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\ \ I / SLEEPING VOLCANOES Wmjm A thin, vapory smoke, lazily ascend ing from its crater, may be the only vis ible sign of life in the sleeping volcano; but within is a raging sea of fire, molten rock and sulphurous gases. Those who make their homes in the peaceful val- leys below know the danger, and though frequently warned by the rumblings and quakings, these signs of impending erup tion go unheeded. They are living in fancied security; when the giant awakes with deafening roars,and they are lost beneath a downpour of heated rock and scalding ashes. Ihousandsof blood poison sufferers aro living upon a sleeping volcano, and are taking desperate chances, for bnder the mercury and pot- ash treatment the external yZi?!’rier.d Symtpomsof the disease dis- ffreatly from a severe case of contagious blood flnnear and the deluded vie- P oiBO “- I to Hot Springrs, stayine therefou* appear, ana tneaeiuueu ye months a biff expense. I then consulted phy- tirn IS happy in the beliet ot sicians, who prescribed Msrcury. Nothinsr did ft romnlete cure * but the mo an ys° od ; in fact, the treatment proved mors a complete cure, out uic harin f u i thim beneflciaL i mentioned my case to fires Of contagion have only a friend, who told me that 8. S. 8. had certainly Keen cmnthcrcd in the SVS- oured him. I at once commenced its use, and at- oeen smouicreu c y ter contlnuin? it for 80metime CO uld find no traco tem, and as soon as these of disease whatever. This was about two minerals are left off will asro. I can truthfully say I am entirely 1 , • r\ • ^ well. 1). M. SANDERS, blaze up again. Occasional sores break out in the mouth, a red rash appears on the body, and these warning symptoms, if not heeded, are soon followed by fearful eruptions, sores, copper-colored splotches, swollen glands, loss of hair and other sickening symptoms. Mercury and potash not only fail to cure blood poison, but cause mercurial Rheumatism, necrosis of the bones, offen sive ulcers and inflammation of the stomach and bowels. The use of S. S. S. is never followed by any such bad results. It cures without the slightest injury to the system* We offer $i,ooo for proof that it contains a mineral of any descrip tion. S. S. S. is an antidote for conta gious blood poison, it destroys every atom of the virus and purifies and strengthens the blood and builds up the general health. We will mail free our special book on Contagious Blood Poison, with full directions for home treatment. Medical advice is furnished by our physicians without charge. 1 THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., A TLANTA, GAm For Rent. F OU KENT-DwollU y on I’redi-iick u* A pi>i: A HEART TO kpply to It. A Jones. May -Jo tf. F Olt KENT—Ci.f. Wilkins house ami lot. Apply t >Geo. M. Rhifer. HEART TALK. :i-t f. "OU KENT—A live-room cottage. Apply to J. I. Sarratt. tf. F Olt KENT—Four-room house, near enough in lor factory operatives. O. M. Fmith. 4 2!!-tf. F olt RENT -The John White house, r«-.r •Smith Hardware Co. Also my residence corner Itaee ami Johnson streets. W. II Smith. J-iJ-tf F olt RENT Nice 6-room cottage, witn ail Improvements, on tirenard Street. Ap ply to J. C. Jeflfeiies. 4-1-tf S UITES of rooms to let In the Star Theatre A. N. Wood. J-ii-tf F Olt KEN I’—A good two-horse farm with a neat live-room cottage. Apply at onee to J. C. Lipscomh. 2-ltl-tf Wanted. W ANTED Furnished cottage ne .reenter of town. Apply, slating rent. I*. O. Ho.x 137. H 17-Jt-pd. W ANTED—To make straignt loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr29-tf J. O. Jefferies., Notice. N OTICE -Jack for service on June’Jnd. at Cline’s Stahles, and every ninth day afterward during season. W. A. George. 5-i7-2t pd. 1 hereby forbid anyone trom hiring Tillman Scott, as he Is under a contract with me. 2t. T. C. Petty. Money Loaned. L OANS on Improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent. Interest. N> commissions. For information apply to .1. C Jefferies. Attorney at Law. ANNOUNCEMENTS Card? under this head will be in serted from now until the primary for $5.00 each for county officers; mag istrates’ announcements, $3.00. All fees must be paid .n advance. I hereby announcement mysedf a candidate for the office of Supervisor, subject to the action of the Demo cratic primary. Wm. (Chris) Phillips. For a change, R. M. Jolly for Su pervisor of Cherokee county. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Supervisor of Cherokee county, sub ject to the rules of the Democratic party. J. V. Whelchel. For Congress. I am a candidate for Congress, from the Fifth Congressional District, subject to the result of the Democratic primary election. T. V. W1U.IAMS. Now for the New Year! Start it right by com ing to us for your :: Stanle and Fane* Groceries, Canned Goods, Cigars,Tobacco,Fruits, and Confectioneries. Our lines aro still complete and contain nothing but the fresh est and the best. HAMLIN & RADFORD. ♦DR. W. K. GUNTER, IJ K5 IM T I W X Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. Crown and Bridge Work a •pecialty. CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.) san historian may soothe his wound ed pride with the harmless looking euphemism that McClellan only changed his base from the Pamunkey to the James when his immense and superbly equipped army w’as hurled out its formidable intrenchments, driven in a confused mass from the Chickahominy and left huddled and cowering under the protection of a fleet of gunboats at Harrison’s Land ing; he may deny the Confederates defeated two combined armies at Second Manassas; they swept from the plains of Fredericksburg the mightiest army yet brought into the field, and whipped three to one at Chancellorsville on ground chosen! fortified by their antagonist—he may distort or deny all this and more in the same category, but so long as the world gazes upon the stupendous and all-convincing facts that the Federals brought into the field 2,679,557 men against an army of less than 600,000 Confederates, that the war cost the United States ten billions of dollars and nearly one million of human lives, and that it took this immense host, supported by this fabulous sum of money, four years to crush the life out of the little Southern Confeder acy—so long as these facts stand, and they will stand forever, just so long will the brave and generous of all nations and of all times contemp late with wonder and admiration the name and fame of the Confederate soldier. “1 have attempted to give you a slight picture of the typical Confed erate when off duty; there was another type which two of our South ern poets have embalmed and im mortalized in song, that of the boy soldier. Nearly every company had him in its ranks, a fair-haired, ten derly-raised boy, often of fewer than sixteen summers, the pride of his mother and sisters, full of the simple faith and artless ways of childhood, a pet and a favorite among the men, enlivening the weary march with his childish glee and proving a veritable hero in battle. He was not demand ed, hardly wanted. In the army dur ing the first years of the war. Rut he managed to get there in spite of inspecting officers and anxious par ents. ‘Young as the youngest he donned the gray. True as the truest that wore it. Brave as the bravest, he marched away, (Hot tears on the cheeks of his mother lay,) Triumphant waved our flag one day— He fell in the front before it. In the solemn shades of the wood that swept I he field where his comrades found him. They buried him there, and the big tears crept ■ Into strong men’s eyes that had sel dom wept, (His mother—God pity her—smiled and slept, I Dreaming her arms were around him.)” "But not always did he meet such a fate. Perhaps I cannot give a bet ter idea of his indomitable pluck than by relating an incident that came un der my own observation. Near the end of the swift and stealthy march of Jackson’s corps around Hookers’ army to Chancellorsville, Just as we were approaching the plank road three miles west of Chancellorsville, there came a cavalryman dashing to the rear of McGowan’s brigade, and the men, always ready to have fun at the expense of the cavalry, began to call ouc: ’We’ro going to have a fight, boy.., for the cavelry is going to the rear!’ The cavalryman re plied: ’YouTo right this time, for our men are advancing on them right now.” Ho had scarcely uttered the words when rapid volleys of muB- ketry, followed by a vigorous rebel yell, rang out not more than three hundred yards ahead of us. Our of ficers shouted ‘double quick’ and we started on a run for the scene of ac tion. Just a little afterwards, as our brigade was coming into the plank road at the ‘double quick,’ one of those incidents occurred so frequent in war which strangly mixes the ridiculous and the pathetic with the sublime and the terrible. “One of those little Southern boys —a mere stripling—passed us on his way to the rear. He was of slender build, ragged, dirty and bloody. He had a knapsack strapped to his back big enough for a pack saddle. He carried an army rifle in his hands of greater length than his body. He also had a large blanket hanging in a roll from one shoulder and a plump looking haversack from the other. And a cartridge box and a bayonet scabbard buckled to his waist, and you have him in his complete equip ment. He had been in the charge just made and had been shot in the face or about the head, and he was as boodly as a butchered hog. As he passed us he called out: ‘Oh, boys, they are running, they are running. They’ve got the shoes, too, and I got a pair!’ As he said this he flourish ed a pair of brand new shoes over his head in an ecstacy of enthusiasm. Our men gave him a rousing cheer as they rushed past him and I could hoar the cheer prolonged by the troops behind us. “Unconquerable scrap of a hero! It was only a glimpse that I had of him, but that glimpse was as vivid as lightning’s flash in the darkness of the storm, and his childish face, covered with dirt and blood, was pictured on my memory in colors which the shadows of forty years have not dimmed. I can only fondly trust that lie passed on into life and health and happiness—cm to the front in the battle of life—and that fortune has lavished upon him her choicest favors and her sweetest smiles. “Oh, those wild, grand old days of glorious life! Wrapped now in the shadows of the years, gone glimmer ing with the gallant spirits that made them radiant with glory, yet it were worth many years of these dull plod ding times of selfish greed and sor did gain to feel once more the heart leap to their wild stirring music and the soul swell with their glorrious inspirations. But they are gone for ever. “I have read somew’here of twelve young men who were dining together on the first day of one year, and be ing engaged in permanent pursuits, and expecting to spend their lives in the same community, they agreed to organize themselves into a lifelong social club, on the condition that they would never admit a new mem ber, that they should dine at one another’s houses on the first and the last day of each year, that when one died eleven should meet, and when two died ten should meet, and so on to tho end, and that the first bottle of wine uncorked at this their first meeting should be recorked and laid away, and the last surviving mem ber on the anniversary of their first meeting should sit at the table the usual number of hours, and should uncork the bottle of wine and drink to the health of those that were gone. “Thirty years passed and two of tho number had fallen. The remin ing ten met and they drank and talked of business and politics, of wide plans and bright prospects for the future. Twenty more years came and went and only four of the twelve assembled, with bowed heads and tottering steps, wrapped in great coats and thick mufflers, and when they took their seats at the table they talked about the great changes that had come over the country, and they chirped cheerily over their glass es, though they could scarcely carry them to their lips if more than half full. They cracked their jokes, though they articulated their words with difficulty and heard each other with still greater difficulty. They mumbled, they chattered, they laughed, and as the wine sent their icy blood in w r armer pulses through their shrunken veins they talked of their past as if it were hut a yesterday that had slipped by them, and their future as if it were a busy century before them. “At length came the last dinner, and the solitary survivor, with the snows of four-score and ten winters on his head, ate his solitary meal. The bottle that had been recorked fifty years ago stood beside him, and as he took the frail memorial, mem ory for a few moments was faithful to her office. She threw open the long vista of buried years and his heart travelled through them all. Their lusty and blithesome spring, their bright, fervid summer, their ripe and temperate autumn, their chill but not too frozen winter. He saw as in a mirror how one by one the laughing com panions of the first dinner had drop ped into eternity, yet true to his early vow, he uncorked the bottle and while tears triekled down the deep fur rows of his aged face he drank to the memory of those that were gone. “He had fulfilled one part of his vow and he prepared himself to fulfil the other by sitting the usual number of hours at his desolate table. With a heavy heart he resigned himself to the gloom of his own thought; a lethargic sleep came over him; his head fell upon his bosom; ho babbled to himself, and when his servant en tered, alarmed by a noise he had heard, he found his master stretched upon tho carpet, the vital spark ex tinct,—the last dinner over, tho last member of tho club passed away for ever. “My comrades’ that story epitomi zes the history and the destiny of the United Confederate Veteran. No new recruits can ever be enlisted in our ranks, and the thin gray line is steadily growin thiner. Every year the furrows are ploughed deeper; every year the snowflakes fall thicker and faster. The battle with the years is drawing to a close and the Con federate soldier is hastening to the eternal camping ground, " ‘But the truer life draws nlgher Kovey year, And Its morning star climbs higher Every year; HOW A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ESCAPED SPRING CATARRH BY USE OF PE-RU-NA, Nothing Robs One of Strength Like Spring Catarrh-- Spring Fever is Spring Catarrh. t t r.: :::?## TUI k •V ! MISS HELEN WHITMAN. ^0^ ♦ Miss Helen Yt’hitman, .TOSj* Grand avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: “ There fs net ling !il:e Peruna for that tired feeling, which gives you no ambition for work or play. After a prolonged illness, about a year ago I felt unable to regain my health, but four bottles of Pe runa made a wonderful change and restored me to perfect health. As long as you keep ycur blood in good condition you are all right, and Peruna seems to fill the veins with pure, healthful blood. I thoroughly endorse it." MISS HELEN WHITMAN. Have you got nerves? Well, yon ought to have nerves. But they ought to bo strong nerves, good nerves. Does your hand tremble? You aro living too fast. Does your heart flutter at times? You had better call a halt. Americans live too fast. They crowd too much into a single day. They have too little lei sure. Tho hospitals and insane asylums tore filling up. The qniet, pastoral scenes of yore are becoming rare. It’s time that we quit this sort of business. How to Get Strong Nerves. First, repair the injury already done to vour nerves. The w’av to do this is to ! do exactly as did Mattie B. Curtis, Sec* retary of Legion of Loyal Women, Hotel Salem, Boston, Mass. She said in a re cent letter: “ I suffered for over a year with general weakness and debility man ifested in severe headache and backache. I took four bottles of Peruna, and for two months have been entirely free from these maladies.” Nervous Prostration. Thousands of cases might be quoted in which Peruna lias been used to rescue people from the perdition of deranged nerves, and put them on Ihe good, solid foundation of Reni»>' The County Aud itor of Erie county, New York, Hon. John W. Neff, in a recent letter written at Buffalo, New York, stated: “I was persuaded by a friend to try a bottle of your great nerve tonic, Peinna, and tho results were so gratifying that I am more than pleased to recommend it.” A Spring Tonic. Almost everybody needs a tonic in the spring. Something to brace the nerves, invigorate the brain and cleanse tho blood. That Peruna will do this is be yond all question. Everyone who has tried it has had the same experience as Mrs. D. W. Timberlake, of Lynchburg, Va., who, in a recent letter, made use of the following words: “I always take a dose of Peruna after business hours, as it is a great thing for the nerves. There is no better spring tonic, and I have used about all of them.” Catarrh in Spring. The spring is the best time to treat catarrh. Nature renews herself every spring. Tho system is rejuvenated by spring weather. This renders medicines more effective. A short course of Pe runa, assisted by the balmy .vr of spring, will cure old, stubborn cases of catarrh that have resisted treatment for years. Everybody should have a copy of Dr. Hartman’s latest book on catarrh. Ad dress Tho Peruna Medicine Co., Colum bus, Ohio. Mrs. Lulu Larmer, Stoughton, Wis., says: “ For two years I suffered with nerv ous trouble and stomach disorders until it seemed that there was nothing to me but a bundle of nerves. I was very irritable, could not sleep, rest ;or compose myself, and was certainly unfit to take care of a ^ & •vs Lula Larmer.j .■■»»»■» o . » . j Household. I took nerve tonics and pills without benefit. When I begart^taking Peruna I grew steadily better, my nerves grew stronger, my rest was no longer fit ful, and to-day I consider myself in per fect health and strength. My recovery was slow but sure, but I persevered and was rewarded by perfect health.”—Mrs, Luln Larmer. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from tho use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O. Earth’s hold on us grows slighter. And the burden grows lighter, And the dawn immortal brighter, Every year, “And when the last Confederate soldier shall have crossed the silent river a study of his life and character will set the seal of eternal truth for all generations on that sentiment formulated by the Irish poet: “ The sword may pierce the bearer; Stone walls in time may sever; Tis heart alone, worth steel and stone, That keeps men free forever.’ ” WOMEN AND SOCIETY. Crosses of Honor. The Moses Wood Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, will properly observe the anniversary of the birth of President Jefferson Davis next Friday, June the 3rd, in the Star Theatre. The ceremonies will begin at 11 o’clock A. M. The following is the programme: Prayer by Dr. Simms. Welcome address by D. A. Thomas. Music. Reading of rules for presentation of crosses. Presentation of crosses. Music. Address by Co. T. B. Butler. Music. Voluntary speeches by old soldiers. Benediction by Mr. Potter. Veterans to receive crosses are: W. G. Austell, David Bailey, Chas. T. Bridges, W. J. Blanton, B. F. Bon ner, G. W. Bonner, W. D. Camp, L. B. Davis, Thompson Eubanks, R. M. Jolly, Mrs. A. 3. Lipscomb, for husband, Wm. Smith Lipscomb, P. D. Phillips, Newton Rains, J. W. Self, S. R. Thackston, P. S. Webber, W. C. S. Wood. The chapter extends a cordial in vitation to all the soldiers of “the lost cause,” their wives and children, their widows, the Smith Lipscomh Camp Sons of Veterans, and the public generally to be present. Blacksburg Locals. Blacksburg, May 26.—Messrs. Jim Blalock and Pete Shiver returned from a pleasure trip to Washington Tuesday, where they spent several days. Mr. F. L. Cherry made a business trip to Charleston this week. Esquires Osborne and Bell, of Gaff ney, were in town Monday on busi ness. Mrs. D. D. Gaston and Mr4. Dr. C. M. Easterday spent Wednesday in Gaffney. Rev. Mr. Oats, of Hickory Grove, passed through here Wednesday on his way to Cherokee Falls, where he will hold a series of meetings. Esquire W. H. Hall, of Gaffney, was in town Wednesday on business. Mr. D. J. Keeter.of Grover, was in town Wednesday on business. [Address communications for this col umn to P. O. Box 304.] Waists of lace over chiffon or mousseline are eminently fashionable and aro charmingy becoming and attractive as well. One made of cream lace, the yoke being composed of strips of insertion and bands of silk embroidered with French knots and lined with chiffon only; cut exactly like the lace, but the fitted foundation can be used where liked. Skirts made full by means of plaits or tucks below smoothly fitted yokes are the best liked of the season for all costumes of the more elabor ate sort and are eminently graceful. The problem of dressing the wee boy is always one of the more diffi cult to solve. A dress made with fronts and back that are laid in plaits for their entire length, but stitched to the belt only, and is closed at the left of the front where a box plait effect is formed. The sleeves are full, gathered into wristbands and the neck is finished with a roll over collar. • • • Mrs. Homesly, of Henrietta, N. C., visited friends here this week. Miss Raymoth Poole, of Zion Hill, is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lipscomb. Mrs. Nathan Lipscomb has return ed from a short visit to relatives at Goucher. Mrs. Vaud Smith, of Thickety, spent a day or two with Mrs. Nathan Littlejohn this week. Miss Todd, who has been teaching in our graded school, left Wednesday for her home in Laurens. Miss Carrie Sams has gone on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Brown, at Pacolet, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson and Miss Maggie Davis, of Cherokee Falls, were in town this week shopping. Mrs. Robinson, who has been visit ing her sister, Mrs. Robt. Wilkins, has returned to her homo in Spar tanburg. Mrs. Gaston and daughter, Miss Alice, of Blacksburg, were in town Wednesday shopping. Miss Effle Henderson, of Cedar Springs, will be the guest this week of Miss Stacy. Mrs. John Lytton, of Henrietta, N. C., visited the family of Mr. R. M. Gaffney, this week. Misses Lucy Littlejohn and Lillian Jones left Thursday for Jonesville where they will visit relatives. The James Shelby Shows. The James Shelby Show will give two performances at Gaffney on Mon day, May 30th, on the baseball ground, under waterproof tent. Plen ty of good seats for all. Admission: Children, 15c; Adults 25c. This is one of the very best shows on the road today, strictly clean, moral and refined, a show which ladies and chil dren can enjoy as well as gentlemen, as nothing will be said or done to offend the most fastidious. In fact, it is a guaranteed attraction to each and every visitor, carrying with it only first class professional people, each and every one a star in his or her line of work. Don’t fail to pay a visit to the James Shelby Show', as many new novelties have been added for this season which heretofore have never been placed before the public. Afternoon performance at 2 o’clock; night performance at 8 o’clock. Good music will be fur nished by their famous band. Every living law must have its roots in love. C. Eskridge B 4 U Hitve^rour BlackitinHhlnx I> me. All Smithing, Iron “and Wood Work done in first-class style andjat reasonable rates. (Fortenberry’s Old Stand). A Chicago man found a bottle on the lake shore with a note inclosed saying, “Dear Jennie, I am going to the bottom.’’ It Is reasonable to sup pose he meant he was going to the bottom of the bottle. A Startling Teat. To save a life Dr. T. G. Merritt, of No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a startling test resulting in a wonderful cure. He writes, “A patient was attacked with violent hemorrhages, caused by ulceration of the stomach. I had of ten found Electric Bitters excellent for acute stomach and liver troubles so I prescribed them. The patient gained from the first, and has not had an atack in 14 months.” Electric Bitters are positively fluaranteed for Dyspepsia, Constipation and Kidney troubles. Try them. Only 50c at Cherokee Drug Co. Have You Our store for FLAVORING EXTRACTS? if not,yoa haven’t been getting the best possible. This is good COOL DRINK and ICK CREAM weather. Let us send you a trial order of the Ijest goods at the usual Crawley & Co.’s prices— tlie lowest. S.B. Crawley & Co. 813 Limkstonk St. Drugs, Perfumes and Stationery Prescriptions Properly Filled and Promptly Delivered