of relief in troubles and vexa tions of spirit. Its gentle, soothing self-satisfying influence it continues to exert without the least fear of successful opposition. It blames not the world nor despises it, nor the war of the many with one, for it has decidedly the best of the tight and cun therefore afford to he generous. The noise of the strife grows fainter, the strength of the allied forces is visibly declining—there are great gaps diseetnable in their ranks— whole battalions have fallen down, weary with the fight. Some of the medical gunners have even deserted their comrades and joined forces with their lone enemy. The cigar ette forgives their youthful and receives them as a true does ids prodical son. The which has been rnging“loud and long” is nearly over—now and then the al lies rally and a few stray shots are heard in the distance but “Die day of their destiny is over”—their sun is setting, their smoke is’rising, and be neath it is seen the cigarette, calmly viewing the scene of carnage, un- scarred, happy, triumphant. NOTKS AND COM AIK NTS. forgotten that there was a Dreyfus trial save as a matter of history. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Wo cannot understand why The State and the Greenville News should so far forget, themselves as to make use of the language they have re cently been guilty of using In ex pressing contempt for Senator li!l- man. True, tho Senator’s varacity istaintcdhut what care he? 1 hose papers should have judgement enough to know that all Mr. Iillinan desires is the loaves and fishes and if the majority of the people are will ing we have no doubt hut that he will get all that it is possible for him to get. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Our farmers are complaining as they have never complained before. It is true that the prospects are in deed gloomy for anything like an average crop this year and it may he cut down fit) per cent. We trust that such will not be the case, how ever. Hut can we expect good crops every year? Certainly not. There fore we should be thankful for what we get and look forward with hope fulness for a better season next year. If all our pathway through life was strewn with roses we would not be able to endure the rough places along life’s highway. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ For the first time in years South Carolina has for a governor a man who is exercising common sense. Among the creditable things Governor McSweeuey has done since he has been in office none shine brighter than his common sense exercise of the pardoning power, his reduction of the constabulary force, his orders to sheriffs and their deputies to arrest violators of the law without waiting for him to offer rewards and his call upon town and city authorities to enforce the dispensary law. Wo are opposed to the dispensary law but so long as it remains upon the statutes we believe it is the duty of every city and town ollieiel to help carry it out. The printer-governor is to be e.om- mende d. YeaniliiK tin- t iiMltalutililr. “The howling of a dog is a sure sign of disaster.” “Oh, l don't know. Sometimes it is only a sign that the cat lias run up a t ree. Chi ea go 11 eeon 1. Accuiiiulntionx. Old Friend—And have you succeeded in laying up anything? ITisuccessful Merchant—Nothing but a lot of line grudges.—Indianapolis Journal. errors father battle The wheat growers convention at Greenwood last week was notable for the absence of “the man with tho hoe,” and the presence of a large number of theoretical farmers and professional politicians. We would Itave been glad had it not been so. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Editor Marshall announced in the last issue of the Gastonia Gazette that the paper has been turned over to Mr. W. M. Greer, formerly of Due West, who will conduct, it in the future. We wish both Mr. Greer and Mr. Marshall good luck and can only say that if the new editor will keep the paper to the high standard at tained by the old one it will he good enough to go into the home of any one. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Dreyfus trial is drugging along without any apparent genuine inter est. The world looks on and hopes for acquittal while it does not believe that the court martial will have the magnanimity to confess that the military power of France was in er ror in its previous rulings. Some how or other it will all end and in a few years at best the world will have llciuitipx of St. nt-rnurd Pnna. The writer, in describing tho perilous journey over the St. Bernard pass, in pari says: “We see a little trickle of water start from a snowbank and swell, fed by clashing streams, great and small. Some of these fall from heights a mile above ns, tinkling and sparkling and biding here and there, but linally reaching the valley. Pink crocuses star the fields, and barberry bushes, on tire witli berries, line the wayside. The scenery grows richer; there are more cultivated Helds; houses begin to ap pear on every ledge; now and then a fine tower of some mediaeval castle rose above the trees; then the silvery gray olive, the fantastic vineyards; the swarms of black eyed, dirty chil dren begging; all tell of Italy. Under a burning sun and covered with dust we reach Aosta, tired and hungry, hut rich in elevated thoughts, aspirations and pleasant memories of our varied and interesting experiences.”—National Magazine. I.iternry NotP. Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls has written for The Saturday Evening Post, of Philadelphia, two valuable papers upon the later career of Presi dent Garfiel 1. These articles, writ ten by a man who knew Mr. Garfield in his youth, and afterward saw at close range his public acts, constitute what is perhaps the most dispassionate and judicial estimate of the man ever made. Mr. Ingalls’ brilliant prose, enlivened by anecdote and strength ened by first-hand knowledge, is well worthy of his subject. In connec tion with these papers, fac-similes of unpublished letters from Mr. Gar field’s physicians will be printed. The lirst of these papers will appear in the Post of August 2(*. In the same issue will be found contributions by Ian Muclared, Har riet Kiddle Davis, Julian Ralph and Charles Butt ell Loomis. A TIioiimuimI Tongupit Could not express the rapture of An nie K. Springer, of 1125 Howard st,, Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption had completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her no help, but she says ol this Royal Cure—“it soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now sleep soundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. 1 feel like sounding its praises throughout the Pniverse.” So will every one who tries Dr. Ding’s New Discovery for any trouble of tho throat, chest or lungs. Price 50c. and Trial bottles free at Cherokee Drug St<Jre : every bottle guaranteed. Chester has received her first hale of new cotton. Two in one day, with two more heard from, (Quickly cure constipation and re build and invigorate the entire sys tem—never gripe or nauseate—De- Witt’s Little Early Risers. Chero kee Drug Company, Gaffney, S. C., and It. S. Withers, Blacksburg, H. C. RUacntft Your liowrU With Canraretii. (’aiHly Cathartic, cure constipation forever. !0(, Stc. It C. C. C. (ail, druggists refund money, THE UTEST COT TON MILL NEWS. Items of Interest to Textile Workers. OPERATIVE PERSONALS The Im|ir<>vt'iii<-iitN mid Advanccmcntx of the runt Week In Norllimid South Caro lina Cotton Mill* mid llonlery Kttcto- rh'tf, CD'. | Soul lied ii and Western Text ile kxeelslnr.l T.J. Smith, formerly of Burling ton, N.C., has moved to Concord, N. C. Allen T. Brown has changed from Newberry, S. C., to tho Richland Mills, Columbia, S. C. C. H. Hurley, loomfixer has changed fron Lancaster, S. C., to Union, S. C., Mills No. 2. The Willardvill, Hosiery Co., Ital- eigh, N. C., are now running extra time at nights to till their press of orders. Boss spinner C. B. Suttles has re signed at tiie Victor Cotton Mills, Charlotte, and his second hand Jus. Knight is now tilling his place. The Cheraw, S. C., Chronicle says thatCheraw is not only going lo have a cotton factory, but the indications now are that she will have two. C. B. Carr is assistant superintend ent of the Bamberg. S. C.. Colton Mills, of which W. G. Smith is presi dent, treasurer, and superintendent. T. M. Jennings lias removed from Mebane, N. C., to Franklinsville, N. C., and accepted a position with the Randolph Manufacturing Company, as boks weaver. C. R. Day has resigned as overseer of carding and spinning at the Edge- field, S. C., Cotton Mill and accepted charge of the spinning at the Bam berg, S. C.. Cotton Mill. On leaving the superintendency of the Cabarrus Mills, Concord, N. C., on Aug. loth, W. B. Cole was pre sented with a beautiful gold ring, garnet settings, by the operatives. Frank McDaniel, an operative in Fairfield Mills, Winnsboro, S. C., was held up by four negroes one night last week and robbed of $20. He was on the way to the station to take a train. W. F. Cox and others of Anderson, S. C . have applied for a charter to build a $50,000 spinning or cotton oil mill there. Mr. Cox has been working up the enterprise for some time, and has been successful. Superintendent Thos. E. Mitchell, of the Charleston, S. C., Cotton Mills, lias been joined by his w ! fe, (nee Miss A. B. Marina!, stenographer at the Lowell Textile school) who came on from Lowell a few days ago. Mr. Mitchel was a student in the Lowell- school. J. R. Neisler, the veteran cotton mill superintendent of Rock Hill, S. C., who retired from the factory several years ago to go into tho cot ton ginning business, has been quite successful. He is said to ipako sev eral thousand dollars a year and his working season is of course short. The Caraleigh Mill Company. Ral eigh, N. C., gave a barbecue and Brunswick stew dinner to their 250 employes, together with about 50 stockholders and invited guests Sat urday last. It was a jolly crowd, and if any one went away hungry it was not the fault of tho company or Bry ant Smith who prepared and served the lay out. Capt. William Hunter, Jr., was in Central, S. C., last week, looking up subscriptions lo a projected cotton mill on Twelve Mile river, a few miles from there and just above the Norris Cotlon Mills. He has $50,000 already pledged from one man, a Spartan burg capitalist, besides several thousand at home. The success of the enterprise seems to he assured. The Crescent Colton Mills, Rock Hill, S. C., have elected R. Lee Kerr President and Treasurer and W. C. Hutchison Secretary. These gentle men with A. H. White and U. Hutchi son (the former treasurer) are the directors. Their plans for revamping the mill (formerly the Rock Hill Cot ton Factory) will he promptly carried out, and they will be manufact iring goods by Thanksgiving. The cotton mill movement at Hick ory, N. C., have crystallized into one $50,000 company with tho following principal local stockholders; A. A. Shuford, President First National Bank; C. Geitner, President Burke County Bank ; G. H. Geitner, mana ger Piedmont Wagon Co.; C. II. Geitner, manager of a largo tannery. They are to commence building us soon as a site is selected. M. 1). Harris, who has been boss carder at the Clinton, S. C., Cotton Mills for five months, previous to which lie was with the Poe Mill, Greenville, over a year, has now re moved to Forest City, X. C., tojtake charge of the carding in the Florence Cotton Mills. More pay was the cause of each change. The card room at Clinton is now run by J. B. Wright, son of the superintendent, who joins his father in the same capacity ns at the American Spin ning Mill, Greenville. The second hand at the latter mill has now been made boss carder. A new $50,000 company has been incorporated to take over the old Walker <fc Miller Cotton Mill at Arlington, 8. C. The new company is named the Arlington Cotton Milts, the new owners being Geo. T. Walker and J. J. Miller of Arlington, and J. L. Sexton and (). A. Robbins of Char lotte, X. 0., and A. B. Grace, Dun cans, S. C. Tho mill has been run ning since before the war, having 1,0(H) old cop spindles and tit! looms on osnubtirgs and yarns. The new company have closed down the plant to overhaul it and equip it with now machinery. It will be made a weav ing mill entirely, and later on a large cotton mill will bo erected there by the now company, us tho water power is u very fine one. LIFE IN THE ARCTIC. CITY AND COUNTY CONGLOMERATED, ADVENTURE AND EXPLORATION IN ] FRANZ-JOSEF LAND. —j — Pour MonOin «>f Noll,! N'lulit Kvrry Y •■nr (he S|ilrl(n iin.l XI n r- I ,l«*r M«*,*|» — A Iltiut—Trylnig J KliM't nut Dm* In I li«r T<‘iii|M‘ritl urc'. Life in the nrctio is a serious matter, and one net to tie lightly undertaken. Never to sleep in a bed for three years, or even in a bunk—snob as our prison ers enjoy—is merely a bagatelle, as tho floor and a reindeer skin made a capital substitute. Looking hack on tho experi ence of 1,000 days spent in tho most northerly inhabited hut in tho world— for our quarters were on the eightieth degree north latitude—1 certainly tliink our greatest enemies were perpetual darkness and want of companionship. For six men to be boxed up three years in a lint 20 feet long by 20 foot wide and only 7 feet high, never seeing any other being nor hearing a scrap of news, is a trying existence, yet I can unhesitatingly say no jollier or happier little party ever lived in northern lati tudes. Four mouths of solid night every year lias, however, a depressing effect not only on the spirits, but on the appe tite, and it also destroys sleep. Morn ing, noon and night become unrecog nizable, merged into one endless gloom, and but for the welcome advent of the moon onco a month, when tho sky was sufficiently clear for us to enjoy her rays, wo lived in ublackness thodreari- uess of which is indescribable. As tho schoolboy counts tho days to tho holidays, so wo counted tho hours till the return of tho sun, and even as tho lirst rays became visible vmr spirits rose, and existence altogether wore a different complexion. Then exercise be came enjoyable, instead of that dreary daily trudge round a given circle in the dark. With the return of the light we felt new life and energy. And yet the climate of Fran'/.-Josef Land, even in the spring, would not suit all tastes. For example, out of 55 days’ sledging, ending in May, IS'.tT, Mr. Albert Armi- tago and l enjoyed only Dlj-h tolerably clear clays! Driving snow, wind and bitter cold were general, for, bo it un derstood, in all those three years tho thermomett r never rose higher than 11 degrees above freezing point, and 70 to 80 degrees below that point was quite common. They say eels get used to skinning. Well, wo may have faiily got used to wind, mist and snow, hut wo hardly liked it! Occasionally a hear hunt would give us some diversion. I always allowed two or three dogs, which showed some aptitude for bear hunting, to run'looso during the winter and had one dog, Nimrod, tied to a rough kennel just outside tho hut. These dogs would get on the track of a hear on the Hoe and set up a harking. Nimrod would take up tho chorus and thus let us know what was going on. One of my men and I would then set off in chase with our rifles and, guided by the cry of the dogs, stumble through the mist and darkness over the Hoes. After proceeding a mile or so, gradually tho noise would become more and more distinct, and some small dark objects jumping around a large yellow one from which* proceed loud hisses i snarls, wotdd appear in sight. A halt is then called to enable us recover our wind after a rough and tumble pursuit. Tho bear in tbo meantime has been engaged in making rushes at tho dogs, ono of whom, with his tail tucked be tween his legs and looking as if ho had seen things ho would gladly forget, runs up to where we are standing. We then separate and advance from opposite points until within about ten yards of our game, my rule being to Approach the animal until the outlines of his head could be distinctly made out. lie appears to be a little undecided us to whether to charge us or to heat a retreat, but a dog, taking advantage of bis indecision and encouraged by our presence, makes insolent remarks almost in his ear, and the hear dashes round to retaliate. ’At the same moment two shots ring out, and poor Mr. Bear rolls over dead. One of us then returns to the hut to bring out a slbdgo party to haul him in. We drag him into a canvas hut. reserv ed for hear skinning during tho dark ness, and remove his skin and cut up the carcass into convenient joints. Tho dense atmosphere caused by tho rising steam in the intensely cold air suggests a laundry in full swing. Tho fluctuations in tho temperature were very trying. Frequently with tho onset of a southeast gale it rose from 10 degrees below zero to 2S degrees above within hours—altering our garments, which bad previously been frozen as hard as sheets of galvanized iron, so that it took us hours to get into them, to a state of noisome moistness, and ev erything inside tho tent would be in a condition of drip. Down again would go the t- uipurature, and tho rockiness of our clot! es and equipment would he in creased. This addition of moisture and ice in our clothes, besides being incon venient and uncomfortable, greatly in creased our weights. To give an in stance, my militza(fur jumper), which on leaving the hut weighed a little under 10 pounds, on our return scaled nearly 80 pounds. Tho rises of temperature and consequent wet in tho tent caused our furs to rot, and tbo stench made thereby was absolutely indescribable.— “Days In tho Arctic,” by Frederick G. Jackson, in Harper's Magazine. Local News from Town and Country TOO SHORT FOR A HEAD Mill None Too Short lo Mention, lloixe They Are Dolled Down For Oniek ICeiid- Int; hy lltiny l.edi;er 1‘illroiiN Who Are I’reHHCd for Time. 'I bis is a good time to buy wood for the winter. Cherokee has nine prisoners in jail and eleven convicts on the chain gang. Otiito a number of city people at tended the meeting at Corinth last week. THE BUTTERFLY AND THE ROSE. ' Jn ,i u.'ii ilen finti d, forlorn, Where the d>hl„' iiii'.uinn tdffhed. Whs the last while bulti rily horn. He sought a rosa for his bride. The last white ros* drooped \m nil Where the thorn writl/ed leulle s mid s;t4 He ki--e<l her roll, laded cheek And bade her love and lie glad. Hut the grief of the dying year He drank mVi 1, her seeated bn nth, And he knew as Ids wi g - dru.. ; ..,r That hi. ki-s \v:is the k:- ■ ( di otli. - Pull M;dl (:u/s tte. If you have a poor stand of turnips plant again plenty of time for a good crop yet. A protracted meeting lias just closed at EibcLhcl at which there were seven converts and si number reclaimed. L. Baker is going right ahead with the work on the power house for the waterworks, and will push it with his usual vigor. Rev. D. \V. Thomasson preached at Grassy Bond Sunday in place of Rev. C.M. Teal, who was kept away l)}' sickness in his family. Capt. Jas. T. Coyle, was in tiie city Saturday. lie says the county chain gang is at work in \\ bite Mains township now 1ms eleven men on it, all in good health, and that the gang is making tho rough places smooth. Those connected with new enter prises in the city and county are just like our (’herokeeans, prudent in not talking too soon. The 'Ledger how ever is in possession of iulormation which assures us of their early com ing. The good people of Draytonville, ever active in good works, an making all necessary preparations fur the meeting of (lie Broad River Associa tion which convenes are their church four miles east of Gaffney next Tues day. Tho protracted meeting at Corinth was attended Ivy large congregations ail last week. (lev. Ales; rs. Thomp son ami Samples did earnest work and the meeting closed Sunday with a number of acquisitions to the church. * o o 6 o 6 6 6 p o 10 " 0 :: o-x o-x-oo ;; o .: o :: o x O-:: o :: O c CHADD . ; Hy Wili am E i TELMAN S S^Uary , Gladwin. AMBITION. A Shiftless Boy Becomes at) l.ncrgeiic Alau. o 6 6 6 6 o Ail Gaffney is rejoicing at tin progress the city is making tired thousand doiiars will he spent on buildings now being erected in the city. All of them lir.st-class and most of them superior to any hitherto built in Gaffney. Barnett S. Lipscomb is with Capt. C, L. Kingsley’s corps of engineers near Camden helping to make a rail road survey for the Seaboard Air Lino. This is not new work for ney and being a hard worker Ik make it good showing. '/. o x o x o * o x o x o:: o o *:• o o c C* oj It was the middle of May, and the j belated last lecture of the course was lo he given in Wilburg. “Here, Cliadd,” said old Esek Ham- j haw, holding out a bit of pasteboard. | “Here's a ticket for that then.* lecture. J All about ambition, that lecture is - 'tlit; right kind of ambition and how to ! get it and how to keep it.” The big 17-year-old boy looked in- j differently at Mr. Ilarnitavv, and ditl i not offer to take the ticked. “Squire Iluviek, him they call ‘Old Crusty,’ you know, he give it to me ami told me to give it lo the most vvutliless and amldtionless' fellow in Nov, ii. I told hint I'd give it to you, lull 1 had my doubts about your takln it. Kv, n if you did take it. I said, 'twould I"- only to tear it to pieces in them big, lazy lingers of yours. Says i, ‘S.iuire, it isn't no sort of use givin it to him.' But the squire he just humped up his shoulders and went off. Some says liumpin up your shoulders means one thing, and some says it moans another. 1 took it to mean he .didn't think nuudi of you, nohow.” There was a Hash of temper in the boy's eyes, lie reached out abruptly and took the ticket. II" did not tear it in pieces, however. Instead, ho slouch ed off down the street, holding it tigiii- ly in his hand. Meddlesome old Ksek looked after him. “Now, wouldn't it lie a great note if lie wont to that lec ture?” he said to himself. “’Twould mortify me eonsiderable if he did, a*ft- <*r me a-prognostientiug to the squire •so positive.” The hoy lounged r.n. Sudd, nly Die fifliiie Lien Ihul was agitating old LNek Mi ruck him. Yonder was tin* church j where tho lecture was to be given, i W hat if he should go? Ih* paused a ! moment and looked down at tin' tidc- j **1 in his hand. It was almost lime for ’I Hi" lecture to begin. Then he raised rapid j t.js head will) derision. "‘Tiie most A linn- wuthiess and ambitionless fellow in town’ will go to the lecture,” lie said «s lie entered tin' church. apologized l annli! Iiumbty. "I’m so tired and nervous I can't seem to hold on to ’em.” "Tired and nervous!” said her aunt. “A young girl like you!" “Never mind, i'annie,” whispered Uiiadd when liio aunt bad lift Hie room for a moment, “I’ll take care of you.” At which Fannie looked her a lon- ishment. “I mean it.” said Uhndd. "I’ve bad my resting spell, and you musi have yours.” Next door to their mini's homo was a little empty house of three rooms, surrounded by au acre id' ground. K belonged to Squire iluviek. Tiie boy swallowed the resentment that rose in Ids mind when lie remembered that reported shrugging of the squire's shoulders. “I'm going to ask to rent it,” he said. “Fannie's my ambition, and Fannie must have a door to stand and look pretty in. 'tin* lecturer said, 'Don't let fancied snubs and slights, or even real ones, hinder you froui rd- vatieiug to ward your mark.’ I'm not going to. t il go to the squire this morning while neni's a packing.” lie went, and as he unfolded Ids ■plans lo Mr. iluviek lie was surprised to find a sympathetic listener. "Maybe old Ksek didn't knew what lie was talking a bent,” thought Giiadd. Three days later the aunt left town. “I'anniq can get a place to work out over to Chubb's if site wants to," she said. “And I don’t feci no call to wor ry about a gnat bulking fellow like you. Ckadd. Mebbo, when you get hun gry enough, you'll go to work.” “Goodby,” answered Ciiadd solemn ly. "My, lie give me the creeps the way he said that,” mused the aunt, as her train sped on its way. “Kind of made me feel I hadn't done my duty by him. wher so far as I see, 1 never had none.” “Well, sir, that there lazy Chadd has gone to ivorkin for the squire,” pro claimed <dd Ksek a day later. “I wouldn’t think the squire would have nothin to do with him.” Another day passed. “Cltadd's tak ing half of bis pay in renting that there little old house of the squire's,” announced ol>I Ksek. “I guess the squiie knows what he's about, after all. Hadn't had a renter for quite a spell.” The aunt bad been gone throe months, when tin,* little house begun lo ta on a eozv air. Chadd worked ear- iar- w i! I Hi v. 1 >. I hiv'ulson held a pro- t meted meet 'tig at inaverdatn, home church, la.-t week. Mr. David son is a good preacher and his high character and known piely adds force to his work wherever a church is fortunate enough to get his services. May He it ISni,I>ucl* An alleged new liapimel picture has been discovered at the exhibition of sacred art at Como. In one of the gal leries of the exhibition there is a pic ture representing “Tho Massacre of the Innocents,” tielonging to Dr. Bion- di of Buvia. A number of artists, at tracted by the beauty of the painting, formed a committee to examine it at tentively. Tiie surface of the canvas was carefully scratched in the spot where the signature was expected to be, and below the varnish was found the signature itaph. YUHl and the year MDX. The picture would, there fore, belong to the beginning of the last decade of Raphael's life, lie hav ing died in 1520. It is believed that the picture was bought toward tho middle of the seventeenth century at a sale of a cardinal’s possessions. To Cure Count l|>ut Ion l orovcr. Tiiltc Oaxcarcts Cunitv Catliartic. Ido orCSc. If C. O. C. tall lo cure, druggists refund money Subscribe for The Ledger. Rev. E. C Hickson began a pro tracted mee ting at Mount Baran last Sunday. Mr. Hickson is one of the ablest preachers in tho state. His profound learning, large store of information, good practical sense, groat industry and piety make him a power for good wherever he goes. J. F. FincKon has moved his bakery tnun the \V. A. Beeler building to the Baker bakery opposite The L dger office, lie will run a delivery wagon for tiie convenience of his customers. Fincken is a good baker, liis bread and cakes will compare with any body’s Imt we have never tried his Washington pie. There will he an excursion from Shelby to Guat Island Thursday. A number of Gaffney people will meet them at the island and the second nines of Shelby and will cross bats. Lot as many Gaff ney people as possibly can go down and greet tiie Shelby folks and give them a good time. William, tho little soti of Air. and Airs. J. D. Goudlock. was painfully hurt yesterday morning hy a horse running over him. The little fellow was leading tho horse when tiie ani mal run over him. The timely atten tion of Dr. G. A. Jefferies brought tiie little fellow around all ri^lit ami he is little the worst oil for his expe rience. Irritating stings, bites, scratches, wounds and cuts soothed and healed hy DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve,—a sure and safe application for tor tured flesh. Beware of counterfeits. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, S. C., and R. S. Withers, Blacksburg, S. C. •K.ij.i.mo puusvqox - 4 .'J H •spurn yni-ais u„ .to ...lojqq is ippRs «„ >|.)U]S jo p.»|iuj pnq ■Ji q] ono si! SHAl -»l| ‘.(UUtMA'l S.OjUJUlOp t! JO A'UOlOIIOlU .ffoiiamfpmi oip ojut pasdtq piq ‘ipump oi(l u| HiouRiunddi: Hiotitmuod t: po.vjoo -o.i joaou oq jt pun ‘A'tniniaotltlo puij ppioo oq su .fjsnoj.lBA poqoi.’o.'.d ‘oJt.iuqD u pioquAV joqouo.Kl u jo ‘jo’io|jt:q -o.nl it os 'potionopm jj'*! pmj joqiouu putt ono psq.u oiqqnjs oqj itiojj joint;* put! qoiqd .to ino pm? 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From ehild- boed lie and bis twin sister, Fannie, fin I lived at the edge of town with n ttiiseily old uedo end aunt who never hud made it of anv advantage to the children to work. However much they toiled, they had no reward but scant food and patched and frayed clothing. Fannie was si HI held down to toil by the miserly aunt, hut Ctcnld had re belled. He did the most neeessary of rhe heaviest work about the place and the remainder of the time idled about the town. "Time 1 had a resting spell, 1 guess,” he told himself, “if mule and aunt had hired anybody else to Work the way they made me work for nothing ’twould have Cost ’em some thing, now, I warrant you.” Nobody knew of these thoughts that filled the hoy’s mind, for he was no talker. And lie was misjudged by tii ose who look only on appearances, as many another person has been. Chadd had never heard a lecture tie- fore, but hi* had enough instinctive sense of the proprieties to sit up straight in his seat and give the speak er his atteuiiou. Soon lie was lost to his surroundings. When tiie lecture was over, witli a sigh Chadd arose with tiie rest of the audience and passed out of the church. “I’ll do it,” he said, its he stumbled along the iil paved street that led to his home. “I’ll 1 get me an ambition tomorrow. ‘Set ., i your mark,’ tiie lecturer said. And to morrow I m going to set it. Tiie next morning he rose and me chanically did the heavy work he had taken for his share and then set off for the town. All day ho loafed and loitered, to ail appearances the same boy that in* had been the day before. “Lecture didn’t do him no good, if lie did go,” commented old Ksek Harn- haw. “Reckon lie Just went out of spite, anyhow. That was a kind of a dare I give him, and it runs in the Etteinian blood not to take a dare.” Ami all the time Cliadd, with his undisciplined mind, w as thinking hard. He had no conceit. No glorious visions of future advancement and splendor for himself dazzled him. Ho was liter ally at sea. He could find no ambition. It was late In the afternoon, and he Wits passing along the street that was lined with the better class of resi dences, when a door just opposite him opened, and a pretty girl stood th‘. to looking out upon him. A moment Chadd gazed, almost open mouthed. Not at the gill before him. Suddenly his ambition had come to him. In the phot* of the pretty girl In* saw his sister. Thou the' door closed, and Chadd roused himself ami walked on witli a brisk stop. He had set Ids mark. I’iinnie’s hand., were rough and red !y and info, and I'sinnle's delight in the tiny house was great. Her face had lost its fret fill look. The brother and sister hegin in stiidy a little together. "I'annie must learn,” said Chadd, “and 1 must learn, too, or I won’t know how te be proud of her. Besides, if i learn, 1 can make more money for her.” A year of earnest toil wont by. Chadd was happy. Old Ksek was amazed. "\Yho\l have thought it?” he said. ”1 do believe he re’ly has got ambition.”- Forward. The Old (arent inixlem. On May 1, 185-f, Brunei and Root- Russel began the building of the Great Eastern at Millwall, on the north side of the Thames. This immense ship will always be talked about. Site is a part of history, ami, unlike tiie majority of ships which are dead and gone, site be longs to time. Her length between perpendiculars was ONO feet and on the upper deck 002 feet. Tiie breadth of the hull was N3 feet and from paddlebox to paddlebox 1 IS feet. The depth of this great ship's hull was 00 feet; tin* weight of the iron contained in her hull, S.uoO tons, and the weight of the whole ship when fully laden, 25,000 tons. Thus loaded site drew MO feet of water. Further statistics of iter construction are etui* mis. Here w :ts a ship held together by no less than M.OOO.OOO rivets. The plates which formed her were 80,000 in num ber, and each plate weighed about a third of a ton. Olili-nt Hose Tree In the World. In the crypt of tho cathedral of 1111- desheim grows a wild rose tree, said to he l,tMio years old, whereas it is the root only, not tiie stem, which is eight centuries old, according to accurate information derived from original doc uments. A Ygoml connects this rose tree with a vow made hy the founder of the cathedral, Ludwig the Pious, and a document of the eleventh centu ry states that when Bishop Ilezilo re built tho cathedral, which had been burned down, he inclosed the roots of the rose tree within a vault which still exists, raised upon this vault the crypt and spread out tiie bran, lies of the rose tree upon the walls. The stem teas in IS 19 feet high, and tiie branches covered about 82 feet of the Oxternal crypt wall. This is said to bo Hie oldest rose tree in the world. Or Foot. “We hardly ever see any co/igresa gaiters now,” said the elderly hoarder. “That’s a fact,” said the* cheerfnl Idiot, “though I can remember when they might have been seen on every hand. ”—Indianapolis Journal. from hard work. Fannie's hair was tumbled. Fannie's face was fretful be cause tiie poor girl was always over tired. (Jhadil loved his sister, but for • he first time R occurred to him that ulie needed a resting .spell possibly more than he did. "1 wish I knew how to he!j» iter,” Ik* said. “If 1 should do half her Work for iter, ’twouldn’t do any good; Aunt would only set her more to do.” 'The next day the way to help Ids sister opened. The aunt ntimninced her determination to break up housekeep- ing and go to live in anot tier state witli In r si b r. "You t\'<» i-an look out for yoursijves,” she said. “Chadd Isn't Worth Ids salt, and you’ve broke et niigh dishes lately, Fannie, to ’most set me crazy." “I didn’t mean to break ’em, aunt,” Those Din tier*. ^ — “Don’t yon get tir?Abr being invited out to dinner samuch, old man?” “Tired and hungry I I haven’t had a iqnare meal in a month!”—Detroit Vofirnal. Dcauty Is Blood Deep. C!oan blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Uascarets, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood ami keep it clean, Ly alining up tiie lazy liver and driving all im am ities from tiie body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackhead*, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking I'ascarets,—beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, egtisfaction guaranteed, l0e,25c,50c. You should keep posted on the issues of the liny. Don’t worry your neighbor hy borrow ing his paper when you enngi t Tiik Lkimikr for $1 a year, f»0e for sii months, or 2."»e for three months. It will eep yoi posted, so order it at onee. Don’t delay.