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THE MYSTERY OF
AGATHA WEBB.
By Anna Katharine Green,
Author nf "The Lean nworth Citue,”
"Lout Man'ii l.nne," "Hand
and Mini" f.'tc., Etc.
OOI’YHIUIIT, IfiUt,
BY ANNA KATHAIUNK GltKIM.
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CHAPTER XI.
TIIK ZA It hi. UKOTIt ER8.
There were but few men In town
wlio wore long 1 tennis. A llsl was niflde
of these ami haniled to the coroner,
who regarded it with a grim smile.
“Not a man whose name Is here
would be guilty of a misdemeanor, let
alone a crime. You must look outside
of our village ponulution for the mur
derer of Ag. Ilia Weld).” .
“Very likely, but tell me something
first about these persons," urged
Knapp. “Who is Edward Hope?"
“A watch repairer. A man of estima
ble eharacler.”
“And Sylvester Chubb?”
“A farmer who, to support his moth
er, wife ami seven children, works
from morning until sundown on his
farm and from sundown until 11
o’clock at night on little fancy arti
cles he cuts out from wood and sells
In Boston."
“John Parker, Thomas Elder, Timo
thy SlniiV"
“All good men. I can vouch for every
one.”
“And John Zabel, James Zabel?”
“Ah! You might as well ask about
ourselves. Irreproachable, both of
them. Quite famous shipbuilders once,
hut the change to Iron shipbuilding
has quite thrown them out of that.
Pity, too, for they were remarkable
builders. Ity the by. Fenton, we don’t
see them at church or In the docks
any more."
“No. They keep very much to them
selves. (.Jetting old, like ourselves,
Talbot”
“Lively boys once. We must hunt
them up, Fenton. Can’t bear to see
old friends drop out of good company.
Hut this Isn’t business. You need not
pause over their names, Knapp.”
Hut Knapp had slipped out.
We will follow him.
Walking briskly down the street he
went up the steps of a certain house
and rang the bell. A gentleman with
a face not entirely unknown to us
came to the door.
The detective did not pause for pre
liminaries.
“Are you Mr. Crane,” he asked, “the
gentleman who ran against a man
coming out of Mrs. Webb’s house last
night?"
“I am Mr. Crane,” was the slightly
surprised rejoinder, “and I was run
against by a man there, yes.”
“Very well,” remarked the detective
quietly. “My name Is Knapp. I have
been sent from Hostou to look Into tills
matter, and I have an idea that you
can help me more than any other man
here In Sutherlandtown. Who was this
person who came in contact with you
so violently? You know, oven if you
have been careful not to mention any
names.”
“You are mistaken. I don’t know. 1
can’t, know. Ho wore a sweeping beard
and walked and acted like a man no
longer young, but beyond that”—
“Mr. Crane, excuse me, but 1 know
men. If you had no suspicion as to who
that person was, you would not look so
embarrassed. You suspect or at least
associate In your own mind a name
with the man you met. Was it either
of these you see written here?"
Mr. Crane glanced at the card on
which the. other had scribbled a,couple
of names and started perceptibly.
“You have me,” said he. “Y'ou must
be a man of remarkable perspicacity."
The detective smiled and pocketed
bis card. The names lie thus conceal
ed were John Zabel, James Zabel.
“Y'ou have not said which of the two
It was,” Knapp quickly suggested.
“No," returned the minister, “and I
have not even thought. Indeed I am
not sure that 1 have not made a dread
ful mistake In thinking it was either.
A glimpse such as I had Is far from
satisfactory, and they both are such
excellent men"—
“Right! Y’ou did make a mistake of
course. I have not the least doubt of
It, Bo don’t think of the matter again.
k --aft-*
Knapp wok not to be awed by her small,
been eye or strident voice.
I will find out who the real man was,
rest easy.”
And with the lightest of bows Knapp
drew off and passed as quickly as hu
could, without attracting attention,
around the corner to the confection
er's.
Here his attack was warier. Bally
Loton was behind the counter with her
husband, and they had evidently been
talking the matter over very confiden
tially. but Knapp was not to be awed
by her small, keen eye or strident
voice und presently succeeded In sur
prising a knowing look on the lady’s
face, which convinced Idui that In tho
confidences between husband and wife
n name had been used which she was
less unwilling to Impart than he np-
pcared to bo. He consequently turned
Ids full attention toward her, using In
his attack that older and most subtle
weapon against the sex—Mattery.
“Aly dear maduui,” said he, "I see
tvhnt a good heart you have. Your
husband has told you who fie thought
tins man was, but, fearing that he mqy
be mistaken, you do not like to repeat
the uuiae. A neighborly spirit, ma’am
k very tielgblsirly spirit, but thej’C
should be bounds to your goodness. |f
you simply told us whom this man re*
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Idea of his appearance.”
“He didn’t resemble any one I*
know.” growled Loton. “It wi»* too
dark for me to see bow het^odked.”
“Ills voice, then? People are traced
by their voices." '
"1 didn’t recognize his voice.”
Knapp smiled, Ids eye still on the
woman.
“Yet yon have thought of some on«
he reminded you of?"
The man was silent, but the wife
tossed her head ever so lightly.
“Now, you must have had your rea
sons for that. No one thinks of a good
and respectable neighbor in connection
with the buying of a loaf of bread at
midnight with a $L’0 hill without some
positive reason.'’
“The man wore n beard. 1 felt It
brush my band as he took tho loaf.”
“Hood! That is a point.” '
“Which made me think of other men
who wore hoards.”
“As for instance”— The detective
had taken from his pocket the card
which he had used with such effect at
the minister's, and as he said these
words twirled It so that the two names
written upon it fell under Sally Lo-
ton’s Inquisitive eyes. The look with
which she read them was enough. John
Zabel, James Zabel.
“Who told you it was either of these
men?” she asked.
"You did.” he retorted, pocketing the
card with a smile.
“La, now, Samuel, I never spoke a
word,” site Insisted, in anxious protest
to her husband as the detective slid
quietly from the store.
CHAPTER XII.
PAY OK SUFKEU EXPOSURE.
The Hallidays lived but n few rods
from the Sutherlands. Y’et ns It was
dusk when Miss Hnlliday rose to de
part Frederick naturally offered his
services as her escort.
She accepted them with a slight
blush, the first he had ever seen on her
face or at least had ever noted there.
It caused him such surprise that he
forgot Amabel’s presence in the garden
until they came upon her at the gate.
“A pleasant evening,” observed that
young girl in her high, unmusical
voice.
“Very,” was Miss Halllday’s short
reply, and for a moment the two faces
were in line as he held open the gate
before his departing guest.
They were very different faces In
feature and expression, and until that
night lie had never thought of compar
ing them. Indeed the fascination which
beamed from Amabel Page’s far from
regular countenance had put all other
faces out of his mind, but now as he
surveyed the two the candor and puri
ty which marked Agues’ features came
out so strongly under his glance that
the countenance of Amabel lost Its
charms, and lie hastily drew Ids young
neighbor away.
Amabel noted the movement and
smiled. She had no fears of Agnes
HallJday.
Perhaps she might have felt less con
fidence if she could have seen the short
glances he cast his old playmate as
they proceeded slowly dftiwu the road.
Not that there was any passion in
them. He was too full of care for
that, but the curiosity which could
prompt him to turn his head a dozen
times In the course of so short a walk
to see why Agnes Hnlliday held her
face so persistently away from him
had an element of feeling in it that
was more or less significant. As for
Agnes, she was so unlike her accus
tomed self as to astonish even herself.
Whereas she had never before walked
u dozen stops with him without in
dulging in some sharp saying, she
found herself disinclined tu speak at
all, much less speak lightly. In mu
tual silence, then, they reached the
gateway leading Into the Hnlliday
grounds. Hut Agnes, having passed In,
they both stopped and for the first
time looked squarely at each other.
Her eyes fell first, perhaps because his
bad changed In his contemplation of
her. He smiled as he saw tlds ami In
a half careless, half wistful tone said
quietly:
• “Agnes, what would you think of n
man who, after having committed lit
tle else but folly nil his life, suddenly
made up Ids mind to turn absolutely
toward the right and to puruie it In
fnee of every obstacle and every dis
couragement'/”
“1 should think,” she slowly replied,
with one quick lift of her eyes toward
his fnee, “that he had entered upon
the noblest effort of which man Is cn-
pable and the hardest. I should have
great sympathy for that man, Fred
erick.”
“Would you?” he said, recalling Ama
bel's face with bitter aversion ns he
gazed lidp the womanly countenance
he had hitherto slighted as uninterest
ing. “It Is the first kind word you
have ever given me, Agnes. Possibly
It Is the first I have ever deserved.”
And without another word he doffed
his hut, saluted her and vanished down
the hillside.
She remained, remained so long that
It was nearly 1) o’clock when she en
tered the family parlor. As s|ie came
Ip her mother looked up and was star
tled at her unaccustomed pallor.
“Why, Agnes,” cried her mother,
"what Is the matter?”
Her aiiffifeur was Inaudible. Whnt
was the jSSnjjtcr? She dreaded, even
feared,
McanOpffc n strange scene was taking
place iX'the woods toward Yvlfich she
had gjpn Frederick go. The moon,
which was particularly bright that
night, shone upon a certain hollow
where a huge tree lay. Around It the
underbrush was thick and the shadow
dark, but In this especial place the
opening was large enough for the rays
to enter freely. Into this circlet of
light Frederick Sutherland had come.
Alone and without the restraint Im
posed upon 1)1 p) by watching eyes }io
showed a countenance so wan qnd full
of trouble that it was Kfell It could not
hu seen by either of the two women
whoso thoughts were at that moment
fixed upon him. To Amabel It would
have given a throb of seltish hope,
while to Agnes It would have brought
a pang of despair which might have
somejvhnt too suddenly Interpreted [o
her the mystery of her own sensations.
Hi* hm! bent at once to the hollow
space made hy the outspreading roots
Just mentioned and was feeling wltji
an air of confidence along tho ground
for something ho had every reason to
expect to find when (bo shock of a sud
den distrust seized him, |pid he tbi|ig
himself down In feyror, feeling and
feeling again among xhe fallen leaves
W4 ^xmi ivsHiaii *nixii»v
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tb'M of ‘his misfortune reached Tilm,
and he was obliged to acknowledge
that the place was empty.
Overwhelmed at his loss, aghast at
the consequences It must entail upon
him, he rose In a trembling sweat,
crying out in Ids anger and dismay:
“She lias been here! She lias taken
It!” And realizing for the first time
tl o subtlety and strength of the an
tagonist pitted against him he forgot
his new resolutions and even that old
promise to Agatha YVehb ami uttered
oath after oath, cursing himself, the
woman and whnt site had done until
n casual glance at the heavens over
head, in which the liquid moon hung
calm and beautiful, recalled him to
himself. Ceasing Ids vain repinings
and silencing witli a fierce but de
termined effort the fierce demon in his
breast, he turned from the unhallowed
spot and made ids way with deeper
and deeper misgivings toward a home
made hateful to him now by the pres
ence of the woman who was thus bent
upon Ids ruin.
He understood tier now. He rated at
its full value both her determination
and her power, and had she been so
unfortunate as to have carried her im
prudence to the point of surprising him
at that moment In one of the hollows
of that midnight copse it would have
taken more titan the memory of that
day’s resolves to have kept him from
using his strength against her. Hut
she was wise and did not intrude upon
him in his hour of anger, though who
could say site was not near enough to
hear the sigh which broke Irresistibly
from his lips as he emerged from the
wood and approached his father’s
house.
A lamp was still burning In Mr.
Sutherland’s study over the front door,
and the sight of It seemed to change
for a moment the current of. Freder
ick’s thoughts. Stopping with the gate
In his hand, he considered with him
self and then with a freer countenance
and a lighter step was about to pro
ceed Inward when ho heard the sound
of a heavy breather coming up the
hill and paused, why he hardly knew,
except that every advancing stop oc
casioned him more or less apprehen
sion.
The person, whoever It was, stopped
before reaching the brow of the hill
and panting heavily muttered an oath
■which Frederick heard. Though It
was no more profane than those which
had just escaped his own lips in the
forest, It produced an effect upon Fred
erick which was only second in inten
sity to the terror of the discovery that
the money he had so safely hidden was
gone.
Trembling In every limb, lie dashed
flown the hill and confronted the per
son standing there.
“You!” he cried. “You!” And for a
moment he looked as If he would like
to fell to the ground the man before
him.
Hut this man was a heavyweight of
no ordinary physical strength and
adroitness and only smiled at Fred
erick’s heat and threatening attitude.
“I thought I would be made wel
come,” he smiled, with just the hint of
sinister meaning in his tone. Then,
before Frederick could speak, he said:
“I have merely saved you a trip to Hos-
ton. Why so much anger, friend?
You have the money. Of that I am
positive."
“Hush! We can't talk here,” whis
pered Frederick. "Come Into the
grounds, or, what would be better, Into
the woods over there."
“I don’t go Into the woods with you,”
laughed tho other. "Not after last
night, my friend. Hut 1 will talk low.
That’s no more than fair. I don’t want
to put you into any Ollier man’s pow
er, especially if you have the money.”
“Wattles”— Frederick’s tone was
broken, almost unintelligible. "Whnt
do you mean by your allusion to last
night? Have you dared to connect
me"—
“Pooh, pooh!" Interrupted the other
good huinoredly. “Pon’t let us waste
words over a mischance word I may
have let drop.”
“I don’t cure anything about last
night's work or who was concerned in
It That’s nothing to me. All 1 want,
my boy. Is the money, and that 1 want
devilish bad or 1 would not have run
up here from Hoston, when I might
have made half a hundred off a coun
tryman Lewis brought in from the
Canada wilds this morning.”
“Wattles, 1 swear”—
Hut the hand he had raised was
quickly drawn down to the other.
“Don’t.” said the older man shortly.
“It won’t pay, Sutherland. Stage talk
pever passed for anything with me.
Hesldes, your white face tells a truer
story than your lips, and time Is pre
cious. I want to take tho 11 o’clock
train back. So down with the cash.
Nine hundred and fifty-six It is. but.
being friends, we will let the odd six
“Wattles, I was to bring It to you to
morrow, or was It the next day? I do
not want to give It to you tonight In
deed 1 cannot, but—Wattles, wait,
sfpp! Where are you golpg?’’
“Vo sep your father- l want to tell
him that his sou owes me a debt; that
ttds debt was Incurred In a way that
lays him liable for arrest for forgery;
that, bad ns he thinks you, there are
facts which can be picked up In Bos
ton which would make Frederick Suth
erland's continued resilience under the
parental roof Impossible; that In fact
you are q scamj) of the first water and
that only my friendship for you has
kept you out of prison so long. Won’t
It make a nice story for the old gentle
man’s ears?”
"Wattles—I-oli, tny Got}, Wattles,
stpp a mjiiptc pud listen to me. I have
not got the money. I had enough this
morning to pay you, had It legitimate
ly, Wattles, but It has been stolen from
me, and’’—
will also tpll hirp,” the other broke
In as quietly and calmly ns If Freder
ick had not uttered a word, “that In a
certain visit to Hoston you lost $500 on
one hand; that you lost It unfairly,
not having a dollar to pay with; that
to prevent a scandal 1 became your
security, with the understanding
I was to be paid «t the euq of ten days
•row that night;’ that you thereupon
played again and lost $400 and odd
more, so that your debt amounted to
$055; that the ten days passed without
nayment; tldlf wqn^iug money I press
ed you and even resorted to a threat
or two and Hint seeing me In earnest
you swore that the dollars should ue^S c
mine tyljldh five days; that Instead v C^ u
remaining In Boston to get them l <i
cutue here and that this mo
O- yeur SftH/. bouu
the funds were to bwnd and that you
would bring them down to me tomor
row. He may draw conclusions from
this, Sutherland, which may make his
position as your father anything but
grateful to him. He may even— Ah,
you would try that game, would you?”
The young man had filing himself at
the older man’s throat ns If he would
choke off the words he saw tremblng
on his lips. Hut the struggle thus be
gun was short. In a moment both
stood apart, panting, and Frederick,
with lowered head, was saying hum
bly:
“I bog pardon, Wattles, but you drive
me mad with your suggestions and
conclusions. I have not got the money.
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“J tcant to tell film thathUisonis a scamp
o) the Jiist water.”
but I will try and get It. Wait here.**
“Ten minutes, Sutherland. No lon
ger! The moon is bright, and I can see
the hands of my watch distinctly. At
a quarter to 10 I will receive the mon
ey from you here or seek It in your
father’s study.”
Frederick made a hurried gesture
and vanished up the walk. The next
moment he was at his father's study
door.
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fant child of our neighbor's was suf
fering from cholera infantqqf. The
doctor had given up all hopes of re
covery. I took a bottlt of Chamber
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrltoea
Remedy to the house, telling them J
felt sure it would do good if used ac
cording to directions. In two days’
tlmu the child had fully recovered,
and is now (nearly a year since) a
vigorous, healthy girl. I have re
commended the ftemedy frequently
and have nev <r known it to fail in
any single Instance.” For sale by
Cherokee Drug Company.
A bomb exploded in a chqrch at
Troyes, France; 100, children and a
priest who v;aj present at the time
escaped Injury,
The Heat PrcHcriptlou fur MmImtIm.
Chills and Fever is a bottle of
Grove’s Tastele^ Chill Tonic. It is
simply iron and quinine in a taste-
Jess form. No cure—no pay. Price
50c.
You can always tell the kind of
Ideas a woman hasn’t got by the
kind of stockings she doesn’t wear.
Tu Cere a Cold In One D«jr.
Take Laxative Bromo (Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund tho money
if it fails to cure. K- W. (trove’s sig
nature is on aach box. 2ou.
Charles M. Kwah la soon to take
charge of the Bethlohom Htoel Com
pany.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
rrhoca Remedy has a world wide
alien for Its cures, it never
easaat und safe to take.
A LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Mr. .Imiiion It. It'iu-kwuud Telle of Ills Trip
to The Wont.
(('orrrapondenoe of The I.eflifer.)
Bonham Tkyas, August 15.—Dear
Lodger:—I take pleasure in writing
your puo n r a few lines for the first in
a long time.-
First, Mr. Editor, I want t
you of my trip throughout in
since I left there. I J< ft Spa
burg, S. C.. on tho night of A
7, 1900, and I arrived at Memfi
Tenn., August 9ih, about 10 a m., as
pennyless as a cow, and I took my
valise in tny hand and proceeded to
find me a job at $1.50 per day. com
mon labor, and went to work that
evening 1 worked about 10 days
there and I took u steamboat on the
MDsiscippi river und went up to St.
Louis to work on the government
wotks at $ 15 00 per month and board.
I stayed there until the 7th of Octo
ber. During the time I worked for
Uncle Sam Ijhad the opportunity of
seeing a great deal of the country.
We visited Padukah, ivy., Cairo III.,
and St. Louis, Mo., several times
The work was hard, but we work
ed only six hours for a day's work and
had the best of board. On the 7th of
October I returned to Memphis, leav
ing there un the following day for
Paris Texas, r p actiing that place on
the 10th, and have had employment
ever since my arrival here My fam
ily arrived hero on the 8th dtyr of
January, and it is not necessary to
say I was glad to see them when I
tell you I had been away from them
a year. They were all sick for about
three w r eeks after they came here but
have been in good health since.
I will now try to tell you something
about the crops in this section. Cot
ton is good generally. The boll worm
and pess bug literally destroyed the
wheat and outcrop, while the drought
injured the corn so there will not be
a half crop anywhere in the western
states, and those who have to buy
may expect to pay a good price for it
There has been a great deal said in
regard to the water being so poor in
Texas. 1 think it as bad as repre
sented and can frankly say I have
not had a drink of good water west
of the Mississippi river.
Now a few words to those of my
friends who so kindly assisted me,
then I will close. I want to saj to
them, that there will always rest a
tender spot in my heart for them,
and I will endeavor, by trying to do
the very best I can, to show to them
that I appreciate their help and will
try to .prove myself worthy of it, and
hold no ill feeling toward those who
opposed such help. I feel that I
have.been kindly treated, and again
I assure you that all that was done
for me I highly appreciate and feel
as the following lines express it.
Where niurmiiHiiK waters meet, a tale you
told.
Ami all the dusky sky flushed rod and uold.
With tender hearts of love you looked In
mine,
Beloved from Heaven’s lieik'lit those stars
still shine;
And homeward through the woods a hand
you urave
Audio! That hand doth reairh across the
grave.
I never think about the Gaffney
Ledger, but that it arouses a warn
feeling in my heart and it wrould’nt be
reasonable to say that that county
did’nt feel like home to me, but I can
make twice as much hero as I can
there so I am glad to remain here
happy and content with my family,
In the state of Texas. Best wishes
to all. Will try and write you often.
James R. Blackwood.
Kreti Ferry ut HowrlUa.
lY'orkvtlle Enquirer. 1
Mr. J. L. Walker, of Sunnyside,
Cherokee county, who was in York-
ville this week, is very much interest
ed in the mliter of a free ferry at
Howell’s. He says that if the ferry
should be put in a condition for ef
fective work and made free, it would
prove a great convenience to many
farmers In bis neighborhood, who
would then go to their nearest mark
et, Hickory Grove, instead of Gaffney.
Formerly the Hickory Grove people,
or some of them, at least, paid half
the ferriage of people coming from
across the river to their market, and
the inducement had its effect. The
matter of a free ferry has been con
sidered somewhat by tho York county
board of commissioners, but nothing
definite has ever been arrived at with
regard to the matter.
Hlteft of insects, reptile#, dogs, nnd eats,
—alw) tho stings uf bees und wasps—should
bo instantly tre itod with Pain-Kim.jck, the
quickest and surest remedy for pains, aches
ami soreness of any kind. In use for sixty J
yours, and sold everywhere. Avoid substi
tutes, then* is but one rain-Killor, I'einf
Davis’. Price 25e. and 50c.
A Pale Face
lM prominent lymptonf of vlttst
blowd. If covered with pim plot, '
evldettsftli,complete, lt*a nstui
way of WK&inf you of your condttl
Johnston's
Sarsap
never fulls to rectify tll dlsor
the blood, slight or eevere, of
funding or recent origin. Its t
yeoro record guarantees Us effl
Sold everywhere. Price ILOO pe
quart bottle. Prepared only by
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MONEY TO LOAN.' ‘
On farm lands. Easy payments. No em*-
Rj^xIoncJiun-ed. Borrower pays actual cost
of perfectinfrtoatTb—ii^orest seven
up. according to securllj
JOHN B. PALMER & SOiC ~
Friday’s lDec. 28 Columbia, S. C. ■
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/fint £4sjSBtjijj§r
Columbus, Ua.. Amr lid
Dr. C. .1. Moffett -Dear Doctor: Wexure
your TEETH. NA (Tec till nr Powders) to our
li tre grandchild with the happiest results.
I hi- cfn-cts were almost magical, and certain-,
ly more satisfactory than from anythltur WB
ever used. J \
Yours vefy truly. JOSEPH H. KEY,
. . Pastor of St. Paul Church.
(Now Bishop Southern Methodist Church.
I-or sale by Cherokee Drug Co
1 —... —.ii mf,
I linestonc Mill l.ocaU. -
Limestone Mills, Aug. 28 BrlOk
are being bawled for the now supply
mill which will soon be constructed
just above the Limestone mills.
Work on the new enterprise will be-
gin at an early date.
Work on tho company store was
suspended on account of tfio rain.
The ’phone wires are down on the
line between Gaffney and Cherokee
Falls. The mill wire is down.
Mr. John Dodd is night watchman
for the Gaffney Manufacturing Co.
Mr. Will, we regret to say, is not
any better at present.
Mr. Charley Hughes is dangerously
ill at his home on Cherokee avenue
with typhoid fever. His condition is
serious.
Mrs. H. A—KiUfiro ts“Vlgmjy^
friends and relatives id the city.
Brooks Porter returned from
Georgetown Friday night.
Mr. L. W. McGuinn, our up-to-date’
market man, went to Clifton last
weeK.
Mrs. Carrie Westmoreland, and
little son, Jeans, returned to her
home at Hickory Grove Monday.
B. F. Green made a Hying visit to
Spartanburg recently.
Mr. H. A. Killian was in the city
last week. Mr. Killian is second
hand in the curd room at Cherokee
Falls.
J. Newman Smith is visitlngjrlanf^
and relatives at Lockharbjftfbals.
Mr. Canney Smith,/the pooulftr
spooler room Do&r at the Gaffney
mill, has resitmed work after a brief
illness. Operaitve.
v
Appreciated F.iidiinteiiieiit.
The following is taken from a re
cent issue of the Carolina Baptist,
just published at Greenwood:
‘‘The Ledger says: ‘Dr. Lee Da
vis Lodge is now probably the busiest
man in ibis part of the country. Be
sides being in constant demand as a
a speaker he is pressed with corres
pondence from all parts of the South.
Every indication points to the largest
opening for Limestone College In her
history. The college will need ad
ditional buildings ami more dormi
tory room in order to accommodate
the rapidly increasing patronage.
The town of Gaffney will do her full
share in whatever may be demanded
for the continued prosperity of the
College. Hurrah for Gaffney! She
appreciates Limestone College, hence
she does not stand back and asJ^iiHA-
er people to do what she knows she
should do herself. Watch Gattney!”
Dr. Lee Davis Lodge made an ad
dress in Abbeville last Sunday. Mon
day morning his bright face dispell
ed every dark ray from our sanctum.
—Carolina Baptist.
INSURANCE.
Fire, Life, Accident, Health, Sick
Benefit, Plate Glass, Burglar and
Rent Insurance.
I represent only strong, reliable
Companies.
Information cheerfully given.
HUGO S. DODENHOFF,
Insurance and Heal Estate.
The Gaffney City Land and Improiement Goipany
Offorn for sale Bulldluf Lots In this ttourlMliluir town. Gaffney City; Also Farms near
by and In reach of the Schools of Llmotlono Spring* and of this place. In lots of from
30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Airrleultural Lands to rent for Farm pur
poses. For full particulars apply to
J. V* Atfent-
N. H.—All tresHpassInit on landaof this company, outtln and emerlng timber, dshlaffo* ,
hunting are forbidden under pennHy of
A N. Wood President. |{ # ^ iirmwn. Vice-President.
AleroliiinCk «uy(1 ll.inlc
OF QAFPNIY. 8. L).
C3 AT*XT'A Iv $$rK),000.
State nnd County Depository.
Does a general ILiuklnf and Kxoliauge husloe s, Is a. B fiiu-d up with Fl»
Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Tlm« I ouk, >Vc m-it. It the lm»l
occupations.
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