Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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( Gives Da /jOs*/ Fully nine-tenths of the ills of mankind can be traced to irregularities of the stomach and bow- hf Ontth els - When these important organs fail to act tfCtt C ft regular j y the system becomes clogged with impurities, and perfect health is impossible. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir is a pleasant lemon drink which acts gently and thoroughly cleanses the system. It is the perfect liquid laxative, and is good for every member of the JUf yrtoxTs family. Fifty cents a bottle at all drug-stores. Motley's Lemon Hot Drops are without any equal LefflOfl for coughs, colds, bronchitis, sore throat, etc. . EllXir 00D SEEDS ROW ODD CROPS That’s hy you should buy seeds here, as you can always be sure that you get fresh seeds and of known variety. All i » l r seeds were grown last year, from seeds whose vai’Hy had been proved, and under the most favorable conditions for each kind. They had the precise attention to details in gathering, etc., which only the practical seed grower knows how to give. All this sh< >uld make them worth more to you than seeds picked up here, there and anywhere, but we sell them as low as you pay for the inferior kinds. Cherokee Drug Co. LIMESTONE AND FREDERICK STREETS. | rice Cream 1 *1 That, by its Smoothness and Distinctness V. of Flavor, made Lipscomb & Richardson ^ the undisputed Soda Kings, will be served ^ again this season. Lipscomb & Richardson ^ LOWNEY’Q. CANDIES National Bank of Gaffney, Capital Stock, - - $50,000.00 Surplus andiProfits, - 25,000.00 Stockholders Liability, 50,000.00 Total, - - - $125,000.00 jDepoeit® F'elry. f>th, $209,603*73. We solicit the business and good will of everybody in Cherokee county. F. G. STACY, President, J. G. WARDLAW. V.-Prest., 1). C. ROSS, Cashier, MAYNARD SMYTH, A. C. P. D. F. PLOWS 4*c. <Z> One Carload Plows at 41c a pound. We have moved into our new quarters, on Gra- nard street, and our stock of Plows, Plow Btocks, Hoes, Hames, Traces, all kinds of Farm Im plements, Barb and Poultry Wire is unsurpassed and all bought before the advance. :: :: Prices are Right on Everything, Come to see us. SMITH HARDWARE GO. A. N. Wood, President. K. It. Brown, Vice-President THE MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK, OK GAFFNEY. 8. C. Established 1H01. Capital $50,000.—Surplus and Profits $8,500. STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY. Does a freneritl Hanking and ExchaiiKe business. Is well fitted up with Fire Proof Vaul and Burglar Proof Safe, with Automatic Time Lock. Wc solicit the business of people all occupations. C- 1*1 riHMhl.*' Tse Gaffney City Land and improvement Company offers for sale Bulldtnir Lots in this flourishing town, Gaffney City; Farms M'i by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lota of trap SO to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lauds to rent for Farm par umes. For full particulars apply to J. V. Ascent. N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of thi company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, under penalty of law. J. - “ T A |WT ^ Made on Real Estate in City of Gaffney and County of Cherokee. Abstracts furnished. Ac ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Star Theatre Building. FLOOD WATERS SOON TO RECEDE Critical Point Now On Lower Mississippi. THE ANSWERS GIVEN. WEATHER REMAINS FAVORABLE. Crset of Flood Expected to Reach Gulf By Sunday and a Steady Decline to Follow—River Is Gradually Falling at Memphis. New Orleans, March 25.—Though reports from all points south of Helena are of a rising river, the Mississippi in front of N^w Orleans is practically stationary, tiu> gauge marking today 20.1 feet. That fact naturally causes much relief here since it means that the river will have less difficulty in carrying off the higher water that is coming this way. The levee hoard continues its prep arations for the maximum flood prom ised by the weather bureau. The weather is clear and sunshiny. Trou ble is still being experienced with reck- less craft in the river which exceed the speed allowed by the governor's proclamation. In other years of floods it has not been an altogether rare occurrence that people living along the levees have taken into their own hands the enforcement of the proclamation by the use of rifles and threats along that line are being made now. It may be said, however, that the large majority of steamboats and steamship men are obeying the in structions of the authorities. Good reports comp from the condition of the levees in the Panchartrain district on the east of the river between Baton Rouge to New Orleans. They are now undergoing a severe strain, but Presi dent Leake still believes that the en tire system will be held. The Missis- sippi Valley and Illinois Central rail roads. which would both he affected by any serious break in this territory, are co-operating with the levee board and the planters in the work of strength ening the line. Reported Break at Laconia Circle. Vicksburg, Miss., March 25.—The re ports of the break in the levee at Ta coma Circle. Ark., are greatly exag gerated. The break in the embank ment there was not as serious as first reported, as the embankment was only a protection levee, and not in the sys tem of levees in that section. The crevasse has not materially af fected the situation. The' continued clear, cold weather has brought hope to this section, al though the river is steadily rising. The gauge here this morning regis tered 51.4 feet, a rise of 1.1 feet in the last 24 hours. River Falling at Memphis. Memphis. Tenn.. March 25.—The riv er this morning is falling slowly. The gauge is 39.1 feet, a fall of .3 in 24 hours, and a fall of 1 foot from the maximum of the present flood, which was reached last Saturday. The Iron Mountain railroad made g-ood its pro...- ise last night and sent its first tram west this morning. Railroad traffic has been resumed by all western lines over the Iron Mountain tracks. There has been much improvement in the floode.d area of North Memphis. MYSTERY IS SOLVED. Two Negroes Under Arrest For Kill- ing Chinaman. Indianapolis, March 25.—The mys tery surrounding the murder of Doc Lung, the Chinese laundryman, sever- al months ago, has been solved. Two negroes, who are chargd urith the murder, are under arrest and the detectives are searching for several other negroes, including a woman, and a Chinese who are said' to be implicat ed. The negroes under arrest are Nim Davis, a well known police char acter. and a man named Brooks. The. story is that Doc Lung was in his laundry with a negro woman when the negro man entered the place. The murder followed. It was also said that a Chinese tipped off the fact that a woman was with Lung, and that the murder was committed through jeal ousy. BOY SHOOTS FATHER. Was Trying to Protect Mother From Injury. Chicago, March 25.—Going to the rescue of his mother, who was being beaten by her drunken husband, Ray Jac kson, 19 years of age, shot and probably fatally wounded his father, Alonzo Jackson, at ther home today. The son then started to give him self up but yielded to the pleadings of his mother to try to escape. He was captured several hours later. According to the story of Mrs. Jack- son, her husband came home Intoxi cated and' began to abuse her. The son interfered and was- ordered from the house. He promised to go on con dition that his mother suffer no fur ther abuse, but had reached the door when the elder man struck his wife and knocked her down. Negro Prisoner Killed. Washington, March 25.—William Wheeler, a negro who attempted to es cape from a police van, was shot and instantly killed today by Policeman J. L. Sawyer. Wheeler and two other prisoners were being transferred' from the Georgetown police station to the van awaiting outside when the negro broke from the line and 1 sped away, with the officer in pursuit. The lat ter fired. Wheeler fell dead and the policeman collapsed. “J. I.. 8.” Replies to the Questions Fired at Hina by ''Country Teacher.” Editor Lkdgek :—Your correspon dent, “Country Teacher," has fired a volley of itterrogations at “J. L S.," as though he (J. L. S.) knew every thing. It’s true that we have been trying to interest our young readers, and we flatter ourself that we have done so to a limited extent at least, and expect to continue in that work. If, however, you can give us the space in your paper to do so, we will try to answer “Country Teacher." But at the same time those who wish to put us to the test must give their names so that we may better know how to play “tit-for-tat" if we see proper to do so. Now to tne ques tions : 1. Where is Titan’s Pier? Answer: It is the columnar structure of green stone, at Mount Holyoke, Massachu setts, where it slope® under the waters of the Connecticut. 2 What is the meaning of Bibel Mandeb? Answer: It means ‘ Gate of Tears,” and was so named Irom its dangers to navigation. 3. What town in America is near est to Europe. Answer: St. Johns, Newfoundland, being 1,1120 miles from the coast of Ireland. 4 Name fifteen of the most de cisive battles of the world; tell where they were fought and between what forces and with whai results? This is a big question, but here is our answer as we get it from the most reliable authorities we have at hand : Answer—1. Marathon} (B. C. UK)) in which 10 00 Greeks under Mil- liades defeated Darius, the Persian, with 100,000 men. 2. Syracuse (B. C. 113; in which Athenian power was broken. 3. Arbela (B. C. 331) when Alexan der overthrew Darins. 4. Metaurus (B. C. 208) when Han nibal was defeated by the Romans and Carthage ruined. 5. Victory of Arminius (A. D. 9) when the Gauls whipped the Romans under Varus and established their independence. (>. Chalans (pronounced with long al in which (A. I). 451) Attila was defeated by Aetius and Europe saved from ruin. 7. Battle of Tours (A. D. 732) when Mortel whipped the Saracens and broke the Mohammedan yoke from neck the of Europe. 8. Hastings (1000) when William the Conqueror won the English crown. 9. Orleans (A. D. 1429; when Joan D’arc raised the seige of the city and gave France her independence. 10 Defeat of the Spanish Artmda (A. D. 1588) which crushed the hopes of Spain and papists in England. 11. Blenheim (A. D. 1704) when Tallard was defeated by Marlborough and the scheme of Louis XIV knocked into a cocked hut 12. Pultowa (A. D. 1709) when Charles XII of Sweden was defeated by Peter the Great of Russia. 13. 8 ratoga (A, D. 1777) when Burgoyne was defeated and the American Revolution was practically decided by France becoming an ally of the Americans. 14. Valmy (A. D. 1792) when the allied armies under the Duke of Brunswick were defeated by the French Revolutionists. 15. Waterloo (June. 1815) when Wellington defeated Napoleon. We >ire told that as a result of that day’s work every man in the British army was credited with two years’ t-ervice. These battles were not all the bloodiest ever fought, but they were most decisive as we are called upon to point out. Our great Gettysburg and a score of other battles of our civil war were equals of any of them in the courage of the troops. Yet they were not so decisive in the results, except it be Gettysburg, which marked in a cer tain sense the doom of the Confed eracy. 5. A governor of a what State was a member of a family of twenty-six children? Answer:i William Phipps, governor of Massa jhusetts. He had twenty brothers and five sisters. He was born Feb. 2, 1051, and died Feb. 18, 1095. 0 When and where did Lord Corn wallis have his horse killed under him? Answer: At McGowan’s ford on Catawba river Feb. 1, 1781. Lieut. Col. William Davidson, who com manded 300 North Carolinians, dis puted his passing and he was himself killed by a ball in the breast. Hope our answers will prove satis factory to “Country Teacher," and that he (or she) will still further interest our readers. But let us know whether it is “Bud" or “Sis." March 17, 1993. J. L. s. SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP. Cured by One Hottle of Chauiberluin’H Cough Remedy. “When I had an attack of the grip last winter (the second one) I actually cun d myself with one bottle of Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy," says Frank W. Perry, editor of the Enterprise, Sbortsviile, N. Y. “This is the honest truth. I at times kept from coughing myself to pieces by taking a teaspoon ful of this remedy, and when the coughing spell would come on at night I would take a dose and it seemed that in the briefest interval the cough would pass off and I|would go to sleep, perfectly free from cough and its ac companying pains. To say that the remedy acted as a most agreeable sur prise is putting it very mildly. I had no idea that it would or could knock out the grip, simply because I had never tried it for such a purpose, but it did, and it seemfd with the second attack of coughing the remedy caused it to not only be of less duration, but the pains were far less severe, and I had not used the contents of one bot tle before Mr. Grip bad bid me adieu. ’’ For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. GUMTREE AND FLAW. “Gum” Hayii Flww’t Itlow whn a Hard One but It MlMNed “Ilet's” 1’reai-her. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Lawn, March 28.—Flaw, tuat was a pretty hard lien that you gave the preacher last week. But “Bet" says that you missed our pastor, the Rev. Mr. Dodge, of Graoali. She says that he simply stepped aside and let the pastor of Crabtree catch the full force of your blow. No sir, “Bet’’ says there is no good at all in strik ing an open banded lick at our pas tor; she says that be will dodge it every time and let some one else get the jolt. She says, the fact is, toat Mr. Dodge is not much of a fashion able preacher anyway. His most characteristic fashion is, cash down or no preach. But he is not like some preachers that we have seen, who if they couldn’t get more than a penny at a time wouldn’t have any. No sir. our pastor will take any amount that he can get, from a pinny up, and “Bet" says that stu is rather Inclined to think that he could take the socks off of your fee', if you were to offer them to him ; even if he knew that you didn't have ^but the one pair. But we believe you are about right all the way through, Flaw. We heard a colored brother say one time, that he started out to make a prea.'b er, but give it up; but said that he always regretted that he didn’t go on at it; because be said that if anybody ever did see a good time in this world it was a negro preacher. “Bet" says that if our preachers were just as faithful in trying to batter down the walls of old Satan as they are in tty- ing to collect their salaries, they would accomplish a great deal more good than they do. But, Flaw, there are some few faithful ones yet; but then they have to stand in the back ground, and are not allowed to do much preaching. And then there has got to be so much selfishness mixed up with re ligion. Why, some people are so selfish that il they happen to get u little religion they will hardly admit that anybody has got any but thi in- selves. But “Bet” says that, that kind of religion may do all right in this worid, but that it will be worth but very little to them in the world to cotm. We notice that it is almost a thing of the past, for the r to go around througn m- i- ^ .i-.;mnm or meeting days ana greet ms parish ioners with a shake of the hand— reconk it is fashion. Why, we haven’t had the pleasure of grasping a preacher by the hand in six months, although we attend church almost every Sabbath, and a great many others are in the same fix. It is very doubtful whether half the pastors in this county know even the names of half of their charges, much less their faces. But, let us hope that they do the best that they can. Mrs. I. Y. Sage, of Atlanta. Ga. spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. W. D. Alexander, a few days since. H P. Gumtrek. Written rrom White I’lnin-*. White Plains, March 27:—Farm work is moving on very nicely con sidering so much rain. We are sorry to say mumps has been serving some of our people very rough, but they are improving now. After a few mouths of mental train ing at our different schools, the in dustrious pupils are now taxing a course in the fields and domestic affairs, both courses being very im portant. We heartily endorse the piece from Pleasant Grove a few days ago. Well, “Uncle Billy," you continue blowing your horn for all the teachers to come in; so here I am, from the White Plains side, one of the finest locations in Cherokee county; and to be sure it is well known that we stand among the very largest and best schools in the county. We are sorry “Uncle Billy didn’t have an opportunity to visit |our school and see bow well everything went. To think of saying the schools are not conducted right; we think it exceptionally good be havior to have from forty to fifty boys in one school, and fighting scarcely known in our community. We hope our honorable trustees and able superintendent will not be offended by‘ Uncle Billy," as be has condemned all of us, by only knowing of one unruly school. Yes, “Uncle Billy,” I am nit sor ry to say 1 have a diploma (and wish there were more diplomas in the country). Do you mean to insinuate that trustees should not employ teachers who have been to a high school, or who have diplomas? “Un cle Billy,” I am sorry you have turned your face from our bright, flourishing schools, and are trying to leave the impression that our honora ble trustees are not doing tneir duty, and that we patient, hard-toiling teachers are no good. “Uncle Billy," because you are wrong you needn't think everybody is wrong. First in vestigate yourself and see if all you have said is true without a doubt. Think of one man knowing all about nearly four score schools! That is more than our able superintendent would say. Teachers, answer for yourselves—“Uncle Billy," didn’t omit any of you. Happiness. Working Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers—Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Millions are always at work, night and day, curing Indigestion. Bilioufeness, Constipa tion, Sick Headache and aii Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25o at Cherokee Drug Co. Peculiar Itself In what it is and what it does—con taining the best blood-purifying, alterative and tonic substances and effecting the most radical and per manent cures of all humors and all eruptions, relieving weak, tired, languid feelings, and building up the whole system—is true only of Hood's Sarsaparilla No other medicine acts like it; no other medicine has done so much real, substantial good, no other medicine has restored health and strength at so little cost. “I was troubled with scrofula and cama near losing my eyesight. For four months I could not see to do anything. After taking two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla I could sea to walk, and when I had taken eight bottles I could see as well as ever.” Susie A. Hairs ton, Withers, N. C. Hood’s Sarsaparilla promises to cure and keeps the promise. ATI There’s A Difference of opinion, perhaps, as to when to have the photo taken, but there should be none about the place. The ^reat beauty and superior quality of the Photographs produced at this stu dio should exclude the possibility o f anyone going else where. Our pictures are true and beautiful portraits and our “Aristo” finish gives permanence. Jone H. Carr. ’Phone 17H BUILDERS' SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULuING. ALSO A VINE LINK Ol' Paints and Oils 50c to fl.aO per gal. L. BAKER. Just arrived, a lot of The Nicest Big Mules that have been on the mar- ket this season, some extra nice pairs, also some nice medium mules. Come, we make the price right. A car of No. 1 Hay at $22 per ton. H. M. Johnson, Mgr. I^oi—^ Building and Plastering Llmei Goal, and Plaster Hair. Plaster Pans Shingles. Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder. Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on i Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees, T ‘lephone BANNER SALVE the most hsallng sslvs In ths world. fttlYSKlDNEYCURE ■akss Kldnsys and Bladdsr Mglit