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SCARED LAW.
.lust now the law in South Caro
lina is cowering and hiding from a
vengefu 1 mob who have rent its robes
of majesty, trampled its honor in the
dust, and are now howling for its life
blood. Majesty and honor, indeed!
That is a pretty majesty that slinks
away from the public gaze, and hides
itself*in mortal terror at the first
sound of battle ! That is a fine type
of honor that cannot bear the strain
of a single test! There is more
majesty about the rules of a country
debating club than there is about
some of the laws on the statute
books of South Carolina. There is
as much visible honor in the unwrit
ten regulations that control the
movements of a blind tiger, as there
is about a State that parleys with
mobs and runs from criminals.
Two negroes in Florence the other
day attempted to perpetrate the
usual crime but were bulked and
thwarted in their fiendish purpose.
Then came the uprising, the hunt,
the pursuit, the arrest by the officers
of the law, the gathering of the
mob, the messages to the governor
for help to protect the prisoners, the
farce of the mustering of the militia,
and ail the usual steps and processes
with which the public is already too
familiar.
The negroes were caught not far
from Darlington and turned over to
Sheriif McClendon, of Florence, who
kept them at Darlington in a box car
strongly guarded for a whole day
and then spirited them away on a
special train into North Carolina,
and thence over other railroads re
mote from the scene of action back
to Columbia, where he dumped them
inside of the walls of the State peni
tentiary.
Jn the meantime a crowd assem
bles in Florence and holds un indigna
tion meeting at which fiery speeches
are made and scathing resolutions
are passed. They wire the governor
to send the prisoners back to Flor
ence, which ho refuses to do. They
then abuse Sheriff McClendon and
every one else who had aided in sav
ing tlio prisoners from a lynching.
Many of the citizens of Florence, per
haps a majority, endorse the sheriffs
action and oppose violence and law
lessness, but us usual they are pow
erless to restrain the excited mob. .
Such is an outline of the circum
stances. We relate thorn merely to
point a moral. It is clear that the
sheriff and those who acted with him
did their duty as they saw it, and
we admire them for that. Dut we
do not see that anything is gained
for the caueo of law and order by
this feat of the sheriff and his posse.
The mob have been prevented from
committing a crime, but it lias been
done through means that huve
neither increased their respect for
law nor inspired them with any
healthy moral sentiment. The lives
of the two wretched prisoners huve
been temporarily saved, but this of
itself is hardly worth a considera
tion. They have forfeited the right
to live by their fiendish deed, and it
matters very little so far as the pub
lic is concerned how soon the forfeit
is paid.
What we contend is that the law is
dishonored and public order is
jeopardized, ju^t as much by the
course pursued in this cu^o by the
sheritl and his friends, us would have
been done by a regularly constituted
lynching of the establish; d type
Indeed we seriously question If a
lynching in hpite of the officers of
the law would not have left those
officers and the law which they im
personate more highly respected by
the public at large than this dodging,
running and hiding have done. Peo
ple may honor a man or a principle
that has been overpowered by brute
force, but no one can honor ridicu
lous weakness and self-confessed
cowardice.
We believe that even now it would
do something towards retrieving the
law from disgrace and contempt, for
Governor McSweeney to semi those
negroes back to Florence and call out
soldiers enough to protect them until
they can lie tried and punished by
law.
There is just one more thought in
regard to to this affair at Florence
and all similar affairs. The lynchers
and would-be lynchers claim that
they are rendered desperate by •»
sense of danger to female virtue, and
that they are defending the purity of
their homes and the honor of their
wives, sisters, and daughters; while
the truth is many of them are
actuated by instincts scarcely less
brutal than those they would punish
in their victims. We seriously ques
tion if there is a single intelligent
woman in Florence, or in the State,
who would not ratlier trust her honor
in t! e hands of the conservative
law-abiding men of the country than
in the hands of any of the turbulent,
blatant avengers of rapes and so
called, s-lf-appoinLd defenders of
female honor.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
There is an alliance in this State
far more palpable and “unholy” than
that charged by Senator Tillman, as
existing between the preachers and
the bar-keepers. It is the alliance
between the dispensary and the free
school system, and it is headed by
no less a personage than Senator Till
man himself.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
We hope thp veterans of the coun
try. will not ferget that Gen. C. I.
Walker wants to meet them and their
wives, sons and daughters at lame-
stone on Saturday, August 11th.
Work on the farms will lie over by
that time, and we hope to have a big
crowd, firing yonr baskets along
with some dinner in them, and be
prepared to spend the day,
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
We have been told time and again
that the war in the 1'hilppincs is over,
yet of the army of 05,000 mer sta
tioned there, only 3,000 can be spared
for the emergency in China. It is a
curious peace which requires an army
nearly three times as large as the
whole United States huve required in
ordinary times to protect their fron
tiers—even all of their forts—and
subserve all tlie purposes of a stand
ing army.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
The Rev.Ciarence Dixon will preach
in Sfn iby next Sunday, and an excur
sion train will be run from (iafTney to
that town for the accommodation of
uil who may wish to hear him. Mr.
Dixon is one of the most noted pulpit
orators in the United States, and all
who go will have a rich, intellectual
and spiritual feast. It is an oppor
tunity that will not soon occur again,
and there ought to be a large crowd.
The fare is only 75 cents for the round
trip. The train will leave the S. C. &
G. FT depot at 8:80 a. in., and will
return at 9:80 p. m. Mr. Dixon will
preach two sermons, and the excur
sionists will have opportunity to hear
both of them.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
The situation in China grows dark
er, and the whole world is still in
doubt and anxiety. Stories of the
safety and of the slaughter of the
foreigners in,Pekin continue to alter
nate with each other in unvarying
succession, while the great nations
are hurrying preparations for un in
vasion as rapidly as they can. The
Imperial Government of China—if
indeed such a government exists—has
petitioned the United States for their
kind offices in bringing about a peace.
President McKinley replies that on
certain conditions this government
will do the best it can for China. We
b?lievo that the United Htates now
have or soon will have a great oppor
tunity to ingratiate themselves with
China and secure great benefits for
themselves for all time to come.
Surely this government doi s not want
any territory in China, and this fact,
if demonstrated to he a fact, will give
it immense advantages in the final
negotiations. It remains to he seen
whether our government will profit
by her position and ri^e to the full
measure of her duty.
Rf .1 iiHt to Uie Itoy.
Give the hoy a chance to do some
thing on the farm. Give him a small
plat of ground and let him raise some
crop on it which ho is able to attend
to properly, v/ith such suggestions as
you may be able to give hUn. Afte r
his crop is made then buy it from
him, or sell a pig on credit and Jet him
fatten if, and wheh lie sells it, let
him pay rent on the land housed and
also for the pig. Don’t put him to
rai-ing chickens, at which, probably,
you have aUea.ly inadea failure. Let
him do some work whereby . our sug
gestion fr m time to time will enable
him to come out with a dollar or so,
at the end of the year. Money which
he has earned for himself, be it ever
so little, is more satisfactory to him
titan would be thrice the amount
given to him. lie will thereby gain
u knowledge of business and econ
omies early in life which cun be a
source of gratification to himself and
his family in later years.—-Cotton
Planters’ Journal.
Grover I’ont Otliee RoMx-d.
[Slii'liiy Aurora.]
The Post Office at Grover was en
tered feiipday night, the safe blown
open and uil the qocnoy, stamps,
postal notes and other funds stolen.
There is no clue to the thieves. En
trance was made through the store
house of C. F. Hambright, who is the
postmaster
$ioo Reward, $ioo.
Tlie I'cudcriiof thlK |>:i|><‘r will be pli'iinod to
l< :irii I lint llits (< l.i ut I'sisl oiio drt'iKloil (IIh-
tsiM* tliiit srii un- bus Ims'ii ul In lo nji'o in n:i
lisHtiiKi'Miiiul i lint 1«<'utarfli. J1 ulI'liCitlurrh
Cure isthconly positive euri; now known to
tlio moiliciil fnitcriiity. Cuturrh IkiIiik ii
isiii h| 11 ii i l> hi ul tUstsiHo, rct|uin-H u const 11 u-
11* hi ii I 11 i'll) inisit. Hull's < alurrli Cure is
tuki-n intt'i'iiully, affine tilm-tly upon the
IiIimhI and mut'iiuH Miirturrs of the systisn.
|bt*rvby di-siroyintf tbo foiindiitlon of tlio
bl .i-ii>>), cud imiiijr the pullout stmitrtli liy
liiilldlni,' »ip I in) ''Destitution mid usslsliiijr
nature in doinp lis woik. Tjje nrnpriotorit
I Intvc so nmi'li fnilli in ItsisHiifivc (M)w, i*
I lliul l lu y dII'it <>nr llundmi Dollars for uny
I'.isi' thiii it falls to euro. Send for list of
Testimonial!;.
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Hold by DruifglsUi. 75o.
Hull’s Family Fills are tbc best.
A VOICE FROM
FAR OFF
Mr. Crocker is Alive and
Writes of the Situation.
PREPARING TO ESCAPE.
ThiiiKA Around Clilukiang In a State of
Uncertainty and Forelifners Have Their
Valises Racked Heady to Kun—Two
Great Viceroys Desire I’eace.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Chinkiano, China, June 25.—We
have just now transpiring over hero
one of the most curious and enter-
esting passages in the history of
mankind, Europe, Asia, and America
all together engaged in a war—Gog
and Magog—a row among all the big
dogs. I will not go into details
about the war in the North as you
get correct and quick telegraphic
news. Just at this writing no nows
has been heard from any of the For
eign legations in Peking for ten days.
They are shut up like rats in a trap.
The old Empress Dowager proved her
barbarism by refusing them their
passports. Probably they have been
massacred, and if they have, it is one
of the greatest crimes of history.
We live, you know, in the Yangtsy
valley, about five hundred miles south
of the seat of war. There are two
great viceroys adjoining this valley
and they are determined, we hear,
to keep the peace. ,
Wife and I were living in peace and
quiet in our home in Yang Chow.
We had our regular daily duties,
preaching to the Chinese and all
other ordinary daily work. Some
Chinese has expressed a desire to be
baptized, and we felt a little hopeful.
I had bought some little motherless
chickens and turned tuem loose in
the yard. My war spirit rose no
higher than in trying to keep away
the hawks, which were very numer
ous. They got two of my little
chickens and I shot one of them with
a borrowed revolver. I carried my
warfare far enough to creep up be
hind a bush and shoot a saucy old
crow sitting on the grape harbor, but
there were no “killed or wounded”
in this engagement. The blackber
ries along our west wall began to get
ripe, and the vine was loaded with
grapes. The corn blades flagged in
peace, and the golden yellow squashes
began to show under the broad leaves.
In peace we have pursued our way
and enjoyed the rest of home. But
gradually we began to hear the
thunder of war from outside. Wild
rumors floated in of massacres up
North. Then came a letter saying
it would be safer probably at Chin-
kiang where we can easily take ship.
I told Miss Forbes, a lady who had
just came to board awhile with us,
that it took the “whole world to
move us.”
This country about here has been
the scene of many a riot, and we
know that a merciless blood-thirsty
mob may arise at any moment.
F’ortunately we have a viceroy who
desires peace, and although the
stupid Chinese government is trying
to fight all the great powers, this
viceroy does not desire to do so.
The Chinese empire however is
honey-combed with secret societies
and most of these are anti-foreign.
They defy the government. We are
therefore in the curious situation of
not being afraid of either enemy, Chi
na, or the “Powers” but of the rowdy
element which is ever ready to take
advantage of any disturbance. The
Chinese have very few newspapers,
and they circulate and believe all
sorts of rumors, the wilder the better.
The one question now among the
little company of foreigners is “What
News?” At night we lie in bed and
start at any unusual sound. Many
huve packed their valises ready to
run,even my wife lias gone so far as to
point to two valises in our room here
that are ready. Plans of escape
have been made, and the situation is
discussed at every gathering. Some
of the servants are badly scared.
My servant told me the other day
that lie was ready to run and leave
everything as soon as the mob ap
peared! But wo are getting used to
it. We have studied on the language
some this morning, some of us. We
had services in the church yesterday,
and we usually take a walk or pony
ride up to ti e park fine days.
Two or three weeks ago a lot of bad
men got on a river steamer here and
robbed it just a few miles up the
river. All tiio robbers got off scot
free.
No one knows what a day may
bring forth, but we know all things
arp in God’p hands. We hope the
present disturbance will result in
wider open doors for Gospel work
among the heathen.
The great river rolls on forever,
the sunlit landscape smiles back at
one in peace, and God reigns above.
The unresting spirits of evil men
alone bring woe to this world.
W. E. Crocker.
o* Twh
Illy the Lodirer's i'oet Laureate.|
My thoughts Hy hack affain
< *n I his hriahl and glorious day,
Id a mystic •’Lover’s Lane,”
And two lassies bright ami gay.
The clear blue eyes of one were seen
To waver up and down
Within a soft and darkened sheen
fjf fftn'klog ||laek tyu<} ht oWi-
On the other's sunburned face
Was formed both now and then,
No matter in what time or place,
A cheeky little grin.
Absorbed in secrets these two friends
Hat, on that pleasant day,
Fnconselousol tin: fate that sends
Himpsou along that way.
They viewed their tattered clothes In haste,
both hands were <jcuup<‘<] ij'
Lach felt there was no unu' to waste,
If they hid liefore he came.
Down through the lane witlt rapid rate
They ran with all their might.
Hut t hen, alas ! It. was too late,
For hlmpson saw the sight.
Jn warm weather Prickly Ahh Bit-
tkkh lielpa yopr btuying qualities
VV orkera who Ubo it occasionally Bland
the iieut better and are lean fatigued
at night. Hold by Cherokee Drug Co.
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“SHIRT SLEEVE BRIGADE.”
Some RvuiurkK on the Subject from u
Friend in Tcxum.
(Correspondence ol The Ledger.)
Bonham. Texas, July 27.—I read
with much interest in the editorial
comments in The Ledger a few days
ago of the announcement by the
young men of Savannah, Ga., of the
“Shirt Sleeve Brigade,” and their
agreement not to wear coats during
business hours through July and
August. The mere discussion of the
subject is really amusing to a resi
dent of Texas. A working man" is
seldom seen with his coat on here
during the summer months, and I
am a little surprised to hear that
the editor of the Greenville News
says such a thing would not be
tolerated by the ladies of that city.
He must be mistaken in conclusions.
I cannot believe they would be so
exacting as to require a grocery
clerk.-ora dry goods clerk to don his
coat while waiting upon them. 1
can hardly realize the fact that Mr.
Williams (if he is the editor of the
News) would promulgate the idea.
He clings to the anti-helium customs
which are, in a measure, in these
days antiquated and obsolute. He
can write more interestingly upon
the Exodus of the black man to
Liberia, or the Interrogation point
perhaps, than he can upon the
modern conventionalisms of joung
Americas, in these progressive days.
To us of the west the idea of the
Greenville News is rediculous and
that of the Havannahians is correct
and sensible. If thiir resolve is car
ried out it will afford them more
comfort. It is quite possible, and i
am sure if the editor of the News
were out hero he would soon fall
into the custom, himself, of going
coatless during the August days any
way I Here the custom is almost
universal among laboring men.
If the Greenville editor were to
come out here go into u county or
district court and behold the judge
sitting on the bench in his shirt
sleeves and smoking a long stem
pipe (I huve seen this) and contrast
the custom with that if the circuit
judge .n South Carolina with his
black cloak or toga fastened up
around his neck, he would doubtless
hold his hands up in holy horror.
In tliis country to a man working
in a house where the air does pass
through the heat, at times, becomes
very oppressive without a coat, and
to be sure a coat would only intensi
fy the situation, hence we go without
it. And the ladies do not by any
manner of means take it o mark of
disrespect, neither do they approach
men with any misgivings or trepida
tion on that account. It would not
only be prudish but foolish if they
did. But the same sweet voice calls
out, “Jack,” “Willie,” “Bob,” “Mr.
Smith,” “Mr. Brown” or “Mr. Jones”
just as ueassuringly without the coat
as with it!
The Greenville (Jews surely under
estimates the true feclingu of Die
ladies as regujds the comfort of the
gentlemen. A lady has no more
right to demand what a man siiali
wear than he has to demand whut
the lady shall wear
I lived in Greenville a short time
in 1883, and I knew some of them
who weffi nice, gentle, sensible peo
ple and 1 cannot think for a moment
that ihe ladies there would take it as
a mark of disrespect or scowl at a
man waiting on them in a store, or
any where, if, indeed it were more
comfortable wiliiout a coat than with
it. I give the ladies credit for good
judgment on that subject, j. g. c.
RESOLUTIONS OF IRESPEQT-
AtloptsU t>y I tulles AtUwml MUnlouury Soci
eties or the ISaptlut Church.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Ladies Aid and Mis
sionary Societies of the F'irst Baptist
church, Gaffney, S. C., at u recent
meptjng:
Whereas, it has pleased God in
His all wise providence to take from
our midst our faithful friend and co-
worker, Mrs. Fliectru Baker Little,
therefore be it
Resolved 1st, That in the death of
Mrs. Little our societies and church
have lost one of their most valued
members and one of their best and
most faithful workers.
Resolved 2nd, That ws hereby ex
press our deep sorrow, hut foul com
forted with the hope that our loss is
her eternal gain.
Resolved 3rd. That the deep and
tender sympathy of each and Ptory
member of the societies is tendered
to the bereaved ones in Ibis alfi ction.
Resolved 4th, That a page in our
minute book be dedicated to her
memory and a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to her family and to
the Baptist Courier.
Misw Budd,
Mas. W. W. Gakknky,
Mrs. A. V. Montgomery,
CotmruUce.
WRITTEN FROM WILLIE.
Some 'TerHe Remark)* on the Dltipciigary
I .aw in South Carolina.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Willis, July 21.—Our farmers
have about got out of the grass.
Some had to throw out a part of
their crop in order to get through.
We have seen more crab grass this
year than we have ever seen before
in one year. Crops in tliis section
are looking fairly well.
We think that the Charlotte Ob
server deserves the commendation of
the entire country, of ail parties, as
being one of the few newspapers hav
ing sufficient backbone to enable it
to stand by its principles, regardless
of Its past party affiliations.
If newspapers, which are said to be
mouldera of opinions, would instruct
the voters of their county to vote for
principles instead of blindly voting
for parties they would, perhaps, be
of much more service to the country.
The dispensary law of this State
was claimed from the start, by its
friends, to be a step towards prohibi
tion and it was brought to our notice
by a prohibitionist some time ago
that it was actually a step towards
prohibition, yet, we fail to see the
point, as it were. But we have been
thinking the matter over very care
fully of late and find that the step
toward the prohibition theory was
exactly correct. Why, bless your
souls, voters of South Carolina, the
only thing in the world now to be
dor.e to secure prohibition in its
strongest form, is simply for the
legislature, when it meets next Jan
uary, to repeal that clause of the
dispensary law authorizing the State
to buy and sell liquor and the thing
wi.l bo complete.
The claim of the friends of the
dispensary that a prohibition law
could not be enforced, is ail bosh.
The only thing to he done is to en
force it against the State, the citizens
are already prohibited from selling
liquor.
The illicit dealing in whiskey is
perhaps more extensively carried out'
in this section than in any other
part of the State, and yet, prior to
the enactment of the dispensary law,
there was no blockading at all going
on in this section, and there are at
least nine-tenths of the people of
this section who are engaged in the
illicit traffic in whiskey who say that
whenever the majority of the voters
of the State say, by their votes, that
alcoholic liquors shall not be sold as
a beverage in this State that they
are ready to, and will, quit the busi
ness at once. But, as long as the
laws of tiie State sanctions the sale
of liquor, that they are going to sell
it, too.
Of course we would not expect a
prohibition law to totally prohibit
the sale of liquor any more t! un we
expect the law against murder to to
tally prohibit murder, because there
are some men who would make and
sell liquor if they knew they would
bo hung for it. But, I believe that
the people of this section, as well as
all other sections, are perfectly will
ing to abide by any law which meets
with the approval of the majority of
voters of this State. I«’ow, we will
say to our readers, “vote as you
pray.
Ocr.wrs.
AGREEABLY ENTERTAINED.
MupurrlHor LI|mu-oiiiI> \YfTt<-» of HU Slay in
Wityneaville, N. V.
Waynesmlle, N. C., July 23J, ’00.
Editor Ledger :—I have been here
only one week and confess that J have
never been more agreeably entertain
ed under similar circumstances. I
have not hud a natural restful night
for nearly six months. Last night I
went to church and after listening to
an excellent, soul-stirring Herqion re
turned to try bpaiding place, retired
and slept quietly until about six this
morning without anything to disturb
my rest.
As for Waynesville as a summer
resort, I think there is none better.
Some of tho pl/tees of interest around
Waynesville nrp: White itiuiphur
Springs, altitude J M50 feet; East
Burk, Il,( JO feet; Oak Forest 8,100
feet; Mount Olivet, 8.000 feet; Juna-
luska Drive to Eagle View, 5,100 feet;
(only live miles away, and in full view
of tlio town); Mt. Moriah Love;
(Rocky Knob) 3 800 feet; Lockstone
Mountain, 0 000 feet; Junqlqsku,
(Platt Balsam}, (i «2a tcot. besides
cjofens of others of iike magnitude.
As to climate, water and scenery
these cannot be excelled.
Some of the ladies from the Nation
al Hotel took un early ride tliis morn
ing and on ihcir return were shiver
ing with cold,
Gaiinoy is well irpressntcd here—
not less than a do*en—all stopping
at tho National with our genial old
friend, S. L. Hopper, who entertains
royally. n. l.
ETTA JANE ETCHINGS.
NotcH and Comments Alton! Tilings and
People In Lower Cherokee,
(C irespondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jane, July 25.—We under
stand that Miss Bonnie McCluney
will teach the Sunnyside school this
summer.
Miss Eva Stacy, one of Cherokee
county’s most beautiful young ladies,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Martin Roberts
last week.
Communion services will he held at
Salem church on Friday, Aug. 3, at
11 a. m. The sacrament of the
Lord s Supper will bo administered
on the Sabbath following, Rev. J. P.
Marion officiating.
We regret to hear of the illness of
Supervisor Lipscomb and hope for
him a speedy recovery.
The neighbor boys went down tho
river yesterday and brought up one
of Mr. W. R. Walker’s boats for the
accommodation of those who wish to
attend children’s day tomorrow.
A carpenter has a piece of timber
30£ feet long. It measures 14 by 12
inches at one end and 8 by 0 inches
at the other. How many feet of
lumber in the piece.
Our problem in last Friday’s
Ledger has been correctly answered
by Miss Moliie Moore and Willie
Mayfield. The stump is 42 7-9 feet
high.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Lizzie
A. Lotspeich, of Gaffney, died sud
denly one day this week in Green
county, Tenn., where she had gone
on a visit. She will be buried at
Foster’s Chapel today. For some
time she had been in failing health
but no one expected tne end so soon.
Also James Hughes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. *Vm. R. Hughes, died at Jones-
vilie yesterday and will be buried at
Mesopotamia today.
We understand that James Moss,
who quietly walked off from the chain
gavg some time last winter, returned
a few days ago and proposed to work
out his time. He said that he had
understood that the county was
“hard up” for hands and he thought
he would try and help it out. This
is very generous in Jim and we hope
he will have no reason to regret his
action in this matter. There are
others taking vacation who we
wouldn’t be surprised to hear of
doing likewise some day.
Mr. William A. Whisonant, we re
gret to hear, is lying very low at
this time. Also Mr. John Lowry’s
family aro siok.
The partial showers going round
each day is a very good indication
that rains will not be so generally
needed as heretofore.
We are sorry to hear of the atllic-
tion in the family of Mr. Golden
Bentley, of Pea Ridge. Recently he
lost his wife and one of his children
and two others are now lying at tho
point of death. Mr. Bently was a
Confederate soldier, a member of
Company II I5th S. C. Regiment,
and the hearts of all his comrades
who read this sad notice will go out
to him in the warmth of brotherly
love, j. l. a.
A OiifHtlon for tlio (Tty CoimiTl
Gaffney, July 20th, 1900.
What is the matter with our town
authorities that water can’t be had
for the public. Citizen,
[The Ledger would suggest that a
public fountain be placed i» a con
venient place for the benefit of man
and begat. We owe this much to
our country friends.—Ed.
For Picnics
and Lunches
t\*’ liiive it nice line of Can Goods, such us
VEAL U)AF,
LUNCH TONGUE,
TURKEY,
CHICKEN,
CHICKEN ala Marinxo
CIIII* BEEF,
HAM, ;
CUTLETS, &o.
Call and soe us or phone No. 79
SPARKS & .HUMPHRIES.
Leading Confectioners,
Notice.
i
In accordance with an act of the General
Assembly passed the 17th Feb., liXjnull regis
tration tickets Issued prior to April 1st, 199!^
are hereby called in. ^
All persons hold ini? registration certificates
issued lietore April 1st, 1900, will either pre
sent tin ni in person or send them so us to
secure u new ticket.
We will be in office on the first Monday in
each mouth.
H. A. Tat*,
W. IJ. Dempsey,
J. A. Whisonant,
5-lx-tf Supervisors of Registration.
Jelly Glasses,
: AND ALL KINDS :
Silver
Tableware.
R. S. Lipscomb
j
The Jeweler.
CROP BULLETIN.
Comlitlou of Carolina (Tops jim Iteported
from the Hureuti.
Columbia, July 24—The week
ending 8 a. in.. July 28J, was nearly 3
degrees warmer than usual, and had
a maximum of 102 degrees at Bates-
burg, and a minimum of (if) at Gren
ville.
There were light, widely scattered!
showers during the entire week„
heaviest in the central counties. By
far the greater portion of the State
had no rain, and severe drought con
ditions prevail in places. The need of
rain '>8 general, and nearly all crops
failed, or arc beginning to suffer for
lack of moisture, especially old com
that Is maturing.
The dry weather was favorable for
laying by, and ridding fields of grass
and weeds, so that crops are being
laid by in generally clean condition,
although grassy fields are still com
mon.
Old corn failed materally, except
on moist lands, where it shows slight
improvement. On sandy lands it is
firing. Young corn continues to look
well and retains its color, but is not
growing, and will soon fail unl^P
moisture is supplied. Bottom land
corn has made little recovery since
the June freshets.
Cotton improved slowly, except on
sandy lands, where it is shedding
leaves and squares and is turning yel
low. Cotton is generally small and
late, although fields are now clean-
and fruiting normally, but the crop is.
spotted and its average condition re
mains poor. Sea island cotton is
doing poorly owing to drought, blight,
and shedding.
Tobacco is ripening fast, and curing |
made rapid progress, being now over 1
half finished. The hot weather in
jured tobacco to some extent.
The prospects, for a large forage
crop is good especially of field peas,
which look very promising. Minor
crops generally, as well as pastures
and gardens, are failing rapidly, and
stand in urgent need of rain. Tho
apple and melon crops continue poor,
while peaches and pears are plentiful,,
hut the peaches are rotting badly.
Grapes are ripening. A general raiu
would materially improve the crop
prospects.
During last May an infant child of
our neighbor was suffering from chol
era infantum. The doctors had given
up all hopes of recovery. I took a
bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Chol-
aro and Diarihoea Remedy to the
house, telling them I felt sure it
would do good if used according to
directions. In two days time the
child had fully recovered. The chili
is now vigorous and healthy. I have
recommended this medicine fre
quently and have never known it to
fail—Sins. Curtis Baker, Bookwal-
ter, Ohio. Hold by Cherokee Drug
Co.
New York Life ' Co.
“Has closed the open door of possible disaster to family
and estate” by making its policies incontestable from dato
of issue.
Before you insure your life write me for sample policy
and have your lawyer to explain it to you ; it is much cheaper
than for your wife to have it to do after you are dead. d
The living policy holders speak for us as follows
^ our first oiler is fio per cent, dividends, second $1.73
* for every dollar I have 1 ■ company and twenty years’
insurance on my life without cost.
The New York Life Insurance Company has more iusur-
ance in force than any company, in America. $1,001,871,985
insurance iu force ; assets $237,580,812 ; surplus $41,435,483.
Write me at Blacksburg, S. (L, for our rales and one of
our “sample incontestable policies.”
1C. IC. BlCI^l >10,