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■ A? i\ I A Great, Record. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS written since Mch. ist, 1903* in Cherokee County WAR CLOUD LOOMS IN ORIENTAL LANDS — Manchurian Question May Soon Cause Trouble DREDGING MANILA HARBOR. BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN Why Should You Insure in the Penn? BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE there is no better company to insure with, its policies are free from restrictions as to travel, residence acd occupation, it pays liberal annual dividends to its policy holders. it confines itself strictly and consciteniously to legitimate insurance, it is 50 years old and has the experience, it has written more insurance in Cherokee County the past three months than any two of its competitors. Life insurance Company. 0 "' c 5..tL""s°"c 0. H, HALL, District Manager. I < Ci pospfttfjJ Stepping Stones to Prosperity THE SUCCESSFUL PLANTER FERTILIZES HIS LANDS The Virginia^Carolina Chemical Go« "Manufactures the best Fertilizers on Earth*. Virgtnia-Carolina Chemical Co, CHARLESTON, S. C. Russian Policy Is Believed To Be to Hold Present Positions In Manchuria Will Take No Steps to Avert Hos tilities with Japan. Kingchau-Opposite-New Chwang, in Mauchuria, July 8.—All the prominent Russian officials in China, Manchuria and Korea are attending the confer ence at Port Arthur. Among them are Minister of War Kuropatkin, Ad miral Alexieff, the Russian ministers at Pekin and Seoul, the political agents iu Oiuna and Korea, including M. Pokotiloff, recently Russian financial representative at Pekin, General Des- sino, the military agent in China, the civil and military officers at Mukden, Harbin and Kirin, and the ministerial officers of New Chwang. The proceedings at the conference are kept profoundly secret. It is generally supposed that the Russian officials are considering war questions. The foreign officials now at New Chwang and Port Arthur believe that the possibility of war is increasing steadily. The Russian policy is be lieved to he to hold the present posi tions in Manchuria, including New Chwang and to take no steps to avert hostilities with Japan, if it is assured that Japan will fight unaided. The war feeling among the Japanese in North China is intensifying. The Russian civil administrators with the governor general of New Jliwang have commenced the erection <)f a government building designed to hold all Russian offices, including the telegraph and telephone departments in the center of the foreign settle ments partly on land ceded by the Chinese, according to the Russian ex planation, and partly on the public square, about which the foreign con sulates are congregated. The resi dents of other nationalities are prepar ing to protest against the encroach ment on the public square. A Russian company yesterday com pleted the purchase of the river steam tug business heretofore controlled by a British company. This is regard ed as an important step towards Rus sian control of the harbor, as the new company is apparently acting in be half of the Russian government. Rus sia has hut small financial interests here. AH vessels are armed and commanded by Russian officers. The crews are composed of soldiers. Interesting? Relies Fished Ip by u Bil? Itredgfer. The great hydraulic dredge r now nt work filling the section of the harbor at Manila that is to be reclaimed has. since it begun operations, brought some queer objects to the surface, but noth ing more interesting or valuable than an old quadrant brought up a few days ago, says the Manila Times. The old nautical instrument bore the date of 1603 and was in a perfect state of preservation. It was made of gun metal, and was evidently lost by one of the ancient galleons some time in the seventeenth century. It was turned over to Engineer Pope, who had it cleaned and who counts it a great treasure. Before the big dredger was started a receptacle for any heavy objects taken up by the pumps was fitted up. and some very interesting articles have been dropped into it and saved by the workmen. Many old shells and cannon balls have been found and a number of old ship's fittings have also been raised. The dredger is working in the neighborhood of an old anchorage, and it is expected that during the progress of the extensive harbor work many things of interest and possibly of value will be brought to the surface. Extent of FnrclKn Travel. The indications are that foreign travel will this summer exceed that of any previous season. Sixty-seven sail ings a month of first class passenger steamships will be made from New York for European ports. This is pro vision for 8(1.000 passengers between April and September. An expert esti mate puts the amount paid for steam ship fares at $31,000,000 and the ex penditures in Europe at $70,000,000. The WliichneKH of the Throb. Susie Jackson (ecstatically)—Oh, mud- der, I’ze shuah Absalom lubs me, ’cause when lie presses me toe his bosom 1 kin feel bis heart t’robbin’ violently! Mrs. Jackson—Humph! Am yo’ shuah it ain’t his dollar watch yo' feel t'rob- l)in’? I got fooled dat way mahsaif on youali fadder.—Leslie’s Weekly. rue Gaffney City Land and improvement Company Offers for sale BuildtngLotstn this flourishing town, Gaffney Ctty; Also Farms neai by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots of fron 80 to 100 acres on liberal time rates j also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. AT. SJVKMLJATT, N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on, walk or ride through or over the lands of this company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, under penalty of law. Straw Hats and Slippers. I have|decided to close out a lot of Straw Hats REGARDLESS OF COST. Also a lot of Men’s, La dies’ and Misses’ Slippers to go AT YOUR OWN PRICE. See them; they are rare bargains. MASSACHUSETTS SAFE. Rumor that Battleship Had Been Blown Up Unrounded. Horta, Azores Islands, July 8.—The United States battleship Massachu setts and converted yacht Mayflower, accompanied by the colliers Caesar, Sterling and Lebanon, arrived at Fay- al yesterday and reported all well on board. This disposes of the report which gained circulation at Newport News on Sunday last that the Massa chusetts had been blown up.^ The Illinois and the Ala^fWi are at Angra and the Brooklyn is at Pona Del Gada. The officers of the war ships are exchanging official visits with the local authorities. The bat- | tleship squadron, which is in com mand of Rear Admiral Barker, will rendezvous at Fayal July 11 and will sail for home July 14. NARROW ESCAPE OF MINERS. A few 5 and 10 gal. kegs Tennessee Sorghum left. It is the genuine article and only 35c a gallon in 5 gallon kegs. Biggest line of Shoes in town at lower prices than you pay elsewhere. Clothing, Hats, Dry Goods and Notions at prices in keeping with the times. I have as complete stock of General Merchandise as can be found in the city and only ask that you call and get prices and I am sure of a customer. Respectfully, J. I. SARRATT. Gangway Caves In—Rescuing Party Saves Their Lives. Shamokiln. IPa., July 8.—Eighteen miners were entombed by a gangway caving In at the Reading Coal and Iron company’s Big Mountain colliery last night. A rescuing party drove a hole Into the mine into an old slope and today reached the mkiers, who were all alive and uninjured. Some of them nar rowly escaped death in rushing from the falling coal. BLACK- DRAUGHT STOCK »nd POULTRY MEDICINE Stock and poultry have few troubles which are not bowel and liver irregularities. Black- Draught Stock and Poultry Medi cine is a bowel and liver remedy for stock. It puts the organs of digestion in a perfect condition. Prominent American breeders and farmers keep their herds and flocks healthy hy giving them an occa sional dose of Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine in their food. Any stock raiser mav buy a 2. r )-cent half-pound air-tight can of this medicine from his dealer and keep his stock in vigorous health for weeks. Dealers gener ally keep Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine. If yours does not, send 25 cents for a sample can to the manufacturers. The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat tanooga, Tei Lenn. Bullet Wound Proves Fatal. Louisville, July 8.—Pulaski Loedsi, master mechanic of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, died at 4 o’clock *his morning from a bullet wound in flicted by George Warner. Warner on Monday last entered Mr. I^es’ of fice at the union station and asked for a letter of recommendation to an other road, he having been recently discharged from Mr. Leeds’ depart ment. Mr. Leeds refused, whereupon Warner shot him in the head. The assassin then shot himself, inflicting a wound similar to that received b Mr. Leeds. Warner will probably recover. Rocmbm.r, Ga., Jan. 30, 1902. Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine is the best I ever tried. Our stock was looking bad when you sent me the medicine and now they are getting so fine. They are looking 20 per cent, better. S. P. BROCKINGTON. Snvinir Up For the Fourth. The Fourth is nenr; the small boy hoards His nickels and his dimes To buy gunpowder, bombs and things And dreams of glorious times. His anxious ma is saving, too. And hoards up pounds and pounds Of bandages and lint and salve To bind up Jimmy’s wounds. And papa, though he grows red hot And cusses with a will. Is saving up a sum each day To pay the doctor's bill. —Chicago Record-Herald. / % The great rheumatic remedy not only cures every form of rheumatism, but makes radical cures of Contagious Blood Poison, Scroit :a, Sores, Boils, Catarrh, and alt discs es arising from impurities in the blood. Endorsed by physicians and prominent people every where after thorough trial. DOE.S NOT INJURE THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. Rat.kioh, N. C. Gentlemen T r-.ke pleasure in bearing testimony to the curative properties of your ** RueuM Ac-TiTt.” Two bottles cured my son of a ba.l ease. If this will be of ar.y benctii • < vou iu advertising your meritorious remedy, you can use it. Yo .ru truly, W. H. RAND, Steward State Blind Institution. I All Dm- ;ists, $i.oo; or prepaid on receipt of price. * Bobbitt Chei.Btal Co., - - Baltimore, fid. f For sale by the Cherokee Drug Company. Constipation 'Makes Biliousness and Bad Complexions. ^Then where’s your beauty? Keep the system in good condition, and all the organs healthy, by taking L and Tonic Pellets, which gently assisi Nature in eliini- Hating the poison, and at the same time make good Ktood, good digestion, good health, and will keep The Roses in Your Cheehs. Free Sample and Booklet at all dealers A. Complete Treatment ... 25 days 25 cts. LS*.W York “For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. SUMMER [ates ON THE SOUTHERN lILtfAY THE LINE FOR BUSINESS, THE LINE FOR PLEASURE, • THE LINE FOR ALL THE BEST SUMMER RESORTS Complete Summer Resort Folder Mailed Free to Any Address. W. A. Turk. Pass. Trafiic Mgr. WASHINGTON. D. C. S. H. Hardwick, W. H. Tayuoe. Cen'l Pass. Agent, Asst. Gen’l Pass. Agt. WASH 1NGTOH. D. C. ATLANTA, GA. l <» National Bank of Gaffney, Capital Stock, - - $50,000.00 Surplus and Profits, - 25,000.00 Stockholders Liability, 50,000.00 Total, - - - $125,000.00 Deposits Gtli, 1903, $209,603.73. We solicit the business and good will of everybody in Cherokee county. F. G. STACY, President, D. C. ROSS, Cashier, J. G. WARDLAW, V.-Prest., MAYNARD SMYTH, A. C. A. N. Wood. President. K. U. Bhown, Vice-Presideni The Merchants and Planters Bank, OF GAFFNEY. S. C. Guilty of Fraudulent Bankruptcy. Case el, Prussia, July 8.—'Adolf Sohmidt, president of the bankrupt Treker Trockoiung, a grain drying com- pany, was found guilty of fraudulent bankruptcy and was sentenced to 32 monts’ penal servitude and to pay a fine of $750. Capital $75,000.—Surplus and Profits $1 0,000. STATE, COUNTY AND CITY DEPOSITORY. We solicit the business of people of all occupations. We pay AV on deposits in our === H70 Savings Department. Deposits accepted from $1.00 up. C. IU.. WNIITH, Cannier, Ambassador Tower Coming Home. Southampton, July 8.—Charlemagne Tofwer, United States ambassador to Germany, started for New York today on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Cotton King of Canada Dead. Montreal, July 8.—A. F. Gault, pres ident of the Dominion Cotton oompar ny and the so-called cotton king of Canada la dead. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Z Seven Million boxes sold in post 12 months. This Signature, Cores Grip In Two Days. on every box. 25c. THOUSANDS DAILY REGRET WASTING THEIR MONEY. ...Not One Ever Regrets Saving It... Resolve to save and you can save. A firm determination opens the way. We invite everybody to open an account with us, and we will make it profitable for you to do so. Deposits of $1.00 or more received and interest paid thereon at the rate of 4 per cent. P. O. STACY, Pr.aid.nt. Office in National Bank. J. O. WARDLAW |Vic«.Pr«aident. D. C. ROSS, Caahier.