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V •Ifam I r, 1 s V Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a r-s sediment or set- i'' 0 ? indicates an unhealthy condi tion of the kid neys; if it stains your linen it is evidence of kid ney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheu natism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ‘necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50c. and$l. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that tells more about it, both sentfef jiV^Hih e-* absolutely free by mail, address Dr. Kilmer & n„mo of s«nmp.noot. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men tion reading this generous offer in this paper. ITor ^ BuiUliri" and Plastorii:^ I.!mo, Coal, and IM'istor Hair, 1’last or Paris, liosendulc Comcnt, Portland Oonioru, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL 8c CO., Lessees. Tolopliom.' 07. Just Received. Nl'.W Pill NFS, SFFDP.lr HA! Si NS, CFKIIANTS, CllANBFItilVS, l.AVKIt FKJS, BHKAKFAST COCOA, GKAIIAM WAIT:Its. BA ilTLKTT I'KAltS, LEMON CL I NO PEACHES, HEINZ BAKED BEAN'J, etc. 'PEELER & LEMMOND, , Rlione Prompt Delivery. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does u gtuerfj! Baukingaml Ezchangr * business. Well secured wit h Burglar- Proof safe tind Automatic Time l ock. Fafety Deposit Boies at moderate rent. Buys end soils Stocks andBondP. Buys Oounf y and School (.Haims, Vnrtr 'nnsinonp snliol^.ort. • O .STOP IN AT O 9 Sparks & liiiiiipiiiies —FOIt— Fresh •» Oysters IN ANY STYLE. liOwney’s, TeniK'y’s and Nonnally’s Fine Candies Loose and in Par!, i^cs, FRESH FRUITS. Hot Sodas. Hot ('liOL-oiati*, Clam Bouillon, Tomato Boujllon, l.irjuid Ituf ami (Jr.'pe Kola, and a full lim- of Confect ioner e*. WALLACE&0TTS, LAWYERS. Oftlce upstairs, Is tween It. A. Jones and Davenpoi t. Phone 87. J. E. WEBSTER. Office in Court House. < ProbateT ud^e s o'lle* Gaffney City, S. C. Practices In all the courts. Collec tions a specialty DR. J. F. GARRETT* Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolloson’s new store In office from 1st to i!6tb of each month: Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB. Dentist, Office over R. A. |onei A Co.’a Stcra. Oan be foot d at offieesix dava in Oie week -fj. C. JEFFERILS4- OAFFNEY, S. C. Cummarc'^l Law. Coriionttlon Imw It tut Kstate l.a». Mo..ojr'vo loan on approved aetiurlty. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, cjy\ tojorvicv. w. e:. Notary Publh; In office. Prompt attention given to all btislnoiu. Office over II. A. Jones & Co.’s store. D.ILDunran U. P.Handers. W.H. Hall, )r OliKCAS, SANDERS S HALL, Attornoys-at-Law. Office over J. U. Tollewou’s A Co.’s Store. (.LACK OF PATIENCE. OR. TALMAGE SAYS IT IS OUR GREAT EST FAULT. fTtltli, Hope mid Clinrity Bloom In Many Hearts Where the C.rnee of Patience Is Wanting;—Pity Hnther Than Condemn the Errinic. Wasiiincton, Dec*. 2.—This discourse of Dr. Taltnsigc is :i full lonKlli portrait of a virtue which all admire, and the lessons taught are very helpful; text, Hebrews x, HG, “Ye have, need of pa tience.” Yes, we are in awful need of it. Some of us have a little of it, and some of us have none at all. There is less of this grace in the world than of almost any other. Faith, hope and charity are all abloom in hundreds of souls where you find one specimen of patience. Paul, the author of the text, on a conspicu ous occasion lost his patience with a coworker, and from the way he urges this virtue upon the Hebrews, upon ihe Corinthians, upon the Thessalouiaus, upon the Romans, upon the Colossiaus, upon the young theological student, Timothy, I conclmh* he was speaking out of Ids own need of more of this ex cellence. And I only wonder that I’a ill had any nerves left. Imprisonment, llagollation, Mediterranean cyclone, ar rest for treason and conspiracy, the wear and tear of preaching to angry mobs, those at the door of a theater and those on the rocks of Mars hill, left him emaciated and invalid and with a broken voice ami sore eyes and nerves n-jangle. He gives us a snap shot of himself when he describes his apper- nnce and his sennonic delivery by say ing. “hi bodily presence weak and in speech contemptible,” ami refers to Ids Inflamed eyelid . •when, speaking of tho ardent friendship of the Galatians. lie says, “If it had been possible, je would have plucked out your own eyes and have given them to me.” We all admire most that which wo have least of. Those of us with unim pressive visage most admire beauty; those of us with discordant voice most extol musical cadence; those of us with stammering speech most wonder at ol- orjuenee; those of us who get provoked at triiles and are uatura’lly irascible appreciate in others the equipoise and the calm endurance of patience. So Paul, with hands tremulous with the agitations of a lifetime, writes of the “God of patience” and of “ministers of God in much patience” and of “patience of hope” and tells them to “follow aft er patience” and wants them to “run with patience” and speaks of those “strengthened with all might to all pa tience" and looks us all full in the face as he makes llie startling charge, "Ye have need of patience. 11 Do Not itoust. Some of the people ordinarily most excellent have a deficit in this respect. That man who is the impersonation of aminhilify. his mouth full of soft words and Ins face a ppring morning, if a passing wheel splash the mud across his broadcloth, see how he colors up and hear him denounce the passing Jehu; the Christian woman, an angel of suavity, now that some social slight is put upon her or her family, hear how her utterance increases in intensity. Oh. it is easy enough to be patient when there is nothing - to he patient about. When Uie lunik account in good and in no danger of being over drawn. and the wardrobe is crowded with apparel appropriate for the cold or the heat or the wet, and all the fam ily have attested their health by keen appetites at a loaded table, and the newspapers, if they mention us at all, put right construction upon what we do or say, and wo can walk ten miles without getting tired, and we sleep eight solid hours without turning from side to side, the most useless grace I can think of is patience. It has no busi- herirt anywhere in your house; you have no more need of it than of a life pre server while you are walking the pave ment of a city, no more need of it than of an umbrella under a cloudless sky, no more need of it than of Sir Hum phry Davy's safety lump for miners while you are breathing the tonic air of an October morning. Do not boast that you an* placid and optimistic and free from the spirit of scold. If those who an* unfortunate could change lots witli you. they would be just as sun shiny. it is not religion that makes you so happy, hut capacity to digest your food in three hours, and enough coupons cut off to meet all your ex penses. and complimentary mention and canaelty to leave your horses in the stable because you need a brisk walk down the avenue. LiiNy to Go flow n. The recording angel, making a pen out of some plume of a bird of para dise, is not getting ready to write op posite your name anything applauda- tory. All your sublime equilibrium of temperament is the result of worldly success. But suppose things mightily change with you, as they sometimes do change. You begin to go down hill, and it Is amazing how many there are to help you down when you begin to go in that direction. A great Invest ment fails. The Colorado silver "due ceases to yield. You get laud poor; your mills, that yielded marvels of wealth, are eclipsed by mills with new ly Invented machinery; you get under the feet of the hears of Wall street. For the first time In your life you need to borrow money, ami no one is willing to lend. Under the harrowing worrl- meut you get a distressful feeling at the base of your brain. Insomnia and nervous dyspepsia lay hold of you. Your health goes down with your for- tunc: your circle of acquaintances nar rows, ami where once you were op pressed l»y the fact that you had not Him* enough to return one-half of thu social calls made upon you now ths card basket In your hallway is empty, and your chief callers are your credit ors and the family ptjysh-lan. who comes to learn the ( fleet of the Iasi prescription. Now you understand how people can become pi ssimlstlc and cynical and despairful. You have reach' «d that stagi yourself. Now you need something that you have not. But I know of a re-enforcement that you cun have If you will accept It. Yonder eoiias up tin* road or the sidewalk a messenger of God. Her attire is unpre tending. Hhe has no wings, for she Is not mi nngel, hut there Is something In h r countenance that Implies resciid and deliverance. She comes up H u steps that once were populous with the atriilent and Into the hallway where the tapestry Is getting faded and flay ed. me place now ait empty or worldly admirers. I will tell you her name It you would like to know it. I’nul bap tized her and gave her the right name. She Is not brilliant, but strong. There Is a deep quh thood In her manner and a firmness In her tread, and in her hand Is a scroll revealing her mission. She comes from heaven. She was horn In the throueroom of the king. This is Patience. “Ye have need of patience.” I’lly l-'isalta of Othern. First, patience with the faults of oth ers. No one keeps the Ten Command ments equally well. One’s tempera ment decides which commandments he shall come nearest to keeping. If we break some of the commandments our selves, why be so hard on those who break others of the ten? If you and I run against one verse of the twentieth chapter of Exodus, why should we so severely excoriate those who run against another verse of the same chapter? Until we are perfect our selves we ought to he lenient with our neighbor's Imperfections. Yet it is of ten the ease that the man most vulner able is the most hypercritical. Per haps he is profane and yet has no tol erance for theft, when profanity is worse than theft, for, while the latter is robbery of a man, the former is rob bery of God. Perhaps he is given to defamation and detraction and yet feels himself better than some one who is guilty of manslaughter, not realizing that the as-assination of character is the worst kind of assassination. The Inver for washing in the ancient taber nacle was at its side burnished like a looking glass, so that those that ap proached that luver might see their need of washing, and if by the gospel looking glass we discovered our own need of moral cleansing we would he more economic of denunciation. Tho most of those who go wrong are the victims of circumstances, and if you and I had been rocked in tho same in iquitous cradle and been nil our lives surrounded by the same baleful inllu- cuces we would probably have done just as badly, perhaps worse. Here is a man down In the ditch of misdoing. A self righteous soul comes along ami looks down at him and says: '‘There is a man down In the ditch. He had no business to fall into it. lie Is suffering the consequences of his own wrongdoing. No one but himself Is to blame." And the hard hearted man passes on. But here comes a warm hearted, sympathetic Christian man. He says: "There is a man down in tho ditch. 1 must get him out. God help me to get him out.” And, standing there on the edge of the ditch, the good man soliloquizes and says to himself, “If I had had as bad a father and moth er as he had and all the sunoundingy of my life had been as depraving as those that have cursed him. I myself y.ould probably have been down in the ditch, ami if that man had been blessed with as good a father and mother ns I have, and he had been surrounded by the kindly influences which have en compassed all my days, he would prob ably have been standing here looking down at me in the ditch.” Then the good mat) (Hits his knee to the side of the ditch and bends over and says to the fallen one, “Brother, give me your hand,” and with one stout grip lifts him up to God and heaven. There are wounds pf the world that need tho probe and the sharp knife and severe surgery, but the most of the wounds want an applieutiou of ointment or salve, and we ought to have three or four boxes of that gospel medicament in our pocket as we go out into the world. \Ve all need to carry more of the “balm of Gilead" and less caustic, more benediction and less anathema. Wlien I find a professed Christian man harsh and merciless in ids estimate pf others, I silently wonder if be has not been misusing trust funds or beating his wife. There is somethiug awful the matter with him. Hel|i Iteur the Temple. We also have need of patience with slow results of Christian work. Wo want to see our attempts to do good Immediately successful. The world is Improving, but improving at so delib erate a rate; why not more rapidity and momentum? Other wheels turn &o swiftly; why not the gospel chariot take speed electric? I do not know. I only know that it is God's way. Wo whose cradle and grave are so near to gether have to hurry up, but God, who manages this world and the universe, is from everlasting to everlasting. He takes TOO years to do that which ho could do lu five minutes. His clock strikes once in a thousand years. While God took otdy a week to fit up the world for hhman residence, geology re veals that the foundations of the world Were cons lu being laid, and God watched the glaciers, and the fire, and the earthquakes, and the volcanoes as through centuries and millenniums they were shaping this world before that last week that put on the arboreseeuce. A few days ago my friend was talking with a geologist. As they stood near a pile of rocks my friend said to the scientist, “I suppose these rocks were hundreds of thousands of years In con struction?” And the geologist replied, “Yes, and you might say millions of years, for no one knows InU the Lord, and he won’t tell.” If it took so long to make this world at the start, he uot surprised If it takes a long while to make It over again now that It has been ruined. The Architect has promised to reconstruct It, and the plans are all made, and at just the right time It will he so complete that It will he fit for heaven to move lu, If, according to tho belief of some of my friends, this world is to be made the eternal abode of the righteous. The wall of that temple Is going up, and my only anxiety Is to have the one brick that 1 am trying to make for Halt wall turn out to be of the right shape and smooth on all sides, so that the Master Mason will uot re ject It or have much work with tho trowel to get It Into place. I am re sponsible for only that one brick, though you may he responsible for a panel of the door or a carved pillar or a glittering dome. Ho we are God’s workmen, and all we have to do Is to manage our own hammer or ax or trowel until the night comes in which no man utn work, and when the work Is all completed we will have a right to nay rejoicingly; "Thank God, I was privileged to help In the rearing of that temple] I had a part In thu work of the world's redemption.” IU- Put lent L'niter Wrunir, Again, we have need of patience un de r wrong Indicted, and who escapes It in Koim form? It comes to all people In professional life lu the shape of_be* lug mi lik:.*: tood. Because or tins, ho./ many people fly to newspapers for an explanation. You see their card signed by their own name declaring they did not say this or did not do that. They fluster and worry, not realizing that every man comes to be taken for what he Is worth, and you cannot, by any newspaper puff, be taken for mme than you are worth nor by any news paper depreciation be put down. There is a spirit of fairness abroad In the world, and if you are a public man you are classified among the friends or foes of society. If you are a friend of society, you will find plenty of adher ents, and if you are the foe of society you cannot escape reprehension. Paul, you were right when you said, not more to the Hebrews than to us, “Ye have need of patience.” I adopted a rule years ago which has been of great service to me, and it may he of some service to you: Cheerfully consent to be misunderstood. God knows wheth er v/e are right or wrong, whether wo are trying to serve him or damage his cause. When you can cheerfully con sent to ho misunderstood, many of the annoyances and vexatious of life* will quit your heart, and you will come in to calmer seas than you have ever sail ed on. The most misunderstood being that ever trod the earth was the glori ous Christ The world misunderstood his cradle and concluded that one so poorly born could never he of much Im portance. They charged him with in ebriety and called him a winebibber. The sanhedrin misunderstood him, and when it was put to the vote whether he was guilty or not of treason he got but one vote, while all the others voted “Aye, aye.” They misunderstood his cross and concluded that if he had di vine power ho would effect his own res cue. They misunderstood his grave and declared that his body had been stolen by infamous resurrectionists. He so fully consented to be misunder stood that, harried and slapped and submerged with scorn, ho answered uot a word. You cannot come up to that, but you can Imitate in some small de gree the patience of Christ. Need of Grace. Again, this grace Is needed to help In time of physical ailments. What va . multitudes are in perpetual pain while others are subject to occasional parox ysm. Almost every one has some dis order to which he is occasionally sub jected. It is rheumatism or neuralgia or sick headache or Indigestion. A draft from an open window or hasty mastication or overwork brings on that old spoil, and you think you would rather have almost anything else, but that Is because you have uot tried the other. Asthma would like to trade off for erysipelas and erysipelas for asth ma. Almost every one has something which he wishes he had not. There are scores of diseases ever ready to attack the human frame. They have been In pursuit of our race ever since Adam and Eve resigned their innocence as well as the world’s health. It Is amaz ing how persistent and methodic those disorders are in their attack on the world and how regular Is the harvest which with tho #harp scythe of pain they mow dowu for the grave. No such disciplined and courageous army ever marched as the army of physical Kiiffeijug. They do their work in the order I name, and you may depend upon their keeping on in that same order for a good while yet. First of all tuberculosis, next organic heart dis ease. next pneumonia, next In number of Its victims Is apoplexy, next Bright’s disease, next cancer, next typhoid fo ver, next paralysis. Those eight dis eases are the worst despoilers of hu man life. The doctors with solutions and lancets and anodynes and cata plasms are lu a brave fight against these physiological devils that try to possess the human race. But after all the scientists can do there is a demand for patience. Nothing can take the place of that It is needed this mo ment in every sickroom and along t}ic streets and in business places and shops where breadwinners are com pelled to toll when physically incom petent to move a pen or calculate a col umn of figures or control a shovel. This grace was well demonstrated by a prominent Christian man who was laid aside by a severe illness dur ing a revival when his services were most needed, and when some one de plored this he said cheerfully, “My part Is to lie here and cough.” My friend, cjo not give up useful activities be cause you are In pain. Some of tho world’s best work lias been done while in physical distress. Walter Scott was In agony of pain while writing “Ivna- hoe.” Oh, beautiful grace of patience) It takes discords and turns them into harmony; It smooths the chopped sea; It kindles gloom Into glow; It turns requiem Into grand march; it trusts When It cannot mnlerstnnd; it forgives before forgiveness is asked. Gracious God, give It to us now; give It to us In abundance! Tuva Over a New Leaf. Now lot us this hour turn over a new leaf and banish worrlmcnt and care out of all our lives, .lust see how these perversities have multiplied wrinkles In your face and acidulated your dis position and torn your nerves. You are ten years older than you ought to he. Do two things—one for the betterment of your spiritual condition and the oth er for the safety of your worldly Inter asts. First get your heart right with God by being pardoned through the atonement of Jesus Christ. That will give security for your soul’s welfare. Then get your life insured in some well established life Insurance company. That will take from you all anxiety about the welfare of your household in the case of your sudden demise. Supposing that these two duties are attended to, the one for the safety of your soul in this world and the next and the other for the safety of youp family If you puss out of this life, make a now start. If possilfie, have your family sitting room where you can let In the sunlight. IInve*n music al Instrument If you can afford It— harp or piano or buss viol or parlor or gan. Learn how to play on It yourself or have your children learn how to play on It. IaT bright colors dominate lu your room. If there arc pictures pij thu wall, let them not he suggestive of battlefields which are always cruel, of deathbeds which are always sad op f iartlugs which are always heartbreak- ug. There are enough present woes In the world without the perpetual commemoration of past miseries. If you slug lu your home or your church, do not always choose tunes In long me ter. Far better to have your patience augmented by the consideration that the misfortunes of this life must soon terminate. March of Cod'* Honts. This last summer I stood on Sparrow hill, four miles from Moscow. It was the place whei'e Napoleon stood and looked upon the city which he was about to capture. Ills army had been In long marches and awful fights and fearful exhaustions, and when they came to Sparrow hill the shout wont up from tons of thousands of voices, “Moscow. Moscow!” 1 do not wonder at the transport A ridge of hills sweeps round the city. A river semicircles it with brilliance. It Is a spectacle that you place in your memory ns one of three or four most beautiful scenes In all the earth. Napoleon’s army march ed on it lu four divisions, four over whelming torrents of valor nud pomp, down Sparrow hill and through the beautiful valley and across the bridges and Into the palaces, which surrender ed without one shot of resistance be cause tho avalanche of troops was Ir resistible. There Is the room in which Napoleon slept, and his pillow, which must have been very uneasy, for, oh, how short his stay! Fires kindled in all parts of the city simultaneously drove out that army Into the snow storms under which 95,000 men per ished. How soon did triumphal march turn Into horrible demolition! Today while I speak we come on a high hill, a glorious h!U of Christian anticipation. Those hosts of God have had q long march and fearful battles, and defeats have again and again mingled with the victories, but today we come lu sight of the great city, the capital of the universe, the residence of the King and the home of those who are to reign with him for ever and ever. Look at the towers and hear them ring with eternal jubilee. Look at the house of many mansions, \vhore many of our loved ones are. Behold the streets of burnished gold and hear the rumble of the chariots of those who are more than conquerors. So far from being driven hack, all the 12 gates are wide open for our entrance. We are march ing on and marching on. and our every step brings us nearer to the city. At what hour we shall enter we have no power to foretell, hut once enlisted amid the blood washed host our en trance Is certain. It may he Ip the bright pocadpy or the dark midnight It may be when the air is laden with springtime fragrance or chilled with falling snows. But enter we must and enter we will through the grace offend us as the chief of sinners. Higher hilis than any I have spoken of will guard that city. More radiant waters than I saw in the Russian valley will pour through that great metropolis. No rag jug conflagration shall drive us forth, for the only fires kindled in that city will be tho fires of a splendor that shall ever hoist nud never die. Reaching that shining gate, there will he a part Ing. but no tears at the parting. There will be an eternal farewell, but nc sad ness in the utterance. Then and there we will part with one of the best friends we ever had. No place for fier In heaven, for she needs no heaven. While love and joy and other gracec enter heaven, she will stay out. Pa tience, beautiful Patience, long suffer ing Patience, will at that gate say: “Goodby. I helped you in the battle of life, but now that you have gained the triumph you need me no more. 1 bound up your wounds, hut now they are all healed. I soothed your bereavements, but you pass now Into the reunions of heaven. I can do no more for you, and there is nothing for me to do In a city where there are no burdens to carry. Goodhy. I go back Into the world from whiefi you came up to resume my tour among t|ic hospitals and sickrooms and bereft households and almshouses. The cry of the world’s sorrow reaches my ears, and I must descend. Up and down that poor suffering \vorld } w(U go to assuage and comfort and sustain until the world Itself expires and on nil Its mountains and lu all its valleys and on all its plains there is not one soul left that has need of patience.” (Copyright, 1000, LouU Kloptrh. N. Y.J SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Local IteniM ToooShort for a Head (irouped Together. Miss Marie Mudolo, of Spartan burg, arrived in the city yesterday morning She Is stenographer for J C, Jefferies, E*q. Rev \V. H. Hodges will preach in the City Hall Sunday morning »t 11 o’clock. He extends a cordial in vitation to everybody to be present. Services will be held in tho EpU copal church next Sunday afN rnor n at 4 o’clock Rev. G ('roft Wiiliams. the pastor, will conduct the services The therjiometer w«h down to twenty eight yesterday morning at 7 o'clock and the ground was white with frost. Later in the rl«y, how ever, it was warm and plettHant. A special train over the Southern parsed through here yesterday bearing a company of United States soldiers from Norfolk to Atlanta. The troops, with ten officers, had lately arrived from the Philippines. Capt. Thackston is certainly doing good work on our sidewalks. He has his force now engaged on Limestone street and is having the walk-ways put in excellent condition, at the same time giving them quite a hand some appearance. The Gaffney Cotton Mill h«s nn equipment of (11,000 spindles and 2,- 500 looms. K B Wilbur is super intendent; John M. Ward, carder; J. R. Federline, spinner; V- M. John son, weaver, and J. F. Fairchild in charge of spooling, twisting and warping. Mayor Littlejohn had only one case before him yesterday morning. The charge was the usual “drunk and disorderly,” but as the defendant denied the charge, and no witnesses being present to swear against him, the case was postponed until Monday morning at 9 o’clock. The big building of tho Gaffney Live Stock Company Is fust nearing completion and already presents quite an Imposing appearance. It seems but a few days since it was begun, and now the cover Is being put upon it! That is the way our contractors do business. Th« Best Praserlptlou for Mularlii Chills and Fever Is a bottle of Grove’s Tasteless Chlil Tonic. It Is simply irou and quinine in u tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price 50o. Nerves Wear Otst And grow weak and exhausted when not properly nour- j ustas an en gi ne Joses its power when the fuel runs low. I ne loss of nervous power is seen in the failing health and the wasting form. It is felt in the aching head, the throbbing heart, the irritability, indigestion, restlessness and loss of sleep. Re build the worn-out nerves, rest the tired brain and add new fuel to the vital fires with the b?st of all tonics, Dr. Miles’ Nervine. li J suffered from nervousness and nervous pros'ra ison for a long time. I became thin and wasted, lost control of part of my nerves and muscles, and finally became so bad that I could not sleep at all Three OSes of Dr. Miles’ Nervine brought the first sleep in u.qrly three weeks. I was on the brink of insanity, but tLu: great nerve restorer brought me back to health.” Mus. M. li. Reed, Delta, Iowa. D*. J ervane is food for the worn-out nerves and the weary brain. It rfr,over-taxed and weak digestion. It nourishes, fortifies and refreshes the whole system. Sold by druggists on guarantee. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Llkhart, Ind. Tbe Gainey City Land and improvemtat Compaay Offers tor sale Buildla* Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney City; Also Farms •mo O !0n n r n . aCh 01 Sc 1 h0t ' ls ot Liineston,; St’rtiyrs and of this place, in lots of from t 1 V?T S n° n .r r: , 1 tlfnC nit ° S: als ° A * r,eultural Lands to rent for Farm pur- ero-es I* or full particulars apply to NB.-AlltresspasHlnjr on lands of this company, cnttlo and emovln* timber flshlovtr CONFERENCE ASSIGNMENTS INSTALLATION CEREMONIES. Mr. Creceli Will (Jo to Kc-Uon and Mr. Hodges IlcaialiiS In <i:ifr,ji*y. 1 i.e annual Bts&ion of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church which convened in Cluster on ’Vednesday last adjourned Monday. The m xt meeting will be in Columbia. The last act of the conference was the assignment of its ministers for next year. The assignments for Spartanburg disl riot nre as follows : V. P. Meadors, Presiding Elder. Belmont, M. L Banks. Jr. Clifton and Cow pens, \V. J. Snyder. Cherokee, J. X. Isom. Clinton, J. M. Friday. Campobollo, A. H. Best. Enoree, VV. H. Miller. Gaffney, W. II. Hodges. Gaffney Circuit, D. A. Patrick. Jonesville, D. Hacks. Keiton, 8. T. Creech. Laurens Station, W. B. Duncan. J-aurens City Mission, J. F. Fowler. North Laurens Circuit, J. K. Mc Cain. Pacolet Mills, E. S. Jones. Pacolet Circuit. 8. A. Nettles. Santue, C. B. Burns. Spartanburg—Central, W. R. Rich ardson. Duncan, W. A. Fuirey. Bethel and Glendale, R. L. Hol- royd. Union—Grace Church, VV. A. Mas se beau Union Mills, E. Z. James. Whitmire, VV. B. Jos! us. The Ledger congratulates the Bu ford Street Church on the return of Mr. Hodgea. lie is an excellent preacher and has won his way into the heart of all Gaffney by his Christ- like deportment and his manyfmnds will rejoice in his return, It will be seen by tho above that Rev. S. T. Creech is to be removed from Gaffney and sent to Keiton next year. This is a matter of deep regret to his numerous friends in this city, all of whom had hoped that the conference would retain him at this place. Mr. Creech came here about three years ago, and since that time he bus succeeded in gaining the love and confidence of his people as few min isters have, us well as the admira tion and respect of the people of Gaffney in genera!. We commend him to the good people of Keiton as a eeotlenmn in the truo se.ise of the Wcid Mr ('retch wiil preach hi.i farewell StSMi-o.i .Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Married. At Fie home of the bride’s mother, Mr-. S. K. Smith, of iliis 00y, by tl e R v. K. C. ILok-on, on Wedoesdaj evening Nov. 2Sih, Mr. Kee Richard Mobley, of Providence, SumUr eouniy, and Miss Sadie E enor Smith. The best wishes of a large circle of friends attend the happy couple in their new slate. Meeting of Cooper Literary Society. The Cooper Literary Society of Limestone College will hold a public meeting in the co.lege auditorium to night at 8 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend this meeting. Ml»iiionary Tea. The ladies of the Buford Street M. E. church gave a missionary tea yes terday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Win. R. Lipscomb, on Race street. The attendance was q lire large and a most pleasant afternoon was passed. Local Cotton Report, The folio ving are the prices paid for cotton in Gaffney today : Good Middling 9:50 Middling 9:37£ So poor is tho spelling of some of the Chicago schools that a return to the spelling methods of tho country schools of two decades ago is earnest ly advocated in that city. Among tho tens of thousands who have ust‘d Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and la grippe dur ing the past few years, to our anowl- edge, uot a single case has resulted in pneumonia. Thos. Whitfield & Co , 2ID Wabash avenue. Chicago, one of the most prominent retail druggists in that city, in speaking of this says: “Wo recommend Chain- heriuin’s Cough R •medy for 1a grippe in many casts, as it not only gives prompt and complete recovery, but also counteracts any tendency of la grippe to result in pneumonia.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Win bo Held in Mason Hall Followed by a Hanquet. At the regular communication of Gronard Lodge, No. 186. Ancient I rcemasona, held Saturday night, !>• <*. 1st, the following officers were ei<cIimI for the ensuing year: R. M. Gaffney, VV. M.. B. F. Camp, S. VV., T G. McCraw. J. W., VV. VV. Gaffney, Seer, tary, (}. VV. Cotton, Treasurer, W. G. Ltes. S. I)., Ed. H. DeCumi>, J. D., G. Abernathy, Tiler, VV. U. II isty and (J. M Huskey, Steward D cember 27th was appointed as the d.ite for installing the newly- ci.-eUd (fTicti's. Installation cere- i’* ••nics v. iii be in the Masonic hi>l! ami the Mtuons will give an elegant baf quet at too same place inline- di.iteiy after tho installation is com pleted. All Masker Masons in good stand ing, together with their wives, moth ers. daughters and sisters are invited ' to he present and participate in tho pleasures of the evening, and are r qae t d to be at the hail not later f bun 7 :(X) p. ni. Rev. Brother B. P. Robertson vi l confer the Eastern Star degree upon h v, rai ladies and Masons the sauio night. lion- to Cure Croup. Mr. R. Gray, who Jives near Amctiia, Duchess county, N. Y., F.ty*: “Chamberlain’s Cough Reme dy is the best medicine I have ever 'i rfi. It is a lino children’s remedy for croup and never fails to cur**.” \\ hen given as soon as the child be comes hoarse, or even after the erouj.y cough Ijas developed, It will prevent the attack. This should be b rne in mind and a bottle of the C<*ugh Remedy kept at hand ready for i.'istar.t u-ni as soon us these symptoms appear. For sale by Cher- onee Drug Co. (‘ne good mother is worth 100 schoolmasters. Di-.'-’llull'K Cou Syrup In unqueHtloi a- hl.v tin* most rcnmrkable remedy ever pto- nn.'ed foe the cure of throat and lung troubles. I t lias cured thousands, and lias done won ders in many eases of incipient consumpt ion. PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM CImdki isd bnutifiet the Fromutee a loxunant growth. Never Polls to Beetoro Orsy Hair to Its Youthful Color. Curt' w&lo ri!«'««« & hsir felling. KeaUliy Mothers rew mothers are healthy, because their duties ere so exacting. The anxiety healthy, because of prfgnency, the shock of childbirth, ana the care of young children, are severe trials on any woman. But with Wine cf Cardui within her mother—every woman | pay the debt of personal health she ter grasp, every try woman in the land—can :bt of | owes her loved ones. Do you want robust health with all Its privileges and I pleasures? Wine of Cardui will give it I to you. strengthens the female organs and Invig- | orates weakened functions. For every female ill or weakness it is the best medicine made. Ask your druggist for $1.00 bottle Wine of Cardui, andtakcno j substitute under any clrcumstancu. Mr*. Eiwia Cm, Conner, Midvi “Thai 1 cot . maxed U«nc Wine of Cardui 1 wm htriir able to wdk acroaa (be houae. Two weeki rfler I wriM mil a mile aod picked tfrawberricfc Whan my other child \rti bom I tufiered with labor faiaa M hour*, aodiwdto raise him on a bcttla bacauae 1 had no milk. A!*rr urine 'he Wioe during itripnaiM | llila time. 1 e"* birth bat month (os baby girl, and waa in Ubor only two hour*, with but IMo fain. «id 11 jvc plenty of milk. For thiagreal Improve- i:.cut in my ,cJih 1 thank God and wina of C«dui.‘‘ Tor udvi.-e in esata requiring apacial address, giving symptoms. "Th» Ladias Department," ThrChsU tanooga Median* Ca., Do You Want Insurance ? 1 am prepared to furnish poli cies in the very oest companies at the lowest rates. If you want a bond 1 can make it for you. Seo mo before you insure. F. C. STACY.