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ORRIN AN ERA OF IMITATIONS DR. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. A Scientific Cure for Drunkenness. Cavoj Curo end Harm^oss. V.’.’I Cure Forever t!is Craving for *•: H T . .. ^ ^ r a Vg C9»S©H 0U »’j ORRINE -.r'il Restore any Drunka-d to Manhood and Health. A Simple Home Treatment; Can be Given bcctclly if Desired. Chicago Professor Says We Are All Terribly Alike. LIFE A MEREY-GO-EOUND OF FADS 4', 4 W S-rt'sccecJ or F^oncy Kc;; : -■* r Ask yo'ir druggist whom you know what he thinks of O t * RIVK; ha \vi ~ r " our statements as truthful in every respect. If ORKINE fads tocure v. , c will i.iuuu you every penny paid for it as cheerfully as we took it. Mother., wives and sisters, you cannot cure those who are r.fi.ici . d with thi? most terribie of all diseases by your fervent prayers, or eyes red with tears, nr" hv your hope that they may stop drinking. It Can be done only with OK KIN E. You li ivf the remedy-will vou use it ? If you desire tocure wdthout the knowiedge of thepatiem OKRINE No. 1; if the patient desires to be cured of his own free will, buy ORRINE No. 2. Full directions found in each package. Price $ ! per hur.. All Correspondence Confidential. For free book—Treatise on Drunkenness and how to Cure it—wri-.e t THE , iojc , WASHINGTON, D. C., or call on Cherokee Drug Co., cornner Limestone and Frederick 8ts., Gaffney, S. C. Blacksburg Drug Co., Blacksburg, S. C. New Quarters New Goobs. We are now installed in our handsome new buildlnK on Limestone Street, and are better prepared than ever to cater to the wants of our patrons. We handle everything in Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats. Notions, Groceries, Hardware and Osborne Farming Implements, and all our lines are complete. Our Millinery Department iS'replete with all the latest “fads” in Fashion’s Domain. Come to our SPRING OPENING ; THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, March ”4th, 25th and 2(ith. We invite inspection in all our lines. Ldpscomto & TV list ell. Miss Mollie Wilkins, of Pacolet, will assist Mrs. Austell In our Millinery and Dress Goods departments. The Accompanying Cut Represents the latest im proved New Home Sewung Machine with ball-bearing stand—Full set of best steel attachments, complete in every detail. The only sew ing machine made with cog motiou in the arm and with double feed. These are the most important features in any machine. Not peddled, not sold by so-called cata logue bargain houses. Price a little higher and the ma chine lots better than others. When you need a machine or any supplies call on ABBOTT BROS., Limestone Street. GAFFNEY SAVINGS BANK. Statement at the close of business January 28th, 1904 : kehochcek: liabilities: Loans and discounts, S&MMT 2H Oasli on hand l.tiiis 45 Total $iiiU25 i» Capital stock paid in, $30,000 01 Undivided protits, l.SKl 90 Deposits, 28,442 77 Professor Georjre E. Vincent Snys We Will Never Get Rid of Them, und Slay Never He Rid of Imita tions—Tell. Club Women That AH People Seek to Follow Example of Fashionable Set. Life is nothing but a merry-go-round of fads and Imitations, according to the Ideas of Professor George E. Vin cent of the University of Chicago, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. At the Matheon club in Chicago the other afternoon Professor Vincent said; “We are all terribly alike, and every man and woman is but an imitation of some other man or woman. But if we thought that we looked to God like the Chinaman does to us, how many of us would be religious? “In literature, art, religion, we are all under the influence of some domi neering power. Even in sports we are not free from imitation. Thousands of people who did not want to ride bi cycles did so because they wanted to Imitate the wealthy class at Newport. And of what use was their rejoicing? Now they must needs motor, and play golf, because it is fashionable to do so and the people they want to seem like enjoy those things. “Then the lesser games. We used to put the ‘pigs in the pen,’ dawdle in ‘tiddledewinks,’ roller skating and cro quet, aud who will forget the terrible days of pingpong? And now it is ‘bridge,’ and palm reading. Many a man sits with clinched fists all through an evening for fear of having his char acter read from the lines in his hand. A few years ago he had to assist at table tippings and other ghostly amuse ments because other people did such things.” Among the fads of today, Professor Vincent cited amateur photography, architecture, card playing, patriotic so- c Kies, embracing “ancestral trees,” nature study, Ibsen, current literature, women’s sleeves, child study, women’s clubs, things colonial from dress to ideas, high hand shake, poetry, tidies. “If we were asked In this day to define our vocabulary, most of us would be terribly embarrassed intel lectually,” said Professor Vincent. “We don’t know the meaning of half the words we use, but we hear other people use them. “We will never get rid of the fads, and we may never get rid of the imita tions, but the only chance for the lat ter is to cultivate individuality. The way to do that is to stimulate your selves for greater efforts by never let ting a day pass without spending fif teen minutes at least with some one you feel is superior to you or by read ing for that length of time in a good book.” JAPANESE WAR SPIRIT. [Th University of Pennsylvania has honored the Hoosier poet with the de cree of doctor of literature.] Now it's Dr. Whitcomb Riley. Say, James, how does it feel To be a reg'lar doctor? Don’t it make you sort o’ reel? Jes' think way back to old days, James. when you was paintin’ signs And the meh dy of bluebirds kind a-gittin’ In your lines. Didn't think in them old times, James. "so happy and so poor,” That some day you'd be doctorin’ other fellers' llter’toor. I doan' Quite understan’, James, Jes' w'at you’re goin’ to do; ROAD IMPROVEMENT IN SOUTH. Big Southern Good Roads Conven tion to be Held at New Orleans. The people of the South appear to be greatly aroused on the question of highway improvement. The roads of the South are, on the whole, worse than those of any other section. There are several reasons for this, among which may be mentioned un favorable climatic conditions and scarcity of road-building materials. To these may be added the fact that the South has hardly yet fully re covered from the devastating effects of the civil war, and the population stuff to doctor, an’ you and wealth per capita are less in pro- maybe won’t get through portion 10 the mileage of roads than Re'bHitatln’ rhymin’ stuff that rolls In in mo « st North ern states. In time to write a word or two for com- public-spirited citizens of the mon folks like me. South 3X6 6ntuUSl3Stic 3dvoc3t6S of You’ve got your recognishin, James; It's better roads not withstanding these likely to endoor. I obstacles. In many counties of Doan' waste your time a-doctorln other North Carolina. Tennessee and Tex- fellers' liter’toor. aS) bonds have been issued and many miles of first-class roads construct- 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 blessed with nature’s most desired gift—a good complexion; but every woman can improve her complexion by the judicious use of Rydale’s Liv er Tablets. These Tablets prevent 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. Now, James, you’ve been a-speakln' roun’ the country many a day. I s'pose, of course, your grammar has Improved along the way, And the proud ones like to know you. and it may not do you harm. But ’member. James, your story 'bout “How Johnny Quit the Farm.” You may go to Philadelphy, see the great- | est folks ’at be, ed. Sand-Clay Roads. If there is any thing worse than a clay road it is one of sand. But ap parently by accident it was discover- | ed a few years ago that sand and i i n • a clay thoroughly mixed in proper pro- Lip—XO —U3t6 JOD ri IHl— FOR And ’en want to write an eplck er a , portions make an excellent road. 1 classic rhapsodee. J As a result of this discovery a large : Course there ain’t no use complainin’, but mileage of sand-clay roads has been we'U always take more stock constructed in North and South Caro- In “the frost Is on the punkln and the fodder’s in the shock.” But, Dr. Whitcomb Riley, may you long be known to fame, And the future generations sing your songs and praise your name; May your life be sweet and merry as your song of “Little Brook,” And the public never fall to buy and read your little book! —Hartford (Conn.) Courant. TALE AS SAVIOR OF ROBINS. lina, and some in other States. Two advantages of this kind of road are cheapness of construction and abun- j dance of material. Shell Roads. In nxny coast counties in the i South shells are used for making roads, and they prove an excellent ! substitute for crushed stone. In ; Southern Alabama and Louisiana may be found some stretches of 1 shell ro^fl that are as fine as any in the courrtry. Want Uncle Sam’s Aid. It is a matter of surprise to some ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C RING THEM TO US An Anaemblyinan’a Story of the Bird’s Hlatory Preventa Ita Destruction. A unique and pathetic story concern- | that the sentiment for* national aid Ing the origin of the robin was large ly responsible the other day in the New Jersey legislature for the defeat by a vote of 38 to 11 of the second bill introduced this winter to legalize the slaughter of the redbreast for his alleged depredations during the season to road improvement should be so strong ia the South. The strength ■of that sentiment Is shown by the fact that the plon-er advocates of that plan in both houses of congress are from the South—Representative 1 Brownlow, of Tennessee, and Sena- How about those old suits that are too good U throw away, and yet need brighton'.mr up a little ? BRING THEM TO US and have them overhauled—we will make them look fresh and new. Cleaning, pressing and tailoring done cx perts. ROBINSON & JONES, Tailors. Over W. U. Telegraph Office. » IT" Seo us and j oin our Pressing Club. . . , - . . . ., 1 tor I^atimer, of South Carolina. The of ripening fruit and berries on the i e gi s i a t ure G f Tennessee was the first farms of New Jersey, says a Irenton j memorialize congress to make an dispatch to the New York Herald. j appropriation for road improvement. The story was told in a speech by j At the recent hearing before the sen- “Handsome Harry” Scovel, assembly- ate committe on agriculture, a north- Total ?d0.325 68 We pay 4 per cent, interest on ALL deposits % If you are not already a patron of this bank we would be pleased to have you’open an account with us. The RIGHT time to do so is NOW. D. C. ROSS, Cashier. F. G. STACY, President. Are You Administrator and have the settlement of an estate? If so, request of the Judge of Probate that youradvertisement be placed in :: :: :: It has the largest circulation of any paper in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional District. Liberal Treatment \ Prompt Service Absolute Safety are some of the features of our service guaranteed to patrons of this Bank. We want your business. Call on us at any time. National Bank of Gaffney. The Women Teach Their Children to Yearn For Gloried of Combat. The war spirit in Japan is not, as one might suppose, a virtue handed down from sire to son with severe teaching, says the Paris correspondent of the New York World. It is from the gen tle, submissive mother, who from his cradle reverences her son as her lord, that the pugnacity of the islanders is derived. So Jules Bois, who has dwelt long in thiit country, writes in an article re cently published at Paris. He describes the women of Japan as being far from the fragile, the doll- like creature pictured by Pierre Loti. There is stern stuff in their makeup. In every household the mother makes a cult of the historic worthies and heroes of the race. She goes through a daily ceremony in the presence of her children, from which they learn the names and deeds of the great in their country’s chivalry; she extols the glories of war and impresses upon them the shame that it would be to live if the slayer of their father lived. man from Camden, and was as follows: “The robin was first a magpie and gray in color and unprepossessing In general appearance, but with a most sympathetic nature. He approached J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. OfficeJ'OverCIThe Battery. Thpne 82 ern senator tried to quiz a good roads committeeman from South Carolina by asking if the people of this State, “had overcome the pre judice which used to prevail there the tTovTof Calvarr at’the time^of the ^ aga ' nfit Government interference in Office in Star Theatre Building the cross of Calvary at the time of the ]ocaI affairs The answer here- - „ ^ crucifixion, timidly uttering cries of ceived, “Yes, we are getting broad- grief. With his wings he tried to wipe minded down there,” was greeted off the face of Jesus, and with his with applause. The fact is the South beak lie tried to draw forth one of the has been aroused by stern necessity. The farmers of the South want the help of the government in improving j their roads because they need it bad ly, and because, like farmers in all the herald of the glad tidings of spring, they h think tk ® y t- re e f nt K itle(1 1 t 1 n . to a larger share in the direct bene- und I shall vote to protect him if e\- of government appropriations ery man in the house votes against than they have heretofore received. thorns from the forehead. A single drop of blood fell on his breast, and from then until now he has been called ‘redbreast.’ He is the bird of God, DR. W. K. GUNTER, u ic >i 'r i « r Phone No. 20. Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. Dr. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist. -Office over Cherokee Drui? Co. him.” PATRIOTISM OF RUSSIANS. Children Emptied SavlngM Boxes and Poor Gave Money to War Funds. The New York Herald recently pub- A Big Road Convention Planned The New Orleans Progressive Union is arranging for a big good roads convention to be held in that city April 6th and 7th. Governor Heard, of Louisiana, has issued a proclamation in the interest of the 11sbed the following from its St. Pe-1 ^ least five States, i ^iven to all business. , , . Tennessee, Alabama Mississippi, tersburg correspondent: Louisiana and Texas are expected to In ever}' sphere of life Russians p a rt, and the governors of all throughout the entire land are taxing these States have accepted invita- themselves to send money to one or tions to join in and help make the other of the war funds. Thus children meeting a success. A large atten- empty their savings boxes, and con- dance is assured, and without doubt stant cases are recorded of people in the question of national aid will come humble spheres of life turning over u i ) t°r discussion and action. Red William S. Hall. Jr. james a. Willis. HALL & WILLIS,# ATTORNEYS at law. 9 STAK THKATHK BLUd. fcc v-. s*. C:. Notary Public Injoffloe. Prompt attention momr saved In a lifetime to a A Cross or imtrlot c-fund of some kind Our languase contains a word At Blago\ csehteshensk the peasants en( jing with “S” that denotes anxiety, gathered no less than 400 rubles ($200) worry, etc., add to this word another tor the families of those called to the “S” and it will denote affection, joy, war, while a committee of the Stock etc. Find this word in the paragraph Exchange of Moscow devotes 350,000 below. rubles ($175,000) to the same purpose. “Cares” bring anxiety and worry, At Charkow merchants have organ- bring derangement of the di- ! ized a lazaretto with 200 beds, while v ' . . , . T . .... ’ . „ indigestion. Rydale s Stomach Tab-; the Merchants club, in addition to a j ets cure indigestion. It matters not large gift of cash, has agreed that for w’hether your stomach Double is every game of cards a ruble (50 cents) ! caused by worry, over work, neglect, j must be donated to the war fund and 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 Use them and good health Would You ! ii 'm m ill/h. Toy Wnmliip For the Saltan. The Turkish cruiser Medjidie in min iature is to be presented to the sultan of Turkey us soon as the Medjidie her- self reaches Constantinople, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The model is an exact replica of the latest fighting machine in the Ottoman navy and was made in the pattern shops of a large shipbuilding company. It took nine months to complete it, and it is proba bly the finest toy boat ever made. It is five feet six inches in length, has twenty-two guns, four searchlights, six boats, u launch, steam winches and en gines on deck and tiny rapid fire guns in the militury masts. The vessel cost several thousand dollars, «tnd on board the Medjidie it rested in a solid ma hogany case with plate glass slides. for every game of billiards 10 kopecks (5 cents). ChtcaKO Glrl'H Ambition. From Chicago comes the offer of Lil- Uaa Chalmers, eleven years old, to Wess J' ou an<1 ,ortune Care3s walk under the Hudson river through Gaffney Drug Co. the iron tube the first day it is opened, _ — * 11 1 § '>A m xy/k ■//■ \\\ Eskridge's Blacksmith Shop, A March Fnntn«y. Oh, for the sound of the merry-go-round And the swerve of the switchback car And the people who stalk down the long board walk, Where the candy and side shows are! Oh. for the band with the leader bland, With a sad and eccentric air! Oh. for the cute little bathing suit, That causes the crowd to stare! Oh. for the lay of the barker gay, Who grabs you and won’t be shook! Oh, for the grin that each face was in When we all had >ur pictures took! Oh. for the light of a starry night Near the cave where the mermaid dwells! Qih. for the crunch of a popcorn lunch And the crackle of peanut shells 1 But, alack and alas, what days must pass Ere June la once more aglow! And It's sad to dream of such bliss *x- treme While we shiver and shovel snow. —Wt shington Star. Good Time. and Lillian is not an actress or the daughter of an actress and is not seek ing a dime museum engagement, says the New York Press. She is simply a (Fortenberry’s Old Stand.) little Chicago girl, the daughter of a First-class Blacksmith, Iron and Wood machinist, and has been following work at reasonable prices. I closely uerfatiier'* reading of tie prog- Y our Patronage Solicited. ress of the boring of the river’s bed. 1 0 In a letter to a friend in New York the child writes: “I dearly would love to be the first to walk under the Hudson river through that long iron tube which pa has been reading about In all The timM are ! am , , he best , e the papers. Do you know why? Well, have the ^ TIMEPIECE. I’ll tell you. You know I live in Chi cago, and Chicago always is first, so I U/pctrnnp If ppnc think it would be just the proper thing ■» udll UpC IVuC|i0 to have a Chicago girl be first. Mother ....... . , „ r * t. « „ says she wouldn’t think of it, and pa All the best makes of Watches. Gallon t 11* .1 him when you want a good watch, or says I might get the ‘bends,’ but I am when your y ldone needs repairing, willing to die for old Chicago. Good- | re by. Meet me at the tunnel.' like to secure a picture of yourself which is different from those produc ed by the mechani cal photograper? A faithful repre sentation of the features is, perhaps the main object, but our Photograplis are something more than cold, colorless productions. By skilful posing and effective dis tribution of light and shade, careful toning and fine fin ish, our photo graphs are raised to the level of high art. JUNE H. CARR, 625 Limestone St., Phone 176. Residence 171. Speaker Cannon and His Pen. When Speaker Cannon takes his pen to sign a few bills everybody moves away from his immediate vicinity so as to be beyond reach of the ink show er lie is sure to distribute, says the New York Tribune. In five minutes the marble rostrum at which he sits looks like the back of a coach dog. Cannon is always much afraid of blotting the document awaiting his signature, so lie shakes the pen vigorously before putting it to work. On days when the speaker has much of this work to do Asher Hinds, the parliamentary ele:.., who sits beside him, wears what i calls his “signing trousers,” whi-.h garments are about as much soiled as. they can be. Thos. H. Westrope. Nice line of Jewelry always on hand. F^R Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, and Plaster Hair, Plaster Pari*, Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS. CARROLL & CO., Lessees. Telephone 57. If anybody has a message for the people of this community he cannot deliver it to them so f effectually, so cheaply, so quick- ♦ ly in any other way as through the columns of this paper. It is the business of this pa- 4 per to carry messages of one < ► land and another into homes. 4^ The message will be delivered, too, under favorable conditions, for few persons take up their local paper except in a pleasant T 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 your message where it will do the most good. * We, perhaps, can help yoa if yon will bat ask ns.