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• rf% -¥ ■?.% / \ ' Pain back of your eyes? Heavy pressure in your head? And are you sometimes faint and dizzy? Is your tongue coated? Bad taste In your mouth? And does your food distress you ? A c you nervous and ir ritable? Do you often have the blues? And are you troubled about sleeping? Then your Hvor In (213 wrong. But ther is a cure. ’Tis the old reliable M, They act directly on ic liver. They cure onstip.ation,biliousness, ick headache, nausea, nd dyspepsia. Take a axative dose each night. : or 60 years years they we been the Standard amily Pills. Price 25 cents. All Druggists. “ I hHTO taken Ayer’s Pills regu- r!y for six months. They have red me of a severe headache, and in now walk from two to four lies without getting tired or out ’ breath, something I have not icn able to do for many years.” 8. E. Walwobk, !y 13, 1699. Salem. Mass. IVri/o £ho Daofop, f you l ave any complaint whatever 1 ilesiro tbo best medical advice you possibly receive, write the doctor' !y. Vou will receive a prompt re- vitbout cost. Address, but. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Mass. .loUn* Drives <> the syst HUPKUB OHIP CL'KK. Tonic is a superb Grip supc every trace of Grt cure. rip Poison from I toes it quick. Within up hour It entcrtlhe blood and Iteglns to neutrali/.e the ellVis of tlie poison. Within a day it places ulrip victim beyond the point of danger, r’ltliin a week, ruddy cheeks attest return o erfoct health. Price. 50 cents If it e nres. / i for Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic. I ke nothing else. CANDY CATHARTIC iU jo*.' SS«. 40*. Genuine s mped C. C. C. Never sold In bulk. Bwa the dealer who tries to sell something just as good.” IToih^ Buildl| atid Plitstering Lime, Coal, tjd Plaster Ualr, IMastei’arls. ) liostmc r Poi Dj u; and o Cement, tncut. i Limi v c ’ X< )epl*ono 57. iorks besv. »R. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - S. C. OfBce over J. R. ToIIeeon’s new store i let ■ | In offico ODoeth: from to 26th of eaoh k- ^ l : * V I VC- Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, ^pentist, . OfficeoMpe-ft. A. Jones ft Co^Storo. ■ 7jkE fonvrt at office sir dX* 4iwee'*’ WJ SPEER, ■ IKVAT-l^AIV. iftv; s. c. Tollyson’s Storo. /'f' i Lsr, * W. HARDIN, - LAWYER. iU; alt "Courts and all branches of '/ver J W. Tolleson’s storo. Office '•in W.IKt a. /n. to 3 p. m. every day in SINGING CONVENTION AT NEW PLAESANT. * Object of the Convention to Arouse Interest in Music. ESSAY BY MISS JARRETT. Exerclsrs Consisted of Singing and a Fine Kssay by Miss Mazie Jarrett Which Speaks Eloquently of the Wonderful Powers of .Music—Local Items. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) MEzf.ll, May 18—The singing con vention convened at New Pleasant on Saturday and Sunday the 4th and 5th of May. This convention is call ed the Interdenominational Singing Convention. The object is to arouso an interest in music. There was a large attendance on Sunday. Prof. W. fi. Blanton was tho organist. We hud some lino singing on Sunday and a fine essay by Miss Muzie Jarrett. There is a good Sunday School at New Pleasant, the old and the young turning out. State Line church has an organ ; the money was gotten up by tbo young ladies of the church and Sun day School. The spirit of music is rising higher and higher every year in this country. The officers of the convention are: D. 8. Scruggs, President; M. B. Scruggs, Vice-President; B. Ra}, Secretary and Treasurer. The next convention will meet with Mount Olive church on Saturday be fore the first Sunday in October, 1901. I hope other communities will see the interest in music and do some thing fjr the advancement of it. The people have been replanting their corn which was washed out bj the heavy rains. The fruit crop is good in this section. The cotton seed that was planted just after the rains is up in a fine stand. Wheat looks promising now and if nothing happens it will be good. G. W. Eaker has a new improved Gieser thresher. Eaker is one of the best threshermen known in the upper section of the county. Are we going to let the Battle Ground Memorial Association go down? Let us rally to the front. The Sunday School at State Line has new singing books, The Gospel Voices, No. 1 and No. 2. Music is con ducted by Prof. B. Ray, who under stands his business and calling. Rev. C. F. Felmet filled his regular appointment at New Pleasant. We have a fine Sunday school there, also. M. 15. s. MUh Jarrett’u Eusay. The true child of God ever keeps before hie mind three great points— truth, duty and interest. These three points are so olosely connected that he cannot see any one of them with out at the same time seeing the other two. To be impressed witl^truth, to bo animated to duty, to be awakened to interest, is the great sum of epiritufd blessings attainable in public wor ship. it is to this end we engage in the three leading exercises of the house of God, viz: Preaching, prayer and singing. The minister of the gospel may preach in such away that “Truths divine come mended from his tongue;" he may pray with the fervor of an Apollos; but if the songs of Zion are left of! we feel that ah in dispensable part of the service has been omitted. Can this feeling be .the result of )mething tc do ikinly spring ie enlivei sing] Habit may have but it ciousnoss ing effect eart. Then y thrillij pf Jei ix>V0 e bore.” he acclai miliar bymm onal melody, ogs or become the power of is conbined. emo- LACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. • i ftreeii R. A. Jones and be 87. K EBSTER. t orney-JV.t> JLvta'w, !Sln Ganrt House. (Probatedadge ■ office L Gaffney City, S. C. rctiees in all the eourts. Colleo- tut a specialty ~ — JEFFERIES*- s. c. C»rp«,ration Law Law. I [rod security. WILLIS, AT LAW, v. m. c:. Prompt attention > Uo.’s store. lUers. W.H.Hsn.Jr IRS & HALL, -at-Law. Oo.'• Itore. fcr to^si “Slug ot .Sinp of Sing 1io\ For t Let our tioo of vi and tunesT unlike words, sfcale. In sacred music thought and feeling Music is the language of the tions, as wordS are of thought. "Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in yonr hearts to the Lord." Sing praise unto God: “81 iqf till you feel your heart AscendliiK with tuo t.OPKue; Sing till tbc love of uln depart And grace Inspire your song.” When do we gaze most rapturously through epeping vistas into heaven? When do our spirit^ most ardently long to rise and dwell on e^h no more? When do the soqgs of the re deemed most joyfully thrill our hearts? Every true Christian expe rience answers as if with ona voice; When we are imitating tboee blissful ■trains of adoration, love and praise to God. The utility of saevad jnusic in awakening and strengthening our de votional affections, cannot bo reveal ed until the final day, when Jesus shall sit upon His throne to judge tho world. The first duet I know anything of was given by Paul and Silas when they sang praises to God and the prisoners heard them. When we visit distant branche* of the church and look In vain for one familiar face, how comfortable we are made and what a home feeling vo en- joy and what a deep sympathy springs up in our hearts for tinse around us when we join with them in singing some good old tune which we learned in our heart’s first love. 4.n^ we go away saying: Oh, how my soul was lifted up in the presence of God while they Tfpre singing that first hymn 1 I never had epeb rapturous views of Jesus Christ as my savloa oo when they were singing that last doxologyj » What is the abief value ot music? Can you conceive what a graveyard of a place this world would be with* out music? What darkness and gloom; it would be sad Indeed! But music in ail its grades, tones and blanches of power, lights up tftp world with joy, Chi, ‘ street and school, and parents at home are made to feel its inspiring touch. The church is helped on in its work of blessing and saving by music. It could not do without it. The sick room is often changed by it from a place of pain to one of joy, and from sorrow to peace Old »i;e is often soothed and inspired with hope by this powerful influence. By it Sunday School work is pushed on and made a lasting benefit to the world. And very natL.e, with man, rocks and rills, rivers and ocean, trees and mountains are made to resound with high notes of praise. Indeed it would be hard to tell in which way, place or state music hud no value. But none can appreciate the glory of song save those who sing with the spirit, k whoso souls are tuned to praise. Paul says, “Sing with the spirit and the understanding also." Those who can sing must throw their souls into the exercise, and those whu cannot sing must learn how, and it shall be heart to heart, voice to voice, hymn to hymn, an them to anthem, and music shall swell jubilant with thanksgiving and tremulous with pardon. When the poet wrote, “Praise God from whom all blessings How," he was surely in the spirit.and resigned to tho will of God and felt the neces sity of praising Him. No young lady can bo proficient as she ought to be for blessing the world until she has knowledge of music. This should be an important factor in her education. Some argue that they have no talent or taste for it, while still others think they cannot bear tho expense, and a greater num ber fail to become proficient from the lack of perseverance. None of. these are good reasons. Talent and taste can be created to a great extent by application, and Ihe facilities of a musical education are now such as to be within the reach ofjjeven the poorest. Tho home, the church, and the so ciety of every community demand the development of young ladies in music. And such is its power and importance that God in His holy word has made praise more prominent than any other act of worship. I urge that you always have sing ing at family worship; it always seems incomplete to me without this. It should be as much a part of wor ship in the home as in the church. The children should ba taught to sing at the home altar as much as in the Sunday School, and where there are no children, what could be more sweet for husband and wife and friends than song and prayer together? It would lift them to the very throne of God and of heaven in the purest love. Sacred songs should be employed in the home, to a large extent at least, enough to make such good and divine impressions us ought to b) made. It is true that the nature and surroundings of many homes seem to demand artistic music, and this or none at all. But to attempt to fully satisfy a home with this would be like trying to make a heaven without a Divinity. There is a something in tho moral nature of every heart that demands and gently responds to tho hallowec calls of holy song. This is truf whether confessed by the recipiei or not. And there is no place this like home. I say then music to the heart as well as toi car. And while I would, instrumental (and artistic) mi the home, I would hav( balance of holy song; am there will go out astreaf influence to comfort world. No tonguf the pow( death, man, aj won; atrj in he the of t It Trod, of righ read and We are praise G even the of the ae Heaven thing th mate or the hea the whlsi trees, th every t ported b praise to tl How be God la see_ acknowledged every form of of the highest dwell Hojy trye is the poet?" “Through all <he worlU Mow, God U scon all ’round: I Search hill* and vaileys through, There he's found," Do Q\;t young people of Christ homes, where God's naqae is praijed realize what a blessing is theirs? There are times when it is easy to fcQnor Christ, but again there are times when sp^h homu''e tests us through and through, jf costs Ijttle to join with Christian young people 1n songs of praise, but to stand up for Jesus may demand all our uoui'a^e and devotion. This life is a school that fits and prepares us for the life which !• to COnr;n. How necessary it !p to got up our lesson well In order to stand the great examination which is rapidly ap proaching. Have you ever thought of it brotho, and sister’ I’raUinf God will be our occupation in heaven through eternity; wo won’t need any throne of grace there, hut all will be praise, singing and shouting hallelujah to God for redemtion and deliverance. W« will always praise God tUt we have been redeemed from sin and njade heirs to God and joint heiia best efforts to make our calling sure—laying asl lo all doubt and putting on instead the garments of praise. I have thought that the reason why wo don’t grow in the divine life, is because we don’t praise God for the graces already obtained. Many forget that “every good and perfect gift is from above.” Multitudes never render thanks unto God for all his kindness into them.' Let us all try to be better Christians and live nearer to God. I am fully persuaded that we can receive a blessing from him every time we go to him, if we will throw self away and come to him in the spirit. Thanksgiving should 4)6 as much a p-.it of our prayers as petition. God always blesses us in our duty whether in pra er or praise, in speak ing or in singing. Thanks be unto his holy name for his love and mercy. Show forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathens, his wonders among all people. And blessed be his glorious name for ever; and let tho whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen Mazie Jarrett. Why l* Senator McLaurln Condemned? (Correspondence of The Ledger.) It has been the belief for a long time that South Carolina is the fore most State of the South, but owing to sectional feelings, connecter?" party prejudices, there baS, iiLdl recently, been no proof of this fact, politically. Tho people ^)f South Carolina, being a submiltok o and peace loving people, and unwilling to do anything against the will of the more prominent in politics for fear of being in the wrong, have, from the first foundation, been led and pulled around by. party leaders, and calam ity howlers, until they have attained, as a large part of their natural life, tho idea that no opinion but the former one could be tolerated for one moment. Our most prominent poli ticians for years back have, you might safely say, had the country their own way, and most of them since the War of the Rebellion have maintained their prominence, simply by repeating the same old story of the sorrow, the blood, and the de struction of the South at the hands of our Northern brethren. It is un necessary to state that such speeches from such demagogues received over whelming ovations from the old Con federate veterans, who, fresh from the battlefields, with the heat still crowning the brow that shows evi dence of hardships and miseries, and who remember with bitter feelings the struggle with their former foes, but who now admit their erre Those old heroes are fasti] pearing, and are being_ their children, and bj children, who mai fare, together their gloriou^ pride. Amonf thorns mot ut I rise t< McLaurm no? cans. If a mt.v*) for (he betl country is made by a should a JteiBOcrat object to move simply because the other is a Republican? Could you fairly' say that the Democrat who voted against the country’s rights just for tho sake of being with “his" party, or against the other; can you say a o an line this is speaking and acting in lx I'u'f of too people lie represents^ No I kiid I nm sure you will generally ngrte with me that .man is out of his place, a'\ !)'• ii tli" horn h'l'iii. the Senate t'diamber. man is compelled to n ills business In order cess of it; if lie shouj the pub.ic In genj about it, and how t they in hia place, anl and should not do would soon retire In poverty—a bald- headed, crazy loon! Then, is it not the same way with a man who is to help make the laws of our lard? Is he not supposed to be a man capable of thinking and knowing for himself, and to act ac cordingly? The people, true enough, elect such men to make laws for their betterment, but they expect a man sent there for that purpose to know better what they need than they (as a whole) can see themselves. He is in a position to hear intelligent people, representing the people from all over the Union, discuss the ad vantages and dis-advantages of our country; the good and the evil; cer tain laws would produce arid re-pro- duce, and their reasona for believing this to be true. Then should he not be permitted to vote as his conscience dictates, and be upheld by the people for it? I am longing for the time to come— time is the only thing that remains to prove my statements, when Sena tor McLaurin will be upheld in his rights—the rights he claims for his country, and I can see in the near future men who condemn him now, speaking of him with proud hearts and glad faces, and 1 will only say ; my God! hasten thou the time when men shall know and feel, and under stand! Bryant R. Lipscomb. Fort Barrancas. Florida. You are much more liable to dis- hen your liver and bowels do not slot properly. DeWitt’s Littlo Early Risers remove the cause of disease. Cherokee Drug Co. Texas is countinsj; on having a big ger cotton crop in 1901 than it gather ed in 1900. Its'acreage for 1901 is 35 per cent greater than that of 1900. Putnam Fadeless Dye, Scarlet, is tho brightest of all Red dye stuffs, very fast ou Wool and Silk. 10c. per package. Sold by S. B. Craw ley & Co. Don’t think because a man has one glass eye that he only gets half enough sleep. Dr. Kull'rt Cough syrup U a grand old rem edy, used for many years, and still in public favor. It is without doubt the best medicine for all pulmonary affections. It always cures. All druggists sell It for 25 cents. Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 26c. If C.C.C. fail, druggists refund money ‘ Floiibncb. S. C., Nov. 26, ^ I was first advised hyourfamllyphy.sk In Charleston to use TEKTHINA with • baby when she was a very young infant, as a V?-. preventive of colic and to warm and sweet - ^ 1 eu the stomach. Later It was useful in teeth ing troubles, and Its effect lias been found to be so very beneficial and so free from the dangers that are consequent upon the use of drugs and soothing syrups, that we have come to regard It, after use with three chil dren, as one of the necessities when there Is a new baby In the house and until the teeth lug troubles are over, aud we take In recommending it to our ' the horrl’ SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Local Item* Too Short for a Head Grouped Together. Citarlie Maigater left for Baltimore Sunday to enter Johns Hopkina Hospital for apecial treatment. We hope hia treatment may be beneficial and that he will return to our city in perfect health. Dr. Edwin Hall will deliver hie lecture, “The Fool Killer." in the city hall at Blacksburg next' Thura- day evening. Dr. Hall ia a very good lecturer and we doubt not that those who beer him will be pleased with bis addresw. Mayor 8. B. Brown, accompanied by a number of the Board of Alder men of Albany, were in the city yes terday to inspect our electric light plant. They are going to install a new plant in Albany and the gentle men having heard of Gaffney came t > Inspect our plant. Twentieth Century Medicine. Cascarets Candy Cathartic are as far ahead of ancientpill poisons and liquid physic as the electric light of the tallow candle. Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists, ioc. Well We are Still Alive. The cold weather has gone and summer has come, and we are still here. 1 am pre- pared to Auyp all Winds of fresh meat*. I have fine Cherokee Beef aud Kansas City Beef and Country Produce and Vegetables when they can procured. Come to see us or call phone No. 60 when you need some good cold Beef, MutUm. Fresh Fish, etc., right off of the lee. We sell Ice ut the door. I also have good family horse for sale cheap. L. W. McGUINN, Manager. Oil Where Gan I Get Something to Cook ? Heavy Groceries HAM, SAUSAGE, VEGETABLES, CANNED GOODS*'/ TEAS, COFFEES/ CAKES, CRACKdfKS, Flavoring ExVbagts, Fruits andrC&oring. For the Building Season. L. BAKER Has just received a large stock of Sash, Doors, Mantelpieces and all kinds of Trimming, Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Box ing, Molding, Brackets, etc. No. 1 Heart Pine Shingles and a good stock J6hn W. Masury & Sons Guaranteed Paints and Varnish, all at the lowest rea sonable prices. Call and soe him you want anything' in his li^-s * No charge for making estimates. imons for Relief. LDTH CAROLINA, I tROKEE. At EZELL’S, r^hone No. 9. —*l^in 7 Fumigate The value of Sulphur fumiga tion in contagious diseases is too well understood by everyone to require much comment at this time. However, it is not ^asy to ignite ordinary Sulphur Johi