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Ed. II. Dkuamp. IBLISHBn TUBflDAY ANP F vi list KII’TION rikH'K i '.ii advance, per year... ime. per year I PAY manager fully unf plinirnt and ‘the nmneroiH other* reciatos your com- conipliment that have paid him In lie allow hid il.>ua u i spirit .f Th. thlo for th >rr< lit: at ot re upon h :>ondentfe- vho do not c icgular news letters ml i their uau.e, not for puhl for identiticatiou , rit e short letters and to the point ) ip* pr» > iihure publication; also i ndeaun ,| iun ) u , t them to the olllco hy Monday I hursday tuorninga. «r lc of thunks will he published j me cent a word. fading notices will he puhiibhetl v n cents u tine each insertion, ilntuitries wilt bk publmhed at tiv© a lino. asking (Ii Used, hilt "UI) should cumc over th© j dreHins" t ho iminagi r ! will nev« i enti r politics. thanking you and all oth i havt* been so kunl and | ctieis express hwi-lt (or his pvoin ; must hog to be e*ou*i'd. II | to servo you and yollr Intc it position more d ould do in polities. by an enterchange of ideas, and so on, ns if wo had set ourself up as an enemy to all progress, nil intelli gence, all enterprise, and had advo cated barbarism ns a very desirable Hint most, happy state of mankind. Now friends if you want to talk and write about uil kinds of progress, go r who i ahead . wo are with you every time, n . hh to I Hut when you want to attack any- ,< lo11. he tiling v.e have said please keep some- c horn name to he rent change nf his ■ l.cdger i t n' e r c) y THE LAW FOR CRU- Cl Mill. \M» VO VI M I N IS It Should be Enforced in This and Every Other County. SCARCITY OFF ARM LABOR Jits All dr. d ti ipondt-nce * ii. H. DeCi*. ild pe ua- d i* llUl \ ItOi I Will. VI. According t i the (iieenvillj News. Greenville is the banner wheat county of the iStsit**. tine man over there has made forty and one-fifth bushftls to the acre on live acris. Another has made niiitty-eight bush els on two acres, and still another has made thirty-two per acre on ten acres. The largest crop reported from one farm is 2,001 bushels. The Greenville Roller Mill, it is said, is buying 1,2(K) bushels per day and is 000 a paying out for wheat about ^2 month. That begins to look like cotton is not king after all. Forty bushels of wheat to the acre, when work and ex pense are considered, will beat two bales of cotton any year in net cash returns Then there is the satisfaet ion, the independence.the pride associated witli the making of such a crop, all worth another bale of cotton to the man capable of appreciating such things. There is another advantage still. The wheat comes off in good time to ho followed by a crop of peas which will yield large quantities of provender for horses and cows, and leave the ground improved for the next crop; or if the owner’s plan be to get all that is possible out of h's land in one year—and from some points of view Ibis plan is a good one -—then he may plant corn and peas together and cultivate, with a fair chance to get a good crop of both. Jt takes a whole year to make one crop of cotton, ami it must run the gauntlet of droughts and storms, of rust and worms, while there is no let up in the work required, from the first of March fill the last of November. After all. the Piedmont section is not u cotton country Fifty yearn ago, if cotton wu.-- raised at all so fur uorth as Greenville and Spartan-- burg, it was only a little patch here and there for “spinning cotton No farmer thought of making it his main or leading crop. It was not | till the introduction of commercial I fertilizers hud made it possible to stimulate the growth of cotton so as u to rush it to maturity before the [ early frosts, that it became a general ! crop in this part of the country, if [ a farmer now raises it successfully i he must liist put loe worth of some thing like a huli’ bale of cotton in fertiliZ' rs on every acre, and then compete with the Mississippi valley and the dexas prairies which will i make from one to two bulea pt r acre f without fertilizers. | If: p The Piedmont belt moat sooner or later abandon cotton. It is hound to be devoted in the near future to I' t the cereals—-to truck and dairy farm- [ ing and to stock raising HMh its i climate and soil adapt it to these things, and the rapid growth of the 1 he hot wave i- following the tem perate zone around the earth. FtiSi Monday the thermometer stood at 91 in London and at 10O in Haiti- more. Some astronomers say that the great heat is caused by an un usually large spot which Inn occurred upon the sun and that there will be no let up till after the last of August. Whatever may bo the cause of the heat, it stands every one in hand to take the best care of himself that is possible. Light clothing, frequent baths, moderate diet, avoidance of stimulants and undue exertion, are among the things that will now make for one’s welfare. Then re member, too, the horses and cattle that cannot speak for themselves. Give them plenty of cool water and shade and don’t overwork them. It becomes more and more evident that the town of Gaffney must spend more money or sacrifice in a great measure what has been already spent. The electric power is plainly inadequate; the water supply is barely sufficient for present purposes; while the town is growing and the demands for conveniencies and com forts are growing with it. In another year or two the income of the town will be sufficient to provide what is needed : hut ii it wise to wait a year or two, and thereby lose prestige and fail to reap the full benefit of what has already been done? If not, then there is only one way out of the dilemma. That is to borrow money or sell more bonds and put the town abreast with other live progressive tow ns. Let us hear‘from our council and from others who art* interested in the well-being and progress of the town. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ In time of war and excitement, nations as well as individuals go into the general business of lying. If ft truth is ever started, it cannot pass the first station without being worked over until it is not recogniza ble. Nations will distort, suppress, and pervert the truth from policy, and individuals will do it from excitement ami e of the marvelous. as l I , , j manufacturing L towns in this belt vviil ► t oour h sues the trend of events now imperative. *. well as all the make eucha fhe farmer who and be- giLs at once to adjust himself to it, >s the one to make u big success in the end. TO lit. KX< I Sl,l>. V The manager of The Ledger is in j receipt of the following communicu- i tion : |f> Hj.acksju }«;, 8. C., .July Ifitli } Mu. h'o H. DkCamf, hi Gaffney, H. O., *'J. Gear Hir —Please publish the en- | closed article. You might afford to T do it “Gratis.” 1 would be willing i to pay for .t myself were you not so high with your advertiseiaents. is Yours truly. .is*, now ; the whole world is anzioqs for the truth from China and cun t get it. Nobody seems to know what is the true state of affairs there. One day it appears certain that the foreigners in Pi kin were t.ll killed on the I th of July, and the next day it appears just as certain that they were all safe on the 9th. The United States minister haa not been heard from in over u month, though he has been all the time- within sixty miles of the headquarters of the allied armies. Jn the meantime troops are moving towards China from all parts of the earth, and great events m iy soon be expected. It is not at nil certain tbut there will he r gulur war, though there will Ik* much blood shed. China wili probably discla.m all responsibility for the Iloxers and may even make a show of attempt ing to suppress and puni-h them. In that caie no w <r will be furmully de clared. but the Hoxers wili be anni- hiiat d and China uer.elf will be put into .ucb a condition that sh.e will never again g*»'e t.be world trouble. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It is remarkable bow a man can shut iiis eyes to an unpalatable fact, I an 1 when he meets with an argu- j mont which he cannot refute how be J will sometimes go to framing other ! hypothetical arguments wnicb he can where in sight of the point of attack, or else acknowledge like men that you are unequal to the task. ASUMMER TRIP. Two Young Tourint* in tin- Mountain* of Morth Carolina. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Waynesmlle, N. C., July 12.—A summer trip in the mountains is al ways delightful, but this year the attractions in North Carolina seem more entrancing than usual. 1 be weather is so cool and invigorating that one feels as though nothing in the way of mountain climbing, horse- hack riding, or any other form of exercise, is to difficult to accomplish. t^uile a coterie of people from Gaffney have been visiting in Waynesville, and this vicinity, en joying the beauties of the enchant ing scenery. Hut among all the visi tors whom we have met, we must single out Claude Ross and Wofford Humphries, as to them belongs the honoror of accomplishing the most sight-seeing in a short time—making a circuit of several towns. The first place that really interested them was Hiltmore, where George VV. Vander bilt has erected his magnificent chateau. Mr. Vanderbilt received them with his cordial hospitality, and devoted one entire hour of his valuable time to entertaining his distinguished visitors. W’offord gave ail iiis attention to admiring and studying the marvelous beauties of the landscape gardening, the artistic manner in which the vines rambled over the balconies, and half en veloped the picturesque summer houses. He declared he had never realized what wonderful creations of beauty could be formed from simple wayside flowers, and only by exer cising a little taste and ingenuity. Claude seemed particularly fascinated with the chicken farm, and made some interesting notes and sketches in his memorandum book, while Mr. Vanderbilt eloquently talked on his hobby of chicken cultivation. Claude was so impressed with the bleu that he resolved upon the spot that he, too, should have a chicken farm. He kept his resolution secret, but he was so wrapped up in the plan that he could think of nothing else, and his usual jovial countenance looked quite serious. So much so, that by the time they reached Waynesville, their next stopping place, the following Sunday, Claude’s expression was solemn and ministe rial. The minister evidently ob served it Ht church that morning, and mistook him for Brother Baily, a member of the congregation, who happened, that day, to be absent. After the sermon he said: “J think 1 see Brother Bailey near me, will lie kindly offer up a prayer for usV” There was an uncomforU- bie silence, which lasted so long that the pastor himself broke the stillness with a prayer. They took innumerable horse-back rides around Waynesville; one day climbing the wonderful .funaluska Mountain, the next making a trip to Mt. 1’isgah. where they were lost in a cloud and hud to spend the night in a hunting lodge. On that trip they killed several large snakes, skinning a sight that people, of nd mounting them with all the skid taxiderriiis*. Home an accomplished fair young demoiselles may look forward to receiving two gen uine snake skin pocketbooks! Ciuudo declared upon his return that they were so high, and near the sky. he could see the stars appear at the same time that the sun was sinking behind the mountain. They hud ordy one narrow escape from death, and that happened while riding to the Mica Mines on Lick- stone Mountain. Not knowing the way they tar^e upon the mines rather unexpectedly as they are sit uated on a large bluff hanging far over a perpendicular cliff, and under the winding road. It so happened that the mines had just lighted the fuse for blasting, when the riders came around the turn in the road. There was no time ror warning, and the first thing our friends knew of it, | there was a deafening roar—the horses reared their heads, plunging madly ahead with nostrils diluted. The hoys kept their nerve magnifi cently, and held the bridles with ail refute, and when he bus handled j the strength tfjey could master, while these to his own satisfaction how- he I ll ‘ e ‘‘ u ^ of rppt IfW congratulates himself on hn success The inclosed article is as follows: T HE friends of RU. |J. DeOanip respect fully sulenll Iok na.iii. io tlii 1 eonslaiT;i f rion of tin- voters of Clinrokce comity :is a cutnillJutc for the lower liouso of |,epreseil- Hativts sulijert to Itiu results of I lie !).->nio- /•ratic primary. f* it is not confessing too much to articles on the summer schools. In »ts lust issue it says: “The editor of the Gaffney i.edjer is making a gen tle kick against teaching the teach ers in the summer schools. His main argument is that teachers need rest during vacation seasons; that «ay that the receipt of tho above | live or six hours a day in the school communication enlarged the mana- j room is very wearing on the mental ger’s hump of egotism for a moment, i 4.n:J physical man and that they need But it was only for a moment. There | twice as much rest as those engaged was a titno when his aspiration and inothc* pursuits.'' Ambition was to bo a politician and | On the other hand we stated cm- with the politicians stand, hut that ; phutically as often as twice that that time has passed. A little ta«te of I wah not tiik main akocmk.nt: in fact politics has been sufficient to satisfy a<i that we said on this point was tfie cravings of the |u>litical appetite 1 more of the h+U}rp of suggestion and and he is perfectly satisfied to remain inquiry than of argument, a«4 we as- a humble private citizen. The ex- sorted distinctly that we d*'! n °t perieocn gained was enough to satisfy urge it as an objection to the summer tjim that an independent man has a schools. The Kpartau then, bard road to travel in politics. The demands, fault-findinga And bicker ings of a (aeUdiouH public are not congenial to the man who thinks and acts for himself No, brother, the the explosion Hew In every direction. It was a narrow escape and only the u>. a bejioian and d.dmlor. Lio n so I ., lJ p,. r j t)r horsemanship of our friends staid an i siiifootrd a j >urnul as the saved them from a serious accident. Carolina Spartan nau taken some- We trust all their trips may be as ^ lW . happy and as fortunate, thing ike such a course with oii. i 1 ^ * i n Anita Lou.ak >. like In Memory of Helen Uuinrirh. | A riilKMI. ] ••Little hands whose work Is o’er: Tired hands that toll no more; 'render little hand* that rest { ijiijed |(.er M-e tiiilcs* breast; tend>i,a oVt Ti,on| mipber drrd- Kisses still those i|ttii; ii!f|,dj.* ’ tlod. He ever knows the tiest. Folded them and hade them rest. Would He now those hands coihlehM. Witii it mother’s kiss on them ? Mother loved those little hands. Mother loved them In the past. Mother’s kiss was on them last; Little hands beneath the sod, Take a mother’s kiss to Hod; '* - ft it o’er the sldnlng sands, J’/B-Je -dnyv njj-e J-hK*’! F'nds ” Aioo Reward, $ieo. Tho readers of this paper will he pleased to learn that there Is at. least one dreaded dis ease that science has been aide to cure In all Its staves and that Is Catarrh. 11 all's! atarrh Cure is the only ixisltive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh lielnv a i.i 1 ;:',tit'!tlonal disease, requires aconstftu- V.loira! tT<;ati f .tmt- ll : il!N * atarrh Cure Is latort mtern.'UJy fcCUl.J. uot.o ten hlis»d and’nVQi'ons'siiffaee* of the sy£;oni, thereby destYoylnv ttle foundatlon'or the (li»ciiie, and Kivihit the patient Stre»*vth l>Y every one else who has attempted to IH> tfie Constitution and JMjstlnfc ^ f j4t^fe dqinjj to* v-«»*w 1 w (9*4*blVttry answer our criticisms, has gone off mtu. v* much fartli .o oaca^tla i>yee' gone into a diMsortation on general progress, iii, benefits of social intercourse, the ptiu'ul'.'H imparted to teachers that- lh«y oner </oe Uhi.dred )) ca«» that ft f ' I estlmonlau. <ner <me npnurnd pojhatt foj(- in . II fii if* to ftftM Sind yq ligi uf i a— ii,iq ii f ’d« lo i no: send yq tlmontau. Address, E. J. Ciienky A Co., t’oledo, (J Hold hy Druviftsts. Tie. Hall's Family fills are the best. Makes it Hard for I’armersto full Trough with Their Crops The Ledger Crftl- rlsed Other Items from Lower Chero kee. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, July 18.—Fruit drying is an important part of the house work eince the fruit is plentiful and the weather favorable. Mr. Mike Sellers has ffax growing In Iiis garden. This is many young, and even old might stop to see ih passing. Our people are anxious for the | Gaffney roller mill to start. There < are several bushels of wheat wailing j for it. « • The district conference will meet at Mount Vernon church, in Hickory Grove, next week. It is a large and influential church and r-o place is better calculated to give it attention and entertainment than weatern York. Our neighbor, the Hickory Grove Bun, still shines. With each suc cessive issue its light and heat in creases. Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Estes visited their daughter, Mrs. R. A. Foster, last Tuesday. A tree ninety feet high is broken off in u storm, the tip striking twenty feet from the root and the broken end is still resting on the stump. If the ground is perfectly level how high is the stump? The weather continues hot and dry, thus giving housewives a fine op portunity to dry their fruit. The scarcity of farm labor has made it hard upon some farmers to pull through with their crops this year. Yet it has done much to de velop the manhood and show what kind of material our boys are made of. We know of young men who, rather than see the farm go down for want of labor, have left off other pursuits, more pleasant and equally remunerative, and taken hold and with commendable zeal and industry have made the home and its surround ings independent of hired labor. Too much praise can never be given a boy who, in such a time, comes to the assistance of iiis father and puts his strong shoulder to the wheel and makes the home and its surround ings both pleasant and independent. We have such boys in our county and can name them. Girls, you’ll not make a mistake in getting such boys for your husbands. The son, who with a heart full of gratitude for bis parents and his dear home, re nounces all the pleasures of society und its attractive surroundings, will do to trust in any emergency—mark that. The cund’dale who starts out to bothering the farmers before they get through their work won’t get their votes. Miss Eliza A. Garner, of Mt. Joy, bus our thanks for a lot of nice apples which we greatly enjoyed. Last Bubbath. while on their way to preaching at Abingdon creek, Mr. i‘. 8. Webber and son. Venue, had a run away scrape. The mule they were driving became unmanageable and it was with some difficulty that they succeeded in stopping it. How ever, no harm was done, further than a general shaking up cf the buggy und its occupants. The chain gang is now at Surratt’s and will work out of the roads in that section before moving else where. Quite a number of onr York county frieudg attended preaching at lialem last Sabbath. Yhey crossed the river in bateaus. Rev. Mr. Marion will begin a three days meeting at Salem on Fri day before the first Sabbath in Au gust, at 11 o’clock a. m. All persons interested will meet at Salem church next Saturday at 2 p. m., to clean off the grounds prepara tory to children’s day exercises. J^ev. Landrum rNeli preached at Abingdon creek Ju» r . Sabbath, ilifi text was, Psalms 5:7. He preached a line sermon to a mrgeund attentive congregation. Now and then we hoar some one speak in a spirit ot criticism o' this paper und its views ou different sub- iecta. It ip in.ariab’.y a rule with newspapers that they don’t hold themselves responsible f^r the views of their correspondents—they can’t I afford to do so—many times the views of a correspondent are in oppo sition to those of (tie paper for which he writes. Then the duty of the edi tor »)) *o pick jqip m>, turn him round and ant him down again. The columns of this or any oilier well regulated paper am always open for the discussion of any subject which concerns the public welfare, so long us the discussion is kept within proper bounds.' And any qne '«/ho feels aggrieved at anything whiofi appears in it uao always him room to redress his grievances. Don’t go around among your neigh bors with knives up your sleeves or stab, with the dagger of your poisoned tongue, the editor or some one e'^e agmnai whom you nave a pique, just because you haven't the manhood, heart or brain# to attack him In the public prints. When he finds out your plans, purposes and practices he will “rip you up the back” with a ruthless hand and you will deserve no sympathy from your dearest frjenqs. (if all who deserve the righteous indignation of outraged justice the foul mouthed slanderer is the most detestable. He is u man of morose putrefaction and devoid of manhood in its meanest and most contempti ble forrfi. Mrs. C. C. |iobert3, of Uludhy, X. C., is visiting her son, Mr. Martin Roberts. Miss Mary Whisonar.t, oqt* pf Blacksburg’s bhnrm>ng young ladies, visited her uncle, lion, (h W. Whiso- nant Nsfc week. Now is the time for people to select their turnip'Peed and prepare their ground for sowing. It won’t do to sow just any k nd of 8<’ed and expect ; a emp. If we do v.e will meet with | failure. Most of the debts we owe to God 1 are made payable to man. We regret exceedingly to learn that I Hon. Joel E. Brunson, the prohibi- ! lionist leader in this Htate, had the misfortune to lose liin hand in a saw mill accident one day last week. Many thank? to The Ledger fora ! supply of stationery, j \Ye need to have the law for the prevention of cruelty to animals en forced in this county. “What is everybody’s buMness hi nobody’s business,” and nobody will attend to it. For a man to drive a horse to town fifteen or twenty iniles, let it stand all day without either food or water and then fill himself with dispensary oi blind tiger rot gut and drive home in the evening as if lie was drawn by »• firat class locomotive, is a matter for our court-, to look into. It mat ters not if it is b:s own horse or mule. The foundation for greatness must be laid in youth. Young men fre quently make a mistake here. They are content with following the pleus- ur; i of youth instead of improving early opportunities for preparation j for iifc’H great work. Wellington frequently said tii.it the battle of Waterloo was fought and won while he was a school boy. It was what he learned then that prepared him for that great battle. Inattention to the foundation has ruined many a structure. Inattention to the intel lectual and moral development and preparation lias ruined many a life. Many a college graduate has dreamed of greatness while delivering his final oration as the applause of friends would greet his ear; but too often lie is never heard of afterwards. Avoid tho idol which many worship— the love of nativity and applause. Webster said that if America had done nothing else but to furnish the character of Washington, that alone would have entitled it to the respect of mankind. The human race is made up of two distinct classes—those who go ahead and do something while the oilier sits still and asks why it was not done PERUNA A REMEDY FOR FEMALE CATARRI Maorl’dek, Yokk Co., Va. Dr. 8. B. Hartman, Columbus, O.: “ I can scarcely find words to express my gratitude to you for all your kind ness to me. It has robbed the grave of one victim, for I was in a critical condi tion when I w rote you before. Thanks to you, how ever, my health is fully re stored. I wish every young lady in our town could read your book. There would | be a great deal less sickness and puny women.’*—Miss Bertha E. Sargent. Navasota, Tex. Dr. 8. B. Hartman, Columbus, O.: “I think it is time to let ) ou know what your treatment has done for me. I am rid of that terrible trouble I had when I wrote 7 to you. When I would itoop over I could not straighten up without the most severe pain. 1 am well rf that, and am much better in other ways.”—Mrs. F. K. F. Gille, Box 19. Osyka, Miss. Or. 8. B. Hartman, Columbns, O.: “I am sun- that Pe-ru-na is one of the 'est. medicines on the market. I am sore that 1 would have been in my gr# u o w had I not used it. 1 have told many others the good it did mo. Everybody said that I had con sumption, and I knew that I would have it unlers I got re lief. 1 feel It my duty to give praise where it is due. 1 am and ever shall be giateful to the man who discovered Pe-ru-na.”—Mrs.8.E.Dicker,* New Orleans, La. Dr. 8. B. Hartman, Colurn bus, O.: “ I am feeling much better now than I have for two years. I find Pe-ru-na to l>e the besTmedl- cine for female complaint, and in all cases of extreme weak ness 1 think it Is the best remedy in the world, M it has done me a great deal of good. My friends say that 1 am looking better now than I have for years. They want to know what I have been doing, I look so well. I tell them that Pe-ru-na did it. I hope Dr. Hartman will live many years more to help others as he did me.”—Mrs. H. 'Buthe, IKH Sixth street. Every woman should have a copy o “Health and Beauty.” This book con tains specific instructions for the treat meat and cure of female catarrh. It i illustrated and contains much inform) tion. Address Dr. Hartman,Columbus,< some other way. J. I. CROP BULLETIN. (’owlltiou of Carolina Crops as Reported from tlie Bureau. Coi.umma, 8. O., July 17.—The teinperture averaged slightly cooler than usual during the week ending 8 A. M., July 16th, with a maximum o 100 degrees on the 9th, and a mini mum of u8 on the XOtb. There were widely scattered, light showers early in the week and general rain on the 12th and 18tb, that were needed and proved very beqeficial where heavy enough In portions of Chesterfield County 4 50 inches fell on the afternoon of the 12th, damr aging lands by erosion. The average rainfall for the Xtate was less than an inch, and less than the normal amount for the same period The ground, previous to the rain ', was very hard and in many localities the rainfall for the week was insuffi cient e.ther for the needs of crops-or to put tho soil into condition for cul- tivation.thus delay ing the laying by nf crops. Hail ftn.l high winds damaged crops in Cherokee County on the 8th, and high winds did slight damage in Barnwell County ou tho 11th. The weather was generally favorable for normal crop development, and con siderable progress was made in killing grass, although many fields continue to be in foul condition. Some localities have lino crops of corn, while in other localities corn is yellow, somewhat tired und scalded, and grassy fields are common. There was, however, a general improvement in the condition of corp during the week. Lowland corp is doing well. Upland com is being rapidly laid by. “(lotion is yellow on light soils from being cultivated when the ground was too wet; ehewhero it has good color, and fields are generally clean although the plants ere small in places. Growth was slower in the past week than during ttie previous one, but cot ton is now fruiting well w'tb but few reports Oj sheading. Ssome fields continue grassy, and wili be laid by in such condition. Heu-lsland cotton is affected h> blight. Tobbacoo has been attacked by grasshoppers In Darlington County and by tleas in Florence County. Cutting und curing qr; well under way. The urop uppeais lie* prom ising than lit it wf ek. Rice is doing well, but 'the fields are unusually grassy. Hweet pota toes are very promising i’eas are doing nicely. The commercial tion of the melon crop ;« nqor, patches r.ro ci jiug crop) arc excellent. Wheat con tinues to yield above the average. ()ata urj less uniform. Haying has begun in Charleston County. Three Kttniou* Toasts. It was Representative McCleary who, the other day, resurrected three famous toasts on the United 8tatep. Here is the first: “Hero is to the United States, hounded on the north by the British possessions, on the south hy Mexico, on the east hy the Atlantic and on the west by the i’acific.” The second a little more expansive, is as follows. “Here is to the United States, bouned on the north by the nort h pole, on the south by the south pole, on the east by the rising sun, and on the west by the setting thereof.” And the third reaches this climax: “Here is to the UniLd States, bounded on the north by the aurora borealis, on the south by the pro cession of the equinoxes, on the east by primeval chaos urul on the west by the day of judgment.’’—Wash ington Post. After tin- Hall. No. it. (I’m-t Laureate.) I. A jolly good crowd to Blaokslturjr did ifo. Some for fun, some to catch a Iteau ; Ladies from Charlotte, SpartaqhurK and Co lumbia - Hut th<-indies there eared not for our hum her. i!. We tried to be as white .-is we could, Hut some iadies there misundeisi:iod : They said we were so drank girls and al!- Tluit none of us knew what was ffood bull. :i. To this some of us wiil eertainly apree. We were so frightened we hunted a tie*:, And when a boy told us we were hi .eL as a ■■nije-'er," Jewelry a Staple. Look at the next ton peo you meet and see how nmcl worn of tin* now called jewel. From a $500 watch chain !<► live cent stick pin. Yes, jr dry has come to he a staple - tide of dress. You will Y more or Jess of il ; see that t jmt wliat you pay for wlten i buy. You can he sure of a if you will huy of J. D. Goudelocl; GAFFNEY, S. C., who has a full assortment die \Y. F. Main Co. goods. Fry article of these goods is fullyir- • ranted to he exactly as r»e- V sented. A printed guarantor this dfect is given with di article of these goods purchtdl i at their store. r* W. F. MAIN CO* > * Eastern Factory, corm-r of FrlendstiLd Eddy Sts.. Providence, K. 1. Western K>- \V< told hint Ii' t.luKts'i. .as a fo ;1 and red us a ry (Lurfri -t Jewelry Factory in the w<), under process of construction in East a City, la. Over 5:2,*KW ft. of floor space. ! '.•::tj-iaw-4i 4. Mow vi r. we did a caper they cannut do— I'rom the lop of tiieir (.rand Stand scut <v tftrl through; Of course. I revkon, when she 'nit ti;'- inttuin, She saw oniy.-qnr-i and u darn lot of’em! a. Noma; i.er what they said, we thought it -o; it was i itln-r that or vo below. And when they all Kol into tin- tivht, Oalliiey said Blacxsburp- was riviit. (i. Then our boys were sent to tin- cupboard Hut tike our friend "Old Mother 11 u bb“ id'’- ' Found notiiino'tin-re, butd'd m , ;.»enr At the cupboard bare,, u^rjnjli their hair, 7. And mow inis bclmc number seven, We il ;ro to bed and dream of heaven, Hoping you who kick at t in- bu! I The devil to get one and ail. OnoiU'S. Lot .is t\iank ycqt, great and small, l-'or treatment so lair after tin* bail; Tite Jtlackiburc team tri at' ;1 u, rin... And will agree that so0,0 of n, are v.hitn, (iooit-nixlit' good-night! Soap Shot Photograph One dozen for 7.'>c siz.es at the foilowin let! I uozen 50e. Ltir low prices: Cabinets, per dozen, £3 s, per do.;cu. 1*150; h’ Aristo I’ett half dot! u< £. Ivtv.ra -’i ssy Cablrn 1 do/.-ii. $1.50. Card size, per dozen, $1.25; half dozen. 75, Diamond c:mU, per dozen, it; half dojtr 05c. En!:-,: i.e!i;ents, si/.e,]0.\‘JO, finished In Crayon Ki.,>ii», Water Color, Yastei, or Hromide, am j framed in a handsome frame, at prices iowc than traveling agents cun afford to work. All work nuarantced. JOHN GREEN, I Photographer. Gaffney, S. C The Gainey City Land and Improvement Company Offers for sale Huildfng !/Jt& !r\ this flourishing town, Gaffney City; Also Farms ne by and in reach of the d^Luois of Limestone Spring's and of tills place. In lots of frt 50 to 100 oeft'-j (>41 rioeral Line rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pi poitTJ. Fur h)il particulars apply to J. V. iVtfent. N. D.—All tresspassing ou landsof this company, cuttin uud amoving timber, fltbic hunting are forbidden under pena’*v of law por- , ri .. but wt-U. The minor During last May an itifartl child of our neighbor was suffering from chol era infantum. The doctors hud given up h’.I bopuH oi recovery. 4 took a bottio of L’hqmberlajn’ij Colic, Chol era ttnd Diutciboea Reined” to the house, telling them I felt aure it would do good if used according to directions. In two day# time the child hue! fully repoveyred. 'J’hp child is now vigorous und healthy. 1 have recommended this medicine fre- qiiontiy and have never known it to fail.—Mkh. Cfk'ILs Baker, Bookwal- ter, Ohio. Bold by Cherokee Drug Co. Wo cunnot remember a di\jf tjq dafk as to hu/p h ^deved the approach of coming day, nor a storm so furious or dread!Ul as to prevent the return qf warm sunshine und tt clyudl*^ To the I’ulilie. I am informed that a report is be ing circulated over the county that I have withdrawn from the race for Hupcrvisor. i wish to deny this em phatically. The report originated with some who hope to change some of my sup porters. 1 am In the race to a finish with every hope of winning J. H. Turner. Special Slipper Sale. In order to close out my entire stork of • Uppers,I offer /ew rare bargains: $2, $2.oU and $”* slippers to g<> at $1.2o and $1.50 peiHur, $1.20 and $1.50 slippers to go at 75c. and $1. dJr pair g Sizes. 2J, 2, 24, 4, 4 4 and 5. r A few yards of WASH (4001>S to go at a sac#lice. SHIRTS! SHIR7S: ' The Lest line af shirts ever brought to this/nva, from 25c. t o *1.00. Have your fruit by buying J. C. Lipscomb's Fruit Powns. ^ One package Daves 40 pounds. J. C. Lipscomb. EC01— Building and Plastering Lime, CoalShingles, and Pla» ter Hair, Dynamite, Blasting Powtr, Fuse and Dyna mite Caps, call on THE LIMESTONE SPRINGS.IME WORKS, Xelephone 57 CARRCL & CO., Leaaets Ik Mi' l i