The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 26, 1904, Image 1
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GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 26. 1904.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING
EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
a second and then struck. Four of
the freight cars were demolished and
a number of others damaged. Two
negro brakemen were injured, though
it is not known to what extent. News
of the wreck was sent to Superinten
dent Ramseur, of he Asheville divis
ion, and a wrecking crew and train
were sent to the scene. The track
and ground was torn up for quite a
distance.
I
Graded School Teachers Elected.
_ _ - I At a meeting of the trustees of the
Happenings All Over the State Taken | city gra(letl schoo i Friday night the
hoard determined to do away with
I the office of superintendent and com-
] bine the duties of that office with
that of the principal of school No. 1.
The Franklin mill, of Greers, will [ They elected all the teachers of the
FOUNDER’S DAY AT
CONVERSE COLLEGE
ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR AYCOCK
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Exercises Held in the College Audi-
you think of Senator
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
Told to Ledger Readers.
“What do
Tillman?”
“Mr. Tillman has done your State
i a great service. The people had he- j
come too conservative and lie revolu
tionized things. Your State has pros-!
pered under him.”
“But, don’t you think the State j
would have prospered anyway?”
“Undoubtedly, but it would not
have prospered as it has prospered, j
Senator Tillman revolutionized !
things.”
At the conclusion of the interview
Governor Aycock hade The Ledger
torium Thursday and Attended by rnan a hearty adieu ami expressed the
j hope that he might be able to visit 1
a Large Crowd. South Carolina on some future occa- j
. . . ta sion - An ' 1 The Ledger will add that, |
Last Thursday was Founders Day the people of South Carolina entertain
THE
TARHEEL STATE
appeared upon the scene. They im
mediately took him to the lock-up.
shut down the 1st of May for repairs, different schools except the principal j at Converse College, a day set apart | a warm spot for North Carolina’s ex-
New machinery is to he installed and
other improvemnets made.
for No. 1 are Misses Catherine Rich-1 in honor of D. E. Converse, the foun- ecutive, and will always have a warm
ture action. The teacheis dor of the college. The occasion was < * or ' 1 ’ rn>
Mr. G. H. Graham, of Farmington,
Davie county, whose wife and three-
year-old daughter disappeared from
j home the first of the week, while the
^ husband and father was at States-
RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN ville attending Federal court, was in
! Winston Friday investigating the
j whereabouts of his wife and child.
! Mr. Graham believes that his wife
j has skipped with another man and
that the man bought tickets in that
city for Idaho. Mr. Graham stated to
Neighbors in the Old North State Mends that he proposed to let his
wife go. but he wants his little girl
Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers hack, and will send two men after
her.
David Bruce Sellars, a young white
carpenter of Wilmington, was serious
ly if not fatally injured Wednesday
by falling from a house on which in 1
NORTH CAROLINA.
Items of Interest Concerning Our
for No. 1 are Miss Catherine Rich-1'*'" " T ^“’ " . In appearance Governor Aycock is w ^ s at work. It is feared that he is
ardson, Catherine Henderson, Bessie a nota * ) ' e one - Governor Heyward, of j Q f medium height, light complex-1internally.
Kendrick, Carrie Sams, Grace Willis, | South Carolina, and Governor Ay- ioned and clean shaven. He looks
and Ida Todd. I cock, of North Carolina, were present, the typical North Carolinian; his
For school No. 2, Prof. F. E. Shu-: The event was the address of the | voice has a peculiar, and to us, a
E. Shuford a id Miss | North State governor. It was deliv-! familiar ring, and every lineament of
Mrs. Susie O. Holmes, of Florida,
is suing the Atlantic Coast Line for
$30,000 damages for injuries received
Mast year at Donaldsville, Ga. The suit
Mr. Joshua H. Walker, the oldest
man in Chester county, died at Ches
ter on Wednesday. He was a native
of that county: lorn near Chester in
1815, and spent almost his whole life j f or( i t jjpg. p.
in that vicinity. Ida Crocker. I ered that evening in the magnificent i his face indicates strength and man-. iirnnirht in nmm
For school No. 3, colored, Rev. R.! auditorium of the college. The as-! hood. He is democratic in manner I haS 1,0 n ,)rought in (co " n -
”7. ““”7“ i c. Campbell, principal, Josie B. Fant, I
ick Hill Saturday afternoon by Po- anfJ Lj Z £i e Orr -
•eman J. A. Eubanks and was be- ‘ onio onw.i -u,-.. n
!n
lu
policeman
him. The hall entered the left side
and lodged in the back. It is not
thought that the wound will prove
fatal.
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
There was a big crowd and
business in the city Saturday.
a big
oidic i-cmsium muucjr. ; m sympatny witn nun anu ins memo j "is iiiotiysiy w« wain more umn ever iiarby, whose term has expired. The
Columbia, April 22.—The pension | an( j he entered at once into the spirit: to see him nominated for the vice-j i onf Y i,ut interesting contest is thus
warrants are being sent out today by ; () f the task he had set before him. ; presidency. brought to a close. Wallace’s bond is
the pension clerk, Miss Kate Mayer, m s ^reat ambition has been to see _ _ $70,000. His salary is $3,200 a year.
H. F. Pridmore is adding handsome
piazzas to his pretty home on Buford
street.
The county jail was lighted by elec
tricity last Thursday night for the
first time.
Dr. Simms will preach every even
ing this week at the First Baptist
church at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. J. G. Gaffney, has had a sub
stantial fence built around her prem
ises in the western part of the city.
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS MEET.
to the various clerks of court. The | the people of his State rescued from
Convention ' following are the amounts sent each th e cess pool of ignorance, and so
county, less expenses of county ] marked have been his efforts in this'Clubs Reorganized and
The State Medical
which met in Darlington last weekly 7 —VS'I'T i mail'll imvc .n.-> m <.•••» 1
adjourned Thursday night, to meet 1 hoards, expenses ot State board piint- direction that he Is today known as]
next year
in Greenville. Dr. Robert,‘ n ^- 7 c : „,y7 ev lll e ’ ?3’411.1L ; Ander-
$10,915.09; Charleston, $3,125.95;
Wilson, of Charleston, was elected son ’
president, and a new constitution was
adopted, providing for a reorganiza
tion of the Association on lines sug
gested by the American Medical As
sociation.
Elected to County Convention.
the educational governor. His theme, | The Cherokee Democratic clubs met
n u therefore, was education, and in a i Saturday at their respective pre-
CJierokee, $5,054.21; Greenville, $ld,- ringing, silvery tone he proclaimed j c incts, reorganized and elected dele-
9.>7.89; Greenwood, $3,148.71, Hamp- doctrine of education, dem-j gates to the county convention, which
ton, $4,127.77; Horry, $4,767. 6K Ker- onstrating by illustration that edu-: meets in the court house on Monday,
Rev. I. W. Wingo has accepted the
Coleman Smith, the white man who invitation to preach the baccalaure
ate sermon at the commencement at
Limestone College.
Delegates is charged with implication in the
foul murder of Jesse Soles and Jim
Staley a year ago, and for which
crime .label Register was hung, and
his father, H. B. Register, sentenced
to life imprisonment, will he tried for
his life at Whiteville next week.
The News and Courier, the oldest
shaw, $3,223.68; Lancaster, $5,743.69;
Laurens, $6,624.02; Newberry. $3,-
587.89; Oconee,
bur
cation was good for the vegetable i May the 2nd.
and animal world as well as for man-i Club of precinct No. 1,
of Gaffney,
Imilding
, , J^? 07 ' 20 ’ k,nd - He spoke for fifty minutes and j met in the National Bank
irg, $4,42o.42; Pickens, $o,0J9.40; j so attractive was his speech that the i am ] elected J. I. Sarratt chairman, J.
daily newspaper in the Union south I Richland, $5,136.02; Spartanburg, $16,- aUl n ence hung with almost breath-j n. Alexander vice-chairman, G. W.
I of ^Baltimore, Wednesday celebrated 1676.10; Union, $5,155.81. i ess attention to his every word and j s P eer s cretary, and J. D. Jones
/ one hundreth year of its estab-: regretted that the end had arrived, i county executive committeeman. On
lishraent by a mammoth illustrated I Midway Matters, I Loud, sincere and prolonged applause motion of W. S. Hall, Esq., a corn-
edition containing many special arti- Midway, April 25.—J. T. Whelchell indicated the happy approval of the; ,nittee of three was appointed by the
cles by distinguished men covering was thrown by his mule one day last sentiments uttered. j chairman to nominate delegates to
the leading events in the century in week and as a result he is now laid Among the attendants from Gaffney i t he county convention. The chairman
South Carolina in general, and in up for repairs, he having sus- we re Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Carpener, J. j appointed H. K. Osborne, W. S. Hall
Charleston in particular.
tained considerable injury by the fall.
Mrs. M. S. Clary and three daugli-
Thomas Gaines, a young Whiteman terSi () f Gaffney, were visiting rela-
of Donalds, Abbeville county, acci- i t j vos j n this section last Saturday
dentally shot himself Wednesday af- j a nd Sunday.
ternoon. It seems that he was walk- ]t ov q. M. Teal delivered a very
ing along the railroad with his shot- interesting address to the Sunday
gun down near it and it struck some- 1 sc hool at this place last Sunday even-
thing which made it go off and the j n £ on t | ie “Studv of the Bible.” We
bullet went through one corner of W()U i,i | )e glad to have Mr. Teal with
h:*«/rm. While the wound is not nec- us oftener. He spent the night with
essarily fatal, yet it is pretty serious. his brother, Calvin.
, Jairus.
The coroner s jury returned a ver-
diet that Mary Jones, the negro wo- nif . . .. . ihrarv
man killed at Edgefield Thursday c in and M ,. s Bookt £. Foster,
earn® to her death from a pistol shot f c ‘ and Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
wound fired by Billy Williams. While Jn, of Lockhart, have given a
not developed by the testimony, it is collection of valuable old books
rumored that Williams, in company ^ -
with another negro, Ed Wigfall, hunt- j Bison
ed the woman up with the intention
of taking her life. Wigfall will likely
he held as an accomplice to the homi
cide.
In the United States court in
Greenville Friday, E. H. Holland, a
to the library. Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Miss Annie Wightman and
others, have donated more recent
works, for all of which the trustees
are genuinely grateful.
Presbyterian Church Notes.
There will be no prayer-meeting at
cnweuviiie rnuo-j, c. 11. nuiiauu, a ~ - Tir ,
young white man living near Spar-; the Presbyterian church next Wed-
tanburg, was tried and convicted on nesday night on account of the meeb
an indictment charging him with * n K * n progress at the First Bapt st
breaking open a letter addressed to i church. , ,, .
another party. Holland did not ap- Regular services will be held a
pear in court, the trial being conduct- the church next Sabbath at 11 o clock
ed in his absence. His accuser was a. m., and at 4 p. m.
Miss Shehan, a fair young woman,
who is said to be an employe of one
of the cotton mills near Spartanburg.
Eh Jefferies, W. S. Hall and Ed H. an( i \y. a. Turner. The committee
DeCamp. nominated the following as delegates
At the conclusion of Governor Ay- to the convention, and they were
cock’s address a reception was held
in the parlors of the college. Dr. Pell
introduced the visitors to the two
governors. Light refreshments were
then served.
In accordance with the announce
ment made in Gaffney by County
Chairman Butler, Governor Heyward
was apprised of the fact that it was
expected that he and Governor Ay
cock should address the people of
Gaffney Friday morning. Governor
Heyward expressed his regrets at
not being aide to do so as he had an
engagement to meet the Ogden Edu
cational party at Winthrop Friday
morning, and that the hour was such
an early one as to necessitate his
passing through Gaffney about 2
o’clock. Governor Aycock kindly con
sented, and when the train stopped
at Gaffney made a three minutes’
speech to a large crowd of ladies and
gentlemen wiio had gathered at the
depot. He then continued on his way
to Raleigh.
In conversation with a Ledger rep
resentative Governor Aycock said:
“My visit to South Carolina has been
a most pleasant one. Your people
have been very kind to me and I
have enjoyed myself very much in
deed. I am under many obligations
to Governor Heyward. He is a mighty
it is stated that Thomasville will
soon have another railroad. The pro
posed route is from there to Denton,
thence further down into the great
timber districts. Thomasville is badly
in need of this and hopes the day will
soon come when this will be accom
plished. With Capt. M. L. Jones as
the promoter of the movement suc
cess is assured.
The little five-year-old child of Mr.
Pless Williams, near Glass, in Cabar
rus county, was very severely burned
Wednesday. The child was standing
before the fire ami by some means
elected;
N. H. Littlejohn, W. O. Johnson, J. her clothing caught fire, and was
A. Win is, T. L. Brown. J. C. Jefferies, burned entirely off her body before
the parents being
at the time. The
expected to live
J. I. Sarratt, J. L. Alexander. J. D. assistance came
Jones, W. A. Turner, W. H. Smith, W. away from home
S. Hall, Wm. Blanton, W. C. Wilson, child was not
J. E. Watkins, G. W. Speer, Charles through the day.
Humphries, H. K. Osborne, B. L. ;
Haines, W. C. Carpenter, W. T. Poag.
J. C. Ratliff, B. G. Clary, R. Smith
Cook and James Jones.
The meeting then adjourned.
Club of precinct No. 2 met at Cla
Plans have been selected and lum
ber has been bought for the erection
of a sanitarium at Statesville, to be
built by Dr. H. F. Long for treatment
of patients in connection with his
ry’s store and elected T. J. Patrick practice. Work will begin soon. The
Millionaire’s Poor Stomach.
The worn-out stomach of the over
fed millionaire is often paraded in fj ne gentleman and makes a good
There is a movement on foot by the public prints as a horrible exam- governor . j have observed evidences
the physicians of Walterboro to es-, pi e of the evils attendant on the pos- of won derful prosperity on every
tablish an infirmary at that place, session of great wealth. But million- hand and you are developing at a
They have applied to the town conn-1 a i re s are not the only ones who are ral) jd ra te.”
cil for a lease of the old Y. M. C. A. affiic’ed with bad stomachs. The pro-, -what do you think of the political
building there, which, it is proposed, i p 0rt ion is far greater among the toil-, out ] ook Governor?”
shall be fitted up with modern appli- ers _ Dyspepsia and indigestion are “|f we can unite on Parker, of New
ances and conveniences for treating rampant among these people, and 1 York, or some other good man, we
patients, with the training school they suffer far worse tortures t'han the have an excellent showing,” was the
feature for nurses. Th« th-oe young millionaire unless they avail them- reply.
and able physicians of the town, se ] ves 0 f a standard medicine like “I suppose you are aware of the
Messrs. C. H. Esdorn, W. B. Acker- Green’s August Flower, which has fact that you have been mentioned
man and Riddick Ackerman, are at been a favorite for all stomach by some of the South Carolina press
the head of the movement. troubles for over thirty-five years, as a suitable candidate for vice-presi-
At Grav Court, ten miles above August Flower rouses the torpid liver, dent? . . ..
Laurens, at midnight .Wednesday thus creating appetite and insuring I “Yes. and I appreciate the compli-
niirht Mr r Thns Pellen hist his rest- perfect digestion. It tones and vital- have an excellent showing, was the
dence and contents with the except- the entire system and makes life mont. But I think we should nomi-
ion of the piano and a bed or two, by worth living, no matter what your nate a man from Indiana or some
fire which broke out in a closet up station. Trial bottles. 25c; regular doubtful State. North Carolina will
stairs. Mr. Peden, who is a promt- size, 75c. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaff- go Democratic and what we need is
nent citizen and a candidate for. ney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens.
sheriff, was absent from home spend-
ing the night in Laurens. Members Rev. L. M. Roper Says:
of his family escaped with their wear- i Rev. Dr. L. M. Roper, pastor of
ing apparel only. Mr. Peden stated the First Baptist church of Spartan
chairman, W. D. Kirby vice-chairman,
W. Chas. Durham secretary, and T. J.
Pa’rick county executive committee
man.
The following delegates were elect
ed to the county convention:
J. Frank Patrick, W. Chas. Dur
ham, W. D. Kirby, J. S. Wells, E. K.
Davis, J. J. Moore, C. T. Bridges, T.
J. Patrick and H. A. Thackston. Al
ternates, A. L. Hall, W. B. Cash and
J. H. Webber.
Club of precinct No. 3 met. at Wall’s
store and elected Rev. W. T. Thom
son chairman, A. S. Corry secretary,
and J. B. Bell county executive com
mitteeman, and T. B. Butler and J.
B. Bell delegates to the county con
vention.
At this writing we have been un
able to hear from the other precinct
clubs of the county.
Delegates from Wilkinsville club;
P. S. Webber, A. G. Susong, Thomas
Owensby, Sam J. Strain, Elifus Har
mon, A. Frank Smith and W. A.
George.
that he had $1,300 insurance on house burg. S. C.. tells the people of Gaffney
and furniture, about three-fourths of and Cherokee county of the superior-
its value. ity of Fe-no-pep-zone. He writoa>
I “I have been looking for several
At a meeting of the stockholders yp a rs for a headache remedy that re-
to get tiie party united and carry as
many doubtful States as possible.
Besides, it’s too early to talk of a
Southern man on the ticket.”
"But, Governor, the war is over,
and wo don’t hear so much of it now
as formerly, and while we all appre
ciate the sacrifices made for the Con
federacy and love to hear the old sol
diers talk of their deeds of valor and
Pension Money Being Paid Out.
Clerk J. Eb Jefferies received a
check late Saturday afternoon for
$5,054.12, the amount apportioned to
the pensioners of Cherokee county.
There are two hundred and nine of
them divided into the following class-
0S *
2 Class A, at $96.00 each.
5 Class B, at $72.00 each.
16 Class C, No. 1, at $48.00 each.
107 Class C, No. 2, at $16.33 each.
22 Class C, Np. 3, at $48.00 each.
57 Class C, No. 4, at $16.33 each.
The schedule of amounts for the
different classes of pensioners wasn’t
sent to Clerk Jefferies with the check,
but same was immediately wired for
and came in Sunday night, and by
two o’clock Monday every check was
Capt. H. P. Griffith has accepted
an invitation to deliver the annual ad
dress at the Confederate reunion in
Charleston in May.
If you want your friends in the
West to hear from you and their
other friends in Cherokee county
send them The Ledger.
Rev. W. H. White will preach at
Salem church next Saturday and
Sunday. On Sunday he will adminis
ter the sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper.
A shifting engine ran into a wagon
and team at the Robinson street
crossing Saturday. The driver was
slightly hurt and the wagon was con
siderably torn up.
The ginners’ report issued by the
Census Bureau Thursday makes the
cotton crop of South Carolina in
1903 814,351 bales, and that of Chero
kee county 10,274, against 11,083
hales in 1902.
Checks for payment of pensions
to Confederate soldiers have been
sent from Columbia to the clerks of
court of the several counties in this
State. The amount sent to Cherokee
county is $5,054.12.
Babe Leech, colored, who plead
guilty to the charge of selling whis
key, in the United States court in
Greenville last v'eek, was sentenced
to serve thirty days in the Cherokee
county jail, and was sent to the jail
Friday to begin his sentence.
Dr. Lee Davis Lodge went to Fort
Mill Friday and delivered the com
mencement address at the Fort Mill
High School. Dr. Lodge is in de
mand when he can spare the time
from the college, and fortunate is the
college or community to get to hear
him.
True hills were found by the grand
jury in he United States court in
Greenville last Friday against John
Hallman, white, and Luther Watkins,
colored, for selling whiskey, and they
were carried to Greenville Saturday
by Marshall Bert Hallman to be
tried.
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Kilgo will
leave Durham, N. C„ this week for
Los Angeles, Cal., where Dr. Kilgo
goes as fraternal messenger to the
General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. The many friends
of Dr. and Mrs. Kilgo in Gaffney,
their old home city, wish them a
pleasant journey and a safe return.
The Limestone Guards turned out
Saturday afternoon in their new uni
property of Mr. Daniels, was de~- forms and made a creditable showing,
stroyed. Efforts were made to quench and appearance. Capt.
the ilames, but up to Thursday with- and Lieuts. Maunoy and Young
out Kiicrcss arG working hard to bring the com
pany up to its high water mark and
State Auditor Dixon, of Raleigh, the men are going through their part
says that while heretofore from of the work with commendable pa-
$2,000 to $2,500 of pension money has tienee and spirit,
been annually uncalled for because r _ , . . , ...
of the death of the pensioners, he Luther Watkins, colored, from this
building will be located on a vacant
lot adjoining Dr. Long’s residence, on
North Center street. It will contain
twelve rooms and will be fitted with
all modern conveniences.
The State has chartered the High-
smith Hospital Company, of Fayette
ville, to which will he attached a
nurses’ training school. The capital
stock is $30,000, and Dr. J. F. High-
smith owns nearly all of it. A char
ter has also been granted the Bank of
Orange, at Hillsboro, capital stock
paid up, $5,000, with leave to increase
to $50,000. C. A. Scott, of Graham,
being the largest stockholder.
There are now barely 100 convicts
at the penitentiary, thirty-six of
these being women, six white. The
place is very quiet now, whereas a
score of years ago it used to be as
busy as a bee hive, then the number
of convicts running above 500. Now
all are employed outside. Brick mak
ing is the principal employment in
the prison, the demand for brick be
ing very large. The prison is very
neatly kept.
Fire of unknown origin started
about noon Wednesday in a piece of
woods on the lands of Dr. J. J. Mott
and George Daniels, two miles from
Statesville, spreading in a southerly
direction. Several hundred acres of
timber land have been burned over,
and about 150 cords of wood, the
wv.^.v ... j , tiiin,.* thi* vr-ar losmt *4 000 will county, who was before the United
ready for delivery and payment at! f h,nk8 this year at least wo win - _ ... .
either of the banks.
The German government
will
bill
be uncalled for. He made out war- States court at Greenville last week
rants for $202,000 on account of pen- for selling whiskey, was convicted
in sions, because he knew that quite a and sent back to Gaffney Sunday to
re. number of pensioners would die ami, ^ve ^‘rty day^ jn the_countyJaih
of the proposed Farmers’ Cottonseed iieves the pain and at the same time c °J ,rag | J ’ tlH * |) '' O|)l0 ’.. n , s J ,na8S > look i troduce in the reichstag a mu re- ”• >'— -- -— Tohn Hallman white sent no under
Oil Mill in Newberry, held Tuesday, r ei noV es the cause of pain. Fe-no-pep- t ie ' sai as history. quiring saloon keepers to sell nonin- ; ^he amounts would not be called for, •
the organization was affected and the ynm . u n r «mp.iv nf True > ere are enough people ,, ri ’ ’ *
the organization was aneciea ana me 20ne j H HUC h a remedy. Of many
success of the enterprise assured, remedies for headache which I , ; « i * i v, * i
At this meeting the constitution of have tried Fe-no-pep-zone is much the , . lo . w . n J U . hat l' , ;, <1
the organization was adopted and the j, es t jt Js pleasant to take. It is a
in the dc States, who, deep
toward the South, who under ordi-
directors elected. Already stock to f _ , even for a nerson ofverv nary con « li t‘‘»ns would vote the Dem-
the amount of $14,000 has been sub- K , tl nervous temperament It is ,,cratic tickGt . but who, if a Southern
the shares hefntt #lh each. XS'(or anv htETtL7 »*“ .7.7
quiring saloon Keepers 10 seu nonm- the sanu . charge, was convicted and
toxicating hot and cold drinks and sentenced to sixty days in the county
cold foods. Credit will be forbidden A wlllte man f r om Philadelphia Jail. He will enter upon his term
and the number of barmaids limited. was f onn( j lying beside the railroad the first of July.
’ “ track near Landis Wednesday morn-
Church Notes. j n g a ii appearances dead. The sup-
It is the purpose of the organizers to
get practically all the farmers of the
any
suits from loss of sleep, excitement,
The finest city and village Church- position was at first that the man
vote against it. We should put aside es are painted with the Longman & had been struck by a passing train
both Cleveland and Bryan, nominate Martinez Paints, and we want every and left for,dead, but upon closer in-
Farm machinery saved in the
planting and gathering of last year’s
crop in the United States $700,000,-
000.
Letter to C. M, Smith.
Gaffney, S. C.
“I see that Mr. Bryan is to speak only eight of L. & M. and mix six | and cated for him until he recovered Gear Sir: The late president of the
in Chicago tonight in opposition to gallons of pure Linseed Oil with it, consciouness. ,an » k ’i at Br f W8t f rs ; ^
the Now York State platform. Don’t making actual cost of paint about , * c Y ’ . ,U ^ th i C o, t . hou8 , e , in . a ‘' tl ? at
you think he is sore’ > " $1 20 per gallon. ° n Wednesday evening about 8 region, in 1884, and painted it with
tram on w.c .... . "No. I .lo not. Mr. Bryan is thor- Don’t pay $1.50 a gallon for Lin- o’clock Mrs. P. A. Setzer, of Hickory. Kad-andK,11 at a cost of $400-ttae
burg branch of the Southern RaR. I acidity is caused by indigestion. The ough ly in earnest. He is perfectly seed Oil (worth 60 cents) which you while returning home from a ca l hou«e cost $31,000^
way Friday afternoon about one mile food is only partly digested, the InJI- honest, and intensely in earnest. He do when you .buy other paints in a was approached by a negro. He came ^ 1887-hree years-he repainted
At a curve inlK«Bted portion ferments, producing ls tt V ery strong-headed man, and can with a paint label on it. from the back side of the lot. ^ 1007 ^. D^V®* at a fost of
been se- acid and gas, these produce heart- when you undertake to convince a Many houses are well painted with screamed and rushed towards her 189, this paint was in g(x>d condition.
' house. She fainted and fell upon the Lcad-and-oli, $400, three years. De
porch. The negro also ran upon the voe $350, ten years.
capital stock.
There was a dastardly and suc
cessful attempt to wreck a freight
- train on the Asheville and Spartan
way Friday
west of Campobello.
the track a crosstie had
dose at 5c.
4-22-lmo.
Heart-burn results from an acid or
sour condition of the stomach. This
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curely fastened across the rails, and burn and sour stomach. Rydale’s n ian like him that he is in error you four gallons of L. & M. and three gal
the engineer, running at a good rate Stomach Tablets speedily relieve have got a Job on your hands. The, ions of Linseed 01 mixed therewith.
of speed, was on the obstruction be
fore he saw the tie. Instantly revers
ing his engine and applying the emer
gency brakes, the train trembled for
the acid food, restoring normal con-: issues for which Mr. Bryan stood are ! Wears and covers like gold,
dltions. ItyJale’s Stomach Tablets no longer issues, and it is folly to These Celebrated Paints are sold
CURE all forms of stomach trouble, pursue them, but you can’t convince by Smith Hardware Co., Gaffney;
Gaffney Drug Co. 1 him of that fact." j Blacksburg Drug Co., Blacksburg.
porch. Just then Mr. Setzer, who Yours truly
was at home in the absence of his 55 F W Devoe & Co
wife, ran out and with an unloaded P. S.—L. Baker, Contractor and
pistol held the negro till the police Builder, sells our paints.
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