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r f I BEGINS WORK with the first dose, cleansing the blood of all the poisonous acids that produce RHEUMATISM, driving out all the dangerous germs that infest the body—that is the way cures are effected by Other medicines treat symptoms; Rheumacidt removes the cause, and, therefore, its CURES ARE PERMANENT. Helps the digestion, tones up the system. Sample bottle free on application to Bobbitt Chemical Co., Pro prietors, 316 West Lombard St., Baltimore, Md. INVESTORS LOOKING FOR SAFE LOCAL ITIES WHERE VALUES ARE ABOUT DOUBLING EVERY FIVE YEARS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON UNION, S. Population in 1890 1,609 Population in 1900 “>,400 Population in 1902 0,430 Five Cotton Mills. The largest Knitting Mill and Dye Plant in the South. The largest per capita school attendance in the State with five Graded School Build ings. Churches of all denominations, and well attend ed. Water Works, Sewerage, Electric Lights, Cement Side Walks and Macadamized Streets. Fire insurance rates as low as any town in the State. 'A YOUNG’S STREET Brick Storks Sr •4 23 tB (C H kH CL t K 23 0 ai H CO Bkiok ? Stouks H CO r\AIN STREET Union, S. C. El BRi OK Stores Brick stores u; RrticK A x Stokes O < 8! ■■ J WH n . > H < < A pH A TIiO pr'j’tM ty shown on corner Main and Bachelor IN CENTER OF BUSINESS PART OF TOWN; cmipr g S v< n Lots fronting on Main and Nine on BachOor-Streets vv iil be sold at auction TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1903 Terms of Sale: One-fifth cash, balance in me, two, three and four years; or all cash or A^Y OF DE- FERI’ED PAYMENTS ANTICIPATED at option of purchaser Any one out of t%wn attending this sale and becoming a purchaser will be refunded his ex penses in attending the sale. are guaranteed absolutely TITLES PERFECT. L. Q. For further particulars write OR MACBETH YOUNG, UNION, S. O. FOilEST FLIES ARE RAGING U THE WEST C ri i 0 AO O S » i \ i A t—. Conflicting l-epoits Ke-jarding Settle- n.cnt oi Trouole. Ui’.icavo, Ills., Nov. 24.—Conflicting refurts on the probability of immediate perce in the st:oet car strike camt | xroai representatives ol the Chicago I City Railway company, and the strik- ; ing trainmen todiy. It \ as learned definitely that the railway company had offered to arbi trate tho contention which the com- pany considered remained the sole is- , , sue between the present situation and Neighborhood of Little Reck, & k: , tlemenL Tilis , Kint , it was said. Fires Are burning |.n All Ui- is the taking back of the men employ- Smoke Hangs e<i b T th e Railway company, who i went out on s. mpathy. The compa- Large Areas ol T.mber Are Swept by Flumes. EARTHWORKS ARE DESTROYED. FIRE IS SPREADING RAPIDLY. In tho Ark., rections—Irritating Over the City. Memphis, Tenu., Nov. 24.—The en-1 tire cotton heit region oi west sissippi and Arkansas is enveloped in dense smoke today as a result of se- j rious forest fires which have been rag ing for three days. Large areas oi timber are burning .while tho.fires have spread rapidly by atlaciviug the, dry undgerrowth. Advices from Little Rock, Ark., this morning state that fires are burning in all directions and a pall of irritat ing smoke hangs over that city. Between Memphis and Little Rock on the Choctaw railroad, the woods are on tfre on both sides of the rail-1 way line while the timbered section north of Little Rock o nthe Iron Moun- { tain railroad is burning. The fires, | extend: as far north as Walnut Ridge The timber lands southwest of Swif- j ton are in flames and owing to the general dryness and early frosts that have deadened vegetation, many cot ton fields that are surrounded by woods are believed to be in danger. Several miles of fencing has already been destroyed by the flames. At Greenville. Miss., and other points in the Yazoo Belt great clouds of smoke seriously interefer with river traffic. The inhabitants of the cotton belt are anxiously awaiting the first signs of rain, which will serve to extinguish the flames. No lives have been lost so far as is known, but it is reported that live stock has suffered severely, j ny asserted that the o men violated agreements, while the strikers assert that the agreements were not proper- iy made. Colonel E. R. Bliss, attorney for the railway company, said today: "Only one point now is left to it" adjusted. The company is willing to arbitrate.” President Buckley, of tTie striking division, said at the same hour: "We are no nearer a settlement now than we were last night or yesterday. During the past twelve hours strike sympathizers did more damage to the car lines than any previous time since the strike was begun. Wires were cut on many of the cross-town lines, and all manner of blockade was put on the track. In State street every manhole between First and Forty- seventh sreets w-as filled with stones and debris so that the grip could not pass over. A big gang of'men work ed steadily for hours removing the ob structions. There is said to be a shortage ol coal at Twenty-first and State streets powerhouse. Plenty of nonunion coal teamsters have declared to be in read! ness to procure a supply if the oompa ny does not hear from the Teamsters organization soon. Another attempt was made today to run the State street cars. Six trains were started from Sixty-first street but their progress was slow. In spite of he police patrols spikes were found, ly well named.” CHICAGO’S FIRST PORKERS. Ilr-w the IMk rncklntt Miitn hllMb* lueutM Got 'I heir Sturt. "As u live stock market Chicago stands seen ml to none.” said a dealer of that city the other day. "The tig ur s for i!:!)2 show receipts at Chi eago that tell volumes if you stop to consider their full import. Almost 8,(!00.(;00 head of sheep, over 4.000.000 hogs. 100.000 horses. 125.000 calves and 3,000.0<-0 cattle were brought to the Chicago market last year hy the hig railroads that reach out into the cat tle ranges and feeding grinds all over the west. The reports show 278.100 car loads of live stock received here in 1902. quite a growth for the fifty-five years since the first shipment. “Have you read about that first ship ment of live stock? Young Millican Hunt, now over eighty years old. had started across the prairies to market with a sled load of hogs, and when he got across the lies Plaines river he found there was no snow on which to draw his pigs the rest of the journey. “That was in 1848. the year the (la lena road, now the Chicago and North western, built its first ten miles, and young Hunt made a dicker with tin- crew of a construction train, loaded his porkers on the train and rode into Chicago triumphant behind the little old •Pioneer.’ “Was you ever out to the Field Co lumbian museum?” the dealer contin ued. "Well, you should go out there some day and see that old locomotive. She stands for a good deal from Chi cago’s point of view. She brought in the first load of live stock, and tin- day the road was opened and the may or and the big men of the town were trying the novelty of a ride on the first regular train siie pulled the first rail shipment of grain into town. The farmer out on the prairie hailed the junketers and loaded Ids wheat on a good deal like Hunt bad the hogs carried in. “They toil me now,” he went on “that last year that load of hogs had grown to over (15,000 car loads of live stock brought into Chicago over the Northwestern. The ‘Pioneer’ was sure- Miss Alice Bailey, of Atlanta, Ga., escaped the sur-^ geon’s knife, by using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “Dear Mrs. Pixkham : — I wish to express my gratitude for the restored health and happiness Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound has brought into my life. “ I had suffered for three years with terrible pains at the time of menstrua tion, and did not know what the trouble was until the doctor pronounced it in flammation of the ovaries, and proposed an operation. “ I felt so weak and sick that I felt sure that I could not survive the ordeal, and so I told him that I would not un dergo it. The following week I read an advertisement in the paper of your Vegetable Compound in such an emer gency, and so I decided to try it. Great was my joy to find that I actually im proved after taking two bottles, so I kept taking it for ten weeks, and at the end of that time I was cured. I had gained eighteen pounds and was in excellent health, and am now. “ You surely deserve great success, and you have my very best wishes.”— Miss Alice Bailey, 50 North Boule vard, Atlanta, Ga. —$5000 forfeit If original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be pro duced. All sick women would be wise if they would take Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound and be well. TRIAL BEGINS AT ST. LOUIS. Several Charged with Conspiracy In Fraudulent Naturalization. St. Louis, Nov. 24.—The trial of “AI’ 1 Morrow. stenographer to Governor Dockery, and Thomas E. Barrett, for mer marshal of the St. Louis court ot appeals, charged with conspiracy in the fraudulent naturalization of b alien residents of St. Louis county, oegan today before Judge Adams in the United States district court. Other charges in ronnertion with the natur alization are pending against them. Barrett was convicted last week at the time of the conviction of Dolan ! driven in the cable slot at intervals and the obstructions cleared away earlier in the day were replaced by the strikers in numerous instances. ♦ -♦ PROVES A SI ! e * and Garrett, of having aided and abet- on j y are un( j er --oatment ted others in having fraudulent clti- have died. The^' zenship papers in their possession. Open Air Treatment For Tuberculo sis—Hospital Established. New York. Nov. 24.—The “open air” treatment for tuberculosis started hy the health department of North Broth i or island has been proved a success. : says physicians who have watched the experiments. A hospital for the treat ment of the disease was established on the island and out of 127 patients who entered the institution six months ago - 84 have been discharged as cured and Eleven lortality is placed ... .... .. pu»nc»suuu. a |. 25 per cent, which is a low average Dolan and Garrett were sentenced to i W hen jt j s considered that only the worst cases have come to the island. Pure air, sunshine, good food and ab sence of worry have been the princi pal factors in attaining these results. five years each in the state peniten tiary. Judge Adams deferred the Barrett sentence. The testimony of Jos J. Oillirk. j jointly indicted with Morrow and Bar rett. who has turned state’s evidence, is expected to he the chief reliance of the government. If you are not well and want to know the truth about your trouble, send for ray free booklets and self examination blanks. No. 1, Nervous Debili ty (Sexual Weakness!, No. 2, Varicocele, No. 3, Stricture, No. 4,Kid ney and Bladder Com plaints, No. 5, Disease of Women, No. fi. The Poison King (Blood Poison), No. 7, Ca tarrh. These books should be In the hands of every person afflict ed, as Dr. Hathaway, the author, is recog nized as the best au thority and expert in the United States on dr. Hathaway. these diseases. Write or send for the book you want to-day, and it will be sent you free, sealed. Address J. New ton Hathaway, M.D. 41 Inman Bldg. 22/ s S. Broad St. Atlanta. Ga Among the witnesses subpoened bv, -a ■ , , ~ . 1 — . \ : this year. The price is almost a rec- Morrow arc Governor Dockery. United States Senator Coekerll, Attorney Gen eral Crow. Supreme Judge James R Gantt. Secretary of State Samuel Cook. State Treasurer Williams. Wreck of French Bark. San Francisco, Nov. 24.—The exact location of the wreck of the French bark Francoise Coppee has not yet been defined, although it is known to have occurred on a reef near the entrance of Tomafes bay. Two bodies are reported washed ashore at Bode ga bay, in addition to the two already reported from Point Reyes. All the statements of survivors go to show that the best of order prevailed on board alter the vessel struck and that Captain Irnye was the last man to take to the boats. He is stil] numbered among the missing, the boat he was in having foundered. Turkeys and Geese Hang High. New York, Nov. 24.—Turkeys will he a luxury to most New York people year. ord breaker. Turkeys, geese and ducks are selling at 30 cents a pound in this city or 10 cents higher than in 1901. Eggs also have risen as far as prices are concerned, being quoted at 40 cents a dozen. Poultry raise r s to take advantage of the scarcity ol turkeys are killing their chickens to get the big prices. Many Jews Arrested. New York, Nov. 24.—Russian corre spondents say that 21 Jews who (or.- arrested at Gomez charged with plan ning to plunder the arsenal have been lodged at the police station for three months according to a London dispatch to The Times. Others remain in pris on charged with rioting. Christian rioters have also been arrested, but particularly zeal has been shown against the Jews. “I don’t think we con’ ? keop house without Thedfor-J s Bla k- Drunght. Wo have used it i 1 the family for over two veers wito the best of results. 1 have not had a doctor in ihi- house for that length of time. It is r, doctor in : tself and always r* ady to make a person well and happy.”—JAMES HALL, Jack sonville, 111. Because this great medicine relieves stomach pains, frees the constipated bowels and invigor ates the torpid liver and weak ened kidneys • If anybody has a message for the people of this community * he cannot deliver it to them so ^ effectually, so cheaply, so quick- * ly in any other way as through ♦ f the columns of this paper. <• It is the business of this pa- A per to carry messages of one o kind and another into homes. The message will be delivered, ^ too, under favorable conditions, ^ T for few persons take up their ^ * local paper except in a pleasant y and receptive frame of mind. The sign upon the fence board ^ may be good, but it can be seen only by travelers who go that * particular road. The message ❖ in the local paper carries itself ♦ to thousands, no matter by which ♦ road they travel. + Select your space and put ^ 1 your message where it will do ^ T the most good. We, perhaps, can help you if you will but ask na. ♦♦ Clerk’s Sale. Notice of Wage Reduction. Morristown. J., Nov. 24.—Notices hov" bern posted in all the mines of tho Empire Steel and Iron company in the Mt. Hope, Hibernia and the Relative of Roosevelt Dead. New York Nov. 24.—Janies Grade, uncle by marriage of President Roose velt, Is dear at his home from pneu-, ., . , , . other b g mines in Morris county, to monia. He had been ill only a few | t ^ . .. .. days. Mr. Grade was a well known banker. Both the president and Mrs. Roosevelt were much attached to Mr. | Oracle, and his death will cause them I great sorrow and put a temporary stop to all gaieties at the White House. He was born in New York in 1839. He was married to a sister of President Roosevelt’s father. the effect that a 10 per cent reduc tion will he made in the wages of all miners, beginning Dec. 1. Also that only one shift of men win he used, where two formerly worked. The or der affects 3.000 men. Buncombe County Losses Suit. Asheville. N. C.. Nov. 24.—Buncomb county lost in the bond case in the United Staecg circuit court. The trial terminated in a verdict that the coun ty should pay the Western Savings Society of Philadelphia the interest on $100,000 of bonds issued some years ago to aid the Asheville and Spartan burg railroad, but since declared In valid hy the North Carolina supreme court. It Is probable the county will appeal. "For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. Log Trains Collide. Waycross. Ga.. Nov. 24.—Two ne- i groes were killed in a wreck on the tram road of J. F. & T. A. Bailey, 1 near McDonald. The wreck was ; caused by a head on collision between two log trains as they were rounding ()f every description executed with neatness and dispatch | a curve. One of the negroes was Commercial Printing at The Lkdoer office, (xalfuey, S. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us your orders. Sam Aiken and the other a boy named Cano Aiken. The collision occurred about 10 miles out from McDonald. Seamen’s Union of America. New Yo’"k. Nov. 24.—The Interna tional Seamen’s Union of America is holdin ; its convention in this city with 42 delegates present, representing a membership of 27,000 seamen from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and Great Lake ports. President Panje, of Chi cago, is presiding. Fight for Championship. Chicago, Nov. 24.—A dispatch to the Record-Herald from San Francisco says: “Young Corbett and 1 Eddie Hanlon were matched last night to fight here Dec. 29. The men will meet at 129 pounds for the featherweight championship of the world, the battle to fie 20 rounds. Rep. Fitzpatrick Improved. Whshington. D. C., Nov. 24.—Repre sentative Fitzpatrick, of Tennessee, who was taken to the emergency hos pital last night, is reported better to day. The physicians say he is sur- fering with heart trouble, hut will ba o ,- t in two or three daya. is necessary in the home where Thedford’s B^ck-Draujjht is kept. Families living m the country, miles from any physi cian, have been kept in health for years witli this medicine as their only doctor. Thedford’s Black-!Iraught cures bilious ness, dyspepsia, colds, chills and fever, bad blood, headaches, diarrhaa, constipation, colic and almost every other ailment because the stomach, bowels liver and kidneys so nearly con trol tho health. THEDFORD’S BUCK- Miucirr FOLEYSKIDNEYCURE Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right “flSS’* Early Risers Tho famous little pUU. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. State oi- South Carolina, County ok Cherokee. Court of C. Pi’s. Cynthia McCravv, et al, Plaintiff, vs. C. H. Moore, et al, Defendants. Notice is hereby given that on Salesday in December, 1903, during the legal hours of sale, at the Court House in Gaffney, I will sell at public auction, for cash to the highest bidder, hy virture of the’Decreeof D. A. Townsend, Circuit Judge, dated November 16th, 1903, the following des cribed lands, the same being for partition among the parties to said suit, by virture of said Deciee. All that tract of land lying, being and situated in said County and State, known as tiie Robert McCraw Home Place, con taining Two Hundred and Forty-two acres, more or less, and bounded on the West by lands of Samuel W. Clary and on tiie North by lands of R. C. Sarratt, on the Hast by lands of (L W. Moore and on the South by lands of A. C. Hicks. Pur chaser to pay for papers. This November ifith.'igos. J. f:b. Jefferies, Clerk of Court. J. C. OTTS, Atty. for ITtffs. Clerk’s Sale. State of South Carolina, 1 County of Cherokee. / C. H. Gaffney, et al, vs. Edna Northey, et al. In obedience to an order made in the abovelentitled case, said order beingjdated March 16th, 1903, I will sell at Gaffney, S. C., before the Court House door during the legal hours of sale, Salesday, Dec.7th, 1903, the following described land; to wit:- All those five certain pieces, parcel*, or lots of land in the Western part of the Town of Gaffney, S. C., designated as lota Nos. 19, 20, 64, 65, and 75 and 76 on plat made by R. O. Sams, Surveyor, iu the di vision of the Estate lands of Thos. W. Gaffney, deceased, for sale in the above entitled action. Said lots lying on Tank branch at the Rail Road fill, and the laat two named lots being sold as one. TERMS OF SALE—Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. Nov. 16th, 1903. Pub. Nov. 20-27 and Dec. 4th. J. Eb Jefeeriks, J. C. OTTS, Pl’t’ffs. Atty. Cl’k. C. C. Pl’a. A