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♦ & -wv mm Some People Can’t Eat Bread. \ Bread is reputed to be the •‘staff of life.” Yet there are some people who never eat bread. We allude to this because of a curious parallel fact in medi cine. We recommend Vinol and sell it on a guarantee of money back if it does not bene fit the user. We don’t expect Vinol to help everybody. Yet, strange to say, out of every one hundred bottles sold, less than two per cent, proved unsatis factory. In other words, ninety- eight out of every hundred found Vinol of value—many of them great value. We want to say that if you are run-down, weak, too thin, ailing, with bad stomach, poor appetite, cough, nervousness, that we think Vinol will help you. CHEROKEE DRUG CO URUUGISTS Phone No. 20. “Office ovcriNiitional Hank. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. TOBACCO CULTURE AND PROPER SOILS Kinds to be Grown and Meth od of Curing Product J “EMILE HARLEY, Attorney-at-Law, Gaffney, - - S. C. -Notaryjpublic. All business receives prompt and careful attention. MONEY TO LOAN ON UKALoESTATE. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, i>:k t i s t a Office in Star Theatre Buildimr. DR. R.'M. DORSEY, SPECIALIST on diseases of the EYE and EAR, and O r T I C I A X . Successor to II. U. Goodell. 11-7 Alexander’s Music House, Spartanbure, S. C. * J. C. OTTS, ^Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between U, A. Jones and Uavenport. Office and Residence .Phone. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. Williams. Hall,.lit. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. STAIt TltEATKK BLIH1. C> A. 1-c INI I-C Y, ». c:. Notary Public In office. Prompt attention given to all business. Office Over The Battery. 'P I C M IC IM P —OF— THE NATIONAL BANK OP GAPPNEY, C>yV I-' l"' ICY, IrS. O . Condensed from Semi-Annual Report, At close of business December iilst, 11)02. HESOUHCES:— . 9 1 Loans, I ncluding Overdrafts f'MI.TT.'i 5* United State* Ronds I2.. r >cn tr 11 Redemption Fund ti2."> od Furniture and Fixtures 7s;> oo Cush in Vault (il With Reserve Agents l'J,27(i (17 ♦!).f>2tl 111 LIABILITIES:— Capital Stock $50,tKio 00 Surplus and Profits 2i(.tHK) 1!) Dividend Unpaid 1,545 00 Circulation 12,500 oo Rediscounts . 114,000 00 Deposits (Individuals) $bl!Ull2 411 “ Hanks 1,040 2o 1173,661 011 $2\ta,:il Hr We want your busint-ss and will make It to your Interest to patroni/e us. F. G. Stacy. Prest. l>. C. Ross, Cashier. J.G. Wabulaw. V. P. MaynahdSmytii. A. O. mSnts - OILS John W. Masury’s Guar anteed R. R. White, and Colors, in pure ^linseed oil, at $1.25 per gal. • F. O. Pierce’s Cottage Colors in linseed oil guar anteed at $1.00 per |>aL 1 1 use those paints myself and know their forth. Gome and let me convince you. L. BAKER. CONTRACTOR AND| BUILDER. DOMESTIC AND EXPORT. A series of Farmers’ Bulletins Planned by the Government Covering the Production and Sale of Tobacco—Kinds Grown and Climatic Couoitious for Same. The soils of the older Gadsden county district in the western part of the S*ate are very different from any oth ers which occur in Florida. They are the characteristic ‘‘red-hand” soil of the Lafayette formation, similiar to those found at Wedgefield and Aiken, S. C., which extend south through Georgia and form some of the western counties of Florida, with. Quincy as a center. The soil is a light loam rest ing on a very strong red clay. The clay is exposed in all cuts and in the washings of the land, and is usually found from 8 to 18 i nches below the surface. The country is quite rolling, well wooded with hard wood trees, and in the early spring it has the fresh green appearance of the country in the Valley of Virginia and in the to bacco area of Pennsylvania. Both the Caban and Sumatra type^ of fbacco are grown here, and both are used for wrappers as well as fillers. Unlike the imported Sumatra tobacco, the tobacco grown in Florida from Su matra seed loses much of its bitter taste, while the sucker crop and in ferior leaves are cured up with more body and are much better adapted to lider purposes. The season is so longtoat two crops of tobacco can be produced in the same year, or two or three sucker crops can be grown after the main cut ting has been taken. The sucker crop is stronger, heavier, and darker, and is used only as a filler. The top soil is a light loam resting on a red-clay subsoil, and the charac ter of the land as a tobacco soil de pends largely upon the character of the red-clay subsoil and its depth* be low the surface. These lands main tain on an average only about 8 or 10 per cent of moisture, against 20 to 22 per cent maintained by the Pennsyl vania and the Ohio lands. THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. Outside of this area in western Florida most important developments have recently been made around Ocala, Bartow, and Fort Meade. At Fort Meade, particularly, there is a well organized company of Oubans with a large area in tobacco. The first crop was made in 1890. The to bacco was cured and fermen:ed ac cording to the Cuban processes, and without waiting to mellow with age, as is necessary to bring out the finest qualities of tobacco, the crop was sold at Tampa for a very satisfactory price. Tobacco growing on the peninsula is essentially a new industry, and comparatively little experience has bo n available except what has been collected during the season of 1897. The industry has been developed principally upon the post-oak lands around Ocala, and upon the hammock lands at Bartow and Fort Meade. There are large areas of these soils in the State which can be developed through the tobacco interest, and there is every reason to believe that the venture will be very successful. There is no reason to doubt that many of the pine lands are well suited to tobacco. There is very little difference in the texture of the post oak lands, the hammock lands at Fort Meade, and the pine lands. The difference in the soil which causes the distribution in the forest growth appears to be main ly due to the difference in the water content of the soils. The soils are all very light and sandy. They contain on an average less than 4 per cent of clay and less than (} per cent of silt, fine silt, and clay. They contain over 50 per cent of “fine sand,” so that they are relatively rather coarse and open. Notwithstanding this open tex ture the hammock soil at Fort Meade has on an average about 8 percent of water throughout the season, which is about as much as the tobacco lands of the Connecticut Valley contain. This water content, moreover, is for some reason more uniform, and the land can for some time without rain with no serious injury to the crops. Nevertheless the planters have been greatly benefited by judicious systems of irrigation through over head sprays. By thus keeping the plants continually and rapidly grow ing the crop will mature in forty-five days from the time the plants are set out. On account of the length of the season tobacco can be grown almost continually through the year, and crops can be set out almost every month in the year. Usually two or three crops are made and two or three sucker crops are produced. There is undoubtedly a vast area of laud in Florida suited to tobacco, and the climate is unquestionably favorable for the production of a very fine quali ty of leaf. A very intelligent method of growing and fermenting is being practiced, and there is no reason why the industry should not be successful. WOMEN AND SOCIETY. lleadN Should Never Ache, Never endure this trouble. Use at once the remedy that stopped It for Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie, Va., she Writes “Dr. Kldg’s New Life Pills wholly cured me of siok headaches I h" 1 suffered from for two s years.” < Headache, Constipation, Bil* .uLr ness, 25o at Cherokee Drug Oo. [All communicatlous to this column should be addressed to P. O. Box 304. | Very smart and youthful is this promenade costume. Following the general preference for rough-surfaced goods it is made of royal-blue mixed suiting, trimmed with velvet bands aud with straps of beige cloth stitched with beige Corticelli stitching silk The Eton jacket is ornamented with straps in box-plait effect, meeting the cloth straps on the back and front. The straps of beige cloth trim the jacket in yoae effect, edge the fronts and form the revers. The skirt is made with two box plaits at either side of the panel f ront, stitched down with Corticelli silk to within several inches of the hem, and velvet straps trim the suit as shown. r it Most of the fail jackets are finished with a short basque fri 1 !, shaped to fit the hips, with just the slightest elongation in front. Some of the fronts are bloused, much or little, as may be most becoming to the figure, and not infrequently this blouse ef fect is accomplished by two box plaits, one on either side of the front, and in others the roiling revers are shaped in such a manner that a slightly bloused effect is the result. Miss Kate Garrett, who has been visiting the family of Dr. J. F. Gar rett, has returned to her home in King’s Mountain. Miss Dora Scott has gone to John son, S. C., where she will attend school. Miss Myrtle Gaffney is back home from a visit to Monroe, N. C. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Miss EfTie Wylie, who has been vis iting Miss Marie McCraw, has re turned to her home at Buffalo. Mrs. H. S. McLure, Mrs. Cliff Lee and Mrs. J. F. Stevenson, all of Blacksburg, were in our town shop ping last week. Mrs. Rosa Roundtree, who has been visiting her sifter, Mrs. Laney, of Monroe, has returned home. Mrs. George Johnson, who has been visiting her father, Mr. John Lynch, has gone to her home in Fredericks burg' Va. Miss Gertrude Little, of Blacks burg, is visiting at the home of Capt. Ross. Ethleen Wilkins. Fannie Minnie Giforth, Marie Montgoinerj Florence Griffith, and Gertrude Little] of Blacksburg Messrs. Fred Stacy, Cbas. LipiS scomb, Chas. Haraes, Allie Oulbei son, M. Avery. Prof. Walden^M*; nard Smyth, Rochelle Rogers, Enii Harley, Julian Willis Tom ClkffcsoL^ Walter Humphries, Park T&onQpSOB, Wofford Humphries, Harry -layers/ Eh Jefferies, Ed Byers, Arthur Peetd* 1 A Pridmore, D Little Job* fcrew.. Will Johmon, Lewis Wood, s Howard \ Gaffney. •A* ’ -* X New Century Comfort, ‘ Millions are daily finding a WQ'-. v - in of comfort in Buckien ? s Arnica Safv^r.^ It kills pain from Burns, Scalds, OflU, Bruises; conquers Ulcers arid I*|y.er Sores ; cures Eruptions, Salt, Rh Boils and Felons; remov >8 Corot^ Warts Best Pit* nurr r.n csirth. 25c st Cherokee Drug Co. The sobial function of the week was an anagram party given by Mrs. J. F. Garrett Saturday afternoon. Though bleak and drear without as one entered those hospitable doors she met with warmth, music and welcome. Mrs Garrett was assisted by her sister, Miss Helen Brohawn, of Baltimore, and Miss Kate Garrett, of King’s Mountain. Throughout the receiving hour sweet music was rendered by Miss Kate Garrett. A three-course luncheon was served. The prize for the game was won by Mrs. Dr. Brown. There were eighty- four invited guests. Those present were: Mesdames Finley, of Virginia, Dr. Steedly, M. P. Pierson, Jim Brswn, Dr. Crawley. Dr. Nesbitt, D. Jones, Ed Eison. FT Jefferies, Dr. Hamrick, Fay Gaffney, Dr. Brown, J. C. Ratliff, H- D Wheat, T. Little- john, N. Littlejohn, G. Byers, A. C. Cree. 8. Hopper, Jr., T. B. Brown, C. Humphries, R. M. Gaffney, Bob Wel kins, C. Harris, J. aarratt, J Shuford, R. C. Aliein, H. Gooding, Wilson, J. G. Wardlaw, Will Webster, L. Camp bell, Dr. Littlejohn, J. N. Lipscomb, Edgar vVIlkins, Will Turner, J. H. Hteadman, 8 L. Cutting, 8. Hopper, 8r., Will Doggett, N. Lipscomb, Boyd Hames, Paul Gaffney, Pack Hamilt ton, Dr, Griffith, A. N. Wood, E. Lei Master, R, 8. Lipscomb, V. 8arratlL H. Pridmore, J. C. Otts, W. 8. Hall W. C. Carpenter. ♦♦♦♦ £•. . Tuesday evening the home of Capfe-. v Ross was ablaze with wit and beautiw when bis daughters, the Misses R,^, entertained their friends with a 9a magundi party. As one entered p was served by dainty hands, and the game proceeded. Alter t_ tnost tempting lunch wae serv three ooursea,making the whole ing one long to be remem Those present were: Mlsaea Brown, Lillian Wood, Hale hawo, Bessie Kendrick, Effle . Mlttle Hopper, Lucy Wilaon, Gaffney, Louise Sarratt, Ann son, Fannie Fort, Addle M Mary Willlama, Grace Wil Myrtle Sarratt, Edna J. . v* V PR* If! for our vyork comes from all who have favored us with a sitting. All are pleased with the beauty, shading and artistic finish of our Photographs. Experience, com bined with a keen appreciation of the possibilities of our subject, ei ibles us to produce highly artistic’ pictures without sacrificing accuracy. Jaoe H. Carr. o?y I »U HT 812 LIMESTONE 8T. ’Plione 176. SOME EXTRA BARGAINS. For the next thirty days 1 ■\y111 give you some extra bar gains in Shoes,. Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Notions, Pocket Knives, Table Cutlery, Axes, Bed Blankets, Pants, Groceries and all other goods. I will meet any and all competition. Yours to please, I. M., PEELER. On tho market Agaih to buy The best load of Big Mules can Be bpught. We keep all Kinds and sizes. Coipe and see Us before you GAFFNEY LIVE STOCK H« M. Johnson, Manager. K Ask for thc SHOE FOR MEN Copyrighted* Sold , only by J. R. TOUESON, . * 4 7 80§ limestone Street, list cM Jki ir •jJjrtg'Ur^T ¥ 4 iC*, jF .jjrw . k Just entered Ae Bry Goods, and Shoft, business, and our'-nofto. ! jWe.intend/Jiayfng'cash for antf With tHat fever we are mte that * underbuy or underseli us, quality Good Woods at lowest prices possibl^Wonsistent with siund business '■ itions, win is goods one can iidered. We have a few V ■ T.r.l Ladies’, Misses’, Children’s which we wish to close out, and can offer 'y^i some good values. Prices to suit the customer. >‘js xj . Now is the time to buy your Blankets and Comforts. We have them. What about a new black dress ? We can show you a very strong line of these goods. New line of Qjughams— Spring styles—just in; come and see them before buying. Now is the time to buy them, before the Spring season is right on you. Yours for business. \;V< DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, Shoes and Groceries, - GAFFNEY, ----- S. G. »• • — W i m*’ v Commercial Printing (V Of every description executed with neatness atnd dispatch !; at The Ledger office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type# NeW Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Conipf. tent Workmen. Send us your orders. , The South's Greatest Rail w]a y System Any Trip is a Pleasure Trip to These Who Travel Via THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY. INPOR.TH KiVST Through trains consist of Magnificeift, Vestibules, Pull mans and Coaches. Unexcelled Dining Car Service. Excellent Local Schedules. * Winter Tourist Tickets to all Resorts now on sale at Reduced Rates. ■ Jr • — —o Hr • a yf, * For Detailed Information, literature, to nearest Ticket Agent, or address S-H. H^RDWIGK, R ;.uapply ■ G, P. A., Washington 0.. A si. G. P. A*:, Atlanta, Ga. . W.* HUNT, ; * J. BEAM; Jb, H V* Div. P. A., Charleston; S. ' DifKB- A v Atlanta, Ga. II g li) Iifii Ij| I Itiii ,■ I A . ■■ ■ ■) !-■ II v - "arriKM Wk flie Gaffney City Land and lipreranent Goigaiy Offers for sale BaUdtaf Lots In thtju byand is resell of theSobooIs of: M to 160 seres on liberal tine peaM. For fall psrtlevlsre spph J. w rtowo, Gsffoey (btys • ^ T . and of tbrfplace, la lotnof trey ’K47 ■***' ... t ' -A* , N. B.—All persons a^b forbidden to eptor.ov, wAlt( oempsny, cutting and remorlqf i , Sablng or tor over the lands of tbl$ : g < • I V V, 4' trik* *!. ylr . ,