The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 01, 1900, Image 2
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'I'll 1C L,ICI)OICK.
BY
Ed. H. DkCamp.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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