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Wl - v ,r. ^ T #iv the War S3 J¥\ ivJi'^r Comrade &* H. Burtis ♦ of Lewiston, 111., h:id some thrilling ex* perienres, l)nt none seemed mote dangerous than tliu .eof bis lute heart trouble. He says: if l had severe palpitation of the heart for years. My physicians said I was liable to drop dead any moment. Pulsation at timts would be J50 a min ute and I could scarcely treathe* I grew worse under dociot^ care and began taking Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure. It gave me prompt relief, and today I am in good hralth.” CRu MULES' Heart Gm*e Jarold by all drua^tets on guarantee first lM)ttIc‘ bencli; ^ or money bark. Book on heart and nerves sent. free. ^ Dr. Miles Medical Company, Eilkhart, Ind. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Oftice over R. A. lone, & Co 'a Store. Can be found at office six davs In the week DR. J. F. GARRETT Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson’s now store In office from 1st to 20th of each month: D.ft.Duncan. C. 1*.Sanders. VV.S. Hall..Jr. DDHCAH, SANDERS S HILL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office over .1. li. Tolleson’s Sc Co.’s Store. MEMORML ADDRESS DEFOBE THE M. V. C. Mr. Sanders Talks to the Con federate Veterans AT ELBETHEL CHURCH. In tlio Sacred Ordinance* of Our IHchspcI ChrUtlanlty We lla\e the Kmblema of the OrandcKt Deeds and Subllmest Trutlis F.xeinnlillcd by Christ. The following Memorial Address was delivered before the II. C. V. at El Bethel church. May 5, 11)00, by Rev. R. W. Sanders: I am always glad of an opportunity to meet and talk with a Confederate i soldier. Since the close of the Civh : War it has been my pleasure to join j in but few of the public reunions of | the noble men who, in the dark period of had the honor to wear the 1 gray. The privilege, while it is a 1 melancholy one in some respects, is nevertheless attended with something of pleasurable emotions and happy reminiscences. I am, my friends and old comrades, perhaps the youngest ex-Confederate standing today on the soil of Cherokee county. I had the honor to be the “baby boy” of Com pany H., and then of Company G., of the Seconds C. volunteers; first, on James Island, and then on the afresh with green sprigs and sweet flowers, in token of undying love and fondest recollections. This last is a part of our mission here today. We come to cherish the memories of the past and to honor \ those whose sacred dust sleeps be* neath this earth, but whose immor tal spirits have gone back and up to God. It is a befitting exercise on our part. Let the dead, and especially the departed heroes of our once proud and noble Confederacy, be hon ored on all occasions and from the depths of all hearts, from one end to the other of this great country. When we come to their graves to read their . pituphs, to look in silence on their last resting places, and to throw the fragrant blossom? on the spots where they sleep ten thousand j memories, sad though sweet, come i trooping up before us We feel to say with Alfred Tenny son in his “Ode to Memory''— "Thou who stealest fire Fiom the fountains of the past. To glorify the present; oh, haste, Visit my low desire! Strengthen me. eulluhten me! I faint in this obscurity. Thou dewy dawn of memory!" We come here on this occasion to memorialize the life, the ciiaract' r, the noble records and worthy de ds of ihe Southern soldier of the “six ties. does the Confederate ml? For what del he, land? the Confederate sol- • the conscientious eon- victkma of troth and duty. Jhs was an honest heart and a conscientious struggle. He fought for what he. honestly believed to bo right. And hence there was and can be no shame Xuw what soiilii r roprese ittui l)Oi bO. 8 First , of a!i. di< r st. c.Js for memorable march with the army of : ami no dishonor in ids manful strug- Gen. Joseph E. Johnson through the Oaroiinus, until wo stacked arms at Greenville. N. C. In the autumn of 1864 at the age of sixteen and with my father’s consent, I became a vol unteer in the defense of the then loi tering and gradually fading Confeder acy. I have often said of it since, that I should perhaps have been in more suitable circumstances bad I remained at home, like little David of old, who minded the sheep while his elder brothers fought the Philis tines down io Klah. You remember that David went down to the camp, and with a stone from the brook slew gle, though, at last he was over whelmed and defeated by vast num bers and resources and the greatest odds. From the first booming shot at Sumter to the last ditch at App> mutox, our noble men in gray be lieved they were striking for freedom and in the righteous cause of self- defense. Let the impartial historian make the estimate of the cause as it once pended, and of the brave men as they once fought each other In the blue and the gray. But let no one ever dare to say that the Confederate i soldier was not honest and true to the giant who strutted in the valley : the cause of right. . ."1 .1 . Z! ^ 3 4. l v O F J , t I i* ^ z. I it v' t 1.«. / ^ hob. B. IlL'Tt.r.it. IlENitv K. Osborne BUTLER & OSBORNE, LAWYERS. 1‘rompV attention civ; n all business en trusted to us. NoUiry I’abllc in office. J. E. WEBSTER, iV t - Office In Ootirt House. (I’robatc.I c.i1;m* suffice Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty C. JEFFERIES GAFFNEY, S. C. Commercial Law. Corporation Law Keal (Cstate I.aw. Money to loan on approved security. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, <3AL'*L i *>sICY. t-S. Notary t’ubllc in office. Prompt attention given to all business. Office over it. A. Jones St Co.’s store. J. Olouqii Wallace. j. oknkuus ottb. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. AVI business intrusted to us. "Iven prompt and vlxorus atti-ntion. <Ullce up stairs, next to U. A. Jones & Co. ’Pbone, s7. HARDIN & KcWHORTER, ,A.tt:orne;y« s\t GAFFNEY, - - S. C. Money to loan on elty real estate. Office over l£. A. Jones & Co.’s Store. Rutledge St. Smith Shop. I can do your sliocleir. tire .settlntr, wheel oiling. \ ehiclcs and implements repaired and paintt d. I “NayaT’^ J s-V.ti to;-i\emea trial. Lame **(■«- bio >es ami mules examined free for all patrons. Your ^ * .-r Will :-'et you nood value. ■Ar11Vours for pleasautues* W. 'i\ 'I'llOMI'KO.V. Plain Facts. I will sell you for cash any thing in my lino consisting of Dry (i oods, Notions, .Shoes, Hats, Groceries, Shelf Jlaid- Tflrare, and almost anything car ried in a general store, as cheap k swj any house in the city. When in need of goods see my prices. Yours to please, I. M. PEELER. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does a general Bankingand Exchange business. Well secured with Burglar- Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock. Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate vent. Buys and sells Stocks andBonds. Buys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. and defied the hosts of Israel. ;*ly giant, however, got the advantage of me and I returned home, less victori ous. but unhurt, after two hard bat tles and a final surrender in company with worthy associates who had done their best against the greatest odds. But I cannot detain you, my friends, by further references to my own brief experiences in the latter part of one great battle in the war between the states. We are here today for a memorial service. The chief design of euch gatherings is to preserve and perpet uate the memory of our heroic Onfed- era‘e'dead. We come here to honor the brave men of “the sixties” who so gloriously illustrated their patriot ism and courage in defense of tin ir country, and of constitutional rights, in the war of secession. And jnst here, let me ask that we shall never call it, nor allow histories to name it. “the war of rebellion.” Let us repel that phraseology, and the charge it conveys, with scorn and indignation. Such hours us the present one have no shallow and trivial meaning for the people of the South. Tne'-r sig nificance points back with tremen dous force to a noole and iliu-mous past, and serves to link that past it t. the present and the future. Whib- memory is at once one of the most useful faculties of the mind, it is. n' the same time, most delightful in p - exercise. And so, memorial seasons though often sad. are also quite olt n sweet and refreshing. Memorial s. r- vices held in honor of worthy m- n and signal events are ever welcome o the human heart. In fact. th. y often alford an occasion for the smile and approbation of God “The luetinuy of the just is blessed ” At the dividing of the Jordan for the passage of the Israelites inlo Ga- naan, the Lord commanded that twelve stones should be taken from the channel of the stream and placed as a monument on the other side. “And these stones shall be for a me morial unto the children of Israel for ever,” (Josh.4:7) When the discomfited rbiilstincs fled before the Israelites at Mizpeh (I Kain. 7: 11-12), Samuel set up a memorial stone and called it, ‘ Eben- ezer, saying hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” The great Divine Teacher, when on tlii? earth, appeared and commended the act of Mary of Bethany in un- nointing Him beforehand for his bur ial. Hellish spectators complained that it was a waste of ointment that might have been sold and given to the poor. But “No,” said our blessed Lord, “Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She has wrought a good work on me. Hhe hath done vt hat she could. Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preach ed throughout the whole world, this also that she bath done shall be spo ken of for a memorial of her.” Indeed, in the sacred ordinances themselves of our blessed Clulsiian- ity we have the emblems, the picto- ial representations—the memorial:— of the grandest deeds and the su- blimest truths exemplified in the earthly career of the Son of Gon It Is natural, therefore, and it is pleasant for us to meitiorializz the past. No wonder is it. then, that tl o annuls of history are so full of tho great uehifcvemi nts and heroic doeds of nations un^ 0/ men. it is but a normal response tp {.fiat something within us that instinctively calls for the perpetuation of a noble past and cries out for an Immortal future. In the city of Richmond, Vu , we see on the Capitol Square the eques trian monument of George Washing ton. the weather beaten statue of Usury (Buy, and life-like marble forms of our own Leo and Jackson. In the rotunda of tho grand old na tional eapltol building tuete uxo his torical paintings of colonial, Inman and revolutionary scenes At the graves of our loved ones wo place the marble shaft and the s>one covering- We go there to shed ‘h- tears of meipory over the liliit- moundf of earth, and adorn them Second, the Confederate soldier stan 1j again for solid and manly character. There was in him the highest type and noblest elements of manhood. He was merciful and magnanimous in victory, unmurmur ing and submissive in defeat. 1’a- tience. fortitude, longsuffering, char ity •Htid forgiveness, marked his career from the beginning to the end. He knew how to wear tiie crown of vic tory and proudly wave the Hag of triumph, or to bear submissively the mii-fortunes of being overcome. Where the advantage was with him and his foes were down, he cherished the noble sentiment of Napoleon who said, amid the glories of Austerii’.z: 4 He must have but little respect for .bum-elf who would insult men in misfortune.” Third, the Confederate sold'er rep resents true and unsullied patriot ism. He was patriotic in the highest and nobleat sense. He loved his country and was willing to pour out his life-blood for her honor ih'e defence, lie did not fight fro n sheer dread of disgrace, nor from un necessary or otherwise unworthy m lives. He h‘iirWti in the diict'ou-* of suu-’s r.ghts and tnle .-ov- rngr t-. yet our ragged and almost starving men fought bravely to the very end. As has been said, we were never whipped, we simply wore ourselves out whipping them. We yielded in evitably to overwhelming numbers and to inoalcuiably and incompara bly superior forces and resources of every sort. But • j one will ever deny that by tho noble and brave struggle which we made and which we so long sustained, we established two things, at least, for which we and our descendants will ever be proud, viz. : First, our own self-re- spect; second, the honor and praise of the whole world. Dr. John A. Broadus has truly said, ‘The graves of our fallen sol diers make it possible that their generation and the coming genera tions of the Southern people .-hon'd fe-l no shame in const quence of t heir defeatHe w<:ltit s. “’li- better to hev»- h . n brave ami 1)-nten t nan not to have been nr-tv * at aii ’ Fi. h but wv must ea-t »nr ey*— to lay to the fu ure. It mav be s <id by some t hat ours was a “Inst cause.” But iml so. : Certainly md entir- ly so. We fought for some great prin ciples I hat witi never die. Slavery is gone, and let it go! But the truth and ju>tic so mil rig erty. for rity, 1 be I • lie earth all its si r ters, t! e some thin i x -tenet* our count this greu unbroken waves of and t he s ou tho west. Ch> Fishing the memory hie Confederates and for a true and truthful history of the civil war—the war of secession—let us cultivate unity and union from one end to the other of our great God-given land. For we ure now, and are destined to be. one country. Our interests, our resources, our en terprises and our hopes are one. May peace and prosperity, joyous concord and brotherly love prevail throughout our land and even to tbl ends shall “Dixie” and tho'‘Bonnie B:ue Fiug.” But we join in our nation’s chorus and also sing: "My country 'tis of tliee, Sweet lanii of liueriy, Of thee I sine. Laud when- my lather's died. Land of tin- iiii's ni'ice. From every mountain side. Let freedom ring’. Our fathers' Go i. to thee Author of liberty. To thee we sing. Lony may our land be bright, Willi frei doni’s holy liyht. Protect us by the ni-lit. Great God, our Kinjf.” ‘‘Happy is that people whose God in the- Lord.” “L-t all the people praise thee, O God! Yea, let all the people praise thee. May wc “render to ('a^ur the things tiia< are Cir-ur’s, and to God the ti iog- that ure Go »’s. A BEAR FOR A ROOMMATE. •<* of i •ur con Lh nl ion for p ' i m hts j Old CO.’i siituiii! nni i: :!). s. lf*« iv.-rmn cut am \ inti K r ‘ licve will liv. : 8 )!l:cv. In rc on till t! !>« t-nd * if time. i ^ ii •rows. i 11: I o -cs. ai. d ui.-: > Ve civil war t: i ISC- iVCl c d for il • io.4 ai lid :C>lt'l< „* men ti if win > F {; und noblo career w c a nd ry sh ui! t'j fi reud »: • iop;r tiS i*. cor i::eiit tdiltii M ! and n unii' ii betw CeD the ro.'ii rn/ t ii «.* At hint i o on i I c f c tveliii :g ilOod -tif i h e I’aci liv* Fanny Starr About n Ruaslnn Beast Willeti Sleut In a Bed. Livonia la n part of our globe where fondness for pets coexists with love of sport. A Russian subject from that pro - , luce toils me of the strange cou- Dddeintion evinced by one of her neigh bors for the feelings of a bear. The animal had an odd fancy for sleeping indoors and In a bed. To humor him, a room in a tower was always left open for the animal. Some nights he came and availed himself of the hos pitality, but often he staid out lu the woods. If he arrived at his tower and mounted the long ilight of steps which led from outside to his own door and found that anything prevented his en trance. the hoar made a horrible noise, growling and battering the woodwork. In Livonia, during the brief northern summer, the local magnates visit each other without prior arrangement, and they arrive prepared to stop the night. It not infrequently occurs that many carriages converge at the same time on one country house, with the result that as many as 40 beds may be required. A large iuflux of visitors arrived one night at the house where the bear had his room. The last comer was a timid youth, a cousin of the house. The host met him, radiant: “What a pleasure. Ivan! You’ll find aalf tho you'll not otlier cornr tower left, c.um*.-- then of cur no- con tending < ver of the whole earth! Nevi r we or our posterity forget d l ng» ! u .i • i' • ' 1 i ?' . ■ * * ■ vil stud rrl:g li fr«t ■; .— l ie ; ur- and ; i m l lov • his c ou >iy. H,- * ye ni i»r . lu be.: sin eg i - 11 w •. ;■< : "My unlive country, tliu*-. I,iino ol ilic noiiif li'-e, I'hy name J love. I love i by i-oci.-, mot n.in, i !i> woous aud lenipic.i bills, My j.c.ui uiili ii.pture thrills, Like that itliuvo.” •i :’uri i-hvrf mi i.o d-. r iliut- *. i ue mi : h m e than Unit --xnlbl'e 5 b pairiotlsin j by i he Gon ft-i i- j era’.e soldier as he i ft ids doiiiesli" environment, Ins chiidr- n, ins falli* r utid mother, and wife, Ins occupation and peaceful culling, to Dike the chances of camp life arid of biflle. Wab there ever a grander picture of patriotic action given to tl.e hupian race than that of Robert K Let a’ Arlington? Turning his back upon the offer of tho place of com- inander-in-ohief of the L'nion Army ho said, “No. I must go with Vir ginia, iny own S ate. 8he is tov- ereign.” Like a prince aiid patriot he rode away on horsehuck. leavi.-.g all his property and his lovely home behind, a ,|f l wont down to Riubinoi.d to espouse the OGise of Ids own be loved South. Well did this s-nne hero and chics commander of the G mfeib rate force! say, after the war, to Gan. Wade Hampton: “We cou d have pur- sqeil no other couist without dis honor. A'*'! t ’ u, T a 11 Hie n suit has been, if it bad ail to be done ov*-r Hgtin, we should be compelled to act Au precisely iha hurne manner.” Fourth, but to make oup more point : Tl»e Confederate soldier stood for true and lofty courage. His bravery is unsurpat-s.d in all tho an nals of time. Brave ip-p fought on both sidts I believe, too, both sides were con- scieiitious. But if there was any •Jiffere nee in degree of courage, the balance was surely in favor of the Southern sc) Her. Under many of the greatest disadvantages conceiv able lie stood fur four long years, a* one against five. The United States enrolled about ff.OOU 000 ot in m ; the Confederacy, not over 600 000 dur ing the whole war. Not over 400 - 000 were in Confederate S' rvice at any one time. Arid the Confederates never l)ad in the ti- ld, cap:.bio of bearing arms. i. e.. exp udvs of sick wounded, and disabledvover 200,- 0<X) men ui any one time. In Apill I860, when hostilities ••(‘us- d the Coofvdtracy iiad scarcely 100,000 men in aims, while the Ui i ni h ul at least, if 1 ot over, 1,- 000,000! tSay, about, ten to on*-! Johnston’s army in North Carolina numbered about 2.) 000 ssrainst .Sher man’s forces of . hay. 10UOOH L <•’« army numbered m lust only u L-a thou-anU iff cliv'* in* n, w herein (J-n t >i ! -e v 1 m *• ti it 1 * - - 1111111 ituil , 1 *- . . 1 u more men auU Icwe>‘ ut.uitm A .. A Flue Old HiiKliah Lady. A very remarkable old lady—Lady Emily Foley —died tho other day at Stoke Edith Dark, her fine mansion iu Herefordshire, in her ninety-fifth year. Born in ISO.’i. and a daughter of the third duke of Montrose, she was wed ded to Mr. Edward Thomas Foley, who. over half a century ago, left her a widow with a line estate. Till the last she retained almost un impaired all her faculties and was straight as an arrow and ready to take part in the functions and amusements of the county as if she had been 50 years younger. She dearly loved to be clothed in the richest of stuffs and the brightest of colors, and her dresses, bonnets and caps were the admiration of all beholders, and, however gor geous they might be. were not unbe coming tp her. On the occasion of unveiling the por trait of the queen in the shire hall at Hereford, in September, 1S!)7. she was bold enough to appear iu jubilee colors. I with a scarlet satin gown to match the I uniform of the lord lieutenant and ol!i- oers assembled on the platform, a White bonnet, trimmed with blue and red bows and some tricolor ribbons at tached to her left breast.—Westminster Some One Wn* Tempted. In the course of an address delivered one afternoon at Mount Ilennon Mr. Moody referred to a wooded elevation ns ‘Temptation point.” One of the trustcef: remarked that he had never heard the spot called by that name be fore. "Neither have I,” the speaker re plied. “Why did you hit upon such a name ns thatV” came the inquiry. ‘‘Oh.” said Mr. Moody, ‘‘because I thought that some day some one might be tempted to erect a chapel for us on that point!” The remark was duly repeated, and his wish lias since been gratified, for a beautiful stone chapel now adorns thp little hill.—Ban Francisco Argonaut. He Took (lack Ilia Seat. A woman got lu, and a polite man rose to give her his scat, raising Ids hat and asking her if she would not sit down. The woman plumped herself down In the vacant scat without a word of thanks, aud I saw the color Hits!) up iu the young mini's cheeks. In a minute he hastily looked over the books which he carried under his arm, and then, speaking to the woman to whoirt lie had given his sent, he said: “I beg your pardon, but I think I left my pocket book on th»t seat.” The woman arose to let him see. and he quietly hIIpikmI Into the seat himself, saying “Thank you” and immediately burying Ids nose in a big geometry.— Brooklyn Times. latlons here. But, alas, tve a good room. Every is ft::I. There’s only the t y,.;i know, the hear Lt.i nevermind! lie does not put in an ; ppjuranee every night.” The young man would fain have gone farther, but the n. a rest country house was u n miles off. his horse tired, and the hospitable r iations very pressing in their invitation lo him to remain. He was greatly afraid of the bear, hut still more afraid of offending host, hostess and all the other cousins aud neighbors. He decided to stay, and at last retired to rest iu a largo, square room, with two beds in It. He inquir ed if he might not bar out the bear (the denr had but a i.itcld, but lie was told that no fastenings might be used; the bear was i:*o noisy if shut out. He “would not ! t a soul in the place have a wink of slrt p.” Besides, “he wasn't coming very likely." And, further, “ti: re wasn’t any means of altogether fastening die door.” “It was left on the latch on purport*.” The last words of a rather sleepy cousin to the new comer were, “Better take the bed iu the far corner. Iran!” The guest can hardly be said to have t there. The terror of bruin kept bi n awake at first mi l then bruin him- seif, for in the hours a shambling step aud a sound of claws ou the stops and balustrade froze the blood in the unhappy youth’s veins. The noise came nearer. There was a fumbling at the latch. With great growling and grum bling. bruin entered and put himself bed in the couch near the door. There the beast grumbled, grunted and seemed to sniff. That smiling aim nud the other occupant of the room most of all, for he thought it rm*aut that the hear scented him and might resent his presence. The wretch dared scarcely breathe. Dawn was breaking, but that was only another danger. The hear might see him. Bruin, a great, curled lump above the blankets, be came in dim time visible to bis fellow lodger. Then the hear snored! There was comfort in that sound. But soon he rolled about and growled and groan ed discontentedly. The heart of the watcher beat painfully loud. He dared not rise. lie had not nerve enough to pass the .sleeping animal aud rush down the steps. Terror paralyzed the youth, and prudence whispered that inactivity can be sometimes masterly. The slow hours dragged ou. All the company had assembled down stairs at breakfast, hut bruin still slept, and the timid cousin watched him with eyes that burned and throbbed. At la. t the* ho-t said: “Where's Ivan? Where’:; the hear too?" And a mes senger was dispatched to the tower, there to find a pallid guest and his un invited cimpnuiou. The messenger routed out the hear, who had been kept as a pet when a eu!> and who was really only half a wild beast, and help ed the 111 1 ve shattered youth to dress and join the breakfast party.—Loudon News. to Please. We've all hoard of the vvomap who bought her hooks with reference to their bindings and refused to allow the works of Shakespeare a place in her library because their covers did not match the wall paper. Well, almost as critical a person was In one of Balti more’s shops one day. “1 want a set of hooks tills wide and tiiis high,” she said calmly. Indicating with her hands about three-quarters and one-half a yard. “What author?” asked the salesman politely. “It doesn’i make any difference about tho author,” answered madam. "My little daughter’s bookcase is entirely filled except a space the size 1 showed you. I meaiuired It myself this morn ing. mid I want something to fill It.” “If you could give some idea of tlje sort of books you would like. I am sme I could suit you.” said the |K)or clerk, knitting his brow lu a distressed fash ion. “Well, I think blue would bo pretty, don’t you?" she asked hi ndly. and he said he did and forthwith sent her away rejoicing with the requisite num ber of volumes iu her arms, all of a deep cerulean blue.—Baltimore News. Modern Meaning of the Word Gun. “The evolution of the word ‘gun’ forms nn Interesting study iu up to date etymology,” remarked oue of a party of newspaper meu. “A dozen years or so ago we all understood gun to mean a fowling piece—a shotgun as distinguished from a rifle or musket. Heavy and light ordnance—in fact, all pieces of artillery, without regard to size—were known as cannon. That, of course, was where people made an ef fort to speak English. Out ou the frontier the word gun was applied ex clusively to pistols. “Nowadays the nomenclature has curiously changed. By degrees the good old word gun has become monop olized by the long. slim, murderous ma chines that constitute our modern artil lery. We speak of quick firing guns, eight inch, ten Inch, twelve inch guns, i ami the word seems singularly apropos. They are not eauuou. Cannon imme- ! diately suggests the big. lumbering, black throated smoothbores of the past. The word conjures up ail sorts of curious aulique pictures—swabbers naked to the waist, motionless men holding lighted matches, frigates lash ed together and firing into each other’s ports, sepoys hound to the muzzle, neat geometric pyramids of round shot in ueat. geometric forts, the charge of the Light brigade and lots of other things too numerous to mention.”—New Or leans Times-Democrnt. Her Ambition. After the youthful but powerful in tellects of the observation class In a West Philadelphia school had devoted 15 minutes the other day to making known the results of their thoughts upon nature and surrounding objects the teacher diverted their minds by asking each of the dozen youngsters what they meant to be when they grew up. One precocious girl of 7, looking up at the strong, but not overly comely, face of the teacher, whispered timidly, “If I’ze pretty when I gets big, I am going to be an actress, but if I grows ugly I’ll be a schoolteacher.”—I’bila- delphla Record. A Healthy Locality. To all appearance Arduamurchan, on the west coast of Scotland, Is a great place for longevity. Whether it is be cause of the soft and salubrious cli mate or the remoteness of the place from the centers aud the sins of popu- lalioii or something indigenous to the Arduamurchan nature it would be rash to say. but certain it is that an Ardna- murchanite seems to have a good chance of becoming a patriarch. With in 30 years many of the inhabitants have been cut off at verylng ripe ages between 100 and 112.—Scottish Ameri can. S. C. & G. E. R. R. CO. Schedule No. 4. In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday,December 24th, *94 Between Camden,S.C. and Elacks 1 :arg,S.C. WEST, "is. |8iL 38 EAST 34. EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. !-£=:-•'• = He liad a Sharp Tonnae. The Waterbury Ameripaq quotes a frlepd of the late Theodore Bacon as saying that tie was a true chip of the old Bacon block of New Haven and that “he was probably the only man who went Into the civil war and came out of It, after four years of brilliant serviee, holding the same commission, that of captain, ns when he entered. The fact was he had so openly and mercilessly ridiculed the malfeasance and Incapacity of his superior officers that his promotion was more than hu man nature was equal to. No man who said such stinging things could have expected even a brevet.” Somntl Life, The camel yields them milk, fre quently the only food of the natives, gives them meat and hides, facilitates transport from one place to another and forms the means of exchange, which at any moment it is p: ssil.-le to barter for other articles, thus taking the place.of money. The Bomalis also accommodate their existence to tin* wants of the camels. They go with the herd wherever pas ture is best or where rain hu* recently fallen, and on this account me may frequently not find the trace of a vil lage where yesterday a place was full of life and people. The camels, in fact, carry away the village ou their backs miles distant. Such are the chief events In thv life of a Somali. Everything 1m governed according to some ancient unwritten law. not contained in any codex, not dictated by any tribunal, but still sacredly observed and carried out for centuries througlior.t the whole region Inhabited by the Somalis “Spurt la Boujttlllund.” by Count 1‘utucki. CAMDEN DEKALB .... . . WESTViLLK . KERSHAW HEATH SPRINGS. .PLEASANT HILL ....LANCASTER . .... RIVERSIDE . . SPRINGDELL. CATAWBA JL’XC’N LESLIE ROCK HILL NEW PORT... .. TIRZAll ... YORKVILLE ... SHARON HICKORY GROVE SMYRNA . BLACKSBURG L’ 02 11 50, 11 :ii II :M 11 15 l(i 55 10 40 10 JO 10 10 10 lo 110 !) 35, 9 30i 9 15 9 00 K 45 b 35 h 15 A. M Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,N.C. W F.ST. 11 33. 0 - EASTERN TIME. - STATIONS. ti ^ -tt >■' >. £. >1 ?■ - Z' * 3 E A. U. I K I0i H 30 s 40i 9 20 10 l«> 10 |o 10 2> 10 50 11 15 11 35 11 45 12 Ii5 12 25 12 50 .. BLACKSBURG .. KARLS PATTERSON SPG? ...... SHELBY —LATTIMoKE— ... MOORESBOKO... HENRIETTA .. FOREST CITY . RUTHEHFOItm’ON .... MILLWOOD golden valley .THERMAL CITY — GLENWOOD MARION EAST. SSI It4. 3 « 55 0 4s| 0 38 « 201 (’> Q5| 5 53! ft 40i 5 37' 5 17| 5 00 p. m. p. a. 1 A. M. 1 p. M. WEST. Gaffney Division. EAST. l*t CluHb. 15. 13. EASTERN TIME. 1st Cla*a. 14. [ 10. •5 ii H 5-1 • l ... e • STATIONS. *£&!**& 3^1 “iS 3 “U. 3 PRAM 1 no ft (A) . .BLACKSBURG AM PM 7 50 3 00 1 :jn ft 20 CHEROKEE FALLS 7 liO 2 40 1 40 ft 40 GAFFNEY 7 10 2 20 PM AM AM V M Train No. 32 leaving Marlon. N. C.. a: ft a. rn. making clone ronnc'lton at. BlacKa'air-.'. K : C.. will) the Southern's train No. 30 forl'har- ! lotto, N. C., and all poliitu East, and connect- Ing with the S’outherii's vestlbiilu KOingto Atlanta, Gu., ami all point* Went, ami will receive piiHHcngi-r* going East I’roiu ttalo No. IO011 the C. it N. W. R. R., at Yorkvlll**, S. C , at 8.45 a. m . and connect* at Camden. S. C.. with thp Southern’* train No. 78 arriv ing in CharWtqn. S. C., at 8.17 r». rn. Train No. 34 with gaaMingercouel attached, leaving BlackGnirj: at 5.30 a. ru., and cun- uectiug at Rock Hbl, S, C., with tie* South ern’* Honda train for all point*South. Train No. 33 leaving Camden, S. C , at 12.50 11. in . after the arrival of the Southerti'* Charleston train connect* at Lanca*ter. s. with the L. A C H. K ; at Catawba J11 net- |ou with the M. A. L., going K.n*t. at Rock Hill S. C.. with the Southern * train No. 34 for Charlotte. N. C., and all nolnt* Ku*t. Connect* at Yorkvlih', S. C.. with train No. 9 on the C. it N. W. R. R., for Cheater. S. C. At Blu<'k»burg with the Southern’* ve*til>ul« going Ea*t, aud the Southern** train Nn. 33 1 going Went, and connecting at Marlon, N. C., with the Soutlieiu both Ei<*l aud Went. SAMUEL HI NT, PrewMOkt. A.THIPV. whim rtntenrfent. a. U Lt VJPH1 * •m-M’I gooeeMger Atr«*fc use PRICKLY ASH BITTERS .FOR KIDNEY DISEASE, STOM ACH TROUBLE, INDIOE8 tTION LIVER DISORDER OR. COHSTiPATlOtt IT CURES. tWCh,*roki*o Di u.. A*.- ,*.* FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, caii at the LEDGER Office. fi ^ I" O f*. C? O .Keep Oool at a small expense during the hot summer months by buying your •/ A7 % from me. Ice delivered every day. J. L. ALEXANDER. Fire! Call on L. BAKER and buy you a good Exleijiion Ladder and havvi it on your premises in cast* of lite. Good Extension and Step Ladder* for sale, hut little above cost. Made of Lest Norway Pine and well painted. Only a few left. L. BAKER. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. OOBdanaed Schedule of Passenger Trstaa. In Effect Dec. 10,1899. Vet. No. 18. FatMa Northbound. No 12. No. 38. Ex. No. 36. Daily Daily San. Daily. Lv. Atlanta.!>T 7 5') a 12 Uhn 4 30 p H 50 g “ Atlanta ET 8 50 n 1 00 p ft 30 p 12 60a •' Norcros* . 9 30 u 6 23 p 1 2ft a “ Buford. 10 U5 a 7 03 p 1 53 a “ UaiucMville lo 35 a 2 25 p 7 23 p 2 1ft a “ I.ula lu 58 a 2 45 p 3 OOp 2 88a “ Cornelia... 11 25 a 3 30 p •’ Mt. Airy. 11 ii'j a 6 35 p Lv Tore, a 11 5: a 3 35!, 9 00 p 3 28a Ar Kibertou. Lv. Kilierton.. 9 O'.) a 5 40 p 11 45 a Lv \\ iniu*ter. 12 .dll) 4 03 a " Scoeca. 12 52 p 4 15 p 4 28 a " Central... . 1 4ft p ..... 4 56 a “ Gieenville 2 21 p 5 22 p 6 00 a “ SpHr’lmrg . 3 37 p fi lo p ....... 7 03 a M Gulfney.. . *• Blacksnurg 4 20 p ft 4ft p 7 45 a 4 38 p 7 02 p ........ 8 02 a “ King's Mt.. 5 03 p 8 27 a “ Gastonia. 6 25 j> . , 8 61a “ Charlotte.. 6 30 p 3 18 p 9 50 a A> ire'nsboro 9 55 p 10 47 p .... 12 23 p Lv Gre'usboro 11 45 p Ar. Norfolk . .... 8 & u Ar Danville... 11 25p 11 6fi p 1 33 p Ar. Richmond.. ft I/Oh ft Ou a 6 25 p Ar. Whington. A 42 a 8 50 p “ B’morePK 8 00 H 11 25 p “ Ph'delphia. 10 15 lv 2 5ft a ” New York. 12 4 m • 23 a Fst M a Ves. Soullt bound. No. 35. No. 37. No. 11. Daily Daily. Daily Lv N Y., Pa.R. 12 15 a 4 80 p “ Pt'ilelphia 3 ftO u 0 ftftp ...... . ” Bnlinuore.. 6 -2 a 9 2!>n " VVuhh’ton H 15 a 10 4f> p Lv. K< hinond. 12 01 u 11 UUp 11 00 p Lv. Dmiville.. 5 48 p 5 50 u ft 10 a Lv Norfolk. . 1) 00 a 8 35 p Ar Gre'nsboro ft 35 p b 15a ....... Lv. Gro’r.shoro 7 10 p 7 05 a 7 37 n Ar Chnrloltc . D 45 p 9 25 a 12 05*n Lv Gastonia. 10 42 p 10 07 * 1 12 p “ King'* Mt. i :>«p “ Bin ’tshurg li 25p 10 15 a 2 oiq. “ Gaftuoy. 11 42 p 10 58 a 2 2-1 p *' Sfiar’burg. 12 2C u li 24si 3 15 p “ <lrwnvilla •’ Central 1 3u* 12 At p 4 30 p b 42 p zrrr ** Fcuera . 2 32 u 1 30 p ft Oft;, ICx. “ Wmlniiler • 25 p Sun. " Tocena. 3 2* a 2 15 p 7 0o ti 0 u> » I'di)»*rcon. 9 ‘JO u 1 30 p . .... Ar. K'lierton. 11 45 a 6 40 p . ... Lv. Ml Aiiy 7 Z*p ft 30 n " Cornelia . 7 32 p ft 36a “ Lula 4 18 a 8 Up 8 Oop ft 67e “ Gainesville 4 M a 3 33 p ft ’20 p T 20a “ Buford.. ft 02 u 8 43 p ? 43a •’ Norcros*. 6 25 a 0 18 p » 27a Ar Ailanta.KT C 10* 4 65 p 10 OOp 9 DL‘* “ Atlan*»,CT 6 10 a a up 9 00p • 8b w RoTu. Kx. ban. Betwa«n Lai* and Athaa*. I 10 p $ »4p • fiOp • hop STATIONS. 11 05 a Lv. .Lula Ar II bfta " M*y*vma“ 11 52 a " Harmony “ 12 ftp Ar^AthenaXv do** cooaacUoa mads Norm Ex. Sun. 7 Up T OUp 6 33 p 8 0V p : with ■ala line train*. M A“ a m. “P* p. at. “M” aooa- “N" might. Chewapeake Line Stenmwra in dnlly aervtoa between Nor >lk and Balitiuoi-e. Non 37 auu US—Daily Whnhtngton and >ttthwe*teia VeMtibuie Limited. Through ’■illman Nlocpingcar* lac ween New York and low Orle.u*. via \Vn»MDgion, Atlanta and lontg-tniery. and a.c t between New York and lciniiMm, via WaHlilngton. Atlanta and Bir* mmgtiatn. Aino elegant Pullman Libhart Ohxkhv ation ( Alia httwoeu Atlanta and New Y«rk kirs'clua* thoroughtara rouchaa be tween Wasiiingtoa aoc Atlanta. Dming care C rve all men.* en rout*. Bearing Waahing- gbm Mouoaya, WeUtieaday* and Krhiaya atonrl*! Mlceploiimr will run through ke'wrea Waahinglonaadbao Kranciaco withoutehanga. Pullman diawln* room •leeolngear* between 8 rr«*ii*boro and Norfolk. Clone cunnecUoe at orfoik for Oi.u Point Comkokt No*. 35 and 3(1—United State* feat Mai) raaa aolld between Washington and New Or lean*, via Southern Railway, A. 4k W. P. B. R. and LANK. It, being nompoaed of ooacbea through without ehungo for paeaenger* of all •)a**ea. Puiunaa drawing-room • lee ping oara between New York and New Or lee a*, vie At* Mill* ami Monlgomeiy and beta: loll* and Atlanta. Dining ear* B eni* en root* No* U. Ai. .1 and IZ-Pallmaa aleepiag belwpiio Klchnioud aud Charlotte, via ville wiolhlio'iad No*. 11 No* 34 and 12 PLANHs GANNON, J. M. CULP. TMrii v P 4 u** Mgr. T M « A TUBA M ■ HAADWICE fe P A.. WaaMagtaa. A- M. A.. 1 ■sB i M 1