Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S'.) illll ol bU) I I .1 ill. . .. iitioil JU t ■ ; lint li. * ‘ ■ 1 11 c lojjoftlie jjroimd tiuit tin dtjii'l! p or. .piic'.'y reiteii'S tiiein. i Ids I'.tet also su^oesls a lesson in regard to do- p Rnd cinse {'lowing at such a t'me a.' I liis. Shallow plowing and as fur away from thu rows ol corn I ami cotton as practicable, is the "[re. Droii;.’Ills arc the things now ti. be drear!'d. ami t.t be i rovided a/.ainst as mi a:, possible. ♦ • » ♦ The glorious I'ourtb has again come and gone and t he people have again had a rousing, jally time. Our patriotism is not of the Fourth-of- .luly kind, but wo do like to see crowds of people conn' together and All correspondence should he ad- | dressed to Ed. H. DcCamp, Manager. | I IIS! SH l \ l ION IN « II! N.\. AHairs grow continually from had to worse. Hundreds and thousands enjoy themselves, for wo believe it makes them stronger to bear the trials and misfortunes that await veil the most favored in this world. The crowd was not so large as on former occasions, but it. was large of Chinese are up in arms and their war-cry is ‘ down with the foreigners; kill, kill!” The (lerimii) amhessador has certainly been massacred, and at last accounts the whole for; ign lega tion was surroun h i in iVkin by a vast infuriated mob, and it is not improbable thu by this time every member of the foreign legation, to gether with Jiumlr.jd f 'go tour ists and ten porarv residct.is of dif ferent nation powered and me bei a slait . or has ;i< i iver- l of starvation, liunners sent out by the foreigner.- are captured and killed and their heads are borne aloft on spears through the crowded streets amid the wild acclamations "of the popu lace. Even as we write, the news comes that (-very foreigner in IVkin is dead, that tin* imp rial forces and the Boxers have u: ited, and that a decree has foreigner shall b" pormiltt In en 11 t hat no to live enough and seemed to bo good natured and enthusiastic from start to finish. The press of farm work no doubt kept hundreds away. The decorations were fine, especially was the exhibition made by the carpet mill unique and superb. Full de tails will be found in our local col umns. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The opponents of Governor Me- Sw eney, notably the Columbia Slat . ari- uttempti: g to deprive him oi tlu claims to a second term which an unwritten law gives the governor, by asserting that he has not been elected to the ollice and therefore should have no more prestige or prominence than any of the other candidates. X >w, gentlemen, “tote fair.” We have no use for that fo' lish sent inn r.t in regard to the second term, but a < long as it pre vails, Governor McSweeocv is en- on Chinese soil. At this distance it seems to be a , national outburst of long supprms. d ; indignation again-. 1 foreign diet .lion, aggression, and arrogant interference —the mighty rebound of Ihc national j spirit against wrongs. ‘‘Whom thi i gods wish to destroy, they first make ! mad.” In the mean time tho allied armies j are mo. ing towards IVkin a. last as j circumstances will permit. Their j combined forces, howevi r, do not | amount to more li.an .Ut.dtKt men, | and these cut but a small figure | mnong t'ne teemi'ig millions of China, j But troops arc hurrying thUher from j the four quarti.r-, of the* earth and ere long they will come down like swarms of count less locusts on the doomed nat ion. Vet strange to say, while all this is going on, no nation has declared war, nobody has s < m. d to know whether it Is war or a succession of riots d : s- countcnanc .d by the Chinese govern ment. Ail doubt?, hov.o v r, will b" quickly set at rest, if Iho new.; con- j t.dried in ih la e ‘ lii.pat cb'.< wi! hi regard t" th ua : > . < f t'.e Box r.-: and j imperial treopi should prov • true. • and there will he a half dozen great ; .nations to declare war in the short st j possible tim This is the begint,it g of what ap- ; pears to be by fur the mightb . t move- J merit of the century just closing— j perhap. of ail the ceuluriLs tti^t have J come ami gor,'.. ! lanijibul's in vasiou of Italy,!! >unaparte’d mar.l. t.t Moscow, the great war between tlie .States in America—tliene in their results and bearings were unimportant ulfuirs wlicti compared v.itii what the inove- monta in and around China now prom ise todevelop. 'i’he territory of the Chinese Em- j pi re embrace . un area of m ariy 1 oou.. I (kk) of iquar miles or a little ies? ! tlian the exleuit e>f the whole i’nituUj States of Ameri-a, while her papula- { tion amount - to over iOtkuqog ou or | nearly one-third of the populatrou of . the world. \\ hat effect the breaking up (if such an empire will have on the world’s destiny, what new directions it will give to world forces, and what new ! , currents of world influences will flow 1 out from such an event are all tilings which lie beyond the broadest and most far-reaching vision that ever hud birth in the human mind. NO I l .s AN I) C O.Vnil.NTH. Our editorial last Friday on the Bummer School seems to have ex cited considerable comment. This was exactly what it was intended to do. The Greenville News reproduces it in full and reviews it at length e litorially. J'rof. O B. Martin, one of the principals of the Summer School at this place, writes a vigo rous p’rotest, which will he found in another column of The Ledger today. There may be others yet to have their say. We shall wait till the re turns are all in before we offer any further remark?. i'erhaps I’rof. Martin will find that The Ledger is not so strictly "local” us he thought. If so, one of his strong charges will die of starvation. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 inuring continued wet weather, ] euch as prevailed throughout the j mouth of J une, crops of all kinds seud out roots near the surface of the ground. If a drought should come on now, crops will fail quickly and titkd to whatever benefit it is sup- p. »d to confer. He was elected g'Vernor on conditions, just as com pletely as Elkrbe was elected with out conditions, and when the Slate was called upon to face those very conditions contemplated and pro vided for; tie n by t he votes of the peo ple already polled and registered Mc- bweney ,v«ts governor without fur- ther conditions, just as Eilcrbe had been. We again avow that we are not in politics. We nro just trying to keep the boys straight. •♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We believe it is the Green wood Journal the. 1 is responsible for the assertion tiiat we have not a single groat muri in Soucir Carolina politics today. Tire Journal might have gone further and asserted that there is not one great man in national politics, without the fear of being called to si rious account fur recklessness. We believe that Grover Cleveland combines in his character more of the eh merits of a great statesman tliftn any other man who has acted a proinimnt part in national affairs si in e f.he war. We agree fully with 1 !u .1 urnei in its estimate of South Carolina politicians and yet we are unwilling to admit that there are no great men In S uth Carolina today. Wt believe there are scores of them, but iliey are not in politics, and they are r ot going to be unless i-ome over- win Iming necessity should arise to all tin in forth from their obscurity. 1'oiilics bus been so degraded by small, mean, designing tricksters and hypocrites that a man of broad views, high purposes, and pure motives mu t cherish a profound contempt h.r tiic work which present politics dunuiuls and the emoluments which it offers. Mr. I.l|mc«iui> WUlKlraiV), T my many friends in Cherokee county I want to extend my heart-felt thanks for the hearty support they g .e me in my election to ttie office which I now hold, and the hearty support the)* have given me in the diM'haigf ( f the many grave ami im portant duties that have devolved upon me, and that will devolve upon my suein -sor in ollice; for to the peo ple of any enunty ihe County Super visor's place is one of the highest importance, as upon it rests the suc cess or failure of the people as a county. Declining heultli and duties I owe to myself and family forbid that I should attempt to serve for another term. Hoping this explanation will he satisfactory, I ask that my name be dropped from among the long list of candidates. Itespect fully, X. Lll’SC'OMIl. I.itllf lla-lt'ii Hamrick lieuii. |Slidl»y Aurora.) The many friends of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Hamrick, now of Gaffney, sorrow with them in the loss of their sweet little daughter Helen aged <> years, whoso death occurred Friday night. She was a most artless and lovable little character, a general favorite, carrying sunshine with her wherever she went. We syrnpa- thiz<* with the fond parents in their sad bereavement. $ioo Kewarci, $100. Tlif ri'aiiciHoftills iiu|>rr win |„. | () li'arn I liar Uktu Ih iii Jciisi. our lin-aded <Jis- < I' ll' Unit science lilts lie,'ll 1,1,1, j|, ,11 Us 1 Hire-, mill Hint UCulnrrh. IIhII'mI .•uui rli • urc istlii'only |>i>-.iii ve t-uri-now kliou n to M.o iiKidiciil ft lei niiy. ('atarrti I.cIiik n I'onsiitiitloniil illsense. iciiulrcs 11 constiiu- tion.ll 11 cat ineilt. iistli's I lit Ill'll, Cui',' | s Uilo'i, inten nlly, Hi-tinc directly U|>oii tlic n, i ni mid luiicoiis siirlnces of tin* sy»ieni, : 1 1 rcliy destroy I n;r t In* ioundal ion of U,,’. 1 i.'.i e and eivlnx- tl.e imilcni streiijnli |,y liiiil<llii)i up l|ic const It ullnn and ii.>sisiln)- •mliirc in dointf t'ork. Tlic proprietors licve 1 111. I, f.iiili In it., l iira 11ve iHiwer* 1 i, a 1 I licy oil* r 11 ne It u nil is d I )oi la,-], f. a n y ease ili il ,1 falls to cure. .Send for list of Test linonials. Address. I"..]. Ciiknkv & Co., Toledo, O Hold liy llrugtrlMN, 75c. Uull'k I'uuiliy Pills are the best. 0lt >■ REUNION AT GREENWOOD, I’lepitrations llelnu Made to Kntertain th)' Vet« aiiK (»t!ur (I ’d 11 simnnlcnee ol ‘I tie I.cd(?‘ r > I.naJwk, July B—Great prepa rations an being made by tlio pooph of Greenwood for the atinual State Beunion of the Confederate Veterans itiid . mis (if veterans to be held there on the 1st, 2nd and Brd of August. The citizens of that town do not pro nose to be outdone by any of their idsler towns or cities in caring for ami honoring the veterans. By the committee of arrangements the following important notice has just been issued: "The executive committee of the veterans and sons of veterans of Greenwood requests that the names of all delegates and strangers appointed to attend the State Confederate reunion at Green wood and the names of all veterans who will attend on August 1st, be forwarded as soon as practicable to the undersign* d so that quarters may be assigned to the delegates, sponsors, and veterans before the meeting.” All newspapers in the .State will favor us by copying this notice. J. B. I’akk, Sec. We iiopo that the camps in Chero kee county will send large delegations to this meeting, and that Col. Grif fith may have tiie pleasure of present ing to that body the finest specimen of Confederate soldiers that ever wielded the implements of warfare, and also the best looking sponsors and maids of honor who will grace the occasion with their presence. While many of the camps will un furl new banners at Greenwood, we feel quite sure none of the Confeder ate camps composing the Cherokee regiment will have reason to bo ashamed of their colors. While on the subject of Veteran reunions, we think it high time that the Cherokee regiment provide itself a regimental banner, to be used at Greenwood and on all the similar oc casions. We therefore suggest that Colonel Griffith appoint a committee of ladies to do the work, and that the different camps "foot the Pill.” And, lastly, let us see to it that the next annual State Beunion is held at Gaff ney and Limestone Springs. Gaffney lias sufficient hotel, boarding house, livery and railroad facilities to accom modate all veterans and visitors. Confederate reunions are not made up of ‘ bummers” and adventurers; they are mainly gentlemen of the highest type, who pay their way, and are a benediction to any town or 'Muimunity where they hold tiieir re unions. The court room is amply sufficient for ail business meetings; and not even the Isle of Balms affords a better plaet; for social gatherings or resorts for pleasure seekers than does the park at Limestone Springs. Hun dreds of veterans will doubtless want to visit Cowpens battle-ground, Gil key’s Mountain, Goat Island, and all other places of historic notoriety. Wo have the best roads in the State,- and the liverymen, as well as railroad companies, will realize what a bless ing a reunion is to a country filled with such interesting scenery. We hope to hear from you. comrades. Let Cberokeeans stick to Cherokee. The reason that a great many mat rimonial alliances are made, is be cause the woman wants a home and tiie man wanDi a servant, and both sides got disappointed. .Scarcely ono woman in fifty need fear the moths eating her husband’s clothes. Moths don't fancy the to bacco smell. Man is never so wise as to ho beyond improvement, nor never so ignorant that an attempt to teach him is en tirely useless. The kind of charity that begins at home is generally loo feeble to go abroad. Golden rule Xo. 2is: "Back your friends and face your enemies.” Those who have plowed their over flowed lauds, find them very tough and hard on stock, this hot weather. Last .Saturday evening we had the heaviest thunder and lightning we have had this season, and a heavy rain, with hail, fell just across the river on the York side. Jo damage is reported. If we have fo buy our friends, we had better do without them. If tears shed for the sins of the world were jewels, there wouldn’t be many rich people and no millionaires in it. Borne people have such an exalted opinion of themselves, that if they were going to paint u perfect man or woman, they would go before the looking-glass for a model. Many people think they have found u mistake in the Bible when they lind something they don’t wish to believe or obey. The hot sunshine for i he last few days has put a rapid growth In cotton. Borne of our neighbor boys attend ed Children’s Day at Wesley’s Chapel last Babbath. Farm bands are scarce and can’t be got at any price. Many of the col ored people can’t be induced to leave town for either love or money, but we don’t suppose the country is any the worse off on that account. On account of the many backsets with which the farmers have bad to contend this season, they will neces sarily haye to work late to finish their crops. Many of them can’t afford to quit before the loth of August. We challenge the records of our State courts to show a more efficient and vigilant officer than policeman Duncan, of Blacksburg, lie has run down and brought to justice more luw-breakeia than any Other man wo know of, in proportion to the number of cases with which he has had to contend. It’s almost impossible for a thief or a murderer to do anything in that part of our county and get away. Gould the State have enlisted a few such men in its service to exe cute the dispensary law at the begin ning, "hlind tigers” would have been a thing of the past. j. L. s. The people who need your prayers most, arc those you don’t like, Do you want a sound liver, vigo rous digestion, strong healthy kid neys, regularity in the bowels? Take Paipgl.Y Asn IIiiTKltH. It has the medical properties that will produi g this result. Bold by Cherokee Drug Go. That Miiiiiiimt Nt'liool TaMoral. To Tin: Kmtok ok T in: Li ixikk: My attention lias been rcpeali dly • dl d to an editorial in Tuesday’.’ (•di! lun ut yi'iir v ili|;lid(‘ |! i|" i \vtii' l' says, "somi' phusns of summer schools are fair subjects for criticism.” I must confess that I was surprised to rend such an artie'e in a county where the people and the schools are so progressive, when the teachers arc sci much interested, and where the county superintendent of educat ion is certainly one of the most efficient and able in the .State of South Carolina. 1 am slow to believo, sir, that you have the endorsement of your con stituency. It is not my purpose to criticise the editorial. 1 merely wish to reply to the part which may seem to apply to U’O Cherokee summer school. While you may have meant to lie general, yet your paper is local, and the local school receives the effects of the edi torial. Other schools in the State may never hear of the editorial. It came out during the elos’ng week of the school here and people may think, yes, have thought, that the data upon which the article was based came from this school. Such cannot be the case. For instance, this state ment is made, "the object of these schools is to teach the teachers how to teach the primary brunches of reading, writing, arithmetic, geogra phy and history.” Phis would be a commendable object, but as an in structor in the summer school, 1 never knew it to bo the object. Supt. McMahan never issued such instruc tions. We have not taught reading nur writing. We have given very lit tle attention to primary work at all. The course of study in the summer schools tins year consists of algebra, arithmetic, grammar, literature, com position, geography and history. It is news to me that 1 am one of the teachers "supposed to be capable of showing many tricks and turns of which the ordinary teacher is sup posed to be totally ignorant.” Supt. McMahan visited my shool- room in Greenville in May, while I was conducting a plain, straightfor ward recitation in French history, and how he decided that I was one of the‘‘trick and turn” fellows is un un fathomable mystery to me. Cherokee county people Know that Professor McArthur is far from such unprofessional work. My acquaint ance with other teachers in other counties does not show me any such individuals abroad in the land. Bo 1 am forced to conclude that the writer of that article ‘‘supposed them to be capable of tricks and turns,” and not •Supt. McMahan, who appointed them. Furthermore, the article says that "Musical instruments and musician? are provided at the public expense.” Xot one cent of public money has been, or will be spent in this county this summer for musical instruments or musicians. If any has been spent in the other schools nothing was said about it in the printed inxt ructi ms sent out by the Stair, superintendent. Fortunately or unfortunately for the cause of education, we cannot pour raw material iulo cnib. go moulds and then take It out at the end of four years as fullfhdged, welldcvel- oped teachers. If we could, we could not keep them on hand for a quarter of a century ami then mould a fresh lot to serve another term. The teacher has been called a "bird of pussag .” Today hi* is in the school room and tomorrow he is at t he bar, or behind the counter. "Today she ilourisheth in the schoolroom and then the hour and the man arrive and then she is lost to us forever.” It takes about i’.TO teachers to supply Bit) schools for five years. So we must constantly get in new teachers. My mind rests confidently on the con viction that it is bi tter to get a living learning teacher who hasn’t hud the best school advantages than to get a graduate, even, who thinks ho knows it all, and is not willing to take every advantage of a summer school or any other opportunity for improvent. I I heartily agree with your own Dr. Lodge, in his address hi fore the Cherokee summer school, when he said "A teacher who ceases to learn ceases to teach. Cut down the dead trees, and especially those which are dead at the top.” The editorial says: "These teach ers have all been before examining boards who have given tlmui certifi cates of competency ur.d on the strength of these certificates the trustees have given Hum positions in the public schools.” Today we are examining some of the brightest young people in your county who have done beautiful work during the past month, and who have no cer tificates of competf ncy. They ex pect to teach. Further, we are exam ining teachers who iiave heretofore received second grade certificates and are now s'riving for first grade. Allow mo to say 1 think your edi torial does Hupt. McMunan injustice. I have worked in summer imtitutes in our State when methods were emphasized, and I am far from criti cising tiie authorities for having schools of methods. Such schools are held throughout t he United States. But tiupt. McMahan lias insisted on scholarship and teachershlp. In conclusion, I think your posi tion does harm to tiie cause of tiie common schools and that cause cer tainly needs the support of the press, the colleges, the pulpit, and the peo ple—in fact everybody. The success of all these depends upon the intelli gence of the people, and the Intelli gence of the common people depends upon the public schools. I hope your position on this sub ject is not what it seems to be, but I Iiave given you what has been given to ipe us its effect on others and that coincides with my own reading cf the editorial. O. B. Maktin, I nstructor in Cherokee summer school Gaffney. B. 0., July 5, 1'JOO. A UiMiil ('oui;l> Mt'diciiif. Many thousands iiave been restored to health and happiness by the use of Chamberlain’s Gough Itc-medy. If afflicted with any throat or lung trouble, give it u trial for it is certain to prove beneficial. Goughs that Iiave resisted ail other treatment for years, have yielded to this remedy and perfect health been restored. Cases that seemed hopeless, that the climate of famous health resorts fail ed to benefit, have been permanently cured by Its use. For sale by Chero kee Drug Co. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Von Know *1 ml IV<>(>ln You Hou't K I.MW . < 'olonel \. T i q'ji, the V' j et .ilih • nd highly esteemed MiperiiiteMlcnt of ; tim Smith Carolina and Georgia Ex tension rail toad, was in our city Wednesday to witness the amuse, merits of that day. We are always glad to see Colonel Tripp, for lie is one of the finest types of a gentleman that it has ever been our pleasure to meet, and we wish very much that we could prevail upon him to make Gatf- iiey Ills home. Minx Minnie Tindal, of Spartan burg, is visiting Mrs. W. D. Sparks i n Logan street. Mrs. B. H. Lipscomb and little daughter, Jessie, iiave gone to i Atlanta. Gu.. for several days of pleasure and recreation among relatives and friends. C. L. Borter, of the Southern rail way, was here Wednesday. Dr. Andrews, of Shelby, X. 0., came down Tuesday to visit his daughter, Mrs. T. Davenport, and to help us enjoy the Fourth. W. A. Boole, manager "f tiie com pany store at Pacolet mills, came up Wednesday to join the celebration throng. C. M. McWhirtcr, a prominent bus iness man of Jonesvilio, was hero for the Fourth. Judge J. E. Webster spent Wednes day in Spartanburg with the family of Mr Walter Mitchell. Miss Maude Hottd, of Spartan burg. is visiting friends in tiie city. Miss Carrie IVden, the accom plished millner ut the company store left for Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, in quest of a few days of rest and enjoy- tncut. Commissioner John B. Brown, of Ravenna, was among the crowd that thronged tiie celebration grounds Wednesday. J. C..Jefferies, E*q., was in Green ville on professonal business the first of the week. J. A. Carroll spent, a part of W’edfies- d ty and Wednesday night in Bpurtan- b;g. D. Baxter Wood, a prominent ciiizen and successful merchant cf Bacolet, was here a short time Tuesday. Mrs Hollis and daughter, Miss Leila, of Greenville, are visiting at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. J I. Surratt, on Depot slreet. They came over to bo present at the cele bration Wednesday. Miss Lizzie Becker, a popular and highly attractive young lady of Spar tanburg, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. Ci. Surratt, on Logan street. J- X. Cudd, a successful business mini of Spartanbug, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Carpenter Wednesday. Miss Bauline Foster, of Spartan- i u-g. is in tiie city for few days, tiie guist of Miss Inez Surratt, one Lime stone street. Earnest Ezell, a popular young business man of Spartanburg, was in the city Wed nos lay with his brother, J. E Ezell, on Victoria avenue. Among tlic notable visitors pres ent during the festivities of inde pendence day was Thomas F. Mc- L’ow, Esq., of Yorxviile, candidate f.ir solicitor of Hie sixth judicial cir cuit. Worth Little, of Charlotte, came over W ednesday to take in the Fourth and to enjoy a few days of rest. Mrs. Edna E. Harris, left the city yesterday forToecoa, Ga., where she goes to join her chidren who are visit ing their gradmother at that place. Mrs. Harris will be away several weeks. E. 11. Gaines, u popular "knight of the grip” with headquarters ut WTn- ston, X. 0.. was registered at the Commercial Wednesday. Miss Victoria Amos, of Spartan burg, is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. it. C. Surratt, on Logan street. Mrs. Yirgie Copeland is visiting the family of Mr. John M. .Nichols in Spartanburg. Mr. Buul V. Gaffney, salesman for the Gaffney Carpet mills at Gaffney. S. C., was in town lual week and stopped with his old friend. ^ L Hopper, at the National.-*—W’aynes- ville (X. C.) Courier. Misses Gertrude Little and Alice Gaston, two Blacksburg’s attractive young women were In the gay crowd hero Wednesday. They returned to their homes yesterday morning. Captain W. F. Maguire, tiie polite and attentive conductor of the South Carolina and Georgia Extension rail road, was registered at the l.ipreomb ho. el WT dnesJay. Arthur Hopper went up to Clifton I uesduy to help t he Clifton hail team in t heir game with the Bacolet boys on Wednesday. A. NT Wood made a hurried busi ness trip to Hpartunbuig yi sterduy. Miss Dura Hamrick, one of Shelby’s charming young ladies, who iiua been spending several weeks in Gaffney, w II return this week.—Cleveland Star Miss Hamrick bus been visiting Dr. and Mrs. WT C. Hamrick, on Lime stone street, and has made many friends during her stay in Hie city. Augustus Deal, of Blacksburg, was registered at Lipscomb hotel Wednes day. Mrs. James Foster and daughter, Miss Foster, of Lakeland, Fla., have come up to spend the summer months with Mr. and Mrs. X. Lipscomb, on Limestone street. We wish them a pleasant eta) in our city, Misses lone ami Agnes Littlejohn are spending a few days with friends in Union. W’alton W. Brown, a salesman for the Bacolet Manufacturing company, was in the city Wednesday. Miss Nannie Cora Richardson left the city Tursdqy for \ubury Burk, X. J., at whicii place hho expects to remain a month or ‘more taking a summer course in the New York School of Expression combined with pleasure and recreation. W’ill F. Brown and wife went to Bacolet yesterday to spend u month or more with relatives and friends. Miss Carrie Houthard, of Jonesvilio, is in the city the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Carpenter, ou Limestone street. Miss Bessie Long, of Union, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. C, Carpenter, returned to her home yesterday. I^tokely Ltl.eri t^z, u popular young man of Atlanta, Ga., who came out to witness the exercises on the Fourth and to visit Hie farnpy (.! Cui t. and MiV. W II Lb bn;di-ou ;.! Illll eslone, I I 'I! -m -I to hi., h.iid. 1): I ) efl' ■ !• 1 .i v v ; ibtib V r. E I iii* i |>;il<-!n r for t lie .S mu *, ( l( { ,i Georgia li.Hicnj.d, whm r mji uij.'sst Tuesday. Mr. Doughn; :y, iii e .li I Im officials uf | |,i G. G. ; i )",. ... , thorough a no ilb'-iiiit |)ii-.joi .n m and a perfect spacum-u n a |n if* ,1 genth man. and Im . v r r. ceivis a warm welcome in our ciiv. NO REMEDY EQUALS PERU] SO THE WOMEN ALL j9* TTix- Nmv Coiiiiiici'i iitl Hotel Mr. O. IJ. Harris, proprietor (if GulfiHv s new bote!, arriv<d m the city Monday, and by Tuesday bo was in readiness to extend the hospitali ties of his hoii-n* both to iim transient and traveling puldm. A. Xownvqcr. Atlanta, Ga., was the first iiinne en tered upon his register, and quite a number of hungry mortals partook of the good tilings on his table at dinner fuesduy. The fiotel bus been styled the "Commercial,” and it is well worthy of the name. Tiie building is entirely new throughout and is fur nished from bottom to top with neat and substantial furniture; handsome carpets and nice mattings cover Hie Moors, electric cal I heBs connect every room with the office below, and all the modern conveniences necessary to a first class hotel are to he found at the commercial. Mr. Harris is quite youthful in ap pearance, hut a veteran in tiie hotel business, and his affable mania rs and genteel demeanor are well calculated to win the friendship mid estef-in of all with whom lie may come in con tact. The Ledger wishes him unlimited success and hopes that im wilt make Gaffney his permanent home. >5r $ & Ml t-JJi /’ •ari**?v** r Miss Susan VVymar. Miss Sii.ani Wvniar, P-aidier in th^ Richmond H-ho. l, Chicago, III., writes tlr.< following t<-tter to Dr. Hartman re garding IVriAia. She Bays: “Only those who havo suffered as I have, can know wiiat a blessing it is to tie .ildo to ind relief in Be-ru-na. This 1ms lieen my experiemre. A friend in ne. q is a friend indeed, and every Ixittle of Be ru- na f over boucot proved a good friend to me.’’—Susan Wvniar. M rs. Margaret ha Dauhen, I2H North Superior St., Bamne f’ily, Wi.- ., writes: •• i feel so Well ami good and happy now that pen cannot d '•ril e ii. Bc-rn-na is everything to me. I Iiave taken several bottles of Pe-ru-na for female complaint, f am in I lie <.uaiige of iile and it docs mo good.” Pu ; ii-iia 11as no ecpi:’l in all of the irreguiaritiort and eiiiergLnck.s pe culiar to women caused by pelvio catarrh, i Address !>r. Hartman, Columbus, O, for a free book for women onic. The Eminent Kidney n . ^; and Bladder Specialist. d t .tfmtonHt R- The Discoverer of Swamp-Root at Work la His Laboratory. There is a disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because so decep tive. Many sudden deaths arc caused by it—heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result of kidney disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to ad vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Then the richness of the blood—the albumen —leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dis covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands of apparently hopeless cases, after all other efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free by mail, also a bock telling about Swamp- Root and its wonderful cures. Address Dr. Kilmer 8t Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and mention this paper. The Old, Old Stcry, Often Toll but Always Interesting. This is proveihia! <;!' th<* “oh! story'’ of love: :i!i<l it i-, (.inaiiy tru* Its •'l>usu:i s.*, rourtsliii). ‘ Wv a i'l* not in lovr, itlll v. c a ic m Ini'iiiuv.s, WV Imvo told you our story many a tun.' and oft. out ivn wish to irnprrss u|,on yoiir mind tin- fai’t Mint ivc arc -ti!! lannlci in<: t.o I he wants' f tin* pt oplc by Uct ping lor I heir In >pc>'l n n at nr! times A Fresh and Complete Stock of I'rney IIroeeri<>. Cautlt'd (.'oods. I oiifoc- lioncries, (lignrs, Tobacco, ete.. all pure as I be purest and good as the I .esi. It'I*; CKKA.M and CObli HI,'INKS six day*; In the week. We wilt appreciate your pat ronage. Peeler <St Gaffney One do/: u fm sizes ai 'b" folio •; half do: i'.r !oiv nrii Larger Ari’to I’biMeo Cabinets, per dozen, fcl.M; linlf <1* '/.i‘ii,: Mor i gdos-y ( V 'm i . p- r dozen. ,f l.NO; half dozen, si..Vl. ( nrd .Mze. per .' v- , -'! . • Ii.i'i' do/*'", 75c. Diamond card.'., p r dozen, *!; half dozen ♦ i.’h*. bul; rg< menls, s:/o i:. .’i), liiiUlird mi rayon Sepia, Water i olor. I'.islel, oi I'.m.. na-.'.oui framed o a la.misom' lYatrc-. at pi i. . s l.i.xer than travci:,:-.-n mils e;.ii atfnrd t *-.vorU. / All wor. . mu.mtei d. J8! QUEEN, Fhotograplier. Gaffney, S. C. Jah Look :it the noxt ten people you meet .iml see how much is worn ol (ho now caih'il jewelry. 1‘roin a #000 watch chain to a live cent slick pin. Yes, jew elry has come to he a staple ar ticle of dress. 1 ou will buy 1 more or less ol it; see that you qvt v, L it you pay for when you buy. You can he sure of this if you will buy of * GAFFLiEY, S. C., who hits a full assortment of the \\ . L . iaiu ( O. h'i a ids, I ,yery artielc ol tlicsc ;D)od> i.- i’ullv war rant! d to lie exactly as re11ro se: it ted , \ this i‘fleet T printed paiaramy to !S 'dven with each enide oi these o,>q,| s purchased at their >tore. W. r. MAIN CO. ! "ist* rn r.icKiry, corner of friendship anci Kddy Sts., i‘rovidenee, K. |. Western i ;teIo- ry (Largest Jewelry factory in t he world), uiider process of eoitslruetion in fast Iowa ( ity. ia. Over .i:.',()UO ft. of llooi* space. V- I iim % st ill nt tIm* ImguI of tin* |>n vvitl* ;t full .issortnn nt of >i/rs of * Birdsell and White Hickory Wapns, (iiie-horse and up from JSj.Oi to pij.ito ** * 1 , s huifg.V yoa want I've got'em of the following makes: Tys m A .loneo. York ville Itnggy ( o., I i an I, .1. I.nger, Tavlor-l'annady lluggy ( o., and Itarlmur lluggyi'o., open and lop single seat, Surreys. Phaetons and Ijoad \» ago ns from >..'».tKi to ?! Id.Ou each. C'luunpion IVIowors* arc si it | ip tiie lead, so I ronllnuc to handle I hem: also 11 ay Hakes and Barming I in piemen t s' of ull kinils. Mason's one and l wiM|iiurl jars.I. and I i|tiarl Ic Ctcam Breczors, Croekery, Heavy and I- nncy (J roeeries. Complete line Slim s, "up l o date'' I nil 11 a* to i|italil v and pru-e. I can supply you either al (ialVney or my store at Coiorih’s, S. ((live me a ealI mill gel prices If you waul good, hones! values. Yours lor trade. J. I. IT*>r Building and Plastering Limo, Coal, Sli'mgloH, and Plas tor Hair, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dyna mite Caps, call on THE LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS, Telephone S7 CAKROLL & CO., Less• • J Tbe Gainey City Land and Improvement Company Offer* for sain llu. ding Lois In lids Hour LI Jug l"Wii. OulTney ('It y ; A Iso Kurtii* nt*Ar by and in i ach of t Ic hoot*. e f LL.i* sume Hpilngs and of this place. In U)U of frota Koto loo acres ou litie:;,l t.me rutc»; ulim Agricultural Latui» to mu for But poseM. Bor fait pai tlunlars apply to J- .V. H AKKA'jrr, A (cent. N. U.—All IroMpKMlaxou Imtdfcof tbl« compuuy. cuttlu » n (j Umber ttol buotlog are forUIUUeu under penally of > tw