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I I 10 1-r Id >C5 ICW. Kd. 11. DkOamp. ' I ! !. IH11 K1 > TI'KSOA Y ANI> KKIDAY si itsrnii’rioN $1 50. iiiiliL'iiit lulul bin i; I — ) m|.0> t»r ih I.. 11• •. i a 11< i Hi. i I* v (^a-b .n H'lvani per year. Tiik Leikikk i« nol responaibli; for tl>, views of oorreppondentH. <'M r rrs|nMidenls who do not contri bute rugulur nows letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to ;'et them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. (Ja^is of thanks will bo published at ooe cunt a word. Heading notices will be published *t 'ieii cents a line each insertion. Obituaries will be published at five cants a line. All correspondence should bo ud- dr. ssed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Mlt. Mc.MAII AVS KKl’ORT. The annual report of the State Superintendent of Education is said to be completed and now ready to bo submitted to the legislature. Ihe Columbia State publishes a synopsis of the introductory parts of it and speaks of the entire report in terms of strong commendation. As we have not seen the report in full of course we have no criticisms to make on it in its entirety. We notice, however, one or two asser tions in the exordium which we sup pose sound the key note to the whole report and which to our untrained ear is a false note. If the key note is faulty, we may expect the music to be fauliy throughout. .Mr. McMahan says: “Since the State has accepted In-r proper task of providing for the education of her people, she cannot discharge her responsibility by anything thort of such an education as the times de mand." if the Slate did not assume this “task," she “accented" it from a crew of carpet baggers, scalawags, and negroes, who in ten years bank rupted her and left her in debt to ti e amount of twenty millions of dol lars; and we would respectfully re mind Mr. McMahan that there is a wide difference of opinion now as to the limitations of that “task’ 1 and as to whether it is a “proper" or highly improper one. The amount of high-sounding assumption con tained in this sentence together with the shadowy authority of the name less powers making inexorable de mands under the guise of the “times," is sufficient to impress us with a feel ing of awe, though failing to illumi nate the judgment with the clear light of truth, llut we pass to hia next utterance. “Her pledge is to provide for all the people an education adequate to the demands of life." To whom has the State ever made such a pledge, and how is she going to re j deem it? “The demands of life" increase and multiply with the op portunities of life. They are al ways In excess of the means of sup ply. They are varied and almost un limited. Food, clothing, wealth, pleasures, friendship, love, and a thousand other things are included iu the demands of life. An educa tion adequate to the demands of life would transform a race of men into a race of gods. If the Btate has ever pledged herself to furnish such an education she has stultified herself and made herself absurdly ridiculous by promising a palpable impossibility. The State can do more negatively than positively towards supplying the demands of life. One crying de mand of life at this time, is that the means of sustaining life shall not be extorted from the average citizen un der forms of taxation for the purposfc of fostering, the wild socialistic echemes of tfie day. The highest de* rnutul of life at this time, is that the individual shall be encouraged to grow and expand into a noble, self- reliant manhood, which cun never be done by making him a pensioner of the State’s bounty. Perhaps after all, Mr. McMahan means by “the demands of life," the demands of good citizenship, and that his ideal of good citizenship is a citizenship merged wholly into the State, and that exists solely for the benefit of the State, that is, for those who hold the offices and draw the salaries. On this hypothesis his meaning will become clear, his whole report consistent, and our remarks will be subject to considerable modi fication. The report further says: “The charity which in the past generation gave free school education to the indigent helpless for their own wel fare was a seed which has germinated and grown, until now it is the recog- ni/ird duty of society as an organic whole to provide a successor to itself fit to take up its burden of human progress urui press onward." If we understand Mr. McMahan’s figure here, the “charity" bestowed on the “indigent helpless of a past age" was a seed which has grown and produced a crop of duties quite out- aide of the domain of “charity." This is bud rhetoric and worse logic. In nature everything is true to its kind, and “men do not gather grapes from thorns nor figs from thistles." Thinking men will fail to understand How the “charity" bestowed on “the ut a past age, |4 i! :;r 10 CO li ft i ■ lion:it v <> i t li" li ■ ui< licit In r •'ii.-ligt nt nui In Inii. .i.’ Again Mr. McMahan ti lls us that "diaritj b is made it obligatory on society ns now constituted to provide a successor lit to take up its burden of I uman progress and press on ward.” It is cl- arly implied in the form of this assertion, that the successor fit to take up the burden, ought to be equal to the present burden bearer, but hot necessarily superior. Wo wish to ask then who provided the present society which must have a worthy successor? Is it the out come of Mr. McMahan’s free schools? If not, might not the samo influences that formed it, bo trusted to mould and shape its successor? \\ hat was it in that past age when “charity” was bestowed on “the indigent help less” that gave the State the most superb citizenship, the most splendid typo of manhood and of womanhood that ever adorned the annals of any age or clime? What other State out of a voting population of forty odd thousand, ever armed, equinped, and sent to the field sixty odd thousand fighting men? What other state since the palmy days of Athens, ever boasted a nobler line of statesmen, of jurists, and of heroes? It was not slavery, but freedom that made that age luminous with talent and noble achievement—free? dom for the growth of individuality under the fostering hand of individ ual responsibility—freedom from the abominable interference of govern ment in assuming (unctions which do not belong to it, by which as sumption individual responsibility is largely transferred to the State and a spirit of dependence substituted for a spirit of self-reliance. Mr. McMahan complains of tho want of system in the free schools and justifies his complaint by assert ing that “each teacher works along in her own way, whatever that may be, almost uninfluenced by the exis- t. nee of any other school or school authority.” Now (hat is exactly the way that each teacher ought to work and the teacher who attempts to wora in any other than his or her own way is no longer a vital force but a weak transmitter of a force that Is wasted and dissipated by the friction in- curred in the transmission. We have no quarrel with Mr. Mc Mahan personally. He is an active, energetic, wide-awake, enterprising officer, and his views are no doubt In accordance with the socialistic ele ment now dominant in South Caro lina. The ideal of these so-called re formers and progressionists is to have such a system of schools that one man can sit In Columbia and pull a string or press a button and every wheel in the system will begin its revolutions. For those who like a thing of that sort. Mr. McMahan’s report will make fascinating reading. Sometime in a future more or less remote, the fact will be discovered that men and women cannot bo ground out to order by machinery. NOTKb AND COM M KM'S. The term of enlistment of forty thousand of our troops in the Philip pines will expire on the 1st of June, and transportation has been provided for only nine thousand. In the meantime the president announces that these troops cannot be spared from the seat of war until new levies are raised to take their places, and that ho has no authority granted him tj enlist more men. He asks con gress to grant him that authority and to provide a bounty of $250 for every man who will enlist. Expan sion comes high and Aguinuldo and his followers are an unconscionably long time in dying. Congress has taken hold of the great inter-ocean canal business in earnest and it begins to look like something more than talk will be realized. Hut there are many ob stacles to be overcome and many complications to be unraveled. This nation is assuming to be a world power and it must meet the difficul- I ties incident to a world business. , England is jealous and hard to please. .Nicaragua sees millions in the right of way; then there are Tom, Dick and Harry that must have special stipu lations as to tfieir rights and privi leges; and altogether the digging of the canal will scarcely be a bigger job than the disposing of the endless preliminaries. A brace of doctors over in Cuba have been experimenting with tho mosquito with a view to learning more of his habits and character, and they have made tho btartling dis covery that in addition to all the ills he has wantomly inflicted on the genus homo, tie is a regular whole sale manufacturer and dealer in yel low fever! One of the doctors paid his life for the secret, and the other one barely escaped the same penalty. Now, if some other doctor, or the re doubtable (ienerullissimo Miles of the I nited States army, will have the musqulto expelled fr un our South ern coasts, there will he a long stride made towards health, population, and prosperity. Horn is an opening for (fi ll. Mil wli') su ms t»> have found (•otlMiig worthy of Ids gt-i.ius and brawry him" the prison (iayn of .1 Hf I >avis. NVHi'Hml.. N» « k Will* I ho Town. 11 iilmi I t tm s. | The (iallney Ledger came out fast week with a Id-page edition, contain ing a comprehensive write-up of tho thriving little city of Gaffney, which makes a very fine showing hath for tho town and the paper. Gaffney is one of the prize winners in the recent census returns. Its de velopment and industrial progress has been phenominal, and The Ledger is humping right along neck-and- neck with the town. Our t.'hrlNtniHs KiUtlnn, {.Indicator. 1 The Christmas edition of the Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, S. C., ap- poared last Tuesday in great shape. It was brimful of photograph cute and short sketches of the leading en terprises and business men of Gaff ney City. Tho Ledger is a clean and up-to date paper and is rarely on the wrong t-ide of any public ques tion, save that of politics. It has a deservedly liberal patronage among the colored people of its city and county. One of the t'orcmoHt in the .State. It'lifloii World,] The Gaffney Ledger came to us last week sixteen pages strong and full to the brim with interesting news matter and attractive advertising. The Ledger is one of the foremost pa pers in the State. !*ruf. Mark at Ormigriiurg. [Baptist Courier. 1 Prof. J. K Mack, A. M., who was at one time president of Cooper-Lime stone Institute, has been added to the faculty of Orangeburg College. The college is fortunate in securing him. He will enter upon his duties January 1. [Prof. Mack we-nt from this place to Hrownville, Tenn., where he took charge of a female college and re mained there for a year or more. His friends here hope that his new work may be both pleasant and pros perous.] Cant of TliunkH. Mr P. D. Phillips and children de sire to express their appreciation of the kindness shown them by neigh bors and friends during their recent bereavement. Many persons have had the experi ence of Mr. Peter Sherman, of North Stratford, N. JL, who says, “For years I suffered torture from chronic indigestion, but Kodol Dyspepsia Cure made a well man of me.” It digests what you eat and is a certain cure for dyspepsia and every form of stomach trouble. It gives relief at once even in the worst cases, and can’t help but do you good. Chero kee Drug Cu. A sugar plantation in Cuba, near the town of Fergus, is DI.OOO acres in extent. It employs 1,500 persons, and on it are two forts, 510 miles of railroad, belonging to the place, three steam railroad locomotives, many homes for the white people and na tives, a big sugar factory and a river, which ilouts lighters loaded with sugar from the plantation docks to Die ships on the coast, Help is needed at once when a per son's life is in danger. A neglected cough or cold may t>oon become seri ous and should be stopped at once. One Minute Cough Cure quickly cures coughs and colds and the worst c«ses of croup, bronchitis, grippe and other throgt and lung troubles. Cherokee Drug Co. Isaiah T. Montgomery, who was in his youth a slave of Jefferson Davis, and his older brother, Joseph Davis, founded a colony of Negroes in the Yazoo river valley, in Mississippi, after the yur, and he is now “mayor” of tha village of Mount Hayou, the center of the colony. The Negroes own 12,000 acres there. Now is the time when croup and lung troubles prove rapidly fatal. The only harmless remedy that pro duces immediate results is One Min ute Cough Cure, ft ia very pleasant to take and can be relied upon to quickly cure coughs, colds and all lung diseases. It will prevent con sumption. Cherokee Drug Co. The man who will not accept the Bible because he cannot see through everything it contains, might just as well stay in bed on a cloudy day, be cause he cannot see tho sunshine. When the stomach is tired out it must have a rest, but we can’t live without food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure “digests what you eat” so that you can eat all the good food you want while it is restoring the diges tive organs to health, ft is the only preparation that digests all kinds of food. Cherokee Drug Co. An Indian may not vote as long as he remains a member of a tribe; but if he gives up his tribal relationship and becomes a citizen, he may vote under the same condition us any other citizen. When you need a soothing and healing antiseptic application for any purpose, use the original DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, a well known cure for piles and skin diseases. ft heals sores without leaving a scar. Beware of counterfeits. Cherskeo Drug Co. _ If you wish success in life mak u perseverance your bosom friend, ex ptrienco your wise counsellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. DeWitt’s Little Early Bisers are dainty little pills, but they never fail to cleanse the liver, remove obstruc tions and invigorate the system. Cherokee Drug Co. Toe total urms-bearing population of Europe is about 5i5 (XX) <XXJ men. The most effective little liver pills made are DeWitt’s Little Early ilisera. They never gripe, Chero kee Drug Co. MASON-THOMPSON. Whiit I h«* KIvIiiiioimI Huy .Ahont Till.' (alT'Ulll. Tim following ixtructs from the Richmond papers in regard to tho marriage of Miss May Thompson and Mr. Stanley Mahon speak for them selves. The Richmond News a few days ago had the following: “Stanley Mason, tho popular ship ping clerk of Watkins ife Cottrell, hardware dealers, is expected to re turn to Richmond at the end of the holiday season and to bring with him a bride. “Mr. Mason left Richmond last week for Gaffney City, S. C., where his sweetheart lives. He announced that he would be married on Christ mas day. Although his friends in the Watkins it Cottrell store have not received word of the ceremony having taken place, it is expected that Mr. Mason is now enjoying his honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. Mason will make their home here,” Later the same paper had the fol lowing : “No doubt it will be a great sur prise to the friends of Mr. Stanley Mason, of this city, to learn of his marriage. Mr. Mason left Saturday night for Gaffney, S. 0., and was married yesterday to Miss May Thompson. “Miss Thompson is a very attrac tive young lady. “Mr. Mason is the eon of Mr. W. R. Mason, the stone contractor, and is employed by the Watkins-Cottreil Company, and is a very popular young man. “The affair was a very quiet one, and took place at the home of the bride, at Gaffney, S. C. “Mr and Mrs, Mason returned this morning, and are at home to their friends, at No. 218 South Belvidere Street.” The Richmond Dispatch contained the following: “Mr. Stanley Mason returned yes terday morning from Gaffney, S. C., accompanied by his bonnie bride— Misa Mary Thompson she was until her marriage to Mr. Mason on Christ mas day. The groom is a son of Mr. W. R. Mason, and is employed by the Wat- kins-Cottrell Hardware Company. Ho went to South Carolina very quietly Saturday for the purpose of claiming his bride. The announce ment of the happy event is in the na ture of a surprise to the groom’s friends. “Mr. and Mrs. Mason will make their home at No. 218 South Belvidere Street.” LEONORA JACKSON, ThU Talented YiolinUt Will Plyy at lAtne- stone January loth, "he German Empress, in Novem ber. IS'JG, commanded that a special musical and dramatic entertainment be given at the Royal Opera House in Berlin, with the most eminent talent in Qermany participating. Great preparations were made, and cn the evening in question a vast and brilliant audience assembled. The Royal Family and Court were pres ent, together with prominent Govern ment Officials, Diplomats, men of science and letters and the most not able personages of the capital. They noted on the programme, placed be tween two of Germany’s most re newed singers, an unknown name, announced for a violin solo. “Who is this?” they queried. “By what right here?" Great was tho surprise of all when the “unknown" proved to be a young girl in her teens, who came forward clad in white; modest, timorous, yet of rare sweetness and charm of man ner. The hush of expectancy set tled over the great Opera House. The little tpaifjen ip white grasped her violin, and soon tho strains of beautiful music poured forth, touch ing the hearts of the immense throng with the magic power of genius. The solo ended, there followed such a scene of enthusiasm, such a storm of applause as all present will long re member. The young violinist with ope step became famous. Americans present that evening will never for get the triumph, for the little maiden in white was an American whose subsequent triumphs in many lands have made her renewed. Her name is Leonora Jackson. This famous young virtuoso will appear at Limestone College audito rium January 10th. She will be as sisted by other artists of high rank from New York and it is safe to say that the concert will be the musical event of the season. K. of r.’n Elect Ofllcent. The Knights of Pythias met in their Castle Hall last night and elected the following officers to serve during the ensuing year: J. G. Ward- law, Chancellor Commander; J. B. Bell, Vice Chancellor; W. 8. Hall, Pulale; C. T. Lipscomb, Master of Work; J. C. Otts, Keeper of Records and seals; Ed H. DeCamp, Master of Finance; D. C. Itoss, of Ex chequer; H- M. Monroe, Master at Arms; H. L. Spears, Inner Guard; B. L. Lipscomb, Outer Guard. l.ocul Cotton Report. The following are the prices paid for cotton in Gaffney today: Good Middling 9:25 Middling 9:12£ He Fooled The HurffonH. All doctors told Renica Hamilton, of West Jefferson, ()., after suffering 18 months from Rectal Fistual, he would die unless a costly operation was performed; but he cured himself with five boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, tho sufest Rile cure on Rarth, and the best Salve in the World. 2^ cents u box. Sold by Cherokee Drug Company. —Dr. W. H. Wakefield will be in his office at No. 8 North Church street, Charlotte, N. C., all of Janu ary, except each Thursday. His practice is limited to diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Trouble is often brewing with a hot punch. Dr. HuII'm Cuuirh Syrup Cart'd overnlflit I li«' most tftuhborn cold ud well ut all lt» 6orn- pllcailooN tlck'liiR In tlic throat, hiidky voice uml violent couahlux. It Is the uiovt wonderful nioUielne defence hud produced. PERSONAL PARAGRPHS. I’imiIiIc* Yuu Know iiimI IVopIt* Vou Don't K DOM • Mbs* i Viola llri'lgcs and Oeie II nniick, two fucinafing little ladies of Boiling Springs. N C., are tho guests of Miss Etylono Wilkins, cor ner of Frederick and l/igan streets. X. P. Petty, of Bowlinaville, was hero yesterday. J. 11. Mintz, a prosperous farmer from near Blacksburg, was one of our visitors Saturday. A. S. Smith, of Cowpens, was in town yesterday. Lon Holmes, of Charlotte, N. C., was in the city for a short time Fri day. Lon “has his hands full" in Charlotte and doesn’t have much time for visiting. W. C. Allen, of Converse, called to see us yesterday while in the city. D. L. Vassey, of Thickety, was in town Saturday. R. M. Injram, of Cherokee Falls, came in to see us yesterday. E H. Sterrett, a popular travel ing man of Charlotte, spent Sunday in the city. W. Allen Jefferies, of Bowlinsvillo, was among the comers to the city yesterday. R H. Ferguson, of Spartanburg, was in the city Saturday. W. S. Wood, of Byarsviile, N. C., came down to our city yesterday on business. Capt. John M. Nichollsand family, of Spartanburg, visited the family of Mr. J. A. Carroll Saturday and Sun day. Col. J. G. Wardlaw and bride have returned from their tour in Florida. Conway Po.^ey, representing the Crutchfield-Tolleson Company in Spartanburg, was here Friday. W. C. Ray, of State Line, was a visitor in the city yesterday. P. H. Bright, of Maud, was one of our callers Saturday. Rev. B. P Robertson went away Friday for a few days visit to rela tives and friends before leaving for Baltimore. Mr Robertson’s house hold goods have already been shipped to his new home. Scott Brown and soc, of Blacks burg, were here Saturday. Mr. Brown is the new proprietor of the Cherokee Inn at that place. J. P. Young returned yesterday from Hartwell, Ga., where he had been visiting his uncle, Mr. T. P. Harris. A. McCraw, a substantial citizen of Goforth, spent a few hours in the city Saturday. G. B. Wright, or the Abingdon neighborhood, called in to see us Saturday and contributed his part to wards The Ledger’s support. Feli* Littlejohn, of Ravenna, was on our streets Saturday. Sam Clary spent Sunday in Spar tanburg W. E. Ray, of State Line, was he r e yesterday. He prepared for the new year by making himself a present of a new buggy, J. L. Glover, of Spartanburg, was In our town Saturday. Pever'LHtle, who is now attending Wofford College in Spartanburg, was here Saturday and Sunday. M. W. Littlejohn, of Ravenna, was here Friday. W. N. Turner, a successful mer chant and farmer of Stevy, in the Midway section, was one of our visi tors Satuiday. J. M. Reynolds, of Cowpens, was in the city Friday. Jones J. Darby returned to the city Sunday night from a business trip to Chester and Columbia. J. S. Vinesett, of Grassy Pond, called In to see us Saturday while in the city. Mr. and Mrs J. N. Cudd have re turned to their home in Spartanburg after visiting relatives here for sev eral days. W. YV. Hawkins, of Byersville. N. C., was among the visitors in the city Saturday, J. Russell Sparks and Martin Falls spent Sunday In Spartanburg. John T. Branlett, one of Green ville’s business men, was in our city Saturday for a short whi'e. Miss Mamie Jefferies Is in Green ville visiting her sister, Mrs. C. 0. Allen- Capt. and Mrs. Carlisle, of Spar tanburg, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city the guests of Mr. J. A. Carroll’s family. Charles Littlejohn, of Webster, was among the comers to the city Saturday. T. J. talker and family returned from Greenville Sunday where they had spent the holidays with rela tives. Mrs. B. R. Grey is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. T. Willis, in Green ville. Mist; Etta Bailey, one of our city friends, called to see us Saturday and renewed for her paper. Mrs. J. A. Carroll and daughter, Miss Minnie, returned Thursday night from a few days stay in Atlanta, Ga. Paul Webb, a popular young man of Shelby, !$. C., spent Sunday in the City. C. B. Turner, a prosperous young planter from near Grassy Pond, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. Alie Carpenter returned Fr 1 - day from Thermal City, N. 0., where she had been on a visit to her son, Mr. Kit Carpenter. Tommy Cole returned yesterday from a visit to his father near Green ville, with whom he spent several days. Miss Mignnn Walker visited rela tives in Yorkville last week. J. R. Healan, of Blocksburg, was in the city yesterday. Miss Alma McBrayer returned from Shelby Suncjay, having spent the holidays with relatives in that city. W. M. Roberts, of Sunny Side, was in to see us yesterday. Mrs. R S. Lipscomb spent Satur day and Sunday In Shelby, N. C. Jonathan Moore, of Blacksburg, was here yesterday. Louis Wood spent Christmas in Shelby with his sister, Mrs. George Blanton. Mr. and Mrs. YV’. S. Gossett have returned to the city after spending the hQliday? with relatives and friends in Pacolet. Ernest Neville, of Chapel Hill, N. C., was in the city Saturday. Miss Jennie Mae Miller, who for three years was a student Win- throp ftollece anil who I-* nr.w a teacher in Ihe Graded School ut Gaffney, spent Wednesday in Die uty, the guest ijf lier aunt, Mr*. |{ S. Hanna.—Ruck Hill Herald. Mrs. C. L. McGuinu. inother uf our townsman. L. YY’ McGuinn, is on an extended visit to her daughters in Spartanburg and Greenville L. Marion, of Atlanta, Ga., repre senting the large book firm of Collier ifc Sons, in New York, was in tho city Saturday, SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Dora I Item* ToooShort fora lira*! (•r<>ii|>« <1 Toffetlitir. Can you write it? 1901. Our merchants did an excellent busi ness during the holidays. Y’ery few Christmas goods were left on their hands. Messrs. J C. Lipscomb it Bro. will be closed taking stock from YY’ednts- day (tomorrow) morning until Satur day morning. Gaffney city is just now enjoying a building boom. Many very substan tial buildings are in course of erec tion.—Spartanburg Herald. The large stables of the Gaffney Live Stock Company are finished; the stock has been put in and the company is now ready for business, S. J, Lipscomb, a prominent colored teacher and farmer, returned from Fingerville Saturday, where he had been visiting friends and relatives for several days. Cherokee Inn, at Blacksburg, has been reopened by Mr. Scott Brown, of Salisbury, N. C. The Ledger wishes Mr. Brown much success in his new undertaking. A train load of horses passed through Gaffney Friday night bound for the Philippine Islands, The train was composed of twenty cars and passed over the Southern on its way to San Francisco. Gaffney is “putting on city airs” sure enough, now, in the way of hav ing her houses numbered and the names of her streets put up. It will not be very long until we shall have a free delivery mail system. Rev. B. P. Robertson preached a farewell sermon to the congregation of the Limestone Baptist church, colored, Sunday afternoon Dec. 23rd, at 3:30 o’clock, which was highly enjoyed by all who heard him. T. A. Corry, a highly respected, industrious and thrifty colored man of Blacksburg, was one of our visi tors yesterday. He prizes The Ledger so much that he not only paid up for back lime, but had his paper run up to 1902. The drummers are coming to our town at a great rate now, and the hotel porters are having lots of bag gage to handle. One morning this week tho trunks placed for the south bound vestibule reminded one of commencement at Limestone when the college girls go home. Capt. Mark Parker, of Cleveland county, near Shelby, N. C., stopped over in the city to visit relaOvcc a few days ago on his way home from Columbia, where he had been spend ing Christmas Mr. Parker is now in his seventy-eighth year, but is still very lively. He was a Captain in the war between the States and was an t-xcellent soldier. YY’e would like to have him vi-it Gaffney again. Death At Antlooh. Died at her home near Antioch church on December 28th., Mr. R. M. Roark after a short illness. Mrs. Roark was twice married. In early life she married Mr. YY^m. Eddie, who lived about four miles southeast of Blacksburg. M{. Eddie died leaving four children, two sons and two daughters, J. A. Ellis, of Grover, N. C., and R. C. Ellis, now of Pacolet, 8, C., Mrs B. F. Turner, of Grover, N. C., and Mrs. D. R. Bird, of Blacks burg, 8. C. Her last marriage re sulted in three daughters, two of whom are married, Mrs. C. C. Hughes and Mrs. Charles Mullmax, and one single daughter, Miss Flor ence. Mrs. Roark leaves seven children and a husband to mourn her loss The funeral was preached on the 29th by her pastor, Rev. J. D. Bailey, to a large congregation, and her remains were laid to rest in Antioch ceme tery. Mrs. Roark was a member of the Baptist church for forty-seven years and was sixty-three when the summons came. “Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, henceforth they rest from their labor and their works do follow them,” was the pastor’s text on this sad oc casion. d. So»k lirciu | at 1 ImmloHi Tin iv will be a sur g r. i-il'.i Liim st«*ne <‘ ilfi • nir i oriu i evei ing, .)«• uaqv Ph. ii I r tl •*gein< nt of Mrs. \\ .nh It Bi.iwu as- HisP'd by 'Ir. Brown. The public is cordially invlt .-d. The program will he as follnwN: I. a Sapplili' Ode , I r.iliuw 1) Melni'i.icIm'1st (<run . Hrubih* c Hao<lriiaini-li."i (Little Dusimuii/ llnilnu^ il t!njr«'<l»l<i (Imuaiii iiei-i .s Imi.i-n J. I’ntiiiiiilv rhoplii ;i. a Aria Oli! I*ni l liy II. Ip (Sam on am) DdMati) St. Hik-iih Ii Sntniui (I Un-amt) .. s.-|i|r:i <• Htand.'lien (S.-t-i'ii <l«) If. Strauss 4. a l^.ve has cy.-Mi »|,| rru-lisli) liisliop l> Puiiond ((M l s,-oii-lii Voprli I. <• Tin' Lark no# haves (Old Knalislo • • • • • II I'xrkcr .1 Tin* Oul.l fluid Shawl (Old Irisli liattison II .yn. h 5. a H.-reeuse (Cradlt: Sr.njf). ... rural- li Gavotte uml Museit ■ d’Aliiert . it My Star .Mr-. II. il. A. Ueaeli l> Love Is 4 liuldde I ruuecs Allitscy • • The Silver Kin C. <'lintuinado d A iluneli of \ Inlets (iuy (I'llardelm. e Sweetheart tliy lips are touched with •lame Chadwick Mr. U K litr.iot »l First llaplist Church. Rev. Mr. Light foot, of YVuynes- ville, N. C., occupied the pulpit of the First [Baptist church Sunday. He is an eloquent and forceful preacher and the conk’regation was much pleased with the discourse. Mr. Lightfoot look dinner Sunday 1 with his old friend “L’ncle Sam” Hopper, whom ho knew in \\ r aynes-J ville, and is now tho guest of Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Gtawley, on Race street] He will leave for his home tomorj row. * 3*353333; UsEas}' To Tafc | Thin, pale, anaemic | need a fatty food to c S their blood, give colt I their cheeks and restori I {Ws I rich* % health and strengtl | safe to say that tt A j aii reject fat with. CODi mHHYPOPL >IL TUMiSSODA I is exactly wSPmey require; | | it not only ^ives them the im- jg J portant dement (cod-liver oil) | $ in a palatable and easily di'| £ gested form, but also the hypo* g | phosphites which are so valua-! % ble in nervous disorders that Z | usually accompany anaemia. | I SCOTT’S EMULSION isa|: | fatty food that is more easily ^ * digested than any other form | of fat. A certain amount of § % flesh is necessary for health, g You can get it in this way. We have known per- a sons to gain a pound a | day while taking it 50c. and $t.oo, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. €€€€€€€€«€€«€;€€€€ 4 Limestone College Anditorinm, 8 P. Wl. Negry Shot In the Fr.ce. Alburn, Ala., Dac. 3.—At Orayton’a saw mill, 6 miles south of Auburn, tho loreman of the mill shot Jake Dowdell, a negro, in the face and neck with a charge of small shot. It seems that tho negro had been trespassing and had been warned not to do so again. He disregarded (he warning. The Appetite of a Goat. Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King’s New Life Pills, the won derful Stomach apd Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25 cents at Cherokee 1 Drug Company. I Grand Concert By the Famous Y’iolin Virtuoso LEONORA JACKSOI AND HE I ! Company of Artists. " Her succ< ss was th a of u «re it unist.”— Li; Hiilo-I, I’m Iji. “Aniirti-i of (Jod-trivvn genlis."—.-tras*- burjrcr /.cilunif. ‘‘One of the foremost violinists."—New York .Fournal. “She achieved an immediate triumph."— Chicago Tine. s-H* raid. Admission. 75 cents and $1.00., Subscribers reserve seats at A. Gaines’ Monday, January 7th. Reg ular sale begins January 8th. SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES. F. G. Stack v. President. J. G. Wakdi.aw, Vice-President. -THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL., ....... 950,000. SURPLUS AND PROFITS, - 10,000. f3tntc. County a.mi City Ucponitory. Ik'positH solicited from Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others. Every aecom sJation extended to customers that their business and responsibility will warrant. U- C. Rotate*, Cunhier. The Gaffney City Land and improvement Company Offers for sale RulldlngLol.ln this flourlshtnif town, Gaffney City; Also Farms ne_£ by and In reach of the Schools of Ltmehtouc Sprintrs and of this place, In lots of fmi* 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. V. iVtfent. N. B.—All tresspassing on landsof this company, cuttla and emoylng timber. Ashingo* bunting are forbidden under penally of law