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THE FARM TELEPHONE PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Announcement. Its Influence on Rural Life In Many Sections. FAEMERS ARE MADE INDEPENDENT :jf\ I am now opening a new store which will be known as The fair. It is located in the Wilkins-Bris- tow old stand, be tween J. R. Tolle- son & Co. and J. I. Sarratt, just across the street from^the S. B. Crawley & Co. drug store. The Fair will be open Saturday, ready to show values in Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Notions and Gent’s Furnishings. These values, we venture to say, will challenge any com petitors in Gaffney. Our ground for the above assertion J.in the first place is be cause our business will be run on a Strictly Cosh Basis and but one price will be considered to all. Every pi Ice of our goods will be marked in plain figures, and figures that] are., bound to make them go. »* Now, we must say mi to our .friends and to the good ] people of Gaffney and ; Cherokee ;; county,'* that in order ^to J make ' a success! of ^ our business .^we jf must first have your patronage and the only way to gain that is to extend to you a cordial invita tion to visit our place and give us a *. fair trial; to deal with you honestly and to givelyou your moneyVworth. Remember that we will be open ready for business on Sat urday, June 4th. We kindly ask all to remember that our terms are strictly cash and under no circumstances will but one [price be considered. THE FAIR. D. J. Holt, Chas. H. Hair,| Prop. Mgr, Countrj DlntrlftN \u Longer Inolrit- e<l—Stock <1 untilt ion s Got Tliero Fawt. anil Tliore I* llopo of u Tele phone Letter Sjutein mill Evening Coneertn bj- Wire. The* telephone has ceased to be a purely urban convenience, says the New York Times. It has become an important factor in the rural life of many sections. A talk by wire with the farmer of New England is an every day occurrence. Calling up a planta tion owner in the blue grass region of Kentucky lias ceased to be a novel ty and perhaps before very long the farmers of the far south will be say ing “Hello!” to New York. In Connecticut alone the telephone companies have established about 0,000 farm stations and the number is rapid ly increasing. At a cost of $1S a year the farmer can place himself in con stant and immediate touch with the town and city, receiving market quota tions and advice every day, and sell ing or ordering goods without moving outside of ids own home. The farm telephone is the outgrowth of a crude system, which had its in ception in the discovery that the ordi nary wire fence could be utilized for telephone wires. By insulating the top wire of the fence messages could he sent from one part of the farm to another. Crude transmitters and re ceivers were connected, and in a short time farmers co-operated in extending their private wires. In the west, where many miles of barbed wire fences were used, contiguous farms were connect ed by telephone at comparatively little expense. P.y running wires over the highways, stringing them from trees, a pretty effective system could be ob tained. Hundreds of thousands of farms were connected by telephone through the co-operation of the owners, and the fence suddenly became an im proving factor that the manufacturers never anticipated. The telephone companies have now entered into partnership with the farm ers, and the rural service of many of the companies is more extensive and valuable than the town service. Bet ter wires are used, superior instru ments employed, and better general service is maintained all around. The whole country is in a fair way to be gridironed with wires. It is estimated that nearly a million farms have telephone service supplied to them, either by companies or pri vate wires. In parts of the west where the telephone systems were first Installed by the farmers It Is not un usual to have a complete service sup plied for $4 or $5 a year. The In dependent telephone systems operated by the mutual process range in dif ferent parts of the country from $5 to $15 a month, and those operated by companies do not cost much more. The farmer’s telephone makes him independent of the rural free mail de livery and the railroad and telegraph companies. Market quotations are re ceived in tens of thousands of country homes only a few minutes after they are sent over the ticker to the otilces of commission men. No bull or bear move on the market can he made by operators in grain, provisions or dairy products without instantly being com municated to the producers. The farm service attempts to spread the news of the market each day so that the farmers can draw their owm conclu sions respecting any violent break or advance in prices. To make the service more complete the rural companies have arranged for sending a complete gist of the day’s news happenings to their cus tomers. Thus a farmer after the day’s work can sit In his own home and listen to an intelligent description of the chief events in the world. A further step in bringing the farms Into closer communication with the town has been agitated by congress. This is facetiously called the telephone mail and is intended to make rural free delivery antiquated and slow in comparison. When a farmer expects a telephone letter he directs the post master at the nearest office to open it Immediately upon receiving It and telephone the contents to him. Tele phone letters can be sent with a spe cial delivery stamp attached. This in dicates that the postmaster is to open the letter and telephone its news to the farmer, situated anywhere from a mile to fifteen or twenty miles away. If the telephone letter system is established by the government, thou sands of miles of farmers’ telephone wires will be available Immediately for the purpose. There will be no ex pense on the part of the postuffice de partment in building wires or estab fishing costly rural free delivery routes. The fines are already In existence and the fanners simply ask that the gov ernment co-operate with them In facili tating the delivery of important let ters. With these improvements effected, the farmer becomes an up to date bus! ness man, with all the facilities for transacting his work with the com merclal world as expeditiously and promptly ns the city merchant. There will bo no delays through washouts, muddy roads and storms. Some of the most enterprising rural telephone companies are making ar rangements to give entertainment to the farmers in their lonely homes hy connecting the wires with concert halls and lecture platforms at certain hours of the evening after the business of the day has been transacted, and wh u the wires are no longer In demand. People You Know and People You Don’t Know. Miss Cleo Lipscomb, of White Plains, has been spending a few days this week with Miss Maude Thomp son. on Victoria Avenue. T. B. Clarkson is spending a few days in the city. Miss Adide McArthur, one of the music teachers at Winthrop College, arrived in the city Wednesday to spend the vacation with her parents, Prof, and Mrs. W. F. McArthur. Gen. C. I. Walker, of Greenville, arrived in the city Wednesday after noon. Rev. N. B. Clarkson, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. Miss Annie Ervin, a teacher in the deaf and dumb school of Georgia, is visiting the family of Dr. Simms, on corner of Johnson and Jefferies streets. Carl Webb, Fletcher Davis, Carrie Weathers, Ben Weathers and Hazel Petty, of Shelby, wer in the city Wednesday. Mrs. Jim Tom Spencer and her son, Lum, were shopping in the city yes terday. Capt. J. D. Jefferies, of Asbury, was a prominent visitor in the city Wed nesday. He favored The Ledger with a call. Miss Virginia Bates, of Clifton, was in the city this week the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brown, on Victo ria Avenue. County Comissioner J. A. Scruggs, of Ezell, spent some time in the city yesterday. Capt. Chas. Petty, of Spartanburg, was an appreciated visitor of The Ledger’s yesterday. Arthur Bridges, of Bessemer City, was among his many friends in the city Wednesday. W. T. Poag went to Rock Hill Wednesday to attend the marriage of a niece. Mrs. W. Smith Lipscomb went to Spartanburg yesterday to visit rela tives. Rev. L. C. Ezell, of Woodruff, at tended the commencement at Lime stone College. Capt. A. B. Woodruff, one of the substantial friends of Limestone Col lege, attended the commencement at Limestone College this week and witnessed the results that he has helped to make possible. J. B. and M. W. Brown, of Ravenna, were business visitors in the city Wednesday. N. W. Hardin, Esq., was in the city Wednesday on legal business. D. J. McCarter, of Kings Creek, spent some time in the city Tuesday, lie called to see The Ledger. Felix Littlejohn, of Ravenna, came to the city Tuesday on business. John R. Webster, of Cowpens, was in the city Tuesday, the guest of his son, Mr. W. M. Webster. Misses Gertrude Ballenger and Daisey Rogers returned Wednesday from Winthrop College. Lowery Walker left Wednesday for Macon, Ga., where he goes to take a course in a business college. THE TRIUMPHS OF PE-Rl-NA INCREASE. Thousands of Chronic Ailments of Women Cured Every Month—Disguised Internal Ca tarrh the Enemy of Women—Pe-ru-na tho Only Internal Systemic Catarrh Remedy Yet Devised—Prominent Cases in Illustration. time. The medicine only is obtained by each patient at her own drug store. Those desiring to become regular ... . . * J dr Nervous Depression. Summer months are peculiarly tho months of i rvous diseases, especially nervous prostration and other depressed states of the nervous system. People who are not at all inclined to be nervous or suffer from weak nerves find this time especially trying. Sultry heat and electrical disturbances of the at mosphere are probably the cause of this. Invalids need to be particularly care ful to fortify the nervous system by the use of Peruna. WOMEN AND SOCIETY. [Address communications for this col umn to P. O. Box 304.] It is best to have play clothes for children. They can be made of cheap material. For little girls to play in the one-piece dress is best. It is more comfortable and far more easy to wasli and iron than one wiiich is made in two ipeces. Sometimes these one-piece dresses are made with very wide box plaits, the edges of which are generally stitched. For boys from four to six years of age very nice little play suits are made with short tunics. These little coats or tunics, whichever you please, to call them, are quite short, reach ing not more than three inches below the -waist line, and thus show much more of the bloomers than the origi nal tunic, which as a rule almost al together covered them. • • • Miss Julia McArthur has returned from Columbia, where she has been attending school. Mrs. Milton Reeves, of Georgia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Elmore Le- Master, Mrs. Chadwick left Wednesday evening for Providence, R. I., which city will be her future home. Miss Gertrude Ballenger has re turned home from Winthrop. College. Miss Ella Brown, of Ravenna, Is visiting Mrs. John H. Lipscomb. Miss Vinnie Pettit, of Ravenna, is visiting Mrs. Barney Clary. . Misses Mary Deal, of Cherokee, and Nannie Harris, of Macedonia, are the guests of Mrs. J. A. Carroll. Misses Lula and Freeman Garrett left this week for Spartanburg where they will visit Misses Catherine Dil lard and Angell Andrews. Miss Lollle May Doggett. of Shel by, is the guest of Miss Jessie Lip scomb. Miss Lillian Wood, after a pleas ant visit to Charleston and Pacolet, has returned home. Miss Kitchens, of Birmingham, is the guest of Miss Bird Crawley. Miss Sarah Francis, of Limestone College, left Thursday for her home in Blackstock. Miss Daisy Rodgers has returned home from Winthrop College. Miss Grace Wilson, of Rock Hill, is visiting Miss Mary Bramlet. Miss Lizzie Davis is visiting friends in the city. Driven to Desperation. Living at an out of the way place, remote from civilization, a family is often driven to desperation hi case of accident, resulting in Bun*. Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers, etc. Lay in a supply of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It’s the best on earth. 25c at Cnerokee Drug Co.’s Drug Store. Some things are pretty bad, but the worst has never happened. An Alarm Clock for 25c. If you want to get up early and feel good all day take a Little Early Riser or two at bed time. These famous little pills relax the nerve., give quiet rest and refreshing sleep, with a gen tle movement of the bowels about breakfast time, W. H. Howell, Hous ton, Tex., says "Early Risers are tho best pill made for constipation, sick headache, biliousness, etc." Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Miss Heli-n Kolnf, Kailkaiina, XVIs., writes:—“ tSevcral times during the past two years or more mysystem has been greatly in need of a tonic, and at those times Peruna has been of great help in building up the Rvstem, restoring my appetite and securing restful ^leep. I know a great number of women who are using it for tho troubles peculiar to the sex, and with the best results.” —Helen liolof. MISS HELEN ROLOF. MISS LOUISE REUTSEL. V/ B Wo patients th jring to become ret have only to send address, duration of disease and treatment previously received, and directions for the first month’s treatment will be sent at once.” Over half the women have catarrh in some form or another. And yet, prob- Mias .Tennle Finley, TO Madison Street, Memphis,Tenn„ a popular young society lady of that place, writes:—“’Jhree years ago I had very poor health, and while I was only sick abed occasionally, 1 was unable to as enjoy life, and lacked vitality and strength. I was an easy subject to cold and malaria. Four bottles of Peruna changed mv entire physical condition. My head stopped selling, my strength returned, and the poison was driven out of my blood till I felt like a new and well woman once more. It is a truly great medicine and well worthy the pood things its friends say about it, and it will al ways have my indorsement.’’—Jennie Finley, MISS JENNIE FINLEY. J* Miss Louise Bertscl, 19'£ Second street, Rrooklyn, N. Y.,writes:—“ My health was excellent until about six months ago, when I seemed to have a collapse from overdoing socially, and the doctor ordered an entire change of scene and climate. As this was an absolute impossibility at tho time, I had to try and regain my health in another way and was induced by a friend, who gave Peruna such a good recommend, to try Peruna. I can not tell you tlie condition of my nerves when I began to use it. Tho least, noise irritated me, and I felt that life was not worth living, but Peruna soon changed me into a well woman, and now I do not know 1 have nerves.”—Louise Bertscl. A newspaper contributor was lately admitted into the extensive suite of of fices which constitute the headquarters of Dr. Hartman, who treats catarrh patients hy the thousand. Among the Dusy swarm of assistant doctors, clerks, stenographers ami bookkeepers, Dr. Hartman stopped long enough to say a few words. “A large number of female patients visit me every year, but thenumberwho are entered on my books as regular patients and are treated by correspond ence is very much larger. Hundreds of letters are received and answered free every day. A yet greater multitude take my catarrh remedy, Peruna, and are cured, of whom I never hear. Borne of this latter class write me years after their cure. “ I never allow a name published ex cept by tho written consent of the patient'. We make no eharge at any Y/wiiuii /; MISS LUCY M. RIT.EY. Mins Lucy M. Riley, 33 Davenport street, Cleveland, Ohio, writes:—“I wish to add my indorsement to thousands of other women who have been cured through the use of Peruna. I suffered for five years with severe backache, and when weary or worried in the least I had prolonged headache. ThU falllcaughta bad cold and was advised to take Peruna for it. Imagine my astonish ment and pleasure to find that after taking two bottles not only was my cough gone, but 1 had no more backache or headache. 1 am now in perfect health, enjoy life and have neither an ache or pain, thanks to Peruna.” —Lucy M. Riley. ably not a tenth of the women know that their disease is catarrh. To dis tinguish catarrh of various organs it has been named very differently. One woman has dvspepsia, another Bright bronchitis, another s disease, another liver complaint, another con sumption, another female complaint. These women would be very much sur prised to hear that they are all suffer ing with chronic catarrh. But it is so, nevertheless. Each one of these troubles and a great many more are simply catarrh—that is, chronic inflammation of the mucous lining, of which organ is affected. Any Internal remedy that will cure catarrn in one location will cure it in any other location. This is why Peruna has be come so Justly famous in the cure of fe male diseases. It cures catarrh wher ever located. Its cures remain. Peruna does not palliate—it cures. “Health and Beauty,” sent free by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. CHANGE OF DATE. Committees Will Meet Monday Night at the City Hall. On account of tonight being the regular meeting night of the city council, the meeting of the various committees connected with the cele bration, called for tonight, will he postponed until Monday night next at 8:30, when a full attendance of the committees and the citizens in gener al is desired. We have heard rumors of dissatis faction in several quarters, as to some features of the celebration or ganization, and we earnestly urge the originators of such, to come out to the meeting next Monday night and air their grievances before the various committees, and if there be any ground for these rumors, have them adjusted by the proper ones at the right place. Don’t go swinging your hammer all day long on the street trying to give the celebration a black eye, because you happen to have Borne feeling, personal or other wise. This is no time for petty pre judices and little thoughts. Put them by, we adjure you. Get in line and push the celebration along for all you are worth. To celebrate is the will of the peo ple. Let us celebrate. Mr. Editor:—Permit me to say to the people of Cherokee county that I am not, haven’t been, and don’t i expect to be a candidate for the office of county superintendent of education this year, and that all re ports to the contrary are unwarrant- and unsolicited. If, however, my people wish me to servo them as magistrate for another term I will do so, otherwise I will step down and out. In either case all my efforts will be to promote the best interests of Cherokee county and maintainance of law and order among its citizens. Respectfully, James L. Strain. Etta Jane, June 1. A Card from the Ministers. We, the undersigned ministers of Gaffney, having noticed in your paper of the 31st of May that a call was made for a Fourth of July celebration and that our names were announced upon a committee in connection with the same, beg leave to say that we had no part in the meeting which ap pointed us, and that as dancing is announced as a feature of the enter tainment we cannot suffer our names to he used in connection with the occasion. Whatever is patriotic and whatever pertains to the material and the moral prosperity of our community has our hearty co-operation, but as dancing administers to neither and is calculated to harm some of our people, and is certainly at variance with the general Christian sentiment of the community, we respectfully enter our protest in the behalf and in the name of the churches which we represent. A. M. Simms, W. R. Potter, J. M. Steadman, Jno. N. Isom, Jno. B. Wilson, G. P. Hamrick. A Call to Phyalclana. The physicians of Cherokee county are requested to meet at the court house at Gaffney Thursday, June 9, at 10 a. m., for the purpose of organ izing a county medical association. B. L. Allen, M. D. S. B. Crawley, M. D. J. T. Darwin, M. D. S. H. Griffith, M. D. B. R. Brown, M. D. C. A. Jefferies, M. D. M. W. Smith, M. D. J. N. Nesbitt, M. D. A Wonderful Saving. The largest Methodist Church in Georgia calculated to use over one hundred gallons of the usual kind of mixed paint in painting their church. They used only 32 gallons of the Longman & Martinez Paint mixed with 24 gallons of linseed oil. Actual cost of paint made was less than $1.20 per gallon. Saved over eighty ($80.00) dollars in paint, and got a big donation be sides. EVERY CHURCH will be given a liberal quantity whenever they paint. Many houses are well painted with four gallons of L. & M. and three gallons of linseed oil mixed there with. VV’ears and covers like gold. These celebrated Paints are sold hy Smith Hardware Co., Gaffney; Blacksburg Drug Co. Blacksburg. What this country needs is fewer laws and more enforcemnt thereof. Was Wasting Away. The following letter from Robert R. Watts, of Salem, Mo., is instruc tive. “I hav< been troubled with kidney disease for the last five years. I lost flesh and never felt well and doctored with leading physicians and tried all remedies suggested without relief. Finally I tried Foley’s Kidney Cure and less than two bottles com pletely cured mo and I am now sound and well." For sale by Chero kee Drug Co. Are Your Lungs Weak? Does the cough, left by the ’grippe —or the cold contracted during the winter, still hang on? Rydale’s Elix ir will cure your cough and heal your weak lungs. It kills the germs that cause chronic throat and lung dis ease and helps nature restore the weakened organs to health. Trial size 25c. Family size 50c. Gaffney Drug Co. You can never tell what Is in a man or a cigar until you try them. Ills that come from Summer’s Heat A mother need not fear to greet, When with "TEETHINA” she’s supplied, No ills with baby need abide. “TEETHINA” Aids Digestion, Reg ulates the Bowels, and costs only 25 cents at Druggists, or mall 25 cents to Dr. C. J. Moffett, St. Louis, Mo. Advertising is calkd by some an art. * If it be an art it is the ttt of telling a story simply tnd convincingly. Nobody knows more about the strong qualities of an establishment than the proprietor who oversees it. Other things being equal, nobody should be able to write more convinc ingly of the articles he of fers for sale. In ■ store where the employer sells goods side by side with his clerks It is rare that the employer will not be the best salesman. The reason is simple. He knows the goods from A to Z. He probably has pur chased them. He knows his aims. His arguments carry weight because they are convincing. The same arguments pre sented in the same way, with the same enthusiastic spirit, the same knowledge of detail, would attract new customers if presented through the advertising col umns of this paper. If yon have not triad it, why not begin ? If yon have tried it and are not aatia- fied, let us know about it * •tBJg’* Early Rlaera The famous little pills. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C.