Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ 1 A man with a thin head of har is a marked man. But the big bald spst i? not the mark most HAi kind of a men like. Too many men in their twenties are bald. This is absurd and all unnecessary. Healthy hair shows man’s strength. To build up the hair from the roots, to prevent and to cure bald ness, u s e— It always restores color to faded or gray hair. Notice that word, “always.” And it cures dandruff. $1.00 a bottle. All druggirt*. “ My business calls me out among strangers a great deal. I -would actually feel ashamed every time , I would bike off my liar, my hair was so thin and the bald spots i showed so plainly. 1 began the use * of your Hair Vigor less tlian three months ago. Today I find I have as fine a head of hair as 1 ever had. I tell everybody what I used, and they say ‘it must lie a wonderful remedy.”’ Geo. Yearl, Dec. 14,1898. Chicago, 111. We have a book on The Hair and Scalp which we will send free npon request. It you do not obtain all the benefits you expected from the use of the Vigor, write the Doctor about it. Address, Du. J. C. AVKR, Lowell, Mass. JUST UV. Dainty Designs in STERLING SILVER; Quaint Conceits in RICH CUT GLASS; New, Novel, Artistic, Ornamental, Serviceable, Economical, the most ap propriate things for wed ding gifts. See my display, the most complete yet ex hibited in Gaffney. T. H. WESTROPE Watchmaker and .Toweler. Do You Want Insurance? I am prepared to fprnish poli cies in the very best companies at the lowest rates.. If you want a bond I can make it for you. See me before you insure. F. G. STACY. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 26th of each month: Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. lone* ft Co.’a Store. CHRISTIAN HEROISM. Rev. Dr. Talmage Tells of Its Great Rewards. Can be found at office si x davs In the week G. W. SPEER, A/rXOI*IN ISY-AT-Iv A W. GAFFNEY, S. C. Office over J. W. Tolleson’s Store. N. W. HARDIN, LAWYER. Practice in all Courts and all branches of the Law. Office over J. \Y\ Tolleson’s store. Office hours from (UK) a. m. to H p. m. every day in the week. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. Office upstairs, between K. A. Jones and Davenport. Phone 87. J. E. WEBSTER, A.ttorney-A.t> Offlceln Court House. (Probatfl'Judge sofflee Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty J. C. JEFFERIES «K GAFFNEY, S. C. Commercial Law. Corporation Law Keal K.tata Law. Uoney to loan on approved security. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OA. INJ IC Y\ ». C7. Notary Public in office. Prompt attention given to all businean. Office over U. A. Jones ft Oo.’s store. BADGES OF HONORABLE 00NFLI0T, It.Duncan O.P. Sanders. W. 8. Hall, Jr DUNCAN, SANDERS S HILL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office over J R. Tolloeon's ft Oo.’a Store. Those Who Ilenr Sears Won In the .Service of Jesns Christ Shall lie ■tic hi, Hecoiniieused — God Will Honor, ThoaKh the World Slay Not Know. Washington, Feb. 24.—In this dis course Dr. Talmage praises Christian heroism and tells of great rewards. The lost is Galatians vl, 17, “I bear lu my body the marks of the Lord Je sus.’’ We hear much about crowns, thrones, victories, but I now tell the more quiet story of scars, honorable and dishonor able. There are in all parts of the world people bearing dishonorable scars. They went into the battle of sin and were worsted, and to their dying day they will have a scarification of body or mind or soul. It cannot be hid den. There are tens of thousands of men and women now consecrated to God and living holy lives who were once corrupt, but they have been re generated. and they are no more what they once were than rubescence isema- elation^than balm is vitriol, than noon day Is midnight. But in their depicted physical health or mental twist or style of temptation they are ever and anon reminded of the obnoxious past. They have a memory that is deplorable. In some twinge of pain or some tendency to surrender to the’wrong which they must perpetually resist they have an unwholesome reminiscence. They car ry sears, deep sears, Ignoble scare. But Paul in my text shows us a scar ification which is a badge of honorable and self sacrificing service. lie had iu his weak eyes the result of too much study and In his body, bent and worn, the signature of scourglngs and ship wrecks and maltreatment by mobs. In my text he shows those sears as he de clares, “I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” Notice that it is not wounds, but scars, and u sear Is a healed wound. Before the sear Is well defined upon the flesh the Inflamma tion must have departed, aud right cir culation must have been restored, and new tissue must have been formed. It Is a permanent Indentation of the flesh —a cicatrix. Paul did well to show those sears. They were positive and indisputable proofs that with nil his body, mind and soul he believed what he said; they were his diploma, show ing that he had graduated from the school of hardship for Christ; they were credentials proving his right to lead In the world’s evangelization. Honorable Scars. Men are not ashamed of scars got In l>attle for their country. No Ameri can Is embarrassed when you ask him, ‘‘Where did you get that gash across your forehead?” and he can answer, “That was from a saber cut at San Juau.” When jou ask some German, “Where did you lose your right arm?” he is not ashamed to say, “I lost it at Sedan.” When you ask an Italian, ‘‘Where did you lose your eye?” he Is not anuoj’ed when be can answer, “1 suffered that in the last battle under our glorious General Garibaldi.” But I remind you of the fact that there are scars not got In war which are just as illustrious. We had iu this country years ago an eminent advocate who was called Into the presidential cabi net as attorney general. In midlife be was In a Philadelphia courtroom en gaged In nu Important trial. The at torney on the opposite side of the ease got Irritated and angry, and in most brutal manner referred to the distin guished attorney’s disfigured face, a face more deeply scarred than auy face 1 ever saw. The legal hero of whom I am speaking In his closing argument said; “Gentlemen of the Jury, when I was a little child I was playing with my sister In the nursery, aud her clothes caught fire, and I ran to her to put out the fire. I succeeded, but 1 myself took fire, and before It was ex tinguished my face was awfully burn ed and as black as the heart of tho scoundrelly counsol who on the other side of tho case has referred to my misfortune.” The eminent attorney of whom I speak carried all his life tho honorable scar of his sister’s rescue. In God's Service. A young college student In England found all the artistic world In derisive pursuit of William Turner, the painter. The young graduate took up his pen— In some respects the most brilliant pen that was ever put to paper—and wrote those five great volumes on modern painting the chief thought of which was his defense of the abused painter. The heroic author by some was sup posed in his old days to be cynical and fault finding, and when I saw him a little whllr* before his death he was Iu decadence, but 1 kno’v that all his face and all over his manner were the scars of heroic defense. In the seventies of his lifetime ho was suffering from the wounds and fatigues of the twenties. Long after he had quit the battle with author's pen and painter’s pencil ho bore the scars of literary martyrdom. But why do we go so for for Illustra tion when I could take right out of the memories of some whom I address In stances Just as appropriate? To rear aright for God and heaven a large fam ily of children In that country home was a mighty undertaking. Far away from the village doctor, the garret must contain the herbs for the cure of all kinds of disorders. Through all infan tile complaints the children of that family went. They missed nothing In the way of childish disorders. Busy all day was that mother in every form of housework, and 20 times a nlcrht rnlieti up by the children, all down at the same time with the same conta gion. Her hair is white a long while before it Is time for snow; her shoul ders are bent long before the appropri ate time for stooping. Hpectaclcg are adjusted, some for close by and some for far off, years before you would have supposed her eyes would need re- euforcemcnt. Here and there Is a short grave In her pathway, this headstone bearing the name of this child and an other headstone hearing the name of another child. Hardly one bereave ment lifts its shadow than another be reavement drops one. After 30 years of wifehood aud motherhood the path turns toward the setting - sun. She can not walk so far as she used to. Colds caught hang on longer than formerly. Home of the children are In the heav enly world, for which they were well prepared through maternal fidelity, and others are out In this world doing hon or to a Christian ancestry. When her life closes and the neigh bors gather for her obsequies, the offi ciating clergyman may find appropri ate words In the last chapter of Prov erbs; “Her price Is far above rubles. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. Bhe will do him good, and not evil, all the days of her life; she stretcheth out her hand to the poor; she is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet Her husband Is known In the gates when he slttetb among the elders in the land; her chil dren arise up aud call her blessed; ber husband also, and he pralseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.” Thou after the Scripture lesson Is rend let all come up and before the casket Is closed look for the last time at the scars of her earthly endurance. She never hoard the roll of a gun carriage or saw a ban ner hoisted upon a parapet, but she has In all the features of that dear old face the marks of many a conflict-scars of toil, scars of maternity, sears of self sacrifice, scars of bereavement. She Is a heroine whose name has never been heard of ten miles from the old home stead, but her name is inscribed high up among the enthroned immortals. Martyr* In Humble Life. People think they must look for mar tyrs on battlefields or go through a his tory to find burnings at the stake and tortures on rucks when there are mar tyrs all about us. At this time in this capital city there are scores of men wearing themselves out in the public service. In ten years they will not have a healthy nerve left in their body. In committee rooms, In consultations that involve the welfare of the nation, under the weight of great responsibili ties, their vitality is t>oi»g subtracted. In almost every village of the country you find some broken down state or na tional official. It is easy for some Washington cor respondents. writing home to their city or village newspapers, to misrepresent our public men and represent them ns living In idleness and luxury, but I toll you from my own observation that many of the representatives In con gress and senators of the United States and justices of the supreme court and Bgcretarles In presidential cabinets work ns hard, If not harder, than any day laborer breaking cobblestones on a New Jersey turnpike or a driver of mules on a towpatb for a Pennsylvania canalboat. What with the solicitations for appointments by constituents who swarm around state and national capi tal, and the social exhaustions, and the Irritating Interruptions, and the unrea sonable demands of all kinds, high of ficial position is not a sinecure. Lnaeen by Homan Eyes. The heroes and the heroines of any war are not always at* the front, are not always epauleled, are not always acquainted with military tactics, aud some of them would not know how to present arms or ground arms or stack arms. Some of them rendered their service In hospitals, some by doing harder work on the farm while the breadwinner was at Gettysburg. We all know the names of the distinguish ed northern and southern women who bound up the wounds of 1 > battle fields, but there were 10,0c women Just as brave who never left the farm house or cotton plantation aud who were so worn out In taking care of their bereft homes that when the sol dier came home they had only strength left to die. And the places where they sleep the last sleep are not marked with so much as a plain slab, while those who suffered not half so much arc in sculptured mausoleum. In all lands there are veterans of war who may not have had their face scrap ed with one bullet or their foot lamed by one bursting shell and who could not roll up their sleeve and show you oue mark suggestive of battle, yet car ry with them weaknesses gA lu expo sures to disease along malarial swamps or from many miles of marching, and ever and anon they feci a twinge of pain,each recurrence of which Is sharp er or more lasting, until after awhile they will be captured for the tomb by disorders which started 20 or 30 or 40 years before. And their scars are all unseen by human eyes. But those peo ple are as certainly the victims of war as though they had been blown up In an undermined fortress or thrust through with a cavalryman’s lance. What 1 want to make out Is that there are scars which are never counted ex cept ns God counts them, and I want to enlarge your sympathies. Mark* of Jean* Christ. There Is a woman who has suffered domestic Injustice of which there Is no cognizance. She says nothing about It, An Inquisitor’s machine of torture could not wring from her the story of domestic woe. Ever since the day of orange blossoms and long white veil she has done Iffiffi^ull duty and received for It hnrshuesWnd blame and neglect, Tbfc marriage ring, that was supposed to be a sign of unending affection, baa turned out to be one link of a chain of horrible servitude. A wreath of nettle and nightshade of brightest form would have been a more accurate prophecy. There are those who find It hard to be lieve that there is such a place ns hell, but you could go right out In any com- tnuuity and find more than one hell of domestic torment. There is no escape for that woman but the grave, and that, compared with the life she now lives, will be an arbor of jasmine and of the humming bird’s song pftured lu te* the ear of the honeysuckle. Scars! If there bo noue on the brow showing where he struck her arriving home from midnight carousal, nevertheless there an* scare all up and down her In jured and immortal soul which will be remembered on the day when there shall leap forth for her nvengement the live thunderbolts of an Incensed God. When we see a veteran lu any land Who lias lost a limb lu battle, our sym pathies are stirred; but, oh, how many have lu the domestic realm lost their life and yet art* denied a pillow of dust on which to slumber! Better enlarge your roll of martyrs; better adopt a new mode of counting human scarifica tions. A broken bon® Is not half ns ball ns a broken heart. There arc many who can In tho same sense that Paul uttered It say, “I bear In my body the marks of the Lord Je sus”- that Ip. for the salt** of Christ and his cause they curry sears which keep their indenture through nil time and all eternity. Do you think that Paul was accurate when he said that? If you have studied his career, you have no doubt of !t. In his youUi he 1 arned how to fashion the hair oPIhc (.’ilk-inn goat Into canvas, a (pilot trade, and then went to college, the president of which was Gamaliel, an Institution which scholars say could not have been very thorough because of wlint they call Paul’s Imperfect command of Greek syntax. But Ills history became exciting on the road to Damascus, where he was uuhorsed and blinded. Ills conversion was a convulsion. Whether that fall from the horse may have left u mark upon him, I know not, but the mob soon took after him and flogged and Imprisoned and maltreated him until be had scars more than enough to assure the truthfulness of his utterance, "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” The Mlanloimr-p. All of Paul's suffering was forChrist's sake. He had Intellectual powers which could have achieved for him all world ly successes. You see what he could do in a courtroom when with extempora- ueous speech he made the Judicial bench tremble, when on Mars hill he confounded the Athenian critics, when he preached amid the excitement of a tumbling penitentiary, when in a storm at sea he took command of the ship, the only one on board cool beaded. With his Inspired logic, and his cour age of utterance, and his power of Il lustration, and his capacity to move audiences, and his spirit of defiance, there was no height of worldly power he might not have gained. What Hannibal was to an army, what Draco was In making laws, what Homer was to poetry, what Demos thenes was In power of persuasion, what Socrates was to philosophy, what Aeschylus was to the drama, that Paul might have been to all centuries. God never before and never since made an other human being like him. But with all this capacity and opportunity of achieving worldly renown he turns his back on home and becomes an exile, on bounteous tables aud cats his hard crust by the roadside, on the pleasure yachts that sailed the Mediterranean aud embarked on a frelgbtbont from Alexandria, on scholars in Athens and talks to fishermen. Instead of plaudits of aroused and enthusiastic assem blages he addressed audieuces that talked back and asked Insolent ques tions and broke up In a riot; instead of garlands flung at his feet thtfy hurled stones upon his bead. Five times he was scourged, at each whipping 39 strokes, the fortieth stroke spared not from mercy, but because 40 strokes were tho severest punishment the law allowed,and they feared through count ing wrong they might rake it 41, and so themselves be punished. Why, Paul must have been scarred all over, and he only tells the plain truth without any commentary when he declares, “I bear In my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” It was as much as to say; “See those long scars? There Is where they whipped me. See ycu that ugly Indenture? There is where they stoned me. See you that encircl ug scar on my wrist? There is where they hand cuffed me. See those curves around my ankles? There Is where they made my feet fast lu the stocks.” A Christian Army. There are many who, like that apos tolic martyr, have on them the mark of the Lord Jesus. There Is the great army of foreign missionaries, some times maligned by dissolute American, English aud Scotch merchants, who at Hongkong and Calcutta and Constanti nople have had their wickedness re proved by tbe pure home life of those missionaries. There is the great army of tbe ministers of the gospel, now in heaven, who on small salaries and amid fatigues that slew them served their day and generation. There is an other great army of private Christians who In Sabbath schools, and in tract distribution, and in humanitarian and evangelistic efforts, have put their life in sacrifice on the altars of God. There is another army of Christian invalids who lost their life In overwork for the church and tbe world's redemption. People call their Illness neuralgia or nervous prostration or insomnia or par esis or premature old age. I call their ailments scars, as my text calls them scars. There may be scars on the mem ory, scars on tbe spirits, scars on tbe courage, scars on tbe soul as well as scars on the body, and those invisible to tbe humait eye are as honorable at those visible. All ye who bear in your body toe marks of the Lord Jesus, have you thought what use those marks will be In the heavenly world? What source of glorious reminiscence! In that world you will sit together and talk over earthly experiences. “Where did you get that scar?" saint will say to saint, and there will come back a story of hardship and struggle and persecution and wounds and victory through tho grace of the gospel. Another spirit will say to listening spirit, “W’here did you get that hurt so plainly marked?” And the answer will be: “Ob, that was one of tbe worst hurts I ever had. That was a broken friendship. We were In sweetest accord for years, to gether lu Joy and sorrow. What one thought the other thought. We were David and Jonathan. But our personal Interests parted, and our friendships broke never to bo renewed on earth. But we have made It all up here, and misunderstandings are gone, and wo arc In the same heaven, on neighbor ing thrones, In neighboring castles, on tbe banks of tbe same river.” “Where did you get that mark?” says another spirit to listening spirit, and the answer comes: "That Is a reminder of a great bereavement, of a desolated household, of a deep grave, of nil the heartstrings at one stroke snapped al together. But you see It Is no longer a laceration, for tho wound has been healed, and my onco bereft spirit Is now. in companionship with the one from*whoin for awhile I was separat ed.” “Where did you get that long, deep scar?” says another Immortal to listening Immortal, and £he answer comes: “That was the awful fatigue of a lifetime struggle In attempting, amid adverse circumstances, to achieve a livelihood. For 30 years 1 was tired - oh, so tired! But you seb It Is a healed wound, for I have found rest at last for Ixvdy and soul, the complete rest, the everlasting rest that I heard of be fore 1 came hero as the rest that re- fimlneth for tbe people of God." Home one In heaven will say to Martyr John Rogers, "Where did yon get that scar on your foot?” and the answer will come, "Oh. that was a burn I suffered when the flumes of martyrdom were kindled beneath me.” “Ignatius, what is that mark on your cheek?” “Oh, that was made by the paw of the lion to which l was thrown by tho order of Trajan.” Some one will say to Paul, “Great apostle, that iiiust have been a deep cut once—tire mark which I see ou your neck.” Ami Paul says, “That was made by the sword which struck me at my behendment on the road to Ostia.” But we all have scars of some kind, and those are some of the things we will talk over In the heavenly world while we celebrate the graft 1 that made us triumphant over nM antagonism. More Conmixe Needed. Now, what Is the practical use of this subject? It Is the cultivation of Chris tian heroics. The most of us want to say tilings and do things for God when thera Is no danger of getting hurt. We are all ready for easy work, for popu lar work, for compensating work, but we all greatly need more courage to brave the world and brave satanic as sault when there is something aggres sive and bold and dangerous to be un dertaken for God and righteousness. And, if we happen to get hit, what an ado we make about it! We all need more of the stuff that martyrs arc made out of. We want more sanctified grit, more Christian pluck, more holy recklessness as to what the world may say and do In any crisis of our life. Be right aud do right, and all earth and hell combined cannot put you down. The same little missionary who wrote my text also uttered that piled up mag nificence to be found In those words which ring like battlenxes on splitting helmets: “In all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us, for I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall he able to separate us from the love of God, which Is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” How do you like that, you cowards, who shrink back from aggressive work aud If so much as a splinter pierce your flesh cry out louder than many a oue torn In auto-da-fe. Many a soldier has gone through a long war, been iu 20 battles, led a regiment up a hill mounted by cannon and swept by mus ketry, and yet came home without hav ing been once hit and without a mark upon him. But it will not be so among those who pass in the grand review of heaven. They have all In the holy wars been wounded, and all bear scars. Ad what would the newly arrived iu heaven do with nothing to show that he had ever been struck by human or diabolic weaponry? How embarrassed and eccentric such a one in such a place! Surely he would want to be ex cused awhile from the heavenly ranks and be permitted to descend to earth, crying: “Give me another chance to do something worthy of an Immortal! Show me some post of danger to be manned, some fortress to be stormed, some difficult charge to make. Like Leonidas at Thermopylae; like Milti- ades at Marathon; like Marlborough at Blenheim; like Godfrey at Jerusa lem; like Wtnkelried at Sempach gath ering the spears of the Austrian knights into his bosom, giving his life for others; show me some place where I can do a brave thing for God. I can not go back to heaven until somewhere I bear In my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” My bearer, my reader, quit complaining about your misfor tunes aud disappointments and trou bles and through all time aud all eter nity thank God for sears. Thy saints in all this glorious war Shall conquer though they die; They see the triumph from afar And seize it with tlicir eye. When that illustrious day shall rise. And all thine armies shine. In robes of victory through the skies The glory shall be thine. [Copyright, 1901, by Louis Rlopseb.J Two Curiosities. One day last week Mrs. W. M. Bridges, of this city, sent to this quite a phenomenon in the way of u chicken with three legs. The chick en was only two or three weeks old, bat apparently stout and healthy, and all the legs were well developed. The third leg was behind tho two natural ones, and though it was per fect in shape, it was smaller than the others. It was certainly a cusiosity. The next day Mr. Johnson Vinesett, of Grassy Pond, father of Coroner Vinesett, brought us a rather curios- ly shaped hen egg. It was somewhat larger and longer than an ordinary egg, and on one end was a knob like projection that very much resembled a young chicken’s head. Can any one explain the cause of these unnatural growths? That Throbbing Headache. Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Tljpusands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nerveous Hea^Ai'es. They make pure blood aud strong nerves and build up your hn.;h. Easy to take. Try them. Oily Hunts. Money back if not oi.u 1. 3 > d by Cherokee Drug Co. "Papa, why do we wish people a 'good appetite;’ but not a 'good thirst?’’’ "Because that isn’t neces sary.” The stomach eontrols the situation. Those who are hearty and strong are those who can eat and digest plenty of food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di gests what you eat and allows you to eat all the good food you want. If you suffer from indigestion, heart burn, belching or any otherstomach trouble, this preparation can’t help but do you good. The most sensi tive stomachs can take it. Cherokee Drug Company. If some men could only be convin ced that it paid to be good, they couldn't be kept out of church with a gun. Prof. Ivison, of Lonaconing, Md., suffered terribly from neuralgia of the stomach and indigestion for thir teen years and after the doctors failed to care him they fed him on morphine. A friend advised the use of Dodol Dyspepsia Cure and after taking a few bottles of it he says, ‘‘It has cured me entirely. T can’t say too much for Kodol dyspep sia Cure.” It digests what you eat. Cherokee Drug Company. PERSONAL PARACRPHS. I’ftople You Know and l'eopl« You Don't Know. Rev. L C. Ezell, of Woodruff, passed through the city Friday ou his way to Shelby, N. C. Mias Effie Hopper returned to the city Saturday night after a visit of two or three months to friends in Philadelphia. Her many friends here are delighted to have her home again. Martin Falls, of the Carpet Mill, went to Kings Mountan Hal unlay to spend Sunday with his family at that place. M. C. Dorman, one of Lawn's good citizens, was here Saturday. Dr H. B. Tate, of Trough, was among the comers to the city yester day. \V. 0. Sparks, of 8tar Farm, was in ti e city yesterday. S. Robinson, of Trough, was here yehterday. Cornelius Wood, of BowliLsville, was here yesterday. A. Horn, of Gowdysville, was among the Cherokeeans at the county’s capital Friday. J. L. Strain, Esq., of Etta Jane, was in the city yesterday. Solicitor J. K. Henry, of Chester, arrived in the city Sunday to be present at the opening of' court yes terday morning. H. E. DePass, Esq., a prominet attorney of Spartanburg, is in tho city in attendance upon court. Junius Thompson, Jr., of Blacks burg, was here Saturday and Sunday. Rev. G. Croft Williams, rector of the Episcopal churches at this place and Blacksburg, was here Thursday for a short while. He was on his way to Columbia to be fully ordained to the priesthood of the church by Bishop Bapers. • K. G. Robertson, a cotton inspector of Birmingham, Ala., was here Fri day on business in his line. Prof B. D. Wilson, one of the Car pet Mill’s traveling men, is in the city for a few days. F. L. Hawley, a prominent citizen of Sumter, was among the visiters in the city Friday. Miss Edna Sarratt returned last week from Peaks, S. C., where she had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Swaggert. W. H. Craig, one of Charlotte’s business men, was in the city Satur day. E. K. Belue, of Blacksburg, was over for a short while yesterday ou business. A. M. DeCarap, a prominet resident of Greenville, was in the city Friday. Mrs. Larry Snead went to Easley Sunday to spend a few days with her people before returning to Washing ton. A Baron Holmes a prominent citi- zern of Charleston was among the visitors in the city Friday. Hon. Wm. Jefferies, of Home, spent yesterday in the city. Mrs. Jim Brown and Miss Ollie Scott spent a pleasant day at Grassy Pond on Saturday. J. K. Hinton, of Chester, was a visitor in the city Friday. Mr. C. H. Robbins and Mr. Will Austell, of Pacolet, spent Sunday with friends in the city. Mrs. Jim Brown was called to the bed-side of her sister, Miss Dora \\ hillock, at Grassy Pond Sunday. B. Holcombe, of Ravenna, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Holcombe has recently moved to that place from Kelton. He had us send him The Ledger for a year. Mrs. A. P. Bobo, of Cross Auchor, is in the city visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Gaines, on Victoria avenue. Mrs. Bobo was once a resident of Gaffney and her friends here are always glad to have her visit the city. J. W. YY’ilson, of State Line, was in to see us yesterday. B. P. Cobb, of Cherokee Falls, was one of our visitors yesterday. ^ Col. John G. Black, of Cherokee Falls, sab up yesterday to attend court, w Mrs. H. P. Griffith is at Pacolet Mills visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Downey. K. L. Tate, one of YVebster’s lead ing citizens, called in to see us Sat urday. Mrs. Sallie Ingram, Miss YVillie Ingram, Miss Virgie Tate and Mies Eva Tate, all of YY’ebster, were wel come visitors in The Ledger office Saturday. Mrs. Ingram has charge of the schorl at YVebster. M. L. Gillis, of Atlanta, Ga., the popular collector for Collier & Sons, was in tho city yesterday. B. Frank White, of Kings Creek, one of Cherokee’s best citizens, and one whom York was especially re luctant to part with, is serving on the pettit jury. Magistrate-Bridges, of Blacksburg, is among the attendants upon court. John D. Jefferies, Esq., of Asbury, was among tbe well known Chero keeans in the city yesterday. Chief Coke Duncan, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. Capt. Duncan was over several times last week, and each time be brought a new boarder for Sheriff Thomas. Rotund and jovial Doctor Ram- sour, of Blacksburg, is attending court. Among the visiting attorneys at tending court yesterday were: Mr. Harry Dv-Pass, of Spartanburg, and Mr. J. A. Mooney, of Greenville. Magistrate Scruggs, of Ezells, is attending court this week. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Thackston have moved Into their pretty new cottage In the western section of the city. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. LIMESTONE LOCALS. IlHIiprulitgit Ht tilt) t ollfgo Mini PeriMtM! Items, Rev. F. C. Hickson will preach at Abingdon Creek church on the second Sunday in this month at 51 o’clock p. rn. Tho public is cordially invited to be present on the occasion. Mrs. M II. Jefferies has bought the J. J. Magot.-j lot on Limestone slreetnear Dr Lull.John's residence and will soon begin tho erection of a handsome dwelling house on it. A ep< ciul convocation of Greoard Lodge ISO {‘A F. M . will be held Thursday evening in the lodge rooms ovi r the National iiaok. Work in different degree* will be executed arid all visiting brethrm are cordially in vited to attend. Our enterprising young fancy grocer” and confectionery merchant, \\. F. 1 hornas, is enlarging his buei- nees to meet the demands of his in creasing trade. He has hud two archways cut through the wall be tween his room and tho one recently u-ipd us a meat market by C. T. Bridges, which nrocti ully throws both into one room. He expects to add a full line of heavy grocerie^o his present stock, and will usoWls new room for that purpose. MurriiiK'- in Colored Society. Cards arc out announcing the mar- rage of Maggie Clarice daughter of J. S. Littlejohn, to YY*. G. Patterson, of near 1 rough, on Wednesday even ing, March Gth. The ceremony will be performed iu Greenville. A Frightful Plunder Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, tbe best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Fleers, Boils, Felons, Corns, ali skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Cherokee Drug Company. <• A New York man made over all hia property to his wife. She eloped, and he is now in the poorhouse. Putnam Fadeless Dye Yellow, is absolutely fadeless to either sunlight, washing or bleaching, and colors about twice as much goods as others. 10c per package. Sold by Dr. S. B. Crawley A Co. If we have good in us it is sure to come to the surface whenever it has an opportunity. I)r. BuII'n Cough Syrup curoa the worst cold in a day; stops the running of the nose; breaks the lever and banishes all tendencies toward imctUHuhi It is tho quickest re liever and cuffiffiol throat and lung diseases. _ Lost or Stolen. L OST OR STOLEN A Mlid'silver teaspoon with the initials ”E. i?. li.” Liberal re ward if left at this office. 3-5-2t 4 We believe thoroughly in advertising. To prove it we are going to use this space for our own pur poses. We have advertis ing space to sell, and we know it will pay a good return upon the price we charge for it if it is prop erly used. Our paper goes into the best homes in this community. It has been going week after week and year after year until each issue is welcomed as an old friend of the family. The news it brings is news of neighbors, of per sonal affairs in which all have more or less of a com mon interest. If one of our readers called upon you, a merchant, you would do the best you could to con vince him that what you had for sale was the best he could buy. You would show him the new things you had got in recently. You would tell him why he should have them and why they were better than he could procure elsew’here. You probably would make a sale. Your effort, however, would be con fined to one person. You could tell the same story just as effectively to every reader of this paper in each issue. You do not , believe it would have the same ef fect? If you told the story in the same way it would. We are ready to do our part to prove it. Do you care to try it? Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat- This preparation contains all oC the dlgestants and digests all kinds o# food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure- It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sens! live stomachs can take It. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. It Is unequalled for all.stomach troubles. It can’t help but do you good JVopured only by K.('. I** Witt A <umoiigo Xfio *1. boVllc LouuUii»«U UimslhcUX;. kb a*