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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE ~o—o—o - The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY--PUBLISHED TUESDAY AN FRIDAY WE GUARANTEE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. -o—i Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894 GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1904. •1.00 A YEAR* THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. The Seaboard Air Line has lot the contract for the erection of a $25,000 or $30,000 passenger depot station in Columbia. A little son of J. A. Campbell, su perintendent of the Greenwood Mills, had the misfortune to have one of his legs so mangled that it had to be am putated, while riding on some cars in the Seaboard Air Line yards Fri day. An election will lie held at William- ston on the 2Gth instant to determine the question of the issuance of bonds in the sum of $8,000 for the purpose of erecting a modern graded school building. It is thought that the bonds will be voted. By the submerging of a bateau two negroes were drowned near Johnson river in Beaufort a few days ago. Six other occupants of the boat reached land after a great deal of difficulty. The men were on their way home from Baldwin’s mines, where they were employed. There was a preliminary at Green wood Thursday in the case of Marlon Burnett and J. N. Shanke, charged with burning the Addy House on Nov. 19. The building was being used by the city graded schools at the time. The defendants were hound over to court and released on bonds of $1,000 each. The case of A. J. Thomas vs. G. H. Cutting & Co., for injuries received during the erecting of the Baptist church in Spartanburg came up in that city Friday in Magistrate Pas- lay’s court. Ralph Carson represented the defendant and I. A. Phifer the plaintiff. The plaintiff was given $99.90, the amount sued for. * In court at Conway Judge Watts granted bail to W. P. Nelson, charged with complicity in poisoning Sam White, in the sum of $500. White’s wife is still in jail and the voodoo doc tor who is wanted is still at large. An autopsy was held and the contents of White’s stomach was sent to Clemson for analysis. The ease will not be tried at the present term of court. Justice Woods Friday reversed the decision of the circuit court in the case of John B. Moore, Sr., against the Catawba Power company of Rock Hill, for damages received from an ex plosion which occurred at the works last May. Mr. Moore brought suit for $75,000 on the ground of gross negli gence and carelessness, alleging that the machinery for the blast was defi cient for said work in that said defen dant furnished to and for the said work a battery for the purpose of ex ploding the blast, which battery was Imperfect and unsafe. Willie Smith, alias Todd, and his ac complice, Miley Best, a negro, accusel of comitting rape on Mollie Todd, the 15-year-old wife of Willie Smith, were tried Friday morning at Columbia. The testimony was revolting and clearly against the prisoners. The case went to the jury about noon. After remaining out until 3:30 p. m„ the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. Judge Watts sentenced Smith and Best to ten years each in the pen itentiary. The mitigation of the sen tence was secured largely through the able handling of the case by G. F. Stalvey, attorney for the defense. Representative George Croft, of Ai ken. died at his home in Washington Thursday of blood poisoning. Mr. Croft had been ill for over six weeks as the result of an injury caused by a splinter in his thumb, from which blood poisoning • resulted. Dr. Croft, a brother, was summoned from Aiken, but the efforts of himself and the lo cal physicians with whom he con sulted. proved unavailing. Mr. Croft was 57 years old. He leaves six sons. He was a democrat, and was serving his first term in congress. He had been twice elected president of the South Carolina State Bar Association and had served in both houses of the State legislature. Kershaw is to have two hanks. The Bank of Kershaw was organinzed Wednesday, capital $50,000, by elect ing the following directors: Messrs. Leroy Springs, J. T. Stevens, W. T, Gregory, Ernest Thies, W. F. Brewer, Hon. T. Y. Williams and J. M. Carson. Mr. Leroy Springs was elected presi dent and Mr. J. T. Stevens Vice-presi dent. The People’s Bank of Kershaw was organized Thursday morning by electing the following director: Mes srs. O. P. Heath, S. W. Heath, Col. L. C. Hough, Capt. L. L. Clyburn, Hon. W. M. Clyburn, Messrs. R. S. Floyd, R. L. Blackmon, John W. Truesdale, v^ad Jno. M. Him m. Mr. S. W. Heath was elected president and Mr. R. L. Blackmon Vice-president. Both hanks have strong backing. Solicitor Scase and Sheriff White, of Spartanburg, returned Friday night from Waynosvillr, N. C., where they were present at the preliminary hear ing of Tom Wakefield, who was rap tured and lodged In jail there charged with the murder of .las. T. Hicks at the Block Upline. Wakefield applied for release on habeas corpus proceed ings. Solicitor ^ease represented South Carolina. The judge decided that Wakefield was the man wanted In South Carolina. Wakefield’s lawyers appealed from the decision; after the appeal the judge passed an order sus pending the operation of his former order in favor of this state. While the appeal is pending Wakefield will lie held in Waynesville jail until final decision of the case by the North Car olina supreme court. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. People Going and Coming “Beyond the Broad.” ■ Correspondence of The Ledger-) Blacksburg, March 14.—Mr. Girard Sherer spent Sunday with his mother here. Mr. J. C. Thomson, of Atlanta, is on a visit to his mother here. Misses Mary and Lucy Pollock went to Gaffney shopping Friday. Mr. E. K. Belue went to Gaffney Friday on business. Mrs. A. M. Bridges went to Gaff ney shopping Friday. Mrs. M. E. Earle returned from a visit to Gaffney Friday. Mr. H. L. Coe died in Asheville Friday and was buried here Satur day. He leaves a wife and eight children who have the sympathy of the entire community. Mrs. O. A. Stewart was among the Gaffney-visitors Friday. Dr. J. T. Darwin, of Gaffney, was over Saturday on business. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Caldwell drove over to Gaffney Friday. Miss Marie Goforth returned Sat urday after a visit to friends in Gaff ney. Dr. and Mrs. King and their moth er, Mrs. A. Tripp, left last week for a stay in Camden. Mr. D. H. Bird has bought the ma chinery of the knitting mill and ex pects to have it In operation in the near future. Mr. J. B. Blalock is attending court this week in Gaffney as a juror. Miss Revis Blalock went to Gaff ney this morning to visit her aunt, Mrs. A. C. Moore. Mrs. Luther Hoard, of Lincolnton, N. C., came here Saturday to visit her husband. Mr. F. C. Hoard, of Cherokee Falls, spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. J. B. Blalock. E. B. Ezell Locals. (CorrespoTHlenoe of Thf> • Ezell, March 14.—A little child of Frank Underwood, living about a mile up the river from Island Ford, N. C., was accidentally shot a few days ago and painfully, if not seri ously, wounded. It seems the gun was standing behind the door and the child in playing threw the door open, or the wind blew It open, with such force as to cause the gun to fall and be discharged, the load tak ing effect in the child’s side and ab domen. Mr. Hazel Parris, of Cherokee Springs, died Friday the 11th at his home. Mr. Parris was well known in the upper part of this county, where he has done a lot of surveying. Y r her- ever he was known he was liked and respected, and we trust that our loss is his eternal gain. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn their loss. Mr. Jeff Burnett, an aged citizen living near Arrowood, is quite sick, and not expected to recover. Rev. L. C. Ezell filled his usual appointment at Arrowood Saturday and Sunday. Smallpox is again in our midst. The widow Hester Martin’s family, Jim Jenkins and another family liv ing on Mr. Jenkins’ land have it now. It seems as though there is no chance of geting rid of it entirely. L. The Song of Seven. This very interesting play will be presented at the Star Theatre next Friday night by local talent. Those Interested are working very hard to give a creditable entertainment. Among the features will be a doll drill by litte girls that will in itself be worth the price of admission. Be gin now to make arrangements to at tend. Letter to L. W. McGuinn. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir: A big mill-owner, Spar tanburg, S C, wanted 5,000 gallons of paint, and bought by price; paid 5 cents less than ours; got a “lead-and- zinc” paint; but the lead was sulphate of lead, not carbonate. Sulphate costs about half; and covers about half. That paint was adulterated about : six times as much as the 5 cents paid tor. He “saved’’ 5 cents; and it cost | him 30. Oil no; it cost him more than that; we forgot the labor. Can’t work it out i exactly; don't know how long it’ll 1 wear. Short measures besides; that alone was twice as much as "saving” 5 ! cents. It was thin, too; some loss there; don’t know how much. There was too much dryer in it. The maker made something on that; he didn't. Taking it altogether, he didn’t make much by that 5 cents. Go by the name: and the name is Devoe lead-and-zinc. Yours truly, F W Devoe & Co 49 New York. Happy, Healthy Children, Any child can take Little Early Ri sers with perfect safety. They are harmless, never gripe or sicken, and yet they are so certain in results that robust constitutions requiring dras tic means are never disappointed, They cannot fall to perform their mis sion and every one who uses Dewitt’s Little Early Kisers prefer them to all other pills. They cure biliousness. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. A NEWSY LETTER FROM ETTA JANE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Correspondence of Tne Ledger ! Etta Jane, March 12.—We are hav ing cool weather now and the peach trees are slow in putting out blooms. Messrs. Terry Estes and Sam Strain with Misses Mattie Lee and Jessie Strain, went on a visit to Sedalia, Un ion county, yesterday. The school at this place is progress ing finely under Mrs. Sallie Ingram. We are glad to know that the Gow- deysville people are much pleased with their teacher, Miss Howse. Everybody who Intends doing any thing in the farming line is now at it. We are informed on what we term good authority that on Monday night, while on their return from court at Gaffney, and aged colored man was set upon by two roughs of his own race who would have mobbed him but for the intervention of others, whose presence prevented the outrage. The colored people are such imitators that they think they must do “whadever de white folks do,” and so they have to get drunk and be disorderly, too. The public will perhaps be made fa miliar with the facts in this case ere long. Surely the sentiment against the too free use of intoxicants is aroused sufficiently to make it unlawful to sell or furnish it under any circum stances. We know good, honest, hard-working men who it seems can’t go to Gaffney, or elsewhere where the stuff is, without getting drunk and perhaps falling out with their best friends. The millennial dawn is a long time off yet if we judge from surrounding circumstances. The Skull Shoals ford is reported as being in a dangerous condition. The water is deep on this side. The fiat is there but it takes two men to run it. Randall Jones and Newlin T. Burris, both colored, have it in charge. If they had a suitable wire on hand they could attend to it with ease. Rev. A. J. Lyons, a colored preacher, we understand came near being drowned there while attempting to cross last Wednesday. While in the Asbury section this week your correspondent called upon the venerable T. Derbin Littlejohn, who has been in a very delicate state of health for many years. Though he is able to sit up and to read and con verse with his friends, yet he is very feeble. Our readers will recall the announcement in these colunms of the death of his most excellent wife on the 16th of last month. Mrs. Lit tlejohn was Miss Rachel Jefferies— a sister of Col. Sam’l. Jefferies. She and Mr. Littlejohn had lived happily together as man and wife for fifty one years, and raised one of the most intelligent and refined families in the State. On reaching that home, now presided over by her accomplished daughter, one is struck with the thought of mother as coupled with the two dearest words in our language— Home and Heaven—Mother, Home and Heaven. The life of that dear old mother in Israel is reproduced In her children and her children’s child ren so vividly as to tell how she lived. Although much could be said of her to interest our readers, yet all is sum med up in the words of the Divine, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord fro» henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do fol low them.” We found our old friend Mr. Jesse J. Mabry, who has long since passed his eightieth milestone, in good health, t md cutting wood like a sixteen-year- old boy might do. Mr. John O. Tate, also another old landmark, we regret to find suffering from ill health. He lias a catarrhal affection which makes it necessary that lie keep in-doors most of the time. Otherwise he is all right. He stands with both feet squarely on the liquor platform.. He looks upon it as one of the twentieth century curses that ought to be blotted out. Ail through that section we found farmers at work plowing and getting ready for another crop. We tixjk dinner with our old comrade, Mr. E. M. Kirby, who was hard at work on his farm. Mr. J. E. Gault is also one of the go-ahead Gowdeysville farmers upon whom we called and found in the field between plow handles. Nearly everybody in that section had gone to court as witnesses in the MeCombs-Murray-Inman trial, or on other business. Your correspondent has a very sore hand and arm caused 'by a small scratch on the back of his hand a few days ago. Eresypolas is threatened. The Wilkinsvllle Oil Mill company are having tho roof of their building painted. We had considerable rains Thurs day night, which stopped the plows for a day or two. There are two full ui<x>ns in this month, but we are unable to tell gard eners which is the right one in which to bed potatoes, plant garden seeds, etc. Mrs. W. J. Vaughn, we are sorry to say, is still quite sick. Also Aleck Blackwell, a small son of Robert Blackwell, is very sick and not ex pected to live at last reports. He la at Mr. J. J. Kendrick’s. Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick are as kind to him as if he were their own child. Those w’ho have fish baskets in Thickety are catching a quantity of fish. Miss Mattie Estes is still improving in health. She is able to be up and about part of the time. Kelley Laney, of Gaffney, is build ing chimneys in this section. J. L. S. COURT PROCEEDINGS. . Allen and Phillips Acquitted.—Mc Combs Sentenced to Five Years. Court convened Friday morning at the usual hour, and at once began the trial of the case of the State vs. Isaac Phillips and James W. Allen, for murder, the killing of George Brown. All the parties were white men. Solicitor Henry appeared for the State and Butler & Osborne for the defense. A jury was soon secured and was composed of M. C. Swofford, foreman, R. C. Burgess, J. T, Pat rick, W. vV. Hoard, C. L. Hopper. John S. Brown, Gardner, Kinyon Blanton, M. P. Hammett, W. T. Mont gomery, M. J. Hicks and Robert Har ris. Friday was consumed in taking the testimony. Saturday morning when court convened J. B. Bell, who had moved for a new trial in the case of the State vs. George Camp, color ed, for arson, argued the motion, af ter which the argument in the Phil- lips-Allm case was begun. Mr. Os borne opened for the defense, fol lowed jy Mr. Butler for the same. Mr. H onry closed for the State, and Judge Gage charged the jury fully as to th< law in such cases, when about 1:30 p. m. the jury took the record THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers The senate Friday passed a bill, pro viding for the enlargement of the fed eral building at Asheville, and appro priating *60,000 for the purpose. The State superintendent of public instruction Friday allowed Sampson county $2,441 for keeping its public schools open four months in a year. This makes the total allowed all coun ties applying for aid $92,385. The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mas. Walter Yarborough, of Lexington, was burned so badly Friday that its recov ery is doubtful. The fire was not dis covered until it was too late to prevent the child’s clothes being burned off. Royal M. Chandler, a patient of the State hospital at Morganton, from Moore county, died unexpectedly Thursday. He was a good business man at one time, having spent several years in the West. He was an epi leptic and died from this cause. He was out for a walk when he died. years old, weighing about 175 and 150 pounds, respectively. The last named was very tall and bald headed. It Is thought they were seen on a freight leaving town. The authorities are close on their track. It was learned in Charlotte Friday afternoon that a burglar or burglars had worked in Monroe in a similar manner to the recent safe-cracking in that place. The office of Shute Brothers, who own big mill and real estate interests in Monroe, was brok en into sometime during the early hours of Friday morning, the door of the safe opened by means of a sledge hammer, and the safe robbed of about $15 in cash, over $5,000 In checks which occupied the same apartment as the cash, remaining untouched. The firm usually leaves sums of mon ey amounting to $10,000 or $15,000 in the safe, although the money was placed in the bank that night. Much excitement was created in Elizabeth City late Thursday after noon occasioned by reckless fast driv ing of A. Q. Elliott, sheriff of Chowan county, who conducts a livery and sale stable there. Officer Bell, seeing and realizing the danger, made sev eral attempts to stop him and finally succeeded. Mr. Elliott, being thor oughly under the influence of whiskey, refused to go, so he got in the buggy and a colored man led the horse to the stable. When the officer at tempted to take his pistol away from him a tussle ensued and both fell out of the buggy; the officer falling on Mr. Elliott’s leg, breaking it between the knee and ankle. He was carried home and a physician summoned. He was .resting easy at last account. there till 8:30, when by direction of the . .dge Sheriff Thomas carried it to II i Parrish hotel, gave the mem bers supper and placed them in a room till Sunday morning. During the night this room was strictly guarded by the sheriff and Bailiffs Moore and Smith. Sunday morning the jury was furnished breakfast, and between 9 and 10 o’clock was carried to the court house and placed in the jury room. At this time it was generally believed that it was impos sible for the jury to make a verdict. But to the great astonishment of all intelligent people in a few minutes It returned to the court house with a verdict of “not guilty.” and the pris oners were discharged. Yesterday morning court convened at the usual hour, when McCombs, who was convicted of manslaughter Thursday was carried before the court and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary or on the county chain gang. The court of Common Pleas was then opened and the case of Phillips vs. Jhe Long Distance Telephone Co. was taken up and occupied the time of the court till it adjourned for dinner. The court re convened at 3 o’clock and proceeded with the consideration of the same and was occupied with it most of the afternon session. Presentment of Grand Jury. We, the Grand Jurors for the March term of court, desire to return thanks to His Honor the court, Geo. W. Gage, the presiding judge, for kindness and the rapid manner of geting along with the business. We also return thanks to the solicitor and all the officers con nected with the court. We have passed on all bills handed us by the solicitor according to the evidence that came before us. We appointed a committee to inspect the jail, and they report that it is cleanly kept and ail prisoners well cared for. We rec ommend that the jail be supplied with electric lights and also that the stove be fixed. We also recommend that a fence be built between the Jail and the stables, a place made suitable for the cows to stay in. We appointed a committee to ex amine the county chain gang, and find that they (the prisoners) are in need of clothing and recommend that nec essary clothing be bought for them. We find that the tents and beds are in as good condition as could he ex pected. A committee was appointed to ex amine the home for the poor and found that everything was in good order; that there are about sixteen inmates all properly oared for. It has been reported to the Grand Jury that John Jones, a white man. and Hattie Allen, a colored woman, are living together in adultery; that John Jones has a family of white children by a former wife and that Hattie Allen has a family of mulatto children and that all these children are being raised together in one fam ily by the said John Jones and Hattie Allen. We recommend that such legal steps as are necessary be taken to put a stop to this outrage. J. E. Watkins, Foreman. Notice. The ladies of the Buford St. church will serve dinner today in the vacant store formerly occupied by the Wilk ins Bristow nothing Co. Go an i help the ladies out in this cause. All ! are cordially Invited, and a good din- nor will be given for 25c. To Have and to Hold. To have and to hold a beautiful complexion is desired by every wo- ' man, young or old. Few women are j blessed with nature’s most desired I gift—a good complexion; but every j woman can improve her complexion by the judicious use of Rydale’s Liv- i er Tablets. Those Tablets prevent 1 the blood becoming ladened with bile which deposits in the skin layers, causing that muddy appearance call ed a bad complexion. They make the skin clear and white, the eyes bright, the step bouyant. They are pleasant to take, pleasant in effects. Fifty Chocolate Coated Tablets in each box. Price, 25 cents per box. Gaffney Drug. Co. a noia nurgiar attempted to rob the hardware store of D. A. Atwell in Salisbury Sunday morning. He was detected by the ixdice and immedi ately opened fire on them, wounding Chief Miller and Officer Cauble, though not seriously. The man jumped from a window and made his escape. News was received at Statesville Thursday night that Wake Steverson. colored, while out chopping on his nlace near Dunlap’s that day, was kill ed by a tree falling on him. He and another fellow were felling trees. By some accident the tree fell on Stever- son, inflicting injuries from which he died thirty minutes later. He was 25 years old. Dr. Robert Edward Zachary, a prominent physician of Wilmington, and for several years superintendent of the old city hospital there, died Saturday at 7 o’clock p. m., from com plications following an operation Wednesday for acute appendicitis. He was a native of Transylvania county and graduated with honor at the University Medical school. Leaf tobacco sales on the Winston market were blocked Wednesday. It was one of the biggest breaks in the history of the market. There were over 500 wagons in town, all of them being loaded with the weed. Thous ands of pounds were shipped to Wins ton by rail. Warehousemen think that heavy breaks will continue for several weeks and that no less than 5,000,000 pounds will be sold this month. The saw and plaining mills of Mur- gen & Bennett, of Newbern, situated at Deppe, on the Atlantic Coast Line, were destroyed by fire Thursday af ternoon. About 1,000,000 feet of lumber was burned also. The track of the Atlantic Coast Line was twisted so by the heat that the train due there at 5 p. m. was delayed until 11 o’clock that night. The fire was caus ed by sparks from a passing locom otive. The passenger train on the Murphy branch of the Atlantic, Knoxville & Northern railway was derailed near Hall’s crossing, three miles south of Murphy, Friday afternoon. The en gine and tender alone kept the track, l>oth passenger coaches leaving the track and turning over in the ditch. The wreck was caused by a broken rail. Several persons were slightly hurt. An elderly woman by the name of Shepherd, who lives near Franklin is the only person seriously hurt. Bunch Morgan was arrested at Monroe about 1 o’clock Thursday by Officers Bivens and Williams as the alledged murderer of a man by the name of Reiger, about four years ago, in Montgomery county. Morgan lias been at large since and went to Union county some time ago and worked at a saw mill near Rock Rest, about four miles east of Monroe. He went up and was arrested and placed in jail- Morgan confessed his guilt to the officers when imprisoned. There is $25 reward for the capture of Mor gan. One of tho most horrible accidents occurred at High Point Saturday af ternoon. and Virgil Jeter. 18 years old, was the unfortunate victim. He had fixed a blast hole, as had two other* men, and an explosion had taken place, and thinking it was his blast, lie was over the hole when his blast, went off literally tearing him to pieces. His rigid arm was torn off, ills legs mangled, an eye blown out, :md his chest and face torn Into jelly. , I tester's father set off the blast, not knowing bis son was in danger. Young Jeter died at 7:30 o’clock that night, after lingering several hours, i Friday morning at 2 o’clock Josiah ; Stancil's store at Kcnley, 17 miles from Wilson, was dynamited. The door was blown fifteen feet, and $1600 was secured. Georg Mixing's store was also entered and the safe dyna- , railed, hut no money was secured and nothing taken. The tools used were taken from a carpenter's chest in the vicinity. There were two strange men in town Thursday, about 40 uififiudy thinner. On the 11th instant Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Richards gave an elegant din ner to their children and friends In honor of Mrs. Richard’s 72nd birthday. There were present their three sons, fifteen grand-children and six great grandchildren, besides many neigh bors and friends, who joined in the pleasures of the occasion, especially the dinner. Mrs. Richard’s present surround ings are evidence of her frugal nature, but she showed her young friends some of her household goods which showed that she has always been so. Among them an old reel, once the property of Mrs. Nancy Wood, which is over 100 years old’ also a pair of andirons w-hich had been in the Rich ards family for more than a century, and a perforated tin lantern of equal antiquity. May these good old people live to see many more birthdays, we sin cerely wish. * Marriages Two. Mr. Callie Perry, of this city, and Miss Freelove Hover, of Charlotte, were quietly married Sunday at the home of the bride in the Queen City. Ml and Mrs. Perry arrived In Gaff ney Sunday night and will make this their home. The Ledger joins with many friends In extending congratulations to the happy couple. Miss Alice Loveless and Mr. Loyd Stone were happily united In matri mony Sunday at 5:30 p. m. by L. R. Gaines, N. P. They are both worthy young people, and we wish for them a happy voyage through life. A Violet Luncheon. Mrs. W. J. Wilkins gave one of the most delightful luncheons of the sea son on Friday afternoon, to her lady friends. The sparkling wit, bright humor and merry laughter that pas sed from one to another gave evidence of the charm and great pleasure of the afternoon. The decorations, violets, spring s dainty little flowers, were effectively carried out. Oak leaves tied in violet ribbons were the tablets for the conundrums given, and the guessing was quite exciting. After which a most tempting full course luncheon was charmingly served by Misses Louise Sarratt, Leila Curtis and Mattie Simms. Those present were Mesdames Dr. Nesbitt, Dr. Simms, Dr. Fort and Covington. R. S. Lipscomb, P. Gaffney, J. M. Steadman, N. Littlejohn, Dr. Garrett, J. A. Car- roll, A. C. Cree, G. G. Byers, R. M. Gaffney, R. Rountree, W. C. Hamrick J Lipscomb, W. C. Carpenter C C Harris. W. R. Potter, T. B Butler,' H. Pridmore. P. Hamilton. J. T. Brown, ^ . Sarratt, E. \Y iikins and P. Pierson. A Singular Word. Our language contains a word ending with “S” that denotes anxiety, worry, etc., add to this word another S and it* will denote affection, joy, etc. Find this word in the paragraph below. “Cares” bring anxiety and worry, these bring derangement of the di gestive organs, usually resulting in indigestion. Rydale’ s Stomach Tab lets cure indigestion. It matters not whether your stomach trouble' is caused by worry, ovei work, neglect, malaria or any other cause, Rydale’s Stomach Tablets will cure you. They insure perfect digestion and assimi lation. They tone and strengthen the digestive organs, restoring them to health Use them and gcxid health will bless you and fortune “Caress” you. Gaffney Drug Co. Muscles Sore, Joints Painful- Rheumatism. Sore Muscles or painful joints, may mean an approaching attack of rheu matism. Elliott’s Emulsified Oil Liniment, rubbed on the affected parts will relh-ve the pain and sore ness, and prevent rheumatism. El liot! s Emulsified Liniment for all soreness, stiffness and lameness of joints or muscles. Gaffney Drug Co. —New Torpedo Boat Hats at Car roll, Carpenter Hi Byers’. Street Hat Opening today and tomorow.