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* / 'I'll 1C L,ICI)OICK. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. PUBIJSIIKI' TUK8DAV AND KIUDAY 8L' BSC It 11*1' ION I’KICK: Cash in advance, per year.... $1 00. On time, per year $1.50. The Ledger ia not responsible for the views of correspondents. Co r respondent8 who go not contri bute regular news letters mrst fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication ; also endeavor to got them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. CaMs of thanks will bo published at one cent a word. Heading notices will be published at ten cents a line each insertion. Obituarks will be published at five cents a line. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. NOTES AND COMMENTS. North Carolina is now engaged In a hard fight for good government, for white supremacy, for Anglo-Saxon civilization. Her cause is tbe cause of the South, and while we cannot help her with votes, let every true man in South Carolina give her his sympathy and whatever material and moral support may be possible. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The spring time lias at last come, gentle Annie, and merchants may be Idle, but every farmer worthy of his calling is doing all he can Vegeta tion has made greater advances in the last week than it made in the previous month. If the seeds were In the ground now, germination •would be quick and growth rapid. But corn and cotton, with the most favorable weather will be a full month late. This is by no means, however, a prophecy of short crops. Our government still presses the Sultan of Turkey for the $90,000 he promised. The Sultan wiggles and shuffles and delays. He says he wants to buy a war ship from the j United States, but how that would settle the debt Uncle Sam does not exactly see. It is surmised that Russia is patting bim on llie hack And.tinkering with his financial in tegrity. In the meantime our gov ernment Is getting into the humor [avorable to manufacturing a lot cf [ey morocco out of Turkish hides. »e the Sultan will pay up and stoi^Bis foolishness. One of our cottoimnills over here could pay the amount of money he owes, and run on as usual. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Interstate B. L. Association of Atlanta is still threatened with receivership, and it sends out a strong circular to policy holders urging them to sign a written protest to be produced before the court before which the petition for a receivershliip is to bo argued. We do not think that it would be wise for policy hold ers in Gaffney to sign these pre scribed protests from the fact that they know little or nothing about the condition of the Association, it would be strange if members in Atlanta who are supposed to know something of its financial condition should be attempting persistently to put it into the hands of a receiver, while it is perfectly solvent as its officers claim .t to be. The prohibitionists of South Caro lina will not down at any man’s bid ding. They have called a convention and will no doubt put out, a full state ticket. Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, of Greenville, seems to be the man who many think, is the proper man for the first place on the ticket. We still think it unwise for the prohibi tion issue to be made in the election of State officers. If the ticket be elected there will be nothing but a moral advantage gained—the ques tion will still be undecided and the buttle will have to be fought again at the polls. .Why not then, make the fight where the results will be de cisive—we mean in the election of members to the Legislator*? It seems to us that would be the eentd- ble thing to do. Tbe South is getting rich with a rapidity which no other section or country under the sun, has ever equalled. It has been estimated that in South Carolina alone, since the first of last January an amount of money representing an average of $00 000 a day bus been invested in cotton mills. It is true that a good deal of this money came from the North, but by far the larger part was money, made, owned, and Invested in South Carolina. At the present rate of accumulation, the day is not far distant when the South will far surpass the North In material re sources, and will perhaps he the richest country in tho world. With the old institutions of the South still in existence, such development would bo impossible. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Retribution is often slow, but none the less sure. There is not a more Impressive warning in Holy Writ than ’‘He sure your Mns will find you out." Almost every day brings some illustration of the truth of this warn ing, and with each illustration is as sociated tbe fact that men do not be lieve it. Capt. OborJin Carter, of the United States army, who de frauded the government out of a mil lion or two, after having held justice at bay for live years and exhausted every means of defence that ingen uity sharpenened by the dread of bis impending fate could devise, has at last been regularly installed in the Leavenworth penitentiary, where ho will serve out his sentence of five years. He has been shaved, garbed, tagged, and assigned to cell while he himself ia 2,091. The epaulettes, the gold lace, the red sash, the glittering buttons, and all the insignia of rank and pride have beer, exchanged for the garb of a fel on, and the proud uffic< r <s no longer even a man, but the mere number 2,094 Such a case is a living illus tration of another declaration of scripture, ‘‘The way of the trans gressor is hard." ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Pacolet Manufacturing Com pany lias decided to build a large cot ton mill at Guinsville, Ga. This fact has nothing unusual on its face, bat it carries with it a meaning of deep significance. The meaning in plain Engli.-h is, that the mills must fol low the cotton and the labor, and that both of these essentials to a suc cessful mill are becoming scarce in South Carolina. The mils in this part of the county are already spin ning far more cotton than ti e coun try produces, and owing to this fact and to the sharp competition among them, they perhaps paid as much for cotton last season as tho New Eng land mills paid. Here is one great advantage lost or neutralized. Again, the available labor for cotton mills in this part of the country is fully util- zed. If more mills are built, the labor will have to be imported, and trouble will begin. Under these circumstances it appears that the number of cotton mills in South Car olina inis about reached its legiti mate limit. This action of the Paco- let Company is probably the first step of a movement that will become general. The mills will follow the star of empire and move towards the cotton fields of the west. ItfKoi tit ions of Iti-speet Whereas, our Heavenly Father, in His all wise providence, has removed from eartii the son of our noble friend and brother, Gill Hambright and, Whereas, wc sympathize deeply with his family in their sad bereave ment ; therefore bo it Resolved 1. That we the members of Stale Line Lodge No. 875 A. F. <k A. M. extend to the family of our deceased brother our heartfelt condo lence and pray that the Noble Grand Master of tho universe will be their sweet solace in this hour of deep sor row. Resolved 2. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of our deceased brother. And also copies be sent to the Shelby and Gaffney papers for publication. Respectfully submitted, I). J. Kkktkk. J. M. Patterson. J. F. Jenkins. (’< inmittee. A Democratic DuUc. The Duke of Norfolk Is noted for his kind heart and for his utter disregard for his personal appearance. So far is he from a proud and haughty disposi tion that he is known by the tenants on his estates as ‘‘Uncle Henry.” Because of the poor clothes which he wears he has been the victim of some curious and amusing adventures. On oue oc casion he had engaged to distribute the prizes to the pupils at a convent. Instead of riding to the convent in state he walked and was met in the grounds by one of the sisters, who, judging from his appearance that he was an applicant for charity, expressed her sorrow that relief was not dis tributed on that day. “1 know, sis ter.” said the duke, ‘‘but you do dis tribute prizes, and I have come to dis tribute them for you.” Free Street Car Hidm. Mayor Hart of Boston has discovered that the employees of the municipal water department used $17,OX) worth of street ear tickets during 1899 and lias determbied to put a stop to such reckless exlravnganee. The higher employees o:' tie* department have not used the tickets when riding to and from their residences, but have pre sented them In payment of the fares of friend) and have freely distributed them for political purposes. An OiHIimIhI. Granger—.lolibois is a man who takes things as pleasantly as possible. When h* came by here this morning lie was greatly pleased to tiud my sidewalk covered with ashes, so that he could walk over It with perfect confidence. I iinuer-And when he fi ll on Snow’s walk he only remarked that he was Ihnnkfiil that Snow hadn’t s|tread any iishes, as in that case his elothes would have been soiled.—Boston Transcript. Ml o.oo Given Aw ivy. A chance for a young lady to got a $(i.00 dross $9 00 parasol or a $1.00 pair of gloves. We want all the young ladies to visit our store and give It a write up just as they observe it. We do not want any flowery letters, but just plain facts us you see them; staling anything about tlin store, the goods, help, etc To the one writing the best letter I will give a $0 00 dress; second, a $900 parasol; third, u $1 00 pair of gloves. All lellerd must he in by June Ut, niid the winning loiters will be pub lished in the June Ledger. These letters will he judged by disinterested partin', ko everyone w ill he treat* d fairly. Yours truly, U E. Wilkins. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People You Know amt People Yon Don’t Know. Hall Martin, one of The Ledger’s valued young friends of Mount I’aron, catno in to see us while in the city S iturday. Prof. Claude McArthur, of Clifton, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city with his father, Prof W F. McArthur. I). C. Phillips, one of Cherokee’s farmers who makes farming pay was it business visitor in the city Satur day. Myer Gordon, a popular young Hebrew who spent much of IPs lime her last year, accompanied by his young friend Bennie Wolfron, arrived in the city yesterday and is having a good time with his many friends here. Robert and Mrs. W. O. Lipscomb and children, arrived in the city Sat urday from East Tennessee, where t hey have been spending some months with Mr. W. O. Lipscomb on his rail road work. Thereport Mr. Lipscomb as getting on well with his work, and are themselves receiving many kind greetings by their friends in the city. E A. Trescot, of Blacksburg, made a professional visit to the city yester day. M. B. Scruggs, Esq., of Ezell, came down to the city Saturday on busi ness Mr. Scruggs is not only one of the county’s best magistrates bu* L an enterprising farmer and lumber mau and one of the most enthusiastic workers for the Cowpens park. Mrs. M. I* Scruggs, of Ezells, came in to see The Ledger Saturday. K> y It Mobley, of Sumter, was in ths city Saturday and Sunday visit ing friend-). Scott Hill, a prosperous Cherokee farmer, was in the city Saturday. II 1. Thackston, a rising young mi ! man of Lockhart, was in the city Sunday and yesterday visiting his parents, Capt. and Mrs. J. II. Thack- st m. M. M. Tate, of Webster, came up to the eUy Saturday. Mrs. M. G. Montgomery and little son are visiting relatives in Anderson. Landrum Spake was in the city Saturday afternoon. II. L Spears went to Union yester day on business. P. 11. Bright, a Thiekety Mountain farmer, came to the city Saturday. Mrs. 11 A. Douglass, of Bennetts- viile, is in the city the guest of her friend, Mrs. A. N. Wood, on Freder ick stret t. Rev. J. J. Getsinger, of Spartan burg, was in the city Saturday. G. W. Chalk, an old newspaper man, now of Ravenna, paid The L°d- g-r a pleasant visit yesterday. Mr. Chalk bus interested himself in the unwritten history of this up country and has in his possession many old papers and valuable manuscripts that if published would throw much light on the past of this country. Dr. W. J. Douglas, cf Asbury, came up to the cPy Friday. E. A. Trescott E-q .of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday on business inthe probate judge’s court. L. W, Cooper came home Friday from Lowell, N. C., where he has the contract to build a cotton miil. Mr. Cooper says lie is moving right along with the work. Yv onion .Stipitlnnicd t>y Mt-n. With can fully gleaned statistics Ed ward P.ok, in The Ladies’ Home Jour nal, slows that the number of women in business is decreasing and will eon- tluue rapidly to grow less. “The tide of women rushing pellnicll Into all kinds of business has been stemmed— in fact, it is already receding and per ceptibly so,” be contends. “It has al ready been asserted by female agita tors that the growing tendency to dis miss women from various business po sitions Is because of the opposition of men to the employment of women. On the contrary, men wore willing to have women go into business pursuits, and it was men who opened positions to them. “Undoubtedly this was largely due to the selfish business reason that wo men would work for lower wages than men. But with the lullux there neces sarily came into the business world a great deal of Incompetent female help. For a time Incompeteucy was over looked because of the lower wages- Gradually, however, there came the Inevitable weeding process, temporari ly staid by the business depression of the past few years. When prosperous times came, it was different, and It Is a very significant story which accu rate statistics tell that more women have been discharged from business positions during the past year of pros perity. even taking into consideration the larger number employed, than in any previous year.” • Her. Stock In Trnrto, The Rev. Joseph Whyte, a prominent Methodist divine, now stationed in northern California, has an exception ally bright little daughter. One day himself and wife, with tills little las- sie, aged 1 years, were riding in the cars. Two little boys, the sons of com mercial travelers, were talking to the little girls about their respective papas and what they did. One little lad said, “My papa sells shoes,” and. the other said, “Mine sells paper, and,” turning to the little girl, “what dues your, pupa soil?” For a moment the child hesitated, but, not to be outdone by hoys, she re plied with the air of a duchess, “My papa sells talk.”- Los Angeles Times. Iliinnn on CnrtoonM. Not long ago n public man who had been made the central figure in a car toon complained to Senator Hanna about the illustration, saying that he was half inclined to sue the paper for $2.',000 damages for holding him up to public ridicule. “1 wish you would,” said Senator Lianna. “If you can get $-’9,000 for that picture, it will Insure my getting about $ - J.*i.oi,o.ooo for all tin* cartoons Unit have been printed about me.” Hum No SIih-iiIc. There is nit old church lit Wauke gan, Win., which has no steeple l>e- oause of a court mandate forbidding such a constructluu. in IHli’J a severe storm swept over the town, hurling the original spire ngnlnst the houso next door und wrecking it. Tin* owner of tin* house got out an Injunction re straining the trustees of the church from building another spire, and this order bus held for 88 year*. RISKS iN TUNNELING. MystcrtotiK DnnKcrs to Be I’noonn- Willie I inter Ground. That there will soon be tunnels under tli,- East river to Brooklyn and to South Brooklyn seems to be assured. It is possible, strange enough, to forecast more closely what the engineers will encounter under the bed of the river than what they will encounter under the surface of Manhattan Island. No complete map exists of the under world of the city, with its network of severs, conduits, gas, steam and wa ter mains, while some experience al ready gained in work under the river has placed in the possession of con tractors a pretty accurate idea of its bed. They have gained this despite tho heavy tides that make core borings difficult or impossible. In the neigh borhood of Blackwell’s island the cur rent at spring tide sweeps up and down the channel sometimes at the rate of nine knots an hour. The tide runs with scarcely abated ffow almost to the turn. For only about 15 min utes is there anything like still water, and tliis is merely on top. The under current runs later than the surface, and while it may be still above the tide will be running stronger at the bottom. ’1 he geological formation of the river he*l is accounted to be the work of a double glacier that llowed from the Hudson valley by way of the Harlem, and divided on the north end of Black well's island, forming the channel on either side. Under the channel is an almost solid bed of tnetainorphic rock. On the New York side, in the neighbor hood of Blackwell’s Island, this is com- paratively soft gneiss. Midway it be comes hard and straight grained with considerable mica. On the Brooklyn side it is massive and iliuty as granite. Decomposed feldspathic rock, soft as cheese, is found, together with crystal lized pyrites ami sections of carbonized wood. Near the Brooklyn side strata of rock have been encountered under such pressurj*. that at intervals they gave forth sharp reports like the ex plosion of a pistol. Experience lias shown that perhaps the greatest difficulties to be met will be those connected with the health of the workmen. Toiling under the un natural air pressure which would bo needed whenever decomposed rock or potholes of mud are discovered, the men who will push the tunnels from shore to shore must face certain phys ical discomforts and some slight risks of strange anil fatal maladies. No per son having any disease of the bronchial lubes, lungs or heart lias any right to enter pressure. Sudden death lias stricken down even the healthy in working under the bed of the river. The lirst injurious effect of working under pressure is an itching caused by air globules in tho capillaries. This may be cured quickly by inducing pro fuse perspiration. The next stage is “bends.” an intense rheumatic pain in the joints caused by ;*ir globules in the sockets. This may be benefited by sub- jo* ting the patient to a profuse perspi ration an I removing *111111 to a heated pressure.chamber. The last stage is paralysis, frequently resulting in death. Of four men who died while digging in the gas tunnel under the East river the first expired half an hour after suc cumbing to pressure and the second before he could bo removed from the tunnel. The third and fourth became paralyzed from the shoulders down and lived only a short time. It was found that hot black coffee, provided in large quantities, was help ful to the men. When the air pressure did not exceed 80 pounds above that of the atmosphere, men were aide to work for nine hours, laying off one hour in the middle of the day. Working under the highest pressures, they were unable to remain in the un- natural atmosphere with safe'y longer than DA hours, which, with an hour’s rest between, made an actual day’s work of I* ss than five hours.—New York Mail and Express. Cnllt)' Woim-n SiiittKKlera. “We never have much trouble in find ing out a woman who Is guilty of smuggling.” n marked a deputy mar shal of Detroit. “The trouble with women smugglers is they are not at ease. The customs otib.er spats them easily. There is something in their very gait that betrays them. A woman may be brought here charged villi hav ing smuggled goods, and she may tell a very smooth story, declaring her in nocence until there seems no way of suspecting her further. “But when she gets up we watch her. If she is innocent, she will walk away easily and naturally, but if she is guilty she will try go bard to lie nat ural tiiat she will invariably fall. Slit* will start off quite slowly, so fearful that : he will appear to be In a hurry that her nervousness gets the best of her, anil she will suddenly make such a change in her gait that wc at once recall her. “’Here, madam,' wo say, ‘please come back n moment. There Is ft little matter wc forgot.’ She returns crest- fall* a and perhaps Indignant. Then we ray: ‘Look here, madam, you did this thing. Confess it, make a clean breast ami settle up nil scores.’ And she will do It nearly every tithe, al though some sputtering Is the usual accompaniment.”—Detroit News-Trib une. GuiiiI.lInfC Houscn In l.oralon. There we re in 1721 In Loudon alone 85 well known gambling houses. Near ly ail our mo t respectable west end clubs were originally gambling houses, as the Cocoa Tree, which Is still li.tur- li hing as a dub. One night late in the eighteenth century there was a east at hazard the difference of which was L1 N< ),* iOO. That present pink of perfection ‘‘White's’’ was perhaps the most ap palling gambling den In Europe. "The young men of Iho age," r.aya Walpole, "lose there £1(1,CO!), £15,000, £20.090, III an evening." The play of this dub Mils only for rouleaux <•!’ £59 cadi, and generally tlu ie was ilo.uuo in gold on the table. The gamesters began by pulling off tlidr embroiileivil clothes and put on frieze garments or turned tin lr coals Inside out for lin k. They put on pieces of leather to save their luce rullles aid, to guard their eyes from the light and to prevent tum bling thdr l air, wore high crowned straw Pais with broad brims mid koiiio- tlinen musks to conceal their emotions. —Btiurday Review. THE NAUMBERG SECTS. Peculiarities of the “(look and Eye” and of tl*«* ViiuhapttstM. In Croghan, a small village in Lewis county, N. Y., are living what is known as the v aumberg sects. As these peo ple regard strangers with suspicion nml are unwilling to have any statis tics regarding themselves published, little is known of them outside of their immediate neighborhood. They are in dustrious, frugal and thrifty people, bound together by a common religious belief in which baptism is tuo centrai Idea. The peculiar manner ot their dress, which is always plaiu. yet with uo attempt at uniformity, made them an object of interest whenever seen. Tho women dress similar to the Quak ers. without ribbons, feathers or flow ers to adorn their headdress. The characteristics apply to noth these Naumberg sects—the “Hook and Eye” and the Anabaptists. The latter call themselves Evangelical Baptists and practice baptism with adults or those of riper years, while the "Hook and Eye” people include infants in the holy rite. Should any one wish to join them they are rebaptized, no attention being paid to previous baptisms performed by any other religious body. The Evan gelicals place little or no value on edu cation even for ministerial work. The minister labors gratis and lias not a little iniluence in the equalization of marriages among tin* (lock as to com petency. money matters, etc. It sometimes happens that all the members of a family are not of the same religious belief. Hhould a person die who is not a member of the Evan gelicals and yet a member of such a household the corpse must remain in the hall of the church during the serv ices and not be brought in front of the pulpit, an honor that is accorded to members only. They seldom have a hearse in,attendance at* the funeral, and their cotiius are of the plainest ma terial. To them creeds are only the devices of men. The “IIool; and Eye” people fasten their clothing with hooks and eyes, even the male members believing Utut buttons are too showy and exhib it a pride in dress that should be con cealed. They have little to do with outside people, but greet each other will) the holy kiss after an absence or on leaving for a journey. Having no bouse of worship, the “Hook and Eye” hold meetings at tin* homes of the dif- ferent members. They do not meet with the Evangelicals, yet hold many tilings in common with them as.to be lief and practice. They have uo fire arms, they *’o not go to law au*l seldom take interest for money loaned to poor er members of their sect. They have no paintings, photographs or pictures <jf any description to adorn their walls. The men are not allowed to wear mus taches, to vote or to hold ottiee. They care for their own poor and are care ful of tbe treatment of each other. A very odd and unaccountable rule among then) is that no man is allowed to lock arms with bis wife in public, especially in going to or in coming from church. Such a rule in tlds local ity would be entirely uncalled for. However, tin* offense there is punished by (•ailing the offenders to front scats, known to ail as seats for discipline. They arc an honest, God fearing peo ple, at peace with the world ami with themselves. They neither t'.il our coun ty houses nor our jails. They are enti tled to all the privileges and protection our constitution extends, and our coun try is benefited by their industry.—Uti ca Observer. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Silk Spliintiie Spltlem. Consul I’lumaclier of Maracaibo re ports that large si!k spinning spiders are found in the palm trees of Vene zuela. Some produce white and some yellow silk. The consul understands that tin* silk lias been made into hand kerchiefs. A copy of the report, to gether with a specimen of silk which accompanied it, was referred to tho department of agriculture. The en tomologist says that silk produced in this way cannot he made valuable commercially because of the trouble some necessity of keeping the spiders separated to prevent their devouring each other. Their food being Insects, this also involves considerable labor in supplying them. Attempts to utilize the silk of a Madagascar spider of tho same species some years ago resulted in the discovery that the product was more expensive than ordinary silk,— St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Town Named For Rain, It. J. Sharpe admits that Bat Port age, the name of his home city in On tario. is not euphonious, “But it Is unique,” he adds. “The town was named for Just what the words convey, a portage for rats. It is on the Winnipeg river, Just below the outlet of the Lake of the Woods. Long ago, before the country was set tled as it is now, there was a portage at the point where the town is built for the thousands of muskrats that passed from the river to the lake In winter and back again to the river in spring. At the outlet of the lake there is a waterfall 19 or 29 feet high that the rats could not pass over, so they went around, making the portage. Well, that was before my time, but I have heard old timers tell of seeing the rats by thousands taking days to tho portage.”—Denver Republican. 'I'lie niRliwrn. Among tbe wonderful stories of tbe bighorn that are current the most absurd Is that of their pitching them selves headlong down precipices, strik ing the sharp rocks with their horns and thereby breaking their fall. Fre mont (a great explorer) Is, alas! one of the first to start this ridiculous rumor In the account of his travels (1842), when describing the “mountain goat." us he calls the bighorn, lie says that “the use of those huge horns seems to be to protect the auluiql's bond In pitching down precipices to avoid pur suing wolves." How history does re peat herself! Pietro Clruco, the fif teenth century chronicler of Corsica, says that the uioullou throw them selves down precipices head first und break tbe fall by their horns.—Ballliu Gralunan’s “Game and Life In the Far West.” Dciir***** of IlcMiiect. “I see that the Atchison Globe says that a goo*I breadmaker ‘Is more re spected than a good whist player.”' "But not more respected than a good I poker player. Think of the dough ho I handles!”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. I Local Item** Ton Kliorl fora llcnil Groii|i<'*l Together. Mrs. Mary S. Clary nml her son, Cliff T. Clary, have bought three lots on corner of Buford and Laurel st reels and will build in tho near future. On and after May 1st, P.M), the depots of the Southern railway nml the S. C. *fc G. E. railway at this place will be closed at (i o'clock, p in. Patrons will take notice, ami govern themselves accordingly. We are under obligations to our young friend Samuel Myers Deal for an invitation to attend the commenco- ment of the University of Mary land, where he is a student, and re gret our inability to do so. Cherokee is on the move now. Few people were in the city Saturday and fewer were here yesterday. The ground is right now, and our people are plowing. They lumber men brought the lumber in lust week and made our builders happy. They are on to it this week and the houses are going up with a rush. Camp Jeffcrlei* to Meet. Camp Jefferies United Confederate Veterans will meet ut Klbethel church Saturday, May 5th, at 2 o’clock p. m., to elect delegates to the Green wood reunion August 1-t t nd 2d. All members in arrears will please bring their annual dues, fifteen cents each, to have their names re-enrolled. By oider of G. Wash McKown, J. L Strain. Commander. Acting Adjutant. Tc-acherH AHMOciation l'rot;raiu. The following is the progam of the meeting of the county Teachers A-so- ciation which will be held on the 5th of May : Reading, A. Stacy; Essay, Miss Bessie Crocker; Arithmetic, percent age, T. G. Chalk; Analysis, S. A. Chambers. W.W. Mayhew, Merton, Wis.,says: ‘T consider One Minute Cough Cure a most wonderful medicine, quick and safe.” It is the only harmless reme dy that gives immediate results. It cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, grippe, whooping cough, pneumonia and all throat and lung diseases. Its early use prevents consumption. Chil dren always like it and mothers en dorse it. Cherokee Drug Co. In one of the great Paris hospitals, out of 88 patients who suffered from epilepsy, (iO were found to be children of drunken parents. ‘‘No family can afford to be with out One Minute Cough Cure. It will etop a cough and cure a cold quicker than any other medicine,” writes C. W. Williams, Sterling Run, Pa. It cures croup, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles, unn prevents con sumption. Pleasant and harmless. Cherokee Drqg Co. Don’t bo discouraged by mistakes. The mob; successful men in the world would do.lots of things differ* ntly if they could do them over. W. H. Shipman, Beardsley, Minn., un ler oath, says he suffered from dys pepsia for twenty-live years. Doc- tors and dieting gave but little relief. Finally be used KoJol Dyspepsia Cure and now eats what he likes und as much as lie wants, and lie feels like a new man. It digests what you eat. Cherokee Drug Go. The two counties of Brewster and Presidio (Texas) having a joint area of GUO square miles, have, it is said, fewer limn 3 OUO inhabitants. Otto Koru, Grand Chancellor, K. I\, Boonville, Ind., says, “DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve soothes the most delicate skin and heals the most stub born ulcer with certain and good re sults.” Cures pile and skin diseases. Don’t buy imitations. Cherokee Drug Co. People are too much inclined to wait until something pleases them before they laugh, and to cry without waiting for something to cry about. J. I. Carson, Prolhonotary, Wash ington, Pa., says, ‘‘I have found Ko- dol Dyspepsia Remedy Cure an ex cellent remedy in case of stomach trouble, and have derived great bene fit from ils use.” It digests what you eat end cannot fail to cuie. Cherokee Drug Co. The famine in India extends over a territory 500,000 square miles; in other words over an urea four times greater than that of the British Isles. H. Clark, Cbauncy, Ga., says De- Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured him of the piles that had afflicted him for twenty years. It is also a speedy cure for skin diseases. Beware of dangerous counterfeits. Cherokee Drug Co. George Washington Walker, of Albion, Ind., walked little. He weighed 585 pounds; body and coffin, 800. Dr. Ih>*1k« to Kpeak at Union. I~ -1 [Union Times.] Dr. L«*e Davis Lodge* of Lime stone College, will deliver the a*ldr**8s It* fore the graduating class of the Union graded school July 1st. Dr. Lodge is an eloquent speaker, and we bespeak for him a large audience. 4 There are more limn 102,000 Free Masons in good and regular standing in the jurlsdietition of the grand lodge of New York. f , NO USE TRYING ‘ I can’t take plain cod-liver 1 oil. Doctor says, try it. He \ might as well tell me to melt< lard or butter and try to take 1 them. It is too rich and| will upset the stomach. Buti you can take milk or cream, so you can take Scott’s Emulsion; It is like cream; but will< feed and nourish when cream* will not Babies and chil-j dren will thrive and growi fat on it when their ordinary* food does not nourish them., Persons have been known to gain I a pound a day when taking an< ounce of Scott’s Emulsion. It gets * the digestive machinery in working* order so that the ordinary food Lr properly digested and assimilated. 50c. and $1.00, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. \ Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. lone* ft Co.'* Stcre. Cnn be found at office six davs In tbe week DR. J. F. GARRETT Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 26th of each month: are selliiijr the very best I’ie IVuehcs ( iit I.V per eail, or two vans for :13e.' • Our Jelly an*! Apple flutter is just fine. We you to tome and see us und let usjrivi you prices on staple irro- ccries. VVo eurry it full line. The Small Pax need not keep you from town us wo have it all surrounded in one house and it cant tret out We uro agents for Kleischmann’s compressed yeast. I’liono No. £1. G. I. CLARY & CO. Bridge to Let. On Saturday the5th day of May, at 11 o’clock a. m., I will, at the bridge site, let to the low est bidder the building of tho bridge across Cherokee Creek in T. G. McCraw’s plantation. N. Lipscomb, Apiil 34, r.KiO. County Supervisor. ‘T think DeWitt’a Little Early Risers are the best pills in the world," says VV. E. Luke, Happy Creek, Va. They remove all obstructions of the liver and bowels, act quickly and never gripe, Cherokee Drug Co. IVrterze Irnchzizkowskelowski is a San Francisco cabinet-maker. He is said to occasionally use ills name for a saw. Putnam Fadeless Dye produces the fastest and br ghtest cob ra of any known dye stuff. Sold by Dr. S. B. Crawley & Co. Above all things let us promote pace inthe home, fur ‘'the hand that rocks the cradle '» the hand that rules tho world.” The Stomach ot Man Is subject to n doz en such common but )>uiuful affections as crumps, cholera molbus, and dysentery, that, by neglect, may be made chrouio nud dangerous. The best, handiest, surest, and quickest remedy is PAiN.Kn.LXB, a medicine which has been tried for more than n half of a century and never failed to give relief. Avoid substitutes, there is but one Poia-JGller, Perry Davis'. Price 25c.and 60c. We believe thoroughly in advertising. To prove it we ate going to use this space for our own pur poses. We have advertis ing space to sell, and we know it will pay a good return upon the price we charge for it if it is prop erly used. Our paper goes into the best homes in this community. It has been going week after week and year after year until each issue is welcomed as an old friend of the family. The news it brings is news of neighbors, of per sonal affairs in which all have more or less of a com mon interest. If one of our readers called upon you, a merchant, you would do the best you could to con vince him that what you had for sale was the best he could buy. You would show him the new things you had got in recently. You would tell him why he should have them and why they were better than he could procure elsewhere. You probably would make a sale. Your effort, however, would be con fined to one person. You could tell the same story just as effectively to every reader of this paper in each issue. You do not believe it would have the same ef fect? If you told ihe story in the mine way it would. Y/o are ready to do our part to prove it. Do you care to try it? J