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to gHPlhtiffi to and Thursday mornings. OaMs of thanks wi)' he publish* at one cent a word. Obituaries will be pubinllsed at five oents a line. Heading notices will De published at ten jents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. OIL KOK FUEL. Since the discovery of oil in Texas and other Southern states, there is much talk of using oil for fuel. Those who advocate such a use of it nay that it will be much cheaper and more effectual than coal for all pur poses, and that the change necessary to adapt railroad, steamship, and manufacturing engines to its use, will involve only a trifling expense. Should such a change be made and should it turn out as expected the effect on commerce, manufacture, and almost ever branch of industry as well as home life, will be almost incalculable. It will solve for at least another generation the problem of fuel, which is fast becoming a serious one; coal will be vastly cheapened and will be brought within the reach of the poorest people in the country; and the great oil kings of whom we have already heard so much will pile up additional billions and take a new lease on power. Almost every new secret that Na ture reveals, almost every fresh dis covery jnade by man, if viewed in its proper relations, confirms the belief in an all-wise, benevolent, and omnipotent Creator, who in the ages long past provided great store houses of blessings for his children who should live in the eyes to come. When man found it impossible to advance to higher standards of life than those of the savage, without the use of the metals, there they were, gold, silver, copper, and iron, stored away in the bosom of the earth in inexhaustible quantities for his special benefit; and when great heat was necessary in order to separate some of these from their ores, and the vast forests were beginning to disap pear, then there was the coal hidden away through an almost infinite past beyond the reach of accident or injury, and waiting the fullness of time when man should find it and make it the means of elevating his race to a higher plane of life. But for Iron, civilization would have m impossible; and but for coal, iron could never have been manu factured on a scale commensurate with the demands of the world, and the human race would not yet have emerged out of the darkness of the middle ages. Now, when the first dread of a prospective scarcity of coal begins to prey upon reflecting minds, here is the oil resting in great subterranean oceans and ready, when the earth shall be tapped by the hand of man, to How out in rushing rivers to sup ply his wants and help him on to a still higher life. Nor should any man doubt but that if the oceans of oil should ever fail and the rivers should run dry, then or long before, the Hand that feeds the fowls of the air and provides for all the children of men, will unlock new treasure houses of supplies richer and better than wood, or coal, or oil, designed from the birth of time to promote the comfort, happiness, and well-be ing of mankind. The revelations of modern times are undermining the foundations of materialism and leading men into the clearer light of spiritual truth. Nature is multiplying her messages to rnan and is testifying in terms more and more authoritative to the existence of Nature’s God. TIIK HOT WAVkT The hot wave has been almost un precedented both in extent and severity. In the great northern cities the suffering has been terrible. In New York, last Tuesday, the gov ernment thermometer stood at '.)8, 170 feet above ground, while on the streets the mercury reached 108. The prostrations and deaths averaged one per minute through a period of ten hours. Many other northern cities suffered as much in proportion to population. Ho far as we know, meteorologists have never explained why the tem perature of summer rises higher and inllicts more suffering in northern cities than it does in southern ones. According to the known natural causes that produce variations of climate, northern latitudes should have cooler summers, as they have cooler winters. But In actual expe rience, the r«verse is true. Charles ton, Havannab, and New Orleans are colder places in summer than New York, i'hiladelplila, and Boston. A greater number of lives were lost in the northern states by the recent heat than were lost in the Hpanish war, while at the south deaths and NOTES AND COMMENTS. A dispatch from Washington, D. C., said, “Senator McLaurin is here, preparing the Fourth-of-July oration which he is do deliver at Spartanburg on Thursday.” The average reader will wonder why he had to go to Washington to prepare it. His hearers yesterday no doubt appreciated the immense labor and expense which the Senator incurred in the preparation of his speech. REVIVAL AT FIRST BAPTIST. L>trK« Crowd* SOU Flock to Hear Mr. Wray- Thlrty-Four New Meiulter*. The revival meetings at the First Baptist church still continue and large crowds Hock to hear Mr. Wray both morning and night. Religious enthusiasm is high in Gaffney, and interest seems to increase as the time draws nigli for the meeting to close. On Wednesday night Mr. Wray made a very eloquent and soul-stir ring appeal to the people to choose Christ as the master they would serve and to decide for Him at once. His text was taken from Josh. 24:11) —“Choose ye this day whom ye will serve,” and he urged upon his hear ers the danger of procrastination in making their decision. This choos ing, he said, was an awful privilege and did not only have to do with things on earth, or merely temporal things, but with all eternity, and hence the awful privilege. Man is a free agent, allowed to choose his owu course in li'e and to de cide for the life to come. Eternal life and happiness are freely offered on one side, eternal death and endless misery <>□ the other— man has the privilege of accepting and deciding for himself which course he shall take. The time to decide is right now. Instead of procrastina tion being the thief of time, it should be, neglect is the thief of eternity. A single night has often decided the destiny of many a man. Mr. Wray then touched upon predestination. Hime believe that their fate is al ready settled—that their course is mapped out for them at the begin ning of their earthly existence, and that it is unneceesary for them to make any efforts in either direction— just follow tneir own inclinations and take no thought of the morrow or make no provision for any time to come. If you are going to live any how until a certain day, why eat food or why do anything to keep up your health and preserve your body? If you get sick, why send for a doctor to give you medicine and to do every thing in his power to restore you to health and strength? This is good reasoning, and it is very doubtful if these believers in predestination ever thought of the matter in that light or ever reasoned it in any way. God gave man the privilege of choice, and the words of the text in this sermon should prove it: “Choose ye this day whom ye will serve”—God’s words to man. Yesterday morning, the stores be ing closed, the attendance at church was perhaps larger than usual. After the regular services, a special service was held for men. Last night’s at tendance was also large, and Mr. Wray’s sermon was fully up to the high standard of excellence which has marked them from the beginning of the meeting. Mr. Wray was to have gone home last night, but by special request he has decided to remain and hold services tonight. He is doing a great work in Gaff ney and he should feel fully oompen- sated for his coming to our city. There have been twenty-eight ad ditions to the church for baptism and si\by letter, up to this morning, and others will probably join before the meeting closes. Literary Meeting l'o«t|i»ne<|. On account of the services at the Baptist church, the regular literary meeting of the Buford Street Metho dist church was postponed until next Tuesday evening, when it will be held at the residence of Miss Inez Sarratt. When you want a modern, up-to- date physic, try Chamberlain's Htomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at Cherokee Drug Co. Ninety-six per cent of all deaths from whooping-cough and 90 per cent, of deaths from measles, occur iu chil dren under 5 years of age. The Heat Liniment for Strain*. Mr. F. H. Wells, the merchant at Deer Park, Long Island, N. Y., says: “I always recommend Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the best liniment for strains. 1 used it last winter for a severe lameness in the side, resulting from a strain, and was greatly pleased with the quick relief and cure It effected.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. The artist Isn’t necessarily danger ous because his designs are bad. Hnwfnn** L'nnnot l>« Cured iiy lonil nppllcittionM, n* they cannot roach the dlacahod portion of th« our. There I* only one way ui cure dciifne**, ind that I* hy coniiLltutloiial reuiedlc*. Deiifnea* I* caused l,y Inllauied condition of the mucou* MulriK of the Kuslachlan Tula*. When thl* tuljo get* Inllamcd you have a rumbling Hound or Imperfect heurluR. and when It In entirely cloHod deafness Is the result, and unless tliu liillariimutlou can he taken out and this tulie restored to Its normal condi tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out often arucaused by catarrh, which Is nothing hut an liitlamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (cased by catarrh) that can not he cured hy Hall'* Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY V CO.. Toledo, O. Hold hy Druggests, 7.V:. Hall'* r liiullv Pill* are the best. To Cl uinn and little son, visiting Mrs. T. Daven- estone street, uatell, of Trough, passed gh the city yesterday morning oo bis way to Lexington, N. C., where he expects to remain until Monday. It would not be hard to guess Will’s “buuiness.” L. J. Hammett spent yesterday in Spartanburg. Ralph Sarratt and John Snead went to Spartanburg Wednesday night and on to Atlanta yesterday. J. E. Crutchfield, a prominent business man of Spartanburg, was here Wednesday. C. B. Sloan, of Whitney, called in to see us Wednesday. Mrs. D. F. McClure, whose hus band recently died here, has gone to Clifton to live. 0. P. Richa.dson is in Atlanta visiting his sister, Mrs. Etheridge. During his absence Paul Morgan is filling his p .ce at the laundry. Messrs. Henry Wilkerson and George Cobb, of the Gaffney Carpet Mill, have been r”iticating in York- ville and Hickory Grove for a few days this week. Miss Ethel Sarrat. j in Yorkville visiting Miss Alma Walker. Floyd Baker left the first of the week for Baltimore, Md., where he expects to spend three or four weeks in search of good health and recre- etion. His father ai d Vernon ac companied him as far as Charlotte. W. T. Brown, a protr inent citizen of Clifton, was in the city Wednes day. Gus W. Folger and wile, of Easley, spent Tuesday night in our city enrouto to Buffalo Exposition, New York, and Baltimore They were the guests of Postmaster Folger, and their two boys, Masters Frank and Will will remain here to t.wait their return. Dr. James-H. Downey, of Pacolet Mills, spent yesterday with Prof. Griffith’s family at Limestone. W. A. Poole, manager of t 9 Com pany store at Pacolet Mills, spent yesterday in the city. Short Lotial Item*. Dr. Garrett’s new house on Lime stone street is nearing completion. Work has been resumed on E. H Gaines’ new residence on Victoria avenue. The large telephone poles are being put up on Limestone street out towards Victoria avenue. O. 8 Kendrick has moved his stock of goods into the new room recently fitted up by him, corner Limestone and Meadow streets. Col. Butler’s pretty cottage on Victoria avenue has been completed, and he and Mrs. Butler will soon be ensconced in their new home. Heartburn, When the quantity of food taken is too large or the quality too rich, heartburn is likely to follow, and especially so if the digestion has been weakened by constipation. Eat slowly and not too freely of easily digested food. Masticate the food thoroughly. Let six hours elapse between meals and when you feel a fullness and weight in the region of the stomach after eating, indicating that you have eaten too much, take one of Chamberlain’s Stomath and Liver Tablets and the heartburn may be avoided. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Every cloud has its silver lining. Even the state prison has its outside. Uurea Cancer, Ulood Pol»on. Eating Bore*, l lccrs. Coat* Noting to Try. Blood poisou and deadly cancer are the worst and most deep-seated blood diseases on earth, yet the easiest to cure when Botanic Blood Balm is used. If you have blood poison, producing ulcers, bone pains, pimples, mucous patches, falling hair, itching skin, scrofula, old rheumatism or offensive form of catarrh, scabs and scales, deadly can cer, eating, bleeding, festering sores, swellings, lumps, persistent wart or sore, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) It will cure even the worst case after everything else fails. B. B. B. drains the poison out of tue system and the blood, then every sore heals, making the blood pure and rich, and building up the broken-down body. Botanic Blood Balm- (B. B. B.) thoroughly tested for IK) years. Drug stores, Ijll per large bottle. Trial treatment fre«%y writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice given until cured. B. B. B. does not contain mineral poisons or mercury (as so many advertised remedies do,) but is composed of Pure Botanic Ingre dients. Over 8,000 testimonials of cures by taking Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B) RHEUMATISM Ml CATARRH CURED • .—BY Johnston’s Sarsaparilla QUART AOTTLM. N THE SHADOW OF DEATH. A Whole rawlly CmroA. Mrs. C. H. Kingsbury, who keeps a millipery and fancy goods store at Si Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich., and who ig well known throughout the country, •ays: I waa badly troubled with rheuma tism, catarrh and neuralgia. I had liver complaint and waa very bilious. I waa in a bad condition; every day I be gan to fear that I should never be a well woman; that I should have to settle down into a chronic invalid, and live in the shadow of death. I had JOHNSTONS SARSAPARILLA rec ommended to me. I TOOK FOUR BOTTLES AND IT CURED ME, and cured my family both. I am very glad J of it. I would cheerfully that I heard ^ recommend it to every one. 1 have taken many other kinds of medicine. 1 prefer JOHNSTON’S to all of them." MlCHIttAN OKVO CC., HCUAk For Sulo by Company Htore Gaffney Mfg- Go., auflney, ». 0. men the day and the plai on Sunday most of the The colored people of surrounding country ha< celebration at Limestone wbicl bodied on a small scale the usual features of all such occasions—bioy clo races, baseball and a general good time, while Prof. James Miller’s brass band furnished music for the occasion. The dummy was kept busy all the afternoon between Limestone and Gaffney, taking the crowds down to the celebration grounds and bringing others hack to town. After the festivities of the day were over the celebrators returned to town, and by night the streets were thronged with the colored pleasure- seekers. Their program for the occa sion ended with a festival or ice cream supper at Limestone Baptist church lust night. Be it said to the credit of the col ored people, and to the managers of the celebration exercises, good order was maintained throughout the day and at night. One man was arrested, but it was for something he had done two or three weeks ago, and not for any misbehavior yesterday. Several of the police officers of the city were on the grounds, but they bad no trouble in maintaining order. Business has opened up again this morning and everybody settled down to work after a day of quiet and rest. HIS LAST SERVICE. The Revival Meeting at First Haptlst ~ Will Close Tonight. By special and urgent request of a large number of the people who have been attending the revival meetings at the First Baptist church, Rev. Mr. Wray has decided to continue the meeting until tonight. Tonight’s service, however, will positively be his last, as he feels that be is .com pelled to return to his home in Georgia. Local Cotton Report The following are the prices paid for cotton in Gaffney today: Good Middling 7if Middling 74 Summer complaint is unusually prevalent among children this season. A well developed case in the writer’s family was cured last week by the timely use of Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy—one of the best patent medicines manu factured and which is alwavs kept on hand at the home of ye scribe. This is not intended as a free puff for the company, who do not advertise with us, but to benefit little sufferers who may not be within easy access of a physician. No family should be without a4>ottle of this medicine in the house, especially in summer time.—Lansing, Iowa, Journal. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Letters of Administration. State or South Cakomna, i county or Cherokee. ( By J. E. Webster, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas W. T. Brown bus made suit to tue to grant him letters of administration of the estate and effects of D. Frank McLure, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors qf the said D. Frank McLure, deceased, that they be and appear before me, Iq the Court of Probate, to bo held at Cherokee court bouse, Gaffney, S. C., on Thursday, July 18th, next after publication thereof, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not lx- granted. Given under my hancl this 3rd day of July, Anno Domini, 190J. J. E. Webster, [L. S.l Probate Judge. Published In Gaffney Ledger 5tb and I'-.’th July, i wii- Notice I The Gaffney Pressing Club will do all your cleaning, pressing and repairing for $1.00 per mouth. Will clean hats and skirts. TOM ESKRIDGE. Jlery. O-UPlin Spectacles and Eyeglasses Scientifically flitted for the correction of all defects of vision. H. R. GOODELL, Optician, SPARTANBURG, S. 0. No charge for examination. 10-12-01 • Onthe 25th of J uly, at 10 a. m., at the office of the Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Com pany, an Increase of the capital stock to the extent of 150,000 will bo considered. Iwks Tus Coi-umbus, Ga., Aug. 24.1*72. Dr. C. J. MorKETT-Dear Dfv’tor: We gave -our TKKTH1NA (Teething Powders) to our gra The effeci Tittle .randchlld with the happiest results. ’ects were almost magical, aad certain ly more satisfactory than from anything we ever used. Yours very truly. JOHKPHH. KEY, Pastor of St. Paul Church, (Now liisltop Southern Methodist Church. For sale hy Cherokee Drug Oo. MONEY TO LOAN, On farm lauds. Kasy payments. No ooin- mlsston charged. Borrower pays actual uosti of perfecting loan. Interest seven percent, up. according to security. JOHN B. PALMER & SON, Friday 1 * tDec. 28 Columbia. S. C. Fresh Candies, Tobacco, Cigars, Fruits, Groceries and Canned Goods. Fresh Quality Goods, at “Rock Bottom” prices at + * GEO. D. JEFFERIES. ed wife of of Buffalo’* ly respected w ieus, and her tiled by the good peopl^^^^^^Heighborhood 8he waa a faithful member of the Buffalo church, a true and earnest Christian, and for many long years her life was consecrated unreservedly to the service of Christ on earth and to the worship of her God in heaven. She devoted the better part of her fifty years of earthly existence to laying up treasures in the eternal world beyond the dark and silent river, and every one who knew her feels fully assured that her gentle spirit is now happy in the joys that the Master has prepared for all who love and serve him as did this noble woman. Mrs. Moss was a devoted wife and a fond and indulgent mother, and she leaves the sharer of he' married joys and sorrows and two dutiful sons to weep because the voice they loved is silent and the familiar angel form they cherished is forever gone from their mortal vision. The entire community in which she lived and moved and blessed with her pious deeds and her holy life, has suffered a great loss, and perhaps no other woman in that sec tion was more generally loved than was Mrs. Nettie Moss. Peace to her ashes! She was laid at rest in t^e old Buffalo graveyard in the presence of a large number of friends, many of whom looked on with eyes dimmed with tears as the casket was lowered into the grave. Rev. G. P. Hamrick, of Boiling Springs, N. C., who is well known in this city and county, con ducted the funeral exercises. The Ledger, ever ready to condole with the unfortunate, begs to extend its heartfelt sympathy to the un happy husband and motherless boys in this the greatest grief they oan know. To Cure a Cold In One Hay Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig nature is on each box. 25o. Notice! An excursion train from Spartanburg to Charlotte, N. C'., will pass through Gaffney on the 13th lust. Tickets for the round trip 11.10 If purchased from agent here; on the cars will be |i 25. It will be to the Interest of all Intending to go to buy their tickets at the depot. Good order will be observed. 7-5-lt-pd Cherokee County Summer School for Toachors Will he held at Gaffney, July 2^-Auguat 17, 11101. W. F- McArthur, Principal, W. G. Blake, Assistant. The course of study will bear directly upon what the teachers will be required to teach during the ensuing year. There will lie In struction in School Management. English Grammar. Literature, Geography and Mathe matics. using the newly adopted books and aiding the teachers to make the best possible use of the books. The publishers have consented, iu order to aid the teachers, to sell the books at less than half price. Buehler’s Grammar will be re duced from 45 cents to 20 cents, aqd Frye's Geography from 75 cents to 37 cents. In many of the counties the trustees are assisting their teachers by allowing them a small sum to aid In defraying expenses or hy giving then) a little extra on their first month’s salary, Will not the school officers assist In giving their teachers some now ideas for the chil dren? Every teacher who expects to teach In Cherokee county should attend the Summer School and assist In making It the best sea slop ever held In the county. Professional teachers are much needed. AU business enterprises are advancing Vo meet the progress of the age. W. F. McArthur, Supt. Education of Cherokee Co. Gaffney, & C., May 31,1901. Viothrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examinations. The examinations for the award of vacant scholarship* in Wlntbrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at ihe County Court House ou Friday, July 12th, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July 12th they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, The cost of attendance. Including Uiard, urnlshed room, heat, light and washing, Is 10.00 per month. For further Ipformaliou and a catalogue address President D. B. Johnson. Hock I1IH, 8. C. iECEIVED this week l direct from the mill, five cases Wheat Hearts—fresh and sweet. Prompt de livery. ’Phone 55. Peeler & Lemmond. Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair, Plaster Paris. Kosendale Cement, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder. Fuse and Dynamite Cape, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone 57. , At VALUt The continually giving the ter than the other fellow—is^ You can get goods for less tl ( but you can rest assured thl less. Clothing Special A few more short lots in suits, coats and vests and odd pj The $5 and $6 suits at $3.48; $(>.50, $7.50 and $8 suits $9, $10, $11.50, $12.50 and $13.50 suits only $7.48. Men’s Straw Hats. Men’s wide, first quality Malagas, 10c; men's nice straight and roll brim hats, the best things on the market for the price, 48c, 74c and 98c ; men’s crash hats, the 50c grade at 24c. Slippers and Oxfords. Misses tan Southern Hutton and Southern Ties and sandals. In tans, the $1 grade at 75c ; the $1.25 grade at98c, and the $1.75 tan sandals at $1. LADIES SHOIll LOTS.—Black and tan Oxfords, $1.25 grade reduced to 75c; $1.50 and $1.75 grade reduced to $1. Brown Sheetings and Wash Goods. 381 inch brown Seaisland at 34c, 27 inch Seaislaml at 3c* 2£c by the piece Fine printed wash goods, 74c value, at 5c ; the l()c grade itt 7ic. ♦ T H L VA! UE STORE the VALUE STORE Mj KOTE HEADS, 1000 FOR . . . $1.50 " " 2000 "... $2.50 “ " 5000 “ . . . $5.00 EIYELOPES, 1000 "... $1.75 “ 2000 “ . . . $3.00 " 5000 “ . . . $0.25 LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEHEHTS, AID EVER! KIND OF PRINTIKG AT LOW PRICES. ORDERS BT NAIL PROMPTLY FILLED. THE LEDGER, GAFFNEY, S. C. Here is a Bargain. Two excellent corner building lots within five minutes walk of Carpet Mill. These lots will be sold on the Easy Payment Plan of only $3 per month. Here is an opportunity of a lifetime for working people. Apply to ICI>. II. 1 >eOiVIV11». A N. Wood, Prosidont. K. U. Brown. Vice-President. IVIcreluintH 2uid 1 Miintei't* Ifeinlt OF GAFFNEY. 8. C. OAVITTAU *30,000. State and County Depository. Doesaauneral Banking and Exchange buxine**, I* well fitted up with Eire Proof Vault ana' Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Ixm-U. We solicit the business of oooule of all occupations. e. XI. MAt ri ll, Ossidur.