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r bute regular new* Wl n'.sh their name, not*(or but for Mentificatlon. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to got them to the office by Monday and Thursday mornings. Oa r ds of thanks wil’ he published at one cent a word. Obituaries will be pubinlised at five cents a line. Reading notices will De published at ten jents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. ; Til K IRONY OK KATK. Some days ago we picked up the Charlotte Observer and read with a feeling akin to sorrow that Dr. J. P. McCombs, one of the Queen City’s best known physicians, had experi enced an attack of paralysis. This was the second attack of paralysis Dr. McCombs had experienced, the first being a slight one from the effects of which he had entiiely recovered. There is nothing unusual about per sons being stricken with paralysis. Almost every day someone becomes a victim to this most distressing mal ady. Put we could not suppress the thoughts that came to our mind con cerning this particular man. In early life Dr. McCombs was small of stat ure. He served his country faithfully as a surgeon in the Confederate army and when the war ended he weighed scarcely 1U0 pounds. Now he weighs more than 200. Looking back into the dim years of the past we see him astride a beauti ful pacing bay horse as he rides from the abode of the humble poor and the log cabin of the faithful negro ser vant to the more pretentious home of the well-to-do, ministering to the ail ments of poor suffering humanity wherever he found it. We watch him as his Creator gives him health and happiness in his work and providence smiles upon and blesses him, but we never see him deviate from the path of faithfulness. At last be becomes so fleshy that he is compelled to dis mount from the saddle and ride in a buggy. It makes no difference who calls for him or at what hour he is summoned he is almost always ready. We see him us he administers to a hopeless epileptic year after year without hope of reward in this world so far as the epileptic or her relatives are concerned. We hear him say as he advises a poor woman with a can cer to let him operate on her and she complains that she cannot pay him : •‘My dear, good woman, it would give me pleasure to do anything in my power to relieve you of one moment’s pain, and I know if you let that can cer remain it will cause you a horri ble death, while if you have it taken out you may be saved for many yeu.s 'of usefulness. I’ll take it out and not charge you.” We see him as an other poor woman goes to him com plaining that a sick relative is a bur den and we hear him say in gentle tones: ‘‘I sympathize with you and will do all I can to relieve your rela tive.” We see’this man going about doing good wherever he can and never have we known him to ask for pay. And yet he was paid. He is in fairly good circumstances so far as this , world's goods go, although be began a poor man and in all Ms long practice we have never known nim to ask any one for a single dollar that was justly . due him. * And now we turn to the other side Of this man’s life. He lived the life of a bachelor until a few months ago. when be married a beautiful and deserving woman. True, he was get ting up in years, but there was no reason why, in the ordinary course of events, he should not have enjoyed life and happiness for twenty or thirty years to come. His unpreten tious bachelor quarters were located In one building for years. He pos sessed habits that most men possess who are not surrounded by family and loved ones. He sometimes swore a little, he enjoyed taking a drink but never became intoxicated, he patronized the theatre and was a lover of legitimate sports. But now his lifework is ended, so to speak, for while these lines are being writ ten be may have passed to his reward. We pause to ask In all seriousness, “Can anyone tell what the eternal reward of this mao will be? Is there one wbo will say that bis will not be a rest of peace?” We cannot but believe that It will. And the irony of It all is that this mao who has done so much for suffering humanity fchould be stricken In his last days with an aliment beyond the skill of ’ human hands. We Join with the earnest wish of thousands of friends that his Creator may restore him to his former seif and let him live many more years of usefulness. But we fear bis end is here. It! NOTKS ANO COMMENT*. Go the first of July the cotton mills all pay out their semi-annual dividends. These dividends amount in the aggregate to immense rums of money. Pelzer paid out $40,000 and many other large mills paid nearly it wiil bener rge. The Industrial Art Supplement to the Columbia State issued last Tues day was a monumental specimen of typographical art and of newspaper enterprise. We doubt if in mechani cal workmanship the edition has ever been equaled in the south or surpassed in the north. Some of the editorial parts of it are not exactly to our taste, but if the editor, or compiler, had pleased us in every particular, he would probably have displeased a great many more than he has. In newspaper as well as in other kinds of work, what pleases one man may displease dozens or hun dreds of others. Upon the whole the supplement is a gaudy feather in the cap of the Columbia State; it de monstrates the wonderful skill and resources of the State Printing Com pany and puts it easily ahead of all competitors in the highest class of artistic work. The hot wave has passed and we are having a breath of old fashioned summer weather—hot enough for crops yet cool enough to keep man and beast at their best. According to the weather bureau this summer is hotter than the last, and the last was{hotter than the one before, and 'fcome people infer that the climate is gradually changing and that the time is approaching when this great country will be parched and wilted with heat beyond all adaptability to the existence of animal and vegeta ble life. But it is more than proba ble that we are on a little meteoro logical cycle which will be completed in a succession of years, and then we shall take a new start with a new variety of weather. The Columbia State in discussing this subject wisely adverts to the fact that ail our reports of the weather are from the cities and in them there are varions causes that tend to generate abnormal heat. In the country districts which we do not hear from, the weather is per haps all right. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The crop report for South Carolina is anything but encouraging. Cotton is slightly improving but the plant is unusually small and it is thought that the crop as a whole cannot pos sibly attain to normal conditions, however favorable the weather hence forth may be. The corn crop is re potted as being the poorest in many years and over wide areas approxi mating a failure. The weather and crop bureaus, however, have no au thority in this business of crop mak ing and lack a great deal of knowing everything about it. Every farmer knows that it takes a very short while under favorable circumstances for cotton to put on a full crop and that a rank growth is not always necessary to a large yield. He knows, too, that corn sometimes ears well under favorable conditions, though the stalk may be low and dwarfed. Let every farmer put his crops into the best possible condition, and courageously hope for the best. If the worst should come he will have consciousness of having done all he could to prevent it. The people of Gaffney now have the opportunity of realizing what a comfort, convenience, and necessity our telephone system, with all its imperfections and exasperations, has been. The new company has cut all of the connections and are putting up long lines of stately poles and new wires in all directions. The pew poles are of the best cypress, stately and superb, aud not one of the little puny looking, rickety old ones will be left standing. We bear that it will be at least a month before the new lines will be ready for operation* Daring all this time our people will have to transact their business in the old, way lovers must meet face to face (no great hardship), sick people must send a messenger for the doctor, and a thousand and one inquiries that were made only because it was so convenient to make them, must for the time cease altogether. Even progress has its setbacks, and one ef feet of them is to make us appreciate more the real advantages which true progress has brought us. After feel* ing our loDeiluess sod isolation for one mootb, we shall put a oew ulus on our telephone service, and pay our dues, though they will be higher, more promptly and willingly than we baft ever done before. ttoftfncM Cannot iMt Cored b* WwaI AppjicatlnnH, as th«*y rannut roach the 'liaoaawi portion of the ear. Thom la onl* one way to cure deafnesa, aoil that i« by conatltullonul rcmodlcn. IleafneMH 1» caused hy Inflamed condition of the mucous IbiluK of the Eustachian Tula*. When this tulsi acts inflamed you have a ruinblinx sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It Is entirely closed deafness Is the result, and unless the intlammallon can l>e taken out and thistul>e restored tolls normal condi tion. hearing will lie destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten arecauMttl oy catarrh, which is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Hollars for any case of Hcafijess (cased hy catarrh) that can not be cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. . V. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, O, Bold by Hruggests, T#e. UaU'sYamlfv Pillaara lb« best. that put up heT? goods p^e situated in West, but the great piog factorieb in the South ized generally. There is terest manifested In the South in this important line of work, espec ially where truck farming and fruit growing have so rapidly increased during the past few years. After giving this matter some study, I am convinced that a number of canneries would pay well in each county, if managed properly. A can nery run in connection with a large truck farm or orchard, would practi cally insure the grower against loss in canning his products. When the prices in the markets go down below the figures at which the grower could market his products at a profit, they would be easily canned up and saved from loss. Home markets could then be supplied with home-canned goods instead of paying the freight from Baltimore or some other north ern market. There is no reason why goods of high quality cannot be put up on southern soil, where various fruits and vegetables grow success fully. The peacli is making an envi able reputation in the great markets of the north, but instead of supply ing this increased demand for only one or two months in the year, why not put up some of these fine peaches on the soil where they are grown, and have some to send to the markets each month during the year? Then, again, there are frequently large quantities of small fruits which would not pay to ship, but could be used for canning. All these manufac tured articles are very valuable, and could be put up south in good form. A ;ood reputation for such fine home made products might not be difficult to build up in the south. When we begin to use these vari ous means of providing against loss, irrespective of the conditions of the markets at the time of ripening, hor ticulture will make more rapid pro gress in the south, and we shall hear no more complaints about freight rates, express rates and commission men. The nurserymen will wear a broad smile, and members of the family will have some of the color of the peach in their cheeks. I will not take into consideration the growing of the products for the cannery, for it is presumed that no one would think of starting a cannery without iirst making ample arrange ments for the products to can. These arrangements can either be made by a joint company, or by an individual. I would say preferably the latter. I would recommend the establishment of rather a moderate cannery, and enlarge the capacity after more expe rience is obtained. Two of the most costly items of canning houses is the house and steam supply. An ordinary bui'ding will do for a canning house. The kettles can also be set up in brick, which does the same good work. The south is fortunate in this re spect, in that there are a large num ber of cotton gms through the south that lay idle during the canning sea son. Nearly ail the additional ex pense then, that would have to be in curred in setting up the cannery with them, would be simply that of con necting the boiler with the kettle. It is hardly necessary to state that good water is necessary for the can nery, aud that cleanliness is very im portant to put up good of this quality. New hands will need constant watch ing in this respect, until they gain experience. Canning will pay in the south. You have the things, which with good management and persever ance, will make canning pay in the south, as it is paying in a grand way in so many other states. The Prouuksbivk Farmer. New*ptt|>erii himI the News. It is simply a matter of impossibil ity to please everybody, and the man who tries to do so is sure to lose friends and make enemies. This is particularly true with a newspaper. The following Iron an exchange is to tb? point: "In the past newspapers strove to please individuals, and were careful not to say anything that would wound the feelings. They smothered truth if it offended. Today newspapers strive to give the news. Formerly nearly every paper wore the yoke of some dogma or creed. Now the paptr bears the yoke of truth only, and gives the news if it bleeds the heart of a friend. The people must be served rather than the individual. To be sure, every individual must be treated fairly but there his rights end. The individual no more makes the people than the drop of water makes the ocean. But it is characteristic of each individual to think that he is the one drop that rides on the crest of the wave.” paid THt- SPECIA THE value OFFERIN SEASONABLE GOODS FAR BELOW THEIR WORTH. You have three hot months in which to use these goods befo^fe the winter. Ladies’ black trimmed sailors, 25c value, 10c. Ladies’ black and white trimmed sailors, 35c to 50c value, 25c. Ladies’ trimmed hats, 60, 75 and $1.00 m grade, only 50c. Big reduction in up-to-date dress hats. Striped and checked white goods, 7c to 8c value, colored dimities in polka dots, striped and flowered, real 10c quality, Fine French organdies, 25c grade, at 1 Oc. Colored lawns, batiste, etc.; worth 10c, 12>6c and 15c, at 8c* WIMMICK K Ladies’ unbleached vests, Ladies’ bleached, tc\pe neck and arms,* Three for* Ladies’ bleached, silk tape, neck and arms; 25c value, 18c, Three for 50c. Ladies’ tan oxfords; the $ i .50 grade,* * $ 75 The $2 grade 1.00 Misses’ tan oxfords and sandals; the $1 grade $ 50 The $2 grade at 1.00 All lines ladies’ and men’s oxfords, and ladies’ sandals at much below their value. Large line ladies’ and men’s summer shoes in vicis, kids, velures and patent leathers—up-to-date in style and at and under cash price. Visit us for bottom prices in every line of goods. t HL VALUt yrORt, th£ value MORt t he valul yroRt Local Cotton Report The following are the prices for cotton in Gaffney today: Good Middling....73 Middling l] The Sonny South, Atlanta, Ga , says: Sort the clothes carefully, put ting the finest white clothes in ons pile, coarsest ones In the second, and colored clothes in the third. Put the white clothes In two tubs, pour water over them and let them soak. Id the morning run the first lot through the wringer Into a washing machine containing a suds made by dissolving Gold Dust Washing Powder In hot water. Work the machine vigorously a few minutes, and the dirt will be removed. Scald them a few minutes ond rinse twice, with a little bluing In the second water. Starch the piecee that need It and bang all of them on the line. The second lot of white clothes receive the eame treat ment. Dark colored prints end ging hams should not be washed in very hot water and should be turned wrong side out before drying them, to pre vent fading. t'oi.L'MUL’H, Oa., Auk- 24,1*72. Hr. C. J. Moitistt- iH-iir l)«x;U>r: We nave vourTEETHINA (Teethluif I’owden) to our little Krandctilld with the huppIcNt results. The effects were almost uiaKleal, aud certain ly more satisfactory than from anythliiK we ever used. Yours very truly. JOSEPH H. KEY, Pastor of 8t. Paul Church, (Now Bishop Southern Methodist Church. yof sale by Cherokee pmg go, We Have Jest Completed Our July Stock Taking, and finding a few pairs of shoes in broken size lots we have thrown them all out on our bargain counter to go at prices that will make your pocket book glad : I^ot lNx>. 1. Ladies’ slippers in all the newest and best styles—Drew-Sel- by make—sizes 1J to 5, widths E, D and C, $1.80. These were $2.25 and $2.50. Lot IVo. 2. About 75 pairs of ladies’ shoes in lace and button, sizes 2£ to 4. A few were $2.50, most of them were $3. You may have any one pair of them for $1.95. Lot No. 3. Ladies dongola lace and button, all sizes, slippers also, 95c. Lot No. 4. Men’s shoos, all sizes but only a few sizes of any one kind. Any of them go at cost—from $1 to $2,75. The Company Store. NOTE HEADS, 1W0 FOR . . . $1.50 (t u 2000 II • . . $2.50 It tl 5000 u • . . $5.00 ENVELOPES, 1000 II • . . $1.75 II 2000 it • . . $3.00 a 5000 it • . . $6.25 Summer Prices On Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Cut Glass, Fine China, Jardineres All Goods at Reduced Prices. W. Harry Dodenhoff. LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS, AID EVERT KIND OF PRINTING AT LOW PRICES. ORDERS BV MAIL PROMPTLY FILLED. THE LEDfiEt, GAFFHEY, S. Here is a Bargain. Two excellent corner building lots within five minutes walk of Carpet Mill. These lots will be sold on the Easy Payment Plan of only $3 per month. Here is an opportunity of a lifetime for working people. Apply to ICI>. H. JDeGAlVir*. A N. Wood. Pmldent It. K. iiHowir. VIce-l’rmldMnb IVIereliu.ii tei und 1*1 untern IJunlc OK GAFFNEY S. 0. i CAPITAL $$50,000. State and County Depository. Dom* {eu«rai Bunklar and Exchange bualOMn, l» w„ll Sued up with Fire Proof Vault und Burglar Proof 8*f„, with Automatic Tima Lock. Wa solicit the bualneMt of peopla of ail C. XI. mXtlTH, Cashier. occupation*