The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 29, 1904, Image 6

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... ... ihrfWut.t . Free to You If you are not well and want to know the truth about your trouble, send for my 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. 6, Disease of Women, No. fl. 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 nised as the best au thority and expert in the United States on these diseases. Write or send for the book you want to-day, and it will lie sent you free, sealed. Address J. New ton Hathaway, M.D. 41 Inman Bldg. 224 Broad St. Atlanta. Oa DB. HATHAWAT. THINK of getting 28 Photos for 25 cents! Less than a cent apiece. Each mounted on the new Ping-Pong Cards for 35 cents. Come while we are making this offer as we shall not con tinue this size long. Remember the high grade of excellence in our regular line of PHOTOGRAPHS is the same or better than ever. Fine “Aristo” pho tos from $1.25 doz. up. June H, Garr, Phone 176. Residence, 171. 625 Limestone Street, Notice. Jonesville, S. C., April 1st, 1904. The undersigned having purchased from the Pacolet and Clifton Manu facturing Companies all of their right, title and interest to all lumber, cotton, cloth or other material which was washed away from their re spective mills June 6th, 1903, lying in or on the Pacolei and Broad rivers in South Carolina, hereby warns all persons from removing or interfer ing with any of said lumber, cotton, cloth or other material as above de scribed. A reward of Five Dollars will be paid for any information leading to t_a detection of any party or parties removing or interfering with said ma terial without written consent of owii^r, and a reward of Fifty Dollars will be paid for same information with proof to convict. All previous contracts or agree ments are hereby revoked. THE HITT SALVAGE COMPANY, By R. G. Hitt, Manager. May 23 Fresh Fish Daily. I have just put in my place of^ business, a nice fish refrigera tor—something new for this town—never had one in before. You can get fresh fish most every day cold off the ice, as well as Beef, Pork and Sausage. I have also cooked Boneless Ham, which I slice and sell you just what you want of it. All on ice. When you want or need any just call phone No. 60, or come and see for yourself. Mr. Hawkins will wait on you with pleasure. Respt. yours for business, L. W. McGUINN. THE YOUNG MAN AND YOUNG WOMAN THEIR DEMEANOR IN OUT-DOOR LIFE. How It May be Improved—Advant ages of Common Sense Out-Door Association—Chaperones. In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of out door sports. So does that of the young woman. In fact, it is extremely prob able that they have not waited until now to bestow consideration upon such matters, but have been planning for them while still the snow r was blowing and the streams frozen. Now, as the roads get in good or der and the mud dries from the fields, the golf clubs are brought out, the wheels are overhauled and put in condition and all sorts of plans are laid for Saturday half-holidays and vacation times. With the return to the possibility of this sort of thing arises the annual question as to how much liberty is to be allowed our young men and our young women in their association with one another. Are they to go about together unchaperoned, as they have done from time immemo rial in the country and small towns, or are the rules of smart society in the big cities to be complied with? There are advocates of both sides of the matter and each has its pros and cons. L 7V/ BUILDERS 1 * SUPPLIES LUMBER,ISHINDLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULDING. ALSO A FINE LINE OF Paints and Oils 60c to 11.30 per gal. goto Lm BAKER Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad- uatejcourse in the Eye, Ear, Noae|and Throat£Hospital of Baltimore. GUmcs Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. J* J* J* (^■Office in Cherokee Drug Co., B’ldg. Kodol Dyspepsia Cura Pip—tp what you oats •tEsr^ EaH^RJjjrp There is a somewhat exaggerated idea of the conventions that exist in this respect even in large cities and among fashionable folk. V fierce light beats upon the thron« and those who are almost as well known as roy alty and have their actions chronicled in all the papers have to abstain from many simple joys they doubtless cov et. Those who follow hard after them in their struggle for social eminence, but who have not yet attained to it, often imagine themselves to be of so much importance that they must con form to certain rigid requirements. Thus, for instance, I heard not long ago one of these seekers for society- column fame who severely criticised a mother for permitting her eighteen- year old daughter to go to the opera, unaccompanied except by her thirty- year old brother. “The mother should have gone along, or else sent some elderly woman friend,” pronounced the censor. “There is no knowing to what remarks the young people laid themselves open by going unchape roned.” To which a sensible woman replied, “The persons who recognized them would understand the situation and it would not be worth while to worry about the judgment of those who did not know them.” We may afford to lay aside the con sideration of such standards as these and study rather what rule should be followed in the small town or the country neighborhood among young men and women who are in good so cial standing there. How shall they deal with the problem of the chaper one? Shall they ignore It altogther or conform to it In certain instances and neglect it In others? And how is the discrimination to be made? Here is one of the matters where it is almost impossible to make a pos itive statement. The personal equa tion counts for a large amount. In every circle there are to be found young women who could be protected by no amount of chaperonage and others who would be secure In the midst of any and all temptations. But putting aside either of these ex tremes—although I like to think that the latter is not the extreme, but just what one might look for from any nice, well brought up American girl —let us try to frame a few general plans. In the first place , then, before granting permission to your daughter to accept invitations to out door Junketings from young men, be pretty sure of your young man. He should not be picked up at random, so to speak. It is bad enough if the man who calls on a girl In her home Is the chance acquaintance, with no endorsement except from those who know only his name, but it is much worse if he is to be a girl’s compan ion on a row or a ride or even on the golf links—although the last is prob ably the least undesirable locality in which to be left alone with a compar ative stranger. Putting aside all other questions, there is always the possibility of accidents of one sort or another on out door excursions and the girl who accepts a young man’s Invitation for one of these should be sure that he Is a man on whom she would be willing to depend in case of such an accident. Also, she should know the man well enough—or her mother or father should know him well enough—to be sure that his character Is such as to make him a desirable companion. He may not be of necessity a bad sort aud yet his bringing up, his associ ates, may have been such that a girl’s parents may feel it is decidedly inadvisable that their daughter should stamp herself in public with him as a friend and companion. Bu£ if he is known to be a clean, honour able, well bred young fellow and if the girl is the right sort of self re specting young woman there is no reason why the two may not have certain outings together without lay ing themselves open to criticism. Of course, all these outings must be chosen with judgment. Suppose a girl and a man have been infected with the returning fondness for bicych riding. The new wheels are enough to win even old boys and old girls to a desire to learn what wheeling really means. Is there any reason why the young couple should not go out for a short spin or for a long run? None in the world. If they choose to take a compact lunch with them and eat it by the roadside and rest there afterwards and read or chat, they may do it without fear of censure,—'provided, always provided,—that they are the sort of young man and woman I have described. I do not think it is the wise thing to permit this liberty too freely among heedless, feather brained boys or girls. There may be no real harm in it. But the animal spirits of youth do strange things sometimes aud many a girl or boy has been carried away to an exhi bition of romping, a display of hoy- denishness that has laid up store of uncomfortable feeling for later days, when a better appreciation has been gained of true dignity and self re spect. Take them for all in all, our boys and girls are pretty thoroughly to be relied upon and the worst there is to fear from them, as a rule, is a lapse into silliness. But even this it is well to spare them. And so, I say, be sure of your boy and girl before turning them loose unchaperoned. If they have been trained as they should have been they will be guilty of no mis take,—but both should have had prac tically the same sort of training be fore they are granted full liberty. The rule that applies to cycling applies to boating, to fishing, to walk ing, to riding, to driving. If signs go for anything, however, there will probably be more wheeling during the coming season than any other of the sports I have named. The bicy cle is not what it was once,—a ma chine that had to be cleaned and oil ed the moment it was brought in from an outing. The new chainless does away with this nuisance. The coaster brake, the possibilities of a two speed gear give charms to the wheel that it never possessed before. It is a season when it is necessary to decide what rules we shall lay down for our young people when they go bicycling. Once upon a time it might have seemed needless but we are entering upon a different order of things. Even the best bred boys and girls will occasionally give way to the animal spirits aforesaid and make fools of themselves. That is, they will have a tendency to do this. And for that reason it is a good thing for their parents to send them out equip ped with a sufficient store of good advice. Often it is mere thoughtless ness that makes young people ride along country roads yelling like Comauches and disturbing the peace of quiet folk. Sometimes they seem to lay aside their manners when they put on their cycling togs. On this account it is often more desirable to have a chaperone when there is a large party than when there are only a few on the expedition. A racket of any sort is contagious and where two or three people would not think of waking the echoes with their shrieks of innocent glee, a dozen or so would be pretty sure to raise a rumpus. LIFE WITH A PURPOSE. There are other conditions in which a chaperone is advisable. One is when the excursion is to Be extended and a return made late in the day. If the party means to stop for a night anywhere, a chaperone is indis- pensible. It may be a Jolly young married woman or a girl of the older set who is the sister of one of the younger members of the band. In any case she will lend dignity to the company. Even if a meal is to be taken at a hotel or Inn It Is well to have an older person along. Once It would have been hard to find a woman of even comparatively mature years who could be called up on to chaperone a wheeling party. Bqt we have changed all that. The improvements In modern science are bringing things to such a pass that soon there will be no old people. They will all of them be always young. Keeping In step with this ad vance is modern invetnion, making exercise not only easy, but a delight. The visions that the old men saw and the dreams that the young men dreamed In Bible times will be matched by the realities that will be achieved by the young, middle aged and even elderly women who have the physical training that keeps them In order supplemented by the means that render out door excurs ions a joy. Remarkable Example That Was Fur nished by Daniel. One of the great and admirable characters mentioned in the Bible is that of Daniel. If we would trace his greatness to its true source we would find that it was due to the fact that Daniel had a fixed and righteous purpose in life. And so, dear reader, it must be with you If you accomplish anything in life. Without a fixed righteous j purpose your life will be a failure., True greatness comes not from an-' cestry, but through the faithful exe-1 cution of a noble purpose. If you | ever attain unto true greatness it will not because your parents were great, but because you yourself were faith ful to your righteous purpose. You will find that the men who have accomplished great things in the world were men who had some thing definite before them. Take the persons who have developed the use of steam power, or those who have made electricity the useful servant of man, or those who have accom plished great things in letters or art, and you will find that they were per sons who worked toward a definite end. And when we turn to the relig ious side of life, we find the same thing true there. Paul, Luther, Calvin, Knox, Wesley, Spurgeon and Moody were men who accomplished great things in the church of Christ, and they accom plished great things because they had as their guiding star the glory of God and the advancement of the Master’s kingdom. They were men with a purpose in life. But a man can form a purpose, live up to that purpose, and still waste his energies. The men of Ba bel had a definite purpose, “Go to,” say they, “let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make a name,” etc. This was certainly definite enough, but their efforts ended in dis mal failure. Saul of Tarsus had some thing definite before him. His one purpose was to destroy the church of Christ. To this end he put forth all his powers, and yet while he was do ing so he was himself rushing madly toward destruction. So we must not only have a deflntie purpose, but we must see to it that that purpose is a righteous one. There are many, however, who seem to have no purpose at all in life. They don’t know where they are going or what they are going to do. Such persons are worth little to themselves, and lets to others. They are simply adrift in the world. Drifting in this way is dangerous. It means, if persisted in, a wasted life, and in the last essence, a lost soul. And when the soul is lost, all is lost that is worth having. You go to the Atlantic ocean, and standing on shore you see a magnificent ship lying on the bosom of the ocean a few miles from laud. It is perfect in all its parts. It lies there at a cost of many thousands of dollars. But there is no steam in the engine, and no an chor to retain it at its station. For days it drifts with the tide. First in one direction and then in the other. But at length a driving storm strikes the waters, the ship is driven nearer and nearer to land, it is hurled against the breakers and the grand structure goes down. And, just so, dear reader, it is with many magnifi cent specimens of humanity. God has fitted them for the work that he would have them to do, and they are on the voyage of life. But there is no love for God in their heart as a mo tive power, there is no faith in Christ as an anchor to the soul, and there is no fixed righteous purpose to pilot them on the voyage. They are drift ing here and there. But by and by the storm breaks upon them, they are driven upon the breakers of eternity, and their souls are lost. Avoid, I beseech you, the folly of forming a wrong purpose, and the folly of having no purpose at all, for both alike end in destruction. But purpose in your heart: 1. That you are going to spend your life in the service of God, and then stand by that purpose at all cost. 2. That you will be a real factor in the church and in the world. This is the purpose for which God has cre ated you, and you ought to try to fill nobly your place in life. It is true that all cannot become great from the world’s point of view, but all can become great to the full measure of their abilities; and this is all God re quires of any one. We may be small in powers, but God has taught us that we must not despise the day of small things. Small factors are impor tant in summing up great results. 3. That the world shall be better for your having lived among men. There are some whose influence is so small that you can scarcely tell that they exert any influence. There are others whose influence has made the world worse than it would have been with out them. God expects you to exert an influence for good, and this you should endeavor to do. 4. That you will not defile yourself with strong drink, with unchastity, with profanity, with dishonesty—with any sin; for all sins are defiling. Form these wholesome purposes, ask God to help you to live by them, and they will do you good. Some time ago I was talking to a gentleman just along this line, and he gave me a bit of his own experience. It was this: He said, “I was, when a boy, preparing to go off to school, and before leaving my mother made this request of me: ‘Son, promise me be fore you leave home that you will not touch strong drink during your absence.’ I promised,” he said, I purposed in my heart to keep '4Ht promise.” That man is much now, but he has never defiled himself with strong drink, aud he gave it as his firm conviction that that promise saved him. “For often,” he said, “when the glass was passed around I was tempted to indulge, but when I thought of my promise to mother I turned away.” Young man, make these promises to yourself, to your mother, to your God, and purpose in* your heart that you will keep them. It will do you good, it will do your companions good. “Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to st^nd alone! Dare to have a purpose firm; Dare to make it known.” W. A. Hafner. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. ) Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soc disappear when the I neys are out of orde or diseased. Kidney trouble hj become so prevaler that it is not uncommon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin- . ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- :ent and one dollar 1 izes. You may have a| ;ample bottle by mail ree, also pamphlet tell- Home of swmup-rooc. ng all about it, including many of the housands of testimonial letters recojved rom sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer 1 Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and icntion this paper. $50,000.00 Cash Given Away to Users of LION COFFEE We are going to be more liberal than ever in 1904 to users of Lion Coffee. Not only will the Lion-Heads, cut from the packages, be good, as heretofore, for the valuable premiums we have always given our customers, but In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums the same Lion-Heads will entitle you to estimates in our $50, 000.00 Grand Prize Contests, which will make some of our patrons rich men and women. You can send in as many estimates as desired. There will be TWO GREAT CONTESTS The first contest will be on the July 4th attendance at the St. Louis World's Fair; the second relates to Total Nov. 8, 1904. $ao,ooo.oo will be distributed in each of these contests, making Vote For President to be cast $40,000.00 on the two, and, to make it still more interesting, in addition to this amount, we will give a to the one who is nearest correct on both contests, and thus your estimates have two opportunities ot winning a big cash prize. Printed blanks to Brand First Prize of SBjOOQ.Ob Five Lion-Heads cut from Lion Coffee Packages and a a cent stamp entitle you (In addition to the reg ular free premiums) to one vote in either contest: rut dV F WORLD’S FAIR CONTEST Worlds Fair? At Chicago, July 4.1893, the attendance was 283.273. For nearest correct estimates received in Woolson Spice Com pany’s otflce. Toledo. Ohio, on or before June 30th. 1904. we will give first prise for the nearest correct estimate, second prize to the next nearest, etc., etc., as follows: 1 Flrit Prize 12,500.00 1 Second Prize 2 Prizee—$600.00 each 6 Prizee— 200.00 100.00 “ 50.00 20.00 “ 10.00 “ 6.00 " 10 Prizee— 20 Prizes— 60 Prizes— 250 Prizee— 1800 Prises— 2130 PKIZES, 1.000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1.000.00 1.000.00 1.000.00 2.600.00 e,ooo.oo TOTAL, $20.000X>0 vote on found in every Lion Coffee Pack age. The 2 cent stamp covers the expense of our acknowledgment to you that your es timate is recorded. PRESIDENTIAL VOTE CONTEST What will be the total Popular Vote caet for President fvotee for all candidates combined) at the election November 8.1904? la 1900election, 13.959,653people voted for President. For nearest cor rect estimates received in Woolson Spice Co.'s, office, Toledo, O., on or before Nov. 5.1904. we will give first prize for the nearest cor rect estimate, second prize to the next nearest, etc., etc., as follows: 1 First Prize $2,600.00 1 Second Prize 1,000.00 2 Prizes—$600.00 each 1,000.00 6 Prizes— 10 Prizee— 20 Prizes— 60 Prizes— 260 Prizes— 1800 Prizes— 200.00 100.00 60.00 20.00 10.00 6.00 2139 PRIZES, 1.000.00 1,000.00 ; 1.000.00 1,000.00 2.600.00 9,000.00 TOTAL. S20,000.00 4279—PRIZES—4279 to tho Publio—aggrogatlng $45,000.00—in addition to which wo shall give $6*000 ta Brcoort* Clerks (too urtioaiars l» UOM COFFEE oasts) waking a grand total af $00,000.00. Surveys for several railway lines in Peru are now being made. COMPLETE DETAILED PARTICULARS IN EVERY PACKAGE OP LION COFFEE WOOLSON SPICE CO. f (CONTEST DEP’T.) TOLEDO* OHIO# fOLEYSKlDNEYCURE Prevents Bright’s Disease and Diabetes